Racism
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- Nazis Next Door
Neo-Nazis quietly forming a political party to try to get around the law
The far-right agitators who disrupted Anzac Day want to form a political party as part of a plan to exploit legal loopholes and take on the next federal election.
- Sherryn Groch
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- AFL Briefing
- AFL 2025
More surgery for a luckless Saint; Yze says Balta’s been ‘punished enough’; Rioli trains as coach calls for social media changes
St Kilda star Max King will go under the knife yet again, while Noah Balta is likely to play in Richmond’s AFL side on Saturday just days before he is sentenced for assault.
- Angus Delaney and Scott Spits
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- Australia votes
Coalition senator dismisses neo-Nazis outside office as ‘cosplaying losers’
Masked neo-Nazis rallied outside the Melbourne office of Coalition senator James Paterson to chant racist slogans, saying politicians “will not go unpunished”.
- Olivia Ireland and Roy Ward
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- Education
Rumaysa endured racism at school for years, and says indifference is fuelling its rise
Reports of racism in Victoria’s schools are surging as the Education Department receives at least one complaint every school day – a 28 per cent increase in 12 months.
- Nicole Precel
These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives
Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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- Victorian Parliament
Hate speech laws pass parliament as Liberals claim freedom of speech is at risk
The long-awaited reforms will make serious vilification – such as incitement of hatred or physical threats – punishable by up to five years’ jail.
- Daniella White
Tony Burke forced to leave prayer event; unauthorised flyers label him ‘racist’
Activists are flooding the immigration minister’s western Sydney electorate with flyers and banners labelling him a “racist”.
- Jessica McSweeney
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- Australia votes
‘Missed the mark’: Labor removes meme based on racist T-shirt
The party posted a meme reading: “This is Australia. We eat meat, we drink beer and we love Medicare,” referencing an Islamophobic T-shirt.
- James Massola
- Opinion
- Social media
According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia
I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was wrong.
- Zoya Patel
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
One criminal hoax does not make antisemitism vanish
As soon as the caravan bomb plot was exposed, hateful messages hit social media claiming that antisemitism itself was a hoax and a lie.
- Alex Ryvchin
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/racism-612