The City of Yarra councillor Steve Jolly, of the Socialist Party, is more active than most councillors in engaging with residents and ratepayers. He sometimes has a stall outside Woolworths on Smith St, and it was there on Thursday 14 March that Woolworths management called the police in an attempt to evict Jolly from the footpath.…
Archive for the category: Politics
the City of Moreland has falsely accused me of defamation
Defamation can be defined as the act of making a false statement designed to damage the reputation of a person or organisation. In contrast, truth cannot be defamatory no matter how damaging it is.
In this post I will outline the evidence that supports my argument that the City of Moreland has falsely accusing me of defamation.…
legal deposit and other archaic laws vs the future of publishing: ebooks and print on demand
The Copyright Act 1968 requires all publishers to lodge a copy of every printed book to the National Library of Australia (NLA) and their relevant state library. This is called legal deposit. Print on demand is considered a form of print and thus legal deposit is required.…
the meaningless of marriage laws
I’ve been getting steadily more bored and disinterested in current discussions about marriage in Australia. The debate about gay marriage is important in terms of equality, and I support equality. What I don’t support is stupidity and pointlessness. I wrote about the pointlessness of marriage laws five years ago and it has become more pointless since then.…
who not to vote for in the forthcoming City of Yarra local government elections
The local government elections take place on Saturday 27 October 2012. If, like me, you’re deeply cynical about the motives of people who run for election to local government, it can be difficult to find anyone you think is worth voting for.…
cultural critique
This is on the Greeves St side wall of Alimentari. The author of the comment refers to a much faded and degraded paste-up by Miso, over which the Australia / Invasion day poster had been pasted. A slap-down from a disgruntled postgraduate tutor who perhaps has their own issues.…
why I no longer apply for government jobs
Yesterday I received this email from the state government recruiting website. I applied for this role and was informed on 8 December 2011 that I was unsuccessful. Then on 21 December I was informed the position was on hold. Now it’s been withdrawn.…
hypocrisy stinks like shit – just ask Stephen Jolly
Back in 2010, City of Yarra councillor Stephen Jolly opposed the construction of a new public toilet on the corner of Westgarth and Brunswick streets. He had no logical reason for this, but argued that the proposed location was a right wing conspiracy against the nearby Firefighters Credit Union office on Brunswick St.…
just a blogger
According to Wikipedia, journalism is ‘the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion’. The definition describes a behaviour, a process, a method. It matters not who undertakes this behaviour.
The act of engaging in journalism occurs regardless of whether individual journalists are paid to perform journalism or do it on an unpaid voluntary basis.…