Cam Slater: The Astonishing Dishonesty of Chris Cahill

On Wednesday afternoon Police Association boss Chris Cahill went on The Platform to defend the lack of prosecution of a police officer who illegally accessed the Police National Intelligence Application in order to locate firearms licence details of third parties so he could use their licence details to hide his purchase of firearms from his missus.

We already covered this, after the IPCA ticked off police for ignoring two obvious crimes. Remember the police, and Chris Cahill in particular, have been banging on about “straw buyers” as they push, via their media lickspittles, straw buying as the justification for the new and failing gun register.

Rachel Stewart: Gunning for McKee

What's really behind the incessant Nicole McKee hatred?

Political scientist Bryce Edwards is someone I respect for his level-headedness but his recent article on Nicole McKee needs to be fact-checked, and fact-checked hard. If you haven’t seen it here it is: https://substack.com/@democracyproject/p-149335230

I mean, I get if you’ve only got access to journalism that is overwhelming negative - and clearly that’s the case here when you read who his key sources are - then this is the result. But it’s lazy. And far too trusting.

Cam Slater: Why Can’t Chris Cahill Tell the Truth

Telling a lie once is pretty bad and doing it on a radio station is worse. Chris Cahill has been busted telling too many lies: he must resign.

I could be generous and say Chris Cahill is being economical with the truth. However, in this instance, he is just flat-out lying.