Would a uniform, nationwide licensing system be beneficial?

[Wally]

Not rules mate, just the guy you pay your license fee's to. Its no real change tbh, just the letterhead.

So what your asking is that states are expected to give up a guaranteed revenue stream to a national body while the states fund and do all the heavy lifting with licence compliance. Your not a member of the Greens by any chance?

 

[Revell13]

No, sadly each state pays its fees to the states own licensing system, I'm just trying to find out if people would prefer the amalgamation of where the fees get paid, not change the rules or anything else.

 

[Sleazy.P.Martini]

Revell, forgive me for assuming, but....you wouldn't happen to be a uni student would you?

 

[junglepython2]

How can you have a national body dealing with licenses that are totally different state to state. Only way it would work is if there were uniform rules and regs. I don't think you have really thought this through at all.

 

[Pilbarensis]

@ Revell13: That's a bit pointless. Who cares about the fees, its all about the animals mate!

 

[Snowman]

Revell are you 13?

 

[Elapidae1]

No, sadly each state pays its fees to the states own licensing system, I'm just trying to find out if people would prefer the amalgamation of where the fees get paid, not change the rules or anything else.

I'd rather not pay at all, but if I'm forced I'd rather keep the money in WA on the off chance it would be used on environmental projects within my own state.

 

[Pinoy]

Not rules mate, just the guy you pay your license fee's to. Its no real change tbh, just the letterhead.

Ah, I misunderstood too. When you put it that way, NO, definitely NO.

Why? Because the current ones struggle with what they do now and only manage each state, imagine how much they'd struggle trying to collaborate with each other lol.

 

[longqi]

reptile keeping rates about zero on any governments priority list
to attempt to centralise this may easily result in very bad news for reptile keepers
imagine if someone who hates snakes and thinks reptile owners are loonies was involved in the decision making??

we may end up with worse laws than WA

 

[Wally]

Yeah that would be awesome. Then the governing bodies would have actual professionals with actual experience to base their new regulations and rules on and not just make up stuff that goes against everything the pros tell them. Oh wait...

Yeah exactly. How is that code of practice coming along?

 

[FAY]

Keiran, I personally feel that the arguments for yes and the arguments for no should be discussed first BEFORE anyone can even say YES or NO. Valid points would have to be brought up.
I personally reckon these departments will all tell us to go jump and we will have Tasmania's laws..

 

[Revell13]

Fine, damn you all to hell, if your all to insular and OLD or should I say ancient, hell, archaic would be a better term for the short sightedness I'm running into in this poll. Times are changing old men, the government is no longer our enemy, we have our licenses, varied state to state as they are at the moment, but we are legally allowed to keep some reptiles. We are no longer compared to drug dealers or crazies, just pet keepers. If you want to keep yourselves in the dark ages, hide from governments, hide from change, however small, so be it. Keep your insular "no one else understands me" society, but don't mind me while I go off and try to make changes, however small, to try and benefit my hobby, my passion.

 

[Pilbarensis]

Mate, we all love the hobby and for a lot of people out there, including me, it is a passion and a very big part of our lives. However paying the fees is such a small part of all this and there are so many other, far more important things worth changing way before this. I don't mind giving out around $60 a year to keep working with such awesome species.

 

[Pinoy]

Do you really think with a uniform licensing body, the rules wouldn't change?

I know you say you're not talking about changing rules, but for all the states to be under control of one body, the rules would have to change.

And what does Longqi living in Bali have to do with his opinion? I'd dare say he has more of an idea of our system than most in this thread would, including myself.

 

[Elapidae1]

LOL, short sightedness. You introduced the blinkers by demanding simple answers.

 

[Snotty]

I may be old, but at least I know Australia is a Federation, and to spell it out basically, the states are essentially seperate countries (formerly independent crown colonies) that decided to join together January 1, 1901 so only a few things such as defence and taxation can be done federally unless you tear up the Constitution.


Given the above it makes the whole poll thing meaningless.

 

[abnrmal91]

Fine, damn you all to hell, if your all to insular and OLD or should I say ancient, hell, archaic would be a better term for the short sightedness I'm running into in this poll. Times are changing old men, the government is no longer our enemy, we have our licenses, varied state to state as they are at the moment, but we are legally allowed to keep some reptiles. We are no longer compared to drug dealers or crazies, just pet keepers. If you want to keep yourselves in the dark ages, hide from governments, hide from change, however small, so be it. Keep your insular "no one else understands me" society, but don't mind me while I go off and try to make changes, however small, to try and benefit my hobby, my passion.

How long have you been keeping reptiles?

 

[Ramsayi]

Seems the lunatics want to take over the asylum.

 

[Sleazy.P.Martini]

Hahaha you're a uni student aye revell?

 

[Red-Ink]

Seems the lunatics want to take over the asylum.

They're already in governance