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The journalist rejects this in part and maintains he contacted Fagan directly. Can only assume he did the same with the rest of them.

The journalist asked for Clarkson et al to respond to the story and they didn’t. They had an opportunity to be heard in the story and they didn’t take it. There is zero evidence thus far that the journalist has not met any journalistic standards here. You realise that if you made this a pre-requisite of journalism, to not release a story until both sides evidence had been waded through to the point of a concrete conclusion, we wouldn’t know about Jimmy Saville being one of the worst and most protected pedophiles in British History. Saville was dead at the time of print so he couldn’t defend himself and no court cases were able to test the validity of the allegations. They only had the hearsay evidence of victims. Just think about it for a second, if you didn’t broadcast credible allegations (ones that meet the journalistic standard) in the media, do you have any idea how much corruption would never have been found out about? You can’t demand a set of standards in a vacuum and not think about the broader problems that would arise.

They did ask the parties involved and they didn’t respond.

Ok, this is totally different from CYB saying the accused will be able to sue for slander as that specifically implies that the families are lying but… This idea that the accused aren’t getting natural justice isn’t accurate. The Hawks report was just that, a report. It was to gather the experiences of indigenous players and that was the scope of the report. Which they did. In it, was extremely serious allegations. The report is confidential and hasn’t been publicly released yet. There is now going to be an investigation by the AFL in which the accused will be told of the allegations, be able to give their side of the story and have their time in front of a tribunal to hear our the plurality of evidence from all sides. This is the definition of natural justice. The only ‘contentious’ part in all of this that could be argued, is that the ABC journalist ran a story about this in which he interviewed participants in the report and released the story. This story is what everyone is referring too and nobody would know about this if this story hadn’t broken. So given that. If you were to argue that the ABC journalist should not have run the story, which is the mechanism in this that brought all this to light, you have to realise you are arguing for either: Self censorship by the journalist in the face of 3 families all making extremely serious and detailed allegations about one of the biggest clubs, in one of the biggest sports, in the country. The allegations are DEFINITELY in the public interest.They deserve to be heard. The journalist would be remiss in not publishing the story if the allegations being made, meet the journalistic standards of credibility. And if they are found to not meet those standards, then, he and the abc will get the pants sued off them. It would also be grounds for this journalist to never work in media again as he would be effectively gagging the families for the benefit of the accused. Imagine how much would be covered up if journalists worked in this manner. We would be a waayyyyy worse society if this was the case. Or Censorship by some larger body to disallow the journalist from running the story in the interest of the accused. This is the definition of a cover up. Yes this is a messy situation, but, the alternatives to how this whole situation played out would lead to EXTREMELY BAD outcomes for our society and in the end, the accused will have their opportunity to defend themselves, which goes against the idea that are not receiving natural justice. P.S. I’m not saying you are explicitly arguing for censorship, I’m saying the logical outcomes of people arguing the accused aren’t getting natural justice, would lead to censorship.

Why do you say the accused parties will be suing for slander at this stage? The report hasn’t been released, there hasn’t been an investigation yet based on the report and the ABC story is adjacent to the report with testimony from 3 families involved with the report. At this stage, the only way you could say the accused would be suing is if you knew that any/all of the 3 families in the article were being untruthful. Do you have information that the families were being untruthful?

It’s a very effective mode of deflection, you throw the accusations you’re guilty of at your opponent to skew discourse. Murdoch press saying the ABC has an agenda is the definition of this tactic.

Good thing a court has already heard his side and decided he’s a racist. So please allow me to dance on his head and call him a racist. Thanks for your redundantly obvious point Mr. Racist.

Given that the abc report has redacted the real names of those mentioned in the abc article and that the initial report by the Hawks was purely about documenting the experiences of indigenous players and their time at the club… An AFL investigation without further testimony from those indigenous players involved without naming them is going to be untenable. I worry that players that were willing to speak in the initial internal club report will be intimidated out of adding/clarifying further if pressed. They clearly are uncomfortable/intimidated from being named which says a lot about the dynamics of the situation.

The ABC report was interviews with 3 families involved in the report. From the article: ‘Hawthorn had more than 20 First Nations players in the period of the review. Three families involved told ABC Sport about incidents in which club staff allegedly bullied and removed First Nations players from their homes and relocated them elsewhere, telling them to choose between their careers and their families’ The report itself is apparently going to have more allegations.

Is the lynch mob in the room with you now Cranky?

@ding Oh shoot, I misread for me to PM you the links, my apologies. Not on purpose.

https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Publications/BB/bb41.pdf https://www.ibac.vic.gov.au/media-releases/article/ibac-audit-highlights-inadequacies-in-victoria-police's-handling-of-complaints-by-aboriginal-people https://hir.harvard.edu/police-violence-australia-aboriginals/amp/ Here’s a few. I recognise that the first two are VERY long, so I included the last one that is a synthesis of criminological findings as an explanation. ———————————————————————— You’ve said to me: ‘We we’re clearly discussing RPFC’s suggestion that white Ex-coppers couldn’t possibly give them a fair hearing’ And: ‘Are you suggesting all of our prosecutors, judges and juries are racist too?.... ALL of them? This garbage needs to stop.’ To answer your question about whether I think ex-white police officers could give indigenous Australians a fair hearing, the data (to which I’ve provided in the links) suggests that there is an huge implicit bias within the entire justice system. It isn’t about any one ( or five) individuals, it is at systemic level. Given this clear evidence of bias that’s is endemic within the justice system, it isn’t entirely outrageous to suggest having an integrity board that is filled with ex-members of a state apparatus that again, clearly has bias issues, might not be a good idea. Doesn’t make them bad people, but what it has the capacity to do, is allow these same systemic biases to replicate themselves. So I don’t know if they could or couldn’t give a fair hearing. Nobody does. The five members are probably perfectly fine people. However, I don’t think it’s a good idea to have such a high representation of people from a state apparatus that is very, VERY, problematic when it comes to just outcomes for indigenous Australians, in and of itself. I arrive at this position exclusively from what the data about this institution says. It’s not a flippant position.

Nup. That would be a dumb thing to say or to think I’m saying. I’m giving you statistical facts about how systemic racism exists and expresses itself in Australia which are a part of the reasons indigenous Australians to mistrust the police. Not an opinion either, it’s just very basic criminology which finds these disparities out. I can send you links to criminological papers on the issue which explains it all if you like?

489 indigenous deaths in custody since 1991 might be a reason? With 0 convictions? Indigenous people composing 3% of the Australian population but comprising 28% of jail inmates?

This is unfortunately ( yes, if proven true as they are allegations at this stage) only a small expression of what a lot of indigenous people have and still go through as being thought of as inferior in our society. It’s why it’s important to not let people minimise or deny the potency and regularity of racism in Australia. All you can do.

As far as I understand, the report was commissioned within the purview of the Collingwood ‘do better’ report, the scope of the report was to find out what experiences indigenous people had whilst being with the Hawks, which means questions were asked and the outcome of those questions are the allegations being made. It wasn’t a report to get to the bottom of the veracity of allegations on this scale, it was to relay experiences and make changes. Given the allegations are so serious, hawthorn gave it to the AFL to deal with from here. Clarkson and co. will now be able to address the allegations in the AFL investigation that has been announced and this investigation is where the veracity of what has been alleged will be addressed.

Give it time. It’ll come.

Murder and rape has been happening since the time of the first humans too. But we think it’s bad yeah? And it’s something that should be opposed, not apologised for or downplayed? Right? Because it would be weird to just say ‘colonisation is a thing that exists and has existed for a long time’ in a conversation about colonisation being a bad thing. Almost like you’re trying to make a point without actually coming out and saying it.

The Queen paid millions of pounds for her pedophile sons legal costs and then contributed a large proportion of the 12 million pound settlement. Pedophile son was then allowed to walk in the state funded funeral for the queen, some people yelled at the pedophile, for being a pedophile, and THEY were arrested. Seems like the current royal family was cool with letting the pedophile participate. Fun fact: there’s photos of the royals doing a Heil Hitler sign in the 30’s. Great people. Wonder why anybody would resent a minutes silence for them.

It would be a brave move to dismantle their strength which is their forward line. But hey, could be a genius move if UH lives up to his potential this year and Naughton plays as an all Australian back. I really rate Naughton so I don’t doubt if they made that move that could happen to be honest. I actually agree about still trying for Lobb regardless of Grundy if it can somehow happen. He draws so much attention from oppo defenders, can take marks like you said and if Gawn or Grundy go down (not impossible given age and injury past) he’s more than a useful ruckman. I’m probably dreaming but he, we can all dream.

I’m shocked they’re even looking at him. Surely the doggies should be going for key position defenders above everything else.

What’s the reason for our drop off of pressure? Our pressure was one of the highest things about our game last year, so how could we have allowed to to drop away so badly. We went from 3rd in 2021 to last this year I think. Is it a loss of will to run from players as they just expected to win? Are they less fit? Do these factors came down to a cultural thing? I genuinely don’t have answers myself.

Collingwood went from 17th to a possible prelim through a different game plan that accentuated their teams strengths. Geelong this year look way more dangerous by moving the ball quickly and making adjustments to suit the players they have. Hardwick went from his possible last year to 3 flags in a row. All of this happened by the coach changing what they do. Goodwin needs to change (in my opinion) to mitigate his very evident faults. His faults mostly stem from the fact that he is way too conservative on many levels. One is: His game plan puts too much emphasis on players that aren’t good enough to carry that weight. His rigid game plan continues that emphasis on these players. I’ve said it in another thread, but ANB plays an important role in our team. We are better when he is in the team weirdly. But, he is not a good enough player in his role to fulfill the role and be as effective as we need him to be. That’s because of our game plan. So, he can either bring in better players that are able to carry that weight, or change the game plan to suit the players he has at his disposal. He can either persist with the 1 plan he is and getting 3-4 better players he needs (isn’t going to happen) OR he can adjust the game plan and allow the team to operate at a higher efficiency.

Yup. The rigidity of the coaching and unwillingness to test players out of their position is first order what’s to blame. Petty being put up forward and almost winning the game… amazing what happens when we divert from Plan A and move players into other positions. We made a change to address our problematic forward line and bang, result. What could have been with more adventurous coaching in 2022. Oh well. On to 2023 I guess and for the love of God, can we PLEASE come up with a couple of 2nd or 3rd order game plans coaching staff?

Yeah fair, I didn’t mention our fitness but it seems an issue for sure. I honestly think that TMAC would make us a little bit better for sure… but he is not enough to address the player/strategy issues we have. I’m only mentioning curnow/Mackay/Elliot as a hypothetical answer as a reason to not change from game plan A. As in, it * could* work if we had players of that caliber, but we don’t, so it’s fanciful to continue, like you said, My point about the game plan is that we don’t make changes to accentuate the players we do have, we just plow ahead and hope we’re good enough to win instead of reacting to what’s happening in front of us.