If a piece of Indigenous artwork or a sacred place is vandalised by an individual motivated by race, no one would hesitate to call it a hate crime.
There would be outrage from politicians, a media frenzy, and half a dozen human rights bodies demanding justice.
Which leaves Australians very confused about why these same officials and bodies do nothing when activists carry signs at anti-Australian Day rallies that appear to incite racial violence and/or hatred.
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