http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/09/2592953.htm?section=justin
From ABC, 9 Jun. 09

POLICE DENY INDIAN ATTACKS RACIST

Police have played down reports of racial violence in western Sydney, where up to 200 Indian nationals have rallied in response to attacks on two students.
Two men in their 20s were assaulted in separate incidents about 9pm in Harris Park last night. The offenders were described as Middle Eastern in appearance.
The victims suffered minor injuries and did not press charges, but the incident sparked a protest by Indian nationals in Parramatta, which culminated in three men of Middle Eastern appearance being assaulted.
The Superintendent of the Parramatta Local Command, Robert Redfern, says the attacks on the Indian men were opportunistic, not racially motivated.
"There is no suggestion, as I say, that these incidents last night were racially motivated," he said.
"Certainly it would appear to us that they are opportunistic and this is an area of Harris Park where there is a very large Indian community, but we have been in communication with the Indian community for a very long time in this area.
"They are young people, often students, often working the sort of jobs that students work when they're young - late at night or early in the morning - so they're at risk of being assaulted opportunistically in the early hours of the morning or very late at night."
But the protesters say the attacks are becoming more frequent and police are not doing enough to stop them.
"I never come back home at night time," student Ajay Kumar told AM.
"If I finish my work, I stay there. Why? Because I know if I come back, someone [will] smash me, someone [will] take my money. I know. Because I'm not safe here. Because Australian police are s***."
A spokesman for the NSW Lebanese Community Council, Elie Nassif, says any individuals making trouble should be dealt with by police as a criminal matter.
However, Mr Nassif says there has been tension in the local area between a small section of the Lebanese and Indian communities which needs to be addressed.
"Whether we like it or not it is happening, but as community leaders we should work together to wipe all this [out]," Mr Nassif said.
Meanwhile, police say they are disappointed two Indian men who were attacked do not want to lay charges.
The Deputy Commissioner Dave Owens has urged locals not to resort to violence, and to report all assaults to police.
"There are a number of myths and misconceptions amongst certain community groups that if they come forward and report a crime we're interested in whether they are working more hours than what their visa entitles them to," he said.
"What I'm saying is that's not what we're interested in. We're interested in locking up offenders who break the law."
Police say they will have extra officers on patrol in Sydney's west after the violence.
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard says Australia is a safe destination for international students, despite the recent attacks on Indian students.
"It's a country that's welcomed international students," she said.
"It's a country that when international students leave it and we ask how they've experienced it, overwhelmingly they say they've had a positive experience in Australia with the Australian people and in our Australian educational institutions.
"But to the extent that we see any international student hurt or at risk, we obviously want to make a difference."

I don't think we can pretend anymore that multiculturalism is working. We were taught tolerance, but the new Australians haven't been taught the same.

From ABC, 10 Jun. 09

2 ARRESTED AS INDIAN STUDENTS PROTEST

Indian students have protested for a second night in Sydney's west, calling for greater police protection.
About 70 young men blocked off an intersection at Harris Park just after 8:00pm, demonstrating against what some claim is racially-motivated attacks against Indian students perpetrated by members of the Lebanese community.
Two men were arrested and taken to Parramatta Police Station.
One was released without charge and the other was served a notice to appear in court later this month.
Rippon Singh, a student at the protest, believes they are being targeted.
"We are contributing to the real community, we are paying the taxes, we are doing everything that is possible and we are getting bashed up," he said.
The group began to disperse just before midnight after spending a second evening calling for greater protection.
One man who was at the protest says police cannot guarantee their safety.
"Police said that 'you can be dismissed from here'. I said 'OK, we are all going to be dismissed from here, you just give me a guarantee that you can stop these incidents over here'," he said.
"The police said that I cannot be giving you a guarantee. I said 'why?'. He said they do not have enough force."

INDIAN POLITICS
In a speech to India's Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slammed the attacks as senseless violence, saying some of them were racist in nature.
Australian High Commissioner to India John McCarthy says there are not any systemic racist attacks going on.
"Some of the crimes committed against them have had a racial element in them and I think there has been increased concern among the Indian student community as a whole in Australia," he said.
"That's understandable."
India's Foreign minister, SM Krishna, has urged Indian students to stay calm in the wake of the attacks on them.
"I would like all Indian students to be patient," he said.
"They should be restrained. They have gone there to pursue higher studies and they should concentrate on that, rather than retaliate."

'TIME FOR RESTRAINT'
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has also called for calm, saying state and federal authorities are doing all they can to make sure foreign students are safe.
"I simply echo the comments of my Indian counterpart. The time has now come for restraint, the time has come for calm," Mr Smith said.
"People should simply let the police authorities get on with their jobs. We know that both in Victoria and New South Wales those relevant authorities are working very hard on this."
Indian students in Australia have written to the Indian Prime Minister, asking him to protect them from violent attacks.
The request was made by the chief editor of Indian Student Magazine Australia, on behalf of the students.
But another editor at the magazine, Chirayil Ajitha, told ABC News Breakfast that Indian officials should be sent to Australia to assess the situation.
"It's better somebody from India coming and seeing the situation and giving a report to the Indian government, that will be easing this tension of the situation," she said.

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No they have been taught that 'tolerance' means they are immune from ALL criticism.

By people like your good self, and they still are, because any criticism of an ethnic group who gathers together to commit crime is racism. So people are dying because we would rather not 'offend' anyone than deal with the real problems and issues.

Whatever happened in Melbourne, in Sydney, its muslims attacking Indians. Fortunately, most of the Indians here know this. Its just India itself doesnt.