Father Dave Smith walks past a cardboard cutout related to peace work in war-torn Syria, one of the social causes he is helping raise funds for, at his boxing academy near the church he leads in Sydney, Australia May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Barrett
SYDNEY (Reuters) - It's Thursday night training at Father Dave Smith's boxing academy, opposite the Anglican church in inner-west Sydney he has led for almost 30 years, and he's working off some frustration ahead of the May 18 federal election.
On his mind is Australia's treatment of refugees and its system of offshore processing centres, whereby asylum seekers arriving by boat are sent to facilities on remote Pacific islands.
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