Auspol November: G20 Beat Down Edition

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Those On My Left: Jun 25, 2010

Bifauxnen posted:

poo poo, those comments make we want to dox them and submit a hard copy to every woman who ever encounters them in real life.

It's so sad. This whole week has been pretty sad.

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PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

He was run out of the country and had his visa cancelled, that's about as life-affirming as auspol is ever gonna get.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 13:18

Birb Katter: Sep 18, 2010; BOATS STOPPED
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Bifauxnen posted:

poo poo, those comments make we want to dox them and submit a hard copy to every woman who ever encounters them in real life.

I've already accidentally doxxed one guy from a comment on something similar in another thread. It seemed so incomprehensible that someone could stay stuff this bad and post their name to it (was a Youtube comment for what it's worth). I'm still calling it an accidental doxx because they were stupidly easy to find. They either have an amazingly bland troll profile or they actually believe this.

As an extra fun game when reading comments on things like this see how many people have liked the comments.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 13:20

Cpt Soban: Jul 23, 2011

Mithranderp posted:

For the love of all that is holy, don't read the comments. Just don't.

"stfu you loving feminist Julien is a multi millionaire CEO leave him the gently caress alone"

What the loving gently caress... We need an IQ requirement to get access to the internet.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 13:40

Cheap Trick: Jan 4, 2007

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

He was run out of the country and had his visa cancelled, that's about as life-affirming as auspol is ever gonna get.

I thought this was pretty good too, didn't recall seeing this article being posted here.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/exgreens-mp-sylvia-hale-donates-500000-to-environmental-lawyers-20141106-11hg03.html

quote:

Ex-Greens MP Sylvia Hale donates $500,000 to environmental lawyers

Just before last Christmas, the Environmental Defender's Office NSW received unhappy tidings in the form of a federal government cut to almost all its aid.

By July, the public interest law group � along with EDOs in other states - had lost the rest of its roughly $400,000 in annual federal support, sending its lawyers scrambling for support.

In an unlikely source of funds, former state Greens MP Sylvia Hale, offered EDO NSW one of four donations of $500,000 the former MP was donating to groups close to her heart including public housing.
[...]

# ? Nov 7, 2014 14:13

Chicken Parmigiana: Sep 12, 2007

A new comic by David Blumenstein; this one's about Barry Spurr. If you share it, please use this link to his website:

http://nakedfella.com/blog/2014/11/barry-spurr/

# ? Nov 7, 2014 14:59

Avshalom: Feb 14, 2012; by Lowtax

I love Israel.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 16:09

Murodese: Mar 6, 2007; Think you've got what it takes?
We're looking for fine Men & Women to help Protect the Australian Way of Life.

Become part of the Legend. Defence Jobs.

The last Roast is pretty great.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 17:20

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-midterm-results-result-reveal-dark-arts-of-voter-manipulation-20141107-11ig1i.html

I imagine Tones reading this and nodding thoughtfully to himself.

# ? Nov 7, 2014 23:54

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

It's weird that they hold their elections on a week day with no public holiday.

It's almost as if they don't want the working poor to vote.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 00:13

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Those On My Left posted:

It's so sad. This whole week has been pretty sad.

Lucky those scamps in Queensland are around to cheer us all up!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-07/warnings-over-barrett-centre-closure/5876072

quote:

Teens died despite warnings to Queensland Government over closure of Barrett Adolescent Psychiatric Centre

7.30 By Kathy McLeish and Michael McKinnon Updated yesterday at 9:33pm Fri 7 Nov 2014, 9:33pm

Three seriously ill teenagers died despite the Queensland Government receiving repeated warnings about the dangers of closing a specialised mental health facility for young people in Brisbane, government documents reveal. The Barrett Adolescent Psychiatric Centre at Wacol provided 24/7 care for teenagers at serious risk of suicide, but it was closed down by the State Government in January, with families of patients told equivalent community mental health services would be provided closer to the patients' homes. Three former patients - Will Fowell, Caitlin Wilkinson and Talieha Nebauer - died since its closure in January, with the coroner investigating.

As health department, West Moreton Hospital and Health Service documents obtained by the ABC under Right to Information laws show, experts warned the Government that a tier-3 care facility like the Barrett centre was essential. There is a small group of young people whose needs cannot be safely and effectively met through alternate service types. Health department and West Moreton Hospital and Health Service documents "Tier 3 is an essential component... there is a small group of young people whose needs cannot be safely and effectively met through alternate service types," the Queensland Government documents reveal.

The documents also show that health practitioners wrote to the Health Minister urging him to keep the centre open with one staff member warning of "the risk of death or severe injury to the adolescents by their own hand if they are not cared for in a unit like Barrett". The Government was also told that managing the troubled teenagers in the community was "associated with complexities of risk to self and others". A report commissioned by Queensland Health stated bluntly that: "Interim service provision if BAC closes and Tier 3 is not available is associated with risk."

The ABC spoke to the parents of the three teenagers and they were united in their criticism over the closure of the Barrett Centre and the transitional arrangements for their children. Justine Wilkinson said the children went to the Barrett centre when they were a suicide threat where they were monitored 24 hours a day and always in contact with one dedicated staff member. Jo Olliver said her child had gone "from his lovely support at the Barrett with his teachers, the counsellors, the psychiatrist, the nursing staff, all the other kids, a whole lot of activities to being with strangers in a unit".

Queensland Health Department spokesman Dr William Kingswell yesterday told the ABC that the agency "tried to get better care in place closer to people�s homes. Those three children we failed. The coroner will tell us in what ways we failed," he said. Those three children we failed. The coroner will tell us in what ways we failed. Queensland Health Department spokesman Dr William Kingswell. While the documents obtained by the ABC show that a government-appointed expert panel considered a tier-3 facility like the Barrett Centre essential to ensure the safety of a small group of young people, Queensland Health says appropriate tier-3 care was available, including two beds at the Mater Hospital.

A report, commissioned by Queensland Health, into how the transition was handled was released this week and found staff at the centre led an exhaustive and meticulous process and went the extra mile to ensure appropriate plans were put in place. However, the transition occurred in an atmosphere of crisis as the January deadline loomed. The report's co-author, associate professor Beth Kotze, said there was an escalation of distress among patients. "There appears to have been a contagion effect of distress and anxiety amongst the adolescents," she said.

The Queensland Coroner is now investigating the deaths of Will Fowell, Caitlin Wilkinson and another former patient, 18-year-old Talieha Nebauer.

Such a shame that the leaders of the G20 won't be in Queensland long enough to suffer for being mentally unstable children.

Want your kids to die? Can Do Newman is on the job!

# ? Nov 8, 2014 00:29

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

Ethel Chop claims its not her, but I don't believe it. The timing's too good, the voice is dead on. If it's not her, it's a comedian desperately wishing they were her.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 00:52

Drugs: Jul 16, 2010; I don't like people who take drugs. Customs agents, for example - Albert Einstein

ewe2 posted:

Ethel Chop claims its not her, but I don't believe it. The timing's too good, the voice is dead on. If it's not her, it's a comedian desperately wishing they were her.

It sounds like she's claiming it's not her in a very "wink wink nudge nudge" kind of way

# ? Nov 8, 2014 01:17

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

Cartoon posted:

["]Those three children we failed. The coroner will tell us in what ways we failed"

Spoilers: it's by closing mental health facilities.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 01:59

Cpt Soban: Jul 23, 2011

Gough Suppressant posted:

It's weird that they hold their elections on a week day with no public holiday.

It's almost as if they don't want the working poor to vote.

It's like they cram lovely tv to distract people from the things really affecting them- - - HEY BIG BROTHER IS ON!

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:03

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

The US election is on Tuesday because of religious farmers not wanting to travel on a Sunday.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:11

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

Doctor Spaceman posted:

The US election is on Tuesday because of religious farmers not wanting to travel on a Sunday.

That sure explains why they're held on a tuesday now.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:18

Quasimango: Mar 10, 2011; God damn you.

Gough Suppressant posted:

It's weird that they hold their elections on a week day with no public holiday.

It's almost as if they don't want the working poor to vote.

Also, employers in the US are not required to give any annual leave.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:22

Mad Katter: Aug 23, 2010; STOP THE BATS

Cartoon posted:

Lucky those scamps in Queensland are around to cheer us all up!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-07/warnings-over-barrett-centre-closure/5876072

Such a shame that the leaders of the G20 won't be in Queensland long enough to suffer for being mentally unstable children.

Want your kids to die? Can Do Newman is on the job!

Royal Commission?

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:23

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

katlington posted:

That sure explains why they're held on a tuesday now.

Institutional inertia. There are lots of ways to make it easier to vote but putting election day on a weekend / public holiday, while a good start, is neither necessary nor sufficient.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:25

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

The American voting system is great, you're always finding new ways in which it's hosed up and awful.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:45

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Institutional inertia. There are lots of ways to make it easier to vote but putting election day on a weekend / public holiday, while a good start, is neither necessary nor sufficient.

I'm not claiming that holding elections on Saturday is a panacea for the US electoral system but not doings so is pretty emblematic of the attitudes present regarding the enfranchisement of poor people.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 02:45

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Gough Suppressant posted:

I'm not claiming that holding elections on Saturday is a panacea for the US electoral system but not doings so is pretty emblematic of the attitudes present regarding the enfranchisement of poor people.

The recent improvements have revolved around increasing pre-polling (since almost a third of people vote that way now), and shifting the election date to a Saturday or public holiday becomes increasingly irrelevant under that scenario. The fight has moved on.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 03:04

CROWS EVERYWHERE: Dec 17, 2012; CAW CAW CAW; Dinosaur Gum

NTATA on slave labour posted:

Well, for the foreseeable future, slavery is the foundation of our prosperity. Slavery is the foundation of the way we live because you can't have a modern lifestyle without labour. You can't have a modern economy without labour and for now and for the foreseeable future, the foundation of Australia's labour needs will be slavery.

sauce: http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-11-04/joint-press-conference-sydney

# ? Nov 8, 2014 06:01

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

I have visions of G20 nations sidling up to Tony next week and making coal jokes "hehehe hows the coal today Tony bwahaha, no we don't want any"

# ? Nov 8, 2014 06:58

Quantum Mechanic: Apr 25, 2010; Just another fuckwit who thrives on fake moral outrage.
Waaaah the Christians are out to get me

lol abbottsgonnawin

Cheap Trick posted:

I thought this was pretty good too, didn't recall seeing this article being posted here.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/exgreens-mp-sylvia-hale-donates-500000-to-environmental-lawyers-20141106-11hg03.html

Sylvia Hale is literally the best person you could ever hope to meet, just FYI

# ? Nov 8, 2014 07:37

Quantum Mechanic: Apr 25, 2010; Just another fuckwit who thrives on fake moral outrage.
Waaaah the Christians are out to get me

lol abbottsgonnawin

It's well-known that the Greens have Four Pillars. It's less well-known that the Greens NSW have five, and the fifth is Sylvia

# ? Nov 8, 2014 07:38

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Soy lattes, lentil burgers, stupid glasses and...?

# ? Nov 8, 2014 08:18

Pidgin Englishman: Apr 30, 2007; If you shoot
you better hit your mark

Hatred of Western Freedoms, duh.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 08:26

Sisgmund: Jan 31, 2006

Gough Suppressant posted:

Soy lattes, lentil burgers, stupid glasses and...?

Splits.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 08:42

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Is there any information anywhere on how much Operation White Australia Policy is costing? I've had a look and haven't been able to find anything apart form the cost of the orange boats.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 09:31

Vladimir Poutine: Aug 13, 2012

Sorry Adelaide goons, Stephen Yarwood just lost by 42 votes to some tory who wants to turn your city into a carpark.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 09:37

Blightie: Dec 27, 2004

Zenithe posted:

Is there any information anywhere on how much Operation White Australia Policy is costing? I've had a look and haven't been able to find anything apart form the cost of the orange boats.

Phone posting, but have a look here.

It's from an activist web site, so take it how you will.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 09:42

Murodese: Mar 6, 2007; Think you've got what it takes?
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Become part of the Legend. Defence Jobs.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-08/woman-injured-man-shot-dead-in-police-siege-in-perth/5876860

Drove past this earlier today and my friend was like "wow, I wonder why there are so many cops around?", to whit I replied "dunno, probably shooting some innocents".

Turns out that's exactly what they were doing :kiddo:

quote:

Woman seriously injured, man shot dead in police siege in Perth

A knife-wielding man has been shot dead and a woman is critically injured after a police siege in the Perth suburb of Carlisle this morning.

An eyewitness told the ABC a man entered The Lunch Club delicatessen on the corner of Oats and Harris streets this morning, grabbed a knife from behind the counter and took the manager hostage.

"While I was in there this chap came from the front, bolted into the shop, grabbed knives then grabbed the boss and took her outside ... and threatened her," witness Donald McCaw said.

"Then he took her outside and they were trying to quieten him down, trying to stop him doing anything, any harm."

Mr McCaw said the man threatened to cut his own throat before then "starting on" the woman.

"He said 'I'll cut her throat', and everyone was around and they tried to talk him out of it, but he wouldn't," he said.

Mr McCaw said police then "virtually had to shoot him", firing six to eight shots.

"They were lucky to get shots in I think," he said.

He said he believed the man died at the scene.

Connor Bennett also witnessed the drama unfold.

"The guy was trying to... trying to stab the girl," he said.

"Tried to stab her once, and tried to stab her twice, and the police fired shots.

"She fell on the ground, because she got shot as well. She was moving, she was screaming in pain."

He said police initially fired three shots, then another four.

A woman has been rushed to Royal Perth Hospital by ambulance with life-threatening injuries, a St John Ambulance spokesman confirmed.

A hospital spokeswoman said she was in a "serious but stable" condition this morning.

Police and forensic officers have cordoned off a street as they investigate near The Lunch Club delicatessen.

Friends and family were at the scene, visibly distressed.

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan confirmed it would be alleged the man was holding the woman at knifepoint with the weapon at her throat when a police officer arrived at the scene this morning.

The officer called for urgent back-up and several vehicles responded.

"Attempts to negotiate with the 38-year-old man failed and it will be alleged a number of officers fired their weapons," Commissioner O'Callaghan said.

"The man received a number of gunshot wounds and was declared deceased at the scene."

Commissioner O'Callaghan could not say how many times the man was shot but he did confirm the 37-year-old woman was also shot and was being treated in hospital.

He said the woman was working in a nearby delicatessen when the man came in and threatened her with a knife and she did not know the man.

The Commissioner said officers who were involved in the shooting administered first aid to both victims.

"The officers there were under a lot of pressure, obviously it's a complex situation, they have to make a decision in rapid circumstance and it seems they were certainly concerned about the welfare and the life of the woman concerned, and so they responded as they've been trained to do," he said.

"But we have to remember also the victim who was being held at knifepoint and her family, and also the person who is now dead and his particular family."

Commissioner O'Callaghan said police had to make a "very difficult decision".

He also called on any witnesses to come forward.

Guessing the first three hit her and the other 4 were for him. Pretty nice Russian-style hostage extraction there, WAPOL.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 09:43

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Murodese posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-08/woman-injured-man-shot-dead-in-police-siege-in-perth/5876860

Drove past this earlier today and my friend was like "wow, I wonder why there are so many cops around?", to whit I replied "dunno, probably shooting some innocents".

Turns out that's exactly what they were doing

Guessing the first three hit her and the other 4 were for him. Pretty nice Russian-style hostage extraction there, WAPOL.

Come on Australia, you can be USA jr. if you just try hard enough! Next time shoot the hostage ten times and kill them.

:smithicide:

# ? Nov 8, 2014 10:01

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Blightie posted:

Phone posting, but have a look here.

It's from an activist web site, so take it how you will.

Yeah I've seen this before. Was more after the cost of the military action, as I can't imagine that stuff is cheap.

Thanks though!

# ? Nov 8, 2014 10:25

Senor Tron: May 26, 2006

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Sorry Adelaide goons, Stephen Yarwood just lost by 42 votes to some tory who wants to turn your city into a carpark.

Dammit, gently caress.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 10:58

Those On My Left: Jun 25, 2010

Chicken Parmigiana posted:

A new comic by David Blumenstein; this one's about Barry Spurr. If you share it, please use this link to his website:

http://nakedfella.com/blog/2014/11/barry-spurr/

Chicken Parma, thanks for posting this, I really enjoyed it. It is brilliant.

Hope you are well mate

# ? Nov 8, 2014 10:59

Foreman Domai: Apr 2, 2010; "In one dimension I find existence, in two I find life, but in three, I find freedom."

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Sorry Adelaide goons, Stephen Yarwood just lost by 42 votes to some tory who wants to turn your city into a carpark.

drat.

Yarwood happened to be at the pub a bunch of us Greens were having our meeting at last week and he came up and said hello. Seems like a good guy and I haven't heard a bad word about him. It's a shame to see him go.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 11:01

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Mad Katter: Aug 23, 2010; STOP THE BATS

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Sorry Adelaide goons, Stephen Yarwood just lost by 42 votes to some tory who wants to turn your city into a carpark.

# ? Nov 8, 2014 11:44

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