Drink driving to further fund the Canberra Times?

monomania said :

TP3000, if you want to live in a totalitarian society go and find one. Don’t you and your ilk try and turn ours into one.

That was a stupid statement. You have a right to your opinion and to express it and I wouldn’t like to live in a place that didn’t grant that right.

The courts have their own websites, which publish some selected rulings. Surely if they were serious about publishing these details, it could be done using the courts own resources rather than outsourcing. Supreme court rulings seem to be listed more often than magistrates court rulings, but I presume the data must be in digital form someplace.

This also seems only one step away from being able to have a public police-records check, only indexed by google instead of the AFP.

Growling Ferret said :

The old school public riducule of those who were caught DUI no longer exists now that the public shaming in each days CT is over.

Name and shame.

Make anyone who is found guilty of a crime wear a bright pink shirt around with their offence written on the back.
What’s the bet those annoying Civil Libertarians will complain & get this stopped?

Really the names & results of every conviction should be published, wether it be a pussy 9 year old who bashed a 98 year old or a 35 brainless drunk. But in the publication they should put degrading words in front of the name like pussy or even worse things that I won’t say at the moment.

probaly stopped because of “privacy” laws – load of rubbish.

name and shame

And then this list would be posted on Riot ACT or other blogs and forums. Indexed and archived for posterity.

Be a blight on peoples lives, and in the case of drink driving and many other offenses be far in excess of what most of society would regard as fair.

In the case of other offenses completely isolated from the court case and sentencing statements.

And for children, impose an unfair penalty beyond what is recognised in civilised societies as the rights of the child.

TP3000, if you want to live in a totalitarian society go and find one. Don’t you and your ilk try and turn ours into one.

The Canberra Times used to publish the full names and addresses of all those charged with drink driving every day – it was the most keenly read part of the paper. The practice was stopped in 1994 under the editorship of Michelle Grattan.

Thus one less reason to buy the CT. And since the chronicle provides plenty of material to line the cats box, I don’t waste my money….

The Canberra Times used to publish the full names and addresses of all those charged with drink driving every day – it was the most keenly read part of the paper. The practice was stopped in 1994 under the editorship of Michelle Grattan.

As I noted on the police media release thread, the drink-driving rate has not increased at all – it’s actually gone down by a tiny amount. They’re catching more because they’re testing more.

yeah but what is it really going to achieve? for some it would be a badge of honor to see their name published in the paper

What’s the bet those annoying Civil Libertarians will complain & get this stopped?

Really the names & results of every conviction should be published, wether it be a pussy 9 year old who bashed a 98 year old or a 35 brainless drunk. But in the publication they should put degrading words in front of the name like pussy or even worse things that I won’t say at the moment

chewy14 said :

Make anyone who is found guilty of a crime wear a bright pink shirt around with their offence written on the back.

You really need to read ‘The Scarlet Letter’.

Make anyone who is found guilty of a crime wear a bright pink shirt around with their offence written on the back.

Blame and maim.

Clown Killer said :

Name and shame.

probaly stopped because of “privacy” laws – load of rubbish.

name and shame

Name and shame.

Didn’t the CT publish court results ‘back in the day’?

The old school public riducule of those who were caught DUI no longer exists now that the public shaming in each days CT is over.

This also means that people are able to keep their conviction and loss of licence on the quiet and choose to continue driving every day unlicenced, and thus uninsured, and then a complete public menace.

The mayor is already spending a shitload on nanny advice. Wash your hands and don’t cough in anyone’s face. That’ll stop the babe flu.

I they insist on running drink driving ads, the minister for lunch should be the image we get.