Keywords: Indian Students
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
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MEDIA
- Peter Hodge
- 27 January 2010
14 Comments
When western campaigners used the Beijing Olympics to promote
the Tibet issue, the Chinese felt the attention was sensationalist and unfair. So it's no surprise the Chinese media took notice when violence against foreign students in Australia came to prominence.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 25 January 2010
13 Comments
Before Australia's racism can be dealt with, political leaders must follow General Peter Cosgrove in acknowledging its existence. Their reluctance to support his remarks could reflect
their fear of speaking hard truths in a year of multiple elections.
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AUSTRALIA
- Hanifa Deen
- 17 September 2009
6 Comments
Visits by our senior politicians offering glib reassurances
will not halt the turndown in Indian enrolments in our tertiary institutions. We need to revisit the days when we treated international
students as people rather than statistics in an export industry.
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MEDIA
Put-downs of post-colonial India are often seen as a continuation of the colonial mentality. The Indian media's portrayal of Australia as racist following the attacks on Indian students does more harm than good.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roanna Gonsalves
- 23 June 2009
36 Comments
Vincent and I were both international students
from Bombay. He had lived here for a year while I had only arrived
three months ago. We worked in the same Indian restaurant. The night of his attack, Vincent sounded upbeat on the train.
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INFORMATION
- Andrew McGowan
- 16 June 2009
When our universities enrol international students based on balance-sheet
needs rather than strategies of international partnership
and engagement, a whole branch of education policy is revealed as
bankrupt.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kylie Baxter
- 12 June 2009
7 Comments
The Reserve Bank now places education behind only coal and iron ore as Australia's most important export. It is difficult to understand how the targeting of
international students is not viewed with greater urgency.
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INTERNATIONAL
In Melbourne, 2000 Indian students gather to protest a lack of Government response to a spate of violent attacks. I am
with them because I am ashamed that a white Christian woman is safer
in the military capital of Rawalpindi than these students are on a
train in Melbourne.
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