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TopicDo you give money to the homeless?
TheGreatNoodles
10/02/18 9:17:21 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
TheGreatNoodles posted...
It's illegal here to give money to homeless people (and also illegal to be 'homeless in public') but whilst I don't believe all homeless people are 'druggos, addicts and gamblers' it would definitely depend on the circumstance.

Although, this topic reminds me of how our recently ousted prime minister once was caught giving money to a homeless person (regardless of whether this was for publicity or not) and the mayor of Melbourne or Geelong made some huge rant later on about how he was 'reversing progress' on the issue or something.


Wow what kind of dystonian society do you live in that made homelessness illegal?

Australia.
They only really get antsy about it when someone/thing important is happening in or around an area. And it's more about being 'visibly homeless' as opposed to being homeless.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-11/homeless-people-removed-from-melbourne-cbd-ahead-of-tennis/8174646
There's plenty of other news sites that talk about it if you don't like the abc, I just grabbed googles first result.
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