I believe it. As I've said before on the list (and many more times off-list!) Australian banks are the biggest bunch of crooked f*cks in the country, and that's including the politicans and the lawyers. Banks here regularly steal customer's funds (sometimes substantial amounts, sometimes minor amounts) then refuse to return them. What can the little person do? The fees and charges banks here charge are outrageous. Thanks to our gangster-country, where the bloody street- level criminals get elected to Parliament and take huge bribes to let the big-end-of-town criminals do what they like, there is no rule of law. Do you international people understand that? If you come to Australia, there is no rule of law. The courts here are a joke. Much of the law here is 'Wild West' law which Judge Roy Bean would be quite comfortable with. Your assets could be stolen or frozen, your private property can be stolen by the government with little or no legal pretences. There have been numerous cases (mostly in the 'alternative' media) where farmers have been evicted from their properties by the police on the strength of non-existent court orders. The bankers just tell the police they have a court order, the police evict the person and the courts don't want to know about it, as there is no order to challenge! Defense lawyers are largely a joke, either they are incompetent (such as telling you to plead guilty and then use your innocence as grounds for leniency) or outright criminal (swindling large sums from their clients as 'bonds' or advance fees while doing shockingly poor legal work.) A top Barrister recently revealed he hasn't lodged a tax return since the 1960s. A Victorian County Court judge recently resigned after it was revealed he has a string of tax offenses to his name. All of our recent ex-Prime Ministers and Premiers have become multi-millionaires while in office or shortly thereafter. The press is largely silent about the levels of corruption because, being essentially a small town, the politicians work for the press barons. Additionally the crooked courts will, at the drop of a (rich man's) hat issue press restriciton orders and compell secrecy in many of the numerous big financial scandals involving politicians. http://leviathan.weblogs.com New Books at Discount Prices --- Send the right message --- + Today freemail + Get your free, private email address at http://www.today.com.au --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
