Community leaders to meet over stabbing death

Nov 13, 2008

The ABC has some video and audio of the "let's do more, even though there isn't a problem with Sudanese" panic following the death of Daniel Awak:

The Social Inclusion Commissioner says the Federal Government needs to do more to help migrants as they settle in Australia.

What's illustrative is that it's government, police, and schools that are called upon to do more to help the Sudanese. And that speaks volumes about the general public willingness to accept diversity. Just like it's left up to government to solve the Aboriginal problems because the man on the street turns away from diversity.

And the West Australian reports that a 14-year-old has been charged with murder, and indicates we do have a problem with escalating knife crime:

With knife attacks on the rise, the commissioner also said he wanted to see metal detectors more widely used to help police crack down on knife carriers...

Mr Hyde also said laws should be amended to stop the scourge of knife crimes from spreading...