Saturday, October 3, 2009

Australian Tourism

I understand the Australian Tourism has put out the following photographs inviting prospective tourist to visit Australia with their dollars.
The two photographs below have been sent by Keith Hayward


If they would want to invite the Indian students, they could have put out a few photographs of our students who had been royally treated.



Melbourne/New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) An Indian taxi driver was assaulted by an Australian star footballer in Melbourne in an incident that visiting Victoria state premier John Brumby termed as "regrettable", even as he assured India he will give a progress report on probes into such attacks and proposed separate housing and transportation for Indian students.

Essendon footballer Michael Hurley, 19, was briefly held for kicking and punching the unidentified Indian cabbie outside a fastfood centre after an altercation on Hoddle Street in Melbourne early Friday morning, the Herald Sun reported.


July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ten incidents of attacks on Indian students in Australia took place in June, and some had racial elements, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi told parliament Thursday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Ravi said that Australia had issued 58,029 student visas in 10 months from July 2008 to May 2009.

Two more Indians assaulted in Sydney
June 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - Two Australian teenagers in Central Sydney reportedly attacked two Indians late on Saturday night. The attack took place on Bathurst Street.

We will try to maximise security for students: Rudd
June 24th, 2009 CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday said that he would do everything possible to maximise security and step up measures for international students following a wave of savage attacks on Indian students that have caused an outrage. Any assault against any person is one assault too many.

Indian student AGAIN assaulted in Melbourne
June 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - In what appears to be another racist attack against Indians in Australia, a student from Hyderabad was assaulted while coming out of a hair salon. Mir Raza Ali Khan, who has been hospitalised after the attack Monday, says it was a racist attack because his money was left untouched.

Another Indian student attacked in Oz
June 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.

Indian students in Australia urged to be calm
June 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Tuesday urged Indian students in Australia to stay calm and not to get provoked by attacks on them. Time and again, Indians have demonstrated that peaceful methods of protest have a far greater power in achieving goals than any violent acts, the Art of Living founder said in a statement.

Modi vows to help students from Gujarat in Australia
June 1st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said students from the state studying in Australia are free to contact him if they faced any danger. "The chief minister is worried about the safety of the students from Gujarat studying in Australia after the racial attacks on some students of Indian origin last week.

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