Abstract

There is substantial national and international evidence that anti-Indigenous racism is a driver for the adverse social determinants of mental health and wellbeing. In response to this evidence, key international health organisations have designed policy which seeks to eliminate anti-indigenous racism, strengthen the healing potential of Indigenous self-determination and achieve rights based racial equity and justice. This paper assesses the national and international policy landscape related to eliminating systemic anti-Indigenous racism, evidence of what works, what doesn’t and where the current research and data gaps might be. And how the post-referendum health policy landscape in Australia might refocus the elimination of systemic anti-indigenous racism. Adopting an Indigenous standpoint, this paper highlights the increased importance of transparency and accountability in the measurement and evaluation of anti-racism policy and initiatives which address Australia’s First Nations people.