How They Are Discriminated.
"One lawyer said that I wasn't black enough to be black the other lawyer said I wasn't white enough to be white. They then argued this point in front of me for sometime. Both my parents were Aboriginal. It was such an insult to me and my family."
-Gordon Syron, Aboriginal painter
"Racial discrimination is embedded in the Australian Constitution and continues to be enacted in the laws and policies of our states and territories."
-Rachel Siewert, Greens Senator
"White Australians reserve for the First people of this country a particular discrimination, both raw and insidious."
-John Pilger, journalist and autho
A 2011 survey of academic staff in higher education revealed that more than 70% of Aboriginal academics and professional staff had experienced discrimination and racist attitudes in their workplaces. Only 18.6% of employers had taken positive action to address discrimination and racism.
“The survey confirms that racial discrimination continues to exist in the higher education sector.”
-Jillian Miller, Chair of the National Tertiary Education Union’s Indigenous Policy Committee