Initial results of a national fear survey conducted by Professor Mark Balnaves and Anne Aly of Edith Cowan University show that “[w]here non-Muslim Australians may have a fear of travel on planes, Muslims had a fear of going out of the house, of going out into the community”. Post-Haneef, this is certainly the case.
Fear
In Maningrida, fear is the real emergency
In the remote township of Maningrida in central Arnhem land the lack of communication from the federal government over its national emergency plan has led to unnecessary instability and fear and may well ensure the plan’s intended positive results become unachievable, writes Bill Fogarty.
