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Racism is ‘systemic’ at Australia\u2019s universities, report finds<\/h2>\n
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Racism is \u201csystemic\u201d at Australia\u2019s universities, the race discrimination commissioner says, with a landmark report<\/a> finding seven in 10 respondents have experienced indirect racism, rising to nine in 10 Palestinian and Jewish students and staff.<\/p>\n

The Australian Human Rights Commission\u2019s national study was commissioned in 2024 to investigate the prevalence and impact of racism at universities for the first time. The federal government received the report in December but it was not publicly released until Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Of the 76,000 students and staff that were surveyed as part of the study, 70% had experienced indirect racism, including hearing or seeing racist behaviour directed at their community. 15% had experienced direct racism at university.<\/p>\n

The rates were highest for religious Jewish and Palestinian respondents (over 90%), followed by First Nations, Chinese, Jewish (secular), Middle Eastern and north-east Asian respondents (over 80%).<\/p>\n

At the same time, just 6% of people who experienced direct racism make a complaint to their university, with many citing fear of consequences and low trust in university complaints systems.<\/p>\n