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As to why Australia has a pattern of human rights abuses that is repeated, or at least goes unaddressed, Graeme Innes said that change in disability rights comes slowly. "I think most people make assumptions about people with disabilities, and most of those assumptions are about what we can't do, and most of those assumptions are wrong." He clarified, "It's not an intentional meanness. It's just a lack of awareness or understanding."He doesn't think that the problem is a uniquely Australian one. "It's a human issue. It's not a problem only experienced in Australia by any means."While that might be true for Disability Rights, according to Elaine Pearson there does appear to be some cultural trait in Australian culture that allows us to maintain a certain disregard for other human rights issues."I would say that in Australia there tends to be a level of tolerance for certain policies because there is a certain sense here that bad things happen to bad people." She referred to Australia's suspicion and demonization of asylum seekers and potential terrorists and explained, "People are more willing to go along with polices they don't think will affect them."There does appear to be some cultural trait in Australian culture that allows us to maintain a certain disregard for other human rights issues.
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