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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL EF#1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by kruddler -
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Mate I was sitting there in the rain in row G on level 1 for 75% of the game, and when we fell 50 points behind, that was my signal to go because me and the Mrs were getting wet, and whilst we all support the club, every single club has fans that leave early once the game is gone. 
Again, there are lots of good reasons for people to leave (weather being one) and I don't want to sound too critical (but I am I know). I was top level, under cover and lots were leaving from that section.
Just thought, being the last game as well as the great season finish, that the team deserved to be cheered off. More than anything, I was disappointed.

I've sat through many a 100 point thumping until the final siren sounded because 'thats what you do.'
However, after seeing thousands leaving early in the 4th.....i along with my 11yo son took the chance to leave too. I made it clear that its not the done thing to leave early and explained to him why we were doing it.
1. It was a Friday night and he had been at school that day, and it was super late for him. Didn't get home until just before midnight IIRC.
2. We had to catch the train and you can potentially be stuck there for well over 30 minutes to an hour based on the amount of people there.
3. Being out that late in the city and/or around train stations is not the place to be, especially with a kid.

Incidently, there was a fatal shooting sunday night, 730pm in Thomastown.....which we had to pass through on the train on the way home, highlighting the dangers we are trying to avoid.

So i would normally be agreeing with you, but there are too many legitimate reasons these days to get upset with that.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by kruddler -
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Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency provides pretty comprehensive data that's easy to access:

https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/

Be interested to see what makes up those stats.
"The number of criminal incidents recorded by Victoria Police in the year to 31 March 2026 was 468,711, down 1.0% from 473,518 incidents recorded in the same period last year."

June 2025: 15,909 police officers (Total workforce: 21,332)
June 2024: 16,059 police officers (Total workforce: 21,715)
June 2023: 15,842 police officers (Total workforce: 21,326)

I found estimates of 15,600 police this year.

Those numbers are 'whats recorded'.
The number of police officers available to record these crimes are going the opposite way to the number of crimes.
I suspect that a large part of the 'drop in crime' is simply things are not being recorded.

I suspect if there was 0 police officers around to record things, crimes recorded would magically disappear too. ;)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by crashlander -
I was 14 when I got bashed by some thugs after a [practice game at Princes Park. I hate to think what they would have done today, as similar thugs would be armed.
Mind you, it was the spark that made me learn karate. I got to brown with 2 black stripes (1 grading away from black in my style) before injury ruined that.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL EF#1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Milhanna13 -
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Again, there are lots of good reasons for people to leave (weather being one)

Another couple of good reasons are trying to avoid the public transport crush and trying to avoid being out in public any later than necessary in crime-riddled Melbourne.

i was grateful for the early max-exodus,  as it made the trudge to richmond station a million times easier than last week....  smoothed the exit out over 45mins, rather than all at once.    not sure id seen brunton ave like it was last week, it was insane.  this week (after the final siren) was a bit more normal
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The New Joke Thread
Last post by DJC -
Karl Marx was a world famous philospher, but nobody ever mentions his sister, Onya, the inventor of the starting pistol  ::)
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL EF#1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by RiverRat -
Quote from: deepbluesee – on
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Mate I was sitting there in the rain in row G on level 1 for 75% of the game, and when we fell 50 points behind, that was my signal to go because me and the Mrs were getting wet, and whilst we all support the club, every single club has fans that leave early once the game is gone. 
Again, there are lots of good reasons for people to leave (weather being one)

Another couple of good reasons are trying to avoid the public transport crush and trying to avoid being out in public any later than necessary in crime-riddled Melbourne.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by RiverRat -
Quote from: Thryleon – on

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The fact the government thought a buy back system of machettes was needed says it all.


Surely that's no evidence of anything but Governments responding to a perceived crisis?


That's not evidence of anything but a state government wasting more money in a scheme that was intended to suggest that it was doing something useful.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by DJC -
Coincidentally, I have just finished a long phone call with an author who is researching a book on violence in Coburg and surrounding suburbs during the 1960s-80s.  It's surprising when you realise how many schoolmates (and I use "mates" advisedly) came to violent ends.  The number of thugs who joined VicPol is also surprising.

We were genuinely scared of the cops back then; they'd beat the crap out of you just because they felt like it  ::)