SYDNEY – The Australian Human Rights Commission has formally accepted a racial discrimination complaint against a NSW minister, prompting the minister’s office to immediately commission an external review of the external review process.
A spokesperson described the matter as “a learning opportunity”, which is the official Australian translation of “we hope you forget about this by Wednesday”. The minister will continue in the role pending the outcome of a process the office could not name, date or describe.
Within hours, three corporate Reconciliation Action Plan committees announced they were “watching the situation closely” from the comfort of a catered offsite at a winery in the Hunter. Acknowledgements of Country were performed at record pace.
A Gammon Mob spokesperson confirmed the complaint was the 4,812th of its kind this year, narrowly trailing the number of LinkedIn posts about allyship. “We’ve stopped counting” they said. “We’re focusing on the bingo card now.”
The minister’s office released a statement noting they had “deep respect for First Nations peoples”, a phrase generated by an AI tool trained exclusively on Acknowledgements of Country. The statement was signed by a staffer who once attended a NAIDOC morning tea.
A $2.3 million cultural competency program will be rolled out for senior staff in 2028.
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