‘Vein of racism’: Race discrimination commissioner accuses One Nation and Coalition of scapegoating immigrants

Exclusive: Australia faces a ‘pronounced political fault line’, Giridharan Sivaraman tells Brisbane seminar on human rights Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One Nation and the federal opposition are “dehumanising” and “scapegoating” immigrants while drawing on a “deep vein of racism”, Australia’s federal race discrimination commissioner says. Giridharan Sivaraman made the comments as part of a panel discussion at a Brisbane seminar on human rights , hosted by the state’s human rights commission. Continue reading...

Original source: Guardian