* For Eric Pang, President of NLC (National Liaison Committee for International Students In Australia)
1. According to some articles in Herald Sun recently, racist attacks, high renting, low-paid jobs are making life a misery for many foreign students in Melbourne. What is your opinion about this issue?
2. Is Melbourne a safe place for the overseas students to live in?
3. According to a Mercer’s 2008 Worldwide Quality of Living Index, Sydney remains among the top 10 world’s best cities to live in, while Melbourne – 17, while in terms of personal safety, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney – tied 29. So are there any conflicts between this survey with the issue in question 1?
4. Could you tell us about the campaign “Safety first – on campus and beyond” that is running by NLC?
*For the international students (2 Indian students and 1 international student)
1. Please introduce a little bit about yourself (name, nationality, university, study major etc.)
2. Do you go to work besides studying at university?
3. There were a series of articles in Herald Sun about the difficulties that the overseas students in Melbourne have faced. According to these articles, racist attacks, high renting, low-paid jobs are making life a misery for many foreign students in Melbourne, especially Indian students. How do you think about this idea? Have you faced any difficulties when you are studying in Australia?
4. Several months ago, an Indian student was working as a taxi driver and was stabbed and critically injured by a passenger in Clifton Hill about 3 am. How do you think that Melbourne is safe place for the international students?
