Measuring Harmony, Multicultualism and Reconciliation: Australian Football League's Racial and Religious Vilification Laws
- Authors: Reeves, Keir , Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Cazaly, Ciannon , Leonard, Paul , Ponsford, Megan
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues Vol. 15, no. 2 (2012), p. 51-63
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- Description: 2014100299
Marginal women, Marginal rights: Impediments to gender-based persecution claims by asylum-seeking women in Australia
- Authors: McPherson, Melinda , Horowitz, Leah , DiGiglio, Sarah , Greenacre, Lucy , Saalmann, Yuri , Lusher, Dean
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 24, no. 2 (June 2011 2011), p. 323-347
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- Description: Women’s experiences of violence often remain invisible or discounted in asylum law and practice. Gender is absent as an overt ground for protection under the Refugee Convention and readings of the Convention have commonly excluded it. Although Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has acknowledged women’s special protection needs with instruments such as the Guidelines on Gender Issues for Decision Makers (DIAC 1996, 2010), the article investigates whether these are translating into practice. It examines ways in which women’s claims for asylum because of gender-based persecution (GBP) may be impeded in Australia. Drawing on feedback from major stakeholder groups, including asylum advocates, asylum seeking women, and DIAC, we suggest that at the time of our fieldwork (2005/2006) appropriate consideration of claims of GBP was generally still not evident within DIAC. We identify barriers to both the emergence and consideration of claims and suggest ways DIAC might improve gender sensitivity in the processing of asylum claims.
Hornet football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 594-596
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- Description: The Hornet football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote Community Harmony, Multiculturalism and Reconciliation. Hornet participated in the surveys only. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Gecko football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society : Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 590-593
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- Description: Special Issue : The biggest game in town : An analysis of the AFL's vilification policy. The Gecko football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote community harmony, multiculturalism and reconciliation. Foxtrot participated in the surveys only. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Charlie football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 557-564
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- Description: The Charlie football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote community harmony, multiculturalism and reconciliation. Charlie participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Foxtrot football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 582-589
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- Description: The Foxtrot football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote community harmony, multiculturalism and reconciliation. Foxtrot participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Echo football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 573-581
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- Description: Special Issue : The biggest game in town : An analysis of the AFL's vilification policy. The Echo football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote Community Harmony, Multiculturalism and Reconciliation. Echo participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Understanding the importance and context of vilification
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 483-500
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- Description: This paper looks at the context with which the research for the collection came out of. It draws on recent examples in the media and football and connects that up to the examples in the past particularly the incidents in the AFL that involved Nicky Winmar in 1993 and Michael Long in 1995 and the introduction of Rule 35. This paper sets the scene from which the rest of the collection positions itself. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Overarching findings
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 501-537
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- Description: The issue of racism in the Australian Football League (AFL) is one that has been officially recognized since 1995. Since then, the AFL, the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) and the AFL clubs have been bound by the rules of the code, specifically Rule 35, to deal with racism, racial and religious intolerance and racist abuse, as well as other forms of vilification, when it has arisen. The most recent player-to-player vilification incident occurred in 2011 and involved Western Bulldogs forward Justin Sherman and Gold Coast Sun defender Joel Wilkinson. Despite the problems that many had with Sherman’s suspension, which still allowed him to play with the Western Bulldogs reserves side, what was very marked was the speed of the process from the lodgement of complaint to the suspension. This would seem to indicate that when it comes to such matters, the AFL is serious about dealing with racial vilification and it wanted to send a message to all the clubs and players. In the weeks and months after the incident, what became quite evident was the damage Sherman had sustained to his reputation as a professional athlete: his ‘brand’ is tarnished from here on. Furthermore, the overarching message from this incident as it related to the AFL was that racism in any form is wrong and it will not be tolerated.
Introduction : The AFL’s rule 35
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 472-482
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- Description: This introductory paper lays the foundation for this important work. This is the first time that a multidisciplinary, systematic study has been conducted into the Australian Football League’s (AFL) Rule 35 1 – the first code of conduct introduced by an elite sporting organization in the world to deal with racial, religious and sexual vilification. Social and sport history in Australia will be discussed to further contextualize the importance of the research. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Igloo football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 597-599
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- Description: The Igloo football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote Community Harmony, Multiculturalism and Reconciliation. Igloo participated in the surveys only. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Delta football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 565-572
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- Description: The Delta football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote community harmony, multiculturalism and reconciliation. Delta participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Conclusion
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 600-613
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- Description: This conclusion discusses some recent examples of racism in AFL in order to explore the question of ‘how far have we come in the AFL when it comes to racism?’ This paper also discusses what the potential future trajectories are for Rule 35 and the findings from the Australian Research Council Linkage project that this book came from. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Bravo football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 549-556
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- Description: The Bravo football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote community harmony, multiculturalism and reconciliation. Bravo participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Abacus football club
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 19, no. 4 (2016), p. 538-548
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- Description: The Abacus football club is an AFL club that participated in this Australian Research Council project Assessing the Australian Football League’s Racial and Religious Vilification Laws to promote Community Harmony, Multiculturalism and Reconciliation. Abacus participated in both the surveys and the interviews. This club and its players and staff have all been deidentified as required by Curtin University’s ethics guidelines. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.
Reviewing the AFL's vilification laws : rule 35, reconciliation and racial harmony in Australian football
- Authors: Gorman, Sean , Lusher, Dean , Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Book
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