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The Sports Desk / Re: Vale Dennis Cometti
Last post by bricky -
This exchange occurred, word for word, during a match between Melbourne and Collingwood in 2007:

Co-commentator Gerard Healy: “Word is this guy is the most reliable kick for goal in the side. They say down at Collingwood if you had to have someone kicking for your life, Tarkyn Lockyer would be the man...”
Cometti: “I’d prefer my mum.”
Healy: (Shocked silence)
Cometti: “Not a great footballer, but at least she’d care.”
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Last post by Lods -
Gee, the AI crap around this is conflict is abolutely ridiculous.
Most of it is easy to pick.
Just about all of it is propaganda.

But sifting through it all I'm not sure the 'special military operation' is going exactly to US/Israel expectations.
Is this the rock the 'Don and his minions' perishes on

Actually, the question is..."Is there actually a plan?"

The administration seems to be all over the shop with some of their comments.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by shawny -
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: shawny – on
Labor just voted against giving Victorias anti corruption watchdog the powers it needs to investigate the 15B corruption on Vics big build projects.

All while Jacinta defends adamantly with 'they have nothing to hide.'   :o

The balanced public already know how corrupt this government is yet for those on the fence this again doesn't pass the pub test.

That's not correct!

The Victorian Government introduced an omnibus justice bill in response to the Bondi massacre.  The opposition and cross benches tried to add a half-baked amendment that was intended to increase IBAC's powers.  The Government, as is their right, refused to allow that amendment to be passed.  No Australian government would have allowed that to happen.  It's the elected Government that sets the legislative agenda, not the opposition and cross benches.

A bipartisan parliamentary committee has made recommendations regarding IBAC's power to conduct "follow the money" investigations and the Government must table its response to those recommendations within six months.  That is the appropriate and considered approach to developing legislation.

Meanwhile, VicPol's Taskforce Hawk has laid more than 70 charges against 15 individuals involved in construction industry criminality and the Big Build.

You can certainly question the competence of the Victorian Government but that's not corruption.




More spin more spin

They blocked it cause they are protecting themself. Corrupt to the core.

https://greens.org.au/vic/news/media-release/labor-shuts-down-bill-give-anti-corruption-watchdog-follow-dollar-powers
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 0 2026 Pre-game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney in Sydney
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: Lods – on
Quote from: DJC – on
And I got 20 out of the 23  :)

That's a good effort.
I think Gointocarlton did pretty well with his picks too.
I had a couple of cracks as I didnt know Evans was injured and thought Fog was. I think I got 22 out 23 the 2nd time as opposed to 20 out of 23 the first time (although not quite "as named" in position which we all know they wont line up like that). I thought Derksen was unlucky, not even an emergency. Moir was very lucky and needs to extract the digit come the real stuff.
Two rucks was always obvious to me but for different reasons to Voss probably. I just reckon Pitto cant be trusted to last solo.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Vale Dennis Cometti
Last post by DJC -
Dennis was also very good at calling the Olympic swimming; the men's 1500 metres at the Sydney Olympics was a ripper race and a great call.

Describing Susie O'Neill as having “the heart of a lion in the ‘heart of Dixie’” was a classic line from his Olympic calls.