MEDIA & POLITICS
“DADDY BALLARAT”! Sent to prison for raping 4 boys, former journo & convicted pedo William Scetrine builds social media following in thousands & now searching for “friends” to take around Asia
EXCLUSIVE: William Scetrine was a former journalist and senior adviser to the Australian Democrats party who in 2008 was sentenced to six years imprisonment for raping four primary-school aged boys. The judge said he had shown no remorse and there was little chance of rehabilitation. Having built himself a large following on social media since his release, Scetrine was now looking for “friends” to travel with around Asia.
OK, I have to walk away for a bit, I’m trying to digest being hit by such a truck. What was all that?
Simple question. How much cash and assets did Barilaro have when he entered politics and how much does he have now? Presumably this is he public knowledge?
We would need a beneficial ownership register for that! Politicians tie their plundered gold up in complex trust structures
It appears to me that Australia’s most pressing problem is corruption.
To tackle any of our most urgent issues , we must dig out any and all corruption, and impose prison sentences on those guilty of corrupt acts.
In particular, corruption must be met with strict laws, thorough investigations, criminal charges, fair and open trials, confiscation of the proceeds of corruption, and long prison sentences for those found guilty..
All of this must be done in a way that prevents corruption charges being used as a political weapons.
This will depend on setting up effective independent anri-corruption commissions
federally and for each state.
Finally, whistle-blowers must be protected.
This is my opinion. This country will not progress if we refuse do this. It will remain a broken state.
Corruption is like an infected gall-bladder: We suffer the painful debitation as it rots inside of us and infects everything around it.
Removal is the only cure.