Government Arseclown George Brandis

[Pie eyed]

They got their findings out quicker than ASADA.

Probably had some evidence to consider?

I’m sure that any child fleeing ISIS in Syria and Iraq would gladly swap places with a child in our detention centres - safety, security, beds, food, health-care etc.

One dimensional brain you have there.
Did it cross your mind that is what those in detention were fleeing... I hope vehemently that you and your family are uprooted by some crisis and you get shoved in a refugee camp.
They will be able to hear the squealing on the moon.

 

[Docker Clint]

http://junkee.com/people-are-ccing-...a-retention-means-hell-read-them-anyway/52190

 

[Docker Clint]

 

[pazza]

Lambie has a win. Not too sure Brandis is all that happy.

 

[Gough]

Given that it seems "Pissing people off" is one of this governments most important KPIs, he'll wear it like a badge of honour.

 

[pazza]

Little known fact.

The last minister to be censured successfully was former minister for Defence, David Johnston, just last year.

Safe to say that on the record of that, Brandis might need to look at the backbench.

 

[Play by Numbers]

Could be the only AG to be censured. Contra Mundum

 

[sherb]

Brandis won't answer any questions now, lol.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Could be the only AG to be censured. Contra Mundum

In Parliament he can - but he would have to stoop pretty low to top the bottom of the barrell performance of Daryl Williams who refused to defend Michael Kirby's integrity against the rockspider allegations made by alleged "good bloke" Bill Heffernan in Coward's castle - that turned out to be total bullshit. Daryl was ten times the lawyer "Bookshelves" is - he would actually appear on behalf of the Commonwealth in High Court cases - which makes it all the worse

The car records on which they based the allegation was Laurie Brereton's car and the records were fabricated. I knew someone who worked in Brereton's office - they laughed like drains when they worked it out

 

[Play by Numbers]

In Parliament he can - but he would have to stoop pretty low to top the bottom of the barrell performance of Daryl Williams who refused to defend Michael Kirby's integrity against the rockspider allegations made by alleged "good bloke" Bill Heffernan in Coward's castle - that turned out to be total bullshit. Daryl was ten times the lawyer "Bookshelves" is - he would actually appear on behalf of the Commonwealth in High Court cases - which makes it all the worse

The car records on which they based the allegation was Laurie Brereton's car and the records were fabricated. I knew someone who worked in Brereton's office - they laughed like drains when they worked it out

Ouch. Mmmmm my main gripe with Brandis is less Trigg and more his erosion of rights and the rule of law.

The special operations exemptions have no place in a democratic nation.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Ouch. Mmmmm my main gripe with Brandis is less Trigg and more his erosion of rights and the rule of law.

The special operations exemptions have no place in a democratic nation.

Read David Marr's op ed piece in last weekend's saturday paper - they have not got a feel for the practice of law.

 

[Gough]

Everybody has the right to be a bigot, but not to legal representation, it seems. What the f*** is going on here?
http://www.theguardian.com/australi...s-ask-george-brandis-to-better-fund-legal-aid

The federal government says it’s committed to funding frontline legal aid services across the country amid calls from state and territory attorney generals to reverse budget cuts in the area.

All seven attorney generals have reportedly written to their federal counterpart, George Brandis, about the government’s cuts to legal services.

Their letter is said to call on Brandis to guarantee no further funding reductions would be made to legal aid commissions, community legal centres, and the Aboriginal legal service.

The 2014 budget reportedly cut $15m from legal aid commissions and $6m from community legal centres.

Speaking on Saturday, the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary, Alan Tudge, said the government was committed to funding legal assistance services.

“We’ve got an absolute commitment to providing good funding for the frontline legal aid services for vulnerable people,” he told Sky News. “We’ve committed 1.3bn over the next four years.

He said the government was reconfiguring how legal services organisations were funded.

“Instead of the commonwealth funding them directly, we will fund them via the state governments,” Tudge said. “We’re in a process at the moment of working through that.”

Labor MP for Kingsford Smith, Matt Thistlethwaite, said the cuts would make the system more unfair. “Labor will have a much fairer system,” he told Sky News.

He said the cuts would be especially tough on Indigenous Australians who came before the courts.

“If an Aboriginal person comes before the legal system and they’re not represented because there has been a cut to legal aid funding or the community legal aid service in their community, they’re highly more likely to end up being incarcerated,” Thistlethwaite added.

 

[sherb]

Everybody has the right to be a bigot, but not to legal representation, it seems. What the f*** is going on here?
http://www.theguardian.com/australi...s-ask-george-brandis-to-better-fund-legal-aid

This government works on a cost effectiveness basis, not on a human or society basis.

The monetary cost of bigotry to them is nothing. Legal aid costs $$$. So cut the legal aid. That's how this government's collective mind works.

Never mind that the cost of bigotry (and this reduction in legal aid of course) in society terms is significant. They just done care about that.

It's all about the dollars. Unless they are trying to boost their standing in the electorate of course....................!

 

[Lester Burnham]

Everybody has the right to be a bigot, but not to legal representation, it seems. What the f*** is going on here?
http://www.theguardian.com/australi...s-ask-george-brandis-to-better-fund-legal-aid

All seven attorney generals have reportedly written to their federal counterpart, George Brandis, about the government’s cuts to legal services.​

Reportedly?

If the Grauniad has the letter why not publish it in completeness?

 

[Danny Cullen]

I don't know of anyone who has used legal aid. Must be a remote Australia thing for things that they apparently don;t do.

 

[Play by Numbers]

I don't know of anyone who has used legal aid. Must be a remote Australia thing for things that they apparently don;t do.

What?

Legal aid is critical for a fair and equitable legal system.

 

[Danny Cullen]

What?

Legal aid is critical for a fair and equitable legal system.

If you say so. It's generally used by those who have effed up (drunk??) and clog up the courts.

Or those in remote communities who fiddle with their kids.

 

[Play by Numbers]

If you say so. It's generally used by those who have effed up (drunk??) and clog up the courts.

Or those in remote communities who fiddle with their kids.

I do say so.

Your (borderline racist) and rather asinine attempt to marginalise those who use legal aid as being either drunks, pedos or from remote communities shows how out of step your prejudices are with the rule of law and equity in a democracy. Fair and equitable access to the legal system, that includes representation.

 

[Danny Cullen]

I do say so.

Your (borderline racist) and rather asinine attempt to marginalise those who use legal aid as being either drunks, pedos or from remote communities shows how out of step your prejudices are with the rule of law and equity in a democracy. Fair and equitable access to the legal system, that includes representation.

It's not racist, it's a fact. But facts don't seem to matter much to you lot.

 

[Contra Mundum]

If you say so. It's generally used by those who have effed up (drunk??) and clog up the courts.

Or those in remote communities who fiddle with their kids.

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is an independent statutory authority set up to provide legal aid in the most effective, economic and efficient manner.

VLA is the biggest legal service in Victoria, providing legal information, education and advice for all Victorians.


We fund legal representation for people who meet eligibility criteria based on their financial situation, the nature and seriousness of their problem and their individual circumstances. We provide lawyers on duty in most courts and tribunals in Victoria.


Our clients are often people who are socially and economically isolated from society; people with a disability or mental illness, children, the elderly, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who live in remote areas. VLA can help people with legal problems about criminal matters, family breakdown, child protection and family violence, immigration, social security, mental health, discrimination, guardianship and administration, tenancy and debt.

See Danny your ignorance is showing there - if you got into a fight when you were pissed it would not meet the "nature and seriousness" critereon - these days anything below an ag burg and you are on your own. If you have ever seen an unrepresented litigant in a family law or criminal proceeding you would know they unneccessarily clog up judges for Gina Rineharts fully paid frivolities against her children and TV networks

 

[Play by Numbers]

It's not racist, it's a fact. But facts don't seem to matter much to you lot.

What lot?

What facts?

 

[Danny Cullen]

What lot?

What facts?

A quick google.

http://www.google.com.au/#q=child+abuse+aboriginal+communities

You think these people hire personal lawyers?

 

[Play by Numbers]

A quick google.

http://www.google.com.au/#q=child+abuse+aboriginal+communities

You think these people hire personal lawyers?

My point is who and why people access legal aid. You are wrong.

 

[Danny Cullen]

My point is who and why people access legal aid. You are wrong.

If you say so.

 

[Play by Numbers]

If you say so.

I do, read contras post, given he is a legal eagle