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My respect and sympathies to the Judge for all the thought and careful reasoning put into instructing the Jury.
Wouldn’t’ve been needed to if Media and Police were more respectful of prejudice concerns.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/29/erin-patterson-alleged-mushroom-murders-trial-begins-australia-ntwnfb
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IMO, MONA is mislead and wasting of time/money:
It is discriminatory, and MONA could have resolved the issue by focusing on modifying the badly designed installation to be a form of performance art, including the added opportunity for performative ‘discrimination’.The advice to resolve the issue was clear, but MONA and co evidently lacks the imagination and creativity to make the exhibition lawful.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose again.MONA should consider employing genuine human rights savvy artit’s/designers/thinkers who are professionally arms-length from gender biases.
I’d be open to temporarily taking leave to be employed as a consultant.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/may/07/tasmanias-mona-to-challenge-decision-to-let-men-into-ladies-only-art-lounge
#TasLaw #AusLaw #ArtisticExpression #FreedomOfExpression #WomensRights #GenderDiscrimination -
CW: Cyclists and Motorist - Saving a few seconds or causing death/injury?
Sharing the road with Cyclists (and other road users):
Motorists,
you save somewhere between 30 seconds to 5 minutes, rushing past cyclists on the road without care.
Is the time saved really worth the trauma and criminal sentence?1. P-Plate work commuter: two-and-a-half year community corrections order (Cyclist dead: inattention when passing) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/lindsay-smyrk-court-cyclist-death-sentence-woodend/102514622
2. 21-y-o work commuter: three years in jail (Cyclist dead; erratic driving) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-24/21yo-driver-sentenced-to-jail-for-cycling-death-david-halliwell/12487928
3. 59-y.o. one year and nine months' jail (Cyclist with permanent/severe injury; inattention when passing and 'hit and run')
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-15/hit-run-driver-romano-andreucci-jailed/117091024. 39-y.o Professional Truck Driver, four year jail term
(Cyclist dead'; Driving under influence of drugs; Drive while using a mobile phone; sleep deprivation; etc.) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-15/truck-driver-jailed-over-nullarbor-cyclist-leif-justham/1017615065. 36-y.o Professional Truck Driver. three years and four months in jail (Cyclist dead; inattention when passing and 'hit and run')
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-04/amala-paulson-jailed-fatal-collision-horsham-cyclist-liam-batson/1023034286. 43-y.o Truck Driver, four years and two months in jail
(Cyclist dead; inattention turning at an intersection)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-02/truck-driver-mathew-gray-sentenced-4-years-killing-bendigo-teen/100263378#ACTLaw #QldLaw #NSWLaw #VicLaw #TasLaw #SALaw #NTLaw #WALaw