Racism on the rise in Australia

Former Labor senator Nova Peris

Former Labor senator Nova Peris Source: AAP

Racism in the country is growing - if the latest Reconciliation Australia survey is anything to go by. It found that almost half of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population recently experienced racism-a figure almost double that of the general population.



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