The precedent was set by the Police who cautioned 'egg boy' for smashing an egg over Fraser Anning a few months back. Will the law treat the one who tossed Yogurt at Leigh Sales as lenient? If not, why not?

Hi runner,

Don't be concerned all's well.

A man has been charged with common assault after a
tub of yogurt was thrown at 7.30 Host Leigh Sales as
she delivered a Perth's "Disrupted Festival of Ideas,"
(suitable title). The ABC journalist according to
SBS, tell us that Leigh Sales was in the process of
describing a harrowing moment she almost lost her life
while pregnant with her 2nd child which is described in
her book, "Any Ordinary Day," when the incident occurred
on Sunday.

The Yogurt - understood to be blueberry (yum) splattered
across the stage and onto the curtain but did not appear
to hit Sales directly.

A WA police spokesperson said that a 49 year old man
was apprehended by security guards at the scene and
later arrested by police officers.

It's still to early to tell what if anything happens next.

Presumably, because no one was harmed, it will be
treated lightly. But we'll have to wait and see.
Sales has been praised for her professionalism and
continued her talk.

What a waste of good yogurt.

It sounds like he throws like Johnny Howard bowls.

Throwing yoghurt is more serious and offensive than throwing eggs because most yoghurts in Australia contain gelatine, a substance made of the bones of dead animals.

However, I was not able to find online which brand of yoghurt it was.

Was he Greek, was he that Mr Anonymous, the well known Greek cafe owner? Possibly a Greek style yoghurt. I can hear the shouts of derision against the Greeks for not getting anything right, not true! I must point out they do make a damn fine yoghurt if nothing else. Did you know, probably not, if the world ate more yoghurt (Greek style) and less gojiberries, world demand for gojiberries grew by 3267% in the last year alone, the Greek crop of gojiberries failed for the fifteenth year in a row. although the hogeberries are doing well, the Greeks had a bumper crop this year, unfortunately world demand for hogeberries is zero, Greece would not be in the financial mess it is in now.

I hope the above has made things clearer about the yoghurt throwing incident.

How do we know it wasn't a set up by the LNP as part of a further campaign against journalists aimed at stifling the freedom of the press?

I now understand the yoghurt thrower was a disillusioned Russian trying to influence the upcoming Moscow council elections.

News report;

"Russian police have said they detained more than 1,000 people in central Moscow as protesters demanded opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council." Don't these people understand how democracy works! Gee, Vlads already allowed his brother-in-law to run, and he's only related by marriage.

The police said, the assailant Vladimir Upyouraski has a long history of throwing, mostly throwing up after a long session with the vodka bottle! it will all come out in the wash!

well it looks like posters will be happy to see the charges dropped as they did with egg boy.

"How do we know it wasn't a set up by the LNP..."

Because if it was done by the LNP, it would have been done properly.

mhaze,

You mean by telling the females to adopt a "less agressive"
interview style? And not ask the uncomfortable
questions?"

wasn't it Leigh who went weak at the knees when abc managed to get their man Turnbull elected Foxy? Or was it one of the other abc female squad? They must be in mourning now with Trump, Boris and ScoMo.

runner,

No. It was Mamcolm Turnbull, one of many, who objected to her
interview style.

Funny, the same rules don't apply to male interviewers.

Hi Foxy,

It is so tiresome to see the Forums band of grumpy old men, banning on about the roll of women in modern Australian society. For these old farts, it barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. They believe if a woman has to be on the telly, forever neglecting her wifely duties, the roll best suited is some afternoon cooking show, with an easy to prepare scone recipe to please the hubby when he gets home from a hard day at the office, or demonstrating the latest 'Hoover' for the ladies at home. That's how they would like to view women on TV! A women as a serious journalist and reporter, NEVER!

Dear Paul,

Spot on.

Remember the flack Emma Alberici copped and even
our former PM Julia Gillard ?

AC,

Thanks for the laugh about John Howard's bowling; you probably saw the embarrassing ball again in the recent TV waffle about his 80th birthday. Poor old John: couldn't bowl to save his life, and one of two only Prime Ministers to be voted out of his seat. But, I still think he was a better PM than anything that came after him, including the current useless article.

"You mean by telling the females to adopt a "less agressive (sic)"
interview style? "

No I mean that, if the yoghurt thrower was set up by the LNP he wouldn't have missed.