Solemn Sloth posted:

Major clusterfuck going down in Vic local government, 107 councillors facing disqualification from office

SynthOrange posted:

The Age, so no link posted:

More than 100 Victorian councillors, and 13 councils, will be disqualified for failing to comply with a new code of conduct.

Administrators will be appointed for seven weeks to replace the 13 councils.

The disqualifications also include nine individual councillors from other councils. These councillors also failed to meet the new code of conduct requirements that were introduced following recent changes to local government laws.

All Victorian councils were required to adopt the codes of conduct by July this year.

The 107 councillors involved will be disqualified from September 1. Local government elections are also scheduled for later this year.

Municipal Association of Victoria chief executive Rob Spence said he believed all councillors apart from one had signed the code of conduct but may not have met all the administrative requirements, including signing it in the presence of their council's chief executive.

He described the situation as an "administrative mad house".

"You would think we have better things to do with our time," he said.

Mr Spence said Ben Buckley in East Gippsland was the only councillor he knew of who had refused to sign the code of conduct.

The councils that failed the new requirements include Ballarat, Central Goldfields, Benalla, Campaspe, Cardinia, Greater Shepparton, Hobsons Bay, Frankston, Mount Alexander, Moyne, Queenscliffe, West Wimmera and Wyndham councils.

Among the councillors disqualified is Moreland's Michael Teti who has been linked to organised crime and formally expelled by the Labor Party.

The state government is expected to release a statement later on Monday afternoon.

Quantum Mechanic posted:

Dandrews brought in a new code of conduct with some arcane requirements (like having to be signed in front of the mayor and GM) and a bunch of Councillors may be in technical breach.

I don't have a lot of time for state governments strongarming Councils tbqh

Solemn Sloth posted:

Hm how can we gather support for our anti Islam agenda, I know, lets storm a church

Central coast fascists are real fuckin dumb

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

I did a documentary which featured Nick Folkes, and spent hours upon hours listening to him speak. He couldn't correctly say the word "Vietnamese", and it came out as "Vietmanese" every time. Not because he was racist, but because he is stupid as gently caress. I literally was reminded of people with brain damage when he spoke, and almost felt like we were exploiting a retard.

Anyway, Nick Folkes should move to the Central Coast, he'd fit in better there because his low IQ makes him stick out a bit in a crowd in Rozelle, where he lives.

Ian Winthorpe III posted:

Yeah, so dumb that they got featured and quoted all over the national media. Obviously they cant storm a mosque for various reasons so they did it at a progressive church.

hawaiian_robot posted:

Also thought that saying "Africans can run fast" and "Asians are good at maffs" were positive things.

Ian Winthorpe III posted:

If you think Africans being able to run fast is a negative thing, the track and field events at the Olympics must be torture to watch.

Tasmantor posted:

I just can't get my head around the church thing. It's just so stupid, "HAHA dickheads, we dressed up as caricature Mu_slums (or how ever the write it) and hosed up your Sunday! Bet you'll think twice about supporting them now we did that to you?". If it was to demonstrate that they are clueless and incapable of understanding the world they live in then, yeah, good job but other wise ....... I don't know, what?

I mean I think I get what they are getting at. They are trying to show that if we let "too many" Muslims "in" then they will desecrate the sacred christian fabric of our society? Is that it? Even if that was what they are getting at then it still doesn't make sense though. Ignoring that we are a secular country so the largest religion doesn't matter a gently caress, THEY desecrated a service, if anything they highlighted that Muslims have never done anything to limit the religious freedom of Arsetralia.

It doesn't make a difference to me one way or the other but I just get a bit hung up on stupidity of this magnitude when I encounter it. It's like a late night English comedy sketch, you know the ones where you get what they are getting at but it's only funny when you're dead dog tired.

Tasmantor posted:

It's like a late night English comedy sketch, you know the ones where you get what they are getting at but it's only funny when you're dead dog tired.

Tasmantor posted:

I just can't get my head around the church thing. It's just so stupid, "HAHA dickheads, we dressed up as caricature Mu_slums (or how ever the write it) and hosed up your Sunday! Bet you'll think twice about supporting them now we did that to you?". If it was to demonstrate that they are clueless and incapable of understanding the world they live in then, yeah, good job but other wise ....... I don't know, what?

I mean I think I get what they are getting at. They are trying to show that if we let "too many" Muslims "in" then they will desecrate the sacred christian fabric of our society? Is that it? Even if that was what they are getting at then it still doesn't make sense though. Ignoring that we are a secular country so the largest religion doesn't matter a gently caress, THEY desecrated a service, if anything they highlighted that Muslims have never done anything to limit the religious freedom of Arsetralia.

ewe2 posted:

Does anyone else feel that silly season came bloody early this year?

ewe2 posted:

Does anyone else feel that silly season came bloody early this year?

Ian Winthorpe III posted:

Yeah, so dumb that they got featured and quoted all over the national media. Obviously they cant storm a mosque for various reasons so they did it at a progressive church.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Agreed, I went down to fed square in a socialist alternative t-shirt(nothing else) and started eating my own poo poo. You should see how many people took pictures, checkmate rwnjs

SynthOrange posted:

You're one of those climate change quacks arent you?!

TheMightyHandful posted:

Q&A worth watching for Malcolm-;$Roberts getting owned by Brian Cox.

Cartoon posted:

Are we really prepared to go to war over some furious groin stroking in the South China Sea? Does no one actually remember what remembrance day is all the gently caress about? Is the US so wedded to the industrial military complex that no sacrifice is too large too sate the need for more martial supplies? Oh and let's throw Donald 'Duck' Trump into the mix 'cause that'll make things better!

Cartoon posted:

This is Australian news because we will be dragged into what would have to be the stupidest reason for a conflictr since WW1.

eXXon posted:

Was Q&A better in the past because every time I watch it there is at least one token loud idiot?

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Far from me to endorse tit-for-tat imperialism, but it's pretty loving hypocritical for the US to be upset about the Chinese involving themselves in the Philippines.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Far from me to endorse tit-for-tat imperialism, but it's pretty loving hypocritical for the US to be upset about the Chinese involving themselves in the Philippines.