Ausbloodystralia

Current Affairs
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Australia is launching a Royal Commission into the institutional sexual abuse of minors by members of religious organisations, predominantly the Catholic Church. About time too. Justice Ryan has been on the media here talking about his report and the time it took.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/irish-warn-royal-commission-could-take-years/4370624

There will be a lot of Irish expat priests and brothers included in this investigation.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has made a right cunt of himself over this, odious creep.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/retired-bishop-says-pell-an-embarassment/4371794

Pell keeps bringing up the sanctity of the confessional, which I think was pretty much shot to pieces by Enda Kenny when he said in the Dail that Canon Law has no place nor jurisdiction in the state. This quote is being invoked in a lot of the debate here.

Some of the stories being told of abuse here are horrendous, on a par of course with what happened in Ireland. More nails in the Catholic Church’s coffin.

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:rolleyes:

I think its a bit broader than religious orders mate,its community groups,sporting organisations and other institutions as well

thank Christ Im here now so I can cut through your bullshit for the forumites back in the old country

1163

Which one Abe?

1164

Italy

Totti & the Cisco Kid are from Italy

1165

Don’t let it worry you mate, no one pays any attention to the fool.

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You seem to

Royal commission - fuck sake. Country badly needs to grow a fucking pair

Aus has a very murky history, forgotten generation, stolen kids, white australia. These paedo Irish priests must have had a field day.

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Apparently there used to be a greeting that Irish clergyfolk used to give to new Irish clerical arrivals in Aus - are you here for the bottle or the boys? There is a very very murky past here and a lot of it has to do with Irish clergy.

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You seem to

Royal commission - fuck sake. Country badly needs to grow a fucking pair

Aus has a very murky history, forgotten generation, stolen kids, white australia. These paedo Irish priests must have had a field day. [/quote]

[quote=“Fitzy, post: 518095”]
Apparently there used to be a greeting that Irish clergyfolk used to give to new Irish clerical arrivals in Aus - are you here for the bottle or the boys? There is a very very murky past here and a lot of it has to do with Irish clergy.[/quote]

Very cutting analysis there. Both of you must be a hoot at dinner parties.

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We are Mac, you must come along to one of our candlelight suppers.

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Another Irish person has their life taken from them by a crazed Australian. And all because of a taxi fare… What a disgusting country.

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That one is a bit crazy. He is believed to have died after falling out of the car

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[quote=“KIB man, post: 518094”]

Aus has a very murky history, forgotten generation, stolen kids, white australia. [/quote]

:clap:

An often neglected part of the Ozzie culture.

Those Dingos need to be brought to justice.

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No, the taxi driver sped up as he was stepping out of the car. He has been charged with three or four offences.

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Fucking hell mate-it is genuinely safer in Syria than it is in Australia. What an absolute hellhole some of our brethern have been forced to because of this fucking recession. Stay safe brothers.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1120/breaking3.html

A taxi driver in Western Australia has been charged in relation to the death of an Irish man in Perth early yesterday morning.
Ryan Martin Doyle, who is 25 and from Co Down, was found lying on the road with life-threatening injuries in the Belmont area of the city at around 3am local time (7pm Irish time).
Police said Mr Doyle had been a passenger in a taxi, and it will be alleged that there was a dispute over the fare.
It is believed that as Mr Doyle was getting out of the car the driver accelerated, causing him to fall to the ground.
Mr Doyle was taken to Royal Perth Hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The driver of the taxi, a 26-year-old man from Kenwick, has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, fail to stop and render assistance, and fail to report.
He is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on December 18th.

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another great day for the Australian police force

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Thats truly terrible. Must be indescribably hard for a family to learn of and have to deal with the immediate arrangements for the death of someone so far away.

Of course, these things only happen in Australia.

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Thats truly terrible. Must be indescribably hard for a family to learn of and have to deal with the immediate arrangements for the death of someone so far away.

Of course, these things only happen in Australia.

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they dont happen in Queensland mate

1179

Brace yourself Fitzy - it’s coming:

Australia’s economic growth rate slowed modestly in the last quarter as the government cut spending and earnings from exports declined.

Compared with the previous three months, growth came in at 0.5%, down from 0.6%, the Bureau of Statistics said.

On Tuesday the central bank cut a key interest rate to 3% in an effort to spur growth.

Analysts said more action would be needed given risks ahead.

‘Loss of momentum’

Treasurer Wayne Swan said the data was more evidence of “the ongoing resilience of the Australian economy in the face of a difficult and volatile global environment”.

Growth was 3.1% year on year, the Bureau of Statistics said, in line with expectations but down from 3.7% last quarter.

However, analysts predict that the mining investment boom that has been driving much of Australia’s growth will peak in 2013.

“The risks are that the loss of momentum in mining investment and therefore in business investment generally, gathers pace, and the other sectors of the economy don’t grow to fill the gap at all,” said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital Investors.

Resource-rich Australia has seen years of growth fuelled by a boom in mining, as developing countries such as China look for commodities such as coal and iron ore to grow their economies.

A slowdown will become hard to avoid once that demand slows next year.

“Australian economic growth is expected to decelerate in 2013, as the pace of growth in business investment slows and the combined influences of cautious consumer spending and a fragile world economy take a firmer hold,” said Stephen Halmarick, as chairman of the association of Australian Business Economists.

The Statistics Bureau said growth for the July to September quarter was driven by a 0.5 percentage point contribution from private business investment.

A fall in public investment, mainly government infrastructure spending, took 0.5 percentage points off the final growth figure.

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Australia’s ‘ghost gum’ trees burnt

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/images/2013/0104/303436_1.jpg?ts=1357302990
Remains of the ‘ghost gum’ trees after they were destroyed in a suspicious fire, some 16km from Alice Springs.

A pair of “ghost gum” trees in Australia’s outback made famous in watercolours by Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, shortly before they were due to be placed on a national heritage register.

Namatjira is credited with bringing ghost gums, native trees featured in Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and named for their white bark that glows in moonlight, to wider public consciousness as a symbol of Australian identity.
Northern Territory Indigenous Advancement Minister Alison Anderson said the pair of ghost gums that frame the West MacDonnell Ranges and feature in many of the late Namatjira’s works were found burnt to the ground a few days ago.
“In his watercolours brought the beauty of the Central Australian landscape to the world and helped make it a symbol of Australian identity,” Ms Anderson said.
Authorities believe the fire was likely deliberately lit.
Susan McCulloch, author of McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper the destruction of the ghost gums was “appalling and a tragic act of cultural vandalism”.
Born in the Northern Territory in 1902, Namatjira held his first exhibition in 1938 and painted for the next two decades, earning international acclaim before his death in 1959.
Aboriginal Dreamtime stories have been passed down through generations to recount indigenous beliefs about the creation of the world and its creatures by totemic spirits in an era known as Dreamtime.

-suppose what else would you expect from these backward, cultureless pigs?