Here in Australia I *wish* ISPs had to provide 768kbps to call it broadband. 256kbps down/64kbps up is the common low-end broadband here. Utterly useless. Combined with download limits as low as 100MB on the cheaper plans and we're a communications backwater. Hit the limit, and you're shaped to 64/64. Ick. Plus it's expensive. I pay about $117 USD a month for approx. 6Mbps ADSL, 120GB per month download limit, which is split into 45GB peak, 75GB off-peak usage. And that's the highest residential plan from my ISP. And there aren't many around that can beat it.

Of course I read the second one. Especially the first part where it says it is NOT a defence.

American TV drivel is 'obstruction of justice'. Our equivalent is 'perverting the course of justice', however it is rarely used.

Also, at least where I am in WA, it's an offence not to give an officer your details when requested. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/cipa2002417/s16.html

And as I said, it is an offence not to obey an order from an officer. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/cia2006243/s153.html

No, you can be charged for failing to comply with police instructions, or even perverting the course of justice if they're in a bad mood. That's why you don't refuse to answer, you just fail to recall.

It's interesting that you should link to that video on Google Video's Australian site, where the advice given in the clip doesn't apply. Unfortunately, here in Oz you are required to answer all questions from the police, provide ID if requested, etc... So if you refuse to answer here, that WILL get you arrested.

Are you just making names up? I haven't heard of ANY of these people/places/objects/etc...

Not sure who this Peter Davidson fellow is, but he certainly wasn't ever the doctor. Peter DAVISON, on the other hand...

Whooosh!