Women face court over racist attack on Qld bus

Two women who were charged after a partially blind indigenous man was bashed and racially vilified on a Gold Coast bus, have faced court.

The pair, aged 17 and 21, handed themselves into police yesterday afternoon, and have been charged with serious assault.

The 21-year-old was released on bail. Her family spoke outside court and said she's not a racist person.

They handed themselves into police after footage of the bus incident went viral.

A video, filmed by a 13-year-old girl on the bus at Kirra on Tuesday, allegedly shows the blonde and brunette, punching, kicking and spitting at the 77-year-old man.

One woman can also be heard allegedly saying to the victim: "Oh bro, we're in Abo land."

Afterwards, the elderly man can be heard telling other passengers that he couldn't see his attackers because he was partially blind.

The elderly victim, also from NSW, made a statement to police on Friday and said he wanted to press charges.

Many Australians have expressed disgust at the attack which follows a string of similar incidents on public transport in Australia that have gone viral.

In June, NSW Police charged a 55-year-old NSW woman after she was caught on camera racially vilifying an Asian schoolboy on a bus in Burwood in April.

Another video shows a pregnant woman being called a "fat slut" after she asked a Perth train passenger to move her bags so she could sit down.

In November 2012, a French woman on a Melbourne bus was told to "speak English or die" by a man who also threatened to cut her breasts off.