All their farking assets, family trusts and even their grand-kids piggy banks.
Do their families good to suffer without champagne and caviar for a while.
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That solution may actually make them think twice.
That isnât apples/apples though, is it?
That was not my point.
I thought I made it pretty clear - stealing is stealing, whatever your station in life, and no matter what different labels people put on it. You take something that isnât yours, against the otherâs will. Stealing. When a bank manager steals - their organisation may get a fine. Basically, nothing. When a no-name steals, they get jail. No â â â â â â â comparison. Donât bring up pedophiles and compare them with tax crimes and whatnot. Or if thatâs your point - make it and leave me out of it.
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Centerlink as well as the ATO - just about throw the book at someone.
Is it part of Bastion? Or are many of the same people involved in Acquire and Bastion and werenât there a couple of other similar companies too?
Whilst true, the crimes youâve mentioned are generally actions taken by indivuals against businesses. We rarely see businesses, especially larger ones, held to the same account and punished for not paying their taxes or siphoning off funds from the general public and when their schemes can amount in the 10âs or 100âs of millions it can make the whole justice system appear a wee bit unjust
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The no name mostly cops it because very often they cannot afford an expensive lawyer who knows which judges are sitting and the loopholes or in fact any lawyer even the Legal Aid Lawyers can be short on the ground according to the funding available. Worked with plenty in menâs and womenâs jails who couldnât afford a lawyer couldnât find one available and represented themselves. That went well 'cos most of the time they got no bail and ended up in jail for longer.
Who would ever change the âjusticeâ system so that everyone regardless of race, wealth or circumstance, has equal representation?
No one that would ever be elected.
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Thatâs probably true. Justice is what feels right in your own heart - justice and the law, never the twain shall meet unless you can afford the best. Better than a fair chance then.
And yet, this is accepted, the world over.
Because itâs better than⌠something worse.
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I stopped working within the system because that â â â â â â me off, I couldnât change it or make a difference.
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Donât know about Bastion but there is Capitol Health of which Demetriou was chairman:
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Hereâs the bit about Capitol Health from the Australian:
the Australian reported on 27 April 2016:
National Australia Bankâs private wealth arm has begun testing interest from clients for a $50 million bond sale by the Andrew Demetriou-chaired radiology company Capitol Health to pay off debt owed to the bank.
In a note to clients, NAB Private Wealth said it was seeking âexpressions of interestâ in the senior unsecured notes that would partly be used to pay back more than $130m of secured facility with the bank, the companyâs sole lender.
âCapitol will use the proceeds from the issue of the notes to repay existing outstanding debt of the Capitol Group, including indebtedness owing to National Australia Bank Limited under the Australian Dollar Bilateral Facilities Agreement, and for the Capitol Groupâs general corporate purposes,â the note to clients says.
One NAB client told The Australian the deal raised eyebrows, labelling it âethically suspectâ and high risk for the bank if investors lost money from the bond.
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I have a lifelong friend who was a Magistrate and then a Judge. He always laments exactly what you said.
He was at Heidelberg Court when my Son was up on some serious traffic offences and we had got him a Barrister.
My friend saw me as I went into Court and asked if that (meaning our Barrister) was all we could afford as he was a dud!
Fortunately we got shuffled into another Court before a more lenient Magistrate, so not only does justice depend on your Legal Team but also who is the person on the Bench.
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What do you think about the inquisitorial system, like they have in many European countries?
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Then there was the use of AFL resources to lobby the Victorian Government in 2014 on behalf of the Baxter group, part owned by Fitzpatrick and DemetriouâŚ
Then there is the issue of Demetriou and his mates involved in the controversy of the grant of some betting arrangements with NSW clubsâŚ
And, Demetriouâs affidavit for Gil giving Gil cover against insider trading in regard to the collapse of brother Hamishâs spyglass venture
And his move to Bastion, Gembaâs competitor.
What else was he up to , trading on his position as AFL CEO?
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An âinvestigative systemâ is what Iâd support.
Similar.
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