Lid posted:

Costigan held an extraordinary press conference on Thursday in which he admitted meeting the woman but denied any wrongdoing and threatened legal action. He said that he had been invited to stay at a home belonging to the grandparents of the woman at the centre of the complaint while on holidays.

“I had no shirt on and almost straight away after introducing myself, she didn’t expect me to be there and I didn’t expect anyone to turn up, I went and put one of my favourite Cowboys jerseys on,” he said. “Nothing bad happened, nothing sinister happened.

“Yeah, we took some selfies. How many of you people know I love a selfie? I love a photo, you all know that ... [I] put the old arm around. She didn’t look anything in terms of intimidation, or concern or worry.

“She was happy as Larry from my recollection.”

He said he had consulted a defamation lawyer.

“These are baseless allegations and we will be pursuing the matter through the courts like there is no tomorrow,” Costigan said.

Brown Paper Bag posted:

I don’t know why I just remembered this but who was that Liberal MP who admitted loving his wife in his Parliament House office in the late 80s/early 90s

Anidav posted:

Scomo is doing a Facebook Live Q and A on Feb 5th. HE IS RUNNING FACEBOOK ADS ABOUT IT WHERE HE YELLS AT THE CAMERA AND AGGRESSIVELY WALKS TOWARDS THE CAMERA.

tithin posted:

I honestly have no idea, my current employer (for the remainder of this week) only recognises the FSU, and they're abso-loving-lutely useless.

tithin posted:

firing gun emoji

You Am I posted:

Heads are starting to roll at the banks after the Royal Commission

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/07/nab-shares-put-in-trading-halt-pending-announcement-regarding-leadership

The poo poo thing is Thorburn still has the view that NAB and him personally did nothing wrong.

Holy poo poo, the FSU assistant secretary has the view that Ken Henry has done no wrong. Is the FSU as bad as the SDA?

Don Dongington posted:

Henry and Thorburne falling on their swords is nice and all, but bring me the head of Michael Chaney and we'll start talking.

tithin posted:

In conclusion, boomers the world over are fuckwits and we'd be best served by stringing them the gently caress up.

tithin posted:

They've been splitting pretty hard these last 6 months, with high profile arguments occurring in a media environment that explicitly loathes them and wants them to split. A number of senior greens have left the party recently and the party is losing membership as a result of people playing petty politics

Anidav posted:

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2019/02/09/the-demise-independent-media/15496308007425

Anidav posted:

I've never seen an Insiders ep so favourable to Morrison before.

bowmore posted:

So how do we fix the bias in the mainstream media?

quote:

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/getup-poll-points-to-abbott-electoral-defeat-20190209-p50wqi.html

GetUp poll points to Abbott electoral defeat

Independent candidate Zali Steggall is on track to replace former prime minister Tony Abbott as the federal member for Warringah, according to a GetUp poll.

The activist group, which is campaigning to oust Mr Abbott from his traditionally Liberal seat on Sydney's northern beaches, commissioned a poll of 622 residents that showed the four-time Winter Olympian leading 54 to 46 on a two-party preferred basis.

The athlete-turned-barrister has positioned herself as an advocate of the "sensible centre" – economically responsible, while progressive on social issues and climate change.

Although the reliability of pre-election polls has been questioned, GetUp has seized on the results in support of its claim that Mr Abbott is "out of touch" with the majority of his electorate. The group is preparing a repeat of efforts backing Kerryn Phelps at last year's Wentworth byelection.

Campaign director Miriam Lyons said the polling backed what activists were hearing from voters in Warringah, especially on climate change – identified as the number-one reason for an intention to vote against Mr Abbott.

"This is just one poll, and we’re still a long way off the election, but I can’t imagine these numbers help Tony Abbott sleep at night," Ms Lyons said.

"He cannot escape the reality that most people in his electorate want to show him the door."

In the poll, 60 per cent of voters rated Mr Abbott's performance as a local member as "poor", and the same number said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate "with a plan to tackle climate change by replacing coal with clean energy".

For those who had previously voted for Mr Abbott but now planned to change their vote, the figure was 78 per cent.

Participants were asked about their voting intentions if the federal election, due in May, was held today and were instructed to chose between Ms Steggall, fellow independent Susan Moylan-Coombs, the Liberal Party, the ALP, the Greens or "other".

"Tony Abbott is out of touch," Ms Lyons said. "[He] has had 24 years to show he’s willing to listen to his community on issues like climate change and marriage equality, and for 24 years he’s chosen to go off and fight right-wing culture wars instead."

GetUp has signed up hundreds of volunteers to doorknock across Warringah, man phone banks and hand out how-to-vote cards in support of Ms Steggall.

Ms Lyons said Warringah voters cared deeply about climate change and expected the government to act.

"They know that Tony Abbott, more than anyone else in Parliament, has sabotaged renewable energy and blocked action on climate change and they’re ready to hold him accountable."

But the campaign director acknowledged that unseating Mr Abbott, who holds his seat on a 12 per cent margin, would be "a monumental task".

"He has the backing of a party machine and the coal lobby, and donors will pour millions of dollars into his campaign," Ms Lyons said. "It’s going to be a long, tough fight."

Zenithe posted:

TISM or get farked

Anidav posted:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity

ewe2 posted:

15m after ALP's so he can have the last word and a bit of a cry.

Anidav posted:

Can you please include your pantsless Andrew Bolt caricature in this remake.

Maybe make him poo poo himself again too.

Anidav posted:

Bob Katter is threatening to withdraw support from the Morrison Govt unless the Govt legislates lower interest rates from the banks for Farmers only.

Not anyone else


Just farmers.

AgentF posted:

I would have completely expected a fistfight to have broken out between Pauline and Mark Latham Scott Morrison.

tithin posted:

Ok I got fired from anz, ama.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

What's the most hosed thing you ever saw at work?

bowmore posted:

i want to buy pure mdma from the chemist please, i might be able to feel happiness

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

drunkill posted:

https://twitter.com/rwillingham/status/1096162578395361280?s=19

Pell case I assume.

quote:

3. The use of suppression orders in our courts is out of control. The public have no idea what is happening anymore, and there are some highly dubious uses of suppression orders every week. A suppression order ought never be applied to avoid embarrassment, or to protect an influential accused from public scrutiny.

Suppression orders are also meaningless in a digitally connected world, where information goes viral, sometimes sourced from overseas, and the orders of the court are rendered obsolete in minutes.

But when a suppression order is properly used, any breach MUST be prosecuted

This week, a large number - I am told 70 - media outlets and journalists across Australia and some overseas - including sadly one ABC programme - have been asked to show cause why they ought not be proceeded against for a clear breach of a suppression order from one of our courts. Editors and publishers as well as journalists could well go to gaol. This mass prosecution could lead to a test of the powers of the courts in the digital age, to control the flow of information that can interfere with the administration of justice.

Judge alone trials - instead of juries - in publicity sensitive matters are part of the answer and must be adopted urgently

adamantium|wang posted:

https://twitter.com/DrJoshuaRoose/status/1096306167922405376?s=19

You Am I posted:

You Am I posted:

Victoria will save this lovely nation

We will vote progressive as NSW and QLD go right wing as gently caress

God Bless Victoria. God Bless Dandrews

Knorth posted:

https://twitter.com/JulianBurnside/status/1097740560834543616

Oh cool, very normal

Senor Tron posted:

Cory only takes the best people.

snoremac posted:

Hmm glad we have that F35 so the big boys can’t push us around.

Konomex posted:

Surely a series of self driving pod cars that can connect up to a bus-hub thing would be infinitely more useful than everyone having one or even multiple cars? Summon your pod or book the time it should arrive (subscription service perhaps, rather than publicly owned if that'll shut the neolibs up?), it makes its way to the main arterial road and hooks up to a bus which carries it at high speeds down the road. When you're close to your exit your pod splits off, picks up its own power and takes you to where you needed to go. They can be totally electrical, and the batteries could be switch in/switch out like the original electric buses. They'll swap out a battery from the bus.

I'm not saying we should do that, but there's certainly many more options then burn all cars, cars are a required evil, and lets just do public buses and trains. European countries are swapping to electric vehicles, we might as well get on board that wagon, and when the self driving vehicle concept proves itself safer than human drivers, ban all human drivers.

Anidav posted:

Entitled Millennials have been given an “inflated” sense of self-importance due to social media and are no longer willing to do unpaid work to advance their careers.

That’s the view of Muffin Break general manager Natalie Brennan, who says the precipitous decline in eager young university students and graduates started “about 10 years ago”....

Tasmantor posted:

Is this going to actually help sink the people standing by Pell or is Australia far enough gone to just let it all slide?

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Over a thousand people died in a small war in 1999, including some planes being shot down There have been skirmishes and smaller conflicts since then.

It's bad though.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

The betoota advocate has been on fire lately

Don Dongington posted:

Abbott is losing his seat to an Olympic gold medalist.