Topic 2 - Am I old enough?

Question 1

What age can you leave school by choice?

Answer 1

17 years or once completed year 10

Question 2

Under what circumstances can you leave school under the legal age?

Answer 2

If you have finished year 10 and spend at least 25 hours per week in a combination of education, training and employment

Question 3

Advantages of leaving school

Answer 3

• people know what they want to so and can do it earlier
• already have a significant amount of education
• creates better financial security
• 17-year-olds are able to rent houses

Question 4

Disadvantages of leaving school

Answer 4

• missing out on valuable education

Question 5

Under what circumstances can you be expelled or suspended?

Answer 5

• Creating danger for other’s health (mental, physical…)
• damaging property

Question 6

What is the minimum working age?

Answer 6

15

Question 7

What age can you drink, buy or possess alcohol?

Answer 7

If you’re under 18, you can’t drink, buy or possess alcohol unless you’re in a private home and your parent or guardian lets you.

Question 8

When is it legal to consume alcohol under the age of 18?

Answer 8

• With parental consent
• Responsible supervision from whichever adult is in charge
  of the minor
• As soon as you go out in public it becomes illegal

Question 9

Elements of the laws surrounding a ‘coward punch’ as manslaughter

Answer 9

• A person intentionally hits another person with a part
  of their body or an object.
• The action was ‘unlawful’.
• The strike is to the head or the neck.
• The victim is killed as a result.

Question 10

What is the maximum penalty for breaking the ‘one punch’ law?

Answer 10

10 years imprisonment

Question 11

What is the correlation between the ‘one punch’ law and manslaughter?

Answer 11

A person can be found guilty of voluntary manslaughter if the victim dies due to: A single punch or strike delivered to any part of a person’s head or neck; and. By itself, the punch or strike causes an injury to the head or neck.

Question 12

What is ‘sexting’?

Answer 12

‘Sexting’ is sending nude, sexual or indecent photos
using a computer, mobile phone or other mobile
device.

Question 13

What is ‘threatening to sext’?

Answer 13

• neither sending nor possessing
• you may be charged with a new
  offence if you threaten to send an intimate image of a person to others if the person believes that you will carry out the threat.

Question 14

When can you be charged with child pornography?

Answer 14

if you have a film, photograph, publication or computer game that
shows a person under 18 (or appears to be under 18):
- involved in sexual activity
- posing in an indecent sexual manner
- the person in the image is > 2 years younger/older than you

Question 15

When is sexting legal?

Answer 15

If you are within 2 years of age.

Question 16

What is the sentence for sexting, pornography, and threatening to sext?

Answer 16

Sexting: max 2 years
Pornography: max 5 years (possessing) or 10 years (producing)
Threatening to sext: max1 year

Question 17

What are the legal ramifications of sexting illegally?

Answer 17

• a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in jail
• registered sex offender

Question 18

Under what circumstances can you purchase an e-cigarette?

Answer 18

• 18 years old
• must not contain nicotine (prescription only)

Question 19

What are the laws around vaping?

Answer 19

• Importing all disposable single-use e-cigarettes into Australia is illegal (both with and without nicotine).
• Selling, possessing, or using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes requires a medical prescription; age is irrelevant.
• E-cigarettes (including non-nicotine) cannot be used in smoke-free areas, including within 4 meters of school gates.
• E-cigarettes (including non-nicotine) cannot be displayed in retail outlets.
• E-cigarettes cannot be sold to individuals under 18 years of age.

Question 20

What is the fair work ombudsman?

Answer 20

The FWO monitors, inquires into, investigates, and enforces compliance with Australia’s workplace laws.
- underpayments
- pay rates
- leave entitlements
- notice of termination
- redundancy

Question 21

What is an enterprise agreement?

Answer 21

an agreement made at the enterprise level that contains terms and conditions of employment, including wages, up to 4 years from the date of approval.

Question 22

What is an award?

Answer 22

legal documents that outline the minimum pay rates and conditions of employment

Question 23

When is Graffiti illegal?

Answer 23

1. drawn on public property
2. drawn (without consent) on a private property

Question 24

What power do PSOs have?

Answer 24

**not the same as police
Can ask for your name if:
1. you have broken the law
2. they believe you are about to break the law

Question 25

What do ticket inspectors do?

Answer 25

1. check to see if tickets are valid/in use
2. improve safety
3. help during special events and disruptions.