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Screen (10 of 10) ...Racial Discrimination Act 1975
 


"Different Colours, One People" campaign, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission,
November 1992.


Hear Commentary:
...Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Listen to Professor Andrew Jakubowicz discuss the events and issues surrounding this topic. Read text commentary
Posters: "Your Racism Affects Us." - A Poster on Racism. - More ...
Posters: "Do the Right Thing". - Positive Visions Project and RedPlanet Posters Melbourne, created a poster against Racial Discrimination. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
Racial Disrimination - Inaugural Meeting (Excerpt) - Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister, 1972-75, speaking at Inaugural Meeting of the Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW, on the topic of Racial Discrimination. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
Racial Disrimination - Paula Abood speaks on the issues of racism. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
Racial Discrimination - Interview Excerpt - Zita Antonios speaks on problems with Racial Discrimination in the community and society. - More ...
Interviews: Battles Small and Great, The First Twenty Years of the Racial Discrimination Act (Excerpt) - Lionel Murphy, former Attorney General Introducing the Racial Disrimination Act and its definition. - More ...
Interviews: Racial Discrimination - Zita Antonios, Race Discrimination Commissioner, speaks about the Racial Discrimination Act. - More ...
Charters: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - The terms of this United Nations international convention, which came into force in January 1969, and which Australia signed in 1966, and ratified in September 1975. - More ...
Book Excerpts: Whitlam Government 1972-1975: The Racial Discrimination Act - Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam tells in his book The Whitlam Government 1972-1975 of the process his government followed in creating the Racial Discrimination Act in 1975. - More ...
Articles: Raising the issue of race - On the 20th anniversary of both the ECC of NSW and the Racial Discrimination Act, Race Discrimination Commissioner Zita Antonios reviews the passage of the Act in 1975 and its application since, but says there is still much to achieve to eliminate racism in Australia. - More ...
History: Key Events and the Racial Discrimination Act - A brief history of anti-discrimination measures in Australia, from 1966 when Australia signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, from the Commission’s State of the Nation 1995 - A Report on People of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds. - More ...
History: Battles Small and Great - This monograph, subtitled “The First Twenty Years of the Racial Discrimination Act”, was put out by the Commission - along with a video of the same name – to mark the landmark anniversary in 1995; it covers the Act’s history, the reasons for the review announced that year, and records the celebration of the anniversary. - More ...
Policies: Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice - The declaration adopted and proclaimed by the Conference of UNESCO at its twentieth session in 1978, in an effort to combat racism, which it notes is evident in many forms around the world. - More ...
 
...Racial Discrimination Act 1975