Violence

Sport bans for violence don't affect only clubs

Nina Funnell The new Australian Rugby League Commission has suspended Cowboys halfback Robert Lui for a year and Sharks player Isaac Gordon for nine matches after both were found guilty of domestic...

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Look behind the crime and violence to see their causes

Amanda Wallace The England riots have followed years of poverty and cuts to services.

Sexual violence against women pre-dates porn

Leslie Cannold Sometimes particular experiences can offer insights into the big questions in life. In the past few weeks, key cultural and political events such as the Sydney Writers' Festival and SlutWalk have...

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Fear and loathing drives rise in violence

Tanveer Ahmed Most of us are familiar with the advertisement where attractive young women lift a pinkie in the wake of testosterone-charged, speeding drivers – a reminder that the dial on the odometer can...

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Footy must stop violence on and off the field

Beth Wilson When the big men fly, they shouldn't show our children a bad example

Fighting family violence may require further reform

Rob Hulls Whether a law is working should not be based on the outcome of one case.

Muslim violence a fact, not prejudice

Mark Durie Those who denounce critics of Islam should allow that, like all global faiths, Islam has its detractors and a religion will be judged on what its followers say and do.

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Grand slam violence that all the world can enjoy

TIM DICK Outside Japan, the media hero of the week is the Sydney school boy known online as The Punisher. He fought back against a younger bully, and the only reason we know about it is that some numbskull...

Guilty pleasure of watching extreme violence

Todd Sampson I've watched every Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in the past 10 years and last week I got to watch it gladiatorial-style, live in Sydney. I'm a big fan.

CBD violence and other urban myths

Jonathan Horn Melbourne's shock jocks whip up irrational fear of an exaggerated threat.

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Senseless violence has many victims

Sriram Rengachari A good beating is the path to becoming a man. Being an ego-driven male with the wisdom of a floor mat, I used to live by that creed, until a recent unprovoked attack on a Melbourne street.

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Violence against adults is assault, so why can we hit our kids?

Kate Gaffney Some people think using brute force to chastise children is a parental right.

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Close bars early to stop alcohol-fuelled violence

Hugh MacKay When we're casting around for a slick phrase to capture the essence of Australian culture, we go for things like ''the land of the fair go'' or ''punching above our weight''.

Many ingredients make this gen Y cocktail of violence

Mark McCrindle Permissive parenting partly explains the rise in drunken assaults.

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Trying to understand the vendetta logic of violence

Jason Koutsoukis Havat Gilad, home to about 15 families who live in the distinctive white portable homes that have come to symbolise the more zealous elements of the settler movement, is as good a place as any to...

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Violence in the streets injures us all

Russell Gruen A trauma doctor sees the appalling outcome of thoughtless actions.

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Is street violence etched into the national character?

Geoff Strong Every morning the news seems to contain the same: another overnight stabbing, another serious assault, another serious assault on members of an ethnic group, particularly Indians.

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