So glad that I not only live in the W.ait A.while State, but also in the rural region, where all this crazy shit is extremely rare over here, mainly due to the much smaller population and the lack of ethnic gangs busy causing a shitshow with their dick measuring antics.
Next they’ll come ban forks.
Well, this was the QLD government’s reply to a petition asking for that -
Just more bureaucratic b/s.
WA: The state where they’ll find you for illegal possession of RC’d content like banned films, games, and other media.
Now you can’t buy puppies at a pet store.
Yeah, I read that determination a long time ago. 
Sounds like they just don’t want to actually do their job.
They are thieves of taxpayer money.
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Problem is we don’t want to go down the American path of adding more weapons to counteract the weapons that they already have weapons for! 
I’d certainly be VERY concerned if Tazers and Pepper Spray was made Legal for every mad bastard out there on the streets to have in their back pockets.
Remember that it’s always the shitheads who make the most out of these products for illegal activities, not the Law Abiding Citizens looking to defend themselves. 
Well they should not be punishing everyone else just cos of a few.
Unfortunately that’s exactly what they have always done with EVERYTHING and will always continue to do so. 
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Unfortunately it is the case
Until we can figure out a way to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals (yeah right… history proves we never will) if the law restricts the right of people to adequately defend themselves then the law’s erroneous.
Example : advice from the police in the event of a violent home invasion… leave the premises and dial 000 for police assistance.
That stement highlights the fact lthat the current laws and attitudes towards public safety and self defence are way skewed and out of line with the increased rate of unlawful activity we’re seeing now. Leaving your “personal safety” up to the police only works if there’s an efficient policing body that can respond in a timely manner and a court and sentencing system to back it up. We don’t have that…
@DocBob I agree with you on the downside to making less-lethals available… misuse by criminals is always a factor and a risk. But I’d also argue that they’re already available to the criminal element if they really want them anyway… they just choose not to use them because why bother with pepper spray or a Byrna when you can use a machete or a real firearm?
It may not be a popular point of view, and I’m not advocating arming the population with weapons and firearms like America. But I tell you, if anybody broke into my home armed with a machete or bat I would do whatever it took to safeguard myself and my family, legal or not. I’d rather come out the other side of it and deal with the consequences knowing I protected my family than the alternative scenario…
The reality is that the police won’t be there to stop it within the first few minutes of it occurring so you should be allowed to take it upon yourself to protect yourself and others from idiots.
Castle laws should be a thing.
Yeah but that’s exactly the point I’m making, that criminals already have access to such illegal things as Pepper Spray and Tazers… which I’m a LOT more comfortable knowing that its ONLY the small Criminal element who has them, NOT your everyday Eshay or immature young idiots running rampant around the streets with them in bulk numbers because they have been made available to the general public.
Like you say, real criminals commit real bad crimes with some pretty intense weapons, but the chances of the average Joe Blow being targeted is very slim… where on the other side of the coin, every single footpath, bus stop, train station, shopping centre, local parks or ANYWHERE would allow the average POS young Gangsta Wannabe Crackhead the tools to create absolute mayhem on ANYONE who happens to be around them without any provocation or warnings.
Fuck that for a joke.
Like my Police mates told me, we DO actually have a type of “Castle Law” here in Australia, with the only restriction being that it has to be “equal or lesser force” than what you are defending yourself against.
You can’t just stab someone because they have punched you, because that’s not equal force and you will be charged for committing an offence, the same as driving an Axe into someone’s head because they have a baseball bat, same again…not “equal or lesser than” the threat against you.
Here’s another classic example of the “Castle Law” type of process, where two men against an elderly incapacitated couple did not end in an “equal or lesser than” threat, simply because the Courts recognised that the elderly couple were in an unequal situation threat wise and followed steps to defend themselves with the only tool that they had at their disposal to protect themselves.
In the article they use the term “reasonable force”, which is basically following the “castle law” rules where it was decided that the force he used in his situation was judged as “equal to” the threat that he and his wife were facing.
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Thanks for your support mate but my problems isn’t with wages I get paid an extremely fair wage in fact my boss pays me second year wages as he said my quality of work is already at second year levels. The problem I’m facing is the inflation and taxes puts any money you earn down the shitter. Can’t expect small businesses like the one I work at to pay higher wages to counteract inflation as it would simply bankrupt them. But this causes problems as I’m earning a fair wage but the rate of inflation especially in the grocery sector is making my money that I earn more and more worthless with the government promising things for years to push it down but still nothing has been done which causes most Aussies to have a pretty bleak outlook towards everything. Also on your other point about things building up gradually I’ve always understood this growing up I don’t expect a house and brand new 76 series to appear overnight but on the other end it’s unrealistic to expect Aussies to consider working until there 40 to just get a house deposit as fair it was not like that when your age group was growing up as far as I’m aware feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on that one. I’m just focusing on the short term currently building up my 105 until it’s a rig people dream of owning and then saving up to get myself a nice caddy.
Always look on the bright side that the few years struggling under Apprentice Wages leads to a bigger pot of gold in the near future.
Many young people around here finish their apprenticeships and head straight to the Mining Sector whilst they are still young and free to set themselves up for life in only a short few years of work.
Just talking with an old neighbour the other day and he told me both his Son and his son’s girlfriend had both landed jobs up north.
So here’s a 21 year old bloke and his 19 year old girlfriend pulling in around $350k a year between them.
Stick that out for 5 years, set yourself up with investments and properties, then quit and get a normal local 9-5 job and spit out some kids without any life stresses.
NEVER had those opportunities when we were the same age… only working rudimentary jobs for $20-$40k a year if you worked hard enough.
Get your qualifications and head north as a LV Mechanic or Diesel Fitter and the world is your oyster! 
I guess that’s true. When I started 70 bucks a week was not much, but fuel was also 50 cents a ltr. Rego and insurance also cheaper than is now.
When I started earning more as a full time trades person and with some overtime I started breaking in to the next tax bracket. So I stopped working 6 days a week and did just the 50hrs a week and it would bring me back under that tax bracket earning the same amount but I have an extra day to do whatever I wanted. I was working a 6th day just for the taxman. Housing has gone up, even the land that I bought has gone up 1000% since I bought it. Why a lot of people don’t do what I did as the buy in price is rather large today. Same goes for housing.
They are making it near impossible for a young person to gain assets and build up collateral unless it’s inherited or similar. I was talking to my Doc mate and yea he must be rich being a doctor, but half that goes on tax. Highway robbery. The harder you work and more money you make the more you pay.
The mines option is a good one, nearly went myself last year. Few of my friends have gone to it now as they were not making ends meet with normal jobs and paying for kids and a house loan they’ve gone to basically pay their house off for a few years.
Unfortunately despite having a pretty good understanding of mechanical work for cars my trade on paper is automotive body repair technology which I love because it’s a trade I enjoy and am good at but unfortunately useless in the mines. Don’t think they want dints removed on cars in the mines because they got flogged as is 
. Investment properties is something I would absolutely look into but the barrier for entry is way to high for me to get in to that market.
Yeah the government is way out of touch currently there focusing to much on social justice issues instead of what Aussies actually want which is cheap groceries, financial freedom if you work hard, a house and a 2025 Holden commodore.
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I’ve been saying this for a while but my family and that think it’s stupid I personally think that apprentices should be tax exempt whilst they complete their apprenticeships. Makes it more rewarding for apprentices to go the extra mile take that Saturday shift work overtime which would also result in more qualified tradesman as they would have put in the extra hours to learn their trade better don’t see anyone losing other then government who deserves to lose the way they’ve been treating Aussies for years