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Australia spending more on prisons, policing than other comparable countries: report

Victoria Police officers outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court

Three men accused of planning a terror attack in Melbourne on Christmas won't face trial until 2018. (AAP) Source: SBS

Australians are spending more on prisons and police than most other developed countries in the world, a new study has found.

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