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06
May

Real Australians say welcome.

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Real Australians say welcome.   Real Australians extend their ‘mateship’ even to those who don’t look the same as they do.   Real Australians don’t call someone ‘unAustralian’ for not drinking beer, or for not eating pork.   Real Australians know that building community away from drugs, violence and homelessness does not equate to a […]

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15
Sep

Lost Democracy: Why New Zealanders living in Australia should be granted the right to vote

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The following is a speech written by Virginia Streit as part of course work for her master’s degree in communication.   I am a New Zealander living in Australia and though the history of trans-Tasman cooperation between our countries is as old as their European colonisation, though we fought side by side in trenches, help […]

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