Newspaper items which may be useful in a study of this media issue (see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)H/SUN, August 18, 2011, page 1, news item by Ainsworth and Butler, `Pit bull kills girl'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/child-killed-in-dog-attack-at-st-albans/story-fn6bfkm6-1226117119122
AGE, August 18, 2011, page 1, news item (ref to death of young girl / child) by Preiss and Farouque, `Rogue dog kills infant girl, mauls two'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/rogue-dog-kills-infant-girl-mauls-two-20110817-1iyix.html
H/SUN, August 22, 2011, page 27, comment by Baz Blakeney, `Silly little boys with big dogs'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/silly-little-boys-with-big-dogs/story-e6frfhqf-1226119195035
H/SUN, August 19, 2011, page 34, editorial, `Get rid of this vicious breed'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/editorials/get-rid-of-this-vicious-breed/story-e6frfhqo-1226117732033
H/SUN, August 19, 2011, page 35, comment by Rachel Andersson, `With training and love, they are devoted pets'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/with-training-and-love-they-are-devoted-pets/story-fn6bn88w-1226117738370
H/SUN, August 19, 2011, page 34, comment (photo) by attack victim Leeanne Pelen, `These dogs are guns without a safety catch'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/dogs-are-guns-without-a-safety-catch/story-fn6bn88w-1226117736838
H/SUN, August 19, 2011, page 33, cartoon. (no internet link)
AGE, August 19, 2011, page 14, editorial, `End the menace of attack dogs'. (Scroll down after accessing to find the item, which is the second editorial in the set)
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/state-falters-at-first-test-of-hospital-reform-20110818-1j027.html?skin=text-only
AGE, August 19, 2011, page 13, analysis (photos) by Green and Farouque, `A killer instinct'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a-killer-instinct-20110818-1j04c.html
AGE, August 19, 2011, page 3, news item (photo - ref to death of child, injuries inflicted by a pit bull terrier cross at St Albans) by Beck and Levy, `Dangerous dogs "have lost the right to exist"' (with statistics on hospital admissions after dog attacks, list of restricted breeds).
H/SUN, August 31, 2011, page 33, cartoon. (detail of, at right)AGE, August 31, 2011, page 6, news item (photos) by Dowling and Perkins, `Councils to crack down on pit bulls'. (video included in online version)
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/councils-to-crack-down-on-pit-bulls-20110830-1jk6i.html
H/SUN, August 30, page 26, editorial, `Justice for little Ayen').
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/editorials/justice-is-served-for-little-ayen/story-e6frfhqo-1226124841328
AUST, September 8, 2011, page 11, analysis by Pia Akerman, `Dog fight brews over tough laws'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/dog-fight-brews-over-tough-laws/story-e6frg6z6-1226131681378
AUST, September 8, 2011, page 8, news item (photo) by Pia Akerman, `Targeting pit bulls unlikely to reduce risk: vet association'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/victorian-vets-fight-pit-bull-crackdown/story-e6frg6nf-1226131730288