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Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
Congratulations. You took his complete non-sequitur distraction about Charlie Hebdo and got into a tail chasing argument over it.

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Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop
It was, unfortunately, only a matter of time.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/world-vision-boss-gaza-accused-by-israel-diverting-money-hamas/7692594

quote:

World Vision 'shocked' by Israel allegations Gaza manager diverted charity money to military group Hamas By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill Updated 38 minutes ago

Israel has charged a manager of World Vision's Gaza office with passing millions of dollars to the Palestinian hardline militant group Hamas. World Vision official Mohammed El Halabi appeared before a court today, facing charges of using millions of charity funds to pay Hamas fighters and buy weapons. The ABC understands the Australian Government has given the charity over $5 million in the past three years for projects in the Gaza Strip. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was suspending the provision of funding to World Vision in the Palestinian Territories until an investigation is complete. The Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet claimed Hamas recruited Mr Halabi more than a decade ago. The agency said since Mr Halabi took over World Vision operations in Gaza in 2010, roughly 60 per cent of World Vision's annual budget in the territory — $US7 million a year — was diverted to Hamas, including its military wing the al-Qassam brigades.

World Vision 'profoundly shocked' at allegations

In March this year, Mr Halabi took the Australian Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, on a tour of Australian funded aid projects in the Gaza Strip. They visited an agricultural scheme and a strawberry farm, all part of World Vision aid work in Gaza that the Australian Government has given over $5 million to over the past three years. But today Mr Halabi appeared in a courtroom in the Israeli town of Beersheba, wearing a prison uniform, flanked by two armed Israeli guards. He has been charged with using millions of World Vision funds to pay Hamas fighters, buy arms, pay for Hamas activities and build fortifications. World Vision Australia chief executive officer Tim Costello said Mr Halabi has worked with World Vision for 10 years, and that they have "no reason to believe" the allegations against their employee are true. "I'm profoundly shocked. And they are very explosive allegations," Mr Costello said.

"We have PricewaterhouseCoopers that audit us each year. We've got the 2014 audits, the 2015 audits that just came in a few weeks ago.

"We have not just our own internal processes to check about connections to terror or terrorists — we have an independent body outside World Vision that interviews and does security checks." Israeli authorities accuse Mr Halabi of initiating a greenhouse project in order to use the greenhouses to hide the sites where terror tunnels were being dug. 'We have only heard one side' World Vision said it still has not been briefed on the charges and has seen no evidence. 'Hamas are not extremists' When Islamic State fighters moved towards Gaza territory, Hamas attempted to distance itself by marketing itself as a moderate alternative. "This is what is really worrying us," Mr Costello said. "I was a lawyer for 15 years and I can tell you there are always two sides, and we have only heard one side. "So I'm really wanting a fair process, and the other side, which is Mohamed's side to actually be head before judgment is made." Mr Costello said he is concerned over the conditions of Mr Halabi's detention and alleged confession. "It certainly concerns me that a person can be in detention for 25 days without seeing a lawyer," he said. "Over 50 days without seeing family members and even World Vision staff. That certainly does concern me."

DFAT investigating with highest priority

The Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet said there is no evidence World Vision's main office was aware of Mr Halabi's alleged actions. Statement from DFAT The allegations that a locally employed World Vision employee in the Gaza Strip has diverted aid funds from a range of international donors and provided support to Hamas are deeply troubling. World Vision has received Australian funds for programs in the Palestinian Territories. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is investigating this as a matter of the highest priority. Officials are urgently seeking more information from World Vision and the Israeli authorities. We are suspending the provision of further funding to World Vision for programs in the Palestinian Territories until the investigation is complete. DFAT has in place rigorous processes to investigate any report that aid funding has been misappropriated, consistent with DFAT's Fraud Control and Anti-Corruption Plan.

Australia's aid to the Palestinian Territories is intended for vital humanitarian and development assistance to the Palestinian community. Any diversion of the generous support of the Australian and international community for military or terrorist purposes by Hamas is to be deplored and can only harm the Palestinian people. But an Israeli spokesperson told the ABC that the charity is going to have to answer some tough questions, saying it was "astounding" that millions could allegedly be siphoned off without oversight. "We do not absolutely do not support Hamas or have anything to do with terror which is why these allegations — particularly because we have seen no evidence — have really profoundly shocked us," Mr Costello said. A Hamas spokesman in Gaza claimed the group had "no connection to Mr Halabi and therefore all Israeli accusations are void".

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was not available for comment.

But in a statement, a spokesperson for the department told the ABC it is investigating the incident as a matter of the highest priority, with officials urgently seeking more information from World Vision and Israeli authorities.

I sure hope they aren't a terrorist or that they don't end up in a place like Stryla because:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/brandis-expects-attorneys-general-to-keep-terrorists-in-jail/7692038

quote:

George Brandis says proposal to keep convicted terrorists behind bars will get state, territory support By political reporter Matthew Doran Posted about 5 hours ago

RELATED STORY: 'Clear and present danger': Indefinite detention a response to growing terror threat, Turnbull says
RELATED STORY: 'Threat to community': Brother of IS jihadist released on parole
RELATED STORY: Push for new laws to detain 'serious risk' terrorists indefinitely
RELATED STORY: Parliamentary committee backs plans for tough anti-terror laws

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis expects his state and territory counterparts to back the Commonwealth's proposal for convicted terrorists to be kept in jail once their sentences have finished, if they are deemed to still pose a threat to the community. The plan, announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Senator Brandis last week, would involve periodic reviews of the threat posed by a convicted terrorist, with judges given the discretion to keep them behind bars. The Attorney-General said he expected support for the policy, which was similar to laws keeping sex offenders off the streets. "It is, as I say, modelled on existing — or some existing state legislation — in relation to other categories of serious crime," Senator Brandis said. "I am expecting that all of my colleagues, all of my counterpart attorneys-general will agree to this because it's a very important measure from the point of view of community safety."

Civil libertarians have raised concerns with the proposal, arguing it avoided dealing with the real issues in combating terrorism.

Senator Brandis disagreed, and said it was indicative of the Government putting in place measures to stay ahead of the threat. He would not comment if such a proposal would have kept prisoners such as Ahmed Elomar, the brother Islamic State terrorist Mohammad Elomar, behind bars. The Attorney-General said he would not comment on specific prisoners, or on Ahmed Elomar's case. "This legislation will only apply to serious terrorists coming to the end of a sentence of imprisonment, who continue to pose in the eyes of a judge on the basis of admissible evidence including psychological assessments and so forth, an unacceptably high risk to community safety," Senator Brandis said.
Rule of Law? Pfft stop living in the past. Transparent process? Listen sunshine now you have to get in the van.

Julie Bishop in a job creation proposal - Jobs and mesothelioma growth!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-04/asbestos-scare-testing-underway-at-68-buildings-across-australia/7691534?WT.ac=localnews_sydney

quote:

Asbestos testing underway in 68 buildings including Sydney's The Star, Chris O'Brien's Lifehouse By Jayne Margetts Updated yesterday at 7:06pm

Testing for asbestos is underway in 68 buildings across Australia including Sydney's Chris O'Brien Lifehouse after the deadly substance was found at Perth Children's Hospital and a Brisbane office tower.

Key points:

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Westfield Sydney, The Star to be tested for asbestos
68 buildings nationwide may be impacted
Chinese firm Yuanda supplied all with products
All of the buildings had been supplied with products from Yuanda - a manufacturer in China - where asbestos is legal.

Brad Parker, the national assistant secretary of the Construction Forestry, Mining and Energy sector Union (CFMEU) construction division said he is concerned for his members. "It's building workers in this country who are exposed or potentially exposed to this deadly product and the end result of that of course is this deadly disease, asbestosis and mesothelioma and it's a terrible long, suffering death and it's just horrendous," Mr Parker said. Other buildings under scrutiny include the Westfield shopping centre in Sydney's CBD, and the Star Casino at Pyrmont.

Tests on three sites at Barangaroo have returned negative results.

CEO of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Peter Tighe said workers would assume buildings constructed since an asbestos ban was imposed in 2003 were free of the substance. "The problem is someone comes in to do refurbishment work or to make some adjustment because there's a change in the facade or in the ceiling tiles, they don't know they're working with an asbestos containing material," he said. A spokesman for Yuanda said it has now appointed an independent consultant to test all of the buildings it supplied products to. "We have appointed independent consultants... to test every single one of the 68 locations nationally where our products have been used," the spokesman said.
"We encourage building owners or managers to take advantage of this free service, to ensure peace of mind for owners, managers, tenants and residents."

Putting Yuanda in charge bad move: union

Mr Parker said putting Yuanda in charge of testing was a bad move. "That's like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse, that's not a good result," he said. He said independent testing should be carried out by the regulator SafeWork NSW. But Peter Dunphy, executive director of SafeWork NSW said he will be keeping a close eye on Yuanda. "We get the full results, we will follow up and we will actually be doing site visits to confirm and to verify and doing our own assessment and testing if necessary," Mr Dunphy said. Mr Parker said it was "disgraceful" that so many buildings in Sydney may be affected. "You've got the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, which was a purpose-built building for cancer patients that could contain asbestos, cancer causing product. This needs to be looked at."

Senator calls for tighter border controls

A spokesman for Lifehouse told the ABC Yuanda supplied some of its external aluminium cladding and insulation. But he said the material used here was not the same as that used in buildings in Brisbane and Perth where asbestos was found.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is now calling for the mandatory testing of all building products from China and other countries where asbestos is legal. "My concern is that Border Force has not given this the priority it deserves, given that asbestos exposure can and does kill right now 700 Australian each year." Mr Tighe has backed the call for tougher border controls. "While you've got a ban in place if you don't keep due diligence in place in relation to imports the ban can mean nothing, we're trying to remove asbestos, we don't want more coming in."
So what would Border Farce potato Dutton say? I'm very glad you asked.

Are you a muppet? If Y then click link

quote:

Dutton blames CFMEU for companies importing asbestos products

‘There are a number of reasons that they’re cutting corners — one is that they are being driven into the ground by the CFMEU and these other thugs,’ says Peter Dutton. Picture: Chris Higgins The Arsetralian12:00AM August 5, 2016 ANDREW BURRELL WA Chief Reporter Perth REBECCA PUDDY Reporter Adelaide

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has attacked the construction union for forcing up building costs and driving Australian companies to “cut corners” by importing cheap Chinese materials that may contain deadly asbestos. As he defended the government against claims it was failing to stop the growing number of companies importing asbestos-laced products, Mr Dutton blamed the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union for fuelling difficult conditions in the building Industry. “They talk about a 40 per cent additional cost in building a block of units because of CFMEU ­involvement, and obviously that has some behaviours, including driving builders to use this product, which is completely unacceptable,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB. “There are a number of reasons that they’re cutting corners — one is that they are being ­driven into the ground by the CFMEU and these other thugs … walking around on building sites, including bikies employed by the CFMEU.’’ His comments follow The Australian’s report yesterday revealing that an independent review of Australia’s asbestos border controls had found a need for better investigations and prosecutions. Mr Dutton said it was “ridiculous” to suggest his department’s enforcement arm, the Australian Border Force, could inspect all 2.4 million containers coming across the border.

The head of the CFMEU’s construction division, Dave Noon­an, said Mr Dutton’s ­attempt to blame the union showed he was trying to “cover up his embarrassment” over the Border Force’s failure to do its job. He said the union had been ­uncovering asbestos in materials used on building sites, including last month at the $1.2 billion Perth Children’s Hospital and the 1 William St office tower in Brisbane. It was deeply concerned workers were being ­exposed to contamination from the lethal material. “This foolish comment from the minister demonstrates his incompetence,’’ he said. The union’s national secretary, Michael O’Connor, this week wrote to Trade Minister Steve Ciobo calling for the suspension of free-trade agreement talks with India — the world’s second biggest manufacturer of products with ­asbestos — until there were better ­systems to stop imports. “(India) uses asbestos in the manufacture of products including building materials like cement roofing sheets, wall panels and pipes, and auto components like brakes … and brake linings,’’ he wrote.

The head of the federal government’s Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, Peter Tighe, told the ABC yesterday that Customs inspected only a small amount of all material coming into Australia. “When you’re looking at less than 10 per cent of materials coming into Australia being inspected, you’re not going to pick up a lot of the breaches,” he said. South Australian senator Nick Xenophon said he would introduce legislation to mandate testing for products imported from overseas companies that had come to the attention of the Border Force. The private member’s bill would increase testing of suspect items coming into Australia, and increase the fines for those who breached the law, he said. “There’s been a ban for a number of years but the ban has not been effective and I have not been confident with the way the Border Force has dealt with these issues,” Senator Xenophon said. “Anyone who knowingly brings in asbestos items should also face a jail term.” A higher level of scrutiny would be applied to imports from countries and companies that had lied, forged documents or had insufficient regulatory control, he said.

Asbestos Victims Association South Australia president Terry Miller said his group had been warning about ­imports coming from China in particular. Death from asbestos-related disease was extremely painful and degrading, he said, and “once a company is identified, we should put a ban on that company and any subsidiary company for a minimum of five years”.
:allears:

G-Spot Run
Jun 28, 2005

Amethyst posted:

Congratulations. You took his complete non-sequitur distraction about Charlie Hebdo and got into a tail chasing argument over it.

Oh God, I agree with open24hours and amethyst on the same day, what is happening help *spirals down drain*

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Amethyst posted:

Congratulations. You took his complete non-sequitur distraction about Charlie Hebdo and got into a tail chasing argument over it.

if only we had stayed on target with our criticism of bill leak being a racist the australian may have -

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Peter Dutton is the dumbest root vegetable in history

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.
I blame the unions, communists, and jews for everything bad in Australia right now unironically

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.
also gay people hahaha how did I forget them

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
Shut the gently caress up, Recoome.

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.
http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/we-asked-some-artists-to-respond-to-bill-leaks-racist-cartoon

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!


77 primary votes

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005


Wow, a lot of Australian comic artists are crap

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Wow, a lot of Australian comic artists are crap

i feel like it's reflective of Australia tbh

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Recoome posted:

i feel like it's reflective of Australia tbh

They could've, y'know, asked Pope.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

loving hell. Leak and the Australian are defending his cartoon as some sort of root cause for CHILDREN BEING ABUSED IN JAILS.

Like somehow having a deadbeat Dad means you deserve to be a CHILD ABUSED IN JAIL.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

thatbastardken posted:



77 primary votes

Yeah, nah. Down ticket candidates get low primary counts, deal with it.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

loving hell. Leak and the Australian are defending his cartoon as some sort of root cause for CHILDREN BEING ABUSED IN JAILS.

Like somehow having a deadbeat Dad means you deserve to be a CHILD ABUSED IN JAIL.

I'm guessing their argument is closer to if they didn't have a deadbeat dad they wouldn't have been in jail in the first place.

G-Spot Run
Jun 28, 2005
I thought their argument was all aboriginals are deadbeat parents, but I guess that's only an inferred meaning until 18C can be repealed.

edit: hrm, now I'm stuck. Should I refer to dog whistling as implied or inferred? It's obviously implied, but officially would have be inferred.

G-Spot Run fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Aug 5, 2016

thatbastardken
Apr 23, 2010

A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Solemn Sloth posted:

Yeah, nah. Down ticket candidates get low primary counts, deal with it.

i am dealing with it, by being very sad and angry

Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop
Request title change to The Greens' Gas Chamber TIA.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Kat Delacour posted:

I thought their argument was all aboriginals are deadbeat parents, but I guess that's only an inferred meaning until 18C can be repealed.

edit: hrm, now I'm stuck. Should I refer to dog whistling as implied or inferred? It's obviously implied, but officially would have be inferred.

Bill Leak and the Australian's argument is "All aboriginals are drunken deadbeat parents so their children deserve to get tear gassed in adult prisons".

It's not a dog whistle it's a foghorn saying "darkies deserved it".

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

Cartoon posted:

Request title change to The Greens' Gas Chamber TIA.

Greens Low Emission BioGas Chamber.

Lizard Combatant
Sep 29, 2010

I have some notes.

Cartoon posted:

Request title change to The Greens' Gas Chamber TIA.

Clean Gas shill spotted. Still injecting high pressure liquid into those boreholes of yours, eh? Contaminating the ground water with nasty deposits.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

So when is Leak doing the white trash version, or would that upset West Sydney voters? Definitely not racist.

Freudian Slip
Mar 10, 2007

"I'm an archivist. I'm archiving."
On the whole asbestos saga. A friend of mine had up until recently been working for BORDER FORCE as a contractor. Him and 800 others were let go last week.

The people being let go are the ones that check goods coming into the country. His job was to acquire the specific equipment required for testing goods. They are literally gutting the departments that make sure the poo poo we import is safe - during a scandal on how asbestos got. Really looking forward to more people getting poisoned by dodgey food etc.

All the funds are being directed to stopping boat people :(

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
But we got rid of the pull factors. There are no boats. We stopped the boats. :confused:

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

I was trying to see where the gently caress Leak even lived when I looked at his wiki entry.

Bill Leak (born Desmond Robert Leak, 1956) is a cartoonist for the Australian.
Leak has entered the Archibald Prize at least 13 times, and was hung 11 times.

Obviously didnt stick.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Shouldn't he be Bob Leak? Or Des Leak? Where does the Bill come from?

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.
lmao Desmond

His name should be Richard cause then it'd be Dick Leak

Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop

Lizard Combatant posted:

Clean Gas shill spotted. Still injecting high pressure liquid into those boreholes of yours, eh? Contaminating the ground water with nasty deposits.
If you mean conserving valuable phosphates within a fragile rain forest ecosystem and daily making the planet a better place then why yes! Yes I am! Also this gas ain't 'clean'

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Freudian Slip posted:

On the whole asbestos saga. A friend of mine had up until recently been working for BORDER FORCE as a contractor. Him and 800 others were let go last week.

The people being let go are the ones that check goods coming into the country. His job was to acquire the specific equipment required for testing goods. They are literally gutting the departments that make sure the poo poo we import is safe - during a scandal on how asbestos got. Really looking forward to more people getting poisoned by dodgey food etc.

All the funds are being directed to stopping boat people :(

Ah. I was wondering how we paid for that.

Good to know we're protecting our borders by not actually protecting our borders at all.

A decision so utterly retarded only Dutton could make it.

CATTASTIC
Mar 31, 2010

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cartoon posted:

If you mean conserving valuable phosphates within a fragile rain forest ecosystem and daily making the planet a better place then why yes! Yes I am! Also this gas ain't 'clean'



Thanks http://www.frackfeed.com !

Lizard Combatant
Sep 29, 2010

I have some notes.

Cartoon posted:

If you mean conserving valuable phosphates within a fragile rain forest ecosystem and daily making the planet a better place then why yes! Yes I am! Also this gas ain't 'clean'

Truly a man who knows his rear end from a hole in the ground.

Frogfingers
Oct 10, 2012

SynthOrange posted:

I was trying to see where the gently caress Leak even lived when I looked at his wiki entry.

Bill Leak (born Desmond Robert Leak, 1956)

Is... is he The Australian's very own Gerry from Parks and Rec? Just an eternal fuckup who doesn't have a name worth remembering?

NPR Journalizard
Feb 14, 2008

Frogfingers posted:

Is... is he The Australian's very own Gerry from Parks and Rec? Just an eternal fuckup who doesn't have a name worth remembering?

Gerry was awesome gently caress you

Redcordial
Nov 7, 2009

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

lol the country is fed up with your safe spaces and trigger warnings you useless special snowflakes, send the sjws to mexico
All this talk of Desmond Leak, now I want to meet this 'man'.

Though I'd probably break too many laws, so there's that...

Starshark
Dec 22, 2005
Doctor Rope
I just can't stop laughing at how the guy with the deck stacked massively in his favour paints himself as a victim. Racists, eh?

Frogfingers
Oct 10, 2012
How can this guy be in the game for so long and not understand that punching up = satire and punching down = mean spirited?

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Because he is punching up at the establishment lefties who want to quash his truth! :downs:

Brown Paper Bag
Nov 3, 2012

Racist? I'll tell you who the real racists are [Bill Leak]

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Seagull
Oct 9, 2012

give me a chip

Frogmanv2 posted:

Gerry was awesome gently caress you

are you talking about larry

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