Abetz said no objective observer could deny there was "an endemic problem of industrial unlawfulness in this industry given the litany of court judgments and fines against the CFMEU for repeated and unrepentant breaches of the law".
Homelessness has become an endemic problem lately for city children; the statistical drop in welfare rolls is illusory for working mothers on minimum wages.
For some observers the prosecution was evidence that China was doing more to combat what was seen as an endemic problem, but for others the Chen case was simply the tip of the iceberg, and his prosecution was seen, at least in some quarters, as being politically motivated by his association with the so-called Shanghai clique, political rivals to President Hu and Premier Wen.
Scavuzzi fears this may become an endemic problem, affecting babies for years to come.
"It is an endemic problem," Joe Westby, a campaigner for business and human rights with Amnesty International, told VICE News.
This argument is morally bankrupt because America already, and has for decades faced an endemic problem with men sexually assaulting and abusing women and girls.
More worrisome, the mayors said, is the growing evidence that the lack of food and adequate shelter for the working poor is becoming an endemic problem.
"This is an endemic problem ignored by most Australians, and there seems to be compassion fatigue for acknowledging the problem," said Senator Aden Ridgeway, the only Aboriginal member of Parliament.
Earlier this month the White House announced a $250m package directed at the region, including funds for reintegrating returned migrants and tackling gang violence, an endemic problem considered to be behind many families' deciding that their children should leave.
Drink-driving is an endemic problem here.
