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I get that UAR can get their man onto the IRB. But do they have the clout to get him to Vice Chairman? He's been a bit of a pain in the arse NH for Unions from what I can see so far. I imagined he'd have needed a push by ALL the SH Unions to get the deputy job. If so; no surprise if Gerob is on the money about Rat's Arse chucking the toys out of the cot. Now he's there he could be more of a pain if the push into Asia suits the NH Unions' agendas.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Few more details here and reading between the lines it would seem Taylor may have known about it already. Perhaps he was just waiting for Twiggy's OK but RA went into attack mode through Robinson.
Anyway its out now and RA must be furious. Ha ha.
World Series Rugby set for NSW expansion
Nick Taylor The West Australian
Friday, 17 August 2018 9:10AM
World Series Rugby is planning to base a side in Sydney's western suburbs in next year’s expanded million dollar tournament.
The move has been kept under wraps but talks are well advanced about taking a Pacific island-based side to the region.
The team would have a strong Samoa and Tonga influence, but also tap into the area's talent-laden resources.
More here
https://thewest.com.au/sport/western...-ng-b88931250z
Seems a bit provocative, basing a team in your foe's backyard. Maybe it's a negotiating ploy - WSR 'reluctantly' agrees to shelve plans for Western Sydney if RA agrees to rubber-stamp everything else!
Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon
ASIC state RA have no case to answer..lets move on
'I may be a Senator but I am not stupid'
https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/cameron-clyne
Link to Senate Report http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca
https://www.change.org/p/rugby-australia-petition-for-cameron-clyne-to-resign-as-chairman-of-the-rugby-australia-board
'I may be a Senator but I am not stupid'
https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/cameron-clyne
Link to Senate Report http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca
https://www.change.org/p/rugby-australia-petition-for-cameron-clyne-to-resign-as-chairman-of-the-rugby-australia-board
Why would ASIC release info ahead of report to Wayne Smith?
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
The RA apologists are uniting as one but as Twiggy says 'you may have won the battle but you won't win the war.'
'I may be a Senator but I am not stupid'
https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/cameron-clyne
Link to Senate Report http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca
https://www.change.org/p/rugby-australia-petition-for-cameron-clyne-to-resign-as-chairman-of-the-rugby-australia-board
I got an email from The Australian stating that the 'Court shy ASIC has copped a roasting.' Maybe it is a good thing as the RA could use that as a defence while ASIC is being torn down.
ASIC needs to be torn down, become independent of the Government and cases need to be reexamined.Was Westpac a test case?
The misselling of mysuper products became part of ASIC’s wealth management project, the commission hears.
The start date of the project was September 2014. In an April 2015 board meeting for the project, ASIC stated a target of issuing proceedings by October of that year in at least one of the three cases against the banks.
The board met every month and at that time the target date for outcome was to issue civil penalty proceedings by the end of October 2015.
Does Mr Mullaly know if ASIC managed to institute any proceedings by the end of October 2015, Mr Hodge asks.
No, it did not, because matters were still under investigation.
The team was looking at a range of matters, including fees for no service and conduct by advisers, Mr Mullaly adds.
If ASIC felt that administering the questionnaire and then making a recommendation of a super product was contravention of the act, what evidence did it need to gather, Mr Hodge asks.
ASIC needed to understand the process that was taking place, so it needed evidence from customers and bank staff, Mr Mulally says.
The allegations that Mr Mullaly has outlined to the commission was that the process the banks admitted they used, contravened the act, in his view, Mr Hodge contends.
“The banks admitted to the conduct but they certainly didn’t admit that they were breaching the law, and they’ve never admitted it,” Mr Mullaly says.
But they admitted the facts, Mr Hodge pushes. And then you need to go to court to see if it’s a contravention, he says.
ASIC took the view that it needed to understand individual cases to see if personal advice had been given, Mr Mullaly says. The legal advice was there was a risk in taking the case to court.
“But you’re the regulator... there’s always going to be a risk that a court will not agree with you. Surely the fact that there’s a risk the court won’t agree with you isn’t a reason not to go to court, Mr Hodge argues.
The Westpac case is a test case, Mr Mullaly says. But it doesn’t involve a questionnaire followed by recommendation of a super product, Mr Hodge replies. Mr Hodge and Mr Mullaly argue about the differences between the Westpac case and the CBA, ANZ cases and whether Westpac constitutes a test case.
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Was it just me or was the patsy at the Knights game masquerading as the media taking pics of what a real rugby game should look like?Attachment 5318
#FU ARU
"May I assure you I have just begun to fight mate" Twiggy Forrest, 05/09/17