How much does a DVD weigh?

For those who were itching for an answer:

15.6 grams - or - 0.55 ounces

Telstra wages fraud

Telstra has organised contracts in such a manner as NOT to PAY for the HOURS WORKED.

In simple laymans terms, fraud and slavery come into mind.

As stipulated in the agreement:

In respect of a Day, the required minimum 8 hours shall be worked on a Working Day or as directed by the Telstra Project Manager, however, a Contractor may be required to work up to 9 hours on a Working Day at no extra cost to Telstra.

Telstra's standard Working Day is in fact according to H.R. documentation 7.5hrs (being a Government Institution). The contracts that Telstra arranges to work 8 hrs are fraudulent, and in breach of Workers Rights.

Therefore Telstra INSTRUCTS workers to work from 37.5 hrs - 45 hrs (7.5 hrs i.e. AN ENTIRE WORKING DAY for FREE ). Any extra time that is spent on a project Telstra charges for, at an approximate rate of 300 to 500% above the workers rate.

Telstra is therefore defrauding the worker to their right to salary.

The laws are set up in such a manner that these kinds of contracts are supported by all parties concerned, Telstra, the agencies involved.

It is a farce that the government is setting up Industrial Relations laws that are fair, as proof is that these contracts would NOT exist today.

In general when the workers are defrauded a significant amount, there is usually no repercussions, especially if owned / partially owned by the government, as NO government is willing to reduce its financial intake, even if it's through fraud.

The government has been advertising that you (as a worker) have a right to NEGOTIATE your contract. This is plain and simply a LIE.

If you do NOT agree to these conditions you will NOT WORK!

Police remove man with laptop from plane

Counter terrorism police have removed a man from a Qantas plane for refusing to shut down his laptop computer during a landing in Sydney.

They dealt with the incident at Sydney Airport on Thursday because they were the closest officers available at the time, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said.

The two officers identified themselves to the businessman as "counter terrorist first response" when they boarded Qantas flight QF418 from Melbourne shortly after it arrived at Sydney about 10.20am (AEST) Thursday.

An AFP spokeswoman said a 35-year-old Melbourne man allegedly refused to comply with an order from the captain of the Qantas plane to shut down his laptop computer.

Laptops and other electronic equipment can interfere with the aircraft's controls.

"The direction related to the shutting down of the man's laptop for landing," the spokesman said.

She said the man was released without charge pending legal advice and assessment of further evidence.

A Qantas spokesman said the passenger had "failed to comply with a directive from the captain".

aap 4 Sep 2008

The use of words that create fear into the minds of the general populous is a great tactic.
This is just another subliminal message to justify the existence of law enforcement against us.

The first line should should have been written like this :

Ayehole removed from plane for not listening !!!

FuelWatch report biased: coalition

The coalition has accused government senators of publishing a "biased" interim report outlining Senate investigations into the proposed FuelWatch scheme.

The Senate's Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee was asked to investigate Labor's plan to force petrol retailers to publish their prices 24 hours in advance of changes.

On Wednesday the committee published an interim report, outlining evidence it has heard at public hearings across the nation.

Coalition committee members Alan Eggleston, David Bushby and Barnaby Joyce said the report had ignored evidence that FuelWatch would not work.

"The evidence received by the committee is not reflected in the interim report," the senators wrote.

"The interim report is, quite simply, biased.

"It ignored the vast majority of evidence presented to the committee that cast doubt on, or contradicted, Labor's premise that FuelWatch would result in lower prices."

Despite their complaints, the Labor-led committee offered support of FuelWatch.

"The majority of the committee believes that a national FuelWatch scheme should be introduced," the report said.

27 Aug 2008

Celebrity surgeon had oral sex with patient

A celebrity plastic surgeon who received oral sex from a female patient before giving her a nose job is facing the sack.

Martyn Mendelsohn, who appeared on television program RPA, fronted the NSW Medical Tribunal yesterday to answer questions over the alleged professional misconduct relating to the incident in May 2005, The Australian reports.

The 50-year-old ear, nose and throat specialist said that when his 22-year-old patient arrived at his office for a nose operation she first offered to give him oral sex. He did not try to stop her (Therefore it is consensual).

Mendelsohn said he had second thoughts about then performing the surgical procedure, but went ahead with it anyway.

"It was a decision I made that I regret," he was quoted in The Australian as saying.

"Knowing her nose better than anyone else, I was in a unique position to take care of the problem."

After the operation, Mendelsohn said he told the woman he would no longer be able to treat her.

She is understood to have gone home and asked her boyfriend to drive her to a police station to press sexual assault charges against Mendelsohn.

The charges were later dropped by the NSW Director of Public Prosecution because there was little chance of conviction.

Mendelsohn said he was depressed and having trouble sleeping at the time of the incident. His wife had also been ill.

He said he was "flattered" when his patient made sexual advances at him, which he "welcomed" against better judgement.

Mendelsohn said the woman was upset when he told her he couldn't be her doctor anymore.

"You promised me, you can't leave me," she said at the time, Mendelsohn told the tribunal. "She said I owed her to look after her."

Mendelsohn has been permitted to continue practising since the incident under the full-time supervision of a nurse.

The hearing continues.

ninemsn 26 Aug 2008

What is most disturbing about this story, irrespective of the code of ethics, and professional conduct, is that the complainant INITIATED, sexual advances, and as a result both adults had consensual sex. She then proceeded to the police to make false statements of sexual assault.

Death verdict for man with 80 wives

An Islamic body in Nigeria has issued a death sentence on a man who married 80 women well above the maximum of four allowed, the Guardian newspaper reports.

The Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI), one of Nigeria's top Islamic bodies, said in a statement that Mohammadu Bello Masaba from the central Niger state stood condemned to death unless he divorced 76 of the women in four days.

"Unless Masaba repents within four days and take only four wives from the herd he remains condemned to death, according to Sharia law," the statement said.

"Any Muslim who married more than the approved number of wives at a time either by mistake ( if he had amnesia, he could be excused ? ? ? ) or out of ignorance is instructed to choose but only four and ask for Allah's forgiveness," the group said.

Since the return of Nigeria to civil rule in 1999 a dozen predominantly Muslim states in the north have re-introduced a strict version of the Islamic Sharia legal system.

Sharia law is often seen as more efficient and less bureaucratic and corrupt than Nigeria's secular courts.

The northern states pride themselves on applying a mild form of Sharia, with no deaths by stoning carried out and few amputations.

ninemsn 22 Aug 2008

Still struggling to comprehend what he married cows, sheep or goats ??? !!!

Feeling much safer now that there are fewer amputations !

PNG family wants Aussie over hit and run

The family of a young Papua New Guinea girl injured in a hit-and-run allegedly involving an Australian adviser want him returned to Port Moresby to face court.

Ten-year-old Sofi Ebe's pelvis was broken in three places when she was hit outside Port Moresby's popular expatriate bar, The Weigh Inn, about 10pm on Friday, August 1.

Witnesses allege the Australian, who had worked for project management company Coffey International as an official in PNG's treasury, crashed into four cars and Sofi, before driving off. Coffey International are contractors for the Australian government's aid programs in PNG.

Coffey International PNG country manager Neville Saunderson said the company flew their employee to Australia the next day, and sacked him a short time later.

Saunderson said the company was cooperating with PNG police and would pay for all damages.

"We believe our decision to fly him to Cairns was justified," he said.

"We took advice from our PNG security firm as there were concerns about his safety and psychological circumstances.

"He was in a very distressed state."

The Australian flew to Cairns on August 2 and was admitted to Cairns Base Hospital the following day until his discharge on August 6.

A PNG police investigation is underway with an official saying the Australian should have faced charges including driving while intoxicated, dangerous driving, causing injury to a person, and failing to stop after an accident.

The girl's family have called on Australian authorities to return him so that he can pay traditional compensation money and face PNG law.

The Southern Highlands girl was with her mother and father who live in the nearby Konedobo settlement opposite PNG's police headquarters.

Sofi, who uses crutches to walk, said she was in constant pain.

"I was afraid and I ran. I was confused, it happened so quickly," Sofi said.

"I was scared and turned to run but the car came and I was cornered by another car and got hit."

Sofi's father, Solap Ebe, said he was happy Coffey International had paid for the medical costs and other bills and had accommodated the family in a rental apartment, but he wanted their former employee to face justice.

"He hit the cars, my girl and ran off. Police didn't get a chance to arrest him," Ebe said.

"Friday night accident, Saturday morning he fly away."

Ebe said he was worried there may be future complications in his daughter's hip and wanted the Australian government to return the man to PNG.

"He's a big official but he's not above the law," Ebe said.

"The Australians must bring him back. We will not fight him or hurt him. We just want him to face court and pay compensation."

Weigh Inn general manager David Austin confirmed there had been an accident and said police attended while he rang Australian officials and an ambulance for the little girl.

The Australian High Commission declined to comment.

ninemsn 22 Aug 2008

What in essence we have here is the Australian's Government support of a hit and run offense.
The government whisked him away before any charges could be laid.

Whilst externally it sounds nice that a firm is in PNG for 'aid', it is the attitude that is disgraceful, and a true indication of what is really thought of the native population. Who cares about a native girl? Clearly not the Australian Government.

During the early settlement of Australia, the English would go out on 'hunting expeditions' to kill a 'quota' of Aborigines. This happened only a few generations ago, and is an insight of how the aristocracy see the people as 'sub-human'.

An attitude that is not very distant today, as evident in the above story.

Coca Cola - as expensive as petrol

(illustrated 2 litre bottles)

Coca Cola sells in 2 litre bottles for approx $2.50 or $1.25 per litre in this kind of packaging.

Depending on location in Australia, petrol prices can vary significantly.
If we take the price of $1.50 per litre, without the government tax, Coca cola IS more expensive than petrol. This has usually been the case over the years.

When one puts into perspective of what refining process is needed to create petrol from crude oil, one can appreciate the magnitude of Coca Colas profits.

Sadly these products will exist as long as the 'cattle'* will buy them, as portrayed in a racist comedy sketch by Jackie Mason - J ews and Gentiles.

* a term used to describe people of non-J ewish origin.

Coca Cola as healthy for you as petrol.

THEY LIED ! Didak was with Shaw in car crash

Front page gripping news, as reported in the Herald Sun.

Nothing less than 6 of the first pages to report on a bunch of Trailer park footballers.

The H.S sees it fit that it MUST inform the nation that the two losers were involved in a car crash.

It is unfortunate that the general media 'idolises' the cretins of football, rather than more important issues / aspects of society that have a larger impact on the community as a whole.

This is deliberate politics to keep the masses amused with menial / trivial events.

Man burns to death in hotel fireplace

A man has died after falling into an open fireplace at a hotel in central Victoria, police say.

Police said the 49-year-old man had been sitting alone on the fireplace ledge in front of a fire in the Kangaroo Flat Hotel beer garden in Bendigo.

Shortly after 7.45pm (AEST) Monday a hotel staff member noticed that the man, standing about eight metres from the fireplace, was on fire, police said.

Staff extinguished the blaze with a garden hose.

Rural Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman Gabrielle Degenhardt said paramedics treated the man at the scene about 8pm before he was rushed to the Bendigo Hospital.

He was then airlifted to Melbourne's The Alfred hospital in a critical condition with burns to 65 per cent of his body, including his face and torso, she said.

The man died at 2.45am.

Hotel management refused to comment when contacted on Tuesday morning.

Constable John McIlath of Bendigo Police said the brick fireplace was built into a side outdoor wall of the beer garden, with a hearth raised off the ground for patrons to sit on.

He said a fire guard had not been in use when the man caught on fire.

"There is a guard, it's a removable guard, but it's not known who had removed it," Const McIlath said.

The man was still conscious when police and ambulance crews arrived on the scene.

Any alcohol consumed by the man would not be known until the toxicology report was completed during the post mortem examination, he said.

He said there were no suspicious circumstances.

Worksafe investigators who attended the scene on Monday night were satisfied that the hotel had taken appropriate steps to safeguard the fire, Const McIlath said.

ninemsn, 19 Aug 2008

• Fire guard was NOT in use,
  

• it is removable and has been removed.

• NO steps were taken to safeguard the fire, and Worksafe is satisfied with that ??? !!! ??? !!!
  

Who cares right? Probably some drunk that died anyway.

The question that begs to be answered is who's payroll is the Worksafe Officer on anyway?