Les Affaires posted:

Travelling by car isn't the only option

bigis posted:

I thought Roe8 was for commercial traffic like trucks, etc?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ann Sudmalis 52,336 50.73
Labor Fiona Phillips 50,833 49.27

Brown Paper Bag posted:

Meanwhile the Libs in WA are going to save Ian Goodenough from a preselection challenge lol

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Last year Craig Campbell, a relief teacher at a Baptist school in Western Australia, had his employment terminated after students at the school found out he was in a same-sex relationship.
Christian Schools Australia, and Adventist Schools Australia, two peak bodies representing religious schools teaching around 80,000 Australian students, have argued that schools should continue to be allowed to do this, even if they receive government funding.
In a submission to the Philip Ruddock–led review on religious freedom, the two bodies say discrimination law should take into consideration competing rights, and be changed to acknowledge competing rights, and that discrimination by religious bodies is "differentiation" not "discrimination".
In its submission to the Ruddock review, Christian Schools Australia pointed to this report and said that allowing teachers to live so-called double lives, where they hide their sexual orientation in the school, was not acceptable.
"From a school’s perspective, leading such a 'double life' undermines the fundamental duty of fidelity and good faith that employees owe to an employer," CSA said. "Duplicity and deceit regarding such foundational matters are not in anybody’s interests and are not sustainable."
The groups argue that legislation should be passed to "shield education funding" as part of the protections demanded in light of same-sex marriage passing into law last year. There is a push for religious organisations that discriminate against LGBT people to not receive public funding, or not be the preferred government contractor.

Kafka Syrup posted:

Any of y’all going to Greens National Conference in Brisso this weekend?

bandaid.friend posted:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/joshtaylor/christian-schools-in-australia-want-to-fire-lgbti-teachers

We want you segregated differentiated from society at best or stoned at worst due to your sexuality but that's no reason to be dishonest about it

Starshark posted:

What about the garbage city for reffoes - what happened to that?

bandaid.friend posted:

https://twitter.com/unionsaustralia/status/996730137205915648

bandaid.friend posted:

https://twitter.com/unionsaustralia/status/996730137205915648

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I'm sure I've posted this before, but during the ABC Rudd/Gillard doco they talked to a guy who was a "right-wing union leader" and it was just... guh?

norp posted:

So he was from the SDA?

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Technology chief 'directed staff to delete information' By Matt O'Sullivan16 May 2018 — 10:14pm

The information chief at Peter Dutton’s new Home Affairs super ministry allegedly ordered the deletion of a government record relevant to a request under freedom of information laws when he was a senior executive at NSW’s transport agency. Tim Catley, who began his high-ranking role at Home Affairs in February, is accused of directing staff at Transport for NSW to delete government information in 2016, in witness statements given during an investigation by the state’s Information and Privacy Commission. Tim Catley is now in charge of technology at the Turnbull government's new Home Affairs super ministry.

Mr Catley vehemently denies he asked anyone to delete government records. “The allegation that I asked anyone to delete an email is not true and it is not technologically possible to do that anyway [at the transport agency]. Professionally and ethically I wouldn’t do anything like that,” he told the Herald. Following a referral from the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the state’s Information Commission launched an investigation behind closed doors into the deletion of a record at Transport for NSW to avoid public disclosure 18 months ago. During that investigation, the Information Commission was told of a culture inside Transport for NSW of suppressing bad news, meaning that higher levels within the department were not told of potential cost blowouts on projects. The investigation also heard that warnings about this culture of suppression were relayed to the then secretary of the department, Tim Reardon, now NSW’s top public servant as head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. A preliminary report on the Information Commission’s investigation, seen by the Herald, found that a Transport for NSW executive issued directions to delete government information relevant to a request under the Government Information (Public Access) Act (GIPA), the state’s freedom of information legislation.

“The investigation has found that the executive directed the deletion of records that were germane to a GIPA access application and that staff acted on that direction,” the report, by Information and Privacy commissioner Elizabeth Tydd, said. Ms Tydd’s report did not name Mr Catley as the executive who directed the deletion. But the witness statements to the commission assert that it was Mr Catley who gave the direction. Despite her finding about the direction, Ms Tydd determined there were no grounds to refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney-General. Her analysis of the GIPA Act found it was possible for a public servant to direct another official to prevent disclosure of information without committing an offence.

According to Ms Tydd’s analysis, if the official who destroys the information is unaware the information is subject to a freedom-of-information request, the person who directed them to delete that information did not commit an offence. And because other staff at Transport for NSW later ensured the deleted document was retrieved, the commissioner found the government agency had not failed in its duty.
According to evidence given during the investigation, Mr Catley raised concerns at a meeting in July 2016 about emails that detailed a cost blowout in the $425 million “Next Generation Infrastructure Services” project. An application for information about the IT project sought under the GIPA Act was also discussed at the meeting.

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That same month, Mr Catley allegedly directed a more junior staff member to delete an email about the exit from Transport for NSW of a manager who had a senior role overseeing the IT project, according to witness statements given to the Information Commission. At the time, Mr Catley had responsibility for technology at Transport for NSW as its chief information officer, a role he had held since 2012.
Early this year, a “confidential” report by a consulting firm commissioned by Transport for NSW revealed a concerning picture of the state of IT at the state’s transport agencies. The Information Commission was also told during its investigation that the full extent of cost blowouts were withheld from steering committees, and attempts made to avoid a project gaining a “red rating” even if it should have one. A red rating means a project has overshot its budget, which triggers regular audits and greater oversight by the Transport Minister’s office. After six years at the head of technology, Mr Catley left Transport for NSW in February, assuming the role as the first assistant secretary of the Home Affairs’ information and communication technology division. In his new position, he directly reports to the deputy secretary of Intelligence and Capability at the super ministry.

Mr Catley denied he had directed staff at Transport for NSW to delete government information.
“I am saying that I didn’t do the things that the allegation makes out. I have never asked a staff member to delete an email,” he said. “That is not something I would do.” Mr Catley said he had not seen the Information Commission’s final report, and did not understand how it could find that he directed the deletion of a record. He said emails could not be deleted at Transport for NSW because all emails that were sent or received were stored permanently in the agency’s enterprise vault. “It is technologically impossible to delete emails within Transport,” he said. Mr Catley said he disclosed to Home Affairs that an investigation by NSW’s Information Commission was under way when he was in discussions for a new role at the super ministry.

In the preliminary report, the NSW Information Commissioner concluded that Mr Reardon, the former transport secretary, was “ultimately able to uphold” his responsibilities under the GIPA Act, “notwithstanding the actions of an executive officer and the vulnerabilities that are apparent and able to be exploited”. Transport for NSW said in a statement that the Information Commissioner found the agency fulfilled its obligations in relation to “all of the access applications reviewed”. “The commissioner found no evidence that information within scope of the applications was deleted. No information was released in relation to the identified GIPA applications,” it said. The agency said it was unable to comment on individual staff. It added it had “governance systems in place that ensure senior leaders and steering committee members are aware of the detail around all major projects”. The Information Commissioner said in a statement that a final report on the investigation had been handed to Transport Minister Andrew Constance and Transport for NSW. Ms Tydd declined to comment on whether the final report would be made public but noted that investigations under the GIPA Act were made in the absence of the public. The Department of Premier and Cabinet referred questions to Transport for NSW. Home Affairs said it did not comment on individual employees.

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Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies said the Anglican faith was changing its approach to teaching the message of God to appeal to the younger generation.

"Teenagers tend to sleep in on Sundays, that’s my experience anyway, so most of our churches have an evening or afternoon service for them to gather at," he said.

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Lid posted:

we like our sports people

and as much as I loathe Lombard him being given a visa and allowed to stay was entirely the right outcome

this broken hill posted:

and yes i'm aware it's because only olds are watching tv

speaking of olds, right now i'm in the enviable life position of being able to read the maitland mercury three times a week and let me tell you they never fail to deliver the hard-hitting journalism we need in this age of crises

this broken hill posted:

i am basically trying to become a town planner but for native animals. an ecosystem coordinator, if you will

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Fuckers need to go outside.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

bandaid.friend posted:

The tweet is less than a day old?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

JBP posted:

what is the meaning or source of this image

MysticalMachineGun posted:

gently caress me I wish I could become a celebrity with a radio job just by being permanently angry and bad at maths

Starshark posted:

He's bad at everything. He said we didn't need optic fibre because we have laser tech without wondering for a second about what medium the lasers were going to be transmitted in.