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In the last year alone, so much of our domestic football scene has had very little to do with the exploits and drama on the pitch, but rather what’s happening off of it.
This week was no different, as the sport’s reputation was plunged into further chaos following the fight between the fans of Sydney United 58 and Rockdale Ilinden FC at the weekend.
The footage was disturbing, the violence indefensible and the condemnation from all corners of the football fraternity and wider society, was justified.
For a code that has long opined about the mainstream media’s lack of interest in us, these
Published April 27, 2021
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Defence Minister and real big tough guy
Peter Dutton has filed a defamation lawsuit in Federal Court against an unemployed refugee activist over a single tweet, in a grossly egregious example of the power imbalance that exists in Australia’s defamation laws.
Dutton is suing
The tweet in question included a link to a
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Three people were injured when a group of rival fans clashed at the end of a National Premier Leagues match.
The brawl was captured on video and, needless to say, the mainstream media was all over it.
The story attracted the attention of radio station 2GB shock jock Ray Hadley, who invited Football Australia chief executive James Johnson to his morning show.
Hadley questioned Johnson about the governing body s decision to scrap the national club identity policy that was implemented in 2014 and that was designed to stop clubs from acknowledging or promoting their ethnic background.
The idea was to rid the game of its foreign roots and make the game more appealing to mainstream Australia.
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Lawyers defending a refugee advocate being sued by Defence Minister Peter Dutton over a tweet labelling him a rape apologist say the politician s use of defamation law is a real concern .
Shane Bazzi posted the statement from his legal team on Twitter on Tuesday after Mr Dutton followed through on an earlier threat to sue social media users.
Mr Bazzi s earlier tweet about the minister came after several of his reported statements that would undoubtedly provoke different opinions, his defence says. A robust and vibrant democracy like ours should cultivate and encourage a diverse array of expressions of opinion on matters of public interest, O Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors wrote.
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Spurred on by One Nation’s Mark Latham and the Sydney tabloid media, the NSW Police minister has accused a popular north shore school of condoning ‘anti-police propaganda’.
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NSW Minister for Police David Elliott.
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On Wednesday morning, as Australians were waking to news of the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin – the police officer whose murder of George Floyd last year sparked a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement – New South Wales Police Minister David Elliott was in the middle of his own media blitz about BLM.
Elliott wasn’t, however, commenting on the outcome in the Chauvin trial. Nor was he reflecting on the demands of the movement in Australia – demands that became even more urgent following the death of five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody in a six-week period earlier this year.