MAT BRAT HIGH DRAMA: Monash Student Newspaper Censored By Left Brat Mat Hilakari

High drama at the Monash Student Association this afternoon as its Treasurer - a member of the Socialist Left faction and candidate for President at imminent elections - has ordered that their student newspaper Lot's Wife not be printed because he wants to check it for any potentially defamatory references to himself and his colleagues in the Socialist group Go!

Student organisations at Monash like the MSA receive the vast bulk of their funding from Australian taxpayers.

The newspaper is scheduled to be at the printer today. However Hilakari, whose brother is a part of the notorious LHMU controlled by the Socialist Left has refused to sign the print requisition form until the newspaper's elected editors Naomi Snell and Dara Conduit submit the paper to a group of student politicians on the Monash Student Executive so that they can establish whether there is anything 'potentially defamatory' in it. In other words, anything they don't like about themselves or indeed anything else they don't like. If only I could do that with The Age, much of it would be blank.

ABUSE OF POWER
Not that it's slowing him down, but Hilakari is acting completely outside his power, insiders say. He has no resolution of the Executive authorising him to withhold authorisation and no discretion in the matter, it is purely a formality, not a device to equip him with the power to direct elected editors.

He has refused a request to hold a meeting of the Executive on the issue as it appears the sleazy operator is uncertain of his "numbers" with bad girl President Zoe Edwards not at work today.

The issue has become a stand-off with the arrogant Hilakari refusing to change his mind and the elected newspaper editors saying he is failing in his duties as Treasurer and could be acting unlawfully by misusing his power to unilaterally and without valid excuse to withhold his permission for the printing of the publication.

Developing... (we'll be covering the Monash debacle in extensive detail tomorrow including the role of Labor Left barrister Tony Lang in censoring articles)

Game on.

DUTCH OVEN: Dutch Surrender Monkeys Create Huge Problem For Australia In Afghanistan

thanks to our Defence Correspondent, Corporal Punishment

Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson was in Washington and Kabul last week, talking tough to Australia's prevaricating Dutch partners in Afghanistan. His message was clear: if the Dutch withdrew their troops, Australia would not pick up the
slack, leaving open the possibility of Australia withdrawing our troops.

DUTCH LEAVE AUSSIES IN THE LURCH
But behind the scenes, some very different action was happening. We have learned that Australian troops have been called up at short notice to replace a Dutch mortar platoon supporting our troops which withdrew last week without warning.

Independent defence writer, Sasha Uzunov, reports that soldiers from Townsville based infantry battalion 2RAR, mortars platoon, have been called up for immediate deployment. The
30-strong platoon had been preparing to deploy to Timor in October (as a rifle platoon), but now will switch to Afghanistan.

DUTCH "ARROGANT BASTARDS"
The sudden Dutch departure will add to simmering Dutch-Australian tensions in Afghanistan. Tensions are running high - at least one soldier has declared Australian troops would like to shoot all the Dutch as they are arrogant bastards to work with.

It will also make our Defence Minster look like a dill. Only last week, Nelson told a group of Dutch MPs in Kabul: "We are not in a position to increase our numbers in Afghanistan and we won't and can't take the lead position in Tarin Kowt." His blunt message was: "The consequences of a Dutch withdrawal, if we can't find another partner, is that we would be far too exposed to continue."

But it seems Nelson is quietly ensuring he has a buck each way.

YOUTUBE EXPLAINED
The Youtube video is of an interview of Urlich Ladurner by Sasha Uzonov in Kabul back in May where he explains that Australians and Dutch forces were slow in establishing security in Uruzgan province.

Uzonov had written that in New Matilda that:

When I asked the Defence Minister if a rift had developed between Australian troops and the Dutch Army engineers they are serving alongside, over who was doing the most to secure Uruzgan, Nelson would not comment.

New Matilda reported:

Ladurner, who is the foreign editor of the German weekly Die Zeit and co-author with Gero von Randow of The Iranian Bomb, spent weeks as an embedded journalist with Dutch Army engineers in Uruzgan Province — at the Tarin Kowt base they share with Australian troops. ‘The Dutch and Australians are making a big effort but it is too slow in bringing stability to the province,’ Ladurner said. ‘The local people are not happy with the progress made. It is still not safe. The region is still wild.’

Developing...

MONDAY MADNESS: Max Gross Would Have To Be Crazy To Team Up With The Israel Bashing Left

LaTrobe Uni Jewish student activist Max Gross is believed to be "dancing with the devil" in political arrangements that will see him run in imminent LaTrobe student elections with notorious socialist groups with a record of fanatical anti-Israel and anti-semitic beliefs.

One insider told us that the colourful and eccentric young student believes that by running with Socialist Left and extreme left forces he has a much stronger chance of winning that if he hangs with political moderates.

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
Gross recently failed in his bid to become President of the Australian Union of Jewish Students and is believed to be determined to win himself a spot on the LaTrobe Uni SRC even if it involves teaming up with those who praise Hamas, jihad and suicide bombings. The OC has been told by high ranking figures within AUJS that Gross will be "finished" if he proceeds with his plans to run with the extreme left.

The extreme left groups and are believed to be thoroughly amused to have duped the young man, ruthlessly using him for votes. One of the coalition partners with the Socialist Left group he plans to run with is the infamous hate-group Socialist Alternative which spews out anti-Israeli propaganda on a near-constant basis.

Max Gross seems to be a sincere supporter of Israel and moderately inclined. He organised a highly successful Israel Week at La Trobe University, which was very well received. He is the cousin of Zac Gross, a respected young moderate at Melbourne Uni. Only Max can explain why he is compromising himself by teaming up with leftards who hate Israel and are soft on terrorism. To be fair to him, he has contacted us about half a dozen times to inquire about the subject of the story, so we'll be giving him a right of reply should he wish to take it up.

As a postscript, one thing's for sure, this guy is truly amusing. In his persistent calls to the OC, I was keen to delay discussion until I'd written the story so we'd have something to talk about.

My social calendar was unusually full on the weekend and the site being hacked made it difficult to get everything done. But during these many calls, Max was very keen to know what we were writing about, I decided not to tell him until I'd finished it. His response? Oh is it about this (bad thing), that (private thing) or the other (some scandal). None of which I knew about previously.

Memo to Max: You are a patriot (probably) who has temporarily lost his way. Come back from the Dark Side and get someone to tell you how to deal with journalists. Telling them your secrets of the inner-most kind is far from the ideal.

Now stop this flirting with the lefties before you go blind.

Game on.

FOR FREEDOM: Liberty and Democracy Party to Hold Free Trade Rally At APEC

Sydneysiders of patriotism are encouraged to attend a Rally for Free Trade next Saturday morning organised by the Liberty and Democracy Party. Click here for more details.

ATTACK ADS: Parties Muscle Up In Election Negative Websites

The ALP have just launched Howard Facts, while the Liberals have been running Same Old Labor for a while.

Game on

IN HOT WATER: Greens Thank Liberals For Declining To Run In By-Election Deal of Sleaze

The Greens party's state by-election campaign is in crisis this morning as their federal leader Bob Brown blurted out thanks for their supposed Liberal opponents for pulling out of the contest in order to assist them.

The Greens have faced charges that they have entered into a Greens-Liberal-Deal which has a number of dodgy components because the Greens party have:

■ Voted with the Liberals 68% of the time, even voting down anti-nuclear proposals and tax cuts for hybrid cars;

■ Elected Liberal committee chairs;

■ Directed preferences to the Liberal party in outer suburban state seats in return for preferences from the Liberal party to the Greens party in inner suburban seats the Greens party were hopeful of winning;

■ Secretly taken cash from traditional Liberal donors;

■ Considered blocking ALP changes - if they were elected - to Workchoices, until Bob Brown reversed the position;

The ALP has revealed a Youtube ad which makes much of the Greens party's voting record, something that will sit very uncomfortably with their supporters.

BUSTED: Lawrence Money Guilty of Plagiarism

The Aged Lawrence Money - a convicted criminal - has been caught red-handed plagiarising week old material from the OC.

The below is from his gossip column published today:

TODAY Diary reaches in to the very heart of the Spring Street asylum to uncover the startling sartorial truth behind the new Brumby regime. Word is that school principal John Brumby has demanded his troops smarten up their dress code.

Lady MPs are to wear a more "business-like, corporate" style of garment. Gentlemen: ties in chamber, please, and tuck in your shirts!

Our source? Two disgruntled lady Labor MPs who were lamenting the draconian edicts in the ladies' loo at Parliament House. Happily, our snout happened to be in a cubicle at the time.

"They said that quite a few of the Labor ladies were upset," said our informant, suggesting that the likes of Judy Maddigan, Joanne Duncan, Kirstie Marshall and Marcia (sic) Thompson were among those who had favoured the "relaxed" look.

Diary suspects the tie regulation may be a problem for the likes of laid-back Steve Herbert, and as for shirt-tails: Craig Langdon struggled valiantly last week (note Parliament was sitting last week) but only succeeded about 50 per cent of the time.

It is not known how Brumby plans to punish repeat offenders. Keep them in after session? Make them write lines? ("I will tuck my shirt in. I will tuck my shirt in …")

Footnote: Lavatory cubicles are not the only rich source of information at Spring Street. "You hear all sorts of things on the staircase at Parliament House, too," says our insider. MPs have been warned.

GUILTY AS CHARGED
Compare the above with the OC's post on the 23rd of August:

A patriot has written in from a Parliamentary bunker and the second floor toilets to inform us of the latest Caucus carnage in Spring Street. Our informant reports:

School teacher Brumby reads the riot act to unruly pupils

Conversation between two female Labor members on Thursday - apparently "decisive action man" Brumby has upset a few female Labor members by demanding more business like/corporate dress style for all Labor members of Parliament.

Much discussion ensued regarding the challenges in complying with the school master's dress code for Judy Maddigan, Joanne Duncan, Kirsty Marshall and Marsha Thompson. All these ladies, to put it in the most kindly way possible, currently have individual, unique and relaxed dress styles, reflecting their personalities not a version of what passes for acceptable in the boring corridors of DTF (OC: The Department of Treasury and Finance)

Male members are to wear ties at all times in the chamber - this will cause severe difficulties for Steve Herbert. (OC: Is this because he hasn't figured out how to tie a knot yet or because I tie has not yet been invented long enough to wrap around his tree stump neck?)

The always splendidly and sartorially dressed Premier Brumby also insists that male members must tuck shirts in at all times - Craig Langdon valiantly struggled this week - only succeeeding 50% of the time.

Will the punishment be a thousand lines of "I must dress correctly, or face detention or a few swishes of the cane?" (OC: We can only hope)

RUMOURS: Nicola Roxon May Not Be On Labor Frontbench After Next Election

One of Labor's senior frontbenchers, Shadow Health Minister Nicola Roxon is understood to have all but decided not to contest a position in the ministry or shadow ministry after the next election.

Roxon is a member of the moderate and patriotic Labor Unity faction, although is considered quite left-wing by many observers and distinguished herself by bartering her vote in the one-vote margin Leadership election which saw her help elect Mark Latham to become Leader of the Opposition. In return for her vote, he agreed to make her Shadow Attorney-General. And to be fair, up until that point, she had done a serviceable job as Shadow Minister for Children.

LATTE LEFTY
Her political instincts in the sensitive A-G portfolio could be reasonably summarised as "All Latte All The Time". It has taken Queenslander Joseph Ludwig for Labor to have a politically savvy and astute Attorney-General spokesperson, who reflects to the views of most Labor supporters on issues like preventing terrorism, rather than the prevailing wisdom in lefty barristers' chambers. (Greetings to our many readers from various chambers, how do you find the time?)

Some have said that she will plans on being in Canberra for a long time and that she considers her young family a priority at the moment.

BARREL GIRL - MCMANUS SAID IT, I DIDN'T
Her opponents have speculated - probably not correctly - that she enjoys little support from Leader Kevin Rudd. Patriot Gerard McManus of the Herald-Sun pointed this out in an interesting article (off-line) on Saturday.

He wrote:

Mr Rudd is a hard task master and is known to be unhappy with the performance of some front-benchers. The body language of the recent launch of Labor's health policy said a great deal when Mr Rudd explained everything and took every follow-up question, and has give some inside Labor to question whether Nicola Roxon will have the same role after the election.

One Labor MP suggested that the launch was a setback for Ms Roxon, who was made to look like a barrel girl standing beside game show host Rudd.

(McManus' article is really very good so we'll try to obtain a digital copy of the whole thing for your edification)

Calling feminista Nicola a "barrel girl" might well be enough for patriot Gerard to wish he had been "sent away" for refusing to disclose his confidential sources to a court, once she catches up with him with some kind of sharp object in Canberra. That aside, it's certainly an insight into the confidence Ruddster has in his Health spokesperson. For all her faults, I cannot imagine him doing that when Ms Gillard was the Shadow Health Minister.

THE POSITIONING
There has been widespread speculation (previously reported on the OC) that Kevin Rudd would - if he wins - seize control of the ministerial selection process which is elected by the caucus. Or perhaps just as likely in our view, threaten factional leaders with this in order to get the outcomes he wants.

This could spell trouble for Roxon if she chose to contest, although an open ballot among her Victorian Right colleagues might not help her much either according to some. All of these factors - in additional to personal ones - are believed to be weighing on the ambitious Gellibrand MP's mind.

Labor insiders have revealed that her relinquishing her spot in Labor's front-bench team would facilitate the entry of the likes of Bill Shorten, the candidate for Maribyrnong and Mark Dreyfus, the candidate for the marginal seat of Isaacs.

Game on.

RACE ROW: Footballer Anti-Semite Awarded Prize

Simon Christian, the Ocean Grove footballer convicted for his role in a violent anti-semitic attack with his team-mates on Menachem Vorchheimer, has been awarded the "Best and Fairest" award by the Bellarine Football League.

The brother of the victim, who was set upon by the drunk Deakin University Economics student and his colleagues and subjected to racist taunts with Christian saying "Go Nazis", David Vorchheimer told the nation's most popular newspaper, the HeraldSun:

Mr Vorchheimer's brother, David, said yesterday the best and fairest award was an insult and the league had shown poor judgment.

"You've got to question the values and what you are trying to espouse and encourage," he said.

Simon Christian wants to move on from his mistake, made when very young. Unlike his colleagues, he was not involved in acts of violence, just words of hate. But surely, if he's continuing on, accepting prizes for being the "fairest" player when he's brought such disgrace on himself, his club and the football league, he hasn't learned much at all.

He should hand back his award, which while given as a result of his conduct on the field is certainly a reflection on the Bellarine Football League. The convicted criminal has been punished once for crime and at some point there should be forgiveness. But how can Mr Vorchheimer forgive when the perpertrator shows no contrition, just a desire to forget.

Game on.

PHOENIX: The OC Under Attack // Slaggedoff.com Our Temporary Home

Welcome to patriots who've come from the OC. Our sister site, slaggedoff.com have been kind enough to shut up shop so we could continue to spread the good news.

At this stage, we are uncertain as to the identity of those involved in hacking the OC's site of freedom but they can be certain we will do all we can to bring them to justice.

While that's been sorted out and the site restored, we'll be holding out here at slaggedoff. Normal OC transmission will be maintained all through today. We're not currently sure how long it will take for the OC to be back to normal but we'll do our best to keep everything going in our usual inimitable way.

Thank you for your patience. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

Game on.