Q. The Federal government says it has lost confidence in the Commonwealth Human Rights Commission and its president Gillian Triggs after it released a report on children in immigration detention. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the Human Rights Commission?
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Total
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total approve |
34% |
46% |
26% |
60% |
30% |
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| Total disapprove |
22% |
15% |
34% |
9% |
28% |
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| Strongly approve |
13% |
20% |
5% |
36% |
9% |
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| Approve |
21% |
26% |
21% |
24% |
21% |
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| Disapprove |
13% |
11% |
18% |
6% |
13% |
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| Strongly disapprove |
9% |
4% |
16% |
3% |
15% |
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| Don’t know |
44% |
39% |
41% |
32% |
42% |
34% approve of the performance of the Human Rights Commission and 22% disapprove. 44% had no opinion.
Those most likely to approve were Greens voters (60%), Labor voters (46%) and university-educated (40%).
05 June 2012, 050612, Dr Helen Szoke, human rights commission, indigenous, multiculturalism, racial discrimination comissioner, Racism
Dr Helen Szoke explains that people need to learn how to identify and react to racism in social settings.
For the past decade, Australia has become the home of multiculturalism. Half of us were born overseas. In city suburbs Gen Y mixes easily with different nationalities and cultures. The fight against racism appears to have been won. Or has it?
The Racial Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Helen Szoke, tells 3Q racism is still a pervasive problem in Australia, with ethnic minorities and Indigenous people continuing to experience discrimination in subtle and not so subtle ways.
Read a transcript of a recent interview with Dr Szoke on the issue.
Unless they’re celebrating their ethnic diversity through a weekend festival or harmony day at their local school, most Australians want people to drop obvious cultural ties.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is developing a national anti-racism strategy to educate the public on what constitutes racism and how it can be prevented and reduced.