Grounds for complaints, number of complaints, 2016-17
Grounds for complaints made under the Racial Discrimination Act
The Australian Human Rights Commission received 1939 complaints in 2016-17. Of those, 409 (21%) were under the Racial Discrimination Act.
About 40% of the complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act were made by someone born overseas. And of those made by Australian born complainants, about 25% were made by Indigenous Australians.