Ganesh Sahathevan

by Ganesh Sahathevan        NSW AG Mark Speakman defending his Cronulla seat In 2013 the then NSW Minister for Finance Greg Pearce was sacked by the then  NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell for not disclosing a conflict of interest when he appointed the former  Sydney University General Counsel Richard Fisher to the board of Sydney Water.  Fairfax Media reported the details:  Fairfax Media has been told the lawyer Richard Fisher ''picked up the tab'' for the party to celebrate Mr Pearce's marriage to Shauna Jarrett, which was held a year before the Coalition took power in NSW and Mr Pearce became minister for finance and services. It has emerged that Ms Jarrett reports to Mr Fisher at the University of Sydney, where he is the general counsel. This was not disclosed to cabinet before it endorsed Mr Fisher's appointment in what Mr O'Farrell described as a ''clear breach'' of the ministerial code of conduct. Mr O'Farrell said he dismissed Mr Pe...

  February 08, 2023   by Ganesh Sahathevan  Georgie Purcell is a Victorian MP for the Animal Justice Party. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling The swearing-in of a new member of Parliament, State Of Victoria, Australia,has revealed an interesting bit of information.  Georgie Purcell, a Victorian MP of the Animal Justice Party has revealed that she once worked as a stripper and topless waitress, while working towards her  double degree in law and communications/politics. She was then admitted as  "an Australian lawyer." Ms Purcell also revealed that he work as a stripper and topless waitress had been made public, via social media.  Ms Purcell's admission as a lawyer would of course have been subject to the normal, and very extensive vetting by the relevant law admission bodies to determine if she was fit and proper to be admitted to practise. Obviously her work as a stripper and topless waitress did not disqualify her. That vetting would have includ...

  by Ganesh Sahathevan  Georgie Purcell is a Victorian MP for the Animal Justice Party. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling The swearing-in of a new member of Parliament, State Of Victoria, Australia,has revealed an interesting bit of information.  Georgie Purcell, a Victorian MP  of the Animal Justice PArty has revealed that she once worked as a stripper and topless waitress, while working towards her  double degree in law and communications/politics. She was then  admitted as  "an Australian lawyer." Ms Purcell's admission would of course have been subject to the normal, and very extensive vetting by the relevant law admission bodies to determine if if she was fit and proper to be admitted to practise. Obviously her work as a stripper and topless waitress did not disqualify her. That vetting would have included reports from her university.   It unlikely that an Asian lawyer with that sort of background would be considered fit and proper....

 by Ganesh Sahathevan                                                                                              Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Penny Wong family owe much to Shell plc.The oil business has driven the economies of all three states. In 1981 Mahathir Mohamad became a prime minister of Malaysia for the first time. One of his first decisions was to order that the existing preferential trade arrangements between the UK and Malaysia be terminated, and that Malaysia look to Japan instead for trade, technology, education  and cultural exchanges. That was the beginning of Malaysia's Look East Policy, which remains to this day.   Some described the policy as a "put British last" policy.  The decision was not an easy to implemen...

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  The parish. priest at St Patrick's Church in the Sydney CBD has introduced an innovation into the usual practise of the Catholic Mass, replacing the Gospel reading with a lecture on his own "A Spiritual Exercise, by Michael Whelan SM".  "Spiritual Exercise" is presented as a method of self-discovery, and acceptance of one's self. The recording below of Whelan;s homily for the day, the 5th Sunday in Ordinary time, 5th February 2023. is not what was presented at the 12 PM Mass on the day.  Whelan is Australian born, and educated. well able to understand the Catholic Church's order of Mass.  END