ANSWER: I agree with Amy Lockwood’s response regarding the need to re-test the MIRE survey (self reported racism in Indigenous populations) in order to determine if there is a temporal effect on the responses to the questionnaire. As she stated, there SHOUDN’T be based on the type of questions asked, but its important to validate that that does not occur.
I think it is also important to re-test not only the same people at a different time, but also test Indigenous peoples in different areas of Australia to determine if the survey is robust towards geography. For instance, self-reported racism in the Northern Territories (30% of population is Indigenous) may be different compared with self reported racism in other parts of Australia (2-4% of population is Indigenous).