One Thousand Words
Bluelighter
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Perhaps there will be zero found because of the security measures deterring them
About as ridiculous as carrying drugs around
There is no Bill of Rights in Australia like the US, only laws and how they can be applied.
I am no more trolling that the rest of the idiots here who jump on obvious legislation to protect a unique political event in Brisbane as some sort of backdoor attempt to crackdown on innocent citizens.
Woe is me the sky is falling, everyone living in Festival Towers will have their doors kicked in and their phones tapped!! Bullshit, these laws will allow the police to control a bunch of rent a mobs before they trash my city and cause my rates to go up and I am all for them.
Wrong. Australia does have a bill of rights, I learned them from American film.
Australia is the only Western democratic country with neither a constitutional nor federal legislative bill of rights to protect its citizens, although there is ongoing debate in many of Australia's states. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has argued against a bill of rights for Australia as transferring power from elected politicians (populist politics) to unelected (Constitutional) judges and bureaucrats. Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are the only states and territories to have a human rights bill. Australia decided to list Human Rights Watch’s Australian affiliate, Human Rights Watch Australia, as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) on June 28, 2013.
I would suggest that a strong police presence, combined with a well thought out and well executed strategy for keeping the G20 and its participants secure will be as effective without giving police the power to search homes without a warrant and strip search people.