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Good morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer and I’m going to preview some of our top stories this morning before my colleague Rafqa Touma fires up the computer.
Australia’s view of itself as one of the world’s most successful multicultural nations has taken a battering in the past two weeks after the failed voice referendum and the stirring of intra-communal tension by the eruption of conflict in the Middle East. Our exclusive story this morning reveals that the Albanese government plans to bring in a new national racism strategy. The minister for multicultural affairs, Andrew Giles, says there is a “renewed sense of urgency” about launching a new anti-racism campaign “given the events of recent weeks”. The polarising referendum campaign and domestic anxieties about the Middle East conflict had left him “very concerned”.
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