Re: An interesting article about the aussie people

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Jul 30 2000 - 19:47:25 MDT


>>http://www.theage.com.au/news/20000730/A38023-2000Jul29.html

>Interesting article, but I wonder what the sample size was!

Erm, my guess is 500. The reason I think so is that it sez:

< Five hundred respondents, chosen randomly by Roy Morgan Research, were
asked over the phone >

>I've also just finished watching the first episode of
>Robert Hughes' TV documentary "Beyond The Fatal Shore", on
>contemporary Australia. As usual R.H. is eloquent and
>interesting, watch it if you get a chance.

Rabbiting on abt how Oz is now the land of licence and sexual freedom,
illustrated by some shots of naked people romping in a paddock... with
their very mildly rude bits blurred out to spare us (or more likely the
prudish UK and US viewers) the shock of the nude.

Damien Broderick



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