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Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

GotLag posted:

I know reading is slow and difficult for you but try also looking at the preceding post.

The federal government would like to be able to (be seen to) do something other than beg from the sidelines

Yeah you loving moron, your posts went straight past

quote:

The federal government would like to be able to (be seen to) do something other than beg from the sidelines

and into

GotLag posted:

Calling in the ADF lets the federal government pretend it's done something and remind the states who's boss

GotLag posted:

Did I imagine Scott Morrison begging the states to reopen their borders and being told to gently caress off by Palaszczuk and Dictator Dan?

Gee, I wonder why the federal government would like to normalise the involvement of the force it controls in the middle of a federal-state pissing match, what a loving mystery!

e:

but poo poo I guess you got me real good by forcing me to read your posts again.

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bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/queensland-police-appeals-detective-neil-punchard-sentence/12711306

quote:

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will appeal the sentencing of an officer who leaked the home address of his friend's ex-wife from the QPS database.
Senior Constable Neil Punchard was sentenced to two months jail � wholly suspended for 18 months � last year, after he pleaded guilty to nine counts of computer hacking.
In 2014, Punchard used confidential police databases to find the address of his friend's ex-wife who had an ongoing domestic violence order against him.
His friend's former partner said she was forced to move after the information was leaked.
Punchard appealed the two-month sentence on September 1, arguing it was excessive, and won.
The court re-sentenced him to 140 hours of community service with no conviction recorded.
QPS today announced it had sought leave to appeal the recent District Court judgement.
In a statement, QPS said the decision to appeal Punchard's new sentence was reached after "careful consideration of the judgement and independent legal advice".
Punchard is currently stood down on full pay.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said she will consider his suitability to remain employed by QPS after the appeal process is finalised.

When the article says QPS is appealing, does it mean QPS is seeking a harsher or softer sentence?

# ? Sep 28, 2020 09:19

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Tommunist posted:

Im looking forward to the Far north Queensland insurgency when Katter loses it over another croc killing

based on past events it's more likely to be either angry shearers or unemployed people storming city hall.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 09:33

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

bandaid.friend posted:

When the article says QPS is appealing, does it mean QPS is seeking a harsher or softer sentence?

it's a typo, the QPS is appalling

# ? Sep 28, 2020 09:34

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

thatbastardken posted:

based on past events it's more likely to be either angry shearers or unemployed people storming city hall.

Are there any shearers under 60

# ? Sep 28, 2020 09:37

Launchpad McQuack: Oct 21, 2010

Pile Of Garbage posted:

AFR status: still shite

https://twitter.com/KetanJ0/status/1310483376948867074

I am goanna listen to the chair of epidemiology at deaken uni, who was quoted in the article, over some snarky gently caress posting on Twitter. Science went out the window in March, this is all about politics now.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:09

Pikehead: Dec 3, 2006; Looking for WMDs, PM if you have A+ grade stuff; Fun Shoe

bandaid.friend posted:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/queensland-police-appeals-detective-neil-punchard-sentence/12711306

When the article says QPS is appealing, does it mean QPS is seeking a harsher or softer sentence?

y'all can't read.

quote:

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will appeal the downgrading of the sentence for an officer who leaked the home address of his friend's ex-wife from the QPS database

QPS thinks community service for rummaging around in their databases isn't harsh enough a penalty, so they're appealing against the officer's successful appeal.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:11

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Pile Of Garbage posted:

AFR status: still shite

https://twitter.com/KetanJ0/status/1310483376948867074

Seems like a more reasonable position than masks forever even if no-one has the virus.

Launchpad McQuack posted:

I am goanna listen to the chair of epidemiology at deaken uni, who was quoted in the article, over some snarky gently caress posting on Twitter. Science went out the window in March, this is all about politics now.

It's a Twitter ethical tech guy to boot.

JBP fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:26

realbez: Mar 23, 2005; Fun Shoe

How come instead of just posting the link to the afr article (or the content) and your comment, we need a Twitter guy�s hot take on it as well?

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:31

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

realbez posted:

How come instead of just posting the link to the afr article (or the content) and your comment, we need a Twitter guy’s hot take on it as well?

Twitter is like a metaphor that fucks up one person's brain, then transmits to other people's brains and fucks them up.

JBP fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:32

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

I was just reading the comments under a recent Mark McGowan Facebook post wishing everyone a happy public holiday, and it struck me how weird it is to have a political leader everyone loves

Even before COVID I heard several people talk about how much they like him despite usually voting Liberal etc

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:38

Electric Wrigglies: Feb 6, 2015

He demonstrably likes ACDC - what's not to like?

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:42

Brown Paper Bag: Nov 3, 2012

Geoff Gallop had a cameo in this movie so McGowan still has work to do on that front

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0316763/

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:55

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

https://amp.theguardian.com/austral...-mccormack-says

quote:

Michael McCormack has defended the government’s decision to spend $30m on a parcel of land near the Western Sydney airport worth just $3m, arguing in time it will seem a “bargain”.

If u think about it, we blindly paid $30 million for the land. They could have asked for $60 million and really had one over on us.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 13:31

thatbastardken: Apr 23, 2010; A contract signed by a minor is not binding!

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Are there any shearers under 60

gotta be at least one.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 15:28

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

Electric Wrigglies posted:

He demonstrably likes ACDC - what's not to like?

He is from the swinging pig

# ? Sep 28, 2020 16:20

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

So the epidemiologist said one in a million, based on 5 cases (a day, presumably)...the AFR then compares that to the chance of getting struck by lightning which it claims is one in 12,000, meaning there should be 416 people struck by lightning every day in Melbourne?

Like, I�m not convinced by the necessity of masks with no community transmission, but comparing a chance of something happening daily to the chance of something happening over your lifetime is pathetic journalism.

Solemn Sloth fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 21:00

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Solemn Sloth posted:

So the epidemiologist said one in a million, based on 5 cases (a day, presumably)...the AFR then compares that to the chance of getting struck by lightning which it claims is one in 12,000, meaning there should be 416 people struck by lightning every day in Melbourne?

Like, I’m not convinced by the necessity of masks with no community transmission, but comparing a chance of something happening daily to the chance of something happening over your lifetime is pathetic journalism.

At least the lightning has an actual chance if killing you, unlike the 1 in 20 million chance of dying to covid if you aren't an invalid.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:38

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

JBP posted:

At least the lightning has an actual chance if killing you, unlike the 1 in 20 million chance of dying to covid if you aren't an invalid.

I�m hoping you can provide a breakdown of people who have died from lightning compared to with lightning to back this up

In some cases, lightning may be beneficial or even necessary for life (Shelley, M 1818)

Solemn Sloth fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 22:54

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

JBP posted:

At least the lightning has an actual chance if killing you, unlike the 1 in 20 million chance of dying to covid if you aren't an invalid.

A lot of people are getting hosed up by covid but don't get noticed because all people care about are the death statistics. There's more than "recovered" and "dead".

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:09

Senor Tron: May 26, 2006

Solemn Sloth posted:

So the epidemiologist said one in a million, based on 5 cases (a day, presumably)...the AFR then compares that to the chance of getting struck by lightning which it claims is one in 12,000, meaning there should be 416 people struck by lightning every day in Melbourne?

Like, I�m not convinced by the necessity of masks with no community transmission, but comparing a chance of something happening daily to the chance of something happening over your lifetime is pathetic journalism.

The lightning analogy only really works if there was a thunderstorm going on, hundreds of people had been getting struck by lightning every day, and the government had instituted a massive program to keep people indoors and put lightning rods on as many buildings as possible.

Masks clearly don't help if there are no cases out untraced in the community since there is no spread to stop. However as we have seen it can be quick for undetected cases to spread and the purpose of measures like masks would be to open things back up in the knowledge that any future outbreaks will have a slower spread and be more traceable.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:12

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

Anidav posted:

I have mates in FNQ and they say that a car gets stolen from Townsville every night and it's a huge problem up there.

Are you sure the ABC isn't monitoring you?

Vigilantes chasing stolen cars, patrolling streets, as youth crime rises in Townsville posted:

For the past 19 years, while most people have been sleeping, Robbie says has been trying to stop children breaking into homes and joyriding in stolen cars.
"We've got the theory that if you look suss, you are suss," he said.

Robbie says he became a "patriot" after a mate died in a car crash involving juveniles.

He conducts "scenic drives" through crime hotspots, such as nursing homes, and gives suspicious youths "a mouthful" to try to prevent them from offending.

Sometimes Robbie goes a bit further by intercepting vehicles and giving the kids inside a "good flogging" before calling the police and fleeing.

Proudly assaulting kids for 19 years :australia:

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:46

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Translation: I beat up black people

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:48

ColtMcAsskick: Nov 7, 2010

Knobb Manwich posted:

https://amp.theguardian.com/austral...-mccormack-says

If u think about it, we blindly paid $30 million for the land. They could have asked for $60 million and really had one over on us.

Oh that�s ok then. I�m glad he cleared that up. Was worried that he was negligent in his duties.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:53

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

"If you look suss you are suss," says man wearing skull faced bandanna/easy reach cum rag.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 23:54

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-29/allegations-over-nt-program-troubled-youth-allan-brahminy/12646034

quote:

He claims he was abandoned on a riverbank as a baby by his biological mother and adopted by an Indigenous family which named him Brahminy � meaning wild and free.
It's the story Allan Brahminy's program for troubled kids was based around, and for more than a decade he has been looking after children � many of whom are Indigenous � receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from state governments.
But Mr Brahminy's biological family, former military colleagues, ex-wife and former partner claim he is not who he says he is.

White dude abandoned his family and made up a story about being raised Indigenous. Now Tasmania's sending kids up to the NT to be abused in his youth program. His abandoned kid got to see him in a doco about what great things he's doing for other children

# ? Sep 29, 2020 01:32

Konomex: Oct 25, 2010; a whiteman who has some authority over others, who not only hasn't raped anyone, or stared at them creepily...

JBP posted:

Translation: I beat up black people

Weird how all those joyriding kids stealing cars bother to put their P plates up first.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 02:47

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

# ? Sep 29, 2020 06:29

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

yeah well shame it's not Palaszczuk up there in that cartoon, Berejiklian has not been copping it as much.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 06:45

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Who else is in the back seat with scomo?

Frydenberg and ?????

# ? Sep 29, 2020 07:56

hambeet: Sep 13, 2002

the muppet? yeah idk who that is meant to be

# ? Sep 29, 2020 08:59

Eediot Jedi: Dec 25, 2007; This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

Greg Hunt but I don't recall him wearing glasses?

# ? Sep 29, 2020 09:34

Electric Wrigglies: Feb 6, 2015

Recoome posted:

yeah well shame it's not Palaszczuk up there in that cartoon, Berejiklian has not been copping it as much.

I daresay to avoid the cartoon to appear partisan.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 09:36

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

deputy prime minister whoever

# ? Sep 29, 2020 09:41

bell jar: Feb 25, 2009

mccormack

# ? Sep 29, 2020 09:42

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

It�s Greg Hunt, Pope draws him as a Kermit the Frog hand puppet.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 12:03

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Can we please stop being complete pieces of poo poo as a country?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-30/santos-narrabri-coal-seam-gas-project-approved/12716350

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-16/adelaide-police-aboriginal-man-punch-arrest/12359426?nw=0 (old but unposted).

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...wful-resolution

So clearly the LNP think they owe Patricks something. The claims about delaying essential medicines are complete lies especially when most of the shut down has been due to Patricks effectively employing a lock out. gently caress these clowns.

RDH died in August 2012. He had spent 26 years of his life in prison or secure psychiatric care. He had been treated in the past for a chronic heart condition. The coroner found that his care was adequate and reasonable but his family said he should have been placed in a hospital rather than a prison and, given his psychiatric illness, he had diminshed capacity to make his own decisions regarding healthcare.

ISSUES RAISED
Mental health / cognitive impairment.

# ? Sep 30, 2020 01:14