It has become clear that the reason for the incompetence of the SIA is due to members and above having no safety qualifications! *Note it is good to see the president Mr Geoff Dell being qualified! (not sure what specialty he has though).
I want to ask you all this question! With a Grad Dip in OHSM I do not believe I can practice medicine in any manner or form! So why is it that those with qualification in health are accepted as qualified in safety??????
It is clear that doctors, nurses or other health fields do not know much about safety (from years of studying with them they have no idea) yet the Safety Institute of Australia accepts these qualifications as acceptable to become a member!
That is crap and why so many Australian workers die every year in this country!!!!
My most recent boss had no idea, due to the fact he had been accepted on the qualification in the health field. That is crap too!!!!
And Queenslanders are the worst they think a five day course qualifies people to manage safety over 15 years of safety related qualfications!
A crazy field this safety where they ban people that have many qualifications, 20 years safety experience and allow people with health qualfications to claim they are experts in the field of safety, elevating them to membership of the SIA or higher.
Stop allowing the deaths of up to 5,000 Australian workers by allowing those with passion, experience and qualifications back into the SIA so we can kick out all those incompetent, health care professionals out. If they were any good they would be doctors etc.
Regards
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Clipsal 500 death highlights the incompetence of the Safety Proffesion in this country
The death of a young V8 driver on the weekend highlights the incompetence of the Safety Profession in this country. We have everybody comming out and investigating the incident from police to the who's who of politics, yet the workplace inspectorate are not involved the SIA keeps quite on the subject.
Well it's simple!!!!!!!
This incident proves what I have been proposing for years! Deaths on our roads are caused by impact with an object that expels the energy to the driver or passengers. In this case it was a concrete barrier!
How about they use some brains and move the barriers back, leaving the corner the same but added a sand trap before the barrier. Simple isn't it, the sand would then absorb a lot of the energy before hitting the barrier.
Oh but that's right the incompetent safety profession will claim it was speed related! It's sad to say but the SIA is way out of touch.
And why isn't the workplace inspectorate involved? It is definately a workplace and drivers are definately paid for working in their profession. It must be too hard for safety people to understand!
MAY YOUR DEATH BE THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN THE SAFETY INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND NOT BE IN VAIN LIKE PETER BROCK
Regards
Well it's simple!!!!!!!
This incident proves what I have been proposing for years! Deaths on our roads are caused by impact with an object that expels the energy to the driver or passengers. In this case it was a concrete barrier!
How about they use some brains and move the barriers back, leaving the corner the same but added a sand trap before the barrier. Simple isn't it, the sand would then absorb a lot of the energy before hitting the barrier.
Oh but that's right the incompetent safety profession will claim it was speed related! It's sad to say but the SIA is way out of touch.
And why isn't the workplace inspectorate involved? It is definately a workplace and drivers are definately paid for working in their profession. It must be too hard for safety people to understand!
MAY YOUR DEATH BE THE CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN THE SAFETY INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA AND NOT BE IN VAIN LIKE PETER BROCK
Regards
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Bernie Banton was found to have been murdered!
There is no doubt that James Hardie knew they would kill many people with their products as far back as the 1920's, sure they didn't know the names of the people they would kill but they knew they would make heaps of money out of killing those people.
Bernie Banton's fight must continue to put these murderers in jail! Saddam didn't kill anywhere near as many people as the directors of James Hardie, yet saddam faced the death penalty,
But James Hardie's board of directors face no charges for deliberately murdering hundreds of thousands if not millions of people!
And the polititians scoring political points out of Bernie's death should also face prosecution becuase they did nothing to help him only hindered him with laws to protect their buddies in James Hardie.
The fight must go on and Industrial Manslaughter laws need to be put in place. Even though Manslaughter is accidental and James Hardies actions were never accidental they were deliberately killing people to make money. These directors should face criminal prosecution for murder.
Regards
Gus
Bernie Banton's fight must continue to put these murderers in jail! Saddam didn't kill anywhere near as many people as the directors of James Hardie, yet saddam faced the death penalty,
But James Hardie's board of directors face no charges for deliberately murdering hundreds of thousands if not millions of people!
And the polititians scoring political points out of Bernie's death should also face prosecution becuase they did nothing to help him only hindered him with laws to protect their buddies in James Hardie.
The fight must go on and Industrial Manslaughter laws need to be put in place. Even though Manslaughter is accidental and James Hardies actions were never accidental they were deliberately killing people to make money. These directors should face criminal prosecution for murder.
Regards
Gus
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Reposted Truck Driver Arrested for Ghan Train Crash
Eric Wrigglesworth must look at this following article and just shake his head.
The truck driver under arrest and the train drivers being investigated for speeding and whether they blew their horn early enough. What about the government official responsible for rail and the designers of the track for not making all crossings by tunnel or bridge so this can't happen, shouldn't they be the first to be arrested and investigated for not removing risks as far as possible?
What would the cost of the crash the injuries the loss of production for the truck and train, the rescue, the transportation of passengers, the recovery of the train and the repair of tracks and train and what is the cost of a tunnel or bridge compared to people's lives, they are just blessed there weren't any deaths.
Driver arrest after Ghan train crash
By staff writers and wires
December 13, 2006 12:03pm
Article from: NEWS.com.au
THE truck driver involved in the derailment of the Ghan passenger train south of Darwin yesterday has been arrested.
A 50-year-old British woman remains in critical but stable condition in Darwin hospital today after she was removed unconscious from the wreckage by rescue workers.
She suffered head injuries and had to be stabilised at the scene before being flown to Darwin in a RAAF search and rescue helicopter.
The truck driver, 57, who suffered suspected spinal injuries, was also taken to hospital by ambulance.
Police have confirmed he has been arrested but has yet to be charged with any offence and will only be interviewed when he is considered well enough.......
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Drug wars
I've stated my disgust at the so called war on drugs by our political leaders before and in short, the government has gone to war on a large majority of Australians, which is unhealthy to say the least.
But here is how ridiculous these polititians are, I won't go into detail other than to say marijuana has never caused a death by overdose and most evidence suggest that no one has ever died from using pot.
However becuase of the political gains the polititians keep going to war on marijuana users but at what expense?
We are seeing the results more young people are seeing marijuana usage as socially unaceptable becuase of the lies they believe about it's use as can be evidenced by the previous artical on the drug.
The reason we are not hearing the attepts to stem the use of far more dangerous drugs such as alcohol and more specifically drugs such as GBH, Ecstacy, Crack ice and the like becuase the Government has put it in the too hard basket and instead attacks an easy target that causes little harm such as pot.
What is sad is the number of people now dying becuase of the missguided/lying polititians wanting to make political millege by going to war on marijuana users, when the issue is why are we pushing the kids on these harder drugs?
Sure in a perfect world there would not be any experimental drug use by our young but reality shows they will take drugs no matter what the laws say.
But when the priority focuss and funding is prodominantly against marijuana then there are some serious questions to ask! For example
But I suppose if people vote for these polititians then it doesn't matter that our young are dying and becoming mentally ill if the political party wins votes. The problem is they are killing people to win votes.
Regards
Daniel
Family seeks 'positive' from ecstasy death
February 20, 2007 11:43am
Article from: AAP
THE family of Annabel Catt, who died from a suspected drug overdose after taking ecstasy at a Sydney concert, say they want people to learn from her death.
Ms Catt, 20, of Elanora Heights, on Sydney's northern beaches, collapsed at a party at nearby Warriewood on Sunday about 5am (AEDT).
Just hours earlier, she had left the Good Vibrations music festival at Centennial Park.
Ambulance officers were told the woman, who was showing signs of respiratory distress, had taken MDMA, usually found in ecstasy.
Brother Antony Catt today said family and friends were devastated by the death of "beautiful Annabel".
"We would like everyone to learn from this tragic mistake," Mr Catt said
But here is how ridiculous these polititians are, I won't go into detail other than to say marijuana has never caused a death by overdose and most evidence suggest that no one has ever died from using pot.
However becuase of the political gains the polititians keep going to war on marijuana users but at what expense?
We are seeing the results more young people are seeing marijuana usage as socially unaceptable becuase of the lies they believe about it's use as can be evidenced by the previous artical on the drug.
The reason we are not hearing the attepts to stem the use of far more dangerous drugs such as alcohol and more specifically drugs such as GBH, Ecstacy, Crack ice and the like becuase the Government has put it in the too hard basket and instead attacks an easy target that causes little harm such as pot.
What is sad is the number of people now dying becuase of the missguided/lying polititians wanting to make political millege by going to war on marijuana users, when the issue is why are we pushing the kids on these harder drugs?
Sure in a perfect world there would not be any experimental drug use by our young but reality shows they will take drugs no matter what the laws say.
But when the priority focuss and funding is prodominantly against marijuana then there are some serious questions to ask! For example
- Why is marijuana funding and enforcement exceding something as the drug Alcohol? We know that Alcohol causes more damage and impairment than all the ellicite drugs combined! So we see the alcoholics are making laws to hide their drug abuse of alcohol and attacking something that provides very little risk.
- Why are drugs such as crack ice, ecstacy, GBH now seen as acceptable with our young? Could it be that we playing God have pushed the young onto these dangerous drugs becuase the lies by government making something that is relatively safe into something that is far more dangerous than Alcohol, ICE, GBH and ecstacy! We know these drugs are dangerous and can not only result in death but brain damage and numerous other medical conditions such as brain damage but they are considered safer than marijuana which has none of these effects!
- Could it be that organised crime has been in control of our drug laws all along! The only people a war on marijuana benefits is organised crime! Becuase of the laws the price of marijuana is high and profits are good, while also the laws have created a whole new business for organised crime by making drugs such as GBH, Ecstacy, ICE and the like acceptable over marijuana which has increased the market so much for organised crime to make their profits.
- Alcohol is shown as the most dangerous drug for mental health, physical health and death yet is legal while many suffer from cancer and many other conditions becuase they cannot use a relatively safe drug such as marijuana forcing them to use morphine, and addictive perscription drugs.
But I suppose if people vote for these polititians then it doesn't matter that our young are dying and becoming mentally ill if the political party wins votes. The problem is they are killing people to win votes.
Regards
Daniel
Family seeks 'positive' from ecstasy death
February 20, 2007 11:43am
Article from: AAP
THE family of Annabel Catt, who died from a suspected drug overdose after taking ecstasy at a Sydney concert, say they want people to learn from her death.
Ms Catt, 20, of Elanora Heights, on Sydney's northern beaches, collapsed at a party at nearby Warriewood on Sunday about 5am (AEDT).
Just hours earlier, she had left the Good Vibrations music festival at Centennial Park.
Ambulance officers were told the woman, who was showing signs of respiratory distress, had taken MDMA, usually found in ecstasy.
Brother Antony Catt today said family and friends were devastated by the death of "beautiful Annabel".
"We would like everyone to learn from this tragic mistake," Mr Catt said
Monday, February 19, 2007
When Scientists forget God!
Asteroid warning for 2036
February 19, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun
AN asteroid may be heading our way in 2036.
A group of experts says the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it.
Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a one in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.
Although the odds of an impact are low, a recent plan for NASA to upgrade its tracking of asteroids is expected to uncover hundreds, if not thousands, of threatening space rocks in the near future.
"It's not just Apophis we're looking at," former Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart said.
"Every country is at risk. We need a set of general principles to deal with this issue."
These Scientists seem to have forgotten that God protected this planet with larger planets whose gravitational pull will deflect any asteroids into themselves and then he put an asteroid belt in between earth and the larger planets to sort of act like an RCD device in electricity safety!
So to these scientists stop denying God exists and embrass his perfect creation!
Regards
Daniel
February 19, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun
AN asteroid may be heading our way in 2036.
A group of experts says the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it.
Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a one in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.
Although the odds of an impact are low, a recent plan for NASA to upgrade its tracking of asteroids is expected to uncover hundreds, if not thousands, of threatening space rocks in the near future.
"It's not just Apophis we're looking at," former Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart said.
"Every country is at risk. We need a set of general principles to deal with this issue."
These Scientists seem to have forgotten that God protected this planet with larger planets whose gravitational pull will deflect any asteroids into themselves and then he put an asteroid belt in between earth and the larger planets to sort of act like an RCD device in electricity safety!
So to these scientists stop denying God exists and embrass his perfect creation!
Regards
Daniel
Why we send someone using pot to jail!
We send pot users to jail becuase they are indangering no one before we send them there and after they go we turn them into child sex offenders which are dangerous and acceptable to be released from jail! Worse the sex offenders identity and location are protected becuase they are dangerous and the governments want dangerous people that's why they turn people to heroin, crack ice, gbh and the likes over marijuana becuase they want dangerous people in the community to win votes by attacking them in the papers!
Sex-fiends 'viewed naked children in films'
February 19, 2007 02:37am
Article from: AAP
SOME of Victoria's worst sex offenders have viewed sexually explicit films in their cells at Ararat Prison.
Two films in the prison's video library show images of naked children playing and include close-ups of children's genitals, News Ltd reported today.
Sex offenders including pedophile Brian Jones; known as Mr Baldy; child killer Robert Arthur Selby Lowe, convicted of the 1991 murder of Sheree Beasley in 1991; and pedophile former priest Gerard Ridsdale could have had unmonitored access to the films.
News Ltd was advised of the existence of the films through a whistleblower, a prisoner who was in charge of screening movies in the 55-man prison unit.
And the problem is an organisation such as the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne disciplines people who raise concerns about the pornography on their computer network. The managers of this organisation find it acceptable to have pornography on computers in a children's hospital and actually praise that person as being good at health and safety!
Pfffffffffftttttttttttt criminals supporting criminals.
Regards
Daniel
Sex-fiends 'viewed naked children in films'
February 19, 2007 02:37am
Article from: AAP
SOME of Victoria's worst sex offenders have viewed sexually explicit films in their cells at Ararat Prison.
Two films in the prison's video library show images of naked children playing and include close-ups of children's genitals, News Ltd reported today.
Sex offenders including pedophile Brian Jones; known as Mr Baldy; child killer Robert Arthur Selby Lowe, convicted of the 1991 murder of Sheree Beasley in 1991; and pedophile former priest Gerard Ridsdale could have had unmonitored access to the films.
News Ltd was advised of the existence of the films through a whistleblower, a prisoner who was in charge of screening movies in the 55-man prison unit.
And the problem is an organisation such as the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne disciplines people who raise concerns about the pornography on their computer network. The managers of this organisation find it acceptable to have pornography on computers in a children's hospital and actually praise that person as being good at health and safety!
Pfffffffffftttttttttttt criminals supporting criminals.
Regards
Daniel
Australia must be in a sick state when this happens!
Industry wants tax cuts for poor
February 19, 2007 04:00am
Article from: AAP
THE Government should give the nation's poorest workers a tax cut in the May budget, Australia's industry body said.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) wants the Government to cut income tax for those earning $25,000 to $30,000 in half, from 30 per cent to 15 per cent.
The Government also should also refund the 15 per cent tax on employer superannuation contributions into the accounts of low income people and middle income earners aged over 50, Ai Group said today, and increase the amount it will pay under the Superannuation Co-Contribution Scheme.
Ai Group said the Government can pay for the changes by cutting contributions to the Future Fund.
If industry leaders recognise the poor working class in this country then it is pretty bad!
What about those on Dissability or pensions??? They have to live on not much more than $10,000 a year and when you consider a low rental property of say $250 a week (will get you a dump in Queensland with rats, leaking roofs and the like, sure you can complain but the rent will go up that's a certain), that's $3,000 more than recieved so now you can add rent assistance and yes your pension and rent assistance will cover rent but no food, water, electricity or car expenses you can see we have some of the poorest people in the world, living on our streets with so called Christian leaders not helping one bit!
Regards
Daniel
February 19, 2007 04:00am
Article from: AAP
THE Government should give the nation's poorest workers a tax cut in the May budget, Australia's industry body said.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) wants the Government to cut income tax for those earning $25,000 to $30,000 in half, from 30 per cent to 15 per cent.
The Government also should also refund the 15 per cent tax on employer superannuation contributions into the accounts of low income people and middle income earners aged over 50, Ai Group said today, and increase the amount it will pay under the Superannuation Co-Contribution Scheme.
Ai Group said the Government can pay for the changes by cutting contributions to the Future Fund.
If industry leaders recognise the poor working class in this country then it is pretty bad!
What about those on Dissability or pensions??? They have to live on not much more than $10,000 a year and when you consider a low rental property of say $250 a week (will get you a dump in Queensland with rats, leaking roofs and the like, sure you can complain but the rent will go up that's a certain), that's $3,000 more than recieved so now you can add rent assistance and yes your pension and rent assistance will cover rent but no food, water, electricity or car expenses you can see we have some of the poorest people in the world, living on our streets with so called Christian leaders not helping one bit!
Regards
Daniel
Howard moves to sell off our water to overseas buyers at what cost.
Well John Howard is moving quick to try and control the countries water supplies, in an attempt to sell them off in his next term in office! As he has sold off anything that makes a profit such as Telstra, he will be left with no revenue comming in other than taxes so it is important for him to gain control of water as soon as possible so that the next term the Liberals percieve they have in power, they will also be able to sell off our water supplies with the rest of the country and show a surplus comming into the 2010 elections!
Howard calls for unity on water
February 19, 2007 08:23am
Article from: AAP
PRIME Minister John Howard said he hopes the looming federal election will not distract state leaders from reaching a solution for Australia's water system.
The premiers will meet with Mr Howard in Canberra again this Friday in an attempt to resolve the Commonwealth's $10 billion takeover plan for the Murray-Darling basin.
The Labor premiers have so failed to reach agreement with the Federal Government over the plan, concerned funding is inadequate and the plans had been rushed.
Mr Howard said today he would listen to the states concerns, but he said state versus federal politics should not get in the way of a genuine solution.
"I do hope that because this is a federal election year politics are not going to get in the way of a sensible resolution," Mr Howard told Channel 9.
Howard calls for unity on water
February 19, 2007 08:23am
Article from: AAP
PRIME Minister John Howard said he hopes the looming federal election will not distract state leaders from reaching a solution for Australia's water system.
The premiers will meet with Mr Howard in Canberra again this Friday in an attempt to resolve the Commonwealth's $10 billion takeover plan for the Murray-Darling basin.
The Labor premiers have so failed to reach agreement with the Federal Government over the plan, concerned funding is inadequate and the plans had been rushed.
Mr Howard said today he would listen to the states concerns, but he said state versus federal politics should not get in the way of a genuine solution.
"I do hope that because this is a federal election year politics are not going to get in the way of a sensible resolution," Mr Howard told Channel 9.
Marijuana has become socially unfashionable a new report claims
A new study by theNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
has highlighted the missguided funding appropriated to the program of supporting organised crime by governments in this country by increasing the costs of marijuana so organised crime can make more money.
And the lies by the governments have led to unsupported beliefs such as The drug once perceived as harmless is now overwhelming viewed as dangerous, addictive and linked to a range of serious health and social problems.
The spokesman for the research centre did highlight how wrong these perceptions at the end of the interview stating : The report's only bad news, said Mr Dillon, was that many beliefs people had about cannabis - like the fact it leads to harder drug use - were actually incorrect.
Some of the lies that the Governments especially John Howard has made to protect their organised crime buddies and their profits and believed by those that fail to educate themselves include:
And of even more concern is the fact that becuase this drug that has an expotentially less degree of risk of addiction compared to something like alcohol, tobacco and heroin and it is made out to be of a higher risk, leads our young to binge drink, and use the new range of drugs such as ice, gbh and the like because the governments don't focuss as much money on these trully dangerous drugs the brainless and those lacking the research see these dangerous drugs as safe compared to the relatively safe marijuana!
And all those using it for medication of pain might as well go on morphine, methotrexate, valium and the like becuase the government isn't protecting their organised crime buddies these drugs are seen as safe by the government, hence their legalisation for medical purposes.
Yet really the government is also protecting the pharmacutical companies with their lies as morphine, methotrexate and the like are highly addictive drugs that destroy internal organs with long term use. But they are Popular!
We are run by criminals making laws so they can go to the doc's and get morphine and the like while those that have serious illness are left with little choice unless they break the law!
Regards
Daniel
has highlighted the missguided funding appropriated to the program of supporting organised crime by governments in this country by increasing the costs of marijuana so organised crime can make more money.
And the lies by the governments have led to unsupported beliefs such as The drug once perceived as harmless is now overwhelming viewed as dangerous, addictive and linked to a range of serious health and social problems.
The spokesman for the research centre did highlight how wrong these perceptions at the end of the interview stating : The report's only bad news, said Mr Dillon, was that many beliefs people had about cannabis - like the fact it leads to harder drug use - were actually incorrect.
Some of the lies that the Governments especially John Howard has made to protect their organised crime buddies and their profits and believed by those that fail to educate themselves include:
- Of the 1500 adult Australians surveyed, three in four felt that smoking dope was dangerous or very dangerous, and half thought it could trigger schizophrenia or anxiety disorders.
Absolute lies and untruths that belong in the 1800's, the truth is that research especially from south Australia but also from all over the world is that marijuana is showing to be beneficial in the treatment of schizophrenia and anxiety!!!! There is no evidence what so ever that marijuana causes schizophrenia!!!
About 40 per cent think cannabis is always addictive, and one in five said it is always a gateway to harder drugs. Again more lies, using this sort of argument you could say that Caffiene is definately the gateway drug as more kids drink a can of coke and go onto heavier drugs than those that try pot and move onto harder drugs or alcohol must be the biggest gateway drug (I do believe this to be true that alcohol is the addictive gateway drug)! The real issue is why the need for any drug and remove those issues and people wont need to take drugs to hide their pain.
- The findings also suggest that young people are aligning marijuana with tobacco."Smoking cigarettes is now realistically unacceptable in this country and it might just be that that same attitude has jumped across to cannabis," Mr Dillon said. Well there is substantial proof that tobacco smoking increases dramatically the risks of cancers and other diseases, while marijuana shows the opposite with a slight decrease in lung cancer over the general population. Again the lies of governments to protect organised crimes profits.
- now younger people just see a gang of guys who sit around smoking a bong, eating a pizza and watching television," Mr Dillon said. Funny that how they can make a survey discriminate like females don't use marijuana! (Classic example of the bias and lies) And to think those succesful people that use pot watched t.v. getting fat on pizza's is a classic, and to think unemployed can afford to do the above is just about insane, maybe on occasion they could lash out but to think people do this all the time is just crazy.
And of even more concern is the fact that becuase this drug that has an expotentially less degree of risk of addiction compared to something like alcohol, tobacco and heroin and it is made out to be of a higher risk, leads our young to binge drink, and use the new range of drugs such as ice, gbh and the like because the governments don't focuss as much money on these trully dangerous drugs the brainless and those lacking the research see these dangerous drugs as safe compared to the relatively safe marijuana!
And all those using it for medication of pain might as well go on morphine, methotrexate, valium and the like becuase the government isn't protecting their organised crime buddies these drugs are seen as safe by the government, hence their legalisation for medical purposes.
Yet really the government is also protecting the pharmacutical companies with their lies as morphine, methotrexate and the like are highly addictive drugs that destroy internal organs with long term use. But they are Popular!
We are run by criminals making laws so they can go to the doc's and get morphine and the like while those that have serious illness are left with little choice unless they break the law!
Regards
Daniel
Friday, February 16, 2007
The cost of all the new laws
U.S. : Prison Growth Could Cost Up to $27.5 Billion Over Next 5 Years
Posted by Patriot on 2007/2/15 10:52:13 (66 reads)
U.S.
Washington, DC -- February 14, 2007 -- By 2011 one in every 178 U.S. residents will live in prison, according to a new report released today by the Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America’s Prison Population 2007-2011 projects that by 2011 America will have more than 1.7 million men and women in prison, an increase of more than 192,000 from 2006. That increase could cost taxpayers as much as $27.5 billion over the next five years beyond what they currently spend on prisons.
“As states continue to struggle with tight budgets and competing priorities among health, education and safety, they are beginning to question whether huge additional investments in prisons are the most effective and economical way of combating crime,” said Susan Urahn, Managing Director of State Policy Initiatives at The Pew Charitable Trusts. “The challenge for state policy makers is to ensure that taxpayers are getting a strong return on their investment in corrections: safer communities, efficient use of public dollars, and ex-offenders who become productive, law-abiding members of society.”
Simple solution is to stop putting people in prison for doing nothing other than smoking a bit of pot! They do no harm to anyone else and there is no evidence to suggest they are even harming themselves!
Pretty simple and cost effective solution hey! Not only that it would free up the police forces to actually takle crime instead of arresting kids and those doing no harm to anyone!
But that won't happen becuase the laws are made to protect organised crimes profits and as such the profits from organised crime are far greater than $27 billion so they will build more jails to protect their criminal mates some of whom are in politics making the laws!
Regards
Daniel
Posted by Patriot on 2007/2/15 10:52:13 (66 reads)
U.S.
Washington, DC -- February 14, 2007 -- By 2011 one in every 178 U.S. residents will live in prison, according to a new report released today by the Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America’s Prison Population 2007-2011 projects that by 2011 America will have more than 1.7 million men and women in prison, an increase of more than 192,000 from 2006. That increase could cost taxpayers as much as $27.5 billion over the next five years beyond what they currently spend on prisons.
“As states continue to struggle with tight budgets and competing priorities among health, education and safety, they are beginning to question whether huge additional investments in prisons are the most effective and economical way of combating crime,” said Susan Urahn, Managing Director of State Policy Initiatives at The Pew Charitable Trusts. “The challenge for state policy makers is to ensure that taxpayers are getting a strong return on their investment in corrections: safer communities, efficient use of public dollars, and ex-offenders who become productive, law-abiding members of society.”
Simple solution is to stop putting people in prison for doing nothing other than smoking a bit of pot! They do no harm to anyone else and there is no evidence to suggest they are even harming themselves!
Pretty simple and cost effective solution hey! Not only that it would free up the police forces to actually takle crime instead of arresting kids and those doing no harm to anyone!
But that won't happen becuase the laws are made to protect organised crimes profits and as such the profits from organised crime are far greater than $27 billion so they will build more jails to protect their criminal mates some of whom are in politics making the laws!
Regards
Daniel
The lying Police Forces in Australia
Well we see the lies everyday on the news with the police, especially when it comes to road accidents, they immediately corrupt any investigation with the issue of speed even before investigations commence and then leave out the real risk factors such as the object that was hit releasing the energy that killed.
Well this perverted view on risk is extending to all areas of the police force now:
Red-faced police recover lost gun
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Advertiser
ADELAIDE police who yesterday recovered an officer's revolver lost during an arrest on Wednesday, say the incident was "embarrassing", but had not put the public at risk.
The loaded Smith and Wesson Model 60 sidearm had been lost in scrub off Murrell Rd at Para Hills for almost 20 hours before being found at 11.30am after a search by police and State Emergency Service volunteers.
The weapon fell from a detective's holster during a foot chase through a gully at 4pm on Wednesday.
Now lets look at these absolute lies in a little detail!
A gun presents no risk!!!!!! What an absolute lie and no wonder there is so much crime when the police force is that corrupt they can blatantly lie!
So we break down the risk factors just to highlight how big a liar is the police force!
If the gun is found by a child and discharges the consequences are????? Worst case scenario multiple deaths! So even if it is quite unlikely this could happen it would still be classed as a high risk or extremely high risk becuase of the consequences!
But we will look at the likelihood too! A gun lost in the scrub in suburbia for 20 hours has a good likelihood of being found and most likely by a kid playing in the scrub! And if a kid found a gun it is quite likely that they would play with it leading to a high likelihood of it discharging.
So given there is a high likelihood that this sort of incident could happen and the consequences could be multiple deaths!
THE RISK FACTOR IS A 'CATASTROPHE'
These police are worse than criminals as they pose as role models yet they are big fat liars, who will corrupt anything to cover their backsides!
Regards
Daniel
Well this perverted view on risk is extending to all areas of the police force now:
Red-faced police recover lost gun
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Advertiser
ADELAIDE police who yesterday recovered an officer's revolver lost during an arrest on Wednesday, say the incident was "embarrassing", but had not put the public at risk.
The loaded Smith and Wesson Model 60 sidearm had been lost in scrub off Murrell Rd at Para Hills for almost 20 hours before being found at 11.30am after a search by police and State Emergency Service volunteers.
The weapon fell from a detective's holster during a foot chase through a gully at 4pm on Wednesday.
Now lets look at these absolute lies in a little detail!
A gun presents no risk!!!!!! What an absolute lie and no wonder there is so much crime when the police force is that corrupt they can blatantly lie!
So we break down the risk factors just to highlight how big a liar is the police force!
If the gun is found by a child and discharges the consequences are????? Worst case scenario multiple deaths! So even if it is quite unlikely this could happen it would still be classed as a high risk or extremely high risk becuase of the consequences!
But we will look at the likelihood too! A gun lost in the scrub in suburbia for 20 hours has a good likelihood of being found and most likely by a kid playing in the scrub! And if a kid found a gun it is quite likely that they would play with it leading to a high likelihood of it discharging.
So given there is a high likelihood that this sort of incident could happen and the consequences could be multiple deaths!
THE RISK FACTOR IS A 'CATASTROPHE'
These police are worse than criminals as they pose as role models yet they are big fat liars, who will corrupt anything to cover their backsides!
Regards
Daniel
The result of law enforcement by speed camera!
More and more we are seeing our police resources replaced by things like speed camera's and security camera's instead of the police presence being the deterent, the criminal just stands out of sight of the camera or hides themselves so they can't be recognised.
So hence there is no deterent to crime now for those who choose that avenue and the results of lack of policing are highlighted in the next article.
A few beers and a gun to the head
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
THESE frightening scenes - in which bandits point guns and a samurai sword at hotel patrons - have become a daily occurrence in Sydney.
The raid on St Leonards Tavern in Artarmon early yesterday was just another night at work for the armed gangs prowling Sydney.
Two other pubs were hit within an hour of the Artarmon raid, while a hotel security guard was shot on Wednesday night in a separate attack.
But dramatic scenes like those caught on security cameras at the Artarmon tavern and obtained by The Daily Telegraph yesterday have been deemed too legally sensitive by police.
For the past three days, police have repeatedly said they were unable to provide footage of seven other Sydney hold-ups.
The tavern's manager yesterday released the CCTV footage in the hope the public could help identify the attackers.
A second video obtained from a service station last week of a masked gunman robbing the Kogarah business also captured the reality of Sydney's shocking, and increasing, gun crime.
A police spokesman said any footage which could be available today would have the actual crime edited out because it could prejudice future court proceedings.
Such sanitised footage would not show the tavern raid where drinkers enjoying a beer are suddenly plunged into a fight for survival at 1.34am.
During the nine-minute raid, chilling footage shows one patron raising his arms in defence as one of four masked bandits went to swing a samurai sword at him.
A brave manager intervened, standing at the bar and announcing: "I am the manager, I am the one you want."
He was then forced to the tavern's office where the sword-wielding bandit stood over him while he bundled cash into a bag.
The manager yesterday said violent raids on pubs had become so common he was struggling to understand why police had not provided more resources to catch the criminals. He said the "Australian institution" of having a beer at a local pub was under threat.
"These armed gangs go around in (Subaru) WRXs, they robbed two other hotels, it is amazing the police aren't out looking for these types of cars at night," he said.
There were 560 armed robberies at gunpoint in NSW in the year up to September, with the crime rising significantly for the first time in almost five years.
So hence there is no deterent to crime now for those who choose that avenue and the results of lack of policing are highlighted in the next article.
A few beers and a gun to the head
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
THESE frightening scenes - in which bandits point guns and a samurai sword at hotel patrons - have become a daily occurrence in Sydney.
The raid on St Leonards Tavern in Artarmon early yesterday was just another night at work for the armed gangs prowling Sydney.
Two other pubs were hit within an hour of the Artarmon raid, while a hotel security guard was shot on Wednesday night in a separate attack.
But dramatic scenes like those caught on security cameras at the Artarmon tavern and obtained by The Daily Telegraph yesterday have been deemed too legally sensitive by police.
For the past three days, police have repeatedly said they were unable to provide footage of seven other Sydney hold-ups.
The tavern's manager yesterday released the CCTV footage in the hope the public could help identify the attackers.
A second video obtained from a service station last week of a masked gunman robbing the Kogarah business also captured the reality of Sydney's shocking, and increasing, gun crime.
A police spokesman said any footage which could be available today would have the actual crime edited out because it could prejudice future court proceedings.
Such sanitised footage would not show the tavern raid where drinkers enjoying a beer are suddenly plunged into a fight for survival at 1.34am.
During the nine-minute raid, chilling footage shows one patron raising his arms in defence as one of four masked bandits went to swing a samurai sword at him.
A brave manager intervened, standing at the bar and announcing: "I am the manager, I am the one you want."
He was then forced to the tavern's office where the sword-wielding bandit stood over him while he bundled cash into a bag.
The manager yesterday said violent raids on pubs had become so common he was struggling to understand why police had not provided more resources to catch the criminals. He said the "Australian institution" of having a beer at a local pub was under threat.
"These armed gangs go around in (Subaru) WRXs, they robbed two other hotels, it is amazing the police aren't out looking for these types of cars at night," he said.
There were 560 armed robberies at gunpoint in NSW in the year up to September, with the crime rising significantly for the first time in almost five years.
Drug taking polititians and public servants corrupt guidelines
Well those drug addicted polititians and public servants have done it again! Yep Alcohol is a drug and these people can't go without their drug for very long so they are drug addicts!
And now becuase of their bias and wanting people to believe that their drug addiction (alcohol) is not bad have corrupted guidelines made to protect unborn babies and put many in danger because of the polititians drug addiction.
Alcohol guidelines may harm babies
By Jane Bunce
February 15, 2007 06:56pm
Article from: AAP
PREGNANT women who follow Government guidelines on alcohol could be putting their babies at risk, the assistant health minister has acknowledged.
The Federal Government is reviewing its national guidelines on alcohol, which set standards on how much people can drink without suffering health effects.
Current National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines recommend pregnant women drink no more than seven standard drinks in a week and no more than two on any one day.
But opposition parties and peak doctor's group, the Australian Medical Association, last year began a push for the Government to change its guidelines to recommend pregnant women drink no alcohol at all.
AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said there was no evidence to suggest alcohol at any volume could be drunk safely during pregnancy, and numerous studies showed the harm it could inflict on a developing foetus.
"Women considering pregnancy need to know that there is no known safe level of alcohol consumption," he said.
And now becuase of their bias and wanting people to believe that their drug addiction (alcohol) is not bad have corrupted guidelines made to protect unborn babies and put many in danger because of the polititians drug addiction.
Alcohol guidelines may harm babies
By Jane Bunce
February 15, 2007 06:56pm
Article from: AAP
PREGNANT women who follow Government guidelines on alcohol could be putting their babies at risk, the assistant health minister has acknowledged.
The Federal Government is reviewing its national guidelines on alcohol, which set standards on how much people can drink without suffering health effects.
Current National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines recommend pregnant women drink no more than seven standard drinks in a week and no more than two on any one day.
But opposition parties and peak doctor's group, the Australian Medical Association, last year began a push for the Government to change its guidelines to recommend pregnant women drink no alcohol at all.
AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal said there was no evidence to suggest alcohol at any volume could be drunk safely during pregnancy, and numerous studies showed the harm it could inflict on a developing foetus.
"Women considering pregnancy need to know that there is no known safe level of alcohol consumption," he said.
Drug Takers Leading our nation
It is common knowledge that a large percentage of our leaders of industry and politics are drug abusers! Sure they make laws against drugs they don't take and then abuse the one's that they leave legal. For example Victoria's Industrial Relations framework was developed while the minister finished off a bottle of scotch.
Yep the most dangerous drug of all - Alcohol is abused by those in power! And below highlights that with the money from their powerful positions they have the ability to contest like no one else in society highlighting the discrimination in our legal system against those without money.
Seven boss hires top silk to fight drink-drive charge
By Angela Kamper
February 16, 2007 02:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
TELEVISION boss Peter Meakin has hired one of Sydney's top barristers to represent him on a drink-driving charge.
The Seven Network head of news and current affairs postponed his appearance at Manly Local Court in Sydney yesterday until April 16 when Phillip Boulten SC was available for the hearing.
"Mr Phillip Boulten SC is representing him, your Honour, and these are the dates," Mr Meakin's solicitor John Laxon told the court.
"I didn't realise he was seeking counsel," Magistrate Andrew George replied.
The high-profile legal eagle last year represented abortion doctor Suman Sood who escaped jail after she was found guilty of unlawfully administering abortion drugs to a patient who was 23-weeks pregnant.
He also acted for convicted terrorist Faheem Lodhi who was jailed for 20 years.
Mr Meakin has pleaded guilty to a charge of mid-range drink driving after returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.10 at North Narrabeen.
He still faces two charges of driving recklessly and failing to stop for a breath test.
Yep the most dangerous drug of all - Alcohol is abused by those in power! And below highlights that with the money from their powerful positions they have the ability to contest like no one else in society highlighting the discrimination in our legal system against those without money.
Seven boss hires top silk to fight drink-drive charge
By Angela Kamper
February 16, 2007 02:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
TELEVISION boss Peter Meakin has hired one of Sydney's top barristers to represent him on a drink-driving charge.
The Seven Network head of news and current affairs postponed his appearance at Manly Local Court in Sydney yesterday until April 16 when Phillip Boulten SC was available for the hearing.
"Mr Phillip Boulten SC is representing him, your Honour, and these are the dates," Mr Meakin's solicitor John Laxon told the court.
"I didn't realise he was seeking counsel," Magistrate Andrew George replied.
The high-profile legal eagle last year represented abortion doctor Suman Sood who escaped jail after she was found guilty of unlawfully administering abortion drugs to a patient who was 23-weeks pregnant.
He also acted for convicted terrorist Faheem Lodhi who was jailed for 20 years.
Mr Meakin has pleaded guilty to a charge of mid-range drink driving after returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.10 at North Narrabeen.
He still faces two charges of driving recklessly and failing to stop for a breath test.
Road Safety - Alcohol
Talking toilets deliver drink-drive warning
From correspondents in Santa Fe
February 16, 2007 10:25am
Article from: Reuters
A US state is using talking urinals in a bid to get the drink-drive message across to those at risk.
New Mexico's transportation department said today it has put some 500 talking deodorisers in bar and restaurant restrooms in the state in recent days.
"Hey big guy, having a few drinks? Then listen up!" a voice says.
"Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home."
Transportation department spokesman SU Mahesh said the motion-activated devices were part of an attempt to "think outside the box" to tackle drink driving in the state
These sort of devices will just encourage drunks to drink more!!!!!
How about funding police presence at venues instead becuase a drunk will know the talking machine cant follow/persue them when they step in their cars.
Just another politically motivated activity to raise votes by letting people who aren't drinking think that the government is doing something about it when it is really doing nothing but campaigning.
If they actually employed people that know about safety then they would know this is a complete waste of money when it comes to stopping drink driving, although they could argue that it gained votes.
Regards
Daniel
From correspondents in Santa Fe
February 16, 2007 10:25am
Article from: Reuters
A US state is using talking urinals in a bid to get the drink-drive message across to those at risk.
New Mexico's transportation department said today it has put some 500 talking deodorisers in bar and restaurant restrooms in the state in recent days.
"Hey big guy, having a few drinks? Then listen up!" a voice says.
"Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home."
Transportation department spokesman SU Mahesh said the motion-activated devices were part of an attempt to "think outside the box" to tackle drink driving in the state
These sort of devices will just encourage drunks to drink more!!!!!
How about funding police presence at venues instead becuase a drunk will know the talking machine cant follow/persue them when they step in their cars.
Just another politically motivated activity to raise votes by letting people who aren't drinking think that the government is doing something about it when it is really doing nothing but campaigning.
If they actually employed people that know about safety then they would know this is a complete waste of money when it comes to stopping drink driving, although they could argue that it gained votes.
Regards
Daniel
Bob the Builder type accidents
I was promted to write the previous article on Bob the Builder after seeing just 3 properties down a kid riding on the guard of a tractor with his dad driving and a slasher trailing behind, just last week. It should be noted that the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Inspectorate is corrupt and they don't hire people with qualifications and experience as they will know too much. So this sort of thing goes on all around here.
The accident scene. Picture: Trevor Pinder
Above is the scene of an accident where a 13 year old died while operating an excavator!
But worse still this relates directly with the Bob the Builder show and the unsafe practices depicted to our kids, who then think machinery is somehow friendly, when in fact it is deadly. This show should take more care with our children and highlight the safe ways to operate equipment not have Bob hanging off the side all the time.
Boy, 13, dies helping dad
Shannon McRae
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy died when a mini-excavator he was driving overturned and crushed him yesterday.
The state's safety watchdog said Mt Evelyn boy Blake Aartsen should not have been driving the Mini Kanga excavator in the front yard of his home.
WorkSafe said his death was a tragedy and warned parents not to let children operate machinery.
Blake was killed instantly when the excavator tipped over about 7.30am, while he was helping to landscape the family's garden by shifting piles of gravel.
His father was working just metres away.
Ambulance officers rushed to the West Hill Drive home but could do nothing to save the boy.
Michael Birt, of WorkSafe, said children and machinery were a dangerous mix.
"Every year in Victoria there are many cases where children are seriously hurt working with machinery," he said.
"This is a cautionary tale for all parents. Children and machinery should be kept apart."
The accident scene. Picture: Trevor PinderAbove is the scene of an accident where a 13 year old died while operating an excavator!
But worse still this relates directly with the Bob the Builder show and the unsafe practices depicted to our kids, who then think machinery is somehow friendly, when in fact it is deadly. This show should take more care with our children and highlight the safe ways to operate equipment not have Bob hanging off the side all the time.
Boy, 13, dies helping dad
Shannon McRae
February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy died when a mini-excavator he was driving overturned and crushed him yesterday.
The state's safety watchdog said Mt Evelyn boy Blake Aartsen should not have been driving the Mini Kanga excavator in the front yard of his home.
WorkSafe said his death was a tragedy and warned parents not to let children operate machinery.
Blake was killed instantly when the excavator tipped over about 7.30am, while he was helping to landscape the family's garden by shifting piles of gravel.
His father was working just metres away.
Ambulance officers rushed to the West Hill Drive home but could do nothing to save the boy.
Michael Birt, of WorkSafe, said children and machinery were a dangerous mix.
"Every year in Victoria there are many cases where children are seriously hurt working with machinery," he said.
"This is a cautionary tale for all parents. Children and machinery should be kept apart."
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Searching for work in safety
I will list some of the sites where you can search for safety jobs and get positive hits:
Just don't give up, keep trying and you will eventually gain employment if you have the will and the skills.
Regards
Daniel
- Seek This is the Advanced search page, in job classification you need to click on HR, then you go to the sub classification and search OHS.
- My Career Again this is the advanced search page, again you need to click on HR Recruitment in Sector and then in the sub sector click on Occup Health and Safety
- Career One Again this is a difficult one, but the best way I've found is scroll down to "by Industry" click on HR, Recruitment and Training, it will divide these into groupings and click on Occupational Health and Safety. Warning this is the worst job search engine in Australia for safety jobs anyway and it will give you all sorts of results, you just have to scroll through them one at a time, which I can never be bothered doing as the eyes go blurry trying to work out this out of touch job search, but there are occasionally some good jobs and it could be worth the effort.
- Smart Jobs There are state government job sites which are pretty good, this one is the QLD state government jobs and you just click on Environment/Health and Safety under catagory. If you are looking in other states just go to the government website of that state.
- Ergon Energy Some of the larger employers have their own search engines, in this case I have put Ergon Energies site but organisations such as Ford, Holden, Coca Cola and many others have their own sites just search out the large employers that you know and check their websites.
- Local Councils QLD You can check out all the councils in your area, in this instance I have done a search for councils of QLD and you get a listing of all the councils and their websites which the majority have job listing on. If you are in other states just do a search for local councils adding the state you want.
- Hays Recruitment you can also search all the recruitment agencies and their search engines, in this instance I have listed Hays for an example but there are many other recruitment agencies There are many others so do your own search and find recruitment agencies in your area.
Just don't give up, keep trying and you will eventually gain employment if you have the will and the skills.
Regards
Daniel
Road Safety - Statistics.
Wow in one of the driest years Victoria recorded 6 less deaths on our roads for the 12 month period, yet I'm sure there are some still in coma's that will add to that figure at some stage.
But it will be interesting to see what happens to their statistics when they get an extended wet period as has been experience in Queensland in the last 24 hours with a spike in the the number of deaths coinciding with the extended wet period (a blessing however for all that need water).
Perhaps an extended wet period around the country will lead to a spike in the statistics and we will be able to compare it with the last year there was a extended wet period and actually see how bad/good they are managing road safety.
In fact we should have statistics broken down to coincide with weather pattens, temperatures and conditions such as rain.
And then we could run some accurate comparisons to see if any initiatives have been succesful or on the other hand wether we are over regulating leading to actual increases in road tolls.
Regards
Daniel
But it will be interesting to see what happens to their statistics when they get an extended wet period as has been experience in Queensland in the last 24 hours with a spike in the the number of deaths coinciding with the extended wet period (a blessing however for all that need water).
Perhaps an extended wet period around the country will lead to a spike in the statistics and we will be able to compare it with the last year there was a extended wet period and actually see how bad/good they are managing road safety.
In fact we should have statistics broken down to coincide with weather pattens, temperatures and conditions such as rain.
And then we could run some accurate comparisons to see if any initiatives have been succesful or on the other hand wether we are over regulating leading to actual increases in road tolls.
Regards
Daniel
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
