INTERVIEW: How students are combating racism at Australian universities

The University of Melbourne Student Union is preparing to release the findings of its fourth report on racism on campus. The union's president, Lushy Chinganya, explains what it found and how it connects with the latest Human Rights Commission report on the same issue.

The President of the University of Melbourne Student Union, Lushy Chinganya, says tackling racism in Australian universities requires concerted effort. Source: Supplied / Drew Echberg

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The extent and impacts of racism at Australian universities have been revealed in the first national report on the issue.

The report was commissioned by the federal government and conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

It makes 47 recommendations to tackle what it calls structural discrimination, and the significant impacts on wellbeing, participation, and performance.

Lushy Chinganya is the President of the University of Melbourne Student Union, which is preparing to release its fourth report on student experiences of racism on campus.

In this episode of Weekend One on One, she spoke to Biwa Kwan about approaches to tackling racism at universities.