Australia moots safe housing, transport for Indian studentsSeptember 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - John Brumby, the premier of Australian state of Victoria, Friday proposed to give separate transportation and safe housing for Indian students studying in Australia. Union Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, after a meeting with a nine-member delegation led by Brumby, said: "It is a proposal by the Australian government.
India, China propel foreign students market in AustraliaSeptember 24th, 2009 SYDNEY - Indian and Chinese students are fuelling Australia's education sector growth, latest statistics show. Indian student enrolments in the country reached 121,000 by this June.
3 Indians attacked by racist mob in AustraliaSeptember 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Three Indians were brutally assaulted in a suburb in this Australian city by a group of youths who allegedly made racist remarks. Omkar Singh, a relative of the victims, told IBN news channel Tuesday that the attack took place when his relatives were playing pool in Epping.
'Australia to compensate students facing racist attacks'August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Australian government would ensure that student victims of racist attacks either get a seat in a different college or are refunded the entire college fee, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said here Monday. Gillard, who is on a five-day visit to India, was interacting with students of the Lady Shri Ram College.
Two more Indian students attacked in AustraliaAugust 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE/INDORE - Two more Indian students were separately assaulted by a group of men in Australia. Gaurav Kakkar, a student of a hairdressing course, was attacked by a group of men on Friday when he was talking to his family in Punjab's Ferozpur from a local telephone booth.
Australia assures safety of Indian students, says KrishnaAugust 7th, 2009 Chaku Cairns (Australia): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday assured, the visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna that all steps would be taken to ensure the safety and security of Indian students in his country.
Krishna conveys New Delhi's concern over attacks on Indian students to Oz authoritiesAugust 6th, 2009 SYDNEY - External Affairs minister S.M.Krishna on Thursday conveyed New Delhi's concerns to Australian authorities over the recent attacks on Indian students. Krishna received assurance of a firm action against all perpetrators of attacks on Indian students during his meet with New South Wales (NSW) Premier Nathan Rees.
Ahead of Krishna's visit, Australia assures safety of Indian studentsJuly 22nd, 2009 PHUKET - Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Australia Aug 5, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Wednesday assured him that his government was doing everything possible to ensure the safety of nearly 100,000 Indian students in that country.
Another Indian student attacked in OzJune 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a 22-year-old student was allegedly assaulted by a teenager in Adelaide's busy Rundle Mall. According to the police, the attack took place on Thursday.
Now China wants Australia to ensure its students' safetyJune 4th, 2009 MELBOURNE - With China expressing concern for the safety of Chinese students studying in Australia, the embattled A$15.5 billion overseas student industry down under is bracing for rough times. The Australian government and university managements are already in damage control over a series of violent attacks on Indian students in various metropolitan centres.
Indian students could move to New Zealand if racial attacks continue in AustraliaJune 3rd, 2009 WELLINGTON - Indian students based in Australia may opt to go to neighbouring New Zealand if the racially motivated attacks Down Under don't stop. Education New Zealand chief executive Robert Stevens said he had been in touch with the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise office in India yesterday, urging the office to market New Zealand and Australia as "totally different societies".
Indian students should have own ombudsman: expat groupJune 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - Indian students in Australia should have their own ombudsman to whom they can go in times of trouble and the universities that admit them should arrange their accommodation for the first six months, says a committee formed after a spate of attacks on Indian students here and in Melbourne. Asserting that "Australia is not a racist country", committee coordinator Yadu Singh held: "Most of the attacks are what we call `opportunistic attacks' and due to the impression of the criminal elements about our students being the easy target for various reasons".
Australia apologises to India for attacks on studentsJune 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - The government was in damage control Monday after a spate of attacks on Indians studying in Australia. "I speak on behalf of all Australians when I say that we deplore and condemn these attacks," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told the parliament in Canberra.
Assaults on Indian students a problem: Australian ministerMay 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has termed the attacks on Indian students a "problem" and assured that the government would do everything to prevent further assaults. "We have a particular current problem with Indian students," Smith told Network Ten.
Attack on Indian students: Australian official to visit IndiaMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In the wake of the attacks on Indian students in the country, an Australian police officer is to travel to India to brief prospective students on avoiding street violence in Australia, media reports said. Police community liaison officer Senior Constable Victor Robb said that his advice would mainly cover "safety strategy tips", Radio Australia reported Thursday.
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June 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
As an Aboriginal Australian I am ashamed to say that the racism being suffered by Indian Students in Australia is just the tip of the ice berg when it comes to entrenched racism in Australian Society. Unfortunately Australia’s export of its educational services in many ways helps maintain and disguise Australia’s appalling racism record. As an Aboriginal Australian I would ask Indian Students living in Australia to help expose Australia’s racism to the world and perhaps vote with their cash when deciding where to invest their education money.
Further information concerning Australia’s unenviable racism record can be found at hart.id.au/humanrights
June 7th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Mark,
Your comment is extremely valuable and I thank you from my heart for that. I wanted to know all along what the Aboriginal Australians think about this issue as they have suffered in the hands of settlers like no others. Your colonies have been decimated over the centuries and only few of your remain as far as I know. I would highlight your comment in a separate article.
Best,
Ansguman
August 29th, 2009 at 7:21 am
The problem with white people is that they still think they are the sole inheritors of everything on this earth while people who express melanin are mere dependents who need to beg the white people for sustenance. The whites see Indians in Australia as a threat to their jobs and places in the education system. This is just their desperate attempt to instil fear in people of colour with the false anticipation that it will drive away all the students from the country. I am a Brown Australian Hindu and will also indicate just how much racism is present in this country in all facets of life whether it is shopping at the supermarket or trying to get an education. A brown person has to put in 100% effort to obtain the same goal a white person may get with just 25% (less than HALF ASSED) of effort. White people have no right to decide who can come and go in this country and if anyone has any right to claim who can stay it is the Aborigines. I sincerely hope they don’t mind the presence of Indians in Australia and can proudly say that none of our Ancestors have ever invaded another land, slaughtered the native population and driven them to the status of flora and fauna while making the beautiful land a dumping ground for degenerates.