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AAP June 14, 2009,
Racism does exist in Australia but that doesn't mean the whole society is racist, says Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma.
Mr Calma said Australia could not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1990s when racial comments by politician Pauline Hanson inflamed attitudes across Asia.
He said attacks on Indian students in Australia had the potential to hurt the student markets as well as other trade.
"We need to recognise that racism does exist in Australia. It doesn't mean the whole society is racist but it does exist with individual's actions and small group actions," he told Network Ten.
"It's important that we all accept that, understand and start to develop the frameworks to address it into the future and not be reactive but be pro-active." |
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By: cxo99
11/06/2009
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in the "indian students protests" case, "racism" came from territorial disputes over street crime.
C'MON AUSTRALIA, WAKE UP!!! |
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By: r_puarr
11/06/2009
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| might be too late 2 inform you...you are a BLooDY fool and a 'sensitive' one too. Im Australian(4th gen) and we say "where the bloody hell r u" in our ads and you are saying treat our guest" like caged animals after the pay fees. You're a fool and keep your views to YOURSELF. Do not add salt to the wound. |
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By: v12ingine
11/06/2009
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Let us discuss racism in general.
I have found that the people who are racist hate their own people first and then attack others.
Have you seen anyone help anyone else because that person is of that particular race.
The racist are opportunist.If they see they can't succeed on their own then they start to take advantage.As an example- you come out of a mental hospital in In India and say "you will like to see all Muslims killed "next day you can become the Indian Prime Minister or if you say same thing about Hindus in Pakistaan.After that you can keep on doing the opposite as it happens.Same in Australia. The opportunist say it and the rest follow. If they had some money and you asked them to help his brother or sister or the parents.You know what they will tell you "go to Hell".
Many have murdered their own race,raped their own race,cheated their own race in every way possible.
Don't trust me? Take a plate and go to your race and ask for food because someone is of your race. Try it and let me know the result.
If someoneone has an accident, is sick, is needy all other races will help and not only your own race.
Racism only helps mostly politicians, workmates ,sports environment to bring people to their sides and after that once in control they do the opposite.
You see the election time worldwide and see the result later on.
Sadly people still don't learn. |
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By: jaymarcel
11/06/2009
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As usual this is media hyped rubbish, I'm a POM & my girlfriend is Malaysian background we have both lived in the UK, Malaysia & have settled in Australia (finding racism in all three countries)but least in Australia. We have both travelled the world & found it is just individuals that are racist in every country, to say Australia or Australians are racist is crazy.
We have been in Australia for five years now & in the first year travelled around it to see where we would like to settle & the problem we found were when grouping of people from the same background begins as this starts the gangs eg. New Zealander, Lebanese, Vietnamese, Indians to name a few.
In Australia if you mix & are open minded & not judgemental you will find it is the best place to live in the world, & if you don't like here you can always go back or try another country. Stop whinging that's my job as a POM. |
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By: qing.rajneesh
11/06/2009
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This was bound to happen.
The solution is to stop the leaders of Australian industry attempting to profit from non-European labor. Within 30 years Melbourne and Sydney will be 80% non-European, and Asians are already 4 times as educated as the average European, which is a recipe for total social breakdown.
I don't blame poor European youth from acting this way, they are probably starving, from families of rape, child abuse and 'crime'. They see no future in their own cities, and they have been betrayed by their own fathers.....
It's the leaders of industry who have created this problem and the government is just their puppet. Their ignorance will incite war and social breakdown, just as they destroy the planet and all life.
China and India know their countries will be deserts in 40 years and are desperate to escape. China is moving into Africa, but India has nowhere.
Hence Australia is a prime target and this is why I am leaving here.
I not averse to saving other ethnicities but I have to have my own hometown safe, I need a base just as you do.
Nevertheless, expect more to come. We are at the tip of the iceberg so to speak.
Also, the newspaper articles vascillate between claiming the Asians are new citizens or transitory students. It is plainly true the vast majority attempt to acquire citizenship and they are brought here as cheap labor.
I suggest all of you remain skeptical of the media and their agenda. |
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Borneo Bulletin
8 June 2009
Scores of Indian students marched through central Sydney Sunday to protest recent attacks that have generated outrage on the subcontinent and become a diplomatic headache for Australia.
About 200 students chanting "end racist violence now" made their way through the city, following a wave of assaults on students that Indian media have dubbed "curry bashings" with headlines such as "Australia, land of racists".
"We stand with international students with all the many issues that they face, including violence, which is getting very serious," protester Rashmi Kumar told commercial radio.
"We are also trying to raise the message about the reasons why this violence is occurring and why international students, in particular, are being victimised." |
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New York Times
June 9, 2009, 7:25 am
Curry Bashings
Attacks against Indians in Australia
A series of violent assaults against Indian students in Melbourne, Australia, has not gone unnoticed by the Indian press, Agence France-Presse reported:
Indian media have dubbed the attacks âcurry bashings,â a term reportedly used by youths behind the violence in Melbourneâs western suburbs, where 30 percent of assault victims are Indian.
It is a grossly disproportionate figure in a city of almost four million with an Indian student population of less than 50,000.
According to A.F.P., âcurry bashingâ could pose a threat to Australiaâs $12.2 billion international education sector. China has already expressed concern over the safety of foreign students in the country. And, The Business Standard reported that 50â60 percent of Indian students who were planning to study in Australia may now choose universities elsewhere. |
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Mike Bruce
June 9th, 2009
INDIAN tourist agencies have been inquiring about the safety of the Gold Coast in the wake of racially motivated attacks in Victoria, says a leading industry source.
Peter Colahan, director of Robina-based Weltravel, said he had fielded several inquiries from Indian agencies about the potential for violence on the Coast.
The inquiries follow a spate of reportedly racially motivated attacks on Indian nationals in Melbourne which have sparked screaming headlines in India and even the burning of effigies of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the streets of New Delhi.
Mr Colahan, whose company handles about half of Australia's 30,000-strong leisure travel market from India, said the timing of the attacks and subsequent protests by Indian nationals on Melbourne's streets were unfortunate.
"We are getting emails daily from our overseas agents asking us 'is it safe to travel to Australia'," he said. |
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Madelene Pearson and Rebecca Keenan
June 9, 2009
Jaya Sankar, 22, an Indian student studying in Melbourne, watched as his friend was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver, putting him in a coma. Now, Sankarâs parents want him to quit his studies and return home.
âThey donât want me to stay in Australia anymore because itâs too dangerous here for Indians,â he said outside the hospital of his friend Sravan Kumar, 24. While Sankar kept a bedside vigil, thieves ransacked his accommodation, he said.
Violent crime against Indian students, including attacks with machetes, knives, and knuckle dusters, has risen by a third in the past year in the state of Victoria. While Australia has fought racism since ending its White Australia immigration policy in 1973, the attacks have hurt the countryâs reputation abroad and threaten to cut the A$15.5 billion ($12.4 billion) earnings from teaching overseas students, the third-largest source of foreign income.
India supplies 19 percent of all foreign students in Australia, second only to China.
In March, the government announced a A$3.5 million program âStudy in Australia 2010,â to attract more overseas students and help its education industry beat the economic slump.
A poll on the Indian studentsâ federation Web site shows 83 percent of respondents believe there has been an increase in racism in Australia.
Foreign students pay as much as A$60,000 a year for a medical degree, according to the University of Melbourne. It costs around A$20,000 a year for a student to live in Australia, the Indian studentsâ federation says. |
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Kingshuk Nag Monday June 08, 2009
Times of India
Govt must issue advisory on OZ
"Now it is time for the Indian government to issue an advisory to the student community that it is not safe to go for education in Australia. This advisory wouldn't be for students who are already there and know the ground reality better than us back home. This advisory should basically be directed towards students in various Indian cities mulling over the prospects of going Down Under.
If the attack on Indian students goes on unabated for some more time, it would soon degenerate into attacks on Indians and not just students. Be sure of this. Sooner than later no Indian techie, doctor or businessman will be safe Down Under.
To allay the apprehensions of Indians in Australia, Indian trade bodies like FICCI, Assocham and CII who have joint business council agreements or other trade agreements with these countries must immediately take these matters up with their Australian counterparts and prevail upon them to start working actively to broker peace." |
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By: jkueh
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Australia is a multi-cultural country with all kinds of people staying harmoniously in the land of heaven.
Racist? I dont think there is. Just Jealousy and Misunderstanding.
There is more for us to do. Bumpy road ahead. |
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By: adwa_17
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| I dont mean to be critical here but Mr puyi, is there a point to you rewriting article after article from various newspapers about racial attacks on indians and the chinalco debacle. To be fair India itself is quite well known for its racial and discriminatory acts i.e (the untouchables) and as for chinalco it was business not racism and it won't in any way effect our relations. i do not condone racial attacks of any kind but again This will have very little effect no matter what garbage is printed in the press. All its there for is to create news, however inaccurate or biased the journalist may be. |
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Backlash fear over Rio
Herald Sun George Lekakis
June 08, 2009 12:00am
Concerns are intensifying that Rio Tinto's scaping of its deal with Chinalco could have negative fallout for local miners.
WA premier Colin Barnett is concerned that Chinese steel makers will now try to buy iron ore from alternative suppliers in India and South America, thereby jeopardising thousands of jobs in the Pilbara.
Mr Barnett is planning to fly to China next month to reassure Chinese companies that their involvement in mining projects is welcome.
Mr Barnett is also worried that Chinese investors may divert more capital into developing iron ore projects elsewhere in the world
A director of China's Institute of Foreign Trade, Zhang Yansheng told the Xinhua news agency that Chinalco had opportunities to step up investment in iron ore projects in central Asian countries, such as Mongolia.
"With demand and money in hand, why would we worry about lack of iron ore resources?" Mr Zhang told the state-owned news agency. |
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China may shun Australia deals after Rio
By Neil Sands
AFP: 7 June 2009
SYDNEY (AFP) â China may question the wisdom of investing in Australian resources after Rio Tinto this week spurned a multi-billion-dollar link-up for a joint venture with bitter rival BHP Billiton, analysts say. |
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Geoff Maslen
07 June 2009
Racial attack hit billion-dollar industry
Violence against foreign students has created a crisis for Australia's federal and state governments with India and now China warning they will not allow their nationals to be subject to racist attacks. As selling education to foreigners is Australia's third largest export industry, said to be worth $15.5 billion a year (US$12.5 billion) to the national economy, the threat of sanctions from the two largest source countries is alarming.
A Chinese embassy official in Canberra said last week his government was "intervening" to ensure the safety of its students: "There are more than 130,000 Chinese students in Australia [and] they have on the whole had a good study and living environment in Australia but attacks on Chinese students have occurred in recent years."
The official told Fairfax newspapers that the Chinese embassy and consulates around Australia attached high importance to the safety of their students. He said it was hoped the government would provide better protection to international students "to ensure their legitimate rights in Australia". |
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Indian Wine Academy
02 June 2009
<Editorial : Aussie Wines and Racial Attacks
If the spate of racial attacks on Indian students continue in Australia and the government is unable to control the situation, the snowballing effect might end up in drop in Australian wine consumption due to the anger and frustration building up in the Indian citizens
In every party or a gathering I have recently been to, I have noticed the anger and anguish expressed by the wine drinking friends and strangers alike on the senseless attacks the number of which seems to be mounting with some new report surfacing in the media every day with no visible action from the government.
The media may be accused of sensationalism and overplaying the incidents but the horrible tales on TV and the police brutality seen on several channels is likely to enrage the viewers even more. What is surprising is that the Australian government, apart from making some luke-warm statements of wanting to come to grips with the problem, has not been able to control the situation. The action by the police on the peace marchers over the week-end and the statement by the Victoria police chief handling the peaceful, non-violent march of the students is reminiscent of the days of the British Raj in India.
Australia has been making tremendous strides during the recent years in exporting to India, especially in the wine and food sectors. Austrade has been doing a laudable job with the total support of the High Commission. The Senior Trade Commissioner for South Asia, Peter Linford who came to India last year and his colleague Michael Carter, the Trade Commissioner have made visible efforts in many sectors including food and wine. It would be a shame to see their efforts go waste for no fault of theirs or most of the countrymen.> |
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AUSTRALIA is dangerously close to risking sanctions that can cause a collapse in the overseas student market after authorities ignored protests from foreign diplomats about the safety of their nationals, an expert has warned.
In the wake of four high-profile attacks that left two Indian students seriously injured in hospital, Monash University's Chris Nyland said yesterday foreign governments were actively intervening to protect their students here.
Professor Nyland, who has been researching a book on international student security with the University of Melbourne's Simon Marginson for the past five years, said Australia needed to respond to the crisis with more than spin if it wished to avoid further suffering to students and a collapse within its $15.5 billion overseas student industry.
Daryl Le Grew, Universities Australia's spokesman on international affairs, agreed, telling the HES yesterday the furore was a "wake-up call" for universities, TAFEs and private colleges, which had to do much more to help protect students on campus, while they travelled and even at late-night workplaces.
"We need to respond with more than spin. We need to acknowledge there's a problem," Professor Le Grew said. "We need to do much more to support and care for students, and if we can't do that it (the market) will dissolve."
Professor Nyland said Australia faced potentially crippling sanctions from the Chinese and Indian governments over student safety.
Guy Healy | June 03, 2009
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