Michael Christiaan said : "I liked the flag questions on university challenge this week - they were fun"

birminghammail Tuesday, March 8, 2022 9:01:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I liked the flag questions on university challenge this week - they were fun"

tamworthherald Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:18:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

brisbanetimes Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:51:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

watoday Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

smh Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:42:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

theage Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:38:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

theherald-au Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:34:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,”

ara-reuters Thursday, December 3, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,"

wsau Wednesday, December 2, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,”

ara-reuters Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : “In terms of the impact grading, a range of things were taken into account, including the visual look of the incident,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “In terms of trying to identify what action actually did occur, I didn’t believe there was a headbutting motion from either player,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : “In terms of the impact grading, a range of things were taken into account, including the visual look of the incident,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 11:41:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This was an interesting one. Both players came together, grabbed each other’s jumpers,” “In terms of trying to identify what action actually did occur, I didn’t believe there was a headbutting motion from either player”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 11:41:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We acknowledge you're allowed to bump fairly when the ball is within five metres but when you make that decision to bump you must exercise the bump fairly," "Then it comes down to a question of impact ... [and] the visual look of the incident [and] the intention to cause more serious injury [in the Darcy example]"

watoday Tuesday, July 14, 2020 1:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We acknowledge you're allowed to bump fairly when the ball is within five metres but when you make that decision to bump you must exercise the bump fairly," "Then it comes down to a question of impact ... [and] the visual look of the incident [and] the intention to cause more serious injury [in the Darcy example]"

brisbanetimes Monday, July 13, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “You’re certainly allowed to put pressure on players to try and unbalance them, but in this particular case I believe that his action was a careless one, and the conduct was exactly that — a careless striking action,”

aap-au Monday, June 29, 2020 11:30:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Tackling is the most challenging part of this role, because it's obviously something you're allowed to do," "But this one, for me, was the easiest that I've had to adjudicate on, because the rules around tackling are pretty simple in a sense — if a tackle is unreasonable in the circumstances"

abc-au Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:23:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “His comments have to be about why we should vote for him,” “Not about what he thinks of us not voting for him”

nbcnews Wednesday, May 27, 2020 9:57:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “He’s a game changer, a conversation changer,”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Doug Williams ) : “I’m a committed Redskins fan, but Doug made us all proud,” “The game has changed since then. . . and it’s the black quarterbacks who are changing it”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Patrick Mahomes ) : “It’s taken a long time to get here. I’m old enough to remember when I could hardly find a black QB in the NFL. Black QBs always had the ability. They just needed an opportunity to be in the mix. Mahomes put a cherry on top of this new era”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was one of the only places you could build these immersive interactive pieces that a few years ago were pooh-poohed by the rest of the art world,”

nytimes Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:14:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was one of the only places you could build these immersive interactive pieces that a few years ago were pooh-poohed by the rest of the art world,”

nytimes Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The first thing was the available vision, and because this was a report on the day we spoke with umpire Curtis Deboy and took into account his evidence of what he saw,"

watoday Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:41:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "But it was the subsequent extension of the arms and the push which occurred over the boundary line,"

watoday Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:41:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I look at the incident in isolation,"

abc-au Monday, May 27, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "It's an opportunity to have work out in the world which is what you're doing it for in the first place,"

nbcbayarea Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:09:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "That was obviously looked at very closely. Shane came in to apply pressure to Marc Murphy. Contact was made with his upper right thigh to Murphy's midriff. Simultaneously on the other side of Murphy, Josh Kelly also made contact to Murphy's midriff, effectively jamming him up between the two players," "So when it was all said and done, the question was: '[Were] Mumford's actions careless or unreasonable in the circumstances?' The decision was made that his actions were not unreasonable in the circumstances"

watoday Tuesday, May 21, 2019 2:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 6, 2019 12:20:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

smh Monday, May 6, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

theage Monday, May 6, 2019 11:37:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “The guidelines specify that a raised forearm is usually consistent that a strike is intentional,”

dailytelegraph Monday, May 6, 2019 11:27:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

watoday Monday, May 6, 2019 10:55:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 8, 2019 1:03:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

smh Monday, April 8, 2019 12:52:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

watoday Monday, April 8, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

theage Monday, April 8, 2019 12:04:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan added : "We cannot see the police as our partners,"

sltrib Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:22:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "This should have been paid, a 50m penalty,"

smh Monday, September 26, 2016 8:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "This should have been paid, a 50m penalty,"

brisbanetimes Monday, September 26, 2016 7:20:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

smh Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:11:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

brisbanetimes Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:07:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

smh Sunday, September 11, 2016 12:44:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

brisbanetimes Sunday, September 11, 2016 12:31:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,”

post-gazette Thursday, August 11, 2016 8:27:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

nzherald Tuesday, August 9, 2016 11:23:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

ABCnews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 11:00:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

startribune Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:59:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,”

seattletimes Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:54:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

daytondailynews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:49:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

ABCnews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 2:02:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

daytondailynews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:49:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

wxow Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:47:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "You have to get out of the area immediately but you don't have to run sideways nor on an angle,"

brisbanetimes Friday, July 15, 2016 7:38:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "You have to get out of the area immediately but you don't have to run sideways nor on an angle,"

smh Friday, July 15, 2016 7:08:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I liked the flag questions on university challenge this week - they were fun"

birminghammail Tuesday, March 8, 2022 9:01:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I liked the flag questions on university challenge this week - they were fun"

tamworthherald Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:18:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

brisbanetimes Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:51:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

watoday Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

smh Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:42:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

theage Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:38:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Obviously prizemoney is a contributing factor for people investing in the industry, but probably the bigger factor is, with the onset of COVID, people have money to divert elsewhere that they could have spent on overseas holidays, etcetera,”

theherald-au Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:34:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,”

ara-reuters Thursday, December 3, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,"

wsau Wednesday, December 2, 2020 6:45:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “you need complex ventilators to be able to support them,”

ara-reuters Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : “In terms of the impact grading, a range of things were taken into account, including the visual look of the incident,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “In terms of trying to identify what action actually did occur, I didn’t believe there was a headbutting motion from either player,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : “In terms of the impact grading, a range of things were taken into account, including the visual look of the incident,”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 11:41:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This was an interesting one. Both players came together, grabbed each other’s jumpers,” “In terms of trying to identify what action actually did occur, I didn’t believe there was a headbutting motion from either player”

aap-au Monday, July 27, 2020 11:41:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We acknowledge you're allowed to bump fairly when the ball is within five metres but when you make that decision to bump you must exercise the bump fairly," "Then it comes down to a question of impact ... [and] the visual look of the incident [and] the intention to cause more serious injury [in the Darcy example]"

watoday Tuesday, July 14, 2020 1:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We acknowledge you're allowed to bump fairly when the ball is within five metres but when you make that decision to bump you must exercise the bump fairly," "Then it comes down to a question of impact ... [and] the visual look of the incident [and] the intention to cause more serious injury [in the Darcy example]"

brisbanetimes Monday, July 13, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “You’re certainly allowed to put pressure on players to try and unbalance them, but in this particular case I believe that his action was a careless one, and the conduct was exactly that — a careless striking action,”

aap-au Monday, June 29, 2020 11:30:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Tackling is the most challenging part of this role, because it's obviously something you're allowed to do," "But this one, for me, was the easiest that I've had to adjudicate on, because the rules around tackling are pretty simple in a sense — if a tackle is unreasonable in the circumstances"

abc-au Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:23:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “His comments have to be about why we should vote for him,” “Not about what he thinks of us not voting for him”

nbcnews Wednesday, May 27, 2020 9:57:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

watoday Tuesday, March 10, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

brisbanetimes Monday, March 9, 2020 11:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

theage Monday, March 9, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “Kane Lambert and Cameron were tracking the ball towards the boundary line,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “We certainly believed that it sat in the guidelines [as] a dangerous tackle,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was an off the ball incident. Laura grabbed Britt Tully by the jumper and forcefully slammed her head into the ground. The action, because it was so far off the ball, was graded as intentional conduct, then it came down to a question of impact and assessing the player reaction. She never returned to the field,”

smh Monday, March 9, 2020 10:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “He’s a game changer, a conversation changer,”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Doug Williams ) : “I’m a committed Redskins fan, but Doug made us all proud,” “The game has changed since then. . . and it’s the black quarterbacks who are changing it”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Patrick Mahomes ) : “It’s taken a long time to get here. I’m old enough to remember when I could hardly find a black QB in the NFL. Black QBs always had the ability. They just needed an opportunity to be in the mix. Mahomes put a cherry on top of this new era”

nbcnews Tuesday, February 4, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was one of the only places you could build these immersive interactive pieces that a few years ago were pooh-poohed by the rest of the art world,”

nytimes Wednesday, November 6, 2019 6:14:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “It was one of the only places you could build these immersive interactive pieces that a few years ago were pooh-poohed by the rest of the art world,”

nytimes Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:08:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The first thing was the available vision, and because this was a report on the day we spoke with umpire Curtis Deboy and took into account his evidence of what he saw,"

watoday Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:41:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "But it was the subsequent extension of the arms and the push which occurred over the boundary line,"

watoday Tuesday, June 25, 2019 5:41:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I look at the incident in isolation,"

abc-au Monday, May 27, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "It's an opportunity to have work out in the world which is what you're doing it for in the first place,"

nbcbayarea Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:09:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "That was obviously looked at very closely. Shane came in to apply pressure to Marc Murphy. Contact was made with his upper right thigh to Murphy's midriff. Simultaneously on the other side of Murphy, Josh Kelly also made contact to Murphy's midriff, effectively jamming him up between the two players," "So when it was all said and done, the question was: '[Were] Mumford's actions careless or unreasonable in the circumstances?' The decision was made that his actions were not unreasonable in the circumstances"

watoday Tuesday, May 21, 2019 2:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

theage Monday, May 13, 2019 11:48:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 13, 2019 11:46:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

smh Monday, May 13, 2019 11:31:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "In my role, along with [AFL football operations chief] Steve Hocking, each incident is assessed independently. So there's no consideration of what happened last week or the week before. It's assessed on its merits, and so that's how this particular incident was assessed,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Considering a number of factors including the visible look of the incident, including the player reaction, also taking into account the potential to cause it was determined that the outcome was pretty much proportionate to the action, and there needs to be more than negligible force to constitute a reportable offence,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "We've looked at similar actions over the last two weeks so I imagine there'd be better-qualified people at Geelong that would probably draw that conclusion,"

watoday Monday, May 13, 2019 11:19:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

brisbanetimes Monday, May 6, 2019 12:20:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

smh Monday, May 6, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

theage Monday, May 6, 2019 11:37:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “The guidelines specify that a raised forearm is usually consistent that a strike is intentional,”

dailytelegraph Monday, May 6, 2019 11:27:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I am charged with the responsibility, with Steve Hocking, to assess each incident in isolation. So that was not taken into account," "I can’t control that outside noise [about whether star players are treated differently by the match review process] but I try to take each incident in isolation and grade it according to the guidelines"

watoday Monday, May 6, 2019 10:55:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 15, 2019 1:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

smh Monday, April 15, 2019 12:40:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "The conduct was assessed as intentional, and then we were able to assess the factors that we do in terms of the visual look, the medical report and also the player reaction to determine that it was low impact,"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Matt de Boer had hold of Patrick, he swung back with his arm and it was minimal contact. It was determined that it was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. "

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Will Setterfield ) : "It was certainly a slinging action, and adding to that Wil Powell was certainly in a vulnerable position because Will Setterfield had hold of his right arm, which didn't really give him any opportunity to brace for contact with the ground," "Once we determined that it was rough conduct, then it was a question of impact"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said ( about Luke McDonald ) : "In assessing spoils, we love to see genuine attempts to spoil. In this case Luke was late to the contest and we deemed it as a careless action," "Once it was careless, then it comes back again to the question of impact and considering all the factors we look at with impact it was determined that it was medium impact"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "I see it as the process working,"

theage Monday, April 15, 2019 12:12:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

brisbanetimes Monday, April 8, 2019 1:03:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

smh Monday, April 8, 2019 12:52:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

watoday Monday, April 8, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "Three things that are considered with respect to impact. Player reaction, medical report, and also the visual look of the strike. And in combination with the potential to cause more serious injury it was thought that the most appropriate grading was medium"

theage Monday, April 8, 2019 12:04:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan added : "We cannot see the police as our partners,"

sltrib Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:22:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "This should have been paid, a 50m penalty,"

smh Monday, September 26, 2016 8:32:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "This should have been paid, a 50m penalty,"

brisbanetimes Monday, September 26, 2016 7:20:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

smh Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:11:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

brisbanetimes Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:07:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

smh Sunday, September 11, 2016 12:44:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan told : "I can't comment specifically on that case, but the reality is, if you elect to bump and you have another alternative, then you must execute that bump fairly,"

brisbanetimes Sunday, September 11, 2016 12:31:00 PM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,”

post-gazette Thursday, August 11, 2016 8:27:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

nzherald Tuesday, August 9, 2016 11:23:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

ABCnews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 11:00:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

startribune Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:59:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : “This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,”

seattletimes Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:54:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

daytondailynews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 10:49:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

ABCnews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 2:02:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

daytondailynews Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:49:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "This contributes to a narrative that black juveniles are somehow more violent than white people of similar ages,"

wxow Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:47:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "You have to get out of the area immediately but you don't have to run sideways nor on an angle,"

brisbanetimes Friday, July 15, 2016 7:38:00 AM EAT

Michael Christiaan said : "You have to get out of the area immediately but you don't have to run sideways nor on an angle,"

smh Friday, July 15, 2016 7:08:00 AM EAT