there is a need for government to reaffirm support for addressing racism towards First Nations peoples. Key Finding 9: Racism not a consideration for local government While there are excellent individual examples of local government work, generally local government does not see anti-racism work as a consideration, either at local council or their state/national peak body levels. Key Finding 10: Good practice examples are available The Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) provides an example of legislation addressing online racism and the funding of Reconciliation Australia a good example of funding to the community sector leading to practical and useful outcomes addressing racism in the community. Projects led by All Together Now and the Scanlon Institute, and the University of Western Sydney Challenging Racism project, as well as the Australian Reconciliation Barometer, provide examples of evidence-based research work undertaken in the community sector. Key Finding 11: Failure of political bipartisanship Unlike other policy areas, continuity in work on racism is heavily reliant on, and susceptible to, the attitudes of the government of the day. More recent conservative governments have stepped away from traditional bipartisan approaches in this space and, unlike their predecessors, can no longer be seen as drivers of anti-racism work. This has led to a gap in corporate knowledge in the public sector, and a current sense of ‘reinventing of the wheel’. Key Finding 12: Limitations due to lack of engagement with this research There are limitations to the findings of this research due to a small sample of publicly available information made available by governments, and a lack of interest or engagement with the research project. 1.4 Recommendations A set of key high-level recommendations have been included here for consideration by the Commission and other government bodies, based on the outcomes of this research. They are as follows: • Recommendation 1: Establishment of a National Anti-Racism Council that brings together First Nations and CALD leaders and experts for the first time to advise government on strategic directions for policy and programs. • Recommendation 2: Development of a nationally recognised definition of racism. • Recommendation 3: Development of a clear, whole of government strategic approach to addressing racism and racist behaviours in Australian society. 4