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> In Australia, doing your own electrical work is a crime even for the homeowner, because it can cause physical death, and is too likely to be done wrong. Yes, you will possibly go to jail for replacing $2 light switches

And do you find this reasonable, and a good thing to expand to smartphone use?




It’s bullshit, there are no laws banning you from replacing a light switch in Australia. At worst you might invalidate your home insurance.


There's a lot of it about, mate. The other day I had an American tell me with a straight face that we can get jail time for flying a Union Flag here in Blighty - I guess there's a big industry for convincing people that everywhere else is a hellhole over there.




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