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Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

WHEN Peter Dutton intervened directly to prevent the deportation of two young women intending to work in Australia as au pairs (in breach of their tourist visas), presumably our all powerful Home Affairs Minister was thinking of the children.

These would be the children of wealthy families who can afford to provide the room and board, plus a bit of spending money, for a live-in domestic servant who helps with child care duties and other housework. “Polish the Pimms glasses will you dear, and when you’ve put young Archibald Beaumont-Smythe junior to bed, be a pet and see if there’s any of that rather delightful smoked trout left in the main kitchen.”

They certainly wouldn’t be the children of refugee families that our immigration overlord has left rotting in the detention camp in Nauru, or the children of a Sri Lankan family ripped from their beds by Border Force officers, one day after their mother’s protection visa expired.

No. The brand of intervention Dutton and his department apply in such cases is one of brutality and dehumanisation. It is the sort of inhumanity that saw the Home Affairs office fight tooth and nail in the Federal Court this month to prevent the transfer of a suicidal 10- year-old boy — referred to in court documents as AYX18 — from Nauru to Australia for psychiatric care.

The child also has physical issues that his mother does not believe can be dealt with in the hospital on Nauru — a facility that the Government’s own health contractor has ruled as unsafe for surgery.

A psychiatrist’s evidence concluded that the child was “deteriorating significantly with the current care provided on Nauru by (International Health and Medical Services) and the local hospital. I strongly recommend that (AYX18) and his mother are taken to the mainland for reunification with his father and surgical and psychiatric treatment by clinicians specialising in child psychiatry.” (The boy’s father is in immigration detention in Australia.)

This is a child who arrived with his parents as an Iranian asylum seeker in 2013, and was granted refugee status in 2014. He has spent half his life in detention. Suffice to say the judge rejected the Home Affairs argument for a further delay to the case, and ordered the boy be transferred to Australia saying the Government had a “duty of care”.

This would be the same government that raided the family home of Tamil asylum seekers Nadesalingam and Priya and their daughters Dharuniga and Kopiga in Biloela earlier this month. Nadesalingam had been getting ready for his job at the local meatworks, and Priya was warming a baby’s bottle. The parents were handcuffed and loaded into a van for transport to the Broadmeadows detention centre in Melbourne, while the daughters were bundled into another van. They spent a week under guard, and were refused outside contact until they had signed deportation papers.

Only a petition started by local Biloela residents and ultimately signed by tens of thousands of people, and last minute legal intervention, saw them removed from a plane bound for Sri Lanka just minutes before take off. These are the children that Dutton and the increasingly punitive policies of successive governments cast aside as mere collateral damage in the wider war of politics. They are the families, charged with no crime, who are used as human shields to deter other desperate and dispossessed people from seeking asylum on our shores.

This is the “civilised country” that Dutton believes should be giving “special attention” to white South African farmers because of violence in rural communities (affecting both black and whites) in that country.

This is the Minister who says that “it concerns me that people are being persecuted at the moment” ... but only in the context of white residents of a nation that for years suffered under a brutal apartheid regime.

No such public compassion for the countless thousands of Rohingya refugees who have been displaced from their homelands in Myanmar, and certainly no such compassion for the hundreds of asylum seekers — most of whom have been determined to be genuine refugees — left abandoned in Australia’s gulags.

No. And don’t dare to call Dutton out for his racist dog whistling and White Australia policy fantasies, because that just means you are a “crazy lefty” who is peddling “fake news”. In fact these critics, Dutton says, “don’t realise how completely dead they are to me.”

Not, though, as dead as the men who have died from lack of care, or taken their own lives in despair on Manus Island or Nauru.

And certainly not as dead as the black and shrivelled soul of a nation that allows this abuse and degradation to continue.

Bring them here.

Paul Syvret is an assistant editor of The Courier-Mail.

@PSyvret

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# ? May 17, 2024 22:34

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

JBP posted:

The Sam and Cory Variety Hour only on Sky.

There are plenty of men out in society that would happily have him for sticking it up the liberal Liberals. He's just reduced the number of jobs he could access. I wouldn't be surprised if he became the head of or a leader in a faith based organisation.

most likely, but the influence a faith based organisation can wield over government as opposed to for example the mining or business lobbies is quite small. churches are dwindling in political importance (see for instance the same sex marriage plebiscite) and it�s not going to get better any time soon.

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:03

G-Spot Run: Jun 28, 2005

Anidav posted:

Paul Syvret is an assistant editor of The Courier-Mail.

@PSyvret

It goes to show you how much positive impact the murdoch papers could have if they put their minds to better things, the style of impassioned and punchy writing doesn't get as much room in higher-end rags but it's very effective.

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:23

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Anidav posted:

Someone has missed their Murdoch memo for today and will probably be getting sacked over that editorial

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:28

asio: Nov 29, 2008; "Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs: A Developmental Guide for Brass Wind Musicians" refers to the mullet as an important tool for professional cornet playing and box smashing black and blood

BBJoey posted:

most likely, but the influence a faith based organisation can wield over government as opposed to for example the mining or business lobbies is quite small. churches are dwindling in political importance (see for instance the same sex marriage plebiscite) and it’s not going to get better any time soon.

Yeh unless it's the ACL he won't find much religious work. There's a reason tim costello went into world vision and not parliament.

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:45

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

I can't believe Paul and Des Houghton work in the same building

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:54

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Anidav posted:

I can't believe Paul and Des Houghton work in the same building

I love that Syvret kind of looks a little like bolt in those little byline portraits like he�s the bizzaro universe bolt where communist lesbian robots wisely rule over our nation

# ? Mar 28, 2018 23:59

swimsuit: Jan 22, 2009; yeah

should i listen to boonta vista in spite of the fact all the male hosts faces are very annoying and they all write for pedestrian

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:02

EoinCannon: Aug 29, 2008; Grimey Drawer

swimsuit posted:

should i listen to boonta vista in spite of the fact all the male hosts faces are very annoying and they all write for pedestrian

I listened to it for the first time the other day, it was OK.
That particular episode kind of seemed a bit media watch-ish in that they bagged out a lovely journalist for a while

The guys have terrible radio voices and delivery

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:13

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

I find podcasts to be annoying at best, often smug self important ramblers due to the unconstrained nature of the medium vs traditional forms of communication. Kinda like youtube instructional videos that take 15 mins to demonstrate a 30 second task, but without the useful part.

See also: my posts.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:17

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

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-s-jon-faine-criticised-over-deeply-uncomfortable-interview-20180329-p4z6u3.html

:psyduck:

Invite someone onto the program to discuss people�s attitudes to disability and then profess your horror at their appearance due to their disability. Good job Jon Faine you dickhead, apparently brain trauma is contagious at 774

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:26

Cleretic: Feb 3, 2010; Ignore my posts!
I'm aggressively wrong about everything!

Ny favorite podcast right now is Oh No Ross and Carrie, which is goddamn solid, but sadly it isn't very useful or informative for my everyday life. I've only gotten asked how weird psuedo-Christian religious sects who meet out in the woods operate, like, two or three times in my life.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:29

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Ok don't you see the conflict of interest in allowing Australia to determine the success of Australia's gun buyback funded with Australian tax dollars in Australia?

# ? Mar 29, 2018 02:29

Jonah Galtberg: Feb 11, 2009

Solemn Sloth posted:

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-s-jon-faine-criticised-over-deeply-uncomfortable-interview-20180329-p4z6u3.html

Invite someone onto the program to discuss people�s attitudes to disability and then profess your horror at their appearance due to their disability. Good job Jon Faine you dickhead, apparently brain trauma is contagious at 774

Jon Faine has sucked for a long long time

# ? Mar 29, 2018 03:10

drunkill: Sep 25, 2007; me @ ur posting; Fallen Rib

Jon Faine is cool and good

# ? Mar 29, 2018 04:00

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.

drunkill posted:

Jon Faine is cool and good

# ? Mar 29, 2018 04:11

Jonah Galtberg: Feb 11, 2009

actually he is lame and bad

# ? Mar 29, 2018 05:18

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

Where's that one tweet that's like, refugees meh and a big long list of poo poo stuff about aus then at the end "cricket cheating? WHEN DID WE LOSE OUR WAY"

# ? Mar 29, 2018 05:34

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

tithin posted:

Where's that one tweet that's like, refugees meh and a big long list of poo poo stuff about aus then at the end "cricket cheating? WHEN DID WE LOSE OUR WAY"

I don't have the actual twitter link, but here's a screenshot of it:

# ? Mar 29, 2018 05:51

tithin: Nov 14, 2003; [Grandmaster Tactician]

That's the one thanks m8

# ? Mar 29, 2018 05:55

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Quick someone rub some sandpaper on a refugee.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:03

GoldStandardConure: Jun 11, 2010; I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow; Pillbug

hooman posted:

Quick someone rub some sandpaper on a refugee.

Pro refugee torture - Hooman, 2018

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:06

Tasmantor: Aug 13, 2007; Horrid abomination

Left is always getting those poor reffos to hurt themselves for political gain. Tisk tisk smdh

*Continues to support offshore detention*

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:16

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

GoldStandardConure posted:

Pro refugee torture - Hooman, 2018

I'd lightly abrade any refugee to take them off Torture Island.

I'd be more worried about someone who wouldn't.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:23

Amoeba102: Jan 22, 2010

I hope Dutton gets done for visa tampering.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:29

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

As Minister for the Protection of White People, Dutton is above the law.

Anidav posted:

Paul Syvret is an assistant editor of The Courier-Mail.

@PSyvret

Well there's a loving twist!

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:33

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

Amoeba102 posted:

I hope Dutton gets done for visa tampering.

everything dutton has done has been legal and constitutional. the immigration minister being allowed to unilaterally accept or deny people from entering australia is a feature, not a bug.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:35

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

NSW Government backs down on $2 billion stadiums blueprint

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-29/nsw-government-backs-down-on-stadiums-backdown/9600654

quote:

The New South Wales Government has backed down on its proposal to demolish the Sydney Olympic Stadium, which will instead be refurbished.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian had come under increasing pressure over the $2 billion blueprint to raze the 80,000-seat stadium at Homebush.
The Government will press ahead with plans to demolish and rebuild the Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park, with work expected to begin later this year.

Ms Berejiklian announced about "two thirds" of the Olympic Stadium would be refurbished, and said the new plan would save taxpayers $500 million.
"This will change the atmosphere of the entire stadium," she said.
"But importantly it will provide a rectangular stadium with fans closer to the action. That is what is required for a world-class stadium."

The NSW Government's backflip comes a year out from the next state election.
Cabinet signed off on the stadiums plan last November, however, the policy caused divisions in the NSW Government.
The Premier said initial modelling had shown a complete renovation of the venue would have cost more than demolishing it and building a new stadium.

'We've listened to the community'
Stadium Australia was due to be demolished in 2019 and would have cost $1.3 billion.

"We've listened to the community, we know the public would have thought that is too much to spend," Ms Berejiklian.

The stadium issue is worse for its electoral hopes than either the greyhound racing ban or local council amalgamations � and both of those were reversed, writes Brigid Glanville.
At a heated press conference in Sydney this afternoon, Ms Berejiklian brushed off the about face.

"We don't apologise for listening to the community and doing our homework," she said.

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley pounced on the spend, repeatedly saying he would fund schools and hospitals instead of stadiums if elected next year.
But battle lines were not only drawn between health and education funding versus sport, the debate became geographical when Mr Foley claimed the Government was prioritising Sydney's affluent eastern suburbs � where the Football Stadium is � over the west.

The rebuilt Sydney Football Stadium is expected to seat 45,000.

Ms Berejiklian also announced the NRL grand final would remain in Sydney for the next 25 years, and said the city would have lost major events had her Government not invested in stadiums.

Independent body Infrastructure New South Wales assessed the various business cases for both venues.

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg was pleased with the announcement.

"Naturally I would have preferred to see a new stadium built at Sydney Olympic Park in line with our Memorandum of Understanding," he said.
"But this remains the biggest infrastructure program the game has ever seen, one that gives our fans a new level of stadia facilities."

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:46

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Guys, I'm starting to wonder if instead of just trusting people not to abuse their power we should have some kind of Australia wide independent commission what investigates corrupt people who abuse their station.

an AWICWICPWATS if you will.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 06:48

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

Solemn Sloth posted:

https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-s-jon-faine-criticised-over-deeply-uncomfortable-interview-20180329-p4z6u3.html

Invite someone onto the program to discuss people�s attitudes to disability and then profess your horror at their appearance due to their disability. Good job Jon Faine you dickhead, apparently brain trauma is contagious at 774

Just going to quote my favourite part of this interview:

Findlay laughed off the comment before recounting how one of the most offensive things anyone has ever asked her was whether she could have sex.
"Hang on, what's the answer?" Faine asked.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:06

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

I like Jon Faine but he does seem to have the occasional brain fart.

Is there a way to find out where my nearest NBN node is? I'm moving to a new place and I've gone up and down the street using Google street view, and can't see anything that looks like a node (admittedly the camera car went though on bin day and distinguishing a node from a container of garbage is tricky) and now I'm worried the nearest one will be loving miles away.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:19

EoinCannon: Aug 29, 2008; Grimey Drawer

gay picnic defence posted:

I like Jon Faine but he does seem to have the occasional brain fart.

It's like he was stuck in "interviewing-a-politician-so-drag-them-over-the-coals" mode and forgot he was interviewing an ostensibly innocent person with an interesting story

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:21

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

gay picnic defence posted:

I like Jon Faine but he does seem to have the occasional brain fart.

Is there a way to find out where my nearest NBN node is? I'm moving to a new place and I've gone up and down the street using Google street view, and can't see anything that looks like a node (admittedly the camera car went though on bin day and distinguishing a node from a container of garbage is tricky) and now I'm worried the nearest one will be loving miles away.

From here > https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Home-Broadband/how-do-i-find-the-nearest-available-fibre-node-to-my-premises/td-p/694883

http://nationalmap.gov.au/

Click Add Data > Communications > Click on Plus Sign next to Broadband Map

Type in your address and it should have a black outline for the service area. The node should be within that area.

Adjust the opacity if it's not clear.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:23

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

https://twitter.com/Paul_Karp/status/979229872676487168

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:28

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Doctor Spaceman posted:

https://twitter.com/Paul_Karp/status/979229872676487168

KAAAARRRRRRPPPPP! :argh:

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:36

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

In actually awful news:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-29/south-hedland-cop-found-not-guilty-of-indecent-assault/9601670

Magistrate Ridley posted:

(In) the era of twerking, grinding and easy access to pornography, something like pinching someone on the bottom seems to have lost its overtly sexual connotation

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:39

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

hooman posted:

In actually awful news:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-29/south-hedland-cop-found-not-guilty-of-indecent-assault/9601670

WA, what a wonderful state.

Sever.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 07:41

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

The fat kids being killed by dodgy Lebanese builders hacking in Fortnite, and the miracle diet that can bring them back.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 08:17

aejix: Sep 18, 2007; It's about finding that next group of core players we can win with in the next 6, 8, 10 years. Let's face it, it's hard for 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds to lead an NHL team. Look at the playoffs.

That quote is from fucking 2018. Fuck you Jim; Pillbug

Halo14 posted:

NSW Government backs down on $2 billion stadiums blueprint

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-29/nsw-government-backs-down-on-stadiums-backdown/9600654

How is that a back down you loving shitstain Gladys? Down from $2bn to demolish and rebuild two stadiums to $1.5bn to demolish one stadium and refurb the other? As if its not going to balloon back up to $1.75bn+ anyway.

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# ? May 17, 2024 22:34

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

Our Governments are guilty of allowing the supply of war equipment to be possibly financed via the Halal tax that has killed Australian soldiers and civilians, this has to stop it is abhorrent to 60% of the population. The Muslims, ALP, Greens, and Snowflakes support this Tax.

# ? Mar 29, 2018 08:38

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