'no Indians Or Asians' Job Ad Triggers Outrage In Australia

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[color=#000000][font=Georgia,][img]http://www.ndtv.com/news/images/story_page/Coles_controversial_ad_295.jpg[/img]A contractor of Australia's supermarket chain Coles has come under fire for publishing a job advertisement, which barred Indians or Asians from applying.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]"Store requires no Indians or Asians please. Must speak English (sic)", read the online ad posted on Sunday.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]The ad on the Gumtree website sought cleaners for a supermarket at Eastlands Shopping Centre in Hobart, according to local media reports.[/font][/color]


[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]It triggered outraged on social media sites, with people calling for a boycott of the store.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Local newspaper [/font][/color][i]The Mercury[/i][color=#000000][font=Georgia,] reported that the ad was later removed from the site.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]A Coles spokesman yesterday admitted the ad had been posted by a contract company responsible for cleaning its Rosny store.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]"The ad was placed without Coles' knowledge and we were extremely concerned to learn of the ad and its contents," spokesman Jim Cooper said.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Robin Banks was qouted as saying that she wanted to track down the cleaning contractor to pursue possible legal action.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]"It's unlawful to blanket preclude a person because of their race," she said.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]Banks said she often received complaints about job ads that discriminated against particular races.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]She said both the company offering the position and the publisher of the advert could be subject to legal action.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Georgia,]"Gumtree is probably in breach (of the law) as well because the Act says you can't publish, display, etcetera, material that is discriminatory," Banks said, adding "I've had other ads in print form and other sites brought to my attention, which I've followed up with the publisher. That tends to result in it getting pulled very quickly."[/font][/color]

[Chimidi_Mukku]

"[color=#474747][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]It may be a racist requirement, but in a free society, private businesses have the right to hire/not hire whoever they please. Similarly, consumers have the right to patronize/not patronize a business with racist hiring policies.[/size][/font][/color]"

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[quote name='Chimidi_Mukku' timestamp='1346159114' post='1302392097']
"[color=#474747][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]It may be a racist requirement, but in a free society, private businesses have the right to hire/not hire whoever they please. Similarly, consumers have the right to patronize/not patronize a business with racist hiring policies.[/size][/font][/color]"
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Not agreed
Any free society should follow the law of the land there are no exceptions

[*Prince Charming]

Aussies, Brits, Germans are the most racist ppl.

[Market Mastaan]

fire them I say...