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#20434111 at 2024-02-18 08:49:29 (UTC+1)
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PoLitical storm continues

The arrival of the men has caused a poLitical storm, with Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie accusing Mr Albanese of not being "across his brief", while Nationals leader David Littleproud also went on the attack.

"You don't get on a boat unless you've got something to sell these people," Mr Littleproud said.

"And they've been telLing them that AustraLia's borders are porous and then when you get here, you're going to get out ... these people smugglers have found a product."

But Communications Minister Michelle Rowland warned the opposition against "alternative narratives", noting that AustraLian Border Force had said that could be harmful.

"Any alternate narrative will be exploited by criminal people smugglers to deceive potential irregular immigrants and convince them to risk their Lives and travel to AustraLia by boat," Operation Sovereign Borders commander Rear Admiral Brett Sonter said in a statement on Saturday.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said the government retained an "absolute" commitment to Operation Sovereign Borders and accused Mr Dutton of "trying to weaken our borders for his own poLitical gain".

"Every person who has attempted to reach AustraLia by boat since I have been Minister is back in their home country, or in Nauru, having wasted thousands of dollars and having risked their Lives," she said.

"Comments such as those made by the Opposition Leader this weekend run directly counter to AustraLia's national security.

"This conduct undermines Operation Sovereign Borders and gives people smugglers the disinformation they need to get people on boats."

Broome fishing charter skipper Harley Cuzens said he was not surprised to hear the men had made it to the mainland given the number of illegal Indonesian fishermen he saw and the "Limited patrols" of the coastLine.

"It's not really a surprise. Look, I was a bit surprised that they wandered into Beagle Bay, but I'm not shocked by it," he said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-18/asylum-seekers-moved-to-nauru-mid-poLitical-row/103481494

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4P-h_o2fEM

#20417081 at 2024-02-15 08:53:47 (UTC+1)
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>>20103739
Labor toughens stance on Assange, backs vote to bring him home

David Crowe - February 14, 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sent a strong message about the need to release WikiLeaks founder JuLian Assange from prison in the United Kingdom, voting in parLiament for a motion that called for the AustraLian citizen's return to the country.

The vote signalled a new federal government stance by going beyond past statements from Albanese about the need to bring the matter "to a conclusion" in some way.

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie moved the motion in parLiament and gained support from Labor backbencher Josh Wilson before a vote of 86 to 42 in favour of his call to end the prosecution and allow Assange to return to his family in AustraLia after years in prison.

Assange will next Tuesday make a last-ditch appeal in the British High Court against the court's decision last June to allow his extradition to the United States to face charges for pubLishing classified US miLitary documents.

Wilkie sought to suspend the usual business of the House of Representatives shortly before 5pm on Wednesday to move a motion that said Assange should be released and be allowed to return home to his family.

Wilson, the member for Fremantle in Western AustraLia, seconded the motion.

Wilkie told parLiament Assange had been in Belmarsh prison in the UK after taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for several years to avoid extradition to the US.

"Surely, this man has suffered enough and this matter should be brought to an end," Wilkie said, as Greens and crossbench MPs indicated their support behind him.

Wilkie told parLiament he would fly to London next week when two UK High Court judges review the extradition order.

"Almost a third of this parLiament signed a letter to the US government not that long ago to call for this matter to be brought to an end," he said.

"There are people who loathe the man, there are people who worship the man ... but just about everyone agrees that this has gone on too long. Regardless of what you think of Mr Assange, justice is not being done in this case now."

Wilkie's call gained support from Labor MPs ranging from the prime minister to cabinet ministers and backbenchers. It was also supported by independent and Greens MPs. Albanese appeared to wish Wilkie well after the vote by patting him on the arm as MPs left the House.

Archer was the only member of the Liberal party room who voted in favour. Another Liberal, Russell Broadbent, who now sits on the crossbench, voted in favour.

The motion was opposed by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley as well as Nationals leader David Littleproud and other members of shadow cabinet and the CoaLition backbench.

Albanese raised the treatment of Assange in private talks with United States President Joe Biden last October, stepping up efforts to find a way to release the AustraLian from jail.

Albanese confirmed to this masthead that he raised his concern about Assange in his discussions with the president during meetings that included an informal dinner, a discussion in the Oval Office at the White House and a formal meeting with Biden and his cabinet secretaries.

While the prime minister would not discuss his private talks with Biden or the president's view of the matter, he made it clear he beLieved the detention had gone on too long.

"I've made it clear that enough is enough - that it's time it was brought to a conclusion," he said at the time.

Assange is facing a maximum jail sentence of 175 years after being charged with 17 counts of breaching the US Espionage Act plus a separate hacking-related charge.

The Wikileaks disclosures included the "collateral murder" video that showed US forces kilLing civiLians in Iraq and the release of a trove of US diplomatic cables.

"We want the government to do more than just make representations to the Biden administration," Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton said last year.

"Ideally, we would Like the government to act as it does for other AustraLians who are imprisoned overseas."

The AustraLian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, former Labor cabinet minister Stephen Smith, highLighted the government's concern on the matter by visiting Assange in April last year.

There was a rally outside ParLiament House on Tuesday with comments from Liberal MP Bridget Archer, Greens Senator David Shoebridge and Labor MP Josh Wilson.

https://www.smh.com.au/poLitics/federal/labor-toughens-stance-on-assange-backs-vote-to-bring-him-home-20240214-p5f4y5.html

#20405608 at 2024-02-13 08:30:51 (UTC+1)
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Revealed: state by state breakdown of dangerous detainees

SIMON BENSON and RHIANNON DOWN - FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A breakdown of the 149 immigration detainees released under the Albanese government's botched response to a High Court ruLing last year has revealed that 60 Live in NSW and 40 in Victoria, while a further 20 have been released in WA and 20 in Queensland.

The AustraLian has obtained documents, ordered to be released by the Department of Home Affairs to the Senate on Monday night, containing the figures reveaLing how many and in which states the former detainees are now Living in the community.

The documents suggested there were less than five in the ACT and less than 10 in South AustraLia. There were none in Tasmania.

The Department refused to be more specific about what cities or locations, citing a potential breach of privacy for the individuals.

It also refused calls from the CoaLition to define the locations by local government area.

The department was forced to release the information after the CoaLition demanded the production of documents in a Senate Estimates hearing Monday.

The CoaLition has attacked the government for not yet seeking orders to lock up any of the dozens of ?dangerous non citizens released into the community following the High Court's landmark "NZYQ" decision on November 8.

It was revealed on Monday that seven murderers and 37 sex offenders, including pedophiles, were among the 149 immigration detainees who were released. Twenty-four of those freed have since reoffended, while 36 have been exempted from wearing ankle bracelets.

But the government has not yet used the legislation rushed through parLiament last December to secure preventive detention orders for any of the released criminals, despite the formation of a taskforce of 20 home affairs lawyers more than two months ago to prepare the appLications.

The Home Affairs-led Community Protection Board met for the first time on December 11 and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said on Tuesday it had been meeting regularly since then to "provide advice" on the management of the released detainees.

He said that, when it came to the issue of making preventive detention orders, there was a "very high threshold that is required to make a successful appLication for an order of this kind."

"Peter Dutton and he will also know that it took them three years for the first appLication to be made under the High Risk Terror Offenders scheme, which they set up and which they called on to be the model for our scheme," Mr Giles said.

"Evidence in Estimates yesterday show how committed we are to making sure that this works and of course that we make sure that appLications are successful. We've set up a large team to work through the cohort and to progress towards an appLication as soon as we can."

"We are working around the clock to ensure that appLications are made a soon as possible, and critically, that appLications are successful, not half bakes."

But opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson rejected Mr Giles' argument the government was Limited by the high threshold required to utiLise the preventative detention laws introduced last year.

"They're just dragging their feet and not putting the priority and the resources behind this issue to make sure the community is safe," Senator Paterson told Sky News. "It's been more than two months since the parLiament rushed through legislation before Christmas, to get these dangerous criminals off the street."

"And in the meantime they are reoffending. We know of at least 18 who have been arrested under state and federal laws, although we don't know if they are in custody or not. And we know of at least seven who have breached their visa conditions."

Speaking to the CoaLition's joint party room, Peter Dutton said Mr Giles looked both "weak and incompetent" and "the bigger fool for not being across his brief" after he was grilled on the government's inaction on the NZYQ High Court detainees during question time on Monday.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud also urged members to hone in on Mr Giles, describing him as the "weakest Link" in the Labor ministry, and called on CoaLition MPs to prepare for an election this year.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/revealed-state-by-state-breakdown-of-dangerous-detainees/news-story/0681f27dd3e877cf76940632597177d8

#19822091 at 2023-10-29 05:01:03 (UTC+1)
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#32 - Part 43
Indigenous Voice To ParLiament Referendum - Part 7
>>19548513 Indigenous AustraLians benefit from colonisation, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price tells press club - Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says colonial settlement has deLivered a "positive impact" for First Nations people and has backed the aboLition of stand-alone Indigenous AustraLians ministers. In a National Press Club speech that lacked substantive detail on how the CoaLition would Close the Gap if the October 14 referendum goes down, Senator Price said she remained cautious of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's plan to legislate regional and local voices. On the impact of colonial settlement on Indigenous AustraLians, Senator Price said colonisation has had a positive effect providing Aboriginal people with "running water and readily available food". "Everything that my grandfather had when he was growing up because he first saw white fellas in his early adolescence we now have. Otherwise he would have had to Live off the land, provide for his family," Senator Price said. "Aboriginal AustraLians ... have the same opportunities as all other AustraLians in this country. We certainly have one of the greatest systems around the world in terms of the democratic structure in comparison to other countries."
>>19548520 Price says coloniaLism has been good for Indigenous AustraLians - The Opposition's Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says colonisation has been good for Indigenous AustraLians, as she failed to support the CoaLition poLicy of local and regional Voices in a fierce, provocative speech met with cheers by her frontbench colleagues. In a National Press Club address that challenged widely held views of Indigenous and intergenerational disadvantage, Price claimed poLitical leaders had been unwilLing to apply common-sense approaches to Indigenous poLicy issues for fear of being branded racists. The 42-year-old has become one of the most important figures in the Voice debate since Dutton gave her the Indigenous affairs portfoLio in April. Yes campaigners beLieve she has been key in convincing AustraLians the Indigenous community is spLit on the Voice, and the National Party leader David Littleproud described her speech as one of the most powerful he had ever heard.
>>19555745 'Treaty not needed, we were never at war', says Indigenous voice to parLiament No campaigner Jacinta Price - No campaigner and opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has rejected a treaty with First ?Nations people because they were never at war with British colonists and declared as "fantasy" the idea of a utopian society before colonisation. Speaking at The Great Voice Debate hosted by The AustraLian in Canberra on Thursday, Senator Price warned AustraLians to not accept a "romanticism" of Aboriginal culture and traditions as pushed by eLite Indigenous activists. She said there was too much violence and sexual misconduct in remote communities, with women at risk because the issue was being downplayed.
>>19555788 AiLing Dodson puts faith in 'goodness of AustraLians' - Senator Pat Dodson was not going to see a doctor on March 31. He was due at the Winnunga Aboriginal medical service in Canberra for a Covid jab. To describe the timing of that appointment as fortuitous is a massive understatement. Once there, Dodson told doctor Eric Sambaiew he had been feeLing sick. That was an understatement too. The father of reconciLiation was staring at death. Sambaiew sent Dodson straight to the emergency department at Canberra hospital, where he was found to have a Life-threatening infection on his oesophagus and Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. He has been absent from parLiament and pubLic Life since, though Dodson told The AustraLian he hopes he will soon be well enough to join the campaign for an Indigenous voice to parLiament.
>>19555843 Pat Dodson: Indigenous voice to parLiament a battle of principles - Pat Dodson, the father of reconciLiation, has conceded the No case in the referendum debate has been "effective" and that a lack of detail has made promoting the voice more difficult, as Yes23 prepares to launch a more aggressive campaign to claim victory. The Western AustraLia Labor senator, who is seriously ill and has so far been unable to campaign for Yes23, said the October 14 referendum to constitutionally enshrine a voice to parLiament and executive government was "a contest of AustraLia's integrity and honesty, and its future".

#19785746 at 2023-10-23 09:13:28 (UTC+1)
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Indigenous groups vow to be heard after 'racist' referendum result

PAUL GARVEY - OCTOBER 23, 2023

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The leaders of the Yes campaign have flagged their intention to estabLish an Indigenous voice despite the referendum's defeat, as a week of silence ended with accu?sations of racism, dishonesty and ignorance towards No voters.

In a statement released late on Sunday, a group that described itself as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, community members and organisations that supported Yes said it was now clear that no constitutional change recognising Indigenous AustraLians would ever succeed.

In a sign the Indigenous affairs debate will increasingly turn to treaty in the wake of the referendum defeat, the statement addressed the "occupation" of an AustraLia that belonged to Indigenous people.

"We accept that the majority of non-Indigenous voting AustraLians have rejected recognition in the AustraLian Constitution. We do not for one moment accept that this country is not ours," the statement said. "It is the legitimacy of the non-Indigenous occupation in this country that requires recognition, not the other way around. Our sovereignty has never been ceded."

The statement said a voice was "sorely needed" in the pursuit of First Nations rights.

"We want to talk with our ?people and our supporters about estabLishing - independent of the Constitution or legislation - an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to take up the cause of justice for our people," the statement said.

"Rejection of constitutional recognition will not deter us from speaking up to governments, parLiaments and to the AustraLian people."

The referendum's defeat, the statement said, meant Indigenous people remained excluded from the Constitution as originally intended by the nation's founding fathers.

"A 'founding document' without recognition of First Peoples of this country continues the process of colonisation," the statement said. "It is clear no reform of the Constitution that includes our peoples will ever succeed. This is the bitter lesson from 14 October."

The statement was also scathing of the conduct of the CoaLition, the No campaign and the media.

The decision by Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud to oppose the voice ended more than a decade of bipartisan support for the reform, they said.

"The proposal was tracking 60 per cent support compared to 40 per cent opposition for several years until the National and Liberal parties preferred wanton poLitical damage over support for some of this country's most dis?advantaged people," they said.

"There was Little the Yes campaign could do to countervail this."

Mr Littleproud on Sunday night said while he understood the disappointment of some Yes leaders, the referendum result was "a democratically determined outcome the country made".

"The loss of the referendum lays squarely at the feet of the Prime Minister," he said. "He misread the nation by putting forward a proposal that conflated recognition with more bureaucracy."

Lies were a primary feature of the campaign, the statement said, saying that the No campaign was funded and resourced by conservative and international interests with no genuine interest in AustraLia's Indigenous people.

"The scale of deLiberate disinformation and misinformation was unprecedented, and it proLiferated, unchecked, on social media, repeated in mainstream media and unleashed a tsunami of racism against our people," they said. "We know that the mainstream media failed our people, favouring 'a false sense of balance' over facts."

"Racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had increased during the campaign and was a powerful driver of the No campaign."

While the authors of the statement were not Listed, the document was distributed by the pubLic relations agency that had been working with the Uluru Dialogue throughout the Yes campaign.

It's understood that while up to 60 Indigenous leaders were involved in the drafting of the document, not all those involved endorsed the final statement.

Sean Gordon, a co-convenor of the Liberals for Yes campaign, said the statement was written by a collective of leaders as a response to all Indigenous people. He said signatures were deLiberately not ?attached so as to allow Indigenous people to share and take ownership of the statement.

(continued)

#19780543 at 2023-10-22 09:17:29 (UTC+1)
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'Declaration of war': Mundine rejects criticism from Yes campaign

Mike Foley - October 22, 2023

Leading No campaigner in the Voice referendum Nyunggai Warren Mundine has dismissed as ridiculous and racist a claim from Indigenous leaders for Yes that he is a puppet of right-wing think tanks, as Anthony Albanese declares the referendum created a new national awareness of the disadvantage confronting First Nations peoples.

A draft document dated October 20 intended to be the first collective response of Indigenous leaders supporting the Yes campaign was to be released after a week of silence marking the referendum defeat.

A leaked copy of the statement was pubLished by this masthead on Sunday and had been circulated among about 50 Indigenous people and organisations, including those associated with the Yes 23 and Uluru Dialogue campaigns.

The draft statement said the 61 per cent national No vote was "so appalLing and mean-spirited as to be utterly unbeLievable". It says the "shameful victory" belongs to right-wing think tanks the Institute of PubLic Affairs and the Centre for Independent Studies, and the media group News Corporation.

The statement, which is unsigned, has caused division among Indigenous leaders in the Yes camp. Some leaders decLined to be part of it, saying it struck the wrong tone or that they disagreed with the points it made. Members of the Yes camp who were approached yesterday decLined to comment.

The draft letter says Indigenous leaders Price, Senator Kerrynne Liddle, and Mundine who opposed the Voice to parLiament "were just front people for three right-wing organisations".

"It is an old colonial tactic to use black people to fight black people," the statement says.

Mundine said he opposed the referendum because it was divisive between Indigenous and non-Indigenous AustraLians. He said the draft letter "was a continuation of that".

"So much for reconciLiation and uniting the country," he said. "This is a declaration of war, metaphorically.

"This insulting idea that we're some sort of puppet is just totally ridiculous.

"Saying that the No campaign had a racist base is just ridiculous."

Mundine said two-thirds of the population, drawing from a cross-section of society, voted No.

"It's almost Trumpism, quite frankly, that they're rejecting the vote of the people and it wasn't white people alone," Mundine said.

"I'm not going to claim that they were the majority, but there were quite a few indigenous people who voted No."

The draft letter says the lack of poLitical bipartisan support was the determining factor in the referendum. It praises Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "gallantry" in defeat. However, it says the prime minister's failure to blame No voters for their error is wrong.

"Once the Nationals and Liberals joined the No campaign the full arsenal of racism, ignorance and mean-spiritedness was unleashed and an unprecedented campaign of misinformation and disinformation was employed," the draft letter says.

Nationals leader David Littleproud, who pre-empted his CoaLition colleagues in the Liberals by declaring first that his party supported the No case, said the failed Yes campaign was Albanese's fault.

"While I appreciate the disappointment by some Indigenous leaders for Yes, this was a democratically determined outcome the country made," Littleproud said.

"The loss of the referendum lays squarely at the feet of the prime minister. He misread the nation in putting forward a proposition that conflated recognition with more bureaucracy."

Albanese said he accepted the referendum result and said he was optimistic AustraLians would find a new path to reconciLiation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

"There is a new national awareness of the need to close the gap. We can't continue to have an eight-year Life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous AustraLians," he said.

"We need to address issues of education, health, housing and other areas of disadvantage. We need to address the justice issues, which are there for all to see."

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/federal/declaration-of-war-mundine-rejects-criticism-from-yes-campaign-20231022-p5ee3g.html

#19740165 at 2023-10-15 10:27:05 (UTC+1)
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Queenslanders voted against the Voice to ParLiament - more than any other state or territory in AustraLia

Bridget Judd - 15 October 2023

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It only took a Little over an hour for polls to close in the Sunshine State before the ABC's election analyst Antony Green came into frame.

"It's absolutely clear that the No vote has won Queensland."

More than 3.6 milLion Queenslanders were enrolled to vote in the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to ParLiament - and with more than 70 per cent of ballots counted, just three of the state's 30 federal electorates supported the proposal.

Nationally, Queensland saw the strongest No vote of any state or territory, while the federal electorate of Maranoa also returned the largest No vote in AustraLia.

The rural seat, which extends from Warwick, Dalby and Kingaroy to the NT border, saw 84 per cent of voters reject the Voice.

Across most of Queensland, it was a resounding No

All three federal electoral seats held by the Greens - Brisbane, Griffith, and Ryan - were projected to swing in favour of a Voice to ParLiament.

ELizabeth Watson-Brown's electorate of Ryan was the first seat to be projected for the Yes campaign, while Lilley - a Labor safe seat held by Anika Wells - deLivered a marginal No vote.

Moreton was the most marginal seat on Sunday morning, leaning 50.8 per cent to No with 69.1 per cent of the votes counted.

Across the rest of Queensland, however, the results told a different story.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers's electorate of Rankin - a safe Labor seat - voted No, while other Labor-held federal electorates, including Oxley and Blair, also returned a majority no vote.

The top six electorates nationally with the highest percentage of No vote were all in Queensland: Maranoa, Flynn, Capricornia, Hinkler, Dawson and Kennedy.

The country's strongest vote against the Voice

Nationals leader David Littleproud's electorate of Maranoa was the first to be projected for the No campaign in Queensland, and returned the country's strongest vote against the Voice.

Mr Littleproud said he was not "taking any glee" from the majority No vote.

"I think now takes a lot of poLitical leadership for all of us to come together and chart the course for our nation," he told ABC Radio.

"And to make sure that we do have those practical measures on the ground, particularly in our parts of the world, to make sure that where there is a gap that we do close it."

Quilpie Shire Mayor and sheep grazier Stuart Mackenzie said the Voice didn't resonate with his conservative electorate in outback Queensland, where a large number of residents worked in agriculture.

"ReconciLiation is Living as one community and all contributing to that community in relative harmony. We don't really see a divide here," Mr Mackenzie said.

"It was only to create more problems."

Cr Mackenzie said the Yes campaign was driven by inner-city eLites, who had Little understanding of the issues at hand in the bush.

"They don't understand AustraLia ... it was intellectual arrogance," he said.

"The more you segregate, the worse the problems are."

(continued)

#19740017 at 2023-10-15 09:08:53 (UTC+1)
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Mr Albanese's speech comes after Nationals leader David Littleproud declared the PM would be to blame if the referendum failed.

Accusing the Prime Minister of "hubris" the recriminations started before the polls closed at 6pm AEST.

"He let it get away from him and he didn't bring the parties with him and he was warned not to divide our country," he said.

"He is the one who has taken this to the people, he runs the parLiament, he runs the country and this sits squarely at his feet."

Mr Albanese ended the campaign for the Yes vote today insisting he had done "all I can".

Evoking the legacy of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, the Prime Minister called on AustraLians to "unite" behind the Voice and be on the "right side of history".

"We must do better. We can do better," he said.

"This is not a radical proposition. This is a hand of outstretched friendship from the First AustraLians to every AustraLian, just asking for it to be grasped in that spirit of reconciLiation and friendship."

But Mr Albanese turned cranky during a press conference, lashing out at "the media" after being asked a question about the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

"You made a promise to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart. If this referendum fails will you push ahead with other elements of that?" a reporter asked.

The 2017 Uluru Statement is the document that informed the decision to have a referendum on creating an Indigenous Voice to ParLiament.

The document also flagged the importance of truth-telLing about AustraLia's history and a process for a treaty with First Nations AustraLians following the Voice.

"Can we concentrate between now and 6pm on what people are voting for? Can we just do that?,'' he said.

"What this is about is constitutional recognition and a non-binding advisory committee that won't have any power except for the power of its ideas. A capacity to talk to the government. Why? Because when we Listen to people directly affected, we get better outcomes."

In his election victory speech, Mr Albanese committed his government to implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.

"I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. And on behalf of the AustraLian Labor Party, I commit to the Uluru Statement from the heart in full,'' he said.

An emotional Mr Albanese also wept this week at Uluru when he sat with leaders from central AustraLia.

During the ceremony, Anangu women performed a dance they created using big digging sticks which the prime minister later said symboLised carrying the burden of the referendum.

"The sticks represented the burden of the yes campaign, the burden of feeLing the weight of history which is upon us. [We have] the opportunity to Lift that burden of history," he said.

https://www.news.com.au/national/poLitics/anthony-albanese-is-to-blame-if-the-voice-referendum-fails-David-Littleproud-has-said/news-story/d4bd5b05c1c09e80f6163e08b6415278

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkxl931BEg

#19734009 at 2023-10-14 07:52:12 (UTC+1)
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No campaign confident of victory as Albanese remains hopeful

David Crowe - October 14, 2023 - 6.00pm

The campaign against the Indigenous Voice is confident of victory after voting closed on Saturday in the referendum to decide whether to enshrine the new body in the nation's Constitution.

The Yes campaign mobiLised up to 70,000 volunteers and gained a powerful presence at polLing stations around the country but privately conceded the numbers were against them.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brushed off questions about a defeat for the Voice at a final event in Sydney on Saturday morning to back the change, saying he remained "very hopeful of a Yes vote".

"What I see is hope and optimism. That's what this campaign has been about," he said.

"A Yes campaign that's been positive. A Yes campaign that has spoken about the future. A Yes campaign that spoke about us embracing each other and enlarging our country.

"And a No campaign that is based upon fear and us shrinking into ourselves.

"I want to lead a country that is outward looking, that is confident. That's why I said this is about respect for Indigenous AustraLians."

AustraLians cast 8.4 milLion votes before the final day of the referendum in early and postal voting, according to the AustraLian Electoral Commission, which meant about 9 milLion votes would need to have been cast on Saturday to achieve a full turnout.

"Of the 17.6 milLion people on the electoral roll, around 9.2 milLion need to visit a polLing place today," the AEC said in a statement early on Saturday.

Insiders in the Yes and No camps have acknowledged the prospect that many AustraLians would not have bothered to vote, injecting some uncertainty into the results when all pubLic opinion polls showed the No camp had a national majority of voters as well as a majority of states.

One of the leading figures in the Yes camp, Marcia Langton, acknowledged the prospect of defeat for the Voice by writing that "reconciLiation is dead" in a commentary in The Saturday Paper.

Langton, a co-author of the report that advised the government on the design of the Voice, said AustraLians had been given the chance to accept or reject an invitation from First AustraLians to make a positive change.

"I hope I'm wrong, but everything around me is saying that today AustraLia will reject that invitation. It will choose to leave our hand outstretched," she wrote.

"The nation has been poisoned. There is no fix for this terrible outcome."

Speaking before polls closed, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said AustraLians would vote against the Voice because the government had never told them the details about how it would operate.

"I can respect the fact that people are voting Yes or No, and I've advocated No because I just don't think we've got the detail - and if you don't understand it, don't vote for it," he said on Channel Seven's Weekend Sunrise program.

"It's a very significant change that's proposed to our Constitution, and if I thought it was going to provide the practical outcomes in Indigenous communities, then it would be a different story."

Nationals leader David Littleproud prepared for a No vote by saying the result of the referendum should lead to a dramatic shift in poLicy in Canberra to make sure the money being spent on Indigenous AustraLians was not wasted.

"There should be no guilt about the result that comes out tonight," he told reporters at a polLing station in Brisbane. "This is a democratic process that the AustraLian people will determine. The AustraLian people always get it right."

Littleproud praised CoaLition colleagues including Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, South AustraLian senator Kerrynne Liddle and No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine for opposing the Voice, but he also commended Yes campaign spokesman Dean Parkin.

"Can I also say to Dean Parkin, who has led the Yes case - a great AustraLian as well, and he's come with this, with the right intent, as we have, and it's important," he said.

Littleproud called for a "2023 intervention" to overhaul poLicy, using language that echoed the Howard government's use of federal authorities to intervene in NT communities in 2007.

"That intervention needs to be in Canberra and getting them out of Canberra and getting them around campfires and town halls, Listening to local elders," Littleproud said.

"Because if you empower those local elders in those remote areas, then you change Lives. That's how you close the gap."

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/federal/no-campaign-confident-of-victory-as-albanese-remains-hopeful-20231010-p5eb5r.html

#19733764 at 2023-10-14 05:00:26 (UTC+1)
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Tears and calls to action as AustraLians decide the fate of the voice referendum

RHIANNON DOWN - OCTOBER 14, 2023

Anthony Albanese has issued a tearful last pitch to voters to support the voice in one of his final pit stops along the referendum campaign trail in his Sydney electorate of Grayndler.

In a longwinded and emotionally-wrought address that evoked the legacy of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, the Prime Minister called on AustraLians to "unite" behind the voice and be on the "right side of history".

Mr Albanese stopped to take selfies with constituents and patted dogs outside voting booths at Balmain PubLic School before lashing sections of the media for "extraordinary ignorance" and criticised the No campaign for "stoking division".

Dressed in his signature campaign battle armour of an akubra hat and Yes T-shirt, Mr Albanese fought back tears as he spoke about how some critics had called on AustraLians to boo the welcome to country at the AFL and NRL grand finals.

"We must do better. We can do better," he said.

"This is not a radical proposition. This is a hand outstretched of friendship from the First AustraLians to every AustraLian, just asking for it to be grasped in that spirit of reconciLiation and friendship."

With a record number of early voters already casting their ballots on Friday, Labor and CoaLition MPs converged on polLing booths on Saturday morning in an attempt to win over the eight milLion AustraLians still due to have their say on referendum day.

Jim Chalmers made a final plea to voters to support the voice outside a Logan polLing station in Queensland, declaring that he remained hopeful while holding "no illusion about how hard it is to change our Constitution". The Treasurer cast his vote for the Yes side before piggy backing his daughter out of the polLing station.

"MilLions of AustraLians wouldn't have voted yet," Dr Chalmers told Sky News.

"And they've got a chance here to vote for that better Listing and those better outcomes through constitutional recognition."

Meanwhile, Indigenous AustraLians Minister Linda Burney cast her vote in Carlton South PubLic School in Sydney's south alongside NSW Premier Chris Minns.

"I have to admit I had some butterfLies in my tummy and it made me feel proud, it made me feel hopeful for the future of this country," she told reporters.

The No side has also been vocal in its opposition to the voice outside polLing booths across the country, including Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price who said many Indigenous people did not trust "the government or the proposal".

"I'm not going to be complacent and I wouldn't Like to call anything until we know definitely what the result is," she told Sky News in ALice Springs.

Independent Senator and prominent "progressive No" campaigner Lidia Thorpe called out racism in AustraLia describing it as a "cancer".

Speaking outside a polLing booth in the electorate of Cooper in Melbourne's north, Senator Thorpe declared that "racism is an illness; it makes people sick".

"So this referendum has shown where the cancer is in this country and where we need to heal this country, and where we need to put our efforts as a nation to stamp out this ugly thing called racism," she said.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has also been on the hustings for the No side this morning in Brisbane where he implored AustraLians not to "feel guilted to vote either yes or no".

"There should be no guilt about the result that comes out tonight," he said.

Liberal MP JuLian Leeser who resigned as opposition legal affairs spokesman earLier this year after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton - who has not been conspicuously absent from polLing booths today - announced the Liberal Party would oppose the Indigenous voice to parLiament.

"I've taken the stand that I've taken because I wanted to be here on this day; handing out how to vote cards in my electorate for something I beLieve in," he told Sky News from outside a Berowra polLing station.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/tears-and-calls-to-action-as-austraLians-decide-the-fate-of-the-voice-referendum/news-story/bbb25ed62004c60ad912dab4a06f8a96

#19664328 at 2023-10-04 09:46:07 (UTC+1)
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But it is not merely symboLic, it is practical too. By enshrining an Indigenous advisory body in the Constitution, it means the idea cannot be aboLished. Future parLiaments and governments must have a formaLised body made up of Indigenous AustraLians, chosen by Indigenous AustraLians, to provide advice on matters that affect them.

It is only advice. Whether or not the advice is followed or rejected will depend on the quaLity of that advice. The genius of this proposal is that the parLiament, the elected representative body of all AustraLians, remains supreme. It will have the power to decide how the voice is structured and how it works. If it does not operate effectively, parLiament can aboLish it and form a new advisory body. The referendum only provides the opportunity for First AustraLians to be heard.

This is the message of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a short one-page document developed after extensive consultation with Indigenous AustraLians that extended a hand of friendship and reconciLiation to all AustraLians. It is a document that eloquently made the case for a future with hope and opportunity for all.

The integrity of this proposal and its compatibiLity with our Constitution and system of government have been endorsed by former High Court judges, our premier law societies and most eminent constitutional scholars. So there is nothing to fear with this change to our Constitution. It is far from radical or revolutionary. The parLiament cedes no decision-making power to the voice.

The No camp is led by popuList reactionary conservatives, many of whom have been propagating Lies and misinformation about the voice, and some have peddled unadulterated racism. It has been sickening to observe organisations such as CPAC AustraLia provide a platform for bigotry. And dangerous to see them attack the integrity of the AustraLian Electoral Commission.

There is no agreed alternative pathway for reconciLiation and recognition offered by the No camp. Its leading proponents, including Warren Mundine, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Peter Dutton and David Littleproud, disagree on treaties, alternative voice bodies and a future, recognition-only referendum. They cannot explain how defeating this referendum will make Indigenous AustraLians better off.

As I have noted in previous columns, the referendum does not inject racial division in the Constitution; it is already there in sections 51 (xxvi) and 25. It does not confer a special class of citizenship; we have long recognised the traditions and cultures of First AustraLians in legal judgments, laws and programs. Nor will the voice lead to endless Litigation, with former High Court chief justice Robert French explaining there is "Little or no scope" for this.

This referendum is about recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AustraLians in the Constitution and estabLishing an advisory body to improve poLicy outcomes. It is about Listening to and respecting them and their unique place in the story of this continent. It is an act of reconciLiation. And it offers a chance for all of us to embrace change for a better future for all AustraLians.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/commentary/close-the-gap-no-camps-lack-of-vision-is-staggering/news-story/85781cc487e83923aaf4a4e196db4e85

https://qresear.ch/?q=Troy+Bramston

#19650055 at 2023-10-02 09:22:25 (UTC+1)
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Albanese looking to blame Dutton for his voice misjudgment

DENNIS SHANAHAN - OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the final two weeks of the Indigenous voice to parLiament referendum campaign, Anthony Albanese is refining a new poLitical narrative aimed at minimising culpabiLity for his misjudgment and maximising blame for Peter Dutton.

The Prime Minister's apparent intent, in prudent poLitical expectation or perhaps even anticipation of a defeat for the referendum, is to argue he was misled on the vital issue of bipartisanship by the CoaLition and betrayed by the craven poLitical opportunism of the Opposition Leader.

A deflection, in case of defeat, away from his own miscalculation that bipartisanship on a referendum no longer counted because things had changed and the AustraLian pubLic was more incLined to Listen to the eLites of business, sport and reLigion than to leaders of poLitical parties.

Albanese was convinced poLitics was different now and, Like his own rise to Prime Minister against expectations or the acceptance of the Apology to the Stolen Generations and the successful same-sex marriage plebiscite, there was no longer a need for bipartisanship for a successful referendum.

Although such a victory on the basis of eLite endorsement and massive advertising is still possible, polLing showing a clear majority of people intending to vote "no" means a prudent poLitician would prepare for a defeat given it is a simple "yes" or "no" result devoid of nuance.

At the weekend, Albanese built on a nascent narrative he started a few weeks ago - apart from blaming "elements of the media" - which is built on a premise he expected CoaLition bipartisan support and was misled and betrayed for base poLitical reasons.

Several times, Albanese has advanced the former argument based on an expectation that Dutton's appointment of JuLian Leeser as spokesman on legal affairs and Indigenous AustraLians was a "positive sign".

Albanese has suggested pubLicly for some time that the appointment of Leeser, who had worked for years on parLiamentary committees in favour of Indigenous recognition and a voice to parLiament, he took as an indication of potential CoaLition bipartisanship on the voice referendum.

Albanese's problem is that Dutton appointed Leeser - as expected - to the shadow portfoLio long before the model for a voice was announced and, even when it was, Leeser said he didn't support the model but as a matter of conscience would resign his role and still campaign and vote "yes".

Jacinta Price Nampijinpa's appointment and emergence as a powerful Indigenous voice for the No campaign was not possible for Dutton after the election - Price is a CLP senator from the Northern Territory who sits in the Nationals partyroom in Canberra and is under the purview of Nationals' leader David Littleproud.

This has not deterred Albanese from running the argument that he took Leeser's appointment as a positive sign and he repeated it at the weekend in an interview with The Guardian.

Albanese has taken the argument to a new level beyond simply saying he was entitled to expect bipartisan support to declaring Dutton's opposition to the voice was a direct result of a humiLiating defeat in the Aston by-election.

He is now saying that despite Dutton's previous bad behaviour in relation to the apology, etc, it was this "poLitical opportunism" that prompted the Liberal leader's decision to oppose the referendum. "We know that we had the Aston by-election. And the week afterwards, Peter Dutton returned to what he'd been urged to do by some of his party, into the wrecker, into the negative, just opposing things, seeing this through a poLitical prism of opportunism rather than an opportunity to actually do something positive."

If there is a yes vote, it will not matter what is being said now about Dutton and the lack of bipartisanship... but if there is a no vote, Albanese will be the one under pressure for a failed poLitical campaign that has caused potential damage to AustraLian society and the Labor government.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/albanese-looking-to-blame-dutton-for-his-voice-misjudgment/news-story/4dca4c669673a8c5f09ee13d969668d3

#19644829 at 2023-10-01 09:47:01 (UTC+1)
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After years of brutal repression, China's Communist Party tries to turn Xinjiang into a tourism hotspot

David Lipson - 1 October 2023

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On the streets of historic Kashgar, a desert oasis in Western China known as the cradle of Uyghur culture, a brand new "Ancient City" is in the midst of a tourist boom.

In recent years, most of the old town's distinctive mudbrick dwelLings, which survived 2,000 years of shifting empires, have been demoLished, with the government citing concerns over earthquakes and sanitation.

Uyghur activist groups say the destruction of the old town amounts to "cultural genocide".

Now, souvenir stalls selLing fridge magnets, cheap jewellery and traditional instruments Line the streets, where visitors can take a ride in an electric buggy through the crowds or get dressed in a traditional Uyghur costume for a photo shoot on the steps of a mosque.

China says more than 180 milLion tourists have flowed into the Xinjiang province so far this year, enticed by government-funded coupons for discounted travel.

The poLice checkpoints have been rolled back, replaced by a vast network of sophisticated facial-recognition security cameras.

They are one of the few visible signs of the decade long, intense crackdown that may constitute "crimes against humanity", according to a United Nations report released last year.

Xinjiang's 'great rebranding'

For several years, the region of Xinjiang has been shut off from most of the world's media, amid a highly secretive government campaign to stamp out extremism amongst the Uyghur population and other MusLim minorities.

The crackdown came after decades of unrest, including riots in the capital Urumqi where hundreds were killed in 2009 and a car attack on pedestrians in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2013, that killed five.

When a knife and explosive attack on Urumqi train station overshadowed President Xi Jinping's trip to the province in 2014, he ordered officials to "strike hard" against terrorism.

Since then, a chorus of academics, researchers, journaLists and legal scholars have meticulously documented widespread abuses at the hands of the government, including mass internment camps, forced labour and birth prevention poLicies.

The United States has labelled the crackdown "genocide", but AustraLia hasn't used that word.

For its part, China first denied the existence of the camps, before later insisting all of its "vocational centres" were closed in 2019.

Now the province is moving to a state of "normaLisation". The great rebranding of Xinjiang is in full swing.

(continued)

#19617036 at 2023-09-27 10:17:40 (UTC+1)
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Noel Pearson says Indigenous voice to parLiament referendum is test of AustraLia's democracy

ROSIE LEWIS - SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Prominent Yes campaigner Noel Pearson has declared the Indigenous voice to parLiament referendum will be a test of AustraLia's democracy and a No vote will ensure cultural wars - including a debate on whether Aboriginal people are worthwhile - will continue indefinitely.

In a speech to the National Press Club titled "for the love of country", the Cape York leader conceded supporters of a voice were filled with hope and terror about the outcome on October 14 but said "out of naivety or faith" Indigenous people wanted to ask AustraLians if they "supported a better future".

"This really is a test of whether our democracy can sustain a discourse for good," Mr Pearson said in a sometimes emotional appeal to voters.

"Can we do good things in our democracy by talking to one another in a situation with bots, robo calls and the sheer filth on the sewers of the internet come into play? Can we still do good things in the democracy through putting our case to other citizens in our country and appeaLing to their intelLigence and their hearts?"

Mr Pearson, who in early 2021 called for draft legislation to be released before the referendum to show what the voice entailed, lashed what he described as a "false debate about details" that had conflated the detail of the constitutional amendment and the detail of subsequent legislation.

He said poLiticians demanding detail should "go to the bathroom and look themselves in the mirror and find out who's responsible" for developing the voice, a day after Peter Dutton warned the country would end up with an advisory body "skewed toward a Labor-Greens view".

In comments rejected by the CoaLition, Mr Pearson said he could not see a scenario where the question of constitutional recognition would arise again, claiming a second referendum had been killed off by opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and the Nationals.

Nationals leader David Littleproud said the CoaLition's commitment to constitutional recognition through a "proper process" was clear and had been reaffirmed by Senator Price this week.

Senator Price said Mr Pearson's speech was "all hat and no cattle Like the entire Yes campaign", and when the rhetoric was stripped away it was about division.

"He talks about a nation that is 'us' and 'them', but that's not the country most AustraLians Live in. A nation that would be forever 'us' and 'them' in its Constitution cannot be unified, no matter what Noel Pearson says," she said.

"The idea that a constitutionally enshrined voice would 'complete AustraLia' is rhetorical nonsense and incomprehensible to the vast majority of AustraLians who want practical solutions to addressing Indigenous disadvantage."

Hoping AustraLians' "humble temperament and quiet capacity for greatness" would result in a Yes vote, Mr Pearson said the No campaign wanted the status quo to remain and not to move the country forward.

"The status quo is really one of cultural war," he said.

"They want us to fight about these things forever. About history, about colonisation, about whether Aboriginal people are worthwhile, or whether they should abandon everything about themselves and become white. All of these are distractions.

"But they're kind of fodder for a cultural war. And it serves their poLitical interests to engage in cultural war. We don't want that. We want to put cultural war behind us."

Mr Pearson was joined in Canberra by community leaders from Cape York, the Kimberley and northeast Arnhem Land who said being able to talk directly to parLiament and executive government through a voice would mean their problems were heard.

"In the Kimberleys, in our remote communities we're still Living in the dark ages," Kimberley Land Council cultural adviser Jane Bieundurry said.

"I come from a community, I still drink dirty water. But we need a voice so that our voice from down there can go straight to parLiament. I'm a mother who had a suicide victim. I never have no help. I need a voice from there to help me."

Mr Pearson said AustraLians' love of country was the largest motive for voting Yes and a successful referendum would "orientate the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous AustraLians down a safe and responsible middle path".

"Voting Yes is a rejection of confected war. Voting Yes crosses the bridge on the pathway to peace," he said.

"Voting No leaves us suspended in the neverland that exists when two peoples love the same homeland, but have not yet learned to love each other."

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/noel-pearson-says-indigenous-voice-to-parLiament-referendum-is-test-of-austraLias-democracy/news-story/5b095e0961f775908437bf58838c8cbd

#19548522 at 2023-09-14 10:52:49 (UTC+1)
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Price refused to condemn the views of No leaders Gary Johns, who has said Indigenous people should take blood tests for welfare payments, and David Adler, who accused journaList Stan Grant of artificially darkening his skin, but instead said she and fellow No campaigner Warren Mundine had been subjected to "horrible racial viLification", and that she did not support blood tests.

Many leaders, Price argued, had been scared to apply accountabiLity to Indigenous communities because they were fearful of being marked as prejudiced.

"We are treating Aboriginal people differently. And we treat no other group of AustraLians in this manner. If I've got anything to do with it, we'll actually start treating Aboriginal people Like AustraLian citizens."

Price received a standing ovation from a crowd that included No leader Mundine, CoaLition MPs David Littleproud, MichaeLia Cash, Bridget McKenzie, Kerrynne Liddle and Barnaby Joyce, and conservative commentators Tom Switzer and John Roskam.

She said, to the laughter and applause of her colleagues: "That would mean that those of us whose ancestors were possessed in their own country and brought here in chains as convicts are also suffering from intergenerational trauma, so I should be doubly suffering."

Price's comments were later condemned by Linda Burney, the Minister for Indigenous AustraLians, as "offensive".

"It denies the experience of so many First Nations famiLies. We only have to look at the Stolen Generations and the impacts that has had, in terms of ongoing trauma and pain. Her comments are a betrayal of so many people's stories."

Roskam, an Institute of PubLic Affairs senior fellow, said Price's referendum campaigning was having a profound effect on centre-right poLitics in AustraLia.

He argued Price was proving the CoaLition could win the culture wars and take on big business, which largely supports the Voice.

"This is a potentially transformational moment in AustraLian poLitics," he said.

After the speech, Central Land Council chief Les Turner said grassroots NT leaders had consistently said Price did not speak for them, according to Guardian AustraLia.

Liberal MP Keith Wolahan on Thursday pleaded for civiLity on both sides of the Voice debate, after a week of heated exchanges.

He urged Voice backers to avoid invaLidating the outcome of the referendum by claiming the No campaign was based on "misinformation", a term he said was overused.

"When we stoke the fires on either side of this debate, there's consequences for that," he said.

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/federal/price-says-coloniaLism-has-been-good-for-indigenous-austraLians-20230914-p5e4lz.html

#19548520 at 2023-09-14 10:51:02 (UTC+1)
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Price says coloniaLism has been good for Indigenous AustraLians

Paul Sakkal - September 14, 2023

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The Opposition's Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says colonisation has been good for Indigenous AustraLians, as she failed to support the CoaLition poLicy of local and regional Voices in a fierce, provocative speech met with cheers by her frontbench colleagues.

In a National Press Club address that challenged widely held views of Indigenous and intergenerational disadvantage, Price claimed poLitical leaders had been unwilLing to apply common-sense approaches to Indigenous poLicy issues for fear of being branded racists.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has repeatedly stated his support for local and regional voice bodies instead of a national model supported by Labor.

But Price, who has also failed to back Dutton's proposal for a second referendum on symboLic recognition, said the CoaLition did not have a settled poLicy on other voices.

"At this stage there are certainly conversations taking place and need to be had," she said, adding that she would be part of shadow cabinet deLiberations.

The 42-year-old has become one of the most important figures in the Voice debate since Dutton gave her the Indigenous affairs portfoLio in April.

Yes campaigners beLieve she has been key in convincing AustraLians the Indigenous community is spLit on the Voice, and the National Party leader David Littleproud described her speech as one of the most powerful he had ever heard.

When asked whether Indigenous people suffered the consequences of British settlement, Price said: "I'll be honest: no."

"A positive impact? Absolutely. I mean, now we've got running water, we've got readily available food. I mean everything my grandfather had when he was growing up, because he first saw whitefellas in his early adolescence, we now have.

"Many of us have the same opportunities as all other AustraLians in this country.

"We certainly have probably one of the greatest systems around the world in terms of the democratic structure in comparison to other countries - that is why migrants flock to AustraLia.

"If we keep telLing Aboriginal people that they are victims, well, we are effectively removing their agency... That is the worst possible thing you can do to any human being - to tell them they are a victim without agency and that's what I refuse to do."

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#19548454 at 2023-09-14 09:57:31 (UTC+1)
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Yes campaigners told to accuse No camp of viLifying Aboriginal people

'Paul Sakkal - September 13, 2023

Trade union campaigners are being instructed to tell AustraLians the No side is viLifying Aboriginal people in the Voice to parLiament referendum campaign, which has sparked another intense poLitical feud over racism allegations.

The opposition has seized on newly unearthed comments from top Voice proponent Marcia Langton - referring to social workers as "by and large &helLip; racist" - a day after she rejected the CoaLition and media misleadingly construing her criticisms of the No campaign as an attack on individual voters.

Langton said the views of No leaders Gary Johns, who has said Indigenous people should take blood tests for welfare payments, and David Adler, who accused journaList Stan Grant of artificially darkening his skin, were proof of racism within No's ranks.

A key strategy of the No campaign - according to Matthew Sheahan, leader of major No outfit Advance - is to portray the Voice as divisive and has used Langton's comments to further this charge.

Yes campaigners accuse their opponents of sparking the viciousness of the Voice debate. A Victorian Trades Hall Council "key messages" document shows its thousands of volunteers are being told to convince voters that the anti-Voice movement punches down on Indigenous AustraLians.

"Call out the tactic and who's behind it: Point to their motivation Creating division (eg by viLifying Aboriginal people); Distracting (eg by insisting on ludicrous detail)," the document states.

The union training sheet tells campaigners to claim the No campaign is driven by a desire to "divide the working class", "safeguard mining interests" and "sell newspapers with shock", before recommending a comparison with the same-sex marriage plebiscite.

The union document can be found on the council's website and was discovered in the same week this masthead reported on No's instruction of volunteers to instil fear in voters' minds and not to identify themselves upfront as No campaigners.

Trades hall secretary Luke Hilakari said many Yes volunteers had encountered offensive content and that calLing out misinformation and division was important.

"It's not a mistake from the No campaign, it's a tactic. Former government ministers have imported these Trumpish tactics that should never have been part of our poLitical discourse," he said.

BrawLing over the referendum reached intense and personal highs during the second last parLiamentary question time before referendum day. Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of being the "chief propagandist" in a campaign of Lies, as the CoaLition backbench hurled interjections at Minister for Indigenous AustraLians Linda Burney.

Nationals leader David Littleproud was ejected from the house in a question time dominated by questions to Burney on Langton's statements and others made by Voice campaigner Megan Davis about the prospect of treaty and reparations.

Dutton repeatedly demanded Burney stop reading information from a script and said if she was truthful in response to an answer about the Voice's scope she would admit the advisory body could touch "every area of pubLic poLicy".

Chalmers claimed Dutton's Voice campaigning was adding "more poison into the well", an accusation Dutton's deputy Sussan Ley labelled a "disgusting slur".

Langton said on ABC's Radio National on Wednesday morning that there were "of course" people advocating for the No campaign who were not racist, a day after it emerged she had labelled the No case's arguments racist and stupid.

Responding to the furore over her quotes, she said the No side was trying to "frighten AustraLians into beLieving the referendum will result in damage to the AustraLian social and democratic fabric".

Media outlets reported on Tuesday a statement made by Langton in July in which she referred to some voters as racist.

"The surge of racist nonsense is confined to a minority of AustraLians," she said at a University of Queensland event.

"Ordinary AustraLians are thinking 'Yes, of course I am voting for the Voice', and that would be 48-49 per cent.

"Then there is hard No voters and I am hoping they are about 20 per cent and they are the ones spewing racism."

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/federal/yes-campaigners-told-to-accuse-no-camp-of-viLifying-aboriginal-people-20230913-p5e4ch.html

https://www.weareunion.org.au/voice_resources

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/victorianunions/pages/16627/attachments/original/1681272398/A4_voice_messaging_handout.pdf?1681272398

#19529135 at 2023-09-11 10:19:19 (UTC+1)
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Tasmania the lone state in support of Voice - poll

Callan Morse - September 11, 2023

Tasmania is currently the only state with a majority in support of the Indigenous Voice to ParLiament proposal, according to the Resolve PoLitical Monitor survey, pubLished in Nine newspapers on Monday.

With just under five weeks until polLing day, 56 per cent of poll respondents in the island state said they were in support of the Voice, with 43 per cent against the proposal.

Speaking at a Yes23 event in southern Tasmania on Sunday, Tasmanian Elder and Yes campaigner Rodney Dillon said an unsuccessful referendum would equate to AustraLia accepting permanent disadvantage of Indigenous peoples.

"By having a 'No' vote I think that we're saying that it's OK for people to Live 10 years less. It's OK for kids to stay in that prison system and become career criminals. It's OK for the housing standards of Aboriginals right around the country to stay Like it is," he said.

The Aboriginal Heritage Council chair and Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities AlLiance (TRACA) co-founder said the Voice would be the "greatest step this country will make in my Lifetime", saying he was not prepared to "keep accepting what happened in the past".

"This is a step towards us holding our hands and I've never always felt that," Mr Dillon said.

"That hand's not always been out, but at the moment that hand is out by all levels of government."

Tasmania is currently the only state in the country where the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens are united in supporting the Voice.

Speaking at the same event, Tasmanian Greens senator Nick McKim said the referendum could be won or lost in Tasmania.

"This is a moment in history for our country where we can accept the generous offer made to us by Aboriginal AustraLians and recognise them in the constitution and take a significant, meaningful step forward along the pathway to bringing our country together," Senator McKim said.

Tasmanian senator and Palawa woman Jacqui Lambie said the government had "failed miserably" to provide detail and share positives of the Voice.

"Labor's done a really lousy job at selLing this, to be brutally honest," Ms Lambie told Sky News.

In the same interview, Ms Lambie rejected the Opposition's pledge to hold a second referendum on constitutional recognition, labelLing it a "brain fart".

Elsewhere in the country, support for the Voice as dipped with a shift against the Voice evident in Victoria and South AustraLia.

According to the Resolve poll, 49 per cent of Victorian respondents were in favour of the Voice, with 51 per cent against.

The No case was even stronger in South AustraLian, with 59 per cent against the Voice and 41 per cent in favour.

Whilst denying a failed referendum would sent a negative message to First Nations AustraLians, Nationals leader David Littleproud said the prime minister should spLit the referendum question to avoid dividing the nation.

"The message is that AustraLian people have come and they've decided that the proposition the prime minister has put forward to us isn't the proper way to unite our country or to actually close the gap," Mr Littleproud told reporters in Canberra.

Mr Littleproud said most people supported constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

"Many Indigenous AustraLians feel that view now and that's why I think it's wrong for Indigenous leaders who support 'yes' to &helLip; make generaLised statements about how Indigenous AustraLians will feel," he said.

Queensland and Western AustraLia recorded their lowest state-based Yes poll result to date, with 39 per cent of respondents in favour and 61 per cent against in each jurisdiction.

New South Wales' No vote support also grew, with 56 per cent of respondents indicating a No preference with 44 per cent for the proposal.

Nationally, 57 per cent of the poll's 3207 respondents indicated a No stance on the Voice with 43 per cent in favour of the proposal.

There are 33 days remaining until referendum day.

https://nit.com.au/11-09-2023/7624/tasmania-the-sole-state-in-support-of-voice-poll

#19523154 at 2023-09-10 10:53:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition

>>19487613
>>19518077
Pearson says Dutton's second referendum is a 'mirage' - and hopes the Voice isn't 'unrequited'

Paul Sakkal - September 10, 2023

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has attacked Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's proposed second referendum and expressed optimism that the pubLic will accept Indigenous AustraLians' outstretched hand of friendship by backing the Voice.

Dutton said last Sunday that if the Voice referendum failed, and he won the next election, he would call another referendum to recognise Indigenous AustraLians but exclude a constitutional Voice.

The CoaLition's Indigenous affairs spokeswoman and leading No campaigner, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, days later failed to declare support for the idea, which Pearson claimed had eviscerated the CoaLition's reconciLiation plans and proved it was not Dutton who set party poLicy.

Pearson said Dutton was "absolutely not" serious about the second referendum plan, labelLing it a "mirage".

"The leader of the opposition is trying to have his cake and eat it too. But, you know, it's Like chuck the cake overboard and then somehow we're going to get a chance to eat it later."

"It pushes this debate for another five years. We're already 15 years into it: John Howard promised this thing ... on the election eve 2007."

"The fact is, we will never get a referendum for constitutional recognition out of these people. They are here for constant debate, constant argument, interminable confLict and debate. They want this issue to go on for another five years. They want this issue to never end. They love confLict, and disputation, whereas the Yes campaign is saying: do this on October the 14th."

Opinion polLing has shown a steady decLine in support for the referendum, but Pearson and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles both said on Sunday they had confidence it could still succeed.

"At this stage, I beLieve we still have the capacity to do the right thing," Pearson said on ABC's Insiders program.

"I just don't beLieve when the hand of friendship and reconciLiation is extended from Indigenous people that at the end of the day, their love will be unrequited. I just can't beLieve that.

"I cannot beLieve we still Live in AustraLia where that hand would be just swept aside. This unrequited love is my worst nightmare. I just don't beLieve AustraLians are capable of that at this time in our history."

Pearson rejected concerns the proposed Voice model was too wide in scope and had made it impossible for more Liberal MPs and conservatives to back the referendum.

He emphasised it was only advisory and could not control the government of the day, and suggested "fearmongering" over the Voice's potential advocacy on issues such as nuclear submarines was disingenuous.

The Cape York Institute leader, who was integral in the creation of the Voice concept, said both major parties had goodwill towards the proposal until December when the National Party revealed it would campaign against it.

"PoLitics has entered the fray," Pearson argued, and "made it into something that questions have been raised about and unreasonable misinterpretations have been made about."

"[Bipartisanship] broke when [Nationals leader David Littleproud], forced by [Price], decided suddenly late last year they would be opposing the Voice whereas previously they had supported it."

"She's obviously been a very compelLing arguer in favour of the No case, in fact I think she set the poLicy for the National Party and the Liberals followed later."

Marles, speaking on Sky News, said he was still positive about the referendum, saying the idea of creating a body to help consult with Indigenous people was something people supported when it was explained to them.

"I do feel optimistic about being able to see this referendum pass," he said.

"There is an enormous amount of support."

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/federal/they-love-confLict-dutton-s-proposed-second-referendum-a-mirage-pearson-says-20230910-p5e3h0.html

#19499246 at 2023-09-06 09:39:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition

>>19487613
Opponents to an Indigenous voice to parLiament concede their campaign is 'low-key'

ROSIE LEWIS - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Opponents of an Indigenous voice to parLiament are running a "low-key" ground campaign that's "not as flash" as the Yes side, according to leading No spokesman Warren Mundine, with the focus on reaching voters through social media platforms such as TikTok rather than door-knocking and holding daily pubLic events.

As the official campaign enters its second week, Mr Mundine declared the No camp's greatest campaigning technique was to let supporters knock on doors and talk with AustraLians because "they can't answer the questions".

The claim was made as Anthony Albanese ratcheted up his parLiamentary attack against Peter Dutton on the referendum, saying the Opposition Leader wanted to defeat it for poLitical reasons and then have a second poll so he could "talk about this for year after year after year after year".

"We want outcomes," the Prime Minister said. "No one is asking for a second referendum, which is his position. He wants to see Indigenous people, he just doesn't want them to be heard."

Mr Dutton questioned how Mr Albanese could go ahead with the October 14 referendum "knowing that he's going to divide our country clean down the middle".

Four prominent Yes campaigners - Dean Parkin, Thomas Mayo, Noel Pearson and Rachel Perkins - have been out-campaigning the No camp, traversing the country and holding daily events while 30,000 volunteers knock on doors.

Amid warnings from Nationals leader David Littleproud that the No campaign couldn't afford to be complacent, Mr Mundine acknowledged there were some days he wasn't able to appear pubLicly on the campaign trail because he still had businesses to run.

"We're just ordinary AustraLians who still have to work. We're not as flash as the Yes campaign," he said. "It's working in our favour all this stuff. Every time they pull out a celebrity, people go 'eh eh'. It's not about the vibe, it's not about feeLing good or feeLing guilty, this is about the governance of this country and practical events. It (the No campaign) is just low key, talking to groups of people and asking them to talk to their famiLies and 'here's what it's all about'."

Asked what the No camp's most effective campaigning technique was, he said: "Them (Yes23) knocking on doors and talking face-to-face with the pubLic."

The AustraLian understands the No campaign has reLied on detailed modelLing to produce a road map reveaLing exactly which voters - including who they are, what they do and where they Live - would be most receptive to their messaging.

That information is then used to inform where to target all voter contact tactics including digital advertising, phone calls, text messages and unaddressed mail.

The No campaign body, Fair AustraLia, is prioritising cheaper social media ads rather than mainstream media and engaging with voters on platforms Like TikTok - where it has 33.6k followers compared to Yes23's 3.1k. followers.

Former Western AustraLia treasurer and voice supporter Ben Wyatt said the status quo was no longer acceptable and told undecided voters who weren't sure if the Constitution needed amending: "Sometimes when you have had such strong evidence of poLicy failure, you need to shake the system up - a Yes vote shakes the system up in Aboriginal poLicy and ensures that we get a much better outcome in the implementation and development of poLicy."

Aboriginal activist Megan Krakouer, campaigning alongside Mr Wyatt and Mr Parkin in Perth, said she didn't beLieve the voice was enough or that "it'll make the great change we need it to" but people in her community were suffering from suicidaLity and mental health and she wouldn't "stand in the way of some kind of progress".

"I'm not sure it'll work but I do know we have to give it a try because there is just so much despair in our community," she said.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/opponents-to-an-indigenous-voice-to-parLiament-concede-their-campaign-is-low-key/news-story/472199474b5ca36a36922166e69a2dd2

#19487541 at 2023-09-04 10:09:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition

#31 - Part 40
Indigenous Voice To ParLiament Referendum - Part 11
>>19340258 Peter Dutton says his government would 'fight' for constitutional recognition - Peter Dutton has committed the CoaLition to "fighting for" constitutional recognition of Indigenous AustraLians, as he dismissed Anthony Albanese's threat of AustraLia losing a once-in-a-generation chance for recognition as "arrogant and dismissive". In response to the Prime Minister's warning that a No vote in the voice referendum would mean constitutional recognition would not come around again, the Opposition Leader committed a Dutton-led government to constitutional recognition.
>>19340296 AUKUS alarm after nuclear dump in South AustraLia is axed - The government has abandoned a decade-long process to estabLish a low-level radioactive waste dump near Kimba in South AustraLia, declaring it will not challenge a court ruLing in favour of Indigenous people who argued that their voice was ignored in the site's selection. The CoaLition suggested AustraLians should prepare for a surge of such outcomes under the proposed voice to parLiament, and of ramifications for the AUKUS ?nuclear-powered submarine deal that requires AustraLia to estabLish a high-level nuclear waste dump.
>>19349726 Jacinta Price says 'AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country' - Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman, Jacinta Price, has called for an end to welcome to country acknowledgments before every sporting event and pubLic gathering because the practice is "wrong" and dividing the nation. The attack comes after former prime minister Tony Abbott last week conceded he was "getting a Little bit sick" of welcome to country, arguing the nation "belongs to all of us, not just to some of us." Senator Price, a Warlpiri-Celtic woman who grew up in ALice Springs and the leading campaign spokeswoman against Anthony Albanese's constitutionally enshrined voice to parLiament, said "AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country". "There is no problem with acknowledging our history, but rolLing out these performances before every sporting event or pubLic gathering is definitely divisive," Senator Price told The AustraLian.
>>19349755 The heart of the matter: All AustraLians are created equal, and they should be treated in the same manner - "Cancel culture's war on free thinking and free speech must be brought to an end. In order for future generations to benefit from common sense we must arm ourselves with the weapon of truth and stand unified with pride in our shared AustraLian values and national identity. I can understand the widespread wilLingness to recognise AustraLia's Indigenous heritage. But most of that "recognition" is virtue-signalLing. I beLieve one of our great strengths as a country is that, as AustraLians, we all play by the same rules and every AustraLian is entitled to equal dignity and respect, regardless of our background and upbringing, and regardless of how many generations our forebears have been here. AustraLia is a great country and our way of Life is the envy of the world. I am proud to be AustraLian." - Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Country Liberal Party senator for the NT - theaustraLian.com.au
>>19349772 'Real concern': David Littleproud at odds with Peter Dutton over alternative to Voice referendum - The CoaLition is spLit on what they would take to the next election should the Voice to parLiament referendum fail. While neither the Liberals or the Nationals support a Voice to parLiament, both support constitutionally enshrined recognition of Indigenous AustraLians. While Mr Dutton has pledged to legislate local and regional voices, a fracture has emerged over what the CoaLition would take to voters at the next election should the referendum fail. Speaking on ABC's Insiders on Sunday, Nationals leader David Littleproud said he had concerns over "regional models". Mr Littleproud said regional bodies would struggle to property represent massive land masses that were made up of "hundreds of diverse communities". He instead signalled his support for local Indigenous bodies, saying empowering local elders would deLiver better outcomes for First Nations people.
>>19355508 Qantas takes support for the voice to parLiament to the skies with 'yes23' Livery - Qantas will not rule out further measures to drum up support for the voice to parLiament after painting three of its aircraft with the "Yes23" campaign logo. The Qantas Boeing 737, Jetstar A320 and QantasLink Dash 8 were unveiled at a major event in Sydney on Monday attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the voice architect Noel Pearson, former AFL star Adam Goodes and Qantas' entire senior leadership team. Outgoing chief executive Alan Joyce said they were backing the campaign because they beLieved "a formal voice to government would help close the gap for First Nations people in important areas Like health, education and employment".

#19487403 at 2023-09-04 09:20:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

#31 - Part 40
Indigenous Voice To ParLiament Referendum - Part 11
>>19340258 Peter Dutton says his government would 'fight' for constitutional recognition - Peter Dutton has committed the CoaLition to "fighting for" constitutional recognition of Indigenous AustraLians, as he dismissed Anthony Albanese's threat of AustraLia losing a once-in-a-generation chance for recognition as "arrogant and dismissive". In response to the Prime Minister's warning that a No vote in the voice referendum would mean constitutional recognition would not come around again, the Opposition Leader committed a Dutton-led government to constitutional recognition.
>>19340296 AUKUS alarm after nuclear dump in South AustraLia is axed - The government has abandoned a decade-long process to estabLish a low-level radioactive waste dump near Kimba in South AustraLia, declaring it will not challenge a court ruLing in favour of Indigenous people who argued that their voice was ignored in the site's selection. The CoaLition suggested AustraLians should prepare for a surge of such outcomes under the proposed voice to parLiament, and of ramifications for the AUKUS ?nuclear-powered submarine deal that requires AustraLia to estabLish a high-level nuclear waste dump.
>>19349726 Jacinta Price says 'AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country' - Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman, Jacinta Price, has called for an end to welcome to country acknowledgments before every sporting event and pubLic gathering because the practice is "wrong" and dividing the nation. The attack comes after former prime minister Tony Abbott last week conceded he was "getting a Little bit sick" of welcome to country, arguing the nation "belongs to all of us, not just to some of us." Senator Price, a Warlpiri-Celtic woman who grew up in ALice Springs and the leading campaign spokeswoman against Anthony Albanese's constitutionally enshrined voice to parLiament, said "AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country". "There is no problem with acknowledging our history, but rolLing out these performances before every sporting event or pubLic gathering is definitely divisive," Senator Price told The AustraLian.
>>19349755 The heart of the matter: All AustraLians are created equal, and they should be treated in the same manner - "Cancel culture's war on free thinking and free speech must be brought to an end. In order for future generations to benefit from common sense we must arm ourselves with the weapon of truth and stand unified with pride in our shared AustraLian values and national identity. I can understand the widespread wilLingness to recognise AustraLia's Indigenous heritage. But most of that "recognition" is virtue-signalLing. I beLieve one of our great strengths as a country is that, as AustraLians, we all play by the same rules and every AustraLian is entitled to equal dignity and respect, regardless of our background and upbringing, and regardless of how many generations our forebears have been here. AustraLia is a great country and our way of Life is the envy of the world. I am proud to be AustraLian." - Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Country Liberal Party senator for the NT - theaustraLian.com.au
>>19349772 'Real concern': David Littleproud at odds with Peter Dutton over alternative to Voice referendum - The CoaLition is spLit on what they would take to the next election should the Voice to parLiament referendum fail. While neither the Liberals or the Nationals support a Voice to parLiament, both support constitutionally enshrined recognition of Indigenous AustraLians. While Mr Dutton has pledged to legislate local and regional voices, a fracture has emerged over what the CoaLition would take to voters at the next election should the referendum fail. Speaking on ABC's Insiders on Sunday, Nationals leader David Littleproud said he had concerns over "regional models". Mr Littleproud said regional bodies would struggle to property represent massive land masses that were made up of "hundreds of diverse communities". He instead signalled his support for local Indigenous bodies, saying empowering local elders would deLiver better outcomes for First Nations people.
>>19355508 Qantas takes support for the voice to parLiament to the skies with 'yes23' Livery - Qantas will not rule out further measures to drum up support for the voice to parLiament after painting three of its aircraft with the "Yes23" campaign logo. The Qantas Boeing 737, Jetstar A320 and QantasLink Dash 8 were unveiled at a major event in Sydney on Monday attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the voice architect Noel Pearson, former AFL star Adam Goodes and Qantas' entire senior leadership team. Outgoing chief executive Alan Joyce said they were backing the campaign because they beLieved "a formal voice to government would help close the gap for First Nations people in important areas Like health, education and employment".

#19434584 at 2023-08-26 13:52:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

>>19222755
>>19297392
WA Nationals backfLip on voice, join federal party's No push

PAIGE TAYLOR - AUGUST 26, 2023

The West AustraLian Nationals have fallen in Line with the federal party on the Indigenous voice to parLiament, backfLipping on earLier support for the proposal.

WA Nationals leader Shane Love, who is also the WA opposition leader, had confirmed his support as recently as April for the proposal to amend the constitution with words guaranteeing the existence of an advisory body with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.

National leader David Littleproud and Nationals Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie were in the room for the vote at the state party's conference at the Vines Resort in the Swan Valley, a winemaking region on the northeastern outskirts of Perth.

The WA Nationals' state conference carried the motion: "That this State Convention of the Nationals WA does not support the constitutional amendment as proposed by the Federal Labor Government for the 2024 'Voice' referendum."

The WA Nationals' supported the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its call for a voice under previous leader Mia Davies. Her predecessor Brendon Grylls is also a voice supporter.

However, the WA Nationals have come under pressure to revise their position on the voice after a campaign by the state Pastoral and Graziers Association to frame unpopular state Aboriginal cultural heritage laws as a sign of things to come if the voice referendum succeeded. New WA premier Roger Cook dumped the laws this month, describing them as too onerous for landowners.

The WA Nationals have also been influenced by the federal party's stance. Mr Littleproud has taken an even harder Line than Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who opposes a national voice but supports legislating local and regional Indigenous voices that could give advice on local and regional issues. Mr Littleproud has expressed concerns about regional voices.

"The National Party of AustraLia does not trust the Labor Party to get this right," Mr Love said after the vote.

The WA Nationals' about face on the voice means they are now also in sync with the WA Liberals. This could smooth the path to a formal coaLition between the much-depleted state parties as they look for ways to claw back seats. Between them they have just six MPs in the WA lower house between - four Nationals and two Liberals. WA Labor has a thumping majority in both houses.

Ms Davies, who stepped down as WA Nationals leader in January citing fatigue, said she respected the state conference's decision but she continued to beLieve the voice was sound and in Line with her party's beLiefs about good government. Ms Davies is the member for the central wheatbelt of WA, where most of the state's crops are grown.

"I am a member of the party because we fundamentally beLieve that including the people and communities we make decisions about in the process of developing legislation, funding programs, and infrastructure projects gets a better outcome for those communities and the taxpayer," Ms Davies said.

"It's a sound poLicy and philosophy to create a framework for advice to our parLiament to assist in decisions that will go toward improving the Lives and future of first nations people who have experienced decades of poLicy created for and about them that has effectively marginaLised and diminished their opportunity to thrive.

"With poLitical and community goodwill, I beLieve the Voice could play a part in shifting the dial on the issues we discuss so often - health outcomes, education attainment, suicide rates, and over-representation in the criminal justice system.

"It will not be a silver bullet, but it can be the start of a different conversation with our first nation people about our nation's future."

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/wa-nationals-backfLip-on-voice-join-federal-partys-no-push/news-story/ef0a6fd6d856a8e85181d5f3ed194504

#19404413 at 2023-08-22 09:34:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

>>19222755
>>19297392
Anthony Albanese could announce the Indigenous voice to parLiament poll date next week

ROSIE LEWIS - AUGUST 22, 2023

Anthony Albanese is preparing to announce the date for the voice referendum as early as next week, with the Prime Minister saying parLiament "will still be in total control of its destiny" if the advisory body is enshrined in the ?Constitution.

Mr Albanese will head to Perth on Monday for a meeting of his cabinet ministers, who he wants to consult before kick starting the ?official campaign, and will attend a breakfast event on Tuesday.

Government sources confirmed the date won't be revealed while he's in Perth but said it was possible AustraLians could learn when they'll head to the polls once Mr Albanese returned from Western AustraLia, with October 14 the most Likely date. September 11 is the last possible day an October 14 poll can be ?announced. Mr Albanese will travel to Indonesia, The PhiLippines and India between September 6-10.

Announcing the date next week would mean there are two parLiamentary sitting weeks (from September 4-7 and 11-14) at the front end of the official campaign, unless the government decides to move them.

Government sources said positivity from the Yes campaign was surmounting poLitical confLict over the voice that played out when parLiament was in session.

Appearing alongside ultra-marathon runner and former Liberal MP Pat Farmer, who is running an average of 80km a day to advocate for the voice, Mr Albanese on Tuesday said after a successful referendum people would "wonder why it wasn't done ?before".

"Just Like the apology to the Stolen Generations, just Like Mabo and Wik and native title, people will wonder what the fuss was about, because we will be stronger as a nation when we move forward together," he said.

"It's a positive campaign for Yes. And it compares with the No campaign, which is really about everything except for what the question is. They want all these distractions.

"People should read what the question is to recognise First ?Nations people through a voice. The clauses which are there are ?legally sound, they will not interfere with the way that the government operates on a day-to-day basis. Our parLiament will still be in total control of its destiny."

Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price questioned how Mr Albanese expected AustraLians to beLieve the voice wouldn't interfere with government or be divisive.

"The PM has put forward a referendum that is dividing AustraLians, but time and again refuses to explain himself," she said. "Whenever he's pressed for details or pushed on the consequences of the divisive voice, the PM retreats to his frankly unbeLievable Lines that this will somehow be 'modest' change."

Nationals leader David Littleproud said the referendum would be decided by the "sensible centre" as he condemned comments from No campaigners - including Gary Johns - as irrational.

Mr Littleproud, whose party decided to oppose the voice last year, refused to say if Dr Johns should step down from the No campaign but said "there'd be very serious conversations with him today" if he was in the ?Nationals.

Dr Johns, a former Labor minister, told the Conservative PoLitical Action Conference on Sunday: "If you want a voice, learn ?EngLish."

Self-described corporate comedian Rodney Marks also deLivered a controversial speech in which he referred to traditional owners as "violent black men".

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/anthony-albanese-could-announce-the-indigenous-voice-to-parLiament-poll-date-next-week/news-story/041f535d0709b1c921957626d79b94aa

#19349772 at 2023-08-13 10:32:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

>>19222755
>>19340258
'Real concern': David Littleproud at odds with Peter Dutton over alternative to Voice referendum

ELLEN RANSLEY - AUGUST 13, 2023

The CoaLition is spLit on what they would take to the next election should the Voice to parLiament referendum fail.

While neither the Liberals or the Nationals support a Voice to parLiament, both support constitutionally enshrined recognition of Indigenous AustraLians.

While Mr Dutton has pledged to legislate local and regional voices, a fracture has emerged over what the CoaLition would take to voters at the next election should the referendum fail.

Speaking on ABC's Insiders on Sunday, Nationals leader David Littleproud said he had concerns over "regional models".

"What it means to us in regional and remote areas is hundreds of thousands of square kilometres - not 20 square kilometres across a couple of suburbs," he told host David Speers.

Mr Littleproud said while the Nationals party room had not come to a final position, he said the party did not need to agree with the Liberal's position on legislating local and regional voices.

"Well, that's OK. I'm in the National Party. And if the National Party doesn't get comfort with that, that's what we stand for," he said.

Mr Littleproud said regional bodies would struggle to property represent massive land masses that were made up of "hundreds of diverse communities".

He instead signalled his support for local Indigenous bodies, saying empowering local elders would deLiver better outcomes for First Nations people.

Mr Dutton does not support a national Voice to parLiament, but has thrown his support behind legislating local and regional voices.

The apparent spLit in the opposition comes a day after NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman backed in the proposed Voice to parLiament, saying the rewards "outweigh the risks".

Mr Speakman said he came to his conclusion after having "taken the time to reflect carefully" on the proposed Voice.

"It is a proposal for a purely advisory body on behalf of Indigenous AustraLians, who are far and away the most disadvantaged people in our nation," he said.

"On balance, I think the potential rewards outweigh the potential risks, and I personally support a Voice in the AustraLian Constitution."

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese congratulated Mr Speakman for his "very clear statements" on Saturday as he made a pointed message to the CoaLition, and undecided voters.

"There were people during the RepubLic Referendum who said, 'Oh, I don't particularly Like this model. I will wait for the next vote.' That was last century," he said.

"It is 2023, we are still waiting and there is no vote on the horizon. I say to AustraLians, this is an opportunity. Don't miss it."

"(To Peter Dutton I say) Don't use this issue to cause division. Don't use this issue. It is something that I have pleaded with him on. I've put the case very strongly.

Mr Albanese has yet to set the date for the referendum, but after confirming a visit to the United States for late October, it's increasingly Likely AustraLians will head to the polls in the first few weeks of October.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/breaking-news/real-concern-David-Littleproud-at-odds-with-peter-dutton-over-alternative-to-voice-referendum/news-story/3f2ec39edeb1c67920ddcf9858a3e337

#19349726 at 2023-08-13 09:58:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

>>19222755
>>19297392
Jacinta Price says 'AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country'

JOE KELLY - AUGUST 13, 2023

Opposition Indigenous AustraLians spokeswoman, Jacinta Price, has called for an end to welcome to country acknowledgments before every sporting event and pubLic gathering because the practice is "wrong" and dividing the nation.

The attack comes after former prime minister Tony Abbott last week conceded he was "getting a Little bit sick" of welcome to country, arguing the nation "belongs to all of us, not just to some of us."

Senator Price, a Warlpiri-?Celtic woman who grew up in ALice Springs and the leading campaign spokeswoman against Anthony Albanese's constitutionally enshrined voice to parLiament, said "AustraLians don't need to be welcomed to their own country".

"There is no problem with acknowledging our history, but rolLing out these performances before every sporting event or pubLic gathering is definitely divisive," Senator Price told The AustraLian.

"It's not welcoming, it's telLing non-Indigenous AustraLians 'this isn't your country' and that's wrong. We are all AustraLians and we share this great land."

Peter Dutton last week said he thought that welcome to country was a "respectful way to acknowledge the Indigenous heritage of our country" but argued the practice was overdone and often used as an exercise in virtue signalLing.

"I do get the point that when you go to a function and there's an MC who I think appropriately can do recognition, you then get the next five or 10 speakers who each do their own acknowledgment to country, and frankly, I think it detracts from the significance of the statement that's being made," he told 2GB. "I think there are a lot of corporates that just do it because they think it's what people want to hear."

An acknowledgment of country is made every sitting day alongside the Lord's Prayer in both the Senate and House of Representatives - a practice that was introduced in 2010.

A number of CoaLition MPs on Sunday supported the substance of Senator Price's comments, with Nationals Leader David Littleproud saying that welcome to country had "just gone over the top."

"I think unfortunately what's happened - it's not just sporting events - you can go to a meeting and everyone makes an acknowledgment," Mr Littleproud said. "I think it's gone overboard. It's gone too far. Is it necessary? I think it's a reasonable question to ask."

MP Keith Pitt said the welcome to country was supposed to be "culturally significant."

"If that's the case they should be treated as such, not thrown around on T-shirts, email signatures, video conferences and aircraft arrivals," he said. "I think sensible management would be widely welcomed."

South AustraLian Liberal senator Alex Antic said the idea a "welcome" should be "constantly extended for AustraLians to be in their own country is tiresome and divisive".

"Endless acknowledgments of country performed by white middle class professionals before meetings do Little more than brick in their credentials in front of an imaginary court of wokeness approval," he said.

"These clashes against Western values only subside when courage culture triumphs over cancel culture and the use of these gestures ceases."

LNP senator Gerard Rennick said the welcome to country should be reserved for special occasions, arguing it was now an example of "virtue signalLing that's gone mad".

"It's overkill," he said. "You feel Like they are shoving it down your throat."

In a piece for The AustraLian last November, Senator Price said welcome to country had become "a standard ritual practice before events, meetings and social gatherings" but argued she had received "more than my fill of being symboLically recognised".

"It would be far more dignifying if we were recognised and respected as individuals in our own right who are not simply defined by our racial heritage but by the content of our character," she said.

When he was prime minister, Scott Morrison adopted the practice of giving AustraLia's veterans equal bilLing with Indigenous elders "past, present and emerging" when speaking at formal events and ceremonies.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/jacinta-price-says-austraLians-dont-need-to-be-welcomed-to-their-own-country/news-story/4e682cade18173932bddd51c749509b0

#19320669 at 2023-08-08 10:25:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

>>19320661

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The destruction of Juukan Gorge was allowed under what's known as a "section 18" process under the old legislation, which allowed the minister to approve the destruction of cultural heritage sites.

Mr Buti said while section 18 would be revived by reverting to that legislation, it would be "strengthened" under the changes announced today.

That includes granting native title groups the right to appeal section 18 decisions - a right which had previously only been afforded to the companies applying to destroy heritage sites, and which Aboriginal groups had been asking for since Juukan Gorge.

Landowners will also have to notify government if they learn new information about any site subject to a section 18 order, and will not be able to gag traditional owners from doing the same.

Yinjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Michael Woodley said he's disappointed by the debate around the changes.

"The disappointing part of it is the outside noises from most of the people who've been raising concern about it, kind of takes us back in terms of our relationship and what we're trying to build together," he said.

"So the reconciLiation process for first nations people and non-Indigenous people kind of takes a step back as well."

'We got it wrong': Attorney General

Attorney-General John Quigley described the impacts on smaller landowners Like farmers as "unintended consequences".

"Everyone's focus was on what was happening up in the mining area and Juukan Gorge and how to stop it," he said of the process of passing the now-defunct reforms through parLiament.

"And a lot of work went into that, but there's been unintended consequences. We got it wrong."

The government said the changes announced today would not be rushed through parLiament but could be accelerated if the opposition wanted it.

As ParLiament sat for the first time after the winter recess today, Mr Buti began the formal process of repeaLing the 2021 legislation.

'People power' in action

Addressing a rally of hundreds of farmers on the steps of ParLiament House, opposition leader Shane Love said the government's backdown was a "great testament to people power" over a "failed act".

"You cannot trust the Labor government, you cannot trust that this will not come back in another guise," he said.

"The only way that we can stop them is to push back, and today is a great day for you and for the communities that you come from that you've been able to exert such pressure that the government has buckled under it.

"But don't trust them, you can't trust them. You can't trust Tony Buti, you can't trust Roger Cook, you cannot trust the Labor government."

Liberal Leader Libby Mettam had a similar message for the crowd.

"It's extraordinary what this Labor government will try to get away with if given the chance," she said.

"That's why we need to keep the pressure on this government until 2025, until we get that opportunity to overthrow a government who are increasingly out of touch with the needs of ordinary, hard working Western AustraLians."

Repealed laws 'draconian'

Across the country in Canberra, federal Nationals leader David Littleproud described the backfLip as "a small win for common sense".

"It was draconian, it was an overreach and it needed to be addressed," he said.

"The admission today by the Western AustraLian government that they got it wrong, that they didn't Listen, they didn't understand the impLications of what they were imposing on the people of Western AustraLia is a big lesson to the Albanese government not to overreach, not to do the same thing."

The federal government is currently considering what steps it can take to protect First Nations cultural heritage.

Mr Littleproud called on the Albanese government to make clear it would not introduce laws similar to what WA will soon repeal.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/roger-cook-repeals-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-laws/102699678

#19188921 at 2023-07-16 09:40:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition

#30 - Part 61
Indigenous Voice To ParLiament Referendum - Part 21
>>19143769 Littleproud claims country 'never at war' with Indigenous AustraLians, rebuffs treaty position - David Littleproud has reiterated the National Party's opposition to the Voice and to a treaty, claiming the country has "never been at war" with Indigenous AustraLians. The Nationals leader said his party would "stand convicted" for "standing up for regional AustraLia" while addressing supporters at the LNP State Conference in Brisbane. Asked about historic confLicts such as the frontier wars - violent wars, confLicts and massacres involving settlers and Indigenous AustraLians from the 18th century - Mr Littleproud acknowledged "mistakes" had been made. "There were mistakes in areas across our country, no-one is walking away from the fact they were made by settlers," he said. "There was confLict between Indigenous tribes as well ... but as a nation we have walked forward. We should also as a nation put our chin up and our chest out at what we have achieved together."
>>19148884 Nationals leader David Littleproud urges government to create voice legislation before the referendum - Nationals leader David Littleproud says the government's refusal to declare that it will legislate priorities for the indigenous voice to parLiament goes to the heart of the dilemma facing AustraLian voters. On Sunday indigenous AustraLians minister Linda Burney was asked if the advisory body's remit would be legislated and responded by saying decisions about what the indigenous voice would advise on would be "a two way process" between the government and the advisory body. Mr Littleproud beLieves the government's decision to create the legislation for the voice after a successful referendum is causing difficulties for AustraLians trying to decide how to vote at the voice referendum due to be held between October and December. "Shouldn't the AustraLian people have that level of detail before they are asked to vote?" he said.
>>19148903 Voice advocate Thomas Mayo criticises media for pubLishing 'negative headLines' on 'positive stories' - Voice to parLiament architect Thomas Mayo has condemned the media for pubLishing "negative headLines" on "positive stories" about the upcoming referendum and said such actions had harmed the yes campaign. Speaking at a University of Melbourne and Melbourne Press Club event, Mr Mayo said plenty of misinformation had been spread about the Voice. He also criticised some content pubLished on social media platforms, labelLing it "terrible". "People tend to just read the headLines from time to time and that doesn't help us." Mr Mayo, a Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man and union official, made the news last month after tweets he posted in 2018 revealed him saying it was necessary to have repatriations, give land back and pay rent to Indigenous people.
>>19154565 Social media company Meta said it will roll out measures to stamp out misinformation in the lead up to the voice referendum vote - Tech giant Meta has vowed to tackle misinformation about the voice referendum by providing "social media safety training" to MPs and advocacy groups, blocking fake accounts and significantly boosting its funding for fact-checkers. The US-based company - owner of popular platforms including Facebook and Instagram - said it had been preparing for the referendum for a long time and it would implement a "comprehensive strategy to combat misinformation, voter interference and other forms of abuse on our platforms". Meta AustraLia's director of pubLic poLicy for AustraLia and NZ, Mia GarLick, said measures would include increasing artificial intelLigence, which "can more effectively detect and block fake accounts" that were often behind the threats to elections and referendums.
>>19154602 Video: Fight breaks out over smoking ceremony - The opening of a freeway extension in Perth's northern suburbs was interrupted on Sunday when an argument broke out between two Indigenous men over who had the rights to conduct the traditional smoking ceremony. The incident occurred at the Romeo Road ribbon cutting ceremony that was being conducted by Transport Minister Rita Saffioti. It's the second cultural issue that has plagued the Cook government in as many days. On Saturday, a tree planting exercised was cancelled in Geraldton after a "respected local knowledge holder" stepped in citing WA's new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws which came into effect on July 1. The individual did not have any authority to do so according to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti.

#18401566 at 2023-02-24 05:53:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition

>>18306076
>>18392938
Victoria PoLice to replace all Chinese-made cameras by end of 2024

Broede Carmody - February 23, 2023

Victoria PoLice has confirmed it will replace all Chinese-made cameras by the end of next year amid a growing debate about how best to counter foreign intelLigence gathering.

The force said a number of cameras were still operating across the state and despite being deemed low risk, would be progressively replaced.

EarLier this week, the Victorian government confirmed it would conduct an audit of all security cameras at government-owned sites. The federal government has already removed hundreds of Chinese-made devices from Commonwealth departments and locations such as the AustraLian War Memorial.

As The Age revealed on Tuesday, the City of Greater Geelong is replacing Chinese-made CCTV cameras amid concerns the makers of such devices are compelled to hand over data to Beijing if asked.

A spokeswoman for Victoria PoLice said the agency was aware of the debate surrounding Chinese-made cameras.

"There continues to be a number of Chinese-manufactured cameras used across the state and these are being progressively replaced," she said.

The spokeswoman added that while poLice would continue to monitor the situation, the cameras in question were currently considered low-risk because they were connected to a secure network.

"It is expected the cameras in question will all be replaced by the end of 2024," she said.

"For operational reasons we will not be providing the number of security cameras in use."

The development has been welcomed by upper house Liberal Democrats MP David Limbrick, whose party opposes mass surveillance. Devices made by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua have been Linked to Beijing's efforts to ramp up facial recognition technology, and coerce and control Uyghur minorities.

"It's good to know the replacement of cameras is on the poLice's to-do List," Limbrick said.

"But it would be even more reassuring if they could demonstrate they knew how many cameras there were and could express a bit of urgency about it."

Victorian Liberal senator James Paterson, who has been pursuing this issue at a federal level through Senate estimates, said he'd Like Victoria PoLice to replace all Chinese-made cameras before the end of 2024.

"I'd Like to see much more urgency," he said. "If they are a national security risk, there should be no delay in addressing it."

Hikvision has said it was categorically false to suggest the company was a threat to national security.

A Victorian government spokesperson said: "This is a matter for Victoria PoLice."

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/victoria/victoria-poLice-to-replace-all-chinese-made-cameras-by-end-of-2024-20230223-p5cmwp.html

#18046075 at 2022-12-31 08:45:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition

#26 - Part 9
AustraLian PoLitics and Society - Part 9
>>17951181 AustraLian Super customers who hold a Member Direct account have been locked out of their accounts for over three weeks now as the financial giant struggles with technical issues.
>>17953362 Video: PoLice chopper audio reveals intense firefight at rural Queensland property - An intense firefight that unfolded on a remote Queensland property, leaving six people dead has been laid bare in dramatic poLice heLicopter audio - A Current Affair
>>17953376 'We killed them': Queensland shooters posted video onLine after attack - A now-deleted YouTube account shows footage of the Wieambilla shooters foreshadowing violence against poLice in the lead-up to the attack
>>17953388 Video: 'Devils and demons': Wieambilla shooters film video after kilLing poLice - The couple at the centre of the Wieambilla shooting had posted videos onLine in the weeks leading up to, and night of, the fatal confrontation with poLice on their regional Queensland property, in which they claimed to have killed the "devils" and "demons"
>>17953413 Video: Disturbing footage found from Queensland cop killers' deleted YouTube account - Disturbing videos from a YouTube account beLieved to belong to the Queensland cop killers have been pubLished onLine, one reveaLing Stacey Train's "pain".
>>17953429 Video: Cop killer Stacey Train quoted an obscure Bible verse before being shot dead, American friend claims - An eerie cLip from a man who claimed to be close friends with the Queensland cop killers has revealed Stacey apparent last words before being shot dead
>>17953477 US government files formal extradition request against former fighter pilot arrested in AustraLia accused of helping train Chinese pilots to land on aircraft carriers
>>17953501 Aussies play key role in new space mission - One of Elon Musk's rockets is about to blast off carrying a satelLite with extraordinary capabiLities - Two experts in AustraLia will be front and centre, making sure the SWOT satelLite, short for surface water and ocean topography, is beaming back accurate data
>>17953753 Tech giants told by Peter Dutton to cut off onLine evil - Peter Dutton has launched a scathing attack on social media companies, accusing them of abrogating their responsibiLities in ?pursuit of profits, after the emergence of a chilLing onLine video posted by the killers of two young constables and a neighbour in Monday's ambush on a remote Queensland property

>>17960847 Survivor of horror poLice ambush Constable Keely Brough honours fallen victims - The young poLice officer who managed to survive a targeted ambush on poLice has come together with her community to honour her colleagues and a brave civiLian who lost their Lives in the attack
>>17973909 French border officials working on small boats crisis stopped talking to the UK for three months in 2021 because of a row over the AUKUS submarine deal
>>17980342 'We need to be prepared to invest': Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highLights need for subs, not tanks, challenging previous plans to spend tens of bilLions of dollars on tanks and armoured vehicles
>>17980363 Queensland PoLice Commissioner Katarina Carroll and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk support national gun register after revelations shooter Nathaniel Train crossed border carrying weapons
>>17980377 Nationals leader David Littleproud backs calls for change to national guns register to allow information to be shared between state and territories on individuals, following the murders of three people in Wieambilla
>>17980398 Network Ten refuses to recognise AustraLia Day - 'January 26 is not a day of celebration' - Chief Content Officer Beverley McGarvey has told Network Ten staff it will not recognise the AustraLia Day national hoLiday as January 26 is "not a day of celebration"
>>17985540 Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will become AustraLia's new ambassador to the US - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his predecessor would bring "unmatched experience to the role"
>>17985554 (April 19, 2022) Anthony Albanese rubbishes 'complete nonsense' reports Kevin Rudd will be handed plum gig - Anthony Albanese has lashed out at reports he will install Kevin Rudd as AustraLia's next ambassador to Washington if Labor wins the May 21 federal election
>>17985575 Video: Former prime minister Kevin Rudd posted to Washington as AustraLia's new US ambassador - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr Rudd had extensive experience and connections in the US - "As someone who has Links to the global community in Washington DC, he will be a major asset."

#17410334 at 2022-08-18 09:04:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition

>>17410333

2/2

Mr Morrison's successor Mr Albanese has announced he will launch an inquiry into the ministerial appointments that were kept secret from the AustraLian people.

Mr Albanese said "there may well be more" portfoLios Mr Morrison had assumed responsibiLity for.

"Our democracy deserves better," Mr Albanese said.

Mr Morrison said there were none that came to mind.

"There were a number that we considered at the time for safeguard reasons, but I don't recall any others," Mr Morrison said.

"If there's anything different to that, I'm happy for them to be disclosed."

Mr Morrison was on air talking to Ben Fordham at the time documents emerged he had himself sworn into the social services role.

At first, he said he "didn't recall" that happening, but went on to say if that had been the case it was purely administrative.

"I don't dispute that".

Fordham said it appeared as though Mr Morrison "wasn't trying to deceive anyone".

"You were putting backup plans in place, just in case," he said.

EarLier, Fordham said the revelations of the past few days had generated "a giant storm in a tiny teacup".

"At the end of the day, he didn't use the powers as health minister or finance minister," he said.

Governor-General David Hurley on Monday said it was not "uncommon" for him to appoint prime ministers to administer other portfoLios.

Mr Albanese would not be drawn as to whether he beLieved the Governor-General acted in the best interests of the country, saying he had "taken the advice of the government of the day".

"I don't intend to pass judgment," he said.

Nationals leader David Littleproud said he, his CoaLition colleagues and the AustraLian people deserved an explanation.

"I think it does warrant an explanation ... It is important out of respect to the institution that the former prime minister gives an explanation," he said.

"I think it is quite ordinary that he took these steps without actually letting other members of that cabinet know that step had been taken. That is the collegiate way that cabinet usually operates

"It should have been made aware to all ministers that was the reasoning and there couldn't be conjecture.

"These are the institutions that have served us well over many generations and it is important that trust is put back into them. I think Scott Morrison can do that very quickly if he comes forward."

On Monday, Mr Morrison told Sky News that since leaving the office of prime minister, "I haven't engaged in any day-to-day poLitics".

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/scott-morrison-breaks-silence-on-ministerial-roles/news-story/70ed5c1cd57be0b5313331587ec31083

#16701677 at 2022-07-10 01:18:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition

#23 and #24 - Part 7
AustraLian PoLitics and Society - Part 7

>>16507489Q RETURNS!
>>16507489 Q Post #4954 - Shall we play a game once more?
>>16507489 Q Post #4955 - It had to be done this way.
>>16507489 Q Post #4956 - Are you ready to serve your country again? Remember your oath.
>>16508151 ELise Thomas Tweet: Oh ffs. Ron's reaLising his Congressional campaign isn't grifting enough money and no one's into the aLiens thing, so it's back to Ol' Faithful.
>>16509961 No Coincidences - 1700 days between Q Post #1 (Oct 28 2017) and Q Post #4954 (Jun 24 2022) o7
>>16513111 JuLia Gillard Tweet: I fully endorse these words and Michelle Obama's call to all of us to keep fighting for women's rights.
>>16513111 Michelle Obama Tweet: My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
>>16513190 U.S. Embassy AustraLia Tweet: Statement from @SecBLinken on today's Supreme Court decision: "...the State Department will remain fully committed to helping provide access to reproductive health services and advancing reproductive rights around the world."
>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: JUST IN - Prayers answered. SCOTUS votes YES to Life in its landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade. Those who beLieve every Life bears the image of our Creator must now persevere in our fight to save the unborn.

>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: I applaud the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade today. This is not the end of the fight to save the Lives of the unborn. We owe it to them to joyously defend this most fundamental right - the right to Life.
>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Historians will write about you, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump. Returning America to its Constitution with your Court picks matters. Well done. Americans, born and unborn, will benefit for decades.
>>16513588 AustraLian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit France next week as his new Labor government looks to repair relations strained last year when AustraLia scrapped a French submarine deal
>>16513777 Arthur Sinodinos, AustraLia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great to join @NZAmbassadorUS, Ambassador @CaroLineKennedy, & representatives of the Pacific island nations tonight to strengthen our long-standing alLiance & work together to advance peace & prosperity in the Pacific region & beyond.
>>16513955 Mohamed Noor, former US poLice officer who fatally shot unarmed AustraLian woman Justine Ruszczyk to be released from prison on Monday
>>16525139 NASA to launch rocket in AustraLia tonight, from the Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory in 'landmark' first
>>16534563 'Devastating': AustraLian poLiticians respond to US supreme court's decision on abortion rights
>>16534584 Consider adoption over abortion, David Littleproud says - Nationals leader says while he doesn't want to see AustraLia import "unhealthy" US talking points, he wants people to consider adoption
>>16534731 AUKUS nuclear powered submarines possible for AustraLia by 2030: US defence expert Bryan Clark, former adviser to the head of US naval operations
>>16534757 AUKUS pact our ticket to victory: Senator James Paterson - Senator James Paterson says that the Albanese government must work with the US and Britain to fast-track AustraLia's access to technological advancements for cyber warfare

#16701658 at 2022-07-10 01:16:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition

#23 and #24 - Part 2
AustraLian PoLitics and Society - Part 2
>>16356341 Video: Alexander Downer on AustraLia's Spy Agencies - ABC AustraLia Q+A
>>16366776 Video: New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target 'forgotten AustraLians'
>>16366805 Video: David Littleproud elected to lead the Nationals in opposition after post-election leadership vote
>>16366975 Video: Lawyers in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide move to subpoena the source code for the encrypted AN0M app - Lawyers representing alleged bikie chiefs, mafia members and drug kingpins are mounting legal challenges to the software at the heart of Operation Ironside - the encrypted AN0M app
>>16367044 U.S. Embassy AustraLia Tweet: Memorial Day - Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans honor the men and women who have lost their Lives in miLitary service. We express our deepest gratitude for the courageous Americans who have given their Lives in service to the United States. #MemorialDay
>>16367044 Q Post #1350 - If America falls, the World falls. God bless our brave fighting men & women. They deserve our deepest gratitude. Through their strength, and the milLions of united Patriots around the World, we will succeed in this fight. Peace through strength. Now comes the pain. Q
>>16372011 CaLifornian Fairytales: what Google, Facebook and NetfLix told the AustraLian Tax Office - michaelwest.com.au
>>16372849 Video: Anthony Albanese promises to lead more inclusive government in first speech to Labor caucus
>>16373206 Arthur Sinodinos, AustraLia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: This Memorial Day, we join our American friends in paying tribute to the Lives & legacies of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country & we honour their courage. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram
>>16373206 AustraLian Embassy, USA Tweet: The Embassy is closed today, Monday 30 May in observance of #MemorialDay. If you are an AustraLian citizen requiring consular assistance at this time, please call the Consular Operations Center in Canberra from the US on +61 2 6261 3305. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram

>>16379313 US President Joe Biden says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's leadership 'critical' as US tackles mass shootings
>>16379319 Bridging submarine 'capabiLity gap' is top priority in defence, says AustraLia's new Defence Minister Richard Marles
>>16379329 Bec Judd takes Bayside crime fight to Daniel Andrews - Businesswoman Bec Judd has declared she won't be silenced when it comes to standing up for her Brighton community over escalating crime
>>16384764 Five Eyes Chiefs of Defence Hold Talks in London - UK hosting Chiefs of Defence from AustraLia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States over three days of events in London
>>16384775 Biden gives Bubs a big thumbs up on baby formula deLivery - US President Joe Biden thanks AustraLian infant formula maker Bubs AustraLia as the first batch of Bubs' product gets ready to land into the hands of desperate American parents late next week
>>16384827 Kevin Rudd: I don't beLieve Peter Dutton regrets walking out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations - Kevin Rudd - canberratimes.com.au
>>16390567 AustraLian Federal PoLice train team of digital technology sniffer dogs to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators
>>16390587 Inside Bubs AustraLia's US formula mission and the call with POTUS
>>16395696 AustraLian PM honours Queen ELizabeth amid renewed repubLican debate - Anthony Albanese renames Canberra's Aspen Island to Queen ELizabeth II Island, describing it as a "fitting salute" to the monarch
>>16399548 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has set up an agency to monitor Victorians - Explosive documents reveal Daniel Andrews has set up a "deeply disturbing" Big Brother-style data agency to monitor how we think, feel and spend

#16655171 at 2022-07-07 08:36:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition

#23 - Part 7
AustraLian PoLitics and Society - Part 7

>>16507489Q RETURNS!
>>16507489 Q Post #4954 - Shall we play a game once more?
>>16507489 Q Post #4955 - It had to be done this way.
>>16507489 Q Post #4956 - Are you ready to serve your country again? Remember your oath.
>>16508151 ELise Thomas Tweet: Oh ffs. Ron's reaLising his Congressional campaign isn't grifting enough money and no one's into the aLiens thing, so it's back to Ol' Faithful.
>>16509961 No Coincidences - 1700 days between Q Post #1 (Oct 28 2017) and Q Post #4954 (Jun 24 2022) o7
>>16513111 JuLia Gillard Tweet: I fully endorse these words and Michelle Obama's call to all of us to keep fighting for women's rights.
>>16513111 Michelle Obama Tweet: My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
>>16513190 U.S. Embassy AustraLia Tweet: Statement from @SecBLinken on today's Supreme Court decision: "&helLip;the State Department will remain fully committed to helping provide access to reproductive health services and advancing reproductive rights around the world."
>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: JUST IN - Prayers answered. SCOTUS votes YES to Life in its landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade. Those who beLieve every Life bears the image of our Creator must now persevere in our fight to save the unborn.

>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: I applaud the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade today. This is not the end of the fight to save the Lives of the unborn. We owe it to them to joyously defend this most fundamental right - the right to Life.
>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Historians will write about you, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump. Returning America to its Constitution with your Court picks matters. Well done. Americans, born and unborn, will benefit for decades.
>>16513588 AustraLian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit France next week as his new Labor government looks to repair relations strained last year when AustraLia scrapped a French submarine deal
>>16513777 Arthur Sinodinos, AustraLia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great to join @NZAmbassadorUS, Ambassador @CaroLineKennedy, & representatives of the Pacific island nations tonight to strengthen our long-standing alLiance & work together to advance peace & prosperity in the Pacific region & beyond.
>>16513955 Mohamed Noor, former US poLice officer who fatally shot unarmed AustraLian woman Justine Ruszczyk to be released from prison on Monday
>>16525139 NASA to launch rocket in AustraLia tonight, from the Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory in 'landmark' first
>>16534563 'Devastating': AustraLian poLiticians respond to US supreme court's decision on abortion rights
>>16534584 Consider adoption over abortion, David Littleproud says - Nationals leader says while he doesn't want to see AustraLia import "unhealthy" US talking points, he wants people to consider adoption
>>16534731 AUKUS nuclear powered submarines possible for AustraLia by 2030: US defence expert Bryan Clark, former adviser to the head of US naval operations
>>16534757 AUKUS pact our ticket to victory: Senator James Paterson - Senator James Paterson says that the Albanese government must work with the US and Britain to fast-track AustraLia's access to technological advancements for cyber warfare

#16655159 at 2022-07-07 08:32:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition

#23 - Part 2
AustraLian PoLitics and Society - Part 2
>>16356341 Video: Alexander Downer on AustraLia's Spy Agencies - ABC AustraLia Q+A
>>16366776 Video: New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target 'forgotten AustraLians'
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#16534584 at 2022-06-27 09:12:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition

>>16500413
Consider adoption over abortion, David Littleproud says

The new Nationals leader says while he doesn't want to see AustraLia import "unhealthy" US talking points, he wants people to consider adoption.

Courtney Gould - June 27, 2022

The US Supreme Court decision to overturn a landmark abortion ruLing is a reminder AustraLians must remain vigilant, the federal Minister for Women says.

Katy Gallagher said the ruLing to overturn the Roe v Wade decision - which gave women the federal right to access abortion services - was devastating and served as a warning.

"Hard-fought-for wins before our parLiaments can be taken away easily," she told ABC RN on Monday.

"I think vigilance is the message to make sure that women in AustraLia have access to safe and legal abortion and that matter is resolved between her and her medical practitioner."

But the new Nationals leader said he would Like more consideration given to adoption over abortion.

David Littleproud, whose older brother is adopted, revealed on Monday that he was "leaning more on the pro-Life" side but had caveats.

"There are circumstances where we need to think about the mother's wellbeing as well as the circumstances in which that pregnancy, particularly in abhorrent cases Like rape and incest, that we need to just use a Little bit of common sense," he told Sky News.

"You can't get too pure in this.

"But I just encourage as many people as possible to take the adoption route."

Anthony Albanese said the US decision was a setback for women and their right to control their own bodies.

"People are entitled to their own views, but not to impose their views on women for whom this is a deeply personal decision," the Prime Minister told ABC's AM.

"This decision has caused enormous distress.

"It is a good thing that in AustraLia, this is not a matter for partisan poLitical debate."

Every state and territory in AustraLia has legislation to provide women with access to safe and legal termination of pregnancy and abortion services.

But more needs to be done to ensure access is equal across the country, Senator Gallagher acknowledged.

"It's costly and it's an added burden. It's a challenge across the board to make sure people Living in rural and remote AustraLia get access to the healthcare services they need," she told Sky News.

The Rural Doctors Association said while telehealth services had helped, more needed to be done to bridge the gap for those requiring access to surgical procedures.

"I do think it is about encouraging more GPs to take up (and) complete the training and provide the service and maybe looking at incentives for rural doctors in particular to provide access to medical abortion," chief executive Peta Rutherford said.

But the AustraLian Christian Lobby has celebrated the upheaval. National director Wendy Francis said she hoped the Supreme Court decision would impact AustraLian poLiticians.

"There is a pro-Life movement rising up around the world and I think this is just indicated by what's happened in the US," she told Sky News.

https://www.news.com.au/national/poLitics/roe-v-wade-warning-for-aussies/news-story/81343abcaf4aadecd0afcd44f56d03e1

#16366805 at 2022-05-30 08:22:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition

David Littleproud elected to lead the Nationals in opposition after post-election leadership vote

Kath SulLivan and Jake Evans - 30 May 2022

David Littleproud will lead the federal Nationals in opposition after a partyroom vote in Canberra.

Senator Perin Davey has been elected as deputy leader of the Nationals.

Mr Littleproud defeated incumbent leader Barnaby Joyce and former minister Darren Chester in a three-way contest to lead the party.

The leadership was determined at the first meeting of Nationals senators and MPs since the CoaLition's election loss.

Mr Littleproud said it had been his dream to lead the party since he joined it as a six-year-old boy, 40 years ago.

"I beLieve passionately in the National Party ... we are the conscience of rural and regional AustraLia right here in this parLiament," he said.

"The National Party today starts its journey towards 2025, with a vibrant team, ready to articulate the poLicies that are important to regional and rural AustraLia, but also to draw on the experience of two former deputy prime ministers in Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack, to build that bridge of unity and purpose, to make sure that regional and rural AustraLia isn't forgotten."

Deputy leader Senator Davey said the Nationals would act in the interest of regional AustraLia from opposition.

"We've got three years to make sure we hold the new government to account, and to make sure they don't forget the regions, and they don't sell us short by doing deals with other parties and other interests," she said.

"So, my focus with David is eyes on the future, and we will continue to build and continue to be a very strong voice for the regions."

In a statement, Mr Joyce congratulated the new leadership team, saying they had "a mighty task ahead of them".

"I suppose you think I am sad. Not really," he said.

"Now, I have a chance to get back to my second greatest love, after my family, and that is my beloved people of New England, where I will have more time to get around my electorate and to be a person of service to them."

Nationals won't abandon 'net zero' cLimate commitment

The CoaLition saw swings against it in urban centres and across regional AustraLia, amid perceptions that the Nationals were reluctant to embrace action on cLimate change.

Former leader Mr Joyce was previously a vocal opponent of a 2050 goal for net-zero emissions, but led the Nationals into a net-zero agreement with the Liberal Party.

Mr Littleproud said the leadership vote was not about "lurching" left or right, but finding the "sensible centre", and he would uphold the net-zero commitment.

"We have made a sensible decision to be part of the global community; the global community asked us to sign up to net zero by 2050," he said.

The Nationals party room spills the leadership positions after every election.

It kept all 16 of its lower house seats at the election, but the majority of its MPs suffered swings against them.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-30/barnaby-joyce-out-David-Littleproud-elected-to-lead-nationals/101109494

#16315219 at 2022-05-21 07:48:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition

>>16047076
Federal Election 2022: Live results and updates

7NEWS AustraLia

21 May 2022

7NEWS PoLitical Editor Mark Riley joins Sunrise co-host NataLie Barr and 7NEWS anchor Michael Usher in leading the nation's most comprehensive and dynamic election coverage - this year featuring an AustraLian television-first the "Screen of Dreams" which is set to fast-track winners and decide our next government.

Adding insight from within the major parties and players, Seven's expert panel will include Labor's campaign 'pin up' Jason Clare, former ACT chief minister, Senator Katy Gallagher and Shadow Minister for CLimate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, while former CoaLition star and Morrison Government's first Defence minister, Christopher Pyne, incumbent Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations, MichaeLia Cash and deputy Nationals leader David Littleproud will aim up for the LNP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5eV4YI946w

#15819101 at 2022-03-09 08:01:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition

>>15819099

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EarLier, Labor senator Murray Watt backed a national emergency declaration, saying the NSW government had been overwhelmed by the disaster.

But he noted the funding would need to be generous and reflect the scale of destruction.

"If he turns up with a couple of hundred milLion dollars or something Like that, it's just not going to do the job," Senator Watt said.

The NSW government has not yet declared a state of emergency - Mr Perrottet said yesterday it was deemed unnecessary to do so.

"The advice we have received is that is not necessary at this stage and it is something we discussed on a daily basis," Mr Perrottet said.

"We beLieve that the coordination that we have in place between the Commonwealth and the state and all of our agencies has the capacity to deal with the situation in front of us."

NSW SES commissioner Carlene York agreed yesterday that there was no need to declare a state of emergency at that stage.

But the Prime Minister's Office insisted the national emergency declaration was necessary to ensure nothing would stand in the way of flood assistance.

First time national emergency trigger has been pulled

The Prime Minister's national emergency declaration will suspend some red tape hurdles and allow financial assistance to be sent to communities faster.

The idea of declaring a national emergency emerged out of the royal commission into natural disasters in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires.

It suggested a national emergency would preferably be called early in a disaster, signalLing to communities the seriousness of the incident and putting government agencies and defence forces on high alert.

The royal commission suggested the declaration "should be the catalyst for a more 'coherent, pre-emptive and expeditious' mobiLisation of AustraLian government resources".

Though the federal government had the power to intervene earLier than today, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said NSW should have made the request for help sooner.

"[Defence Minister] Peter Dutton had the Defence Force personnel ready - and any asset that they wanted was ready at their disposal," Mr Littleproud said.

"This is a simple solution - this is about the states simply saying 'bring them in' sooner - and I think that's the lesson that the NSW government and other state governments need to learn and understand."

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who also plans to visit the region tomorrow, said he expected people would be angry at the government.

"I am fully aware of what I am about to walk into, and the Prime Minister, and other people," Mr Joyce said.

"You are not going to meet happy people. You are going to meet people whose Lives have been turned upside down.

"They want to be heard and that's the main thing you do ... you try your best to Listen to them."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-09/scott-morrison-floods-national-emergency-funding-bilLions/100894056

#15412494 at 2022-01-19 09:09:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition

>>15412119
'A decision of my own making': Christensen quits plum role after vaccine slap down

Cameron Atfield and Dana Daniel - January 19, 2022

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Rogue backbencher George Christensen will resign from his paid role on a key parLiamentary committee after Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed high-level discussions had taken place within the government about the MP's future.

Mr Christensen, the retiring LNP member for Dawson who sits in the Nationals party room as part of the federal CoaLition, on Tuesday called for parents not to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, sparking widespread condemnation and increasing pressure on both CoaLition leaders to deal with his undermining of crucial government health messaging.

EarLier on Wednesday when asked about Mr Christensen's role as chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth - for which he is paid $23,238 on top of his $211,250 parLiamentary salary - Mr Morrison said: "That's a matter I'm discussing with the deputy prime minister."

But in a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Christensen said he would inform the Speaker of his decision to resign when he returns to ParLiament on February 7.

"[This is] a decision of my own making and not a demand or request from any third party," he said.

The Prime Minister had brushed off calls to remove Mr Christensen from the CoaLition party room, saying the MP "has no important views", while seeking to distance him from the government.

"He is not a candidate for the government at the next election," he said.

Mr Morrison issued a written statement on Tuesday evening urging parents to disregard Mr Christensen's "dangerous" message. On Wednesday, he stressed again that people should "simply ignore him".

"Don't go off to things that are people just rabbiting on Facebook and social media and all the rest of it, you're not going to find answers there," he said.

"Go to the credible sources' information on vaccines, and George Christensen is not one of them.

"Don't Listen to him. He is not a doctor, he can't tell you what to do with vaccines &helLip; He is allowed to speak his mind, but AustraLians shouldn't be Listening to it."

Mr Morrison said people should not "ampLify" Mr Christensen's anti-vaccination views by drawing attention to them.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, the Nationals' leader, told journaLists in Brisbane he had spoken to Mr Christensen on Tuesday and Wednesday, but would not reveal details of the conversations.

"I don't intend to go on a tirade about Mr Christensen because it serves no purpose," he said. "The only thing that serves a purpose is to talk one-on-one with Mr Christensen."

Mr Joyce said Mr Christensen's views "are not backed up by the medical evidence".

"I've been double vaccinated," Mr Joyce said. "I've got no problems if children are vaccinated, because people who are vastly wiser than me and have studied immensely in that field have given me the confidence."

Deputy Nationals leader David Littleproud labelled Mr Christensen's comments "irresponsible and inappropriate", tweeting: "The only advice parents should take on vaccinating their children is from a doctor".

Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack described Mr Christensen as a conspiracy theorist "who should be pulled into Line".

Darren Chester, the Nationals MP for Gippsland, tweeted: "Mr Christensen's comments are reckless, irresponsible and ill-informed &helLip; just more of the same conspiracy theory crap."

The Queensland MP, who has announced he will not contest the next election, released a podcast on Tuesday under the title "Do NOT vax your children", accompanied by an interview with Dr Robert Malone, whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations have been debunked.

LNP Senator Gerard Rennick, who has said COVID-19 vaccinations amount to "experimenting" on children, is also on the joint standing committee with Mr Christensen.

(continued)

#15162827 at 2021-12-09 07:17:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition

Barnaby Joyce, AustraLia's deputy PM, tests positive for Covid while visiting US

Nationals leader is experiencing mild symptoms and will remain in isolation until further advice

Daniel Hurst - 9 Dec 2021

AustraLia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has tested positive to Covid-19 while on a visit to the United States.

The government says Joyce - who was in London earLier this week and met with the British justice secretary, Dominic Raab, and the AustraLian high commissioner to the UK, George Brandis - will isolate in the US until it is safe for him to return to AustraLia.

Joyce's office said the deputy prime minister had tested positive while in Washington DC after experiencing mild symptoms. Joyce said he chose to get tested.

"Remaining members of the delegation have tested negative," Joyce's office said in a statement issued on Thursday morning AustraLia time.

"Mr Joyce will remain in isolation until further advice."

The statement did not specify when and where Joyce is suspected of acquiring the infection.

In an interview on Sky News, Joyce said he didn't know when he acquired it - but he said the UK was crowded with people preparing for Christmas and going shopping.

"You wouldn't think there's a pandemic on in areas of the UK," Joyce said.

While in isolation he said he planned to watch cricket, do some paperwork and read a book. He indicated it had not changed his ideas on the need to move on from the pandemic.

"I'm still of the same view - you know, we can't just shut the whole place down," Joyce said.

"The world's got to move on. It's not economically possible for any nation to go into permanent shutdown - you'll go broke."

Joyce added that it was "terribly important" to "work out how we keep people out of hospitals" and also that people get vaccinated - and then work out the best way to "get our Lives back to as normal as we can".

"I hope that in the future, rather than being isolated, this is Like the flu, if you get it you go home and you manage it yourself. With the diLigence of people, Like you get a flu shot every year, get a Covid vaccine every year.

"I mean that's my dream - where the reaLity is I don't know, but that is my dream."

Asked whether it had changed his perspective at all, Joyce repLied: "Not yet - I'm not dying here ... I'm feeLing Like I have a sLight to mild flu, so no, it hasn't really changed my perspective. Maybe if you call me in a few days and hear me gasping for air I'll have a different interview for you."

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, who has been in text message contact with Joyce, said the deputy prime minister had had two tests in the UK that came back negative, before the third test in the US came back positive.

Morrison said the government was "following all the usual protocols that you would follow in these circumstances", and he took the opportunity to urge AustraLians to keep their vaccination up to date.

"He tells me he's feeLing alright, apart from the mild illness, and he has been vaccinated," Morrison told reporters in Geelong on Thursday.

"What we do know already is that the vaccinations do have an impact on the seriousness of the disease and that's why it's so important to get vaccinated. It's another important reminder why the booster is also so important and I encourage everybody to get their boosters."

The deputy leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, wished Joyce "all the best for his recovery".

"He's isolating in the US until it's safe for him to come home and we wish him all the best for his recovery," Littleproud said.

Joyce had been in London earLier this week. On Monday he met with Grant Shapps, the UK's transport secretary, to discuss transport issues and the Aukus security partnership. He also met with Raab, the justice secretary, and Brandis, AustraLia's top diplomat in London.

While in London he faced calls to rebuke Nationals backbencher George Christensen over his appearance on American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's onLine show InfoWars.

Joyce is not the first AustraLian cabinet minister to test positive to Covid.

Peter Dutton, then home affairs minister, confirmed in March last year he had tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to hospital in Queensland, shortly after returning to AustraLia after meetings with senior Trump administration officials.

https://www.theguardian.com/austraLia-news/2021/dec/09/barnaby-joyce-austraLia-deputy-pm-prime-minister-tests-positive-covid-coronavirus

#15150170 at 2021-12-07 07:04:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition

>>15149978
PM denounces Holocaust-quarantine Links

Andrew Brown and Paul Osborne - 7 December 2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denounced comments equating the Holocaust and AustraLia's COVID-19 quarantine measures.

Queensland Nationals MP George Christensen used an appearance on a US conspiracy theorist's onLine show to advocate for protests outside AustraLian consulates over the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

At one point during the InfoWars interview, Mr Christensen laughed when host Alex Jones compared AustraLia's quarantine faciLities to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

"I denounce the comments in the strongest possible terms," Mr Morrison said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The Holocaust was an evil abomination. Respect for the victims requires that it never be referenced in such a trivial and insensitive manner."

The InfoWars program has been banned on Facebook and YouTube for hate speech violations and has made multiple false claims about the pandemic.

Labor senator Katy Gallagher said Mr Christensen's comments could lead to AustraLian diplomats in consulates being targeted.

"Encouraging protest action or inciting violence at AustraLian embassies overseas, where we have pubLic servants working in the national interest &helLip; is a particularly dangerous comment," she told reporters in Canberra.

"He finds that funny, (but) this is a Line that has been crossed."

Acting Nationals leader David Littleproud condemned Mr Christensen's comments and said he had spoken with his colleague.

"(It) was an error of judgment for him to go on that program," Mr Littleproud said.

"I have asked him to reflect on that, and his judgment around having an interview with a US commentator that has somewhat of a chequered past."

The Queensland MP, who is retiring at the next election, previously compared restrictions to the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot during a speech in parLiament, and also urged civil disobedience.

Senator Gallagher said the comments were indicative of a pattern of behaviour from Mr Christensen and urged Mr Morrison to bring him into Line.

"(Mr Christensen) has consistently been out spreading disinformation, misinformation, stoking division and fear," she said.

"It's got to a point when the prime minister should be taking action. I can't imagine a situation under any other prime minister where a member of their own government would be allowed to be free-range Like this."

However, Nationals senator Matt Canavan said he did not have a problem with Mr Christensen appearing on InfoWars.

"Just because you go on a show, doesn't mean you agree with everything," he told Sky News.

"People are free, of course, to protest &helLip; AustraLian government poLicies, wherever they are in the world."

https://thewest.com.au/poLitics/mps-conspiracy-show-appearance-condemned-c-4845929

#15149986 at 2021-12-07 05:51:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition

>>15149978
Nationals condemn Christensen's appearance on 'dark corners of the internet'

Nick Bonyhady - December 7, 2021

The Nationals leadership has condemned outspoken backbencher George Christensen for his appearance on the show of a US conspiracy theorist in the "dark corners of the internet" who has falsely claimed mass shootings were staged and spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud both spoke to Mr Christensen on Tuesday after his appearance on Alex Jones' show was pubLicised and distanced themselves from his views but declared they supported his right to free speech.

On the web show aired last week, Jones compared AustraLian quarantine faciLities to a Nazi concentration camp, prompting no rebuke and a chuckle from Mr Christensen. Mr Christensen also called for protests outside AustraLian embassies to draw attention to coronavirus restrictions.

Alex Jones was booted off social media channels - Facebook, Twitter and YouTube - in 2018, with his content also removed by Spotify and Apple from their respective podcast and app services, for breaching poLicies on promotion of hate and harassment.

A spokesman for Mr Joyce, who is travelLing in the United Kingdom, said the Deputy Prime Minister did not agree with Mr Christensen's comments and had spoken to him, but did not disclose the details of the conversation.

"Mr Christensen has the right to say what he beLieves," the spokesman said.

The acting Nationals leader, Mr Littleproud, said he respected Mr Christensen's freedom of speech but urged him to reflect on his responsibiLities as a member of ParLiament and judgment in speaking with Jones, who he said had a chequered past.

"It's not appropriate. I condemn his comments and I think it was an error of judgment for him to go on that program," Mr Littleproud said. "Obviously, we want to work constructively with George but know that there are Limits and there are boundaries that we, as federal poLiticians, have to adhere to."

He said those Limits appLied to the "dark corners of the internet" just as much as in ParLiament.

Former Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Darren Chester, went further. He said on Twitter that there were many Nationals MPs doing their best to represent regional AustraLia.

"Like me, they condemn the conspiracy theories, lack of respect and ill-informed comments of Christensen," said Mr Chester, who is aLigned with a group of Nationals that did not support Mr Joyce for the party's leadership, unLike Mr Christensen.

Employment Minister Stuart Robert took particular aim at the Auschwitz comments that Mr Christensen did not contest. "I haven't heard the comments, but on face value&helLip; it's completely and utterly inappropriate for anyone to make Light of the Holocaust and the devastation that occurred," Mr Robert said. "It is flat out vile."

Mr Christensen has announced he will leave ParLiament at the next election and controls a useful vote for the government in the finely balanced House of Representatives.

Rather than promoting the Liberal National Party, of which he is a member, his social media accounts are primarily devoted to promoting his own brand, Nation First.

Mr Christensen has been repeatedly criticised by his colleagues for airing unpopular views during the pandemic, such as calLing for poLice officers to be arrested after protests in Melbourne.

Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack was the first of his colleagues to speak pubLicly about Mr Christensen's appearance in Jones' show, saying on Monday that the Queensland MP should be spending time in his electorate, helping community groups and encouraging vaccinations.

"He'd be far better off talking to people such as that than sit up late at night and talk to an American TV host about how dreadful his own country is, in his view," Mr McCormack told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not commented on Mr Christensen's appearance while Labor has urged Mr Morrison to haul Mr Christensen into Line.

Around the time of Jones' show, Mr Christensen, whose office have not responded to requests for comment, suggested it was calculated to cause outrage.

"Watch lefty and MSM [mainstream media] heads explode when they hear Alex Jones of Infowars is backing my speeches," he posted on the messaging app Telegram.

https://www.smh.com.au/poLitics/federal/nationals-condemn-christensen-s-appearance-on-dark-corners-of-the-internet-20211207-p59fga.html

#14818708 at 2021-10-20 07:47:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition

>>14818568
Greg Hunt chokes back tears as he reveals death threats to family

Rob Harris - October 20, 2021

Health Minister Greg Hunt has choked back tears while recalLing violent threats made against him and his young family as the AustraLian Federal PoLice reviews the security arrangements of federal MPs following the stabbing murder of their British counterpart.

Mr Hunt, first elected 20 years ago, said the violent threats against MPs, including Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner at the weekend, must be "clearly, absolutely, unequivocally" condemned.

Mr Gunner's family had to leave their Darwin home after his personal address was disclosed in front of a large contingent of anti-vaccine protesters at the weekend.

Mr Hunt told reporters in Canberra he had never spoken about details of the threats received.

"There was a period where, yeah, the Lives of my children were threatened quite openly some years ago, and that it was a matter of great concern. But we have very fine federal poLice in this country," an emotional Mr Hunt said.

"To those that think violence or the threat of violence is acceptable in any way, shape or form, it is not. As a country, we have to, I think, relearn the value of respect.

"And I don't mean holding &helLip; parLiamentarians up on any pedestal. We're not better than anybody, but they're not worse than anybody.

"They are overwhelmingly pubLic servants that seek to serve the nation, and there will be differing views and different approaches. But this notion of national tolerance and mutual respect is something I beLieve in &helLip; we follow the advice of the poLice at a state and federal level based on threat assessments, but it's that culture of mutual respect, which is critical."

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews met AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Tuesday after half a dozen CoaLition members raised concerns about the safety of their colleagues and staff members in their weekly party room meeting.

She told ParLiament on Tuesday evening that members should not let the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess at a pubLic meeting with voters deter them from important work in their communities.

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said he had received "a number of death threats" during his five years in ParLiament and had an AFP security detail at times as a minister.

"Obviously that comes with what comes out of my mouth sometimes &helLip; but we Live in a free country and I should be able to say what I want, within reason," the Nationals MP said.

"But obviously, I trust the AFP in making determinations of whether I need protection or not. I think AustraLia is a very mature country. They understand the poLitical process. Some of them aren't as engaged in the poLitical process as we'd Like, but I think broadly we're a safe country."

Opposition home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally said she was personally thankful for the effort the AFP makes to protect federal MPs of all poLitical persuasions and said she had received threats in recent months.

"When my children were younger it was quite stressful. I had situations as NSW premier where I had poLice in my house with their guns drawn, clearing rooms to ensure an intruder wasn't there, with my children upstairs. This is part of the job, unfortunately."

She took aim at several CoaLition MPs who she accused of giving a "wink and a nod" to ideologically motivated groups, saying it was in the national interest that they were called out and rejected by everyone from Prime Minister Scott Morrison down.

"We all have a role to play in saying AustraLian democracy is worth preserving. It's better than this. If there are things that Labor can do to assist the government, in making a more secure environment, then I'm happy to do that," she said.

https://www.smh.com.au/poLitics/federal/greg-hunt-chokes-back-tears-as-he-reveals-death-threats-to-family-20211020-p591l0.html

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Mr Johnson said the UK would now "be able to take tariffs off" over a period of 15 years, arguing the deal would benefit British farmers and consumers as well.

"There are indeed safeguards. There is a 15-year transition period, which is a long time to wait," he said. "As you can imagine for our friends in AustraLia, the UK joined what was then the common market in 1973 and I have to tell you that was pretty devastating for lots of farmers in AustraLia.

"They committed suicide some of them in the face of what happened to AustraLian agriculture in the 70s when the UK went into the common market. We're opening up to AustraLia but we're doing it in a staggered way."

Mr Johnson said the deal would be good news for British car manufacturers and services firms as well as those operating in the agricultural sector.

"It will also make it easier for young British people to go and work in AustraLia without having the traditional compulsion to going to work on a farm for 80 days which used to be the rule," he said.

Under the deal, AustraLia will phase out by 2027 the requirement for British backpackers to work on farms to extend their working hoLiday visas, with the labour shortfall in the agricultural sector to be made up through the introduction of an agricultural visa by the end of 2021. British backpackers had provided the agricultural sector with up to 10,000 workers a season

The AustraLian has been informed the agricultural visa will take in workers from the 10 Association of South East Asian nations - Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, PhiLippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam - and work in conjunction with the seasonal worker program and Pacific labour scheme.

Mr Morrison said the deal would provide greater opportunities for young people in the UK and AustraLia to move about and work in both nations in a way that "builds the capacity of both countries."

On Tuesday, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the Nationals had "already got an agreement from the Prime Minister to make sure that there is a mechanism in which, not only to replace that up to 10,000 (British backpackers), but also to look to stabiLise and build on the capacity of seasonal workers that are required".

"This goes hand in glove, although it's separate to any free trade agreement," Mr Littleproud told the ABC.

Nationals MP Damian Drum backed an agricultural working visa to fill the void from British backpackers.

Trade Minister Dan Tehan assured the CoaLition partyroom on Tuesday that the deal did not force AustraLia to endorse a net-zero emissions by 2050 target, after questioning from Nationals senator Matt Canavan.

In London, Mr Johnson said he thought that AustraLia had "declared for net zero by 2050" despite Mr Morrison only saying it was his preference to reach carbon neutraLity by mid-century. Mr Johnson said AustraLia achieving net zero by 2050 would be a "great step forward" given it was a "massive coal producer". "It's having to change the way things are orientated and everybody understands that," he said.

https://www.theaustraLian.com.au/nation/poLitics/scott-morrison-boris-johnson-agree-inprinciple-to-free-trade-deal/news-story/d0f12150f39e0f4a1e1f138622d1d70d

#13907733 at 2021-06-15 09:30:32 (UTC+1)
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'A new dawn': AustraLia and Britain agree on historic trade deal

Bevan Shields, Latika Bourke and Rob Harris - June 15, 2021

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London: Working hoLiday visas will be extended for AustraLians up to the age of 35 in the historic trade deal just agreed with Britain after Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison offered last-minute concessions over dinner at Downing Street.

On Tuesday night AEST, Morrison and Johnson held a joint press conference to announce the in-principle agreement - which could boost the AustraLian economy by up to $1.3 bilLion each year and offer exporters new options to pivot away from the volatile Chinese market.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it was the most ambitious agreement that AustraLia had struck since its deal with New Zealand.

"I said we'd wait for the right deal and I think we've got the right deal, Boris," he said.

Asked if AustraLia would raise AustraLia's farming standards to Britain's, Morrison defended AustraLia's animal welfare standards, saying AustraLian farmers set world standards.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal marked a "new dawn" in the relationship, "underpinned by our shared history and common values".

"You give us Tim Tams, we give you Penguins, you give us Vegemite, you give us Marmite, we give you Burberry mackintoshes and you give us RM WilLiams," he said.

Morrison and Johnson thrashed out some of the final barriers to the new economic pact during a three-hour dinner at the British Prime Minister's official London residence on Monday evening, where Johnson served Welsh lamb and Scottish salmon, and Morrison presented a hamper of AustraLian food and a Vegemite-themed surfboard.

Details of the in-principle agreement will be fleshed out before it is passed by parLiaments in both countries.

It will Likely take effect from mid-next year.

The AustraLian deal - Britain's first since it spLit from the European Union on January 1 - also gives Johnson a big symboLic victory as he seeks to soften the economic costs of Brexit through new agreements with other trading partners.

The deal will increase the working hoLiday visa age Limit from 30 to 35 and give AustraLians and Britons a total of three years to Live and work in each other's countries.

The UK government succeeded in removing the rule that obLiges Brits on12-month working visas in AustraLia to work for 88 days on farms if they wish to stay another year. A new agriculture visa will be created instead.

Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud, who has claimed scrapping that rule could lead to a loss of up to 10,000 farm workers a year, said on Tuesday his party would fight for a new visa subclass to encourage farm work if the change was made.

The agreement will also mean a raft of professional quaLifications gained in one country will be recognised in the other.

Fears that the signing might be delayed by a squabble over how much AustraLian beef and lamb would be allowed into the UK proved unfounded, with the two leaders settLing on a scheme which will phase out tariffs over 15 years.

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#13083891 at 2021-03-02 05:05:48 (UTC+1)
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Neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division to become first right-wing terrorist organisation Listed in AustraLia

Tom Lowrey and David Lipson - 2 March 2021

A right-wing extremist group is set to be formally Listed as a terrorist organisation for the first time in AustraLia.

Sonnenkrieg Division, a UK-based neo-Nazi group, will be effectively banned in AustraLia once its Listing as a terror group is confirmed.

The group has been outlawed in the UK since early last year, and members have been convicted of encouraging terrorism, disseminating terror material, and preparations for a terrorist act.

Two Sonnenkrieg Division members were convicted in 2019 for plotting to attack the British royal family.

Decisions to List terror groups are made on the advice of security agencies Like ASIO.

As a result of the Listing, it will become an offence to be a member of the group, fund the group, or in some circumstances associate with members of the group.

Penalties can range to up to 25 years in prison.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has written to Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, and all state and territory leaders, proposing the Listing.

There are currently 27 Listed terror groups in AustraLia, including Islamic terror groups Like Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Boko Haram and Jemaah Islamiyah.

Increasing focus on right-wing terror

AustraLian security agencies have advised there are currently no AustraLians directly involved with Sonnenkrieg Division.

But a gathering of white supremacists in regional Victoria in January prompted calls for other right-wing groups to be Listed.

Stickers promoting the "National SociaList Network" were reported by some residents in the Grampians during the group's visit.

Some reported the group burned a cross, performed Nazi salutes and chanted white supremacist slogans.

Despite poLice investigations, no laws were found to be broken, which led to some experts to call for the National SociaList Network to be similarly Listed.

Mr Dutton has previously asked Federal ParLiament's powerful Joint Committee on IntelLigence and Security to look into groups that fall short of meeting the threshold for Listing, but still pose a threat.

The committee would consider what possible law changes could be made to better address such groups.

Labor has previously called for the government to declare far-right group Proud Boys as terrorists.

Groups on AustraLia's terror watch List

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al Qaeda (AQ)
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Al Shabaab
Boko Haram
Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Hizballah's External Security Organisation (ESO)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic State
Islamic State East Asia
Islamic State in Libya (IS-Libya)
Islamic State Khorasan Province
Islamic State Sinai Province (IS-Sinai)
Islamic State SomaLia
Islamic State West Africa Province
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Jaish-e-Mohammad
Jama'at Mujahideen Bangladesh
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-MusLimin
Jemaah Anshorut Daulah
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
Palestinian Islamic Jihad

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-02/sonnenkrieg-division-first-right-wing-terror-group-Listed/13206756

#12047897 at 2020-12-16 06:40:31 (UTC+1)
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Five Eyes alLiance considers sanctioning China

The members of AustraLia's international intelLigence network - including the US and UK - are set to team up to take on China.

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AustraLia's largest alLies may come to its aid in its escalating trade war with China.

The Five Eyes alLiance has reportedly held discussions over how to respond after Beijing added coal to a growing List of sanctions imposed on Aussie goods.

The group - made up of AustraLia, the US, the UK, Canada and New Zealand - has reportedly touted retaLiatory trade and economic sanctions.

Mike Green, a former special assistant to ex-US president George W Bush, said the international response needed to be broader than the Five Eyes and should include NATO and the European Union.

"China's market is so huge (that) it's unLikely the rest of us will have, in a democratic society, the abiLity to completely boycott it," he told ABC Radio.

"The Chinese have a sLight advantage there. But what we have is numbers, and we have more and more countries that are alarmed at what China is doing."

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin appeared to confirm a ban on AustraLian coal imports on Wednesday.

"The Chinese authorities have recently taken measures against some imported AustraLian products in accordance with law and regulations," he said.

"I have repeatedly heard some people from the AustraLian side claim to be the so-called victims, constantly accusing and attacking China by innuendo, which is completely making a countercharge, confusing right and wrong. China will never accept this."

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was yet to receive formal notification from Beijing but said it was taking the reports "very seriously".

"If that were to be true ... then that would be in direct contravention to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. It would also be a complete breach of the free trade agreement," he told Channel 7.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has urged Beijing to rectify the situation. He warned making an example of AustraLia was a "dangerous" thing to do because China needed to trade.

"The world is watching very closely to the actions of China, not only on coal, but on other matters that they have dealt with the AustraLian government and AustraLian exporters," he told Sky News.

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#11804910 at 2020-11-27 08:36:19 (UTC+1)
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'Devastating blow': Trade Minister lashes out at China's wine tariff hit

China's multibilLion-dollar trade dispute with AustraLia has entered perilous new territory after Beijing slapped tariffs of up to 200 per cent on AustraLian wine and the Morrison government accused China of breaching its free trade agreement.

The sudden escalation prompted one of AustraLia's largest wine exporters to move into a trading halt on Friday while AustraLian ministers unloaded on the Chinese government in a diplomatic row that threatens to spiral into $20 bilLion worth of exports across half-a-dozen industries.

Under the new measure, Chinese importers will have to pay a duty levied against AustraLian wine companies. This will vary from 107.1 per cent to 212.1 per cent, depending on which company has produced the wine.

The money raised will be held by Chinese authorities and could in theory be refunded, depending on the final findings of China's anti-dumping investigation. But the AustraLian industry beLieves that the measure will hurt wine producers regardless of its preLiminary status, because it increases the cost of wine and discourages exports.

In his strongest comments to date, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said China's decision on Friday to place steep tariffs on AustraLian wines would be a "devastating blow" to the industry, rendering businesses unviable.

"The cumulative impact of China's trade sanctions against a number of AustraLian industries during the course of this year does give rise to the perception these actions are being undertaken as a result or in response to some other factors," he said.

"Doing so is completely incompatible with the commitments that China has given through the China-AustraLia Free Trade Agreement and through the World Trade Organisation. It's incompatible with a rules-based trading system."

The government has for months said it was up to China to explain why AustraLia was being targeted with infringements that Beijing insisted were unrelated to the diplomatic disagreements.

But Senator Birmingham is now accusing China of using the perception of economic pressure to force a change in AustraLia's positions on Huawei, foreign interference, national security and other issues raised by the Chinese embassy last week.

The White House and the British government have ralLied behind the Morrison government, with the US ambassador to AustraLia and the UK's foreign affairs committee chairman both condemning China's aggression.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud on Friday said AustraLia would not compromise its poLicy positions in response to trade threats.

"That's what any AustraLian government of any poLitical persuasion is elected to do. We'll never, never compromise any of those values and principles. We're a sovereign nation, we expect to be treated with the respect of a sovereign nation," he said. "We'll not be for turning."

The wine strike is the latest in a long Line of hits on AustraLian exports by Beijing this year. Diplomatic disputes over China's coronavirus response, human rights breaches and territorial expansion culminated last week when the Chinese embassy issued a List of 14 grievances with AustraLia to Nine News, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

More than a dozen ships loaded with milLions of dollars worth of AustraLian coal and hundreds of crew members have been stranded for months outside Chinese ports unable to offload their cargo. Queensland and Victorian timber exports have been rejected and seafood subject to quaLity control measures that meant 20 tonnes of Live lobster perished on the tarmac at Shanghai's airport, unable to clear customs.

China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday issued the preLiminary ruLing after China's drink industry accused AustraLian producers of dumping discounted wine into China, reducing the competitiveness of local producers.

The ministry announced it would apply a tariff rate of between 107 per cent and 212 per cent on AustraLian wines.

The ministry said it had conducted investigations in strict accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations and World Trade Organisation rules. The AustraLian government and the local wine industry have strongly denied the allegations.

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https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-hits-austraLian-wine-with-tariffs-of-up-to-200-per-cent-20201127-p56ikr.html

#11621319 at 2020-11-13 05:30:07 (UTC+1)
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'Sovereign Citizens'

Liberal Democrat David Limbrick was arrested at the November 3 protest, while Liberal MPs Craig Kelly, Beverley McArthur and Bernie Finn have lent their support to anti-lockdown group Reignite Democracy AustraLia, led by self-described journaList Monica Smit.

Dr Roose, who is researching conspiracy theories within the anti-lockdown movement, says the protest movement attracts people from the left and the right, but is more aLigned with the conservative side of poLitics.

He says the movement's self-appointed experts, with large followings on YouTube, use their own quasi-academic language appropriated from poLitical theory and movies, which he describes as a "bastardisation of ideas".

"[They] attract a broad coaLition, from across the poLitical spectrum, of people who might be attracted to the ideas who think they're doing the right thing," he says.

"There's no doubt some good people in those groups who are just misguided."

Independent researcher Cam Smith, who hosts a podcast on conspiracy theories, says other agendas were bubbLing below the surface of anti-lockdown discussions, including the "sovereign citizen" movement.

The movement, which originated in the US in the 1970s, has Links to anti-Semitism and has been described by the FBI as "domestic terrorism". "Sovereign citizens" see themselves as separate to the law. Some have been responsible for violence, including murder.

Some protesters could be heard yelLing "I don't consent" at poLice during the recent Melbourne protests and using words such as "tyranny" to describe Victoria's state of disaster declaration, which was Lifted after 124 days on November 8.

Mr Smith says many protesters in AustraLia would be unaware of the ideology behind the language they are using, which is often picked up from the internet. But in onLine forums they beLieve to be private, some talk in violent and specific terms.

"They are talking about treason and they are talking about hanging people and pulLing people out of their houses," he says. "It just takes one person to see this rhetoric flying around and act on it."

There have been multiple onLine discussions about harming Mr Andrews, including in a Facebook group with more than 18,000 members, which was removed by Facebook following a request for a response to this article.

"We do not allow people to post credible threats of violence on Facebook, and we have removed this group for violating our community standards," a spokeswoman for the social media giant said.

Victoria PoLice says it takes violent threats against people "extremely seriously".

"This behaviour is not on - it's criminal and Victoria PoLice will hold people to account for their actions," a poLice spokeswoman said.

University of Melbourne conspiracy theory researcher Robin Canniford says even non-violent adherence to conspiracy theories can be harmful, and that an increase in these beLiefs during the pandemic had come from the false claims made by some poLitical players that have eroded trust.

"It's decades of malpractice coming home to roost, and poLiticians and health professionals are going to have to be grappLing with this one for many years to come," Dr Canniford says.

Dr Roose says while managing a pandemic required strong language, Mr Andrews' tough approach could be perceived as unempathetic or demeaning.

"It's easy to dismiss the protesters as extremists," he says "[But] really the government has to get on the front foot and do a lot more to engage communities and to really start rebuilding a lot of the social cohesion and distrust that has arisen as a very logical response to being locked down for six months and losing your job."

Mr Andrews decLined to comment.

The Age has decided not to reveal the details of this weekend's planned anti-lockdown protests.

https://www.theage.com.au/poLitics/victoria/freedom-movement-why-people-are-still-protesting-despite-the-easing-of-lockdown-rules-20201106-p56c8m.html

#9426748 at 2020-06-02 09:16:08 (UTC+1)
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Resignations in the news

Westpac loses another top exec as Lyn Cobley retires

Westpac has suffered its third senior executive departure in less than a fortnight, leaving chief executive Peter King with vacancies in crucial management roles, after the surprise exit of institutional boss Lyn Cobley.

As the country's oldest bank works through a period of change in its top management ranks, Ms Cobley on Friday said she intended to step back from executive jobs and pursue other positions, including as a board director.

The departure of Ms Cobley, who has been in banking for more than three decades, means that three of the most senior roles in the bank, all of which report directly to newly-installed chief executive Peter King, are set to be vacant.

Last week Westpac's head of retail banking David Lindberg, who had been seen as a potential future CEO, and chief information officer Craig Bright, both announced they were leaving to work for United Kingdom banking giants.

Mr King paid credit to Ms Cobley's leadership of the institutional bank, which deals with very large cLients such as corporations and governments, during a period of change following the global financial crisis and the market chaos sparked by coronavirus.
"Under Lyn's leadership the Westpac Institutional Bank team has worked tirelessly to meet the needs of the bank's government, corporate and institutional customers, most particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic," Mr King said.

Ms Cobley said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed a long and varied banking career. However, having held executive positions through a number of significant events, including the GFC and this year the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now time to step back and develop a portfoLio career, including board positions."

The institutional division led by Ms Cobley featured in last year's explosive lawsuit against Westpac involving 23 milLion anti-money laundering breaches, including failures to adequately monitor highly suspicious patterns that may have financed child exploitation.

The bank is carrying out an accountabiLity review into the scandal, as it tries to broker a settlement with AUSTRAC.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/westpac-loses-another-top-exec-as-lyn-cobley-retires-20200529-p54xjs.html

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Former One Nation stalwart Jim Savage fires parting shots in resignation letter

Former One Nation Queensland president Jim Savage has resigned from the party, but not without taking some parting shots at leader PauLine Hanson and poLitical adviser James Ashby.

Mr Savage joined the party in 1997 and served as state president for 11 years. He made the headLines last year, when he was one of half a dozen members denied entry to the party's annual general meeting (AGM), an act which he claimed was in violation the party's own constitution.

That incident convinced him to bring his association with the party to an end, and submit his resignation letter. In that document, he accuses the decision makers of abandoning the member's values as well as lacking transparency and loyalty.

Among his criticisms of Ms Hanson were claims she almost bankrupted the party paying private legal fees, refused to present a treasurer's report, auditor's report or secretary's report at 2019 AGM, and that she ran 'ghost candidates' the party executives were not aware of in federal elections.

Changing of rules to allow Senator Hanson to be named party president for Life in 2018 also irked Mr Savage, and he said her control over proceedings had become too significant.

"I am leaving the party with much regret for the golden opportunity lost, thanks largely to you [Ms Hanson] and James Ashby, ably assisted by your new 'paid for' submissive unelected executive, having trashed the values and standards set by so many good people over the last 20 odd years," Mr Savage stated in the resignation letter.

"No longer do we have a volunteer executive, all are directly or indirectly on your payroll, hence you control them."

However, his biggest critique was reserved for Mr Ashby and in particular his role in the infamous blunder in which One Nation were caught attempting to gain foreign donations from the American National Rifle Association (NRA).

Mr Savage described the incident as an "embarrassment to every AustraLian", and then lambasted the party leader's comments at the time, when she said they had never taken foreign donations.

He states this is untrue, and they had previously received between $5000 and $10,000 from a Singaporean woman.

"Again you are either deLiberately not telLing the truth or are grossly uninformed of your own party," he wrote.

https://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/story/6772564/former-one-nation-stalwart-fires-parting-shots-in-resignation-letter

#9235470 at 2020-05-19 07:27:53 (UTC+1)
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President Donald Trump Tweet

We are with them!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1262392931962454020

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SBS News Tweet

India, Japan, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia, Russia, and all 27 EU member states are backing AustraLia's push for a probe into the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://twitter.com/SBSNews/status/1262114445536440320

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CoaLition of 116 countries back AustraLia's push for independent coronavirus inquiry

A group of 54 African nations has joined AustraLia's push for an inquiry into coronavirus, taking the total number of countries on board to 116.

More than 110 countries have backed AustraLia's push for an independent coronavirus inquiry which has caused a damaging rift with China.

The African Group's 54 member states will co-sponsor the motion, joining 62 other countries including Russia, Indonesia, India, Japan, Britain and Canada.

The European Union's 27 members are all on board, along with Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Turkey and New Zealand.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Monday said it was encouraging to see so many countries backing the inquiry.

"I think what it illustrates is a broad view that given the experience of COVID-19 - over 300,000 deaths, milLions of people around the world losing their jobs, the impact on economies from one corner of the globe to the other - that there is a strong view that it is appropriate to engage in a review of what has happened.

"I don't want to preempt speculate about the outcome, those discussions will be under way later this evening. I think it's a win for the international community."

The draft resolution calls for impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation of the international response to the pandemic.

It doesn't mention China, but AustraLia's push for the inquiry has angered Beijing, which has threatened a huge tariff on barley and blocked some beef imports.

Health Minister Greg Hunt will represent AustraLia at the virtual World Health Assembly meeting on Monday night.

A vote is expected in the early hours of Tuesday.

In relation to the motion pushing federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said on Monday it was important to "get to the bottom" of what had happened.

"I think the most important thing, rather than apportioning blame to one particular country or another country, is that we get to the bottom of what's happened. And part of that is about the origin, where this virus came from," he told reporters.

"Looking at the entire way that it has spread so rapidly around the world and what's happened in different countries in the ways that different countries have approached that problem will be part of that investigation. And I hope that that resolution will be successful," he added.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the inquiry was about investigating what the world could learn from the devastating pandemic.

"That's the responsible thing to do when 300,000 souls have lost their Lives around the world," he told the ABC on Monday.

Mr Littleproud said his Chinese counterpart had indicated he would not discuss trade issues in the near future.

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has not received a return call from his Chinese counterpart.

AustraLia isn't ruLing out taking China to the World Trade Organisation over the 80 per cent tariff on barley.

Mr Littleproud said he would continue to make the case to China that exporters were not dumping product.

"We will prosecute that case on behalf of AustraLian exporters," he said.

"If those that we're prosecuting against don't understand it, we'll take it to an umpire for them to understand."

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described the push for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus as completely unremarkable.

But China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi lashed out at foreign lawmakers for poLiticising the pandemic.

Beijing's man in Canberra raised the prospect of consumer boycotts of AustraLian products because of the push for an inquiry.

Since then, the barley threat has surfaced, while four major AustraLian abattoirs have been blocked from sending their product to China.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/coaLition-of-116-countries-back-austraLia-s-push-for-independent-coronavirus-inquiry