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In this article from the BBC, Tony Blair has called for tougher laws and a global drive to tackle the “evil” ideology behind the London bombings.
Talks are to begin on bringing in new laws covering preparations for attacks and to make it easier to deport people trying to “incite hatred“, he told MPs.
We need something like that here in Australia.
Catch a Cleric preaching jihad….send him back home…..immediately…..without appeal.
Another report has been released detailing ‘abuse’ at Guantonamo Bay. Aljazeera carry the story on their front page alongside reports of terrorists blowing up kids in a free chocalate queue in Baghdad and British police attempts to sort out the London bombing attrocity.
But looking into FBI reports of abuse, the investigators found multiple instances at the prison, including the use of duct tape on at least one prisoner’s face, a threat to kill another prisoner’s family, and inappropriate touching by female interrogators.
Oh, my God…duct tape over the terrorists face. How barbaric.
Almendha goes one better by carrying a story of an art exhibition in Rome with Guantonamo Abuse as a theme.
To be sure, it’s a weird world we live in.
Well, it’s all doom and gloom in the labour and union ranks as they predict the end of civilized society as we know it with Howard’s IR reforms.
As the IR laws haven’t been submitted to the house yet I must presume they are basing their predictions, as they are often do, on the premise that anything coming from the Conservative benches must be bad for the worker.
The unfair dismissal laws are getting a hiding as the Unions predict every honest and loyal servant will be sacked at the whim of the boss for trivial misdemeanours, but any employer acting that way is simply going downhill fast. The only people who need fear unfair dismissal laws are those bludging slugs that hitherto, bosses have been forced to keep on as it was simply to expensive to dismiss them.
Rob Corr, over at Red Rag is attacking with both barrels loaded with emotive language cartridges.
Courts may face a shortage of jurors…..granny had better get used to those kerosene baths…..anyone who wants a pay rise will be forced to sign away their holidays and the proposed scrapping of unfair dismissal laws will silence whistle-blowers
and mentions
….job security should comes first with corporate profits and conservative ideology a distant last.
Maybe, but the worker better hope his company has corporate profits – it’s the source of his wages after all
Labor’s new advocate and Primate of the Anglican church, Dr Phillip Aspinall, says;
The purpose of unfair dismissal laws is to prevent unfair dismissals. If a change there means we’re going to allow unfair dismissals — that is, expose vulnerable people to unfairness — that is a real concern, not only to the churches but the whole community.
This emotive, simplistic and illogical statement doesn’t hold water as the purpose may have once been to prevent unfair dismissals but in reality it ended up preventing any dismissal for almost any reason and therefore does need changing.
The Unfair Dismissal laws, in fact, became Guaranteed Employment-for-life laws and has subsequently held back many businesses by forcing them to carry deadweight.
And the best plug for IR Reform is Paul Keating saying we don’t need it.
Back at the desk in Brisbane. Unfortunately it’s still only 15 degrees celcius but I can’t insist on perfect weather all the time.
I checked in at A.E.Brain’ site and found a link to London Calling. I have included it on the right hand menu. Go read as it emphasises the fact that we are at war and it could well get worse.
I have a lot of admin to do and Legacy are demanding my presence but I will now post regularly again after having all my batteries recharged.
Currently resident at Fishery Falls, NQ – just 10 odd kilometers north of Babinda at the house of an old Army friend Denis Quick. Denis has a weekly column in the Townsville Bulletin on current and historic defence matters and has agreed to providing guest posts on kevgillett.net and this will commence on my return to Brisbane. Another opinion can only help.
The trip has been uneventful in respect of vehicle or tyre damage with poor fishing (inclement weather) but I have met some very interesting characters and will post on them later.
The Discovery handled the Old Telegaraph Track with ease and in due course I will post pics of the car going vertical into river crossings and climbing river exits that no sane vehicle owner would attempt.
This week promises a few days R & R on Magnetic Island out of Townsville, a few beers with old army mates and then home by the weekend when my leave pass runs out.
Until then.