A lot of people are ‘known to police’. It’s a meaningless phrase.
If they have completed any sentence handed down to them for precious offending, what are the cops supposed to do?
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My understanding is this is a very broad term which indicates one’s presence on the police database as having had contact with police, anything from being a recidivist criminal to a victim of crime or witness.
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Sky News were frothing at the mouth to talk about immigration when the Bondi attack happened, before it came out that the perpetrator was white.
I can only imagine how they’ll react to an Assyrian Orthodox church stabbing.
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“It’s the labor party war against Christians”
ABC reports that the teenager accused of committing the attack has previously been charged with knife offences and was on a good behaviour bond.
Wasn’t Paul Murray live at the time that the news broke?
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“Known to police” is a pretty useless statement especially in this context.
For example, I am considered “known to police” in Victoria, after being a witness to an incident a few years ago and providing them a statement.
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More unsettling news stories that have just emerged today 
Alleged mushroom drink poisoning at a Victorian health retreat.
Armed gangs at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s northwest waving knives and machetes and forcing families to flee.
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Continuing the discussion here, good on @blackbox for calling out the behaviour of the paparazzi in the latest episode of Inside Media:
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That’s pretty disgusting behaviour there. He’s a troubled man, no need to provoke more trouble and especially getting someone worked up when they’re in charge of a lethal weapon in the form of a car. What happens if he went through a red light or missed some kid who darted across the road because he was worked up when driving.
Although the thing that got me the most was the missing Y at the beginning with the “BILLIONAIRE TRING TO SEIZE CONTROL” about Bruce Gordon.
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Exactly - the media should leave him alone, or at the bare minimum, just report any new developments as short RVO’s (unless anything major happens).
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That’s embarrassing… and completely my fault.
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All good - everyone makes mistakes every now and then.
Product is getting better every week.
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All good - but appreciate the ownership.
Easy for them to slip through but I do cringe when I see them on the ABC frequently and other news bulletins.
Great video though and definitely agree with all your points!
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thanks. Have been listening to the feedback and evolving.
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Can I ask, who sets the agenda for your segment with John on Tuesday nights?
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I’ll usually send some topics suggestions in and John and his team might suggest some other stuff.
Mostly though the segment is ad-libbed and driven by the audience.
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More and more right wing extremists coming out in support of BRS. It really baffles me. I wonder why they do this?
When you put a lot of sense of national pride into your military, it’s hard to believe that one of them - especially the most decorated and someone who has been high profile outside of the military - could do any wrong. Just look at Anzac Day.
He’s obviously innocent until proven guilty in a criminal court, but there’s also a feeling of people not knowing “what war is really like” if they haven’t been there (to try and justify it), as well as a rather disturbing sense that war crimes can be justified - and the line between justifiable and not seems blurred to a lot of people.
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The rabble that is the right wing seems to have found their new George Pell. I mean the amount of arse covering the likes of Abbott, Hanson, Kelly, Credlin etc are doing for him are unbelievable. They’d rather the people believe that he’s some innocent war hero framed by some sort of ‘fake news media’ when he could well be a war criminal that needs to be put into shackles. Yet the same people tries to preach to the rest of the people about community safety, ‘tough on crime’ and all that gallah.
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