Taking The Peas Out Of Whistleblowers

Howdy dear availees in (the) Ukraine, the USofA, Romania, and Moldova...(ooo, and COOEEEE to all our dear cuz's across The Dutch in Aotearoa-Ed)...sorry what?...(to all our cousins and/or other dear availees in New Zealand, across The Ditch, you know, The Tasman Sea-Ed)...ahhhright, of course, howdy from the North-West Island...(whaaa?-Ed)...it's what Aotearoans call Oz, 'cos they've got their North and South Islands, and of course we're to their North-West...(riiight, of course, choice bro'-Ed)...howdy one-and-all, and ongoing apologies for my ongoing malaise, simply dragging simply through days, eat-wash-sleep then do it again...(no gym? I thought you advocated regular physical exercise as being critical to good Mental Health and general wellbeing?-Ed)...fair enough, I do say that, and I have been going several times a week, and walking the other days, etc, but apart from that, it's been the gnawing, dragging depression stuff of eat-wash-sleep, basic functioning fuelled by an ingrained desire to keep pushing forward, somehow...

And last week I'd all but given-up on this 'ere blog, again...(nooo! say it isn't so!-Ed)...yeah yeah, again, but I hung in there, and here we all are again, again, and it wasn't a single thing that dragged me back to this 'ere keyboard, rather, it's been a series of issues/decisions, although there was one critical comment that I'd like to quickly share...(do tell dear heart-Ed)...well, amidst a discussion about what I have managed to achieve with this 'ere blog...(like defining the rancid Pro-Paedophile Corruption that defines and controls South Australia-Ed)...yep, controls and defines our Parliament, SAPol (police), Courts, Crown Solicitor, Public Service, etc, etc...(and the Lutherans, don't forget the shreckin' Lutherans!-Ed)...sure, not forgetting the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt Lutheran Church, and everyone else involved in the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up, all of that stuff...(and the rancid corruption of Mt Gambier City Council and many other aspects of Local Government in SA-Ed)...indeed, all that stuff...(and how as part of that you've irretrievably and irrefutably proven the rank corruption of the SA Independent Commission Against Corruption and it's head honcho Your Bestie And Also In His Spare Time ICAC Comm Bruce 'Brews Slander' Lander, eg, retrospectively changing ICAC legislation to allow prosecuting you in Court-Ed)...yeah, all of that and then so much more...(like all the farcical debasco (debacle/fiasco) that is the Ombudsman/Office of Public Integrity/ICAC stuff with multiple South East Councils-Ed)...yes, yes, and yes, all of that...

But it was one specific comment that really and literally picked me up by the collar, dragged me up outta' the mud, dusted me off...(can you dust-off mud?-Ed)...shhh, and sent me back to this 'ere blog with a glimmer of vigour and a vague sense of motivation...(wow, settle down already or you'll do ya'self a serious injury with all that energy and excitement-Ed)...yeah yeah, I know it's all a bit average, but I'd rather be genuinely trudging-back to this 'ere blog, than trying to run again, only to trip and fall again, again...(right, so no belicose promises, rather, a very moderate sense of improved wellbeing and continued bloggin'?-Ed)...exactly...(it's almost like you've been through this so many times before, this almost defeatist depression stuff, that you've learned to just sort of 'lie-down and take it' while it washes over you, and then get-up again when it's run it's course, when it's coursed over you and temporarily moved on-Ed)...that's exactly what it feels like Ed mate, just plowing through the drab dark days until things get a bit brighter and then going again, again...and so here we are today, and today we're looking at 'Whistleblowering'...(is that even a word?-Ed)...it is now... 
  
So here's a particular piece from The Sydney Morning Herald (and The Age?), that I reckon covers it fairly well...I like to use these Main Stream Media pieces to illustrate and/or compare my own work/opinion, and occasionally, I just can't say it any better than what someone else has...(and well, sometimes, just occasionally, others might potentially know more about a certain subject than you do and it's only responsible and appropriate to Refer and Defer to their knowledge/experience-Ed)...indeed, and there's a bit of that with this one, it says what I believe and/or am concerned about, citing sources I'm not familiar with, etc...(well that's just terrific, really it is, but what was that One Comment you mentioned previous-Ed)...ah yes, that comment, and in a context about what I've achieved, how hard I've worked, the price I've paid, etc, that comment was "Do you want to give the bastards the satisfaction?"...(well firstly, that's a question not a comment-Ed)...yeah yeah, you know what I mean...(if you'll let me finish, but secondly, it's a very valid comment/question that says so much with so little-Ed)...indeed, it's literally everything isn't it, particularly when it comes to the original motivation for starting this 'ere blog, all of those issues...(and most particularly the St Martins Cover-up-Ed)...and the abuse I've been subjected to for pursuing basic appropriate action regarding that abuse of 7 year old kids at St Martins School...(and where that abuse has become relentless and unambiguous Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution, eg, your farcically corrupt 'ICAC Trial'-Ed)...indeed, all of that...***   

By Jewel Topsfield

April 19, 2019 — 3.24pm

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Australia has slumped two places in the annual World Press Freedom Index for 2019, amid concerns that investigative journalism is in danger with reporters and whistleblowers facing jail under "draconian legislation".
Australia was ranked 21 in the index, which is published every year by Reporters Without Borders, and ranks 180 countries and regions according to the level of freedom available to journalists.
The index says the space left for demanding investigative journalism has been "reduced by the fact that independent investigative reporters and whistleblowers face draconian legislation".

Australia has been ranked 21 out of 180 in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, dropping two places.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

"Australia adopted one of the toughest defamation laws of the world’s liberal democracies in 2018, while its laws on terrorism and national security make covering these issues almost impossible," the index says.

The group executive editor of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, James Chessell, recently wrote that Australian newsrooms "committed to public interest journalism hit contentious roadblocks with disturbing regularity".

Chau Chak Wing was awarded $280,000 for defamation over a 2015 article in The Sydney Morning Herald.Credit:Chris Pavlich

Chessell cited the Federal Court’s decision to award Australian businessman and political donor Chau Chak Wing $280,000 after ruling he was defamed in a 2015 Herald article linking him to a US bribery scandal.
"The Chau case highlights the current system which has shifted so far in favour of the plaintiff that Sydney is described as the defamation capital of the world," he wrote.

ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle.Credit:James Elsby

Chessell also pointed to the fact whistleblower Richard Boyle is facing a jail sentence of 161 years after helping The Age and Herald's investigative journalist Adele Ferguson expose abuses of power by the Australian Tax Office.

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The highest ranked nation on the index was Norway, followed by Finland and Sweden.
Australia, which had been ranked 19th for the past two years, fell out of the top 20, coming in behind New Zealand, which was ranked 7th, Costa Rica (10th), Ireland (15th), Canada (18th) and Suriname (20th).
The United Kingdom came in at 33rd place, up seven places but one of the worst ranked Western European countries, while the United States was ranked 48th, down three places.

The index said Australia had good public media but the concentration of media ownership was one of the highest in the world.
"It became even more concentrated in July 2018, when Nine Entertainment took over the Fairfax media group," the index says. "Mainly concerned with business efficiencies and cost-cutting, this new entity resembles Australia’s other media giant, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation."
Under the "very conservative" prime minister, Scott Morrison, the government had abandoned any attempt to regulate the media market, the index said.
It also said the detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru were in practice inaccessible to journalists and had become "news and information black holes".
President Donald Trump had exacerbated the steady decline of press freedom in the US, according to the index.

"He has declared the press an 'enemy of the American people' in a series of verbal attacks toward journalists, attempted to block White House access to multiple media outlets, and routinely uses the term 'fake news' in retaliation for critical reporting."

President Donald Trump points to a member of the media after declaring a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border.Credit:AP

The worst performing country was Turkmenistan in Central Asia, one of the most closed countries in the world, followed by North Korea, Eritrea and China.
"By relying on the massive use of new technology, President Xi Jinping has succeeded in imposing a social model in China based on control of news and information and online surveillance of its citizens," the index says.

• Jewel Topsfield is Melbourne Editor of The Age                                                  

 ***...so there you go, less protection for 'Whistleblowers', combined with greater concentration of media control, awash with increasing 'Defamation' issues that can/will further compromise issues of Free Speech and/or Truth Telling...(yeah sure, but genuinely malicious misinformation deliberately circulated, surely that stuff still needs to be addressed appropriately?-Ed)...absolutely, and whilst it's always been the case, it appears to be there's a very specific increased agenda of attacking and silencing genuine criticism and/or accountability, most particularly as it relates to politicians and political issues, and particularly as it relates to 'Social Media' like this 'ere blog...(as evidenced by your 'Trial' where-in you have been 'Convicted' of telling the truth about a proven fake ICAC investigation of Mt Gambier City Council-Ed)...exactly, 'Convicted' by a definably corrupt Magistrate Ian White, openly and definably colluding with SAPol Prosecutions...("bizarre trial" I believe The Border Watch newspaper described it as-Ed)...well quite, and their hardly fans of mine, far more likely to attack and denigrate me, but even they couldn't ignore the relentless and vast 'bizarreness' of my ludicrous 'Trial'...(and might I remind dear availees that 2 of the 18 'Charges' that you were 'Convicted' of, was for going to the local media, namely, The Border Watch and the South East ABC, even though they didn't actually even report that 'Fake ICAC Investigation'-Ed)...remind away mate...(errr, I just did-Ed)...ummm, right, moving-on then...   

(And might I also just add my two-bobs worth regarding the recent 'Sexual Assault' defamation action by Geoffrey Rush-Ed)...fire away champ...(well I listened to the Justice's 'verdict' via the ABC/BBC Radio News, and I was absolutely appalled and alarmed as to his language, and the deeply concerning similarities to your farcical 'Conviction'-Ed)...please explain...(well during the trial the Magistrate refused the evidence/attendance of a critical defense witness, then in summary, viciously denigrated the woman involved as being "delusional" and/or 'a liar', dismissed everything that supported the media allegations, glowingly supported Geoffrey's 'here-say character witnesses', and then found in his favour-Ed)...you're referring of course to the witness who did an extensive TV interview outlining her many problematic dealings with Geoffo, including him spying on her in the shower, etc, etc, she was refused giving evidence...(exactly-Ed)...and a trial where-in the newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, published third-hand allegations/statements as made by the woman involved to a colleague/friend several years earlier...(and published without her approval or even knowledge, she didn't even want any action taken at the time, not least of all because she was concerned for her future career if she 'accused' such a senior actor-Ed)...concerned with good reason, it would appear...(exactly, not her 'defamation' or even her complaint, yet several years after the 'events/assaults', she gets dragged into Court and abused and denigrated by a clearly agenda-driven and biased Magistrate, he was absolutely appalling-Ed)...indeed...    

This man, Justice Michael Wigney, was absolutely appalling in his repeated denigration of the 'victim', and was/is clearly biased against her, be that a personal bias or a 'Gender-Bias Agenda' or a personal affection for Geoffo mate...(maaate-Ed)...whatever it was motivated him, whatevs, his conduct of the trial and subsequent remarks weren't just grossly biased and inappropriate, they sounded deeply familiar and his tone and attitude very much put me in mind of Magistrate Ian White's grossly biased conduct and 'agenda-driven' abuse of me at 'Trial', his unwavering commitment to ignoring SAPol Prosecution's proven lies, the gaping holes in their 'case', the unresolved Constitutional Law issues, etc, etc, etc...(that's where I've heard that crap before, you're right, it was almost exactly like your "bizarre trial", ignore and/or deny the clear realities, resolutely deny any appropriate defense being presented, then pompously promote and support any farcical opinion that 'confirms' the prosecution, no matter how ludicrous or proved erroneous, etc, and viciously denigrate the 'defendant'-Ed)...and that's what I got from Magistrate Ian White, and that's exactly what I heard from Justice Michael Wigney...(hey, are you allowed to have an opinion about this?-Ed)...probably not, I guess we'll find out when and if this post gets complained about anonymously and pulled-down...(fair enough-Ed)...and I note that The Daily Telegraph is appealing this decision, citing 'potential bias by Justice Wigney'...

Tomorrow: The MGCC Peddles It's Latest Rort-Cycle      

Apparently, MGCC is going to cleverly conjure $380,000 from their 2019/20 Budget to spend on 'the outside of the Old Rail Station', then magically manifest yet another $380k in 2020/21 for 'the inside of the Old Rail Station', then after all that they're gunna' look for 'a suitable tenant to maximise utilisation of the precinct', etc, etc, etc, blah blah blah...(bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, and so on and so forth-Ed)...exactly, it's a Rort-laden joke looking for somewhere to happen...(it's found somewhere to happen, the Old Rail Station-Ed)...yeah yeah, I was just being dramatically abusive because the plebs love that stuff...(should you say "plebs" whilst they're still reading?-Ed)...nnndamn!... 

Oh, and Taking The Peas Out Of Whistleblowers is not just an extremely witty pun...(if you do say so yourself-Ed)...shut it, a pun about dis-empowering 'Whistleblowers' by taking the peas out of their whistles...(ah, 'cos whistles have little peas in them what resonates when you blow and creates the vibrating sound, and no pea means no whistle, that is actually mildly clever-Ed)...oh cheers mate, high praise indeed, but anyhoos, it also makes specific reference to any and all political statements about 'improving Whistleblower protections'...(let me guess, Taking The Piss Out Of Whistleblowers by making disingenuously hypocritical statements of support and/or protection-Ed)...spot on mate, and most specifically referring to SA's Liberal Attorney-General Vicki Chapman's statements last year (2018) about SA's exciting new 'Whistleblower Protection Laws', which state that anyone may comment on any issue if they've firstly appropriately reported it to the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC/Whoevs, but then after 3 months that 'Authority' hasn't acted...(so, report it, wait 3 months, and if nothing gets done, then you're golden to discuss it yourself?-Ed)...yep, if the 'Authority' concerned doesn't act within 3 months, then you/me/whoevs is 'allowed' to talk about it...(that's absolute bollocks-Ed)...I thought you might say that, care to explain?...

(Well, mate, it just means that the 'Authority' only has to say 'we looked at that' and it's 'Case Closed' and no-one's allowed to talk about it-Ed)...fair point...(and specifically where any complaints are made to the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC, where-in legislation demands matters be reported to those 'Authorities', but also, that ICAC controls all 3, and discussing any ICAC issue, regardless of outcome and whether any action is taken or not, Section 56 of the ICAC Act, the Section you were prosecuted and 'Convicted' under, that Section says any and all discussion of ICAC cases, before and/or during and/or after said 'case', any such discussion is illegal -Ed)...as proven/ratified by my "bizarre trial"...(exactly! and it's even more problematic in a context where any complaint about SAPol or the Judiciary also go directly to our mate ICAC Comm Bruce in his other roles as Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Police Complaints Commissioner-Ed)...indeed, when you try look into making a complaint about SAPol, it directs you to the OPI/ICAC website...(yay-Ed)...yay indeed...(and I further note that it was exactly "3 months" that ICAC pretended to investigate MGCC before 'closing the file without action', leading to the viciously corrupt Political Persecution of your "bizarre trial"-Ed)...well noted sir...

So basically, these alleged 'SA Whistleblower Protections' are all about further controlling and restricting free speech whilst politically pissing into people's ears about what great new 'protections' they are...(and let's not forget the farcical carry-on recently where-in AG Chapman herself fell fowl of the ludicrously undefinable ICAC Act Section 56, only to be retrospectively excused/pardoned by Comm Bruce himself!-Ed)...yeah, one rule for the Rulers, and the plebs get taken to with a big stick, it's a definably corrupt joke... 

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