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'He died in my lap': why the National Police Memorial is to so Mick Keelty

The Canberra Times Mick Keelty

28 Sept 2026 05:30 AEST Summary

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The 20th anniversary of the memorial will be marked on September 29, 2026.

Headline as published: 'He died in my lap': why the National Police Memorial is to important so Mick Keelty

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Niral Score 18.1 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 34 unattributednamed sources Mood 43.3 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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