General Political Chat

[Gough]

I assue Frydenberg would have voted against having this RC twenty times too, Hayne probably thinks he's a gurning fool.

 

[Contra Mundum]

I assue Frydenberg would have voted against having this RC twenty times too, Hayne probably thinks he's a gurning fool.

The nickname we gave Ken when he was on the Court of Appeal was Davros - good to see him use his powers for good and not evil


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[Baltimore Jack]

Hmm....wonder what this is about

 

[Number37]

Hmm....wonder what this is about

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Land which the Armidale club sits on won the tender for the new APVMA offices.
Without the Armidale club burning down it couldn't have happened.

 

[NSWCROW]

Hmm....wonder what this is about

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Assume it refers to the " Armidale club " fire

 

[NSWCROW]

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cop-sentenced-after-rape-call-to-sarah-hanson-young

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Cop sentenced after 'rape call' to Sarah Hanson-Young







Oh he recalled SOME of it hey ??......



****en mutt

 

[Hawk Dork]

Hmm....wonder what this is about

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Great news for Motel/hotel owners in the area to have a government body,surely Barnarby isnt looking after a mate

 

[quotemokc]

Should the ABC be allowed to disable comments on some of their Youtube videos when they are a public broadcaster?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Should the ABC be allowed to disable comments on some of their Youtube videos when they are a public broadcaster?

What was the comment?

 

[quotemokc]

What was the comment?

Just the fact that the comments section is disabled

 

[Number37]

Just the fact that the comments section is disabled

Doesn't this belong in the 'hypocrisy of the right" thread?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Just the fact that the comments section is disabled

Could be legal proceeding and give the guy a fair trial?
I think it was a domestic dispute, obviously he got pretty badly triggered, probably is under medical surveillance,there might be kids involved???

 

[Father Jack]

Should the ABC be allowed to disable comments on some of their Youtube videos when they are a public broadcaster?

What difference does it make that they're a public broadcaster?

 

[Gough]

Should the ABC be allowed to disable comments on some of their Youtube videos when they are a public broadcaster?

A free speech warrior like yourself would be appalled by this I'm sure.

 

[quotemokc]

I'm not even trying to be political, I am just seeing if a public broadcaster should be allowed to block comments.

Whenever I go to read an opinion piece online I will scroll down to the bottom first to see if there is a comment section... If there isn't I don't read it, I refuse to read someones opinion that isn't open for other peoples opinion.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

I'm not even trying to be political, I am just seeing if a public broadcaster should be allowed to block comments.

Whenever I go to read an opinion piece online I will scroll down to the bottom first to see if there is a comment section... If there isn't I don't read it, I refuse to read someones opinion that isn't open for other peoples opinion.

Your problem is you are confusing an opinion piece with the reporting of a factual event
Ignorant people may think they have a right to say something which may well prejudice any future proceedings...by all means do it yourself and accept any consequences but don't expect a publisher to join you

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I'm not even trying to be political, I am just seeing if a public broadcaster should be allowed to block comments.

Whenever I go to read an opinion piece online I will scroll down to the bottom first to see if there is a comment section... If there isn't I don't read it, I refuse to read someones opinion that isn't open for other peoples opinion.

The ABC used to have comments on basically every news story. The required moderating proved both costly, and controversial. Often when something got removed or edited, it resulted in cried of "lefty bias" regardless of why the affected comment was deemed inappropriate (foul language, falsehood stated as fact, legal necessity, or lefty bias - the actual reason made no difference). If the poster was left-wing, the poster would then claim the ABC had sold out to Murdoch/Abbott/Turnbull, again regardless of the actual reason. Comments rarely remained civil, and often did not remain related to the article.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I'm not even trying to be political, I am just seeing if a public broadcaster should be allowed to block comments.

Whenever I go to read an opinion piece online I will scroll down to the bottom first to see if there is a comment section... If there isn't I don't read it, I refuse to read someones opinion that isn't open for other peoples opinion.

A friend of mine was connected to an event that was heavily filtered in media reporting at the time. Reason was because of the involvement of kids.

It didn't effect the court case at all

 

[Crankyhawk]

I'm not even trying to be political, I am just seeing if a public broadcaster should be allowed to block comments.

Whenever I go to read an opinion piece online I will scroll down to the bottom first to see if there is a comment section... If there isn't I don't read it, I refuse to read someones opinion that isn't open for other peoples opinion.

And that’s a fair way to approach opinion pieces. But this is a fact “event occurred” piece and as other have mentioned there could be legal reasons for no comments

 

[Kram]

A free speech warrior like yourself would be appalled by this I'm sure.

What has this got to with his question??

FWIW it's fair enough disabling public comments is fair enough, 99% of them usually junk anyway.

 

[Rob]

If this has any substance to it then he has to be forced to resign. It's pure corruption.

 

[Pessimistic]

The ABC used to have comments on basically every news story. The required moderating proved both costly, and controversial. Often when something got removed or edited, it resulted in cried of "lefty bias" regardless of why the affected comment was deemed inappropriate (foul language, falsehood stated as fact, legal necessity, or lefty bias - the actual reason made no difference). If the poster was left-wing, the poster would then claim the ABC had sold out to Murdoch/Abbott/Turnbull, again regardless of the actual reason. Comments rarely remained civil, and often did not remain related to the article.

Maybe if they didn't suffer funding cuts, they could moderate more articles?

 

[Vader]

I just did a random sample of 6 articles from the ABC website - 2x Opinion, 2x Analysis, and 2x News (i.e. unlabelled). None of them have comments enabled. The OP might have a case if the article they wanted to comment on was treated differently to other news articles, but it appears to be a consistent policy on the ABC website. No comments anywhere.

Move along, nothing to see here...

 

[NSWCROW]

The neckbeards will love her

 

[Maggie5]

I am sure free speech advocates will applaud this.

A doctor on Nauru who blew the whistle on the deliberate medical neglect of refugees and asylum seekers on the island has been awarded a global award for free speech.

Dr Nick Martin, the former senior medical officer for International Health and Medical Services on Nauru, spoke out publicly against what he described as Australia’s “inflexible, unswerving, and shameless” offshore immigration regime, that deliberately harmed asylum seekers and ignored doctors’ recommendations to treat dangerously ill people.