Could you please simply learn some kindness?
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Threatening to do the act is an indictable offence under the recent reforms to the Crimes Act (max 3 years imprisonment)
The definition of violence has changed a lot over time
How would you feel if he walked into FarkCarlton for nothing and won a flag with them?
I guess what Iâm saying is that if a player is sacked for moral and criminal reasons no club should be allowed to just pick them up like a regular free agent.
FWIW I believe we should have been compensated for Mckenna. It was extraordinary circumstances that forced us to delist him.
i would be dissapointed carlton won the flag.
but whoever picks up Thomas should get him for free as a dfa similar to stengle if swans or blues are keen need to beat what cats are likely to offer.
North chose to delist him.
if you go back in time he was a bonus as he was a nga player anyway to North. which wasnt really fair as was first year NGA rules came in.
But way more fair than McKenna going to another club with no compo to us.
Edit: as @Houli_Dooli also pointed out
Nothing about this competition is fair. Add it to the list.
Nope it seems he was only charged with threatening to post an intimate photo. Serious enough I guess, but that was the only charge from Police. AFLdid their own investigation and suspended him for 18 matches.
You guess? You donât really get it.
Of course I get it, much more than you will ever understand.
What you do not get is that Police rarely charge any man with DV, for lots of reasons but mostly because it is so difficult to get a conviction, and when they do the punishment is lenient.
In my opinion, without any knowledge or detail on what Thomas did, for the AFL to suspend him for 18 weeks, they considered it serious.
The charge of threatening to distribute an intimate image was replaced with a charge of using a carrier medium to harass.
In the end the charge was discontinued after he expressed remorse and it was agreed that he would donate $1k to charity.
Previously a vid had been circulating of him driving with his feet up on the dash, straddling lanes.
Reportedly another woman had come forward about inappropriate behaviour to her.
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Aukus sub deal 
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Coalitionâs OâBrien prompts walkout at solar event after claiming renewables will lead to blackouts
A warning from the federal Oppositionâs energy spokesman Ted OâBrien that Australiaâs renewable energy plans will make it a âpoor and weak nationâ with regular blackouts, along with a call to invest in nuclear power, has caused a walkout at a Brisbane solar technology event.
Ted OâBrien sparked the controversy at the Solar and Storage Live conference on Wednesday with a speech claiming Australiaâs wind, hydro and solar power plans would endanger the nationâs power grid and were not capable of meeting its energy needs.
More than 20 attendees walked out during the speech, with one man heckling the Queensland LNP member.
The exodus followed several opening speeches from renewable energy experts, who extolled Australiaâs world-leading adoption of solar technology and called for greater investments in battery storage technology to capitalise on zero-emissions energy.
But OâBrien told the audience the Labor governmentâs moves to replace coal-fired power stations with investments in large-scale wind, solar, and battery projects were an untested experiment that would damage the national electricity grid.
âThe days of an affordable, reliable, 24/7 power system will be gone,â he said.
"Australia will be left as a poor and weak nation, highly dependent on foreign supply chains.â
OâBrien said Australia needed to invest in nuclear power plants to meet its net-zero emissions goal by 2050 and avoid âblackouts and brownoutsâ becoming the norm.
He did not dismiss solar technology entirely, however, calling for greater investments in battery technology to stop rooftop solar systems saturating the network.
âSolar has enormous potential in this country still yet, but we have to be clear-eyed too on the challenges as much as the opportunities as we move forward,â he said.
âWhile our current electricity system is powered by renewables, gas and coal, I believe that our future system will be powered by renewables, gas and zero-emissions nuclear energy.â
Many attendees walked out of the theatre during Mr OâBrienâs speech, while one man loudly questioned his claims.
In a recorded speech played to open the solar event, Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic took an opposing view, lauding Australiaâs investments in solar power and revealing plans to support local battery technology in future.
âWe have been working on the development of the national battery strategy because we hold the bulk of the worldâs resources in critical minerals and rare earths, yet we do very little value-add creating energy storage systems,â he said.
âWeâre generating so much power from solar we should be able to provide energy storage solutions for residential, commercial and industry use.â
Clean Energy Council Queensland policy and impact director Tracey Stinson also told attendees renewable energy was making a growing impact in Australia, and made up 39 per cent of Australiaâs energy generation last year.
âThatâs more than doubled in the last five years,â she said.
âThat 80 per cent target by 2030 is very much in our sights.â
Ms Stinson said renewable projects did face hurdles, however, including delays in large-scale project approvals, developing renewable energy zones, and striking the right balance in community consultation.
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Heâs obviously not aware that, with the disruption to fuel supplies in Gaza, solar is about the only reliable source for electricity there.
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Unlike Gaza, Australia has plenty of coal to generate electricity. But given our, including politiciansâ obligations, to the health of the planet, you wouldnât use it.
Going on about nuclear power stations in Australia is just a white herring Liberal fallacy. I dunno what it is with right wing politics worldwide and their reluctance to adopt renewable energy.
Are these right wing parties all feeding on the teat of petrochemical companies and/or some nuclear company?
Is it any wonder that knowledgeable people walked out on the speaker in disgust.
Important use of the word âuseâ
Because sure as â â â â weâll still dig it up and send metric â â â â tonnes of it everywhere else.l for everyone else to use.
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Changes being made to how HECS debts are indexed, backdated to 1 June 2023.
Will be the lower of CPI and WPI, which will save 3.9% just for that yesr