And having proven all that repeatedly via this 'ere blog...(not least of all by using his own Threat Letters-Ed)...indeed, I again speak directly to The Googles about the way you's are being manipulated by corrupt stooges like DeGaris, manipulated into being complicit in the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up...(complicit like Billy is, and former SA Premiers Mike Rann and Jay Weatherill, the SA Parliament in it's virtual entirety, and SAPol (police), and the Education Dept, and the Teachers Registration Board, etc, etc, etc-Ed)...well quite, and in that context it's hardly surprising that The Googles would react in the ways that they have, frequently 'removing' post content and replacing it with "Post Unavailable", but I do not understand why, 1) I am not receiving any Removal Notifications from Google, 2) why Google removes these posts even though the 'Complainants' haven't followed Google's own directions to contact The Blogger first and try to sort stuff out, etc...(which only highlights the gross inappropriateness of DeGaris' actions in repeatedly threatening you but refusing to meet you to resolve matters-Ed)...exactly, and 3) what happened to those posts that were completely deleted from within the 'Draft Section' of this 'ere blog...
I understand that The Googles have 'Legal Obligations re Defamation' that they have to comply with, but I do not understand how that relates to, 1) my posts being removed without me being notified, and 2) why The Googles have not responded to my notification/requests for info about the posts that were deleted from within the blog itself, indicating potential 'hacking' of Google's 'Blogspot Site'...(I thought you said it was highly likely SAPol was using your laptop, 'seized' when they raided your home on 8th May 2014, using that to gain access to the blog's internals?-Ed)...indeed I did, and I refer back to the bizarre timing of Bill DeGaris claiming responsibility for the disappearance of those posts, as identified in those written threats to 'get' this 'ere blog...(oh yeah, when you posted about SAPol being in the frame, etc, and Billy suddenly wrote to you claiming responsibility, etc-Ed)...indeed, all covered in those posts from April 2018...and I'm deliberately re-visiting DeGaris's specific behaviours relating to his vacuous Defamation Threat Letters because it is critically relevant to the attached article about the Morrison Jazz Academy...(how so?-Ed)...because our mate Billy has repeatedly Threat Lettered the author of this article, Ms Matilda Duncan, on behalf of his client Graham Lyall...(and threatened her friends, and the New Matilda website who were covering her personal story, etc-Ed)...indeed, and we've covered this stuff several times, including where New Matilda and Ms Duncan were also directly threatened by the SA District Court, etc, so I yet again refer dear availees to those posts and/or the NM website...
But to just quickly digress, I'd like to cover a coupla' issues, starting with the ongoing Institutionalised Corruption that defines the Morrison Liberal government, from the Murray-Darling Water issues, through the Paladin contracts, the Barrier Reef Foundation funding, the Joyce/Campion jobs scandal, the Home Affairs Minister Peter 'The Spud' Dutton's Child Care profitting, etc, etc, etc...there are a litany of 'corrupt' issues that demonstrate the vast gulf of non-accountability between the actions of LNP members and their mates and/or supporters, and what is being done to everyone else...(are you talking about the extraordinarily Fascist politicising of the Australian Federal Police, as evidenced by these media raids, etc?-Ed)...exactly, the AFP doesn't look at multiple 'Departmental Leaks' that benefit LNP Members, eg, the Cash/Union Raid Leaks and the Medevac Leaks, etc, or any of these bizarrely corrupt 'Contracts', but they're going all-out to attack journos and 'Whislteblowers' who expose government dysfunction and/or criminality, etc...only this week Herr Spuddo was literally spittin' chips in that thin-lipped and hate-fueled manner that he does, about how journos would be investigated and potentially charged for exposing 'secrets'...it is widely reported that literally every document that goes through Cabinet and/or Parliament is getting stamped 'Secret', including ridiculous things like innocuous routine 'furniture requests', etc, with a view to 'Criminalising' and therefore completely silencing any discussion/exposure of anything that happens within government...
Meanwhile, here in South Australia, I dead-set fell off my bleedin' chair to see Opposition Labor's Tom 'Speedy' Koutsontonis mouthing-off about how there needs to be a formal inquiry into ICAC-based allegations of inappropriate conduct re the Yatala Gaol $150million refurbishment...(but wasn't Speedy protected by the rankly corrupt SA ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) regarding the farcically corrupt albeit ultimately failed Gillman Land Sale?-Ed)...absolutely he was, and whilst he, Speedy, was in government too...(and then of course there was the farcical ICAC investigation of the Oakden Nursing Home Scandal-Ed)...amongst other farcical ICAC pseudo-investigations, and I ain't seein' any Parliamentary Inquiries instigated by Labor into that stuff...oh, and 'Speedy' because Tommy was appointed Road Safety Minister, but then quit that position in 2009 after it was reported that he was subject to 30+ traffic fines, predominantly for Speeding...(I saw it reported that it was "58 fines" across several years-Ed)...yeah, not sure, minimum 30+ totalling $10,000+, could be as many as 58, whatevs, I think the issue here is one of hypocrisy...SA ICAC, as conceived and constructed and introduced by the Rann Labor government, SA's ICAC is an act of Legislative Fascism that is designed to 'Criminalise' and suppress 'Whistleblowing' as part of it's broader brief of protecting the Institutionalised Corruption that defines South Australian Politics...
Language Warning:...(ooo, a big ol' LW at the start of a paragraph, this oughtta' be good-Ed)...well, Adam Goodes actually...(whaaa?-Ed)...so let's start with what a base fuckwit alleged celebrity Sam Newman truly is...an ex-footballer who's only other claim to fame is his relentless bigotted fuckwittery, usually expressed via that luminary broadcast, The Footy Show...his signature piece was/is 'vox-popping', carefully seeking-out those with Mental Health issues, etc, and mocking them, truly a class fucking act from an A-grade fucking idiot...I recall with a genuine hatred, the sickly criminal 'interview' he did with some school girls waiting at a bus-stop, where-in he just bailed them up, then 'flirted' with them, then 'hit' on them, including asking one how old she was...(how old?-Ed)...13, to which our mate Sammy commented about how she was 'old enough', etc...(wow-Ed)...indeed, it was sick-fuckery from a sick fuck...(I'm sensing that there's more to your anger here though than just that one horrendous incident, or even his broader propensity of mocking others for the entertainment of his 'viewers'-Ed)...indeed, I'm not one prone to expletive-laden abuse and even less likely to even allude to violence let-alone commit any, etc, but I readily make an exception when it comes to good ol' Sammy...(what is it mate, what's got you so riled?-Ed)...I refer availees to the recent documentary about Adam Goodes, a fabulously talented Aboriginal footballer who was repeatedly booed by AFL crowds...
This doco includes a number of 'observations' from various bigotted and openly Rascist fuckwits like Andrew Bolt, Rita Pahani, etc, etc, all dismissing the issue of Rascism as irrelevant and/or non-evident, but it's Sam Newman who puts them all in the shade, stating that 'it's nothing to do with Racism, they're booing you because you're acting like a jerk'...(but Goodes was being racially vilified-Ed)...indeed he was...and Sammy doubled-down on that denialist fuckwittery with an embittered thin-lipped botox-puckered rant about 'Homosexuals, Boat-people (refugees), Transgender' etc, and how they all get special privilege, how they get 'their own days', and how he as a 'White Protestant heterosexual male, etc, looks forward to when he gets his own special day'...(but, but every day in Australia is White Protestant Heterosexual Male Day-Ed)...well that's my point mate, here's a pig-ignorant bigot angrily complaining about the gross inequality of how it's not all about him all of the time...(but it is, it is literally WPHMD, or Catholic Male or Jewish Male, whatevs, quite literally every day, particularly in modern Australia-Ed)...and that's what defines Sammy as an absolute fuckwit...End Language Warning...and I remind dear availees of how it was explained to me by a Centrelink staffer over a decade ago, when explaining why they were having trouble with my personal situation and how/where I fit into the Welfare System...and I quote, 'you present as a reasonably able, reasonably sane White Man so you don't fit into the Welfare System because, as such, literally all of society is geared to cater to your wants and needs, and we (Centrelink) are here for those disenfranchised from that White Male mainstream, namely single mums, people with Mental and/or Physical disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, etc'...
I watched what I could of that doco, but found myself repeatedly switching channel because I was just too embarrassed to be involved with that relentless White Privilege Bigotry...having said that, I urge dear availees to watch the doco The Final Quarter for ya'selves, see for ya'selves what was really happening and why that is something that all Australians should oppose and confront, and that includes that ffffool Sam Newman...if you see him in the street, particularly if you're a man, hit on him even if you're not gay, because 1) he's set the standard of what it's okay to do to strangers in the street, and 2) he'll absolutely hate it...and 3) whilst you'd have a better chance of teaching Shakespeare to a bowl of cold lasagne, explain to him his bigotry and ignorance...make Oz a better place, get in Sammy's face...you know it makes sense...
Now, to today's actual topic, the attached article (below) by Matilda Duncan, as copied from the Independent Australia website...only last week (Wednesday???) I found myself scratching my rather large and woolly head, somewhat bemused to hear James Morrison being interviewed on ABC Radio South East about the relatively low student numbers at the Morrison Jazz Academy...James was spruiking the positives of having only 70 students (approx), stating that they (MJA) had ascertained that this was the ideal number they could/should deal with, thusly allowing MJA to provide appropriate student/teacher contact time...more students apparently compromised that quality of service provision, etc...(but I thought he was sayin' a coupla' years back that there'd be 200 students-Ed)...indeed, by next year in fact, and I believe that that's what's in this article, so I'll let Ms Duncan explain...(hang on, if that IA article was published 30th June 2019?-Ed)...yeahhhhhhsss...(and the ABC Morrison interview was last week sometime, about 2 weeks later?-Ed)...yeahhhhhsss...(well, that's a bit of a coincidence don't you think?-Ed)...I don't think there's any coincidence at all...(ahhh, you implying that the article prompted the interview?-Ed)...me? implying? and you're questions aren't facetiously rhetorical?...(fair call-Ed)...well, we've taken up enough time and space with our belligerent belly-aching, so, dear availees, enough of us and here 'tis this...***
Failing: Music Academy falling short of Government-mandated enrolments
By Matilda Duncan | | 3 comments
WHEN THE OPENING of the James Morrison Academy of Music at the University of South Australia (UniSA) was announced in October 2014, Jay Weatherill, then the Premier of South Australia, was quick to publicly predict a large student body. “Once [the Academy is] established, Mr Morrison is forecasting an annual intake of 70 students building to a potential student body of up to 200 students by 2020," Weatherill said.
The James Morrison Academy of Music was awarded $500,000 by the State Government of South Australia to enable its opening and the offering of a Diploma of Music to students, as announced in October 2014. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) records show the Academy is a for-profit business, owned privately by James Morrison.
The State Government funding awarded to the James Morrison Academy came after closures of VET music courses elsewhere in South Australia, for instance at the TAFE Noarlunga campus. This affects students in Adelaide's southern suburbs and at the University of Adelaide.
After four years in operation, student numbers at the James Morrison Academy of Music have shifted little from the initial 50 that were enrolled when the Academy opened in March 2015.
A post on the University of South Australia Mount Gambier Campus Facebook page showed just 15 new James Morrison Academy of Music students attending Orientation Week earlier this year. UniSA would not confirm new enrolment numbers in 2019, stating instead: "There are currently around 60 students enrolled in UniSA programs offered through JMA".
Conditions for the $500,000 government grant were outlined in a contract established between the James Morrison Academy of Music Pty Ltd and the SA State Government, drafted after the announcement of the funding in October 2014.
That contract, released under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, shows that special conditions were placed on the funding, including James Morrison meeting targets for student numbers.
Other requirements were that Morrison managed the Academy:
[in a] competent and professional manner ... [devoting] sufficient time and attention to personally teaching students of the Academy, as well as participating in the ongoing management and promotion of the Academy, to the extent reasonably necessary to ensure that [he] is able to attract and retain a sustainable number of students on the basis of [his] reputation.Despite the Premier's 2014 projections, the State Government set low expectations for student numbers in the contract that would have required a sudden influx of 100 students between 2019 and 2020 to reach a cohort of 200 students at the Academy by 2020.
Special conditions in the contract required the Academy to meet or exceed student number targets of 70 students in 2017, 80 students in 2018, and 100 students in 2019. Despite public announcements that the James Morrison Academy would be opening with 50 students in 2015, the Government's contractual target was just 30 students in 2015, increasing to 50 in 2016.
A spokesperson for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet would not comment on what actions the Government had taken to evaluate whether James Morrison had met the conditions of the contract, stating only that the funding agreement "is evaluated in line with its terms and conditions".
The funding period for the contract ends on June 30, 2019, at which point the James Morrison Academy must provide a "report on the level of any unexpended funding" and repay any unexpended funds to the Government — unless the company receives written approval from the SA Arts Minister advising that they can retain the money.
The James Morrison Academy has maintained unexpectedly low student numbers despite an email suggesting an incident of the Academy straying from usual university admission practices.
An October 2014 email appear to show Judi Morrison, James Morrison's wife, offering a prospective student full admission to the Academy outside of usual application processes required of other prospective students.
The email, seen by Independent Australia, is signed with Judi Morrison's name from a James Morrison Academy email address, showing an immediate offer of acceptance to the Academy being made, despite the prospective student not having undergone any audition processes.
It stated:
Thank you for your interest in attending the James Morrison Academy of Music.The young musician did not accept the offer to study at the Academy. They have stated that in the years that have since passed, the offer has struck them as unusual as they were unsure of how James Morrison Academy staff could have had evidence of their musical ability.
Normally the next step in the process would be to arrange an audition, however both James and Graeme Lyall (Director of Studies) have heard you play and have decided an audition is not necessary in your case. You will find attached a letter of offer.
They told IA:
I hadn't posted anything [online] of myself playing in 2014 ... the only way [James Morrison Academy staff] could have heard me was in person, but I don’t know where or when they would have done that. It think I would have been aware if they were in the audience at a gig I was playing due to their fame.The James Morrison Academy of Music did not respond to a request for comment.
***...not included here are several 'Tweets' that didn't paste/copy across, so I refer y'all dear availees to the Independent Australia website for the full bizzo'...(there are also 2 other articles by the same author on the IA site, both about Sexual Assault On Campus and Institutional Responses, or rather the lack of responses, etc-Ed)...indeed, they are all well worth a read...
Tomorrow: (If You Say The FARC Thingy, Again, I'm Gunna' Scream-Ed)
Ummmm, derrrrr, wellllll...(I'll do it! just watch me!-Ed)...wellll, I just thought this stuff was important...(and it is-Ed)...and very relevant given the ABC's Morrison interview...(sure-Ed)...the FARC stuff is an ongoing deceit-riddled debasco (debacle meets fiasco)...(and again, it is-Ed)...so I was kinda' hoping that ya' might cut me a bitta' slack, ya' know...(hmmm, alright, but I'm screaming on the inside, believe me-Ed)...I believe you, really I do, so how's about this, instead of 'Tomorrow' being 6-7 days away, what if we, you and I, we'll do the FARC stuff actually tomorrow...(wellllll-Ed)...today's Friday, tomorrow's gunna' be a rainy Saturday, perfect day for posting...(mmm, okay, okay-Ed)...sweet...(I'm particularly keen to address this latest farcical nonsense from Council about how they're gunna' "agree to keep hub talks in open"-Ed)...yeah, I know mate, deceit upon denial upon delusion...
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers and laters...
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