The Daily Star - Politics - Police on beaches, patriotism in schools aim to prevent racial riots in Sydney

More police on the beaches and forcing children to sing the national anthem at school were among a series of moves announced Sunday in a bid to avoid a repeat of last month's race riots in Sydney. "Australian values" studies would also be introduced in primary schools throughout New South Wales state of which Sydney is the capital, Premier Morris Iemma said. Racial violence, which erupted on Sydney's Cronulla Beach on December 11 when a white mob attacked Lebanese and people of Middle Eastern appearance, shocked this city - the country's most cosmopolitan.