Dear America, we can teach you a few things about cruelty to refugees. Love, Australia | Brigid Delaney

We are a small nation, but on this issue we really punch above our weight

Every time there is mass gun violence in America, Australians can be counted on to give Americans an earnest lecture on how we do it better. We got rid of guns after Port Arthur in 1996 – why can’t they just do that, and solve their gun problem?

But Australia has been more subdued this week – a week when the media showed images of children separated from their parents, imprisoned in cages on the US/Mexican border.

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