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Keywords: Demographics

AUSTRALIA

Politicians stoke the violence myth
- Ellena Savage
- 26 November 2010
I used to carry a knife in my handbag. Like nearly a quarter of Australians, I believe that 80 per cent of all crime is violent crime; I was concerned for my safety. And then I discovered that if my self-defence weapon were used, it would likely be used against me.
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The mingled yarn
- Bronwyn Lay
- 21 July 2010
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My granddad was a fourth generation white Australian who worked with sheep. I used to tell the story that he was a small town racist who disliked Blacks, Catholics and Jews. The punch line was that his daughter married a Fijian, his son married a Jew and my dad married a Catholic.
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AUSTRALIA

In Thailand, the land of snarls
- Simon Roughneen
- 24 May 2010
Standing amid the burnt-out ruins of southeast Asia's second biggest shopping mall, it becomes clear the Land of Smiles has become a land of snarls. The uncompromising quashing of the anti-government redshirt rally by the Thai army may have sown the seeds for more conflict later on.
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AUSTRALIA

Abbott, Santamaria and Catholic Liberals
- John Warhurst
- 30 March 2010
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Tony Abbott had a close association with B. A. Santamaria and personifies church ties with politics through his relationship with the man he has called his confessor, Cardinal Pell. The question is whether Abbott is a one-off or represents a larger group of Catholic Liberals.
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AUSTRALIA

After the Gaza slaughter
- James Dorsey
- 04 February 2009
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Memories of the Gaza war are likely to focus on the human rights aspects of Israel's military conduct. Demographics could constitute a greater threat to Israel than rockets or terrorism, and may be the wrench that breaks the cycle of death and destruction.
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INTERNATIONAL

Palestinian family facing years of upside-down politics
- Jan Forrester
- 27 February 2007
Makloube—which means 'upside down' in Arabic—refers to steaming hot cauliflower, eggplant and meat upended on a bed of rice. It's also a metaphor for the political reality in which ordinary Palestinians will be locked for many years to come.
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RELIGION

Town and country parish life
- Margaret Cody
- 12 June 2006
Margaret Cody belongs to two Catholic parishes, one in the city and one in the country. They offer a striking contrast in liturgical experience and congregational demographics.
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