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Understanding different experiences of racism 

First Nations perspectives 

• Australian Reconciliation Barometer – Reconciliation Australia’s survey that measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.
• Call it Out First Nations Racism Register – the Jumbunna Institute for Education and Research at UTS, in collaboration with the National Justice Project, developed Call It Out as an online register to record all forms and levels of racism and discrimination experienced by First Nations peoples.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples – resources, research and latest articles from Diversity Council Australia about racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
• Dismantling systemic racism: perspectives from First Nations peoples – systemic racism is harming First Nations peoples, with a new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urging urgent action, truth telling and self‑determination to address ongoing impacts.

Antisemitism 

• Understanding Antisemitism in Australia – an educational resource published by the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism to help understand antisemitic behaviour and attitudes, and support efforts to combat racism.
• The Jewish Council of Australia news and media – the Jewish Council of Australia is a diverse coalition of Jewish academics, lawyers, writers and teachers who provide an independent expert Jewish voice supporting human rights and opposing antisemitism and racism.
• The IHRA working definition of antisemitism – the widely adopted definition provided by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 

Islamophobia 

• Islamophobia in Australia Report 5 (2023–2024) – discusses data on cases of Islamophobia captured in the Islamophobia Register Australia throughout 2023 and 2024. It finds more than 2.5 times the number of in-person incidents and more than three times the number of online incidents compared to any other reporting period since the Register commenced in 2014.
• Anti-Palestinian Racism Preliminary Report April 2026 – summarises the preliminary results from the Anti-Palestinian Racism national register which launched in November 2025.
• Understanding Anti-Palestinian racism – from the Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism.

Racism in Australian universities 

• Respect at Uni final report – AHRC findings in the Respect at Uni: Study into antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and the experience of First Nations people.
• Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities – The Australian Government response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (the Committee) on Human Rights report on the Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities.
   

Racism in Australian workplaces 

• Racism at Work study – from Diversity Council Australia on how organisations can stand up to end workplace racism.
• Gari Yala 2: Centreing the workplace experiences of Indigenous Australians – provides one of the most comprehensive and current examinations of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people’s workplace experiences in Australia.

Anti-racism campaigns 

Initiatives to combat racism from the Australian Human Rights Commission 

• Racism. It Stops With Me. – the AHRC's national campaign has been inspiring action against racism since 2012.
• There’s nothing casual about racism – the recently updated AHRC national anti-racism campaign.
• Seen & Heard project – promotes community safety and dialogue across Arab, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and Israeli communities in Australia.
• Change the system. Change the story. – supports employers to address racism in workplaces