maybe that's why he retired... from the chief of the state to chiefing the vapes, dan andrews lights up a ciggy faster than he locked down the state (good thing)
Its that march 1st? Wasnt jan 1st banning disposable vapes? I cant for the life of me understand idiots manufactoring ewaste, so many wasted batteries.
That is not prohibition, prohibition would be if you could not buy tobacco. This is just people suppourting violent gangs and slavery so they can get their fix cheaper.
Well, looks like Australian Lawmakers had a brain fart.
In my case :
Vapes are not allowed on sale to people under 18.
"Puffs" Aka throwable single use vapes with 3.000 puffs are in talks to be definitely banned of sales from how careless shop owners are and sells them to underaged people, inciting people as young as 12 years old to start vaping.
Tobacco not allowed to anyone under 18, heavily regulated, but some people sells them "Under the coat" and it's usually counterfeited cigarettes, but since smokers are willing to sacrifice their lives to save 5 bucks pers packs ( Current laws make it close of 13 € ).
Again, just like alcohol, some are careless and sells to underaged people.
Before I gave up I was buying 50gr of tobacco in an olive pouch with big warnings, just like the brands from a supermarket, for $30 which was a saving of almost $100.
The door was reinforced like that about 6 months ago after they got robbed by someone kicking in the old door. It wasn’t for Molotov protection, although I’m sure it helps.
I'm loving how arson attacks are becoming a weekly occurrence without the slightest hint of care or reaction from Government lol.
It's like even pretending to care is too much effort for them now.
The police must know who is behind it, but until someone innocent gets burnt up they’ll let it go, just like the underworld war when they didn’t give a shit till they started shooting people at Auskick.
They used to be visa mills. Come in on a business visas to get franchise. Employee yourself. Wait till you get whatever you need out of it. Sell it on to the next person coming in. Not sure if that's still the case.
>Do these places even make money? I never see people in them.
yep kinda, I still go to 1 every few weeks and drop a couple of hundred to stock up on the vapes.
If you ever decide you want to quit, read Allen Carr’s book. I read it about 10 years ago and went from a pack of 50 every two days to zero over night.
That’s Alan Carr.
Allen Carr is(was?) a self-help dude. He was a chimney smoker who quit and wrote a book about it. Has helped heaps of people give up addictions.
Cheers, but as for another post where I stock drinks in mini fridge next my work bench for my team members. I also do the same with the vapes as I am close to one still selling for a reasonable price.
That's actually a booby-trap, if it detects liquid or heat it blasts a pulse of gas out like an exhaust, turning it into a flamethrower for a brief period. Owned by the McAllisters.
How is the general public ok with what’s going on. Will it take an innocent bystander or neighboring business/house to get caught up. Ridiculous that the government and authorities are publicly doing nothing
The problem is it’s organized crime/bikies. If you speak out publicly against them you will learn the hard way. Look at friendlyjordies, I’m pretty sure he’ll be in hiding for a long time.
what I heard was (in NSW atleast) they made it illegal for bikies to own tattoo shops. Go back 10 years and tattoo shops were being firebombed regularly. Now they’re all in on tabaco and chicken shops. In western Syd a few years back there was a phase when chicken shops were being firebombed regularly.
The bikies still control the tattoo shops from a distance, I know of someone of who started a small custom shop and had to get permission from the local club and agree that it would be by appointment only (no walk ins) and I’m pretty sure they’d be paying them some money ongoing too. It’s a sick world that pretty much operates in plain sight but goes untalked about
i bet they don't have approval from the council for using up the public footpath
and i reckon they didn't dial before you dig and came close to fitting something down there.
Some people around the area are making it known that they're not happy when a tobacconist sets up shop around them too. A lot of new stores popping up in the inner west the last few months.
Who the fuck is leasing these properties to tabacco shops if the potential for your property burning down goes from 1% to like 80%?
And why aren't we hearing uproar from the neighbouring shops that become at risk when one sets up?
What happens with the cost of the insurance once they know its a new tabacco shop?
Its sad that people immigrate here and bring their shitty mentality and ways here to make society collectively worse for all of us. This is not Bruce from Broadmeadows fire bombing people's businesses.
It's not racist if it's widely known that these fire bombings are being perpetrated by middle eastern crime gangs. Calling a spade a spade isn't racist. And just FYI many of the Aussie bikies you refer to are actually of Lebanese descent.
You gotta stop watching so many mafia movies buddy, you're starting to believe the bullshit.
This has gotta be fake. No one can be as dumb as you're pretending to be. They wouldn't be able to remember to breathe.
Oh, so you're genuinely delusional. I didn't say there was zero crime, that would be dumb as fuck.
Apparently it's now a lefty position to not believe movies are real life.
that's seriously some rose tinted glasses history. It's like how no one can touch a "made man" except they all get murdered. There was never any magical "gentleman's code".
Just look at the literal history of crime. That was my point, it may be a stupid "rule" like not being allowed to touch a "made man" but they still all got touched. There's no honour in the mafia.
How do you deport someone who was born here to Australian parents?
My father wasn't born here, would you deport me to the Netherlands? You reckon the Netherlands (or whatever country these alleged gangs are from) would accept them?
>Upon citizenship ceremonies these gangster families pledge to our authorities that they will abide by the rules and be sensible Australians.
You said Australian born.
Australian citizens are ours. I wouldn't want the reverse to happen either.
This is some dumb shit I’m reading here. You clearly don’t understand that the job of the police is to investigate, arrest and prosecute, not sentence. It’s ultimately up to the bloody magistrate to decide what happens to the offender
So anybody who commits a serious can be deported? Where to? Where their parents were born? Grandparents? Other countries don’t want our trash, you can’t legally do it anyway.
As a community we do not tolerate this behaviour, the state government needs to remember they work for us, 20 minimum jail, innocent people are having their lives etc put at risk, personally I would rather summary execution for the scum that do this
Hahahaha to be fair its a smoke screen. The building actually isn't even real it's all an illusion. Like a Tupac hologram kinda dealy. If you buy cigarettes there they will disappear when the sun goes down.
What’s going on with vape tobacco shops? I’m out of the loop? Seen lots of arson attacks at them
Illegal tobacco and vapes being imported and sold by gangs resulting in infighting and competition gangs burning each other's stores down.
who could have possibly predicted that prohibition of addictive substances would lead to gang violence. this is unprecedented.
theres never been any examples of it in history before.... Banning stuff would never lead to enriching organised crime and violent behaviours.
how could Dan Andrews do this?
Dan Andrews is the one lightning them up!
maybe that's why he retired... from the chief of the state to chiefing the vapes, dan andrews lights up a ciggy faster than he locked down the state (good thing)
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I CAN NEVER GO OUT AGAIN
You do know vapes and tobacco are not illegal?
Um, the law changed Jan 1st. Vapes are illegal unless from a chemist.
Its that march 1st? Wasnt jan 1st banning disposable vapes? I cant for the life of me understand idiots manufactoring ewaste, so many wasted batteries.
They actually banned nicotine vapes in 2021..
Chop chop and illegally imported cigarettes are indeed illegal.
That is not prohibition, prohibition would be if you could not buy tobacco. This is just people suppourting violent gangs and slavery so they can get their fix cheaper.
It's the next thing. It's not banned but it might as well be
They are now.
TIL. I figured it might have been insurance jobs now that their primary income was being sunsetted.
wonder how many are just straight up insurance jobs
Why would they? They make a lot of money. This has been happening way before the upcoming vape restrictions.
These shops are generally profitable, unlike Burgertory.
Burgetory is good for washing money though if you’re the owner who also happens to own multiple illegal tobacco businesses…
Well, looks like Australian Lawmakers had a brain fart. In my case : Vapes are not allowed on sale to people under 18. "Puffs" Aka throwable single use vapes with 3.000 puffs are in talks to be definitely banned of sales from how careless shop owners are and sells them to underaged people, inciting people as young as 12 years old to start vaping. Tobacco not allowed to anyone under 18, heavily regulated, but some people sells them "Under the coat" and it's usually counterfeited cigarettes, but since smokers are willing to sacrifice their lives to save 5 bucks pers packs ( Current laws make it close of 13 € ). Again, just like alcohol, some are careless and sells to underaged people.
Before I gave up I was buying 50gr of tobacco in an olive pouch with big warnings, just like the brands from a supermarket, for $30 which was a saving of almost $100.
Saving $5 per pack? No…. What would be $55 at the supermarket can be purchased for $15 at the places selling illegal cigarettes.
The tax is a couple grand a week so sell the illegal cigs n vapes
The problem is that the firestarter is playing Where In the World is Khamel Abu Dhabi as he never had citizenship and got given the arse.
Twisted firestarter
Nice of them to warn the general public not to walk in front of that shop.
looks like they're going to have to use an IED on this joint instead of the usual firebomb which has to reach inside
Push in the aircon, molotov, GG EZPZ
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No kit, no clue, and the shopkeeper qq
The door was reinforced like that about 6 months ago after they got robbed by someone kicking in the old door. It wasn’t for Molotov protection, although I’m sure it helps.
This guy molotovs
I’ll turn any smoke shop into a smoked shop
Terrorists win https://youtu.be/teCmcx6tG40?si=7TwVkd0SJLNU8rri
I'm loving how arson attacks are becoming a weekly occurrence without the slightest hint of care or reaction from Government lol. It's like even pretending to care is too much effort for them now.
The police must know who is behind it, but until someone innocent gets burnt up they’ll let it go, just like the underworld war when they didn’t give a shit till they started shooting people at Auskick.
Cheaper and more efficient than going through the courts.
Tell that to the upstairs renter who is a potential firebomb victim.
If the rent is good I'll take the risk
Bijou apartment close to shops and intermittent central heating.
Rustic kitchen perfect for woodfired pizza
"Let them burn each others stores, that way civilians have to buy from supermarkets"
They did arrest 3 bike gang members on arson chargers about a month ago - so they are certainly chasing people.
Fair point but it doesn’t seem to have stopped the attacks yet.
I can't imagine the shop owners are eager to talk to the police
you seem to be the one sleeping since it has a police taskforce assigned to it?
Too busy busting Vapers
Or waiting for another autistic teenager to run experiments on
Let the scum sort themselves out.
Underbelly gonna be crazy next season
Underbelly: Fire and Smokes
Name will be changed to under Lebo bikie
Underbelly: Manchester 20’s
Do these places even make money? I never see people in them. Reminds of the ice cream shops in Williamstown that keep on getting firebombed.
They used to be visa mills. Come in on a business visas to get franchise. Employee yourself. Wait till you get whatever you need out of it. Sell it on to the next person coming in. Not sure if that's still the case.
"African Wigs"
>Do these places even make money? I never see people in them. yep kinda, I still go to 1 every few weeks and drop a couple of hundred to stock up on the vapes.
If you ever decide you want to quit, read Allen Carr’s book. I read it about 10 years ago and went from a pack of 50 every two days to zero over night.
I did the same. But you also do have to want to quit - if you don’t, the book or anything else won’t help.
I actually didn’t really care about quitting when I read the book. I was asked to read it by a family member.
Read it about 3 weeks ago to stop vaping, totally worked!
Woo hoo! I’m proud of you!
Is that why he's got an annoying voice or is that Alan Carr?
That’s Alan Carr. Allen Carr is(was?) a self-help dude. He was a chimney smoker who quit and wrote a book about it. Has helped heaps of people give up addictions.
Cheers, but as for another post where I stock drinks in mini fridge next my work bench for my team members. I also do the same with the vapes as I am close to one still selling for a reasonable price.
Allen Carr chatty man
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Ah ha but it's actually a booby trap. As soon as you remove it, you get boiling water and oil poured on you, medieval castle style
Suspended anvil above the door
I would have gone for a Grand Piano for the greater AOE. But an Anvil has more damage...
it has to be an ACME anvil otherwise the person won't have birds, stars, & dust flying around their head
Where's the money Lebowski??
You pissed on my rug, man
It's, it's down there somewhere. Let me take another look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP7e6aFJGGo
Surprised they didn't set up a system of sprinklers on the outside to produce a continuous stream of water down the side of the shop like a waterfall.
it was suggested, and they looked into how to do that, but then they got the advice of 'dont go chasing waterfalls'
I'm going to have that song stuck in my head all day now.
dont sing it under your breath out of tune in a higher pitched voice, youll sound like a scrub if you do. i dont want no scrubs.
Wish.com arts centre
Add some LEDs behind the waterfall. Like one of those bogan statues of the early 2000s.
Install bollards and fortify doors, but leave a window rattler aircon hanging in the front.
That's actually a booby-trap, if it detects liquid or heat it blasts a pulse of gas out like an exhaust, turning it into a flamethrower for a brief period. Owned by the McAllisters.
How is the general public ok with what’s going on. Will it take an innocent bystander or neighboring business/house to get caught up. Ridiculous that the government and authorities are publicly doing nothing
The problem is it’s organized crime/bikies. If you speak out publicly against them you will learn the hard way. Look at friendlyjordies, I’m pretty sure he’ll be in hiding for a long time. what I heard was (in NSW atleast) they made it illegal for bikies to own tattoo shops. Go back 10 years and tattoo shops were being firebombed regularly. Now they’re all in on tabaco and chicken shops. In western Syd a few years back there was a phase when chicken shops were being firebombed regularly. The bikies still control the tattoo shops from a distance, I know of someone of who started a small custom shop and had to get permission from the local club and agree that it would be by appointment only (no walk ins) and I’m pretty sure they’d be paying them some money ongoing too. It’s a sick world that pretty much operates in plain sight but goes untalked about
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He posted a video calling out John Barillaro's links to organised crime then his house was firebombed and he started recieving death threats.
We are not ok. Caulfield South had one go up the other day when there are apartments above and around it. It was right across from Bugertory btw.
I don’t see any outrage
Yeah which is weird esp for The Herald Sun
You know it's a legitimate business when...
Pretty easy. Pry bar that ac unit out or smash it through forwards. Fire in the hole Wait dont do that
is this the one on Anderson? I hadn't even noticed
i bet they don't have approval from the council for using up the public footpath and i reckon they didn't dial before you dig and came close to fitting something down there.
Probably paid off the council a few million in hush.
How are the bollards and reinforced door mean't to stop someone setting fire to the shop?
They usually drive a stolen car into the shop and then set it ablaze. Can’t do that if bollards are in the way.
Oh wow.. OK
Some people around the area are making it known that they're not happy when a tobacconist sets up shop around them too. A lot of new stores popping up in the inner west the last few months.
How the hell they get away with putting bollards on a public walk way? Unless that section of land is on the title...
Ahmed “and I took that personally”
The burger shop was a h8 crime
There is more than one way to skin a tobacco shop.
Who the fuck is leasing these properties to tabacco shops if the potential for your property burning down goes from 1% to like 80%? And why aren't we hearing uproar from the neighbouring shops that become at risk when one sets up? What happens with the cost of the insurance once they know its a new tabacco shop?
The governments ridiculous tax on tobacco has resulted in an underground black market for illegal tobacco so lucrative
Its sad that people immigrate here and bring their shitty mentality and ways here to make society collectively worse for all of us. This is not Bruce from Broadmeadows fire bombing people's businesses.
Lol, fuck off it isn't, plenty of 'aussie' bikies ya racist bloody drongo.
It's not racist if it's widely known that these fire bombings are being perpetrated by middle eastern crime gangs. Calling a spade a spade isn't racist. And just FYI many of the Aussie bikies you refer to are actually of Lebanese descent.
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You gotta stop watching so many mafia movies buddy, you're starting to believe the bullshit. This has gotta be fake. No one can be as dumb as you're pretending to be. They wouldn't be able to remember to breathe.
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Oh, so you're genuinely delusional. I didn't say there was zero crime, that would be dumb as fuck. Apparently it's now a lefty position to not believe movies are real life.
that's seriously some rose tinted glasses history. It's like how no one can touch a "made man" except they all get murdered. There was never any magical "gentleman's code".
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Just look at the literal history of crime. That was my point, it may be a stupid "rule" like not being allowed to touch a "made man" but they still all got touched. There's no honour in the mafia.
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they called themselves that.
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so your position is that pre 1970, the mafia never hurt any civilians as collateral damage?
Deport bor Australians? Yeah. No.
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How do you deport someone who was born here to Australian parents? My father wasn't born here, would you deport me to the Netherlands? You reckon the Netherlands (or whatever country these alleged gangs are from) would accept them?
>Upon citizenship ceremonies these gangster families pledge to our authorities that they will abide by the rules and be sensible Australians. You said Australian born. Australian citizens are ours. I wouldn't want the reverse to happen either.
This is some dumb shit I’m reading here. You clearly don’t understand that the job of the police is to investigate, arrest and prosecute, not sentence. It’s ultimately up to the bloody magistrate to decide what happens to the offender
How do you deport somebody who was born here?
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So anybody who commits a serious can be deported? Where to? Where their parents were born? Grandparents? Other countries don’t want our trash, you can’t legally do it anyway.
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Jeez.
Yet the one in Borrack square is a fairly relaxed affair. Maybe it's the regular late night activity around those shops that acts as a deterrent.
Nah, just push for the right people most likely
Protection monies or bollards? 🤔
I thought this was preparation for the Zombie Apocalypse
As a community we do not tolerate this behaviour, the state government needs to remember they work for us, 20 minimum jail, innocent people are having their lives etc put at risk, personally I would rather summary execution for the scum that do this
I live in Yarraville & I have no idea where this shop is
It's the main strip on Anderson Street
Is it? The newsagent? I never thought it was a smokes shop. Clearly I don’t look at the signage
Haha. Opposite end mate, across from IGA
Hahaha…shows how much I pay attention to smoke shops…never noticed it 😳🙄🤣🤣
Hahahaha to be fair its a smoke screen. The building actually isn't even real it's all an illusion. Like a Tupac hologram kinda dealy. If you buy cigarettes there they will disappear when the sun goes down.
Challenge accepted......just kidding
They forgot about the aircon, no fortifications on that bad boy, and Mohammed will just light her up cause they said he can’t.