BALI BULLY

Bali's drug squad chief, Bambang Sugiarto, has had enough of naughty Australians:

Australian tourists have been warned that police in Bali are about to step up their campaign against illegal drug taking.

Partygoers on the holiday island will be subjected to random drug tests as part of a nationwide crackdown on gambling, drugs and prostitution.

With no gambling, drugs or prostitution that leaves cheap-arsed counterfeits as the only reason for the average Bali-bound tourist to visit. Hey, stay at home and illegally download what you want; if you're caught you'll probably only be fined. And, there's no chance of anybody planting stuff in your luggage.

If you do go to Bali, bear in mind this advice from Foreign Minister Downer:

"In the end whether you like their laws or whether you don't they are the laws of those countries.

"It is up to us when we visit those countries to adhere to the laws of those countries."

Better to adhere than to have a big cry about how you've been hard done by. Stupidity is no excuse.