This case will be an indicator of how privileged partner-abuse offenders are treated.
A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge is facing additional criminal charges over offences allegedly committed in New South Wales.
NSW Police confirmed it had charged Gregory Geason, 62, with breaching an apprehended domestic violence order on November 20, November 27 and November 29.
He has been summonsed to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court on February 22.
Last month, Justice Geason pleaded not guilty in the Hobart Magistrates Court to charges of emotional abuse or intimidation, and common assault.
Particulars of the Tasmanian charges included "verbal abuse" and "striking", tracking a person using technology and "pressuring a person" to sign a contract.
Tasmania Police allege the judge exhibited "jealousy, rage, anger and aggression", coerced a person into "establishing a shared phone account to gain access to their electronic records", and "scrutinising their electronic devices and reviewing messages, including deleted messages".
He was granted bail on December 1 at an after-hours hearing in Hobart, which the media was barred from attending.
The court administrator said this was due to a lack of security presence at the court at the time.
Security then escorted Justice Geason out of the court, and a prosecutor helped him into an unmarked police car.
Tasmania Police said this was due to the judge having his phone seized and not being able to arrange his own transport.
From the mob who conflated daylight saving time and faded curtains, come this piece of fine-quality hooey, from Matt "Sooty" Canavan, a dude who knows anthracite is the best blusher a guy can get.
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says new data revealing huge pay gaps between men and women under various Australian employers is “useless” and would drive people to support misogynists.
The Queensland MP’s bizarre comments were in response to the first-ever look at gender pay gaps at 5,000 Australian workplaces, including airlines, banks, mining, retail and more.
Senator Canavan said the annual release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) figures would drive more people to support the likes of misogynistic social media personality Andrew Tate.
“The Gender Pay Report is useless data because it does not even correct for basic differences like hours worked,” Canavan posted on X on Tuesday morning.
“The Gender Pay Report is now the annual Andrew Tate recruitment drive.”
Coercive control will become a crime in Queensland after historic laws passed state parliament.
Adults will face a new standalone offence – expected to come into force next year – that carries a jail sentence of up to 14 years.
Coercive control is an often "insidious" pattern of controlling, isolating and manipulative behaviour within a relationship, and can include verbal abuse, financial control, emotional abuse and social isolation.
Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were detained Tuesday over UK-issued European arrest warrant.
According to a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates Court in London allegations include sexual aggression and exploitation of individuals in the UK between 2012 and 2015.
Romanian authorities said the UK’s warrant led to the brothers’ arrest, and they were subsequently presented to the Bucharest Court of Appeal. Here, a decision was made to hold the pair for an initial 24-hour period.
In a statement from the Tate brothers’ spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said the pair “categorically reject all charges” and branded them as a “bewildering revival of decade-old accusations.” The two brothers said they were “dismayed and deeply troubled” by these resurrected claims, especially in the absence of “substantial new evidence.”
The representatives continued to say that the brothers “are fully committed to challenging these accusations with unwavering determination and resolve.”
The Tate brothers are facing allegations of rape and human trafficking as part of an organised crime group in Romania, their country of residence. Since their initial detention in December 2022, they have experienced both incarceration and subsequent house arrest. A decision to seize their assets was overturned in January.
Oh yeah... "It's good that I had this car crash because I wanted to see if the airbags worked".
Ultra-masculine influencer Andrew Tate says it is “fantastic news” that he will be extradited to the UK on sex charges, as he has been wanting to “go home”.
A Romanian court has approved a request from Britain to extradite the internet personality but postponed doing so until Romanian trial proceedings finish.
It's small, in the scheme of things, but illustrative. There was lots of consultation prior to the event being held too, and yet no one was able to see how this perpetuated patriarchy? It's not a bad idea to teach kids everyday household work like cooking, laundry, cleaning etc (though nappy changing is a tad weird, but ok...). To do it on International womens day is obviously to link these activities to what women do. It is therefore, sexist and patriarchal and the opposite of what IWD is, and is becoming.
It would have been better had that school completely ignored the day altogether.
'The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.' David Graeber
I have very little faith in the British justice system and less in the government. I would not be overly surprised if the Tories recruit Tate to run for parliament. They're badly in need of candidates, apparently. He could end up running their department for women.
Yes, i'm joking (almost entirely). I do hope he ends up broke and locked securely away, for everyone's safety.
'The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.' David Graeber
