Governance a misfortune to experience

ADVERSARIES?

As an employee with the Australian government agency Centrelink my job was to interpret Australian law to determine entitlements for Australian citizens.

In the year 2000 a Regional Manager came to my office promoting Machiavellian political propaganda warning of "adversaries who have the laws in their favour".

He declined to remove a display of the propaganda when I indicated to him that I felt uncomfortable treating Australian citizens as adversaries.

The Area Manager refused to intervene in poignant contempt of an unlawfully imposed Centrelink staff agreement then conspired with the Regional Manager to intentionally injure me with anxiety neurosis against explicit medical advice.

I approached the Federal member for the region, Ms Tanya Plibersek, whose office advised me to join the Commonwealth Public Sector Union. A few days later the Regional Manager warned me in the presence of his deputy that I would be charged with harassment if I approached the CPSU delegate who provided me with a union membership application form to complete.

My health deteriorated and I was sacked in my absence on sick leave over spurious allegations of misconduct I was given no opportunity to refute.

A Commissioner for the Australian Industrial Relations Commission reviewed a pre-hearing submission alleging dozens of atrocities committed against me by Centrelink staff, including the prohibition of CPSU membership, and refused to allow the admission of any evidence whatsoever in my failed application for unfair dismissal, confirming the pervasive nature of the corruption of natural justice in the Howard regime.

The Howard legacy is a Public Service drowning in deceit, dishonesty and corruption. At the very least Howard and his Cabinet cronies should be deprived by a properly constituted Parliament of all profits accrued in government prior to facing charges of fraud, dishonesty, deception and corruption before similarly constituted criminal courts.

The Howard regime is unilaterally the most dishonest and downright criminal governance the Australian nation has ever had the misfortune to experience.

How much better life would be if we weren't governed by cowards, cheats and corrupt officials. Change Australia, change.

By Phillip Mckeon posted 2 September 04

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As for police powers, Dr. Weatherburn, argues that no research supports the zero tolerance argument." Are our courts too soft on criminals? Bashers and robbers are more likely to go to jail now, than they were a decade ago."

Who are the real 'crooks'? The politicians, who seek to enhance their public image, or the so called Law Enforcement Agencies, who carry out their bidding in the favourable image they desire. The improper association between police and politicians has been a major topic for many a decade. The Separation of powers between police and parliament are not always adhered to.

Politicians who rape, steal and plunder...

Let there be no misunderstanding, the crimes committed by these politicians, were far greater than that of any ordinary citizen.

Labor Party MP, Andrew Theopanous, was found guilty of corruptly abusing his power as an MP, receiving money and seeking sexual favours.

Brian Austin Queensland National Party Minister, jailed for 15 months for misappropriation.

Brian Burke, former west Australian Labor Premier, jailed for two years for rorting travel expenses.

Noel Crichton-Brown, Liberal Senator fined $8000 for travel rorts.

Michael Cobb, NSW National party, fined $14,000 and given a two year suspended sentence for travel rorts.

Leisha Harvey, National Party Minister, jailed 12 months for rorts.

Don Lane, National Party Minister, jailed 12 months for rorts.

Bob Wood, Liberal Party Senator, received 18 months suspended sentence for rorts.

Wayde Smith, Liberal Party MP, jailed 18 months for perjury.

Barry Morris, NSW Liberal Party, jailed 12 months for death threats.

Geoff Muntz, National Party Minister, jailed 12 months for rorts.

Raymond O Conner, Liberal Party Premier, jailed 18 months for stealing.

Rex Jackson, Labor Party Minister for NSW, jailed 10 years for taking bribes.

Keith Wright , Labor Party MP, jailed 9 years for raping an 11 year old School girl.

Bill D'Arcy, Labor Party MP, jailed for 10 years for child sex abuse.

These are the very same people, once portrayed by the media as National heroes. We never heard Bob Carr or any other politicians call them scum, or demand harsher sentences. Well...lets not be hard on the Premier, after all many of these crooks, were his cronies and you can't blame people for having friends... can you?

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The consequences of allowing any agency such power without mechanisms for public accountability particularly under the pretext that it is necessary to maintain law and order are now obvious for all to see. Bob Carr, has created a form of terrorism, not seen since the days of (Nazi Germany, Hitler and his Gestapo) these new police powers have exceeded the wildest dreams of any advocate of a well-ordered police state.

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The frame-ups were exposed last April when a corrupt Manly detective, Sergeant Ray Peattie was jailed for four years, because he made admissions about other (corrupt police officers still in the force.) He will be eligible for parole in 12 months time. No hype from (Bob Carr when this reduced sentence) was handed down.

Convicted former NSW, Rose Bay police officer, Mohamed Yaghi, who believed his badge of office allowed him to commit crimes with impunity, has been ordered to forfeit his Sydney home, and pay $538 000, as the proceeds of crime. The seizure of Yaghi's assets followed confiscation proceedings, launched by the PIC. after his 10 year conviction for conspiring to supply cocaine and heroin. Justice Howie said: "At the time the criminal acts were committed in 1999 Yaghi was a serving police officer." SMH 2001.

November 2002, at the PIC's, senior police officer, Detective Sergeant Steve McLeannan, admitted he had lunch with a murder suspect and fabricated an entry in his duty book to conceal the fact. The PIC are examining the conduct of the police investigation a murder at the Oxford Tavern.

August 22, 2002, the PIC were informed that inspector Menzies, (Vice-President of the NSW Police Association), allegedly divulged confidential information, in a string of taped phone calls played to the PIC, it became clear that Menzies had given another police colleague some helpful advice. Just follow normal police practices... just lie! Stay tuned for more startling revelations at the Police Integrity Commission.

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Mr. Treyvaud, who owns the Cabramatta Inn hotel, has alleged, that senior police officers have threatened to have him shot, if he did not keep out of their business.

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July 25, 2001, a frustrated Sergeant Priest sad that he would "rather resign from the police service with dignity than endure continued persecution from the police headquarters and the Carr government." In December, Priest was appointed as special adviser to the new Police Minister, Michael Costa...surprise.. assistant commissioner Small was also appointed to Costa's staff.

As Sir Walter Scott once said "O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive".

In 1984, Jennifer Tanner, 27 of Bonnie Doon, Victoria was shot twice in the head and twice in the hands. Some detectives seemed to think it was suicide... but a coroner made an open finding. The case was re-opened 14 years later and a second inquest held. An inquest is an inquiry into the truth and so must use the European system.

On that basis, Coroner Graeme John-Stone, found that detective sergeant Dennis Tanner, killed Jennifer Tanner, his sister in-law. However, the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to prosecute, because evidence produced at the inquest, would be concealed from a trial jury.

Jimmy Hallinan lived on the edge of society and on the precipice of mental illness, but did he have to die for that? This is one of the questions left un-answered during eight weeks of fact-finding at a coronial inquest. NSW Coroner John Abernethy could find no evidence to support an indictable offence against any member of the police force including the pot smoking police officer who tested positive for marijuana...eh no media hype come on fellows. What happened to the freedom of the press)...selective editing.

What a pity there is no law against brainwashing. If there was , we the tax-payers of NSW could rid ourselves of most of our so called politicians by exposing them as frauds. Such is the power of brainwashing and or self-delusion that Lord Denning (1899-1999) taught our legal system the supreme creations of man. Judges lawyers and politicians, who believe in truth and justice, should find out how the European System works and compare it with the vices of our own. 'Anatomy of a French Murder Case'. paper by Bron McKillop of the Sydney University, would be a useful start!!

McKillop shows how the French process is aimed at the manifestation of the truth... Evidence is not concealed. Police get little chance to fabricate or run dead because the pre-trial investigation is supervised, by a trained judge. The process is not perfect, but it is generally fair to suspects, victims and the public.

Our system does the reverse. Evidence is concealed. Police run the pre-trial investigations and are renowned for fabricating and running dead.

It would appear on any analysis of our judicial system, crooked police and politicians are looked upon more favourably by our courts, and it would take an extraordinary brave person, to deny this statement. Politicians and police are paid by the citizens of this country, so, one should expect, that because of their position of trust, they should be treated with harsher sentences than the ordinary person. So to all you 'lackeys' take note.

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