Stricter Law better country

One of the topics that came up during a dinner conversation during Care group was the protection criminals get in Australia. Somehow many people seems to have an understanding that the law here protects the criminal rather than the victim.

Apparently unlike asian country, if somebody gets hurt trying to break into your house, or if you beat them for coming in, you can get sued. Maybe that is why petty crime is still rampant, because criminals know they can get away with it.

I think police here just give up, I remember once when my housemate got beaten up and his wallet got stolen... the police knew who they were, a bunch of well-known trouble-makers in the area, they caught the person recovered the stolen property... and guess what after 4 years still no court case. Worse still i know of someone who brag that they were caught by police with an illegal gun in the car, but was not even jailed but given a warning. Can you believe it !

If we are not careful, we may become a 1st world country, with a third world system

I think Australia might take a leaf of Singapore's criminal justice system. I believe tough punishment is the way to go, it helps the law-abiding citizen to feel safe. And i think most law-abiding citizen would agree.

On a personal note : People always talk about human rights when sentencing... but i think when a person violates other people 's rights and does something against someone. This person has disqualified himself from his rights and should be judge to the full extent of the law. Just like an athlete who uses steroids to win a race.. case in point Ben johnson....though he won the race in record time beating Carl lewis, he was disqualified and his record wipe out. Therefore when a thief comes into a house and gets hurt in the process of stealing something... he should not have the right to sue the owner, for one fact, the moment he steps into a place not deem by law to be his... he immediately disqualifies himself from his rights. And the the law should not be crazy enough to let a thief sue the owner.

Lets hope the government can amend the law to protect the good citizens of this country