Australia: The Best Fascist Democracy That Money Can Buy

Take one 'yee' and add a 'ha' to y'all dear availees in the USofA, the UK, the UAE, and here in li'l ol' Oz...please y'all to be considering this post as a lead-in to the promised post about Journalism Is Not A Crime, Etc, but I started on that one and found myself rambling through this distended pre-amble by way of extended explanation...(whaaa?-Ed)...this is that, just the bit that comes first to explain the rest...(as I said, whaaa?-Ed)...I started that 'Journalism' post thingy, but it blew-out to this post which is more specifically about the conditions that have led to and/or allow the growth of Fascism in our supposed liberal society, as evidenced by these recent 'Media Raids' and charges against various 'Whistleblowers', etc...(ahhh, I get it-Ed)...indeed, and we're all gunna' get it before too long if we continue down this very twisted and pot-holed political path...anyhoos, for this title I've appropriated the old saying's about 'Democracy Isn't Perfect, But It's The Best We've Come-Up With Thus Far', and 'The Best Government Money Can Buy'...(nice...I also like the one about the rise of China-Ed)...mmm?...('What Capitalism Can Achieve When Unencumbered By Democracy'-Ed)...sweet...

The May 2019 Federal Election is a case-book study in media manipulation and electorate-control, in a context where there is a widely acknowledged rise of Fascism in 'Democratic' societies...and in that spirit, just to kick it right off, here's a delightful piece that I found floating around Twitter...apparently it was a first-draft email that was subsequently just printed without alteration, but not sure whether that was deliberate or just a bit of a stuff-up...just for the record, I can't stop laughing...enjoy...*** 

No but tell us how you really feel The Guardian

11:54 PM · Jun 15, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

***...now that right there's some truth in advertising, simply brilliant...(I didn't know you were running for the position of British PM?-Ed)...charming, but I'll give you that one...(I myself like how people on Twitter refer to our illustrious PM Scott 'Scummo' Morrison and his Merry Band of God-Botherers as "Happy Clappers"-Ed)...indeed, and I also like the debate created by the  ludicrous Israel Folau and his bigotted self-righteous bullshit that got him quite rightly sacked from Rugby Australia...his ridiculous statements about who is and/or isn't going to this alleged Hell place, are obviously pig-ignorant hypocrisies, as he joyfully cherry-picks from his Bible book thingy all those bizarre bigotries that supposedly support his personal biases, whilst simultaneously ignoring that which doesn't suit him...(whatta' prick!-Ed)...ah now Ed, one mustn't infringe on Israel's 'Right to Freedom of Religious Speech'...(no no, as a committed Agnostic, I'm expressing my 'Right to Freedom Of Religious Speech' to state that he's a bigotted, vacuous hypocrite who deserves to be vilified in the exact same manner he's seen fit to behave-Ed)...an Agnostic you say?...(indeed, and I've always said, as have Monty Python, that there's nothing an Agnostic can't do if he's not sure whether he believes in anything or not-Ed)...well hurrah...

So let's get that farcical debate sorted, Israel Folau was sacked for doing what he'd agreed to not do, and thusly he breached his contract with RA, and it wasn't the first time...(well exactly, his bigotted and hypocritical Happy Clapper lunacy is fundamentally irrelevant, this is a Contractual issue-Ed)...I for one would enjoy a little Freedom From Religious Speech myself, and better still, just plain ol' Freedom From Religion...(oh here we shreckin' go, is this about the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up?-Ed)...well it wasn't specifically, no, I was referring in general to this blasé notion that we live in a society where there is a responsible and appropriate divide between Church/Religion and the Political State...(well clearly that's not the case, particularly in South Australia-Ed)...indeed, and I re-refer dear availees to that Lateline interview from several years ago, where-in the British interviewee was discussing Theocracies, ie, countries/states run by religious organisations, and he identified firstly Iran, and then said, "and of course, there's the Lutherans in South Australia"...(wow-Ed)...Australia's general Institutionalised Pro-Paedophile Corruption aside, eg, as witnessed in the farcical Federal Child Abuse Royal Commission, all of that aside, the ease with which the Lutherans have conducted the St Martins Cover-up clearly illustrates the influence they have politically...(fair enough, I mean, they didn't get asked a single question by the FCARC, and that didn't happen by accident-Ed)...indeed...

Mandate My Arse:...apologies if I've done this joke before, can't recall, but it is a particularly witty word-play referring to the repeated statements by Scummo & Co that they have a "mandate" to pursue their various punitive lunacies after the May 2019 Federal Election...(ah yes, using the fact that you're a 'Man', although I use the term in it's loosest possible definition-Ed)...charming...(then combining that with the time-honoured Aussie euphemism of 'date' for a 'sphincter', all that aligning with your personal assertion, get it? 'ass'ertion, that this alleged 'Election Mandate' thingy is simply untrue-Ed)...indeed, by any and all definitions my arse is a Man Date, and equally unequivocally the Liberal Party's supposed mandate is just a joke...the Liberals gained one extra seat, one, and only managed that due to their 'alliance' with the National Party, thusly the LNP are in government...(but it wasn't just that alliance was it, you forgot to mention the transparent collusion between Clive Palmer's $60-70million Anti-Labor advertising blizzard and associated Preference Deal-Ed)...well quite...(and the Preference Deal with One Nation-Ed)...and that also...(and the sickly deceitful and complicit Main Stream Media, with the fundamentally corrupted ABC leading the charge-Ed)...absolutely, and worthy of succinct review...

It took the Liberal Party and their combined vote with the National Party and the support and preferences of Clive 'Trust Me' Palmer and Pauline 'One Notion' Hanson, and the support of virtually the entire Main Stream Media and Australian Broadcasting Corporation peddling their combined deceits and manipulations to defeat Labor by effectively one seat...(what hope?-Ed)...indeed, and there's been so much discussion about so many examples of the MSM/ABC collusion with the LNP that I'm not going to drill-down into the minutiae, you either accept or don't that that pro-Liberal/Nationals bias occurred...(and largely is still occurring-Ed)...indeed, you's either agree or disagree, but I'd offer as perfect example the farcically compromised interview by rank Liberal stooge Annabelle Crabbe with Home Affairs Minister Peter 'Spud' Dutton (ABC Insiders, Sunday 16th June 2019) where-in Annabelle off-handedly raised the issue of the extraordinary corruption evident in the $420million Paladin contract re Manus Island, etc, then allowed 'Spud' to deny any knowledge of and/or responsibility for both 1) that original bizarre 'contract', then also 2) the apparent re-awarding of that 'contract' to Paladin, again without any 'Tender Process', and happening within weeks...(pathetic and complicit, Annabelle certainly knows what side her gravy train boards from, and it's no wonder she gets her own political 'matey' puff-piece TV shows-Ed)...indeed...

'Spud' was totally unfazed, knowing full-well that his pathetic non-responses and/or denials were more than sufficient and were not going to be further examined...(and Annabelle didn't let him down-Ed)...none of the typical seething fury or spitting indignation from 'The Angry Spud' because he knew those 'tough questions' were going to go nowhere, it looked every bit like exactly what it was, a carefully rehearsed pro-Liberal propaganda piece sans accountability...(mate, it looks like Crabbe's 'research process' involves going onto 'Social Media' to ascertain what exactly it is everyone's talking about, then pseudo-addressing those issues via matey-chats with whatevs LNP stooge is in the frame-Ed)...exactly, pretend to address the unavoidable issue by first raising it, then dilute that issue with innocuously soft questioning, then dismiss entirely that issue by just walking away from it...'ooo look, I did ask about that rancidly corrupt thing, yes I did'...bollocks, it's completely complicit, deviously deceitful, and transparently obvious...       

But let's face it, Labor didn't help their own cause by having a raft of Actual Policies, allowing 'Scummo' to just attack those issues without actually having any policies of his own...(well except for Tax Cuts, largely benefitting the already wealthy-Ed)...indeed, and again the MSM/ABC was absolutely complicit in failing to hold the LNP to account for this 'Policy Vacuum'...the 'No Policy Policy' also allowed 'Scummo' to hide virtually all his team of disastrous incompetents, and instead spew his Cult of Personality jingoistic jibberish...(and yet a further example of the complicit nature of the MSM/ABC because they let him do it, supported him in doing it, rarely if ever asking 'where are these invisible Ministers? where are your candidates?-Ed)...well quite, again the sort of discussion/debate that was being had widely on 'Social Media' but ne'ery a mention in the MSM/ABC...'Scummo' was also allowed to relentlessly lie about the LNP's 'Fiscal Management/Economy' skills, rarely if ever confronted with the dual realities that 1) they've doubled the National Debt in six years, and 2) the 'Economy' is flat/stalling/tanking, however you want to present it...(another classic example covered on 'Social Media' was the MSM/ABC's relentless use of the term 'Retiree Tax' to refer to Labor's plan to reform Franking Credits-Ed)...precisely, the complexities of that issue aside, describing Labor's plan as a 'Tax' is a deliberately provocative and alarmist deceit... 

These MSM/ABC deceits and/or failures proved critical, only to be further defined and compounded by their collective bleating post-election about how they could have done better...'oh golly, sorry, we should have asked those questions about the state of the Debt and/or Economy', etc, etc, etc...(orrr boo-bloody-hoo, yelling hoarsely at the shut gate after giving the electorate the euthanistic electoral bolt right to the forehead!-Ed)...mmm, that's a particularly eloquent albeit extremely violent picture you paint there mate...('KIN-BOOM, orrr gee whiz, I didn't know it was loaded officer'...pathetic-Ed)...mmhmm, I think you've made that point quite thoroughly...but having said that, and not entirely discounting Bill Shorten's short-comings with personal popularity...(or a lack of-Ed)...Labor did themselves no favours by stating that 'if you don't like our Franking Credits Plan then feel free to not vote for us'...(yeahhh, not a brilliant move, much better to have said 'we believe that the few Australians affected will see the merit in our plan and altruistically support the many positives for the wider community, because Aussies are great like that'-Ed)...absolutely, a far better approach that appeals to people's sense of self-approval, community support, etc, rather than just irretrievably alienating them...maybe wouldn't have changed many people's views/vote, but far better than 'if you don't like it, feel free to sod right off '...(agreed-Ed)...and speaking of which... 

A Triumph Of Greed, Fear, And Ignorance:...are how quite a few people have described the electorate's response to this unwavering pro-LNP bias in the MSM/ABC, but I think it's far more involved than that, which is why I've chosen deliberately to cover these issues after my observations about how the media has manipulated and deceived the electorate...(and continues to enable and protect the LNP-Ed)...well exactly, as we've discussed, that pro-LNP agenda is clearly alive and kicking post-election...anyhoos, whilst there is a perfectly reasonable argument to be made in support of the above discourse about personal greed and ignorance-driven fear, etc, because these are genuine factors in the 2019 Federal Election outcome, I believe that stopping at these realities is only to excuse or ignore those other realities I have described about the role of the MSM/ABC...(ahhh, I see what you're saying-Ed)...off you go then...(well, sure, some people are always gunna' be greedy or ignorant or fearful, etc, but given the complicit deceits of the MSM/ABC, even those who have tried to be informed and make responsible even altruistic decisions, etc, even those people would be hard-pressed to reach genuinely independent conclusions/decisions-Ed)...spot on mate...(even if they tried to thoroughly examine the facts as presented and dissect the often conflicting political discourse, etc, when the MSM/ABC are all headed down the same pro-LNP road, reporting with the same agenda-ed bias, etc, etc, what hope does the average punter have?-Ed)...or even the above-average punter mate... 

   

And that's why Australia is the best democracy that money can buy...and that's why...

Tomorrow: Journalism Is Not A Crime, But Being Nick Fletcher Is

What has happened in recent weeks, with these raids and other direct threats to media outlets, etc, it's old news in this 'ere house, because SAPol (police) Anti-Corruption Branch detectives were in this 'ere house aways back on 7th/8th May 2014, as part of ICAC/SAPol 'Operation Baritone', going through my documents, etc, and seizing my laptop as 'evidence', etc, then persecuting me via a 3 year 'Trial', etc, all in response to and/or justified by me blogging the absolute truth about the Court-proven fake ICAC alleged investigation of Mt Gambier City Council, October 2013-January 2014...(etc, etc, etc-Ed)...well quite, we've been through most of this stuff in multiple previous posts, but it is what it is...(politically motivated retribution for exposing corruption?-Ed)...exactly...(you know mate, I reckon that not many availees would begrudge you doing a bit of the old 'I told you so' stuff-Ed)...how so?...(well, you've been speaking openly about his bare-faced persecution and it's motivations and the obvious implications, etc, etc, but almost no-one's done anything about it-Ed)...other than abuse and criticise me...(fair enough, but not everyone's been like that-Ed)...true...(and remember that those who did approach local and/or interstate media on your behalf, etc, they were wholly rejected by the MSM and ABC-Ed)...that is true...(and now here we are, with those same Rejectors bleating about the Fascism of police raids on journalists, etc-Ed)...I see your point...

It is somewhat tempting to engage in a chorus of 'I Told You So's', but there's more to be achieved by addressing these issues, rather than wallowing indulgently in self-pity or boastful pride...yes, I have been identifying this potential, and yes, now those who have rejected my story see fit to complain about the exact same issues 'cos it's happening to them, but the main issue is that it's happening at all...(right on dude, right on-Ed)...so...

I am Nick Fletcher and this 'ere is my blog and we'll be back here soon with another attempt to resolve some of this stuff...cheers and laters...      

Why Intelligent, Informed, Caring People Who Give A Damn Will Suffer Depression

Howdy dear availees in Germany, Ukraine, Norway, and Poland, and to y'all elsewhere...following directly on from the last post, I've titled this one with a brief synopsis of a longer conversation I've had with several people, not least of all my own child, in trying to counsel and support them about the stress and dis-ease and depression they experience in their lives...(tried following your own advice/counsel?-Ed)...Ed! mate! are you calling me intelligent and informed and caring?...(certainly, and I'd suggest that this 'ere blog is proof enough-Ed)...orrr, cheers mate...(I mean, you don't claim to be the sharpest tool in the shed-Ed)...riiight...(but then you're hardly as dumb as a box-a'-hammers either-Ed)...hmmm, high praise indeed...(come on, you know what I mean, you are clearly a reasonably intelligent person who tries to be correctly informed about issues, and you also try to do something about those issues, and you've paid an extraordinary price physically, mentally, legally, and financially, and pretty much every other 'ally'-ly-Ed)...ain't that the truth, the price I've paid for being truthful...and I ain't claiming to be a 'better person' than you dear availee...(nor admitting to being 'worse'-Ed)...exactly, but this is my blog and these are very much My Truths...

Now, I also ain't stating that this bit of advice is in anyway a definitive study in 'Depression'...(well obviously, people suffer all sorts of traumas and life experiences that can trigger or create 'depression', there are a myriad of different catalysts and/or motivators, and within that vastly varying expressions/experiences of 'depression', etc, etc, it is hardly a singular issue-Ed)...well exactly, but as I said, I've found myself supporting others with this advice/observation and I belief that it does apply to many people...(fair enough-Ed)...and I genuinely believe that this can help people to not only accept but also counter the 'depressions' they do experience in this context...so I'll say it again in it's broadest form, if you are a reasonably intelligent person who tries to educate and inform themselves, and is genuinely caring for the plight of others, the environment, etc, etc, then it is inevitable that you will become 'depressed' by the realities, but don't let these 'Depressions' drag you down because they are a badge of honour to wear with up-lifting pride...(and who wouldn't be depressed in the current political climate, particularly here in Australia-Ed)...indeed, out recent election was an absolute farce, a Mockery of Democracy supported by a complicit 'media'...we'll look at this in future posts...

Last post I promised to copy-paste the article about Grant District Council Mayor Richard 'Mumbles' Sage being supposedly "vindicated"/exonerated by the SA Ombudsman...(sure that isn't a typo, shouldn't it say 'Indicted'?-Ed)...nice one man...(it's only a 'VA' away-Ed)...well quite, but anyhoos, there are many issues I'd like to also cover today, so instead I refer y'all back to the previous post, and provide this very brief synopsis with supporting quotes from The Border Watch newspaper...the relevant Ombudsman's Report is not yet available on their website...TBW reported this on it's front page as,
     SAGE 'VINDICATED' AS STATE OMBUDSMAN REPORT RELEASED
...and further on page 2 as,
     Grant leader cleared of any wrongdoing by ombudsman
...actually, upon review, that reporting is rather unclear as to the involvement of successive CEOs Mr Singe and Mr Maxwell, and given that there's nothing on the Ombudsman's website yet, I will provide the full TBW reportage, thusly...

...and I can only apologise that I have read that through several times and have been unable to clearly establish in my mind a specific timetable of events, as I said, particularly at which point CEOs Singe and Maxwell were involved...(well this report has Maxwell amending a Council Report at Sage's request, a Remuneration Report that Singe then signed, apparently in ignorance of those changes, but I thought Maxwell had replaced Singe, so how could Singe sign a Maxwell-altered document?-Ed)...I know, and thusly guess that there must have been some sort of cross-over period when both were employed...(well I suppose that's sortta' possible-Ed)...but what I'm reading here is that Sage and Maxwell changed that Council-sanctioned document and then 'tricked' Singe into signing it...(it's also unclear as to the connection between and/or timing of Singe's relevant complaint and subsequent 'unexplained' dismissal-Ed)...indeed, but if "Acting CEO Maxwell" was involved, that would seem to indicate that Singe had already been sacked/replaced...(fair enough, but why was Singe then signing that altered document?-Ed)...yeah, look, I dunno', that's part of the confusion I was identifying, is this how it actually transpired or is it clumsy reportage and/or have they used the wrong CEO's name somewhere somehow?...

I'll leave that one to you to sort out for ya'selves dear availees, but what's clear is that Mumbles took it upon himself to alter an officially Council-sanctioned Report/Document, and that the farcically irrelevant Ombudsman ain't gunna' do nuthin' 'bout it!...(hurray for Accountability in Public Office-Ed)...well quite, and I'll join the celebrations when and if I ever witness it...(fair enough-Ed)...but if this weren't bad enough, what really concerns me about that front page is the other story,
     Drug case dumped - Accused traffickers walk free as court runs out of patience with delays
...referring to "ongoing delays in the Major Indictable Brief Unit (MIBU)", and how MIBU and the Director of Public Prosecutions have failed "to reach a charge determination" following their initial extension to do so...this follows a "12 month drug investigation by the Serious and Organised Crime Branch (SOCB)" that led to, "A total of 43 officers (conducting) dawn raids on a number of different premises in Naracoorte, Mt Gambier and Penola to complete the arrests."...(wow, and 11 months after that massive and costly exercise MIBU and the DPP are still shreckin' about to the extent that the charges have been dropped-Ed)...wow indeed...

(And if that weren't bad enough, let's consider in contrast that SAPol, ICAC, the DPP and the Magistrates Court raided your home in May 2014, then took monthly 'Pre-Trial' Court appearances from February 2015 until November 2016 to actually bring you to 'Trial' for the farcical ICAC Section 56 'Charges', then that collapsed in disarray, and then it was another year until your 'New Trial' finally completed December 2017, albeit in your absence, etc, etc-Ed)...indeed, but that's something we'll cover in detail in the next post about the recent Fascist Media Raids, etc...what immediately concerns me is the further story from page 3 of that same TBW edition, namely this...

...I've previously referred to this case and my concerns that it would all quietly just 'go away', and there's nothing here that gives me any hope that there will be appropriate action taken against this "teacher" for the "persistent sexual exploitation of a child"...the reportage seemingly indicates that this 'child' was a student of the teacher, "He was in a position of authority as a teacher"...I am deeply concerned by 1) the distinct parallels between this failure of the MIBU and subsequent reaction of Magistrate Anderson as witnessed in the above 'Drug Trial', where-in a teacher has raped a child, and "Magistrate Teresa Anderson considered dismissing the charges due to the non-compliance with court-ordered timetables"...secondly, I refer dear availees to SAPol's abject and clearly deliberate failures to investigate, charge, or even interview "text-book grooming paedophile" teacher Glyn Dorling at St Martins Lutheran School in 2002, and the subsequent wholesale cover-up of those abuses by a definably complicit SAPol, Courts, several SA Premiers and State Parliament, the DPP, the Crown Solicitor, lawyers Stephen Lieschke, Bill DeGaris, Peter Humphries, and Tim Bourne, etc, etc, etc, and the relentless attacks on us parents, etc, etc, etc...

The deeply disturbing parallels are immediately obvious between how SAPol are mis-handling this child-raping teacher and SAPol's unwavering commitment to protecting "text-book grooming paedophile" (Flinders Child Protection Unit) teacher Glyn Dorling, and the Lutherans who knowingly employed him and knowingly put our kids in harms way by exposing them to Dorling...I remind dear availees that SAPol failed/refused to charge Dorling...(didn't even interview him-Ed)...well quite...(and then lied repeatedly to parents about that, providing families with at least 6 different 'versions' involving different officers, differing alleged locations, etc-Ed)...indeed they did...(and relentlessly attacked/blamed parents for SAPol's deliberate failures-Ed)...wholly corrupt, wholly complicit, rank Pro-Paedophile Corruption from your Mt Gambier/State Police Force...(yay-Ed)...Language Warning...and now this farcical fucking-about where SAPol haven't taken a proper statement from the child, and then fail to rectify that even after they get a 2-month extension...(strewth, it almost looks like they're deliberately trying to fuck it up-Ed)...End Language Warning...that's exactly what I'm saying mate, in the same way they deliberately refused to pursue Glyn Dorling...and believe me, nothing would make me happier than being completely wrong and this teacher gets 10 years minimum...but I ain't holding my breath... 

(Ummm, I'm sorry, that ad there next to that story, does that say "Graeme Lyall" and beneath that "Academy Big Band"?-Ed)...yep, it surely does...(and didn't this event also happen last year?-Ed)...indeed it did...(and didn't we do a post about it entitled, No Apologies For Being Angry About This, 18th August 2018?-Ed)...yep, and I'd suggest we're not far-off writing a post titled Morrison Jazz Academy Knowingly Exposes Students To Rapist, Again...(mate, can you imagine the half-wits who would stampede past that reality to attack you and this 'ere blog-Ed)... don't need to imagine it mate, I've lived it for many years now...(fair enough-Ed)...and if you's reckon I'm over-steppin' the mark with this title, I invite y'alls to go visit the New Matilda website and just search 'Graeme Lyall' and peruse the extraordinary interview they've done with Graeme where-in he doesn't deny the rape, but instead complains about how the student's remarkable strength in seeking appropriate action, etc, how that has affected his (Lyall's) career...(I note that he also acknowledges that the student has received a compensation payment, apparently from the Catholics and/or Tennyson Woods College-Ed)...yep, and whinges about that as well...(what a guy-Ed)...certainly a class-act and absolutely appropriate role-model for aspiring musicians...

I guarantee we will go very hard down this appalling path in the most brutally realistic terms in a post in the very near future.

Also, in the previous post I stated that the Ombudsman had declined to take action against former Robe District Council CEO Roger 'Whim and Fancy' Sweetman regarding multiple issues of "Maladministration" because Roger was retiring/not running again, whatevs, and I do believe that that was part of the 'official decision' to do sweet bugger all about it, let him resign, etc, but the Ombudsman's website states that that was the specific reason for not pursuing action against former Pt Pirie Councillor Darryl Johnson...(is that the one where the Ombudsman ludicrously dismissed one glaringly obvious Conflict of Interest issue, but still made the specific finding that Johnno had, and I quote, "acted in a manner that was contrary to law" on another CoI, but that there would be no action taken because, 
     "As Mr Johnson did not seek re-election at the local government elections in November 2018,
      the Ombudsman made no recommendations."
...is that the one?-Ed)...yep, that's the one, and I re-refer dear availees to read those two reports re Pt Pirie and Robe Councils on the Ombudsman's website...

I also note that the 'official report' on that website re Robe Council/Roger Sweetman does not specifically identify a finding of "Maladministration", indeed, it's a very different, highly sanitised version of events compared to the realities involved...(as we covered in great length in our wonderful post, Ombudsman Lines Sublimely Declines To Act On Robe Probe, 14th April 2019-Ed)...well quite, including a very thorough story by journalist Kate Hill...(yeah, compared to that story, the 'Official Report' is farcically vague and obtuse-Ed)...indeed it is...and I readily admit that I've struggled to keep track of all the farcical shenanigans at Robe Council re the $1million Marina Loan that disappeared then re-appeared then apparently never existed in the first place, then this 'Auditor's Issue' of 2014, then this 'Carpark Wall' issue, and all of the bizarre Council retaliation/retribution against former Mayor William Peden for his extensive efforts to hold them to account on these very concerning issues, etc, etc, but rather than trawl through it all again, again, I do refer y'all to our various previous posts on these issues, eg, 14th April 2019, cheers...(well what's glaringly obvious is that the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC have no intention what-so-ever of taking appropriate action against Robe Council, on any issue-Ed)...indeed...

Tomorrow: Fascist Media Raids In Australia

Which we will amusingly cover under the title, Journalism Is Not A Crime, But Being Nick Fletcher Is...(nice one man, using the popular catch-phrase to highlight the reality of your rancidly corrupt Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution at the hands of SA ICAC and SAPol (police), where-in you have been pursued and persecuted and prosecuted for the heinous crime of telling the truth about a fake ICAC investigation of Mt Gambier City Council-Ed)...indeed, and in a context where 2 of the 'Counts' I've been 'Convicted' of are about speaking to the media, namely ABC South East and The Border Watch...(well quite, and where-in the ABC South East and TBW were both SAPol Prosecution witnesses against you-Ed)...indeed they were...(and in a context where you/we/this 'ere blog are more 'journalist' than those two combined-Ed)...well, they're not all bad, I've met journos who are trying, but as others have put it to me, regardless of what anyone else does or doesn't do, I am every bit a 'journalist'...(when you're not being the actual news-Ed)...well quite, and this 'ere blog is a scythingly accurate source of news...   

Many A True Word Spoken In Just Fear-Mongering:...couldn't help but laugh to hear our Home Affairs Minister Peter 'The Spud' Dutton ramping-up the hype about the Medivac Bill and refugees in general, etc, by describing 'people smugglers' thusly, 'they will twist any truth to take money from vulnerable people'...(well to my mind that's the potato calling the kettle black, 'cos that's exactly what the Liberal/National Party do-Ed)...and hence my mirth...(ahhh, fair enough-Ed)...

And we will get to the oft-promised post about MGCC's bare-faced deceits re the Farcical Aquatic Recreation Centre, not least of all, the latest ludicrous announcement that MGCC plans to spend $1.8million on re-vamping and deepening, etc, the 50m outdoor pool...(as part of the $40m FARC project?-Ed)...no no, this is extra money that's just gunna' appear from somewhere, somehow, no probs mate...(but don't MGCC therefore Ratepayers still owe $2m on the New Library, nearly 10 years after it opened?-Ed)...yep...(and Ratepayers are FARC-ly committed to a barest minimum $15m funding for that literal hole in the ground?-Ed)...yep...(and Council reckons it's gunna' spend $800,000 on the Old Rail Station in the next 2 years?-Ed)...ah yeah, I'd forgotten about that, more money that's gunna' miraculously materialise from gourd-knows where...I guarantee this post is comin' up soon dear availees... 

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

There's Nothing Like Official Accountability, In South Australia

Howdy dear availees in Egypt, Estonia, Japan, and United Arab Emirates...welcome to a post that is largely revisionary...(is this part of your 'Keep On Posting' strategy, in a context where deeply draining 'Depression' continues to dog you?-Ed)...exactly correct young Ed, continuing forward as best possible given the circumstances...(well it's been a coupla' fairly full-on months-Ed)...indeed it has, and I note with some sense of vindication that I've seen several people on Twitter say much the same things I have about politically-motivated depression, etc, and that they've felt driven to withdraw from 'electronic media', albeit briefly...(but I note that you force yourself to try and stay somewhat engaged-Ed)...well quite, and as I described in the last paragraph of the previous post, it is important to me and to the very nature of this 'ere blog that I remain 'actually correct' rather than 'think I'm right'...(and there is quite a difference-Ed)...indeed, and to that end I forced myself to sit through the farcically depressing pantomime that was Annabelle Crabbe 'interviewing' Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on the ABC's The Insiders this morning...(oh gourd, I don't want to know-Ed)...oh you know mate, you exactly know, we all know, and Language Warning, 'cos ya' didn't need to watch it to know that it was a farcically biased 'Dorothy Dixer Cluster Fuck'...End Language Warning...(ah, so better than I was expecting then?-Ed)...well quite, it was absolutely appalling... 

And I'll get into that more next post, but today I'd just quickly like to acknowledge a coupla' very supportive 'Comments', the first from 4th April 2019, when 'Unknown' wrote;
     "You have a particularly interesting way of writing and I am in complete agreance with
     you on Dear Robe Council CEO Roger Sweetman, "Whim And Fancy" This Champ  
...and as previously explained, I don't blame people for showing their support anonymously...(given how popular you aren't in this political climate and/or town, can't blame people for not wanting to expose themselves to similar bigotry, abuse, and/or discrimination-Ed)...exactly, I only question the crassly cowardly halfwits who anonymously sling pig-ignorant personal abuse and derision and deeply often deliberately misinformed opinions...(like that bright spark who anonymously demanded on 12th September 2018 that you go 'onto social media' so that other like-minded drongos could 'hold you to account'?-Ed)...a perfect example Ed...anyhoos, only 2 days later, 6th April 2019, an 'Unknown' left this 'Comment' indicating that they have extensively read and understand this 'ere blog...
     "A list of organisations with nothing better to do than to conspire against Nick Fletcher.
     South Australia Police The Border Watch The ABC Tony Pasin Mount Gambier City
     Council Hawkins Medical Clinic Judge White Probably the entire legal system ICAC
     Corrections SA The Education Department Bill Degaris Google People who are actually
     actively working against Nick Fletcher Nick Fletcher" on Brief But Important Interim Post

(Ummm, yeahhh, not so sure that that's supportive-Ed)...really?...(yeahhh, I think you'll find that that's actually a very average attempt at mocking sarcasm, trying to concurrently belittle you and undermine the reality of your blogging about these various people/Authorities/organisations, quite probably based on having read only a very few posts-Ed)...oh, right...(yeah, sorry-Ed)...no no, not your fault mate, and now that you point it out to me, I see what you mean, this 'Unknown' is trying to imply that it is somehow ridiculous for me to discuss the collusive Pro-Paedophile Corruption that I have so very clearly identified and defined and been subjected to...(yeahhh, I think that's their intent-Ed)...mmm, indeed, and in that context it is self-evidently ridiculous to say this, because clearly and definably, it's not the issue that those listed have "nothing better to do", the reality is that this is just what they do...(my thoughts exactly-Ed)...it's not a question of them colluding "to conspire against Nick Fletcher", they by their very nature 'conspire" to protect SA's Pro-Paedophile Institutionalised Corruption...(and in that context "Nick Fletcher" just happens to be the rabidly angry bunny caught in those Pro-Paedophile headlights-Ed)...absolutely, and I'm hardly the first and almost certainly not the last...

(Well hopefully not the last-Ed)..."hopefully"?...(yeah, this whole process of relentless Pro-Paedophile Political Persecution via the farcically undefinable and openly Fascist Section 56 of the SA ICAC Act 2012, your "bizarre trial", etc, that's all about silencing not just you, but anyone else who thinks about speaking-out about the Pro-Paedophile Institutionalised Corruption they witness/encounter-Ed)...well observed Ed, that is precisely correct, yet again it ain't just about 'getting Nick Fletcher', it's about threatening/preventing any 'Future Fletchers' behaving the way I do...(behaving the way you do? I hardly think that's gunna' happen, you are a very unique, very special unit-Ed)...well cheers mate...

And another thing too, dear Anonymous Dickhead...(I thought there might be-Ed)...I have never ever accused Google of 'conspiring against me', the well-documented evidence on this 'ere blog proves the exact opposite...(well I'd argue that this 'ere blog itself is proof enough that The Googles ain't conspiring against ya'-Ed)...my point exactly, as often made through-out this 'ere blog, but I'll say it again 'cos it bears repeating, if it weren't for The Googles providing this 'ere 'Free-of-Charge Blogspot Forum' thingy, I'd be effectively voiceless, given that I'm currently 'banned' from the National Broadcaster (The ABC)...(wow, you bastard-Ed)...and equally unwelcome in the local media...(still wow, and still a bastard-Ed)...and furthermore, I have repeatedly identified directly to The Googles themselves how they are being manipulated by those listed, eg, the litany of vacuous 'Defamation Threats' and/or various other lies used to have my posts 'pulled-down'...(yeah, get it right Anonymous Dickhead-Ed)...anyhoos, moving on...     

A goodly part of my 'Depression' is effectively forced on me by these harsh and very unpleasant realities about South Australia's Institutionalised Corruption that present themselves on a daily basis...(I thought you said it was "SA's Pro-Paedophile Institutionalised Corruption"?-Ed)...well indeed, it is my intensely personal experience and subsequent belief is that South Australia is a state run by and for paedophiles...(eg, the St Martins Lutheran School Child Abuse Cover-up-Ed)...exactly, but apparently some people struggle with that reality, so for the sake of this particular post, let's just deal with the definable Institutionalised Corruption of the farcical 'Authorities' in SA, from Local and State Governments, to SAPol (police) and the Judiciary, and on to their supposed 'Overseers', the Office of Public Integrity, the Ombudsman, and the extraordinary debasco (debacle/fiasco) that is the SA Independent Commission Against Corruption...today we're gunna' stick with the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC, and there's no better place to start addressing some recent farcical issues involving this lot, than to revisit this absolute classic, below...(didn't we cover this previous under the hilarious title Fines Clearly Defines Fine Line By Clearing Lee, back on 16th January 2018?-Ed)...indeed we did...

Apologies that I didn't record where exactly I got these two pieces, and they've been sitting in my Drafts section since first published...(one says "December 2017"-Ed)...yeah, but there's no direct byline or title bit, anyhoos, whatevs, if dear availees want to review the above mentioned post and combine it with this stuff, it gives y'all a fairly thorough discourse/explanation about how truly pathetic the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC can be when it comes to addressing the definable Institutionalised Corruption in SA...(does it or do we mention that former Mayor Lee was in China on a Ratepayer-funded trip when he was doing these personal business dealings?-Ed)...well you just did mate, but read-on dear heart, find out for ya'self...sees y'all on the other side...***        

• Mayor under fire over winery income, China trip
• Move to force councils to reveal all travel costs

A REGIONAL mayor “walked a very fine ethical line” in his role as mediator during the $13.2 million sale of a Coonawarra winery, the public sector watchdog has found, but cleared him of using his position for personal benefit.

In a report released yesterday, State Ombudsman Wayne Lines found Mount Gambier Mayor Andrew Lee acted “inappropriately” in his elected position to help broker the sale of Rymill Coonawarra Winery, near Penola.

Mr Lines investigated Mr Lee’s use of his mayoral email in his dealings with the winery’s owner John Rymill and Chinese-owned Landbridge Group representative Gang Ye, as well as whether he used a taxpayer-funded trip to China to pursue personal business interests.

Mr Lee acted as an intermediary between Landbridge Group and the winery during its acquisition.

But Mr Lines said “these mistakes are not serious enough for a finding of misconduct”.

“As principal officer of his council, Mayor Andrew Lee walked a very fine ethical line dealing with the Landbridge Group as intermediary in a large commercial transaction,” the report said.

“Although Mayor Lee did send two emails from his mayoral account and inappropriately used his business card in his dealings with Mr Rymill and Mr (Gang) Ye, these mistakes are not serious enough for a finding of misconduct.

“He has admitted his error of judgment and stated his regret for his actions. I note he took action at the time to remedy the mistake with the use of his mayoral email account.”

The Advertiser reported in January last year, Mr Lee had met Mr Gang Ye on a State Government-organised Shandong Business Mission in April 2016.

At the time, Mr Lee told The Advertiser he had no recollection of meeting Mr Ye, saying: “That trip I didn’t see him,” before adding: “Let me think … I can’t remember.”

During the Ombudsman’s investigation, Mr Lee admitted he had met with Landbridge Group chairman Cheng Ye twice and his brother Gang Ye once in 2015 to talk about acquiring the Rymill Coonawarra Winery.

He also admitted he met Gang Ye during the trade mission, but denied any wrong­doing.

“Mayor Lee admits he gave Mr Gang Ye his business card in Shandong, but realised later that ‘it was not right to do that’ in the context of their other business dealings,” Mr Lines said.

He found that Mr Lee and Gang Ye became business partners in the company Furunde Wine Co Pty Ltd, which was registered three months after the mission. The company – a subsidiary of Landbridge Group – bought the winery six months after the mission, which Mr Lines said “raised questions that warranted further investigation.”

Mr Lines found Mr Lee did not use his mayoral position for personal benefit, but acknowledged it was “not difficult” to see why some had concluded Mr Lee’s business dealings were “suspicious”.

“I advise the Mayor that in the future he should examine and clarify any actions that may give rise to a perception that he is using his elected office for personal gain,” he said. 

December 2017: City of Mount Gambier – Failure to disclose business interests – Mayor Andrew Lee
The Ombudsman received an ICAC referral about allegations involving the conduct of Mayor Andrew Lee of the City of Mount Gambier relating to his involvement in a State-funded trip to China and his subsequent acquisition of an interest in a South Australian winery.  The matter was subject of an article in the Advertiser on 30 January 2017, since which time it has attracted significant attention.  There were two allegations that were investigated.  First of misconduct by Mayor Lee in conducting personal business while representing the council when attending the Shandong business delegation in China in 2016.  The Ombudsman found no evidence of personal business being conducted; therefore, there was no finding of misconduct.  The second allegation concerned Mayor Lee’s use of his mayoral position to gain a personal benefit by acquiring shares in the Rymill Coonawarra winery.  The Ombudsman found no evidence of inappropriate use of mayoral position in the acquisition; therefore, there was not finding of misconduct.

***...so there you go, "walked a very fine ethical line", what a shreckin' joke...(but those reports don't even mention the stuff about Mayor Lee failing to report to Mt Gambier City Councils' Register of interests either 1) his purchase of and/or stake in that winery, or 2) his subsequent income from said winery-Ed)...indeed, it's a pathetic joke from start to finish, a joke where-in Accountability and Ratepayers get punched right in The Fine Line by a farcically irrelevant OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC...and since then we've had the multiple farcical involvements of these 'Authorities' with the deeply compromised Robe District Council and/or their snipingly abusive former CEO Roger 'Whim And Fancy' Sweetman, eg, regarding multiple aspects of the Robe Marina, eg, their proven 'Maladministration' of Non-Tendered Contracts for a vastly over-priced carpark wall...(is that the one where the Ombudsman stated that they weren't gunna' do anything about it 'cos Roger was retiring from Local Government?-Ed)...indeed, which somehow exonerates him from his actions whilst CEO...(well that's just ludicrous-Ed)...not just ludicrous mate, it's conspiratorially corrupt inaction from the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC...(and just reminding dear availees that the legislative structure dictates that all matters/issues must go through the ICAC, therefore through Our Bestie And Also In His Spare Time ICAC Commissioner Bruce 'Brews Slander' Lander-Ed)...exactly...

Then we've had the equally farcical 'exoneration' by The Three Amigos...(que?-Ed)...the OPI/Ombudsman/ICAC...(ahhh, of course-Ed)...well, I just thought it was more respectful than The Three Drongos...(and if we're about anything here at TMGI, it's respectfulness...ness-Ed)...indeed, The 3A's 'exoneration' of Grant District Council's Mayor Richard Sage...('exonerated' of what exactly?-Ed)...of altering a critical Council document...(oh well, so long as it's no biggie, just altering critical official Council documents, I mean, what's the harm? what's the fuss?-Ed)...I thought we agreed 'off-blog' young man, that we'd leave the moronic sarcasm stuff to Anonymous Dickhead & Co'?...(I never signed not nuffin'! you got nuffink on me copper!-Ed)...settle down...Mayor Sage took it upon himself to alter a Council-Approved Draft Document to the Remuneration Tribunal, then got the then CEO David Singe to unknowingly/unwittingly sign the document, before Interim CEO Graeme Maxwell was also involved...(wasn't Maxwell there because Singe got sacked?-Ed)...indeed, and it was Mr Singe who reportedly lodged the complaint with The 3As...(so it looks like Singe was deliberately duped, then quite rightly reported that Gross Maladministration, only to be promptly sacked for his troubles-Ed)...that's what it looks like...I'll post the actual The Border Watch article in a future post...

Anyhoos, following that farcical 'vindication/exoneration', we charge ahead to the recent The Border Watch report/acknowledgement of the multiple Code of Conduct complaints that Mt Gambier City Councillors have lodged about their colleagues...(well everyone's been talking about this stuff for ages, so what's new?-Ed)...that the 'complaints' have been sent back to MGCC and/or their new CEO Andrew Meddle to sort out...(isn't that what happened with your very detailed 'complaint/report' back in December 2017, about the multiple abuses/confrontations/threats that you were subjected to by various Councillors/staff?-Ed)...yep, where-in my 'complaints' specifically identified, amongst other things, 2 grossly inappropriate incidents of harassment involving then CEO Mark 'Mighty Marky Mark McShenanigans' McShane, one at my gym and a second at the September 2017 Full Council Meeting...(and those 'complaints' were sent back to CEO McShenanigans by the Minister Geoff Brock, for McShenanigans to sort out?-Ed)...exactly...(your 'complaints' about McShenanigans were sent back to McShenanigans for him to address?-Ed)...yep...(and?-Ed)...and what?...I'm still waiting...(well hurrah-Ed)...yeah, apart from a 'Your concerns have been noted' letter from McShenanigans aways back then, not nuthin', no action, no repercussions, it's a sickly corrupt joke...      
And given this has blown-out I'll have to do another post with those reportages/documents, etc, particularly the MGCC Code of Conduct stuff, so...

Tomorrow: Yet More MGCC Dodginess

Yes sirree, McShenanigans may have shot-through in spectacular fashion, but all the other shenanigans continue unabated...(does this include the gross deceits of the Fabulous Aquatic Recreation Centre debasco?-Ed)...ah, I see you're gettin' on board with the whole 'Naming Game' for the ludicrous $40million+ Hub thingy...(absolutely, and some people apparently want The ARC, so I've just expanded on that by adding 'Fabulous/Fantastic'-Ed)...well to my mind it's 'Farcical'...(yep, that still works-Ed)...hang on...The FARC...you want to call it The FARC...(right on, and then all this stuff about 'Fundraising' could be promoted like, 'Donate For FARC's Sake', ya' know, stuff like that-Ed)...oh dear gourd...(I knew you'd like it-Ed)...   

I am Nick Fletcher, and that is Ed...(cheers-Ed)...whom might be a confected literary device but is still an integral and invaluable part of this 'ere blog...(oh mate, stop that-Ed)...no no, it's true, you are a confected literary device...(oh-Ed)...and this here is my/our blog...cheers and laters...

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...