AFL to do more work to stamp out racism

AFL social policy manager Tanya Hosch has said at the launch of the Sir Doug Nicholls round that the league will do more anti-racism work.

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Published 22 May 2017 12:58pm

Source: AAP

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AFL social policy manager Tanya Hosch says the fight is ongoing to eliminate racist abuse from fans at matches.

Hosch was speaking at the launch of this weekend's Sir Doug Nicholls indigenous round, highlighted by Saturday night's Dreamtime At the 'G clash between Essendon and Richmond.

"We will be doing some more work to make sure that all the people who come to our game - because it is a game for everyone - understand that racism isn't acceptable.

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