'Indian students are going to be safe in Australia,' he said.

At least 19 Indian students have been brutally attacked in Melbourne and Sydney, with the first attack in the recent spurt taking place May 9.

Besides the attacks, an education and migration scam has been exposed and a college, where many students are Indian, has shut down, putting a question mark on their future.

Krishna is expected to meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith Friday.