Hey diver dan,

"Little do we the sucker public know, just what the illegal import of amphetamines through containers carrying all Australian manufactured goods, processed through our shipping and airport terminals from China."

I'd be willing to bet there's just as much amphetamines if not more purchased from the dark web and coming directly into the country in smaller quantities and delivered directly to peoples doorsteps and mailboxes by Australia Post.
I'd be willing to bet Australia Post is the biggest drug delivery company in Australia.

For the people who buy it on the dark web, it's very lucrative, it costs less than 10% of the street price, from what I'm told.
Something the size of a matchbox might make $10,000 profit or more, in just a few weeks.

As you said "Vastly too much in volume to keep accurate tabs on, by our overworked border security services."

I watched a short video on YouTube the other day.
- About Opal mining in Lightning Ridge.
http://youtu.be/RHzc0Wr0poQ
I saw a bloke hand over 15K cash for opals.
(See the end of the video above)
Here's another video about cutting and polishing opals and their value, quite interesting.
http://youtu.be/sa13qjXSP0s

I thought buying mined gold or opals for cash might be a way that people circumvent these laws and launder money;
- But I doubt you'd be able to launder the huge quantities of cash some of these people are making from amphetamines.
I'm sure there's many others ways as well.

"As someone said to me ages ago, the left will be pushing hard because they don't believe in saving or accumulating wealth, and are incensed, jealous even, hearing of anyone better off than them and relishing in the thought of seeing them crushed to a level lower than themselves."

I know there was a study done once that showed liberals and progressives are more likely to justify stealing things,
- like food for example, when they have no money to purchase it.
They seem to feel as though society owes them, and if they are in need they have a right to take it.
They believe their right to food if they're hungry and have no money overrides any other right others who grew or purchased the food might have.

They believe that capitalism and society OWES them.

Some people are spenders, while others are savers.
It doesn't surprise me whatsoever that the spenders
(those who cannot budget, be disciplined with their spending habits or see past a 'living week to week' mentality)
- Would justify dragging others down to their level to make up for their own financial management shortcomings.

Just to add some more real proof to the Bail-In issue that's about to hit us.
We won't know when.
Anyone out there with six figures in the bank, I would like to put a challenge to you.
Just to test whether or not, this cash restriction and bail-in are real or not, try telling the bank you want to withdraw ALL your money and see what they say.
My guess is that the first thing they will say is why?
Now I'm going to respond with, "because I request it".
I'm curious what their next move will be, I imagine it will be to call the manager, and he will only try to stop you from taking your money out, with all sorts of reasons, from a security point of view to it's not bank policy, or similar.
I would then explain that I don't want my money in an entity which can legally take as much of my money it deems fit to stop the bank from collapsing because of reasons which have nothing to do with me, yet are sanctioned by the govt making it legal to do so.
See the video below, a little longer than I'd like, but very important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4efmSDwz4

And yet another;

https://www.ainsliebullion.com.au/gold-silver-bullion-news/bank-bail-ins-in-australia-e2-80-93-why-your-cash-isn-e2-80-99t-safe/tabid/88/a/2070/default.aspx

This is real and happening in a bank near you, as they say.
But as I said if you don't have six figures in the bank, it won't affect you.

I wonder if you open several accounts at different banks and split your cash up so there's less than 100k per account whether that will avoid the bail-in?
I wonder if they can hit term-deposits?

AC, because the bastards are a devious and evil lot, they hide the details in their T&C's, so good luck trying to get a straight answer.
I'd like to think that, that is one way to safe guard your money against them stealing it.
But then I thought, all they have to do is put in your name and up comes all your accounts, and if they add up to several hundred thousand and THEY deem you to be eligible to be a victim of their thieving, then you're no better off.
I wish I knew.
As I have explained to many, it doesn't matter about the fact that the banks are supposed to safeguard your money, the bastards are so cold blooded, they have taken the attitude that by putting the money in the bank, you are in effect speculating, in which case you must be aware that speculation is a two way street.
They mean that you knew your money was at risk by putting it in the bank.
NO!
I did not know that, nor should that be the case.
I put it there, for somewhere to keep it BECAUSE I don't want it at risk of being stolen.
It is NEVER made clear that your money is used by the banks to speculate.
Well at least 90% of it is, they have to retain 10% by law.
BIG DEAL!
I still can't get my head around this.
This is utter BS, and if people don't wake up to the fact that these bastards are a bad disease, and MUST be killed off, not jailed, killed.
Their actions and mindset is to kill us, so if we just ignore them as they know most of the people will, they will be given a free hand to enslave and control us.
With interest rates going negative, we'll be paying them thinking that our money is safe with them.
You may as well withdraw it all and hide it somewhere yourself, at least that way, THEY can't steal it, or paying them AND having them steal it.