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H/SUN, January 11, page 24, comment by Wayne Kayler-Thomson, `Police must act on thugs'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/police-must-act-on-thugs/story-e6frfifo-1225817858379

AGE, January 11, page 11, comment by Dr Russell Gruen, `Violence in the streets injures us all'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/violence-in-the-streets-injures-us-all-20100110-m0l6.html

AGE, January 10, page 15, comment by Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland, `Death in your pocket'.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/death-in-your-pocket-20100109-lzry.html

AGE, January 10, page 14, editorial, `Alcohol, knives and the changing life of the city'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/alcohol-knives-and-the-changing-life-of-the-city/2010/01/09/1262453696564.html

AGE, January 9, page 17, analysis (on carrying and use of knives in attacks) by Andrew Rule, `Under the knife'. (link is to Sydney Morning Herald version)
http://www.smh.com.au/national/knife-epidemic-concealed-20100108-lyvm.html

AGE, January 10, page 4, analysis (photos, crime / assault statistics) by John Elder, Jon Pierik, `The mean streets: where the locals fear to tread'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-mean-streets-where-the-locals-fear-to-tread-20100109-m00l.html

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H/SUN, January 11, page 24, comment by Wayne Kayler-Thomson, `Police must act on thugs'.





AGE, January 11, page 11, comment by Dr Russell Gruen, `Violence in the streets injures us all'.





AGE, January 10, page 15, comment by Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland, `Death in your pocket'.





AGE, January 10, page 14, editorial, `Alcohol, knives and the changing life of the city'.