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Increasing negativity towards Muslims in Australia: report

Protesters holding anti-Muslim placards at a Reclaim Australia Rally at Martin Place in Sydney on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Protesters holding anti-Muslim placards at a Reclaim Australia Rally at Martin Place in Sydney on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Source: AAP

Australians' attitudes to migration have changed little over the past ten years, with a majority embracing new citizens and multiculturalism, but the Scanlon Foundation's Social Cohesion survey shows there's evidence of growing discontent, with increasing negativity toward Muslims and significant discrimination over people's skin colour, ethnicity or religion.


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By Andrea Nierhoff

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Australians' attitudes to migration have changed little over the past ten years, with a majority embracing new citizens and multiculturalism, but the Scanlon Foundation's Social Cohesion survey shows there's evidence of growing discontent, with increasing negativity toward Muslims and significant discrimination over people's skin colour, ethnicity or religion.



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