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Anonymous ID: 347334 May 1, 2022, 3:16 p.m. No.16191010   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1026 >>1199 >>1421 >>1588

After so many revelations, sporting organisations need to look deeply at their histories with child sexual abuse

 

If there was a moment that exemplified the impact of men telling their stories of childhood sexual abuse in elite sport, it was when Adam Kneale said he'd been inspired to share his harrowing experiences at Footscray football club when he read the words of another survivor, former Australian under-19 cricketer Jamie Mitchell.

 

"I'm at the point of not being embarrassed about it," Mitchell told ABC Sport.

 

If there was a moment that typified institutional responses to such stories, it was AFL club Carlton's reaction to a 2021 ABC Sport investigation that revealed the late John Morice, the club's Little League coach for half a decade in the 1970s, was a manipulative deviant who had abused many boys placed in his care.

 

The Blues' statement, attributed to then-chief executive Cain Liddle, was 90-words long, made no mention of sexual abuse, offered no apology, nor the prospect of assistance to survivors, and promptly faded from public view within 24 hours.

 

In the latter sense, perhaps it could be called a deft piece of risk management. The message it sent to survivors was something else.

 

The AFL, usually so emphatic in its messages of social justice, barely shrugged before slinking away.

 

Cricket Australia? Only once confronted with the full horror of Jamie Mitchell's heartbreaking story did it finally sign up to the National Redress Scheme.

 

Other aspects of its response were so cack-handed as to compound Mitchell's suffering. Only one of its powerful state associations has signed up for Redress.

 

Just as Kneale had taken heart from Mitchell's story, Mitchell had been emboldened by former St Kilda star Rod Owen's.

 

For Rod, the stakes were different again — his fame in the football world had burned brightly and the infamy of his hell-raising life after football formed an equally compelling and macho image.

 

It was beyond brave for Rod to step forward and tell the world that his life of excess was not glamorous but, instead, the tragic outcome of his childhood sexual abuse by St Kilda Little League coach Darrell Ray and team manager Albert Briggs.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-02/time-for-sporting-bodies-to-get-real-about-child-sexual-abuse/101028396

Anonymous ID: 347334 May 1, 2022, 3:38 p.m. No.16191258   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1421 >>1588

DeSantis Insists Disney Will Have to Pay Its Debts, Says ‘Additional Legislative Action’ in the Works

 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Disney will have to pay its own debts as the entertainment corporation claimed the state would have to foot its bills for bond taxes when its special status is revoked.

 

Last month, Florida’s Legislature passed a DeSantis-backed bill that rescinded Disney’s 55-year special governing status that allows it to control a vast, 25,000-acre parcel of land near Orlando that houses Walt Disney World and other facilities.

 

After the bill was signed by the Republican governor, the Burbank, California-based company criticized the move to strip the Reedy Creek Improvement District of special privileges. It claimed there is a clause in the decades-old original contract that says Florida would be responsible for its bond debt, which amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

But in a town hall with Fox News, DeSantis denied Disney’s claims, saying to applause that “Disney will pay its debts. Disney will, for the first time, actually live under the same laws as everybody else in Florida. Imagine that.”

 

DeSantis said that the dissolving of Reedy Creek won’t go into effect until June 2023, which gives Florida lawmakers time to follow up.

 

“The bonds will be paid by Disney,” the Republican governor added in the town hall, which aired on April 28. “They will be paying taxes, probably more taxes. They will follow the laws that every other person has to do and they will no longer have the ability to run their own government.”

 

Claims that Florida taxpayers will now have to pay for Reedy Creek services are “fiction,” he continued, adding that Disney is “paying money to run their operations.” He added, “They will continue paying money to run their operations, and that’ll be true if the state is in charge of a district, if it’s dissolved to the local, it doesn’t matter—that is going to continue to happen.”

 

Disney has faced unprecedented criticism for wading into Florida’s politics and broader social issues after it vowed to get a DeSantis-backed parental rights bill revoked after it was passed several weeks ago in the state. The company suggested that the bill, which prohibits teaching very young children about sexual orientation and gender identities, was an attack on the LGBT community, and it also repeated the Democrat-backed term “don’t say gay,” to describe the bill, despite the text of the measure not containing those words.

 

Parents have also expressed alarm after video footage surfaced showing Disney producers and executives saying there will be a renewed effort to make more characters gay or transgender. One top executive, Karen Burke, said that she is the mother of two “queer children” and that Disney has produced “incredible, groundbreaking LGBTQIA stories over the years.”

 

https://www.ntd.com/desantis-insists-disney-will-have-to-pay-its-debts-says-additional-legislative-action-in-the-works_773764.html

Anonymous ID: 347334 May 1, 2022, 3:40 p.m. No.16191282   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1421 >>1588

Scott Morrison cuddles up to wife Jenny as he declares plan to regulate social media and crack down on online trolls

 

Scott Morrison's wife Jenny joined the prime minster on the campaign trail as he outlined his bold new plan to tackle anonymous trolls on social media.

 

Speaking at Batyr, a youth-focused mental health organisation in western Sydney, the couple were in a relaxed and lighthearted mood as Mr Morrison underscored his commitment to addressing the issue of online abuse.

 

The two even cuddled up to each other when speaking about the importance of good mental health and listening to inspirational stories of young adults who've overcome trauma.

 

As part the pre-election promise, funding will be increased for schools to combat the problem, victim support services will get a boost and laws will be beefed up to laws to target harassment - with tech giants also warned to do their part.

 

But the prime minster was later grilled about his support for Warringah candidate Katherine Deves, who has a long history of posting anti-transgender remarks on Twitter.

 

'Our kids should be able to learn, be entertained, or connect with their friends and family without facing abuse, humiliation or online predators,' he said on Sunday.

 

'The online world cannot be a cowards' cavern where the rules of the real world do not exist.

 

'Big tech and social media giants must be held to account. Our plan will force them to do more – they cannot create it, and wash their hands of all consequences of it.'

 

He said the plan will 'help to prevent harm by raising awareness in every school' and by improving our support for those harmed online.

 

'We have achieved so much in the online world, but there is much more to be done, and only a Coalition government will stand up to big tech and social media giants,' he said.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772133/Scott-Morrison-cuddles-wife-Jenny-declares-bold-plan-crack-trolls.html