Appendix B: Discovery Interview Questions
Below are the questions posed to identified stakeholders within the early discovery
interviews prior to undertaking desktop research. The purpose of these interviews was
to establish a baseline understanding and form further lines of inquiry for the research
project.
Question 1:
Can you outline what has been happening in anti-racism strategy, policy or projects in
your organisation/Department/State or Territory Government/Local Government in
Australia/space over the past five years?
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What initiatives have been funded? What have they done? Are they still running?
How are they going?
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What was/is the:
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Purpose?
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key groups targeted?
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stakeholders?
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partners involved?
Question 2:
How effective have these been? What have they achieved?
Question 3:
What's not happening? What have been the barriers or challenges to the work?
[Prompt: Buy in/funding made available/resources allocated etc]
Question 4:
What have been the opportunities for the work?
Question 5:
Do you have any examples of good practice in anti-racism work
[Prompt: domestic or international?]
Question 6:
What would you/your organisation/Department/State or Territory Government/Local
Government in Australia like to see in a new national framework?
Question 7:
What do you see as the key priority areas for anti-racism policies and programs
undertaken by government in future?
Question 8:
Finally, do you have any suggestions of who we should speak to in our next round of
interviews? Is there anything else you would like to share today?
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