Comments on: Tips and rumours http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:13:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: davo http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16051 davo Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16051 It's well documented that N Spot Destroyer is not well like among her colleagues - info such as the story given above is not surprising. It’s well documented that N Spot Destroyer is not well like among her colleagues - info such as the story given above is not surprising.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16052 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16052 I dunno about Denton but his wife is a product of the Divine for sure! I dunno about Denton but his wife is a product of the Divine for sure!

]]> By: john t http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16053 john t Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16053 What gives with this rush of ABC heavies to Singapore to see their employee sprung for drug offences while on leave? And featuring FA Minister's comments about the chap, and frequent coverage in news programs. Quite a lot of questions being asked in street chatter about this apparent ABC partiality for one of the in-group, and use of publically funded air and staff time and money, for what seems a decidedly non-spectacular matter. Is there a lapse of management judgment here? Or are we soon to be amazed by a startling revelation of a miscarriage of justice? What gives with this rush of ABC heavies to Singapore to see their employee sprung for drug offences while on leave? And featuring FA Minister’s comments about the chap, and frequent coverage in news programs. Quite a lot of questions being asked in street chatter about this apparent ABC partiality for one of the in-group, and use of publically funded air and staff time and money, for what seems a decidedly non-spectacular matter. Is there a lapse of management judgment here? Or are we soon to be amazed by a startling revelation of a miscarriage of justice?

]]> By: KJames http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16054 KJames Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16054 JamesK - if you knew John Denton you would realise the scoop is that, for once, Denton is admitting that there is a higher power in the room than him! JamesK - if you knew John Denton you would realise the scoop is that, for once, Denton is admitting that there is a higher power in the room than him!

]]> By: Lynda Hopgood http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16055 Lynda Hopgood Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16055 Validifies??? Surely the word is VALIDATES. Validifies??? Surely the word is VALIDATES.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16056 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16056 That George Pell is such a card! Isn't he? That George Pell is such a card! Isn’t he?

]]> By: Neil McLachlan http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16057 Neil McLachlan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16057 What on earth does "validifies" mean? What on earth does “validifies” mean?

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16058 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16058 wrt: WYD supporter, Kath Day-Knight meet Pope. <br /><br />Wow! What a 'scoop' for Crikey! <br />You guy! You are a band of fearless and honest reporters seeking truth and justice in the public interest through hard work.......<br /> wrt: WYD supporter, Kath Day-Knight meet Pope.

Wow! What a ‘scoop’ for Crikey!
You guy! You are a band of fearless and honest reporters seeking truth and justice in the public interest through hard work…….

]]> By: MediaMook http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/21/tips-and-rumours/#comment-16059 MediaMook Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-16059 If the 'Corrs blessed by Pope Benedict' tip is true ( for such is the nature of Tips & Rumours...) then it is a bit of a scoop. It's shameful that George Pell said today that the Pope could not meet all victims of sexual abuse by priests to apologise yet he makes time to meet and thank the law firm that sends out letters on behalf of the Catholic Church of Australia to (alleged) sexual abuse victims offering money for silence. Noice! This 60 Minutes report transcript extract from June 2002 is very interesting: <br />http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/lossfaith2.htm<br />RICHARD CARLETON: And you offered them $50,000.<br />GEORGE PELL: I offered them nothing. They were free to go into a process which is run by an independent panel.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: I have a letter here.<br />GEORGE PELL: That's from the lawyers after they'd been through the process which they were free to enter.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: You're exactly right, sir. It is from the lawyers — Corrs Chambers Westgarth.<br />GEORGE PELL: That's right.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: "Dear Mr and Mrs" — I won't mention the family name — "as you know, we act for Archbishop Pell." You offered them 50 grand to be quiet.<br />GEORGE PELL: I offered them 50 grand in compensation according to the publicly acknowledged procedures.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: And to be quiet.<br />GEORGE PELL: And they chose not to accept that.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: The words, if words have meaning, sir, you bought their silence or you sought to buy their silence — "a realistic alternative to litigation that will otherwise be strenuously defended".<br />GEORGE PELL: Yes, if they want to go law, we will use the law to defend ourselves. And they are free to do so.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: And you swear them to secrecy.<br />GEORGE PELL: We ask them to...<br />RICHARD CARLETON: You swear them. You don't ask them, you swear them.<br />GEORGE PELL: There is a requirement that they don't talk about it. Most of them are happy not to. And if they don't want to use that, they can do something else.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: They can go to the courts.<br />GEORGE PELL: Yes.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: Why do you impose this condition, sir?<br />GEORGE PELL: Because many of them don't want to be subjected to publicity and of course it's shameful for the Church.<br />RICHARD CARLETON: Archbishop, thank you.<br />GEORGE PELL: Good, thank you.<br /> If the ‘Corrs blessed by Pope Benedict’ tip is true ( for such is the nature of Tips & Rumours…) then it is a bit of a scoop. It’s shameful that George Pell said today that the Pope could not meet all victims of sexual abuse by priests to apologise yet he makes time to meet and thank the law firm that sends out letters on behalf of the Catholic Church of Australia to (alleged) sexual abuse victims offering money for silence. Noice! This 60 Minutes report transcript extract from June 2002 is very interesting:
http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/ethics/lossfaith2.htm
RICHARD CARLETON: And you offered them $50,000.
GEORGE PELL: I offered them nothing. They were free to go into a process which is run by an independent panel.
RICHARD CARLETON: I have a letter here.
GEORGE PELL: That’s from the lawyers after they’d been through the process which they were free to enter.
RICHARD CARLETON: You’re exactly right, sir. It is from the lawyers — Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
GEORGE PELL: That’s right.
RICHARD CARLETON: “Dear Mr and Mrs” — I won’t mention the family name — “as you know, we act for Archbishop Pell.” You offered them 50 grand to be quiet.
GEORGE PELL: I offered them 50 grand in compensation according to the publicly acknowledged procedures.
RICHARD CARLETON: And to be quiet.
GEORGE PELL: And they chose not to accept that.
RICHARD CARLETON: The words, if words have meaning, sir, you bought their silence or you sought to buy their silence — “a realistic alternative to litigation that will otherwise be strenuously defended”.
GEORGE PELL: Yes, if they want to go law, we will use the law to defend ourselves. And they are free to do so.
RICHARD CARLETON: And you swear them to secrecy.
GEORGE PELL: We ask them to…
RICHARD CARLETON: You swear them. You don’t ask them, you swear them.
GEORGE PELL: There is a requirement that they don’t talk about it. Most of them are happy not to. And if they don’t want to use that, they can do something else.
RICHARD CARLETON: They can go to the courts.
GEORGE PELL: Yes.
RICHARD CARLETON: Why do you impose this condition, sir?
GEORGE PELL: Because many of them don’t want to be subjected to publicity and of course it’s shameful for the Church.
RICHARD CARLETON: Archbishop, thank you.
GEORGE PELL: Good, thank you.

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