I saw this article yesterday...

"By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 12, 4:30 AM ET

SYDNEY, Australia - In one of Australia's worst outbursts of racial violence, thousands of drunken white youths attacked police and people they believed were of Arab descent at a Sydney beach, angered by reports that Lebanese youths had assaulted two lifeguards.

Young men of Arab descent retaliated in several Sydney suburbs, fighting with police and smashing 40 cars with sticks and bats, police said. Thirty-one people were injured and 16 were arrested in hours of violence Sunday."

More here...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_racial_unrest_5