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Australian Journalist Arrested

15 points by bilekas 5y ago

jussij 5y ago
ICAC needs to start investigating Barilaro's involvement in the demise of the Marco Polo Social Club. That whole saga stinks to high heaven. EDIT: Here is some context: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/labor-demands-answers-over-concerning-land-deal-involving-deputy-premier-john-barilaro-20201127-p56ing.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/labor-demands-answers-ov...
nness 5y ago
Jordan's serious tone, compared to his usual absurdity, is appropriate for the seriousness of this abuse of power. This is bullying of the press and illustrates that civility is only reserved for the News Corp press and not independent journalists.
WalterGR 5y ago
I don’t know how this drama is intellectually gratifying, but, submitted previously: Friendlyjordies producer charged with stalking John Barilaro (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/14/friendlyjordies-jordan-shanks-producer-charged-allegedly-stalking-john-barilaro https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/14/frien...)
- bilekas 5y ago
  From the filings against them though, the charges were brought because of a statement from Barilaro and nothing else. Maybe we're all missing something but seems a bit suspect that you can have someone charged with just a statement, also, stalking ? I don't know the legal definition for it but if you're a reporter and chasing up on news in public spaces, could you be charged for stalking ?
koheripbal 5y ago
The first part of the video accuses the arresting officers of assault and bad behavior, but it's pretty clear the arrestee tries to pass his phone to his family and that his family tries to hide it from the officers. Lots of hyperbole over what looks like correct officer conduct. I couldn't watch the rest as it lost credibility after that.
- bilekas 5y ago
  Fair enough, first few lines of an article are enough for you to understand it all too I guess. The issue isn't about the phone or even the arresting officer tbh. They're just doing what they're told. Its about being charged over the statement of a politician.
- dzhiurgis 5y ago
  The phone holds evidence of him not being guilty and politician lying. Kinda fair, but it just looks like a clusterf*ck.

15 points by bilekas 5y ago

ICAC needs to start investigating Barilaro's involvement in the demise of the Marco Polo Social Club. That whole saga stinks to high heaven. EDIT: Here is some context: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/labor-demands-answers-over-concerning-land-deal-involving-deputy-premier-john-barilaro-20201127-p56ing.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/labor-demands-answers-ov...

nness 5y ago

Jordan's serious tone, compared to his usual absurdity, is appropriate for the seriousness of this abuse of power. This is bullying of the press and illustrates that civility is only reserved for the News Corp press and not independent journalists.

WalterGR 5y ago

I don’t know how this drama is intellectually gratifying, but, submitted previously: Friendlyjordies producer charged with stalking John Barilaro (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/14/friendlyjordies-jordan-shanks-producer-charged-allegedly-stalking-john-barilaro https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/14/frien...)

bilekas 5y ago
From the filings against them though, the charges were brought because of a statement from Barilaro and nothing else. Maybe we're all missing something but seems a bit suspect that you can have someone charged with just a statement, also, stalking ? I don't know the legal definition for it but if you're a reporter and chasing up on news in public spaces, could you be charged for stalking ?

koheripbal 5y ago

The first part of the video accuses the arresting officers of assault and bad behavior, but it's pretty clear the arrestee tries to pass his phone to his family and that his family tries to hide it from the officers. Lots of hyperbole over what looks like correct officer conduct. I couldn't watch the rest as it lost credibility after that.

bilekas 5y ago
Fair enough, first few lines of an article are enough for you to understand it all too I guess. The issue isn't about the phone or even the arresting officer tbh. They're just doing what they're told. Its about being charged over the statement of a politician.
dzhiurgis 5y ago
The phone holds evidence of him not being guilty and politician lying. Kinda fair, but it just looks like a clusterf*ck.