‘Vein of racism’: Race discrimination commissioner accuses One Nation and Coalition of scapegoating immigrants

One Nation and the federal opposition are “dehumanising” and “scapegoating” immigrants while drawing on a “deep vein of racism”, Australia’s federal race discrimination commissioner says. Giridharan Sivaraman made the comments as part of a panel discussion at a Brisbane seminar on human rights , hosted by the state’s human rights commission. Asked what his priority issues were, Sivaraman said the country was facing “a very pronounced political fault line”. …