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EXPECT to see more Irish in town, and even some Polish, as local businesses search as far as Europe to fill vacant work positions because local workers are difficult to come by. 
 
Vacant positions in the hospitality, trades, and ancillary health sectors have proved so difficult to fill that the Department of Business, the Chamber of Commerce and Motor Trades Association NT have banded together on behalf of local businesses to hunt out European workers.

The Working Abroad expo was held in Dublin, Ireland, last weekend, before moving to Cork and then Warsaw, Poland, this weekend.

Department of Business's director for business and skilled migration, Mary Martin, said Territory businesses struggle to fill their vacancies through advertising to local or national workers.

"Ireland and the UK have long been a key source for skilled professionals and trade workers to the Territory," Ms Martin said.

"Most recent statistics show they are key source countries for skilled migrants and ­temporary skilled workers for the NT."

It's the first time an expo like this has been held in ­Poland.

"Poland in fact, is the biggest source of tradespeople within Europe," Ms Martin said.

"Working Abroad expo is about engaging with potential skilled people from key countries that have similar working conditions, the right trades and skillets and who are interested in living and working in the NT."

Ms Martin said most Europeans only consider Sydney, Melbourne or possibly the Gold Coast to live and work, and the expo was a chance to highlight the Territory.

"(This) enables us to focus attention on the Northern Territory to many people who are actively considering an international work experience, and what the Territory has to offer as a work and lifestyle destination," she said.


Hey I wouldn't mind so much if they just let the women come. The NT has too few White women here.

[The girl's 63-year-old father, who cannot be named, has been charged over "marrying" the 12-year-old to a 26-year-old Lebanese man in an Islamic ceremony in January last year.]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/islamic-child-brides-father-labels-australian-laws-stupid/story-fnii5s40-1227274371061


THE father of a 12-year-old child "bride" told her that Australian law was stupid and girls her age should be allowed to get married and have sex, a court has heard. 
 
The girl's 63-year-old father, who cannot be named, has been charged over "marrying" the 12-year-old to a 26-year-old Lebanese man in an Islamic ceremony in January last year.

The girl's recorded interview with a child protection worker was played on day three of her father's trial at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court yesterday.

She said that days after police found out about their ­Islamic marriage, her father had become concerned about the prospect of the girl's "husband" going to jail.

"(My father) knows no marriage under the age of 16," she said.

"Because he says to me the law here is stupid, girls your age should be allowed to get married and have intercourse," she said.

The girl said she also knew she wasn't married under Australian law and her relationship with the man was only considered "girlfriend and boyfriend".

She said the pair were married by an imam in her father's Hunter Valley living room. After the ceremony, her father told her not to take birth control pills or let her new husband use condoms, she said.

The girl's Hunter Valley primary school principal also gave evidence and said the girl's father rang him up to say that she was married and had moved to Sydney.

"(Her father) suggested she needed to be married, she had per period and she had became a young lady," the man, who cannot be named, said.

In his police interview played to the court, the father told detectives he tried to stop the marriage but after his daughter got her period he felt it was "going to be a problem".

"I saw that she was getting excited about boys," he said. "(Marriage) was stopping a sin."

He said he "didn't think" about his 12-year-old having sex with the man.

The father was charged with procuring a child under 14 for unlawful sexual activity and accessory before the fact to sexual intercourse with a child. He has pleaded not guilty.

The girl's "husband", now 27, pleaded guilty to persistent sexual abuse of a child and was earlier this month sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison with a non-parole period of 7½ years.

The girl, now 14, was found to have fallen pregnant and miscarried soon after her "husband" man was charged.

Her father's trial continues.

[ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Argentina believe a collection of ruins found deep in a remote jungle region may be the remains of a secret hide-out built by German Nazis to flee to after World War II.]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/world/suspected-nazi-hide-out-found-deep-in-argentine-jungle/story-fnjbobed-1227273915487?sv=4715f3d9edf753b1b75a76bab683fd2b

ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Argentina believe a collection of ruins found deep in a remote jungle region may be the remains of a secret hide-out built by German Nazis to flee to after World War II.   

A team of archaeologists is studying the remains of three buildings located in the Teyu Cuare provincial park in northern Argentina on its border with Paraguay, the Clarin newspaper reports.

The University of Buenos Aires researchers have found five German coins minted between 1938 and 1941 and a fragment of porcelain plate bearing the inscription "Made in Germany".   

"Apparently, halfway through the Second World War, the Nazis had a secret project of building shelters for top leaders in the event of defeat — inaccessible sites, in the middle of deserts, in the mountains, on a cliff or in the middle of the jungle like this," the archaeologists' team leader Daniel Schavelzon told Clarin.

Ultimately, though, the hide-out wasn't needed.

Thousands of Nazis, Croatian Ustasha fascists and Italian fascists arrived in Argentina with the blessing of president Juan Peron, who led the nation from 1946 to 1955 and again briefly in the 1970s, according to the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center.

In 1960, Nazi Adolf Eichmann, who helped organise the Holocaust, was captured in Buenos Aires by an Israeli commando team and tried in Israel where he was executed.

Among other Nazis who sought refuge in Argentina were Joseph Mengele, Erich Priebke, Martin Bormann, Walter Kutschmann, Josef Schwammberger, Eduard Roschmann and Wilfred Von Oven, and Alois Brunner.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/video/id-5panQ0dDoiwfs7jbsy5DJYoZO2b4uW5_/Nazi-hideouts-discovered-in-Argentina

[A new genetic study of the genes that made Britain suggests Vikings did not live up to their reputation as violent sex-mad marauders]

A new genetic study of the genes that made Britain suggests Vikings did not live up to their reputation as violent sex-mad marauders

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/science/a-new-study-of-the-genes-that-made-britain-suggests-vikings-did-not-live-up-to-their-reputation-as-violent-sex-mad-marauders/story-fnjwl0do-1227273040947

VIKINGS did not live up to their reputation as violent sex-mad marauders, a new study of the genes that made Britain suggests. 
 
The wild men from the north may have done a fair amount of pillaging, but when it came to rape — or even consensual sex — the evidence indicates a different story.

Viking men were family-oriented and not bothered about the British women

The Vikings, from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, carried out extensive raids and occupations across wide areas of northern and central Europe between the eighth and late 11th centuries.

Danish Vikings in particular took over large parts of England, eventually settling in a region stretching from Essex to County Durham which was ruled by "Danelaw".

New analysis of thousands of DNA samples from the UK, continental Europe and Scandinavia has revealed a surprising lack of Viking genes in England, despite the Norsemen once occupying much of the country.

The revelations by an international team, led by scientists from Oxford University and the Welcome Trust, have been published in the journal Nature.

"While many of the historical migration events leave signals in our data, they have had a smaller effect on the genetic composition of UK populations than has sometimes been argued," the team said.

The findings support previous research from the University of Oslo suggesting that Viking men were family-oriented and not particularly bothered about the British women they conquered.

[It was a smart move, which I'll credit to his chief of staff, and political advising mastermind Peta Credlin, because I honestly don't believe Abbott could come up with something so dastardly and clever.But the perception that all Aboriginal people are unemployed dole-bludgers is propaganda that is further fuelled by irresponsible, thinly-veiled racist comments like Abbott's.]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/pms-thinly-veiled-racist-comments-fuel-perception-that-all-aboriginal-people-are-unemployed-dole-bludgers/story-fnk0b216-1227265159404


THE biggest misconception about Aboriginal people in mainstream Australia is the persistent idea that we are constantly providing them with money. 
 
Now, I have to admit, I never pay too much attention to what Prime Minister Tony Abbott says. At this point, his behaviour has started to border on a parody of itself.

But it's hard to ignore the babbling fool when he targets the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Australia.

It's hard to ignore when he tries to drive a larger wedge between the Aboriginal community and the mainstream.

The self appointed 'Prime Minister of Indigenous Affairs' said this week that it was not the taxpayers' job to "subsidise lifestyle choices" of Aboriginal people who live remote.

This coming from a man who makes half a million a year of taxpayers' money to fly around eating onions, maundering in speeches, and stumbling into press conferences.

The same man who claimed $628,736.33 in expenses in the first half of 2014 alone.

A man who also gets two free homes – Kirribilli House in Sydney which is estimated to be worth $54.5m and the heritage-listed The Lodge in Canberra, which Abbott recently renovated at a cost of $10.5m.

By my calculations, if taxpayers are subsidising the lifestyle of an individual, it is the not-so esteemed Abbott.



Aboriginal people living in remote communities are an easy target for a politician who is continually losing favour with not only the public, but also his party colleagues.

Most won't hear what he said, and the ones that did won't have a platform as well-publicised as his to speak out.

Painting Aboriginal people as a drain to the taxpayers' wallet has undoubtedly won back Abbott's racist demographic who love ranting over VBs at the pub about how unfair it is that Indigenous people get to claim Centrelink payments while they are forced to do an honest day's work.

It was a smart move, which I'll credit to his chief of staff, and political advising mastermind Peta Credlin, because I honestly don't believe Abbott could come up with something so dastardly and clever.

But the perception that all Aboriginal people are unemployed dole-bludgers is propaganda that is further fuelled by irresponsible, thinly-veiled racist comments like Abbott's.

During my time living in Alice Springs and the community of Ti Tree, Aboriginal people were some of the hardest workers I knew.

There is always going to be an unemployed element. At the end of the day, it comes down to a lack of jobs more so than a lack of desire to work.

In 2011, 55.8 per cent of Aboriginal Australians aged between 15-63 were employed, compared to 76.4 per cent of non-Indigenous Australians.

You must take into account that Aboriginal people were 12 times more likely to live in remote areas.

It's hard to claim ALL Aboriginal people are on welfare when more than half have jobs.

Anybody who has spent time in a remote community can tell you about the substandard living conditions of Australia's First People.

Listening to racists talk about remote communities, you could be forgiven for thinking Aboriginal people live in sprawling estates of five-bedroom mansions.


OH! poor pennyless boong story again?! People are tired of having these bums think we owe them stuff! It isn't racist to state that their communities are a waste of money as there are no jobs or opportunities for the people there! So what if he said that if Aboriginals moved to Sydney it wouldn't make them any less of an Aboriginal.

[Justice Minister Michael Keenan said yesterday that it had been an election commitment to "continue assistance to schools at risk of attack, harassment or violence caused by racial or religious intolerance".]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/two-adelaide-schools-at-risk-of-racist-attacks-get-protection-funding/story-fni6uo1m-1227245338317


TWO Adelaide schools are at risk of racist and religious-based attacks, and will receive extra funding for protection. 
 
Burc College at Gilles Plains and the Islamic College of SA in West Croydon have qualified for federal funds that can be spent on security guards, CCTV, security lighting and fencing.

The Islamic College has received hate mail in the past, while the Association of Independent Schools of SA was concerned Burc College could be a target because it is multicultural with a Turkish influence and bigots could mistake it for an Islamic school.

The Federal Government made the announcement as they warn about the heightened threat of terrorist attacks and consider sending more troops to fight Islamic State.

The Federal Government yesterday announced 54 Government, Jewish, Islamic and Independent schools would share $18 million under the ongoing Schools Security Programme.

Another 44 schools applied but missed out on money.

Justice Minister Michael Keenan said yesterday that it had been an election commitment to "continue assistance to schools at risk of attack, harassment or violence caused by racial or religious intolerance".

"This support recognises the unique security circumstances that some schools unfortunately face," he said.

Mr Keenan also emphasised there was "no particular threat" but that "some schools have a higher risk profile and therefore they have higher security needs".

"It would clearly be better that we lived at a time when we don't need to have programs such as this but while we have a heightened security environment, the schools who are assessed at being at higher risk, for whatever reasons, be it the background of their students ... can expect that their Federal Government will join with the state and territory governments to provide the extra security that those school communities need."

AISSA chief executive Carolyn Grantkalns said they suggested those two schools apply for money to better protect their "lovely, Aussie" students.

"We thought any Islamic school could be targeted — and (the Islamic College of SA) has in the past received hate mail," she said.

"Burc College are proudly a Turkish school rather than Islamic but not everyone would make the distinction."

A new Islamic school, Garden College at Parafield Gardens only opened recently so may have missed out on this round of funding.

Opposition justice spokesman David Feeney said Labor had set up the Secure Schools Program for infrastructure including CCTV, fencing, lighting and anti-ramming devices as well as for security guards.

"The Abbott Government's announcement today that they will continue funding under the Secure Schools Program is welcomed," he said.

"Labor will continue to support and advocate for the Secure Schools Program; we believe every school kid deserves to learn in a safe and welcoming environment, and in a safe community."

How about get it through your thick heads that Multiculturalism brings racism! Nobody gave white people a vote on having Muslims or Jews in the community!

[February 2015 Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Marcia]

February 2015 Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Marcia

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/australian-cyclone-coverage-ignores-aboriginal-people-and-remote-areas/story-fnk0b216-1227234573191

The dust has all but settled after Cyclone Lam and Cyclone Marcia tore across Northern Australia. For many Australians, now comes the process of rebuilding some semblance of normality from the rubble left behind. 
 
But in the cyclones' devastating wake, one crucial question remains - why don't Australians care about the lives of Aboriginal people?
:'( Ummm...because they are a burden and a nuisance and are not as evolved as us!In every way and form!

This was clearly reflected in the inconsistent reporting by the majority of mainstream media outlets from around Australia, which relegated the impact on the Top End's Aboriginal communities to a footnote in the narrative - if not ignored it entirely.

A similar thing happened in the reporting of Cyclone Marcia, with Queensland's Aboriginal communities of Cherbourg and Worabinda seemingly forgotten by media. :'(Boo f'n HOO


It is nothing new - it is an ongoing issue with the mindsets of our Southerner counterparts. They love to pat themselves on the backs for how open-minded and progressive they are while sipping on lattes but when it comes to actually making a difference, there is an overwhelming sound of crickets.So the Northern territorians are being "racist and derogatory to Southern Australians with stereo typing?"

It is a shame that the self-proclaimed Aboriginal saviours from down south can't show the same level of interest as when a metropolitan area filled with a predominately white population is affected.Why can't they get it through their thick skulls everyone hates the boongs! It is welcome when cyclones go kill them!


Some have argued that the focus was on those areas because they are so densely populated, which can easily be refuted by pointing out those areas are far better prepared for a category five cyclone than the under-developed remote Aboriginal communities.Let's see the clowns do something to develop them instead of being lazy bums!

The large ABC Darwin team and our reporter Zach Hope must be congratulated for their thorough coverage of Cyclone Lam ravaging our Aboriginal communities. While some east coast media outlets had split screens with up to 10 reporters from different metropolitan locations in Queensland, the NT media put their lives at risk venturing into our most disadvantaged areas. They left no stone unturned, no story untold.

The NT Government and emergency workers should also be commended for the swift evacuation of residents from Goulburn Island.Well I don't think so! should have poisoned the water for their return!

But some members of the public questioned why similar procedures were not enacted for other areas in just as much danger from a lack of shelter.

Some communities had no shelter, and residents were forced to bunker down in homes not up to code.I didn't know humpies were cyclone coded .. or cardboard boxes?!


Luckily they escaped unharmed, but what happens when the big one like Cyclone Tracy does finally hit? Will they be adequately prepared?Name one thing these people prepare themselves for?Fighting perhaps?

In Darwin, we all know what to do - we have places to go, literature and warnings to prepare us. But what do these Aboriginal communities have? What will they do?THE COULDN'T READ EVEN IF YOU TRIED TEACHING THEM!

A common point people have brought up is the fact that Aboriginal people choose to live in those areas. One person went so far as to say "they get what they pay for", insinuating Aboriginal people do not deserve to have proper shelters because they apparently don't have full-time jobs and pay tax. WELL! DIGEST THE STATEMENT! HOW MANY DO YOU SEE PAY TAX?

There is no doubt this is coming from the same people who say Aboriginal people in cities should go live a traditional way of life out bush.

The fact is we all live on Aboriginal land , whether you like it or not. You can debate it until you go blue in the face but it won't change the fact.It is my land as much as it is their's! in fact they should owe us something, they have done nothing for this place! Tasmania should come andfinish the job!

Aboriginal people deserve the same chance to preserve their life with a shelter and to prepare for a cyclone as the rest of us - no matter whether they live in the Darwin CBD or out on their traditional lands.How about they just bloody earn some coin and buy themselves a place? What about white people who want to  preserve their way of life? the cops just forget about prosecuting victims of abbo crime!


The same complacency about Aboriginal peoples' lives is not just restricted to cyclone events. For instance, a large number of Aboriginal people go missing each year with little fanfare.  :'( :'(But when a white woman went missing — the police started a year-long campaign to find her. When a white man was knocked down in a hit-and-run accident, another campaign popped up to track down the guilty party.They don't call the abos "boongs" for no reason!

How often does this happen to Aboriginal people? And how often do you hear about it?Nobody wants anything to do with them!

There is a preconception in many Territorians' minds that these are everyday occurances for Aboriginal people and are not worth worrying about. The number of times I've heard that "they probably went walkabout" is alarming.Hey that's an idea, send them to Antarctic regions and tell everyone they went walkabout!

This idea that Aboriginal lives are not as important, or worth as much as white lives is absolutely deplorable. :'(CARE FACTOR 0!

A human life has value no matter the colour of their skin, the language they speak, how many hours they work a week or how much tax they pay.
WHAT MAKES THEM HUMAN?a CHIMP IS BETTER BEHAVED AND CAN USE SIGN LANUGAGE AND KNOWS HOW TO USE TOOLS TO GET HONEY OUT OF LOGS! THEY CAN'T DO MUCH MORE!

[PISS]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/world/ring-of-peace-forms-outside-oslo-synagogue/story-fnjbnxon-1227234418181

MORE than 1000 people have formed a "ring of peacePISS" outside Oslo's main synagogueswinagogue at the initiative of a group of young Muslims. 
 
THE event in the Norwegian capital follows a series of attacks against Jews in Europe, including the terror attacks in Paris in January and in neighbouring Denmark last week.

One of the organisers of Saturday's event in Oslo, Hajrah Arshad said the gathering shows "that Islam is about love and unity".

"We want to demonstrate that Jews and Muslims do not hate each other," co-organiser Zeeshan Abdullah told the crowd, standing in a half-circle before the white synagogue.

"We do not want individuals to define what Islam is for the rest of us."

"There are many more peace-mongers than warmongers," he added.

Norway's Chief Rabbi Michael Melchior sang the traditional Jewish end of Sabbath song outside the synagogue before the large crowd holding hands.

Co-organiser Hassan Raja said it was the first time he heard the song.

Ervin Kohn, head of Oslo's Jewish community, called the gathering in sub-zero temperatures "unique".
Several European countries have seen an increase in anti-Semitic incidents recently, starting when the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza intensified last year.

In Paris, three Muslim gunmen killed 17 people at a kosher grocery, the offices of weekly Charlie Hebdo and elsewhere in early January. Last week a single assailant in Copenhagen killed a Jewish security guard outside a synagogue and a Danish filmmaker attending a free speech event.


Bloody hell Where is that mad Jew loving killer Anders Breivik when you need him?

["Young people do and young people are consuming this stuff consistently. It's very unfortunate that our youth suicide rates are higher than any others in this nation, its abominable."]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/video/id-hwNGZoczqbNJ__qtIvWQ0rjbEd1vt_Xs/American-comedy-show-2-Broke-Girls-called-out-by-Australian-viewers-for-Aboriginal-'joke'

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/carla-mcgrath-doesnt-think-she-should-lighten-up-over-2-broke-girls-joke/story-fnjbnts7-1227233225166?from=trendinglinks

CARLA McGrath does not think being told to "lighten up" over a racist joke aired on popular American comedy show 2 Broke Girls is at all amusing. 
 
Australia's former prime minister Kevin Rudd has called on the show to apologise after a recent episode featured a male character describing an Australian girl he had been flirting with as "part Aboriginal, but she has a great personality!".

Ms McGrath, head of sustainability at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, said that she had been disappointed the general reaction to a news.com.au article on the offensive joke was that indigenous people should "lighten up" and stop being so precious.

"Being a Torres Straight Islander woman working in this space, very little surprises me. It's interesting when we have, as Australians, this idea that everybody needs to lighten up, that things aren't that bad and we should be able to make jokes about whatever we like, whenever we like."



"It's not about being hypersensitive ... do we want to create a society where it's OK to say to any young person the things that were said on that TV program? I don't think we do, I don't think that any person would think that if it was about their own child or their own family.

"There is absolutely a place for comedy, I think what is being missed about this is that impact about everyday casual racism of the people who are targets. It is real and it is great and when we're talking about generations, we have a growing population, and that is a whole huge growing generation of young impressionable people," she said.

"And if that's what the General Australian narrative is saying to them about their worth, there's no way that you can believe that there's not an impact that comes from that.

"For so long Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people have been positioned as the other and it's become OK to say stuff, and if we let it slide we're doing irreparable damage."

Ms McGrath said she had not watched the 2 Broke Girls episode but her first thought on reading about it was "where has that come from? How has that perception manifested itself at an international level?"

She said that her organisation was called the National Centre of indigenous Excellence and this was in direct response to the negative perceptions held by the general public.

"The change of language was intentional here, it is very important ... it's an intentional way of changing that conversation.

"That's very much what this story is all about, people have very different views about what impact language can have on people. But I don't think anyone generally believes that if you tell a young person they are worthless, or that they are disadvantaged enough times in their life that eventually it's not going to have some kind of impact.

"Really the two things are quite closely linked, that very intentional shift in language and conversation is exactly what we're trying to embody in what we do, and seeing these things pop up in our everyday conversation, on our television screens, sadly it doesn't surprise me."

Ms McGrath said she hoped Channel 9 would eventually give a meaningful response.

"Whether we like to believe it or not, racism exists in Australia, and it is in a variety of forms, it can be very in your face and it can be much more covert, such as a line in a television program.

"Young people do and young people are consuming this stuff consistently. It's very unfortunate that our youth suicide rates are higher than any others in this nation, its abominable."

What a load of tripe! there should be more shows with racist jokes in them.I have to resort to going back to the 1970's to shows like :- The two ronnies and The goodies to get them!

[Islamic Society of South Australia president Dr Waleed Alkhazrajy said he was worried the rally could incite racism towards local Muslims."It is very sad to see, in Australia, people invest heavily in their effort to build up and promote intolerance rather than reach out to all sections of the beautiful fabric of our society," he said.]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/fears-rally-planned-in-adelaide-will-incite-racism-against-south-australian-muslims/story-fni6uo1m-1227226084455

AN anti-Islamic group that wants to "reclaim" Adelaide from minorities will stage a public rally in the city, prompting fear among local Muslims it will incite a racist backlash. 
 
Almost 600 people have indicated on Reclaim Australia Rally's Facebook page they will attend the Adelaide rally on April 4.

Thousands of people across the country have also said they will attend similar rallies in other cities.

Premier Jay Weatherill condemned the rally but stopped short of calling for it to be banned.

"It is utterly inconsistent with the South Australia we want to live in," he said.

"Facebook pages and rallies of this nature are not welcome and just show a complete lack of understanding of Australia's culture."

Adelaide's Islamic community has expressed concerns it may become a target of the rally.



Islamic Society of South Australia president Dr Waleed Alkhazrajy said he was worried the rally could incite racism towards local Muslims.

"It is very sad to see, in Australia, people invest heavily in their effort to build up and promote intolerance rather than reach out to all sections of the beautiful fabric of our society," he said.

"Without a leadership approach from the media, the government and the community to address these issues, we are afraid we might soon lose more people to the ignorant camp."

The group's Facebook page says people should gather in Elder Park to sign petitions, discuss the group's "points of interest" and distribute "a handout with some chants that we will be using".

A police spokesman said officers were aware of the rally and would closely monitor it to ensure public safety.

"Eastern Adelaide Local Service Area police are aware of the rally and will plan ahead to ensure both the safety of the wider community and that it is conducted in a legal and appropriate manner," he said.

The planned rally comes after Salisbury councillors were threatened by another anti-Islamic group because the council approved a development application for a mosque last month.

Dr Alkhazrajy said the local Islamic community must not be intimidated by the kind of racism expected to be on display at the rally.

"We can't tell people to change the way they go about their lives because that's what this type of intolerance is trying to do," he said.

Despite the rally planning to start in Elder Park, Adelaide City Council said it was powerless to stop it.

"Council has no jurisdiction to halt a rally that is gathering in a public space," council spokesman David Hill said.

yada yada yada!  Australia needs to have this talk as nobody voted to have multiculturalism here or Islam! Wish I could go to it.. but I have work commitments elsewhere :'(

http://www.sportsfan.com.au/man-in-chelsea-incident-wants-punishment/tabid/91/newsid/154244/default.aspx?cid=BP_RSS_sport_3_-man-in-chelsea-incident-wants-punishment_190215

A black French man pushed off a Paris metro train and racially abused by Chelsea supporters on Thursday made an official complaint to police and demanded that the fans be punished.

"These people, these English supporters, must be found, punished and locked up," the victim of the widely condemned assault told Le Parisien newspaper.

The man, who has not been officially identified but was named as 33-year-old Souleymane S by Le Parisien, had been unaware of the row caused by Tuesday night's incident until found by the newspaper.

He went to a police station on Thursday to make his complaint.

French and British police have already launched a hunt for the self-proclaimed racist fans after the episode in a central Paris metro station before Chelsea's 1-1 Champions League draw against Paris Saint-Germain.

Amateur video footage showed Chelsea fans repeatedly pushing Souleymane S. back off the train as he tried to board and then chanting: "We're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it!"

"I didn't know I was being filmed. The fact that it's being talked about has given me the courage to go and file a complaint with the police," Souleymane S, said.

The man recounted: "I wanted to get into the carriage but a group of English fans were blocking me and pushing me off.

"They were saying to me things in English but I didn't really understand the meaning of their words.

"I realised they were targeting me because of the colour of my skin. You know I live with racism, I wasn't totally surprised at what happened even if this was the first time it'd happened in the metro.

"I returned home without saying anything about it to anyone, not my wife, nor my children. What can I tell my kids? That papa was shoved in the metro because he's black? That wouldn't help things at all."

The man was born in Paris to Mauritanian parents.

The newspaper reported that Souleymane S. lives north of Paris and works near the Richelieu-Drouot metro station where Tuesday's incident took place.

It was at the station that Le Parisien say they came across him on Wednesday.

According to the paper, he was unaware of the furore the story had stirred up.

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into "deliberate racial violence on public transport". London police said they would assist the French investigation.

In a statement, Chelsea called the incident "abhorrent". The club has called on its fans to help identify the supporters involved in the abuse.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron called the incident "extremely disturbing".

Activist groups have already called on football's leadership to do more to combat racism in the game.

Former England defender Rio Ferdinand called the incident "disgraceful behaviour" but questioned whether the football powers want to do more.

"Does football want to change this? Do the people in the game that hold the power really want to put the hard yards in to eradicate racism?" Ferdinand said in a Twitter comment.


Aw well if he is upset about not getting a carriage to ride on perhaps they need to have a segregation system one for white people other carriages for no whites? White people generally don't like sitting next to smelly jigs , beggers, people who are unpredictable and uncivilised and known to chimp out.

I guess nobody notices that the crows don't hang out with swallows or the ducks don't hang out with magpies or anything like that?

[A DRUNK Norwegian tourist]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/drunk-woman-raped-twice-in-one-night-in-separate-london-attacks-and-she-didnt-know/story-fni6um3i-1227223676935


A DRUNK Norwegian tourist was viciously attacked twice in separate sexual assaults as she tried to make her way home from a boozy night out. 
 
The 23-year-old had spent the afternoon drinking at a barbecue in Essex, in May last year, a UK court heard.

Marius Stakele, 24, and Aftab Mohammed, 39, who are unknown to each other, allegedly forced themselves on the woman just hours apart after she asked for their help getting home.

The intoxicated victim, had no idea the second attack had taken place until police carried out DNA tests.

She was so drunk she believed she was at London's Heathrow Airport when she approached Stakele and his friend at Canning Town station, the court heard.

Court evidence alleges they walked with her towards a highway overpass where Stakele smashed her head against a concrete wall and raped her.

She later reported the attack to police and DNA tests revealed she had been raped by a second man that same night.

Prior to the overpass attack, there was a period from midnight to 4am when the victim doesn't have any recollection at all, during which time the prosecution said she was raped by the second man, Mr Mohammed.

He told the court the victim had knocked on the window of his booth guarding a building site where he worked and begged him for a ride home.

Mohammed told police he refused because it was against company policy, but eventually changed his mind.

UK's Metro reports that Prosecutor Pam Oon said: "He said he took her to an area of waste ground and that's where they had sex and he didn't force her — out of concern he gave her money to get home."

CCTV footage from Canning Town station showed Mohammed dropping the young woman off in his work car.

O.k because this Norwegian woman was drunk.. does that give this mud the right to screw her and then try be a gentleman and drop her home?

[Michael Gelvan, chairman of the Nordic Jewish Security Council, said the victim at the synagogue was a young Jewish man who had been providing security for a ceremony. -]

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/02/16/two-held-for--helping-copenhagen-gunman-.html

Copenhagen police have detained two men suspected of aiding a gunman who killed two people in double attacks in the Danish capital over the weekend.

'The two men are suspected of aiding and abetting the perpetrator in connection with the shooting attacks at Krudttoenden (cultural centre) and (the synagogue) in Krystalgade,' police said in a statement.The gunman behind two deadly attacks in Copenhagen may have been inspired by last month's Islamist shootings in Paris, police say.

The man, believed to be the sole perpetrator of what Denmark's prime minister is calling 'a cynical act of terror', was previously known to intelligence services. He 'may have been inspired by the events that took place in Paris a few weeks ago', Jens Madsen from the Security and Intelligence Service told reporters on Sunday. He added the man may 'generally have been inspired by militant Islamist propaganda issued by Islamic State and other terror organisations'.

He also said police were looking into the possibility the gunman had travelled to Syria or Iraq. The shooter, who was not further identified, is believed responsible for two separate attacks that have shocked Denmark's usually peaceful capital.

On Saturday, a 55-year-old man was killed at a panel discussion about Islam and free speech attended by Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist behind a controversial caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. In the second attack, a 37-year-old Jewish man was killed outside Copenhagen's main synagogue early on Sunday. Five police officers were wounded in the two incidents.

'We believe the same man was behind both shootings and we also believe the perpetrator who was shot by the police action force at Noerrebro station is the person behind the two attacks,' senior police official Torben Moelgaard Jensen said. The first lethal attacks on Danish soil in decades were branded 'deplorable' by the United States and triggered condemnation around the world.

'We have experienced the ugly taste of fear and powerlessness which terror hopes to create,' Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told a briefing, saying Denmark was experiencing 'a day of sorrow'.

'We will defend our democracy and we will defend Denmark at any time,' she said. The killing of the suspected attacker capped a massive police manhunt.

The shootout took place shortly before dawn in the neighbourhood of Noerrebro, where police had been keeping an address under observation. They said video surveillance had led them to believe the man killed by officers was behind both attacks but they were still investigating whether he was acting alone.

The shooting came at the end of a night of fear that had gripped the city of about one million. The central area of Copenhagen that is home to both the synagogue and Noerreport station, the country's busiest rail hub, was cordoned off by police carrying machine guns. Swedish security services said they were on alert for any attempt by a suspect to cross the bridge linking Denmark with Sweden.

Michael Gelvan, chairman of the Nordic Jewish Security Council, said the victim at the synagogue was a young Jewish man who had been providing security for a ceremony. -


...And the lemmings just don't get yet why Muslims target Jews? Umm perhaps they use the west as a vehicle against Muslims to persecute them and fight over religious holy sites?

Don't get me wrong the Islamic clown that did it is a real bastard but.. the point here is so many lemmings Don't get that the Jew wants to get the world before the world gets them so they make a state inside a state in western nations and parasite them for their own gain!

[TONY Abbott, never a bloke of mild disposition, has become even more aggressive - a hound of the Baskervilles, a great white, ripping into his tormentors from the moment a question is asked.]

TONY Abbott, never a bloke of mild disposition, has become even more aggressive - a hound of the Baskervilles, a great white, ripping into his tormentors from the moment a question is asked. 
 
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/abbott-goes-too-far-with-holocaust-image/story-fnjbnvyj-1227217556839

BUT Abbott red in tooth and claw gets himself into trouble.
He was in such a mode in question time on Thursday.
When Bill Shorten asked him about the Human Rights Commission report on children in immigration detention, Abbott said it was a question of "baffling folly", and the commission should write to former immigration minister Scott Morrison to congratulate him on stopping the boats and saving people from drowning.
When Shorten asked him about the bad job figures, he retorted that Victorian Labor had "crushed" 7000 jobs that would have been created by the East West Link project.
But when he was asked about building submarines in job-strapped South Australia, Abbott went too far.


Under Labor, there was a "holocaust of jobs in defence industries", he said.
There's probably not a more loaded word in the language, with its potency increased by the recent ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which were attended by Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.


As opposition MPs roared in outrage, Abbott swiftly withdrew and substituted the word decimation.
But he remained uber-aggressive.
When asked to explain how Khaled Sharrouf could leave Australia despite being on a terrorist watch-list, he immediately blamed Labor's system, which his government hadn't had time to change.
Abbott also made a virtue out of breaking an election promise, which, when Labor did it, was a mortal sin.
He happily admitted he'd broken his promise not to cut funding to the ABC.
"And frankly, it's just as well we did."
As soon as question time finished, however, Abbott apologised for invoking the holocaust.

"I should not have used it," he said.
But he added: "What I should also say is whatever happens with our future submarines project, there will be more jobs for South Australia."
Even when repenting, Abbott can't resist having the last word.


Here we go! Mustn't upset his kike boy mates! After all it is "their" HOLOCAUST (TM) and they are always harping on about their little springboard to sympathy that was cooked up to get them I$rahell back.

What a load of Bollocks!

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/brekkie-wrap-mcdonalds-worker-trashes-restaurant-after-getting-sacked/story-fni6um3i-1227214013837

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdgTjvEuJY

HE'S clearly not loving it. 
 
An enraged McDonald's worker has been filmed throwing a massive tantrum and trashing the restaurant after being fired.

The unidentified worker hurled abuse at his colleagues while smashing glasses and throwing appliances, plates, cutlery and tomato sauce behind the counter.

The shocking incident at a McDonald's outlet in St Paul, Minnesota, has gone viral after being shared
The furious worker was filmed marching back and forth behind the counter while shouting expletives.

"You treat me like s**t, I get treated like s**t!" he yelled at his manager as customers watched in shock. "B***h give me my f*****g pay! 'I was nice to you b***h!"

After a couple of minutes, the disgruntled employee finally put on his coat and left the fast food restaurant — even screaming on his way out the door.


The old saying "You can take the monkey out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey!"

[A DEATH metal band of which Indonesian President Joko Widodo is a fan, has used its star power to call on him to spare Bali Nine Australians on death row.]

Execute the mud bastards ...

A DEATH metal band of which Indonesian President Joko Widodo is a fan, has used its star power to call on him to spare Bali Nine Australians on death row.
 
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/bali-nine-executions-myuran-sukumaran-andrew-chan-are-definitely-in-the-next-group/story-fni6um3i-1227205441963

British metal band Napalm Death has written a letter to President Widodo, after he declared he was a fan of them during last year's election campaign when he proclaimed his love for Napalm Death alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Lamb of God.

Vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway posted a "direct appeal" to him on Napalm Death's Facebook page - which has more than 700,000 followers.

His messaage stated: "As a follower of our band Napalm Death, you would appreciate that our lyrics and ethos challenge the unbroken cycle of violence in the world, whether it comes from a state or as an individual."

"I understand that you are standing as a leader determined to change things for the better, and so I believe granting clemency would be a major step forward in this pursuit of betterment. I appreciate that heroin can be damaging on many levels, but I believe that this is a much deeper issue that cannot be changed or altered by simply taking away the lives of people."

Napalm Death produces grindcore/metal music, which has elements of hardcore punk, industrial music and death metal.

President Widodo has also been previously photographed wearing Napalm Death T-shirts while making the popular rock 'n' roll concert hand salute.

The band's appeal on behalf of Chan and Sukumaran comes as Indonesia's attorney-general has confirmed the pair are in the next group of death row prisoners to be executed.

HM Prasetyo last week said Australians were among the foreign drug offenders in line for executions, but didn't reveal their names.

Asked today if Chan and Sukumaran were on the list for the next round, he told reporters: "Yes, included in the next round." The timing was yet to be determined, he said.

The Bali Nine ringleaders are next in line for the firing squad despite their lawyers on Friday filing an application for a judicial review.

Their avenues for appealing the 2006 death sentences were exhausted when President Joko Widodo refused them clemency.

The attorney-general said various things had to be considered before setting a date for the next round of executions, including the weather.

"We're just waiting for the right time," he said.

"Their judicial aspects have been finished and certainly, we are now in the stage of preparation for their death penalty execution."

Mr Prasetyo said his department was working with the National Narcotics Board (BNN) to fight drug crime.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/only-in-the-territory/idiots-steal-portaloo-toilet-tow-it-along-darwin-roads-then-upload-video-to-social-media/story-fnk2tg5d-1227203486504


http://www.ntnews.com.au/video/id-d0bmczczpTenOMyOZ2Pkkb7-5rAD1KK2/Humpty-Doo-dimwits-damage-a-port-a-loo


When committing a crime, it's unwise to record evidence and post it to social media.. 
 
A video uploaded to Facebook by some Territory men shows the moment they thought it was a good idea to attach a portaloo to the back of the ute and drag it along on the road.

The dunny can be swinging wildly across the road as sparks fly and their mates in the vehicle behind film the whole thing.

NT Police duty superintendent Bob Harrison couldn't believe his eyes ... or that the crew were stupid enough to post the illegal activity on social media afterwards.

"I am actually incredulous after watching this video," he said.
Mr Harrison suggested not only had they destroyed the property of another person but also damaged the road surface and destroyed a road side sign.

"The fact that it emitted sparks poses a danger to anyone in the area," he said.

"They are obviously proud of their achievement but I would say that their age matches their shoe size."

The video was taken down not long after it was posted but in a tough lesson on how technology works the offenders might find it's a bit too late.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/freedom-of-speech-doesnt-license-bogan-bigots/story-fnk0b216-1227195663123

THE only thing bogans seem to love more than an icy cold stubby on Australia Day is sharing their offensive views with the world. 
 
There is nothing like listening to the all too familiar drawl of an Aussie bogan while they complain about people from overseas coming to take over their country – the irony apparently lost on them.

What's that old saying? Opinions are like arseholes: everybody's got one and most of them stink. Well, something like that, anyway.

Over the past few months I've noticed an alarming trend of people proclaiming they have a right to say whatever they want without having their opinion "censored".

Unsurprisingly, the common denominator between all of these opinions seems to be that they are discriminatory or extremely offensive in nature.

Now freedom of speech is a great idea in theory. Everybody is technically allowed to have an opinion – hell, mine are published every week much to the chagrin of some.

But somewhere along the line, it seems as though free speech has become the go-to catchcry of bogan Australia.

How dare we deprive them of their right to openly be bigots? It is their God-given right to yell their offensive views from the rooftops, if they want.



After all, it's right there in the Australian constitution. Oh wait, no it's not.

Can I really blame Australians for thinking we have explicit freedom of speech rights when we live in a country oversaturated by American media and pop culture?

Freedom of speech is most definitely protected by the First Amendment in the United States of America's constitution, and it is commonly referred to in films and television shows illegally downloaded here. But last I checked, despite many attempts by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to turn us into America-lite, this is not the United States of Oz.

Some argue that freedom of speech is listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What they seem to ignore­ is the fact it also states that it is subject to restrictions.

You're allowed to hold an opinion and you are allowed to share it with the world, but there can still be repercussions.







   

For instance, if you start telling everybody down at the local pub that Joe Blow is a wife basher, rapist or a paedophile, you are still open to getting sued for defamation.

If you discriminate against someone because of their age, gender, race or disability, you are also leaving yourself open to the possibility of a lawsuit.

A good example of this would be the woman in Western Australia who recently had to pay her ex-husband $12,500 compensation after she accused him of domestic abuse in a Facebook post.

Or when controversial News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt was found in court to have breached the Racial Discrimination Act when he implied light-skinned people who identified as Aboriginal did so for personal gain.



Having an opinion is all fun and games until you have to pay someone thousands of dollars­ in compensation.

Working in the media, we know better than anybody (except maybe lawyers) that we can be held accountable for what we say and write.

If there is any doubt about the possible legal repercussions of something we have written, it is sent to a legal team who go over it with a fine-tooth comb.

Some of the juiciest parts of stories are often removed, and sometimes whole stories are squashed because of the legal ramifications we face from printing them.

Unfortunately for the public, sending your opinion off to an expert legal team is not exactly financially viable. You know what is a cheap alternative? Thinking before you speak, or before publishing your opinion on social media.

No doubt there are plenty of people on the internet who share your opinion. Stupid people usually talk the loudest.

However, when push comes to shove and you get sued over your very intelligent, well-rounded and educated opinion, "other people agreed" isn't really going to stand up as an excuse in a court of law. And do you really think they are going to be standing there backing you up?

One of the most amusing things about those who use freedom of speech as a defence is the hypocritical fact that it only applies to their opinion.

If anyone else has something to say that differs from their opinion, they automatically start attacking them.

For instance, when Aboriginal people spoke out against Jessica Mauboy performing at the Australia Day concert in Sydney, everybody attacked them for their "us and them" attitude creating a divide.

You know, the same "us and them" attitude adopted when discussing Muslims, gay people or any other minority.



I'm a firm believer that everybody has the right to make up their own mind about things. I also think people should be allowed to share their opinions with the world without being persecuted.

The only exception to this – which is backed up by law (and this is where the bogans' freedom of speech catchcry falls short) – is when it discriminates against someone.

While growing up, I always rolled my eyes at the saying 'if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all'.

After all one of my favourite pastimes is being offensively politically incorrect.

But as we grow up and mature­, something I am still admittedly doing now at 28, we are meant to learn to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong.

Now for some reason that saying makes perfect sense to me, and with the rise of social media, is more apt than ever.

With Australia Day tomorrow, it's about time we as a country worry more about becoming­ better people than our "right to free speech" – which is just used to show the rest of the world how terribly backwards we are at times.

Sometimes your opinion is just better kept to yourself.



I guess now there is no such thing as free speech, if it gets in the way of Global agenda and "fat cats" selling our land off and employing gook and curry  invaders as cheap labour? Or getting in the way of their miscegenation plans?

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/world/drug-laden-drone-crashes-into-supermarket-carpark-near-us-mexico-border/story-fnjbobed-1227193484141


POLICE in a Mexican border city said that a drone overloaded with illicit methamphetamine crashed into a supermarket parking lot near the US border. 
 
Tijuana police spokesman Jorge Morrua said authorities were alerted after the drone fell on Tuesday night near the San Ysidro crossing at Mexico's border with California.

Six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft.

Morrua said authorities are investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it. He said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for smuggling drugs across the border.

Other innovative efforts have included catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels.

In April, authorities in South Carolina found a drone outside the fence of a prison that had been carrying cellphones, marijuana and tobacco.

["lack of consequences"]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/palmerston-and-rural-area-schools-see-almost-50-per-cent-hike-in-physical-assaults/story-fnk0b1zt-1227190788496


TERRITORY teachers are being forced to cope with a spike in school violence and "lack of consequences" for the offenders - who are getting younger, an education union boss warns. 
 
One teacher reportedly had to claim worker's compensation when she spent weeks recovering from a "whiplash" injury after a student attacked her.

Education Department figures obtained by the NT News show student attacks on teachers have risen more than 38 per cent from 90 in 2013 to 125 last year, which equates to an average of three each week across the NT.



Even more concerning, student assaults on fellow students increased more than 40 per cent to 814 in 2014 — up from 566 the previous year.

Physical assaults recognised in reporting include shirt-fronting, striking, throwing objects, hip and shouldering and biting.

Australian Education Union NT president Jarvis Ryan said staff deserved better support.

"Teachers should be able to put students in a different environment (to control behaviour issues)," he said.

"More young studentsboongs are showing violent behaviour — even those in primary school.

"It's a difficult issue and teachers get frustrated about the lack of discipline and consequences for students."

The most marked rise in attacks in one region was in Palmerston and rural Darwin.

The area saw 170 reported assauls on kids in 2013, which leaped to 271 last year.

There were 49 assaults on teachers in 2014 — up more than 50 per cent from 27.

Mr Ryan said: "We know that there are problems with violence in schools around Palmerston city."

Education Department deputy chief Susan Bowden said the shocking increase in recorded assaults was due to a "new method of collecting student behaviour data and robust system for reporting behavioural incidents".

She said the numbers reflected recidivist violence among some students.

This is what happens when you can't discipline kids correctly. Not just in Australia but it seems most western nations have a "softy" approach to this sort of conduct. Do you think North Korea or China would allow students to do this kind of crap?

[A 'Do it for Denmark' ad campaign last year urged Danes to have more sex on vacation.]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/danish-residents-of-thisted-agree-to-have-as-much-sex-as-possible-to-boost-birthrate/story-fni0do7f-1227187335436

A RURAL Danish town is bringing sexy back. 
 
The residents of Thisted, population 13,000 (and growing), have just agreed to spend more time making babies. Lots of babies. The mood is up in Thisted.

The idea is that if people make babies, those babies will grow up to live in Thisted and shop in Thisted and go to schools in Thisted. Because right now those places are seriously under-utilised.

Thisted's birthrate has stalled — it is the lowest in Denmark at 1.6 babies per family — and the measure is hoped to keep crucial services including schools and childcare centres open.

It's not the first time Thisted residents have talked openly about the birds and the bees.

Previous attempts to encourage copulation include prize draws for positive pregnancy tests and dating websites for people ready to start a family. A 'Do it for Denmark' ad campaign last year urged Danes to have more sex on vacation.

"The threat of shutting schools is over for now. We just need to figure out how to monitor the plan and see how many more children come along. Our intention is to create a vibrant community and attract new families. Many are very excited about the new plan."

Reproduction may not be a new problem for Thisted, where the coat of arms, established in 1894, features a woman holding a young baby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrO3TfJc9Qw

Well they can send all those Danish girls my way on a holiday and we can have a whole lot of new white people walking around .. fine with me!

[A FORMER Katherine High School teacher]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/former-northern-territory-teacher-who-lost-leg-in-student-attack-is-launching-legal-action/story-fnk0b1zt-1227188109233


A FORMER Katherine High School teacher who lost the lower half of his leg in a brutal student attack has launched legal action so he can afford ongoing medical costs. 
 
David Arnold's left leg was stomped on by three students in 2008. Ongoing infections meant it had to be amputated from the knee down in 2012.

A faulty prosthesis caused additional damage, leaving him wheelchair-bound for the past 15 months.

"I haven't been able to do anything,'' he said.

Mr Arnold will undergo his 13th round of surgery next week.

The 2005 Teacher of the Year said it was his "last throw of the dice" to walk again.

"If it doesn't work it means I will be restricted to this bloody wheelchair for the rest of my life,'' he said.

"It has to work."

Mr Arnold's lawyer, Leeha James, told the NT News the latest court proceedings were so he could "access certain rehabilitation benefits that have ceased".

Catherine Weber from the Department of Education said Mr Arnold was "disputing some changes to his entitlements" under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act.

She denied reports the department had not assisted the former Territory teacher.

"Mr Arnold has been fully supported by the school and department since the incident,'' she said.

"Mr Arnold has received entitlements under the Act as determined by TIO, which has included weekly payments, ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation and household and travel assistance."

Media reports at the time of his amputation claimed Mr Arnold had received minimal assistance from the department "because the school did not report the matter to police at the time".

Seven years later, Mr Arnold said he was trying to move on with his life.

"I haven't come to accept it but I've come to the conclusion that if you dwell on those things it's not going to help you,'' he said.

Mr Arnold, now 66 and living in Victoria, said he wanted to return to teaching.

"I've been extremely restricted and I just want to get out of this bloody chair and have the opportunity to get back on with my life,'' he said.

Doctors have told Mr Arnold that if next week's operation is a success, he could be walking with a prosthetic leg within six or seven months.


Being a rough, coon town like Katherine and in a show of bad discipline you can bet your money this attack was carried out on this poor guy by Abos! The paper just won't say that it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoI6I6lHvK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQxtiADUVsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZBLAwbjWG0&feature=player_embedded

"Hey m'fugger gunna stick dat sheet in da oven like a joo, like dat sheet is 1942"

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/year-old-american-boy-throws-epic-tantrum/story-fni6um3i-1227171135973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqH3zaMco4

IT was the meltdown to end all meltdowns. A 10 year-old boy had an epic tantrum and went on a rampage through a Florida store, knocking items from shelves in almost every aisle. 
 
The boy left a trail of destruction in Dollar General and it only ended when a store employee grabbed him and dragged him out of the store.

But that was only after the boy threatened to hit a customer screaming, "I'm not afraid to do it."

Many of the customers just stood in shock and watched the boy's stunning behaviour, but one onlooker was so appalled they called police.

On the video a man can be heard calling the boy "jit" which is apparently prison slang for someone younger than you.

The boy was alone in the store but it wasn't known when it was filmed, although it was posted online on December 9.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/video/id-B2MHFqcjrC_lxb4jF8XM2zW5YFLDXzna/Boy-destroys-dollar-store-and-threatens-customers

^above video

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/darwin-man-blows-up-atm-explosion-knocks-him-off-his-feet/story-fnk0b1zt-1227170097819#

A DARWIN man has given the people of the Northern Territory a visual guide on how not to use an ATM. 

    NT Police are investigating the incident in which a man used an explosive to destroy a Winnellie ATM this morning - in the process knocking himself backwards.

Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Karl Day said alarms sounded at the Winnellie ANZ bank on the corner of Albatross St and Catterhun St at about 3.45am.
Detectives reviewed CCTV footage from the location which shows a man attend the location, light an explosive and within seconds the item exploded, knocking the man over backwards. The man then ran from the scene.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/video/id-t4dWFqcjq8UHhKkskEkx_fuxG0gUc3xO/Darwin-man-blows-up-ATM

_ The video is damn funny! O.K now kids at home don't play about with Oxy/Acetylene in machines!

[The former MP who served in the Keating government admits such a measure will "undoubtedly affect strugglers, [and] ... Aboriginal and Islander people in great proportions".]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/former-labor-minister-gary-johns-suggests-linking-the-dole-to-contraception/story-fnjbnxug-1227169842999


NO contraception, no dole – that's the view of an ex-Labor Minister who believes welfare should be linked to compulsory contraception. 
 
Gary Johns, writing in The Australian, suggests there should be "no taxpayer inducement to have children".

The former MP who served in the Keating government admits such a measure will "undoubtedly affect strugglers, [and] ... Aboriginal and Islander people in great proportions".

"But the idea that someone can have the taxpayer, as of right, fund the choice to have a child is repugnant."

According to Mr Johns larger families of past generations "were the result of the combination of absent contraception and the need to have many children, in order that some survive to care for parents in old age".

But he says such conditions now don't apply.

"Infant mortality is minuscule in all sectors of society, and the taxpayer picks up the tab for aged care.

"Potential parents of poor means, poor skills or bad character will choose to have children. So be it.

"But no one should enter parenthood while on a benefit."

The ex-Minister claims "it is better to avoid having children until such time as parents can afford them".

"No amount of 'intervention' after the fact can make up for the strife that many parents bring down on their ­children."

Mr Johns goes on to cite two recent examples over Christmas.

"Both happened to be indigenous, but of course, many non-indigenous cases abound," he says.

"The first, in Cairns, involved a single mother with nine children from five fathers.

"Better this woman had fewer children. Better men on benefits also could be prevented from having children."

Many social media users have taken to Twitter to express their views after reading Johns's piece.


I think what he is trying to say is People need to breed what they can feed .. and the government is tired of the coons breeding kids to get welfare , and in turn become crooks the state has to pay for to be Gaoled/Rehabilitated.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/gay-marriage-could-kick-along-the-northern-territory-economy-and-help-equality-writes-corey-sinclair/story-fnk0b216-1227169433993?sv=3e264fcb7533b301e7772eff4e9d47c


ONE of the things I love most about the Territory is how open-minded and easygoing the majority of people are. 
 
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of loudmouthed, small-minded rednecks, but on the whole, this place is all right.

One thing that has always struck me as strange considering the prevalence of gay people here — Alice Springs is the "lesbian capital of Australia" (I lived there for two years, trust me it's true) and there are vibrant gay cultures across the Top End — is the lack of rights we actually have.

It has taken me a long time to realise and come to terms with the fact that getting married is probably not in my future — by choice.

But if I did want to get married, surely I would want it to be in the place I have proudly called my home for six years — yet it would be impossible.



I could travel overseas to somewhere it is legal like New Zealand, but it would not be recognised here — the place most important to me: home.

At a time like Christmas, seeing families coming together to celebrate really illustrates what we're missing out on.

Take a look around your workplace, your school, your gym — wherever you spend a good chunk of your time.

It is guaranteed you know, or interact with a gay person, whether you realise it or not.

I have seen first-hand how worked up Territorians get when their right to voluntary euthanasia, to buy non-halal certified food, to hunt pigs or own firearms is questioned.

I also saw how indignant Territorians became when Dave Tollner used gay slurs against a work colleague they have probably never met.

But why do we not show that same impassioned fury when our friend, workmate, or family member are refused the chance to make the ultimate expression of love?

Why do people in power, like Tollner who has a gay mother and nephew, or Tony Abbott who has a gay sister, refuse to take a stand?

Tollner was quoted as saying he was fundamentally a libertarian and would not get in the way of gay marriage, but there are items higher on the agenda to deal with.

Just let me put this out there — can you imagine if it was reversed and heterosexual people were told their rights were not high on the agenda?

Imagine the uproar. There would be riots in the streets.

But this is not about the open-minded Tollner, who has no qualms welcoming gay family members into his home.

Though let's be real — "I have gay family" is basically the equivalent of "I have a black friend so I can't be racist".

Our rights are just not as important as the development of Northern Australia or bringing the budget out of deficit.

Let's just ignore the fact that legalising gay marriage in New York City provided a $A318 million boost to its economy.

Or that Australia lost an estimated $54m when more than a thousand gay couples travelled to New Zealand to marry after it was legalised there.

Why would the Government want to profit from love when they can sell off our assets like TIO for less than that?

And it would not just be the Government that would profit — everything would get a much-needed injection of money. If the Territory was the first place in Australia to legalise gay marriage, the tourism sector would explode — which in effect would mean more employment and development.

Isn't that what the NT Government have been harping on about all this time?

Wouldn't legalising gay marriage actually be a means to an end?


TO REFUSE gay people the opportunity to get married is effectively saying we are lesser people and do not deserve to have the same rights as heterosexual people.

We live and work beside you, we bleed just like you — it is not absurd to think we deserve the same rights as you.

Some will say it is about religion: "marriage is a sacred Christian rite".

But any person with a history book or Google can tell you that marriage predates Christianity.

At the end of the day it is not about religion — it has simply never been about religion.

You don't even have to step foot into a church to get married. It is a government-legislated process.

It all comes down to personal prejudice.

Surely we can all agree that gay marriage is the last thing we need to worry about corrupting religion when, for instance, there is a Catholic brother charged with 252 child sexual assault offences.

I have never considered myself an activist by any means. The idea of taking to the streets to protest, carrying large signs, has never really appealed to me.

And despite the fact I am a hopeless romantic, the idea of getting married is not on my agenda. But that does not mean I do not deserve the right if I wanted to.

We as Territorians, and as Australians, should be leading the way with human rights.

We pride ourselves on being the lucky country, yet we continue to alienate and segregate whole minorities.

The real question is — do you stand behind antiquated belief systems or do you stand for basic human decency?

When can they just see that Homosexuals can't have children naturally?! When can they just see that kids deserve to have a male and female parent?

I know you can't ever stop homosexuality, but it needs to be stuck back in the closet.

This article is just a load of tripe!

[#88 Having Gay Friends]

I went into the Library today , I came across an appauling book named "Stuff white people like".I had fun with my pen defacing  a few of the headings :

#14 "Having Black friends"/ I wrote "they'll soon be enemies once they :- hurt, rob, rape or kill you".

#11" Asian girls" I wrote Whites miscegenating results in Genocide

#88 "having gay friends" I wrote If you get too friendly with them you get AIDS

#66 "Divorce" Yes , having no family values kills the white race off too.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/

#136 My So Called Life
#135 Roller Derby
#134 The TED Conference
#133 The World Cup
#132 Picking Their Own Fruit
#131 Conan O'Brien
#130 Ray-Ban Wayfarers
#129 Banksy
#128 Camping
#127 Where the Wild Things Are
#126 Vespa Scooters
#125 Bob Marley
#124 Hating People Who Wear Ed Hardy
#123 Mad Men
#122 Moleskine Notebooks
#121 Funny or Ironic Tattoos
#120 Taking a Year Off
#119 Sea Salt
#118 Ugly Sweater Parties
#117 Political Prisoners
#116 Black Music that Black People Don't Listen to Anymore
#115 Promising to Learn a New Language
#114 America
#113 Halloween
#112 Hummus
#111 Pea Coats
#110 Frisbee Sports
#109 The Onion
#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
#106 Facebook
#105 Unpaid Internships
#104 Girls with Bangs
#103 Sweaters
#102 Children's Games as Adults
#101 Being Offended
#100 Bumper Stickers
#99 Grammar
#98 The Ivy League
#97 Scarves
#96 New Balance Shoes
#95 Rugby
#94 Free Healthcare
#93 Music Piracy
#92 Book Deals
#91 San Francisco
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick's Day
#88 Having Gay Friends
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts
#85 The Wire
#84 T-Shirts
#83 Bad Memories of High School
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School

#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada
#74 Oscar Parties
#73 Gentrification
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts
#66 Divorce
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What's Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan
#57 Juno
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony
#49 Vintage
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food
#44 Public Radio
#43 Plays
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music
#40 Apple Products
#39 Netflix
#38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations
#36 Breakfast Places
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
#34 Architecture
#33 Marijuana
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 80s Night
#28 Not having a TV
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writers Workshops
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children
#15 Yoga
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
#8 Barack Obama
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer's Markets
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don't belong to
#1 Coffee



Like?! seriously Who put this Christian Lander guy up for this project? a Kike?


How about adding a few things to his list?

#137 belting up Hipsters and commies
#138 White nationalism
#139 Giving Jews "hot" showers.

[A SYDNEY man who came face-to-face with the hostage gunman says he threatened to "shoot him too". Craig Stoker was walking down Phillip St after buying a coffee in the Lindt cafe when he bumped into the gunman."He was wearing a black T-shirt with white writing on it and a headband and carrying a blue bag," Mr Stoker, a father-of-four from Eastlakes, said."The bag bumped into me and there was something hard in it."I said: 'Watch where you are f...ing goin""He turned round and said: 'Do you want me to shoot you too?'."I looked into his eyes and they were crazy. I was pretty freaked out."The bearded man was with two others who were similarly dressed.]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/the-man-who-bumped-into-a-gunman-behind-lindt-cafe-siege-and-was-threatened-with-being-shot/story-fnk0b1zt-1227156623104


A SYDNEY man who came face-to-face with the hostage gunman says he threatened to "shoot him too". 
 
Craig Stoker was walking down Phillip St after buying a coffee in the Lindt cafe when he bumped into the gunman.

"He was wearing a black T-shirt with white writing on it and a headband and carrying a blue bag," Mr Stoker, a father-of-four from Eastlakes, said.

"The bag bumped into me and there was something hard in it.

"I said: 'Watch where you are f...ing goin"

"He turned round and said: 'Do you want me to shoot you too?'.

"I looked into his eyes and they were crazy. I was pretty freaked out."

The bearded man was with two others who were similarly dressed.

Mr Stoker had no idea how lucky his escape was.

He went in to Sydney Hospital to have some stitches removed and only realised a siege was taking place when he came out.

"I had no idea what was going on," Mr Stoker said.

"When I found out I was pretty shaken up. I am going to buy a lottery ticket right now."

Meanwhile, exclusion zones around the Martin Place siege have been pushed back as members of the public nervously wait for developments in the apparent terrorist event.

Police moved a cordon on Macquarie St south to Hyde Park about 1.45pm and shut businesses, office buildings and the Land and Environment Court on the street.

Other exclusion zones were widened around the Lindt cafe, where gunmen with an Islamic terrorist flag were holding shoppers and staff hostage.



Parliament House, adjacent Martin Place, was shut earlier in the day as the siege began.

At Sydney Hospital, also on Macquarie St, all elective surgeries were cancelled, no new patients were being admitted and people already in the building were being asked to leave via a rear exit.

Medical staff at the hospital, which is about 500m from the siege, were being asked to stay on duty in apparent readiness for casualties.

Nervous office staff, many of them evacuated from nearby buildings, gathered around cafe TV screens to watch the hostage drama unfolding.



Many watched Prime Minister Tony Abbott's national address intently.

Others continued to work, using laptops and tablets at cafe tables.

Police carrying sniper rifles entered Martin Place about one hour after the siege began.

Earlier, witnesses described seeing cafe staff and shoppers pinned up against the building's front window, with their arms raised and a black and white IS flag in the window.



Janice Johnson saw the drama unfold from a cafe opposite the Lindt building.

"There was an Islamic State flag in the window and the people in the cafe window had their eyes closed and some had their heads bowed," she said.

"Police were sneaking up to the door with their guns drawn.

"We were told to get to the back of the room and were then ordered to evacuate."

Heavily armed police cleared Martin Place as the attack unfolded.

Ms Johnson said she was warned by police about a possible imminent explosion.

Ambulances were stationed around Martin Place to attend to any casualties.

Sheila McLaughlin described how she was walking to work at her office next to the Lindt cafe when the hostages were being taken.

"I heard shouting coming from inside the cafe and then the doors slammed shut," she said.

"I was probably about 20m away when it happened and I'm still shaking because it could have been me."


Ah ! Diversity. Look at how it makes us all strong?!  I feel so enriched today! I hope they get these Muslim clowns and shoot them to kingdom come!

[THEY DON'T LIKE ANY KIND OF JOB!]

 http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/northern-territory-governments-proposed-work-for-the-dole-scheme-labelled-slave-labour-by-aboriginal-traditional-owners/story-fnk0b1zt-1227152418526


The NT government's proposed work-for-the-dole scheme is tantamount to slave labour, Aboriginal traditional owners say. 
 
The Original Peoples Freedom Movement (OPFM) says the scheme is punitive and exploitative and will make people living in remote areas work five days a week over 52 weeks to receive the dole.

"This is nothing but an outrageous land grab and obscene discriminatory policy that is being only implemented against one people without even the guise of consultation or negotiation," OPFM founder Tauto Sansbury told AAP.

"It's a slave labour opportunity."

He said the remote work-for-the-dole policy was more discriminatory than the urban plan, and didn't outline occupational health and safety, holiday pay, or superannuation.

"Twenty-five hours a week and you work for what you're already entitled to get," he said.

Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion said the scheme would prepare people in remote communities for employment.

"There are some very capable people in the communities, and we need to make sure they're work ready and working for the dole," he told reporters in Darwin on Monday.

"We need youth workers, people in aged care, in the education system, in the creches." However, he conceded there were fewer jobs available in remote communities and most were held by non-indigenous people.

He said the government wanted to make the scheme as work-like as possible, and would determine how many days people would get off for cultural, holiday and sick leave.

OPFM spokesman Paul Spearim Jnr said the policy would force communities to come into already disease-ridden, overcrowded and poverty-riddled townships indigenous people had escaped from over 40 years ago.


Reminds me of the joke:- Why don't niggers like blow jobs?
THEY DON'T LIKE ANY KIND OF JOB!