A research was conducted jointly by the universities on the finances of foreign students and the paper asked the Australian government and educational institutions to set aside funds for such students. Review of the 'specified minimum income' the students need to support themselves while studying, was also demanded from the government, The Australian reported on Wednesday.
Denying any adverse affect on business relations, Primus CEO Ravi Bhatia said, "Such crimes have been wrongly dubbed by the Indian media as 'an organised and planned racial violence.'" He described such incidents as serious law and order issues. Fortunately, it is now being recognised in India that there was an over-reaction there and Australia remains one of the best potential business partner for India, he said.
A development that may result in tightening of immigration rules for them.
Admitting that "racism" did exist in Australia, the country's top official on race relations said on Sunday that the entire society was not affected by it but warned that the recent spate of attacks on Indians might hurt education market and other areas of trade.
Racial attacks on Indian students spread to South Australia with a 22-year-old being allegedly assaulted by a teenager in Adelaide after making "rude" comments about his turban, even as the state premierwarned he will not tolerate any form of racism.
Indian students on Thursday alleged that Lebanese youths were behind the racially-motivated attacks on them in Australia as they took to the streets for the third consecutive night protesting against racial attacks.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday warned Indian students against 'vigilante action'. Promising 'hardline measures' against racial attacks, Rudd said, "It's unacceptable for anyone to commit an act of violence against any student of any ethnicity anywhere in Australia.""I fully support hardline measures in response to any act of violence towards any student anywhere - Indian or otherwise," he said.
Rattled by the first act of retaliation by the Indian community in Melbourne following racial attacks on them, Australian authorities on Tuesday asked Indian students to disband their patrol groups and "let the police do their jobs."
Amid a spate of racial attacks on students that have dented its image, Australia on Monday named an Indian-Australian as its new envoy to New Delhi in an apparent bid to assuage feelings over a spate of unabated attacks on Indian students that have not done any good to its image.
In possibly the first act of retaliation, a 20-year-old man was stabbed in a western suburb in Melbourne, after he had allegedly racially abused a group of Indian students. The victim allegedly said "You are black. You don't belong here. Go away from our country." The attack on the victim was the first time Indian students appeared to have retaliated against the violent attacks against them.
22-year-old Vikrant Rajesh Ratan, who had used all his savings to buy the car, said the vehicle was burnt on Saturday night. He said that two other cars, also belonging to Indians, that were parked next to his vehicle, were also damaged during the incident.
In the wake a a recent surge in violence on Indian students in Australia, Chinese embassy counsellor Liu Jin said his government was actively intervening to ensure safety of their nationals. "There are over 130,000 Chinese students in Australia. They have on the whole had a good study and living environment, but attacks on Chinese students also occurred in recent years,"
Attorney General Rob Hulls is pushing for a plan where in judges will have to take into account "hatred for or prejudice against a particular group of people" as an aggravating factor when sentencing offenders.Tougher sentences will apply to the crimes deemed to be based on victims' race, religion, gender or sexual orientation," according to media reports in Melbourne.
"I have injuries on face, leg and hand. I have two broken teeth as well," the victim, who went unconscious after the attack, claimed. The man was then taken to Alfred Hospital by the police, who informed his family. The man was discharged on Monday, a family member told PTI
Shaken by a wave of racial assaults, thousands of Indian students chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai rallied on Sunday in Melbourne demanding justice for victims of recent attacks as Australia scrambled to contain the rising anger and frustration within the community.
Anger is mounting among Indian students in Australia in the wake of the recent assaults that left a youth from the community battling for life after being stabbed and another badly burnt following a petrol bomb attack.The Federation of Indian Student Association in Victoria said that they have been receiving non-stop calls to hold rallies and protest shows in Melbourne against the spate of attacks on Indian youths.
The Australian police on Friday arrested five teenagers in connection with the recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, and charged one of them with attempted murder.A 17-year-old boy was charged with attempted murder after four Indian students, including Sravan Kumar, were brutally attacked by gatecrashers at a party in Melbourne on Saturday night, according to the police.The police also charged four minors in another case involving a brutal beating up.
Indian High Commissioner Sujata Singh, who met premier of Victoria John Brumby and top police and educational officials of the province, said there is a 'racist element in some of the attacks' but many of them were 'opportunistic'.
In a fresh attack targetting Indians in Australia, a student suffered up to 30 per cent burns after a suspected petrol bomb was hurled at him in his home in Sydney. According to local newspaper for Indian community, South Asia Times, 25-year-old Rajesh Kumar was quickly covered by a blanket by his flatmate after the attack on Thursday, an act which saved him from further injuries.
Deepak Nangia, head of Satyam's Australia unit who, in his seven-year stint, brought the company a long list of clients, including National Australia Bank, Qantas and Telstra, is the latest to quit. Confirming the development, a Satyam spokesperson said Nangia had resigned two months ago to "pursue better opportunities outside the company." This is the third high-profile departure of a Satyam global head since January.
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