A former SA Labor staffer who committed "repugnant" child abuse offences says his offending began amid "endless stress" and "exploitation" as an adviser for the opposition, court documents have revealed.
"The political lifestyle is incredibly stressful," he wrote in his statement which the court released to ABC News. "I worked for the opposition and I was the sole advisor for human services in this state, one of the most difficult portfolios to navigate. "The endless stress, unpaid hours of work, incredibly late nights at Parliament House with excessive use of alcohol each night took its toll on me.Opposition Human Services Spokeswoman Nat Cook has been in parliament since 2014.
He wrote that his personal time "became monopolised by work" and his nights and weekends were "stripped away".that he used a work bathroom to "relieve himself" after viewing child exploitation material.In his affidavit, he said he was not a "pervert, depraved or a paedophile" but viewed and possessed child exploitation material to "understand why an adult would want to have a sexual relationship" with a child.
Waters says 'endless stress' of work for Labor MP led to 'escape' into child abuse material. Seems a 'pathetic' excuse to me.
Wtf. Let him lose in jail.
Filth. Labor filth
A perfectly reasonable reaction to stress... if you're a crazy person.
Glad a majority of Aussies working stressful jobs dont think this is any sort of excuse.
Oh pulease. Pull the other one!
So the pedophile priest alleges FABLES has pushed him into being a pedophile
Nup cope out
Clearly the culture being created under Albo is very sick.
What a piss poor excuse. Look for a less stressful job not get into child abuse material. Let’s see if his stress level rises when he goes to gaol.
What an excuse! The mindset had to be there in the first place.
The reptile could have left his job.
Yeah, right!
What a crock defence.
And don't forget, the pedal fell off his tricycle when he was 4
Rubbish excuse. We all get stress but most of us know where to draw the line.
Someone who is extremely stressed might drink too much, might overeat, might get alopecia, but this excuse is just abhorrent! Pathetic!
Health care workers must be going to create and surge in demand for child abuse material then.
Oh please!!! Spare yourself the indignity
That's BULLSHIT
Would report such justifications of a catholic priest? Doubt it.
Like what even is this headline? From recent shit Ive seen from the ABC, I'm changing my mind, maybe state run media isn't a good idea I mean it doesn't even say 'claims' it says 'led'. Wtf.
Zero tolerance
Nahhh.....
Have you tried maybe NOT doing that?
Nope. Nup. And nope again
Yet amazingly there still exists a govt gag order hiding the identity of numerous high profile political & business pedophiles.
WTAF
What bugs me is that if he worked for the LNP this would be so much bigger. What's Albo got to say?
Mmm really!!! I go to gym and have a few drinks with friends.. never thought of looking at kiddy porn.. WTAF!!
Millions of us are overworked and don't escape into child pornography. Worse excuse ever.
Say it with me: If your go-to relief when you're stressed is being a pedo, it's not the stress that is the problem.
Nope.
He could've turned to strippers. That's how Kevin Rudd dealt with stress
2 things - its a cop out (by the accused) - if it happened for someone who didn't work for a politician it would not have made a headline. Partisan BS what ever sides of politics.
Hell NO
Labor has been a breeding ground for these creatures for years, Don Dunstan made it acceptable in the party in SA
Because it’s material that he worked for a Labor MP.
“I felt unsupported and exploited” Is he quoting the children he abused?
Some good years in jail might help him relax
Nope
Yeah/nah
The excuse is juts as disgusting as the act
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No
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