Victoria

Victorian Premier John Brumby has expressed willingness to meet Indian High Commissioner Mrs. Sujatha Singh to brief her on the progress that had been made, including boosting police patrols in high risk areas like railway stations and toughening up police powers to search for weapons.

Indian High Commissioner in Australia Mrs. Sujatha Singh has complained to Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce over attacks on Indians in Melbourne and said the Victorian Government was ''in denial'' over the severity of the problem.