Yes there are laws prohibiting such behaviour but it doesn't automatically mean that everyone follows those laws. You need to report these bosses, they need to be dealt with and to realise that there are repercussions to being racist. I am personally dead set against racism and I feel both ashamed and saddened that a few (maybe more than a few) ignorant people are making my beautiful country look bad. I watched an episode of 'dumb, drunk and racist' last night and it drove me to tears. I have lived in Melbourne my entire life and was brought up by my parents to judge people on their character and not on their skin colour, sexual preference...etc...I actually have trouble understanding how anyone could think otherwise. Melbourne has changed. I am 30 years old and I can remember spending many nights out in the city just 5 years ago, my friends and I felt safe walking th streets at night (all female). Now I wouldn't walk in the city after a certain hour unless accomponied by a male friend and I won't catch public transport after 9pm. I think it's high time the government took action just like they did in New York, we need a stronger police prescence, in the city, on the trains and in suburbia. I have been to New York, I walked Times Square at midnight, I didn't know the area and yet I felt safe.