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Oooh, Nassif is at ICAC this arvo!!!
I can't wait for him to do the zero fucks "here's how it worked, here's who's involved, deal with it"
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I completely understand the dream of this couple and I would love to do it myself, but it's wholly unsustainable to allow people to set up home anywhere.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/court-rules-couple-need-consent-for-caravan-on-rural-property/107134502
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The Parra metro station construction site has been a bit of a dead zone for a while. Finally filling it will make a massive difference to its CBD.
While there's a case for more offices, if you're going to go with apartments, you may as well go big:
"Four towers of up to 43 storeys will be built above or next to the new Parramatta railway station following the planned opening of the 24-kilometre Metro West line between Sydney CBD and Westmead in 2032.
"The over-station development just north of Parramatta Square will feature 470 apartments – up from 111 outlined in concept plans – and 500 units for student accommodation. It will feature pedestrian laneways and a landscaped park that will form part of a civic link connecting the station to the new Powerhouse Museum and Parramatta River foreshore.
"A 43-storey tower comprising the 470 build-to-rent apartments will be five storeys higher than originally outlined in the concept plans. Subject to planning approval, a 29-storey office building, a 24-level tower for student accommodation and an eight-storey hotel will also be built on the site."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/revealed-bigger-bill-and-higher-towers-for-parramatta-s-new-metro-station-20260907-p60v0a.html
#Parramatta #NSW #Australia #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol -
@gnoll110 @vandenberglegs @ajsadauskas More shenanigans at ICAC (the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption).
This time, it called up Anita Perrottet, who's the wife of Charles Perrottet, and the sister-in-law of former NSW State Premier Dominic Perrottet. (For anyone reading this outside Australia, a premier is our equivalent of an American state governor.)
Charles was allegedly one of the recipients of $2 million in bribes from failed property developer Jean Nassif.
Again, at this stage, I think Dominic should be called to explain what he knew abd when ge knew it.
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
"[Anita Perrottet's] evidence was so thoroughly unconvincing, and the corruption watchdog’s case against her so comprehensive, that it was tempting for a brief moment to feel sorry for the mother of two.
"However, the sheer volume of implausible claims uttered while twisting and contorting her way through a two-day appearance ultimately made it difficult to have much sympathy.
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"She was paid $660,999 between July 2020 and December 2022 – a figure almost exactly one-third of the $2 million bribe that Nassif is alleged to have agreed to pay her husband and two other Liberal Party operatives.
"There is no written record of any work Anita did to warrant the payments. She repeatedly insisted that she was paid such a huge amount to be a “sounding board”.
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"Anita Perrottet is no fool. She has a degree in marketing and communications from the University of Canberra. She has worked at global asset management company Fidelity International, the so-called “millionaire’s factory” Macquarie Bank, investment firm Magellan Financial Group, and funds giant Australian Unity. Perrottet agreed with Dwyer’s assessment this week that she was a “pretty astute businesswoman”.
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"If her version of events is to be believed, Perrottet’s marketing knowledge is so good that she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for nothing other than giving verbal advice to Jeremy Greenwood, a close friend of her family and the owner of two lobbying firms named Beckington and JPG Advisory.
"Greenwood, Charles Perrottet and Liberal operative Christian Ellis are the three men the ICAC alleges were to be the recipients of the $2 million Nassif bribe.
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"It is not disputed that Beckington and JPG Advisory paid Perrottet the $660,999 in various invoices over 2½ years. She also concedes there is not one scrap of written evidence that she actually did any work.
"Pressed on what sort of advice she gave, Perrottet said that Greenwood at one point sought her counsel on behalf of a vaping client. Who was the client? She didn’t know. Did she do any research? No, but she did read news articles that had popped up on her social media feeds.
"What strategic advice did she provide in relation to the black market for vaping? “That there needed to be better regulation.” What did that advice include? “Like, you know, minors shouldn’t be able to be buying vapes, essentially.” For good measure, she also apparently advised Greenwood that kids would vape less if fun flavours were banned."
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"But the problems with her evidence didn’t end there. On Friday, she said she knew tax deductions listed by her business could only be made for legitimate business purposes. She said she would have only claimed travel for meetings she had held in Sydney with Greenwood.
"But she was soon presented with evidence that her husband had actually undertaken the regular travel to Sydney while she stayed at home in Melbourne. During the travel, Charles met with Nassif. Whoops, that must have been an error, Anita explained."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/stop-stop-she-s-already-dead-how-the-icac-nailed-anita-perrottet-s-absurd-excuses-20260828-p60sj7.html
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Probably not ideal to have the boss of a new museum stand down 72 days before it opens, due to an investigation into "governance and procurement practices":
"The opening of the billion-dollar Powerhouse Parramatta has been plunged into controversy after its chief executive stepped down 72 days before the opening of the state’s biggest cultural infrastructure investment since the Sydney Opera House.
"In a shock development, staff were alerted on Thursday afternoon that Lisa Havilah had stood aside from her role of seven years pending completion of a departmental investigation into “governance and procurement practices”. Only five days earlier, the museum had announced its first five exhibitions for the November 7 opening to much fanfare."
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/powerhouse-parramatta-chief-lisa-havilah-departs-just-weeks-from-opening-20260827-p60s1t.html
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I remember a time decades ago when NSW was considered a police state where crooked cops was a systemic problem. It doesn’t look like it has changed much. Worse, the police now tramples on common law rights…
“The October 2022-enacted digital evidence access order regime provides that police can obtain a DEAO when executing search and crime scene warrants, and if the subject of the order refuses this, then it’s an offence carrying up to 5 years prison time. And as the section containing this criminal offence notes, this measure overrides the common law right against self-incrimination.
However, once NSW police officers have obtained access to a suspect’s phone, they don’t simply scroll through the owner’s latest social media posts, as rather, they employ a device and software developed by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite that once connected to a civilian’s phone downloads its entire content, including all deleted messages and images.”
How good are ‘panick buttons’, those that wipe a mobile clean as the push of a button? Not that I’d necessarliy consider it on my mobile, but you never know, right? I can’t see Police powers being roled back anytime soon, quite the contrary, expansion of those powers seems inevitable while #Minns is in charge.
(Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/ )#Privacy #CommonLawRights #DEAO #DigitalEvidenceAccessOrder #MobilePrivacy #LegislativeAgenda #NSWPol #PoliceState
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I remember a time decades ago when NSW was considered a police state where crooked cops was a systemic problem. It doesn’t look like it has changed much. Worse, the police now tramples on common law rights…
“The October 2022-enacted digital evidence access order regime provides that police can obtain a DEAO when executing search and crime scene warrants, and if the subject of the order refuses this, then it’s an offence carrying up to 5 years prison time. And as the section containing this criminal offence notes, this measure overrides the common law right against self-incrimination.
However, once NSW police officers have obtained access to a suspect’s phone, they don’t simply scroll through the owner’s latest social media posts, as rather, they employ a device and software developed by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite that once connected to a civilian’s phone downloads its entire content, including all deleted messages and images.”
How good are ‘panick buttons’, those that wipe a mobile clean as the push of a button? Not that I’d necessarliy consider it on my mobile, but you never know, right? I can’t see Police powers being roled back anytime soon, quite the contrary, expansion of those powers seems inevitable while #Minns is in charge.
(Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/ )#Privacy #CommonLawRights #DEAO #DigitalEvidenceAccessOrder #MobilePrivacy #LegislativeAgenda #NSWPol #PoliceState
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I remember a time decades ago when NSW was considered a police state where crooked cops was a systemic problem. It doesn’t look like it has changed much. Worse, the police now tramples on common law rights…
“The October 2022-enacted digital evidence access order regime provides that police can obtain a DEAO when executing search and crime scene warrants, and if the subject of the order refuses this, then it’s an offence carrying up to 5 years prison time. And as the section containing this criminal offence notes, this measure overrides the common law right against self-incrimination.
However, once NSW police officers have obtained access to a suspect’s phone, they don’t simply scroll through the owner’s latest social media posts, as rather, they employ a device and software developed by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite that once connected to a civilian’s phone downloads its entire content, including all deleted messages and images.”
How good are ‘panick buttons’, those that wipe a mobile clean as the push of a button? Not that I’d necessarliy consider it on my mobile, but you never know, right? I can’t see Police powers being roled back anytime soon, quite the contrary, expansion of those powers seems inevitable while #Minns is in charge.
(Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/ )#Privacy #CommonLawRights #DEAO #DigitalEvidenceAccessOrder #MobilePrivacy #LegislativeAgenda #NSWPol #PoliceState
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I remember a time decades ago when NSW was considered a police state where crooked cops was a systemic problem. It doesn’t look like it has changed much. Worse, the police now tramples on common law rights…
“The October 2022-enacted digital evidence access order regime provides that police can obtain a DEAO when executing search and crime scene warrants, and if the subject of the order refuses this, then it’s an offence carrying up to 5 years prison time. And as the section containing this criminal offence notes, this measure overrides the common law right against self-incrimination.
However, once NSW police officers have obtained access to a suspect’s phone, they don’t simply scroll through the owner’s latest social media posts, as rather, they employ a device and software developed by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite that once connected to a civilian’s phone downloads its entire content, including all deleted messages and images.”
How good are ‘panick buttons’, those that wipe a mobile clean as the push of a button? Not that I’d necessarliy consider it on my mobile, but you never know, right? I can’t see Police powers being roled back anytime soon, quite the contrary, expansion of those powers seems inevitable while #Minns is in charge.
(Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/ )#Privacy #CommonLawRights #DEAO #DigitalEvidenceAccessOrder #MobilePrivacy #LegislativeAgenda #NSWPol #PoliceState
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I remember a time decades ago when NSW was considered a police state where crooked cops was a systemic problem. It doesn’t look like it has changed much. Worse, the police now tramples on common law rights…
“The October 2022-enacted digital evidence access order regime provides that police can obtain a DEAO when executing search and crime scene warrants, and if the subject of the order refuses this, then it’s an offence carrying up to 5 years prison time. And as the section containing this criminal offence notes, this measure overrides the common law right against self-incrimination.
However, once NSW police officers have obtained access to a suspect’s phone, they don’t simply scroll through the owner’s latest social media posts, as rather, they employ a device and software developed by Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite that once connected to a civilian’s phone downloads its entire content, including all deleted messages and images.”
How good are ‘panick buttons’, those that wipe a mobile clean as the push of a button? Not that I’d necessarliy consider it on my mobile, but you never know, right? I can’t see Police powers being roled back anytime soon, quite the contrary, expansion of those powers seems inevitable while #Minns is in charge.
(Source: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/ )#Privacy #CommonLawRights #DEAO #DigitalEvidenceAccessOrder #MobilePrivacy #LegislativeAgenda #NSWPol #PoliceState
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TIL about Parliamentary powers to Order Documents be produced (OPD) from the govt. The NSW’s Premier doesn’t like it, apparently. There’s a lot he doesn’t like, protests for instance, or transparency, and even free speach. He’s a peculiar one this one. He’d fit in well as a Liberal Premier.
#WestminsterSystem #NSWPol #NSWLabor #ChrisMinns #ODP #ChecksAndBalances #NSWLegislativeCouncil
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NSW's native forests are worth more standing than shredded into woodchips. They protect wildlife, store carbon, safeguard water catchments and belong to future generations, not logging companies.
Premier Minns promised better. Time to end industrial native forest logging and protect what little remains. Add your voice.#nswpol #forests #koalas #climate
https://wilderness.good.do/NSWindustriallogging25/nswmp_minns/
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Minns government ‘actively’ considering if Jewish security group should be armed after Bondi attack
Chris Minns has said his government is “actively” considering whether a Jewish security group should be armed in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, as he confirms police will carry long-arm rifles for the first time at Sydney’s major New Year’s Eve event.
#AusPol #Australia #NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #AustraliaHasANaziProblem #BondiShooting #antisemitism #antiIslam #Palestine #FuckIsrael
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The long running Drake Inquiry into Greyhound Racing NSW is due to report back today.
The optimist in me thinks the findings will be that the industry did not learn from its dice with death back in 2016. That it will be found incapable of changing and becoming safe for the animals involved. That its death in NSW (and Australia) begins today.
The realist in me knows that the findings will be that there a few bad actors, and that the industry needs to change and needs to be given one last chance.
#GreyhoundRacing #Greyhounds #AnimalAbuse #PetsNotBets #NSWPol #GRNSW #DrakeInquiry #NSW
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NSW Police again the beneficiary of apparent legal double standards, as judicial hearings involving serious drink-driving charges against a senior officer receive extraordinary court secrecy. The court registrar attempted (and failed) to have the entire trial process conducted in the absence of media. Nonetheless, there is a 40 year court order suppressing the identity of the officer, longer secrecy than is granted even for cabinet discussions. The individual allegedly consumed approximately 24-36 standard drinks at a single event before driving and crashing his vehicle in a tunnel, then departing the scene before his blood alcohol could be tested.
A recent report from the police watchdog (LECC, see below) found that the senior detective was "treated more leniently in the way in which he was managed by his commander and in the police review of his driving”. It notes that other officers lost confidence in the integrity of their organisation as a result of this "favourable treatment".
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/17/extraordinary-secrecy-surrounds-court-details-of-senior-nsw-police-officer-charged-with-drink-driving-ntwnfb
(I would have used #InternetArchive for this weblink, but its save page feature is temporarily unavailable, apparently due to recent DDOS attacks)#NSWpolice #NSWpol #Auspol #transparency #GovernmentSecrecy #SecrecyLaws #RuleOfLaw #DoubleStandards #corruption
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The Guardian: ‘They couldn’t care less’: fears for dogs’ welfare as Greyhound Racing NSW axes one of two adoption centres
#Greyhound #Greyhounds #GreyhoundsAsPets #GAPNSW #GreyhoundRacingNSW #GRNSW #GAPWyee #Animals #AnimalWelfare #NSW #NSWPol #AusPol
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I wasn't sure if I was going to write this, but here goes.
Yesterday, Greyhound Racing NSW locked their staff out of the Greyhounds as Pets Wyee facility and made the entire facility redundant. The staff there, while they worked for a disgusting organisation, demonstrated real care for each and every single dog that came through their doors, and my wife and I are lucky to have adopted our beautiful Waffle and Tim Tam from them.
GRNSW yesterday released a statement where CEO Robert Macauley spoke about the collapsing wagering post-COVID. The statement also mentioned that all rehoming and welfare activities are "fully funded".
Fully funded I guess after quietly making around 60 redundancies across the Wyee facility and GAP head office.
The Wyee shelter is to be outsourced to a private company which will now handle GRNSW's export business sending discarded Hounds to the USA in the hopes of a better life. There are more strict criteria on what dogs can be sent to the US - off the top of my head I believe they need to be under five years old and have no medical conditions.
After the Baird-era attempt to ban Greyhound Racing in NSW, the industry talked big about wanting to clean up its act. It seems when the going gets tough, they've opted to act in bad faith towards dedicated, hard working staff, and reduce their capability as an organisation to deal with the abandoned, abused dogs which are the EXPECTATION, NOT THE EXCEPTION.
Greyhound Racing needs to end in NSW. The industry has demonstrated that it can't be trusted to the right thing by their animals.
Ray Hadley also did a bit on this today. While I wouldn't normally recommend a sane person to listen to him, he's fired up about what's happened at GAP.
#Greyhound #Greyhounds #GreyhoundsAsPets #GAPNSW #GreyhoundRacingNSW #GRNSW #GAPWyee #RayHadley #Animals #AnimalWelfare #NSW #NSWPol #AusPol
Picks of our two Hounds for attention.
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http://rollo75.blogspot.com/2022/12/horse-3108-keolis-downer-not-in-service.html - blogged
Keolis Downer - Not In Service - Just Like All Tory Politics