Article 1. OCHR - The Right to Public Consumption
The Australian Government has not yet integrated any form of Human Rights into their federal law.
I believe that this allows those in authority an intolerably large amount of discretion when it comes to dealing with certain persons: quite simply, an Australian (or an alien in Australia) has no rights. At least none proscribed by - or protected by - an overarching law.
A problem? I’d say so. Anyhow, in order to fully remove this type of backward thinking from the ‘other side of the world,’ I am prepared to suggest my own Oceanic Convention on Human Rights (OCHR), which any Australian Governement can seamlessly integrate:
Article 1 - The Right to Public Consumption
Those rare Australians who leave their cars behind and take the bus or train are severely handicapped by draconian rules regarding the non-consumption of food and drink on board.
All persons must be allowed to eat and drink while riding on public transport.
This is a basic inalienable right.
And there’s us in the northern hemisphere thinking that Aussies had the right, indeed obligation, to consume whereever they wished… Melbourne Cup visit in 2006 taught us that. Extreme consumption, on a par with Newcastle-on-Tyne on a Saturday night….