Store staff told to bar ‘coloureds’
Joel Gibson; 1/8/08
At the 2007 NSW Liquor Store of the Year, staff were instructed to keep “coloureds” out of the shop unless they were willing to come in individually and be searched - and to call police if they refused. Tim Leonard, owner of Old Bar Cellars near Taree on the NSW north coast, wrote a memo to staff in February outlining new rules for Aboriginal customers, “due to the fact that we have now had three known incidents of shoplifting involving the one coloured girl plus friends”. The memo, obtained by the National Indigenous Times newspaper, led to the resignation of Paul Hickey, 33, one of four staff at the time.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/national/store-staff-told-to-bar-coloureds-20080731-3nzs.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Drugs, Racism