If you "go" out in the bush today you're in for a big surprise...

It's easy to see the intent of the bill, after all nobody wants to be confronted by people just "going" on the sidewalk.
And police will use their discretion when issueing fines.
The fine can defended against in a court of law.
BUT
Have you ever found a policeman who is having a bad day ?
Does the poor public have the knowledge and resources to successfully prosecute such action in court ?

Crikey, talk about poor legislation !

Qld, the clever state ? I don't think so !

Another example of too many bureaucrats that have nothing better to do than think up stupid new laws
Cheers

"Only in Queensland."

Grumbling old fart?
Watch out Chris, maybe they'll outlaw farting next!

havn't they already? Carbon tax anyone?

Mate, good job you're not a silly old cow :))))

Nah , not just fiddles , have to remember who taught her how to play musical chairs and do mega backflips ,, aka: beaty , look at the tendering process for the new history of qld book he commissioned and the job+ perks he said he would never take up ,, trouble is even though an election is in the wind there is no one worthy of the job , sooner state governments are a thing of the past and we have 1 set of rules / laws Aus wide the better.

This is the group that this legislation is aimed at. The offence was in the Police Offences Act for years and was removed in most states by Left wing trendy labour governments.

It's about time they re-introduced it to cut out this and some other "Offensive" behaviours such as public foul language etc.

So why is there not a "reasonable excuse" clause in the legislation ?

Notso, I totally agree. However community standards are dropping more quickly than I can keep up with.
What exactly is "offensive" ?
To me it covers language that I can hear from a 5yo !!
To the 5yolds parents it probably doesn't mean a thing.
They speak like that all the time.
Try not to listen to any teen in Maccas. Their language is, by my standards, the language of the gutter. But to most others, it's just common useage.
I consider road rage as offensive. But if I'm not damaged the police don't want to know. It's become a fact of life (until someone pulls out a weapon and damages you then it becomes an offence).
Parents and police have had to pull their heads in so far it's a wonder that they can still breathe !
Is it any wonder that the bogans rule Australia ?

Yep, most of these "Offensive" behaviour offences require that someone is offended by the behaviour.

Now these days of course it's impossible to "Offend" a police officer because they have seen or heard every grossly offensive thing that humankind is capable of doing. So for most of these offences you need a member of the public to complain about the behaviour before you can proceed anyhow.

It's good to see that they are allowing the evidence of the Police Officer to be sufficient in this case.

can you just picture it
coppers with scuba checking on ya

While your house is getting robbed and some little old lady getting raped

Nice one Rowie...have you ever thought that maybe the Government is working on more than one thing at a time?

Don't make out that this legislation is the end of the world....if you have a look at legislation going through parliament in every sitting, you will see that there are strange Acts/legislation/regulations etc.

Andrew

LOL! Yes Andrew I'm sure they have a lot on and have no doubt they'll tell you as much if ever you want a legitmate issue addressed promptly. My point here is that their priorities are way out of order.

Qld Ambulance has MAJOR issues, including clinical skills deficiencies & training issues, manning levels and more. Like most people in Qld, I'm als wondering why all the ambulance levy money hasn't gone into fixing QAS and why so little has changed since the levy was introduced several years ago. Police are swimming against a mounting tide and losing the battle in many areas, QLD Health is haemorrhaging as a result of ongoing mismanagement and the annual urination of $millions against the wall.

But I suppose I should give them some credit, after all they have passed vital legislation relating to answering the call of nature in the absence of public toilets.

I just wonder whether their thoughts have gone as far as giving consideration to building more public toilets?

I really can't believe these buffoons get paid so much. It annoys me that we get so litle value from our tax dollars.