The Question of Liability

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This video is about the question of liability facing all governments, the "authorities" contracted by them, and by commercial entities who do wrong by those they serve or are contracted to serve.
All of the above have Codes of Conduct, Constitutions and Charters that they must adhere to when dealing with their clients, and in the case of governments, their constituents.
Commercial trading entities are also subject to the various corporate regulatory laws, and breaching these Laws entails large fines, as we all know.
In this video I detail means of redress for wrongdoings by the named entities.
In the case of a local council, failure of the Risk Management (all commercial entities have Risk Management departments-otherwise they cannot legally trade!) people to forward a Claim is a punishable offense, given that these entities-and government generally-are, contractually, in positions of Trust.
The Constitutional contract under Australia's lawful Constitution is for the government of the day to provide for "...peace, order and good government..."-all things that really need no formal definition.
This has not happened, especially in the case of the Environmental legislation that created the conditions that led to the massive fuel loads in the areas that were razed by the recent bushfires in Victoria.
It should just not have happened to the extent that it did, simply because of gross mismanagement.
The various authorities thus carry full commercial liability, it would seem, for the loss, harm and injury incurred by all the victims of the fires-Andrew Clarke's Search his name and Jinks Creek Winery, Andrew's fabulous bush retreat winery and function centre) exploding winery property is a case in point:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/lack-of-backburning-blamed-for-fire-losses-in-gippsland/10869018

His life's work went up in flames as he watched it happen on TV-and all of this was completely preventable with good environmental management.
Environmental legislation is made, purportedly, to protect the environment, and the creatures-including us-who inhabit those environments, but the sad fact is that even the creatures in the bush went up in flames:

That represents a manifest failure of all that legislation-a massive negative on the part of government.
Hopefully you will all understand the implications of what I say here and act to bring those who would profess to govern for you to proper account.
Compensation, now, and into the future, is not out of the question-and perhaps on a massive scale?

From Wikipedia:

"Peace, order, and good government
In many Commonwealth jurisdictions, the phrase "peace, order, and good government" is an expression used in law to express the legitimate objects of legislative powers conferred by statute. The phrase appears in many Imperial Acts of Parliament and Letters Patent, most notably the constitutions of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia and, formerly, New Zealand and South Africa. Contrast with "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", a spiritually-similar phrase found in the United States Declaration of Independence."

Please note: "peace, order, and good government" is an expression used in law to express the legitimate objects of legislative powers conferred by statute."

Governmental power hinges on that phrase: if they do not deliver the "..peace, order and good government...", then do they have any right to govern, at all?

Links:

The Victorian bushfires:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/vi...

https://www.9news.com.au/2019/03/05/1...

Peace, Order and Good Government:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%2...

Andrew's Winery, as it was:

http://www.jinkscreekwinery.com.au/

Where Is government here when they are always talking about "strong economies?:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-3...

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