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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/14/109-charges-dropped-14-year-old-girl-victoria-labor-jacinta-allan-tougher-consequences-young-offenders-ntwnfb


Gonna, gonna, gonna........ All you ever hear from this government.

Disgraceful regardless of which side of politics you support.
I think you are confused @shawny

Politicians make the laws, courts and police are entrusted to enforce them and hand out justice.

In Australia we have the separation of powers, so that people facing court after being charged by police cannot become a victim of political will. It also stops Australian policians rigging the result to award themself billion$ in damages while the average person can't afford eggs.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs
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A very different 'parting of the ways' to the usual straight forward sacking. And that takes some time to get our collective heads around. The senior coach tendered his resignation, which was accepted. The senior coach was/is loved & respected by players and all staff at PP. Everyone from the club speaks highly, publicly, of Vossy. This is not normal for many who need to have a good guy and bad guy. Everyone's a good guy in this unique scenario. Heads explode! And some busy themselves, still, hunting for a guilty party in all this. Newsflash: it's done, time to move on.

Perhaps.

The same style press release was issued in regards to Austin....yet within the week he was seeking legal action to sue the club for sacking him.

So the club has proven to tell porky pies, on the same day no less, so is it plausible that they told 2 'lies' on the same day? Absolutely.
Regardless, i think its more like...."You are done here. You choose how you want to go out." Vossy chose that way.

Yes, its all done and dusted. Thats not the story though.

The story is the guys who pulled the trigger......or accepted the resignation after pointing a gun to his head.
Did they do the right thing.
As above, PR spin is working wonderfully.....except the austin part.....but was it actually the right decision? Time will tell.....but most likely not reveal itself at all, look at the past 25 years of coaches.

I said the week before Vossy was sacked that i expected a few more wins in the coming weeks, this being the most likely. Next week being also likely.
So he's timing was off, he may have saved himself, but it appears the decision was already made, so there was no point.

I chose to respect Vossy's version of events. He deserves that, and not jumping at shadows, creating perspectives to suit personal narratives or dwelling on the past.

And if there is an element of PR/spin... so what? What are you going to do about it? Complaining about something you've no control over seems rather pointless.