representatives of non-government organisations, local government and the state government working together to participate in research and make submissions on racism.64 Among its key priorities is addressing gaps and opportunities to address racism and to identify the role of government in this process. One Victorian stakeholder mentioned they were a part of a newly formed anti-racism alliance which had primarily met online to date and are still considering ‘what we can do together to help support each other.’65 They shared that while important, the work is unfunded, but that Wyndham City Council had announced it would also run an anti-racism campaign in mid-2024 and as part of this would provide funding to community members and organisations. Lastly in the inner west of Sydney, efforts to devise new strategies to tackle racism are awaiting the outcome of community consultation activities before progressing further. It is anticipated that the Inner West Council will vote on whether to endorse its newly released anti-racism strategy around June 2024.66 4.3.3 Opportunities Stakeholders identified a range of opportunities to address gaps in the anti-racism space. These include work that remains to be undertaken at the local government level, and broader reforms that would benefit the community at large. Data Local government stakeholders stressed the importance of data collection to better understand the nature, extent and impact of racism. Stakeholders nominated the importance of previous national research efforts that provide location-based data about the incidence of racism as a baseline to devising appropriate local anti-racism strategies. Stakeholders specifically mentioned the work undertaken by Deakin University in partnership with the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies which is due for release in June 2024. One stakeholder advised that this work would be key to drive future efforts on anti-racism in their area: ‘We are one of the local governments involved in this survey and we will also have data …to better understand racism and to inform a future anti racism strategy that we will start working on.’67 Another stakeholder highlighted the Race Disparity Audit in the United Kingdom, which provides an overview of the treatment of diverse communities across various sectors 64 LGNSW (2020) NSW Anti-Racism Working Group, accessed 12 February 2024 65 Victorian stakeholder interview 66 Inner West Council (2024) Anti-Racism Strategy, accessed 12 February 2024 67 Darebin Council stakeholder 40