Down The Rabbit Hole and Ito The Surreal World Of The American Political Class

If they were asked to take a hard and honest look at the problems facing this country in today’s world, it is easy for most people to identify the five or six overriding issues that deeply affect the most Americans. I would bet that the following issues would make most people’s top ten:

- Two ongoing wars in the Middle East.
- A continuing battle against terrorism.
- Our failing public education system.
- An ongoing battle against the plague of illegal drug usage.
- Escalating health care costs.
- Both Social Security and Medicare heading for insolvency.
- Skyrocketing national debt and deficit spending.
- High unemployment.
- The lack of a national and rational strategic energy plan.
- Illegal immigrants and the problems caused by the lack of a national border security capability.

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AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL SECURITY CRIMES : BASIC CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS FOR NON-LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

INTENTION IN THE CRIME PARTICIPATION IN AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL SECIRITY

 

Australian government do provide various forms of social security support for those eligible citizens and residents that require specific care, mainly in the form of financial welfare.[1]  However, such payment from the government of Commonwealth Australia could be easily subjected to abuse, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by the claimant that approached Centrelink Australia for financial assistance and concession card application in order to cover the high living cost of Australia, mainly on short term basis.[2]  The potential crimes that could be convicted are mainly of white collar[3], that are mainly committed by people employed in the clerical and professional occupation or related to the person engaged in administrative or clerical rather than manual work.  Commonwealth Australia Director of Public Prosecution will need to prove the mens rea, or the root of the formation of the conspiracy with clear intent to commit crime, factors of the instigation towards the crime commission by the conspirator, precise contemplation of unlawful agreement etc, before charging the defendants in the criminal list of the law court.[4]  The same principle is hold for any crime, that analogized abetting and aiding liability to one who counsels, procures or command one another in crime commission.  In Australia, there are different established crime-related legislations that could cater the related offences, including the social security matters.[5] 

 

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