{
  "id": 5190835,
  "title": "Call it out: online register to drive anti-racism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/call-it-out-online-register-to-drive-anti-racism",
  "topic": null,
  "section": null,
  "published": "2026-09-02T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discovered",
    "slug": "discovered",
    "url": "https://oberonreview.com.au/story/9342781/call-it-out-online-register-to-drive-anti-racism"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An online register dedicated to documenting racism and discrimination against First Nations people in Australia is set to receive up to $2 million in government funding. This investment, announced ahead of the final report of a parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate, and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, aims to bolster the efforts of Call It Out, a culturally safe, trauma-informed website created by the University of Technology Sydney's Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research in collaboration with the National Justice Project. The register, the only national, Indigenous-led collection of such data, has already garnered over 700 submissions and conducted public hearings nationwide. Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, emphasized that while the committee awaits its final report, action is not delayed. The funding will also support the development of a new online data dashboard to inform anti-racism action and policy development. The parliamentary inquiry has revealed significant gaps in racism reporting and response mechanisms, with existing systems described as fragmented, inconsistent, slow, and often culturally unsafe. The Jumbunna Institute's Lindon Coombes stated that the goal is to generate evidence to inform anti-racism action, policy development, and community response, as well as to educate the broader community about the prevalence of racism.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}