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The [[RACP]], a [[medical trade association]], retired this statement in December 2022, when it issued a new statement that was ''not'' an improvement.
[[Robert Darby|Darby]] (2011) collected circumcision statistics from the various Australian states and territories. Darby reported a high rate of 17.3 percent in New South Wales in 2010 and a low of 1.5 percent in Tasmania in the same year. Other states fell in between.<ref>{{REFjournal
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=== RACP issues new circumcision statement ===
The [[RACP]], a [[medical trade association]], issued a new 18-page prmotional policy statement, entitled ''Circumcision of infant males'', in December 2022.<ref name="RACP2022">{{REFdocument
|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/racp-circumcision-of-infant-males-position-statement.pdf
|title=Circumcision of Infant Males
|date=2022-12
|last=RACP
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|accessdate=2023-11-17
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The statement failed to mention the circumcision death in Perth, nor did it mention the advice of the Dr. Mark Duncan Smith, President of the Australian Medical Association that infant [[circumcision]] should be done only when a medical indication is present.
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== Video ==
Circumcision in modern Australia with [[John_Adkison]]