In an Australian first, all four emergency service organisations in Tasmania are coming together to jointly pledge their support for the ‘Racism. It Stops with Me’ campaign.

Tasmania Police, Ambulance Tasmania, the Tasmania Fire Service and the State Emergency Service are joining with Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane and Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner, Robin Banks, to sign on to the national campaign.

The signing coincides with Human Rights Week, which commenced in Tasmania on 3 December and will culminate on international Human Rights Day on 10 December.

Tasmania Police Commissioner, Darren Hine, said “Tasmania’s emergency services are at the frontline serving the community every day. We do so without fear or favour – serving everyone regardless of who or where they have come from, whatever their background.”

Commissioner Hine, Mr Morgan, Mr Brown and Mrs Heath will also participate in a Q & A forum with Dr Tim Soutphommasane and facilitated by Robin Banks.