Figures show sharp rise in race-discrimination complaints

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton at a New Year's reception for the Australian and England Cricket teams at Kirribilli House in Sydney, Monday, January 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton Source: AAP

New figures from the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission show race-discrimination complaints have risen sharply from last year's numbers. Anti-discrimination leaders say it should be a wake-up call for a need to change attitudes towards race.



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