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The law is an ass: Mooning banned at arse end of the world

'Obscene songs' also get the ban-hammer in the Australian State of Victoria

Buttnote Public service announcement: if you're going on a bender in the Australian city of Melbourne, do not indulge in the practice of “mooning”, because you could end up with your arse in jail (and the rest of you).

The Victorian state government either believes people aren't deterred [Ed: bad pun, don't try it again] put off by existing fines and need sterner treatment.

So it's backed a two-month maximum jail time as an incentive to revellers to keep their afterburners under wraps. Repeat offenders could get as much as six months inside.

In its revised Summary Offences Act, Victoria has decided indecent, offensive or insulting behaviour includes “a person exposing (to any extent) the person's anal or genital region” which is also likely troublesome for practitioners of the “tradies' ATM” look.

The act gives "mooning or streaking" as examples of the offences.

The law's also cracking down [Ed: I thought I said … oh, never mind] on “obscene songs or ballads”, something that's going to give pause to sports fans and what's left of Australia's independent music scene. ®

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