The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails

By Chelsea Watego, Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
Alissa Macoun, Senior Project Advisor, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
David Singh, Indigenist Health Humanities Academic Director, Queensland University of Technology
Elizabeth Strakosch, Lecturer In Public Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Kevin Yow Yeh, Lecturer, Carumba Institute and Director and Principal Researcher, Institute for Collaborative Race Research, Queensland University of Technology

Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities.

The timing of the report’s release resulted in little news coverage.

That’s in contrast to the release of other racism…

Read complete article

~	Legally, they can’t be called ‘uggs’ outside of Australia – but the name will stick regardless

~	Beyond the Israel–Hamas ceasefire, the future looks unclear. Here are six key unanswered questions

~	No, you don’t need the ‘Barbie drug’ to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here’s why melanotan-II is so risky

~	Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke

~	Israeli Forces Continue to Strike Civilian Infrastructure in Yemen

~	Russia: New Attacks on Rights

~	Central Asia: Worsening Human Rights Records

~	Georgia: Government Creating Rights Crisis

~	Guided by the light: Photos from Latin America and the Caribbean, with love

~	The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result