1. In 1'86, in the case of De Souza v Automobile Association, the expression ‘give the typing to the wog‘ was found not to be racially discriminatatory because it was not directed at the person who made the complaint.

2. Lee Death, 27, called Constance Briscoe, who is also a best selling author, a ‘wog‘ and a ‘black c××ב when he walked out in front of her car following an all–day drinking session.

3. A mob of more than 5000 people gathered on the southern Sydney beach of Cronulla on 11 December after text messages calling on residents to "claim back" the beach from Lebanese visitors and engage in "Leb and wog" bashing were widely circulated.

4. In the lead–up to the riot, 270,000 text messages calling for a showdown on the beach were sent, urging young Australians to go wog bashing". Others sent by Lebanese youths urged their fellow countrymen to bring ur guns and knives and lets show them how we do it". Inflaming an already highly volatile atmosphere, some of Sydneys radio shock jocks weighed in, wrongly accusing the Lebanese of kicking the surf lifesavers unconscious.

5. Prosecutor Michael Otuyalo said: ‘The complainant then heard the defendant call out through half–open window: "You black c×××". ‘The complainant asked the defendant what he had said. ‘He replied: "You f×××ing wog". ‘The complainant informed him she was going to call the police. ‘He replied: "Well you called me a white c×××" – which she had not.‘ Other members of Death‘s group, which included his wife and his brother Christopher Death, were heard to shout ‘piss off‘ and ‘what‘s your problem.‘ ‘She followed the group of people, who were seen to attempt to board a London taxi,‘ Mr Otuyalo added. ‘But the complainant informed the driver of the taxi that she had been racially abused.‘ Refused entry by the cabbie, Death tried to run off, but Mrs Briscoe caught up with him in a pub called The Alibi in nearby Shoe Lane.