Election 2022 (Poll added)

[Thryleon]

Freedoms we used to have!

Let's see, back in 1972 I could:
> not buy an alcoholic drink after 10pm,
> not buy an alcoholic drink on Sunday, unless I was a bona fide traveller,
> not use a firearm on a Sunday,
> not buy a high-powered firearm without a special licence,
> be called up for two years military service,
> be sent to fight in a foreign war,
> not vote in State or Federal elections,
> be arrested for consorting,
> be imprisoned if was openly homosexual, and
> if I lived in Queensland, not take part in a demonstration.

If I happened to be a woman, I could:
> not get the contraceptive pill unless I was married,
> not legally have an abortion,
> not have the same superannuation as male colleagues,
> not work in public service roles that were limited to men,
> not leave the country without my husband's permission, and
> not keep my job if I became pregnant.

If I happened to be Indigenous, I could:
> serve my country but not receive any ex-service benefits,
> have my children taken away at the whim of the police and welfare officers, and
> be subject to the directions of the Aborigines Welfare Board.

Yes, we've certainly lost a lot of freedoms over the last 50 years  :

Im only 40.  Perhaps you shouldnt be dismissive sighting a bunch of crap that mostly occurred before I was born.

Ill remind you at this stage, that people my age are more than likely not going to retire but work until we cark it, and you can forget about a pension and the average house price in most of the melbourne suburbs that will leave you with an average CBD commute of roughly 1 hour in each direction will cost us 1 million dollars today.