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43 In 2015, the foreign-born unemployment rate was lower than the native-born rate, and the fifth
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44 Thomas Liebig and Sarah Widmaier, ‘Children of Immigrants in the Labour Markets of EU and
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52 Australian Human Rights Commission, Freedom from Discrimination: Report on the 40 th Anniversary
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53 For example, Andrew Jakubowicz, Kevin Dunn and Rachel Sharples, found, as part of the Cyber
Racism and Community Resilience Research Project, that only 10% of Australians believe people
should have the freedom to ‘insult’ and ‘offend’ people on the basis of race, culture or religion and that
over 75% are opposed. See Andrew Jakubowicz, Kevin Dunn and Rachel Sharples, ‘Australians
believe 18C protections should stay’, The Conversation (online) 17 February 2017. At
https://theconversation.com/australians-believe-18c-protections-should-stay-73049 (viewed 23
October 2017); Andrew Jakubowicz, Kevin Dunn and Rachel Sharples, ‘What do Australian internet
users think about racial vilification?’ The Conversation (online) 17 March 2014. At
https://theconversation.com/what-do-australian-internet-users-think-about-racial-vilification-24280
(viewed 23 October 2017); Cyber Racism and Community Resilience Research Project (CRaCR), An
inquiry into freedom of speech in Australia, Submission No 54 to the Parliamentary Joint Committee
on Human Rights (9 December 2016). At
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