keywords: Schapelle Corby
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INTERNATIONAL
- Ali Winters
- 17 March 2014
14 Comments
Insurer AAMI's 'Rhonda and Ketut' Balinese love story, teased out over four commercials and three years, has come to its soapy end. Whether you loved it or cringed, its camp, cocktail soaked tentacles have penetrated the Australian mainstream. But the knowledge Australians have for our closest Asian neighbour is poor. According to a DFAT report released last year, 30 per cent of respondents didn't know Bali was part of Indonesia.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 13 July 2009
10 Comments
Assumptions that detained businessman Stern Hu could not be guilty because he is Australian show how national pride can cloud perceptions. Something similar was at play in calls for Kevin Rudd to lobby the Pope for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Sandie Cornish
- 29 May 2006
Why did Australians rally behind Van Nguyen yet appear to care little about the Bali Nine? The differing responses of the community to particular cases appears to be driven more by emotion and social identification than principles, or practical reason.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 25 April 2006
For those with a feel for European or Australian history, the rejection of the constitution in France and the Netherlands is deeply concerning.
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AUSTRALIA
- Anthony Ham
- 24 April 2006
Becoming what we fear.
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EDUCATION
Learning from foreign students
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