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</td> </tr> <tr><td class="content_subtitle" align="left"> Thu, Jan 07, 2010
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</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="bodytext_10pt"> <!-- CONTENT : start --> SEVERAL elite schools in Melbourne are embroiled in a race scandal. Some of their students have joined a Facebook group calling for immigrants to get out of Australia, the Sunday Herald Sun newspaper reported. The group's page, which features a picture of the Australian flag with expletives written across it, tells non-English speakers: "If you wanna speak your crappy language, go back to were (sic) you came from." The Facebook group, called Mate Speak English, You're in Australia Now, has more than 5,000 members from across the nation, reported Bernama. The newspaper said anti-racism groups and school principals condemned the site, which started as a prank, and called for Facebook to delete it. Its provocative and poorly-spelled page features racist rants against non-English speakers and migrants. The group allegedly includes students from top schools, as well as a number of government schools. Dr Chris Hayes, Principal of Xavier College, said anyone who had joined the group had broken the school's rules. "The school abhors this sort of behaviour because it goes against everything the school stands for," he is quoted by the newspaper as saying. Principal Ross Bevege of Berwick Secondary College said the site was disgusting and offensive and that he had contacted a student's parents about his involvement.
Meanwhile, India yesterday strongly condemned the fatal stabbing of Indian graduate Nitin Garg, 21, in Melbourne, and said the incident could affect bilateral ties, reported AP. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna called on Australian authorities to speedily find and charge those responsible for Saturday night's attack on Mr Garg, saying that Indian students in Australia were increasingly targeted with violence. Australian officials were also quick to condemn the attack in Melbourne, but urged waiting for the findings of a police investigation before judging whether it was racially motivated. Some 97,000 Indians are among more than half a million foreigners studying in Australia, an industry worth almost A$12 billion ($15b) a year. The Press Trust of India news agency reported from Melbourne that Mr Garg was an accounting graduate and had permanent residency in Australia. He was stabbed in the abdomen in a park while on his way to fast-food restaurant Hungry Jack's, where he worked part-time. Last year, reports that Indian students in Australia were targeted in violent attacks prompted senior government officials to discuss the issue with New Delhi, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Australian police say that while some attacks on Indians are racially motivated, many are ordinary crimes. They say Indian students are vulnerable because they often travel alone late at night to part-time jobs or from universities carrying valuables such as laptop computers.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
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Meanwhile, India yesterday strongly condemned the fatal stabbing of Indian graduate Nitin Garg, 21, in Melbourne, and said the incident could affect bilateral ties, reported AP. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna called on Australian authorities to speedily find and charge those responsible for Saturday night's attack on Mr Garg, saying that Indian students in Australia were increasingly targeted with violence. Australian officials were also quick to condemn the attack in Melbourne, but urged waiting for the findings of a police investigation before judging whether it was racially motivated. Some 97,000 Indians are among more than half a million foreigners studying in Australia, an industry worth almost A$12 billion ($15b) a year. The Press Trust of India news agency reported from Melbourne that Mr Garg was an accounting graduate and had permanent residency in Australia. He was stabbed in the abdomen in a park while on his way to fast-food restaurant Hungry Jack's, where he worked part-time. Last year, reports that Indian students in Australia were targeted in violent attacks prompted senior government officials to discuss the issue with New Delhi, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Australian police say that while some attacks on Indians are racially motivated, many are ordinary crimes. They say Indian students are vulnerable because they often travel alone late at night to part-time jobs or from universities carrying valuables such as laptop computers.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
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