“…For example, 24 percent of Aboriginal Australians in NSW and Queensland stated that they had experienced racism in their dealings with police, whereas among non-Aboriginals, the rate was only six percent (Dunn, Gandhi, Burnley, & Forrest, 2003, p. 177). There is a perception among some Muslim and the Middle Eastern Australians that they are targets of police attention as a 'suspect community' (Australia Human Rights Commission, 2012;Collins, Noble, & Poynting, 2000;Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, 2007;Islamic Council of New South Wales, 2004;Kennedy, 2000;Poynting, Noble, & Tabar, 1999). Unpublished data from recent surveys with Sydney Muslims (during 2011-2012) revealed that the rates of such experience are very high, with 43 percent reporting racism in their dealings with police.…”