A Sudanese refugee was bashed up in Parramatta lately. After Tamworth rednecks and Sydney metropolitan shock jocks whipped up anti-Sudanese sentiments (aided by the unfortunate fact that the man who was found guilty by a Victorian court of having raped three women happened to be Sudanese), this does not really come as a surprise. What did come as a surprise was this laconic news read on Channel Ten, where they said police re-enacted the Parramatta bashing in the hope of jogging witnesses’ memories. Robinson scratches his head: «Another bashing… A bashing with good intentions at least.»
Another strange story was heard on ABC local radio with Virginia Trioli. A group of medicos, called the Perth Group, claims HIV/AIDS does not exist, or at least that there is no connection between having HIV and AIDS. People who had unprotected sex although they knew they had the virus use the group’s «findings» as a defence before court. The group has even been able to get South African President Thabo Mbeki to question whether AIDS exists. «What a great contribution to Africa’s prevention efforts», Robinson thinks sarcastically.
And then Qantas: Today they apologised for showing a censored version of the movie The Queen. Their international film distributor had bleeped the word «God» – apparently a new staff member regarded it as a swearword. Robinson declines to comment… – … «Muwahahahahaaaa!»
