The PM is locking down this great land as fast as he can?

A couple of days ago the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott announced he would jail people for standing up for their mother country which he carefully calls fighting with extremists.

Talking on national security the Abbott stated : "My unambiguous message to all Australians who fight with terrorist groups is that you will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for a very long time."

"Legislation to create new terrorist offenses and to extend existing powers to monitor or to detain terror suspects will be introduced this week," the prime minister said.

The Abbott outlined a stack of responses to the so called  perceived heightened threat of a domestic terrorist attack here on Aussie soil. 

$630 million in funding is being directed to police, customs,  and intelligence agencies.  Biometric scanners will be at all international airports in the next year the Abbott said.  Read more here

 The jails in Australia are overflowing now. But that is another subject, or is it?

Australia's jails are already over the top full.  There is no more room for ordinary lawbreakers to be locked up and the PM is locking up more and more of those each day as well. 

This will have a dire flow on effect down the track because the unions will say they can't operate this way and the government  will then return with the grounds to see the complete privatization of the jails and the police service in Australia. 

I can hear the legislation forming on the paper as I write here.  There will be no more police union intervention to stop any police actions the government narcissists want with an introduced privatized sector here in policing. 

This scenario by police union members occurred with Bentley Blockade where 900 officers were to be dispatched to break the blockade on the North Coast of New South Wales and the police union spoke out against this vehemently.    To avoid this happening in the future, government will privatize the police force as soon as possible and  I envisage this will come onto the list within the 12 months.

In the mean time the country is now running on terror and people are saying the most bizarre things.  I found myself saying strange things also and so I got my burka out for a spin in case I needed to wear one for safety.  One never knows when one needs to blend in to the crowd and keep their head down low and go go go.

Another statement from Abbott that does not makes sense is the figures here:

"60 Australians were known to be fighting in Iraq and Syria, 20 had already returned to Australia while another 100 actively support the militant".

He really is scared of these people it appears.   Either this or he is being a war monger and whipping people up into a frenzy about all of this and getting hate firmly back on the agenda in the disguise of a peace agenda. 

Australians no longer fall for these constructed lies.  Australians want more from a leader than to take us into another war.  We have evolved but it is clear that our prime minister hasn't.  (for the record - I am not sure that is even possible)

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The Use of Homeless Spikes

Homeless Spikes! I had never heard of them and I was horrified at such a lack of humanity.  I could barely believe what I was reading and the attitude people have toward those who have fallen on hard times in life.

The image was widely shared on Twitter (Andrew Horton/Twitter

From the Telegraph

Homelessness charities said the use of metal studs to prevent rough sleepers is widespread and they have been installed on ledges and in doorways for more than a decade.

I am going to keep my eyes open for this happening here in Australia.  I would not put it past Abbott and his heartless cronies to bring in such a law.  Perhaps they have already and I don't know about it yet.  Its like they bring in new laws now faster than any of us can keep up with.   I tend to think that even the most law abiding person would break the law these days unwittingly, its just that legislated.

Security spikes protect a gated community in the East End of London. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Its hard to believe that the world can treat their fellow man in such a degrading humiliating way in front of their peers by their peers for what?  Being poor?

Sydney has many homeless people, I respected their dignity and didn't photograph them.

 

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

Tasers and Children in NSW Australia.

UCLA students protest taser incident, November 17, 2006. Photo: Michael Linder, KNX. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Police can set Tasers on children 

EXCLUSIVE JANE HANSEN 
POLICE are free to use Tasers on children as young as 10, against the explicit warnings of the manufacturer of the device.
Stun guns have been deployed 149 times against juveniles in NSW alone since 2008 with the youngest offender just 10 years old.
Nearly half of the juveniles were under 17, one quarter were under 16, 18 were under 15 and six under 13.
Anna Brown, a solicitor with the Human Rights Law Centre, said the death of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti, who was 21 when he died after being hit by numerous Taser shots in February last year, highlighted the fact Tasers can be deadly and called for police to enact stricter controls on their use on children.
"We are talking about weapons that are highly dangerous and there should be extreme limitations and warnings when it comes to certain groups like young people, the elderly and pregnant women," Ms Brown said.
Police confirmed there was no reference to Taser use on juveniles in standard operating procedures.
"In short, the Taser can only be discharged in accordance with the criteria for use," a police spokesman said.
"This relates to the nature of the threat as opposed to the age of the person involved. There are no specific age restrictions."
Police Minister Michael Gallacher confirmed through a spokesman he supported police in their use of Tasers on juveniles. "We have some of the strongest best-practices in the world with regards to Tasers," the spokesman said. "It is hard to ask age when someone is running at you with a knife."
Taser International, the manufacturer of the device, warns in the product manual that Tasers can cause "physiological and/or metabolic effects that may increase the risk of death or serious injury," and that use near the chest of children can cause extra heartbeats, or cardiac capture, which can be fatal and more likely in children due to their size.

English: Police issue X26 TASER (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Taser International also advises Taser use on a "pregnant, infirm, elderly, small child, or low body mass index person could increase the risk of death or serious injury".
A 13-year-old boy from Casino claims police used a Taser on him in an arrest for an alleged car theft on February 5 - a claim denied by police.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told The Sunday Telegraph he felt a shock and fell over as he tried to run away. "I felt a big shock into my body and I couldn't walk after that," he said.
Police took the boy to his mother's home at 2am after the alleged Tasering.
Police said Tasers were not deployed at all on the day in question.

• The Sunday Telegraph
• March 24, 2013 12:00AM