The Wire

As the Sri Lankan cricket team meets with Australian officials to discuss the problem of racist chanting from the terraces, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has released a report on racism and cultural diversity in Australian sport. The report suggest more needs to be done to encourage those from ethnically diverse backgrounds to participate in sports in Australia. Chief Executive of Athletics Australia, Danny Cochrane, responds to the report while Anne Bunde-Birouste of the University of New South Wales details a soccer program being run to encourage the integration of African refugees into Australian life.