Things that make you laugh

[dedja]

Despite the injury as a supposed comedian he makes a good footballer

If impersonating a comedian or media personality was a crime, he’d get life.

[wenchbarwer]

Latest edition of the Wozza Chronicles:

Warren Tredrea loses court bid to avoid paying Nine Network legal costs in alleged wrongful dismissal fight
Warren Tredrea’s long-running legal battle with Nine has ended with the former AFL star in significant debt. Read the letter three judges called “incomprehensible”.

Warren Tredrea stated, in his court documents, “I am not dead” – but on Friday, a court ruled his “incomprehensible and legally meaningless” bid to off-set his $149,000 debt to the Nine Network most certainly was.

In a unanimous judgment, the Full Court of the Federal Court ordered Tredrea pay all of Nine’s costs, bringing to an end the long-running, Covid-fuelled stoush between the former commercial partners.

In its judgment, the court said many of Tredrea’s arguments were “confusing and pseudo-legalistic” and his purported IOU “a waste of time” that is “strongly to be discouraged”.

His court documents, it said, contained “various elaborate but legally meaningless expressions” and “obvious and unnecessary” statements including “I am not dead”.

It said those papers “often” used “double and triple negatives to introduce what are really wrong legal arguments”.

Tredrea did not appear in court in person for the judgment, instead dialling in by video link.

He appeared to shake his head as the decision was handed down.

Previously, Tredrea was ordered to reimburse Nine’s legal costs incurred by his attempt to resurrect his failed wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

In court papers filed in June, Tredrea insisted he had covered that debt with a legal IOU because Australia has no “gold or silver coins” in circulation.

In those documents, he also claimed he is “not an entity” nor a “legal person, citizen or resident” but a “private man” whose “yes be yes” and “no be no”.

Tredrea has publicly and repeatedly denied any suggestion he is a sovereign citizen.

In their 23-page judgment, Justices Melissa Perry, Timothy McEvoy and Stephen McDonald said that, in April 2025, Nine offered to settle the dispute.

They said Nine was willing to accept $126,000 from Tredrea but, instead of a “direct response”, received an affidavit and accompanying materials.

Those materials featured “several handwritten annotations in blue and red pen, initialled by Tredrea” and legal IOU – called a promissory note – for $140,000.

When Nine’s lawyers rejected the note, calling it “misconceived”, Tredrea sent it again to managing director Sean O’Brien.

Warren Tredrea's "promissory note"

Time Sensitive Document

Estoppel Conditions Apply Upon Default

Warren Tredrea (“we” or “us”)

Maker

[address]

Contact; [mobile number]

My Ref: WT000126052025

8 May 2025

Sean O’Brien

Managing Director

Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880), and

Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) (Collectively ‘You’ and ‘Your’)

[street and postal addresses]

Within the universal maxim of law ‘notice to agent is notice to principal and

notice to principal is notice to agent’. All addressed parties Jointly and Severally as well as their Successors, Nominees and assigns.

Notice of Payment and Notice and Demand to Verify Claim

Re: Delivery of payment instrument promissory note numbered

“PNWT260520251035”, as payment to discharge the liability to pay the debts

against Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) account on behalf of Warren Tredrea.

Dear Sean,

We deliver in “good faith’ payment by way of Promissory Note – Numbered “PNWT260520251035”, in satisfaction against the alleged outstanding balance of Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) account disclosed above. The Promissory Note is tendered in good faith in order to satisfy the principle of “honour in, honour out” and “clean hands”.

Should there be any verifiable defect/s or deficiency/ies in the attached Promissory Note, please contact us in writing so we are afforded a remedy with which to rectify it. In doing so, of course we expect that you would notify us of the specific defect/s or deficiency/ies within our delivered Promissory Note by way of your/testifier’s signed and sworn or affirmed affidavit with supporting evidence validating your/claimant’s claim.

If it is claimed and validated our delivered Promissory Note is insufficient-deficient or defective in discharging or otherwise satisfying the liability to pay the alleged debt, we direct you to return the Promissory Note to the maker (us) within three (3) days of the date of receiving it with your/complainant’s accompanying signed Notice of Dishonour and evidence supporting the claim to deficiency or defectiveness of the Promissory Note. It is our understanding a Promissory Note is as good as cash and must be treated as such.

Alternatively if the Promissory Note (“the note”), is not returned to us or presented to the maker (us) at the time, date and place stipulated on the Promissory Note, it shall be deemed by all parties in this matter that Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) have accepted the note in full and final satisfaction or discharge of the maker’s liability to pay the alleged debt.

Should Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880), via its employees or agents, not return the note to maker as stated above yet make any unsubstantiated claim as to their deficiency or defectiveness, or pursue collections against us or our estate subsequent to taking delivery of the Promissory Note, it shall be deemed by all parties to the not negotiable contract that Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) – defaulter has committed a commercial default of the contract, thereby invoking the defaultee’s rights to recover their award for breach of contract, as so expressed within the “Default & Liability Clause & Notice” within the not negotiable Contract.

We bring to your attention we have the means with which to track and trace the unique CUSIP number of the Promissory Note and to identify the overseas purchaser of the Note.

We direct all proceeds of the securitization of our delivered Promissory Note to be applied to discharge the alleged debt to Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) and any remaining proceeds surplus to discharging the aforesaid liabilities thereafter may be disbursed in favour of Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) at its sole discretion.

Finally, thereafter we seek and direct Channel 9 South Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 007 577 880) to deliver to us written confirmation the current account balance as “zero” and the account “closed”.

Thank-you in anticipation of your honourable, timely, amicable and professional services in this matter.

Kind Regards

By [signature]

Administrator and Executor for estate

“Warren Tredrea”. All rights reserved,

“We will not attempt to describe the annotations exhaustively,” the court says in its judgment.

“But we note that they include the words ‘Accepted as Indorsed’ in red pen, initialled by Mr Tredrea in blue pen.

“Various other annotations appear in blue pen and are initialled by Mr Tredrea.”

It says it “is not necessary to set out the terms and text” of Mr Tredrea’s other materials.

“Those two pages are written in a style, and using language, that is evidently designed to appear highly technical and legalistic,” it says.

“They are in reality incomprehensible and legally meaningless, but it is evident that they purport to constitute terms of a contract.”

It says Tredrea’s note gave Nine 72 hours to respond and, if it did not, it would have “accepted it in full and final satisfaction of the alleged debt”.

Nine again refused the note, triggering June’s court hearing.

Justices Perry, McEvoy and McDonald unanimously agreed Tredrea’s promissory note “did not discharge the debt arising from the costs order” of the failed appeal.

“The quasi-legalistic language that appears in those two documents does not achieve anything, apart from making the documents difficult to understand,” the court said.

“The creation and use of documents of this kind is a waste of time, and is strongly to be discouraged.”

It said Tredrea’s “assumptions” about Federal law, underpinning his belief in the promissory note, were “wrong” – as was his description of himself as a “banker”.

“(Tredrea) asserted he ‘is an incorporated or unincorporated body of persons involved in the business of banking’,” it said.

“This does not reflect the terms of the definition of ‘Banker’ in (Federal law), which actually refers to a body of persons ‘who carry on the business of banking’.

“Mr Tredrea is not a body of persons.”

Tredrea’s assertion the IOU was secured against his birth certificate, it said, “misapprehend the nature of a birth certificate and the meaning of a security, a financial instrument and a financial institution”.

His assertions about other matters, including Australian currency, had already been dealt with and disproved in earlier, separate, unrelated court cases, it said.

“All of the submissions relied on by Tredrea are misconceived,” it said.

Nine had quoted its legal costs of the appeal at $149, 210.70 which the court found “surprisingly high”, and fixed the amount payable at $149,000.

[Booney]

Might hear more about his board position now I think.

[MW]

I have actual concerns about Warrens mental health (not trying to be funny here).
He is going so far off the deep end he might not make it back to the surface.

[wenchbarwer]

Might hear more about his board position now I think.

This was my first thought,.

I have actual concerns about Warrens mental health (not trying to be funny here).
He is going so far off the deep end he might not make it back to the surface.

And this was my second. He either has some absolutely insane people advising him, or he's so far down the rabbit hole he's past the point of no return.

[Corona Man]

Riley O’Briens elite kicking skills…

[Lightning McQueen]

Had the idiot box on in the morning the other day and Today was on, there was some"Breaking News", I stopped momentarily waiting in anticipation and the announcement was "Prince Harry spends 90 minutes having a tea with his father".

My spirits were immediately lifted and I found reason to live.

[Pseudo]

Had the idiot box on in the morning the other day and Today was on, there was some"Breaking News", I stopped momentarily waiting in anticipation and the announcement was "Prince Harry spends 90 minutes having a tea with his father".

My spirits were immediately lifted and I found reason to live.

Did he have English Breakfast or Darjeeling?

[Lightning McQueen]

Had the idiot box on in the morning the other day and Today was on, there was some"Breaking News", I stopped momentarily waiting in anticipation and the announcement was "Prince Harry spends 90 minutes having a tea with his father".

My spirits were immediately lifted and I found reason to live.

Did he have English Breakfast or Darjeeling?

Dunno, was more wondering if he dipped his Ginger Snap in there.

[Dutchy]

John from Epping

[Jimmy_041]

Qantas giving us cyber awareness advice

Cyber Awareness: Emails from Qantas will never ask you for your personal details, password or PIN.
You can log into your Frequent Flyer or Business Account via our Qantas apps or websites.
Please visit qantas.com/cyber for more information.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business ... 7f8b842301

Cyber hackers threaten to release stolen Qantas data in ransom demand
Hackers claim to possess 153 gigabytes of stolen Qantas customer data and have given Salesforce until Friday to pay up before releasing everything.

Robyn Ironside
Aviation Writer
3 min read
October 8, 2025 - 9:54AM
The Australian Business Network

A cyber attack on Qantas in June continues to dog the airline.

Three hacker groups are collaborating behind a threat to release sensitive data stolen in the cyber attack on Qantas unless a ransom is paid by Friday.

Known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, the collective includes the groups Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and ShinyHunters, all of which have been involved in high-profile breaches. They directed their ultimatum at the enterprise software company Salesforce, which is used by blue-chips like Disney, Google, Toyota, Ikea and McDonalds for managing customer databases. All of those companies are caught up in the shakedown.

The criminal group released samples of stolen data on the dark web on Tuesday with its threat to escalate the dump if Salesforce refuses to comply.

A spokesman for the software provider said Salesforce would “not engage, negotiate with or pay any extortion demand”.

The data leak site claimed to have 153 gigabytes worth of Qantas data in its possession, representing the personal details of of 5.7 million customers stolen from the airline’s Manila call centre, according to senior staff research engineer at Tenable, Satnam Narang. But that warning shot has since disappeared.

“As of Wednesday afternoon, the group’s data leak site is inaccessible,” Mr Narang told The Australian. “It is unclear if that has anything to do with some type of law enforcement activity or seizure.”

The data stolen from Qantas’ customer database includes names, phone numbers, email addresses and postal addresses, dates of birth, meal preferences and frequent flyer numbers.

In an effort to protect the data post-hack, Qantas obtained an ongoing injunction from the NSW Supreme Court to prevent the information being accessed or transmitted by anyone, including third parties such as the media.

The Salesforce spokesman said it was monitoring the situation, and encouraged customers to remain vigilant against phishing and social engineering attempts.

“Our investigations indicate these (latest) extortion attempts relate to past or unsubstantiated incidents, and we remain engaged with affected customers to provide support,” he said.

Qantas has taken steps to try to prevent the personal details of 5.7 million customers stolen in a cyber attack from being released.
Aiden Sinnott, a security researcher at Sophos Counter Threat Unit, said it was difficult to second guess the group claiming responsibility, because a lot of what it posted was “intentional misinformation, mischief and trolling”.

“It is hard to predict what will happen on the 10th (of October),” Mr Sinnott said.

“They aren’t averse to leaking huge amounts of data, so if they do have Qantas data I wouldn’t be surprised if they leaked it.”

Mr Narang said the groups concerned should be taken seriously.

“There are certainly some cybercriminal groups that take previously leaked stolen breach data and repackage it to put pressure on organisations to pay ransom demands,” said Mr Narang.

“However many of the major cybercriminal groups operating today are capable of conducting these social engineering attacks, obtaining massive troves of data with the intention to extort these businesses to the tune of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.”

People caught up in the Qantas attack have experienced an increased rate of targeted cyber scams, including emails offering cash back for frequent flyer points nearing expiry.

Qantas continued to work closely with government agencies and the Australian Cyber Security Centre to investigate the hack, previously linked to Scattered Spider.

“Ensuring continued vigilance and providing ongoing support for our customers remain our top priorities,” a Qantas spokeswoman said.

“We continue to offer a 24/7 support line and specialist identity protection advice to affected customers. We have also put in place additional security measures, increased training across our teams, and strengthened system monitoring and detection since the incident occurred.”

Qantas executives had their short-term bonuses cut by 15 per cent in the 2025 financial year, in recognition of the seriousness of the breach.

For chief executive Vanessa Hudson, that amounted to a $250,000 penalty, reducing her total pay for the year to June 30 to $6.3m.

Although Qantas has stopped short of providing compensation to customers, frequent flyers were rewarded with at least 40 status credits in August following the airline’s announcement of a $2.39bn profit.

Maurice Blackburn has taken the first steps towards a class action against Qantas over the cyber breach, filing a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner.

I hope they change everyones meal preference from $hite to something decent

[Lightning McQueen]

Went for my usual post morning meeting walk around the block and there's a transport company across the road with trucks continually getting loaded unloaded, they usually have the music blaring but I couldn't help but LIQ when I heard them blaring out Whitney's "I wanna dance with somebody".

I wonder how many truckies/forkies were bopping along to it.

[Pseudo]

Copper coast council member gets all uppity about being called a "wank stain":

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/ ... /105848794

[wenchbarwer]

Watching Zach Merrett's manager slowly come to the conclusion he's made a promise he can't possibly keep

[Lightning McQueen]

Nothing like being a smart arse and being out done.

Dude from work:

"Hey LM, missus has got a work function in town Friday night, would you be interested in coming along?"
"Does she have any colleagues that are good looking, slightly slutty and single" I replied.
"A matter of fact she does, so you're a yes, I'll organise a ticket".

[wenchbarwer]

Nothing like being a smart arse and being out done.

Dude from work:

"Hey LM, missus has got a work function in town Friday night, would you be interested in coming along?"
"Does she have any colleagues that are good looking, slightly slutty and single" I replied.
"A matter of fact she does, so you're a yes, I'll organise a tickey".

Shout him lunch, he's saved you a bit of leg work there

[Lightning McQueen]

Nothing like being a smart arse and being out done.

Dude from work:

"Hey LM, missus has got a work function in town Friday night, would you be interested in coming along?"
"Does she have any colleagues that are good looking, slightly slutty and single" I replied.
"A matter of fact she does, so you're a yes, I'll organise a tickey".

Shout him lunch, he's saved you a bit of leg work there

We had free pizza today, that should cover it. Now I'vev gotta find an excuse to bail.

[carey]

Nothing like being a smart arse and being out done.

Dude from work:

"Hey LM, missus has got a work function in town Friday night, would you be interested in coming along?"
"Does she have any colleagues that are good looking, slightly slutty and single" I replied.
"A matter of fact she does, so you're a yes, I'll organise a tickey".

Shout him lunch, he's saved you a bit of leg work there

We had free pizza today, that should cover it. Now I'vev gotta find an excuse to bail.

I'll go.