Crackdown: 2: The schoolboy
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A 16-year-old Australian schoolboy, Gordon Vuong was arrested in January 2005 while trying to smuggle drugs out of Cambodia and sentenced to 13 years in prison. The circumstances of Vuong's arrest and subsequent trial are disturbing and Gordon's mother is trying to persuade the Australian government to negotiate urgently a prisoner transfer treaty with Cambodia to get the boy home.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2005
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Society
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The Australian community made a study for a 'decent' society that needed 'courage' as a main quality but many of the renowned faces stood out. Robert Manne, Chris Goddard, and Lillian Holt were some of the names that have given tremendous contribution in tackling moral issues like asylum-seekers, child abuse, and indigenous affairs.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2004
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Suffer the children
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The Death of two children, Daniel Thomas and Joedan Andrews aged two due to child-abuse is discussed. Australia's indigenous children are paying the ultimate price of community breakdown and bureaucratic incompetence.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2004
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