Posts tagged ‘rights’

Dealing With Australian Police

December 2, 2008, 1:31 pm

After every weekend we all hear stories from our mates about how the police stopped them on the way home from a night out and asked them all sorts of questions about who they are and what they are doing. If your mates simply knew their rights they could have reduced the amount of information they thought they had to supply.

Most often the police will ask for your name, address and date of birth, do you need to supply this information?

You only need to supply your name and address you do not have to give your birth date. You can then ask the officer questioning you for his/her details, the officer must provide you with his/her name, rank, station and number. You have the right to not answer any further questions they ask you, it’s advised you reply with “no comment” as this indicates you are not being disrespectful and you know your rights.

Do you have to go with them when they request it?
NO! unless you are under arrest or a further breath/drug test is needed.

How do I deal with the police arresting me?
If the police wish to arrest you they must have either reasonable grounds to believe you have broken the law or a warrant. They must tell you at the time of the arrest why you are being arrested. Once they have taken you back to the station they must caution you by reading your rights about questioning and evidence. You have the right to a phone call to a friend or family and a phone call to your legal representation.

Contact your lawyer as soon as possible if you feel your rights have been violated in any way.

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Australia - Free Country?

November 14, 2008, 9:38 am
Note the excerpt: posted on
FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAlert.org
in
FAN Bulletin 1009: Southampton, UK: Fighting on a tilted playing field


Nov 13, 2008
”
Below we will be discussing how both Australia and the UK attempt to thwart genuine democracy on the fluoridation issue. First, let me thank all those who kindly offered to translate the Professionals’ Statement into other languages. We already have offers under way for Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Russian translations. So if you have friends and colleagues in any country speaking one of these languages please get your appeal letter ready for sending. We will post the translations on our home page as they appear.


Thwarting democracy.


We saw in the Nov 4 referenda in the US, as well as previous votes, such as in Juneau, Alaska, that when citizens are treated to a fair hearing of both sides of the fluoridation issue they tend to vote against the practice.  This is why pro-fluoridation governments are very reluctant to give citizens this choice. They know it is highly likely that citizens will reject this outdated practice at the ballot box. Thus, it is interesting to see the different ways that pro-fluoridation governments circumvent the public’s right to vote on this matter. Here I will compare the Australian approach and the UK approach.


Australia’s blunt approach


State governments in Australia, especially in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, are very blunt about it. They simply deny the right of citizens to vote at all. In various ways they tell their citizens: “You are getting fluoride in your water whether you want it or not.” They accompany this with the usual tactics:


– They give solo presentations behind closed doors, but refuse to defend their position in open public debate.
– They mobilize the medical and dental lobbies to provide their clockwork endorsements.
– They put out fluffy propaganda brochures (nearly always blue and white with smiling children gracing the cover).


The astounding ignorance of these state governments is only matched by their arrogance. The most gross example of that arrogance was shown by Premier Anna Bligh of Queensland who came storming into her “appointed” position with mandatory fluoridation at the very top of her agenda. Hopefully, when citizens in Queensland get the chance to vote at the next election they will remember the way their democratic rights have been treated by this individual. ”
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