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Man who cable-tied hands of young children in Broome gets spent conviction and fine (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 months ago by Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone to c/world@quokk.au

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The incident gained national attention after a video showing two children cable-tied on Radelic's property was live streamed on social media.

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[–] Zane@aussie.zone 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was not given a fine, it was suspended for 12 months. He has essentially escaped consequence, which is just so disappointingly unsurprising for Western Australia.

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is Western Australia like Texas?

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A girl (American) I gamed with who married an Aussie, described Australia as a lot like America but more racist. Granted, that was 10yrs ago. So, maybe?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

30% of Australians are casual racists, which means the other 70% are full time.

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[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It seems like country's that were/are heavily influenced by American culture are more racist than ones that aren't. I wouldn't be surprised if that was wrong though, humanity as a whole is pretty xenophobic

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Similar to Texas, it has its own secession movement.

Secessionism in Western Australia - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secessionism_in_Western_Australia