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Parramatta Leagues Club board sacked, administrator appointed

El Diablo

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https://www.9news.com.au/2018/10/05/10/28/ex-eels-manager-lied-about-mum-driving

Ex-Eels manager lied about mum driving

10:26am Oct 5, 2018

Former Parramatta Eels football manager Jason Irvine has been spared jail after lying to police by maintaining his mother was behind the wheel of his speeding company car.

Jason Irvine, 44, who was himself driving while disqualified at the time, pleaded guilty to doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice.

Judge Nicole Norman in the District Court on Thursday said the offence struck at the heart of the justice system and no penalty other than prison was appropriate.

But as Irvine had been assessed as suitable to serve his term in the community, she sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment to be served by way of an intensive correction order.

Irvine in June walked free from court after a magistrate dismissed fraud charges against him related to the NRL club's salary cap scandal.

Judge Norman said while he was driving in June 2016 his company car was detected speeding.

He told his work that his mother had been behind the wheel and provided her details.

A staff member filled out a statutory declaration nominating his mother who lost demerit points and paid the fine which was reimbursed by her son.

Police later learned his mother had been at another location at the time. But when a detective spoke to Irvine in January 2017 he maintained the lie that she was the driver.

Irvine told the judge he instinctively lied but she noted "he well knew he had recruited his mother to support this lie" and was prepared to continue the lie even when he was aware of police involvement.

Irvine, who has a number of disqualified driving convictions, was the subject of a community service order at the time.

He testified that in mid-2015 he'd been made redundant from his Eels job following the salary cap inquiry.

"He said he was held responsible in the media and commenced drinking and avoiding social situations," Judge Norman said.

"He said he thought he was made the scapegoat."

Irvine said he lied because he just wanted the issue to go away and didn't want to jeopardise his new job.

:copyright: AAP 2018
 

Pilot house

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The leagues club is a good and decent place but they really need a geeks room for us nerds to get pissed and play on line war games.

So I’d like pay $20 for say 2 or 3 hours to sit on a lounge chair and kill allied soldiers with a spade or something. Some kind of ai 3D game where you can be in the action.

It would be good to smoke cigarettes as well doing the campaigns.

It’s a nice club though...most of the staff are good except for a few in the machine room.

Don’t interrupt them chatting with each other.

Also, say you’ve done $40, just pull up there I think. You can lose more next week.

This sounds weird but that car park is state of the art. It’s pretty good.

I think the club is moving forwards without just machines. But us geeks are the future.
 
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T.S Quint

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The leagues club is a good and decent place but they really need a geeks room for us nerds to get pissed and play on line war games.

So I’d like pay $20 for say 2 or 3 hours to sit on a lounge chair and kill allied soldiers with a spade or something. Some kind of ai 3D game where you can be in the action.

It would be good to smoke cigarettes as well doing the campaigns.

It’s a nice club though...most of the staff are good except for a few in the machine room.

Don’t interrupt them chatting with each other.

Also, say you’ve done $40, just pull up there I think. You can lose more next week.

This sounds weird but that car park is state of the art. It’s pretty good.

I think the club is moving forwards without just machines. But us geeks are the future.

Just join the army and go and kill some real merkins.

Not sure if they allow spades though.
 

Pilot house

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https://www.9news.com.au/2018/10/05/10/28/ex-eels-manager-lied-about-mum-driving

Ex-Eels manager lied about mum driving

10:26am Oct 5, 2018

Former Parramatta Eels football manager Jason Irvine has been spared jail after lying to police by maintaining his mother was behind the wheel of his speeding company car.

Jason Irvine, 44, who was himself driving while disqualified at the time, pleaded guilty to doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice.

Judge Nicole Norman in the District Court on Thursday said the offence struck at the heart of the justice system and no penalty other than prison was appropriate.

But as Irvine had been assessed as suitable to serve his term in the community, she sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment to be served by way of an intensive correction order.

Irvine in June walked free from court after a magistrate dismissed fraud charges against him related to the NRL club's salary cap scandal.

Judge Norman said while he was driving in June 2016 his company car was detected speeding.

He told his work that his mother had been behind the wheel and provided her details.

A staff member filled out a statutory declaration nominating his mother who lost demerit points and paid the fine which was reimbursed by her son.

Police later learned his mother had been at another location at the time. But when a detective spoke to Irvine in January 2017 he maintained the lie that she was the driver.

Irvine told the judge he instinctively lied but she noted "he well knew he had recruited his mother to support this lie" and was prepared to continue the lie even when he was aware of police involvement.

Irvine, who has a number of disqualified driving convictions, was the subject of a community service order at the time.

He testified that in mid-2015 he'd been made redundant from his Eels job following the salary cap inquiry.

"He said he was held responsible in the media and commenced drinking and avoiding social situations," Judge Norman said.

"He said he thought he was made the scapegoat."

Irvine said he lied because he just wanted the issue to go away and didn't want to jeopardise his new job.

:copyright: AAP 2018

We can infer from this that his new job isn’t in politics where some kind of rap sheet is a pre requisite.

Asked his dear mum to take the rap, that’s additional ethical quality.

I’m surprised he wasn’t snapped up by a major bank or energy company as some kind of board chairman

Pleading guilty of Perverting the course of justice is usually a full-time lagging too. He’s very lucky.

My guess is that after a spell, he will be tempted back in the drivers seat soon enough and the cops will be just around the corner to pick him up. That’s what they do.

No bail, breach of order and the balance of his time at Bathurst.

Criminalising his mum is very very ordinary. They should have charged her as well for being complicit in this obviously deeply flawed criminal enterprise.

After that, an executive position with Manly in recruitment and cap oversight.
 
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Gronk

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So is everyone who is eligible to vote heading out to the Novatel on Thursday evening to cast a vote that gets rid of Max?

We need 75% to allow reform. I fear that Mr Burns and Fat Tony will be able to mobilize more than 25% on the NO side again.
 

emjaycee

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Actually, the latest proposed changes may finally have Mr. Burns on-side.
The risk remains with Fat Tony's mob however if enough turn up his voting bloc gets diluted.
Fingers crossed they recognise that if they don't vote in favour then the NSW Government may just enforce the changes anyway and all that will do is give us more bad press.
 

Gazzamatta

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Why isnt the meeting at the Club. New carpark and all and its not as if there will be heaps there? Do we still get 2 free beers? If so maybe they need to advertise that point.
 

Chipmunk

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So is everyone who is eligible to vote heading out to the Novatel on Thursday evening to cast a vote that gets rid of Max?

I presume you will be providing a running commentary during the event?

Perhaps you could get us a live stream happening.
 

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