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Racist 'No Indians, Asians' job ad causes outrage in Tasmania

A Tasmanian Coles contractor has been slammed for a racist job advertisement, banning Indian or Asian applicants from applying in Tasmania.

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The online ad, posted on Sunday, was seeking cleaners for a supermarket at Eastlands Shopping Centre. “Store requires no Indians or Asians please. Must speak English (sic),” the ad read.u00a0
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According to the Voice of Tasmania, the ad, posted on the Gumtree website, sparked outrage on social media sites, with people calling for the boycotting of the store.u00a0
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“Which supermarket is this so I can boycott them?” one outraged Facebook user said.u00a0
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“A case for the Anti-Discrimination Commission, surely,” another user said. According to the report, the job ad was later removed from the site.u00a0
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