澳洲在1901年脫離英國獨立，即實行極之種族歧視的「白澳政策」。很多人對這段臭史印象猶深，有朋友知道我要移民澳洲，向我告誡一番。其實70年代之後，澳洲面向世界，由Gough Whitlam任總理的工黨政府，宣布正式廢除白澳政策，各色各樣的民族移民澳洲的漸多。
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現在澳洲政府實行「多元文化」政策，聯邦政府和州政府都有專責部門，制定政策和協調其他部門落實執行。
所謂「多元文化」(Multiculturalism)，即是有別於要求移民放棄母語和自家文化的強逼「融合」(Assimililation) 政策。國家以英語為行政及法定語言，當然人人要學好英語，政府也鼓勵人民保存母語和傳統文化，使澳洲不再像以往獨沽一味崇尚英國文化。
很多政府資料單張，譯成各種語言，方便國民閱讀，辦手續時有免費的口譯服務；政府也以身作則，率先聘請很多帶口音的非英裔人士，擔任公務員的工作。
政府有名為SBS(Special Broadcasting Service)的電視台和電台，播放「非英語」的節目，包括衛星轉播世界新聞，例如每日早上11時20分有15分鐘的香港無線電視新聞。我也在全國的SBS的中文頻道擔任過約一年每星期講10分鐘「中國文化漫談」，和在昆士蘭州的4EB 中文台主持超過10年的節目。
澳洲政府每年撥出不少津貼，給各民族社團申請來搞康樂活動；舉辦當日，高官和議員都很樂意出席，逢請必到。他們每次到來，主辦當局都安排一段讓他們講講話的時間，他們也很識do，例必講一些讚揚移民如何對澳洲有貢獻的話，大家 happy。
讀到這裡，各位或會有疑問：文章標題的「怪談」二字，到底從何說起？
話說我以前工作的報社，兼經營售賣中文書報雜誌的生意，店子就在唐人街。一天，有個西人進來買雜誌。
買雜誌不希奇，但他是指定要買一堆香港出版的中文裸女雜誌「火麒麟」！
我們就和他談起來，原來他是懲教處的職員。獄中原來有Playboy 和 Penthouse之類，給男囚犯解悶；買「火麒麟」裸女雜誌，是為了監獄中的華裔囚犯覺得鬼妹雖然大波大籮，但怎樣都不如亞洲妹的有親切感，於是應他們要求，特此前來搜購！
(文章允許轉貼，請具作者名字：梁煥松)
這倒有趣，後來生意作成了嗎？
回覆刪除又係我呢個地痞仔出來做專業評論了(笑)
回覆刪除華裔囚犯想睇陀地的話﹐相信火麒麟﹑龍虎豹會令佢地大失所望
事關近年來﹐火麒麟﹑龍虎豹時常用賓妹做model﹐少陀地了(真)
這並不怪呀!
回覆刪除就投其所好囉!!
只是好奇女囚犯呢?
那麼，日本籍囚犯可以有AV看了。一笑。
回覆刪除多元文化政策下，澳洲白人對亞洲人的態度如何呢，是否仍有歧視？
i-joel,
回覆刪除做得成！他買了幾本。
文少,
回覆刪除這個你最熟了，哈哈！
J.T.Cairns,
回覆刪除可能買八卦雜誌吧....
Raymond,
回覆刪除很友善的，前日就就一個向我大叫「Ni Hao (您好)！」而華人成日把「死鬼佬」、「黑鬼」掛在唇邊。
笑死我!! 不過都唔係近年來喇, 我廿幾年前睇都已經"引入外勞"...
回覆刪除p.s. 「逢請別到」中的「別」字可是別字？
Hong Kong Govt. has Contingency Plan for Earthquake and Tsunami.
回覆刪除http://www.hko.gov.hk/gts/equake/contingency_e.htm
What about Queensland? Where can I find the web site on the internet?
Dom,
回覆刪除謝，錯字要改！
有關水災的網頁：http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/
回覆刪除有關地震的網頁：http://www.emergency.qld.gov.au/emq/css/earthquake.asp
THANKS!
回覆刪除澳洲人好注重人權，但係我覺得過多囉。
回覆刪除對於阿拉伯犯人,他們便沒有辦法了,haha
回覆刪除力,
回覆刪除這邊有個著名律師Andrew Boe，專門幫重犯辯護，也算是一怪。
李奧,
回覆刪除有一班二班經印尼來的中東船民，羈留在澳洲大陸的外島上，等待甄別難民身份。
這班友都惡到出奇，好像澳洲人欠了他們似的。
Chris兄，
回覆刪除＞＞＞前日就就一個向我大叫「Ni Hao (您好)！
我有外地生活經驗，但不知為何，鬼佬見到我大講 Ni Hao, Xie Xie，我就唔係幾想應兼唔likely。
妖，死鬼佬你又無去唐人街行架，鬼同你講褒冬瓜(除咗要做大陸人生意無計)，一係你就講四邑話，一係唔該你講廣府話，南方華僑出外搵食時，班北佬都唔知喺邊，班鬼頭一知半解，以為褒冬瓜就係一切。
又打錯字，煲先至啱！
回覆刪除講人數，當然是說PTH的佔多，也怪不得鬼佬。
回覆刪除老廣在海外華人的影響力，如江河之日下了。
賈真：有同感！！也好喜歡你個「妖」字！
回覆刪除Chris 兄你好!
回覆刪除請問 你知不知「在世行者言」的網誌搬到那裡？
或他有沒有出書？
Claudia
但在90年代好似有個女議員提倡排華, 如果無記錯那時曾經有過種族風波。
回覆刪除>>有一班二班經印尼來的中東船民，羈留在澳洲大陸的外島上，等待甄別難民身份。
回覆刪除這班友都惡到出奇，好像澳洲人欠了他們似的。
香港都係啦，好多香港人都說大陸人落到嚟都好惡死，好像香港人欠了他們似的。
世界各地周不時都有人排華，唔知笑定喊好
回覆刪除Claudia,
回覆刪除他不聲不響的消失了。
galaxy,
回覆刪除Pauline Hanson，她的目標是少收亞洲人，做過一屆而已，之後屢戰屢敗。
TT,
回覆刪除我看過一個片段，有人大條道理：「我們來香港就是想過好一點的生活嘛....」
要付出才有收穫的呀，大佬！
司,
回覆刪除近年歐洲有些國家也有點意見。
Miranda,
回覆刪除賈兄快人快語。
睇火麒麟，不如睇日本的色情雜誌好過了。
回覆刪除好少有得賣....
回覆刪除綜緩不是用來幫一些有手有腳的人的。
回覆刪除那當然了。
回覆刪除聽朋友說,Garden City的圖書館更有中文書借的!
回覆刪除有！
回覆刪除其他的是 Sunnybank Hills, New Farm, Mt. Ommaney, City，很新的書都有。
Miranda網友，
回覆刪除見笑。
用到如此俗語，無非為兩廣人士受氣而激憤，尤其遇到一知半解鬼佬，特別個啲娶咗北婆或淨識埋啲北婆個種，佢以為執到寶無問題，愚子無得教，本不關我事，但最慘見到佢地自以為咁係friendly，實質無知戇居乞人憎，有時真想醒巴教精佢。
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Chris兄，
千萬不要怪本人粗魯才好。
有乜所謂？我讀中小學時也是爛口仔一名。
回覆刪除講到監獄, 此是前西澳獄卒出書兼大爆西澳監獄/懲教署醜聞
回覆刪除Ex-prison guard blows whistle on life inside WA jails
* Exclusive Trevor Paddenburg
* From: The Sunday Times
* November 13, 2010 6:00PM
PRISON PROTEST: Former senior prison guard Adrian Commons blows the lid on life inside WA jails. Picture: Bohdan Warchomij Source: PerthNow
PRISON guards gambled on fights between criminals and bashed problem inmates, says a former guard who today blows the whistle on misconduct and corruption in the WA penal system.
Former senior guard and riot-squad officer Adrian Commons, 59 - who retired in 2008 after nearly 20 years working in Casuarina, Wooroloo and Fremantle prisons - agreed to speak to The Sunday Times to expose what he says are "deep flaws" in the state's corrective services system.
Mr Commons revealed:
* Prisoners organised fights and guards regularly bet on the outcome.
監犯安排打架比賽而獄卒在賭打架的結果
* Guards "fight violence with violence" and assaults on prisoners are common.
獄卒經常以暴易暴和常常打監犯
* WA jails are awash with drugs.
西澳監獄充斥大量毒品
* Love affairs are not uncommon between male prisoners and female prison staff such as nurses and psychologists.
西澳男監犯經常愛上女獄卒,心理醫生及護士.
* Special protection prisoners such as sex offenders and pedophiles had semen, urine and blood mixed into their food by inmates on kitchen duty.
受特別保護監犯如戀童犯,性罪案犯的食物被其他監犯混Ｘ小便, 血!
Mr Commons said during the 1990s a vacant quadrangle near the infirmary at Casuarina Prison was used for "grudge fights" between prisoners - and guards frequently placed bets on the outcome.
回覆刪除"The prisoners would post a couple of sentries at either end and they'd have a punch-up. We (prison guards) had an informant so we knew when there was a fight coming up.
"We'd have wagers on the outcome and, yeah, I laid my share of bets usually $10 or so," said the former guard, who will release a tell-all book, Confessions of a Prison Officer, early next year.
Mr Commons, of Rockingham, said that throughout his career - and still today - drug use was rife in prisons.
He said the Department of Corrective Services was not serious about cracking down on drugs because it continued to allow contact visits.
"Visitors were always bringing drugs in. It's so easy. They'd tie a bag or a condom with string and wedge the string in their teeth, or just have it under their tongue," he said.
The veteran guard said officers were often forced to "fight violence with violence".
"If a prisoner takes a swing, you're not going to stand there and get punched in the head," he said.
"Within an hour on my first day in Freo prison, I had my first violent confrontation. I was told to forget everything I'd learnt at training school. In our reports, we wrote self-defence, but in reality... it's dog eat dog."
Mr Commons said that during his two decades on the job, he knew of half a dozen love affairs between male prisoners and female staff. Prisoners also carried on criminal activities from behind bars, Mr Commons said.
"One inmate heard I'd separated from my wife and asked if I wanted a 'hit' on her. He said, 'Boss, do you want me to knock her off?' He was offering to have her assassinated, and he was dead serious," he said.
Mr Commons said he retired in 2008 and was still in close contact with former workmates, so he knew many of his allegations were still relevant today.
His revelations come in the same week a former prison officer at Bandyup Women's Prison appeared in court charged with tampering with the prison system's phone after forming a "special relationship" with an inmate.
Mr Commons said many prisoners saw jail as a "vacation".
"Where else can you get free meals, free clothes, a free bed? You can watch movies all night. You can get a free education. If you've got a headache, you press an emergency button and there's a medic on call to give you a Panadol," Mr Commons said.
He said "special protection" inmates such as pedophiles were targeted by mainstream prisoners.
Mr Commons also said the WA penal system was not improving because overcrowding was adding to its woes.
Opposition corrective services spokesman Paul Papalia said it was "undeniable" there were drugs in prisons and that record overcrowding was making conditions worse.
But Attorney-General Christian Porter said there is "now higher levels of supervision of prisoners than there has ever been in WA".
"There is no point commenting on a book I have not read about events before I was minister, but let me say that last week a prison officer was sacked because they put a prisoner's toothbrush in a toilet bowl and that indicates the high standards the present Government expects from a modern prison system," Mr Porter said.
WA Prison Officers Union secretary John Welch agreed drugs were present in WA jails, but said that Mr Commons' other claims were "surprising".
"Practices and procedures have changed dramatically in WA jails in the last 20 years," Mr Welch said.
Chris 的看法??
不知香港/台灣的監獄/懲教署獄卒也是否如此 , 不知
Chris 有無與趣看此書呢?
這位台灣網友對此人的書不以為然?
'澳洲本身是有她的問題沒錯，不過全世界各地也有類似的問題，
而且很多地區的情況還糟過這裡很多。
那個獄卒的case就算了吧！
台灣也有很多監獄管理的問題，
之前還有人經過獄卒的幫助逃獄成功，"
我對澳洲監獄的認識很淺，不敢有甚麼意見。
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