What a weird world we live in !
If we hear a criminal confessing to a crime - and we record it - we can end up before a court charged with making an " illegal recording ". The law says we must first get the criminal's permission to make that recording.
The Channel 9 " A Current Affair " team rigged recording instruments in a car when a reporter posed as a " hit " man and was being contracted to main or kill a person for money. Now it seems they will be heavily fined for aiding the implementation of justice.
It appears that privacy takes precedence over justice, and this even extends to aiding and abetting a criminal in covering up a crime.
If a vehicle hits and damages your car - and fails to stop - and you manage to get the license number - forget going to the police to find the name and address of that person.
The police will refuse that information - on the grounds that to do so would infringe the privacy of the person who has just committed a criminal act.
The way this law is framed the rights of the victim come a long way second to the rights of the criminal.
So much for justice for all !
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