There are some disgusting people here, I'd like to think they are the minority.
Tloewald has the gist of it (see his comment at this level) though I think the racism is mainly toward our own aboriginals. The response to asylum seekers is more complex than "just" racism. Still stupid though.
The anti refugee stuff is getting pretty extreme, and Australia, especially outside of urban core, has always had a broad undercurrent of racism.
Yes! Details, please. I'd love to visit Australia and NZ, have been all over Europe, US, Canada, Israel, South America, and SE Asia.