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The daily Telegraph cover today (11/03/2021) is amazingly jam-packed...

 

If you have missed the important bits of news because you're not paying attention, let me help you:

 

First the picture of a pretty guy — a famous footballer — for the South Sydney Rugby League team... This is loaded. The Rabbitohs (the South Sydney Rugby League team) were the main team that Rupert Murdoch and his lawyers were trying to kill off, back then, 22 years ago. Rupert owns the Daily Telegraph but Rupert is not fussed. He lost his battle against the little Rabbitoh club (street protests, the first one with 30,000 people and when this did not do the trick, 60,000 people marched to the Town Hall, plus a court case followed by an appeal let the club back into "its" own league as it was a foundation club), and since then, Rupert has realised that one can make money by promoting the Rabbitohs. The word Fox is not there by accident on the cover. Rupert still owns part of Foxtel, I believe. Every-time some watches the footy, it adds to the coffers...

 

Second, the South Sydney club is sponsored by CROWN resorts (gambling houses owned by James Packer whose father was a major rival to Rupert) — presently in trouble for funny business practices... See: https://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/38162

 

And god has nothing to do with blokes chasing a ball in the shape of an olive...

 

Third, the Rupert DT is anti-global warming theory. "Kean's Ceasefire" says the headline about the NSW government trying to increase its "green" credentials (while digging more coal for more coal-fired power stations) by banning the traditional humble fireplace... So the DT smells trouble including the death of the monster gas-guzzlers on the road, monsters which their newspaper buyers love. Bring European standards for car emissions is the death of horse-power! UGLY!

 

But the fourth item is telling in regard to the Porter affair. The CEO of MinterEllison, Annette Kimmitt, shot herself in the foot by apologising about one of her staff representing Christian Porter in possible defamation. She has resigned. So far, no-one has dared accused Porter of rape in 1988. Everyone gives him the benefit of innocence, including us, because that's the way the law works, until Porter himself says otherwise. 

 

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Rape accusations against Attorney-General Christian Porter have highlighted the barriers facing sexual assault survivors seeking justice.

The historical allegations against the nation’s top law officer were made by a woman Mr Porter knew 33 years ago, who took her own life last year.

Last week the case ground to a standstill when NSW Police announced on Tuesday it had closed its investigation into the claims and on Wednesday Mr Porter denied the accusations.

The South Australian coroner says an investigation into the death of the woman is “not finished”, as calls continue to grow for an independent inquiry into the case.

Independent inquiry or not, a clear outcome is now virtually impossible – especially given the complainant cannot be cross-examined.

Either way, sexual assault cases rarely result in a criminal prosecution.

The New Daily is not suggesting Mr Porter is guilty of the allegation.

The high-profile case is just one illustration of the barriers that prevent most sexual assault survivors from achieving justice.

 Read more: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/03/10/sexual-assault-facts/

quietly step back and resign...

The chief executive of MinterEllison, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, has reportedly been asked to stand down after she criticised a senior partner of the firm for advising Attorney-General Christian Porter about his response to a 1988 rape allegation.

The news comes as the federal government and the Liberal Party confirmed that Mr Porter and his cabinet colleague, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, will pay their own legal fees after engaging lawyers in separate matters.

Senator Reynolds will also be potentially personally liable in the event that she needs to make a defamation payout to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins over reports that she called Ms Higgins a “lying cow”.

The Australian Financial Review reported on Wednesday that MinterEllison board chairman David O’Brien had told chief executive Annette Kimmitt her services were no longer required following a meeting on Tuesday. However partners of the firm had not been informed of her apparent departure by Wednesday evening and MinterEllison did not respond to a request for confirmation.

The report said that following a board meeting on Tuesday, Ms Kimmitt had been asked to quietly step back and then resign as part of a staged, two-month withdrawal plan designed to shield the firm from further negative press.

Ms Kimmitt’s position has been under siege since she sent an all-staff email last week that was critical of veteran partner Peter Bartlett for not following “consultation or approval processes” before he provided advice to Mr Porter about his response to the rape allegation.

 

Read more:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/law-firm-chief-asked-to-leave-as-embattled-ministers-told-to-pay-own-legal-costs-20210310-p579lg.html

relax...

 

"The news is all bad, too depressing and negative."

"I don't want to watch, listen or read news and current affairs anymore, because I don't want it to add more stress to my life."

"News organisations just seem to sensationalise everything — and what they report doesn't reflect the world I live in."

Does that sound like you sometimes, perhaps even all the time?

Or does that sound like someone you know?

 

They're known as "news avoiders", people who actively go out of their way to avoid being kept up to date with what's going on in the world around them.

Confession time.

Sometimes, I'm a news avoider.

Yes, sometimes even a self-confessed "news junkie" like me can't take any more.

I turn everything off, mute the phone and go bushwalking to get away from it, at least for an hour or two — sometimes more.

Research shows the numbers of news avoiders are growing and no doubt the pandemic, with wall-to-wall coverage of infections, illness, death, lockdowns and hospitalisations — has swelled their ranks.

Ironically, being a news avoider can put people at risk of being duped into believing false and "fake" news via social media outlets.

So, if you're a news avoider, know one or perhaps want to inform yourself about other issues beyond the traditional news — I've got a challenge for you.

 

Read more:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/backstory/2021-08-11/sabra-lane-the-bright-side-solutions-constructive-journalism/100364242

 

Read from top.

 

GusNote: if you can hear or see the news, this means you are still alive! Enjoy carpe diem!... Breathe a bit more, smell a flower, eat some garlic, have an aperitif... etc, you know the drill. You've been doing it for a long time, even before the Pandemic... And take the news at 50 per cent of it's face value. It's usually the same as yesterday with more porkies added...

 

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