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The Herald-Sun:  May 27, page 27, comment by cartoonist Mark Knight, `Amigo? Of course you are'
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25543554-5000117,00.html

Cartoon by Mark Knight
http://media.crikey.com.au/Media/images/090227-trujillo-733c317b-f4af-4e5c-ad2a-b7ac05dfb32e.jpg

The Herald-Sun:  May 27, page 26, comment (photo) by Andrew Bolt, `Sol's heavy saddlebags'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,25543539-5000117,00.html

The Australian:  May 27, page 3, news item by Bingemann and Ooi, `Trujillo's "racist, backward" claims dismissed as sour grapes'.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25545131-15306,00.html

The Age:  May 27, page 13, comment by Peter Costello, `There are 30m reasons why it's not about race, Mr Trujillo'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/there-are-30m-reasons-why-its-not-about-race-mr-trujillo-20090526-bm0v.html

The Age:  May 30, page 6, news item by Dan Oakes, `Trujillo's successor says we're not racist'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/trujillos-successor-says-were-not-racist-20090529-bqbc.html

The Australian:  June 6, page 24, comment by Jason di Russo, `Chk-chk bigotry boom'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25593656-7583,00.html

The Age:  February 19, page 1, news item by Jewell Topsfield, `Indians told to keep a low profile'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/indians-told-to-keep-low-profile-20090218-8bjz.html

The Age:  February 24, page 15, comment by Sushi Das, `Quiet, you down the back - you're not in India now'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/quiet-you-down-the-back-x2014-youre-not-in-india-now-20090223-8fxt.html

The Age:  February 21, Insight section, page 2, analysis (photo of attack victim) by Sushi Das, `The lowest of low blows'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-lowest-of-low-blows-20090220-8dqu.html

The Age:  March 15, page 21, comment by Chris Berg, `More police, fewer daft ideas, the answer to city violence'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/more-police-fewer-daft-ideas-the-answer-to-city-violence-20090314-8ygd.html

The Age:  March 14, Insight section, page 6, editorial, `The thin blue line grows ever thinner'. (Online version reprinted on a police support website)
http://www.policeforcesexposed.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=226

The Age:  March 14, page 5, news item (with statistics) by Topsfield, `(Victorian) Police shortage, gangs roam wild in west'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-shortage-gangs-roam-wild-in-west-20090313-8xy2.html

The Age:  May 13, page 3, news item by Paul Millar, `Police visit India to brief students on staying safe'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-visit-india-to-brief-students-on-staying-safe-20090512-b1wa.html

The Age:  May 12, page 5, news item (photo - with list of attacks this year) by J Topsfield, `Helpline thrown to Indian students'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/helpline-thrown-to-indian-students-20090511-b0mt.html

The Australian:  June 4, page 14, comment by Greg Sheridan, `Blind eye to racism'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25583278-7583,00.html

The Australian:  June 4, page 8, news item by Rowan Callick, `Aussie Indians fear backlash as homeland hysteria grows over student assaults'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25584046-25837,00.html

The Age:  June 4, page 19, comment by Paul Austin, `Ugly times, yes, but let's not take the big stick to Victoria' (see also page 18 cartoon).
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/ugly-times-yes-but-lets-not-take-the-big-stick-to-victoria-20090603-bvm3.html

The Herald-Sun:  June 3, page 28, comment by Andrew Bolt, `We're not the racists'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25578055-5000117,00.html

The Age:  June 3, page 5, news item by Amrit Dhillon, `Lure of Australia remains high'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/lure-of-australia-remains-high-20090602-buc8.html

The Australian:  June 2, page 11, editorial, `Attacking our values'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25571554-16382,00.html

The Age:  June 2, page 15, comment by Akash Aurora, `Don't believe the media hype: racism is often a two-way street'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/dont-believe-the-media-hype-racism-is-often-a-twoway-street-20090601-bsto.html

The Herald-Sun:  June 11, page 33, comment by Neil Mitchell, `No, we are not racists'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25616952-5000117,00.html

The Australian:  June 11, page 11, analysis by Greg Sheridan, `Student danger zones'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25616905-12332,00.html?from=public_rss

The Herald-Sun:  June 8, page 20, comment by Alan Howe, `Indians can learn from us'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25600927-5000117,00.html

The Age:  June 8, page 15, analysis (photos) by Farrah Tomazin, `Beyond them and us'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/beyond-them-and-us-20090605-by7x.html

The Age:  June 13, Insight section, page 7, comment by Sandy Gifford, `Lifting the veil on our ingrained racism'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/lifting-the-veil-on-our-ingrained-racism-20090612-c637.html

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The Age: June 2, page 15, comment by Akash Aurora, `Don't believe the media hype: racism is often a two-way street'.



The Herald-Sun:  May 27, page 27, comment by cartoonist Mark Knight, `Amigo? Of course you are'
The Herald-Sun:  May 27, page 26, comment (photo) by Andrew Bolt, `Sol's heavy saddlebags'.



The Age:  May 27, page 13, comment by Peter Costello, `There are 30m reasons why it's not about race, Mr Trujillo'.



The Australian:  June 2, page 11, editorial, `Attacking our values'.