New Hoon laws about to be released

[steve.zissou]

a couple of things.

Australians in general seem to think lots of things are privileges. Governments don't give you the right or privilege to do any thing. They can only take rights and privileges away (hopefully for good reason - but not always). Anyone can drive a car - governments (representing the majority of citizens) see fit to curb that freedom/ability in the interests of public safety . It is wrong to think that doing or being able to do something is a privilege. Very important point -!

Taking a person's property as punishment for a crime or offence before guilt is proven is plain wrong. The police already have power to take custody of an item used in a crime or offence for evidence or if it poses a substantial risk.
Beef up the punishment for offences but due process must be maintained(even if they make no sense - how can doing a burn out be more serious than actually driving in a negligent manner that actually causes an accident?)
It's a slippery slope - How would you feel if someone dobbed you in to the tax office and they kicked you out of your house, took everything you owned for a month. You then pay a storage fee to get it all back and then need to wait 7 months before you can go to court an prove your innocence.

I would like to see this challenged in court as it isn’t punishment (haven't been found guilty or even charged in many cases) and the govt can't just take your property ( Section 51(xxxi) of the Australian Constitution ) -