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Originally Posted by cyberxxx
Does it have a Constitution - the law above any other laws?
BTW, do the US laws really different? In Australia prostitution is legal, but many kinds of porn and even computer games are not. In the USA the same shit but vice versa. You think I'm wrong?
P.S. I do remember the Soviet times...
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Quite different in terms of civil liberties. Like I said, there is nothing like the US Bill of Rights in the Australian Constitution. The government has much broader legislative power as a result.
Prostitution isn't a constitutional matter in Australia, neither are the types of censorship or privacy issues you mention. Australia essentially has fewer 'safeguards' against such legislation owing to the lack of explicit civil liberties etc. That doesn't help when the Government is sees fit to create seemingly fascist legislation for every issue that crops up.