[BJungNan]

Can anyone get a time line on events in this article? What sparked the initial protest and who did the initial protesting?

[Aussie Dasher]

This has been building up for the past four or five years. Last week's bashing of the lifeguards seems to have been the final straw.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I have the same question. I've read a couple articles on this, and it's very hard to understand who did what to whom when.

[Delta 21]

The violent clashes followed weeks of rising racial tension in the beachside suburb, which is popular with thousands of Middle Eastern families from Sydney’s mainly ethnic outer areas at the weekend. Locals have accused some of them, particularly visiting Lebanese youths, of being disrespectful to white women and other beachgoers.