How safe is Australia?
Oct 22nd 2002, 8:35 am
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by suebo:
PB, you forget to mention that Girawheen is one of the worst areas to live in, in Perth. It has always been known for more crime than most other suburbs, the reason being that the majority of the population is Aborigines. You should have been there 10 years ago PB, it was a lot worse, they have actually cleaned up thier act a little.
BTW in Maryland;/DC/Virginia there have been 11 shootimgs in the last 2 - 3 weeks, with 9 fatalities. Now that is scary knowing there is some nutter running around shooting people at random. Unfortunately crap happens everywhere.
PB, you forget to mention that Girawheen is one of the worst areas to live in, in Perth. It has always been known for more crime than most other suburbs, the reason being that the majority of the population is Aborigines. You should have been there 10 years ago PB, it was a lot worse, they have actually cleaned up thier act a little.
BTW in Maryland;/DC/Virginia there have been 11 shootimgs in the last 2 - 3 weeks, with 9 fatalities. Now that is scary knowing there is some nutter running around shooting people at random. Unfortunately crap happens everywhere.
Must get off to GBT for happy hour hope the Abbos have gone walk about?
Oct 22nd 2002, 8:57 am
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by suebo:
Plane and simple fact. There are certain areas in Perth that have high populations of certain races. Eg. Balga/Girrawheen are majority aboriginies, North Bridge/North Perth - vietnamese, Balcatta - Italian/Greek. So no it is not stereotypical, it is fact
Plane and simple fact. There are certain areas in Perth that have high populations of certain races. Eg. Balga/Girrawheen are majority aboriginies, North Bridge/North Perth - vietnamese, Balcatta - Italian/Greek. So no it is not stereotypical, it is fact
Oct 22nd 2002, 12:45 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by Devlin:
Attributing behaviours to certain races and religions is not only stereotypical but racist.
Attributing behaviours to certain races and religions is not only stereotypical but racist.
Oct 22nd 2002, 2:10 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by dotty:
That made me laugh, an aussie girlriend of got transferred out to MT ISA. Her old man was a bank manager. She nearly had a nervous breakdown. Abbos in the street, toileting in the street. Drunk out at the school, fights everywhere, white aussie guys loosing a fortnights mining wages on grog and gambling, a reckons it is the worst place she had been in the world.
That made me laugh, an aussie girlriend of got transferred out to MT ISA. Her old man was a bank manager. She nearly had a nervous breakdown. Abbos in the street, toileting in the street. Drunk out at the school, fights everywhere, white aussie guys loosing a fortnights mining wages on grog and gambling, a reckons it is the worst place she had been in the world.
Oct 22nd 2002, 2:55 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by Devlin:
Attributing behaviours to certain races and religions is not only stereotypical but racist.
Attributing behaviours to certain races and religions is not only stereotypical but racist.
Oh come on devlin... I'm not known as a "suebo" fan, had a bit a tiff with her... but for gawds sake you are joking! without being racist there are some things which do happen in certain areas with certain people! And there are some areas in Australia whether it is Aborigines, or Vietnamese... there are high crime areas, or perhaps it's just one loon who's committing these crimes.... somehow I don't think so (lol). Just because someone speaks the truth doesn't mean he/she is racist.
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Oct 23rd 2002, 10:59 am
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by Ceri:
Oh come on devlin... I'm not known as a "suebo" fan, had a bit a tiff with her... but for gawds sake you are joking! without being racist there are some things which do happen in certain areas with certain people! And there are some areas in Australia whether it is Aborigines, or Vietnamese... there are high crime areas, or perhaps it's just one loon who's committing these crimes.... somehow I don't think so (lol). Just because someone speaks the truth doesn't mean he/she is racist.
get a grip
Oh come on devlin... I'm not known as a "suebo" fan, had a bit a tiff with her... but for gawds sake you are joking! without being racist there are some things which do happen in certain areas with certain people! And there are some areas in Australia whether it is Aborigines, or Vietnamese... there are high crime areas, or perhaps it's just one loon who's committing these crimes.... somehow I don't think so (lol). Just because someone speaks the truth doesn't mean he/she is racist.
get a grip
Oct 23rd 2002, 10:22 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by Jake Semtex:
You clearly need drugs! Was that article from the west australian or the liverpool echo? What exactly is your point? Did you come here expecting some kind of utopia? Keep cutting and pasting as you clearly have no other life. Someone was caught shoplifting last week, shocker!, think I might post the article to everyone to show them how much better the UK is. Of course it's crime free there as everyone knows! Keep dreaming sad man.
You clearly need drugs! Was that article from the west australian or the liverpool echo? What exactly is your point? Did you come here expecting some kind of utopia? Keep cutting and pasting as you clearly have no other life. Someone was caught shoplifting last week, shocker!, think I might post the article to everyone to show them how much better the UK is. Of course it's crime free there as everyone knows! Keep dreaming sad man.
Oct 24th 2002, 12:06 am
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by laurash:
Listen, PB is provoking debate. This is a forum and a forum, amongst other things, is a place giving oppourtunity for debate - you know, where people express opposing views. He didn't say the UK is crime free, he's pointing out that Australia isn't. If you disagree, express your opposing view. You can't seriously expect to read posting after posting that simply reflects your own view. It's in our nature to argue... it's a good way of learning. But you don't have to agree with me.
Listen, PB is provoking debate. This is a forum and a forum, amongst other things, is a place giving oppourtunity for debate - you know, where people express opposing views. He didn't say the UK is crime free, he's pointing out that Australia isn't. If you disagree, express your opposing view. You can't seriously expect to read posting after posting that simply reflects your own view. It's in our nature to argue... it's a good way of learning. But you don't have to agree with me.
My good lady talking sense on this forum is treason , to post such reason will not go down well , nice to see that there are thinkers out there not just dreamers.Good Luck PB
Oct 29th 2002, 2:16 am
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YOU'RE ALL RIGHT! Australia is a big, big place. If you want excite,ent, go to a town like Mt Isa or Kalgoorlie/Boulder and you'll get a piss fest puch up. You can't say the whole country is anything. Country people who come to the capital cities stick out like dog's nuts. There is a big cultural difference between the two. You could possibly find more trouble in a small mining town with no women than you would in Sydney. Australia overall is a very safe country. Having said that, I know an American woman who said she saw more violence in her street in Logan City QLD than she did in San Francisco. Avoid Vietnamatta (Cabramatta) and surrounds in Sydney's west where it is mainly Vietnamese and full of heroin dealers. Lakemba is a Muslim Suburb in Sydney where the police station has been shot up by drive-by gangs. Darra and Inala in Brisbane are a mix of Aboriginal, Vietnamese, Samoan and Tongan. There is a lot of Heroin there, and there have been race riots in the past, although it has been quiet lately. Darlinghurst/ Kingscross in Sydney and Fortitude Valley/New Farm in Brisbane are big gay areas and unfortunately there is a lot of drugs and prostitution there. I don't know about MElbourne or Perth but I know Prostitution is legal in those states (VIC and WA). Darwin is a fronteer town. Tasmania is tame except for the massacre at Port Arthur where 36 people were shot dead by a madman. Saying all that, you can live in certain suburbs in any major city and never see a stray cat let alone any trouble. You just have to know where to live.
Oct 29th 2002, 3:28 am
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Originally posted by kaleb777
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT! Australia is a big, big place. If you want excite,ent, go to a town like Mt Isa or Kalgoorlie/Boulder and you'll get a piss fest puch up. You can't say the whole country is anything. Country people who come to the capital cities stick out like dog's nuts. There is a big cultural difference between the two. You could possibly find more trouble in a small mining town with no women than you would in Sydney. Australia overall is a very safe country. Having said that, I know an American woman who said she saw more violence in her street in Logan City QLD than she did in San Francisco. Avoid Vietnamatta (Cabramatta) and surrounds in Sydney's west where it is mainly Vietnamese and full of heroin dealers. Lakemba is a Muslim Suburb in Sydney where the police station has been shot up by drive-by gangs. Darra and Inala in Brisbane are a mix of Aboriginal, Vietnamese, Samoan and Tongan. There is a lot of Heroin there, and there have been race riots in the past, although it has been quiet lately. Darlinghurst/ Kingscross in Sydney and Fortitude Valley/New Farm in Brisbane are big gay areas and unfortunately there is a lot of drugs and prostitution there. I don't know about MElbourne or Perth but I know Prostitution is legal in those states (VIC and WA). Darwin is a fronteer town. Tasmania is tame except for the massacre at Port Arthur where 36 people were shot dead by a madman. Saying all that, you can live in certain suburbs in any major city and never see a stray cat let alone any trouble. You just have to know where to live.
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT! Australia is a big, big place. If you want excite,ent, go to a town like Mt Isa or Kalgoorlie/Boulder and you'll get a piss fest puch up. You can't say the whole country is anything. Country people who come to the capital cities stick out like dog's nuts. There is a big cultural difference between the two. You could possibly find more trouble in a small mining town with no women than you would in Sydney. Australia overall is a very safe country. Having said that, I know an American woman who said she saw more violence in her street in Logan City QLD than she did in San Francisco. Avoid Vietnamatta (Cabramatta) and surrounds in Sydney's west where it is mainly Vietnamese and full of heroin dealers. Lakemba is a Muslim Suburb in Sydney where the police station has been shot up by drive-by gangs. Darra and Inala in Brisbane are a mix of Aboriginal, Vietnamese, Samoan and Tongan. There is a lot of Heroin there, and there have been race riots in the past, although it has been quiet lately. Darlinghurst/ Kingscross in Sydney and Fortitude Valley/New Farm in Brisbane are big gay areas and unfortunately there is a lot of drugs and prostitution there. I don't know about MElbourne or Perth but I know Prostitution is legal in those states (VIC and WA). Darwin is a fronteer town. Tasmania is tame except for the massacre at Port Arthur where 36 people were shot dead by a madman. Saying all that, you can live in certain suburbs in any major city and never see a stray cat let alone any trouble. You just have to know where to live.
Prostitution is legal in WA, but only behind closed doors, if you solicit on the street you will be taken away in a paddy wagon.
Oct 29th 2002, 5:03 am
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Originally posted by suebo
I lived in Kalgoorlie for 8 months and never saw any probs other than drunk abos on the streets and they are too drunk to do you any harm.
Prostitution is legal in WA, but only behind closed doors, if you solicit on the street you will be taken away in a paddy wagon.
I lived in Kalgoorlie for 8 months and never saw any probs other than drunk abos on the streets and they are too drunk to do you any harm.
Prostitution is legal in WA, but only behind closed doors, if you solicit on the street you will be taken away in a paddy wagon.
Oct 29th 2002, 6:36 am
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Originally posted by Perth Helena
Sensible way to do things. You can't get rid of prostitution so it's better to manage it properly. Nothing worse than living in a neighbourhood where hordes of street prossies are plying their trade. Any time you walk to and from your home, you get idiots asking you "how much?" Catfights between prostitutes keeping you up at night. Used condoms on your doorstep. You complain and all the cops do is shoo them off some place else, where that neighbourhood then suffers. And so on. Plus, it's more dangerous for the street trade. Was recently in Vancouver where they've finally find the sicko who was killing street prostitutes over several years (this was going on while I was living there). A pig farmer who fed their bodies to his pigs, then sold off the manure to unsuspecting gardeners. They figure he did about 30 or more. An aberration of course, but street prostitutes would get assaulted all the time.
Sensible way to do things. You can't get rid of prostitution so it's better to manage it properly. Nothing worse than living in a neighbourhood where hordes of street prossies are plying their trade. Any time you walk to and from your home, you get idiots asking you "how much?" Catfights between prostitutes keeping you up at night. Used condoms on your doorstep. You complain and all the cops do is shoo them off some place else, where that neighbourhood then suffers. And so on. Plus, it's more dangerous for the street trade. Was recently in Vancouver where they've finally find the sicko who was killing street prostitutes over several years (this was going on while I was living there). A pig farmer who fed their bodies to his pigs, then sold off the manure to unsuspecting gardeners. They figure he did about 30 or more. An aberration of course, but street prostitutes would get assaulted all the time.
Western Australian has hunderds of personals from working girls and boys its a big industry in Perth , maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade.Sorry it just comes over me no offence I do enjoy your posts.
Oct 29th 2002, 11:32 am
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Originally posted by pommie bastard
Now lets be fair go around back streets of Northbridge and there are a fair few working girls hanging around , reguardless of all the Brothels that are in Perth.
Now lets be fair go around back streets of Northbridge and there are a fair few working girls hanging around , reguardless of all the Brothels that are in Perth.
Certainly not to the extent as other cities. These ones are risking getting arrested, if the cops are called. Keeps the numbers on the streets down, hence keeping neighbourhoods from becoming centres for street solicitation and all its problems/noise/disturbances/etc. If they were all on the streets, there'd be several suburbs experiencing disruption and disturbances, not just some back street in Northbridge.
Western Australian has hunderds of personals from working girls and boys its a big industry in Perth ,
... maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade.Sorry it just comes over me no offence I do enjoy your posts.
Oct 29th 2002, 12:23 pm
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Originally posted by pommie bastard
. . . maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade . . .
. . . maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade . . .
Oct 29th 2002, 1:16 pm
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Originally posted by pommie bastard
Now lets be fair go around back streets of Northbridge and there are a fair few working girls hanging around , reguardless of all the Brothels that are in Perth.
Western Australian has hunderds of personals from working girls and boys its a big industry in Perth , maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade.Sorry it just comes over me no offence I do enjoy your posts.
Now lets be fair go around back streets of Northbridge and there are a fair few working girls hanging around , reguardless of all the Brothels that are in Perth.
Western Australian has hunderds of personals from working girls and boys its a big industry in Perth , maybe some of the good people coming to Perth would like your input on how to get employed in this trade.Sorry it just comes over me no offence I do enjoy your posts.