Jess Wilson is an attempt from the Libs to change course and try and appeal to younger voters and female voters. Be interested if rusted on older Lib voters buy what she is selling given she is a more moderate Liberal and has some personal views that are not aligned with normal liberal policy offerings.
The real problem with cricket is on display in Saffie land. The insiders are slamming the pitch, even players involved in the game are out throwing rocks at the curator.
But despite the pitch doing the usual things that aren't expected from a "real wicket", the true problem on display is the loss of will for players to work at the long format game. Both teams have basically give up and turned the game into a 2 x ODI, IPL, BBL, etc., etc., has turned them into sponges, too soft for the tough jobs.
The pitch is ordinary, but it's the sort of pitch a Border or Simpson would scratch out a ton at snail pace, modern players just don't have the will to accumulate big scores in 1s and 2s. The modern players don't want to do it tough, they fly 1st and stay in 5 star, no more tin sheds, wooden benches and cold showers, it's caviar and Krug for then before another early night. More money for less work, it's killing the game!
Test is actually in Kolkata in West Bengal, pitch is horrendous at Eden Gardens much like the city itself.
Mark Wood bowled 8 overs in the lilac hill game and has been sent for scans on his hamstring after experiencing tightness. Can't see him playing in the 1st test ,and if he does then he won't see out the game.
Kinda like Mark Waugh and more than a few others from that state. Consistency sets the greats apart from the also rans. I don't see what the selectors see in Green, Webster is a heart and soul team man. He may not have Greens talent but he's stood up when required thus far.
Agree on Green, he is no number three and very over hyped as an all-rounder given he hardly ever bowls. Webster is a more reliable cricketer and I'd be picking him over Green for the No 6 spot.
England talking it up as usual and threatening to bazball their way to glory but out here in Aus I expect normal programming to happen and we will prevail with our attack leading the way with or without Cummins. The English have the quicker bowlers this time with Archer and Wood but both wouldnt look out of place in a Carlton jumper as they spend a lot of their time off the field injured and unavailable for selection and I expect both to be out of action by series end. Atkinson is probably the bowler who will be play most tests and be more effective, moves the ball at a decent pace and has a bit of attitude. He was impressive during the English summer as was Stokes with the ball who likes to be the enforcer and they have continued this tactic of when the pitch and ball are offering nothing to bowl 6 bouncers every over which keeps the runs down unless the bastmen is prepared to play the hook/pull shot and risk dismissal. Its rubbish park cricket to watch but coach McCullum likes to be unorthodox and throw the text book out under the guise of entertainment but its really they dont have the talent to play consistent orthodox cricket to compete but they suck teams into playing their brand which is what they did to India last series.
The other call that has disappeared from the game is carrying the ball, happens all the time in the NBA and NBL but it's ignored. At junior level it's called in Australia but it's getting less and less as the NBA standards creep in.
I watched my oldest grandson's rep game last Friday and the refs must have called 20 carries, none of which involved the player's hand going under the ball or palming it. They wouldn't have been called in any other game at rep or domestic level that I've watched over the last several years. The refs also called a dozen or so moving screens. A couple were line ball but the player's feet were set well before contact in most. At least the refs were consistent and called them on both teams but it did disrupt the flow of the game.
Here's a typical selection of NBA travels ... and a couple were called:
I like the commentator's "I don't know whether he's going to the rim or Mississippi!"
Commentary was as entertaining as the travel calls, liked the double dribble at the end too.... I watch a bit of Euroleague BB and the officiating in that comp is far more strict on travels etc but it also leads to a lot of inconsistencies given the games are more strategic/defensive and lead to over reffing at times. The NBL is probably a happy medium as it sits at the moment and our refs are very good in terms of consistency.
The other call that has disappeared from the game is carrying the ball, happens all the time in the NBA and NBL but it's ignored. At junior level it's called in Australia but it's getting less and less as the NBA standards creep in.
Depends on the player, star players get the extra step if it looks good. My favorite is the dancing feet when the pivot foot gets swapped..happening more out here in the NBL too.
So are we saying they dont want to wait like the rest of us are forced to?
st V isn’t in the nt. What I’m saying is that if a white one and a black one present with the same problem the black one is more likely to die, statistically.
That's a presumption based on General rule of thumb and I accept that and the statistics but there will be cases when the white fella might have a poor medical history himself which isn't going to be apparent to a time poor under pressure triage nurse asking the usual basic triage questions ie what's your problem today, pain level, medications, and check the vitals. Unless you have patient history from previous visits if any then you are guessing..
It’s not meant to be an excuse because good public policy doesn’t need to be excused.
It is the point though because hospitals have taken steps to address a failure to care for a small and vulnerable cohort without any negative impacts on the care provided to everyone else.
Don’t be sucked in by the righteous outrage of the Murdoch media. Find the facts … it’s not that hard.
Longer waiting times are a negative impact for non indigenous patients as will the extra load that other Hospital ED's like Royal Melbourne will have when patients bypass St Vincents for fear of extra long waiting periods. This is Victoria, Australia not Sth Africa, Jacinta doing her best impression of PW Botha and creating an Apartheid fix where we have skin colour as the criteria for when citizens receive treatment shows how far this state has slipped into the abyss. Whats next, donor organs being issued to patients based on colour or race?
Standard of driving in Melbourne has got worse, everyday you drive to are having to think ahead, anticipate poor driving and be over cautious . Nearly got hit in a roundabout today carrying one of my grandsons by an Nissan X Trail that didn't stop and just plowed through at speed. Parking is my other gripe, why can't people park in the bay between the lines instead of on the line or encroaching on the other bay.
Some punk tried to break into my mum's 2 hours ago.
Sorry to hear that MBB, hope she is ok and not too traumatized. Sad when older folk are not safe in their own home and when the system is weighted in favour of the punks it's not going to get any better as most of us know now.
From the HS ‘We need more prisons’: Pat, 76, woke with armed thugs inside her Brighton home A brave Brighton grandmother has described the moment she confronted two knife-wielding men inside her loungeroom in the latest Bayside home invasion — and issued a plea for the state to get the crime crisis under control.
A 76 year old lady, come on guys. This farken beyond a joke now.
But nah, Jacinta says it's all good, nothing to see here Pat. Get back in your box.
Not a huge fan of Bec Judd but she was right pointing to a crime wave that had hit those wealthy bayside suburbs a couple of years ago and was calling for more police action. Dan Andrews dismissed her fears and it led to more private security firms being employed to look after those affected areas and it has that Sth African feel to it with their gated communities and clearly residents are having to take matters into their own hands which never ends well and if you want to live in those wealthy areas security is going to be an added cost unfortunately. When violence is used and weapons involved then Im calling that adult crimes are deserving of adult time in jail...yep more jails required unfortunately.
You could not hand one back with 0 recourse. Knife wielders will just pick up another sharp blade of a different size. Maybe something like a tomahawk axe for gardening and chopping wood.
Its not like the gun thing. Guns have a single purpose. To shoot.
The bins are simply about optics.
Agree...The problem that I see is that the senior officials involved are not on the same page in terms of providing solutions and all have different ideas on how to solve the problem with the Government more interested in appeasing voters. The new Police Commissioner Mike Bush a Kiwi himself favours the NZ model which is characterised by crime prevention, steering low-level offenders away from the judicial system with diversions and warnings. However the Police Association(Union) have said "I think the courts are failing in their connection to community," Police Association of Victoria secretary Wayne Gatt told ABC Radio Melbourne. "There's a massive chasm between what the community expects and demands and what is delivered by the courts. "We need to stop making excuses and we need to toughen the hell up." Then you have senior police officers like Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill last week said Victorians were feeling unsafe and frustrated amid the ongoing crime crisis.He indicated police were frustrated too and "There is an unacceptable level of crime occurring in the state of Victoria. Our police members are doing a magnificent job, but we can't be everywhere," he said. He said appropriate consequences for wrongdoers would act as a decent deterrent. Then looking at community programs for young offenders you find the Government claiming they have increased funding to these agencies but Blake Edwards from The Youth Junction, a youth crime prevention organisation based in Sunshine in Victoria's West, said the service and partner organisations have had their funding reduced in recent years. He said at least 19 full-time roles working in youth case management and crime prevention initiatives had been cut across those organisations, which he estimated would impact 800 young people. "What we're seeing at the moment is a small number of young people committing a large number of crimes," he said. "So when we start taking away funding for the young people who are at risk of entering the justice system … my concern is that that small number who are committing a large number of crimes will grow substantially. "When there's 800 young people that no longer can access services in Melbourne's west, that certainly is concerning." He said the inconsistency in funding for crime prevention programs was also resulting in "poor outcomes for everybody". "When you're working with highly skilled, highly experienced practitioners, who are providing services on the ground, it means that they never have job security," he said. "It means that they are often leaving positions with three to six months of funding still left."
So IMO the system to deal with these issues is a mess with not much co-ordination and the machete bins etc are not really where the problem is and the affected parties are not on the same page. re: The Bins....I think the problem is all the decent folk will hand in their machetes/large knives etc but the smaller group of offenders wont and the idea is compromised by other States not having the same laws nation wide and the police cant control those who want to purchase them out of Victoria or by other shady means.
