Beyond Tolerance: A National Conference on Racism in Australia

HREOC will host a National Conference on Racism at the Sydney Opera House on the 12th and 13th of March 2002. The conference marks the beginning of consultations to develop a national plan of action that will direct anti-racism efforts in Australia over the next decade.

The conference will bring together representatives from government, community groups, business, the media, academia, sport and other sectors to explore three major themes:
The fragility and strengths of Australia's commitment to diversity, reconciliation and equality of opportunity;
The forms of discrimination experienced by Indigenous people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including multiple discriminations;
The priorities for reforms to eliminate racial discrimination from all sectors of Australian society.

See the web site below from more details and the conference program.

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