Adam Goodes AFL race case sparks discrimination debate

One of Australia's biggest sports stars is threatening to quit because of what he sees as racist abuse.

Adam Goodes, an Indigenous Australian, may end his Aussie Rules Football career with the Sydney Swans Club because of constantly being booed at games.

"This is one of the contradictions of Australian multiculturalism," said Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Australia's race discrimination commissioner.

"It's been pretty disappointing to see what Adam Goodes has been subjected to. He deserves respect; he doesn't deserve the contempt that's being directed at him."

The case has led to a debate about race and the treatment of Australia's aboriginal population, as Jon Donnison reports for the Today programme from Sydney.