Western Australian Government are dickheads

[nigel99 617]

Australia is a nanny state and WA takes the crown. Our politicians are power hungry arseholes. 

In the last few years we have had a surge in intrusive laws. 

1. Being banned from ALL facilities serving alcohol across the state if you’re deemed to be a trouble causer. A female friend was banned for 6 months because she swore at a policeman who wouldn’t let her get her jacket that had been left in a club. 

2. Gun laws have been tightened up. Contrary to popular belief Aussie has pretty reasonable gun laws and quite high ownership for hunting, sport shooting and vermin control. If you live in the city and aren’t a member of a shooting club, you need a letter from a farmer/property owner giving you permission to shoot on their property. Government cancelled the letters earlier this year and made people reapply (apparently they had lost thousands of letters). 

3. it’s illegal to own a still over 5l and you’re supposed to get a permit from the tax office to distill your own alcohol. 

4. This weeks gift from the government is sweeping powers and what they are proudly presenting as some of the strictest knife laws in the world. Police have been issued portable body scanners and are scanning people at the shops. Bear in mind fishing is a major hobby here, as well as having diving knives for snorkelling etc. it can land you with 3 years in jail. They have literally been stopping and scanning old ladies at the shops and going through their handbags. 

5. Last month it was made illegal for anyone under 16 to access social media (of course when it comes to enforcing it, it will probably mean you have to use government issued ID to access websites which is being touted as the proposed solution)

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, from e-bikes and scooters being limited to 25km/hour (about 15 miles) through to insanely low speed limits and god knows what else. 

[tkhayes 348]

3 hours ago, nigel99 said:

Australia is a nanny state and WA takes the crown. Our politicians are power hungry arseholes. 

In the last few years we have had a surge in intrusive laws. 

1. Being banned from ALL facilities serving alcohol across the state if you’re deemed to be a trouble causer. A female friend was banned for 6 months because she swore at a policeman who wouldn’t let her get her jacket that had been left in a club. 

2. Gun laws have been tightened up. Contrary to popular belief Aussie has pretty reasonable gun laws and quite high ownership for hunting, sport shooting and vermin control. If you live in the city and aren’t a member of a shooting club, you need a letter from a farmer/property owner giving you permission to shoot on their property. Government cancelled the letters earlier this year and made people reapply (apparently they had lost thousands of letters). 

3. it’s illegal to own a still over 5l and you’re supposed to get a permit from the tax office to distill your own alcohol. 

4. This weeks gift from the government is sweeping powers and what they are proudly presenting as some of the strictest knife laws in the world. Police have been issued portable body scanners and are scanning people at the shops. Bear in mind fishing is a major hobby here, as well as having diving knives for snorkelling etc. it can land you with 3 years in jail. They have literally been stopping and scanning old ladies at the shops and going through their handbags. 

5. Last month it was made illegal for anyone under 16 to access social media (of course when it comes to enforcing it, it will probably mean you have to use government issued ID to access websites which is being touted as the proposed solution)

That’s just the tip of the iceberg, from e-bikes and scooters being limited to 25km/hour (about 15 miles) through to insanely low speed limits and god knows what else. 

oh the horror.  'I can't taste the cedar in my cedar planked salmon!'

Best Countries for Quality of Life | U.S. News been in the top ten for decades now.  the suffering must be immeasurable

[nigel99 617]

8 hours ago, tkhayes said:

oh the horror.  'I can't taste the cedar in my cedar planked salmon!'

Best Countries for Quality of Life | U.S. News been in the top ten for decades now.  the suffering must be immeasurable

True that quality of life here is good, doesn’t stop the politicians from sucking though! 

Thankfullly a good proportion of people ignore the idiotic laws (including most sensible cops)

[kallend 2,148]

11 hours ago, nigel99 said:

Australia is a nanny state and WA takes the crown. Our politicians are power hungry arseholes. 

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Hey, at least the government in Oz doesn't tell women what they may and may not do with their own bodies.

(I was in WA 2 years ago, Broome and the Montebelllo Islands)

[nigel99 617]

13 minutes ago, kallend said:

Hey, at least the government in Oz doesn't tell women what they may and may not do with their own bodies.

(I was in WA 2 years ago, Broome and the Montebelllo Islands)

You should have caught up for a drink!

It’s not all bad, it’s 7am and already 29C (about 85F) and a high of 42C (107F) so spending the day drinking home brew whisky in the pool.