Racial discrimination - Australian Human Rights Commission
Discrimination can be direct or indirect. Direct discrimination happens when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of his or her race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status. Indirect discrimination can be less obvious. It can happen when employers or service providers put in
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