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Explore news media articles highlighting current trends and dynamics that relate to the barriers and opportunities that people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background may confront or may experience in emergency responder roles or aspiring to emergency responder roles in Australia. First Nations readers are advised that this list of media articles may contain images and descriptions of deceased persons. Please forward any news items or comments to contact email below for inclusion on this list. Some articles may contain pay walls.

Parliament passes bill to help workplace sexual harassment victims take legal action | Australasian Lawyer (thelawyermag.com)

As volunteer workforce ages, community groups call for younger people to step up, embrace new experiences - ABC News

NT police commissioner apologises to Indigenous community at Garma festival | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian

Failure to learn from ‘African gangs’ furore puts community at risk, Victoria’s children’s commissioner says | Australian police and policing | The Guardian

Victoria’s police chief apologises for systemic racism and discrimination against Indigenous Australians | Victoria | The Guardian

SA Police officer investigated for racist messages to Sudanese-Australian Q+A guest Nyadol Nyuon - ABC News

I’m a CFA volunteer – and as firefighters we have to put community safety above politics | Cam Walker | The Guardian

A coronial inquest into the shooting of Kumajayi Walker has ended, leaving the NT Police Force in crisis mode - ABC News

Former Perth police officer claims WA's force was rife with racism, 'full of hatred' (watoday.com.au)

Victoria Police presentation on youth crime criticised for 'racist' focus on 'African gangs' - ABC News

Pandemic, fires and floods prompt new approaches to preparing Victoria's multicultural communities for emergencies - ABC News

Racial Justice is a National Security Priority: Perspectives from the Next Generation | The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security - HBS Working Knowledge

NT police sergeant shared photo of topless Aboriginal woman with other officers, inquest told | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian

NSW Police: Racist traffic stop officer identified as ‘Raptor 13’ | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Review recommends mental health system improvements after alleged stabbing of Julie Seed and Susan Scardigno - ABC News

Caught between black and blue: senior Queensland police officer reveals the racism that broke him | Australian police and policing | The Guardian

The Smith cousins died 36 years ago. A coroner has found racism plagued the investigation into their deaths | SBS NITV

NSW police officers at pro-Palestine rally allegedly wore badges associated with rightwing extremism | Australian police and policing | The Guardian

The treatment by police of a 13-year-old autistic boy is shocking – but it fits an appalling pattern | George Newhouse and Duncan Fine | The Guardian

'Isolated and traumatised' workers subject to racist slurs call for employers to do more to stamp out bullying and harassment - ABC News

Sydney woman sues NSW Police Force claiming racial and sexual discrimination following alleged road rage incident - ABC News

Canberra man accuses police of racial profiling after arrest for trespassing at his own home - ABC News

Indigenous veteran Paul Walker tells royal commission into defence suicide his time in the army 'tore him apart' - ABC News

Calls for Queensland police union chief to resign over ‘outward racist ideology’ expressed in Courier Mail | Queensland | The Guardian

Federal Court says Qld police guilty of racial discrimination on Palm Island | SBS News

‘A normalised culture of antisemitism’: students sue Melbourne school, alleging Jews were bullied | Melbourne | The Guardian

Queensland government urged to intervene after police staff in racist recordings go unpunished | Australian police and policing | The Guardian

Hobart Human Library tackling racism, stereotypes and discrimination with the power of story - ABC News

‘It’s the first thing that they look at’: claims of racial profiling levelled at Victoria police after Covid fines report | Victoria | The Guardian

The startling evidence of racism Queensland police couldn’t shrug off | Queensland | The Guardian

Institutional racism is at work in Australia. How does it affect Indigenous people? | SBS NITV

Alarming level of name discrimination in job recruitment, according to new research | 7NEWS

CFA apologises to members after report finds culture of discrimination and bullying - ABC News

Report finds many women from diverse backgrounds 'code-switch' - ABC News

Want to be culturally sensitive? Start by saying my name right | Ranjana Srivastava | The Guardian

‘Don’t take it personally’: three common workplace clashes – and how to deal with them | Australian lifestyle | The Guardian

ACT Policing officers caught on camera making racist, inappropriate comments | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT

Femal firefighter calls out sexual harassment in Victorian fire service (theage.com.au)

Victoria Police sacks three officers, disciplines nine others over the production of racist stubby holders - ABC News

Queensland police officers in racist recordings to keep their jobs, undergo ‘emotional intelligence’ training - ABC News

Female police officer speaks out on sexual harassment in the police force | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

NSW RFS volunteers come forward with more allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying - ABC News

Sexual harassment within Australian Federal Police 'almost twice national average' - ABC News

Australian Federal Police settle sexual harassment claim for $1.25m (smh.com.au)

Ambulance Victoria: Sexually harassed staff to receive compensation, apologies under new scheme (theage.com.au)

Ambulance Victoria workplace equality review: Shocking degree of bullying discrimination and sexual harassment revealed within Ambulance Victoria (9news.com.au)

New ABS data reveals scope of sexual harassment and violence across Australia - ABC News

Bullying, harassment 'endemic' in Australian health care system - ABC listen

New study to investigate migrant women's experience of workplace sexual harassment | SBS News

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