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Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Brisbane, QLD (part 1 of 2)

27 July 2026

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The committee hears from Australian Human Rights Commission representatives on foundational racism against First Peoples, priorities for the National Anti-Racism Framework, genocide and child removals, state laws and deaths in custody, and legal and policy tools including 18C, complaints processes, and a proposed Human Rights Act and positive duties.

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AHRC evidence — national racism framework and First Peoples

15:13

Hearing opening — inquiry scope and AHRC invited

15:13

AHRC opening — foundational racism and reform pillars

16:56

Q — Thorpe: First Peoples’ racism as national priority & framework delay

20:11

Q — Thorpe: genocide, child removals and Closing the Gap

27:14

Q — Thorpe: racist state laws, child placement and deaths in custody oversight

32:00

Q — Benning: 18C, racial vilification and online anonymity

39:33

Q — Cook: complaints process barriers and evidence racism is rising

44:24

Q — Cook: Queensland government rollbacks and structural racism

55:50

Q — Smith: engaging AHRC and need for national rights architecture

59:20

Chair & AHRC: confidential outcomes, visible consequences and positive duties

01:05:18

Meta platforms — moderation of racist content and regulatory gaps

01:17:42

Meta opening — policies, Voice referendum response and First Nations outreach

01:17:42

Q — Cook: Meta’s tools, algorithms, moderators and advisory input

01:22:53

Q — Thorpe: Meta’s contribution to harm and profit from racism

01:35:09

Committee & Meta: thresholds for harm, law vs policy, bots and hate speech

01:48:11

Q — Smith & Cook: racist terms, fact-checking, supports and digital duty of care

02:09:40

Contested narratives and Black-led anti-racism frameworks

02:53:32

Karumba Institute opening — structural racism, Queensland and femicide

03:15:57

Q&A — Karumba: systemic vs individual racism, media and legal frameworks

03:22:07

Child protection, youth justice and carceral racism

04:46:59

Lewis & QCOSS opening — institutional racism, child harm and Commonwealth’s role

04:46:59

Q&A — Lewis & QCOSS: Qld punitive shifts, genocide, accountability and funding levers

05:00:59

Legal services & carceral racism — Lean and Sisters Inside testimony

05:50:15

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Brisbane, QLD (part 1 of 2)

27 July 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Tue, 28 Jul 2026 Australian Parliament

15:13 - 16:14

Speaker 13

I declare open this public hearing of the joint standing committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for the inquiry into racism, hate, and violence toward Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands in which we meet today, and I pay my respects to their elders, ancestors, past, present, and future. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. In accordance with committee's resolution of 08/06/2025, this hearing will be broadcast on parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the inquiry website. Any any answers to questions or notice taken at this public hearing will also be published on the committee's website.

I remind members of the media who may be present or listening online of the need to fairly and accurately report proceedings of the committee. I now call on representatives from the Australian Human Rights Commission to give evidence. For the hand side record, would you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear?

16:14 - 16:18

Speaker 11

Katie Kiss, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner.

16:18 - 16:21

Speaker 2

Pewdaran Sivaraman, race discrimination commissioner.

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