NRL and AFL players
Chris Lewis,
Footballers, your idea of Crème de la crème of society ?

ttbn's opening comments were spot on.
In that not everyone agrees with everyone else, unfortunately for a lot of people today, they are too gutless or scared of what others may think of them if they do not comply or be seen to comply.
I may have some reservations about SOME police, but when a policeman calls out "STOP", you STOP!
To do otherwise is a call to arms by the very police who are wanting you to stop.
The do gooders can barf on as much as they like about police brutality, but the answer is simple, just do as they say and no one gets hurt.
The West Australian has a very interesting article today.
A moronic minister is pushing a bill through which he says will reduce the number of blacks in jail.
These blacks he speaks of (which are a large majority) are incarcerated for non payment of fines.
So this cretin is suggesting that the fines be paid.
So far he hasn't said exactly how these fines are going to be paid, if not by the offender.
The only way these fines can be paid, is from the tax payer funded kitty already afforded them.
So it looks like we fork out more money again for an arrogant, selfish, entitled lot who still want more, and all this without reason or justification.
I can't wait for people to grab a brain and a spine and attack anyone who takes advantage of our generosity and selflessness, beginning with the pollies and people who promote such greed and averace.

ALTRAV,
I doubt I'm the only reader here who appreciates the irony of you calling that WA Minister moronic!
AIUI what he's pushing for is a community service alternative to the fines, bringing WA into line with the rest of the nation. And it's a much cheaper solution than locking people up.

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individual,
I won't comment on the NRL, but the AFL players are certainly up there...

Hey ALTRAV,
What they will likely do is the same as they have in other states.
Instead of throwing everyone in jail as a fine defaulter they change the rules so that people who don't enter into a payment plan in regards to their fines have their drivers licenses suspended.

http://www.qld.gov.au/law/fines-and-penalties/fine-enforcement/licence-suspension

"Your driver licence will be suspended if you ignore an enforcement order from the State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER).
We can suspend your driver licence for any type of debt, not just those related to vehicle offences."

Side note: These fools can't spell.
Even people working for the government are illiterate.
- That's not how you spell license and its not how you spell offense.
The grammar is crap too, it should be drivers license (with an 's'), not driver license.

When I was at school, even in Year 8 and 9 the kids that were good at English WOULD NOT make these kinds of errors.
The bars set pretty low these days...
Probably more 'on purpose' than 'accident'.

Aidan, I would like to agree, but for the fact we are talking about a politician.
This type of initiative has been spoken of before in other times and nothing of real substance came of them.
I for one doubt very much that if this minister gets his way, all that is going to happen is that those who are currently incarcerated and any future incarcerations will be avoided thereby making these mongrel politicians look good by showing that there is no longer a high incarceration rate any more, as if they have solved the problem, in other words do what they usually do, LIE!
The truth is that they will keep offending, but now it will be with impunity, knowing full well that they will not have to go to jail anymore.
More relevant is the fact that the system will not spend the money to enforce any punitive action the criminals would have to atone for, because it will be seen as prejudicial and even racist possibly.
And so now we end up worse off again, and even more in danger, because now they know they will be handled with kit gloves and not as harshly as they should otherwise be.
Let's see if we get the same treatment if we decide not to pay our fines.

...but the AFL players are certainly up there..
Aidan,
At least you got a sense of humour !