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Brown Study

Brown study

4 February 2017

9:00 AM

4 February 2017

9:00 AM

A few weeks ago I told you about two particularly nasty and brutal attacks on our local jewelry store in Melbourne by armed thieves ‘of African appearance’. But now we have had a whole series of serious crimes that have rocked Melbourne and cast grave doubt on the traditional notion that the city is some sort of peaceful Athens of the south where we divide our time between trips to the art galleries, comedy festivals and the grand prix and drinking caffe latte.

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