Implementation
The substantive recommendations of ALRC 104 have not yet been implemented.
In addition to legislative change, Recommendation 10–5 recommended that the Australian Government pursue non-legislative strategies, including educational programs, aimed at promoting inter-communal harmony and understanding. In July 2006, the National Action Plan to Build on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security (NAP) was endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Under the auspices of the NAP, many programs and activities have been undertaken in 2006–07, including the establishment of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s Community Partnerships for Human Rights program, which aims to increase social cohesion and counteract extreme discriminatory views and intolerance at the local and broader community level. All of these programs are consistent with the recommendation of ALRC 104.