Australian Human Rights Commission
Submission to the UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, 30 October 2017
for%20change.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017). Similar observations have been made in research work
published by Diversity Council Australia, which has also collected data on cultural diversity in
corporate Australia. See, eg, Diversity Council Australia, ‘Capitalising on culture: A Study of the
Cultural Origins of ASX 200 Business Leaders’ (2013). At
https://www.dca.org.au/research/project/capitalising-culture (Executive Summary publicly available)
(viewed 30 October 2017).
67 Australian Human Rights Commission, Westpac Group, PWC, University of Sydney, and Telstra,
Leading for Change: A blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership (July 2016). At
http://www.pwc.com.au/publications/diversity-leading-for-change-jul16.html (viewed 10 October 2017).
The group consists of the Australian Human Rights Commission, the University of Sydney Business
School, Westpac, PwC Australia and Telstra. Together, the group shares its experiences in embracing
cultural diversity and inclusive leadership.
68 Australian Human Rights Commission, Westpac Group, PWC, University of Sydney, and Telstra,
Leading for Change: A blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership (July 2016) 2. At
http://www.pwc.com.au/publications/diversity-leading-for-change-jul16.html (viewed 10 October 2017).
69 Screen Australia, Seeing ourselves: reflections on diversity in Australian TV drama (2016) At
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/reports-and-key-issues/reports-and-discussionpapers/seeing-ourselves (viewed 3 May 2017).
70 Australian Human Rights Commission, In our own words — African Australians: A review of human
rights and social inclusion issues (2010). At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/racediscrimination/projects/our-own-words-african-australians-review-human-rights-and (viewed 10
October 2017).
71 Australian Human Rights Commission, In our own words — African Australians: A review of human
rights and social inclusion issues (2010). At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/racediscrimination/projects/our-own-words-african-australians-review-human-rights-and (viewed 10
October 2017).
72 Senate Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism, Parliament of Australia, Ways of
protecting and strengthening Australia’s multiculturalism and social inclusion (2017) 56 [3.86]–[3.88]
(Recommendation 5). At
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Strengthening_Multiculturalism/M
ulticulturalism/Final_report (viewed 11 October 2017).
73 Mutuma Ruteere, Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on his mission to Australia, Human Rights Council,
35th sess, UN Doc A/HRC/35/41/Add.2 (9 June 2017) 17 [72].
74 Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016–2017 Complaint Statistics (2017). At
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/commission-general/publications/annual-report-2016-2017
(viewed 26 October 2017).
75 Australian Human Rights Commission, Agenda for Racial Equality (2012–2016) (2012). At
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/race-discrimination/publications/agenda-racial-equality2012-2016 (viewed 30 October 2017).
76 Senate Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism, Parliament of Australia, Ways of
protecting and strengthening Australia’s multiculturalism and social inclusion (2017) [5.57]
(Recommendation 12). At
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Strengthening_Multiculturalism/M
ulticulturalism/Final_report (viewed 11 October 2017).
77 UK Cabinet Office, Race Disparity Audit — Summary Findings from the Ethnicity Facts and Figures
Website (October 2017). At https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/race-disparity-audit (viewed
12 October 2017).
78 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Rt Hon Theresa May MP, ‘Speech of 10 October 2017’,
Race Disparity Audit Launch: 10 October 2017, UK Government (online) 10 October 2017. At
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-words-at-race-disparity-audit-launch-10-october-2017
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79 See Yin Paradies, ‘A systematic review of empirical research and self-reported racism and health’
(2006) 35 International Journal of Epidemiology 888; Yin Paradies and Joan Cunningham,
‘Experiences of racisms among urban Indigenous Australians: Findings from the DRUID study.’ (2009)
32 Ethnic and Racial Studies 548; Yin Paradies and Joan Cunningham, ‘The DRUID study: Exploring
mediating pathways between racism and depressive symptoms among Indigenous Australians’ (2012)
47 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 165.
80 Australian Human Rights Commission, Freedom from Discrimination: Report on the 40th
anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act (2015) 65–69. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/ourwork/race-discrimination/publications/freedom-discrimination-report-40th-anniversary-racial (viewed 11
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