Australian police state as fiction?
POLICE used capsicum spray on students yesterday to quell protests over rising university fees as rallies across the nation turned violent.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9148817%255E12332,00.html
Paper on "key characteristics" of Australian authoritarianism.
http://thequality.com/people/michela/weblog/archives/000683.html#000683