Tim Soutphommasane delivers his final speech as the Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane had delivered his final official speech before his term comes to an end. Read more

Melbourne awards community leaders

Over 200 people from across Melbourne’s Jewish community have attended  the JCCV 2015 Community Recognition Awards. Read more

Stopping racism

Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello and Member for Coogee Bruce Notley-Smith today announced the roll-out of Racism. It Stops with Me display posters on 30 bus stops and 500 buses across the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

NSW Government’s gift for harmony

NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today announced the NSW Government’s funding of $20,000 to Sydney’s annual Harmony Walk, an initiative to promote fairness and harmony. Read more

Premier announces new multicultural direction

We have a new direction for multicultural practice in NSW…writes NSW Premier Mike Baird. Read more

ECAJ says 18C fight is “a marathon”

Over  100 people, including community leaders and academics, have attended a meeting in Sydney convened by the Chinese Australian Forum to discuss the Federal government’s proposals to alter parts of the Racial Discrimination Act which prohibit racial vilification.    Read more

88% say “No” to changing the Race Discrimination Act

Today’s Nielsen poll showing 88% of respondents disagree with the contention that it should be lawful to offend, insult or humiliate a person on the basis of race is further evidence that changes to the Racial Discrimination Act are unwarranted and unwanted, said Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane. Read more

Race Discrimination Commissionner defends racial tolerance

Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane has told  the Australia Asia Education Engagement Symposium in Melbourne that he would be prepared to accept a codification of case law relating to Section 18C od the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

ECAJ on the Repeal of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

Dreyfus on Section 18C

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has been interviewed on Sky News on his views on the Abbott Government’s proposed to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read the transcript. Read more

Race Discrimination commissioner addresses the ANU

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane’s delivered an important speech this week at the ANU in Canberra impacting on the Section 18C debate surrounding the appeal to the Federal government to repeal the section, part of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

Danby and Section 18

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has spoken in Parliament about the Government’s plan to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner addresses Kristallnacht commemoration

Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane told a Kristallnach Commemoration: “The Holocaust didn’t begin with violence. It began with words. And it began with indifference.” Read more

75 years after Kristallnacht – a Sydney Commemoration

Seventy-five years ago, the first Nazi-legislated riots against Jews took place in Germany and Austria, resulting in mass arrests, killings and deportations, and the destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores.  Read more

Bondi attack a “random incident”

President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Yair Miller has said that all available information regarding the attack on five members of the community in Bondi on Friday night at this stage points to this being a random incident. Read more

Bondi attack – the community speaks

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry have issued statements in the wake of the attack on five members of the Sydney Jewish community last Friday night. Read more

Holocaust Heroes to be Honored

Seventy-five years ago, the first Nazi-legislated riots against Jews took place in Germany and Austria, resulting in mass arrests, killings and deportations, and the destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores. Read more

Race Discrimination Commissioner delivers address

Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane has delivered this year’s Peace and Understanding Lecture mentioning videos in which viewers are encouraged to kill Jews. Read more

New Race Discrimination Commissioner

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has announced the appointment of Dr Tim Soutphommasane as Race Discrimination Commissioner. Read more

ADC continues the battle against on line hate

The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has commented on fresh media allegations of growing racism in Australia. Read more

Australian Multicultural Council Launched

Peter Wertheim, the executive director of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, was in Canberra today for the launch of the Australian Multicultural Council of which he is a member. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard was the keynote speaker. Read more