Upset over the spate of racial attacks on Indians in Australia, the Bar Council of India has postponed a nine-day visit of its members to the continent.

"In view of the prevailing situation in Australia, the members of the Bar Council of India have decided to postpone the scheduled visit to Australia i.e. from 9th to 17th July, 2009, for the present," Bar Council of India chairman S.N.P. Sinha said in a letter last week to the Australian High Commission here.