A new report claims racial discrimination is costing Australia almost 45 billion dollars a year, which would make it a bigger health cost than smoking.The research by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation in Melbourne found racial discrimination costs 3.6 per cent of Australia's Gross Domestic Product each year.Naomi Selvaratnam reports.
A study, partly funded by the Australian Human Rights Commission and VicHealth, has attempted to calculate the public-health costs associated with racism.
That included mental illnesses and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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