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Can fine discourage begging?
Aug 1 2009, View Point

Australia has decided to come hard on the begging. In order to do that, a town council in Australia’s Outback has proposed discouraging beggars by slapping them with a 130 Australian dollar. However, critics argued that such penalties could...

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