Its bloody ridiculous, they get off with enough as it is, now the crime rate is going to skyrocket.
SAD and so it is that its likely you get more of a punishment for parking 5 minutes over or in the worng place than kicking the **** out of someone or mugging someone - where you get, as mentioned a slap on the wrist - deoending of course on who you are, if you are a dole dosser thats the case, if you are better off (ie WORK for a living) then you will probably get fined, what a bunch of ****s we have running this country, if the punishments were harsher to start with, the deterrent would be there and therefore the crime rate less.