‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:25:52 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/not-met-their-duty-of-care-new-report-finds-racism-is-widespread-at-australian-unis-276170>

"Racism is a “widespread” and “systemic” problem in Australian universities, a
major new report has found. According to the Australian Human Rights
Commission, about 80% of surveyed Indigenous, Chinese, African, Jewish and
Middle Eastern students and staff say they have experienced racism at
university.

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman described the findings in
the Racism@Uni report as sometimes “harrowing reading”. He added it shows
“universities have not met their duty of care”.

What is happening on Australian campuses? And what can be done to fix it?"

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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