Arab Mobile Communication Studies

TEXT messages inciting race riots have been circulated in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australa, police said today.

The messages were used to incite mob violence against people of Middle Eastern appearance at Sydney's Cronulla beach on Sunday in retaliation for an attack on surf lifesavers.

Queensland police said yesterday that mobile phone text messages calling for people to start "cracking skulls" had surfaced on the Gold Coast.

New South Wales Police said today that similar messages had also been reported in Victoria.

"We're not at the point of bringing police in from other states but if that's required, if that's a tactic that we need to rely on, then that's something I will discuss with the commissioner and then we will go forward from there," Deputy Commissioner Andrew Scipione said on ABC radio.

"I think (Victoria and Queensland) are now starting to see the same messages, or similar messages, to those that we were seeing prior to last Sunday."