Row Bur comments

Not enough evidence??? FFS!

Well. The banks did it, the J Govt. did it, kids watch and learn.Ahh, the new morality.

General Wesley Clarcke,retired, has openly told the media that back in 2007 he was informed of a plan to sinvade 7 countries in 5 years", including Syria. This latest threat by the US is no surprise. The biggest threat to world peace (and the holder of the biggest stockpile of chemicsl weapons) is the good ol' USA. WMD anyone?Anyone?

It's well known that under the influence of hypnotic pharmacueticals most directions will be obeyed without question. It's about time for a crackdown on these bastards. Sexual assault,theft,rape, common occurences in roppongi and other nigerian crime group centers.

some barbed fish hooks hidden in the undies,connected to 50lb line secured robustly. Plenty of time to nab him, going nowhere. Just a thought..

Actually, drugs have helped humans throughout history.

finally snapped after years of bullying and emotional blackmail?

Reading comics is less childish than passively watching tv or movies in my opinion. Obviously some posters equate comics with jughead and beano. Telling really.

If you push out the locals, you will be flooded with foreign gangs who have no respect or societal affilliation. Look what's happening in places like Aus. Cops and crooks liasing keeps the mad dogs down and the public if not safe, at least not in mortal danger of random attacks.

An eight year old child is legally permitted, indeed required, to leave the parents property unattended, whilst a dog must be leashed, for a start. A ridiculous comparison. Can we now sue parents of adult criminals too? Can I sue the driving instuctor who taught the guy who hit my car ? I hope this gets overturned on appeal. Children are sentient,indrpendent beings who make decisions based on their limited experience. It's part of life in a society.

pfha! Doesn't really constitute an attack does it? His bike handle clipped a kid, and he swung ( I'm guessing) a cheap plastic umbrella. A grumpy old man, hardly an attempt to harm.

Trauma? It sounds like a small issue, blown out of proportion by over protective parents. I was caned and strapped at school, and while I don't support beating kids, it DID teach me (eventually) the reality of consequences and responsibility. Not a large deal in my opinion.

Bland,unimaginative, targets only domestic tourism,single attraction marketing. Typical waste of money. If they developed real tourist infrastructure,gave tax breaks to local businesses and targeted interntl. market as well, they might just make meaningful inroads into a struggling industry.

I agree

socio/psychopathic red flag?

Start a business, pay what the law says you must. Try to make a profit I fkn dare you. If all regs and payroll taxes, consumption taxes, social insurance, health ins urence, employee tax, to name a few, let alone personal taxes, many industries find it impossible. Then blame small business. Open your eyes, big business eats your tax. This is a failing economy because of recalcitrant politicians, inherent corruption and public indifference to blatantly compromised fiscal and social policy.

Small businesses are suffering under the barrage of tax and utility increases. Smug denials by salary drones notwithstanding, things are not going well.

yep. 3 million dollars a year renovating houses.uh-huh.

Australia gets trashed over immigration,but I can't think of another Pacific rim country doing ANYTHING like Aus. does in terms of facilitating immigration, not to mention refugee claims and asylum seekers.How many have been accepted by Japan,Singapore, Malaysia etc? All developed economies.Just asking...

Australian taxpayers a re already spending hundreds of millions of dollars patrolling for,apprehending,processing ,housing, feeding,giving medical attention,legal rep, background checks etc. Now add diverting overstretched resources to find corpses of what are essentially illegal immigrants who knowingly risk lives for economic gain? What then, pay for repatriation? Most pass through Indon.not perfect, but it IS safe for them. It's a huge tragedy, but there are realities to consider.

Japanese are generally pretty non-agressive, and don't look on police as the enemy, I think Aussies could learn a lot from Japanese crowd behaviour and attitude.

Ridiculous. Humans are a herd mammal, social ranking happens naturally and this enforced "niceness" is a kneejerk reaction confusing bullying and oersonal persecution.Bullying victims should be taught how to deal with it not run to courts for financial gain. Hello litigious Japanb goidbye common sense.

I concur with the majority of posts here. Support networks are needed desperately.

one more joke in the comedy called religion.

What can you expect from an ignorant son of a gangster, raised without morals?

? New Zealand and Australia are two seperate sovereign countries.

Let's turn yet another country into a nanny state! As long as it's legal I'll smoke where I like. One hundred odd years of fossil fuel use has ravaged our planet, but you want to complain about smelly clothes. Move to Australia if you don't value your independence from Govt. meddling.

3 young lives wasted.

...and there goes the slavery card Dennis, you hypocrite.

why would anyone listen to an ignorant clown like Rodman? There are educated, intelligent people who deal with rogue states. Celebrities and sportspeople are not elected and have no place interfering.