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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Auspol January: I think that young Abbott would make a really good minister
 
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Magog
Jan 9, 2010

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/enough-is-enough-mike-baird-calls-for-crackdown-on-music-festivals-over-drugs/story-fni0c60r-1227696059552 posted:

MUSIC festivals will have to clean up or shut up after a series of drug arrests and overdoses marred the notorious Field Day Festival, Premier Mike Baird warned yesterday.

Declaring “enough is enough”, Mr Baird said all festival organisers would be held accountable for “distressing and avoidable” drug-related overdoses after another partygoer came close to dying at the Sydney event.

The 23-year-old woman was rushed to hospital in a critical condition on Friday night after collapsing from a suspected MDMA overdose.

More than 180 people were charged with drug ­offences.

The woman, one of several people who suffered overdoses during the event in The Domain, was released from St Vincent’s Hospital yesterday afternoon following a remarkable recovery.

It follows three drug-related deaths at Sydney music festivals in the past year, including 25-year-old pharmacist Sylvia Choi, who died of an overdose at Stereosonic Music Festival at Olympic Park in November.

Mr Baird said he would call on “relevant ministers” to review the system for issuing permits to organisers of music festivals and demand more extensive screening at entry points.

“Individuals need to take responsibility for their actions, but so do the organisers of these festivals,” he said.

“In the light of this latest distressing and avoidable incident, I will be asking the relevant ministers to review the current system of regulating events held on public land, including the system for granting permits for public events such as music festivals.”

He said festival organisers who did not comply with new requirements would be shut down.

“If new rules and procedures place additional burdens and costs on organisers, so be it — and we will also examine denying permits to organisers who have not done the right thing in the past,” he said.

“Enough is enough. This simply has to stop.”

Police Minister Troy Grant said the government made “no apologies for its strong stance against the use of illegal drugs”.

A Field Day spokeswoman said a number of overdose victims were rushed to the emergency department while more than 200 people were treated by paramedics. Police charged 184 revellers with drug offences, 30 less than last year. Eight of those were charged with drug supply, including two people allegedly found with a large amount of MDMA.

A 26-year-old woman was allegedly found in possession of 100 ecstasy tablets and a 19-year-old man allegedly had 81 ecstasy tablets. Both were granted bail and will appear at Downing Centre Local Court on January 28.

Teenager Georgina Bartter died last year after a reaction to a drug taken at Harbourlife in the Royal Botanical Gardens. In September, Nigel Pauljevic, 26, from Albury, died from an overdose at Defqon dance festival in Penrith.

I don 't even go to any music festivals but gently caress this boring state.
3 deaths in the past year, literally less than 1 in a million in this city, despite the status quo probably leading to worse outcomes than possible.

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Jan 9, 2010

The Peccadillo posted:

[Cipher gestures at the monitor] I don't even see social interactions any more, all I see is eostregen, adrenaline, low-T

[Tank] Believe it or not you piece of poo poo you're still gonna burn- :hellyeah:


Periphery posted:

If IWC wasn't so buff from going to the gym all the time then people wouldn't be so intimidated by her.

And despite being so short in stature! You swole girl.

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Jan 9, 2010
 As far as I can tell Dr Karl is less scientifically rigorous than Bill Nye and it's down to being too lazy to care about whether he's actually informing people or not. This wouldn't be the first time I'd seen Dr Karl spout some bullshit position then say he'd look into it, maybe you should look into it first, dickface?

Magog fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Jan 8, 2016

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Jan 9, 2010

Mad Katter posted:

The medal of excellence in leaving refugees to die at sea.

Actually that's the medal of bravery. :v:

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Jan 9, 2010

open24hours posted:

The reputation of the humanities isn't degraded by this any more than the reputation of medicine is degraded by the various quack doctors getting around.

Please tell me :thejoke:, because they do degrade the reputation of medicine.

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Speaking of pseudoscience:
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jan/18/chiropractic-board-australia-should-be-sacked-members-contentious-claims?CMP=soc_567

quote:

Some chiropractors were falsely claiming to be able to treat people, including babies, for non-musculoskeletal diseases such as asthma, ear infections and pneumonia, the lead author of the paper, Dr Ken Harvey, said.

I'm dying.
That's loving CHIROPRACTIC. I can't remember the number of times I've heard apologetics for trying to reform chiropractic into physiotherapy while keeping it a separate discipline. You can't. No good can come of keeping the Chiropractic name alive, it only encourages these echoes of Subluxation Theory bullshit. Delenda est Chiropractica.

Magog fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Jan 18, 2016

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Jan 9, 2010
 That's because they want to get at least $95 a month out of you for 500GB.

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Jan 9, 2010
 STRAYA DAY GET IT IN YA CUNTS.

Starshark: A travesty. That being said, we do have a dawn service and breakfast, with two-up later in the day, however we do close for an hour or two until 10AM. So IDK

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Jan 9, 2010
 I know I don't usually have a big contribution to make in the thread, but at least IRL, I managed to bring the Auspol perspective to my dinner guests on AustraliaInvasion Day. It may not have been a particularly challenging audience, we shared our dismay at Trump and how one of their aunts is apparently head of some anti-gay marriage group much to their horror.

We discussed why nuclear is not the devil but it's not for Australia either at this time, as the Environmental Earth Science major endorsed nuclear as a stop-gap for renewables. Why ALP and LNP may both suck but that doesn't mean one can't be worse. Why despite the roadblocks from opposition, the NBN (which was still worth the increased estimated costs under the ALP) and renewables were severely disrupted by the LNP actually coming to power. How the TPP won't let us be and a brief recollection of the troubles it brings, one other was fairly up to speed. How refugees aren't a huge burden on us economically to process on-shore, nor as raised, a large long-term burden to the nation. How Australia was never going to experience the same number of refugees as Europe right now. How we were too young to experience Work Choices but how it was such a bum deal in so many ways and even one who has a fairly specialised position had at least experienced similar things under an enterprise agreement. An introduction to the history of the debate on becoming a Republic and what may come of the current stirrings for such. Socialism has brought us good benefits, isn't scary. How we can't go cutting off ice addicts from healthcare. How harm minimisation strategies can be a benefit for us, in both an empathetic and personal way for general society. How we need a higher top tax bracket. I guess there was more but that's what I got... :hellyeah:

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Graic Gabtar posted:

So are you happy with the quality of your order?

Colours all good? Happy with the font?

You cut the lines about us being anonymous and legion, you hack.

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