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#21755120 at 2024-10-13 03:34:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

#36 - Part 54
Australian Politics and Society - Part 30
>>21607498 Daniel Andrews car crash:'Appalling conspiracy theories': Andrews blasts former cop's crash claims- Former premier Daniel Andrews and his wife Catherine have issued a rare joint statement post-politics to blast a report by a former police officer that cast doubt on their version of a 2013 car accident that injured a teenager. The report was compiled by former police assistant commissioner Dr Raymond Shuey, shortly before his death, in his capacity as an expert witness for a court case brought by Ryan Meuleman, who was hit by the couple's car when riding his bike. Meuleman is suing his former lawyers over the handling of his original claim for compensation after the crash. Previous investigations by Victoria Police and the state's integrity watchdog have cleared Daniel and Catherine Andrews over the accident and its handling. In their statement, the couple took aim at the Herald Sun, which first published the report's findings on Tuesday, describing the article as "conspiracy theories dressed up as journalism". Andrews' wife, Catherine, was driving a taxpayer-funded 4WD when the then 15-year-old cyclist was hit. Andrews, who was opposition leader at the time, was also in the car, along with the couple's three children. Shuey's report, seen by The Age, alleges authorities engaged in an "overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening crash". In response, the couple said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon: "This so-called report was commissioned by lawyers on behalf of their clients who are seeking money through the courts by suing their former lawyers. "We are not a party to this legal action. We did nothing wrong. This matter has already been comprehensively and independently investigated and closed by Victoria Police and integrity agencies. "We will not dignify these appalling conspiracy theories by commenting further at this time." Meuleman, who in 2022 secured an $80,000 compensation payout from the Transport Accident Commission, is suing his former law firm, Slater & Gordon. He alleges the firm did not conduct a thorough enough investigation into the January 7 2013 crash and that the firm should have fought for a larger payout.

>>21614315 Ukraine fury as Australia offloads military gear on 'eBay for weapons' - Decommissioned Australian military equipment keenly sought by Ukraine to help its fight against invading Russian forces is being sold for recreational use on eBay-style auction websites, angering the Ukrainian diaspora and sparking calls for an overhaul of Defence Force disposal policies. The federal government has rebuffed repeated entreaties to send hundreds of Chinese-made surveillance drones to Ukraine that were grounded because of security concerns but work perfectly and have played a crucial role in saving Ukrainian soldiers' lives. The Ukrainian-Australian community was bitterly disappointed earlier this year when the government opted to dismantle and bury its grounded fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters rather than take up a formal request to donate them to the Ukrainian army. The Pickles Auctions firm has monthly online auctions of decommissioned military equipment, with the next sell-off slated for early October. In recent months, the firm's Facebook page has invited "off-road enthusiasts" to bid on decommissioned army long-range patrol vehicles, troop carriers and Land Rovers, saying "there's a vehicle to suit every adventure". One of the long-range patrol vehicles - used by Special Air Services soldiers in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars - reportedly sold for $113,000 last year. Kateryna Argyrou, co-chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, said it was "short-sighted and baffling" to see retired Australian Defence Force (ADF) cargo trucks, troop carriers and inflatable boats for sale online when they could be put to use on the battlefield.

#21755118 at 2024-10-13 03:33:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

#36 - Part 53
Australian Politics and Society - Part 29
>>21607471 Video:Daniel Andrews car crash: Review concludes police investigation was 'deeply flawed', 'unfounded' and 'contrary to the available evidence'- A bombshell review of the Daniel and Catherine Andrews car crash has found Victoria Police engaged in "an overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening" incident. The explosive 36-page assessment by a former police assistant commissioner asserts that the Andrews' family SUV was "travelling at speed" and on the wrong side of the road when it struck teenage cyclist Ryan Meuleman in a Blairgowrie side street on January 7, 2013. The former premier and his wife have always insisted that they came to a "complete stop" and "turned right from a stationary ?position" just ?"moments" before being "T-boned" by the bike. But the expert review, conducted by the state's former Assistant Commissioner for Traffic and Operations Dr Raymond Shuey, concludes the police investigation which supported the Andrews' version of events was "deeply flawed", "unfounded" and "contrary to the available evidence". "The version as provided by Catherine and Daniel Andrews is considered improbable and implausible," Dr Shuey asserts. "The truth is still outstanding. It is most probable that the vehicle undertook a sweep turn at speed, cutting the corner and still on the incorrect side of the roadway in Ridley St, 27 metres from Melbourne Rd when the collision occurred." "The propagation of a lie" and "a striking deception", the report finds, began when the driver's name was recorded as "Catherine Louise Kesik" – Mrs Andrews' maiden name - in a Traffic Incident System report submitted by police in the hours after the crash. "This is contrary to the name of Andrews as recorded by police as contemporaneous notes on the form 502, the investigation notes, TAC reports, statements and all other recordings provided," it says. "Kesik then becomes the name under which the crash is indexed and retrievable. This irregularity would be a 'standout' for supervisors, insurance, legal reviewers ... "It is my opinion that this deception is part of a course of conduct and a component of an overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening crash. Failure by supervisors and reviewers to identify this or seek explanation is inexcusable."

>>21607487 Video:'Daniel Andrews in various press statements reconstructed versions clearly intended to place fault on the cyclist''- Daniel Andrews has always insisted in his evidence that Ryan Meuleman's bike struck his family's Ford Territory "at speed". "He absolutely T-boned the car, hit it at such force he was literally inside the car," the former premier once declared of the 2013 Blairgowrie crash. But a review of his statements to police reveals that Mr Andrews admitted, in his own words, that he actually had no way of knowing that was the case. "The first I saw of him was when he smashed into the windscreen on the driver's side," he said in his sworn statement to police. It's a contradiction former assistant commissioner Dr Raymond Shuey hammers home in his review of the crash. "Both statements cannot be true," he asserts. "Daniel Andrews in various press statements reconstructed versions clearly intended to place fault on the cyclist." Instead, Dr Shuey paints a very different picture of the likely cause of the near-fatal collision - a speeding car that cut the corner of Melbourne Road, smashing into Ryan on the wrong side of Ridley St - just 1.5m from the far edge of the right hand side of the roadway - 27 metres up from the intersection. "It was definitely not a low-speed vehicle impact," the 36-page review asserts. "It was definitely not a high-speed bike impact against a slow speed vehicle - otherwise the flip motion of the cyclist would have been in a different and opposite direction to his actual trajectory. "If the vehicle was travelling from a stationary start in Melbourne Road (as stated by Catherine and Daniel Andrews), 27 metres prior to impact, it would not have reached the resultant speed to cause the damage and injuries. "Low speed impacts propel pedestrians and cyclists forward of impact. This impact was so severe, it flipped the cyclist ... onto the bonnet, propulsion over the roof line and then sideways onto the roadway."

#21607498 at 2024-09-17 10:59:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

>>21607471
>>21607487
'Appalling conspiracy theories': Andrews blasts former cop's crash claims

Broede Carmody - September 17, 2024

Former premier Daniel Andrews and his wife Catherine have issued a rare joint statement post-politics to blast a report by a former police officer that cast doubt on their version of a 2013 car accident that injured a teenager.

The report was compiled by former police assistant commissioner Dr Raymond Shuey, shortly before his death, in his capacity as an expert witness for a court case brought by Ryan Meuleman, who was hit by the couple's car when riding his bike.

Meuleman is suing his former lawyers over the handling of his original claim for compensation after the crash. Previous investigations by Victoria Police and the state's integrity watchdog have cleared Daniel and Catherine Andrews over the accident and its handling.

In their statement, the couple took aim at the Herald Sun, which first published the report's findings on Tuesday, describing the article as "conspiracy theories dressed up as journalism".

Andrews' wife, Catherine, was driving a taxpayer-funded 4WD when the then 15-year-old cyclist was hit. Andrews, who was opposition leader at the time, was also in the car, along with the couple's three children.

Shuey's report, seen by The Age, alleges authorities engaged in an "overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening crash".

In response, the couple said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon: "This so-called report was commissioned by lawyers on behalf of their clients who are seeking money through the courts by suing their former lawyers.

"We are not a party to this legal action. We did nothing wrong. This matter has already been comprehensively and independently investigated and closed by Victoria Police and integrity agencies.

"We will not dignify these appalling conspiracy theories by commenting further at this time."

Meuleman, who in 2022 secured an $80,000 compensation payout from the Transport Accident Commission, is suing his former law firm, Slater & Gordon.

He alleges the firm did not conduct a thorough enough investigation into the January 7, 2013, crash and that the firm should have fought for a larger payout.

The damages proceedings are due to be heard in the Supreme Court. While Shuey's report may be tabled with the court, it is not clear how much weight a judge will place on it given its author can no longer be cross-examined.

In his report, Shuey cited the distance the cyclist was thrown from the car and concluded the 4WD could not have come to a complete stop before turning onto Ridley Street, an allegation that clashes with the couple's evidence.

"It was definitely not a low-speed vehicle impact," Shuey wrote, noting the cyclist was flipped over the car roof.

He found the car was likely travelling at between 40km/h and 50km/h at the point of impact, which is within the speed limit for unsigned suburban streets in Blairgowrie.

The former police officer also took issue with the "lack of rigour" surrounding the investigation.

The police officers who attended the scene did not breathalyse anyone, in breach of standard operating procedures. IBAC cleared police of wrongdoing in December 2017.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said: "As has been previously stated, Victoria Police conducted a thorough investigation into this matter, as did IBAC, and all findings were consistent. We have no further comment to provide on the matter."

A Slater & Gordon spokeswoman declined to comment, citing ongoing court proceedings.

The Age has contacted the Meuleman family for comment via the family's barrister.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/appalling-conspiracy-theories-andrews-blasts-former-cop-s-crash-claims-20240917-p5kbbj.html

#21607487 at 2024-09-17 10:51:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

>>21607471
'Daniel Andrews in various press statements reconstructed versions clearly intended to place fault on the cyclist'

An expert review has painted a picture of the likely cause of the near-fatal collision and highlighted a major contradiction in Daniel Andrews' version of events.

Michael Warner - September 17, 2024

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Daniel Andrews has always insisted in his evidence that Ryan Meuleman's bike struck his family's Ford Territory "at speed".

"He absolutely T-boned the car, hit it at such force he was literally inside the car," the former premier once declared of the 2013 Blairgowrie crash.

But a review of his statements to police reveals that Mr Andrews admitted, in his own words, that he actually had no way of knowing that was the case.

"The first I saw of him was when he smashed into the windscreen on the driver's side," he said in his sworn statement to police.

It's a contradiction former assistant commissioner Dr Raymond Shuey hammers home in his review of the crash.

"Both statements cannot be true," he asserts.

"Daniel Andrews in various press statements reconstructed versions clearly intended to place fault on the cyclist."

Instead, Dr Shuey paints a very different picture of the likely cause of the near-fatal collision - a speeding car that cut the corner of Melbourne Road, smashing into Ryan on the wrong side of Ridley St - just 1.5m from the far edge of the right hand side of the roadway - 27 metres up from the intersection.

"It was definitely not a low-speed vehicle impact," the 36-page review asserts.

"It was definitely not a high-speed bike impact against a slow speed vehicle - otherwise the flip motion of the cyclist would have been in a different and opposite direction to his actual trajectory.

"If the vehicle was travelling from a stationary start in Melbourne Road (as stated by Catherine and Daniel Andrews), 27 metres prior to impact, it would not have reached the resultant speed to cause the damage and injuries.

"Low speed impacts propel pedestrians and cyclists forward of impact. This impact was so severe, it flipped the cyclist ... onto the bonnet, propulsion over the roof line and then sideways onto the roadway."

Dr Shuey's analysis also details why Ryan, who was riding his sister's push bike with a mechanics bag full of tools on his back, could not have been travelling at speed.

"The track where the tool laden bike was being ridden was a gravel, sandy track not enabling any bike speed as well as there being a distinct lip to negotiate prior to crossing Ridley Street," the review says.

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#21607478 at 2024-09-17 10:44:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

>>21607475

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Review finds 'inexcusable' breaches

An officer from the Rye police station "jumped the call" to take charge of the Daniel and Catherine Andrews car crash scene - two minutes after it had been allocated to another unit in closer proximity, a bombshell review has revealed.

The senior constable stated that she "was closer" to the Blairgowrie street where teenage bike rider Ryan Meuleman was struck, "but was actually at Rye police station doing urgent correspondence, then taking six and a half minutes to leave", the review by the state's former assistant commissioner for traffic and operations Dr Raymond Shuey found.

"This raises critical questions as to why 'the senior constable' (name redacted) wanted to take over the call and cancel a unit already en route. What external communications via telephone or radio with 'the senior constable' occurred in the time from the crash to being en route?"

The review identifies more than a dozen "inexcusable" breaches of standard operating procedures that were committed in the original police probe, including a failure to validate who was behind the wheel when Ryan Meuleman was struck in January 2013.

It also questions why experienced highway patrol officers or the Major Collision Unit were not called "as required by policy, custom and practice" and why Victoria Police hierarchy was kept in the dark about "a public, political figure involved in a serious incident".

It chronicles how police had been "deceptive and misleading" and "perpetuated a lie" by "falsely" reporting that a breath test had been conducted - and was negative - before changing documents to say that a test had not been given because Mrs Andrews "did not smell of intoxicating liquor".

The review outlines a "course of conduct and pattern of behaviour" by police raising serious questions about the integrity of the inquiry, including:

- IMMEDIATE acceptance of the Andrews' version of events "when the vehicle damage, ambulance report and cyclist catapult clearly indicates vehicle speed";

- SPENDING just 35 minutes at the crash scene "without thorough examination";

- HASTILY closing the investigation at 6.21pm on the day of the crash; and

- FAILING to isolate the crash site with crime-scene tape or conduct door knocks.

The review also condemned police for stating that the SUV was "drivable" when it was "clearly unroadworthy" and questioned who allowed Mr Andrews to drive it away with a smashed windscreen.

"If police, it is a dereliction of duty, if Daniel Andrews, it is the removal of evidence and in any event dangerous/careless driving at a minimum," it says.

Another "glaring omission" was the fact "no action was taken or contemplated" against the driver because Mr Andrews' son Noah was not wearing a seatbelt, it says.

The failure by police "to validate the driver" of "a government vehicle involved in a serious crash" was another "serious omission", it concludes.

"Witness Jane Crittenden states she viewed Catherine Andrews in the passenger seat after the crash," it asserts.

The position of the driver's seat was also not checked.

"In my opinion, this investigative failure is a deliberate omission. It ... leaves the question of who was driving unresolved and in dispute," the review says.

Dr Shuey said police also failed to ask Mrs Andrews why she was driving and if she was familiar with the vehicle's handling.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/review-concludes-police-investigation-was-deeply-flawed-unfounded-and-contrary-to-the-available-evidence/news-story/3a259620a0dc2e0fb2532f712acafd4f

#21607471 at 2024-09-17 10:41:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

>>21159397 (pb)
>>21296698
Daniel Andrews car crash: Review concludes police investigation was 'deeply flawed', 'unfounded' and 'contrary to the available evidence'

A bombshell review by a former police assistant commissioner says Daniel and Catherine Andrews' crash with a teenage cyclist was covered up "to avoid implicating a political figure".

Michael Warner - September 17, 2024

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A bombshell review of the Daniel and Catherine Andrews car crash has found Victoria Police engaged in "an overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening" incident.

The explosive 36-page assessment by a former police assistant commissioner asserts that the Andrews' family SUV was "travelling at speed" and on the wrong side of the road when it struck teenage cyclist Ryan Meuleman in a Blairgowrie side street on January 7, 2013.

The former premier and his wife have always insisted that they came to a "complete stop" and "turned right from a stationary ?position" just ?"moments" before being "T-boned" by the bike.

But the expert review, conducted by the state's former Assistant Commissioner for Traffic and Operations Dr Raymond Shuey, concludes the police investigation which supported the Andrews' version of events was "deeply flawed", "unfounded" and "contrary to the available evidence".

"The version as provided by Catherine and Daniel Andrews is considered improbable and implausible," Dr Shuey asserts.

"The truth is still outstanding. It is most probable that the vehicle undertook a sweep turn at speed, cutting the corner and still on the incorrect side of the roadway in Ridley St, 27 metres from Melbourne Rd when the collision occurred."

"The propagation of a lie" and "a striking deception", the report finds, began when the driver's name was recorded as "Catherine Louise Kesik" - Mrs Andrews' maiden name - in a Traffic Incident System report submitted by police in the hours after the crash.

"This is contrary to the name of Andrews as recorded by police as contemporaneous notes on the form 502, the investigation notes, TAC reports, statements and all other recordings provided," it says.

"Kesik then becomes the name under which the crash is indexed and retrievable. This irregularity would be a 'standout' for supervisors, insurance, legal reviewers ...

"It is my opinion that this deception is part of a course of conduct and a component of an overt cover-up to avoid implicating a political figure in a life-threatening crash. Failure by supervisors and reviewers to identify this or seek explanation is inexcusable."

Dr Shuey's review, commissioned by Mr Meuleman's lawyers as part of ongoing Supreme Court damages proceedings into the crash, concludes that "the investigation ... does not demonstrate competent professional practice for Victoria Police."

"The investigators' failure to follow even a rudimentary examination of the evidence is demonstrated in the hasty and illogical conclusion," it asserts.

"The (police) report lacks critical information including measurements, photographs and professional interview techniques. Instead, the investigator has drawn a baseless and unsupported conclusion that fails to account for the available evidence.

"This negligent approach not only undermines the integrity of the investigation but also jeopardises the pursuit of justice and accurate accountability in this case.

"Further, it demonstrates a high level of incompetence or alternatively a deliberate attempt to simplify the crash to rudimentary reporting requirements."

(continued)

#21252023 at 2024-07-20 14:10:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

#36 - Part 47
Australian Politics and Society - Part 31
>>21159347 Video: ADF enters drone age after years of indecision - "The Australian Defence Force will finally get killer drones - 30 years after they first made their mark on the battlefield. Perhaps it was the shock of being beaten to the punch by even Yemen's Houthi rebels that finally got the capability across the line. The Albanese government is congratulating itself for providing "world-leading lethality and protection" for Australian troops, in an announcement on Monday that the ADF will get US-made Switchblade 300 drones. But in truth, Australian governments of both persuasions have been far too late to invest in armed drones, placing ADF personnel at risk. For a country with a $55bn defence budget, it's a national embarrassment that it's taken until now to equip the ADF with these 21st century weapons. Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has refused to say how many of the drones the ADF will get, or how much the investment is worth. But it's likely the answers to these questions are: Too few, and not enough. Conroy says the government has announced the purchase to "send a deterrent signal to potential aggressors". That'd be amusing if it wasn't so concerning. China will be completely untroubled by the announcement given its devastating arsenal of killer drones, not to mention long-range missiles." - Ben Packham - theaustralian.com.au
>>21159397 Video: Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' phone records to be handed into court over near-fatal collision with teenage cyclist - Lawyers for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews have agreed to hand in phone records from the day his family car hit and injured a teenage cyclist in 2013. Ryan Meuleman was seriously injured in a crash involving the Andrews' Ford Territory - driven by Catherine Andrews - on the Morning Peninsula on January 7, 2013 when he was 15-years-old. The cyclist is suing Slater and Gordon, who initially acted for him after the incident, with his new legal team accusing the law firm of failing to both conduct a proper investigation into the crash and act in Mr Meuleman's best interests when negotiating his $80,000 compensation payout. The Andrews family have maintained their story that the car was T-boned by Mr Meuleman's bike, while the cyclist argues the car was speeding and "seemed to come out of nowhere". Mr Meuleman was struck 17m on from the Melbourne Road and Ridley Street intersection and suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. The former Labor premier, who was state opposition leader at the time of the 2013 incident, recently hired top lawyer Leon Zwier to fight a court order directing him to submit his phone records. Mr Meuleman's legal team is seeking to establish to whom Mr Andrews spoke in the four minutes between the crash, which is estimated to have occurred at about 1:06pm, and when emergency services were called to the scene at 1:10pm. The former Premier's phone records must be handed in by July 24.
>>21159488 Video: NT police commissioner declares curfew in Alice Springs after multiple violent incidents - The Northern Territory police commissioner has declared another curfew in Alice Springs for the next three nights, following a string of violent incidents in the outback town. The curfew will run from 10pm to 6am each night and applies to both children and adults. Commissioner Michael Murphy had been considering implementing a curfew since Sunday, after what NT Police Minister Brent Potter described as a "horror 72 hours" in the Red Centre. This included the alleged assault of four off-duty police officers - three women and a man - in the early hours of Sunday morning by a group of about 20 people. A police officer was also run over outside a bottle shop on Friday afternoon and a 42-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed with a knife on Sunday at lunchtime. Under controversial new laws introduced in May, the Northern Territory's police commissioner has the power to declare 72-hour lockdowns to respond to "public disorder".
>>21159559 Video: Tucker Carlson in Australia | Best Moments Montage - Watch more here: https://watchtcn.co/49CDF2t

#21251406 at 2024-07-20 12:39:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

#36 - Part 47
Australian Politics and Society - Part 31
>>21159347 Video: ADF enters drone age after years of indecision - "The Australian Defence Force will finally get killer drones - 30 years after they first made their mark on the battlefield. Perhaps it was the shock of being beaten to the punch by even Yemen's Houthi rebels that finally got the capability across the line. The Albanese government is congratulating itself for providing "world-leading lethality and protection" for Australian troops, in an announcement on Monday that the ADF will get US-made Switchblade 300 drones. But in truth, Australian governments of both persuasions have been far too late to invest in armed drones, placing ADF personnel at risk. For a country with a $55bn defence budget, it's a national embarrassment that it's taken until now to equip the ADF with these 21st century weapons. Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has refused to say how many of the drones the ADF will get, or how much the investment is worth. But it's likely the answers to these questions are: Too few, and not enough. Conroy says the government has announced the purchase to "send a deterrent signal to potential aggressors". That'd be amusing if it wasn't so concerning. China will be completely untroubled by the announcement given its devastating arsenal of killer drones, not to mention long-range missiles." - Ben Packham - theaustralian.com.au
>>21159397 Video: Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' phone records to be handed into court over near-fatal collision with teenage cyclist - Lawyers for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews have agreed to hand in phone records from the day his family car hit and injured a teenage cyclist in 2013. Ryan Meuleman was seriously injured in a crash involving the Andrews' Ford Territory - driven by Catherine Andrews - on the Morning Peninsula on January 7, 2013 when he was 15-years-old. The cyclist is suing Slater and Gordon, who initially acted for him after the incident, with his new legal team accusing the law firm of failing to both conduct a proper investigation into the crash and act in Mr Meuleman's best interests when negotiating his $80,000 compensation payout. The Andrews family have maintained their story that the car was T-boned by Mr Meuleman's bike, while the cyclist argues the car was speeding and "seemed to come out of nowhere". Mr Meuleman was struck 17m on from the Melbourne Road and Ridley Street intersection and suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. The former Labor premier, who was state opposition leader at the time of the 2013 incident, recently hired top lawyer Leon Zwier to fight a court order directing him to submit his phone records. Mr Meuleman's legal team is seeking to establish to whom Mr Andrews spoke in the four minutes between the crash, which is estimated to have occurred at about 1:06pm, and when emergency services were called to the scene at 1:10pm. The former Premier's phone records must be handed in by July 24.
>>21159488 Video: NT police commissioner declares curfew in Alice Springs after multiple violent incidents - The Northern Territory police commissioner has declared another curfew in Alice Springs for the next three nights, following a string of violent incidents in the outback town. The curfew will run from 10pm to 6am each night and applies to both children and adults. Commissioner Michael Murphy had been considering implementing a curfew since Sunday, after what NT Police Minister Brent Potter described as a "horror 72 hours" in the Red Centre. This included the alleged assault of four off-duty police officers - three women and a man - in the early hours of Sunday morning by a group of about 20 people. A police officer was also run over outside a bottle shop on Friday afternoon and a 42-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed with a knife on Sunday at lunchtime. Under controversial new laws introduced in May, the Northern Territory's police commissioner has the power to declare 72-hour lockdowns to respond to "public disorder".
>>21159559 Video: Tucker Carlson in Australia | Bets Moments Montage - Watch more here: https://watchtcn.co/49CDF2t

#21159397 at 2024-07-08 10:51:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

>>20505113 (pb)
>>20505130 (pb)
Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' phone records to be handed into court over near-fatal collision with teenage cyclist

TRICIA RIVERA - 8 July 2024

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Lawyers for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews have agreed to hand in phone records from the day his family car hit and injured a teenage cyclist in 2013.

Ryan Meuleman was seriously injured in a crash involving the Andrews' Ford Territory - driven by Catherine Andrews - on the Morning Peninsula on January 7, 2013 when he was 15-years-old.

The cyclist is suing Slater and Gordon, who initially acted for him after the incident, with his new legal team accusing the law firm of failing to both conduct a proper investigation into the crash and act in Mr Meuleman's best interests when negotiating his $80,000 compensation payout.

Mr Andrews' lawyer, Sebastian Campbell, and barrister James Catlin, acting for Mr Meuleman, appeared before Victorian Supreme Court associate justice Melissa Daly on Monday morning to contest costs associated with original and amended subpoenas ordering the former state Labor leader to submit his phone records.

An initial subpoena ordered Mr Andrews to hand in phone records spanning an 11-year period, however this was adjusted and limited to records from the day of the collision.

Less than three hours before a hearing in the Supreme Court scheduled for 10:30am, Mr Andrews' lawyers agreed to release their client's phone records.

An email from Mr Meuleman's solicitor put the revised subpoena to Mr Andrews' lawyers on June 15, which was then served on Friday.

Mr Catlin argued that the law firm representing the Andrews family did nothing to form a view on the subpoena and that he was only informed they would not contest the revised court order at 8:05am on Monday morning.

"(The subpoena was) reduced substantially from 11 years ... Now it's only one day. Why does it take 13 days to form a view that that's all right and they aren't going to contest it?" Mr Catlin told the court.

"I've been put out significantly in order to attend this objections hearing."

Mr Campbell resisted the submission that no work had been done when the amended subpoena was submitted to him, and said that the former Labor premier and his wife did not object to the revised order.

He said it was appropriate for his clients to shoot down the initial request for the phone records and labelled the subpoena "oppressive".

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#20545576 at 2024-03-10 08:43:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition

#34 - Part 25
Australian Politics and Society - Part 18
>>20505097 Video: Labor holds the seat of Dunkley with reduced margin - Labor has retained the seat of Dunkley after holding onto key cost of living booths, defying a healthy increase in the Liberal primary vote that will render the seat marginal in 2025. Labor's primary has held up at about 40 per cent, which has mirrored the 2022 result, in what the Albanese government will view as a respectable outcome. There were green shoots for the Liberal Party in some booths in the electorate's south but candidate Nathan Conroy was expected to fall well short of the 6.3 per cent needed to defeat Labor on the two party-preferred measure. This has handed the seat to ALP community worker Jodie Belyea, with the Labor margin falling to 52.4 per cent after just under 70 per cent of the vote had been counted. The Liberal primary vote was up 6.8 per cent, a strong result in the political market for the Liberal Party in Victoria.
>>20505113 Court orders Dan Andrews to hand over documents relating to Blairgowrie teen cyclist crash - Daniel Andrews has been ordered to hand over his personal telephone and credit card records relating to a Blairgowrie car crash involving a teenage cyclist. The former premier was personally served with a Supreme Court subpoena outside his Mulgrave home last week. The subpoena requires Mr Andrews to produce a series of documents relating to the day Ryan Meuleman, then 15, was struck by the Andrews' family car in January 2013. It can be revealed Mr Andrews has engaged Arnold Bloch Leibler to represent him in the case, the same law firm his former government used to broker a massive taxpayer-funded compensation deal over the shock cancellation of the Commonwealth Games. ABL is also acting for the former premier's wife, Catherine Andrews, who was driving at the time of the crash. The phone records will be relied upon as part of a damages action launched by Ryan's lawyers to ascertain who Mr Andrews called in the aftermath of the near-fatal crash, including whether he spoke to his then chief of staff, current Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Brett Curran.

>>20505130 Daniel Andrews ordered by court to hand over personal phone and credit card records relating to controversial 2013 crash that seriously injured teen cyclist Ryan Meuleman - Daniel Andrews has been ordered by a court to hand over his personal phone and credit cards records relating to a road crash with a teenage cyclist. They are required as part of a civil suit launched by lawyers for Ryan Meuleman, who was 15-years-old and riding his bike in Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula when he was struck by the Andrews' family SUV in 2013. Of particular interest is who Mr Andrews called in the aftermath of the crash and whether that included his then chief-of-staff, Brett Curran, who is the current assistant commissioner of Victoria Police. Mr Meuleman is seeking damages from law firm Slater & Gordon, who he hired in the aftermath of the crash, for allegedly failing to conduct a 'full and proper investigation into the circumstances' of the incident. He claims he was banned from discussing the crash when he accepted an $80,000 compensation payout for his injuries in 2016 from the Traffic Accident Commission, negotiated by Slater & Gordon, who he alleges failed to act in his best interests. Mr and Mrs Andrews have said Mr Meulman 'T-boned' their car but he claims he was slowly riding the bike along a gravel track when he crossed the road and the SUV, travelling at speed, 'came out of nowhere' and struck him. Mr Andrews told police according to the official report: 'The cyclist was travelling at speed and hit our car at a perfect right angle very heavily. I want to make it clear - the cyclist hit our vehicle.'
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Daniel Andrews ordered by court to hand over personal phone and credit card records relating to controversial 2013 crash that seriously injured teen cyclist Ryan Meuleman

BRETT LACKEY - 2 March 2024

Daniel Andrews has been ordered by a court to hand over his personal phone and credit cards records relating to a road crash with a teenage cyclist.

The former Victorian premier, who resigned last year, was given a Supreme Court subpoena outside his home last week requiring him to produce the documents.

They are required as part of a civil suit launched by lawyers for Ryan Meuleman, who was 15-years-old and riding his bike in Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula when he was struck by the Andrews' family SUV in 2013.

Of particular interest is who Mr Andrews called in the aftermath of the crash and whether that included his then chief-of-staff, Brett Curran, who is the current assistant commissioner of Victoria Police.

Lawyers Arnold Bloch Leibler will represent Mr Andrews in the case - the same firm his government hired at taxpayer expense to negotiate a huge compensation deal in the wake of the Commonwealth Games cancellation, reports The Herald Sun.

Mr Andrews wife, Catherine, who was driving the Ford Territory when the crash occurred as they were on their way to the family holiday rental home in Sorrento, is also understood to be represented by Arnold Bloch Leibler.

Mr Meuleman is seeking damages from law firm Slater & Gordon, who he hired in the aftermath of the crash, for allegedly failing to conduct a 'full and proper investigation into the circumstances' of the incident.

The then-teenager suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, internal bleeding and lost 90 per cent of his spleen which required him to be hospitalised for 11 days.

He claims he was banned from discussing the crash when he accepted an $80,000 compensation payout for his injuries in 2016 from the Traffic Accident Commission, negotiated by Slater & Gordon, who he alleges failed to act in his best interests.

Mr and Mrs Andrews have said Mr Meulman 'T-boned' their car but he claims he was slowly riding the bike, which was his sister's, along a gravel track when he crossed the road and the SUV, travelling at speed, 'came out of nowhere' and struck him.

Mr Andrews told police according to the official report: 'The cyclist was travelling at speed and hit our car at a perfect right angle very heavily. I want to make it clear - the cyclist hit our vehicle.'

Mrs Andrews said: 'My recollection of the incident is the cyclist completely shattering and compressing the windscreen directly in front of me on the driver's side.

'It was almost as if the cyclist had been dropped on our car from above'.

Pictures released in 2022 - grainy photocopies of police originals - show the SUV's windscreen smashed from a heavy impact on the driver's side.

But they also show damage to the front corner bodywork ahead of the front tyre which Mr Meuleman, now in his mid-20s, insists supports the claim the Andrews drove into him.

Last year, a patient care report made by Ambulance Victoria paramedics on the scene emerged which said the car 'struck' Mr Meuleman travelling at '40 to 60km/h'.

The Andrews, however, said they had been at a complete stop and had only just accelerated and turned right when the incident happened.

Police failed to breathalyse anyone at the scene and never interviewed Ryan about the crash after he was initially too ill to talk and then never followed up with him.

Mrs Andrews said she was driving the SUV at the time of the accident but the premier then drove it from the scene to take their distraught children to the family's nearby rental home.

The police summary of their investigation, also just released, reveals they concluded the crash damage matched the Andrews's account and said they would be taking no further action.

Daily Mail Australia does not suggest any wrongdoing on the part of Mr Andrews or his wife.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13147261/Daniel-Andrews-subpoena-phone-credit-card-records-2013-crash-Ryan-Meuleman.html

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Court orders Dan Andrews to hand over documents relating to Blairgowrie teen cyclist crash

A court has ordered the former premier to share phone and credit card records relating to the 2013 Blairgowrie car crash with a teen cyclist.

Michael Warner - March 2, 2024

Daniel Andrews has been ?ordered to hand over his personal telephone and credit card records relating to a Blairgowrie car crash involving a teenage cyclist.

The former premier was personally served with a ?Supreme Court subpoena ?outside his Mulgrave home last week.

The subpoena requires Mr Andrews to produce a series of documents relating to the day Ryan Meuleman - then 15 - was struck by the Andrews' family car in January 2013.

It can be revealed Mr Andrews has engaged Arnold Bloch Leibler to represent him in the case - the same law firm his former government used to broker a massive taxpayer-funded compensation deal over the shock cancellation of the Commonwealth Games.

ABL is also acting for the former premier's wife, Catherine Andrews, who was driving at the time of the crash.

ABL was approached for comment about the subpoena but did not respond.

The phone records will be relied upon as part of a damages action launched by Ryan's lawyers to ascertain who Mr Andrews called in the aftermath of the near-fatal crash, including whether he spoke to his then chief of staff - current Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Brett Curran.

Mr Curran has declined to clarify if he received a call from Mr Andrews from the scene of the smash.

Victoria Police, the Traffic Accident Commission, state treasury office and the triple-0 operator have also been slapped with subpoenas.

Ryan's legal team accused law firm Slater & Gordon, which acted for him in the aftermath of the crash, of failing to conduct "a full and proper investigation into the circumstances" of the collision.

The Labor-aligned practice is accused of failing to act in Ryan's best interests and breaching its duty of care and obligations to him when negotiating his $80,000 TAC compensation payout.

Mr and Mrs Andrews have always maintained Ryan's bike "T-boned" their Ford Territory, while Ryan insists the ?Andrews' car was "speeding" and "seemed to come out of nowhere" when he was struck 17m from the Melbourne Rd and Ridley St corner.

Secret police photographs uncovered by the Herald Sun in November 2022 supported Ryan's claims, revealing extensive damage to the front of the car and its windscreen.

In April last year, the Herald Sun revealed an Ambulance Victoria report detailed the car "struck" Ryan while "travelling at 40 to 60km/h".

The "Patient Care Report" - made by paramedics who ?attended the crash and buried for a decade - was at odds with the ?Andrews' claims they came to a "complete stop" and "turned right from a stationary ?position" just ?"moments" before the collision.

Police failed to use breathalysers at the scene.

Questions have been raised about why Mr Andrews removed the car from the scene before crucial evidence could be gathered, prompting calls by a former Victorian crown prosecutor for a fresh review of the case.

Dr Raymond Shuey - the state's former assistant commissioner for traffic and operations who says the Victoria Police investigation failed to meet 12 "critical" standards - has been engaged by Ryan's lawyers as an expert witness.

Former chief commissioner Kel Glare has also said he does not believe "proper procedure" was followed.

Claims Mr Andrews told a witness his family had been having lunch at the "sailing club" prior to the crash have also been referred to Victoria's anti-corruption commission. The Andrews say they were returning to their holiday rental after a visit to the beach.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/court-orders-dan-andrews-to-hand-over-documents-relating-to-blairgowrie-teen-cyclist-crash/news-story/f25cfbc1b64765503368c947028c50fb