A predator who secretly filmed girls and young women in an Adelaide park while on cigarette breaks from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) also pretended to be a girl on chat sites to catfish men, a court has heard.
- Former ATO employee Alan Leon Baden has pleaded guilty to child sex offences
- Baden was in possession of nearly 400 child exploitation items across multiple devices
- His crimes were uncovered after an SD card was left at his workplace
Former ATO information officer Alan Leon Baden has pleaded guilty to 13 offences, including possessing child exploitation material and indecently filming children.
The 52-year-old will be sentenced in the South Australian District Court next month.
The charismatic barrister made police an offer too good to resist — inside access into her world of criminal clients, crucial information about murders, huge drug deals and labs.
The tantalising mail from Nicola Gobbo came at a time when police had dropped the ball on gathering criminal intelligence.
They didn't know enough about Melbourne's drug trade and who was murdering who in the 2000s.
Lawyer X: Purana's legacy is the loss of trust in the justice system
ATO sits on crimebuster’s underworld report
WE call them “old-school” police, which is code for whatever you want it to be. It’s fair to say most of them didn’t have much in common with Oscar Wilde except they could resist anything but temptation.
Andrew Rule: At Peter Spence’s farewell, old-school police told tough tales
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Simon is also a trusted advisor who is helping us create the space for people to become their greatest selves, and inspire others to do the same by improving internal communication and performance management. In our second interview, Simon discusses how leaders are responsible for putting their interests aside so that others will feel safe and find fulfillment.
Monos, Spanish-language, Lord of the Flies-type elements.
The Guilty, Danish police story, mainly talk, limited settings, really good.
Just 6.5, Iranian war on drugs movie, brutal at times, culturally fascinating.
The Wedding Plan, a few years older, a Rama Burshtein movie, imagine an Israeli woman setting out to get married by a particular date no matter what.
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy. I think you need to have a preexisting connection to Mexico and Mexican food to enjoy it. I do.
Graduation, 2016 Romanian movie about trying to cheat on your kid’s exam. Excellent.
An American Pickle, Straussian critique of the Woke.
Tenet, if only to see a blockbuster again.
Cuties, yes it was really good, even if sometimes uncomfortably exploitative in its treatment of the source material, namely dancing young teen girls.
My Octopus Teacher, god-awful sentimental and storified, but everyone loved it.
The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman, set in Cameroon, about cross-cultural differences.
Chez Jolie Coiffure, set in a Brussels hair salon, women from Cameroon and DRC talk to each other, from the same director as Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman, they make a nice set piece and are both quite short.
The Wild Goose Lake, set in Wuhan, a kind of Chinese noir, you have to already like Chinese cinema for this one.
Hong Kong is part of China. Our media fails to grasp this basic point.
Hong Kong was seized by Britain to facilitate its opium trade. After a century of humiliation for China, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 under a complex arrangement. Foreign countries should keep out of what is a domestic issue for China. CIA, take note.Continue reading
For the first time, scientists detect the ghostly signal that reveals the engine of the universe NBC News original).
New Quantum Paradox Reveals Contradiction Between Widely Held Beliefs – “Something’s Gotta Give” SciTech Daily original)
First ‘clear evidence’ of hallucinogens at cave art site found Independent
Get ready for the ‘Great Conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn Space
What failure has taught me
Have you ever been in a situation where you know that you are doing the best and the most necessary thing in your field, and yet all you face are barriers of thought and relentless resistance?
There might be a slight chance that others are right and that your idea is not ripe — there should be a smiley here. People who try to change entrenched routines, organisational culture or institutional mindsets often end in situations like this. Resistance and barriers of thought happen when ideologies clash.