Sometimes you hear about a guy on the other side of the world and he's the absolute best. You just wish there were more like him. I'll introduce you to Andy Furphy a little later.

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And sometimes you hear about a guy on the other side of the world and he's the absolute worst. You just know there are many more like him. You already know Russell Brand.

And then sometimes you hear about a guy right here in Australia and he's utter trash. Not because he's raped anyone, or murdered anyone. Ralph Babet is the United Australia Party's senator in Victoria. He's in a powerful position as a politician in this country and his views are so frightening, so ghastly, so ugly, you wonder if we could all do something to unseat him. And of course we can. More of that later.

Let me start with that absolute horror Russell Brand. Brand was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Monday. Good. Convicted rapist, convicted of sexual assault, utterly tedious comic, late-onset Christian. Last Thursday, Brand, 51, was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The judge presiding over the case told Brand to expect "a significant custodial term". Wasn't quite as significant as I'd hoped.

He'd faced three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault, for crimes which took place between 2004 and 2009. According to the BBC, police are now investigating further rape allegations made by two women against Brand.

Now let me introduce you to a local horror.

Now let me just say that as far as I understand, Ralph Babet, senator for the failed United Australia Party, has never been convicted of a crime. But here's a crime against the truth he posted on social media:

"All it takes is a woman saying that a man raped her 20 years ago. No evidence. Just her word and the vibes. And just like that, prison.........

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