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#22972331 at 2025-04-30 01:25:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #28037: Trump 2028 anybody? @Godspeed Third Term Edition
Government ignores AUKUS 'very high risk' warning from the Admiral in charge
The AUKUS Submarine Project faces huge risks, and the Cabinet knows. But as the Government ships $2B of taxpayers' money to the US this year, with much more to follow, the taxpayer isn't being told.
On 26 February this year, Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the man in charge of AUKUS, advised the Senate that the AUKUS submarine program was "very high risk". He said, "We've made that clear to government, and the government has made that clear to the public."
However, it has not.
I follow AUKUS closely and had not heard that publicly before. Whilst it is absolutely the case, and something MWM has reported on extensively, this was the first public admission of the very high risk nature of the project from the Australian Submarine Agency.
Concerns about US submarine production rates and the weakness of the UK's submarine industrial base have generated grave doubts about whether the $368B AUKUS scheme will deliver nuclear-powered submarines for Australia.
Moreover, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revealed, after conversations with insiders, that there is no Plan B.
Plan B is that we will not get any submarines.
FOI ahoy
I was somewhat surprised by Admiral Mead's unusual candour, so on 27 February, I moved to test the veracity of his remarks with an FOI application directed at the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) seeking access to "any ministerial submission or briefing provided by ASA to the Minister for Defence ... that refers to the AUKUS nuclear submarine program as involving 'high risk' or 'very high risk'."
I also sought access to 'any statement made by the Minister for Defence or the Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery that refers to the AUKUS nuclear submarine program as involving 'high risk' or 'very high risk'."
A decision on those was made this week. FOI applications can reveal the truth by what is disclosed, by what is withheld, and by confirming what doesn't exist.
ASA confirmed the existence of a ministerial briefing characterising the AUKUS submarine program as involving 'high risk' or 'very high risk', but refused access to that briefing on national security and Cabinet secrecy grounds. Significantly, ASA's refusal decision confirmed this document was produced for the dominant purpose of briefing a Minister on an attached Cabinet submission.
In effect, the Submarine Agency confirmed Admiral Mead's statement that ASA has briefed the government on the 'high risk' or 'very high risk' nature of the AUKUS project, and that briefing was submitted to the Defence Minister for Cabinet consideration.
That high-risk assessment has gone to the very top of the Government.
Alarm bells should be ringing.
https://michaelwest.com.au/government-ignores-aukus-high-risk-warning-from-the-admiral-in-charge/
#22883230 at 2025-04-08 13:37:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27937: Courage Edition
>>22883206
>>22883195
This article is more than 7 years old
Full transcript of Trump's phone call with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
This article is more than 7 years old
This is the White House transcript of the phone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull on 28 January 2017, as published by the Washington Post
'You are worse than I am,' Trump told Turnbul
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull: Good evening.
Donald Trump: Mr Prime Minister, how are you?
Turnbull: I am doing very well.
Trump: And I guess our friend Greg Norman, he is doing very well?
Turnbull: He is a great mutual friend yes.
Trump: Well you say hello to him. He is a very good friend. By the way thank you very much for taking the call. I really appreciate it. It is really nice.
Turnbull: Thank you very much. Everything is going very well. I want to congratulate you and Mike Pence on being sworn in now. I have spoken to you both now as you know. I know we are both looking to make our relationship which is very strong and intimate, stronger than ever - which I believe we can do.
Trump: Good.
Turnbull: I believe you and I have similar backgrounds, unusual for politicians, more businessman but I look forward to working together.
Trump: That is exactly right. We do have similar backgrounds and it seems to be working in this climate - it is a crazy climate. Let me tell you this, it is an evil time but it is a complex time because we do not have uniforms standing in front of us. Instead, we have people in disguise. It is brutal. This Isis thing - it is something we are going to devote a lot of energy to it. I think we are going to be very successful.
Turnbull: Absolutely. We have, as you know, taken a very strong line on national security and border protection here and when I was speaking with Jared Kushner just the other day and one of your immigration advisors in the White House we reflected on how our policies have helped to inform your approach. We are very much of the same mind. It is very interesting to know how you prioritize the minorities in your executive order. This is exactly what we have done with the program to bring in 12,000 Syrian refugees, 90% of which will be Christians. It will be quite deliberate and the position I have taken - I have been very open about it - is that it is a tragic fact of life that when the situation in the Middle East settles down - the people that are going to be most unlikely to have a continuing home are those Christian minorities. We have seen that in Iraq and so from our point of view, as a final destination for refugees, that is why we prioritize. It is not a sectarian thing. It is recognition of the practical political realities. We have a similar perspective in that respect.
Trump: Do you know four years ago Malcom [sic], I was with a man who does this for a living. He was telling me, before the migration, that if you were a Christian from Syria, you had no chance of coming to the United States. Zero. They were the ones being persecuted. When I say persecuted, I mean their heads were being chopped off. If you were a Muslim we have nothing against Muslims, but if you were a Muslim you were not persecuted at least to the extent - but if you were a Muslim from Syria that was the number one place to get into the United States from. That was the easiest thing. But if you were a Christian from Syria you have no chance of getting into the United States. I just thought it was an incredible statistic. Totally true - and you have seen the same thing. It is incredible.
Turnbull: Well, yes. Mr President, can I return to the issue of the resettlement agreement that we had with the Obama administration with respect to some people on Nauru and Manus Island. I have written to you about this and Mike Pence and General Flynn spoke with Julie Bishop and my national security adviser yesterday. This is a very big issue for us, particularly domestically, and I do understand you are inclined to a different point of view than the vice president.
continued in article
#22744518 at 2025-03-12 00:14:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27786: E-BAKE Edition
Malcolm Turnbull issues another scathing rebuke of Donald Trump amid Australia's efforts to secure tariff reprieve
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has sledged Donald Trump once again despite facing criticism over whether his comments affected Australia's hopes of securing a tariff exemption from the United States.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has refused to pull his punches in his assessment of Donald Trump as he delivered another rebuke of the President.
Mr Turnbull has criticised Trump on a number of occasions in recent days, including during interviews with Bloomberg TV, as well as ABC's 7.30 and RN Breakfast.
The ex-Liberal leader served as prime minister during Trump's first term as president before Mr Turnbull was voted out in 2018.
Questions have been asked over whether the timing of Mr Turnbull's comments had been approrpriate as they came amid Australia's attempts to secure an exemption from America's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
He defended his "freedom of speech" to make the remarks during his RN Breakfast appearance when he was asked whether he should have self-censored, before continuing to blast Trump in an opinion piece in Nine newspapers on Tuesday.
Mr Turnbull shut down Trump's description of him as a "weak and ineffective" leader, as he recalled his ability to persuade Trump to "honour a refugee deal I had done with President Obama" and to give Australia an exemption from the tariffs in 2018.
He also accused Trump of siding with Russia and Vladimir Putin in the war with Ukraine.
"He has, effectively, changed sides in the war between Russia and Ukraine, cutting off military aid to, and intelligence sharing with, Ukraine. His formula for peacemaking is kneecapping Ukraine to the point that it has to accept Putin's peace,'' he wrote.
"A genuinely strong leader would use his power to compel the aggressor, Russia, to yield. Instead, he is punching down on the weaker party."
Mr Turnbull also said the "gaslighting" had to stop and that leaders around the world needed to stand up to the President.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/Malcolm-Turnbull-issues-another-scathing-rebuke-of-donald-trump-amid-australias-efforts-to-secure-tariff-reprieve/news-story/32edc99c7c2d6d73d1953f3e391521b6
#22736650 at 2025-03-10 18:39:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27777: Quads Of WINNING Edition
>>22736634
>Malcolm Turnbull Truth
910
Q !UW.yye1fxo 03/10/2018 12:47:35 ID: 88957f
8chan/qresearch: 612957
Do not focus on the call details.
We knew it would leak.
We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged.
We knew certain people would leak.
Focus - why AUS?
Q
"new eyes joining the fight Q"
five eyes
>>22736552
>>22736600
#22736634 at 2025-03-10 18:34:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27777: Quads Of WINNING Edition
>>22736497
Malcolm Turnbull Truth
PB below
>>22736379
>time between last truth yesterday, and first truth of the day and first truth of the truth storm:12 hours47 minutes
>>22736276
>How many Tweets has POTUS 'forwarded' in the past 12-hours?
906
Q !UW.yye1fxo3/10/2018 12:28:28 ID: b452a9
8chan/qresearch: 612722
Re_read re: Australia.
AUS donations to CF?
Why is this relevant?
More than you know.
This is BIG.
Q
#22735567 at 2025-03-10 15:31:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27776: Warmin Up Muh Dice As The World Turns Edition
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>>22734998 PF Eyez on Skyz
>>22734674, >>22734682, >>22734701, >>22734760, >>22734793, >>22734851 Judge Napolitano interview with Alastaire Crooke from Moscow
>>22734693 Trump used Dems as a 'chew toy': Sen. John Kennedy
>>22734737, >>22734746 Musk claims George Soros, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are funding 'protests' against Tesla
>>22734769 Bruno Kahl has claimed an early resolution to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev could amplify security threats to the EU
>>22734796 Two UK embassy workers have been told to leave Moscow within two weeks, spys
>>22734860 Ahoy The Ship Show
>>22734880 Ukraine hasn't shown it wants peace – Trump
>>22734893 EU lawmakers voice doubts about digital euro after ECB outage
>>22734916 Stephen Miller shreds SNL for comparing Trump's impact to Osama bin Laden's
>>22734936, >>22734947 Rubio cuts $60+B
>>22734965 Raskin lookin for able bodied person to stop Trump Regime
>>22734981 Mark Levin slams Dems for their 'clownish behavior'
>>22734996 CNN busted on camera admitting coordinating with the Democrats, @CNN coverage of @RepMattGaetz is pure 'Propaganda.'
>>22735008, >>22735011 work crews just North of the White House to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza 4.5 years since receiving this designation by DC local government.
>>22735021 White babies on pitchforks and signs reading 'Kill Whites' seen at a protest in South Africa
>>22735024 Ukraine Officials Meet with U.K Officials to Plan Strategy Against USA Delegation for Tuesday Talks in Saudi Arabia
>>22735027 Congress demands anew Treasury provide access to Suspicious Activity Reports involving ActBlue
>>22735052, >>22735065 App jiu jitsu CBP One to update and give DHS deportation info
>>22735059 Trump Impromptu Presser Aboard AF1 Flying Back to Washington, DC
>>22735068 CIA Congressional Embed Says IC Needs to Select New Democrat Leadership
>>22735069, >>22735085, >>22735116, >>22735185, >>22735195, >>22735185, >>22735206, >>22735225, >>22735267, >>22735392 Tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Sea
>>22735084 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick -vs- NBC Kirsten Welker
>>22735091, >>22735381, >>22735427 Democrat Senator Mark Kelly Visits Ukraine, Calls President Trump's Pressure on Zelenskyy to Help Bring an End to Russia's War
>>22735140, >>22735161, >>22735165, >>22735291, >>22735345, >>22735318, >>22735320, >>22735341 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/Space/Science
>>22735200, >>22735313 X is down/X is up
>>22735203 Georgia lawmakers pass bill that could let Trump, others recover costs of election meddling case
>>22735208 "Do he sleep?": Great awakening
>>22735227 Huntington Beach Sues California for 'Protecting Dangerous Illegal Aliens'
>>22735232 US & the Ukraine conflict : Recorded conversation between Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt
>>22735274 Rapper Trick Trick Blasts Trans Mob, Calls for Ending Ukraine Aid
>>22735374, >>22735379 Here's Where Trump's Government Layoffs Are Reportedly Happening
>>22735399 "The Autopen" deep dive.
>>22735410 MO AG wants investigation of Biden, Sets Stage to Have All Biden Pardons, Exec Orders, Other Actions Legally Voided
>>22735421 TRUMP: For the first time in fifteen months, the job gains for native-born Americans exceeded the job gains for migrant and foreign workers. Employment for native-born workers went up by 284K while foreign born workers went down by 87K.
>>22735438, >>22735447, >>22735463, >>22735469, >>22735480, >>22735505 Jolani is the leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), previously al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate./HRC/Israel
>>22735451 @SpaceForceDoD ?Get ready for the @USSF_SSC 7th Annual Cyber Expo April 22-24, 2025, at Los Angeles Air Force Base!
>>22735493 Supreme Court to take up bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ kids, in Colorado case
>>22735521 DOGE Says Children Received $312M In Loans Meant For Small Businesses During COVID Pandemic
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>>22735561 #27775
#27774 >>22733741
>>22733843 Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare
>>22733870 Ukrainian boys will be registered for military service from the age of 14
>>22733895 UCLA Law Professor Calls for Military Coup To Depose President Trump
>>22733962 Alberta lawyer Jeffrey Rath who explains his efforts to pitch the Trump administration on Alberta statehood.
>>22733966 Gold: The Gun Bankers Pretend They Don't Need, But Can't Live Without
>>22734000 Nassau Community College accused of hiding allegations and evidence from students charged with discrimination and harassment
>>22734032 FULL AIR FORCE ONE GAGGLE: Trump Takes Multiple Questions From Reporters On Flight To D.C.
>>22734094 Red Flag warnings issued across the Midwest for Monday
>>22734158, >>22734350 Canada: 300,000 people signed up to do an online election, but only 150K people were allowed to vote? Now Canadians are claiming that Carney is an unelected
>>22734195 Q 41 post(s) found containing "Mar 10".
>>22734213 Nat?rliche Wirtschaftsordnung, the National Economic Order
>>22734234 Carney, warns that climate change is an existential threat
>>22734327 dig on kid porn site notable relates to podesta email
>>22734340 NEGATIVE TIME, OH MY VAXX! For the keks!
>>22734441 #27774
#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
>>22733533 @SpaceX - Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Wednesday, March 12 for launch of @NASA's Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
>>22733544 Air India flight forced to return to US over clogged toilets in 10-hour debacle: reports
>>22733557, >>22733655 @elonmusk - Biden's own @USGAO estimated fraud at up to half a trillion dollars!
>>22733581 @paulsperry_ - BREAKING: The Chinese spy ring that infiltrated Army base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is made up of more than the three soldiers arrested by the FBI
>>22733599, >>22733608, >>22733619 Check the clock on board AF1 when Trump told them "we are going to be so rich!"
>>22733665, >>22733671 @RT_com - Viral snaps resurface showing future Canadian PM Mark Carney with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2013
>>22733670 @BasedMikeLee - When can we expect an apology from those who said @TulsiGabbard was wrong?
>>22733689 @sentdefender - Mahmoud Khalil, a well-known Palestinian activist living in the United States on a Permanent Resident been arrested by ICE and is facing deportation and revocation of his Legal Permanent Resident Status.
>>22733699 @DOGE - All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at https://doge.gov/payments. The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
>>22733713 @DOGE - The Program Support Center (PSC) in @HHSGov processes ~$215B/year ($860M/business day) in grant payments.
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#22734918 at 2025-03-10 13:10:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27775: Moab Monday: Carney's World Northern Border Edition
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#22734452 at 2025-03-10 11:24:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27775: Moab Monday: Carney's World Northern Border Edition
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#27774 >>22733741
>>22733843 Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare
>>22733870 Ukrainian boys will be registered for military service from the age of 14
>>22733895 UCLA Law Professor Calls for Military Coup To Depose President Trump
>>22733962 Alberta lawyer Jeffrey Rath who explains his efforts to pitch the Trump administration on Alberta statehood.
>>22733966 Gold: The Gun Bankers Pretend They Don't Need, But Can't Live Without
>>22734000 Nassau Community College accused of hiding allegations and evidence from students charged with discrimination and harassment
>>22734032 FULL AIR FORCE ONE GAGGLE: Trump Takes Multiple Questions From Reporters On Flight To D.C.
>>22734094 Red Flag warnings issued across the Midwest for Monday
>>22734158, >>22734350 Canada: 300,000 people signed up to do an online election, but only 150K people were allowed to vote? Now Canadians are claiming that Carney is an unelected
>>22734195 Q 41 post(s) found containing "Mar 10".
>>22734213 Nat?rliche Wirtschaftsordnung, the National Economic Order
>>22734234 Carney, warns that climate change is an existential threat
>>22734327 dig on kid porn site notable relates to podesta email
>>22734340 NEGATIVE TIME, OH MY VAXX! For the keks!
>>22734441 #27774
#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
>>22733533 @SpaceX - Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Wednesday, March 12 for launch of @NASA's Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
>>22733544 Air India flight forced to return to US over clogged toilets in 10-hour debacle: reports
>>22733557, >>22733655 @elonmusk - Biden's own @USGAO estimated fraud at up to half a trillion dollars!
>>22733581 @paulsperry_ - BREAKING: The Chinese spy ring that infiltrated Army base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is made up of more than the three soldiers arrested by the FBI
>>22733599, >>22733608, >>22733619 Check the clock on board AF1 when Trump told them "we are going to be so rich!"
>>22733665, >>22733671 @RT_com - Viral snaps resurface showing future Canadian PM Mark Carney with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2013
>>22733670 @BasedMikeLee - When can we expect an apology from those who said @TulsiGabbard was wrong?
>>22733689 @sentdefender - Mahmoud Khalil, a well-known Palestinian activist living in the United States on a Permanent Resident been arrested by ICE and is facing deportation and revocation of his Legal Permanent Resident Status.
>>22733699 @DOGE - All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at https://doge.gov/payments. The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
>>22733713 @DOGE - The Program Support Center (PSC) in @HHSGov processes ~$215B/year ($860M/business day) in grant payments.
>>22733732 #27773
#27772 >>22732195
>>22732612 President @realDonaldTrump arrives back in Washington, DC ??
>>22732733 ONBOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Trump speaks to reporters
>>22732229, >>22732258, >>22732267 Who are Alawites? Why are they facing deadly attacks in Syria?
>>22732276 RT - Russia 'keeping cards close to its chest' in US sanctions talks
>>22732277, >>22732392 PF
>>22732281 Texas bill could charge transgender people with 'gender identity fraud'
>>22732285, >>22732352, >>22732370, >>22732425, >>22732750 Canada's Liberal Party elects former Bank of England governor Mark Carney as new PM
>>22732303, >>22732644 syria massacre - galloway monologue
>>22732322, >>22732600, >>22732885 Ukraine Russia Latest
>>22732326, >>22732331 RT - 'Europe is now a dictatorship' - Georgescu
>>22732333, >>22732335 Workers at U.S. African Development Foundation USADF refused to let the new acting director into building
>>22732366 RT - Israel unhappy after US direct talks with Hamas
>>22732396 The horrifying rise of 'Bacha Bazi'
>>22732410 RFKJr - The only portrait that hangs in AG Pam Bondi's office. My Dad. Robert Francis Kennedy Sr.
>>22732442 TRUMP TRUTH - Message to the people of Greenland
>>22732470 Senate Votes To ALLOW Debanking Over "Misinformation" & "Hate"! - jimmy dore (tech debanking)
>>22732527 Teslas have something called DOG MODE.Keeps the climate at a predetermined temperature.
>>22732569 Grifter Lindsey Graham warns against pulling plug on Ukraine
>>22732615 Rep. Byron Donalds shares the story behind his political career on 'My View with Lara Trump.'
>>22732647 Inside the secret island where wealthy people go to alter their DNA & extend life
>>22732680 1 of the best things you can do for America is donate to 8Kun
>>22732738 After landing, Trump & Elon were asked about their in-flight conversation, Elon simply flashed his shirt
>>22732785 TRUMP TRUTH - I'm not going to touch Social Security-We're going to get fraud out of there, everybody wants us to get the fraud out!
>>22732790 TRUMP TRUTH - Carter Administration gave the Panama Canal to Panama for no reason. It's the most expensive thing we've ever built
>>22732794 TRUMP TRUTH - Nobody has been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump - NOBODY
>>22732801 TRUMP TRUTH - I want a country where private enterprise carries the day - NOT the government
>>22732805 TRUMP TRUTH - Democrats are out of control - They've lost their minds…
>>22732810 TRUMP TRUTH - We're going to be so rich, you're not gonna know where to spend all that money
>>22732914 RT - Be quiet, small man - Musk to Polish FM… KEK
>>22732967, >>22732974 Globalist Technocrat Mark Carney to Replace Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister
>>22732995 #27772
Previously Collected
>>22730638 #27769, >>22731393 #27770, >>22732181 #27771
>>22728228 #27766, >>22729034 #27767, >>22729746 #27768
>>22726125 #27763, >>22726903 #27764, >>22727835 #27765
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#22733740 at 2025-03-10 05:01:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27774: ? Yeah, Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss ? Edition
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>>22645248 Australia #40
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22727386 Canada #73
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>22548431 Japan #27
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>22228099 Scotland #12
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
>>22733533 @SpaceX - Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Wednesday, March 12 for launch of @NASA's Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
>>22733544 Air India flight forced to return to US over clogged toilets in 10-hour debacle: reports
>>22733557, >>22733655 @elonmusk - Biden's own @USGAO estimated fraud at up to half a trillion dollars!
>>22733581 @paulsperry_ - BREAKING: The Chinese spy ring that infiltrated Army base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is made up of more than the three soldiers arrested by the FBI
>>22733599, >>22733608, >>22733619 Check the clock on board AF1 when Trump told them "we are going to be so rich!"
>>22733665, >>22733671 @RT_com - Viral snaps resurface showing future Canadian PM Mark Carney with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2013
>>22733670 @BasedMikeLee - When can we expect an apology from those who said @TulsiGabbard was wrong?
>>22733689 @sentdefender - Mahmoud Khalil, a well-known Palestinian activist living in the United States on a Permanent Resident been arrested by ICE and is facing deportation and revocation of his Legal Permanent Resident Status.
>>22733699 @DOGE - All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at https://doge.gov/payments. The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
>>22733713 @DOGE - The Program Support Center (PSC) in @HHSGov processes ~$215B/year ($860M/business day) in grant payments.
>>22733732 #27773
#27772 >>22732195
>>22732612 President @realDonaldTrump arrives back in Washington, DC ??
>>22732733 ONBOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Trump speaks to reporters
>>22732229, >>22732258, >>22732267 Who are Alawites? Why are they facing deadly attacks in Syria?
>>22732276 RT - Russia 'keeping cards close to its chest' in US sanctions talks
>>22732277, >>22732392 PF
>>22732281 Texas bill could charge transgender people with 'gender identity fraud'
>>22732285, >>22732352, >>22732370, >>22732425, >>22732750 Canada's Liberal Party elects former Bank of England governor Mark Carney as new PM
>>22732303, >>22732644 syria massacre - galloway monologue
>>22732322, >>22732600, >>22732885 Ukraine Russia Latest
>>22732326, >>22732331 RT - 'Europe is now a dictatorship' - Georgescu
>>22732333, >>22732335 Workers at U.S. African Development Foundation USADF refused to let the new acting director into building
>>22732366 RT - Israel unhappy after US direct talks with Hamas
>>22732396 The horrifying rise of 'Bacha Bazi'
>>22732410 RFKJr - The only portrait that hangs in AG Pam Bondi's office. My Dad. Robert Francis Kennedy Sr.
>>22732442 TRUMP TRUTH - Message to the people of Greenland
>>22732470 Senate Votes To ALLOW Debanking Over "Misinformation" & "Hate"! - jimmy dore (tech debanking)
>>22732527 Teslas have something called DOG MODE.Keeps the climate at a predetermined temperature.
>>22732569 Grifter Lindsey Graham warns against pulling plug on Ukraine
>>22732615 Rep. Byron Donalds shares the story behind his political career on 'My View with Lara Trump.'
>>22732647 Inside the secret island where wealthy people go to alter their DNA & extend life
>>22732680 1 of the best things you can do for America is donate to 8Kun
>>22732738 After landing, Trump & Elon were asked about their in-flight conversation, Elon simply flashed his shirt
>>22732785 TRUMP TRUTH - I'm not going to touch Social Security-We're going to get fraud out of there, everybody wants us to get the fraud out!
>>22732790 TRUMP TRUTH - Carter Administration gave the Panama Canal to Panama for no reason. It's the most expensive thing we've ever built
>>22732794 TRUMP TRUTH - Nobody has been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump - NOBODY
>>22732801 TRUMP TRUTH - I want a country where private enterprise carries the day - NOT the government
>>22732805 TRUMP TRUTH - Democrats are out of control - They've lost their minds…
>>22732810 TRUMP TRUTH - We're going to be so rich, you're not gonna know where to spend all that money
>>22732914 RT - Be quiet, small man - Musk to Polish FM… KEK
>>22732967, >>22732974 Globalist Technocrat Mark Carney to Replace Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister
>>22732995 #27772
#27771 >>22731404
>>22731412 Plandemic wiped out 131,000 small businesses in Canada, devastating entrepreneurs
>>22731441 Starlink is 'backbone' of Ukrainian military – Musk
>>22731460 C?lin Georgescu: If democracy in Romania falls, the entire democratic world will fall!
>>22731488 Protests erupt as anti-NATO Romanian presidential candidate booted from vote
>>22731470, >>22731475 Dan Scavino on Trump–BEHIND THE SCENES...
>>22731554, >>22731493, >>22732011 NORAD INTERCEPTS AIRCRACT VIOLATING TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTION OVER PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
>>22731536 @matt_vanswol: As a former liberal and democratic voter...let me just say that it is INCREDIBLY difficult to break out of a liberal media-echo chamber
>>22731557, >>22731704 Estonian MP has demanded that Russia comply with the Minsk peace agreements; history of Minsk
>>22731568 RFK Jr. To Meet Leaders Of Processed Foods Industrial Complex
>>22731575 DHS Secretary Kristi Noem -vs- CBS Narrative Engineer Margaret Brennan
>>22731576 Hampton Dellinger's legal battle against Trump
>>22731583 Pope offers Ramadan greetings to Muslims
>>22731587 ICE arrests Palestinian student activist who helped lead Columbia University protests – Rolling Stone
>>22731601 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem named Todd Lyons as ICE acting director
>>22731612 Hungarian PM Viktor Orb?n Says Budapest and Washington Set To Agree on an Economic Cooperation Package To Offset Heavy Tariffs – Reports Claim Trump May Move Troops From Germany to Hungary
>>22731617 Dr. David Martin on the purpose of the Covid vaxxes: to reduce the population while also generating a profit
>>22731734, >>22731782, >>22731901 Plane crashes in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania
>>22731894, >>22731837, >>22731926, >>22731948 UK welfare reform aka welfare cuts aka social credit system asset grab
>>22731900 France to fund Ukrainian military with interest from frozen Russian assets
>>22731940, >>22731946, >>22731961 Lady Gaga just went on Saturday Night Live and performed a "mock" Satanic ritual
>>22731947 Los Angeles LA Mayor Karen Bass accused of deleting texts in wake of wildfire disaster
>>22731975 @Scavino47 - From U.S. Army - Be All You Can Be
>>22731991, >>22731993, >>22732013 PlaneFaggings
>>22732041 @ElissaSlotkin - How do you prep for a State of the Union rebuttal speech? With a lot of Eminem.
>>22732138 So. California magnitude 4.1 quake about 7 miles southwest of Westlake Village at 1:03 pm
>>22732148 Scott Ritter: TRUMP SHUTS DOWN NATO As EUROPE COLLAPSES!
>>22732161 DOGE Uncovers More Than $300M in Loans Given to Children 11 Years Old or Younger During COVID
>>22731445, >>22731457, >>22731626, >>22731799, >>22732059 Memes
>>22732181 #27771
Previously Collected
>>22730638 #27769, >>22731393 #27770
>>22728228 #27766, >>22729034 #27767, >>22729746 #27768
>>22726125 #27763, >>22726903 #27764, >>22727835 #27765
>>22724223 #27761, >>22725204 #27762, >>22726125 #27763
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Q Research Notables #27: Legend >>22494493
#22733732 at 2025-03-10 05:00:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27773: Power Strength Momentum Faith Edition
Final
Now Bakering
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
>>22733533 @SpaceX - Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Wednesday, March 12 for launch of @NASA's Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
>>22733544 Air India flight forced to return to US over clogged toilets in 10-hour debacle: reports
>>22733557, >>22733655 @elonmusk - Biden's own @USGAO estimated fraud at up to half a trillion dollars!
>>22733581 @paulsperry_ - BREAKING: The Chinese spy ring that infiltrated Army base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is made up of more than the three soldiers arrested by the FBI
>>22733599, >>22733608, >>22733619 Check the clock on board AF1 when Trump told them "we are going to be so rich!"
>>22733665, >>22733671 @RT_com - Viral snaps resurface showing future Canadian PM Mark Carney with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2013
>>22733670 @BasedMikeLee - When can we expect an apology from those who said @TulsiGabbard was wrong?
>>22733689 @sentdefender - Mahmoud Khalil, a well-known Palestinian activist living in the United States on a Permanent Resident been arrested by ICE and is facing deportation and revocation of his Legal Permanent Resident Status.
>>22733699 @DOGE - All payments (and soon the justifications) will be posted publicly at https://doge.gov/payments. The first 37,207 grant payments (3 days worth) have now been posted!
>>22733713 @DOGE - The Program Support Center (PSC) in @HHSGov processes ~$215B/year ($860M/business day) in grant payments.
#27773
#22733685 at 2025-03-10 04:46:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27773: Power Strength Momentum Faith Edition
Last Call
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
>>22733533 @SpaceX - Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Wednesday, March 12 for launch of @NASA's Crew-10 mission to the @Space_Station
>>22733544 Air India flight forced to return to US over clogged toilets in 10-hour debacle: reports
>>22733557, >>22733655 @elonmusk - Biden's own @USGAO estimated fraud at up to half a trillion dollars!
>>22733581 @paulsperry_ - BREAKING: The Chinese spy ring that infiltrated Army base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is made up of more than the three soldiers arrested by the FBI
>>22733599, >>22733608, >>22733619 Check the clock on board AF1 when Trump told them "we are going to be so rich!"
>>22733665, >>22733671 @RT_com - Viral snaps resurface showing future Canadian PM Mark Carney with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2013
>>22733670 @BasedMikeLee - When can we expect an apology from those who said @TulsiGabbard was wrong?
#27773
#22733535 at 2025-03-10 03:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27773: Power Strength Momentum Faith Edition
Notes @~500
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27773 >>22733005
>>22733102 Canada's Mark Carney on Trump: 'We Cannot Let Him Succeed' | WSJ News
>>22733118 Adam Corolla shares who he thinks is becoming the face of the Democratic Party
>>22733138 GOP is now the party of 'yes we can,' journalist argues
>>22733173 TRUMP TRUTH - Great job by Congressman Brian Mast on FoxNews. He's got it together!!! DJT
>>22733254 @DougAMacgregor - BREAKING: Incoming Canadian PM Mark Carney linked directly to Ghislaine Maxwell.
>>22733291 Here's The Lede On New Canadian PM Mark Carney: He's Not Elected, He's 'Selected'
>>22733316 Trump's Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler After Meeting With Hamas - 'We Are Not An Agent Of Israel'
>>22733362 European Nations Endorse $53 Billion Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction
>>22733365 Israel Says It Is Cutting Off Its Electricity Supply to Gaza, Days After Freezing Aid
>>22733373 Mike Davis: SCOTUS Is Failing To Prevent Activist Judges From Sabotaging President Trump
>>22733377 Canada Open to Early Talks on Trade Pact With US, Discuss Ending China Dumping: Finance Minister
>>22733379 Trump Admin Will Explore Ways to Acquire Bitcoin for Strategic Reserve
>>22733391 Trump warns of Epstein, circa unknown.
>>22733442 Dr. Peter McCullough Links Bird Flu Outbreak To USDA Gain-Of-Function Experiment In Georgia
>>22733450 @WallStreetMav - Under the new "Child Protection" law, the prime minister of Hungary has prohibited LGBTQ marches throughout the country.
>>22733476 Schumann
>>22733482 @libsoftiktok - Over 165 school employees have been arrested or sentenced so far in 2025 on charges relating to child sex crimes.
>>22733514 Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' 9/15/2024
>>22733519 @MarioNawfal - ?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
>>22733520 @LetsGoBrando45 - Introducing Trudeau's replacement, Who is also the good friend of Ghislaine Maxwell
>>22733525 Corrupt Government Romania Bans Georgescu with No Reason
>>22733526 @DerrickEvans4WV - ?BREAKING: Illegal Immigrant in Mississippi arrested for distribution of child p0rn.
#27773
#22733519 at 2025-03-10 03:45:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27773: Power Strength Momentum Faith Edition
Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
?? ?? TRUMP: Malcolm Turnbull WAS A WEAK & INEFFECTIVE LEADER
"Malcolm Turnbull led Australia from behind, never understood what was going on in China, and lacked the capacity to do so.
I always thought he was weak and ineffective-and Australians agreed with me!"
Source: Truth Social
x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1898936152452927518
Johnny Bebad
@JohhnyBeBad1
When Trump says Turnbull came from behind, he means Turnbull fucked Australians in the ass without even a courtesy spit.
Turnbull is also the rain man speaking with forked tongue, this is his weather machine company
australianrain.com.au
x.com/JohhnyBeBad1/status/1898941618927161818
#22733454 at 2025-03-10 03:23:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27773: Power Strength Momentum Faith Edition
He's doing this for a reason –
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114135887529701366
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump Malcolm Turnbull, the former Prime Minister of Australia who was always leading that wonderful country from "behind," never understood what was going on in China, nor did he have the capacity to do so. I always thought he was a weak and ineffective leader and, obviously,Australian'sagreed with me!!!
Mar 09, 2025, 10:57 PM
So, what belonging to one Australian, or which Australian IS…??
Apostro-fukeries are so "normal" now, who the hell knows the difference? Our President, however, is a different story. Other ones he's done:
Democrat's (at least twice, one recently); Dozen's; (news) Conference's; (no other) President's (were charged); Document's (hoax); Farmer's (in Iowa); Part's (unknown, china, eu...); Safe's (raided at Mar a Lago)...
#22732540 at 2025-03-09 23:55:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27772: "PATIENCE THROUGH THE STORM" Edition
Former Prime Minister issues stark warning about Donald Trump if China was to attack Australia
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull issues Donald Trump warning
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned Australia can't rely on Donald Trump to take military action against China if there was ever an attack on our shores.
Mr Turnbull, who was PM during the US president's first term in the White House, said the ANZUS treaty between the nations offered little guarantees.
'You cannot assume anything about Donald Trump - it's part of his brand to be unpredictable,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'Yes, he's very transactional. I would hope that the United States would always come to our aid under the ANZUS treaty if we were attacked in the Pacific.
'But Mr Trump has made it very clear, it's part of his brand, part of his style, to be less predictable and he has certainly been prepared to take on allies.'
The NATO treaty requires all its signatory nations, including the US, UK, Germany, Canada and France, to react militarily if any of its 32-member countries are invaded.
But under the 1951 ANZUS treaty, Americans are only required to consult Australia if another country attacks us, but not necessarily send in troops.
'Mr Trump is deliberately unpredictable - that's his style. We cannot assume that the US would come to our aid,' Mr Turnbull said.
'The obligation in the event of one party being attacked is to consult - there is no obligation to act.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14466801/Former-Prime-Minister-issues-stark-warning-Donald-Trump-China-attack-Australia.html
#21984854 at 2024-11-14 19:42:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26921: ONIONS! Who's Crying Now? Edition
Australian steel maker Bisalloy provides armour for Israeli tanks and is due to begin work on the AUKUS submarine deal. The Malcolm Turnbull-backed group faces protests tomorrow against unlawful supply.
While the Australian government has repeatedly denied that there is a two-way arms trade with Israel,
Bisalloy has released numerous statements announcing that their relationship with the Israeli arms trade is as strong as ever.
In the past weeks, it was announced by the Department of Defence that 66 permits for two-way arms exports to Israel were under review, while 16 permits were silently amended or ended due to concern over the "very high number of civilian casualties" in Gaza.
https://michaelwest.com.au/protests-as-Malcolm-Turnbull-backed-bisalloy-steel-sells-armour-to-the-idf/
#21721187 at 2024-10-06 21:12:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26598: Trump Rally in Juneau, WI Edition
>>21721086
Because there are several merchants of tyranny who are running those ops.
Including people like ex AUS Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. He was funded by AUS tax dollars, NGO style.
www.australianrain.com.au
Other entities include, since 1947 (actually further back during WWII), General Electric, and other war time corporations, which are all part of the industrial war complex machine.
They get away with it, because no laws or legislation prevents them from doing so.
The fact most public are brainwashed to call conspiracy theory, allows the powers that be to claim they rule by consent of the people.
It will take those sleeping to awaken and call in one voice.
Go wake those lazy fuckers up, the sun is rising.
#21680424 at 2024-09-29 21:49:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26548: Saint Michael the Archangel, Defend us in Battle! Edition
>>21680388
Correct, atmospheric ionization, as described by this company, which was developed and owned by ex AUS Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
Malcolm Turnbull was heavily involved in the Clinton Global Initiative.
australianrain.com.au
#21368930 at 2024-08-07 21:28:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26188: Dubs Confirm GA on Target #ElectionFraud Edition
>>21368898
Under John Howards leadership, Alexander Downer paid out the first $10 million AUS tax dollars to the Clinton Foundation.
During the same period, Alexander Downer also sold Australian Uranium to Russia.
It sounds very coincidinkie to the US U1 scandal.
What followed was increasingly larger hundreds of millions that went to the Clinton Foundation under every successive AUS Prime Minister until Malcolm Turnbull in early 2017.
#21272622 at 2024-07-23 03:22:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26071: Donald Trump Is Here To Ruin [their] Good Time Edition
>>21272573
Australia went through a series of prime Ministers "donating" to CF. They were in order of "elected" leadership:
John Howard via ALEXANDER DOWNER (1996)
Kevin Ridd (current AUS ambassador to US)
Julia Gillard (bestie with Hilldawg)
Kevin Rudd (again)
Tony Abbott (Operation KOALA)
Malcolm Turnbull (Rainman speaks with fork tongue) [Removed by party room 2019]
Most are mentioned in Q drops. Starting with Alexander Downer, the instigator of FISA surveillance on George Papadopoulos and Carter Page.
#21224462 at 2024-07-17 02:35:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26012: Partying Hard at the RNC Edition
This is good, some of my old digs mixed in
Rothschild and the CCP's bitch KRUDD
He needs the rope, so is trying to suck up to be given a deal! Fuck him!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13641671/PVO-Kevin-Rudds-cringe-four-word-response-Tenacious-Ds-joke-Trump-shot-shows-hes-suck-mode-Donald.html
Kevin Rudd, once a firm China sceptic, has become Australia's first (former) prime minister to openly consort with the ruling Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD).In October 2018, he was greeted as a "rock star" according to a report in the AFR at the United Front-sponsored Australia-China Future Forum.
http://zhwhxy.org.cn/a1/a-XCVZXOBACF0976FE099F9B
https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1057058656158535680
Kevin Rudd, once a firm China sceptic, has become Australia's first (former) prime minister to openly consort with the ruling Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD).In October 2018, he was greeted as a "rock star" according to a report in the AFR at the United Front-sponsored Australia-China Future Forum. Now he's downplaying concerns over Chinese influence in Australia. Rudd said it was "kind of crazy to overreact and to get into reds under the bed land, to get into yellow peril land" regarding warnings from Australian security chiefs about Chinese influence. It's hard to fathom a former prime minister describing credible information about the Chinese government trying install operatives in Australian Parliament as an "overreaction."
https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/12/12/kevin-rudd-close-ties-chinese-communist-party-ufwd/
Kevin Rudd insists HE was the one who secured 40 million Pfizer vaccines fast-tracked to Australiaas Malcolm Turnbull applauds him - but bitter ex-PM is mocked for being 'bored in retirement' and accused of having NOTHING to do with the deal
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9778655/Leaked-letter-reveals-Kevin-Rudd-met-Pfizer-boss-jabs-earlier.html
#21187361 at 2024-07-12 23:05:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25965: Scarlett Johansson Edition
>>21187298
Snow White
Mike Pence and the art of staying clean
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: US Vice President Mike Pence laughs during a press conference at Kirribilli House on April 22, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Mr Pence will meet with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, and members of the US and Australian militaries during his two-day visit. It is the first time a US Vice President has come to Australia before a President in nearly 30 years. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
"All the contact by the Trump campaign and associates were with the American people," he told Fox News Sunday that same day.
Recognizing the legal stakes ahead, Pence has hired a prominent lawyer, Richard Cullen, a former Virginia attorney general and U.S. attorney under President George H.W. Bush. But still unclear is how the vice president will pay for the help.
Pence is hardly wealthy. As vice president, he's making $230,700 a year, which comes on top of his May 2017 financial disclosure that show he was making $109,749 a year as Indiana governor, along with three state pensions for retirement. His wife had no income and his own bank account had between $1,001 and $15,000. Pence also had at least $105,000 in student loan debt for his children's education.
Jarrod Agen, who recently got a promotion from communications director to deputy chief of staff, said Pence had ruled out using taxpayer funds or money raised through his political action committee to pay for his lawyer.
Legal experts say they don't think Pence's legal bills have gotten too big at this early stage of the process. To start, Pence likely has provided documents to his lawyer but hasn't spent much time preparing to give testimony or answer questions under oath. "You can get to $10,000 real quick and even $50,000. But I don't see Pence as incurring some huge legal bill," Jeffress said.
Pence has made one significant move that could signal an awareness of the perilous political path ahead. He recently replaced his longtime aide and chief of staff Josh Pitcock with Ayers, a 34-year-old Republican operative from Georgia who was a top Pence aide during the 2016 campaign.
The move seemed to show that, in Trump's Washington, there's more of a premium on the skills of a political knife-fighter than a policy wonk. Trump's White House, after all, does remain under a state of siege over the Russia probe, and the talk that the president could fire Mueller prompted Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to recently warn that such a move could be the "beginning of the end" of the Trump administration.
Pence is not, however, in an entirely unprecedented position.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/12/trump-russia-pence-staying-clean-241545
#20930074 at 2024-05-28 22:52:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25670: Meet the Focker Edition
>>20929977
AUS had a series of PM's and other foreign ministers, who gave hundreds of millions in pay for play to the CF.
"Donations", then termed "Foreign Aid", began with Alexander Downer (of London wine bar/George Papadopoulos fame), who worked in the John Howard Government, (famous for joining the Coalition of the Willing, Iraq war), then running through multiple PM's, including Kevin Rudd, (currently AUS ambassador to the US), succeeded by Julia Gillard (close friend with Hillary Clinton) and her minister Penny Wong, then Rudd second term, followed by Tony Abbot and Malcolm Turnbull.
They all gave to the CF until Trumps 2016 victory, when the "donations" stopped, and the spying on Trump began. Simultaneously after Trumps victory, the AUS Government began removing their foreign aid donations lists from government internet sites. All those records have now been scrubbed from online presence.
PIC Julia Gillard with Hilderbeast.
#20817119 at 2024-05-04 04:46:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25532: ARREST DERANGED JACK SMITH Edition
>>20816976
This is some handy information.
This company was initiated by Malcolm Turnbull,
ex AUS PM. He did this as Environment Minister in 2007.
His website goes into quite specific details on locations and methods.
You'll note that the day after the Dubai flood, Oman also flooded, which you'll see Turnbull uses Oman as the example.
www.australianrain.com.au
Considering Obiden is preparing to call Climate Crisis
in order to give himself special powers, it's logical
that a series of orchestrated floods creates the narrative
required for public consent.
#20739517 at 2024-04-17 22:38:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25437: The IMF Can Go to Hell Edition
>>20739039
Henry Kabogo ? ? ??
@Kabogo_Henry
The torrents in Oman are worse than in Dubai. No jokes..
Oman is the next current "Climate Change" flood, brought to you courtesy of Rain Man, Malcolm Turnbull and his weather mod company australianrain.com.au
https://twitter.com/Kabogo_Henry/status/1780439037981180160
#20739388 at 2024-04-17 22:11:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25437: The IMF Can Go to Hell Edition
>>20739376
>>20739373
The EX Prime Minister, who's name keeps on being in the middle of it all. Malcolm Turnbull.
#20739135 at 2024-04-17 21:09:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25437: The IMF Can Go to Hell Edition
>>20739039
From memory, Malcolm Turnbull telephone conversation with Trump was the first transcript of a Trump call to be released to public after Trump took the White House in 2017.
Malcolm Turnbull was the Prime Minister under who's watch the FISA spying on Carter Page began, via his foreign minister to London, Alexander Downer.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/full-transcript-of-phone-conversation-between-us-president-donald-trump-and-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull/news-story/945e7a82724ebc6914502963ddf3481c
GRAB your popcorn.
This is the full transcript of the testy first phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and our Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on January 28, reportedly leaked to the Washington Post and published overnight.
Prime Minister Turnbull: Good evening.
The President: Mr Prime Minister, how are you?
Prime Minister Turnbull: I am doing very well.
The President: Well, actually I just called for a total ban on Syria and from many different countries from where there is terror, and extreme vetting for everyone else - and somebody told me yesterday that close to 2,000 people are coming who are really probably troublesome. And I am saying, boy that will make us look awfully bad. Here I am calling for a ban where I am not letting anybody in and we take 2,000 people. Really it looks like 2,000 people that Australia does not want and I do not blame you by the way, but the United States has become like a dumping ground. You know Malcolm, anybody that has a problem - you remember the Mariel boat lift, where Castro let everyone out of prison and Jimmy Carter accepted them with open arms. These were brutal people. Nobody said Castro was stupid, but now what are we talking about is 2,000 people that are actually imprisoned and that would actually come into the United States. I heard about this - I have to say I love Australia; I love the people of Australia. I have so many friends from Australia, but I said - geez that is a big ask, especially in light of the fact that we are so heavily in favour, not in favour, but we have no choice but to stop things. We have to stop. We have allowed so many people into our country that should not be here. We have our San Bernardino's, we have had the World Trade Center come down because of people that should not have been in our country, and now we are supposed to take 2,000. It sends such a bad signal. You have no idea. It is such a bad thing.
#20739039 at 2024-04-17 20:41:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25437: The IMF Can Go to Hell Edition
>>20738996
Malcolm Turnbull, in this pic is the AUS Prime Minister, said to be RAINMAN WITH FORKED TONGUE.
One of his business ventures is: www.australianrain.com.au
Malcolm Turnbull the rain man who speaks with forked tongue.
BY SHANE DOWLING ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 - ( 93 COMMENTS )
Malcolm Turnbull has called for more truth in parliament. I agree, so in this post we have a look at what a dirty rotten lying scoundrel Malcolm Turnbull is.
Before the 2007 election and two weeks after the election was called Malcolm Turnbull announced that the government would spend $11 million funding a trial of rainfall technology. The company in question was Australian Rain Corporation which was then part-owned by Matt Handbury.
It says on Mr Turnbull's Wikipedia profile "During the 2007 election campaign, Turnbull announced that the then Government would contribute $10 million to the investigation of an untried Russian technology that aims to trigger rainfall from the atmosphere, even when there are no clouds. Literature suggests that the technology is based on bogus science. The Australian Rain Corporation presented research documents written in Russian, explained by a Russian researcher who spoke to local experts in Russian."
"Although Turnbull claimed that Australian Rain Corporation is Australian-based, investigations have shown that it is in fact 75 per cent Swiss-owned. It was also revealed that a prominent stakeholder in the Australian Rain Corporation, Matt Handbury, is a nephew of Rupert Murdoch. Turnbull has refused to answer questions regarding Matt Handbury's contribution to the Wentworth Forum, the main fundraising organisation for Turnbull's 2007 election campaign." (Click here to read more)
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2012/09/09/Malcolm-Turnbull-the-rain-man-who-speaks-with-forked-tongue/
#20394671 at 2024-02-11 08:48:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25020: #TrumpForceOne Edition
>>20394642
Anon wonders if they're connected in any way with this guy. Anon read a number of years ago, but recent searches do not show, that his father Robert, was CIA in some capacity.
Simon received big renewable subsidies from AUS PM Malcolm Turnbull. (Trumps arch nemesis). It was under Turnbull that Alexander Downer met Papadopoulos and set the stage for spying on Trump.
Anon knows they're all connected, but the link back to Simon's father is missing.
Does any anon able to find more?
Simon Holmes ? Court and Climate 200's plan for the next election
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2024/02/10/climate-200s-plan-the-next-election?utm_source=socialflow&utm_medium=twitter#mtr
#18824883 at 2023-05-10 14:51:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23104: Where is Hunter? Parts Unknown Edition
10:30 AM EDT
Hearings to Examine Leadership Perspectives and Experience on the National Costs of Climate Change
Senate Budget Committee
^
WITNESSES:
The Honorable Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister, Australia
^
The Honorable Bill Frist, M.D.
Global Board Chair
The Nature Conservancy
Former Senate Majority Leader
^
Additional Witnesses to be Announced
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334091
https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/lessons-learned-leadership-perspectives-and-experience-on-the-national-costs-of-climate-change
#18391607 at 2023-02-22 02:56:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22546: Imagine if Ukrainians knew all about Hunter Edition
Chinese Communist Party-linked group called out for 'systemic' failure to comply with foreign influence regulations
A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has become the first body to be forcibly listed under the federal government's Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, five years after it was introduced.
Key points:
The Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China was issued with a final transparency notice after failing to comply with the requirements of the FITS register
Malcolm Turnbull accused the Attorney-General's Department of lacking enthusiasm to list Chinese-government-connected entities
The Attorney-General's Department said the scheme was achieving its purpose of providing transparency
The Attorney-General's Department revealed the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China's (ACPPRC) listing as a foreign-government-related entity during a committee hearing as part of a review of the scheme on Tuesday.
The ACPPRC was issued with a final transparency notice on February 6 after failing to comply with the requirements of the scheme's transparency register, known as FITS.
Appearing before the federal parliament's Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS), Simon Newnham, a senior official with the Attorney-General's Department, defended the length of time it took to register the group.
"The notice provides literal transparency that that body is related to a foreign principal. It also provides clarification for persons who may be undertaking activities on behalf of the ACPPRC that those activities may be registrable under the scheme," deputy secretary Newnham said.
"We are working as fast as we can, prioritising the situations where there is a concern about lack of transparency coupled with the highest risk activities.
"Here I would particularly point to where that activity is geared to or focused on a particular decision or a political process or goes to systemic and sustained failure to comply with obligations."
Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference Senator James Paterson has called for a radical shift in the scheme's enforcement, labelling the listing as a case of "closing the gate behind the horse".
"The ACPPRC is a notorious United Front Work Department body of the Chinese Communist Party and has been since before the foreign influence transparency scheme was introduced," Senator Paterson said.
"After almost five years of operation, the fact that the Attorney-General's Department has only this year exercised its powers against them is frankly remarkable," he said.
"Because of its notoriety, the group has since reduced its overt activities and has been supplanted by other UFWD bodies.
"Hopefully, it doesn't take another five years before they are pursued by the department.
"Clearly, there are changes necessary to improve the operation of the law - but the approach the attorney-general takes to enforcement also needs a radical shift."
Scheme's architect questions enforcement
The FITS regime was introduced by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in December 2017.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/china-affiliated-group-called-out-by-aus-for-foreign-influence/102005630
#18312968 at 2023-02-09 13:20:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22443: Rat Bastards Going Down Edition
https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1623647190403915778
https://insiderpaper.com/australia-to-remove-chinese-made-cameras-from-defence-sites/
NEW 🚨 Australia to remove Chinese-made cameras from defence sites
February 9, 2023 4:54 am
Australia to remove Chinese-made cameras from defence sitesSource: Unsplash
Australia's defence department will strip its buildings of Chinese-made security cameras to ensure they are "completely secure", the government said on Thursday.
It follows similar moves in the United States and Britain, which have taken measures to stop government departments installing Chinese-made cameras at sensitive sites.
Both countries have expressed fears that Chinese companies could be forced to share intelligence collected by the cameras with Beijing's security services.
Beijing accused Australia of "misusing national might to discriminate against and suppress Chinese enterprises", calling on Canberra to ensure "fair" treatment for its businesses in the country.
At least 913 Chinese-made cameras have been installed across more than 250 Australian government buildings, according to official figures compiled by opposition politician James Paterson.
This includes offices and facilities belonging to the departments of defence, foreign affairs and finance, as well as the attorney-general's department.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said officials would hunt down and remove all Chinese-made security cameras within the department's buildings.
"It's a significant thing that's been brought to our attention and we're going to fix it," he told national broadcaster ABC.
"It's important that we go through this exercise and make sure that our facilities are completely secure."
The government-funded national War Memorial - a sprawling 14-hectare (35 acres) complex in Canberra - also confirmed it would remove a small number of Chinese-made cameras, out of an "abundance of caution".
Other government agencies declined to comment, or referred back to Marles' statements.
Paterson, a vocal critic of the Chinese government, had said Australian government buildings were "riddled" with "spyware", and that every Chinese-made camera should be urgently ripped out.
'Unacceptable risk'
The cameras were made by companies Hikvision and Dahua, which have been blacklisted in the United States for allegedly helping the Chinese government carry out a "campaign of repression".
According to the US Department of Commerce, Hikvision and Dahua have been implicated in the "high-technology surveillance" of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region.
The US banned the import of surveillance equipment made by the two companies in November last year, saying it posed "an unacceptable risk to national security".
In Britain, a group of 67 MPs and lords called for the government to ban Hikvision and Dahua in July last year, following reports their equipment had been used to track Uyghurs.
It was a Hikvision CCTV camera that caught former health secretary Matt Hancock kissing an aide in violation of Covid rules in June 2021, leading to his resignation.
Hikvision said it was "categorically false" to paint the company as "a threat to national security".
"No respected technical institution or assessment has come to this conclusion," the company told AFP in a statement.
"Our products are compliant with all applicable Australian laws and regulations and are subject to strict security requirements."
"We hope Australia will provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for the normal operations of Chinese enterprises," China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said.
"We oppose any wrong action of stretching the concept of national security and misusing national might to discriminate against and suppress Chinese enterprises."
Australia in 2018 was one of the first countries in the world to block Chinese telco Huawei from its 5G cellphone network.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who made the decision, said it would help Australia "defend our own sovereignty".
Similar Huawei bans are now in place in the US, Britain and Canada - which along with New Zealand and Australia form the Five Eyes spying alliance.
Australia's centre-left government has been trying to repair the country's relationship with China since coming to power in May last year.
China slapped hefty tariffs on key Australian exports in 2020, at the height of a bitter dispute with the former conservative government.
#17984367 at 2022-12-20 02:26:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will be sent to Washington DC as Australia's new ambassador to the United States.
Key points:
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will be the next US ambassador
Mr Rudd has lived and worked in the US for most of the last decade
The Prime Minister said a political appointment was appropriate
Mr Rudd will commence the posting early next year, replacing Arthur Sinodinos.
Announcing the role, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr Rudd had extensive experience and connections in the US.
"Kevin Rudd is an outstanding appointment, he brings a great deal of credit to Australia by agreeing to this appointment," Mr Albanese said.
"As someone who has links to the global community in Washington DC, he will be a major asset."
Mr Rudd was most recently serving as chief executive of international relations institute the Asia Society, spending most of the past decade in the US where he worked with American politicians and business people.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/kevin-rudd-appointed-washington-us-ambassador/101791798
Here's part of my old dig on this traitor, images included
Kevin Rudd, once a firm China sceptic, has become Australia's first (former) prime minister to openly consort with the ruling Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD).In October 2018, he was greeted as a "rock star"according to a report in the AFR at the United Front-sponsored Australia-China Future Forum.
Now he's downplaying concerns over Chinese influence in Australia.Rudd said it was "kind of crazy to overreact and to get into reds under the bed land, to get into yellow peril land" regarding warnings from Australian security chiefs about Chinese influence.
It's hard to fathom a former prime minister describing credible information about the Chinese government trying install operatives in Australian Parliament as an "overreaction."
https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/12/12/kevin-rudd-close-ties-chinese-communist-party-ufwd/
Kevin Rudd insists HE was the one who secured 40 million Pfizer vaccines fast-tracked to Australiaas Malcolm Turnbull applauds him - but bitter ex-PM is mocked for being 'bored in retirement' and accused of having NOTHING to do with the deal
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9778655/Leaked-letter-reveals-Kevin-Rudd-met-Pfizer-boss-jabs-earlier.htm
#17783472 at 2022-11-17 03:55:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21788: Infinitee Dubs Edition
Craig Foster elected chair of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM) last night. But in his first address to ARM members, he flagged a change to how the movement operates.
Peter FitzSimons has been the leader of the ARM for the past seven years. The author, SMH columnist and former rugby union player has been the recognisable face of an organisation which has supported the idea of an Australian head of state since 1991. It counted FitzSimons, novelist Thomas Keneally and Malcolm Turnbull among its founding members, and the latter went on to spearhead the campaign leading up to the 1999 referendum which was defeated, to the surprise of many at the time.
FitzSimons announced his resignation on October 1. Former footballer and SBS football analyst, now a human rights advocate, Craig Foster, was soon announced as the front-runner to take over.
Foster's first public human rights campaign was to bring home Bahrain footballer Hakeem al-Araibi. Hakeem had been granted political asylum in Australia, but was detained while on honeymoon in Thailand in 2018 at the behest of the oppressive Bahrain regime who wanted him extradited. Hakeem was eventually returned to Australia after intense international pressure was placed on FIFA as well as Bahrain. Foster used the worldwide publicity garnered through this campaign as a platform to criticise Australian refugee policy:
Australia needs to look at how we treat every human being that comes to these shores, irrespective of how they arrive... We are all equal, and should all be treated with equal dignity, care and respect.
Perhaps to underline his strong belief in equality, his first act as chairman of the ARM was to call for a change to its constitution to mandate a female co-chair. In the video published this morning, stating:
I think it would be a wonderful message to every Australian to say that those in the highest leadership positions of the ARM movement are sharing the chair position between both a female and a male.
https://michaelwest.com.au/craig-foster-elected-chair-of-the-arm-and-he-wants-to-share-it/
This is dangerous - full of Globohomos
#16670890 at 2022-07-08 11:10:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21048: Abe's Condition Still Not Certain EditionQ Research General #21048: Abe's
Malcolm Turnbull on CNN talking shit about Trump.
#16670573 at 2022-07-08 09:39:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21048: Abe's Condition Still Not Certain EditionQ Research General #21048: Abe's
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe killed by gunman in campaign attack
WILL GLASGOW - JULY 8, 2022
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot at a campaign event in Nara on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recalled his cabinet to Tokyo to respond to one of the greatest political catastrophes of Japan's post-war era.
"This is the very foundation of democracy ... It cannot be tolerated," he said of the pre-election attack.
Late on Friday, Mr Abe, 67, Japan's longest serving prime minister, was confirmed dead.
Hours earlier, Prime Minister Kishida had said Mr Abe was in a "critical condition" after the "barbaric and malicious act".
"Doctors are doing everything they can. I am hoping and praying that former prime minister Abe will survive this," an emotional Mr Kishida told reporters in Tokyo hours before Mr Abe's death was confirmed.
Mr Abe had been transferred to Nara Medical University Hospital's intensive care unit after being shot by what appeared to be a homemade weapon. He was seen bleeding and was unconscious after the incident.
The former prime minister had gunshot wounds on the right side of his neck and left side of his chest, according to Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
The suspect was immediately taken into police custody. He told police that he was dissatisfied with Mr Abe and intended to kill the former prime minister, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The shooting took place at around 11:30am in Nara, two days before a crucial upper house election that could allow Mr Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.
Mr Abe, a hugely influential figure in the LDP, has been the most prominent advocate for this change and was campaigning for a member of the ruling party when he was shot.
Mr Kishida declined to comment on the motive of the shooter, saying he needed to wait on the result of the police's ongoing investigation of the "heinous act".
Nara Prefecture Police have arrested 41-year-old Nara resident Yamagami Tetsuya on suspicion of attempted murder.
NHK reported that the suspect is a former member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
Sounds of an apparent gunshot and plumes of smoke were visible in a video taken at the campaign event. Pictures from the scene show a man being tackled to the ground.
Mr Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, with two stints in office from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020.
He was the key architect of the Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China's increased assertiveness and a key driver of the Quad grouping.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attack was "shocking news".
"Our thoughts are with his family and the people of Japan at this time," Prime Minister Albanese said.
Former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison worked closely with Mr Abe, as Tokyo and Canberra became increasingly close strategic partners.
Since stepping down in 2020 because of ill-health, he has remained in Japan's parliament where he is the leader of the most powerful faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
He has repeatedly cautioned China against launching an invasion on Taiwan and warned that Japan needs to do more to counter Beijing's military build up.
President Joe Biden's top diplomat Antony Blinken said the attack was a "very, very sad moment".
"Our thoughts, our prayers are with him, with his family, with the people of Japan," US secretary of state Blinken said on the sidelines of a G20 meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "deeply distressed by the attack" on his "dear friend"
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen said she was surprised and saddened by the news.
"Former Prime Minister Abe is not only a good friend of mine, but also a staunch friend of Taiwan's. He has supported Taiwan for many years," she said.
Japan has strict laws on gun ownership and shootings are rare.
Mr Abe was campaigning for LDP member Kei Sato, who is running for re-election in the Japanese upper house election on Sunday.
Japan's security and defence strategy has become a prominent issue in the campaign, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's repeated warnings about the Indo-Pacific lessons from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Abe has been the most influential advocate of the need for Japan to revise its pacifist constitution.
Changing the constitution is extremely hard, requiring a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. In addition, any change requires a national referendum winning a majority of public support.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/former-japan-pm-abe-attacked-left-bleeding/news-story/3e7aaed5636efa4608d5236012802e56
#15334680 at 2022-01-09 00:24:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19397
>>15334627
NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA
News Corp Aust tabloids were behind the "No Jab, No Play" media campaign [79], which was obligingly adopted as policy by politicians across the political spectrum in Australia, and enacted as the coercive "No Jab, No Pay" law under Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister in January 2016.
In 1954, Rupert Murdoch took control of News Limited in Australia [98].
News Corp Aust is a corporate partner of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute [78], an organisation which is involved in vaccine product research and development, which has received funds from Vaccination and Immunisation Research Group which has received funds from vaccine manufacturers GSK, Janssen, Merck, Novavax, Sanofi and Sequiris [71].
#15329099 at 2022-01-08 00:24:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19389: Baker Fakes a Deep Flake, leaf's New Baker HIGH and Dry Edition
COVID live updates: Former PM Malcolm Turnbull tests positive
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-08/covid-live-blog-latest-updates-omicron-rats-national-cabinet/100745132
#15282114 at 2021-12-31 02:15:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19329: Exceptionally Ridiculous Habbenins E-Bake Edition
Rupert Murdoch media inquiry misses the real bogeys
Half a million Australians have called for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch's abuse of power and Australia's media concentration. But are News Corp thuggery and media diversity really the main game? Michael West investigates a mollycoddled media.
"This inquiry has been a stunt, conducted at taxpayers' expense. It offers no serious recommendations for reform." These were Liberal senator Andrew Bragg's concluding remarks to the Senate's inquiry into media diversity.
The half a million Australians who put their signatures to a demand for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp clearly disagree. Is media diversity reality the problem though? Is it all about big bad Rupert, or are there other things more toxic which impede the proliferation of media competition, or rather, independent media?
We shall get to the more pressing matter of defamation law and lawyers shortly.
In the meantime, the media diversity inquiry wrapped up before Christmas. Andrew Bragg and other Coalition senators dissented. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young and the crossbench called for reform; they want the torch of a royal commission on Murdoch, but they don't have the numbers.
Former PMs Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd have been pushing hard this year for a royal commission into the influence and domination of News Corp over Australia's political life.
Bemoaning the racism, the political thuggery, the character assassinations, the entire political operation which is News Corp and its neo-conservative agendas, they came armed with a petition of half a million Australian signatures demanding a royal commission into Murdoch and media diversity. They had the people on their side.
In the end however, the people were never enough because News Corp is the Coalition government's most powerful ally; and indeed when it came to the crunch - despite solid support in the Senate - Labor was not onside either, preferring do-nothing mode.
Chair Hanson-Young backed the two former prime ministers' calls for a royal commission into Murdoch. Bragg, who evidently tows the Institute of Public Affairs line for privatisation of ABC, was pushing the cause of his fellow neo-conservatives, calling for another inquiry into the ABC. Yet another ABC inquiry, following the many others.
Meanwhile, independent media such as this website, has grown strongly in recent years; partly as an antidote to bias in corporate media, and partly due to the proliferation of social media which is its "newspaper trucks" or distribution to readers.
And while it is true that corporate media, dominated by News and Nine Entertainment (and other commercial radio and TV networks to a lesser extent), is highly concentrated in Australia, there are two major challenges to the rise of independent media: one, the operation of the news cycle and, two, the exploitation of defamation law to quell dissenting opinion.
The way the news cycle works is that the ABC and the corporate media follow what is in News Corp and Nine papers and websites without fail, every day of the year. We exposed the PR mastery of the Morrison regime here in numerous Tamed Estate oped stories. Essentially, the game-plan has been to stop "dropping" exclusive stories to either News or Nine, as has been the traditional practice under decades of Australian governments, and to leak select briefings to the entire Canberra press gallery at once.
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/rupert-murdoch-media-inquiry-misses-the-real-bogeys/
#15246101 at 2021-12-24 03:14:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19284: Last E-Bake for a while Edition
How our ex-prime ministers spent a million bucks
On top of their pensions, in the first nine months of 2021 our six living ex-prime ministers cost taxpayers $1,086,531.
No, we are not outraged that our six former prime ministers suckle on the taxpayer teat. A few of them did some good after all. Pandemic or no pandemic, the six managed to rustle up a million dollars in expenses this year alone, report Stephanie Tran and Mark Sawyer.
Australia does a good job of looking after its former prime ministers.
We have come a long way from 1966, when Robert Menzies left The Lodge after 16 years. Australia's longest-serving PM did not have another home to go to, and no claim on taxpayers' generosity. So Melbourne establishment figures got him new digs in the city's respectable eastern suburbs. In an era of scandal-shy press, nobody made much of a fuss about it.
Today, former PMs' pensions are generous enough to afford a nice little place, though not as generous as they were, thanks to a vigorous handshake deal between John Howard and Mark Latham in 2004. The changes brokered by the Coalition and Labor limited eligibility to what was then a bottomless pit of perks for all MPs, not just PMs.
Now, only former PMs elected to Parliament before the 2004 election are entitled to the big perks that were available under the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme (PCSS). That cuts out Malcolm Turnbull and the incumbent, Scott Morrison, but not Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
The ghosts who waltz
Turnbull is, overall, one of our least expensive ex-PMs, if not the least expensive. But his itemised expenditure from January to September 2021 came in at $274,386.79, leading the pack of ex-PMs.
Turnbull may have memorably coined the term miserable ghost for Rudd and Abbott, but he and his superannuated colleagues in the Ex-Prime Ministers Club are no misers.
Michael West Media (MWM) has pored over the figures released by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) on December 14.
Howard spent $256,377.74. Abbott spent $229,645.08. Keating spent $119,502.25. Rudd spent $116,506.77 and Gillard spent just $86,077.75. The same order was maintained in their office expenses, detailed below.
Despite the pandemic, their spending did not go down in 2020-21 from 2019-20.
MWM has prepared tables outlining the spending by former PMs in almost the entire period since Morrison replaced Turnbull in August 2018. The tables do not repeat the figures detailed above, which were based on nine months only, not the full year of 2021. Instead we have detailed three full years ending on September 30, 2021.
Bob Hawke, who died in May 2019, is not included on the tables. He totted up expenses of $92,717 in 2018-19 and $60 (yes, sixty dollars) in 2019-20.
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/how-australian-ex-prime-ministers-spent-a-million-bucks/
#15160236 at 2021-12-08 22:35:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19179: Twatter Suspends GMAX Trial Tracker (EBAKE) Edition
Scott Morrison's Covid scam to help a third friend, Scott Briggs, become a millionaire via government contracts and fraud
Scott Morrison has recent history of helping his close mates make $million from government contracts such as David Gazard and Nine Chairman Peter Costello but the new Covid scam also involves another friend Scott Briggs. Mr Briggs is also the president of Scott Morrison's Federal Electorate Council in his Sydney electorate of Cook.
Given Scott Morrison was sacked as Managing Director of Tourism Australia in 2006 for deliberate lies and deception in relation to the awarding of government contracts worth $184 million it should be no surprise that Morrison is funnelling as much money as he can to his friends while he is Prime Minister. (Click here to read more)
Before we look at the new Covid scam let's have a look at the Submarine deal where David Gazard and Nine Chairman Peter Costello made a profit which I suspect was in the $millions. What is odd about the Submarine deal is that the media are now looking into the Covid scam because it involves Morrison's friends, but the old media have never touched the Submarine scam, except for one story by the ABC in 2019, even though it also involves Morrison's friends.
I published an article titled "France had Scott Morrison's mate David Gazard on their payroll for the $90 billion Submarine scam. Has Morrison pulled off one of the biggest stings ever?" which sets out the background. While the submarine deal was announced in 2016 by the then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the contact was still not finalised until 2019.
The ABC reported (11/2/19):
A long-awaited contract for the $50 billion Future Submarine program will be signed in Canberra today by France and Australia, following months of tough negotiations and the recruitment of a high-powered lobbyist.
The ABC can reveal one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's key political confidants was recently hired by the French state-owned shipbuilder Naval Group to help improve a rocky relationship with the Defence department, and to secure a crucial Strategic Partnering Agreement (SPA).
"ECG Advisory Solutions", a lobbying firm founded by former Liberal party candidate David Gazard, has been advising Naval Group since last year on how to handle the difficult SPA negotiations with Australia.
Mr Gazard, who was chief of staff to former New South Wales Liberal leader John Brogden, began his friendship with Mr Morrison when he was the Liberal Party's State Director for the 2003 election.
In a statement, Naval Group confirmed the arrangement but did not disclose how much Mr Gazard's company was being paid for its lobbying services.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2021/12/09/scott-morrisons-covid-scam-to-help-a-third-friend-scott-briggs-become-a-millionaire-via-government-contracts-and-fraud/
#15116569 at 2021-12-01 23:01:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19123: Ghislaine Maxwell Is Ebaked Edition
Rachelle Miller calls for action against Alan Tudge after affair in bombshell parliament statement
The former lover of Liberal frontbencher Alan Tudge has dropped a bombshell statement about her old boss, who has now firmly denied the new claims.
Liberal frontbencher Alan Tudge's ex-lover has dropped a bombshell statement to all parliamentarians urging the Prime Minister to act on her former bosses' "unacceptable behaviour."
Former press secretary Rachelle Miller, who admits to an extramarital affair with Mr Tudge, claims in the new account that he once kicked her out of a hotel room after she woke up naked in his bed because he wanted to get more sleep while she fielded media calls.
"Today I stand in my former workplace to say, again, that what happened to me in this place was not OK," her statement to Parliament House reads.
"I call on every woman in this building to stand with me, but I know that many are scared about their jobs, their livelihoods, the careers they've worked so hard for."
Mr Tudge has firmly rebutted Ms Miller's claims, telling news.com.au: "I completely and utterly reject Ms Miller's version of events.
"Ms Miller and I had a consensual affair in 2017 as both of us have publicly acknowledged. This is something I deeply regret."
During one trip to Kalgoorlie with then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to announce the Cashless Welfare Card trial, Ms Miller said Mr Tudge encouraged her to stay up late drinking.
She woke up naked in his hotel room.
"My mobile phone started ringing. I woke up in the pitch black dark and reached for my phone,'' she said.
"It was about 4am and a morning media producer was calling about the front-page story, wanting to line up an interview with the Minister.
"[The Minister] was furious, telling me to 'get the f*ck out of his bed'. I quickly told the producer I would call her back. I then realised I was completely naked.
"I fell off the side of the bed and ended up on the floor. I searched around in the dark for my clothes. He was yelling at me that 'my phone had woken him up. He needed to get more sleep'."
Ms Miller said she then returned to her room and started work.
"I unpacked my laptop, sat at the desk, and started answering and making phone calls and emails to arrange the media for the Minister for the day."
A taxpayer-funded workplace investigation into Education Minister Alan Tudge's extramarital affair and treatment of Ms Miller found there was insufficient evidence to substantiate allegations of inappropriate behaviours.
Mr Tudge has admitted to the affair and apologised to his wife, family and Ms Miller but flatly rejected any suggestion of bullying.
Despite her decision not to participate on legal advice, the Department of Finance authorised law firm Spark Helmore conducting the investigation without interviewing Ms Miller. It then found there was insufficient evidence of any wrongdoing.
In a statement to news.com.au on November 9, a spokesman for Mr Tudge said there were "no adverse findings" against him.
"While respecting the confidentiality of the process, I can confirm that the independent assessment by law firm Sparke Helmore and the Department of Finance was completed in early June 2021 and there were no adverse findings against Mr Tudge," the spokesman said.
"All MPs and senior staff are expected to undertake workplace management training as outlined by Commissioner Kate Jenkins and Mr Tudge has completed this process."
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/rachelle-miller-calls-for-action-against-alan-tudge-after-affair-in-bombshell-parliament-statement/news-story/e9302769d15e121862546f75080e4afc
#15112239 at 2021-12-01 06:01:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19118: Muh Joos BV back on his bullshit (EBAKE) Edition
Christian Porter to quit politics, ending career of a Liberal once touted as a future PM
Liberal MP Christian Porter says he will quit politics at the next election, after a year in which he fell from one of the highest positions of power in parliament to the backbench.
Announcing his resignation on Facebook, Mr Porter said he was quitting to spend more time with family.
"After a long time giving everything I could to the people of Pearce it's now time to give more of what is left to those around me whose love has been unconditional," Mr Porter wrote.
"There are few, if any, constants left in modern politics. Perhaps the only certainty now is that there appears to be no limit to what some will say or allege or do to gain an advantage over a perceived enemy.
"This makes the harshness that can accompany the privilege of representing people, harder than ever before. But even though I have experienced perhaps more of the harshness of modern politics than most, there are no regrets."
Mr Porter was elected as the Member for Pearce in Perth's north in 2013, and quickly rose through the ranks to become attorney-general under former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and then under Scott Morrison.
He was openly mentioned in conversations in the corridors of parliament as a potential future prime minister.
But the West Australian MP became embroiled in controversy earlier this year after the ABC reported an unnamed cabinet minister had been accused of raping a woman in 1988, in a letter sent to Mr Morrison.
Mr Porter identified himself as the unnamed cabinet minister, and strenuously denied the allegation in a tearful press conference.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-01/christian-porter-to-quit-politics/100622928
#14979913 at 2021-11-12 03:21:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18951: "Long and Loud and Impossible to Ignore." Edition
'I don't believe I have, no': Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he's never told a lie in public life
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has never told a lie during his time in public life after being asked about Malcolm Turnbull's accusations he had "a reputation for lying".
After being asked about Malcolm Turnbull's accusations he had "a reputation for lying" Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted he's never told a lie during his time in public life.
Appearing on Melbourne radio station 3AW Mr Morrison was asked by host Neil Mitchell "you ever told a lie in public life?".
The Prime Minister replied: "I don't believe I have, no, no".
The question about Mr Morrison's truthfulness comes after accusations from former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull - but also French President Emmanuel Macron - that he is a liar.
Mr Turnbull, who fell out with Mr Morrison after losing power in a leadership spill in 2018, told a journalist during the COP26 climate talks the Prime Minister had "lied to me on many occasions ... Scott has always had a reputation for telling lies".
Mr Macron called Mr Morrison a liar for allegedly hiding Australia's intention to terminate a contract to purchase French submarines in favour of a new deal with the Americans and British.
Asked directly how it felt to be called a serial liar by Mr Turnbull, the Prime Minister said "sledges" were part of politics and he had learned "not to have a thin skin".
"Well look, I'm in politics. People take sledges at me all the time," he said.
"I've learnt in public life over a long period of time to not have a thin skin."
In a possible sly dig at Mr Turnbull - who former foreign minister Alexander Downer termed 'bitter' for his attacks on the Prime Minister - Mr Morrison said politicians need to "not get bitter, to just stay focused on the job".
"You'll get slings and arrows from everywhere. You'll get them from politics, you'll get them from media. You'll get them from time to time, and if you haven't got the thick skin to deal with that then you're in the wrong job," he said.
"It's not something that distracts me, I tend not to take things personally. I think that's a good practice if you want to be in public life. To stay focus on the job and don't get distracted by the sledges."
The Prime Minister also said he had not spoken to Mr Turnbull since his accusations.
When asked if he wanted to speak to him he also replied "no".
The Prime Minister would not be drawn on whether he wanted Mr Turnbull "out of the Liberal Party".
"That's not a judgement for me, it's a matter for the Liberal party," he said.
"I don't see the need for that, if others do, that's fine, but it's just not something I think about. Why would I spend a second worrying about that?"
He was also not concerned when Mr Mitchell said in making his accusations Mr Turnbull had "written the Labor Party's campaign strategy for the next election".
"We've spent more time in this interview talking about it (the accusations) than I've spent time even thinking about it. It's not something I fuss about.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/i-dont-believe-i-have-no-prime-minister-scott-morrison-says-hes-never-told-a-lie-in-public-life/news-story/f0071d6bd487612df06bfaa56408f874
#14919009 at 2021-11-04 02:17:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18872: Nothing Can Stop What Is Comfefe Edition
>>14918432
>>14918235 (LB) Scott Morrison leaked a 15-page US government document to embarrass President Joe Biden
Listen to this leftist faggot
Macron is a globohomo and Morrison is doing a fine job despite every commie news outlet going after him.
You agree with Malcolm Turnbull?
Go fuck yourself, glowie
#14918235 at 2021-11-04 00:51:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18871: Into the Night, Comfy Fight Edition
Scott Morrison leaked a 15-page US government document to embarrass President Joe Biden
Scott Morrison leaked a 15-page US government document to embarrass President Joe Biden, but the Australian media are totally focused on French President Emmanuel Macron calling Scott Morrison a liar and Morrison then leaking text messages. Given our trade and defence ties with the US are the most important we have then the leaking of the 15-page report could likely end up being a lot more damaging than the controversy with France.
The leaking of the 15-page USA government document report has only been reported by the ABC's 7.30 Report on Tuesday (2/11/21) at this stage to my knowledge which I have also reported in the below video that I published on Wednesday (3/11/21):
The fight with the French will take years to mend:
Elys?e officials have expressed fury at the decision of Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, to leak a private text message from the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as the diplomatic rift between the two countries deepened.
"Confidence has been completely shattered," a close adviser to Macron told French media on Tuesday. "Disclosing a text message exchange between heads of state or government is a pretty crude and unconventional tactic." (Click here to read more)
Scott Morrison has a long history of leaking and bullying, especially against women such as Brittany Higgins, Grace Tame, Christine Holgate and Julia Banks who Morrison wanted to silence and undermine, so it is no surprise Morrison has used his standard strategy against Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron. (Click here to read more)
I am no fan of Malcolm Turnbull and he has a lot of questions to answer over the submarine deal that he originally signed off on which I have previously written about (Click here to read more) but I do agree with him saying: "I'll tell you what Scott Morrison has done. He has sacrificed Australian honour, Australian security and Australian sovereignty"
As I said in the above video the scandal will continue to grow and some in the Australian media are happy to push Scott Morison's propaganda and lies to try and help him out of the huge hole he has dug for himself. But I cannot see the American government letting it ride and they will take some sort of action against Scott Morrison for leaking and lying but that might be behind closed doors to avoid a public fight which the world is watching Scott Morrison having with the French.
Morrison's history of lying and leaking is likely at a far higher level than our most recent Prime Ministers but doing it on the world stage causing diplomatic scandals is taking the lies to a whole new level of scandal. It doesn't matter how you look at it, Scott Morrison, in his around the world in 7 days tour, has managed to challenge for the title of the most hated person in the world. The biggest problem is our country will be paying for Scott Morrison's corruption for generations to come.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2021/11/04/scott-morrison-leaked-a-15-page-us-government-document-to-embarrass-president-joe-biden/
#14911006 at 2021-11-03 02:34:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18862: Poll Watchers Flood Virginia as GOP Raises Doubts 'Election Integrity' Ed
The Morrison government is making it easier for companies to mislead the market and get away with it. The federal government has all but passed new legislation that will make it more difficult to punish deceptive behaviour in corporate Australia. Independent Senator Rex Patrick had proposed that around 1,500 "large proprietary companies" with links to
Australia's richest people be forced to report their financials to ASIC like everyone else. They include companies linked to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the Myer family, and billionaire Alex Waislitz. Under a loophole opened in 1995 by then-Prime Minister Paul Keating, these entities were temporarily exempted from disclosing their financial activities. Twenty-five years later it still hasn't been closed, providing a specific subset of elite Australians with the kind cover not provided to anyone else.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/company-disclosure-laws-asic
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/push-to-close-rich-list-reporting-loophole-20200608-p550g2
ATO data reveals almost a third of big companies still not paying tax in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/12/ato-data-reveals-almost-a-third-of-big-companies-still-not-paying-tax-in-australia
The millionaires who pay no tax
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Department/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2015/April/Millionaires-who-dont-pay-tax
The big corporate hitters who the ATO says are paying no tax
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2019/12/12/tax-big-corporations-pay-none/
Global gas giants use loophole to avoid tax on billions from Australian operations
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/global-gas-giants-use-loophole-to-avoid-tax-on-billions-from-australian-operations-20170425-gvrwn9.html
How Uber, Google, Facebook and Other Tech Giants Avoid Paying Billions in Tax?
https://medium.com/betaschoolhq/how-uber-google-facebook-and-other-tech-giants-avoid-paying-billions-in-tax-365b7c8b7dbc
#14653115 at 2021-09-24 19:59:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18535: EBake MAGA Promise Edition
Inside Scott Morrison's secret plan to RETIRE and hand the leadership over to loyal deputy Josh Frydenberg - but the PM has one final goal to achieve before he gives up power
New book says Prime Minister Scott Morrison has considered stepping down
But he would not make such a decision without winning the 2022 election first
Deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg, 50, would be the obvious replacement
But first Mr Morrison has to beat Labor's Anthony Albanese in gruelling election
Scott Morrison has pondered retiring and handing over leadership to Josh Frydenberg if he wins the next election, according to a new book.
The Prime Minister, 53, took charge in 2018 when Peter Dutton challenged Malcolm Turnbull for Liberal leadership but then lost to Mr Morrison in a party vote.
He earned a further three years in power by surprisingly beating Labor leader Bill Shorten the following year in an election he was widely expected to lose.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10015449/Prime-Minister-Scott-Morrisons-secret-plan-retire-hand-Treasurer-Josh-Frydenberg.html
#14515014 at 2021-09-03 17:49:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18361: I SD AUDITS!!! Edition
Former Australian PM accuses Scott Morrison of leading country into 'cold war' with China to become US' 'fawning acolyte'
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has accused current leader Scott Morrison of pushing the country into a "cold war" with China and damaging relations with Beijing in a "fawning" effort to please Washington.
In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, Keating argued that the Morrison government's confrontational stance with China was absurd, given that Australia "is a continent sharing a border with no other state" and "has no territorial disputes with China."
Keating pointed out that China is "12 flying hours away from the Australian coast," yet the current government, "through its foreign policy incompetence and fawning compulsion to please America, effectively has us in a cold war with China." Keating served as prime minister and leader of the Australian Labor Party between December 1991 and March 1996.
The former PM warned that Morrison is leading Australia into a "strategic dead end" with its "needless provocations" against Beijing.
The Morrison government is needlessly and irresponsibly pushing Australia towards a headlong confrontation with China, and doing it, in the main, to be seen in Washington as America's fawning acolyte.
As to why US "warmongering" is currently focused on China, Keating argued Washington is upset that the Asian giant "is now a state as large as the United States, and with the potential of being much larger" - something he described as "an unforgivable sin for American triumphalists."
China's rise is simply "not in the American playbook," and its "very existence" at such a scale is "an affront to American's notion of itself as the exceptional state."
Keating's take provoked instant pushback from Australia's conservative establishment.
Peter Jennings, the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) - which is funded by the Australian government, the US State Department, and major military contractors - told Sky News Australia that it was "simply ahistorical" to suggest China was not a threat and called Keating "profoundly incorrect." ASPI itself, however, has been accused in Australian media of "fomenting anti-China hysteria."
Keating is not the first former Australian leader to question Morrison over his government's stance on China. Last month, former Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd warned that anti-Chinese remarks by the government could cause a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, as seen recently in the US.
Turnbull argued during a webinar discussion that some of the PM's political rhetoric could undermine "the success of our multicultural society" if played up by right-wing media.
Morrison's government has adopted a provocative foreign policy position against Beijing since he became leader of the centre-right Liberal Party and took office as PM in August 2018, succeeding Turnbull.
Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton has repeatedly hinted at a potential conflict between Australia and China. In April, Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo even controversially declared that "the drums of war" were beating.
Earlier this year, after Australia pulled out of several 'Belt and Road initiative' deals with China, the Chinese embassy in Canberra accused the Australian government of being "unreasonable and provocative" and of showing "no sincerity in improving China-Australia relations" - a decision it said "will only end up hurting [Australia] itself."
Despite its posturing, several outlets have pointed out that Australia would be unlikely to fight any war with China on its own, given its military budget is 10 times less than that of Beijing.
https://www.rt.com/news/533899-paul-keating-scott-morrison-china/
#13488009 at 2021-04-22 18:51:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17084: EBAKE
Senior Chinese diplomat accuses Australia and US of 'conniving' on Huawei ban
A senior Chinese diplomat has sensationally accused Australia and the United States of collaborating in a "very unethical, illegal, and immoral" way to suppress Chinese state-owned companies.
China's Deputy Head of Mission in Australia Wang Xining attacked the US and Australia for "suppressing" Huawei.
Mr Wang told the Press Club on Wednesday Australia was one of the first to ban Huawei from the 5G rollout and actually "persuaded others to follow suit".
Australia blocked the massive state-owned telecommunications company from the 5G rollout under former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over security concerns.
Former president Donald Trump signed an executive order in 2018 prohibiting federal agencies or contractors from using the Huawei network which sparked mass backlash in Beijing.
Mr Wang said Australia "connived" with the United States in an "unethical, illegal, immoral suppression of Chinese companies".
The deputy head of mission then went on to attack Australia's telecommunications industry and claimed Huawei's "technological advancement" contributed to its banning in the Australian market.
"I wonder why your intelligence and security operators has the guts to claim that they know what the threat is posed by Huawei," he said.
https://youtu.be/T_GiH5RiSwg
#13421827 at 2021-04-14 04:26:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17001: Can FakeNews Recover From The George Floyd Narrative Collapse? Edition
How large is Rupert Murdoch's reach through News Corp in Australian media, old and new?
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's petition to establish a royal commission into media diversity in Australia attracted more than half a million signatures and took aim at Rupert Murdoch, whose media empire Mr Rudd labelled a "cancer on democracy".
Another ex-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull also weighed in, branding it "an absolute threat to our democracy" and "the most powerful political actor in Australia".
Mr Rudd's petition, with support from Mr Turnbull, led to a Senate inquiry into Australia's news media and Mr Murdoch's role in it.
So, just what is his reach?
In this fact file, RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at the breadth and popularity of Mr Murdoch's Australian media outlets, relative to their competitors.
Given the focus by Mr Rudd and Mr Turnbull on Australian democracy, this analysis is limited to the coverage of news and current affairs in Australia.
Print newspapers
Digital newspapers
Online news
Television
Social media
Facebook
YouTube
Radio
Murdoch's reach: the big picture
For the purpose of this fact file, "reach" refers to the number of unique individuals who, for example, visited a website, watched a television channel or read a newspaper during a given period.
Fact Check sourced viewer and readership data for print, digital (including social media), television and radio from various sources, including reputable survey organisations Roy Morgan and Nielsen.
A dark-haired woman holds up a newspaper at a hearing room above a monitor with an older man in blue suit.
The available data slices up and measures different parts of the media landscape, so assessing the combined audience share of Mr Murdoch's Australian news outlets is not straightforward.
So what can we say?
Certainly, News Corp's newspapers dominate the national market for physical newspapers.
At the last count, in 2016, its share of circulation among national and capital city dailies was 65 per cent, and likely similar for regional papers.
More recent data for December 2020 shows that print papers owned by News Corp commanded more than twice the total audience of those owned by Nine Entertainment.
More
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/fact-file-rupert-murdoch-media-reach-in-australia/100056660
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/fact-file-rupert-murdoch-media-reach-in-australia/100056660
Trips from state media show their colors
#13200538 at 2021-03-14 02:01:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16747: Now Showing: The Precipice Is Closer Than It Appears Edition
Harry and Meghan interview is 'manna from heaven for Republicans': Oprah tell-all leads to renewed calls to abolish the Monarchy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9359419/Harry-Meghan-interview-manna-heaven-Republicans.html
The incendiary interview given by Harry and Meghan to Oprah Winfrey has led to renewed calls for the abolition of the Monarchy.
In a statement yesterday, the anti-Royalist pressure group Republican said: 'Royalty has a toxic impact on British public life, as otherwise sensible people do mental gymnastics to defend Royals for no reason other than they are Royals. That has to stop.'
The interview has also prompted fresh calls for Australia to cut its ties with the Monarchy.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their tour of the country in 2018, said the revelations bolstered his argument for severing constitutional ties.
He said: 'It's clearly an unhappy family, or at least Meghan and Harry are unhappy. It seems very sad. After the end of the Queen's reign, that is the time for us to say, "OK, we've passed that watershed."
Do we really want to have whoever happens to be the... King or Queen of the UK automatically our head of state?'
here are also concerns that the claims made against the Royal Family could damage the Commonwealth, which is particularly close to the Queen's heart.
Last night, The Sunday Times reported that one of the Queen's most senior courtiers had branded Harry and Meghan's behaviour as 'verging on treasonous' and 'manna from heaven for Republicans'.
* https://www.openbible.info/topics/manna_from_heaven
#13071426 at 2021-02-28 21:23:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#16648: President Trump Rally Bread Edition
BOMBSHELL LETTER: Alleged rape and suicide rock Australian politics
A letter, penned by "friends" of a woman who claimed she was raped by a man who is now a minister, contains a grave warning to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Scott Morrison is under pressure to stand down a minister at the centre of a historic rape allegation and to hold a parliamentary investigation after he received an anonymous letter, penned by "friends" of a dead woman who told police she was raped in 1988, calling for "justice".
News.com.au has obtained a copy of the correspondence detailing the claims of theAdelaide woman who also left behind a trove of emails, letters and statements describing an alleged assault when she was just 16 years old. The alleged incident occurred interstate.
The letter, which was sent to the Prime Minister on the day of the dead woman's 50th birthday, details the "complex and distressing" claims. The woman also sought guidance from the former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull before her death.
"When news [of the incident] becomes widely known to the public (as it most likely will) legitimate questions will be asked as to who knew what, when they knew it and what they did,'' the letter states.
It also references the allegations of sexual assault made by a former Liberal staffer whose claims are now being investigated by police.
"This is occurring today in relation to Brittany Higgins," the letter states.
"In [REDACTED]'s case, the loss of respect for our political institutions will be exacerbated.
"There will be considerable damage to community perceptions of justice … and the Parliament if it is simultaneously revealed that the senior people (like yourselves) were aware of the accusation but had done nothing.
"This is not a partisan issue … This is a difficult issue. Victims share information in confidence and sometimes do not want to pursue claims, at least initially.
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/minister-rape-claims-warning-to-pm-scott-morrison-in-letter/news-story/be77b55239996ed731a2133c67d8b54c
#13070262 at 2021-02-28 19:23:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#16646: President Trump SOTU Address Today - Anons Comfy Edition
Federal MPs Daniel Mulino and Celia Hammond reveal they were aware of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister who was named in anonymous letter
Two more federal MPs - one Liberal and one Labor - have revealed they were aware of a historical rape allegation made against a Cabinet Minister before it became public last Friday.
Key points:
Labor MP Daniel Mulino told the ABC he was contacted by the alleged victim in December 2019
Liberal MP Celia Hammond was sent a 31-page dossier outlining the allegation on Wednesday
Labor senator Penny Wong and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull were also contacted late in 2019
Labor MP Daniel Mulino told the ABC he was contacted by the alleged victim in December 2019. She was Dr Mulino's friend.
"She indicated to me that she was determined to proceed with a formal complaint and I supported her in that decision," he said.
"I ensured that the complainant was receiving appropriate support. I am greatly saddened by the death of my friend. I know that this has been a devastating period for the woman's family and close friends. My thoughts are with them."
Dr Mulino said he had told the Australian Federal Police (AFP), NSW Police and South Australian Police he was willing to assist with any investigation.
Labor senator Penny Wong and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull were also contacted late in 2019 by the woman.
Neither spoke to police at the time because the alleged victim made it clear she was already speaking to police.
The woman went to New South Wales Police in 2020 but the investigation was suspended when she took her own life on June 24, 2020. The day before, she had told police she no longer wanted to proceed with the investigation.
South Australian Police are preparing a report into her death for the coroner.
Allegation aired following letter
A 31-page dossier outlining the allegation was sent by express post to the offices of the Prime Minister, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Senator Wong on Wednesday.
The ABC understands the AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw also received the correspondence but by email earlier that day.
The ABC has confirmed that Celia Hammond, a WA Liberal MP, was also sent the 31-page dossier.
This is presumably because she had been asked by the Prime Minister to lead an inquiry into the Liberal Party's workplace culture, only for it to be rolled into a broader independent investigation.
"I received a copy of the correspondence on Wednesday," Ms Hammond told the ABC.
"I gave it to the Australian Federal Police on Wednesday afternoon and I alerted the Prime Minister's Office."
The Prime Minister's Office has not responded to questions about when it alerted the police about the letter, but a statement from a spokesman said reporting to the police ensured that any alleged crimes were properly investigated.
"As per the AFP Commissioner's instruction, any complaints or allegations of this nature made to anybody - whether they're parliamentarians or journalists - should be referred to the AFP," the spokesman said.
Senator Hanson-Young and Senator Wong did not open the envelope until Friday morning.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-28/more-federal-mps-aware-rape-allegation-before-revealed-to-public/13201522
#12746070 at 2021-01-28 20:21:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16272: Do Not Lose Focus On Loop Capitol Edition
#16268
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>>12743681 #16268
#16267 Posted in #16268
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>>12742249 Angela Stanton-King: I'm still trying to digest fact that satanic child sacrificing pedophiles are running our country, it doesn't seem to be a damn thing that anyone can do about it
>>12742250 Stock Market for Dummies: Gamestop's Fantastic Success Explained
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>>12742390 @45thSpaceWing and @SpaceX: Successfully launched the Falcon 9 Transporter 1 mission earlier this week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! #SemperSupra #PartnersinSpace
>>12742407 @GOPoversight: Top Republicans @RepJamesComer, @Jim_Jordan, and @virginiafoxx are expressing concerns over UPenn's close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations that the university has received millions of dollars from China. The lawmakers are seeking answers
>>12742420, >>12742488, >>12742444 Press Release: Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Division of Enforcement
>>12742424 C_A installed agent Jason Crow (House D, Colorado) asking police chiefs to investigate their officers to see if they were at the 1/6 "insurrection" at the Capitol.
>>12742427, >>12742467, >>12742698 Is The Reddit Rebellion About To Descend On The Precious Metals Market?
>>12742463 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Biden Quietly Agrees to New 'Commission' to Study 'Supreme Court Reform'
>>12742496, >>12742500 35 Academics Challenge Bold Claims about Benefits of California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum
>>12742707 CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
>>12742723, >>12742745, >>12742751 Event of Interest: 4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
>>12742861 Reddit traders now drive American Airlines shares up 20%
>>12742909, >>12742917, >>12742944 Ironic: Merriam-Webster Changes Definition Of 'White Supremacist' To 'Anyone Who Wins In The Stock Market When They're Not Supposed To'
>>12742923 Terrified members of Congress demand funds to hire 24-hour armed guards or local police protection at their homes and demand their addresses are kept secret
>>12742958 Pinal JP resigns, replacement will be appointed by supervisors
>>12742953 Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
>>12742988 Joy Reid Suggests That Ignoring Climate Change Might Provoke An Alien Attack
>>12742964, >>12742992 AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc Updates
>>12743418 #16267 Posted in #16268
#12745241 at 2021-01-28 19:04:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16271: The House Doesn't Always Win Edition
#16268
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>>12743011 GME goes red
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>>12743214 reddit having problems
>>12743234 New York May Have Underreported Nursing Home Covid Deaths By As Much As 50%, Report Finds
>>12743258 brokerage firms freezing gamestop trades
>>12743267 Donald J. Trump presidential library
>>12743274 CNBC: General Motors plans to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035
>>12743291, >>12743342 GME under $200
>>12743294 chateau marmont hit by multiple lawsuits for rasism/sexual misconduct
>>12743297 robinhood tweet about freezing GME transactions
>>12743325 PF reports
>>12743363 bidens destruction of america hits home
>>12743353 Dave portnoy calls out robinhood for freezing trading
>>12743389 Justice Department officially rescinds policy that led to family separations
>>12743350, >>12743358 BIDEN's destruction of America
>>12743394 breaking: botticelli masterpiece sells for $92 million
>>12743436 gamestop short sell firm citadel, paid bidens treasury secretary millions
>>12743485 robinhood co founder stepedd down in november
>>12743521 The latest GameStopped company: American Airlines
>>12742187 DOG comms to now OWL comms: Snowy owl spotted in Central Park for the first time in more than a century, experts say
>>12743606 robinhood double standards
>>12743653 is the net closing in on AS?
>>12743658 FL trump plaza condo board votes to dump the trump name
>>12743681 #16268
#16267 Posted in #16268
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>>12742249 Angela Stanton-King: I'm still trying to digest fact that satanic child sacrificing pedophiles are running our country, it doesn't seem to be a damn thing that anyone can do about it
>>12742250 Stock Market for Dummies: Gamestop's Fantastic Success Explained
>>12742225 Anon on Gamestop: Diamond hands guys. This wont end so soon. Do not listen to MSM...
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>>12742390 @45thSpaceWing and @SpaceX: Successfully launched the Falcon 9 Transporter 1 mission earlier this week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! #SemperSupra #PartnersinSpace
>>12742407 @GOPoversight: Top Republicans @RepJamesComer, @Jim_Jordan, and @virginiafoxx are expressing concerns over UPenn's close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations that the university has received millions of dollars from China. The lawmakers are seeking answers
>>12742420, >>12742488, >>12742444 Press Release: Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Division of Enforcement
>>12742424 C_A installed agent Jason Crow (House D, Colorado) asking police chiefs to investigate their officers to see if they were at the 1/6 "insurrection" at the Capitol.
>>12742427, >>12742467, >>12742698 Is The Reddit Rebellion About To Descend On The Precious Metals Market?
>>12742463 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Biden Quietly Agrees to New 'Commission' to Study 'Supreme Court Reform'
>>12742496, >>12742500 35 Academics Challenge Bold Claims about Benefits of California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum
>>12742707 CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
>>12742723, >>12742745, >>12742751 Event of Interest: 4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
>>12742861 Reddit traders now drive American Airlines shares up 20%
>>12742909, >>12742917, >>12742944 Ironic: Merriam-Webster Changes Definition Of 'White Supremacist' To 'Anyone Who Wins In The Stock Market When They're Not Supposed To'
>>12742923 Terrified members of Congress demand funds to hire 24-hour armed guards or local police protection at their homes and demand their addresses are kept secret
>>12742958 Pinal JP resigns, replacement will be appointed by supervisors
>>12742953 Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
>>12742988 Joy Reid Suggests That Ignoring Climate Change Might Provoke An Alien Attack
>>12742964, >>12742992 AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc Updates
>>12743418 #16267 Posted in #16268
#12744533 at 2021-01-28 17:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16270: Today's Forecast: Happening Edition
#16267 Posted in #16268
>>12742187 DOG comms to now OWL comms: Snowy owl spotted in Central Park for the first time in more than a century, experts say
>>12742249 Angela Stanton-King: I'm still trying to digest fact that satanic child sacrificing pedophiles are running our country, it doesn't seem to be a damn thing that anyone can do about it
>>12742250 Stock Market for Dummies: Gamestop's Fantastic Success Explained
>>12742225 Anon on Gamestop: Diamond hands guys. This wont end so soon. Do not listen to MSM...
>>12742284, >>12742299, >>12742326, >>12742301, >>12742348, >>12742489, >>12742399, >>12742448, >>12742466, >>12742472, >>12742511, >>12742524, Game Stop updates
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>>12742748, >>12742761, >>12742911, >>12742921 Game Stop updates
>>12742335, >>12742355, >>12742359, >>12742385 Ghislaine Maxwell evidence REVEALED: 100 girls came to Epstein mansion while she was his 'pimp', she 'ordered underage girls to kiss and dance sexually for him', stole victim's passport and 'used sex toy in threesome with accuser', court docs claim
>>12742390 @45thSpaceWing and @SpaceX: Successfully launched the Falcon 9 Transporter 1 mission earlier this week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! #SemperSupra #PartnersinSpace
>>12742407 @GOPoversight: Top Republicans @RepJamesComer, @Jim_Jordan, and @virginiafoxx are expressing concerns over UPenn's close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations that the university has received millions of dollars from China. The lawmakers are seeking answers
>>12742420, >>12742488, >>12742444 Press Release: Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Division of Enforcement
>>12742424 C_A installed agent Jason Crow (House D, Colorado) asking police chiefs to investigate their officers to see if they were at the 1/6 "insurrection" at the Capitol.
>>12742427, >>12742467, >>12742698 Is The Reddit Rebellion About To Descend On The Precious Metals Market?
>>12742463 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Biden Quietly Agrees to New 'Commission' to Study 'Supreme Court Reform'
>>12742496, >>12742500 35 Academics Challenge Bold Claims about Benefits of California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum
>>12742707 CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
>>12742723, >>12742745, >>12742751 Event of Interest: 4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
>>12742861 Reddit traders now drive American Airlines shares up 20%
>>12742909, >>12742917, >>12742944 Ironic: Merriam-Webster Changes Definition Of 'White Supremacist' To 'Anyone Who Wins In The Stock Market When They're Not Supposed To'
>>12742923 Terrified members of Congress demand funds to hire 24-hour armed guards or local police protection at their homes and demand their addresses are kept secret
>>12742958 Pinal JP resigns, replacement will be appointed by supervisors
>>12742953 Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
>>12742988 Joy Reid Suggests That Ignoring Climate Change Might Provoke An Alien Attack
>>12742964, >>12742992 AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc Updates
>>12743418 #16267 Posted in #16268
#16266
>>12741403 GME goes up at 500$ in pre-trading
>>12741431, >>12741440, >>12741647 Swiss Swedish Bankers Dig
>>12741432 Ingersoll Lockwood Board of Directors digg
>>12741470, >>12741493, >>12741500, >>12741502 Explain why that GME is so important and what this is all about?
>>12741549 Remember - Adam Schiff Connected to Both Companies Named in $7.4 Billion Burisma-US-Ukraine Corruption Case
>>12741638 Ghost bake cancelled
>>12741721 China rattles the saber at Taiwan
>>12741805 Your morning Gitmo Air update.
>>12741824 Anon drops a Lin Wood whistleblower vid: "Justice" Roberts.
>>12741941 WOW: Trans is one thing.. A grown man dressing like a toddler is …Unironically Retarded.
>>12741964 Realraw: Trump re-bases his operations at Mar-a-Lago
>>12742108 #16266
#12743700 at 2021-01-28 16:42:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16269: Edition
Notables are not endorsements
#16268
>>12742982 Man accused of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl ordered released by Pakistani court
>>12743011 GME goes red
>>12743173 epstein news 1 year delta
>>12743214 reddit having problems
>>12743234 New York May Have Underreported Nursing Home Covid Deaths By As Much As 50%, Report Finds
>>12743258 brokerage firms freezing gamestop trades
>>12743267 Donald J. Trump presidential library
>>12743274 CNBC: General Motors plans to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035
>>12743291, >>12743342 GME under $200
>>12743294 chateau marmont hit by multiple lawsuits for rasism/sexual misconduct
>>12743297 robinhood tweet about freezing GME transactions
>>12743325 PF reports
>>12743363 bidens destruction of america hits home
>>12743353 Dave portnoy calls out robinhood for freezing trading
>>12743389 Justice Department officially rescinds policy that led to family separations
>>12743350, >>12743358 BIDEN's destruction of America
>>12743394 breaking: botticelli masterpiece sells for $92 million
>>12743436 gamestop short sell firm citadel, paid bidens treasury secretary millions
>>12743485 robinhood co founder stepedd down in november
>>12743521 The latest GameStopped company: American Airlines
>>12742187 DOG comms to now OWL comms: Snowy owl spotted in Central Park for the first time in more than a century, experts say
>>12743606 robinhood double standards
>>12743653 is the net closing in on AS?
>>12743658 FL trump plaza condo board votes to dump the trump name
>>12743681 #16268
#16267 Posted in #16268
>>12742187 DOG comms to now OWL comms: Snowy owl spotted in Central Park for the first time in more than a century, experts say
>>12742249 Angela Stanton-King: I'm still trying to digest fact that satanic child sacrificing pedophiles are running our country, it doesn't seem to be a damn thing that anyone can do about it
>>12742250 Stock Market for Dummies: Gamestop's Fantastic Success Explained
>>12742225 Anon on Gamestop: Diamond hands guys. This wont end so soon. Do not listen to MSM...
>>12742284, >>12742299, >>12742326, >>12742301, >>12742348, >>12742489, >>12742399, >>12742448, >>12742466, >>12742472, >>12742511, >>12742524, Game Stop updates
>>12742531, >>12742573, >>12742587, >>12742640, >>12742658, >>12742665, >>12742683, >>12742715, >>12742740, >>12742729, >>12742765, >>12742737, Game Stop updates
>>12742748, >>12742761, >>12742911, >>12742921 Game Stop updates
>>12742335, >>12742355, >>12742359, >>12742385 Ghislaine Maxwell evidence REVEALED: 100 girls came to Epstein mansion while she was his 'pimp', she 'ordered underage girls to kiss and dance sexually for him', stole victim's passport and 'used sex toy in threesome with accuser', court docs claim
>>12742390 @45thSpaceWing and @SpaceX: Successfully launched the Falcon 9 Transporter 1 mission earlier this week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! #SemperSupra #PartnersinSpace
>>12742407 @GOPoversight: Top Republicans @RepJamesComer, @Jim_Jordan, and @virginiafoxx are expressing concerns over UPenn's close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations that the university has received millions of dollars from China. The lawmakers are seeking answers
>>12742420, >>12742488, >>12742444 Press Release: Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Division of Enforcement
>>12742424 C_A installed agent Jason Crow (House D, Colorado) asking police chiefs to investigate their officers to see if they were at the 1/6 "insurrection" at the Capitol.
>>12742427, >>12742467, >>12742698 Is The Reddit Rebellion About To Descend On The Precious Metals Market?
>>12742463 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Biden Quietly Agrees to New 'Commission' to Study 'Supreme Court Reform'
>>12742496, >>12742500 35 Academics Challenge Bold Claims about Benefits of California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum
>>12742707 CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
>>12742723, >>12742745, >>12742751 Event of Interest: 4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
>>12742861 Reddit traders now drive American Airlines shares up 20%
>>12742909, >>12742917, >>12742944 Ironic: Merriam-Webster Changes Definition Of 'White Supremacist' To 'Anyone Who Wins In The Stock Market When They're Not Supposed To'
>>12742923 Terrified members of Congress demand funds to hire 24-hour armed guards or local police protection at their homes and demand their addresses are kept secret
>>12742958 Pinal JP resigns, replacement will be appointed by supervisors
>>12742953 Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
>>12742988 Joy Reid Suggests That Ignoring Climate Change Might Provoke An Alien Attack
>>12742964, >>12742992 AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc Updates
>>12743418 #16267 Posted in #16268
#12743418 at 2021-01-28 16:19:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16268: The 'LEARN TO BAKE' Edition
>>12742937
>>12742874
>>12742885
Baker
Here are notes I collected from #16267
https://controlc.com/c92b5721
>>12742147 #16267 Dough
>>12742155 #16267 Baker ghost
Notables are not endorsements
#16267 Posted in #16268
>>12742187 DOG comms to now OWL comms: Snowy owl spotted in Central Park for the first time in more than a century, experts say
>>12742249 Angela Stanton-King: I'm still trying to digest fact that satanic child sacrificing pedophiles are running our country, it doesn't seem to be a damn thing that anyone can do about it
>>12742250 Stock Market for Dummies: Gamestop's Fantastic Success Explained
>>12742225 Anon on Gamestop: Diamond hands guys. This wont end so soon. Do not listen to MSM...
>>12742284, >>12742299, >>12742326, >>12742301, >>12742348, >>12742489, >>12742399, >>12742448, >>12742466, >>12742472, >>12742511, >>12742524, Game Stop updates
>>12742531, >>12742573, >>12742587, >>12742640, >>12742658, >>12742665, >>12742683, >>12742715, >>12742740, >>12742729, >>12742765, >>12742737, Game Stop updates
>>12742748, >>12742761, >>12742911, >>12742921 Game Stop updates
>>12742335, >>12742355, >>12742359, >>12742385 Ghislaine Maxwell evidence REVEALED: 100 girls came to Epstein mansion while she was his 'pimp', she 'ordered underage girls to kiss and dance sexually for him', stole victim's passport and 'used sex toy in threesome with accuser', court docs claim
>>12742390 @45thSpaceWing and @SpaceX: Successfully launched the Falcon 9 Transporter 1 mission earlier this week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station! #SemperSupra #PartnersinSpace
>>12742407 @GOPoversight: Top Republicans @RepJamesComer, @Jim_Jordan, and @virginiafoxx are expressing concerns over UPenn's close relationship with the Biden family and recent revelations that the university has received millions of dollars from China. The lawmakers are seeking answers
>>12742420, >>12742488, >>12742444 Press Release: Melissa Hodgman Named Acting Director of Division of Enforcement
>>12742424 C_A installed agent Jason Crow (House D, Colorado) asking police chiefs to investigate their officers to see if they were at the 1/6 "insurrection" at the Capitol.
>>12742427, >>12742467, >>12742698 Is The Reddit Rebellion About To Descend On The Precious Metals Market?
>>12742463 WHO'S IN CHARGE? Biden Quietly Agrees to New 'Commission' to Study 'Supreme Court Reform'
>>12742496, >>12742500 35 Academics Challenge Bold Claims about Benefits of California's Ethnic Studies Curriculum
>>12742707 CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
>>12742723, >>12742745, >>12742751 Event of Interest: 4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
>>12742861 Reddit traders now drive American Airlines shares up 20%
>>12742909, >>12742917, >>12742944 Ironic: Merriam-Webster Changes Definition Of 'White Supremacist' To 'Anyone Who Wins In The Stock Market When They're Not Supposed To'
>>12742923 Terrified members of Congress demand funds to hire 24-hour armed guards or local police protection at their homes and demand their addresses are kept secret
>>12742958 Pinal JP resigns, replacement will be appointed by supervisors
>>12742953 Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
>>12742988 Joy Reid Suggests That Ignoring Climate Change Might Provoke An Alien Attack
>>12742964, >>12742992 AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc Updates
#16267 Posted in #16268
#12742723 at 2021-01-28 15:08:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16267: The 'All Your Popcorn Are Belong to ...Anons!' Edition
>>12742682
Event of interest
Event of Interest
4 years ago US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees
45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump
45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump
Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Turnbull
https://www.onthisday.com/today/years-ago.php
#12149704 at 2020-12-23 22:19:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15512: When The Eagles Are Silent, The Parrots Begin To Jabber Edition
Biden CIA Appointee Worked With CCP Propaganda Org Conducting 'Undercover Intel Ops', Appears on China State Media
Michael O'Hanlon - an appointee to the Central Intelligence Agency External Advisory Board under the Obama-Biden administration - visited a Chinese Communist Party-run think tank identified by the U.S. government as conducting "undercover intelligence gathering" operations and seeking to coerce foreign actors into backing the Chinese Communist Party's "preferred policies."
Also at the Director of the Brooking Institute's Foreign Policy Research Team and adjunct professor at Georgetown and Columbia Universities, O'Hanlon visited the China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) on August 23rd, 2012 - the same year his Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) External Advisory Board stint ended.
Under President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, O'Hanlon served on CIA External Advisory Board, the brainchild of then-CIA Director Leon Panetta. It counted O'Hanlon as an advisor from 2011 to 2012.
Specifically, he paid a visit to the CAIFC's Peace and Development Research Center, whose summary of O'Hanlon's appearance noted he praised the center as one of the "most famous in China" and was "attracted by its reputation."
"He came and hoped to hear opinions on Sino-U.S. relations and regional hot-spot issues from scholars of the center. The opinions he got may provide references for his book about Sino-U.S. relations which he was writing with Steinberg, former U.S. Deputy Secretary," the summary added.
O'Hanlon's praise and open ears, however, were deeply misguided. The U.S. government now identifies the CAIFC as an integral component of China's United Work Front, which aims "to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party."
"The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing's preferred policies," the U.S.-China Security and Economic Review commission's report added.
The report singled out CAIFC, noting it is a "front" for the Chinese military:
"CAIFC is a front for the former PLA GPD which may now report directly to the PLA Central Military Commission's Political Work Department."
"CAIFC has additional ties to the Ministries of State Security, Civil Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, and it is a platform for deploying undercover intelligence gatherers," the commission adds.
While the organization's website describes its goals to establish "close ties with [foreign] government agencies, political parties, and prominent political and military figures" to "promote China's policies, achievements, and goals," John Garnaut-a former journalist and adviser to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull-argues is intended to outsource the CCP's messaging to "self-interested or naive intermediaries."
This unearthed connection follows reports that Chinese intelligence operatives targeted high-profile Democratic politicians such as Eric Swalwell.
https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-cia-board-lectured-chinese-spies/
#12126925 at 2020-12-22 05:19:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15483: Revelation 2:9; 3:9 Edition
Trump awards Scott Morrison legion of merit for 'leadership in addressing global challenges'
Scott Morrison has been awarded a prestigious US military decoration for "leadership in addressing global challenges" and strengthening the Australia and United States partnership.
Donald Trump gave the legion of merit to Morrison, along with former and current leaders of US allies including Japan and India.
The awards to Morrison, Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi were presented by the US national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, on Monday evening Washington time.
The legion of merit is a US military decoration which is also conferred on military and political figures of foreign governments.
According to the official national security council Twitter account, Morrison's award was "for his leadership in addressing global challenges and promoting collective security".
It was accepted by the Australian ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, who said the US president had also recognised that Morrison had "strengthened the partnership between the United States and Australia".
Morrison is not the first Australian recipient of the award. It has been awarded to, among others, former prime minister Robert Menzies, former chiefs of army Angus Campbell and David Morrison, and former chief of the defence force and current governor general David Hurley.
The awards for Indian prime minister Modi and former Japanese prime minister Abe were also accepted by those countries' ambassadors.
Modi was praised for "elevating the US-India strategic partnership" while Abe was awarded "for his leadership and vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific".
Since becoming prime minister in August 2018, Morrison has closely courted Trump, and was rewarded in September 2019 with a full ceremonial welcome on his US trip.
During that trip Morrison attended a Trump rally in Wapakoneta, Ohio and praised Trump's political priorities, expressing a view that the pair "share a lot of the same views".
Although friendly relations with the president of the US are generally considered a positive for the Australian prime minister, polling suggests most Australians would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Following Trump's defeat in the November presidential election, Morrison joined other world leaders in congratulating Biden on the win.
The former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has accused Morrison of being "dazzled and duchessed" by Trump, warning that after Morrison went "full-in" with his US counterpart on foreign affairs and climate change, he now needs to change direction to avoid Australia being seen as a "Trump-lite refuge in the southern hemisphere".
Since Biden's election Australia has become increasingly isolated on climate change policy, as the US pursues net zero emissions which Morrison has resisted nominating as Australia's official emissions reduction target.
Australia is also embroiled in a trade dispute with China partly motivated by Morrison's call for World Health Organization inspectors to gain "weapons inspector" style powers to investigate the origin of Covid-19, a move in line with Trump's harsh rhetoric on China's handling of coronavirus.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/22/trump-awards-scott-morrison-legion-of-merit-for-leadership-in-addressing-global-challenges
https://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/1341154229537435650
https://twitter.com/A_Sinodinos/status/1341216915147075589
https://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/1341151618306363393
#11647513 at 2020-11-14 23:53:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14871: RON on OANN Edition
#14868 (2 of 2)
>>11645440 Judge threw out PA election in 1994 over fraud
>>11645450 Thousands of Pro-Trump supporters descend on DC for 'Million MAGA March' near White House
>>11645471 Carter Center to Monitor Georgia Recount
>>11645477 Chinese Navy is called "People's Liberation Army Navy", or the "PLAN"
>>11645481 'End of Cummings era' - what the papers say
>>11645487 Trump lawyer says she's about to 'release the Kraken': 'I'm going to expose every one of them'
>>11645493 Way too many "Coincidental" Terminology related to Q Posts
>>11645495 @LLinWood: "No need to worry about @SidneyPowell1, she travels with the Kraken!!!"
>>11645512 Breaking: President Trump Has Motorcade Take Him to Million MAGA March - VIDEOS
>>11645534 Trump waves to cheering fans as he drives though huge crowds of supporters at the 'Million MAGA March' in DC on his the way to the golf course as clashes break out between rival protesters
>>11645548 Parler CEO says surge in users shows people 'tired' of social media censorship
>>11645560, >>11645620 Kraken Supercomputer
>>11645568 Loeffler and Perdue Will Present a United Firewall Against Democrat Extremism to Georgia Voters
>>11645582 'I caught them all' - Trump's most important quote?
>>11645587 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways To Access Encrypted Apps
>>11645609 OANN LIVE LINK: https://123news.tv/one-america-news-network-live-streaming/
>>11645623 @realDonaldTrump: "The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures. Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
>>11645631 Trump Drives By 'Million MAGA March' In Downtown DC As Protests Remain Peaceful
>>11645658 Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
>>11645672 Isaac Kappy calling out Steve Bannon as Mossad/Black Cube/Israeli intelligence.
>>11645677 AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino
>>11645685 Mr. Guo: Whistleblower Movement, the New Federal State of China, and the vast majority of the United States stand together.
>>11645690 MSM LIES: Trump Supporters PROTEST in DC: Crowds March to Supreme Court (It's a rally!)
>>11645692 Opinion: Pfizer, Biden, and the Birth of 'Socialism With American Characteristics'
>>11645719 Filmmakers boycott Israel's pinkwashing TLVFest
>>11645721 @realDonaldTrump: Hannity Video
>>11645750 Facebook security warning: Thousands of passwords stolen
>>11645754 Kraken Crypto Exchange 2018 Transparency Report
>>11645766 MSNBC Reporter Alarmed as Million MAGA Marchers Shout Down Her Live Shot: 'They're Following Us and Chasing Us!'
>>11645776 Election Witnesses: Kanye's Michigan Votes Were Stolen by Joe Biden
>>11645786 Kraken Robotics Awarded $0.9 Million U.S. Navy Contract
>>11645787 @realDonaldTrump: "Thank you Dan!" (Daniel Henninger)
>>11645795 China's credit market is plunging. Many reputable names and muni bonds falling 20%+ in a day. A recent near-default event spooked everyone.
>>11645797 The Georgia Recount May Be As Corrupt As The Election Itself
>>11645806, >>11645837 @realDonaldTrump drops the Dominion Hammer
>>11645819 Police Say Over 200,000 At Million MAGA March - More Coming As Protest Continues Over Weekend
>>11645854 #14868 2 of 2
Previously Collected Notables
>>11644248 #14866, >>11645991 #14867, >>11645706 #14868 1 of 2
>>11641880 #14863, >>11643194 #14864, >>11643599 #14865
>>11639529 #14860, >>11640311 #14861, >>11641111 #14862
>>11637523 #14857, >>11637985 #14858, >>11638795 #14859
>>11634925 #14854, >>11635922 #14855, >>11638596 #14856
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#11646748 at 2020-11-14 22:45:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14870: Donald's Dominion Edition
#14868 (2 of 2)
>>11645440 Judge threw out PA election in 1994 over fraud
>>11645450 Thousands of Pro-Trump supporters descend on DC for 'Million MAGA March' near White House
>>11645471 Carter Center to Monitor Georgia Recount
>>11645477 Chinese Navy is called "People's Liberation Army Navy", or the "PLAN"
>>11645481 'End of Cummings era' - what the papers say
>>11645487 Trump lawyer says she's about to 'release the Kraken': 'I'm going to expose every one of them'
>>11645493 Way too many "Coincidental" Terminology related to Q Posts
>>11645495 @LLinWood: "No need to worry about @SidneyPowell1, she travels with the Kraken!!!"
>>11645512 Breaking: President Trump Has Motorcade Take Him to Million MAGA March - VIDEOS
>>11645534 Trump waves to cheering fans as he drives though huge crowds of supporters at the 'Million MAGA March' in DC on his the way to the golf course as clashes break out between rival protesters
>>11645548 Parler CEO says surge in users shows people 'tired' of social media censorship
>>11645560, >>11645620 Kraken Supercomputer
>>11645568 Loeffler and Perdue Will Present a United Firewall Against Democrat Extremism to Georgia Voters
>>11645582 'I caught them all' - Trump's most important quote?
>>11645587 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways To Access Encrypted Apps
>>11645609 OANN LIVE LINK: https://123news.tv/one-america-news-network-live-streaming/
>>11645623 @realDonaldTrump: "The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures. Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
>>11645631 Trump Drives By 'Million MAGA March' In Downtown DC As Protests Remain Peaceful
>>11645658 Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
>>11645672 Isaac Kappy calling out Steve Bannon as Mossad/Black Cube/Israeli intelligence.
>>11645677 AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino
>>11645685 Mr. Guo: Whistleblower Movement, the New Federal State of China, and the vast majority of the United States stand together.
>>11645690 MSM LIES: Trump Supporters PROTEST in DC: Crowds March to Supreme Court (It's a rally!)
>>11645692 Opinion: Pfizer, Biden, and the Birth of 'Socialism With American Characteristics'
>>11645719 Filmmakers boycott Israel's pinkwashing TLVFest
>>11645721 @realDonaldTrump: Hannity Video
>>11645750 Facebook security warning: Thousands of passwords stolen
>>11645754 Kraken Crypto Exchange 2018 Transparency Report
>>11645766 MSNBC Reporter Alarmed as Million MAGA Marchers Shout Down Her Live Shot: 'They're Following Us and Chasing Us!'
>>11645776 Election Witnesses: Kanye's Michigan Votes Were Stolen by Joe Biden
>>11645786 Kraken Robotics Awarded $0.9 Million U.S. Navy Contract
>>11645787 @realDonaldTrump: "Thank you Dan!" (Daniel Henninger)
>>11645795 China's credit market is plunging. Many reputable names and muni bonds falling 20%+ in a day. A recent near-default event spooked everyone.
>>11645797 The Georgia Recount May Be As Corrupt As The Election Itself
>>11645806, >>11645837 @realDonaldTrump drops the Dominion Hammer
>>11645819 Police Say Over 200,000 At Million MAGA March - More Coming As Protest Continues Over Weekend
>>11645854 #14868 2 of 2
Previously Collected Notables
>>11644248 #14866, >>11645991 #14867
>>11641880 #14863, >>11643194 #14864, >>11643599 #14865
>>11639529 #14860, >>11640311 #14861, >>11641111 #14862
>>11637523 #14857, >>11637985 #14858, >>11638795 #14859
>>11634925 #14854, >>11635922 #14855, >>11638596 #14856
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#11645924 at 2020-11-14 21:26:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14869: Million Man MAGA Edition
#14868 (2 of 2)
>>11645440 Judge threw out PA election in 1994 over fraud
>>11645450 Thousands of Pro-Trump supporters descend on DC for 'Million MAGA March' near White House
>>11645471 Carter Center to Monitor Georgia Recount
>>11645477 Chinese Navy is called "People's Liberation Army Navy", or the "PLAN"
>>11645481 'End of Cummings era' - what the papers say
>>11645487 Trump lawyer says she's about to 'release the Kraken': 'I'm going to expose every one of them'
>>11645493 Way too many "Coincidental" Terminology related to Q Posts
>>11645495 @LLinWood: "No need to worry about @SidneyPowell1, she travels with the Kraken!!!"
>>11645512 Breaking: President Trump Has Motorcade Take Him to Million MAGA March - VIDEOS
>>11645534 Trump waves to cheering fans as he drives though huge crowds of supporters at the 'Million MAGA March' in DC on his the way to the golf course as clashes break out between rival protesters
>>11645548 Parler CEO says surge in users shows people 'tired' of social media censorship
>>11645560, >>11645620 Kraken Supercomputer
>>11645568 Loeffler and Perdue Will Present a United Firewall Against Democrat Extremism to Georgia Voters
>>11645582 'I caught them all' - Trump's most important quote?
>>11645587 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways To Access Encrypted Apps
>>11645609 OANN LIVE LINK: https://123news.tv/one-america-news-network-live-streaming/
>>11645623 @realDonaldTrump: "The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures. Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
>>11645631 Trump Drives By 'Million MAGA March' In Downtown DC As Protests Remain Peaceful
>>11645658 Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
>>11645672 Isaac Kappy calling out Steve Bannon as Mossad/Black Cube/Israeli intelligence.
>>11645677 AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino
>>11645685 Mr. Guo: Whistleblower Movement, the New Federal State of China, and the vast majority of the United States stand together.
>>11645690 MSM LIES: Trump Supporters PROTEST in DC: Crowds March to Supreme Court (It's a rally!)
>>11645692 Opinion: Pfizer, Biden, and the Birth of 'Socialism With American Characteristics'
>>11645719 Filmmakers boycott Israel's pinkwashing TLVFest
>>11645721 @realDonaldTrump: Hannity Video
>>11645750 Facebook security warning: Thousands of passwords stolen
>>11645754 Kraken Crypto Exchange 2018 Transparency Report
>>11645766 MSNBC Reporter Alarmed as Million MAGA Marchers Shout Down Her Live Shot: 'They're Following Us and Chasing Us!'
>>11645776 Election Witnesses: Kanye's Michigan Votes Were Stolen by Joe Biden
>>11645786 Kraken Robotics Awarded $0.9 Million U.S. Navy Contract
>>11645787 @realDonaldTrump: "Thank you Dan!" (Daniel Henninger)
>>11645795 China's credit market is plunging. Many reputable names and muni bonds falling 20%+ in a day. A recent near-default event spooked everyone.
>>11645797 The Georgia Recount May Be As Corrupt As The Election Itself
>>11645806, >>11645837 @realDonaldTrump drops the Dominion Hammer
>>11645819 Police Say Over 200,000 At Million MAGA March - More Coming As Protest Continues Over Weekend
>>11645854 #14868 2 of 2
#11645854 at 2020-11-14 21:18:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14868: E-Bake to Victory Edition
notables @ 650 2 of 2save em for next bread anons
#14868 (2 of 2)
>>11645440 Judge threw out PA election in 1994 over fraud
>>11645450 Thousands of Pro-Trump supporters descend on DC for 'Million MAGA March' near White House
>>11645471 Carter Center to Monitor Georgia Recount
>>11645477 Chinese Navy is called "People's Liberation Army Navy", or the "PLAN"
>>11645481 'End of Cummings era' - what the papers say
>>11645487 Trump lawyer says she's about to 'release the Kraken': 'I'm going to expose every one of them'
>>11645493 Way too many "Coincidental" Terminology related to Q Posts
>>11645495 @LLinWood: "No need to worry about @SidneyPowell1, she travels with the Kraken!!!"
>>11645512 Breaking: President Trump Has Motorcade Take Him to Million MAGA March - VIDEOS
>>11645534 Trump waves to cheering fans as he drives though huge crowds of supporters at the 'Million MAGA March' in DC on his the way to the golf course as clashes break out between rival protesters
>>11645548 Parler CEO says surge in users shows people 'tired' of social media censorship
>>11645560, >>11645620 Kraken Supercomputer
>>11645568 Loeffler and Perdue Will Present a United Firewall Against Democrat Extremism to Georgia Voters
>>11645582 'I caught them all' - Trump's most important quote?
>>11645587 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways To Access Encrypted Apps
>>11645609 OANN LIVE LINK: https://123news.tv/one-america-news-network-live-streaming/
>>11645623 @realDonaldTrump: "The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures. Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
>>11645631 Trump Drives By 'Million MAGA March' In Downtown DC As Protests Remain Peaceful
>>11645658 Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
>>11645672 Isaac Kappy calling out Steve Bannon as Mossad/Black Cube/Israeli intelligence.
>>11645677 AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino
>>11645685 Mr. Guo: Whistleblower Movement, the New Federal State of China, and the vast majority of the United States stand together.
>>11645690 MSM LIES: Trump Supporters PROTEST in DC: Crowds March to Supreme Court (It's a rally!)
>>11645692 Opinion: Pfizer, Biden, and the Birth of 'Socialism With American Characteristics'
>>11645719 Filmmakers boycott Israel's pinkwashing TLVFest
>>11645721 @realDonaldTrump: Hannity Video
>>11645750 Facebook security warning: Thousands of passwords stolen
>>11645754 Kraken Crypto Exchange 2018 Transparency Report
>>11645766 MSNBC Reporter Alarmed as Million MAGA Marchers Shout Down Her Live Shot: 'They're Following Us and Chasing Us!'
>>11645776 Election Witnesses: Kanye's Michigan Votes Were Stolen by Joe Biden
>>11645786 Kraken Robotics Awarded $0.9 Million U.S. Navy Contract
>>11645787 @realDonaldTrump: "Thank you Dan!" (Daniel Henninger)
>>11645795 China's credit market is plunging. Many reputable names and muni bonds falling 20%+ in a day. A recent near-default event spooked everyone.
>>11645797 The Georgia Recount May Be As Corrupt As The Election Itself
>>11645806, >>11645837 @realDonaldTrump drops the Dominion Hammer
>>11645819 Police Say Over 200,000 At Million MAGA March - More Coming As Protest Continues Over Weekend
#11645710 at 2020-11-14 21:03:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14868: E-Bake to Victory Edition
notables @ 500chek'm
>>11645440 Judge threw out PA election in 1994 over fraud
>>11645450 Thousands of Pro-Trump supporters descend on DC for 'Million MAGA March' near White House
>>11645471 Carter Center to Monitor Georgia Recount
>>11645477 Chinese Navy is called "People's Liberation Army Navy", or the "PLAN"
>>11645481 'End of Cummings era' - what the papers say
>>11645487 Trump lawyer says she's about to 'release the Kraken': 'I'm going to expose every one of them'
>>11645493 Way too many "Coincidental" Terminology related to Q Posts
>>11645495 @LLinWood: "No need to worry about @SidneyPowell1, she travels with the Kraken!!!"
>>11645512 Breaking: President Trump Has Motorcade Take Him to Million MAGA March - VIDEOS
>>11645534 Trump waves to cheering fans as he drives though huge crowds of supporters at the 'Million MAGA March' in DC on his the way to the golf course as clashes break out between rival protesters
>>11645548 Parler CEO says surge in users shows people 'tired' of social media censorship
>>11645560, >>11645620 Kraken Supercomputer
>>11645568 Loeffler and Perdue Will Present a United Firewall Against Democrat Extremism to Georgia Voters
>>11645582 'I caught them all' - Trump's most important quote?
>>11645587 'Five Eyes' Alliance Demands Ways To Access Encrypted Apps
>>11645609 OANN LIVE LINK: https://123news.tv/one-america-news-network-live-streaming/
>>11645623 @realDonaldTrump: "The hand recount taking place in Georgia is a waste of time. They are not showing the matching signatures. Call off the recount until they allow the MATCH. Don't let the Radical Left Dems STEAL THE ELECTION!"
>>11645631 Trump Drives By 'Million MAGA March' In Downtown DC As Protests Remain Peaceful
>>11645658 Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
>>11645672 Isaac Kappy calling out Steve Bannon as Mossad/Black Cube/Israeli intelligence.
>>11645677 AT&T reportedly looking to sell CNN after 'hit' from 'hating Trump': Gasparino
>>11645685 Mr. Guo: Whistleblower Movement, the New Federal State of China, and the vast majority of the United States stand together.
>>11645690 MSM LIES: Trump Supporters PROTEST in DC: Crowds March to Supreme Court (It's a rally!)
>>11645692 Opinion: Pfizer, Biden, and the Birth of 'Socialism With American Characteristics'
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#11645658 at 2020-11-14 20:56:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14868: E-Bake to Victory Edition
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull rally social media users in a civil war against Rupert Murdoch and the Barbarians
A Senate Inquiry has been established on the back of Kevin Rudd's petition, which was signed by 501,876 people, into Australian media which will definitely set the agenda and ground rules in current and future battles for truth in Australian media reporting.
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull are leading the charge, but they are backed up by millions of Australian's and that is why the Coalition did not try and stop the Senate Inquiry. The real battle is between Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull and social media users versus Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and the Barbarians. The Barbarians being the likes of Nine Entertainment and Seven West Media who also have a financial stake in supporting the federal Liberal/National Coalition.
I am not fan or supporter of Kevin Rudd or Malcolm Turnbull and I have been extremely critical of both on this website but the bigger battle against the lies and propaganda in Australia's media that is undermining democracy needs to be the focus. So, while I don't support Rudd or Turnbull, I do support the 501,876 people supporting the Senate Inquiry.
The background to the senate inquiry is explained by The Saturday Paper as:
Pressure is mounting against News Corp, led by former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd. They say democracy is damaged by the company's 'propaganda' and 'vendettas'.
Rudd set the ball rolling a month ago, when he drafted a petition calling for a royal commission into media ownership and concentration in Australia.
"Our democracy depends on diverse sources of reliable, accurate and independent news," it began. "But media ownership is becoming more concentrated alongside new business models that encourage deliberately polarising and politically manipulated news."
Rudd's petition went on to canvass a number of areas of concern, including whistleblower protection, official secrecy, unjust searches and prosecution of journalists, and the threats posed by Google and Facebook. But its strongest language related to News Corp, "founded by Fox News billionaire Rupert Murdoch".
News Corp's "overwhelming" control of the nation's print media, the petition said, gave it power that was "routinely used to attack opponents in business and politics by blending editorial opinion with news reporting. Australians who hold contrary views have felt intimidated into silence. These facts chill free speech and undermine public debate."
The petition garnered more than half a million signatures - including Turnbull's - and might have got even more had it not overloaded the parliament's website. (Click here to read more)
Given 501,876 people signed the petition, which I was one, the real support would be in the millions.
Murdoch's media didn't take long to fight back once the Senate Inquiry was announced and Tony Abbott's former advisor Peta Credlin, who is now one of Rupert Murdoch's puppets on Sky News, started telling lies as per below. Kevin Rudd Tweeted:
This is a 100% lie from the Murdoch media's Credlin. She accuses me of "data harvesting" from the petition. The truth: we chose the parliament's own petition site which prevents any form of data harvesting. I await her apology on air.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2020/11/14/kevin-rudd-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-rally-social-media-users-in-a-civil-war-against-rupert-murdoch-and-the-barbarians/
Make no mistake this is cabal rats turning on each other
#11618127 at 2020-11-13 02:42:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14833: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Edition
Ghosts of the past come back to haunt PM
One day after Scott Morrison tried to bury the past, it came back with a force that is impossible to ignore.
The Prime Minister had a holding line on Tuesday about the behaviour of Christian Porter and Alan Tudge, the two ministers at the centre of new allegations about the culture of Parliament House.
"Those matters were addressed by my predecessor at the time," Morrison said. He dismissed the idea of an investigation into his ministers because the events had taken place two or three years ago, when Porter and Tudge answered to Malcolm Turnbull.
But the holding line did not hold for long. It was too flimsy to hold much, anyway. Within a day, it was clear the government would have to deal with formal complaints that were filed last week with the Department of Finance. The ghosts had come back from the grave.
Morrison now has damaged ministers in his cabinet. The questions about them are questions of character. The ABC's Four Corners program on Monday night aired opinions and allegations that cannot be unsaid.
Porter denies breaching the code of conduct that bans ministers from having sex with their staff and rejects the ABC's depiction of events. But there are several witnesses to his time at the Public bar in Canberra with a young woman from another office in Parliament House. And the Four Corners claims about his university years, with lawyer Kathleen Foley describing him as sexist and misogynist, will leave a permanent mark.
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Porter is one of the government's most capable ministers. He carries a bigger load than others - as Attorney-General, Industrial Relations Minister and the government leader in the House of Representatives - and is always across his brief.
But voters do not just assess what you do as minister - rightly or wrongly, they judge who you are. Porter has been named for years as a potential prime minister. Right now, that dream looks dead.
Tudge expressed regret about his behaviour soon after Four Corners revealed his affair with his former media adviser, Rachelle Miller. His supporters say the events are several years old - like Morrison, they want to leave the past behind him.
If only there was a statute of limitations on personal hurt.
Miller has lodged two complaints with the Department of Finance. In the first, she claims Tudge bullied and intimidated her while she worked for him - in fact, while she was also in a relationship with him. Tudge says he anticipates an inquiry on this.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ghosts-of-the-past-come-back-to-haunt-pm-20201112-p56e2f.html
#11567208 at 2020-11-10 01:43:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14768:Real Clear Politics Edition
Investigation reveals history of sexism and inappropriate behaviour by Attorney-General Christian Porter
Questions have been raised about Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter's attitude towards women, after a Four Corners investigation revealed a history of sexism and inappropriate behaviour.
Key points:
A Four Corners investigation reveals concerns about Christian Porter's attitude towards women, dating back decades.
His alleged behaviour includes making unwanted advances to women while in federal office
Mr Porter released a statement denying the claims made against him
Following revelations Mr Porter was warned by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull about public behaviour with a young female staffer, contributing to Mr Turnbull's infamous "bonk ban", the investigation has also discovered that concerns about the Attorney-General's behaviour go back decades.
The alleged behaviour includes public drunkenness and making unwanted advances to women during his time in federal politics. Other allegations go back to when he was a champion debater in his university days, and later while a Crown prosecutor in WA.
Four Corners has spoken to dozens of former and currently serving political staffers, members of Parliament and members of the legal profession.
Many have worked within, been members of, or voted for the Liberal Party, and many have volunteered examples of what they believe is inappropriate conduct by Mr Porter, which has continued since his elevation to federal political office.
Barrister Kathleen Foley was coached by Mr Porter in debating from when she was 16 years old and was at the University of Western Australia with him. She later worked as a WA state solicitor when Mr Porter was a WA Crown prosecutor.
"For all of that time I've known him to be someone who was, in my opinion, based on what I saw, deeply sexist and actually misogynist in his treatment of women, in the way he spoke about women," Ms Foley said.
Mr Porter studied at the University of Western Australia for the better part of a decade, and his drinking and off-colour comments frequently featured in the law students' magazine, Briefs. Many of the articles and comments were written by Mr Porter himself when he was in his mid-twenties.
"Christian's persona, particularly at UWA … was the sidelining of women in any kind of forum in which they wanted to be involved," Ms Foley said.
"They were treated as a joke; they were objects of ridicule. The only point to women, as far as I could tell from Christian's way of treating women, was for him to hit on them, or for women to be made fun of, particularly for the way that they looked."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-10/four-corners-investigation-christian-porter-sexism-inappropriate/12862910
#11562586 at 2020-11-09 21:11:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14762: Eyes on Anons, Attacks from All Directions
'Canberra is full of spies'
Turnbull's warning to MP at centre of explosive report
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he would have "asked further questions" before appointing Christian Porter as attorney-general had he known of allegations of his behaviour that were aired last night by the ABC.
A Four Corners investigation discussed concerns in Canberra over the alleged behaviour of Mr Porter and fellow senior Coalition minister Alan Tudge.
Mr Porter, in a statement scathing of the Four Corners report, said: "Given the defamatory nature of many of the claims made in tonight's programme, I will be considering legal options."
Mr Turnbull told the program that while he was prime minister he had cautioned Mr Porter about his behaviour.
"I'd heard reports of him being out in public having had too much to drink in the company of young women," Mr Turnbull told Four Corners.
"I reminded him that Canberra was full of spies. Not all of them worked for us."
On Q+A last night, Mr Turnbull was asked about his decision to promote Mr Porter to the senior role given his warning.
Mr Turnbull said that if he had been aware of information revealed in the Four Corners program, he would have "asked further questions" before appointing Mr Porter attorney-general.
"There's a lot of stuff about Christian Porter in that program that I did not know at the time. And frankly, I didn't know until tonight," Mr Turnbull said.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/qanda-Malcolm-Turnbull-four-corners-toxic-canberra-culture-story/30d02dc6-0145-4224-a226-6b754c5fcf5c
#11561750 at 2020-11-09 20:18:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14761: Lawsuit Monday Edition
Christian Porter was warned over public behaviour with young female staffer by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
Cabinet minister Christian Porter was warned by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull about his public behaviour with a young female Liberal staffer, because of Mr Turnbull's concerns he could be at risk of compromise or blackmail.
Key points:
Christian Porter was given a warning by Malcolm Turnbull after Mr Porter was spotted "kissing and cuddling" a young staffer at a Canberra bar
Another minister, Alan Tudge, angrily pressured a journalist to delete a photo of Mr Porter and the woman
Mr Tudge also had an affair with a staffer
A Four Corners investigation can reveal Mr Porter raised eyebrows among political staffers in 2017 after being seen with the young woman - who was working for another Cabinet minister - at Canberra's Public Bar.
At the time, Mr Porter had a wife and toddler at home in Perth.
Shortly before appointing Mr Porter to the role of Attorney-General, Mr Turnbull warned him he would be out of the ministry if he heard of this public behaviour with young female staff again.
The investigation can also reveal Mr Turnbull's infamous "bonk ban" was not just aimed at former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, but also at Mr Porter and the now-Acting Immigration Minister, Alan Tudge, who was having an affair with a female adviser in 2017.
Both Mr Porter and Mr Tudge have campaigned on family values.
Mr Turnbull described Mr Porter's conduct with young women as "unacceptable".
"I had a meeting with Porter in my office and I told him that I had had reports of him being out in public, having had too much to drink and in the company with young women," Mr Turnbull told Four Corners.
"He acknowledged that; he didn't argue with that.
"And I just said, 'Look, this is unacceptable conduct for a Cabinet minister and it exposes you to the risk of compromise.'"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-09/four-corners-investigation-christian-porter-alan-tudge/12862632
Another sexually compromised politician, well I never
#11540492 at 2020-11-08 11:19:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14735: We Own The Nightwatch Edition
Australian Traitors
both sides of politics in Australia are supporting an unverified biden/harris win
they are so scared - it's the only thing the two sides have had the same message on in years
even kevin rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, sworn enemies are joining forces against rupert murdoch - interdasting no?
the labor party at a federal level have sacked people in victoria for branch stacking - so similar corruption around voting must be happening in Australia too - THEY ARE ALL IN ON IT
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/alp-branch-stacking-documents-dumped-in-skip-at-suburban-chicken-shop-20200716-p55coo.html
ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC - NO DEALS
#11539301 at 2020-11-08 08:56:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14734: Night Stalkers Never Quit! Edition
Aussie fag here
Uranium one dealers and ex prime minsters leading the charge about convincing Australian sheeple to a Biden victory.
Also Rudd is a pedo and Turbans is the king of Port in Australia. He stole it from Kerry packer by signing his name on a contract with the King pedo playboy
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/08/kevin-rudd-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-mark-defeat-of-murdochs-man-trump
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have a history: an uneasy collaboration on climate policy before the Liberal party grabbed that prospect out of Turnbull's hands in 2009, then, years later, a significant falling out about Rudd's desire to run the United Nations.
More recently there's been a rapprochement between the two around the campaign for a royal commission that Rudd is spearheading to draw attention to the oversized influence of Rupert Murdoch in both global and local politics courtesy of the market dominance of his media properties - influence the former Labor prime minister characterises as a "cancer".
The two former Australian prime ministers, both dispatched from the office by their respective political parties before they faced the voters a second time, fronted the ABC on Sunday morning to mark, as Turnbull put it, the defeat of "Murdoch's man in the White House".
#11533913 at 2020-11-08 02:19:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14727: We prosecute our case starting Monday
Australian PM congratulates Biden on victory
Meanwhile former PM Malcom Turnbull is relieved I fucking wonder why Mal……
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/08/scott-morrison-congratulates-biden-on-us-win-while-Malcolm-Turnbull-declares-what-a-relief
#11532732 at 2020-11-08 01:29:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14726
Global Announcements
>>11519053 , >>11519249,
>>11526852 Sidney Powell talks to Lou Dobbs about Hammer and Scorecard being used to rig vote count
>>11518144 Please send all documented evidence of election fraud to Project Veritas and djt.co/stopfraud.
>>11475013 Donald J. Trump Campaign has created a webpage to report elections issues.
>>11522817, >>11523170 Audit the 2020 Election petition
>>11435007 NEW PDJT - POTUS TWEETS IWO JIMA STATUE (same as our banner!)
>>11500923, >>11500955 Trump tweet thread - This is what we know
>>11422989 Q didn't post in Q_Anon Research - He posted in Q Research >>11422223
>>11422980, >>11423061, >>11423090, >>11423176, >>11423303, >>11423425 BO comments on the state of the board
>>11417033, >>11417382 BO Update on >>11388221, no new BV team "adjustments"
Notables are NOT endorsements
#14725 to be collected
#14724
>>11531507 Project Veritas: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Board of Elections Director Confirms "Spoiled" Ballots Were Illegally Handled and Destroyed
>>11531515 Detroit city worker blows whistle, claims ballots were ordered backdated. FBI probing. | Just The News
>>11531562 there are Chinese Investments into US Election Security.
>>11531590 For all you anons who have forgotten what the plan is, or never noticed. We are fighting a deeply entrenched insurgency.
>>11531605 Azerbaijan Shared Documents Proving Syrian Citizens Were Settled By Armenia In Nagorno-Karabakh
>>11531608 Gen Flyn Tweets
>>11531610 Iowa doing had recount on some ballots due to human error
>>11531636 [BC set the stage] BC = Biden Campaign ?
>>11531681 "Meet The New Resistance" - Mark Levin Rages At Democrats' "Cloward-Piven" Chaos Plan
>>11531689 How braindead are these DNC trolls?
>>11531699 US' Pompeo Engages in Twitter Spat With Iran's Khamenei Over Election Comment
>>11531717 Anons, I have connected some BIBLICAL dots!
>>11531729 Woke Faced the Voters-and Lost
>>11531737 "2020+ safeguarded. Q"
>>11531762 Scott Morrison congratulates Biden on US win while Malcolm Turnbull declares 'what a relief'
>>11531797 Planefagging
Previously Collected Notables
>>11530328 #14722, >>11531087 #14723
>>11528039 #14719, >>11528798 #14720, >>11529558 #14721
>>11525810 #14716, >>11526551 #14717, >>11527338 #14718
>>11523503 #14713, >>11524308 #14714, >>11524990 #14715
>>11521240 #14710, >>11521994 #14711, >>11522731 #14712
>>11518878 #14707, >>11519640 #14708, >>11520467 #14709
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#11531762 at 2020-11-08 00:42:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14724: 4 MORE YEARS
Scott Morrison congratulates Biden on US win while Malcolm Turnbull declares 'what a relief'
Australia's current and former prime minister respond to the US election result declared early Sunday morning
The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, while his predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull, succinctly said "what a relief".
Morrison on Sunday morning local time said he looked forward to coordinating with the new Biden administration on Covid-19 and on technologies to reduce "global" emissions.
Donald Trump, who was on the golf course when the news broke that he was to be a one-term president, has not yet conceded defeat and is continuing to make unsubstantiated claims casting doubt over the legitimacy of the process.
Joe Biden's move to net zero emissions will leave Australia in the (coal) dust
Bill Hare
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But world leaders, including Morrison, have lined up to congratulate the president-elect and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
The Australian prime minister said: "Today, the world faces many challenges, including managing the Covid-19 pandemic, on both a health and economic front, ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and peace and stability."
"American leadership is indispensable to meeting these challenges and upholding the rules, norms and standards of our international community," Morrison said in a statement.
"We also look forward to working with president-elect Biden and his administration to continue to fight the Covid-19 global pandemic and recession, to develop a vaccine, drive a global economic recovery, and develop new technologies to reduce global emissions as we practically confront the challenge of climate change.
"We welcome the president-elect's commitment to multilateral institutions and strengthening democracies."
Congratulations to @joebiden and @kamalaharris - Australia wishes you every success in office. The Australia-US Alliance is deep and enduring, and built on shared values. I look forward to working with you closely as we face the world's many challenges together.
- Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) November 7, 2020
With Biden's victory projected, Turnbull, the former Australian prime minister, kept his reaction on Twitter succinct.
Congratulations Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! What a relief that you won. 🙏🙏🙏
- Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) November 7, 2020
He later told ABC TV that Biden's win would mean a return to "normal transmission" with the US administration no longer making decisions by "wild tweets" in the early hours of the morning.
Biden has pledged that America will rejoin the Paris agreement and will reach net zero emissions by 2050. The incoming president is also signalling he will take steps to reinvigorate global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - a development that is expected to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Australia.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/08/scott-morrison-congratulates-biden-on-us-win-while-Malcolm-Turnbull-declares-what-a-relief
#11345879 at 2020-10-29 18:58:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14491: Victory Rally Edition Edition
COINCIDENCE ALERT:
Dominic Barton (Canadian Ambassador to China and previous head of McKinsey and Partners)
And Oz's ex PM Malcolm Turnbull
Will BOTH be making speeches at Brasenose College, Oxford within a week of each other (4/11/20 and 11/11/20 respectively) at the college.
Strange?
The College that is home to the Phoenix Society that is a revival of the Hellfire Club and initiates members by dousing them in pig's blood.
The same college which David Cameron attended.
The same college, who in 2010/11 had to fire the Prinicpal Roger Cashmore for using college funds for mytery trips to Pakistan. The same Cashmore who is head of the UK Nuclear Agency and former director of research at CERN.
Wonder what they'll talk about after POTUS wins?
https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/events/2307-pc-101120
#11092994 at 2020-10-15 23:32:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14187: Without You, Collectively Edition
FORMER PM KEVIN RUDD DOG COMMS / OZ PM SCOTT MORRISON'S RAAF PLANE GROUNDED due to "technical problems" - cancels National Cabinet meeting with state Premiers
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/national-cabinet-meeting-postponed-as-scott-morrisons-raaf-plane-stranded-in-cairns/news-story/9efa5419080eb8f3dce99c09a122fb66
Remember, former Oz PM & CCP pal KEVIN RUDD (and utterly fluent Mandarin speaker) DOG COMMS calling himself the GLOBAL HANDBALL KING, wearing purple plaid
Assassination attempt on Scott Morrison? a very very close Trump ally on behalf of the cabal SPYGATE conspirators [Malcolm Turnbull], [Julie Bishop], [Alexander Downer], [Christopher Pyne] etc ???
"Overhead Covid Smash" and "Memorial Melbourne Dog Shot"- was that comms to shoot down his RAAF plane?
He quotes a Karate utterance… in Mandarin
He quotes Black and White: Mason symbology too
Aerodynamics…
https://youtu.be/cpjX92A90CU
(wouldn't let me embed - sorry)
RUDD Transcript:
GLOBAL handball FIENDS one and all it's K-Rudd here, GLOBAL HANDBALL KING
now you've all been curved locked down a lot of you anyway
particularly those of you in Melbourne and Victoria
So what i want you to do is to have a look at this in terms of how you can improve your own handball game while you're still in lockdown
Now it's important that you're dressed appropriately like me uggies for inside, flannelette shirt and most importantly the Covid-19 beard
it helps with the AERODYNAMICS of your DOG SHOT
now in today's video we're going to learn two new shots one is the very famous K RUDD MEMORIAL between the legs MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
number two: I expect you all to pay attention to this is the famous OVERHEAD COVID SMASH
it must be accompanied with appropriate acoustics of HAYIP AH!
in other words there's a Karate effect to the effectiveness of this COVID SMASH
the very famous k-rudd MEMORIAL between the legs MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
is the famous OVERHEAD COVID SMASH
MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
okay handball FIENDS one more request now that you've mastered the two new shots here's the request what i want you to do is go to the National Apology Foundation website and see what you can do for a reconciliation between BLACK AND WHITE Australians
and the second thing is this if you'd like a handball from k-rod then what i want you to do is send in a prepaid self-addressed uh SATCHEL from Australia Post
to my office in brisbane po box gpo box 228 brisbane 4001
#11092820 at 2020-10-15 23:22:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14186: Anons Cut The Head Off of the Twitter Snake Edition
FORMER PM KEVIN RUDD DOG COMMS / OZ PM SCOTT MORRISON'S RAAF PLANE GROUNDED due to "technical problems" - cancels National Cabinet meeting with state Premiers
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/national-cabinet-meeting-postponed-as-scott-morrisons-raaf-plane-stranded-in-cairns/news-story/9efa5419080eb8f3dce99c09a122fb66
Remember, former Oz PM & CCP pal KEVIN RUDD (and utterly fluent Mandarin speaker) DOG COMMS calling himself the GLOBAL HANDBALL KING, wearing purple plaid
Assassination attempt on Scott Morrison? a very very close Trump ally on behalf of the cabal SPYGATE conspirators [Malcolm Turnbull], [Julie Bishop], [Alexander Downer], [Christopher Pyne] etc ???
"Overhead Covid Smash" and "Memorial Melbourne Dog Shot"- was that comms to shoot down his RAAF plane?
He quotes a Karate utterance… in Mandarin
He quotes Black and White: Mason symbology too
Aerodynamics…
RUDD Transcript:
GLOBAL handball FIENDS one and all it's K-Rudd here, GLOBAL HANDBALL KING
now you've all been curved locked down a lot of you anyway
particularly those of you in Melbourne and Victoria
So what i want you to do is to have a look at this in terms of how you can improve your own handball game while you're still in lockdown
Now it's important that you're dressed appropriately like me uggies for inside, flannelette shirt and most importantly the Covid-19 beard
it helps with the AERODYNAMICS of your DOG SHOT
now in today's video we're going to learn two new shots one is the very famous K RUDD MEMORIAL between the legs MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
number two: I expect you all to pay attention to this is the famous OVERHEAD COVID SMASH
it must be accompanied with appropriate acoustics of HAYIP AH!
in other words there's a Karate effect to the effectiveness of this COVID SMASH
the very famous k-rudd MEMORIAL between the legs MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
is the famous OVERHEAD COVID SMASH
MELBOURNE DOG SHOT
okay handball FIENDS one more request now that you've mastered the two new shots here's the request what i want you to do is go to the National Apology Foundation website and see what you can do for a reconciliation between BLACK AND WHITE Australians
and the second thing is this if you'd like a handball from k-rod then what i want you to do is send in a prepaid self-addressed uh SATCHEL from Australia Post
to my office in brisbane po box gpo box 228 brisbane 4001
#11026097 at 2020-10-11 17:53:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14102 : EBAKE ghost baker SUNday morning
An American Coup Attempt
The U.S. is in a constitutional crisis. It began on the day of President Trump's election, when unelected bureaucrats mobilized against his presidency. This is a crisis in the executive branch, perpetrated by subordinate officials who don't see themselves as answerable to the president. They have effectively established a fourth branch of government-a permanent, unaccountable bureaucracy.
The first public display of insurrection began with leaked transcripts of Mr. Trump's phones call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Jan. 27, 2017, and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the following day. As the Senate Homeland Security Committee reported, the Trump administration was plagued with 62 leaks possibly endangering national security in its first 125 days, compared with nine such leaks under George W. Bush and eight under Barack Obama. In 2019 a "whistleblower" upped the ante by leaking details of Mr. Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This fueled Mr. Trump's impeachment in December.
Between those examples of mutiny against the president, corrupt actors within the Federal Bureau of Investigation-and apparently, based on recent disclosures, other parts of the intelligence community-used their power to sabotage the administration. Their actions can only be described as an attempted coup-as the Ukraine whistleblower's attorney, Mark Zaid, did in a Jan. 30, 2017, tweet: "#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately."
Throughout this constitutional crisis, many journalists abetted the plotters by abandoning even the pretense of objectivity and claiming that Mr. Trump poses a grave threat to the country. These members of the press were willing recipients of leaks that created and perpetuated the false narrative that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Not one member of the media has exposed these sources of false information. They know who the leakers and plotters are; they won't tell you.
Fortunately, there are people who are working to uncover the truth. Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, Attorney General William Barr, former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, his successor, John Ratcliffe and my committee, along with the Senate Finance and Judiciary committees, are working to declassify important information and make it public. Unfortunately, uncovering the truth isn't easy, and time may be running out. Should Joe Biden win the presidency, the truth may be hidden forever.
Here's what we know so far: On July 5, 2016, then-FBI Director James Comey overstepped his authority and publicly exonerated Hillary Clinton while criticizing her conduct. The same day in London, the FBI met with Christopher Steele, author of the now-debunked anti-Trump dossier.
more https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-coup-attempt-11602181261
#10853056 at 2020-09-30 10:46:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13890: Nightshift Firing on All Cylinders Edition
>>10853042
The republican movement in the 90s iirc was pushed by Malcolm Turnbull and Labor lackeys. They were more keen on becoming a socialist Republic.
#10159269 at 2020-08-02 10:28:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13000: Thou Sayest It Edition
>>10159223
Add ex Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the dirty Australian deep-state list
When he was overthrown as Australian PM, he ran off immediately to NYC to kowtow to the Clinton's
He is tied to the Clinton Foundation as well, and he is a merchant banker/ex goldman sachs partner (enough said)
His wife is worth investigating too…"follow the wives"
#10146545 at 2020-08-01 05:31:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12986: Castle Green Edition
>>10146524
James Murdoch resignation.
Part 2 of 2…
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/james-murdoch-resigns-from-news-corp-board-20200801-p55hir.html
"We're grateful to James for his many years of service to the company. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours," the pair, who are co-chairman and chief executive officers, said.
Mr Murdoch and his wife Kathryn Hufschmid, who has worked for the Clinton Climate Initiative, have previously spoken publicly about their concerns with News Corp's editorial direction. In September last year Mr Murdoch told The New Yorker he strongly disagreed with many of Fox News' views and admitted that there were times where he and his father did not talk. Fox News backed US President Donald Trump's campaign and regularly espouses conservative views.
In October last year Mr Murdoch told Vanity Fair that there was an urgent need for solutions on climate change, adequate health care and income inequality. When News Corp's local news arm, which also publishes The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun, was criticised globally for its coverage of the Australian bushfire crisis in January, Mr Murdoch broke ranks and accused the global media empire of promoting climate denialism. News Corp's local newspapers have previously been accused by former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of running partisan campaigns against them. Lachlan Murdoch is close to former conservative Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott, according to people who know him.
A spokesperson for Mr Murdoch and his wife told The Daily Beast in January that the couple was "particularly disappointed" in the bushfire coverage by News Corp's Australian news outlets. Columns by Melbourne writer Andrew Bolt and Sky commentator (and The Australian Financial Review columnist) Rowan Dean in the tabloids and former ASX chairman Maurice Newman in The Australian have described climate change as a "cult" and "a socialist plot". In a broadcast on News Corp-owned Sky News Mr Bolt criticised the "constant stream of propaganda" on the ABC about the climate crisis.
"Kathryn and James' views on climate are well established and their frustration with some of the News Corp and Fox coverage of the topic is also well known," the spokesperson said in January.
Three former executives of News Corp, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age at the time that Mr Murdoch's statement was unsurprising given his views on climate change and his difficult relationship with his brother, Lachlan, are well known.
"James and Lachlan are ideologically apart and will continue to be," one of the former executives said, while another said Mr Murdoch was looking to intentionally distance himself from the scrutiny his family was receiving. But the timing of Mr Murdoch's abrupt exit on Friday is interesting given the fast-approaching US election.
Several weeks ago Mr Murdoch and his wife each contributed more than US$615,000 to a fundraising committee for former Vice President Joseph Biden, who is hoping to fight for the presidency against US President Donald Trump at the upcoming election. His resignation also follows the release of the BBC documentary The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty.
Ironically several people familiar with the family's thinking believe Mr Murdoch has left at a time when the company is subtly watering down its support of Mr Trump. Some of its key mastheads including The Australian are also adopting a more centrist political approach, according to people familiar with the matter.
Whatever the motive, Mr Murdoch's decision puts an end to his tumultuous professional relationship with his father and brother Lachlan, who has long been considered Rupert's favourite.
Mr Murdoch has fallen in and out of favour with his father over the years but until 2011, was considered the heir apparent to the family's media empire. According to people familiar with the Murdoch family, James is also considered to be most like his father.
"James is like his father, News Corp people believe," Michael Wolff wrote in 2008. "He's aggressive, implacable, focused, remote, fit, precise. His father is obviously proud, even perhaps slightly afraid of him."
#10008567 at 2020-07-19 14:10:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12808: Q Chews And Spits You Out Edition
#12805
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706, >>10006920 Portland streams
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006635 John Lewis, 33°, a Mason on a high position
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
>>10006912 US researchers traced mobile phone signals at defense sites in Russia - newspaper
>>10006927, >>10006953 Twitter employees tricked by hackers, 8 accounts had all data and direct messages taken, wonder which 8?; Article States: 45 Hacked
>>10006982 Oregon Ballot (Prefers Party What?) Looks like a big party being planned
>>10006997 #12805
Previously Collected Notables
>>10006197 #12804
>>10003827 #12801, >>10005145 #12802, >>10005467 #12803
>>10001485 #12798, >>10002269 #12799, >>10003054 #12800
>>9999032 #12795, >>10000612 #12796, >>10000783 #12797
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10007738 at 2020-07-19 11:31:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12807: Wuhan virus engineered Edition
>>10007737
#12805
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706, >>10006920 Portland streams
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006635 John Lewis, 33°, a Mason on a high position
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
>>10006912 US researchers traced mobile phone signals at defense sites in Russia - newspaper
>>10006927, >>10006953 Twitter employees tricked by hackers, 8 accounts had all data and direct messages taken, wonder which 8?; Article States: 45 Hacked
>>10006982 Oregon Ballot (Prefers Party What?) Looks like a big party being planned
>>10006997 #12805
#10007006 at 2020-07-19 07:16:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12806: Sunday Morning Strength of Portland Police Edition
Global Announcements
None at this time.
Notablesare NOT endorsements
#12805
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706, >>10006920 Portland streams
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006635 John Lewis, 33°, a Mason on a high position
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
>>10006912 US researchers traced mobile phone signals at defense sites in Russia - newspaper
>>10006927, >>10006953 Twitter employees tricked by hackers, 8 accounts had all data and direct messages taken, wonder which 8?; Article States: 45 Hacked
>>10006982 Oregon Ballot (Prefers Party What?) Looks like a big party being planned
>>10006997 #12805
#12804
>>10006158 Sputnik: North Korea holds large-scale military meeting addressing 'potential threat'
>>10006113 The Hill Reports that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hospitalized
>>10006046 The Global Reset Unplugged & "The Deep State"
>>10006073, >>10006114, >>10006132 Texas doctor goes viral for 'silver bullet cure for Covid'?
>>10005901 Chemical, steel factory fires latest in series of fires, explosions in US
>>10005862, >>10006166 Photos: George Herbert Walker Bush poses with his wife Barbara in Beijing in 1974 & Related
>>10005789 Trump Considers Afghan War Critic For Ambassador To Afghanistan
>>10005638 , >>10005893 Planefag Reports
>>10005630 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: Time to [UnMask]: Masks Don't Work
>>10005589 Newsom Bans ALL In-Home Bible Fellowship, Church Services, Meetings, Singing, & Church Gatherings
>>10005616 , >>10005621, >>10005628 Dig on Ian Maxwell, Mohamed Amersi & Kofi Annan connections
>>10005607 Eyes on Portland - Crowd of 500 protestors gathered
>>10005552 When HRC says she would have saved more CV lives, remind her she couldn't save 4 in Benghazi
>>10005530 Video: The Characteristics of an Initiation Ritual
>>10006197 #12804
#10006997 at 2020-07-19 07:13:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
>>10006974
We arent a rebellion, we are living manifestations of Truth lies and so much more. GLORY!
Notablesare NOT endorsements
#12805FINAL
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706, >>10006920 Portland streams
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006635 John Lewis, 33°, a Mason on a high position
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
>>10006912 US researchers traced mobile phone signals at defense sites in Russia - newspaper
>>10006927, >>10006953 Twitter employees tricked by hackers, 8 accounts had all data and direct messages taken, wonder which 8?; Article States: 45 Hacked
>>10006982 Oregon Ballot (Prefers Party What?) Looks like a big party being planned
#10006951 at 2020-07-19 06:58:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
Notablesare NOT endorsements LAST CALL!
#12805 CHECK EM
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706, >>10006920 Portland streams
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
>>10006912 US researchers traced mobile phone signals at defense sites in Russia - newspaper
>>10006927 Twitter employees tricked by hackers, 8 accounts had all data and direct messages taken, wonder which 8?
#10006907 at 2020-07-19 06:47:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
#12805
>>10006242 Dough CHECK EM Lots goins on
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706 Portland Andy stream others
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006548 Faisal's Travels? . . .Comey bureau
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006603, >>10006616, >>10006871 F = Barney Frank- who is pushing aside the normal Dems and alienating other candidates. He and John Podesta are the shot callers for all DNC
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
#10006865 at 2020-07-19 06:38:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
>>10006770, >>10006786 Let's be honest. It is difficult to tell the two apart. Elijah looks like John and John looks like the un-squinted non-pouty-faced Elijah
>>10006833 How dare you recognize the fact that we are so genetically similar we are nearly indistinguishable!
#12805
>>10006242 Dough
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706 Portland Andy stream others
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006747 Fire inside the Portland Police Association
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006513, >>10006539, >>10006626, >>10006818 Beverlyn Beatty; Jesus Matters; All Lives Matter; Patriot
>>10006522, >>10006800 1st Armoured Division: 'Ready Now! #IronSoldiers
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006627 Anons probably remember "Trust Dan"....But do you recall that these were in the same post... Q4572
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
>>10006772, >>10006819 Disney Connections to Non-Profit Aimed at assisting Orphans
#10006753 at 2020-07-19 06:14:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
>>10006719
I try to only answer numbers I know and I don't know anyone anymore. Well aside from God Jesus & Family although sometimes feel like I don't.
#12805
>>10006242 Dough
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435, >>10006531, >>10006706 Portland Andy stream others
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
>>10006558 Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor whose dispatches on war, terrorism and espionage spanned continents and decades, has died at 68
>>10006623, >>10006679 Another 'Free Energy' Option; Related
>>10006641 Economist: Royal Papers that the Queen of England wanted kept secret until 2037 regarding the toppling of Aus Government Released 7-14
>>10006662, >>10006674, >>10006693 POTUS Tweets: 'Oregon officials are running scared when it comes to Portland m' Extrqa M (=Military?) {Deleted Afterward}; Related
#10006535 at 2020-07-19 05:24:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
>>10006336, >>10006297 Ah, They Grow so FAST!
>>10006468, >>10006491 They gone bankrupt so. . .
#12805
>>10006298, >>10006350 Masks made mandatory, aged care visits limited as 363 cases announced: People in Melbourne will be hit with a $200 fine if they leave the house without a mask
>>10006310 CHINA & MARXIST TECHNOCRACY GLOBAL A.I. AGENDA - Cyrus Parsa
>>10006353 Kanye West to Hold Campaign Rally in South Carolina on Sunday: Report
>>10006356 Raptors release video on voter registration for Americans living abroad
>>10006375 Protesters clash with police in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv on eve of 2nd hearing in Netanyahu's corruption trial
>>10006435 Portland Andy stream
>>10006439 Yale Group Spurs Mao's Emergence; 1972 story
>>10006479 The UK is Keeping Myth of the 'Russian Threat' Alive to Use it as a Weapon, Journo Says
>>10006501 Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's international sex trafficking ring | 60 Minutes Australia
>>10006510 'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
>>10006523 Face masks to become MANDATORY across Melbourne in effort to bring COVID-19 outbreak under control - as Victoria records 363 new cases and three more deaths
#10006510 at 2020-07-19 05:19:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General#12805: Maximum Strata On Deep State Crises Edition
'Difficult to believe': Malcolm Turnbull renews calls for Nick Xenophon to declare work for Huawei
London: Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon should join the foreign influence register given his work in spruiking for Chinese firm Huawei, which is now banned from supplying 5G in Britain, Australia and the United States.
Xenophon has resisted calls to register saying he only provides legal advice to the Chinese firm.
But Turnbull said it was "difficult to believe" that Huawei had hired Xenophon purely for his legal skills.
"Is he also seeking to influence governments and public opinion and is he doing more than just being the lawyer giving advice on technical legal matters?
"Given Nick's background, it's difficult to believe that the only reason that they've retained him for is his legal skills.
"Nick should have a close look at that, I would think," he said.
He said that Australians spruiking for Huawei should register on the foreign influence register established by his government, to counter Chinese influence operations.
"Given the relationship between the Communist party in China and Huawei they'd be very well advised to go on their register," he said.
"It's just a question of transparency.
"If people who should be on it aren't on it then they've committed an offence."
Turnbull also backed Britain adopting a foreign influence register, similar to the one his government introduced as one way of trying to counter Chinese influence.
"Generally I think the approach we took was a good one, it was a world-leading set of legislation," he said.
"If people want to influence the politics of Australia or Britain, on behalf of a foreign government or a foreign political party then all you're asking for them is just to put their hand up and say 'yep, I'm here, that's what I'm doing.'
"If their conduct is above board and reputable and so forth they shouldn't have any concerns about that, the thing that we're concerned about - the core of the problem - is the coercive and corrupt conduct."
Turnbull made the comments in a wide-ranging interview via Zoom with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in the wake of Britain's 5G Huawei ban - an outcome for which he personally lobbied.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/Malcolm-Turnbull-renews-calls-for-nick-xenophon-to-declare-work-for-huawei-20200716-p55cta.html
#9660034 at 2020-06-18 17:28:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12364: How's Your Geography Skillz? Edition
Bruce Springsteen goes on the attack against President Trump's COVID-19 response: 'Put on a f***ing mask'
The rocker said the handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been a 'national disgrace'
Bruce Springsteen ripped President Donald Trump for not wearing a face mask and for the "shamed response" to the coronavirus pandemic "from our leaders."
Springsteen proclaimed that he was "pissed off" over the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak and made critical remarks about President Trump on Wednesday during his E Street Radio show on SiriusXM.
"Now I had another show prepared for broadcast this week, on this strange and eventful summer," Springsteen said. "But with a 100,000-plus Americans dying over the last few months, and the empty shamed response from our leaders, I've been simply pissed off.
"Those lives deserve better than just being inconvenient statistics for our president's re-election efforts," the singer-songwriter continued. "It's a national disgrace.
"I'm going to start out by sending one to the man sitting behind the Resolute Desk. With all respect, sir, show some consideration and care for your countrymen and your country," Springsteen told Trump. "Put on a f***ing mask."
Then "The Boss" played Bob Dylan's 1989 song "The Disease of Conceit."
President Trump has purposely not worn face coverings during the COVID-19 outbreak. The one time Trump was spotted wearing a face mask was during a tour of a Ford Motor Co. plant in Michigan last month.
Trump admitted that he was not wearing a face covering to annoy the media.
"I wore one in this back area, but I didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it," Trump told reporters following his tour of the Ford plant that would make ventilators in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Springsteen has been a steadfast adversary of President Trump. Last October, Springsteen said Trump "doesn't have a grasp of the deep meaning of what it means to be an American."
In 2017, the progressive rocker released a song titled, "That's What Makes Us Great," that blasted the president.
Springsteen opened a February 2017 concert in Australia by saying, "We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight." The quote was a reference to President Trump's self-described "tough" phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull regarding a "dumb" Obama administration agreement to take in refugees from a detention center.
Springsteen was a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election. A day before Clinton lost the election to Trump, Springsteen performed at a rally for the Democratic candidate.
"This is a man whose vision is limited to little beyond himself, who has the profound lack of decency that would allow him to prioritize his own interests and ego before American democracy itself," Springsteen told the crowd in Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2016. "Somebody who would be willing to damage our long-cherished and admired system rather than look to himself for the reasons behind his own epic failure. And that's unforgivable. Tomorrow, those ideas and that campaign is going down."
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bruce-springsteen-face-masks-trump
#9291834 at 2020-05-23 23:45:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11891: Smoke on [watch] the Water Edition
>>9291750
part 8
Trump: I do not know what he got out of it. We never get anything out of it - START Treaty, the Iran deal. I do not know where they find these people to make these stupid deals. I am going to get killed on this thing.
Turnbull: You will not.
Trump: Yes, I will be seen as a weak and ineffective leader in my first week by these people. This is a killer.
Turnbull: You can certainly say that it was not a deal that you would have done, but you are going to stick with it.
Trump: I have no choice to say that about it. Malcolm, I am going to say that I have no choice but to honour my predecessor's deal.
I think it is a horrible deal, a disgusting deal that I would have never made. It is an embarrassment to the United States of America and you can say it just the way I said it.
I will say it just that way. As far as I am concerned that is enough Malcolm. I have had it. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call. This is ridiculous.
Turnbull: Do you want to talk about Syria and DPRK?
Trump: [Inaudible] this is crazy.
Turnbull: Thank you for your commitment. It is very important to us.
Trump: It is important to you and it is embarrassing to me. It is an embarrassment to me, but at least I got you off the hook. So you put me back on the hook.
Turnbull: You can count on me. I will be there again and again.
Trump: I hope so. Okay, thank you Malcolm.
Turnbull: Okay, thank you.
#9291750 at 2020-05-23 23:34:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11891: Smoke on [watch] the Water Edition
Since Papa D brought up former PM Australia Turnbull , I thought I would read the transcript of phone call between him and Trump.
If you haven't read it, you are in for a tweet.
Classic Trump and Papa d says Turnbull lied in it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-Malcolm-Turnbull-refugee-phone-call-transcript/8773422
Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull's phone call: The full transcript
Posted 3 Aug
August
2017, updated 9 Jan
January
2018
Here is the full transcript of the call, that took place on January 28, from 5:05pm to 5:29pm AEST.
Turnbull: Good evening.
Trump: Mr Prime Minister, how are you?
Turnbull: I am doing very well.
Trump: And I guess our friend Greg Norman, he is doing very well?
Turnbull: He is a great mutual friend yes.
Trump: Well you say hello to him. He is a very good friend. By the way thank you very much for taking the call. I really appreciate it. It is really nice.
Turnbull: Thank you very much. Everything is going very well. I want to congratulate you and Mike Pence on being sworn in now. I have spoken to you both now as you know. I know we are both looking to make our relationship which is very strong and intimate, stronger than ever - which I believe we can do.
Trump: Good.
Turnbull: I believe you and I have similar backgrounds, unusual for politicians, more businessman [sic] but I look forward to working together.
Trump: That is exactly right. We do have similar backgrounds and it seems to be working in this climate - it is a crazy climate. Let me tell you this, it is an evil time but it is a complex time because we do not have uniforms standing in front of us.
Instead, we have people in disguise. It is brutal. This ISIS thing - it is something we are going to devote a lot of energy to it. I think we are going to be very successful.
Turnbull: Absolutely. We have, as you know, taken a very strong line on national security and border protection here and when I was speaking with Jared Kushner just the other day and one of your immigration advisers in the White House we reflected on how our policies have helped to inform your approach.
We are very much of the same mind. It is very interesting to know how you prioritise the minorities in your executive order. This is exactly what we have done with the program to bring in 12,000 Syrian refugees, 90 per cent of which will be Christians. It will be quite deliberate and the position I have taken - I have been very open about it - is that it is a tragic fact of life that when the situation in the Middle East settles down - the people that are going to be most unlikely to have a continuing home are those Christian minorities.
We have seen that in Iraq and so from our point of view, as a final destination for refugees, that is why we prioritise. It is not a sectarian thing. It is recognition of the practical political realities. We have a similar perspective in that respect.
cont
#8849237 at 2020-04-19 12:01:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11329: "She hates Trump to the point of hurting our own nation" Edition
#11327
>>8847761, >>8847786 Anons, we used to hold CELEBRATIONS of the discovery of QUININE.
>>8847889, >>8847898, >>8847993 Truman carrier digs
>>8848003 OBAMA ENDORSES TRUMP FOR 2020
>>8848021 Trump Says He Received 'Nice Note' from N. Korean Leader
>>8848034 'Heartbroken' Obama 'eager' to help Biden defeat Trump in election
>>8848088 William Kristol & Neocons Are Not Conservatives
>>8848138 Watchdog subpoenas Google for Hillary Clinton emails
>>8848162, >>8848180 Here's a coronavirus dump.
>>8848195 CDC lab contamination reportedly delayed coronavirus test rollout
>>8848225 Malcolm Turnbull faces lifetime ban from Liberal Party
>>8848240 There is a restaurant in NY called "One if by Land, Two if by Sea" on 17 Barrow St. complete with underground tunnel to Hudson
>>8848249 GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated House rules
>>8848326 OnThisDay in 1909, Hugh Alexander was born.
>>8848330 Now the corrupt Queensland Australia government is bailing out Virgin Airlines to the tune of $200 million.
>>8848343 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Epstein bottom girl Ghislane Maxwell is HIDING OUT in France to avoid FBI charges
>>8848346 Monarch 2 Phoenix Program
>>8848406 Twitter just started limiting account features for multiple Q-related accounts at the same time.
>>8848412 Be Thinking D5 5:5 UNITED Together an Army of Digital Soldiers
>>8848433 Lately multiple matching UFO reports have been popping up on the interne
>>8848435 #11327
#11326
>>8847579, >>8847636 2020 Memes FTW
>>8847552, >>8847577, >>8847591, >>8847595, >>8847613 anons work out multiple meanings "shot heard around the world"
>>8847521 Maggie ? two year delta coming up
>>8847500 ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT: We need your help finding 15-year-old Riley Moore who is missing from New Johnsonville. She was last seen on Saturday wearing a jacket and jeans in New Johnsonville If you have seen Riley or have information about her whereabouts, call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
>>8847404 2015 A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence
>>8847373 See Q's recent drop 3967 on 4/15/20 And connecting drop 3107 pic related.
>>8847297, >>8847454 @JohnWHuber The FBI/DOJ are STILL unjustifiably redacting information even in the latest less redacted FISA's warrant applications/threadrapp
>>8847072, >>8847113 Auburn Mayor Bill Kirby dies in Placer County plane crash
>>8847059 Refresher: 2019 POTUS signed an EO to update the way the US handles Influenza vaccines.
>>8847042 CBP bust, moar coke and fentanyl
>>8847679 #11326
#11325
>>8846607 2015 The Nine Lives of Hydroxychloroquine
>>8846491, >>8846520 Judge rules against Kansas governor's order limiting in-person church gatherings
>>8846465 Potus: CONGRATULATIONS @AF_Academy
>>8846396 We Are Here With You.
>>8846281 Pedo Patton message to protesters
>>8846249 2 yr delta comin up
>>8846917 #11325
Previously Collected Notables
>>8846151 #11324
>>8843375 #11320, >>8843379 #11321, >>8844524 #11322, >>8845367 #11323
>>8839158 #11316, >>8839925 #11317, >>8840726 #11318, >>8841496 #11319
>>8835924 #11312, >>8836769 #11313, >>8837528 #11314, >>8838294 #11315
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#8848446 at 2020-04-19 08:08:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11328: How fast can one assume a bake? Edition
Global Announcements
>>8837282 OUT OF SHADOWS - OFFICIAL
>>8824390 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8788320 BO PSA: Shitstorm erupts on /v/, BO fills in the community on whats going on and precautions taken in case of emergency.
>>8810651 CM pushed a hotfix to address status: 0 error
Notables
are not endorsements
#11327
>>8847761, >>8847786 Anons, we used to hold CELEBRATIONS of the discovery of QUININE.
>>8847889, >>8847898' >>8847993 Truman carrier digs
>>8848003 OBAMA ENDORSES TRUMP FOR 2020
>>8848021 Trump Says He Received 'Nice Note' from N. Korean Leader
>>8848034 'Heartbroken' Obama 'eager' to help Biden defeat Trump in election
>>8848088 William Kristol & Neocons Are Not Conservatives
>>8848138 Watchdog subpoenas Google for Hillary Clinton emails
>>8848162, >>8848180 Here's a coronavirus dump.
>>8848195 CDC lab contamination reportedly delayed coronavirus test rollout
>>8848225 Malcolm Turnbull faces lifetime ban from Liberal Party
>>8848240 There is a restaurant in NY called "One if by Land, Two if by Sea" on 17 Barrow St. complete with underground tunnel to Hudson
>>8848249 GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated House rules
>>8848326 OnThisDay in 1909, Hugh Alexander was born.
>>8848330 Now the corrupt Queensland Australia government is bailing out Virgin Airlines to the tune of $200 million.
>>8848343 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Epstein bottom girl Ghislane Maxwell is HIDING OUT in France to avoid FBI charges
>>8848346 Monarch 2 Phoenix Program
>>8848406 Twitter just started limiting account features for multiple Q-related accounts at the same time.
>>8848412 Be Thinking D5 5:5 UNITED Together an Army of Digital Soldiers
>>8848433 Lately multiple matching UFO reports have been popping up on the interne
>>8848435 #11327
#11326
>>8847579, >>8847636 2020 Memes FTW
>>8847552, >>8847577, >>8847591, >>8847595, >>8847613 anons work out multiple meanings "shot heard around the world"
>>8847521 Maggie ? two year delta coming up
>>8847500 ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT: We need your help finding 15-year-old Riley Moore who is missing from New Johnsonville. She was last seen on Saturday wearing a jacket and jeans in New Johnsonville If you have seen Riley or have information about her whereabouts, call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
>>8847404 2015 A SARS-like cluster of circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence
>>8847373 See Q's recent drop 3967 on 4/15/20 And connecting drop 3107 pic related.
>>8847297, >>8847454 @JohnWHuber The FBI/DOJ are STILL unjustifiably redacting information even in the latest less redacted FISA's warrant applications/threadrapp
>>8847072, >>8847113 Auburn Mayor Bill Kirby dies in Placer County plane crash
>>8847059 Refresher: 2019 POTUS signed an EO to update the way the US handles Influenza vaccines.
>>8847042 CBP bust, moar coke and fentanyl
>>8847679 #11326
#11325
>>8846607 2015 The Nine Lives of Hydroxychloroquine
>>8846491, >>8846520 Judge rules against Kansas governor's order limiting in-person church gatherings
>>8846465 Potus: CONGRATULATIONS @AF_Academy
>>8846396 We Are Here With You.
>>8846281 Pedo Patton message to protesters
>>8846249 2 yr delta comin up
>>8846917 #11325
#11324
>>8845965 Jamie Lee Curtis reveals herself /PP spokesperson
>>8845955, >>8846035 Columbus, Ohio Patriots in Protest
>>8845930 Transcript of April 18, 2020 White House Briefing
>>8845706 White House Briefing & POTUS Schedule for Sunday, April 19, 2020
>>8845555 Kek Speaks! Fuck MSM
>>8845533 Our Take on Microsoft's Filing of Patent #060606
>>8845573 @USMC Peace
>>8846151 #11324
Previously Collected Notables
>>8843375 #11320, >>8843379 #11321, >>8844524 #11322, >>8845367 #11323
>>8839158 #11316, >>8839925 #11317, >>8840726 #11318, >>8841496 #11319
>>8835924 #11312, >>8836769 #11313, >>8837528 #11314, >>8838294 #11315
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#8848435 at 2020-04-19 08:06:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11327: Late Night Style Patriot Shit Edition
#11327 FINAL
>>8847761, >>8847786 Anons, we used to hold CELEBRATIONS of the discovery of QUININE.
>>8847889, >>8847898' >>8847993 Truman carrier digs
>>8848003 OBAMA ENDORSES TRUMP FOR 2020
>>8848021 Trump Says He Received 'Nice Note' from N. Korean Leader
>>8848034 'Heartbroken' Obama 'eager' to help Biden defeat Trump in election
>>8848088 William Kristol & Neocons Are Not Conservatives
>>8848138 Watchdog subpoenas Google for Hillary Clinton emails
>>8848162, >>8848180 Here's a coronavirus dump.
>>8848195 CDC lab contamination reportedly delayed coronavirus test rollout
>>8848225 Malcolm Turnbull faces lifetime ban from Liberal Party
>>8848240 There is a restaurant in NY called "One if by Land, Two if by Sea" on 17 Barrow St. complete with underground tunnel to Hudson
>>8848249 GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated House rules
>>8848326 OnThisDay in 1909, Hugh Alexander was born.
>>8848330 Now the corrupt Queensland Australia government is bailing out Virgin Airlines to the tune of $200 million.
>>8848343 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Epstein bottom girl Ghislane Maxwell is HIDING OUT in France to avoid FBI charges
>>8848346 Monarch 2 Phoenix Program
>>8848406 Twitter just started limiting account features for multiple Q-related accounts at the same time.
>>8848412 Be Thinking D5 5:5 UNITED Together an Army of Digital Soldiers
>>8848433 Lately multiple matching UFO reports have been popping up on the interne
save goodies for next bred!
#8848368 at 2020-04-19 07:49:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11327: Late Night Style Patriot Shit Edition
>>8848366
Baker assuming kitchen
11327 @ 600
>>8847761,>>8847786 Anons, we used to hold CELEBRATIONS of the discovery of QUININE.
>>8847889, >>8847898' >>8847993 Truman carrier digs
>>8848003 OBAMA ENDORSES TRUMP FOR 2020
>>8848021 Trump Says He Received 'Nice Note' from N. Korean Leader
>>8848034 'Heartbroken' Obama 'eager' to help Biden defeat Trump in election
>>8848088 William Kristol & Neocons Are Not Conservatives
>>8848138 Watchdog subpoenas Google for Hillary Clinton emails
>>8848162, >>8848180 Here's a coronavirus dump.
>>8848195 CDC lab contamination reportedly delayed coronavirus test rollout
>>8848225 Malcolm Turnbull faces lifetime ban from Liberal Party
>>8848240 There is a restaurant in NY called "One if by Land, Two if by Sea" on 17 Barrow Street complete with underground tunnel to Hudson
>>8848249 GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated House rules
>>8848326 OnThisDay in 1909, Hugh Alexander was born.
>>8848330 Now the corrupt Queensland Australia government is bailing out Virgin Airlines to the tune of $200 million.
>>8848343 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Epstein bottom girl Ghislane Maxwell is HIDING OUT in France to avoid FBI charges
>>8848346 Monarch 2 Phoenix Program
#8848225 at 2020-04-19 07:10:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11327: Late Night Style Patriot Shit Edition
Malcolm Turnbull faces lifetime ban from Liberal Party
Interesting timing. Australian liberal party getting on top of whats coming. Reminder Turnbull was Aussie pm during spygate.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/Turnbull-faces-lifetime-ban/news-story/59806aa93d748a5ef08b7a3ff2022543
#8831341 at 2020-04-18 00:07:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11307: Keep Yo Eye On The Bread Edition
Global Announcements
>>8824390 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8788320 BO PSA: Shitstorm erupts on /v/, BO fills in the community on whats going on and precautions taken in case of emergency.
>>8810651 CM pushed a hotfix to address status: 0 error
Notables
are not endorsements
#11305
crowd bake
>>8829896 Q crumbs & keywords mentioned in POTUS briefing to the press today Apr 17, 2020
>>8829945, >>8830038 Anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures labs (with PNGS) plus report
>>8829966 Anon: Fauci just destroyed MSM narrative that everyone needs to be tested to open the country.
>>8830054 Anon on CQ and HCQ (not sauced but well reasoned)
>>8830070 Lou Dobbs on FBI corruption (Solomon)
>>8830117 Planefags
>>8830433 Historical use of quinine to treat the flu
>>8829912 Press Secretary twat - CNN cuts away to an opinion commentator
>>8830018 Vid TheEpochTimes: Timeline of WHO Cover-Up Apr 17, 2020
>>8830804 #11305
#11304
>>8829157, >>8829487 USAF abruptly ends continuous strategic bomber presence on Guam after 16 yrs.-thedrive.com
>>8829231, >>8829255, >>8829281, >>8829330 Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find
>>8829476, >>8829242 1914 Advertisement for Bromoquinine. "Cures a cold in one day. Stops cough and headache and works off cold"
>>8829269, >>8829498 pf report(s)
>>8829293 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Mystery as 'very big flaming object' spotted spiralling through sky above Cambridgeshire for '20 minutes'-thesun
>>8829378 SoCal Beach City Dumps 37 Tons of Sand in Skate Park to Stop 'Illegal Skateboarding' After 28 Coronavirus Deaths in Orange County-gateway pundit
>>8829404 Michigan Governor caves to pressure and protest, says she'll reopen state May 1st-lifezette.com
>>8829408 US Launches 'Full-Scale Investigation' Into Wuhan Lab-zh
>>8829459 Chinese Firm's Letter On Hunter Biden's Resignation Raises More Questions Than It Answers-dailycaller
>>8829500 Trump Unveils $19 Billion Relief Program for Farmers-sputnik
>>8829517 POTUS Daily Update link
>>8829525 COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says "Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab"-zh
>>8829632 moar on Robert Redfield CDC anon dig
>>8829709, >>8829727, >>8829798 The History Of Hydroxychloroquine In India and healing bark addition
>>8829810 Roger Stone denied new trial; gag order lifted-cnn
>>8829790 Crumbs from POTUS at WH Presser
#11304
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
>>8829026 #11303
Previously Collected Notables
>>8826718 #11300, >>8827489 #11301, >>8828271 #11302
>>8823663 #11296, >>8824387 #11297, >>8825140 #11298, >>8825915 #11299
>>8822263 #11292, >>8822260 #11293, >>8822259 #11294, >>8822550 #11295
>>8817391 #11288, >>8818299 #11289, >>8821929 #11290, >>8822264 #11291
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
#8830573 at 2020-04-17 23:30:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11306: Mission Good~Q Edition
Global Announcements
>>8824390 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8788320 BO PSA: Shitstorm erupts on /v/, BO fills in the community on whats going on and precautions taken in case of emergency.
>>8810651 CM pushed a hotfix to address status: 0 error
Notables
are not endorsements
#11305
>>8829896 Q crumbs & keywords mentioned in POTUS briefing to the press today Apr 17, 2020
>>8829945, >>8830038 Anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures labs (with PNGS) plus report
>>8829966 Anon: Fauci just destroyed MSM narrative that everyone needs to be tested to open the country.
>>8830054 Anon on CQ and HCQ (not sauced but well reasoned)
>>8830070 Lou Dobbs on FBI corruption (Solomon)
>>8830117 Planefags
>>8830519 #11305
#11304
>>8829157, >>8829487 USAF abruptly ends continuous strategic bomber presence on Guam after 16 yrs.-thedrive.com
>>8829231, >>8829255, >>8829281, >>8829330 Sunlight destroys virus quickly, new govt. tests find
>>8829476, >>8829242 1914 Advertisement for Bromoquinine. "Cures a cold in one day. Stops cough and headache and works off cold"
>>8829269, >>8829498 pf report(s)
>>8829293 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Mystery as 'very big flaming object' spotted spiralling through sky above Cambridgeshire for '20 minutes'-thesun
>>8829378 SoCal Beach City Dumps 37 Tons of Sand in Skate Park to Stop 'Illegal Skateboarding' After 28 Coronavirus Deaths in Orange County-gateway pundit
>>8829404 Michigan Governor caves to pressure and protest, says she'll reopen state May 1st-lifezette.com
>>8829408 US Launches 'Full-Scale Investigation' Into Wuhan Lab-zh
>>8829459 Chinese Firm's Letter On Hunter Biden's Resignation Raises More Questions Than It Answers-dailycaller
>>8829500 Trump Unveils $19 Billion Relief Program for Farmers-sputnik
>>8829517 POTUS Daily Update link
>>8829525 COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says "Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab"-zh
>>8829632 moar on Robert Redfield CDC anon dig
>>8829709, >>8829727, >>8829798 The History Of Hydroxychloroquine In India and healing bark addition
>>8829810 Roger Stone denied new trial; gag order lifted-cnn
>>8829790 Crumbs from POTUS at WH Presser
#11304
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
>>8829026 #11303
#11302
>>8827631, >>8827641, >>8827672, >>8827697, >>8827843, >>8827919, >>8827974, >>8828039, >>8828245 PF updates
>>8828044 Protesters in New Jersey gather to decry stay-at-home executive order
>>8828016 Obama knowingly subverts POTUS TRUMP.
>>8827959 #BREAKING: US Treasury just announcing it is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver direct economic impact payments to our veterans automatically.
>>8827897 Justice Department Seeks to End Illegal Online Sale of Industrial Bleach Marketed as "Miracle" Treatment for COVID-19
>>8827737 Matterhorn in Swiss Alps lit up with American flag in show of solidarity during coronavirus
>>8827679 Potus: White House news conference today at 6:00 P.M. Eastern. Thank you!
>>8827603 anon bun
>>8828271 #11302
Previously Collected Notables
>>8826718 #11300, >>8827489 #11301
>>8823663 #11296, >>8824387 #11297, >>8825140 #11298, >>8825915 #11299
>>8822263 #11292, >>8822260 #11293, >>8822259 #11294, >>8822550 #11295
>>8817391 #11288, >>8818299 #11289, >>8821929 #11290, >>8822264 #11291
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
#8830202 at 2020-04-17 23:14:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11305: "Muh Notables" Needs to Learn to Bake Edition
>>8828370 p Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
Of course he did.
#8829832 at 2020-04-17 22:54:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11305: "Muh Notables" Needs to Learn to Bake Edition
Global Announcements
>>8824390 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8788320 BO PSA: Shitstorm erupts on /v/, BO fills in the community on whats going on and precautions taken in case of emergency.
>>8810651 CM pushed a hotfix to address status: 0 error
Notables
are not endorsements
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
>>8829026 #11303
#11302
>>8827631, >>8827641, >>8827672, >>8827697, >>8827843, >>8827919, >>8827974, >>8828039, >>8828245 PF updates
>>8828044 Protesters in New Jersey gather to decry stay-at-home executive order
>>8828016 Obama knowingly subverts POTUS TRUMP.
>>8827959 #BREAKING: US Treasury just announcing it is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver direct economic impact payments to our veterans automatically.
>>8827897 Justice Department Seeks to End Illegal Online Sale of Industrial Bleach Marketed as "Miracle" Treatment for COVID-19
>>8827737 Matterhorn in Swiss Alps lit up with American flag in show of solidarity during coronavirus
>>8827679 Potus: White House news conference today at 6:00 P.M. Eastern. Thank you!
>>8827603 anon bun
>>8828271 #11302
#11301
>>8826789, >>8826798, >>8826808, >>8826835, >>8826846, >>8826927, >>8827117, >>8827170, >>8827233, >>8827273, >>8827299,>>8827358, >>8827388 planefaggin
>>8827400 StratCom Tweet : "You are Ready."
>>8827386 Democrats request probe of Barr's remarks on firing of intelligence community IG
>>8827266 SPRING 2020 Virtual Meetings IMF and World Bank Announce Unprecedented Debt Cancellation Programme to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
>>8827230 Historical symbol of Haitian identity gutted after church dome goes up in flames
>>8827195 Fed Cuts Pace Of Treasury QE By 50% To "Only" $15 Billion Per Day, Yields Spike
>>8827173 Flotus: BeBest Word Search
>>8827138 DTJr RT: Acting DNI Grenell Is Succeeding, Angering Susan Rice and Adam Schiff
>>8827126 World Bank Group president holds press conference
>>8826978, >>8827171, >>8827182 U.S. Department of State "How COVID-19 Compares Historically to Other Pandemics"
>>8826901 SPREADSHEET IS UPDATED to Q post >>8825961
>>8826869, >>8826876, >>8826935 Media Hypes Unproven, Expensive Gilead Drug Remdesivir After Trashing Chloroquine
>>8826861 Call to diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8826847, >>8826939 Massive Gun Control Bill Filed in DC H.R. 5717/S. 3254
>>8826841 2010 The How and Why of WHO Faked Pandemic
>>8827489 #11301
Previously Collected Notables
>>8826718 #11300
>>8823663 #11296, >>8824387 #11297, >>8825140 #11298, >>8825915 #11299
>>8822263 #11292, >>8822260 #11293, >>8822259 #11294, >>8822550 #11295
>>8817391 #11288, >>8818299 #11289, >>8821929 #11290, >>8822264 #11291
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
#8829046 at 2020-04-17 21:57:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11304: Invisible Enemies, Silent Wars, …..and frogs to destroy them. Edition
Global Announcements
>>8824390 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8788320 BO PSA: Shitstorm erupts on /v/, BO fills in the community on whats going on and precautions taken in case of emergency.
>>8810651 CM pushed a hotfix to address status: 0 error
Notables
are not endorsements
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
>>8829026 #11303
#11302
>>8827631, >>8827641, >>8827672, >>8827697, >>8827843, >>8827919, >>8827974, >>8828039, >>8828245 PF updates
>>8828044 Protesters in New Jersey gather to decry stay-at-home executive order
>>8828016 Obama knowingly subverts POTUS TRUMP.
>>8827959 #BREAKING: US Treasury just announcing it is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver direct economic impact payments to our veterans automatically.
>>8827897 Justice Department Seeks to End Illegal Online Sale of Industrial Bleach Marketed as "Miracle" Treatment for COVID-19
>>8827737 Matterhorn in Swiss Alps lit up with American flag in show of solidarity during coronavirus
>>8827679 Potus: White House news conference today at 6:00 P.M. Eastern. Thank you!
>>8827603 anon bun
>>8828271 #11302
#11301
>>8826789, >>8826798, >>8826808, >>8826835, >>8826846, >>8826927, >>8827117, >>8827170, >>8827233, >>8827273, >>8827299,>>8827358, >>8827388 planefaggin
>>8827400 StratCom Tweet : "You are Ready."
>>8827386 Democrats request probe of Barr's remarks on firing of intelligence community IG
>>8827266 SPRING 2020 Virtual Meetings IMF and World Bank Announce Unprecedented Debt Cancellation Programme to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
>>8827230 Historical symbol of Haitian identity gutted after church dome goes up in flames
>>8827195 Fed Cuts Pace Of Treasury QE By 50% To "Only" $15 Billion Per Day, Yields Spike
>>8827173 Flotus: BeBest Word Search
>>8827138 DTJr RT: Acting DNI Grenell Is Succeeding, Angering Susan Rice and Adam Schiff
>>8827126 World Bank Group president holds press conference
>>8826978, >>8827171, >>8827182 U.S. Department of State "How COVID-19 Compares Historically to Other Pandemics"
>>8826901 SPREADSHEET IS UPDATED to Q post >>8825961
>>8826869, >>8826876, >>8826935 Media Hypes Unproven, Expensive Gilead Drug Remdesivir After Trashing Chloroquine
>>8826861 Call to diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8826847, >>8826939 Massive Gun Control Bill Filed in DC H.R. 5717/S. 3254
>>8826841 2010 The How and Why of WHO Faked Pandemic
>>8827489 #11301
#8829026 at 2020-04-17 21:54:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11303: Anons Keep On Keepin On Edition
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
#8828957 at 2020-04-17 21:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11303: Anons Keep On Keepin On Edition
Notables
one and done for baquer
handoff next bread at the dough is solo self confirm
aka Hand Solo
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658, >>8828894, >>8828905 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's frens clean it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
>>8828809, >>8828819, >>8828825, >>8828853 CCP Gov's List
>>8828843 diggz on Robert Redfield, CDC
>>8828874 Daily Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing links
#8828795 at 2020-04-17 21:27:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11303: Anons Keep On Keepin On Edition
Notables
takin a break from the interstate
#11303
>>8828370 Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Aus officials when he contacted US diplomats to raise concerns about Russian interference - claims Malcolm Turnbull
>>8828389 15 House Democrats Call to Replenish Small Business Relief Fund Despite Pelosi's Objections (SBA, PPP news)
>>8828376, >>8828399, >>8828658 anon snoops onsite of Intellectual ventures laboratories, anon's fren cleans it up guud
>>8828403 Excellent chart of pol/media connections.
>>8828575, >>8828295 George Pop suggests a DNC "staffer" was wikileaks source 18 days after murder of Seth Rich
>>8828479 keks -Bill Gates Being Destroyed on Twitter is the Most Uplifting Thing You'll See Today
>>8828526 Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
>>8828578 Market Report-to close out the week
>>8828732 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in: "South Dakota is now the first state in America to launch a statewide, state-backed clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19." (comments caps >>8828764)
#8828370 at 2020-04-17 20:43:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11303: Anons Keep On Keepin On Edition
Downer raised Russia concerns at US embassy without government approval
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Australian officials when he contacted United States diplomats four years ago to raise concerns about potential Russian interference in the US presidential election.
A new memoir by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull reveals that Mr Downer raised his concerns directly with the US embassy in London in July 2016 but had "no authority from Canberra" to do so.
The move was crucial to the launch of an FBI investigation into the Russian support for the election of US President Donald Trump, who dismissed the inquiry as a "witch-hunt" and ordered an inquiry into the affair.
Mr Downer, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom at the time, met Trump aide George Papadopoulos in London in May 2016 and was told the Russians had "damaging" material on Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton.
While Mr Downer mentioned this in a cable to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the information was not acted upon until he later chose to raise it with the deputy at the US embassy in London, Elizabeth Dibble.
In his new memoir, A Bigger Picture, Mr Turnbull says Mr Downer did this without checking with the department.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/downer-raised-russia-concerns-at-us-embassy-without-government-approval-20200416-p54kho.html
#8809171 at 2020-04-16 03:29:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11278: Anons Diggin' Deep Edition
Murdoch wanted him out because he was 'his own man', Turnbull claims
Australia is exposed to a "debased" media culture that allows News Corp co-chairman Rupert Murdoch to wield influence over national leaders, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull argues in a new memoir that reveals his clashes with media moguls.
Mr Turnbull tells of Mr Murdoch saying "we have to get rid of Malcolm" in the final days of his government in August 2018, taking this as proof the media boss was signing up to the "lunatic" agenda of former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Citing a private conversation with Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes as his source, Mr Turnbull writes that Mr Murdoch said "three years of Labor wouldn't be too bad" if the leadership upheaval destroyed the Liberal government.
Mr Murdoch's son and fellow co-chairman, Lachlan, has insisted his father did not make those remarks, but Mr Turnbull dismissed that defence.
"He would say that, wouldn't he?" Mr Turnbull said in an interview ahead of the publication of his book on Monday.
"I only know what Kerry Stokes told me and I took a note of the discussion with Kerry at the time. And as I say at the book, I have a contemporaneous note of the discussion with Stokes."
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/murdoch-wanted-him-out-because-he-was-his-own-man-Turnbull-claims-20200416-p54kbc.html
Cracks appearing!
#8543922 at 2020-03-24 08:42:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10939: Man Ingests Fish Tank Cleaner w/Fatal Results; NBC blames POTUS Edition
This may not seem much to anons but the sudden resignation of:
Lucy Turnbull, wife of Malcolm Turnbull (former Oz PM - FISAgate) as Chief Commissioner for the Greater Sydney Commission,
for "personal reasons"
indicates to me that shit is happening in Oz…
Q said ALL attorneys general are investigating.
Turnbull authorised Julie Bishop (former Foreign Affairs Minister) who authorised Alexander Downer…
and so on…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8145561/Malcolm-Turnbulls-wife-Lucy-suddenly-stands-job-personal-reasons.html
#8543160 at 2020-03-24 06:12:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10938: Enter Sandman Edition
Australia: FISA related
AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE - BLACK OPS ARM OF THE AUS DEEP STATE?
This was the particular Australian spy agency that assisted in the attempted coup to overthrow POTUS.
This agency has a very controversial history of clown activity overseas and its activities are DIRECTED by the Australian gov through the department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Notably - Alexander Downer ran DFAT from 1997-2007.
This means that the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs in particular knew and gave the green light for ASIS to assist in the coup - None other than Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop.
Q asked the question of "who owns AUS? " and what is interesting is that ASIS was being exposed in the 90s for being a rogue entity and that the organisation was being purged of officers and spying on their own citizens among other things (pic related). Could it be that the UK was involved in removing the white hats in ASIS and thus gained controlled of it and it's activities?
ASIS runs the "black ops" on behalf of the Australian deep state overseas and given legal permission to do so under an act that was passed when PM John Howard was in office. These clowns are able to ASSIST in violent or paramilitary activities but not involved in the actual execution of the operation (pic related).
#7993222 at 2020-02-01 20:08:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10230: General Flynn Coming Front and Center Soon Edition
Rhodes Scholars are chosen by the Cabal FOR the cabal.
https://www.reference.com/world-view/famous-rhodes-scholars-62e6c1a2a1fb02a
Famous Rhodes scholars include James William Fulbright, Rachel Maddow, Susan Rice, Edwin Hubble, Bill Clinton, Terence Malik, Bill Bradley, Kris Kristofferson and Cory Booker.
Pete Buttegieg, Malcolm Turnbull, George Stefanopolis.
LOTS of NZ politicians as well. Prime cabal playground.
This is TRAINING for the next gen. of cabal members.
#7751923 at 2020-01-08 16:32:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9921: Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide Edition
>>7751837
DISCLAIMER: I'm not a fire expert nor am I Australian. I do not intend to offend anyone. If I get anything wrong feel free to correct me.
I'm increasingly thinking that this is large-scale the longer this goes on. I have lived in rural land for a month once in my life and my mother has lived on a farm for several years in her younger days and we would always burn dead bushes and we never got fire out of control. Australia is a big land and it seems weird that thease fires are burning from the north and all the way in Tasmania and with all the fire fighters from all over the world the fire ought to be already put out by the time. My guesses are maybe a contruction company wants to do business, cllimate group wants to make climate change seem real, or this is an attempt to politically sabotage Scott Morrison by the Labor party of Malcolm Turnbull.
I hope thease fires or arsons stop soon and that there is no further loss of life.
#7372725 at 2019-11-25 23:27:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9429: Global Anons are at the Ready Edition
Australian Prime Minister Calls Alleged Chinese Spy Plot 'Deeply Disturbing'
New allegations that the Chinese communist regime attempted to install an agent inside Australia's federal Parliament are "deeply disturbing and troubling," Australia's prime minister said on Nov. 25 as its domestic spy agency investigates the plot.
The probe had already been started by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) before it was first reported by Australia's "60 Minutes" program and affiliated newspapers on Nov. 24, according to Mike Burgess, ASIO's director-general of security.
Reports about China's alleged meddling in Australia's domestic affairs detailed how a suspected Chinese espionage ring had offered "a seven-figure sum" to Melbourne luxury car dealer Bo "Nick" Zhao to run for a seat in Australia's federal Parliament. Zhao was found dead in March in a Melbourne motel room and police were unable to conclude how he died.
"I find the allegations deeply disturbing and troubling," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters in Canberra, adding that the government had bolstered Australia's laws and security agencies to counter foreign interference.
"Australia is not naive to the threats that it faces more broadly," he added.
The allegations came just a day after a man claiming to be a Chinese military intelligence agent defected to Australia and presented troves of material to ASIO. In an earlier interview with The Epoch Times, 27-year-old Wang Liqiang described how he had become disillusioned by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) totalitarian agenda, leading to his defection.
At a news briefing in Beijing on Nov. 25, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang denied reports of meddling in Australia and said the Chinese government won't interfere in other countries' domestic affairs. He called the allegations by media reports a lie.
Scrutiny of the CCP and its influence in Australia has been on the rise. Australia passed laws in 2018 to combat foreign interference, which was introduced in the wake of what then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described as "disturbing reports of Chinese influence."
Jeff Nyquist, an author and researcher of Chinese and Russian strategy, told The Epoch Times the reports about China's alleged attempts at meddling in Australian politics should come as no surprise.
"Being able to get inside the political system of its enemies, of the countries it wants to subvert, is a key tactic in the bag of tricks of the CCP," he said. "The threats that China has made, for example, to Australia that they better be on the side of China and not on the side of the United States in any future disagreements are to be taken seriously."
An article published in Chinese state media threatened Australia over its relationship with the United States.
"This Australia-US alliance will not bring the benefits Australia hopes for. This will bring a long-term military and political confrontation between Australia and Asian countries," academic Yu Lei wrote in an op-ed in China's Global Times.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/australian-prime-minister-calls-alleged-chinese-spy-plot-deeply-disturbing_3156436.html
#6717231 at 2019-06-10 12:54:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8590: Silent NIght, Sunday Night Edition
>>6717212
Remember this
Full transcript of Trump's phone call with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#6537271 at 2019-05-19 19:30:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8359: Bartiromo's On a Roll Edition
Trump and Australia's Scott Morrison Reaffirm Alliance, Friendship After General Election
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been re-elected to continue on with the job in a general election on May 18 that has been described by the press for left-leaning populists as another a "shock" election victory. The 51-year-old received a congratulatory phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump early on Sunday, May 19. Trump called the result a "great win!"
According to the White House, the two leaders reaffirmed the "critical importance" of the long-standing alliance and friendship between the United States and Australia, and they pledged to continue their close cooperation on shared priorities. Center-left Labor, which has governed Australia for only 38 of its 118 years as a federation, had been rated an overwhelming favorite, both in opinion polls and with odds-makers, to topple the conservative Liberal-National coalition government in an unlosable election after the government's six years in power.
Instead, Morrison-who became prime minister only last August when a contentious internal party vote dumped Malcolm Turnbull as its leader-swept the coalition to victory with what is likely to be an increased representation in Parliament. The result is much the same as the last election, which delivered the government a single-seat majority in 2016. Since then, public expectations have taken a roller coaster ride based on the media's reporting of polls. Opinion polling has been a factor in Coalition and Labor governments ousting four of their own prime ministers in the past decade.
Sydney University political scientist Stewart Jackson said the polls that had put Labor ahead of the government for the past two years were too consistent for too long to be credible. "That indicates 'herding,' where the pollsters themselves are getting results that they don't think are right and are adjusting them," Jackson said. "Because statistically, polls should never come up like that." Martin O'Shannessy, who headed the respected Newspoll market research company in Sydney for a decade until 2015, said he was "shocked" by the government's victory, given the polling. "It's not possible to tell exactly how the current polls are being conducted because they don't have the same method statement that polls in the past have had," O'Shannessy said.
Until Saturday, Newspoll had accurately predicted the winner of every Australian state and federal election since its inception in 1985. Australia has made voting compulsory, so pollsters' surveys of Australians' party preferences usually come close to the election result. Newspolls are published every few weeks and are reported by the Australian media like a game score of the government and opposition's popularity and achievements.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-and-australias-scott-morrison-reaffirm-alliance-friendship-after-general-election_2928458.html
#6525628 at 2019-05-18 02:08:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8344: Hunter Biden's Crack Pipe Edition
Rwandan massacre victim's Australian parents kept in dark on suspects' resettlement from US
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-17/rwandan-massacre-victim-family-kept-in-dark-on-resettlement/11122952
"… After spending years in US immigration detention, the two Rwandan men were recently settled in Australia as part of a refugee swap deal first negotiated by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Barack Obama's US administration.
The deal was exposed in leaked transcripts of a heated first phone call between US President Donald Trump and Mr Turnbull soon after Mr Trump's inauguration…."
#6519600 at 2019-05-17 08:01:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8337: Big Boom Friday? Edition
>>6519564
Your former PM, Malcolm Turnbull, merchant banker millionaire, now works for (always has) for the Clintons…..
#6514314 at 2019-05-16 19:03:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8330: Thursday Morning Digs Edition
dig dig dig
Traitor Obama protecting his own?
Sounds like Obama put 2 Terrorist into essentially, an Australian "Witness Protection" program to me.
And who were these 1,250 "migrants" we took in exchange?
– @RealSaavedra 10:13 PM - 15 May 2019
BREAKING: Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda - to the streets of Australia and the US agreed to take 1,250 migrants in return
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1128891128877477889
#6512927 at 2019-05-16 15:33:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
>>6512907
++Baker++
Just a heads up
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandans who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
Is the first notable in the last bread but one
>>6511504 #8326
#6512907 at 2019-05-16 15:29:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#8328 baker change
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandans who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
>>6512421 Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks
>>6512410 Barr to appear on Fox News from El Salvador on Friday
>>6512353 Huber twat w/CAP: The "Steele" dossier source was ALSO was a source for the Moscow "pee tape"
>>6512516 4 people remaining inside the Venezuelan embassy in D.C have been arrested
>>6512511 Jobless claims drop 16,000 to 212,000, show no hint of deterioration in labor market
>>6512508 Bayer apologizes over secret list of Monsanto critics, French prosecutor has opened a probe
>>6512468 GermanArchiveAnon update added #8316 to #8327
>>6512613, >>6512593 Robert Mnuchin winning bidder on "Rabbit" art by Jeff Koons - $91 mil (on behlaf of a client)
>>6512619 Kappy and "Chandler" AZ (cont'd kappy digs)
>>6512597 New filing in United States v. Mike Flynn: Order on Sealed Motion for Leave to File Document Under Seal
>>6512578 marine corps five 5-paragraph order smeac
>>6512797 Huwei photo in showroom in Shenzhen looks eerily familiar to Hussein's gay ass self-portrait
>>6512683 interview even after the chris wray stuff, touches on Ukraine & Biden, and Hammers Sen Burr on DJTjr.
>>6512707 Documents reveal EU bowed to demands of pesticide lobbies
>>6512838 Gang of 8 Clas breifing on Iran this afternoon (Chad Pergram)
#6512831 at 2019-05-16 15:17:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#8328 baker change
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
>>6512421 Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks
>>6512410 Barr to appear on Fox News from El Salvador on Friday
>>6512353 Huber twat w/CAP: The "Steele" dossier source was ALSO was a source for the Moscow "pee tape"
>>6512516 4 people remaining inside the Venezuelan embassy in D.C have been arrested
>>6512511 Jobless claims drop 16,000 to 212,000, show no hint of deterioration in labor market
>>6512508 Bayer apologizes over secret list of Monsanto critics, French prosecutor has opened a probe
>>6512468 GermanArchiveAnon update added #8316 to #8327
>>6512613, >>6512593 Robert Mnuchin winning bidder on "Rabbit" art by Jeff Koons - $91 mil (on behlaf of a client)
>>6512619 Kappy and "Chandler" AZ (cont'd kappy digs)
>>6512597 New filing in United States v. Mike Flynn: Order on Sealed Motion for Leave to File Document Under Seal
>>6512578 marine corps five 5-paragraph order smeac
couple that needs some more yays or nays
>>6512707 Documents reveal EU bowed to demands of pesticide lobbies
>>6512732 Anon: Deep State is The Blight
#6512777 at 2019-05-16 15:08:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#8328 baker change
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
>>6512421 Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks
>>6512410 Barr to appear on Fox News from El Salvador on Friday
>>6512353 Huber twat w/CAP: The "Steele" dossier source was ALSO was a source for the Moscow "pee tape"
>>6512516 4 people remaining inside the Venezuelan embassy in D.C have been arrested
>>6512511 Jobless claims drop 16,000 to 212,000, show no hint of deterioration in labor market
>>6512508 Bayer apologizes over secret list of Monsanto critics, French prosecutor has opened a probe
>>6512468 GermanArchiveAnon update added #8316 to #8327
>>6512613, >>6512593 Robert Mnuchin winning bidder on "Rabbit" art by Jeff Koons - $91 mil (on behlaf of a client)
>>6512619 Kappy and "Chandler" AZ (cont'd kappy digs)
>>6512597 New filing in United States v. Mike Flynn: Order on Sealed Motion for Leave to File Document Under Seal
#6512657 at 2019-05-16 14:46:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#8328 baker change
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
>>6512421 Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks
>>6512410 Barr to appear on Fox News from El Salvador on Friday
>>6512353 Huber twat w/CAP: The "Steele" dossier source was ALSO was a source for the Moscow "pee tape"
>>6512516 4 people remaining inside the Venezuelan embassy in D.C have been arrested
>>6512511 Jobless claims drop 16,000 to 212,000, show no hint of deterioration in labor market
>>6512508 Bayer apologizes over secret list of Monsanto critics, French prosecutor has opened a probe
>>6512468 GermanArchiveAnon update added #8316 to #8327
still cruisin the bread
help nominate with your usual flavor of nice, interdasting, notable, this, dank pointing memes, etc - thanks familia
#6512493 at 2019-05-16 14:19:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
>>6512461
got your 6 anyway…
#8328
>>6512444 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda
>>6512421 Missouri Senate passes bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks
>>6512410 Barr to appear on Fox News from El Salvador on Friday
>>6512353 Huber twat w/CAP: The "Steele" dossier source who falsely claimed there was a Russian Consulate in Miami was ALSO was a source for the Moscow "pee tape"
#6512444 at 2019-05-16 14:10:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8328: Shills Aren't Even Trying Anymore: GAME OVER Edition
>>6511419 /lb
>BREAKING: Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda - to the streets of Australia and the US agreed to take 1,250 migrants in return
Sounds like Obama put 2 Terrorist in essentially, an "Australian Witness Protection" program.
And who were these 1,250 "refugees" we took in exchange?
This would make an interesting dig!
#6511504 at 2019-05-16 07:50:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8327: Billionaires Ball (The Last Hurrah) Edition
#8326 reposted in #8327
>>6511419 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists to Australia
>>6511392 Paul Sperry: Comey used to be a Commie in 1970s
>>6511363, >>6511393 Charlie Kirk: Hunter Biden's partner is Chinese deals was the son of John Kerry, who shaped US-China policy
>>6511323 Opponents Of Alabama Abortion Ban Receiving Bay Area Support | KPIX
>>6511251 Organization ChristChurchCall calls for 8chan bans (What is this org? Call for a DIGG)
>>6511212 US Indo-Pac. Cmd: An AV-8B Harrier sits ready to go at a moment's notice
>>6511195 Ex-FBI lawyer: Officials 'quite worried' Comey appeared to be blackmailing Trump w/dossier
>>6511225, >>6511226, >>6511228 Resignations in the news today
>>6511160, >>6511170, >>6511174 HRC & "friends" attend "Cabal Ball" (Statue of Liberty museum opening)
>>6511140 Alabama Gov. has signed a bill designed to lead to a new Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade
>>6511023 Illinois House of Reps. voted to require state-based companies to have min. of 1 female/1 black on Board of Directors
>>6510983 USAF: A KC-46 Pegasus w/@22ARW performs a flyoover during Heritage to Horizons concert
>>6511053 Actor Isaac Kappy dead at 42 after he "forced himself off" a bridge, posted ominous apology to Trump, QAnon (Foxnews Flash)
>>6510928, >>6511020, >>6510973 Kappy story deceptively edited? (so it looks like POTUS made "several references to the far-right conspiracy group QAnon" (Foxnews Flash)
>>6511215, >>6511224 Call for a DIGG of FOXNews reporter Louis Casiano (see >>6510928, >>6511053 ; Deceptive editing? See his other "far-right" refs)
>>6510900 Alabama abortion ban bill passes: No exceptions for rape, incest
>>6510918 Trump admin will "shed light" on a secretive practice that costs taxpayers millions of dollars
>>6510907 California investigators reveal cause of the deadliest wildfire in state history (Campfire)
>>6510854 , >>6510863, >>6510866, >>6510881, >>6510882, >>6510993 Why did Congo offer HRC $650,000 for a speech?
>>6510849 , >>6510862 Remember when Q told us about an FBI assassination plot against Trump?
>>6511250, >>6511205, >>6511296, >>6511288, >>6511462 Kappy death location DIGG II
>>6510851, >>6510869, >>6510871, >>6510899, >>6511112 Kappy death location DIGG I
>>6510837 China's Huawei and 70 affiliates placed on US Trade Blacklist
>>6510836 Coincidence? Sessions appointed Durham and POTUS nominated him for last position
>>6510821 POTUS trolls Joe Scarborough
>>6510811 POTUS & FLOTUS host the White House Historical Association Dinner
>>6510808 Durham as Stealth Bomber (the planes are built in Raleigh-Durham, NC)
#6511488 at 2019-05-16 07:42:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8327: Billionaires Ball (The Last Hurrah) Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6477078 BO removed a BV
>>6446595 BO on baker checks
>>6385109 Do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode
>>6508856 Please no JPEGs (new: conversion apps)
>>6364968 Captchas for every post now
Notables
are not endorsements
#8326
>>6511419 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists to Australia
>>6511392 Paul Sperry: Comey used to be a Commie in 1970s
>>6511363, >>6511393 Charlie Kirk: Hunter Biden's partner is Chinese deals was the son of John Kerry, who shaped US-China policy
>>6511323 Opponents Of Alabama Abortion Ban Receiving Bay Area Support | KPIX
>>6511251 Organization ChristChurchCall calls for 8chan bans (What is this org? Call for a DIGG)
>>6511212 US Indo-Pac. Cmd: An AV-8B Harrier sits ready to go at a moment's notice
>>6511195 Ex-FBI lawyer: Officials 'quite worried' Comey appeared to be blackmailing Trump w/dossier
>>6511225, >>6511226, >>6511228 Resignations in the news today
>>6511160, >>6511170, >>6511174 HRC & "friends" attend "Cabal Ball" (Statue of Liberty museum opening)
>>6511140 Alabama Gov. has signed a bill designed to lead to a new Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade
>>6511023 Illinois House of Reps. voted to require state-based companies to have min. of 1 female/1 black on Board of Directors
>>6510983 USAF: A KC-46 Pegasus w/@22ARW performs a flyoover during Heritage to Horizons concert
>>6511053 Actor Isaac Kappy dead at 42 after he "forced himself off" a bridge, posted ominous apology to Trump, QAnon (Foxnews Flash)
>>6510928, >>6511020, >>6510973 Kappy story deceptively edited? (so it looks like POTUS made "several references to the far-right conspiracy group QAnon" (Foxnews Flash)
>>6511215, >>6511224 Call for a DIGG of FOXNews reporter Louis Casiano (see >>6510928, >>6511053 ; Deceptive editing? See his other "far-right" refs)
>>6510900 Alabama abortion ban bill passes: No exceptions for rape, incest
>>6510918 Trump admin will "shed light" on a secretive practice that costs taxpayers millions of dollars
>>6510907 California investigators reveal cause of the deadliest wildfire in state history (Campfire)
>>6510854 , >>6510863, >>6510866, >>6510881, >>6510882, >>6510993 Why did Congo offer HRC $650,000 for a speech?
>>6510849 , >>6510862 Remember when Q told us about an FBI assassination plot against Trump?
>>6511250, >>6511205, >>6511296, >>6511288, >>6511462 Kappy death location DIGG II
>>6510851, >>6510869, >>6510871, >>6510899, >>6511112 Kappy death location DIGG I
>>6510837 China's Huawei and 70 affiliates placed on US Trade Blacklist
>>6510836 Coincidence? Sessions appointed Durham and POTUS nominated him for last position
>>6510821 POTUS trolls Joe Scarborough
>>6510811 POTUS & FLOTUS host the White House Historical Association Dinner
>>6510808 Durham as Stealth Bomber (the planes are built in Raleigh-Durham, NC)
#8326
#8325
>>6510633 DJT golf rt from today features 'the 17th hole'
>>6510627 Brexit Party formed in Welsh Assembly 'with IMMEDIATE effect'
>>6510593 Brexit Party could be stripped of Parliamentary passes by Lords
>>6510536 POTUS wants to buy Canadian drugs
>>6510524 , >>6510552 1 Year Delta on request being sent to POTUS to DECLAS
>>6510486 Counting down the days and checking off the habbenings
>>6510266 , >>6510406 POTUS signs EO clearing way to ban Huawei from US telecoms
>>6510196 Bunker. Forrest. Blue. April Showers to come?
>>6510183 Anti-Trump, Anti-Wall New Mexico governor shipping asylum seekers to Denver
>>6510154 , >>6510168, >>6510230 Rick Santorum destroys Kirtson Powers on the abortion debate
>>6510129 Bibi to defence chiefs: Try to keep Israel out of Iran/US tensions
>>6510103 Joseph J Flynn retweets J.T. Wilde's new song "ThanQ For The Pain"
>>6510100 Billionaire Koch brothers rail against Trump: US must eliminate all tariffs
>>6510084 , >>6510107, >>6510081, >>6510109, >>6510117, >>6510259 Kappy death location dig cont.
>>6510060 Pope Francis: Human history marked by 'Mysterious Evil'
>>6510054 , >>6510085 Hannity sauce: "Horrowitz is done and it's going to be devastating"
>>6510045 James Baker rats out Comey
>>6510036 Oregon vaccine bill dead. No mandatory vaccinations
>>6510030 Millennials Besieged by Chronic Illness: From Age 27, It's All "Downhill"
>>6510003 JW uncovers DOJ records showing Ohr comms with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele
>>6510725 #8325
'''Previously Collected Notables
>>6509188 #8323, >>6509947 #8324
>>6506797 #8320, >>6507589 #8321, >>6508381 #8322
>>6504474 #8317, >>6505203 #8318, >>6505983 #8319
>>6502141 #8314, >>6502914 #8315, >>6503684 #8316
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6511435 at 2019-05-16 07:23:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8326: The Eyes On Edition
#8326
Notes @635, last call
>>6511419 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists to Australia
>>6511392 Paul Sperry: Comey used to be a Commie in 1970s
>>6511363, >>6511393 Charlie Kirk: Hunter Biden's partner is Chinese deals was the son of John Kerry, who shaped US-China policy
>>6511323 Opponents Of Alabama Abortion Ban Receiving Bay Area Support | KPIX
>>6511251 Organization ChristChurchCall calls for 8chan bans (What is this org? Call for a DIGG)
>>6511212 US Indo-Pac. Cmd: An AV-8B Harrier sits ready to go at a moment's notice
>>6511195 Ex-FBI lawyer: Officials were 'quite worried' Comey appeared to be blackmailing Trump with dossier
>>6511225, >>6511226, >>6511228 Resignations in the news today
>>6511160, >>6511170, >>6511174 HRC & "friends" attend "Cabal Ball" (opening of Statue of Liberty museum)
>>6511140 The governor of Alabama has signed a bill designed to lead to a new Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade
>>6511023 The Illinois House of Reps. voted to require companies based in Illinois to include at least one female and one African American on the board of directors.
>>6510983 USAF: A KC-46 Pegasus w/@22ARW performs a flyoover during Heritage to Horizons concert
>>6511053 Actor Isaac Kappy dead at 42 after he "forced himself off" a bridge, posted ominous apology to Trump, QAnon (Foxnews Flash)
>>6510928, >>6511020, >>6510973 Kappy story edited in such a way that it looks like POTUS made "several references to the far-right conspiracy group QAnon" (purposely deceptive? Foxnews Flash)
>>6511215, >>6511224 Call for a DIGG of FOXNews reporter Louis Casiano (see >>6510928, >>6511053 ; Deceptive editing? See his other "far-right" refs in same report)
>>6510900 Alabama abortion ban bill passes: No exceptions for rape, incest
>>6510918 Trump admin will "shed light" on a secretive practice that costs taxpayers millions of dollars
>>6510907 California investigators reveal cause of the deadliest wildfire in state history (Campfire)
>>6510854 , >>6510863, >>6510866, >>6510881, >>6510882, >>6510993 Why did Congo offer HRC $650,000 for a speech?
>>6510849 , >>6510862 Remember when Q told us about an FBI assassination plot against Trump?
>>6511112, >>6511250, >>6511205, >>6511296, >>6511288 Moar on Kappy death location DIGG
>>6510851, >>6510869, >>6510871, >>6510899 Kappy death location DIGG
>>6510837 China's Huawei and 70 affiliates placed on US Trade Blacklist
>>6510836 Coincidence? Sessions appointed Durham and POTUS nominated him for last position
>>6510821 POTUS trolls Joe Scarborough
>>6510811 POTUS & FLOTUS host the White House Historical Association Dinner
>>6510808 Durham as Stealth Bomber (the planes are built in Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Anons, will bake a little early, then go ghost
Thanks for all that you do, your work is much appreciated!
#6511419 at 2019-05-16 07:15:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8326: The Eyes On Edition
@RealSaavedra 10:13 PM - 15 May 2019
BREAKING: Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda - to the streets of Australia and the US agreed to take 1,250 migrants in return
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1128891128877477889
#6447122 at 2019-05-08 18:20:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8244: The Whole Buffalo. We Are The Last Bastion of Freedom Edition
Resignations / FIVE EYES news -
Joe Hockey to leave post as Australia's ambassador to the United States
Australia's Ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, has decided to return home when his posting ends in January, regardless of who wins next weekend's federal election.
The former Liberal treasurer has served in the role since 2016, throughout an often chaotic period in American politics which has seen Donald Trump's administration regularly ignore traditional diplomatic niceties.
During his posting, Mr Hockey has developed ties in Congress and the White House.
An enthusiastic albeit unaccomplished golfer, he has also joined President Donald Trump on the fairways a few times, most recently at the Commander-in-Chief's Florida resort Mar-a-Lago.
The valuable one-on-one time is reported to have made some other members of Washington DC's diplomatic community envious.
The valuable one-on-one time is reported to have made some other members of Washington DC's diplomatic community envious.
Notably Mr Hockey also successfully lobbied to ensure Australia retained exclusive access to US E-3 visas, amid a push by Ireland to muscle in on the scheme, and oversaw the construction of a grass tennis court at the Australian Ambassador's residence in the leafy north-west of Washington.
An embassy spokeswoman declined to comment on Mr Hockey's departure, but the ABC understands he has informed some staff.
Whoever replaces Mr Hockey will have the task of quickly building ties with an occasionally unpredictable White House, during what is shaping up to be a fractious election year.
With polls suggesting a Labor government could be elected on May 18, there has been plenty of speculation about who Bill Shorten might appoint to the plum job.
Former Labor communications minister Stephen Conroy and former Labor defence minister Stephen Smith are two names often spoken about in Washington circles.
During his career as a cabinet minister, Mr Hockey delivered two budgets following the Abbott government's election in 2013.
He was made ambassador after Malcolm Turnbull took over as Prime Minister.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-08/joe-hockey-to-leave-post-as-us-ambassador/11091452
#6295105 at 2019-04-24 11:43:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8050: Qwick Bake Edition
[FINAL - Application under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 1982]
To the Australian Information Commissioner/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Subverting the democratic process of the People of The United States of America, by a Foreign Government/Entity or individual, is considered an 'Act of War' by an 'Enemy Combatant'.
Now that the Mueller Report has been tabled by William Barr, the blockade to Australian FOIA transparency, ought be removed.
Hence I humbly request ALL information pertaining to potential spying by the Australian/UK Governments and other Entities/individuals, upon the Presidential Candidate and subsequent POTUS, Donald J Trump.
The request is reasonable given the gravity of the matter involved. For similar reasons, it can not be considered to be interfering with the minister's functions.
The predicate date searches required would be for documents/communications created from 1st January 2015 until 24th April 2019 inclusive - under section 15(2) of the FOIA 1982.
Please send the reply by email address only.
A) I seek all relevant cables, faxes, diary entries, notes, letters, memos, reports, emails, draft emails, Five Eyes Signals, telephone records and other communications - by, to, between and amongst, but not limited to the following Entities/individuals:
ASIO/ASIS/ASD/DOD/DIO/AGO
Members of The National Security Committee of Cabinet (NSC) of Australia under the Turnbull and Morrison Governments
Members of the Armed Forces Council of Canada under the Harper and Trudeau Governments
Members of The Cabinet National Security Committee (NSC) of New Zealand under the Key and Ardern Governments
Members of the National Security Council (NSC) of the United Kingdom under the Cameron and May Governments
Huma Abedin
Jacinda Ardern
Julie Bishop
Rear-Admiral Scott Bishop
Greta Bossenmaier
George Brandis
John Brennan
Chris Burrows
David Cameron
Christian Cantor
James Clapper
Hillary Clinton
James Comey
CSIS/CSE/CFINTCOM
Sir Richard Dearlove
The Lord Paul Deighton
Emanuela Del Re
Luigi Di Maio
Alexander Downer
Sir Bill English
Richard Fadden
Niall Fitzgerald
Jeremy Fleming
GCHQ/SIS/DI
Hakluyt & Company (Holdingham Group Limited)
Stefan Halper
Robert Hannigan
Joe Hockey
Jeremy Hunt
Valerie Jarrett
Daniel Jean
Boris Johnson
Michael Keenan
John Key
Sir Iain Lobban
Loretta Lynch
Andrew McCabe
Theresa May
MI6/MI5
Joseph Mifsud
NZSIS/DDIS/GCSB
Barack Obama
Carter Page
Lisa Page
George Papadopoulos
Bill Priestap
Harjit Sajjan
Christopher Steele
Peter Strzok
Erika Thompson
Ivan Timofeev
Elisabetta Trenta
Justin Trudeau
Malcolm Turnbull
General Jonathon Vance
Olga Vinogradova
Sally Yates
Alex Younger
(no insinuations alleged)
B) With regard to the Entity/Team posting on 8chan under the acronym QAnon or Q (Q level clearance in the US Department of Energy), I request NSC, ASIO/ASIS/ASD/DOD/DIO/AGO information in relation to the irrefutable mathematical/statistically significant association between Q Post and POTUS tweet delta's.
As you are aware, QAnon has posted vast quantities of military intelligence related to the above mentioned subversion. The relevance of a Q/POTUS association is therefore profound and of national interest. Co-ordination/collaboration with the US Embassy in Canberra is clearly mandatory prior to an association disclosure.
Whence, I seek all relevant cables, faxes, diary entries, notes, letters, memos, reports, emails, draft emails, Five Eyes Signals, telephone records and other communications - by, to, between and amongst, but not limited to the following Entities - NSC, ASIO/ASIS/ASD/DOD/DIO/AGO on the Q Post/POTUS tweet delta association.
C) Pertaining to A + B, I seek all relevant cables, faxes, diary entries, notes, letters, memos, reports, emails, draft emails, Five Eyes Signals, telephone records and other communications with regard to any D-Notice/gag/suppression order or suggested suppression directive by the Australian Government or any other Entity/individual to the Australian MSM.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr Russell McGregor
MBBS, BSC, FRANZCP
24th April 2019
#6131453 at 2019-04-11 05:29:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7841: Lights on Nightshift pt 2 Edition
Australia Heads to Election in Showdown Over Taxes, Climate
Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia's election for May 18, with polls showing he's facing an uphill battle to prevent a shift in power to the left-leaning opposition Labor party.
The five-week campaign will be dominated by the stark policy differences between Labor and his Liberal-National coalition, which is vying for a third straight term. They include everything from cutting taxes to boosting wages to reducing emissions in one of the world's worst per-capita polluters.
"To secure your future, the road ahead depends on a strong economy," Morrison, 50, told reporters in Canberra Thursday, after asking Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to dissolve both houses of parliament. "And that's why there is so much at stake at this election."
The coalition government goes into the contest as the underdog, with its six years in power tainted by policy stagnation and infighting that's seen it twice switch leaders. While the center-right coalition has presided over an unprecedented hiring boom and is forecasting the nation's first budget surplus in more than a decade, stagnant wages and spiraling power bills have eroded living standards for many voters.
"It's taken us more than five years to turn around Labor's budget mess," Morrison said. "Now is not the time to turn back."
Since the 2016 federal election, the government has lost its majority in the lower house after a defeat in a special ballot, compounding its challenge to win another term. Since replacing Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister in August, Morrison has struggled to close Labor's lead in the polls. The party led by former union leader Bill Shorten, 51, was ahead by four points in the latest Newspoll.
(more)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/australia-s-prime-minister-morrison-calls-election-for-may-18
#6106379 at 2019-04-09 08:43:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7809: The Graveyard Edition
o7
Patriots in control.
A week to remember?
A weekend to remember?
The "absolutely horrific" leak of Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.
Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives intelligence committee, announced on Sunday he was sending eight criminal referrals to the US attorney general, William Barr.
One is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of the US president's phone call with Turnbull on 28 January 2017, a call with the then Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/leak-of-call-between-donald-trump-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-could-lead-to-criminal-charges
#6095327 at 2019-04-08 13:08:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7795: Thank You POTUS Edition
Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges
Devin Nunes says he is sending eight criminal referrals to US attorney general William Barr
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/leak-of-call-between-donald-trump-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-could-lead-to-criminal-charges
The "absolutely horrific" leak of Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.
Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives intelligence committee, announced on Sunday he was sending eight criminal referrals to the US attorney general, William Barr.
One is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of the US president's phone call with Turnbull on 28 January 2017, a call with the then Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.
"You had conversations with the president of the United States and the prime minister of Australia leak," Nunes told Fox News. "You had leaks of President Trump talking to the president of Mexico leak.
"We all know the travesty of General Flynn.
"Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.
"Those are just three examples that are absolutely horrific but there's things that are even worse that were leaked, and there were only two or three reporters involved in this, so it would not be hard to get to the bottom of."
The Trump-Turnbull phone call transcript leak to the Washington Post rocked the usually solid US-Australian alliance, with both nations going into damage control when it was revealed the president abruptly cut short the planned hour-long call to just 24 minutes.
The transcript showed Turnbull pushing Trump to support the asylum seeker deal struck with the former US president Barack Obama. It was Trump's last of numerous calls with world leaders that day, including the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
"Putin was a pleasant call," Trump told Turnbull. "This is ridiculous."
Nunes said the eight referrals "are classified or sensitive" so he was unable to offer details.
Ex-Trump adviser takes aim at Alexander Downer after Mueller report
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"Five of them are what I would call straight up referrals, so just referrals that name someone and name the specific crimes," Nunes said. "Those crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information."
The referrals also involve alleged abuse by "numerous individuals" of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which involves surveillance warrants against suspected foreign spies inside the US.
Some Republican members of Congress allege the FBI counterintelligence investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump election campaign, which led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was marred by lies and false information to obtain Fisa warrants.
Q !UW.yye1fxo ID: c9daa0 No.8039 📁
Jan 6 2018 16:03:28 (EST)
How much did AUS donate to CF?
How much did SA donate to CF?
Compare.
Why is this relevant?
What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
List the leadership in AUS.
IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Who controls AUS?
Who really controls AUS?
UK?
Why is this relevant?
Q
#6094743 at 2019-04-08 10:06:58 (UTC+1)
Q General Research #7794: Night Crew on the Prowl Edition
>>6094736
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/leak-of-call-between-donald-trump-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-could-lead-to-criminal-charges
#6086660 at 2019-04-07 19:14:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7784: Border States are Very Key – Public Will Learn Edition
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-Turnbull-trump-phone-call-could-lead-to-criminal-charges-20190408-p51bty.html
"You had conversations with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Australia leak," Nunes told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. "You had leaks of President Trump talking to the President of Mexico. We all know the travesty of General Flynn. Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-news-trump-Turnbull-phone-call-devin-nunes-australia-politics/02ddecb3-7a66-4114-a522-5cfc35d203c4
The "absolutely horrific" leak of US President Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with then Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.
Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, announced today he is sending eight criminal referrals to US Attorney General William Barr.
One of the referrals is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of Mr Trump's January 28, 2017 phone call with Mr Turnbull, a call with then-Mexican president Pena Nieto and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.
Mr Nunes said the eight referrals "are classified or sensitive" so he was unable to publicly offer details.
Aussies worried ? Five eyes involved ?
#5918296 at 2019-03-27 07:25:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7571: Anons, Ever Present & Ever Watchful Edition:
Mandatory Vaccine Push by Big Pharma Tied to Australian Prime Minister's Wife
May 9, 2017
5 Comments
Vaccines are a touchy subject in Australia, where government officials aggressively push for total compliance with vaccination mandates by whatever means possible. There is even a "No Jab No Pay" law on the books that essentially bars citizens from receiving government welfare unless they and their children are fully vaccinated.
Ethan Huff March 21, 2017
And at the root of it all, as usual, is government collusion with big industry, including with Australia's new prime minister - and more specifically, his wife.
Malcolm Turnbull has repeatedly been exposed for his own ties to multinational corporations. He has large investments in many of them, particularly tech companies, that many say is clouding his judgment on various matters more than just a little bit. At issue with the vaccination debate is his wife Lucy's ties to pharmaceutical companies, and how this influence is steering public policy to force Aussies to be jabbed against their will in order to function normally within society.
As explained by The Mind Unleashed, Lucy Turnbull is chairman of the pharmaceutical company Prima Biomed, which is currently trying to release a vaccine for cancer that it knows will generate billions of dollars in profits. Cancer, of course, is the one thing that bonds the populations of the world in solidarity of fear, so it's expected that people will flock to the vaccine, should it ever achieve proper standards for safety and effectiveness.
This is a problem because, as Mr. Turnbull admitted to the media, he and his wife "work very much as a team" to accomplish their various agendas. In the case of vaccinations, this means supporting legislation and mandates that require people to be vaccinated, even against their will, which has the effect of padding both pharmaceutical profits and their personal portfolios.
"Australia's politicians are deeply tied to pharmaceutical corporations, the British Monarchy, and other corporate and institutional powers which threaten the freedom and prosperity of Australian citizens," explains The Mind Unleashed.
Forcing people to get vaccinated for personal profit is the epitome of evil
Besides Mrs. Turnbull's overt conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Turnbull is mired in his own financial conflicts via his vast array of financial investments. Mr. Turnbull made millions of dollars in the mid-1990s, for instance, by investing $500,000 in a company called OzEmail, which eventually turned into a hefty dividend of $60 million.
Mr. Turnbull is also deeply tied to the tobacco industry, as well as tech giants Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. In other words, the success of these industries and corporations means personal success for Mr. Turnbull, which in government-speak is the very definition of corporate fascism run amok. And yet Mr. Turnbull, despite his amassed wealth, has tried to downplay these holdings as being essentially meaningless, though they are anything but.
"Australia's new prime minister is a wealthy man," writes Eva Mellors for Australia's Money Morning. "Last night, much was made of the fact that he doesn't need to be in public life to have power and financial reward. He's already amassed quite a fortune. Even before he entered politics. Various sources estimate his net worth at between $180 million and $200 million."
So what Australians are now dealing with is a classic case of a couple of one-percenters with a whole lot to gain from doing favors for their industry buddies assuming political office and steering public policy towards this end. It's a win-win for the profit-industrial complex, and a lose-lose for the general public, especially when such policies involve forcing dangerous vaccination jabs on people under duress.
"In Australia it doesn't matter whether you choose to believe in the Labor Party or Liberal Party, because they both have ties to royal hegemony, industry, and pharma," adds The Mind Unleashed.
Sources for this article include:
http://themindunleashed.com/2017/03/australian-prime-minister-wife-tied-pharma-pushing-mandatory-vaccination.html
https://www.moneymorning.com.au/20150915/where-does-new-pm-Malcolm-Turnbull-invest-his-money-cw.html
http://www.vaccines.news/2017-03-21-mandatory-vaccine-push-by-big-pharma-tied-to-australian-prime-ministers-wife.html
https://cancerbuster.net/2017/05/09/mandatory-vaccine-push-by-big-pharma-tied-to-australian-prime-ministers-wife/
#5507078 at 2019-03-04 22:46:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7041: Thank you for playing Edition
>>5506976
>because some who've committed treason aren't American citizens.
Australians who conspired to take down Trump:
Malcolm Turnbull (former PM)
Julie Bishop (former Foreign Minister)
Alexander Downer ( Aussie diplomat )
George Brandis (Aussie HC to the UK)
and many others
lots of Aussie politicians have strong ties to the Clinton Foundation/Obama
fucking traitors, all of them, traitors to Humanity
#5500350 at 2019-03-04 16:25:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7032: March Madness. Prepare Edition
>>5500346
Perhaps she was merely "acting on instructions" when she flew to London and Washington last year with her ministerial chief of staff, who had indicated that the Australian Foreign Minister would raise Julian's case and hopefully begin the diplomatic process of bringing him home.
Julian's father had written a moving letter to the then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, asking the government to intervene diplomatically to free his son. He told Turnbull that he was worried Julian might not leave the embassy alive.
Julie Bishop had every opportunity in the UK and the US to present a diplomatic solution that would bring Julian home. But this required the courage of one proud to represent a sovereign, independent state, not a vassal.
Instead, she made no attempt to contradict the British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, when he said outrageously that Julian "faced serious charges". What charges? There were no charges.
Australia's Foreign Minister abandoned her duty to speak up for an Australian citizen, prosecuted with nothing, charged with nothing, guilty of nothing.
Will those feminists who fawn over this false icon at the Opera House next Sunday be reminded of her role in colluding with foreign forces to punish an Australian journalist, one whose work has revealed that rapacious militarism has smashed the lives of millions of ordinary women in many countries: in Iraq alone, the US-led invasion of that country, in which Australia participated, left 700,000 widows.
So what can be done? An Australian government that was prepared to act in response to a public campaign to rescue the refugee football player, Hakeem al-Araibi, from torture and persecution in Bahrain, is capable of bringing Julian Assange home.
The refusal by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra to honor the United Nations' declaration that Julian is the victim of "arbitrary detention" and has a fundamental right to his freedom, is a shameful breach of the letter and spirit of international law.
Why has the Australian government made no serious attempt to free Assange? Why did Julie Bishop bow to the wishes of two foreign powers? Why is this democracy traduced by its servile relationships, and integrated with lawless foreign power?
The persecution of Julian Assange is the conquest of us all: of our independence, our self-respect, our intellect, our compassion, our politics, our culture.
So stop scrolling. Organize. Occupy. Insist. Persist. Make a noise. Take direct action. Be brave and stay brave. Defy the thought police.
War is not peace, freedom is not slavery, ignorance is not strength. If Julian can stand up, so can you: so can all of us.
John Pilger gave this speech at a rally for Julian Assange in Sydney on 3 March.
Top Photo | John Pilger, an Australian journalist and documentary maker, arrives to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy, in London, June 22, 2012. Lefteris Pitarakis | AP
John Pilger is an award-winning journalist. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as the Guardian, the Independent, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Il Manifesto (Italy).
#5329220 at 2019-02-22 19:12:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6811: DRAINING THE SWAMP Edition
Australian official: Climate change is a U.N.-led conspiracy to establish a new world order
Climate change controversy continues to grow, with an increasing number of skeptics coming forward to speak out. Now, a top adviser to former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has just declared that global warming is a conspiracy pushed by a power-hungry United Nations.
Maurice Newman, chief business adviser to former PM Abbott, says that the global warming hoax has nothing to do with Earth's climate, and everything to do with the United Nation's establishing itself as an authoritarian regime.
For years, climate change skeptics have faced insults and ridicule for daring to defy scientific convention. but with a growing body of scientific evidence to dispel climate change mythology, it is clear that skepticism is more than justified.
Denouncing climate change
Maurice Newman says that irrespective of what climate data indicates, it has become increasingly obvious that the United Nations is using climate change as a vehicle to expand its power.
"This is not about facts or logic. It's about a new world order under the control of the U.N.," Newman reportedly stated in a piece for The Australian.
"It is opposed to capitalism and freedom and has made environmental catastrophism a household topic to achieve its objective," he contended further.
Newman noted further that the overwhelming majority of studies "proving" the link between CO2 emissions and climate change are now known to be erroneous.
Two decades' worth of climate stability should be enough proof that the climate catastrophe we've been hearing about isn't actually happening. But, as Newman posits, climate change may be less about saving the Earth and more about growing authoritarianism.
"The real agenda is concentrated political authority. Global warming is the hook. Eco-catastrophists [ ...] have captured the U.N. and are extremely well funded. They have a hugely powerful ally in the White House," Newman states.
Climate change has been an immensely polarizing topic in Australia. Former PM Malcolm Turnbull was recalled over his stance on climate change, while new PM Scott Morrison is making waves by refusing to kowtow to climate fear-mongering. PM Morrison recently revealed that the "land down under" would no longer be contributing to global climate funds.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/australian-official-climate-change-is-a-u-n-led-conspiracy-to-establish-a-new-world-order/
#5308489 at 2019-02-21 20:40:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6784: MAGA Edition
>>5308180
> both Julie Bishop as minister for foreign affairs and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and, therefore, the Commonwealth government, interfered on behalf of the Clinton campaign in the 2016 Presidential election."
Holee Schitt, no wonder POTUS is hesitant to DeClas. That's worth a declaration of war, on an ally. Time to get Bishop and Turnbull in front of a grand jury. Updated pic.
#5308180 at 2019-02-21 20:23:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6784: MAGA Edition
NOTABLE
Julie Bishop, former foreign minister, announces resignation from Parliament
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/julie-bishop-former-foreign-minister-announces-resignation-from-parliament/ar-BBTSFBE?li=AAgfLCP
"If Alexander Downer was telling the truth and the FBI heard about a Russian connection from Joe Hockey, then it is absolutely the case that both Julie Bishop as minister for foreign affairs and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and, therefore, the Commonwealth government, interfered on behalf of the Clinton campaign in the 2016 Presidential election."
https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/09/deep-state-downer-the-foreign-minister-the-pm-and-the-clinton-campaign/
#5308142 at 2019-02-21 20:20:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6783: Chicago's Collective Crime Rate Edition
>>5307294
NOTABLE!!!
Julie Bishop, former foreign minister, announces resignation from Parliament
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/julie-bishop-former-foreign-minister-announces-resignation-from-parliament/ar-BBTSFBE?li=AAgfLCP
"If Alexander Downer was telling the truth and the FBI heard about a Russian connection from Joe Hockey, then it is absolutely the case that both Julie Bishop as minister for foreign affairs and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and, therefore, the Commonwealth government, interfered on behalf of the Clinton campaign in the 2016 Presidential election."
https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/09/deep-state-downer-the-foreign-minister-the-pm-and-the-clinton-campaign/
#4845921 at 2019-01-21 14:47:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6186: RBG Now On Fox Edition
UH-OH NEW KNOWLEDGE IS SPREADING THEIR FUCKERY TO AUSTRALIA JUST IN TIME FOR 2019 ELECTION AND MEMES AND THE RUSSIAN BOTS IS THE NARRATIVE
PART 1/2
Instagram spreads political misinformation and Australian elections are vulnerable
In 2016, an Instagram account called @army_of_jesus_ posted an image of the son of God, imploring viewers to "like if you believe" or "keep scrolling if you don't". It received almost 88,000 likes.
The account, as revealed later by security researchers, was run by Russian internet trolls.
While much attention has been paid to attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election on Facebook and Twitter, the role of the image-based social media platform has been largely overlooked.
fact, according to two recent reports, Instagram became the platform of choice for Russia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA).
Thanks to accounts like @army_of_jesus_, the IRA garnered higher engagement on Instagram than it did on Facebook across the posts that were studied in one of the reports. For example, troll posts received 183,246,348 likes on Instagram, compared to 37,627,085 on Facebook (although some of that could be fake traffic).
Australia is home to an estimated 9 million active Instagram accounts each month and our own 2019 federal election is approaching. Are we ready for a similar type of memetic warfare?
After the "Facebook election" of 2016, observers fear Australia is still "quite naive" about the ways social media may be manipulated to mislead and influence the national conversation.
Instagram: hiding in plain sight
IRA activity on Instagram was more significant than its owner, Facebook, disclosed in Congressional hearings, according to researcher Renee DiResta.
She is the director of research at cybersecurity firm New Knowledge, which compiled a report at the request of the US Senate examining Russia's online campaign.
The analysis found the IRA moved much of its activity to Instagram in 2017 - potentially due to increased scrutiny on Facebook and Twitter.
The IRA used Instagram's inbuilt tools to create accounts and post images aimed at growing and exploiting audiences with particular social interests and identities, such as black-American rights.
New Knowledge found the organisation posted content attempting to generate "in-group approval and camaraderie". Only occasionally was a post explicitly anti-Hilary Clinton or related to the election.
"Texas pride. Black pride. They really just kind of hit every segment of American society with a group designed to create that in-group dynamic, that strong community, and then politicise it when necessary."
The IRA even used Instagram to promote external merchandise sites. It's unclear whether this was done to make money or simply to collect personal information as part of the transaction, such as names, email addresses and phone numbers.
The appeal of visuals
Instagram's power as a medium for disinformation is arguably due to its centring of the image. That's where the phenomenon of memes comes in.
A political meme on Instagram, for example, can easily tap into people's emotions by offering inflammatory imagery, false context or an only a half-true story about Centrelink or immigration. And they're low effort compared to creating an authorised political advertisement.
Australia's own 2016 federal vote was dubbed the "Facebook election", and social media accounts such as Innovative and Agile Memes feverishly posted Bill Shorten in communist garb, while the Australian Workers' Union used Scooby Doo to suggest Malcolm Turnbull was Tony Abbott in disguise.
James Meese, communications lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, said Australia's large online political meme community has typically focused on humorous messaging for political in-crowd.
In general, they perform an "intensification of existing political community", he said. "We might call that something like 'playing to the base', whether you're a Labor supporter or a Liberal supporter or a Greens supporter."
.https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-20/instagram-australian-federal-election-russian-misinformation/10717034
#4505610 at 2018-12-28 23:43:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5746: American Excellence Edition
Kek wtf is this all about
Arsalan Tariq Khawaja, the brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja, is back behind bars after police say he attempted to contact a witness, allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
Khawaja, who allegedly tried to frame a colleague as a terrorist, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly contacting the brother of a woman called "witness A" to persuade her to provide false evidence, or withhold evidence.
The 39-year-old was first arrested in early December and charged with attempting to pervert justice and forgery after he allegedly used fake documents containing a terror plot to ==kill== senior politicians to "set up" his colleague at the University of New South Wales over a personal grievance.
The list, which police say was found at the university, allegedly outlined threats to ==kill== the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and other senior politicians.
Khawaja's colleague, Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen, spent four weeks in jail and was charged with terror offences, before the charges were dropped when authorities learnt of the set-up.
Nizamdeen, a student from the University of New South Wales, was falsely accused of plotting ==Islamic State-inspired lone-wolf attacks== on a list of targets including Turnbull and landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House.
The prosecution relied almost exclusively on a notebook police said contained details of the plot.
But the case fell apart when handwriting experts were unable to link the writing in the notebook to Nizamdeen, and in October the charges were dropped.
Police then set about investigating who had written the fake hit list. In October, they raided Khawaja's home in the Sydney suburb of Westmead.
Khawaja is expected to remain in custody until his matter is next before the courts on 12 February.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/29/cricketer-usman-khawajas-brother-arsalan-arrested-again
#4388597 at 2018-12-20 08:40:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5594: [ISIS On LIFE SUPPORT] Edition
Notable - Australia bans foreign political donations from 2019
https://m.theepochtimes.com/foreign-political-donations-will-be-illegal-in-australia-from-2019_2741100.html
As part of a package of laws to protect Australia against covert foreign political interference, a law banning foreign political donations will come into force from Jan. 1, 2019, the office of Senator and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has confirmed.
The new law was passed by Parliament on Nov. 27 and signed by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on Dec. 13.
The Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill was first introduced to the Senate in December 2017 after former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the government was acting on concerns about external interference in Australian politics, citing media reports about interference from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
#4347080 at 2018-12-17 16:16:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5540: DECLAS Is Comey-ing Edition
Foreign Political Donations Will Be Illegal in Australia From 2019
As part of a package of laws to protect Australia against covert foreign political interference, a law banning foreign political donations will come into force from Jan. 1, 2019, the office of Senator and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has confirmed.
The new law was passed in federal Parliament on Nov. 27 and signed off by the Governor-General, Peter Cosgrove, on Dec. 13.
The Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill was first introduced to the Senate in Dec. 2017 after former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the government was acting on concerns about external interference in Australian politics, citing media reports about interference from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
https://www.theepochtimes.com/foreign-political-donations-will-be-illegal-in-australia-from-2019_2741100.html
#4317408 at 2018-12-15 04:16:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5501: Still High from Ocare's Fall Edition
Australia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israeli capital, won't move embassy
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Saturday morning local time that Australia would recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
However, he declared that Australia would hold off on moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and acknowledged Palestinian demands to a capital in East Jerusalem as part of an eventual peace agreement.
"Australia now recognizes West Jerusalem, being the seat of the Knesset and many of the institutions of government, is the capital of Israel," Morrison said at a press conference in Sydney.
"We look forward to moving our embassy to West Jerusalem when practical, in support of and after final status determination," he added while affirming his administration's commitment to a two-state solution.
Morrison's predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull, had ruled out following the U.S. in moving Australia's embassy to Jerusalem.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/421522-australia-recognizes-west-jerusalem-as-israeli
#4299507 at 2018-12-13 22:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5478: Coming Attractions Edition
>>4299252
Australia gave $800 million I think it was, to CF
The then PM, a twat called Julia Gillard was given a cushy CF job after she left politics
pay for play…I hope Aussie cabal goes down as well as the shit in the US
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull also now works for CF
#4255441 at 2018-12-11 14:50:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5421: Quo Warranto Edition
Malcolm Turnbull
Alexander Downer
Julie Bishop
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd &
ASIO
On behalf of Australians who have no idea what's going on, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a FISA New Year.
PS You're just the ones I'm sure of.
#4201010 at 2018-12-07 19:44:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5350: Christmas Came Early Edition
Australian Court Overturns Conviction Against Most Senior Catholic Cleric Ruled Guilty Of Abuse Cover-Up
The most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse cover-up succeeded Thursday in his appeal to overturn his conviction.
An Australian appeals court overturned Archbishop Philip Wilson's May conviction of concealing a priest's sexual abuse of two altar boys in the 1970s. Presiding Judge Roy Ellis ruled that there was not enough evidence against Wilson to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he knew of and concealed the abuse of the two boys.
Wilson, who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's, maintained his innocence from the outset of the accusations against him, and argued that he did not remember either boy coming to him and telling him in graphic detail of the abuse they suffered. Newcastle Court Magistrate Robert Stone convicted Wilson, however, and accused him of showing no remorse and of desiring only to protect the Catholic church.
Still, Wilson claimed he was innocent and refused to reason as Archbishop of Adelaide until he exhausted all of his appeals options and former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pleaded with the Vatican in July to intervene.
Wilson had served four months of his one year house arrest sentence as of Thursday. He watched the decision via video-link to avoid heavy media attention.
While the church welcomed the conclusion of Wilson's legal battle, Peter Creigh, one of his two accusers and a victim of abuse, left the courtroom in tears. Other abuse victims echoed Creigh's bitter disappointment.
"I'm very disappointed as you'd expect. I'm disappointed at a personal level ... but more importantly, I'm very disappointed for the other people, good, honest, reliable people," Peter Gogarty, a victim of the same priest who abused Creigh, told The Associated Press.
Creigh had hailed Wilson's previous conviction as a landmark historical event.
"That is a landmark case right across the world ... the conviction sticks," Creigh said in July.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/06/australia-court-catholic-cleric-abuse/
#4181203 at 2018-12-06 16:16:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5324: Future Comey Transcript Edition
>>4181102
remember on news that Malcolm Turnbull had an offshore Mossack Fonseca account . . .
#4145019 at 2018-12-04 08:34:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5277: Well-Played DS Edition
>>4144986
Malcolm Turnbull. He is waiting on the sidelines for this to come up again….and this is being brought up by Bill Shorten.
Keep in mind, Turnbull got this going with the support of these commie labor party ministers….let that sink in…
The question is what kind of republic that these people want? A socialist republic?
#4035188 at 2018-11-26 14:19:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5135: Transparency is the Only Way Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#5134 Baker Change
>>4034481 GermanAnon checks in and gives updeets on Merkel/UN migration corruption.
>>4034591 Anon spots potential [G] [O] connection with POTUS tweets/timestamps. Interdashing.
>>4034639 Moar time delta connections to JA, AUS, and Operation [Koala]?
>>4034693 Planefag check-in with current flights. Notable LA to Guernsey w/ callsign 2-EPIC.
>>4034736, >>4034753 Following up on Ukraine escalation and Western (Clown) Influences.
>>4034570, >>4034863 Republicans considering Senate Judiciary committee downsizing, California Dem. Kamela Harris would be first on the chopping block.
>>4034854 Kiev puts military on 'full alert' as President Poroshenko requests martial law after navy seizes ships
>>4034929, >>4034944 Daily Mail Reveals Soros "admits he ate 'good food' and rode horses as he watched Jewish property being seized during Nazi occupation"
>>4034961, >>4034968, >>4034977 POTUS tweet with capital "M" and "B". Muslim Brotherhood?
>>4034914, >>4034962, >>4035008 Fake News propaganda caught on camera at the border with migrants posing for cameramen, fleeing in flip flops, and overall photoshop sloppyness.
>>4035104 suspected fentanyl money laundered into Vancouver BC real estate
>>4035176 #5134
#5133
>>4033668 Experts on Climate Change: 'Every Conclusion of This Latest Government Report Is False'
>>4033775 Anon's theory: [LL] and [JC] are witnesses, HRC is defendant
>>4033791, >>4033827 Grassley Tweet
>>4033810 An example of CLAS 9
>>4033844, >>4034062 List of infowars' sponsors and distribution
>>4033893 Dig on the Scoffields bible
>>4034038, >>4034094 Follow up dig on "Wickr"
>>4034065 UN Pact to make it illegal hate speech to criticize migration
>>4034082 Reminder of the latest sealed indictments graphics
>>4034126 First gene-edited babies claimed in China
>>4034146 2018 list & top 20 funds from Israel to politicians
>>4034153 After Giving $15 Million To Soros Orgs, USAID Fires Half Of Its West Bank Staff
>>4034165 #5133
#5132
>>4032896 Resignations in the news this weekend
>>4032913 Reminder of the "BlackEnergy' hack of the Ukrainian power grid (2015)
>>4032935 Reminder MI6 is Scrambling To Stop Trump From Releasing Classified Docs In Russia Probe
>>4032956 Constitutional Reminder for conviction of Treason
>>4032992 Multiple sauces on Operation Koala
>>4033011 Anon on the subject of secret pardons
>>4033078 Classification 9: Extortion
>>4033179 USSS involved with credit card fraud investigations
>>4033190 Video: Invaders breaking in and then running back out
>>4033228, >>4033267 Mexico will deport almost 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border
>>4033234 Large (3500x2101) version of the illegal running with children pic
>>4033407 Thousands of Additional Migrants Headed to U.S. Border
>>4033534 Four times more Sunni Islamist militants today than on 9/11, study finds
>>4033586 #5132
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
>>4032745 "intel drop" comment about Ukraine from a South Front article's comment section
>>4032811 #5131
Previously Collected Notables
>>4031285 #5129, >>4032044 #5130
>>4029005 #5126, >>4029777 #5127, >>4030530 #5128
>>4026633 #5123, >>4027473 #5124, >>4028245 #5125
>>4024352 #5120, >>4025179 #5121, >>4025920 #5122
>>4023083 #5117, >>4022827 #5118, >>4023624 #5119
>>4019759 #5114, >>4020529 #5115, >>4021306 #5116
>>4019410 #5111, >>4018221 #5112, >>4018982 #5113
>>4015057 #5108, >>4015841 #5109, >>4016640 #5110
>>4014007 #5105, >>4014002 #5106, >>4014264 #5107
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Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#4034201 at 2018-11-26 09:15:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5133: Patriots United Edition
The Australian secret intelligence service (ASIS) is the equivilent of the CIA in Australia, and is responsible for foreign intelligence. ASIS is directly accountable to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Alexander Downer is the longest serving Foreign Affairs minister in Australian history, serving for nearly 12 years. Just before he finished up, in 2006 he set the Australian government to give the CF $25M and in 2007 he set up a deal with Rosatom to provide it with $1M AUD worth of Uranium (Sound familiar?).
Now fast forward to 2016 and he balls deep in Spygate and muh Russia. If Australia was using ASIS to spy on the Trump Campaign, Downer would have most likely convinced Julie Bishop, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, to do so. Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull both resigned a few months ago, and the Director-General of ASIS as this was all going on was Nick Warner, whom stopped being director in 2017 (cant find out if he resigned), but good timing none the less. Technically Turnbull resigned because of a leadership spill but if ASIS was being used to spy then we know why.
Interested to see if Downer was acting rogue. Highly doubt it considered the other resignations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director-General_of_the_Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Australia)
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/03/alexander-downer-and-the-clinton-foundation-like-the-deadly-curates-egg.html
https://www.modernpowersystems.com/news/newsrussia-and-australia-sign-nuclear-co-operation-deal
#4034179 at 2018-11-26 09:11:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5134: Extreme Panic In [DC] Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#5133
>>4033668 Experts on Climate Change: 'Every Conclusion of This Latest Government Report Is False'
>>4033775 Anon's theory: [LL] and [JC] are witnesses, HRC is defendant
>>4033791, >>4033827 Grassley Tweet
>>4033810 An example of CLAS 9
>>4033844, >>4034062 List of infowars' sponsors and distribution
>>4033893 Dig on the Scoffields bible
>>4034038, >>4034094 Follow up dig on "Wickr"
>>4034065 UN Pact to make it illegal hate speech to criticize migration
>>4034082 Reminder of the latest sealed indictments graphics
>>4034126 First gene-edited babies claimed in China
>>4034146 2018 list & top 20 funds from Israel to politicians
>>4034153 After Giving $15 Million To Soros Orgs, USAID Fires Half Of Its West Bank Staff
>>4034165 #5133
#5132
>>4032896 Resignations in the news this weekend
>>4032913 Reminder of the "BlackEnergy' hack of the Ukrainian power grid (2015)
>>4032935 Reminder MI6 is Scrambling To Stop Trump From Releasing Classified Docs In Russia Probe
>>4032956 Constitutional Reminder for conviction of Treason
>>4032992 Multiple sauces on Operation Koala
>>4033011 Anon on the subject of secret pardons
>>4033078 Classification 9: Extortion
>>4033179 USSS involved with credit card fraud investigations
>>4033190 Video: Invaders breaking in and then running back out
>>4033228, >>4033267 Mexico will deport almost 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border
>>4033234 Large (3500x2101) version of the illegal running with children pic
>>4033407 Thousands of Additional Migrants Headed to U.S. Border
>>4033534 Four times more Sunni Islamist militants today than on 9/11, study finds
>>4033586 #5132
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
>>4032745 "intel drop" comment about Ukraine from a South Front article's comment section
>>4032811 #5131
#5130
>>4031366, >>4031528, >>4031489 Article Two: POTUS can fill vacancies during a recess of the senate (if government is shut down)
>>4031383, >>4031456 Updates on the situation at the border
>>4031587 Article on illegals throwing rocks and bottles at CBP
>>4031722, >>4031833 Follow the picture: reminder Corsi is "a Mossad asset/agent"
>>4031742 Cap from twitter of important dates coming up soon
>>4031772, >>4031785 Call to dig: an app called "Wickr"
>>4031787 Video: Invading illegals throwing rocks at CBP
>>4031921 Video: Tear gas being used against invading illegals
>>4031933 Nunes talks about "Four Buckets of Information we want Declassified" with Bartiromo
>>4031939 Graphic: Advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony (read replies to >>4031397 for other opinions)
>>4032044 #5130
#5129 Baker Change
>>4030623 New POTUS Tweets
>>4030632 Google, Facebook and Amazon's lobbying policies under fire
>>4030773 Koala G20 Summit Photo
>>4030744, >>4030849, >>4030957 For Top Keks: Corsi is bitching on twitter
>>4030776 UK actions with Ukraine BEFORE the recent events
>>4030791 Interdasting stats from end of an AP article
>>4030798, >>4030815, >>4030910, >>4030982, >>4031000 On Operation Koala
>>4030861 Democrat caught smoking meth, live streaming kiddo porn
>>4030904 Graphic: Q's cap of the tree mode includes the top of a post that has a meme saying "DECLAS COMING"
>>4030915 Lawfag's opinion: Cross-examine first, let them lie, then release docs proving the lie
>>4031064, >>4031098 Fox News Interview: Are President Trump's worst enemies inside the White House?
>>4031195 State governors can call special elections in a crisis in which the number of House vacancies exceeds 100
>>4031285 #5129
Previously Collected Notables
>>4029005 #5126, >>4029777 #5127, >>4030530 #5128
>>4026633 #5123, >>4027473 #5124, >>4028245 #5125
>>4024352 #5120, >>4025179 #5121, >>4025920 #5122
>>4023083 #5117, >>4022827 #5118, >>4023624 #5119
>>4019759 #5114, >>4020529 #5115, >>4021306 #5116
>>4019410 #5111, >>4018221 #5112, >>4018982 #5113
>>4015057 #5108, >>4015841 #5109, >>4016640 #5110
>>4014007 #5105, >>4014002 #5106, >>4014264 #5107
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#4033596 at 2018-11-26 06:32:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5133: Patriots United Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#5132
>>4032896 Resignations in the news this weekend
>>4032913 Reminder of the "BlackEnergy' hack of the Ukrainian power grid (2015)
>>4032935 Reminder MI6 is Scrambling To Stop Trump From Releasing Classified Docs In Russia Probe
>>4032956 Constitutional Reminder for conviction of Treason
>>4032992 Multiple sauces on Operation Koala
>>4033011 Anon on the subject of secret pardons
>>4033078 Classification 9: Extortion
>>4033179 USSS involved with credit card fraud investigations
>>4033190 Video: Invaders breaking in and then running back out
>>4033228, >>4033267 Mexico will deport almost 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border
>>4033234 Large (3500x2101) version of the illegal running with children pic
>>4033407 Thousands of Additional Migrants Headed to U.S. Border
>>4033534 Four times more Sunni Islamist militants today than on 9/11, study finds
>>4033586 #5132
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
>>4032745 "intel drop" comment about Ukraine from a South Front article's comment section
>>4032811 #5131
#5130
>>4031366, >>4031528, >>4031489 Article Two: POTUS can fill vacancies during a recess of the senate (if government is shut down)
>>4031383, >>4031456 Updates on the situation at the border
>>4031587 Article on illegals throwing rocks and bottles at CBP
>>4031722, >>4031833 Follow the picture: reminder Corsi is "a Mossad asset/agent"
>>4031742 Cap from twitter of important dates coming up soon
>>4031772, >>4031785 Call to dig: an app called "Wickr"
>>4031787 Video: Invading illegals throwing rocks at CBP
>>4031921 Video: Tear gas being used against invading illegals
>>4031933 Nunes talks about "Four Buckets of Information we want Declassified" with Bartiromo
>>4031939 Graphic: Advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony (read replies to >>4031397 for other opinions)
>>4032044 #5130
#5129 Baker Change
>>4030623 New POTUS Tweets
>>4030632 Google, Facebook and Amazon's lobbying policies under fire
>>4030773 Koala G20 Summit Photo
>>4030744, >>4030849, >>4030957 For Top Keks: Corsi is bitching on twitter
>>4030776 UK actions with Ukraine BEFORE the recent events
>>4030791 Interdasting stats from end of an AP article
>>4030798, >>4030815, >>4030910, >>4030982, >>4031000 On Operation Koala
>>4030861 Democrat caught smoking meth, live streaming kiddo porn
>>4030904 Graphic: Q's cap of the tree mode includes the top of a post that has a meme saying "DECLAS COMING"
>>4030915 Lawfag's opinion: Cross-examine first, let them lie, then release docs proving the lie
>>4031064, >>4031098 Fox News Interview: Are President Trump's worst enemies inside the White House?
>>4031195 State governors can call special elections in a crisis in which the number of House vacancies exceeds 100
>>4031285 #5129
#5128
>>4029856, >>4029931, >>4030148 Koala = Australia
>>4029871 Assange Prosecution Will Focus On Chelsea Manning Era Releases, Not DNC Emails
>>4029857, >>4029877, >>4030291 New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has 'embedded enemies'
>>4029889 Q's screenshot: 'Huber has EVERYTHING edition'
>>4029993 BO finds video from Q post
>>4030269 WWG1WGA On The Clock
>>4030424 New DJT
>>4030530 #5128
Previously Collected Notables
>>4029005 #5126, >>4029777 #5127
>>4026633 #5123, >>4027473 #5124, >>4028245 #5125
>>4024352 #5120, >>4025179 #5121, >>4025920 #5122
>>4023083 #5117, >>4022827 #5118, >>4023624 #5119
>>4019759 #5114, >>4020529 #5115, >>4021306 #5116
>>4019410 #5111, >>4018221 #5112, >>4018982 #5113
>>4015057 #5108, >>4015841 #5109, >>4016640 #5110
>>4014007 #5105, >>4014002 #5106, >>4014264 #5107
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#4032821 at 2018-11-26 04:57:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5132: There Are Bad People Who Pretend To Be Good Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
>>4032745 "intel drop" comment about Ukraine from a South Front article's comment section
>>4032811 #5131
#5130
>>4031366, >>4031528, >>4031489 Article Two: POTUS can fill vacancies during a recess of the senate (if government is shut down)
>>4031383, >>4031456 Updates on the situation at the border
>>4031587 Article on illegals throwing rocks and bottles at CBP
>>4031722, >>4031833 Follow the picture: reminder Corsi is "a Mossad asset/agent"
>>4031742 Cap from twitter of important dates coming up soon
>>4031772, >>4031785 Call to dig: an app called "Wickr"
>>4031787 Video: Invading illegals throwing rocks at CBP
>>4031921 Video: Tear gas being used against invading illegals
>>4031933 Nunes talks about "Four Buckets of Information we want Declassified" with Bartiromo
>>4031939 Graphic: Advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony (read replies to >>4031397 for other opinions)
>>4032044 #5130
#5129 Baker Change
>>4030623 New POTUS Tweets
>>4030632 Google, Facebook and Amazon's lobbying policies under fire
>>4030773 Koala G20 Summit Photo
>>4030744, >>4030849, >>4030957 For Top Keks: Corsi is bitching on twitter
>>4030776 UK actions with Ukraine BEFORE the recent events
>>4030791 Interdasting stats from end of an AP article
>>4030798, >>4030815, >>4030910, >>4030982, >>4031000 On Operation Koala
>>4030861 Democrat caught smoking meth, live streaming kiddo porn
>>4030904 Graphic: Q's cap of the tree mode includes the top of a post that has a meme saying "DECLAS COMING"
>>4030915 Lawfag's opinion: Cross-examine first, let them lie, then release docs proving the lie
>>4031064, >>4031098 Fox News Interview: Are President Trump's worst enemies inside the White House?
>>4031195 State governors can call special elections in a crisis in which the number of House vacancies exceeds 100
>>4031285 #5129
#5128
>>4029856, >>4029931, >>4030148 Koala = Australia
>>4029871 Assange Prosecution Will Focus On Chelsea Manning Era Releases, Not DNC Emails
>>4029857, >>4029877, >>4030291 New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has 'embedded enemies'
>>4029889 Q's screenshot: 'Huber has EVERYTHING edition'
>>4029993 BO finds video from Q post
>>4030269 WWG1WGA On The Clock
>>4030424 New DJT
>>4030530 #5128
#5127
>>4029091, >>4029111, >>4029233 UN emergency Security Council meeting has been called for tomorrow at 11:00am
>>4029105 Manhattan DA won't be filing financial charges against Harvey Weinstein
>>4029106 The next move on the JA chessboard is White BISHOP to D5
>>4029212 Planefag Report
>>4029379 Gowdy: Avoid 'carnival' by taping Comey interview for public to see
>>4029593 San Ysidro Transit Center has reopnened
>>4029777 #5127
Previously Collected Notables
>>4029005 #5126
>>4026633 #5123, >>4027473 #5124, >>4028245 #5125
>>4024352 #5120, >>4025179 #5121, >>4025920 #5122
>>4023083 #5117, >>4022827 #5118, >>4023624 #5119
>>4019759 #5114, >>4020529 #5115, >>4021306 #5116
>>4019410 #5111, >>4018221 #5112, >>4018982 #5113
>>4015057 #5108, >>4015841 #5109, >>4016640 #5110
>>4014007 #5105, >>4014002 #5106, >>4014264 #5107
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#4032811 at 2018-11-26 04:56:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
>>4032745 "intel drop" comment about Ukraine from a South Front article's comment section
#4032732 at 2018-11-26 04:47:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
LAST CALL, let me know if something was missed
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209, >>4032670 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257, >>4032553 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
>>4032707 Anon: Emergency UN meeting seems urgent, has not been that many
baking normally
#4032553 at 2018-11-26 04:29:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
>>4032257
Turnbull also raised alarm bells for using whatsapp and wickr.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/Malcolm-Turnbull-uses-secret-messaging-app-instead-of-sms/6276712
#4032532 at 2018-11-26 04:28:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
Notables so far, let me know if something was missed
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160, >>4032499 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
>>4032363 Updated graphic on advantages for DECLAS before/after testimony
#4032329 at 2018-11-26 04:12:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
Notables so far, let me know if something was missed
#5131
>>4032097 Israeli businessman Charles Tawil rejected claims he entrapped Papadopoulos
>>4032137 Transcript of Pompeo with KFDI News conducted via teleconference
>>4032160 Seriously, DC is infested with rats
>>4032183 Dig on crowdstrike: The hacker exfiltrates the RAT and now you infect their network
>>4032194 Rep. Issa: Thank you George Soros (2010)
>>4032209 Moar on Operation KOALA
>>4032227 RAT acronyms
>>4032257 PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations (2016)
#4032257 at 2018-11-26 04:06:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5131: DC Has Become RAT Infested. Edition
Aussie article May 2016 reveals PM Malcolm Turnbull used a private server for national security and international relations
This has to be FVEYS related - does that mean that all FVEY leaders were using private servers and not just clinton? This proves Q's post that Aus was allied with specific divisions within the US gov
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/05/Malcolm-Turnbulls-emails-using-private-server-could-be-major-security-risk-says-labor
Potentially "hundreds of emails" that relate to national security matters could have been communicated over Malcolm Turnbull's private email server in what could amount to a "major security risk", according to the shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus.
The prime minister's office, in a response to a freedom of information request from Dreyfus obtained by Guardian Australia, said too many emails would need to be examined so it was refusing to process Dreyfus's request for them.
Turnbull's office said the prime minister always handled classified documents in accordance with the protective security policy framework.
In October it was revealed he had been operating a separate email server outside the parliamentary email system, raising questions over both security implications and the potentially limited public access to the records under freedom of information and archive laws.
#3885392 at 2018-11-13 17:08:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4940: Make France Great Again Edition
Oh, btw, did anyone connect this yet?
>>>/patriotsfight/467
53-47
Q
——-
Ref: AUSTRALIA
(The Poll Bludger - Sep 16, 2018)
Analysis and discussion of elections and opinion polls in Australia
Ipsos: [53-47] to Labor.
(Canberra Times Article - Sep 16, 2018)
Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Scott Morrison ahead of Bill Shorten on leadership qualities but lags behind Malcolm Turnbull.
But an exclusive Fairfax-Ipsos poll also shows Mr Shorten enjoys a convincing lead in the most decisive contest, with Labor ahead of the Coalition by 53 to 47 per cent in two-party terms.
53-47 shows up in Australia political news poll.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/politics/federal/fairfax-ipsos-poll-scott-morrison-ahead-of-bill-shorten-on-leadership-qualities-but-lags-behind-Malcolm-Turnbull-20180916-p5044t.html
https://www.pollbludger.net/2018/09/16/ipsos-53-47-labor-5/
#3864564 at 2018-11-12 10:30:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4913: Let The DEC[L]AS Begin Edition
52:10
Malcolm Turnbull asked about Australia's relationship with the US. He looks like he's been stabbed. The horror.
KEK
Declas funtimes.
#3834461 at 2018-11-10 16:54:23 (UTC+1)
QResearch General #4874 POTUS in Paris
Ex Australian PM links Bourke St attack with 9/11.
Malcolm Turnbull (Ex PM) is implicated in 5 eyes fuckery.
Date mirror 9/11 = 11/9 in Australia - where we write dates Day/Month/Year
This is sinister imho
(can't embed for some reason)
https://153news.net/watch_video.php?v=NXR7DO9HBAAM
#3797260 at 2018-11-08 10:57:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4825: Mass Shooting In California Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6366771/Ex-PM-Malcolm-Turnbull-unloads-coup-leaders-blowing-government.html
#3726119 at 2018-11-04 14:17:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4732: Double Rally Day 3 Edition
>>3725795
Not in Australia unfortunately.
Next PM will probably be Bill Shorten of the labor party (left), he has been incredibly quiet for someone running for PM and election coming round the corner.
MSM has basically shielded him while the current PM Scott Morrison is being bashed and his party (liberals -right) is under the pump.
Add to that, the former PM Malcolm Turnbull is being an agent provocateur of sorts beingvas disruptive as possible like contradicting the Morrison when he was in indoneisia just days ago about moving the Aus embassy to jerusalem.
Make no mistake, Bill Shorten is a hard left guy and has toned down on his policy prosposals and taking a middle of the road approach which is more of a strategy until the elections.
Its funny that he is pushing for a republic which is the way to go but remember he wants a 'republic' run by the left - to create an elite class with a socialist ideology as a foundation for this new direction - funnily enough its what Turnbull had been gunning for so many years.
Think about it, a republic founded by leftists with the ideology as the foundation for a new independent nation.
So much fuckery here but its hidden so well and with all the sjw brainwashing to keep us divided.
I dont think Morrison is /ourguy/ either by character or conviction, but by necessity if you know what i mean.
#3679320 at 2018-10-31 22:11:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4671: Me Pay You Longtime Maternity Hotels Edition
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will remove child refugees from its remote Pacific detention centers within weeks, a senior diplomat said, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeks to secure support for his government, which looks set to become a minority administration.
Canberra's hard-line immigration policy sees asylum seekers intercepted at sea trying to reach Australia sent for processing to camps in Papua New Guinea and on the South Pacific island of Nauru.
While aid agencies have called for the removal of the more than 1,000 refugees held for more than five years, Morrison is under immense pressure to resettle 40 children currently held on Nauru amid warnings they are suffering from declining mental health.
Detailing the first public timetable for the removal of the children, George Brandis, Australia's High Commissioner to Britain, said Canberra will remove the children, though he did specify where they would be moved to.
"There are hardly any children in Nauru and in New Guinea, and we expect that by the end of this year there'll be none," Brandis told British radio station LBC on Tuesday.
By resettling the child refugees, Morrison will meet a key demand from several independent lawmakers for supporting for his government.
Morrison's ruling Liberal Party is on course to lose its one-seat parliamentary majority as voters in a Sydney electorate look set to select an independent lawmaker to replace former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Counting in the by-election continues, with independent Kerryn Phelps ahead of the Liberal Party candidate by nearly 1,800 votes, with just 2,000 ballots to be processed, the Australian Electoral Commission said
Turnbull quit politics shortly after he was removed from the office of prime minister in August following a party revolt that installed Morrison as leader.
The loss of Turnbull's affluent Sydney constituency would leave Morrison's government dependent on the support of five independent lawmakers to pass legislation in the lower house of parliament.
Several independent lawmakers have said they may back no confidence motions that would trigger an early election unless the children held on Nauru were removed.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-immigration/australia-to-remove-child-refugees-from-pacific-detention-centers-within-weeks-diplomat-idUSKCN1N530B?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29
#3655794 at 2018-10-29 22:31:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4641: Future Proves Past Edition
>>3655763
Malcolm Turnbull ex AUS pm and now CF henchman was there just before the incident also. Swear Turnbull is evil as they come.
#3653746 at 2018-10-29 19:30:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4638: Voter Integrity Edition
Cabalist Ex PM
Ousted leader Malcom Turnbull attacks PM Morrison's Jerusalem embassy plan - and says it will damage relationships with Muslim neighbours
Mr Morrison has floated the idea of moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem
But his predecessor warned it could prompt a negative reaction in Indonesia
He said Australia should consider how its closest neighbours would react
Mr Turnbull is in Indonesia for an oceans conference on Monday and Tuesday
Ousted prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has issued a warning to his successor over his proposal to move the Australian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Speaking after a meeting in Bali with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Mr Turnbull said the shift in foreign policy could prompt a 'very negative reaction'.
He said Australia shouldn't toy with the idea of moving the embassy, given the reaction it would prompt from its Muslim-majority northern neighbour.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6329217/Ousted-leader-Malcom-Turnbull-knocks-Prime-Minister-Scott-Morrisons-embassy-plan.html
#3579100 at 2018-10-24 00:09:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4541: I Like the Way You Think Edition
Australian Defence Force To Build Military Base In Fiji
No price tag yet on Fiji military base
Defence officials have confirmed there is no price tag attached to a major regional military base Australia is funding in Fiji.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and his Fijian counterpart in August announced a deal on the Black Rock policing, peacekeeping and pre-deployment base in Nadi.
After questions from Labor's Penny Wong at a Senate estimates hearing on Wednesday, senior Defence officials confirmed there was not yet a "ballpark" figure for the base, nor a memorandum of understanding.
Construction on the base is expected to start next year.
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/no-price-tag-yet-on-fiji-military-base/news-story/3ef765b17bf890f4a1f9b52a9e6aecd3
#3501419 at 2018-10-16 23:40:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4440: Lindsay Graham Trolls Pocahontas Edition
Australia is moving its embassy to Jerusalem.
Under new prime minister Scott Morrison the move was announced which angered neighbouring Muslim country Indonesia.
Spying by Australia was conducted under previous PM Malcolm Turnbull who was in the US within the week after losing his job. Hmmm. Turnbull was a left politician before switching camps. His achievements as PM are bland.
Could this be appeasement by Australia for spying on Trumps campaign for the C_A?
#3469118 at 2018-10-14 01:31:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4399: Fight On To Glorious Victory Edition
Archive Dig - Bread of note
Q POSTS 9 TIMES and confirms Storm as Platform of Choice
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition Anonymous 01/06/18 (Sat) 15:38:15 1a2e17 (23) No.7827>>8148 >>8185 >>8274 >>8406 >>8492 >>8548 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]
https://8ch.net/thestorm/res/7827.html
One of them, Pic Related addresses AUS and FVEYE. Points anons to call between POTUS and cabal fucker Turnbull of AUS.
Anons sauced the transcript which I had missed at the time of the happenings. You can see POTUS style which we are all very familiar with in the call. POTUS agrees to taking refugees from Syria but makes it evident that it will hurt him and makes it clear that he is very unhappy.
If anons haven't read it and want to get a sense of how POTUS negotiates it might be worth a look. Transcript sauce below.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
Sauce for bread/drop:
https://8ch.net/thestorm/res/7827.html#q8039
#3441914 at 2018-10-11 20:11:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4363: Kanye Best Edition
Recently removed Cabal Australian PM's son urging voters to vote against fathers former party and vote for the party that interfered in US election 2016, also run by a cabal puppet
Turnbull's son urges vote against Liberals
Malcolm Turnbull's son says the "insane" lack of response to a climate change report means voters should not vote Liberal in his father's old seat.
Alex Turnbull has posted a video online telling voters in Wentworth to vote against his father's party on October 20, in part due to concerns about the party's lack of action on climate change.
"We're going to have an election within 12 months anyway, so if you want to send a signal as to which way the Liberal Party is going, and your displeasure with where it's going, then this is your opportunity," Alex said on Thursday.
"Don't vote for the Liberal Party in the Wentworth by-election.
"If you want to pull the Liberal Party back from the brink it's the one clear signal you can send."
Malcolm Turnbull resigned from his seat after losing the Liberal leadership at the end of August, sparking the by-election.
Liberal Dave Sharma is contesting the seat against independent Kerryn Phelps and Labor's Tim Murray.
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/10/12/03/33/Turnbull-s-son-urges-vote-against-liberals
Australian Labor fined $14,500 over campaign push to stop Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/31/australian-labor-fined-14500-over-campaign-push-to-stop-trump
#3378574 at 2018-10-07 09:31:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4281 Can't Stop Smiling Edition
@BurnedSpy34:
1. Five Eyes:
(No source is provided for easily verifiable material).
2016 was a key year for FVEY. Let's explore…
James Clapper makes a secret visit to Australia and NZ in March 2016, meeting with NZ PM John Key and unnamed Australian officials.
US spy boss makes secretive visit to Australia
America's top spy, US Director of National Intelligence James Robert Clapper Jr, is on a secret visit to Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-16/us-spy-boss-makes-secretive-visit-to-australia/7251590
2. In the week prior, James Comey also visited Australia for 2 days, meeting with Attorney General (AG) George Brandis and Justice Minister Michael Keenan.
He also visited NZ in March 2016 for a "top secret spy conference":
NZ News | Latest and Breaking News from NZ Herald
The latest national and local news, opinion, comment and reader views from around New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11843668
3. Meanwhile, in Australia, Alexander Downer was the High Commissioner to the UK from 2014-2018.
On 10 May 2016 Downer met with George Papadopoulos initiating the now well-known and debunked Russian collusion conspiracy.
Follow @GeorgePapa19 for more details on this story.
4. In the UK, David Cameron was the PM until announcing his retirement in June 2016 following the Brexit vote.
Theresa May was the Home Secretary of UK from 2010-2016 looking after all the Intelligence Agency matters.
She would now become the new PM.
5. In 2016 the Australian PM was now Malcolm Turnbull having removed Tony Abbott in Sept 2015. The Foreign Minister was Bishop. Morrison was Immigation Minister. The AG was George Brandis. Downer was the High Commissioner to the UK.
The PM of NZ at this time was John Key.
6. John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, was in Antarctica on the exact day of the 8 Nov 2016 US election!
Why?
John Kerry also met with the NZ PM in the week following his visit to the South Pole. This visit is intriguing.
NZ News | Latest and Breaking News from NZ Herald
The latest national and local news, opinion, comment and reader views from around New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747160
7. While still in NZ on 13 November 2016, John Kerry held bilateral talks with NZ PM Key which also discussed Australian refugees potentially being taken by the US.
On 14 November 2016 a huge earthquake hit NZ. John Kerry was still there.
8. Three weeks later, on 5 Dec 2016 NZ PM John Key resigns his office, effective on 12 December 2016.
Following Alexander Downer, the new Australian High Commissioner to the UK since 3 May 2018 is George Brandis.
Yes, you are reading correctly!
Who appoints these people?
9. The former Australian AG George Brandis is now working hard to protect himself and key players from what went down in 2016.
Malcolm Turnbull is currently in the US on "holiday" but may be testifying to a Grand Jury.
This is a massive story.
10. Who is the person in Australia is begging Trump to NOT release the FISA documents? This is a question for you @ScottMorrisonMP
#3375579 at 2018-10-07 03:23:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4277: "DON'T BE A PAWN IN THEIR SICK GAME " Edition
Australia has blocked Huawei and ZTE from providing equipment for its 5G network, which is set to launch commercially next year. In a tweet, Huawei stated that the Australian government told the company that both it and ZTE are banned from supplying 5G technology to the country, despite Huawei's assurances that it does not pose a threat to national security.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/22/australia-bans-huawei-and-zte-from-supplying-technology-for-its-5g-network/
AUSTRALIA'S BAN ON HUAWEI IS JUST MORE BAD NEWS FOR CHINA
AS THE US-CHINA trade war rages on, two Chinese tech companies are facing a new headache: Australia's government has joined the US in effectively banning its wireless carriers from buying gear for 5G networks from Huawei and ZTE.
The decision is more than spillover from the US-China dispute. It's part of a bigger controversy over the role of China in Australia, which is in the midst of political turmoil. On Friday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stepped down after lawmakers from his conservative Liberal Party voted to replace him with Scott Morrison, who had been treasurer and acting minister for home affairs.
News of the ban on Chinese 5G equipment came via a tweet from Huawei on Wednesday. A statement from Morrison, before he became prime minister, and Australian Senator Mitch Fifield confirmed that carriers may be restricted from buying equipment from companies operating in certain countries under new telecommunications regulations set to take effect in September, but the announcement doesn't mention Huawei, ZTE, or China by name. Instead it refers to "vendors who are likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government that conflict with Australian law."
#3144544 at 2018-09-23 00:25:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3979: Let the light shine in Edition
Australian politics 'the laughing stock of the world', says Julie Bishop
In her first major interview since the latest leadership spill, former deputy leader of the Liberal Party Julie Bishop is set to speak out on the bluster, bullying and allegations of sexism in Australian politics.
Speaking with the Nine Network's political editor Chris Uhlmann, Ms Bishop claims Australian politics has confounded the world, as the challenge and defeat of Malcolm Turnbull made headlines across the globe.
"I've had many calls from my counterpart foreign ministers who are very politely asking why I am no longer the foreign minister and what happened to the prime minister," Ms Bishop says in a preview for tonight's 60 Minutes report.
"There have been some rather unkind comments about Australia being the Italy of the South Pacific and the coup capital of the world."
Ms Bishop's interview comes as another woman this week deserted the Coalition and the nation was exposed to stories of male MPs bulling their female colleagues.
Many claim the latest leadership spill is a reflection of the wreckage they've been involved in for the last 10 years, with the focus on the bullying "theatre" of Question Time.
"It's no better than school children," Bishop says of the Question Time antics.
"In fact, not as well behaved as school children."
Uhlmann speaks to not only the former deputy leader, but the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tony Smith, South Australian MP, Rebekah Sharkie, Labor's Anthony Albanese and Liberal Craig Laundry.
He poses to each - is Question Time a waste of time? And if so, what should we replace it with?
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/09/23/03/40/60-minutes-julie-bishop-Malcolm-Turnbull-foreign-prime-minister-federal-politics
Cabalist bitch! Those who are the loudest!
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#3003589 at 2018-09-13 07:34:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3800: 200 To Go Until 4000 Breads! Edition
Jerry Brown enlists Al Gore, liberal friends to rescue Paris climate deal
California Gov. Jerry Brown is bringing in the A-team to save the sinking Paris agreement. In one of his final acts in office, the four-term governor has cast himself as President Trump's foil on global warming as host of this week's Global Climate Action Summit, a splashy, star-studded event in San Francisco.
The massive three-day bash hosted by Mr. Brown will feature top Democrats, liberal megadonors, Obama administration figures, international leaders, green energy, Silicon Valley, Hollywood celebrities, and Al Gore. "We're running out of time," said Mr. Brown, who leaves office in January. "There's been some backsliding since Paris, and our Summit ... aims to increase the commitments that have already been made in Paris, to make them even greater, and thereby build the momentum going into the [UN] conference of the parties at Poland."
Expect plenty of Trump-bashing at the Moscone Center, where 4,500 attendees are expected to gather Wednesday through Friday, over the White House's June 2017 decision to pull out of the accord. "Yes, I know President Trump is trying to get out of the Paris agreement, but he doesn't speak for the rest of America," said Mr. Brown in a summit video. The Trump exit delivered the biggest blow to the UN-sponsored pact, prompting Mr. Brown and other Democratic governors to vow to fill the void by abiding by the agreement, but more setbacks have followed. At a meeting this week of climate delegates in Bangkok, there were warnings that the Paris accord could unravel after talks hit a stalemate over the $100 billion annual transfer from Western-style economies to developing nations, funding aimed at helping them invest in low-carbon power sources.
"Developed countries are going back on their word and refusing to agree to clear rules governing climate finance," Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate change for ActionAid, told AFP. "If they remain stuck in their positions and fail to loosen their purses, this treaty may collapse."
In Brazil, presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, known as the "Brazilian Trump," has indicated he may leave the climate agreement if he wins in October. In Canada, Ontario premier Doug Ford announced in July that he would revoke the province's cap-and-trade program, a key component of the national climate plan.
Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull scrapped plans last month to embed Paris climate targets in national legislation amid a revolt within his party. Meanwhile, about 1,600 coal-fired plants are scheduled to be built in 62 nations, according to data compiled last year by the German environmental group Urgewald. "President Donald Trump may be presiding over the disintegration of the UN Paris climate pact," said Climate Depot's Marc Morano, adding that the U.S. decision "set a global example and it may have led to the agreement potentially teetering on the brink of its own survival." Thomas Pyle, president of the free-market American Energy Alliance, argued that the Paris agreement has been on shaky footing ever since Mr. Trump took action. "The Paris Agreement was bound to begin to unravel when President Trump took bold steps to remove the United States, since the whole point was to penalize the U.S. and get it to redistribute billions of dollars to other nations," said Mr. Pyle, a member of the Trump transition team. The agreement, aimed at limiting the increase in global temperatures, has also enjoyed successes as nations implement policies to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions, but critics argued that the California summit shows support for the accord has yet to cross ideological lines.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/11/jerry-brown-taps-al-gore-climate-summit-save-paris/
#2918582 at 2018-09-07 12:38:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3691: Qzilla vs. 8chan Alexis Edition
Australian Government Officials Using Private Email
Former Prime Minister Uses Private Email Server + Wickr (2015)
Questions raised over Malcolm Turnbull's use of private email server
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull continues to use a non-government email server to communicate with colleagues, raising questions over its security, whether it is being used to conduct official government business, and if it is being used to subvert freedom of information laws.
The Prime Minister's office confirmed on Friday that the PM - previously outed as an avid user of the self-destructing messaging app Wickr - was continuing to use his private email server after taking over the top job from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
"Many MPs and ministers use private messaging systems - including SMS, Whatsapp, Wickr, etc and private emails etc - for non-sensitive material for reasons of convenience and superior functionality," a spokesman for the PM said
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/questions-raised-over-Malcolm-Turnbulls-use-of-private-email-server-20151009-gk4vep.html
Current Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Used Wickr (2015)
The Australian newspaper claimed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison were using encrypted messaging app Wickr to communicate
Wickr circumvents data retention as it is a United States-based service whose metadata is not captured by Australian telcos. It also uses encryption it claims is uncrackable.
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/minister-for-encryption-metadata-avoidance-app-wickr-shoots-to-top-of-charts-after-Malcolm-Turnbull-revealed-as-a-fan-20150303-13tgxy.html
Yahoo Data Breach Affects 3,000+ Australian government officials (2017)
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ordered a report from his top cyber security adviser on a Yahoo data breach amid claims more than 3,000 Australian government officials - including a federal minister - had private data stolen.
The Prime Minister's Cyber Security Special Advisor Alastair MacGibbon said, "We should be celebrating really that public officials and politicians maintain a personal email account and a public email account"
Australian Federal Police officers, diplomats, judges and magistrates were also reportedly affected.
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/christian-porter-chris-bowen-cory-bernardi-are-among-victims-of-internet-security-breach/news-story/953c4ca02ace03e23fdd18c145bfb68e
Queensland Energy and Water Supply Minister Mark Bailey Uses Yahoo Email For Govt Business (2017)
Energy and Water Supply Minister Mark Bailey has been referred to Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission over a private email account that has the Opposition questioning if he acted corruptly.
Mr Bailey deleted his private Yahoo email account after it emerged he had been lobbied about government business on it by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
He had deactivated his account mangocube6@yahoo.co.uk - which included public record and correspondence with a union boss over the merging of Queensland Energy Super and Victoria's Equip Super.
But he said the CCC's main concern was whether Mr Bailey was using a private email account "to deliberately circumvent the ministerial trail … to conduct nefarious business without being exposed publicly".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/qld-energy-minister-mark-bailey-referrred-to-ccc-deleted-email/8317340
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-20/mark-bailey-sideline-private-email-dath-trad/8726722
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-19/mark-bailey-personal-email-usage-possibly-corrupt-ccc/8724996
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/20/queensland-premier-stands-down-energy-minister-after-corruption-investigation
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act (South Australia) and Office for Public Integrity Annual Report (2014)
USE OF PRIVATE EMAIL TO COMMUNICATE OFFICIAL INFORMATION
It has come to my attention that, in at least some government offices, personal email accounts might be used to convey official information between public officers, rather than through official government email facilities.
It has been suggested that the reason for doing so is to avoid the requirement to disclose those emails where an application is made under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 (FOI Act).
…
https://icac.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2013-2014-ICAC-and-OPI-Annual-Report.pdf
#2877964 at 2018-09-04 22:15:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3639: The Democrats Are Concerned Edition
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/steve-bannon-says-china-is-at-economic-war-with-west/10174604
Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon predicts working-class revolt in Australia as China rises
Key points:
Mr Bannon plans on taking his economic nationalist message to Australia before the next election
He says Mr Trump confronting China was key to his successful appeal to voters
He rejects the idea his ideology is racist, saying US workers are 'finally standing up for themselves'
Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has criticised Australia's approach to an aggressive China, labelling it weak and saving his most blunt assessment for former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
"People are going to be held accountable in the next 10 or 20 years about 'what did you know about China?', 'how did you accommodate it?'" he said.
"They absolutely have to be confronted now. Turnbull has been way too much of an appeaser."
In an exclusive interview with Four Corners, Mr Bannon identified Australia as the "canary in the mineshaft" - a warning of the consequences of not standing up to China.
"Australia can show you when good and decent people kind of play by the rules and the next thing they look around and many of the economic resources and economic assets of a country are owned by another country," he said.
"China thinks of the United States and Australia in the same way. They think we're tributary states."
…
"That's where the anger came from. The working class and the middle class, particularly lower middle class say, 'no, we believe America can return to its former glory'," he said.
"The elites in our country, just like the elites in Australia, said the rise of China is inexorable. It's the second law of thermodynamics. It's part of the physical universe.
"You know what Trump said? 'I don't think so'."
…
"I think Donald Trump, I think the country's prepared to do what the country has to do. This is about bringing jobs back and high value-added jobs that bring worth and dignity to workers and they can actually have one income that maybe will support a family," he said.
Australia ripe for working-class revolt
Mr Bannon has continued to campaign for Mr Trump's economic nationalist message in the US and overseas, despite the relationship between the two men souring.
He played a key role in Britain's Brexit campaign and has also forged links with right and left-wing nationalist groups across Europe. He now plans on bringing his crusade to Australia before the next federal election.
"There's a lot of anger out there and I think that this anger can be harnessed," he said.
He says Australia is ripe for the same working-class revolt.
"Australia is going to be a hotbed of populism. Just knowing that cussedness and grit of the Australian people," he said.
#2814257 at 2018-08-31 09:16:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3556: BIG! Edition
>>2814254
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigned from Parliament on Friday, triggering a by-election that could bring down the unpopular conservative government.
Disgruntled lawmakers in Turnbull's conservative Liberal Party replaced him as prime minister with his treasurer, Scott Morrison, in a party ballot last Friday. The government has trailed the center-left opposition Labor Party in most opinion polls since the last election in 2016.
#2764632 at 2018-08-28 10:51:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3492: He Who did Not Depart on His Own Terms Edition
>>2764528
>>2764467
Alexander Downer should swing from the gallows, Bastard Pedophile!
Anyone notice how quickly Malcolm Turnbull exited Parliament? Think about what he's done in the past few months and weeks… $444mil ring any bells (it's never going to the reef, HRC? CF? OB??
Was TB pre-warned to… 'FlyTurnbullFly' …from his mate Downer? Feel free to jump in…
[I've waited three decades to see these vile bastards exposed!]
#2763119 at 2018-08-28 05:49:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3490: A "Hooah!" for the General Edition
>>2763028
>>2763028
>Malcolm Turnbull: Australian ex-PM 'to quit parliament'
>www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45326457?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
#2763028 at 2018-08-28 05:41:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3490: A "Hooah!" for the General Edition
Malcolm Turnbull: Australian ex-PM 'to quit parliament'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45326457?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
#2750238 at 2018-08-27 02:15:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3473: BIG week ahead Edition
>>2749757
https://www.afr.com/news/politics/world/muellers-russia-probe-forces-australias-friend-tony-podesta-to-quit-20171031-gzbo25
> Well known in Liberal and Labor party circles for his decades of efforts to foster US-Australia relations, in recent years he has hosted and attended meetings and functions with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, former prime minister Tony Abbott, former prime minister Julia Gillard, Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and ambassadors Joe Hockey and Kim Beazley.
https://americanaustraliancouncil.org/wordpress/hon-julia-gillard-american-australian-council
> AAC Roundtable with Hon Julia Gillard. The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, 27th Prime Minister of Australia heads a roundtable discussion hosted by the American Australian Council, April 2016.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-11/julia-gillard-and-hillary-clinton-on-being-hailed-as-witches/9750090
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-and-hillary-clinton-join-forces-to-confront-bias-against-female-leaders-20180126-h0onkf.html
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hillary-clinton-talks-2016-election-as-she-julia-gillard-take-to-the-stage/news-story/e81277291a2124fc5a90772e3304aab0&memtype=anonymous
Etc, Etc
I swear Gillards dirty as fuck. And in on all the fuckery with Podesta's and Hilldawg.
#2747078 at 2018-08-26 21:13:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3469: We Are In Qontrol
Julie Bishop resigns as Aussie Foreign Minister
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Cabinet on Sunday, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and led to a major ministerial shake-up.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/julie-bishop-resigns-as-aussie-foreign-minister/article24785876.ece#
#2738865 at 2018-08-26 03:11:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3459: Posthumous Indictments Edition
McCain 'true friend of Australia': PM
The prime minister paid tribute to the man he says "was a true friend of Australia, who was committed to strengthening the alliance between our two nations".
"He was a man of great courage and conviction. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Cindy, and all the McCain family during this time," Mr Morrison tweeted on Sunday.
Mr Morrison's predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull, lauded Senator McCain as a great friend of Australia.
"Thank you @SenJohnMcCain for your courageous life. America has never had a more heroic and determined champion," he tweeted.
"And Australia has never had a stauncher American friend. Rest In Peace."
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/08/26/11/07/mccain-true-friend-of-australia-pm
#2734091 at 2018-08-25 19:51:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3453 Plenty to Dig On Edition
Scott Morrison invites Donald Trump for his first official visit to Australia - and shares intimate details of his first phone call with the US President
Scott Morrison had a 'very warm' phone call with US President Donald Trump
The new prime minister invited the president to Australia during the call
The US president hasn't visited Australia since taking office in late 2016
War hero story shared by PM to symbolise century of mateship between nations
Details have been revealed about new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's 'very warm' chat on the phone with Donald Trump.
He has spent the first 24 hours in the top job speaking with several world leaders, including the US President, who called to congratulate.
The Cronulla-based politician invited Mr Trump to Australia during the friendly conversation.
The president hasn't visited Australia since taking office.
I did tell him I was a rubbish golfer,' Mr Morrison told The Sunday Telegraph.
I am not quite sure that term is well known in the US so there are other phrases I have and I'll have to be careful of using Shire-colloquialisms in international engagements.'
He also told the publication his daughters Lily, 9 and Abbey, 11 were excited to hear that their dad would be talking to the president on Saturday.
Mr Morrison has also spoken with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
His phone call with Trump fared better than the first conversation then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had when Mr Trump was elected president in late 2016.
Mr Trump famously hung on Mr Turnbull and later publicly described it 'the worst call by far' he had had with a world leader.
Mr Morrison tweeted that he had shared the story of ANZAC hero Leslie 'Bull' Allen when the president called, as a symbol of 100 years of mateship with the US.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6097847/Scott-Morrison-officially-invites-President-Donald-Trump-visit-Australia.html
#2723127 at 2018-08-24 15:41:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3439: Cleaning Up The Kitchen Edition
Scott Morrison is new Australian PM as Malcolm Turnbull ousted
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45292637
Scott Morrison has become Australia's new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals in a bruising leadership contest.
Mr Turnbull had been under pressure from poor polling and what he described as an "insurgency" by conservative MPs.
Mr Morrison, the treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton - who had been Mr Turnbull's most vocal threat.
Mr Turnbull is the fourth Australian PM in a decade to be ousted by colleagues.
"It has been such a privilege to be the leader of this great nation. I love Australia. I love Australians," he said on Friday.
With an election looming, MPs were nervous about the government's poor opinion polling and recent by-election defeats.
Last week, a row over energy policy ignited long-existing tensions between Mr Turnbull, a moderate, and his party's conservative wing.
Mr Dutton, a conservative, then unsuccessfully challenged Mr Turnbull on Tuesday, but his narrow defeat only stoked further discord.
Mr Morrison entered the race after Mr Turnbull lost key backers. After a majority of MPs called for a leadership "spill", Mr Turnbull agreed to step down.
To further complicate matters, Mr Turnbull has signalled he would resign from parliament, which would force a by-election and potentially put the government's one-seat majority at risk and force the new premier to call early elections.
However, Mr Morrison, who was sworn in on Friday, told reporters there were no plans to do this any time soon.
His government, he said, would be in place by next week.
Who is Morrison?
Mr Morrison, a former Tourism Australia official, entered parliament in 2007 and has since held three key ministerial portfolios.
A social conservative who appeals to the moderate elements of the Liberal party
Rose to national prominence as immigration minister in Tony Abbott's government
Built a reputation as a tough operator in enforcing Australia's hardline "stop the boats" policy
Drew criticism over the controversial asylum seeker policies and offshore detention centres
Seen as a pragmatic, ambitious politician who has long eyed the top job
The 50-year old father-of-two is a leading religious conservative and opposed last year's same-sex marriage bill.
Speaking to reporters after the vote on Friday, Mr Morrison said he would be working to "bring our party back together which has been bruised and battered this week" and bring the country together.
He also said dealing with a severe drought, which has hit parts of eastern Australia, would be "our most urgent and pressing need right now".
The rise of Scott Morrison, Australia's new PM
How has everyone reacted?
With a mixture of bemusement, anger and sheer frustration: many have described this week as one of the most chaotic in Australian political history
More at Link
#2722340 at 2018-08-24 14:14:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3438 Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Edition
Q clock proof?
Attached todays clock.
Q !UW.yye1fxo Sat 06 Jan 2018 16:03:28 c9daa0 No.8039
How much did AUS donate to CF?
How much did SA donate to CF?
Compare.
Why is this relevant?
What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
List the leadership in AUS.
IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Who controls AUS?
Who really controls AUS?
UK?
Why is this relevant?
Q
Scott Morrison is new Australian PM as Malcolm Turnbull ousted
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45292637
#2721372 at 2018-08-24 10:35:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3437: "Jeff, this is GREAT" Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3436
>>2721277 Catholic church sex abuse grand jury report
>>2721266, >>2721290, >>2721330 Good Morning from @DJT: "Jeff, this is GREAT"
>>2721043, >>2721063, >>2721113, >>2721065 Aussie Anons on political fuckery and drought
>>2721004 Israeli spy firm Black Cube's ties to Cambridge Analytica, Iran and Weinstein
>>2721003 Lanny Davis on Steele Dossier: Over a Dozen False Assertions About Cohen
>>2720987 Murdoch's visit just happens to coincide w/ Australian leadership challenge
>>2720986, >>2720992 John Bolton Warns: U.S. Wants Hezbollah Out of Syria
>>2720949 Central "Spygate" Lawyer/Lobbyist Adam Waldman Lied Senator Chuck Grassley
>>2720936, >>2720974 Children Intn'l: Susana Eshleman, President/CEO and global partners
>>2720923 New Air Force B-2 'earth penetrating' nuclear weapon changes combat strategy
>>2720864, >>2721032, >>2720946, >>2720950 Knights of Columbus, 1st to do blood drives
>>2720739 Why tho? Allison Mack's trial moved fr Oct to Jan & she gets to attend college
Baker change
>>2720715 Medical news (release the cures)
>>2720713 All the Talk About Impeaching the President Is Nonsense
>>2720681 A lot of activity near Naval Base Kitsap and in Puget Sound lately / NCIS Involved
>>2720665, >>2720835, >>2720777 Cali's Prop 187: voted to deny illegals welfare, stopped by Feds
>>2720640 A Radioactive Device Has Gone Missing in Malaysia. Police Are Working 'Round the Clock' to Find it
>>2720556 NEW VIDEO: QAnon Coincidences
>>2721356 #3436
#3435 Baker Change
>>2719863 Interdasting POTUS tweeted these these things the same day as Q's first post
>>2719891 >>2720280 S&B digs
>>2719827 >>2719953 Is President Trump "Setting the Table" to Attack Big Pharma on Vaccines?
>>2719942 CNN debate goes off the rails as Kellyanne Conway lays into Chris Cuomo
>>2719969 On Game Theory
>>2719990 DoD has taken over giving out security clearances (from June)
>>2720004 >>2720205 >>2720236 Bill & Hillary were at Zach Lasry's Wedding Held At Weinstein's Estate last weekend (with pics)
>>2720008 Thousands of Children in the UK Foster Care System Are Being Sold to Pedophile Rings (from June)
>>2720080 >>2720332 SPECIAL MEETING IN HJC ON CLINTON EMAIL INVESTIGATION TOMORROW (developing)
>>2720128 >>2720208 POTUS wants to shut this down: National Endowment for Democracy
>>2720286 NASA Says 500-Foot Wide Asteroid Approaching Earth Is 'Potentially Hazardous'
>>2720395 >>2720309 >>2720358 >>2720422 Rabbi blessing of Ramaphosa and denial of South Africa white expropriation/genocide
>>2720518 #3435
#3434
>>2719551 , >>2719633 Ex-vaccine scientist testimony
>>2719429 Archer episode talks a lot about MK Ultra & Q Clearance >>2719482
>>2719430 National Demographic Institute (NDI) dig
>>2719365 New Q Proof? POTUS talks on Fox about Podesta's indictment
>>2719161 House GOP Gives Twitter CEO Dorsey Deadline on Testimony
>>2719078 , >>2719086, >>2719496, >>2719684, >>2719698, >>2719488 S&B digs
>>2719069 , >>2719095 Russian Twitter bots sow discord around vaccinations
>>2719074 , >>2719065, Scott Morrison voted next prime minister
>>2719061 China seriously concerned about Aus 5G security rules
>>2719047 Elon Musk hires Morgan Stanley to help take Tesla private
>>2719045 , >>2719273 Scott Morrison: Australia's new PM
>>2719551 , >>2719633 Ex-vaccine scientist testimony
>>2719429 , >>2719482, >>2719747 Archer episodes: MK Ultra, Q Clearance & Vanderbilt Pool
>>2720037 #3434
#3433
>>2718860 NED dig: New Chairman elected
>>2718812 , >>2718882, >>2718915 Sauce for Turnbull's resignation
>>2718805 , >>2718809 'Trust Sessions'
>>2718800 China Calls Trade Talks With US 'Constructive
>>2718739 Former FBI agent's thoughts on the sealed indictments
>>2718551 Fire at Tesla production plant in Fremont, extinguished >>2718605
>>2718507 Anon maps out the Plan
>>2718399 , >>2718513 Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull to leave parliament immediately
>>2718357 Motivational post: Straighten it the fuck up
>>2718351 , >>2718864 @USMC, Q and photographs of cannons
>>2718926 #3433
Previously Collected Notables
>>2716607 #3430, >>2717391 #3431, >>2718181 #3432
>>2714281 #3427, >>2715040 #3428, >>2715804 #3429
>>2711958 #3424, >>2712745 #3425, >>2713503 #3426
>>2709607 #3421, >>2710265 #3422, >>2711252 #3423
>>2707381 #3418, >>2708164 #3419, >>2708851 #3420
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416, >>2706592 #3417
Best Of Bread: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Archives of Notables >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#2720544 at 2018-08-24 06:10:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3436: We Are Enjoying The Show Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3435 Baker Change
>>2719863 Interdasting POTUS tweeted these these things the same day as Q's first post
>>2719891 >>2720280 S&B digs
>>2719827 >>2719953 Is President Trump "Setting the Table" to Attack Big Pharma on Vaccines?
>>2719942 CNN debate goes off the rails as Kellyanne Conway lays into Chris Cuomo
>>2719969 On Game Theory
>>2719990 DoD has taken over giving out security clearances (from June)
>>2720004 >>2720205 >>2720236 Bill & Hillary were at Zach Lasry's Wedding Held At Weinstein's Estate last weekend (with pics)
>>2720008 Thousands of Children in the UK Foster Care System Are Being Sold to Pedophile Rings (from June)
>>2720080 >>2720332 SPECIAL MEETING IN HJC ON CLINTON EMAIL INVESTIGATION TOMORROW (developing)
>>2720128 >>2720208 POTUS wants to shut this down: National Endowment for Democracy
>>2720286 NASA Says 500-Foot Wide Asteroid Approaching Earth Is 'Potentially Hazardous'
>>2720395 >>2720309 >>2720358 >>2720422 Rabbi blessing of Ramaphosa and denial of South Africa white expropriation/genocide
>>2720518 #3435
#3434
>>2719551 , >>2719633 Ex-vaccine scientist testimony
>>2719429 Archer episode talks a lot about MK Ultra & Q Clearance >>2719482
>>2719430 National Demographic Institute (NDI) dig
>>2719365 New Q Proof? POTUS talks on Fox about Podesta's indictment
>>2719161 House GOP Gives Twitter CEO Dorsey Deadline on Testimony
>>2719078 , >>2719086, >>2719496, >>2719684, >>2719698, >>2719488 S&B digs
>>2719069 , >>2719095 Russian Twitter bots sow discord around vaccinations
>>2719074 , >>2719065, Scott Morrison voted next prime minister
>>2719061 China seriously concerned about Aus 5G security rules
>>2719047 Elon Musk hires Morgan Stanley to help take Tesla private
>>2719045 , >>2719273 Scott Morrison: Australia's new PM
>>2719551 , >>2719633 Ex-vaccine scientist testimony
>>2719429 , >>2719482, >>2719747 Archer episodes: MK Ultra, Q Clearance & Vanderbilt Pool
>>2720037 #3434
#3433
>>2718860 NED dig: New Chairman elected
>>2718812 , >>2718882, >>2718915 Sauce for Turnbull's resignation
>>2718805 , >>2718809 'Trust Sessions'
>>2718800 China Calls Trade Talks With US 'Constructive
>>2718739 Former FBI agent's thoughts on the sealed indictments
>>2718551 Fire at Tesla production plant in Fremont, extinguished >>2718605
>>2718507 Anon maps out the Plan
>>2718399 , >>2718513 Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull to leave parliament immediately
>>2718357 Motivational post: Straighten it the fuck up
>>2718351 , >>2718864 @USMC, Q and photographs of cannons
>>2718926 #3433
#3432
>>2718142 Q has referenced @POTUS_Schedule
>>2717914 @POTUS_Schedule and the legalities of impersonating
>>2717848 Where Is? People/Sightings Updates
>>2717773 Raniere's patent to remote control aircraft: Update
>>2717744 Clare Bronfman's lawyer makes second request to free her from house detention
>>2717643 Matthew Bronfman, 17th Floor, 17 Rothschild Project, Rothschild Boulevard
>>2717575 Resignations in the news today
>>2717546 @USMC Tweet 'MAKE IT RAIN'
>>2718181 #3432
#3431
>>2717158 POTUS_Schedule tweets 'TRUST THE PLAN'
>>2717150 Found the DOJ FOIA "glitch" >Bruce Ohr about to testify
>>2717017 National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Dig
>>2716982 CENTCOM chief, Army Ranger General Joseph Votel. Dig
>>2716925 , >>2717150 DOJ: Unable to Give Judicial Watch Fusion GPS Documents Due to a "Glitch"
>>2716842 , >>2716860 Two part post on civil war and riots
>>2716827 Leftover campaign funds & campaign debt: Who swallows the loss?
>>2716804 Arkanon/S&B digs: Red doors will show the way
>>2716792 WaPo Article admits Dossier project not reported to FEC
>>2716774 Sen. BLUNT Stmt, EPA cleanup of nuke waste dump owned by Catholic Church. Theory
>>2716751 Grassley's 08/23/18 Statement re Judge Kavanaugh's Confirmation
>>2716746 Notable 'Think mirror' theory
>>2717391 #3431
Previously Collected Notables
>>2716607 #3430
>>2714281 #3427, >>2715040 #3428, >>2715804 #3429
>>2711958 #3424, >>2712745 #3425, >>2713503 #3426
>>2709607 #3421, >>2710265 #3422, >>2711252 #3423
>>2707381 #3418, >>2708164 #3419, >>2708851 #3420
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416, >>2706592 #3417
Best Of Bread: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
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#2719736 at 2018-08-24 04:15:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3435: Night Keks Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3434
>>2719551 , >>2719633 Ex-vaccine scientist testimony
>>2719429 Archer episode talks a lot about MK Ultra & Q Clearance >>2719482
>>2719430 National Demographic Institute (NDI) dig
>>2719365 New Q Proof? POTUS talks on Fox about Podesta's indictment
>>2719161 House GOP Gives Twitter CEO Dorsey Deadline on Testimony
>>2719078 , >>2719086, >>2719496, >>2719684, >>2719698, >>2719488 S&B digs
>>2719069 , >>2719095 Russian Twitter bots sow discord around vaccinations
>>2719074 , >>2719065, Scott Morrison voted next prime minister
>>2719061 China seriously concerned about Aus 5G security rules
>>2719047 Elon Musk hires Morgan Stanley to help take Tesla private
>>2719045 , >>2719273 Scott Morrison: Australia's new PM
>>2719730 #3434
#3433
>>2718860 NED dig: New Chairman elected
>>2718812 , >>2718882, >>2718915 Sauce for Turnbull's resignation
>>2718805 , >>2718809 'Trust Sessions'
>>2718800 China Calls Trade Talks With US 'Constructive
>>2718739 Former FBI agent's thoughts on the sealed indictments
>>2718551 Fire at Tesla production plant in Fremont, extinguished >>2718605
>>2718507 Anon maps out the Plan
>>2718399 , >>2718513 Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull to leave parliament immediately
>>2718357 Motivational post: Straighten it the fuck up
>>2718351 , >>2718864 @USMC, Q and photographs of cannons
>>2718926 #3433
#3432
>>2718142 Q has referenced @POTUS_Schedule
>>2717914 @POTUS_Schedule and the legalities of impersonating
>>2717848 Where Is? People/Sightings Updates
>>2717773 Raniere's patent to remote control aircraft: Update
>>2717744 Clare Bronfman's lawyer makes second request to free her from house detention
>>2717643 Matthew Bronfman, 17th Floor, 17 Rothschild Project, Rothschild Boulevard
>>2717575 Resignations in the news today
>>2717546 @USMC Tweet 'MAKE IT RAIN'
>>2718181 #3432
#3431
>>2717158 POTUS_Schedule tweets 'TRUST THE PLAN'
>>2717150 Found the DOJ FOIA "glitch" >Bruce Ohr about to testify
>>2717017 National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Dig
>>2716982 CENTCOM chief, Army Ranger General Joseph Votel. Dig
>>2716925 , >>2717150 DOJ: Unable to Give Judicial Watch Fusion GPS Documents Due to a "Glitch"
>>2716842 , >>2716860 Two part post on civil war and riots
>>2716827 Leftover campaign funds & campaign debt: Who swallows the loss?
>>2716804 Arkanon/S&B digs: Red doors will show the way
>>2716792 WaPo Article admits Dossier project not reported to FEC
>>2716774 Sen. BLUNT Stmt, EPA cleanup of nuke waste dump owned by Catholic Church. Theory
>>2716751 Grassley's 08/23/18 Statement re Judge Kavanaugh's Confirmation
>>2716746 Notable 'Think mirror' theory
>>2717391 #3431
#3430 (new baker)
>>2716593 Bo Xilai scandal / UN corruption: Key players. Dig
>>2716571 , >>2716557 Bruce Ohr Digz: Mother is North Korean
>>2716494 US Department of Justice Seizes 91.5m yacht in the "Fat Leonard" case
>>2716289 POTUS announces Samantha F. Ravich for key position
>>2716213 Old editions of Time Magazine are full of familiar names
>>2716179 , >>2716243, >>2716244 CIA Whistle-blower Claims Dossier Was a Coup Attempt
>>2716118 , >>2716173 Pompeo, Facebook, Twitter & 'Iranian state media'
>>2716112 Soros's Financial Push to Legalize all drugs in Cali
>>2716089 , >>2716353, >>2716225 Latest resignations / retirements
>>2716039 Texas deputy charged with sexually assaulting a child dies in 'suicide'
>>2716005 Clockfag Update
>>2715993 , >>2716014 Watch The Water & Space Force: Water on the moon
>>2715968 Proof Liberals are a Danger to All of Us
>>2716607 #3430
Previously Collected Notables
>>2714281 #3427, >>2715040 #3428, >>2715804 #3429
>>2711958 #3424, >>2712745 #3425, >>2713503 #3426
>>2709607 #3421, >>2710265 #3422, >>2711252 #3423
>>2707381 #3418, >>2708164 #3419, >>2708851 #3420
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416, >>2706592 #3417
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#2719273 at 2018-08-24 03:20:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3434: The Malcolm Turnbull Resignation Edition
Royal commission: Morrison is living in a parallel universe
22 April 2018 - 12:00am
Beam me up! I hope Treasurer Scott Morrison and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer feel comfortable in their parallel universe, where years of their government's denial, delay and hiding of the truth of financial sector rip-offs are suddenly transformed into sanctimonious outpourings of dismay when exposed to the harsh light of the royal commission's exposure. The rest of us in Starship Enterprise feel duped and bullied; worse still, we have little faith that any proposed sanctions will effect any worthwhile or permanent cultural change.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/royal-commission-morrison-is-living-in-a-parallel-universe-20180421-h0z2g8.html
SCOTT MORRISON
Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian politician who is the Prime Minister-designate of Australia and the Leader of the Liberal Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Cook in New South Wales.
Morrison was born in Sydney and studied at the University of New South Wales. Before entering Parliament he worked in tourism, including as director of New Zealand's Office of Tourism and Sport from 1998 to 2000 and as managing director of Tourism Australia from 2004 to 2006. He was also state director of the New South Wales Liberals from 2000 to 2004. Morrison was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2007 federal election.
After the Liberal Party was elected to government at the 2013 election, he was appointed to cabinet as Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in the Abbott Government.[2] In that capacity he was responsible for implementing Operation Sovereign Borders. In 2014 he was appointed Minister for Social Services after a cabinet reshuffle.[3] Subsequently, when Malcolm Turnbull replaced Abbott in September 2015, Morrison was appointed Treasurer of Australia.[4]
In August 2018, it was reported that he would contest the leadership of the Liberal Party against Peter Dutton in the event of a spill being called. Following the calling of a leadership spill on 24 August, Morrison was elected Leader of the Liberal Party and became Prime Minister.[5]
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Scott-Morrison
#2719065 at 2018-08-24 03:03:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3434: The Malcolm Turnbull Resignation Edition
=Scott Morrison voted next prime minister of Australia after defeating Peter Dutton 45-40 - politics live
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2018/aug/24/liberal-spill-Malcolm-Turnbull-peter-dutton-scott-morrison-liberal-spill-politics-parliament-live
#2719058 at 2018-08-24 03:02:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3434: The Malcolm Turnbull Resignation Edition
>>2718947 - lb
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2018/aug/24/liberal-spill-Malcolm-Turnbull-peter-dutton-scott-morrison-liberal-spill-politics-parliament-live
#2718940 at 2018-08-24 02:51:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3434: The Malcolm Turnbull Resignation Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3433
>>2718860 NED dig: New Chairman elected
>>2718812 , >>2718882, >>2718915 Sauce for Turnbull's resignation
>>2718805 , >>2718809 'Trust Sessions'
>>2718800 China Calls Trade Talks With US 'Constructive
>>2718739 Former FBI agent's thoughts on the sealed indictments
>>2718551 Fire at Tesla production plant in Fremont, extinguished >>2718605
>>2718507 Anon maps out the Plan
>>2718399 , >>2718513 Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull to leave parliament immediately
>>2718357 Motivational post: Straighten it the fuck up
>>2718351 , >>2718864 @USMC, Q and photographs of cannons
>>2718926 #3433
#3432
>>2718142 Q has referenced @POTUS_Schedule
>>2717914 @POTUS_Schedule and the legalities of impersonating
>>2717848 Where Is? People/Sightings Updates
>>2717773 Raniere's patent to remote control aircraft: Update
>>2717744 Clare Bronfman's lawyer makes second request to free her from house detention
>>2717643 Matthew Bronfman, 17th Floor, 17 Rothschild Project, Rothschild Boulevard
>>2717575 Resignations in the news today
>>2717546 @USMC Tweet 'MAKE IT RAIN'
>>2718181 #3432
#3431
>>2717158 POTUS_Schedule tweets 'TRUST THE PLAN'
>>2717150 Found the DOJ FOIA "glitch" >Bruce Ohr about to testify
>>2717017 National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Dig
>>2716982 CENTCOM chief, Army Ranger General Joseph Votel. Dig
>>2716925 , >>2717150 DOJ: Unable to Give Judicial Watch Fusion GPS Documents Due to a "Glitch"
>>2716842 , >>2716860 Two part post on civil war and riots
>>2716827 Leftover campaign funds & campaign debt: Who swallows the loss?
>>2716804 Arkanon/S&B digs: Red doors will show the way
>>2716792 WaPo Article admits Dossier project not reported to FEC
>>2716774 Sen. BLUNT Stmt, EPA cleanup of nuke waste dump owned by Catholic Church. Theory
>>2716751 Grassley's 08/23/18 Statement re Judge Kavanaugh's Confirmation
>>2716746 Notable 'Think mirror' theory
>>2717391 #3431
#3430
>>2716593 Bo Xilai scandal / UN corruption: Key players. Dig
>>2716571 , >>2716557 Bruce Ohr Digz: Mother is North Korean
>>2716494 US Department of Justice Seizes 91.5m yacht in the "Fat Leonard" case
>>2716289 POTUS announces Samantha F. Ravich for key position
>>2716213 Old editions of Time Magazine are full of familiar names
>>2716179 , >>2716243, >>2716244 CIA Whistle-blower Claims Dossier Was a Coup Attempt
>>2716118 , >>2716173 Pompeo, Facebook, Twitter & 'Iranian state media'
>>2716112 Soros's Financial Push to Legalize all drugs in Cali
>>2716089 , >>2716353, >>2716225 Latest resignations / retirements
>>2716039 Texas deputy charged with sexually assaulting a child dies in 'suicide'
>>2716005 Clockfag Update
>>2715993 , >>2716014 Watch The Water & Space Force: Water on the moon
>>2715968 Proof Liberals are a Danger to All of Us
>>2716607 #3430
#3429
>>2715175 Lanny Davis drops bombshell on dossier allegations.
>>2715187 PBS host made anti-white racist comments in 2017.
>>2715202 Steve Biegun assigned as Special Representative for NK denuclearization.
>>2715256 Monsanto faces 8,000 lawsuits on glyphosate.
>>2715459 Trump was asking about a Manafort pardon several weeks ago.
>>2715365 National Enquirer has mob ties.
>>2715571 Ford foundation partners with firms that donate to cabal institutes.
>>2715636 Republicans block Rand Paul's effort to defund Planned Parenthood.
>>2715804 #3429
Previously Collected Notables
>>2714281 #3427, >>2715040 #3428
>>2711958 #3424, >>2712745 #3425, >>2713503 #3426
>>2709607 #3421, >>2710265 #3422, >>2711252 #3423
>>2707381 #3418, >>2708164 #3419, >>2708851 #3420
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416, >>2706592 #3417
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#2716740 at 2018-08-23 23:37:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3431: Bread's Too Big Without Q Edition
HELP!!!
Australian Government ShitShow!
Our PM Malcolm Turnbull to be ousted today!
Our choice of replacement seems to be:
Peter Dutton, Julie Bishop or Bill Shorten.
Only done a small bit of research and they all seem terrible to me!
If anons could help with any info, so much disinformation going on!
Any help would be appreciated, with sauce!!
MAKE THE WORLD GREAT AGAIN
#2716450 at 2018-08-23 23:01:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3430: Patriots Fight Edition
HELP!!!
Australian Government ShitShow!
Our PM Malcolm Turnbull to be ousted today!
and our choice of replacement seems to be:
Peter Dutton, Julie Bishop or Bill Shorten.
Only done a small bit of research and they all seem terrible to me!
If anons could help with any info, so much disinformation going on!
Any help would be appreciated, with sauce!!
MAKE THE ```WORLD``` GREAT AGAIN
#2710454 at 2018-08-23 09:23:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3423: eBake
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3422
>>2710341 Defense Innovation Advisory Board connects Schmidt, McRaven, Obama, Bezos & Sunstein. Dig
>>2710275 Dennis Sheilds, Cohen's friend suicided last week. Dig
>>2710140 POTUS makes the 8chan / infinity sign at WV Rally
>>2710065 , >>2710068, >>2710076, >>2710270 POTUS, Pompeo, Qatar & Turkey
>>2710043 Current list of Peter Strzok's GoFundMe donors
>>2709949 USN Releases Video of System to Counter Russia & China 'Ship-Killer' Missiles
>>2709930 , >>2709960, >>2709980 Qatar royalty sells $.5 billion 747
>>2709890 , >>2709902 POTUS has flipped the 6th and 7th circuits
>>2709859 , >>2709962 Klausutis research re Morning Joe's dead intern's husband
>>2709822 Is Baroosmian's the signature re Q Post, pg 392?
>>2709614 Moar on AMDOCS re; >>2708458 (pb), >>2708677 (pb) Israeli/MOS links to 9-11 Dig
>>2709203 (pb) Mexico Cardinal: Victims who accuse priests should be ashamed
>>2710376 Communist Ocasio Cortezs ties to George Soros exposed!
#3421
>>2709556 Cohen & Q Posts: "who knows where the bodies are buried?"
>>2709528 Andy Spade backed out of $3M real estate deal after Kate's suicide
>>2709452 Hussein, UAE, The Muslim Brotherhood and Pakistan Intelligence
>>2709349 Keith Raniere filed a patent for remote control of aerial vehicles
>>2709119 , >>2709405 Signs of cover up on circumstances of JFK Jr events
>>2709343 Idemia / Morpho makes US drivers licenses. Dig
>>2709298 Erdogan Spokesman: US Policies Violate NATO Principles
>>2709250 Was Cohen a HRC plant? American Media and 'Bodies Buried' Dig
>>2708989 Did POTUS mean to accidentally tag the wrong Pompeo account?
>>2709607 #3421
#3420 (new baker)
>>2708806 MAJOR VICTORY: Texas wins Obamacare Tax lawsuit & recoups $839m
>>2708801 Ben Garrison on point as ever
>>2708651 ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Admits Losing to Trump
>>2708458 Israeli/MOS links to 9-11 Dig on AMDOCS, Comverse Infosys & C.A.L.E.A.
>>2708434 Old, rare archived article on Dutroux and trafficking
>>2708373 Dig on Les Wexner, of Victoria's Secret fame
>>2708351 Planefag posts: Big stuff up
>>2708347 Watch The Water: Aquatech dig
>>2708253 POTUS South Africa tweet on 10 min delta
>>2708851 #3420
#3419
>>2707467, >>2707514, >>2707659, >>2707756, >>2707793 Planefag Reports
>>2707511, >>2707650, >>2708060 Resignations, Unsealed Indictments and Human Trafficking Arrest in the news today:
>>2707541 Trump says he will consider a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort..
>>2707577 Sessions Unseals 43-Count Indictment Against Chinese Nationals Trafficking Fentanyl
>>2707701 Why are claimed individuals not named in Cohen Plea?
>>2707945, >>2707949, >>2708044 New DJT, reposted with corrected link.
>>2707959 Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
>>2708164 #3419
Previously Collected Notables
>>2707381 #3418
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416, >>2706592 #3417
>>2702708 #3412, >>2703480 #3413, >>2704310 #3414
>>2702803 #3409, #3410 (BiB #3413), >>2701951 #3411
>>2698070 #3406, >>2698837 #3407, >>2699650 #3408
>>2695795 #3403, >>2696515 #3404, >>2697294 #3405
>>2693531 #3400, >>2694268 #3401, >>2695040 #3402
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#2709616 at 2018-08-23 05:07:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3422: So Electric | The Meme Magic Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3421
>>2709556 Cohen & Q Posts: "who knows where the bodies are buried?"
>>2709528 Andy Spade backed out of $3M real estate deal after Kate's suicide
>>2709452 Hussein, UAE, The Muslim Brotherhood and Pakistan Intelligence
>>2709349 Keith Raniere filed a patent for remote control of aerial vehicles
>>2709119 , >>2709405 Signs of cover up on circumstances of JFK Jr events
>>2709343 Idemia / Morpho makes US drivers licenses. Dig
>>2709298 Erdogan Spokesman: US Policies Violate NATO Principles
>>2709250 Was Cohen a HRC plant? American Media and 'Bodies Buried' Dig
>>2708989 Did POTUS mean to accidentally tag the wrong Pompeo account?
>>2709607 #3421
#3420 (new baker)
>>2708806 MAJOR VICTORY: Texas wins Obamacare Tax lawsuit & recoups $839m
>>2708801 Ben Garrison on point as ever
>>2708651 ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Admits Losing to Trump
>>2708458 Israeli/MOS links to 9-11 Dig on AMDOCS, Comverse Infosys & C.A.L.E.A.
>>2708434 Old, rare archived article on Dutroux and trafficking
>>2708373 Dig on Les Wexner, of Victoria's Secret fame
>>2708351 Planefag posts: Big stuff up
>>2708347 Watch The Water: Aquatech dig
>>2708253 POTUS South Africa tweet on 10 min delta
>>2708851 #3420
#3419
>>2707467, >>2707514, >>2707659, >>2707756, >>2707793 Planefag Reports
>>2707511, >>2707650, >>2708060 Resignations, Unsealed Indictments and Human Trafficking Arrest in the news today:
>>2707541 Trump says he will consider a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort..
>>2707577 Sessions Unseals 43-Count Indictment Against Chinese Nationals Trafficking Fentanyl
>>2707701 Why are claimed individuals not named in Cohen Plea?
>>2707945, >>2707949, >>2708044 New DJT, reposted with corrected link.
>>2707959 Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
>>2708164 #3419
#3418
>>2706686 Lanny Davis Tells Supporters to Donate to Michael Cohen - Directs Them to President Trump's Donation Page!
>>2706711 Aeolus wind satellite has been launched
>>2706716 Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'Pours Millions into Midterm Initiatives'
>>2706728, >>2706938 Trump vows Palestinians will 'get something very good' in talks
>>2706812 Update on pedophile arrests, CEO resignations and Indictments
>>2706921 She's Ba-ack! The Muzzle Is Off! Low IQ Maxine Waters Calls for Trump Impeachment
>>2707007, >>2707107 New DJT (Re)Tweets
>>2707132, >>2707135 Sky King Sky King
>>2707157 Man who sold ammo to Las Vegas massacre gunman indicted by feds
>>2707181, >>2707304 "Fire dept. rejects Verizon's "customer support mistake" excuse for throttling"
>>2707375 Collected Resignation Reports+
>>2707381 #3418
#3417
>>2706040 Russia is stockpiling gold as fresh US sanctions loom
>>2706058 White House Daily Update
>>2706068 New DJT
>>2706173 Retired Elementary Teacher Arrested For Alleged Child Rape on School Grounds
>>2706250 10 indicted on wire fraud, counterfeiting and money laundering charges in Idaho
>>2706252 An Indiana priest is attacked by a man yelling, 'this is for all the little kids'
>>2706430 Secret Service seeking assistance to identify these unknown individuals..
>>2706459 Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated '5 million dollars worth' of Apple shares to an unspecified charity
>>2706464 Lanny Davis Admits Cohen Has No Evidence Trump Directed Him to Pay Stormy..
>>2706530 Former Swiss Bank Executive Pleads Guilty to Role in Billion-Dollar International Money Laundering Scheme..
>>2706537 Asia Argento is shamed for her alleged assault of minor, 17, by street artist Sabo who plasters #SheToo posters all over LA..
>>2706541 Police: Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts Used Stolen ID to Work in U.S.
>>2706563 Wyoming Rebuffs Trump, Picks Native Son in GOP Governor Race
>>2706592 #3417
Previously Collected Notables
>>2704970 #3415, >>2705787 #3416
>>2702708 #3412, >>2703480 #3413, >>2704310 #3414
>>2702803 #3409, #3410 (BiB #3413), >>2701951 #3411
>>2698070 #3406, >>2698837 #3407, >>2699650 #3408
>>2695795 #3403, >>2696515 #3404, >>2697294 #3405
>>2693531 #3400, >>2694268 #3401, >>2695040 #3402
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#2709016 at 2018-08-23 03:55:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3421: South Africa, Asia and Bourdain Edition
AUSTRALIA UPDATE
Turnbull LOSES SUPPORT
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said a party meeting will be called tomorrow at noon. If a leadership vote goes ahead he won't stand as a candidate, triggering a by-election for his seat. Mr Turnbull said it's important ministers are eligible to sit in the house amid claims Peter Dutton could be ineligible due to his childcare business and related government subsidies. He called the sudden leadership battle a "form of madness" amid positive polls adding the crisis "a very deliberate effort to pull the Liberal Party further to the right".
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/06/46/spill-liberal-party-leadership-challenge-Malcolm-Turnbull-peter-dutton-live-news-coverage
NOTE:Globalist Big pharma, Goldman Sachs, Gates Foundation, Vaccine pusher looks likely to be outed at noon tomorrow! Then arrest his ass.
#2708859 at 2018-08-23 03:43:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3421: South Africa, Asia and Bourdain Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3420
>>2708806 MAJOR VICTORY: Texas wins Obamacare Tax lawsuit & recoups $839m
>>2708801 Ben Garrison on point as ever
>>2708651 ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Admits Losing to Trump
>>2708458 Israeli/MOS links to 9-11 Dig on AMDOCS, Comverse Infosys & C.A.L.E.A.
>>2708434 Old, rare archived article on Dutroux and trafficking
>>2708373 Dig on Les Wexner, of Victoria's Secret fame
>>2708351 Planefag posts: Big stuff up
>>2708347 Watch The Water: Aquatech dig
>>2708253 POTUS South Africa tweet on 10 min delta
>>2708851 #3420
#3419
>>2707467, >>2707514, >>2707659, >>2707756, >>2707793 Planefag Reports
>>2707511, >>2707650, >>2708060 Resignations, Unsealed Indictments and Human Trafficking Arrest in the news today:
>>2707541 Trump says he will consider a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort..
>>2707577 Sessions Unseals 43-Count Indictment Against Chinese Nationals Trafficking Fentanyl
>>2707701 Why are claimed individuals not named in Cohen Plea?
>>2707945, >>2707949, >>2708044 New DJT, reposted with corrected link.
>>2707959 Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
>>2708164 #3419
#3418
>>2706686 Lanny Davis Tells Supporters to Donate to Michael Cohen - Directs Them to President Trump's Donation Page!
>>2706711 Aeolus wind satellite has been launched
>>2706716 Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'Pours Millions into Midterm Initiatives'
>>2706728, >>2706938 Trump vows Palestinians will 'get something very good' in talks
>>2706812 Update on pedophile arrests, CEO resignations and Indictments
>>2706921 She's Ba-ack! The Muzzle Is Off! Low IQ Maxine Waters Calls for Trump Impeachment
>>2707007, >>2707107 New DJT (Re)Tweets
>>2707132, >>2707135 Sky King Sky King
>>2707157 Man who sold ammo to Las Vegas massacre gunman indicted by feds
>>2707181, >>2707304 "Fire dept. rejects Verizon's "customer support mistake" excuse for throttling"
>>2707375 Collected Resignation Reports+
>>2707381 #3418
#3417
>>2706040 Russia is stockpiling gold as fresh US sanctions loom
>>2706058 White House Daily Update
>>2706068 New DJT
>>2706173 Retired Elementary Teacher Arrested For Alleged Child Rape on School Grounds
>>2706250 10 indicted on wire fraud, counterfeiting and money laundering charges in Idaho
>>2706252 An Indiana priest is attacked by a man yelling, 'this is for all the little kids'
>>2706430 Secret Service seeking assistance to identify these unknown individuals..
>>2706459 Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated '5 million dollars worth' of Apple shares to an unspecified charity
>>2706464 Lanny Davis Admits Cohen Has No Evidence Trump Directed Him to Pay Stormy..
>>2706530 Former Swiss Bank Executive Pleads Guilty to Role in Billion-Dollar International Money Laundering Scheme..
>>2706537 Asia Argento is shamed for her alleged assault of minor, 17, by street artist Sabo who plasters #SheToo posters all over LA..
>>2706541 Police: Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts Used Stolen ID to Work in U.S.
>>2706563 Wyoming Rebuffs Trump, Picks Native Son in GOP Governor Race
>>2706592 #3417
#3416 Baker Change
>>2705132 'Flesh-eating' STD allegedly reported in England
>>2705185 Clockfag Update
>>2705232 Clinton email chain relaying gaps to exploit in moving children after Haiti quake:
>>2705280 Graph of relationships of the Clinton Foundation Board of Directors
>>2705316 Verizon Incompetence and Greed Leaves Firefighters Throttled During Wildfire
>>2705397 Cohen Attorney Lanny Davis Is Registered Foreign Agent for Pro-Russian Oligarch Wanted by US Government and Linked to Putin
>>2705512 Remember Cohen raid 'hand picked by Trump'?
>>2705516, >>2705616, >>2705724, >>2705826 This document discusses the governments role in our education systems
>>2705548 Syria: Battle for Idlib has begun
>>2705699 It Begins: Democrats Label President Trump "Unindicted Co-Conspirator," Refuse to Work
>>2705706 Illegal immigrant who committed multiple rapes after 2012 ICE detainer not enforced gets 80 years in prison
>>2705752 New York Times 'Seizes' On Murder Of Mollie Tibbetts To Attack Donald Trump
>>2705787 #3416
Previously Collected Notables
>>2704970 #3415
>>2702708 #3412, >>2703480 #3413, >>2704310 #3414
>>2702803 #3409, #3410 (BiB #3413), >>2701951 #3411
>>2698070 #3406, >>2698837 #3407, >>2699650 #3408
>>2695795 #3403, >>2696515 #3404, >>2697294 #3405
>>2693531 #3400, >>2694268 #3401, >>2695040 #3402
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#2708176 at 2018-08-23 02:38:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3420: Justice For White Farmers In SA
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2573462 , >>2573531 Archives have been updated: https://8ch.net/qresearch/archive/index.html
>>2462073 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test sets guidelines for No CP images
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3419
>>2707467, >>2707514, >>2707659, >>2707756, >>2707793 Planefag Reports
>>2707511, >>2707650, >>2708060 Resignations, Unsealed Indictments and Human Trafficking Arrest in the news today:
>>2707541 Trump says he will consider a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort..
>>2707577 Sessions Unseals 43-Count Indictment Against Chinese Nationals Trafficking Fentanyl
>>2707701 Why are claimed individuals not named in Cohen Plea?
>>2707945, >>2707949, >>2708044 New DJT, reposted with corrected link.
>>2707959 Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
>>2708164 #3419
#3418
>>2706686 Lanny Davis Tells Supporters to Donate to Michael Cohen - Directs Them to President Trump's Donation Page!
>>2706711 Aeolus wind satellite has been launched
>>2706716 Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'Pours Millions into Midterm Initiatives'
>>2706728, >>2706938 Trump vows Palestinians will 'get something very good' in talks
>>2706812 Update on pedophile arrests, CEO resignations and Indictments
>>2706921 She's Ba-ack! The Muzzle Is Off! Low IQ Maxine Waters Calls for Trump Impeachment
>>2707007, >>2707107 New DJT (Re)Tweets
>>2707132, >>2707135 Sky King Sky King
>>2707157 Man who sold ammo to Las Vegas massacre gunman indicted by feds
>>2707181, >>2707304 "Fire dept. rejects Verizon's "customer support mistake" excuse for throttling"
>>2707375 Collected Resignation Reports+
>>2707381 #3418
#3417
>>2706040 Russia is stockpiling gold as fresh US sanctions loom
>>2706058 White House Daily Update
>>2706068 New DJT
>>2706173 Retired Elementary Teacher Arrested For Alleged Child Rape on School Grounds
>>2706250 10 indicted on wire fraud, counterfeiting and money laundering charges in Idaho
>>2706252 An Indiana priest is attacked by a man yelling, 'this is for all the little kids'
>>2706430 Secret Service seeking assistance to identify these unknown individuals..
>>2706459 Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated '5 million dollars worth' of Apple shares to an unspecified charity
>>2706464 Lanny Davis Admits Cohen Has No Evidence Trump Directed Him to Pay Stormy..
>>2706530 Former Swiss Bank Executive Pleads Guilty to Role in Billion-Dollar International Money Laundering Scheme..
>>2706537 Asia Argento is shamed for her alleged assault of minor, 17, by street artist Sabo who plasters #SheToo posters all over LA..
>>2706541 Police: Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts Used Stolen ID to Work in U.S.
>>2706563 Wyoming Rebuffs Trump, Picks Native Son in GOP Governor Race
>>2706592 #3417
#3416 Baker Change
>>2705132 'Flesh-eating' STD allegedly reported in England
>>2705185 Clockfag Update
>>2705232 Clinton email chain relaying gaps to exploit in moving children after Haiti quake:
>>2705280 Graph of relationships of the Clinton Foundation Board of Directors
>>2705316 Verizon Incompetence and Greed Leaves Firefighters Throttled During Wildfire
>>2705397 Cohen Attorney Lanny Davis Is Registered Foreign Agent for Pro-Russian Oligarch Wanted by US Government and Linked to Putin
>>2705512 Remember Cohen raid 'hand picked by Trump'?
>>2705516, >>2705616, >>2705724, >>2705826 This document discusses the governments role in our education systems
>>2705548 Syria: Battle for Idlib has begun
>>2705699 It Begins: Democrats Label President Trump "Unindicted Co-Conspirator," Refuse to Work
>>2705706 Illegal immigrant who committed multiple rapes after 2012 ICE detainer not enforced gets 80 years in prison
>>2705752 New York Times 'Seizes' On Murder Of Mollie Tibbetts To Attack Donald Trump
>>2705787 #3416
Previously Collected Notables
>>2704970 #3415
>>2702708 #3412, >>2703480 #3413, >>2704310 #3414
>>2702803 #3409, #3410 (BiB #3413), >>2701951 #3411
>>2698070 #3406, >>2698837 #3407, >>2699650 #3408
>>2695795 #3403, >>2696515 #3404, >>2697294 #3405
>>2693531 #3400, >>2694268 #3401, >>2695040 #3402
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#2708164 at 2018-08-23 02:37:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3419: BrewinQ A Storm
#3419
>>2707467, >>2707514, >>2707659, >>2707756, >>2707793 Planefag Reports
>>2707511, >>2707650, >>2708060 Resignations, Unsealed Indictments and Human Trafficking Arrest in the news today:
>>2707541 Trump says he will consider a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort..
>>2707577 Sessions Unseals 43-Count Indictment Against Chinese Nationals Trafficking Fentanyl
>>2707701 Why are claimed individuals not named in Cohen Plea?
>>2707945, >>2707949, >>2708044 New DJT, reposted with corrected link.
>>2707959 Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
#2707959 at 2018-08-23 02:23:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3419: BrewinQ A Storm
Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
Turnbull LOSES SUPPORT
The crisis in Canberra has deepened and Malcolm Turnbull's fate has been decided as once-loyal senior ministers declare they have tendered their resignations and support a leadership challenge.
Parliament shuts down
In an extraordinary move, the government has shut down the House of Representatives until next month. MPs left the Chamber to shouts of "shame" from the Opposition.
Labor leader, Bill Shorten, said it's the ultimate admission of surrender" from a "bankrupt government".
"The government may adjourn the parliament, but they can't outrun the weight of failure," he said. "It's not the parliament that's failed. It's the Turnbull government. Australia no longer has a functioning government."
Deputy, Tanya Plibersek, called the government "vandals" and consumed by "chaos, dysfunction and ego". She said the only solution is to call and election and let the people decide.
After so many ministerial resignations, the government effectively has no ministry, and couldn't face Question Time. The senate will sit for the rest of the day. Parliament will return on September 10.
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/06/46/spill-liberal-party-leadership-challenge-Malcolm-Turnbull-peter-dutton-live-news-coverage
NOTE: Looks like the corrupt globalist Aus PM is finished!
#2705915 at 2018-08-22 22:39:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3417: Faithfully Trusting The Plan
Crisis in Canberra: Fresh leadership spill looms for Malcolm Turnbull
The crisis in Canberra has deepened after a petition circulating through parliament calling for a second spill of the leadership. Malcolm Turnbull has been in crisis talks with his supporters to ensure he has the numbers ahead of what's expected to be another tense day.
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/06/46/spill-liberal-party-leadership-challenge-Malcolm-Turnbull-peter-dutton-live-news-coverage
#2704930 at 2018-08-22 20:48:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3415: The Movie is Getting Good Edition
ATTEMPT TO REMOVE UPDATE GLOBALIST AUSTRALIAN PM
NOTE: THE AG IN AUSTRALIA ANSWERS TO THE QUEEN NOT THE PEOPLE/PARLIAMENT THEY ARE GOING AFTER THE CHALLENGER AS IS MSM
Advice sought on Peter Dutton eligibility
Attorney-General Christian Porter has confirmed he will seek legal advice from the solicitor-general over Peter Dutton's eligibility for parliament.
As he prepares for a potential second bid to topple the prime minister, Mr Dutton has been questioned over interests in a childcare business which can receive government funding.
Mr Porter said he had determined to seek advice after the eligibility questions were raised.
"In doing so, I will observe the standard practice that applies to requests from the attorney-general to the solicitor-general, which includes not commenting on a matter which is the subject of a request for advice," he said in a statement.
Labor used parliamentary question time on Wednesday to seek answers about the ex-home affairs minister's interest in two Brisbane childcare centres through the RHT Family Trust.
The business interest raises questions over whether government support to the centres is a constitutional problem for Mr Dutton and whether he was involved in cabinet decisions on the childcare sector.
But Mr Dutton told prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who he tried to oust in a party room vote on Tuesday, that he does not have any concerns.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/08/22/14/34/Turnbull-checking-if-dutton-had-conflict
Peter Dutton may not be eligible to sit in parliament, Labor's legal advice says
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/23/peter-dutton-may-not-be-eligible-to-sit-in-parliament-labors-legal-advice-says
#2695591 at 2018-08-22 00:39:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3403: Trump Rally WinninQ
Australia's got problems.
Storm a brewin?
Also, check out the logo for abc.net in Australia.
Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership is in crisis, with 10 of his frontbench offering to resign and his rival Peter Dutton confirming he is calling his colleagues to keep up his pitch to replace Mr Turnbull as PM.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-22/Malcolm-Turnbull-leadership-crisis-deepens/10149440
#2692514 at 2018-08-21 21:33:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3399: Touchdown
FURTHER UPDATE AUS PM
NICE HAND GESTURE BTW!
Turnbull crisis: Nine frontbenchers offer resignation as second challenge looms
Malcolm Turnbull's leadership crisis has deepened with nine of his frontbenchers offering to resign after voting for Peter Dutton in yesterday's secret ballot.
Among them are three Cabinet ministers, including Health Minister Greg Hunt, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo and Human Services Minister Michael Keenan.
Mr Turnbull has not accepted most of the resignations, but the show of support for Mr Dutton is seriously damaging to the Prime Minister's leadership.
The former home affairs minister has switched to the backbench after losing the party room vote by 48 votes to 35.
9NEWS understands Zed Seselja, Alan Tudge, Angus Taylor, Michael Sukkar, James McGrath have also offered to resign.
Mr Turnbull accepted the resignation of International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells after she wrote a strongly-worded letter about the party drifting too far to the left.
Mr Dutton has refused to rule out another leadership challenge after quitting the Cabinet.
Nine political editor Chris Uhlmann said this morning there was a 'feral atmosphere' in the corridors of Canberra.
Some Liberal MPs believe Mr Dutton's failed challenge is the beginning of the end of Mr Turnbull's prime ministership, and there may be another leadership ballot before the week is out.
Nationals MP Darren Chester says frontbenchers would consider moving to the crossbench if Mr Dutton was successful in a spill.
"There's certainly a cohort of my colleagues who are concerned about the direction this is taking and they're reserving their options," he said.
"All options are on the table at the moment."
The move would strip the Coalition of its majority in the House of Representatives, and put the government in danger of collapse.
"There's no reason why any potential challenger should assume they command the numbers on the floor of the House of Representatives," Mr Chester said.
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/21/23/18/leadership-spill-Malcolm-Turnbull-refuses-resignations-ministers-peter-dutton-challenge
#2691409 at 2018-08-21 20:04:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3398: Ahead Of The Qurve
AUSTRALIA'S GLOBALIST PM IN TROUBLE
There is a PATRIOT waiting to take over! For those unfamiliar with this douchebag his wife is involved with the gates foundation and they are both major shareholders in big pharma just to kick things off!
Leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull fights for survival as he refuses to accept ministers' resignations
Malcolm Turnbull has seen off one leadership challenge but could face another within weeks as ministers who voted against him offered their resignations.
The prime minister defeated ex-Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton 48 votes to 35 in a snap leadership ballot yesterday morning, and then appealed for the party to unify.
"We know that disunity undermines the ability of any government to get its job done," Mr Turnbull told reporters.
More:
https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/21/23/18/leadership-spill-Malcolm-Turnbull-refuses-resignations-ministers-peter-dutton-challenge
#2683526 at 2018-08-21 01:04:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3388 Double Dubs Edition
Australian prime minister wins leadership challenge
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday, a government official said, which came after weeks of speculation and falling opinion poll ratings.
Turnbull won the vote for the leadership of the Liberal Party, the senior party in the center-right government coalition, over Dutton by 48 votes to 35, chief government whip Nola Marino told reporters.
https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1L600D?
#2677607 at 2018-08-20 12:57:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3380 Brennen Means "burn" in German; Hell Awaits Edition
Australian prime minister abandons climate change targets
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ditched plans for the country to reach emissions targets aimed at combatting climate change.
Turnbull made the announcement Monday, telling reporters that the National Energy Guarantee, a policy bill outlining the targets, would not be introduced in the House of Representatives, citing a lack of support, according to The New York Times.
"We are not going to propose legislation purely for the purpose of it being defeated," he said.
But the bill had support from lawmakers outside Turnbull's center-right Liberal Party, and it appears likely that the leader is caving to pressure from conservative members of his own party, according to the Times.
The proposal outlined plans to cut energy emission levels by 26 percent of what they were in 2005 over the next 12 years, and also includes efforts to stabilize the country's energy markets, the newspaper noted.
The plan, which Turnbull has flipped on multiple times in recent days, effectively legislates what the country agreed to as part of the Paris Climate Accord. Climate groups worried that the National Energy Guarantee would not do enough to combat climate change.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/402596-australian-prime-minister-abandons-climate-change-targets
#2647152 at 2018-08-17 20:22:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3341: Cool And Calm Edition
HEATING UP IN AUSTRALIA
NOTE: Abbott was removed from office in a globalist coup, due to his staunch Christian faith. He was replaced by former Goldman Sachs elitist Turnbull who along with his wife and cohorts have pushed the NWO agenda ahead a rapid speed.
STORY from AU MSM.
New leadership tussle won't be a re-run of 2009
LAST time Tony Abbott took on Malcolm Turnbull, he wiped the floor with him. This time, the outcome may be very different.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/new-leadership-tussle-wont-be-a-rerun-of-2009/news-story/3be641bcb28405a2fea26fbe9bee3fed
ABBOTT is (((ourguy)))
#2595634 at 2018-08-14 15:39:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3275 POTUS is BOOMing on Twatter Edition
Australian ex-archbishop Philip Wilson avoids jail for child abuse cover up
Former Australian archbishop Philip Wilson was met by outraged victims as he left the courthouse with no jail time. Wilson's conviction was a landmark ruling in Australia that could affect other cases around the country.
An Australian court on Tuesday ruled Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic official to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse, will serve his one-year prison sentence in home detention.
Newcastle Magistrate Robert Stone ordered Wilson to be detained at his sister's house with a non-parole period of at least six months.
He will be under strict supervision, and will be required to wear a tracking device that will alert authorities if he leaves the house.
The magistrate's decision was met with outrage by victims who were waiting outside the courthouse.
In May, the court found Wilson guilty of failing to alert police to the repeated abuse of two altar boys by pedophile priest James Fletcher in the state of New South Wales in the 1970s. Wilson was an assistant priest at the time.
Stone found Wilson had shown no remorse or contrition for his actions, and that his primary motive had been to protect the Catholic Church.
Sentence a deterrent
Stone found that Wilson was unlikely to reoffend ,but that a period of detention was necessary to deter others.
He said home detention was an adequate sentence given Wilson's age and mental and physical condition, and that he had previously been of good character.
Wilson's lawyer, Ian Temby, said Wilson planned to appeal his conviction, but would not be applying for bail.
Wilson resigned as archbishop of Adelaide last month, soon after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on the Vatican to fire him. He remains an ordained bishop, but has no official role.
He has repeatedly denied the charges, and initially ignored calls to quit pending an appeal against his conviction.
Australia opened a royal commission into institutional responses to child sex abuse in 2012, following years of pressure to investigate widespread allegations of institutional pedophilia.
https://www.dw.com/en/australian-ex-archbishop-philip-wilson-avoids-jail-for-child-abuse-cover-up/a-45071355
#2561158 at 2018-08-12 00:27:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3231: The Bill Maher 'Trolling Is Fun' Edition
>>2560796
Australian PM Malcom Turnbull and the deal to bring Playboy to Australia
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revealed his role in bringing Playboy magazine to Australia in the wake of its founder Hugh Hefner's death.
Almost 40 years ago, as a young lawyer, Mr Turnbull was summoned by Australian magazine mogul Kerry Packer to negotiate a licencing deal to publish the iconic title down under.
The trip to the states occurred in 1978, and saw Mr Turnbull meet with Hefner's daughter Christie to negotiate the deal.
Mr Turnbull opened up about the three-week trip on Nine's Today.
"Kerry Packer sent me to Chicago in '78 to negotiate the licensing deal for Playboy in Australia," he said.
"In those days Hugh Hefner had already moved to LA and his daughter Christie was running the company.
"I negotiated with her in their office building in Chicago and was there for about three weeks and we got the deal done."
Despite his long stay in the US to negotiate the deal, Mr Turnbull never set foot in the Playboy Mansion.
Mr Turnbull said while it "would have been great" to visit Hefner's famous lair, he was "a very focused young lawyer, just doing my job".
He said he was often asked about the tale and "everyone wants to hear stories about the Playboy Mansion".
Packer launched the Australian edition of Playboy in 1979. The publication featured content from the US title with some local additions, and crowned an Australian Playmate of the Year annually.
The Australian publishing mogul hired Mr Turnbull when he was 28 to take over his legal work. Prior to becoming a lawyer Mr Turnbull had worked as a journalist.
He went on to enjoy a successful legal career before establishing an investment banking firm and taking on a number of investments, and eventually became a full-time politician.
https://
www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/magazines/how-Malcolm-Turnbull-brought-playboy-to-australia/news-story/1d03dca16f85cf3b104a9fe6980a4b37>>2560796
#2560444 at 2018-08-11 23:33:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3230: "We, THE PEOPLE, are the CURE" Edition
Did Malcolm Turnbull know about Alexander Downer being used as a plant to kick off the Trump/Russia probe ?
#2516366 at 2018-08-08 22:56:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3174: ThinQ & Research Yourself
Barrier Reef Foundation grant 'unthinkable, mind-blowing', former board member says
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-09/barrier-reef-foundation-grant-shocking-myer-former-board-member/10090780
A member of the Myer family dynasty who played a key role in establishing the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has condemned a $444 million federal grant to the body as "shocking and almost mind-blowing".
The latest comments increase pressure on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for making what critics branded a "captain's call" in allocating the funding.
Michael Myer was a financial supporter of the GBRF and a member of its board for two years until 2002, when he quit in part over concerns about its "corporate" direction and the growing involvement of figures from the fossil fuels industry.
Yesterday, it was revealed governance experts and lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia believed the grant contravened the Federal Government's own guidelines.
Mr Myer told the ABC it was "unthinkable" for the Government to award the largest ever non-profit grant to an organisation with six staff members "without due diligence, without a proper tender process, without a request".
#2463939 at 2018-08-05 15:12:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3107: That is Why We Call Them Fake News Edition
MARCH 10
Re_read re: Australia.
AUS donations to CF?
Why is this relevant?
More than you know.
This is BIG.
Q
…
Which conversation leaked?
POTUS & AUS?
Why that specific conversation?
Signal?
We (they) hear what you are saying?
Threat to AUS?
Why?
What do they know?
Trapped?
Forced?
Blood.
….
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#2353211 at 2018-07-30 12:49:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2965: The Internal Disruption is Real Edition
Australian bishop convicted of sex abuse cover-up resigns
By Associated Press
Jul 30, 2018 | 4:00 AM
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children by a priest, after coming under mounting pressure from Australian priests and even the prime minister.
Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson was convicted in May of failing to report to police the repeated abuse of two altar boys by a pedophile priest in the Hunter Valley region north of Sydney during the 1970s. He became the highest-ranking Catholic cleric ever convicted in a criminal court of abuse cover-up.
Wilson had declined to resign pending an appeal of his case. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull added his voice to those calling for his sacking in an appeal to Francis on July 19.
In a statement Monday, the Vatican said Francis had accepted Wilson's resignation.
#2351706 at 2018-07-30 08:04:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2963: For The Night is Dark When Missing Bewbs Edition
Fuckery going on here from Australia…
Cambodia's Hun Sen 'preparing' to receive more refugees under deal with Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-30/cambodia-preparing-to-receive-more-refugees-under-australia-deal/10052234
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says his country is "preparing" to receive more refugees from Australia in a controversial deal that has already been labelled a failure and cost the Federal Government almost $50 million.
Speaking exclusively to Four Corners, Hun Sen said he told Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Cambodia is ready to "accept more" refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton did not respond to Four Corners' questions regarding Hun Sen's comments, or whether the deal - which is due to expire in the coming months - will be extended or renewed.
In 2014, Australia signed the four-year deal with Cambodia, committing an extra $40 million in aid in exchange for resettling refugees from the offshore detention centre in Nauru.
Another $15 million for "resettlement" services was also pledged, of which $7.88 million has been spent.
That deal is seen as an expensive failure with just three of seven resettled refugees from Nauru remaining in Cambodia.
Cambodia election: Ruling party claims landslide in vote with no main opposition
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44999358
The party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power since 1985, says it has won a landslide victory in a general election that lacked any serious challengers.
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said it had won 80% of the vote, giving it at least 100 of 125 seats.
Election staff say turnout was 82.71%.
Critics have called the vote a sham as the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which narrowly lost the last election, has been dissolved.
The US and EU were also among those questioning the credibility of the vote, but the CPP said 19 other parties had stood
#2336340 at 2018-07-29 11:48:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2943: The Trident II D5 & Ben Szemkus Edition
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Paedophilia & Pornography: 8 Disturbing Connections
=Links=
=1.=
melindatankardreist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/henson-two-pics.jpg
=2.=
stopTurnbull.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sugar_spice23.png
Australia's current Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has a long history of disturbing activities and associations with regard to sexual morality. As a result of a sympathetic left-wing media, this is something the broader Australian public knows nothing about.
1. Supporting Naked Child Photographer, Bill Henson
In May 2008, following complaints from the public, NSW Police raided a so-called "art exhibition" in the Sydney suburb of Paddington, and confiscated about 20 photographs of naked children. The so-called "artist" responsible for the photos is Bill Henson, a well-known photographer. It was later discovered that Henson had travelled to primary schools to hunt down potential "models" for his "art".
If you can stomach it, ==Link no.1 above== to see two examples of Henson's "work".
2. Defending Pro-Paedophile Organisations
The Spycatcher case was a 1980s legal case in Australia concerning the publication of a book by former MI5 intelligence officer, Peter Wright. NCCL was involved in supporting the paedophile liberation movement, and was officially affiliated with British pro-paedophile organisations like the 'Paedophile Information Exchange' and 'Paedophile Action for Liberation'.
3. Bringing Porno Magazines to Australia
In 1978, acting for his client, Australian Consolidated Press, Turnbull travels to the US to organise a deal to produce an Australian version of Playboy. He meets Playboy Enterprises vice-president Christie Hefner, daughter of Hugh, at the original Playboy mansion in Chicago, and a deal is successfully negotiated.==image posted==.
4. Porn & Paedophilia on SBS: Turnbull Did Nothing
As Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull was responsible for the public broadcaster, SBS. Despite this, he did absolutely nothing about the continuous stream of pornographic filth that appears on this taxpayer-funded network.
More disturbing are the number of SBS films depicting paedophilia and teen sex. I've listed a few here, again with accompanying screen grabs:
**Cold Showers - About teens who have a threesome in the school gym. Contains explicit sex, full frontal nudity, and a scene of a girl wiping semen from her leg.
**Lila Says - About a foul-mouthed 16-year-old nymphomaniac.
**Fish Tank - About a 15-year-old girl who has a sexual relationship with her mother's boyfriend (who was otherwise married with children). Includes scene of girl urinating on a lounge room floor.
5. Sydney Homosexual Mardi Gras Attendee
6. Sex Jokes in Front of Children
In April of this year 2015, Turnbull attended an obscene homosexual/transvestite party at the Birdsville Hotel in remote western Queensland, where he made filthy jokes alongside a drag queen comedian named 'Sofia'.
All of this takes place in front of children.==search youtube for "Turnbull joke birdsville club" for full video==
7. Turnbull's Comrades: Keneally, Kirby & Kinsey
Malcolm Turnbull associates himself with some disturbing people. Author Thomas Keneally, for instance, is a very close associate of Turnbull's, and a fellow Australian Republican Movement co-founder. Turnbull calls him "beaming and brilliant", and in 2011 launched one of his books.
In 2006 Keneally was a member of the Advertising Standards Board that approved an obscene "Lolita-style" jeans advertisement for public dissemination, including large billboards. The photographer was Terry Richardson, who has a long history of producing obscenity, and has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women.
More disturbing though are the activities of the man Turnbull describes as one of his mentors, the radical homosexual Australian High Court Justice Michael Kirby.
In 2000, whilst still a High Court Justice, Kirby joined the 'Board of Governors' of the Kinsey Institute, a so-called "sex research" organisation in the United States that has been accused of co-operating with paedophiles and child sexual abusers for "research" on child sexuality.
8. Support for Islam
Malcolm Turnbull is infamous for his contributions on Islam. He says Islam is an "ancient religion of great scholarship" and that we should embrace Muslim immigration. This is perhaps unsurprising when you consider some of the issues on which Islam is in agreement with leftist-'progressives'.
for the full story with all links:
stopTurnbull.com/Malcolm-Turnbull-paedophilia-child-pornography/
#1747816 at 2018-06-14 19:09:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2199: Channeling OmnibusAnon Edition
Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag incident in Afghanistan: PM
Reuters Staff
3 MIN READ
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were "wrong" and punished at the time, Australia's prime minister said on Thursday, after a picture of the incident emerged.
FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) address the media following their talks in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
The flag was "briefly raised" above the vehicle in Afghanistan in 2007, Australia's defense department said in a statement. The flag was clearly visible flying over the bonnet of a jeep in a photo published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
"The flag obviously was removed and the personnel involved were disciplined," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in the Tasmanian state capital of Hobart, without specifying their punishment.
"It was absolutely wrong and their commanders took action at the time," he said.
Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has had troops in Afghanistan for 17 years fighting against the Taliban and other Islamist militants.
Their behavior between 2005 and 2016, including accusations that they used illegal force and showed a disregard for human life during missions, is being investigated by defense authorities.
The swastika was the emblem of Germany's Nazi Party and later its national flag when millions of Jews were murdered by the state in the 1930s and 1940s, a genocide known as the Holocaust, along with others deemed inferior.
"It is completely unacceptable to use a flag of this nature," Australia's defense minister, Marise Payne, said in an emailed statement.
"This is completely at odds with the values of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the tens of thousands of ADF personnel who have served with distinction in Afghanistan."
In recent days, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has published reports, citing unidentified witnesses, alleging Australian troops mistreated and executed prisoners in 2009 and 2012.
The ABC has previously reported on an alleged cover-up of the killing of an Afghan boy by Australian special forces.
Australia's defense department directed Reuters to previous statements describing the allegations as "serious" and under investigation.
https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-defence-afghanistan-nazi/australia-punished-soldiers-over-nazi-flag-incident-in-afghanistan-pm-idUSKBN1JA0JR
#1734217 at 2018-06-13 21:30:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2182: Will you Fight? Will YOU Defend? Edition
>>1734118
FOUND IT!
Anonymous 06/12/18 (Tue) 22:25:29 d6894e No.1722702>>1722718 >>1722737 >>1722760 >>1722765 >>1722781 >>1722794 >>1722801
Q, anything way off with our thinking?
Cast
Whitehats:
- POTUS45
- Q Team
- Admiral Rogers
- Mike Flynn
- Maddog
- Gen Kelly
- Mike Pence
- Sessions
- Wray
- Horowitz
- Huber
- Nunes
- Grassley
- Mike Pompeo
- Gina Haspel
- Julian Assange
Grayhats: (cooperating in /our/ sting - pardoned, switched etc)
- Rosenstein
- Mueller
- Erik Prince
- Trey Gowdy
- Snowden
- Elon Musk
Pawns Used:
- Paul Manafort
- Reince Priebus
- Rex Tillerson
- Gary Cohn
- McMaster
- Michael Wolff (Fire & Fury fiction)
Plants: (part of /their/ clown sting)
- George Papadopoulos
- Carter Page
- Stefan Halper
- Natalia Veselnitskaya
"Actors": (staged or encouraged distractions to DDOS/discredit the MSM)
- Stormy Daniels
- Karen McDougal
- Michael Cohen
- Doctor Harold Bornstein
- Anthony Scaramucci
- Steve Bannon (25th amendment honeypot & phoney implosion)
- Sam Nunberg
- Omarosa
Activated Patriots:
- Peter Thiel
- Scott Adams
- Roseanne Barr
- Dennis Rodman
- James Woods
- Kim Dot Com
- Pamela Anderson
- Candace Owens
- Kanye
- Kim K
Unsung Heros:
- Joint Task Force MAGA: Binney, Drake, Wiebe, Roark etc
Deep State Evil:
- Hussein, Hillary, Biden
- Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Holder, Rice, John Kerry, Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power
- Comey, McCabe, Yates, Brand, Ohr, Strzok, Page, Baker, Laufman, Carlin
- No Name
- Huma, Jarret
- Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi
- Merkel, May, Macron, Justin, Malcolm Turnbull, Alexander Downer
- Thousands more, rats everywhere, evil everywhere.. no deals, no free passes
Controlled Opposition:
- AJ
- Corsi
RIP:
- Seth Rich
- Mike Green
- Unknown soldiers
- NYC police officers
Anonymous 06/12/18 (Tue) 22:26:17 3c21f4 No.1722711
If future proves past, could it be that the sub in the pic is the sub that took down the missile in HI and the photo will be used to verify drops in the future that have not been put forth yet?
Anonymous 06/12/18 (Tue) 22:27:31 b8cc48 No.1722721>>1722756
>>1722591 (OP) Freedom Caucus Members
For research
Mark Meadows of North Carolina[47][46]
Justin Amash of Michigan[47]
Joe Barton of Texas[48]
Andy Biggs of Arizona[49]
Rod Blum of Iowa[50]
Dave Brat of Virginia[51]
Mo Brooks of Alabama[52][53]
Ken Buck of Colorado[54]
Ted Budd of North Carolina[55]
Warren Davidson of Ohio[56]
Ron DeSantis of Florida[47]
Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee[57]
Jeff Duncan of South Carolina[58]
Matt Gaetz of Florida[59]
Tom Garrett Jr. of Virginia[60]
Louie Gohmert of Texas[48]
Paul Gosar of Arizona[61]
Morgan Griffith of Virginia[9]
Andy Harris of Maryland[50]
Jody Hice of Georgia[62]
Jim Jordan of Ohio[47]
Raúl Labrador of Idaho[47]
Alex Mooney of West Virginia[50]
Gary Palmer of Alabama[63]
Steve Pearce of New Mexico[54]
Scott Perry of Pennsylvania[50]
Bill Posey of Florida[50]
Mark Sanford of South Carolina[50]
David Schweikert of Arizona[54]
Randy Weber of Texas[64]
Ted Yoho of Florida[64]
#1722702 at 2018-06-13 02:25:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2168: Connected. Edition
Q, anything way off with our thinking?
Cast
Whitehats:
- POTUS45
- Q Team
- Admiral Rogers
- Mike Flynn
- Maddog
- Gen Kelly
- Mike Pence
- Sessions
- Wray
- Horowitz
- Huber
- Nunes
- Grassley
- Mike Pompeo
- Gina Haspel
- Julian Assange
Grayhats: (cooperating in /our/ sting - pardoned, switched etc)
- Rosenstein
- Mueller
- Erik Prince
- Trey Gowdy
- Snowden
- Elon Musk
Pawns Used:
- Paul Manafort
- Reince Priebus
- Rex Tillerson
- Gary Cohn
- McMaster
- Michael Wolff (Fire & Fury fiction)
Plants: (part of /their/ clown sting)
- George Papadopoulos
- Carter Page
- Stefan Halper
- Natalia Veselnitskaya
"Actors": (staged or encouraged distractions to DDOS/discredit the MSM)
- Stormy Daniels
- Karen McDougal
- Michael Cohen
- Doctor Harold Bornstein
- Anthony Scaramucci
- Steve Bannon (25th amendment honeypot & phoney implosion)
- Sam Nunberg
- Omarosa
Activated Patriots:
- Peter Thiel
- Scott Adams
- Roseanne Barr
- Dennis Rodman
- James Woods
- Kim Dot Com
- Pamela Anderson
- Candace Owens
- Kanye
- Kim K
Unsung Heros:
- Joint Task Force MAGA: Binney, Drake, Wiebe, Roark etc
Deep State Evil:
- Hussein, Hillary, Biden
- Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Holder, Rice, John Kerry, Ben Rhodes, Samantha Power
- Comey, McCabe, Yates, Brand, Ohr, Strzok, Page, Baker, Laufman, Carlin
- No Name
- Huma, Jarret
- Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi
- Merkel, May, Macron, Justin, Malcolm Turnbull, Alexander Downer
- Thousands more, rats everywhere, evil everywhere.. no deals, no free passes
Controlled Opposition:
- AJ
- Corsi
RIP:
- Seth Rich
- Mike Green
- Unknown soldiers
- NYC police officers
#1705697 at 2018-06-11 23:54:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2146: 6/11 ThinQ Mirror
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>1666554 BO Creates Static Welcome Pages For Newfags
>>1545457 No more bans announcement from BO
#2145
>>1704960 Here's the SR/FOX news complaint
>>1704990 LAPD surround suspect who jumped into lake to evade police
>>1705034, >>1705120, >>1705151 Dat neck tho
>>1705068 "Goldenhair" Donald Trumps 007 - ABC Insiders
>>1705091 It's the end of the line for BC
>>1705093 Judicial Watch: Federal Court Orders DOJ to Provide More Details on Search for Obama-Era Communications with John Podesta and Clinton Campaign
>>1705112, >>1705183 Few more 23's
>>1705136, >>1705184 Pompeo on his way to Summit
>>1705198 Prince William to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas in Middle East
>>1705294 Key West man hanged himself live on Facebook June 11, 2018
>>1705358 New CDAN Blind Item #11
>>1705429 Planefag update
>>1705473 Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham is a 'danger to the country'
>>1705489 Maybe this was the intercept?
>>1705554It's just a guess. Could it be the Military? Count the persons in this room.
>>1705663 POTUS Schedule update
#2144
>>1704225, >>1704229, >>1704285 New Trump tweet, missing i & p
>>1704235 Curious that Q is mentioning the server again.
>>1704323 UCMJ Article 23
>>1704371 Why won't Seth Rich's brother authorize Wikileaks to tell what it knows?
>>1704379 Here's where I'm at on "the big picture".
>>1704574 Storm building up just off the mexican/cali coast
>>1704575 Slow and Careful
>>1704583 Tick Tock Pope
>>1704590 HAARP Wave
>>1704618 AP picked up on asylum change
>>1704668 Netflix down: site and app not working amid mystery outage
>>1704694 Weather: Tornado warning including Fremont NE, Cedar Bluffs NE, Inglewood NE until 5:45 PM CDT
>>1704733 Earthquake update
>>1704777 Skull&Bones trending
>>1704843 United flight from Rome to Chicago diverted to Ireland after bomb threat
>>1704853 Planefag Update
#2143
>>1703421 BO on the run tip off?!
>>1703463 Graphic on [RR]
>>1703576 Interesting about Kate Spade, isn't it?
>>1703563 Dilley = ETS & other LARPS
>>1703652 Roseanne apologizes to Soros..
>>1703674 Doorknob suicides pattern
>>1703739 New Trump tweet on meetings
>>1703828 Trump-Kim Summit: US willing to offer North Korea 'unique' security guarantees in exchange for denuclearisation, says Pompeo
>>1704079 Planefag Update
#2142
>>1702660 Trump adm. new moves on asylum
>>1702663 EU Protecting its companies in Iran
>>1702711 RR & LDR together in Montreal
>>1702738 [RR] has some interesting comments in his speech in Canada!
>>1702748 Bomb threat jet diverts to Shannon
>>1702756 Re-unification not just de-nuclearization.
>>1702885 December 2015 London tube attack
>>1702897 President Barack Obama has big plans for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
>>1702914 5.4 EQ in Japan
>>1702961 Two people jump to deaths in apparent suicides: cops
>>1702977 'Star Trek' actor Jon Paul Steuer died of suicide
>>1703015 Argentina President says Obama adm. tried to convince her to provide Iran w/ Nuclear Fuel
>>1703023 Trump-Kim summit : Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrives in Singapore
>>1703047, >>1703287 Imran Awan is now working as an employee of the law firm of his defense attorney, an ex-Hillary Clinton aide
>>1703138, >>1703181, >>1703182 Active shooter at Dept. of Justice building in DC (Called off)
>>1703180 Crypto's are here to stay
>>1703184 Both pictures are of the same thing, different angles
>>1703293 Hannity to interview Trump and will have a press conference
>>1703331 Planefag Update
#2141
>>1701888 RR in Canada
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
>>1702543 Planefag Updates
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1704882 at 2018-06-11 22:47:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2145: Patriots
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>1666554 BO Creates Static Welcome Pages For Newfags
>>1545457 No more bans announcement from BO
#2144
>>1704225, >>1704229, >>1704285 New Trump tweet, missing i & p
>>1704235 Curious that Q is mentioning the server again.
>>1704323 UCMJ Article 23
>>1704371 Why won't Seth Rich's brother authorize Wikileaks to tell what it knows?
>>1704379 Here's where I'm at on "the big picture".
>>1704574 Storm building up just off the mexican/cali coast
>>1704583 Tick Tock Pope
>>1704590 HAARP Wave
>>1704618 AP picked up on asylum change
>>1704668 Netflix down: site and app not working amid mystery outage
>>1704694 Weather: Tornado warning including Fremont NE, Cedar Bluffs NE, Inglewood NE until 5:45 PM CDT
>>1704733 Earthquake update
>>1704777 Skull&Bones trending
>>1704843 United flight from Rome to Chicago diverted to Ireland after bomb threat
>>1704853 Planefag Update
#2143
>>1703421 BO on the run tip off?!
>>1703463 Graphic on [RR]
>>1703576 Interesting about Kate Spade, isn't it?
>>1703563 Dilley = ETS & other LARPS
>>1703652 Roseanne apologizes to Soros..
>>1703674 Doorknob suicides pattern
>>1703739 New Trump tweet on meetings
>>1703828 Trump-Kim Summit: US willing to offer North Korea 'unique' security guarantees in exchange for denuclearisation, says Pompeo
>>1704079 Planefag Update
#2142
>>1702660 Trump adm. new moves on asylum
>>1702663 EU Protecting its companies in Iran
>>1702711 RR & LDR together in Montreal
>>1702738 [RR] has some interesting comments in his speech in Canada!
>>1702748 Bomb threat jet diverts to Shannon
>>1702756 Re-unification not just de-nuclearization.
>>1702885 December 2015 London tube attack
>>1702897 President Barack Obama has big plans for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
>>1702914 5.4 EQ in Japan
>>1702961 Two people jump to deaths in apparent suicides: cops
>>1702977 'Star Trek' actor Jon Paul Steuer died of suicide
>>1703015 Argentina President says Obama adm. tried to convince her to provide Iran w/ Nuclear Fuel
>>1703023 Trump-Kim summit : Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrives in Singapore
>>1703047, >>1703287 Imran Awan is now working as an employee of the law firm of his defense attorney, an ex-Hillary Clinton aide
>>1703138, >>1703181, >>1703182 Active shooter at Dept. of Justice building in DC (Called off)
>>1703180 Crypto's are here to stay
>>1703184 Both pictures are of the same thing, different angles
>>1703293 Hannity to interview Trump and will have a press conference
>>1703331 Planefag Update
#2141
>>1701888 RR in Canada
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
>>1702543 Planefag Updates
#2140
>>1701091 WL retweeting "collapse of NK" article from 2011
>>1701159 Human trafficking event re: boat landing in Laguna Beach, CA
>>1701129 ; >>1701206 On the plausibility of photos being pulled from Strzok, Page phones (analysis)
>>1701158 Better Strzok/Page facial comparison
>>1701160 Photo comparison: person by green trashcan is the same
>>1701291 Iran developments
>>1701328 Cryin' Chuck Schumer throws temper tantrum over SCOTUS voter roll decision
>>1701364 Kate Spade's proximity to Perfect Pizza
>>1701428 On photos from MI and Page, indicating further that "we have it all" (commentary)
>>1701523 Possibility of woman in photo being Ali Watkins
>>1701546 Possibility of couple in photos being Bill Priestap and wife
>>1701571 Israeli intel: DJT's pressure on Iran working better than expected
>>1701606 Federal prosecutors reveal complaint about health and safety violations at NYCHA
>>1701644 Possibility of couple in photo being Imran Awan and wife
>>1701772 More media conglomeration: Comcast to formalize all-cash bid for 21st Century Fox
>>1701787 On Jorge Pueblo, attorney who represented Laura Silsby; both child traffickers
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1704125 at 2018-06-11 21:55:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2144: Q Being Qlear
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>1666554 BO Creates Static Welcome Pages For Newfags
>>1545457 No more bans announcement from BO
#2143
>>1703421 BO on the run tip off?!
>>1703463 Graphic on [RR]
>>1703576 Interesting about Kate Spade, isn't it?
>>1703563 Dilley = ETS & other LARPS
>>1703652 Roseanne apologizes to Soros..
>>1703674 Doorknob suicides pattern
>>1703739 New Trump tweet on meetings
>>1703828 Trump-Kim Summit: US willing to offer North Korea 'unique' security guarantees in exchange for denuclearisation, says Pompeo
>>1704079 Planefag Update
#2142
>>1702660 Trump adm. new moves on asylum
>>1702663 EU Protecting its companies in Iran
>>1702711 RR & LDR together in Montreal
>>1702738 [RR] has some interesting comments in his speech in Canada!
>>1702748 Bomb threat jet diverts to Shannon
>>1702756 Re-unification not just de-nuclearization.
>>1702885 December 2015 London tube attack
>>1702897 President Barack Obama has big plans for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
>>1702914 5.4 EQ in Japan
>>1702961 Two people jump to deaths in apparent suicides: cops
>>1702977 'Star Trek' actor Jon Paul Steuer died of suicide
>>1703015 Argentina President says Obama adm. tried to convince her to provide Iran w/ Nuclear Fuel
>>1703023 Trump-Kim summit : Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrives in Singapore
>>1703047, >>1703287 Imran Awan is now working as an employee of the law firm of his defense attorney, an ex-Hillary Clinton aide
>>1703138, >>1703181, >>1703182 Active shooter at Dept. of Justice building in DC (Called off)
>>1703180 Crypto's are here to stay
>>1703184 Both pictures are of the same thing, different angles
>>1703293 Hannity to interview Trump and will have a press conference
>>1703331 Planefag Update
#2141
>>1701888 RR in Canada
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
>>1702543 Planefag Updates
#2140
>>1701091 WL retweeting "collapse of NK" article from 2011
>>1701159 Human trafficking event re: boat landing in Laguna Beach, CA
>>1701129 ; >>1701206 On the plausibility of photos being pulled from Strzok, Page phones (analysis)
>>1701158 Better Strzok/Page facial comparison
>>1701160 Photo comparison: person by green trashcan is the same
>>1701291 Iran developments
>>1701328 Cryin' Chuck Schumer throws temper tantrum over SCOTUS voter roll decision
>>1701364 Kate Spade's proximity to Perfect Pizza
>>1701428 On photos from MI and Page, indicating further that "we have it all" (commentary)
>>1701523 Possibility of woman in photo being Ali Watkins
>>1701546 Possibility of couple in photos being Bill Priestap and wife
>>1701571 Israeli intel: DJT's pressure on Iran working better than expected
>>1701606 Federal prosecutors reveal complaint about health and safety violations at NYCHA
>>1701644 Possibility of couple in photo being Imran Awan and wife
>>1701772 More media conglomeration: Comcast to formalize all-cash bid for 21st Century Fox
>>1701787 On Jorge Pueblo, attorney who represented Laura Silsby; both child traffickers
#2139
>>1700372 Iran currency "perfect storm"
>>1700377 On Spades and Alice in Wonderland
>>1700392 Crumbs related to Huber, IG
>>1700481 Star Trek actor Paul Steuer suicide
>>1700501 Hussein advising Sanders, Warren, other DC scumbags
>>1700640 ; >>1700661 Claim of a bomb onboard US Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago
>>1700690 '''Provides Timeframe.'''
>>1700691 On the strategy of releasing redacted, then unredacting (commentary)
>>1700734 WH summary of KJU meeting prep
>>1700871 On the Rockefellers and the Iran Nuclear Deal
>>1700938 ; >>1700972 ; >>1700981 Winter Wonderland Strzok and Page
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1703362 at 2018-06-11 21:08:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2143: Distractions Æhead
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>1666554 BO Creates Static Welcome Pages For Newfags
>>1545457 No more bans announcement from BO
#2142
>>1702660 Trump adm. new moves on asylum
>>1702663 EU Protecting its companies in Iran
>>1702711 RR & LDR together in Montreal
>>1702738 [RR] has some interesting comments in his speech in Canada!
>>1702748 Bomb threat jet diverts to Shannon
>>1702756 Re-unification not just de-nuclearization.
>>1702885 December 2015 London tube attack
>>1702897 President Barack Obama has big plans for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
>>1702914 5.4 EQ in Japan
>>1702961 Two people jump to deaths in apparent suicides: cops
>>1702977 'Star Trek' actor Jon Paul Steuer died of suicide
>>1703015 Argentina President says Obama adm. tried to convince her to provide Iran w/ Nuclear Fuel
>>1703023 Trump-Kim summit : Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrives in Singapore
>>1703047, >>1703287 Imran Awan is now working as an employee of the law firm of his defense attorney, an ex-Hillary Clinton aide
>>1703138, >>1703181, >>1703182 Active shooter at Dept. of Justice building in DC (Called off)
>>1703180 Crypto's are here to stay
>>1703184 Both pictures are of the same thing, different angles
>>1703293 Hannity to interview Trump and will have a press conference
>>1703331 Planefag Update
#2141
>>1701888 RR in Canada
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
>>1702543 Planefag Updates
#2140
>>1701091 WL retweeting "collapse of NK" article from 2011
>>1701159 Human trafficking event re: boat landing in Laguna Beach, CA
>>1701129 ; >>1701206 On the plausibility of photos being pulled from Strzok, Page phones (analysis)
>>1701158 Better Strzok/Page facial comparison
>>1701160 Photo comparison: person by green trashcan is the same
>>1701291 Iran developments
>>1701328 Cryin' Chuck Schumer throws temper tantrum over SCOTUS voter roll decision
>>1701364 Kate Spade's proximity to Perfect Pizza
>>1701428 On photos from MI and Page, indicating further that "we have it all" (commentary)
>>1701523 Possibility of woman in photo being Ali Watkins
>>1701546 Possibility of couple in photos being Bill Priestap and wife
>>1701571 Israeli intel: DJT's pressure on Iran working better than expected
>>1701606 Federal prosecutors reveal complaint about health and safety violations at NYCHA
>>1701644 Possibility of couple in photo being Imran Awan and wife
>>1701772 More media conglomeration: Comcast to formalize all-cash bid for 21st Century Fox
>>1701787 On Jorge Pueblo, attorney who represented Laura Silsby; both child traffickers
#2139
>>1700372 Iran currency "perfect storm"
>>1700377 On Spades and Alice in Wonderland
>>1700392 Crumbs related to Huber, IG
>>1700481 Star Trek actor Paul Steuer suicide
>>1700501 Hussein advising Sanders, Warren, other DC scumbags
>>1700640 ; >>1700661 Claim of a bomb onboard US Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago
>>1700690 '''Provides Timeframe.'''
>>1700691 On the strategy of releasing redacted, then unredacting (commentary)
>>1700734 WH summary of KJU meeting prep
>>1700871 On the Rockefellers and the Iran Nuclear Deal
>>1700938 ; >>1700972 ; >>1700981 Winter Wonderland Strzok and Page
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1702590 at 2018-06-11 19:55:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2142: Punisher Time
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>1666554 BO Creates Static Welcome Pages For Newfags
>>1545457 No more bans announcement from BO
#2141
>>1701888 RR in Canada
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
>>1702543 Planefag Updates
#2140
>>1701091 WL retweeting "collapse of NK" article from 2011
>>1701159 Human trafficking event re: boat landing in Laguna Beach, CA
>>1701129 ; >>1701206 On the plausibility of photos being pulled from Strzok, Page phones (analysis)
>>1701158 Better Strzok/Page facial comparison
>>1701160 Photo comparison: person by green trashcan is the same
>>1701291 Iran developments
>>1701328 Cryin' Chuck Schumer throws temper tantrum over SCOTUS voter roll decision
>>1701364 Kate Spade's proximity to Perfect Pizza
>>1701428 On photos from MI and Page, indicating further that "we have it all" (commentary)
>>1701523 Possibility of woman in photo being Ali Watkins
>>1701546 Possibility of couple in photos being Bill Priestap and wife
>>1701571 Israeli intel: DJT's pressure on Iran working better than expected
>>1701606 Federal prosecutors reveal complaint about health and safety violations at NYCHA
>>1701644 Possibility of couple in photo being Imran Awan and wife
>>1701772 More media conglomeration: Comcast to formalize all-cash bid for 21st Century Fox
>>1701787 On Jorge Pueblo, attorney who represented Laura Silsby; both child traffickers
#2139
>>1700372 Iran currency "perfect storm"
>>1700377 On Spades and Alice in Wonderland
>>1700392 Crumbs related to Huber, IG
>>1700481 Star Trek actor Paul Steuer suicide
>>1700501 Hussein advising Sanders, Warren, other DC scumbags
>>1700640 ; >>1700661 Claim of a bomb onboard US Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago
>>1700690 '''Provides Timeframe.'''
>>1700691 On the strategy of releasing redacted, then unredacting (commentary)
>>1700734 WH summary of KJU meeting prep
>>1700871 On the Rockefellers and the Iran Nuclear Deal
>>1700938 ; >>1700972 ; >>1700981 Winter Wonderland Strzok and Page
#2138
>>1699541 Anon's Findings on Timestamp
>>1699577 Liddle Bob De Niro is a lowly, satanic pedophile.
>>1699580 "Pope" Liddle Frances accepts resignation of 3 bishops involved in child sex abuse scandals
>>1699604 CF Donors: Watch them in the coming days/weeks/months, >>1699713
>>1699671 Are we watching Alice in Wonderland unfold?
>>1699759 Video of KJU at the top of the MBS
>>1699849 SCO Summit taking place (Putin, Xi, Rouhani MEET)
>>1699858 KJU is being shown what NK will become
>>1699890 Sassoon (Jewish Opium Mobsters connected to Windsor clan) connected to Forbes
>>1699906 Airkeks: Planefag Updates
>>1699957 Why cement companies?, >>1700051
>>1699973 Dennis Rodman has arrived in Singapore
>>1700021 Re: Who appointed Huber?,>>1700123
>>1700031 U.S. embassy warns citizens to consider leaving district in north Mozambique
>>1700053 Breitbart Article on Huber: Re-read, Slowly & Carefully..
>>1700138 Trump schedule tomorrow, all times local.
#2137
>>1698781 Administration rallies for mandatory E-Verify to stop illegal employment
>>1698847 New Sanctions Issued Against Russia
>>1698888 KJU At The Top Of MBS
>>1699030 The Trump Doctrine: We're America, Bitch!
>>1699049 SCOTUS backs Ohio law allowing roll purge of MIA voters
>>1699199 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting several Singapore attractions on Monday night
>>1699239 Report: After Trump Scrapped Nuclear Deal, Huge Indian Energy Company Cut Oil Imports From Iran
>>1699276 Trump-Kim summit: South Korea's Moon Jae In hopes for bold decisions and miraculous result
>>1699320 RR, Wray, and Coats to present Spygate documents on Thursday
>>1699390 Post Timestamp
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1702492 at 2018-06-11 19:48:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2141: Baking In A Cozy Comfy Bread Edition
Notables so far
Anything important missed?
Planefag update coming, anything else?
#2141
>>1701878 RR in Canada (looking for an out and bracing Canada for impact) [TRAITOR]
>>1701905 Hyde Park visitors covertly tracked via mobile phone data
>>1701910 Request to unseal Weiner laptop approved on June 8th
>>1701919, >>1702043 Graphic proving pics had to be taken before 2013
>>1701927 Beijing puts missiles back onto South China Sea islands
>>1702098 [RR] in killbox
>>1702147 US flag raised on Epstein Island
>>1702151, >>1701916 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull is evil
>>1702248 Iran, China to use national currencies in trade
>>1702270, >>1702327 Justice Department tweet on RR in Canada, Transcript of speech
>>1702423 Airkek updates
Planefag Update
#1702151 at 2018-06-11 19:26:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2141: Baking In A Cozy Comfy Bread Edition
>>1701916
Malcolm Turnbull
Like all EVIL assholes the Turnbull'S run a foundation.
TotalGiving™
The Turnbull Foundation
The Turnbull Foundation's method of operation:
Makes grants to organisations
Provides other finance
What services The Turnbull Foundation provides:
The prevention or relief of poverty
Education/training
Overseas aid/famine relief
The Turnbull Foundation provides services to:
Children/young people
Other charities or voluntary bodies
Now here's the kicker, Malcolm Turnbull is a Zionist Jew, yep that's right!!!
Australia's New PM: A Progressive Who Claims Jewish Roots
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/australia-s-new-pm-a-progressive-who-claims-jewish-roots-1.5398780
https://countercurrents.org/2017/09/17/australian-pro-zionist-pm-Turnbulls-jewish-heritage-means-he-may-be-ineligible-to-be-an-mp/
And yes he has been a playing in the Syrian Genocide.Always quick to support his masters.
"This use of chemical warfare - whether it's in Syria or on a park bench in Salisbury in England - is a shocking violation of international law and an affront to humanity."
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/russia-must-act-on-syria-attack-Turnbull/ar-AAvMHab
Turnbull has exploded Australia's foreign debt with spending sprees on weapons that the country doesn't need.
http://www.submarinesforaustralia.com.au/2016/08/11/submarine-fiasco/
The Turnbull Government has just set several new records in economic mismanagement - each of them points to a dismal future.
The Turnbull Government has just set several new records in economic mismanagement - each of them points to a dismal future. Alan Austin reports.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/australias-debt-mismanagement-under-Turnbull-its-worse-than-you-think,9609
Malcolm Turnbull IS A GLOBALIST CRIMINAL WHO SHOULD BE IN PRISON
End
#1701916 at 2018-06-11 19:12:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2141: Baking In A Cozy Comfy Bread Edition
Cont from last
>>1701712
Malcolm Turnbull
This piece of work has wasted no time going after the children in schools rolling out the GLOBALIST education/indoctrination model in Australian schools.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/gonski-recommends-major-shakeup-of-industrial-era-school-model
His family are GLOBALIST CRIMINALS just like him. His son Alex Runs a hedge fund in Singapore where he helps hide the families true wealth.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/Malcolm-Turnbulls-son-said-to-start-hedge-fund-in-singapore-20140731-zytb6.html
His wife LUCY works with the GATES FOUNDATION
Turnbull Pushes Mandatory Vaccination Rollout But Has Lucrative shares In Big Pharma. Forcing the POOR to take the vaccines or not receive government assistance.
http://crazzfiles.com/Turnbull-pushes-mandatory-vaccination-rollout-but-has-lucrative-shares-in-big-pharma/
Australian Prime Minister and Wife Tied to Pharma, Pushing Mandatory Vaccination
Australia's politicians are deeply tied to pharmaceutical corporations, the British Monarchy, and other corporate and institutional powers which threaten the freedom and prosperity of Australian citizens.
https://themindunleashed.com/2017/03/australian-prime-minister-wife-tied-pharma-pushing-mandatory-vaccination.html
Lucinda Mary Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served as the Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 (the first woman to hold the position), having first been elected to the Sydney City Council in 1999. Since leaving office, Turnbull has served in city planning roles, as a company director, and as a board member of various non-profit organisations. Her husband, Malcolm Turnbull, is the Prime Minister of Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Turnbull
So to recap the Australian Prime Minister makes law for mandatory vaccines his wife works with the Gates Foundation, they also have shares in BIG PHARMA who make the vaccines. EVIL.
It gets worse……
Part 2
#1701712 at 2018-06-11 18:53:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2140: Biblical Edition
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER IS EVIL HERE'S THE PROOF
Aussie Anon posted about Gillard and Rudd their ties to the CF, Alexander Downer etc……Also Evil Assholes.
Malcolm Turnbull
Grew up in the ELITE class in Australia on old family money, he falsely claims he had humble beginnings (Sound familiar?). He is extremely wealthy with a current estimate being close to half a billion.
Turnbull has historically been one of the richest politicians in Australia, and in 2010, he became the only politician to make the BRW Rich List with a fortune estimated at around A$186 million ($132 million USD).
http://fortune.com/2015/09/14/Malcolm-Turnbull-australia-prime-minister/
He is a former GOLDMAN SACHS BANKER.
He worked as co-chairman of Goldman Sach's Australian unit from 1997 to 2001.
https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/goldman-sachs-alumnus-Malcolm-Turnbull-runs-the-country-others-the-us-treasury-20161215-gtcb5k
He was the one to roll out WIFI networks in Australia, saturating citizens in EMF and RF radiation.Before becoming Prime Minister, Turnbull was the country's Communications Minister, and the man in charge of the National Broadband Network project, which aims to improve the nation's reputably slow wireless network speeds by refitting the country with fibre optic cables.
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/07/why-is-Malcolm-Turnbull-spending-so-much-on-global-roaming/
He became Prime Minister in a party take over facilitated by the complaint MSM
He removed the sitting Prime Minister Tony Abbott after a relentless coup, MSM campaign ridiculing Abbott for his Christian beliefs and attacking his leadership at every turn.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/taking-down-tony-abbott-how-Malcolm-Turnbull-staged-a-coup/news-story/4b8133b26f633e78f4e0177c5d175487
Turnbull differs from Abbott on two key issues. Firstly, he is a supporter of same-sex union, writing in a blog post that "I would vote to recognize same-sex unions as a marriage." Similarly, Turnbull has sought to draw a line on the subject of climate change, contrasting Abbott's conservative views on the topic with his own. "Abbott's climate change policy is bullsh*t", he wrote in an op-ed, calling for a more effective framework to tackle global warming. HE GOT HIS WAY WITH BOTH OF THESE POLICIES.
Part 1
#1688305 at 2018-06-10 16:23:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2123 You Must Say Goodbye To Me Edition
Turnbull wants Zuckerburg to answer questions in Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would "love" Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to be grilled by Australian lawmakers, he said on Thursday (June 7), in the wake of revelations the tech giant allowed Chinese smartphone-makers access to user data.
The social media behemoth has drawn renewed criticism after confirming it shared data with Chinese electronics firms, including Huawei, which has been banned by the US military over cyber-espionage concerns.
Canberra has recently moved to strengthen its own intelligence capability amid growing fears of foreign, particularly Chinese, political interference.
"Certainly there are a lot of concerns about Facebook - about privacy," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Brisbane. "I would welcome Facebook coming and testifying before our parliamentary committees."
"Of course, we'd love to see the boss," he said when asked if Mr Zuckerburg should appear personally.
Social networks had rapidly become "dominant in every respect" of people's lives, the Prime Minister added, and it was important users were aware of how their data was used.
The deputy chair of Australia's joint intelligence and security committee, Mr Anthony Byrne, said the Facebook boss needed to explain to Australia's 15 million Facebook users why it was sharing their data with Chinese firms.
"It is completely unacceptable that information from Facebook users has been slyly handed over to Huawei by Facebook," he told the Australian newspaper.
"I want to know why Mr Zuckerberg allowed this to happen. If need be, he will be invited to appear before the (committee) in a public hearing to explain himself to our committee and the Australian people."
The revelations come weeks after Mr Zuckerberg was grilled in US Congress about the hijacking of personal data on some 87 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy working on US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.
Facebook said its contracts with phone-makers placed tight limits on what could be done with data, and information obtained by Huawei was not stored on the firm's server.
The social media giant said it was winding up the interface arrangements with device-makers and its integration partnership with Huawei would end this week.
Huawei has said that it has never collected or stored any Facebook data and has claimed any national security concerns were unfounded.
https:// www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/Turnbull-wants-zuckerburg-to-answer-questions-in-australia
#1676506 at 2018-06-09 07:03:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2109 Shills,Shills& More Shills Edfition
>>1676419
Prominent Aussies include
Gina Reinhardt Billionaire miner & vocal supporter of eugenics.
Andrew Forrest Billionaire miner and largest owner of water rights in Australia.
John Howard -Fmr PM & 9/11 war criminal. Open the country up for corporate health care. Also staunch monarchist.
Malcolm Turnbull - Fmr Goldman Sachs, anti monarchist. Same political party as JH.
James Packer - son of billionaire magnate Kerry Packer. Implicated in Bibi's corruption scandal.
All have a love of Israel in common.
Useful?
#1520443 at 2018-05-23 20:36:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1910: The Forum
some moar digging on owls and such
here is something much more interesting, i stumbled across i'm sure it was in some form discussed already, at least i found some halfchan post asking questions back in 2016, but i like to present it again:
Dig OWL // Minerva // The Minerva Rule
I found this slightly disturbing but quite intriguing page, that shines a light on some connections...
Here a little sneak peak:
First lets start with the Term "Minerva Rule" which was found in a clinton mail:
"Do you think the last paragraph violates the owl/minerva rule..."
https:// wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/Clinton_Email_December_Release/C05779932.pdf
and here are some interdasting textcrumbs, i couldn't read in completely because its cancer for my eyes, but i will continue digging
"...the foundational organs of adam weishaupt's?bavarian illuminati, were called *minerval* grades!?they were setup to indoctrinate, train, and then to?manipulate desired individuals, who could only?graduate to higher grades in the order once?compromised enough (communal crime).
members of these minerval schools wore a gilded medallion hung from green ribbons, featuring an owl holding a book; the owl being the unchallenged bird predator of the night, rather than the day, representing the wisdom in the shadows - just like weishaupts order. but minerva was, none the less, the tute..."
...
"Minerva was the tutelary goddess of the Ancient *Roman* Empire ...
... the European Union + Mediterranean MENA, is a reborn Roman Empire!"
"...The 'Minervian Powers' are the countries which are compliant with (conquered by) this offshore, unaccountable, globalist complex of effectively stateless oligarchs operating like modern day pirates, which have formed the European Union as a newly emergent Imperial core. The 'Owl/Minervan Rule' is a globalist convention dictating that their puppets, like Obama and Clinton in the United States, are to craft their official statements and policies solely according to global institutions, *not* for the interests of the populations they represent. The political model that these Minervan Powers represent, is the silk glove fascism which originates and is firmly anchored, in the European Union. Japan and Canada are just being used as Trilateral Commission regional wings. An independent constitutional United States Republic represents their only real enemy worldwide, though they are also concerned about the possible rise of the BRICS grouping, especially a non-compliant China and/or Russia. The City of London, not Brussels, is the chosen financial base of these pirates and is where their real power is pooled; Brussels is merely a school of bureaucrats being moulded by different special interest groups which go wherever the money tells them to go. Minerva, and her owls of 'wisdom', covet America!
As can be observed, the Rockefeller, Soros, and Rothschild dynasty driven New World Order agenda - otherwise encapsulated by the fascist Bilderberg Group and Davos Summit multinational corporate coterie - has come up against a super difficult obstacle: United States Democratic Republicanism. It is highly important to note, that the difference between *Pure Democracy*, and the ingenious form of *Federal Democratic Republic* involving fifty semi-autonomous States bound by a comprehensive Federal Constitution including strong rights of free speech and firearms ownership - which is *ONLY*found in the United States - is that more pure democracies such as Canada, Australia, and especially New Zealand, are easy for elite synarchies to capture using demagogic socialists financed by foreign off-shore actors. The 2015 easy ouster of Australia's 'climate denier' Prime Minister Tony Abbot during his first elected term in office - after Obama implied he was "not fit to rule" - by the Goldman Sachs puppet Malcolm Turnbull using an inter-party coup, is an event impossible in the American Presidential system outside of a JFK like assassination conspiracy...."
what i also found
Some Israeli-German ??Project??
http:// www.minerva.mpg.de/minerva_centers/center_30.html
Fields of research/Forschungsgebiete
The mission of the center is to focus on the rule of law, broadly defined to include policy and regulation, under three main types of extreme conditions: natural disasters (epidemics, floods, storms, fires, earthquakes); national security challenges (wars, terrorism, counter terrorism, cyber-terrorism and military actions); and socioeconomic crises (economic meltdowns and severe sociopolitical fragmentation).
it lead me to this site:
http:// www.cyberregstrategies.com/minerva-center-for-the-rule-of-law-under-extreme-conditions/
…JUNE 2017
From page "Presentation on the application of international law to the outer space environment at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions."
hope somebody picks up and helps digging
#1394796 at 2018-05-13 08:00:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1749: WWG1WGA
slowly the dirt is coming on the surface…
\\\ Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said that he regrets President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the landmark pact. Turnbull is urging all parties involved in the pact to show restraint. \\\\
from http://www.iran-daily.com/News/214793.html
#1391220 at 2018-05-13 02:46:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1744: Truth Is Logic Edition
"Australia's bank inquiry sends shockwaves through global financial system
Australia's banking royal commission could be the shot heard round the world in the global battle for nations to take back control of their financial systems from predatory speculators. There are signs the inquiry is starting to cause concern among the elite bankers of the City of London and Wall Street. Since the 2008 crash the banking cartel, despite being publicly reviled, has been able to maintain its corrupt political influence and block any meaningful government action to reform the financial system, especially the push to restore a Glass-Steagall separation of traditional banking from speculation. With Australia's banks, which were previously held up as exemplars of sound management and regulation, now being exposed as criminal enterprises, there is obvious fear in London and Wall Street that it might inspire similar scrutiny and a similar political backlash that would fuel renewed calls for Glass-Steagall to end their too-big-to-fail extortion of the economy and political system."
Sauce: http://cecaust.com.au/releases/2018_05_10_Inquiry_Sends_Shockwaves.html
Sign the petition to pass Australian Glass-Steagall Bill: https://www.change.org/p/Malcolm-Turnbull-pass-australian-glass-steagall-bill-to-break-up-the-banks
We are with you Q, POTUS and all Patriots/Anons!
#1319263 at 2018-05-06 18:15:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1653: 223/308 We Support a Traitor's Right to Choose Edition
President Donald Trump has made a surprise announcement that US forces will be withdrawing from Syria, citing the defeat of Islamic State and the need to defend US borders and rebuild "crumbling" infrastructure.
"We're coming out of Syria very soon. Let the other people take care of it now," Trump said during a speech in Richfield, Ohio on Thursday, dedicated to his infrastructure initiative.
The US spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, Trump said, describing how the US would build schools only for insurgents to destroy them, while there was no funding to build schools in Ohio.
"We build a school, they blow it up. We rebuild the school, they haven't blown it up yet, but they will," he said.
The president also pointed out the "wall" and 32,000 US troops guarding the border between North and South Korea, while the US border with Mexico was not likewise protected.
"Is there something a little bit wrong with that?" he asked the crowd.
Trump's remarks about Syria are in line with what he said last month, at a press conference in Washington with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull.
"We're there for one reason: to get ISIS and get rid of ISIS, and to go home," the US president had said. "We're not there for any other reason and we've largely accomplished our goal."
However, this goes against the previous pronouncements of his subordinates at the State Department and the military.
In January, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson outlined a plan that envisioned extended US presence in Syria to ensure a peaceful transfer of power to a "post-Assad leadership." In December last year, the Pentagon said US troops would remain in Syria for "as long as we need to, to support our partners and prevent the return of terrorist groups."
Are the troops OUT?
#1181765 at 2018-04-25 16:44:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1478 All or Nothing Edition
Q does Malcolm Turnbull have a hand in this? What about Bill English did that SOB have a hand in this?
#1130693 at 2018-04-21 16:20:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1413: Good Morning Q Edition
>>1130369
Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to pursue and prosecute anyone who leaks sensitive government information, and consider subpoenaing members of the media who publish those leaks, in a briefing at the Justice Department Friday morning.
The briefing about ongoing ongoing leak investigationsFriday came a day after the Washington Post first published leaked leaked transcripts of President Trump's January phone calls with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Sessions condemned those leaks as dangerous to national security, and noted the number of unauthorized leaks has "exploded" under the Trump administration. Mr. Trump in recent days has called Sessions "very weak" on prosecuting leakers, in Twitter tirades.
"We are taking a stand. This culture of leaking must stop," Sessions said in the briefing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
The Justice Department has more than tripled the number of active leak investigations compared to the number pending at the end of the Obama administration and the National Security Agency and U.S. Attorneys Offices have been directed to prioritize cases involving unauthorized disclosures, Sessions said.
"We will investigate and seek to bring criminals to justice," Sessions said. "We will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country any longer."
But leakers aren't the only ones who will come in the crosshairs of the federal government. Sessions also said the Justice Department is reviewing its policy related to subpoenaing the media when leaks are published. Members of the media, "cannot place lives at risk with impunity," Sessions said. The Trump administration – which regularly derides the "fake news" media – has already suggested stepping up legal recourse against the media for publishing "fake" or leaked news.
"I have listened to career investigators and prosecutors about how to most successfully investigate and prosecute these matters," Sessions said. "At their suggestion, one of the things we are doing is reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas. We respect the important role that the press plays and will give them respect, but it is not unlimited. They cannot place lives at risk with impunity. We must balance their role with protecting our national security and the lives of those who serve in our intelligence community, the armed forces, and all law abiding Americans."
But Sessions – despite suggesting the Justice Department may pursue media outlets with legal action – took no questions from the press after he had concluded his remarks, leaving frustrated reporters with unanswered questions.
Coats had similarly tough language for leakers and anyone else involved in the process.
"For those out there who may be listening or watching these announcements … if you improperly disclose classified information, we will find you," Coats said. "We will investigate you. We will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law, and you will not be happy with the result
https:// www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-sessions-white-house-leaks-investigations-news-conference-live-updates/
Think Q is referring to this! Going to be alot of arrests!
#1063056 at 2018-04-16 10:46:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1326: They are here in force Edition
Turnbull: This is our experience.
Trump: Because you do not want to destroy
Full transcript of Trump's phone call with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
your country. Look at what has happened in Germany. Look at what is happening in these countries. These people are crazy to let this happen. I spoke to Merkel today, and believe me, she wishes she did not do it. Germany is a mess because of what happened.
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#979832 at 2018-04-10 06:36:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1219 APRIL SHOWERS Edition
>>979770
Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts
In office
3 December 2007 - 14 September 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded by Malcolm Turnbull
Succeeded by Tony Burke (Environment and Heritage)
Simon Crean (Arts)
#907374 at 2018-04-05 17:18:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1127: A Theater Near You Edition
OBAMA WORLD TOUR 2018
>>906389 Anyone working on this
>>822199 My earlier post about this
>>837076 My followup post about this
tied in with Saudi prince
Recap:
Obama World Tour March 2018
I have plenty of "Q" here - does anyone have some "A"?
Does anyone else feel a tad concerned regarding Obamas motivations in meeting with all these leaders? Are the "photo ops" with smiling world leaders thumbing his nose at Trump? Are they trying to shore up his waning power in the cabal?
And is Hilary still incapacitated in India, or did she finally come home? Who did she meet with in Australia?
From my timeline I have the following entries.
Mar 19 2018 Obama visit to Singapore prime minister. "Last night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong caught up with former US President Barack Obama for the first time since they met at APEC 2016 at Lima, Peru, in November that year. In town for a short stopover to speak at a private lecture held by the Bank of Singapore (a subsidiary of OCBC Bank) at Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, the 44th US President apparently had "much to talk about" during his dinner with PM Lee." Photo OP
https:// coconuts.co/singapore/news/former-us-president-barack-obama-catches-pm-lee-brief-visit-singapore/
Mar 21 2018 Obama visits New Zealand. "He flew into the country in a private Gulfstream jet before being whisked away in a Crown limo, part of a six-vehicle motorcade. He was ferried to Northland on Wednesday morning by helicopter to play golf at one on the country's exclusive courses, Kauri Cliffs."There are other indulgent aspects to his flying visit, during which he'll speak to about 1000 invited guests at an event run by the NZ-US Council in Auckland on Thursday. That event's sponsored by Air New Zealand, Westpac and Mastercard."
Mar 22 2018 Obama visits Australia, spoke at a private event. Met with Australian leader. "Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday he was due to "catch up and have a chat" with the former president, who is on a week-long tour of Australia, NZ, Singapore and Japan. Just before 5pm Mr Turnbull shared a picture of the pair meeting in what appeared to be a hotel suite, accompanied with the caption: "Welcome back to Australia President @BarackObama." Photo OP.
http:// www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/former-us-president-barack-obama-set-to-jet-into-sydney-today/news-story/9a316972144ac0a8ca693168314ea556
Mar 25 2018 Obama in Japan spouting off about world politics. "Obama was speaking at an event sponsored by a Japanese nonprofit group during an Asia-Pacific trip that included earlier stops in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Obama's work after leaving office has been focused on nurturing young leaders." Photo OP
http:// www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-barack-obama-japan-20180325-story.html
Mar 26 Kim Jong Un in China. Rumors abound, confirmed later in the day on the 27th. "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the United States responds to Pyongyang's efforts "with goodwill"."
https:// www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/china-north-korea-confirm-kim-jong-visit-beijing-180328054508572.html
>>837076 My followup post about this tied in with Saudi prince
Mar 25 2018 Obama stop in Oahu "Sunday night".
http:// www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37810755/before-stopping-in-hawaii-obama-talks-post-presidency-at-tokyo-conference
Mar 26 2018 Trump expels 60 Russian diplomats over British gas attack. Real puzzler to me.
Mar 27 2018 Obama spotted in Hawaii on Tuesday. Some speculated he would be meeting with Saudi Crown Prince. Hmmmm.......
https:// www.thenational.ae/world/mena/saudi-crown-prince-breaks-new-ground-in-new-york-visit-1.717237
Mar 29 2018 Saudi Crown Prince in New York, will be headed to West Coast Friday
March 30. "Prince Mohammed heads next to Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he is expected to break precedent in meetings with the entertainment industry, including Ari Emanuel, the co-chief executive of William Morris Endeavor, and possibly Oprah Winfrey. While some reports suggested that the crown prince would meet Barack Obama, the former former US president was on a trip to Asia before he was spotted in Oahu, Hawaii on Tuesday."
https:// www.thenational.ae/world/mena/saudi-crown-prince-breaks-new-ground-in-new-york-visit-1.717237
#907112 at 2018-04-05 16:45:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1127: A Theater Near You Edition
>>907100
June
Obama's most recent public appearance was his first post-presidency trip to Canada, where he gave a speech to a crowd of nearly 6,000 people at the Montreal Chamber of Commerce on June 6.
Tonight in Montreal, @BarackObama and @JustinTrudeau discussed their shared commitment to developing the next generation of leaders.
11:10 PM - Jun 6, 2017
The former president went to Bali ~June 16
The former first family stayed at the the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
Prior to their river adventures, the family toured the Jatiluwih rice terraces
July
Barack is also scheduled to speak at an Indonesian Diaspora Congress event on July 1.
August
Barack and Michelle Obama were spotted on Harvard University's campus on Augugst 23
September
On September 20, the former president delivered the keynote address at an event hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in New York City.
The following week, Obama spoke at a health care conference in New York City sponsored by the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald
September 25, Obama surprised 600 attendees this week when he joined his vice president at a fundraiser for the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children in Wilmington, Delaware.
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton at the Presidents Cup on September 28
He jetted north to Toronto on September 29 to reunite with his vice president, Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and Prince Harry at the Invictus Games.
November
On November 8 the former president returned to his hometown of Chicago not to make a major speech or launch a high-profile initiative, but because he had jury duty.
December
On December 15, the former first couple joined Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, and actress Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, for dinner at Fiola Mare
On December 27, Barack Obama joined Prince Harry for a BBC radio interview that was taped at recorded at the 2017 Invictus Games in Canada.
2018
Obama is scheduled to speak Friday, February 23, at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
arrived in Singapore on March 19 - While local newspaper the Straits Times reported that he was there to speak at a private event for the Bank of Singapore, the former president tweeted on his first day in the country that he was "in Singapore with young people who are advocating for education, empowering young women, and getting involved all over Southeast Asia with a profoundly optimistic commitment to building the world they want to see."
On March 21, he arrived in New Zealand for a three-day visit that included meetings with public leaders including the country's prime minister along with some golf.
He visited Australia next, where he met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney.
Japan was next on his itinerary, and he traveled to Tokyo to deliver a speech on March 25. In that address, he spoke about North Korea, calling it "an example of a country that is so far out of the international norms and so disconnected with the rest of the world" that negotiating with its leaders it about the country's nuclear weapons program is difficult.
https:// pastebin.com/vVL5F8UX
#907002 at 2018-04-05 16:33:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1126: The WAVE Edition
June
Obama's most recent public appearance was his first post-presidency trip to Canada, where he gave a speech to a crowd of nearly 6,000 people at the Montreal Chamber of Commerce on June 6.
Tonight in Montreal, @BarackObama and @JustinTrudeau discussed their shared commitment to developing the next generation of leaders.
11:10 PM - Jun 6, 2017
The former president went to Bali ~June 16
The former first family stayed at the the Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
Prior to their river adventures, the family toured the Jatiluwih rice terraces
July
Barack is also scheduled to speak at an Indonesian Diaspora Congress event on July 1.
August
Barack and Michelle Obama were spotted on Harvard University's campus on Augugst 23
September
On September 20, the former president delivered the keynote address at an event hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in New York City.
The following week, Obama spoke at a health care conference in New York City sponsored by the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald
September 25, Obama surprised 600 attendees this week when he joined his vice president at a fundraiser for the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children in Wilmington, Delaware.
Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton at the Presidents Cup on September 28
He jetted north to Toronto on September 29 to reunite with his vice president, Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and Prince Harry at the Invictus Games.
November
On November 8 the former president returned to his hometown of Chicago not to make a major speech or launch a high-profile initiative, but because he had jury duty.
December
On December 15, the former first couple joined Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, and actress Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, for dinner at Fiola Mare
On December 27, Barack Obama joined Prince Harry for a BBC radio interview that was taped at recorded at the 2017 Invictus Games in Canada.
2018
Obama is scheduled to speak Friday, February 23, at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
arrived in Singapore on March 19 - While local newspaper the Straits Times reported that he was there to speak at a private event for the Bank of Singapore, the former president tweeted on his first day in the country that he was "in Singapore with young people who are advocating for education, empowering young women, and getting involved all over Southeast Asia with a profoundly optimistic commitment to building the world they want to see."
On March 21, he arrived in New Zealand for a three-day visit that included meetings with public leaders including the country's prime minister along with some golf.
He visited Australia next, where he met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney.
Japan was next on his itinerary, and he traveled to Tokyo to deliver a speech on March 25. In that address, he spoke about North Korea, calling it "an example of a country that is so far out of the international norms and so disconnected with the rest of the world" that negotiating with its leaders it about the country's nuclear weapons program is difficult.
#824320 at 2018-03-28 23:59:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1022: Get Comfy Edition
Obama March 2018 World Tour
I posted this as a reply to Q's long post today. Not sure if many saw it since the bread ended soon after.
Q keeps asking why Hussein makes these trips.
>>822199
>>821975
Obama World Tour March 2018
I have plenty of "Q" here - does anyone have some "A"?
Does anyone else feel a tad concerned regarding Obamas motivations in meeting with all these leaders? Are the "photo ops" with smiling world leaders thumbing his nose at Trump? Are they trying to shore up his waning power in the cabal?
And is Hilary still incapacitated in India, or did she finally come home? Who did she meet with in Australia?
From my timeline I have the following entries.
Mar 19 2018 Obama visit to Singapore prime minister. "Last night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong caught up with former US President Barack Obama for the first time since they met at APEC 2016 at Lima, Peru, in November that year. In town for a short stopover to speak at a private lecture held by the Bank of Singapore (a subsidiary of OCBC Bank) at Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, the 44th US President apparently had "much to talk about" during his dinner with PM Lee." Photo OP
https:// coconuts.co/singapore/news/former-us-president-barack-obama-catches-pm-lee-brief-visit-singapore/
Mar 21 2018 Obama visits New Zealand. "He flew into the country in a private Gulfstream jet before being whisked away in a Crown limo, part of a six-vehicle motorcade. He was ferried to Northland on Wednesday morning by helicopter to play golf at one on the country's exclusive courses, Kauri Cliffs."There are other indulgent aspects to his flying visit, during which he'll speak to about 1000 invited guests at an event run by the NZ-US Council in Auckland on Thursday. That event's sponsored by Air New Zealand, Westpac and Mastercard."
Mar 22 2018 Obama visits Australia, spoke at a private event. Met with Australian leader. "Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday he was due to "catch up and have a chat" with the former president, who is on a week-long tour of Australia, NZ, Singapore and Japan. Just before 5pm Mr Turnbull shared a picture of the pair meeting in what appeared to be a hotel suite, accompanied with the caption: "Welcome back to Australia President @BarackObama." Photo OP.
http:// www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/former-us-president-barack-obama-set-to-jet-into-sydney-today/news-story/9a316972144ac0a8ca693168314ea556
Mar 25 2018 Obama in Japan spouting off about world politics. "Obama was speaking at an event sponsored by a Japanese nonprofit group during an Asia-Pacific trip that included earlier stops in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Obama's work after leaving office has been focused on nurturing young leaders." Photo OP
http:// www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-barack-obama-japan-20180325-story.html
Mar 26 Kim Jong Un in China. Rumors abound, confirmed later in the day on the 27th. "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the United States responds to Pyongyang's efforts "with goodwill"."
https:// www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/china-north-korea-confirm-kim-jong-visit-beijing-180328054508572.html
#822199 at 2018-03-28 20:35:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1019: Track the FAMILY Edition
>>821975
Obama World Tour March 2018
I have plenty of "Q" here - does anyone have some "A"?
Does anyone else feel a tad concerned regarding Obamas motivations in meeting with all these leaders? Are the "photo ops" with smiling world leaders thumbing his nose at Trump? Are they trying to shore up his waning power in the cabal?
And is Hilary still incapacitated in India, or did she finally come home? Who did she meet with in Australia?
From my timeline I have the following entries.
Mar 19 2018 Obama visit to Singapore prime minister. "Last night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong caught up with former US President Barack Obama for the first time since they met at APEC 2016 at Lima, Peru, in November that year. In town for a short stopover to speak at a private lecture held by the Bank of Singapore (a subsidiary of OCBC Bank) at Shangri-La Hotel yesterday, the 44th US President apparently had "much to talk about" during his dinner with PM Lee." Photo OP
https:// coconuts.co/singapore/news/former-us-president-barack-obama-catches-pm-lee-brief-visit-singapore/
Mar 21 2018 Obama visits New Zealand. "He flew into the country in a private Gulfstream jet before being whisked away in a Crown limo, part of a six-vehicle motorcade. He was ferried to Northland on Wednesday morning by helicopter to play golf at one on the country's exclusive courses, Kauri Cliffs."There are other indulgent aspects to his flying visit, during which he'll speak to about 1000 invited guests at an event run by the NZ-US Council in Auckland on Thursday. That event's sponsored by Air New Zealand, Westpac and Mastercard."
Mar 22 2018 Obama visits Australia, spoke at a private event. Met with Australian leader. "Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday he was due to "catch up and have a chat" with the former president, who is on a week-long tour of Australia, NZ, Singapore and Japan. Just before 5pm Mr Turnbull shared a picture of the pair meeting in what appeared to be a hotel suite, accompanied with the caption: "Welcome back to Australia President @BarackObama." Photo OP.
http:// www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/former-us-president-barack-obama-set-to-jet-into-sydney-today/news-story/9a316972144ac0a8ca693168314ea556
Mar 25 2018 Obama in Japan spouting off about world politics. "Obama was speaking at an event sponsored by a Japanese nonprofit group during an Asia-Pacific trip that included earlier stops in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Obama's work after leaving office has been focused on nurturing young leaders." Photo OP
http:// www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-barack-obama-japan-20180325-story.html
Mar 26 Kim Jong Un in China. Rumors abound, confirmed later in the day on the 27th. "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the United States responds to Pyongyang's efforts "with goodwill"."
https:// www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/china-north-korea-confirm-kim-jong-visit-beijing-180328054508572.html
#738983 at 2018-03-21 03:40:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #915: Suspending Habeas Corpus Edition
>Q !UW.yye1fxo 03/10/18 (Sat) 11:47:35 88957f No.612957
>Do not focus on the call details.
>We knew it would leak.
>We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged.
>We knew certain people would leak.
>Focus - why AUS?
>Q
Because:
- It's an island not connected to anything
- It's near New Zealand, Fiji and Antarctica
- It's a big CF contributor
- Hussein will be in AUS on Friday to meet with Turnbull and in New Zealand tomorrow to meet with Key
Remember the Fiji Water thing? Could there be some kind of shipping route between Fiji, New Zealand (Key) and AUS (Turnbull)?
Interestingly, hot mics caught conversations between Hussein and Turnbull on two separate occasions.
http:// www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11548292
http:// www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3321893/President-Obama-springs-unexpected-invite-Washington-Malcolm-Turnbull-PM-promises-Australia-stand-shoulder-shoulder-against-ISIS.html
#722656 at 2018-03-19 17:21:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #894: ebake
Obama to visit Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Japan
Obama's office says he'll be in Singapore on Monday for an Obama Foundation discussion with young adults representing Southeast Asian nations. Obama will also participate in the Bank of Singapore's Thought Leadership Series and visit with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Obama will spend Wednesday to Friday in New Zealand. He'll meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (AH'-durn) and participate in separate moderated conversations hosted by the New Zealand-United States Council and his foundation. Obama also plans to see former Prime Minister John Key.
On Friday and Saturday, Obama will visit Sydney, Australia, for another New Zealand-United States Council conversation and to meet with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
He visits Tokyo on Sunday.
http:// dailysentinel.com/news/international/article_b86ead4c-f505-5a63-ba18-0731926f00d6.html
#687008 at 2018-03-16 18:36:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #851: Half Assed Edition
AUS exchanged something with Trump for no tariffs. China?
http:// www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-10/Malcolm-Turnbull-donald-trump-working-tariff-exemption-agreement/9534984
Turnbull and Trump:
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTe6_eQhEqg
Is this the sub that will free the hostages?
http:// www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2133112/britain-sail-submarine-hunting-warship-through-disputed
"In January, Beijing said it had dispatched a warship to drive away a US missile destroyer which had "violated" its sovereignty by sailing close to a shoal in the sea.
Williamson said it was important that US allies such as Britain and Australia "assert our values" in the South China Sea, which is believed to hold vast oil and gas deposits and through which US$5.0 trillion in trade passes annually."
Jan - China chases away US ship
Feb - Turnbull meets with Trump
Mar - UK/AUS subhunter to challenge China
Is this why it's relevant?
https:// thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2018/02/26/south-china-sea-australia-usa/
#628746 at 2018-03-11 16:36:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #777: To Hell With Evil Edition
>>628728
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#628600 at 2018-03-11 16:22:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #777: To Hell With Evil Edition
>>628593
Trump: What is the thing with boats? Why do you discriminate against boats? No, I know, they come from certain regions. I get it.
Turnbull: No, let me explain why. The problem with the boats it that you are basically outsourcing your immigration program to people smugglers and also you get thousands of people drowning at sea. So what we say is, we will decide which people get to come to Australia who are refugees, economic migrants, businessmen, whatever. We decide. That is our decision. We are a generous multicultural immigration nation like the United States but the government decides, the people's representatives decides. So that is the point. I am a highly transactional businessman like you and I know the deal has to work for both sides. Now Obama thought this deal worked for him and he drove a hard bargain with us - that it was agreed with Obama more than a year ago in the Oval Office, long before the election. The principles of the deal were agreed to.
Trump: I do not know what he got out of it. We never get anything out of it - Start Treaty, the Iran deal. I do not know where they find these people to make these stupid deals. I am going to get killed on this thing.
Turnbull: You will not.
Trump: Yes, I will be seen as a weak and ineffective leader in my first week by these people. This is a killer.
Turnbull: You can certainly say that it was not a deal that you would have done, but you are going to stick with it
Trump: I have no choice to say that about it. Malcom [sic], I am going to say that I have no choice but to honor my predecessor's deal. I think it is a horrible deal, a disgusting deal that I would have never made. It is an embarrassment to the United States of America and you can say it just the way I said it. I will say it just that way. As far as I am concerned that is enough Malcom [sic]. I have had it. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call. This is ridiculous.
Turnbull: Do you want to talk about Syria and DPRK?
Trump: [inaudible] This is crazy.
Turnbull: Thank you for your commitment. It is very important to us.
Trump: It is important to you and it is embarrassing to me. It is an embarrassment to me, but at least I got you off the hook. So you put me back on the hook.
Turnbull: You can count on me. I will be there again and again.
Trump: I hope so. OK, thank you Malcolm.
Turnbull: OK, thank you.
#628518 at 2018-03-11 16:14:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #776: POTUS VERY happy with his lawyers Edition
Malcolm Turnbull: Good evening.
Donald Trump: Mr Prime Minister, how are you?
Turnbull: I am doing very well.
Trump: And I guess our friend Greg Norman, he is doing very well?
Turnbull: He is a great mutual friend yes.
Trump: Well you say hello to him. He is a very good friend. By the way thank you very much for taking the call. I really appreciate it. It is really nice.
Turnbull: Thank you very much. Everything is going very well. I want to congratulate you and Mike Pence on being sworn in now. I have spoken to you both now as you know. I know we are both looking to make our relationship which is very strong and intimate, stronger than ever - which I believe we can do.
Trump: Good.
#615693 at 2018-03-10 20:25:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #760: Keep Things Updated Edition
2/01/17
Report: Trump lashes out at Australian PM on phone call
President Trump may be off to a rocky start with one of the United States' closest allies: Australia.
In a Saturday phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Trump lambasted an agreement between the two countries over refugee resettlement and bragged about the size of his Electoral College victory, as well as the fact that he had held several calls with other world leaders that same day, The Washington Post reports.
"This was the worst call by far," Trump allegedly told Turnbull during their conversation, according to senior U.S. officials briefed on the phone call. Trump also spoke with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France and President Vladimir Putin of Russia that day.
The account of the phone call seems to contradict that of the White House, which said that the two men "emphasized the enduring strength and closeness of the U.S.-Australia relationship that is critical for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and globally."
When Turnbull asked Trump if the U.S. would take in 1,250 refugees currently being held in Australia - an agreement that the two countries made under President Obama - Trump reportedly called it "the worst deal ever" and suggested that Australia may be trying to send the U.S. "the next Boston bomber."
The phone call was expected to last an hour. But after about 25 minutes, the Post reports, Trump suddenly ended it.
Late Wednesday evening, Trump said he is weighing the "dumb deal" under which the U.S. would resettle up to 1,250 refugees who were placed in controversial detention facilities on the island nation of Nuaru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea after attempting to enter Australia. In exchange, Australia would accept refugees from Central America.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration would honor the deal but that the refugees would undergo "extreme vetting." However, the White House reportedly later walked that back and said Trump is still considering the arrangement, according to Australian news outlet ABC.
Separately, The Associated Press reported on Thursday that Trump told Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto during a Friday phone call that Mexico had "a bunch of bad hombres down there" and threatened to send in the U.S. military to intervene.
The White House and Mexico's government have both denied those reports.
Turnbull refused to comment on the Post's report but said the refugee agreement between the two countries would go ahead as planned.
"That assurance was confirmed by the president's spokesman in the briefing room of the White House," Turnbull said at a press conference Tuesday. "And our respective officials are continuing to work on the implementation of the arrangements. That's the position."
"These conversations are conducted candidly, frankly, privately. If you see reports of them, I'm not going to add to them," he continued.
Donald J. Trump
? @realDonaldTrump
Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!
#615538 at 2018-03-10 20:18:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #760: Keep Things Updated Edition
>>612957
http:// thehill.com/homenews/administration/317480-trump-fields-tense-phone-call-with-australian-pm-report
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may be off to a rocky start with one of the United States' closest allies: Australia.
In a Saturday phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Trump lambasted an agreement between the two countries over refugee resettlement and bragged about the size of his Electoral College victory, as well as the fact that he had held several calls with other world leaders that same day, The Washington Post reports.
"This was the worst call by far," Trump allegedly told Turnbull during their conversation, according to senior U.S. officials briefed on the phone call. Trump also spoke with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France and President Vladimir Putin of Russia that day.
The account of the phone call seems to contradict that of the White House, which said that the two men "emphasized the enduring strength and closeness of the U.S.-Australia relationship that is critical for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and globally."
When Turnbull asked Trump if the U.S. would take in 1,250 refugees currently being held in Australia - an agreement that the two countries made under President Obama - Trump reportedly called it "the worst deal ever" and suggested that Australia may be trying to send the U.S. "the next Boston bomber."
The phone call was expected to last an hour. But after about 25 minutes, the Post reports, Trump suddenly ended it.
Late Wednesday evening, Trump said he is weighing the "dumb deal" under which the U.S. would resettle up to 1,250 refugees who were placed in controversial detention facilities on the island nation of Nuaru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea after attempting to enter Australia. In exchange, Australia would accept refugees from Central America.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration would honor the deal but that the refugees would undergo "extreme vetting." However, the White House reportedly later walked that back and said Trump is still considering the arrangement, according to Australian news outlet ABC.
#614598 at 2018-03-10 19:34:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #759: Anons Are Learning Edition
>>612782
>Which conversation leaked?
>POTUS & AUS?
>Why that specific conversation?
>Signal?
>We (they) hear what you are saying?
>Threat to AUS?
>Why?
>What do they know?
>Trapped?
>Forced?
>Blood.
>Q
Big Question: WHO were the 31 individuals Hussein trying to get out of the country in the last year of his term by sending them to Australia??
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#614486 at 2018-03-10 19:28:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #759: Anons Are Learning Edition
www.thesun.co.uk/news/5250114/australia-scrap-royal-family-prince-charles-king-Malcolm-Turnbull-hints/
#612868 at 2018-03-10 17:39:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #756: BIGGEST Week Incoming
>>612782
full transcript POTUS & AUS PM
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#612842 at 2018-03-10 17:38:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #756: BIGGEST Week Incoming
>>612782
Photograph: Alex Brandon, Pablo Martinez Mon/AP
Malcolm Turnbull: Good evening.
Donald Trump: Mr Prime Minister, how are you?
Turnbull: I am doing very well.
Trump: And I guess our friend Greg Norman, he is doing very well?
Turnbull: He is a great mutual friend yes.
Trump: Well you say hello to him. He is a very good friend. By the way thank you very much for taking the call. I really appreciate it. It is really nice.
Turnbull: Thank you very much. Everything is going very well. I want to congratulate you and Mike Pence on being sworn in now. I have spoken to you both now as you know. I know we are both looking to make our relationship which is very strong and intimate, stronger than ever - which I believe we can do.
Trump: Good.
Turnbull: I believe you and I have similar backgrounds, unusual for politicians, more businessman but I look forward to working together.
Trump: That is exactly right. We do have similar backgrounds and it seems to be working in this climate - it is a crazy climate. Let me tell you this, it is an evil time but it is a complex time because we do not have uniforms standing in front of us. Instead, we have people in disguise. It is brutal. This Isis thing - it is something we are going to devote a lot of energy to it. I think we are going to be very successful.
Turnbull: Absolutely. We have, as you know, taken a very strong line on national security and border protection here and when I was speaking with Jared Kushner just the other day and one of your immigration advisors in the White House we reflected on how our policies have helped to inform your approach. We are very much of the same mind. It is very interesting to know how you prioritize the minorities in your executive order. This is exactly what we have done with the program to bring in 12,000 Syrian refugees, 90% of which will be Christians. It will be quite deliberate and the position I have taken - I have been very open about it - is that it is a tragic fact of life that when the situation in the Middle East settles down - the people that are going to be most unlikely to have a continuing home are those Christian minorities. We have seen that in Iraq and so from our point of view, as a final destination for refugees, that is why we prioritize. It is not a sectarian thing. It is recognition of the practical political realities. We have a similar perspective in that respect.
Trump: Do you know four years ago Malcom [sic], I was with a man who does this for a living. He was telling me, before the migration, that if you were a Christian from Syria, you had no chance of coming to the United States. Zero. They were the ones being persecuted. When I say persecuted, I mean their heads were being chopped off. If you were a Muslim we have nothing against Muslims, but if you were a Muslim you were not persecuted at least to the extent - but if you were a Muslim from Syria that was the number one place to get into the United States from. That was the easiest thing. But if you were a Christian from Syria you have no chance of getting into the United States. I just thought it was an incredible statistic. Totally true - and you have seen the same thing. It is incredible.
Turnbull: Well, yes. Mr President, can I return to the issue of the resettlement agreement that we had with the Obama administration with respect to some people on Nauru and Manus Island. I have written to you about this and Mike Pence and General Flynn spoke with Julie Bishop and my national security adviser yesterday. This is a very big issue for us, particularly domestically, and I do understand you are inclined to a different point of view than the vice president.
con't
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#612839 at 2018-03-10 17:37:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #756: BIGGEST Week Incoming
>>612722
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a Rhodes (Rothschild) Scholar.
#612764 at 2018-03-10 17:32:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #756: BIGGEST Week Incoming
>>612722
REX/Shutterstock
The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has confirmed that Australia has won a reprieve from the United States' global steel and aluminium tariffs, after the US president, Donald Trump, earlier tweeted that he and Turnbull were working on a "security agreement" for an exemption.
In a post on Twitter, Trump had said he was negotiating directly with the Australian prime minister.
"Spoke to PM of Australia. He is committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship. Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don't have to impose steel or aluminum (sic) tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!," Trump wrote.
Turnbull then replied, also on Twitter, and using the US president's trademark exclamatory punctuation:
Trump trade tariffs: what they mean for Australia and what happens next
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"Great discussion today on security and trade. Australia/US trade is fair & reciprocal & each of our nations has no closer ally. Thank you for confirming new tariffs won't have to be imposed on Australian steel & aluminium - good for jobs in Australia and in US!"
https:// www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/10/donald-trump-says-hes-working-on-deal-with-australia-for-tariff-exemption
#474967 at 2018-02-23 21:30:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #584: The Snake Edition
>>474832
>>474838
>>474954
President Donald Trump has warned that the US will go to "Phase 2" if sanctions imposed on North Korea do not have the desired effects.
Trump made the statement during a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. "If the sanctions don't work, we will have to go to phase two, and phase two may be a very rough thing, may be very, very unfortunate for the world."
The president did not specify exactly what he meant by "Phase 2" and qualified the statement saying that he didn't think he was "going to exactly play that card."
#474336 at 2018-02-23 20:01:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #583: CPAC Edition
Also Fuck Malcolm Turnbull
Whose that character from sesamie street that is with earnie? He looks exactly like him
#428824 at 2018-02-19 09:16:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #527 GO WITH GOD. THE CLOCK IS ACTIVATED Edition
>>428803
>htt ps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/19/greg-norman-donald-trump-Malcolm-Turnbull-incredible-relationship
CNN did one too. These things always make me feel very suspicious and paranoid. It's not the veneer of impartiality they're going for, surely. One article wont give them that.
#428803 at 2018-02-19 09:11:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #527 GO WITH GOD. THE CLOCK IS ACTIVATED Edition
Positive piece on POTUS !
The Guardian
htt ps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/19/greg-norman-donald-trump-Malcolm-Turnbull-incredible-relationship
… Norman, who said said he first started playing golf with Trump in his days as a top pro golfer, said he truly believed the president was very passionate about making the US "a better, stronger place".
"He's going after the bad guys, and going after the bad guys is a daunting task, considering what you find out when you're in there. And by doing that he's rattling the cage around the world.
"Like I said, some people like it, some people don't like it, but at the end of the day, if his number one priority is to make America a safer place, then God bless him, quite honestly."
#197843 at 2018-01-29 05:53:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #240: Edition
So are we harassing Jay-Z and Van Jones?
J says money doesn't matter and wants govt to treat people as people. His BFF Hillary calls blacks super predators that need to be brought to heel. Lover of mass incarceration.
My prime minister (Malcolm Turnbull) told Trump last year that the best social program a nation can provide is a strong economy with low unemployment and more more money.
It's common sense.
#142558 at 2018-01-24 02:38:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #172: Offline Storage Activated Edition
That's close to Manus Island, where Trump was forced to take feegees from Malcolm Turnbull.
#9302 at 2018-01-10 04:02:18 (UTC+1)
/qgeneral/ - Q RESEARCH GENERAL - #11
>>8726
Malcolm Turnbull should come clean and explain to his party and the public that his son, Alex is heavily invested in wind power outfit, Infigen and did so at a time when it was on the brink of bankruptcy.
In one of the luckiest bets of all time (see our post here), Alex Turnbull managed to buy in when Infigen shares were a measly $0.20, just before his Dad signed Australia up to the Paris Climate Change agreement, after which they rocketed to $1.20.
stopthesethings.com/2017/10/18/time-to-tear-up-australias-economic-suicide-note-renewable-energy-target-must-go-now/
#9055 at 2018-01-10 03:34:10 (UTC+1)
/qresearch/ General #10
>>8566
Full transcript Trump and Turnballs telephone conversation, however reported by abc Australia known lefty propaganda, may be doctored
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-Malcolm-Turnbull-refugee-phone-call-transcript/8773422
#8726 at 2018-01-10 03:01:32 (UTC+1)
/qresearch/ General #10
>>8710
Alex Turnbull, son of Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull, may be setting an example of how Australians can work with their Asian counterparts. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that Alex Turnbull is planning to launch a Singapore-based hedge fund, Keshik Capital, which will be "focused on Asia with the flexibility to invest globally".
http://www
.startupdaily.net/2014/07/alex-Turnbull-partaking-launch-hedge-fund-startup-singapore/
#8671 at 2018-01-10 02:56:54 (UTC+1)
/qresearch/ General #10
Maybe the Australia connections is that the prime minister's son became a millionair!
His reward: starting "his" own hedge fund, Keshik Capital, at the ripe old age of about 31, not even a decade out of college.
https
://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-14/Malcolm-Turnbull-overthrows-tony-abbott-become-australian-pm
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#21660356 at 2024-09-26 12:28:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
>>21660354
2/2
Beijing mouthpiece The Global Times reported there were "high expectations" for the Treasurer's visit. "His visit to China is expected to not only promote bilateral economic and trade relations but also to enhance the overall bilateral relationship," it said.
"Additionally, there may be ?opportunities for breakthroughs in co-operation between the two nations in new areas, particularly in addressing climate change and clean energy initiatives."
Dr Chalmers' visit comes a week after an Australian air force plane was described as an "enemy" in a documentary aired on China's national broadcaster CCTV.
The delegation to Beijing also follows last week's Quad leaders' dialogue summit in Joe Biden's home state of Delaware, attended by Anthony Albanese, during which the US President was caught on a hot mic warning that China "continued to behave ?aggressively, testing all of us across the region".
On Wednesday, an Australian navy vessel joined counterparts from Japan and New Zealand for a combined passage through the Taiwan Strait.
Dr Chalmers said it would be "naive to pretend that all is smooth sailing (and) constructive engagement doesn't mean there's no ?disagreement".
"Instead, it means finding ?common ground while maintaining the integrity of who we are as a nation and preserving our national interest," he wrote.
"Our dialogue with China is about ensuring stability at a time of significant uncertainty. With rising geopolitical tensions globally and in our region, it's more important than ever to maintain open lines of communication. While our systems are different, the fact remains that our economies are deeply intertwined. Ensuring that we can navigate these complexities with respect and clarity will be crucial for both nations in the years ahead. There's a lot at stake and there's a lot to gain."
After the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Trade Minister Don Farrell led an easing in tensions with Beijing following the 2022 federal election, the Chinese government has ?removed more than $19bn worth of trade sanctions imposed during the Morrison government.
Mr Albanese travelled to Beijing and Shanghai last November for meetings with Mr Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, marking the first visit to China by an Australian prime minister since Malcolm Turnbull in 2016.
Dr Chalmers said less than $1bn worth of exports remained impeded and Chinese markets were open again to Australian coal, cotton, timber, barley and wine.
"Total two-way trade reached a record $327bn in 2023, more than double what it was when the China-Australia free trade agreement commenced in 2015," he said. "Opportunity comes with ?engagement, not estrangement. It has not just been a government ?effort. Australian businesses have continued to develop ties with China, while also recognising the need to diversify."
Ahead of his China trip, Dr Chalmers sounded out chairs, chief executives and executives at mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue, gas major Woodside, retail and mining conglomerate Wesfarmers, investment giant Macquarie, Chinese-focused law firm King & Wood Mallesons, steelmaker BlueScope, Sydney Airport, hearing aid maker Cochlear, agribusiness GrainCorp and the Business Council of Australia.
Chinese ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said Dr Chalmers' visit to China was key to the restoration of the nations' economic engagement. "As two major economic and trading partners it is very important for China and Australia to conduct strategic dialogue on economic co-operation, not only on bilateral relations but also regional (and) global issues," Mr Xiao said. "I have a strong hope that there will be a very comprehensive, very significant, substantive dialogue between Mr Chalmers and his counterpart."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/jim-chalmers-takes-economic-charm-offensive-to-china/news-story/40acc7c9d47748b1e483296a7a0f76eb
#21281320 at 2024-07-24 10:21:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
>>20895231 (pb)
'Harassment': Brittany Higgins' defence revealed
STEPHEN RICE - 23 July 2024
Brittany Higgins has doubled down on her attack on former ?defence minister Linda Reynolds, alleging her former boss "engaged in a campaign of harassment" against her, including providing confidential information to the media, newly ?released court documents reveal.
Ms Higgins' amended defence to Senator Reynolds' defamation claim, filed in the West Australian Supreme Court, amplifies her allegations that she was the victim of an attempted cover-up, stating she felt under pressure not to make a complaint "in the interests of the Liberal Party" in the lead up to an election.
In his judgment in the Lehrmann defamation case this year, judge Michael Lee found, on the balance of probabilities, that Bruce Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins, but expressly rejected her claims that Senator Reynolds was involved in a cover-up of the assault. Mr Lehrmann has lodged an appeal.
Senator Reynolds is now suing Ms Higgins over a series of social media posts she says defamed her.
In her statement of claim Senator Reynolds said the posts were published to further a plan by Ms Higgins and her now-husband David Sharaz to use the allegations that Senator Reynolds had been involved in a political cover-up as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage on her.
Senator Reynolds has added a new pleading of tortious conspiracy to her defamation claim. Anthony Albanese's closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz as part of a larger plan to destroy Senator Reynolds' career and take down the Morrison government, the senator alleged.
Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor MPs to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd.
However, Ms Higgins does not address dozens of pages of particulars provided by Senator Reynolds, simply stating that she "denies the allegations". Ms Higgins claims in her amended defence that Senator Reynolds "mishandled the aftermath of the incident" and failed to support her.
She claims Senator Reynolds sought to dissuade her from speaking further with her about the ?alleged assault "by telling her she was not the right person to be talking to about it"; had minimised the incident by telling her "that this is something women go through"; and had then referred to the upcoming election.
Senator Reynolds had "placed pressure" on her, Ms Higgins said, by asking her whether she was going to report the matter to police, and saying if she was, she should let the minister know.
In a seemingly contradictory claim, Ms Higgins points out that Senator Reynolds had also asked her chief of staff Fiona Brown to report the incident to the Australian Federal Police without asking Ms Higgins if she wanted to.
(continued)
#21265537 at 2024-07-22 10:41:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
Australia preparing for a post-Biden world
Kat Wong - 22 July 2024
Australia is getting ready to work with either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris after US President Joe Biden revealed he was withdrawing from the race.
The 81-year-old has nominated his vice president to replace him in the November contest against second-time presidential hopeful Mr Trump, and will remain in his role until his term officially ends in January.
Australian politicians are familiar with Ms Harris and Mr Trump, University of Sydney associate professor David Smith said, which means they already understand how the bilateral relationship might work.
"Australia is already preparing for a world after President Biden," he told AAP.
A second Trump term could pose issues for Australian exports after the 78-year-old's campaign began promoting protectionist policies, including large tariffs on Chinese goods, Prof Smith said.
The Republican runner's approach to democracy both internationally and domestically has also worried some Australians.
Mr Trump has previously said he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, but it's unclear if that means pushing for Ukrainian territory to be ceded to Russia or other methods.
His rhetoric also affects politics in other countries, with many far-right movements across the world adopting Mr Trump as their global icon.
And within the US, his attempts to undermine the 2020 outcome that evicted him from office by falsely claiming the election had been "stolen" - as well as indications he could do similar if he doesn't win in November - also remain a concern.
"If he loses, I think he does remain a threat to democracy," Prof Smith said.
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged Labor's Anthony Albanese not to "suck up" to "bullies" like Mr Trump.
"America under Trump is a less reliable ally than it has been under Biden or other presidents," he told ABC on Monday.
Ms Harris' approach to foreign affairs has been relatively discrete, but her leadership is unlikely to raise similar concerns.
"She's been one of the lowest-profile vice presidents in my lifetime … which means we don't have any great insight into how she views the world," Prof Smith said.
"For people in the Australian government, I don't think they'll be very worried by the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency because they would see it as a lot of continuity from the Biden administration."
(continued)
#21252207 at 2024-07-20 14:39:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 96
Australia / China Tensions - Part 20
>>21077001 Journos fall for spin as they tiptoe around China - "Had China's diplomats not tried to shut out Sky News Australia reporter Cheng Lei from two Canberra events, our media would have let Prime Minister Anthony Albanese get away with a largely false narrative: he and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are repairing the China relationship broken by Albanese's predecessor, Scott Morrison. The rift started during Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership when, in August 2018, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was banned from the 5G telecommunications rollout on security advice. The Australia-China relationship really hit the rocks at the end of January 2020, when prime minister Morrison banned flights from China in the early stages of the spread of Covid-19, and then called for an international investigation into the emergence of the pandemic in the city of Wuhan. Morrison was right on both counts. The truth is that just as China's bullying of Cheng Lei backfired, its strategy of using trade to punish Australia for speaking up on Covid was a spectacular own goal. Some of the world's leading economics and foreign policy journals, including The Economist, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy, have not only called out the failure of China's bullying but praised Australia for resisting pressure from the world's number two economy. Discussing our China trade relationship, reporters should have been led by the facts rather than by Labor's spin. The Coalition did a lot wrong during the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison years, but it mostly got China right and it certainly got the AUKUS submarine partnership with the US and UK right. Journalists need to take care not to appear to be pushing the false narratives of their preferred side of politics." - Chris Mitchell - theaustralian.com.au
>>21077018 Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele seeks budget bailout - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will seek an ?urgent budget bailout for his country when he meets Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday amid improving relations between Canberra and Honiara. Mr Manele is in Australia on his first international trip as the country's leader, before heading on to Beijing and Tokyo. The six-day trip comes amid ongoing Australian concerns over Solomon Islands' security ties with China, which have been exacerbated in recent weeks by an alleged covert visit to Honiara by a delegation of Chinese police. Sources in both countries said the Australia-Solomon Islands relationship had stabilised since Mr Manele replaced former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare on May 2. Mr Manele flagged three weeks into his term that he would be seeking substantial budget support from Solomon Islands' partners, noting such funding "will further cement our relations". After a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Mr Manele said he wanted to discuss "the possibility of much, much larger bilateral co-operation partnerships" to fast-track his country's development. Mr Manele is expected to make a similar pitch to China, but Beijing typically doesn't provide cash, preferring loan-funded infrastructure projects.
>>21110238 Police pledge for Solomon Islands to 'strengthen regional stability' - Anthony Albanese has pledged Australian support to help Solomon Islands double the size of its police force as the country's new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele vowed a Pacific-first security policy cementing Australia's role as its primary partner ahead of China. In bilateral talks in Canberra on Wednesday, Prime Minister Albanese said Australia would come up with a plan to help Solomon Islands increase the size of its police force from 1500 to 3000 officers to strengthen its sovereignty and improve regional stability. Mr Manele laid out a three-tier security framework for his country prioritising domestic policing, co-operation with Melanesian partners, and strengthened ties with Pacific Island Forum nations including Australia. The policy which pointedly excludes China follows Solomon Islands' controversial security partnership with Beijing signed by the country's mercurial former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. Mr Manele, who received a ceremonial welcome to Parliament House, said he wanted to "lift the current Solomon Islands-Australia relationship to another transformational partnership". "I've committed to ensure our relationship with Australia goes from strength to strength. I have also committed to finding win-win solutions to any areas of our partnership that may require attention," he said.
#21252183 at 2024-07-20 14:35:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 87
Australia / China Tensions - Part 11
>>21026539 Chinese premier Li Qiang arrives in Adelaide, Jim Chalmers hails 'important' visit - Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Australia for a four-day visit, declaring he wants to leave the nations' differences in the past. China's No. 2 leader arrived in Adelaide about 4.50pm on Saturday, where he was met by Penny Wong, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian and Australia's ambassador to China, Scott Dewar. He is the most senior Chinese leader to visit Australia in seven years, and the Albanese government is hailing the trip as a fresh milestone in its stabilisation of the nation's China relationship. In a statement released by the Chinese Embassy, Mr Li said "shelving differences" had helped get the bilateral relationship "back on track after a period of twists and turns", and China was looking forward to renewing the nations' cooperation and "friendship". "China stands ready to work with Australia," he said. "A more mature, stable and fruitful comprehensive strategic partnership will be a treasure shared by both countries."
>>21026584 'I've agonised over this': Suspected foreign interference victims break silence - Federal police told prominent critics of the Chinese Communist Party they were suspected targets of a foreign interference operation, warning them to avoid adopting a predictable daily routine to prevent putting themselves in danger. Activist Drew Pavlou and journalist Vicky Xu told this masthead the Australian Federal Police (AFP) asked them not to speak to anyone about the investigation, but they had decided to go public out of frustration that no arrests had been made, or charges laid, since they were informed about the probe 10 months ago. Details of the secretive foreign interference probe have come to light as Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives in Adelaide for a four-day Australian visit, highlighting the significant difficulties that remain in the Australia-China relationship despite markedly improved trade ties. Pavlou and Xu urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise concerns about foreign interference in his discussions with Li, a call backed by the federal opposition. An AFP spokesman said that "espionage and foreign interference represent a serious threat to Australian sovereignty and security and the integrity of our national institutions. The AFP is a member of the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce, which is investigating a range of foreign interference matters," the spokesman said. "It would be inappropriate to comment further on the status of those investigations."
>>21030663 'Twists and turns' in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says - but Penny Wong highlights tensions - China's second-most powerful leader has announced that the "twists and turns" in Australia-China relations are over - and invited Australian officials to pick a new pair of pandas for Adelaide's zoo. But Penny Wong chose to highlight the tensions that remain in the relationship before a series of talks with Premier Li Qiang, who arrived in Australia on Saturday evening and was met by protesters outside the zoo on Sunday. Li Qiang's arrival marks the first time a Chinese premier has visited Australia since Li Keqiang accepted Malcolm Turnbull's invitation in 2017. Li is in Australia for the annual leaders meeting, which both sides see as central to stabilising relations between the nations. Australia's foreign affairs minister welcomed Li's visit, which Wong said was the result of "two years of very deliberate, very patient work" by the Albanese government to "bring about a stabilisation of the relationship" with Australia's largest trade partner. She acknowledged that tensions remained. But Wong also noted that Australia was in a "permanent contest" with China over the Pacific, a state she blamed the former Coalition government for.
#21252129 at 2024-07-20 14:28:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 71
Brittany Higgins Rape Allegations and Linda Reynolds Defamation Trial - Part 2
>>21042324 Former PM Scott Morrison prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds, Higgins row - Former prime minister Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses prepared to climb into the witness box in WA Senator Linda Reynolds' high-stakes defamation trial against former staffer Brittany Higgins. Reynolds' lawyer Martin Bennett told the WA Supreme Court Morrison had filed and signed a witness outline on Tuesday, as the parties gathered to finalise the exchange of documents before the trial in late July. The court was told the bundle of evidence adduced by Reynolds' legal team would also contain sworn testimony from WA Senator Michaelia Cash, Cash's former chief of staff, and medical professionals who would attest to the toll the saga had taken on Reynolds' health. The court has previously been told Channel 10, journalists Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Maiden, and Senator Katy Gallagher had been hit with subpoenas to provide evidence for both cases. Outside court, Bennett told the waiting press pack Morrison was expected to be overseas at the time of the trial, but was prepared to give evidence remotely if required.
>>21171764 The Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz 'strategy' to burn down the House - Anthony Albanese's closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by David Sharaz and Brittany Higgins as part of a larger plan to destroy the career of Liberal senator Linda Reynolds and take down the Morrison government, explosive court documents allege. Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor members of parliament to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd. The extraordinary claims form part of Senator Reynolds' case against Ms Higgins in the Western Australian Supreme Court, where she is suing her former employee over a series of social media posts she says defamed her. Senator Reynolds claims the Instagram, Twitter and Threads posts falsely alleged she had "harassed" Ms Higgins, and mishandled the allegations of rape against former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann by failing to provide her with any support. The case is set down for trial on August 2, following multiple failed mediation talks.
>>21171776 'The Plan' Brittany Higgins' lawyers didn't want us to see - "This is the statement of claim that lawyers for Brittany Higgins didn't want us at The Australian to see. They didn't want us to report it, to analyse what Linda Reynolds set out in her defamation claim against Higgins in the West Australian Supreme Court. Fear not. We're fighting objections by the Higgins team to us ?accessing all the documents filed in this litigation. I filed further submissions with the WA Supreme Court on Monday. The wheels of justice move slowly - court orders are currently not due until the end of this month. In the meantime, my intrepid colleague Ellie Dudley got hold of a copy of the statement of claim current as at June 4. No wonder the Higgins team tried to block us from seeing it. It is an extraordinary read. For the first time in one document are allegations of what Reynolds calls "the Plan" - a carefully orchestrated, pre-meditated political hit job where Higgins and Sharaz used allegations of a rape and a political cover-up "as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage" on Reynolds and the then government of the day." - Janet Albrechtsen - theaustralian.com.au
#21251969 at 2024-07-20 14:04:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 29
Australian Politics and Society - Part 13
>>20998391 Jeff Kennett: Awarding Daniel Andrews a Companion of the Order of Australia devalues it beyond recognition - "Victorians, every Australian should be outraged that the individual who has so destroyed the opportunities for generations in this state has been granted the highest civilian award in Australia. In doing so, the awards under the Order of Australia have been devalued beyond recognition. In awarding the highest honour to Mr Andrews, the Governor-General, and the Secretariat that manages the awarding of honours, have rewarded gross financial mismanagement of Victoria, the deaths of more than 800 Victorians, and manifest failure of Mr Andrews to discharge his responsibilities under the Westminster system. On two measures in the citation that accompanies Mr Andrews' award - health and infrastructure - he has failed. Certainly, the third, reform, when he failed to accept responsibility for his actions that so disadvantaged his community. Victorian citizens are going to pay heavily, for decades, for the failures of Mr Andrews. Under no circumstances should he have been recognised for an Order of Australia Award. He should give it back, or we Victorians should write to the Governor-General asking that he revoke the award." - Jeff Kennett, premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999 - heraldsun.com.au
>>20998398 Stop using Trump-like tactics on climate change, independent MPs warn Dutton - Teal independents have accused Peter Dutton of putting the country's economic and environmental future at risk by abandoning the Paris Agreement, while sharpening their pre-election attack lines on the Liberal Party as it seeks to win back wealthy seats in the capital cities. Independents Allegra Spender, Monique Ryan and Zoe Daniel said Dutton's decision to ditch Australia's 2030 targets to cut emissions by 43 per cent while promising to achieve net zero by 2050 would push investment out of the country to nations that recognised the environmental risks. Zoe Daniel, who won the neighbouring Melbourne seat of Goldstein from Liberal Tim Wilson, said Dutton was trying to reignite the political war over climate change on the back of policy backsliding and a "campaign of misinformation". "I doubt the Goldstein community will take kindly to Mr Dutton spouting unedited lines out of the [Donald] Trump playbook, blaming migrants for every problem from congestion to pressure on the health system while following Trump's example of pulling out of Paris," she said.
>>21004642 Malcolm Turnbull issues warning over what a second Donald Trump presidency might bring to the world - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned a second term as US president for Donald Trump could lead to him being surrounded by more "yes-men" and a shift in US foreign policy. Trump was recently the first US president to have a criminal conviction recorded, when he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Speaking to 7.30, Mr Turnbull, who was Australian PM when Trump was first elected to office, said he feared Trump would only be more emboldened should he defeat President Joe Biden in the race for the White House. "In a second term, Trump will be surrounded by more yes-men and yes-women than ever, and he will feel unassailable, because he will have done the impossible and got himself re-elected," Mr Turnbull said He then warned that leaders of nations who were allies with the US would have to stand up to Trump. "Trump is a bully, with a domineering personality," Mr Turnbull told 7.30.
>>21004651 Video: Malcolm Turnbull on how to deal with Donald Trump | 7.30 - Elections in Europe have once again raised the spectre of a shift to the right across the globe. In response President Emmanuel Macron has just called a snap election to try to head off the rise of the far right in France. But no election result is more anticipated than the one in the United States later this year which could see Donald Trump return to the White House. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull famously had a run in with President Trump and he's now published an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine, "How the world can deal with Trump". - ABC News In-depth
#21251963 at 2024-07-20 14:03:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 26
Australian Politics and Society - Part 10
>>20964628 Malcolm Turnbull urges world leaders to follow his example: stand up to Donald Trump - Malcolm Turnbull has blasted Donald Trump as a 'volatile, narcissistic gaslighter', urging world leaders to follow his own example and stand up to Mr Trump should he return to the White House next year. Mr Turnbull, whose term as prime minister overlapped with Mr Trump's presidency until 2018, wrote in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs that "character, courage and candour may be the most important aid [foreign leaders] can render to the United States in a second age of Trump". "There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter," Mr Turnbull wrote, referring to the former Republican president, who remains the favourite to win against Joe Biden in November despite his conviction for election interference in New York last week. Mr Turnbull recounted his famous phone call with a newly elected Mr Trump in early 2017, where the prime minister sought to obtain assurances the new Trump administration would honour a deal to struck the former president Barack Obama to take some of Australia's undocumented arrivals. "On the call, I told Trump that Australia expected the United States to stick to its word. Trump was furious, raging that the deal was a terrible one, that it would kill him politically, that Obama had been a fool to do it," Mr Turnbull wrote. "It was daunting to be yelled at by the president of the United States, but I stood my ground. By the end of the call, Trump had, with great reluctance, agreed to go along with it".
>>20964719 Malcolm Turnbull: How the World Can Deal With Trump - Advice for Leaders Facing the Potential Return of "America First" - "In this year of major elections around the world, none is more consequential than that in the United States on the first Tuesday in November. Polling suggests Donald Trump will enter the White House again in January 2025. If he does, he will return to office perhaps no wiser but certainly more experienced and more convinced than ever of his own exceptional genius. More ominously, he will be determined to rectify in his second term what he insists was the major failing of his first: that both his own advisers and Washington officialdom got in his way. Like most people, Trump is often wrong. Unlike most people, however, he is never in doubt. A powerful narcissistic self-belief has given him the strength to defy not just his many enemies but even reality itself. For four years, he has denied the outcome of the 2020 election and persuaded most of his party, and millions of Americans, to agree with him. There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter. A Trump returned to the White House, convinced of his own genius, and with the evidence of an election win to prove it, will be surrounded by more yes men and sycophants than ever. In that environment, who will be prepared to tell him what he doesn't want to hear? The leaders of the countries that are the United States' friends and allies will be among the very few who can speak truthfully to Trump. He can shout at them, embarrass them, even threaten them. But he cannot fire them. Their character, courage, and candor may be the most important aid they can render to the United States in a second age of Trump." - Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018 - foreignaffairs.com
>>20969901 Operation Ironside: How biggest sting in history brought down world's toughest criminals - It was March 2020, the start of the Covid pandemic, and like half the planet, Australia's most wanted gangster Hakan Ayik was coming to grips with meeting work colleagues online via Zoom. The prolific drug smuggler was sitting in the cafe of the Kings Cross Hotel that he owns and runs in the Turkish city of Istanbul, talking about how to turbocharge his illicit business, flogging encrypted phones. The phones and their encrypted platform, known as AN0M, were proving popular with international drug cartels and money-laundering syndicates, and Ayik wanted to maximise profits. Three other men were in the meeting, and one of them, identified only as Afgoo, was the global head of the AN0M business. Ayik, who had fled Sydney more than a decade earlier and had managed to stay a step ahead of law-enforcement ever since, had no idea that every detail of the meeting was being monitored by police and the FBI. And he didn't know Afgoo was the man who secretly sold the AN0M platform to law enforcement and was now operating as a confidential informant to the FBI.
#21251854 at 2024-07-20 13:48:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
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#21251706 at 2024-07-20 13:24:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 96
Australia / China Tensions - Part 20
>>21077001 Journos fall for spin as they tiptoe around China - "Had China's diplomats not tried to shut out Sky News Australia reporter Cheng Lei from two Canberra events, our media would have let Prime Minister Anthony Albanese get away with a largely false narrative: he and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are repairing the China relationship broken by Albanese's predecessor, Scott Morrison. The rift started during Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership when, in August 2018, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was banned from the 5G telecommunications rollout on security advice. The Australia-China relationship really hit the rocks at the end of January 2020, when prime minister Morrison banned flights from China in the early stages of the spread of Covid-19, and then called for an international investigation into the emergence of the pandemic in the city of Wuhan. Morrison was right on both counts. The truth is that just as China's bullying of Cheng Lei backfired, its strategy of using trade to punish Australia for speaking up on Covid was a spectacular own goal. Some of the world's leading economics and foreign policy journals, including The Economist, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy, have not only called out the failure of China's bullying but praised Australia for resisting pressure from the world's number two economy. Discussing our China trade relationship, reporters should have been led by the facts rather than by Labor's spin. The Coalition did a lot wrong during the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison years, but it mostly got China right and it certainly got the AUKUS submarine partnership with the US and UK right. Journalists need to take care not to appear to be pushing the false narratives of their preferred side of politics." - Chris Mitchell - theaustralian.com.au
>>21077018 Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele seeks budget bailout - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will seek an ?urgent budget bailout for his country when he meets Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday amid improving relations between Canberra and Honiara. Mr Manele is in Australia on his first international trip as the country's leader, before heading on to Beijing and Tokyo. The six-day trip comes amid ongoing Australian concerns over Solomon Islands' security ties with China, which have been exacerbated in recent weeks by an alleged covert visit to Honiara by a delegation of Chinese police. Sources in both countries said the Australia-Solomon Islands relationship had stabilised since Mr Manele replaced former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare on May 2. Mr Manele flagged three weeks into his term that he would be seeking substantial budget support from Solomon Islands' partners, noting such funding "will further cement our relations". After a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Mr Manele said he wanted to discuss "the possibility of much, much larger bilateral co-operation partnerships" to fast-track his country's development. Mr Manele is expected to make a similar pitch to China, but Beijing typically doesn't provide cash, preferring loan-funded infrastructure projects.
>>21110238 Police pledge for Solomon Islands to 'strengthen regional stability' - Anthony Albanese has pledged Australian support to help Solomon Islands double the size of its police force as the country's new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele vowed a Pacific-first security policy cementing Australia's role as its primary partner ahead of China. In bilateral talks in Canberra on Wednesday, Prime Minister Albanese said Australia would come up with a plan to help Solomon Islands increase the size of its police force from 1500 to 3000 officers to strengthen its sovereignty and improve regional stability. Mr Manele laid out a three-tier security framework for his country prioritising domestic policing, co-operation with Melanesian partners, and strengthened ties with Pacific Island Forum nations including Australia. The policy which pointedly excludes China follows Solomon Islands' controversial security partnership with Beijing signed by the country's mercurial former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. Mr Manele, who received a ceremonial welcome to Parliament House, said he wanted to "lift the current Solomon Islands-Australia relationship to another transformational partnership". "I've committed to ensure our relationship with Australia goes from strength to strength. I have also committed to finding win-win solutions to any areas of our partnership that may require attention," he said.
#21251643 at 2024-07-20 13:16:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 87
Australia / China Tensions - Part 11
>>21026539 Chinese premier Li Qiang arrives in Adelaide, Jim Chalmers hails 'important' visit - Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Australia for a four-day visit, declaring he wants to leave the nations' differences in the past. China's No. 2 leader arrived in Adelaide about 4.50pm on Saturday, where he was met by Penny Wong, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian and Australia's ambassador to China, Scott Dewar. He is the most senior Chinese leader to visit Australia in seven years, and the Albanese government is hailing the trip as a fresh milestone in its stabilisation of the nation's China relationship. In a statement released by the Chinese Embassy, Mr Li said "shelving differences" had helped get the bilateral relationship "back on track after a period of twists and turns", and China was looking forward to renewing the nations' cooperation and "friendship". "China stands ready to work with Australia," he said. "A more mature, stable and fruitful comprehensive strategic partnership will be a treasure shared by both countries."
>>21026584 'I've agonised over this': Suspected foreign interference victims break silence - Federal police told prominent critics of the Chinese Communist Party they were suspected targets of a foreign interference operation, warning them to avoid adopting a predictable daily routine to prevent putting themselves in danger. Activist Drew Pavlou and journalist Vicky Xu told this masthead the Australian Federal Police (AFP) asked them not to speak to anyone about the investigation, but they had decided to go public out of frustration that no arrests had been made, or charges laid, since they were informed about the probe 10 months ago. Details of the secretive foreign interference probe have come to light as Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives in Adelaide for a four-day Australian visit, highlighting the significant difficulties that remain in the Australia-China relationship despite markedly improved trade ties. Pavlou and Xu urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise concerns about foreign interference in his discussions with Li, a call backed by the federal opposition. An AFP spokesman said that "espionage and foreign interference represent a serious threat to Australian sovereignty and security and the integrity of our national institutions. The AFP is a member of the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce, which is investigating a range of foreign interference matters," the spokesman said. "It would be inappropriate to comment further on the status of those investigations."
>>21030663 'Twists and turns' in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says - but Penny Wong highlights tensions - China's second-most powerful leader has announced that the "twists and turns" in Australia-China relations are over - and invited Australian officials to pick a new pair of pandas for Adelaide's zoo. But Penny Wong chose to highlight the tensions that remain in the relationship before a series of talks with Premier Li Qiang, who arrived in Australia on Saturday evening and was met by protesters outside the zoo on Sunday. Li Qiang's arrival marks the first time a Chinese premier has visited Australia since Li Keqiang accepted Malcolm Turnbull's invitation in 2017. Li is in Australia for the annual leaders meeting, which both sides see as central to stabilising relations between the nations. Australia's foreign affairs minister welcomed Li's visit, which Wong said was the result of "two years of very deliberate, very patient work" by the Albanese government to "bring about a stabilisation of the relationship" with Australia's largest trade partner. She acknowledged that tensions remained. But Wong also noted that Australia was in a "permanent contest" with China over the Pacific, a state she blamed the former Coalition government for.
#21251536 at 2024-07-20 13:01:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 71
Brittany Higgins Rape Allegations and Linda Reynolds Defamation Trial - Part 2
>>21042324 Former PM Scott Morrison prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds, Higgins row - Former prime minister Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses prepared to climb into the witness box in WA Senator Linda Reynolds' high-stakes defamation trial against former staffer Brittany Higgins. Reynolds' lawyer Martin Bennett told the WA Supreme Court Morrison had filed and signed a witness outline on Tuesday, as the parties gathered to finalise the exchange of documents before the trial in late July. The court was told the bundle of evidence adduced by Reynolds' legal team would also contain sworn testimony from WA Senator Michaelia Cash, Cash's former chief of staff, and medical professionals who would attest to the toll the saga had taken on Reynolds' health. The court has previously been told Channel 10, journalists Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Maiden, and Senator Katy Gallagher had been hit with subpoenas to provide evidence for both cases. Outside court, Bennett told the waiting press pack Morrison was expected to be overseas at the time of the trial, but was prepared to give evidence remotely if required.
>>21171764 The Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz 'strategy' to burn down the House - Anthony Albanese's closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by David Sharaz and Brittany Higgins as part of a larger plan to destroy the career of Liberal senator Linda Reynolds and take down the Morrison government, explosive court documents allege. Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor members of parliament to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd. The extraordinary claims form part of Senator Reynolds' case against Ms Higgins in the Western Australian Supreme Court, where she is suing her former employee over a series of social media posts she says defamed her. Senator Reynolds claims the Instagram, Twitter and Threads posts falsely alleged she had "harassed" Ms Higgins, and mishandled the allegations of rape against former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann by failing to provide her with any support. The case is set down for trial on August 2, following multiple failed mediation talks.
>>21171776 'The Plan' Brittany Higgins' lawyers didn't want us to see - "This is the statement of claim that lawyers for Brittany Higgins didn't want us at The Australian to see. They didn't want us to report it, to analyse what Linda Reynolds set out in her defamation claim against Higgins in the West Australian Supreme Court. Fear not. We're fighting objections by the Higgins team to us ?accessing all the documents filed in this litigation. I filed further submissions with the WA Supreme Court on Monday. The wheels of justice move slowly court orders are currently not due until the end of this month. In the meantime, my intrepid colleague Ellie Dudley got hold of a copy of the statement of claim current as at June 4. No wonder the Higgins team tried to block us from seeing it. It is an extraordinary read. For the first time in one document are allegations of what Reynolds calls "the Plan" a carefully orchestrated, pre-meditated political hit job where Higgins and Sharaz used allegations of a rape and a political cover-up "as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage" on Reynolds and the then government of the day." - Janet Albrechtsen - theaustralian.com.au
#21251301 at 2024-07-20 12:22:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 29
Australian Politics and Society - Part 13
>>20998391 Jeff Kennett: Awarding Daniel Andrews a Companion of the Order of Australia devalues it beyond recognition - "Victorians, every Australian should be outraged that the individual who has so destroyed the opportunities for generations in this state has been granted the highest civilian award in Australia. In doing so, the awards under the Order of Australia have been devalued beyond recognition. In awarding the highest honour to Mr Andrews, the Governor-General, and the Secretariat that manages the awarding of honours, have rewarded gross financial mismanagement of Victoria, the deaths of more than 800 Victorians, and manifest failure of Mr Andrews to discharge his responsibilities under the Westminster system. On two measures in the citation that accompanies Mr Andrews' award - health and infrastructure - he has failed. Certainly, the third, reform, when he failed to accept responsibility for his actions that so disadvantaged his community. Victorian citizens are going to pay heavily, for decades, for the failures of Mr Andrews. Under no circumstances should he have been recognised for an Order of Australia Award. He should give it back, or we Victorians should write to the Governor-General asking that he revoke the award." - Jeff Kennett, premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999 - heraldsun.com.au
>>20998398 Stop using Trump-like tactics on climate change, independent MPs warn Dutton - Teal independents have accused Peter Dutton of putting the country's economic and environmental future at risk by abandoning the Paris Agreement, while sharpening their pre-election attack lines on the Liberal Party as it seeks to win back wealthy seats in the capital cities. Independents Allegra Spender, Monique Ryan and Zoe Daniel said Dutton's decision to ditch Australia's 2030 targets to cut emissions by 43 per cent while promising to achieve net zero by 2050 would push investment out of the country to nations that recognised the environmental risks. Zoe Daniel, who won the neighbouring Melbourne seat of Goldstein from Liberal Tim Wilson, said Dutton was trying to reignite the political war over climate change on the back of policy backsliding and a "campaign of misinformation". "I doubt the Goldstein community will take kindly to Mr Dutton spouting unedited lines out of the [Donald] Trump playbook, blaming migrants for every problem from congestion to pressure on the health system while following Trump's example of pulling out of Paris," she said.
>>21004642 Malcolm Turnbull issues warning over what a second Donald Trump presidency might bring to the world - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned a second term as US president for Donald Trump could lead to him being surrounded by more "yes-men" and a shift in US foreign policy. Trump was recently the first US president to have a criminal conviction recorded, when he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. Speaking to 7.30, Mr Turnbull, who was Australian PM when Trump was first elected to office, said he feared Trump would only be more emboldened should he defeat President Joe Biden in the race for the White House. "In a second term, Trump will be surrounded by more yes-men and yes-women than ever, and he will feel unassailable, because he will have done the impossible and got himself re-elected," Mr Turnbull said He then warned that leaders of nations who were allies with the US would have to stand up to Trump. "Trump is a bully, with a domineering personality," Mr Turnbull told 7.30.
>>21004651 Video: Malcolm Turnbull on how to deal with Donald Trump | 7.30 - Elections in Europe have once again raised the spectre of a shift to the right across the globe. In response President Emmanuel Macron has just called a snap election to try to head off the rise of the far right in France. But no election result is more anticipated than the one in the United States later this year which could see Donald Trump return to the White House. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull famously had a run in with President Trump and he's now published an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine, "How the world can deal with Trump". - ABC News In-depth
#21251290 at 2024-07-20 12:19:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 26
Australian Politics and Society - Part 10
>>20964628 Malcolm Turnbull urges world leaders to follow his example: stand up to Donald Trump - Malcolm Turnbull has blasted Donald Trump as a 'volatile, narcissistic gaslighter', urging world leaders to follow his own example and stand up to Mr Trump should he return to the White House next year. Mr Turnbull, whose term as prime minister overlapped with Mr Trump's presidency until 2018, wrote in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs that "character, courage and candour may be the most important aid [foreign leaders] can render to the United States in a second age of Trump". "There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter," Mr Turnbull wrote, referring to the former Republican president, who remains the favourite to win against Joe Biden in November despite his conviction for election interference in New York last week. Mr Turnbull recounted his famous phone call with a newly elected Mr Trump in early 2017, where the prime minister sought to obtain assurances the new Trump administration would honour a deal to struck the former president Barack Obama to take some of Australia's undocumented arrivals. "On the call, I told Trump that Australia expected the United States to stick to its word. Trump was furious, raging that the deal was a terrible one, that it would kill him politically, that Obama had been a fool to do it," Mr Turnbull wrote. "It was daunting to be yelled at by the president of the United States, but I stood my ground. By the end of the call, Trump had, with great reluctance, agreed to go along with it".
>>20964719 How the World Can Deal With Trump - Advice for Leaders Facing the Potential Return of "America First" - "In this year of major elections around the world, none is more consequential than that in the United States on the first Tuesday in November. Polling suggests Donald Trump will enter the White House again in January 2025. If he does, he will return to office perhaps no wiser but certainly more experienced and more convinced than ever of his own exceptional genius. More ominously, he will be determined to rectify in his second term what he insists was the major failing of his first: that both his own advisers and Washington officialdom got in his way. Like most people, Trump is often wrong. Unlike most people, however, he is never in doubt. A powerful narcissistic self-belief has given him the strength to defy not just his many enemies but even reality itself. For four years, he has denied the outcome of the 2020 election and persuaded most of his party, and millions of Americans, to agree with him. There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter. A Trump returned to the White House, convinced of his own genius, and with the evidence of an election win to prove it, will be surrounded by more yes men and sycophants than ever. In that environment, who will be prepared to tell him what he doesn't want to hear? The leaders of the countries that are the United States' friends and allies will be among the very few who can speak truthfully to Trump. He can shout at them, embarrass them, even threaten them. But he cannot fire them. Their character, courage, and candor may be the most important aid they can render to the United States in a second age of Trump." - Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018 - foreignaffairs.com
>>20969901 Operation Ironside: How biggest sting in history brought down world's toughest criminals - It was March 2020, the start of the Covid pandemic, and like half the planet, Australia's most wanted gangster Hakan Ayik was coming to grips with meeting work colleagues online via Zoom. The prolific drug smuggler was sitting in the cafe of the Kings Cross Hotel that he owns and runs in the Turkish city of Istanbul, talking about how to turbocharge his illicit business, flogging encrypted phones. The phones and their encrypted platform, known as AN0M, were proving popular with international drug cartels and money-laundering syndicates, and Ayik wanted to maximise profits. Three other men were in the meeting, and one of them, identified only as Afgoo, was the global head of the AN0M business. Ayik, who had fled Sydney more than a decade earlier and had managed to stay a step ahead of law-enforcement ever since, had no idea that every detail of the meeting was being monitored by police and the FBI. And he didn't know Afgoo was the man who secretly sold the AN0M platform to law enforcement and was now operating as a confidential informant to the FBI.
#21198999 at 2024-07-14 08:14:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21198957
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Albanese said he had received briefings from Australia's ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, about the shooting and was "relieved by the news that the former president is safe and doing fine, and I wish him and his family well".
"This was an inexcusable attack on the democratic values that Australians and Americans share and the freedom that we treasure. These values are ones that unite our two countries… all Australians stand with our friends in the United States at this difficult time," he said.
He urged everyone to "be on guard against those seeking to use misinformation to create division. And this is a time for unity, it's a time for calm, it's a time for allowing the authorities in the United States to do their jobs".
Former prime ministers Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott all took to X to express their shock at the news and their relief that the former president was safe.
"Prayers for him and his family today, as well as all those who put their own lives at risk to protect those in public life. Prayers also for America and its people, a great democracy and our great friend, at this difficult time," Morrison said.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said: "We hope an angry & divided America takes this terrible moment as a cue to calm, reset and steady. The world's most consequential democracy seems on the edge of something worse."
Former prime minister Tony Abbott said he was shocked by the news of the assassination attempt, and that "it's never right to try to settle a political argument with a gun".
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-warns-things-can-escalate-in-local-protests-20240714-p5jtiu.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZgLyl96h7Y
https://x.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1812348563403550912
https://x.com/HonTonyAbbott/status/1812303361347305837
#21185679 at 2024-07-12 17:37:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
Two Australians charged with spying offences for allegedly conspiring to share ADF secrets with Russia
Jake Evans - 13 July 2024
Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been accused of obtaining Australian Defence Force material to share with Russian authorities.
Australian Federal Police arrested 40-year-old Kira Korolev, who is an ADF army private, and 62-year-old Igor Korolev at their home in the Brisbane suburb of Everton Park yesterday morning.
Look back on our live blog to see how events unfolded.
The married couple have been charged with one count each of preparing for an espionage offence, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment.
It is the first time an espionage offence has been laid since foreign interference laws were introduced in 2018.
The pair are appearing before Brisbane Magistrates Court today, where police will allege the woman undertook undeclared travel to Russia while on long-term leave from the ADF, where she allegedly instructed her husband on how to log into her work account and access material to send to her.
The couple had been in Australia for more than a decade before the alleged offending.
Police will allege the pair sought the information with the intention to provide it to Russian authorities - whether it was actually shared is still a subject of Operation BURGAZADA's investigation.
Mr Korolev's charge sheet alleged that he had "maintained a relationship with members or affiliates of Russian federation intelligence services" for the purpose of sharing information.
In separate mentions Mr and Ms Korolev did not apply for bail and their matters were adjourned until September 20.
How someone with a security clearance was able to travel to Russia will also form part of the ongoing investigation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had been "briefed extensively" on the matter by Australia's security agencies, and said he would not comment beyond saying that the nation's security agencies were doing their job well.
Further spying charges could be laid
Police have confirmed further charges could be laid as the investigation continues.
A more serious offence of espionage requires a direct evidential link to a foreign state, which carries penalties of 25 years to life in jail.
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said espionage offences were not victimless.
"It has the potential to impact on Australia's sovereignty, safety and way of life." Mr Kershaw said.
Spy chief Mike Burgess said espionage was not a "quaint" notion and could have "catastrophic real-world consequences".
"Espionage is real. Multiple countries are seeking to steal Australia's secrets," Mr Burgess said.
Mr Burgess said he would not make further comment because the offences had not been tested in court.
The AFP and ASIO said there was no ongoing risk to the public.
In a statement, the Australian Defence Force said it took security breaches seriously and it would continue to work with the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce.
Defence said it would not make further comment, but said it was practice in response to serious allegations to suspend an ADF member from service, including immediately cancelling access to defence bases and computer systems.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Justin Bassi, who was former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's national security advisor when new foreign interference laws were first introduced, said the espionage case was harming Australia's national security.
"I think it clearly shows that we are up against, right now, not just the physical contest that we are seeing in Russia's war of Ukraine," Mr Bassi said.
"We are seeing a battle for a whole range of strategic competition areas below that threshold of war and we have to be mindful, we can't just wait and react to where bullets are fired, we have to act before the contest and the competition becomes conflict."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-12/afp-arrest-major-investigation/104089258
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIphLXKZRA
#21171781 at 2024-07-10 06:24:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21171776
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The statement of claim sets out how the Plan involved Higgins speaking with Emma Webster, a former Labor adviser, to discuss how to manage the media when the Project interview dropped; Sharaz lining up Grace Tame to "do media" the day after The Project interview aired.
The alleged Plan is said to have involved Sharaz co-opting senior Labor figures. Sharaz shared the Project transcript with Gallagher before it aired, providing her with a copy of the dossier timeline. Sharaz told Higgins that "Katy is going to come to me with some questions you need to prepare for ... she's really invested." All this occurred before the Project aired. Reynolds says that when Sharaz acted it can be inferred from the circumstances that "Mr Sharaz's conduct ... was on the instructions or with the consent of the defendant".
The statement of claim also alleges the orchestrated gang attacks executed by Gallagher, Penny Wong and others over many days that led to Reynolds being admitted to hospital.
The statement contains details of meetings between Higgins and Labor Party members including Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek and former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd. There are extracts of text messages in March 2021 between Higgins and Sharaz "concerning their Plan", including Sharaz texting "suck sh** Linda ... You awful human" and Higgins to Sharaz: "(Scott Morrison) about to be f..ked over. Just wait. We've got him." And Sharaz to Higgins: "You may as well feed everything we have to Katy."
The Plan continued, says the statement of claim, with Higgins posting disparaging, taunting social media posts in March this year even after she signed a non-disparagement deed with Reynolds in March 2021, and after Higgins received a concerns notice from Reynolds in July last year, even after mediation talks in Perth in March this year.
Many Australians must be fed up with the Higgins story. I am. But this next instalment strikes at the heart of what Federal Court judge Michael Lee called the "major motif" of the Higgins scandal - her allegation on The Project of a political cover-up. Lee found no evidence to support this serious allegation. He found the allegation "did much collateral damage - including to the fair and orderly progress of the underlying allegation of sexual assault through the criminal justice system".
Alas, Lee's comments have no binding legal effect. Higgins hasn't apologised. Reynolds says she wants Higgins to stop defaming her. Reynolds says she wants Higgins to stop breaching her contract by disparaging her. Reynolds wants to be recompensed for reputational damage, for the hurt and injury she says she suffered by Higgins/Sharaz executing their 'Plan'.
Late last month, Reynolds added a new pleading that Higgins has conspired with one or more people to injure Reynolds. Tortious conspiracy is serious. If the claim of tortious conspiracy is successful, Reynolds might get an award for aggravated damages.
Many Australians must be fed up with the Higgins story. I am. But this next instalment strikes at the heart of what Federal Court judge Michael Lee called the "major motif" of the Higgins scandal - her allegation on The Project of a political cover-up. Lee found no evidence to support this serious allegation. He found the allegation "did much collateral damage - including to the fair and orderly progress of the underlying allegation of sexual assault through the criminal justice system".
Alas, Lee's comments have no binding legal effect. Higgins hasn't apologised. Reynolds says she wants Higgins to stop defaming her. Reynolds says she wants Higgins to stop breaching her contract by disparaging her. Reynolds wants to be recompensed for reputational damage, for the hurt and injury she says she suffered by Higgins/Sharaz executing their 'Plan'.
Late last month, Reynolds added a new pleading that Higgins has conspired with one or more people to injure Reynolds. Tortious conspiracy is serious. If the claim of tortious conspiracy is successful, Reynolds might get an award for aggravated damages.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/the-plan-britanny-higgins-lawyers-didnt-want-us-to-see/news-story/b3a9dd8eca26ab88a948ba054fbe5129
#21171764 at 2024-07-10 06:19:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20895231
The Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz 'strategy' to burn down the House
ELLIE DUDLEY - 8 July 2024
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Anthony Albanese's closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by David Sharaz and Brittany Higgins as part of a larger plan to destroy the career of Liberal senator Linda Reynolds and take down the Morrison government, explosive court documents allege.
Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor members of parliament to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd.
The extraordinary claims form part of Senator Reynolds' case against Ms Higgins in the Western Australian Supreme Court, where she is suing her former employee over a series of social media posts she says defamed her.
Senator Reynolds claims the Instagram, Twitter and Threads posts falsely alleged she had "harassed" Ms Higgins, and mishandled the allegations of rape against former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann by failing to provide her with any support.
The case is set down for trial on August 2, following multiple failed mediation talks.
Senator Gallagher came under intense scrutiny last year over when she was first made aware of Ms Higgins' rape claim, but denied allegations she misled parliament in refuting any advance knowledge of the assault allegations.
The Australian understands amended documents have been filed to the court since the statement of claim was uploaded on June 4. While the substance of Senator Reynolds' allegations have not changed, her case has been updated to include a claim of tortious conspiracy.
It is understood Ms Higgins is defending the claims.
In a statement of claim, obtained by The Australian, Senator Reynolds alleges Ms Higgins "acted maliciously" in creating the social media posts, as part of a larger plan orchestrated by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz to harm the Coalition.
"They were published in furtherance of a plan by the defendant and Mr Sharaz to use the defendant's allegations of a rape and the political cover-up ... as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage upon the plaintiff and the then government," the statement of claim reads.
Part of that plan, Senator Reynolds alleges, included "aggressive questions" asked by Senator Gallagher and Senator Wong in question time in early 2021, which were centred on false information provided by Mr Sharaz and Ms Higgins.
On February 11, 2021, Mr Sharaz provided Senator Gallagher with a dossier detailing the events surrounding the rape claim and an advance copy of Ms Higgins' interview with The Project, and "facilitated the provision of questions and answers between Ms Higgins and Senator Gallagher".
"Katy is going to come to me with some questions you need to prepare for ... she's really invested now," a text message sent from Mr Sharaz to Ms Higgins reads.
On February 15, 2021, Senator Gallagher and Senator Wong grilled Senator Reynolds in Senate question time about Ms Higgins' story, which had appeared in news.com.au that morning.
"Can the minister assure the Senate that neither she, her staff nor any of the prime minister's staff said or did anything which may have implicitly encouraged her former staff member not to pursue the incident with police?" Senator Gallagher asked, according to the statement of claim.
And the statement of claim says Senator Wong asked: "What steps did this minister take to ensure that Ms Higgins was confident that her career with the Liberal Party would not be negatively impacted by a decision to make a complaint to the police?"
"In the circumstances it can be inferred that the defendant provided senators Wong and Gallagher with the information forming the basis of those questions referred to above in circumstances where the defendant knew this information was false," the statement of claim reads.
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#21125882 at 2024-07-02 10:09:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21125875
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It is not the first time an Australian prime minister has sent another cabinet member to a NATO summit. Malcolm Turnbull, for example, sent then-defence minister Marise Payne to a NATO summit in Belgium in 2018.
Three Labor MPs said there was broad consensus in the party that selling the government's domestic agenda should be the priority.
"That's what [the prime minister's] been told in no uncertain terms. Our electorates are feeling it," one MP said.
At a later press conference on Tuesday, Dutton said it was time for Australia to send a message that it was part of a united global front against international aggressors.
"Australians are very unsettled at the moment … and they've got a prime minister who wants to put local politicking ahead of his obligation to stand up for our country," he said.
In November Dutton urged Albanese against flying to the US and to instead focus on domestic issues.
Coalition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham condemned the prime minister's decision not to go, saying "national security is the top responsibility of the government, and the idea that Anthony Albanese would rather be campaigning to shore up Labor marginal seats than sitting down with the NATO leaders to ensure global security and our national security interests are heard, is an appalling representation of his priorities".
With the US election in November, the NATO gathering would probably have been the last meeting between Albanese and Biden as counterparts. His attendance could have provided an opportunity for the first bilateral leaders' meeting with Keir Starmer, who is widely expected to become the UK's prime minister on Friday.
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said last month the White House was expecting Albanese to attend as well as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Albanese was forced to fend off criticism from the Coalition and several media commentators last year as he took four overseas trips in the month after the Voice referendum defeat, taking his tally to 18 since he came to office. He has made just one overseas trip this year, to Papua New Guinea, for Anzac Day.
The prime minister's office was contacted for comment.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-scraps-washington-visit-amid-cost-of-living-pressures-20240702-p5jqbc.html
#21077001 at 2024-06-24 11:00:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21015578
>>21036156
Journos fall for spin as they tiptoe around China
CHRIS MITCHELL - JUNE 23, 2024
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If facts can no longer be accepted by the community, let alone by reporters, then journalism is being destroyed by opinion.
Social media certainly gives the ill-informed the ability to trumpet opinions more widely than in earlier eras, but much of the wider triumph of opinion is down to cheap clicks to online media businesses and shouty content in traditional media that consumers can agree with. Reporters have a duty to swim against this tide.
News coverage of last week's visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang is illustrative.
Had China's diplomats not tried to shut out Sky News Australia reporter Cheng Lei from two Canberra events, our media would have let Prime Minister Anthony Albanese get away with a largely false narrative: he and Foreign Minister Penny Wong are repairing the China relationship broken by Albanese's predecessor, Scott Morrison.
Patricia Karvelas said as much on Friday when she introduced Defence Minister Richard Marles on ABC Radio National.
Australia, Karvelas said, had made progress in re-setting its "once shattered" relationship with China.
Yet public outrage at China's bullying of Cheng Lei, an Australian wrongly jailed for three years by Beijing, effectively undermined that Labor narrative. If ever Australians could see the ugly face of China's bullying, watching Chinese officials inside Australia's parliament trying to stop cameras filming an Australian journalist left no doubt China disrespects Australia.
Political journalists who have played along with the myth of the Coalition destroying Australia's China relationship should hang their heads in shame.
The rift started during Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership when, in August 2018, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was banned from the 5G telecommunications rollout on security advice.
Other countries followed soon after, including the US, Japan, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway and Denmark. In April 2019, Labor ruled out reversing the Huawei ban if it was to win that year's election.
The Huawei ban here came only months after Turnbull first flagged new foreign interference legislation in June 2018. Turnbull was right on both counts.
The Australia-China relationship really hit the rocks at the end of January 2020, when prime minister Morrison banned flights from China in the early stages of the spread of Covid-19, and then called for an international investigation into the emergence of the pandemic in the city of Wuhan. Morrison was right on both counts.
China responded with a series of bans and restrictions on Australian exports. Barley, wine, lobsters and beef from some abattoirs was banned. Some local restrictions were applied on shipments of Australian coal. This all came despite the China-Australia free trade agreement signed in 2015 by Tony Abbott's Coalition government.
Last week on Sky News' Sunday Agenda and on ABC's 7.30 on Tuesday, Trade Minister Don Farrell was given soft treatment to claim the Labor government's diplomatic efforts were succeeding in having those bans reversed.
The truth is that just as China's bullying of Cheng Lei backfired, its strategy of using trade to punish Australia for speaking up on Covid was a spectacular own goal. Some of the world's leading economics and foreign policy journals, including The Economist, The Atlantic and Foreign Policy, have not only called out the failure of China's bullying but praised Australia for resisting pressure from the world's number two economy.
In November 2021, Foreign Policy wrote: "But if Beijing hoped to punish Canberra for its defiance with economic pain - and send a warning to other countries not to oppose China - it has failed on both counts. The impacts on Australia have so far been surprisingly minimal. That fact will not be lost on other countries that have differences with China."
Many Australian journalists during the China freeze seemed unaware of the reality of our economic position. Partly because of rising coal and iron ore prices - and partly because our most affected exporters found alternative markets - China's bans were estimated by a Productivity Commission report to have cost us nine one-thousandths of a percentage point of GDP, or less than $225m.
As The Australian's Tom Dusevic reported on July 24 last year, if anything, the bans "have been an inglorious own goal for our largest trading partner".
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#21054410 at 2024-06-20 11:21:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21049303
OPINION: Peter Dutton is crazy brave to the point of being reckless. He's also outsmarting Anthony Albanese
Shaun Carney - June 20, 2024
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Peter Dutton has always been heading for this moment, when his politics would meet an issue that could give him a chance to break the world open.
Dutton is his own man, fashioned by his own experiences and inclinations, but he is also something of a mash-up, recalling aspects of other leaders. Like John Howard, he is a naturally gifted communicator, one of the very best in the current parliament. Dutton's greatest good fortune is to have Anthony Albanese, a weak communicator who is bad on detail and a mostly hopeless policy advocate, as his direct opponent.
Like John Hewson and Tony Abbott, Dutton is crazy brave and at times reckless, willing to back himself to an extraordinary extent. He also has plenty of Pauline Hanson about him. When you go through his positions on social issues, immigration, climate change, external and internal threats to the country, and a view of society as good guys versus bad guys, with rorters and clueless hand wringing inner-city lefties around every corner, the two are not worlds apart. As leader, Dutton has built up the Liberals' primary polling numbers by attracting Hanson's supporters, all but sidelining One Nation.
The key to understanding Dutton's crusade for nuclear energy is the deep belief, shared widely in the Liberal and National parties at the parliamentary and membership levels, that the theory of anthropogenic climate change and the consequent need to shift to renewables to avoid an existential threat, are bulldust - part of a global left-wing plot. The calculus is simple: it must be wrong and should be thwarted with whatever argument comes to hand.
It's no accident that Dutton's first bid to become Liberal leader was prompted by revulsion in the Liberal party room at the prospect of adopting Malcolm Turnbull's national energy guarantee, which went way too close to embracing the reality of climate change. Turnbull had to go, and Dutton almost got up in the ballot against Scott Morrison.
The beauty of climate change for politicians such as Dutton lies in the long timelines of the effects of global warming. They allow leaders and ministers who just want to give the impression that they're doing something meaningful on emissions to get away with it. Morrison tried to take advantage of it by committing his government to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, way off into the future. Dutton retains the 2050 commitment, which means nothing, since he's rejected the need for a 2030 target.
According to Wednesday's announcement, two nuclear energy plants will be up and running by 2035 or 2037 depending on the technology being used, with the remaining five coming online during the 2040s.
Clearly, in light of the cost and construction overruns that plague every big public build, these predictions are pretty much rubbish. But let's be generous and treat the 2037 deadline as credible. In 2037, Dutton will turn 67 and his Liberal deputy Sussan Ley will turn 76; both will have been in parliament for 36 years. Nuclear energy will be easier to announce than to deliver.
The announcement - without costings and firm decisions about technology, it can't be called a policy yet - will sound good to many Australians because to an increasing number of them Dutton looks good compared with his opponent. The government is in genuine trouble, and Dutton bringing forward his announcement from July to Wednesday shows that he knows that.
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#21030663 at 2024-06-16 10:27:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21015578
>>21026539
'Twists and turns' in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says - but Penny Wong highlights tensions
Coalition blunders have left countries locked in 'permanent contest' over Pacific, minister says
Amy Remeikis - 16 Jun 2024
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China's second-most powerful leader has announced that the "twists and turns" in Australia-China relations are over - and invited Australian officials to pick a new pair of pandas for Adelaide's zoo.
But Penny Wong chose to highlight the tensions that remain in the relationship before a series of talks with Premier Li Qiang, who arrived in Australia on Saturday evening and was met by protesters outside the zoo on Sunday.
Li Qiang's arrival marks the first time a Chinese premier has visited Australia since Li Keqiang accepted Malcolm Turnbull's invitation in 2017.
Li is in Australia for the annual leaders meeting, which both sides see as central to stabilising relations between the nations.
Australia's foreign affairs minister welcomed Li's visit, which Wong said was the result of "two years of very deliberate, very patient work" by the Albanese government to "bring about a stabilisation of the relationship" with Australia's largest trade partner. She acknowledged that tensions remained.
But Wong also noted that Australia was in a "permanent contest" with China over the Pacific, a state she blamed the former Coalition government for.
"That is the reality," she told the ABC. "I wish there was a rewind button to recover the last 10 years but we don't, we have to deal with what we have now which is a permanent contest in Pacific."
Wong and a delegation of senior Albanese ministers will leave for Papua New Guinea at the conclusion of Li's visit.
When Li arrived at Adelaide airport on Saturday evening he said Australia was "uniquely positioned to connect the west and the east" and added that bilateral relations between the two countries were "back on track after a period of twists and turns".
"A more mature, stable and fruitful comprehensive strategic partnership will be a treasure shared by the people of both countries," Li said.
While Wong was to spend Sunday engaged in panda and trade diplomacy with Li, as he visited Australia's only giant pandas, Wang Wang and Fu Ni at Adelaide zoo, followed by lunch at a South Australian winery, she said Australia remained focused on areas of disagreement.
That includes China's attitude to Taiwan, which Wong called one "of the riskiest flashpoints in the world".
"We support the maintenance of the status quo, that the status quo is the best path for us to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and in the world," Wong said.
"We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo. In terms of the military activities and in and around the Taiwan Strait, you've heard me and others speak very clearly about this. We are deeply concerned about the increased activities and the risk of miscalculation, the risk of mistake. And that is a view we've put publicly and we have put directly to China."
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#21004651 at 2024-06-11 12:08:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20964628
>>20964719
>>21004642
Malcolm Turnbull on how to deal with Donald Trump | 7.30
ABC News In-depth
Jun 10, 2024
Elections in Europe have once again raised the spectre of a shift to the right across the globe. In response President Emmanuel Macron has just called a snap election to try to head off the rise of the far right in France. But no election result is more anticipated than the one in the United States later this year which could see Donald Trump return to the White House. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull famously had a run in with President Trump and he's now published an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine, "How the world can deal with Trump".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85B2OHpwkp0
https://qanon.pub/#479
https://qanon.pub/#908
https://qanon.pub/#910
https://qanon.pub/#819
>Which conversation leaked?
>POTUS & AUS?
>Why that specific conversation?
>Signal?
>We (they) hear what you are saying?
>Threat to AUS?
>Why?
>What do they know?
>Trapped?
>Forced?
>Blood.
#21004642 at 2024-06-11 12:02:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20964628
>>20964719
Malcolm Turnbull issues warning over what a second Donald Trump presidency might bring to the world
Paul Johnson - 10 June 2024
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned a second term as US president for Donald Trump could lead to him being surrounded by more "yes-men" and a shift in US foreign policy.
Trump was recently the first US president to have a criminal conviction recorded, when he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Speaking to 7.30, Mr Turnbull, who was Australian PM when Trump was first elected to office, said he feared Trump would only be more emboldened should he defeat President Joe Biden in the race for the White House.
"In a second term, Trump will be surrounded by more yes-men and yes-women than ever, and he will feel unassailable, because he will have done the impossible and got himself re-elected," Mr Turnbull said.
He then warned that leaders of nations who were allies with the US would have to stand up to Trump.
"Trump is a bully, with a domineering personality," Mr Turnbull told 7.30.
"And most people's instinct and dealing with him is to suck up to him and be deferential and tell him what he wants to hear.
"Personalities like that surround themselves with people who do tell them what they want to hear.
"If a foreign leader takes the approach of essentially sucking up to Trump and telling him what he wants to hear, then they will just be treated with disdain, and they will get more bullying."
Europe and a 'very different' US
While Mr Turnbull said any Australian PM should stand up for the national interest, doing so could incur the wrath of some political elements at home but in the face of a changing global situation, it would be worthwhile.
One such changing situation is occurring in Europe right now.
French President Emmanuel Macron has just called a snap election after far-right parties achieved big gains at European Parliament elections.
Mr Turnbull said he felt it was concerning and that a second Trump administration would likely do things differently than the US has under Mr Biden.
"It's very concerning because the right-wing parties in Europe that are having some real success are not committed to the values of liberal democracy, as we understand it," Mr Turnbull said.
"And a number of them have very close ties to Vladimir Putin.
'[Some] have opposed the support of Ukraine.
"Viktor Orban in Hungary, even though he's a member of NATO, he went to see Trump at Mar a Lago recently, and emerged triumphantly saying 'when Trump is president, there will not be one more dollar of American aid to Ukraine'.
"So we may be dealing with a very different America under Donald Trump than it is under Joe Biden"
Mr Turnbull himself had an acrimonious relationship with Trump when the pair were leaders of their respective countries.
Mr Turnbull's insistence that Trump honour a deal that the Australian government had done with the US when Barack Obama was president was the source of the problem.
The then-Australian PM had insisted Trump honour the resettlement agreement to America for some people from Nauru and Manus Island.
Trump did not want to honour it but eventually relented, while calling it the "most unpleasant" call he had on a day where he spoke to Japanese leader Shinzo Abe and Putin in 2017.
But if he had his time again, Mr Turnbull told 7.30 he would not change a thing and felt standing up to Trump was the right decision and the reason he earned his respect.
He said he would recommend that any Australian PM do the same while remembering that Trump's "Make America Great Again" mantra is at the core of what he does.
"Donald Trump is particularly transactional," he said.
"You've got to make sure that the point you're pushing with Trump is one that you can say it is in his interest and make him understand that it's in his interest to work with you. "
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/Malcolm-Turnbull-donald-trump-emboldened/103961550
#20964739 at 2024-06-04 11:49:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20964730
4/4
Second, I said that if Trump's argument for tariffs was to correct trade terms with other countries that were not fair and reciprocal, why should he impose any tariff on Australian exports? Australia and the United States had maintained a free trade agreement for years. The United States also enjoyed a large trade surplus with Australia. "No tariffs and no quotas," I said to him. "In fact, it cannot get any better. And a massive $25 billion surplus in your favor. Truth be told, you have the best possible trade deal ever with Australia."
If the United States imposed tariffs or an import quota on Australia, with whom it had the best possible trade deal, it would be seen as doing so simply because it could. "People will be able to say," I told Trump, that "'the Aussies give you the best possible deal and they still get a quota. So this is not about fair and reciprocal trade at all.'"
We had several direct discussions on the tariff question, both in person and on the phone. I wrote a pithy letter to Trump summarizing our arguments, which Matt Pottinger, one of his key national security advisers, helpfully read to him. He listened and he changed his mind because he was persuaded that it was in his interest to do so.
SPEAKING TRUTH TO TRUMP
The caricature of Trump as a one-dimensional, irrational monster is so entrenched that many forget that he can be, when it suits him, intelligently transactional. Like most bullies, he will bend others to his will when he can, and when he cannot, he will try to make a deal. But to get to the deal-making stage, Trump's counterparts have to stand up to the bullying first.
Foreign leaders who need to get business done with Trump should be able to do so, but they will need to deal with him directly and persuade him why their proposal is a good deal for him. Leave the sentimental stuff about alliances and friendship for the press conferences. Trump's question is always, "What's in it for me?" His calculus is both political and commercial, but it is very focused. That should be no surprise-"America first" is his explicit slogan.
A Trump returned to the White House, convinced of his own genius, and with the evidence of an election win to prove it, will be surrounded by more yes men and sycophants than ever. In that environment, who will be prepared to tell him what he doesn't want to hear?
The leaders of the countries that are the United States' friends and allies will be among the very few who can speak truthfully to Trump. He can shout at them, embarrass them, even threaten them. But he cannot fire them. Their character, courage, and candor may be the most important aid they can render to the United States in a second age of Trump.
Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-world-can-deal-trump
https://archive.vn/wkhwL
https://qanon.pub/#479
https://qanon.pub/#908
https://qanon.pub/#910
https://qanon.pub/#819
>Which conversation leaked?
>POTUS & AUS?
>Why that specific conversation?
>Signal?
>We (they) hear what you are saying?
>Threat to AUS?
>Why?
>What do they know?
>Trapped?
>Forced?
>Blood.
#20964719 at 2024-06-04 11:43:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20964628
How the World Can Deal With Trump
Advice for Leaders Facing the Potential Return of "America First"
Malcolm Turnbull - May 31, 2024
1/4
In this year of major elections around the world, none is more consequential than that in the United States on the first Tuesday in November. Polling suggests Donald Trump will enter the White House again in January 2025. If he does, he will return to office perhaps no wiser but certainly more experienced and more convinced than ever of his own exceptional genius. More ominously, he will be determined to rectify in his second term what he insists was the major failing of his first: that both his own advisers and Washington officialdom got in his way.
Like most people, Trump is often wrong. Unlike most people, however, he is never in doubt. A powerful narcissistic self-belief has given him the strength to defy not just his many enemies but even reality itself. For four years, he has denied the outcome of the 2020 election and persuaded most of his party, and millions of Americans, to agree with him. There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter.
As president, he sought to surround himself with people who told him what he wanted to hear. When they stopped doing so, they were quickly sent packing. If Trump returns to the Oval Office, his instinct to crush critics and stack the executive branch with yes men will likely get even stronger. He will characterize his domestic critics as political opponents if they are Democrats and as traitors if they are Republicans. Trump will feel as invincible in his triumph as a Roman emperor, but he won't have a slave by his side whispering, "Remember, you are mortal."
Other leaders, especially those of countries that are close U.S. allies, have an opportunity and a responsibility to speak to Trump with a blunt but respectful candor that few of his advisers will be able to offer him. My own experience with Trump, when I was prime minister of Australia, is that he may not like strength and directness from other leaders, but after his rage subsides, he respects them for it. Around the world, leaders are once again fretting about how they can flatter Trump and avoid his wrath. But that pliant approach is not just the wrong strategy; it is the last thing the United States needs.
A NEW NORMAL
After Trump became president in 2017, most leaders around the world found themselves laboring under two incorrect assumptions. The first was that Trump's wild rhetoric on the campaign trail would be abandoned there. The office and its responsibilities, some leaders believed, would constrain him. In November 2016, a few weeks after Trump's surprising victory, the leaders of many of the world's largest economies met in Lima at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. It was Barack Obama's last summit as U.S. president, but it was Trump who overshadowed the whole APEC conference. By way of reassurance, many quoted former New York Governor Mario Cuomo's remark: "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." The line was repeated so often that a frustrated President Michelle Bachelet of Chile observed wryly that she had not seen many signs of poetry in the campaign that had just ended.
Many leaders expected that Trump would become more typically "presidential" once he entered the White House. That was certainly the view held by Chinese President Xi Jinping. He told me at the APEC summit that he was relaxed about the new U.S. president. Xi thought Trump's campaign rhetoric would have no bearing on how he would govern, and most significantly, the Chinese president believed the U.S. system would not allow Trump to act in a way that undermined the American national interest.
And that was generally the consensus view: the institutions of government would keep Trump grounded in a conventional, administrative reality. His colorful campaign would be followed by business, more or less, as usual.
Trump in office was, if anything, wilder and more erratic than he had been on the campaign trail. Four extraordinary years finished with him encouraging a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol in a brazen attempt to overthrow the constitutional transfer of power to the new president. If Trump returns to the White House in 2025, only the willfully deluded could imagine that a second Trump administration would be less volatile and alarming than the first.
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#20964628 at 2024-06-04 11:09:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20895255
>>20945186
>>20945225
Malcolm Turnbull urges world leaders to follow his example: stand up to Donald Trump
ADAM CREIGHTON - JUNE 4, 2024
Malcolm Turnbull has blasted Donald Trump as a 'volatile, narcissistic gaslighter', urging world leaders to follow his own example and stand up to Mr Trump should he return to the White House next year.
Mr Turnbull, whose term as prime minister overlapped with Mr Trump's presidency until 2018, wrote in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs that "character, courage and candour may be the most important aid [foreign leaders] can render to the United States in a second age of Trump".
"There has never been such an effective and relentless gaslighter," Mr Turnbull wrote, referring to the former Republican president, who remains the favourite to win against Joe Biden in November despite his conviction for election interference in New York last week.
"A powerful narcissistic self-belief has given him the strength to defy not just his many enemies but even reality itself," Mr Turnbull wrote in an article published on 31st May entitled How the World Can Deal With Trump - Advice for Leaders Facing the Potential Return of 'America First'.
Mr Turnbull recounted his famous phone call with a newly elected Mr Trump in early 2017, where the prime minister sought to obtain assurances the new Trump administration would honour a deal to struck the former president Barack Obama to take some of Australia's undocumented arrivals.
"On the call, I told Trump that Australia expected the United States to stick to its word. Trump was furious, raging that the deal was a terrible one, that it would kill him politically, that Obama had been a fool to do it," Mr Turnbull wrote.
"It was daunting to be yelled at by the president of the United States, but I stood my ground. By the end of the call, Trump had, with great reluctance, agreed to go along with it".
A few months later the two leaders met in person and were on good terms, joking with each other about the conversation and the deal, Mr Turnbull recounted.
"[Trump] may not like strength and directness from other leaders, but after his rage subsides, he respects them for it," Mr Turnbull wrote.
Mr Turnbull also said he persuaded Mr Trump to back down from a promise to impose tariffs on Australian steel imports, which would have contravened the Australia-US free trade deal struck by the Howard government with former president George W Bush.
"I wrote a pithy letter to Trump summarising our arguments, which Matt Pottinger, one of his key national security advisers, helpfully read to him. He listened and he changed his mind," Mr Turnbull wrote.
The former prime minster predicated a second Trump administration would be more "volatile and alarming" than the first.
"He will return to office perhaps no wiser but certainly more experienced and more convinced than ever of his own exceptional genius.... his instinct to crush critics and stack the executive branch with yes men will likely get even stronger."
In his essay Mr Turnbull also suggested Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders had been wrong in their expectation that Mr Trump would govern more conventionally as president than his 2016 campaign rhetoric had suggested.
"President Xi told me at the APEC summit that he was relaxed about the new US president. Xi thought Trump's campaign rhetoric would have no bearing on how he would govern, and most significantly, the Chinese president believed the US system would not allow Trump to act in a way that undermined the American national interest".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/Malcolm-Turnbull-urges-world-leaders-to-follow-his-example-stand-up-to-donald-trump/news-story/08c4ecd26d0ed104134620cf5a60d5f2
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827002559122567168
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/972242845636669440
#20903669 at 2024-05-23 10:48:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20895013
>>20895037
Anthony Albanese abandons principles and fails own leadership test
GEOFF CHAMBERS - MAY 23, 2024
1/2
Anthony Albanese is leading the country down a dangerous path that risks polarising our closest allies by putting domestic politics ahead of Australia's longstanding support for like-minded liberal democracies and a rules-based global order.
The Prime Minister is shirking responsibility in favour of doublespeak and having a bob each way, assuming that Australians won't notice.
In a National Press Club address before the 2022 election, Albanese delivered a scathing assessment of Scott Morrison's leadership.
"Never before has Australia had a prime minister with such a pathological determination to avoid responsibility," the then Labor opposition leader said. "He declares: it's not my job, it's not a race, it's a matter for the states. He doesn't hold a hose - and he doesn't give a rats.
"Every action, every decision has to be dragged out of him. And so often, after all of the build-up, he gets it wrong anyway. And it's always too little, too late. Australia needs leaders who first show up and then step up."
Albanese - who promised from opposition to run a more transparent government that would be as pro-business and strong on ?national security as the Coalition - is falling short of his own standards. The Labor leader's refusal to offer any coherent position on the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor applying for ?arrest warrants against top Israeli and Hamas leaders, implying equivalence between the democratic nation and the murderous terror group, continues a trend of divergence from the US, Britain and other western allies.
In the course of a single press conference on Tuesday, Albanese claimed he wouldn't "comment on court processes in Australia let alone processes globally" before declaring WikiLeaks founder ?Julian Assange be released.
While Labor denies a clean-up job, Jim Chalmers and Mark Butler on Wednesday rejected any equivalence between Israel and the "vile terrorist organisation" that massacred and took hostage innocent Israelis on October 7.
One week, Albanese tells leading Australian rabbis that pro-?Palestine protesters encamped at universities are "Trots" who are ignorant of Middle East history; the next he refuses to reprimand Labor senator Fatima Payman for accusing Israel of genocide and declaring "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".
Albanese's mixed rhetoric targeting selective audiences is influenced by politics. The pro-Palestinian Greens are eating into Labor's vote across the country and senior cabinet ministers hold seats with large Muslim populations. There are a combined 161,418 Islamic voters in the western Sydney seats held by Jason Clare, Tony Burke, Chris Bowen, Ed Husic and Michelle Rowland.
The Albanese government has drifted from projecting Australia's middle power status on the global stage, choosing not to follow the US in key UN votes, rebuffing US requests for naval support in the Red Sea and joining New Zealand and Canada to support positions that don't align with Washington.
On China, Albanese has provided soft responses to two incidents where the People's Liberation Army put the lives of Australian Defence Force personnel at risk. During his visit to Washington last October, US officials were privately concerned about Albanese's understanding of the existential threat posed by Xi Jinping's Chinese Communist Party. Within weeks of being feted at the White House, Albanese became the first Australian prime minister since Malcolm Turnbull in 2016 to receive Xi's red carpet treatment in Beijing.
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#20886334 at 2024-05-19 08:34:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 60
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 2
>>20570434 Video: US congressman Joe Courtney hits back at Malcolm Turnbull's claim Australia was 'mugged by reality' on AUKUS deal: 'Never stepped foot in that shipyard' - US Democratic Congressman Joe Courtney has hit back at former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's claim Australia was "mugged by reality" over the production of submarine deliverables from the United States as part of the tripartite AUKUS deal with the UK and the US. Mr Turnbull claimed on Wednesday that Australia was now at the mercy of its ally after the US announced it will halve the number of submarines it will build in 2025. The Pentagon's budget draft request calls for just one Virginia-class submarine to be built next year, potentially jeopardising plans for the US to provide three of the models to Australia by the early 2030s. "This is really a case of us being mugged by reality. I mean, there's a lot of AUKUS cheerleaders, and anyone that has any criticism of AUKUS is almost described as being unpatriotic. We've got to be realistic here," Mr Turnbull said. Speaking to Sky News host Peter Stefanovic on Friday morning, Mr Courtney shot down Mr Turnbull's concerns, claiming the deal was in a "healthy" position. "He has never stepped foot in that shipyard, he's never gone to the job creating programs where we are building up capacity every single day, so I think that the reality is not one that's mugging anyone. I think the reality is positive," Mr Courtney said.
>>20575568 'It's a deal between countries, not a deal between individuals': PM Anthony Albanese says AUKUS agreement has support required to survive another Trump presidency - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the AUKUS agreement has the support required to survive a second Trump presidency, declaring "it's a deal between countries, not a deal between individuals". Mr Albanese, Premier Peter Malinauskas and a host of industry leaders discussed their ideas for building a bigger, better South Australia at The Advertiser's Future SA forum at SkyCity Adelaide on Friday. Asked by moderator David Penberthy whether the AUKUS deal would be threatened by a second Trump presidency, Mr Albanese said support had already been shored up. "I think that it's beyond question now," he said. "It did take effort, it was essentially an idea without a plan. "That plan is now in place. It enjoys bipartisan support here and it enjoys bipartisan support in the US."
>>20589317 Australia should be talking to Trump about AUKUS: ex-security chief Michael Rogers - "Australia needs to sell the benefits of the AUKUS pact for the US to Donald Trump to prevent the planned sale of nuclear-powered submarines being knocked off course, a former US security chief who served in the Trump presidency says. Former US National Security Agency head Michael Rogers said in an interview with The Australian Financial Review that Australian officials should reach out to Mr Trump and his campaign ahead of November's presidential election to shore up the trilateral deal between Australia, the US and UK. Mr Rogers said the Turnbull and Morrison governments' successful management of relations with Mr Trump during his first term in office offered pointers for how the Albanese government should handle him. "I would argue that during President Trump's term of office, he ultimately had a stronger relationship in many ways with Australia for example than he did with the United Kingdom which we traditionally talk about as the 'special relationship'," he said. "My recommendation to my Australian teammates would be is there is a lot to learn from the past. I would step back and ask 'How did you manage to put the US-Australian relationship in such a strong position during President Trump's term'?"" - Andrew Tillett - afr.com
>>20589317 Q Post #585 - TRUST Adm R. He played the game to remain in control. Q - https://qanon.pub/#585
>>20612791 US needs to step up assurances on AUKUS, admits Kurt Campbell - The US could do more to reassure partners Australia and the UK on the progress of AUKUS, says the country's new deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. He admitted more effort was needed to counter China's "propaganda" on the nuclear-powered submarine deal. "We could tell the story better," Dr Campbell, who has also been the Biden administration's top Indo-Pacific envoy, told The Australian Financial Review. "There's a huge number of things that have happened, but I don't think we've done enough to tell that story to the Australian people," he said, "The truth is the steps that have been taken towards AUKUS in all three countries are very substantial."
#20886296 at 2024-05-19 08:22:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 30
Australian Politics and Society - Part 22
>>20759636 Meta new AI tool names Turnbull, Albanese among our 'best' PMs, sparking political bias fears - Meta's new artificial intelligence tool has ranked Malcolm Turnbull and Anthony Albanese as among Australia's five best prime ministers, while labelling Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison as controversial and named Peter Dutton among the least humane politicians - sparking fresh concerns of political bias from big tech. Meta unleashed its latest large language model, Llama 3, on Friday as the AI race intensifies between Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies. It labelled Kevin Rudd as one of Australia's most humane politicians for his apology to the stolen generations in 2008, while it said Mr Dutton was the least humane for his role in implementing the "Stop the Boats" policy and his comments on "African gangs". It comes as big tech has attracted criticism for promoting political biases via its powerful AI models.
>>20759654 Video: ANZAC Day 2024: Australia's Federation Guard prepare to stand on hallowed ground - Australia's Federation Guard prepare to stand on hallowed ground, representing ADF at Gallipoli for the 2024 ANZAC Day service. There is no bigger stage than Gallipoli, it is where the ANZAC spirit was forged and continues to live on today. "It's a huge honour, it feels special to come after them, to keep their legacy going and what they fought for alive," AC Jordan McGrath, Australia's Federation Guard. - Defence Australia
>>20764915 Video: Watchdog wins urgent court bid to make X take down stabbing videos - Australia's online watchdog won an injunction to force Elon Musk's social platform X to hide videos of last week's Sydney church stabbing as a high-powered ministerial taskforce leads a bid to tackle online algorithms pushing anti-women influencers. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have joined the many politicians savaging digital platforms in recent days as momentum grows for new laws to assert Australia's sovereignty after Musk rebuffed Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant's take-down orders, calling them "unlawful and dangerous". Late on Monday, Inman Grant launched a Federal Court bid to force X to comply with the order. The court found in favour of the Australian regulator on an interim basis and decided the videos should be removed by putting them behind a notice within 24 hours. The order also applied to Meta, which Inman Grant said last week was co-operating with her demand to take videos down.
>>20764968 Video: Anthony Albanese and Elon Musk feud over X's bid to show graphic stabbing footage, as conservative senator shares footage - Federal senator Ralph Babet has shared the unedited violent footage of the Wakeley church stabbing attack as a feud continues over X's bid to be able to host it on its site. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday morning hit back at "arrogant" billionaire Elon Musk after he made comments goading Mr Albanese on his social media platform X. Overnight Mr Musk twice posted comments mocking Australia's prime minister, suggesting X's refusal to remove the violent videos left it alone among social media platforms as a defender of free speech. "I'd like to take a moment to thank the PM for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one," Mr Musk wrote. Mr Albanese retorted that Mr Musk's comments only exposed his arrogance. "This guy is saying more about himself than anything else, he's putting his ego and putting his billionaire's dollars towards taking a court case for the right to put more violent content on what will sow social division and cause distress," Mr Albanese told Channel Nine. "It just shows his arrogance really, if he doesn't see that this is essentially a common sense position by the eSafety commissioner."
>>20765147 Albanese to trek Kokoda in campaign for PNG's hearts and minds - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off Beijing's attempts to expand its influence in Papua New Guinea, insisting no country can match the depth of Australia's relationship with its closest neighbour as he prepares to undertake a gruelling hike of the Kokoda Track alongside counterpart James Marape. Albanese's arrival in Port Moresby on Monday came a day after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the Papua New Guinean capital, a rapid turnaround underscoring the increasingly intense conflict for geopolitical influence in the Pacific. As well as signing lucrative deals for Papua New Guinea to export cocoa and coffee into the Chinese market, Beijing's top diplomat used his visit to criticise the AUKUS pact and favourably compare China's approach to international development with Australia's. Albanese will become the first sitting prime minister to walk part of the Kokoda Track this week, embarking on a 15-kilometre walk in 30-plus degree temperatures and stifling humidity alongside Marape.
#20886248 at 2024-05-19 08:09:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
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#20545575 at 2024-03-10 08:42:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 24
Australian Politics and Society - Part 17
>>20498487 Video: Meta to pull $70 million from Australian news publishers, wind down Facebook News tab - Social media giant Meta has announced it will stop paying for Australian news content in an announcement that has sent shockwaves through the industry. The Facebook and Instagram parent company informed executives at the country's largest news publishers in a series of phone calls on Friday morning that deals, worth around $70 million, would not be renewed after they expire later this year. The deals were originally struck under the Coalition government's News Media Bargaining Code, which forced tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay news outlets for content shared on their platforms.
>>20498499 Video: 'Not the Australian way': Anthony Albanese blasts Meta - The parent company of Facebook will turn its back on millions of Australians who consume news content on the platform, after the tech giant announced it would no longer pay media outlets for the material they provide for the social media site. Meta's decision to walk away from the payment-for-content deals, which are worth close to $250m a year for local news publishers, will ultimately short-change Australian consumers, according to senior media figures. Anthony Albanese accused Meta of unconscionable conduct over its decision, amid warnings that the move could threaten the viability of journalism in Australia.
>>20498518 ASIO warns naming 'traitor' politician could expose sources, as Peter Dutton cools on push to identify them - Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he won't push to name the "traitor" politician exposed by Australian intelligence, saying he will respect the decision of the nation's spy chief not to name them. After setting a fire under parliament by revealing a former politician had betrayed Australia, but not naming who, spy chief Mike Burgess repeated late yesterday he would not be identifying who had "sold out" the country. "It is an historic matter that was appropriately dealt with at the time. The individual is no longer of security concern," Mr Burgess said in a statement. "In accordance with long-standing practice, ASIO will not publicly discuss individuals or provide operational details. "There are multiple reasons for this, including the need to protect our sources and capabilities. In this case, while we want the foreign intelligence service to know its cover is blown, we do not want it to unpick how we discovered its activities." Mr Burgess said it was reassuring to see increased awareness and discussion of foreign interference threats facing Australia.
>>20505029 Speaking up in Australia, risking retribution against their families in Asia - Members of Australia's Cambodian diaspora community say they are willing to risk retribution against both themselves and their families back home to speak out against the regime in Phnom Penh during a visit to Melbourne by the country's new prime minister. Hundreds of protesters, also including members of the Burmese, Vietnamese and Lao communities, converged on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House ahead of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit early next week. Leaders from Indonesia to Thailand will travel to Melbourne for the summit, which marks 50 years of relations between Australia and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Among the visiting leaders will be Hun Manet, the 46-year-old son of long-time Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, who took over in a transition of power in August.
>>20505061 Video: 'Very creepy': Americans obsess over Turnbull's Trump sledge - A clip of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull describing Donald Trump's admiration of Vladimir Putin as "creepy" has struck a nerve in America. Mr Turnbull, who served as PM during a part of Mr Trump's first term as US president, shared his candid observations of the world leaders on ABC's Q+A program on Monday. "When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy who goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. My hero!" Mr Turnbull said on the program. "It is really creepy ... the creepiness was palpable," he added. The clip was picked up by US talk show The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where Colbert joked Mr Turnbull's comment about Trump was an "insulting comparison ... to 12-year-old boys". "If a 12-year-old boy met Putin, he wouldn't idolise him, he would look him straight in the eye and say 'wait, we're the same height?'"
#20545573 at 2024-03-10 08:42:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 23
Australian Politics and Society - Part 16
>>20493681 Former prime minister's son Alex Turnbull reveals contact with Chinese agents - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's son Alex has revealed he was the target of suspected Chinese agents over an infrastructure project, revealing he immediately rejected the approach and reported it to spy agencies. Mr Turnbull has told news.com.au that while he did not definitively know if he was the family member ASIO chief Mike Burgess was referring to in his speech, his experience fits the sting outlined by the spy agency boss. Describing the approach as "brazen", the activist and investor said he was contacted around 2017 when his father was Prime Minister, and he was offered equity in a company. "It was just so brazen," Mr Turnbull told news.com.au. "My reaction was to express no interest and forward the details immediately to the authorities."
>>20493684 Video: Joe Hockey calls for ASIO boss to name 'traitor' who betrayed Australia - Former treasurer Joe Hockey has called on ASIO's Director General Mike Burgess to name the "traitor" ex-politician who betrayed Australia by working with an international spy network. Australia's spy chief delivered the agency's annual threat assessment on Wednesday night, including the shock details about the actions of an ex-politician. Mr Burgess did not name the country involved in recruiting the representative but said he had decided to declassify the news as a way of warning their operatives their cover was blown. "Of course he should say immediately who it is, not simply come out of the shadows, say this was a politician, then go back to the shadows and leave everyone else wondering who the hell it was," Mr Hockey told Sky News Australia.
>>20493700 'It's not me': Ernest Wong speaks out after spy agency claims - Former NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong, who was found by ICAC to have engaged in corrupt conduct over Chinese donations, has flatly denied he is the MP at the centre of bombshell ASIO claims regarding a sting targeting a former prime minister's family. ASIO boss Mike Burgess revealed on Wednesday night that a mystery former Australian politician had "sold out their country, party and former colleagues" after being recruited by spies for a foreign regime". Revealing he's never been contacted by ASIO about the claim, Ernest Kwok Chung Wong, has told news.com.au that he knows nothing about the spy agency allegation and has never met with former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's son who believes he may have been a target. "No, never,'' Mr Wong said. "ASIO did contact me about five or six years ago, they did contact me for very general inquiries in regards to how the Chinese committee groups operated in Australia," he said.
>>20493719 Sam Dastyari denies he is the ex-politician singled out by ASIO boss - A former Labor senator whose political career was ended by a storm over his links to a Chinese businessman has categorically denied he is the mystery figure Australia's spy boss claims 'sold out their country'. Ex-NSW senator Sam Dastyari sensationally quit politics in 2017 amid intense scrutiny over his links to Chinese real estate developer and political donor Huang Xiangmo. Mr Dastyari, who has always insisted he is a patriotic Australian, was labelled a 'Peking schmuck' by the tabloids after it was revealed he accepted money from Chinese donors. Mr Dastyari refuted speculation that has erupted on social media in the hours since. He told Daily Mail Australia the incident had 'zero to do with me', and there is no suggestion of wrongdoing. 'I'm not jumping into any commentary,' he added.
>>20498472 Victorian Labor senator Linda White dies after taking leave over health issues - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his heart is "broken" by the news Victorian Labor senator Linda White has died after taking leave this month to deal with health issues. Senator White had a long career behind the scenes of the Labor Party before being elected to represent Victoria at the 2022 federal election. Mr Albanese said the state's Labor branch was hurting after having lost MP Peta Murphy just months ago. "To lose two women in their prime within three months of each other is beyond belief, is so sad," he said. "On behalf of the Australian government and the Labor family, I offer my deepest condolences to Linda's family and loved ones."
#20545571 at 2024-03-10 08:41:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 22
Australian Politics and Society - Part 15
>>20482515 Video: ABC's Q + A: Malcolm Turnbull reveals what he really thinks of Donald Trump - Malcolm Turnbull has labelled Donald Trump a 'tyrant', had a cheeky dig at Scott Morrison and questioned whether Israel's war in Gaza is actually what Hamas wants during his latest appearance on the ABC's Q+A. Mr Turnbull fears that a Trump victory in November will threaten to turn US into an autocracy without the rule of law. 'Donald Trump does not believe the law applies to him,' Mr Turnbull told the audience. 'Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to accept it and ... encouraged a mob to try to overthrow the constitutional process in the Congress, tried to overthrow his own constitution.' When it was pointed out that Mr Trump was outpolling current President Joe Biden, Mr Turnbull replied: 'Tyrants are often popular.'
>>20488534 Controversial Israeli weapons company awarded $917 million Australian army contract - An Israeli company whose technology was stripped from Australian Army equipment over possible data security concerns three years ago has been awarded a fresh defence contract worth $917 million. Elbit Systems has confirmed it will provide "advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors" for new Korean-designed Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) being constructed in the Victorian electorate of Defence Minister Richard Marles.
>>20488543 New Tuvalu govt reaffirms relationship with Taiwan - Tuvalu's new government has reaffirmed its relations with Taiwan after the election, Tuvalu's government says, adding it wants dialogue over a new security pact with Australia. "The new government wishes to reaffirm its commitment to the long-term and lasting special relationship between Tuvalu and the Republic of China, Taiwan," the statement said. "It intends to reassess options that would strengthen and lift it to a more durable, lasting, and mutually beneficial relationship."
>>20488547 Tuvalu's new prime minister indicates he will revisit deal that gives Australia control of island nation's security agreements - Tuvalu's new government has dealt a blow to Australia's signature foreign policy initiative in the Pacific, signalling it will seek revisions to the landmark Falepili Union in order to protect its sovereignty. Australian officials were relieved when former regional diplomat Feleti Teo, who was on a panel that helped craft the agreement, won the contest to become prime minister earlier this week. But, in a sign of the political sensitivities which still surround the pact, Mr Teo's new government has today acknowledged that Tuvalu's citizens were not sufficiently consulted on the agreement.
>>20493657 'Video: Your cover is blown': ASIO boss reveals politician betrayed Australia to foreign spies - ASIO boss Mike Burgess has blown the cover of a sophisticated foreign interference operation that involved a former politician betraying Australia and attempting to bring a prime minister's relative into the orbit of foreign spies. In his latest annual threat assessment, the nation's spy chief goes into remarkable detail about the so-called "A-team": a dedicated unit within a foreign intelligence service that made Australia its primary target and operated for several years until at least last year. "The team is aggressive and experienced, its tradecraft is good - but not good enough," Burgess said in a speech delivered in Canberra on Wednesday night. "ASIO and our partners have been able to map out its activities and identify its members."
>>20493671 Video: ASIO boss Mike Burgess won't bow to pressure to reveal which former politician 'sold out Australia' - The nation's top spy has called for calm, refusing to name names after dropping a bombshell that a former politician sold out Australia to foreign spies. Mike Burgess used his annual threat assessment address on Wednesday night to reveal an ex-politician was recruited by a foreign intelligence service "several years ago" but declined to name them. Former federal treasurer and ambassador to the US Joe Hockey said the claims had implicated hundreds of officials, and said Mr Burgess had a duty to every politician to reveal who it was. "You can't make an allegation or a statement about someone being a traitor and then expect that no one will ask questions," Mr Hockey said.
#20545569 at 2024-03-10 08:40:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 21
Australian Politics and Society - Part 14
>>20461480 Austal ready to embrace drone ships following navy windfall - One of the biggest winners from the federal government's new navy plans will launch an autonomous vessel for Defence within months, as it looks to demonstrate that technology that will now be at the core of the nation's navy in the years ahead. ASX-listed shipbuilder Austal is deep in the process of converting an old Armidale-class patrol boat into an "optionally manned" vessel through the fitting of autonomous and remotely operated systems. Austal chief executive Paddy Gregg told The Australian that the vessel, which has had its name changed from HMAS Maitland to HMAS Sentinel, would be ready for sea trials later this year.
>>20461544 Advance is ramping up its attack ads ahead of a by-election that could completely alter the political dynamic - Labor is up against a new model of conservative campaign that it hasn't encountered before. Dunkley has become the testing ground, and the consequences are far reaching for both sides. The involvement of conservative campaign outfit Advance in the March 2 by-election has the potential to not only change the local outcome but also the dynamics for the next federal election. Advance claims a war chest of $250,000. Any third party that contributes six figures to a local campaign has the potential to have a significant impact.
>>20467054 Mick Gooda's speech a decisive step away from 'we was robbed' rhetoric - "Mick Gooda's speech to the National Aboriginal Press Club is a turning point in discussion about the failed referendum for an Indigenous voice. For the first time, a senior Indigenous leader has conceded that the referendum campaign was fundamentally flawed. He is uncompromising in his basic verdict. He writes that he is positively angry with people on the Yes side. In his view, the referendum failed because it adopted an irresponsible "crash through or crash approach". Doubtless, Gooda will again be called a "bedwetter" simply for calling it as he sees it. His cataloguing of the referendum disaster is entirely persuasive. The voice failed because its supporters rejected bipartisanship, refused to provide detail and could not accept that this referendum, like any other, would be a big ask. What makes Gooda's analysis unique is that he refuses to blame defeat on a carefully produced bogeyman. Other Indigenous leaders, such as Langton and Megan Davis, attempt to blame Peter Dutton for his "rejection" of bipartisanship." - Emeritus professor Greg Craven, constitutional lawyer and former vice-chancellor of the Australian Catholic University
>>20473138 OPINION: As Morrison leaves parliament, we should honour his legacy - "This week, Scott Morrison will take his seat in the House of Representatives for the last time. There has been so much criticism of his prime ministership, recently revisited on the ABC's Nemesis, that his achievements have been obscured in the avalanche of negatives." - George Brandis, former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general - smh.com.au
>>20473270 Coalition takes primary vote lead from Labor for first time since election - Voters have lifted the Coalition to its strongest position since the last federal election by boosting its primary vote from 34 to 37 per cent despite backing Labor on its overhaul of personal income tax cuts for millions of workers. The shift has weakened Labor's core support from 35 per cent in December to 34 per cent and given the Coalition its first lead on the primary vote in the Resolve Political Monitor in this term of parliament.
>>20474666, >>20478317, >>20482875, >>20488806, >>20494037, >>20509879, >>20515626, >>20525763, >>20529684 Videos: Q in MR ROBOT?
>>20482484 Video: Malcolm Turnbull says Donald Trump's 'creepy' embrace of Vladimir Putin a threat to Australian security - Donald Trump is a "terrifying" threat to democratic order thanks to his "creepy" embrace of autocrats such as Vladimir Putin, according to former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. In a stark warning about the prospect of Mr Trump returning to the White House, Mr Turnbull told the ABC's Q+A that Mr Trump and parts of the Republican Party were "sympathetic" to the Russian president and "no longer committed to democracy as we understand it".
#20545559 at 2024-03-10 08:36:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 17
Australian Politics and Society - Part 10
>>20377086 Video: Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape urges Australia to not 'give up' on his country in historic parliament address - The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape has urged Australia to not "give up" on his country during an historic address to the federal parliament. On Thursday morning, Mr Marape became the first Pacific leader to address the joint sitting of both houses, with MPs and Senators packing into the lower house to listen. The prime minister dwelt heavily on the shared history between Australia and Papua New Guinea, paying tribute to prime minister Gough Whitlam who helped shepherd his country to independence almost 50 years ago. "It was from this parliament that many decisions were made that have helped and shaped what Papua New Guinea was before 1975, and what Papua New Guinea is after 1975," Mr Marape said. "This is why Papua New Guinea has a very special and very unique relationship with Australia. We are the only country Australia has birthed."
>>20383187 'Ball in Australia's court': Fiji lobs torture issue back at ADF - Fiji's top military chief has reportedly told Australian Defence Force chief Angus Campbell that "the ball is in Australia's court" to decide whether a Fijian colonel keeps his job as deputy commander of the Australian 7th Brigade, following allegations that he was involved in torture and human rights abuses.
>>20383200 Killer drone 'in service this year': Conroy - The Albanese government will introduce an armed drone into service this year, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has revealed. Mr Conroy disclosed the existence of the secret drone program as he announced $400m more for the air force's developmental Ghost Bat unmanned aircraft.
>>20387063 Victorian Labor: We're taking on Advance Australia - Victorian Labor Party telling lies and using tried and proven tactic of accusing the other side of what they are in fact doing.
>>20389048 Let local Indigenous voices be heard, Marcia Langton tells Anthony Albanese - Marcia Langton wants the Albanese government to continue to support various forms of Indigenous voices across Australia, including legislated voices, as a way of fixing the failing Closing the Gap agreement.
>>20389124 Video: 'Yes but I hate you!' Trump and Turnbull's explosive phone call - Malcolm Turnbull describes his infamous call with Donald Trump over Australia's refugee swap deal as 'tough'. This is not the only revealing moment during the shooting of Nemesis, the ABC's landmark political docuseries charting nine years of Coalition government from 2013 to 2022. - ABC News In-depth
>>20389124 Q Post #479 - How much did AUS donate to CF? How much did SA donate to CF? Compare. Why is this relevant? What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked? List the leadership in AUS. IDEN leadership during Hussein term. IDEN leadership during POTUS' term. Who controls AUS? Who really controls AUS? UK? Why is this relevant? Q
>>20389124 Q Post #908 - Which conversation leaked? POTUS & AUS? Why that specific conversation? Signal? We (they) hear what you are saying? Threat to AUS? Why? What do they know? Trapped? Forced? Blood. Q
>>20389124 Q Post #910 - Do not focus on the call details. We knew it would leak. We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged. We knew certain people would leak. Focus - why AUS? Q
>>20394585 Republicans 'shameful' for blocking Ukraine aid, says Australia's Tony Abbott - U.S. Republicans are "shameful" for blocking fresh military aid to Ukraine and holding the country "hostage to some other political objective," according to staunchly conservative former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
>>20394679 Kwinana Beach factory fire - The second Agricultural Chemical supplier plant I'm aware of in Western Australia has gone up in flames. The war on the food supply chain in Australia continues.
>>20400646 Tony Abbott warns 'war drums are beating' - Tony Abbott says the "war drums are beating again" as dictators in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran exploit fissures in the democratic world made by an unlikely coalition of Donald Trump-supporting US Republicans and far left social activists.
>>20400665 Why the future rests on our moral and martial fortitude - "The immediate need is to re-arm Ukraine, stand by Israel, position more ships and planes into East Asia, urgently excise China from critical supply chains, swiftly rebuild our defence industrial infrastructure, be ready to mobilise armed forces that adversaries would shrink to take on, and better befriend India which should one day be America's equal as a bastion of democracy." - Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia - theaustralian.com.au
#20525260 at 2024-03-06 08:30:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
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'Groundswell of support'
Leifer was convicted of 18 sexual offences committed against Ms Erlich and her sister Elly Sapper between early 2004 and late 2007. She was found not guilty of charges related to a third sister, Nicole Meyer.
Ms Erlich had disclosed her abuse in late 2007 or early 2008 to a counsellor, who then alerted the school.
Leifer immediately fled Australia to Israel - the role of the school board in facilitating this is the subject of a re-opened police investigation - and for years Ms Erlich believed that "justice was never going to happen".
But she and her sisters were unable to accept that Leifer could evade punishment for her crimes, and they were concerned that she could continue to abuse children.
In 2011, they brought the crimes to the attention of police and began a long and hard-fought campaign to have Leifer extradited to Australia to face trial.
"We had no idea how many years that would take and all the lengths that Leifer and her supporters would go to try and evade justice," Ms Erlich says.
As the sisters continued to lobby, backing - including from then-Victorian premier Ted Bailleu and prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison - grew until there was "a huge groundswell of support".
"It was absolutely empowering and incredible," Ms Erlich says.
Finding 'moments of peace'
Today Ms Erlich, the proud mother of a teenage daughter, works in a pathways program helping people who feel trapped in a fundamentalist religion.
Her father has passed away and her mother, with whom she has no contact, remains in the Adass community.
She says there have been moments over the years in which she and her sisters have wanted to give up.
"There were times we didn't have hope, especially when we got up to, I think, 74 court hearings in Israel, and it just seemed like it would never end and that we were just going to be stuck in this legal inertia for forever," she says.
But along with her daughter's strength, Ms Erlich and her sisters have had the backing of their other siblings.
Ms Erlich is one of seven children, and she says each sibling has been "incredibly supportive".
"My sisters and I would've not got to the space that we were without their support."
It's taken her a long time to divest herself of the shame and self-blame she felt after Leifer's criminal actions.
But today she sees herself as "a survivor".
"I am everything I need to be ... I am someone that is worthy of being here."
Ms Erlich says her life now is not "a linear journey", but rather "it's always up and down, and I know it always will be".
"But it's really about finding those moments of peace and getting through those difficult days with the support and the understanding that I have of how to do that now, after doing that for so many years.
"It's a constant journey, but it's really about finding those little moments of peace in between."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/dassi-erlich-life-since-justice-over-abuser-malka-leifer/103522150
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/dassi-erlich-bad-faith-malka-leifer/103490252
#20510068 at 2024-03-03 08:17:07 (UTC+1)
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ASIO rules out Turnbull contact link
In the wake of the case being made public, the son of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed to news.com.au that around 2017 he was approached in an incident with some similar hallmarks.
Alex Turnbull said he was contacted by phone and offered equity in an infrastructure company, and immediately notified Australian authorities.
"I noted his comments, but if you listen to what I actually said, and then look at what Mr Turnbull said, I think you conclude they're not the same case," Burgess responded.
The A-team plot ASIO has documented was for initial contact to be made on social networking sites claiming to be from a fictional company, offering payment for reports on Australian politics, economics and security with extra fees for exclusive or insider information.
Burgess said those who agree to work for foreign governments were often motivated by money, political beliefs, feeling indebted or blackmail.
He refused to provide information about what drove this politician.
While some current members of the federal parliament have indicated they may know who the politician is, the risk of defamation action means the most likely prospect to air the name would be under parliamentary privilege.
"I don't think it'd be helpful to disclose anyone," Burgess said.
He also delivered a pointed warning about the scale of the problem in Australia, ASIO has evidence of foreign interference being targeted at a local, state and federal level and being aimed at all parties equally.
"If you wanted me to get into a name game and name and shame, it would reflect across the entire political spectrum," he said.
"If anyone's looking for a political point score by naming one individual, I'd encourage them to think carefully about what they're asking for."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed confidence in ASIO and said it would be "extraordinary" for his ministers to go against the Burgess' wishes and provide a name.
"I will be backing our national security agencies," Albanese said.
He was further pressed about his own knowledge of the case.
"I don't know the individual that was involved in yesterday's speculation," he said.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/traitor-politician-was-in-parliament-when-they-sold-out-australia-spy-agency-reveals/aay3oka7q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJy2v5m9H04
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#20505061 at 2024-03-02 11:31:05 (UTC+1)
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'Very creepy': Americans obsess over Turnbull's Trump sledge
Brielle Burns - March 2, 2024
A clip of former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull describing Donald Trump's admiration of Vladimir Putin as "creepy" has struck a nerve in America.
Mr Turnbull, who served as PM during a part of Mr Trump's first term as US president, shared his candid observations of the world leaders on ABC's Q+A program on Monday.
"When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy who goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. My hero!" Mr Turnbull said on the program.
"It is really creepy ... the creepiness was palpable," he added.
The clip was picked up by US talk show The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where Colbert joked Mr Turnbull's comment about Trump was an "insulting comparison ... to 12-year-old boys".
"If a 12-year-old boy met Putin, he wouldn't idolise him, he would look him straight in the eye and say 'wait, we're the same height?'"
Addressing the comments on MSNBC, TV presenter Nicolle Wallace said Mr Turnbull had given voice to an "acute anxiety shared by many senior leaders and senior government officials all around the world".
Mr Turnbull then appeared on the program himself, where he reiterated Mr Trump's fascination with Mr Putin "is a creepy one".
"It was palpable. People who have been with Trump and Putin ... will say the same thing. He has a fascination with Putin, he's in awe of Putin, probably admires him, probably wishes he could be as omnipotent in America as Putin is in Russia," he said.
"It's very disconcerting when you see the leader of the free world being so interested in tyrants."
CNN anchor Jim Sciutto also re-shared the clip, adding: "Several of Trump's own former advisors have also publicly commented on his admiration for Putin. And Trump himself has expressed such admiration repeatedly in interviews and speeches."
His post sparked fierce debate from Americans on both sides of the political spectrum.
"And they are all laughing at us. Because Trump makes us all look like clowns. Just one big circus," wrote one.
"He's a complete laughing stock around the world," added another.
Others were critical of the decision to air a former Australian leader's stance on Trump.
"Who cares what the Prime Minister of Australia thinks," wrote one.
"Malcolm Turnbull goes on CNN and MSNBC because Australian's don't take any notice of him. His own party threw him out of office," added a second.
Mr Trump has previously spoken about his relationship with Mr Putin, sharing he gets "along with" the Russian president.
"Let me tell you, I got along with him really well. And that's a good thing, not a bad thing," he said in September.
However, he added that "nobody was tougher on Russia than me".
Earlier this month, Mr Trump said he'd "encourage" Russia to do "whatever the hell they want" with NATO countries who, in his view, spent too little on defence.
During Mr Turnbull's appearance on Q+A, the outspoken former prime minister said Mr Trump - whom he has repeatedly criticised over the years - was a "bully" and said he was no longer committed to democracy "as we know it".
"Donald Trump does not believe the law applies to him," Mr Turnbull said.
"Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to accept it and ... encouraged a mob to try to overthrow the constitutional process in the Congress, tried to overthrow his own constitution."
He also addressed Israel's war in Gaza, saying the Hamas attack on October 7 "changed" Israel and "shocked" the world.
"It was designed as a provocation," he said.
Asked whether Israel should not have taken the provocation and if it had been an overreach, Mr Turnbull became somewhat critical of Israel.
"The question you have to ask is firstly, is the price in Palestinian civilian lives now so high that the claim that the Israeli Defence Forces make that they're doing everything they can to protect human life no longer credible," he said.
"Their question has to be are they losing so much public support in the world today that they are in effect achieving what Hamas wanted to achieve."
Asked if that was his view, he replied: "I fear that Hamas would see what has happened as being entirely in accordance with their provocation."
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/very-creepy-americans-obsess-over-Turnbulls-trump-sledge/news-story/e5fe51b1891b7ade09b5275ede14eb28
#20493719 at 2024-02-29 08:33:31 (UTC+1)
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>>20493657
Sam Dastyari denies he is the ex-politician singled out by ASIO boss - as Malcolm Turnbull's son reveals how he was targeted by foreign spies
BRITTANY CHAIN - 29 February 2024
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A former Labor senator whose political career was ended by a storm over his links to a Chinese businessman has categorically denied he is the mystery figure Australia's spy boss claims 'sold out their country'.
Ex-NSW senator Sam Dastyari sensationally quit politics in 2017 amid intense scrutiny over his links to Chinese real estate developer and political donor Huang Xiangmo.
Mr Dastyari - who has always insisted he is a patriotic Australian - was labelled a 'Peking schmuck' by the tabloids after it was revealed he accepted money from Chinese donors.
He allowed Mr Huang to pay a $5,000 legal bill for him while he was an elected senator, and forwarded a $1,670 travel bill to a company with links to the Chinese government.
Mr Dastyari admitted meeting Mr Huang, but denied any wrongdoing in the meeting where he allegedly told Mr Huang his phones were being tapped.
In the years since Mr Dastyari resigned from Parliament, Mr Huang has been blocked from re-entering Australia and had both his Australian passport and permanent residency cancelled, on the recommendation of ASIO.
On Wednesday evening, ASIO chief Mike Burgess gave a landmark speech where he said a now-former, unnamed politician had allegedly 'sold out their country' to an overseas power.
'This politician sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests of the foreign regime,' Mr Burgess said.
He refused to name the person, only giving clues including that the person involved was a former politician, that the incident took place several years ago, and he doubted the unnamed politician would do it again.
Mr Dastyari refuted speculation that has erupted on social media in the hours since. He told Daily Mail Australia the incident had 'zero to do with me', and there is no suggestion of wrongdoing.
'I'm not jumping into any commentary,' he added.
It comes as Alex Turnbull, the son of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, revealed to news.com.au that he was targeted by suspected Chinese agents over an infrastructure project - and reported it to spy agencies.
His father was PM at the time. 'It was just so brazen,' he told the news website. He did not specify exactly which infrastructure project he was referring to in the interview.
New laws were only introduced in 2018 to combat foreign interference.
What else is known about the politician is that 'at one point, the former politician even proposed bringing a prime minister's family member into the spies' orbit,' Mr Burgess said.
'Fortunately that plot did not go ahead but other schemes did. Personally, I don't think they'll be stupid enough to repeat what they've done in the past, so problem neutralised, harm in some elements was done.'
The ASIO chief said the politician involved had cut ties with the foreign service and is not a national security risk, and added that foreign spies were posing as consultants, head-hunters, local government officials, academics and think tank researchers, claiming to be from fictional companies such as Data 31.'
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#20493704 at 2024-02-29 08:24:10 (UTC+1)
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>>20493700
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Asked about these claims on Thursday, Mr Wong said he was trying to rebuild his life.
"Look, frankly, I have gone through a very difficult time. I just do my own legal practice,'' he said.
"My health has been very negatively impacted. I tried to recover (and live) as a normal Australian senior citizen. I'm over 60 now.
"I don't want to use the word paranoid, but I still think that there is a bit of misunderstanding on (ASIO's) part in how these community groups work in Australia.
"The groups are just like normal church groups. Of course, they're all from a country where they see themselves to be a part of their homeland.
"I think that's quite normal. I don't see any particular activities between them and the government."
"I've said enough about that. I just stand by what I have said in the (ICAC) inquiry,'' he said.
The former federal treasurer Joe Hockey said on Thursday it was "absurd" that an unnamed former politician who "sold out" to a foreign regime after being recruited by spies is able to "walk off into the sunset" without their name being revealed.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's son Alex told news.com.au on Thursday that he was the target of suspected Chinese agents over an infrastructure project, revealing he immediately rejected the approach and reported it to spy agencies.
Mr Turnbull has told news.com.au that while he did not definitively know if he was the family member ASIO chief Mike Burgess was referring to in his speech, his experience fits the sting outlined by the spy agency boss.
Describing the approach as "brazen", the activist and investor said he was contacted around 2017 when his father was Prime Minister, and he was offered equity in a company.
"It was just so brazen," Mr Turnbull told news.com.au.
"My reaction was to express no interest and forward the details immediately to the authorities."
Mr Turnbull said he was told that the group that approached him had links to a former NSW Labor state MP.
He said as an investor he was often approached while his father served as Prime Minister, and he was acutely aware of the potential issues and reported all suspicious contacts to Australia's intelligence services.
He warned that the approaches from overseas business players were "constant".
"Families need to have a contact to report these approaches to,'' he said.
"Inoculation is cheap and good".
The boss of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation revealed this week an alleged plot from "several years ago".
"The spies pose as consultants, headhunters, local government officials, academics and think tank researchers, claiming to be from fictional companies such as Data 31," Mr Burgess said.
"Most commonly, they offer their targets consulting opportunities, promising to pay thousands of dollars for reports on Australian trade, politics, economics, foreign policy, defence and security."
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/its-not-me-ernest-wong-speaks-out-after-spy-agency-claims/news-story/484663a1f919b464db733ff349b361da
#20493700 at 2024-02-29 08:22:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20493657
'It's not me': Ernest Wong speaks out after spy agency claims
Samantha Maiden - February 29, 2024
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Former NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong - who was found by ICAC to have engaged in corrupt conduct over Chinese donations - has flatly denied he is the MP at the centre of bombshell ASIO claims regarding a sting targeting a former prime minister's family.
ASIO boss Mike Burgess revealed on Wednesday night that a mystery former Australian politician had "sold out their country, party and former colleagues" after being recruited by spies for a foreign regime".
In the speech, he claimed a spy network he called the "A-team" had successfully cultivated and recruited a former Australian politician and had flirted with a failed plan to target the family of a former PM.
Revealing he's never been contacted by ASIO about the claim, Ernest Kwok Chung Wong, has told news.com.au that he knows nothing about the spy agency allegation and has never met with former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's son who believes he may have been a target.
"No, never,'' Mr Wong said.
"ASIO did contact me about five or six years ago, they did contact me for very general inquiries in regards to how the Chinese committee groups operated in Australia," he said.
He claimed they asked "very general questions".
The spy boss did not disclose the country involved in recruiting the representative, or any other information which might identify them, but said he had decided to declassify the information to warn the group that "their cover was blown".
"This politician sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests of the foreign regime. At one point, the former politician even proposed bringing a prime minister's family member into the spy's orbit. Fortunately that plot did not go ahead but other schemes did," Mr Burgess said.
Liberal MP Peter Dutton told broadcaster Ray Hadley that he would "put money" on the politician being a former NSW Labor MP.
But if that is the case, Mr Wong said it's not him, adding he's never even met Alex Turnbull.
"No, not at all,'' Mr Wong said.
"I know nothing about it. ASIO has never contacted me about the issue that you raised (Alex Turnbull).
"I don't think I've seen him once."
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has previously found that former NSW MLC Ernest Wong engaged in "serious corrupt conduct by misusing the privileges to which he was entitled as a member of the Legislative Council in relation to a scheme to circumvent electoral funding laws and by attempting to procure a witness to give false testimony".
The investigation found that the true source of the $100,000 cash donation to the ALP, delivered to the NSW Labor head office on 7 April 2015, was businessman, Huang Xiangmo.
According to ICAC, in June 2018 it was reported that Australian security agencies detected that Mr Wong was being cultivated by Chinese government intelligence operatives as part of a long-term operation.
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#20493681 at 2024-02-29 08:11:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20493657
Former prime minister's son Alex Turnbull reveals contact with Chinese agents
Samantha Maiden - February 29, 2024
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's son Alex has revealed he was the target of suspected Chinese agents over an infrastructure project, revealing he immediately rejected the approach and reported it to spy agencies.
Mr Turnbull has told news.com.au that while he did not definitively know if he was the family member ASIO chief Mike Burgess was referring to in his speech, his experience fits the sting outlined by the spy agency boss.
Describing the approach as "brazen", the activist and investor said he was contacted around 2017 when his father was Prime Minister, and he was offered equity in a company.
"It was just so brazen," Mr Turnbull told news.com.au. "My reaction was to express no interest and forward the details immediately to the authorities."
Mr Turnbull said he was told that the group that approached him had links to a former NSW Labor state MP.
He said as an investor he was often approached while his father served as Prime Minister, and he was acutely aware of the potential issues and reported all suspicious contacts to Australia's intelligence services.
He warned that the approaches from overseas business players were "constant".
"Families need to have a contact to report these approaches to,'' he said.
The boss of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation revealed this week an alleged plot from "several years ago".
"The spies pose as consultants, headhunters, local government officials, academics and think tank researchers, claiming to be from fictional companies such as Data 31," Mr Burgess said.
"Most commonly, they offer their targets consulting opportunities, promising to pay thousands of dollars for reports on Australian trade, politics, economics, foreign policy, defence and security."
Mr Burgess has described how the group successfully cultivated and recruited a former, but unnamed, Australian politician.
"This politician sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests of the foreign regime,'' he said.
"At one point, the former politician even proposed bringing a prime minister's family member into the spies' orbit. Fortunately that plot did not go ahead but other schemes did.
"Of course, we stopped it where we could given the means we had and that's our lot, now we're in a much better place with foreign interference laws."
But a furious Joe Hockey, the former treasurer and former ambassador to the United States, said it was unfair not to name the person because it smeared others.
"For a start, the former politician is a traitor. It wasn't an allegation by the head of our intelligence agency, it was a statement of fact," Mr Hockey told ABC Radio National.
"It is absolutely inconceivable that you would have a former politician representing their community, representing the country, who then goes and engages with a foreign adversary, and somehow they're allowed to walk off into the sunset without having their name or their reputation revealed.
"It makes us all question as representatives in the parliament who we can trust, who of our current and former colleagues can we trust? And that's ridiculous."
Defence Minister Richard Marles defended the decision not to name the retired politician.
"I respect what ASIO have done here in terms of putting this story into the public domain but also maintaining the confidentiality of the facts around this, and there could be a whole lot of reasons why that should happen," he said.
"We've got among the best agencies in the world dealing with this, the specific facts which underlie this scenario for good reason are not in the public domain."
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/former-prime-ministers-son-admits-contact-from-chinese-agents/news-story/d04189c9f824df3095ab93d2c234557b
#20493671 at 2024-02-29 08:03:37 (UTC+1)
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>>20493657
ASIO boss Mike Burgess won't bow to pressure to reveal which former politician 'sold out Australia'
The boss of Australia's spy agency has refused to unmask the identity of an ex-politician accused of selling out the nation.
Ellen Ransley and Eleanor Campbell - February 28, 2024
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The nation's top spy has called for calm, refusing to name names after dropping a bombshell that a former politician sold out Australia to foreign spies.
Mike Burgess used his annual threat assessment address on Wednesday night to reveal an ex-politician was recruited by a foreign intelligence service "several years ago" but declined to name them.
Former federal treasurer and ambassador to the US Joe Hockey said the claims had implicated hundreds of officials, and said Mr Burgess had a duty to every politician to reveal who it was.
"You can't make an allegation or a statement about someone being a traitor and then expect that no one will ask questions," Mr Hockey said on Wednesday.
Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari and former NSW state MP Ernest Wong both publicly denied they were the individual through media on Thursday, while former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's son Alex revealed he was the target of suspected agents.
Mr Burgess doubled down on his decision not to name names late on Thursday, saying the case was an "historic matter" and the individual was "no longer of security concern".
"In accordance with longstanding practice, ASIO will not publicly discuss individuals or provide operational details," he said in a statement.
Defence Minister Richard Marles had earlier argued that publicly revealing the name of the alleged traitor would not be beneficial.
"I am not aware of the specific facts which underpin the scenario that Mike Burgess has outlined," he said on Thursday.
"I respect the reasons why that is important to be kept confidential ... but I think it is also really important that this story be put out in the public domain, which is what Mike Burgess has done, because, you know, those of us engaged in public life, we need to be really vigilant."
Opposition leader Peter Dutton had earlier said the accused individual should be "outed and shamed".
"I haven't been told [who it is]. Mike Burgess is as good as they get, he's a great head of the ASIO and he's really a first class operator," Mr Dutton told 2GB.
"It's pretty rough to essentially besmirch former politicians when he's talking about one and the trouble is if he doesn't indicate the name then there's a cloud hanging over everybody else."
Opposition home affairs spokesperson James Paterson said he had a "fair idea" of who the spy was but refused to speculate publicly.
He agreed with Mr Marles that the accused politician shouldn't be outed but said the person should face serious legal consequences.
"I think it would be unfair to name someone publicly and you would obviously be running a very serious defamation risk if you do so," he told reporters on Thursday.
"I think it would be very powerful and important if someone has betrayed their country, particularly someone who has the honour of representing their country in the parliament, that they face legal consequences and very serious ones for that.
"But the reality is the laws weren't there when this conduct occurred. That makes it very difficult."
Later, Opposition foreign affairs spokesperson Simon Birmingham demanded that the Albanese government provide "as much clarity of possible" about the reported betrayal citing significant public interest in the matter.
"That public interest deserves to be addressed, as transparently as possible, and Home Affairs should step forward and provide that information, as much of it as possible," he said.
Mr Burgess had used a major address on Wednesday evening to reveal that a dedicated unit within a foreign spy service is targeting Australia.
He said the "A-team" - a spy network operating within a "particular foreign intelligence service" - had come to be one of the most significant threats the agency was fighting against, speaking about them publicly because "we want the A-team to know its cover is blown".
Mr Burgess said the A-team trawled professional networking sites looking for Australians with access to high-level security, defence and risk information.
Mr Burgess said the team used "false, anglicised personas", posing as consultants, headhunters, officials, academics and researchers from fictional companies to approach the targets.
He said they had tried to recruit students, academics, business people, police and public servants across all levels of government.
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#20482515 at 2024-02-27 08:55:22 (UTC+1)
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>>20108573
>>20389124
>>20482484
ABC's Q + A: Malcolm Turnbull reveals what he really thinks of Donald Trump
ANGIE RAPHAEL - 27 February 2024
Malcolm Turnbull has labelled Donald Trump a 'tyrant', had a cheeky dig at Scott Morrison and questioned whether Israel's war in Gaza is actually what Hamas wants during his latest appearance on the ABC's Q+A.
The former Coalition Prime Minister was on a panel on Monday night alongside writer Rebecca Huntley, British historian Peter Frankopan, Ukrainian born Sydney academic Olga Oleinikova, and Sydney Uni chair of social work Jioji Ravolu as they discussed whether democracy was in a fight for its very survival.
He and Trump had a turbulent relationship while they were leaders simultaneously in 2017 and 2018.
Mr Turnbull said Trump - whom he has repeatedly criticised over the years - was no longer committed to democracy 'as we know it'.
He fears that a Trump victory in November will threaten to turn US into an autocracy without the rule of law.
'Donald Trump does not believe the law applies to him,' Mr Turnbull told the audience.
'Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to accept it and … encouraged a mob to try to overflow the constitutional process in the Congress, tried to overflow his own constitution.'
When it was pointed out that Mr Trump was outpolling current President Joe Biden, Mr Turnbull replied: 'Tyrants are often popular.'
'The key to liberal democracy is that it empowers the majority, but it also - through the rule of law - constrains the majority,' he said.
He added that democracy meant there was a rule of law that protected and applied to all citizens.
While Australia has become more dependent on the US, Mr Turnbull said that link would be much less reliable under Mr Trump's presidency should he be re-elected.
He said the challenge for the Australian government was to not backdown.
'Trump is a bully, he encourages people to suck up to him,' he said.
'Notoriously I didn't do that … but I think it was a good thing.
'We have to get used to the fact that the US may not be aligned on the same values in quite the same way as it was 20, 30, 40 years ago. That's a reality we've got to live with.'
It was noted former prime minister Scott Morrison said in an interview that Mr Trump posed no threat to Australia's national security.
But Mr Turnbull said Mr Trump could force Ukraine to surrender to Russia and noted he had already threatened to pull out of NATO.
'Trump rattled every single cage, every single alliance. He is attracted to dictators and tyrants,' he said.
'I'm afraid to say, not for the first time, I disagree with Scott Morrison.'
On Israel's war in Gaza, Mr Turnbull said the Hamas attack on October 7 'changed' Israel and 'shocked' the world.
'It was designed as a provocation,' he said.
Asked whether Israel should not have taken the provocation and if it had been an overreach, Mr Turnbull became somewhat critical of Israel.
'The question you have to ask is firstly, is the price in Palestinian civilian lives now so high that the claim that the Israeli Defence Forces make that they're doing everything they can to protect human life no longer credible,' he said.
'Their question has to be are they losing so much public support in the world today that they are in effect achieving what Hamas wanted to achieve.'
Asked if that was his view, he replied: 'I fear that Hamas would see what has happened as being entirely in accordance with their provocation.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13126565/ABCs-Q-Malcolm-Turnbull-reveals-thinks-Donald-Trump.html
>You attack those who threaten you the most.
>What does FEAR look like?
>What does PANIC look like?
>These people are stupid.
>Enjoy the show!
#20482484 at 2024-02-27 08:42:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
Malcolm Turnbull says Donald Trump's 'creepy' embrace of Vladimir Putin a threat to Australian security
Jason Whittaker - 27 February 2024
Donald Trump is a "terrifying" threat to democratic order thanks to his "creepy" embrace of autocrats such as Vladimir Putin, according to former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
In a stark warning about the prospect of Mr Trump returning to the White House, Mr Turnbull told the ABC's Q+A that Mr Trump and parts of the Republican Party were "sympathetic" to the Russian president and "no longer committed to democracy as we understand it".
"Are we going to find ourselves not dealing just with two autocracies in Russia and China, but what is Trump's America going to look like?" Mr Turnbull asked.
Mr Trump is almost certain to claim the Republican nomination to run for president against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in November. He has led Mr Biden in some national head-to-head polls.
Mr Turnbull served as prime minister for part of Mr Trump's first term in office and said he observed his "awe" for Putin.
"When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy who goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. My hero!
"It is really creepy ... the creepiness was palpable," he said.
"He is attracted to dictators and tyrants like [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un and [Chinese President] Xi Jinping and he threatened to undermine or pull out of America's longest standing alliances."
Trump 'threat to Australian security'
Amid a reckoning of the Coalition's time in power, stoked by the ABC's Nemesis series aired earlier this month, Mr Turnbull used Q+A to take fresh swipes at the Liberal Party and its policies.
He said the man who replaced him as PM, Scott Morrison, was wrong to dismiss the threat Mr Trump posed to Australia.
In an exit interview with Nine newspapers ahead of his final parliamentary speech on Tuesday, Mr Morrison said another Trump presidency "doesn't pose any concerns in terms of the impact on Australia's national interests".
Mr Turnbull's response? "If Scott Morrison thinks none of that is a threat to Australian security, I am afraid to say, not for the first time, I disagree.
"What if Donald Trump forces Ukraine to surrender to Putin? What if Donald Trump pulls out of NATO? Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of NATO.
"Donald Trump stood up in front of an audience and he said to an unnamed European leader, if you don't spend more money on defence I'm going to encourage Putin to have a go at you. That's more or less what he said.
"Trump rattled every single cage, every single alliance."
That, Mr Turnbull says, will "raise some very real issues" for Australia.
"We have to get used to the fact that the United States may not be aligned on the same values in quite the same way as it was 20, 30, 40 years ago and that's a reality we've got to live with," he said.
'Hamas wanted this war'
Malcolm Turnbull - who described himself as "a friend of Israel" - was also drawn into debate over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
He called the initial Hamas attacks on Israeli towns in October "brutal, violent, criminal, obscene" but said the Israeli bombardment in response was exactly what the terrorist group wanted.
"Hamas wanted the Israeli defence force to invade Gaza and to kill Gazan civilians," he said.
"They wanted that. It was a provocation," Mr Turnbull said.
Pushed by Q+A host Patricia Karvelas on whether Israel's response had gone too far, Mr Turnbull posed two questions.
"The question you have to ask yourself ... is the price in Palestinian civilian lives now so high that the claim that the Israeli defence forces make that they're doing everything they can to protect human life no longer credible?
"And this is from an Israeli point of view, their question has to be, are they losing so much public support in the world today that they are in effect achieving what Hamas wanted to achieve?"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-27/Malcolm-Turnbull-on-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin/103505294
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq0pREOwcg
#20473169 at 2024-02-25 07:33:10 (UTC+1)
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>>20473138
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John Howard has mainly devoted himself to writing, with an autobiography, an excellent history of the post-war era and a recent book of essays. Always ready to lend a hand to Liberal campaigns, he has settled comfortably into the elder statesman role.
Kevin Rudd relocated to the United States after his defeat, where he carved out a significant role as president of the Asia Society, establishing himself as an authoritative interpreter of Chinese foreign policy, before returning to public service as ambassador.
As was apparent from Nemesis, Malcolm Turnbull still has a lot to get off his liver about both his predecessor and his successor; I doubt that bad blood will ever subside. Otherwise, his interventions - such as on AUKUS and The Voice - have been infrequent. Tony Abbott, on the other hand, has continued to be a warrior for conservative causes, and has developed a keen international following. He is an A-list guest at global right-wing gatherings, such as the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London last November. When he accompanied me to the Conservative Party conference in the UK in 2019, he received a rock star reception.
My prize for the classiest post-prime ministerial performance goes to Julia Gillard. Hopeless in office, famous for a single speech which is only impressive if one ignores the context in which it was given (defending the cynical appointment of the disgraceful misogynist Peter Slipper as Speaker), Gillard, as a former PM, has been exemplary. She has maintained a dignified refusal to be drawn into commentary on Australian politics, and serves as a highly regarded Chair of the Wellcome Trust, one of the world's largest health charities, among other public roles.
By contrast, Paul Keating, almost 30 years after losing office, has still not gotten over it. His savage rants - the abuse of journalists, the contemptuous disdain for Penny Wong's diplomacy, the unhinged attack on the "poison" of NATO, the poorly informed critique of AUKUS - have left him an increasingly pitiful figure in the eyes of all but that shrinking claque of acolytes in whose eyes he can do no wrong. Nevertheless, Keating's legacy, as a reforming treasurer and the architect of Australia's superannuation system, will outlast even his own efforts to diminish his reputation by invective-laden interventions in the national conversation.
Unlike Marc Antony's prediction about the slain Julius Caesar ("the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"), fallen Australian leaders are, in the long run, remembered for the good, not the bad; for the legacies they leave more than the mistakes they make.
That will be the case with Scott Morrison too.
George Brandis is a former high commissioner to the UK, and a former Liberal senator and federal attorney-general. He is now a professor in the practice of national security at the ANU's National Security College.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/as-morrison-leaves-parliament-we-should-honour-his-legacy-20240225-p5f7kz.html
#20389124 at 2024-02-10 10:39:27 (UTC+1)
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>>20108573
>>20294008
'Yes but I hate you!' Trump and Turnbull's explosive phone call
ABC News In-depth
Feb 5, 2024
Malcolm Turnbull describes his infamous call with Donald Trump over Australia's refugee swap deal as 'tough'.
This is not the only revealing moment during the shooting of Nemesis, the ABC's landmark political docuseries charting nine years of Coalition government from 2013 to 2022.
Read more here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-05/nemesis-good-Malcolm-bad-Malcolm/103378782
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlK2dPhuXRY
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Q Post #479
Jan 6 2018 16:03:28 (EST)
How much did AUS donate to CF?
How much did SA donate to CF?
Compare.
Why is this relevant?
What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
List the leadership in AUS.
IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Who controls AUS?
Who really controls AUS?
UK?
Why is this relevant?
Q
https://qanon.pub/#479
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Q Post #908
Mar 10 2018 12:33:37 (EST)
Which conversation leaked?
POTUS & AUS?
Why that specific conversation?
Signal?
We (they) hear what you are saying?
Threat to AUS?
Why?
What do they know?
Trapped?
Forced?
Blood.
Q
https://qanon.pub/#908
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Q Post #910
Mar 10 2018 12:47:35 (EST)
Do not focus on the call details.
We knew it would leak.
We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged.
We knew certain people would leak.
Focus - why AUS?
Q
https://qanon.pub/#910
#20365452 at 2024-02-06 09:08:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
How Donald Trump's election victory in November could shatter Australia-US relations
TROY BRAMSTON - FEBRUARY 6, 2024
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Australian ministers, public servants and diplomats are quietly assessing the implications of a Donald Trump presidential election victory in November.
While Trump's poll lead over Joe Biden in battleground states may not last, his return to the US presidency cannot be ruled out, and it has officials deeply concerned about what it would mean for the bilateral relationship.
Trump's single presidential term was a disaster for the US but also for traditional alliance partners and the standing of the great republic around the world. Trump did not and does not have a coherent foreign policy, was irrational and unpredictable, prone to snap judgments and policy reversals.
The future of the trilateral nuclear defence pact, AUKUS, is far from guaranteed despite what officials say. This is a Biden administration policy developed in partnership with Australia and the UK. Trump had no role in it and therefore has no fidelity to it. Some congressional Republicans remain lukewarm at best.
It is not certain Trump would stick with a US promise to sell to Australia Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, share technology and personnel, and design and construct a new submarine for Australia. While the US congress passed enabling provisions for AUKUS, Trump could seek to terminate the deal.
Australian diplomats are working overtime to develop relationships with congressional Republicans and those close to Trump in the hope they can influence his thinking. In reality, Republicans in congress and those in the MAGA wing matter little as they take their cues from Trump, not the other way round.
The Albanese government is worried not only about AUKUS but the future of ANZUS. With his "America First" mantra, Trump showed no respect for longstanding alliances. He withdrew from the Paris climate accords and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, cosied up to dictators and autocrats, and weakened US prestige around the world.
If he returns to power, Trump wants to end US support for NATO, which requires congressional backing. He told EU officials the US would never defend NATO countries if under attack. MAGA Republicans want to end US military support for Ukraine, while Trump says he would force Volodymyr Zelensky to "make a deal" with Vladimir Putin's Russia. This means ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia.
In our region, longstanding defence partners South Korea and Japan are also reportedly concerned about a Trump presidency, given he has questioned continued US security and defence guarantees. Trump repeatedly praises Xi Jinping and, unlike Biden, has publicly doubted whether he would defend Taiwan if China sought to reclaim it by force.
In his first term, Trump wanted to impose tariffs on Australian exports and refused to honour a refugee deal reached with Barack Obama. Some clever diplomatic work by Malcolm Turnbull and ambassador Joe Hockey changed his mind. But there is unlikely to be any carve-outs for Australia next time because Trump is friends with Greg Norman.
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#20350043 at 2024-02-03 09:38:17 (UTC+1)
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>>20350039
3/3
Global quest for justice
In 2014, when Malka Leifer was first arrested, Australian authorities had a reasonable expectation she would soon be extradited to face trial. Instead, she was released from custody, feigning a mental illness that had turned her into a zombie-like state. There is a certain irony in a perpetrator masquerading as being mentally ill, after inflicting enduring pain on the minds of her victims.
The book details the behaviour of Israeli medical, legal and political figures in their efforts to prevent Leifer from facing trial. Medical reports were falsified, the Israeli minister for health was implicated in corruption of due process. Leifer was one of their own.
It is hard not to contrast the crude tribalism of the Israeli political establishment with that of the Australian one. Jewish politicians, both Liberal and Labor, led their colleagues in supporting the sisters' quest to bring Malka Leifer to judgement.
Malcolm Turnbull formally raised the scandal of Leifer's protected status in a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. When the extradition case stalled, the Australian parliament, in a motion jointly moved by Josh Burns, Dave Sharma and Anthony Albanese, unanimously called for Mrs Leifer to be returned to face trial. Our diplomats made it clear her presence was required.
Erlich's account of how her predator was eventually brought to justice shows how well these siblings learnt to work with the once unfamiliar outlet of social media. After their Facebook group was trolled by Leifer's supporters, they established a Twitter thread, #bringleiferback.
This became a conduit for supporters in Israel to reveal more information, including evidence Malka Leifer had been appointed to the school in Australia after similar acts of abuse in Israel.
Supporters infiltrated the enclosed Israeli community where Leifer was living, using concealed cameras to show the falsity of the claims made about her ill health. After the footage was sent to Interpol, she was re-arrested.
Although the extradition, trial and conviction of Malka Leifer was a group effort, full credit for bringing her to justice must go to the sisters - Dassi Erlich, Elly Sapper and Nicole Meyer. In their single-minded pursuit of their abuser, they are like the Furies, Ancient Greece and Rome's goddesses of vengeance, hunting down those who have committed evil.
This is a very self-aware memoir: Erlich and her sisters know they need to take control of their own narrative. They've worked with local and international media to ensure their story - of abuse and the protection of the guilty - is fully exposed.
In Bad Faith is itself a part of this process of shaping the narrative - not the least because a draft of the manuscript became a document in the criminal trial. Dassi Erlich gives due credit to both her editor Ellen Whinnett, who is rightly credited as a co-author, and to the many others who helped her find her words. But this is her book, and one to be proud of.
https://theconversation.com/dassi-erlich-and-her-sisters-were-easy-pickings-for-predators-with-their-abuser-malka-leifers-conviction-and-a-new-book-they-take-control-220325
https://www.hachette.com.au/dassi-erlich/in-bad-faith-inside-a-secret-ultra-orthodox-sect-and-the-brutal-betrayal-it-tried-to-hide
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2016/04-26-strictly-jewish-inside-a-rarely-seen-world
#20339659 at 2024-02-01 08:58:34 (UTC+1)
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>>20272324
Dassi Erlich: In her own words
In her revealing memoir, Dassi Erlich opens up about her life and the struggles she encountered while pursuing justice against her abuser.
SHARYN KOLIEB - January 31, 2024
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Having watched Dassi Erlich in the media over many years as she pursued justice against her abuser Malka Leifer, who fled to Israel in 2008 and was extradited back to Australia in 2021, many may have felt that they already knew a lot about her.
But in her raw and revealing memoir In Bad Faith, Dassi shares the true story behind her stoic image. She recounts the abuse she endured as a child at the hands of her parents, the abuse she suffered by former Adass Israel School principal Malka Leifer, and ways in which the abuse affected her mental health and her ability to be the mother she always wanted to be.
The trauma she experienced so affected her that she has been at times suicidal and self-harmed. Her book opens with a chilling tale of how one morning in 2012 she had decided to jump in front of a train at Balaclava station in Melbourne. When the train passed, Dassi told herself she had two choices - to "give up" or to "get up and fight".
She decided on the latter. "It will be hard, but it can be done. It must be done." Many may be surprised to know that as Dassi appeared strong at the trial of Leifer in Melbourne in 2023, she was at the same time admitted to a psychiatric clinic. It was the same facility she attended in 2011 suffering from postpartum depression.
Speaking to The AJN, Dassi said that she is open about her mental health struggles in the hope it will break down the stigma surrounding these issues and show that "strength doesn't mean not being vulnerable". She said the process of writing the memoir was difficult and cathartic. Difficult because she had to recall traumatic memories, but cathartic once it was on the page.
Asked how she found the strength to continue to pursue justice after so many hurdles, including over 70 hearings, she said, "I think it was overcoming those hurdles that gave me the strength, but it was much more than that. It was all the people that helped us along the way."
Dassi and her sisters Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper may have started the pursuit of justice largely on their own, but their campaign to #BringLeiferHome ultimately attracted broad support within Australia from high profile leaders and on social media.
Dassi's memoir notes the many who offered their support including prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese, as well as current and former politicians including Daniel Andrews, Ted Baillieu, Mark Dreyfus, Josh Burns, David Southwick, Dave Sharma, Michael Danby and Phil Dalidakis, and community leaders Mark Leibler and his son Jeremy.
Dassi said it was also the powerful bond between her sisters in "doing it together" that enabled them to continue the mission to ensure Leifer never abused anyone else.
In her book she writes, "Without my sisters, and my brothers' support, I don't know if I could have stood strong for the 15 years it took for my abuser to be found guilty."
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#20311768 at 2024-01-27 12:55:07 (UTC+1)
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>>20108573
>>20287647
>>20294008
Will Trump sink AUKUS if he wins?
We need to start wooing Donald Trump now in case he gets back in the White House.
PETER JENNINGS - January 27, 2024
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A second Trump presidency is not a certainty, but a forward-thinking Australian government would start planning for that possibility.
Much more is at stake than bonhomie about alliance relations. If Trump trashes the AUKUS partnership on the false grounds that it involves America "losing" and Australia unfairly "winning" an alliance advantage, then Australia emerges with no credible defence posture in a very risky world.
Beyond submarines, Australia needs the US to stay engaged in the security of the Indo-Pacific. The worst possible Trump nightmare is that the president "cuts a deal" with Xi Jinping, leaving Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Australia most exposed to China's ambition for regional dominance.
Since Curtin and Menzies, Australian governments have put immense effort into shaping American security policy in the Indo-Pacific. The ANZUS alliance and its AUKUS offspring have been successful because Australia invests so much effort in understanding Washington.
There is a reason the Australian brand is so strong and so popular in Washington DC. Its not because we are brilliant but rather that we build personal ?relationships and do our best to bring genuine military, intelligence and diplomatic capability to the table.
During our Afghanistan deployment, an American admiral put it to me that he liked the Aussies because they didn't sit on their packs inside the ISAF headquarters at Kabul airport. They got out beyond the wire, patrolled, talked to the locals. We would be there with the Americans in a fire fight.
When we were losing soldiers on patrol, there were times I wished our forces had sat on their packs a bit more, but Afghanistan was an alliance operation for Australia. The kind of investment that ultimately convinces an American president that Australia can be trusted to have nuclear sub?marines.
On defence, Australia is in a unique position with the US. Do we deserve that place? Americans might like us a little less if they knew us better, but we need to do everything we can to sustain that position of trust.
Enter Donald Trump, who has for decades held a view that America's allies free-ride on the security provided by US military power. Most if not all postwar American presidents held that view but Trump combines it with an impulsive, unpredictable personality and a lack of deep engagement in the details of national security.
Recall Trump's unsuccessful attempt to negotiate nuclear disarmament with North Korea's "little rocket man", Kim Jong-un. Before the June 2018 summit with Kim, Trump told a media conference: "I don't think I have to prepare very much. It's about attitude. It's about willingness to get things done."
At the summit Trump played Kim a video in the style of an action movie trailer developed by White House staff: "Destiny ?pictures presents: two men, two leaders, one destiny ... Featuring President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un in a meeting to remake history."
History was not remade. Kim baulked when he realised that the US was genuine in wanting him to disarm his nuclear weapons.
Trump scared the allies. He unilaterally cancelled a major South Korean-US military exercise and complained about the cost of keeping forces in Guam and Okinawa. But while the summits came to nothing, he was the first serving president to meet the North Korean Supreme Leader.
By contrast, Obama's policy of strategic patience with the North did nothing to slow their nuclear weapons program, and the Biden administration has run dead on North Korea with seemingly no ideas on what to do next.
On Indo-Pacific security, Trump's first term played out quite well. The administration shaped a tough policy pushing back against China's aggression, cyber spying and intellectual property theft. The relationship with Japan strengthened. Despite all Trump's talk about free-riding allies, the US did not reduce its military presence.
Trump's famously bruising phone call with Malcolm Turnbull in January 2017, over whether the president would keep an Obama commitment to resettle in the US individuals detained on Manus Island and Nauru, has been misinterpreted.
Trump was loudly unhappy but honoured the deal. Turnbull won a difficult outcome. I doubt that Trump would have made that concession to any other US ally. He probably would not have agreed to the same Australian request later in his term.
Tony Schwartz, who ghost-wrote The Art of the Deal, says of Trump, "He'd like people when they were helpful, and turn on them when they weren't. It wasn't personal. He's a transactional man - it was all about what you could do for him."
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#20293992 at 2024-01-24 09:17:48 (UTC+1)
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>>20293988
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While colleagues cited Mr Morrison's achievements as prime minister, including management of the pandemic and driving Australia's unemployment rate to its lowest in 50 years, his career has also been punctuated with controversy.
Criticised for taking a holiday in Hawaii as prime minister during the 2019 bushfires, his popularity rose to record highs during the pandemic only to fall again over his government's handling of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations. He also became a lightning rod for Labor attacks after the ?Coalition's 2022 election loss over revelations he had secretly appointed himself to other ministerial portfolios.
Mr Morrison will this year release his first book, Plans for your Good, a political memoir and essay on his Christian faith.
He said he was looking forward to "new challenges" in global strategic advisory roles and private boards, drawn from a network established through AUKUS and the Quad, while spending more time with his family in the Shire.
The Coalition would be confident of retaining the seat of Cook, which is regarded as a conservative suburban enclave.
Liberal leader Mr Dutton paid tribute to Mr Morrison. "I want to thank Scott for his service to our nation, for his dedication to the Liberal Party, and for his personal friendship," he said.
"In the time he led our country, Scott presided over some of the most difficult challenges an Australian prime minister has known since the Second World War; most notably Covid-19.
"Thanks to Scott's quick decision to close the border, Australian lives were saved. And thanks to his government's JobKeeper package, more than one million businesses were supported and more than four million Australians had their jobs saved.
"But if there is a standout achievement of his government, it was the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the US. AUKUS will underpin our defence and deterrence for decades to come."
Mr Morrison served as immigration minister and treasurer before winning a ballot for the Liberal leadership in August 2018 following a botched leadership challenge from Mr Dutton against then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
"I am thankful to all those who supported me in what we were able to achieve in government, from the early days of stopping the boats to delivering tax cuts for individuals and small business, leading Australia successfully through the global pandemic, saving lives and livelihoods, and delivering AUKUS, the single most significant defence agreement in 70 years," Mr Morrison said.
"There will be time later to speak of these achievements and thank everyone involved, including my parliamentary colleagues, when I leave the parliament.
"As the local member for Cook, I have always been guided by the strong local values of family, community and enterprise, that make the Shire and southern Sydney such a great place to live and raise a family. This is a community that is unashamedly proud of our country, works hard, takes responsibility for itself and is generous to those around them, providing a hand up whenever and wherever it is needed.
"I have made this announcement ... to give my party time to engage in an inclusive process to select a candidate for in Cook."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/scott-morrison-will-quit-parliament-and-spark-cook-byelection-to-join-a-string-of-global-strategy-firms/news-story/461c43c27a1fe1778e1ee558736facb0
#20287643 at 2024-01-23 08:30:21 (UTC+1)
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>>20287640
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Mr Morrison said he was looking forward to "new challenges" in global strategic advisory roles and private boards, drawn from a network established through AUKUS and the QUAD, while spending more time with his family in the Shire.
Mr Morrison previously served as Immigration Minister and Treasurer before winning a ballot for the Liberal leadership in August 2018 following the first botched leadership challenge between Peter Dutton and then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
"I am thankful to all those who supported me in what we were able to achieve in Government, from the early days of stopping the boats to delivering tax cuts for individuals and small business, leading Australia successfully through the global pandemic, saving lives and livelihoods, and delivering AUKUS, the single most significant defence agreement in seventy years," he said.
"There will be time later to speak of these achievements and thank everyone involved, including my parliamentary colleagues, when I leave the parliament.
"As the local member for Cook, I have always been guided by the strong local values of family, community and enterprise, that make the Shire and southern Sydney such a great place to live and raise a family.
"This is a community that is unashamedly proud of our country, works hard, takes responsibility for itself and is generous to those around them, providing a hand up whenever and wherever it is needed', Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison said "Jenny and I are deeply thankful to our community for the faith and trust they have placed in me as their local member of parliament over these many years."
"I have made this announcement about my parliamentary departure to give my Party time to engage in a proper and inclusive process to select a new candidate for the Liberal Party in Cook.
"I hope to see, and invite, a strong field of candidates to bring their experience, passion and dedication to our community, to the job. I look forward to supporting that successful candidate in their local campaign, along with our Party Leader Peter Dutton and his deputy Sussan Ley who are doing a great job holding the Albanese Labor Government to account, and providing a clear alternative to lead Australia forward."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/scott-morrison-will-quit-parliament-and-spark-cook-byelection-to-join-a-string-of-global-strategy-firms/news-story/461c43c27a1fe1778e1ee558736facb0
https://www.facebook.com/scottmorrisonmp/posts/946806663481363
https://www.scottmorrisonmp.com.au/news/the-hon-scott-morrison-mp-statement-regarding-departure-from-parliament-23-january-2024/
#20119272 at 2023-12-23 14:33:06 (UTC+1)
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>>20119265
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Sharaz was on the phone to the AFP again later to let them know if they didn't charge Lehrmann soon, Higgins would be going straight back to the media. That worked a charm - Lehrmann was charged within hours.
Sharaz was there at a five-hour meeting between Higgins, Wilkinson and Llewellyn in 2021 workshopping which "friendly" Labor politicians would push the story and put the Morrison government under pressure.
Sharaz was there in the vast tranche of previously unseen text messages, revealed by The Australian, boasting of his close relationship with Labor senator Katy Gallagher, now Finance Minister, as well as his moves to set up meetings between Higgins and Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek and Malcolm Turnbull as well as other "Brittany Higgins fans" in Canberra.
But Sharaz was nowhere to be seen at the defamation trial after each morning's photo op.
"You're not calling him?" Lee asked sharply, with no attempt to hide his annoyance about the absence of the man whose fingerprints could be found on almost every suggestion of a cover-up of the alleged rape.
Now that those claims have been discredited or withdrawn - some of them thanks to well-aimed questions by Lee himself - the judge is entitled to be disappointed he didn't get the chance to elicit an explanation from the man himself. And he is entitled to draw inferences about how Sharaz's evidence might have affected the case. Not to mention the influence Sharaz exerted over Higgins.
"Would you accept that you have to be especially careful that people in a state of vulnerability are not being manipulated?" Lee asked Wilkinson.
When the TV presenter agreed, Lee reminded her that her producer, Llewellyn, had been using Sharaz as a conduit to communicate with Higgins.
"Do you think it was a good idea to use someone like Mr Sharaz as a conduit rather than deal with Ms Higgins directly?" he asked.
"My preference was for Ms Higgins to be the main conduit," Wilkinson replied.
Lee asked Wilkinson if she considered herself a good friend of Sharaz, noting he had signed off an email with "much love, David". Wilkinson said she hadn't noticed at the time but indeed thought it was "odd" - and wouldn't describe Sharaz as "a good friend".
By the end of her two days in the witness box Wilkinson appeared so keen to disassociate herself from Sharaz she ignored orders from her own counsel to be quiet.
Wilkinson: Can I just add a significant fact?
Chrysanthou: No.
Wilkinson: Yes.
Chrysanthou: No. Thank you, your honour.
Wilkinson: You will be happy with this.
Chrysanthou: No.
Lee: Thank you ... ?
Wilkinson: ... I had only ever met him ...
Chrysanthou: No, no, no. No, no, no, Ms ... no.
Lee: Ms Wilkinson ... ?
Wilkinson: ... once in my life.
Now Ten has hit full reverse-thrust on any suggestion that The Project alleged a cover-up, despite its multiple claims that Reynolds and Brown had failed to help a young staffer who had just told them she'd been raped in the minister's office, a remarkable back-flip that raised Lee's eyebrows.
"(Llewellyn) is receiving information on background which is highly material to a serious allegation made against a minister of the crown ... that on any view would amount to a criminal cover-up of a rape allegation, wouldn't it?" Lee asked.
"I know Ms Wilkinson gave evidence that it was her subjective belief but the program says nothing of the sort," replied Ten's counsel, Matthew Collins SC.
Lee pointed out that The Project had claimed Reynolds and Brown "were engaged in requiring a woman to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice", which "means that they were putting up, to use the words of the program, putting up a roadblock between someone seeking to vindicate their proper ability to seek justice".
Collins argued that neither Brown nor Reynolds were mentioned in that opening sequence. Lee will make of that response what he will. He spent much time with Higgins trying to separate her "feelings" about her interactions with Brown and Reynolds from what they actually said that might have constituted untoward pressure or a threat.
He did the same with Wilkinson, trying to understand where her "intuition" finished and actual evidence of roadblocks began.
(continued)
#20092798 at 2023-12-18 09:40:30 (UTC+1)
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#19822061 at 2023-10-29 04:53:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#32 - Part 31
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 4
>>19679836 'It's on Wikipedia': Debate flares over Trump's submarine disclosures to Anthony Pratt - Former prime ministers have distanced themselves from revelations that Donald Trump allegedly disclosed classified information about United States' submarines to Australian packaging mogul Anthony Pratt as debate flared about the national security implications of the alleged leak. Pratt, the executive chairman of Visy Industries and Pratt Industries, is among more than 80 people whom prosecutors have identified as possible witnesses who could testify against the president at his classified documents trial. The revelations about Trump's alleged indiscretion regarding sensitive national security information have revived fears among officials in Canberra about the volatile scenario they would face if Trump wins next year's presidential election. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said Pratt did not disclose the conversations to him. "Trump did ask me in early 2017 why we were buying French rather than US subs," Turnbull said. "I explained that it was important that they be a sovereign capability, and that we did not have the means at that stage to sustain and maintain nuclear-powered submarines ourselves." Scott Morrison did not respond to request for comment, while Tony Abbott said: "I don't have any recollection of it."
>>19684137 Trump denies telling Aussie billionaire sub secrets - Donald Trump says reports he disclosed secret information regarding US submarines are false, but he will always encourage countries such as Australia to purchase American weaponry. A report this week suggested the former president told Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt confidential information about US nuclear submarines during a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, of which Mr Pratt is reportedly a member. US outlet ABC News reported Trump told Mr Pratt sensitive information in April 2021, including how many warheads the subs routinely carry and how close they can get to a Russian submarine without being detected. Mr Trump is currently being investigated for allegedly hoarding classified documents after leaving office. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday local time, Trump labelled ABC's report "false and ridiculous". "Other than the fact that I will often state that we make the best submarines and military equipment anywhere in the world," Mr Trump said. "A pretty well known fact!"
>>19684154 Video: Lawrence: Australian billionaire bought 'exactly what he wanted' from Trump - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell details the "incriminating" breaking news that Donald Trump reportedly revealed nuclear submarine secrets to an Australian billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago who "purchased his access" to Trump while he was president as Trump moves to dismiss or delay the criminal cases against him. - MSNBC
>>19684171 Video: TRUMP SPIES; GAVE NUKE SUB SECRETS TO AUSSIES - TRUMP IS FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES A FOREIGN SPY, who in April 2021 gave away nuclear submarine secrets to an Australian manufacturer of boxes, 'potentially endanger(ing) the U.S. fleet." The businessman promptly told at least 45 other people, including 11 of his own employees, 10 Australian officials, and THREE FORMER Australian Prime Ministers. We must do to Trump what we would do to any other trafficker in top secret information: arrest, detention without bail, prosecution for espionage. - Keith Olbermann
>>19684200 Video: Maggie Haberman: This is the latest example of Trump's 'melding' persona, presidency and business - CNN's Anderson Cooper breaks down a new ABC report that former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed sensitive nuclear submarine information with a Mar-a-Lago member, and discusses with a panel of experts. - CNN
#19822057 at 2023-10-29 04:52:12 (UTC+1)
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#32 - Part 30
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 3
>>19664434 Scathing new report hands AUKUS sceptics firepower - An accident by the Australian navy operating US-made nuclear-powered submarines could result in American warships being banned from foreign ports, a new report warns US legislators, providing fresh ammunition for congressional sceptics to scuttle the AUKUS deal. The Congressional Research Service report also reaffirms American doubts that Australia might not use nuclear-powered submarines bought from the US in a war over Taiwan. That suggests that at least some of Canberra's messaging about AUKUS not tying Australia irrevocably into a US-led war with China is being heard in Washington. "Virginia-class boats are less certain to be used in a US-China conflict over Taiwan, or less certain to be used in such a conflict in the way that the United States might prefer, if they are sold to Australia rather than retained in US Navy service," the report said. Conversely, the report said approving the sale would see Australia become a "second allied decision-making centre" for operating nuclear-powered submarines in the Indo-Pacific, "which would enhance deterrence of potential Chinese aggression by complicating Chinese military planning". Released late last month, the report follows concerns Republican senators raised in a July letter to President Joe Biden, which requested more money for the US submarine industrial base to boost production to fulfil the AUKUS agreement.
>>19679708 Video: Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national: Source - ABC News' Katherine Faulders reports former Pres. Donald Trump allegedly revealed potentially sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines to Australian billionaire, Anthony Pratt. - ABC News (USA)
>>19679775 Video: Donald Trump accused of sharing nuclear submarine details with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt - Former US president Donald Trump reportedly discussed "potentially sensitive" details of America's nuclear submarine program with an Australian billionaire. The American ABC news outlet reported that Mr Trump told Anthony Pratt the supposed number of nuclear warheads on US subs, and how close they could get to a Russian submarine without being detected. The conversation is said to have taken place at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, several months after he left office. ABC - which is not affiliated with ABC in Australia - also reported that Mr Pratt allegedly then shared the information with at least 45 people, including journalists and employees, as well as 10 Australian officials and three former prime ministers. The alleged conversation with Mr Pratt was not mentioned by federal prosecutors when they charged Mr Trump with mishandling classified documents this year. However, ABC reported that Mr Pratt had been interviewed on the matter at least twice, and that he told investigators he was not sure if the information was accurate. The New York Times said the businessman was among dozens of people identified as possible witnesses who could testify against the former president at trial. A spokesman for Mr Trump criticised what they described as "illegal leaks" that lacked "proper context and relevant information".
>>19679792 Video: Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt - Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt has been identified as a ?potential witness against Donald Trump in his classified documents trial after he allegedly received ?secret information on US nuclear submarine capabilities from the former president. America's ABC News reported that Mr Pratt was interviewed by prosecutors and FBI agents over the alleged 2021 disclosure by Mr Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. The Pratt Industries and Visy boss reportedly said in the interviews that Mr Trump disclosed the exact number of nuclear warheads carried by US nuclear subs, and how close they could get to a Russian submarine without being detected. Mr Pratt, whose office did not return calls on Friday, allegedly ?relayed details of the exchange to at least 45 people, including three former prime ministers, six journalists, 11 of his company's employees, and 10 Australian officials, ABC News reported. Former prime minister Tony Abbott told The Weekend Australian that he had "no recollection of any such discussion" with Mr Pratt, while his successor, Malcolm Turnbull, said Mr Pratt did not speak to him about the matter. Scott Morrison, who was close to Mr Pratt and was in office at the time of the alleged Trump disclosure, did not respond to inquiries. Anthony Albanese's office also ?declined to comment. The Trump-Pratt conversation allegedly happened soon after Mr Trump's election defeat and about five months before the AUKUS pact was announced.
#19785789 at 2023-10-23 09:36:28 (UTC+1)
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>>19769319
>>19769341
Albanese government has failed strategic test in northern Australia
PETER JENNINGS - OCTOBER 23, 2023
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Yet another review has defended the absurd 2015 Northern Territory decision to lease the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company for 99 years. The lease continues to dog successive federal governments and is undermining defence planning.
Just weeks into replacing Tony Abbott as prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull had to deal with the port lease announcement at precisely the same time defence minister Marise Payne and foreign minister Julie Bishop met their US counterparts in Boston for the 2015 AUSMIN talks. The ministers announced they had "decided to pursue enhanced naval co-operation across all domains".
With spectacularly bad timing the Darwin port lease was made public just as the US secretaries of state and defence returned to Washington DC.
No one had raised this at AUSMIN. A senior American official told me that news went off around the Pentagon like an atomic bomb.
Barack Obama ticked off Turnbull, saying the US would have liked to have been told. Turnbull said Obama should have been reading the NT News. Imagine the US treating our strategic concerns with such indifference.
In fact, Turnbull and then treasurer Scott Morrison knew they had a problem. A loophole in the foreign investment rules excluded state- and territory-owned assets from federal oversight on national security or any other grounds.
Morrison closed the loophole, but was too late to prevent the Port of Darwin lease. Even before that, Defence had decided nothing needed to be done. A 2015 Defence note, released under Freedom of Information, records an official saying of Chinese company Landbridge: "This is a private company, Australian managed, and operated with a significant degree of autonomy, by Australian-based people." This was a spectacularly naive misunderstanding about how companies operate under Chinese communism.
Subsequently, Defence, the Prime Minister's department, ASIO and others have all found ways, over several reviews, to say that leasing Australia's only significant northern port to a Chinese company for a century presents no strategic concerns.
Defence's initial "defence" of its non-decision was that the Port of Darwin was separate to the navy's tiny patrol boat base. The department didn't make a broader judgment about national security.
The review released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet last Friday points to a "robust regulatory system in place to manage risks to critical infrastructure". Such is the alertness of our national security guardians that "Australians can have confidence that their safety will not be compromised". The statement acknowledges "the importance of the Port of Darwin as a key piece of critical infrastructure" but the focus on risks to the "safety" of Australians moves the attention away from national security.
The bigger picture is clear: China is becoming militarily aggressive in our region. Since the lease of the Port of Darwin, Beijing illegally took over disputed territory in the South China Sea, building new military air bases and sea ports. Chinese military power projects much further south to the Indonesian archipelago. Routine Chinese air and naval patrols and intelligence-gathering ships now operate in Australian waters.
These developments make northern Australia much more strategically important. This is why the US Marine Corps and US Air Force presence in the north is growing, and why they are building up fuel and other stores. It is also why US Virginia -class submarines will operate out of our western navy base from 2027. And it is why Australia is developing plans for nuclear-powered submarines.
The Albanese government should have overturned the lease because we, and our key ally, the US, need that facility to expand and secure a larger military presence in the north. The recently released Defence Strategic Review says "there is a clear need to have the correct infrastructure and logistics support in the right locations to project and sustain power".
The report's focus on northern Australia makes it obvious the Port of Darwin issue will have to be addressed soon, even if the government's immediate priority is to smooth political waters with China before Albanese visits Beijing.
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#19769341 at 2023-10-20 13:12:04 (UTC+1)
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>>19769319
Security experts criticise decision to leave Port of Darwin in Chinese hands
James Massola and Rachel Clun - October 20, 2023
Defence experts have criticised a decision to leave a Chinese company's 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin in place, warning that it leaves investment decisions on critical national infrastructure in the hands of a potential foreign adversary.
The federal government announced on Friday afternoon that a review by key security agencies of the Darwin port lease had found "robust" systems were in place to manage the risks.
The lease was signed by the former Country Liberal Party government in the Northern Territory in 2015 and prompted a Defence Department review by the then Morrison government which found there were insufficient grounds to scrap the lease.
Former US president Barack Obama also expressed displeasure to former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull when the lease was first signed, asking that the US be kept in the loop on such decisions in future. The US has a contingent of up to 2500 Marines that rotate through Darwin each year.
During the 2022 election campaign Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticised the 2015 decision to lease the port to Landbridge for $506 million, and indicated a willingness to use foreign veto laws to cancel the lease if necessary.
The review has not been publicly released but in a statement released on Friday afternoon, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet said it had found there was insufficient national security grounds to overturn the lease.
It concluded "there is a robust regulatory system in place to manage risks to critical infrastructure, including the Port of Darwin" and that "existing monitoring mechanisms are sufficient and will be ongoing".
"As a result, it was not necessary to vary or cancel the lease," the statement said.
"Monitoring of security arrangements around the Port of Darwin will continue. Australians can have confidence that their safety will not be compromised, while ensuring that Australia remains a competitive destination for foreign investment."
The review was conducted by spy agency ASIO, the Office of National Intelligence and four government departments.
The decision to allow Landbridge's lease to remain in place comes just weeks before Albanese travels to China meet President Xi Jinping.
Senator James Paterson, who is the shadow home affairs minister, said that in opposition Albanese had called the lease of the Port of Darwin "a grave mistake".
"Despite promising to deal with it, now he's squibbed it, cynically dropped it on a Friday afternoon after parliament has risen and after his media appearance for the day," Paterson said.
The head of the Northern Australia strategic policy centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, John Coyne, and Australian Defence Association director Neil James both criticised the review for failing to examine the broader implications of a Chinese-owned company controlling a critical deep water port.
Coyne said the issue with the Darwin port lease was not that it could open the door to spying but that the Landbridge lease left "future development in the hands of Landbridge and I don't think their interests will align with ours".
"Beijing will be happy, it reinforces their capacity to invest in critical infrastructure. Did the government consider the broader impact on development in Darwin harbour and how the lease will affect that? If you keep asking the same agencies the same questions, you will get the same answers," he said.
"There is no doubt in Washington this won't be well received either. It hardly shows that we are looking at national security holistically."
James said the agencies "kept inventing straw men arguments against terminating the lease, but never address the actual problems".
"The key problem is, no matter how many safeguards you have, to initiate any of them during a time of tensions, you're doing it at the worst possible time. Anything you do will be escalatory [sic], that's the fundamental problem and that will never change," he said.
"This may be influenced by the fact that tensions with China are easing but that won't last. The Americans have been hoping we would bite the bullet and fix the problem."
Landbridge is owned by Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng. The port is governed by a range of Commonwealth laws, including the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act, the Defence Act and a deed of licence for access to the port.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/security-experts-criticise-decision-to-leave-port-of-darwin-in-chinese-hands-20231020-p5edve.html
#19679836 at 2023-10-06 16:34:04 (UTC+1)
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'It's on Wikipedia': Debate flares over Trump's submarine disclosures to Anthony Pratt
Matthew Knott and Chris Zappone - October 6, 2023
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Former prime ministers have distanced themselves from revelations that Donald Trump allegedly disclosed classified information about United States' submarines to Australian packaging mogul Anthony Pratt as debate flared about the national security implications of the alleged leak.
Pratt, the executive chairman of Visy Industries and Pratt Industries, is among more than 80 people whom prosecutors have identified as possible witnesses who could testify against the president at his classified documents trial.
The revelations about Trump's alleged indiscretion regarding sensitive national security information have revived fears among officials in Canberra about the volatile scenario they would face if Trump wins next year's presidential election.
Pratt allegedly spoke to Trump about nuclear-powered submarine technology during an April 2021 meeting, five months before the US, Australia and UK announced the formation of AUKUS, the defence pact under which Australia is set buy up to five Virginia-class submarines from the US.
According to America's ABC News, which broke the story, Pratt told Trump he believed Australia should start buying its submarines from the US.
Trump then allegedly told Pratt two pieces of information about US submarines: the supposed exact number of nuclear warheads they routinely carry, and exactly how close they supposedly can get to a Russian submarine without being detected.
It is alleged that Pratt relayed the information to "scores of others" including three former prime ministers, more than a dozen foreign officials, several employees, and a handful of journalists.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said Pratt did not disclose the conversations to him.
"Trump did ask me in early 2017 why we were buying French rather than US subs," Turnbull said.
"I explained that it was important that they be a sovereign capability, and that we did not have the means at that stage to sustain and maintain nuclear-powered submarines ourselves."
Scott Morrison did not respond to request for comment, while Tony Abbott said: "I don't have any recollection of it."
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said that "the suggestion of such matters being aired in ways that breach national security undertakings is one that I'm sure US officials would take very seriously, and I would expect them to similarly in Australia".
Saying that members of Australia's national security committee of cabinet were expected to keep operational details secret "for the rest of our lives", Birmingham said nuclear-powered submarine secrets were among America's "most treasured" military assets.
"I'm sure many in the United States will take very, very seriously the suggestion that these types of technologies, and the capabilities associated with them, could be subject to discussions outside of those confined spaces," he told Sky News.
Joe Hockey, who served as Australia's ambassador to the US while Trump was in office, downplayed the seriousness of the alleged disclosures by saying: "At a national security level, there is nothing there that we haven't known for years or that you can't pull up on Wikipedia."
Hockey said that US and Australian troops already work on each other's submarines and there was significant sharing of sensitive military technology between the two nations.
The alleged conversation between Trump and Pratt did not carry implications for the security of the AUKUS pact, he said.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said: "I will not comment about US domestic issues."
Michael Green, the chief executive of the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre, said: "There is a clear pattern with former president Trump of treating sensitive information, and the intelligence community with real carelessness."
Green, a former senior official in George W Bush's White House, said there were many publicly available reports on the number of warheads stored on US nuclear submarines.
"Former president Trump is not exactly a fact checker," he said. "I'm not sure how to judge if serious damage was done or not. The most damaging thing is that this is such a pattern."
Richard Dunley, a naval historian at UNSW, struck a different tone, said: "Navies have always been very sensitive about this sort of thing."
For example, navies are still wary of disclosing information about submarine technology used during the Cold War.
Dunley said Trump's alleged indiscretion about sensitive military matters, rather than any specific information the Republican presidential frontrunner may have disclosed to Pratt, was the most troubling issue.
"You wouldn't necessarily know the line between fact and fiction," he added of Trump.
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#19679792 at 2023-10-06 16:25:38 (UTC+1)
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Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt
BEN PACKHAM and ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 6, 2023
Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt has been identified as a ?potential witness against Donald Trump in his classified documents trial after he allegedly received ?secret information on US nuclear submarine capabilities from the former president.
America's ABC News reported that Mr Pratt was interviewed by prosecutors and FBI agents over the alleged 2021 disclosure by Mr Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
The Pratt Industries and Visy boss reportedly said in the interviews that Mr Trump disclosed the exact number of nuclear warheads carried by US nuclear subs, and how close they could get to a Russian submarine without being detected.
Mr Pratt, whose office did not return calls on Friday, allegedly ?relayed details of the exchange to at least 45 people, including three former prime ministers, six journalists, 11 of his company's employees, and 10 Australian officials, ABC News reported.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott told The Weekend Australian that he had "no recollection of any such discussion" with Mr Pratt, while his successor, Malcolm Turnbull, said Mr Pratt did not speak to him about the matter.
Scott Morrison, who was close to Mr Pratt and was in office at the time of the alleged Trump disclosure, did not respond to inquiries. Anthony Albanese's office also ?declined to comment.
The Trump-Pratt conversation allegedly happened soon after Mr Trump's election defeat and about five months before the AUKUS pact was announced.
Prosecutors interviewed Mr Pratt as part of their classified documents case against the former president, and he is now among more than 80 people identified as possible witnesses who could testify in a trial beginning next May, The New York Times reported.
Mr Pratt reportedly told investigators that Mr Trump did not show him any classified documents. Prosecutors could use the Australian's evidence to argue the former president was reckless in his handling of classified information.
Mr Trump's alleged disclosure came after Mr Pratt declared to the former president that Australia should buy US submarines, prompting Mr Trump to "lean in" to share the information, ABC News reported.
The Weekend Australian is not suggesting that Mr Pratt knowingly shared any potentially illegal or sensitive information.
Former Australian ambassador to the US Joe Hockey sought to play down the revelations in a comment to The New York Times. "If that's all that was discussed, we already know all that," Mr Hockey said.
"We have had Australians serving with Americans on US submarines for years, and we share the same technology and the same weapons as the US Navy."
Mr Turnbull told The Guardian: "Trump did ask me in early 2017 why we were buying French rather than US subs.
"I explained it was important that they be a sovereign capability and we did not have the means at that stage to sustain and maintain nuclear-powered submarines ourselves."
The alleged disclosure was not included in the June indictment of Mr Trump, which charged the former president with 40 counts of unlawful retention of national ?defence information and obstruction-related offences.
The 77-year-old Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is ?accused of taking hundreds of classified government documents to his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
Under the AUKUS deal reached between the Australian, UK and US governments, Australia will be ?provided with nuclear-powered ?attack submarines in the 2030s. They will not carry any ?nuclear warheads.
ABC News reported a former Mar-a-Lago employee, who was close to the Trump-Pratt conversation, told investigators the businessman had told others "within minutes" what the former president had just said.
The staff member told investigators he was "bothered" and "shocked" to hear that Mr Trump had provided such seemingly sensitive information to a non-US citizen in such a cavalier fashion.
The Biden administration cut Mr Trump out of intelligence briefings that former presidents traditionally receive when they leave office, following his role in the January 6 Capitol Hill riots and concerns over his discretion.
Mr Trump and Mr Pratt developed a close relationship throughout the former's presidency, especially after Mr Pratt pledged to invest $US2bn in American manufacturing in 2017.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/donald-trump-allegedly-discussed-us-nuclear-subs-with-australian-billionaire-anthony-pratt/news-story/fa20fc237e6ee820955f802a0c81026b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVwqcPMjLQ
#19587772 at 2023-09-21 10:34:47 (UTC+1)
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Scott Morrison to visit Taiwan, warns against 'appeasing' Beijing
BEN PACKHAM - SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Scott Morrison will travel to Taiwan in early October to show his support for the self-governed ?island, just weeks before Anthony Albanese visits China to patch up relations with Beijing.
The former prime minister will visit Taipei for the October 11-12 Yushan Forum, where Tony Abbott branded China a "bully" and urged "solidarity with Taiwan" in a speech two years ago.
Declaring that the region's security would not be achieved through "appeasement", Mr Morrison said his trip would present an "interesting contrast" to the Prime Minister's upcoming visit to ?Beijing.
He said Mr Albanese's scheduled trip to China before the end of the year carried significant risks, and Beijing could use it to create the impression of "a backdown by Australia".
"I certainly don't think that's what the intention is. But once you get on that plane and go there, well, they are controlling how that is represented, and their microphone is very big," he said.
"They will describe it how they will describe it, internally and more broadly. And that's not something one would ever have control over."
His visit to Taipei should garner significant attention given his status as a former prime minister whose government was at the forefront of the West's push back against Beijing.
Mr Morrison, who is still a sitting MP, said he was pleased to address the forum, which gives Taiwan an opportunity for global engagement in the absence of ?official diplomatic links with most of the world.
He said the future of Taiwan was "totemic in the whole Indo-Pacific peace and security agenda ... I think it's really important that I go there and express support, but do so in a practical way.
"Because (Taiwan) is the one issue that if not handled well, poses significant threats to the region. But that has to be secured through strength, not appeasement."
Mr Morrison's comments to The Australian came as dozens of Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from China, prompting protests by ?Taipei.
Mr Albanese has confirmed he will visit Beijing before the end of the year, but his travel dates have not yet been disclosed.
Both China and Australia have said the visit will mark the 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam's historic trip, from October 31 to November 4, 1973.
Mr Morrison told partyroom colleagues before Mr Albanese formally accepted the invitation that his successor should not be "too keen" to visit China.
He cautioned at the time against "the government's acquiescent and concessional approach" towards restoring ties with Australia's largest trading partner.
Mr Albanese's China trip will be a delicate balancing act, with Beijing likely to try to cast it as a ?triumph of Chinese diplomacy and as an example for other countries on how to get along with them.
Relations between Canberra and Beijing cooled markedly under Malcolm Turnbull, who banned "high risk" Chinese telcos Huawei and ZTE from Australia's 5G network.
But it was the Morrison government's call for a UN investi?gation into the origins of Covid-19 that really infuriated Beijing, which then responded with co?ercive trade sanctions against Australia that are yet to be fully wound back.
Mr Abbott delivered a scathing rebuke to China at the Yushan Forum in 2021, declaring there was nowhere in the world where "the struggle between liberty and ?tyranny (is) more stark than across the Taiwan Strait".
"Nothing is more pressing right now, than solidarity with Taiwan if we want a better world," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-to-visit-taiwan-warns-against-appeasing-beijing/news-story/bf605b3cd2873a6e823ed4bcb5e75c03
#19555945 at 2023-09-15 15:58:44 (UTC+1)
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South Australia's Indigenous voice to parliament Yes numbers 'not adding up'
DAVID PENBERTHY - SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
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The No campaign is increasingly convinced that South Australians will reject the voice to parliament despite Yes campaigners hailing the state as a must-win at the ?October 14 referendum.
With the national Yes campaign officially launched by ?Anthony Albanese in Adelaide's northern suburbs on August 30 framed around an appeal to the state's progressive political traditions, there has been little sign since of the public groundswell needed to deliver a Yes win in SA.
Opposition Leader David Speirs told The Weekend Australian that he believed the state's Yes vote was "in freefall" and that he would almost bet his house on a No victory.
The Yes camp disagrees and believes SA is still there to be won and that its trailblazing history backing land rights legislation, decriminalising homosexuality and giving women the right to vote makes the Voice a natural progression for the state.
Polls by Newspoll and the Australia Institute had the Yes vote marginally ahead in SA last month at 52-48, but a Guardian poll this week had the No vote in front, reflecting the views of No vote campaign tacticians that ?opposition to the referendum is hardening and that undecided voters are switching to No.
No campaigners believe the Yes camp has misread SA and placed far too much store on its inner-city, arts-loving, left-wing voters, ignoring the fact that the state has a large blue-collar and welfare-reliant population, and a higher-than-national-average share of older and Anglo-Saxon residents who are more hostile to the Voice.
In a tactical sense, most of the public activities aimed at bolstering the Yes vote so far have involved unions and church groups already in support anyway.
Conversely, attempts to popularise the Voice through a citywide campaign of Yes posters appear to be rubbing some voters up the wrong way.
The football-mad state's two biggest community organisations, the Port Adelaide and ?Adelaide footy clubs, have both formally ?advocated a Yes vote. But they did so mutedly via brief social media statements several months ago and have done no campaigning on the issue since, despite some individual players such as Port legend Gavin Wanganeen playing an influential Yes role.
The two most prominent political advocates of the Yes vote are the popular and conservative Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas and Attorney-General Kyam Maher who successfully steered Australia's first legally-enshrined voice through parliament earlier this year.
While Mr Malinauskas is missing a full week of campaign opportunities as he leads a trade delegation to China to restore SA's wine, grain and education sectors, Mr Maher said he ?remained "cautiously optimistic" of victory, saying the Yes campaign had not yet hit full speed.
"A lot of voters aren't engaged with the question yet and I ?remain hopeful that they will see the arguments for change and that they have nothing to fear," he said.
In a party-political sense, SA has been notable in that the Liberal side of politics is providing zero support for the Yes vote, unlike in Western Australia where former foreign minister Julie Bishop has campaigned for Yes and in NSW where former premier Barry O'Farrell and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull are doing the same.
SA is the only state where the parliamentary Liberal Party is campaigning in its entirety against the Voice, despite having long been a stronghold for the moderate faction of the party.
Notable senior moderates - most tellingly former trade minister senator Simon Birmingham - have effectively sat out the Voice debate by refusing to say how they are going to vote.
This has spared the federal ?opposition the awkwardness of another frontbench departure, seen with the resignation as shadow attorney-general of Yes backer Julian Leeser in April after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton formally embraced the No vote.
Mr Speirs, who assumed the Opposition Leader's role last year when Steven Marshall resigned upon the defeat of his one-term government, said he believed the Yes camp had misread the South Australian electorate.
Mr Speirs is one of the few ?remaining suburban Liberals after last year's election whitewash and his southern seat of Bright is home to a large number of young mortgagees, tradies and pensioners, all of whom are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis.
"I would almost bet my house on it losing in SA," Mr Speirs said.
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#19505156 at 2023-09-07 10:31:55 (UTC+1)
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Anthony Albanese agrees to visit China this year after seven-year freeze-out
BEN PACKHAM - SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
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Anthony Albanese has formally accepted an invitation to visit to Beijing this year - the first by an Australian Prime Minister since 2016 - during bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Jakarta.
The Prime Minister raised with Mr Li the plight of Australians detained in China, including Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun, and called for the resumption of "unimpeded trade" between the countries.
He said he also expressed Australia's concerns over China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong during the "frank and constructive" talks, and its disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea and over Taiwan.
"Australia seeks to work towards productive and stable relations with China based on mutual benefit and respect," Mr Albanese said after the meeting, which lasted about 50 minutes.
He said he confirmed "I would accept an invitation and will visit China later this year at a mutually agreeable time".
The trip will be the first by an Australian Prime Minister to China since Malcolm Turnbull visited Hangzhou in 2016 for that year's G20 Summit.
Premier Li said relations between China and Australia had showed "positive momentum", and the progress in restoring bilateral ties had been welcomed by both countries and the international community.
"I welcome you, Mr Prime Minister, to visit China within the year, and hope to work with you to further improve and grow bilateral relations and bring greater benefits to (our) two peoples," Premier Li said.
Mr Albanese said he raised the plight of Ms Cheng, Dr Yang, and three other Australians facing the deaths penalty in the country for criminal offences.
He said Australians were particularly conscious of Ms Cheng's case. "They want to see Cheng Lei reunited with her children," he said.
He said the plea was "heard respectfully" by Premier Li.
Mr Albanese said Mr Li raised Chinese concerns about its trade and economic relationship with Australia, which were likely to have included Australia's bans on Chinese telcos participating in the nation's 5G network, and the treatment of Chinese investors by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board.
The meeting continues the thaw in bilateral relations that began with Mr Albanese's meeting with Xi Jinping at last year's G20 summit in Bali.
China's trade bans punched a $20bn hole in Australia's annual exports to the country since relations collapsed in 2019, but key sanctions have been eased in recent times including a massive tariff on Australian barley.
Just $2.5bn worth of blockages remain, with wine, lobster, and some red meats the main exports still subject to bans.
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#19487549 at 2023-09-04 10:12:38 (UTC+1)
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#31 - Part 47
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 18
>>19458972 OPINION: Why my government didn't back the Voice, but I'm now voting yes - "I will be voting Yes in the referendum on the Voice. Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is long overdue and has been a bipartisan policy objective for many years. It's time to get this done. Six years ago, after long consultations, Indigenous Australians resolved that they wanted constitutional recognition to take the form of an entrenched Indigenous advisory council to be called the Voice. Since then, this particular amendment has been the singular focus of the constitutional recognition movement. If this is the form of recognition most Indigenous Australians want, the rest of us need a good reason to say No. Back in 2017, when this idea was new and lacked detail, my government did not support it. We had two major concerns. First, we believed it had no chance of success in a referendum. The history of constitutional reform in Australia is a dismal one, and to date any proposal faced with concerted opposition has failed. Our other major concern was that the Voice would create an institution in the Constitution, the qualification for which was something other than Australian citizenship. For me, as a republican prime minister, this was particularly important. I believe our head of state should be one of us: an Australian citizen, not whichever English aristocrat happens to be the king or queen of the United Kingdom. I have wrestled long and hard with this issue of constitutional principle, and I have concluded that while the Voice amendment is not entirely consistent with my egalitarian, republican values, nonetheless we are better off supporting it." - Malcolm Turnbull, prime minister of Australia from 2015-2018 - theage.com.au
>>19458993 OPINION: Let's make a difference, and make history too - "I hope October 14, 2023, is a day my grandchildren will learn about at school. The day that Australia said Yes to constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Yes to a voice. The day that Australians from all walks of life and all backgrounds and faiths and traditions came together and voted to celebrate our 65,000 years of history. More importantly, I hope all Australians can look back on ?October 14 and say this was the day the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians started to close. I hope we can look back and say that on that Saturday in spring when Australians voted for a voice to parliament, our country found a way forward on issues where for too long we've been going backwards. That's the beauty of this idea, a proposal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been working on for more than a decade. It's not just about celebrating our history - it's about getting better results in the future." - Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians - theaustralian.com.au
>>19459026 OPINION: The Constitution is too important to change because of the vibe - "Especially on something as sensitive as the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution, it's a big mistake to sponsor a referendum proposal that might fail. Had the prime minister confined his proposed change, formally announced on Wednesday, to an overdue recognition of Australia's Indigenous heritage, it would almost certainly have been carried by acclamation, as the 1967 referendum was. Sadly for the people who could be shattered by the result, what the PM is actually proposing is the biggest change to our Constitution we've ever been asked to make. The failure of the current referendum shouldn't be the disaster for reconciliation that many people understandably fear. It could actually be a golden opportunity to end the separatism that's at the heart of Aboriginal disadvantage and allow Australians to go forward together as one equal people with an Indigenous heritage, a British foundation and an immigrant character. Indeed, acknowledging that in the Constitution, in preference to this divisive Voice, would be something in which we could all take pride." - Tony Abbott, former Liberal prime minister of Australia - theage.com.au
#19487548 at 2023-09-04 10:12:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 46
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 17
>>19452823 Linda Burney is sincere, but not suitable to be face of the Yes campaign for the Indigenous voice to parliament - "Linda Burney is a suitable, sincere and genuine face for the Indigenous voice to parliament but she is not up to being the voice for the Yes campaign for the constitutional referendum. Whether this failure is through inability to perform publicly in parliament, press conferences and public meetings is a result of a "mini stroke", a heart operation or medication is immaterial. It has been clear for months Burney has been unable to answer simple questions about the voice to parliament, even in sympathetic interviews, that she has Ministerial colleagues on hand at public meetings to help her sell the voice and in parliament her inability to handle basic requests for information is embarrassing to all." - Dennis Shanahan - theaustralian.com.au
>>19452845 Video: Meta ends partnership with RMIT FactLab amid voice referendum bias claims - Tech giant Meta has suspended its partnership with RMIT's fact checking program "effective immediately" after receiving complaints about bias and unfairness relating to the upcoming voice to parliament referendum. Meta executives have distanced themselves from RMIT's FactLab after it recently came under fire for slapping a "false information" label on Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin's reports posted on Facebook that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is not a single-page document but is 26 pages long. The FactLab's failure to have a current certification by the International Fact-Checking Network was also blamed for Meta's decision to cut ties with FactLab.
>>19458899 Video: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament referendum set for October 14 - Australians will decide the fate of a constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament on October 14. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially set the date during a visit to Adelaide, sending the nation to the polls for the first referendum in more than two decades. "For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this has been a marathon," he said. "For all of us, it is now a sprint and across the finish line is a more unified, more reconciled Australia, with greater opportunities for all." The proposed Voice would have the power to advise the parliament and federal government on matters that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It will need both a majority of the national vote and a majority the states - a so-called double majority - supporting the referendum for the Voice to be enshrined in the constitution.
>>19458930 Anthony Albanese's Indigenous voice to parliament referendum announcement in full - "My fellow Australians, For many years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have advocated for Constitutional Recognition through a voice. Our Government - along with every single State and Territory Government - has committed to it. Legal experts have endorsed it. People on all sides of the parliament have backed it. Faith groups and sporting codes and local councils and businesses and unions have embraced it. An army of volunteers from every part of this great nation are throwing all their energy behind it. Now, my fellow Australians, you can vote for it."' - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - theaustralian.com.au
>>19458950 Yes23 targets Liberal seats, backed by unions - The Yes23 campaign will direct its army of volunteers into 18 Liberal-held marginal seats and traditionally conservative electorates, under a national strategy to win support from millions of soft voters ahead of the October 14 referendum. The Australian can reveal prominent moderate Liberal MPs and party luminaries will lead the push for undecided conservative voters in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, NSW and Victoria to vote Yes for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice advisory body. Malcolm Turnbull and former federal Liberal Party deputy leader Julie Bishop this week joined the Yes23 campaign in Perth and Sydney, and will continue supporting the push into Liberal Party heartland.
#19487546 at 2023-09-04 10:11:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 45
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 16
>>19427688 ABC management and Leigh Sales intervene in debate on Uluru Statement and argue it's a 'one-page document' - ABC management and top journalist Leigh Sales have instructed staff at the public broadcaster that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is a "one-page document" and given them tactics to quash any arguments contrary to this. The intervention from Sales and ABC management comes days after the broadcaster's Media Watch program criticised attempts to label an editorial from Sky News host Peta Credlin arguing that the Uluru Statement was 26 pages long as "false information" on Facebook.
>>19427747 Edict over Uluru statement a step too far, says ABC host Tom Switzer - ABC Radio National presenter Tom Switzer says it's "highly ?inappropriate" that the public broadcaster issued an edict to staff on what to say in a debate disputing that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is longer than a one-page document. On Friday, The Australian ?revealed that ABC management and top journalist Leigh Sales told staff that the Uluru statement was a single-page document. Sales ?offered numerous tactics on ?addressing any arguments in ?opposition to this. Switzer, who hosts the ?Between the Lines program on Radio ?National, said the ABC and individual staff members should not be arbiters on what is right and wrong in debate. "Why should the ABC or any media outlet issue edicts to staff on highly contentious issues where opinion among even ABC staffers varies?" he said.
>>19434584 WA Nationals backflip on voice, join federal party's No push - 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. 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.
>>19446073 Indigenous voice to parliament: Yes23 campaign must target 1.7m 'soft' voters - Yes23 must win over at least 38 per cent of the nation's 4.6 million undecided voters to claim victory in the October referendum, according to confidential research targeting young people, women, multicultural communities and soft voters in four battleground states. The 31-page Yes23 Persuasive Conversations document, obtained by The Australian, includes new strategies designed to reverse polling trends indicating the pro-voice campaign is on track to lose the referendum, which is expected to be called for October 14. Campaign volunteers have been told to name a "villain" when convincing at least 1.7 million undecided voters to join the Yes cause, including invoking mining billionaires who "care more about profit than protecting our country".
>>19446079 Voice No vote will damage Australia's standing: Bishop - Former foreign minister Julie Bishop says Australia's international reputation will be damaged if the country votes No in the looming Voice to parliament referendum. Ms Bishop joined Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Perth on Monday for a street walk organised to build support for the Yes campaign in Western Australia, considered safe territory for the No side. Ms Bishop, who served as foreign minister under Liberal leaders Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, echoed comments from Labor figures including Anthony Albanese that if voters rejected the Voice it risked sending a negative message about Australia's "openness and empathy".
>>19452806 Anthony Albanese won't be campaigning for an Indigenous voice to parliament each day - Anthony Albanese won't campaign daily for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but instead appear at major referendum events in between running the country, declaring the proposal was "about just giving a bit of respect" to Indigenous people. The Prime Minister attempted to play down the reach of the Voice by comparing it to business groups and stakeholders that provide advice to government.
#19487470 at 2023-09-04 09:50:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
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#19487420 at 2023-09-04 09:25:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 47
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 18
>>19458972 OPINION: Why my government didn't back the Voice, but I'm now voting yes - "I will be voting Yes in the referendum on the Voice. Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is long overdue and has been a bipartisan policy objective for many years. It's time to get this done. Six years ago, after long consultations, Indigenous Australians resolved that they wanted constitutional recognition to take the form of an entrenched Indigenous advisory council to be called the Voice. Since then, this particular amendment has been the singular focus of the constitutional recognition movement. If this is the form of recognition most Indigenous Australians want, the rest of us need a good reason to say No. Back in 2017, when this idea was new and lacked detail, my government did not support it. We had two major concerns. First, we believed it had no chance of success in a referendum. The history of constitutional reform in Australia is a dismal one, and to date any proposal faced with concerted opposition has failed. Our other major concern was that the Voice would create an institution in the Constitution, the qualification for which was something other than Australian citizenship. For me, as a republican prime minister, this was particularly important. I believe our head of state should be one of us: an Australian citizen, not whichever English aristocrat happens to be the king or queen of the United Kingdom. I have wrestled long and hard with this issue of constitutional principle, and I have concluded that while the Voice amendment is not entirely consistent with my egalitarian, republican values, nonetheless we are better off supporting it." - Malcolm Turnbull, prime minister of Australia from 2015-2018 - theage.com.au
>>19458993 OPINION: Let's make a difference, and make history too - "I hope October 14, 2023, is a day my grandchildren will learn about at school. The day that Australia said Yes to constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Yes to a voice. The day that Australians from all walks of life and all backgrounds and faiths and traditions came together and voted to celebrate our 65,000 years of history. More importantly, I hope all Australians can look back on ?October 14 and say this was the day the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians started to close. I hope we can look back and say that on that Saturday in spring when Australians voted for a voice to parliament, our country found a way forward on issues where for too long we've been going backwards. That's the beauty of this idea, a proposal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been working on for more than a decade. It's not just about celebrating our history - it's about getting better results in the future." - Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians - theaustralian.com.au
>>19459026 OPINION: The Constitution is too important to change because of the vibe - "Especially on something as sensitive as the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution, it's a big mistake to sponsor a referendum proposal that might fail. Had the prime minister confined his proposed change, formally announced on Wednesday, to an overdue recognition of Australia's Indigenous heritage, it would almost certainly have been carried by acclamation, as the 1967 referendum was. Sadly for the people who could be shattered by the result, what the PM is actually proposing is the biggest change to our Constitution we've ever been asked to make. The failure of the current referendum shouldn't be the disaster for reconciliation that many people understandably fear. It could actually be a golden opportunity to end the separatism that's at the heart of Aboriginal disadvantage and allow Australians to go forward together as one equal people with an Indigenous heritage, a British foundation and an immigrant character. Indeed, acknowledging that in the Constitution, in preference to this divisive Voice, would be something in which we could all take pride." - Tony Abbott, former Liberal prime minister of Australia - theage.com.au
#19487418 at 2023-09-04 09:24:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 46
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 17
>>19452823 Linda Burney is sincere, but not suitable to be face of the Yes campaign for the Indigenous voice to parliament - "Linda Burney is a suitable, sincere and genuine face for the Indigenous voice to parliament but she is not up to being the voice for the Yes campaign for the constitutional referendum. Whether this failure is through inability to perform publicly in parliament, press conferences and public meetings is a result of a "mini stroke", a heart operation or medication is immaterial. It has been clear for months Burney has been unable to answer simple questions about the voice to parliament, even in sympathetic interviews, that she has Ministerial colleagues on hand at public meetings to help her sell the voice and in parliament her inability to handle basic requests for information is embarrassing to all." - Dennis Shanahan - theaustralian.com.au
>>19452845 Video: Meta ends partnership with RMIT FactLab amid voice referendum bias claims - Tech giant Meta has suspended its partnership with RMIT's fact checking program "effective immediately" after receiving complaints about bias and unfairness relating to the upcoming voice to parliament referendum. Meta executives have distanced themselves from RMIT's FactLab after it recently came under fire for slapping a "false information" label on Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin's reports posted on Facebook that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is not a single-page document but is 26 pages long. The FactLab's failure to have a current certification by the International Fact-Checking Network was also blamed for Meta's decision to cut ties with FactLab.
>>19458899 Video: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament referendum set for October 14 - Australians will decide the fate of a constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament on October 14. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially set the date during a visit to Adelaide, sending the nation to the polls for the first referendum in more than two decades. "For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this has been a marathon," he said. "For all of us, it is now a sprint and across the finish line is a more unified, more reconciled Australia, with greater opportunities for all." The proposed Voice would have the power to advise the parliament and federal government on matters that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It will need both a majority of the national vote and a majority the states - a so-called double majority - supporting the referendum for the Voice to be enshrined in the constitution.
>>19458930 Anthony Albanese's Indigenous voice to parliament referendum announcement in full - "My fellow Australians For many years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have advocated for Constitutional Recognition through a voice. Our Government - along with every single State and Territory Government - has committed to it. Legal experts have endorsed it. People on all sides of the parliament have backed it. Faith groups and sporting codes and local councils and businesses and unions have embraced it. An army of volunteers from every part of this great nation are throwing all their energy behind it. Now, my fellow Australians, you can vote for it."' - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - theaustralian.com.au
>>19458950 Yes23 targets Liberal seats, backed by unions - The Yes23 campaign will direct its army of volunteers into 18 Liberal-held marginal seats and traditionally conservative electorates, under a national strategy to win support from millions of soft voters ahead of the October 14 referendum. The Australian can reveal prominent moderate Liberal MPs and party luminaries will lead the push for undecided conservative voters in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, NSW and Victoria to vote Yes for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice advisory body. Malcolm Turnbull and former federal Liberal Party deputy leader Julie Bishop this week joined the Yes23 campaign in Perth and Sydney, and will continue supporting the push into Liberal Party heartland.
#19487417 at 2023-09-04 09:23:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 45
Indigenous Voice To Parliament Referendum - Part 16
>>19427688 ABC management and Leigh Sales intervene in debate on Uluru Statement and argue it's a 'one-page document' - ABC management and top journalist Leigh Sales have instructed staff at the public broadcaster that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is a "one-page document" and given them tactics to quash any arguments contrary to this. The intervention from Sales and ABC management comes days after the broadcaster's Media Watch program criticised attempts to label an editorial from Sky News host Peta Credlin arguing that the Uluru Statement was 26 pages long as "false information" on Facebook.
>>19427747 Edict over Uluru statement a step too far, says ABC host Tom Switzer - ABC Radio National presenter Tom Switzer says it's "highly ?inappropriate" that the public broadcaster issued an edict to staff on what to say in a debate disputing that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is longer than a one-page document. On Friday, The Australian ?revealed that ABC management and top journalist Leigh Sales told staff that the Uluru statement was a single-page document. Sales ?offered numerous tactics on ?addressing any arguments in ?opposition to this. Switzer, who hosts the ?Between the Lines program on Radio ?National, said the ABC and individual staff members should not be arbiters on what is right and wrong in debate. "Why should the ABC or any media outlet issue edicts to staff on highly contentious issues where opinion among even ABC staffers varies?" he said.
>>19434584 WA Nationals backflip on voice, join federal party's No push - 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. 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.
>>19446073 Indigenous voice to parliament: Yes23 campaign must target 1.7m 'soft' voters - Yes23 must win over at least 38 per cent of the nation's 4.6 million undecided voters to claim victory in the October referendum, according to confidential research targeting young people, women, multicultural communities and soft voters in four battleground states. The 31-page Yes23 Persuasive Conversations document, obtained by The Australian, includes new strategies designed to reverse polling trends indicating the pro-voice campaign is on track to lose the referendum, which is expected to be called for October 14. Campaign volunteers have been told to name a "villain" when convincing at least 1.7 million undecided voters to join the Yes cause, including invoking mining billionaires who "care more about profit than protecting our country".
>>19446079 Voice No vote will damage Australia's standing: Bishop - Former foreign minister Julie Bishop says Australia's international reputation will be damaged if the country votes No in the looming Voice to parliament referendum. Ms Bishop joined Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Perth on Monday for a street walk organised to build support for the Yes campaign in Western Australia, considered safe territory for the No side. Ms Bishop, who served as foreign minister under Liberal leaders Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, echoed comments from Labor figures including Anthony Albanese that if voters rejected the Voice it risked sending a negative message about Australia's "openness and empathy".
>>19452806 Anthony Albanese won't be campaigning for an Indigenous voice to parliament each day - Anthony Albanese won't campaign daily for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but instead appear at major referendum events in between running the country, declaring the proposal was "about just giving a bit of respect" to Indigenous people. The Prime Minister attempted to play down the reach of the Voice by comparing it to business groups and stakeholders that provide advice to government.
#19459026 at 2023-08-30 09:59:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19222755
>>19458899
OPINION: The Constitution is too important to change because of the vibe
Tony Abbott, Former prime minister - August 30, 2023
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Especially on something as sensitive as the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution, it's a big mistake to sponsor a referendum proposal that might fail. Had the prime minister confined his proposed change, formally announced on Wednesday, to an overdue recognition of Australia's Indigenous heritage, it would almost certainly have been carried by acclamation, as the 1967 referendum was. Sadly for the people who could be shattered by the result, what the PM is actually proposing is the biggest change to our Constitution we've ever been asked to make.
It's to Australians' credit that almost none of us want to let Aboriginal people down - as many will feel let down if this referendum fails. But constitutional change is too important to pass on the vibe. The Constitution belongs to all of us, not just to some of us, and any constitutional change should have something for everyone. In a country with "no hierarchy of descent" and "no privilege of origin" - to use Bob Hawke's immortal words from our Bicentennial - it's simply wrong to give just some of us a special say over how our government works based on ancestry.
Behind the elegant words of the Uluru Statement is an attempt to retro-fit Aboriginal sovereignty, as if the settlement of Australia was a grievous injustice. "Voice, Treaty, Truth", the activists' mantra, is meant to ensure that governments can do nothing much at all without the say-so of Indigenous people, with long-term ramifications for the way all of us live, as Western Australia's deeply problematic recent land laws show.
Because the proposed constitutionally entrenched Indigenous Voice won't just be to the parliament, prior to the making of laws under the so-called "race" power, but will be to the executive government too on anything "relating to" Indigenous people, it's essentially a Voice to everyone on everything. Because a constitutionally guaranteed right to speak implies a constitutionally guaranteed obligation to hear, on any significant government action, the Voice will need to be given adequate notice, adequate information, adequate time and resources to respond, and then adequate consideration by the relevant governmental decision-maker.
It would take a "brave" government to ignore the Voice, as the PM said at the Garma Festival when beginning his campaign for it. Malcolm Turnbull grasped this too, when he initially opposed the Voice as a "third chamber of the parliament". And it was certainly the understanding of the distinguished constitutional law experts Nicholas Aroney and Peter Gerangelos when they told the parliamentary inquiry into it that the Voice would be a "fourth arm" of government, along with the legislative, executive and judicial ones.
(continued)
#19458974 at 2023-08-30 09:41:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19458972
2/2
The real issue is not whether there should be a Voice, but whether it should be entrenched in the Constitution. This will mean it cannot be abolished by parliament, as was the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
But it won't mean government or parliament must follow its advice. It will not have a right of veto, but it will have considerable influence in matters relating to Indigenous Australians. As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese observed recently, it would be a very brave government that ignored its advice on a matter relating to Indigenous affairs.
The scares and diversions whipped up over the Voice have been utterly predictable. Let me deal with a few of them:
Will the Voice give advice on the date of Australia Day? I am sure it will recommend the date be moved. So what? That's hardly a novel suggestion.
Some have suggested it could offer advice on defence. Well, it might. But why would the views of Indigenous Australians on AUKUS carry more weight than anyone else's, let alone on the Copyright Act or industrial relations?
The Voice will be most persuasive when it gives advice on matters directly relating to the welfare and advancement of Indigenous Australians. This is what the Indigenous people in local and regional communities will expect it to be dealing with, and this will make it an opportunity for better government, not a threat to it. The Voice is intended to be powerful. It seeks to address what the Uluru Statement from the Heart called the "trauma of powerlessness". It should be very influential. But its influence will be greatest when it is speaking on matters central to the advancement of Indigenous Australians.
My government's Indigenous Advisory Council was chosen by the government. The members had no democratic mandate from Indigenous Australians. They did not lack expertise, or goodwill or commitment to help their communities. But they did lack a clear democratic mandate from their own people.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart also called for treaty, but this is not what Australians are being asked to vote on at the referendum. The establishment of a Voice will not deliver a treaty. It may make it more achievable. Treaties are being negotiated at state and territory levels already. They take time, careful and respectful consultation and negotiation. But whatever the Voice may propose, the only people who can commit the Commonwealth of Australia to any treaty are the members of its parliament, elected by all Australians.
All sides of the Voice debate seek to draw lessons from the 1999 Republic referendum. So I will just share one. Do not allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.
The Voice delivers recognition and respect to Indigenous Australians in the manner they have sought. On October 14, together we can bend the arc of history a little further towards justice by voting YES.
Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister of Australia from 2015-2018.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/why-my-government-didn-t-back-the-voice-but-i-m-now-voting-yes-20230829-p5e0a0.html
#19458972 at 2023-08-30 09:40:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19222755
>>19458899
OPINION: Why my government didn't back the Voice, but I'm now voting yes
Malcolm Turnbull, Former prime minister - August 30, 2023
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I will be voting Yes in the referendum on the Voice. Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is long overdue and has been a bipartisan policy objective for many years. It's time to get this done.
Six years ago, after long consultations, Indigenous Australians resolved that they wanted constitutional recognition to take the form of an entrenched Indigenous advisory council to be called the Voice. Since then, this particular amendment has been the singular focus of the constitutional recognition movement. If this is the form of recognition most Indigenous Australians want, the rest of us need a good reason to say No.
Back in 2017, when this idea was new and lacked detail, my government did not support it. We had two major concerns. First, we believed it had no chance of success in a referendum. The history of constitutional reform in Australia is a dismal one, and to date any proposal faced with concerted opposition has failed.
Our other major concern was that the Voice would create an institution in the Constitution, the qualification for which was something other than Australian citizenship. For me, as a republican prime minister, this was particularly important. I believe our head of state should be one of us: an Australian citizen, not whichever English aristocrat happens to be the king or queen of the United Kingdom.
I have wrestled long and hard with this issue of constitutional principle, and I have concluded that while the Voice amendment is not entirely consistent with my egalitarian, republican values, nonetheless we are better off supporting it.
The arguments for a Voice are obvious; of course, governments and parliaments should consult with and be advised by Indigenous Australians on decisions that affect them. In my own government, I was inspired by Dr Chris Sarra's advice - do things with Indigenous Australians not to Indigenous Australians.
Our Indigenous policy committee of cabinet ensured that all ministers and departments paid attention to Indigenous advancement - not just Indigenous Affairs officials. Every meeting of that committee began with a presentation from and discussion with the co-chairs of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Chris Sarra and Andrea Mason. They had regular and direct access to cabinet.
I expect the Voice would operate in a similar way but with one very important difference - it would have greater standing and authority because it was not a council of Indigenous Australians chosen by government but, rather, chosen by Indigenous Australians. Its credibility will depend on the quality of its advice, how many Indigenous Australians participate in that choice and whether Indigenous Australians overall feel the Voice truly represents them.
But while many council members were connected to their communities, there was no structural link that allowed members formally to hear the views of local and regional people, which is the major difference with the current Voice proposal.
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#19458950 at 2023-08-30 09:32:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19222755
>>19458899
Yes23 targets Liberal seats, backed by unions
GEOFF CHAMBERS - AUGUST 30, 2023
The Yes23 campaign will direct its army of volunteers into 18 Liberal-held marginal seats and traditionally conservative electorates, under a national strategy to win support from millions of soft voters ahead of the October 14 referendum.
The Australian can reveal prominent moderate Liberal MPs and party luminaries will lead the push for undecided conservative voters in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, NSW and Victoria to vote Yes for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice advisory body.
With the Liberal Party state divisions and supporter bases at low ebbs, the No campaign concedes it cannot rely on party members to volunteer en masse at pre-polls and on referendum day.
Yes23 plans to take advantage of the weak state of Liberal campaigning infrastructure, harnessing its 28,000 volunteers and the combined resources of the ALP and union campaign machines to bombard marginal and swing seats over the next six-weeks.
Liberal seats on Yes23's target list include Deakin, Menzies, Banks, Bradfield, Hughes, Lindsay, Sturt, Bass and Braddon. Former Liberal seats held by teal independents and Labor, including Aston, Goldstein, Hasluck, Tangney, Curtin, Kooyong, North Sydney, Warringah and Wentworth, are also on the list.
Senior Yes23 campaigners believe "there are lots of undecided voters in these seats that can be swayed into the Yes column".
Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin will join voice advocate and Liberal MP Julian Leeser in Sydney on Thursday, as the Liberals for Yes movement led by former ACT chief minister Kate Carnell and prominent Indigenous business leader Sean Gordon gathers momentum.
ACTU secretary Sally McManus said union members would join Yes23 campaigners to end discrimination against Indigenous Australians.
"The union movement was built on amplifying voices so they can be heard. For too long our parliaments have made laws about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples without proper consultation with First Nations peoples," Ms McManus said.
"The union movement has listened to its membership who are keen to walk with their Indigenous colleagues and we will be supporting members to campaign on this issue."
With the No campaign needing to win one or both of Tasmania and South Australia, Yes23 is confident that grassroots campaigning by Bass Liberal MP Bridget Archer in northern Tasmania will get them over the line.
"This is an historic opportunity for Australia. There are Liberals across the country - like me - who support this because we want to see better outcomes, less wastage and real results," Ms Archer said.
A Yes23 campaigner said in addition to the push into Liberals territory, the Teals will rally supporters in NSW, Victoria and WA.
Malcolm Turnbull and former federal Liberal Party deputy leader Julie Bishop this week joined the Yes23 campaign in Perth and Sydney, and will continue supporting the push into Liberal Party heartland.
Mr Leeser, who quit his frontbench role as opposition Indigenous Australians spokesman in April after Peter Dutton announced the Coalition would oppose the voice, said "I believe Australians will vote for a better future".
"At a referendum, there are no parties on the ballot paper, nor candidates, there is only an idea on the ballot paper. The idea is to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution," Mr Leeser said.
"I believe the risk at this referendum is not change, but the risk lies in more of the same."
NSW Liberal MP and former NSW treasurer Matt Kean said he would be campaigning in his electorate of Hornsby, where voters were "already engaged".
"Being out in the community you hear a variety of views, but I'm voting Yes because I believe we have an incredible opportunity before us to hear from Indigenous Australians on the issues that affect them," Mr Kean said.
Ms Carnell said Liberals for Yes, which is co-ordinating volunteer activation, community forums and grassroots education programs, will promote genuine and practical change for Indigenous Australians to "like-minded Australians in a respectful way".
Mr Gordon said a Yes vote "simply reaffirms the request made to Australia by an overwhelming number of Indigenous people in delivering the Uluru Statement from the Heart".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/yes23-targets-liberal-seats-backed-by-unions/news-story/4a7c3a330c68a1ed9d7be6667b74e87f
#19446079 at 2023-08-28 09:14:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19222755
>>19297392
Voice No vote will damage Australia's standing: Bishop
Tom Rabe and Tom McIlroy - Aug 28, 2023
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop says Australia's international reputation will be damaged if the country votes No in the looming Voice to parliament referendum.
Ms Bishop joined Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Perth on Monday for a street walk organised to build support for the Yes campaign in Western Australia, considered safe territory for the No side.
Ms Bishop, who served as foreign minister under Liberal leaders Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, echoed comments from Labor figures including Anthony Albanese that if voters rejected the Voice it risked sending a negative message about Australia's "openness and empathy".
She is popular with voters in Western Australia, but her support for the Voice puts her at odds with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and senior WA Liberals including frontbenchers Michaelia Cash and Andrew Hastie.
"I know that Australia's international reputation can be affected by a No vote," Ms Bishop said.
"I have no doubt that it will be sending a very negative message about the openness and the empathy and the respect and responsibility that the Australian people have for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
"It's probably more difficult for Penny to say this because she's out there on the international stage having to promote Australia's current position, but I would be most concerned at the message this would send the rest of the world if we can't find it in our hearts to say yes."
Asked whether she agreed with Ms Bishop's assessment, Senator Wong said: "Julie, as always, is very eloquent and I'm going to leave it at that.
"This referendum is about recognition, it's about listening and it's about better outcomes, and as Julie very eloquently spoke about, this is something after 20 years in politics, you look at and think 'this is a way of trying to make sure we actually do better and listen to what Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people have said to us'."
Ms Bishop is the Australian National University chancellor. She said the university believed the Uluru Statement from the Heart was an opportunity to address Indigenous disadvantage.
"I'm looking for a respectful, sensible debate across the nation," she said after the event with Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin.
"I believe that this is an opportunity first to give Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders their rightful place in the Constitution, but secondly, to give them the right and the risk and the responsibility to come up with policies that will address the problems as they see them and get better outcomes, and I truly believe that this is our opportunity."
The comments come as company directors supporting the Voice say advocates need a sharper message for voters about its benefits, and prepare to spend a $130,000 war chest.
Undecided voters
Organised by Ming Long, a director of Telstra and IFM Investors, and Nora Scheinkestel, who sits on the Westpac and Origin Energy boards, the group placed full-page advertisements advocating a Yes vote in national newspapers on Monday.
But Yes campaign spokesman Thomas Mayo said many voters wanted questions answered, and were yet to decide their position. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to announce a date for the referendum this week.
"What I've found over the years is that when you give people the explanation on what this vote is really about, it's basically just yes or no," he said.
"There's around 30 to 40 per cent of Australians that haven't made up their minds yet. And those are the people that we're going to be focusing on.
"We've been working furiously on being ready for this final run to the polls."
Campaigning in Queensland, Mr Dutton said he expected a tight result, but warned against a major advertising campaign by Voice supporters.
"People will be bombarded with ads. People will be bullied into voting Yes," he said.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/voice-no-vote-will-damage-australia-s-standing-bishop-20230828-p5e00j
#19417760 at 2023-08-24 11:03:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19417751
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The sentence draws to a close a scandal that has seen the sisters transform from disempowered victims who knew little of the world outside their strict religious enclave, and who were preyed upon by Leifer, to survivor-advocates who now encourage others to report allegations of abuse, sometimes in defiance of their conservative upbringing.
Their unyielding pursuit of justice stretched over two decades and across several continents, taking the sisters into the halls of power as they pressed their case to former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, Israel's then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked, and other leaders.
It took upwards of 70 hearings to break through the inertia of Israeli authorities and finally have Leifer sent back to Australia.
About 20 years have passed since the sisters' abuse inside Adass Israel School and this moment, with Leifer sitting in prison, a single tear rolling down her face as she shifted back and forth during the sentencing.
But outside the County Court, the youngest sister, Sapper, spoke of healing.
"I think the more time and distance we create we move further away from this trauma, the more ability we have to start healing," she said.
"For me, healing looks like continuing to add to my family and starting to let go of all this."
In his sentencing remarks, Gamble found that Leifer was unlikely to reoffend. The publicity of the case, he reasoned, meant it would be highly unlikely for her to gain access to children in a similar setting ever again - a finding the sisters rejected.
When the sisters were asked if they thought Leifer still posed a threat to young girls, Sapper responded, "We absolutely do".
Meyer added: "That statement actually scared us because she has shown no remorse the entire process. I have looked at her so many times on the screen trying to read her, there is no remorse, so I do not believe for a minute that she would not re-offend if she has the opportunity."
Gamble said Leifer abused the sisters at a time when they did not understand the sexual nature of the offending due to their ultra-Orthodox upbringing. He said the victims remained "ignorant in sexual matters" until marriage.
"In effect, each of them had no understanding of the sexual nature of the acts Mrs Leifer was engaging in," Gamble said.
Gamble said the sisters had suffered at the hands of their mother before Leifer abused them. They were locked in a dark cupboard for lengthy periods, told they were no longer part of the family and dumped at a park. Food was often withheld.
"It was a miserable home life for the complainants who were starved of love and affection and left in a perpetual state of fear and confusion," he said.
The control their mother held over them was relinquished when the Leifer intervened to request their attendance at school, school outings or at her own home. This was because of the "reverence that she [the mother] held Mrs Leifer in", Gamble said.
Gamble said the victims gave evidence that the school was a safe haven until the sexual abuse began.
Leifer has been in custody since January 2021 when she returned to Australia, and was transported to court each day in a prison van away from public view. During the trial, she focused closely on her barrister Ian Hill, KC, and rarely looked at the jury.
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#19237725 at 2023-07-25 11:05:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
Accountant defends paedophile asset shed 'plan of action', tells court unaware of victim compensation claim
MATTHEW DENHOLM - JULY 25, 2023
An accountant has confirmed he enacted a plan to divest a paedophile's multimillion-dollar asset portfolio to family and friends ahead of his sentencing, but denied orchestrating the scheme.
The Federal Court on Tuesday heard Launceston accountant Ken Davey developed "a plan of action" by which assets of child abuser John Wayne Millwood were sold to family and friends and the proceeds then gifted to them.
Millwood later declared bankruptcy and has far avoiding paying a cent of $5.3m in civil compensation awarded to his victim, whom he repeatedly abused over five years in the 1980s.
Mr Davey - a partner with Findex Group, of which Malcolm Turnbull is a director - told the court it was "pretty obvious" Millwood wanted to urgently dispose of assets before December 7, 2016, when he was due to be sentenced and when solicitors foreshadowed a compensation application.
However, Mr Davey said he was not informed of this motivation for quick asset sales at the time. "They didn't tell me that but ... it must have because it's so timely," he said. "I can't see any other reason."
As exclusively revealed by The Weekend Australian in 2022, Millwood - a wealthy colonial art collector and former pathology practice manager - shed millions in assets before declaring bankruptcy and avoiding the civil payout.
Bankruptcy trustee Sheahan Lock Partners is attempting to claw back proceeds from the disposal of Millwood's property, shares and art works, on behalf of his largest creditor - the survivor of his abuse.
In Federal Court proceedings in Hobart in pursuit of that quest, Mr Davey, Millwood's longstanding accountant, on Tuesday insisted he did not "orchestrate" Millwood's divestment plan and only implemented the wishes of his longstanding client.
Under questioning by counsel for Sheahan Lock, Stuart Lewin, Mr Davey agreed "a plan of action" he prepared saw three of Millwood's Launceston properties sold to trusts controlled by either Millwood's daughter or his former partner, with the proceeds then effectively gifted to them, also.
Along with the sale of contents, this left nothing in Millwood's estate. "That's correct yes," Mr Davey said.
"Sell the assets and give away the proceeds?" Mr Lewin asked, to which Mr Davey replied: "That's what he (Millwood) wanted to do."
Mr Davey was also questioned about what Mr Lewin described as "sham" loans to Millwood from his daughter, Sarah, and his former partner, Sonia Ann Finlay, but the accountant rejected this characterisation of the debts.
He agreed Millwood's concern about a potential claim by his victim was "part of the reason" for his asset-shedding, as well as having "debts he wanted to pay".
Mr Lewin put it to Mr Davey he was "tasked with ensuring that John Millwood's assets were put beyond the reach of his victims".
"No," Mr Davey replied. "I was tasked with making sure his affairs were in order."
Mr Lewin suggested "by putting his affairs in order the millions and millions of dollars in assets that he held were reduced to nothing". "That was the end result," Mr Davey said.
Hearings continue, with Millwood, who has been receiving a government pension, due to give evidence.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/accountant-defends-paedophile-asset-shed-plan-of-action-tells-court-unaware-of-victim-compensation-claim/news-story/5317b867beab3e1f1fb5bc0954be49f2
#19204884 at 2023-07-19 11:02:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19204881
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Csergo's lawyers fear 'show trial'
Csergo's legal team have argued a "misconceived and overzealous police prosecution is a cruel response to our client's courage and candour", and say they fear a "show trial".
Collaery said the grooming approach to Csergo appeared to be an MSS provocation, to which Australian authorities had dramatically overreacted.
The "vague and overly broad" laws under which Csergo has been charged were further evidence of "Australia's drift into authoritarian governance", Collaery said.
"Alex [Csergo] has done what every captured defence or intelligence official is trained to do: cooperate as harmlessly as possible. If this trial goes ahead, a jury is going to see him as resourceful and courageous."
Csergo, 55, has been charged with one count of reckless foreign interference, the first time that charge has been laid in Australia. The new law was part of a suite of legislation introduced by then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in late 2017.
Sources with knowledge of the case say there has been no evidence yet presented that Csergo provided any sensitive information to foreign officials, or jeopardised Australia's national security, arguing the case against him is "weak".
Csergo is being held at the Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney's north-west. He has been refused bail and is in isolation. The publicly broadcast police allegation that he is a spy for China is widely known in the prison, putting a "target on his back", a source said.
Csergo's communication to the outside world has been severely curtailed, and his ability to prepare a defence limited. His phone access to his wife and family has been cut; the only number he can call is that of his elderly mother, for brief conversations that are recorded and monitored.
His lawyers say they have been refused access to see him at the door of the prison, and a scheduled two-hour virtual legal meeting was cut to 15 minutes and monitored. More than three months after being arrested, Csergo has still not had a face-to-face meeting with his lawyers.
The AFP issued a statement when Csergo was arrested, saying "it is alleged that on a number of occasions [Csergo] met with two individuals ... who offered [him] money to obtain information about Australian defence, economic and national security arrangements".
In court last month, commonwealth prosecutor Conor McCraith said the "shopping list" was discovered by Asio and had not been declared by Csergo. He alleged Csergo had remained in contact with Ken - via WeChat - from Australia.
Magistrate Julia Virgo refused Csergo's most recent bail application, citing his "substantial connection to a foreign government" and his behaviour once he returned to Australia.
"It is concerning to me that Mr Csergo himself did not volunteer this information [about attempts to groom him] on his arrival into this country," Virgo said. The case returns to court in August.
The federal attorney general, who must consent to Csergo's prosecution, declined to comment on when or how that decision would be made.
The shopping list given to Csergo details information Csergo's aspirant handlers were seeking.
Undated, without a letterhead and written in imperfect English, the document asks for information on: "Five eyes-intel communitychina spycyber security, as well as information on the Belt-and-Road Initiative, bribery and corruption cases, and 'other sensitive storys' (sic)."
It urges: "Focus on: strategy level - following the fresh geopolitics backgrounds, show top leaders real thinking attitude and mutual talking points, bring out the consensus and conflicts between the main figures."
Csergo brought the list home to Australia in hard copy, placed inside the pages of a magazine, and carried it onboard the plane that brought him out of China.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/australian-businessman-alex-csergo-mother-denies-chinese-spy
#19188959 at 2023-07-16 09:48:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 84
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide
>>18939681 'Drowning in lies': Turnbull warns Taipei audience of internal threat to democracy - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has told an audience in Taipei that lies and disinformation spread by "wicked" local actors poses the greater threat to democracy than from external threats such as authoritarian nations. Renewing his long-waged battle with Rupert Murdoch and his media stable, Turnbull cited Fox News, and said misinformation was not simply spread by conspiracy theorists at their keyboards but by established media. Fox News last month settled a $1.17 billion lawsuit with voting machine maker Dominion Systems for broadcasting lies peddled by Trump and his allies over the 2020 presidential election. - Jono Thomson - taiwannews.com.tw
>>19021795 'I was wrong': Trump grows stronger, can beat Biden and topple US democracy, pollster fears - Leading US pollster Frank Luntz says Donald Trump can re-win the presidency and that if that happens, US democracy could collapse. Luntz said he was wrong to declare in 2021 that Trump would never again be president. "I now have to acknowledge that it is a distinct possibility that Donald Trump could be elected president - I did not believe that one year ago," he said. "I did not believe that the search of Mar-a-Lago would be handled so badly, I did not believe that the indictment of him in New York would be handled so badly. "I did not believe that his opponents would be so inept as to actually strengthen him and the combination of all of those makes him now viable, not just in the Republican primary but in the general election." - Latika Bourke - theage.com.au
>>19021837 Donald Trump could still have a shot at the presidency despite his legal troubles. But is Anthony Albanese prepared? - "Anthony Albanese probably didn't think there was much chance of Donald Trump returning to power when he openly criticised the then US president during his final days in the White House. Albanese, still opposition leader at the time, said Trump had "encouraged" the January 6 insurrection in 2021. He labelled it a direct assault on "the rule of law and democracy". The Labor leader also suggested Trump's foreign policy approach "saw the first steps in a retreat by the US from its historical role as leader of the post-war international order". These comments were made from a position of relative diplomatic safety. Trump had already lost to Joe Biden, who would be sworn into office within days. There was little risk in joining the chorus of criticism being levelled at such an outrageous president on his way out the door. Surely the man in the red MAGA cap was done. And yet, more than two years later, now Prime Minister Albanese is being urged to prepare for the very real possibility of a Trump return." - David Speers - abc.net.au
>>19021887 'Good morning #Australia': Trump's social network Truth Social comes Down Under - "Australians can now join the Donald Trump-founded social media platform Truth Social after geoblocking that prevented citizens from most countries from accessing the website was removed. Last week, former congressman and CEO of Truth Social Devin Nunes announced that the Twitter clone was available to users all over the world. Last Monday he "truthed" - the platform's verb for posted - a message specifically welcoming Australians. "Good morning #Australia Glad to have you here @truthsocial," he said, replying to a truth from an Australian user whose profile bio contained QAnon hashtags." - Cam Wilson - crikey.com.au
>>19051082 Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers reports rise in social media abuse, misinformation - "As Australia gears up for a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the national election watchdog has reported a rise in abuse from social media users spreading misinformation over its voting process. Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said the tone of online comments on its posts about recent elections and the upcoming referendum voting information has been "aggressive". A rise in social media misinformation followed false claims made by former US President Donald Trump in relation to the voting process during the 2020 presidential election. Mr Trump accused an electronic voting system widely used by authorities in the US of deleting or switching votes in an attempt to pin the blame for his loss to President Joe Biden. Mr Rogers said the commission was working to address both the misinformation on the electoral process, as well as online threats to staff ahead of the upcoming referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament." - Daryna Zadvirna - abc.net.au
#19188923 at 2023-07-16 09:41:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 63
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>18929002 Australian citizen Daniel Duggan is accused of training Chinese military pilots by the US. His wife alleges he's caught in a 'political power play' - Daniel Duggan was born in the United States and served as a pilot in the Marines between 1989 and 2002. He's been an Australian citizen since 2012. He's now in custody in Lithgow Correctional Centre in NSW pending extradition to the US on charges of conspiracy, arms trafficking and money laundering. "He 100 per cent denies all accusations," Ms Duggan told 7.30. Key to the US government's pursuit of Mr Duggan is his time as a contractor with the Test Flying Academy of South Africa between 2010 and 2012. Mr Duggan says he provided training to civilian aviators. But in its indictment, the US government alleges the flying school had a contract with a state-owned entity in China to deliver training to military pilots.
>>18929024 Video: Wife of former US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots by the US speaks out | 7.30 - Last October Australian authorities, acting on a request from the United States, arrested former Marine pilot Daniel Duggan for allegedly training pilots from the Chinese military. Duggan is being held in a maximum-security prison while he fights extradition to America. This report by Angelique Donnellan and Xanthe Kleinig. - ABC News In-depth
>>18939663 Closer China-Australia ties will not come at Taiwan's expense: Former Australian PM - "Taiwanese perspectives and experience are more important than ever," according to former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull. Turnbull is in Taiwan for the first time to attend the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI) 2023 Annual Forum on Monday (May 29). When Taiwan News asked Turnbull if he thought improvements in the Australia-China relationship would come at the expense of Australia's relationship with Taiwan, Turnbull said he did not. "The Australian Government under (Prime Minister) Albanese has not taken one backward step on matters of substance as far as China's concerned," he said, but "what has changed is the rhetoric."
>>18939695 Let's not forget Taiwan as we kowtow to China on trade - "Few countries understand China's military thinking better than Taiwan. We run the risk of being called on to defend one of the few genuinely successful liberal democracies in the Indo-Pacific without having any substantive military or intelligence relationship. If Australia was serious about reducing the risk of conflict in the Indo-Pacific, the best way to do this would be to help Taiwan strengthen its own military forces. The bilateral relationship needs to be rethought. A start would be to send Trade Minister Don Farrell to Taipei to discuss Taiwan's proposed membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. It's also time to reopen discussion of a free-trade agreement. The absence of one with our fifth largest export market is, to use a technical trade term, crazy." - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au
>>18939721 Battle lines drawn on Albanese going to China - Now that the prime minister has received an official invitation to visit Beijing later this year, the political and diplomatic lines are being drawn. China's informal bans on coal, copper, timber and cotton have eased, but restrictions on wine and live lobsters remain. All eyes are now on China's expedited review of the tariffs it placed on barley. But consider this hypothetical: if the trade bans are all lifted before Albanese steps onto the tarmac in Beijing, "the result will be pocketed, with thanks, and soon forgotten". Which could mean that the visit's focus becomes the two Australians detained in China on murky charges: Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun. Their imminent release is paramount: achieving it by the time the visit takes place, however, will prove difficult. In that case, Albanese will have to press the matter privately with Chinese leaders. This is a powerful bargaining chip in China's uncaring hands.
>>18939748 'No timeframe or conditions' on Albanese's visit to China - Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says there is no timeframe or conditions on Anthony Albanese's upcoming visit to China, signalling the Australian government was managing expectations of trade sanction relief and the release of two detained Australians. The federal opposition has called on the government to secure a guarantee that all $20 billion in trade sanctions on half a dozen industries will be lifted by Beijing before the prime minister travels. Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham has also labelled the ongoing detention of Australians Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun "unacceptable".
#19188882 at 2023-07-16 09:30:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 28
Brittany Higgins Rape Trial and Sofronoff Inquiry into ACT Criminal Justice System - Part 4
>>18966103 THE AUSTRALIAN EDITORIAL - Texts show probe is needed into Higgins' compensation award - "The emergence of highly charged text messages between Brittany Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz raises important questions about the behaviour of senior political figures that must be answered. The plotting and conversations revealed in the text messages are of vital public interest. They go to the heart of how politics is played and how events that are the proper preserve of the criminal justice system can be exploited for personal and political gain. The extent of what appears to be collusion between Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz and political figures demands that a proper investigation be launched into a decision to award more than $2m in compensation to Ms Higgins with what could be considered a questionable regard for proper process."
>>18971017 Anthony Albanese defends Katy Gallagher amid involvement with Brittany Higgins allegation and compensation - Pressure is mounting for Anthony Albanese and key ministers in his government to disclose whether they had any involvement in helping Brittany Higgins pursue her rape allegation against Bruce Lehrmann after it was revealed the former political staffer and her boyfriend David Sharaz strategised how to make use of senior Labor figures. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher sits at the centre of the pair's scheming, with Mr Sharaz having boasted about his friendship with the senator to Ms Higgins. Texts published in The Australian reveal Mr Sharaz and Senator Gallagher were in touch and that she was "angry and wants to help" before the rape allegation was made public.
>>18971045 Peter Dutton backs move to refer Brittany Higgins' settlement to the National Anti-Corruption Commission - Peter Dutton has backed a move to refer the confidential Commonwealth payout made to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins to the new federal integrity watchdog for investigation. The Opposition Leader told 2GB Radio on Thursday that Anthony Albanese and other senior figures in the federal government had questions to answer about the payout and what they knew about Ms Higgins' rape allegation and when. "It just seems that as each day goes by, there are more questions than there are answers and I think that's creating a lot of suspicion understandably," Mr Dutton said.
>>18977050 Video: Sharri Markson: Deep links between Brittany Higgins and Labor show how allegations were 'exploited for political purposes' - Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson has again exposed another link between the ALP and Ms Higgins and her now-fianc? David Sharaz. Emma Webster was seen throughout the Lehrmann trial side-by-side with Ms Higgins offering her support. Ms Higgins even described the former Labor staffer as a "wise advisor". While Ms Webster was mentioned throughout the trial as a close friend of Ms Higgins and a lobbyist her deep Labor connections were hardly ever revealed. Before starting at Hawker Britton as a senior lobbyist, Ms Webster was a top advisor for former prime minister Julia Gillard, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Ms Gallagher when she was the ACT chief minister.
>>18977104 Katy Gallagher accused of misleading parliament, faces referral to corruption watchdog - Katy Gallagher is facing serious claims she misled parliament over an outburst in which she rejected assertions she was tipped off about Brittany Higgins' rape allegations in 2021, as pressure builds on Anthony Albanese over Labor's war-gaming with Ms Higgins' fiance David Sharaz. The Finance Minister and senior government ministers went to ground on Thursday following the damaging fallout from text messages and audio recordings of Mr Sharaz and Ms Higgins boasting about contact and collusion with senior Labor figures. The Australian can also reveal texts between the couple that show Mr Sharaz's response to their growing fame after the allegations became public, with Ms Higgins' partner telling her they "exude power" and expressing his delight at organising her private meetings with former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull.
#19188850 at 2023-07-16 09:18:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
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>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
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>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
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>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
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>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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#18422561 at 2023-02-28 05:51:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 31
Australia / China Tensions - Part 6
>>18338130 Former fighter pilot to fight extradition to US - A former US fighter pilot will fight his extradition to the US, following allegations he was providing the Chinese military with air traffic training, in what is set to be a lengthy court battle - Australian citizen Daniel Edmund Duggan, 54, has been in custody for more than 100 days over allegations he received 12 payments of more than $116,000 from a Chinese-based business which was responsible for acquiring military training, equipment and technical data for China's government and military, for "personal development training"
>>18344205 Chinese-made cameras found in 88 MP offices - Eighty-eight Chinese-made surveillance cameras have been found in the offices of federal parliamentarians, with the Department of Finance racing to remove them - The government has confirmed 122 Hikvision or Dahua devices - mainly surveillance cameras and intercoms - have been installed in 88 federal electorate offices, where members of the public come to meet their elected representatives
>>18344255 Ex-marine fights extradition from 'inhumane' prison - The wife of a former US fighter pilot claims he has been locked up in "inhumane conditions" as he fights extradition to the United States to face allegations he aided the Chinese military - Saffrine Duggan said her husband Daniel Duggan had already been kept 115 days in a "tiny cell" in Sydney's Silverwater prison based on US charges that had yet to be tested in court
>>18350532 Australia will tighten laws to stop leaking of military secrets - The federal government will develop new laws to ensure it is illegal for current and former Australian Defence Force personnel to provide military secrets to foreign powers such as China - The new laws come after Australian citizen Daniel Duggan, a former US Marine pilot, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police in October at the request of US authorities who accuse him of helping to train Chinese military pilots to fly fighter jets
>>18363023 Punish China's human rights atrocity: Morrison - Scott Morrison has called on the Albanese government to consider sanctions against Chinese government officials over human rights abuses against Uighur minorities under the same Magnitsky-style laws used to sanction Russian officials over the invasion of Ukraine
>>18363029 Scott Morrison, in Tokyo, to warn China would start war with 'bits and bytes' not bullets - Former prime minister Scott Morrison has warned that any war started by China would not begin with bullets, but with "bits and bytes", and that Beijing would first disable military systems and civil infrastructure
>>18374615 Govt departments removing China-linked CCTV and recording devices - The federal government is quietly stripping out every one of the almost 1000 Hikvision and Dahua devices found in government buildings across the country, as the extent of the links between the two companies and the Chinese Communist Party is revealed
>>18374624 Leaked documents from Canadian spy agency reveal Chinese election interference operation - Australia has been put on alert by Canada's spy agency after it uncovered a Chinese plot to interfere in Justin Trudeau's 2021 election victory
>>18380460 US is spying on you, China tells New Zealand - China has sent a letter to New Zealand MPs accusing the US of "massive, non-discriminate wire-tapping and secret theft operations globally, including against its allies", arguing Washington had used the downing of a Chinese spy balloon as an excuse to impose sanctions on Chinese companies
>>18386784 China is carrying out 'blatant' influence operations in Australia, Malcolm Turnbull says - Australian security agencies know China is carrying out "blatant" influence operations despite the lack of listings on the country's transparency register, the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has told an inquiry - Turnbull said he was "puzzled" the legislation his government introduced was not more rigorously enforced and that officials should not treat it as a "robotic box-ticking exercise"
>>18386818 Federal government blocks access to Darwin Port advice given to Prime Minister's office, citing national security risks - Following Labor's election victory last year, Anthony Albanese announced a fresh review into the circumstances surrounding the 99-year lease of the port to Chinese company Landbridge in 2015 - The federal government has refused to release advice given to the prime minister's office about possible "paths forward" for the Darwin Port on the grounds it could "cause damage to the defence of the Commonwealth"
#18422558 at 2023-02-28 05:50:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 29
Australia / China Tensions - Part 4
>>18286863 Video: US fighter jet shoots down China spy balloon - China has mounted "the largest intelligence operation in the history of the human race" against the US and Australia, a former top US intelligence official has warned, as the US military shot down a Chinese spy balloon as it neared the Atlantic coast above the Carolinas
>>18288431 Fiji 'unlikely' to reduce economic cooperation with China: Local businessmen - The new Fiji government is reportedly planning to suspend a police training agreement with China, a move that comes amid ramped-up efforts by the US and Australia to develop ties with South Pacific Islands to ostracize China - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>18293655 Beijing invites trade minister to China, says it won't back down on 'principled' issues - Trade Minister Don Farrell will soon travel to China to try and convince Beijing to unwind trade sanctions on Australian goods after holding a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao
>>18299824 Australian and New Zealand prime ministers meet to talk about China's importance to their national economies, resolving to voice their disagreements with their most important trading partner that is becoming more assertive in their region
>>18299834 'Temperature dramatically reduced': China will lift trade bans, Turnbull says - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that China will lift its trade bans on Australia as Beijing is looking for a way to climb down from the unsuccessful sanctions
>>18306076 Chinese-made security cameras to be removed from Australian War Memorial due to spyware concerns - Almost a dozen Chinese-made surveillance cameras are set to be removed from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra over concerns the devices could be used for spying - The surveillance equipment in question was manufactured by Hikvision, which is partly owned by the Chinese government, and is one of the world's largest suppliers of CCTV cameras
>>18306079 Australia should be wary of 'Ukraine Trap' set by US - The US has fortified Australia through so-called industrial integration and military deployment, turning Australia into an outpost of confronting China - Xu Shanpin - globaltimes.cn
>>18312134 Marles acts: Chinese cameras watching our top secret sites - Richard Marles orders his defence department to remove CCP-linked security cameras as it's revealed 1000 of the devices are in government buildings - Almost 1000 Chinese Communist Party-linked surveillance cameras and other recording devices, some banned in the US and Britain, have been installed across Australian government buildings, leading to calls for their urgent ?removal amid fears data could be fed back to Beijing
>>18312142 First shipment of coal to China in more than two years arrives, raising hopes other sanctions could be dropped - Beijing's mouthpiece The Global Times reported Chinese steel firm Baosteel has resumed purchasing Australian coal
>>18312151 Australian coal arrives in China after a 2-year lapse, Beijing ready to restart trade with Canberra - Beijing ready to restart exchanges with Canberra to bring bilateral ties back to normal: FM - Ma Jingjing and Yin Yeping - globaltimes.cn
>>18312151 Video: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on February 8, 2023
>>18312186 Exercise Red Flag 2023 - U.S., UK and Australia carry out China-focused air drills - The United States, Britain and Australia carried out joint air drills over the Nevada desert and beyond as part of an effort to simulate high-end combat operations against Chinese fighter aircraft and air defenses
>>18318298 Beijing cyber warriors 'use social media lies' - Chinese cyber warriors are engaging in political warfare by using a co-ordinated network of social media accounts to spread disinformation aimed at destroying trust in Australian political leaders and the federal parliament - The 'Spamouflage' disinformation and propaganda network has been targeting the Australian parliament since late last year, spreading lies and disinformation in a bid to undermine democracy - The operatives have previously attacked prominent women of Asian heritage living in Western democracies, including Vicky Xu, an Australian ?researcher and journalist who infuriated Beijing with a 2020 ?report highlighting the plight of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang province in China
>>18318326 Social media campaign linked to Chinese government spreading disinformation about Australian politics, thinktank says - A coordinated foreign influence campaign linked to the Chinese government is using social media to undermine confidence in Australia's democratic system, according to researchers at Canberra-based defence thinktank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
#18422536 at 2023-02-28 05:41:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 15
Australian Politics and Society - Part 15
>>18344218 'Systems and processes failed': ABC boss acknowledges mistake in Alice Springs report - ABC managing director David Anderson has admitted its systems and processes failed during the production of a radio report that claimed there were elements of white supremacy at an Alice Springs community forum on social unrest in the town
>>18350474 Don't ask: Labor refuses to say whether US bombers bring nuclear weapons to Australia - The federal government has refused to say whether US strategic bombers that rotate through Northern Australia carry nuclear weapons, but argues the temporary presence of such weapons would not violate Australia's international obligations
>>18350489 Officials will not confirm whether US bombers in Australia carry nuclear weapons - Defence Department secretary Greg Moriarty has stopped short of ruling out that US strategic bombers are carrying nuclear weapons to Australia, but insists any such move would not breach this country's international obligations under the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
>>18356949 Scientology leader considered legally served in Australian human trafficking case - Scientology's reclusive leader, David Miscavige, has 21 days to respond to allegations from a human-trafficking case brought by three Australian residents, after nearly a year of avoiding legal service - Gawain Baxter, Laura Baxter and Valeska Paris have claimed in a civil case lodged in Florida that they had endured horrendous emotional, physical and psychological abuse while in Scientology - Now a US magistrate has ruled that Miscavige had been concealing his whereabouts for nearly a year and declared him officially served in the case
>>18356979 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Tweet: Slava Ukraini - Australia stands with Ukraine. Today our Parliament paused to reflect and to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine who are bravely defending their country against Russia's brutal and illegal invasion
>>18357072 'Shocking evidence': A former Australian prime minister is part of a plan to jail Vladimir Putin - Legal experts are warning the international system makes pursuing Russian President Vladimir Putin difficult. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is part of a group aiming to change that
>>18357094 Video: Defence providing 'surge' support to border protection efforts north of Australia - Extra Defence surveillance aircraft and ships have been deployed to Australia's north, to assist with border protection efforts, amid warnings that changes to temporary protection visas could prompt a resumption in people smuggling ventures
>>18357111 Wieambilla: Queensland shooting declared act of domestic terror - The deadly ambush that led to the execution-style murders of two Queensland police officers and a civilian on a remote property last December has been declared an act of domestic terrorism linked to the Christian fundamentalist belief system known as premillennialism
>>18357132 Video: Queensland police say Wieambilla shooting was 'a religiously motivated terrorist attack' - Deputy Police Commissioner Linford said the trio saw police "as monsters and demons" - "What we've been able to glean from that information is that the Train family members subscribe to what we would call a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system, known as premillennialism" - She said the COVID pandemic, climate change, global conflicts and social disparity contributed to their belief in their system
>>18363017 'We stand with you, Ukraine' - In a show of unanimity and solidarity rarely seen in the House of Representatives, federal MPs and senators gathered with Ukraine's ambassador to demonstrate Australia's support for the war-torn country ahead of next week's 12-month anniversary of Russia's invasion - The assembly of politicians from all sides of parliament came as Vasyl Myroshnychenko urged the Albanese government to reopen the nation's embassy in Kyiv, saying it was missing out on valuable briefings on the ground because of a lack of diplomatic representation
>>18363020 Advisers split on Voice power - The expert group advising Anthony Albanese on how to ensure an Indigenous voice to parliament succeeds at the referendum has split over whether the body should make representations to executive government, amid concerns the current wording will sink the proposal
>>18363033 Ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds breaks her silence on the Brittany Higgins rape allegations: 'It was a hit job' - In her first interview since being caught up in what she calls "the firestorm" of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations, former Liberal minister Linda Reynolds speaks exclusively to The Weekend Australian, accusing her political opponents of a "hit job" and saying she was "expendable"
#18422519 at 2023-02-28 05:35:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 11
Australian Politics and Society - Part 11
>>18275458 Peter Dutton slams ABC's 'rubbish' reporting on Alice Springs - Peter Dutton has demanded ABC chair Ita Buttrose address what he calls the "rubbish" reporting from Alice Springs that has been aired on the public broadcaster in the past week
>>18275475 PM flags overhaul of Australia's counter-terror laws to combat 'real threat' of rightwing extremism - Recent murders of police officers at Wieambilla highlight need for action to protect community safety, Anthony Albanese says
>>18275488 Higgins DPP threatened me: trial witness - Former Liberal staffer Fiona Brown, a key witness in the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial has accused ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold of threatening and intimidating her as she left the witness box on a morning tea break, and of ignoring her pleas to be recalled to the stand to refute what she alleged was "blatantly false and misleading" evidence by Brittany Higgins
>>18275654 Video: Donald Trump puts gender 'madness' on front line of US culture wars - Donald Trump has vowed to pass legislation that recognises only two genders under US law if he is elected president as he seeks to shore up his conservative base and outflank rival candidates on the right of the Republican Party
>>18275686 Malcolm Turnbull says Labor has failed to answer if AUKUS deal compromises Australian sovereignty - Former PM says if operation of nuclear subs depends on US then that is 'a momentous change which has not been acknowledged'
>>18275708 Australia prepares to unveil AUKUS nuclear submarine plans in the United States - Anthony Albanese is expected to detail Australia's preferred nuclear submarine option on American soil next month, alongside US President Joe Biden and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak - raising the prospect of a potential new boat design involving all three allies
>>18275735 Video: 1st Marine Division Tweet - Happy Birthday to Us - #USMC #Marines #military #semperfi #82yearsyoung - "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy"
>>18280215 ABC issues extraordinary apology over Alice Springs stories - The ABC has issued an extraordinary apology for airing multiple reports on Tuesday claiming there were displays of "white supremacy" at an Alice Springs community meeting - The ABC said "ABC news management takes responsibility" for the reports that were broadcast on its AM radio program and Newsradio that provided "an incomplete picture of the event"
>>18280329 ABC issues apology over 'biased' coverage of Alice Springs community meeting - The ABC has backflipped over its controversial Alice Springs coverage by issuing an apology just hours after it was threatened with an official investigation into the matter
>>18282644 Legal threat over Brittany Higgins memoir - Lawyers for Linda Reynolds have written to Brittany Higgins's publishers warning against any defamatory references to the former Liberal minister, saying they believe publication of Ms Higgins' memoir is imminent and seeking a copy of the manuscript
>>18282674 Lehrmann trial inquiry must restore faith in law and order - Last week, Walter Sofronoff KC was appointed by the ACT government to head the board of inquiry to examine the conduct of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Australian Federal Police and the ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner before, during and after the trial of Bruce Lehrmann - This inquiry, the ACT's version of a royal commission, could mark a turning point for the law and the media in this country. Here is a rare chance for a widely respected member of the legal profession to remind our most powerful institutions, and the rest of the country, that there is no substitute for the principle that underpins our justice system: that our laws apply equally to all people, and the corollary of that is that the protections at law apply equally to all - Janet Albrechtsen - theaustralian.com.au
>>18282688 AUKUS subs a boon but finding nuclear workforce will challenge us: Richard Marles - Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned that Australia's plan to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines faces a significant challenge to find the workforce needed to bring the ships to service
>>18288422 Mental health checks for WA's gun owners to become mandatory under changes to firearms laws - Anyone buying a gun in Western Australia will have to undergo mandatory and ongoing mental health checks, as part of a complete overhaul of the state's 50-year-old firearms legislation - The changes are designed to create some of the toughest gun laws in the country
#18422499 at 2023-02-28 05:28:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>18115451 Retired admiral sinks Turnbull 'sovereignty' fear - Peter Clarke, the only Australian admiral to have commanded both a nuclear and a diesel-electric submarine, has dismissed as "complete nonsense" criticism by Malcolm Turnbull that the trilateral AUKUS agreement to obtain a fleet of nuclear submarines would undermine Australian sovereignty
>>18115494 AUKUS subs warning 'inaccurate portrayal': Democrat congressman Joe Courtney, senior member of the House of Representatives Sea Power committee - One of the strongest supporters of the AUKUS security pact in the US congress has urged "everyone to take a deep breath", amid growing fears US shipyards won't have the capacity to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines before the nation has the capacity to build them itself
>>18115506 Memo PM: on AUKUS, you need to lead it or lose it - Albanese needs to be more energised about the risks to AUKUS, and hence to his prime ministership, than was on display at last Saturday's media conference. He foreshadowed a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, "who I will meet with again in the first half of the year", but there was no mention of further engagement with Biden, the essential figure in AUKUS success. - Peter Jennings, - theaustralian.com.au
>>18128882 US politicians express strong support for AUKUS submarine deal in letter to President Joe Biden - A bipartisan group of United States politicians have publicly thrown their weight behind the AUKUS pact after two powerful US Senators warned that selling Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia could stretch the US industrial base to "breaking point."
>>18128948 NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet apologises for wearing Nazi costume on 21st birthday - NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has apologised after revealing he wore a Nazi costume on his 21st birthday - Speaking on radio hours after a shock press conference, the premier admitted he should have revealed his "grave mistake" earlier
>>18128956 Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell's vile act outside court after sentence for assault on Nine Network security guard - A Melbourne neo-Nazi who violently assaulted a black security guard performed a Nazi salute outside court moments after avoiding jail time for his "sickening" crime
>>18128995 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese keen to strengthen ties in first visit to Papua New Guinea - PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko said that with the new Australian government, PNG sees a "brighter light" and expects "more partnership", which he believes will make the relationship "bigger and better than it has been before"
>>18135941 PNG security deal to push Beijing back - Australia will sign a new security pact with Papua New Guinea by June, as the two countries agree to move more quickly to push back against China's regional ambitions and address entrenched law and order struggles facing the Pacific nation
>>18153811 Albanese confident US powerbrokers will keep faith in AUKUS - Anthony Albanese is directly lobbying members of US congress to hold the line in supporting the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal as it comes under criticism in America, calling the pact essential in strengthening Australia's defence capabilities
>>18153844 Senior military leader concerned by Canada's absence from American-British-Australian security pact - Canada could miss out on important technology, says Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie - There are concerns at the highest levels of the Canadian Armed Forces that this country won't have access to the same cutting-edge military technology as its closest allies because it is not part of a security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States
>>18153870 Operation Ironside: Authorities closing in on the international drug-smuggling operations of Australia's most wanted man, Hakan Ayik, and his offsider Duax Ngakuru, the global boss of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang
>>18160286 Retired Major General, Senator Jim Molan dies aged 72 - Jim Molan, the architect of the nation's Operation Sovereign Borders policy and NSW Liberal senator, has died aged 72 - The former major general in the Australian Army passed away surrounded by family after a two-year battle with cancer
>>18160315 Russian and Belarusian flags banned at Australian Open after controversy during Ukrainian's match - The presence of a Russian flag in the stands at the Australian Open has prompted organisers to ban them from Melbourne Park - The red, white and blue stripes of the Russian flag were visible in the crowd during the first-round match between Kateryna Baindl and Kamilla Rakhimova on day one of the tennis major
#18422498 at 2023-02-28 05:27:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>18079409 Australia to buy long-range HIMARS missile system from United States after Ukraine praises weapon's effectiveness against Russia - Australia's Army will have an unprecedented long-range strike capability with the purchase of the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket (HIMARS) system, which Ukraine has praised for its devastating effectiveness against invading Russian forces
>>18079427 Former PM Kevin Rudd tells United States to stop throwing allies 'under a bus' to limit Chinese influence in the region - Australia's incoming ambassador to Washington, Kevin Rudd, has been accused of engaging in "opinionated lecturing" after he declared the United States needs to stop throwing its allies "under a bus" on the economy
>>18079476 NSW 'ISIS bride' charged for allegedly entering Islamic State-run areas of Syria - Mariam Raad charged with entering and remaining in the "declared zone" of al-Raqqa province in Syria, which was an IS stronghold in 2014 - Police say they have new evidence she willingly entered Islamic State territory in 2014 and knew of her then-husband, Muhammad Zahab's activities with the group
>>18087932 US senators' leaked letter won't sink AUKUS subs deal: defence minister - Defence Minister Richard Marles has insisted Australia's plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines remains on track after two US senators staged a dramatic intervention, warning Joe Biden the AUKUS pact risked stressing America's industrial base to "breaking point"
>>18087967 EXCLUSIVE: Reed, Inhofe warn Biden AUKUS risks becoming 'zero sum game' for US Navy - "We are concerned that what was initially touted as a 'do no harm' opportunity to support Australia and the United Kingdom and build long-term competitive advantages for the U.S. and its Pacific allies, may be turning into a zero-sum game for scarce, highly advanced U.S. SSNs," wrote the Senate Armed Services Committee heads
>>18097132 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 'very confident' AUKUS deal will benefit all three countries, despite concerns raised in US - Australia is on track to announce plans to buy new nuclear-powered submarines from the US and UK, despite scepticism in Washington - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday Australia's relationship with the US remained strong
>>18097141 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to address Papua New Guinea's national parliament on two-day trip - Mr Albanese had been due to visit PNG in December last year but the trip was postponed after he tested positive to COVID-19 - He will attend an annual Leaders' Dialogue, before flying to Wewak in the north to pay homage to the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare
>>18097188 Australian YouTuber reported to police by Ukrainian ambassador over alleged 'harassment campaign' - In a video posted to YouTube, Simeon Boikov - also known as 'Aussie Cossack' - made a prank call to Ukraine's ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko
>>18102810 Worst floods in WA's history cut off towns, could create an inland sea - Children are being winched out of remote communities, while livestock and wallabies are seeking refuge on small islands in what has been described as the worst flooding in Western Australia's history, in the state's northern Kimberley region - "People in the Kimberley are experiencing a one-in-100-year flood event, the worst flooding WA has ever seen," the state's Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said
>>18108718 Dutton adamant Australia can still buy subs off the shelf - Peter Dutton says there is "no question" Australia could still buy two Virginia-class submarines from America by 2030 despite the heads of the US Senate armed services committee advising against it and warning the AUKUS pact risked stretching the nation's industrial base "to breaking point"
>>18108782 Malcolm Turnbull fires warning shot as AUKUS submarine debate rages - Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has issued a stern warning on the AUKUS submarines deal, noting a crucial element of the plan could undermine our sovereignty
>>18108831 Islamic State Missile terrorist to return to NSW country town after prison - Haisem Zahab, convicted Islamic State terrorist linked by marriage to "ISIS bride" Mariam Raad is expected to return to his home in the rural NSW town of Young after his release from prison this year, angering residents already reeling from the arrest last week of the 31-year-old mother of four
>>18115415 Not a day to celebrate: Wollongong university staff given option to work on Australia Day holiday - Vice-chancellor Patricia Davidson says 26 January is seen as Invasion Day by First Nations colleagues and we should 'be clear about what we're celebrating'
#18418106 at 2023-02-27 09:11:19 (UTC+1)
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Federal police to blitz foreign interference in multicultural communities
James Massola - February 26, 2023
Federal police are ramping up the fight against foreign interference operations in Australia's multicultural communities, amid concerns the problem is both under-reported and widespread.
In a campaign that will launch on Monday, the federal police's community liaison teams, which have previously worked on counter-terrorism campaigns, will meet community and faith leaders to raise awareness about the problem and urge people to report suspected foreign interference to police or community leaders.
The move comes after ASIO director-general Mike Burgess last week warned Australia was experiencing the highest level of foreign interference, espionage and terrorism in its history.
Burgess also revealed a so-called "hive of spies" had been disrupted and deported in the past 12 months, which The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald then revealed was a group of Russian spies who had posed as diplomats and were surveilled for more than 18 months before being deported.
AFP special investigations commander Stephen Nutt said foreign governments and their proxies were undertaking hostile activity in Australia and targeting everyone from government decision-makers to human rights activists, dissidents, religious and ethnic minorities and even journalists to silence criticism, monitor their activities, obtain information and promote the policies of foreign governments.
Police believe foreign interference operations are not limited to the usual suspects of China, Russia and Iran either. They say people who have Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian and Laotian backgrounds are also vulnerable to pressure from agents of foreign governments, as well as those from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Fact sheets in 30 languages will be published as part of the federal police's outreach and a national security hotline - 1800 123 400 - is operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to take tips from the public.
"On a community level, foreign interference is defined as threats and intimidation directed, supervised or financed by foreign governments and targeted towards [culturally and linguistically diverse] communities in order to cause harm and impact on Australia's multicultural way of life," Nutt said.
"An example of foreign interference is where a foreign government agent pays an Australian citizen to undertake surveillance of people attending an Australian community discussion about the foreign government, and then reports back on people who were critical of the foreign government."
"Another example is if a person in Australia willingly assists a foreign government by going to a person's home or contacts them by telephone to threaten them with serious harm unless they stop criticising the foreign government in online forums."
Last week, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull called for an overhaul of Australia's foreign interference laws as they had flaws and said countries including China, Russia and Iran may need to be singled out as nations of concern.
The Chinese government's United Front Work Department, which is tasked with using the diaspora of citizens abroad to gather intelligence and promote Beijing's message, has been operating in Australia for years but does not appear on the federal government's foreign influence register.
The AFP does not single out any particular country as a cause for concern.
The legal tests that have to be satisfied to prove a person or group is undertaking a foreign interference operation are high, and include being able to prove that threats such as assault, kidnapping, stalking, surveillance or coercion - including threats to a person's family overseas - have been made.
Further, to constitute foreign interference under the Crimes Act the activity has to have been supervised, financed or directed by a foreign government or one of its proxies. As a result, state and territory laws are being used in some cases to prosecute people on other charges because of the difficulty in proving foreign interference.
Just one person, Di Sanh Duong, has been charged under the foreign interference laws introduced in Australia in 2018.
Duong (also known as Sunny) is a former Liberal Party candidate who was charged by federal police in November 2020 with preparing an act of foreign interference after making a $37,450 donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital at the height of the pandemic.
Federal investigators say the donation was a preparatory act to exert influence on Australian politicians. Duong's case is next in court on March 31 for a directions hearing in front of County Court judge Michael O'Connell.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-police-to-blitz-foreign-interference-in-multicultural-communities-20230224-p5cnd8.html
#18402268 at 2023-02-24 10:52:00 (UTC+1)
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Sinodinos calls critical AUKUS role test for Australia
TROY BRAMSTON - FEBRUARY 24, 2023
AUKUS will play a critical role in upholding the rules-based order in the Asia-Pacific and strengthen Australia's capability to "project power" in the region to maintain stability, but it will be a "test" for the nation, Australia's ambassador to the US says.
Arthur Sinodinos emphasised AUKUS is about more than submarines and will involve co-operation, interoperability and information sharing in many areas. He said the decision on which model submarine to procure will reflect the "trilateral" focus of AUKUS.
"What's foremost about AUKUS is developing those habits of co-operation between those countries," Mr Sinodinos, 65, said.
"It's a capability pact but it's more than that. It's about how ?industrial bases work together. It's about how interoperable (and) ?interchangeable our armed forces can be with each other. The extent to which we share information, the extent to which we share ?science and technology.
"Failure is not an option. What we have said to the Americans and to the British is that, for us, this is a moon shot, right? In other words, it's a whole-of-government, whole-of-nation, effort to bring together all the resources we need to get this done.
"We've got the Americans to sign-off on giving us access to the crown jewels of their nuclear technology. And they're prepared to trust us based on verification - trust but verify - on our capacity for nuclear stewardship. So, it's a very big effort we've embarked on. It will test us as a nation."
The ambassador pushed back against critics, such as former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull, that the decision to acquire at least eight ?nuclear-powered submarines from the US or UK would risk Australian sovereignty.
"If we become more capable at doing things in Australia, even if it involves overseas technology, that is an increase in our sovereign capability in itself, and it means we are a more capable member of the alliance," Mr Sinodinos said.
"The reality is the Americans are giving up part of their sovereignty, their nuclear technology, they're sharing it with us, and we are using that to build a capability in Australia which will be an addition to our capacity to project power in the region on behalf of our alliances and partnerships."
Mr Sinodinos was critical of former president Donald Trump for abrogating the US global leadership role and weakening alliances. He praised Joe Biden for strengthening alliances and uniting the West to helping Ukraine resist Russia's invasion.
"One of the things that was a massive difference when the Biden administration came in is the way they immediately focused on shoring up alliances and partnerships," Mr Sinodinos said. "And the way he has led the West in response to the Russian ?invasion of Ukraine shows the benefits of having a leader in charge who had that capacity."
Looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election, the ambassador predicted Mr Biden would run again and if he faced Mr Trump would be re-elected for a second term. Mr Sinodinos also said that the President showed no sign of cognitive decline.
"He stays on top of his game. Often, he's the last to leave functions because he likes talking to people. I've been quite impressed with him," he said.
Mr Sinodinos will complete his more than three years as ambassador in mid-March, and will be succeeded by former prime minister Kevin Rudd. The outgoing ambassador said he left the job more optimistic about the US and said relations with Australia have never been better.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/sinodinos-calls-critical-aukus-role-test-for-australia/news-story/2ff374dcd0d9e5e9e5c7094b8cdaf5c5
#18401605 at 2023-02-24 06:03:51 (UTC+1)
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Australia will control nuclear submarines in any conflict with AUKUS partners, Albanese says
The PM insists Australia will maintain its sovereignty in the event of a disagreement with the US or UK on military strategy
Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst - 22 Feb 2023
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Anthony Albanese has signalled Australia will retain full operational control of nuclear submarines acquired under the AUKUS pact in any circumstances where there was a conflict over military strategy with the US and UK.
During the second world war, then Australian prime minister John Curtin found himself in direct conflict with the British government when Winston Churchill demanded Australian troops be deployed to Burma. But Curtin insisted troops return to defend Australia after the fall of Singapore in 1942.
Asked on Wednesday what would happen in a situation like the one Curtin faced with Churchill, whether Australia would be in full control of the submarines or whether our independence could be muddied by operational oversight by the US or UK, the prime minister said: "Australia will maintain our sovereignty."
Albanese said the deployment of military assets in the event of any conflict was "a decision for Australia as a sovereign nation, just as the United States will maintain its sovereignty and the United Kingdom will maintain its".
The prime minister used a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday to foreshadow increased defence spending as a consequence of the looming government response to the Defence Strategic Review, while characterising the AUKUS security arrangement between Australia, the US and the UK as "the future".
There is persistent speculation the next steps in the AUKUS pact will be outlined by the three alliance partners in the US in March.
Paul Keating has previously raised concerns about the potential for AUKUS to erode Australian sovereignty. Keating has contended AUKUS will see Australia's strategic sovereignty "outsourced to another state, a North Atlantic state, the United States" which is dangerous, given the US had "no idea what to do with itself in Asia".
Keating's concerns about sovereignty are shared by another former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull. Turnbull has been calling on the government to answer whether nuclear submarines could be "operated, sustained and maintained by Australia without the support or supervision of the US navy", and whether that effectively meant "sovereignty would be shared with the US".
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#18392805 at 2023-02-22 07:37:15 (UTC+1)
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Burgess said ASIO had recently foiled attempts by two foreign powers to physically harm Australian residents who were critics of those regimes.
"In one case, the intelligence service started monitoring a human rights activist and plotted to lure the target offshore, where the individual could be - quote - 'disposed of'. In another, a lackey was dispatched to locate specific dissidents and - quote - 'deal with them'," he said.
Burgess said multiple nations were behind the foreign interference activities in Australia, and ASIO had adopted a more aggressive approach to counter-espionage that involved recruiting new people and adopting new tactics.
In keeping with ASIO policy, he did not name the countries or individuals involved, but he noted that while some were authoritarian regimes, others were governments considered friends by Australia. A key driving factor, he said, was Australia's strategic significance in the Indo-Pacific region, where a power contest between the United States and China is under way.
"They are using espionage to covertly understand Australia's politics and decision-making, our alliances and partnerships, and our economic and policy priorities. They are using espionage to recruit to their own cause elected officials, public servants, well-placed individuals in business, and leaders in our communities," he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull told a high-powered parliamentary committee that the "most active state and political party seeking to influence public affairs in Australia is that of China and the Communist Party of China, we know that".
"The intelligence agencies, security agencies have a very good idea of who's doing what. I wouldn't even describe it as covert - it's pretty blatant operations," he said.
Turnbull told the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security that the foreign influence transparency scheme he established in 2018 needed to be overhauled to ensure activities of concern did not go undetected.
He said it defied credulity that, according to the register, no organisation in Australia had any association with the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department, which is tasked with using the diaspora of citizens abroad to gather intelligence and promote Beijing's message.
Katherine Mansted, a senior fellow at the Australian National University's national security college, said: "There are blind spots particularly when it comes to capturing influence that emanates from authoritarian governments, which tends to be more complex, opaque and secret by nature."
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/it-feels-like-hand-to-hand-combat-asio-boss-warns-on-spy-hives-foreign-interference-20230221-p5cm9t.html
#18386784 at 2023-02-21 08:08:02 (UTC+1)
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China is carrying out 'blatant' influence operations in Australia, Malcolm Turnbull says
Former prime minister likens covert operations to famous scene in Casablanca and warns influence register should be more than 'box ticking'
Daniel Hurst and Caitlin Cassidy - 21 Feb 2023
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Australian security agencies know China is carrying out "blatant" influence operations despite the lack of listings on the country's transparency register, the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has told an inquiry.
Turnbull said on Tuesday he was "puzzled" the legislation his government introduced was not more rigorously enforced and that officials should not treat it as a "robotic box-ticking exercise".
Under the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (FITS) that took effect in late 2018, people must register activities they carry out in Australia on behalf of a foreign principal to shape political or government affairs.
"It is noteworthy that ... according to the transparency register there is apparently no organisation in Australia that has any association with the united front work department of the Communist party of China," Turnbull told the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security.
"I would love to think that was true, but regrettably I can say absolutely that it is not true. If in fact it were true, there would be terrible repercussions in Beijing for those responsible for the united front work department."
Turnbull told the committee the "most active state and political party seeking to influence public affairs in Australia is that of China and the Communist party of China - we know that".
"The intelligence agencies, security agencies have a very good idea of who's doing what. I wouldn't even describe it as covert - it's pretty blatant operations," he said.
"It does remind me of that scene in Casablanca when the French police captain runs into Rick's bar and says, 'I'm shocked, shocked to see that there is gambling in this establishment'. I mean, is this [the] same sort of pretence that's going on? We know what's happening and we just want people to be open about it - that's all."
The committee is reviewing the FITS laws. Under the scheme, former senior politicians have higher disclosure obligations. Turnbull has had to register two speeches he gave in recent years - to a South Korean event and a Taiwanese event - while Kevin Rudd has disclosed dozens of unpaid interviews with state-linked broadcasters such as the BBC.
Turnbull said he was not complaining about having to register, but both engagements were public events so there was "nothing covert about it".
"If you're writing letters to former prime ministers about why they haven't registered a speech that the department has learned about because it was widely reported in the press, it rather does make you think that the object of the bureaucrats' concern was not transparency but box-ticking," Turnbull said.
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#18367577 at 2023-02-18 01:55:09 (UTC+1)
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>>18363699
Brittany Higgins furious as 'private' diary entries leaked
Brittany Higgins has lashed out as "private" diary entries have been leaked after the material was sent to police to investigate her sexual assault allegation.
Samantha Maiden - February 18, 2023
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Brittany Higgins has lashed out as the "private contents" of her diary were leaked after the material was sent to police to investigate her sexual assault allegation.
Ms Higgins said a photograph she took on her phone of her diary entry was submitted to police to help them form the brief of evidence but it was not tabled in court during the rape trial of Bruce Lehrmann last October.
Mr Lehrmann, a former Liberal staffer, was charged in relation to the sexual assault allegation but the trial collapsed following juror misconduct and the charge dropped by the DPP. Since he was charged in August 2021, Mr Lehrmann has maintained his innocence.
The Weekend Australian's article, titled Doubts, devastation and a designer coat: the story you haven't heard, today details Ms Higgins' diary notes.
"The Weekend Australian has seen copies of two pages from Higgins' 2021 Kikki. K gold spiral-bound diary for the week from March 8 to March 14 - the week before the March4Justice where Higgins would speak,'' the article states.
It notes that she met with journalists that month for lunch and dinner and a former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
In response, Ms Higgins said today that the publication of her private phone records was not appropriate and she also complained it was not the first time it had happened.
"Stop publishing the private contents of my phone,'' she said on social media. "I took a photo of an old page in my diary on the 7th of July 2021.
"It is now being referenced in an article in The Australian. This is the third time private images, texts and WhatsApps from my phone have been published by this particular news outlet.
"I voluntarily provided this material to the police to help them form the brief of evidence and none of it was tabled in court.
"Therefore, no journalist should have seen the photo of my diary."
Ms Higgins said the fact it had leaked and was published was distressing.
"I entrusted police with my private information for the sole purpose that it could aid their investigation into my sexual assault, nothing else,'' she said.
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#18357072 at 2023-02-16 08:01:48 (UTC+1)
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'Shocking evidence': A former Australian prime minister is part of a plan to jail Vladimir Putin
Legal experts are warning the international system makes pursuing Russian President Vladimir Putin difficult. A former prime minister is part of a group aiming to change that.
12 February 2023 - Finn McHugh
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This article contains references to sexual assault.
Handcuffed bodies scattered in Bucha. Missiles raining down on civilians in Kyiv. Reports of mass sexual assault by Russian forces.
They are part of what former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull tells SBS News are "growing dossiers of shocking evidence of war crimes", committed at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian government flatly denies committing the atrocities, though the United Nations in December corroborated the murder of at least 441 Ukrainian civilians, warning the number is likely "significantly higher".
Pursuing the troops who pulled the trigger is one thing. But legal experts warn prosecuting the officials who ordered them over the border is a more complex process.
Australia has joined an international movement, looking back to the 1940s for a solution.
'Sending a message'
One route to justice already appears a dead end.
The International Criminal Court can drag officials into the dock, provided their country has ratified the Rome Statute, which established the court and the international crimes it rules on - genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crime of aggression. Russia withdrew from the statue in 2016 after its annexation of Crimea.
Special courts were established in the ICC during the 1990s, over atrocities committed in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. But both required a referral from the UN's Security Council, over which Russia wields a veto.
Mr Turnbull is one of more than 100 world leaders and legal experts calling for a special tribunal, established by like-minded countries, to break that deadlock. He warned failing to act would send a dangerous message to autocrats: you can act with impunity.
"We have to hold Putin, and those who have done his bidding, to account for their crimes. If we don't do so, we encourage them to commit more crimes, and we commit others to do the same," he said.
The Nuremberg courts, established in the 1940s to prosecute Nazi officials, provide an obvious model.
But while the trials secured more than 100 convictions - including of politicians, military leaders, and business people - many senior officials, including leader Adolf Hitler, died or escaped before facing justice.
Mr Turnbull conceded Russian officials may never be punished in a "direct, physical sense".
"Whether Putin will ever be put in the dock is a good question. But even if he isn't, and can't be … setting out the facts of the crimes that have been committed is very important," he said.
"This will be a sword of Damocles that hangs over Putin's head, and over the heads of other war criminals in Ukraine. They can never be entirely certain whether and when it will fall … Every tyrant knows that, one way or another, their rule will come to an end."
Mr Turnbull believed the autocrat had since changed since they met as leaders, describing the invasion as "quite hard to understand".
"I always perceived him to be a very calculating and rational player," he said.
"[But] this is very serious, very criminal conduct. Whatever Putin's motivations, whatever his state of mind, he's responsible for them."
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#18324634 at 2023-02-11 10:48:16 (UTC+1)
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Anthony Albanese to become first sitting Australian PM to march in Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Prime minister likens upcoming Indigenous voice referendum to the successful 2017 marriage equality vote
Australian Associated Press - 11 Feb 2023
Anthony Albanese will be the first sitting Australian prime minister to march in Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras when he joins the parade for the WorldPride festival.
The prime minister said he will be joined by the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, the first openly gay woman in parliament, when he takes part in the event later in February.
"I'll be the first prime minister not to watch the march on Mardi Gras, but to march," he told a crowd at the official opening of Pride Square at Newtown, in Sydney's inner west.
In 2016, Malcolm Turnbull became the first sitting prime minister to attend the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, but he did not march in the parade.
That year, the then opposition leader, Bill Shorten, became the first federal leader of a major party to take part in the march.
Albanese said on Saturday his government was committed to removing inequality on the basis of sexuality or people's identities.
"We speak a lot about tolerance - and tolerance is really important - but this is about a step that is way more important than tolerance," he said. "We need to celebrate our diversity, not just tolerate it, because our diversity is what gives our society strength."
Albanese paid tribute to protesters who marched for gay rights in 1978, many of whom were arrested when the first parade on Sydney's Oxford Street was dispersed.
Since then, the annual Sydney march has grown to become part of one of the largest LGBTQI festivals in the world.
This year, 12,500 marchers are expected to take part as the parade is incorporated into the 17-day WorldPride festival.
Albanese said Australia could be "a beacon for the world", where everyone would be respected and celebrated regardless of their beliefs, sexuality or ethnicity.
Albanese also urged those in attendance to campaign for the constitutional change to introduce an Indigenous voice to parliament, rather than merely vote "yes".
"Speak to your neighbours, speak to your friends, speak to people in your organisations, in your community and in others and campaign to make sure that we get this done," he said.
"Because this will be critical - it's about how a country progresses."
He said Australians would question why an Indigenous voice to parliament wasn't introduced sooner after the vote, likening the upcoming referendum to the successful 2017 marriage equality vote.
"I'm very confident - just as when we got marriage equality done, people said, 'well, why didn't we do that earlier?'," he said.
He said the same would be said after the voice referendum.
The referendum on enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution will be held in the second half of the year, while legislation to enable the vote is expected to be introduced to parliament in March.
But Albanese's government is facing an uphill battle to achieve bipartisan support for the change as senior Liberals continue to call for more detail on what the voice will entail.
Junior Coalition partner the Nationals oppose the voice, while the Greens' Indigenous affairs spokeswoman, Lidia Thorpe, quit her party to pursue First Nations sovereignty as a priority instead of the voice.
The Indigenous Empowered Communities delegation, a group of 10 Indigenous people from across the country, visited Canberra this week to try and shore up support among parliamentarians for the voice.
The group's chair, Ian Trust, said constitutional recognition through an Indigenous voice was the only pathway forward.
"Indigenous Australians have been clear they want a form of constitutional recognition which will improve practical outcomes - symbolic recognition only has been comprehensively rejected already," he said.
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples want constitutional recognition to guarantee a voice.
"The status quo can no longer be tolerated."
The deputy Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, has accused the government of placing Indigenous reconciliation at risk due to what she says is a lack of information about the voice to parliament and its structure.
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has called for taxpayer funds to be provided for both the official "yes" and "no" campaigns leading up to the vote.
This added expense would push the cost above the $400m budgeted for holding the referendum.
But some Liberals have broken ranks with their leader, with Senator Simon Birmingham warning against public money being spent on either campaign.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/11/anthony-albanese-to-become-first-sitting-australian-pm-to-march-in-sydney-gay-and-lesbian-mardi-gras
#18312173 at 2023-02-09 08:11:04 (UTC+1)
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>>18108782
Defence Minister insists AUKUS will enhance Australia's sovereignty, not dependence on US
Australians are being assured the controversial AUKUS pact will not undermine this country's sovereignty or increase military dependence on the United States, as an announcement looms on the nuclear submarine project.
In an address to Parliament on Thursday, Richard Marles will hit back at critics including former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Paul Keating, by arguing the controversial partnership "expands strategic options".
Next month the federal government is due to reveal the "optimal pathway" for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, which Mr Marles has indicated could be a new design between all three countries.
"The capability decisions we will make in the context of AUKUS are about strengthening our sovereignty," Mr Marles will argue, according to speaking notes distributed by his office ahead of his speech.
"Some argue that Australia's reliance on our partners for the acquisition of naval nuclear-propulsion technology gives rise to a dependence that undermines Australia's sovereignty."
Opponents of the AUKUS project warn the project breaches Australia's international nuclear non-proliferation obligations and undermine this country's sovereignty, an assertion the Defence Minister rejects.
"The reality is that almost all of Australia's high-end capability is developed in cooperation with our partners," Mr Marles is expected to say.
"Submarines are no exception. And that dramatically enhanced capability dramatically enhances our sovereignty," the Defence Minister will tell the House of Representatives.
"We need to leverage expertise from the United Kingdom and the United States to help us along our optimal pathway - and building capability with them means we are better able to shape, deter and respond within our strategic landscape."
When the AUKUS partnership was unveiled in 2021 former prime minister Keating warned it would lead to a "a further dramatic loss of Australian sovereignty, as material dependency on the US robbed Australia of any freedom or choice in any engagement Australia may deem appropriate".
His view is shared by Mr Turnbull, who argues "nuclear-powered submarines to be acquired from the US will not be able to be operated or maintained without the supervision of the US Navy".
Could be in the water within 30 years
One of the most respected naval figures in the United States has predicted an Australian nuclear-powered submarine could be developed within 30 years, far sooner than many experts anticipate.
Retired Admiral Harry Harris, a former commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, has urged the AUKUS partners to speed up delivery of the fleet which he said would change the balance of power in the region.
"You know some people - the Chief of Naval Operations - have said it could be 30 years before we see an Australian nuclear submarine underway in the Indian Ocean," Admiral Harris told a Congressional hearing.
"I said that if we put our hearts and minds to it, and our resources to it - and by 'ours' I mean ours, the United States', the UK's and Australia's - we can do this faster than that.
"I mean, we put a man on the moon in eight years, and we developed a COVID vaccine in one year. We can do this, but we're going to have to put our shoulders to the task."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-09/richard-marles-aukus-sovereignty-united-states-dependence/101947732
https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1612192762799222785
#18312164 at 2023-02-09 08:05:50 (UTC+1)
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>>18108782
AUKUS poses no risk to sovereignty: Richard Marles
BEN PACKHAM - FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Defence Minister Richard Marles will move to allay fears the AUKUS pact will undermine the nation's sovereignty by making it overly reliant on foreign technology, arguing nuclear submarines and other high-end capabilities will build the nation's self-reliance.
In a statement to parliament on Thursday, Mr Marles will seek to repudiate critics, including former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who warn Australia's future nuclear submarines will require so much allied support they cannot be considered a sovereign capability.
Mr Marles will argue "almost all of Australia's high-end capability is developed in co-operation with our partners", and that such technology "dramatically enhances our sovereignty".
He will tell the House of Representatives the Albanese government has "full knowledge and concurrence" regarding foreign military activities in Australia - a form of words first used by the Hawke government to endorse the operations of joint facilities, including Pine Gap.
Mr Marles will argue "Defence capability is a key factor in sovereignty", and suggest Australia will have "absolute discretion" over the use of its future AUKUS-derived capabilities.
"Through AUKUS, we are building Australian capability and expanding our strategic options," Mr Marles will say, according to an advance copy of his speech.
"This represents a long-term commitment to building our self-reliance and, in turn, will enhance Australia's agency to pursue our sovereign interests. That is the essence of sovereignty," he will say.
The statement - the first of its kind since 2019 - comes about a month before the government unveils its preferred nuclear submarine option and interim measures to prevent a "capability gap" before the boats are delivered. Whether Australia decides on a US or UK submarine design, it will be reliant on its AUKUS partners to help maintain and operate the boats throughout their life.
Suggestions US submarines could be based in Australia, or leased to the ADF and manned by joint crews, have also alarmed some commentators, who fear Australia would have little ?control over such capabilities.
But Mr Marles will reject ?arguments that Australia's ?reliance on its AUKUS partners to access nuclear propulsion technology will create "a dependence that undermines Australia's sovereignty".
"The reality is that almost all of Australia's high-end capability is developed in co-operation with our partners. Submarines are no exception. And that dramatically enhanced capability dramatically enhances our sovereignty," he will say.
"We need to leverage expertise from the United Kingdom and the United States to help us along our optimal pathway - and building capability with them means we are better able to shape, deter and respond within our strategic landscape."
Mr Marles will argue that AUKUS's non-submarine co-operation - on artificial intelligence, quantum computing, hypersonics and unmanned undersea technology - will also build the nation's defence ?capabilities, adding to its "strategic options".
"These capabilities will help us hold potential adversaries' forces at risk, at a greater distance and increase the cost of ?aggression against Australia and its interests," he will say.
The speech follows comments by former US Indo-Pacific commander Admiral Harry Harris, who declared the AUKUS pact was "supremely important", and urged the nation's Republican-controlled congress to slash regulations ?impeding the sharing of ?advanced military technology with Australia.
Admiral Harris told a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that he "couldn't emphasise enough how important" it was "to get through this export control issue with Australia".
He also dismissed claims that it would be 30 years before ?Australia would operate its own nuclear-powered submarines, due to the immense complexity of the venture.
"We put a man on the Moon in eight years, and we developed a Covid vaccine in one year. We can do this, but we're going to have to put our shoulders to the task," he told the House Armed Services Committee.
Mr Turnbull said earlier this month that the government needed to answer whether the AUKUS submarines could be operated, sustained and maintained by Australia without ?foreign support.
"If the answer is that US Navy assistance will be required, that would mean, in any normal understanding of the term, that they are not Australian sovereign capabilities, but rather that sovereignty would be shared with the US," he said.
"If that is the case, then this acquisition will be a momentous change, which has not been acknowledged, let alone debated."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/aukus-poses-no-risk-to-sovereignty-richard-marles/news-story/5aa17e5c1dc43772a35706c2d20f1086
#18299834 at 2023-02-07 08:55:58 (UTC+1)
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'Temperature dramatically reduced': China will lift trade bans, Turnbull says
Latika Bourke - February 7, 2023
London: Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that China will lift its trade bans on Australia as Beijing is looking for a way to climb down from the unsuccessful sanctions.
Beijing slapped bans worth tens of billions of dollars on Australian coal, lobsters, barley and wine as relations between the Morrison government and China soured during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Links between the two countries reached a nadir when Chinese officials refused to answer phone calls from Australian counterparts.
But the relationship has thawed with the election of Labor to government, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong visiting Beijing in December and Trade Minister Don Farrell invited to visit the Chinese capital "in the near future".
Turnbull told the Alliance of Democracies that China was retreating because its sanctions had not worked.
"It was designed to get Australia to knuckle under, it was completely counterproductive … public opinion moved very considerably against the government of China," Turnbull said overnight.
"So I thought at the time that at some point they will seek to dismount.
"I'd had a couple of experiences of this happening in the past, they look for an exit ramp, sometimes you can help provide an exit ramp, I've done that in the past."
Turnbull said the change of government last May had provided Beijing with that opportunity.
"The temperature has dramatically reduced and more cordial, normal intercourse is happening, and I would expect the trade sanctions to be lifted," he said.
Turnbull added that they hadn't worked because although they had harmed Australian wine sales, they hadn't affected barley or the sale of coal, with prices at record highs.
"The trade sanctions had a very modest impact overall and it failed, it was a counterproductive policy," he said.
Turnbull said the fact that China didn't sanction gas or iron ore imports showed the sanctions were only ever "performative".
Turnbull said that China's "apoplectic" response to Morrison's COVID inquiry call was also hamfisted as it drew more attention to the issue and that without Beijing's heated reaction, "it would have vanished without trace".
He said Chinese President Xi Jinping's decision to mimic the "bombastic" approach to foreign relations of former US President Donald Trump was also shortsighted.
"Xi Jinping missed an enormous opportunity when Trump came along," Turnbull said. "Trump was erratic, he was bullying, he shook up alliances, he created great uncertainty in the West - threatened to pull out of NATO, threatened all his alliances in the region, in this region.
"And that was an opportunity for China to be the exact opposite, to be consistent, calm, measured, respectful, but instead they went, he sort of followed Donald down the same sort of rabbit hole of belligerence and bombast," Turnbull said. "They wasted four years."
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/temperature-dramatically-reduced-china-will-lift-trade-bans-Turnbull-says-20230207-p5ciei.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OtS_FD9rgE
#18282649 at 2023-02-04 11:10:06 (UTC+1)
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The lawyers are understood to have requested a copy of the manuscript and adequate time to review it, as well as seeking details of the planned date of publication.
A letter in similar terms went to HarperCollins, publishers of Maiden's book, Open Secrets.
Senator Reynolds said she had not been given copies of the manuscripts, and the authors have not tried to clear the material they intend to publish.
"Ms Maiden has requested an interview; I have asked her to provide her questions in writing and she has not yet done so," she said.
Senator Reynolds has already filed proceedings against HarperCollins and Australian Financial Review journalist Aaron Patrick over his book, Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party's Civil War, seeking aggravated damages, costs and a court order to remove the book from sale.
Last week, the former defence minister filed a writ in the WA Supreme Court claiming Ms Higgins's fiance, former journalist David Sharaz, defamed her in two tweets sent in 2022.
Senator Reynolds is seeking aggravated damages from Mr Sharaz, saying she has suffered highly distressing trolling over the past two years, and an injunction to stop the material from ever being republished.
In a statement released through her lawyers after the writ was filed, she said Mr Sharaz had been "a constant participant in the trolling".
"For the best part of the last two years, I have been the subject of harassing and highly distressing trolling on social media regarding myself and my conduct in respect of events concerning Ms Brittany Higgins, which has damaged my reputation and caused me, my family and my staff, considerable stress and anguish," Senator Reynolds said.
Ms Higgins alleged Mr Lehrmann raped her on a couch in Senator Reynolds's office in the early hours of March 23, 2019, after a night out drinking with colleagues. The high-profile trial was aborted in October 2022 due to juror misconduct.
Mr Lehrmann pleaded not guilty and has at all times denied the allegations. The DPP has now withdrawn the charges.
Ms Higgins reached a confidential settlement with the commonwealth believed to be worth up to $3m over her claims she was not supported by Senator Reynolds or Liberal Party frontbencher Michaelia Cash after the alleged sexual assault.
Senator Reynolds had been keen to defend herself against Ms Higgins's allegations but the Albanese government threatened to tear up an agreement to pay her legal fees unless she agreed not to attend the mediation. Neither Senator Reynolds nor Senator Cash was asked for evidence that contested Ms Higgins's claims.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/legal-threat-over-brittany-higgins-memoir/news-story/86083e32a2c9f5b5b0d8d366f2f3869a
#18275686 at 2023-02-03 11:53:47 (UTC+1)
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Malcolm Turnbull says Labor has failed to answer if AUKUS deal compromises Australian sovereignty
Former PM says if operation of nuclear subs depends on US then that is 'a momentous change which has not been acknowledged'
Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst - 2 Feb 2023
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Malcolm Turnbull says the Albanese government has failed to answer fundamental questions about the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact, including whether the arrangement with the US and Britain compromises Australian sovereignty.
Responding to a new signal from Anthony Albanese that Labor would have pursued the contentious agreement had he been in power at the time Scott Morrison landed the pact, the former prime minister said Australians were entitled to know the answer to basic questions, like whether we could operate our own military assets.
"Australians should reasonably expect that military capabilities acquired by their government should be sovereign capabilities," Turnbull said on Thursday. "In all my time in government we understood a sovereign capability as being one that can be deployed, sustained and maintained by the Australian government in Australia.
"So the question on US-built nuclear-powered submarines is simply this: can they be operated, sustained and maintained by Australia without the support or supervision of the US Navy?
"If the answer is that US Navy assistance will be required that would mean, in any normal understanding of the term, that they are not Australian sovereign capabilities but rather that sovereignty would be shared with the US.
"If that is the case then this acquisition will be a momentous change which has not been acknowledged let alone debated."
Turnbull has been raising this risk since the Morrison government reached agreement on the submarine proposal with Joe Biden and the then British prime minister Boris Johnson.
The former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has articulated very similar concerns, which has been an ongoing point of friction between himself and the current government.
Last October Keating said: "Because they're nuclear submarines, they cannot be fielded without the technical support of the United States.
"If there's interoperability it means our sovereignty, our freedom of decision and movement, is simply subordinated to the United States. No self-respecting Australian should ever put their hand up for our sovereignty being so wilfully suborned in this way."
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#18269051 at 2023-02-02 08:26:51 (UTC+1)
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In a three-sentence response Mr Drumgold confirmed receipt of the letter but provided no evidence he had given any warning to Ms Higgins.
"This begs the question, did the director ever give such a warning to Ms Higgins through this matter," Mr Lehrmann says.
"In the absence of any evidence from the director, I contend that he has not."
Mr Lehrmann also says his ?former lawyer John Korn had a phone conversation with Mr Drumgold the day before Ms ?Higgins was to address the National Press Club, to establish whether he would provide a warning to Ms Higgins.
"His reply to Mr Korn was remarkable," Mr Lehrmann says. "The director indicated it was not his place to tell her what to do or say in the media.
"Mr Korn maintains detailed, contemporaneous file notes about his conversations with the director."
Mr Lehrmann says the ?prosecutor failed to take any reasonable steps to remove the National Press Club statements from circulation, or to seek ?removal of other material ?broadcast by Channel 10 on The Project interview, an ABC Four Corners report and other media reports.
The only steps Mr Drumgold took, he says, were to remove from circulation a book called Ego, by Aaron Patrick, which was about former prime minister ?Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to undermine the Liberal Party but did not engage on any fact in issue at the trial.
"This unequal treatment exacerbates the failure to take any steps to remove the particularised material, is evidence of motive, and may also be the result of political pressure from a third party," Mr Lehrmann alleges.
Mr Lehrmann also alleges a failure by Mr Drumgold to provide sufficient warning to prospective witnesses that any public comment could undermine the ?integrity of the trial.
He notes that an apology letter from Channel 10 to the Supreme Court alluded to insufficient warning by the director to Lisa Wilkinson about her Logies speech, which ultimately resulted in the trial being delayed for several months.
Mr Lehrmann also cites Mr Drumgold's alleged failure to ?prevent a personal profile about himself being published in The Weekend Australian's magazine on October 20 last year while the jury was deliberating - and doing so under a "Black Direction" (a direction by a judge to a jury to reconsider the votes of a small number of jury members if they cannot decide).
Mr Lehrmann says Mr Drumgold defamed him in his statements announcing the discon-tinuance of the trial by publicising his view that a successful prosecution was still possible.
"By giving the statement he did, he undermined the presumption of innocence and advocated for a particular individual (being Ms Higgins) rather than the proper and fair administration of justice," he says.
He further alleges that on several occasions Mr Drumgold failed to disclose certain material when asked for it by the defence, including the Australian Federal Police material later revealed in The Australian, described as The Moller Report.
"The director informed the defence for some time that it was legally privileged material," Mr Lehrmann says.
"Given the director's position and him having taken silk, you would have to assume his legal credentials are of a nature in which he knew the documents were not his to claim privilege, but he knowingly delayed handing the material over as it impugned his behaviour in the lead-up to the prosecution progressing.
"The director cared more about his image than the fair and proper running of a criminal trial.
"When asked of the AFP (material) via subpoena the documents were immediately handed over without question, however, a mere few weeks before the commencement of the trial given the director's interference."
Ms Higgins alleged Mr Lehrmann raped her on the couch in the office of Senator Linda Reynolds in the early hours of March 23, 2019, after a night out drinking with colleagues.
The former staffer went public with her story on February 15, 2021, before making a formal complaint against Mr Lehrmann with the AFP.
The trial was aborted in October last year due to juror misconduct.
Mr Lehrmann pleaded not guilty and has at all times denied the allegations.
The DPP has since withdrawn the charges.
Mr Drumgold was approached for comment.
The board of inquiry is expected to deliver its report by June 30.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/lehrmann-alleges-professional-misconduct/news-story/d5f0c6ffd78d2a6b465e6f81e8b6c0a3
#18235506 at 2023-01-27 12:02:07 (UTC+1)
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Liberal senator sues Higgins' partner over 'defamatory tweets'
Jesinta Burton - January 27, 2023
West Australian Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has launched defamation action against Brittany Higgins' partner David Sharaz, after vowing to vindicate her reputation following the former Liberal staffer's rape allegations.
Reynolds' lawyers at Perth firm Bennett have filed a writ in WA's Supreme Court against Sharaz, claiming the former press gallery journalist posted two tweets last year that were falsely defamatory of her.
The former defence minister is now demanding damages, as well as aggravated damages, and wants an injunction preventing the material from ever seeing the light of day again.
With the trial of Higgins' accused aborted, and a $3 million compensation settlement reached between Higgins and the federal government, Reynolds told WAtoday she was now in a position to vindicate her reputation.
"For the best part of the last two years I have been the subject of harassing and highly distressing trolling on social media regarding myself and my conduct in respect of events concerning Ms Brittany Higgins which has damaged my reputation and caused me, my family and my staff, considerable stress and anguish," she said.
"In light of the conclusion of the criminal trial and the resolution of the civil action involving Ms Higgins and the Commonwealth, I am now at liberty to take steps to vindicate my reputation and provide some truth to the matters the subject of these trolling comments.
"I will not otherwise comment on the actions I have taken or that I intend to take."
Reynolds also wants Sharaz to foot the bill for the legal action.
Sharaz's Twitter account has since been deactivated.
Law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler, which confirmed it was advising Sharaz, told this masthead it would not be commenting at this stage.
Higgins, a former employee of Reynolds, claimed fellow staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped her in the then-cabinet minister's parliamentary office.
Lehrmann pleaded not guilty and denied ever having sex with Higgins.
The high-profile criminal trial was aborted due to juror misconduct, and the charge later dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
But Reynolds found herself in the firing line amid the fallout over the government's response to Higgins' claims.
The lawsuit comes just weeks after Reynolds took action against publishing house HarperCollins and journalist Aaron Patrick, demanding a book detailing recent political controversies including Higgins' alleged rape be pulled from the shelves.
Reynolds is seeking aggravated damages over the contents of Patrick's book, Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party's Civil War, which she claims featured comments that were falsely defamatory of her and had caused her loss and damage.
The Australian Financial Review senior correspondent's book focused primarily on former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's campaign against his successor, Scott Morrison, and party infighting.
But the book also pored over the details of several of the Liberal Party's recent political controversies, including an entire chapter dedicated to Higgins' rape allegations against Lehrmann.
This masthead understands Reynolds' legal team intends to contest several passages in the book vigorously, including one which suggested Reynolds told Higgins that non-consensual sex was "the cost of being female".
https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/liberal-senator-sues-higgins-partner-over-defamatory-tweets-20230127-p5cfyr.html
#18153815 at 2023-01-16 08:28:48 (UTC+1)
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Mr Albanese's strident defence of the AUKUS agreement also comes after former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Paul Keating have warned it could limit Australia's sovereignty.
Mr Turnbull last week said it was being overlooked that ?"nuclear-powered submarines to be acquired from the US will not be able to be operated or maintained without the supervision of the US Navy".
"The submarine element of the agreement delays vital capabilities and diminishes Australian sovereignty," he said.
Mr Albanese said the government was considering the "most effective way forward" to plug the capability gap until the new submarines are built in Australia, after Peter Dutton revealed the former government was considering buying two Virginia-class submarines from the US by 2030.
In the long-ranging interview, the Prime Minister also said ?important strategic meetings in 2023 would include his visit to India in March and Australia hosting a Quad leaders meeting mid-year.
Mr Albanese said there was no scheduled visit to China this year but he was committed to improving the relationship.
"I have no scheduled visit there at this point in time," the Prime Minister said.
"I think there's been a lot of positive engagement with the discussions that I was able to have with President Xi.
"But also I had informal discussions with Premier Li as well and I want to see co-operation with China where we can.
"We will disagree where we must but we will continue to engage in our national interest."
Action on climate change is also set to play a central role in the Albanese government's foreign policy this year, especially when it comes to improving ties in the Pacific region.
"We made steps to improve the relationship with our major trading partner, China, in 2022. We want to see further improvement in the relationship," he said.
"The precondition for engagement internationally is our action on climate change."
In a visit to Papua New Guinea last week, Mr Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape vowed to sign a new security pact by June.
The treaty will follow a similar pact signed with Vanuatu in ?December and is part of the government's push to limit Chinese influence in the region.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/albanese-confident-us-powerbrokers-will-keep-faith-in-aukus/news-story/3bbaccbe5148975d9e8aa7daa30cf75a
#18115507 at 2023-01-10 08:45:10 (UTC+1)
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Americans doubt whether Australia is truly with them in the commitment to stop the Chinese Communist Party dominating the Indo-Pacific. They see an array of former Australian prime ministers who turned against the American alliance and an even larger number of Australian elites who happily take Beijing's coin in the name of economic co-operation.
Two former Australian prime ministers, Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd, are on the recent public record vigorously opposed to the nuclear propulsion proposal. Next month Rudd will become our lead negotiator for AUKUS with congress.
Congress knows that some Australian premiers, many business leaders, university vice-chancellors and others are only too eager to reset the relationship with China and resume building lucrative but independence-sapping commercial ties.
Let's not forget Australia's persistent failure to reach that minimal benchmark of spending 2 per cent of gross domestic product on defence. Yes, America agreed to Canberra's proposal to deploy the US Marine Corps in Australia's north, but it also remembers Australia fighting for years over how to split chickenfeed dollar amounts to build facilities for the marines.
Nor has the US forgiven Australia's bizarre decision to allow a Chinese company to lease the port of Darwin in 2015 for 99 years. The port is critical to the future of Australian and US military positioning in the north. No matter what the talking points say, that issue is not gone and not forgotten in the Pentagon.
If Americans pay any attention at all to Australian policy debates, they will see that the overwhelmingly dominant topic is how, in Albanese's words, "we will co-operate with China where we can (and) we will disagree where we must". Americans ask: what place does that leave in Canberra's thinking for the alliance? What is AUKUS if not a means to deter China? What is the depth of Australia's commitment to build the industrial heft for submarine and missile construction? When will we see that?
One should not underestimate the genuine affection and regard American political leaders have for Australia. Reed and Inhofe were and are strong alliance supporters, but they are not to be fobbed off with Australian embassy barbecues and warm words about being "brothers in arms".
Albanese needs to be more energised about the risks to AUKUS, and hence to his prime ministership, than was on display at last Saturday's media conference. He foreshadowed a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, "who I will meet with again in the first half of the year", but there was no mention of further engagement with Biden, the essential figure in AUKUS success.
Australian prime ministers have no more important job than to shape American political thinking about the alliance.
It would be odd if an Australian prime minister did not visit Washington within a year of coming to office. With the AUKUS "optimal pathway" announcement due in March, Albanese should make it a priority to make that trip, a key part of which should be to meet key members of congress.
Because the AUKUS agenda is so big and cuts across many established rules and power structures in the three capitals, it will succeed only if presidents and prime ministers personally drive the agenda.
Albanese can't hand that task to Marles or Rudd. For better or worse, AUKUS delivery and Albanese's prime ministership are conjoined twins.
There is more that Albanese should do. To show Australia's bipartisan commitment he should ask John Howard and Kim Beazley to make a joint visit to Washington, building congressional support for the arrangement.
Parliament should be asked to form a bipartisan AUKUS standing committee with the express purpose of building ties and keeping tabs on the congressional pulse. Across time we might hope that our parliamentarians would build the level of personal expertise in defence and security that we see in some of their US counterparts.
Just like the French submarine project, AUKUS will progress until it doesn't. If it fails it will be the Prime Minister's personal problem.
The message for Albanese on AUKUS is: lead it or lose it. If you lose it, you risk the alliance.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/memo-pm-on-aukus-you-need-to-lead-it-or-lose-it/news-story/8ad5665cfcbd74f5dc4f2c3005dab21c
#18115494 at 2023-01-10 08:37:50 (UTC+1)
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AUKUS subs warning 'inaccurate portrayal': Sea Power committee member
ADAM CREIGHTON - JANUARY 10, 2023
One of the strongest supporters of the AUKUS security pact in the US congress has urged "everyone to take a deep breath", amid growing fears US shipyards won't have the capacity to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines before the nation has the capacity to build them itself.
Democrat congressman Joe Courtney, a senior member of the House of Representatives Sea Power committee, told The Australian on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) that a leaked letter from two US senators to President Joe Biden, which argued building submarines for Australia could "stress the US submarine industrial base to breaking point", was inaccurate.
"The impression being conveyed in the letter was that a production slowdown was somehow an immutable dynamic and I think that's a very inaccurate portrayal of what's actually happening out there," Mr Courtney, whose Connecticut seat encompasses a big chunk of US submarine building, said.
"It was not a letter that the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee were aware of until really about 24 hours before it was leaked," he told The Australian, adding that the letter was likely "done in isolation by the two senators and their staff".
The letter in question, by Democratic Senator Jack Reed and outgoing Republican Senator James Inhofe, the two most senior figures on the Senate Armed Services Committee, emerged last week in a US trade publication, prompting the Prime Minister and Defence Minister to insist the submarines were on track.
"There really is a shared sense of mission between the US and UK and Australia in seeing Australia acquire this capability," said Defence Minister Richard Marles, who visited Washington DC and US shipyards late last year.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin promised Mr Marles the US would not leave Australia exposed to a looming capability gap as navy's ageing Collins class diesel-powered submarines become obsolete.
"We're still three months away from the big reveal ... everyone should take a deep breath and let them finish the process," Mr Courtney said, adding that recent legislation in congress to allow Australian sailors to train on US submarines should be cause for celebration of AUKUS progress so far.
A group of supporters of AUKUS in Congress, both Republican and Democrat, would shortly issue a statement reiterating their confidence in the AUKUS process, he added.
"There's no question that the Covid impact on defence manufacturing has slowed production down, but having said that the submarine industry delivered two submarines 2022 and is slated to deliver two this year," Mr Courtney said.
The cost and production schedule of the eight nuclear powered submarines promised to Australia under AUKUS in the September 2021 agreement remain unclear ahead of the government's promised release of the details early this year.
Former prime minster Malcolm Turnbull later chimed on the submarines debate, arguing acquisition of US nuclear submarine technology would undermine Australian sovereignty, a claim dismissed as "complete nonsense" by retired admiral Peter Clarke, as reported in The Australian.
"It will take a decade to get this sorted out," Mr Clarke told The Australian. "It's just absolute nonsense to say it would adversely affect Australian sovereignty."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/aukus-subs-warning-inaccurate-portrayal-sea-power-committee-member/news-story/f496ac2a61233805390dac53333ea184
#18115451 at 2023-01-10 08:26:08 (UTC+1)
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Retired admiral sinks Turnbull 'sovereignty' fear
JOE KELLY - JANUARY 10, 2023
Peter Clarke, the only Australian admiral to have commanded both a nuclear and a diesel-electric submarine, has dismissed as "complete nonsense" criticism by Malcolm Turnbull that the trilateral AUKUS agreement to obtain a fleet of nuclear submarines would undermine Australian sovereignty.
Retired Rear Admiral Clarke said Australia "cannot do everything ourselves" and the nation had "alliances, agreements and treaties so we get greater benefit from the amalgamation of skills and knowledge and technical ability of our allies".
He said the AUKUS agreement was aimed at "developing and growing and maintaining" the skills needed to operate and maintain nuclear submarines in Australia.
"It will take a decade to get this sorted out," he said. "It's just ?absolute nonsense to say it would adversely affect Australian sovereignty."
Mr Turnbull took to Twitter on Monday, saying it was completely overlooked in Australia that ?"nuclear-powered submarines to be acquired from the US will not be able to be operated or maintained without the supervision of the US Navy".
The former prime minister added: "AUKUS is a worthwhile and natural enhancement of ?already intimate security and intelligence relationships but the submarine element of the agreement delays vital capabilities and diminishes Australian sovereignty."
The debate over AUKUS has been reignited after the heads of the US Senate armed services committee - Democrat Jack Reed and Republican James Inhofe - advised against supplying Australia with off-the-shelf nuclear-powered submarines in a letter to Joe Biden.
They warned that the AUKUS pact risked stretching the nation's industrial base "to breaking point".
Anthony Albanese said on Monday he was confident the government could deliver a ?submarine capability that "serves Australia's national defence interests" and those of the US and UK.
"That's what the whole point of the AUKUS arrangement is - to recognise that through co-operation in our defence systems we can ... be stronger," the Prime Minister told the ABC's 7.30.
Mr Albanese said he wanted nuclear submarines to be manufactured in Australia, providing an assurance that "Australia's sovereign interest will be protected."
He also said that senior members of the US administration had been "extremely positive" towards the ambition of the AUKUS framework to deliver a nuclear submarine fleet to Australia and that the proposal enjoyed the support of Joe Biden.
Rear Admiral Clarke said while Mr Turnbull's comments were "bizarre" and "unhelpful", the warnings about America's defence industry being stretched showed Australia's quest to obtain nuclear-powered submarines was "not going to be easy".
"Of course it will stretch US industrial capability," he said.
"That's why we need to have this agreement and why we need to work together."
Tom Corben, a research fellow at the US Studies ?Centre, said Australia did not have the "luxury that a great power like the US has in terms of being able to build, maintain and operate all our military capabilities on our own".
"When you are talking about Australian sovereignty in terms of its defence capabilities, it's never going to be absolute," he said.
But Mr Corben said concerns about AUKUS aired in the letter to Mr Biden would be viewed with interest by the President.
"Biden will be taking very seriously the views of two of the leading national security figures in the US congress when it comes to submarines and what it means for AUKUS," Mr Corben said.
"People who expected either explicitly or implicitly that the US would simply give us or sell us a submarine off their production lines with their capacity limited ... didn't really appreciate or weren't aware of the significant strain the US industrial base is under."
Euan Graham, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said arguments that AUKUS would diminish Australia's sovereignty were like saying the ANZUS treaty was a threat to Australia's autonomy.
"The price of gaining access to US and UK nuclear propulsion technology means structural reliance on them as long-term suppliers. That comes with the AUKUS arrangement and ANZUS," he said.
"However, I would not equate that with diminished sovereignty."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/retired-admiral-sinks-Turnbull-sovereignty-fear/news-story/f25192f9fcf2950bdd38f38a84e3fe58
#18108782 at 2023-01-09 08:59:23 (UTC+1)
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Malcolm Turnbull fires warning shot as AUKUS submarine debate rages
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has issued a stern warning on the AUKUS submarines deal, noting a crucial element of the plan could undermine our sovereignty.
Ellen Ransley - January 9, 2023
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says it is "truly remarkable" the renewed debate about acquiring United States submarines has not considered how significantly it would undermine Australia's sovereignty.
The federal government will within months announce its nuclear submarine plan, with both AUKUS partners - the US and the United Kingdom - in the running for supplying vessels to Australia until domestic industry is capable.
It's been revealed, however, that key United States senators have voiced their concern about being the chosen partner.
Jack Reed and former senator James Inhofe wrote US President Joe Biden a letter in December, which has leaked online, which says they - members of the armed services committee - wanted a "sober assessment" of the submarine component of the AUKUS deal.
They wrote that providing Australia with Virginia-class submarines risked tipping the US industry to "breaking point" and could undermine US security.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has maintained he remains "positive" about the AUKUS deal, and that Australia would ramp up its industrial contribution for the partnership.
But Mr Turnbull, taking to Twitter, said Australia was "completely overlooking" the fact that nuclear powered submarines acquired from the US "will not be able to be operated or maintained without the supervision of the US Navy".
"It is surely remarkable that this abdication of Australian sovereignty was effected by the Morrison government and now, apparently, endorsed and adopted by the Albanese government," he wrote.
"AUKUS is a worthwhile and natural enhancement of already intimate security and intelligence relationships, but the submarine element of the agreement delays vital capabilities and diminishes Australian sovereignty."
On Saturday, Mr Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia's relationship with the US remained strong, and the AUKUS partnership would benefit all members.
"We're very confident that it's in the interests of Australia, but also in the interests of the US and the interests of the United Kingdom," Mr Albanese said.
"When we talk about optimal pathway, we talk about not just the issue of what is built, but how it is built, as well as the optimal pathway in building a capacity of skills in the Australian workforce."
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has urged Mr Albanese to "press the case" to purchase submarines off the shelf from the US, saying there was "no question" in his mind that option was still on the table.
On Sunday, Mr Dutton said Australia's ability to keep the region safe was "really dependent" on the acquisition of the US submarines.
"I hope that the Prime Minister is able to continue to press the case because when we negotiated AUKUS, when the Coalition negotiated AUKUS, it was clear to us, as it's now clear to the government, that the intelligence is that we live in a very uncertain time, the most uncertain time since the Second World War and the sooner that we can acquire that capability, it is in Australia's interests, it's in the United States' interests, it's in our partners interests within the Indo-Pacific," he said.
"That's why we should continue to work very closely to achieve an outcome and to acknowledge from the US, and other partners, that they have their own obligations and their own needs, but we are a trusted and reliable partner and that's why the AUKUS deal was struck in the first place."
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/Malcolm-Turnbull-fires-warning-shot-as-aukus-submarine-debate-rages/news-story/d98d145384c41ab5e99f552515f3a7e5
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#18071608 at 2023-01-04 08:44:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
>>18046171
Rudd tells US not to 'throw allies under a bus'
John Kehoe - Jan 4, 2023
Australia's soon-to-be ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, says America needs to stop throwing some foreign allies "under a bus" on trade and economics if it wants to build international support to push back against China.
Dr Rudd's frank public assessment about Australia's closest ally raised mixed reactions among foreign policy experts on Wednesday, amid contention about the Albanese government's announcement last month that the former prime minister would become Australia's next envoy in Washington.
Dr Rudd said in a television interview that the Biden administration's Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan "have done a good job in herding the cats, both in Asia and also, frankly, in Europe so far.
"However, for the future, what is the missing element in US grand strategy?" he asked on Bloomberg TV.
"It's called the economy, stupid," he said, echoing a political line used by former US president Bill Clinton's adviser to help win elections.
"And that is, you cannot continue to assume that there'll be collective solidarity on security questions.
"But on the economy, the United States is happy to throw some of its allies under a bus.
"And for those reasons the United States Congress needs to embrace instead a different strategy, which opens its markets more towards allies in Asia and in Europe, despite the overriding protectionist sentiment of the US Congress and political class."
Dr Rudd made clear he was speaking in his capacity as president of the New York-based Asia Society and that he would officially commence as ambassador in three months.
John Lee, a former adviser to former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop, said a credible US strategy required enhanced American market access and that Mr Rudd was likely to tell Americans this in "his typical forthright manner".
"It is in the national and regional interest that he do so," Dr Lee said.
Another foreign policy scholar who has worked in Washington and Canberra said it was "just remarkable he is out there like this before becoming 'ambo'."
"He cannot shut up. The Yanks won't like being lectured in public."
In the joint interview with Mr Rudd, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer said Dr Rudd was "completely right".
"We, the United States, do not have a trade policy. We don't have one.
"And so as Kevin said, unless Congress, the Democrats, the Republicans are prepared to actually speak coherently about a long-term US economic strategy, the national security policy by itself doesn't get you there."
Offset China's growing power
Dr Rudd said the US could not afford to have a strategy on China with "one arm tied behind its back".
His remarks about US trade protectionism follow former US president Donald Trump imposing tariffs and other trade restrictions on foreign allies in Asia and Europe.
Mr Trump also stopped the US from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral trade deal with Pacific Rim nations including Australia.
A strategic aim of the TPP was for the US to forge closer economic ties with Asian nations to offset China's growing economic power in the region.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and several other world leaders at the time lamented the US's retreat from trade liberalisation and towards protectionism, including Kurt Campbell, who is now US President Joe Biden's top Asia adviser.
Dr Rudd was Labor prime minister from 2007 to 2010, before being ousted by Julia Gillard. He briefly returned as leader in 2013 before Labor lost the election.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last month the 65-year-old Dr Rudd had unmatched qualifications to represent Australia's interests with Joe Biden, and on Capitol Hill.
"Dr Rudd brings unmatched experience to the role," Mr Albanese said last month.
"He will conduct himself in a way that brings great credit to Australia."
Dr Rudd is due to replace outgoing ambassador Arthur Sinodinos in March.
Mr Biden is due to visit Australia for a meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue leaders in Australia in the first half of 2023.
Mr Albanese will also visit the US this year.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/rudd-tells-us-not-to-throw-allies-under-a-bus-20230104-p5cach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4PowGIeJIg
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#18046077 at 2022-12-31 08:45:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#26 - Part 10
Australian Politics and Society - Part 10
>>17985647 Kevin Rudd Tweet: I am greatly honoured by the Australian Government's decision to nominate me as our country's next Ambassador to the United States of America commencing in March.
>>17985647 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: Congratulations Kevin - great appointment!
>>17985647 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: I cannot think of any Australian with better connections than Rudd has in the Biden administration or with more influence on geopolitical issues in DC. He is also keenly aware of the external, and internal, threats to US democracy.
>>17985647 Q Post #479 - How much did AUS donate to CF? How much did SA donate to CF? Compare. Why is this relevant? What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked? List the leadership in AUS. IDEN leadership during Hussein term. IDEN leadership during POTUS' term. Who controls AUS? Who really controls AUS? UK? Why is this relevant? Q - https://qanon.pub/#479
>>17985647 Q Post #908 - Which conversation leaked? POTUS & AUS? Why that specific conversation? Signal? We (they) hear what you are saying? Threat to AUS? Why? What do they know? Trapped? Forced? Blood. Q - https://qanon.pub/#908
>>17985647 Q Post #910 - Do not focus on the call details. We knew it would leak. We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged. We knew certain people would leak. Focus - why AUS? Q - https://qanon.pub/#910
>>17985668 Video: The Real Kevin Rudd - The real Kevin Rudd: a man despised by those who know him, who spent three years undermining Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. - Practicalpolitics, Jul 17, 2013
>>17985749 Australia Day work option is gathering steam - Some of the nation's biggest companies have begun offering their staff the opportunity to skip the Australia Day public holiday, in what advocates see as growing support for changing the date - Major companies including Telstra and Woodside Energy have introduced new policies allowing staff to work on January 26 and take off another day of their choosing instead
>>17985762 Inner-city Melbourne councils of Darebin and Yarra are planning their first Australian citizenship ceremonies in five years after rules relaxed by the Albanese government - It was a requirement under the Turnbull and Morrison governments for councils to hold a citizenship ceremony on Australia Day, or have their right to host any ceremony revoked
>>17985766 Betrayal of our national day a shame on Labor - "The decision effectively to abandon the defence of Australia Day on January 26 is one of the worst and saddest moments in modern Australia. And it's surely among the worst decisions of the new Labor government." - Greg Sheridan - theaustralian.com.au
>>17985863 Queensland Police Union plan to buy Wieambilla property where two officers were killed in ambush - Union president Ian Leavers said he did not want the land to "fall into the wrong hands" - "The last thing we want to see is the anti-vaxxers, pro-gun, conspiracy theorists to get this land and use it for their own warped and dangerous views" - Sarah Richards - abc.net.au
>>17985903 Video: Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell found guilty of brutal assault on Channel 9 security guard - A court has rejected Thomas Sewell's claims of self-defence from when he repeatedly belted a Channel 9 security guard outside the network's Docklands studios
>>17991015 Kevin Rudd's appointment as next ambassador to Washington broadly welcomed in the US capital on both sides of the political spectrum as an experienced foreign policy and China expert
>>17991052 Albanese's captain's pick: An inspired choice or just Ruddy risky? - Kevin Rudd faces a cautious reception from the Biden administration over his criticism of the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal and a potential backlash from Republicans for his attacks on Donald Trump when he arrives in Washington
>>17991056 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Donald Trump is a traitor to the West. Murdoch was Trump's biggest backer. And Murdoch's Fox Television backs Putin too. What rancid treachery.
>>17991061 Bruce Lehrmann asks Bar Association to investigate alleged misconduct by prosecutor 0 Bruce Lehrmann has personally written to the ACT Bar Association with a letter of complaint outlining several elements of serious misconduct he alleges against ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold SC
>>17991078 Wieambilla murders: Thousands of police officers form a sombre guard of honour to farewell slain constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, after the pair were remembered as bright, adored and courageous young people who ran towards danger to protect the community
>>17996604 Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers send legal letters to Network Ten and News Corp over their coverage of rape allegations aired by his former colleague, Brittany Higgins
#18046066 at 2022-12-31 08:43:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#26 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>17566047 MRF-D Demonstrates Range and Reaction Capability with Trans-Pacific Tactical Redeployment
>>17566408 EnergyAtState Tweet: Today at @GCEAF_USA in Pittsburgh @ClimateEnvoy joined @Bowenchris as Australia signed on to the Clean Energy Demand Initiative. Australia's leadership will be critical to CEDI's efforts - sending a signal of major market demand for clean energy and supportive policies.
>>17566408 Chris Bowen Tweet: The US and Australia have both passed important climate legislation in recent weeks - We have much more to do, including by working together - Great to see John Kerry & sign our next steps on clean energy including working with business to speed up our clean energy transformation
>>17566408 Q Post #3634 - [D]'s (internal) infiltration issue(s) w/ protecting NAT SEC? Deliberate? Do you believe in coincidences?.....[Kerry] direct relay > Iran pre/post Iran deal [future marker] - IF KNOWN - WHY IS IT ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? IF KNOWN - WILL THERE BE JUSTICE? It's only a matter of time. Q
>>17572425 Australian Federal Police monitoring dark web amid allegations stolen Optus data may be sold online
>>17572684 'Significant progress' made in Australia getting nuclear-powered sub - The leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia said in a statement marking the one-year anniversary of the AUKUS security pact that they have made "significant progress" towards Australia acquiring a nuclear-powered submarine
>>17572684 Joint Leaders Statement to Mark One Year of AUKUS - whitehouse.gov - SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
>>17583221 Australian Federal Police launch Operation Hurricane, a global hunt to identify the hackers behind the massive Optus cyberattack - Albanese government flags large fines for future breaches
>>17583227 Tune into the Aussie Cossack and Guru & Kaz from Colonel Bosi's Australia ONE Party LIVE at 7pm - Live Stream - Bobdan - 26-09-2022
>>17588820 'Too many eyes': Optus hacker deletes data, apologises to customers; FBI joins probe - The hacker purportedly behind the massive Optus data breach has seemingly deleted the stolen data and apologised to Optus customers, declaring "we will not sale data to anyone [sic]."
>>17588834 Anthony Albanese meets Kamala Harris, Fumio Kishida ahead of Shinzo Abe funeral - Former prime ministers John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull have joined Mr Albanese in Tokyo to attend Tuesday afternoon's state funeral, only the second in Japan's post-war history
>>17588837 Video: Kamala Harris and Anthony Albanese hold talks - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with US Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the funeral of assassinated Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - Sky News Australia
>>17588847 Ex-Trump adviser Jason Miller spruiks 'the right way' to counter big tech bias - Former Donald Trump adviser Jason Miller believes many Australians will increasingly gravitate to right wing-leaning social networks as frustration grows with the left-leaning bias of tech giants like Twitter and Facebook
>>17595198 Bernard Collaery says further Timor-Leste affair details will be put before federal ICAC - Celebrated lawyer Bernard Collaery said he would take his claims of wrongdoing to the integrity body in an effort to resolve Australia's reputation in the region, adding there are "a lot more" details yet to surface about the diplomatic saga
>>17601574 Australian economist Sean Turnell sentenced to three years in prison in secret trial in Myanmar for violating the country's official state secrets act
>>17607423 Marles joins US, Japan in Hawaii for AUKUS subs tour - Australian, US and Japanese defence chiefs will meet near Pearl Harbour, Hawaii to advance discussions on AUKUS, before going on to inspect Virginia class submarines
>>17613444 Space Force surveillance telescope now operational in Australia - A U.S.-built space-monitoring telescope that was moved from New Mexico to Western Australia is officially operational, according to Space Operations Command
>>17613467 Space surveillance telescope is declared operational - The Space Surveillance Telescope was relocated to Australia from the US to strengthen the US Space Surveillance Network's ability to track space assets and debris and provide warnings of possible collisions between space objects - Australian Government Department of Defence - news.defence.gov.au
>>17613477 U.S. Space Surveillance Telescope in Australia achieves initial operational capability - The Australian Department of Defence and the U.S. Space Force declared initial operational capability for the Space Surveillance Telescope at Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, Australia, Sept. 30, 2022
>>17619904 Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breach - The Australian government has levelled its harshest criticism yet against Optus for a cybersecurity breach that affected the equivalent of 40% of the country's population
#18046060 at 2022-12-31 08:42:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#26 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>17463856 Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin opens gates for a closer look at Pitch Black military hardware - A display of military hardware from the multinational force taking part in the biennial Pitch Black exercise in northern Australia drew scores of locals and troops for a closer look
>>17463891 Video: Exercise Pitch Black 2022 | Mindil Beach flypast - A great display of what Pitch Black is all about - multinational partner forces working together to strengthen our relationships, interoperability and understanding. Thank you so much to all the international exercise participants who helped make the flypast such a success - Royal Australian Air Force
>>17463892 Exercise Pitch Black 2022 | RAAF Base Darwin open day - The local community turned up in their thousands to the #PitchBlack22 open day at RAAF Base Darwin to see the participating forces on display - Royal Australian Air Force
>>17469881 Defence Minister Richard Marles has refused to say if the federal government will appoint a High Commissioner to the UK by the end of the year, even though the countries are in critical negotiations over the acquisition of nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement
>>17469889 Australians to train on UK nuclear submarines under landmark pact - Australian naval officers will be allowed to train inside Britain's nuclear-powered submarines for the first time to ensure they are prepared for the eventual arrival of the highly prized technology under the AUKUS pact
>>17475424 Malcolm Turnbull almost sacked Alexander Downer for sparking FBI inquiry - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was so incensed that Alexander Downer, Australia's top diplomat in London, had "blundered" into the US embassy, "blurting out political gossip of the most intense political sensitivity", and sparking the FBI inquiry into Russian meddling in the US ?election, that he considered sacking him - Revealed in a new book by investigative journalist Richard Kerbaj, The Secret History of The Five Eyes
>>17475475 AUKUS allies sign off on nuclear subs training for Australians - In a deepening of Australian-British military ties under the AUKUS arrangement, Royal Australian Navy submariners will begin training on the nuclear propelled British submarine, the Astute class HMS Anson, having been cleared to access some of Britain's top secret nuclear military secrets
>>17475487 Video: Rear Admiral Scott Pappano warns helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines could be too big a burden for America's already overstretched shipyards
>>17481803 UK tried to use our ban on Huawei as leverage - Britain tried to use Australia's unilateral decision to exclude Huawei from its next generation 5G network as a prime reason for why it should be able to make up its own mind about security risks and use the Chinese company - Revealed in a new book by investigative journalist Richard Kerbaj, The Secret History of The Five Eyes
>>17481833 Nuclear-powered submarines are set to be built in Australia as the AUKUS alliance demands we pull our weight in military manufacturing
#18046055 at 2022-12-31 08:40:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
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>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
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#17453422 at 2022-08-28 07:02:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#25 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>17381843 Richard Marles says Australian submarines will plug capability gap - Ageing fleet of Collins class submarines will undergo life-of-type extensions, capability gap will be filled with submarines built in Australia
>>17385370 NSW has officially banned public displays of Nazi swastika - Cultural and religious groups are celebrating as an Aussie state confirms groundbreaking laws surrounding displays of a deeply hateful symbol
>>17385506 'The best is yet to come': Trump releases new campaign style video - Donald Trump has released a campaign ad-style video on his Truth Social platform only hours after the FBI raided his Florida home where he vows to his supporters to "not give up" and the "best is yet to come". - Sky News Australia
>>17396729 Australian academic Sean Turnell detained in Myanmar pleads not guilty in closed court
>>17396744 AUKUS is not the threat to the Asia-Pacific region: US Indo-Pacific Commander John Aquilino
>>17396764 Whistleblower lawsuit alleges financial misconduct and dubious expenditures inside Hillsong Church
>>17405795 Video: Nuclear Powered Submarine Task Force - The first major initiative under AUKUS is Australia's acquisition of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines. Defence has established a Nuclear Powered Submarine Taskforce led by VADM Jonathan Mead AO, which is working with the UK and US to identify the optimal path to deliver these submarines. - Defence Australia
>>17405885 Bill Shorten slams Scott Morrison's 'sick government' as he compares former PM to Donald Trump amid Cabinet scandal
>>17405903 Video: Scott Morrison's secret portfolios a 'sinister' move, former PM Malcolm Turnbull says - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is "astonished" the Governor-General was willing to go along with Scott Morrison's secretive appointment to multiple portfolios within his own cabinet - ABC News (Australia)
>>17405928 Former PM Scott Morrison was 'sedated' at night for his insomnia throughout pandemic - A new revelation about Scott Morrison has emerged amid the raging controversy about his secret moves as prime minister
>>17406093 Blue Diamond 6 Honors 1st Marine Division Roots with a Trip to Guadalcanal and Australia - Major General Benjamin Watson, Commanding General of the First Marine Division, visited the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) following a trip to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on August 10.
>>17406134 Red Ex: Australia Edition | 1st Marine Division, Travel to Darwin | Exercise Koolendong 2022 - U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (3/5), 1st Marine Division, travel to Darwin, NT, Australia, in support of exercise Koolendong 22, July 22, 2022 - Defense Flash News
>>17410333 Former prime minister Scott Morrison says he took the "unconventional" move to assume responsibility in several portfolios due to the "unprecedented times" brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic
>>17410340 Peter Dutton says he will not call for Scott Morrison to resign after revelations the former prime minister had sworn himself into five additional portfolios during the pandemic
>>17410350 Scott Morrison warned Donald Trump off Vladimir Putin G7 invitation - Scott Morrison raised concerns with Donald Trump about Vladimir Putin being potentially invited to rejoin the G7, urging the former US president to reject the idea almost two years before Russia invaded Ukraine
>>17417576 Former prime minister Scott Morrison says he feared alarming his cabinet colleagues and the broader public by disclosing he had assumed co-control of powers across five senior ministries, as he sought to explain why he had kept his extra appointments secret
>>17417651 'I acted in good faith', says Scott Morrison - Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister of Australia - theaustralian.com.au
>>17422759 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Ambassador Kennedy met today with Quad partners (Australian) Deputy Secretaries Dewar and Hayhurst, (Japanese) Ambassador Yamagami, & (Indian) High Commissioner Vohra to discuss opportunities for increased collaboration in the Indo-Pacific. We look forward to the Quad Leaders' Summit in (Australia) next year.
>>17426570 Super-rich members of Cambodia's corrupt Hun Sen regime are buying their way into Australia through $5m "Golden Visa" schemes that guarantee permanent residency and offer a path to citizenship, according to local Cambodian-Australian leaders
>>17426633 MRF-D 22 and the International Football Connection - Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 is focused on readiness, lethality, and regional support to Allies and partners, but they are also taking chances to learn and develop cultural experience through a time-tested activity: football.
#17444648 at 2022-08-26 10:23:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
>>17405885
Prime Minister appoints former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret ministries
Jake Evans - 26 August 2022
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has laid out the terms of an inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret self-appointment to administer several ministries throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former High Court justice Virginia Bell will lead the inquiry, which will examine how the appointments were made and the implications arising from them.
Ms Bell served as a High Court justice for 12 years, before retiring last year.
"We need to have a quick and appropriate inquiry, which is not about the politics but how this happened," Mr Albanese said.
The Prime Minister said the inquiry would make recommendations to government on any changes to provide greater transparency and accountability 'to ensure this can never happen again".
Ms Bell will report back to government by November 25.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the inquiry was necessary for democracy.
"This inquiry is one which absolutely was made necessary by the solicitor-general's advice, which expressed in the clearest possible terms that what occurred here with Mr Morrison having himself appointed to five ministries was contrary to, inconsistent with, the conventions and practices of responsible government," Mr Dreyfus said.
"This is sinister stuff. This is secret government. This is one of the most appalling things I've ever heard in our federal government," he added, quoting former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Albanese said the government chose not to launch a royal commission, which would compel Mr Morrison to appear to give evidence, saying it would be "extraordinary" for the former prime minister to refuse a former justice.
"If it was the case that Virginia Bell felt like she was not getting the cooperation that was required, then I'm certain that other measures could be considered," he said.
Mr Morrison said last week he would participate in any "genuine" process to learn lessons from the pandemic.
The former prime minister has been lambasted for secretly having himself appointed to jointly control the health, finance, treasury, home affairs and industry portfolios at various points throughout 2020 and 2021.
In several cases, his own cabinet and the responsible ministers did not know, including former home affairs minister Karen Andrews, who called on Mr Morrison to quit parliament over the revelations.
His colleagues have warned an inquiry into his secret power grab should not become a witch hunt.
Mr Albanese said it could not be dismissed.
"These are extraordinary circumstances. You can't just dismiss it in the way that [Liberal leader] Peter Dutton has," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-26/scott-morrison-secret-ministry-inquiry-detailed/101377170
#17405903 at 2022-08-17 07:13:56 (UTC+1)
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>>17405885
Scott Morrison's secret portfolios a 'sinister' move, former PM Malcolm Turnbull says
James Elton - 15 Aug 2022
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is "astonished" the Governor-General was willing to go along with Scott Morrison's secretive appointment to multiple portfolios within his own cabinet.
Mr Turnbull blasted his successor and former treasurer for taking on the ministerial roles - including in health, finance and resources - without telling the public or, in some cases, the existing ministers.
"This is sinister stuff. This is secret government," he told 7.30.
"This is one of the most appalling things I have ever heard in our federal government. I mean, the idea that a Prime Minister would be sworn in to other ministries secretly is incredible."
Mr Turnbull said he was "astonished" that the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet had "gone along" with the appointments, which have now come to light through media reports sourced from court documents.
But he said he was even "more astonished" that the Governor-General, David Hurley, was involved.
Mr Morrison's secret ministries were completely different to more routine arrangements where ministers act in different roles while a colleague is unwell or on leave, according to Mr Turnbull, because those arrangements were made public.
"We, the people, are entitled to know who is governing our country. We need to know who is the minister for this, who is the minister for that. If, in fact, these things are all being done secretly, that's not a democracy."
In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the Governor-General said Mr Morrison was appointed to his extra portfolios under "normal process", consistent with the constitution.
"Questions around appointments of this nature are a matter for the government of the day and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet," the statement read.
"Similarly, the decision whether to publicise appointments to administer additional portfolios is a matter for the government of the day."
7.30 asked the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet if it had prepared papers or a briefing about the appointments for the Executive Council, which is the body that advises the Governor-General.
The department did not directly respond, instead simply confirming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had asked it to "provide advice on this matter".
Turnbull supports Voice, regrets 'third chamber' characterisation
The former Liberal prime minister Mr Turnbull has also thrown his weight behind the upcoming 'yes' campaign for a referendum to create an Indigenous body to advise the parliament, enshrined in the constitution.
Mr Turnbull said he regretted describing the proposal as a "third chamber" of parliament while he was prime minister.
"I do regret using that term, because it was misunderstood," Mr Turnbull said.
"I never intended to convey the idea that it would be a third chamber like the Senate is a second chamber."
Mr Turnbull said he still had "reservations" about the model, and stressed that it would be a "big change" to power dynamics in Indigenous affairs, not mere symbolism.
"I believe our parliamentary democracy can handle it," he said.
He said a 'yes' campaign would have been doomed while he was leader, but the momentum behind the idea now meant it was a "winnable" proposition.
"I say that with great trepidation. There's a lot of work to be done," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-15/scott-morrison-secret-portfolios-sinister-says-Malcolm-Turnbull/101335926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Doh4VqLtRQ
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
Former Prime Minister of Australia, 2015 to 2018
https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=call%20details
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>Trapped?
>Forced?
>Blood.
#16841230 at 2022-07-27 12:08:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
>>16802359
ASPI's 'no compromise policy' mirrors evil intentions to disrupt China-Australia ties
Global Times - Jul 26, 2022
Justin Bassi, the Executive Director of the Canberra-based think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), claimed Tuesday that the Australian government has gained "the upper hand diplomatically" regarding relations with China. According to him, this can be proven by the fact that China's dialogue with Australia has resumed on an "unconditional" basis, meaning that Australia has "made no compromises in its foreign policy, national security and defense settings."
Bassi is described in the Australian media as a "long-serving Liberal Party adviser." He served as national security adviser to former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and chief of staff to former foreign minister Marise Payne. After Scott Morrison succeeded Turnbull, the Australian government, under the Liberal Party, tilted more and more toward the US, showing increasingly apparent hostility toward China.
It can be said that Bassi's remarks demonstrate the typical attitude of the Australian Liberals toward improving China-Australia ties. After the Labor defeated the Liberal Party in this year's federal election, it seems now Bassi is so eager to speak up for the Liberals to implicitly warn the Labor government not to compromise with China, which would be a sign of weakness and submission to Beijing.
In bilateral relations, it is common for the two countries to negotiate and make concessions to find common ground, as long as the national interests of both sides are not undermined. Beijing has no historical problems or territorial disputes with Canberra. It just hopes the latter will adjust its China policy and stop jeopardizing China's national interests, rather than just repeating and imitating Washington's anti-China words and actions.
The ASPI chief has equated policy adjustment with compromise and then urged Canberra not to pursue this line of action. This is an attempt to set up and knock down a straw man. And it is absolutely unhelpful to the improvement of bilateral relations.
However, Bassi and ASPI may not be willing to see an improvement in bilateral ties, because the recent signs of such a positive development in the relations with China are obviously not in the interests of some anti-China forces in Australia or the US behind them.
ASPI is trying to force Canberra to continue pressuring China and show the anti-China forces at home and Washington that Australia is not "tilting toward China." It insists on creating obstacles to a better relationship with China, raising questions about whether the organization is simply an anti-China megaphone for Washington's strategic interests to produce public opinion ammunition against China.
Chen Hong, president of the Chinese Association of Australian Studies and director of the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University, told the Global Times that Bassi's claims about the resumption of the China-Australia dialogue on an unconditional basis are actually setting limits for a conversation between the two sides. In other words, dialogue should take place only if Canberra can maintain its previous suppression or containment measures against China.
Moreover, the Chinese scholar believes the "upper hand" rhetoric is entirely incorrect. Australia is currently on the verge of a severe economic crisis. The country is facing soaring inflation which could be at a 32-year high. Meanwhile, Canberra has vowed to increase foreign aid to Pacific island countries. Therefore, Australia is in more need of its largest trading partner China to achieve better economic and trade cooperation.
This "upper hand" rhetoric is simply an outright lie, trying to fool the Australian public and the international community. It also aims to instill blind confidence in Canberra that could mislead the Labor government's policy on China relations and allow the bilateral ties to continue to deteriorate. This would work best for the interests of ASPI and Washington.
Bassi was appointed as the Executive Director of ASPI in March by the former defense minister and hard-line China hawk Peter Dutton. He clearly has a motive to keep the relationship between China and Australia tense. Rationalists in Canberra should be wary of anti-China forces that can damage the prospects for bilateral relations.
"We hope the Australian government will treat China and its development more rationally and won't be compelled by anti-China public opinions. We are very much looking forward to the two countries meeting each other halfway or working together to strengthen the future of their bilateral ties," Chen noted.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1271492.shtml
#16756001 at 2022-07-18 11:11:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
>>16755998
2/2
Second, we re-tool our rhetoric, or at least some of it. Continue the language used up until now criticising the mistreatment of Uighurs and the end of Hong Kong's legal autonomy. These are the formulae used by all Western countries anyway. Likewise on the South China Sea. China should not expect anything else.
But continue to shun the primitive "drums of war" rhetoric of Peter Dutton and department head Mike Pezzullo. Note the interesting fact that Chinese-background voters punished this overkill by delivering Labor four seats and majority government.
On the other hand, don't apologise for excluding Huawei. Just say it was done for "the security and resilience of our network" not defining it, as Malcolm Turnbull did, as a pro-alliance gesture to impress the US.
Neither side should make diplomacy through headlines or get tripped-up by them.
This month Foreign Minister Wang Yi's four points were a moderate restatement of Chinese positions. In fact, they represented a retreat from "wolf-warrior" boilerplate. And they came on top of the Chinese ambassador Siao Qian last month disassociating himself from the earlier 14 Chinese grievances about Australia that had come from his predecessor.
Still, a journalist asked our prime minister his response to Chinese "demands." The next headline had Albanese "rebuffing" the Chinese. "Demands" and "rebuffs" were media shorthand. Neither country used the language. Both sides need to levitate above media caricature. Wong's formula about having "no intention of amplifying differences" might have been useful.
Three, Australia should pursue creative middle-power diplomacy on Taiwan - as if our lives depended on it.
Taiwan is not Ukraine. The west "acknowledges" China's claim that Taiwan is a province of China, not an independent country. Ukraine, by contrast, is recognised as a sovereign state.
Asked about Taiwan, we can resort to good, all-weather diplomatic words. We can say we welcome the fact senior US security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member Yang Jiechi have had hours of talks.
This US-China diplomacy is about peace and security. Among other things, it is laying down guard rails to avoid war over the Taiwan Strait. We can add that with all of Asia, Australia supports a return to a cross-strait status quo, like the one that preserved the peace for 60 years.
An Australian diplomatic campaign to avoid war can engage friends like Japan, New Zealand, Canada and the 10 ASEAN states. War over Taiwan, as Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University Hugh White argues, carries a serious possibility of the US being defeated. This is not in Australia's interests, especially if it means a US retreat from Asia or, 57 years after Hiroshima, a danger the war becomes nuclear.
In the panic and terror of its opening phase we can barely guess which missiles would be flung where. But US facilities in Australia would be almost certain targets. The blast zones and lethal plumes of fallout carried by high-altitude winds would put an end to our national story in a flurry of radioactivate destruction.
Winston Churchill once urged "jaw jaw" as an alternative to war. All sides might ponder that the creative words and boring talk of diplomacy were invented to give peace a chance.
Bob Carr is the longest-serving premier of NSW and a former foreign minister of Australia
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-can-safely-improve-its-relations-with-china-here-s-how-20220717-p5b261.html
#16701695 at 2022-07-10 01:19:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#23 and #24 - Part 8
Australian Politics and Society - Part 8
>>16534883 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 22: Australian Army Capt. Jarrod Johnson awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his meritorious service while working alongside Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 21
>>16534911 Video: NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre, Northern Territory
>>16535021 Abdallah family invited to speak in Rome two years after losing three of their children to a drunk and drugged driver in Oatlands crash
>>16535025 Video: Sydney's Abdallah family has been given a standing ovation at The Vatican after sharing their story of forgiveness following the horrific deaths of their children - 7NEWS Australia - Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City
>>16535029 Q Post #191 - popes snake pit.jpg - "anon meme makers please make some memes of the popes audience hall looking like a snake pit. That sum sik shit"
>>16535029 Q Post #1002 - If_Satanists_Took_Over_the_Vatican.png - Symbolism will be their downfall. MONEY. POWER. INFLUENCE. The BITE that has no CURE - NSA. Q
>>16535029 Q Post #4481 - https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1273676937089749000 - Only when evil is forced into the light can we defeat it. Only when they can no longer operate in the [shadows] can people see the truth for themselves. Only when people see the truth [for themselves] will people understand the true nature of their deception. Difficult truths. Q
>>16543746 Abandoning God: Christianity plummets as 'non-religious' surges in 2021 census - Australia has become strikingly more godless over the past decade, with the latest census data showing the proportion of self-identified Christians dropping below 50 per cent for the first time and a soaring number of people describing themselves as "non-religious"
>>16543804 Defence Minister Richard Marles laments 'drift' over submarines and frigates as defence chiefs' terms are extended
>>16543818 Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor who fatally shot unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk released from jail
>>16554238 Defence Minister Richard Marles to reveal AUKUS nuclear submarine plan by March 2023
>>16554256 Anthony Albanese considers reopening Australian embassy in Kyiv, joins world leaders in condemning Russia's missile strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre that killed at least 18 people
>>16554328 Albanese 'is not Scott Morrison and that's a big advantage', Malcolm Turnbull tells French media - Former Australian PM calls successor's conduct over submarine deal 'disgraceful' ahead of Anthony Albanese's meeting with Macron
>>16554395 Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides hears medical officers on the ground with troops did not "necessarily" have psychological training
>>16564049 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Tweet: Video: Australia has become a major non-NATO supplier of military aid to Ukraine. (Australia) is so far from (Ukraine), yet is one our closest partners! Our nations share a love of freedom and respect for the environment. Your weapons will help us with pest control of our fields. Thank you!
>>16564049 Q Post #4822 - WHAT HAPPENS IF BIDEN BECAME POTUS KNOWING HE [THROUGH HUNTER + 1] TOOK MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRIBES TO CHANGE [LOOK THE OTHER WAY] US POLICY TOWARDS UKRAINE [IN FAVOR OF UKRAINE]? WOULD UKRAINE OWN AND CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE? Q
>>16564302 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: It was a great pleasure for Elizabeth & I to host dinner for Ambassador Caroline Kennedy ahead of her posting as (United States) Ambassador to Australia. We wish her all the best & know she will make an outstanding contribution to our ever stronger bilateral relationship
>>16579939 Anthony Albanese not to blame for subs rift, Emmanuel Macron says, as leaders reset ties
>>16579953 Former prime minister Kevin Rudd to help investigate ways to deter future aggression against Ukraine - Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine
>>16579980 Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen held the first meeting of the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine - PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website - 1 July 2022
#16701664 at 2022-07-10 01:17:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#23 and #24 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>16424776 Magic of Camelot comes to Australia - Caroline Kennedy has the judgment which was evident in both her father and her uncle, senator Robert F. Kennedy
>>16424802 Q Post #703 - "Rest in peace Mr. President (JFK), through your wisdom and strength, since your tragic death, Patriots have planned, installed, and by the grace of God, activated, the beam of LIGHT. We will forever remember your sacrifice. May you look down from above and continue to guide us as we ring the bell of FREEDOM and destroy those who wish to sacrifice our children, our way of life, and our world. We, the PEOPLE." Prayer said every single day in the OO. JFK - Secret Socities. Where we go one, we go all. Q
>>16424835 US-Australia alliance remains force for good - Americans and Australians believe in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. We feel it in our bones. This foundation is under threat - Michael Goldman, Charge d'affaires ad interim to the Commonwealth of Australia since January 2021
>>16424856 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern affirm 'reset' of trans-Tasman partnership
>>16424890 'Evil people': Peter Dutton issues chilling warning, says the Labor government is so divided on its asylum seeker policy it's sending the wrong message to "evil" people smugglers
>>16425000 Sean Turnell's trial to proceed, rules Myanmar court - A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law
>>16430017 Australia to pay French company $830 million over scrapped submarine deal - The Albanese government has reached an $830 million settlement with French shipbuilder Naval Group after last year's decision to scrap a $90 billion contract to build 12 submarines
>>16434651 Australian Federal Police arrest Chinese-British national Chung Chak Lee, alleged international drug kingpin extradited from Thailand
>>16434656 Video: Alleged senior crime syndicate member extradited to Australia - afp.gov.au
>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: "On Friday, I was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia. I am grateful to President Biden for his leadership and for giving me the chance to represent America to our vital ally Australia" -Ambassador Kennedy (1/2)
>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: "I am excited to work with @SecBlinken and colleagues in the State Department to implement U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific at this critical time. Can't wait to get there!" - Ambassador Kennedy #USwithAUS
>>16439093 Video: 'Accusations of sabotage' from within Liberal Party during federal election - Sky News host Sharri Markson: New South Wales Treasurer and climate change champion, Matt Kean, has been caught intervening in the election campaign Scott Morrison was bitterly fighting
>>16439103 David Elliott accuses Matt Kean of 'treachery' for backgrounding against former PM Scott Morrison
>>16439103 Re-elect PM? Turns out some weren't so Kean - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>16439590 Malcolm Turnbull labels Peter Dutton a 'belligerent blusterer' over nuclear submarines claim - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised previous defence minister Peter Dutton over the handling of the nuclear submarine deal with France
>>16443824 Australia sending two shipments of baby formula amid 'shocking' US shortage - Bubs Australia has sent a massive care package to the US after Joe Biden warned of a mounting crisis gripping thousands of Americans
>>16443830 The defence deal between Australia's Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. and the US speaks of the highest level of commercial trust - The US Defense Department's decision to award Lynas the job of building a heavy rare earths facility in Texas is a watershed moment for supply chain security - It speaks to the highest level of commercial trust within the US-Australia alliance
>>16443839 Threat of right wing terror 'real', lone actor attacks concerning - The threat posed by far-right terrorism is real and authorities are concerned about attacks by lone actors, a Victorian parliamentary probe has heard
>>16444242 US Marines Put to the Test in Australia's Top End - U.S. Marines are currently undertaking Embassy protection and evacuation training in Australia's Northern Territory - Exercise Darrandarra 2022
>>16444260 US Marines take part in protection and evacuation training scenario on the Tiwi Islands - ABC News (Australia)
>>16446092 Federal MPs and public office holders to receive pay increase of 2.75 per cent from July 1, Remuneration Tribunal announces
#16695125 at 2022-07-09 04:13:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
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#16670597 at 2022-07-08 09:46:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe killed by gunman in campaign attack
WILL GLASGOW - JULY 8, 2022
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot at a campaign event in Nara on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recalled his cabinet to Tokyo to respond to one of the greatest political catastrophes of Japan's post-war era.
"This is the very foundation of democracy ... It cannot be tolerated," he said of the pre-election attack.
Late on Friday, Mr Abe, 67, Japan's longest serving prime minister, was confirmed dead.
Hours earlier, Prime Minister Kishida had said Mr Abe was in a "critical condition" after the "barbaric and malicious act".
"Doctors are doing everything they can. I am hoping and praying that former prime minister Abe will survive this," an emotional Mr Kishida told reporters in Tokyo hours before Mr Abe's death was confirmed.
Mr Abe had been transferred to Nara Medical University Hospital's intensive care unit after being shot by what appeared to be a homemade weapon. He was seen bleeding and was unconscious after the incident.
The former prime minister had gunshot wounds on the right side of his neck and left side of his chest, according to Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
The suspect was immediately taken into police custody. He told police that he was dissatisfied with Mr Abe and intended to kill the former prime minister, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The shooting took place at around 11:30am in Nara, two days before a crucial upper house election that could allow Mr Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.
Mr Abe, a hugely influential figure in the LDP, has been the most prominent advocate for this change and was campaigning for a member of the ruling party when he was shot.
Mr Kishida declined to comment on the motive of the shooter, saying he needed to wait on the result of the police's ongoing investigation of the "heinous act".
Nara Prefecture Police have arrested 41-year-old Nara resident Yamagami Tetsuya on suspicion of attempted murder.
NHK reported that the suspect is a former member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
Sounds of an apparent gunshot and plumes of smoke were visible in a video taken at the campaign event. Pictures from the scene show a man being tackled to the ground.
Mr Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, with two stints in office from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020.
He was the key architect of the Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China's increased assertiveness and a key driver of the Quad grouping.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attack was "shocking news".
"Our thoughts are with his family and the people of Japan at this time," Prime Minister Albanese said.
Former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison worked closely with Mr Abe, as Tokyo and Canberra became increasingly close strategic partners.
Since stepping down in 2020 because of ill-health, he has remained in Japan's parliament where he is the leader of the most powerful faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
He has repeatedly cautioned China against launching an invasion on Taiwan and warned that Japan needs to do more to counter Beijing's military build up.
President Joe Biden's top diplomat Antony Blinken said the attack was a "very, very sad moment".
"Our thoughts, our prayers are with him, with his family, with the people of Japan," US secretary of state Blinken said on the sidelines of a G20 meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "deeply distressed by the attack" on his "dear friend"
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen said she was surprised and saddened by the news.
"Former Prime Minister Abe is not only a good friend of mine, but also a staunch friend of Taiwan's. He has supported Taiwan for many years," she said.
Japan has strict laws on gun ownership and shootings are rare.
Mr Abe was campaigning for LDP member Kei Sato, who is running for re-election in the Japanese upper house election on Sunday.
Japan's security and defence strategy has become a prominent issue in the campaign, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's repeated warnings about the Indo-Pacific lessons from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Abe has been the most influential advocate of the need for Japan to revise its pacifist constitution.
Changing the constitution is extremely hard, requiring a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. In addition, any change requires a national referendum winning a majority of public support.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/former-japan-pm-abe-attacked-left-bleeding/news-story/3e7aaed5636efa4608d5236012802e56
#16655173 at 2022-07-07 08:37:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
#23 - Part 8
Australian Politics and Society - Part 8
>>16534883 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 22: Australian Army Capt. Jarrod Johnson awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his meritorious service while working alongside Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 21
>>16534911 Video: NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre, Northern Territory
>>16535021 Abdallah family invited to speak in Rome two years after losing three of their children to a drunk and drugged driver in Oatlands crash
>>16535025 Video: Sydney's Abdallah family has been given a standing ovation at The Vatican after sharing their story of forgiveness following the horrific deaths of their children - 7NEWS Australia - Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City
>>16535029 Q Post #191 - popes snake pit.jpg - "anon meme makers please make some memes of the popes audience hall looking like a snake pit. That sum sik shit"
>>16535029 Q Post #1002 - If_Satanists_Took_Over_the_Vatican.png - Symbolism will be their downfall. MONEY. POWER. INFLUENCE. The BITE that has no CURE - NSA. Q
>>16535029 Q Post #4481 - https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1273676937089749000 - Only when evil is forced into the light can we defeat it. Only when they can no longer operate in the [shadows] can people see the truth for themselves. Only when people see the truth [for themselves] will people understand the true nature of their deception. Difficult truths. Q
>>16543746 Abandoning God: Christianity plummets as 'non-religious' surges in 2021 census - Australia has become strikingly more godless over the past decade, with the latest census data showing the proportion of self-identified Christians dropping below 50 per cent for the first time and a soaring number of people describing themselves as "non-religious"
>>16543804 Defence Minister Richard Marles laments 'drift' over submarines and frigates as defence chiefs' terms are extended
>>16543818 Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor who fatally shot unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk released from jail
>>16554238 Defence Minister Richard Marles to reveal AUKUS nuclear submarine plan by March 2023
>>16554256 Anthony Albanese considers reopening Australian embassy in Kyiv, joins world leaders in condemning Russia's missile strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre that killed at least 18 people
>>16554328 Albanese 'is not Scott Morrison and that's a big advantage', Malcolm Turnbull tells French media - Former Australian PM calls successor's conduct over submarine deal 'disgraceful' ahead of Anthony Albanese's meeting with Macron
>>16554395 Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides hears medical officers on the ground with troops did not "necessarily" have psychological training
>>16564049 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Tweet: Video: Australia has become a major non-NATO supplier of military aid to Ukraine. (Australia) is so far from (Ukraine), yet is one our closest partners! Our nations share a love of freedom and respect for the environment. Your weapons will help us with pest control of our fields. Thank you!
>>16564049 Q Post #4822 - WHAT HAPPENS IF BIDEN BECAME POTUS KNOWING HE [THROUGH HUNTER + 1] TOOK MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRIBES TO CHANGE [LOOK THE OTHER WAY] US POLICY TOWARDS UKRAINE [IN FAVOR OF UKRAINE]? WOULD UKRAINE OWN AND CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE? Q
>>16564302 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: It was a great pleasure for Elizabeth & I to host dinner for Ambassador Caroline Kennedy ahead of her posting as (United States) Ambassador to Australia. We wish her all the best & know she will make an outstanding contribution to our ever stronger bilateral relationship
>>16579939 Anthony Albanese not to blame for subs rift, Emmanuel Macron says, as leaders reset ties
>>16579953 Former prime minister Kevin Rudd to help investigate ways to deter future aggression against Ukraine - Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine
>>16579980 Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen held the first meeting of the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine - PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website - 1 July 2022
#16655166 at 2022-07-07 08:33:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
#23 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>16424776 Magic of Camelot comes to Australia - Caroline Kennedy has the judgment which was evident in both her father and her uncle, senator Robert F. Kennedy
>>16424802 Q Post #703 - "Rest in peace Mr. President (JFK), through your wisdom and strength, since your tragic death, Patriots have planned, installed, and by the grace of God, activated, the beam of LIGHT. We will forever remember your sacrifice. May you look down from above and continue to guide us as we ring the bell of FREEDOM and destroy those who wish to sacrifice our children, our way of life, and our world. We, the PEOPLE." Prayer said every single day in the OO. JFK - Secret Socities. Where we go one, we go all. Q
>>16424835 US-Australia alliance remains force for good - Americans and Australians believe in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. We feel it in our bones. This foundation is under threat - Michael Goldman, Charge d'affaires ad interim to the Commonwealth of Australia since January 2021
>>16424856 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern affirm 'reset' of trans-Tasman partnership
>>16424890 'Evil people': Peter Dutton issues chilling warning, says the Labor government is so divided on its asylum seeker policy it's sending the wrong message to "evil" people smugglers
>>16425000 Sean Turnell's trial to proceed, rules Myanmar court - A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law
>>16430017 Australia to pay French company $830 million over scrapped submarine deal - The Albanese government has reached an $830 million settlement with French shipbuilder Naval Group after last year's decision to scrap a $90 billion contract to build 12 submarines
>>16434651 Australian Federal Police arrest Chinese-British national Chung Chak Lee, alleged international drug kingpin extradited from Thailand
>>16434656 Video: Alleged senior crime syndicate member extradited to Australia - afp.gov.au
>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: "On Friday, I was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia. I am grateful to President Biden for his leadership and for giving me the chance to represent America to our vital ally Australia" -Ambassador Kennedy (1/2)
>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: "I am excited to work with @SecBlinken and colleagues in the State Department to implement U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific at this critical time. Can't wait to get there!" - Ambassador Kennedy #USwithAUS
>>16439093 Video: 'Accusations of sabotage' from within Liberal Party during federal election - Sky News host Sharri Markson: New South Wales Treasurer and climate change champion, Matt Kean, has been caught intervening in the election campaign Scott Morrison was bitterly fighting
>>16439103 David Elliott accuses Matt Kean of 'treachery' for backgrounding against former PM Scott Morrison
>>16439103 Re-elect PM? Turns out some weren't so Kean - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>16439590 Malcolm Turnbull labels Peter Dutton a 'belligerent blusterer' over nuclear submarines claim - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised previous defence minister Peter Dutton over the handling of the nuclear submarine deal with France
>>16443824 Australia sending two shipments of baby formula amid 'shocking' US shortage - Bubs Australia has sent a massive care package to the US after Joe Biden warned of a mounting crisis gripping thousands of Americans
>>16443830 The defence deal between Australia's Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. and the US speaks of the highest level of commercial trust - The US Defense Department's decision to award Lynas the job of building a heavy rare earths facility in Texas is a watershed moment for supply chain security - It speaks to the highest level of commercial trust within the US-Australia alliance
>>16443839 Threat of right wing terror 'real', lone actor attacks concerning - The threat posed by far-right terrorism is real and authorities are concerned about attacks by lone actors, a Victorian parliamentary probe has heard
>>16444242 US Marines Put to the Test in Australia's Top End - U.S. Marines are currently undertaking Embassy protection and evacuation training in Australia's Northern Territory - Exercise Darrandarra 2022
>>16444260 US Marines take part in protection and evacuation training scenario on the Tiwi Islands - ABC News (Australia)
>>16446092 Federal MPs and public office holders to receive pay increase of 2.75 per cent from July 1, Remuneration Tribunal announces
#16655142 at 2022-07-07 08:27:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
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>>16343573 Q Research AUSTRALIA #23
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>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.2019
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
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>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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#16554328 at 2022-06-29 11:48:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
Albanese 'is not Scott Morrison and that's a big advantage', Malcolm Turnbull tells French media
Former Australian PM calls successor's conduct over submarine deal 'disgraceful' ahead of Anthony Albanese's meeting with Macron
Kim Willsher and Daniel Hurst - 29 Jun 2022
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Australia's new prime minister will have an easier time mending relations with the French "because he is not Scott Morrison and that's a big advantage", the former leader Malcolm Turnbull has told journalists in Paris.
Turnbull said Anthony Albanese, who will meet the French president in Paris on Friday, was honest and "never had a reputation for being deceitful and untruthful".
This would help in thawing the freeze in relations between Canberra and Paris that followed Morrison cancelling a A$90bn (?48bn) submarine deal with French defence contractor Naval Group last September.
The new Australian Labor government remains committed to acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under the Aukus agreement with the US and the UK - the decision at the heart of the rift with France.
It is understood to be working to a March deadline to make major decisions on how and when those submarines will be built, along with any interim solution to bridge a "capability gap" in the nation's defences.
Albanese, who arrived in Madrid on Tuesday to attend a Nato summit, signed off on a ?550m (A$830m) settlement with Naval Group and is due to meet with Emmanuel Macron in Paris later in the week.
Turnbull, who announced the original submarine deal with France in 2016 and has become one of Morrison's fiercest critics, said restoring trust was "really important" but would take some time.
"The meeting this week will be important because Mr Albanese can in effect turn the page on a unedifying episode, and he is not Scott Morrison and that's a big advantage," Turnbull told a group of mainly French journalists and The Guardian this week.
"I have a good relationship with your president [Macron] and what I'd say about Anthony Albanese is that I've known him for a very long time, he's on the other side of politics from me but we know each other well.
"He's an honest man and he's got a reputation for being honest. He never had a reputation for being deceitful and untruthful and he's very competent. I think he will do well, I hope he does well."
Turnbull was in Paris last week and returned to the French capital after travelling to London on Thursday and Friday. He said the timing of his visit was a "coincidence".
But he said he had spoken to French government ministers and contacts at the Quai d'Orsay, the French foreign ministry.
Australian-French relations hit a historic low at the end of last year when Morrison dumped a contract with France to build 12 diesel-powered submarines in favour of a deal with the US and the UK aimed at acquiring at least eight nuclear-powered submarines.
France said it had known nothing of the Aukus deal in advance and had been "betrayed", "stabbed in the back" and "deceived".
Macron accused Morrison of lying to him, and France recalled its ambassador from Canberra.
(continued)
#16487685 at 2022-06-22 10:57:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16487682
2/2
Mr Wrench, outside court, said he would ask police to discontinue the case against Caine.
"Today NSW Police charged an innocent man, a terminally ill man, for an offence that occurred 46 years ago," the solicitor said.
"He is going to fight to his dying last breath to clear his name, it's a terrible situation."
Caine walked from Bankstown Police Station shortly following the court hearing.
"I would like to acknowledge the courage and bravery of the victims who have come forward in relation to this matter," Supt Nicholson said earlier on Wednesday.
"It is never easy for a victim of sexual violence ot come forward and tell their story to police."
"Standing here today I would like to say, to all victims of sexual abuse living in our community, that the NSW Police Force wants to listen to your story."
Police will claim the abuse took place over almost two years in the 1970s and "at various locations" around southern Sydney.
Supt Nicholson said he could not comment on whether police believed there were other alleged victims - but pledged investigators wanted to hear from everyone who claimed to have been abused whether recently or 50 years ago.
"We will investigate all matters that come to our attention with our full potential and we will wrap our full support around victim survivors as they tell their story," he said.
Police claim the alleged victims were aged 15 and 16-years-old at the time of the abuse.
Caine's website features dozens of photos of the coach with students but also with famous boxers, swimmers and supporters in the decades before the allegations against him were known by police - and now the public.
An undated letter from then-NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian congratulates Caine on 45 years of "hard work, persistence and dedicated service" to the community.
Ms Berejiklian, in the letter, notes Caine trained 11 Olympic and World champions and his impact on multiple generations of children as they learned to swim.
Former shock jock Alan Jones, in a 2015 letter, agrees with Caine's assessment of political polls, the "treachery" against Tony Abbott and the coach's hatred of Malcolm Turnbull.
Prime Minister John Howard, in 2003, congratulated Caine on winning the Centenary Medal.
A biographical piece on the coach's website says the medal is proudly displayed in the pool.
The same profile describes Caine's personal motto, displayed over some old squad jumpers in the office, "Sweat, Sacrifice, Success".
Cane told the profile writer that he was waiting until he turned 80 to have a restful retirement.
His case will return at a later date.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/legendary-swim-coach-dick-caine-arrested-over-alleged-sex-abuse/news-story/32869faed622d0437b8d317a0f2dab4a
#16449752 at 2022-06-15 10:23:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16449749
2/2
As a journalist, Hinch has had a box-seat view when observing Australia's political theatre. He has grilled every prime minister from Robert Menzies to Malcolm Turnbull and interviewed "hundreds of politicians".
As far as premiers go, he admired former Labor NSW premier Neville Wran as well as long-serving Victorian premier, Sir Rupert "Dick" Hamer.
Hinch believes former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock, who was best man at his 1983 marriage to Weaver, would be "shattered" by the current state of the Victorian Liberal Party, which he believes has "shifted too far to the right".
While deeply critical of the Victorian government's powerful emergency pandemic laws and the hotel quarantine saga, Hinch believes Premier Daniel Andrews, for the most part, "handled COVID-19 well".
"The hotel quarantine thing was handled disgustingly and the fact everyone in a senior position seemed to lose their memory during the inquiry was a disgrace. No one had been held accountable," Hinch said.
But Hinch, who lobbied for a federal integrity commission during his stint in Canberra, said he was concerned that after two terms in office and with a diminished opposition, there is a "a lack of transparency and accountability from the Andrews government".
If elected, he would fight for more powers for the state Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission and backed calls from the boss of the anti-corruption watchdog, Robert Redlich, for legislative changes to speed up investigations.
Hinch, who has faced criticism for drinking alcohol after receiving a life-saving liver transplant, described himself as a "socialist when it comes to health and aged care".
"We pay taxes, and we should be able to go to a public hospital and get fantastic treatment for free."
He said he supported the Andrews government's multi-billion dollar infrastructure program but is concerned that regional Victorians are missing out. He wants to improve the standard of food and care on offer in Victoria's public aged care homes and wants to see improvements to ambulance and hospital wait times.
Hinch, who has received three custodial sentences for contempt during his journalistic career, insists he remains conservative on law-and-order issues and would use his position in the upper house to push for stricter bail conditions and a mechanism to challenge judicial appointments.
He also wants the Andrews government to introduce a legal panel to hear complaints about judges and magistrates.
"If the sentences or actions of any judge are found to be manifestly inadequate by community standards then there should be a system to immediately remove them from office," Hinch said.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/derryn-hinch-announces-plan-to-run-for-victorian-parliament-20220614-p5athd.html
#16439590 at 2022-06-13 10:04:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16418526
Malcolm Turnbull labels Peter Dutton a 'belligerent blusterer' over nuclear submarines claim
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised previous defence minister Peter Dutton over the handling of the nuclear submarine deal with France.
AAP / SBS - 13 June 2022
Claims from Opposition leader Peter Dutton he tried to buy two US nuclear submarines to meet a capability shortfall have been labelled as "belligerent" bluster by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Turnbull heavily criticised the former defence minister's role in the scrapping of a French submarine deal in favour of acquiring nuclear vessels as part of the AUKUS alliance.
With Australia set to get its own nuclear submarines by the late 2030s, Mr Dutton said he had planned to buy two Virginia-class subs from the US by 2030 in order to plug a gap for the vessels.
"It was just more blustering from Dutton … he's a belligerent blusterer who wrecked a submarine contract," Mr Turnbull told ABC radio on Monday.
"We're now in a position where we don't have any submarine program at all.
"Between (former prime minister Scott) Morrison and Dutton they did enormous damage to Australia's national security."
Former defence department secretary Dennis Richardson said it was wishful thinking that Australia could have received two American nuclear submarines by the end of the decade.
He took issue with the comments raised about the acquisition of US vessels as part of AUKUS.
"The more the Americans hear senior Australians talk about the possibility of getting them in five years' time or in 10 years' time, the more people in the American system scratch their heads and ask themselves whether they're dealing with a country that seriously understands the depth of the challenge," he said.
"It's a long shot to think that we'll get nuclear-powered submarines from the Americans by 2030."
Mr Richardson said Australia did not have the port facilities needed to service nuclear submarines from America, even if they were acquired.
His comments come after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Saturday Australia had agreed to pay the French-based Naval Group $830 million over the scrapped submarine contract.
Mr Richardson said in the circumstances the settlement was a good outcome.
"The $850-odd million is well spent in terms of moving on and properly compensating the French for the effort they've put in over the last five years," he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Australia's relationship with France was now able to move forward following the settlement.
"The speed with which we have moved to settle this matter, put a line underneath it and to move forward was very much welcomed by the French minister (for defence Sebastien Lecornu)," Mr Marles said
"France and Australia have so much in common," he added, noting the European nation's strong presence in the Pacific region.
Mr Albanese is reportedly planning to visit Paris in the coming weeks to further repair the diplomatic relationship.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/Malcolm-Turnbull-labels-peter-dutton-a-belligerent-blusterer-over-nuclear-submarines-claim/ar32yufld
#16343608 at 2022-05-26 08:36:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
#22 - Part 22
Australia / China Tensions - Part 3
>>16148874 'Reality of our time': Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns Australians to prepare for war
>>16148877 Video: 'Only way you can preserve peace is prepare for war': Dutton's warning - 9 News Australia
>>16155389 Richard Marles praised Xi Jinping, China's human rights record, said Australia should stay out of South China Sea dispute - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>16155395 Video: Asia-Pacific security in the time of Trump (2017) - Speaker: Richard Marles, Shadow Defence Minister - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
>>16155411 Scott Morrison backs Peter Dutton's war call as Malcolm Turnbull lashes out
>>16155425 Ironic for Morrison to draw red line without respecting others' - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16155439 Chinese Foreign Ministry refutes Australia's repeated smear on China-Solomon Islands security pact - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16155450 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 25, 2022
>>16155463 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Kritenbrink, won't speculate on response if China establishes Solomons military base
>>16155490 SOLOMON ISLANDS - UNITED STATES BILATERAL TALKS A SUCCESS: US COMMITTED TO DO MORE - Jared Koli - sibconline.com.sb
>>16155501 Solomon Islands Government Statement - US RESPECTS SOLOMON ISLANDS SOVEREIGNTY
>>16162731 Australian Spy boss denies 'intelligence failure' before Solomon Islands signed security pact with China - Head of the Office of National Intelligence (ONI) Andrew Shearer also warns that Chinese police officers who have already arrived in the Pacific nation could incite further violence and instability
>>16162757 Video: Raisina Dialogue 2022 | Dragon's Fire: Deciphering China after Ukraine - Andrew Shearer, Director General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia - Observer Research Foundation
>>16162773 Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says China timed Solomon Islands security deal to damage Coalition's election chances
>>16162820 Australian politicians play 'China card' ahead of election; 'no illusion' for China on them - Wang Qi - globaltimes.cn
>>16175638 US Congress increasingly concerned over China's Solomon Islands deal, drawing comparisons with South China Sea militarisation
>>16175646 Solomon Islands prime minister lashes Australia over AUKUS security pact - Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggests Manasseh Sogavare is parroting China's talking points
>>16175660 Video: Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare blasts Australia over criticism of China security deal
>>16175697 Video: Solomon Islands PM hits out at Australian Government over AUKUS announcement
>>16175711 Video: Scott Morrison describes 'remarkable similarity' between Solomon Islands and China's lines
>>16175762 No right: Beijing hits Scott Morrison over Pacific 'red line' - China's Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei
>>16175783 Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng Attends the Unveiling Ceremony of China-Pacific Island Countries Climate Action Cooperation Center - fmprc.gov.cn
>>16175797 Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng: What Rights Do These Countries Have to Make Unwarranted Comments on the Negotiation and Conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Security Cooperation between China and Solomon Islands?
>>16175833 Video: Dutton defends AUKUS deal after Solomon Islands PM lashes Australia - Sky News Australia
>>16182261 Prime Minister Scott Morrison hints at China's bid to "interfere" in Australia, saying his government has actively been working to prevent Beijing's attempts to seek influence in our country
>>16182428 Solomon Islands security pact with China all part of PM Manasseh Sogavare's plan as 'unpredictable' but 'deft political operator'
>>16187535 Facing Australia's condescending attitude, Pacific island countries start to say no - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16193875 Solomon Islands' High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo confident 'proper dialogue and mutual trust' can get Australia and Solomon Islands' relationship back on track
>>16207271 Not Russia's fault: Sogavare's chilling remarks in defence of China security deal - "Russia was not the aggressor in the Cuban missile crisis"
>>16213320 Video: Solomon Islands' PM unloads on Australia: 'We are insulted'
#16343573 at 2022-05-26 08:25:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
A new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous thread
>>16040627 Q Research AUSTRALIA #22
Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Wednesday 11.20.2019
>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.2019
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
Friday 11.15.2019
>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided.....
Thursday 03.28.2019
>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
Q's Posts referencing Australia
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Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
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Alexander Downer
Former Australian Liberal Party politician and former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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Cardinal George Pell
Australian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and former Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy
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https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
Julian Assange
Australian activist, founder, editor and publisher of WikiLeaks
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https://qanon.pub/?q=wikileaks
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https://qanon.pub/?q=SR
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
American-Australian survivor of the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
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"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q
Nov 25 2018
https://qanon.pub/#2501
#16343543 at 2022-05-26 08:10:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
#22 - Part 22
Australia / China Tensions - Part 3
>>16148874 'Reality of our time': Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns Australians to prepare for war
>>16148877 Video: 'Only way you can preserve peace is prepare for war': Dutton's warning - 9 News Australia
>>16155389 Richard Marles praised Xi Jinping, China's human rights record, said Australia should stay out of South China Sea dispute - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>16155395 Video: Asia-Pacific security in the time of Trump (2017) - Speaker: Richard Marles, Shadow Defence Minister - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
>>16155411 Scott Morrison backs Peter Dutton's war call as Malcolm Turnbull lashes out
>>16155425 Ironic for Morrison to draw red line without respecting others' - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16155439 Chinese Foreign Ministry refutes Australia's repeated smear on China-Solomon Islands security pact - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16155450 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on April 25, 2022
>>16155463 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Kritenbrink, won't speculate on response if China establishes Solomons military base
>>16155490 SOLOMON ISLANDS - UNITED STATES BILATERAL TALKS A SUCCESS: US COMMITTED TO DO MORE - Jared Koli - sibconline.com.sb
>>16155501 Solomon Islands Government Statement - US RESPECTS SOLOMON ISLANDS SOVEREIGNTY
>>16162731 Australian Spy boss denies 'intelligence failure' before Solomon Islands signed security pact with China - Head of the Office of National Intelligence (ONI) Andrew Shearer also warns that Chinese police officers who have already arrived in the Pacific nation could incite further violence and instability
>>16162757 Video: Raisina Dialogue 2022 | Dragon's Fire: Deciphering China after Ukraine - Andrew Shearer, Director General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia - Observer Research Foundation
>>16162773 Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says China timed Solomon Islands security deal to damage Coalition's election chances
>>16162820 Australian politicians play 'China card' ahead of election; 'no illusion' for China on them - Wang Qi - globaltimes.cn
>>16175638 US Congress increasingly concerned over China's Solomon Islands deal, drawing comparisons with South China Sea militarisation
>>16175646 Solomon Islands prime minister lashes Australia over AUKUS security pact - Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggests Manasseh Sogavare is parroting China's talking points
>>16175660 Video: Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare blasts Australia over criticism of China security deal
>>16175697 Video: Solomon Islands PM hits out at Australian Government over AUKUS announcement
>>16175711 Video: Scott Morrison describes 'remarkable similarity' between Solomon Islands and China's lines
>>16175762 No right: Beijing hits Scott Morrison over Pacific 'red line' - China's Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei
>>16175783 Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng Attends the Unveiling Ceremony of China-Pacific Island Countries Climate Action Cooperation Center - fmprc.gov.cn
>>16175797 Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng: What Rights Do These Countries Have to Make Unwarranted Comments on the Negotiation and Conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Security Cooperation between China and Solomon Islands?
>>16175833 Video: Dutton defends AUKUS deal after Solomon Islands PM lashes Australia - Sky News Australia
>>16182261 Prime Minister Scott Morrison hints at China's bid to "interfere" in Australia, saying his government has actively been working to prevent Beijing's attempts to seek influence in our country
>>16182428 Solomon Islands security pact with China all part of PM Manasseh Sogavare's plan as 'unpredictable' but 'deft political operator'
>>16187535 Facing Australia's condescending attitude, Pacific island countries start to say no - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16193875 Solomon Islands' High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo confident 'proper dialogue and mutual trust' can get Australia and Solomon Islands' relationship back on track
>>16207271 Not Russia's fault: Sogavare's chilling remarks in defence of China security deal - "Russia was not the aggressor in the Cuban missile crisis"
>>16213320 Video: Solomon Islands' PM unloads on Australia: 'We are insulted'
#16320379 at 2022-05-22 06:09:01 (UTC+1)
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>>16320374
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On Sunday morning, Andrews said it was too early to speculate on who the next leader will be as votes were still being counted.
"[It] is way too early for there to be a discussion about that. At some point, the Liberal Party room will meet and we will elect a new leader but that is not a discussion for today," she said.
Tehan said running for the leadership was the "last thing on my mind" but he didn't rule it out.
"What we've got to do is make sure we are looking after those who have lost their seats, make sure we are scrutinising every last vote that comes in," he told Sky News.
"At this stage what we need to be doing is making sure we regroup and come together."
Asked whether Dutton was the favourite, Tehan said: "We've got to wait and see what happens... there's still a lot of votes to be counted, it's far too premature to be having those discussions, we're 12 hours after election day."
A number of MPs were also being discussed for the deputy's position, which is decided by a separate vote of the party room, on Sunday morning.
Candidates being discussed included NSW lower house MP Sussan Ley or in what would be an unusual move, South Australian senator Anne Ruston or Victorian senator Jane Hume.
If the conservative Dutton was leader, there may be the unusual push to install Ruston or Hume as deputy as they are both progressive-leaning senior women.
Multiple MPs pushed back on the idea that Dutton would be unable to appeal to the middle-ground, with some highlighting the fact he was not religious and his record in advising former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull during the same-sex marriage plebiscite vote as evidence of his pragmatism.
Some moderate MPs are disappointed that senior moderates, such as Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, were either not allowed to, or not willing to, speak up more about social issues under Morrison.
No matter who is leader, there will be a strong moderate push to focus more on climate and the treatment of women and for senior moderate members to have more of a public profile.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/peter-dutton-will-run-for-liberal-leader-tehan-and-andrews-consider-tilt-20220522-p5anfs.html
#16320263 at 2022-05-22 05:28:09 (UTC+1)
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>>16315617
The six 'giant killer' independents who destroyed Scott Morrison's government
Six usually safe Liberal seats. Six accomplished women running as independents. Six body blows for Scott Morrison's government.
Sam Clench - May 22, 2022
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Six usually safe Liberal seats. Six accomplished women running as independents. Six body blows for Scott Morrison's government.
Anthony Albanese will become prime minister tomorrow, but the most striking feature of election night was the wave of victories for the so-called "teal independents" challenging sitting Liberal MPs across the country.
While Labor and the Greens picked up plenty of seats, this group of six dealt the most pain to the Liberals, ripping away chunks of its heartland.
And in an even bigger blow for the Liberal party these women are exactly the type of politician who should be representing the Coalition.
Monique Ryan was labelled "the giant killer of this election" by ABC News anchors early on Sunday morning, with her on the cusp of beating Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong.
Mr Frydenberg - widely seen as a leadership contender - was the highest profile victim of the night, and his looming loss has important ramifications for the Liberal Party's future. It leaves outgoing Defence Minister Peter Dutton as the clear favourite to take over from Scott Morrison.
Dr Ryan has yet to formally claim victory and Mr Frydenberg has not conceded - he's waiting until more postal votes are counted - but it seems to be a matter of time.
She told the ABC that "independents are here to stay".
"We felt that the government wasn't listening to us, and so we have changed the government," Dr Ryan said.
"We have come together as a community and expressed what we want, and I think that this is going to be a permanent sort of a change, not just a protest against one thing."
Allegra Spender, the daughter of former Liberal MP John Spender and fashion designer Carla Zampatti, took Wentworth from Liberal Dave Sharma.
Wentworth was, until quite recently, a reliably safe Liberal seat, but that changed with the resignation of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
In the aftermath of his knifing it was claimed by an independent, Kerryn Phelps. Mr Sharma subsequently won it back. Now the Liberals have lost it again.
"You look at the values of this community. We are socially progressive, we are environmentally focused. They were not reflected in the parliament, and were not reflected in the Liberal Party, which has moved to the right. And this is about coming back to the values of the community, to be honest and actually represent them," Ms Spender said today.
She said she hoped the election results showed "you can't ignore women anymore".
"It's saying in a positive, in a very constructive way, that we want the parliament to represent our community in its fullest terms. We want the parliament to be the best of us, to work with everyone, with respect. These are the values the community seeks."
Sophie Scamps' successful campaign against Liberal MP Jason Falinski in Mackellar, held by the party since 1977, was one of the more surprising wins for the contingent of independents.
The former athlete and GP campaigned on climate change, integrity and health. She said her victory proved voters wanted to be "genuinely represented" in parliament.
"What a night! We did it Mackellar! We made history together, and now it's time to start creating a better future together," she told her supporters this morning.
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#16314838 at 2022-05-21 05:44:00 (UTC+1)
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>>16314827
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Have there been notable democracy sausage gaffes? Yes, there have, Professor Brett points out in her book. In 2016, former Labor leader Bill Shorten took a bite from the centre of a roll, furrowing the brows of many.
"Clearly, social media concluded, he had never grabbed his weekend breakfast at Bunnings."
On another occasion, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull kindly declined a sausage sizzle from a volunteer during a visit to a flood-ridden Lismore.
"He too had shown himself to be no ordinary bloke," Professor Brett writes.
Now, democracysausage.org has taken the role of collating the locations, marking all the stalls set to crop up on election day. On its interactive map, there's icons denoting sausages, cake, coffee, bacon and egg burgers, with halal and vegetarian options, too.
The website was created on the eve of the 2013 state election in Western Australia after Annette Tyler tweeted for fellow voters to share locations and photos of sausage sizzles with the hashtag #democracysausage.
Pictures came pouring in, encouraging Annette, who works in data management, and friends to compile the crowd-sourced information. Now, a small team of volunteers has been plotting locations for the federal election.
Its Facebook profile reads in part: "A map of sausage and cake availability on election day. Why? It's practically part of the Australian Constitution. Or something."
Annette expects there to be about a 1 to 3 ratio of stalls to polling places on the day, noting some locations only see a small number of voters.
How many sausages will be sold? Hundreds of thousands, she estimates.
Sometimes people get creative, gracing cake stalls with Malcolm Turnovers, Bill Shorternbreads and Jacqui Lambingtons in 2016.
In the same year, consulates and embassies held sausage sizzles for those far from home.
"It's very Australian, isn't it? Loving a sausage sizzle?" Annette tells The Feed.
"Around election time, things can become very divided with who you're gonna vote for and one thing everyone can get behind is the democracy sausage."
On one tour of democracy sausage stalls in 2019, Annette ate four servings for the cause, sporting her "democracy sausage" shirt on some occasions, which garnered some attention.
"It's kind of nice to be the one that everybody likes on the day."
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/the-origins-of-the-beloved-democracy-sausage-its-a-long-time-love-affair/ggag8kvjs
https://www.facebook.com/AusDemocracySausage
https://democracysausage.org/
#16313669 at 2022-05-21 01:29:19 (UTC+1)
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>>16313665
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Many saw the 2019 defeat for Labor as the start of what might be a period of clean out. But after Saturday's results are tallied, that election will come to be seen as more analogous with the Liberals' 1993 defeat, which was followed by a win just three years later.
Paul Keating became too confident after his 1993 win coming from behind, just as Morrison did after the 2019 victory. Australians didn't endorse either leader with their victory; they rejected the other mob. Three years later, Howard cut a safe figure on whom voters could gamble. Albanese has modelled his small-target strategy similarly, pushing towards the centre as Morrison thrashed around on the right.
The problems Labor will inherit are immense: a lost decade in which economic reform was put in the too-hard basket; rising debt, inflation and interest rates; the likelihood that the AAA credit rating will come under scrutiny during the coming 12 months; sagging productivity; and divisions on social issues.
It's not hard to imagine the sort of campaign Liberals will run in three years attacking Labor. It could be effective if the threadbare elements of the Coalition can hang together between now and then. Governing is going to be tough.
This outgoing Coalition government has lost so much standing from the Howard and Peter Costello years. The notion that its economic credibility is in the same ballpark as the Coalition government before it is just laughable.
It will be interesting to see if the Liberals in opposition can reclaim their reforming zeal. To do so they have to be willing to emulate the depth of thinking the wets and dries of the 1970s and '80s displayed. I question whether the personnel in parliament today have what it takes to do that on the conservative side - even more so if some of the MPs under threat from the teals are defeated.
For many of the senior Labor MPs soon to be sworn into cabinet, this is their second chance. They were seen as collectively talented 15 years ago when Labor butchered its return to government, overtaken by infighting and a cultural malaise that saw them remove prime ministers on the whim of bad polls.
If the group I'm talking about lives up to its potential it will need to match up to the first cabinet of Bob Hawke, which undertook important micro-economic reforms to set up the prosperity Australia continues to enjoy. Such are the challenges the country faces.
But that prosperity is waning after a lack of reforms in recent times. I just don't know if the incoming Labor government has what it takes to modernise our economy. After the small-target campaign it certainly doesn't have a mandate to do so, which means that if Liberals oppose reforms in a search for popularity they might dissuade Labor from doing what the country needs.
In defeat Morrison presumably will retire from politics, still in his early 50s. Malcolm Turnbull aside, Morrison will be the first former PM not to hit the road with a lifetime prime ministerial pension, which perhaps will keep him in the political game a little longer. More likely he'll do something else for a crust. I don't agree with the removal of PM pensions.
This campaign has been memorable for its vacuousness, the lack of serious policy contestation, the growth in sound bites and gotcha questions, the extent to which voters tuned out. Politics is broken and there is collective blame for that: on MPs, the media and the public. Perhaps a fresh start can help restore the civil society we need for democratic governance to thrive. We aren't the only country battling a democratic decay.
Peter van Onselen is a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Western Australia and Griffith University.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/election-2022-albaneses-got-this-now-the-liberals-need-a-good-think/news-story/6fc21be1345ee020dd9cd665340a6e07
#16155411 at 2022-04-26 10:02:35 (UTC+1)
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>>16142809
>>16148874
Scott Morrison backs war call as Malcolm Turnbull lashes out
COURTNEY GOULD - APRIL 26, 2022
An extraordinary claim Australia should be prepared for war has been backed by Scott Morrison.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton marked Anzac Day by again comparing China and Russia to Nazi Germany before World War II.
"The only way you can preserve peace is to prepare for war and to be strong as a country," Mr Dutton said.
"Not to cower or be on bended knee or be weak. That's the reality."
"What Peter was saying yesterday, I think, was important. Of course no one wants to see a war and no one believes that is about to happen," Mr Morrison told 2GB on Tuesday.
"I want to reassure Australians about that. We prepare for these things to ensure stability and peace within our region."
When pressed, Mr Morrison linked Australia's preparedness for war with the government's defence spend.
On Sunday, Mr Morrison declared he had drawn a "red line" in the Pacific amid concerns China could establish a base in Solomon Islands as part of a controversial security pact.
When asked how Australia would defend itself, Mr Morrison pointed to the AUKUS alliance with the US and UK.
But Mr Morrison's predecessor Malcolm Turnbull didn't hold back in his assessment of the government's dialled up rhetoric.
"Peter Dutton's rhetoric is becoming more and more bombastic and belligerent," he told ABC's RN.
"It's just a pity that he doesn't match it with actual preparation and work.
"It's as though he wants to have a sensation - he thinks the object to him being the defence minister is having a sensational headline in a tabloid newspaper."
Mr Turnbull, who was ousted by the Coalition in 2018, invoked Mr Morrison's now infamous response to the black summer bushfire crisis in his criticism of the government's handling of the issue.
"I mean, the Pacific is not our backyard - it's where we live, it's our neighbourhood," Mr Turnbull said.
"And so you have to use engagement, you have to use diplomacy, you have to be persuasive, you have to go and visit these countries, get to know these leaders, spend time with them.
"This is a hose you have to hold, to put it bluntly."
Labor leader Anthony Albanese agreed, telling Perth's 6PR radio the government's chest beating meant nothing if Australia continued to ignore the Pacific on climate change.
"I think Malcolm Turnbull put it pretty well this morning," he said.
"The truth is what's happened in the Solomons is an absolute failure of foreign policy and that's been recognised by Julie Bishop, by Malcolm Turnbull, and by other commentators and experts."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/peter-dutton-says-australia-should-be-prepared-for-war/news-story/7ba64018bda3b940be2fe6f1a8954029
#16073665 at 2022-04-14 10:56:53 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Election 2022: Forget the spin, the Labor leader simply isn't prepared
PETA CREDLIN - APRIL 14, 2022
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When Scott Morrison visited the Governor-General to seek an election on May 21, that didn't just begin a fight to the finish between the Prime Minister and his rival; it began an engagement between two political armies that have been mobilising for months for this encounter.
Mostly unremarked and nearly always invisible is the gargantuan amount of behind-the-scenes work that goes into federal election campaigns; the travelling campaign teams of major party leaders, their respective national campaign headquarters, the state party head office campaign units and, often underestimated, the seat-by-seat ground game.
In 10 years as a Howard government ministerial adviser, I was a policy wonk in the national and state campaign teams. Then, as chief of staff to an opposition leader, I ran Tony Abbott's travelling campaign operation in 2010 and 2013. From experience, I know Anthony Albanese's economic car-crash on Monday would have sent shockwaves through every level of Labor's operation that would still be reverberating at week's end.
Forget the spin; Albanese's failure to know the local and national unemployment rates and the Reserve Bank cash rate wasn't a simple matter of being a few digits out. For the first couple of questions he deliberately tried to fudge, a sign he was worried about what was coming next; so, when the blunt question came on the unemployment rate (4.0 as everyone now knows), he had nowhere to hide. There's a lesson here for journalists who talk too much and think the question is about them; clarity is key and direct can be deadly. And it was.
Political leaders shouldn't need a cheat sheet to know headline macro-economic numbers because they're as fundamental as breathing if you want to shape national policy. The Opposition Leader simply isn't prepared: either because he doesn't have what it takes or because his backroom team isn't prepping him as it should; or, if they are, he's not taking it seriously.
It has all the hallmarks of a Labor team that thinks this election is already won, despite Bill Shorten's sage reminder on Wednesday that it isn't, and don't underestimate Morrison. It's a fatal flaw in recent Labor campaigning. For years Labor underestimated John Howard, attrib?uting his victories in 2001 to the Tampa asylum-seeker standoff and in 2004 to Mark Latham, never properly acknowledging his ability to connect with ordinary Australians. It is only when Labor gave Howard his due and respected him as a formidable opponent that they beat him; that they sought to create Kevin Rudd as a Howard-lite character says it all.
Abbott was similarly underestimated in 2010, yet he reduced Labor to minority government after one term; indeed, in a forerunner for today's circus, if the NSW Liberal Party hadn't left pre?selecting candidates until the day the election was called the result might have been in Abbott's favour. That was Abbott's great strength as a campaigner: he never let events knock him off course. Not the advent of Julia Gillard and not the return of Rudd. Abbott had a strategy he believed in, driven by values and conviction, and he stuck with it; hence his landslide victory in 2013.
In 2016, Malcolm Turnbull suffered a 14-seat loss because he thought Shorten was unelectable and he knocked off campaigning at lunchtime.
There are lessons here for anyone who wants to learn them, as wise heads in Labor will be trying to tell callow campaigners who think they know it all.
Labor insiders tell me Albanese's office is full of like-minded mates from university days; that there's barely a hardhead among them who will tell the leader what he doesn't want to hear but needs to know. I copped a barrage over the years for being blunt, but sycophants are a dime a dozen in politics; more prized are people prepared to tell you the unvarnished truth and put their job on the line to help you keep yours.
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#16047410 at 2022-04-10 07:22:03 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Australia PM Morrison first to serve full term in 15 years
ROD McGUIRK - 10 April 2022
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - In at least one sense, Scott Morrison is the most successful Australian prime minister in years.
He is the first to survive in office from one election to the next since 2007. That year, the government of Australia's second-longest-serving Prime Minister John Howard was voted out after a reign of almost 12 years.
Between Howard and Morrison, there have been four prime ministers including Kevin Rudd who served twice during an extraordinary period of political instability in Australia.
Rudd's second stint ended when voters ousted his center-left Australian Labor Party government in the 2013 election. The other three prime ministers were toppled by their own parties, which panicked amid poor opinion polling. So too was Rudd during his first stint that set the revolving door to the prime minister's office spinning.
Morrison's relative longevity can be explained in part by his conservative Liberal Party tightening the rules that enable them to activate their leader's ejector seat.
But most put his survival for a full three-year term down to the credit Morrison is given for leading his coalition to a narrow victory in the last election in 2019 when Labor was favored to win. Some betting agencies had been so confident of a Labor victory that they had paid out the party's backers before polling day.
Morrison's coalition is again behind in most opinion polls. But the polls' credibility has not recovered from the shock of the 2019 result and Morrison is now recognized as a masterful campaigner who does not surrender.
The 53-year-old former tourism marketer was labeled the "accidental prime minister" in 2018 when his government colleagues chose him to replace then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
It was yet another overthrow of a prime minister without involving voters for reasons not fully explained in a process that Australians increasingly loathe. Polls suggested Morrison would have one of the shortest tenures of any Australian prime minister with elections only months away.
His critics argue that his success has been a triumph of style over substance.
The satirical website Betoota Advocate labeled him "Scotty from Marketing" when he first came to power and the description has gained popularity since.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has been nicknamed Albo since he was a child in keeping with a time-honored Australian tradition of abbreviating names and often adding "o" at the end.
Likewise, Morrison is widely known as ScoMo. But there is conjecture around just how organic that nickname is.
"That's what I've been tagged as, so I may as well embrace it," Morrison said in 2017 when as treasurer he added "ScoMo" to his Facebook account name.
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#16047405 at 2022-04-10 07:17:05 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Factbox: Australian democracy at a glance
John Mair and Byron Kaye - April 10, 2022
SYDNEY, April 10 (Reuters) - Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Sunday.
Here are some facts on how elections work in Australia:
* Australia does not have a set date for national elections, but the maximum term for the House of Representatives is three years. The election is called by the prime minister. The previous election was on May 18, 2019.
* There are two houses of parliament, with the government formed by the party or coalition holding a majority in the lower chamber, the House of Representatives. The prime minister is chosen by the governing party from the House.
* All 151 seats in the House will be up for election. Morrison's Liberal-National coalition holds 76 seats, the opposition Labor party 68 and seven are held by minor parties and independents.
* Since the last election, a review of electoral boundaries and population changes added one seat for the state of Victoria while Western Australia lost one.
* The upper house, the Senate, has 76 members - 12 from each of the six states and two from each of Australia's two less-populous territories. Forty Senate seats - six from each state and the four territory seats - will be contested at this election.
* State senators are elected for six-year terms, while territory senators are elected for three years. There are some circumstances when the House of Representatives and Senate cannot agree on legislation and the entire upper house can be dissolved for election.
* Voting is compulsory for about 16 million Australians, who must register when they turn 18. Those who do not vote face a fine of A$20 ($15).
* Australia has a preferential voting system for elections to the lower house. Voters rank candidates in order of preference on their ballot papers.
* A lower-house candidate who gets more than 50% of the first-preference votes wins the seat. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the one with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes are distributed to the person each of those voters nominated as their second preference. This continues until one candidate passes the 50% threshold.
* Since 2010 there has been a high turnover of prime ministers, following changes that allow the governing party to call a leadership vote without involving the electorate. In that period, Kevin Rudd (Labor), Julia Gillard (Labor), Rudd (for a second time), Tony Abbott (Liberal), Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) and Morrison (Liberal) have served as prime minister.
* Following changes to Liberal Party rules on internal leadership votes, Scott Morrison has become the first Prime Minister to serve a full three-year term since a John Howard-led coalition was voted out in 2007 after 11 years in power.
($1 = 1.3376 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-democracy-glance-2022-04-10/
#16040660 at 2022-04-09 05:21:12 (UTC+1)
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#21 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>15592406 Chinese state-affiliated hackers attack local media group
>>15592415 Quad unease at China, Russia 'no limits' pact
>>15592419 Australia leads world on standing up to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says
>>15594672 Australia's Pine Gap 'hugely important' to western monitoring of China, says former British spy chief - Richard Dearlove discusses facility's role in monitoring China's 'rather alarming' activities
>>15594679 One Decision podcast - The Wallaby and the Dragon - Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister between 2013-2018 talks to One Decision about Australia's priorities in a western alliance post-Trump, and how the West needs to approach and counter, Beijing
>>15600267 Lithuania plays 'coercion card' against China in joining 'exclusive club' with Aussies - Vilnius' stunt exposes desperation, a laughingstock for immature actions - Liu Xin - globaltimes.cn
>>15600272 Quad foreign ministers meet amid divergent expectations - Targeting China, Russia only serves US strategic demand: expert - Yang Sheng and Liu Caiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>15600282 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 9, 2022
>>15600284 Video: #Australia adopted genocide and assimilation policies against the Indigenous people - SpokespersonCHN
>>15600521 Quad ministers address Indo-Pacific 'coercion', climate, COVID
>>15600527 China's military build-up, aggressive behaviour in the region a concern, says visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi
>>15600535 Quad pledges to counter China maritime aggression
>>15600547 Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election
>>15600564 'Reckless and desperate': Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor
>>15600577 Australia deploys diplomatic resources to fight Chinese and Russian 'disinformation' on AUKUS submarine deal
>>15600625 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian Presents Letter of Credence to H.E. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2022-02-11
>>15607773 'Cold War is long over': China hits out at Australia, US after Quad meeting - China has accused Australia and its allies of undermining international solidarity and trying to maintain US dominance
>>15607785 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 11, 2022
>>15623621 China's snow job can't erase Aussie ties - 550 days since Australian journalist Cheng Lei was nabbed by Chinese agents in Beijing
>>15631554 Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls on Beijing to speak up against Russian aggression
>>15631558 Scott Morrison's remarks about China being 'chillingly silent' over Ukraine labelled 'belligerent rhetoric' by Chinese foreign ministry
>>15631565 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 14, 2022
>>15631625 Weak Australian leadership inhibits potential relationship reset with China - Bruce Haigh - globaltimes.cn
>>15631870 Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching names billionaire Chau Chak Wing as 'puppeteer' in foreign interference plot
>>15631873 Video: Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching operated under 'parliamentary privilege' to 'name' Chau Chak Wing - Sky News Australia
>>15631878 Chau Chak Wing hits back after Labor senator suggested he was 'puppeteer' in foiled election plot
>>15632005 Chinese propaganda outlet endorses Anthony Albanese as 'better PM' than Scott Morrison - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>15640316 Anthony Albanese attended Chau Chak Wing event after ASIO warning - Anthony Albanese gave effusive praise for Chinese billionaire Dr Chau Chak Wing just weeks after ASIO warnings over foreign influence risks
>>15640319 Video: Hon Anthony Albanese MP CCWM Preview Evening Speech - Chau Chak Wing Foundation, Dec 3, 2020
>>15640346 Who is Chau Chak Wing? The alleged 'puppeteer' behind foreign interference plot
#16040634 at 2022-04-09 05:16:18 (UTC+1)
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Notables
are not endorsements
#21 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>15592354 ASIO foils foreign spy plot to disrupt federal election
>>15592359 Video: ASIO foils spy plot ahead of election - Sky News Australia
>>15592385 Dating apps like Tinder and anti-COVID vaccine mandate protests drawing ASIO's attention, according to annual threat assessment
>>15592355 ASIO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT 2022
>>15592406 Chinese state-affiliated hackers attack local media group
>>15592421 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Australia demonstrated best of humanity - His step-father arrived as a teenage refugee from Poland after the Holocaust with no education, graduated from University of Melbourne
>>15600521 Quad ministers address Indo-Pacific 'coercion', climate, COVID
>>15600547 Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election
>>15600564 'Reckless and desperate': Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor
>>15600577 Australia deploys diplomatic resources to fight Chinese and Russian 'disinformation' on AUKUS submarine deal
>>15600598 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union joins Noam Chomsky in protest of AUKUS nuclear subs deal - Anthony Albanese under pressure to distance himself from one of Australia's biggest unions as it protests the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
>>15608332 Video: 60 Minutes' Liam Bartlett in fiery clash with Trump-backed Republican candidate Kari Lake
>>15608804 Neo-Nazi in propaganda video burning an Aboriginal flag unmasked as former Young Liberal, Stefan Eracleous
>>15615627 Australian embassy in Kyiv evacuated as Russia invasion of Ukraine feared
>>15625898 Disinformation a 'threat to poll', says AFP chief Reece Kershaw
>>15640390 West Australian ban thwarts AUKUS submarines tour - A high-level AUKUS delegation to Australia to help fast-track the nation's nuclear submarines has been forced to postpone a planned visit to Western Australia's HMAS Stirling - home of the Collins-class subs - due to the McGowan government's strict quarantine requirements
>>15640432 Australia looks to landlocked Czech Republic to win European support for contentious AUKUS submarine plan
>>15640478 Military air bases fast tracked for upgrade as Australia joins US Pacific push - Australian military bases and airstrips are to be upgraded as US forces look for more part-time homes for their combat aircraft, troops and ships
>>15648202 U.S. reassured of Australian alliance regardless of election outcome - Daniel Kritenbrink, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
>>15648246 British Home Secretary Priti Patel hires Australia's Alexander Downer, ex-minister for Foreign Affairs, in bid to help solve UK Border crisis
#16040627 at 2022-04-09 05:15:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
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#16040577 at 2022-04-09 05:05:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#21 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>15592406 Chinese state-affiliated hackers attack local media group
>>15592415 Quad unease at China, Russia 'no limits' pact
>>15592419 Australia leads world on standing up to China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says
>>15594672 Australia's Pine Gap 'hugely important' to western monitoring of China, says former British spy chief - Richard Dearlove discusses facility's role in monitoring China's 'rather alarming' activities
>>15594679 One Decision podcast - The Wallaby and the Dragon - Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister between 2013-2018 talks to One Decision about Australia's priorities in a western alliance post-Trump, and how the West needs to approach and counter, Beijing
>>15600267 Lithuania plays 'coercion card' against China in joining 'exclusive club' with Aussies - Vilnius' stunt exposes desperation, a laughingstock for immature actions - Liu Xin - globaltimes.cn
>>15600272 Quad foreign ministers meet amid divergent expectations - Targeting China, Russia only serves US strategic demand: expert - Yang Sheng and Liu Caiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>15600282 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 9, 2022
>>15600284 Video: #Australia adopted genocide and assimilation policies against the Indigenous people - SpokespersonCHN
>>15600521 Quad ministers address Indo-Pacific 'coercion', climate, COVID
>>15600527 China's military build-up, aggressive behaviour in the region a concern, says visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi
>>15600535 Quad pledges to counter China maritime aggression
>>15600547 Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election
>>15600564 'Reckless and desperate': Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor
>>15600577 Australia deploys diplomatic resources to fight Chinese and Russian 'disinformation' on AUKUS submarine deal
>>15600625 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian Presents Letter of Credence to H.E. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2022-02-11
>>15607773 'Cold War is long over': China hits out at Australia, US after Quad meeting - China has accused Australia and its allies of undermining international solidarity and trying to maintain US dominance
>>15607785 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on February 11, 2022
>>15623621 China's snow job can't erase Aussie ties - 550 days since Australian journalist Cheng Lei was nabbed by Chinese agents in Beijing
>>15631554 Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls on Beijing to speak up against Russian aggression
>>15631558 Scott Morrison's remarks about China being 'chillingly silent' over Ukraine labelled 'belligerent rhetoric' by Chinese foreign ministry
>>15631565 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 14, 2022
>>15631625 Weak Australian leadership inhibits potential relationship reset with China - Bruce Haigh - globaltimes.cn
>>15631870 Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching names billionaire Chau Chak Wing as 'puppeteer' in foreign interference plot
>>15631873 Video: Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching operated under 'parliamentary privilege' to 'name' Chau Chak Wing - Sky News Australia
>>15631878 Chau Chak Wing hits back after Labor senator suggested he was 'puppeteer' in foiled election plot
>>15632005 Chinese propaganda outlet endorses Anthony Albanese as 'better PM' than Scott Morrison - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>15640316 Anthony Albanese attended Chau Chak Wing event after ASIO warning - Anthony Albanese gave effusive praise for Chinese billionaire Dr Chau Chak Wing just weeks after ASIO warnings over foreign influence risks
>>15640319 Video: Hon Anthony Albanese MP CCWM Preview Evening Speech - Chau Chak Wing Foundation, Dec 3, 2020
>>15640346 Who is Chau Chak Wing? The alleged 'puppeteer' behind foreign interference plot
#16040538 at 2022-04-09 04:57:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#21 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>15592354 ASIO foils foreign spy plot to disrupt federal election
>>15592359 Video: ASIO foils spy plot ahead of election - Sky News Australia
>>15592385 Dating apps like Tinder and anti-COVID vaccine mandate protests drawing ASIO's attention, according to annual threat assessment
>>15592355 ASIO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT 2022
>>15592406 Chinese state-affiliated hackers attack local media group
>>15592421 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Australia demonstrated best of humanity - His step-father arrived as a teenage refugee from Poland after the Holocaust with no education, graduated from University of Melbourne
>>15600521 Quad ministers address Indo-Pacific 'coercion', climate, COVID
>>15600547 Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election
>>15600564 'Reckless and desperate': Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor
>>15600577 Australia deploys diplomatic resources to fight Chinese and Russian 'disinformation' on AUKUS submarine deal
>>15600598 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union joins Noam Chomsky in protest of AUKUS nuclear subs deal - Anthony Albanese under pressure to distance himself from one of Australia's biggest unions as it protests the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
>>15608332 Video: 60 Minutes' Liam Bartlett in fiery clash with Trump-backed Republican candidate Kari Lake
>>15608804 Neo-Nazi in propaganda video burning an Aboriginal flag unmasked as former Young Liberal, Stefan Eracleous
>>15615627 Australian embassy in Kyiv evacuated as Russia invasion of Ukraine feared
>>15625898 Disinformation a 'threat to poll', says AFP chief Reece Kershaw
>>15640390 West Australian ban thwarts AUKUS submarines tour - A high-level AUKUS delegation to Australia to help fast-track the nation's nuclear submarines has been forced to postpone a planned visit to Western Australia's HMAS Stirling - home of the Collins-class subs - due to the McGowan government's strict quarantine requirements
>>15640432 Australia looks to landlocked Czech Republic to win European support for contentious AUKUS submarine plan
>>15640478 Military air bases fast tracked for upgrade as Australia joins US Pacific push - Australian military bases and airstrips are to be upgraded as US forces look for more part-time homes for their combat aircraft, troops and ships
>>15648202 U.S. reassured of Australian alliance regardless of election outcome - Daniel Kritenbrink, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
>>15648246 British Home Secretary Priti Patel hires Australia's Alexander Downer, ex-minister for Foreign Affairs, in bid to help solve UK Border crisis
#15946835 at 2022-03-26 05:46:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15946827
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In 2018 when some of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's female supporters complained of bullying after the leadership crisis, former Channel 10 reporter Paul Bongiorno tweeted that a party "bullying its women" members made his "skin crawl". But last week he praised Trioli's downplaying of Labor bullying, calling it "thoughtful analysis" - I guess his skin crawls only to the right.
Millionaire leftist television host Lisa Wilkinson said this week that politics was "never pretty" and that the Kitching story was "nuanced and complex". But a year ago, rallying stridently against bullying in politics, and interviewing Banks, Wilkinson wondered, "What on earth is going on in the Liberal Party?" Then she declared, "Bullies only operate effectively if they're allowed to live in the shadows."
Isn't that the truth. Thank god we have the media to call out bullies on one side of politics.
Last year on the day there was a March 4 Justice for women's rights around the country, Anthony Alban?ese attacked Morrison.
" 'I don't hold a hose' has become 'I don't have an inquiry', never taking responsibility for the high office that the Prime Minister holds," he taunted in parliament.
"Women need to feel as though they can come forward with complaints that they have."
Yet this week the Opposition Leader callously dismissed an inquiry into the Kitching trauma, ?arguing there was no formal complaint and suggesting it would merely look at why she was dropped from the Senate tactics team. What disingenuous disregard for the plight of a deceased colleague.
Albanese knows Kitching went to deputy leader Richard Marles with complaints, spoke to colleagues, including close friend and union leader Diana Asmar, drafted a letter about her issues and, according to Wong, received an apology for a cruel taunt. But he insists there was no complaint; there is no issue.
Kitching was not remorselessly partisan; rather, she was relentlessly ideological. Therefore, for instance, it mattered less to her whether Labor stood up to China, or nurtured the US alliance, or supported Israel; what she cared about most was what Australia did, what the parliament did.
I would not want to overstate my casual but cerebral relationship with Kitching and I do not want to underplay her fierce loyalty to the ALP, but while too many politicians on either side of the divide play a desultory game of trying to work out what policies will deliver the most votes to their side of the aisle, Kitching was more concerned with ensuring her party kept the faith on crucial policies and played a responsible role, especially on national security. In this way she was true to the raison d'etre of the ALP Right faction - combating the influence of communism, protecting the alli?ance and keeping the party attuned to the aspirations and best interests of the mainstream - which made her many enemies in Labor's Socialist Left and among the press gallery's dewy-eyed leftists.
(continued)
#15940039 at 2022-03-25 10:49:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
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>>15827045
PM Scott Morrison declined to meet new Chinese ambassador
James Massola and Jonathan Kearsley - March 25, 2022
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined a meeting with China's new ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, despite a formal request from the Asian nation's new top diplomat.
Instead, Mr Xiao met Foreign Minister Marise Payne in Sydney several weeks ago in what was the most senior contact between the two nations in years, though they failed to resolve any outstanding disagreements.
While it is relatively rare for ambassadors to meet with the prime minister, diplomats from key Australian allies including the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and Singapore do have some access.
Ambassadors from strategically significant international partners, including China and Indonesia, are also granted access in special circumstances.
Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull all met with China's ambassadors to Australia during their time in office. However, foreign ministers typically take the lead in meeting ambassadors because of a prime minister's relative seniority. The Australian Ambassador in Beijing has not met President Xi Jinping or Premier Li Keqiang.
A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister confirmed Mr Morrison had not met the Ambassador.
"The Foreign Minister has met Ambassador Xiao, as is appropriate".
A senior government source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Beijing's request to meet an Australian prime minister would have to come from a higher office - potentially that of President Xi or Premier Li.
The relationship between the two countries has been in the diplomatic deep freeze for close to two years and Mr Xiao's request for a meeting came as Mr Morrison attacked Labor as relatively weak on China and questioned whether it would stand up to Beijing.
In meetings with Australians in the private sector in recent weeks, Mr Xiao said he was carrying a message from Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Australian government: "Australia has been treating China like the enemy. Australia has to decide whether it is China's enemy or China's friend".
John Blaxland, a professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies at the Australian National University said it was likely the meeting was declined because "I don't think it works for the PM's rhetorical posturing on national security and the characterisation of China in adversarial terms".
"To be fair, [a meeting] is something both sides would probably want to avoid until the election is clear, and the ambassador would know that. Anthony Albanese wouldn't want to be too sympathetic either," he said.
"China would be eager to capitalise on the optics of a meeting and use it for its own purposes in terms of demonstrating that it is being the more magnanimous and broad-minded of the parties."
(continued)
#15802890 at 2022-03-07 08:19:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15795585
PM says no nuclear submarine decision before election, as new subs base planned for Australia's east coast
Andrew Greene - 7 March 2022
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The Prime Minister has denied the nuclear submarine program is being rushed to suit his re-election campaign ahead of a May poll, as the government announces a new base for the fleet on the east coast.
A new submarine base will be built on Australia's east coast to support the future nuclear-powered fleet being acquired under the AUKUS partnership, with Defence identifying Brisbane, Newcastle and Port Kembla as the most suitable locations.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled the plan in a national security speech today, where he warned the strategic, political, economic and social implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine would "inevitably stretch to the Indo-Pacific".
Some critics, including former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, questioned whether the massive project was being rushed to benefit the government in the coming election, after Defence Minister Peter Dutton said a fast-tracked decision on a supplier was expected within months.
But Mr Morrison poured cold water on the prospect of an announcement before voters go to the polls, saying the decision on whether to pursue a US or UK design would be made in partnership with both nations.
"We don't anticipate that decision will be made before the election ... and no-one should expect it to," Mr Morrison said.
"This is a trilateral partnership, this is not a procurement contest - this is a partnership where the decisions are made together.
"But we have made a lot of progress."
Port Kembla the favourite for new base
Australia's fleet of six Collins-class submarines are currently based at Perth's HMAS Stirling (Fleet Base West), while the ageing boats also regularly operate out of Sydney's Garden Island Naval base (Fleet Base East).
During an address to the Lowy Institute, Mr Morrison confirmed the government has decided to establish "a future submarine base on the east coast of Australia to support basing and disposition of the future nuclear-powered submarines".
"This is about additional national capacity, not relocating any existing or planned future capacity for Fleet Base West," Mr Morrison said in a virtual address from Kirribilli House, where he remains in isolation with COVID-19.
"Fleet Base West will remain home to our current and future submarines, given its strategic importance on the Indian Ocean."
The ABC understands Port Kembla in the New South Wales city of Wollongong is the preferred option the Defence Department has presented to cabinet's National Security Committee, ahead of Commonwealth negotiations with state governments.
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the location of the base should be a bipartisan decision.
"I think ideally big announcements like this should be bipartisan if they can be ... this has the potential to span multiple governments and so we'd expect to be briefed on it," Mr Chalmers told Channel Nine.
All three sites are close to sufficient infrastructure and large population centres, and are considered reasonably near Australia's primary maritime training and operational areas, deep water and weapons storage, and loading facilities.
A government source confirmed the Defence Department had recently identified Port Kembla as being the most suitable location, requiring the least amount of additional work.
(continued)
#15600564 at 2022-02-11 11:32:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15600547
'Reckless and desperate': Malcolm Turnbull savages Peter Dutton for claiming China is backing Labor
Former Liberal prime minister says defence minister has undermined national security 'purely for crass political advantage'
Paul Karp and Daniel Hurst - 11 Feb 2022
Peter Dutton has doubled down on his controversial claims that China would like Labor to defeat the Morrison government at the upcoming federal election, prompting Malcolm Turnbull to warn that such "reckless" comments had "no basis in fact" and harmed Australia's national security.
The defence minister said on Friday there was "no doubt in [his] mind" about what he described as a "statement of the obvious" regarding China's preference of Labor. He claimed he based Thursday's inflammatory allegation on "open source and other intelligence".
The Morrison government, struggling in the polls, is increasingly seeking to weaponise its perceived advantage on national security issues before the 2022 election, despite Labor's bipartisan cooperation against China's aggressive stance in the Asia-Pacific region.
In question time on Thursday, Dutton claimed that the Chinese Communist party had "made a decision about who they're going to back in the next federal election ... and that is open and that is obvious, and they have picked this bloke [Anthony Albanese] as that candidate".
The personal attack on the Labor leader was echoed by Scott Morrison, who claimed that "those who are seeking to coerce Australia" knew that "their candidate" in the election was "the leader of the Labor party".
Turnbull told ABC radio that Dutton's claim was "reckless" because it "undermines Australian security" and "uses matters of grave national security purely for crass political advantage".
The former Liberal prime minister accused Dutton of seeking to wedge both Labor and Morrison by "rushing off to the right" with the inflammatory claim.
"We should not be turning the debate about China and national security into some kind of reds-under-the-beds scare," Turnbull said. "The proposition that Albanese is under influence of the CCP is ludicrous. It's just a sign of desperation."
Asked how ugly he thought the election campaign could get, Turnbull said he was "worried it's going to get uglier" and the China accusation was "really bad".
"Morrison should try to pull Dutton back in on that. It has no basis in fact and all that will do is undermine our prospects of being united in face of pressure from other countries."
But Dutton defended the claim, telling ABC radio there was "open-source information reported over a long period of time" that China and Russia exerted political influence in Australia and other democracies, including the US and the UK.
China and Russia sought to influence "young members [of political parties] who are on the rise" and "pick somebody who will be influential within that party in years to come", he said.
"If you look at the facts, in this case, I think certainly, from what I see, both open source and other intelligence that I see it's a statement of the obvious," Dutton said, without producing any evidence to substantiate the claim about Albanese.
Instead, Dutton cited "relationships going back to" former the Labor senator Sam Dastyari and the former New South Wales premier Bob Carr, who he said was "obviously very close still to Beijing".
"There's no doubt in my mind about the statement that I made yesterday. And I think there needs to be greater awareness, frankly, particularly from the Labor party about the engagement of people who don't have our national interests [at heart]."
Labor has supported the government's diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, criticised the Chinese government's human rights record, and gone further than the Coalition in calling for targeted sanctions to oppose Uyghur forced labour.
In November Albanese rebuffed the former Labor prime minister Paul Keating for arguing for a return to the engagement policies of the 1990s. The opposition leader has also said he stands with Taiwan against Chinese aggression.
The director general of the Office of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, has said national security "is rightly bipartisan in a more partisan world" and his dealings with Albanese and senior Labor colleagues during private security briefings have been "cordial, constructive and professional".
In his threat assessment speech on Wednesday evening, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Mike Burgess, said "attempts at political interference are not confined to one side of politics".
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/11/reckless-and-desperate-Malcolm-Turnbull-savages-peter-dutton-for-claiming-china-is-backing-labor
#15600547 at 2022-02-11 11:24:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15592354
Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election
BEN PACKHAM - FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Chinese spies sought to bankroll the campaigns of hand-picked NSW Labor candidates in the upcoming federal election in a plot foiled by ASIO.
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess referred to the case earlier this week, without identifying the political party involved or the nation behind the plot, saying a wealthy "puppeteer" had worked with a local "cut-out" to try to secure the election of sympathetic candidates.
Multiple national security and ALP sources have confirmed to The Australian that the case involved an attempt to subvert Labor's NSW federal preselection process last year.
Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison were briefed on the conspiracy.
Mr Albanese on Friday said he met with Mr Burgess regularly, but was unable to comment on the contents of those briefings.
However, he said he had received assurances that ASIO had no concerns about any preselected Labor candidates.
"I have spoken to Mr Burgess today and he has reaffirmed he has not raised concern about any of my candidates. I can't be clearer than that," Mr Albanese said.
In a statement on Thursday, NSW Labor Party general secretary Bob Nanva said the state branch had not been briefed on the matter by ASIO.
"NSW Labor can confirm that no national security agency has ever raised these alleged matters with the parliamentary leadership or the organisational wing of the NSW Branch," he said.
Revealing the spy plot in his annual threat assessment on Wednesday, Mr Burgess said the agency was on high alert for political interference.
"I can confirm that ASIO ?recently detected and disrupted a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an election in Australia," he said.
"I'm not going to identify the jurisdiction because we are seeing attempts at foreign interference at all levels of government, in all states and territories."
Mr Burgess said case involved a "wealthy individual with direct and deep connections with a foreign government and its intelligence agencies", who
"I'll call this person 'the puppeteer', although it's important to ?remember that while the puppeteer pulled the strings, the foreign government called the shots."
The "puppeteer" provided hundreds of thousands of dollars through an offshore bank account to run foreign-interference operations through a third party with ?direct links to politicians, political staff and journalists
"This agent of interference has roots in Australia but did the bidding of offshore masters, knowingly and covertly seeking to advance the interests of the foreign power and, in the process, undermine Australia's sovereignty," Mr Burgess said.
The confirmation that the plot targeted potential Labor MPs came as Defence Minister Peter Dutton doubled down on his claim that China has decided to back Labor at the federal election.
He said there was "intelligence" and open source information of links between China and the ALP.
"I think there's no doubt that there are elements within the Communist Party that would be very happy to see the back of our government," he said.
"From what I see, both open source and other intelligence that I see, it's a statement of the obvious, and there are relationships going back to Sam Dastyari and Bob Carr is still very close to Beijing, and there are many others."
Mr Albanese said the suggestion China favoured Labor was "just desperate". He said he taken a strong stand against foreign interference, and been clear in his rejection of Chinese trade bans against Australia and Beijing's repression of Uighurs and citizens of Hong Kong and Taiwan.
"I'm not going to sit back and cop the sort of nonsense that has been put forward, from a government that sat back, while the port of Darwin was sold to interests of a company directly engaged with, directly connected to, the government of the People's Republic of China," he said.
Mr Dutton's attack followed his claim to parliament on Thursday that it was "open and obvious" that China was backing Labor to win the election.
"We now see evidence that the Chinese Communist Party has also made a decision about who they're going to back in the next federal election ... and that is open and obvious," Mr Dutton said.
"And they have picked this bloke (Mr Albanese) as their candidate," he added.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull told ABC Radio the Mr Dutton's attack was "a sign of desperation".
"(His comments) were purely for crass political advantage," he said.
"We've got to stand our ground (against China), but we've got to do so in a measured way. There has got to be nuance and diplomacy."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/chinese-spies-in-plot-to-install-alp-candidates-at-coming-federal-election/news-story/f917096d91d83d449bfad778e4685f5a
#15592235 at 2022-02-10 08:38:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
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>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.19
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
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>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
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>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
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https://qanon.pub/#2501
#15271337 at 2021-12-29 06:43:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
>>15271334
2/2
Mr Dutton has this year talked up an expansion of the US military footprint in Australia through troop rotations in the Northern Territory, with the US having expressed its dissatisfaction to Australia over the Landbridge lease arrangement.
Former US president Barack Obama expressed frustration to then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull that America had not been kept in the loop.
However, both the Defence Department and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation conducted assessments at the time, finding the lease did not present a threat to national security. Dennis Richardson, who was then the secretary of Defence, has stood by the decision and still ?argues it was the right call.
He says no compelling arguments were presented suggesting it was a mistake to lease the site to Landbridge.
But the outgoing head of the high profile think-tank the Australian Strategic and Policy Institute, Peter Jennings, disagrees.
Mr Jennings told The Australian there were other options available to the government in relation to the Port of Darwin in the event that it found itself hamstrung by the Defence review.
"I think that the government has given itself new powers by amending the critical infrastructure act at the very end of 2021 which it can use to force more transparency on the owners of critical infrastructure," he said. "And that this is potentially something that could be used to put pressure on the Port of Darwin lease to the Chinese company Landbridge. As is the case with all Chinese companies, there is very little transparency about how Landbridge operates."
Speaking in parliament this month, Mr Dutton said the bill would strengthen the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 by ensuring critical infrastructure was "protected and safeguarded from all hazards".
"This obligation is designed to uplift core security practices of critical infrastructure assets by ensuring that entities take a holistic and proactive approach to identifying, preventing and mitigating risks," Mr Dutton said.
The legislation also establishes a framework for all cyber security incidents affecting critical infrastructure assets to be reported to the Australian Signals Directorate. In addition, Mr Dutton said the bill would provide government "with last-resort powers to respond to a serious cyber incident that is having, has had or may have an impact on a critical infrastructure asset and there is a material risk to Australia's ?national interests".
"These new powers will ensure government is able to act effectively and decisively in responding to cyber attacks that go beyond the capability or capacity of industry to respond," he said.
Before authorising a request to directly intervene, the Home ?Affairs Minister would need to obtain the agreement of both the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister. No indication has been given for when a final decision on the future of the Port of Darwin will be made.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/defence-ticks-chinese-lease-of-darwin-port/news-story/4aae7af9297d5979d9363fdcfdf124fc
#15206978 at 2021-12-17 08:58:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
>>15206977
5/5
Huawei denied each of the reports, and the company has consistently pushed back against allegations that its products pose a security risk.
"Huawei has not had any major cybersecurity incidents while working with more than 500 telecom providers, including most of the top 50 telecom operators, for nearly 20 years in 170 countries to connect more than 3 billion people," the company says on its website. "No other vendor can claim this level of cybersecurity success."
Keith Krach, the former under secretary for economic growth, energy and the environment at the U.S. Department of State under President Donald Trump, declined to discuss specific incidents. But he confirmed that the U.S. and its allies have had evidence for years that China has manipulated Huawei equipment through software updates.
"Huawei has thrown a lot of head fakes by saying it would never put a back door in the hardware - a back door means nothing because there's a front door that's open every day through software," he said. "Huawei's software updates can push whatever code they want into those machines, whenever they want, without anyone knowing."
That characterization is a "fantasy," said Huawei's Suffolk. "There is not a general software update mechanism, patches are not pushed at will and Huawei has no control or say when an operator decides to upgrade or patch their network," he said.
In Australia, after nearly a decade of hostility with the government, Huawei has abandoned many of its operations. Last year, the company revealed a $100 million financial cut to its Australian investment and more than 1,000 local job losses, according to the Financial Review. A key factor behind that 5G ban, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, was an intelligence assessment that the vulnerabilities associated with Huawei products were so severe that more than 300 separate risks would need to be mitigated in order to use it securely.
In Huawei's statement to Bloomberg, the company said that former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull publicly stated that "no evidence had been provided to demonstrate that Huawei had undertaken anything untoward in Australia." In his memoir, which was published in 2020, Turnbull wrote that his administration's 5G ban against Huawei was a "hedge against a future threat, not the identification of a smoking gun, but a loaded one."
Turnbull, in a statement to Bloomberg, rejected Huawei's characterization. "That is not what I have said - I made no comment as to whether evidence of untoward conduct by Huawei had been presented or observed," he said. "So I was, if you like, deliberately making no comment on that point at all."
Turnbull declined to comment about the 2012 incident or any other intelligence matters related to Huawei.
Australia continues to deal with the fallout from challenging China on a range of issues, including Huawei.
China has imposed damaging one-sided tariffs on Australian commodities, and Chinese hackers have targeted Australian institutions with relentless attacks since the country called last year for an independent probe into the origins of Covid-19. Australia also announced a pact in September with the U.S. to build nuclear-powered submarines, a challenge to China's growing military presence that has further heightened tensions in the region.
Flournoy, the former Defense Department official under Obama, said China continues to punish Australia in part because of it longstanding position on Huawei, which was informed in part by the breach the country discovered nearly a decade ago.
"They didn't do the typical thing of trying to hide the vulnerability; they talked about what happened with their closest allies and took a public stand," Flournoy said. "They are still taking a hit for it."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/chinese-spies-accused-of-using-huawei-in-secret-australian-telecom-hack
#15186803 at 2021-12-13 17:49:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
Scott Morrison in election pledge for return of freedoms
GEOFF CHAMBERS - DECEMBER 13, 2021
Scott Morrison has promised to give Australians their "freedom" back and get big government out of their lives, as the Coalition ?anchors its re-election pitch with a pledge to keep the nation "stronger, safer, together". ?
Speaking at The Sydney Institute's annual dinner on Monday night, the Prime Minister pushed back against left-wingers who ?believed the pandemic was a "pretext for a more expansive government role and reach into society across economic, social and cultural domains".
Mr Morrison outlined his three election priorities - the economic recovery, national ?security and championing "unity and social cohesion" - but conceded the government hadn't "got everything right".
With conservative minor parties accusing the Coalition of overreach in its management of the pandemic, Mr Morrison said the prominence of government during the Covid-19 crisis was "not some new norm; it has a use-by date".
"By instinct more than ideology, Australians support effective, practical yet limited government. An enabling partner; not a meddling, busy-body overseer. Government that delivers tangible benefits to people's everyday lives. That empowers people to make and pursue their choices," Mr Morrison said.
"That opens the door for each generation to Australia's promise - economic opportunity and ?reward for hard work, a fair go for those who have a go, can-do ?capitalism, a strong social safety net when times are tough, and a country that holds true to the best traditions of liberal democracy in an uncertain world."
As state and territory governments ease restrictions across the country, Mr Morrison said it was not normal for governments to tell people "where we can and can't go, who we can and can't invite into our homes, to stay home, to close our businesses".
"It's not normal to keep track of where we've been, not be allowed to visit friends or relatives, go out to dinner or the pub. None of these restrictions belong in the lives of Australians. Australians don't like it. I don't like it," he said. "Yet for the greater good, we have done it. We got on with our lives as best we could because we knew it was temporary. We knew that on the other side was something that we'll never take for granted again. Our freedom.
"And so Australians kept their side of the deal. It is time for governments to now keep theirs; to step back and let Australians step forward."
Mr Morrison said the national cabinet, which has met 57 times since its formation at the start of the pandemic, was "not perfect" but had succeeded "better than ?almost any other federated system in the world".
He also hit back at Labor ?attacks over the handling of vaccine supplies, declaring "we got the vaccination job done, with now one of the highest vaccination rates in the world".
"This wasn't easy. We had our challenges and our critics. In a crisis what matters is not that you have setbacks, but that you overcome them."
In a pitch to voters at the dinner attended by former prime minister John Howard and senior ministers, Mr Morrison said the experience gained by the government in leading the nation through Covid-19 pandemic would help the Coalition "secure Australia's success".
"In the past 20 months, our ?operational tempo as a government has made us more experienced, more prepared and more resilient for the next set of challenges our nation faces. And there will be many more in the years ahead."
In the speech, titled What Matters Most, Mr Morrison said he remained committed to the goals that guided him when he replaced Malcolm Turnbull in 2018.
"Keeping our economy strong, by securing our recovery, so we can guarantee the essentials that Australians rely on; keeping Australians safe in an even more uncertain and changing world, both at home and abroad; and taking our country confidently forward together. In short, our economy is primed for growth. But securing our economic recovery in 2022 cannot be taken for granted.
"Having avoided the labour market scarring feared last year, we must continue to secure the workers we need for a jobs boom."
On national security, he said the "potential for massive disruption (from cyber attacks) is real", with more than a third of incidents reported in the last year linked to infrastructure assets. He spruiked Australia's involvement in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, AUKUS and ASEAN as crucial in protecting the nation's interests. '
"The common thread is plain enough - these are big national plays for big strategic stakes where we must protect Australia's interests," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-in-election-pledge-for-return-of-freedoms/news-story/a2b7e74d8e1f437245c8be8413d8e763
#15175292 at 2021-12-11 09:54:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>14942569 Crunch decision on Chinese-owned Port of Darwin looms
>>14942726 Video: Rand Paul had 'another fiery clash' with Anthony Fauci over Wuhan lab funding, according to Sky News host Sharri Markson - Sky News Australia
>>14949327 US Congress to take leaf out of Sharri Markson's book on Wuhan Covid leak
>>14957314 Sharri Markson delivers speech at US congressional briefing and calls for investigation into pandemic origins
>>14957532 Mike Hughes stands aside as managing director of Landbridge, the Chinese company that owns the lease over the Port of Darwin amid national security concerns
>>14957544 GT Voice: No shortage of opportunities in China-Australia trade - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14965218 'Taiwan not our fight': Former prime minister Paul Keating
>>14965393 Australian firms seek 'smooth' trade with China despite Canberra's provocation - Yu Xi - globaltimes.cn
>>14967641 Taiwan raring to go on trading pact talks with Australia - John Deng, head of Taiwan's Office of Trade Negotiations
>>14988946 'Inconceivable' Australia would not join U.S. to defend Taiwan - Australian defence minister Peter Dutton
>>14994995 'Heavy attack' threat to Australia as Taiwan tensions escalate
>>14997607 Australia urged to back Taiwan in China brawl - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has conceded the territory may need military support in the event of a conflict with China
>>15001898 Video: China Rising: Preview to the Sky News Australia documentary - Sky News Australia
>>15012721 Hi-tech race to combat China - Australia's future weapons and cyber defence technologies will be accelerated under the AUKUS and Quad strategic partnerships
>>15012759 China meddling 'staggering', makes case for interference laws: Defence Minister Peter Dutton
>>15025425 PM Scott Morrison demands states drop Covid jab mandates and says unvaccinated Aussies MUST be allowed into pubs and restaurants
>>15032599 'Naughty guy': top Chinese diplomat accuses Australia of 'sabre wielding' with nuclear submarine deal - Acting ambassador to Australia, Wang Xining, says politicians including Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott are not serving Australia's interests
>>15032603 Video: China's warning to Australia over AUKUS pact is mocked by Peter Dutton who shrugs off 'naughty guy' accusation as 'so silly it's funny'
>>15033034 GT Voice: Australia has no strength to counter rising Chinese tech - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>15033098 China's propaganda mouthpiece threatens military 'nightmare' for Australian troops in event of war with Taiwan
>>15033103 Defence Minister Peter Dutton slams China as a bully amid Taiwan war threat
>>15033107 In the face of an irrational Australia, shouldn't China be prepared with an iron fist? - Hu Xijin - globaltimes.cn
>>15047902 AUKUS causing Xi 'heartburn', says White House
>>15047944 Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Huawei 5G would leave Canada's networks vulnerable to China
>>15059512 Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong accuses Peter Dutton of 'amping up' threat of war with China
>>15059531 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on November 22, 2021
>>15059549 Lijian Zhao Tweet: Video: The formulation of the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement by the #US, the #UK and #Australia is extremely irresponsible. Please answer the following five questions.
>>15061019 How Australia is pushed to a belligerent path - Mu Lu - globaltimes.cn
>>15071882 Xiao Qian to be China's ambassador to Australia - Said to be "smart" and "tough", but not yet known as one of Beijing's "wolf warrior" diplomats
>>15076199 Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare has asked for Australian help to regain control of the nation's capital Honiara
#15175277 at 2021-12-11 09:49:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>14912747 Video: Scott Morrison refuses to apologise to President Emmanuel Macron after claims PM lied about submarine deal
>>14912814 Foreign Minister Marise Payne to visit South-East Asia to ease fears over AUKUS, submarine plan
>>14915439 World's huge reaction to discovery of four-year-old Cleo Smith
>>14920386 US has capacity to supply Aussie nuclear subs, says congressman Joe Courtney
>>14920417 Scott Morrison right to put our defences first - Andrew Hastie, Assistant Minister for Defence - theaustralian.com.au
>>14920561 Submarine fallout: Peter Dutton slams Malcolm Turnbull for trying to bring down Australian government
>>14927847 Q Post #3724 - It must be done right. It must be done according to the rule of law. It must carry weight. It must be proven in the court of law. There can be no mistakes. Good things sometimes take time. Attempts to slow/block the inevitable [Justice] will fail.
>>14928264 Japanese Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for an end to AUKUS 'spat' - says there's no time to argue while tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific
>>14928571 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (United States) are the strongest of allies & friends. This morning @SecBlinken & I discussed how #AUKUS will contribute to an open, inclusive & resilient #IndoPacific. Through (global) partnerships, (Australia) is promoting a regional balance in which all countries' sovereignty & rights are respected.
>>14928571 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: I was glad to speak with Australian Foreign Minister @MarisePayne today about our easy #mateship, our shared commitment to a peaceful, secure Indo-Pacific, and our efforts to support COVID-19 economic recovery and resilience.
>>14930225 Victorian Parliament online forum - Labor's Pandemic Bill and The Premier's New Powers
>>14935929 Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces Tweet: On Nov 4, #DefenceMinisterKishi received a courtesy call from LTG BURR,Chief of @AustralianArmy. Minister stated the advanced complexity & sophistication of (Japan and Australia) exercises as well as the expectations for further enhanced cooperation of #JGSDF& #AusArmy for #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
>>14935929 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: It's great to see LTGEN BURR in (Japan). Even during the COVID pandemic, the journey of (Japan and Australia) to strengthen #FOIP continues.
>>14942536 'You've had your time': Downer tells Rudd and Turnbull to get on with their lives
>>14942547 New Zealand PM Ardern welcomes signs of U.S. greater presence in Indo-Pacific
>>14949476 Barnaby Joyce urges Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd to 'get off the political horse'
>>14965252 AUKUS about 'projecting power' north, says Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the US
>>14965257 Video: What's Next for AUKUS? A Discussion with Amb. Sinodinos - Hudson Institute
>>14967559 Australia won't buy nuclear submarines from US, UK: Arthur Sinodinos
>>14973174 Australian War Memorial Tweets: At 11am today, we ask you to observe a minute's silence to remember the service men and women who have served and continue to serve our nation. Lest we forget.
#15175273 at 2021-12-11 09:49:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
Notables
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#19 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>14789393 AUKUS needed to counter Xi Jinping's aggression: Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
>>14789397 Australia PM Morrison says he will attend U.N. climate summit
>>14795778 Australia considers world-first laws giving the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) authority to take over computer systems of any critical infrastructure business unable or unwilling to defend itself against a crippling cyber attack
>>14806352 Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: 'The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia'
>>14812973 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Delighted to welcome Defence Minister @PeterDutton_MP to my residence last evening! His leadership is essential for (Japan) and (Australia) to achieve a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.
>>14812973 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Pleased to talk with Minister for Home Affairs @karenandrewsmp. I hope (Japan) and (Australia) continue to develop cooperation on various issues including cyber security and counter-terrorism.
>>14812980 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Two Forces, One Fight - "For the first time, Combined Task Force GINAN integrated over 2,000 U.S. and Australian troops from both MRF-D and Australian Army's 1st Brigade at Exercise Koolendong 2021".
>>14818708 Video: Health Minister Greg Hunt chokes back tears as he reveals death threats to family
>>14818713 ASIO warns foreign attackers may try to insert malicious code in critical infrastructure to exploit later
>>14818713 PDF: ASIO ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21
>>14818761 Department of Defence Tweet: The 2021 @MrfDarwin has departed from the NT! This marks the end of the 10th rotation of @USMC and Sailors through Australia's Top End. The #Marines will return to the Northern Territory in 2022.
>>14818761 US Marines depart Australia's top end - news.defence.gov.au
>>14825519 British defence chief General Sir Nicholas Carter says AUKUS security pact 'not designed to be exclusive'
>>14825530 'We feel the heat': Malaysia cool on Australian submarines
>>14825568 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Delighted to welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs @MarisePayne to my residence. Thanks to her contribution, (Japan and Australia) cooperation has been and will grow from strength to strength!
>>14831650 Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor who shot and killed unarmed Australian woman Justine Damond sentenced to 57 months in jail
>>14831893 Schools risk our next-gen security: Alan Tudge - Schools feeding students a negative view of history and undermining confidence in liberal democracy
>>14831917 Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority's revised Draft Curriculum gets C, must try harder - Education Minister Alan Tudge - theaustralian.com.au
>>14832023 Controversy over AUKUS pact overhyped, says UK armed forces minister James Heappey
>>14832365 PM announces $146 million strategy to combat child sexual abuse across Australia - 9 News Australia
#15175270 at 2021-12-11 09:43:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
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>>14789296 Q Research AUSTRALIA #19
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>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
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>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
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>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
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>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided.....
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>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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Former Prime Minister of Australia
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Alexander Downer
Former Australian Liberal Party politician and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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Cardinal George Pell
Australian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and former Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy
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Australian activist, founder, editor and publisher of WikiLeaks
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American-Australian survivor of the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
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Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
An anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
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https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
https://qanon.pub/?q=Interesting%2C
https://qanon.pub/?q=RAT%20BAIT
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q
Nov 25 2018
https://qanon.pub/#2501
#15175256 at 2021-12-11 09:32:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>14942569 Crunch decision on Chinese-owned Port of Darwin looms
>>14942726 Video: Rand Paul had 'another fiery clash' with Anthony Fauci over Wuhan lab funding, according to Sky News host Sharri Markson - Sky News Australia
>>14949327 US Congress to take leaf out of Sharri Markson's book on Wuhan Covid leak
>>14957314 Sharri Markson delivers speech at US congressional briefing and calls for investigation into pandemic origins
>>14957532 Mike Hughes stands aside as managing director of Landbridge, the Chinese company that owns the lease over the Port of Darwin amid national security concerns
>>14957544 GT Voice: No shortage of opportunities in China-Australia trade - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14965218 'Taiwan not our fight': Former prime minister Paul Keating
>>14965393 Australian firms seek 'smooth' trade with China despite Canberra's provocation - Yu Xi - globaltimes.cn
>>14967641 Taiwan raring to go on trading pact talks with Australia - John Deng, head of Taiwan's Office of Trade Negotiations
>>14988946 'Inconceivable' Australia would not join U.S. to defend Taiwan - Australian defence minister Peter Dutton
>>14994995 'Heavy attack' threat to Australia as Taiwan tensions escalate
>>14997607 Australia urged to back Taiwan in China brawl - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has conceded the territory may need military support in the event of a conflict with China
>>15001898 Video: China Rising: Preview to the Sky News Australia documentary - Sky News Australia
>>15012721 Hi-tech race to combat China - Australia's future weapons and cyber defence technologies will be accelerated under the AUKUS and Quad strategic partnerships
>>15012759 China meddling 'staggering', makes case for interference laws: Defence Minister Peter Dutton
>>15025425 PM Scott Morrison demands states drop Covid jab mandates and says unvaccinated Aussies MUST be allowed into pubs and restaurants
>>15032599 'Naughty guy': top Chinese diplomat accuses Australia of 'sabre wielding' with nuclear submarine deal - Acting ambassador to Australia, Wang Xining, says politicians including Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott are not serving Australia's interests
>>15032603 Video: China's warning to Australia over AUKUS pact is mocked by Peter Dutton who shrugs off 'naughty guy' accusation as 'so silly it's funny'
>>15033034 GT Voice: Australia has no strength to counter rising Chinese tech - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>15033098 China's propaganda mouthpiece threatens military 'nightmare' for Australian troops in event of war with Taiwan
>>15033103 Defence Minister Peter Dutton slams China as a bully amid Taiwan war threat
>>15033107 In the face of an irrational Australia, shouldn't China be prepared with an iron fist? - Hu Xijin - globaltimes.cn
>>15047902 AUKUS causing Xi 'heartburn', says White House
>>15047944 Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Huawei 5G would leave Canada's networks vulnerable to China
>>15059512 Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong accuses Peter Dutton of 'amping up' threat of war with China
>>15059531 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on November 22, 2021
>>15059549 Lijian Zhao Tweet: Video: The formulation of the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement by the #US, the #UK and #Australia is extremely irresponsible. Please answer the following five questions.
>>15061019 How Australia is pushed to a belligerent path - Mu Lu - globaltimes.cn
>>15071882 Xiao Qian to be China's ambassador to Australia - Said to be "smart" and "tough", but not yet known as one of Beijing's "wolf warrior" diplomats
>>15076199 Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare has asked for Australian help to regain control of the nation's capital Honiara
#15175247 at 2021-12-11 09:27:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>14912747 Video: Scott Morrison refuses to apologise to President Emmanuel Macron after claims PM lied about submarine deal
>>14912814 Foreign Minister Marise Payne to visit South-East Asia to ease fears over AUKUS, submarine plan
>>14915439 World's huge reaction to discovery of four-year-old Cleo Smith
>>14920386 US has capacity to supply Aussie nuclear subs, says congressman Joe Courtney
>>14920417 Scott Morrison right to put our defences first - Andrew Hastie, Assistant Minister for Defence - theaustralian.com.au
>>14920561 Submarine fallout: Peter Dutton slams Malcolm Turnbull for trying to bring down Australian government
>>14927847 Q Post #3724 - It must be done right. It must be done according to the rule of law. It must carry weight. It must be proven in the court of law. There can be no mistakes. Good things sometimes take time. Attempts to slow/block the inevitable [Justice] will fail.
>>14928264 Japanese Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for an end to AUKUS 'spat' - says there's no time to argue while tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific
>>14928571 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (United States) are the strongest of allies & friends. This morning @SecBlinken & I discussed how #AUKUS will contribute to an open, inclusive & resilient #IndoPacific. Through (global) partnerships, (Australia) is promoting a regional balance in which all countries' sovereignty & rights are respected.
>>14928571 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: I was glad to speak with Australian Foreign Minister @MarisePayne today about our easy #mateship, our shared commitment to a peaceful, secure Indo-Pacific, and our efforts to support COVID-19 economic recovery and resilience.
>>14930225 Victorian Parliament online forum - Labor's Pandemic Bill and The Premier's New Powers
>>14935929 Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces Tweet: On Nov 4, #DefenceMinisterKishi received a courtesy call from LTG BURR,Chief of @AustralianArmy. Minister stated the advanced complexity & sophistication of (Japan and Australia) exercises as well as the expectations for further enhanced cooperation of #JGSDF& #AusArmy for #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
>>14935929 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: It's great to see LTGEN BURR in (Japan). Even during the COVID pandemic, the journey of (Japan and Australia) to strengthen #FOIP continues.
>>14942536 'You've had your time': Downer tells Rudd and Turnbull to get on with their lives
>>14942547 New Zealand PM Ardern welcomes signs of U.S. greater presence in Indo-Pacific
>>14949476 Barnaby Joyce urges Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd to 'get off the political horse'
>>14965252 AUKUS about 'projecting power' north, says Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the US
>>14965257 Video: What's Next for AUKUS? A Discussion with Amb. Sinodinos - Hudson Institute
>>14967559 Australia won't buy nuclear submarines from US, UK: Arthur Sinodinos
>>14973174 Australian War Memorial Tweets: At 11am today, we ask you to observe a minute's silence to remember the service men and women who have served and continue to serve our nation. Lest we forget.
#15175243 at 2021-12-11 09:25:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#19 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>14789393 AUKUS needed to counter Xi Jinping's aggression: Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
>>14789397 Australia PM Morrison says he will attend U.N. climate summit
>>14795778 Australia considers world-first laws giving the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) authority to take over computer systems of any critical infrastructure business unable or unwilling to defend itself against a crippling cyber attack
>>14806352 Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: 'The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia'
>>14812973 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Delighted to welcome Defence Minister @PeterDutton_MP to my residence last evening! His leadership is essential for (Japan) and (Australia) to achieve a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.
>>14812973 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Pleased to talk with Minister for Home Affairs @karenandrewsmp. I hope (Japan) and (Australia) continue to develop cooperation on various issues including cyber security and counter-terrorism.
>>14812980 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Two Forces, One Fight - "For the first time, Combined Task Force GINAN integrated over 2,000 U.S. and Australian troops from both MRF-D and Australian Army's 1st Brigade at Exercise Koolendong 2021".
>>14818708 Video: Health Minister Greg Hunt chokes back tears as he reveals death threats to family
>>14818713 ASIO warns foreign attackers may try to insert malicious code in critical infrastructure to exploit later
>>14818713 PDF: ASIO ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21
>>14818761 Department of Defence Tweet: The 2021 @MrfDarwin has departed from the NT! This marks the end of the 10th rotation of @USMC and Sailors through Australia's Top End. The #Marines will return to the Northern Territory in 2022.
>>14818761 US Marines depart Australia's top end - news.defence.gov.au
>>14825519 British defence chief General Sir Nicholas Carter says AUKUS security pact 'not designed to be exclusive'
>>14825530 'We feel the heat': Malaysia cool on Australian submarines
>>14825568 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Delighted to welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs @MarisePayne to my residence. Thanks to her contribution, (Japan and Australia) cooperation has been and will grow from strength to strength!
>>14831650 Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor who shot and killed unarmed Australian woman Justine Damond sentenced to 57 months in jail
>>14831893 Schools risk our next-gen security: Alan Tudge - Schools feeding students a negative view of history and undermining confidence in liberal democracy
>>14831917 Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority's revised Draft Curriculum gets C, must try harder - Education Minister Alan Tudge - theaustralian.com.au
>>14832023 Controversy over AUKUS pact overhyped, says UK armed forces minister James Heappey
>>14832365 PM announces $146 million strategy to combat child sexual abuse across Australia - 9 News Australia
#15126630 at 2021-12-03 08:58:48 (UTC+1)
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Joe Hockey: the US alliance is vital to stand up to a rising China
Joe Hockey - Dec 3, 2021
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The period from 2016 until 2020 - my term as Australia's ambassador to the United States - will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most chaotic and charged in the nation's recent history.
For many long-standing allies, the arrival of the Trump administration resulted in new and unpredictable pressure points: traditional diplomacy was shown the door. Many countries were left scrambling to prosecute their agendas with Washington in the four years that followed.
Australia's relationship with the Trump administration did not get off to a great start. The well-accounted telephone call between president Donald Trump and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull about the Obama-era deal to send refugees held on Manus Island and Nauru to the US put us on the back foot.
This was undoubtedly a low point of my term. I had been optimistic about that call beforehand because Turnbull had previously had a good conversation with then-president-elect Trump back in November. Instead, the January 28 call went off the rails after just 25 minutes instead of the scheduled hour. A transcript made its way to the media not long after.
Following the call and subsequent leak, we weren't just worried about the refugee deal but the whole trajectory of US-Australia relations. Yet, I believe deeply in the enduring strength of the American-Australian relationship, founded on our shared history and common values. And it was this special connection, which I refer to as our Mateship, that we relied on during that period to differentiate Australia and help prosecute our interests with our most important strategic partner.
The secret to any campaign is to have a story to tell - a narrative that can capture the attention and imagination of your audience.
Australia's relationship with the United States operates at many levels, and during that most unconventional of administrations, it was more important than ever to clearly define what sets our relationship apart. Not just to the White House but across Congress, at the state-level where more decision-making was devolved, and within the business community.
So, we launched the 100 Years of Mateship campaign. We needed Americans to remember how Australia has always supported the United States, whether it was through the use of Australian facilities in the Apollo 11 Moon landing, our joint military efforts in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq, or the fact that Australia is the US' largest research partner.
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#15119158 at 2021-12-02 06:59:35 (UTC+1)
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Details of new allegations
Ms Miller alleged that in 2017, she drank heavily with Mr Tudge and he became angry when she answered a phone call early the next morning from his hotel room bed.
"It was about four in the morning and a morning media producer ... was calling about the front-page story we'd lined up. I started to talk to her to arrange a time, but I was still half asleep," she said, reading a statement in Parliament House earlier today.
"Then I felt someone kicking me on the side of my hip and leg. As I tried to sit up in bed. It was the minister, he was furious, telling me to get the f*ck out of his bed.
"He continued to kick me until I fell off the side of the bed and ended up on the floor. I searched around in the dark for my clothes [while] he was yelling at me that my phone had woken me up.
"He told me to get the f*ck out of his room and make sure that no-one saw me."
Last year Ms Miller made a formal complaint about her time working in Mr Tudge's office. However, it did not include an allegation of physical abuse.
She alleged that on a number of occasions Mr Tudge was extremely critical of her work, often in public and in front of other staff, politicians or community members.
She said on one job she was brought to tears by his behaviour.
The Department of Finance completed a review into that complaint, and minister Jane Hume said Ms Miller had not participated in it.
"There was an independent review that was done into the allegations," Senator Hume said on Thursday.
"If she [Ms Miller] had have felt supported to participate in that review maybe there would have been a different outcome, but the review found that the allegations were unsubstantiated."
Call to implement review recommendations
The treatment of women within politics has been in the spotlight this year, after former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins came forward with a rape allegation.
Today, Ms Miller called on the government to immediately commit to the 28 recommendations made in a major review that found widespread bullying and sexual harassment at Parliament House.
"This is not about revenge, it has never, ever been about that," she said.
"I still sometimes feel sorry for him [Mr Tudge]. It's about ensuring no-one else goes through this in this workplace ever again. It's about changing a system that enabled this to happen. We should not have to fight."
Both the government and Labor have committed to look at all the recommendations from the review.
Some include specific time frames, while others are complex measures that will take time to introduce.
In 2018, then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced the so called "bonk ban" so that ministers could no longer have sexual relationships with staffers.
The move came after it was revealed that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce had an affair with his former media adviser, who he now has two children with.
Labor also has a ban on MPs and their staff having relationships.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/alan-tudge-stands-aside-amid-abuse-allegations/100669592
#15047944 at 2021-11-21 07:15:01 (UTC+1)
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Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Huawei 5G would leave Canada's networks vulnerable to China
STEVEN CHASE - 21 November 2021
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Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who banned China's Huawei Technologies from providing equipment for his country's 5G wireless networks, says Canadians should ask themselves a question as they ponder whether to do the same: are they comfortable with leaving a vital piece of infrastructure vulnerable to the Chinese government?
A decision on whether to formally ban Shenzhen-based Huawei from Canada's 5G networks - and presumably from successor networks still in development, such as 6G - is expected soon from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
Mr. Turnbull, who was attending the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday, said in an interview that a key factor is trust: can China be relied upon not to manipulate Huawei's technology for its own benefit?
He said the plight of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor should offer Canada sufficient insight. The two men were jailed for more than 1,000 days on charges Ottawa described as fraudulent. Their detention was widely regarded as retaliation for Canada arresting Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive, on behalf of the United States.
"You've just had two of your citizens held as hostages. You're not dealing with a government ... that pays too much attention to the rule of law," Mr. Turnbull said. "You can't fool yourself about that."
He said Australia never accused Huawei of spying or being a "bad actor," but simply concluded that allowing the company's equipment in telecom networks was too risky.
"Canada has to, and will, make its own call on this. But we did a very thorough technical analysis on this," he said.
"It wasn't a political decision. I asked the Australian Signals Directorate to see if they could find a way to mitigate the risk. And the conclusion was we couldn't. So that was why we made the call."
According to Mr. Turnbull, the question facing Australia was: "Do you want the capability to do things adverse to your national interest in the hands of a company that absolutely would have to act at the direction of the Chinese government?"
When asked if Ottawa should ban Huawei, Mr. Turnbull offered this response: "The only reason not to would be if you are comfortable with a large part of one of your most vital enabling technologies being potentially able to be interfered with, misused, at the behest of the Communist Party."
Mr. Turnbull said the manner in which China piled punitive trade actions on his country after current prime minister Scott Morrison called for an independent investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus should show how comfortable Beijing is with breaking rules to punish others.
"The pattern of behavior suggests they are not averse to using some coercive leverage," he said. China blocked Australian imports of a range of goods, including lobster, beef, barley and wine.
Mr. Turnbull argued that China is exhibiting conflicting behaviours as it both restricts trade with Australia and applies to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. "There is a sort of almost cognitive dissonance going on," he said. "How do you say 'we're going to use trade as a means of beating you up for daring to raise questions about the origins of the coronavirus and at the same time we want to join a free trade agreement with you'?"
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#15012759 at 2021-11-16 17:47:48 (UTC+1)
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China meddling 'staggering', makes case for interference laws
BEN PACKHAM - NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Australians would be "staggered" at the amount of intelligence gathered by national security agencies on Chinese Communist Party ?activities in Australia, Peter Dutton says, adding that policies against foreign interference are "backed by the evidence".
The Defence Minister told Sky News host Peter Stefanovic for the broadcaster's two-part China ?Rising program that Australia wanted peace in the region, but the nation's previously cordial ?relationship with China had "changed quite dramatically".
"Clearly we receive intelligence and we have formed judgments over a period of time, which have been backed up by the evidence," Mr Dutton said in part one of the program, aired on Tuesday. "I think people would be quite staggered by the amount of intelligence, and the very clear direction that China is now taking."
He said the 2018 move to ban Chinese telcos Huawei and ZTE from participating in Australia's 5G network had "aggravated the communist party", but was "absolutely the right decision to take".
Former prime minister Tony Abbott also backed the 5G decision, saying China would not contemplate having Telstra run its domestic communications network. "I think a good rule of thumb, particularly when dealing with authoritarian governments, dictatorships, is to say if we couldn't do it in their country, they certainly shouldn't be able to do it in our country," Mr Abbott said.
Former foreign minister Bob Carr was critical of Malcolm Turnbull's handling of the 5G ?decision, saying it was "like he was a poodle waiting to have his tummy tickled" by then-US president Donald Trump.
He said Australia's management of the ?relationship had been flawed. "We don't use diplomacy. Australia is a bunch, in diplomatic terms ... (of) bogans," he said. "We are ripping around in a Monaro, giving a rude signal outside the window, as a writer said recently."
Former prime minister John Howard said the biggest change in the China relationship since he was in office was "in the attitude of the Chinese leadership".
"It has become more aggressive," he said. "It is more difficult now than it has been for 30 years."
The program, which continues on Wednesday night, follows Mr Dutton's comments to The Weekend Australian that it was "inconceivable" that Australia would not become involved in a war over Taiwan if the US committed forces to such a conflict.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/china-meddling-staggering-makes-case-for-interference-laws/news-story/430068c45b6421fdec47f598c5e1febf
#14988953 at 2021-11-13 07:15:54 (UTC+1)
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>>14988949
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Is Dutton suggesting he has a softer side? He can come across as a little intimidating, with a tall, broad-frame body and bald head, for those who don't really know him. He jokes that he has aged ?"terribly" over the past 20 years. "There is definitely a soft side, but it is well guarded, and probably only seen by those who know me best," he concedes.
Dutton has served four Liberal prime ministers. Howard elevated him to the ministry with the workforce participation portfolio in 2004 and then as assistant treasurer in 2006.
"He has still got one of the sharpest reads of any political mind," Dutton says of Howard. "He was able to argue a position with absolute conviction. He was sincere in what he was saying, and was able to bring groups of people behind him."
Tony Abbott appointed Dutton to the health and sport portfolios after leading the Coalition to power in 2013. Dutton describes Abbott as a ruthless opposition leader and one of smartest people he has met.
"Tony's greatest legacy was the decisions taken in that initial budget which made us unpopular, made him unpopular, but Tony was also undermined by some ?missteps of his own and by people who were treacherous in leaking against him," Dutton says.
When Malcolm Turnbull wrested the prime ministership from Abbott in 2015, Dutton found a prime minister who was charming and smart but lacked authority, judgment and a guiding "political compass" to lead a government effectively. "Malcolm was much further to the left, which is now on display, but every day was a fight for him to keep that in check," Dutton says. "He was given the opportunity to continue his prime ministership for longer than it probably should have."
In 2018, Dutton launched a leadership challenge against Turnbull. The government was plunged into turmoil and, when Turnbull eventually resigned, Morrison narrowly defeated Dutton in a leadership ballot.
Dutton has no regrets.
"I regret that I wasn't able to get another three votes but that is a problem of my own making in not being able to bring enough people together," he says.
"I honestly believe that we saved the Liberal Party from Malcolm Turnbull, and we saved the country from Bill Shorten."
Dutton says Turnbull delayed a second ballot by insisting on a spill petition and raising doubts about his eligibility to sit in parliament because he was "buying time" to call a snap election - even though he knew the Coalition would be ?defeated.
"Malcolm was just a terrible campaigner, very affable when people met him if he wasn't constantly playing with his phone, but to the broader public it wasn't a connection that they could make," Dutton says.
He has only praise for Morrison, who led the Coalition to victory in 2019, and elevated him to the defence portfolio this year.
"He has stabilised the party and he has brought us through an unwinnable election, and he is a formidable campaigner," Dutton says of Morrison. "We are in safe hands going into the next election and into what I hope is the next term of government."
But would Dutton rule out a ?future leadership tilt?
"I don't see Scott Morrison going anywhere anytime soon," he says. "But equally, I don't think there is any sense in being disingenuous about your ambition and particularly when you've declared it by running in a leadership ballot. It sounds a little lacking in sincerity to suggest that if the opportunity was there in the future that you wouldn't be interested."
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#14949476 at 2021-11-08 07:54:16 (UTC+1)
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>>14942536
Barnaby Joyce urges Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd to 'get off the political horse'
ELLEN RANSLEY - NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Barnaby Joyce says former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull need to stop acting like "dipsticks" and rise above politics, after the two former leaders ramped up their criticism of Scott Morrison.
Both Mr Turnbull and Mr Rudd have been outspoken about the actions of Mr Morrison, especially regarding the diplomatic spat between France and Australia.
Last week while in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, when asked to comment on the French President's claims that Mr Morrison had "lied" over the scrapping of a $90b submarine contract, Mr Turnbull said his successor was a known liar and had "lied (to him) on many occasions".
"Scott has always had a reputation for telling lies," Mr Turnbull said last week.
In the wake of escalating tensions, Mr Rudd said Mr Morrison should "take a bow for destroying the Australian brand".
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said the pair needed to rise above politics and "have some decorum".
"Look in politics, sometimes it's not so much how you ride the horse, but how you get off it," he told Sunrise.
"Some people get off with grace, but some people can't help themselves - they keep a foot in the stirrup and get dragged around in the manure.
" (Mr Turnbull and Mr Rudd) have gone from former prime ministers to current pains the neck. What do you do?
"If I walk around your workplace or your morning tea or even the pub and call everyone a liar, you (would) just look at the person and say 'I don't care what your former job was mate, you're a dipstick'.
"You can't just go around brandishing those sorts of allegations. You've got to have some decorum for the office you held.
"When you leave politics, you're supposed to rise above politics."
Retiring federal MP Joel Fitzgibbon seconded Mr Joyce's sentiment, but said it was "unfair" to compare Mr Rudd's comments with that of Mr Turnbull.
"I mean sure, Kevin's made a few comments, he called upon Scott Morrison to apologise to Emmanuel Macron, but Malcolm Turnbull has been belligerent and personal in his attacks on Scott Morrison," Mr Fitzgibbon said.
"That's not good for him, and it's not good for the country. None of us should be running commentary like that on our international relations.
"Julia Gillard, Paul Keating, Tony Abbott, John Howard have all demonstrated a capacity to be statesmanlike in retirement.
"That's what all of them should be doing."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/barnaby-joyce-urges-Malcolm-Turnbull-kevin-rudd-to-get-off-the-political-horse/news-story/cd090401b290d88b57234f5b3b370027
#14942536 at 2021-11-07 06:16:42 (UTC+1)
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>>14920561
'You've had your time': Downer tells Rudd and Turnbull to get on with their lives
Katina Curtis - November 7, 2021
Australia's longest-serving foreign minister has warned former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd their continued attacks on their successors only make them look mean-spirited and bitter.
Alexander Downer acknowledges the two men would deny that's their intention but says that is nevertheless how the public perceives their behaviour.
Mr Turnbull this week weighed in to the dispute between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron over the cancellation of the $90 billion submarines deal.
Mr Macron told reporters, "I don't think, I know" when asked if the Australian leader had lied to him over the future of the deal before it was dumped in favour of an agreement to get nuclear submarine technology from the US and UK. Mr Morrison insisted the French should have known for months their contract was in troubled waters.
Mr Turnbull, who has fallen out with Mr Morrison since losing power in a leadership spill three years ago, backed in the French leader's perception of events. He was prime minister when the contract to buy the submarine fleet from the French was signed and considers Mr Macron a friend.
He told reporters on the sidelines of the Glasgow climate summit that Mr Morrison had "lied to me on many occasions" and that "Scott has always had a reputation for telling lies".
Mr Rudd told the ABC that, at a minimum, Mr Morrison should apologise to the French leader for the way the switch in policy had been handled.
It's not only the submarine switch that has provoked the former leaders to criticise Mr Morrison in recent weeks; they jointly wrote a letter to Pacific leaders ahead of the climate summit to share their "alarm and disappointment" at Australia's lack of an updated 2030 emissions reduction target.
Mr Downer said the former leaders needed to understand the public saw these kinds of interventions as, "You've been the prime minister, you've had your time."
"It looks as though they're bitter about their own demise from power, and they're ... playing out some sort of act of vengeance. It's what it looks like, and they would deny that's what they're doing," he told Sky News on Sunday.
"It's much more dignified not to attack your successors because it looks bitter. And I don't think it convinces the public either."
He pointed to Julia Gillard, John Howard and Robert Menzies as setting the model former leaders should follow in getting on with the rest of their lives.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/you-ve-had-your-time-downer-tells-rudd-and-Turnbull-to-get-on-with-their-lives-20211107-p596o1.html
#14928264 at 2021-11-05 06:37:44 (UTC+1)
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>>14897817
Japanese Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for an end to AUKUS 'spat'
The Japanese ambassador knows about submarine disappointment - but says there's no time to argue while tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific.
Gabriel Polychronis - November 5, 2021
There is no time to waste on political "spats" over the AUKUS submarine drama, the Japanese ambassador has warned, as tensions continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific.
Shingo Yamagami, Japan's top diplomat in Australia, told The Advertiser he was "concerned" about tensions between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron, which reached boiling point at the G20 summit in Rome.
Hinting at China's "economic coercion" and growing unrest in the Indo-Pacific, Mr Yamagami said: "We don't have any time to waste on continued spats between strategic partners on our side".
"We have heard French grievances enough," Mr Yamagami said.
"It is high time to move on, rather than dwelling on grievances - there is a bigger issue we have to address together."
On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Mr Macron accused Mr Morrison of lying to him over the decision to dump the $90bn Attack-class submarine contract in favour of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Back home, tensions flared when French ambassador Jean-Pierre Thebault labelled the decision a "stab in the back" that "torpedoed" the South Australian economy, in a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday.
Mr Yamagami suggested the public stoush would only benefit political adversaries in the Indo-Pacific, though he sympathised with France's disappointment.
In 2015, former prime minister Tony Abbott was on the verge of securing a new deal to acquire a fleet of Japanese Soryu-class submarines, to be built in Japan.
But, in an effort to win over SA Liberals and hold on to his unstable leadership, Mr Abbott opened a tender process for the future submarines.
After overthrowing Mr Abbott as prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull selected France's DCNS - now Naval Group - to build the new submarines, beating fellow bidders Germany and Japan.
"There is no denying Japan was utterly disappointed at the time - I clearly remember the day the announcement was made," Mr Yamagami said.
"Yet, Japan chose not to dwell on the submarine issue and move on from it.
"Taking on the broader view of the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, with a sense of urgency Japan chose to work to promote its strategic partnership with Australia."
The first of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines, expected to be built in Adelaide won't be delivered until 2038-2040. Mr Yamagami did not respond to concerns about possible gaps in Australia's defence, but said Japan was now more willing to share its sensitive defence equipment to improve security in the South China and East China seas.
"The future submarine (project) is not ours, but if there is any other possible item to be pursued, we are willing to do so," he said.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/japanese-ambassador-shingo-yamagami-calls-for-an-end-to-aukus-spat/news-story/e769fb46242829e652a1bb48a338f0e0
#14920561 at 2021-11-04 08:08:25 (UTC+1)
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Submarine fallout: Peter Dutton slams Malcolm Turnbull for trying to bring down Australian government
Ellen Ransley - November 4, 2021
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Peter Dutton has slammed former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for his "spiteful" attempts to drag down the Australian government amid a major diplomatic fallout.
The verbal spray came hours after Labor senator Penny Wong likened Scott Morrison to Donald Trump after text messages between Mr Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron were leaked, signalling another shot into the struggling relationship between Australia and France.
The Prime Minister arrived back in Australia on Thursday after a tumultuous five-day European sojourn plagued by tension over the September AUKUS announcement that led to the scrapping of a $90bn submarine deal with France.
Mr Macron has accused Mr Morrison of lying, a sentiment echoed by the French ambassador in a national address on Wednesday and Mr Turnbull, who said Mr Morrison had "a reputation for telling lies".
But Mr Morrison maintains he did not lie about the deal and the implications for France. Text messages between Mr Morrison and Mr Macron, supposedly leaked by the Prime Minister's Office, sought to strengthen Mr Morrison's position but have been labelled a "new low" and "intentional deceit" by Jean-Pierre Thebault.
Speaking on 2GB on Thursday morning, Mr Dutton said he had hoped Mr Turnbull was at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow to support the Australian government, but he had been proven otherwise.
"A lot of this is driven by spite. In my honest view (about Mr Turnbull), I feel incredibly sorry for him," Mr Dutton said.
"The money he's got, the success he's enjoyed, he's got beautiful grandchildren ... he should be enjoying that instead of being completely consumed by hatred and this desire to bring down the Morrison government.
"I just think he's better off moving on. It's better off for the country."
Earlier, Senator Wong, who is also the opposition's foreign affairs spokeswoman, said Mr Morrison's leaking of the messages had all the hallmarks of Mr Trump, the former US president.
"Mr Morrison's character has been on show and we're seeing the consequences to Australia's interests and international standing. His character is one of someone who is dishonest ... who stubbornly refuses to say we could have handled this better," Senator Wong told RN.
"Mr Morrison is undermining this country's reputation. You don't make the country more secure by showing you're prepared to damage partnerships and alliances. We saw that in Donald Trump.
"I'm simply saying we have seen in recent times a leader prepared to damage alliances and partnerships ... and that was Trump.
"We are seeing Mr Morrison prepared to damage relationships. He doesn't want to acknowledge that he's done anything wrong.
(continued)
#14912817 at 2021-11-03 06:30:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14912814
2/2
One South-East Asian government representative also told the ABC the AUKUS debate had exposed some sharp differences between the military and foreign affairs officials in both Indonesia and Malaysia.
The fallout between France and Australia from the AUKUS agreement has dominated the Prime Minister's recent trip to Europe, with French President Emmanuel Macron accusing him of lying about the switch to nuclear submarines.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who signed the original deal with France to build 12 submarines to replace the ageing Collins Class fleet, has again taken aim at the way Scott Morrison handled the announcement.
"The submarine deal was not just a shipbuilding contract, it was a sovereign partnership between France and Australia," he said.
A new partnership in South-East Asia
While AUKUS and nuclear submarines will feature prominently in her discussions, Senator Payne is also expected to discuss the new comprehensive strategic partnership struck between ASEAN and Australia last week.
Australian officials point to the agreement as proof that the controversy over AUKUS and the nuclear submarines has not permanently damaged Australia's ties with the region, despite the public displays of frustration from Malaysia and Indonesia.
Senator Payne is also likely to press South-East Asian nations to continue to maximise pressure on the military junta which has seized power and jailed civilian leaders in Myanmar.
Myanmar excluded from ASEAN
ASEAN has historically put huge weight on consensus and non-interference, and has been unwilling to apply meaningful pressure to member nations which have committed grave human rights abuses.
But last month it decided to exclude Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing from the ASEAN leaders summit in a concerted effort to ensure the junta could not present itself as the country's legitimate government.
The bloc also appointed a special envoy, Brunei's Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, to try to broker a solution to the bloody political crisis in Myanmar.
Mr Yusof was due to visit Myanmar last month but cancelled his trip after he was blocked from meeting ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Senator Payne is also expected to discuss Australia's promise to distribute a further 10 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries in the region and its promises to ramp up investment in a series of programs focussed on topics such as energy security, pandemic recovery, transnational crime, and education.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-03/foreign-minister-marise-payne-in-se-asia-to-rally-aukus-support/100589452
#14912747 at 2021-11-03 06:15:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14897817
Scott Morrison refuses to apologise to President Emmanuel Macron after claims PM lied about submarine deal
Jake Evans - 3 November 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will not apologise to France for his decision to scrap a $90 billion contract for France to supply 12 conventionally powered submarines for Australia.
Mr Morrison was called a liar by French President Emmanuel Macron for allegedly hiding Australia's intention to terminate the French contract in favour of a nuclear submarine deal with its AUKUS partners, the US and UK.
Following Mr Macron's accusation, the Australian government leaked text messages of Mr Morrison's exchange with the French President the evening before the AUKUS deal was announced.
Earlier today, France's ambassador to Australia called the leak an "unprecedented new low" in trust between the nations.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday said Mr Morrison's conduct had been "shameful and duplicitous", and it was time for him to apologise.
Returning from an international trip which saw the pair endure an awkward exchange during a meeting of world leaders, Mr Morrison said there was "no need" for him to apologise to Mr Macron.
"Claims were made and claims were refuted," Mr Morrison said from Dubai, after leaving the COP26 climate summit in Scotland.
"It's important now we just move on, frankly.
"What's needed now is for us to just get on with it."
In September, Mr Morrison stood beside television screens carrying the faces of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden as the trio announced the new trilateral AUKUS defence partnership.
The first initiative of the new alliance was for Australia to acquire nuclear submarines from either the US or UK, with the countries to share secret technology with Australia.
But it meant the existing arrangement with France was scrapped.
Mr Morrison said Australia's deal with the French no longer suited the country's defence needs, and so the government had exercised an option to terminate the deal.
For months, ministers and defence officials had been expressing deep frustration over the deal's progress and a reported $40 billion blowout in the price of the submarines.
However, the French government said it had received assurance just days before the deal was scrapped that the contract was to continue.
Mr Morrison maintained it was in Australia's interest to scrap the deal.
"Those who have objected to that decision for very obvious reasons have very obvious motives, but I know whose side I'm on," Mr Morrison said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-03/scott-morrison-refuses-to-apologise-to-macron/100590506
#14865592 at 2021-10-27 08:25:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Agencies 'hunting every night' with offensive cyber capabilities
Denham Sadler - 27 October 2021
Australia's spy agency is "going hunting" for ransomware gangs "every night", according to Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo, who has reaffirmed the government's commitment to an offensive cyber capability.
At the same Senate Estimates hearing, it was revealed that the federal government's new Ransomware Action Plan contains no new funding, and its mandatory notification scheme legislation won't be seen in Parliament this year.
Addressing a Senate Estimates hearing on Monday, Mr Pezzullo said that the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) offensive cyber capabilities are in use "every night".
"We're going hunting. We're using offensive capabilities and once certain administrative things are in place you'll see the AFP very actively going after covert IT infrastructure," Mr Pezzullo told the hearing.
"[ASD] Director-General Rachel Noble, under the technical assistance powers that are available to her under the ISA Act, they're hunting. They're hunting every night, I can assure you."
The comments came three months after home affairs minister Karen Andrews announced that "time's up" for ransomware gangs, with the creation of a new AFP-led taskforce to tackle the issue.
At the Estimates hearing this week, Mr Pezzullo revealed that this taskforce is yet to get off the ground due to administrative delays with the new Identify and Disrupt powers, which were passed into law in August.
But he did confirm that the ASD is already utilising its offensive cyber capabilities, which were first confirmed by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2016.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute International Cyber Policy Centre director Fergus Hanson said Australia's offensive cyber capability is well known, but more is needed to combat cyber risks.
"It's one part of the response, but in the scheme of things it's not going to solve this problem unfortunately. The effects are only temporary so it's not a huge deterrent. But it's a good option to have," Mr Hanson told InnovationAus.
Mr Pezzullo also confirmed that the federal government's recent Ransomware Action Plan does not contain any new funding, with the cash already announced in last year's Cyber Security Strategy.
The Coalition recently announced that it would introduce a mandatory ransomware notification reporting scheme, similar to the existing data breach notification scheme. It also plans to introduce tougher penalties for ransomware criminals.
Mr Pezzullo said the department's policy work on this piece of legislation was expected to be completed this year, meaning it's unlikely to hit Parliament until at least February next year.
The Opposition criticised these revelations as evidence that the government's ransomware posturing is "all announcement, no action".
"This looks like yet another announcement that won't be delivered this term," shadow assistant minister for cybersecurity Tim Watts said.
"The government has been dithering for nine months while the issue escalated into a crisis. Today, ransomware is a billion dollar a year cost to the nation which threatens jobs and investments.
"The Morrison government should stop announcing and start acting to protect Australians from the scourge of ransomware."
Labor has introduced a bill to Parliament which would implement a mandatory ransomware notification scheme, but this is yet to be debated in the house.
https://www.innovationaus.com/agencies-hunting-every-night-with-offensive-cyber-capabilities/
>Happy hunting!
#14806356 at 2021-10-18 07:03:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14806354
3/3
As bushfires raged in the summer of 2019-20 I hoped that this red-raw reality of global warming would end the crazy, politicised climate wars in Australia. Well, it didn't. The onset of the pandemic served to distract everyone, although the irony of following the virus science while ignoring the climate science seems to have been lost on too many members of the Australian government.
Australia is more out of step with its friends and allies than it has ever been. All of our closest friends - the US, the UK, the EU, Japan and New Zealand - are now committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
On 18 May the International Energy Agency released a new report on how the world can, and must, reach net zero.For the first time this expert agency, always regarded as sympathetic to the oil and gas sectors, demanded that investment in new oil, gas and coal projects cease and that we make a rapid shift to renewables and storage. They described how this would enable us to have more, and cheaper, electricity.
To coincide with this report (of which the Australian government had full prior notice), Scott Morrison chose to announce that his government would invest $600m to build a new gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley. The energy sector, the regulators, the NSW government and other experts were united in saying the power station was not needed - $600m wasted. To the rest of the world, increasingly puzzled by Australia's fossil-fuel fetish, it must have looked like a calculated "fuck you" to the global consensus demanding climate action.
To those concerned about the lack of leadership on climate, Morrison says his five predecessors all lost their job, one way or another, because of climate policy. He is determined not to let the right wing of the Coalition do to him what it did to me. Before June he would point to the instability in the National party and warn how a shift on climate could trigger a party room revolt, led by Barnaby Joyce, Matt Canavan and others, to overthrow Michael McCormack. That has now happened, and Joyce made his case for change on the basis of McCormack not doing more to oppose Morrison's edging towards a net zero commitment.
So Morrison is determined not to lead on climate; he wants business and other governments to take the lead and for events to take their course so that the transition to zero emissions happens without any discernible action from the Australian government at all. In the meantime he will continue to use support for coal as a totemic issue to rally working-class voters in mining areas.
Scott is long on tactics and very short on strategy. With climate, he underlines my biggest concern about his government: that it will be successful at winning elections but do little in office. And with Barnaby back as deputy prime minister, he has another excuse to do nothing.
This is an edited extract from the new foreword to A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull (Hardie Grant Books, available now in paperback)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/18/Malcolm-Turnbull-on-murdoch-lies-and-the-climate-crisis-the-same-forces-that-enabled-trump-are-at-work-in-australia
#14806352 at 2021-10-18 07:01:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: 'The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia'
Systematic partisan lying and misinformation from the media, both mainstream and social, has done enormous damage to liberal democracies, the former PM writes
Malcolm Turnbull - 18 Oct 2021
1/3
The United States has suffered the largest number of Covid-19 deaths: about 600,000 at the time of writing. The same political and media players who deny the reality of global warming also denied and politicised the Covid-19 virus.
To his credit, Donald Trump poured billions into Operation Warp Speed, which assisted the development of vaccines in a timeframe that matched the program's ambitious title. But he also downplayed the gravity of Covid-19, then peddled quack therapies and mocked cities that mandated social distancing and mask wearing.
Trump's catastrophic management of the pandemic resulted in election defeat in November 2020. It says a lot about the insanity of America's political discourse that the then presidential nominee Joe Biden had to say, again and again: "Mask wearing is not a political statement."
From our relative safety and sanity, Australians looked to America with increasing horror. If the Covid-19 disaster was not enough, the callous police murder of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 ignited a wave of outraged protest against racism in the US and around the world. And then events took another sinister turn.
Anticipating defeat, Trump had been busy claiming the election would be rigged by the Democrats. He predicted widespread voter fraud, setting himself up for an "I wuz robbed" case if the result went against him. He had done the same in 2016.
As it happened, Biden won convincingly. Trump and the Republican party launched more than 60 legal challenges to the result. Their failure did not stop the misinformation campaign.
Relentlessly, Rupert Murdoch's Fox News and the rest of the rightwing media claque claimed Biden had stolen the election. A protest march was scheduled in Washington for 6 January 2021, the day Congress was scheduled to formally count the electoral college votes and confirm Biden's win. The protest was expressly designed to pressure Congress, and especially the then vice-president, Mike Pence, to overthrow the decision of the people and declare Trump re-elected.
They assembled in their thousands. Trump wound them up with a typically inflammatory address, culminating in a call to march on the Capitol. The mob proceeded to besiege and break into the home of US democracy. They surged through the corridors, threatening to hang Pence and the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Several security guards were killed, as was one of the insurgents. Luckily, none of the legislators were found by the mob, although several appeared to have encouraged them in the lead-up to the assault.
It was nothing less than an attempted coup, promoted and encouraged by the president himself and his media allies like Murdoch who, through Fox News, has probably done more damage to US democracy than any other individual.
(continued)
#14789321 at 2021-10-15 09:01:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>14684715 OPINION: A relic of a bygone age? I might be, but I'm not a defeatist - Paul Keating - smh.com.au
>>14684779 China's foreign minister says AUKUS deal is a danger to regional stability
>>14684852 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: A Match to Remember - On Sep. 11, 2021, U.S. Marine Corps Marines with MRF-D participated in an annual rugby match against the Stray Cats, a local team in Darwin, Australia. The annual match was established after the first game played between the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Stray Cats on Sept. 11, 2001, right before the terrorist attacks, and has become a commemorative match for MRF-D since 2013.
>>14685250 Video: AUSSIES BRINGING THE THUNDER DOWNUNDER - WE ARE NO LONGER AFRAID - PATRIOTS FIGHT BACK - SonOfEnos
>>14687514 Victoria Police try to BAN media from filming their violent conduct - rebelnews.com
>>14687515 Video: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES - LT COL (RTD) RICCARDO BOSI - Monarchy Australia TV
>>14687516 Video: Riccardo Bosi Full Interview with Carnage House Productions - Carnage House Productions
>>14691561 AUKUS pact no threat to Indo-Pacific stability, U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, Sung Kim says
>>14691650 Peter Dutton tells Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating to 'move on'
>>14697903 NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigns over ICAC 'breach of trust' probe
>>14697914 Video: Berejiklian resigns as New South Wales premier - Sky News Australia
>>14698159 WA Premier Mark McGowan accuses eastern states of failing to appreciate China at WA event
>>14698167 ASIO director-general Mike Burgess backs Hamas terror listing
>>14702246 Australian Ministry of Defence letter shows no deception of French on submarine deal
>>14710089 PDF: Australia told French submarine firm it didn't have green light to proceed hours before deal cancelled
>>14715759 Vatican drops its oar into Aussie bid for nuclear submarines - raises concerns about AUKUS, Australia's defence collaboration with the US and Britain
>>14715775 Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss fires broadside at China and supports Australia in keynote party speech
>>14716396 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Video - This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Australia New Zealand United States Security Treaty and the 10th Anniversary of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, in Darwin, NT, Australia. The United States and Australia fought together in every conflict since World War I and continue to be trusted allies the Indo-Pacific region.
>>14730909 Video: Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy calls for Daniel Andrews to resign amid IBAC investigation into his conduct around a controversial firefighters union deal
>>14730973 British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace 'confident' Australian nuclear sub to be made in Britain
#14789307 at 2021-10-15 08:58:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>14442992 Video: How Murdoch's Fox News allowed Trump's propaganda to destabilise democracy - Four Corners / ABC News In-depth
>>14442999 The ABC's big lie and the madness of Four Corners - James Madden and Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
>>14443100 Lin Wood Telegram Post: Keep a close eye on events in Australia. The enemy plans to bring those events to a city near you in the foreseeable future. But while you should keep alert and look around at events in other parts of the world, STAY FOCUSED on demanding and obtaining full forensic audits of the 2020 election in every state!!!
>>14443331 RAAF flights ferry another 650 out of Afghanistan in mass Kabul airlift as Taliban's 'red line' for withdrawal approaches
>>14448979 Video: 'Satan works in mysterious ways': Newscast on Australian TV interrupted by devil-worshipping ceremony - rt.com
>>14448979 Video: The push to have Satanism taught in Brisbane state schools - 7NEWS
>>14452283 Police powers to hack and disrupt dark web pass Parliament
>>14452329 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Australian Soldiers and U.S. Marines train together. #Soldiers with the Australian #Army showed U.S. #Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin how to use the Australian Service Light Armored Vehicle and the F88 Austeyr Assault Rifle during Exercise Koolendong 21. Training with the Australian Defence Force enhances our abilities to work together and demonstrates the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance.
>>14452344 Dear Aussie Anons: Take some time out this Saturday, August 28, 2021. We need you! Help us pray to God and Jesus for justice and liberty! For courage and honesty! For God, family, and country, Aussie Patriots!
>>14452362 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Only 21% of parents think there is a likelihood that online child sexual exploitation can happen to their child. Please help us raise this number and increase awareness of online child sexual exploitation. #ChildProtection
>>14461788 Barack Obama recruited Malcolm Turnbull to persuade Donald Trump to respect traditional alliances and adhere to international agreements during a secret meeting in Sydney after he left the White House
>>14461993 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: U.S. Marines and Australian Army forces hosted leaders from Forces Command to observe units training during Exercise Koolendong. Exercise Koolendong validates MRF-D's and the ADF's ability to conduct expeditionary command and control operations, demonstrating the shared commitment to being ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>14462339 Extremists hunt cops online as anti-lockdown violence surges - conspiracy theorist Karen Brewer posts thinly veiled death threats against a NSW minister
>>14471808 Australia's Afghanistan evacuation mission ends amid Kabul airport suicide bombing - At least 60 people including 13 US troops killed in two bomb blasts orchestrated by Islamic State offshoot ISIS-K
>>14471822 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison mourns deaths of 'American and Afghan friends' in Kabul airport attack
>>14478728 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: U.S. Marine Corps - 26 August 2021 - Statement from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David H. Berger: "It is with extremely heavy hearts that we learned several Marines and other service members were killed and wounded in the Kabul attacks today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families as they are notified of this devastating loss."
>>14484206 Department of Defence Tweet: #HMASWarramunga has departed Fleet Base West and is en route to participate in #ExMalabar alongside key regional partners India, Japan and the United States.
>>14484210 The Royal Australian Navy will join key regional partners India, Japan and the United States for Exercise MALABAR 2021
>>14490267 Video: New Zealand needs to 'lift' in Five Eyes: Joe Hockey - Sky News Australia
>>14490534 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: #ExerciseMalibar: The (United States) and (Australia) join India and Japan for a joint naval exercise in the Philippine Sea. Malabar 2021 brings together the four #IndoPacific navies to strengthen their skills in maritime operations, fostering regional security and stability.
#14789296 at 2021-10-15 08:55:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
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>>14385792 Q Research AUSTRALIA #18
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>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
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>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
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>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
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>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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Former Prime Minister of Australia
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Former Australian Liberal Party politician and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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Cardinal George Pell
Australian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and former Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy
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Julian Assange
Australian activist, founder, editor and publisher of WikiLeaks
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre
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An anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
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"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
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#14789236 at 2021-10-15 08:39:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>14684715 OPINION: A relic of a bygone age? I might be, but I'm not a defeatist - Paul Keating - smh.com.au
>>14684779 China's foreign minister says AUKUS deal is a danger to regional stability
>>14684852 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: A Match to Remember - On Sep. 11, 2021, U.S. Marine Corps Marines with MRF-D participated in an annual rugby match against the Stray Cats, a local team in Darwin, Australia. The annual match was established after the first game played between the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Stray Cats on Sept. 11, 2001, right before the terrorist attacks, and has become a commemorative match for MRF-D since 2013.
>>14685250 Video: AUSSIES BRINGING THE THUNDER DOWNUNDER - WE ARE NO LONGER AFRAID - PATRIOTS FIGHT BACK - SonOfEnos
>>14687514 Victoria Police try to BAN media from filming their violent conduct - rebelnews.com
>>14687515 Video: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES - LT COL (RTD) RICCARDO BOSI - Monarchy Australia TV
>>14687516 Video: Riccardo Bosi Full Interview with Carnage House Productions - Carnage House Productions
>>14691561 AUKUS pact no threat to Indo-Pacific stability, U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, Sung Kim says
>>14691650 Peter Dutton tells Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating to 'move on'
>>14697903 NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigns over ICAC 'breach of trust' probe
>>14697914 Video: Berejiklian resigns as New South Wales premier - Sky News Australia
>>14698159 WA Premier Mark McGowan accuses eastern states of failing to appreciate China at WA event
>>14698167 ASIO director-general Mike Burgess backs Hamas terror listing
>>14702246 Australian Ministry of Defence letter shows no deception of French on submarine deal
>>14710089 PDF: Australia told French submarine firm it didn't have green light to proceed hours before deal cancelled
>>14715759 Vatican drops its oar into Aussie bid for nuclear submarines - raises concerns about AUKUS, Australia's defence collaboration with the US and Britain
>>14715775 Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss fires broadside at China and supports Australia in keynote party speech
>>14716396 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Video - This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Australia New Zealand United States Security Treaty and the 10th Anniversary of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, in Darwin, NT, Australia. The United States and Australia fought together in every conflict since World War I and continue to be trusted allies the Indo-Pacific region.
>>14730909 Video: Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy calls for Daniel Andrews to resign amid IBAC investigation into his conduct around a controversial firefighters union deal
>>14730973 British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace 'confident' Australian nuclear sub to be made in Britain
#14789214 at 2021-10-15 08:34:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>14442992 Video: How Murdoch's Fox News allowed Trump's propaganda to destabilise democracy - Four Corners / ABC News In-depth
>>14442999 The ABC's big lie and the madness of Four Corners - James Madden and Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
>>14443100 Lin Wood Telegram Post: Keep a close eye on events in Australia. The enemy plans to bring those events to a city near you in the foreseeable future. But while you should keep alert and look around at events in other parts of the world, STAY FOCUSED on demanding and obtaining full forensic audits of the 2020 election in every state!!!
>>14443331 RAAF flights ferry another 650 out of Afghanistan in mass Kabul airlift as Taliban's 'red line' for withdrawal approaches
>>14448979 Video: 'Satan works in mysterious ways': Newscast on Australian TV interrupted by devil-worshipping ceremony - rt.com
>>14448979 Video: The push to have Satanism taught in Brisbane state schools - 7NEWS
>>14452283 Police powers to hack and disrupt dark web pass Parliament
>>14452329 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Australian Soldiers and U.S. Marines train together. #Soldiers with the Australian #Army showed U.S. #Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin how to use the Australian Service Light Armored Vehicle and the F88 Austeyr Assault Rifle during Exercise Koolendong 21. Training with the Australian Defence Force enhances our abilities to work together and demonstrates the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance.
>>14452344 Dear Aussie Anons: Take some time out this Saturday, August 28, 2021. We need you! Help us pray to God and Jesus for justice and liberty! For courage and honesty! For God, family, and country, Aussie Patriots!
>>14452362 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Only 21% of parents think there is a likelihood that online child sexual exploitation can happen to their child. Please help us raise this number and increase awareness of online child sexual exploitation. #ChildProtection
>>14461788 Barack Obama recruited Malcolm Turnbull to persuade Donald Trump to respect traditional alliances and adhere to international agreements during a secret meeting in Sydney after he left the White House
>>14461993 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: U.S. Marines and Australian Army forces hosted leaders from Forces Command to observe units training during Exercise Koolendong. Exercise Koolendong validates MRF-D's and the ADF's ability to conduct expeditionary command and control operations, demonstrating the shared commitment to being ready to respond to a crisis or contingency in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>14462339 Extremists hunt cops online as anti-lockdown violence surges - conspiracy theorist Karen Brewer posts thinly veiled death threats against a NSW minister
>>14471808 Australia's Afghanistan evacuation mission ends amid Kabul airport suicide bombing - At least 60 people including 13 US troops killed in two bomb blasts orchestrated by Islamic State offshoot ISIS-K
>>14471822 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison mourns deaths of 'American and Afghan friends' in Kabul airport attack
>>14478728 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: U.S. Marine Corps - 26 August 2021 - Statement from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David H. Berger: "It is with extremely heavy hearts that we learned several Marines and other service members were killed and wounded in the Kabul attacks today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families as they are notified of this devastating loss."
>>14484206 Department of Defence Tweet: #HMASWarramunga has departed Fleet Base West and is en route to participate in #ExMalabar alongside key regional partners India, Japan and the United States.
>>14484210 The Royal Australian Navy will join key regional partners India, Japan and the United States for Exercise MALABAR 2021
>>14490267 Video: New Zealand needs to 'lift' in Five Eyes: Joe Hockey - Sky News Australia
>>14490534 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: #ExerciseMalibar: The (United States) and (Australia) join India and Japan for a joint naval exercise in the Philippine Sea. Malabar 2021 brings together the four #IndoPacific navies to strengthen their skills in maritime operations, fostering regional security and stability.
#14763663 at 2021-10-11 05:14:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14763660
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'I was wrong on climate change'
In 2007, Kevin Rudd swept Labor to its last majority victory. Luntz had a ringside seat, working in Australia conducting focus groups for Sky News and News Corp.
Rudd was elected to deliver an emissions trading scheme, but the campaign waged against it by Tony Abbott, who reversed Coalition support for a carbon price, contributed to the downfall of four prime ministers, including Abbott, and the government's reluctance thus far to sign up to net-zero reduction targets ahead of the global climate negotiations next month.
Abbott relied heavily on the work of Luntz to destroy political support for a carbon price; in 2001, Luntz advised George W. Bush to refer to global warming as climate change.
"I was trying to say the science wasn't settled - prove it," Luntz says. He says this is now his biggest regret.
Between 2007 and 2009 and by the time Tony Abbott toppled Malcolm Turnbull for the Liberal leadership and reversed the then opposition's support for an emissions trading scheme, the work that Luntz did with the Environmental Defence Fund had convinced him the science was settled.
"Instead of damning me for getting it wrong 21 years ago, recognise that I was willing to acknowledge my mistakes 12 years ago and the media doesn't do that even today," he said.
"Bring me to Australia and let me tell your people about the journey. It is fixable and I know how to do it," he said.
Luntz, who has been conducting research for the Centre for Policy Studies on how to prevent the Americanisation of British politics, says his advice for politicians wanting to avoid America's divisions is to take a "zero-tolerance position" towards any kind of ugliness, citing the throwing of rocks at Canada's recently re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"Because if you start to justify it, if you start to legitimise it, it will get out of control immediately," he said.
And on policy, he says it's important for winners to give the losers a voice.
"The winner gets to choose policy, but the loser needs to be heard," he said.
"I'd operate on an 85/15 mentality, which is the winner gets 85 per cent and the loser gets 15 per cent. Give them a voice and they won't want to cancel you, deny them a voice and they'll hate you forever."
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-will-never-be-president-again-says-renowned-pollster-frank-luntz-20211009-p58yna.html
#14757836 at 2021-10-10 04:33:39 (UTC+1)
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>>14757835
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And as digital intelligence battles intensify, UNSW Canberra Cyber Centre director Nigel Phair warned Australia would have to carefully consider more suppliers.
"We need to scrutinise every investment decision we make in anything that has the name 'critical infrastructure' that is provided by a nation state, even a friendly nation state," he said.
"Whether it's Finland's Nokia or Sweden's Ericsson or Vodafone or AT & T, we should be dispassionate about assessments."
HUAWEI'S CLOSURES AND CUTBACKS
- $60 million telecommunications research and development centre in Burwood, Melbourne, shut its doors in 2019
- $30 million National Training and Innovation Centre in Chatswood on Sydney's north shore
- Ceased funding a Huawei / James Cook University Internet of Things laboratory in Cairns
- Ended Canberra Raiders NRL sponsorship in 2020 after nine years with one year left on its contract
- Closed its cloud and artificial intelligence business in April after just 14 months, citing sanctions and fierce competition
- No deals for Huawei smartphones with major carriers Telstra, Optus or Vodafone
HUAWEI 5G BANS WORLDWIDE
- August 2018: Then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull banned Huawei from involvement in Australia's 5G network
- November 2018: New Zealand telco Spark was instructed not to use Huawei equipment in its 5G network due to "national security risks"
- August 2020: Taiwan blocks Huawei equipment from its 5G infrastructure in co-operation with US
- March 2021: US announces new ban on some 5G equipment being exported for use by Huawei
- May 2021: India excluded Huawei from the country's 5G trials
- July 2021: US finalises $US1.9 billion "rip and replace" scheme to help small telcos remove Huawei hardware from their networks
- September 2021: UK phone carriers are no longer allowed to install new Huawei equipment in 5G networks, though can maintain old hardware
- October 2021: Canada due to announce its decision on whether to ban Huawei from its 5G networks after a recent prisoner swap
SMARTPHONES' SECURITY RISK FEARS
Two Chinese 5G smartphones currently on sale in Australia have been identified as potential security risks in an alarming report from a European defence agency.
The phones, made by Xiaomi and Huawei, featured 10 serious security vulnerabilities, according to the report, with one handset even designed to censor a list of phrases including "free Tibet," "women's committee" and "the organisation for the liberation of Palestine".
The discovery was made by analysts at Lithuania's National Cyber Security Centre, which forensically investigated smartphones from Huawei, Xiaomi and OnePlus.
It found Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G smartphone featured a list of phrases that could be censored from users looking at the phone's preinstalled apps, including its web browser. Target phrases included references to Taiwan independence, head coverings, dissidents, and China.
The feature was turned off in Europe but could be switched on remotely.
The analysis also found the Xiaomi phone collected information from apps on the phone and shared it with a server based in Singapore.
Red flags were also raised about the Huawei P40 5G smartphone in the report, with investigators finding users were automatically redirected to third-party app stores if the app they were looking for was not available in Huawei's AppGallery. Potential malware was discovered on three of the third-party platforms.
Both smartphones are currently available in Australia from stores including Kogan and Catch.com.au.
Xiaomi is Australia's sixth most popular smartphone brand, according to Statcounter, with 1.36 per cent of the market in September.
But Lithuania Defence Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius said he recommended consumers do "not buy new Chinese phones, and get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible".
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/huawei-waves-goodbye-why-the-chinese-tech-giant-is-pulling-out-of-australia/news-story/3b8c60f29df24d2e0735689a83b137c4
#14757835 at 2021-10-10 04:32:52 (UTC+1)
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Huawei waves goodbye: Why the Chinese tech giant is pulling out of Australia
After it lured celebrity ambassadors like Sophie Monk, China's tech giant Huawei is pulling out of Australia, among fresh claims it poses a national security risk.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson - October 10, 2021
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One of China's most powerful companies is pulling out of Australia, closing research labs, ending partnerships, and retrenching hundreds of employees among fresh claims it poses a national security risk.
Telecommunications giant Huawei, which once overtook both Apple and Samsung in smartphone sales and boasted Sophie Monk as a local ambassador, has become a shadow of its former self in Australia, with telco revenue more than halved following bans on its involvement in the country's broadband and 5G networks.
Security experts say the Australian government's decision to prevent the Chinese brand playing a larger role in infrastructure was the right one, among heightened diplomatic tension with the country and damning security findings against the company's hardware.
Huawei, a multibillion-dollar communications giant and China's 11th largest business, commanded plenty of attention in Australia at its peak, sponsoring NRL team the Canberra Raiders, partnering with James Cook University, and even opening a $60 million research facility in Melbourne.
But Huawei's fortunes have since crumbled Down Under, with financial documents showing it now boasts fewer assets, less revenue and staff, and has shut down many of its Australian ventures.
Only 145 members of its once 1200-strong workforce are still employed in Australia, and its board of six directors, including chairman and Navy Rear Admiral John Lord, was dissolved in 2020.
The company's revenue from telephone carriers more than halved from $460 million in 2019 to just $216 million in 2020, and sales to consumers plummeted from $148 million to just $84 million.
None of Australia's three major phone carriers currently sell Huawei handsets.
The financial statement, filed with Australian Securities and Investments Commission, also noted that Huawei's "scale in the carrier network business will continue to decline as a result of the 5G government announcement in 2018".
The company was contacted for comment.
But Monash University senior lecturer Dr Lennon Chang said, although controversial, then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's decision to ban Huawei and other China-based firms from building 5G towers in Australia was the right call.
"If you were coming from a competition standpoint, you'd say this is not the right thing to do but from a national security perspective it is," he said.
"The Australian government needs to be very cautious about our critical infrastructure."
Dr Chang said despite trying to "rebuild trust," the Shenzhen-based company was still beholden to China's 2017 National Intelligence Law that could compel it to perform "intelligence work" on behalf of the government when instructed.
And a recent security audit by the Lithuanian National Cyber Security Centre found two Chinese-made smartphones, including a Huawei model, had significant security vulnerabilities that could impact users.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute analysts Fergus Hanson, who heads its International Cyber Policy Centre, said while "it's never good to have anyone lose their jobs," the decision to stop Huawei building Australian infrastructure "has been further vindicated as we've gone forward".
"There have been lots of examples of Chinese states co-opting its companies and more risks identified from the use of Chinese technology in many forms," Mr Hanson said.
"It makes this a necessary decision. And if you look at China's moves in terms of economic coercion, things have only deteriorated more. This is going to be a great debate for a long time to come."
Mr Hanson said Huawei wasn't the only Chinese company and 5G wasn't the only technology that should be probed for national security risks in future, however, with potential vulnerabilities from cloud storage, artificial intelligence, and smart city infrastructure, as well as the supply of some technology components like rare earth metals.
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#14744516 at 2021-10-08 06:24:24 (UTC+1)
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>>14738120
'The only drums we beat are for freedom': Tony Abbott delivers sweeping critique of China in Taiwan address
WILL GLASGOW - OCTOBER 8, 2021
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has declared "nothing is more pressing right now, than solidarity with Taiwan" in an extraordinary speech in Taipei that follows the profound breakdown in Australia's relationship with Beijing.
In a keynote address delivered in person on Friday to an audience including Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Mr Abbott delivered the most stinging critique of the People's Republic of China by a former Australian prime minister since diplomatic relations were established between Canberra and Beijing more than 50 years ago.
"Two years back I hesitated to attend this conference lest that provoke China," the former Prime Minister conceded, before outlining the reasons for his total reassessment of President Xi Jinping's China.
"Since then, Beijing has torn-up the 'one country, two systems' treaty on Hong Kong; put upwards of a million Uighurs into concentration camps; boosted cyber spying on its own citizens; cancelled popular personalities in favour of a cult of the new red emperor; brutalised Indian soldiers in the Himalayas; coerced other claimants in its eastern seas; and flown evermore intimidatory sorties against Taiwan," Abbott told the Yushan Forum.
"It's weaponised trade, especially against Australia, with our barley, wine and coal exports all stopped on spurious safety grounds, and its embassy has published 14 demands - essentially that we become a tributary state - that no self-respecting country could accept," he said.
The trigger for those sanctions on Australian exports previously worth more than $20 billion a year, he explained, was the Morrison government called for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus.
"So this year, I'm here, having concluded that China's belligerence is all self-generated," he told an audience at that included Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu and senior Taiwanese security officials.
Mr Abbott is the second former Australian prime minister to address the annual conference, which is aimed at strengthening Taiwan's relations in the increasingly contested region.
His successor Malcolm Turnbull delivered a keynote address online at last year's conference, another sign of the wariness across much Australia's political establishment towards Beijing.
Despite their strained relationship, Mr Turnbull backed Abbott's high profile visit to Taipei.
"He's entitled to go there," Mr Turnbull told the ABC.
"I spoke at exactly the same forum last year, and would have gone there again had it not been for Covid."
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was also scheduled to attend this year's event, but in a message read out at the conference said he was unable to attend because of quarantine restrictions.
On Friday, President Tsai - who Abbott met on Thursday with Australia's most senior official in Taiwan, Jenny Bloomfield - thanked the former PM for "for coming all the way from Australia to join us this year".
"You and your country's consistent effort to defend democracy, its values and [the] rules based international order while resisting coercion from authoritarian countries is truly courageous and admirable," she said.
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#14737680 at 2021-10-07 05:45:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14731101
Tony Abbott lands in under-threat Taiwan
WILL GLASGOW - OCTOBER 6, 2021
Former prime minister Tony ?Abbott has arrived in Taiwan as the island democracy works with partners to defend itself from a campaign of military intimidation by China.
Mr Abbott will give a keynote address on Friday at the Yushan Forum, an annual conference aimed at strengthening Taiwan's relations in the increasingly contested region.
On Wednesday, he met with Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu, who thanked the former PM for backing Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a giant trade pact.
"He's a fair dinkum free trader [and] bold backer of our [CPTPP] bid. Thanks for the support [and] all the best for the [Yushan Forum] keynote, my friend!" minister Wu said on Twitter after their lunch meeting.
Abbott will soon meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, who this week warned that a takeover of the ?island of 24 million people by China would be "catastrophic for regional peace and the democratic alliance system".
"It would signal that in today's global contest of values, authoritarianism has the upper hand over democracy," Ms Tsai wrote in a new essay in Foreign Affairs.
A delegation of French senators - including former defence minister Alain Richard - flew to Taiwan on Wednesday, and will also meet with Ms Tsai and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
China's foreign ministry expressed "serious concern" about the French visit, which is taking place during heightened concern across much of the global community about Beijing's aggression. Beijing opposes Taiwan having diplomatic exchanges and threatens politicians against visiting the island, which it treats as a wayward province.
The joint visits come after China flew a record 56 fighter jets near Taiwan on Monday as Beijing's propaganda machine warned war "may be triggered at any time". Nearly 150 Chinese warplanes have breached Taiwan's air defence identification zone since Friday, when China celebrated its National Day.
Monday's wave of People's Liberation Army aircraft included 12 nuclear-capable bombers.
Writing in Foreign Affairs, Ms Tsai said Taiwan's democracy was not negotiable. "Amid almost daily intrusions by the People's Liberation Army, our position on cross-strait relations remains constant: Taiwan will not bend to pressure, but nor will it turn adventurist, even when it accumulates support from the international community," she wrote.
The US - Taiwan's most important security partner - has long insisted that the future of Taiwan be determined by peaceful means.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had discussed Taiwan with China's President Xi Jinping. "We made it clear that I don't think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement," Mr Biden said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshi?mitsu Motegi said he hoped the situation would be "resolved peacefully between the two parties through direct talks ... instead of simply monitoring the situation, we hope to weigh various possible scenarios that may arise to consider what options we have, as well as preparations we must make."
Tokyo has spoken with increased directness about the consequences of Beijing using military force in the Taiwan Strait.
The Japan Maritime Self-?Defence Force this weekend trained with Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and America's USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson for an exercise in waters southwest of Oki?nawa, along with warships from Canada, The Netherlands and New Zealand.
Mr Abbott has supported Taiwan's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a giant trade pact. China has also applied to join the CPTPP.
New members need the support of all the group's eight ratified members, which include Australia, Japan and Canada. He last week told a parliamentary inquiry that the only argument for opposing Taiwan's entry would be that "it might upset China ... but given that China is not a member ... is unlikely to become a member ... and is already in a state of high dudgeon against Australia and many other countries, I don't see that China is going to be any more upset than it already is."
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull gave an online keynote address at last year's Yushan Forum, at which he said "China's unilateral actions in the South China Sea (were) becoming a nightmare for ASEAN".
On Monday, China's envoy to Malaysia was summoned in protest after Chinese vessels entered its maritime economic zone.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/tony-abbott-lands-in-underthreat-taiwan/news-story/ba04584dbd057f8e296cfe6506bb82fa
https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1445643134453444608
#14731101 at 2021-10-06 06:02:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14716235
Tony Abbott in Taiwan to build support among 'like-minded countries'
Eryk Bagshaw - October 6, 2021
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Singapore: Tony Abbott will use a series of meetings with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-Wen and the head of her National Security Council to bolster Australia's relationship with the threatened democratic island.
Australia's former prime minister is the highest-level visitor to Taipei since Malcolm Turnbull last year. Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd have become increasingly vocal in their international criticism of their successor, Scott Morrison, making Abbott a valuable diplomatic asset for the Coalition government.
Abbott is officially visiting in a "private capacity" but his meetings with Tsai and the top brass of the foreign affairs and security establishment will allow him to act as an interlocutor with the Morrison government as it attempts to navigate an already fraught relationship with Beijing.
Sources with knowledge of his trip who were not authorised to speak publicly said, "where helpful", Abbott - like Bob Hawke and Paul Keating who used their post-prime ministerial life to bolster Australia's relationship with China - "wants to try and do the same with like-minded countries". Abbott used other high-profile visits to the United Kingdom in 2019 to lobby for its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, and India in August to restart talks for a stalled Australia-India free trade deal.
A spokesman for the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said Abbott "is a firm friend of our country and has spoken for Taiwan many times".
"Former prime minister Abbott's visit to Taiwan should help to enhance Taiwan's role in the international community and in the Indo-Pacific region," the spokesman said.
No serving ministers have had official contact with Taipei since Australia recognised Beijing in the 1970s, forcing all communication to go through Australia's representative office in Taiwan. The office is not an embassy but allows for sub-ministerial contact between bureaucrats on issues such as trade.
The system has been in place for decades to avoid antagonising the Chinese Communist Party, which regards its neighbour as an "inalienable part of China" since a rival government was established in Taiwan in 1949 after decades of civil war.
The growing tensions over the island and Taiwan's rising international clout have forced several governments to navigate China's diplomatic blockade. Three French senators including former minister of defence Alain Richard are also in Taipei this week.
Taiwan's application to join the giant regional trade network - the Trans-Pacific Partnership - is expected to be a key part of Abbott's speech at Friday's Yushan Forum. Abbott has publicly supported Taiwan's application to join the network - a move which could also enhance informal engagement between Taiwanese and Australian ministers.
"Given that China is not a member of the TPP, is unlikely to become a member of the TPP, and is already in a state of high dudgeon against Australia and many other countries, I don't see that China is going to be any more upset than it already is," Abbott told an Australian trade committee hearing last week.
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#14691650 at 2021-09-30 07:18:58 (UTC+1)
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>>14684618
>>14635259
>>14670595
Peter Dutton tells Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating to 'move on'
Ellen Ransley - 30 September 2021
Peter Dutton has taken aim at former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating for their "sad" attempts to try and remain relevant in Australian politics, telling them to "just move on".
Mr Dutton's comments to 2GBs Ray Hadley come off the back of Mr Turnbull's address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, where the former leader confirmed he would be attending COP26 in Glasgow and suggested it would be a bad look if Scott Morrison did not also make the trip.
Mr Turnbull gave a scathing critique of his successor in the address, labelling the signing of the AUKUS alliance a "big double cross" and refusing to confirm if he would vote Liberal at the next election.
He also reaffirmed his criticism of the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccine rollout.
Responding to comments by Hadley that Mr Turnbull, like other former prime ministers, was suffering "relevancy deprivation syndrome", an affiliation he would "wear for the rest of his life", Mr Dutton said it was "sad".
"I think that's the only word to describe it and I don't want to go into a tit-for-tat," Mr Dutton said.
"I think you're looking at somebody like Paul Keating who was out attacking the Labor Party recently and attacking the government ... taking on the Prime Minister and Marise Payne and myself over the deal we've done with the US and the UK.
"Keating was voted out in 1996. So we're talking 25 years on. Every day must be a miserable existence for him.
"And ... Kevin Rudd is publishing opinion pieces in French newspapers. This guy is paid for by the Australian taxpayers to this very day.
"I just think if you look at the grace, and the gracious way in which Julia Gillard and John Howard and Tony Abbott have conducted themselves since they've left (the prime ministership) ... I think that is the model.
"Why not celebrate the wins you had in office ... Why live with the bitterness of your loss ... Move on."
Hadley suggested Mr Dutton use his influence to "find a cure" for the syndrome, but Mr Dutton quickly asked to steer the conversation in another direction.
"You've already drawn me much further than I intended to comment ... You need to move on, what's the next topic please," Mr Dutton said.
"I'm not opposed to your idea, I just don't want to comment on it."
Mr Dutton is currently in quarantine in the ACT after returning from a trip to Washington.
https://thewest.com.au/news/peter-dutton-tells-Malcolm-Turnbull-kevin-rudd-and-paul-keating-to-move-on-c-4109569
#14684618 at 2021-09-29 07:11:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14592776
Turnbull accuses Morrison of damaging Australia's national security with submarine deal
Henry Belot - 29 September 2021
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Scott Morrison of damaging Australia's national security interests and treating France with contempt, warning it may take years to repair diplomatic relations.
Mr Turnbull also revealed he has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron in recent weeks, despite the Prime Minister being unable to secure a phone call.
"This is an appalling episode in Australia's international affairs and the consequences of it will endure to our disadvantage for a very long time," Mr Turnbull said.
In an address to the National Press Club, the former prime minister accused the Morrison government of deliberately keeping France in the dark over its decision to cancel its $90 billion submarine contract.
Australia will instead procure nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with the US and the UK, although the details on when and how they will be delivered are still to be determined.
"The Australian government has treated the French Republic with contempt - it won't be forgotten," Mr Turnbull told the Press Club.
"Every time we seek to persuade another nation to trust us, somebody will be saying, 'remember what you did to Macron?'
"When you conduct yourself in such a deceitful manner internationally, it has a real impact on Australia."
France recalled its ambassador to Australia shortly after the decision to procure nuclear-powered submarines from the US and the UK was announced.
Last week, Mr Morrison acknowledged the French President was not accepting his calls, but said he had acted in accordance with Australia's national security interests at all times.
"That is something that Australia should always do, and I think that all Australians would expect me to do," Mr Morrison said.
"Hard decisions have to be made by prime ministers about our interests."
Mr Turnbull - who was replaced by Scott Morrison as prime minister in 2018 - told the Press Club he would not be accused of being unpatriotic by criticising the way the submarines deal was announced.
"I can say this to you, I am not getting any lectures on patriotism from Scott Morrison," he said.
"I defended the national security of this country and its national interest, and I know the way that he has behaved is putting that at risk.
"What seems to have been overlooked is that one of our national security assets is trustworthiness."
The Prime Minister's office declined to comment on Mr Turnbull's speech.
Mr Turnbull said Australia's reputation as a "trusted ally and reliable partner" had been developed over many years and was a strategic tool on the world stage.
He referenced his confrontation with Donald Trump in 2017, when the former US president agreed to honour a deal struck by his predecessor to resettle refugees.
"When he suggested I had broken agreements in my business life, I said I had not," Mr Turnbull said.
"Imagine if he had been able to say, 'hey, how about the time you double-crossed the French?'"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-29/Turnbull-french-submarine-deal-damaged-national-security/100500862
#14684581 at 2021-09-29 06:59:16 (UTC+1)
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Australia reveals it raised case of Julian Assange with US, amid 'kidnap plot' claim
Foreign minister Marise Payne discussed WikiLeaks founder with US counterpart in Washington DC, a spokesperson says
Daniel Hurst - 29 Sep 2021
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Australia's foreign minister, Marise Payne, raised the case of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange with the US secretary of state during her visit to Washington DC this month, the government has revealed.
But Australian parliamentarians who support Assange say the government should demand his immediate release, after a US news report this week claimed CIA officials during the Trump administration had discussed abducting and even assassinating the Australian citizen.
Assange remains in Belmarsh prison in London as the US government appeals against an earlier court ruling that blocked his extradition to face charges, including allegedly obtaining and publishing classified documents in violation of the US Espionage Act.
In response to questions, a spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Guardian Australia: "Minister Payne has raised the situation of Mr Assange with her US and UK counterparts, most recently with US Secretary of State [Antony] Blinken on 15 September."
The spokesperson said the Australian government conveyed its "expectations that Mr Assange is entitled to due process, humane and fair treatment, access to proper medical and other care, and access to his legal team".
But it is unknown what assurances, if any, Payne secured from those conversations with American and British counterparts.
The case is back in the spotlight after Yahoo News published a detailed account of how the CIA had allegedly discussed kidnapping Assange in 2017, when the fugitive Australian activist was entering his fifth year sheltering in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Those deliberations reportedly sparked heated debate among Trump administration officials over the legality and practicality of such an operation.
Yahoo News reported that some senior officials inside the CIA and the Trump administration went as far as to request "sketches" or "options" for killing Assange. "There seemed to be no boundaries," a former senior counterterrorist official was quoted as saying.
The then CIA director, Mike Pompeo, and his top officials were said to be furious about WikiLeaks' publication of "Vault 7", a set of CIA hacking tools, a breach which the agency deemed to be the biggest data loss in its history.
The CIA declined to comment. Malcolm Turnbull - who was prime minister at the time the deliberations in the US reportedly took place - told Guardian Australia on Tuesday: "The first I heard about this was in today's media."
Guardian Australia also asked Dfat whether the US had ever briefed or consulted the Australian government on the reported option of the CIA kidnapping or killing Assange, but it did not answer that question. The department is believed to be reluctant to comment on unconfirmed reports.
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#14523526 at 2021-09-05 05:12:07 (UTC+1)
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>>14502065
>>14523513
Australia needs to heed rational voices and maintain independent foreign policy to fully realize strategic autonomy
Ning Tuanhui - Sep 04, 2021
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"The Morrison government is wantonly leading Australia into a strategic dead end with its needless provocations against China," former Australian prime minister Paul Keating wrote in an article entitled, "The Morrison government is provoking China to please America." The article was published in the Financial Review on Friday.
Keating's criticism of the Morrison government hits the nail on the head, and very incisively points out the problems in the root causes of Australia's China policy. Since incumbent prime minister Scott Morrison took office, Australia has repeatedly provoked China, resulting in a slump in bilateral relations. It has completely tied itself to the US' anti-China chariot.
Some officials of the Morrison government have been relentlessly aggressive toward China in recent month. For example, Australian Ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos recently said the so-called China's coercion in the Indo-Pacific is now a bigger threat than September 11-style terrorism, the Financial Review reported.
Sinodinos and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton are prominent China hawks in the Australian political community. Their hard-line rhetoric toward China is based on a cold war mentality and zero-sum game, which has a negative impact in Australia and on the international community.
Hold important positions, these China hawks are among the vital right hands of Morrison in terms of diplomacy and national defense. They directly impact Australia's policies, including its China policy. Against this backdrop, Australia's China policy has evidently changed, and the country tends to view China as a threat rather than an opportunity. Canberra is seeing China in the manner of a zero-sum game rather than cooperation.
To these China hawks such as Sinodinos and Dutton, their hard-line rhetoric can help them gain more influence, so that they gain the support of domestic political forces and voters. Meanwhile, by provoking China, they can draw increasing attention from the US and cultivate themselves as "close friends of the US."
Apart from Keating, there are many other former political leaders expressing their dissatisfaction toward the Morrison government. For example, former Australian prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd on August 10 urged the Austrilian federal government not to ramp up rhetoric against China for domestic political purposes, arguing it could harm social cohesion, according to the Guardian.
The conservatives have a strong voice in the Morrison government and can affect policies on many issues. Many Australian elites including Keating and Rudd have questioned the current government's strategy on China and provided rational advice. However, these voices are restricted to influencing media and public opinion, and have not exerted much practical impact on the China policies of the Morrison government.
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#14496027 at 2021-08-31 08:06:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14496026
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And there were the hacks. For the first time, the government was among the top five sectors with the most reportable data breaches last year, according to a government agency that tracks the activity. State government systems and email networks were attacked, at least one government entity was subject to a brute force attack, and cabinet ministers were victims of phishing scams that attempted to extort money and collect information on their connections with dissidents in Hong Kong.
Unlike ransomware or denial of service attacks - which paralyze network systems until payments are made - state actor activity often goes unnoticed by targets, who only find out they've been compromised from government officials or outside threat analysts, said Paul Nevin, chief technology officer at Canberra-based cybersecurity firm CyberMerc.
"Those initial discussions usually come as a shock, and it takes a while for that to sink in," Nevin said. Sophisticated cyber criminals or state actors may well be reading the emails of executives watching for breach notifications. "So one of the first things I would do is explain over the phone or a secure messaging system: do not mention this on email, do not talk about it, take it offline. You have to literally assume the actors are in there watching, and very often they are."
In September last year, as the government's cybersecurity agency released its first annual report, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said there was a "new normal" of cyberattacks on Australia that blurred the line between "peace and war."
While cyber criminals were taking advantage of the vulnerabilities laid bare by Covid, there were also "sophisticated and very well-resourced state-based actors who are seeking to interfere in our nation in this grey zone in any opportunistic way they can," she said.
The business community has also been affected, said Michelle Price, chief executive officer of AustCyber, a government-funded company focused on building the domestic cybersecurity industry. "Industry threat analysts in Australia and elsewhere were telling me that as lobster shipments and barley were being rejected, they were seeing a commensurate level of activity happening in the cyber domain coming from China," she said.
"We are going through the experience that other nations have before us, where it's not just retaliation aimed at the government, it spills out over into the broader economy and to the community," she said. "We become collateral damage in those kinds of government-to-government machinations."
Australian universities, which collect about A$10 billion a year from Chinese students, are reluctant to discuss the country's online behavior in any aspect. The cybersecurity research department at Monash University in Melbourne does not "get involved in any political stories relating to China" as their researchers "are not comfortable commenting on this issue," Hande Cater, the media advisor at Monash's Information Technology Faculty, wrote in an email.
Australia's circumstances may be unique. Nevertheless its situation shows the range of tactics experts say China can deploy against any country that falls foul of Beijing.
For now, Australia is in the freezer, says former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, and it's unlikely either side will blink anytime soon.
"We have boundaries of trust with China, and there's nothing wrong with that, but what we've got to do is focus on the areas where we do have a level of trust," said Turnbull, who as prime minister banned Huawei from bidding to install Australia's 5G network.
"If I say I don't trust you enough to not misuse a capability that you would have if you built our 5G network, you are not going to persuade me by then beating me up in a whole lot of other areas."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-30/covid-origin-probe-calls-australian-government-businesses-universities-hacked
#14461788 at 2021-08-26 06:29:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
Barack Obama asked Malcolm Turnbull for help with Donald Trump
TROY BRAMSTON - AUGUST 26, 2021
Barack Obama recruited Malcolm Turnbull to persuade Donald Trump to respect traditional alliances and adhere to international agreements that maintained America's pre-eminent global leadership position during a secret meeting in Sydney after he left the White House.
In March 2018, Mr Obama met with Mr Turnbull, then prime minister, in a suite on the 29th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in Sydney. Mr Obama was visiting Australia for several well-paid speaking engagements.
Mr Obama expressed his deep concern about Mr Trump's chaotic presidency and the battering of America's prestige and influence around the world. He said it was like watching "a good friend drink himself to death and being powerless to do anything about it."
Weathering the US president was proving harder than he had expected, Mr Turnbull replied. He said China was "asserting itself" and "playing into" domestic Australian politics at a time when the US seemed adrift from global affairs and reverting to isolationism, nativism and protectionism.
Mr Turnbull, then in the final months of his prime ministership, echoed Mr Obama's fears and said he did not know how long the world could "hold the line" and where "the international order" would be after Mr Trump's presidency.
The private conversation is revealed in a new book, Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump, by journalist Edward-Isaac Dovere. It is published in Australia by Penguin Random House this month.
"Obama and I were absolutely of the same mind that the international system could not stand eight years of Trump," Mr Turnbull recalled, "the damage would be irretrievable." The former president and the then prime minister feared the cost of Mr Trump's presidency.
Mr Obama was rounding up world leaders, especially from the centre-right, who could stand up to Mr Trump and influence his policies. The former president said German chancellor Angela Merkel would need to "stay in power as long as possible to be bulwark against Trump and the forces of protectionism."
When Mr Turnbull asked who could defeat Mr Trump at the next election, in November 2020, he replied that he was not optimistic that he could be ejected from the White House. Mr Obama said there was no "obvious candidate" who could challenge Mr Trump. He did not mention Joe Biden.
Speaking to the Rekindling Hope podcast, hosted by Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen and former McKell Institute CEO, Sam Crosby, Mr Dovere revealed the meeting had a big impact.
When Mr Obama returned to the US, he began repeating Mr Turnbull's assessment that America could withstand four years of Trump, but not eight.
"That meeting was an important moment," Mr Dovere said. "After that trip and after that conversation with Turnbull, Obama starts saying something which then becomes part of the larger political conversation. Biden starts talking about it too."
Mr Obama first appealed to Mr Turnbull to stand up to Mr Trump at the APEC meeting in Peru, held in November 2016. He argued that because Mr Turnbull was "an Australian conservative" this would have some weight with Mr Trump.
"(Obama) says, 'Look, you can appeal to him because Trump thinks in these very black and white terms," Mr Dovere says in the podcast. "When he hears the word conservative, he thinks you are like a hard-line conservative by American standards."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/barack-obama-asked-Malcolm-Turnbull-for-help-with-donald-trump/news-story/c58179aa3fa355b74cc4fcfe62b7471f
#14434058 at 2021-08-23 08:10:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
Rogue crossbencher Craig Kelly to run with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party at the next election
RICHARD FERGUSON - AUGUST 23, 2021
Rogue crossbench MP Craig Kelly will run as billionaire Clive Palmer's lead candidate at the next election, promising to push an "alternative narrative" about lockdowns and lead the charge in all 150 federal seats.
Mr Kelly - who left the Liberal Party in February over his support for unorthodox coronavirus treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine - will stay on to fight his NSW seat of Hughes under Mr Palmer's United Australia Party banner.
But in a major shake-up, Mr Kelly will become leader of the UAP and Mr Palmer will act in a behind-the-scenes role as party chairman, as the billionaire promises to fight both Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese over lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccinations.
Mr Kelly said on Monday that he will lead the UAP into the next election and run candidates in all 150 seats, and Mr Palmer will not run himself.
"With endless authoritarian lockdowns ... I no longer recognise the country grew up in," Mr Kelly said in a statement.
"And this is all happening on my watch. Someone must lead a fightback. I have therefore decided to accept the offer, to lead the United Australia Party into the next election.
"The United Australia Party will be fighting to end the lockdowns and offer an alternate approach to the current mayhem and destruction that the Labor and Liberal parties have jointly created."
Mr Kelly told The Australian before his announcement that the UAP campaign will be "very well-financed", and Mr Palmer will act as the UAP's party chairman.
With Mr Kelly now representing the UAP in parliament, the Palmer-backed outfit will now be free to run any candidates without having to meet strict new membership numbers set out in new Morrison government electoral reform laws now in front of the House and senate.
The Hughes MP had to have his preselection secured by both the Prime Minister and Malcolm Turnbull in previous preselections, but ultimately abandoned the government over its refusal to support unsupported treatments for Covid-19.
The Australian revealed Mr Kelly and Mr Palmer were in talks to join forces last May after the billionaire was seen walking the halls of parliament with the Hughes MP, and Mr Palmer said he stood ready to bankroll his campaign to keep his seat.
The Queensland tycoon has promised legal action against any federal policies which further push Covid-19 vaccinations and he failed in a High Court bid to bring down Western Australia's hard Covid-19 border.
Mr Palmer is readying to repeat his advertising blitz against Labor in the 2019 election, credited with damaging Bill Shorten's hopes of winning power, with a cashed-up campaign against both major parties.
Multiple sources have told The Australian Mr Palmer intended to specifically target Mr Dutton, who played a key role in overhauling the LNP's hierarchy at the weekend's LNP state convention.
Close ties between Mr Palmer and former high-ranking members of the LNP's organisational wing were at the centre of internal debate ahead of the purge led by Mr Dutton and state Opposition Leader David Crisafulli.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/rogue-crossbencher-craig-kelly-to-run-with-clive-palmers-united-australia-party-at-the-next-election/news-story/8f5d80211ca22ca2f9b3670b67b990e1
#14433814 at 2021-08-23 06:26:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
US gives Australia a cold shoulder on vaccines
RICHARD FERGUSON and JOE KELLY - AUGUST 22, 2021
The US has not given the Morrison government any vaccines throughout the course of the coronavirus pandemic, as tension points between the Biden White House and Canberra build.
Despite President Joe Biden promising to give Covid-19 vaccine doses to needy nations, the Health Department this weekend confirmed Australia had neither bought or received any shots from the US.
The vaccine confirmation comes weeks after The Australian revealed Scott Morrison's government made as-yet-unanswered requests to the Biden administration for extra Pfizer doses, despite substantial support from US congress leaders.
The Morrison government was attacked last week by the US's deputy envoy on climate change over its emission reductions policies, and the Prime Minister is yet to speak to Mr Biden about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Foreign policy experts are warning the Australia cannot expect the US to be the same ally it has been in previous years and must become more self-reliant.
ANU defence and strategic studies analyst Hugh White said on Sunday Mr Biden was "unsentimental" about Australia and Washington was not prepared to help Mr Morrison on vaccines over developing countries.
"The Biden administration, like the Trump administration before it, is demonstrating that it is wholly unsentimental about Australia ... We think we're their little mates, but US policy ?towards Australia has always been determined by how much we help their strategic interests," Professor White said.
"Biden's pandemic policy has been pretty coherent in that he wants to send vaccines to developing countries with high Covid-19 rates. Washington is not interested in doing Morrison a political favour because he screwed up early acquisition of jabs."
Mr Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal has been criticised by four former PMs - Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and John Howard - and there are concerns about the US's ?reliability in the Asia-Pacific.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/us-gives-australia-a-cold-shoulder-on-vaccines/news-story/e9223d86091b95eed88e9a98cabe4535
#14385831 at 2021-08-18 07:30:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 20
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 1
>>14020199 Lockdown measures extended in Australia amid COVID-19 outbreak - June 2021
>>14020312 Video: Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young rejects Prime Minister's comments on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for under-40s
>>14020328 'A personal choice': NSW clinics will not give AstraZeneca to under-40s
>>14021844 Video: "Lone woman on train harassed by police who then absconded with her property."
>>14035752 Australia to slash traveller intake, PM announces four-phase pathway out of COVID-19
>>14041172 Covid-19 vaccine targets to unlock the path to freedom - National cabinet agrees to four-step blueprint for phased easing of restrictions once Australians have met new vaccine thresholds
>>14041436 Lockdowns 'can stop in two months' when Covid-19 vaccines hit 30pc: Deakin University chair in epidemiology Catherine Bennett
>>14050812 'Eat a bat and die': Vile threats against Wuhan lab conspiracy-buster, Australian virologist Danielle Anderson
>>14050829 Ben Roberts-Smith's long wait to face accusers - landmark trial adjourned for at least a month after Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak
>>14057811 OPINION: Greg Hunt has failed to vaccinate the nation and must go - Kevin Rudd - brisbanetimes.com.au
>>14085663 Covid-19: Australia 'talks softly and carries a big ?vaccine' in Pacific
>>14098337 Australia reports first 2021 COVID-19 death, highest case number
>>14105467 Senior business figures turned to former PM Kevin Rudd to intervene in bringing forward Australia's Pfizer vaccine supply
>>14105480 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: Thank you @MrKRudd for speaking to the Chairman of Pfizer to secure an earlier delivery of vaccines. Staggered the vaccination of Australians was apparently not important enough to warrant a call from @ScottMorrisonMP or @GregHuntMP to the Pfizer boss.
>>14105482 Pfizer denies Kevin Rudd helped Australia gain earlier access to COVID-19 vaccines
>>14105484 Defence Minister Peter Dutton tears into Rudd's talks with Pfizer
>>14105492 Peter Dutton Tweet: @MrKRudd - Pfizer statement: Recent media reports suggesting that any third party or individual has had any role in contractual agreements reached between Pfizer and the Australian government are inaccurate. The only two parties involved in these agreements are Pfizer and the Australian government.
>>14110865 Australian Vax push isn't supported by the data
>>14127170 Melbourne joins Sydney in lockdown as COVID-19 spreads in Australia
>>14141277 Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia's COVID-19 cases rise
>>14141315 Scott Morrison demands answers over COVID origins after WHO Wuhan lab leak concession
>>14141320 Video: Premature to rule out lab leak: World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom - Sky News Australia
>>14141323 Video: PM says world 'deserves answers' over COVID origins - Sky News Australia
>>14159491 Australia's COVID-19 lockdowns cover more than half the 25 million population
>>14172626 Video: Prime Minister says 'sorry' for problems with COVID-19 vaccine rollout program
>>14174776 SA-Best Party MP Frank Pangallo Says Unvaccinated People "Need To Be Controlled And Restricted"
>>14180599 Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak throws harsh spotlight on Australia vaccine rollout
>>14180610 Australia's TGA finds Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children aged 12 to 15
>>14194970 Australians may face longer lockdown after "reckless" mass protests
>>14200877 Lockdown protesters plotted on social media - Anthony Khallouf and "Australians vs The Agenda" - Rhiannon Down - theaustralian.com.au
#14385807 at 2021-08-18 07:25:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>14187200 Huawei hiring former Democratic super lobbyist Tony Podesta - Back in business after a Mueller-induced hiatus
>>14187418 The Mehdi Hasan Show Tweet: Do Fox and the Murdochs have blood on their hands for all the disinformation they've propagated? @TurnbullMalcolm: "They certainly have contributed to blood being shed."
>>14187427 Video: Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Slams Rupert Murdoch Over Fox's Involvement in 1/6 Insurrection and Vaccine Hesitancy Push
>>14187430 Video: Rupert Murdoch's Disinformation Media Empire | The Mehdi Hasan Show - The Choice
>>14187446 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Getting to the mission - #Marines with @MrfDarwin departed Townsville in several MV-22B Osprey aircraft last night to conduct night operations during #TS21.
>>14201082 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Our nations training together - Troops from #TS21 have descended on the town of Bowen in Queensland, as part of military drills to enhance their war fighting skills in an urban environment
>>14201083 War games begin in Bowen - Private Jacob Joseph - defence.gov.au
>>14206825 Video: 3rd Brigade's Battle Group Eagle conducts a firepower demonstration of the capabilities it can provide to the joint force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14206828 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Today marks 68 years since the cessation of hostilities in the Korean War. On this day, we pause to remember those Marines who served in legendary battles from the breakout at Chosin Reservoir to the amphibious landings at Inchon.
>>14206840 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, @MrfDarwin, execute airfield assault training as part of Exercise @TalismanSabre 21 (TS21) in Bowen, Queensland, Australia
>>14206859 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Video: Check it out - @usairforce defenders are flying in! The Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element team complete training after exiting from an MC-130J during #TS21 at #AusAirForce Base Tindal
>>14213706 Video: Trilateral activity Exercise Southern Jackaroo involved soldiers from the ADF's 1st Brigade - Darwin, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and United States Marine Rotational Force - Darwin - Department of Defence Australia
>>14213739 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Magnificent to see (Japan, Australia) and partners with shared strategic interests gathering in our region. @Japan_GSDF troops participating in Exercise @TalismanSabre had the honour of meeting with the Commander of 1st Division, MAJGEN Jake Ellwood
>>14213787 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - Ground Component Command Tweet: [ #Talisman Saber 21 ] Photo: #Ground Component Command #Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and Australian Army Combat Training (Urban Warfare ) Bowen City Alert
>>14213840 Video: Rosa Maria Maione, the so-called carer of Annie Smith, pleads guilty to her manslaughter in the disability neglect case that horrified Australia
>>14220773 Worldwide hacking warning issued on how businesses are being compromised during COVID-19
>>14220789 U.S., U.K., and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory - Australian Cyber Security Centre - July 2021
>>14220833 Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw says AFP has 'another ingenious plan' to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off Operation Ironside sting
>>14220859 Australian Bar Association calls for Attorney-General Michaelia Cash to reconsider controversial prosecution of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery
>>14220897 ADF, U.S. and Japanese joint amphibious assault - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
#14385792 at 2021-08-18 07:22:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
>>14019901 Q Research AUSTRALIA #17
Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Wednesday 11.20.19
>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.19
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
Friday 11.15.2019
>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided…..
Thursday 03.28.2019
>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
Former Prime Minister of Australia
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Alexander Downer
Former Australian Liberal Party politician and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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Cardinal George Pell
Australian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and former Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy
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Julian Assange
Australian activist, founder, editor and publisher of WikiLeaks
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre
American-Australian survivor of the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
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Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
An anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
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"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q
Nov 25 2018
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#13979295 at 2021-06-25 11:39:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13979285
4/4
Ben Roberts-Smith revealed last week that he had secretly tailed his mistress as she faked having a pregnancy termination because he believed she was lying about being pregnant to keep him in their affair.
The war hero said that in February 2018, some months after the woman - known as Person 17 - had threatened to self harm, she had met up with him to attend a pregnancy termination "appointment".
The appointment was at Brisbane's Greenslopes Hospital and he had her surveilled on video by private eye John McLeod, because he believed she wasn't really having an abortion.
Person 17 later told him that was true, but the pair continued their relationship until March, when they attended a function at Parliament House in Canberra hosted by then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
The court heard the woman had taken a Valium pill and drunk a bottle of wine and after the event had fallen down stairs and injured her left eye.
Mr Roberts-Smith told the court he had cared for the woman who had been "incoherent" and "passed out" in the Hotel Realm.
She later accused him of assaulting her by punching her in the left eye, which Mr Roberts-Smith vehemently denies.
He said the claim of domestic violence assault, which was published in a Nine Newpapers article, had seriously damaged him and his family.
"Now I walk down the street, people will look at me and think I hit a woman," he said.
"I couldn't protect my kids which is extremely hard to take.
"I was worried about my children physically and emotionally, what someone might say to them, what someone might do to them," he told the Federal Court.
He said that when the article was published identifying him as having allegedly beaten Person 17, "I started to think my life is over."
Mr Roberts-Smith said that after media had pursued him in late 2017 and early 2018, he became aware he was the subject of "a whispering campaign".
He was aware former SAS soldiers had made allegations about what had happened in Afghanistan.
"The bottom line is I felt I was being attacked publicly in the press and had no way of defending myself," he said.
"I wanted to understand how ... we're not allowed to speak to the media. I'm bound by the Secrets Act."
Mr Roberts-Smith agreed he had asked Mr McLeod to get the home addresses of former unit members, but said he hadn't used them to intimidate his former comrades.
Asked by Mr McClintock if he had ever sent former unit members threatening letters or caused others to, Mr Roberts-Smith said no he hadn't.
In the trial's first week, Mr Roberts-Smith broke down several times, once while recalling the 2010 Battle of Tizak, for which he was awarded the medal for valour, the Victoria Cross.
On the second occasion he recalled discovering that one of the soldiers he had killed - of 76 insurgents shot dead during 14 hours of fighting - was a 15-year-old boy.
Asked by Mr McClintock how he dealt with that fact, Mr Roberts-Smith said "I struggle".
Also asked about Mr Owens' opening statement last week in which he called the ex-soldier "a mass murderer", Mr Roberts-Smith said he was both sad and "very angry" at accusations of executing unarmed Taliban fighters.
https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/ben-robertssmith-takes-a-swipe-at-his-exwife/news-story/8983b3ff69c95009217ff35c4c24b6e7
#13956029 at 2021-06-22 10:01:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
'The game is back on': How does spying work in Australia?
Our spy agencies recruit a mix of talent, from computer whizzes to people skilled in cultivating sources. What do our spies do, and who are their bosses?
Anthony Galloway - JUNE 21, 2021
1/5
Theresa May was less than two months into the British prime ministership when she met her Australian counterpart in September 2016, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China. The encounter with her old friend from Oxford, Malcolm Turnbull, in the city of Hangzhou, would lead to one of the biggest shake-ups of Australia's security and intelligence agencies in history. While Brexit dominated the discussion, Turnbull wanted to raise another matter with May: whether to create a "super department" modelled on the United Kingdom's Home Office.
While the idea had been floated before, including by Scott Morrison when he was immigration minister after the 2013 election, there was a growing push within senior ranks of the government to make Immigration, Border Force, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) work together more closely under one portfolio. Under the plan, Australia's domestic security agencies would maintain their statutory independence but answer to one minister.
With Australia facing escalating threats of foreign interference, cyber attacks and serious and organised crime, along with the persistent threats of terrorism and violent extremism, it was thought a more unified policy approach was needed. There was also growing anxiety about Chinese corporations owning and controlling critical infrastructure, such as Australia's 5G network, which Australian intelligence agencies feared could have given Beijing the ability to shut down networks such as electricity grids.
So, who do our intelligence operatives now work for? And what makes a good spy today?
How is a security mega-portfolio created?
In Hangzhou, May, who had just served as home secretary for six years, told Turnbull that reorganising domestic security under one umbrella was an idea worth pursuing. May made officials from the Home Office available to Turnbull's department to talk them through how the British mega-portfolio operated.
In early 2017, Martin Parkinson, who was at the time secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, gave Turnbull a concept paper setting out how a proposed Department of Home Affairs should operate. Work on the super portfolio had been tightly guarded within Turnbull's own department, but Parkinson said it was time to start consulting other agencies.
The immigration minister at the time, Peter Dutton, was naturally supportive of the idea - he would likely be in charge of the new portfolio. Other cabinet ministers, particularly attorney-general George Brandis, told Turnbull he was apprehensive about giving Dutton more power.
It was soon decided that the person to be given the mammoth task of putting it all together should be Michael Pezzullo, the then secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, who had been pitching the concept of a home affairs department for more than a decade. Pezzullo, a tough-minded former Defence bureaucrat known within senior ranks of the government for "getting things done", would be appointed secretary of the new department.
There was another important decision to be made, and it would forever change the make-up of Australian spies. While the Turnbull government was putting the finishing touches on the structure of its super department, former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) secretary Michael L'Estrange and former senior intelligence officer Stephen Merchant were nearing completion of their review into Australia's intelligence services.
The review recommended that the Office of National Assessments (ONA) be turned into the Office of National Intelligence (ONI), with an augmented ability to supervise the nation's other spy agencies. The nation's premier foreign cyber intelligence agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), would also become its own statutory agency, reporting directly to the defence minister, giving it more independence - and highlighting the escalating threat of cyber attacks by state-based actors and sophisticated cyber criminals.
(continued)
#13855427 at 2021-06-08 09:35:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13855419
2/2
The court heard that in another newspaper report, it had been claimed Ben Roberts-Smith punched a woman who was a supporter of anti-violence campaigner Rosie Batty, and with whom the ex-soldier had been having an affair.
The incident with the woman occurred on May 28, 2018, after a dinner attended by the-then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra.
The woman had attended the dinner with Mr Roberts-Smith, become "very, very drunk" and Mr Roberts-Smith had feared his affair with her would be exposed.
On leaving the dinner, Mr McClintock said it was caught on CCTV that the woman took to the stairs and "lost her footing ... hit her head and sustained ... a very severe impact to her left temple and eye".
He said that the woman had then told her doctor and others, including Mr Roberts-Smith's ex-wife Emma, that she had fallen down stairs.
But Mr McClintock said media had then falsely alleged that she had been struck by his client and that allegation had been even more damaging to Mr Roberts-Smith than claims of war crimes.
He told the court that should allegations against Mr Roberts-Smith that he was a murderer and had assaulted the woman be proved false he would be due the highest aggravated damages ever in Australia.
During the trial, Afghani witnesses will testify from a link in the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, via interpreters for the Afghani language, Pashto.
Mr McClintock said that although former Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, would not be testifying, she still supported Mr Roberts-Smith.
"Ms Quentin Bryce ... won't be appearing for personal reasons," Mr McClintock said, but he said that did not mean she was withdrawing her support of his client.
Earlier last week in the Federal Court in Sydney, Justice Wendy Abraham ordered a witness in the forthcoming trial to hand over documents about a military inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
Justice Abraham ruled an SAS soldier known as "Person 35", who will give evidence at the trial, must hand over documents linked to an inquiry by the Inspector-General of Defence into the conduct of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
"Person 35" is one of several witnesses who have asked for their evidence to the Inspector-General of Defence inquiry to not be made public.
Justice Abraham said "Person 35" has not been able to successfully argue the need for "public interest immunity".
The newspapers have withdrawn one allegation of unlawful killing from their defence, which involved Roberts-Smith swimming across a river and allegedly shooting an Afghan man.
Nine will contend the killing took place but will no longer contend it was unlawful. Four paragraphs of its defence have been withdrawn.
That killing took place on the same day as Roberts-Smith is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Afghan farmer Ali Jan, who was kicked off a cliff and then shot.
Mr Roberts-Smith has denied those events ever took place.
Last Friday, Mr Roberts-Smith launched a court action against his ex-wife ahead of the start of the start of this week's proceedings.
The action alleged Emma Roberts-Smith had deleted emails and attachments from his account which allegedly may have contained sensitive material of national security significance.
Len Roberts-Smith, a former judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force and his wife Sue flew in to Sydney last weekend to "support their son" at the trial after he had been under attack for several years.
"We are very proud of him for the father and son that he is," they said in a statement prior to the commencement of the trial.
"We love and care for him like every parent love and cares for their child."
https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/court-told-ben-robertssmith-to-seek-huge-payout-after-reputation-smashed-and-destroyed/news-story/9615a4e6443656b6a70492ad8984d366
#13848191 at 2021-06-07 08:21:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13833648
USS Canberra a shiny new symbol of US-Australia relations
Matthew Cranston - Jun 6, 2021
Washington | A new $US500 million ($645 million) warship christened at the weekend will serve as a symbol for the Australia-US alliance as they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty.
The USS Canberra - which is the only US Navy ship to be named after a capital city outside the US - was first announced by then-president Donald Trump in 2018 when then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the US.
It was built by Australian-owned Austal.
Mr Trump also presented a model of the USS Canberra to Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his trip to the White House.
It is the second US Navy warship named in honour of the original HMAS Canberra, which was sunk in August 1942 while defending US marines desperately fighting to defend the island of Guadalcanal.
In 2001, then-president George W Bush presented John Howard with the bell from the original USS Canberra.
On Saturday, Australian Ship Commodore Matthew Hudson had to step in for Australian ambassador Arthur Sinodinos and Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne at the official christening ceremony in Alabama.
"It is apt that in choosing a name for one of its warships the US chose Canberra. It says a lot of the friendship between our two nations that Australia is the only allied country whose capital has been used to name a ship," Commodore Hudson said.
"As Secretary of State [Antony] Blinken said recently, the US and Australia strive for a region that is unconstrained by coercion and anchored by democratic values."
US Navy Rear Admiral Casey Moton said the ship was a symbol of the relationship between the two countries.
"A month after the attack on Pearl Harbour the first contingent of US Navy planners arrived in Darwin to establish planning operations for the south-west Pacific campaign, initiating the island-hopping strategy with which we as allies secured eventual victory," he said.
He quotes then-prime minister John Curtin, saying: "Without any inhibitions of any kind I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America.
"Those words uttered in the dark early days of WWII helped forge the strong bonds that bind Australia together to this day," Rear Admiral Moton said.
The USS Canberra is the 15th of 19 small surface combatants Austal USA is building for the US Navy. Five are under construction at Austal's Mobile ship-building facility in Alabama.
The high-speed, shallow-draft multi-mission ship, known as a littoral combat ship, is capable of operating independently or in a group. As the name suggests, they are designed to defeat growing littoral (close to shore) threats and provide access and dominance along coastal waters. They offer flexibility to execute focused missions such as anti-submarine warfare.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said Austal was "a great example of the business-friendly climate here in Alabama and the ability we have to partner with businesses from Australia or anywhere in the world".
"We pride ourselves on providing an environment where companies like Austal can thrive, and that's exactly what they're doing," Ms Ivey said, "We're proud of Austal, and we're proud of our continued relationship with Australia."
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/uss-canberra-a-shiny-new-symbol-of-us-australia-relations-20210606-p57yga
#13741330 at 2021-05-24 09:27:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>13633861 Army may have to fight next war with pencils and paper - Axing of $2bn battle management system sets back Army's digital transformation by more than 15 years
>>13642424 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: I had an excellent call with Australia's MoD @PeterDutton_MP. The Unbreakable Alliance has faced all challenges in its first 70 years, and we stand ready with our Australian mates for the challenges of the next 70 and beyond, strengthening the #FreeandopenIndoPacific
>>13642424 U.S. Department of Defense Press Readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton by phone today, reaffirming the strength, endurance, and resilience of the U.S.-Australia Alliance - the Unbreakable Alliance
>>13642586 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Good to see Sec @JohnKerry again including to discuss key outcomes from the #ClimateSummit & the $1.1b (Australia) committed to low emissions technology
>>13650206 What is Australia's space division, and why is it in the military?
>>13650406 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Tweet: Appreciated meeting today with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne of Australia. We discussed our nations' efforts to meet shared challenges, from China's aggression to democracy in Burma and counterterrorism in Afghanistan. It was a good conversation with a great ally
>>13658108 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Honoured to meet with @LeaderMcConnell in Washington DC to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing our nations including #IndoPacific cooperation and Myanmar.
>>13658222 Israeli defence company Elbit Systems to fight ADF axing of $2bn battle management system over 'security' fears
>>13658651 'Entirely undemocratic': Bernard Collaery to challenge court order requiring large parts of his trial to be held in secret
>>13658692 Video: Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell arrested during counter-terrorism raid on Melbourne home
>>13659310 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: Our Chargé d'Affaires Mike Goldman accepted the National Emergency Medal yesterday on behalf of the families of the three Americans who tragically died while fighting fires in NSW. Their sacrifice remains a constant reminder of the unbreakable bond between our two nations
>>13664626 Record $1.3bn boost for ASIO's war on spies and hackers - Spy agency will move to an artificial intelligence war footing in a technology arms race
>>13682300 Video: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to host Scott Morrison later this month
>>13682626 'Not a good look': Malcolm Turnbull questions Scott Morrison's red carpet welcome at RAAF Williamtown Base
>>13692528 Carolyn2813928 Tweet - Giant pipes coming out from the ground marked with Masonic symbols - 1829 New World Infrastructure Commission - Australis Project West - Bunbury, WA
>>13717832 Defence declares war on political correctness, bans morning teas aimed at inclusion and diversity - " primary mission to protect Australia's national security interests"
>>13717834 'We are not pursuing a woke agenda': Dutton bans special morning teas at Defence after International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)
>>13718168, >>13721113 This week in US Politics: Why a meaningless recount in Arizona might be the most important political story of the year
#13741327 at 2021-05-24 09:27:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>13569679 U.S. Marines Tweet: Joint Forces - The Honorable @ScottMorrisonMP the Prime Minister of Australia, speaks to Maj. David Femea, aviation combat element operations officer and AH-1Z Viper pilot with @MrfDarwin
>>13586735 Video: 'Donald Trump's desk' feed lets people share his posts on their Facebook or Twitter accounts. But it's not the same as him tweeting
>>13586991 U.S. Department of Defense Tweet: Flight mates - A @HiAirGuard F-22 Raptor flies alongside an @AusAirForce E-7A Wedgetail over Oahu, Hawaii
>>13586995 Hawaiian Raptors Fly with RAAF for Exercise Pacific Edge 21
>>13587004 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Honoured to lay wreaths at the Japanese and Australian War Cemeteries in Cowra. Lest We Forget
>>13595507 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Great to exchange candid views with Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo AO
>>13595526 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan - Press Release: Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting, May 5, 2021
>>13595629 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (United Kingdom) bonds are stronger than ever, as our partnership in the #IndoPacific deepens
>>13595634 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (France) are close friends in support of multilateralism, the rules-based international order & cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
>>13595643 High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis Tweet: Australia's values are clear, and we are resolute in our defence of liberal democracy
>>13603946 Israeli company denies 'security rumours' as Defence removes multi-billion-dollar technology and quarantines Army IT systems
>>13604022 U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Tweet: Had a great dinner tonight with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He's in great spirits! We spent the evening talking about working together to re-take the House & Senate in 2022.
>>13604022 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: "re-take the House & Senate in 2022" like you did on 6 January 2021?
>>13604022 Dr. Carter Pewterschmidt Tweet: C'mon Malcolm, you a former PM of Aus? Openly taking sides...?
>>13604022 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: Are you kidding? Taking sides? Sure, I am on the side of democracy and the rule of law. I am not on the side of armed mobs trying to overturn an election and hang elected officials. Nor am I on the side of the media that enabled it. What "side" are you on?
>>13608464 Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts to become Australia's first space commander
>>13626313 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with @MRFDarwin and members of the @DeptDefence conduct a site survey in preparation for an upcoming exercise on Tiwi Island, Northern Territory
>>13626313 Pacific Marines Tweet: This year marks the 10-year anniversary of #MRFD, demonstrating the U.S. Marine Corps' sustained commitment to the Australian-U.S. alliance, combined strength, and presence in a #freeandopenindopacific
#13741323 at 2021-05-24 09:26:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>13460325 Video: New Zealand 'uncomfortable with expanding the remit' of Five Eyes, says Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
>>13460336 1st MAW Marines Tweet: VMM-363 and HMLA-367 joined MRF-D and are prepared to respond to crisis and contingencies in a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
>>13462856 Feeding Hate With Video: A Former Alt-Right YouTuber Explains His Methods - Focus on conflict Feed the algorithm (Lauren Southern)
>>13477230 New Zealand backs "Five Eyes" alliance, but wants human rights raised in broader group
>>13477249 Japan should join Five Eyes intelligence network, says ambassador Shingo Yamagami
>>13477403 Former US intelligence director James Clapper backs Turnbull and Rudd's call for Murdoch media inquiry
>>13477434 Australia's ambition on climate change is held back by a toxic mix of rightwing politics, media and vested interests - Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull - theguardian.com
>>13485324 Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism
>>13485327 Australia reminds New Zealand of the importance of the Five Eyes alliance during a meeting of trans-Tasman foreign ministers
>>13485332 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Today's Foreign Ministerial Consultations in #Wellington, our first face-to-face meeting since COVID-19, allowed for a deep discussion as friends about shared priorities, including our Pacific partnerships, as we navigate 2021 together
>>13485337 Strengthening trans-Tasman ties: Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations - Senator the Hon Marise Payne Joint statement with The Hon Nanaia Mahuta - 22 April 2021
>>13485346 Former Director of America's National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers says misinformation a threat to democracy
>>13485350 Video: CyberCX Cyber Dialogue: In conversation with Admiral Michael Rogers and Alastair MacGibbon
>>13493355 'Bankable': Morrison promotes Australia's climate record at US summit
>>13493366 Video: Scott Morrison resists pressure for new emissions target at Joe Biden climate summit
>>13493636 Andrew Greene Tweet: Worth noting the head of ASIS (Paul Symon) joined @MarisePayne's delegation to New Zealand. Wellington's role in 5-Eyes is all the talk inside intelligence circles at the moment
>>13499801 All-gender bathrooms proposed for Victorian workplaces and footy ovals
>>13499932 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: #QUAD Ambassadors and US House Foreign Affairs Committee continue conversation on shared vision for an open, inclusive and resilient Indo Pacifc.
>>13500013 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Marines with MRF-D and ADF members teamed up with the Portuguese and Timorese Social Club in order to prepare a shipment of flood relief supplies donated by the local Darwin community for Timor-Leste
>>13500022 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Heads up Darwin, Marines will be flying at night throughout the rotation! This training keeps our aviation units safe and proficient, and we'll do our best to keep it to times that are respectful to the community
>>13500945 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Facebook Post - Lest We Forget. Tomorrow, Anzac Day, is one of the most sacred days in our national calendar.
>>13500949, >>13500950, >>13500952, >>13500954 Anzac Day 2021 Dawn Service Livestreams - ShrineMelbourne, ABC Australia, 7NEWS Australia and Australia in the US
>>13503677 ANZAC Day 2021 - "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Lest We Forget.
>>13507409 Anzac Day: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Afghanistan withdrawal marks end of 'another chapter'
>>13507484 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton reveals how Australian troops will fight greater threats and uncertainty at home
>>13507800 ANZAC Day - PRESS STATEMENT - ANTONY J. BLINKEN, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE - "I express my sincere gratitude to all Australians and New Zealanders on this somber day."
>>13507965 Crowds return for Anzac Day service, but some diggers locked out by fence
>>13507973 Q Post #2480 - With Respect, Honor, and Gratitude. Your sacrifice(s) will never be forgotten. Thank you and God Bless, Veterans!
>>13508029 Video: What can the US learn from Australia's gun reforms? - Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - CNN
>>13508109 'It's an arms race': RedShield - The Kiwi cyber firm that shielded Biden's home state during 2020 election
#13741319 at 2021-05-24 09:25:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#15 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>13345120 Christian Porter: ABC reporter Louise Milligan accused of deleting social media posts
>>13345357 Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser Sean Turnell charged under Myanmar secrets act
>>13350508 Tortured by Iran, trolled at home: academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert hits out at vicious attacks
>>13350524 How the Murdoch War Megaphone pulls the wool over our eyes - Dr Tim Anderson on Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Israeli spy allegations
>>13356362 New Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns contractors on submarine, frigate deliveries
>>13362728 Australians Christa Avery and Matthew O'Kane freed from house arrest in Myanmar
>>13369823 Malcolm Turnbull dumped from new NSW Government Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board
>>13369989 Andy Meddick slams AustraliaOne party after supporters of the far-right party gathered in Torquay
>>13390184 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet - Statement on His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
>>13390206 Q Post #100 - Who is the Queen of England? How long in power? With power comes corruption. What happened to Diana? What did she find out?
>>13391053 Christian Porter - Australia's former Attorney General and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Big Tech wants him gone
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 6:11
>>13408100 'Utterly unaccountable': Turnbull labels News Corp the most powerful political actor in Australia
>>13414591 Magda Szubanski criticised over Jenny Morrison 'Handmaid's Tale' post
>>13414649 Video: Trump receives 'Champion for Freedom Award' from The National Republican Senatorial Committee - Sky News Australia
>>13422688 Spring forward: why Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the United States is ready to mingle after a 'hermit-like existence'
>>13429478 Joe Biden says it's time to 'end America's longest war', as final Afghanistan withdrawal announced
>>13429488 Australia to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after Biden's vow to end war
>>13429624 Video: PM holds back tears announcing withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan
>>13429802 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Did you miss us, #Australia?
>>13429808 U.S. Navy Tweet: #USNavy Sailors & @USMC with Marine Rotational Force Darwin arrive at @AusAirForce Base after documenting negative #COVID19 tests throughout travel.
>>13429809 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: The U.S. Marines are back for a historical 10th iteration of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. The MRF-D rotation demonstrates the U.S. commitment to combined readiness and shared regional security in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>13438087 Video: Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, Federal Court finds
>>13441634 Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - 530 million people had some personal information leaked, in some cases phone numbers
>>13444007 Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock dies in the United States aged 82
>>13445048 Chief of Navy Australia Tweet #HMASAnzac and #HMASSirius took part in the French-led Exercise La Perouse….undertaken by (France, India, Japan and the U.S.)
>>13445768 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Cleared for Landing - @USMC UH-1Y Venoms and MV-22B #Ospreys for MRF-D 21.2 have officially landed! #USwithAus
>>13460196 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull puts Rupert Murdoch on blast - CNN
>>13460205 Greg Kelly Tweet: SO @TurnbullMalcolm doesn't KNOW anything about what happened in the Nov. election. Malcolm, real quick: describe for us the constitutional issues surrounding Absentee voting in Pennsylvania
>>13460205 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: There are Courts to do that. And they did. But here's the thing: a democracy should ensure that every adult eligible to vote is on the roll and is encouraged to vote
#13741316 at 2021-05-24 09:23:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
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>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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#13741257 at 2021-05-24 09:01:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>13633861 Army may have to fight next war with pencils and paper - Axing of $2bn battle management system sets back Army's digital transformation by more than 15 years
>>13642424 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: I had an excellent call with Australia's MoD @PeterDutton_MP. The Unbreakable Alliance has faced all challenges in its first 70 years, and we stand ready with our Australian mates for the challenges of the next 70 and beyond, strengthening the #FreeandopenIndoPacific
>>13642424 U.S. Department of Defense Press Readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton by phone today, reaffirming the strength, endurance, and resilience of the U.S.-Australia Alliance - the Unbreakable Alliance
>>13642586 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Good to see Sec @JohnKerry again including to discuss key outcomes from the #ClimateSummit & the $1.1b (Australia) committed to low emissions technology
>>13650206 What is Australia's space division, and why is it in the military?
>>13650406 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Tweet: Appreciated meeting today with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne of Australia. We discussed our nations' efforts to meet shared challenges, from China's aggression to democracy in Burma and counterterrorism in Afghanistan. It was a good conversation with a great ally
>>13658108 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Honoured to meet with @LeaderMcConnell in Washington DC to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing our nations including #IndoPacific cooperation and Myanmar.
>>13658222 Israeli defence company Elbit Systems to fight ADF axing of $2bn battle management system over 'security' fears
>>13658651 'Entirely undemocratic': Bernard Collaery to challenge court order requiring large parts of his trial to be held in secret
>>13658692 Video: Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell arrested during counter-terrorism raid on Melbourne home
>>13659310 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: Our Chargé d'Affaires Mike Goldman accepted the National Emergency Medal yesterday on behalf of the families of the three Americans who tragically died while fighting fires in NSW. Their sacrifice remains a constant reminder of the unbreakable bond between our two nations
>>13664626 Record $1.3bn boost for ASIO's war on spies and hackers - Spy agency will move to an artificial intelligence war footing in a technology arms race
>>13682300 Video: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to host Scott Morrison later this month
>>13682626 'Not a good look': Malcolm Turnbull questions Scott Morrison's red carpet welcome at RAAF Williamtown Base
>>13692528 Carolyn2813928 Tweet - Giant pipes coming out from the ground marked with Masonic symbols - 1829 New World Infrastructure Commission - Australis Project West - Bunbury, WA
>>13717832 Defence declares war on political correctness, bans morning teas aimed at inclusion and diversity - " primary mission to protect Australia's national security interests"
>>13717834 'We are not pursuing a woke agenda': Dutton bans special morning teas at Defence after International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)
>>13718168, >>13721113 This week in US Politics: Why a meaningless recount in Arizona might be the most important political story of the year
#13741252 at 2021-05-24 09:00:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>13569679 U.S. Marines Tweet: Joint Forces - The Honorable @ScottMorrisonMP the Prime Minister of Australia, speaks to Maj. David Femea, aviation combat element operations officer and AH-1Z Viper pilot with @MrfDarwin
>>13586735 Video: 'Donald Trump's desk' feed lets people share his posts on their Facebook or Twitter accounts. But it's not the same as him tweeting
>>13586991 U.S. Department of Defense Tweet: Flight mates - A @HiAirGuard F-22 Raptor flies alongside an @AusAirForce E-7A Wedgetail over Oahu, Hawaii
>>13586995 Hawaiian Raptors Fly with RAAF for Exercise Pacific Edge 21
>>13587004 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Honoured to lay wreaths at the Japanese and Australian War Cemeteries in Cowra. Lest We Forget
>>13595507 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Great to exchange candid views with Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo AO
>>13595526 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan - Press Release: Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting, May 5, 2021
>>13595629 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (United Kingdom) bonds are stronger than ever, as our partnership in the #IndoPacific deepens
>>13595634 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia) & (France) are close friends in support of multilateralism, the rules-based international order & cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
>>13595643 High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis Tweet: Australia's values are clear, and we are resolute in our defence of liberal democracy
>>13603946 Israeli company denies 'security rumours' as Defence removes multi-billion-dollar technology and quarantines Army IT systems
>>13604022 U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Tweet: Had a great dinner tonight with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He's in great spirits! We spent the evening talking about working together to re-take the House & Senate in 2022.
>>13604022 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: "re-take the House & Senate in 2022" like you did on 6 January 2021?
>>13604022 Dr. Carter Pewterschmidt Tweet: C'mon Malcolm, you a former PM of Aus? Openly taking sides...?
>>13604022 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: Are you kidding? Taking sides? Sure, I am on the side of democracy and the rule of law. I am not on the side of armed mobs trying to overturn an election and hang elected officials. Nor am I on the side of the media that enabled it. What "side" are you on?
>>13608464 Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts to become Australia's first space commander
>>13626313 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with @MRFDarwin and members of the @DeptDefence conduct a site survey in preparation for an upcoming exercise on Tiwi Island, Northern Territory
>>13626313 Pacific Marines Tweet: This year marks the 10-year anniversary of #MRFD, demonstrating the U.S. Marine Corps' sustained commitment to the Australian-U.S. alliance, combined strength, and presence in a #freeandopenindopacific
#13741245 at 2021-05-24 08:57:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>13460325 Video: New Zealand 'uncomfortable with expanding the remit' of Five Eyes, says Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
>>13460336 1st MAW Marines Tweet: VMM-363 and HMLA-367 joined MRF-D and are prepared to respond to crisis and contingencies in a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
>>13462856 Feeding Hate With Video: A Former Alt-Right YouTuber Explains His Methods - Focus on conflict Feed the algorithm (Lauren Southern)
>>13477230 New Zealand backs "Five Eyes" alliance, but wants human rights raised in broader group
>>13477249 Japan should join Five Eyes intelligence network, says ambassador Shingo Yamagami
>>13477403 Former US intelligence director James Clapper backs Turnbull and Rudd's call for Murdoch media inquiry
>>13477434 Australia's ambition on climate change is held back by a toxic mix of rightwing politics, media and vested interests - Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull - theguardian.com
>>13485324 Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism
>>13485327 Australia reminds New Zealand of the importance of the Five Eyes alliance during a meeting of trans-Tasman foreign ministers
>>13485332 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Today's Foreign Ministerial Consultations in #Wellington, our first face-to-face meeting since COVID-19, allowed for a deep discussion as friends about shared priorities, including our Pacific partnerships, as we navigate 2021 together
>>13485337 Strengthening trans-Tasman ties: Australia-New Zealand Foreign Minister Consultations - Senator the Hon Marise Payne Joint statement with The Hon Nanaia Mahuta - 22 April 2021
>>13485346 Former Director of America's National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers says misinformation a threat to democracy
>>13485350 Video: CyberCX Cyber Dialogue: In conversation with Admiral Michael Rogers and Alastair MacGibbon
>>13493355 'Bankable': Morrison promotes Australia's climate record at US summit
>>13493366 Video: Scott Morrison resists pressure for new emissions target at Joe Biden climate summit
>>13493636 Andrew Greene Tweet: Worth noting the head of ASIS (Paul Symon) joined @MarisePayne's delegation to New Zealand. Wellington's role in 5-Eyes is all the talk inside intelligence circles at the moment
>>13499801 All-gender bathrooms proposed for Victorian workplaces and footy ovals
>>13499932 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: #QUAD Ambassadors and US House Foreign Affairs Committee continue conversation on shared vision for an open, inclusive and resilient Indo Pacifc.
>>13500013 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Marines with MRF-D and ADF members teamed up with the Portuguese and Timorese Social Club in order to prepare a shipment of flood relief supplies donated by the local Darwin community for Timor-Leste
>>13500022 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Heads up Darwin, Marines will be flying at night throughout the rotation! This training keeps our aviation units safe and proficient, and we'll do our best to keep it to times that are respectful to the community
>>13500945 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Facebook Post - Lest We Forget. Tomorrow, Anzac Day, is one of the most sacred days in our national calendar.
>>13500949, >>13500950, >>13500952 >>13500954 Anzac Day 2021 Dawn Service Livestreams - ShrineMelbourne, ABC Australia, 7NEWS Australia and Australia in the US
>>13503677 ANZAC Day 2021 - "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Lest We Forget.
>>13507409 Anzac Day: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Afghanistan withdrawal marks end of 'another chapter'
>>13507484 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton reveals how Australian troops will fight greater threats and uncertainty at home
>>13507800 ANZAC Day - PRESS STATEMENT - ANTONY J. BLINKEN, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE - "I express my sincere gratitude to all Australians and New Zealanders on this somber day."
>>13507965 Crowds return for Anzac Day service, but some diggers locked out by fence
>>13507973 Q Post #2480 - With Respect, Honor, and Gratitude. Your sacrifice(s) will never be forgotten. Thank you and God Bless, Veterans!
>>13508029 Video: What can the US learn from Australia's gun reforms? - Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - CNN
>>13508109 'It's an arms race': RedShield - The Kiwi cyber firm that shielded Biden's home state during 2020 election
#13741239 at 2021-05-24 08:56:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#15 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>13345120 Christian Porter: ABC reporter Louise Milligan accused of deleting social media posts
>>13345357 Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser Sean Turnell charged under Myanmar secrets act
>>13350508 Tortured by Iran, trolled at home: academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert hits out at vicious attacks
>>13350524 How the Murdoch War Megaphone pulls the wool over our eyes - Dr Tim Anderson on Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Israeli spy allegations
>>13356362 New Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns contractors on submarine, frigate deliveries
>>13362728 Australians Christa Avery and Matthew O'Kane freed from house arrest in Myanmar
>>13369823 Malcolm Turnbull dumped from new NSW Government Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board
>>13369989 Andy Meddick slams AustraliaOne party after supporters of the far-right party gathered in Torquay
>>13390184 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet - Statement on His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
>>13390206 Q Post #100 - Who is the Queen of England? How long in power? With power comes corruption. What happened to Diana? What did she find out?
>>13391053 Christian Porter - Australia's former Attorney General and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Big Tech wants him gone
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 6:11
>>13408100 'Utterly unaccountable': Turnbull labels News Corp the most powerful political actor in Australia
>>13414591 Magda Szubanski criticised over Jenny Morrison 'Handmaid's Tale' post
>>13414649 Video: Trump receives 'Champion for Freedom Award' from The National Republican Senatorial Committee - Sky News Australia
>>13422688 Spring forward: why Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the United States is ready to mingle after a 'hermit-like existence'
>>13429478 Joe Biden says it's time to 'end America's longest war', as final Afghanistan withdrawal announced
>>13429488 Australia to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after Biden's vow to end war
>>13429624 Video: PM holds back tears announcing withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan
>>13429802 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Did you miss us, #Australia?
>>13429808 U.S. Navy Tweet: #USNavy Sailors & @USMC with Marine Rotational Force Darwin arrive at @AusAirForce Base after documenting negative #COVID19 tests throughout travel.
>>13429809 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: The U.S. Marines are back for a historical 10th iteration of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. The MRF-D rotation demonstrates the U.S. commitment to combined readiness and shared regional security in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>13438087 Video: Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, Federal Court finds
>>13441634 Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - 530 million people had some personal information leaked, in some cases phone numbers
>>13444007 Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock dies in the United States aged 82
>>13445048 Chief of Navy Australia Tweet #HMASAnzac and #HMASSirius took part in the French-led Exercise La Perouse….undertaken by (France, India, Japan and the U.S.)
>>13445768 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Cleared for Landing - @USMC UH-1Y Venoms and MV-22B #Ospreys for MRF-D 21.2 have officially landed! #USwithAus
>>13460196 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull puts Rupert Murdoch on blast - CNN
>>13460205 Greg Kelly Tweet: SO @TurnbullMalcolm doesn't KNOW anything about what happened in the Nov. election. Malcolm, real quick: describe for us the constitutional issues surrounding Absentee voting in Pennsylvania
>>13460205 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: There are Courts to do that. And they did. But here's the thing: a democracy should ensure that every adult eligible to vote is on the roll and is encouraged to vote
#13717930 at 2021-05-21 09:00:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
China could have ordered Huawei to shut down Australia's 5G
Peter Hartcher - May 21, 2021
The federal government's cyber spies advised Australia would have had to put 300 separate security measures on Huawei's equipment to make it safe for the nation's 5G system but the network could still have been shut down on Beijing's orders.
The Australian Signals Directorate spent more than eight months trying to find a way to make the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment acceptably safe but ultimately told the Turnbull government the risk could not be contained satisfactorily.
Australia was the first country to ban Huawei from its 5G system in 2018, a decision many more have followed. The government of Chinese President Xi Jinping continues to demand that Canberra reverse the veto. It is number two on a list of 14 demands released by the Chinese embassy in Canberra in November as a prerequisite to improving relations. Number one on the list calls for China's foreign investment to be unrestricted.
A senior Australian spy said the main risk was not Chinese spying but that Beijing could order Huawei to disconnect the Australian 5G network altogether.
"Here's the thing that most commentators get confused about with 5G, including some of our American friends," the spy told this correspondent for the new book Red Zone, extracted in Saturday's Good Weekend magazine. "It's not about the interception of telephone calls. We've got that problem with 4G, we had it with 3G."
The official said the real problem was that Beijing could order Huawei or the other major Chinese telecoms gear maker, ZTE, "to switch things off, and that disrupts the country - elements of it, or the whole country. That's why you've got to be concerned.
"The sewerage pump stops working. Clean water doesn't come to you. You can imagine the social implications of that. Or the public transport network doesn't work. Or electric cars that are self-driving don't work. And that has implications for society, implications for the economy."
For these reasons, he said, the 5G network would be "No.1 on our critical infrastructure list" in need of protection once it was fully operational.
Huawei has always insisted that if so ordered by China's authorities, it would never comply. The prime minister who made the 2018 decision, Malcolm Turnbull, did not believe the company: "One thing you know - if the Chinese Communist Party called on Huawei to act against Australia's interests, it would have to do it," he said in an interview for the book. "Huawei says, 'Oh no, we would refuse.' That's laughable. They would have no option but to comply."
Beijing passed a 2017 law that requires all companies, private as well as publicly owned, to co-operate with the Chinese government on any national security matter.
But before banning Huawei, Mr Turnbull tried to find a way to make it acceptable: "I went back and forth with Mike Burgess [then head of the ASD and now ASIO's director-general of security], pressing him to find an effective means of mitigating the risk.
"I would have preferred to have all vendors available in Australia, but not at the expense of security."
Mr Burgess assembled a crack team of the ASD's best hackers, a Red Team tasked to act as Beijing. They were told to use Huawei against Australia.
The vulnerabilities they exposed formed the basis for the protection measures the ASD compiled.
Mr Burgess and his staff brought the full list of more than 300 measures to Mr Turnbull on A3 sheets of paper. They included that Australia would need to have full and sole access to the source code, full access to hardware schematics and that updates should only be done in Australia.
But even then, ASD advised, the risk of shutdown could not be fully mitigated.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-could-have-ordered-huawei-to-shut-down-australia-s-5g-20210520-p57trn.html
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Huawei? No way! Why Australia banned the world's biggest telecoms firm
https://www.smh.com.au/national/huawei-no-way-why-australia-banned-the-world-s-biggest-telecoms-firm-20210503-p57oc9.html
#13682626 at 2021-05-17 09:37:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
'Not a good look': Turnbull questions Morrison's red carpet RAAF welcome
Josh Butler - May 17, 2021
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he hopes a red carpet welcome for his successor Scott Morrison at a Newcastle air force base "won't be repeated", after an Instagram snap of the guard of honour went viral online.
The Department of Defence claimed the official welcome - including numerous Air Force members standing at attention, brandishing Australian flags was "standard protocol", but Mr Turnbull and fellow former PM Kevin Rudd said they never received such a welcome.
The unusual controversy was set off on May 7, when Mr Morrison visited RAAF Williamtown, north of Newcastle in the NSW Hunter region.
He was in town to announce $66 million to upgrade the Newcastle Airport runway, to allow larger aircraft to land, which Mr Morrison said would "leverage our significant defence investments at RAAF Base Williamtown".
He flew on his private RAAF jet to Williamtown. A photo of Mr Morrison walking off the plane was posted to his Instagram, showing the PM - wearing a suit, blue tie and face mask - walking along a red carpet, as up to 10 men and women in RAAF uniforms stood to attention.
One was holding an Australian flag, another the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign.
The photo - with the caption "always good to be back in the Hunter" - was posted to Mr Morrison's Instagram Story, a popular feature where photos automatically expire after 24 hours. It was not shared on the PM's other social media channels, but was soon shared across Twitter by Australians curious about the ceremonial welcome.
Labor MP Brian Mitchell tweeted on May 9 that it was "right up there with knights and dames", referring to an unpopular decision from former PM Tony Abbott to revive that system of honours.
The New Daily has been told by a senior government source that Mr Morrison's office did not specifically request the red carpet welcome.
The ABC published an article on Monday, with claims from Mr Turnbull and Mr Rudd that they did not recall ever receiving such a welcome when visiting army facilities. Mr Rudd was PM between 2007 and 2010, then again briefly in 2013, while Mr Turnbull held the top job from 2015-18.
Mr Rudd's office told The New Daily he did not believe such a welcome was standard protocol. Mr Turnbull echoed similar remarks.
"I don't recall ever being received by a ceremonial guard like that with flags," he told TND.
"It wasn't a good look."
Mr Turnbull claimed the ceremony was "more Ruritanian than Australian", a reference to the mythical kingdom of Ruritania, a fictional nation which is imagined as the setting of fairy tales.
"We play down the pomp and ceremony as a rule. So I hope it won't be repeated," Mr Turnbull said.
Labor's shadow defence minister, Brendan O'Connor, was also critical.
"There is a time and a place for formal protocol, but we don't expect our leaders to indulge in confected pageantry at the taxpayers' expense," he told TND.
The New Daily contacted the Department of Defence on multiple occasions since May 9, asking questions about the welcome for Mr Morrison. The department did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
While not responding to specific questions, a Defence spokesperson instead directed TND to a press release on its website from Mr Morrison and defence minister Peter Dutton, on the Newcastle airport upgrade.
The ABC quoted a Defence spokeswoman as saying the welcome - known as a 'Ceremonial Stairway Guard' - was "standard protocol for the arrival of VIPs" including prime ministers.
However, the ABC reported it could not find photographic examples of similar welcomes for other ministers, only the PM.
Neil James, the executive director of the Australia Defence Association, told the ABC that "generally speaking, a visit by a minister, including the prime minister, is not a VIP visit."
On Monday, South Australian senator Rex Patrick tweeted it was "not the Aussie way".
Labor MP Andrew Leigh tweeted "less of this" with a photo of the red carpet arrival.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/05/17/scott-morrison-red-carpet-raaf-welcome/
https://twitter.com/Senator_Patrick/status/1394075242914455553
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Why did Scott Morrison get red-carpet treatment on airbase visit when previous prime ministers didn't?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-17/scott-morrison-red-carpet-raaf-williamtown-visit-fact-check/100139660
>Optics are important.
#13604022 at 2021-05-07 09:10:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Tweet
Had a great dinner tonight with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
He's in great spirits! We spent the evening talking about working together to re-take the House & Senate in 2022.
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1389759331470659586
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Malcolm Turnbull Tweets
"re-take the House & Senate in 2022" like you did on 6 January 2021?
https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1390253111869022213
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Dr. Carter Pewterschmidt@carter_pewter
Replying to @TurnbullMalcolm
C'mon Malcolm, you a former PM of Aus? Openly taking sides…?
https://twitter.com/carter_pewter/status/1390253677647175683
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Malcolm Turnbull @TurnbullMalcolm
Replying to @carter_pewter
Are you kidding? Taking sides? Sure, I am on the side of democracy and the rule of law. I am not on the side of armed mobs trying to overturn an election and hang elected officials. Nor am I on the side of the media that enabled it. What "side" are you on?
https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1390254457896591362
https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=call%20details
https://qanon.pub/?q=Threat%20to%20AUS
#13555541 at 2021-05-01 06:42:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13515337
OPINION: Where are the grown-ups? All this loose talk about China and war is dangerous
Bob Carr - May 1, 2021
1/2
"So what's the plan?" asked an investor after I had spoken at the Lonsec Symposium about Australia-China relations. Days earlier, Defence Minister Peter Dutton talked war over the Taiwan Strait. His former department head said our "warriors" were ready to go fight.
The Foreign Affairs Minister announced she was tearing up two anodyne memorandums of understanding between Victoria and China over the Belt and Road instead of letting them gather mould in Daniel Andrews' cabinet. The government hinted at a take-over of the Port of Darwin - in reality a wharf, and over which Canberra in any case enjoys total control. Not even in Washington is there talk as loose as this.
"There are no grown-ups," a priest once told French novelist Andre Malraux.
What's the plan? Truth is, there is none. Not for resuscitating the bilateral relationship - say, to the level that other United States allies such as Japan or the Europeans manage with China.
Nor for salvaging the lost markets. Since December 2019, barley has been totally lost. Coal is down 98 per cent, wine 97 per cent, crustaceans 89 per cent and beef 47 per cent. But as Professor James Laurenceson has demonstrated, the share of China's markets enjoyed by other Five Eyes countries has expanded.
And US sales of food and beverage to China have risen. As another Frenchman, General Charles de Gaulle, put it, great powers are "cold monsters".
What threat to our sovereignty was averted by the showy diplomacy that accompanied Australia's exclusion of Huawei - a phone call to Donald Trump from then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull boasting the decision, a leak from our security agencies to let the world know we were campaigning to have the ban adopted by the all other Five Eyes nations? An alternative line was to say we've made a decision to protect resilience and security in our network and left it at that.
The international inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 might have been secured without our Foreign Affairs Minister's flamboyant talk of "weapons inspectors". Martin Parkinson, former head of the Prime Minister's Department, asked: "What whiz kid dreamt up those talking points?" Did a Young Liberal plop that zinger into the minister's notes and sit back to watch the explosion? Parkinson also said the contest between China and the US presented us not with a question of choice but of balance.
Diplomacy was invented so we could pull off challenges like this one: managing an alliance with the US in which we host bases, buy its F-35s and send troops to its "forever wars" while negotiating a booming trade with China, which soon will be the world's biggest economy, pulling 850 million of its citizens into the middle-class, able to buy our beef and wine from their supermarkets and come here as our biggest-spending tourists.
Working at the balance, and not being fixated on the choice, wouldn't have required us to moderate our language on China's repression of Uighurs or the extinction of legal autonomy in Hong Kong. But Canberra gives the impression it wants to turn day-to-day management of a bilateral relationship into an existential crusade, urged on by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a think tank partially funded by the US, from which commentary on China has become more and more blood-curdling.
(continued)
#13517935 at 2021-04-26 18:28:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
Social media is work of 'evil one', says Scott Morrison
ELLIE DUDLEY - APRIL 27, 2021
Scott Morrison has proposed the misuse of social media could be the work of "the evil one", instructing a national Christian conference to pray against its "corrosive" effects.
The Prime Minister appeared in front of the Australian Christian Church national conference on the Gold Coast last week, where he suggested social media had the capacity to be used as a weapon.
"Sure, social media has its virtues and its values and enables us to connect with people in ways we've never had before," Mr Morrison said.
"But those weapons can also be used by the evil one and we need to call that out."
Mr Morrison is Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister, following numerous non-evangelical Christian leaders including John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.
In the lead-up to the 2019 election, he famously invited the media into a Pentecostal church service in the south of Sydney, where he was photographed raising his hands in worship.
He told last week's conference he looked for signs from God while campaigning for the top job, and practised the evangelical tradition of "laying-on of hands" and praying.
He said he was "called to do God's work" when he was elected prime minister.
Further, he said he received a sign from God while visiting Ken Duncan's art gallery on NSW's central coast.
"And there right in front of me was the biggest picture of a soaring eagle," he said, a reference to Isaiah 40.
"The message I got that day was, Scott, you've got to run to not grow weary, you've got to walk to not grow faint, you've got to spread your wings like an eagle to soar like an eagle."
He later told the crowd he had practiced the laying-on of hands while visiting the Pilbara region in WA after Cyclone Seroja.
"I've been in evacuation centres where people thought I was just giving someone a hug and I was praying, and putting my hands on people ... laying hands on them and praying in various situations," he said.
"God has, I believe, been using us in those moments to be able to provide some relief and comfort and just some reassurance."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/social-media-is-work-of-evil-one-says-scott-morrison/news-story/6c465aaf0991f1e48b1eae2540626a60
#13499324 at 2021-04-24 02:45:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13499309
2/2
Mr Lewis, formerly Australia's inaugural national security adviser and one-time head of Australia's Special Forces as well as a previous ambassador to Belgium and NATO and secretary of the Defence Department, said the political funding system was especially vulnerable and called for its reform.
"I do worry about the issue of financing political parties," he said. "We need a mechanism that maintains parties free of foreign influence."
The Turnbull government, with Labor's support, passed laws against foreign interference in 2018. Then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull named Russia and North Korea when he introduced the bills to parliament, but hinted clearly at the primary threat: "Media reports have suggested that the Chinese Communist Party has been working to covertly interfere with our media, our universities and even the decisions of elected representatives right here in this building. We take these reports very seriously."
Beijing maintains that it does not spy or intrude on Australia. Even after a Chinese diplomat, Chen Yonglin, defected to Australia in 2005 and warned of the Chinese government's infiltration strategy, the Chinese authorities insisted such claims were baseless and malicious.
After he defected from his post as first secretary for political affairs in China's consulate-general in Sydney, Mr Chen wrote that "the Communist Party of China had begun a structured effort to infiltrate Australia in a systematic way".
Mr Lewis said Australia's first line of defence was the community: "We need a more prepared community but we have a way to go yet. ASIO can't do it by itself. ASIO is very dependent on the community to be alert, but not paranoid."
He said the help of the community was essential in defeating terrorism in Australia. The Muslim community, in particular, supplied invaluable warnings to the police and ASIO and was indispensable to public safety.
"The Chinese-Australian community could and should be as vital in the work against foreign covert influence", he said, including against Beijing's United Front and political corruption.
The United Front Work Department is an agency of the Chinese government that seeks covertly to extend Beijing's control through organising the Chinese diaspora abroad. Chinese President Xi Jinping has described it as one of the three "magic weapons" of the Chinese Communist Party, together with the People's Liberation Army and party-building activities.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/insidious-former-asio-boss-warns-on-chinese-interference-in-australia-20191121-p53cv2.html
#13499300 at 2021-04-24 02:42:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13485007
The call never came: Victoria's China deal was done through Premier Daniel Andrews' office
Anthony Galloway - April 23, 2021
1/2
When Premier Daniel Andrews suggested he wanted to pursue a Belt and Road agreement with the Chinese government, senior officials in Victoria's jobs department waited to be called upon. That was five years ago. The call never came.
The Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources would ordinarily be the area to go to negotiate such an agreement with a foreign government. It had the trade expertise, the Global Victoria offices in China and the links into the Commonwealth's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to make it happen and ensure it was done correctly.
Instead, Andrews ran the show out of his own office and department. The deal was kept a closely guarded affair, with Andrews and then-secretary of Department of Premier and Cabinet, Chris Eccles, intimately involved in the process. The jobs department, along with the then-trade minister Philip Dalidakis, were sidelined.
A government spokeswoman on Thursday confirmed the process was led by the Premier's department but insisted the jobs department was kept in the loop.
With fanfare, the Victorian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese government on October 8, 2018, and a later "framework" agreement on October 23, 2019. While DFAT was consulted on the first agreement, it never saw the second deal until it was announced in the media. The deals signed Victoria onto China's $1.5 trillion global infrastructure initiative, allowing for Chinese investment in Victoria and for Victorian companies to participate in Chinese government projects overseas under the Belt and Road Initiative banner. Neither deal was ever approved by Andrews' cabinet.
This week, all that work came crashing down. The federal government announced on Wednesday night it had cancelled the two Victorian deals made under Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy, on the grounds that they contradicted Australia's national interest.
With Andrews still on leave recovering from a spinal injury, not a single member of the state government would defend the deal on Thursday. Employment and Small Business Minister Jaala Pulford said cancelling the BRI agreement would not have an adverse effect on the state's pipeline of infrastructure projects, adding it was "a matter for the Commonwealth government".
National security experts were left wondering: How did we get here? Why did the state government press ahead with two agreements that signed up to another country's foreign policy effectively against the wishes of Canberra? Why wasn't it stopped sooner?
Had Andrews consulted his own trade and foreign policy experts in the jobs department, they might have told him that Canberra was just waking up to the growing threat of the BRI in the region. The federal government was growing increasingly concerned about China's "debt-trap diplomacy" under the scheme, whereby developing countries are loaded with unsustainable debts with the intention of extracting economic or political concessions. Canberra had already begun countering China's growing assertiveness in the Pacific with its own infrastructure packages for the region.
Had Andrews consulted his own federal Labor colleagues, they might have told him that while the opposition didn't rule out supporting individual BRI projects, it was its policy not to sign up to the program as a whole. Had he consulted either then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull or his successor, Scott Morrison, they might have told him that the politics on China was rapidly changing.
Along the way, many theories emerged about why Andrews was so close to China, with seemingly no economic benefit when compared to other states. The links of some of his staffers were put under intense scrutiny.
Andrews's adviser Marty Mei was named a "special consultant" to the Shenzhen Association of Australia, part of a network of groups run by the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department. His electorate officer, Nancy Yang, once undertook a CCP propaganda training course and last year posted a series of articles and videos on social media suggesting the coronavirus was created by the United States and transported to China by the US Army. Andrews repeatedly defended both of his staffers.
Andrews visited China six times as Premier and at least once as opposition leader. He also made all of his ministers visit the country at least once.
It also must be said that Andrews's penchant for centralising decision-making wasn't confined to the BRI deals; from the Suburban Rail Loop to the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian Premier has always been criticised for avoiding internal stakeholders that may object or have a different point of view.
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#13493606 at 2021-04-23 10:05:08 (UTC+1)
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Resignations in the news
Outspoken Nationals MP George Christensen to quit politics
Rob Harris - April 22, 2021
Nationals MP George Christensen will end his controversial decade-long career in federal Parliament at the next election, warning of the "broken" state of politics and signalling he won't go quietly.
The conservative Queensland MP - who has been outspoken on social issues and spent up to 10 weeks a year in the Philippines and Thailand over a period of four years while a member of parliament - told the Courier-Mail in a statement he would not recontest his Mackay-based seat at the next poll.
He said he had only ever intended to "serve three terms" after first being elected at the 2010 election and only contested the last election to ensure the Coalition held the seat and kept out a "Green-tinged Labor government".
He listed several road projects and the Adani Carmichael mine as his best contributions as an MP. In a video uploaded to his Facebook page, he warned he was concerned about the trend on restrictions on freedoms of speech, abortion, the rights of doctors to promote alternate treatments and the rising of the Chinese Communist government.
The member for Dawson said he wanted to spend more time with his family, including his wife April Asuncion, who were "caught up overseas" due to pandemic border closures.
The pair met in a karaoke bar during one of the MP's 28 trips abroad, spending almost 300 days in the Philippines between 2014 and 2018.
The Australian Federal Police warned Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the time he could be questioned in the Philippines by local police given rising concerns about his payments to women and lengthy stays in "seedy" hotels.
After almost a year of inquiries police found no evidence of illegality but raised concerns he remained an ongoing risk of being compromised.
Mr Christensen, 42, said in a statement that politics had become dominated by an "activist mainstream media along with other leftists cultural institutions" that were disconnected from the public.
"I will have more to say about [the broken politics] down the track," Mr Christensen said.
"While I'm in Parliament until the next election and while there's still breath in me, I'm going to continue speaking out on the issues that matter, without fear or favour, or the need to get re-elected."
Despite the scandal involving his travel to the Philippines, which earned him the nickname the "Member for Manila" among colleagues, Mr Christensen was re-elected during the 2019 election with an 11.2 per cent two-party preferred swing - aided mainly by One Nation voters.
Mr Christensen has threatened on numerous occasions to cross the floor against government legislation since the Coalition came to power and was one of the leading proponents within the ranks to demand a royal commission into the banking sector.
He was a vocal support of former US president Donald Trump and a fierce critic of COVID-19 lockdowns, including directions from the Queensland government to mandate facemasks earlier this year.
Labor won the seat of Dawson under the leadership of Kevin Rudd in 2007 but it was regained by Mr Christensen in 2010, one of several seats won under Tony Abbott to reduce the Gillard government to a minority.
Mr Turnbull revealed in his memoir, A Bigger Picture, last year that he was briefed by then-AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin about Mr Christensen's "unusually complex online presence" and was told he had been spending "substantial sums in Manila bars and nightclubs as well as making many small payments to women there".
"Against the advice of our embassy in the Philippines, he had been staying in seedy hotels in Angeles City, which was not only recklessly unsafe but made him vulnerable to being compromised."
In a sign of the personal and political fury over the matter, Mr Turnbull told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age he received a warning from Mr Christensen about what he might write in his memoir.
"He sent me a message on one of those immediately dissolving messages on Signal, which said: 'remember two words: parliamentary privilege; and two more years of it'," Mr Turnbull said in an interview to promote his book.
Mr Christensen at the time attacked media coverage of his visits to the Philippines as a "vile smear" and insisted he did nothing wrong.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said Mr Christensen has been a tireless fighter for the people of central Queensland and his decision not to contest the next was "personally momentous".
"George's decision to step back, spend time with family and pursue a career after politics is one that he has not taken casually," he said in a statement.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/outspoken-nationals-mp-george-christensen-to-quit-politics-20210422-p57ln7.html
#13485169 at 2021-04-22 08:15:40 (UTC+1)
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>>13485161
Chinese pageant winner Jean Dong's meteoric journey to influence
DAMON JOHNSTON, REMY VARGA and RACHEL BAXENDALE - MAY 28, 2020
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"We've now reached the most exciting part of the competition - we are about to award the crown of Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant 2011, and the winner is ... contestant No 5, Dong Jin."
The Crown casino ballroom in Melbourne erupts and the newly crowned queen radiates confidence, waving and soaking in the adulation. A sash, tiara and a giant $10,000 cheque are handed to Dong Jin, the young woman who, the hosts note, prevailed after an exhaustive five rounds of questions that "definitely weren't easy".
As the victor, she would go on to represent Australia in the Asia-Pacific finals of the pageant in New Zealand. Dong Jin's crowning glory was an important step in her transformation into Jean Dong, who in 2011 was getting ready to embark on a self-proclaimed "journey of influence".
It's a road that in the past week has seen her emerge as a central figure in the political row over Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews's decision to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
The Chinese-born former Adelaide University commerce student always seemed destined for bigger things. Her vanity biopic on YouTube says she started playing the piano at the age of three, and was soon playing at the "highest level".
By 11, she was, by her account, challenging old Chinese media rules and opening the doors "for thousands of youth to raise their voices".
And at 21, Dong says she was an emerging figure within consultancy PwC and "convinced the PwC Australian leadership to consider Asia growth as a priority strategy".
Intelligence, drive, dynamism and relentless networking were Jean Dong's door-openers as she moved to Melbourne and rapidly made her dream of becoming a successful businesswoman and influencer come true.
She easily rubbed shoulders with political leaders, including Malcolm Turnbull and former NSW premier Bob Carr, during this period.
Among the opportunities that winning the 2011 pageant afforded the 24-year-old was a return ticket to the following year's event to hand over the crown to the next winner.
New alliances
In 2012, as she sat in the audience as the reigning pageant queen, Dong was in the company of two other Chinese Australians emerging in Victorian politics - Mike Yang and Gladys Liu.
Yang was the China adviser to then opposition leader Daniel Andrews.
He held the job from 2011-13, and is credited with being the architect of the now Premier's strong and enduring - and now controversial - bond with the Chinese communist government.
The next year, Yang would accompany a youthful Andrews on an official trip to China, the pair photographed smiling on The Great Wall.
Liu, now the federal Liberal MP for the eastern Melbourne seat of Chisholm, was then an adviser to Victorian premier Ted Baillieu.
Two years later, while Liu was working for Baillieu's successor, Denis Napthine, Dong would describe herself in a profile for the October 2014 Australia-China Youth Dialogue as being "heavily involved in advising (the) Victorian state government on Australian-Chinese engagement".
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#13485166 at 2021-04-22 08:13:58 (UTC+1)
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Ms Dong's profile when she attended the Australia-China Youth Dialogue in Beijing with Mr Yang in 2014 said she had "enjoyed a rich experience as the editor of Youth newspaper (China) and national reporter for CCTV television station (China)".
China Central Television is the predominant network in mainland China, owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
It is not clear which newspaper Ms Dong was describing in her reference to "Youth". Asked whether she was referring to the China Youth Daily - run by the Communist Youth League of China - a spokesman for Ms Dong played down her role. "Jean has never been a career journalist," he said. "She was briefly a volunteer reporter for a high school student newspaper before she came to Australia as a teenager."
Ms Dong studied commerce at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 2009, and gained employment with consulting firm PwC.
"At the age of 21 I presented and convinced the PwC Australian leadership to consider Asia growth as a priority strategy and to achieve a clear advantage over its competitors," Ms Dong says in her video as photos are displayed of her with former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, then Tasmanian Liberal premier Will Hodgman and former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr.
"At the age of 26 I successfully facilitated a mutual and long-term economic collaboration agreement through China-Australia free-trade agreement for both countries," she says as a photo appears of then prime minister Tony Abbott, Mr Xi and then trade minister Andrew Robb signing ChAFTA. The Australian has established that in 2014 Ms Dong entered the orbit of Mr Yang. The two emerging influential figures in the Chinese-Australian community were delegates at the 2014 Australia-Chinese Youth Dialogue in Beijing.
Mr Yang worked for Mr Andrews while he was opposition leader, from 2011 to 2013, and is credited with being the architect of the now Premier's pro-China strategy. There were only 30 delegates to the Beijing conference.
While it is unclear if the pair interacted during the conference, it is the first known association between Ms Dong and someone close to the Andrews camp.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/dan-andrews-and-chinas-aussie-influencer/news-story/1e1763bf4fd699f3eecafa7d27830913
#13477446 at 2021-04-21 08:32:57 (UTC+1)
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Sadly, instead of seizing this technological opportunity and embracing this newfound national consensus, the government remains hell-bent on a "gas-fired recovery" from Covid-19. Old coal plants still generate around 75% of Australia's electricity. But these are being replaced by renewables plus storage because they are a cheaper form of generation than the alternatives on offer.
Gas has a role to play in the transition, but that role is to steadily diminish as renewables continue to grow. To bet big on the future role of gas is to bet against the best engineering and economic advice coming out of Aemo, and to ignore the scientific advice that more gas in the grid will simply lead to more emissions. The only long-term gas-fired future we should be planning is green hydrogen made by electrolysing water with renewable energy.
Australia may be able to get away with showing up empty-handed to this week's summit, but will find it even more difficult to do as a special guest of the British at the G7 leaders' summit in June. We would be the only developed country in the room that is not committed to net zero by 2050. And we will find it even harder again to show up empty-handed at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow at the end of the year, given more than 100 countries in the world have pledged to increase their ambition.
There are also consequences for this inaction.
As the rolling apocalypse of fires and floods in our country demonstrates, Australia is on the global frontline of this climate crisis. Last year's wildfires claimed dozens of lives, destroyed thousands of homes, wiped out billions of animals, and cost billions of dollars.
With more than 70% of Australia's trade now with countries committed to net zero, the prospect of carbon border taxes being introduced - beginning with the European Union - also leaves us economically exposed. So too does our continued faith in coal as a leading export commodity, especially with many of the 50 proposed new coalmines in Australia already struggling to attract finance. Instead of expanding coal, we should be increasing our support for ground-breaking projects such as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara region which could allow us to become a green hydrogen supplier for Asia's clean energy transition. There are also promising new hydrogen projects planned for Queensland centred on Gladstone, a traditional coal port. Building dozens of new coalmines won't set Australia up for the future; it will lock us into the past.
Australians like to think we "punch above our weight" on the global stage. We certainly do when we come to climate change: we emit more than 40 other countries with larger populations, and our per capita emissions are the highest of any advanced economy. This is not a record we should be proud of at all.
It's often fatuously claimed that what countries like Australia do make no difference to the global climate because we account for only about 1.2% of emissions. The reality is that Australia is the third-largest fossil fuel exporter in the world. Our own environment is especially vulnerable to global warming as the recent massive bushfires demonstrated. Our economy is also vulnerable to the transition away from fossil fuels. Denial of the reality of global warming and the need to transition to a prosperous clean energy economy is abandoning our responsibilities as much to Australian workers as it is to the world.
Hopefully, at this week's summit the prime minister will receive the wake-up call the government needs. In the meantime, the rest of the world should not give up on us yet. If our country's last decade has demonstrated anything - with five prime ministers in just eight years - it's that political winds can change very quickly.
- Kevin Rudd, from the Australian Labor party, was Australia's prime minister between 2007 and 2010, and again in 2013. Malcolm Turnbull, from the Liberal party of Australia, was prime minister between 2015 and 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/21/australias-ambition-on-climate-change-is-held-back-by-a-toxic-mix-of-rightwing-politics-media-and-vested-interests
>SHADOW GOVERNMENT.
#13477434 at 2021-04-21 08:27:44 (UTC+1)
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Australia's ambition on climate change is held back by a toxic mix of rightwing politics, media and vested interests
Two former prime ministers, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, write the world shouldn't give up hope on Australia just yet
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull - Wed 21 Apr 2021
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It was always expected that Joe Biden's election would be a massive shot in the arm for international climate action, but the scale of that boost has been genuinely surprising.
The new president has now invited 40 world leaders to a virtual climate change summit coinciding with Earth Day this Thursday. China's Xi Jinping will be there, following productive face-to-face talks last week between Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Shanghai. Even Vladimir Putin is attending, despite divisions between Washington and the Russian leader over new sanctions.
Japan, South Korea and Canada are all expected to announce new medium-term 2030 emissions reduction plans this week, after earlier refusing to do so. Even China - the world's largest emitter - last week signalled they may also be prepared to do more this decade above and beyond commitments they made at the end of last year.
Our country, however, continues to bury its head in the sand, despite the fact that Australia remains dangerously at risk of the economic and environmental consequences that will come from the climate crisis barrelling towards us.
Prime minister Scott Morrison's refusal to adopt both a firm timeline to reach net zero emissions and to increase its own interim 2030 target leaves us effectively isolated in the western world. It also goes against what we signed up to through the Paris agreement - which both our governments worked so hard to secure.
According to our independent Climate Change Authority (CCA) and the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo), not only should Australia be doing much more as "our fair share" towards global efforts to reduce emissions, but importantly we also now have the capacity to do more.
The reality is Australia's current target, set in 2015, to reduce emissions by 26 to 28% on 2005 levels by 2030 is now woefully inadequate - and was always intended to be updated this year. The Obama administration had exactly the same target as Australia, but aimed to achieve it five years earlier than us, which in reality made it much more ambitious than ours. And this week, the Biden administration is expected to announce a new 2030 pledge twice as deep as Australia's current effort. This will set a new global litmus test for Australia's own ambition, which as the CCA has said should be at least a 45% cut by 2030.
But, as two former prime ministers representing our nation's centre-left and centre-right parties, the world shouldn't give up hope on our country just yet. Thankfully, there is some cause for optimism. Our sun-drenched country has the highest per capita penetration of rooftop solar in the world. And with the right approach, Aemo has said that renewables could go from providing a quarter of electricity market demand on our populous eastern seaboard today to 75% in less than five years. The fact we are in a position to even be able to seize this technological opportunity is in large part due to the introduction in 2009 of a 20% clean renewable energy target for 2020 and the launching of the largest renewable clean energy project in our nation's history (Snowy Hydro 2.0) by our respective governments.
The national consensus for climate action in Australia has also shifted markedly in recent years. Every state and territory government is now committed to net zero emissions, so too are our peak industry, business and agriculture groups, as well as our national airline, and even our largest mining company.
The main thing holding back Australia's climate ambition is politics: a toxic coalition of the Murdoch press, the right wing of the Liberal and National parties, and vested interests in the fossil fuel sector.
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#13477403 at 2021-04-21 08:13:45 (UTC+1)
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Former US intelligence director backs Turnbull and Rudd's call for Murdoch media inquiry
James Clapper says royal commission into Rupert Murdoch's empire in Australia a 'good idea for the sake of transparency'
Katharine Murphy - 21 Apr 2021
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The former US director of national intelligence James Clapper has backed a call by former Australian prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull for a royal commission into the Murdoch media, saying Australia needs to take preventative steps to avoid any slide into "truth decay".
In an interview with Guardian Australia, Clapper, a retired lieutenant general in the US air force and the top intelligence official for seven years under former US president Barack Obama, said Fox News was a "megaphone for conspiracies and falsehoods" in America. He said the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January had demonstrated a clear connection between truth decay and the risk of civil disobedience and unrest.
"I have spoken a lot about a phenomenon that is not just in the United States but in other places as well of what the Rand Corporation has very aptly and cleverly called truth decay," Clapper, who is a CNN analyst, said. "This is the whole business of disregarding facts and objective analysis and empirical data.
"Unfortunately, in this country we've fallen into two separate reality bubbles, one of which is fomented and amplified by Fox News.
"Rupert Murdoch and Fox is part of a larger issue we have in this country. To the extent that anyone feeds, amplifies, expands, embellishes truth decay - that is insidious and dangerous to democracy."
Clapper said his view was an inquiry into the activities of the Murdoch-owned media led by credible people in Australia would be "a good idea for the sake of transparency and objectivity".
The former top US intelligence official entered the fray after Turnbull was interviewed this week by the US cable news network CNN and, in his remarks, drew a link between the "assault on democracy" on 6 January in Washington and the hyper-polarisation "delivered by Fox News and by other players in the right-wing populist media echo system".
"The question you have to ask yourself is, 'Is America a more divided country than it was before thanks to Murdoch's influence?', and the answer must be 'yes'," Turnbull said on CNN.
The two former Australian prime ministers have spearheaded the royal commission campaign as a means of highlighting the need for greater media diversity in Australia.
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#13477192 at 2021-04-21 06:52:40 (UTC+1)
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Senior Chinese diplomat accuses Australia and US of 'conniving' on Huawei ban
Sky News Australia
21 Apr 2021
A senior Chinese diplomat has sensationally accused Australia and the United States of collaborating in a "very unethical, illegal, and immoral" way to suppress Chinese state-owned companies.
China's Deputy Head of Mission in Australia Wang Xining attacked the US and Australia for "suppressing" Huawei.
Mr Wang told the Press Club on Wednesday Australia was one of the first to ban Huawei from the 5G rollout and actually "persuaded others to follow suit".
Australia blocked the massive state-owned telecommunications company from the 5G rollout under former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over security concerns.
Former president Donald Trump signed an executive order in 2018 prohibiting federal agencies or contractors from using the Huawei network which sparked mass backlash in Beijing.
Mr Wang said Australia "connived" with the United States in an "unethical, illegal, immoral suppression of Chinese companies".
The deputy head of mission then went on to attack Australia's telecommunications industry and claimed Huawei's "technological advancement" contributed to its banning in the Australian market.
"I wonder why your intelligence and security operators has the guts to claim that they know what the threat is posed by Huawei," he said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_GiH5RiSwg
#13460205 at 2021-04-19 08:55:03 (UTC+1)
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Greg Kelly Tweet
SO @TurnbullMalcolm doesn't KNOW anything about what happened in the Nov. election. Malcolm, real quick: describe for us the constitutional issues surrounding Absentee voting in Pennsylvania, esp regarding the State Constitution. DON'T LOOK IT UP, just SPEW (like u did on CNN)
https://twitter.com/gregkellyusa/status/1383956803667460105
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Malcolm Turnbull @TurnbullMalcolm
Replying to @gregkellyusa
There are Courts to do that. And they did. But here's the thing: a democracy should ensure that every adult eligible to vote is on the roll and is encouraged to vote. And to that end make it easy for people to vote - including by mail - not throw obstacles in their way.
https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1383994150077419520
#13460202 at 2021-04-19 08:52:33 (UTC+1)
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>>13460196
George Papadopoulos Tweet
Very interesting that the former Australian PM has reared his head again. His governments conduct is reportedly under investigation by John Durham's team, and Senator Graham called out the Australian ambassador in the US for Alexander Downer's dubious role in obamagate
https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1383973257364180995
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Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org @froomkin
The former Australian PM told @brianstelter earlier today that the Murdoch media empire no longer operates as a conventional news operation. They have "created a market for crazy".
Agree.
https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1383914484373155842
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Malcolm Turnbull @TurnbullMalcolm
It isn't any longer a matter of right or left leaning media. The problem is media, like Murdoch's, which are propaganda, that make stuff up, run vendettas, promote conspiracy theories and deny science.
https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/1383912020177604623
#13460196 at 2021-04-19 08:50:04 (UTC+1)
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Former Australian prime minister puts Rupert Murdoch on blast
CNN
19 Apr 2021
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to CNN's Brian Stelter about Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born American media mogul whose global empire includes Fox News.
#CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7RkWpS1Wc
#13443106 at 2021-04-17 01:14:12 (UTC+1)
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On the other hand, he sees little to rejoice at in nominally Catholic politicians. "The selective and superficial Catholicism of politicians like Daniel Andrews, and Malcolm Turnbull, to some extent, even helps them implement their un-Christian ambitions. The Trudeaus also come to mind."
Pell is nothing if not militant in his moralism and he's also an enthusiast for Bob Santamaria and Robert Menzies, even though he liked Bob Hawke as a politician with "a Labor heart" and "a Liberal head" and admits that we owe our current prosperity to Hawke and Paul Keating. He says, too, of Hawke that he loved Australia and much is forgiven him because he loved much.
All of this pales compared to the horror of losing his appeal in Victoria. "I was astonished and badly upset," he writes.
It's fascinating to learn that his appeal barrister, Bret Walker SC, asked his permission to show the draft of the appeal to Tom Hughes, and that Hughes, brother-in-law of Robert the art critic, and father-in-law of Malcolm Turnbull, had offered to appear for Pell, though the man who was attorney-general for John Gorton must have been 95 at the time.
Fascinating, too, that Marr said to Frank Brennan during the Victorian appeal that the presentation of the prosecution case was "a f—ing train wreck".
These journals have a thousand facets. The Cardinal and his close associates take a dim view of the progressivist German bishops with their liberal attitudes to faith and morals, in the news earlier this year for initiating a two-year series of talks on what The Wall Street Journal describes as "rethinking church teaching and practice on topics including homosexuality, priestly celibacy and the ordination of women".
And the Australian prince of the church who supports Brexit takes the dimmest possible view of Vatican financial corruption, which he did everything in his power to clean up.
Pope's dreaded interviews
At the end of volume two of the prison journals, there is an implicit criticism of Pope Francis: "The Holy Father has given an interview once again on his return flight from Japan. The journalists love these encounters (they have told me so) but I and many others dread them."
If he sometimes sounds in his diaries half-inclined to justify the burning of heretics, that's part of his general bullishness.
These journals are notable for the way a vigorous administrative personality, born to rule, not only keeps himself sane in jail by watching Australian Rules and cricket and every possible variety of religious service including the American evangelicals but also by reading War and Peace (which he thinks is the greatest novel he's read) and by praying strenuously for the insulted and the injured.
He answers the letters of his fellow prisoners, including James Gargasoulas, who drove through a crowd in Bourke Street Mall, and talks calmly of the screams and cries and the Muslim chants.
He's often funny. He writes to an English friend that he feels greater shame at Australia's cricket loss to England than he does at being in prison. He puts up with strip searches and being spat at. He's tough as they come but he believes in the good and the quality of mercy.
How odd of God to choose George Pell as the medium for this portrait of a good priest. Should that be a good enough priest? Hard to imagine he would claim more.
Prison Journals Volume II: The State Court Rejects The Appeal is published by Freedom Publishing on April 19.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/pell-prison-journals-should-fascinate-friend-and-foe-alike-20210415-p57jll.html
https://qanon.pub/?q=Pell
https://qanon.pub/?q=cardinal-george-pell
https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
#13408100 at 2021-04-12 08:28:07 (UTC+1)
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'Utterly unaccountable': Turnbull labels News Corp the most powerful political actor in Australia
Lisa Visentin - April 12, 2021
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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Rupert Murdoch's News Corp poses a real threat to Australian democracy, claiming it has surpassed the Coalition or Labor as the most powerful political force in the country.
Mr Turnbull, who has blamed News Corp as a key player in his removal as prime minister in 2018, was unsparing in his criticism of the Murdoch empire in his evidence to a Senate inquiry into media diversity on Monday.
Giving evidence by video link, Mr Turnbull said the Murdoch media business had evolved into a powerful political force that, unlike political parties, was unaccountable to the Australian public.
"This is the fundamental problem that we're facing: the most powerful political actor in Australia is not the Liberal Party or the National Party or the Labor Party. It is News Corp. And it's utterly unaccountable," Mr Turnbull said. "It's controlled by an American family and their interests are no longer, if they ever were, coextensive with our own."
News Corp has been contacted for comment.
Mr Turnbull, a Liberal, has joined former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd as a strident critic of News Corp and has backed his push for a royal commission into the influence of the Murdoch empire on the Australian media and political landscape. The media diversity inquiry, which is examining issues of media concentration in Australia, was established by the Senate after more than 500,000 people signed a petition by Mr Rudd voicing those concerns.
In his evidence to the inquiry in February, Mr Rudd said News Corp used systematic character assassinations to cultivate a culture of fear among politicians and engaged in campaign journalism against issues such as action on climate change.
At the same public hearing, News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller dismissed Mr Rudd and Mr Turnbull's criticisms as "a convenient diversion from their own failings" during his evidence. News Corp executive Campbell Reid gave evidence the company was "professional, accountable media" that operated in the Australian landscape "with an extraordinary degree of both government, and indeed regulatory, oversight and legal oversight if we get things wrong".
"Our editing process - for all professional media - is high stakes because we can be charged with contempt of court, our journalists can be threatened with jail, we can be taken to the Press Council, and we can be held up to scrutiny by other organisations, which is completely different to the misinformation industry that is perpetuated by and is a driver of, frankly, profit online," Mr Campbell told the inquiry in February.
Mr Turnbull echoed many of Mr Rudd's concerns, saying he had experienced "bullying and standover tactics" from News Corp when he served in the Parliament.
He said the political might of the Murdoch empire represented "an absolute threat to our democracy" - a threat he said America had already witnessed on January 6 when rioters stormed the US Capitol building. Mr Turnbull said the Murdoch-controlled Fox News had amplified the civil unrest that led to rioting by promoting the lie that US President Joe Biden had stolen the election from Donald Trump.
"If you don't think that isn't a threat to American democracy and undermining the strength and capability of our most important ally. Then, you know, you are kidding yourself," Mr Turnbull said.
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#13369823 at 2021-04-06 06:14:33 (UTC+1)
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Malcolm Turnbull dumped from new NSW Government climate job
MAX MADDISON - APRIL 6, 2021
NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean has backflipped on his decision to appoint Malcolm Turnbull as his climate energy tsar, dropping the former prime minister just days after his appointment.
The appointment of Mr Turnbull as chair of the Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board had enraged some Coalition MPs who pointed to his constant criticism of the federal government since he was deposed in 2018.
One Liberal MP speaking on the condition of anonymity, told The Australian: "This is just another stunning example of Matt's appalling judgment".
Several other Liberal MPs privately said the role was inappropriate considering he was simultaneously running Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's green steel investment fund.
In a statement released on Monday, Mr Kean succumbed to the pressure, saying the "focus should not be on personality".
"No person's role on the Board should distract from achieving results for the NSW people or from the Government's work in delivering jobs and opportunities for the people of NSW," Mr Kean said.
"For this reason, I have decided not to proceed with his appointment as chair."
Mr Turnbull blamed the decision to dump him on "thuggery" from the "the right-wing media ecosystem".
"The right-wing media - they cracked the whip as bullies do, and got their way," Mr Turnbull told Nine Newspapers. "In actions like these, you have to ask, 'who's in charge?'".
He also denied being against jobs in the Hunter but rather supported transitioning coal miners into new industries as the sector declined.
The NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer Hugh Durrant-Whyte will head the board until a replacement is found, Mr Kean said.
Mr Kean had faced ongoing criticism from sections of his own party and the media, with several questioning whether a letter sent by Mr Turnbull objecting to the expansion of an Upper Hunter coal mine was evidence he had a conflict of interest.
The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday reported Mr Turnbull had last month written to object to the expansion of the Mount Pleasant mine in Upper Hunter, where the Coalition is facing a by-election fight with One Nation and Labor and where support for coal is a key issue.
In the letter, which Mr Turnbull cosigned with his wife Lucy, the former Wentworth MP cited worsening air quality, saying the existence of other mines in the area had done "considerable damage" to the local environment, which included his family's nearby 2700 acre grazing property.
Coalition sources were concerned Mr Turnbull's appointment could prove detrimental to The Nationals chances of retaining the Upper Hunter seat at the upcoming by-election.
Deputy leader John Barilaro labelled the decision to drop Mr Turnbull as a "great result for common sense", saying he had personally given the benefit of the doubt to Mr Turnbull but "he pulled my pants down within 48 hours".
"We are not proceeding with the appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as chair. I give credit to Matt Kean. He accepts even if you want to go down this position of Net Zero board and that target you don't need an individual who clouds or makes controversial - you need someone who brings people together and not divide and unfortunately Malcolm has done the opposite," Mr Barilaro told Ray Hadley on 2GB.
NSW opposition leader Jodi McKay said the decision to appoint Mr Turnbull was a "monumental failure of judgment":
"How on earth did it even come to this? John Barilaro backed Turnbull's appointment in cabinet. This should never have been a political appointment and was always going to be divisive. A monumental failure of judgment by John Barilaro.''
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/Malcolm-Turnbull-dumped-from-new-nsw-government-climate-job/news-story/5245b7932b02f34e2e492e0e13015b7b
https://twitter.com/kloussikian/status/1379218097941348355
https://twitter.com/JodiMcKayMP/status/1379223147518386176
#13345124 at 2021-04-02 06:53:24 (UTC+1)
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In her letter to the ABC, Ms Giles appealed to the public broadcaster to concede it had effectively identified Mr Porter as the subject of Milligan's historic rape allegation story despite not publishing his name to avoid "wasting" money slugging it out in court.
"Many tens of thousands of dollars have already been and will be expended on the question of identification," she wrote. "It is obvious that Mr Porter was reasonably identified as the subject of the Article.
"We request, in accordance with your clients' obligations ... that you give an early indication as to your clients' position on the issue of identification before extensive further time and costs are wasted.
"We note that requires the ABC (amongst other obligations) to not cause unnecessary delay or cost, and to avoid, prevent and limit the scope of legal proceedings wherever possible.
"In particular the ABC is required to minimise costs by not requiring our client to prove any matter that it knows to be true. In our view the question of the identification of Mr Porter plainly falls into this category."
Ms Giles noted that "Google searches of Mr Porter's name increased significantly and much more so than any other senior male cabinet members" following the publication of the online article and that the ABC News's political editor, Andrew Probyn, had admitted "the Minister's identity was widely known in political and media circles" during a news report the day before Mr Porter self-identified.
To underscore the point, she offered a "sample list" of political and media figures who would have been able to identify the former attorney-general based on Milligan's report, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, Senator Penny Wong, former political staffer and advocate against sex harassment Dhanya Mani, The Australian's Editor-in-Chief Christopher Dore and Editor-at-Large Paul Kelly, along with The Australian Financial Review's editor, Michael Stutchbury, and his columnist Joe Aston.
"In addition to the classes of persons, there was an overwhelming number of members of the public who named Mr Porter as the minister the subject of the article but did not specify how they came to that knowledge," she added.
"Some of those people contacted our client. The sheer number of such persons leads to the conclusion that his identification was reasonable even without knowing how each such person came to that conclusion."
Addressing Mr Porter's claim for aggravated damages, Ms Giles made 19 allegations regarding the conduct of the ABC and Milligan in reporting the historic rape allegations, including their "failure" to disclose to their audience that the alleged victim had not signed a police statement or reveal that her parents were concerned that "she may have confected or embellished the allegations" against the then Attorney-General.
Ms Giles further questioned the decision by the ABC and Milligan to leave the disputed article online "where it has been continuously published after Mr Porter has been plainly identified" and accused them of "disingenuous conduct ... in claiming that they acted properly in their failure to put the allegations to Mr Porter prior to publication".
She also singled out Milligan's retweeting of a "despicable, unjustified and improper comment made by the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull stating that there was a need for an inquest to question the complainant's cause of death and suggesting that her death may not have been caused by suicide and had something to do with the cabinet minister the subject of the article."
The ABC denied that Milligan had deleted any posts relevant to the Porter case and were fully aware of their legal obligations.
"The ABC and Ms Milligan understand their obligations to retain material relevant to the proceedings and are fulfilling these obligations," a spokeswoman said.
"The suggestion that the ABC or Ms Milligan have deleted social media posts relevant to the defamation proceedings is strongly denied."
The ABC has said it would be defending the defamation proceedings launched by Mr Porter and has been given until May 4 to file its defence with the federal court, with Mr Porter's legal team to submit its response by May 11.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/christian-porter-abc-reporter-louise-milligan-accused-of-deleting-social-media-posts/news-story/f6745b941150825928e33068a998403e
#13341710 at 2021-04-01 06:46:53 (UTC+1)
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Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
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#13294106 at 2021-03-25 07:52:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13293704
>>13293721
Warren Entsch contradicts Peta Credlin, claiming he sacked staffer accused of solo sex act
Exclusive: former chief whip says he dismissed the man in 2012 for leaking to Credlin when she was Tony Abbott's chief of staff
Paul Karp - 25 Mar 2021
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The federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch has emphatically rejected Peta Credlin's claim that several years ago she was responsible for sacking a Coalition aide dismissed again this week for allegedly masturbating over a female MP's desk.
Entsch, the member for Leichhardt and former chief opposition whip, told Guardian Australia that not only did Credlin have no input into his decision to sack the staffer in 2012, but in fact he dismissed the aide for an alleged unauthorised leak from his office to Credlin who was then Tony Abbott's chief of staff.
Alex Somlyay, the chief whip before Entsch, has backed Entsch's account and added that he had originally hired the staffer on Credlin's suggestion.
Guardian Australia revealed on Tuesday the man had been employed on and off for more than a decade working for senior Liberal figures. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, later confirmed his employers included the former chief whip Nola Marino in whose office the masturbation incident allegedly took place.
On Wednesday evening, Credlin used her Sky News program to claim that unnamed Liberal staffers held gay orgies in parliament and, separately, that she had sacked the man who lost his job this week several years before.
Credlin alleged: "The man sacked by the Morrison government this week for his disgusting acts on an MP's desk and its distribution on a little chat group ... that bloke - I demanded to be sacked years earlier for disloyalty, for lying, for leaking against his boss.
"Now that bloke, he's not the same as the man I told you about in the orgies, but the bloke that was sacked this week was someone I sacked many years earlier."
Credlin claimed she had vowed the man would never be re-employed while she was in the building but he later returned to parliament when Malcolm Turnbull replaced Abbott as prime minister.
Entsch and Somlyay told Guardian Australia the man was hired by Somlyay, then continued his employment in Entsch's office when Entsch replaced him as whip in 2010.
"Credlin said to try out [the staffer]," Somlyay claimed. "She didn't sack him, she appointed him ... no one else was considered." Despite describing the alleged masturbation incident as "bloody stupid", Somlyay recalled that in his employment the staffer was "excellent".
Entsch said he sacked the man in 2012 claiming "the reason was he leaked information from the whip's office to the prime minister's office, to Credlin, and to [the manager of opposition business] Christopher Pyne's office."
Entsch said that Labor had requested a pair for Craig Thomson in line with an earlier agreement to automatically grant pairs for family reasons. According to Entsch, the staffer told Abbott and Pyne's office but not him. The Coalition decided to refuse the pair.
"I was livid," Entsch said. "That was the reason - the integrity of the whip's office had been compromised. She did not instruct me. It is fanciful to suggest I would take instruction from anyone, not from the prime minister, let alone from a staff member."
(continued)
#13293721 at 2021-03-25 06:02:21 (UTC+1)
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>>13293704
EXCLUSIVE: Peta Credlin reveals Canberra staffer incidents for first time
skynews.com.au - 24/03/2021
Sky News host Peta Credlin has spoken publicly for the first time about incidents which occurred during her 16 years working in Parliament House Canberra.
"I'm not alone amongst staff who have worked there, or who are working there right now tonight, to say I regard it as one of the great privileges of my life, to have been a political staffer," Ms Credlin said.
"I know there are a lot of staff in the building at the moment, I know they feel ashamed by recent events even though they have never been anything other than professional - Liberal staffers, Labor staffers, National Party and crossbench staff.
"I have never dealt with allegations of rape inside Parliament House, and if I had - the lawyer in me, the woman in me - I can guarantee you I would have dealt with it very differently. But the filthy behaviour of some male staff masturbating over the desks of their MP employers, because it is reported, some of those MP's voted against same sex marriage did not surprise me.
"It sickened me, as I am sure it sickened you, but it did not surprise me.
"I will tell you something now that I have never said publicly."
Ms Credlin spoke of her time in the Leader of the Opposition's office, during which she "had reason to recommend" the sacking of a staff member for "lying and disloyalty".
"When the MP cleaned out the former staffer's desk, and the computer, that MP uncovered evidence that for many months, that staffer had regularly met with other men during the middle of the day - while the MP was in Question Time - for orgies in political offices," she said.
"Labor staffers, not just this Coalition man, and a number of others too."
Ms Credlin said she asked the leader of the then-Opposition to "reinstate the old Howard government staff committee to vet appointments from here on in", but he refused.
"The man sacked by the Morrison government this week for his disgusting acts on his MP's desk and its distribution on a little chat group - I mean how do you even think about doing that sort of crap at work - that bloke I demanded to be sacked years earlier for disloyalty, for lying, for leaking against his boss," she said.
"That bloke is not the same as the man I told you about in the orgies - that was another circumstance.
"But the bloke that was sacked this week was someone I sacked many years earlier, he never forgave me for it ... but you never heard my side of it did you?"
Ms Credlin said that after Malcolm Turnbull "rolled Abbott" and she was gone, "he was back".
"He is not the only one. The other three that Peter Van Onselen broke in his story earlier this week, I know who you are. I see you," she said.
"The former minister who it is alleged had his male prostitutes delivered to parliament house by this spiteful gang - signed in and all kept quiet, former minister I see you too."
Ms Credlin said she "copped hit after hit" for years from unnamed sources about "staff being vetted" and "complaints that I had knocked back applicants from some ministers".
"Yes I did, and I stand by every decision I made to knock them back. And I would do it all again," she said.
"What you have seen in recent weeks is why I did it, and as a woman - boy I made some enemies.
"I have never publicly spoken about my side before, but given where we are, given the recent issues regarding women, given the anger so many good staff feel today about the poor reputations they are copping over the behaviour of a few, I am not going to stand silent anymore."
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6243305977001
#13293704 at 2021-03-25 05:57:45 (UTC+1)
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>>13279431
Peta Credlin says she sacked staffer at centre of lewd video, alleges orgies in Parliament
Latika Bourke - March 25, 2021
Sky News presenter and former federal parliamentary staffer Peta Credlin has revealed that she sacked the Coalition staffer featured in a video masturbating on the desk of a federal MP at Parliament House.
During her segment on Sky News on Wednesday night, Credlin also alleged that, in a separate case, evidence was found showing that another staffer had held orgies inside Parliament, including during question time when their boss was in the chamber.
Credlin, who served as chief of staff to former prime minister Tony Abbott, said she was collecting evidence for the review being carried out by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins into Parliament's workplace culture.
She said on Sky News that, years earlier, she had dismissed the staffer featured in the lewd video for disloyalty and leaking against his boss.
After terminating the staffer's employment, the man backgrounded journalists against her, Credlin said. She alleged that the man called her a "bitch" and said that she was "too tough".
"That bloke I demanded to be sacked years earlier for disloyalty, for lying, for leaking against his boss," she said.
"I sacked him and I said he would never be back while I worked in that building."
The staffer was rehired when Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister, she said, only to be dismissed this week following the publication of the lewd videos.
"The bloke I sacked came back and dozens more like him. Mid-career women, women of ability, lost out in roles to well-connected factional twenty-somethings with not much on their CV of note other than the ability to stack branches," Credlin said.
"Much of the current mess on the ministerial blue carpet for the Coalition is a legacy from the Turnbull years.
"These are my first comments on incidents in the past. They will not be my last."
Credlin said she would be "getting out every file note, every document, every bit of paper … I'll do my best to drive change" in relation to Ms Jenkins' review.
She sent a message to the three other men in the video, saying: "I know who you are. I see you."
Credlin added: "The former minister who it is alleged had his male prostitutes delivered to Parliament House by this spiteful gang - signed in and all kept quiet - former minister I see you too."
She said that while she had never had to deal with an allegation of rape during her time working for Mr Abbott, she would have dealt with it very differently to the way Prime Minister Scott Morrison had handled the issue.
In a separate case, Credlin said evidence was found showing that another staffer held gay orgies inside Parliament House.
She claimed that the evidence showed the orgies included Labor staffers as well as the Coalition man, and "a number of others, too".
"When the MP cleaned out the former staffer's desk, and the computer, that MP uncovered evidence that for many months, that staffer had regularly met with other men during the middle of the day - while the MP was in question time - for orgies in political offices," she said.
Quotas not the answer
Credlin also criticised Mr Morrison's change of heart on quotas to boost the number of female MPs.
She said that in the case of Brittany Higgins, three women - cabinet ministers Linda Reynolds and Michaelia Cash and Senator Reynolds' chief of staff, Fiona Brown - "mishandled" the case despite all being female.
"I'm not so sure what they could have done here to improve things," she said.
"Of course, I want to see more women in public life but I want them to advance on merit, not gender."
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https://www.1800respect.org.au
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/peta-credlin-says-she-sacked-staffer-at-centre-of-lewd-video-alleges-gay-orgies-in-parliament-20210324-p57dtj.html
#13254638 at 2021-03-19 08:33:01 (UTC+1)
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Billionaire Ye Cheng is the owner of Landbridge, which controversially acquired the 99-year lease for the Port of Darwin in 2015. He is also a member of the national Chinese People's Consultative Committee, an advisory body that President Xi Jinping has directed to "uphold the CPC [Chinese Communist Party] leadership without wavering".
Mr Ye frames much of his business activity, including the acquisition of the Port of Darwin lease, in terms of advancing Beijing's ambitious global trade and infrastructure policy "One Belt, One Road".
Mr Robb continues to advocate for Australia to back the policy although has previously insisted this is unconnected to his Landbridge consultancy.
Late last year, the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme became active with the launch of a public register for people who seek to influence the Australian political process on behalf of foreign interests. The new register is designed to ensure that, if a person is advocating on behalf of a foreign power, it is declared.
The scheme was largely prompted due to concerns about undeclared Chinese government efforts to influence Australian institutions, but applies to any lobbyist or consultant working for a company or think tank controlled by a foreign nation and involved in influencing the political process.
Lobbyists have until March 1 to register, although government sources have acknowledged that enforcing the scheme may be difficult given the lack of legal precedent surrounding its operation and the likelihood that some potential registrants will argue it does not apply to them.
Mr Robb, who quit as a minister in Malcolm Turnbull's government before the last election, previously denied working on behalf of Beijing, and defended his contract with Landbridge, saying he was not doing business in Australia, so could not be captured by the new scheme.
In December 2017, then Attorney-General George Brandis suggested that Mr Robb would have to sign up to the new register.
Landbridge confirmed Mr Robb's departure. The company has previously denied its operations are influenced by the Communist Party and stated that Mr Robb was not engaged in political representation on its behalf in Australia.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/andrew-robb-quits-china-linked-firm-before-foreign-interference-law-kicks-in-20190219-p50yv0.html
#13254571 at 2021-03-19 08:07:11 (UTC+1)
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Consider reclaiming Darwin Port from Chinese company Landbridge, committee advises federal government
Jano Gibson - 18 March 2021
The federal government should consider reclaiming Australian ownership of Darwin Port if the facility's long-term lease to a foreign corporation is found to be against the national interest, a federal parliamentary committee has recommended.
The Northern Territory government, under the previous CLP administration, leased the strategically important infrastructure to Chinese firm Landbridge in 2015.
The 99-year deal triggered immediate concerns among some defence and diplomatic analysts because it gave operational control of the port to a foreign company at a time when tensions between the two nations were escalating.
The United States, which in 2012 began deploying hundreds of US Marines to Darwin each year, felt so blindsided by the port deal that then-president Barack Obama conveyed his concerns directly to then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth on Wednesday released a report examining Australia's trade and investment reliance on certain countries and the need to diversify its strategies.
Among its 21 recommendations, the committee suggested the federal government provide a report on whether the Darwin Port lease is subject to Australia's new Foreign Relations Act.
The legislation gives the Commonwealth the power to veto foreign agreements struck by states and territories, as well as local governments and universities.
The committee stated: "[If the port deal is subject to the act], consider taking measures to have the Port of Darwin brought back under Australian ownership if current arrangements are not deemed to be in the national interest."
It also recommended other Australian ports and strategic infrastructure owned or leased by foreign corporations be reviewed under the act.
The committee's chairman, LNP MP George Christensen, said the recommendations were aimed at protecting Australia's national interest and security in sensitive and critical areas.
"Notably, there are recommendations that go to serious concerns regarding state-owned enterprises and state-linked enterprises funding our universities and owning or leasing our strategic infrastructure, including the Port of Darwin," Mr Christensen said.
"Given the ongoing tensions with China, it is an unacceptable national security risk to have Chinese state-owned and state-linked enterprises involved in our universities ... and our strategic infrastructure."
The four Labor members of the 10-person parliamentary committee provided additional comments to the report.
They accused the NT's former CLP government and the federal Liberal-National coalition government of a "catalogue of failures" in allowing the Darwin Port lease to go ahead.
"Their poor decision-making, incompetent governance and pursuit of short-term monetary gain has compromised Australia's long-term strategic security," the Labor members said.
"The government must explain what action the Foreign Minister may or may not take under the act in relation to the 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company."
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner has previously said his government, which is mired in debt, would not contemplate buying back the port from Landbridge.
"My advice for the Prime Minister, if he's going to go down that path is, don't buy back the port," he was quoted as saying last year.
"[Instead] invest in things that will grow jobs for the Territory."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-17/government-urged-consider-reclaiming-ownership-darwin-port/13256968
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Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth
Inquiry Into Diversifying Australia's Trade And Investment Profile
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Joint_Standing_Committee_on_Trade_and_Investment_Growth/DiversifyingTrade/Report
#13241522 at 2021-03-17 06:49:58 (UTC+1)
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"I think there are other steps that economic officials will explore. It's not simply Australia that has been the target of these undeclared kind of steps - we've seen it in the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and others. This is a shared concern and one that I think is worthy of further dialogue."
Mr Biden has kept in place all the punitive tariffs and other sanctions that his predecessor Donald Trump applied to China. He said in December that he would consult with US allies in Asia and Europe before making any decision on the China sanctions "so we can develop a coherent strategy".
The Biden administration's approach is fundamentally different to the Trump administration's. The US under Mr Trump did not take account of its allies' priorities in its trade and other dealings with the Chinese government.
Mr Biden has a "much closer focus on working with allies, not alienating them or threatening them or extorting host nation support [for US troops] or suggesting we're going to pull forces out of the region, much more seeing allies as force multipliers," Dr Campbell said.
The executive director of the Lowy Institute, Michael Fullilove, has described Dr Campbell as "Mr Australia" in Washington, noting he had been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia and was a friend to recent prime ministers, including Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull. He also described him as Washington DC's pre-eminent Asian policy specialist.
The inaugural summit of the Quad leaders - Mr Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Morrison - agreed to finance, manufacture and distribute an extra 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to needy nations of south-east Asia by the end of 2022.
"The grouping is meant to send a signal about our system of government" - all four Quad nations are democracies - "and our ultimate optimism to be able to deal with challenges", Dr Campbell explained. The leaders also set up working groups on other areas and agreed to meet in person by the end of the year.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/just-not-going-to-happen-us-warns-china-over-australian-trade-stoush-20210316-p57b4l.html
#13216725 at 2021-03-15 05:05:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13216720
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Judge appointed for defamation case
Federal Court judge Jayne Jagot has been allocated to preside over Mr Porter's defamation action against Ms Milligan.
Justice Jagot was appointed by the Rudd government to the Federal Court in 2008 and is one of the court's most highly-regarded judges.
She was a contender to be appointed to the High Court, but was passed over for promotion by the Morrison government late last year in favour of High Court judges Simon Steward and Jacqueline Gleeson.
Justice Jagot recently presided over a high-profile defamation case against ABC journalist Steve Cannane and publisher HarperCollins brought by two doctors involved in "deep sleep" therapy at Sydney's notorious Chelmsford psychiatric hospital.
Justice Jagot ruled in favour of Cannane and Harper Collins, branding the doctors' claim an attempt to "rewrite history".
She dismissed the case and ordered the men to pay the legal costs of Cannane and HarperCollins, finding the publisher and journalist had established a defence of truth and qualified privilege relating to matters of public interest.
Barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC and lawyer Rebekah Giles, who are part of Mr Porter's powerhouse legal team, acted for the doctors in that case.
Porter assembles crack legal team
Mr Walker is one of Australia's most eminent barristers and also represented Cardinal George Pell when he was successfully acquitted of child sex abuses.
Chrysanthou and Giles also represented Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young in her action against David Leyonhjelm and they both act for Phoebe Burgess.
Some of Chrysanthou's famous legal wins include Geoffrey Rush against The Daily Telegraph, Elaine Stead against the Australian Financial Review and Joe Hockey against The Sydney Morning Herald.
The ABC's February 26 article revealed a Cabinet Minister was the subject of historic rape allegations.
It did not name Mr Porter but his lawyers argue he was "easily identifiable to many Australians as the subject of the allegations."
"The ABC and Milligan knew that Porter would be readily identifiable as the subject of the Article and that he would ultimately be compelled to publicly respond," the statement of claim says.
It notes former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull made the same point in a media interview when he said "everybody knows" who the Cabinet Minister was and called on him to identify himself.
It also draws on a Media Watch episode on Monday March 9 to outline how easily identifiable Porter was from the ABC report.
In that Media Watch episode, Paul Barry said it was widely known in Canberra that Mr Porter was the subject of the ABC's online article and that he had been identified on the internet. Barry also made the point that Mr Porter's name was trending on Twitter, with his Twitter mentions increasing by 500 per cent on Saturday, then doubling from Sunday to Monday and doubling again on Tuesday and that by Tuesday, March 2 a tweet was published every six seconds naming Porter.
The statement of claim outlines how the ABC article stated the alleged assaults were said to have taken place in Sydney in 1988 "long before the accused man entered politics."
It states that out of 21 members of Cabinet, excluding the Prime Minister, 16 were male, 6 were about the same age as the victim in 1988 and only three were senior Cabinet Ministers, including Mr Porter.
(continued)
#13190553 at 2021-03-12 09:38:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13190551
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Liu's links to the Liberal Party
Sources close to Mr Liu told the ABC earlier this year he was on ASIO's radar since at least 2016, when he had the first in a series of meetings with the agency.
Mr Liu was photographed that year attending the launch of a new Australian association for veterans of China's People's Liberation Army that had close ties to Beijing.
Soon after, the imports-exports businessman launched the AEAAI and donated $20,000 to the federal Liberal Party in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
He flooded social media with photos of encounters with a who's who of Liberal Party figures, including Mr Sukkar, Gladys Liu, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, then-foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop, now-Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and former prime ministers John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Liu developed relationships with Gladys Liu (no relation) and Mr Sukkar, the Assistant Treasurer, who wined and dined the political donor at events and party fundraisers over at least two years.
Gladys Liu, a prolific fundraiser and campaigner, publicly promoted the AEAAI over several years, spoke at its annual conferences, and helped Haha Liu develop relationships with Victoria Police and Liberal Party politicians.
Mr Liu also sat in Parliament in 2019, watching from the public gallery as Gladys Liu gave her maiden speech as MP.
Mr Sukkar invited Mr Liu to join him at the Parliament budget night dinner and wrote him a thankyou card for his "friendship and support" in 2017.
Mr Sukkar and Gladys Liu declined the ABC's requests for interviews. Their spokesmen referred the ABC to previous statements in which both said allegations against Haha Liu should be "thoroughly investigated."
In his December statement, Mr Sukkar's spokesman said the Assistant Treasurer "never had a private meeting or conversation with Mr Liu, who is known locally not to speak English."
He said they had not attended any of the same "community events" in at least the past two years.
Mr Sukkar's spokesman declined to answer questions about specific fundraising events, but said the thankyou card was one of about 5,000 "personalised Christmas cards" the Assistant Treasurer sent each year.
Gladys Liu said her only dealings with Mr Liu were in his capacity as president of the AEAAI.
Mr Liu declined the ABC's interview request and refused to answer a detailed list of questions.
An ASIO spokesperson said the agency did not comment on intelligence matters, while the Department of Home Affairs said it would not comment on matters before the courts.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton were also contacted for comment.
Full response from the AEAAI.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20509845/response-from-aeiaa-10-march-2021.pdf
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20510723/aeaai-statement-10-march-2021.pdf
Agreement between AEAAI and the Melbourne consulate.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20509849/agreement-with-melbourne-consulate.pdf
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-12/asio-assessment-revealed-in-haha-liu-court-application/13234740
#13164452 at 2021-03-06 21:17:52 (UTC+1)
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Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
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#13084918 at 2021-03-02 09:00:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13050955
>>13083804
Cabinet Minister at the centre of historical rape allegation to break silence
James Glenday and Andrew Probyn - 2 March 2021
The Cabinet Minister who is the focus of a historical rape allegation is likely to break his silence tomorrow.
Sources within the government say the man is likely to make a statement and take several questions from journalists.
It is understood he will not step down and will strongly deny any wrongdoing.
The Cabinet Minister has sought advice from eminent defamation lawyer Peter Bartlett, a partner at MinterEllison, who is very highly regarded within the industry.
The Minister's statement was still being drafted on Tuesday night, and the government is hopeful his appearance will mark the end of the matter.
The sexual assault allegation has dominated national media attention and loomed large over the 16 men in the Coalition government's Cabinet ever since an anonymous letter was sent to several members of Parliament last week.
It alleged a woman was raped when she was a teenager in 1988 by a man who is now a Minister in the federal government.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Minister "absolutely rejects" the sexual assault allegation, and insisted it was a matter for police.
Earlier today, police in New South Wales announced their investigation into the matter was closed.
In a statement, they said the woman contacted officers in 2019 but did not detail her allegation in a formal statement before she took her own life last year.
Police sought legal advice after receiving a document "purportedly made by the woman" before she died.
However, they said there was "insufficient admissible evidence" to proceed.
Separately, police in South Australia have prepared a report into her death for the coroner.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had called for the Cabinet Minister to speak publicly, arguing it would be the best thing for the government and his colleagues.
"He knows who he is, everyone knows who he is, he may have known about these allegations for a long time," Mr Turnbull said.
Several Liberals currently serving in the government have been torn about the best way forward.
Some worry the man will face trial by media and will be denied natural justice, while others recognise that the crisis, which comes after a fortnight of intense discussion about the workplace culture in Parliament House, has the potential to damage the standing of the Cabinet in the community.
Friends of the woman who made the historical allegation have urged Mr Morrison to hold an inquiry into the allegation, arguing there was always almost no likelihood of a criminal prosecution.
They believe it should be similar to the investigation commissioned by the High Court into allegations of sexual harassment against former Justice Dyson Heydon.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-02/cabinet-minister-anonymous-letter-allegation-to-speak/13208284
#13084897 at 2021-03-02 08:54:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13065677
>>13076739
>>13083804
NSW police rape case closure means there is clear precedent on how to behave
DENNIS SHANAHAN - MARCH 2, 2021
Now that the NSW police have announced they are closing the case on historical rape allegations against a cabinet minister in the Morrison government some prominent politicians and the media have a clear precedent on how to behave.
And that's not how they have been behaving in this febrile, highly politicised few weeks.
Parliamentarians, politicians, media and victims' advocates all have a template based on their own behaviour when Bill Shorten, who had been subjected to a decades-old rape allegation, was told Victorian police would not proceed with the case for lack of evidence he identified himself.
The then opposition leader said how terrible it had been, how abhorrent the allegation was and how it was untrue.
It was a difficult but correct decision and it received the correct and proper response from his colleagues, the media, the prime minister and his political opponents, including Malcolm Turnbull.
But the lead-up to the dismissal of the allegations against Shorten were entirely different to those facing the current cabinet minister.
When the allegation was made against Shorten and police began to investigate there were no anonymous calls for action, no letters to Labor leaders and frontbenchers, no allegations on the ABC and no calls for him to step aside.
When the police investigation into the allegations was first reported there was no name of the alleged perpetrator only that it was a "senior Labor figure".
There were no calls for the person to self-identify, no calls for someone to stand down from their position, no broadcast of the evidence and no suggestions that anyone but the police should deal with the matter.
Insufficient evidence
Shorten had co-operated with police, denied the claims of the event when he was 19 and gained the full support of Labor and Coalition MPs.
Turnbull, then communications minister, said Shorten did the right thing in coming forward and sympathised with how terrible it would have been facing an "unjust accusation".
Tony Abbott, as prime minister, said there had been allegations "in the ether" and Shorten had done the best thing. Tanya Plibersek, then the deputy Labor leader, said it was time to "draw a line under" the events because it had been so stressful for Shorten.
There were no calls for an independent investigation, no complaints from Labor frontbenchers, no point scoring in parliament and no suggestion that leaving the matter to the police was not the right thing to do.
Even when the complainant sought to revive the allegations in the final days of the 2019 election campaign - by going to the police seeking a reopening of the case - the media barely reported it and Plibersek, Kristina Keneally and Penny Wong all continued on the campaign trail with Shorten without comment.
That's how everyone behaved then: accepting the police decision; not politicising a sexual allegation; not denying Shorten's word and; not calling for a removal from office. Let's see how they behave now.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/nsw-police-rape-case-closure-means-there-is-clear-precedent-on-how-to-behave/news-story/496b6fbec520e93d52a42b1208be8026
#13083780 at 2021-03-02 04:44:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13050955
Photo emerges of alleged rape victim and minister on night of claimed incident
A photograph has emerged showing a minister and the woman who accused him of rape pictured together on the night of the alleged incident.
Samantha Maiden - MARCH 2, 2021
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EXCLUSIVE: It's the photograph that the woman who accused a serving minister of raping her as a teenager said proves they were together earlier that night.
He is wearing a pinstriped shirt. She claims in the unsworn affidavit that he asked her to iron it for him before that night, telling her she would "make someone a wonderful wife" one day.
Scott Morrison has revealed the Liberal minister accused of rape, who has not been identified, "vigorously" denies the allegations and categorically refutes that he ever raped the Adelaide woman when she was a 16-year-old teenager.
But the woman's friends say that the photograph was taken on Saturday, January 9, proving at least they were together before the woman alleges she was raped.
The woman said he told her that night as she ironed his shirt that she was "not only smart and so pretty" but could do "good housewife things".
She said he went on to say he would need a "smart, pretty wife to help his political career, then boasted that he would be prime minister one day. By the age of 50, he predicted".
That night, they went out drinking and dancing in Sydney's Kings Cross district.
She had consented to a sexual act in 1988, but not sex or oral sex, but claims he then forced her to have oral sex and raped her.
"I did this repeatedly by saying 'Please don't make me' and 'No, I don't want to.'"
After she vomited on her dress she said the man put her in the bath. She said that she then woke to him raping her. She claims the only thing she remembers when he was raping her was that he said "I don't want to get you pregnant".
She writes that she was shocked and embarrassed the next day and bleeding.
"I told no one what happened. All I could cope with, as I remembered parts of the evening gingerly, was the idea that things had gone 'a bit too far'. But it was OK, I reassured myself, because we were going to get married one day."
In the unsworn witness statement, the woman reveals that she knew the man for several years in the lead up to the incident and that he made a number of sexist, belittling comments to her over the years.
She also reveals at one social event he told her: "You should be wearing a bikini. Pity your tits are too small."
Another time, they had gone to a Thai restaurant with friends in Sydney. The woman, who had battled eating disorders, ordered a salad with alfalfa sprouts.
She said the man said to her: "Oh look (the complainant) is eating sperm."
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the minister must now "out himself" in respect for his colleagues and the country.
"He should out himself and he should provide a comprehensive statement,'' he said.
"He should describe when he knew the woman, how he knew the woman, what dealings he had with the woman after the event. We need to know what he knew about the complaint and when he knew about it.
"Frankly, it's not good enough for the Prime Minister to say "Oh, it's a matter for police" The Prime Minister cannot outsource his responsibility for composing his ministry to the police."
"He should require the minister to speak up. He owes it to his colleagues and the country."
Mr Turnbull said the matter needed to be brought to a head before parliament resumes in a fortnight.
"It is impossible for him to function in that cabinet,'' he said.
"It's not tenable."
Despite the woman having made previous attempts on her own life in the years leading up to the suicide, Mr Turnbull admits it's "counterintuitive" but is now calling for a full coronial inquiry and police investigation.
"All I know is that she is dead. It certainly has been reported in the media as a suicide. I have a question mark in my own mind about the timing of it because it seems counter intuitive,'' he said.
"Now it's said that she suicided. Did she?"
(continued)
#13050955 at 2021-02-26 08:09:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12941464
Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister
Louise Milligan - 26 February 2021
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Australian Federal Police have been notified of a letter sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison detailing an alleged historical rape by a Cabinet Minister in the federal government.
The letter requests urgent action be taken by the Prime Minister to investigate the alleged rape, which occurred in 1988 before the accused man entered politics.
The matter has also been referred to the Australian Federal Police.
The letter was forwarded to AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw by Labor's Leader in the Senate, Penny Wong, and Greens Senator Hanson-Young, who were also recipients of the letter.
Four Corners understands that Commissioner Kershaw has briefed South Australia Police and NSW Police.
The letter, shared with Four Corners by a friend of the complainant, attaches a detailed statement prepared by the complainant for her lawyer about the brutal rape she alleges took place.
NSW Police set up strike force
Last year, NSW Police set up a strike force with a view to commencing an investigation into the historical allegations about the Cabinet Minister after the woman came forward.
Strike Force Wyndarra was established by police after she reported in Sydney in February 2020 to detectives from the NSW Police Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad that she had been raped by the man.
The woman had engaged a lawyer and told many friends about the allegation, but took her own life in June last year.
In a statement today to Four Corners, Ms Hanson-Young said: "This morning I received information regarding a disturbing and a very serious allegation of a criminal nature against a senior member of the government.
"Following the advice given to the Prime Minister by the AFP Commissioner this week, I have spoken with the Police Commissioner today, who is now taking steps in relation to this information."
Senator Wong told Four Corners in a statement today that she had notified NSW, SA Police and the AFP, and would assist in any investigations.
"I have also written to the Prime Minister and Senator Hanson-Young to outline the steps I have taken, following receipt of this anonymous letter," Senator Wong said.
"It is my hope that appropriate action is taken to examine the allegation."
South Australia Police are investigating the circumstances of the woman's death for the State Coroner.
Four Corners has seen the woman's statement and has spoken to many friends of the complainant whom she told about what she alleged took place and who knew her at the time of the alleged incident.
The letter urges the Prime Minister to set up an independent parliamentary investigation into the matter, similar to that commissioned by the High Court into allegations against former Justice, Dyson Heydon.
"When news of [the complainant's alleged] rape becomes widely known to the public (as it most likely will), legitimate questions will be asked as to who knew what, when they knew and what they did," the correspondent wrote.
"This is occurring today in relation to Brittany Higgins.
"In [the complainant's] case, the loss of respect for our political institutions will be exacerbated by the aggravating factor of [the accused perpetrator's seniority].
"There will be considerable damage to community perceptions of justice… and the parliament when this story becomes public if it is simultaneously revealed that senior people (like yourselves) were aware of the accusation but had done nothing…
"Failing to take parliamentary action because the NSW Police cannot take criminal action [due to the complainant's death] would seem like wilful blindness."
Wong, Turnbull also made aware of allegations
Senator Wong, who was made aware of limited detail surrounding the woman's allegation last year by the complainant herself, made a statement to South Australia Police when she discovered the complainant had died.
The woman had also written in 2019 to former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, and he too wrote to South Australia Police with his knowledge of the allegations upon learning of her death.
South Australia Police had originally referred the woman to their NSW counterparts because she alleged the incident occurred in Sydney. SA Police are currently preparing a report into the circumstances of her death for the State's Coroner, including her early release from a psychiatric institution in Melbourne.
The Coroner will then determine whether to conduct a public inquest into her death.
(continued)
#13036403 at 2021-02-24 05:26:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13036391
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He goes on to name a conspiracy between the "WEF, the United Nations, big tech and leftwing totalitarians", mocking the accent of the WEF's Swiss executive chairman, Prof Klaus Schwab.
On the Adelaide Advertiser site, Dean's videos on the Great Reset appeared in its national news section.
"Sky News host Rowan Dean says the next World Economic Forum in Davos has morphed from a 'jet-setter climate gabfest' into a sinister 'anti-democratic enterprise designed to destroy your job, steal your prosperity and rob your kids of a future'," the Advertiser announced.
Brisbane's the Courier-Mail did the same.
Yet in November last year, news.com.au national reporter Benedict Brook wrote about the "wild new conspiracy theory taking hold" and how truly batty the theory was.
Sky also has a syndication deal with WIN News in regional areas including the Illawarra and Newcastle. Sky After Dark programming, including Outsiders, is shown on a free-to-air channel in 30 markets in six states and the ACT.
Asked about the use of Sky News content by far-right sites in the US, Sky said: "As your readers would be aware, media outlets regularly quote Sky News Australia content and use the network's video under fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act (or equivalents in their own jurisdiction), which the Guardian Australia frequently deploys to publish Sky News Australia content on Guardian digital platforms without our permission."
Voter 'fraud' and China's 'cover-up'
Meanwhile Sky appears to have shifted the focus of its long-form documentary output.
In 2019 Sky News produced documentaries on the disappearance of MH370, the rise and fall of Malcolm Turnbull and the case of Lawyer X, drawing on the Gold Walkley-winning work of News Corp's Herald Sun.
More recent offerings have been focused on overseas events that appeal to the conspiracy-minded: a documentary on the "deep state" narrated by Peter Stefanovic, two programs on Hunter Biden's laptop (based on allegations that were aired in the Murdoch-owned New York Post but disputed by other media organisations because the origin of the laptop was unclear); the rise of Chinese influence and a program about the "growing evidence" that Covid-19 came from a lab in Wuhan.
The Sky documentaries on Hunter Biden went further than even Fox News was initially prepared to go. There have been concerns among other media groups about the veracity of the hard drive and how it made its way to the New York Post via Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Sky said Facebook and Twitter had "censored" the news and only News Corp outlets were prepared to publish the story.
The Sky News report on Hunter Biden had 5m views on YouTube, but was dwarfed by the 8m who watched "China's deadly coronavirus cover-up".
This program was followed by multiple reports and a special saying there was "growing evidence" that the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, based on a document obtained by the Daily Telegraph. Many of the reports attracted millions of views, despite immediate questions about the dossier that underpinned the reports.
The World Health Organization has now completed its investigation in Wuhan and said it was "extremely unlikely" it came from the city's institute of virology. It said there was no evidence that any labs studied Sars-CoV-2. The team concluded the most likely hypothesis is that the virus started in a bat, jumped into an intermediate host, like a pangolin or a mink, and then into humans.
Sky is also using far-right sites as its sources of clips to set the stage for Dean's opinion pieces.
For example, Dean's 29 November segment entitled "Host of election oddities point to large scale coup" about the US election count, drew on material from the Geller Report (a far-right anti-Muslim site), the Duran (a far-right Russia-linked pro-Assad site) and the National File, run by Tom Pappert, who used to run a pro-Trump Facebook fan page.
Dean's report included Facebook posts alleging voter fraud that were presented as evidence of misdeeds. Almost all of these allegations of vote tampering collapsed when tested in the US courts.
(continued)
#13029302 at 2021-02-23 08:31:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12835067
>>13003355
'I want to be able to speak out': Craig Kelly resigns from the Liberal Party to move to the crossbench
Rob Harris - February 23, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he had no prior warning of Liberal MP Craig Kelly's shock decision on Tuesday to quit the Coalition government's ranks and immediately move to the crossbench as an independent.
Mr Kelly stunned colleagues in the Coalition party room on Tuesday morning, revealing he would still support the government on matters of supply and confidence but he needed to "stay true" to what he believes in and to himself.
Mr Kelly, who holds the NSW seat of Hughes in southern Sydney, has been an increasingly controversial figure during the coronavirus pandemic through his promotion of disproven treatments for the virus through his social media.
He was last week banned from posting on Facebook for one week after he violated the tech giant's COVID-19 misinformation policy.
Mr Morrison told reporters he learned of Mr Kelly's decision "at the same time he announced it to the party room".
The Prime Minister said he had set out some "very clear standards" a fortnight ago following Mr Kelly's public clash with Labor MP Tanya Plibersek over treatments for COVID-19.
"He no longer felt that he could meet those commitments, but I can tell you, my standards don't change," Mr Morrison said.
"He's made his decision today and by his own explanation, he has said that his actions were slowing the government down and he believed the best way for him to proceed was to remove himself from the party room."
In a letter to Mr Morrison, seen by this masthead, Mr Kelly said had resigned with the "heaviest of hearts" and said he hoped Mr Morrison would go on to be "one of Australia's greatest and longest-serving prime ministers".
He acknowledged his controversial views, such as his criticism of Australian health authorities' refusal to support hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin as a treatment for the coronavirus, had "not helped make the boat go faster".
"This has made it difficult for you and the government. However, at all times I have acted upon my conscious [sic] and my beliefs - not political expediency," he wrote.
Mr Kelly said he would only be able to speak "fearlessly" and "faithfully" about such issues as an independent for the remainder of the term.
His defection to sit as an independent reduces the government number of seats to 76 in the 151-seat House of Representatives, which means Mr Morrison will need at least one of the crossbench to guarantee support on the floor.
Mr Morrison dismissed the suggestion the stunning move would affect the government's legislative agenda.
"The government will continue to function, as it has successfully," he said. "As the government has led Australia through the worst situation we've seen since the Second World War, we will continue to do so undistracted."
Mr Kelly's move to the crossbench has the potential to embolden rebel Nationals MPs who are seeking amendments to an energy bill, which would expand the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's remit to coal, nuclear and carbon capture and storage.
He had been under pressure from Liberals not to cross the floor. As of his resignation, there are 61 Liberals, 16 Nationals, 68 Labor MPs, one Green, one Katter's Australia Party MP, one Centre Alliance MP and four independents, including Mr Kelly.
Since the Coalition formed government Mr Kelly has been one of its most prolific media performers and was an outspoken critic of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over energy policy.
He first won the seat of Hughes in 2010 after the retirement of Danna Vale and both Mr Turnbull and Mr Morrison have been forced to intervene to save him from preselection challenges.
It was also revealed by The Guardian earlier this week that a staffer who is currently under investigation for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards women is still working in Mr Kelly's office, despite being the subject of an apprehended violence order.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/craig-kelly-resigns-from-the-liberal-party-to-move-to-the-crossbench-20210223-p574zq.html
https://www.scribd.com/document/495602166/Craig-Kelly-s-resignation-letter
#13003370 at 2021-02-19 22:14:51 (UTC+1)
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>>13003366
4/4
"This was never about political ambition this was about fixing the office in Hughes and our faction failed.
"Even if, as moderates, we don't stand for anything philosophically any more, you might have thought we had a moral spine."
The Guardian has now learned the email went to a large number of senior Liberal party members, including members of the state executive, the governing body of the party. Johns himself was a vice president of the Liberal party at the time.
Recipients included virtually all the power brokers in the NSW moderate faction and the former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who at the time was urging Morrison to drop Kelly as the candidate for Hughes.
Other recipients included federal MP for North Sydney Trent Zimmerman; NSW environment minister Matt Kean; former NSW MP - now lobbyist - Michael Photios; former federal MP Bruce Baird; senator Andrew Bragg; NSW upper house MP Natalie Ward; and state executive members Chris Rath, Sally Betts and Harry Stutchbury, who now works on David Sharma's staff.
Morrison, who holds the adjoining southern Sydney seat of Cook, supported Kelly in the factional power play. The Sydney Morning Herald reported he had personally telephoned Betts to lobby her over his fear that Kelly would quit the Liberal party and move to the crossbench had he lost preselection.
When contacted by the Guardian, Craig Kelly said he was aware of the AVO granted in September and that a police investigation into Zumbo had begun in April last year.
He said he was aware of the nature of the initial complaint, but he said: "Frank told me it was a kiss on the cheek not the neck," adding that Zumbo was Italian and that was how they greet people.
Kelly agreed that the complainant, who no longer works for him was under 18 and an intern in his office.
He said he was not aware of other former staff having complained about alleged inappropriate behaviour to police.
When the Guardian put numerous other allegations to Kelly, including that Zumbo had asked young women to meet him outside office hours, Kelly said he was not aware of any allegation beyond the allegation that had sparked the AVO.
Following publication of the allegations, Kelly strongly denied that he ran an unsafe workplace and said that he had received no complaints from any of the interns over the years.
He said he had talked to Zumbo about the Guardian's allegations and believed Zumbo had done nothing wrong. "Everything depends on circumstances," he said.
He said he had not attempted to talk to any of his former interns.
Kelly said Zumbo had taken Ella to the inner west on a Saturday on her own because he realised she was politically unsuited to Kelly's office and he wanted to find her a position in the office of Jamie Parker, of the Greens, which is located in Glebe. Zumbo apparently had worked with Parker opposing a Woolworths development in Annandale.
However, Ella remained employed at Kelly's office for the duration of her internship.
Kelly said he considered that it was appropriate for a 55 year old man to take a 16 employee out "because Zumbo was friends with the girl's godmother and knew the mother."
Kelly said Zumbo had only offered to buy her second hand books and clothes at the markets worth a few dollars.
Kelly also said that Zumbo denied being in Canberra in 2013, though Kelly recalled the father and daughter coming to Canberra on a visit around this time.
The Guardian approached the prime minister's office and the Liberal party over the last three days to respond to the serious allegations about the workplace culture in Zumbo's office and specifically about what steps have been taken in response to the AVO and the police investigation.
As the member for the adjoining seat, it is extremely unlikely that Morrison's office was not aware of the AVO proceedings, which were reported in the local press and have been widely discussed among Liberals in the Shire.
The Guardian has also asked the prime minister what he knew about Kelly's office when he pushed for Kelly to stay as the MP for Hughes in 2018.
A spokesman for the Liberal party said there had been issues raised with head office about Zumbo yelling at staff and constituents but said there was no record of a complaint about inappropriate behaviour.
"The NSW Liberal party said it had no record of any complaint or evidence of the allegations raised by the Guardian," the spokesperson said.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/19/craig-kelly-senior-staff-member-aide-frank-zumbo-allegations-inappropriate-behaviour-young-women
#13003366 at 2021-02-19 22:13:46 (UTC+1)
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>>13003361
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Another young woman, who is now 17, said she met Zumbo in 2019 when she was working at a local cafe. In September 2019 she joined in with a local group performing there and sang one song. Zumbo, who was friends with the singers, was effusive about her talents and the local cafe owner called the girl's mother to ask her to come and meet Zumbo.
According to the mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, Zumbo said he wanted to organise an under-18s open-mic night and have the then-16 year old perform.
"He also offered her a job in the office and said he would make her a star," the mother said.
"She had no office experience," she said.
The daughter was excited about the open-mic night and corresponded with Zumbo via Instagram. But then Zumbo began commenting on her posts using an emoji with heart eyes. The Guardian has seen the posts. He then allegedly rang the daughter twice to compliment her on her year 10 formal dress when she posted photos.
"I felt really uncomfortable about the approaches," her mother said. "I rang the cafe owner and said how uncomfortable I was and I didn't want [the daughter] taking part in anything with Frank Zumbo."
"We had an open-mic night at the cafe ourselves. After that myself and the cafe owner were blocked from Zumbo's Facebook page."
The Guardian has been told that several other young women have made statements to Sutherland police.
In his court appearances, Zumbo has strenuously denied all allegations of misconduct in the AVO hearings.
Michael Moussa, principal at National Criminal Lawyers, said the allegation behind the AVO proceedings against his client was denied and would be vigorously defended.
The AVO proceedings will be before Sutherland local court again in June.
"I am aware that other women have come forward but we are dealing with an investigation that has been running for a considerable period," Moussa said.
"Why has the police taken so long if it has a prima facie case," he said, noting that it had been 10 months since the first report of the AVO had been generated.
He said subpoenas to the police had generated "nothing of substance".
Complaints have been made to Kelly and to senior members of the Liberal party about Zumbo's alleged inappropriate workplace conduct as early as 2015. Around this time, two women in their 50s who worked in Kelly's office took stress leave from the office, alleging bullying by Zumbo and one brought a successful action for workers' compensation.
They both told the Guardian they had raised their concerns about what they had witnessed of Zumbo's interactions with young women with Kelly and one says she raised it with Malcolm Turnbull's office.
The allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Zumbo in Kelly's office also surfaced when he faced potential preselection challenges in 2016 and again in late 2018.
In December 2018, Kelly was facing defeat by local councillor Kent Johns, a moderate-aligned former vice-president of the NSW branch of the Liberal party who had the numbers to win the nomination for Hughes.
The moderate leadership, under pressure from the prime minister, Scott Morrison, decided to support Kelly.
In an email to moderate power brokers Sally Betts, a Waverley councillor, and Trent Zimmerman, the federal MP for North Sydney, Johns made numerous allegations about problems within Kelly's office.
"What disgusts me more than anything is that we are all [aware] of what is said to be occurring in Craig's office irrespective of him tearing down the party, climate change denial and attacking marriage recognition.
"The treatment of young woman in his office over the last six years was made aware to all from the prime minister down. The behaviour you walk past is the behaviour you accept," Johns wrote at the time.
The reference to the prime minister in the email was likely a reference to a complaint made by one of the senior staff to Malcolm Turnbull's chief of staff, Sally Cray, in 2014 or 2015.
The complaint was not progressed because Zumbo was a volunteer on Kelly's staff at the time and not covered by the Members of Parliament Staff Act, which triggers a complaints process administered by the Department of Finance.
Johns continued: "We, as moderates, have accepted Craig Kelly as acceptable. I have not and will not while what occurs in that office continues.
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#12953345 at 2021-02-17 08:53:13 (UTC+1)
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>>12953337
Morrison's threat to rip up Victoria's BRI deal is all bark and no bite
Yu Lei - Feb 16, 2021
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Australian daily newspaper the Herald Sun quoted the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday as reporting that he hasn't seen the benefits of Victoria's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with China. Since then, a growing number of Western media outlets have been hyping that the deal could be torn up "within weeks." But that would be unlikely.
When the BRI was first introduced years ago, Western countries, including Australia, generally held a welcome stance toward it. In 2017, then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull once articulate, "We look forward to working with China on the Belt and Road Initiative projects... Global infrastructure investment is a good example of where countries should work together."
However, the situation changed when the US started to see the achievements made under the BRI framework and became vigilant against it, believing the BRI is aimed at seizing both economic and political interests from Washington. Against the backdrop, Australia, one of the US' closest allies, shifted its previous interests to embrace the initiative and turned hostile toward it.
"If there are benefits, what are they and what was paid for them?" Morrison asked, while underlying he does not have the answers to those questions. This is hardly true.
The reason why Victoria signed a memorandum of understanding with China over the BRI in 2018 despite Australian government resistance is that the deal could bring practical interests to the state. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews defended the agreement as noting it would mean "more jobs and more trade and investment for Victorians."
Victoria does not have much resource advantages, but its economy is the second-largest among Australian states thanks to its thriving private enterprises, foreign investment and trade. It is therefore also keen to cooperate with China under the BRI framework.
Years ago, during discussions between China and Australia over possible cooperation on the BRI, the two sides mainly touched upon Australia's Northern Development Strategy, a plan to drive growth in Australia's northern areas. Successive Australian governments have been seeking to do something over the strategy since the end of the World War II, but it has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of funds. Some Chinese companies once raised their willingness for cooperation, but their plans are shelved due to deteriorating Beijing-Canberra ties. As a result, the strategy is merely a piece of waste paper until now as Australia has wasted and missed all the time and opportunities.
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#12878012 at 2021-02-10 07:16:03 (UTC+1)
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>>12856518
Kevin Rudd says Sky News is using Fox model to radicalise politics in Australia
The former prime minister tells a media inquiry News Corp's 'template for America' is also its 'vision for Australia'
Amanda Meade - 10 Feb 2021
Rupert Murdoch's Sky News will radicalise politics in Australia within a decade just as Fox News has undermined democracy in the United States, Kevin Rudd has told a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity.
"For those concerned about the cumulative impact of Fox News in America on the radicalisation of US politics, the same template is being followed with Sky News in Australia," Rudd told the Senate in a written submission. "We will see its full impact in a decade's time."
The former Labor prime minister and his Liberal counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, will be called to give evidence at the Senate inquiry into media diversity set up last year. The inquiry will examine the dominance of News Corp Australia and its impact on democracy.
The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young won support for the inquiry following the popularity of Rudd's petition for a royal commission into the Murdoch media, which was unsuccessful but garnered more than half a million signatures.
The terms of reference for the Senate inquiry do not mention News Corp Australia or Murdoch but call for an examination of the "state of media diversity, independence and reliability in Australia and the impact that this has on public interest journalism and democracy".
In his submission to the inquiry, which is due to report in August, Rudd says Fox News is a "legitimising echo-chamber for this increasingly far-right, extremist worldview" and is the model for News Corp's Sky News Australia, which has a line-up of rightwing commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Peta Credlin and Alan Jones, at night.
Guardian Australia has reported Sky News videos are growing in popularity online on YouTube and Facebook, particularly with an international audience, as they pushed Trumpist conspiracy theories including that the US election was illegitimate.
Rudd says Murdoch's "template for America", which was to "demonise the agency of government", is also his "vision for Australia" and that Sky News Australia is a vehicle for this radicalisation.
Rudd has clashed with Sky, recently winning a legal stoush with Credlin who had to apologise for saying his petition was a "data harvesting exercise".
"It's a template which Murdoch has believed would maximise his personal, business and ideological interests - by demonising the agency of government; undermining essential government regulation; and most importantly by minimising corporate and personal tax," Rudd states in his submission.
"Trump achieved all three. It's also Murdoch's vision for Australia."
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#12835094 at 2021-02-06 00:38:33 (UTC+1)
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>>12835067
2/2
Mr Kelly's last half-dozen posts are about China's use of coal, a news article about "global cooling'', defending himself over his support of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID, an article entitled The Hydroxychloroquine Scandal (published by the Epoch Times, backed by the Falun Gong movement), another post about hydroxychloroquine and a sixth on "climate alarmism.''
He added a further post late on Thursday praising Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy, who has supported Mr Kelly's debate on the two drugs. In his post, Mr Kelly asked people to bring it to the attention of "Tanya and Ally" - presumably referring to Ms Plibersek and Ms Langdon.
A comment by one follower on the article about the "scandal'' involving hydroxychloroquine (which is not recommended by leading health agencies in Australia, the EU, the UK or US) sums up the vibe of many of those posting.
"Simple, two reasons. One is that it would not make enough money for Big Pharma. Two: President Trump praised them, so it had to be attacked from the biginning! (sic) Deep State works!''
The idea of a deep state network working against the interests of its citizens is one spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists. Mr Evans has posted QAnon messages on his social media in the past.
Mr Kelly fell out with the Liberal pre-selectors in his seat years ago, and has been saved twice from being disendorsed, first by former PM Malcolm Turnbull, and most recently by Mr Morrison.
Liberal MPs have made clear he won't be saved a third time.
Queensland Nationals are now making mischief and suggesting Mr Kelly should join their party.
Mr Kelly told News Corp he knew some would attack him after he agreed to "being interviewed by Mr Evans.''
"However I thought it an important principle of free speech and a push back against 'cancel culture,'' he said.
"I don't agree with everything that Mr Evans has said - but we have to be able to debate issues with those we don't agree with, if that's not the case, it's sad reflection on public debate in 2021.''
He did not answer questions on whether he would receive the Government's COVID-19 vaccine, or whether he would encourage others to do so.
In the podcast, he again spruiked the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, citing unnamed "studies from all around the world'' and claiming "big government'' had "interfered'' to stop doctors proscribing the two drugs.
"In a free democratic society that decision should be between myself and my doctor. There shouldn't be someone second guessing that decision from some office and ivory tower down here in Canberra.
"We've had close to a thousand Australians die here without, with being denied access to a medical treatment.''
Amid widespread concern Mr Kelly was undermining confidence in the Government's COVID-19 vaccine, Mr Morrison made a rare statement to the House distancing the Government from Mr Kelly's views and urging the public to only follow expert health advice.
The PM also tweeted out a link to an interview Australia's most senior health official Professor Brendan Murphy did with the ABC, saying "this is well worth a watch. Professor Brendan Murphy, who heads the Government's expert advisory group on COVID-19 vaccines, clears up some of the misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.''
The key line from Professor Murphy was: "There is no current evidence that supports a role for hydroxychloroquine (in) stopping the coronavirus pandemic.''
After his meeting with Mr Morrison, Mr Kelly issued a statement where he broadly agreed to toe the Government line.
Unsurprisingly, he has not posted that statement to his Facebook followers.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/craig-kelly-mp-grows-antivax-covid-support-base-after-scott-morrison-reprimand/news-story/49636064f463ac5e2eb9bd8e9c6ba0b2
#12818231 at 2021-02-04 07:48:17 (UTC+1)
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>>12818226
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The Fox News effect
This attitude persists even after the attempted insurrection in Washington, when armed paramilitaries were apparently ready to abduct and execute congressional leaders.
This was in part the consequence of Fox News spreading disinformation about a "stolen election", and its general weaponisation of grievance-based identity politics.
Murdoch's outlets indulged the QAnon cult before the insurrection, and make apologies for it now. Fox News, having become a national echo chamber for America's far right, has charted the path for even more extreme voices. Fox News remains Murdoch's template for Australia.
We should act against digital monopolies and their aggressive data harvesting. Indeed, the national petition calling for a royal commission to ensure a strong, diverse news media explicitly identified Google and Facebook as warranting scrutiny. The record-breaking petition gathered more than 500,000 signatures, including mine and Malcolm Turnbull's.
But I remain wary of Sims' proposed news media bargaining code, which establishes an income stream for news outlets that would shrink and grow with the "shareability" of their articles. The incentive for news outlets is clear: produce greater quantities of sensational, less reliable content in pursuit of social media clicks.
This TikTokisation of news content risks the degradation of reliable journalism over time.
The code also promises news organisations advanced notice of algorithmic changes - a distinct advantage for the few organisations that have the resources to capitalise on such information. Murdoch's market power is set to grow under the Sims code.
Unlike Sims, I don't believe Australia must be paralysed working out which monopolistic demon to slay. Successive regulatory failures over many decades have delivered us monopolies on multiple fronts. The course is clear: a royal commission to focus a light on the problem and offer options for the future.
Given time and resources, a commissioner could review the latest evidence and best examples of media governance around the world. Only then would Parliament have an appropriate evidence base from which to make informed decisions to ensure a free and reliable media as the lifeblood of our democracy.
Kevin Rudd is president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and was the 26th prime minister of Australia. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and Twitter.
https://www.facebook.com/MrKRudd
https://twitter.com/mrkrudd
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/rod-sims-big-tech-fixation-blinds-him-to-murdoch-s-monopoly-20210203-p56zam
#12775241 at 2021-01-31 04:51:52 (UTC+1)
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'Pete Evans in the party room': Liberals, independents line up to take on Craig Kelly
James Massola - January 31, 2021
Controversial Liberal MP Craig Kelly is facing twin challenges to hold on to his southern Sydney seat of Hughes, with moderate Liberals and a local campaign hoping to blast him out of federal Parliament.
But a defiant Mr Kelly - who increased his margin by 0.5 per cent to 9.9 per cent at the last poll - has declared he is confident of again having the support of both the Liberal Party and the local constituents at the next election.
Mr Kelly, a climate change sceptic, frequently promotes the use of drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19 on his widely shared Facebook page. This is despite local and global health authorities stating they do not help treat the disease.
The MP's outspoken advocacy for the medically unproven treatments are a growing headache for Scott Morrison, particularly as Australia prepares to begin vaccinating the population, with Labor demanding the Prime Minister rebuke Mr Kelly.
Ahead of a federal election tipped for the second half of 2021 Mr Kelly, first elected in 2010, could face another challenge from would-be Liberal candidate Kent Johns to retain pre-selection for the seat.
Mr Johns, a Liberal moderate, has previously planned to stand against Mr Kelly but interventions from three successive prime ministers - Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and then Scott Morrison - have blocked him.
At the same time a ginger group of local activists, We Are Hughes, are also searching for a candidate to stand against Mr Kelly.
Local Liberals the Sun-Herald and Sunday Age spoke to expect Mr Johns to stand against Mr Kelly, barring an intervention from Liberal Party head office. Former Sutherland Shire mayor Carmelo Pesce, who has also been discussed as a potential candidate, is said to be unlikely to throw his hat in the ring.
A NSW Liberal MP, who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity so they could discuss internal party deliberations, said it was unlikely the prime minister would again intervene to save Mr Kelly, who is said to lack the rank-and-file numbers to win preselection this time.
"It should be a normal preselection. He's never had the numbers other than when he was first pre-selected," the MP said.
"People have become immune to what he says on climate change, it's just Craig being Craig, but his comments on the Capitol riots [in Washington DC] shocked people."
"His comments on COVID-19 are really damaging, it's like having Pete Evans in the party room."
Mr Evans is a celebrity chef who has questioned the efficacy of mask wearing and vaccines. His Facebook page was deactivated last year for sharing misinformation about COVID-19.
Mr Kelly said that every MP had to re-apply for their job at every election. "Since I've been outspoken defending traditional Liberal party values there is no doubt that many from the green left will try and run a targeted campaign against me".
Another Liberal familiar with the party's internal discussions about Hughes said Mr Kelly's outspoken ways and frequent posting of fringe medical theories - the MP often posts three or four times per day to his nearly 90,000 followers on the topic - had angered not just the moderate faction but also sections of the party's centre right and hard right factions.
"No one knows why he is doing what he is doing."
Mr Kelly described the We Are Hughes group as "fake independents - they are the remnants of the Greens that see their best chance as trying to trick the electorate by disguising themselves as independent".
But Linda Seymour, one of the organisers of the group, said it was a grassroots movement focused on on doing politics differently. They hope to find a strong candidate, similar to independent MP Zali Steggall who managed to unseat Mr Abbott in Warringah at the 2019 federal election.
"In Hughes we have no representation, we have Craig Kelly off on his own crusade. Irrespective of whether you're Labor or Liberal you haven't been represented in our seat," she said.
Pre-selection for NSW Liberal Party lower house seats has not yet begun.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pete-evans-in-the-party-room-liberals-independents-line-up-to-take-on-craig-kelly-20210129-p56xwf.html
#12775143 at 2021-01-31 04:43:01 (UTC+1)
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Malka Leifer: how a long-running child sexual abuse case tested Australia's relationship with Israel
Allegations an Israeli minister interfered with the extradition of the former Australian school principal finally dragged the case into the spotlight
Elias Visontay - 31 Jan 2021
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When the accused child sex offender Malka Leifer was extradited from Israel to face a Melbourne court this week it was the result of a years-long campaign spearheaded by three of the former principal's accusers.
The battle galvanised both sides of Australian politics and the country's Jewish community. It also tested Australia's relationship with Israel.
Australian politicians raised the matter with Israel at the highest levels. Malcolm Turnbull, when he was prime minister, pressed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, in person over the repeated delays in Leifer's extradition.
But Turnbull's vocal representation in 2017 appeared to fall on deaf ears. The Israeli prime minister didn't recognise Leifer's name weeks after the issue was raised with him, despite it also being in the Israeli news, according to Australian officials who later discussed the case with Netanyahu.
Rather, Israeli politicians have told Guardian Australia, it was allegations of interference by one of Netanyahu's senior ministers - and his links to a fringe ultra-Orthodox sect of Judaism that he and Leifer followed - that raised the profile of the case.
Allegations the then deputy health minister, Yaacov Litzman, had delayed proceedings meant the extradition was no longer an issue the government could ignore. Litzman has denied any wrongdoing in relation to the case.
However, a senior Israeli diplomat, speaking to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity, is scathing about the allegations of political interference and says it, coupled with the protracted extradition proceedings, has done damage to the Australia-Israel relationship.
Australia's Jewish community - whose media first reported the allegations against Leifer in 2008 - welcomed this week's developments. Traditionally Israel-supportive organisations previously labelled the process a "circus" and repeatedly criticised the Jewish state over the extradition. Leifer's alleged victims say the community stalwart Mark Leibler pushed the community to respond.
However, the Adass Israel community - which employed Leifer as principal of its girls school - has remained tight-lipped and hired a crisis PR firm to handle media inquiries.
The insular community - a group of about 220 families - comprises about 10 different ultra-Orthodox movements. It shuns the secular world in favour of strictly interpreting ancient laws outlined in the Torah.
This week it emerged the Adass community was linked to the only prison chaplaincy service religiously observant enough to cater for Leifer's needs in prison. The school was also forced to find a new psychologist to offer staff and families support after the community worker initially recommended was revealed as a whistleblower in the Leifer case.
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#12773026 at 2021-01-31 01:45:26 (UTC+1)
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#12 - Part 18
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>12623240 NBC News Tweet: Director of National Intelligence nominee Avril Haines says, if confirmed, she will work with FBI and DHS to provide a public threat assessment on QAnon
>>12623632 Who is Q? And who is responsible for the cult of QAnon? - Jack The Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>12646319 Avril Haines becomes first woman director of National Intelligence - Dustin Volz - theaustralian.com.au
>>12646649 QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated - Joseph Menn, Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Carrie Monahan - thewest.com.au
>>12646665 What Donald Trump's exit from the White House means for the QAnon conspiracy movement - Emma Brancatisano - sbs.com.au
>>12646771 Federal MP Warren Entsch: Politicians spreading MAGA and QAnon are 'peddling crap'
>>12646898 QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends - Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg - washingtonpost.com
>>12662430 John Podesta Tweet: Congratulations to Avril Haines on her Senate confirmation…Our intelligence community and national security are in good hands
>>12662800 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: After the sacking of the US Capitol on Jan 6, the dangers of this cult are very clear especially if it's adherents are able to influence or win support from leaders in government as they have so shamefully in the US
>>12662824 'Are you QAnon?': Ezra Cohen-Watnick - One Trump official's brush with an internet cult gone horribly wrong - Josh Gerstein - politico.com
>>12663622 QAnon and targeted abuse require online reform: Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant - Paul Smith - afr.com
>>12663791 Video: Murdoch Watch - Fox News & the Amplification of Conspiracies Surrounding the Death of Seth Rich - Kevin Rudd
>>12664755 As Biden acts, the prime minister stays silent on QAnon (and his family friend) - David Hardaker - crikey.com.au
>>12676265 Will deplatforming make QAnon and the far-right fade away or radicalise further? - James Purtill - abc.net.au
>>12679672 'Critical': Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threat - Eric Tucker - smh.com.au
>>12680534 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Unbelievable that Murdoch media would publish this outrageous cartoon of President Biden calling him "Creepy Joe" - and for what reason? Then suggesting he's controlled by a non-existent organisation - "Antifa". All QAnon crap. #MurdochRoyalCommission
>>12693016 Video: QAnon conspiracy theorists embarrassed and in disarray after Joe Biden's inauguration - Brian Fung and Kaya Yurieff - 7news.com.au
>>12760466 Video: Some QAnon Supporters Checked By Reality Seek A Way Out - David Klepper - huffpost.com
#12772903 at 2021-01-31 01:35:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 9
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide
>>12114182 Scathing hotel quarantine report exposes failures by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, ministers and public servants
>>12114198 PDF: Victorian COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry - Final Report and Recommendations - Volumes 1 and 2
>>12118382 More transmissible strain of COVID-19 brought into Australia by UK travellers, NSW Health has confirmed
>>12143488 Facebook permanently removes Pete Evans' page after he repeatedly breached misinformation policies with posts about the coronavirus
>>12154945 Video: Australia signs deals to distribute tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the country
>>12155727 Video: Lieutenant General Frewen - COVID-19 Taskforce message - Department of Defence Australia
>>12202375 International celebrities still call Australia home after COVID closed borders - Tom Hanks, Zac Efron, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Mark Wahlberg
>>12202755 Canberra considers axing Victorian government research agreement with China's Jiangsu province
>>12203088 Chinese trade sanctions continue - Beijing bans timber from NSW and Western Australia claiming it had found "live forest pests" in earlier shipments
>>12219435 Video: First case of 'more contagious' South African coronavirus strain detected in Australia
>>12233968 Video: Greg Norman praises Donald Trump, Scott Morrison after detailing harrowing COVID-19 battle
>>12322724 Scott Morrison: Anthony Albanese's demand for rapid rollout of COVID vaccine 'very dangerous'
>>12367956 Scott Morrison: COVID-19 vaccination on track to start in February
>>12408044 Kylie Moore-Gilbert Tweet: Rev guards' obsession with peddling conspiracy theories starts at the very top. Supreme leader bans entry of UK and US-made covid vaccines, because he "doesn't trust them"
>>12408044 Kylie Moore-Gilbert Tweet: There's no need for a vaccine at all really, as this covid thing's just a conspiracy
>>12422286 Video: Brisbane Police crack down on residents not wearing masks on their way to illegal protest in CBD
>>12439588 Liberal MP Craig Kelly attacks Facebook for warning him over unproven Covid treatment post
>>12439937 Monica Smit and 'Reignite Democracy Australia' - How an anti-mask firebrand fans the right's flames against Dan Andrews online
>>12494947 Malcolm Turnbull slams Scott Morrison for failing to take tough line with MPs promoting "dangerous" crackpot COVID-19 cures
>>12495681 Video: Pete Evans' podcast dumped from Spotify for spreading misinformation about coronavirus
#12772887 at 2021-01-31 01:34:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>12461191 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: #EffectiveMultilateralism means a reinvigorated Quad: like-minded values-based partnership among the U.S., Australia, India, and Japan
>>12461191 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: Thanks to our Quad diplomacy, India invited Australia to its annual Malabar exercises in the Indian Ocean. Would've been unthinkable only a year ago
>>12461567 Tom Hanks recalls the Australian creature that terrified him during filming in Queensland - Natacha Maloon - celebrity.nine.com.au
>>12461589 Video: Tom Hanks Takes "The Colbert Questionert" - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
>>12496290 U.S. moves on setting up key multimillion dollar military fuel storage facility in Darwin
>>12496290 U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - Request For Information - Fuel Operations Support in the Port of Darwin, Australia
>>12500560 Video: Australian man arrested in Germany, accused of running 'DarkMarket' - world's biggest darknet marketplace
>>12512775 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: We helped create the International Maritime Security Construct & #CTFSentinel to secure the Strait of Hormuz & Persian Gulf from Iran's illegal acts
>>12512775 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: Thank you Bahrain, UK, Albania, Lithuania, Australia, UAE & KSA for protecting one of the world's most critical shipping lanes from Iranian #PiratesOfHormuz
>>12544620, >>12544668 Video: What is a darknet store and why are people who run them so hard to catch? - abc.net.au
>>12560775 Former Army officer working for ADF intelligence unit suicides in car park of Army headquarters in Canberra
>>12585813 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: You can't make good policy without good people. #PersonnelIsPolicy
>>12585813 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: Honored to speak with @ScottMorrisonMP about the unbreakable bond between our two countries and reviewing all that we have accomplished
>>12623338 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: Successful diplomacy means fostering close relationships with our partners, not just flying in and flying out to rack up air miles and stats. Blessed to call so many friends.
>>12663791 Video: Murdoch Watch - Fox News & the Amplification of Conspiracies Surrounding the Death of Seth Rich - Kevin Rudd
>>12664013 Video: 'It's a reality:' Google threatens to stop search in Australia due to media code
>>12688030 Julie Bishop, Donald Trump's daughter, and the Australian Government's three-year fight for secrecy - Dan Conifer and Michael McKinnon - abc.net.au
>>12688373 AFP executes search warrants in Queensland after the takedown of the world's largest illegal dark web marketplace - 'DarkMarket'
>>12712168 Australia Day honours: Former PM Malcolm Turnbull's 'significant contributions' duly recognised
>>12716336 Controversy as Noosa Satanists celebrate what they say is 'an important win for religious freedom' - Essam Al-Ghalib - sbs.com.au
>>12716336 Q Post #3931 - This is not about politics. Something far more sinister [evil] has been allowed to flourish through all parts of our society.
>>12728366 Bernard Collaery: East Timor spy trial delayed after government refused to let barrister Bret Walker SC join defence team
#12772871 at 2021-01-31 01:32:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 4
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 4
>>12645615 Scott Morrison defends relationship with Donald Trump, accuses Labor of replacing foreign policy with personal attacks - Adeshola Ore - theaustralian.com.au
>>12645642 Video: Australia's Ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos has praised Joe Biden's "pitch perfect" inauguration and continued pressure on China - Sarah Blake - dailytelegraph.com.au
>>12645940 A 'last outpost for Trumpism': How did Donald change #AusPol? - Josh Butler - thenewdaily.com.au
>>12645998 Video: Trump Sought to Exacerbate Divisions in U.S.: Turnbull - Bloomberg Politics
>>12646051 Video: The idea Trump and his tweets incited insurrection is 'demonstrably false' - Sky News Australia
>>12646106 Video: 'Worst president in history': John Bolton describes Donald Trump's leadership | Planet America - ABC News In-depth
>>12646209 UK High Commissioner George Brandis Tweet: Brilliant to see @POTUS return the United States to the #ParisAgreement
>>12646266 Arnold Schwarzenegger Tweet: I'm rooting for you @JoeBiden. Your success is the country's success
>>12662443 Bill Shorten Tweet: What a difference a day makes (President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Twitter screencaps)
>>12662454 Bob Carr Tweet: Like a majority of Republicans Joe Hockey believes there was vote fraud. Said it publicly. Oops! Bad move for a fledgling lobbyist wanting access to a Democrat administration.
>>12662454 Bob Carr Tweet: Now in Nine Media Joe struggles to make good but the new Democrat team weren't impressed with his crawling to the Ancien Regime now unpacking candlesticks and golf clubs at Mar-a-Largo.
>>12662478 America's silo society has to face its racial demons - Bob Carr - afr.com
>>12662525 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Biden's team inherits a bucket full of foreign policy wreckage - in declining American power, weaker alliances and a damaged domestic body politic. But with strong and steady leadership, effective strategic competition with Beijing is achievable.
>>12664164 Alexander Downer Tweet: After 4 1/2 years of reading on Twitter crazy conspiracy theories about me being a spy and how I was part of a treasonous attempted coup against president Trump and I would be hanged or sent to Gitmo, I guess that's coming to an end!
>>12664225 Video: Biden 'should stop' Trump's impeachment to unite America: Alexander Downer - Sky News Australia
>>12664403 Chief Minister Michael Gunner extends official invite to US President Joe Biden to visit the NT - Madura Mccormack - ntnews.com.au
>>12664814 Video: Trump was a 'demagogue president' and 'sociopath', says former FBI director Comey | 7.30 - ABC News In-depth
>>12680534 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Unbelievable that Murdoch media would publish this outrageous cartoon of President Biden calling him "Creepy Joe" - and for what reason? Then suggesting he's controlled by a non-existent organisation - "Antifa". All QAnon crap. #MurdochRoyalCommission
>>12704138 As Joe Biden says, this great US-Australia alliance will only grow stronger - Foreign Minister Marise Payne
>>12712187 Use Biden agenda to commit to net zero: Malcolm Turnbull
>>12713842 Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor talks emissions with John Kerry
>>12714605 Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr hail Joe Biden as climate change President
>>12728346 Opinion: What Australia needs from the new Biden administration - Alexander Downer - afr.com
#12772862 at 2021-01-31 01:32:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 3
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 3
>>12459794 Arnold Schwarzenegger Tweet: My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol
>>12459879 Acting PM Michael McCormack pans Big Tech for banning Trump - Daniel McCulloch - thewest.com.au
>>12477018 'QAnon Shaman' demanding organic food in jail after US Capitol arrest - 9News Staff - 9news.com.au
>>12477449 OPINION: Sydney MP Craig Kelly's job is to represent Hughes but he's pushing manic fringe craziness instead - Jenna Price - smh.com.au
>>12477533 Murdoch cannot whitewash his role in the most destructive presidency in US history - Kevin Rudd - crikey.com.au
>>12477633 Opinion: Australian conservatives go to extraordinary lengths to deny the reality of rightwing extremism - Jeff Sparrow - theguardian.com
>>12477873 Alexander Downer Tweet: It seems very unwise for US Democrats to fuel divisions already exacerbated by president Trump. @JoeBiden is right not to endorse impeachment. Time for healing
>>12477893 Opinion: For the real threat to democracy look to China, not the US - Alexander Downer - afr.com
>>12478312 Rupert Murdoch's Fox News pushed and extolled the presidency of Donald Trump. It must now be brought to account - Malcolm Turnbull - crikey.com.au
>>12478538 Bill Shorten Tweet: The Trump v. Twitter stoush is a good reminder that not everything you read on the internet is true - 'QAnon conspiracy rubbish'
>>12512347 Second impeachment may be least of Trump's problems post-presidency - Peter van Onselen - theaustralian.com.au
>>12512436 Opinion: Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has started limply echoing racists by saying 'all lives matter' - Tory Shepherd - adelaidenow.com.au
>>12513009 Video: Pompeo is laying 'landmines' in U.S.-China relations before Biden takes office: former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
>>12517142 Video: Google 'experiment', where it buried selected news articles, was 'clearly a threat' to Australian media - Sky News Australia
>>12521162 Google 'Experiment' Hid Some News Sources from Consumers - breitbart.com
>>12530158 US Capitol rioter Jacob Chansley asks for presidential pardon, saying he was 'answering the call' of Donald Trump - abc.net.au
>>12530507 Generations will discuss Trump's descent into madness - Cameron Stewart - theaustralian.com.au
>>12544304 Trump and his legacy 'diminished' among Australian conservatives - David Crowe - theage.com.au
>>12545789 New president Joe Biden will be a true-blue mate in the White House - Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
>>12546017 Trump deserves 'maximum constitutional condemnation' as the republic's future is at stake - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au
>>12546025 Q Post #22 - Who controls the NG? What former President used the military to save the republic and what occurred exactly?
>>12558907 US Capitol rioter Jacob Chansley detained pending trial as prosecutors back away from 'kill-capture' plot claim - Reuters/ABC - abc.net.au
>>12560099 Video: Trump's Twitter ban 'won't necessarily last forever' - Sky News Australia
>>12560442 Is Morrison ready for a Biden administration? - Anthony Galloway - brisbanetimes.com.au
>>12578795 Video: Trump 'not mortally wounded' from election defeat - Sky News Australia
>>12579024 Joe Biden's inauguration explained : What time it will be on in Australia and how to watch - Stuart Marsh - 9news.com.au
>>12599336 Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks with Pence, Pompeo but not Trump - Anthony Galloway - smh.com.au
>>12607310 Labor leader Anthony Albanese accuses PM Scott Morrison of sucking up to Donald Trump along with "fringe dwellers" and "Trumpists" in his ranks
>>12622687 'Battle-hardened' Trump supporters may pose continued threat as Australia warned to be vigilant - Charis Chang - news.com.au
>>12623985 Inauguration Day livestreams - PBS NewsHour, NBC News, Washington Post, ABC News (USA) and ABC News Channel (Australia)
>>12645550 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Congratulations to President @JoeBiden and Vice President @KamalaHarris on your inauguration.
>>12645550 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Congratulations President @JoeBiden & Vice President @KamalaHarris on an historic day.
>>12645587 Scott Morrison welcomes new leadership of President Joe Biden, as Opposition figures condemn outgoing president Donald Trump - David Adams - businessinsider.com.au
#12772855 at 2021-01-31 01:31:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 2
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 2
>>12394298 Video: Trump commits to an orderly transition of power - Sky News Australia
>>12394486 George Christensen Is Openly Peddling MAGA Bullshit & Scott Morrison Is Refusing To Intervene - David Adams - pedestrian.tv
>>12394540 Morrison needs to counter Australian and American disinformation too - Anthony Galloway - smh.com.au
>>12394706 Video: OPINION: There's a lot of blame to go around for the chaos in the Capitol, but some belongs to Australia - Emma Shortis - smh.com.au
>>12394863 Trump proves he was never fit to rule - His populist quest is ending in ruin - Paul Kelly - theaustralian.com.au
>>12394918 Donald Trump lit fuse to a riot and burned down his house - Cameron Stewart - theaustralian.com.au
>>12395712 Video: Alexander Downer: Both sides should 'calm down' and 'move on' following Trump's election concession - Sky News Australia
>>12395753 Video: Malcolm Turnbull says US Capitol violence 'incited by the president' who has 'sought to exacerbate and exploit divisions' - Natalie Oliveri - 9news.com.au
>>12395767 Video: Bill Shorten - Trump "told the American citizens and his supporters that the election was stolen from him. It was not."
>>12396075, >>12396094 Video: Soon, like a miracle, toxic Donald Trump will disappear - Jack The Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>12408871 Bill Shorten Tweet: Looking forward to President-Elect Joe Biden returning dignity and altruism to liberal democracy
>>12409733 @realDonaldTrump - Account suspended - Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules
>>12409733 Q Post #4414 - EAM LOYALISTS: RED1: POTUS twitter removal
>>12410594 Video: Donald Trump's Twitter account 'permanently suspended'- Olivana Lathouris, Nick Pearson - 9news.com.au
>>12412908 Miranda Devine Tweet: Inevitable. She and her mate Lin should stop spouting Qanonsense and get off social media
>>12412908 Dominion sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation, seeks $1.3 billion - Kevin Collier - nbcnews.com
>>12412908 Miranda Devine Tweet: You have to get your facts straight and not promise a "Kraken" that never eventuates
>>12412908 Miranda Devine Tweet: With the damage Q has done to MAGA I would not be surprised if the Lincoln Project or some equally malevolent anti-Trump group were behind its recent incarnation
>>12413284 Twitter permanently suspends US President Donald Trump - Sky News Australia
>>12414979 Shem Horne Tweet: Internet Archive of POTUS Tweet thread Twitter just deleted grab it and spread it far and wide
>>12414979 President Trump @POTUS Tweet Archive: As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech
>>12415634 Suspended Twitter Accounts - @KillAuDeepState, @awakeinaus_, @1_Drop_Of_Q, @QTheWakeUp, @SeekretAgent
>>12417065 OPINION: From QAnon to climate denial, Australia has a 'Ratbag Government' - Michael Pascoe - thenewdaily.com.au
>>12418007 OPINION: Australia is not an island when it comes to the forces that fostered Trump - Sean Kelly - theage.com.au
>>12418060 OPINION: US on hold as deranged President makes unpredictable decisions - Geoffrey Robertson - theage.com.au
>>12421761 Obituary: RIP @realDonaldTrump, gone but not forgotten after 57,000 tweets - Aamer Madhani and Jill Colvin - theage.com.au
>>12421815, >>12421979 Video: Donald Trump's Final Days - Wall Street Journal Editorial Board - theaustralian.com.au
>>12440436 Video: Democrats drafting articles to impeach Donald Trump - Cameron Stewart - theaustralian.com.au
>>12459203 Pelosi: House 'will proceed' to impeachment of Trump - Darlene Superville, Alan Fram and Mary Clare Jalonick - theage.com.au
>>12459400 Why Democrats should think twice before impeaching Donald Trump - Cameron Stewart - theaustralian.com.au
>>12459794 Arnold Schwarzenegger compares Capitol attack to Nazi Germany - AFP - theaustralian.com.au
#12772845 at 2021-01-31 01:30:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#12 - Part 1
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 1
>>12098003 The damage Donald Trump is doing may never be undone - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au
>>12264082 2021 can be a year of recovery for US now Trump is gone - Peter van Onselen - theaustralian.com.au
>>12273003 The burger bromance between Donald Trump and 'Australian tabloid wizard' Col Allan, former editor of the New York Post
>>12303833 Christopher Pyne: Vital US ambassador must be bold - 'one of the most crucial roles Joe Biden will appoint for Australia'
>>12305407 Ugliest spectacle of Trump era looms - Cameron Stewart - theaustralian.com.au
>>12305994 Ten former Pentagon chiefs warn Donald Trump against involving military in pursuing election fraud claims - abc.net.au
>>12306000 All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory - washingtonpost.com
>>12340388 Video: US President Donald Trump hopeful Vice President Mike Pence will overturn election result - Sky News Australia
>>12362727 Twitter locks Trump, Facebook pulls video - Elizabeth Culliford - thewest.com.au
>>12363833 Video: Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume: Republicans have 'deserted the President' en masse - Sky News Australia
>>12363862 Video: World leaders respond to violent scenes at the US Capitol - Sky News Australia
>>12363958 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Very distressing scenes at the US Congress. We condemn these acts of violence and look forward to a peaceful transfer of Government to the newly elected administration in the great American democratic tradition.
>>12363958 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: Today's mob violence at the Capitol is the culmination of Trump's sustained assault on American democracy. The President should call on the mob he incited to disperse and go home. And Trump's supporters in the GOP and the media should reflect on what they have enabled.
>>12363958 Kevin Rudd Tweet: This is a physical attack on the institutions of democracy by a far right mob.All because of extremist statements by political leaders attacking the legal results of a democratic election,echoed faithfully by a cancerous far right media.This affects us all
>>12364272 Alexander Downer Tweet: @realDonaldTrump behaviour since the election cost the Republicans control of the Senate as I predicted.
>>12365577 Video: Scott Morrison - 'I'm not here to offer a running commentary on what should be happening in the United States.' - 'Australia's a free country.' - 'There's such a thing as freedom of speech in this country. And that will continue.'
>>12366319 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Very concerned by scenes at the US Congress. I condemn any violence to interfere with democratic processes
>>12366319 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: Let us swiftly bring justice to the criminals who engaged in this rioting.
>>12370152 Australian national flag spotted among the crowd of Trump protesters that stormed the US Capitol - Alana Mazzoni - dailymail.co.uk
>>12370400 Why The Australian Flag Was Flown By Pro-Trump Rioters Who Stormed The US Capitol - Carly Williams - huffingtonpost.com.au
>>12370833 Mehreen Faruqi Tweet: Why is a violent far-right mob flying the Australian flag in front of the U.S. Capitol?
>>12370888 How Australia Helped Pave The Way For The US Insurrection - Cam Wilson - gizmodo.com.au
>>12371401 Australian Labor Tweet: It's the company you keep. (Donald Trump and Scott Morrison photo)
>>12371401 Joel Fitzgibbon Tweet: I'm a proud member of the Labor Party and remain committed to its ideals and objectives but I do not want to be associated with this tweet
>>12393689 Bizarre moment crowd of protesters waving American flags march down a street in MELBOURNE chanting 'Donald Trump, four more years' as chaos breaks out in Washington DC - Charlotte Karp - dailymail.co.uk
>>12393716 Why were the Capitol rioters so angry? Because they're scared of losing grip on their perverse idea of democracy - Jordan McSwiney - theconversation.com
>>12393756 'We want blood': How warnings of the Washington riot had been circulating online for weeks - Rashida Yosufzai - sbs.com.au
>>12393910 Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn posts Trump election conspiracy theories to Facebook - Elias Clure - abc.net.au
>>12393996 Video: Victorian Liberals condemn pro-Trump conspiracy theories posted by colleague Bernie Finn
>>12394209 Video: Joe Biden certified by Congress as next United States president after deadly riot in Capitol
#12772779 at 2021-01-31 01:26:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
>>12076528 Q Research AUSTRALIA #12
mirrored @ qanon.news
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Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 ----- https://qanon.news/Archives/x/10705197
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Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 ------ https://qanon.news/archives/x/4899520
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 ------ https://qanon.news/archives/x/4520
Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Wednesday 11.20.19
>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.19
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
Friday 11.15.2019
>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided…..
Thursday 03.28.2019
>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
Q's Posts referencing Australia
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Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
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Alexander Downer
https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell
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Julian Assange
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Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
https://qanon.pub/?q=RAT%20BAIT
"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://qanon.pub/#2501
#12076385 at 2020-12-18 07:41:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>11439500 CIA agents claim they were targeted by a 'microwave weapon' in Australia
>>11418486 Every single Queenslander should be stoked with the results of the state election, the winner was democracy - Ann Wason Moore - goldcoastbulletin.com.au
>>11423039 South Australian police are targeting known firebugs in a bid to prevent bushfires as the danger season begins
>>11423657 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: "The alliance with Australia…will continue regardless of the outcome of the election." - Ambassador Culvahouse #USwithAUS
>>11471969 MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS AND TO ALL AMERICANS OF GOOD WILL
>>11474040 Carl Lentz, Hillsong pastor who baptised Justin Bieber sacked due to a series of 'moral failures' - Hillsong founder Brian Houston
>>11536955, >>11536988 Video: The Australian Secret Intelligence Service: spying for Australia
>>11550993 New critical infrastructure laws oblige companies and institutions to strengthen cyber defences amid increasing threats from state-based actors
>>11552325 Dead bears, knives in pens: Inside an Australian Border Force mailroom
>>11571119 Video: Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull clashes with News Corp's Paul Kelly over Murdoch media climate coverage
>>11572111 U.S. Pacific Fleet Tweet: USS John S. McCain, Japan's JS Onami and Australia's HMAS Ballarat…with India's INS Shakti - exercise #Malabar
>>11572274 Australian War Memorial Tweet: At 11am on the 11th of November, we ask you to observe a minute's silence
>>11572274 Remembrance Day 2020 - One Minute's Silence - By observing one minute's silence we pay tribute to the men and women who have served and are still serving in our defence forces and remember those who have died or suffered in conflicts, wars and peacekeeping operations.
>>11577187 Remembrance Day poems - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon (1914), In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1914) and We Shall Keep the Faith by Moina Michael (1918)
>>11622774 Carl Lentz's Former Hillsong Church Branch Is Under Investigation
>>11622774 Brian Houston Tweet: We are launching an independent investigation into the inner workings of Hillsong NYC/ East Coast. We need a solid foundation for a fresh start and new beginning. The best is yet to come.
>>11646899 Scott Morrison cancels trip to Papua New Guinea amid political crisis
>>11651831 Senate to investigate media bias and ownership after Kevin Rudd petition
>>11676926 The Australian Secret Intelligence Service: 007 - a blessing and curse
>>11676948 Video: The ASIS Interviews - No 4. Australia's James Bond: finding jewels for the country
>>11677548 Video: ASIO launches first public awareness campaign to warn Australians of foreign spies on social media
>>11677585 Foreign spies are targeting Australians online-be aware, be discreet and be responsible
>>11677585 ASIO Tweet: Director-General of Security, @MikePBurgess, introduces #ASIO's new campaign, Think Before You Link
>>11677585 Video: THINK BEFORE YOU LINK - ASIO Director-General's introduction - Not everyone you meet online is who they say they are
>>11678238 Scott Morrison and Murdoch's News Corp empire 'operating like a team', former PM Malcolm Turnbull says
>>11688306 U.S. Space Force: Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt takes charge of unit during first change of command, references "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance
>>11690170 Google and Facebook rejected 1 in 5 data requests from Australian law enforcement bodies in 2019
>>11690463 The fake and the furious: Kevin Rudd's Bangladeshi 'bots' in media royal commission petition
>>11690555 Kevin Rudd Tweet: The Murdoch smear of our petition calling for a Royal Commission continues
>>11703336 Kevin Rudd may have to register as 'an agent of foreign influence' due to vast overseas connections
>>11703554 'We do not deny climate change': Rupert Murdoch addresses son's exit from board
>>11747175 Facebook and Google must pay for news and should not be able to evade new laws, Australian media argues
>>11761410 Video: Inaugural Grotius Prize presented to Scott Morrison in recognition of his work in support of the international rules based order
>>11761629 Australia leads Five Eyes with new cyber security laws
>>11762029 Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Morrison will give in to international climate pressure - November 24, 2020
#12076311 at 2020-12-18 07:30:09 (UTC+1)
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#11 - Part 2
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 2
>>11553979 Bob Carr Tweet: Biden's team tell me Hockey's outrageous comments about fake votes have appeared in excited Trumpian conspiracy online exchanges
>>11553979 Bob Carr Tweet: Joe's very persona non grata with the Biden team. He can always offer lobbying services for Steve Bannon enterprises
>>11559490 Video: 'Extraordinary' that poll workers were sent home amid 'dubious' election result - Commentator Mark Steyn - Sky News Australia
>>11570888 Alexander Downer Tweet: @realDonaldTrump should concede gracefully. He's lost.
>>11571040 Video: Alexander Downer: Joe Biden will be a 'ceremonial president' - Sky News Australia
>>11571777 Video: John Podesta: Trump 'Is Interfering With The Orderly Transition Of Power' | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC
>>11572041 Bob Carr Tweet: More Biden advisors and Washington insiders than I imagined have picked up the 7 (!) op-eds…our former ambassador authored
>>11572041 Bob Carr Tweet: They are staggered by his 2GB comment that there had "for sure" been voter fraud because of the high Democrat vote in Washington DC
>>11572041 Bob Carr Tweet: I'm told established lobbyists are delightedly circulating our former ambassador's remarks to transition team and likely appointees
>>11587380 "Arrr! Shipmates wana good view from the crow's nest? BigMikeAnon Gives Thee The Current." Video: Secretary Pompeo's Remarks to the Media - 14 Oct 2020
>>11587406 Two Lanterns Burning Bright; Foreign & Domestic. What Be 'Shared Values?'. We Are On A Ship.WATCH YE THE WATERS...
>>11587416 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Congratulations to @joebiden and @kamalaharris - Australia wishes you every success in office. The Australia-US Alliance is deep and enduring, and built on shared values. I look forward to working with you closely as we face the world's many challenges together.
>>11587503 Video: Scott Morrison congratulates Joe Biden on his election win, as former PM Malcolm Turnbull expresses 'relief'
>>11587503 Scott Morrison: "The United States is one of the world's greatest democracies, alongside Australia and many others, and democracy has proven, not just in the times of still waters but when the waters can get choppy and of course we have seen that in recent times in the United States, but democracy is the process they have always stood by to resolve such differences."
>>11587541 'Breathtaking': Marise Payne praises US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris - "This is the time of challenge for which our alliance is suited, because it is based on the enduring shared values which transcend parties or individuals in the White House or the Lodge."
>>11587570 Video: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - 'There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump term' - ""We're ready, the world is watching what's taking place" - Sky News Australia
>>11605082 Video: Donald Trump fans furious as Scott Morrison congratulates Joe Biden on election win
>>11605082 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Facebook Post: There are no greater friends and no greater allies than Australia and the US
#12076270 at 2020-12-18 07:24:10 (UTC+1)
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Notables
are not endorsements
#11 - Part 1
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives - Part 1
>>11415138 Donald Trump's path to victory narrow, not impossible - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au
>>11421409 Q Post #4948 - https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1323313186259480577
>>11421409 Tim Murtaugh Tweet: Dems plan to call @realDonaldTrump's Election Day surge a "Red Mirage" to delegitimize his wave of support
>>11421593 How Trump could push button on 'red mirage' strategy and send US election to Supreme Court - Mark Saunokonoko - 9news.com.au
>>11422013 If there's a disputed US election result, Australia must take action: Rudd, Turnbull
>>11444864 Video: ABC News (Australia) live: 2020 US Election Coverage
>>11444907 Video: 7NEWS Australia - America Decides 2020: US Election LIVE results
>>11447433 President Donald Trump Tweet: We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!
>>11447533 Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who endorsed QAnon, wins uncontested seat of Georgia in US election - "Wires" - abc.net.au
>>11448871 Video: Live: Trump speaks from the White House on election night - Fox Business
>>11450331 Video: Donald Trump claims 'major fraud' on American public, flags Supreme Court challenge - ABC News Australia
>>11459503 Australian politicians react as votes continue to be counted - Malcolm Turnbull, Penny Wong, Chris Bowen, Mehreen Faruqi, Janet Rice
>>11473349 Scott Morrison says Australia will 'respect the decisions' of the American people as other government members call for all votes to be counted
>>11474232 US electoral counting system is a 'complete dog's breakfast': Joe Hockey - Sky News Australia
>>11474294 US election 2020: Joe Hockey's voter fraud comments are dangerous - Caroline Overington - theaustralian.com.au
>>11494320 Biden will be more nuanced on China: Former foreign ministers Bob Carr and Julie Bishop
>>11494378 Australian politicians watching US count - Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton, Richard Marles, Simon Birmingham
>>11494538 Video: Greens Leader Adam Bandt calls on Morrison to condemn "lying" and "deflated" President Trump - Sky News Australia
>>11504726 US election: Idiot genius Donald Trump's forces will continue their wrecking - Bob Carr - theaustralian.com.a
>>11508936 US election 2020: Voter suppression rife in deeply flawed system - Joe Hockey - theaustralian.com.au
>>11512005 Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he won't be calling Trump over poll
>>11529203 Q Post 3387 - You were told what was going to happen. You were told what battles we face. Strategic. Pre_planned. Patriots in control.
>>11529230 Video: This Video Will Get Donald Trump Elected - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qIXXafxCQ
>>11529687 Australian leaders past and present congratulate Joe Biden on historic US election win - Malcolm Turnbull, Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek
>>11531906 US election 2020: Trump supporters need to accept defeat - Troy Bramson - theaustralian.com.au - ("Biden's victory is one for the ages." - NOVEMBER 6, 2020)
>>11532579 Video: Scott Morrison congratulates President-elect Joe Biden - 9 News Australia
>>11532635 Video: Albanese reacts to Joe Biden US election win - 9 News Australia
>>11534583 Scott Morrison says he has 'great confidence' in US democracy as Trump refuses to concede
>>11534975 Video: Scott Morrison thanks Donald Trump, congratulates Joe Biden on US election victory
>>11535052 Video: Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull - "If Trump wants to go to the courts in the United States, well that's a matter for him."
>>11536055 'G, what a memory: The day Joe Biden became an AFL footy fan
>>11536070 (2011) When Prime Minister Julia Gillard instructed Barack Obama on the finer points of AFL football
>>11537585 Anthony Albanese calls on Scott Morrison to 'dissociate' himself from colleagues spreading Trump fraud claims
>>11550773 Aussie Artist Scottie Marsh Unveils Savage Donald Trump Graffiti In Sydney
>>11551365, >>11551396 How the world has reacted to Donald Trump's tantrums over US election result - newspaper front pages
>>11551701 Opinion: President Biden has no option but to govern from the centre - Alexander Downer - afr.com
>>11552852 Americans need a hug to get through the months ahead - Joe Hockey - theaustralian.com.au
>>11552885 Video: President-elect Biden 'had a convincing victory' - Bondi Partners CEO Alex Tureman - Sky News Australia
>>11553435 Video: Albanese probed over US election comment, "democratic processes must be respected" - Sky News Australia
>>11553702 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet and video: Statement on the enduring Australia-US Alliance
#11884356 at 2020-12-03 07:24:56 (UTC+1)
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Beijing controls Chinese-language media agencies in Australia, says intel agency
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Australia's peak intelligence agency has warned the federal government that the Chinese Communist Party covertly controls sections of Chinese-language media in Australia as part of its foreign interference and influence operation.
The Office of National Intelligence has confidentially briefed the government that many of Australia's most popular Chinese-language news outlets have been co-opted by Beijing to advance China's strategic interests.
The briefings also highlight that hugely popular WeChat news sites in Australia are subject to complete control and censorship by Beijing, with some accounts directly managed by the Communist Party.
The revelations came as relations between China and Australia plunged to new lows after Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian shared a fabricated image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat. The post followed months of escalating trade sanctions.
Official sources who could not be identified because they were not authorised to speak have confirmed that the Office of National Intelligence's Open Source Centre, which "collects, interprets and disseminates" non-classified material "of political, strategic or economic significance to Australia", has analysed 20 months of content from 14 online Chinese-language news sites and 10 popular WeChat sites. It has also checked ownership structures and Communist Party links.
The analysis had found that online news media platform the Southeast Net Australia was fully and openly controlled by the Communist Party but Beijing's sway over other domestic outlets was, while more subtle, still evident.
The sources said two outlets were possible fronts for Beijing's United Front Work Department, the Chinese government's peak overseas influence organisation. These were Melbourne's Pacific Media - which publishes WeChat news account au123 - and Sydney's Nanhai Group, which publishes Australia's third most popular WeChat site, WeSydney, which has about 400,000 subscribers and is registered to a company owned by the United Front's China News Service.
Nanhai also publishes the Chinese-language edition of the Qantas inflight magazine and runs an annual Sydney community event, the New Year Lantern Festival, that has been attended by senior Australian politicians, including former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott.
The Office of National Intelligence assessments concluded that the most popular online Australian Chinese-language news portals are pro-Beijing and have varying links to the Chinese state via the China News Service, which is controlled by the United Front Work Department.
Australia's most popular news WeChat account is Sydney Today, which is connected to a news website managed by several media figures with connections to United Front groups. Australia's second most popular WeChat account, ABC Media (which has no connection to the national broadcaster) is part of a Sydney-based media group run by a businessman who is also an adviser to the Hunan People's Political Consultative Committee, a United Front-controlled political body.
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#11762029 at 2020-11-24 05:34:28 (UTC+1)
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Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Morrison will give in to international climate pressure
Perry Williams - November 24, 2020
Malcolm Turnbull has predicted Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will cave to international pressure and sign up to a net zero emissions target by 2050 after clinging too closely to Donald Trump's rhetoric.
"I'm confident Morrison will move to that. He probably over-channeled Trump. He was clearly dazzled by Trump and went full-in with that in a number of areas.
"All the talk about being against globalism and so forth was channelling 'the Donald', including on climate," Mr Turnbull told a business summit on Tuesday.
"The reality on climate is all of our major trading partners have a net zero target and the Biden administration will return to the climate fray with a real enthusiasm," Mr Turnbull said. "He's announced John Kerry - who is a real climate action evangelist with huge global credibility - will be the climate tsar and so Australia has to get on board."
Mr Morrison says net zero carbon emissions by 2050 was achievable but Australia has not committed to a hard energy target for the mid-century.
"We will pay a heavy price for this in international trade, believe me. We are kidding ourselves to think the Europeans will not have climate in the Australia-Europe free trade agreement," Mr Turnbull said.
"We're absolutely kidding ourselves and I can see the Americans making that a condition of trade agreements right around the world. What Scott has to do now is pivot or dismount - whatever you want to call it. Whether it's done elegantly or not it doesn't really matter - as long as he does it."
The Morrison government's campaign to get Mathias Cormann elected to the top OECD job may be undermined by Australia's climate position, Mr Turnbull said.
"You can imagine the concerns, in European capitals particularly, saying 'Hang on these are the Australians who want Mathias to be secretary general of the OECD and where do they stand on climate?'".
"It's not a good look. So if we want to be taken seriously in the global community as a strong and committed and voice of conviction then we've got to be able to step up at least to the targets and commitments that all of our trading partners have done."
"The Trump era is over - at least for four years - and we don't want to be looking like a Trump-lite refuge in the southern hemisphere."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/economics/Malcolm-Turnbull-says-scott-morrison-will-give-in-to-international-climate-pressure/news-story/c909e612e9ed6ffc7a6890b03695663d
>"Never Interfere With an Enemy While He's in the Process of Destroying Himself."
#11761035 at 2020-11-24 04:09:40 (UTC+1)
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>>11761020
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First, we have forgotten basic truths about human nature that previous generations of Australians better understood. We live in a bent world. We all carry man's smudge: people do bad things. Christians call it sin in a fallen world. Enlightenment thinkers like Immanuel Kant called it the "crooked timber" of humanity. Whatever name we give our condition, we should always guard against the reality of people doing bad things when they are left unaccountable.
The Australian Constitution aligned our system of government to this realist view of human nature. The drafters understood the importance of the rule of law, the separation of powers and the need for accountability among those who serve in government. Our soldiers and officers are no different: they need accountability and firm leadership in the degrading cockpit of war. It appears this did not happen from the very top to the bottom of the command chain.
Second, we ignored the true nature of war and sanitised it. We pretended it was no different to any other form of unilateral government policy. But the reality is that war is inherently violent, escalatory and degrading. It is a modern conceit to pretend that war can be managed with a set of safe technocratic hands. The brutal reality is no plan ever survives the first shot. People lose their way and become hard of heart, especially after multiple deployments.
During World War II, the Churchill government commissioned Laurence Olivier to make a technicolor film version of Shakespeare's Henry V to boost wartime morale. Olivier edited out one third of the play, excising Henry's violent speech demanding the surrender of the Governor of Harfleur. King Henry, understanding the nature of "impious war" once unleashed, posed the question:
"What rein can hold licentious wickedness when down the hill he holds his fierce career?"
Shakespeare paints violent imagery of the "blind and bloody soldier with foul hand" committing all sorts of atrocities. He saw that war has its own dark energy. He knew that it consumes people in ways that modern society cannot comprehend, largely because we have packaged it up nicely for the evening news.
The Australian Defence Force was very effective at sanitising our longest war with its legions of public affairs officers. The United Kingdom and the United States took a liberal approach, allowing reporters to see their soldiers at war. However, we stage-managed Australia's contribution to the Afghanistan war through a carefully crafted information operation. This approach stifled public interest reporting. Perhaps with greater access for the Australian media, some of the events alleged by the Brereton Report might never have happened.
Third, parliamentary scrutiny of Defence is broken and needs fixing. Politicians routinely visited Aussie troops in Tarin Kot. I first met Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop in 2009, on my first deployment with the 2nd Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force.
I harangued a Labor MP in 2013 about Defence budget cuts when he visited the Special Operations Task Group. Each of them were interested and supportive, but it seemed they didn't know what questions to ask. I now realise this is partly a function of a deficient parliamentary committee system.
There is no independent Joint Defence Committee where tough questions can be asked in a classified, protected space. Parliamentary scrutiny these days is surface level. It amounts to senior Defence leadership presenting a few PowerPoint slides and giving parliamentarians a pat on the head.
This is an area of urgently needed reform. If we are serious about increased accountability and transparency, then we need proper parliamentary scrutiny of the Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force. Without it, our parliament cannot exercise proper civilian oversight of our military.
Fourth, the Brereton Report rightly condemns a warrior culture that fused "military excellence with ego, entitlement and exceptionalism". Sometimes, SAS operators carried themselves like modern incarnations of Achilles, Thor or Mars. I reject that culture, too. But I believe a warrior culture is an important part of an elite combat unit. It all depends on the beliefs and values you build it on.
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#11738742 at 2020-11-22 17:06:50 (UTC+1)
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>>11738732
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Recounting conversations with Facebook five-years-ago, Admiral Rogers said the tech giant would say, "We provide a platform for the hosting of content generated by others. It is not our responsibility nor is it appropriate for us to censor broadly, to control that information".
"My attitude always was: 'I understand the theory, guys. But the challenge is you've got actors out there who are trying to take advantage of that - that are sowing, through obfuscating identity, through manipulating information, manipulating imagery, outright lies.
"They are sowing discord and they're dividing us, and that is not in our nation's, and the broader global community's, best interests."
Admiral Rogers said China's cyber strategy was aimed at generating "global advantage", focused on securing intellectual property for economic gain and compromising the capabilities of Western nations in the event of a crisis or conflict.
China's goal is to "have the strongest economy in the world" and gain advantage in the digital economy of the 21st century, similar to the industrial rise of the US last century.
"They are copying a model they have seen work very successfully, and they view cyber as a tool to accelerate that, by stealing the intellectual property they think is going to generate advantage for them."
He also raised the implications of a cyber actor manipulating the fifth decimal of every geographic location in a country's database by just two digits.
"How long would it be before we recognise it? And think about what the operational implications would be if geographical locational information was being manipulated and we didn't recognise it initially or it took some period of time. What would the implications of a total loss of confidence be?"
Admiral Rogers said cyber, for all world powers, remained an important espionage tool to help nation states "gain greater understanding and awareness of what's going on in the world around us".
The Morrison government is moving to legislate new powers aimed at beefing-up the cyber defences of critical infrastructure operators and help security agencies target online criminal syndicates, international sexual predators and cyber actors stealing research.
Further cyber security legislation is also being drawn-up as Australia attempts to keep pace with fast-evolving threats. The federal government, which recently released its $1.67bn Cyber Security Strategy, has also put in place foreign interference measures, which have angered Beijing.
In June, Scott Morrison declared the nation was under attack from "sophisticated" state-based cyber actors targeting critical infrastructure, businesses and all levels of government. While the government has not named Beijing, it is understood Chinese cyber actors have been linked to attacks targeting Australian interests.
Admiral Rogers said the rise in cyber and ransomware attacks "are going in the wrong direction". He warned some nation states had begun outsourcing criminal activity to "cyber mercenaries" and private companies used to penetrate, manipulate, shutdown, degrade and surveil systems.
"It's getting tougher and it's broadening. If you look at ransomware, there is little correlation to size and little correlation to sector. You're seeing ransomware explode across the spectrum of businesses as well as public sector governments."
CyberCX Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon, a former Australian Cyber Security Centre head and special adviser to prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, said legislation was coming down the line that would shake-up Australia's approach to cyber security across key sectors and the way companies respond.
Mr MacGibbon said the increasing threat posed by ransomware went to the "heart of the integrity and availability" of data and systems.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/china-russia-spreading-lies-digital-discord-former-us-national-security-agency-director-mike-rogers/news-story/86b8efb90dda1001a814cff2129a2dd8
#11703554 at 2020-11-19 08:53:47 (UTC+1)
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>>11571119
'We do not deny climate change': Rupert Murdoch addresses son's exit from board
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Rupert Murdoch has made his first public comments about the abrupt resignation of his son James Murdoch from News Corp's board, rejecting assertions the company denies climate change or that he did not consider his son's point of view.
News Corp, owner of The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun, was criticised by James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn Hufschmid in January for promoting climate denialism after the global media empire's coverage of Australia's bushfire crisis gained global attention and scrutiny. James decided in August to quit the board of directors after years of unease about its editorial direction.
At the company's annual general meeting on Thursday morning (AEDT), Mr Murdoch was asked why he did not accommodate some of James Murdoch's views on climate change and on US President Donald Trump. James Murdoch has long been seen to have more progressive political views than his family and was critical of Trump in a New York Times interview in October.
"Our board has many discussions, but James … claims that our papers have covered the bushfires in Australia without discussing climate change. We do not deny climate change, we are not deniers," Mr Murdoch said.
The AGM lasted just 26 minutes.
Mr Murdoch's comments are the latest to address the topic of climate change and the way News Corp mastheads approach it. The debate was ignited in January by former News Corp finance manager Emily Townsend, who sent an email to all employees accusing her employer of spreading a "misinformation campaign" on climate change that was "dangerous" and "unconscionable". James went public with his perspective on the matter days later.
News Corp's coverage of the bushfires was revived earlier this month in a heated debate between former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and The Australian's editor-at-large Paul Kelly on ABC's Q&A. Mr Turnbull attacked News Corp for blaming last summer's fires on arson and urged Kelly and other employees to speak out against the organisation. A story in The Australian in January during the crisis that drew a link between arson and bushfires was heavily criticised.
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#11690472 at 2020-11-18 07:04:26 (UTC+1)
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>>11690463
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Mr Rudd - dumped by his party within his first term - has promoted his petition on Twitter, Guardian Australia and the ABC.
He was supported by another former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who was also overthrown by his party while in office.
Both men, who led coups against their own colleagues to seize power, were also victims of internal political revenge but blame News Corp Australia newspapers for losing office.
News Corp Australia is the publisher of The Australian.
The petition has been used by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to justify calling an inquiry into media diversity.
The push - the fourth-highest number among parliamentary petitions after campaigns to fund community pharmacies, place a higher tax on beer and address healthcare funding - ostensibly attracted 501,876 signatures.
Nicholas Smith, who runs a podcast called The Turncoat, said he paid an overseas freelancer to "sign" the petition hundreds of times in order to "demonstrate to you how easy it is to manipulate our own government's website".
"What I have a problem with is the government petition website and how easy it is to manipulate with huge advantages," he said.
"For one, the free press but two, it's caused a Senate inquiry into the media.
"It's having an influence on decision-making within our parliament.
"There should at least be a mobile verification process if they want us to take this petition seriously - there needs to be more than an email verification process."
Mr Smith posted the job to collect names for the petition on a freelance website with the subject "data extraction".
"I need minimum two persons for an online data collection task," the advertisement read.
Bank transfer records from the website show that $52.89 was transferred to two different freelancers at 11.52pm on October 26, 2020.
One freelancer, named Yao L - based in Beijing - did not complete the job.
The second freelancer, based in Bangladesh, did.
Robert Potter, who is a highly regarded cybersecurity expert and the co-founder of Internet 2.0, did an initial analysis of the petition in the Table Office and analysed the 1000 emails paid for by Mr Smith.
His conclusion is that fake and computer-generated bots were among signatories to the petition.
"Yes, there are signatories to the petition that I would assess with a high degree of confidence are computer-generated bots," Mr Potter, who has worked for both the US and Australian governments, said.
"The single name email followed by random numbers is a sign of bot activity through automatic registration."
Mr Potter concluded that the spam protection system within the parliamentary petition platform does not require any form of evidence that the person registering is an Australian resident or citizen. "The system does not geoblock foreign IP addresses at the registration page," Mr Potter said.
"The system doesn't seem to require any demonstrable proof the person is Australian."
He also said the breach had exposed an "avenue for foreign interference in our parliamentary petition system".
"This is small-scale influence operation from a foreign party working under the direction of an Australian," he said.
"I think an evaluation of the technical controls is called for, at the very least, to see what controls sit around the petition system and to see how they might be strengthened.
"The system for managing petitions is the vulnerability, not necessarily the single petition. This could have impacted on a number of petitions."
The Department of the House of Representatives standing committee on petitions secretariat -notified committee members on Friday of the fake signatories following questions lodged by The Australian.
Mr O'Dowd, a National Party MP who chairs the committee, said: "It will be investigated by my committee and we will take further action if required."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/exclusives/kevin-rudds-bangladeshi-bots-in-media-royal-commission-petition/news-story/d32ac1268655584f5583ed2b5e246e72
#11678238 at 2020-11-17 08:58:54 (UTC+1)
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Scott Morrison and Murdoch's News Corp empire 'operating like a team', former PM Malcolm Turnbull says
Malcolm Turnbull has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of working as "a team" with News Corp newspapers and Sky TV.
The former prime minister has joined Kevin Rudd in backing a petition for a royal commission into media diversity and the role of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which they both believe is a malevolent and partisan force in Australian political life.
In his recent memoir Mr Turnbull accused Mr Murdoch of bringing his prime ministership down.
"Morrison, I think, has determined not to suffer the same fate I did from the right of the Liberal Party in the Murdoch press," he told 7.30.
"So Morrison is cleaving very closely to the Murdoch press, and they are backing him up.
"They're not holding him to account for failings, and they're criticising his opponents. And yeah, they're operating like a team."
'News Corp is now essentially propaganda'
While the petition has more than 500,000 signatures, it has failed to secure a royal commission so far. Instead, the Greens will hold a Senate inquiry.
"The critical thing, you have to recognise that News Corp is now essentially propaganda. It's a political organisation that employs a lot of journalists," Mr Turnbull said.
Kevin Rudd concurs.
"Whereas once the Murdoch press would generally lean conservative, but see it [as] in its interest to give the other side of politics a half a go, in the last decade, it's simply been wall-to-wall propaganda on behalf of the Liberal National Party … And [in the US it's become] propaganda for the far-right Republican Party," Mr Rudd said.
"Well, enough is enough."
'Extraordinary access' claim rejected by Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull believes the relationship between the prime minister's office and the Murdoch media was even closer under the man he succeeded.
"Tony Abbott operated almost in a partnership with News Corp," he said.
"Their reporters, their editors had access to Cabinet decisions before they were taken, in fact, reported Cabinet decisions having been taken when in fact that [sic] turned out they hadn't been, so there was extraordinary access."
Mr Abbott declined an interview with 7.30, but released a statement describing the allegations as "baseless smears".
"Unlike some, as Prime Minister, I never leaked out of Cabinet or backgrounded against colleagues," he wrote.
"To me, this is dishonourable and a betrayal of the solidarity that should exist within a political party with a shared commitment to the people it represents.
"I make the general point that Australia needs more media outlets and more media diversity; but won't otherwise respond to baseless smears or dignify a hatchet job."
Turnbull talked with Murdoch 'a lot' as PM
By his own recollection, Mr Turnbull has known Rupert Murdoch in one way or another for 40 years.
Despite being able to get the media baron on the phone, he was unable to convince him to call off the attacks on his leadership when it mattered.
"I used to talk to him a lot, actually," he said.
"I couldn't understand this bitter campaign against me from Sky News and from some of his newspapers, particularly The Australian … he'd say 'They don't have many viewers' or 'The Oz (The Australian) doesn't have many readers,' and he'd always obfuscate it.
"But the reality is I thought it was crazy."
Mr Turnbull believes Mr Murdoch wanted "to install" Peter Dutton as prime minister, and he failed.
When asked if that showed Mr Murdoch wasn't "all-powerful", Mr Turnbull replied: "It shows you his influence is considerable."
When approached for an interview, Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office directed 7.30 to the Communications Minister's office. A spokesman declined to comment publicly ahead of the Senate inquiry.
News Corp declined 7.30's request for an interview and did not respond to written questions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-17/scott-morrison-murdoch-media-like-a-team-Turnbull-says/12891218
#11587503 at 2020-11-11 06:05:34 (UTC+1)
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>>11587406
Scott Morrison congratulates Joe Biden on his election win, as former PM Malcolm Turnbull expresses 'relief'
Scott Morrison was among the world leaders to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, wishing him every success for his term in office.
Current and former Australian leaders have sent their congratulations to Democrat Joe Biden following his victory in the hard-fought United States presidential election.
Supporters of Mr Biden have taken to the streets in celebration after several US networks declared that he had won the swing state of Pennsylvania and the 270 electoral votes needed to clasp victory.
Incumbent President Donald Trump has refused to concede defeat to his political rival, accusing him of "rushing falsely to pose as the winner".
But the result has drawn widespread support from across the globe.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison congratulated the President-elect, calling him a great friend of Australia over many years.
He also extended his congratulations to Kamala Harris, on her election as Vice President-elect.
"The Australia-US Alliance is deep and enduring, and built on shared values, such as the international rule of law, respect for human rights and equality, freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression and diversity of opinion," Mr Morrison said in a statement.
"I look forward to working with you closely as we face the world's many challenges together."
Speaking to reporters later on Sunday, Mr Morrison said the relationship between Australia and the US was bigger than any individual.
"This relationship is bigger than all of us and the time we have in the roles that we have the privilege to serve in we have custodianship over the roles and I have every confidence because it is based on more than 100 years of successful partnership, that this partnership will only go from strength to strength under the new shared stewardship that President-elect Biden and I will share going into the future," he said.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese also congratulated Mr Biden on a victory "with record support with a progressive agenda based on decency, honest government, creating opportunity and dealing with the pandemic and the challenge of climate change".
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said it will be a "relief" to have a return to "normal transmission" with President-elect Biden.
"An administration that is going to be consistent, that isn't going to be making decisions by wild Tweets in the early hours of the morning, that isn't going to be walking out of global treaties and alliances," he told Insiders.
"Four years of Trump have been a very, very disruptive period."
Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd told Insiders that President Trump needs to "put on his big boy pants … and act like a grown-up in this period of transition".
But Mr Morrison thanked President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for their contribution to the Australia-US relationship.
"Australia has enjoyed a strong working relationship with the current administration, one that has seen the strength of our alliance continue to grow and deepen," Mr Morrison said.
"We will continue to work closely with President Trump and his administration in the transition period between now and 20 January."
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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scott-morrison-congratulates-joe-biden-on-his-election-win-as-former-pm-Malcolm-Turnbull-expresses-relief
#11571119 at 2020-11-10 06:22:56 (UTC+1)
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Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull clashes with News Corp's Paul Kelly over climate coverage
Former PM says Murdoch media has become 'pure propaganda' and is doing enormous damage to the world's ability to respond to climate change
Malcolm Turnbull says News Corp has become an organisation for "pure propaganda" that has done enormous damage through its promotion of climate change denial.
In a heated exchange on Monday night's Q+A, the former prime minister and the Australian's editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, clashed over the media organisation's treatment of climate science.
Turnbull told the program that News Corp had gone from being an organisation that "tended to lean more right than left to become pure propaganda".
"The campaign on climate denial is just staggering and has done enormous damage to the world, to the global need to address global warming," he said.
"I mean, it is so horrifically biased and such propaganda that Rupert's own son James can't stomach it."
Kelly responded, saying Australia had many other publications and news outlets that were dedicated to "promoting the cause of climate change and radical action on climate change".
"It's OK to be a propagandist for one side, but if one is a critic or sceptic about some of these issues, that's not OK?"
Turnbull, who has backed an e-petition initiated by the former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media, said Kelly's response highlighted the problem with News Corp's coverage of the climate crisis.
He said the media giant had delayed global action to address climate change by turning scientific fact into an issue of "values or identity" and countries were "paying the price".
"You know, we had 12m hectares of our country burnt last summer, and your newspapers were saying it was all the consequence of some arsonists," Turnbull said. "And James Murdoch was so disgusted, he disassociated himself from the family business.
"How offensive, how biased, how destructive does it have to be, Paul, before you will say - one of our greatest writers and journalists - 'It's enough, I'm out of it'?"
Kelly responded by telling the former prime minister not to lecture him.
"Your problem was with the right wing of the Liberal party," Kelly said. "At the end of the day, you failed to manage it properly.
"Now, I understand you being upset about our company. But essentially, what you're doing is you're transferring your own political failures and wishing to blame our company for them."
Rudd's petition was tabled in parliament on Monday with more than 500,000 signatures.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/10/qa-Malcolm-Turnbull-clashes-with-news-corps-paul-kelly-over-climate-coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1mKwsciemo
#11535052 at 2020-11-08 03:26:46 (UTC+1)
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The election result has been welcomed by former Australian prime ministers from both sides of the political aisle.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who has previously described Mr Trump as a bully, said his defeat was a relief.
"Ultimately I have no doubt that he will go," Mr Turnbull said on Insiders.
"There is no way that he is going to try to barricade himself into the White House, that's too absurd even in the rather surreal environment of the Trump administration," he said.
He also dismissed Mr Albanese's suggestion Australia should intervene, arguing Mr Morrison should "play it by the book" while waiting for Mr Biden's inauguration next year.
"I think that the best thing to do is to behave conventionally," Mr Turnbull said.
"I wouldn't be giving Donald Trump advice on the US Constitution and his rights.
"If Trump wants to go to the courts in the United States, well that's a matter for him.
"I can't see any evidence that there is much to appeal about, but he's entitled to the courts of law which are open to him."
Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd said a smooth transition of leadership would depend on whether Mr Trump "decides to put his big boy pants ... and act like a grown-up".
"This is a great win and for those who seem to have inferred that this is going to be a narrow win, if you look at the outstanding states, Joe Biden is on track to end up with more of the electoral college votes than Trump did in 2016 and certainly a bigger slice of the popular vote," Mr Rudd said.
"He's been elected legitimately and it's time for everyone in the United States and around the world to move on because the challenges facing the world with a pandemic, with climate change, with global economic recovery, are massive."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-08/scott-morrison-thanks-donald-trump-congratulate-joe-biden-harris/12861342
#11529687 at 2020-11-07 23:03:02 (UTC+1)
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Australian leaders past and present congratulate Joe Biden on historic US election win
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull tweeted "what a relief" after Joe Biden was declared to have defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States.
Australian leaders past and present weighed in on the victory as the country woke up to the news on Sunday morning.
The race was called at about 3.30am Sunday AEDT.
There was a tense relationship between Mr Trump and Mr Turnbull, revealed in a heated phone call in 2017 during which the American President lashed a "dumb deal" struck between Mr Turnbull and Barack Obama.
The Washington Post published the complete transcript of the call, which became heated as the two men discussed the plan for the US to resettle refugees held on Manus Island and Nauru.
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison also tweeted on Sunday morning to congratulate the Democratic nominee on his victory and Kamala Harris who will be the first female Vice-President of the US.
Mr Morrison said he looked forward to working with the new Biden government.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese also congratulated Mr Biden and Ms Harris on their victory, saying it showed record support for a "progressive agenda" including action on the pandemic and climate change.
Mr Biden passed the required threshold of 270 electoral votes on Saturday morning, US time, after he was declared the winner in the key state of Pennsylvania.
But Mr Trump, who was golfing at the time the race was called, has so far not conceded defeat.
He has continued to repeat baseless claims about election fraud since the results began to tilt towards Mr Biden earlier this week.
"I am honoured and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in me and in vice President-elect Harris," Mr Biden said in a statement.
"In the face of unprecedented obstacles, a record number of Americans voted. Proving once again, that democracy beats deep in the heart of America.
"With the campaign over, it's time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation.
"It's time for America to unite. And to heal."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/australian-leaders-past-and-present-congratulate-joe-biden-on-historic-us-election-win/news-story/632df9f814ba03446012cd575b2bac2e
#11459503 at 2020-11-04 17:59:31 (UTC+1)
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US election: Australian politicians react as votes continue to be counted to decide next president
9News Staff - Nov 4, 2020
Australian politicians have spoken out against US President Donald Trump's declaration of victory and urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison not to recognise his claim as counting continues in key undecided states.
The race to the White House remains on a knife's edge between Mr Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden with many votes yet to be counted in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Mr Trump has called the election "a fraud on the American public" and urged vote counting to stop.
He said he would take legal action in the Supreme Court over certain ballots.
"Our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation, this is a very big moment, this is a major fraud on our nation," Mr Trump said in a media briefing hours after polls closed across America.
Mr Biden's campaign says it will fight any efforts by Mr Trump to go to the US Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated.
In the hours since Mr Trump's claims, a number of Australian politicians have taken to social media to express their support for the democratic process.
"Count every vote," former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in a simple tweet.
Mr Morrison is yet to publicly comment on Mr Trump's claims.
Labor Senator for South Australia Penny Wong focused on the gravitas of the election and the importance of respecting the political process.
"Americans have voted in historic numbers in this election. They deserve to have their voices heard. The democratic process must be respected, even when it takes time," Ms Wong tweeted.
"It's in Australia's interest that America remains a credible, stable democracy."
Opposition Health Minister Chris Bowen also backed the need for respect.
"If this were a developing democracy, Australia would probably issue a statement about now demanding that rule of law be respected, that every vote be counted, that we will be closely monitoring….," Mr Bowen said.
NSW Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi labelled Mr Trump's stance as "disturbing".
"Donald Trump is a fascist. Tonight's turn of events, disturbing as it is, should not surprise anyone. Hope sanity prevails & all votes are counted," Ms Faruqi tweeted.
"Democracy must not be shut down."
Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice accused Mr Trump of "trying to steal the US election" and says Mr Morrison "must not recognise Trump's premature claim of victory".
"Australia must wait until the voices of the American people are heard and stand by our democratic values," Senator Rice wrote on Twitter.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-election-australian-politicians-and-former-pm-weigh-in-on-donald-trumps-election-claims/ad44e8ed-a6fe-4aac-80ac-20468349cef1
#11422013 at 2020-11-03 06:11:10 (UTC+1)
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If there's a disputed US election result, Australia must take action: Rudd, Turnbull
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A disputed US election result could spark an Australian debate over whether to speak up for a smooth transition of power amid growing fears of violence if Donald Trump is thrown from office.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd said the Morrison government should prepare to add its voice to global calls for all sides to respect the election result, saying a crisis would only help strategic rivals such as China and Russia.
But the US ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse, said leaders had taken an oath to defend the country's constitution and would respect the result.
Mr Trump has warned of fraud on polling day and declined to commit to stepping down if he loses to Democrat candidate Joe Biden.
Mr Rudd said Australia would usually avoid comment on internal electoral processes in other democracies but the Morrison government might have to take a different approach.
"If, however, a leading democracy begins to suspend its normal democratic processes, then I think it is incumbent on Australia to add its voice," he said. "And that's because the issues at stake for Australia are so fundamental. It will depend, of course, on the nature of the actual outcome.
"We cannot simply stand idly by while the good name of democracy gets flushed down the toilet."
Mr Rudd said the Australian national interest lay in defending the election result against any threats that undermined confidence in US democratic institutions and thereby helped rivals such as China and Russia.
"It would represent manna from heaven from the point of view of authoritarian capitalist systems around the world, principally China," he said of a disputed result.
"It would enable them to say, both at home and abroad, that the fountainhead of 20th century liberal democracy, the United States of America, has failed in its most elementary tests to ensuring a smooth transition of government."
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull also expressed concern over a potential refusal to hand over power.
"This is one of the reasons why people are becoming increasingly apprehensive about the way Trump is challenging, in a prospective manner, the legitimacy of the election," he said.
"Once you start challenging the legitimacy of your democratic processes, then you're basically undermining the legitimacy of your country, of your democracy."
Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the democratic process should be respected, although he did not name either presidential candidate.
"I am concerned at any questioning that occurs about democratic values and democratic processes," he said. "They are precious and they should not be undermined by any leader."
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#11414771 at 2020-11-02 23:20:12 (UTC+1)
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#11402713 at 2020-11-02 05:21:44 (UTC+1)
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Why I would grit my teeth and vote for Trump
There's no perfect choice, but President Donald Trump has not been bad for our national interest - and would be better for the next four years than Joe Biden, who is well past his prime.
Alexander Downer Columnist
Nov 1, 2020
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There's one dilemma I don't have to face: who to vote for in the US presidential election. I'm not an American citizen. But I do have a sister, Angela, who is. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Over the years she has tended to vote for the Republican candidates in presidential as well as congressional elections. But in 2016 she voted for Hillary Clinton. She didn't warm to Donald Trump's personality and antics. But this time, Angela has voted for Trump.
There are three reasons why she did so. The first is that his tax cuts and deregulatory agenda have been good for her small business. It was thriving until the coronavirus shutdowns.
And secondly, she says the anti-Trump bias of the media has become hysterical. She's not going to be bossed around by the almost universal anti-Republican partisanship of the American television networks and newspapers. The famous New York Times has become little more than an anti-Trump pamphlet.
And thirdly, Angela has had a look at Joe Biden. She thinks he is way too weak to hold the office of president of the United States. He's well past his best.
For me, I've had to put up with four years of Trump and some of his fringe cronies claiming I was part of a conspiracy with Hillary Clinton, the FBI, CIA, MI6, Italian intelligence, ASIS, Ukrainian spies and who knows who else, to bring him down. Twitter is full of demands from the hysterical right that I be sent to Guantánamo Bay.
If Trump were to lose, at least I would be spared this abuse. It's doolally and it does demonstrate how social media, in particular, is replete with wacky theories. Twitter says it edits out statements that are untrue. They don't seem to have made much of an effort on this issue!
But there's another way of looking at it. As a president, Trump has not been bad for Australia. There have been downsides. The withdrawal by the Trump administration from the Trans-Pacific Partnership was a regional setback. It was disappointing. Still, if Hillary Clinton had been elected she too would have withdrawn from the TPP.
Beyond that, the two Australian prime ministers who have dealt with Trump have got on rather well with him. Many were surprised that the urbane, centrist and rather intellectual Malcolm Turnbull was able to build such a strong rapport with the showman billionaire.
But Malcolm knows their type. After all, he was Kerry Packer's lawyer for a number of years and in some respects Packer was a Trump-like figure. I like the story of Trump turning to Turnbull and saying to him: "You're a good lawyer. You kept Kerry Packer out of jail!"
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#11356072 at 2020-10-30 08:22:26 (UTC+1)
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Adviser to three Liberal PMs is the nation's new top spy
A close adviser to three Liberal leaders will be vaulted to the top of the nation's spy agencies in a cabinet decision that installs one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trusted advisers in the crucial role.
Former national security adviser Andrew Shearer will be the next director-general of the Office of National Intelligence in a key appointment to oversee the nation's wider security community.
A former diplomat and intelligence official, Mr Shearer was the national security adviser to prime ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott in a long career before he joined Mr Morrison as cabinet secretary.
Labor has taken issue with the appointment because of that background, describing Mr Shearer as a "partisan operative".
"Labor has indicated to the Prime Minister that it does not have confidence in his choice to head the Office of National Intelligence," a Labor spokeswoman said.
Labor pointed to public reports several years ago that said Mr Abbott considered sending Australian troops to protect the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine and sending troops on a "unilateral mission" to fight Islamic State in Iraq, questioning Mr Shearer's part in those plans.
"He is not an appropriate choice and Mr Morrison should reconsider in the national interest," the Labor spokeswoman said. "This position requires public confidence in independent, contested and apolitical assessments of our security."
One of Mr Shearer's defenders said he talked Mr Abbott out of the Ukraine deployment, which did not go ahead.
Mr Morrison's decision installs a security chief with strong connections in the United States as well as a background in building stronger ties with Japan and other Asian neighbours over the past two decades.
The move clears the way for Chris Browne, currently the chief of staff to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, to be named the next cabinet secretary.
The Prime Minister's office confirmed the appointment to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and issued a brief statement on Thursday night saying Mr Shearer would start as director-general in December with a five-year term.
"Mr Shearer has served Australia and its national interests domestically and overseas through a long and distinguished career in national security and intelligence," Mr Morrison said.
A government spokesman rejected the Labor criticism of Mr Shearer.
"There are none more qualified or more capable of dealing with the current global strategic environment," he said.
"That is an accepted position within government, the intelligence community and Labor figures who understand the world we live in and the threats to Australia."
Mr Shearer will replace Nick Warner, the first director-general of ONI, which was created in December 2017 as the peak intelligence assessment and co-ordination agency.
Mr Morrison lauded Mr Warner two weeks ago for serving Australia over four decades in defence and intelligence.
"He's a great Australian, who has done an outstanding job, spanning some four decades in areas of national security, foreign policy and so many other areas," the Prime Minister said.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull set up the ONI in a restructure to create a stronger peak group to co-ordinate the work of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Australian Signals Directorate and other agencies across several departments.
At the time, Mr Turnbull said the job of the director-general was to "lead Australia's intelligence community" and co-ordinate strategy.
Mr Shearer worked in intelligence and foreign affairs before joining Mr Howard's office and becoming national security adviser on issues including the moves in 2007 to establish a "quadrilateral" dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the US.
While the Rudd government froze the quadrilateral effort amid criticism from China at the concept, the dialogue resumed a decade later.
Mr Shearer also served in the Australian embassy in Washington DC and as director of studies at the Lowy Institute in Sydney before rejoining the government when Mr Abbott became prime minister.
He left Australia after Mr Abbott lost power and became senior adviser on Asia Pacific security at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/adviser-to-three-liberal-pms-is-the-nation-s-new-top-spy-20201029-p569v8.html
#11301402 at 2020-10-27 05:44:01 (UTC+1)
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'Biden will rejoin TPP'
Asked by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age what a Biden Administration would mean for the United States' allies in dealing with China, Scaramucci predicted Democrats would join the Trans-Pacific Partnership "to build an economic rim to help contain China".
The trading agreement, proposed by the Obama administration now includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The partnership was salvaged by then-prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Japan's Shinzo Abe and all countries have repeatedly said the US would be welcome to rejoin.
It is expected that Britain could also join when it is free to do so once it leaves the European Union currently scheduled for the end of 2020. Scaramucci said while he doubted it would be possible to put the Brexit genie back in the bottle, it would be in line with Biden's wishes, compared to Trump who he described an "orange wrecking ball" who wanted more commotion and potentially independence referendums in Scotland and Wales.
Both Trump and Hillary Clinton pledged to quit the TPP if elected but Scaramucci said the 2016 position of the Democrats was one of expediency and would be different this time around.
"They'll probably go back to that idea which I think is in the long-term interests of Australia, Great Britain and the United States to work with those eleven other nations, to build an economic rim to help contain China."
Scaramucci was fired in 2017 for criticising Trump administration members in an interview he thought was off the record.
One of those he criticised was Trump's then adviser Steve Bannon whom Scaramucci accused of "sucking his own c–k": "A thousand per cent I said that," he said, but added that he did not think that the journalist, a long-time friend of his family's would breach his confidences.
But he said he was grateful to the journalist "because he got me out of that nuthouse and helped me repair my marriage."
"Mr Trump if he wins again he will send us into an American winter, he will be denigrating democratic leaders and he will be praising autocrats - for that reason alone I am very proud to stand against him, I am very proud to work and advocate for something better for the world and better for the United States.
He said while most Americans valued the United States relationships with the English-speaking world, specifically Canada, Australia and Britain, Trump personally only cared about one thing.
"He searches a news search T-R-U-M-P, he's not searching U-S-A, he's not searching U-K and he's definitely not searching Y-O-U, he said spelling out the words.
"He couldn't give two shits about Y-O-U."
Last week, Matt Pottinger, Trump's deputy national security adviser told a London think tank the President had led a global "whole of society" consensus against China.
He said Trump had focussed on striking bilateral trading agreements since quitting the TPP which allowed the United States to better take on those cheating trade deals.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/my-wife-hates-trump-as-much-as-melania-anthony-scaramucci-unloads-on-trump-20201027-p568uq.html
#11048335 at 2020-10-13 06:48:10 (UTC+1)
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US election: Joe Biden in the White House would be good for us
Troy Bramston - OCTOBER 12, 2020
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In assessing the consequences of the US presidential election, senior ministers, public servants and staff members in the Morrison government are entirely relaxed about, and even welcoming of, a victory by Joe Biden. Indeed, several Coalition MPs contacted for this column are secretly hoping there is a Democrat in the White House in January.
After almost four years of Donald Trump's disastrous presidency, treating alliance partners with contempt and undermining the post-war liberal order, there is an understandable wish for a more normal, conventional and predictable presidency. Biden, for Australian policymakers, is seen as a safe, reliable choice.
Australia's foreign policy establishment knows Biden as a former US vice-president, senator and chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. It understands his world view and believes he will be easier to deal with. It trusts his experience. Biden presents no challenge to any significant foreign policy stance taken by a post-war Australian government.
Michael Fullilove is the executive director of Australia's leading foreign policy think tank, the Lowy Institute. In an interview for this column, Fullilove said a Biden election victory next month presented little risk for Australia's international interests or its defence and security relationship with the US.
"It is in Australia's interest that the US be well governed and be led by a president who can bring the US together rather than divide it, a president who believes in a leadership role for the US, a president who is attracted to rather than repelled by alliances," Fullilove said. "So in many ways a Biden presidency would represent a return to normality for Australia and other allies.
"We would have less of a monopoly on Biden's attention and access to his presidency than we do under Trump. (Trump) has only hosted two state dinners in his first term and Australia was given one of them. If Biden wins, it will be a more of a contest for access to US policymakers. That is OK, we can compete against other countries and allies, and I would back our ability to do that."
Many Coalition MPs dislike Trump's style. As Malcolm Turnbull has argued, Trump is not a conservative. The trashing of political norms and shattering of presidential conventions grates with many in the Morrison government.
The Trump show is an anathema to those who were inspired by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush to devote their lives to politics. Trump's attempt to delegitimise the election with attacks on voting, claims the outcome will be "rigged" and threatening not to leave office with a peaceful transfer of power if he is defeated is unpalatable for many in the Morrison government.
These authoritarian instincts, like Trump's claim that the media is an enemy of the state, and his praise for strongmen such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are unconscionable.
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#10866991 at 2020-10-01 09:31:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
FBI gives Australia inside running on China tactics
Australian Federal Police chief commissioner Reece Kershaw says the agency needs more Mandarin speakers to work on foreign inference cases and will recruit language graduates and Australian-Chinese community members to tackle the "new and complex" threat.
A year after he was sworn into the job, Mr Kershaw has also revealed he sought help last year from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations on how the AFP could respond to foreign interference in Australian institutions. He said the FBI prepared detailed training materials for its Australian counterpart to help it investigate crimes under foreign interference laws passed in June 2018. He said a key insight from the FBI, which has ramped up prosecutions of US citizens and foreign agents working covertly for Beijing, was to "understand your opponent".
"We are dealing with people who are highly trained and highly skilled," Mr Kershaw said. "The challenge in that crime type is how do you cut across from intelligence to evidence. It's great to know something and suspect something, but you have to prove it."
The agency now has 65 investigators in its foreign interference team, which works closely with ASIO, "and that will grow over time", Mr Kershaw said.
He said there were "not enough" Mandarin speakers in the AFP to deal with the growing foreign interference threat - a situation he hoped to reverse in a new recruitment drive. "It is something that we are focusing on, as far as far as getting that broad language (skill set) and identifying what those gaps are," Mr Kershaw said.
Australia's security agencies have long struggled to recruit sufficient numbers of Mandarin speakers of non-Chinese heritage, who are more easily vetted for classified work, making it much harder to crack foreign interference cases. It's understood the AFP will also target Arabic speakers to work on counter-terrorism cases as part of a wider push to ensure the agency taps into the skills of diaspora communities.
"We've got to be as diverse as the Australian community, but currently we're not," he said.
Since Mr Kershaw took charge, the AFP has disrupted two potential terrorist attacks - one by an alleged Islamist extremist and another inspired by extreme right-wing ideology. Ten people were charged as a result of six joint counter-terrorism operations.
Mr Kershaw said a new Sensitive Investigations Oversight Board was now helping investigators to balance the requirement to prevent an attack with the need to gather evidence to prosecute.
The AFP is also pursuing a surge in online child exploitation cases, amid a jump in reports of alleged abuse to 21,000 in 2019-20, compared to 14,000 the previous year.
Data suggests the amount of child abuse material being shared on the dark web is increasing, with AFP officers seeing sites crash due to the increase volume of traffic.
The AFP raided NSW state Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane and his part-time staffer John Zhang in June in a joint investigation with ASIO over allegations of foreign interference by the Chinese Communist Party.
It's alleged Mr Zhang, who attended a CCP propaganda training course in 2013, sought to improperly influence Mr Moselmane, concealing from his boss that he and others were collaborating with the Chinese state.
The raids were the first use of June 2018 national security laws introduced by Malcolm Turnbull targeting CCP interference in Australian institutions.
Mr Kershaw said the AFP was currently investigating "more than one" additional foreign interference case, but declined to elaborate.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/fbi-gives-aussies-inside-running-on-china-tactics/news-story/57601190ee4aefa0b3913c162649bd7c
#10705197 at 2020-09-19 05:50:38 (UTC+1)
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#10692018 at 2020-09-18 08:01:27 (UTC+1)
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'Blue murder': Why Morrison is 'praying' for a Trump election win
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With the world watching as the US heads to the polls, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will be quietly praying for a second Donald Trump term.
That's the prognosis from his predecessor Kevin Rudd, who says at least when it comes to the major issue of climate change, the PM benefits from one result.
"Because Trump has been such a climate change denialist, people like Morrison have been able to fly beneath the radar in terms of not doing much globally in terms of Australia's Paris [agreement] commitments," Mr Rudd told Yahoo News Australia.
"If you have an inert America on climate change, it's made it easier for Morrison to frankly get away with blue murder in terms of what needs to be done."
If you believe current polling, Democratic candidate Joe Biden is on track to claim the White House on November 3 - an outcome that would reset the world's fight against global warming.
"If there's a Biden-elect, let me tell you for a whole range of reasons… in terms of climate change this is a massive heart of the Democratic party and movement demanding that the United States take much harder measures domestically and globally on climate change.
"So the ability of the Morrison government to skate through under a Biden administration will be severely constrained. Hence why I think he's lighting a candle in his church of his preference for the re-election of Trump," Mr Rudd said.
The issue of climate change has plagued the Coalition government, tearing down Malcolm Turnbull's leadership and scuttling any chance of a much needed national energy policy. Since coming to the leadership, Mr Morrison has been pragmatic in his approach by acknowledging the reality, but has largely avoided the issue.
Meanwhile the government's gas-led recovery out of the coronavirus recession, formally announced this week, has been met with scathing criticism from climate activists and economists.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister's office dismissed Mr Rudd's criticism of the Morrison government on climate change.
"We are not going to take lectures from a former Prime Minister who failed to take any meaningful action against what he described in his own words as, 'the great moral challenge of our generation'," a spokesperson from the Prime Minister's office told Yahoo News Australia.
"Our focus is on cutting emissions and cutting power prices which is why this week we announced an extra $1.9 billion investment in the low-emissions technologies of the future, and established a plan to deliver more support for our energy grid through gas-fired power that can also help bring renewable energy sources into our energy grid."
During his time as leader Kevin Rudd was unable to get an emissions trading scheme through the parliament. When the party installed Julia Gillard as leader, she introduced a tax on carbon which was later repealed by the Coalition government Mr Morrison now leads.
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#10399734 at 2020-08-24 06:44:23 (UTC+1)
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Swapping Biden for Trump wouldn't make much difference to Australia
Alexander Downer - Aug 23, 2020
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So the polls all suggest Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. It's hard to know, and any prediction now is just a guess. There are still about 70 days to go and anything could happen in that time.
What is extraordinary is how little attention is paid by the Biden campaign as well as Donald Trump's team to policy issues. Make no mistake. The messages are all poll-driven and their lack of focus on policy reflects the lack of interest there is in the US in policy issues. That is a sad reflection on the state of American democracy.
This election campaign is all about personality. The Biden people have spent their virtual convention focusing on their perceptions of the flaws in Trump's personality. Trump himself never stops the ad hominem attacks on Sleepy Joe.
The personality of the president may be interesting but it's his policies which matter to you and me. And to Australia. So is it really going to make a great difference to us if Biden becomes the next US president?
Let's have a think about that.
First, Biden would reverse some of Trump's more controversial policy decisions. He would rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change. In reality, that may be good diplomacy, but it's not going to make much difference to the weather. But he does say he would get the world's biggest polluters together and try to forge a new agreement among them to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Everyone has forgotten now that George W. Bush did precisely the same thing. His initiative foundered because leading CO2 emitters such the European Union and China wanted to give priority to the UN process rather than a US-led initiative focusing on the world's major emitters.
Malcolm Turnbull as environment minister and I as foreign minister attended a conference chaired by Condoleezza Rice in Washington in 2007 which tried to forge an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions by those major emitters. We were up for it. It seemed a much better way to go than the laborious and diplomatically complex UN process. Nothing was achieved.
So Biden's attempt to revive this initiative would be welcome and a Democratic president may have more luck than a Republican in trying to make it work.
The world's single most important geopolitical issue is the relationship between the US and China. Given the lack of specific policy pronouncements by the Biden campaign, it's hard to know precisely what he would do as president. But there are signs that in reality his policies on China would be very similar to those of President Trump.
He would continue to try to leverage better trade outcomes with China. In doing that, he probably wouldn't abandon the tariff increases Trump has imposed on Chinese exports to the US without striking a quid pro quo with China.
Biden would also be robust in resisting Chinese hegemony in the East and South China seas. And he would take precisely the same position as Trump on China's decision to undermine the one country, two systems policy on Hong Kong.
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#10156246 at 2020-08-02 02:42:50 (UTC+1)
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'The US enterprise is up for grabs': why the Trump-Biden race is so important for Australia
The choice: 'America first' or a renewed alliance. For once, the cliche about this being the most important election in living memory is actually true
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As a career diplomat and former head of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Varghese has always had to choose his words carefully.
But having moved on from the public service, and free of the need for diplomatic niceties, he offers a stark assessment of the stakes for Australia - and the rest of the world - in the forthcoming US presidential election.
"I think the world can survive four years of Donald Trump; I would be much less confident that the world can survive eight years of Donald Trump," he says in a Lowy Institute podcast.
Of course, Varghese doesn't mean it literally - that a second term would spark some sort of mass extinction event. But for countries like Australia that depend on a stable rules-based order, effective global bodies to make its voice heard and open and predictable trading conditions, an extension of Trump's abrasive "America first" approach poses significant risks.
The complexities for Australia in dealing with the Trump team were on full display last week, with senior ministers in Washington for security talks insisting that the alliance was in "great shape" while resisting pressure from their counterparts on at least two fronts. The American wish list included Australian freedom of navigation operations close to disputed features in the South China Sea and for Australia to extract its citizens from fighting zones in Syria.
While Scott Morrison and his government have now grown somewhat familiar with the vagaries of dealing with the Trump administration, officials are beginning to contemplate two distinct possibilities for the next four years, each with major consequences for Australia.
The election could result in either a second Trump term - with the president emboldened to persist with his isolationist and crash-through approach to world affairs - or the return to a more conventional Canberra-Washington relationship under Joe Biden. The polls currently heavily favour Barack Obama's former right-hand man, but Australian officials are believed to be planning for either outcome.
'Renewing' the alliance under Biden
While Biden would have significant domestic problems in his in-tray - like getting on top of the coronavirus debacle and turning around the crisis-ridden economy - the former vice-president has also vowed to "renew" and "strengthen" US alliances with Australia and other partners. He talks about restoring American leadership while launching new diplomatic efforts to raise the level of ambition on tackling the climate crisis.
Varghese believes a Biden presidency would not simply pick up where the Obama administration left off. "Australia is less than comfortable" with some aspects of the Trump administration's policy approaches, but a number of those "will probably continue to drive American policy".
"But I think we will see a more multilateral United States administration under Biden - and for a country that can't buy or bully its way in the world like Australia, that will be a plus," Varghese, now chancellor of the University of Queensland, says in the podcast interview.
"I think we will see more sensible, considered alliance management under a Biden administration than we've seen under the Trump administration.
"While I don't expect a Biden administration to be a great champion of trade liberalisation, I don't think it will be quite as mercantilist in its trade policy as we've seen so far in the United States."
Allan Behm, a former defence strategist who now heads the international and security affairs program of the Australia Institute, says the 3 November election "is of enormous significance to Australia". An emboldened, re-elected Trump would further accelerate the divide between the US and China and see America "head far, far further into isolationism and exceptionalism".
"It will be brutal in its dealings with friends and foes alike. It will simply screw everybody," Behm tells the Guardian.
'We don't always agree'
The Australian government, first under Malcolm Turnbull and now Morrison, has tried to make the most of the relationship, even if there have been bruising moments (such as the phone call in which the former reality TV star berated Turnbull over the refugee resettlement deal, and the initial difficulties in securing exemptions to new US tariffs on steel and aluminium).
(continued)
#10099681 at 2020-07-28 09:49:04 (UTC+1)
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#9881846 at 2020-07-07 07:10:27 (UTC+1)
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Australia proving 'resilient' to China's influence efforts, says CSIS
Washington | China's attempts to influence Australian attitudes and politics are ultimately aimed at peeling Australia away from its US alliance and neutralising its impact on geostrategic issues, says a leading US think tank.
Australia has been included by the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies alongside Japan, Germany and the UK as case studies of advanced economies that have been targeted by Beijing and Moscow.
"Like Japan, Australia is an attractive target for Chinese influence operations because of its strategic value as a US ally in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific region," writes Amy Searight, a non-resident, senior associate for Asia at CSIS.
"Neutralising Australia on a key issue such as the South China Sea would pay huge dividends for Beijing by reducing American regional leadership."
The report by CSIS, which receives funding from the Australian government, comes amid growing US media attention and awareness of what many on both sides of the political divide regard as China's economic bullying of Australia in recent weeks and months.
Even as attitudes harden in the US against China, Australia's case is increasingly making prime-time news. Brian Kilmeade, a high-profile pro-Donald Trump commentator on Fox & Friends, last week urged Republican House of Representatives minority leader Kevin McCarthy to push for American purchases of Australian iron ore to counter China.
Seeking to unite Chinese diaspora
Ms Searight says Australia's economic dependency on China and its large Chinese diaspora "create points of leverage for Beijing to exploit".
CSIS also accuses China of trying to "divide Australia's multicultural society" by seeking to unite its Chinese diaspora inside the country to support Beijing "while also exploiting racial sensitivities".
Alongside resources trade, and tourism and education, China has a "natural constituency of support in the Australian business community and among university leadership for a co-operative relationship with China", she writes.
While Australia's "free and vibrant press" has helped draw attention to "Chinese malign influence activities in Australia", Australia's Chinese-language media is seen as having been largely co-opted or purchased by Beijing-linked interests.
"The growing use of WeChat and other Chinese-language social media further limits access of Chinese-speaking Australians to information and perspectives that fall outside of the Beijing-controlled narrative," Ms Searight writes.
The report notes a deterioration in Australian opinions on China since 2008, when 52 per cent surveyed by the Pew Research Centre had a "favourable" view of the Sino giant. In 2018 that number had shrunk to 36 per cent, with "unfavourable" views rising to 57 per cent from 40 per cent 12 years ago.
"Despite its vulnerabilities, Australia's democratic political culture has proven resilient to China's growing attempts to influence its political environment," the report's authors conclude.
Still, CSIS warns that China and Russia are adapting and mutating their efforts, with Beijing starting to emulate Moscow's tactics by creating fake social media accounts to spread lies, "particularly related to the US administration's handling of the coronavirus epidemic".
"Just as China is learning from Russia, democracies under threat can learn from one another," they say.
"Increasing this co-operation and finding common approaches to countering malign influence activities are the best ways to ensure those activities continue to fall short of their goals."
For the purposes of the CSIS study, the authors have adopted former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's definition of malign influence activities as being "covert, coercive, or corrupting". Mr Turnbull outlined the definition in a speech to Parliament in December 2017 when he introduced his espionage and foreign interference bill.
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/australia-proving-resilient-to-china-s-influence-efforts-says-csis-20200707-p559na
#9862070 at 2020-07-05 07:21:33 (UTC+1)
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Resignations in the news
Mathias Cormann to quit politics at the end of the year
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has announced his resignation from politics and advised Scott Morrison that he will leave the parliament by the end of the year.
The leader of the government in the Senate has declared that serving in the upper house has been "one of the greatest privileges of my life."
"Having the opportunity to help shape the future direction of our country as part of a great team working to make our country even stronger, more prosperous and more resilient is a great honour," he said. "I love this job. Every single day I am giving it my all."
"I can honestly say that I have left nothing on the field."
Senator Cormann said there was "another six months or so of hard work" to help navigate a way out of the coronavirus pandemic and "finalise and set in train our five-year plan to maximise the strength of our economic and jobs recovery."
"We will also need to make the many necessary decisions to re-embark on the important journey of budget repair," he said.
"So between now and the end of the year I will be working with the Prime Minister, the Treasurer and all of my colleagues on finalising our July Economic Statement, our Budget in October and our half-yearly Budget update in December."
Senator Cormann - who represents the state of Western Australia - said that he would seek to secure the passage of reforming government legislation through the upper house and that the Prime Minister was leading a team that was "stronger, more focused and more united than ever."
"I would like to thank the Prime Minister for the trust and confidence he has placed in me to do this job, as I would like to thank his predecessors as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, for the opportunities they have given me to serve," he said.
"I will be doing my very best over the next six months as a member of the Morrison Government to ensure that our country is positioned as strongly as possible for the brightest possible future."
Energy Minister Angus Taylor said that Senator Cormann had "provided this incredible continuity for us in that Finance portfolio since 2013."
Mr Taylor told Sky News that Senator Cormann had been "relentless" and "effective" as well as a "great servant" to Western Australia and the Liberal Party.
Manager of Opposition business Tony Burke said that Senator Cormann had been a "very significant figure in Australian politics" and an "honest broker" in his political negotiations in the upper house.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/mathias-cormann-to-quit-politics-at-the-end-of-the-year/news-story/e21f46dec50f898346ea0246b22ddc3c
#9727134 at 2020-06-24 06:55:38 (UTC+1)
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ScoMo's secret cyber weapon: PM hires Trump cabinet secretary who led global campaign against Huawei to protect Australia against hacking attacks
One of Donald Trump's former cabinet secretaries who led the fight against tech giant Huawei is advising Australia on how to combat Chinese espionage.
Kirstjen Nielsen, the former US secretary of homeland security, has joined the federal government's industry advisory panel on cyber security.
As one of President Trump's key advisers, Ms Nielsen was instrumental in driving the American ban on Huawei installing 5G mobile technology.
In early 2018, she lobbied former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to ban Huawei from being connected to this critical piece of infrastructure.
In August of that year Mr Turnbull, in one of his last acts as PM, barred Huawei from being allowed to set up any part of Australia's 5G network, adding to a 2012 ban on the company installing the National Broadband Network.
Ms Nielsen quit as President Trump's homeland security secretary in April 2019 and in November of last year joined the Australian government's industry advisory panel on cyber security, although it wasn't announced at the time.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's office on Wednesday confirmed she had joined this panel, chaired by Telstra chief executive Andy Penn.
His spokeswoman issued a statement to Daily Mail Australia:
'Ms Nielsen brings a wealth of cyber security knowledge to the Panel from her experience in defending U.S. Government and critical infrastructure networks from cyber security attacks,' it said.
'She will provide valuable insights on how Australia can work with its international partners to address global cyber security threats from nation states and criminal groups.'
Mr Turnbull's successor Scott Morrison on Friday last week revealed a 'sophisticated state-based actor' had been targeting companies, hospitals, schools and government officials.
He didn't name China as the culprit of these cyber attacks but intelligence experts were quick to suggest Australia's biggest trading partner was responsible, in retaliation for the ban on Huawei installing 5G.
Ms Nielsen's appointment was announced as a Lowy Institute poll found just 23 per cent of Australians trusted China, half the level of a year ago.
Former Labor prime minister Julia Gillard's government banned Huawei from installing the National Broadband Network in March 2012.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's director of national security strategy Michael Shoebridge said Chinese law compelled technology companies to cooperate with government agencies for intelligence gathering purposes.
'The fact that a sophisticated state actor, almost certainly Beijing, is conducting persistent intrusive cyber attacks against a range of Australian organisations across government and many sectors of the economy simply highlights the need to secure Australia's digital critical infrastructure,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
Mr Shoebridge said the revelations of recent days justified the 2018 ban on Huawei installing 5G, which is also policy in the United States.
'Giving the technology firms of a country whose government conducts such cyber attacks against Australia the ability to build key chunks of our digital backbone in the form of 5G would only give that state access to be even more successful cyber intruders than they are without such internal access and knowledge,' he said.
'It's hard to see how that could be in Australia's interests - or the interests of other governments internationally who face the same risks.'
On Friday, intelligence sources told the ABC that China's hacking of Australian data bases was a retaliation at Huawei being barred from installing 5G.
Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei was a member of the People's Liberation Army before founding his technology company in 1987.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8453295/Donald-Trumps-Secretary-Homeland-Security-Kirstjen-Nielsen-advising-Australia-cyber-security.html
#9076836 at 2020-05-08 08:27:51 (UTC+1)
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Turnbull delivers roasting on climate, calls COVID-19 an 'opportunity'
London | Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has lambasted the government of his successor Scott Morrison for populism, denialism and out-of-date thinking on global warming, saying the COVID-19 pandemic should be a springboard to tackle climate change.
He also offered in-principle backing to carbon border taxes, calling them "inevitable". He said the European Union could impose such tariffs on high-intensity emitters like Australia, possibly using the Australia-EU free-trade deal talks to pressure Canberra.
Speaking late Thursday (AEST) to the British think tank Policy Exchange, which is chaired by former foreign minister Alexander Downer, Mr Turnbull said the COVID-19 crisis was "a metaphor at high speed for the climate change challenge".
"The challenge from climate change is just as existential, in fact arguably more so, as that from the virus," he said. "Now is the time for a concerted investment … that a renewable or zero-emissions energy sector requires."
"This would be a great opportunity to strike a blow against global warming and to provide the economic stimulus. … All that is needed is for the engineering and economics to replace ideology and idiocy."
'Blood-soaked political battlefields'
He avoided specifically mentioning Mr Morrison or US President Donald Trump by name, but said the two governments' climate denialism and political populism had "turned the physics of global warming into an issue of values, identity or belief".
Australia and the US were "blood-soaked political battlefields", where "the flakiness and unpredictability of government" had deprived investors of regulatory certainty that could foster the uptake of renewable energy.
"The big fallacy that we have got to get over is out-of-date thinking on the economics of energy generation," Mr Turnbull said, arguing that Australia should speed up its phase-out of coal-fired power generation.
He said government didn't need to offer big subsidies to the renewables sector, but should use regulation to guide and accelerate the inevitable energy transition, which would deliver cheaper power.
But "you've got to have some predictable rules. because you're talking about people making investments in infrastructure that they're looking at making 25-plus year returns on."
He was speaking alongside Mark Carney, former Bank of England governor turned climate finance adviser to the British government.
Green investment needs
Mr Carney said it was impossible to "self-isolate" from climate change, and called for governments to require companies to produce net-zero transition plans as a kind of quid-pro-quo for the financial support offered during the coronavirus crisis.
He also said that fiscal stimulus in the infrastructure sector should be oriented towards green investment.
After the GFC, Mr Carney said, only one dollar, pound and euro in every six had been spent on sustainable infrastructure, as governments grasped for projects that were ready to roll.
"I'm not sure we should be shovel-ready and backwards-looking," Mr Carney said.
Mr Turnbull pointed to Snowy Hydro 2.0, a government-owned project, as an example of governments stepping in. Governments could also "clearly play a role in common-user infrastructure like transmissions grids".
Asked about China's recent step-up in coal production, Mr Turnbull said it was "a very important and retrograde step".
"China is the world's biggest producer of coal … and it has been a driver of renewable energy," he said. "China has a massive vested interest in green energy so it is very troubling to see them - no doubt for employment reasons - reverting to coal-fired power."
Mr Turnbull said he not only supported carbon border taxes - at least in principle - but could also see an argument for domestic carbon taxes.
"Governments are going to be looking for revenue. There is a respectable argument that a carbon tax would be less of a deadweight or brake on economic activity than jacking up company tax or income taxes."
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/Turnbull-roasts-morrison-on-climate-calling-covid-19-an-opportunity-20200507-p54qyf
#9062551 at 2020-05-07 09:34:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
#7 - Part 20
Australian / Regional Resignations Bun
>>8006882 Australia Agriculture Minister McKenzie Quits Over Sports Grants
>>8006882 Greens leader Richard Di Natale quits leadership, will leave Senate
>>8089238 Matt Canavan offers Cabinet resignation, throws support behind Barnaby Joyce for Nationals leadership
>>8089238 Barnaby Joyce backer and Queensland MP Llew O'Brien quits Nationals party room
>>8181925 St Kevin's headmaster Stephen Russell resigns over character reference for paedophile
>>8203946 Rebel Queensland Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller resigns
>>8203946 St Kevin's College deputy head Janet Canny stood down over inadequate response to teacher complaints about child-grooming
>>8203946 Relationships Australia Tasmania CEO Mat Rowell to leave in two weeks
>>8252985 Rugby Australia announces Cameron Clyne's immediate resignation as chairman
>>8252985 WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt in shock resignation
>>8252985 East Timor leader offers resignation after coalition collapse
>>8322219 Mike Baird privately rules out return to politics after quitting NAB
>>8322219 Mystery over Northern Territory tourism chief executive Simonne Shepherd's sudden resignation
>>8351014 Westpac's Anita Fung joins boardroom exits
>>8351014 Statement from World Vision Australia Board Chair Shannon Adams regarding Chief Executive Claire Rogers' resignation
>>8374644 Senate president to quit at next election
>>8374644 Konica Minolta names new Australian MD as David Cooke resigns
>>8398378 Paul Anderson resigns from Network 10 and ViacomCBS
>>8398378 'Frustrated' FFA technical director quits after year in job
>>8528410 Law Society of NSW CEO announces resignation
>>8528410 Senior NAB executive Anthony Healy to step down
>>8557079 Malcolm Turnbull's wife Lucy suddenly stands down from her high-powered job 'for personal reasons'
>>8582449 Victorian Premier's right-hand man Gavin Jennings resigns
>>8582449 Glamorgan Spring Bay Council's general manager has resigned
>>8720527 Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane quits his position in NSW upper house
>>8720527 Border restrictions block Konica Minolta Australia managing director replacement
>>8755266, >>8755657 NSW minister Don Harwin resigns over breach of coronavirus public health order
>>8755657 Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell resigns
>>8860470 NRL CEO Todd Greenberg announces sudden resignation
>>8860470 'Very surprised': ACT Health boss announces shock resignation
>>9048632 Rugby Australia plunged into more turmoil after Peter Wiggs exit
>>9048632 University of Adelaide insists mystery departures nothing to do with finances
#9062535 at 2020-05-07 09:32:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
#7 - Part 16
>>8772722 Tom Hanks attempts dodgy Australian accent, jokes about his coronavirus diagnosis and THAT Vegemite photo on Saturday Night Live
>>8773119 Tom Hanks opening monologue, Saturday Night Live - Season 45 Episode 16 - Saturday Night Live at Home
>>8773623, >>8849161 Tom Hanks Saturday Night Live diggs and decode: Corona typewriter, clock time at 11:34 - Q Post #1134 - "enjoy the show" - Comms?
>>8773623 Saturday Night Live - Tom Hanks opening monologue on Streamable - https://streamable.com/u1pfpp
>>8787394 Westpac braces for $1.03bn AUSTRAC hit
>>8800299 Barr Pressed Australia for Help on Mueller Review as DOJ Worked to Free Its Hostages
>>8802988 Q Post #3965 - >Are we under attack - Always.
>>8802988 Q Post #3966 - FISA lead-in [stage 1 act 1]
>>8802988 Q Post #3967 - These people are pure evil. This is not about politics. You are ready
>>8802988 Q Post #3970 - Think of the World Awakening.
>>8805722 Video: Senator Heffernan Legal & Constitutional Affairs - Judges and others on a police list from 2015
>>8822039 Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Transcripts of George Papadopoulos and FBI Spies
>>8822181 Papadopoulos Reacts to Declassification of Spygate Transcripts: "Durham Knows" Who Sent Clinton Errand Boy to Meet with Me in London
>>8823278 Elise Thomas - Researcher, ASPI International Cyber Policy Centre and Qanon Hit Piece author - selected anti-Q articles
>>8823327 Australian Strategic Policy Institute - Counterterrorism Yearbook 2020 - (PDF)
>>8823327 'Manifestos, Memetic Mobilisation And The Chan Boards In The Christchurch Shooting' - Hit Piece author Elise Thomas on 4chan, 8chan, 8kun et al.
>>8829876 China must come clean on coronavirus, former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says
>>8829942 Downer raised Russia concerns at US embassy without government approval - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
>>8831619 Q Post #3674 - WAS THE CoC FOLLOWED?
>>8831859 Video: "QAnon - The World Is Watching" from Awakening Greatly YouTube Channel, featuring Patriots worldwide
>>8833466 Q Post #3984 - Greetings from Maryland, DC, Hawaii, and beyond. WWG1WGA!!!
>>8834906 Q Post #3981 - https://twitter.com/WWinagain/status/1251191242962042880 - TOGETHER WE WIN. WWG1WGA!!! (SSG_PAIN Birthday Twitter Thread)
>>8834906, >>8834955, >>8835021 AusAnons respond - Happy Birthday from Australia! - WWG1WGA!!!
>>8835605 Screencaps from "QAnon - The World Is Watching" video - AusAnons prominent!
>>8836413 AusAnon decodes Q Post #3975 - "Clear your mind. Heal. Q." (CHQ) - AusAnon quoted in Q Post #3979 - Anons note Australian time stamp
>>8842598 Turnbull publisher names Morrison office in 'massive' book breach
>>8844988 AussieQne 369 @AussieQne Tweet: Australian patriots on the ready. Spotted at a market in Queensland Australia - #WWG1WGA Australia
>>8848760 'Trump kept talking over the top of me': Turnbull recounts tense call
>>8854045 Police bust 'horrific' child sex abuse ring spread across five states
>>8858719, >>8859864, >>8859692, >>8859823, >>8962678 Justinian Deception Youtube Channel Video Bun
>>8860085, >>8860146 16 charged in national operation targeting web site selling child abuse material
>>8860173 Alexander Downer was hostile and 'played me' former Trump aide says
>>8860192 (March 2016) US spy boss James Robert Clapper Jr makes secretive visit to Australia
>>8870721 Video: Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on how the Liberal Party operates behind closed doors | 7.30
>>8871965 Kirsten Dunst Instagram picture - 'fallen Woody doll' - posted from New Zealand, anons speculate on comms, digg on Dunst's childhood career
>>8871992 Crazy Days And Nights: Anonymous Blogger, King of the Hollywood Blind Item on Kirsten Dunst, pedophile Producers, Directors and Actors
>>8877526 Video: Shaun Attwood interviews Wilfred Wong - Satanic Sacrifice and Satanic Ritual Abuse
>>8882394 Federal Government to spend $94 million stockpiling fuel in the US
>>8886044 Australian Navy joins US fleet near Chinese drilling ship as tensions soar
>>8886044 Australia joins U.S. ships in South China Sea amid rising tension
#9062520 at 2020-05-07 09:27:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
#7 - Part 11
>>8398280 Australian Signals Directorate - Leadership - Principal Deputy Director-General Lieutenant General John Frewen DSC AM
>>8398369 Judge Napolitano says Trump should veto FISA bill: Nothing but 'cosmetic' reforms
>>8398457 Parole denied for Hey Dad! sex predator Robert Hughes
>>8407234 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: A timely meeting with friend @SecPompeo to discuss #COVID19, infrastructure…
>>8408824 Peripatetic Katherine Keating pops up at Palm Beach
>>8419490 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: Tackling orphanage trafficking needs us to work together in Australia & globally
>>8419490 Modern Day Slavery, Orphanage Tourism and the Modern Slavery Act 2018
>>8434230 Nicole Kidman and family 'relocating back to Australia to be closer to mother Janelle'
>>8434619 NSW south coast man charged with terrorism offences
>>8437036 Man arrested after allegedly planning terror attack on electrical substation
>>8438540 Fraser Anning declared bankrupt by courts on 'egging' anniversary
>>8459350 High Court overturns SA pedophile sentence
>>8459467 Video: Killing Field: Explosive new allegations of Australian special forces war crimes | Four Corners
>>8459498 Footage Shows Australian Special Forces Shoot And Kill Unarmed Man In Afghanistan
>>8459638 Wikileaks Tweet: Newly obtained video by ABC's @4corners shows alleged execution of unarmed Afghan by Australian SAS soldier
>>8468637 Australian "Hey Dad" Actor Robert Hughes - Timeline of allegations of sexual misconduct, arrest, and conviction
>>8472720 Ghislaine Maxwell, citing death threats and extensive legal fees, sues Jeffrey Epstein's estate
>>8486065 Evil 8 paedophile Alfred Impicciatore's appeal dismissed over notorious WA child abuse case
>>8486065 The horrors of the 'Evil 8' and how a young girl was preyed upon by her father, strangers (2017)
>>8486290 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Media Releases - Statements on Four Corners report
>>8494961 Second NSW South Coast man charged with a terrorism offence
>>8528467 Third man charged following operational activity on the NSW South Coast
>>8542385 Q Post #3898 - The key that opens all doors. The 'Start'. (Links to this Daily Caller article >>8375168)
>>8543343 War hero Ben Roberts-Smith interviewed by police over alleged killing
>>8543613 Jill, @1Swinging_Voter Tweet: ABC smartarse Andrew Probyn hogging the press conference just got owned by the Prime Minister
>>8543613 Jill, @1Swinging_Voter Tweet: We need to see more of this from the Prime Minister!! Don't dance to the media tune!
>>8543613 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ABC journalist Andrew Probyn - "You don't run the Press Conference, OK?"
>>8543726 Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Black Ops Arm Of The Aus Deep State?
>>8557079 Malcolm Turnbull's wife Lucy suddenly stands down from her high-powered job 'for personal reasons'
>>8568249 Christchurch mosque attacker Brenton Tarrant changes plea to guilty, to be sentenced for 51 murders
>>8568301 Australian paedophile fights to stop police alerting Indonesia to convictions
>>8568600 Chinese government prepares to charge Australian academic
>>8569098 Video: Trump 'came to appreciate' Turnbull standing up for Australia
>>8569161 Q Posts #479, 908 and 910 - What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked? Why that specific conversation? Focus - why AUS?
>>8569655 The Australian Store Where Everything Sold Is Sent to China
>>8569706 Chinese-backed company's mission to source Australian medical supplies
>>8582388 Australian police crack online child exploitation network
>>8582418 New South Wales woman charged with child exploitation offences
>>8587984 Man hands out $100 to every Person Waiting in Line for Welfare
>>8588025 Police identify 11 alleged victims in case of immigration agent accused of rape
#9062494 at 2020-05-07 09:20:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#7 - Part 1
>>7995098 Video: National Security Address: Admiral Michael S. Rogers - Australian Strategic Policy Institute 2019
>>7995267 Q Post #3821 - Who was the 17th Director of the NSA? (Admiral Michael S. Rogers)
>>7998185 Britain's plan for post-Brexit union with Canada, Australia and New Zealand REVEALED
>>8001693 Review unearths years of sex abuse by Jesuits priests
>>8007270 Rabbi Joseph Gutnick who crowned Netanyahu warns against Trump plan
>>8007939 Human trafficking cases on rise in Australia
>>8022048 Elon Musk's SpaceX clears first hurdle to Australian broadband market
>>8022176 AusAnon's custom number plates - DOITQ
>>8035843 Video: Sky News Australia - Nancy Pelosi ripping up Donald Trump's speech will cause a 'big shift'
>>8046647 'Like terrorists': Malcolm Turnbull assails Liberal climate deniers
>>8046697 Pyne under fire for comments about cyber attack on Parliament
>>8050981 Julie Bishop says climate change has been 'weaponised' in Australian politics
>>8057610 First stop White House as Australia's new ambassador to US Arthur Sinodinos meets Trump
>>8057610 Arthur Sinodinos Tweet: Humbled to represent Australia as custodian of our most important bilateral relationship
>>8057821 Psychiatrist struck off for posting 'bizarre' QAnon conspiracy theories
>>8058648 #QAnon currently trending on Twitter in Australia - 5:45 pm, Friday 7 February 2020
>>8062983 Video: Sky News Australia - When Australian news seems to get it more than a majority of the MSM in America...
>>8068946 Charged ALP lobbyist found dead before he was due to face court on child sex charges
>>8071296 Pedophiles coerce kids as young as three to film themselves
>>8071627 Westpac knew anti-crime provisions were inadequate years ago, MPs told
>>8089252 Court to decide if serial WA paedophile should remain in community
>>8089264 Sir Ron Brierley expected to plead not guilty to child abuse charges
>>8099730 Downer revelations could have put Five Eyes alliance at risk: Hockey
>>8099743 Struggling Biden touts experience, vows to rebuild Australia alliance
>>8112891, >>8112938 'Every parent's worst nightmare': Child rapist to die behind bars after horrific Sydney dance studio attack
>>8113057, >>8130803 Parents in the dark as child predators evolve, online exploitation soars
>>8119432 Video: TheJuiceMedia - Honest Government Ad | Quiet Australians - "Qanon Conspiracy Nutjob" at 1:48
>>8134708, >>8141879 Broke, homeless, shunned: disgraced TV star Robert Hughes' miserable new life
>>8142036 Parliamentary trip to UK cancelled after High Commissioner pens angry letter over Huawei leak
>>8142036 Intelligence committee cancels UK visit amid diplomatic tensions over Huawei policy leak
>>8142592 Malaysian nationals facing deportation, allegedly exploiting foreign workers in sex and agricultural industries
>>8155124 US praises Labor MP Anthony Byrne's Huawei stance
>>8155353 Catholic Church creates one-stop shop for victims of modern slavery
>>8161354 Video: Qanon hit piece from Channel 7 Weekend Sunrise, 16 February 2020
>>8162763 Holden brand and local design operations to be wound down in Australia and NZ
>>8165230 Bernie Sanders Tweet: Fires threatening an entire continent are extreme-a Green New Deal to tackle climate crisis is not
>>8165230 New York Times climate change article - The End of Australia as We Know It
>>8165309 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Time for all of us to boycott GM brands
>>8171207 New Q post referencing Australia - "I WAS INVESTIGATED and it could have been the UK, by AUSTRALIA, could have been by ITALY"
>>8171446 Former Australian PM calls party colleagues' conduct over climate change "idiotic"
#9062489 at 2020-05-07 09:17:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
>>7994433 Q Research AUSTRALIA #7
mirrored @ qanon.news
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/7355098
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/6576586
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/5945347
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/5443913
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/4899520
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 - https://qanon.news/archives/x/4520
Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Wednesday 11.20.19
>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.19
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
Friday 11.15.2019
>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided…..
Thursday 03.28.2019
>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
Q's Posts referencing Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=koala
https://qanon.pub/?q=boomerang
https://qanon.pub/?q=45HarisonHarold
Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
Alexander Downer
https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell
https://qanon.pub/?q=Dark%20to%20LIGHT
https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
Julian Assange
https://qanon.pub/?q=assange
https://qanon.pub/?q=JA
https://qanon.pub/?q=Threat%20is%20real
Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://www.qmap.pub/read/2501
#9062466 at 2020-05-07 09:08:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
#7 - Part 16
>>8772722 Tom Hanks attempts dodgy Australian accent, jokes about his coronavirus diagnosis and THAT Vegemite photo on Saturday Night Live
>>8773119 Tom Hanks opening monologue, Saturday Night Live - Season 45 Episode 16 - Saturday Night Live at Home
>>8773623, >>8849161 Tom Hanks Saturday Night Live diggs and decode: Corona typewriter, clock time at 11:34 - Q Post #1134 - "enjoy the show" - Comms?
>>8773623 Saturday Night Live - Tom Hanks opening monologue on Streamable - https://streamable.com/u1pfpp
>>8787394 Westpac braces for $1.03bn AUSTRAC hit
>>8800299 Barr Pressed Australia for Help on Mueller Review as DOJ Worked to Free Its Hostages
>>8802988 Q Post #3965 - >Are we under attack - Always.
>>8802988 Q Post #3966 - FISA lead-in [stage 1 act 1]
>>8802988 Q Post #3967 - These people are pure evil. This is not about politics. You are ready
>>8802988 Q Post #3970 - Think of the World Awakening.
>>8805722 Video: Senator Heffernan Legal & Constitutional Affairs - Judges and others on a police list from 2015
>>8822039 Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Transcripts of George Papadopoulos and FBI Spies
>>8822181 Papadopoulos Reacts to Declassification of Spygate Transcripts: "Durham Knows" Who Sent Clinton Errand Boy to Meet with Me in London
>>8823278 Elise Thomas - Researcher, ASPI International Cyber Policy Centre and Qanon Hit Piece author - selected anti-Q articles
>>8823327 Australian Strategic Policy Institute - Counterterrorism Yearbook 2020 - (PDF)
>>8823327 'Manifestos, Memetic Mobilisation And The Chan Boards In The Christchurch Shooting' - Hit Piece author Elise Thomas on 4chan, 8chan, 8kun et al.
>>8829876 China must come clean on coronavirus, former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says
>>8829942 Downer raised Russia concerns at US embassy without government approval - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
>>8831619 Q Post #3674 - WAS THE CoC FOLLOWED?
>>8831859 Video: "QAnon - The World Is Watching" from Awakening Greatly YouTube Channel, featuring Patriots worldwide
>>8833466 Q Post #3984 - Greetings from Maryland, DC, Hawaii, and beyond. WWG1WGA!!!
>>8834906 Q Post #3981 - https://twitter.com/WWinagain/status/1251191242962042880 - TOGETHER WE WIN. WWG1WGA!!! (SSG_PAIN Birthday Twitter Thread)
>>8834906, >>8834955, >>8835021 AusAnons respond - Happy Birthday from Australia! - WWG1WGA!!!
>>8835605 Screencaps from "QAnon - The World Is Watching" video - AusAnons prominent!
>>8836413 AusAnon decodes Q Post #3975 - "Clear your mind. Heal. Q." (CHQ) - AusAnon quoted in Q Post #3979 - Anons note Australian time stamp
>>8842598 Turnbull publisher names Morrison office in 'massive' book breach
>>8844988 AussieQne 369 @AussieQne Tweet: Australian patriots on the ready. Spotted at a market in Queensland Australia - #WWG1WGA Australia
>>8848760 'Trump kept talking over the top of me': Turnbull recounts tense call
>>8854045 Police bust 'horrific' child sex abuse ring spread across five states
>>8858719, >>8859864, >>8859692, >>8859823, >>8962678 Justinian Deception Youtube Channel Video Bun
>>8860085, >>8860146 16 charged in national operation targeting web site selling child abuse material
>>8860173 Alexander Downer was hostile and 'played me' former Trump aide says
>>8860192 (March 2016) US spy boss James Robert Clapper Jr makes secretive visit to Australia
>>8870721 Video: Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on how the Liberal Party operates behind closed doors | 7.30
>>8871965 Kirsten Dunst Instagram picture - 'fallen Woody doll' - posted from New Zealand, anons speculate on comms, digg on Dunst's childhood career
>>8871992 Crazy Days And Nights: Anonymous Blogger, King of the Hollywood Blind Item on Kirsten Dunst, pedophile Producers, Directors and Actors
>>8877526 Video: Shaun Attwood interviews Wilfred Wong - Satanic Sacrifice and Satanic Ritual Abuse
>>8882394 Federal Government to spend $94 million stockpiling fuel in the US
>>8886044 Australian Navy joins US fleet near Chinese drilling ship as tensions soar
>>8886044 Australia joins U.S. ships in South China Sea amid rising tension
#9062430 at 2020-05-07 08:53:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
#7 - Part 11
>>8398280 Australian Signals Directorate - Leadership - Principal Deputy Director-General Lieutenant General John Frewen DSC AM
>>8398369 Judge Napolitano says Trump should veto FISA bill: Nothing but 'cosmetic' reforms
>>8398457 Parole denied for Hey Dad! sex predator Robert Hughes
>>8407234 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: A timely meeting with friend @SecPompeo to discuss #COVID19, infrastructure…
>>8408824 Peripatetic Katherine Keating pops up at Palm Beach
>>8419490 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: Tackling orphanage trafficking needs us to work together in Australia & globally
>>8419490 Modern Day Slavery, Orphanage Tourism and the Modern Slavery Act 2018
>>8434230 Nicole Kidman and family 'relocating back to Australia to be closer to mother Janelle'
>>8434619 NSW south coast man charged with terrorism offences
>>8437036 Man arrested after allegedly planning terror attack on electrical substation
>>8438540 Fraser Anning declared bankrupt by courts on 'egging' anniversary
>>8459350 High Court overturns SA pedophile sentence
>>8459467 Video: Killing Field: Explosive new allegations of Australian special forces war crimes | Four Corners
>>8459498 Footage Shows Australian Special Forces Shoot And Kill Unarmed Man In Afghanistan
>>8459638 Wikileaks Tweet: Newly obtained video by ABC's @4corners shows alleged execution of unarmed Afghan by Australian SAS soldier
>>8468637 Australian "Hey Dad" Actor Robert Hughes - Timeline of allegations of sexual misconduct, arrest, and conviction
>>8472720 Ghislaine Maxwell, citing death threats and extensive legal fees, sues Jeffrey Epstein's estate
>>8486065 Evil 8 paedophile Alfred Impicciatore's appeal dismissed over notorious WA child abuse case
>>8486065 The horrors of the 'Evil 8' and how a young girl was preyed upon by her father, strangers (2017)
>>8486290 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Media Releases - Statements on Four Corners report
>>8494961 Second NSW South Coast man charged with a terrorism offence
>>8528467 Third man charged following operational activity on the NSW South Coast
>>8542385 Q Post #3898 - The key that opens all doors. The 'Start'. (Links to this Daily Caller article >>8375168)
>>8543343 War hero Ben Roberts-Smith interviewed by police over alleged killing
>>8543613 Jill, @1Swinging_Voter Tweet: ABC smartarse Andrew Probyn hogging the press conference just got owned by the Prime Minister
>>8543613 Jill, @1Swinging_Voter Tweet: We need to see more of this from the Prime Minister!! Don't dance to the media tune!
>>8543613 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ABC journalist Andrew Probyn - "You don't run the Press Conference, OK?"
>>8543726 Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Black Ops Arm Of The Aus Deep State?
>>8557079 Malcolm Turnbull's wife Lucy suddenly stands down from her high-powered job 'for personal reasons'
>>8568249 Christchurch mosque attacker Brenton Tarrant changes plea to guilty, to be sentenced for 51 murders
>>8568301 Australian paedophile fights to stop police alerting Indonesia to convictions
>>8568600 Chinese government prepares to charge Australian academic
>>8569098 Video: Trump 'came to appreciate' Turnbull standing up for Australia
>>8569161 Q Posts #479, 908 and 910 - What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked? Why that specific conversation? Focus - why AUS?
>>8569655 The Australian Store Where Everything Sold Is Sent to China
>>8569706 Chinese-backed company's mission to source Australian medical supplies
>>8582388 Australian police crack online child exploitation network
>>8582418 New South Wales woman charged with child exploitation offences
>>8587984 Man hands out $100 to every Person Waiting in Line for Welfare
>>8588025 Police identify 11 alleged victims in case of immigration agent accused of rape
#9062355 at 2020-05-07 08:30:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#7 - Part 1
>>7995098 Video: National Security Address: Admiral Michael S. Rogers - Australian Strategic Policy Institute 2019
>>7995267 Q Post #3821 - Who was the 17th Director of the NSA? (Admiral Michael S. Rogers)
>>7998185 Britain's plan for post-Brexit union with Canada, Australia and New Zealand REVEALED
>>8001693 Review unearths years of sex abuse by Jesuits priests
>>8007270 Rabbi Joseph Gutnick who crowned Netanyahu warns against Trump plan
>>8007939 Human trafficking cases on rise in Australia
>>8022048 Elon Musk's SpaceX clears first hurdle to Australian broadband market
>>8022176 AusAnon's custom number plates - DOITQ
>>8035843 Video: Sky News Australia - Nancy Pelosi ripping up Donald Trump's speech will cause a 'big shift'
>>8046647 'Like terrorists': Malcolm Turnbull assails Liberal climate deniers
>>8046697 Pyne under fire for comments about cyber attack on Parliament
>>8050981 Julie Bishop says climate change has been 'weaponised' in Australian politics
>>8057610 First stop White House as Australia's new ambassador to US Arthur Sinodinos meets Trump
>>8057610 Arthur Sinodinos Tweet: Humbled to represent Australia as custodian of our most important bilateral relationship
>>8057821 Psychiatrist struck off for posting 'bizarre' QAnon conspiracy theories
>>8058648 #QAnon currently trending on Twitter in Australia - 5:45 pm, Friday 7 February 2020
>>8062983 Video: Sky News Australia - When Australian news seems to get it more than a majority of the MSM in America...
>>8068946 Charged ALP lobbyist found dead before he was due to face court on child sex charges
>>8071296 Pedophiles coerce kids as young as three to film themselves
>>8071627 Westpac knew anti-crime provisions were inadequate years ago, MPs told
>>8089252 Court to decide if serial WA paedophile should remain in community
>>8089264 Sir Ron Brierley expected to plead not guilty to child abuse charges
>>8099730 Downer revelations could have put Five Eyes alliance at risk: Hockey
>>8099743 Struggling Biden touts experience, vows to rebuild Australia alliance
>>8112891, >>8112938 'Every parent's worst nightmare': Child rapist to die behind bars after horrific Sydney dance studio attack
>>8113057, >>8130803 Parents in the dark as child predators evolve, online exploitation soars
>>8119432 Video: TheJuiceMedia - Honest Government Ad | Quiet Australians - "Qanon Conspiracy Nutjob" at 1:48
>>8134708, >>8141879 Broke, homeless, shunned: disgraced TV star Robert Hughes' miserable new life
>>8142036 Parliamentary trip to UK cancelled after High Commissioner pens angry letter over Huawei leak
>>8142036 Intelligence committee cancels UK visit amid diplomatic tensions over Huawei policy leak
>>8142592 Malaysian nationals facing deportation, allegedly exploiting foreign workers in sex and agricultural industries
>>8155124 US praises Labor MP Anthony Byrne's Huawei stance
>>8155353 Catholic Church creates one-stop shop for victims of modern slavery
>>8161354 Video: Qanon hit piece from Channel 7 Weekend Sunrise, 16 February 2020
>>8162763 Holden brand and local design operations to be wound down in Australia and NZ
>>8165230 Bernie Sanders Tweet: Fires threatening an entire continent are extreme-a Green New Deal to tackle climate crisis is not
>>8165230 New York Times climate change article - The End of Australia as We Know It
>>8165309 Kevin Rudd Tweet: Time for all of us to boycott GM brands
>>8171207 New Q post referencing Australia - "I WAS INVESTIGATED and it could have been the UK, by AUSTRALIA, could have been by ITALY"
>>8171446 Former Australian PM calls party colleagues' conduct over climate change "idiotic"
#8870721 at 2020-04-21 05:42:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on how the Liberal Party operates behind closed doors | 7.30
Published on 20 Apr 2020
Malcolm Turnbull has been a major figure in Australian public life for four decades, from his time as Kerry Packer's lawyer, to the head of the Republican movement, to Opposition Leader and finally Prime Minister.
As we all know, his leadership ended brutally in 2018 when Mr Turnbull was challenged by his colleague Peter Dutton, although ultimately it was Scott Morrison who prevailed amidst the chaos to seize the top job.
What we've not heard until now is Malcolm Turnbull's inside story of what happened that week, plus during many other key moments in his colourful life, all of which are included in his new memoir, "A Bigger Picture".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzhKp8ETM-o
#8848760 at 2020-04-19 09:38:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
>>8569161
'Trump kept talking over the top of me': Turnbull recounts tense call
A furious Donald Trump berated then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over a deal to resettle hundreds of refugees, only to joke about the agreement months later by claiming 2000 "terrorists" would come to America.
The US President swung wildly in the negotiations to resettle asylum seekers from Manus Island and Nauru, in a pattern repeated in volatile talks to give Australia valuable exemptions in Mr Trump's trade war with China.
Recounting the clashes and compromises in a new memoir, Mr Turnbull tells of a colleague going "white with horror" at Mr Trump's ferocity about the refugee deal in a notorious phone conversation in January 2017.
Mr Turnbull also reveals a conversation with Barack Obama in the White House in January 2016 when the then-president dismissed the chances of Mr Trump winning the presidential election in November that year.
"Don't worry, Malcolm. The American people will never elect a lunatic to sit in this office," Mr Obama is reported as saying in Mr Turnbull's new book, A Bigger Picture.
But with Mr Trump in power, the prime minister chose to approach him as a billionaire rather than a traditional politician and stick to Australia's position on the refugee deal agreed with Mr Obama in 2016.
Mr Turnbull reveals the agreement was largely settled in September 2016 but only announced on November 13, five days after the US election, in part to prevent Mr Trump turning it into an election issue.
"I spoke with Trump's incoming chief of staff, Reince Priebus, on 7 December and he gave me every impression they'd stick with the deal," Mr Turnbull writes, adding that he received a similar assurance from Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
But hours before the phone call in January 2017, US Vice President Mike Pence called then foreign minister Julie Bishop and told her the President had changed his mind and Mr Turnbull should not mention it.
"As his anger rose, Trump kept talking over the top of me, with more intensity," Mr Turnbull writes of the phone call.
"It was as though at times he was talking to himself or perhaps to the people in the room, which of course included [then presidential adviser] Steve Bannon, one of the deal's fiercest opponents.
"At one point, I looked up from the phone across my desk to [senior adviser] David Bold - his face was white with horror - so I turned to look out the window instead."
When an account of the conversation was leaked to the US media, Mr Turnbull assumed the source was Mr Bannon attempting to block the deal or distance the President from it.
Yet the conflict was smoothed over when Mr Turnbull flew to New York in May 2017 to meet Mr Trump at a ceremony to commemorate the Battle of the Coral Sea, where the influence of News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch was also apparent.
"When Trump arrived, he was accompanied by [former New York mayor] Rudy Giuliani and Rupert Murdoch," Mr Turnbull writes.
"His deference to Murdoch was greater than I've ever seen from any Australian politician and was in marked contrast to the high-handed way Trump treats most people.
"When he asked me if Rupert could join us for our bilateral discussion between leaders, I told him that wasn't a good idea.
"He talked about Kerry Packer a lot; he knew I'd been Kerry's lawyer and 'kept him out of jail', something Donald mentioned every time we met."
When Mr Trump asked his wife, Melania, to join the talks, he joked with Mr Turnbull about the refugee deal he had been so angry about months earlier.
(continued)
https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/federal/trump-kept-talking-over-the-top-of-me-Turnbull-recounts-tense-call-20200416-p54kh8.html
—
Q Post #908
Mar 10 2018 12:33:37 (EST)
Which conversation leaked?
POTUS & AUS?
Why that specific conversation?
Signal?
We (they) hear what you are saying?
Threat to AUS?
Why?
What do they know?
Trapped?
Forced?
Blood.
Q
https://qanon.pub/#908
—
Q Post #910
Mar 10 2018 12:47:35 (EST)
Do not focus on the call details.
We knew it would leak.
We knew certain areas of the WH were bugged.
We knew certain people would leak.
Focus - why AUS?
Q
https://qanon.pub/#910
#8842598 at 2020-04-18 21:50:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Turnbull publisher names Morrison office in 'massive' book breach
Malcolm Turnbull's publisher has fired off a legal warning to a top aide in the Morrison government claiming a "massive" breach of copyright over the former prime minister's new book.
Furious at the spread of pirated copies of the e-book to people within the government, publishing company Hardie Grant sent the demand on Saturday night claiming "malicious conduct" by the staff member in the Prime Minister's Office.
The move came hours after the publisher was alerted to the distribution of the electronic version of the book to government staffers and at least one Liberal MP, days before the e-book becomes available to paying readers on Monday.
Hardie Grant publisher Sandy Grant said the e-book version of the new memoir, A Bigger Picture, had been hacked or pirated and the firm was taking legal action to bring the problem under control.
"What drew this to our attention was the distribution of the pirated edition from an address from within the PMO, sent to people who reported the illegal edition," he said.
"Piracy is a problem for bestselling books and our lawyers have taken immediate action to make it clear we intend to take action against the person seemingly distributing A Bigger Picture widely and illegally, as a well as any site sharing the file."
The publisher became concerned about a copyright breach on Thursday when a leaked copy of the book was obtained by a journalist at News Corp Australia's The Australian.
Only on Saturday did Mr Turnbull and the publishing company discover the spread of the e-book, with one email claiming a person had sent it to "millions" of others.
Mr Grant said the distribution of the e-book "makes me wonder" about the News Corp access to the memoir.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brushed off questions about Mr Turnbull's memoir in recent days, saying he is "not interested" in it and focused on responding to the COVID-19 virus.
But the book is a political issue for the Prime Minister and his office, given it says Mr Morrison played a "double game" in the leadership turmoil that cost Mr Turnbull his job in August 2018 and also claims he weakened the government with his handling of tax reform as treasurer in early 2016.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/Turnbull-publisher-names-morrison-office-in-massive-book-breach-20200418-p54l3f.html
Turnbull is FUCKED so he's going on the attack
He passed mandatory vaccines laws while his wife was working with the Gates foundation in Australia looking to sell the Vaccines for big pharma. For this they were paid a fortune which they laundered through their son's dodgy investment company in Singapore.
https://cairnsnews.org/2017/03/16/Turnbull-government-ignore-vaccination-toxic-ingredients/
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/in-singapore-alex-Turnbull-sees-himself-a-financial-player-20180312-h0xdc2
#8829942 at 2020-04-17 23:01:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Repost from Q Research General #11303
>>8828370
Downer raised Russia concerns at US embassy without government approval
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Australian officials when he contacted United States diplomats four years ago to raise concerns about potential Russian interference in the US presidential election.
A new memoir by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull reveals that Mr Downer raised his concerns directly with the US embassy in London in July 2016 but had "no authority from Canberra" to do so.
The move was crucial to the launch of an FBI investigation into the Russian support for the election of US President Donald Trump, who dismissed the inquiry as a "witch-hunt" and ordered an inquiry into the affair.
Mr Downer, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom at the time, met Trump aide George Papadopoulos in London in May 2016 and was told the Russians had "damaging" material on Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton.
While Mr Downer mentioned this in a cable to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the information was not acted upon until he later chose to raise it with the deputy at the US embassy in London, Elizabeth Dibble.
In his new memoir, A Bigger Picture, Mr Turnbull says Mr Downer did this without checking with the department.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/downer-raised-russia-concerns-at-us-embassy-without-government-approval-20200416-p54kho.html
#8645439 at 2020-04-01 06:04:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Scott Morrison prays for Australia and commits nation to God amid coronavirus crisis
The prime minister offers a prayer for the national cabinet and says his faith gives him 'enormous encouragement'
Scott Morrison has offered a prayer for the national cabinet to stay "strong and united" and committed the Australian nation to God during times of "great need and suffering" as it responds to Covid-19.
The prayer is contained in a video, first published by Eternity News but later removed and republished by Queensland Parents for Secular State Schools, in which Morrison explains his faith gives him "enormous encouragement" in how to respond to the crisis.
Morrison, Australia's first evangelical Christian prime minister, has made no secret of his religious faith, referring to his re-election in 2019 as a "miracle". Many other former prime ministers, including Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd, identify as Christians.
On 23 March Morrison called for Australians of faith to pray as parliament reconvened to pass the second tranche of fiscal support for those harmed by the economic effects of Covid-19 shutdowns.
But glimpses of Morrison's personal practice of Christianity are rarer, such as his decision to invite cameras into Horizon church at Easter in 2019.
In the video, which appears to be filmed in his prime ministerial office, Morrison thanked people for their prayers and described the world as "largely in trauma ... with the scale and pace of what is unfolding - this is incomprehensible, even just a month ago, what we're seeing today".
"Pray for the premiers and chief ministers, they've joined me in a national cabinet - which is unprecedented for Australia," he said.
"It is a moment like when Moses looked out at the sea and held up his staff ... there are moments of great faith in this.
"But as a prime minister I have to take my decisions based on very strong advice and exercise the best judgment I can.
"And my faith gives me an enormous encouragement in how I can make those decisions and try and do that in the best way I can."
Morrison then shares biblical verses from Psalms about God delivering the righteous from troubles and from Isaiah that the Lord "will guide you always" and "will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land".
"Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins - that's a prophecy over our country, I believe - and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called repairer of broken walls, and a restorer of streets with dwellings.
"I pray that we will be a restorer of streets, with people in them, businesses open again, Australians going about their lives again, returning to their jobs, returning to their livelihoods, returning to normal times in our schools so children can learn and that we can get to the other side of this."
Morrison offers a prayer that begins "heavenly father, we just commit our nation to you in this terrible time of great need and suffering of so many people".
"And we do this also for the entire world - in places far from this country there are people suffering even more, going through tremendous hardship, crying out."
Morrison also prays for "colleagues in parliamentary roles, it doesn't matter what party they're from", ministers in his cabinet, and again for the premiers and chief ministers.
"Pray that you'll keep the national cabinet strong and united, and we may be able to face each day and each challenge with unity and purpose."
Bishop Phillip Huggins, the National Council of Churches Australia president, told Guardian Australia: "The prime minister says he's a person of faith - therefore he prays.
"He's just being true to himself - likewise - the prayer we're asking people to share is consistent with our tradition."
The NCCA prayer asks worshippers to pray for "those in need of healing" and the "Holy Spirit's discernment amidst the many choices and decisions facing our national, community and medical leaders".
Martyn Iles, the Australian Christian Lobby managing director, said it was "refreshing to see a prime minister with the humility to consider and pray for others in the midst of crisis".
"Alongside his emphasis on practical measures, it demonstrates good leadership," he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/01/scott-morrison-prays-for-australia-and-commits-nation-to-god-amid-coronavirus-crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khANQLVfttc
#8569098 at 2020-03-26 06:55:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Trump 'came to appreciate' Turnbull standing up for Australia
Published on 25 Mar 2020
President Donald Trump respected former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for "standing up to him" during an angry phone exchange between the pair, according to Australia's Ambassador to the US Arthur Sinodinos.
Australia's diplomats scrambled to assess the damage after it was revealed in 2017 President Trump hung up on Mr Turnbull during their first official phone call due to a disagreement over a refugee swap deal between the two nations.
The leaked transcript of the call showed President Trump was furious at the "rotten deal", brokered by the Obama administration, where America would take 1,250 asylum seekers housed on Christmas Island and Nauru.
"I think it is ridiculous and Obama should have never signed it. The only reason I will take them is because I have to honour a deal signed by my predecessor and it was a rotten deal," President Trump said in a transcript released by the White House.
"As far as I am concerned that is enough Malcolm. I have had it. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call. This is ridiculous." Ambassador Sinodinos told Sky News in the aftermath of the call, President Trump and Mr Turnbull worked "to get the relationship back on an even keel".
"Malcolm deployed all of his advocacy skills with the president, you would have seen a transcript of the phone call, but the fact that Malcolm stood up that way is something the president afterwards came to appreciate."
I think he likes it when people stand up for what they believe in."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQUzVN0FOOw
#8557079 at 2020-03-25 06:55:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Repost from Q Research General #10939
>>8543922 (pb)
This may not seem much to anons but the sudden resignation of:
Lucy Turnbull, wife of Malcolm Turnbull (former Oz PM - FISAgate) as Chief Commissioner for the Greater Sydney Commission,
for "personal reasons"
indicates to me that shit is happening in Oz...
Q said ALL attorneys general are investigating.
Turnbull authorised Julie Bishop (former Foreign Affairs Minister) who authorised Alexander Downer...
and so on...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8145561/Malcolm-Turnbulls-wife-Lucy-suddenly-stands-job-personal-reasons.html
#8543726 at 2020-03-24 07:43:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Repost from Q Research General #10938
>>8543160 (pb)
Australia: FISA related
AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE - BLACK OPS ARM OF THE AUS DEEP STATE?
This was the particular Australian spy agency that assisted in the attempted coup to overthrow POTUS.
This agency has a very controversial history of clown activity overseas and its activities are DIRECTED by the Australian gov through the department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Notably - Alexander Downer ran DFAT from 1997-2007.
This means that the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs in particular knew and gave the green light for ASIS to assist in the coup - None other than Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop.
Q asked the question of "who owns AUS? " and what is interesting is that ASIS was being exposed in the 90s for being a rogue entity and that the organisation was being purged of officers and spying on their own citizens among other things (pic related). Could it be that the UK was involved in removing the white hats in ASIS and thus gained controlled of it and it's activities?
ASIS runs the "black ops" on behalf of the Australian deep state overseas and given legal permission to do so under an act that was passed when PM John Howard was in office. These clowns are able to ASSIST in violent or paramilitary activities but not involved in the actual execution of the operation (pic related).
#8338949 at 2020-03-07 05:32:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions
The five-year Australian-German initiative to transition to new energy and low emissions was due to end in 2022
The Morrison government has told researchers at two of Australia's leading universities it will break a commitment to fund an international collaboration into what is required to shift to a zero emissions future.
The Australian-German Energy Transition Hub was announced in 2017 by then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and German chancellor Angela Merkel as a collaboration that would "help the technical, economic and social transition to new energy systems and a low emissions economy".
Based at the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University and three German institutions, it was to receive $4m over five years from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of an eventual full cross-country funding of $20m.
But in an email to staff on Friday afternoon, hub managers said the department had told them the government had decided it would "not follow through on its original commitment to fund the hub until 2022".
Government funding for the hub will end in June. Guardian Australia has been told there is $1.75m unpaid from the original agreement.
Some researchers said the decision made little sense given the hub's work included areas of government interest, particularly the development of a clean hydrogen industry. Other hub projects focus on energy storage, energy system modelling, plans for a just transition to clean energy and integrating solar energy into the grid.
Dylan McConnell, from the University of Melbourne's climate and energy college, said: "It's seems pretty hypocritical and counter-intuitive to be talking about this [hydrogen] and at the same time cutting funding."
The email said the department had indicated it hoped the hub would "continue to deliver" but it wanted to "refocus" resources "at a time of tight budgets". It said negotiations between the University of Melbourne and the department were under way, and the university was "looking at the options for different levels of support".
"Now, it is very early days to say what comes next," the email, by hub managing director Rebecca Burdon and co-directors, Malte Meinshausen and Frank Jotzo, said.
"We know that our contribution is filling a key niche in the Australian and international research landscape, on a topic that is continuing to gain in importance. And we know that we have a great group of researchers (you!) working on crucial issues, and that we've established powerful networks.
"We also know that industry and most state governments, and many parts of the federal government, are keenly interested in the energy transition. And we know that the bilateral relationship between Australia and Germany is and remains important, including on energy. We will need to recalibrate our activities in order to maximise opportunities for alternative funding."
The email said the department had noted in its reasoning that the German government had not continued funding for its side of the hub, which was for two and a half years. But it said the German institutes remained involved and were part of a separate upcoming major project funded by the government that was designed to advance the energy transition.
On Friday night, a department spokesperson said the goals of the hub were to strengthen Australia's bilateral relationship with Germany and better coordinate investments in research in energy transition. They said the remaining funding would be reallocated "to support our strategic priorities with Germany and other European partners more effectively, including potential collaboration with Germany on hydrogen".
Jotzo, Meinshausen and hub chairman Ross Garnaut declined to comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/06/morrison-government-to-stop-funding-20m-international-collaboration-on-shift-to-zero-emissions
https://www.energy-transition-hub.org/
#8171446 at 2020-02-18 06:48:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Former Australian PM calls party colleagues' conduct over climate change "idiotic"
Malcolm Turnbull, a political conservative who served as Australia's prime minister up until August of 2018, was bounced out of office by the right-wing of his own party largely over his support for cutting carbon emissions.
"The right-wing climate deniers treat an issue of science and physics and fact as though it was a question of ideology. And their conduct is not just idiotic, it is downright dangerous."
That's what former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a political conservative, told 60 Minutes correspondent Holly Williams in an interview that aired this week as part of a report on the fires ravaging Turnbull's country.
"Dangerous for us here in Australia and around the world," Turnbull said.
When Williams reminded Turnbull he was calling conduct by members of his own party dangerous and idiotic, Turnbull did not waver.
"Well, of course, it is dangerous and idiotic not to be taking the strongest action to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions," Turnbull said.
Fires in Australia have burned 27 million acres and killed 33 people and an estimated billion animals. Turnbull, who served as prime minister until August 2018, said he was warned while in office that fires in the country were getting worse because of climate change.
"Everyone has known this," Turnbull said. "We've been warned by the climate scientists. Everyone has been aware of this except for those who, well, the climate change deniers are aware of it, but they choose to deny reality."
Turnbull was forced out of office by the right-wing of his own party largely over his support of cutting carbon emissions. He was replaced by Scott Morrison, who has minimized climate change and been criticized for his response to the fires.
Morrison has prioritized protecting Australia's mining industry, coal is the country's second-largest export. And members of the current government argue it's not Australia's responsibility to act on climate change since the country only produces about 1% of global emissions.
"Isn't there some truth in that?" Williams asked Turnbull. "I mean, if, if the U.S. doesn't act, if China and India don't act to cut emissions, it doesn't matter very much what Australia does."
"Well, if we don't act, if we don't act, a wealthy advanced economy facing the harsh reality of climate change, if we don't act and show leadership, why would anyone else act?" Turnbull said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull-party-colleagues-conduct-over-climate-change-idiotic-60-minutes-2020-02-16/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YpM0DOYCoM
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See the full 60 Minutes report on the fires in Australia here.
Australia's bushfires show drastic effects of climate change
Scientists say climate change is behind the unprecedented intensity of the bushfires that have burned a reported 27 million acres in Australia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-fires-climate-change-relationship-60-minutes-2020-02-16/
#8142036 at 2020-02-15 04:34:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Parliamentary trip to UK cancelled after High Commissioner pens angry letter over Huawei leak
London: A planned visit to the UK by the Australian Parliament's powerful intelligence and security committee has been abruptly cancelled amid a diplomatic row over Boris Johnson's controversial decision to allow Chinese telco Huawei into its 5G network.
The committee was supposed to travel to Britain in late March and spend the first week of April meeting the House of Commons intelligence committee, Britain's security agencies and other high-level national security figures, as part of the countries' mutual links and membership of the elite Five Eyes spying club.
But The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age can reveal the trip has been suddenly cancelled.
It comes after the ABC revealed that the UK High Commissioner Victoria Treadell, a civil servant, penned an angry letter to two of Australia's most prominent MPs working in the national security space, demanding an explanation over an explosive leak revealed last week by the Herald and The Age that embarrassed the British.
While the leak caused upset in London, the disagreement had largely died down until Thursday, a week after the exchange took place, when Ms Treadall sent a stern letter to Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, who chairs the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and Liberal senator David Fawcett, who chairs the Foreign Affairs committee.
Two sources familiar with the contents of her letter said it was the equivalent of a "dressing down" and that it was unprecedented for a UK civil servant to berate elected MPs in this way, particularly given the two men have served in the military.
Mr Hastie was an officer in the elite SAS for five years and served on the frontline in Afghanistan, while Senator Fawcett was an experimental test pilot.
Last week the Herald and The Age revealed the committee's deputy chair and veteran Labor MP Anthony Byrne rebuked the UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during a face-to-meeting in Canberra. Mr Byrne told the British Secretary of State that letting China build Britain's critical national infrastructure was tantamount to allowing the Russians to construct it.
The confrontation underlined the deep tensions within the Five Eyes allies over Britain's green light for Huawei in defiance of Australia and the US' urgings to copy their bans on the Chinese vendor over fears of spying.
US President Donald Trump was reportedly "apoplectic" about Mr Johnson's decision on Huawei, while Mr Byrne's intervention was widely regarded as a reflection of Australia's position - something confirmed this week by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton in Question Time, who endorsed and praised the Labor MP.
"I don't think there's much that the member for Holt would say that anybody could argue against when it comes to these matters," Mr Dutton said.
"You [Mr Hastie and Mr Byrne] should both be commended for the leadership you provide [of the security and intelligence committee]."
The dispute over Huawei has also caused a serious rift between Mr Johnson and Mr Trump, with British tabloid The Sun reporting Mr Johnson had postponed a planned trip to the US.
Australia first banned Huawei from supplying equipment to the nascent National Broadband Network in 2012 under Julia Gillard, and in 2018, then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull banned the company from taking part in the 5G rollout, on security advice.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/parliamentary-trip-to-uk-cancelled-after-high-commissioner-pens-angry-letter-over-huawei-leak-20200211-p53zw4.html
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Intelligence committee cancels UK visit amid diplomatic tensions over Huawei policy leak
Diplomatic tensions over Britain's decision to allow Chinese telco Huawei into its 5G network have boiled over after confidential discussions with Australia about the policy were leaked.
The ABC can reveal the UK's High Commissioner has taken the rare step of writing to the heads of two federal parliamentary committees to formally protest the leak of details of sensitive talks involving Britain's visiting Foreign Secretary.
One of those committees - Parliament's powerful intelligence and security committee - has now cancelled a planned visit to the United Kingdom amid the quickly escalating dispute between the allies.
MPs and senators were due to meet with Britain's security agencies and the UK Parliament's intelligence committee in March and April.
(continued)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-15/huawei-leak-diplomatic-tension-uk-australia-dominic-raab/11967520
#8057610 at 2020-02-07 05:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
First stop White House as Australia's new ambassador to US Arthur Sinodinos meets Trump
Australia's new Ambassador to the United States Arthur Sinodinos says he is 'humbled' to represent his country in overseeing the relationship with its most important ally.
Mr Sinodinos, who arrived in the US this week, met with Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to present his credentials.
"It was an honour to present my credentials this morning, with my wife Elizabeth, as Australia's Ambassador to the United States to President Trump," the former Senator said.
"I could not be more proud or humbled to represent Australia as custodian of our most important bilateral relationship."
Mr Sinodinos replaces former Ambassador Joe Hockey at a time when relations between the two countries are strong with no major bilateral disputes.
After initially clashing with then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over the refugee deal in early 2017, Mr Trump has since adopted a positive view of the relationship with Australia.
In 2018 he exempted Australia from his new steel and aluminium tariffs and last year he threw a rare state dinner in Washington to honour Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Mr Sinodinos first came to public attention during his highly successful stint as chief of staff to the then prime minister John Howard from 1997 to 2006.
After several years in the business world, he was elected as a liberal Senator from 2011 to 2019 serving for awhile as a Cabinet minister in the Turnbull government.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/first-stop-white-house-as-australias-new-ambassador-to-us-arthur-sinodinos-meets-trump/news-story/54c77fe2ecb52080f19663c06b372251
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Arthur Sinodinos Tweet
Honoured to present my credentials as [Australian] Ambassador to the [United States] to President Trump with my wife Elizabeth.
I could not be more proud or humbled to represent Australia as custodian of our most important bilateral relationship
White House [photo]: Joyce N. Boghosian
https://twitter.com/A_Sinodinos/status/1225604800408104960
#8050981 at 2020-02-06 19:21:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Julie Bishop says climate change has been 'weaponised' in Australian politics
Climate change has become a weapon with which to wage war over other issues in Australian politics, says former foreign minister-turned Australian National University chancellor Julie Bishop.
Ms Bishop also said she had no regrets about the Coalition's campaign against the Gillard government's carbon price.
But she did regret the dumping of the National Energy Guarantee, which triggered an internal party furore that ended close ally Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership, and her 11-year tenure as deputy Liberal leader.
"It was a national energy policy - we do not currently have a national energy policy, as far as I can see," she said in her first series of interviews as ANU chancellor.
After leaving politics at the last federal election in May, Ms Bishop replaced former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans at the helm of the ANU.
But during her first month in the job, the campus was closed due to bushfires and had important research destroyed by a violent hailstorm.
The university is also grappling with a travel ban from China due to the coronavirus, which is stopping thousands of Chinese students from flying to Australia before the start of the academic year on February 24.
Ms Bishop said Australia has been on the front line of extreme weather events and climate change, and it has "given many people cause for reflection".
She said the decision on emissions reductions for the Paris conference while she was foreign minister was "a unanimous position. We can agree, even though there might be different perspectives on how we achieve that."
But climate change had been weaponised, "ostensibly" costing a series of prime ministers since Kevin Rudd their job, she said.
"Julia Gillard lost her way when we - as a Coalition - mounted such an effective attack on the carbon tax that both Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull were subject to such discontent in the party room because there were not aligning with a particular view of climate change," she said.
"But I actually think many of those leadership tensions were related to other matters … as I said, weaponised."
Ms Bishop had no regrets about campaigning against the carbon price, even though it effectively reduced emissions.
"The fact is Julia Gillard as prime minister promised, 'there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead' - I can't believe I still remember that. Her government was always going to be held to account for that election promise.
"No I don't have any regrets that we held her to account. I do regret that the National Energy Guarantee did not become government policy, I believe it was an elegant solution.
"It was agnostic on how renewable or other forms of energy would be produced, as long as it was lower in price and accessible 24/7 and met our emissions reduction targets. I believe the National Energy Guarantee would do that."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julie-bishop-says-climate-change-has-been-weaponised-in-australian-politics-20200206-p53ygr.html
#8046647 at 2020-02-06 07:17:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
'Like terrorists': Malcolm Turnbull assails Liberal climate deniers
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has likened climate change deniers within the Liberal Party to "terrorists", and argued for a "green new deal" to shift the economy off fossil fuels.
Speaking in Sydney at an event hosted by the Coalition for Conservation, Mr Turnbull and his wife Lucy said Australia should use the "black spring and black summer" of huge bushfires as a "turning point" to take serious climate action.
"If ever Australians were under any illusion that the consequences of a hotter and drier climate were not real, harsh and dangerous, those illusions have been shattered this summer. These bushfires are utterly without precedent in our history," Mr Turnbull said.
The Turnbulls, who were in south-east Asia during some of the peak of the bushfires, said the effect on Australia's image abroad had been profound.
"This has branded us in a way that we would never ever imagine could happen," Mrs Turnbull, who is also chair of the Greater Sydney Commission, said.
"We are seen as very behind….as a leader in a negative sense. That should really embarrass so many Australians."
Mr Turnbull, who was toppled as prime minister in August 2018, said Australia should "use this terrible summer as a turning point where we will embrace the reality of our obligation to cut emissions, our obligation to lead", and also stop burning coal and other fossil fuels.
What was lacking was political will but that would change when Australians demanded it, he said.
"When they recognise a political cost in not addressing climate change in an effective way they will change," Mr Turnbull said.
"The calculus that has been made by many people in the Coalition is that they can take many of their voters for granted."
Liberal Party MPs who were sceptical about climate change were "reinforced and amplified and nourished by the right wing media" particularly those of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and "basically operates like terrorists".
"Basically they say, unless you give us what we want we will blow the joint up," Mr Turnbull said.
The Coalition for Conservation is a lobby group of mostly Liberal Party members who are pressing for a higher priority to be given to environmental issues, especially climate change.
Both Mr and Mrs Turnbull stressed the prospect of more jobs with renewables, including through lower electricity prices. The cost of large-scale solar photovoltaics with six hours of storage was now $40 per megawatt-hour cheaper than new black coal-fired power plants, Mr Turnbull said, citing figures from the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Mr Turnbull's backing of a "green new deal" echoed a similar call this week by new Greens leader Adam Bandt, in his first comments after securing the post.
"We are all custodians of future generations," Mrs Turnbull said. "We are all traumatised to some degree or another by this…black spring and black summer"
"We have to try our very best to do something about it. We owe it to ourselves and we owe it to the rest of the world," she said.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/like-terrorists-Malcolm-Turnbull-assails-liberal-climate-deniers-20200206-p53y6u.html
#7994514 at 2020-02-01 22:35:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
#6 - Part 10
>>7760148 Scott Morrison confirms Australian troops will remain in Iraq after Iran's missile attack on US bases
>>7762786 Panel finds accused sex abuser Leifer fit to stand trial, feigned mental illness
>>7770285 Australia echoes western leaders in alleging Iran accidentally downed Ukraine plane
>>7770479 Australian Prudential Regulation Authority teams up with spy agencies
>>7770551 Singapore student charged over child-like sex doll
>>7788532 George Pell reportedly moved after drone flown over jail
>>7789587 Twitter Thread by Mark, @awakeinaus: Bruce Wolpe email to John Podesta - Abbott climate denialism is over
>>7798778 Virginia Roberts Giuffre backs DHS campaign against human trafficking
>>7799070 Don't hide hacks: cyber security boss Rachel Noble, director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate
>>7799563 Liberal National Club president dies after protesting at Brisbane library
>>7799930 2 21-year-old models fall to their deaths on same day, different countries (Sydney and Moscow)
>>7808293 State prosecutors demand court set date for Leifer extradition hearing
>>7808319 Twitter Threads by Dassi Erlich: Psychiatric report is to be presented to Judge Lomp tomorrow. What can we expect next?
>>7808430 Man, 29, arrested as Britain's worst paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death in cell
>>7811804 Malka Leifer, former Melbourne principal and accused child abuser, granted further delays in extradition process
>>7811804 Dassi Erlich Tweet: Over an hour long repetitive hearing of defence screaming & attempting to delay the process again
>>7812340 'It would be an issue': Malcolm Turnbull intervenes in UK's Huawei debate
>>7812514 Joe Hockey's farewell draws elite of US industry and politics
>>7812821, >>7812974 White House is Democrats' to lose, says anti-Trump Republican
>>7816058 Rockets reported fired at Taji military base in Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops
>>7816058 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: All Australian personnel have been accounted for & are safe
>>7827691 Huawei hits back at Malcolm Turnbull's 'factually incorrect information'
>>7827691 Turnbull still getting it wrong on 5G ban: Jeremy Mitchell, Director of Corporate & Public Affairs, Huawei Australia
>>7827852 Panel to call for more lay control in Australian church
>>7827870 'I'm deeply disturbed': Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey condemns Archbishop's claims
>>7827870 Mark Bailey Tweet: Deeply disturbed the Brisbane Archbishop opposes laws requiring priests report child sexual abuse
>>7827962 'This is an ugly work' - Trump's giant empty head sculpture descends on Ballarat
>>7828116 UK cops block bid to trace Prince Andrew's location on night he's accused of sex with teen
>>7828116 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: There could only be one reason the bodyguards would not to expose where the prince had been
>>7828116 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: You saw me at your parties, you saw me in Epstein's homes, you saw me on the plane…
>>7836768 Westpac linked to international paedophilia case after Australian man charged
>>7836807 Man detained over 'high level exploitation' of foreign workers
>>7836897 Search for next Australian Cyber Security Centre chief begins as outgoing head Rachel Noble prepares to leave
>>7837080 Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre appear in court to hash out plan to unseal documents
>>7837080 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Sigrid McCawley is a warrior badass!! Watch her standup for the countless victims of Epstein & Maxwell
>>7837465 Government used sporting grants as slush fund for re-election campaign
>>7838666 White House chief of staff confirms Trump's desire to visit Australia
>>7843308 Catholic priest 'confessed 1,500 times to abusing children', victim says mandatory reporting could have saved him
>>7848771 FBI Interview Notes With Carter Page and George Papadopoulos Are Released
>>7859575 Australian police using face recognition software as privacy experts issue warning
#7994486 at 2020-02-01 22:32:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
#6 - Part 6
Australian Bushfires Bun
>>7449473 Fears grow about Sydney after Australia fires merge into giant blaze
>>7449484 'Unprecedented' fires turn skies orange in Australia
>>7477312 'This is not normal': NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean urges action on climate change
>>7495390 Australian water sold for $490m to foreign company during drought
>>7578834 Former leader Tony Abbott puts on his uniform and fights fires south of Sydney while PM Scott Morrison kicks back in Hawaii
>>7583521 Arson, mischief and recklessness: 87 per cent of fires are man-made
>>7583521 Australia 'absolutely' must take more action on climate change: Michael McCormack
>>7596210 Video: Drought by Design - The Genociding of Australia
>>7597467 Waiting for a mate? The PM's office sets record straight on Hawaiian holiday theories
>>7607358 Aussie PM Scott Morrison Rejects Greta Thunberg's Climate Advice
>>7607376 The REAL story behind elderly firefighter who said 'he's not my Prime Minister' when she met ScoMo
>>7670969 Live Breaking News Tweet: Mobile phone coverage will be lost tonight between Nowra and Moruya due to bushfires
>>7678739, >>7678751 OPERATION TORCH AUSTRALIA: A Special Report on the Geoengineered Firestorms and Arson Fires
>>7682223 Video: Fueling the bushland
>>7695660 Video: 'You're not welcome': Australian PM Scott Morrison heckled by bushfire victims
>>7699138 Video: Australian Fire Series Part 4: The Perfect Firestorm - Created By Design
>>7700259 paulmuaddib61 Tweets: Between Nov 7 and Nov 8 the fires got an extra kick
>>7700534 Bette Midler Tweet: Pity the poor #Australians, their country ablaze, and their rotten @ScottMorrisonMP...What an idiot
>>7700547 Gwyneth Montenegro Tweet: As the country burns, at last count, there was around 200 people under investigation for arson
>>7700635 Australian Greens Party's opposition to hazard reduction burning exacerbates bushfires
>>7705383 Environmentalists Made Australia's Bush Fires Worse
>>7709462 Climate activists charged with trespassing on Scott Morrison's home 'waiting to sh** in his pool'
>>7710515 Morrison officially postpones India, Japan visit during national bushfire crisis
>>7713018 Vic Emergency logo = 666
>>7738394 Donald Trump calls Scott Morrison to send his 'sympathy, support and friendship' to Australia amid killer bushfires
>>7738833 Video: Australian Fire Series Part 5: An Australian Holocaust
>>7739136 Nearly 200 People Arrested Across Australia For Deliberately Starting Bushfires
>>7739140 The ugly truth about viral image of bushfires from space
>>7747438 Donald Trump Jr. Tweet; Truly Disgusting that people would do this! God Bless Australia
>>7770408 American pastor says why 'God' set fire to Australia
>>7776225 President Donald Trump Tweet: We love Australia!
>>7776256 Kangaroo Island Mayor says Barack Obama 'wrong' on climate change bushfire connection
>>7780067 Department of Defence - Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020
>>7808366 Scott Morrison intervenes after US issues travel warning to Americans: 'exercise increased caution' in Australia
>>7808467 Pauline Hanson angrily rejects climate-bushfires link on Today
>>7814608 "F----- Aussies!" Amid bushfire devastation, team of rescuers brings light-hearted relief with prank on Scottish TV reporter
>>7814964 Bushfires, bots and the spread of disinformation - QAnon/bushfire hit-piece from Australian Strategic Policy Institute
>>7827695 Malcolm Turnbull lashes out at former colleagues, Murdoch media over climate denial
>>7827695 Turnbull in Time Magazine - Australia's Bushfires Show the Wicked, Self-Destructive Idiocy of Climate Denialism Must Stop
>>7836997 Video: 24 arson suspects arrested in Australia
>>7873130 Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Trump is the world's 'leading climate denier'
>>7873130 BBC Newsnight Tweet: "Trump is the leading climate denier in the world." - Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian PM
>>7873251 Tony Abbott downplays link between bushfires and climate change - 'Almost a religious aspect'
>>7873491 Only a third of Red Cross donations committed to bushfire victims so far
>>7873491 Regarding Red Cross - Q Post #252: "Red Cross is corrupt and used as a piggy bank."
>>7882887 RFS investigating reports of Large Air Tanker crash in southern NSW
>>7921677 President Donald Trump Tweet: Three great men! [3 U.S. firefighters killed while fighting Australia wildfires]
>>7921677 Senator Martha McSally Tweet: AZ tragically lost First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson yesterday
#7994433 at 2020-02-01 22:27:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
>>7355098 #6
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Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Wednesday 11.20.19
>>7358352 ---------------- These people are stupid.
>>7358338 ---------------- All assets [F + D] being deployed.
>>7358318 ---------------- What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?
Tuesday 11.19.19
>>7357790 ---------------- FISA goes both ways.
Saturday 11.16.2019
>>7356270 ---------------- There is no escaping God.
>>7356265 ---------------- The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.
Friday 11.15.2019
>>7356017 ---------------- "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided…..
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>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you!
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog?
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation!
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
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Cardinal George Pell
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"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://www.qmap.pub/read/2501
#7994260 at 2020-02-01 22:08:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
#6 - Part 10
>>7760148 Scott Morrison confirms Australian troops will remain in Iraq after Iran's missile attack on US bases
>>7762786 Panel finds accused sex abuser Leifer fit to stand trial, feigned mental illness
>>7770285 Australia echoes western leaders in alleging Iran accidentally downed Ukraine plane
>>7770479 Australian Prudential Regulation Authority teams up with spy agencies
>>7770551 Singapore student charged over child-like sex doll
>>7788532 George Pell reportedly moved after drone flown over jail
>>7789587 Twitter Thread by Mark, @awakeinaus: Bruce Wolpe email to John Podesta - Abbott climate denialism is over
>>7798778 Virginia Roberts Giuffre backs DHS campaign against human trafficking
>>7799070 Don't hide hacks: cyber security boss Rachel Noble, director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate
>>7799563 Liberal National Club president dies after protesting at Brisbane library
>>7799930 2 21-year-old models fall to their deaths on same day, different countries (Sydney and Moscow)
>>7808293 State prosecutors demand court set date for Leifer extradition hearing
>>7808319 Twitter Threads by Dassi Erlich: Psychiatric report is to be presented to Judge Lomp tomorrow. What can we expect next?
>>7808430 Man, 29, arrested as Britain's worst paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death in cell
>>7811804 Malka Leifer, former Melbourne principal and accused child abuser, granted further delays in extradition process
>>7811804 Dassi Erlich Tweet: Over an hour long repetitive hearing of defence screaming & attempting to delay the process again
>>7812340 'It would be an issue': Malcolm Turnbull intervenes in UK's Huawei debate
>>7812514 Joe Hockey's farewell draws elite of US industry and politics
>>7812821, >>7812974 White House is Democrats' to lose, says anti-Trump Republican
>>7816058 Rockets reported fired at Taji military base in Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops
>>7816058 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: All Australian personnel have been accounted for & are safe
>>7827691 Huawei hits back at Malcolm Turnbull's 'factually incorrect information'
>>7827691 Turnbull still getting it wrong on 5G ban: Jeremy Mitchell, Director of Corporate & Public Affairs, Huawei Australia
>>7827852 Panel to call for more lay control in Australian church
>>7827870 'I'm deeply disturbed': Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey condemns Archbishop's claims
>>7827870 Mark Bailey Tweet: Deeply disturbed the Brisbane Archbishop opposes laws requiring priests report child sexual abuse
>>7827962 'This is an ugly work' - Trump's giant empty head sculpture descends on Ballarat
>>7828116 UK cops block bid to trace Prince Andrew's location on night he's accused of sex with teen
>>7828116 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: There could only be one reason the bodyguards would not to expose where the prince had been
>>7828116 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: You saw me at your parties, you saw me in Epstein's homes, you saw me on the plane…
>>7836768 Westpac linked to international paedophilia case after Australian man charged
>>7836807 Man detained over 'high level exploitation' of foreign workers
>>7836897 Search for next Australian Cyber Security Centre chief begins as outgoing head Rachel Noble prepares to leave
>>7837080 Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre appear in court to hash out plan to unseal documents
>>7837080 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Sigrid McCawley is a warrior badass!! Watch her standup for the countless victims of Epstein & Maxwell
>>7837465 Government used sporting grants as slush fund for re-election campaign
>>7838666 White House chief of staff confirms Trump's desire to visit Australia
>>7843308 Catholic priest 'confessed 1,500 times to abusing children', victim says mandatory reporting could have saved him
>>7848771 FBI Interview Notes With Carter Page and George Papadopoulos Are Released
>>7859575 Australian police using face recognition software as privacy experts issue warning
#7994225 at 2020-02-01 22:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
#6 - Part 6
Australian Bushfires Bun
>>7449473 Fears grow about Sydney after Australia fires merge into giant blaze
>>7449484 'Unprecedented' fires turn skies orange in Australia
>>7477312 'This is not normal': NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean urges action on climate change
>>7495390 Australian water sold for $490m to foreign company during drought
>>7578834 Former leader Tony Abbott puts on his uniform and fights fires south of Sydney while PM Scott Morrison kicks back in Hawaii
>>7583521 Arson, mischief and recklessness: 87 per cent of fires are man-made
>>7583521 Australia 'absolutely' must take more action on climate change: Michael McCormack
>>7596210 Video: Drought by Design - The Genociding of Australia
>>7597467 Waiting for a mate? The PM's office sets record straight on Hawaiian holiday theories
>>7607358 Aussie PM Scott Morrison Rejects Greta Thunberg's Climate Advice
>>7607376 The REAL story behind elderly firefighter who said 'he's not my Prime Minister' when she met ScoMo
>>7670969 Live Breaking News Tweet: Mobile phone coverage will be lost tonight between Nowra and Moruya due to bushfires
>>7678739, >>7678751 OPERATION TORCH AUSTRALIA: A Special Report on the Geoengineered Firestorms and Arson Fires
>>7682223 Video: Fueling the bushland
>>7695660 Video: 'You're not welcome': Australian PM Scott Morrison heckled by bushfire victims
>>7699138 Video: Australian Fire Series Part 4: The Perfect Firestorm - Created By Design
>>7700259 paulmuaddib61 Tweets: Between Nov 7 and Nov 8 the fires got an extra kick
>>7700534 Bette Midler Tweet: Pity the poor #Australians, their country ablaze, and their rotten @ScottMorrisonMP…What an idiot
>>7700547 Gwyneth Montenegro Tweet: As the country burns, at last count, there was around 200 people under investigation for arson
>>7700635 Australian Greens Party's opposition to hazard reduction burning exacerbates bushfires
>>7705383 Environmentalists Made Australia's Bush Fires Worse
>>7709462 Climate activists charged with trespassing on Scott Morrison's home 'waiting to sh** in his pool'
>>7710515 Morrison officially postpones India, Japan visit during national bushfire crisis
>>7713018 Vic Emergency logo = 666
>>7738394 Donald Trump calls Scott Morrison to send his 'sympathy, support and friendship' to Australia amid killer bushfires
>>7738833 Video: Australian Fire Series Part 5: An Australian Holocaust
>>7739136 Nearly 200 People Arrested Across Australia For Deliberately Starting Bushfires
>>7739140 The ugly truth about viral image of bushfires from space
>>7747438 Donald Trump Jr. Tweet; Truly Disgusting that people would do this! God Bless Australia
>>7770408 American pastor says why 'God' set fire to Australia
>>7776225 President Donald Trump Tweet: We love Australia!
>>7776256 Kangaroo Island Mayor says Barack Obama 'wrong' on climate change bushfire connection
>>7780067 Department of Defence - Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020
>>7808366 Scott Morrison intervenes after US issues travel warning to Americans: 'exercise increased caution' in Australia
>>7808467 Pauline Hanson angrily rejects climate-bushfires link on Today
>>7814608 "F*' Aussies!" Amid bushfire devastation, team of rescuers brings light-hearted relief with prank on Scottish TV reporter
>>7814964 Bushfires, bots and the spread of disinformation - QAnon/bushfire hit-piece from Australian Strategic Policy Institute
>>7827695 Malcolm Turnbull lashes out at former colleagues, Murdoch media over climate denial
>>7827695 Turnbull in Time Magazine - Australia's Bushfires Show the Wicked, Self-Destructive Idiocy of Climate Denialism Must Stop
>>7836997 Video: 24 arson suspects arrested in Australia
>>7873130 Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Trump is the world's 'leading climate denier'
>>7873130 BBC Newsnight Tweet: "Trump is the leading climate denier in the world." - Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian PM
>>7873251 Tony Abbott downplays link between bushfires and climate change - 'Almost a religious aspect'
>>7873491 Only a third of Red Cross donations committed to bushfire victims so far
>>7873491 Regarding Red Cross - Q Post #252: "Red Cross is corrupt and used as a piggy bank."
>>7882887 RFS investigating reports of Large Air Tanker crash in southern NSW
>>7921677 President Donald Trump Tweet: Three great men! [3 U.S. firefighters killed while fighting Australia wildfires]
>>7921677 Senator Martha McSally Tweet: AZ tragically lost First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson yesterday
#7873130 at 2020-01-22 06:33:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Trump is the world's 'leading climate denier'
Turnbull says US president is 'actively working against global action to reduce emissions'
Donald Trump is the world's "leading climate denier", the former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.
Turnbull, who lost the prime ministership in August 2018 in part because of his own party's opposition to his plans to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, made the comments to BBC Newsnight on Tuesday (Wednesday morning, Australian time).
The US president told the world's business leaders to stop listening to "prophets of doom" as he used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum to attack the teenage activist Greta Thunberg over her climate crisis warnings.
Asked about the comments, Turnbull replied that Trump had been "quite a prophet of doom himself", citing his acceptance speech to the 2016 Republic convention in which Trump painted the picture "of America threatened by crime and gangs [and] invasion from asylum seekers", which Turnbull labelled "quite apocalyptic".
"He uses the politics of fear when it suits him," Turnbull said. "Trump is the leading climate denier in the world. He's leading the most influential nation in the world and he's actively working against global action to reduce emissions."
Turnbull became prime minister in September 2015 and led Australia during the first year and a half of Trump's presidency, famously clashing with Trump over an Obama-era refugee swap deal in the first month.
Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris climate agreement, a move Australia has refused to follow despite the presence of climate change deniers or sceptics in the ruling Liberal-National Coalition.
In the grip of an unprecedented season of bushfires, pressure has mounted for Australia to increase its emissions reduction targets or abandon the use of carryover credits for overperformance of Kyoto agreement targets.
The current Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, re-elected in May 2019, has so far resisted pressure to increase the government's ambition, citing fears over economic cost and the possibility technology could help Australia reduce emissions without higher targets.
Turnbull said "the fundamental problem that we face is that in too many places - the United States in particular and also in Australia - is that this issue of global warming, or global heating, has been turned into an ideological issue or values issue when it's simply a question of physics".
"The more greenhouse gases you pump into the atmosphere, the more of the greenhouse effect you get, the warmer the planet gets," Turnbull said. "The consequences we are living with - hotter, drier climate, longer and more droughts, fiercer and more fires."
Turnbull was also asked about former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd's warning that the idea that the UK's trade with commonwealth countries could make up for exiting the European Union was "utter bollocks".
Turnbull said he would "express it differently" but agreed that trade with Australia, Canada and other commonwealth countries was "not a substitute for the European Union".
"The problem that Britain faces today is simply this: that in an age of rising protectionism, the United Kingdom has chosen to walk out of the biggest free-trade area in the world," Turnbull said. "Its economic prospects, its trade prospects now depend on cutting new and better deals with a whole range of countries, not least is the EU itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/22/former-australian-pm-Malcolm-Turnbull-says-trump-is-the-worlds-leading-climate-denier
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BBC Newsnight Tweet
"Trump is the leading climate denier in the world."
Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian prime minister, says the conversation around global warming has turned into an ideological issue when it's just a question of physics
@TurnbullMalcolm | #Newsnight
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1219758377661800448
#7859621 at 2020-01-20 05:24:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Conservative senator Cory Bernardi resigns from Parliament
Conservative South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi has officially resigned from federal Parliament, handing his spot to the Liberal party.
Senate President Scott Ryan said Mr Bernardi's resignation would take effect immediately.
"I will shortly be writing to His Excellency the Hon. Hieu Van Le, Governor of SA, to inform him of this vacancy, which will be filled in accordance with Section 15 of the Constitution," Senator Ryan said on Twitter.
Mr Bernardi defected from the Liberal Party to form his own party, the Conservatives, in 2017 but announced he was quitting politics last year after his new party failed to have the impact Mr Bernardi hoped.
"I realise that my enthusiasm to return to Parliament in the new year had gone and it's time to move on with other aspects of my life and let others pick up the cudgels," Mr Bernardi said at the time.
He has almost always voted with the Liberals since quitting the party.
Former Law Council of Australia president Morry Bailes and South Australian Legislative Council President Andrew McLachlan are among the names being discussed to fill the position.
Mr Bernardi's replacement will be formally chosen by Mr Van Le on the advice of the state's executive as the South Australian Parliament, which ultimately has to confirm the appointment, is not sitting until February 5.
Because Mr Bernardi was elected as a Liberal, his replacement will come from that party under a constitutional amendment passed by a referendum in 1977.
Before the amendment was passed, state Parliaments did not have to fill Senate vacancies with a politician from the same party as the former senator.
ABC election analyst Antony Green said it is the first time the provision, which explicitly contemplates a scenario like Mr Bernardi's, has been used to give a seat back to the party under which the outgoing senator was first elected.
Mr Bernardi, who was vehemently opposed to marriage equality, left the party when it was under the leadership of his ideological enemy Malcolm Turnbull.
The resignation will give the Coalition an extra seat in the Senate, taking the government's tally to 36 seats. It needs 39 votes to pass legislation and 38 to block.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/conservative-senator-cory-bernardi-resigns-from-parliament-20200120-p53t08.html
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Senate President Senator Scott Ryan Twitter Thread
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I have received a letter of resignation from Cory Bernardi as a senator for South Australia. The resignation takes effect immediately.
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I will shortly be writing to His Excellency the Hon. Hieu Van Le, Governor of SA, to inform him of this vacancy, which will be filled in accordance with Section 15 of the Constitution.
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Information on filling casual vacancies can be found at:
https://www.aph.gov.au/about_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/Odgers_Australian_Senate_Practice/Chapter_04
https://twitter.com/SenatorRyan/status/1219080857048084480
#7836735 at 2020-01-17 06:50:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
How Joe Hockey remade himself into Australia's Trump-whisperer
Washington: When Donald Trump sat down with Joe Hockey for a meeting in the Oval Office this week, the US President had plenty to think about. The Senate was preparing to launch its impeachment trial and the US was about to sign a breakthrough trade deal with China.
Yet Trump had koalas on the brain.
"He was asking a lot of questions about the bushfires," says Hockey, who finishes his four-year term as Australia's US ambassador this month.
"We talked about the koalas on Kangaroo Island and the fact they are one of the only populations remaining that are Chlamydia-free.
"He said, 'Oh that's terrible! Is there anything else we can do to help?'
"That is the level of detail we're getting down to," Hockey says, laughing in disbelief at one of the many surreal moments he has experienced during his time as Australia's representative in Washington.
The encounter, Hockey says, illustrates something he believes many Australians don't appreciate about Trump: his inquisitiveness.
"Donald Trump has a very curious mind, he likes to understand things," Hockey tells The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in an extended interview at White Oaks, the US ambassador's official residence.
"He will ask you a lot of questions and store the information away. That would surprise people because that's not always how he comes across."
The fact Trump met Hockey privately to bid him farewell reflects the unusually high level of access the ambassador has enjoyed during his tenure.
Many foreign leaders struggle to obtain one-on-one meetings with the US President, let alone ambassadors from mid-sized countries.
"It is a privilege that is only reserved for the folks that we hold in the highest regard," Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, tells The Herald and The Age.
…..
When Hockey and his family landed in Washington in January 2016, presidential campaigning was already in full swing.
It was at a Republican primary debate in March that Hockey first met Trump, who was then a renegade political novice blasting his way to the Republican nomination.
Watching Trump up close convinced Hockey that he had a strong chance of winning the presidency.
"Donald Trump defines and destroys his opponents better than almost anyone else I've ever seen.
Yet when Trump won the election it triggered "root and branch shock in Canberra".
"I had suggested to Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to Australia that Donald Trump could win and he was almost disbelieving," Hockey says.
"As the result was coming in on election night he was speaking to me and was aghast like the rest of the world."
In the scramble to obtain Trump's phone number in the days following the election, Hockey famously asked a favour of Trump's friend Greg Norman. The golf legend promptly passed it along, allowing Turnbull and Trump to make an early connection.
"The diplomatic rule book was thrown on the funeral pyre the day of the 2016 election," Hockey says. "We were in a whole new world."
Together Hockey and Turnbull decided to approach Trump as they would a famous late Australian media mogul.
"Donald Trump reminds me a lot of Kerry Packer and it was the same for Malcolm Turnbull [who served as a Packer's longtime lawyer and confidante at Channel Nine].
"We talked a lot about that and it helped us work out our strategy for interacting with the President.
"He is verbal, visual, he's not a technocrat, there is a lot of gut instinct there. And Kerry Packer respected you more if you were honest and frank without being sycophantic. It's the same with Trump."
Hockey says one of the mistakes other countries have made is to believe you have to suck up to Trump to get results. It's better to state your disagreements strongly but to make sure you keep them private.
Indeed, in a famous call with Trump, Turnbull was anything but sycophantic.
He forcefully requested that Trump honour an Obama-era deal to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru in the US - even though the President had won office on a tough-on-borders platform. Trump, after much complaining, eventually agreed.
(continued)
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/north-america/how-joe-hockey-remade-himself-into-australia-s-trump-whisperer-20200117-p53s8h.html
#7827695 at 2020-01-16 06:33:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Malcolm Turnbull lashes out at former colleagues, Murdoch media over climate denial
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused a "toxic, climate-denying alliance of right-wing politics", the Murdoch media and the coal industry of hijacking Australia's climate debate.
In a damning essay written for US publication Time magazine, Mr Turnbull said that while climate change was a simple matter of physics, Australian politics had made it a matter of ideology.
"In Australia, as in the US, this issue [climate change] has been hijacked by a toxic, climate-denying alliance of right-wing politics and media (much of it owned by Rupert Murdoch), as well as vested business interests, especially in the coal industry," he said.
Mr Turnbull accused the Murdoch-owned media of spreading false information by blaming Australia's bushfire crisis on arson or hazard-reduction management.
"Murdoch's News Corp. newspapers and television networks have been busy arguing that arsonists or a lack of controlled burning are the real causes of the fires," he wrote.
"This has been refuted point-blank by the chief of the fire service in New South Wales, but the misinformation campaign continues in both mainstream and social media."
Ideology and idiocy
Mr Turnbull said that as prime minister he tried to ensure Australia's climate and energy policies were "governed by engineering and economics, not ideology and idiocy".
"Tragically, the climate-denying political right in Australia has turned what should be a practical question of how to respond to a real physical threat into a matter of values or belief."
Mr Turnbull was deposed as Liberal leader in a party room coup in August 2018, when he was replaced as prime minister by Scott Morrison.
Mr Turnbull said the efforts to take concerted action on climate change while prime minister resulted in him losing the leadership.
"In 2018, my government introduced a National Energy Guarantee (NEG), which combined emission reductions with reliability standards as a means of ensuring a smooth transition to a lower-emissions electricity sector while maintaining reliability of supply," he said.
"It was supported by business and unions as well as state governments on both sides of politics. A majority of coalition legislators also backed it, but a right-wing minority, supported by their allies in the media, sabotaged the bill and then brought down my government."
Mr Turnbull said one of Mr Morrison's first acts was to formally abandon the NEG.
"Since then, the government has had no coherent, integrated climate and energy policy," he said.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/01/16/Malcolm-Turnbull-time-climate/
Australia's Bushfires Show the Wicked, Self-Destructive Idiocy of Climate Denialism Must Stop
By Malcolm Turnbull
Australia's fires this summer-unprecedented in the scale of their destruction-are the ferocious but inevitable reality of global warming. A hotter, drier climate means more and longer droughts and more and fiercer fires.
So if Australia is on the front line of the climate crisis, why are we not also a world leader in climate action?
In most countries, asking people whether they believe in the science of climate change is like asking them whether they believe in gravity. It is a simple matter of physics. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the hotter our climate will become.
But in Australia, as in the U.S., this issue has been hijacked by a toxic, climate-denying alliance of right-wing politics and media (much of it owned by Rupert Murdoch), as well as vested business interests, especially in the coal industry.
As Prime Minister, I tried to ensure that our climate and energy policies were governed by engineering and economics, not ideology and idiocy. Tragically, the climate-denying political right in Australia has turned what should be a practical question of how to respond to a real physical threat into a matter of values or belief.
Even as the fires rage, Murdoch's News Corp. newspapers and television networks have been busy arguing that arsonists or a lack of controlled burning are the real causes of the fires. This has been refuted point-blank by the chief of the fire service in New South Wales, but the misinformation campaign continues in both mainstream and social media.
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https://time.com/5765603/australia-bushfires-prime-minister-essay/
#7827691 at 2020-01-16 06:32:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
>>7812340
Huawei hits back at Malcolm Turnbull's 'factually incorrect information'
A senior Australian Huawei representative has criticised former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for using "factually incorrect information" to explain why the Chinese company should not deliver fifth-generation wireless technology to Britain.
Jeremy Mitchell, director of corporate affairs at Huawei Australia, said people deserved to be told "the truth on this matter" after an interview Mr Turnbull gave to the BBC on Tuesday, in which he said Huawei was beholden to Chinese authorities.
Australia followed the US in 2018 in banning Huawei Technologies and rival ZTE from the 5G mobile infrastructure rollout.
5G is billed as a nextgeneration wireless technology that will provide connectivity behind driverless cars, virtual reality and other technology. Telstra and Optus have already switched on their 5G networks in limited areas, with Vodafone's expected to go live this year.
Mr Turnbull said if Huawei was commissioned to build Britain's network, it could compromise the intelligence-sharing capabilities of Five Eyes countries the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Mr Turnbull was speaking in response to a challenge issued by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said that critics of Huawei, the world's biggest supplier of telecoms equipment, should provide alternatives.
"Prudence would suggest that the better course of action is not to use high-risk vendors and 5G - there are alternatives, European alternatives," Mr Turnbull said, naming Finland's Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson as potential suppliers. Both those firms manufacture products in China and are party to joint ventures with state-owned companies.
"The Five Eyes countries have been asleep at the switch in allowing China to own most of the companies that possess the capability to provide 5G networks," Mr Turnbull said, adding that Huawei was unlikely to act with "malign intent" but was obligated under Chinese law to assist the country's intelligence services.
The US has also previously warned that Huawei could be forced to spy on or disrupt networks on Beijing's behalf.
The company has persistently denied sharing information with Chinese intelligence agencies and did so again in a statement after Mr Turnbull's interview.
The EU released a report last year warning that hostile states and state-based actors posed a threat to 5G mobile networks.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/huawei-hits-back-at-Malcolm-Turnbulls-factually-incorrect-information/news-story/e5401cd866ac168ca6e1adbc43f67a80
Turnbull still getting it wrong on 5G ban
Jeremy Mitchell, Director of Corporate and Public Affairs at Huawei Australia
It is very disappointing that former Prime Minister Mr. Malcolm Turnbull still continues to rely on factually incorrect information when commenting on his government's decision to exclude Huawei from delivering 5G in Australia - the Australian people deserve to be told the truth on this matter.
Following the 5G ban Mr Turnbull told Australians that the ban was imposed because 5G technology required a different network architecture to 4G networks but real world 5G deployments have now shown that to be completely false.
Indeed, two separate UK Parliamentary committees have found that the core and radio access networks can and will be split in 5G and this is now being done by operators all over the world - including right now in the UK.
Mr Turnbull is now claiming that his government had fears that Huawei would somehow shut down access to 5G networks on the orders of the Chinese government - this is absolutely absurd.
Huawei simply supplies technology to mobile network operators we have absolutely no control over those networks or access to them without the express permission of the operators - let alone have the ability to shut down access to them.
Mr Turnbull seems very concerned that the Chinese government will be able to control Huawei technology and yet seems completely ambivalent about the fact that both Nokia and Ericsson manufacture their 5G equipment in China in factories that are joint-owned with the Chinese.
During our engagement with the Turnbull government we made it absolutely clear we would take whatever measures were necessary to mitigate any perceived risks identified.
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https://huaweihub.com.au/Turnbull-still-getting-it-wrong-on-5g-ban/
#7812514 at 2020-01-14 20:05:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Joe Hockey's farewell draws elite of US industry and politics
Joe Hockey is not leaving Washington quietly.
A stunning who's who of American political and business leaders will pay tribute to Australia's outgoing ambassador at a gala farewell party on Saturday.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have accepted invitations to join some 400 American and Australian powerbrokers who plan to attend the big Washington bash.
Donald Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, is among those who will speak and a long list of Trump cabinet ministers and advisers from Steven Mnuchin to Stephen Miller are also expected to attend as well as leading American CEOs.
On the Australian side, former prime minister Tony Abbott and golfer Greg Norman will speak, while other attendees will include billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt and News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch and his wife Sarah.
Donald Trump was also invited but couldn't attend so instead he has invited Mr Hockey, a semi-regular golf partner of the President, into the Oval Office for a personal farewell on Wednesday (AEDT).
The attendance of so many powerbrokers reflects the close ties that Mr Hockey has forged, especially with the Trump White House, but also more broadly in the US during his four-year term as ambassador.
Mr Hockey's stint in the country's most important diplomatic post has been widely praised for helping Australia maintain a close relationship with Mr Trump and his key advisers - something that many other US allies have failed to do.
Under Mr Hockey's watch the US-Australia alliance survived several potential storms including the angry phone call between Mr Trump and then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over the refugee deal in early 2017.
In 2018, Australia was one of the only countries exempted from Mr Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs while Mr Hockey also played an important role last year in defusing potential diplomatic tensions over Alexander Downer's role in triggering the FBI's Russia investigation.
Asked what his proudest achievement was in Washington, Mr Hockey said "navigating this uncertain world with twists and turns everywhere".
"The greatest legacy I can leave is the thought that you can't take the US alliance for granted," he told The Australian.
"You just need to keep working really hard at it more than ever."
Mr Hockey says that in an era where the US is more transactional with its alliances, Australia needs to keep closely and constantly engaged to ensure it protects its own interests.
"In this world there is no regard for traditional allies, there is no regard for traditional partnerships, there is no regard for any great historical alliance," he says. "Decision-making comes down to country-specific relationships in a way we've never seen before and that means you can be defined as a close ally but then end up on the wrong end of a trade announcement or something else and it is the relationships that hold it together."
Mr Hockey has got to know Mr Trump better than most ambassadors in Washington, having played golf with him and having also developed a close relationship with the President's acting chief of staff, Mr Mulvaney.
Last year, Mr Trump granted Scott Morrison the first state dinner for an Australian leader since John Howard's in 2006.
So after four years, what are Mr Hockey's observations about this mercurial and unconventional President?
"He is an engaging and curious person," he says. "You never think of it when you see him on television or social media but he actually asks a lot of questions. He is curious and he is incredibly street smart. He is canny and he is intelligent.
"I think he likes provoking people and he is 'America first', which rubs a lot of countries up the wrong way. But we would expect our Prime Minister to be 'Australia first' so you can't deny America's right after all these years to put their country first," he says.
Mr Hockey's term finishes at the end of next week and he will be replaced by former senator Arthur Sinodinos. But Mr Hockey will remain in Washington for much of this year, doing part-time lecturing on public policy at the American University while he works out his next move, which is likely to be a corporate role in the US.
Mr Hockey has said that despite serving 20 years in federal parliament, including four jobs as a minister and now a four-year term as ambassador in Washington, he wants to keep working.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/joe-hockeys-farewell-draws-elite-of-us-industry-and-politics/news-story/af6c226d085eb4f74a355be150279488
https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1216275526530191360
#7812340 at 2020-01-14 19:47:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
'It would be an issue': Malcolm Turnbull intervenes in UK's Huawei debate
London: Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned Boris Johnson that allowing Chinese company Huawei to build Britain's 5G network would compromise the ability of the Five Eyes countries to collect and share intelligence.
Mr Turnbull responded to the UK Prime Minister's challenge issued earlier that critics of Huawei should offer alternatives. Johnson's National Security Council (NSC) is due to make a decision within a fortnight, nearly 12 months after the original determination was due.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The World at One program, Mr Turnbull said the main risk the Australian security agencies had identified was not through potential Chinese interception of intelligence but by denial of access to the network.
Australian Labor and Liberal governments have blocked Huawei from the national broadband and 5G networks, while the US and New Zealand have implemented bans.
"We did a lot of work [to see] how we could mitigate the risk and the conclusion we came to was that there just wasn't a satisfactory mitigation of the risk," he said.
This week the outgoing head of MI5 Andrew Parker shrugged off US threats that Five Eyes intelligence could be cut if the British went ahead with the Chinese vendor.
But Mr Turnbull said it would be an issue.
"I think the fact that the other Eyes - the other parties to that Five Eyes relationship - are taking a different approach indicates it would become an issue," he said.
"How serious an issue it became only time would tell, but I have to say that prudence would suggest that the better course of action is not to use high-risk vendors and 5G, there are alternatives, European alternatives."
Earlier Johnson appeared unmoved by a US delegation of security officials which flew to Britain for last-minute lobbying, a retreat from his position after the NATO summit and his one-on-one meeting with US President Donald Trump.
"The British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology," Johnson said when asked about Huawei in a BBC TV interview on Tuesday. "We want to put in gigabit broadband for everybody. If people oppose one brand or another, then they have to tell us what's the alternative."
Turnbull said the British could use two "very large vendors" in Erickson and Nokia, "so there are plenty of alternatives".
While Johnson said that as Prime Minister he did not want "to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security or our ability to cooperate with Five Eyes intelligence partners", his comments suggest his NSC may come to the same conclusion as that of his predecessor Theresa May and allow some Huawei involvement.
Huawei welcomed Johnson's comments and reiterated its stance that it would not comply with Chinese law if ever ordered to conduct espionage by Beijing.
Mr Johnson's former Cabinet colleague Liam Fox, who was the former Trade Secretary and part of Theresa May's NSC, said Chinese law that can require Chinese companies to spy on Beijing's behalf posed a "particular problem" for Britain.
"I think that that provides all Western countries with pause for thought if you're dealing with a company that can be ordered by its government to carry out espionage on their behalf effectively, where does that leave you in terms of dealing with them?"Fox told the Institute for Government in London.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/it-would-be-an-issue-Malcolm-Turnbull-intervenes-in-uk-s-huawei-debate-20200114-p53ric.html
#7789587 at 2020-01-12 05:25:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Twitter Thread by Mark, @awakeinaus
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Thread: This is an email from Bruce Wolpe to John Podesta. The Julia mentioned is "Julia Gillard", former AUS PM. HRC is Hillary Clinton. Wolpe is former adviser to Obama and COS to Gillard. He is also of USSC. In this email Wolpe mentions climate denialism in AUS is over…
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37417
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… Let's give this email some context. It's dated 13 Dec 2015. At that time Gillard wasn't PM. Malcolm Turnbull was. He became PM Sep 15, 2015, just 3 mnths before Wolpe sent this email to Podesta. The Abbott climate denialism was over because AUS had 'elected' a Globalist…
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…Prime Minister that was going to support the climate change scam for the Deep State globalists. Now read Q's post pictured below. Q drops Intel that CC is a scam. Use a topic with emotional pull. Media Blitz. Pro narrative authorities to gain support. Use public outcry…
https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion/projectdcomms/res/20.html#88
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…to justify billion dollar taxpayer spend. Rinse & repeat. Who audits where money goes? Now remember back to Wolpe's email to Podesta. Here it is again. Wolpe, Gillard, Turnbull, HRC, all in it together to push the scam…
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… Here are some of Wolpe's tweets about Climate Change, even after 180 people are under investigation for arson. This thread serves as a working example for how the elites are working hand in hand, just how Q says, to scam us. The more you know!
#TheGreatAwakening
#Qanon
https://twitter.com/search?q=bwolpe%20climate
https://twitter.com/awakeinaus/status/1215953828693938177
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1215953828693938177.html
#7410016 at 2019-12-02 05:32:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
'What little credibility you have has disappeared': Independent senator Nick Xenophon claims banned Chinese telco Huawei have been treated 'unfairly' by Australia
Former senator Nick Xenophon has accused Australia of unfairly treating controversial Chinese telco firm Huawei as he accepted a new job as their lawyer.
The founder of the Centre Alliance political party is now the partner of law firm Xenophon Davis, with former investigative TV journalist Mark Davis.
Mr Xenophon accused Australia of smearing Huawei's reputation, as he announced Xenophon Davis's high-profile new client.
'We will defend Huawei Australia against false allegations that will unfairly cause it further economic loss and reputuational damage,' he said in a statement on Monday.
The former South Australian senator, whose political party now has three MPs in federal Parliament, was savaged on Twitter.
'Sorry Nick. What little crediblity you had left has now disappeared completely,' one critic Jasper Williams tweeted in reply to the Xenophon Davis social media account.
Huawei, the world's biggest telecommunications equipment company, was barred in 2012 from installing Australia's National Broadband Network over security and cyber spying fears.
In August last year, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Huawei would also be banned from installing 5G mobile, annoying Australia's biggest trading partner, China.
Mr Xenophon denied any suggestion his law firm would be a mouthpiece for the Chinese government.
'We are not here to defend the Chinese government or any of its actions,' he said.
'Huawei Australia is not owned by the Chinese government.
'Nor is it a wing of the Chinese Communist Party or a front for any of its intelligence arms.'
Huawei's founder Ren Zhengfei was a member of the People's Liberation Army before founding his technology company in 1987.
His ties to the Chinese Communist Party have made governments nervous, from Australia to India.
On Monday, Huawei issued a media release announcing it had appointed Xenophon Davis to 'defend our company locally against malicious and false attacks designed to cause us reputational damage'.
'Every smear against Huawei is also a smear against our hard working staff and we want to make sure the important discussion around cyber security is based on facts and not baseless innuendo that is unfortunately dominating the current discussion,' Huawei's director of corporate affairs Jeremy Mitchell said.
Mr Xenophon, a former campaigner against poker machines, is far from the only former Australian politician hired by Huawei.
In 2011, it appointed former Liberal foreign minister Alexander Downer and former Victorian Labor premier John Brumby to its board in Australia.
Huawei is already banned from installing communications in the United States and New Zealand.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7744803/Former-senator-Nick-Xenophon-accuses-Australia-making-false-allegations-against-Huawei.html
#7374387 at 2019-11-26 05:04:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Baywatch star Pamela Anderson arrives in Australia to urge Scott Morrison to 'pick up the phone' and help free Julian Assange - as Kevin Rudd weighs in and says Wikileaks founder faces 'unacceptable' punishment
Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to 'pick up the phone' to help save Julian Assange, who she says faces 'psychological torture' as he languishes in jail.
The 48-year-old WikiLeaks founder remains in a British prison, awaiting a 2020 hearing to see whether he will be extradited to the United States on computer hacking and espionage charges.
Anderson, 52, arrived in Australia on Monday and was due to speak at an event in Canberra this week, but cancelled due to a 'scheduling conflict'.
In a transcript of her speech, she implored Mr Morrison to save Assange from life in prison, after more than 60 doctors expressed concerns for his health.
Mr Morrison has previously said Assange would receive 'no special treatment' from Australia, which doesn't sit well with Anderson.
'He doesn't want special treatment, he just wants to be treated like any other Australian citizen and journalist, he has not committed any crime for which a precedent in law stands,' Anderson's speech reads, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Anderson pleaded for Morrison to speak with US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the way that Malcolm Turnbull did to release Australian filmmaker James Ricketson from jail in Cambodia in 2018.
She noted the dangerous precedent that would be set if Assange is prosecuted for publishing information.
'Every Australian needs to be aware that if Julian Assange is extradited to the USA for publishing then every other journalist and publisher of facts on the internet is vulnerable to execution or 175 years' imprisonment for simply publishing facts that were delivered to him by whistleblowers,' Anderson's speech reads.
'The precedent that will be established endangering every single Australian that dares publish facts on the web that expose War Crimes and systemic corruption.'
Anderson's concerns were echoed by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who wrote to the Bring Julian Assange Home Queensland Network, saying he could see no difference between Assange and any other journalists.
'If [the US prosecutors'] case is essentially that Mr Assange broke the law by obtaining and disclosing secret information, then I struggle to see what separates him from any journalist who solicits, obtains and publishes such information,' Mr Rudd wrote, as reported by The Age.
'Ultimate responsibility for keeping sensitive information secure rests with governments. The United States government demonstrably failed to effectively secure the classified documents relevant to this case.
'The result was the mass leaking of sensitive diplomatic cables, including some that caused me some political discomfort at the time. However, an effective life sentence is an unacceptable and disproportionate price to pay. I would therefore oppose his extradition.'
Doctors from Australia, Europe, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom wrote to British Home Secretary Priti Patel requesting Assange receive urgent medical attention for psychological issues including depression, as well as dental problems.
Assange is facing a 175-year jail sentence for charges including disclosing national defence information and will face a US extradition hearing in December.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7723079/Pick-phone-Pamela-Andersons-message-Scott-Morrison-save-Julian-Assange.html
#7355098 at 2019-11-14 07:17:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
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Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Thursday 03.28.2019
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>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you! (Cap: >>5945110)
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>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog? (Cap: >>5945288)
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>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation! (Cap: >>5945279)
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>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion/qresearch/res/5443913.html#5944859
Q's Posts referencing Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS
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Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
Alexander Downer
https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell
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Julian Assange
https://qanon.pub/?q=assange
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Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
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"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion/qresearch/res/4029778.html#4030351
#7024634 at 2019-07-13 10:23:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
>>7024487
>we are working in tandem with the good guys in the USA to defeat evil.
Scott Morrison to go to Washington for Trump state dinner
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will head to the US to officially dine alongside President Donald Trump.
The Prime Minister's office has confirmed Mr Trump will play host at a state dinner at the White House for Mr Morrison, who says relations between Australia and the US are the strongest they've ever been.
Mr Trump has insisted the Mr Morrison be afforded the highest status offered to world leaders, including the first state dinner for an Australian leader since John Howard.
"This relationship with the United States is as strong as it has ever been, and I'm looking forward to making that visit to the White House," Mr Morrison told Liberal National Party faithful in Brisbane on Sunday.
"We've been fighting alongside the Americans for over a century, and that's what they see, and that's what they acknowledge.
"This relationship is a product of all that over a long period of time, but it will be my great honour to represent Australia when we go there in a few months."
The Weekend Australian understands the Prime Minister will make the trip in mid-September, with the formal invitation issued this week following a private meeting and dinner between the two leaders on the sidelines of the recent G20 summit in Osaka, when the US President is believed to have flagged the idea of an official visit.
The move by Mr Trump to elevate an official visit to include a formal state dinner at the White House will be the first for an Australian leader since Mr Howard and his wife Janette were hosted by George W. Bush in 2006.
It will also be seen in the strategic context as a demonstrable show of support from the US President for the Australia-US alliance and its critical role in maintaining stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Mr Morrison said yesterday that Australia and the US saw the world "through the same eyes" after he was flown out to visit the flagship of the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, taking part in the Talisman Sabre military exercises off Queensland.
"We are in awe of the strength and power of the United States which this ship so ably represents, but at the heart of our friendship are the values and beliefs that knit our two countries together," the Prime Minister said.
Speaking on the deck of the ship, Mr Morrison paid tribute to American leadership in the Pacific during World War II, saying the US "helped secure the freedom we enjoy today".
He said America deserved great credit for shaping a new global order when the war ended, adding that Australia and the US had "always understood each other and stood by each other".
"Australia believes in what Ronald Reagan called the 'truths and traditions' that define the United States," Mr Morrison said. "We stand together in these self-evident truths. We stand together for personal liberty and freedom. For democracy and the ballot box. For the rule of law, and freedom of association. For free economies and free peoples."
The deepening relationship between Mr Morrison and Mr Trump comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the West. Three Iranian ships this week tried to block a UK-flagged commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz - a choke point for the flow of Middle East oil to the rest of the world.
The US has also flagged the prospect of building a coalition to uphold freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf amid escalating tensions over Iran's decision to enrich uranium to levels beyond the terms of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd never made "official visits" to the US, despite visiting the White House, with their trips recorded by the US embassy in Canberra as "working visits".
Malcolm Turnbull did make an official visit in February last year but was not hosted at a state dinner.
During his visit, Mr Morrison will also attend a wreath-laying at the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and meetings are likely to be held with senior members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Mr Trump said at the G20 that he would be keen to attend the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Melbourne in December.
Mr Morrison will become only the second world leader, after French President Emmanuel Macron, to have been hosted by Mr Trump at a state dinner at the White House.
(continued)
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-to-go-to-washington-for-trump-state-dinner/news-story/be50d063b6812ebb034fad80b8c85680
#6591923 at 2019-05-26 10:24:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
Sinodinos tapped for US role as Trump raises questions over Australia
Scott Morrison has tapped one of the Coalition's most trusted voices, Arthur Sinodinos, to become the next ambassador to the United States as President Donald Trump raises questions over Australia's role in the FBI inquiry into his 2016 election.
Ahead of what could be a testing period for Australia's relationship with its most important diplomatic relationship, Senator Sinodinos - widely tipped to take a cabinet position in the re-elected Morrison government - will head to Washington.
The term of Joe Hockey, the current ambassador and former treasurer in the Abbott government, is to finish at the end of the year. This enabled Mr Morrison to offer the post to Senator Sinodinos who is expected to take over in January 2020, the start of a presidential election year.
Senator Sinodinos said he was pleased to take up the posting.
"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to serve my country abroad in this way," he said.
"This is a very good opportunity to regroup as a family after the health issues of recent years."
A highly respected former cabinet minister and chief of staff to John Howard, Senator Sinodinos served as Malcolm Turnbull's cabinet secretary but was forced to stand down to undergo treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He has since made a full recovery and was widely tipped to return to cabinet under Mr Morrison.
Senator Sinodinos, who will remain in the Senate until his posting, will walk straight into President Trump's concerns about the FBI investigation that led to the Mueller inquiry.
US Special Counsel Bob Mueller's report on links between the Trump campaign and Russia, pointed to a 2016 meeting between then Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos and Australian then high commissioner to the UK, Alexander Downer, in a London bar as prompting the FBI to open its Trump-Russia probe.
The FBI probe led to Mueller being appointed as special counsel.
Ahead of a weekend trip to Japan, President Trump said he had declassified intelligence documents so the truth of the FBI inquiry could be determined.
"He can look and I hope he looks at the UK and I hope he looks at Australia and I hope he looks at Ukraine.
"I hope he looks at everything, because there was a hoax that was perpetrated on our country."
United States Studies Centre fellow Bruce Wolpe said Senator Sinodinos would be a fine appointment because of his experience and sharp political instincts.
He said they would come in handy given the move by President Trump to investigate the events of 2016.
"The trick will be engaging with President Trump and figuring out how to protect Australia's interests and dealing with a very transactional president," he said.
"The Mueller investigation is clearly in the mind of the President and how he thinks about the relationship. There is a big risk from Australia's perspective that in the future, if there is a request of President Trump, he's going to take into account the history of the relationship."
Mr Morrison would not be drawn on Mr Trump's comments or move, saying he would not comment on an investigation that was under way.
Senator Sinodinos focused on the close ties between the two nations.
"We are two of the world's oldest continuing democracies and have fought alongside one another in all the major conflicts of the last century. Above all we stand for humane and decent universal values," he said.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/sinodinos-tapped-for-us-role-as-trump-raises-questions-over-australia-20190526-p51rbd.html
#6576604 at 2019-05-24 09:04:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
#4 - Part 7/8
>>6325628, >>6327329 Original Australia thread still visible on /thestorm/
>>6331860, >>6331863 North Melbourne counter-terrorism operation: Target appears to be an Anglican Church
>>6352840 New Zealander faces 14 years in prison for sharing Christchurch video online
>>6368726 Donald Trump's Deputy Attorney-General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation.
>>6369240 Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports' international terminals passport control down
>>6369324 Without fanfare, Australia opens trade and defense office in Jerusalem
>>6379397 Minneapolis cop who shot Australian Justine Damond found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter
>>6399143 Video: Rebut this. Foreign fake "Australian Government" Corporations
>>6410312 Explosive device and ammunition found at empty Christchurch property
>>6410441 China's Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia
>>6410648 William Barr made a major disclosure in his Senate hearing that hardly anyone noticed
>>6411473 Australian man found guilty in plane bomb plot involving meat grinder
>>6418242 Australian Journalist Arrested for Plotting to Murder Christians in Revenge for Christchurch
>>6418838 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA IS A CORPORATION
>>6419711 Australian Cyber security chief MacGibbon resigns
>>6419768 $20 MILLION: Minneapolis City Council agrees to historic settlement with Justine Damond's family
>>6426690 Avi Yemini in court over assault, knife-throwing charges against woman
>>6426752 Gold Coast Music Awards 'Skull Trophy'
>>6434334 Video: NZ and Australia Have Fallen
>>6437035 Australian DJ Adam Sky found dead in Bali resort
>>6437067 Video: Rogue Boeing 737 Max planes 'with minds of their own' (60 Minutes Australia)
>>6437088 Trolls will be jailed for five years under proposed new legislation.
>>6452373 Lowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student Cash Cows
>>6453464 Ex-Nauru president Sprent Dabwido who oversaw detention centre reopening dies
>>6453489 NZ & US Special Forces joint training exercises
>>6460587 Video: AUSTRALIA IS PANICKING! Andrew Bolt interview with Alexander Downer (Sky News Australia)
>>6478345 Defence Force names New Zealand SAS soldier who died following training incident in Auckland
>>6478353 US Drug Enforcement Administration open offices in New Zealand to help police investigate cartels
>>6478436 Christian star athlete posts what Bible says about homosexual behavior. Now Rugby Australia wants him gone.
>>6478466 Australia Prints Embarrassing Typo On 46 Million $50 Banknotes
>>6478482 Alexander Downer defends FBI tipoff that sparked Trump-Russia probe
>>6478563 Rugby Player Found Guilty of 'High Level' Breach of Conduct for Posting Bible Verse
>>6486418, >>6486794, >>6493200 Anon's summary: Australia on sale to Chinese
>>6486447 Downer Denies Meeting Supposed to Launch FBI's Russia Probe Was a Set-Up
>>6494456 This Common Food Additive Harms Gut Health, Could Trigger Disease
>>6503412 Virgin passengers stuck in baggage lines for hours as technical trouble hits check-in system
>>6503418 Jacinda Ardern won't rule out blocking Facebook if used to spread extremist content
>>6503434 Papua New Guinea earthquake: Huge 7.7m tremor as tsunami alert issued - 14 May 2019
>>6511127 Sydney man denies assaulting News Corp photographer at Fraser Anning media event
>>6511690 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists
>>6511933 Labor legend Bob Hawke dies aged 89
>>6513492 Australian Diplomat at Center of Russia Hoax Also Has China, Clinton Foundation Links
>>6516255 Sportsbet pays out early on Labor to win election
>>6519173 Israel Folau officially sacked by Rugby Australia
>>6519598 Anon speculates: possible that Bob Hawke died and was kept on ice until eve of the federal election?
>>6519707 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Population debate
>>6521723 Fiona Barnett allegations - Bob Hawke never brought to justice for allegedly raping 2 girls
>>6541726 Some media charges dropped for reporting of George Pell conviction
>>6548988 Christchurch attacks accused Brenton Tarrant facing new charges
>>6549319 Wierd Pizza News from NZ
#6576594 at 2019-05-24 09:01:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
#4 - Part 3/8
>>6014726 Australia, Holland, Russia start talks over downed MH17
>>6014738 Xi meets with New Zealand prime minister to court US ally
>>6026141 Analysis of emergency call from foster mother of missing Australian toddler, William Tyrrell
>>6028965 The Rot Starts At The Top: The Problem With De-Platforming The Far-Right
>>6029295 Australia will stop contributions to the UN's major fund for battling climate change this year
>>6029327 Australian Bureau of Meteorology altering historical temperature records
>>6029348 New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern in Beijing - progress on trade, climate change and Huawei
>>6029569 Measles case involving Sydney baby two months away from vaccination 'terrified' parents
>>6030883 Australian Woman Mysteriously Dies During Flight Home from Los Angeles After Vacation
>>6030905 NZ tech company discovers major Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox bug
>>6031056 Doctors Who Discovered Cancer Enzymes in Vaccines all Found Murdered
>>6037300 Fraser Anning: Australian MP censured for 'appalling' Christchurch remarks
>>6037346 Panama Papers investigation helps recover more than $1.2 billion around the world
>>6037540 Is the Mueller Report another Stealth Bomber?
>>6037812 Video: The Truth about The Port Arthur Massacre
>>6037847 Video: Mother of the Port Arthur massacre killer, Martin Bryant, speaks out
>>6040531 Video: Steve Hughes: Feminism & Transgenderism
>>6042762, >>6042765 Video: Wind turbine noise from Australia
>>6043026 Sword Anon visits Q Research AUSTRALIA
>>6043672 Facebook and Instagram could face fines or jail time under new Australian laws
>>6055767 Australia rushing through new social media laws
>>6055783 Tough New Laws to protect Australians from Live-Streaming of Violent Crimes
>>6055789 Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content
>>6055835 Australia could put social media executives in jail for violent posts
>>6055874 Goldcorp shareholders approve Newmont's $10 billion takeover offer
>>6055905, >>6056952 Massive factory fire is burns out of control in Melbourne
>>6056016 Australia doubles down on being stampeded into catastrophically stupid tech laws
>>6056883 Aus Anon's Thoughts On Q's Spill Comment
>>6064603 US Anon visits with Marker Solution theory
>>6068878 Australian Government to hold Royal Commission into abuse and neglect of disabled Australians.
>>6068972 Accused Christchurch shooter ordered to undergo psychiatric assessment
>>6070695 Social Media execs could be held personally liable for harmful content under new UK laws
>>6070824 Footage shows moment Daniel Morcombe kidnapper, murderer arrested
>>6074002 Canadian Police Raid 'Orcus RAT' Author (Remote Access Trojan)
>>6086063 "53-47" (Q Post #2318) in Aust News - Morrison government on course for major election defeat
>>6090334 Leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call could lead to criminal charges
>>6092495 Q posts relating to leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call
>>6094644, >>6094666 Aus Anon on Access to chan sites
>>6094702 Militant Vegan Protesters shut down cities across Australia
>>6094706 Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
>>6094919 Australia appoints new ambassador to Afghanistan
>>6094982 Animal Activist Groups Active in Australia Today And Cuba As Well
>>6110109 Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges
>>6114024 Facebook, Google And Twitter Hit By New Legal Regulation To 'Clean Up Their Acts'
>>6118189 New Zealand Govt confirms details of Royal Commission into Christchurch terror attack
>>6118189 PDF: Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques
>>6118234, >>6120347 Anons comments on UK's published divide and conquer strategy (Dec 2018)
>>6132788 Rugby Australia say they plan to sack Israel Folau over controversial social post
>>6132801 New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack
>>6152799 NZ police seek man wearing Trump t-shirt who allegedly abused worshippers outside Al Noor Mosque
#6576586 at 2019-05-24 08:57:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/4520.html
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/4899520.html
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/5443913.html
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/5945347.html
Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads
Thursday 03.28.2019
>>5945210 ---------------- Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file (Cap: >>5945313)
>>5945074 ---------------- We LOVE you! (Cap: >>5945110)
>>5944970 ---------------- USA v. LifeLog? (Cap: >>5945288)
>>5944908 ---------------- It is an embarrassment to our Nation! (Cap: >>5945279)
>>5944859 ---------------- 'Knowingly'
Q's Posts referencing Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=Australia
Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS)
https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
Alexander Downer
https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell
https://qanon.pub/?q=Dark%20to%20LIGHT
https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
Julian Assange
https://qanon.pub/?q=assange
https://qanon.pub/?q=JA
https://qanon.pub/?q=Threat%20is%20real
Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/4029778.html#4030351
#6576561 at 2019-05-24 08:46:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
#4 - Part 7/8
>>6325628, >>6327329 Original Australia thread still visible on /thestorm/
>>6331860, >>6331863 North Melbourne counter-terrorism operation: Target appears to be an Anglican Church
>>6352840 New Zealander faces 14 years in prison for sharing Christchurch video online
>>6368726 Donald Trump's Deputy Attorney-General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation.
>>6369240 Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports' international terminals passport control down
>>6369324 Without fanfare, Australia opens trade and defense office in Jerusalem
>>6379397 Minneapolis cop who shot Australian Justine Damond found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter
>>6399143 Video: Rebut this. Foreign fake "Australian Government" Corporations
>>6410312 Explosive device and ammunition found at empty Christchurch property
>>6410441 China's Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia
>>6410648 William Barr made a major disclosure in his Senate hearing that hardly anyone noticed
>>6411473 Australian man found guilty in plane bomb plot involving meat grinder
>>6418242 Australian Journalist Arrested for Plotting to Murder Christians in Revenge for Christchurch
>>6418838 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA IS A CORPORATION
>>6419711 Australian Cyber security chief MacGibbon resigns
>>6419768 $20 MILLION: Minneapolis City Council agrees to historic settlement with Justine Damond's family
>>6426690 Avi Yemini in court over assault, knife-throwing charges against woman
>>6426752 Gold Coast Music Awards 'Skull Trophy'
>>6434334 Video: NZ and Australia Have Fallen
>>6437035 Australian DJ Adam Sky found dead in Bali resort
>>6437067 Video: Rogue Boeing 737 Max planes 'with minds of their own' (60 Minutes Australia)
>>6437088 Trolls will be jailed for five years under proposed new legislation.
>>6452373 Lowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student Cash Cows
>>6453464 Ex-Nauru president Sprent Dabwido who oversaw detention centre reopening dies
>>6453489 NZ & US Special Forces joint training exercises
>>6460587 Video: AUSTRALIA IS PANICKING! Andrew Bolt interview with Alexander Downer (Sky News Australia)
>>6478345 Defence Force names New Zealand SAS soldier who died following training incident in Auckland
>>6478353 US Drug Enforcement Administration open offices in New Zealand to help police investigate cartels
>>6478436 Christian star athlete posts what Bible says about homosexual behavior. Now Rugby Australia wants him gone.
>>6478466 Australia Prints Embarrassing Typo On 46 Million $50 Banknotes
>>6478482 Alexander Downer defends FBI tipoff that sparked Trump-Russia probe
>>6478563 Rugby Player Found Guilty of 'High Level' Breach of Conduct for Posting Bible Verse
>>6486418, >>6486794, >>6493200 Anon's summary: Australia on sale to Chinese
>>6486447 Downer Denies Meeting Supposed to Launch FBI's Russia Probe Was a Set-Up
>>6494456 This Common Food Additive Harms Gut Health, Could Trigger Disease
>>6503412 Virgin passengers stuck in baggage lines for hours as technical trouble hits check-in system
>>6503418 Jacinda Ardern won't rule out blocking Facebook if used to spread extremist content
>>6503434 Papua New Guinea earthquake: Huge 7.7m tremor as tsunami alert issued - 14 May 2019
>>6511127 Sydney man denies assaulting News Corp photographer at Fraser Anning media event
>>6511690 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists
>>6511933 Labor legend Bob Hawke dies aged 89
>>6513492 Australian Diplomat at Center of Russia Hoax Also Has China, Clinton Foundation Links
>>6516255 Sportsbet pays out early on Labor to win election
>>6519173 Israel Folau officially sacked by Rugby Australia
>>6519598 Anon speculates: possible that Bob Hawke died and was kept on ice until eve of the federal election?
>>6519707 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Population debate
>>6521723 Fiona Barnett allegations - Bob Hawke never brought to justice for allegedly raping 2 girls
>>6541726 Some media charges dropped for reporting of George Pell conviction
>>6548988 Christchurch attacks accused Brenton Tarrant facing new charges
>>6549319 Wierd Pizza News from NZ
#6576519 at 2019-05-24 08:33:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
#4 - Part 3/7
>>6014726 Australia, Holland, Russia start talks over downed MH17
>>6014738 Xi meets with New Zealand prime minister to court US ally
>>6026141 Analysis of emergency call from foster mother of missing Australian toddler, William Tyrrell
>>6028965 The Rot Starts At The Top: The Problem With De-Platforming The Far-Right
>>6029295 Australia will stop contributions to the UN's major fund for battling climate change this year
>>6029327 Australian Bureau of Meteorology altering historical temperature records
>>6029348 New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern in Beijing - progress on trade, climate change and Huawei
>>6029569 Measles case involving Sydney baby two months away from vaccination 'terrified' parents
>>6030883 Australian Woman Mysteriously Dies During Flight Home from Los Angeles After Vacation
>>6030905 NZ tech company discovers major Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox bug
>>6031056 Doctors Who Discovered Cancer Enzymes in Vaccines all Found Murdered
>>6037300 Fraser Anning: Australian MP censured for 'appalling' Christchurch remarks
>>6037346 Panama Papers investigation helps recover more than $1.2 billion around the world
>>6037540 Is the Mueller Report another Stealth Bomber?
>>6037812 Video: The Truth about The Port Arthur Massacre
>>6037847 Video: Mother of the Port Arthur massacre killer, Martin Bryant, speaks out
>>6040531 Video: Steve Hughes: Feminism & Transgenderism
>>6042762, >>6042765 Video: Wind turbine noise from Australia
>>6043026 Sword Anon visits Q Research AUSTRALIA
>>6043672 Facebook and Instagram could face fines or jail time under new Australian laws
>>6055767 Australia rushing through new social media laws
>>6055783 Tough New Laws to protect Australians from Live-Streaming of Violent Crimes
>>6055789 Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content
>>6055835 Australia could put social media executives in jail for violent posts
>>6055874 Goldcorp shareholders approve Newmont's $10 billion takeover offer
>>6055905, >>6056952 Massive factory fire is burns out of control in Melbourne
>>6056016 Australia doubles down on being stampeded into catastrophically stupid tech laws
>>6056883 Aus Anon's Thoughts On Q's Spill Comment
>>6064603 US Anon visits with Marker Solution theory
>>6068878 Australian Government to hold Royal Commission into abuse and neglect of disabled Australians.
>>6068972 Accused Christchurch shooter ordered to undergo psychiatric assessment
>>6070695 Social Media execs could be held personally liable for harmful content under new UK laws
>>6070824 Footage shows moment Daniel Morcombe kidnapper, murderer arrested
>>6074002 Canadian Police Raid 'Orcus RAT' Author (Remote Access Trojan)
>>6086063 "53-47" (Q Post #2318) in Aust News - Morrison government on course for major election defeat
>>6090334 Leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call could lead to criminal charges
>>6092495 Q posts relating to leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call
>>6094644, >>6094666 Aus Anon on Access to chan sites
>>6094702 Militant Vegan Protesters shut down cities across Australia
>>6094706 Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content
>>6094919 Australia appoints new ambassador to Afghanistan
>>6094982 Animal Activist Groups Active in Australia Today And Cuba As Well
>>6110109 Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges
>>6114024 Facebook, Google And Twitter Hit By New Legal Regulation To 'Clean Up Their Acts'
>>6118189 New Zealand Govt confirms details of Royal Commission into Christchurch terror attack
>>6118189 PDF: Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques
>>6118234, >>6120347 Anons comments on UK's published divide and conquer strategy (Dec 2018)
>>6132788 Rugby Australia say they plan to sack Israel Folau over controversial social post
>>6132801 New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack
>>6152799 NZ police seek man wearing Trump t-shirt who allegedly abused worshippers outside Al Noor Mosque
#6541530 at 2019-05-20 08:31:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Trump and Australia's Scott Morrison Reaffirm Alliance, Friendship After General Election
Another sauced from QRes#8359
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been re-elected to continue on with the job in a general election on May 18 that has been described by the press for left-leaning populists as another a "shock" election victory. The 51-year-old received a congratulatory phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump early on Sunday, May 19. Trump called the result a "great win!"
According to the White House, the two leaders reaffirmed the "critical importance" of the long-standing alliance and friendship between the United States and Australia, and they pledged to continue their close cooperation on shared priorities. Center-left Labor, which has governed Australia for only 38 of its 118 years as a federation, had been rated an overwhelming favorite, both in opinion polls and with odds-makers, to topple the conservative Liberal-National coalition government in an unlosable election after the government's six years in power.
Instead, Morrison-who became prime minister only last August when a contentious internal party vote dumped Malcolm Turnbull as its leader-swept the coalition to victory with what is likely to be an increased representation in Parliament. The result is much the same as the last election, which delivered the government a single-seat majority in 2016. Since then, public expectations have taken a roller coaster ride based on the media's reporting of polls. Opinion polling has been a factor in Coalition and Labor governments ousting four of their own prime ministers in the past decade.
Sydney University political scientist Stewart Jackson said the polls that had put Labor ahead of the government for the past two years were too consistent for too long to be credible. "That indicates 'herding,' where the pollsters themselves are getting results that they don't think are right and are adjusting them," Jackson said. "Because statistically, polls should never come up like that." Martin O'Shannessy, who headed the respected Newspoll market research company in Sydney for a decade until 2015, said he was "shocked" by the government's victory, given the polling. "It's not possible to tell exactly how the current polls are being conducted because they don't have the same method statement that polls in the past have had," O'Shannessy said.
Until Saturday, Newspoll had accurately predicted the winner of every Australian state and federal election since its inception in 1985. Australia has made voting compulsory, so pollsters' surveys of Australians' party preferences usually come close to the election result. Newspolls are published every few weeks and are reported by the Australian media like a game score of the government and opposition's popularity and achievements.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-and-australias-scott-morrison-reaffirm-alliance-friendship-after-general-election_2928458.html
#6519739 at 2019-05-17 09:11:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
@RealSaavedra 10:13 PM - 15 May 2019
BREAKING: Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists - who had been in US custody for murdering Americans in Uganda - to the streets of Australia and the US agreed to take 1,250 migrants in return
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1128891128877477889
Sourced from QRes#8326
#6503465 at 2019-05-15 09:15:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Bill Shorten hints Julie Bishop could be his ambassador to the US as he praises her for standing up to Vladimir Putin and lashes the Liberal Party for not voting her leader
Bill Shorten has praised Julie Bishop's special 'talent' and announced he wants to talk to the outgoing MP about undertaking a high-profile role representing Australia if he wins government.
'I think Julie Bishop is good at most things she does,' he told the Leadership Matters forum in Western Australia on Wednesday.
The Labor leader spoke highly of the former Foreign Affairs Minister when asked if he would consider her for an ambassadorial position.
'She says she wants to work in the private sector, but I'll certainly be talking to her,' he said according to The West Australian.
'I'm saying to you quite unreservedly here that I've got a lot of respect for her, Chloe and I know her well, she's a good person and we can't waste talent,' he said.
Australia's current ambassador to the US, former Liberal Treasurer Joe Hockey, has called it quits and will be returning home in January after three years in the job.
Mr Shorten lashed the Liberal Party for not choosing Ms Bishop as their leader and therefor PM during last year's leadership spill in which Scott Morrison triumphed,
'Candidly, I think the Liberal Party made a mistake (by not electing her leader),' he said.
'When none of her West Australian colleagues voted for her after everything she's done for them, from fundraising to policy - what is it so hard about Liberal men to vote for Liberal women in positions of leadership.'
Mr Shorten went on to praise Ms Bishop for her stint as Foreign Affairs Minister and the manner in which she handled the MH17 disaster.
'She's served this country well. I haven't always agreed with everything she's said but I will always rate her very highly for when the plane of Australians was shot down over eastern Ukraine,' he said.
'I hope that if I was seeing Vladimir Putin, the way she stood up to the Russians, I hope that in the same circumstances I would behave like her.'
The suggestion to make a high ranking former Liberal draws a contrast to the events of 2016 when Malcolm Turnbull faced pressure from the cabinet and refused to nominate Kevin Rudd as UN secretary general.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7030699/Bill-Shorten-hints-Julie-Bishop-ambassador-US.html
#6447134 at 2019-05-08 18:21:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Resignations / FIVE EYES news -
Joe Hockey to leave post as Australia's ambassador to the United States
Australia's Ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, has decided to return home when his posting ends in January, regardless of who wins next weekend's federal election.
The former Liberal treasurer has served in the role since 2016, throughout an often chaotic period in American politics which has seen Donald Trump's administration regularly ignore traditional diplomatic niceties.
During his posting, Mr Hockey has developed ties in Congress and the White House.
An enthusiastic albeit unaccomplished golfer, he has also joined President Donald Trump on the fairways a few times, most recently at the Commander-in-Chief's Florida resort Mar-a-Lago.
The valuable one-on-one time is reported to have made some other members of Washington DC's diplomatic community envious.
The valuable one-on-one time is reported to have made some other members of Washington DC's diplomatic community envious.
Notably Mr Hockey also successfully lobbied to ensure Australia retained exclusive access to US E-3 visas, amid a push by Ireland to muscle in on the scheme, and oversaw the construction of a grass tennis court at the Australian Ambassador's residence in the leafy north-west of Washington.
An embassy spokeswoman declined to comment on Mr Hockey's departure, but the ABC understands he has informed some staff.
Whoever replaces Mr Hockey will have the task of quickly building ties with an occasionally unpredictable White House, during what is shaping up to be a fractious election year.
With polls suggesting a Labor government could be elected on May 18, there has been plenty of speculation about who Bill Shorten might appoint to the plum job.
Former Labor communications minister Stephen Conroy and former Labor defence minister Stephen Smith are two names often spoken about in Washington circles.
During his career as a cabinet minister, Mr Hockey delivered two budgets following the Abbott government's election in 2013.
He was made ambassador after Malcolm Turnbull took over as Prime Minister.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-08/joe-hockey-to-leave-post-as-us-ambassador/11091452
#6419711 at 2019-05-05 12:53:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Australian Cyber security chief MacGibbon resigns
Sourced from QRes#8193
The head of the nation's cyber security agency Alastair MacGibbon has resigned to return to the private sector.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) under Mr MacGibbon was made part of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in January 2018.
While Mr MacGibbon won't be leaving until May 28, his resignation does come in the middle of a federal election campaign.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6105775/cyber-security-chief-macgibbon-resigns/
#6183034 at 2019-04-15 07:57:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Newspoll: One Nation's slide gives Labor and Coalition a boost
According to the latest Newspoll, support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has fallen, giving Scott Morrison his best primary vote for the Coalition since the last election.
But Hanson's loss of support has also strengthened Labor's lead.
According to The Australian's first Newspoll conducted since the May 18 election was called, both major parties are neck to neck. With preferences from the Greens, Labor is sitting at a two-party preferred vote of 52 per cent to 48 per cent - a 2.4 swing against the Coalition based on the last election. This represents a potential loss of 10 seats for Scott Morrison.
Heading into the first week of the campaign, the Prime Minister's lead over Bill Shorten remains unchanged at 11 points.
Mr Morrison will announce more infrastructure projects in Victoria tomorrow, a strategic move for the Coalition with population being a critical election issue.
The Opposition Leader will stay in Melbourne where he will concentrate on campaigning in key suburbs and continue to focus on his health care initiatives.
With less than five weeks to go until the poll, the Coalition has capitalised on the two-point spike in its primary vote, adding another point in the latest Newspoll, which was conducted in the day the election was called.
One Nation suffered a 4 per cent crash in the wake of the James Ashby $20 million guns-for-funds scandal, with nationwide support dropping to its lowest since 2016.
In good news for Scott Morrison, the Coalition has regained the ground it lost since Malcolm Turnbull was ousted.
The Coalition is now in its best position since September 2016.
Labor's two-point jump puts it in a solid election position despite still being down on last year's high of 41 per cent.
The result of the One Nation slide is to deliver a stronger position to each of the main parties.
While One Nation is mostly popular in Queensland, last year it managed to take four Senate positions and 1.3 per cent of the national primary vote in the last election.
The fall in support for the right-wing nationalist party comes after Scott Morrison vowed to put One Nation below Labor on Liberal how-to-vote cards.
Further indicating the strengthening of the preferred two parties is Newspoll's indication that total votes for independents and minor parties has dropped to 22 per cent.
That's well down on the peak of 29 per cent of 2017's Newspoll.
But the Greens have remained unchanged at 9 per cent, which is a 1.2 per cent point swing on the last election result.
It comes as the approval ratings for both leaders of the major parties remained virtually unchanged.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/one-nations-slide-gives-labor-and-coalition-a-boost/news-story/603808a98dddeade1b344b36099d3bdd
#6172318 at 2019-04-14 06:25:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
China takes Australia's Huawei 5G ban to global trade umpire
Beijing: China has complained to the World Trade Organisation about Australia's ban on Huawei participating in the 5G network.
The complaint, made at a WTO meeting in Geneva on Friday, does not mention Huawei by name but refers to Australia's "discriminatory market access prohibition on 5G equipment", according to the meeting's agenda seen by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
The complaint has been lodged with global trade umpire as the federal government has entered caretaker mode ahead of the May 18 election.
Reuters reported that an official who attended the meeting said Australia's representative spoke briefly to acknowledge receiving written questions from China, but added that Australia's Trade Ministry had not yet had time to formulate its response.
Australia was the first Five Eyes intelligence partner to effectively ban Huawei from its 5G network, but the United States has since put pressure on other Western nations to also implement a ban.
A rule change last September that restricts vendors "likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government" was announced by then acting home affairs minister Scott Morrison, in the same week that saw Mr Morrison replace Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister.
Although a clear irritant to China, which is waging a technology and trade battle with the United States, Beijing's response to the Australian ban had been careful. The WTO dispute is the first formal complaint, and signals the incoming federal government may face a more forceful push-back from Beijing over the Huawei issue.
The new government will also potentially face the fallout for Australian exporters of any trade deal struck between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The International Monetary Fund on Friday revealed it had modelled the impact of a "managed trade" deal between the US and China - as distinct from multilateral free trade - on China's other trading partners.
The IMF's deputy director of Asia, Jonathan Ostry, said that for Australia "the main issue that we worry about is possible trade diversion effects".
The IMF looked at the hypothetical case of $US50 billion ($70 billion) in goods from the US being traded with China and the spillover effect this would have as China imported less from other countries.
If there was a proportional reduction in exports across China's main trading partners, the impact on Australia would be relatively small, he said.
But if the US-China trade deal "involves more purchases of goods in commodities that are very high in the China-Australia trading relationship then the impact on Australian growth and so forth could be more substantial," he said.
Australian officials have expressed concern about the potential impact on Australian energy and agricultural products.
Australian coal imports have experienced a slowdown at Chinese ports, and China is expected to buy more US coal as part of a Trump-Xi deal. Other areas of crossover are LNG, beef and agricultural products.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-takes-australia-s-huawei-5g-ban-to-global-trade-umpire-20190413-p51dwu.html
https://archive.md/NTcfa
#6133618 at 2019-04-11 11:23:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Australia Heads to Election in Showdown Over Taxes, Climate
Sourced from QRes#7841
Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia's election for May 18, with polls showing he's facing an uphill battle to prevent a shift in power to the left-leaning opposition Labor party.
The five-week campaign will be dominated by the stark policy differences between Labor and his Liberal-National coalition, which is vying for a third straight term. They include everything from cutting taxes to boosting wages to reducing emissions in one of the world's worst per-capita polluters.
"To secure your future, the road ahead depends on a strong economy," Morrison, 50, told reporters in Canberra Thursday, after asking Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to dissolve both houses of parliament. "And that's why there is so much at stake at this election."
The coalition government goes into the contest as the underdog, with its six years in power tainted by policy stagnation and infighting that's seen it twice switch leaders. While the center-right coalition has presided over an unprecedented hiring boom and is forecasting the nation's first budget surplus in more than a decade, stagnant wages and spiraling power bills have eroded living standards for many voters.
"It's taken us more than five years to turn around Labor's budget mess," Morrison said. "Now is not the time to turn back."
Since the 2016 federal election, the government has lost its majority in the lower house after a defeat in a special ballot, compounding its challenge to win another term. Since replacing Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister in August, Morrison has struggled to close Labor's lead in the polls. The party led by former union leader Bill Shorten, 51, was ahead by four points in the latest Newspoll.
(more)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/australia-s-prime-minister-morrison-calls-election-for-may-18
#6110109 at 2019-04-09 18:26:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges
Sourced from QRes#7995
Devin Nunes says he is sending eight criminal referrals to US attorney general William Barr
The "absolutely horrific" leak of Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.
Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives intelligence committee, announced on Sunday he was sending eight criminal referrals to the US attorney general, William Barr.
One is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of the US president's phone call with Turnbull on 28 January 2017, a call with the then Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.
"You had conversations with the president of the United States and the prime minister of Australia leak," Nunes told Fox News. "You had leaks of President Trump talking to the president of Mexico leak.
"We all know the travesty of General Flynn.
"Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.
"Those are just three examples that are absolutely horrific but there's things that are even worse that were leaked, and there were only two or three reporters involved in this, so it would not be hard to get to the bottom of."
The Trump-Turnbull phone call transcript leak to the Washington Post rocked the usually solid US-Australian alliance, with both nations going into damage control when it was revealed the president abruptly cut short the planned hour-long call to just 24 minutes.
The transcript showed Turnbull pushing Trump to support the asylum seeker deal struck with the former US president Barack Obama. It was Trump's last of numerous calls with world leaders that day, including the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
"Putin was a pleasant call," Trump told Turnbull. "This is ridiculous."
Nunes said the eight referrals "are classified or sensitive" so he was unable to offer details.
"Five of them are what I would call straight up referrals, so just referrals that name someone and name the specific crimes," Nunes said. "Those crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information."
The referrals also involve alleged abuse by "numerous individuals" of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which involves surveillance warrants against suspected foreign spies inside the US.
Some Republican members of Congress allege the FBI counterintelligence investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump election campaign, which led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was marred by lies and false information to obtain Fisa warrants.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/leak-of-call-between-donald-trump-and-Malcolm-Turnbull-could-lead-to-criminal-charges
Q !UW.yye1fxo ID: c9daa0 No.8039 📁
Jan 6 2018 16:03:28 (EST)
How much did AUS donate to CF?
How much did SA donate to CF?
Compare.
Why is this relevant?
What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
List the leadership in AUS.
IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Who controls AUS?
Who really controls AUS?
UK?
Why is this relevant?
Q
#6094631 at 2019-04-08 09:11:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Phonecall conversation between Trump and Turnbull in 2017 could lead to charges being laid
Sourced from QRes#7784
"You had conversations with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Australia leak," Nunes told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. "You had leaks of President Trump talking to the President of Mexico. We all know the travesty of General Flynn. Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-Turnbull-trump-phone-call-could-lead-to-criminal-charges-20190408-p51bty.html
The "absolutely horrific" leak of US President Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with then Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.
Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, announced today he is sending eight criminal referrals to US Attorney General William Barr.
One of the referrals is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of Mr Trump's January 28, 2017 phone call with Mr Turnbull, a call with then-Mexican president Pena Nieto and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.
Mr Nunes said the eight referrals "are classified or sensitive" so he was unable to publicly offer details.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-news-trump-Turnbull-phone-call-devin-nunes-australia-politics/02ddecb3-7a66-4114-a522-5cfc35d203c4
#5945347 at 2019-03-28 18:42:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html
N.B. - Thread #1 was archived during the server troubles of late 2018. As a result, many of the images are missing. Please feel free to re-upload important graphics in this thread.
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4899520.html
Q's Posts referencing Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=Australia
TO BE UPDATED
Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS) - https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
Julian Assange - https://qanon.pub/?q=assange - https://qanon.pub/?q=JA
Alexander Downer - https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell - https://qanon.pub/?q=Dark%20to%20LIGHT - https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4029778.html#4030351
#5919319 at 2019-03-27 11:09:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Mandatory Vaccine Push by Big Pharma Tied to (now ex-)Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Wife
Sourced from QRes#7571
Source Articles from 2017.
Vaccines are a touchy subject in Australia, where government officials aggressively push for total compliance with vaccination mandates by whatever means possible. There is even a "No Jab No Pay" law on the books that essentially bars citizens from receiving government welfare unless they and their children are fully vaccinated.
And at the root of it all, as usual, is government collusion with big industry, including with Australia's new prime minister - and more specifically, his wife.
Malcolm Turnbull has repeatedly been exposed for his own ties to multinational corporations. He has large investments in many of them, particularly tech companies, that many say is clouding his judgment on various matters more than just a little bit. At issue with the vaccination debate is his wife Lucy's ties to pharmaceutical companies, and how this influence is steering public policy to force Aussies to be jabbed against their will in order to function normally within society.
As explained by The Mind Unleashed, Lucy Turnbull is chairman of the pharmaceutical company Prima Biomed, which is currently trying to release a vaccine for cancer that it knows will generate billions of dollars in profits. Cancer, of course, is the one thing that bonds the populations of the world in solidarity of fear, so it's expected that people will flock to the vaccine, should it ever achieve proper standards for safety and effectiveness.
This is a problem because, as Mr. Turnbull admitted to the media, he and his wife "work very much as a team" to accomplish their various agendas. In the case of vaccinations, this means supporting legislation and mandates that require people to be vaccinated, even against their will, which has the effect of padding both pharmaceutical profits and their personal portfolios.
"Australia's politicians are deeply tied to pharmaceutical corporations, the British Monarchy, and other corporate and institutional powers which threaten the freedom and prosperity of Australian citizens," explains The Mind Unleashed.
Forcing people to get vaccinated for personal profit is the epitome of evil
Besides Mrs. Turnbull's overt conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Turnbull is mired in his own financial conflicts via his vast array of financial investments. Mr. Turnbull made millions of dollars in the mid-1990s, for instance, by investing $500,000 in a company called OzEmail, which eventually turned into a hefty dividend of $60 million.
Mr. Turnbull is also deeply tied to the tobacco industry, as well as tech giants Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. In other words, the success of these industries and corporations means personal success for Mr. Turnbull, which in government-speak is the very definition of corporate fascism run amok. And yet Mr. Turnbull, despite his amassed wealth, has tried to downplay these holdings as being essentially meaningless, though they are anything but.
"Australia's new prime minister is a wealthy man," writes Eva Mellors for Australia's Money Morning. "Last night, much was made of the fact that he doesn't need to be in public life to have power and financial reward. He's already amassed quite a fortune. Even before he entered politics. Various sources estimate his net worth at between $180 million and $200 million."
So what Australians are now dealing with is a classic case of a couple of one-percenters with a whole lot to gain from doing favors for their industry buddies assuming political office and steering public policy towards this end. It's a win-win for the profit-industrial complex, and a lose-lose for the general public, especially when such policies involve forcing dangerous vaccination jabs on people under duress.
"In Australia it doesn't matter whether you choose to believe in the Labor Party or Liberal Party, because they both have ties to royal hegemony, industry, and pharma," adds The Mind Unleashed.
Sources for this article include:
http://themindunleashed.com/2017/03/australian-prime-minister-wife-tied-pharma-pushing-mandatory-vaccination.html
https://www.moneymorning.com.au/20150915/where-does-new-pm-Malcolm-Turnbull-invest-his-money-cw.html
http://www.vaccines.news/2017-03-21-mandatory-vaccine-push-by-big-pharma-tied-to-australian-prime-ministers-wife.html
https://cancerbuster.net/2017/05/09/mandatory-vaccine-push-by-big-pharma-tied-to-australian-prime-ministers-wife/
#5536196 at 2019-03-06 14:40:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Malcolm Turnbull
Common Goid is Globalist code
https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/30321
https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/783
https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/389
#5515312 at 2019-03-05 07:10:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Anons post on Julian Assange (cont.)
Sourced from QRes#7032
Perhaps she was merely "acting on instructions" when she flew to London and Washington last year with her ministerial chief of staff, who had indicated that the Australian Foreign Minister would raise Julian's case and hopefully begin the diplomatic process of bringing him home.
Julian's father had written a moving letter to the then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, asking the government to intervene diplomatically to free his son. He told Turnbull that he was worried Julian might not leave the embassy alive.
Julie Bishop had every opportunity in the UK and the US to present a diplomatic solution that would bring Julian home. But this required the courage of one proud to represent a sovereign, independent state, not a vassal.
Instead, she made no attempt to contradict the British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, when he said outrageously that Julian "faced serious charges". What charges? There were no charges.
Australia's Foreign Minister abandoned her duty to speak up for an Australian citizen, prosecuted with nothing, charged with nothing, guilty of nothing.
Will those feminists who fawn over this false icon at the Opera House next Sunday be reminded of her role in colluding with foreign forces to punish an Australian journalist, one whose work has revealed that rapacious militarism has smashed the lives of millions of ordinary women in many countries: in Iraq alone, the US-led invasion of that country, in which Australia participated, left 700,000 widows.
So what can be done? An Australian government that was prepared to act in response to a public campaign to rescue the refugee football player, Hakeem al-Araibi, from torture and persecution in Bahrain, is capable of bringing Julian Assange home.
The refusal by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra to honor the United Nations' declaration that Julian is the victim of "arbitrary detention" and has a fundamental right to his freedom, is a shameful breach of the letter and spirit of international law.
Why has the Australian government made no serious attempt to free Assange? Why did Julie Bishop bow to the wishes of two foreign powers? Why is this democracy traduced by its servile relationships, and integrated with lawless foreign power?
The persecution of Julian Assange is the conquest of us all: of our independence, our self-respect, our intellect, our compassion, our politics, our culture.
So stop scrolling. Organize. Occupy. Insist. Persist. Make a noise. Take direct action. Be brave and stay brave. Defy the thought police.
War is not peace, freedom is not slavery, ignorance is not strength. If Julian can stand up, so can you: so can all of us.
John Pilger gave this speech at a rally for Julian Assange in Sydney on 3 March.
John Pilger is an award-winning journalist. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as the Guardian, the Independent, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Il Manifesto (Italy).
#5475621 at 2019-03-03 04:42:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Just had to post this for posterity and keks.
Why does Australia FEAR China? - VisualPolitik EN
VisualPolitik EN - Published on Feb 5, 2018
It has been 45 years since China and Australia established diplomatic relations. Throughout this time, both countries have established one of the most fruitful, controversial and interesting relationships in the entire planet.
Economic relations are very important for Australia: today China is by far its largest trading partner; 1 out of every 20 inhabitants of this country belongs to the Chinese community and both its universities and beaches are packed with students and tourists from the Asian giant. Thanks partly to all this, Australians have not experienced a crisis in almost 30 years.
However, these growing ties clash with Washington's interests, and in 2017 the Australian government decided once and for all to take sides. Since then, a diplomatic storm has been unleashed and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has not refrained from blaming the Chinese intelligence services for wanting to corrupt Australian politics and society. In this video we'll tell you what's happening in this particular cold war, that is beginning to emerge between China and the United States.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvVeMD_BM4Q
B(oo)M 4Q… China - China - China = kek!
#5460024 at 2019-03-02 06:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Michael Keenan announces he is quitting politics at the federal election
Sourced from QRes#6965
Another one of the Australian rats from the 5 EYES spygate jumping the sinking ship. Rex outed some of the others in his post.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/minister-michael-keenan-quits/10752352
Federal Human Services Minister Michael Keenan will not contest the next election, making him the second minister to quit ahead of the federal poll.
It is understood Mr Keenan wants to spend more time with his family.
He was elected as the member for the WA electorate of Stirling in 2004.
Mr Keenan was one of a slew of ministers who quit former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's cabinet ahead of the leadership spill in August 2018.
"Whilst politics is a proud vocation, it is also difficult and exhausting business," Mr Keenan said in a statement.
"The pressures on family life are formidable, as are the constant rigours of being an effective Member of Parliament, as well as a Minister in the Government," he said.
"I have always worked hard as a Member of Parliament and as a Minister, but after doing this for 15 years, I cannot commit to another term.
(Cont)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/minister-michael-keenan-quits/10752352
#5443933 at 2019-03-01 05:11:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#2 - Part 1/4
>>4908182 The Pentecostal Prime Minister and the Jerusalem embassy stunt
>>4908260 Why is Scott Morrison protecting Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston?
>>4911890 Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to become third minister to quit politics
>>4923058, >>4923090, >>4923108 Foreign-funded green groups could take whole swathes of Australia out of the productive economy
>>4923181 Soros n Turnbull Partnership
>>4923572 8Chan posting tips for Newfags, Test Board and archive.fo links
>>4930940 Sketchy GC Mayor Tom Tate lies - local Murdoch rag covers it up
>>4930976 No one is buying the Coalition's neoliberal message
>>4934255, >>4934681 Senator Michaelia Cash vs. Senator Doug Cameron - "rumours in this place abound"
>>4934683 Anon muses - "do the opposite of what the news tell ya"
>>4937627 NOTABLES FROM OZ BREAD #1 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html
>>4935957 The Clinton Foundation, Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS) and the leaked phone call with POTUS in Q drops
>>4935964 "Blood" in Q drop #908 - reference to Australian Red Cross?
>>4936800 Abbott vs Turnbull: Republic Debate (1993)
>>4940385 Australia backs Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president
>>4940912 Independent Australia's Bloody Idiot of the Week - ScoMo's red hot go!
>>4942474 Whitewashing occupation? Bill Shorten and the Israel Lobby
>>4942503 Palestinians accuse Australian PM of 'bribing Zionist lobby'
>>4945164 Mandatory vaccine push by Big Pharma tied to Australian Prime Minister's wife
>>4946417 Grant Goldman calls out Scott Morrison & his association to cults covering up paedophilia
>>4946437 Parents who won't vaccinate their children on 'religious grounds' will lose claim to family benefits, government says
Fiona Barnett Bun
>>4946470 Former Australian Prime Ministers named in VIP pedophile ring
>>4974745 fionabarnett.org - An Australian Experience of Ritual Abuse & Mind Control
>>4974755 Fiona Barnett Candy Girl Documentary / Satanic Ritual Abuse
>>4984025 Kim Beazley Senior: ASIO Agent and Child Trafficker
>>4985770 Fiona Barnett Press Conference - October 2015, Sydney
>>5050776 Collection Known info of Evidence against Bad Actor: Fiona Barnett
>>5357476 Fiona Barnett's response - Unnecessary Evidence
>>4946633 Clinton Foundation And Australian Government Money Laundering Scandal
>>4946964, >>4947052, >>4947072, >>4947085, >>4947109 Australia Notes - Anon's rundown on Australian politics and society
>>4947110 Melbourne's immigrant communities fight back against the rise of white supremacy in Australia
>>4947376 Cory Bernardi, conservative warrior
Webuyyourkids Bun
>>4949007 We Buy Your Kids - company that makes pedo art for corporate and government clients
>>4949012, >>4949033, >>4986642 Illuminati, pizzagate and pedovore symbolism
>>4986649, >>4986745 Ezra Haidet / Middle of Beyond - satanic symbolism
>>4962385, >>4962576 Australian Army to take terror attack lead, not local police under Malcolm Turnbull overhaul
>>4962933 Australian Rhodes Scholars and Fabians
>>4963024, >>4963031, >>4963042 Australian Parliament to pass expanded laws to call out the Military to suppress Domestic Unrest
>>4974095, >>4974243, >>4974329, >>5000911 Anons discuss - Is the ADF loyal to the people?
>>4969787 Former Sydney Scoutmaster in court over child sex assault charges
>>4982900 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally linked to a second multi-million-dollar fraud of taxpayer's money
Julie Bishop Bun
>>4984385 Bill Shorten to offer Julie Bishop diplomatic post if elected
>>4986870 Welcome back to Australia Hillary Clinton tweet
>>5010347 Julie Bishop parts with iconic red shoes
>>5010984 More red shoe images
>>5298151, >>5322724 Julie Bishop announces she will quit politics at the next election
>>5372438 Julie Bishop denies any link between donation from elderly Chinese mogul and advisor's appointment
>>5322724 Downer, Hockey, Bishop, Turnbull and the 2016 Presidential election
>>4985605, >>4986646, >>4986273 Joe Hockey, his wife and We Don't Say His Name
>>4985770, >>4985778 How to embed YouTube videos on 8chan
>>4985715, >>4985725, >>4986817 John Brumby, former premier of Victoria retires from Board of Huawei unit
>>4988429 Hitler's Gestapo in the Barossa Valley
>>4988508 Australia a "safe haven" for Nazi war criminals
>>4990443, >>5218035 Conspiracy theories swirl around Australia's 'missing' gold
>>4990611, >>4990636 Frank Lowy, Zionism and 9/11
>>4994211, >>4994241 Hillary Clinton's 2018 speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand, with Julia Gillard and Jacinda Ardern
#5443913 at 2019-03-01 05:10:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #3 - March MADNESS Edition
Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA
In anticipation of FISA DECLAS and SPYGATE revelations, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.
Previous threads
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html
N.B. - Thread #1 was archived during the server troubles of late 2018. As a result, many of the images are missing. Please feel free to re-upload important graphics in this thread.
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4899520.html
Q's Posts referencing Australia
https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS
https://qanon.pub/?q=Australia
Q's Posts referencing Australian citizens
Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS) - https://qanon.pub/?q=X%2FAUS
Julian Assange - https://qanon.pub/?q=assange - https://qanon.pub/?q=JA
Alexander Downer - https://qanon.pub/?q=Downer
Cardinal George Pell - https://qanon.pub/?q=Dark%20to%20LIGHT - https://qanon.pub/?q=pecking
Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes intelligence alliance (FVEY)
https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY
https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes
"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"
Q - 11/25/18.
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4029778.html#4030351
#5391521 at 2019-02-26 09:00:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Collected Notables from Q Research AUSTRALIA #2, posting to test format and layout. Corrections / suggestions happily accepted. I will compile again around 700 replies, then one final time around 730-ish before stating a new thread. A HUGE thank you to those who bring us Oz-related content from Q Research General. Just look at what we're done in one short month!
Notables
are not endorsements
#2 - Part 1/3
>>4908182 The Pentecostal Prime Minister and the Jerusalem embassy stunt
>>4908260 Why is Scott Morrison protecting Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston?
>>4911890 Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to become third minister to quit politics
>>4923058, >>4923090, >>4923108 Foreign-funded green groups could take whole swathes of Australia out of the productive economy
>>4923181 Soros n Turnbull Partnership
>>4923572 8Chan posting tips for Newfags, Test Board and archive.fo links
>>4930940 Sketchy GC Mayor Tom Tate lies - local Murdoch rag covers it up
>>4930976 No one is buying the Coalition's neoliberal message
>>4934255, >>4934681 Senator Michaelia Cash vs. Senator Doug Cameron - "rumours in this place abound"
>>4934683 Anon muses - "do the opposite of what the news tell ya"
>>4935957 The Clinton Foundation, Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS) and the leaked phone call with POTUS in Q drops
>>4935964 "Blood" in Q drop #908 - reference to Australian Red Cross?
>>4936800 Abbott vs Turnbull: Republic Debate (1993)
>>4940385 Australia backs Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president
>>4940912 Independent Australia's Bloody Idiot of the Week - ScoMo's red hot go!
>>4942474 Whitewashing occupation? Bill Shorten and the Israel Lobby
>>4942503 Palestinians accuse Australian PM of 'bribing Zionist lobby'
>>4945164 Mandatory vaccine push by Big Pharma tied to Australian Prime Minister's wife
>>4946417 Grant Goldman calls out Scott Morrison & his association to cults covering up paedophilia
>>4946437 Parents who won't vaccinate their children on 'religious grounds' will lose claim to family benefits, government says
Fiona Barnett Bun
>>4946470 Former Australian Prime Ministers named in VIP pedophile ring
>>4974745 fionabarnett.org - An Australian Experience of Ritual Abuse & Mind Control
>>4974755 Fiona Barnett Candy Girl Documentary / Satanic Ritual Abuse
>>4984025 Kim Beazley Senior: ASIO Agent and Child Trafficker
>>4985770 Fiona Barnett Press Conference - October 2015, Sydney
>>5050776 Collection Known info of Evidence against Bad Actor: Fiona Barnett
>>5357476 Fiona Barnett's response - Unnecessary Evidence
>>4946633 Clinton Foundation And Australian Government Money Laundering Scandal
>>4946964, >>4947052, >>4947072, >>4947085, >>4947109 Australia Notes - Anon's rundown on Australian politics and society
>>4947110 Melbourne's immigrant communities fight back against the rise of white supremacy in Australia
>>4947376 Cory Bernardi, conservative warrior
Webuyyourkids Bun
>>4949007 We Buy Your Kids - company that makes pedo art for corporate and government clients
>>4949012, >>4949033, >>4986642 Illuminati, pizzagate and pedovore symbolism
>>4986649, >>4986745 Ezra Haidet / Middle of Beyond - satanic symbolism
>>4962385, >>4962576 Australian Army to take terror attack lead, not local police under Malcolm Turnbull overhaul
>>4962933 Australian Rhodes Scholars and Fabians
>>4963024, >>4963031, >>4963042 Australian Parliament to pass expanded laws to call out the Military to suppress Domestic Unrest
>>4974095, >>4974243, >>4974329, >>5000911 Anons discuss - Is the ADF loyal to the people?
>>4969787 Former Sydney Scoutmaster in court over child sex assault charges
>>4982900 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally linked to a second multi-million-dollar fraud of taxpayer's money
Julie Bishop Bun
>>4984385 Bill Shorten to offer Julie Bishop diplomatic post if elected
>>4986870 Welcome back to Australia Hillary Clinton tweet
>>5010347 Julie Bishop parts with iconic red shoes
>>5010984 More red shoe images
>>5298151, >>5322724 Julie Bishop announces she will quit politics at the next election
>>5372438 Julie Bishop denies any link between donation from elderly Chinese mogul and advisor's appointment
>>5322724 Downer, Hockey, Bishop, Turnbull and the 2016 Presidential election
>>4985605, >>4986646, >>4986273 Joe Hockey, his wife and We Don't Say His Name
>>4985770, >>4985778 How to embed YouTube videos on 8chan
>>4985715, >>4985725, >>4986817 John Brumby, former premier of Victoria retires from Board of Huawei unit
>>4988429 Hitler's Gestapo in the Barossa Valley
>>4988508 Australia a "safe haven" for Nazi war criminals
>>4990443, >>5218035 Conspiracy theories swirl around Australia's 'missing' gold
>>4990611, >>4990636 Frank Lowy, Zionism and 9/11
>>4994211, >>4994241 Hillary Clinton's 2018 speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand, with Julia Gillard and Jacinda Ardern
#5343514 at 2019-02-23 10:41:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Australian official: Climate change is a U.N.-led conspiracy to establish a new world order
Climate change controversy continues to grow, with an increasing number of skeptics coming forward to speak out. Now, a top adviser to former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has just declared that global warming is a conspiracy pushed by a power-hungry United Nations.
Maurice Newman, chief business adviser to former PM Abbott, says that the global warming hoax has nothing to do with Earth's climate, and everything to do with the United Nation's establishing itself as an authoritarian regime.
For years, climate change skeptics have faced insults and ridicule for daring to defy scientific convention. but with a growing body of scientific evidence to dispel climate change mythology, it is clear that skepticism is more than justified.
Denouncing climate change
Maurice Newman says that irrespective of what climate data indicates, it has become increasingly obvious that the United Nations is using climate change as a vehicle to expand its power.
"This is not about facts or logic. It's about a new world order under the control of the U.N.," Newman reportedly stated in a piece for The Australian.
"It is opposed to capitalism and freedom and has made environmental catastrophism a household topic to achieve its objective," he contended further.
Newman noted further that the overwhelming majority of studies "proving" the link between CO2 emissions and climate change are now known to be erroneous.
Two decades' worth of climate stability should be enough proof that the climate catastrophe we've been hearing about isn't actually happening. But, as Newman posits, climate change may be less about saving the Earth and more about growing authoritarianism.
"The real agenda is concentrated political authority. Global warming is the hook. Eco-catastrophists [ ...] have captured the U.N. and are extremely well funded. They have a hugely powerful ally in the White House," Newman states.
Climate change has been an immensely polarizing topic in Australia. Former PM Malcolm Turnbull was recalled over his stance on climate change, while new PM Scott Morrison is making waves by refusing to kowtow to climate fear-mongering. PM Morrison recently revealed that the "land down under" would no longer be contributing to global climate funds.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/australian-official-climate-change-is-a-u-n-led-conspiracy-to-establish-a-new-world-order/
#5322724 at 2019-02-22 11:13:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Julie Bishop, former foreign minister, announces resignation from Parliament
Sourced from QRes#6783
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/julie-bishop-former-foreign-minister-announces-resignation-from-parliament/ar-BBTSFBE?li=AAgfLCP
"If Alexander Downer was telling the truth and the FBI heard about a Russian connection from Joe Hockey, then it is absolutely the case that both Julie Bishop as minister for foreign affairs and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and, therefore, the Commonwealth government, interfered on behalf of the Clinton campaign in the 2016 Presidential election."
https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/09/deep-state-downer-the-foreign-minister-the-pm-and-the-clinton-campaign/
#5220259 at 2019-02-17 08:51:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Interesting POV from Anon re Malcolm Turnbull
Sourced from QRes#6647
Former Australian PM Malcolm Bligh Turnbull shares the same middle name of many Australian descendants that supported the 4th Governor of NSW William Bligh in the early 1800's! Yes the same 'Captain' Bligh overthrown by Mutineers on the good ship Bounty.
When Governor Bligh was overthrown AGAIN in the Rum Rebellion for his aggressive centralist policies against free trade, certain families supported his policies and have named their children after him for 200 years!!
The bloodlines and family links to centralism/socialism run deep
I think that Malcolm needs to update his website - he still thinks he's PM ?
#5030600 at 2019-02-05 00:22:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
'Shock treatment': Turnbull admits banking royal commission should have been called earlier
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has admitted his government should have started the royal commission into the banks up to 18 months earlier than it did, as the Morrison government faces calls to apologise for the delay.
Mr Turnbull said the commission report was like "shock treatment" for the banking sector after an inquiry that surprised him with the scale of the malpractice that hurt customers.
"You can make a very good case for saying it was started perhaps a year later than it should have been, or 18 months later than it should have been," he told Sky News on Tuesday morning.
The comment came as
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was called an "apologist" for the banks
on breakfast television and had to fend off questions about whether the government had been betrayed by the banks.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/shock-treatment-Turnbull-admits-banking-royal-commission-should-have-been-called-earlier-20190205-p50vpk.html
Cabalist Turncoat ex goldman banker protected the banks now Zionist Jew Frydenberg does the same
Talk about 6 Gorillion fucks in the ass on real Aussies
#5010347 at 2019-02-03 05:37:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>4947109
>>4949994
Julie Bishop parts with iconic red shoes
Nov 28 2018
As Julie Bishop explains it, they were simply a pair of comfortable working boots.
But to accept this description at face value, one would have to overlook Ms Bishop's years of perfecting diplomatic understatement as Australia's first female foreign minister.
The shoes Ms Bishop wore the day she resigned as minister - red satin with bejewelled heels - stood out against a sea of black footwear at the press conference in Parliament House.
The sparkly red heels became an instant symbol of female empowerment.
Earlier on that tumultuous August week, Malcolm Turnbull had been unceremoniously dumped as prime minister.
The chaotic leadership challenge was marred by allegations of bullying and harassment of Liberal women.
Ms Bishop, who put her hand up to replace Mr Turnbull, also came last in a three-way race in favour of two blokes.
On Wednesday, Ms Bishop gifted the iconic shoes she wore only once to the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
Red is one of Ms Bishop's favourite colours; a symbol of power and passion, of courage and freedom, of love and independence.
https://www.riverineherald.com.au/@national/2018/11/28/341744/julie-bishop-parts-with-iconic-red-shoes
http://archive.fo/ejjPd
>They don't hide it.
>They don't fear you.
>You are sheep to them.
#4984385 at 2019-02-01 04:00:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
NOTABLE
Bill Shorten to offer Julie Bishop diplomatic post if elected
The swamp doing what it does best, I wonder where she will get her posting to? UK?
Two sides of the same coin. Same fucking players. Every single time ffs.
https://thewest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/bill-shorten-to-consider-julie-bishop-for-diplomatic-post-ng-b881085587z
Julie Bishop's chances of a plum diplomatic post overseas - if and when she quits Federal politics - have improved, courtesy of one of her most bitter rivals.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said yesterday he would consider current and former senior Liberal MPs when filling prominent roles if he were to become prime minister.
Ms Bishop has been mooted as a candidate for an overseas role post-politics as rumours about her future beyond this year's election have swirled. The former foreign minister has maintained that she intends to run in her Curtin electorate after being pre-selected as the Liberal candidate.
Mr Shorten told Seven News last night that, if elected, he would consider some of his fiercest political enemies - including former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott and John Howard - for government roles heading inquiries or diplomatic posts.
"I would be open to utilising former prime ministers and people of Julie Bishop's calibre if the right proposition came up," Mr Shorten said.
He ruled out settling Manus or Nauru asylum seekers in Australia as prime minister and backed himself to win Liberal support to lock Parliament to four-year fixed terms.
"I'd need them (the Liberals) to think about it, but you know what? I'm a persuasive fella," he said.
#4982900 at 2019-02-01 01:58:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>4947052
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally linked to a second multi-million-dollar fraud of taxpayer's money
Malcolm Turnbull has been caught sticking his hand in the government till for $12 million dollars for some dodgy outfit called the United States Studies Centre which directly benefits his wife, his son-in-law James Brown and the Murdoch Family. This is not the first time that Malcolm Turnbull and the Murdoch Family have personally conspired to fraudulently rip-off taxpayers for millions of dollars for their own benefit.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2018/07/28/prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull-personally-linked-to-a-second-multi-million-dollar-fraud-of-taxpayers-money/
#4962576 at 2019-01-30 10:33:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>4962385
Thank you Anon, THIS is something I did not know and now I do, Ta.
Dated: July 18, 2017
AUSTRALIA'S military will be given new far-reaching powers, including the ability to take control of terror incidents on home soil, under a national security overhaul.
The Turnbull government is set to announce the sweeping terror law changes today.
Under the changes, the army could block streets and kill terror suspects, News Corp reported.
Certain state police teams would get specialist SAS training and could even have military personnel embedded to improve communications between the agencies.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is scheduled to hold a press conference at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney's southwest this morning.
The Australian Defence Force's role will be expanded under the Defence Act which gives the military the ability to take over from local police.
"The overhaul will make it easier for Defence to work together with federal, state and territory police in the event of a terrorist incident," Mr Turnbull said. "State and territory police forces remain the best first response to terrorist incidents immediately after an attack starts."
The government insisted the new changes resulted from a review into the national counter-terrorism response initiated in 2016 and not as a direct response to Sydney's 2014 deadly Lindt Cafe siege.
> And if you own the Military, you can override the police and take over a Country. My Two Cents
#4947052 at 2019-01-29 03:48:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Australian Notes 2 of 5
Political Leaders
Current Political Leaders (Both predate Trump, and fellate Hussein)
Current Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (Toady)
www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/wikileaks-shorten-seeks-us-approval-for-prime-ministership/
Can't find a good source yet, but Bill Shorten also leaked the discussions in PM Kevin Rudd's cabinet meetings to CIA
Current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Globalist establishment, Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker)
Very rich for an Australian politician. Previous investor in a major Australian ISP when the internets exploded. This fellow most likely leaked his own phone call with Trump and knows all about when US data collection and privacy invasion came online in Australia.
www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/politics/Malcolm-Turnbull-only-mp-to-make-top-200-on-rich-list/story-e6frgczf-1225871756887?sv=2e77be281dd39ea0cf4b91313095fc7a
Previous Prime Minister Tony Abbot
He stopped the huge number of refugee boats, because it was fucking obvious everyone would love it. Ate a raw onion on camera. Hates Julia Gillard.
Previous Prime Ministers Rudd and Gillard (Labor Party)
They accelerated the refugee intake and boats, big time. Ran a similar GFC response to what Obama did. Fought with each other and switched places in leadership challenges (Rudd-Gillard-Rudd).
The two most recently notable/popular leaders of the two party tyranny have been Bob Hawke(1980's Labor Party), and John Howard(1996-2007 Liberal(neocon) Party. John Howard effectively disarmed the population after one mass shooting, then plenty of post-9/11 Hijinks with Bush & Blair. Ran the government at a surplus, which helped when the GFC hit. Paid Australians to have babies with the Baby Bonus.
Dealings with the Clinton Foundation
Global Partnership for Education
Gillard donated $300 million of taxpayers money
Abbot via Bishop donated $140 million
heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896?nk=9f214038aea17e100a13c346ee88833e-1515305702
World Bank plays a major role in GPE as trustee and grant supervisor.
Open Society Foundations helps fund GPE
globalpartnership.org/about-us/foundations
quadrant.org.au/opinion/qed/2016/07/gillard/
Julia Gillard
Appointed chair Feb 2014 for Global Partnership for Education
On the Board for beyondblue (mental health org) Dec 2014
A key speaker in 2013 with Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Al Gore in Washington DC for the Centre for American Progress (CAP). CAP was founded and until 2014 chaired by John Podesta
Julia Gillard got prime position as chair of Global Partnership for Education
Julie Bishop was angling for similar outcome but was halted by the Trump win
#4946470 at 2019-01-29 03:09:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Former Australian Prime Ministers named in VIP pedophile ring
A woman claiming to be the victim of a "VIP pedophile ring", which involved three former prime ministers, has alleged she was prostituted to "pedophile parties" at Parliament House in Canberra.
Speaking to media in Sydney, Fiona Barnett detailed her alleged abuse by the alleged elite pedophile ring 40 years ago.
The 45-year-old said she was abused by the ring, which included high-ranking politicians, police and members of the judiciary, at the age of five and claimed there were thousands of other victims.
"My experiences were horrific beyond words," she said. "But the way I've been treated for reporting the crimes I witnessed and experienced has been far worse than my original abuse experiences."
The northern NSW woman went on to detail "hundreds of crimes" she claimed she had witnessed, including child abduction, torture, rape and murder.
Ms Barnett described the alleged operation as a "very well-coordinated international pedophile ring", and said there was a strict hierarchy.
"I was only saved for the VIP pedophiles," she said.
"It's a hierarchy, what I witnessed was the very top of the hierarchy."
Ms Barnett said she "lives in absolute fear" and only decided to speak out because she "has nothing left to lose".
She maintains the network is still in operation, and urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to make it a priority to "make the kids safe".
Ms Barnett said she had taken the allegations to multiple health professionals in the 1980s, NSW Police in 2008 and approached the Royal Commission in 2013. She said she and other victims of "VIP" perpetrators were "stonewalled" by authorities.
ACT Police release a statement this afternoon after Ms Barnett's press conference.
"The matter was thoroughly investigated by ACT Policing's Operation Attest and there was no evidence to substantiate the complainant's allegations," the statement read.
"The matter was finalised and the complainant was notified on April 30, 2015."
http://www.hangthebankers.com/australian-prime-ministers-vip-pedophile-ring/
#4945164 at 2019-01-29 01:31:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Mandatory vaccine push by Big Pharma tied to Australian Prime Minister's wife
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by: Ethan Huff
Vaccines are a touchy subject in Australia, where government officials aggressively push for total compliance with vaccination mandates by whatever means possible. There is even a "No Jab No Pay" law on the books that essentially bars citizens from receiving government welfare unless they and their children are fully vaccinated. And at the root of it all, as usual, is government collusion with big industry, including with Australia's new prime minister - and more specifically, his wife.
Malcolm Turnbull has repeatedly been exposed for his own ties to multinational corporations. He has large investments in many of them, particularly tech companies, that many say is clouding his judgment on various matters more than just a little bit. At issue with the vaccination debate is his wife Lucy's ties to pharmaceutical companies, and how this influence is steering public policy to force Aussies to be jabbed against their will in order to function normally within society.
As explained by The Mind Unleashed, Lucy Turnbull is chairman of the pharmaceutical company Prima Biomed, which is currently trying to release a vaccine for cancer that it knows will generate billions of dollars in profits. Cancer, of course, is the one thing that bonds the populations of the world in solidarity of fear, so it's expected that people will flock to the vaccine, should it ever achieve proper standards for safety and effectiveness.
This is a problem because, as Mr. Turnbull admitted to the media, he and his wife "work very much as a team" to accomplish their various agendas. In the case of vaccinations, this means supporting legislation and mandates that require people to be vaccinated, even against their will, which has the effect of padding both pharmaceutical profits and their personal portfolios.
"Australia's politicians are deeply tied to pharmaceutical corporations, the British Monarchy, and other corporate and institutional powers which threaten the freedom and prosperity of Australian citizens," explains The Mind Unleashed.
Forcing people to get vaccinated for personal profit is the epitome of evil
Besides Mrs. Turnbull's overt conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Turnbull is mired in his own financial conflicts via his vast array of financial investments. Mr. Turnbull made millions of dollars in the mid-1990s, for instance, by investing $500,000 in a company called OzEmail, which eventually turned into a hefty dividend of $60 million.
Mr. Turnbull is also deeply tied to the tobacco industry, as well as tech giants Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. In other words, the success of these industries and corporations means personal success for Mr. Turnbull, which in government-speak is the very definition of corporate fascism run amok. And yet Mr. Turnbull, despite his amassed wealth, has tried to downplay these holdings as being essentially meaningless, though they are anything but.
"Australia's new prime minister is a wealthy man," writes Eva Mellors for Australia's Money Morning. "Last night, much was made of the fact that he doesn't need to be in public life to have power and financial reward. He's already amassed quite a fortune. Even before he entered politics. Various sources estimate his net worth at between $180 million and $200 million."
So what Australians are now dealing with is a classic case of a couple of one-percenters with a whole lot to gain from doing favors for their industry buddies assuming political office and steering public policy towards this end. It's a win-win for the profit-industrial complex, and a lose-lose for the general public, especially when such policies involve forcing dangerous vaccination jabs on people under duress.
"In Australia it doesn't matter whether you choose to believe in the Labor Party or Liberal Party, because they both have ties to royal hegemony, industry, and pharma," adds The Mind Unleashed.
Sources for this article include:
TheMindUnleashed.com
MoneyMorning.com.au
Link: https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-03-21-mandatory-vaccine-push-by-big-pharma-tied-to-australian-prime-ministers-wife.html
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#4935964 at 2019-01-28 05:17:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>4935957
[2/2]
The reference to "Blood" in Q drop #908 is intriguing. To date there have been 14 instances of the phrase "blood" used by Q:
? 5 in reference to Saudi Arabia - "The Bloody Wonderland."
? 2 in reference to Ronald Reagan's speech - "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream."
? 3 in reference to Ephesians 6:10-18 - "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
? 3 in reference to trace / follow the bloodlines of wealthy ruling families.
? The singular phrase, "Blood" (with a capital B) has been used once, in Q drop #908 and in reference to Australia.
https://qanon.pub/?q=blood
I think if Australian political "bloodlines" were the issue, Q would have used that exact phrase. Knowing what we know about the canal and its evil practices, "blood" could be a reference to blood consumption and / or blood sacrifice. However I think if this was the intent, Q would have thrown in "These people are EVIL", or words to that effect.
"Trapped? Forced?" seems to imply that the Australian Government was being blackmailed. This begs the Q-uestion, by whom?
Could it be that the Australian blood reference is not to blood ties or blood consumption, but to an organisation involved in the collection of blood?
The Red Cross?
Q has been unusually forthright about the Red Cross -
"Red Cross is corrupt and used as a piggy bank."
https://8ch.net/cbts/res/33992.html#34407
Was Q signalling that the Red Cross conducts illegal activity within Australia, just as it does throughout the world? Does the Red Cross enjoy Diplomatic Immunity within Australia?
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2013L01916
Does the Red Cross use its vast logistics network to launder money, smuggle contraband and traffic humans with impunity? Is blood collection nothing more than a charitable front for a global criminal organisation that profits from human misery?
>Risk of 'conspiracy' label the deeper we go.
Does this global criminal organisation posses blackmail material on key Australian politicians? Did it seek to remind then Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull of its international reach by leaking his telephone conversation with POTUS? Was the message to Turnbull effectively, "Trump may have won the election but the cabal is still in control"?
Was the cabal unaware that White Hats had been in control long before the call was even made? Was the call allowed to leak to identify the bugged location and the leaker? Are the Australian FVEY agencies monitoring /qreasearch/ at this very moment?
Bloody oath.
Whatever else Turnbull might be, I don't think he'll be one of those Australian Government officials sweating on FISA DECLAS. Some of his predecessors, however…
>The clock is ticking.
#4934995 at 2019-01-28 03:41:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Malcolm Turnbull
>>2709016
>>4388597
#4934681 at 2019-01-28 03:13:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>4934255
Transcript:
Michaelia Cash threatened to name young women in Bill Shorten's office "about which rumours in this place abound" in retaliation for ongoing questions about her staff and the Australian Workers' Union raids.
The extraordinary threat in Senate estimates on Wednesday suggests - after Barnaby Joyce's resignation and changes to the ministerial code of conduct to ban sex between ministers and their staff - that political staffers may be drawn into day-to-day political combat.
After first defending the remarks, Cash withdrew what Penny Wong called "outrageous slurs" under the threat of Labor raising the matter in the Senate.
Cash had returned to estimates, continuing to block questions about whether her former senior media adviser, David De Garis, was involved in a tipoff to the media about the Australian federal police raid of the AWU.
Michaelia Cash warns of 'very dangerous path' after questions about her staff - politics live
Read more
The leak is being investigated by the AFP, who confirmed in earlier estimates sessions that it has interviewed more than 10 staff in at least two political offices but has not questioned any ministers.
The Labor senator Doug Cameron asked about the movement of staff out of Cash's office after De Garis resigned and the appointment of a new chief of staff.
Cash confirmed her new chief of staff was not drawn from an agency she oversees and said he or she is "well qualified".
But when asked if he or she was drawn from another Liberal office, the jobs and innovation minister noted the general rule is not to ask questions that identify ministerial staff. She then unleashed an extraordinary tirade and threat of reprisal against Labor.
"If you want to start discussing staff matters, be very, very careful," she said.
"I am happy to name every young woman in Mr Shorten's office about which rumours in this place abound.
"If you want to go down this path today I. Will. Do it.
"Do you want [me] to start naming them? For Mr Shorten to come out and deny any of the rumours that have been circulating in this building for many many years. [It's a] dangerous path to go down, and you know it."
Michaelia Cash claims 'public interest immunity' over union raid tipoff
Read more
Cameron suggested that Cash "take a chill pill" and the employment estimates committee was suspended several times.
Liberal senators including the committee chair, Lucy Gichuhi, attempted to move the hearing on to different outcomes in the employment portfolio, while Cameron argued to continue his line of questioning after what he called a "crazy performance" by Cash.
The Labor leader in the Senate, Penny Wong, called on Cash to withdraw the "outrageous slurs", which she said were sexist and impugned the character of Shorten and his staff.
She cited the prime minister's "moralising speech" about making parliament a better workplace for women and noted Cash, a former minister for women, was representing the minister for women in Senate estimates.
Cash said she did "not agree" with Wong's summation and accused Cameron of "maligning her staff". After Wong threatened to raise the matter in the Senate, Cash said: "If anyone has been offended - I withdraw."
Cameron resumed questions about whether the former Australian Building and Construction Commission chief, Nigel Hadgkiss, was indemnified for legal costs after resigning for breaching the Fair Work Act.
The shadow minister for women, Tanya Plibersek, told the lower house Cash had launched a "disgraceful attack on the young women working in this building".
Plibersek said she was offended on behalf of "smart young women working for me" and noted that Cash's apology was conditional - "one of those mealy-mouthed, weasel apologies 'if anyone was offended'".
She called on Malcolm Turnbull to "make her offer a proper apology to all of the young women she has offended".
On Wednesday Buzzfeed reported that a journalist claims to have received a tip-off from then-justice minister Michael Keenan's office about the AWU raid, although a spokesperson for Keenan denied his office's involvement.
On Tuesday the deputy commissioner, Leanne Close, said the AFP hoped to conclude its investigation "fairly soon" but it had uncovered new witnesses to interview and "different crimes" in relation to the AWU raid leak matter.
Despite carrying a maximum two-year jail term, the AFP said the leak is not its greatest priority. Two AFP teams of about 16 people are conducting the AWU raid leak investigation.
Guardian Australia has approached Shorten's office for comment.
>>https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/28/michaelia-cash-makes-outrageous-slurs-against-women-in-shortens-office
#3479681 at 2018-10-15 01:45:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
>>3418831
Many forget, Tony Abbott is a Rhodes Scholar (as is our Malcolm Turnbull & many other influential people in Australia's history).
Being accepted for a Rhodes Scholarship depends on the willingness to ascribe to the Rothschild view of the world.
The Rhodes Scholarship was established by Cecil John Rhodes, a Rothschild protege who was influential in the colonisation of East & South Africa. He was the Rothschild's front man. His influence ensured the Rothschild empire benefited hugely through this colonisation with monopolies in the enormous gold, diamond & agricultural wealth developed in Africa.
Rhodes also had a keen interest in keeping the world colonised by the British - as state of affairs, one may argue, that exists to this day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_M_Rothschild_%26_Sons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_Rhodes_Scholars
#3418323 at 2018-10-10 02:29:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Australian Patriots [as a whole] detest Malcolm Turnbull.
The guy is more than slippery!
Now in NY and involved with the UN.
Will the FISA have his name on it?
God, I hope so.
#3409934 at 2018-10-09 17:13:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
https://www.cirnow.com.au/soros-n-Turnbull-partnership/
Soros Malcolm Turnbull Rainmaker
Soros n Turnbull Partnership
by TrueBlue Observer|Published October 16, 2017|3 comments
Soros Backing Turnbull
Soros exposed: A few weeks ago a trove of hacked documents was published detailing the intricate international web of organizations nurtured by billionaire George Soros.
Dubbed 'the man who broke the Bank of England', Soros is a US based hedge fund operator and currency speculator worth $25 billion. In 2002 he was convicted for insider trading. The hacked documents shed light on Soros' extensive support of groups promoting open borders; climate action; abortion; the Palestinian cause; boycotts, divestments and sanctions targeting the democratic state of Israel; as well as a range of other left-wing issues.
Soros Funding GetUp!
George Soros's insidious influence has, regrettably, reached Australian politics as well. In 1999 Jeremy Heimans, then only 21, secured a two-month internship with the UN Security Council during which, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, he was to meet George Soros to talk about global financial speculation, which had been his honours thesis topic. In Australia six years later, in 2005, Jeremy Heimans and David Madden went on to co-found GetUp! in the model of MoveOn.org and other Soros funded political action committees.
Soros-Heimans-Madden
#3380315 at 2018-10-07 14:49:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
who controls Australia?world bank.vatican and UN
Phone call leaked was Turnbulls attempt to accept a shit load of muslim refugees that Obama agreed to.Trump hung up because it was shit deal for Australia to save face
UK has not controlled Australia legally since 1919///Australia has been in const void since 1919 and was subverted begining when prime minister whitlam created "queen of australia" and finalised when Hawke created "Australia act"…governor general acts as secretary of the parliament with a pretense that it is governed under a constitutional monarchy….This is falsity
Malcolm Turnbull hijacked the republic referendum because the cabal considered NWO was a few years away and did not want to risk australia creating a constitution…..Australia is in legal limbo and most asian countries recognise this.
#2843619 at 2018-09-02 09:07:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Whats this about Malcolm Turnbull resigning from Parliment completely?
He ded?
#2677364 at 2018-08-20 12:12:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
>>2666056
No environment officials at Turnbull meeting about $443m reef grant to tiny charity
No environment department officials were present at a meeting in which the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, discussed a plan that led to a $443.8m grant to a small Great Barrier Reef charity.
The charity, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, has also confirmed that its founders were wealthy businessmen and philanthropists with links to the resources industry, and one was a senior public servant in the Bjelke-Petersen government.
In hearings this week for a Senate inquiry examining how the foundation came to be awarded the funds, its managing director, Anna Marsden, said the foundation's chairman, John Schubert, was informed there would be a budget allocation at a 9 April meeting with Turnbull, Frydenberg and the secretary of the Environment and Energy Department, Finn Pratt.
But in a letter to the inquiry's committee, Marsden has corrected her statement to say Pratt was not present.
"In the hearing I stated that the secretary of the Department of Environment and Energy, Mr Finn Pratt, attended the meeting with our chair on 9 April 2018. This is incorrect, Mr Pratt was not present in this meeting," the letter states.
Marsden told the hearing the foundation "did not suggest or make any application for this funding" and was first informed of the plan at the 9 April meeting.
Guardian Australia can also reveal the idea for the foundation was conceived by Sir Sydney Schubert, a Queensland public servant who served as coordinator general under the Bjelke-Petersen Queensland government and was a founding director of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and a chancellor of Bond University. He died in 2015.
A spokesperson for the foundation said: "It is our understanding that Sir Sydney Schubert's idea for forming the foundation was to create a charity to bring science and business together with a common purpose of protecting the Great Barrier Reef."
The foundation, which has previously not disclosed who established the charity, confirmed the remaining three founders were its current chairman, John Schubert, John Boyd Reid, who was a chairman of his family's business James Hardie, and Sir Ian McFarlane, a businessman who sought to develop shale oil projects in Queensland.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission records for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation show it was registered as a company in 1999. Its first four directors were Sir Sydney Schubert, McFarlane, Reid and David Windsor, who was an executive director of the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators.
"At the Senate inquiry on 30 July, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation was asked about the origin of the foundation. The managing director agreed to make further inquiries," the foundation spokesperson said.
"Further to these inquiries, it is our understanding that in 1999: an initial meeting to discuss the formation of a charity to assist the Reef was held; those who attended that meeting included Sir Sydney Schubert (a founding director of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority), Sir Ian McFarlane, Mr John B Reid AO and Dr John Schubert AO."
The spokesperson added that in 1998 "the first severe mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef occurred".
Read more
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/01/no-environment-officials-at-Turnbull-meeting-about-443m-reef-grant-to-tiny-charity
#2333437 at 2018-07-29 03:31:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Once a thief, always a thief and nothing will change Malcolm Turnbull.
If you look at one issue by itself it is bad but once you start collating all the corruption Turnbull is involved in it starts to tell the full story. It's another one of the hundreds of reasons why we need a federal corruption body like ICAC to investigate corruption like this. Until then the best thing voters can do is helping publicise the corruption on social media.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2018/07/28/prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull-personally-linked-to-a-second-multi-million-dollar-fraud-of-taxpayers-money/
#1874221 at 2018-06-23 13:37:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
>>4520
Here comes Donald: US President 'to tour Australia in November' on his elite Air Force One plane with a group of 10 personal staff and a legion of secret service personnel, limousines and helicopters
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5876229/Donald-Trump-touring-Australia.html
>Donald Trump will reportedly visit Australia on his elite Air Force One plane in November on his way to an economic leader's summit in Papua New Guinea.
>The US President is considering travelling to Sydney, Canberra, Cairns or Brisbane in what would be his first visit to Australia, a source told The Australian.
>The president's large entourage is likely to include secret service personnel, armed security, limousines, helicopters, personal staff and travelling journalists.
>Mr Trump could make the trip after the US mid-term elections on November 6 but nothing has been 'locked in yet', the source said.
>The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders' meeting in Papua New Guinea is set for November 17 and 18.
…
>Mr Trump has not visited Australia since winning the US election in 2016, but he invited Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the White House in February.
>During the trip, Mr Trump said America's partnership with Australia 'has thrived' since the two countries fought together 100 years ago in World War 1.
>Mr Turnbull at the meeting described America as Australia's 'most important' strategic and economic ally.
#1382255 at 2018-05-12 09:54:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
I'm not sure if this is relevant or the validity of it but I found it posted in an Auspol thread on half chan a while ago.
"Save this, I found it on Facebook
Project Bethlehem is a child kidnapping and trafficking operation.
It is managed by the Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove.
Its Australia wide but is based in the Australia Capital Territory (Canberra) and South Australia.
Children are kidnapped and abused by pedo's within the states and territories of Australia, then smuggled interstate and provided to government department specialising in child protection services.
The children are then on sold to foster care agencies
Peter Cosgrove manages this project under Her Royal Highness (me: fucking bitch) and the project also occurs in the UK, South Africa and New Zealand.
People serving under Peter Cosgrove are:
Charles Thompson
Matthew Inkleson
Andrew Butler.
Under this is Lady Burley Griffin
Each Premier (state leader) in Australia is involved except for NSW.
Politicians are paid off each month and paid a cut by the
Department of Child Protection Services and the
Department of Child and Social Inclusion.
Evidence: politicians are receiving cheques directly from the departments, which are then cashed overseas.
Politicians receiving money are:
Jay Wetherill
Tom Koutsatonis
Peter Malinalskis
Stephen Conroy
Julia Hillard
John Howard
Peter Costello
Malcolm Turnbull
Tony Abbott
Malcolm Fraser
Ian Hunter MLC
They all receive cheques each month paying them substantial amounts based on each child sold.
Members of "The Family" Child trafficking ring are:
Stephen Evans
Melissa Evans
Russell Evans
Sandra Evans
Gabrielle Schiemcheque?
Stephen Humphries
Andrew Worthington
Melissa Giardi
Charles Franklin
Ian Fetridge
Michael Hurley Senior
Ian Hunter
Bevan Spencer Von Einem - gaoled
Paul Kitchener
Mike Rann
Julie Priest
Natalie Simons
Ian Weatherall
Ian Goodings
John Goodings
Will Goodings
Graeme Goodings
Continued….
People who have been killed are:
Rob Kelvin
Tamara Heading
John Lomack
Rhianna Bateau
Apprehended by the Australian Federal Police are
Ricardo Rodriguez and Feliez
Which were involved in the disappearance of Maddy McCann"
Pictures are (somewhat) related but are interesting reads/digs.
#625742 at 2018-03-11 07:50:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull orders inquiry following revelations ASIO warned parties about Chinese donations
http:// www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-06/Turnbull-orders-inquiry-following-revelation-asio-warned-parties/8592308
#20216 at 2018-01-11 09:45:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
In summary, the records of many deals made with the Clinton Foundation by Australian leadership (Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Julie Bishop, Malcolm Turnbull) since the 1990's have not been able to be accessed by the Australian taxpayer.
The AUS relationship with the CF is laden with many dodgy schemes including pharmaceutical connections with Indian company named 'Matrix' which was later bought by the USA big pharma named Mylan.
Owner of this company Nimmigad Prasad served 17 months in prison in 2012.
and said that the CF didnt buy the pharmaceuticals from him directly but acted as facilitators to provide the drugs to the foundations various projects in low income countries.
The best resource for finding out the details of the Clinton/ Australia connection are at the site posted below
www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/01/protecting-the-clintons.html
#11992 at 2018-01-10 14:40:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Australian Rhodes Scholar Prime Ministers
Bob Hawke 1953 President ACTU 1969-1979, Prime Minister of Australia, 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991
Malcolm Turnbull 1978 29th Prime Minister of Australia, 15 September 2015-present
Tony Abbott 1981 28th Prime Minister of Australia, 18 September 2013 to 14 September 2015
Background:
The Rhodes Scholarship was established in 1902 under the terms and conditions of the will of the British mining magnate and South African politician Cecil John Rhodes,
The Rothschild bank, N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, funded Cecil Rhodes' endeavours in Southern Africa resulting in the development of the British South Africa Company and in the creation of the African colony of Rhodesia.
At his death Rhodes was considered one of the wealthiest men in the world.
Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917) administered Rhodes's estate after his death in 1902 and helped to set up the Rhodes Scholarship scheme at the University of Oxford.
The Rhodes Scholarship commenced as, and still is a Rothschild beast. Due to it's distinction, you can be confident those selected are adherents to the Rothschild world view & would have been groomed to promote Rothschild values & goals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rhodes_Scholars
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_M_Rothschild_%26_Sons
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes#Expanding_the_British_Empire
#4949 at 2018-01-09 17:37:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
I'll answer them again although previous poster did a good job.
>How much did AUS donate to CF?
"over 88 million AUD" over 10 years.
>How much did SA donate to CF?
"between 10 and 25 USD" over 25 years
>Compare.
Obviously Australia donated more much faster and more recently.
>Why is this relevant?
Because australia is a den of fucking corruption and cabal bullshit
>What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
The first and possibly only one
>List the leadership in AUS.
Two left feet (labour unions and liberals) and a third wheel (greens) also left.
>IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
Union leftists who lost two candidates to an in party revolt because of odd reasons (allegedly kevin Rudd did too much good for the economy)
>IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Spineless liberal cuckold called "Malcolm Turnbull" (more like turncoat) that has the audacity to attempt to play both sides but nobody likes him so they leak everything about him.
>Who controls AUS?
The Australian government
>Who really controls AUS?
Royal connections although people deny it, governor general has ultimate rule THROUGH the queen.
>UK?
Queen
>Why is this relevant?
Queen is in trouble now for having eyes bigger than her hands
#4572 at 2018-01-09 16:46:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Australian Notes 2 of 5
Political Leaders
Current Political Leaders (Both predate Trump, and fellate Hussein)
Current Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (Toady)
www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/wikileaks-shorten-seeks-us-approval-for-prime-ministership/
Can't find a good source yet, but Bill Shorten also leaked the discussions in PM Kevin Rudd's cabinet meetings to CIA
Current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Globalist establishment, Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker)
Very rich for an Australian politician. Previous investor in a major Australian ISP when the internets exploded. This fellow most likely leaked his own phone call with Trump and knows all about when US data collection and privacy invasion came online in Australia.
www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/politics/Malcolm-Turnbull-only-mp-to-make-top-200-on-rich-list/story-e6frgczf-1225871756887?sv=2e77be281dd39ea0cf4b91313095fc7a
Previous Prime Minister Tony Abbot
He stopped the huge number of refugee boats, because it was fucking obvious everyone would love it. Ate a raw onion on camera. Hates Julia Gillard.
Previous Prime Ministers Rudd and Gillard (Labor Party)
They accelerated the refugee intake and boats, big time. Ran a similar GFC response to what Obama did. Fought with each other and switched places in leadership challenges (Rudd-Gillard-Rudd).
The two most recently notable/popular leaders of the two party tyranny have been Bob Hawke(1980's Labor Party), and John Howard(1996-2007 Liberal(neocon) Party. John Howard effectively disarmed the population after one mass shooting, then plenty of post-9/11 Hijinks with Bush & Blair. Ran the government at a surplus, which helped when the GFC hit. Paid Australians to have babies with the Baby Bonus.
Dealings with the Clinton Foundation
Global Partnership for Education
Gillard donated $300 million of taxpayers money
Abbot via Bishop donated $140 million
heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896?nk=9f214038aea17e100a13c346ee88833e-1515305702
World Bank plays a major role in GPE as trustee and grant supervisor.
Open Society Foundations helps fund GPE
globalpartnership.org/about-us/foundations
quadrant.org.au/opinion/qed/2016/07/gillard/
Julia Gillard
Appointed chair Feb 2014 for Global Partnership for Education
On the Board for beyondblue (mental health org) Dec 2014
A key speaker in 2013 with Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Al Gore in Washington DC for the Centre for American Progress (CAP). CAP was founded and until 2014 chaired by John Podesta
Julia Gillard got prime position as chair of Global Partnership for Education
Julie Bishop was angling for similar outcome but was halted by the Trump win
8chan/8kun QResearch SOUTH AFRICA Posts (1)
#16415402 at 2022-06-08 18:40:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research South Africa #7: "TRUTH cannot be hidden forever" Edition
"Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal" - Part 2
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/07/revealed-glencore-bankrolled-covert-campaign-to-prop-up-coal
6 March 2019
Energy in Australia is similar in design and tone to a second pro-coal website, Australian Power Project, which was revealed in 2017 to have links to an employee of the C|T Group. Guardian Australia has found no evidence to suggest the Australian Power Project is part of Project Caesar.
Project Caesar also had a significant traditional media component, seeking to amplify and spread pro-coal voices and messaging in mainstream media sources.
The project had an overarching strategy of shifting the emotion and tone of the energy debate to favour coal by using arguments that were personally relevant to its target audience. Its messaging was centred on themes of cost, reliability and family security.
The campaign contrasts with Glencore's more recent statement that it would cap global coal output, in part due to investor pressure to act on climate change.
It also potentially contrasted with the aims of another C|T Group client, the Liberal party, whose then leader Malcolm Turnbull was attempting to forge ahead with new reliability and emissions reduction guarantees, which would have reduced Australia's reliance on coal.
In a statement, Glencore confirmed it had engaged the C|T Group on the project, which it said used research, focus groups, and polling to "better understand public views on coal".
Glencore also confirmed it deployed a "proactive communications campaign" designed to counter the efforts of environmental activists.
It said the campaign complied with all relevant laws - Guardian Australia is not suggesting otherwise.
"The project also mandated CT Group to conduct a proactive communication campaign on coal in compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements," the company said in a statement.
"The project's objective was to convey simple facts about coal and in particular to counter misinformation from environmental activists."
"Our business continues to engage with a range of stakeholders on the role that coal plays in socio-economic development and enabling access to reliable energy. We also acknowledge the need to transition to a low carbon economy. Glencore's portfolio of commodities will allow the company to play a key role in this transition."
Glencore said it told C|T Group to wrap up the project in mid-February to align with its announcement on climate change and the decision to cap coal output.
The C|T Group declined to comment, other than to say:
"All information about our clients is treated with the strictest confidence."
8chan/8kun TheStorm Posts (18)
#30872 at 2018-01-09 02:30:52 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #38: The Bigly New Year Edition
THE DUMB DEAL
So Malcolm Turnbull Oz PM sends motherload of cash (how much? hundreds of millions?) to Iran in exchange for Obama deal to ship Nauru and Manus Island detainees to USA. the deal that pissed off Trump... ex transcript Q directed us to.
what a fucking idiot. hope this comes out mainstream.
HQME GQLDMAN
I venture Assange is HOME in Oz with his mother and son Daniel at a US airbase for protection in exchange for silence about the deal and misappropriation of Oz funds.
Malcolm was GOLDMAN Sachs CEO...
#11586 at 2018-01-07 04:20:38 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #14: TAKE THE BAKE EDITION
>>11079
>List the leadership in AUS.
Currently Malcolm Turbull - Liberal party
>IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
KEVIN RUDD, Labor Party (same shizz as Dems) - Dec 3 2007 to Jun 24 2010
JULIA GILLARD, Labor Party - Jun 24 2010 to Jun 27 2013
JULIA GILLARD took Prime Ministership from Kevin Rudd through a party leadership challenge. No Ausfag voted for her.
KEVIN RUDD (same Big Kev as before took Prime Ministership back on Jun 27 2013 until Sept 18 2013.
TONY ABBOTT - Liberal Party (same shizz as Republicans) Sept 18 2013 to Sept 15 2015
Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party Sept15 to present.
>IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Malcolm Turnbull
>Who controls AUS?
Supposedly ENGLAND, Ausfags have a Governor General (Queens Representative)
>Who really controls AUS?
CHINA has loads of foreign investments in AUS
>UK?
On Paper they do, AUS is part of British Commonwealth
>Why is this relevant?
House of Windsor sending money to CF through AUSfag proxy
#11232 at 2018-01-07 03:29:37 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #14: TAKE THE BAKE EDITION
>>11079
https: //www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
Link to Phone call between POTUS and AUS PM
#11211 at 2018-01-07 03:27:00 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #14: TAKE THE BAKE EDITION
Malcolm Turnbull and his son have a lot of Chinese connections
/www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/Turnbull-has-chinese-daughter-in-
//www.smh.com.au/business/Malcolm-Turnbulls-son-said-to-start-hedge-fund-in-singapore-20140731-zytb6.html
#11160 at 2018-01-07 03:19:22 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #14: TAKE THE BAKE EDITION
Another transcript of call version
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#10634 at 2018-01-07 02:18:21 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #13: CRITICAL HOUR EDITION
>>10591
>Q uses X as a place keeper. He used it here in place of MT.
my thoughts were Malcolm Turnbull > Malcolm x > x
#10322 at 2018-01-07 01:32:27 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #13: CRITICAL HOUR EDITION
Attention all free Anons
Im asking for brainstorming ideas re Q's crumbs on AUS connections/donations.
Q' Said >>8039
>What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?
Well im sure we know about the Trump Turnbull phonecall leak.
<theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
But i cant see what the implications of this leak are in context to the crumb.
Another thing that gets me is the X/ in front of AUS.
Does this mean ex/Australian PM?
Was there any comms b/w Trump and a PM prior to Turnbull?
Any help welcomed.
#9101 at 2018-01-06 22:54:59 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
>>8995
Labor* and Liberals are very close i agree, both sit right of centre overall with Labor more centre right and Libs Auth Right.
I dont know if you understand the dynamic of the (crumbling, infighting) Liberal and Nationals Coalition but they definitely have actual conservatives in their ranks, as well as conservative farmer types in the National party.
Malcolm Turnbull is connected to the banks correct, this has been known publicly for a while now though.
#9062 at 2018-01-06 22:50:06 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
this phonecall with Turnbull?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#8995 at 2018-01-06 22:43:57 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
>>8859
Labour / Liberal in Aus - makes no difference.
The conservative party (Liberal party) is not conservative at all.
Current PM, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal Party /Conservative) is former Goldman Sachs banker.
#8859 at 2018-01-06 22:28:50 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
>>8039
>IDEN Leadership during Hussein term.
Hussein from 09-17
AUS was
(from 07-10) Kevin Rudd [07 - 24/06/2010] Labor
then Backstab Gillard from 10-13 [24/06/2010 - 26/06/2013] Labor
and back to Rudd for 11 weeks. [27/06/2013 - 22/11/2013] Labor
From 13-15 Tony Abbott [18/10/2013 - 14/10/2015] Liberal (not to the US kind, these are conservatives)
then Malcolm Turnbull [15/10/2015 - Present] Liberal
Malcolm Turnbull has been the only PM since Trump's Election.
#8770 at 2018-01-06 22:17:36 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
>>8093
Transcript Trump Turnbull
theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
#8243 at 2018-01-06 21:20:10 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
SA donated between 10 and 25 million to CF… 25 million, according to Trump, who I'm inclined to believe.
http://www. politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/07/fact-checking-donations-clinton-foundation/
It's relevant because it represent quid pro quo, most likely (pay-for-play). These monies are essentially the "strings" controlling the "puppets".
Here is the full-transcript of the phone call between POTUS and AUS PM: http://www. abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-Malcolm-Turnbull-refugee-phone-call-transcript/8773422
AUS leadership:
Prime minister: Malcolm Turnbull
Capital: Canberra
Queen: Elizabeth II
Governor-general: Peter Cosgrove
Leader: Prime Minister
Formation: 1901
Government: Parliamentary system, Constitutional monarchy, Federal monarchy
(See graphic)
I don't know what the fuck IDEN is… (Clue me in please, anons)
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network???
Who controls AUS? A: Queen Elizabeth II
Who really controls AUS? A: Whomever controls Queen Elizabeth II
Why is this relevant? Because the Queen is a Satanic baby-eater? (Idk)
#8217 at 2018-01-06 21:18:19 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
AUSAID, Commonwealth of Australia and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia each donated 10,000,000 to 25,000,000 according to her website.
Both from AUS were government grants.
https://www.clintonfoundation. org/contributorscategory=%2410%2C000%2C001+to+%2425%2C000%2C000
AUS donated est. $75 to $88 mil by Oct 2016.
SAUD est. $10 to $25 mil.
https://www.politico. com/story/2016/06/trump-clinton-foundation-224287
Looks like AUS is CF's BITCH!
Trump call with PM of AUS. (Malcolm Turnbull) about refugees.
List of PMs during Obama term:
Kevin Rudd 2007 - 2010
Julia Gillard 2010 - 2013
Kevin Rudd June 2013 - Sept. 2013
Tony Abbott 2013 - 2015.
Malcolm Turnbull 2015 - present. (UNDER POTUS.)
If UK controls AUS, then CF -> AUS -> UK -> Roths.
#8140 at 2018-01-06 21:11:59 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
>List leadership in AUS primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/
Since my earliest recollection:
John Howard (Liberal Party) (96-07)
Kevin (07) Rudd (Labor Party) (07-13)
Julia Gillard (Labor Party) (Backstab! 2013 Only)
Tony (Tone Abet) Abbott (2013-15)
Malcolm Turnbull (Backstab! 2015-Present)
PM Turnbull keeps wanting to push a Republic Referendum/Plebiscite.
Q, does Current PM take orders from Queen?
#8107 at 2018-01-06 21:08:56 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
AUS : rumoured $88MM
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896?nk=122fe06763f6c78a8f5982156c8d2e6b-1515272681
SA: $25MM
phone call: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
AUS LeADERS:
>Malcolm Turnbull
4th RR
Party Minister Portfolio
Liberal Malcolm Turnbull MP
Prime Minister
Leader of the Liberal Party
National Barnaby Joyce MP
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Leader of the National Party
Liberal Julie Bishop MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
Liberal Christian Porter MP
Attorney-General
Liberal Scott Morrison MP
Treasurer
Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance
Special Minister of State
Vice-President of the Executive Council
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Liberal Christopher Pyne MP
Minister for Defence Industry
Leader of the House
CLP Senator Nigel Scullion
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Leader of the National Party in the Senate
LNP Peter Dutton MP
Minister for Home Affairs
Liberal Greg Hunt MP
Minister for Health
Liberal Senator Marise Payne
Minister for Defence
Liberal Senator Mitch Fifield
Minister for Communications
Minister for the Arts
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash
Minister for Jobs and Innovation
Liberal Dan Tehan MP
Minister for Social Services
Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham
Minister for Education and Training
Manager of Government Business in the Senate
National Senator Bridget McKenzie
Minister for Sport
Minister for Rural Health
Minister for Regional Communications
Deputy Leader of the Nationals Party
LNP Steven Ciobo MP
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
LNP David Littleproud MP
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Liberal Kelly O'Dwyer MP
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services
Minister for Women
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
Liberal Josh Frydenberg MP
Minister for the Environment and Energy
LNP Senator Matthew Canavan
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia
Liberal Michael Keenan MP
Minister for Human Services
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation
LNP John McVeigh MP
Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government
Outer Ministry[edit]
Party Minister Portfolio
Liberal Paul Fletcher MP
Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities
Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Minister for International Development and the Pacific
Liberal Angus Taylor MP
Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity
Liberal Alan Tudge MP
Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
Liberal Craig Laundy MP
Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation
National Michael McCormack MP
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
Minister for Defence Personnel
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC
Deputy Leader of the House
Liberal Ken Wyatt AM, MP
Minister for Indigenous Health
Minister for Aged Care
Assistant Ministers[edit]
Party Minister Portfolio
LNP Senator James McGrath
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
National Damian Drum
Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister
Liberal Senator Anne Ruston
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Liberal Alex Hawke MP
Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
LNP Karen Andrews MP
Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills
Liberal Senator Zed Seselja
Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation
LNP Jane Prentice MP
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services
National Luke Hartsuyker MP
Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
National David Gillespie MP
Assistant Minister for Children and Families
Liberal Michael Sukkar MP
Assistant Minister to the Treasurer
Liberal Melissa Price MP
Assistant Minister for the Environment
Liberal David Coleman MP
Assistant Minister for Finance
UK CONTROLS
#8063 at 2018-01-06 21:05:03 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
>Aus PM Transcript
archive.fo/fi83d
> Full transcript of Trump's phone call with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
#8062 at 2018-01-06 21:04:58 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #10: Camp David Weekend Edition
>>8039
Transcript of POTUS' call with AUS PM:
https:/ /www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/04/full-transcript-of-trumps-phone-call-with-australian-prime-minister-Malcolm-Turnbull
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#257272 at 2018-01-07 07:53:11 (UTC+1)
CBTS General #306: Can't Keep Us Down Edition
Q posts research
How much did AUS donate to CF? 10 yrs $88 m > $0 when wikileaks emails. CF records don't match AUS. dailycaller.com/2016/07/27/exclusive-clinton-foundation-got-20m-from-down-under-or-88m/
How much did SA donate to CF? WSJ says $10-$25 m, Since 2001, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates gave as much as $40 million to the Clinton Foundation. Individuals donation records? ?Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24782695.html#storylink=cpy
AUS was heavily involved with HIV/AIDS Clinton Health (Access)Initiative. CHI was "facilitator" means they skimmed 10% and passed money onto "local" groups. www.michaelsmithnews.com/2016/08/the-sordid-history-of-australias-deals-to-facilitate-the-clinton-foundations-access-to-asia.html
Compare.
AUS uses soft diplomacy especially dealing with China. Advantageous to coordinate vaccine programs through CF than conduct air raids in Syria.
Obama and his successor could control China/SEAsia. We could control ME by partnering with Saudis-$165 billion worth of arms sales were approved by the State Department to 20 nations whose governments gave money to the Clinton Foundation. The counties buying weapons from the US were the same countries previously condemned for human rights abuses. They included Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. $29 billion weapons to SA www.huffingtonpost.com/medea-benjamin/hillary-clinton-saudi-arabia_b_9374490.html
Why is this relevant? Only works if Labor party is in power in Australia. 2013 liberals came to power in Australia. MbS was named crowned prince early 2017 in surprise move. Mohammed bin Nayef was longtime favorite of US.
What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked? With Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Trump hammered on the 2,000 refugees that Obama's agreed to take in. Real bad idea. Said he was halting immigration from Syria.
List the leadership in AUS.
theodora.com/wfbcurrent/australia/australia_chiefs.html
IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, (2013 liberal )Tony Abbott, Turnbull
IDEN leadership during POTUS' term. Turnbull
Who controls AUS? PM
Who really controls AUS? Corporations, financiers.
UK? banks www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=39586
Why is this relevant? Banks control economy controls taxation controls military controls people. AUS balance. Trade with China strategic alliance with US. Sees decline of us power under BHO as way to get closer with Asian partners.
Qbilateral cooperation in the areas of cyber defense and cyber security incident response and expanded cooperation on ballistic missile defense (BMD) in the Asia-Pacific region.12 A bilateral working group is to look at ways Australia can contribute to a BMD system. Concerned about South China Sea reclamation
UK & US permanent UNSC members. NATO, UN, G8, huge grade relations, partners, probably controls 95% of world economies through banks
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#127789 at 2023-05-10 12:47:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #371: Pepe crosses the Delaware Edition
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10:00 AM EDT
Freight Forward: Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges to Deliver for America
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
^
WITNESSES:
Mr. William "Lewie" Pugh
Executive Vice President
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
^
Ms. Anne Reinke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Transportation Intermediaries Association
^
Mr. David Fialkov
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs
NATSO, Representing America's Travel Plazas and Truck Stops
SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers
^
Mr. Cole Scandaglia
Senior Legislative Representative and Policy Advisor
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115824
https://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=406370
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPmsdt9rF_A
10:00 AM EDT
Full Committee Hearing - An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for Fiscal Year 2024
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
^
WITNESSES:
Dr. Laurie E. Locascio, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115720
https://science.house.gov/2023/5/full-committee-hearing-an-overview-of-the-budget-proposal-for-the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-for-fiscal-year-2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqacVeLdhf0
10:30 AM EDT
Gold Star Family Film Screenings
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/55827/
10:30 AM EDT
CLOSED: The President's Fiscal Year 24 Budget, U.S. Competitiveness, and the U.S.-China Relationship
Senate Appropriations Committee
^
WITNESSES:
The Honorable Dr. Ely Ratner
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
Department of Defense
^
The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Department of State
^
The Honorable Thea D. Rozman Kendler
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration at the Bureau of Industry and Security
Department of Commerce
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334090
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/the-presidents-fy-24-budget-us-competitiveness-and-the-us-china-relationship
10:30 AM EDT
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing: "Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment"
House Energy and Commerce Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115903
https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/oversight-and-investigations-subcommittee-hearing-closing-the-digital-divide-overseeing-federal-funds-for-broadband-deployment
10:30 AM EDT
Hearings to Examine Leadership Perspectives and Experience on the National Costs of Climate Change
Senate Budget Committee
^
WITNESSES:
The Honorable Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister, Australia
^
The Honorable Bill Frist, M.D.
Global Board Chair
The Nature Conservancy
Former Senate Majority Leader
^
Additional Witnesses to be Announced
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/334091
https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/lessons-learned-leadership-perspectives-and-experience-on-the-national-costs-of-climate-change
10:50 AM EDT
The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
11:00 AM EDT
Remote Sensing Enables Monitoring Life Above and Under Water & Global Vegetation Monitoring With Probabilistic Deep Learning
ai for Good Is Organized by ITU in Partnership With 40 UN Sister Agencies and Co-convened With Switzerland
https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/remote-sensing-enables-monitoring-life-above-and-under-water-global-vegetation-monitoring-with-probabilistic-deep-learning/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6krEymY4mEk
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- Question: IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.
Answer: Malcolm Turnbull
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- Question: IDEN leadership during Hussein term.
Answer: KEVIN RUDD, Labor Party (same shizz as Dems) - Dec 3 2007 to Jun 24 2010 JULIA GILLARD, Labor Party - Jun 24 2010 to Jun 27 2013 JULIA GILLARD took Prime Ministership from Kevin Rudd through a party leadership challenge. No Ausfag voted for her. KEVIN RUDD (same Big Kev as before took Prime Ministership back on Jun 27 2013 until Sept 18 2013. TONY ABBOTT - Liberal Party (same shizz as Republicans) Sept 18 2013 to Sept 15 2015 Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party Sept15 to present.
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