Tag: Law
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Window or aisle seat?
We know you’re supposed to belt up when you’re in a car, but when you’re part of an organisation that can’t afford a proper passenger van or bus to take you to and from work, you’ll just have to deal with hanging on for dear life: Yes, plastic chairs on the back of a lorry!…
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The things that matter
About a decade ago, the Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer went into damage control mode after a gaffe he made when speaking at an event raising awareness for female victims of domestic violence. He had thought it witty on the occasion to coin the phrase “the things that batter” for the event, giggling proudly for…
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(Straight) Anal and oral sex to be decriminalised
Justice & Strength Originally uploaded by Mr Hyde The review of this fine nation’s Penal Code is almost complete, and one of the proposed changes is the decriminalisation of consensual anal and oral sex between heterosexual adults. However, if you object to this proposed change, amongst the other changes which include 19 new offences, you…
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Podcast: Early never say
You did not inform us that you did not have a television set, so you have to pay the fine. – Media Development Authority Officer This was the reply one guy got when he told the officer why he did not have a TV, which is why he did not pay his radio and TV…
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TODAY: Living in glass houses
Remember, you shot it on your handphone – don’t cry if that intimate snap becomes public domain viewing THIS is not new: A couple recording themselves having sex on video, promptly losing the recording and then reeling in horror as it is flashed all over the Internet. Think Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, think Paris Hilton.…