Writer, journalist, father, cyclist. Holding the powerful to account & calling out hypocrisy. Books include: 'Car is Guest' & 'Her Honour Refuses Your Request'.
โHer Honour Refuses Your Requestโ summarises my questions for the justice system in Canberra. This book forms the basis of my 31 March 2024 referral to NACC. Crickets thus far.
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@tomflood1
When I was 20 I hitchhiked from London to Greece, then flew to Jordan (1985) in September. Dad wrote to me in November with just 4 words: "Write to your mother." No "hi" or "how are you?"
I wrote back immediately. His life must have been hell.
I was a recalcitrant back then.
@wartranslated
Active Russian soldier in Ukraine calling for the use of tactical nuclear weapons on Ukrainian population centres if/as Russian forces retreat from the positions in Ukraine they are occupying.
@Judith54Nunn
@mjrowland68
Michael, with respect, you are disingenuous.
Sure, a democracy need opposition voices interviewed - especially leading up to an election. But we mostly need to hear what the govt is doing. The oppositionโs job otherwise is only to improve the legislation. But you know that.
In case you missed it, yesterday Melbourne police
@VictoriaPolice
released this hit-run driver without charge.
I call this attempted manslaughter with intent, and a hate crime against men who ride bicycles.
But weโre hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games so come visit!
@RonniSalt
'Mr Pitt was so concerned he asked for the executive order outlining how 2 ministers could be sworn into the portfolio, only to discover it did not exist. Multiple cabinet ministers objected to it. โThe problem with Scott is he had this grandiose view of himself.โ'
Sooo Trump
Back in hospital. My next post will be shoulder x-rays. Was riding to yoga when a 4WD indicated left then did a u/turn into me, at speed. Didnโt look.
Bike is in half, as is something in my right shoulder. Driver said sorry. That makes everything better.
Helmetโs undamaged.
@RonniSalt
She didn't post about a "controversial topic", she posted the facts, i.e. journalism, about a topic that had previously been cloudied by biased disinformation. So it seems the ABC has issues with the truth as well as with journalism itself.
NOW IN VIDEO:
She slowed to get the cyclist in front, revved her engine a few times then ran Rob down.
After she handed herself in,
@VictoriaPolice
took 2 days to charge her.
Sheโs facing 10, 10 & 5 years & 8 months jail but today sheโs still driving. Letโs see what they do.
@strangerous10
@tur14865416
Wait ... don't tell me AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw is a liar? I can't believe that.
Maybe he's just very very forgetful?
The talk of a โbig swinging dicksโ faction in the Liberal Party is the latest mention about this crew. 1st mentioned in 2009 ganging up on Julie Bishop to oust her as Opposition treasury spokesperson, then again in 2014 trying to shift her as party deputy. The names are known 1/2
@PRGuy17
If this is
@9NewsAUS
doing Russiaโs work and interfering in our election, this should be referred to the
@AusFedPolice
Then we can really see what political interference looks like.
@9NewsAUS
Cyclist in Melbourne deliberately targetted, hit and left for dead by 40yo female driver:
โSergeant Jerome Ithier from Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol said he expected better from drivers in the community.โ
Attempted murder. Ya think? I expect a LONG PRISON SENTENCE.
@grescoe
I assess the make, model and colour of a car when, as a cyclist, I anticipate the future behaviour and direction of a vehicle.
Yes, the more expensive cars tend to be more of a danger to a cyclist in Australia. As are the black and the red ones. As well the SUVs and the utes.
My email to 10 Australian MPs and Senators who sit on the "Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)".
Let's see if anyone cares enough to even respond.
@strangerous10
So โLaborโ to directly support womenโs sports. Unlike the Federal LNP who gave money to Murdoch to support womenโs sports via โthe marketโ. Haha. (Sarcasm)
Thx Dan (not sarcasm).
A parklette in Amsterdam on a street they just gave a massive โroad dietโ to, called Weesperstraat.
This was week 2 of a 6-week trial.
I like it. It takes time for drivers to find alternatives that will save the planet. There was Australian-level resistance from shops etc.
@MarkDreyfusKCMP
Given yesterday's legal ruling by the ICJ, your post seems a little one-eyed and dare I say even hypocritical. Shame.
"Never again" was supposed to mean "Never again to anyone including Palestinians" and not just "Never again but only to Jewish people".
@samanthamaiden
@EmmanuelMacron
@newscomauHQ
A decision by the PMโs office to leak private correspondence between Morrison and the French President for domestic consumption would be an extraordinary diplomatic move.
โWhy did you leak it,โโ the PM was asked. He said, โI am not going to indulge your editorial on it.โ
@MikeCarlton01
Mr Carlton stated, โMy Australian of the Year would be a doctor or nurse working nights in intensive care or the ED, dealing with COVID and daily death. Real compassionate work for very little money, not someone who makes a buck out of saying itโs ok to be a bit fat.โ
Valid point
@SerkanTheWriter
Sounds like an entitlement issue among others. Both mother (retired) and father are part of a power cult of entitlement in NSW Police, not public service.
I contacted you re a story of another NSW officer who allegedly perverted the course of justice but you were about to retire.
Train passenger: Howโre you getting home.
Me: By bike.
Passenger: Through the city? Thatโs brave.
Bunnings sausage man: Maps took me the wrong way.
Me: When I drive I sometimes have maps on bike mode by mistake.
Sausage guy: You ride a bike? Youโre brave.
We have a problem.
@nexta_tv
โAs general matter, we do not support attacks inside of Russia," a White House spokesperson said.โ
Fine. But we all know that Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, and committed and is still committing war crimes.
Ukraine has every right to retaliate as part of its self defence.
@Brett_McLeod
Looked at the relative vaccination rates lately?
Tell me youโre travelling on compassionate grounds. I had to beg twice just to be allowed to mourn two deaths and give care to my dementia-affected mother. And Iโm a dual citizen.
Are we really all in this together, Brett?
@kairyssdal
@MarkJacob16
Governments apply tariffs on imported goods. Those tariffs are then paid by domestic consumers when they purchase those foreign goods. The aim is to make foreign goods more expensive so that consumers instead buy local, cheaper goods.
@schlutes
I like your kid. My second shop with a mask and I avoided cracking lame dad jokes. When kid hands me the receipt, I miss it and it falls to the floor. I apologise. The kid apologises, then says: โI was distracted by your eyes.โ How did he know we had the same sense of humour.
@cheryl_kernot
Channel 7 this morning was particularly appalling, with "Kochie" badgering the Treasurer about abolishing negative gearing on the family home (of all things), and then saying after the interview "That's why we don't trust government". A shameful shit show, not journlism.
@Bikery1966
"Sturgess told emergency services & a psychologist she was distracted by the rising sun and had been inattentive while repositioning her sun visor at the time of crash. Vic Police body camera footage captured the driver's sun glare visor in an upright position."
So she lied, too.
@nexta_tv
Russian money for years flowed into Ukraine via oil pricing in an@ attempt by the Kremlin to control Ukraine via corruption.
But Ukraine is on a path to join the EU, so the old ways must go. Donโt be surprised if some step aside.
This likely has little to do with the war.
@GuardianAus
Owned by a national from our biggest trading partner. That's a 'serious threat' to national security?
Or is it that TikTok doesn't suppress anti-Zionist content like X and Fb do?
@crikey_news
@antonknilsson
So the lessons learned?
1. Commit a crime by stealing public money
2. If you get caught, repay it & maybe lose your job
3. Remain anonymous
4. Escape criminal consequences
5. Try harder not to get caught next time
Thank you NACC (not).
Corruption Rules in Australia!
@RonniSalt
@Paul_Karp
Why didn't Catherine Holmes name the six ("the Catherine Holmes Six") before or when she referred them to NACC? That would have been the norm for royal commissions.
Why so little light? Why so little accountability from anything anywhere near this disappointment known as NACC?
@BrittHiggins_
@cheryl_kernot
Iโd say when youโre told โyouโve got unresolved issuesโ that is the very definition of victim blaming.
Keep the facts coming, Britney
@Kate_McClymont
@GrogsGamut
"Lehrmann has been found by the judge to have made false representations about supplying confidential material to Channel Seven in breach of his undertakings to the ACT court in his criminal trial"
So did he lie? Commit perjury? What exactly does "false representations" mean?
@visegrad24
Isn't it about time Switzerland understood how it feels to be invaded and to have your wives and children killed? Too many centuries hiding in the mountains doing deals with Nazis.
@noplaceforsheep
The ABC is in bad taste - almost all the time now.
No excuse for this type of 'journalism'. I don't watch it almost ever now. Mostly SBS or Aljazeera online.
@DLoweryAU
@VictoriaPolice
The driver slowed to let the cyclist get in front, then accelerated and deliberately mounted the curb to injure the cyclist.
There is no grey here.
@RonniSalt
@Peter_Fox59
Iโve already penned my appeal/complaint. Still a few days until NACC officially tells me to go jump in a lake.
The key is to allege that NACC has breached the public trust AND acted corruptly itself by refusing to investigate corruption.
@PRGuy17
I've had four (2 AZ, 1 Pfizer and 1 Moderna - equal opportunity employer?) and am keen to get the next bi-valent booster in a month or so. No need to be stupid and get really sick.
@DavidShoebridge
I read this article. I am disgusted but not surprised:
โThe community would not expect law enforcement to ENCOURAGE a 13-14 year old child towards racial hatred, distrust of police & violent extremism,โ magistrate Lesley Fleming said in the decision.
Iโm in a room with 100+ transport experts.
But
@tomflood1
is able to completely reframe how we look at our society and how we live and function.
We need his Simple and Emotional messaging to change how we think about our streets and our society.
And there DOES seem to be a passenger hanging out of the window enjoying this human hunting sport
Iโm wondering if additional changes should be brought against more than just the driver.
I repeat โฆ this was a hate crime.
@Baumann_Mac
@simon_rosenberg
@MarkDreyfusKCMP
@AustralianLabor
Last election I put Labor second or third after teals/independents and The Greens, and the Liberal-National Party of course I put last.
In the coming election I will put Labor second last and just before the Liberal-National Party.
@nexta_tv
The Biden administration told EVERYONE who was listening Russia was DEFINITELY going to invade. I heard it. We all heard it. It was in the media every day.
Biden was brave and did the right thing. Local Ukrainian authorities didnโt amplify this information for defence reasons.
@nexta_tv
Heโs not rich by accident. Russia was flooding Ukraine with cash for decades using pipelines with creative pricing. Ukrainian oligarchs are a uniquely Russian creation.
@cheryl_kernot
โA spokesperson for the PMโs office said: โThe government will not comment on matters that may be subject to AFP investigation.โ
A spokesperson for the AFP refused to comment, citing the investigation may still be under way.โ
This is ONE YEAR into the investigation. Apolitical?
@deltapolice
So, is
@deltapolice
telling pedestrians (ie citizens and visitors) they need to put on hi-vis just to be able to safely cross a road on a green light in daylight hours?
Shame on you for this victim blaming.
The car behind the woman was about to run the red.
@bikeviewca
@deltapolice
OMG. The POLICE in BC Canada are THEMSELVES telling pedestrians (ie citizens and visitors) they need to put on hi-vis just to be able to safely cross a road on a green light in daylight hours.
Or is this only for women and minorities? Shame, Canada, shame.
@marquelawyers
Holy shit! Didnโt even get to deliver a verdict.
How sad is Australian politics and how easy for corruption to win.
Iโm so disappointed for Britney and for justice.
A cleaner wearing such a cool t-shirt at my hotel. OMG, everyone is so happy in this town (Utrecht) and in this country (the Netherlands). Could it be all the bikes? Or just the clean air and the kids out mucking around safely in the streets?
@Rainmaker1973
@tomflood1
Been there. Loved it. They turned the lights off at 5pm when I was at the deepest as they (almost) forgot I was there. Someone came to the rescue after 5 or 30 minutes (hard to keep track of time in that dark silence). True story.
So if 3 people gather in the street they can be jailed or fined but an openly incompetent Ministerial decision to allow 2700 cruise ship passengers to roam freely is a low risk decision... why are the responsible (irresponsible) Ministers still in work. 440 now positive to C-19.
@tanya_plibersek
I call BS, with (limited) respect
We (you) are opening new coal mines. This shows that the action of YOUR government is NOT taking on climate change or making a real difference.
Tell me, for the record, what made UNESCO decide not to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger"?
@Paul_Karp
'Drumgold...had complained that officers engaged in โa very clear campaign to pressureโ him not to prosecute the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.'
Why, in Australia, do people in positions of power use threats and charges of defamation to cripple and silence their critics?
@BrentToderian
@carltonreid
@Forbes
This is the wrong way to be going. Society needs to prioritise people (walking and engaged in active transport) not motorised vehicles. Just saying, this is the wrong direction, Joe and Pete.
@Qldaah
"Allegedly a member of an outlawed motorcycle gang."
Why would someone from such an organisation fire bomb the home of a journalist exposing (allegedly) corrupt politicians? Why oh why?