2018.08.28 The Prime Ministers Garden
Mr W died after being transported 360km in the back of a police van with faulty air conditioning through the Western Australian outback in late January.
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Mr Ward was transported 360km in the back of a police van with faulty air conditioning through the Western Australian outback in late January 2008. He died of heatstroke at Kalgoorlie regional hospital, where his core body temperature was recorded as 41.7C. Mr Ward also had a laceration on his head from falling and hitting his head on the metal seat. There were no seatbelts. Mr Ward also had a severe burn on his side from lying on the metal floor. The coroner, Alastair Hope, said his treatment was "disgracefully bad" and found that the Department of Corrective Services, transport company GLS (now G4S), and the two employees responsible for the transfer contributed to his death. Hope said "a question which is being raised in this case is how a society which would like to think of itself as being civilised, could allow a human being to be transported in such circumstances". The department and G4S were later prosecuted by Worksafe and fined $285,000 each, while the two employees also received individual fines.
and the Coroner's report https://interactive.guim.co.uk/2018/08/deaths-in-custody-pdfs/IW-finding.pdf
F.U.
LNP 'leadership' clstrfck
Comms cut off? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/25/top-bureaucrat-denies-communication-was-cut-off-for-ministers-who-resigned
Another au pair case https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/28/peter-dutton-intervened-in-third-au-pair-visa-case-for-afl-bosss-relatives
Barnaby is not just embarrassing ... he's also a bit stupid http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/barnaby-joyce-drought-options-spark-controversy/10172702 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/28/barnaby-joyce-criticises-turnbulls-resignation-as-jeopardising-coalitions-majority
13,000 crimes revealed on Friday afternoon in the wake of a 'leadership' change https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/25/banking-inquiry-accuses-nab-and-cba-of-possible-criminal-offences
The Prime Ministers Garden in the Melbourne General Cemetery https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/25/another-nick-in-the-wall-at-melbourne-cemeterys-prime-ministers-garden
Things
RIP John McCain
RIP Mirka Mora http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-27/mirka-mora-melbourne-icon-artist-dies/10170744
Not such good news https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/28/the-147-dead-indigenous-leaders-demand-action-over-unacceptable-deaths-in-custody https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/28/deaths-inside-indigenous-australian-deaths-in-custody
DSM reviewed as a dystopian novel https://thenewinquiry.com/book-of-lamentations/
Sports and Games (specifically excluding chess)
Lightning strikes twice http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-26/sunshine-coast-lightning-win-super-netball-grand-final/10166228
Jacksonville http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jacksonville-mass-shooting-20180826-story.html
