JF> It is legal for this material to be sold and distributed
JF> from the A.C.T. and the Northern Territory by mail order.

JF> In relation to point 2, I figure this is so the
JF> politicians do not have to purchase through mail order
JF> and run the chance of having the products damaged.

RS> Nope, the ACT is just a bit more relaxed about a number of things.
RS> They also legalised dope smoking a couple of decades ago now.

PB> Hate to Rain on your parade

Pity you didnt.

PB> but Dope is still Illegal in the A.C.T. It is however
PB> Decriminalized. What this means is that if you get caught
PB> with what is considered personal use amounts you get an
PB> on the spot fine. It's a bit like a speeding ticket.....

No news to me Paul. I wasnt attempting to spell out precisely what
the law was on dope in the ACT, it differs in detail to SA too.

RS> And 'the politicians' who passed the STATE laws on the
RS> sale of adult videos dont actually sit in the federal
RS> parliament and have to go to Canberra to do so anyway.

PB> Yeah well X-Rated videos are just a little bit legal here
PB> in the A.C.T. how else could they get their 40% wholesale tax.
PB> Been so for about 3 years and the govt is making a good few
PB> mill per year on it so i don't think it'll change real soon.

Maybe. There has been some energetic campaigning to stamp that out.
Remains to be seen what will happen. And its certainly not just driven
by the tax stuff, if it was, other states would do it the same way.

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