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Sorry but all this talk about people dressing respectably and focusing on their families is just 19th century moralism. I'm in my 20s and living in a modern liberal democracy!
How is aiming to live a moral life wrong?
You know full well my advice would work, but you would prefer to discount it as it's too "old fashioned" & inconvenient
What you describe sounds like a modern problem
But your friends are not being targeted just for being "Modern Liberals" because there's plenty of people with modern vallues who will never encounter the police unless say, they are caught speeding.
But those people probably still have values, self respect, goals in life. What do your friends value in life? What are their goals?
Your mates are being targeted due to a pattern of repeated degeneracy & this has given their community a bad reputation. They should be ashamed, but for various reasons they aren't, or they would behave differently. Shame is a great motivator for change....
Their moral compass sounds skewed & the only way to really fix that is with taking responsibility, having a bit of discipline & some sense of structure in their lives.
If your mates all got real jobs, quit drugs, dressed nicely, honoured their family/selves by not living a criminal life & aimed for some goals then the police will leave them all alone
This is pretty basic advice for anyone who wants to stop being a criminal & I have been around many.
What are the cops doing that is so wrong that you need to focus on speaking with them, rather than making actual change in your community?
Nothing wrong with aiming for a moral life my brother!
Again, you've made a lot of assumptions about "my mates", from the way they dress, to their level of self respect - without knowing them at all.
I'm no expert, no super experienced guy - I've worked in law for 6 years and all I can say is that the people you so deride are, in my admittedly humble experience, far, far better people than those who "dress correctly" and espouse "family values".
We've clearly got vastly different values in life and in the people we wish to surround ourselves with - that's completely cool; I appreciate hearing a perspective I would not come across in real life.
Are they expanding locations or eligible containers? Guess it's possible if it's the latter
if you’re anywhere near canberra, we have a few deposit stations that’ll probably take em
Don't they need a barcode on them? t's been a couple of years since I last deposited, but the problematic containers I had either lacked a barcode or it was unscannable.
I think it is the latter...
>Consultation is now open on the Scheme’s expansion, which would see almost all beverage containers between 150 ml and 3 litres accepted for refund.
> For example, this would include:
>- Wine and spirits in glass bottles
>- Cordials and juice concentrate
>- Larger containers up to 3 litres of beverages already in the scheme, such as flavoured milk, fruit and vegetable juice, cask wine and sachets.
Good to know, taking the kids to Corin Forest in a few weeks' time.
Yeah, but do you reckon there's special barcodes, or what? I'm not talkin' about some random, small batch, home-brewed vintage tipple that mightn't have a barcode or anything... just wondering whether the odd 2L apple & blackcurrant juice bottle my kids have finished off should be tossed in with the fortnightly recycling, or put aside in a spare wheelie bin to eventually supplement their pocket money.
That's good to know but cask wine? They don't take cardboard so do they mean the goon sack? Maybe I'll start holding onto them hehe
they are called [Return It](https://www.returnit.com.au) not sure if it was the same in nsw
If the range of containers has been expanded to include 2L plastic juice bottles then the barcodes for them should be in the database. It is my understanding that drink manufacturers and retailers such as supermarkets are involved in the scheme and will be providing the relevant barcodes.
Perhaps your kids should invest some of the earnings into a little zebra barcode printer to print off labels of a known working barcode and relabel any containers the collection unit rejects. It would be the modern day equivalent to the old trick back when it was per kg for aluminium cans and you'd half fill them with sand.
I have put eligible containers through that have been de-labelled by my wonderful grandkids, and they were ok. However I have also scanned eligible containers with barcode intact and it rejected them. Go figure!
Hi everyone,
I'm away overseas for 2 years (max) and my car is parked on a semi-rural family property (not on a road) in NSW. CTP, insurance, rego, etc. Is very expensive for me to keep up for 2 years when no-one is even using the car (just running it every so often for maintenance) - on top of paying for transport where I am.
I have looked at the Service NSW website and am aware that if I don't renew the rego in the next 3 months, it will expire and the plates will be removed and I will have to re-register when I come back in a year or two. Has anyone had experience with this process and know if it is worth paying an extra few grand over 2 years to avoid having to go through the process, or if it is pretty smooth. I want to be able to use the car on the roads (registered) again when I get back.
Any and all advice or alternatives are appreciated!
Unless you’re particularly attached to the plates, I would just let the rego lapse and re-register. Instead of the usual pink slip, you’ll need a blue slip. The inspection is a bit more in depth than the pink-slip inspection. From memory it costs about $150.
Not that hard to get re-registered. Blue slip and then take the old plates into a Service NSW.
Not a big problem if the car is in good condition, but if it's in average condition it might struggle to pass the blue slip. Tyre age comes to mind. If the tyre are more than 5 years old by then the mechanic may (should) fail it.
The first few years I was overseas i had my personalised plates in storage at the RMS.. you basically just pay the custom fee per year (about $100 from memory for the style I had)
Recently decided it was easier to just slap the plates on a family members car.
As for the car itself- when you return and go to re-register the vehicle, depending on age you’ll need to go for a blue(? I think) slip. Basically a full mechanical once over. Much more in-depth testing than your annual pink slip. They’ll check everything from the condition of the chassis and body, check the electrics, brakes, seatbelts, check for outstanding recalls etc and my favourite is checking for oil leaks.
I kept basic rego (but no insurance) for the first year but the way that NSW rego works where you’re up for $500+ in Rego fees and another $500+ in third party (green slip?) it just wasn’t worth it.
I’d rather spend a couple hundred bucks in parts and my own Labour to get it back to roadworthy condition when I return.
If it’s modified, you might have a harder time passing a blue slip but there are workshops that are more lenient than others (ask local car clubs where they go to get defects passed)
Yep, it's that easy, as long as it's just a standard car, with no mods.
The only time it 'may' get difficult is if the car has been registered allowing for the mods, and the rules change. Sometimes it works out easier, but most of the time, it makes life harder.
How much of it actually gets recycled?
In some suburbs there are 2 colours of bins (edit: 2 colours of RECYCLING bins), and others only 1, why?
All the time I see people putting recycling in the wrong colour recycling bin, what happens to it? Are there people that sort it out, or just chuck it out? Has anyone worked there?
If it gets sorted, is there any point worrying about which colour recycling bin you put it in?
Is there stuff that gets put in regularly that can't be recycled?
What happens to things like tissues or soiled containers, things that could technically go in the bins but are hard to imaging actually dealing with on the recycling end?
All the important questions of our time.
And finally, I've recently moved from the two colour system (Waverley) to the one colour system (Randwick) and oh God is life easier.
Glass and metal are recycled at a very high percentage because they are easily sorted and it make sense economically and energy wise to recycle them. Drink bottle plastic in the return and earn scheme is recycled because the plastic is a certain known type and mostly clean.
Everything else is up it the air right now, the market and technology to recycle mixed plastics is not settled.
Many companies recycling plastics and paper are turning out to be either fraudulent schemes that accumulate trash then declare bankruptcy, burying it in landfill and/or often having suspicious fires.
Honestly at least burying plastic and paper doesn’t contribute as much to climate change in the near term, doesn’t pollute the earth with micro plastic, so if what you throw out is too soiled don’t feel too guilty about it.
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So once the bin gets taken away it goes to a private company which has discretion over what they do or don't recycle? And sounds like we don't have much control over or knowledge of this process?
Glass is actually recycled at a very low level. It's cheaper to import new glass than it is to recycle glass.
The yellow lid recycling bin is the 1 recycling bin I was referring to. Waverley has both yellow and blue - blue is specifically for paper and cardboard.
So cool.
My lease is coming to an end and my landlord is offering a periodic agreement with no rent increase instead of renewing a fixed term lease with potential of increased rent. What’s the catch?
They can kick you out at anytime with 3months notice on a periodic lease. My guess would be that they are planning to sell or move back into the property but don’t have a set timeline yet.
I'm in Syd, my lease rolled over to periodic a year ago and they haven't kicked me out or increased rent. Landlords have to pay a grand or so to the real estate agency to have new leases prepared, so many choose just to let it roll on. It doesn't necessarily mean anything other than just that, although it is slightly less secure than being on a lease ofc
5 mates sitting in a field or warehouse listening to music is perfectly fine, right?
What turns that into an "illegal" rave or doof?
Obviously these terms are not mentioned by name in any actual laws.
Legal commentators describe it as "a grey area".
So, what legislation/regulation actually makes such a gathering "illegal"?
Would presume trespass on private property is one aspect. Guessing there is also something about misuse of public land, damage to environment and littering as well. Public nuisance as well probably
Ive been to a few doofs, and a few that have been shut down by the cops.
What makes them illegal is typically the ammenities and services required to host a ticketed event. You need a certain number of toilets per attenants, water, food, refridgeration of said food, security....so on and so forth.
One was closed down due to noise complaint even after council approval - as it could be heard much further away than expected.
And another was shut down due to covid restrictions.
The rampent and open drug use is rarely the issue.
If you are looking to run your own doof id recommend attending a few and having a chat with the organisers
Claims to be a solicitor, asks randoms on reddit about the law.
If it takes place in a defined national park or reserve then you need a permit, otherwise it is illegal: [https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-policies/dance-parties](https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-policies/dance-parties)
If it's on private property there is nothing I'm aware of that would make it illegal, although you'd obviously need to worry about the standard stuff like noise, service of alcohol, drugs etc.
If it's just in the street, for example, then Police have their standard powers to move people on based on public nuisance. E.g. Section 197 of LEPRA (Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002) says that if Police reasonably consider your behaviour to be obstructive, intimidating etc then they can move you on. Section 198 of LEPRA relates to intoxicated persons in public. If you fail to move on you can get arrested and charged under section 9 of the Summary Offences Act 1988 (for intoxication or disorderly behaviour) or section 199 of LEPRA in any case.
You can get an authorised public assembly permit but there are usually terms and conditions attached.
A few I know have been shut down for insufficient ammenities and environmental factors - not only littering, but noise (particularly bass) and light pollution interfering with wildlife. Sounds fair if you’ve ever witnessed a dog freak out around fireworks.
I was a raver in the 90's so it has been a long time. Raves were always in warehouses back then and when police came and shut us down it was always with the reason the organizer did not have permission to host an event, safety standards for a large gathering were not met etc but 5 guys in a field I have no idea about, trespassing in the field is probably one legality if it is not a public space.
The drugs. But seriously you need council permission for certain uses of land. I believe a doof would be considered a concert or something for planning purposes so you need a planning consent or something.
I’d pity the person who had to enact specific laws around an event called a ‘doof!’
They would feel like they’d gotten much dumber by the time they finished! 🤣🤣
Hey mate, I’m saying this entirely genuinely and worth a desire to help you. The doof/rav/police powers/move on orders etc are very clearly an ongoing and pressing issue of concern to you. Have you sought paid advice?
In no particular order.
1. Using abandoned warehouses/buildings. (structural safety)
2. No power or unsafe power,
3. no illuminated EXITs in case of emergency.
4. Building not registered venue so capacity limit wouldn't exist.
5. Lack of toilets for hygiene (yuck, this alone counts me out)
6. mass amounts of drugs and alcohols and mixing them
7. Rubbish left behind. drug paraphernalia.
Cause the NSW government are a bunch of cunts that don't want you having any fun, and not enough chooks.
Ordinarily I would say “pay a lawyer to advise you,” but seeing as you are a lawyer, have spammed this question across Reddit, and are seemingly no closer to working it out for yourself, instead I will say “pay TAFE to teach you a new skill because you are not cut out for lawyering.”
Usually when money exchange hands, and council regulations

Sorry but all this talk about people dressing respectably and focusing on their families is just 19th century moralism. I'm in my 20s and living in a modern liberal democracy!

How is aiming to live a moral life wrong?

You know full well my advice would work, but you would prefer to discount it as it's too "old fashioned" & inconvenient

What you describe sounds like a modern problem

But your friends are not being targeted just for being "Modern Liberals" because there's plenty of people with modern vallues who will never encounter the police unless say, they are caught speeding.

But those people probably still have values, self respect, goals in life. What do your friends value in life? What are their goals?

Your mates are being targeted due to a pattern of repeated degeneracy & this has given their community a bad reputation. They should be ashamed, but for various reasons they aren't, or they would behave differently. Shame is a great motivator for change....

Their moral compass sounds skewed & the only way to really fix that is with taking responsibility, having a bit of discipline & some sense of structure in their lives.

If your mates all got real jobs, quit drugs, dressed nicely, honoured their family/selves by not living a criminal life & aimed for some goals then the police will leave them all alone

This is pretty basic advice for anyone who wants to stop being a criminal & I have been around many.

What are the cops doing that is so wrong that you need to focus on speaking with them, rather than making actual change in your community?

Nothing wrong with aiming for a moral life my brother!

Again, you've made a lot of assumptions about "my mates", from the way they dress, to their level of self respect - without knowing them at all.

I'm no expert, no super experienced guy - I've worked in law for 6 years and all I can say is that the people you so deride are, in my admittedly humble experience, far, far better people than those who "dress correctly" and espouse "family values".

We've clearly got vastly different values in life and in the people we wish to surround ourselves with - that's completely cool; I appreciate hearing a perspective I would not come across in real life.

Are they expanding locations or eligible containers? Guess it's possible if it's the latter

if you’re anywhere near canberra, we have a few deposit stations that’ll probably take em

Don't they need a barcode on them? t's been a couple of years since I last deposited, but the problematic containers I had either lacked a barcode or it was unscannable.

I think it is the latter...

>Consultation is now open on the Scheme’s expansion, which would see almost all beverage containers between 150 ml and 3 litres accepted for refund.

> For example, this would include:

>- Wine and spirits in glass bottles

>- Cordials and juice concentrate

>- Larger containers up to 3 litres of beverages already in the scheme, such as flavoured milk, fruit and vegetable juice, cask wine and sachets.

Good to know, taking the kids to Corin Forest in a few weeks' time.

Yeah, but do you reckon there's special barcodes, or what? I'm not talkin' about some random, small batch, home-brewed vintage tipple that mightn't have a barcode or anything... just wondering whether the odd 2L apple & blackcurrant juice bottle my kids have finished off should be tossed in with the fortnightly recycling, or put aside in a spare wheelie bin to eventually supplement their pocket money.

That's good to know but cask wine? They don't take cardboard so do they mean the goon sack? Maybe I'll start holding onto them hehe

they are called [Return It](https://www.returnit.com.au) not sure if it was the same in nsw

If the range of containers has been expanded to include 2L plastic juice bottles then the barcodes for them should be in the database. It is my understanding that drink manufacturers and retailers such as supermarkets are involved in the scheme and will be providing the relevant barcodes.

Perhaps your kids should invest some of the earnings into a little zebra barcode printer to print off labels of a known working barcode and relabel any containers the collection unit rejects. It would be the modern day equivalent to the old trick back when it was per kg for aluminium cans and you'd half fill them with sand.

I have put eligible containers through that have been de-labelled by my wonderful grandkids, and they were ok. However I have also scanned eligible containers with barcode intact and it rejected them. Go figure!

Hi everyone,

I'm away overseas for 2 years (max) and my car is parked on a semi-rural family property (not on a road) in NSW. CTP, insurance, rego, etc. Is very expensive for me to keep up for 2 years when no-one is even using the car (just running it every so often for maintenance) - on top of paying for transport where I am.

I have looked at the Service NSW website and am aware that if I don't renew the rego in the next 3 months, it will expire and the plates will be removed and I will have to re-register when I come back in a year or two. Has anyone had experience with this process and know if it is worth paying an extra few grand over 2 years to avoid having to go through the process, or if it is pretty smooth. I want to be able to use the car on the roads (registered) again when I get back.

Any and all advice or alternatives are appreciated!

Unless you’re particularly attached to the plates, I would just let the rego lapse and re-register. Instead of the usual pink slip, you’ll need a blue slip. The inspection is a bit more in depth than the pink-slip inspection. From memory it costs about $150.

Not that hard to get re-registered. Blue slip and then take the old plates into a Service NSW.

Not a big problem if the car is in good condition, but if it's in average condition it might struggle to pass the blue slip. Tyre age comes to mind. If the tyre are more than 5 years old by then the mechanic may (should) fail it.

The first few years I was overseas i had my personalised plates in storage at the RMS.. you basically just pay the custom fee per year (about $100 from memory for the style I had)

Recently decided it was easier to just slap the plates on a family members car.

As for the car itself- when you return and go to re-register the vehicle, depending on age you’ll need to go for a blue(? I think) slip. Basically a full mechanical once over. Much more in-depth testing than your annual pink slip. They’ll check everything from the condition of the chassis and body, check the electrics, brakes, seatbelts, check for outstanding recalls etc and my favourite is checking for oil leaks.

I kept basic rego (but no insurance) for the first year but the way that NSW rego works where you’re up for $500+ in Rego fees and another $500+ in third party (green slip?) it just wasn’t worth it.

I’d rather spend a couple hundred bucks in parts and my own Labour to get it back to roadworthy condition when I return.

If it’s modified, you might have a harder time passing a blue slip but there are workshops that are more lenient than others (ask local car clubs where they go to get defects passed)

Yep, it's that easy, as long as it's just a standard car, with no mods.

The only time it 'may' get difficult is if the car has been registered allowing for the mods, and the rules change. Sometimes it works out easier, but most of the time, it makes life harder.

How much of it actually gets recycled?

In some suburbs there are 2 colours of bins (edit: 2 colours of RECYCLING bins), and others only 1, why?

All the time I see people putting recycling in the wrong colour recycling bin, what happens to it? Are there people that sort it out, or just chuck it out? Has anyone worked there?

If it gets sorted, is there any point worrying about which colour recycling bin you put it in?

Is there stuff that gets put in regularly that can't be recycled?

What happens to things like tissues or soiled containers, things that could technically go in the bins but are hard to imaging actually dealing with on the recycling end?

All the important questions of our time.

And finally, I've recently moved from the two colour system (Waverley) to the one colour system (Randwick) and oh God is life easier.

Glass and metal are recycled at a very high percentage because they are easily sorted and it make sense economically and energy wise to recycle them. Drink bottle plastic in the return and earn scheme is recycled because the plastic is a certain known type and mostly clean.

Everything else is up it the air right now, the market and technology to recycle mixed plastics is not settled.

Many companies recycling plastics and paper are turning out to be either fraudulent schemes that accumulate trash then declare bankruptcy, burying it in landfill and/or often having suspicious fires.

Honestly at least burying plastic and paper doesn’t contribute as much to climate change in the near term, doesn’t pollute the earth with micro plastic, so if what you throw out is too soiled don’t feel too guilty about it.

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So once the bin gets taken away it goes to a private company which has discretion over what they do or don't recycle? And sounds like we don't have much control over or knowledge of this process?

Glass is actually recycled at a very *low* level. It's cheaper to import new glass than it is to recycle glass.

The yellow lid recycling bin is the 1 recycling bin I was referring to. Waverley has both yellow and blue - blue is specifically for paper and cardboard.

So cool.

My lease is coming to an end and my landlord is offering a periodic agreement with no rent increase instead of renewing a fixed term lease with potential of increased rent. What’s the catch?

They can kick you out at anytime with 3months notice on a periodic lease. My guess would be that they are planning to sell or move back into the property but don’t have a set timeline yet.

I'm in Syd, my lease rolled over to periodic a year ago and they haven't kicked me out or increased rent. Landlords have to pay a grand or so to the real estate agency to have new leases prepared, so many choose just to let it roll on. It doesn't necessarily mean anything other than just that, although it is slightly less secure than being on a lease ofc

5 mates sitting in a field or warehouse listening to music is perfectly fine, right?

What turns that into an "illegal" rave or doof?

Obviously these terms are not mentioned by name in any actual laws.

Legal commentators describe it as "a grey area".

So, what legislation/regulation actually makes such a gathering "illegal"?

Would presume trespass on private property is one aspect. Guessing there is also something about misuse of public land, damage to environment and littering as well. Public nuisance as well probably

Ive been to a few doofs, and a few that have been shut down by the cops.

What makes them illegal is typically the ammenities and services required to host a ticketed event. You need a certain number of toilets per attenants, water, food, refridgeration of said food, security....so on and so forth.

One was closed down due to noise complaint even after council approval - as it could be heard much further away than expected.

And another was shut down due to covid restrictions.

The rampent and open drug use is rarely the issue.

If you are looking to run your own doof id recommend attending a few and having a chat with the organisers

Claims to be a solicitor, asks randoms on reddit about the law.

If it takes place in a defined national park or reserve then you need a permit, otherwise it is illegal: [https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-policies/dance-parties](https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-policies/dance-parties)

If it's on private property there is nothing I'm aware of that would make it illegal, although you'd obviously need to worry about the standard stuff like noise, service of alcohol, drugs etc.

If it's just in the street, for example, then Police have their standard powers to move people on based on public nuisance. E.g. Section 197 of LEPRA (Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002) says that if Police reasonably consider your behaviour to be obstructive, intimidating etc then they can move you on. Section 198 of LEPRA relates to intoxicated persons in public. If you fail to move on you can get arrested and charged under section 9 of the Summary Offences Act 1988 (for intoxication or disorderly behaviour) or section 199 of LEPRA in any case.

You can get an authorised public assembly permit but there are usually terms and conditions attached.

A few I know have been shut down for insufficient ammenities and environmental factors - not only littering, but noise (particularly bass) and light pollution interfering with wildlife. Sounds fair if you’ve ever witnessed a dog freak out around fireworks.

I was a raver in the 90's so it has been a long time. Raves were always in warehouses back then and when police came and shut us down it was always with the reason the organizer did not have permission to host an event, safety standards for a large gathering were not met etc but 5 guys in a field I have no idea about, trespassing in the field is probably one legality if it is not a public space.

The drugs. But seriously you need council permission for certain uses of land. I believe a doof would be considered a concert or something for planning purposes so you need a planning consent or something.

I’d pity the person who had to enact specific laws around an event called a ‘doof!’

They would feel like they’d gotten much dumber by the time they finished! 🤣🤣

Hey mate, I’m saying this entirely genuinely and worth a desire to help you. The doof/rav/police powers/move on orders etc are very clearly an ongoing and pressing issue of concern to you. Have you sought paid advice?

In no particular order.

1. Using abandoned warehouses/buildings. (structural safety)

2. No power or unsafe power,

3. no illuminated EXITs in case of emergency.

4. Building not registered venue so capacity limit wouldn't exist.

5. Lack of toilets for hygiene (yuck, this alone counts me out)

6. mass amounts of drugs and alcohols and mixing them

7. Rubbish left behind. drug paraphernalia.

Cause the NSW government are a bunch of cunts that don't want you having any fun, and not enough chooks.

Ordinarily I would say “pay a lawyer to advise you,” but seeing as you are a lawyer, have spammed this question across Reddit, and are seemingly no closer to working it out for yourself, instead I will say “pay TAFE to teach you a new skill because you are not cut out for lawyering.”

Usually when money exchange hands, and council regulations