Thread: Civil Liberties

If you have been keeping up with this, you would have read about the fight at the café, between bandidos & finks. Long story short, now it has gone to court, it is being presented thru the media as a fight between two men over a woman. Not a bikie war over territory. It is almost as though the government is trying to find an excuse to relax the pressure. keep an eye on this, could be interesting, Bob

Originally Posted by Eevo

i didnt know that.

Mandatory in NSW as well

If you are unlucky enough to be wrongly accused and put away without due process then at least you can console yourself with the fact that red tape has been cut when dealing with real criminals. You will save on lawyers fees as well. Also, there will likely be a few extra non criminals like you in gaol to hang out with....the positives just keep on coming.

The way I see It . In 1788 there was a Governor General using British Laws . Now since then we now have Local , State and Federal Laws at this point I must say I know we have to have Laws , and the rule of Law . The problem I can see is very few are repealed . New Laws keep being made . I wonder what society will be like in the next 200 years , at the current rate of keep making new Laws , I pity future generations as there will be very little Liberty ...

Originally Posted by Kev the Fridgy

Yep and if you don't vote, move house forget to change address on the role etc etc and just plain forget as sometimes happens they suspend your drivers licence

holy crap.

do people actually care like they do for state and federal elections?

in SA, local council elections have about a 30% turnout rate.

Originally Posted by mikehzz

Mandatory in NSW as well

Really?

Lived here for 40+years and never voted in one and never been queried.

Penalties for not Voting - NSW Electoral Commission

The first sentence says it should have cost you $55 for not voting in State or Local Government elections

I've got at least two rellies who've been here 40 plus years who aren't on any electoral roll and have no intention of doing so. I know other people who are the same including one who's been in the Navy and has never voted.
Suspect there are many more around as well.
And when looking at the awful self serving types in all our governments who really can blame them?
AlanH.