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An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.

Gareth Ward, 44, was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing.

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come to America. we'll give you a cabinet position. \s

[–] Tja@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago

Why the s? He could claim white genocide or something like that and he would get a cushy job for sure. Maybe not cabinet, but high level something, or fox news host.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That guy's 44 going on 67. Wtf? Did he exchange his youth for a position in politics? I'm very happy to see this fucker was kicked out. What an unmitigated shithead

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"But he seemed so nice and normal" - said no one.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

idk he’s loud and hates the same things I do so let’s elect him president

-my countrymen, I guess

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, this guy did it twice and was convicted.

Your countrymen like people who do it repeatedly for half a century and get away with it.

Also, it was guy on guy and your country is homophobic af.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

It’s wild that even in new fascism, Milo, Caitlyn, and other fasc-happy LGBTQIAs aren’t welcome.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

Permit me to repeat what I said the last time this reprobate's picture was posted:

Which ventriloquist did this nightmare escape from?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

I know people hate it when us people want to usafy things but the presidency travels the world so it gets really confusing when you use his title when talking about other people.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

This headline is a really roundabout way to say "kicked out". He was kicked out of parliament.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That dude looks like a pervert. His face is why you should tell your kids to stay away from. Probably has a windowless van.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

There’s plenty of creepers who are hot. And vice versa. I encourage folks to avoid judging others by features they were born with.

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I clicked on the link just to get a better look at that fucking face