Research from the University of Queensland has found cases of discrimination against minorities on Brisbane's public transport system.
The study recorded more than 1500 encounters between bus drivers and four different groups of students.
The groups comprised fair-skinned students, fair-skinned Asians, Indians and a group made up of Indigenous-Australians, African-Americans, Pacific Islanders and Africans.
In each scenario the students boarded a bus claiming to have faulty tickets and asked the driver if they could ride to the next stop for free.
Professor Paul Frijters says the bus drivers overwhelmingly discriminated against the dark-skinned students and Indians.
He told Greg Dyett differences in how the students dressed resulted in different outcomes.
