Originally Posted by ndyte (Post 8608392)

Banter is all well and good but aggressive racist assaults are not. Unfortunately i've witnessed far to much of the later especially up here in Cairns. Here it seems to be if you're a tourist from outside of Australia you're fair game, I'm hearing almost daily reports of people being physically attacked for being British, French, German its doesnt seem to matter where from as long as its not Australia. Such a shame for such a beautiful country.

Originally Posted by ndyte (Post 8608392)

Banter is all well and good but aggressive racist assaults are not. Unfortunately i've witnessed far to much of the later especially up here in Cairns. Here it seems to be if you're a tourist from outside of Australia you're fair game, I'm hearing almost daily reports of people being physically attacked for being British, French, German its doesnt seem to matter where from as long as its not Australia. Such a shame for such a beautiful country.

Originally Posted by Sally Simpson (Post 8610214)

Bull$hit!
I have lived in Cairns for 18 months & work in a very multi-cultural environment & I am not aware of any of my colleagues having experienced the problems you describe as occuring on a daily basis.
Try to be factual not sensationalist!

Originally Posted by Sally Simpson (Post 8610310)

Was this from white Australians? I find that just so hard to believe!