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One of the many reasons why I, and countless other tourists, love visiting Australia is that I can take my wife out to a restaurant or a film of an evening and walk back late at night unmolested, and without fear of being molested. Or at least that is how it has always seemed, though apparently things are changing: Tony Abbott himself has lamented that popular areas of leading Australian cities have become ‘hot spots’ for violence because of a binge-drinking culture that has taken root in Australia.
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