#australia law

[batshit-auspol]

Fun fact for our international followers: If someone in Australia cuts down a tree on public land to improve the view from their house, the local government will install a sign to block that view again

[nando161mando]

[pro-royalty]

Zendaya x Vogue Australia

[tyresdeg]

australia once again showing that it really is the season opener

[cy-cyborg]

So Australia brought in a new law stating that autistic people now have to get medical clearance to drive. Even if you were late diagnosed and had your licence for decades, most states are still saying you need to get medical clearance. Queensland is the worst, with several thousand dollar fines if you don't. Other states aren't penalising people directly (or not as sevearly), but I believe if you don't disclose it, it can impact your insurance and cause issues if you're involved in an accident (even if you weren't at fault).

I'm using vague language here because the thing is, this whole thing is very vague and confusing. No one seems to know anything, even the government agencies who are supposed to be enforcing it.

So as a physically disabled Autistic person who already has to get medical clearance to drive anyway, I just want to let anyone new to this whole system know to be VERY careful where you get your information from and make sure to double check everything, even when its coming from usually reliable sources.

Unless you are talking to someone who's job it is to specifically deal with disabled drivers, most of the system has no clue. This includes cops, this includes your state's government service centre (e.g. services NSW, services QLD etc) and all the places you usually look for personal transport-related beurocrocy and laws. Even talking to your state gov's transport department directly (e.g. transport NSW) isn't garuenteed. It's not a bad place to start, but with how messy this whole thing is, please double-check what you're being told.

My assessments deemed I needed a specific type of hand control to drive safely. This is a very common modification that has been around for decades and has been regulated under Australian law for nearly as long. Yet every time I get pulled over the cops get really freaked out about it because they don't know what the laws are surrounding them. that's usually why they pull me over, because the part of the hand control that is visible from outside the vehicle looks kind of similar to an illegal racing mod, and then once they determine its not the same thing they always want to check everything I do have is legal, despite not even knowing what theyre looking at. Every time I need to get my licence details updated, every time I need to do anything at services NSW, they always get really confused because no one knows what they're supposed to do or what you need to do if youre not a "normal" driver.

That won't stop abled and neurotypical people from CONFIDENTLY insisting the do know though, and giving you the wrong information.

And this is with laws that have been in place for decades.

My point is this whole thing sucks at the best of times, but the way they brought these laws in is going to cause a shitshow in the system that was already struggling to deal with even the more "well understood" disabilties. That, combined with the general misinformation already circulating about autism... just be careful of the information you're being told, double check everything, etc etc.

[nelll-s]

New signs for the Free Palestine rallies.

The Albanese/Labor Gov will be remembered as the most craven leadership in Australian history. By not calling for a ceasefire, or applying any pressure on Israel/USA to cease the genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine, it's made clear that Australia has lost its autonomy. We behave as if we are naught but a spineless satellite state for the US. Albo doesn't care to be a leader of a sovereign nation. he'd rather be the gimp on the end of Biden's leash.

[faedastudies]

in my overachiever era (i decided to enroll in a 6 month tafe course while i'm at university to "expand my options" because i felt like i had too much free time a few months ago, then forgot i enrolled in said tafe course until the day before it started, and instead of being normal and withdrawing from the course i decided to just go through with it despite the fact that i probably don't have the time for it)

so, guess who's a stem student also studying a law-related course?

[aressida]

[olszewskisworld]

What’s the mood

[pendragonsgallery]

So I’m not in the Hetalia fandom

But my best friend @roszabell is.

So that means that I get to use my extremely limited knowledge of the show to make the dumbest headcanons I can think of.

These are the headcanons of someone not in the fandom but cursed with too much knowledge.

Enjoy

- By accident, Alfred once unironically said “innit” in a sentence and his body induced a two day coma on itself in shame.

- Austria probably can and has twerked to eine kleine nachtmusik.

- Whenever Australia does any normal thing he’ll say “I learned that in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫” and he never specified what war. Just, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫. (It was the Emu war of 1932).

- France acts like he’s super pretentious with perfumes and smells and stuff but goes feral for Bath and Bodywork’s sales. He has so many coupons 47 years past their expiration date that he insists will be useful.

- Denmark’s hairstyle is done every morning by sticking his head out of a moving car on the interstate like a dog.

- Matt has a maple flavored vape and he hissed at Alfred when he touched it once.

- Alfred knows the metric system but constantly acts like he doesn’t get it to watch England lose his shit every time.

- Gil has heelies he installed in his shoes that he’s been waiting to use for decades. One time he was trying to sweep Matt off his feet all romantic like but he accidentally popped out the wheels and they both went flying.

- Norway blasts the Frozen soundtrack in his car so loudly the windowpanes shake. He just sits there with a totally apathetic face and just says “good shit” while all his passengers’ ears are bleeding from the volume.

- Hungary can bench press both Alfred and Matt and does it at any possible opportunity.

- Japan has been making little paper airplanes and getting them to stick in the ceiling for years now and no one has noticed. It’s not until he misses one day and thousands of mini paper airplanes fall from the ceiling onto everyone.

- Germany would take Disney fast passes so seriously. That man would be up at 4 in the morning staring at his undimmed phone screen getting space mountain tickets.

- The countries always do Rock Paper Scissors for whoever has to explain to China that he needs to turn his computer off and on again to get it to work.

- Denmark has not tied his shoelaces since the day he got them. He just slides them off and on again because “I’m too awesome to tie my shoes” the truth is he doesn’t know how to tie his shoes. They came pre tied.

[nando161mando]

[tinas1469]

luxurylaw: And then THIS happened! My 4th Vogue Cover this month! Zendaya for the cover of @vogueaustralia wearing custom louis vuitton and bulgari

EIC: @christinecentenera

Styling by @luxurylaw

Photography by @josholins

Interviewed by @hannahroserose

Hair by @kimblehaircare

Makeup by @raoulalejandre

Nails by @marisacarmichael

Set design by @heathmattioli

EP & talent director @rikki_keene

Production by @geprojects, @triona_7

[pro-royalty]

Zendaya x Challengers Australian Movie Premiere

[worstloki]

Loki surveilling the skyline of New York from the top of Stark Tower and clocking that his favorite paired set of buildings are gone. sad

[agentfascinateur]

Bravo Australia 👏👏👏 for calling a spade a spade:

More countries should do it too. No more two-tiered system of international law.