In tonight’s show we take a look at the travesty of justice known as the Apprehended Violence Order (AVO).
An AVO is a restraining order which compels an ‘alleged’ violent person to stay away from an ‘alleged’ victim. In a strange exception of the norms of criminal justice , when an AVO is issued the concept of ‘burden of proof ‘ changes it’s meaning:
The burden of proof is lower for an application for an AVO than for other criminal matters. Instead of the complainant having to prove their fear beyond reasonable doubt, they need to prove it on the balance of probabilities. – source
In practice this often results in the accused being forced to ‘prove innocence’ in order to have the AVO dropped, since all that is required for the AVO to be upheld is for the court to be convinced that the ‘protected person’ is fearful that the ‘defendant’ will commit an act of personal violence, intimidate, or stalk the ‘protected person’.
More information about the consequences of an AVO can be found here.
My guest in the first hour, Neill, brings us his personal experience of an AVO. His story will surely rouse you into outrage over the way in which the legal system in Australia is geared to facilitating lies, corruption and perjury – allegedly in the cause of protecting the weak, but in reality facilitating a regime of oppression of men.
My 2nd hour guest David Zwolski brings us some inside information on the machinations of the Zeitgeist movement. David was formerly the lead coordinator of the Zeitgeist movement in Australia, but has since distanced himself from the movement.
Our discussion covers David’s experience with the movement as well as his views on issues such as sustainability, population growth and the future of civilisation.
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