Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to BenWilson,
In fact, I think they're very often the most valuable workers. What disturbs me is seeing them working at the very bottom of the job heap.
We undervalue wisdom.
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Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Who told him that?
he's hanging out with dramatic types
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More grist for Mensch and her select committee colleagues - damning evidence emerges in the News of the World scandal.
Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and their former editor Andy Coulson all face embarrassing new allegations of dishonesty and cover-up after the publication of an explosive letter written by the News of the World's disgraced royal correspondent, Clive Goodman.
In the letter, which was written four years ago but published only on Tuesday, Goodman claims that phone hacking was "widely discussed" at editorial meetings at the paper until Coulson himself banned further references to it; that Coulson offered to let him keep his job if he agreed not to implicate the paper in hacking when he came to court; and that his own hacking was carried out with "the full knowledge and support" of other senior journalists, whom he named.
...Two versions of Goodman's letter were provided to the committee. One which was supplied by [law firm] Harbottle and Lewis has been redacted to remove the names of journalists, at the request of police. The other, which was supplied by News International, has been redacted to remove not only the names but also all references to hacking being discussed in Coulson's editorial meetings and to Coulson's offer to keep Goodman on staff if he agreed not to implicate the paper.
The company also faces a new claim that it misled parliament. In earlier evidence to the select committee, in answer to questions about whether it had bought Goodman's silence, it had said he was paid off with a period of notice plus compensation of no more than £60,000. The new paperwork, however, reveals that Goodman was paid a full year's salary, worth £90,502.08, plus a further £140,000 in compensation, plus £13,000 to cover his lawyer's bill. Tom Watson said: "It's hush money. I think they tried to buy his silence." Murdoch's executives have always denied this.
And so much more. Great timing for a show.
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Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to BenWilson,
To me a major point of a fireplace is to be able to burn things you want to get rid of.
Fan heaters suck for that
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Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to Jason Dykes,
locusts
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Kumara Republic,
in order to seem busy
More to whistle votes from those who hate poor young people, as others have suggested.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Joe Wylie,
the privatised Australian Job Network Provider farce that flourished under John Howard
In the comments on Jordan Carter's piece on feeling let down on this by govt, it's pointed out that the foodstamp card is an Aussie idea too.
In a five-year trial to start next July, the government will quarantine between 50 and 70 per cent of welfare payments made to those deemed ''financially vulnerable'' or who have been referred by child protection authorities in five local government areas across Australia, including Bankstown in Sydney.
...n the Northern Territory, where income management was introduced by the Howard government in 2007 and mainly affected Aboriginal communities, many shops have forced cardholders to use separate queues as they slow down other shoppers, according to Paddy Gibson, a researcher from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Hard News: When the Weather is the News, in reply to Paul Campbell,
lug home sacks of coal in my Mini
My grandmother's Hillman Imp had sacks of roadside pinecones for similar purposes.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Lilith __,
Picking a convenient point to compare with is a common tactic. But our youth employment rates are a real crisis with enduring consequences and we're one of the worst nations.
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Up Front: Something For Your Snow Day, in reply to recordari,
'Your private eye's pyjamas baby, leave me out!'
roflnui