Ingabe kusemthethweni ukubhema emotweni?
Kulo lonke elase-Australia, akukho emthethweni ukubhema uma unezingane emotweni, kodwa izinhlawulo eziqondile ziyahlukahluka ngokwezifunda.
Cha, ukushayela nokubhema akuvunyelwe, kodwa akuvunyelwe ukubhema emotweni phambi kwezingane.
Ukubhema sekuyinkinga enkulu yezempilo yomphakathi futhi nakuba kungekho emthethweni ukubhema ngenkathi ushayela imoto yangasese, ukubhema ezimotweni kuyalawulwa. Kulo lonke elase-Australia, akukho emthethweni ukubhema uma unezingane emotweni, kodwa izinhlawulo eziqondile (kanye nemikhawulo yobudala) ziyahlukahluka kuye kwesinye nesifunda.
I-website ye-New South Wales Health ikubeka kucace ukuthi ukubhema ugwayi noma ugwayi we-elekhthronikhi emotweni enezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwe-16 akukho emthethweni, umthetho ophoqelelwa yi-New South Wales Police Force.
Iziphathimandla zezempilo yomphakathi eNingizimu ne-Australia, i-SA Health, nazo zinekhasi elide lolwazi ngokubhema ezimotweni. Ukubhema emotweni enabagibeli abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 akuvumelekile, kanti iSA Health ikubeka ngokusobala ukuthi lo mthetho awusebenzi kubashayeli kuphela, kodwa nawo wonke umuntu osemotweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi imoto ihamba noma imile.
Ngaphansi komthetho ka-2011, akukho emthethweni futhi e-Australian Capital Territory ukubhema ugwayi noma ugwayi we-elekthronikhi emotweni enezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 ubudala. ENtshonalanga Australia, ngokwekhasi le-WA Health ezimotweni ezingabhemi, akukho emthethweni ukubhema emotweni uma unezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-17 emotweni nawe. Yenza lokhu noma kunjalo, futhi uzobhekana nenhlawulo engu-$200 noma inhlawulo efika ku-$1000 uma icala lakho liqulwa.
E-Northern Territory, ikhasi likahulumeni we-NT ngale ndaba liyaqinisekisa ukuthi njengoba ukubhema endlini kwandisa ukuchayeka entuthuni kagwayi, amaphoyisa angakhipha ithikithi noma inhlawulo ngaso leso sikhathi uma eqaphela ukuthi ubhema emotweni enezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwe-16. EVictoria, ngokusho kolwazi lwezempilo lukaHulumeni waseVictoria, imithetho iqinile kakhulu: izingane zichazwa njengalezo ezingaphansi kweminyaka eyi-18. Ungahlawuliswa imali engaphezu kuka-$500 uma ubhema emotweni kukhona umuntu ongaphansi kweminyaka engu-18. nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amafasitela avuliwe noma aphansi.
Ngokombiko weQueensland Health, akukho emthethweni ukubhema ezimotweni uma kukhona izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kuka-16, uma imoto okukhulunywa ngayo isetshenziselwa izinhloso ezisemthethweni futhi kukhona abantu abangaphezu koyedwa phakathi kwayo. Ngokufanayo, naseTasmania, ngokwesizindalwazi soMnyango Wezempilo Nezinkonzo Zabantu, akukho emthethweni ukubhema emotweni enezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kuka-18. Akuvumelekile nokubhema emotweni esebenzayo kukhona abanye abantu.
Inothi elisheshayo; lesi sihloko asihlosiwe njengeseluleko sezomthetho. Kufanele uthintane neziphathimandla zendawo yangakini ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi ulwazi olubhalwe lapha lufanele isimo sakho ngaphambi kokushayela ngale ndlela.
Uzizwa kanjani ngokubhema emotweni? Sazise ngakho emazwaneni.
