Our Consultation Report
Between March and May 2012 the Commission asked for public input into the development of the Strategy.
- 23 public meetings were held in 17 locations across every state and territory, involving nearly 700 people.
- The Commission received nearly 1600 online surveys, 80 submissions made using the online submission template and 123 formal submissions.
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Consultation Report
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Download Discussion Paper
A discussion paper was released in March 2012 to guide the consultation process. It is available here:
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Discussion Paper
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Discussion Paper
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Submissions
The names of individuals and organisations that submitted a response to the discussion paper are listed below.
All submissions have informed the Secretariat in the development of the Strategy. The Commission is only able to publish submissions that meet the publication guidelines, which can be found here, and that comply with the Commission’s web accessibility standards in line with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Submissions must be made available in Microsoft Word, therefore the Commission is unable to publish PDF, hard copy or handwritten submissions.
The Commission has published all the submissions made by organisations that meet the above criteria and a selection of individual submissions that meet these criteria and demonstrate the range of opinions that were expressed.
Disclaimer
The Australian Human Rights Commission reserves the right to edit submissions, where appropriate, in order to protect the identity of third parties, or where otherwise appropriate. The submissions may contain errors. They do not represent the views of the Commission or its partners.
Responding Individuals & Organisations
- 1 Philip Letchford
- 2 Aileen Ferguson
- 3 Alfred Schenk
- 4 Phil Johnson
- 5 Saul Moss
- 6 Bill Glavin
- 7 Name withheld
- 8 Denis Mulheron
- 9 Confidential
- 10 Glenn Davis
- 11 Michael Correll
- 12 Mike Prowse
- 13 John Murphy
- 14 Robert Cassidy
- 15 Patrick McCauley
- 16 Confidential
- 17 Confidential
- 18 Name withheld
- 19 Daniel Willoughby
- 20 Bob Napier
- 21 Heather D'Cruz
- 22 Colin Delane
- 23 Confidential
- 24 Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association
- 25 Confidential
- 26 Confidential
- 27 Brad Pope
- 28 Confidential
- 29 Institute for Democracy and Human Rights
- 30 Garry Hogan
- 31 Confidential
- 32 Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre
- 33 Chinese Community Council of Australia (VIC chapter)
- 34 Elaine Page
- 35 Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network NSW
- 36 Jatinder Kaur
- 37 City of Whittlesea
- 38 Peter Evans
- 39 Women's Legal Centre
- 40 Community Centres SA Inc.
- 41 Executive Council of Australian Jewry
- 42 Patricia Wagstaff
- 43 Haydn Rigby
- 44 Chinese Association of South Australia
- 45 Liverpool MRC
- 46 Dr Peter Gale
- 47 All Together Now
- 48 Susan Burke
- 49 Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
- 50 Lin Morrow
- 51 Confidential
- 52 Beyond Blue
- 53 City of Darebin
- 54 Netball Australia
- 55 Adelaide Migrant Health Service
- 56 Confidential
- 57 Confidential
- 58 Confidential
- 59 Metro MRC
- 60 ACTCOSS
- 61 Name withheld
- 62 Nathalie Haymann
- 63 John King
- 64 National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 65 Yarra City Council
- 66 Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia
- 67 Townsville Multicultural Support Group
- 68 Civil Celebration Network Inc.
- 69 NSW Aboriginal Land Council
- 70 Women’s Health West
- 71 Human Rights and Security Cluster, University of South Australia
- 72 Barbara Baird
- 73 Australian Baha’i Community
- 74 Human Rights are Aussie Rules Project
- 75 Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Tasmania
- 76 Shelter S.A.
- 77 Refugee Council of Australia
- 78 Confidential
- 79 SBS
- 80 Student Representative Council , University of Sydney
- 81 Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory
- 82 Challenging Racism Project
- 83 Anti-racism academics
- 84 Media RING
- 85 Reconciliation Australia
- 86 Youth Art for Change forum
- 87 Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
- 88 Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
- 89 Access Community Services Limited
- 90 Victorian Multicultural Commission
- 91 Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-Op. Ltd
- 92 Anne Barton
- 93 Ken Brookes
- 94 Desert Knowledge Australia
- 95 Australian Centre for Disability Law
- 96 James Cook University students
- 97 Dr Gilbert Caluya
- 98 City of Monash
- 99 Ballarat Catholic Social Justice Commission
- 100 Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition
- 101 Malcolm Brandon
- 102 Settlement Council of Australia
- 103 Confidential
- 104 ACT Torres Strait Islanders Corporation
- 105 Ethnic Communities' Council of Queensland
- 106 Jeremy Jones AM
- 107 Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
- 108 ACT Human Rights Commission
- 109 Australian Psychological Society
- 110 Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association
- 111 Confidential
- 112 Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland
- 113 Law Society of the Northern Territory
- 114 Ipswich Community Cultural Leaders
- 115 Confidential
- 116 Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
- 117 Cultural Intelligence
- 118 Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
- 119 The Greens NSW
- 120 Australians Indigenous Doctors’ Association
- 121 Chairman, South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission
- 122 National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
- 123 Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council
Confidentiality and use of information
The information you provide in this survey or online submission form may be used to inform development of the National Anti-Racism Strategy. You do not need to provide your name or other information that may identify you. By submitting a survey or online submission form, you provide your permission for the Australian Human Rights Commission to use the information you provide in the text of the Strategy and other Commission publications. Whilst every endeavour will be made to ensure confidentiality, the Commission is obliged to determine any request for access to documents in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
The Commission cannot guarantee the security of any electronic exchange of information - read the Commission’s internet privacy policy. If you are concerned about providing information electronically, you may make a written submission to the Strategy by responding to the questions in the discussion paper.