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The Crisafulli Government’s Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (Qld) allows the seizure and destruction of illegal vapes sooner.

Queensland's new Health Minister Tim Nicholls has a new bill to boost seizure, forfeiture, and destruction powers in respect of illicit vapes

statements.qld.gov.au/statemen

“Our government is taking decisive action and increased enforcement efforts, with more than 74,000 vapes seized in the last two months alone...

“However, under current legislation, the forfeiture of these illicit vapes is subject to a show cause process that takes at least eight weeks.

“This is an expensive and time-consuming exercise so we’re slashing needless red tape so illicit vapes can be immediately forfeited and rapidly destroyed by enforcement authorities.

“The new Bill also contains new powers for courts to order convicted people to reimburse costs incurred by Queensland Health for dealing with these products, and for investigating and prosecuting offences.

“Hitting the hip pockets of offenders will serve as yet another deterrent and help prevent illicit tobacco and vaping products from reaching the hands of kids and teenagers.”

The State of Queensland · MEDIA STATEMENT: A Fresh Start for Queensland: New Bill to put clinicians in charge and destroy illegal vapes By The State of Queensland

I agree with that this is a freaking nightmare.
Quote from in context of removal from Apple in UK in expectation of what might happen in the :
"This is is a weapon, we now have a in the United States. This is the time to download some and start paying attention to your privacy because law enforcement's going to go after their enemies." ( See: twit.tv/shows/security-now/epi )

TWiT.tvFREEDOM Administration Login | TWiT.TVApple disables Advanced Data Protection for new UK users.Paying ransoms is not as cut and dried as we might imagine.Elon Musk's 'X' social media blocks 'Signal.me

Good debate today on the crucial topic of more effective #enforcement - to not only save billions but lives! Thanks to
@EUCommission + the ECA for joining, and to my colleagues from BirdLife, ClientEarth and the EEB for co-organising. It's clear: we need more #transparency in the process, and some further improvements! PS: Link to our new paper: eeb.org/library/effective-impl

Brussels folks: next Wednesday 6 March, with our 2 NABU umbrellas EEB and BirdLife I am organising a quick lunch-debate on #Infringements. We got the European Court of Auditors to present their findings, and the Secretariat General of the Commission and and MEP to discuss with us how we can make EU's Law #Enforcement more effective. This is about delivering #RuleOfLaw for citizens, and the @vonderleyen Commission often still is too reluctant. eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-save

EventbriteHow to save billions by enforcing existing environmental lawsEffective implementation: Transparency in the EU infringement process
Continued thread

The order does not block the #DOJ & certain agency heads from drawing up lists of companies & universities to investigate, but blocks such #enforcement pursuant to the order.
#Trump issued 2 EOs meant to eviscerate #DEI in the federal govt & neutralize it in the private sector & higher #education. The orders have already led to widespread purges of federal workers, while #corporations & universities grapple w/how to interpret the orders that target “equity-related” govt contracts & “illegal DEI”

Zero road deaths - An unmet target

"Time-series projecting road traffic fatalities in Australia: Insights for targeted safety interventions
Projections for 2030, 2040, and 2050 show Australia won't achieve its zero-fatalities vision."
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sciencedirect.com/science/arti
#MobilityDesign #roads #cars #speeding #RoadTrafficFatalities #RTFs #ZeroRoadDeaths #failure #holidays #travel #rural #risks #Bellingen #enforcement #ActiveTransport