Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has declared "zero tolerance" against attacks on students including Indians. Victorian police has also announced an initiative to mount stronger patrolling around train stations to curb any such crime. "I came to know from my college friends about the job market and other information like safety and security issues when I reached here," Singh commented.

He said though the episode has shaken him he will continue his course and eventually get permanent residency. Singh pointed out that he took a job of trolley pushing through his friend as he was not getting any job due to his appearance. "No one was ready to hire me as I have beard and turban," he claimed. Interestingly, most of the students who have been attacked are either a student of cookery, hospitality or community services courses studying in cut price private college.

These students who live far from family networks of home try to meet costs of expensive living as compared to Indian standards by working late nights and doing odd jobs like cleaning, sweeping, driving cabs or at petrol stations.