Racist comment at SANFL match – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

Adelaide Crows star Taylor Walker has been banned for six games by the AFL after the league found he made a racist comment at an SANFL game. Walker will miss the remaining three games of this season, and the first three of 2022. He has apologised for the remark, saying he is “embarrassed, ashamed and remorseful”. The comment was reported by one of the Crows’ officials.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.