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Modern Australia
Modern Australia appears through courts, foster care, policing and mining, with Indigenous and migrant histories. Its pressure to protect order and reputation makes people “notice and talk”, judge outsiders, and let fear shape trust and conflict. H when it values “peace” more than truth, while courts, foster care, police authority, mining interests, and stories of Indigenous and migrant journeys shape what people believe—and can one young person challenge the community’s habits of judging outsiders, obeying power, and looking away in silence?
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