Race Relations

A photographer who captured Nicky Winmar's protest against the unrelenting racial abuse during St Kilda's win over Collingwood in 1993 knew the moment was different. But convincing his editor it was front-page news was another battle.

Young people's view of politics and political expression differs from older generations, and they're showing it by abandoning the two major parties.

During its time in office, the UK Conservative Party was chaotic, inept and hubristic. But, if it was bad, the Labour Party's infighting might have been even worse.

Findings in a Human Rights Commission report show governments across all sectors are failing to identify and deal with racism across the country. The country's Race Discrimination Commissioner says there are "systemic failures" in dealing with racism that need to change. 

Indigenous leaders say it's crucial that positive First Nations stories are shared with non-Indigenous Australians to stamp out racism, and say NAIDOC Week is a chance for those stories to be heard. WARNING: This story contains racist and offensive language.

Aboriginal leaders in Geraldton are calling for cultural change within WA Police following a week of coronial hearings into the fatal shooting of a First Nations woman in the Midwest.

A complaint about a policeman ended Dulcie Flower's stint in a hospital emergency department. But it started a long career focused on improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Tuck was sitting in the pool area of his own apartment complex when police arrested him, believing he was trespassing. He says it wouldn't have happened had it not been for his physical appearance.

Emma Donovan says she was refused by taxi drivers at Perth Airport because of what she believes to be the colour of her skin.

A Melbourne woman was putting her bins out when she found swastikas and Islamophobic hate plastered on her driveway, but she says she will not be intimidated. It comes amid a rise in Islamophobic hate attacks reported since October last year.

The state's map is littered with dozens of racist terms steeped in a traumatic history. While authorities have made it easier to change these names, advocates say the wheels of government must turn faster.

Inside a tiny community hall in Alice Springs, there's an appetite for frank and open talk between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal locals.

Three of the eight black men allegedly ejected from the flight in January accused the airline of "racial profiling" all black passengers onboard.  

The new government in New Zealand handed down its first full budget and details of its long-promised tax cuts, but as that happened thousands of people rallied for a national day of protest against its policies.

The US has banned thousands of books since 2021, and the rate is increasing. What's behind this wave of censorship — and are we seeing a similar trend in Australia?

There is a small sign in Western Victoria — one of 15 locations around the country, from creeks and waterholes to bores and mountains — that is a racist slur in plain sight.

It was billed as a "really impactful" look at Victoria Police's response to youth gangs. In the aftermath, attendees complained they should have been warned they would see "someone get stabbed to death".

In the first Reconciliation Week since the defeat of the Voice to Parliament, the inability of our national discourse to reflect on its significance is stunning. It is, again, Indigenous people who have quietly been doing the heavy lifting on what should come next.

From being embarrassed to speak their mother tongue to struggling to communicate with family members, these women share their regrets and hopes for learning their native languages.

A new campaign — called I Am Not A Typo — is urging tech companies to fix ethnic bias in their algorithms to stop autocorrect mangling so many people's names. 

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton acknowledged the harms stemming from the police's role in the taking of Indigenous children, which he said continue to be felt today.

Shaun Christie-David is a radical restaurateur who's employing the "unemployable" and giving away thousands of free meals. 

A colonial-era statue honouring a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man is vandalised on the eve of a tribunal decision on its planned removal.

It took four people months to draw Archie Moore's enormous family tree – but it'll all be erased soon.

Both sides of politics show concern over hate speech on Q+A, but the government's Tony Burke says pro-Palestine encampments at universities should be left alone if they are peaceful.