# Same problems in Australia

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 8, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-problems-in-australia/678246 "2014-01-08T04:35:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-problems-in-australia/678246/131 "2014-01-14T09:16:09Z")

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> [@What's everyone reading -- again please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-everyone-reading-again-please/5602/13):
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> The real problem with the clause is that it is meaningless garbage. What does it mean that “every citizen shall have a right to own property?” The key questions in relation to property are: who gets to own the property, and what does ownership entail. The clause does nothing to resolve either question.

And the other pressing question; how is the “right” enforced or breached?

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