Mighty McShenanigans Rides Again

Howdy dear availees in Canada, Italy, Switzerland, and Ireland, and y'all elsewhere, welcome to a very short post...I'm a bit shocked myself to realise that it's been 12 days since the last post, and it's a clear indicator of the level of 'depression' that I'm currently enduring/experiencing...not proud that all I've managed for that time is to 'function'...(is that the Eat/Sleep/Bathe stuff?-Ed)...yeah, with a bitta' gym thrown in for good measure...(well hurrah-Ed)...and not proud, but hardly embarrassed, and I reckon it's genuinely helpful almost healthy to discuss such unpleasant realities...(indeed, there is a space where 'not coping' is effectively 'still coping'-Ed)...and as illogical as that sounds, you're exactly right...not proud, not embarrassed, and certainly not apologising...it has been a very confronting coupla' months, and regular availees may well remember that the June long weekend is the anniversary of the sudden removal of "text-book grooming paedophile" teacher Glyn Dorling from St Martins Lutheran School, aways back in 2002...(2002? has it been 17 years?-Ed)...yep, 17 years of the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up, 17 years and counting...

Be that as it may, I'm gunna' keep trying to move forward with this 'ere blog by doing short, sharp single topic posts on a hopefully daily basis, 4-5 days a week, by way of politely forcing myself back into it...one of the biggest 'confrontationings' that I am constantly grappling with is the Institutionalised Pro-Paedophile Corruption that defines South Australia...(and effectively Australia, if it comes to that, just look at the definable 'corruption' of the supposedly wonderful Federal Child Abuse Royal Commission-Ed)...well quite, and St Martins parents are very well acquainted with that FCARC Corruption...(what with the FCARC refusing to even look at the St Martins Cover-up, etc-Ed)...exactly, but I was referring to the local manifestations of corruption, eg, the relentless litany of Nepotism, Insider Trading, Fraud and/or Theft, Official Deceit, etc, etc, that defines Mt Gambier City Council...(and that brings us of course to today's topic, the miraculous resurrection of former MGCC CEO Mark 'Mighty Marky Mark McShenanigans' McShane-Ed)...indeed it does...  

Mighty McShenanigans clearly stated that he was "retiring", largely motivated by his desire to protect his own health...I suggest that y'all Interweb search if you are so inclined, but everything I've looked at very specifically states "retire", as per this bit just below...***

Mark made the decision to retire last year after seeing friends suffer through chronic illnesses and decided to reassess his personal priorities moving forward.
“I haven’t stopped, it has been successive decades of quite challenging and demanding jobs. So that was my reason for saying it’s time.”
“It really is a great job, it’s a great organisation but ultimately you’ve got to make the call and I had to consider what I’m going to do for the rest of my life. When you’re working all the time often it can be too late, then you haven’t got the health that you want to be able to do the things that you have always planned for in retirement.”
Mark will now find the time to slow down a little to enjoy travel, fishing and the gym.
“My family will stay here this year, I’ll slip quietly into some relaxation and a bit more gym work, I’ve got jobs to do around the house that haven’t been touched for several years and some travel plans have been made and flights booked in April and September.”

***...note that this piece, taken from MGCC's own web-page, very specifically says "retire", not 'resign', but it does not mention that McShenanigans has "retired" 3-4 years early on a recent 5-year extension of his contract...I've searched extensively and cannot find any mention of this Breach of Contract in any reportage, but then again, MGCC's own website does not have any reference either, and there's a distinct absence of any 'CEO Review' info from 2018, the last entry is June 2017...(that's a bit odd-Ed)...ain't it though...I also tried to search 'MGCC CEO Contract Renewal' but again without success...perhaps you, dear availee, might have better luck...anyhoos, then there's this from the Northern Argus...***

March 21 2019 - 10:32AM

Kingston CEO heads north

• Brendan Simpkins

Local News

Kingston District Council CEO Andrew MacDonald will take up the same role with Wakefield Regional Council.

Wakefield Regional Council is set to have three Chief Executive Officers in the space of three weeks before a permanent appointment fills the role.

Current acting CEO Steven Griffiths finished up in his role with Council on March 22 and at a special Council meeting on Monday night, his replacement was decided.

Nominated by Mayor Rodney Reid, Mark McShane will dip his toes back into local government after recently retiring from his role as CEO of the City of Mount Gambier.

However due to personal reasons, Mr McShane will not start in the role until April 1.

With an ordinary Council meeting scheduled for next Wednesday and a CEO needed, one of Wakefield's managers will fill in as a stop-gap until Mr McShane takes the helm.

Mr McShane was willing to take the job on the condition that he could spend four days in the office and one out of it to spend time with family at Mt Gambier.

Alternatively, he was willing to work five days in the office but use Monday and Friday as half days for travel.

Mayor Reid said Mr McShane was willing to stay in Balaklava during the week at his own cost and not that of Council.

Councilor Peter Bowyer spoke on the motion, saying he was happy to support it.

"It is an incredible offer for someone to consider coming from that far away, up and back, each week," he said.

"Clearly the person is willing to make a commitment to do that, so i think that is an indication that he is very keen on helping us out."

Elected members also voted on the appointment of Kingston District Council CEO Andrew MacDonald as the new permanent CEO of WRC going forward.

Mr MacDonald has been in his current role since May 2014 and has previously held managerial roles with Adelaide City Council and City of Onkaparinga.

Mayor Reid said in a statement that Mr MacDonald would bring fresh energy to Council.

"During his time at Kingston, Andrew has created a high performing and respected organisation with a strong collaborative culture and effective workforce," Mayor Reid said.

"Andrew showed himself to be a real 'people person' - a passionate leader who engages effectively with all stakeholders, including politicians, Elected Members, key stakeholders and the wider community.

"Council was exceptionally impressed by Andrew's knowledge of our region and our challenges and opportunities, as well as his commitment to become part of the Wakefield community."

Mr MacDonald's official start date was to be confirmed in the coming days.

Monday's special Council meeting was the last for the outgoing Mr Griffiths.

Mayor Reid acknowledged his commitment to the role in such a short space of time during the meeting.

"We thank you for your input, your willingness to come and work with us and for us in this Council," he said.

"You have gained the respect of the elected members, you have gained the respect of staff and of those in the general community as well.

"We do wish you well with the appointment in your new placement."

In response, Mr Griffiths said he loved his time in the role and stated that it brought him back to his roots.

Mr Griffiths received a round of applause from those in attendance at Phil Barry Chambers before the meeting was closed.

***...and if that is not a clear enough indication he hasn't retired at all, he's now employed by AME Recruitment...(hang on, isn't that the same company that the Local Government Association and/or MGCC used (still use?) for recruitment?-Ed)...apparently, yes...(well that's all rather cosy isn't it, McShenanigans sells Mt Gambier Ratepayers down the river with a lie-laden litany of deceits about the farcical $40million Recreation Hub, jumps ship like the rat that he is, then goes straight into another CEO role, albeit temporary, then to a company that he and/or MGCC engaged and/or worked with directly...wow-Ed)...indeed, it is my understanding that AME Recruitment have worked directly for MGCC, but I cannot find any direct reference to them on MGCC's website..again, this could be my failing, or just yet another deletion/absence from MGCC...regardless, McShenanigans has dealt with them via the LGA...and here 'tis...***


 

***...so McShenanigans has hardly "retired" from anything, he's just skipped from one position to another via that temporary CEO position...and I reckon that a thorough explanation of the ways that he and MGCC have deceived MG Ratepayers about this Hub nonsense deserves it's own post, so...

Tomorrow: MGCC's Recreation Hub Deceits

And again it'll be a relatively short post because it's fairly straight forward the various deceits involved and how they've been perpetrated...(I remember when McShenanigans was on the ABC South East Radio last year, just prior to the farcical Postal Vote thingy, urging Ratepayers to vote 'Yes' because if Mt Gambier didn't get this vast White Elephant, the li'l ol' Mount was, and I quote, "going to die"...ludicrous, just absolutely ludicrous-Ed)...indeed...and I will briefly part-apologise for 1) an abundant lack of humour in this post and potentially those to soon follow, and 2) any failures on my behalf to successfully 'research' what I is bloggin' about...regular availees know that I pride myself on taking great care to be 'accurate' rather than simply 'right', even if that research contradicts my own personal position...(and I'd suggest that the litany of vacuous defamation threats made against you by government departments, lawyers, etc, etc, prove exactly how hard and how effectively you have worked to be accurate-Ed)...well cheers mate...('cos if those pricks thought they could sue you for being malicious or even genuinely erroneous, sue you without tipping a ripe bucket of rancid truths on themselves, they'd have done it by now rather than bleating empty threats to you and/or Google, etc-Ed)...exactly Ed, a great point well made...anyhoos, until the next post...

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers and laters...

Dear Availees, Please Sign This Mullighan Inquiry Petition

Howdy y'all and welcome to a super-short post on this one specific topic...I'm not exactly sure whether this particular petition is still current/valid, but I think it is...(it appears to be, in that there's no 'close date' evident and there are recent added signatures, yours included-Ed)...cheers Ed, thanks for checking, whatevs though, I think it's worth y'all checkin' it out anyway...the Interweb address provided here is not a direct link, I've highlighted it myself, but I have checked and that address does work and takes you directly to the GoPetition website and the Mullighan petition...anyhoos, here's the address...*** 

<a href="https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/mullighan-report-reveals-decades-of-state-care-sex-abuse.html">Petition to re-open the Mullighan Inquiry suppressed for 80 years</a>

***...and for your convenience, here just below is the preamble and wording of the petition...(it is also very informative as to the prevailing Pro-Paedophile attitudes of the former Mike Rann and Jay Weatherill Labor government-Ed)...indeed it is Ed...(and I'd further suggest that the current Stephen Marshall Liberal government's response, or potentially lack of, to this petition, will be clear indication of the current attitude in South Australia's parliament regarding the clearly identifiable Pro-Paedophile conduct of previous parliaments-Ed)...another great point mate, and may I point out that the Liberals have been in power since March 2018 and show no desire to address this issue...(well, it's well documented that at least one of those people named/identified during the Mullighan Inquiry was/is former Liberal Premier, former Ozzie Consul-General (Los Angeles), SANFL Chair and Adelaide Stadium Management Authority Chair/Member, and the current Liberal Party President, John Olsen-Ed)...so you're suggesting that the current Liberal government aren't going to release the Mullighan Report because at least one previous Liberal Premier is named as a paedophile...(I'm not suggesting anything, I'd reckon it's a stone-cold certainty-Ed)...well, I guess we'll see...***

Target:

Hon Steven Marshall, Hon Vickie Chapman and Hon Rachel Sanderson

Region:

Australia

Website:

www.adelaidenow.com.au

The South Australian Labor Party suppressed the names of over 700 child sex abusers listed in the Mullighan Inquiry released in 2008 for 80 years.
THE horrific extent of sex abuse against children in state care over four decades has been revealed in the 600-page report of the Mullighan inquiry to State Parliament.
Retired Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan, QC, yesterday issued a stark warning that children in state care would remain vulnerable to sex abuse unless urgent action was taken to overhaul a system in crisis.
His $13.5 million inquiry considered hundreds of allegations of widespread child abuse within government and non-government institutions, spanning 40 years.
The report contained 54 recommendations, which Premier Mike Rann yesterday said would be comprehensively examined before a detailed response in early June. This never happened.

We call upon Hon Steven Marshall, Hon Vickie Chapman, and Hon Rachel Sanderson to un-suppress the names and properly investigate child sex abuse in South Australia, for the protection of children's rights, which until now, have been violated, by 16 years of Labor Government in South Australia.

***...and here's another choice piece that relates directly to the suppression of the Mullighan Inquiry and the broader Pro-Paedophile Corruption that defines South Australia...I copied this from someone's Twitter page, and, again, a simple 'search' of the names/issues involved will provide much more info...***



***...(and imagine my surprise that our good mate Bill 'The Dog' Morris, notorious Pro-Paedophile stooge involved with the rancidly corrupt Eugene Magee and several others relating to the organised removal/theft of the convicted Paedophile Magistrate Peter Liddy's assets, etc, as previously covered on this 'ere blog-Ed)...absolutely, and if dear availees are not familiar with Bill's work, just Google-search it, it's an absolute wheeze...(right, so no surprise that 'The Dog' is/was employed by the SAPol (Police) Ombudsman, having previously been employed by the SAPol (Police) Complaints Authority-Ed)...and let's never forget that 'The Dog' was appointed by Mike Rann's Labor as the original Chief Investigator for the Mullighan Inquiry, and that 'The Dog' was hounded from that extraordinary appointment by Child Protection Activists furious at his involvement because of what was already publicly known about the Morris/Magee/Liddy Assets Conspiracy...(and then 'The Dog' was appointed to SA's Judiciary, serving as Mt Gambier's Resident Magistrate from 2007-2010-Ed)...indeed he was, and didn't that do wonders for the credibility of the Courts in Mt Gambier...(he said sarcastically-Ed)...indeed he did...

And here's another piece related to the above story, as copied from the ITNJ website...please note that it relates to the supposedly 'unsolved' Beaumont abduction/murders, and further states that the "pedo-criminal ring" involved in "multiple murders and mutilations" is still operating in Adelaide...simply search 'ITNJ Rachel Vaughan' for a litany of deeply disturbing personal accounts about how these murders and many others have been reported to SA authorities, particularly SAPol, yet these cases remain 'unsolved'...this is what we are SA, and it leads directly to the relatively minor cover-up of the gross abuse of dozens, potentially hundreds of junior primary school children by teacher Glyn Dorling at St Martins Lutheran School Mt Gambier, a cover-up being run from the heads of SA Parliament, both Labor and Liberal, and particularly by SAPol, and the Crown Solicitor and the Public Prosecutor and the SA Judiciary, etc, etc, etc, et al...this is what we are...*** 



 ***...and people who know already this stuff routinely tell me how brave I am for pursuing the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up, and indeed, I have had periods where I've been concerned for my safety...(like when SAPol keep lobbing on ya' doorstep to hassle and intimidate you?-Ed)...well that hasn't happened for a while, but yes, that's exactly what that was/is about, retribution-motivated harassment and intimidation...(well, given SAPol's rankly corrupt collusion in the St Martins Cover-up, and their definable corruption during your ICAC "bizarre trial", etc, I think you're more than entitled to be mildly concerned when they rock-up on your front porch, armed as they are with pepper spray, revolvers, and a government-sanctioned monopoly on violence-Ed)...indeed, I have suffered relentless Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution at the hands of a rankly corrupt SAPol and SA Parliament, etc, and SAPol Prosecutions and definably complicit Magistrate Ian White, etc, and my Physical and Mental Health have suffered terribly because of the stress/trauma/anger/whatevs, but I know that there are others like Ms Vaughan and her siblings who have suffered and continue to suffer far more than I've been through...

And I will again make the point that when I talk about "the rankly corrupt SAPol", etc, I'm always referring to to the heads of the relevant Authority...(unless otherwise identified, eg, the actions of SAPol Prosecutor Batten is as definably corrupt as that of her superior, Head of Prosecutions, Andrew Paesch, and the collusion between SAPol's Batten and Magistrate Ian White is both manifest and definable, so they should all be identified-Ed)...exactly, and the responses from the broader Judiciary, eg, appointing Magistrate White to continue my "bizarre trial" even after I'd proven "Malicious Prosecution" to Magistrate Teresa Anderson, at Trial in November 2016, after Her Honour directed that I present my argument/allegations formally, etc, etc, and that 'Trial' collapsed in disarray, etc, etc, shows that Her Honour acted appropriately and that it was other's 'above' HH who chose to ignore that and continue to persecute me via the increasingly corrupt "Malicious Prosecution", where-in Magistrate White's conduct itself became a critical component of said "Malicious Prosecution"...when SAPol have come-a-knockin', I have genuinely apologised to those relatively junior officers involved, albeit whilst carefully explaining the actual realities behind their attendance...(you mean the St Martins Cover-up?-Ed)...exactly, spot on, looked straight down the cameras they were waving in my face, and told them all about it...quietly, politely, and very, very succinctly...  

Tomorrow: That Latest Mt Gambier City Council Rail Station Rortfest 

Or maybe the definitive dissecting of the farcical MGCC Rortathon being described as the Hub Recreation Centre...(so many choices-Ed)...indeed, but it's there to be done, and there's one here to be done-ing it...("done-ing it"?-Ed)...whatevs...and again dear availees, if today's post has caused you distress of any description, please seek an understanding shoulder and/or ear, don't try to bear this burden alone, no-one should have to...

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers and laters... 

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... 

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers and laters...

Nick Fletcher Gets Jazz Fever

Howdy Sweden, Uzbekistan, Algeria, and South Africa, and to all dear availees elsewhere...apologies for a fortnight long hiatus, but I have been extremely unwell...(mentally or physically?-Ed)...great question, 'cos it was both, and could well be that one led to the other...(it's not uncommon-Ed)...indeed, and in fact, I'd say it was exactly that and in that order...(whaaa?-Ed)...well, I stumbled and fell into a deeply consuming depression and with that then went my health...(sorry to hear that-Ed)...didn't go to gym for a full week...(strewth, that is unusual, you've been really working hard and it's been great for your health across the board, mental and physical-Ed)...yep, just couldn't do it, then when I was physically crook I didn't want to cough and splutter on people, etc...(oh well, so it's not all bad, I mean, if you were still functioning with a consideration for others well-being, that's a good thing, surely-Ed)...great attitude mate, mind if I borrow it for a while?...(I'd be flattered-Ed)...cheers...what concerns me though is what was it that dragged me down like a wildebeest with a belligerent butt-load of hungry lions?...(nice-Ed)...all joking aside, normally I can fairly quickly identify my 'trigger point', but on this occasion it eluded me until just the other day I strayed into that realisation mid-conversation...(do tell dear heart-Ed)...sure...  

For weeks I've had shreckin' 'Jazz' shoved relentlessly into my face/ears/general vicinity ...(ahhh, yes, I reckon I can see where you're goin' with this-Ed)...well quite, and to the point I can barely stand the sound of the bloody word...(it has been unfortunately unavoidable hasn't it-Ed)...and I don't doubt that regular availees share your enlightenment Ed, and gourd knows it lit-up in front of me like a Bay of Beacons when I said it out loud whilst discussing my recent massive malaise...(allow me if I may?-Ed)...sure...(well, because of what you've come to realise and/or be involved in regarding the ongoing attempted cover-up of the rape of a Jazz Academy/Tennyson Woods College student by lecturer Graham Lyall-Ed)...that's exactly correct Ed...(and the involvement of the Catholic Church, the South Australian Courts, SAPol (police), our li'l mate lawyer Bill DeGaris, etc, etc, et al-Ed)...yep, all the usual suspects...(which then re-triggers for you all of the trauma of the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up, still festering after nearly 17 years-Ed)...indeed Ed, all of the rancid self-interest evident in the Tennyson Woods/Jazz Academy Cover-up is exactly reminiscent of the St Martins Cover-up...and with it comes The Guilt...    

The Guilt-Edged Sword Of Many Blades:...(ah yes, The Guilt-Ed)...The Guilt that I carry from day to day for having witnessed some of the gross abuses committed by "text-book grooming paedophile" teacher Glyn Dorling against the 7 year old students at St Martins, for having witnessed that without realising what was actually happening, therefore allowing those abuses to continue and potentially escalate for several more weeks...(mate, what Dorling was doing ain't your fault-Ed)...sure, I know that, and yet that realisation does nothing to release that burden of failing to stop it sooner...(I understand-Ed)...and then there's The Guilt of failing to resolve the St Martins Cover-up despite 16+ years of relentless activism...(well, relentless other than for the long periods of crushing depression-Ed)...sure...(and let's face it, when you're in a pitched battle with the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Lutheran Church as being protected by the equally Pro-Paedophile Corrupt SAPol, SA Parliament, SA Public Service, Teachers Registration Board and Teachers Union, SA Courts, etc, etc, et al, what hope have you got?-Ed)...indeed, and that realisation, or rather, that series of perpetual realisations, over and over again, that compounds and re-enforces that trauma and related depression...it's a very deliberate and very vicious cycle of abuse and retribution from a rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt State...(yay-Ed)...  

And if you reckon I've gone overboard by describing Graham Lyall as a rapist, or by stating that this is a cover-up, or want to question any aspect of what I'm saying, simply go to the New Matilda website as we've previously directed y'alls, and read the correspondence there-in, and most specifically the interview with Lyall himself...he doesn't plead his innocence and/or deny the assault/s, and himself whinge-mentions that there's been a 'payout' to the young woman, presumably by Tennyson Woods College and/or the Catholics, who have also reportedly done a 'report'...(so there's an official 'report' followed by a 'compensation payout' and no denial?-Ed)...and Bill DeGaris is the lawyer writing bizarre Threat Letters to the 'victim' and her friends/supporters...(charming-Ed)...yep, and it's Billy's usual standard of 'threat'...(so, an appallingly average litany of abuse-laden threats?-Ed)...indeed, and regular availees will be well familiar with Bouncin' Billy's blustering abuse...(whatta' piece of work-Ed)...indeed...

And here-in lies a further Guilt, because as previously explained, I knew about this assault/rape from the time it happened, knew by the way that Tennyson Woods Principal David Mezinec and Mt Gambier SAPol uniformly denied that any such rape/assault had happened, and then this blanket blatant denial was immediately followed by the town-sweeping rumour that nothing had happened at all and that this girl had done/alleged this sort of thing before and that she was a 'slut', etc, etc ad infinitum...(text-book cover-up strategy-Ed)...indeed, but I allowed myself to be persuaded that Jazz was far too important for Mt Gambier, and that therefore I should 'go easy' on this issue, etc, etc...and by agreeing to 'go easy' I didn't just fail this young woman but all young women who have been in similar situations, other students, etc, etc...and just for the record, 1) I take full responsibility for that terrible decision, and 2) no-one has done anything to place any of these Guilts upon me, neither deliberately nor accidentally nor vicariously or whatevs, it is my burden that has sought me out because that's just who I am and that's just the way it is...and again, you know who you are, this is my choice, my guilt is my choices and my guilt is my responsibility, not yours, cheers...

And I can only guarantee y'all that whilst I'm done with this shizzle for this post, it sure-as-shreck doesn't end here, not by half, not even close...I've had a bloody gutful, sure, particularly for today, but how it affects me is my problem, the fact that it's happened at all is the critical issue...if y'all haven't already read my previous post, No Apologies For Being Angry About This,18th August 2018, that will explain a good deal of where I am headed with this issue, and why...until then though, I'd just like to chuck this bit below onto the grittle for a quick re-heat and re-hash...(ohhh, I love this one, the farcical political hypocrisy of the Liberal's Attorney-General Vicki Chapman being officially excused for breaching the exact same piece of ludicrous ICAC legislation, namely, Section 56 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012, that you, a private citizen with no formal legal qualifications, have been 'Convicted' of after a bizarrely corrupt 'Trial' before the definably corrupt Magistrate Ian White in definable collusion with the rankly corrupt SAPol Prosecutions-Ed)...beautifully summarised Ed mate, and there's even more to it than simply being excused, it's the extraordinary manner in which that happened...as per usual dear availees, there are several previous posts on this issue y'all may be interested in if ya's ain't read them already...and then there's this from a coupla' months back...***    

No recommendation to prosecute Vickie Chapman over ICAC comments, SA Premier says

ABC Radio Adelaide

Posted yesterday at 11:36am

Photo: Mr Marshall said there was no need for Ms Chapman to resign. (ABC News: Isadora Bogle)

Related Story: Police refer SA Attorney-General's ICAC comments to DPP

Related Story: ICAC investigation not compromised by SA Attorney-General's statement

Related Story: SA Attorney-General stands firm despite legal advice she breached ICAC Act

SA Premier Steven Marshall said he was personally told by the state's Police Commissioner that investigators did not recommend Attorney-General Vickie Chapman be prosecuted over comments she made about an anti-corruption case.

Key points:

• Vickie Chapman released a statement on an ICAC investigation last year
• The Attorney-General's comments were last week referred to the DPP by police
• The Premier says police made no recommendation to prosecute Ms Chapman

In a media statement released in September, Vickie Chapman said she could not provide any further information about the employment of two senior executives from land development agency Renewal SA.
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) Bruce Lander later confirmed he did not give the Attorney-General permission to release her statement, but gave the media permission to publish it.
Last week, police referred Ms Chapman to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Adam Kimber following a police probe into whether she broke the South Australian ICAC Act's stringent secrecy provisions.
Mr Marshall said he was told by Police Commissioner Grant Stevens that prosecution was not recommended.

"I just asked the question in recent days, I just asked the Police Commissioner 'so did the evidence that went to the DPP go with a recommendation for prosecution?' And he said 'no'," Mr Marshall told ABC Radio Adelaide.

"The police force did what they were asked to do — they gathered that information and they passed it to the DPP for further assessment.
"To then now beat it up, beat it up [to suggest] there's a prosecution pending — it's fanciful."
When asked if that was appropriate, Mr Marshall said it was "a statement of fact".

Labor describes the move as 'utterly extraordinary'

The Opposition seized on the admission, and demanded Mr Marshall answer questions about the nature of the conversation.

Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas said it was "utterly extraordinary" that Mr Marshall had raised the issue.
"I think it's completely inappropriate that the Premier of this state has decided to play a role and ask questions of the Police Commissioner during the course of a live, open inquiry into the actions of the Premier's own deputy," he told ABC Radio Adelaide.
Mr Malinauskas said he attended an official event at the Adelaide 500 with Mr Stevens on Sunday, but did not raise the matter.
"One would love to be able to inquire of the Police Commissioner 'hey, what's going on?' but that would be utterly inappropriate."
Labor frontbencher Tom Koutsantonis tweeted that the "Premier plays no statutory role in any police investigation or prosecution. Why is he asking questions of the SAPOL Commissioner?"
"In what capacity? How many times has he spoken to SAPOL about the investigation into his Deputy Premier?" he asked.
"Was this the first time? What about the separation of powers?"
Ms Chapman has come under pressure to resign over her comments, but Mr Marshall said that was unnecessary.
"I think Vickie Chapman's got plenty of things to be doing — I don't think that she should be standing aside unless there is any evidence that's been presented," he said.
"There has not been any suggestion that there has been a prosecution pending.
"We've had two sets of independent legal advice which have said there has been no breach to the ICAC Act."
SA Police declined to comment on the matter.

***...and of course it was only days after this that the whole thing just suddenly 'went away' as the DPP dropped it...(wow! now there's a surprise-Ed)...ain't it though...and even if you ignore the farcical ignoring of the actual realities, specifically, that ICAC Comm Bruce 'Brews Slander' Lander initially told Vicki to not discuss it, which she immediately did, which is a direct breach of the ICAC Act 2012 Sec 56, and then My Bestie And Also In His Spare Time Comm Bruce retrospectively gave Vicki 'Authorisation' for that breach what she done already committed, and Labor referred Vicki to SAPol who then recommended diddly-squat to the DPP, and Premier Stevo mate had a chummy-chat with his SAPol Commissioner pal Stevo...(mate-Ed)...etc, etc, etc, it still comes back to the initial observation/reality, that I was relentlessly pursued and persecuted by SAPol for over 3 years and then 'Convicted' in the most contrived and corrupted of circumstances...(I believe we use the term 'Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution', that Magistrate Teresa Anderson officially identified as "Malicious Prosecution", as you proved in Court in November 2016-Ed)...exactly...private citizen gets attacked, harassed, abused and persecuted...(not least of all by Magistrate White-Ed)...well quite...but Attorney-General gets retrospective approval and exoneration...(well hurrah, ain't that just equality before the law-Ed)...indeed...

But what I find so truly, genuinely, spectacularly hilarious about this particular 'farticle' (a farcical article) is Labor's leader Peter 'Automaton' Malinauskas whinging his guts out about Stevo going mano-et-mano with Stevo...(maaates-Ed)...sure, maaates, but in justifying his whinge about the in-appropriateness of this conversation/contact, Pete identifies that he himself was at the brum-brum races with SAPol Stevo...(oh my gourd, so he is, ha! so it's fine for the Opposition leader to hang-out with the SAPol Commissioner-Ed)...and supposedly not even mention the Vicki stuff...(whatevs, even if that is true, why are these people socialising at all? what happened to the Separation of Powers?-Ed)...because there is no such thing in SA, remember?...(ahhh sure, there's only the one true Protocol, the one truly Bipartisan Issue, and that's the Pro-Paedophile Corruption-Ed)...absolutely...(and didn't former Premier Mike Rann personally force the already-dumped 'Trial' of those Child Protection Advocates back into Court aways back in 2008?-Ed)...excellent remembering Ed, indeed he did...(these pricks just make it up as it suits them-Ed)...indeed they do...

Tomorrow: Whatever Comes Up Next

Another apology, but it is what it is, and I'll be back asap with another shortish-post as I climb back across that forfeited ground of the last fortnight...(onward and upward dude-Ed)...indeed...

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog..cheers and laters... 

Well Done Ronni Salt, And More Robe Probe Farce

Howdy Cambodia, Ireland, India, and Ukraine, and y'all else...(I'm so confused-Ed)...what with matey?...(well, just, just everything really-Ed)...fair enough, but perhaps we could just have a look at some specific stuff one issue at a time...(sure, mmm, well this farcical carry-on with Robe Council and the "Maladministration" identified by the Ombudsman Wayne Lines, all that stuff, that's just got even more dodgy-Ed)...what, more dodgy than last week's post what we done do about the extraordinary $290,000 spent on a tiny wall and a flagpole, all done on a super-dodgy per-hour contract without any Tender process, etc, all that stuff?...(yeah, I mean, even our post, in one place it's a $1million Dodgy-a-thon, then it's only $290,000-Ed)...ahhh, sure I can see why that might be confusing, but would it help to realise that we're talking about 2 separate issues there...(2 separate dodginesses...es?-Ed)...yep...(well that helps a bit, sure, but a little more explanation couldn't hurt-Ed)...sure, and then we'll address this week's latest shonkiness...but first...

Where We're A Peerless Salty Watergate:...because it actually involves actual water, albeit water that never actually existed and therefore didn't require a weir or a pier...(ah witty Wilde-Ed)...and it is absolutely illustrative of our times that it was a Twitterer-er, 'Ronni Salt', aka, 'Veruca Salt', and currently 'Ronni-Who Knew About The Contracts?-Salt' that did most of the foot-slogging groundwork, and herself acknowledges others like '@MaryanneSlatte1 and @R_o_d_C (Rod Campbell)...(amongst several others-Ed)...indeed...and it was Ms Salt's tweets where I first read specific details about the rancid corruption evident in the dealings of the LNP's Angus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce...(rancid corruption you say?-Ed)...Barnaby 'Beetrooter' as Water Minister and Angus as a Director/Founder/whatevs of a company that received $80m in 'Water Buybacks', for water that never actually existed...(wow-Ed)...$80m payed directly to a Cayman Islands account...(cha-ching-Ed)...and when exposed, deathly silence from Beetrooter who is apparently 'out of phone range somewhere'...(so he doesn't have a satelite phone? bollocks-Ed)...indeed, and Angry Angus goes all rabidly 'Defamation Threaty' with Ms Salt and other media, and her Twitter account gets suspended, etc...

Here's what's happening in the age of new media, the exposure of issues that would otherwise likely remain complicitly hidden from public view...(are you referring to the abject failure of the vast majority of Main Stream Media and the wholly compromised ABC, etc, to even acknowledge this extraordinary issue?-Ed)...absolutely I am, and I also note the standard 'defense' of the rancidly corrupt politicians involved...(what, either temporarily disappear hoping to avoid any accountability, ala Beetrooter, or go entirely the other way like The Angry Angus, and try to threaten/bully/intimidate with vacuous 'Defamation Threats'?-Ed)...exactly, whilst furiously contradicting himself one day to the next...I'm not gunna' try to break this down to it's constituent elements about when AA set-up the company or when he/they received the money, etc, 'cos 1) it's very complicated and involved, and 2) I don't completely understand bits of it, and 3) there's now an absolute shreck-load of info on the Interweb, not least of all the lengthy story run by Channel 10's The Project...(not to mention the above 'Ronni-WKATC?-Salt' twitter account, which is obviously back up again-Ed)...it's all there, including The Project's latest tweets, and other stuff about 'more info that has to be checked due to legal threats'...(in my humble opinion, and I am entitled to an opinion, well least-ways I think I still am, anyhoos, IMHO, the Liberal/National Party is nothing short of a Criminal Organisation-Ed)...and you sure-as-shreck ain't Robinson Crusoe on that one mate, strewth, the LNP's own conduct confirms it...     

Just to conclude our very brief go at this story of extraordinary corruption, we'd like to defer to Ms Salt, namely...
     "Mainstream journalists are crippled by defamation laws and bound by the constraints of
      regulations, etc"...and...
     "With respect, it's not complicated really. Water that doesn't exist was bought by Barnaby
       Joyce from a company initially founded in the Caymans by Angus Taylor with almost all
       $80 million going offshore"
...(well hurrah!-Ed)...indeed, and because I've previously criticised it/them, The Project does have it's occasional moments, and their attempt to at least acknowledge/address this rank corruption is one such moment...(kudo's-Ed)...and I very happily sit here somewhat personally chastised, albeit sort of vicariously, for my bleating about being The Only One Who Trys, 'cos clearly I ain't, and massive kudo's to you Ms Salt for proving me so fantastically wrong...(but mate, strewth, you've got your own ICAC/SAPol (police) 'Operation Baritone' and 3 year "bizarre trial" and subsequent rankly corrupt 'Conviction', etc, and who else has been through that shizzle? no bloody wonder you sometimes feel like you're doin' it on your own-Ed)...cheers mate...

Back From The Bush, Beetrooter's Berzerkly Belligerent Baked Barney:...and since starting this post, this issue has gone spectacularly ballistic with arguably the worst/best interview ever...("worst/best"? WTF?-Ed)...well 'worst' if you are Beetrooter, the Liberal/National Party, PM Scott 'Scummo' Morrison, Angus Taylor, et al, and 'best' if you enjoy an angry, drunk, unhinged man relentlessly shouting jibberish that only confirms that there's a massive problem with this deal...(wow, I've just spent what seems like a week listening to that interview, and it is a rolled-gold train wreck, Beetrooter is clearly drunk-as, relentlessly shouting-over the interviewer Pat Karvelas-Ed)...yep, and he does that classic obfuscation that Rory McEwen made his own, namely, ignore the question asked by asking himself a question and then don't even answer that!...(that is truly the most extraordinary interview I've ever heard/seen, it is absolutely excruciating-Ed)...indeed it is...(and it just goes on and on-Ed)...he does doesn't he...(and how many bloody times does he mention Labor and blame Labor and then support Labor before again blaming Labor? it's just bizarre-Ed)...bizarre is the polite way of putting it, it's actually quite disturbing...as confronting and infuriating and distressing as this interview is, I urge availees to persist and endure it in it's entirety because it starts bad, gets worse...(then worser-Ed)...indeed, and then gets positively surreal...(you'll cry, you'll laugh, you'll wanna' see the poor bastard get the rehab he so clearly needs, it's got literally everything-Ed)...except actual answers...     

And as I've kudoed The Project, so shall I heap praise on Ms Karvelas for this amazingly patient attempt to get even a single straight answer from a juiced-up Beetrooter...(but I thought you said that the ABC was as Right Wing LNP complicit as the Murdoch media and various other Main Stream Media?-Ed)...I have said that Ed, and I stand by it, 'cos for this one fantastic interview I can offer-up dozens of pathetic Dorothy-Dixer interviews from ABC Morning News, the ABC South East Radio, etc, etc...(ah, fair call-Ed)...however, I urge dear availees to access this excellent interview on the Radio National website...Beetrooter even manages to 'Allude/Infer Threaten' Ms Karvelas with yet another attack on The Project, using the classic 'That's Almost Defamation' threat...(well either it is or it isn't, so either do it or shut the shreck up!-Ed)...my thoughts exactly, it's the vacuous threat of a desperate man, and exactly what I've repeatedly had to say to rankly corrupt people like 'Bouncin' Billy DeGaris, etc, who keep threatening me and/or bleating to The Googles to have my posts removed, etc, etc, if you think you've got what it takes, Billy mate, let's to be gettin' it on, mate...and isn't it clinically and insightfully symptomatic of the Robe Council situation that we now find ourselves in that exact 'Defamation Threat Zone', with redacted documents, etc...(it's almost like it's a template for Institutionalised Corruption-Ed)...indeed, we'll get to that..

But first, more kudo's to proffer here, and further acknowledgement that it ain't just I what tries to address this Institutionalised Corruption, because clearly former Robe Mayor Mr William Peden has had (is still having?) a red-hot go at holding the Robe Council to account for some definably dodgy dealings, even if he's had limited results...(yeah, limited maybe, but Mr Peden can hardly be held responsible for the fact that the Institutionalised Corruption he has unambiguously identified/exposed in Robe Council also controls the Ombudsman, the Office of Public Integrity, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption-Ed)...nah, that's a very fair point mate...(I mean, strewth, look at the rancid Pro-Paedophile Institutionalised Corruption you've exposed re the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up from 2002-Ed)...good point...(PPIC you yourself have then been subjected to for pursuing action re that cover-up-Ed)...sure...(up to and including the extraordinary corruption of Your Bestie And Also In His Spare Time ICAC Commissioner Bruce 'Brews Slander' Lander-Ed)...testify!...(who's corruption you have also defined-Ed)...you mean that stuff about where my mate Bruce conspired with Labor's Attorney General li'l Johnny Rau in 2014 to change the ICAC Act 2012 to facilitate prosecuting me?...(yeah, all that stuff, stuff that dwarfs the rancid corruption of Magistrate Ian White and his definable collusion with SAPol Prosecutions, his ignoring of those ICAC Act changes, etc, etc, etc-Ed)...sure, but we digress...

(Well, yes and no, 'cos this is meant to be about Mr Peden and his dealings with Robe Council, etc, but I think the bigger issue here is one of appropriate conduct in trying to address this Institutionalised Corruption-Ed)...how so?...(well you know all this blow-back from the major parties and various vested interests and complicit stooges, etc, about how if you want to change things you're welcome to/should get involved in the political process?-Ed)...sure, I've regularly heard that particular deferral and/or denial of political responsibility, 'if you don't like it, get involved, run for parliament yourself', etc...(yeah, well Mr Peden's experience proves what a vacuous and flaccid lie that is-Ed)...ahhh, so you're saying that, if someone of Mr Peden's obvious intellect, with his professional credentials, formal qualifications, and personal political credibility, operating as the actual Mayor and/or former Mayor, etc, etc, if he addresses/exposes all of the dodginess he has, and yet he still cannot get actual accountability from the supposed 'Accounters', namely the Ombudsman/OPI/ICAC, then that absolutely puts paid to this farcical notion that 'getting involved' will resolve anything...(bingo! SA is the text-book example of the old joke, 'it's not a few bad apples making the barrel rotten, you have to be rotten to be allowed in the barrel'-Ed)...classic, never a truer word spoken in quoting a jest... 

What you're saying is, is that the Pro-Paedophile Institutionalised Corruption that defines South Australia is so absolute, so 'Institutionalised', that it entirely controls not just who gets into the barrel and therefore who's/what issues get addressed and who is subjected to the tender machinations of that Corrupt System's Corrupt 'Accounters', etc, etc, but it also controls who makes the barrel and what it's made of...(exactly, and I'd go further on that same theme, and quantify that by referencing your own attempts to engage 'appropriately' with the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt System that is SA-Ed)...you mean the definably Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution and "Malicious Prosecution", etc, of my "bizarre trial", where-in I tried to have Mt Gambier City Council's rabid corruption addressed by the SA Ombudsman, only to have that defined corruption excused/protected by the extraordinary corruption of the SA ICAC and ICAC Comm Bruce Lander, to then myself be 'Charged/Prosecuted/Persecuted' under the bizarrely undefinable ICAC Act 2012 Section 56, and subjected to 3 years of a relentlessly incompetent and definably corrupt SAPol Prosecutions and complicit Magistrate White, etc, etc...(well I was gunna' get to that, sure, but I was gunna' start with your own attempts at political engagement that started long before this 'ere blog and the subsequent corrupt ICAC farce-Ed)...ahhh, fair enough...

(I was going to start with what you parents were deliberately put through with the St Martins Cover-up and your many attempts to get appropriate action from the appropriate authorities like SAPol, etc, only to be ruthlessly repeatedly deceived and betrayed and blamed, etc-Ed)...like SAPol pretending to investigate "text-book grooming paedophile" Lutheran teacher Glyn Dorling (June 2002), then dumping their 'investigation' weeks later (July 2002) but not telling parents, then relentlessly lying about that alleged 'investigation' and attacking and blaming us parents, etc, which then led us to local Member of SA Parliament Rory McEwen (August 2002), who then deceived, betrayed, and attacked us parents to negotiate himself a Ministerial position with the rancidly corrupt Mike Rann Labor government?...(yeah, exactly all that stuff-Ed)...and how we parents organised for Flinders Child Protection Unit/Services to interview kids and parents (July-August 2002), and how Labor's (then) Attorney General Michael Atkinson took those reports off FCPU and gave them to the Lutherans' lawyers to be edited/censored before being released to us parents, etc, as covered in the previous post...(all that-Ed)...which then led us to approach the Teachers Registration Board (Feb 2003), starting a 21-month process, including an official 7-hearing TRB Inquiry (June 2004-November 2004) that straight-out called me a liar and exonerated Dorling by accepting his extraordinary excuse/defense that 'the kids were forcing themselves on me and I couldn't stop them'...(was that the TRB Inquiry where Labor Minister/Premier Jay Weatherill's business partner Stephen Lieschke was Dorling's lawyer and Liberal leader Rob Kerin's cousin Carmel was the TRB Chairwoman?-Ed)...that's the one...(wow, Liberal leader on one side, Labor leader on the other, you's parents never stood a chance-Ed)...like I said, the Institutionalised Pro-Paedophile Corruption that is SA...  

(And again, I fully accept that all this stuff is absolutely relevant in a discussion about the farcical nature of the 'Give It A Go Or Shut-up' statements-Ed)...ta'...(and I'd also include the further attempts you's parents made to get SA Parliament to act and/or SAPol to 're-investigate' that only ever led to fresh rounds of parent-blaming by SAPol and Rory McEwen, etc-Ed)...not least-of-all on the front page of a complicit The Border Watch newspaper (eg, 6th May 2005)...(yep, and parents extensive involvement with the 'Now Suppressed For 80 Years' Mullighan Royal Commission (2005-2007)-Ed)...sure...(and then the farcical Statutory Authorities Review Committee (Parliamentary) Inquiry into the TRB that you's parents lobbied for and established with the support of (then) MLC Nick Xenophon, an Inquiry that itself specifically referenced the Glyn Dorling/St Martins case as it's primary cause/justification and ran from late 2007 until mid-2011, before handing-down a raft of vacuously pointless 'recommendations' that did absolutely nothing about the St Martins Cover-up or the TRB Dorling Exoneration Cover-up-Ed)...hmph, happy days mate, happy days, year upon year of polite lobbying and letter-writing and providing lengthy document-supported Affidavits, etc, etc, etc, all in trying to appropriately engage with a wholly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt 'System' wholly committed to protecting the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt Lutheran Church and "text-book grooming paedophile" Glyn Dorling...

(Indeed, all very unpleasant, and all very, very relevant in a discussion about 'Giving It A Go', but we can take it even further-Ed)...we can? you mean all that stuff about engaging with the then Member for Barker Patrick Secker and/or Bravehearts and/or Federal Education Ministers Julia Gillard and/or Julie Bishop...(yeahhh, sure, all of that, but what about when you ran as an Independent candidate in the March 2010 State Election?-Ed)...oh yeah...(and in particular, the February 2010 Candidate's Forum at the Helpmann Theatre, when the last question of the evening was from another St Martins parent, about the St Martins Cover-up-Ed)...and all the other candidates just sat there staring resolutely at the table and didn't even get up to speak on the issue, because they all knew and didn't want to touch it...(indeed-Ed)...a perfect example of me putting myself up for public scrutiny on the St Martins Cover-up issue, only to have complete silence from those who otherwise saw fit to denigrate me...(well that's true, that was their chance to publicly humiliate you for your supposedly scurrilous untruths about the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up, a chance they didn't dare embrace for the obvious reasons, but I had one particular moment in mind-Ed)...being?...(when you identified Dorling's lawyer in the TRB, Stephen Lieschke, as Jay Weatherill's business partner-Ed)...ah yeah, and I was looking straight at Tony Pasin, current Liberal Member for Barker, who was so excited at my Labor-kicking statement that he dead-set 'hover-gasmed' out of his seat...

And of course Tony already knew all about the St Martins Cover-up, having been told in late 2002 by parents whilst he was still a Mt Gambier City Councillor, and has since used Federal 'grants' to St Martins for self-promoting photo opportunities...(and that's my point right there-Ed)...what, that no-one stands any chance of getting any appropriate action against the Institutionalised Corruption that is destroying our society/community when the Federal Member is knowingly and willingly complicit in the cover-up of the gross abuse of dozens of 7 year old kids because it's personally politically expedient...(exactly, I mean, what hope that a few dodgy Insider Tradings and/or Conflicts of Interests, etc, are gunna' get appropriately addressed when Tony Pasin, the Federal Member for Barker, sets the standard at willing collusion in the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up-Ed)...fair point Ed, what hope indeed...

Tomorrow: The Actual Robe Stuff

'Cos I got a little distracted today...(distracted with 16 years of gross Pro-Paedophile Corruption-Ed)...indeed...(and how that directly relates to SA's farcically corrupt 'Independent Accounters', the Ombudsman, OPI, and especially the ICAC-Ed)...well that's true, that's the whole sub-text to this 'ere post, and more widely, to this 'ere blog in general...(and Tony Pasin has well-earned and duly deserves every scything serve he cops for his complicit role in supporting the St Martins Cover-up-Ed)..true, true, that he does...(so really all we've done today is very briefly remind dear regular availees of why we're all here-Ed)...sure...(and provide any newer availees with a succinct outline of what's happened with St Martins, etc, all of which they can further research by going back through this 'ere blog-Ed)...mmm, fair enough...

But just in closing, I'll quickly qualify/quantify my earlier statement about where Robe Council's conduct mimics this Actual Watergate stuff, namely, where Robe Council has combined the inappropriate redaction and/or removal of and/or refusal to supply critical documents with the 'Defamation Threat Agenda'...(combined them? how?-Ed)...well as I understand it, Mt Peden's official statement provided to Robe Council at the relevant meeting in April 2019, and as printed/reported in the local paper, and as Council apparently committed to including in their Meeting Minutes, etc, etc, well Council has seen fit to redact/remove large swathes of that statement from their Minutes, replacing it with the statement/threat that, and I quote...
     "On legal advice the Council has redacted information contained within the presentation that
       is factually incorrect, potentially inflammatory and/or defamatory. It is also stated where
       comments are opinion and not supported by fact."
...(wow, good work Robe Council-Ed)...indeed, I'll have a thorough look at this nonsense and get back to y'all asap...(and what's the "legal advice"?-Ed)...dunno', doesn't say, why?...

(Well, they'd wanna' be real sure mate, 'cos publicly accusing someone of 'defamation', which is what Robe Council have done by putting this statement in their Minutes, making that specific accusation publicly and without any proof, that is in-and-of-itself actually defamation of Mr Peden by the Robe Council-Ed)...ouch!...(and rather reminiscent of when that cloth-eared half-wit, former MGC Councillor Josh Lynagh stated on his Facebook page that "he defames people", where "he" is referring to you, and that is not just a direct public accusation of criminality, but a direct public statement of fact of criminality, a public statement of fact not supported by any evidence (eg, a trial and subsequent 'conviction') and therefore defamation-Ed)...or where people like Bill DeGaris have 'Threat Complained' to The Googles with false accusations about my supposed 'defamations', thus falsely accusing me of 'criminality' to a third party...(well quite, it's the standard corrupt response to actual criminality, threaten defamation-Ed)...threaten defamation but in doing so, actually commit defamation themselves...(exactly-Ed)...hilarious...can't wait to see Robe Council's "legal advice"... 

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog....cheers and laters...

SA ICACs Farcical Pseudo-Investigation Of Playford Council

Howdy y'all dear availees, and I know I promised more Robe Council Shenanigans, but here's a super-quick post just to get this on the blog and therefore the record...(yeah sure, "super-quick"-Ed)...no no, I understand your skepticism given my many previous similar statements...(that were then followed by voluminous ventings-Ed)...yeah yeah, I concede, fair dues, but honestly, today it's just this and then a quick review there-of...(just what?-Ed)...just this...***

SA corruption watchdog to probe council

By AAP

3:39pm Apr 10, 2019

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South Australia's anti-corruption watchdog will probe an Adelaide council following a number of complaints about the organisation.
Deputy Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Michael Riches said an evaluation will be conducted into the City of Playford's practices, policies and procedures.
"It is critical that (the council's) functions are carried out appropriately and in a manner that is free of corruption, misconduct and maladministration," he said on Wednesday.
"An evaluation is a useful means of gaining an in depth understanding of a public authority's operations and how it guards against risks of corruption, misconduct and maladministration."
Mr Riches said the evaluation is not an investigation of individual conduct, and if matters of concern are identified they were be dealt with separately.
He said the Office for Public Integrity had received a number of complaints and reports about the council.
The public will be invited to make submissions to the inquiry, and the evaluation may be broadened in light of the information received.
The announcement comes after the council's former chief executive, Mal Hemmerling, was last stood down for alleged bullying and misconduct.
Mr Riches said he hopes to deliver a report to parliament by the end of the year.
"I am hopeful that my report, together with any recommendations made, will be of assistance not only to the City of Playford but to the 67 other local councils in South Australia," he said.

***...(but hang on, wasn't your whole "Malicious Prosecution" (Magistrate Teresa Anderson) and relevant 3 year long "bizarre trial" (The Border Watch) and subsequent wholly corrupt 'Conviction', etc, etc, all that stuff, wasn't that for talking/blogging about the ICAC's alleged-but-actually-fake October 2013-January 2014 investigation of Mt Gambier City Council?-Ed)...indeed it was Ed, indeed it was, and Michael Riches is one of the people I dealt with directly, still got the emails, etc...(but here's the ICAC openly discussing it's own alleged investigation of the very problematic Playford Council-Ed)...ah, it's not an 'investigation' Ed, it's an "evaluation"...(bollocks! that's bureaucratic weasel-words, for shreck sake, it even states there's been "a number of complaints and reports"-Ed)...fair point...(and then argues against itself by stating that "if matters of concern are identified they (will) be dealt with separately", well what are all those shreckin' complaints and reports?-Ed)...again, fair point...(and where/when were the good people of Mt Gambier "invited to make submissions to the Inquiry" into MGCC?-Ed)...again, spot on, they weren't were they, 'cos, as I proved in Court, the entire ICAC investigation of MGCC was a brief unrecorded chat with me in a cafe, albeit in clear earshot of several people, and another brief unrecorded chat with MGCC's then CEO Mark 'Mighty Marky Mark McShenanigans' McShane in a hallway at Adelaide's Convention Centre...(so, no stone left un-turned then-Ed)...well quite...(and as for this latest nonsense, I mean, honestly, it's just another orchestrated ICAC cover-up looking for somewhere to happen-Ed)...how so dear heart?...

(Well, mate, ICAC has a well-documented history of 'investigating' SA's institutionalised corruption and then excusing it, eg, the ludicrous Gillman Land Sale debasco (debacle/fiasco)-Ed)...that was indeed a beauty...(indeed, and this is ICAC looking to address the many well-publicised issues in Playford Council, pretend to 'investigate', and then dismiss it all as nuthin' really, it's all fine, just fine, honest-Ed)...all of the issues?...(well it sure-as-shreck ain't just my pal Mal, eg, there's the super-dodgy re-development issues centering around our other mate Rory McEwen's former parliamentary Chief of Staff, Stephen Campbell-Ed)...is that the stuff about the Ice Rink thingy that just got shelved/axed...(axed? really?-Ed)...yeah, just last month, axed/shelved/dropped/whatevs, not exactly sure why, but here's some of Stevo and Rory's earlier work...***

A-G defends staffer over union election claims

Posted 22 Sep 2004, 7:32pm

South Australia's Attorney-General, Michael Atkinson, has defended one of his staff members amid allegations he was involved in a deal to influence a union election.

Facing more questioning in Parliament today, Mr Atkinson said neither he nor his staffer, George Karzis, had any knowledge of an alleged deal to get a candidate to withdraw from the Shopworkers Union elections.
Mr Atkinson says he was not even aware Mr Karzis attended meetings with the union, until after they happened.
"When I became aware that Mr Karzis had attended two meetings I can tell you, he didn't attend any more," Mr Atkinson said.
The election candidate concerned is Stephen Campbell, a staffer for Minister Rory McEwen.
Deputy Premier Kevin Foley told Parliament of other concerns related to the election campaign.
"I told Mr Campbell that Minister McEwen was uncomfortable with members of his staff participating in election campaigns as candidates while attached to his office," he said.

***...(classic!-Ed)...I particularly like the bit where the rankly corrupt Michael Atkinson says he had no idea what was happening, but gee-whiz, when he found out, by golly, "I can tell you, he didn't attend any more"...(bahahahhhaahhaa-Ed)...absolute shreckin' bollocks from the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt Atko, mate...(don't like Atko much, do ya'?-Ed)...seething loathing for a horrendously corrupt Paedophile Protector...(look, mate, just because he took the St Martin's kid's Flinders Child Protection Service Reports off of FCPS and handed them to the Lutherans and their lawyers to edit/censor before those also heavily-redacted report remnants were then released to parents, that doesn't make him a paedophile-Ed)...I said "rancidly Pro-Paedophile corrupt" and "Paedophile Protector", I never said 'Michael Atkinson is a Paedophile'...(ah, so you're saying he is "rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt" and a critically complicit "Paedophile Protector" intimately involved in the horrendous St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up?-Ed)...absolutely...(but you're not specifically saying that former Labor Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is himself a paedophile?-Ed)...my opinion of him is my opinion, but correct, officially and legally, I am not in a position to say he is a paedophile...  

But we digress, because the real issue here is obviously the farcical contradiction between this alleged ICAC "evaluation" of Playford Council being publicly reported, and the rancidly Pro-Paedophile Corrupt "Malicious Prosecution" I was subjected to...("was"? don't you mean 'am being'?-Ed)...sorry?...(well, aren't you still trying to 'Appeal' but are still being ignored by current Liberal AG Vicki Chapman, the Dept of Corrections, etc, etc, effectively a continuation of the rank bias and open corruption of your "bizarre trial"?-Ed)...mmm, fair point, I am still trying to 'Appeal'...(and chuck onto that stuff the repeated SAPol (police) harassmentings on your front step in November-December 2018, that's all a part of the broader Pro-Paedophile Persecution-Ed)...well sure, you make a valid point, again...(no need to sound quite so surprised-Ed)...not surprised, as always I'm very appreciative of your critical role in the narrative, you are invaluable and indispensable...(even for a confected literary device?-Ed)...well sure, but still, when you're right you're right and now is one of those times, I am very much still being 'Maliciously Persecuted/Prosecuted'...

And dear regular availees, I'm sure y'all are rather over me repeatedly setting y'all homework...(orrrrr, homework? agaaaaain?-Ed)...but those of you's what already done do it previous like, will now not have to do it again...(whaaa?-Ed)...because y'all will already know that when I say 'dear availees go to the SA ICAC website thingy and search for any mention of either Mt Gambier City Council or Nicholas (Nick) Fletcher', that that right there is an exercise in furious and abject futility...(ahhh, you mean the stuff where ICAC claims to have investigated and subsequently exonerated MGCC but there ain't a single mention not nowheres-Ed)...exactly...(and similarly, your extraordinary Precedent Conviction under the wholly bizarre ICAC Act 2012 Section 56, that don't rate a mention either-Ed)...not in any Official Statement, not in any Yearly Report, not in any form what-so-ever not nowheres...(wow...do they mention where ICAC Comm Bruce 'Brews Slander' Lander conspired with Labor's AG li'l Johnny Rau in September-November 2014 to change the ICAC Act via the ICAC Miscellaneous Amendment Act November 2014, by including that 'To Publish' definition that directly addresses your Legal Eagle's specific questions on that issue, and therefore retrospectively criminalises your actions in a manner to specifically 'allow' you be prosecuted?-Ed)...lovin' the sarcasm Ed, but no, ICAC surprisingly does not acknowledge that the ICAC Act was changed as to allow me to be prosecuted for what was technically therefore 'Not A Crime' when I did it...

Anyhoos, I'm just venting now because regular availees will be well aquainted with this rankly corrupt conduct by My Bestie And Also In His Spare Time Comm Lander and his wee pally li'l Johnny Rau...(as eventually acknowledged but corruptly dismissed by Magistrate Ian White-Ed)...indeed, and if y'all ain't familiar with all that stuff, please to be reading all the relevant posts from February-April 2018, eg, Addin' Dem Addendums...(well it's 'Addenda', the plural of Addendum is Addenda-Ed)...yeah, ok! I think everyone gets the point...

Tomorrow: The Robe Probe Debasco

(I wonder if that Ice Rink development collapse/cancellation has anything to do with this ridiculous ICAC pseudo-investigation?-Ed)...I'd be truly gob-smacked if it weren't, and I guarantee ya's that ICAC won't look at that issue 'because it ain't happening now'...(like there's gunna' be no action against the former Pt Pirie Mayor Johnson 'because he ain't in Local Government since November 2018'?-Ed)...yes Ed, exactly like that...

I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers and laters...............see Ed, that wasn't that long...(yeah, fair enough, that's reasonably short-Ed)...