More than one person is cross with news reports on the Darryl Beamish payment. This is from WAToady; yesterday Aunty broadcasted a report with a grab from someone saying the State Government had apologised – et al. Christian Porter’s media release yesterday had no apology – but the AG did touch on his “sincere regret” for Beamish spending 15 years inside for something he didn’t do. Beamish got $425,000: Mr Porter had to take into account Beamish’s “previous offending behaviour”. An Act of Grace, indeed. One bloke I know described Mr Porter as “mealy-mouthed”. Goodness.
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I call a worst – a worst on the selection of the image for this worst – why depict the wrongfully convicted person who is the recipient of the ex gratia payment? Why not depict Christian Porter who is the topic of the worst?
15 years of Mr Beamish’s life from age 19 to 34, with a murder conviction on his record until 2005 and a grudging $425k for the miscarriage of justice. $425k wouldnt even cover a year of Porter’s spend on gel/wax/brilliantine/fudge and the odd visit to the barber.
Puff piece for the next Lib leader
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Part of the worst is these wrong reports about the state apologising.
So far I haven’t found a graphic with the supposed apology and the AG.
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Christian Porter says “Following the former government’s ex gratia payment to John Button, this payment is another step towards closing a shocking and tragic chapter in Western Australia’s criminal history.”
Shouldnt that read “law enforcement, prosecution and justice”?
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agreed orbea, what a mean sum indeed.
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Estelle Blackburn (bless her soul) explained on 720 ABC that he had, being a humble man, only applied for $500,000 -a paltry amount. Even then Porter could not find it in his heart to give him the full amount , and docked $75,000 because of trivial offences committed by Darryl Beamish as a disabled, troubled youth.
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Orbea, you are spot on.
Mr Beamish should have got 10 times the paltry nominal $425k and that would not be enough. Now and forever he deserves to be left alone.
Less than $30k/year paid 40 years late and consistent with the WOP attitudes, many believe that Mr Beamish has been unjustly enriched…..or got away with it.
There is something dark and despicable about the propensity of some to aggressively judge and condemn the accused in cases where their knowledge is limited to often incomplete and partial media reports.
Did we learn anything at all from the Azaria Chamberlain tragedy?
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it is likely that in the near future a state election wmay be contested between Christian Porter and Mark McGowan
be afraid. be very afraid
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Ha! Mark McGowan you’ve got to be joking!? Christian Porter will beat hands down!!!!
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so $28 000 per year of wrongfully deprived liberty. Better than the dole I suppose, what a great country
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That Guy looks stupid thats a good photo.
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Oh seriously kid, shut up sometimes if you don’t know what you’re talking about. This is a monumental worst and the “Act of Grace” quote is beyond infuriating. Act of grace my ass.
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Jane, I think it’s safe to say that the general consensus now seems to be that Legend is not a kid. Just a troll.
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Nooo! He is like I was, er, 35 years ago…
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You think so Shazz?? I was all over the troll theory six months ago but I’ve drifted back to kid recently. Surely a troll would have more of a point by now? His insistent inanity reminds me of…. well, my own kids.
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I’ve shown my three teenage and pre-teenage kids this site many times, and they find it repellent. It’s like what they have to endure at every Christmas dinner, a bunch of drunken middle-aged people wanking away about how fucked up their world is. They only want to hear about how fucked up the world is from people their own age. TL 101 could only be an adult.
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Or a messed up kid. The kind that other kids keep away from.
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But I’m not a drunken middle aged… oh hang on.
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Shazz is on the money. Troll just be troll.
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Time flies.
It’s a little difficult as they are so erratic.
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Fine, Why dont you do it yourself
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OT, but it looks like the West blog mods aren’t paying attention, either.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/opinion/post/-/blog/benoshea/post/317/comment/1
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You have a gold weekend too, Bento.
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for a little fun, try lodging a complaint about the moderation of that site.
and thanks for the link. brilliant.
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No Vegan what did i do?
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What the hell, I dont get what where all going on about
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Hell… he’d a done better if he’d stitched is mouth up, all $880,000, don’t tell me this country isn’t all cocked up, and saying that what about Julian Grylls $250,000 toilets spread around the state… IMPRESSIVE
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