Originally Posted By: Rick_Bowles
Presumably your government has these restrictions in place for a (perceived) reason. My question is can it be demonstrated that the crime rate has radically declined since the implementation of the laws or do they simply just want the money?


We wouldn't know our police commissioner just resigned (with a huge payout) because it was discovered that he released false crime statistics.

Most Australian politician do very little, yet they receive enormous pensions after just 8 years in office and they get tax payer funded holidays for the rest of their life. They have to be seen to be doing something for all these perks, but the country is run by multinational mining companies, there is no money for actual policing, so their answer to everything is, introduce a license. Someone falls of a ladder introduce a license, someone drowns in a backyard swimming pool introduce a license. There were 3 people killed in Melbourne last month with hammers, the coroner actually recommended to the government that there be tighter restrictions on hammers, if that was his recommendation the politicians are required to act on it. All we can do is wait 4 years and vote for the alternative government that has all the same policies.

It's crazy
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Graham