Protesting Made a Crime in Victoria, Australia

[Chris]

From September onwards the police in Victoria will have the power to ‘move on’ groups of people at their will, including those involved in peaceful protests and pickets. Those who refuse to comply with these orders can be issued with fines of $750, exclusion orders, and gaol (jail) terms of up to 2 years.

Full Article: http://talkingpoints.com.au/2014/03...750-2-years-gaol-attending-protests-victoria/

Saw someone point out that a couple of the 20 that voted for this have a yearly anti-abortion protest so that should be fun.

 

[We Are Legion]

LOL "free country"

 

[Andrew]

My hometown

 

[Chris]

Please protest the new protest laws, Andrew.

 

[Crippler]

i can't

 

[Keith]

Words simply fail me.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

That's too fucking funny. I know certain video games are banned there also, unless they finally lifted the ban on Left 4 Dead.

 

[Chris]

That's too fucking funny. I know certain video games are banned there also, unless they finally lifted the ban on Left 4 Dead.

That's just because their rating system is really strict. They aren't technically "banned," they just don't meet the rating. Like a movie getting an NC-17 rating instead of R.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Protestin' is a simple human right it's part of havin' an opinion. I would refuse to live in such a place or just refuse to acknowledge it as a law.

 

[Defiant]

Give me back the old, incompetent government that would censor the occasional videogame, not this evil, pants-on-head backwards Tony Abbott douche who poisons everything he touches.

 

[AF.]

I live here and this doesn't bother me at all.