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"From corporate breakfasts to office morning teas, this week workplaces across
Australia will mark NAIDOC Week. Held in early July every year, it’s a
celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ history, culture
and achievements.
But even as work colleagues get together to celebrate NAIDOC Week, our recent
research shows racism against Indigenous workers is still common. More than
half (58%) Indigenous people we surveyed reported experiencing racism
sometimes, often, or very often at work.
It’s little wonder a parliamentary inquiry on racism, hate and violence
directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has had almost 600
submissions. That inquiry is holding hearings around Australia for at least
another month.
Those hearings come in the wake of an attempted bombing of a peaceful
Invasion/Survival Day rally in Boorloo/Perth on January 26 this year. A
31-year-old man was charged with engaging in a terrorist act, after allegedly
throwing a home-made explosive into a crowd of thousands of people. Luckily, it
failed to detonate.
In that context, what more can workplaces do about racism against Indigenous
people all year around?
Our research points to three practical, proven solutions for employers – plus a
gap in national workplace policy that’s yet to be fixed."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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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
