Auspol November: G20 Beat Down Edition

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Those On My Left: Jun 25, 2010

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/video-shows-disabled-brisbane-man-punched-queensland-police

footage of brave queensland cops repeatedly punching a restrained double amputee in the head

# ? Nov 18, 2014 01:51

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GoldStandardConure: Jun 11, 2010; I have to kill fast
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In case you have missed it, there is a show starting on SBS tonight called First Contact which looks to be mandatory viewing. Taking a bunch of racist white Australians and getting them to live with and spend time with some indigenous Australians to hopefully get them to develop a tiny bit of human empathy.

I'm predicting it now though, it will be much like Go Back To Where You Came From, in that the people who really need to watch a show like this won't, and the white people on the show their growth will be limited to "Well the ones we saw are the good ones, not like all the other aboriginals I have to deal with in the city!"

# ? Nov 18, 2014 01:56

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Those On My Left posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/video-shows-disabled-brisbane-man-punched-queensland-police

footage of brave queensland cops repeatedly punching a restrained double amputee in the head

To be fair, if he had just gotten up and gone along quietly like he should have he wouldn't have gotten that beating.

Support our troops, ban halal food.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 01:59

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Those On My Left posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/video-shows-disabled-brisbane-man-punched-queensland-police

footage of brave queensland cops repeatedly punching a restrained double amputee in the head

After a comprehensive and independent review of the incident it has been determined that members of Queensland Police used appropriate force at all times in their dealings with members of the public.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:09

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

Those On My Left posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/video-shows-disabled-brisbane-man-punched-queensland-police

footage of brave queensland cops repeatedly punching a restrained double amputee in the head

probably going to regret putting that on my facebook wall but oh well.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:11

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Imagine what would happen if the people punching a restrained double amputee in the head repeatedly were visibly Muslim.

Mosques burnt down all across the country.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:11

Amethyst: Mar 28, 2004; I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

OK That footage is hosed up. Will the cops end up in gaol?

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:15

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Gough Suppressant posted:

After a comprehensive and independent review of the incident it has been determined that members of Queensland Police used appropriate force at all times in their dealings with members of the public.

'Police shoot and kill Queensland man after tracing hoax calls'

That's pretty harsh for a few hoax calls.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:18

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

Amethyst posted:

OK That footage is hosed up. Will the cops end up in gaol?

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:19

Those On My Left: Jun 25, 2010

Amethyst posted:

OK That footage is hosed up. Will the cops end up in gaol?

Don't get your hopes up.

I am still waiting to see how this story concludes: http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/four-to-stand-trial-over-ballina-cell-block-bashin/2421662/

Also, regarding that video and the Guardian article, spread it as far as you can. FB it, tweet it, tweet it directly at the QLD police force and their CMC.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:20

Bifauxnen: Aug 12, 2010; Curses! Foiled again!

GoldStandardConure posted:

In case you have missed it, there is a show starting on SBS tonight called First Contact which looks to be mandatory viewing. Taking a bunch of racist white Australians and getting them to live with and spend time with some indigenous Australians to hopefully get them to develop a tiny bit of human empathy.

I'm predicting it now though, it will be much like Go Back To Where You Came From, in that the people who really need to watch a show like this won't, and the white people on the show their growth will be limited to "Well the ones we saw are the good ones, not like all the other aboriginals I have to deal with in the city!"

Thanks for the reminder, I just heard Hack talking about this a lot last night, so I gotta try and remember to actually turn the TV on today.

From the Hack story at least, it sounds like they didn't pick really stubborn super-racist people for it. Just people who had more "average" views, so still pretty racist but not because they were like, trying hard at it or anything. The one participant they interviewed sounded like she really did have her views changed, particularly when she mentioned the disadvantages facing young children. Almost like a future Auspoller in the making.

But I'm just as pessimistic about who's going to watch it.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:28

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

Amethyst posted:

OK That footage is hosed up. Will the cops end up in gaol?

ughhh well there was a news story a few days ago about Queensland Police officers being caught speeding in their patrol cars, and how it was mega unfair that they should be held to the same exacting standards that they enforce on the rest of the community.

I mean, you think if you were rolling around in a police car you wouldn't be speeding but :shrug:

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:38

Negative Entropy: Nov 30, 2009

Those On My Left posted:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/video-shows-disabled-brisbane-man-punched-queensland-police

footage of brave queensland cops repeatedly punching a restrained double amputee in the head

What the actual gently caress?

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# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:39

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Amethyst posted:

OK That footage is hosed up. Will the cops end up in gaol?

quote:

Queensland police say they are aware of the incident and are looking into the circumstances, but could not say whether an ethical standards investigation had been launched.

This. At every step of the process. First they will have trouble identifying the officer involved. If you can provide definitive proof of their identity then they will insist that any disciplinary action must take place after the pending criminal charges so as not to prejudice them. If you are still hanging around leaning on them after all this has gone down they'll actually refer the matter to someone inside the police command and then let you know that 'appropriate actions were taken'. If you inquire as to what these were they will obfuscate. If you want to devote a bunch of your free time and a not inconsiderable amount of resources to fighting for a result go for it.

I did exactly that for the occupy Melbourne violent assault that also went viral. The nett result was the proceedings took so long the body I originally complained to (Office of Police Integrity) got replaced by the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission who effectively sent me a final cease and desist document which specifically stated that I had no further recourse. There has been no action (to my knowledge) taken against the officer involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNTexzIqE00

The original footage has been taken down. I attempted to follow it up via ministers and MPs but they refer me to the IBAC finding.

Haven't seen this linked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-4SiCiA5YE

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# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:40

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN: Jun 26, 2009

That was weird.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:00

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:27

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

Gough Suppressant posted:

Are the US and China taking part in this propaganda too, Bolty old boy?

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:34

Bifauxnen: Aug 12, 2010; Curses! Foiled again!

"Warmist" is the stupidest loving word ever jfc

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:34

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Gough Suppressant posted:

No wonder he's so loving dumb if he thinks that's how the scientific method works.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:40

Gough Suppressant: Nov 14, 2008

I can't find a way to make the ten times more likely number work either.

Like even if you accept it as a valid way of doing things. He apparently can't do maths.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:42

Jamus: Feb 10, 2007

Gough Suppressant posted:

Australian journalists 10x more likely to ask foreign politicians "How are you finding Australia" than domestic ones. Anti-Australia groupthink?

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:43

Sparticle: Oct 7, 2012

Gough Suppressant posted:

Even ignoring his lovely statistics, it should only be a little over 5 times more likely. Or did he just use the Cameron counts 1/9 = ~10% and 1/1 = 100% therefore 10 times more likely. He should have just gone full Bolt and only used the Abbott counts to claim that Aus journalists were infinity times more likely to ask about climate change.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:45

markgreyam: Mar 10, 2008; Talk to the mittens.

Gough Suppressant posted:

This just in, all journos more likely to ask climate change questions to the leader who doesn't "believe" in it (and who thinks that science is a thing you believe in the first place) than to the world leaders who acknowledge it as a real issue in need of action. Duh.

How he got from 2/23 and 5/11 to 10 times is anyone's guess. 5/11 becomes 10/22, and 10 is 5 times more than 2 therefore 10??? :pseudo:

Going back to uni to get a hard science degree and looking for employment in it after 15 years in lovely IT seems like an increasingly stupid idea.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:11

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Bolt has already been told he was dumb and has corrected it.

Clearly this is a sad day for free speech, that someone can't make up bullshit to pursue their own biased agenda and not be called on it.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:18

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

Attention: Bolt does not do maths. He does clickbait. It's hilarious that he's using a domestic issue to attack journalists whose only angle on the whole G20 has been domestic issues courtesy of the loving PM whose only angle on the whole G20 was only ever going to be domestic issues because oh noes they won't shut up about a domestic issue we don't like. So he does some clickbait to reassure his fans that Libs are still victims even when they're just dickheads with no idea what to with their winning lottery ticket.

gently caress Bolt, he does this. Move on with your lives.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:24

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

Wot?

Julie Bishop's secret sign language: who was the Foreign Minister communicating with ahead of Xi Jinping's speech to Parliament?

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...118-11ovgq.html

quote:

Watching from afar it looked like Julie Bishop had kicked off a game of charades in the House of Representatives to pass the time until Chinese President Xi Jinping started speaking.

But what on earth was the Foreign Minister signalling ahead of the landmark address on Monday?

Was it a movie, a book or a TV show?

At one moment, she seemed to form an animal's head with her fingers and thumb, with her little finger raised as if to suggest the ear of a rabbit or the horn of a bull.
At another, she clenched her fists loosely and joined them together in front of her chest in a gesture faintly redolent of a flight attendant demonstrating how to do up a seatbelt.
At another point she fixed someone in her line of vision with a warmer variation of her famous "death stare" and underlined her message by pointing her finger at her interlocutor.

Exactly who among the dignitaries Ms Bishop was addressing was unclear to Fairfax Media photographer Alex Ellinghausen, who took these photos.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and Seven Network Chairman Kerry Stokes appeared to be in her eyeline.

When Fairfax Media contacted Ms Bishop's office for an explanation, her staff solved that mystery without ending our intrigue about what exactly she was on about.
Ms Bishop's spokeswoman said she was communicating with the US Ambassador John Berry, in a "secret sign language" the pair share.

"They both know the messages being conveyed. No one else does � or will," her spokeswoman said.
One theory doing the rounds in Canberra was that Ms Bishop had been joking with Mr Berry about the etiquette around getting off a plane.
The two were spotted joking at the G20 about what to do with one's elbows.
In an age of phone hacking and email interception, it must be handy to have a way to communicate with the envoy of the world's most powerful nation in private, even in plain sight.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:27

Chicken Parmigiana: Sep 12, 2007

Halo14 posted:

*you*

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*my nether regions*

*small penis*

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:56

Fruity Gordo: Aug 5, 2013; Neurotic, Impotent Rage!

Yeah the last one is deffo about a tiny cock.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:04

hambeet: Sep 13, 2002

Maybe she was talking to Sir Coq? He was there I think.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:05

Negative Entropy: Nov 30, 2009

Matthew Beet posted:

Maybe she was talking to Sir Coq? He was there I think.

Media Beet up.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:05

hambeet: Sep 13, 2002

VICPOL-MEGAPOST

Splitsville.

quote:

Victorian state election: Abortion issue throws Buninyong campaign into disarray

The Coalition campaign in a key marginal seat has been thrown into turmoil after the Nationals candidate moved to withdraw preferences for her Liberal colleague over his views on rolling back abortion reforms.

The seat of Buninyong, which takes in parts of Ballarat, is a three-cornered contest with the Nationals' Sonia Smith and the Liberals' Ben Taylor trying to unseat Labor's Geoff Howard, who has just a 1.6 per cent lead.

Traditionally, the Coalition partners preference each other ahead of other parties.

But Ms Smith has told Fairfax Media that she would not preference Mr Taylor on how-to-vote cards, which could be the difference in what is shaping up as a close battle.

Ms Smith said she felt "sick" after an Australian Christian Lobby candidates' forum on Friday night, in which she felt Mr Taylor revealed views to roll back abortion laws.

She said Mr Taylor had not clearly revealed his views on this issue, focusing on sticking to party lines on other topics.
"He has just been a salesman for the party," she said. "These views need to be brought to light. For me it was very disturbing, even though it was a Christian view, but not everyone agrees with that view."

Ms Smith said she would leave it up to voters to decide who to preference and would not commit to saying voters should preference Labor over Mr Taylor.

But in a blow to Ms Smith, the Nationals said preferences were a matter for the party's president and state director. The Liberal Party referred Fairfax Media to the Nationals' statement.

Ms Smith, a former Liberal Party member, described the situation as a "dilemma", however. Given the marginal nature of the seat it could throw Mr Taylor's campaign into turmoil.

The Liberal Party has spent a huge amount of time and resources in the seat hoping it can counteract losses in Melbourne.

It is understood that the Nationals have put few resources into winning the seat, with resources devoted to other campaigns ahead of Buninyong.

"I can't live with myself, that we are going to put someone in who is going to be as divisive on that issue," Ms Smith said. "I am seeking to win. I should make that point. It is a serious issue, he should be running for Family First."

Mr Taylor wouldn't comment on preferences and the impact it could have on his campaign.

When asked if he planned to campaign within the Coalition to roll back abortion laws, he refused to answer, saying only: "One thing is very clear: the Premier has made it clear he will not change the laws in place."

Early this month, Unipollwatch reported that Ms Smith had some informal discussions with the Greens in the past.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/v...117-11ogtd.html

Well this seems above board:

quote:

The Napthine government paid elite private school Scotch College $5.4 million for a thin strip of land, taken for a road-widening project, that was previously valued at just over $1 million by the state's Valuer-General.
The payment was made by VicRoads in October last year.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/v...116-11nr17.html

and a 14th November polling update.