RAFAL NEWS UPDATE, NON-VIRUS NEWS, FRI 17 APR 2020
WOMAN-HATING NEWS
‘Melb Guy Pals’ misogynist Facebook group shut down
>The page posted revenge porn, in this case a video of an underage girl having sex with the person who posted the video, posted without her consent
>Misogynistic abuse also posted
>Nearly 7000 members before being shut down
>Only created on Wednesday evening
>Messages originally targeted at members of “Melbourne Gal Pals” an established Facebook group for women
>Description said “talk shit about any girl you want, stays between the boys … can organise fights in this chat but keep it peaceful”
>A comment said “Holocaust #2 but instead of jews we target women”
>A comment said “Gal pals want to get police envoled [sic]. How about we just spam nice things and make it seem like they’re making everything up”
>After the Guardian asked Facebook for a comment, the page was removed.
>Copy cat groups now emerge
>”Melbourne Gal Pal” admins say police need to be involved
>Cheers to the people on my feed who shared these screenshots and participated in getting enough attention to shut down the group
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/17/melbourne-guy-pals-facebook-group-shut-down-revenge-porn-misogynist-abuse-posted
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CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS:
>The Murray-Darling basin has a lot less water than it used to, a report finds that this is because of climate change.
>Scientists are trying a thing where they are going to get into some clouds and make them bigger and brighter, so that it will provide more shade and cool the corals, and hopefully protect them from more bleaching (which is damage that happens when the temperature rises because of climate change) This is amazing! But also it will be futile if we don’t also reduce emissions and slow down climate change.
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CRIME NEWS
>In Adelaide, a man murdered a woman who was his former partner. The police say neighbours heard a cry for help but did not do anything about it.
>Two girls in the ACT attacked a man they accused of being a rapist, there is no evidence that he is a rapist
>There is no explanation as to why they thought he was a rapist. There is no suggestion that they themselves were the victims of the alleged rape.
>They beat, stabbed with a needle and shaved him and cut his hair, and threatened to stab him with a pair of scissors
>They were smoking ice at the time
>One of the girls recorded part of the incident
>One girl was 15 at the time and has serious mental health issues
>One girl was 17 at the time and was pregnant
>The girls were sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court, but avoided jail time.
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INNOCENT REFUGEES PUT IN JAIL ILLEGALLY NEWS:
>Two year old girl was born in Australia, “not afforded procedural fairness” in her bid to claim asylum in Australia.
>The family says they fear persecution if they return to Sri Lanka.
>The Federal Government said she has no right to asylum in Australia. The court asked for more evidence that this was the case.
>The Federal Government says if they grant asylum seeker status to her they have to grant it for the whole family.
>The girl was born to Tamil asylum-seekers in Queensland, then the family was moved to a detention centre in Melbourne when she was almost 1 years old.
>The government tried to deport them all to Sri Lanka, but while the plane was in the air there was an injunction and the plane landed in Darwin instead. The family was then taken to detention in Christmas Island.
>The case went to Federal Court, and they said the federal government did not assess her case properly
>To be clear, that does not mean she is now allowed to stay in Australia, but that the case is going to trial.
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MALCOLM TURNBULL WROTE A BOOK NEWS:
Malcolm Turnbull is publishing his book “A Bigger Picture” next week. The press got some authorised advance chapters, but the entire thing was leaked by The Australian. Here are some highlights.
NEWS CORP (MURDOCH CONSERVATIVE NEWS)
>He says News Corp actively campaigned against his government (referring to The Australian newspaper and Sky News)
>Turnbull says that journalists from News Corp told him so themselves
>”Turnbull claims the Coalition ingratiates itself with Murdoch outlets through strategic leaks in return for favourable coverage.” (Guardian)
>Remember, the book was leaked to an editor at The Australian (a conservative Murdoch/News Corp paper)
>Quote from the book “If more journalists who’ve worked at News Corporation were prepared publicly to tell the truth about the extent of their control and influence, even the most cynical Australians would be appalled”
>Former editor-in-chief of The Australian Paul Kelly says this account is “colourful but unbalanced”
>Turnbull says Abbott was more deferential and easier to “control”, and they had more privileged access to stories under Abbott
>Turnbull says Murdochs “routinely exploit and encourage intolerance”
THE GUARDIAN
>Turnbull helped created the Australian Guardian
>Turnbull says the Guardian has only rarely endorsed his or his government’s policies
>He helped begin it by suggestion to the editor of the UK Guardian
>Turnbull brought in progressive Graeme Wood to help fund it
>He also introduced various people who formed the beginnings of the paper
>The Guardian says his recollection “skips over” a few things, and points out that after the part he described Turnbull had no further involvement
>One of the founders says even before Turnbull started talking to people, she and others were discussing starting a online publication themselves
>Their headline reads “Guardian Australia owes Malcolm Turnbull thanks - but not favours”
OLD NEWS
>Says Barnaby Joyce lied to him when Joyce had his sex scandal a few years ago (Joyce was Deputy PM)
MALCOLM’S HEAD
>He says he struggled with mental illness during his career, had depression and had suicidal thoughts. He was also prescribed anti-depressants. I think it’s awesome he is talking about this openly in this book, this is a brave thing to do, especially in a conservative context where a lot of people have little sympathy with mental health issues.
POLITICAL STUFF
>Says Scott Morrison is a “control freak”. Descriptions of how how Morrison would be devious when voting for new leaders, “he’d publicly vote one way while ensuring his supporters voted the other way”
> Says Morrison "While it's never possible to be 100 per cent certain about these things, I have come to conclude Scott was playing a double game: professing public loyalty to me while at the same time allowing his supporters to undermine me. It was, of course, precisely what he’d done in 2015 when he said he’d voted for Abbott in the leadership ballot but worked closely with me to ensure his supporters voted against Abbott”
>Referring to Mathias Corman (Finance Minister), he said his “treachery was the worst and most hurtful”
>Referring to Peter Dutton “Views may differ as to whether I overestimated his competence, but certainly I misjudged his character”
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