8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (123)
#21374832 at 2024-08-08 20:31:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26195: Dems WalZing Themselves into Trouble Edition
kevin rudd's $20k taxpayer-funded pride party under the microscope as eye-watering costs come to light following FOI request
Australia's US Ambassador kevin rudd has come under fire for spending an eye-watering amount of taxpayer money on a lavish "pride party" in Washington, which included a prominent drag queen entertainer.
Australian Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd is under fire after spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a pride party in Washington, DC.
The details of the former Labor leader's spending were first revealed by the Sydney Morning Herald after documents were obtained under Freedom of Information laws.
The glamorous event took place at Mr rudd's residence in Washington DC, and came only three months after the former prime minister began his tenure as Ambassador to the US.
Among the hefty costs were two drag queens who were hired to perform, including popular Australian entertainer DJ Kitty Glitter, who has risen to fame globally and tours around the world.
The embassy paid Kitty Glitter $4,262 in total which included $1000 in reimbursement for her flights from New Jersey to Washington, and then from Washington to Florida.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/kevin-rudds-20k-taxpayerfunded-pride-party-under-the-microscope-as-eyewatering-costs-come-to-light-following-foi-request/news-story/9c36c4fa6d598c02d0726d25936763cb
#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
#21086640 at 2024-06-25 23:38:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25849: Oprah Hellfire Edition
Assange arrives at US court (VIDEO)
The WikiLeaks founder is expected to enter a guilty plea, ending a 14-year legal saga
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has arrived at a US courthouse in the Northern Mariana Islands, where he has agreed to plead guilty to a single espionage charge in exchange for his freedom.
Assange walked into the United States District Court for The Northern Mariana Islands in Saipan more than 24 hours after he left the UK aboard a charter flight, following his release from London's Belmarsh Prison.
Dressed in a black suit, Assange did not respond to questions from the press as he passed through a metal detector and into the glass-fronted court building. He was accompanied inside by Australia's former prime minister and current ambassador to the US, kevin rudd.
https://x.com/i/status/1805722208918290917
https://www.rt.com/news/599997-julian-assange-arrives-court/
#21086469 at 2024-06-25 23:11:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25848: Spotlight Edition
>>21086435
Well this is dasting. AUS ambassador to the US is former Prime Minister, kevin rudd.
rudd had received a $650K payment from Jeffrey Epstein himself, documented.
rudd also sent hundreds of millions of AUS tax dollars to the Clinton Foundations.
Bernard Keane
@BernardKeane
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29m
Interesting to recall that when everyone else was piling on Wikileaks in 2010, rudd, as FM, said "Mr Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorised release of 250,000 documents from the U.S. diplomatic communications network. The Americans are responsible for that."
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Lauren Tomasi
@LaurenTomasi
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48m
Julian Assange & kevin rudd arrive at a US court in Saipan.
https://x.com/BernardKeane/status/1805731428879286512
In video: kevin rudd escorting Julian Assange.
https://x.com/i/status/1805726524534047145
#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.
#20868530 at 2024-05-15 05:30:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25595: Stonks Reloaded Edition
>>20868417
is that kevin rudd om the far right… Ex Aussie Prime Minister who took about $650K offa Epstein ?!
Are all these guys part of 'the family' ??
#20604551 at 2024-03-22 01:12:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25270: Vast Network of Comfefe Edition
kevin rudd - The one Trump attacked yesterday!
TRAITOR
#20604125 at 2024-03-22 00:03:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25269: Deja Q I Have Been This Comfy Before Edition
rudd's position 'untenable' after former PM's extensive Trump sledges revealed
A Senator and a leading journalist believe kevin rudd's position as Australia's Ambassador to the United States is no longer tenable, after SkyNews.com.au revealed more comments made by the former prime minister about Donald Trump.
kevin rudd's position as Australia's Ambassador to the United States is no longer tenable and the government may have "very little choice" but to remove him from the position if Republican nominee Donald Trump wins the American election, according to a Senator and a journalist.
Mr Trump this week hit back at Mr rudd during an exclusive sit-down interview with Sky News Australia contributor Nigel Farage who revealed the "destructive president" and "traitor to the west" comments from the former prime minister.
In the explosive interview with GB News, which continues to make international headlines, Mr Trump responded saying he heard Mr rudd was "nasty" and "not the brightest bulb".
Appearing on Sky News on Thursday night, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan said he wanted "all of our Ambassadors to succeed" and said he had defended Mr rudd over the past 24 hours, but he has since backflipped on his position after this publication uncovered further remarks Mr rudd made during Mr Trump's time as president.
During an address at the Oxford Union in 2017, the former prime minister, who had transitioned from politician to active political commentator, described Mr Trump as an "objective problem for the world" and "for my country (Australia)".
He also called for the removal of the then president, saying the Republican Party had to "accept responsibility for the consequence of their actions and begin the processes for one form or another of his removal by constitutional means".
Senator Canavan spoke about Mr rudd's comments, which were aired on Sharri Markson's program on Thursday night, questioning how the Albanese government could appoint someone into an important role who effectively "called for a coup" against a sitting president.
"He called for the removal of a sitting president. It's almost like a coup, he called for a coup almost, within the United States," Senator Canavan said.
"How can anyone who has such views be appointed as a diplomat to that nation, calling for that radical change.
"I think he has to explain himself here. I just don't think it's right for the country, the country has to come first, its bigger than kevin, bigger than any individual and clearly now he's damaged goods as he remains as Ambassador to the US for our country."
Senator Canavan then argued it was difficult for Mr rudd to continue in the position "let alone until the election".
Speaking to Markson later on in her program, Sky News contributor Nick Cater, who was the editor of The Weekend Australian alongside editor in chief Chris Mitchell, recalled attending Kirribilli House for a dinner when Mr rudd was prime minister where some of his alleged remarks raised his eyebrows.
"I'm not going to go into what he actually said, but we were there and kevin rudd was talking about some other world leaders, some of whom he wasn't very complimentary about," Mr Cater claimed.
"And then he said he had the phone call coming up with George Bush, he made a lot of that. This important kevin rudd, for other people to think he was important (sic).
"I had to leave late in the evening, but Chris Mitchell stayed on just as he (Mr rudd) was about to make this call, and I assume that he would be going into his office, closing the door and having a private conversation. But no, he left the door open, spoke on speaker phone. The details of that subsequently came out."
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/kevin-rudds-position-as-australias-us-ambassador-untenable-as-more-remarks-made-of-donald-trump-come-to-light/news-story/ebde3f4a875be4adfaf7badf73fc969e
#20597753 at 2024-03-20 20:18:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25262: Moar Biden Influence Peddling Edition
Anthony Albanese questioned about Donald Trump's humiliating blow to under-fire US Ambassador kevin rudd
Donald Trump's humiliating blow to kevin rudd has landed in parliament, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese throwing his support behind the under-fire ambassador amid speculation over his posting.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended kevin rudd in his role as Australia's Ambassador to the United States in the face of explosive comments made by Donald Trump.
In a rowdy back and forth in Wednesday's Question Time sitting, the PM threw his support behind the under fire ambassador, after being asked by the Opposition if his posting would be withdrawn in the wake of him being labelled as "nasty" and "not the brightest bulb" by the former US president.
"Considering our Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd's descriptions of Donald Trump as a 'destructive President' and a 'traitor to the West', and given Mr Trump's response today… will the Prime Minister be reassessing Mr rudd's position as Ambassador to our most important… strategic ally," Manager of Opposition Business Paul Fletcher asked.
Mr Albanese responded saying he was "somewhat surprised to get the question from the manager of opposition business" and took aim directly at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for backflipping on his endorsement as Mr rudd as Ambassador to the US.
He argued Labor had never called into question similar political appointees to ambassadorship in the United States such as former Liberal treasurer Joe Hockey and Arthur Sinodinos.
"Because one of the things that I have never seen happen before in 28 years in this chamber is an attempt to politicise Australia's representative overseas in an important nation such as that," Mr Albanese said.
"Those opposite know that whether it is kevin rudd in the United States or Stephen Smith (in the UK) ... when we engage, particularly with our AUKUS allies, the idea that we have a cheap-shot question like that diminishes the Opposition.
"And says everything about why this bloke is not fit to be the prime minister of Australia."
Mr Fletcher's question was in reference to remarks Donald Trump made in an exclusive sit-down interview with British broadcaster and former Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage for GB News.
Trump, who is currently the Republican frontrunner for the upcoming US presidential election, said he thought Mr rudd was "not the brightest bulb" and that he could not see him last long in his posting as Australian ambassador if there is a change in government.
"He won't be here long if that's the case," he said, upon being told Mr rudd had called him a "destructive president" and a "traitor to the West" in his past term as US president.
"I don't know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty."
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-questioned-about-donald-trumps-humiliating-blow-to-us-ambassador-kevin-rudd/news-story/c8638a0c5ab7371e9488f6dbdc264db4
#20375674 at 2024-02-08 02:20:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24998: MAGA, Inc Edition
Fuck off kevin you Rothschild - CCP bitch
kevin rudd attempting to 'worm his way back' into hardline Republicans' 'good graces'
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/sharri-markson/kevin-rudd-attempting-to-worm-his-way-back-into-hardline-republicans-good-graces/video/ca53033d62c79de4341404d903c94aca
#20261453 at 2024-01-18 06:47:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24861: AI is Pretty Damn Lazy Edition
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>>20260655 @thejimwatkins #Interception
>>20260862, >>20261033 PF: RQ-4 Global Hawk - Up over East Coast
>>20261091 BF: USNS Patuxent is out in the VACAPES OPAREA Departure from Norfolk on the 16th. Hard to tell if she's heading back or if UNREP going on when position report sent about 2 hours ago.
>>20261320 Teen girl sues ex-Colorado deputy, claiming excessive force during arrest
>>20261336 DJT Truth - I've said it once & I'll say it again, a thousand times. Until this ridiculous Hoax was revealed to me by the Fake News Media, I never heard of E. Jean Carroll, never had anything to do with her, never would want to have anything to do with her, never brought her into a LOCKED changing room of a crowded NYC Department Store (directly opposite the checkout booth!), & NEVER TOUCHED HER, OR IN ANY WAY WOULD WANT TO TOUCH HER. The whole story is a MADE UP & DISGUSTING HOAX!
>>20261446 #24860
#24859 >>20259792
>>20259828 ARCHIVING - TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, PORTSMOUTH 17TH JAN 2024 !!
>>20260049 Iran, Pakistan On Brink Of Military Conflict Following Missile Strike - China Urges Calm
>>20260136 Night Owl News Archives - 01/17/2024
>>20260174 Steve Bannon On Speaker Johnson: "I Don't Need A Theologian, I Need A Speaker Of The House"
>>20260244 @SCFreedomCaucus - ?HUGE WIN! Thanks to pressure from constituents and people like @Riley_Gaines_ the Republicans who killed this amendment did a 180 and passed an amendment to make medically castrating minors a FELONY!
>>20260317 Trump lawyers say document shows he kept 'Q' clearance for nuclear secrets
>>20260573 #24859
#24858 >>20258970
>>20259007 Prince William could break 500-year tradition and cut ties with Church of England as king
>>20259019, >>20259034 'Alarming' surveillance: Feds asked banks to search private transactions for terms like 'MAGA,' 'Trump'
>>20259021 PF: First we had a great airshow Then this popped up
>>20259053 PF: 370 military aircraft showing over North America. Busy day.
>>20259074 LIVE: President Trump Delivers Speech in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 1/17/24
>>20259090 Shell Halts All Red Sea Shipments as Tensions Rise
>>20259124 DJT Campaign schedule 1/17/24
>>20259128 Democratic leaders senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries tell reporters there was broad bipartisan agreement between congressional leaders and President Biden on funding Ukraine and addressing the crisis on the border
>>20259138 Speaker Johnson Briefs Reporters on Meeting with President Biden
>>20259178 Speaker Mike Johnson Doubles Down: No Deal on Border
>>20259197 ?#BREAKING: The FBI has Arrested Transgender Woman Plotting Violence Against Jews, Black People, and Allegedly Targeting Transphobic Co-workers with Nazi Imagery and Stockpile of Guns and Ammunition
>>20259252 Obama Shows off his 60 Y.O.husband
>>20259354 PF: There's a stratotanker up over NH
>>20259501 OMG Exposes Secret 'Alitas' Facility Inside Old Bank Building in Nogales, Arizona
>>20259560 @TuckerCarlson - TC Shorts: The Invasion
>>20259770 #24858
#24857 >>20258191
>>20258232 Iowa caucus captains reported that over half of Nikki Haley caucus support came from Democrats who temporarily changed parties just to vote against Donald Trump.
>>20258245 WV: "A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday would require restrooms and locker rooms in public schools to be designated for use based on biological sex
>>20258259 Pakistan recalls ambassador from Iran
>>20258262 Space Force commander: "I'm here to testify about the ongoing Marxist-inspired efforts to subvert and weaken our military and broader American society."
>>20258265 Buckwheat n Kirby up
>>20258276 Chinese lab had COVID-19 mapped two weeks before global outbreak
>>20258283 Judge threatens to kick Trump out of court, former president responds: 'I would love it'
>>20258293 Bill Gates Says Next-Generation Vaccines to Offer 'Longer Duration, More Coverage' and Will Be Administered Needle-Free
>>20258294 Gitmo News
>>20258332 baker change
>>20258375 Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at 2:30 p.m. EST.
>>20258407 WEF Davos 2024 Takes a Peculiar Turn: Farming and Fishing Labeled 'Ecocide,' Calls for Recognition as a 'Serious Crime' Leave Many Bewildered
>>20258442 Mayorkas won't attend second House impeachment hearing, offered chance to submit written testimony
>>20258503 Episode 142 LIVE: SecDef Missing In Action (feat. Rep. Cory Mills) - Firebrand with Matt Gaetz
>>20258509 @RepMarkGreen - Better late than never. It was a major mistake for the Biden administration to revoke the terrorist designations of the Houthis.
>>20258524 PF: 2 E6 and 2 AWACS up
>>20258575 Milei slams WEF, "radical feminist agenda" in front of Klaus Schwab
>>20258684 Trump Rally Schedule and 2024 Campaign Events
>>20258686 @AliBradleyTV - Today the state of Texas must allow the federal government access of the riverfront park in Eagle Pass or face a DHS/DOJ lawsuit. I just talked with Texas DPS who says they are not granting the feds access today
>>20258732 PF: 2 (mil.) B762 planes just coinkidental landed in Portsmouth NH, where DJT is due tonight
>>20258965 #24857
#24856-B >>20257273
>>20257276, >>20257278, >>20257279, >>20257282, >>20257283, >>20257335, >>20257870 Moderna's Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent
>>20257318 NEW HAMPSHIRE PARTY REGISTRATION STATISTICS
>>20257333 Ahoy! The Ship Show & Extra Gravy
>>20257336 Netanyahu has reportedly told the heads of the communities along the Gaza border in Israel the conflict could continue into 2025.
>>20257343 DRUMPF POLL
>>20257353 John Kerry giving a speech at Davos. Sounds a lot like he is saying NCSWIS and DJT cannot stop it
>>20257380, >>20257425, >>20257464, >>20257475, >>20257647 Swamp Meets
>>20257397 "But now he's our president, and now he's (Joe) our President at a reduced level, okay,at a reduced level"
>>20257417 Nearly half of Nikki Haley's Iowa backers say they'd vote for Biden over Trump
>>20257441 Vivek is Obama 2.0. He couldn't even find a different scriptwriter???
>>20257447, >>20257464 left wind propaganda, just so you know
>>20257473 left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control
>>20257528, >>20257531, >>20257539 Speaker Johnson rejects hard-line tactics in move to avoid shutdown
>>20257533, >>20257737, >>20257948 KLAUS INTRUDUCES JAVIER MILEI TO ADDRESS DAVOS
>>20257538 Nearly hundred churches across Canada were burned down or vandalised following the accusation of leftistJustin Trudeauand media that Catholic Church …..
>>20257575 Mulvaney: Why a 2,335-vote margin in Iowa likely guaranteed Trump the nomination
>>20257591 NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology
>>20257672 Colts owner doing opioids
>>20257673, >>20257955 Blinken unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday
>>20257809 Another House GOP retirement -→ @RepJeffDuncan
>>20257812 The Path Forward for Bank Capital Reform
>>20257819 At the Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Services Sector, Boston, Massachusetts
>>20257840 1:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Matthew Miller
>>20257905 The existence of "any Ukraine" on historical Russian lands will lead to a "perpetual war," the former president believes
>>20257977 Grisham in NM up for peach mints
>>20257990 Katt Williams/Diddy allegations bun yo
>>20257993 Race to Milwaukee: Iowa Iowa Iowa
>>20257998 @1st_Marine_Div 24/7 Security
>>20258015 @NavalInstitute Happy 93rd Birthday to James Earl Jones. Jones is an Army veteran who used the GI Bill to study acting
>>20258021 The DOJ confirmed Hunter Biden's laptop and its contents are REAL.
>>20258047 CEO Jamie Dimon. "I think this negative talk about MAGA will hurt Biden's campaign."
>>20258083 Ursula von der Leyen hopes EU Digital Services Act will tackle WEF's top concern: The truth getting out
>>20258086 Brian Kemp Flies to Davos While Refusing to Open Criminal Probe into Fani Willis
>>20258104 ?LIVE @ 7pm ET?: Kicking it off w/ @Peoples_Pundit up front for an Iowa Postmortem, then we've got Based Vigano, Good Movie Sequels, Calls, and more.
>>20258112 Marjorie Greene: Looking forward to the next administration where we're going to have the largest deportation system that's ever been witnessed in human history.
>>20258133 Assassination???
>>20258175 #24856-B
#24856-A >>20257273
>>20257725, >>20257791 Taters undermine of immigration law
>>20257477 Raskin: MAGA Republicans continue to invoke white supremacist, anti-immigration fantasies and conspiracy theories.
>>20257494 Homan: Every president I've ever worked for took some steps to secure the border, because they understood you can't have strong national security if you don't have border security. [Biden] is the first president in history of this nation that I know of, who came in office and unsecured the border on purpose.
>>20257529 Homan: There are thousands of empty ICE beds, already paid for by the taxpayer, but this administration would rather put them in a hotel at five hundred dollars a night, with free medical care and three squares a day.
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257590 Norton: President Trump famously imposed xenophobic travel ban on individuals from muslim-majority nations, which was challenged in the courts. [and the Supreme Court upheld that ban, you absolute idiot]
>>20257514 discovery of second ultra-large structure in distant space further challenges our understanding of the universe
>>20257522 Bier [Cato Institute]: The current administration pulled the system back from the brink. Legal immigration, obliterated by those four years [Trump administration] is finally back. It saved the US tourism industry, rescued countless small businesses from closure, and reopened America for investment again. [the open border saved tourism and rescued America? unbelievably asinine statement]
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257608 Homan: [Biden] overturned the Trump census rule, which millions of these people in sanctuary cities will be counted in the next census. What does that mean? It means seats in the House.
>>20258872 Biggs, Bier, Luna statements
>>20258010 Cori Bush: There is a crisis right now, but it's not because the southern border is open, or because immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, which the republicans and their racist cult leader, Donald Trump, want you to believe. [imbecile PANIC]
>>20258889 #24856-A
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
>>20257254 #24855
#24854 >>20255355
>>20255405, >>20255412 (Needs sauce?)In a new court filing today, the DOJ confirms Hunter Biden's laptop is real, that he left it at a computer store, and that the contents matched what they obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud.
>>20255407, >>20255529 CRUZ ENDORSES TRUMP
>>20255473 OUR CHRISTIAN NATION
>>20255480 Embarrassing, pathetic...
>>20255492 [DS] FULL SCALE PANIC ATTACK: Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill streak in 'humanized' mice: Surprisingly' rapid death
>>20255499, >>20255505, >>20255831 Hilarious moment man in his underwear casually crashes Clinton advisor Dick Morris' Newsmax interview on Iowa results
>>20255502, >>20255840 Chicago becomes a 'graveyard' littered with corpses of 'dead robots'
>>20255504 Common tumor among men is reduced by 90% using nanobots
>>20255517 04/06/2020 Thank you @BillGates for donating billions of dollars to construct factories that will manufacture the seven most promising vaccines.
>>20255524, >>20255532, >>20255542, >>20255543, >>20255554, >>20255564, >>20255633, >>20255689, >>20255723, >>20255737, >>20255749 if Trump becomes president in a year what would you consider success for a year after that
>>20255548 Tucker wonders how elections would be different if that was by paper. The state of Iowa did it last night. Tucker Knows!!!
>>20255555 5:5
>>20255562 Watchdog questions 2016 suspension of Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail
>>20255577 Silicon Valley Billionaire Democrats get Massively Redpilled on Trump
>>20255599 World's most chilling theme park in Iran where kids fire AK-47s at US flags, crawl through barbed wire & 'play' soldier
>>20255656 Dan the Man comes out with another video from NH. His fingerprints are all over this! NEW HAMPSHIRE IS READY TO FIESTA!!!??
>>20255868 My Hero! Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Florida car crash
>>20255900 So they are all getting together to discuss how the heck they're going to regain control. BE UNCONTROLLABLE!
>>20255902 (This does not make me feel good, its feels like creepy coordination) Laura Loomer & Vivek Ramaswamy
>>20255933 Possible measles outbreak sweeps Dulles and Ronald Reagan airports
>>20255938 (Babylon Bee) Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven
>>20255950 BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas Must Give Feds Access by Jan. 18, or Else, Says Biden Admin
>>20255871 The first intent is to foster degeneracy. When there is no punishment, undereducated looters steal freely.
>>20256009 If you think it was easy to get here tonight, you are wrong!!! I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE!!! 0:46
>>20256018 Teslas abandoned at a charging station due to extreme below-freezing temps
>>20256043, >>20256054 Attacks will intensify
>>20256104 Space Launch Delta 45
>>20256128, >>20256131 Congress approves Space Force part-timers
>>20256144 U.S. Confirms New Military Strikes in Yemen, Houthis Hit Bulk Carrier
>>20256187 The Extension of Mind Through Space and the Sense of Being Stared At: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 82
>>20256203 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Bull Gravano says Donald Trump is incorruptible
>>20256206 Report: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Has History of Dressing in Drag
>>20256211 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Rasmussen poll shows Trump beating Biden
>>20256243, >>20256259 FAA seeks to hire people with 'severe intellectual' and 'psychiatric' problems in DEI push - what could go wrong?
>>20256249 Anon Theory - If Q post about Trump talking control of Iran is true, it makes the following very interesting!.
>>20256283 #24854
Previously Collected
>>20255306 #24853
>>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851, >>20254667 #24852
>>20252160 #24849, >>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851
>>20249677 #24846, >>20250490 #24847, >>20251349 #24848
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>>20154106 --- Canada #51
>>16694358 --- France #7
>>19988670 --- Germany #106
>>20187083 --- Japan #21
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>>17784579 --- QAJF #1
>>20038152 --- Scotland #9
>>19636057 --- South Africa #12
>>19804572 --- UK #51
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>>20022853 Posting Guidelines
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>>18024378, >>18561054 Updated PROTO Instructions
>>20186509 How to filter namefags NEW
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>>19089065 Baking Tools & Guidelines - NEW BAKERS, PLEASE READ
>>17322509, >>17322518 How to bake/e-bake
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#24859 >>20259792
>>20259828 ARCHIVING - TRUMP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, PORTSMOUTH 17TH JAN 2024 !!
>>20260049 Iran, Pakistan On Brink Of Military Conflict Following Missile Strike - China Urges Calm
>>20260136 Night Owl News Archives - 01/17/2024
>>20260174 Steve Bannon On Speaker Johnson: "I Don't Need A Theologian, I Need A Speaker Of The House"
>>20260244 @SCFreedomCaucus - ?HUGE WIN! Thanks to pressure from constituents and people like @Riley_Gaines_ the Republicans who killed this amendment did a 180 and passed an amendment to make medically castrating minors a FELONY!
>>20260317 Trump lawyers say document shows he kept 'Q' clearance for nuclear secrets
>>20260573 #24859
#24858 >>20258970
>>20259007 Prince William could break 500-year tradition and cut ties with Church of England as king
>>20259019, >>20259034 'Alarming' surveillance: Feds asked banks to search private transactions for terms like 'MAGA,' 'Trump'
>>20259021 PF: First we had a great airshow Then this popped up
>>20259053 PF: 370 military aircraft showing over North America. Busy day.
>>20259074 LIVE: President Trump Delivers Speech in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 1/17/24
>>20259090 Shell Halts All Red Sea Shipments as Tensions Rise
>>20259124 DJT Campaign schedule 1/17/24
>>20259128 Democratic leaders senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries tell reporters there was broad bipartisan agreement between congressional leaders and President Biden on funding Ukraine and addressing the crisis on the border
>>20259138 Speaker Johnson Briefs Reporters on Meeting with President Biden
>>20259178 Speaker Mike Johnson Doubles Down: No Deal on Border
>>20259197 ?#BREAKING: The FBI has Arrested Transgender Woman Plotting Violence Against Jews, Black People, and Allegedly Targeting Transphobic Co-workers with Nazi Imagery and Stockpile of Guns and Ammunition
>>20259252 Obama Shows off his 60 Y.O.husband
>>20259354 PF: There's a stratotanker up over NH
>>20259501 OMG Exposes Secret 'Alitas' Facility Inside Old Bank Building in Nogales, Arizona
>>20259560 @TuckerCarlson - TC Shorts: The Invasion
>>20259770 #24858
#24857 >>20258191
>>20258232 Iowa caucus captains reported that over half of Nikki Haley caucus support came from Democrats who temporarily changed parties just to vote against Donald Trump.
>>20258245 WV: "A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday would require restrooms and locker rooms in public schools to be designated for use based on biological sex
>>20258259 Pakistan recalls ambassador from Iran
>>20258262 Space Force commander: "I'm here to testify about the ongoing Marxist-inspired efforts to subvert and weaken our military and broader American society."
>>20258265 Buckwheat n Kirby up
>>20258276 Chinese lab had COVID-19 mapped two weeks before global outbreak
>>20258283 Judge threatens to kick Trump out of court, former president responds: 'I would love it'
>>20258293 Bill Gates Says Next-Generation Vaccines to Offer 'Longer Duration, More Coverage' and Will Be Administered Needle-Free
>>20258294 Gitmo News
>>20258332 baker change
>>20258375 Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at 2:30 p.m. EST.
>>20258407 WEF Davos 2024 Takes a Peculiar Turn: Farming and Fishing Labeled 'Ecocide,' Calls for Recognition as a 'Serious Crime' Leave Many Bewildered
>>20258442 Mayorkas won't attend second House impeachment hearing, offered chance to submit written testimony
>>20258503 Episode 142 LIVE: SecDef Missing In Action (feat. Rep. Cory Mills) - Firebrand with Matt Gaetz
>>20258509 @RepMarkGreen - Better late than never. It was a major mistake for the Biden administration to revoke the terrorist designations of the Houthis.
>>20258524 PF: 2 E6 and 2 AWACS up
>>20258575 Milei slams WEF, "radical feminist agenda" in front of Klaus Schwab
>>20258684 Trump Rally Schedule and 2024 Campaign Events
>>20258686 @AliBradleyTV - Today the state of Texas must allow the federal government access of the riverfront park in Eagle Pass or face a DHS/DOJ lawsuit. I just talked with Texas DPS who says they are not granting the feds access today
>>20258732 PF: 2 (mil.) B762 planes just coinkidental landed in Portsmouth NH, where DJT is due tonight
>>20258965 #24857
#24856-B >>20257273
>>20257276, >>20257278, >>20257279, >>20257282, >>20257283, >>20257335, >>20257870 Moderna's Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent
>>20257318 NEW HAMPSHIRE PARTY REGISTRATION STATISTICS
>>20257333 Ahoy! The Ship Show & Extra Gravy
>>20257336 Netanyahu has reportedly told the heads of the communities along the Gaza border in Israel the conflict could continue into 2025.
>>20257343 DRUMPF POLL
>>20257353 John Kerry giving a speech at Davos. Sounds a lot like he is saying NCSWIS and DJT cannot stop it
>>20257380, >>20257425, >>20257464, >>20257475, >>20257647 Swamp Meets
>>20257397 "But now he's our president, and now he's (Joe) our President at a reduced level, okay,at a reduced level"
>>20257417 Nearly half of Nikki Haley's Iowa backers say they'd vote for Biden over Trump
>>20257441 Vivek is Obama 2.0. He couldn't even find a different scriptwriter???
>>20257447, >>20257464 left wind propaganda, just so you know
>>20257473 left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control
>>20257528, >>20257531, >>20257539 Speaker Johnson rejects hard-line tactics in move to avoid shutdown
>>20257533, >>20257737, >>20257948 KLAUS INTRUDUCES JAVIER MILEI TO ADDRESS DAVOS
>>20257538 Nearly hundred churches across Canada were burned down or vandalised following the accusation of leftistJustin Trudeauand media that Catholic Church …..
>>20257575 Mulvaney: Why a 2,335-vote margin in Iowa likely guaranteed Trump the nomination
>>20257591 NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology
>>20257672 Colts owner doing opioids
>>20257673, >>20257955 Blinken unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday
>>20257809 Another House GOP retirement -→ @RepJeffDuncan
>>20257812 The Path Forward for Bank Capital Reform
>>20257819 At the Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Services Sector, Boston, Massachusetts
>>20257840 1:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Matthew Miller
>>20257905 The existence of "any Ukraine" on historical Russian lands will lead to a "perpetual war," the former president believes
>>20257977 Grisham in NM up for peach mints
>>20257990 Katt Williams/Diddy allegations bun yo
>>20257993 Race to Milwaukee: Iowa Iowa Iowa
>>20257998 @1st_Marine_Div 24/7 Security
>>20258015 @NavalInstitute Happy 93rd Birthday to James Earl Jones. Jones is an Army veteran who used the GI Bill to study acting
>>20258021 The DOJ confirmed Hunter Biden's laptop and its contents are REAL.
>>20258047 CEO Jamie Dimon. "I think this negative talk about MAGA will hurt Biden's campaign."
>>20258083 Ursula von der Leyen hopes EU Digital Services Act will tackle WEF's top concern: The truth getting out
>>20258086 Brian Kemp Flies to Davos While Refusing to Open Criminal Probe into Fani Willis
>>20258104 ?LIVE @ 7pm ET?: Kicking it off w/ @Peoples_Pundit up front for an Iowa Postmortem, then we've got Based Vigano, Good Movie Sequels, Calls, and more.
>>20258112 Marjorie Greene: Looking forward to the next administration where we're going to have the largest deportation system that's ever been witnessed in human history.
>>20258133 Assassination???
>>20258175 #24856-B
#24856-A >>20257273
>>20257725, >>20257791 Taters undermine of immigration law
>>20257477 Raskin: MAGA Republicans continue to invoke white supremacist, anti-immigration fantasies and conspiracy theories.
>>20257494 Homan: Every president I've ever worked for took some steps to secure the border, because they understood you can't have strong national security if you don't have border security. [Biden] is the first president in history of this nation that I know of, who came in office and unsecured the border on purpose.
>>20257529 Homan: There are thousands of empty ICE beds, already paid for by the taxpayer, but this administration would rather put them in a hotel at five hundred dollars a night, with free medical care and three squares a day.
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257590 Norton: President Trump famously imposed xenophobic travel ban on individuals from muslim-majority nations, which was challenged in the courts. [and the Supreme Court upheld that ban, you absolute idiot]
>>20257514 discovery of second ultra-large structure in distant space further challenges our understanding of the universe
>>20257522 Bier [Cato Institute]: The current administration pulled the system back from the brink. Legal immigration, obliterated by those four years [Trump administration] is finally back. It saved the US tourism industry, rescued countless small businesses from closure, and reopened America for investment again. [the open border saved tourism and rescued America? unbelievably asinine statement]
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257608 Homan: [Biden] overturned the Trump census rule, which millions of these people in sanctuary cities will be counted in the next census. What does that mean? It means seats in the House.
>>20258872 Biggs, Bier, Luna statements
>>20258010 Cori Bush: There is a crisis right now, but it's not because the southern border is open, or because immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, which the republicans and their racist cult leader, Donald Trump, want you to believe. [imbecile PANIC]
>>20258889 #24856-A
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
>>20257254 #24855
#24854 >>20255355
>>20255405, >>20255412 (Needs sauce?)In a new court filing today, the DOJ confirms Hunter Biden's laptop is real, that he left it at a computer store, and that the contents matched what they obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud.
>>20255407, >>20255529 CRUZ ENDORSES TRUMP
>>20255473 OUR CHRISTIAN NATION
>>20255480 Embarrassing, pathetic...
>>20255492 [DS] FULL SCALE PANIC ATTACK: Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill streak in 'humanized' mice: Surprisingly' rapid death
>>20255499, >>20255505, >>20255831 Hilarious moment man in his underwear casually crashes Clinton advisor Dick Morris' Newsmax interview on Iowa results
>>20255502, >>20255840 Chicago becomes a 'graveyard' littered with corpses of 'dead robots'
>>20255504 Common tumor among men is reduced by 90% using nanobots
>>20255517 04/06/2020 Thank you @BillGates for donating billions of dollars to construct factories that will manufacture the seven most promising vaccines.
>>20255524, >>20255532, >>20255542, >>20255543, >>20255554, >>20255564, >>20255633, >>20255689, >>20255723, >>20255737, >>20255749 if Trump becomes president in a year what would you consider success for a year after that
>>20255548 Tucker wonders how elections would be different if that was by paper. The state of Iowa did it last night. Tucker Knows!!!
>>20255555 5:5
>>20255562 Watchdog questions 2016 suspension of Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail
>>20255577 Silicon Valley Billionaire Democrats get Massively Redpilled on Trump
>>20255599 World's most chilling theme park in Iran where kids fire AK-47s at US flags, crawl through barbed wire & 'play' soldier
>>20255656 Dan the Man comes out with another video from NH. His fingerprints are all over this! NEW HAMPSHIRE IS READY TO FIESTA!!!??
>>20255868 My Hero! Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Florida car crash
>>20255900 So they are all getting together to discuss how the heck they're going to regain control. BE UNCONTROLLABLE!
>>20255902 (This does not make me feel good, its feels like creepy coordination) Laura Loomer & Vivek Ramaswamy
>>20255933 Possible measles outbreak sweeps Dulles and Ronald Reagan airports
>>20255938 (Babylon Bee) Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven
>>20255950 BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas Must Give Feds Access by Jan. 18, or Else, Says Biden Admin
>>20255871 The first intent is to foster degeneracy. When there is no punishment, undereducated looters steal freely.
>>20256009 If you think it was easy to get here tonight, you are wrong!!! I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE!!! 0:46
>>20256018 Teslas abandoned at a charging station due to extreme below-freezing temps
>>20256043, >>20256054 Attacks will intensify
>>20256104 Space Launch Delta 45
>>20256128, >>20256131 Congress approves Space Force part-timers
>>20256144 U.S. Confirms New Military Strikes in Yemen, Houthis Hit Bulk Carrier
>>20256187 The Extension of Mind Through Space and the Sense of Being Stared At: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 82
>>20256203 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Bull Gravano says Donald Trump is incorruptible
>>20256206 Report: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Has History of Dressing in Drag
>>20256211 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Rasmussen poll shows Trump beating Biden
>>20256243, >>20256259 FAA seeks to hire people with 'severe intellectual' and 'psychiatric' problems in DEI push - what could go wrong?
>>20256249 Anon Theory - If Q post about Trump talking control of Iran is true, it makes the following very interesting!.
>>20256283 #24854
Previously Collected
>>20255306 #24853
>>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851, >>20254667 #24852
>>20252160 #24849, >>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851
>>20249677 #24846, >>20250490 #24847, >>20251349 #24848
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#20258969 at 2024-01-17 21:35:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24858: The First 17th of the Month Edition
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>>20092798 --- Australia #34
>>20154106 --- Canada #51
>>16694358 --- France #7
>>19988670 --- Germany #106
>>20187083 --- Japan #21
>>16694250 --- Nederland #10
>>17784579 --- QAJF #1
>>20038152 --- Scotland #9
>>19636057 --- South Africa #12
>>19804572 --- UK #51
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>>20022853 Posting Guidelines
>>19832150, >>19957123, >>19737197 SPAM Removal; >>20184855 Jim W. on spam
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>>18024378, >>18561054 Updated PROTO Instructions
>>20186509 How to filter namefags NEW
BAKERS
>>19089065 Baking Tools & Guidelines - NEW BAKERS, PLEASE READ
>>17322509, >>17322518 How to bake/e-bake
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>>20186534 No muh joos or other discrimination based on race or religion in notes, will be removed
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#24857 >>20258191
>>20258232 Iowa caucus captains reported that over half of Nikki Haley caucus support came from Democrats who temporarily changed parties just to vote against Donald Trump.
>>20258245 WV: "A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates Tuesday would require restrooms and locker rooms in public schools to be designated for use based on biological sex
>>20258259 Pakistan recalls ambassador from Iran
>>20258262 Space Force commander: "I'm here to testify about the ongoing Marxist-inspired efforts to subvert and weaken our military and broader American society."
>>20258265 Buckwheat n Kirby up
>>20258276 Chinese lab had COVID-19 mapped two weeks before global outbreak
>>20258283 Judge threatens to kick Trump out of court, former president responds: 'I would love it'
>>20258293 Bill Gates Says Next-Generation Vaccines to Offer 'Longer Duration, More Coverage' and Will Be Administered Needle-Free
>>20258294 Gitmo News
>>20258332 baker change
>>20258375 Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at 2:30 p.m. EST.
>>20258407 WEF Davos 2024 Takes a Peculiar Turn: Farming and Fishing Labeled 'Ecocide,' Calls for Recognition as a 'Serious Crime' Leave Many Bewildered
>>20258442 Mayorkas won't attend second House impeachment hearing, offered chance to submit written testimony
>>20258503 Episode 142 LIVE: SecDef Missing In Action (feat. Rep. Cory Mills) - Firebrand with Matt Gaetz
>>20258509 @RepMarkGreen - Better late than never. It was a major mistake for the Biden administration to revoke the terrorist designations of the Houthis.
>>20258524 PF: 2 E6 and 2 AWACS up
>>20258575 Milei slams WEF, "radical feminist agenda" in front of Klaus Schwab
>>20258684 Trump Rally Schedule and 2024 Campaign Events
>>20258686 @AliBradleyTV - Today the state of Texas must allow the federal government access of the riverfront park in Eagle Pass or face a DHS/DOJ lawsuit. I just talked with Texas DPS who says they are not granting the feds access today
>>20258732 PF: 2 (mil.) B762 planes just coinkidental landed in Portsmouth NH, where DJT is due tonight
>>20258965 #24857
#24856-B >>20257273
>>20257276, >>20257278, >>20257279, >>20257282, >>20257283, >>20257335, >>20257870 Moderna's Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent
>>20257318 NEW HAMPSHIRE PARTY REGISTRATION STATISTICS
>>20257333 Ahoy! The Ship Show & Extra Gravy
>>20257336 Netanyahu has reportedly told the heads of the communities along the Gaza border in Israel the conflict could continue into 2025.
>>20257343 DRUMPF POLL
>>20257353 John Kerry giving a speech at Davos. Sounds a lot like he is saying NCSWIS and DJT cannot stop it
>>20257380, >>20257425, >>20257464, >>20257475, >>20257647 Swamp Meets
>>20257397 "But now he's our president, and now he's (Joe) our President at a reduced level, okay,at a reduced level"
>>20257417 Nearly half of Nikki Haley's Iowa backers say they'd vote for Biden over Trump
>>20257441 Vivek is Obama 2.0. He couldn't even find a different scriptwriter???
>>20257447, >>20257464 left wind propaganda, just so you know
>>20257473 left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control
>>20257528, >>20257531, >>20257539 Speaker Johnson rejects hard-line tactics in move to avoid shutdown
>>20257533, >>20257737, >>20257948 KLAUS INTRUDUCES JAVIER MILEI TO ADDRESS DAVOS
>>20257538 Nearly hundred churches across Canada were burned down or vandalised following the accusation of leftistJustin Trudeauand media that Catholic Church …..
>>20257575 Mulvaney: Why a 2,335-vote margin in Iowa likely guaranteed Trump the nomination
>>20257591 NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology
>>20257672 Colts owner doing opioids
>>20257673, >>20257955 Blinken unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday
>>20257809 Another House GOP retirement -→ @RepJeffDuncan
>>20257812 The Path Forward for Bank Capital Reform
>>20257819 At the Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Services Sector, Boston, Massachusetts
>>20257840 1:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Matthew Miller
>>20257905 The existence of "any Ukraine" on historical Russian lands will lead to a "perpetual war," the former president believes
>>20257977 Grisham in NM up for peach mints
>>20257990 Katt Williams/Diddy allegations bun yo
>>20257993 Race to Milwaukee: Iowa Iowa Iowa
>>20257998 @1st_Marine_Div 24/7 Security
>>20258015 @NavalInstitute Happy 93rd Birthday to James Earl Jones. Jones is an Army veteran who used the GI Bill to study acting
>>20258021 The DOJ confirmed Hunter Biden's laptop and its contents are REAL.
>>20258047 CEO Jamie Dimon. "I think this negative talk about MAGA will hurt Biden's campaign."
>>20258083 Ursula von der Leyen hopes EU Digital Services Act will tackle WEF's top concern: The truth getting out
>>20258086 Brian Kemp Flies to Davos While Refusing to Open Criminal Probe into Fani Willis
>>20258104 ?LIVE @ 7pm ET?: Kicking it off w/ @Peoples_Pundit up front for an Iowa Postmortem, then we've got Based Vigano, Good Movie Sequels, Calls, and more.
>>20258112 Marjorie Greene: Looking forward to the next administration where we're going to have the largest deportation system that's ever been witnessed in human history.
>>20258133 Assassination???
>>20258175 #24856-B
#24856-A >>20257273
>>20257725, >>20257791 Taters undermine of immigration law
>>20257477 Raskin: MAGA Republicans continue to invoke white supremacist, anti-immigration fantasies and conspiracy theories.
>>20257494 Homan: Every president I've ever worked for took some steps to secure the border, because they understood you can't have strong national security if you don't have border security. [Biden] is the first president in history of this nation that I know of, who came in office and unsecured the border on purpose.
>>20257529 Homan: There are thousands of empty ICE beds, already paid for by the taxpayer, but this administration would rather put them in a hotel at five hundred dollars a night, with free medical care and three squares a day.
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257590 Norton: President Trump famously imposed xenophobic travel ban on individuals from muslim-majority nations, which was challenged in the courts. [and the Supreme Court upheld that ban, you absolute idiot]
>>20257514 discovery of second ultra-large structure in distant space further challenges our understanding of the universe
>>20257522 Bier [Cato Institute]: The current administration pulled the system back from the brink. Legal immigration, obliterated by those four years [Trump administration] is finally back. It saved the US tourism industry, rescued countless small businesses from closure, and reopened America for investment again. [the open border saved tourism and rescued America? unbelievably asinine statement]
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257608 Homan: [Biden] overturned the Trump census rule, which millions of these people in sanctuary cities will be counted in the next census. What does that mean? It means seats in the House.
>>20258872 Biggs, Bier, Luna statements
>>20258010 Cori Bush: There is a crisis right now, but it's not because the southern border is open, or because immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, which the republicans and their racist cult leader, Donald Trump, want you to believe. [imbecile PANIC]
#24856-A
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
>>20257254 #24855
#24854 >>20255355
>>20255405, >>20255412 (Needs sauce?)In a new court filing today, the DOJ confirms Hunter Biden's laptop is real, that he left it at a computer store, and that the contents matched what they obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud.
>>20255407, >>20255529 CRUZ ENDORSES TRUMP
>>20255473 OUR CHRISTIAN NATION
>>20255480 Embarrassing, pathetic...
>>20255492 [DS] FULL SCALE PANIC ATTACK: Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill streak in 'humanized' mice: Surprisingly' rapid death
>>20255499, >>20255505, >>20255831 Hilarious moment man in his underwear casually crashes Clinton advisor Dick Morris' Newsmax interview on Iowa results
>>20255502, >>20255840 Chicago becomes a 'graveyard' littered with corpses of 'dead robots'
>>20255504 Common tumor among men is reduced by 90% using nanobots
>>20255517 04/06/2020 Thank you @BillGates for donating billions of dollars to construct factories that will manufacture the seven most promising vaccines.
>>20255524, >>20255532, >>20255542, >>20255543, >>20255554, >>20255564, >>20255633, >>20255689, >>20255723, >>20255737, >>20255749 if Trump becomes president in a year what would you consider success for a year after that
>>20255548 Tucker wonders how elections would be different if that was by paper. The state of Iowa did it last night. Tucker Knows!!!
>>20255555 5:5
>>20255562 Watchdog questions 2016 suspension of Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail
>>20255577 Silicon Valley Billionaire Democrats get Massively Redpilled on Trump
>>20255599 World's most chilling theme park in Iran where kids fire AK-47s at US flags, crawl through barbed wire & 'play' soldier
>>20255656 Dan the Man comes out with another video from NH. His fingerprints are all over this! NEW HAMPSHIRE IS READY TO FIESTA!!!??
>>20255868 My Hero! Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Florida car crash
>>20255900 So they are all getting together to discuss how the heck they're going to regain control. BE UNCONTROLLABLE!
>>20255902 (This does not make me feel good, its feels like creepy coordination) Laura Loomer & Vivek Ramaswamy
>>20255933 Possible measles outbreak sweeps Dulles and Ronald Reagan airports
>>20255938 (Babylon Bee) Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven
>>20255950 BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas Must Give Feds Access by Jan. 18, or Else, Says Biden Admin
>>20255871 The first intent is to foster degeneracy. When there is no punishment, undereducated looters steal freely.
>>20256009 If you think it was easy to get here tonight, you are wrong!!! I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE!!! 0:46
>>20256018 Teslas abandoned at a charging station due to extreme below-freezing temps
>>20256043, >>20256054 Attacks will intensify
>>20256104 Space Launch Delta 45
>>20256128, >>20256131 Congress approves Space Force part-timers
>>20256144 U.S. Confirms New Military Strikes in Yemen, Houthis Hit Bulk Carrier
>>20256187 The Extension of Mind Through Space and the Sense of Being Stared At: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 82
>>20256203 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Bull Gravano says Donald Trump is incorruptible
>>20256206 Report: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Has History of Dressing in Drag
>>20256211 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Rasmussen poll shows Trump beating Biden
>>20256243, >>20256259 FAA seeks to hire people with 'severe intellectual' and 'psychiatric' problems in DEI push - what could go wrong?
>>20256249 Anon Theory - If Q post about Trump talking control of Iran is true, it makes the following very interesting!.
>>20256283 #24854
Previously Collected
>>20255306 #24853
>>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851, >>20254667 #24852
>>20252160 #24849, >>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851
>>20249677 #24846, >>20250490 #24847, >>20251349 #24848
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#20258179 at 2024-01-17 18:23:13 (UTC+1)
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>>20154106 --- Canada #51
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>>19988670 --- Germany #106
>>20187083 --- Japan #21
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>>19804572 --- UK #51
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>>20186509 How to filter namefags NEW
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>>19089065 Baking Tools & Guidelines - NEW BAKERS, PLEASE READ
>>17322509, >>17322518 How to bake/e-bake
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#24856-B >>20257273
>>20257276, >>20257278, >>20257279, >>20257282, >>20257283, >>20257335, >>20257870 Moderna's Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent
>>20257318 NEW HAMPSHIRE PARTY REGISTRATION STATISTICS
>>20257333 Ahoy! The Ship Show & Extra Gravy
>>20257336 Netanyahu has reportedly told the heads of the communities along the Gaza border in Israel the conflict could continue into 2025.
>>20257343 DRUMPF POLL
>>20257353 John Kerry giving a speech at Davos. Sounds a lot like he is saying NCSWIS and DJT cannot stop it
>>20257380, >>20257425, >>20257464, >>20257475, >>20257647 Swamp Meets
>>20257397 "But now he's our president, and now he's (Joe) our President at a reduced level, okay,at a reduced level"
>>20257417 Nearly half of Nikki Haley's Iowa backers say they'd vote for Biden over Trump
>>20257441 Vivek is Obama 2.0. He couldn't even find a different scriptwriter???
>>20257447, >>20257464 left wind propaganda, just so you know
>>20257473 left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control
>>20257528, >>20257531, >>20257539 Speaker Johnson rejects hard-line tactics in move to avoid shutdown
>>20257533, >>20257737, >>20257948 KLAUS INTRUDUCES JAVIER MILEI TO ADDRESS DAVOS
>>20257538 Nearly hundred churches across Canada were burned down or vandalised following the accusation of leftistJustin Trudeauand media that Catholic Church …..
>>20257575 Mulvaney: Why a 2,335-vote margin in Iowa likely guaranteed Trump the nomination
>>20257591 NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology
>>20257672 Colts owner doing opioids
>>20257673, >>20257955 Blinken unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday
>>20257809 Another House GOP retirement -→ @RepJeffDuncan
>>20257812 The Path Forward for Bank Capital Reform
>>20257819 At the Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Services Sector, Boston, Massachusetts
>>20257840 1:00 PM EST Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Matthew Miller
>>20257905 The existence of "any Ukraine" on historical Russian lands will lead to a "perpetual war," the former president believes
>>20257977 Grisham in NM up for peach mints
>>20257990 Katt Williams/Diddy allegations bun yo
>>20257993 Race to Milwaukee: Iowa Iowa Iowa
>>20257998 @1st_Marine_Div 24/7 Security
>>20258015 @NavalInstitute Happy 93rd Birthday to James Earl Jones. Jones is an Army veteran who used the GI Bill to study acting
>>20258021 The DOJ confirmed Hunter Biden's laptop and its contents are REAL.
>>20258047 CEO Jamie Dimon. "I think this negative talk about MAGA will hurt Biden's campaign."
>>20258083 Ursula von der Leyen hopes EU Digital Services Act will tackle WEF's top concern: The truth getting out
>>20258086 Brian Kemp Flies to Davos While Refusing to Open Criminal Probe into Fani Willis
>>20258104 ?LIVE @ 7pm ET?: Kicking it off w/ @Peoples_Pundit up front for an Iowa Postmortem, then we've got Based Vigano, Good Movie Sequels, Calls, and more.
>>20258112 Marjorie Greene: Looking forward to the next administration where we're going to have the largest deportation system that's ever been witnessed in human history.
>>20258133 Assassination???
>>20258175 #24856-B
#24856-A >>20257273
>>20257725, >>20257791 Taters undermine of immigration law
>>20257477 Raskin: MAGA Republicans continue to invoke white supremacist, anti-immigration fantasies and conspiracy theories.
>>20257494 Homan: Every president I've ever worked for took some steps to secure the border, because they understood you can't have strong national security if you don't have border security. [Biden] is the first president in history of this nation that I know of, who came in office and unsecured the border on purpose.
>>20257529 Homan: There are thousands of empty ICE beds, already paid for by the taxpayer, but this administration would rather put them in a hotel at five hundred dollars a night, with free medical care and three squares a day.
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257590 Norton: President Trump famously imposed xenophobic travel ban on individuals from muslim-majority nations, which was challenged in the courts. [and the Supreme Court upheld that ban, you absolute idiot]
>>20257514 discovery of second ultra-large structure in distant space further challenges our understanding of the universe
>>20257522 Bier [Cato Institute]: The current administration pulled the system back from the brink. Legal immigration, obliterated by those four years [Trump administration] is finally back. It saved the US tourism industry, rescued countless small businesses from closure, and reopened America for investment again. [the open border saved tourism and rescued America? unbelievably asinine statement]
>>20257577 Homan: In the last several months, there have been times where there is certain sectors on the southwest border where one hundred percent of Border Patrol Agents were pulled off patrol to come in and process [illegals]. When you do that, the criminal cartels have a field day...they've created the biggest national security crisis since 9/11.
>>20257608 Homan: [Biden] overturned the Trump census rule, which millions of these people in sanctuary cities will be counted in the next census. What does that mean? It means seats in the House.
>>20257713 Biggs: Mr. Bier, how many individuals on the terrorist security data set have actually entered the United States since [Biden] took office?
Bier: A couple hundred.
Biggs: No, no, no, no...that's the number that we've actually interdicted. How many have come in? Do you know?
Bier: [shrugs shoulders]
Biggs: You don't know do you?
Bier: I know how many Border Patrol has arrested.
Biggs: You don't know how many have entered though, do you? Come on, lets' be honest. I don't know, you don't know.
Bier: I don't know.
>>20257755 Luna: You have no idea if these people are their intentional parents or not [child illegals].
Bier: We do, we do.
Luna: Are you psychic? Have you won the lotto, Mr. Bier? I don't think you have. You have no idea what you are doing, and you are hurting these children. The reason why we want family separation until we can confirm if they are the actual biological parents, is because these kids are being trafficked.
>>20258010 Cori Bush: There is a crisis right now, but it's not because the southern border is open, or because immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, which the republicans and their racist cult leader, Donald Trump, want you to believe. [imbecile PANIC]
>>20258901 #24856-A
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
>>20257254 #24855
#24854 >>20255355
>>20255405, >>20255412 (Needs sauce?)In a new court filing today, the DOJ confirms Hunter Biden's laptop is real, that he left it at a computer store, and that the contents matched what they obtained from a search warrant of his iCloud.
>>20255407, >>20255529 CRUZ ENDORSES TRUMP
>>20255473 OUR CHRISTIAN NATION
>>20255480 Embarrassing, pathetic...
>>20255492 [DS] FULL SCALE PANIC ATTACK: Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill streak in 'humanized' mice: Surprisingly' rapid death
>>20255499, >>20255505, >>20255831 Hilarious moment man in his underwear casually crashes Clinton advisor Dick Morris' Newsmax interview on Iowa results
>>20255502, >>20255840 Chicago becomes a 'graveyard' littered with corpses of 'dead robots'
>>20255504 Common tumor among men is reduced by 90% using nanobots
>>20255517 04/06/2020 Thank you @BillGates for donating billions of dollars to construct factories that will manufacture the seven most promising vaccines.
>>20255524, >>20255532, >>20255542, >>20255543, >>20255554, >>20255564, >>20255633, >>20255689, >>20255723, >>20255737, >>20255749 if Trump becomes president in a year what would you consider success for a year after that
>>20255548 Tucker wonders how elections would be different if that was by paper. The state of Iowa did it last night. Tucker Knows!!!
>>20255555 5:5
>>20255562 Watchdog questions 2016 suspension of Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail
>>20255577 Silicon Valley Billionaire Democrats get Massively Redpilled on Trump
>>20255599 World's most chilling theme park in Iran where kids fire AK-47s at US flags, crawl through barbed wire & 'play' soldier
>>20255656 Dan the Man comes out with another video from NH. His fingerprints are all over this! NEW HAMPSHIRE IS READY TO FIESTA!!!??
>>20255868 My Hero! Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Florida car crash
>>20255900 So they are all getting together to discuss how the heck they're going to regain control. BE UNCONTROLLABLE!
>>20255902 (This does not make me feel good, its feels like creepy coordination) Laura Loomer & Vivek Ramaswamy
>>20255933 Possible measles outbreak sweeps Dulles and Ronald Reagan airports
>>20255938 (Babylon Bee) Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven
>>20255950 BORDER SHOWDOWN: Texas Must Give Feds Access by Jan. 18, or Else, Says Biden Admin
>>20255871 The first intent is to foster degeneracy. When there is no punishment, undereducated looters steal freely.
>>20256009 If you think it was easy to get here tonight, you are wrong!!! I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE!!! 0:46
>>20256018 Teslas abandoned at a charging station due to extreme below-freezing temps
>>20256043, >>20256054 Attacks will intensify
>>20256104 Space Launch Delta 45
>>20256128, >>20256131 Congress approves Space Force part-timers
>>20256144 U.S. Confirms New Military Strikes in Yemen, Houthis Hit Bulk Carrier
>>20256187 The Extension of Mind Through Space and the Sense of Being Stared At: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 82
>>20256203 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Bull Gravano says Donald Trump is incorruptible
>>20256206 Report: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Has History of Dressing in Drag
>>20256211 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - Rasmussen poll shows Trump beating Biden
>>20256243, >>20256259 FAA seeks to hire people with 'severe intellectual' and 'psychiatric' problems in DEI push - what could go wrong?
>>20256249 Anon Theory - If Q post about Trump talking control of Iran is true, it makes the following very interesting!.
>>20256283 #24854
Previously Collected
>>20255306 #24853
>>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851, >>20254667 #24852
>>20252160 #24849, >>20252999 #24850, >>20253780 #24851
>>20249677 #24846, >>20250490 #24847, >>20251349 #24848
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Q Research Notables #21: Not Giving Up >>19567242
#20257265 at 2024-01-17 13:19:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24856: Trump Train Rolln Into NH Edition
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>>20092798 --- Australia #34
>>20154106 --- Canada #51
>>16694358 --- France #7
>>19988670 --- Germany #106
>>20187083 --- Japan #21
>>16694250 --- Nederland #10
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>>19804572 --- UK #51
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>>20022853 Posting Guidelines
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>>20186509 How to filter namefags NEW
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>>19089065 Baking Tools & Guidelines - NEW BAKERS, PLEASE READ
>>17322509, >>17322518 How to bake/e-bake
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>>20186534 No muh joos or other discrimination based on race or religion in notes, will be removed
Plz sign out clearly when e-baking or ghosting, use RED TEXT
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#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
>>20257254 #24855
#20257254 at 2024-01-17 13:16:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24855: The Big Comfy Edition
final bun for #24855
kun is a little wonky, gonna set up bake early jic
czech em
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153, >>20257196 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
>>20257219 ABC News cancels New Hampshire Republican primary debate Nikki Haley said she wouldn't attend without Trump, who said he saw no point.
#20257200 at 2024-01-17 12:54:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24855: The Big Comfy Edition
notables bun @650
>>20257175 o7 all guud
czech em
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leak on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
>>20257150, >>20257153 Special Counsel Jack Smith is concealing evidence including voluminous records demonstrating collaboration btw Biden White House, NARA, DOJ, FBI, and intel agencies
#20257116 at 2024-01-17 11:58:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24855: The Big Comfy Edition
notables bun @570
post count accurate ^^^
czech em
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Ghost grab
>>20256665 Portland seeks emergency funding
>>20256524 WBAN diggz material
>>20257059, >>20257069, >>20257070, >>20257071, >>20257072 Leake on @wef "Disease X" meeting today.
#20256662 at 2024-01-17 07:27:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24855: The Big Comfy Edition
BAKER IS SIGNING OFF – THIS BREAD IS GHOSTED
Next Baker Please Self Confirm!
Godspeed
o7
Notables
#24855 >>20256291
>>20256309 Donald J. Trump TruthSocial - BET ON TRUMP
>>20256354 Caucus co-chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says she thinks "it's incredibly important to listen to the specific words" that the UFO whistleblower that Congress is investigating
>>20256366 FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
>>20256401 Iran targets Pakistan with missile attack, third country in 24 hours
>>20256517 Art dealer told Congress that Joe Biden called and met him while he sold Hunter Biden's paintings
>>20256523 Tucker: Dems are mobilizing libtards to vote for NeoCon Nikki in states with open primaries, starting with mass numbers in New Hampshire
>>20256537 NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected
>>20256543 Four Judges of DC Circuit Court of Appeals Excoriate Prior Executive Privilege Ruling, and The Admitted Scheme of Special Counsel Jack Smith
>>20256647 Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab's Stance On Gaza
Current Notes in Updated Dough
https://controlc.com/e81110eb
#20256366 at 2024-01-17 05:40:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24855: The Big Comfy Edition
WEF's gonna go after the food supply Chain
FORMER AUSTRALIAN PM kevin rudd TALKS UP IMPORTANCE OF WEF
https://www.bitchute.com/video/RJxzfDZxse4/
#19360419 at 2023-08-15 02:59:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23776: THEY GOT HIM THIS TIME EDITION
Coz you sold out to the CCP kevin
Australian Ambassador says 'this ain't a Cold War' with China
Relations with China dominated much of the discussion during a Monday appearance by Australian Ambassador kevin rudd at the Sheraton Waikiki.
Relations with China dominated much of the discussion during a Monday appearance by Australian Ambassador kevin rudd at the Sheraton Waikiki.
Honolulu think tank Pacific Forum and the Australian Consulate hosted the event in which rudd, a diplomat and politician who previously served twice as Australia's prime minister, discussed his country's foreign policies and issues in the Pacific. rudd, who studied in Taiwan as a student and worked as a diplomat at Australia's embassy in Beijing during the 1980s, acknowledged that tensions are high. But he pushed back on the notion that the U.S. and China are engaged in a new Cold War.
"This ain't a Cold War, " rudd said. "The Cold War against the Soviet Union was daggers drawn everywhere with the nuclear arsenals primed, mutually assured destruction, proxy wars raging around the world, plus zero economic engagement."
He noted that while Beijing is growing its nuclear arsenal and the U.S. and China are competing for influence around the globe, he argued that competition has been largely bloodless and that "the United States remains China's largest trading partner and China remains a major trading partner of the United States. So for those reasons, we should be careful about using language which simply creates a trajectory for the future."
He said that while U.S.-China relations "could degenerate in that direction, " he doesn't think "that's an objective descriptor right now."
American officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, have visited China recently in an effort to cool tensions between the two countries. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing this week in an effort to restart climate talks, while former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a key role in establishing relations between the U.S. and China during the Cold War, met with Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu.
"We, like the United States, are seeking to stabilize our relationship with Beijing, " rudd said. "Obviously, there are vast differences in underpinning values and underpinning national interests, but we have been seeking for some time now to stabilize our relationship with Beijing to the extent that that's possible."
A major sticking point in that relationship has been the fate of Taiwan, a self-ruled island dem ?ocracy that Beijing considers a rogue province.
A visit to Taiwan last summer by then-House Speaker U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi drew swift condemnation from China, which cut off defense and climate talks with the U.S. in response. Since then, several other lawmakers from the U.S. and other countries, have visited Taiwan.
rudd said that when he first went to Taiwan as a student, it was still a military dictatorship that had been established by exiled Chinese nationalists that lost the Chinese Civil War. Since then, the country has democratized and developed a high-tech economy. It's currently a top producer of semiconductor chips that many companies rely on to make their products work, and is a key trade partner for the U.S. and Australia.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/08/australian-ambassador-says-this-aint-a-cold-war-with-china/
http://zhwhxy.org.cn/a1/a-XCVZXOBACF0976FE099F9Bhttps://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1057058656158535680
#19354315 at 2023-08-14 03:02:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23769: Push Me Pull You Edition
>>19354307 1 of 3
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12403127/Julian-Assange-Caroline-kennedy-plea-deal.html
2 of 3
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due to fly to the US to meet with the Biden administration in late October, just as Mr Assange's legal options in the UK are set to finally run out.
His supporters have taken the comments from ambassador Kennedy as a sign a possible deal is in the works.
'Caroline Kennedy wouldn't be saying these things if they didn't want a way out,' Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton told the SMH.
'The Americans want this off their plate.'
The deal could still require Mr Assange to fly to the US to face court there before he could be allowed to return to Australia to serve any sentence.
He has already been imprisoned for four years in the UK since he was forced to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2019 which may also be used as a mitigating factor.
His supporters hope he can now face downgraded charges in return for a guilty plea and the time served in the UK count towards his punishment.
However legal experts have warned Mr Assange may yet still refuse to willingly go to the US to face justice, with his family warning he may kill himself rather than travel there.
'Everything we know about Julian Assange suggests this would be a significant sticking point for him,' Australian National University international law expert Don Rothwell said.
'[But] it's not possible to strike a plea deal outside the relevant jurisdiction except in the most exceptional circumstances.'
Last week kevin rudd, Australia's ambassador to the US, said the pursuit of Mr Assange had 'gone on too long.'
'As for Secretary Blinken's statements recently, that's to be anticipated from the administration, reflecting their concerns about the history of the case,' he said.
'We in Australia have our own concerns that we continue to reflect and my job as Australia's leading diplomat in the US is to engage effectively, which usually means silently with the US administration, in order to maximise our prospects.
'The prime minister has already made clear that this has gone on for too long. I agree with him.'
Since winning office in 2022, the Albanese government has been advocating for the US pursuit of Assange to end.
The PM said earlier this month: 'We remain very firm in our view and in our representations to the American government and we will continue to do so.
A solution needs to be found that brings this matter to a conclusion…Mr Assange needs to be a part of that, of course.'
#18800303 at 2023-05-05 13:48:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23073: Mayo 5:5 Edition
kevin rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and current Australian Ambassador to the United States, meets with John Podesta.
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kevin rudd AC Tweet
Great to catch up with @johnpodesta (senior adviser to @POTUS for clean energy innovation & implementation) ahead of President Biden's visit to Australia in May. We need to maximise (Australia) & (United States) collaboration on climate solutions & the renewable energy transition
https://twitter.com/Amborudd/status/1654297632624324609
#18503736 at 2023-03-14 04:00:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22691: Contagion Is Not A Financial Term Edition
San Diego: Biggest leap in Australia's defence capability in history at US naval base Point Loma
One for the ages: Albanese meets his moment on the world stage
San Diego: The unveiling of the biggest leap in Australia's defence capability in history required a momentous backdrop and the US naval base at Point Loma provided.
The landing place of the first European expedition to come ashore in modern-day California, it's now the home of the US Pacific fleet.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took to the podium alongside US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunakunder cinematically blue skies.
On a podium adorned with their nations' flags, and with a 115-metre Virginia-class submarine in the background, the leaders of Australia, America and Britain marked a momentous new chapter in their alliance.
Across the water in the distance was the USS Sterett, a missile destroyer where hundreds of impeccably dressed sailors stood attentively, listening to the leaders' every word.
And next to that was the USS Missouri - a vanguard of US sea power and a model of the Virginia-class submarine Australia plans to buy from the US within the next decade.
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Anthony Albanese said AUKUS marked 'new chapter' in US, UK alliance
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Anthony Albanese said AUKUS marked 'new chapter' in US, UK alliance
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said AUKUS was 'a commitment to democracy'
Biden, donning a navy-blue suit and his trademark aviator sunglasses, got to lead the event, lauding this "inflection point" and the overriding objective of AUKUS: to enhance stability in the Indo-Pacific.
He stressed nuclear propulsion was "tested and safe" and had been used by the US and Britain for nearly 70 years.
"Combined between the US and the UK, all of our nuclear-powered ships have travelled the entire globe, around the entire globe, more than 150 million miles. That's going to the moon 350 times. We can't figure out how to get a sub to the moon but we'll figure it out," Biden said.
Albanese held his own on stage as he spoke of Australia's determination to promote security in the region "by investing in our relationships".
This particular investment - projected to cost up to $368 billion between now and the mid-2050s - is one for the ages.
"What the United States, Great Britain and Australia hold in common is more fundamental and more universal than our shared histories," Albanese said, never faltering as he met his moment on the world stage.
"We are bound, above all, by our belief in a world where the sovereignty of every nation is respected - and the inherent dignity of every individual is upheld."
It was left to Sunak to bell the cat and address why this alliance came to be.
He warned of a "world defined by danger, disorder, and division" in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and he mentioned China by name.
In the crowd of dignitaries and security details, members of congress, including "AUKUS caucus" chairman Joe Courtney, rubbed shoulders with military brass,while US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy obligingly posed for photos.
Kennedy - whose father John F Kennedy was invoked in the speeches - was quick to agree this opened a new chapter in history.
"It's historic for Australia because the US is sharing our most sensitive technology for the first time since [it was shared with] the UK, but it's historic for the United States as well because Australia is just emerging as such a significant ally," she said.
"I mean, it always has been - but I this is really going to take it to another level."
Australia's Ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, came to the event as one of his last duties before handing over to incoming ambassador kevin rudd.
"As I've said before, this is a moonshot. It's a whole-of-nation effort. Failure is not an option."
At one point, a reporter asked US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin how much of a big deal this was.
He didn't reply, but White House Indo-Pacific co-ordinator Kurt Campbell, who was walking behind him, summed it up neatly: "It's an effing big deal!"
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/one-for-the-ages-albanese-meets-his-moment-on-the-world-stage-20230314-p5crtt.html
#18420435 at 2023-02-27 21:34:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22583: Das Boot For DeWine, DDT? Edition
'I bet Beijing was cheering on these muppets': Chris Kenny and Sharri Markson slam ABC for taking 'patronising' and 'anti-journalism' approach to lab leak story
Sky News hosts Chris Kenny and Sharri Markson have both slammed media outlets like the ABC for their anti-journalism' hostility to the COVID-19 lab leak story.
Sky News host Chris Kenny has slammed the ABC for taking an "anti-journalism" approach to reports that COVID-19 leaked out of a lab, while Sharri Markson says there has always been "mountains of evidence" to support the hypothesis for anyone who bothers to look.
Both Kenny and Markson used their Sky News editorials to highlight the scorn poured on the lab leak story from media outlets like the ABC, and to cover reports the US Department of Energy has concluded that a lab leak was the most likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency oversees a network of national laboratories, including America's biodefence labs.
"From very early on, there was informed reporting, and circumstantial evidence that COVID-19 might've sprung from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Kenny said.
"No-one advanced this reporting more than our own Sharri Markson. In the Daily Telegraph, The Australian and on this station, she ended up writing the book and making the documentary."
"But incredibly, elsewhere - especially at the ABC - they didn't follow Markson's reporting, or investigate the story themselves, they got into what I call 'anti-journalism' mode and just attacked the story.
"Yep, the biggest question in the world at that time, and the ABC did not want to know the answer."
Kenny highlighted multiple example of leading ABC journalists dismissing the lab leak story and pouring scorn on the likes of Markson who were reporting it.
These included Media Watch's Paul Barry, ABC Radio National's Linda Mottram, and Dr Norman Swan.
"Even just six months ago, the ABC was desperately running the Beijing line, and targeting Markson and News Corp," he said.
ABC Media Commentator Wendy Hamer even retweeted Chinese Communist Party Propaganda and accused Markson of risking WWIII
But it wasn't just the ABC who attacked the story, with Kenny showing that journalists from the Guardian and The Age joined in, as did former Labor prime minister kevin rudd.
"I bet Beijing was cheering these muppets," Kenny said.
"They have desperately tried to shut down, shame, belittle and discourage those journalists interested in pursuing the truth."
The host of the Chris Kenny Tonight said the reason for this hostility to such an important story was "the simple fact that Donald Trump gave it credence."
"Yep the Left didn't like where the evidence was pointing, because they were deranged about Trump."
Ms Markson - the journalist who has broken important parts of the lab leak story - highlighted how much of the media failed to follow the evidence where it led.
"It's surreal to think that two years ago, and certainly three, media outlets like the NY Times, the ABC, CNN, The Guardian and many others were so incurious about how the pandemic started that they insisted a lab leak was a conspiracy," Markson said.
"ABC Media Watch host Paul Barry was patronising and belittling when he ridiculed our reports investigating this topic."
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/i-bet-beijing-was-cheering-on-these-muppets-chris-kenny-and-sharri-markson-slam-abc-for-taking-patronising-and-antijournalism-approach-to-lab-leak-story/news-story/1cb0644936bb2830fce5d8fc1ba54be0
Funny how I emailed Markson's personal email addi at sky news near 2 years ago with this story with supporting documents with connection to the DOD and Gates and co but she ignored it, sanctimonious cunt.
#18073757 at 2023-01-04 18:11:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22152: Of Digital Currency, McCarthy On The Floor Edition
Australia's New Ambassador to Washington Scolds U.S. for Throwing Allies 'Under a Bus'
Australia's incoming ambassador to the United States, left-wing former Prime Minister kevin rudd, has lectured America to stop throwing foreign allies "under a bus" on trade and economic issues in Asia.
The soon-to-be diplomat, who once sought the job of U.N. secretary general only to be famously dismissed as "not well-suited" to the position, spoke as part of a critique of past, present and future U.S. foreign policy in the disputed Indo-Pacific region.
rudd will take up his Washington, DC, posting in March and used an interview with Bloomberg to accuse the U.S. of operating with "one arm tied behind its back" in Asia because it had neglected trade in favour of a narrow focus on defence and national security.
"For the future, what is the missing elements in U.S. grand strategy? It's called the economy, stupid," rudd told Bloomberg TV, seizing on an observation attributed to former Bill Clinton adviser James Carville.
"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."
rudd qualified his directions for future U.S. foreign policy by saying he was speaking as president of the Asia Society and had not begun his ambassadorial role, telling the outlet it was "three months before I turn into a pumpkin."
Advice for the U.S. from the enthusiastic globalist didn't end there.
rudd further observed the U.S. political class was now dominated by an "overriding protectionist sentiment" but urged Congress to do more to open American markets to allies in Asia and Europe.
The speed with which the former Australian Labor Party leader stumbled into the spotlight to politicize his new posting, after being appointed just before Christmas, drew a rapid response in Australia.
The AAP news service reports opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham criticised rudd for the comments, accusing him of engaging in "opinionated lecturing" before he lands in his new ambassadorial role.
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2023/01/04/australias-new-ambassador-to-washington-scolds-u-s-for-throwing-allies-under-a-bus/
#17986429 at 2022-12-20 13:53:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22036: Morning Frens Edition
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
>>17984483 The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
>>17984497 #22032
#17985667 at 2022-12-20 07:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22035: Battle of the Lawfags Edition
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
>>17984483 The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
>>17984497 #22032
Previously Collected
>>17983147 #22030, >>17983700 #22031
>>17980885 #22027, >>17981674 #22028, >>17982425 #22029
>>17978566 #22024, >>17979360 #22025, >>17980130 #22026
>>17977294 #22021, >>17977097 #22022, >>17977836 #22023
>>17963364 #22018, >>17964190 #22019, >>17964973 #22020
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#17985259 at 2022-12-20 05:27:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22034: Kari Lake trial to Proceed WEDNESDAY Edition
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>>17631245 ---------------- Vatican #6
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for Anons: bunker = https://endchan.gg/qrbunker; ban lifts >>17241201
Posting guidelines: no naked adults near kids; report violent threats
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Jim W on attacks, Proto, security & keeping 8kun in business >>17754996
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#22033
>>17984576, >>17984578, >>17984954, >>17985063, >>17985195 BOOM: Kari Lake trial to Proceed WEDNESDAY
>>17984609 Appeals court says U.S. cannot mandate federal contractor COVID vaccines
>>17984614, >>17984733 So is Rudy still banned from FAUX? Why won't "conservative" pravda rant about THAT?
>>17984642, >>17984529 @JosephJFlynn1 Wow ... all I can say is Wow!!!
>>17984662, >>17984703 Eric Trump "Boarder" decode
>>17984674 [Scholars] alarmed by An 'Imperial Supreme Court' Asserting Its Power…
>>17984675 McCarthy: Omnibus Gives up the Funding Leverage That Was Used to Lift Vaccine Mandate, Oil Export Ban
>>17984689 House Republicans Warn: Subpoenas Will Fly To The FBI Over 'Twitter Files'
>>17984694 Sanctuary Counties Making Private Deals with 'Abolish ICE' Groups to Protect Criminal Illegal Aliens
>>17984707 Meta could face $11.8 billion fine as EU charges tech giant with breaching antitrust rules
>>17984712 80X More Deaths Following COVID-19 Shots than Influenza Vaccines 2020 through 2022 - Vaccine Impact
>>17984748, >>17984756 Washington DC Labels Donald Trump an Enemy of the State… That's Why We Voted for Him
>>17984808 Latest Food Processing Plant Fire at Saginaw County Grain Elevator, "Could Burn for Another Week" - GWP
>>17984828 Department of Injustice Illegally Spied on House Intelligence Committee Investigators, Including Devin Nunes, During Russia Hoax
>>17984840 [Transgene] Innovative immunotherapeutic approaches for fighting cancer and infectious diseases
>>17984844 Comer: Passing Omnibus Means FBI 'Unaccountable' for Twitter Files
>>17984859 Loy Arlan Brunson, Knows his stuff - highlights from his 2018 US Senate primary debates
>>17984869, >>17984903, >>17985036 [Transhumanism] and Human Genetic Engineering relies on making sex 100% recreational and disconnected from reproduction.
>>17984888, >>17984918 Missouri v. Biden Order on Motion to Amend/Correct - Document #153
>>17984925 Twitter Files Part 7 - The DHS/FBI Teleporter One-Way Telecommunications Channel into Twitter, How the FBI Used and Paid Twitter for Censorship
>>17984893, >>17984938, >>17984980 Some light digging on The Aspen Institute: [Jacklyn (Jackie) Bezos]
>>17984946 L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Plans to Put Homeless 'In Motels and Hotels Immediately'
>>17984951 Here's a list of everyone who has filed for 2024 POTUS
>>17984952 Chief Justice John Roberts has halted decision that would have lifted the CDC Title 42 public health authority at the United States-Mexico border
>>17984960 Children's Medicine Shortage Hits as Flu Season Starts Fast
>>17985001 The Secret CIA Campaign to Influence Culture: Covert Cultural Operations (2000)
>>17985009, >>17985031 Final Approval in $10.3 Million Settlement Case for 500 Health Care Workers who were vaxx-coerced, $24,000 each
>>17985012 Soros-Funded Nonprofit Played Key Role In Twitter's Preparation For Dealing With Hunter Biden Story, Docs Reveal
>>17985013 DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show
>>17985067 Judge Tosses Arizona GOP AG Candidate's Lawsuit
>>17985079 @realDonaldTrump Many people are saying that (Trump and Elon should work something out RE: Twitter) but Truth Social is GREAT!
>>17985082 TRUMP knows who Brunson is
>>17985094, >>17985133, >>17985087 DJT re-Truths Dershowitz
>>17985162 Aaaaaand Jan. 6 Committee gave no new evidence Trump engaged in a criminal act
>>17985248 #22033
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
>>17984483 The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
>>17984497 #22032
#22031
>>17983181 White House Refuses to Comment on Latest Twitter Files Showing FBI's Involvement Suppressing Hunter Biden Laptop Story
>>17983230 Exploring the Utility of Memes for U.S. Government Influence Campaigns PDF (2018)
>>17983214 @realDonaldTrump The Fake charges made by the highly partisan Unselect Committee of January 6th have already been submitted, prosecuted, and tried in the form of Impeachment Hoax # 2. I WON convincingly. Double Jeopardy
>>17983215 @realDonaldTrump ....The people understand that the Democratic Bureau of Investigation, the DBI, are out to keep me from running for president because they know I'll win
>>17983218 @realDonaldTrump STATEMENT ON JAN 6 COMMITTEE REFERRAL
>>17983332 @realDonaldTrump Think of it! The Radical Left Democrats (Communists), SPIED on my campaign, lied to the FISA COURT, lied to CONGRESS, allowed an INVASION of our COUNTRY on the Southern Border…
>>17983335, >>17983593 Q1816 RE: >>17983332
>>17983535 @realDonaldTrump ....continued from previous TRUTH... And I'm the one that the Corrupt and Partisan Unselect Committee goes after.
>>17983550 Q 654 RE: >>17983535
>>17983217 UN chief weighs in on Security Council expansion
>>17983221 Syria reports new Israeli missile attack
>>17983248 US Supreme Court issues 24 hour postponement - temporarily pausing lifting Title 42 border restrictions this we
>>17983251 McCarthy's Mentor Calls Him a Liar, Asks 'How Can Anyone Trust His Word?'
>>17983264, >>17983267 1981 film called Early Warning... Predictive Programming
>>17983272 "Let's Go Brandon" wrapping paper is selling like hot cakes
>>17983287 Green Beret Discusses Military Vaccine Mandate-"This military mandate has got to stop,"
>>17983303 Ted Lieu donated over $50,000 of his campaign money to Stanford University before his son's acceptance. A Twitter account had posted about it back in August of 2021 and was immediately suspended
>>17983357, >>17983377 @USArmy The best nights of 2022 #YearinPhotos
>>17983371 BlackRock: A new world order
>>17983402, >>17983403, >>17983405 Kash Patel: DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show
>>17983404 In 2019 Ron Desantis Referred HRC to the DOJ????????????? - yes, this was 4 years ago but bureaucracy takes time
>>17983414 PF: Call sign TRITON14. Must be a Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton. ADS hex code AE625D. Otherwise unidentified.
>>17983465, >>17983472 Karine Jean-Pierre Cannot Name a Single Thing Kamala Harris Has Done to Secure the Border (VIDEO)
>>17983487, >>17983511, >>17983662 Elon Musk possibly affirming that poll to step down could be a honeypot to catch bots
>>17983500, >>17983553, >>17983554 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty on 3 Counts and Not Guilty on 1, With Jury Hung on Remaining 3 in Rape Trial
>>17983526 Rand Paul Announces Probes Into Dr. Fauci
>>17983592 Loy Brunson | MASSIVE Supreme Court Case| Could Members of Congress Be Banned Permanently
>>17983595 Jan. 6 hearing: kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan among four Republicans referred to House Ethics Committee
>>17983610 Holidays in the Barracks
>>17983633 Twitter Files Part 7: FBI, DOJ 'discredited' information about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings
>>17983625 Lara Logan: Christians remain the largest voting block in the US, yet church leaders & the faithful stand silent in the face of evil as God is removed from every aspect of our society today.
>>17983648 Pilot Josh Yoder of Seeks Legal Recourse Against Airlines Who Enforced 'Criminal' C19 Vax Mandates
>>17983681 DOJ to Charge ABC News Journalist Who "Fell Off the Face of the Earth" After FBI Seized Classified Documents From His Laptop in Home Raid
>>17983700 #22031
Previously Collected
>>17983147 #22030
>>17980885 #22027, >>17981674 #22028, >>17982425 #22029
>>17978566 #22024, >>17979360 #22025, >>17980130 #22026
>>17977294 #22021, >>17977097 #22022, >>17977836 #22023
>>17963364 #22018, >>17964190 #22019, >>17964973 #22020
TripCode feed: https://8kun.top/qresearch/tripcode.xml
Aggregators: https://qnotables.com | https://anontimes.com | https://qresear.ch | https://qproofs.com
#17984508 at 2022-12-20 02:51:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22033: ‘Twitter Files’ Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the [DS] Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>17453586 ---------------- Australia #26
>>17722898 ---------------- Canada #38
>>16694358 ---------------- France #7
>>17595232 ---------------- Germany #104
>>17726021 ---------------- Japan #8
>>16694250 ---------------- Nederland #10
>>17784579 ---------------- QAJF #1
>>17352350 ---------------- Scotland #8
>>17705335 ---------------- South Africa #10
>>17722137 ---------------- UK #49
>>17631245 ---------------- Vatican #6
GLOBALS
for Anons: bunker = https://endchan.gg/qrbunker; ban lifts >>17241201
Posting guidelines: no naked adults near kids; report violent threats
How to Manually Change DNS >>17720708, >>17722850
How anons can help with current posting problems >>17722828 thru >>17722832
Jim W on attacks, Proto, security & keeping 8kun in business >>17754996
PROTO Pass information: >>17799211, >>17798916, >>17806389, >>17826144
for Bakers: how to bake/e-bake >>17322493, >>17485628, >>17322317
formatting Q posts: >>17835052, Baker's Lite JS: >>17241444, baking range: @75 up to 751
AFTER 2 breads, pls offer bread to other bakers - req'd after 3, tx. >>17980505 new
No RRN in notables wo/additional sauce >>17980519 new
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
>>17984483 The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
>>17984497 #22032
#22031
>>17983181 White House Refuses to Comment on Latest Twitter Files Showing FBI's Involvement Suppressing Hunter Biden Laptop Story
>>17983230 Exploring the Utility of Memes for U.S. Government Influence Campaigns PDF (2018)
>>17983214 @realDonaldTrump The Fake charges made by the highly partisan Unselect Committee of January 6th have already been submitted, prosecuted, and tried in the form of Impeachment Hoax # 2. I WON convincingly. Double Jeopardy
>>17983215 @realDonaldTrump ....The people understand that the Democratic Bureau of Investigation, the DBI, are out to keep me from running for president because they know I'll win
>>17983218 @realDonaldTrump STATEMENT ON JAN 6 COMMITTEE REFERRAL
>>17983332 @realDonaldTrump Think of it! The Radical Left Democrats (Communists), SPIED on my campaign, lied to the FISA COURT, lied to CONGRESS, allowed an INVASION of our COUNTRY on the Southern Border…
>>17983335, >>17983593 Q1816 RE: >>17983332
>>17983535 @realDonaldTrump ....continued from previous TRUTH... And I'm the one that the Corrupt and Partisan Unselect Committee goes after.
>>17983550 Q 654 RE: >>17983535
>>17983217 UN chief weighs in on Security Council expansion
>>17983221 Syria reports new Israeli missile attack
>>17983248 US Supreme Court issues 24 hour postponement - temporarily pausing lifting Title 42 border restrictions this we
>>17983251 McCarthy's Mentor Calls Him a Liar, Asks 'How Can Anyone Trust His Word?'
>>17983264, >>17983267 1981 film called Early Warning... Predictive Programming
>>17983272 "Let's Go Brandon" wrapping paper is selling like hot cakes
>>17983287 Green Beret Discusses Military Vaccine Mandate-"This military mandate has got to stop,"
>>17983303 Ted Lieu donated over $50,000 of his campaign money to Stanford University before his son's acceptance. A Twitter account had posted about it back in August of 2021 and was immediately suspended
>>17983357, >>17983377 @USArmy The best nights of 2022 #YearinPhotos
>>17983371 BlackRock: A new world order
>>17983402, >>17983403, >>17983405 Kash Patel: DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show
>>17983404 In 2019 Ron Desantis Referred HRC to the DOJ????????????? - yes, this was 4 years ago but bureaucracy takes time
>>17983414 PF: Call sign TRITON14. Must be a Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton. ADS hex code AE625D. Otherwise unidentified.
>>17983465, >>17983472 Karine Jean-Pierre Cannot Name a Single Thing Kamala Harris Has Done to Secure the Border (VIDEO)
>>17983487, >>17983511, >>17983662 Elon Musk possibly affirming that poll to step down could be a honeypot to catch bots
>>17983500, >>17983553, >>17983554 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty on 3 Counts and Not Guilty on 1, With Jury Hung on Remaining 3 in Rape Trial
>>17983526 Rand Paul Announces Probes Into Dr. Fauci
>>17983592 Loy Brunson | MASSIVE Supreme Court Case| Could Members of Congress Be Banned Permanently
>>17983595 Jan. 6 hearing: kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan among four Republicans referred to House Ethics Committee
>>17983610 Holidays in the Barracks
>>17983633 Twitter Files Part 7: FBI, DOJ 'discredited' information about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings
>>17983625 Lara Logan: Christians remain the largest voting block in the US, yet church leaders & the faithful stand silent in the face of evil as God is removed from every aspect of our society today.
>>17983648 Pilot Josh Yoder of Seeks Legal Recourse Against Airlines Who Enforced 'Criminal' C19 Vax Mandates
>>17983681 DOJ to Charge ABC News Journalist Who "Fell Off the Face of the Earth" After FBI Seized Classified Documents From His Laptop in Home Raid
>>17983700 #22031
#22030
>>17982880, >>17982854, >>17982868, >>17982886, >>17982891, >>17983047, >>17983051, >>17983064 Rep. Elaine Luria publicly requests Donald Trump's Execution 187
>>17982547 Donald Trump: I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order - respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!
>>17983132 FBI finds no evidence that Trump and his allies were directly involved with organizing the violence of the Capitol riot: Aug 20, 2021
>>17983069 Chief Justice John Roberts puts a temporary hold on the district judge's order to end Trump-era policy Title 42
>>17983095 Supreme Court hits pause on end of Title 42 after plea from GOP states
>>17982500, >>17982548, >>17982582 NSA/CSS Retweeted CIA The Langley Files episode: Reel vs. Real?
>>17982531 J6 Unselect recommends four CRIMINAL charges for Trump in unanimous vote - including 'insurrection' and 'obstruction'
>>17982536, >>17982595, >>17982999 @HillaryClinton: He is unfit to hold any office ever again -extremist groups took Trump's words as a call to action
>>17982566, >>17982583 Father Frank Pavone: The Persecution Of The Politically Leftist Priests: been after him for 21 years
>>17982620 Donald J Trump: ...But Liz Chaney lost by a record 40 points!
>>17982808, >>17982814 Misspelling Cheney: Trump posts "Chaney" @ 1225... I looked for [E] in the drops found these
>>17982623 Kari Lake Chain of Custody Big Tech Suppression
>>17982626 Donald J. Trump: Twitter Files Part 7: FBI, DOJ 'discredited' information about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings
>>17982633 January 6 police throwing flash bangs into crowd of protesters
>>17982654 The very magnitude of their crimes protected them" Reynie Police Chief of Paris Two thousand infants (sacrificed) 1677
>>17982678, >>17983043 Trump's list: 289 accomplishments in just 20 months, 'relentless' promise-keeping
>>17982696, >>17982728, >>17982708, >>17982719 Elizabeth Warren: No one is above the law. Not even a former president of the United States
>>17982732, >>17982791, >>17982910, >>17982926 NYT desperate hit piece: Incoming Rep. George Santos
>>17982737, >>17982516, >>17982758 Matt Gaetz and Boebert thinks kevin McCarthy for Speaker is wrong
>>17982745 45. In the end, the FBI's influence campaign aimed at executives at news media, Twitter, & other social media companies worked
>>17982765 44. Notably, then-FBI General Counsel Jim Baker was investigated *twice,* in 2017 and 2019, for leaking information to the news media.
>>17982767, >>17982827, >>17982773, >>17982941 James Comey tweet pin the cool table wtf WARNING unsafe link
>>17982839 FBI Paid Twitter $3.4 Million in US Tax Dollars for Administration Costs Related to the Staff's Time Spent Working with the FBI
>>17982842 National Guard Arrival in El Paso, TX ?
>>17982894 @MarioNawfal Covid debate is 4 hours away, please list your questions
>>17982904 FAKE NEWS: J6 Unselect committee recommends charges against Donald Trump over Capitol riot
>>17982917 Who gave Elvis Chan the go ahead to grant interim clearances to Twitter execs? Who was waiving the rules and procedures for granting of access?
>>17982925 FAKE NEWS: DOD Office Moving Ahead in Mission to Identify 'Anomalous Phenomena'
>>17982956 Rosenstein says he "probably would not have" named special counsel for Trump cases
>>17982975, >>17982959 Michigan Democrat received $55,600 from FTX employees before sponsoring crypto bill in Senate
>>17983030 One Month Before Hunter Biden Laptop Story, Twitter Execs And Journalists War-Gamed An Eerily Similar Scenario
>>17983046 FBI got Top Secret clearances for Twitter execs to quash Biden story
>>17983048 PROPAGANDA PRESS REPORTING FOR DUTY MSNBC has an 8-box for preview coverage of the final Jan. 6 hearing
>>17983094 Elon To Stay As Twitter CEO After Counting Mail-In Votes
>>17983105 Rep Thomas Massie: When Twitter accepted money for compliance, they became agents of the government
>>17983108 Stacey Abrams campaign more than $1 million in debt
>>17983112 Watching Football: Something Weird Is Going On mRNA vaccine
>>17983120 More Than 80 Cities, Counties Using Federal Pandemic Aid To Fund Guaranteed Income Pilot Programs
>>17983147 #22030
Previously Collected
>>17980885 #22027, >>17981674 #22028, >>17982425 #22029
>>17978566 #22024, >>17979360 #22025, >>17980130 #22026
>>17977294 #22021, >>17977097 #22022, >>17977836 #22023
>>17963364 #22018, >>17964190 #22019, >>17964973 #22020
#17984497 at 2022-12-20 02:48:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
notables are not endorsements
>>17983761 Dough
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
>>17984483 The FBI's influence campaign may have been helped by the fact that it was paying Twitter millions of dollars for its staff time.
fin
#17984480 at 2022-12-20 02:46:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
notables are not endorsements
>>17983761 Dough
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239, >>17984419 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
>>17984373, >>17984349, >>17984346, >>17984335, >>17984333, >>17984299 Mike Benz CIA bun
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador = CCP in Australia
>>17984410 Justice Barr described James's offending in the rape case a "midrange" and said it was unlikely he would reoffend.
>>17984415 'Twitter Files' Make it Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI - ronpaulinstitute.org
>>17984467 Gaetz: "I will not follow (President Trump) in supporting kevin McCarthy for Speaker."
last call
#17984405 at 2022-12-20 02:33:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
>>17984389
^^^^THIS^^^^
>>17984396
>>17984367
>>Former prime minister kevin rudd = CCP in Australia
#17984397 at 2022-12-20 02:32:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
notables are not endorsements
>>17983761 Dough
#22032
>>17983775 TWO DROPS - One dig: Shelly Puhak
>>17983799 @realDonaldTrump RT Referring to the Radical Left Scoundrels, like Adam "Shifty" Schiff, who are purposely destroying our Country
>>17983842, >>17983855 Blackrock Commerical last night on CNN and Faux?
>>17983857, >>17983864 anons need to be a lot more specific what timezone they're talking about when doing these clock=drop links [EST IS THE STANDARD]
>>17983878 @realDonaldTrump RT statement on Lame Duck Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Sham Unconstitutional Jan 6th Committee
>>17983894 Bank of Japan becomes nation's biggest stock owner
>>17983897 Catholic Charities Under Siege, House Republicans and TX bearing down hard
>>17983902 Maria Zakharova on the current situation in Europe: it's become clear why the gynecologist was made the President of the European Commission"
>>17983908 Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty of Rape in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Trial
>>17983915 Trump #1
>>17983917, >>17984101 Interdasting Twat spaces discussed on Conservative Daily
>>17983923, >>17983972 Former NYU Administrator Charged in $3.5M Fraud Scheme
>>17983936 Former Portland Area Non-Profit Director Pleads Guilty to Stealing Covid Relief Funds
>>17983941 168 New Geoglyphs Discovered on the Nasca Pampa and Surrounding Areas
>>17983958 FBI reports to the DOJ, DOJ reports to the President. Time to arrest Biden and Obama.
>>17984026 Twitter CEO, Ivermectin, Jared Kushner Twitter Rumors rumours 5 year delta
>>17984077 Davos 2023 will feature BlackRock & TikTok CEOs, with WEF demanding more censorship and tyranny
>>17984206, >>17984239 DOJ used grand jury subpoena to get Kash Patel's records during the Russian gate investigation
>>17984213 The Night Owl News With Dee Stevens & Orlando
>>17984218 Library in a monastery in Tibet discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall contains 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years
>>17984258, >>17984280 Crowd Goes NUTS as Steve Bannon Commends Those Who Refused the C19 Shot Against All Odds
>>17984259, >>17984299 1967 February 15 "Ramparts" Magazine Exposes Secret CIA Funding of U.S. Student Group Digg
>>17984279 more serious developments concerning the FBI and Twitter
>>17984290 New Garrison
>>17984296 @EricTrump A former President of the United States can't present a single defense or get an ounce of due process …what a one sided Kangaroo court
>>17984318 Bipartisan Bill Would Let Americans Voluntarily Give Up Gun Rights
>>17984324 Q1343 anon breakdown
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>>17984299 The CIA's Greatest Hits - US Government Assassinations
>>17984367, >>17984389 Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador
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#17984396 at 2022-12-20 02:32:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
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>Former prime minister kevin rudd = CCP in Australia
notable
#17984389 at 2022-12-20 02:30:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22032: Absolutely Unstoppable Edition
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Australian Ex Prime Minister kevin rudd speaks Mandarin, LOOK OUT YANKS
Prime Minister kevin rudd Speaking Mandarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUD10tVgFg
Former Australian PM kevin rudd Speaks at China Trade Forum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-australian-pm-kevin-rudd-speaks-at-china-trade-forum_3834399.html
#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
#17636833 at 2022-10-06 05:58:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21626: NO ONE FUCKS WITH A BIDEN Edition
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6:30 PM EDT
An Evening With Pete Souza
Friends of the LBJ Library
https://www.lbjlibrary.org/events/friends-lbj-library/evening-pete-souza
7:00 PM EDT
The Avoidable US-China War - A Conversation with Dr. Condoleezza Rice and kevin rudd
Hoover Institution
https://www.hoover.org/events/avoidable-us-china-war-conversation-dr-condoleezza-rice-and-kevin-rudd
7:00 PM EDT
"Votes for All Women: Women of Color and the Fight for Suffrage"
Clinton Presidential Center
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/events/clinton-presidential-center/clinton-presidential-center-presents-votes-for-all-women-women-of-color-and-the-fight-for-suffrage/
7:00 PM EDT launch window
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Intelsat Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 G-33/G-34
SpaceX
https://twitter.com/INTELSAT/status/1577665432378564609
https://www.intelsat.com/galaxy-33-and-galaxy-34/
https://youtu.be/mm_KatKutDY
7:30 PM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Peruvian Foreign Minister Cesar Landa (OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Lima, Peru
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-october-6-2022/
8:00 PM EDT
Campaign 2022 Iowa U.S. Senate Debate
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and his Democratic challenger in Iowa's 2022 U.S. Senate race, Mike Franken, participate in a debate hosted by Iowa PBS.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?522661-1/iowa-us-senate-debate
8:00 PM EDT
Sharing the Journey: Online Support Group - Presented by American Red Cross
Department of Veterans Affairs
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/49617/
8:00 PM EDT
The President participates in in a reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
New York, New York
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
9:00 PM EDT
Poland at the Border of Putin's War Against Ukraine and the West
Commonwealth Club of California
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2022-10-06/poland-border-putins-war-against-ukraine-and-west
9:00 PM EDT
Campaign 2022 Arizona U.S. Senate Debate
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly (D) and two challengers in the state's 2022 U.S. Senate Race, Blake Masters (R) and Marc Victor (L), participate in a debate hosted by Arizona PBS and the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?522999-1/arizona-us-senate-debate
9:10 PM EDT
The President departs the Wall Street Landing Zone
New York, New York
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
9:30 PM EDT
The President departs New York, New York en route Joint Base Andrews
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
10:40 PM EDT
The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route the White House
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
10:50 PM EDT
The President arrives at the White House
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
6/6
#17627883 at 2022-10-04 01:13:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21614: Fake POTUS Grew Up Puertorican? Edition
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's fake National Anti-Corruption Commission fails whistleblowers
PM Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party have backflipped on their election promise for a powerful National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). One of the ways they have done that is by making sure as few whistleblowers come forward as possible which is designed to cover up Labor Party corruption in future years.
That will mean the new Federal NACC will start running low on the amount of corruption they have to investigate once they have dealt with corruption in the past by the coalition government of the last nine years. And possibly going back to the John Howard, kevin rudd and Julia Gillard years as well. But even investigations into past corruption will be limited without better protection for whistleblowers.
The key points of the fake National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) are:
Bare minimum protection for whistleblowers.
They have backflipped on their election promise for public hearings which will now only happen in exceptional circumstances.
Massive Breach of Open justice - This is also in part designed to intimidate whistleblowers from not coming forward.
The Anthony Albanese government hates whistleblowers just as much as the Scott Morrison government did and the proof is that they are still prosecuting Australian Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle and war crimes whistleblower David McBride. And I have no doubt part of the reason the Albanese government is still prosecuting them is to send a
Bare minimum protection for whistleblowers
What fuels all anti-corruption bodies investigating corruption is having as many whistleblowers come forward as possible and Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party know that. So, they have made sure as few as possible will come forward in the future who could blow the whistle on corruption in their government.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus told the media this blatant lie:
The legislation would provide "strong protections for whistleblowers" which is based on "The National Anti-Corruption Commission bill will have its own whistleblower protections, as is appropriate for Australian public servants and people working in the public sector who come forward with allegations that the commission should look at,"
And some journalists and commentators repeated the lie as a fact such as Barrister Geoffrey Watson in the SMH who said: "The legislation provides for comprehensive whistleblower protection". (Click here to read more)
But others exposed the truth such as Transparency International Australia which reported (28/9/22):
The government gave an election pledge that its package would be "extremely similar" to the integrity commission models previously introduced by the Greens, McGowan and her successor, Dr Helen Haines.
However the bill differs substantially from Haines' model by not including a whistleblowing commissioner, identified by past parliamentary inquiries as also central to a strengthened integrity system.
Despite recently telling parliament the government was taking the idea of a whistleblower protection authority "very seriously indeed", it got no mention in the Attorney-General's speech introducing the new commission.
The government has committed to fix overdue, minor problems with federal public sector whistleblowing laws. But it's yet to outline plans to address more serious reforms to plug this gap, including an agency to actually enforce protections and make them real.
It remains to be seen whether all these historic integrity reforms, when complete, will be enough to reverse Australia's decade-long slide on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. (Click here to read more)
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2022/10/02/prime-minister-anthony-albaneses-fake-national-anti-corruption-commission-fails-whistleblowers/
#16825192 at 2022-07-26 12:09:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21208: Morning Dayshift! Edition
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2:00 PM EDT
What's Next in Syria: Captagon and Assad's Booming Drug Empire
Heritage Foundation
https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/event/whats-next-syria-captagon-and-assads-booming-drug-empire
2:00 PM EDT
Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price
Department of State
The Department Press Briefing will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept
2:00 PM EDT
Webinar On The Broadband Data Collection System For Tribal Filers and Leaders
Federal Communications Commission
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2022/07/webinar-broadband-data-collection-system-tribal-filers-and-leaders
http://www.fcc.gov/live
2:00 PM EDT
Susan Bathalon and other CPSC staff are participating in a Conference Call with the ANSI/PHTA-2 Standard for Public Pool and Spa Operations and Maintenance
Consumer Product Safety Commission
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-26-140000/Susan-Bathalon-and-other-CPSC-staff-are-participating-in-a-Conference-Call-with-the-ANSIPHTA-2-Standard-for-Public-Pool-and-Spa-Operations-and-Maintenance
2:00 PM EDT
H.R. 4040-Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021; H.R. 263-Big Cat Public Safety Act
House Rules Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115067
https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/meeting-announcement-hr-4040-and-hr-263
2:00 PM EDT
Rethinking Cancer Targeting Strategies: New Synthetic Sensors and Circuits in the Era of Smart Cell Therapeutics - Wendell Lim, Ph.D., University of California - San Francisco
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
https://cssi.cancer.gov/news-and-events
https://events.cancer.gov/cssi/technology-seminar/registration
2:00 PM EDT
President Biden meets virtually with the Chairman and Principal Owner of the Republic of Korea (ROK) conglomerate SK Group to discuss the company's robust investments in American manufacturing and jobs.
The White House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7FW2jzOxI
2:15 PM EDT
Donald J. Trump Delivers Keynote Address at America First Policy Institute Annual Policy Summit
America First Policy Institute
https://americafirstpolicy.com/
C-SPAN
https://www.c-span.org/video/?521940-1/pres-trump-speaks-america-policy-institute-summit
RSBN
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/video/american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2022/
https://rumble.com/v1d3dcp-live-american-first-policy-institute-annual-policy-summit-day-two-july-26-2.html
2:30 PM EDT
Hearings to Examine Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms
Senate Judiciary Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332910
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/decriminalizing-cannabis-at-the-federal-level-necessary-steps-to-address-past-harms
2:30 PM EDT
To Receive a Closed Briefing on Certain Intelligence Matters
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332881
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-406
3:15 PM EDT
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese.
The White House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03gywFVE1dcs
4:00 PM EDT
College of Central Bankers Institutional Alignment Project Event Series: CBDC
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Global Interdependence Center
https://www.interdependence.org/events/browse/ccb-institutional-alignment-project-event-series-cbdc/
5:30 PM EDT
Public Meeting: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee Final Report
FAA
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-14128/unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-aviation-rulemaking-committee-final-report
https://www.facebook.com/FAA
https://www.youtube.com/FAAnews
6:00 PM EDT
Book Talk with the Honorable kevin rudd | The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
Washington State China Relations Council, the China Studies Program and the East Asia Center at the University of Washington, and the World Affairs Council of Seattle
https://www.world-affairs.org/event/book-talk-with-the-honorable-kevin-rudd-the-avoidable-war-the-dangers-of-a-catastrophic-conflict-between-the-us-and-xi-jinpings-china/
7:00 PM EDT
Pope Francis - Pilgrimage to the site of Lac Ste. Anne and Liturgy of the Word
Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn
https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/
8:45 PM EDT
Tuesday Sunset Parades at the Marine Corps War Memorial - Gates Open 7PM to 8PM
Iwo Jima Memorial
https://www.barracks.marines.mil/Parades/2022-Parade-Schedule-Reservations/
https://www.barracks.marines.mil/Parades/Sunset-Parade/
4/4
#16282164 at 2022-05-16 00:48:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20596: Revenge Of The Clockfags Ebake Edition
kevin rudd 'reached a new low' after launching personal attacks on reporter
Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says former Prime Minister kevin rudd has "reached a new low" after launching personal attacks on a journalist in Melbourne.
"You might know kevin as the failed Prime Minister who lost the support of his own party through his aggressive and overbearing management style - little has changed today," he said.
Mr Houghton said Mr rudd - who has a history of "comparing journalists to cancer" - had an interaction with Sky News reporter Simon Love, who asked the former prime minister a few questions.
Mr rudd was asked about Labor candidate Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah who has previously said she does not like the AstraZeneca vaccine and even said it had failed.
Mr rudd accused Mr Love of "finding any piece of dirt on a Labor candidate" to discredit them.
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/kevin-rudd-reached-a-new-low-after-launching-personal-attacks-on-reporter/video/7ded9c2c7874c703b45cb8ea20f51658
#16264970 at 2022-05-13 03:52:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20574: Laggy Board, Roller Coaster Adventure Edition
Why "it's time" to vote Independent so we can take back Australia's democracy that's been stolen by the major parties
There can be no doubt that the Scott Morrison government is so corrupt that nothing they say can be believed and they are in the process of systematically destroying Australia for their own greed. That means after the May 2022 election, given Australia's current political system where we really only have 2 choices, we need a Labor Party government.
But we do have a choice of whether it is a majority Labor Party government or a minority Labor Party government that is supported by independents who would have the balance of power like the 2010 to 2013 Julia Gillard government. As we know from the Prime Ministerships of kevin rudd and Julia Gillard a Labor Party Prime Minister does not control the government, it is the faceless backroom players who have their own agenda to benefit themselves who are in control. And we can't afford the risk of potentially having corruption stay at the level it currently is because we already have huge problems that need addressing urgently that Morrison is putting off for future governments to deal with.
The benefits of Independents having the balance of power
The Labor Party will tell you how the Julia Gillard government was one of the most productive governments in a long time given the amount of legislation it passed. Based on an article and analysis by The Guardian that seems to be true. (Click here to read more) But what they don't point out is that the Gillard government was a minority government and the reason they don't point that out is that it supports the arguments that people should vote independent to make sure independents have the balance of power.
Many people argue that "politicians are all just as corrupt as each other" and I would agree, except for independents, until the Morrison government came along and took corruption to a whole new level, and they are refusing to introduce a federal ICAC in an attempt to hide their corruption. Given kevin rudd and Julia Gillard could have introduced a federal ICAC but never we should make sure all the independents who are promising a federal ICAC have the balance of power, so we not only get a federal ICAC but get one that is fit for purpose. There is no point having a Claytons ICAC that does nothing or very little.
The Liberal and National Parties argued we shouldn't vote for independents as we cannot afford a hung parliament which would give us a minority government. But as the independent for Kooyong Monique Ryan has pointed out we already have a minority government that relies on the support of the Nationals for power which is why Barnaby Joyce has so much influence on the government.
A little bit of Barnaby's form was reported recently as per below:
Joyce quietly appointed Liberal fundraiser to plum board job in final days
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce quietly appointed the head of a Liberal Party fundraising body to a plum job on a taxpayer-funded board in the 46th parliament's final days amid a flurry of other government gigs handed out before Scott Morrison called the election.
Ryan Arrold, who chairs the Hume Forum, which raises funds for Energy Minister Angus Taylor and the Liberals, was made a non-executive director of the Australian Rail Track Corporation on March 30 - the day after the federal budget. (Click here to read more)
Anyone who disputes Liberal Party corruption and why we need a change should watch the below video by The Juice Media or just go through previous articles on this website.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2022/05/12/why-its-time-to-vote-independent-so-we-can-take-back-australias-democracy-thats-been-stolen-by-the-major-parties/
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2022/05/12/why-its-time-to-vote-independent-so-we-can-take-back-australias-democracy-thats-been-stolen-by-the-major-parties/
#16022339 at 2022-04-06 11:41:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20264: Rigged: Documentary on Zuckerberg’s $400M Vote Juicing For Biden Edition
Media Silent as Murdoch Empire Borrows $100M From Bank of China
The Murdoch family-owners of Fox News, Sky News Australia, and The New York Post-has tapped into a $100 million loan from the Chinese government's state-owned Bank of China's New York branch. The loan is part of a gigantic $1.25 billion loan package disclosed last Thursday to Murdoch's News Corp. Though not reported by mainstream news in the U.S., the loan comes at the same time as Murdoch's global media empire virulently denounces the Chinese Communist Party.
According to the 180-page filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the ASX in Australia, the Bank of China's $100 million in loans is the second-largest after Bank of America, which is contributing $117 million. Other lenders include J.P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, Morgan Stanley Bank, MUFG Bank, Deutsche Bank New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, Australia, and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corp., and National Australia Bank Limited.
With an estimated $3.7 trillion in assets, the Bank of China is the largest and oldest bank on the Chinese mainland. The news of the funding comes as China's largest city, Shanghai, extended its lockdown on Monday to test its 25 million residents for COVID-19, as reported by Murdoch-owned the Wall Street Journal.
Screenshot / SEC Filing
It is not clear why the mega-company needs the money. According to the filing, it will be used for unstated "general corporate purposes," leading the Australian publication Crikey to ponder whether "a big takeover [is] in the offing?"
A year ago, Crickey reported on Murdoch's $460 million purchase of book publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt-a deal which added 7,000 titles to the Harper Collins back catalog, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984. The purchase provoked a unique tweet from Rupert's "latter-day chief critic," kevin rudd.
Days before purchasing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, News Corp announced the $362 million purchase of Investors Business Daily, which oversees investors.com, with nearly 100,000 digital subscribers. According to Crikey, the combined $822 million between the two acquisitions in 2021 put News Corp's cash balance in a net debt position for the first time since it de-merged 21st Century Fox in 2013, with its Dec. 31 News Corp balance sheet revealing that net cash was down to $306 million.
Murdoch's media empire just spent $800 million gobbling up two publishing businesses. It will now be responsible for printing - no word of a lie - GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984.
Maybe Rupert should actually read the book while he's at it... #MurdochRoyalCommission pic.twitter.com/S5qhC39Ld0
- kevin rudd (@MrKrudd) March 30, 2021
#15687587 at 2022-02-22 03:12:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #19836: Canada Is Monarcucked Edition
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All the old Aus PM's are getting in on it as well - these clowns are rattled
Morrison calls for Russia to 'step back', as Abbott warns invasion of Poland and Baltic nations may follow
"Russia should step back," Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared, as President Vladimir Putin ordered what he described as peacekeeping troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
Mr Morrison described the suggestion that troops were being ordered into the Moscow-backed separatist territories to maintain peace as "nonsense".
"It should unconditionally withdraw back behind its own borders and stop threatening its neighbours," Mr Morrison said of the move, which appears to be a precursor for full-blown invasion.
"It's unacceptable, it's unprovoked, it's unwarranted," he said.
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Russia could try to invade Poland and the Baltic states if it succeeds in Ukraine.
Speaking with The Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Abbott said Russia could be on the brink of bringing down a "new Iron Curtain" on eastern Europe.
Mr Morrison said he was "aware" of Mr Abbott's comments but that he was focused on immediate developments.
==Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has also condemned the action and called for Russia to respect Ukraine's sovereignty.
"We condemn Russia's unilateral recognition of breakaway territories in Ukraine," Mr Albanese said from Tasmania.==
"We respect the sovereignty of Ukraine. Russia should do that too, in accordance with international law
"There is no place in 2022 for nation-states to try to carve off sections of another sovereign nation-state, which is what we're seeing here."
Mr Albanese called on other nations to join in the condemnation of Russia's actions.
"We also think that China and other countries need to speak out in support of the sovereignty of Ukraine," he said.
kevin rudd, who preceded Mr Abbott as prime minster, also hit out at Moscow.
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of international law demanding universal condemnation by all, including China," he wrote on Twitter.
"Respecting the integrity of national borders is axiomatic to global order.
"It also happens to be a core precept of China's stated foreign policy doctrine."
Earlier today Mr Putin recognised the two pro-Moscow territories - the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic - as independent.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/russia-ukraine-update-scott-morrison-orders-russia-to-back-off-as-ukraine-invasion-seems-imminent/8dcf49bc-d48a-4940-9c27-e514a2e3d69f
None of these commie fucks said shit about Trudeau
#15580064 at 2022-02-08 22:26:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19701: Where is the Love? Edition
rudd fires shot at critic Josh Bornstein over Senate candidacy
Former prime minister kevin rudd has launched a stinging attack on a potential high-profile Labor candidate for previously resigning from the party on at least two occasions and his public criticism of several leading women, suggesting ALP members could not rely on him to remain loyal when things turn bad.
Prominent employment lawyer Josh Bornstein told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald at the weekend he was again considering challenging veteran Labor senator Kim Carr ahead of the next federal election, despite putting his "campaign on ice" last year after The Australian reported a series of inflammatory tweets as far back as 2013 he says he feared would cause too much distraction.
Mr Bornstein was a vocal critic of Mr rudd as prime minister, declaring he had reached his "moral limits of political affiliation" when he returned to lead the former Labor government in 2013 and introduced a hard-line policy on asylum seekers arriving by boat. He tweeted at the time he would not vote Labor at that election.
Mr rudd said his criticism was not about Bornstein's past personal attacks on him, but about his commitment to Labor. He remains a close friend and political ally of Senator Carr, a cabinet minister in his governments and the longest-serving current member of the Senate.
"I couldn't give a damn about Bornstein's personal attacks on me. Water off a duck's back. What I do give a damn about is that if Bornstein couldn't stand with the last Labor government, why would party members have any trust that when the going gets tough, he would not give up again?" he said.
Victorian ALP records show Mr Bornstein resigned at least twice since he first became a member in 1992. He rejoined in September 2006 but by June 2011 he was no longer on the membership roll. Current records show he has been a member since June 21, 2016.
Several senior Labor figures said his "performative" resignations forced a party membership rule change, nicknamed the "Bornstein rule", which meant a member needed to wait at least 12 months before rejoining the party.
Mr rudd said when Australia was "staring down the barrel of Tony Abbott's prime ministership", Labor members and senators, branch members and volunteers worked together to do everything to stop an Abbott government and, at least, "keep as many seats as possible out of his hands".
"Bornstein didn't do that. Each of his attacks on the Labor Party during the 2013 election, it was a gift to Abbott and a blow to the Labor Party," Mr rudd said.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-fires-shot-at-critic-josh-bornstein-over-senate-candidacy-20220208-p59uql.html
Former PM rudd defending CCP Penny Wong from an Israeli, this is getting interesting
#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/
#15154600 at 2021-12-08 00:43:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19170: I love you, Missouri! Edition
>https://benjaminfulford.net/2021/12/06/78786/
Khazarian mafia circles the wagons around the drain
>Benjamin Fulford | 344 Comments
The worldwide offensive to permanently liberate humanity from the Satanic Khazarian mafia is intensifying on all fronts, multiple sources agree. The biggest next move is to return Ukraine to the bosom of mother Russia, according to senior sources in the US military space command. This will deprive the Khazarian mafia of control over their ancestral homeland of Khazaria (Ukraine).
The fall of Ukraine will cut off drugs and other money laundering activities that support the fake administration of "fuck" Joe Biden, the sources say. Remember when an Anglo Saxon says "fuck you," it means they are ready to fight to the death. Many Americans, especially in the military and the agencies, are doing just that. And make no mistake, this is a fight to the death as any aware human now realizes.
We are dealing with a Satanic cabal that is actively trying to kill you and your family. For example, Ursula Van Der Leyen, the unelected head of the EU commission, told the press she is in favor of scrapping the long-standing Nuremberg Code and forcing people to get vaccinated. In other words, she admits she's a war criminal who wants to carry out medical treatment based on lies and against people's will.
https://thepostmillennial.com/eu-chief-nuremberg-code
Another war criminal who needs to be arrested is Justin Castro, the brother murdering a Manchurian candidate who is trying to turn Canada into a Satanic totalitarian state. Take a look at him below trying to force vaccines on children to fight a disease his government publicly admits they cannot prove even exists.
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The reason these people are still in power is because they are a million-member strong group of fifth columnists who control the very top levels of government in most Western countries.
For example, the horror story now unfolding in Australia has its roots in the murder of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967 on the orders of David Rockefeller bagman Henry Kissinger, according to Australian secret service sources. MI6 confirms that Australia was secretly removed from the British Commonwealth in 1973. That is why the Federal Reserve Board was able to fire Prime Minister kevin rudd in 2010 after he tried to stop a nuclear terror attack on Japan, the sources say. This attack then went ahead on March 11, 2011, and is known to us as the Fukushima "disaster."
The picture below shows how the average Australian is rising up against their Satanic ruling class.
The state of Victoria saw a record demonstration of 450,000 people against the fascist "pandemic" measures while the press responded with drivel. However, state Dictator Dan Andrews has lost his SEVENTH MP in as many days, leaving his government in tatters.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10270753/Victorias-Dictator-Dan-loses-SEVENTH-MP-days-Andrews-Government-left-tatters.html
MI6 sources promise Australia will be liberated soon.
There is also a move to liberate the UK. On this front, an FOI request sent on June 16th, 2021 "asking the most basic and fundamental questions about the science on which your Governments are issuing edicts to restrict the rights of the British people," got the reply last week that "This information is not held by the House of Commons."
https://namastepublishing.co.uk/breaking-foi-requesting-proof-of-the-covid-virus-buried-by-house-of-commons/
MI6 sources say this response was finally allowed through because the UK military is aware the civilian government has been hijacked by gangsters and is taking corrective action.
The real battle though will be the fight to destroy Khazarian mafia headquarters in Switzerland and Germany, CIA sources say. US Space command (formerly referred to here as Pentagon) sources say a major battle is now raging around the…
#14797689 at 2021-10-16 19:01:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18717: Saturday Fighting Edition
Gun lawyer hired to protect Gladys Berejiklian in the fight of her life at corruption inquiry got Cardinal George Pell out of jail and charges $25,000 a day - but who's paying the bill?
Gladys Berejiklian will be represented at a corruption hearing by Bret Walker SC
Mr Walker is one of Australia's top barristers and can charge up to $25,000 a day
He has represented bikie gangs, former PM kevin rudd and Cardinal George Pell
ICAC is investigating Ms Berejiklian's relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire
Mr Maguire quit Parliament after admitting seeking payment in a property deal
Ms Berejiklian is in a relationship with her previous barrister Arthur Moses SC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10086895/Gladys-Berejiklian-lawyer-Bret-Walker-got-George-Pell-jail-charges-25-000-day.html
#14532209 at 2021-09-06 23:33:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18383: Remember Remember 9/11 Terror, FFs, Audits, Fauci, Covid & Shots Edition
Sky News Boss Lambasts YouTube For Suspension, "Opaque" Guidelines
Claims that Sky News Australia is spreading COVID-19 misinformation are "frankly ridiculous," according to CEO Paul Whittaker, who issued a stinging criticism of video-sharing giant YouTube, at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday.
Fronting the Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Whittaker questioned why the Google-owned tech giant could be an arbiter of content.
"There is no expectation that our viewers agree with every opinion expressed by every host, guest, or panellist," he said.
"But it now appears commonplace to discredit any debate on contentious issues as 'misinformation'."
"YouTube's actions make clear that it is not a neutral platform, but a publisher selectively broadcasting content and censoring certain views, while allowing videos that are patently false, misogynistic, and racist to proliferate," Whittaker said.
"Why does a tech giant, YouTube, and faceless, nameless individuals backed by an algorithm, based in California, get to decide that holding governments and decision-makers to account is 'misinformation'? Why do they get to decide what is and isn't allowed to be news?" he said.
The committee is investigating the state of media diversity and concentration in Australia.
The inquiry was launched following a petition spearheaded by former Prime Minister kevin rudd to investigate the influence of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
In early August, YouTube suspended Sky News' for one week for allegedly posting "COVID-19 misinformation," issuing a "first strike" against the 24-hour news channel-akin to a warning under its three strikes policy.
Lucinda Longcroft, Google Australia's director of government affairs and public policy, told the inquiry earlier that the tech giant enforced its own code on COVID-19-related content, claiming to work with health and media authorities to combat false and harmful content.
"Where there are videos that, without further context, assert that those drugs [ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine] are effective we remove them because of the danger and medical harm that could be caused to users," Longcroft said.
Over 5,000 "dangerous and misleading" videos were traced to Australian IP addresses and removed by YouTube between February 2020 to March 2021, including 23 videos posted by Sky News.
Longcroft said Sky News' content was removed due to violations of the code as well as two breaches of political integrity guidelines.
However, Whittaker countered by saying that it was in the public interest for alternative drugs to be discussed, especially because no vaccines were available last year.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/sky-news-boss-lambasts-youtube-suspension-opaque-guidelines
#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/
#12663815 at 2021-01-22 08:28:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16168: /NightShift/ [Activated] Edition
Former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd condemns Rupert Murdoch and Fox News for amplifying 'conspiracy theories' surrounding the death of Seth Rich.
>Those who scream the loudest...
Murdoch Watch - Fox News & the Amplification of Conspiracies Surrounding the Death of Seth Rich
kevin rudd
22 Jan 2021
Our first episode of Murdoch Watch for 2021 & it's a doozy. The story of Murdoch's Fox News & their collaboration with Trump on conspiracy theories surrounding the tragic murder of a young man, Seth Rich. The culture of the Murdoch media empire is foul. #MurdochRoyalCommission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCEsqI_QFc
#12462357 at 2021-01-11 11:23:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15910: The 'Schrödingers Insurrection Act' Edition
Pompeo is laying 'landmines' in U.S.-China relations before Biden takes office, ex-Australian leader says
PUBLISHED MON, JAN 11 20213:21 AM EST Yen Nee Lee
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Over the weekend, Pompeo announced the lifting of all "self-imposed restrictions" in U.S. relations with Taiwan - a democratic and self-ruled island that China claims as its own territory.
The move could further complicate a tense U.S.-China relationship days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, said former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd.
rudd said Pompeo may be motivated to harden U.S. stance on China now so that he could attack Biden as "having gone soft" on China should it make any policy changes.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest move on Taiwan could upend a major foundation underpinning the U.S.-China relations - further complicating a tense bilateral relationship just before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, said former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd.
"What Pompeo is doing is laying a whole series of landmines for the incoming Biden administration ... salting the earth in the U.S.-China relationship in general, and laying landmines on Taiwan in particularly," rudd told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Monday.
Over the weekend, Pompeo announced the lifting of all "self-imposed restrictions" in U.S. relations with Taiwan - a democratic and self-ruled island that China claims as its own territory.
Pompeo said in a statement on Saturday that the U.S. had unilaterally limited contact between its officials and their Taiwanese counterparts for several decades "in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing." He then declared all those restrictions are "no more."
MORE AT LINK - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/pompeo-is-laying-landmines-in-us-china-relations-for-the-biden-administration-says-e-australian.html
#12185865 at 2020-12-26 20:18:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15558: Person Of Interest Anthony Quinn Warner Edition
Why every man needs a pair of Paul Keating's ruby slippers
Jul 08, 2013
Paul Keating has proven you're never too old to be a style icon. At 69, the former prime minister is back on the front page thanks to a snazzy pair of red suede loafers.
Mr Keating was on page 1 of Sydney's Daily Telegraph today, not because he was having lunch with current Prime Minister kevin rudd, but because of the unusual shoes he donned to dine.
Instead of classic black, brown or tan footwear, Mr Keating opted for bright red ruby slippers.
It was a style statement that saw him ridiculed by some, but celebrated by fashionistas, who have applauded the former politician's bold dressing.
The Weekly's style director Judith Cook was thrilled to see Mr Keating had chosen something a little bit more exotic than his "boringly dressed" lunch companion Mr rudd, and thinks all Aussie men should follow in his impressively-shod footsteps.
"Go the red shoe!" Judith says. "They're fabulous and all Aussie men should have a pair.
"It's the perfect Sunday lunch outfit - it shows a bit of personality and fun. What other choice do men have to make a fashion statement when they're not wearing a tie?
"A loafer is an ongoing seasonal classic. Every European man owns them and more men in Australia should too. As far as I'm concerned his shoes couldn't be more perfect."
Mr Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996.
https://www.nowtolove.com.au/fashion/fashion-news/why-every-man-needs-a-pair-of-paul-keatings-ruby-slippers-13791
Why former Australian PM's daughter visited billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's New York lair with Prince Andrew
Video emerged of Katherine Keating leaving Epstein's New York home in 2010
Paul Keating's daughter was being waved at by Prince Andrew in the footage
The footage emerged last month just a week after Epstein killed himself in jail
Her visit was after his release from jail after pleading guilty to child sex charges
It's now revealed Keating met Prince Andrew at a party in Dubai nine years ago
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7486729/Why-former-Australian-PMs-daughter-visited-billionaire-paedophile-Jeffrey-Epsteins-New-York-lair.html
#11973210 at 2020-12-10 20:18:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15285: E-bake TOR
>>11973197
https://www.uschina.org/about
About the US-China Business Council
Help Shape the World's Most Important Relationship
The US-China Business Council (USCBC) is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of over 200 American companies that do business with China. Founded in 1973, USCBC has provided unmatched information, advisory, advocacy, and program services to its members for over four decades. Through its offices in Washington, DC, Beijing, and Shanghai, USCBC is uniquely positioned to serve its members' interests in the United States and China.
USCBC's mission is to expand the US-China commercial relationship to the benefit of its membership and, more broadly, the US economy. It favors constructive, results-oriented engagement with China to eliminate trade and investment barriers and develop a rules-based commercial environment that is predictable and transparent to all parties.
Among USCBC's members are many large and well-known US corporations, though smaller companies and professional services firms make up a substantial portion of the overall membership. USCBC is governed by a board of directors composed of distinguished corporate leaders; the current chair is Tom Linebarger, chairman and CEO of Cummins. Craig Allen has been USCBC's president since July of 2018.
In recent years, USCBC has been honored to host events for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Vice President Wang Qishan, then-Vice Premier Wang Yang, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai, ministers, and other distinguished guests from central and provincial Chinese government entities.
USCBC has organized events and meetings featuring President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretaries Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, and Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretaries Penny Pritzker and Wilbur Ross, US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, the former Prime Minister of Australia kevin rudd, and other senior officials. In addition, USCBC regularly meets with key members of Congress and numerous specialists on US-China affairs from various agencies of the executive branch of government and the think tank community.
#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'
2 of 2
#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
#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".
#11502396 at 2020-11-06 17:50:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General # 14687: These People are Stupid
Over Half-Million Australians Demand Investigation Into Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire
Over 500,000 Australians have demanded their government investigate the dominance of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, after signing a petition launched just over three weeks ago by former Aussie Prime Minister kevin rudd.
According to CNN, the petition calls for a Royal Commission - the country's highest form of public inquiry, to "investigate threats to media diversity," as well as claims that the media empire encourages "deliberately polarizing and politically manipulated news."
The petition also called out tech giants Google and Facebook over their relationship with the mainstream media, however the bulk of the request focuses on Murdoch's empire.
"We are especially concerned that Australia's print media is overwhelmingly controlled by News Corporation, founded by Fox News billionaire Rupert Murdoch, with around two-thirds of daily newspaper readership," reads the petition. "This power is routinely used to attack opponents in business and politics by blending editorial opinion with news reporting."
In a Wednesday tweet, rudd said he was "grateful and overwhelmed" by the response.
rudd has been outspoken about what he considers the toxic influence of Murdoch's media properties. He has called the billionaire's news empire a "cancer on democracy" in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, and likened the organization to the mafia in an interview with CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter in May.
"To call the Murdoch media empire a journalistic organization committed to bringing you fair and balanced news coverage around the world these days has become a joke," rudd said. -CNN
In 2018, investigators from the European Commission raided the British headquarters of the Murdoch entertainment empire to seize documents and computer records. While the nature of the investigation was unclear, it's notable that the European Commission has powers to raid businesses suspected of abusing their dominance of a market or being involved in a price fixing cartel. Among the permitted actions, investigators are able to take copies of documents and computer records, and ask for explanations from executives.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/over-half-million-australians-demand-investigation-rupert-murdochs-media-empire
#11398161 at 2020-11-02 00:29:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14558: Tippy Top Edition
#14556
>>11396611 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY BAKING CAREER I REMOVED A PREVIOUS BAKERS NOTABLE. I REMOVED THE NOTABLE LINKING TO THE /MNR/ BOARD AS THE "NEW Q RESEARCH BOARD"
>>11397057 I Believe it is the Maga Lion they care about for tracking. They didn't flip out until IT was removed and aflgb always posts the lion.
>>11397033 ResignationAnon here.
>>11397287 Miami Florida 305. Now this is what you call great Energy, Spirit, Positive Vibes
>>11397268 Kayleigh McEnany was also seen dancing in a white MAGA hat with gold lettering.
>>11397204 Vote like your life depended on it, it does - For Anons it probably does.
>>11397188 Mr K rudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
>>11397183 Now wwe know how Hunter and Biden Crime Famiy created secure coms w/ their CCP masters in Beijing
>>11397007 New Dan Scavino
>>11396974 Texas High Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes
>>11396985 WHY "EVERY POLL IS A GOAL" MATTERS
>>11396999 Richmond
>>11396947 Resist STL intends to protest until every vote is counted in the General Election
>>11396862 Atlantic 'Editor's Note' Adds New Layers To The Magazine's Unethical Journalism Standard
>>11396831 Lindsey Graham: 'I'll be shocked' if Durham probe doesn't lead to more indictments"
>>11396813 PHOTOS: 57,000 show up for Trump rally in Pennsylvania
>>11396802 Fact check: False claim that Joe and Hunter Biden pictured golfing with Burisma CEO
>>11396797 Leaked Zoom calls: Federal workers conspiring to shut down White House in contested election
>>11396755 Fake Kamala campaigning in Florida...
>>11396779 Westpac blames virus and money-laundering fine on 'disappointing' financial results
>>11396632 What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
>>11396642 A Confused Joe Biden Yells at Parking Lot with Honking Cars in Philadelphia
>>11396643 ElectionEdge 5: 'Why Trump is Defying the Pollsters', guest Robert Barnes
>>11396650 Sanders to 'The Squad': Electing Biden & Harris Is Just the Beginning
>>11396655 WATCH: Antifa Gets Violent at Trump Rally in Beverly Hills
>>11396681 Pollsters Warn of Flawed Election Day Predictions: 'People Are Going to Be Shocked' by 'Shy,' 'Hidden' Trump Voters
>>11396700 Irish Deputy PM Varadkar Faces Grilling over Leak of Doctors' Pay Agreement to Rivals
>>11396709 Prize for Ukrainian prosecutor who settled Burisma case? A meeting with Clinton campaign
>>11396711 Trump boat parade stretching for miles in deeply blue San Diego, California.
>>11396733 Report: FBI Opened Money Laundering Investigation into Hunter Biden and His Associates
>>11396906 Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
>>11396941 POTUS 30 minutes late to Hickory NC
>>11397088 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
>>11397128 What are the odds that two drops contain the SAME Space Shuttle lift-off video and line up on the Qclock TODAY?
>>11397098, >>11397265 A Frazzled World Watches While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
>>11396701, >>11396742, >>11396882 Finger Lakes Tattoo - The plot thickens
>>11397369 #14556
#11397380 at 2020-11-01 23:35:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14557: THERE IS ONLY ONE Q RESEARCH BOARD Edition
Global Announcements
>>11304131 List of States and how to change your vote!
>>11386225 , >>11386371 Q Gives -DIRECT- Order to REMOVE ALL references to 'QAnon'
>>11388221 BV Team Gets an 'Adjustment'
>>11388156 BO/BV Locks Split Breads During /NightShift/
Notables are NOT endorsements
#14556
>>11396611 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY BAKING CAREER I REMOVED A PREVIOUS BAKERS NOTABLE. I REMOVED THE NOTABLE LINKING TO THE /MNR/ BOARD AS THE "NEW Q RESEARCH BOARD"
>>11397057 I Believe it is the Maga Lion they care about for tracking. They didn't flip out until IT was removed and aflgb always posts the lion.
>>11397033 ResignationAnon here.
>>11397287 Miami Florida 305. Now this is what you call great Energy, Spirit, Positive Vibes
>>11397268 Kayleigh McEnany was also seen dancing in a white MAGA hat with gold lettering.
>>11397204 Vote like your life depended on it, it does - For Anons it probably does.
>>11397188 Mr K rudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
>>11397183 Now wwe know how Hunter and Biden Crime Famiy created secure coms w/ their CCP masters in Beijing
>>11397007 New Dan Scavino
>>11396974 Texas High Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes
>>11396985 WHY "EVERY POLL IS A GOAL" MATTERS
>>11396999 Richmond
>>11396947 Resist STL intends to protest until every vote is counted in the General Election
>>11396862 Atlantic 'Editor's Note' Adds New Layers To The Magazine's Unethical Journalism Standard
>>11396831 Lindsey Graham: 'I'll be shocked' if Durham probe doesn't lead to more indictments"
>>11396813 PHOTOS: 57,000 show up for Trump rally in Pennsylvania
>>11396802 Fact check: False claim that Joe and Hunter Biden pictured golfing with Burisma CEO
>>11396797 Leaked Zoom calls: Federal workers conspiring to shut down White House in contested election
>>11396755 Fake Kamala campaigning in Florida...
>>11396779 Westpac blames virus and money-laundering fine on 'disappointing' financial results
>>11396632 What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
>>11396642 A Confused Joe Biden Yells at Parking Lot with Honking Cars in Philadelphia
>>11396643 ElectionEdge 5: 'Why Trump is Defying the Pollsters', guest Robert Barnes
>>11396650 Sanders to 'The Squad': Electing Biden & Harris Is Just the Beginning
>>11396655 WATCH: Antifa Gets Violent at Trump Rally in Beverly Hills
>>11396681 Pollsters Warn of Flawed Election Day Predictions: 'People Are Going to Be Shocked' by 'Shy,' 'Hidden' Trump Voters
>>11396700 Irish Deputy PM Varadkar Faces Grilling over Leak of Doctors' Pay Agreement to Rivals
>>11396709 Prize for Ukrainian prosecutor who settled Burisma case? A meeting with Clinton campaign
>>11396711 Trump boat parade stretching for miles in deeply blue San Diego, California.
>>11396733 Report: FBI Opened Money Laundering Investigation into Hunter Biden and His Associates
>>11396906 Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
>>11396941 POTUS 30 minutes late to Hickory NC
>>11397088 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
>>11397128 What are the odds that two drops contain the SAME Space Shuttle lift-off video and line up on the Qclock TODAY?
>>11397098, >>11397265 A Frazzled World Watches While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
>>11396701, >>11396742, >>11396882 Finger Lakes Tattoo - The plot thickens
>>11397369 #14556
#11397369 at 2020-11-01 23:34:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
#14556
>>11396611 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY BAKING CAREER I REMOVED A PREVIOUS BAKERS NOTABLE. I REMOVED THE NOTABLE LINKING TO THE /MNR/ BOARD AS THE "NEW Q RESEARCH BOARD"
>>11397057 I Believe it is the Maga Lion they care about for tracking. They didn't flip out until IT was removed and aflgb always posts the lion.
>>11397033 ResignationAnon here.
>>11397287 Miami Florida 305. Now this is what you call great Energy, Spirit, Positive Vibes
>>11397268 Kayleigh McEnany was also seen dancing in a white MAGA hat with gold lettering.
>>11397204 Vote like your life depended on it, it does - For Anons it probably does.
>>11397188 Mr K rudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
>>11397183 Now wwe know how Hunter and Biden Crime Famiy created secure coms w/ their CCP masters in Beijing
>>11397007 New Dan Scavino
>>11396974 Texas High Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes
>>11396985 WHY "EVERY POLL IS A GOAL" MATTERS
>>11396999 Richmond
>>11396947 Resist STL intends to protest until every vote is counted in the General Election
>>11396862 Atlantic 'Editor's Note' Adds New Layers To The Magazine's Unethical Journalism Standard
>>11396831 Lindsey Graham: 'I'll be shocked' if Durham probe doesn't lead to more indictments"
>>11396813 PHOTOS: 57,000 show up for Trump rally in Pennsylvania
>>11396802 Fact check: False claim that Joe and Hunter Biden pictured golfing with Burisma CEO
>>11396797 Leaked Zoom calls: Federal workers conspiring to shut down White House in contested election
>>11396755 Fake Kamala campaigning in Florida...
>>11396779 Westpac blames virus and money-laundering fine on 'disappointing' financial results
>>11396632 What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
>>11396642 A Confused Joe Biden Yells at Parking Lot with Honking Cars in Philadelphia
>>11396643 ElectionEdge 5: 'Why Trump is Defying the Pollsters', guest Robert Barnes
>>11396650 Sanders to 'The Squad': Electing Biden & Harris Is Just the Beginning
>>11396655 WATCH: Antifa Gets Violent at Trump Rally in Beverly Hills
>>11396681 Pollsters Warn of Flawed Election Day Predictions: 'People Are Going to Be Shocked' by 'Shy,' 'Hidden' Trump Voters
>>11396700 Irish Deputy PM Varadkar Faces Grilling over Leak of Doctors' Pay Agreement to Rivals
>>11396709 Prize for Ukrainian prosecutor who settled Burisma case? A meeting with Clinton campaign
>>11396711 Trump boat parade stretching for miles in deeply blue San Diego, California.
>>11396733 Report: FBI Opened Money Laundering Investigation into Hunter Biden and His Associates
>>11396906 Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
>>11396941 POTUS 30 minutes late to Hickory NC
>>11397088 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
>>11397128 What are the odds that two drops contain the SAME Space Shuttle lift-off video and line up on the Qclock TODAY?
>>11397098, >>11397265 A Frazzled World Watches While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
>>11396701, >>11396742, >>11396882 Finger Lakes Tattoo - The plot thickens
#11397340 at 2020-11-01 23:32:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MANY 1-POST-BY-THIS-ID ARE REEEING ABOUT THE GRAPHIC
LAST CALL
#14556
>>11396611 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY BAKING CAREER I REMOVED A PREVIOUS BAKERS NOTABLE. I REMOVED THE NOTABLE LINKING TO THE /MNR/ BOARD AS THE "NEW Q RESEARCH BOARD"
>>11397057 I Believe it is the Maga Lion they care about for tracking. They didn't flip out until IT was removed and aflgb always posts the lion.
>>11397033 ResignationAnon here.
>>11397287 Miami Florida 305. Now this is what you call great Energy, Spirit, Positive Vibes
>>11397268 Kayleigh McEnany was also seen dancing in a white MAGA hat with gold lettering.
>>11397204 Vote like your life depended on it, it does - For Anons it probably does.
>>11397188 Mr K rudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
>>11397183 Now wwe know how Hunter and Biden Crime Famiy created secure coms w/ their CCP masters in Beijing
>>11397007 New Dan Scavino
>>11396974 Texas High Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes
>>11396985 WHY "EVERY POLL IS A GOAL" MATTERS
>>11396999 Richmond
>>11396947 Resist STL intends to protest until every vote is counted in the General Election
>>11396862 Atlantic 'Editor's Note' Adds New Layers To The Magazine's Unethical Journalism Standard
>>11396831 Lindsey Graham: 'I'll be shocked' if Durham probe doesn't lead to more indictments"
>>11396813 PHOTOS: 57,000 show up for Trump rally in Pennsylvania
>>11396802 Fact check: False claim that Joe and Hunter Biden pictured golfing with Burisma CEO
>>11396797 Leaked Zoom calls: Federal workers conspiring to shut down White House in contested election
>>11396755 Fake Kamala campaigning in Florida...
>>11396779 Westpac blames virus and money-laundering fine on 'disappointing' financial results
>>11396632 What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
>>11396642 A Confused Joe Biden Yells at Parking Lot with Honking Cars in Philadelphia
>>11396643 ElectionEdge 5: 'Why Trump is Defying the Pollsters', guest Robert Barnes
>>11396650 Sanders to 'The Squad': Electing Biden & Harris Is Just the Beginning
>>11396655 WATCH: Antifa Gets Violent at Trump Rally in Beverly Hills
>>11396681 Pollsters Warn of Flawed Election Day Predictions: 'People Are Going to Be Shocked' by 'Shy,' 'Hidden' Trump Voters
>>11396700 Irish Deputy PM Varadkar Faces Grilling over Leak of Doctors' Pay Agreement to Rivals
>>11396709 Prize for Ukrainian prosecutor who settled Burisma case? A meeting with Clinton campaign
>>11396711 Trump boat parade stretching for miles in deeply blue San Diego, California.
>>11396733 Report: FBI Opened Money Laundering Investigation into Hunter Biden and His Associates
>>11396906 Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
>>11396941 POTUS 30 minutes late to Hickory NC
>>11397088 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
>>11397128 What are the odds that two drops contain the SAME Space Shuttle lift-off video and line up on the Qclock TODAY?
>>11397098, >>11397265 A Frazzled World Watches While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
>>11396701, >>11396742, >>11396882 Finger Lakes Tattoo - The plot thickens
#11397225 at 2020-11-01 23:22:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
Sunday 11.01.2020
#14556
>>11396611 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY BAKING CAREER I REMOVED A PREVIOUS BAKERS NOTABLE. I REMOVED THE NOTABLE LINKING TO THE /MNR/ BOARD AS THE "NEW Q RESEARCH BOARD"
>>11397057 I Believe it is the Maga Lion they care about for tracking. They didn't flip out untilITwas removed andaflgbalways posts the lion.
>>11397033 ResignationAnon here.
>>11397204 Vote like your life depended on it, it does - For Anons it probably does.
>>11397188 Mr K rudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
>>11397183 Now wwe know how Hunter and Biden Crime Famiy created secure coms w/ their CCP masters in Beijing
>>11397098 A Frazzled World Watches While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader
>>11397007 New Dan Scavino
>>11396974 Texas High Court Denies GOP Effort to Reject Houston Votes
>>11396985 WHY "EVERY POLL IS A GOAL" MATTERS
>>11396999 Richmond
>>11396947 Resist STL intends to protest until every vote is counted in the General Election
>>11396862 Atlantic 'Editor's Note' Adds New Layers To The Magazine's Unethical Journalism Standard
>>11396831 Lindsey Graham: 'I'll be shocked' if Durham probe doesn't lead to more indictments"
>>11396813 PHOTOS: 57,000 show up for Trump rally in Pennsylvania
>>11396802 Fact check: False claim that Joe and Hunter Biden pictured golfing with Burisma CEO
>>11396797 Leaked Zoom calls: Federal workers conspiring to shut down White House in contested election
>>11396755 Fake Kamala campaigning in Florida...
>>11396779 Westpac blames virus and money-laundering fine on 'disappointing' financial results
>>11396632 What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
>>11396642 A Confused Joe Biden Yells at Parking Lot with Honking Cars in Philadelphia
>>11396643 ElectionEdge 5: 'Why Trump is Defying the Pollsters', guest Robert Barnes
>>11396650 Sanders to 'The Squad': Electing Biden & Harris Is Just the Beginning
>>11396655 WATCH: Antifa Gets Violent at Trump Rally in Beverly Hills
>>11396681 Pollsters Warn of Flawed Election Day Predictions: 'People Are Going to Be Shocked' by 'Shy,' 'Hidden' Trump Voters
>>11396700 Irish Deputy PM Varadkar Faces Grilling over Leak of Doctors' Pay Agreement to Rivals
>>11396709 Prize for Ukrainian prosecutor who settled Burisma case? A meeting with Clinton campaign
>>11396711 Trump boat parade stretching for miles in deeply blue San Diego, California.
>>11396733 Report: FBI Opened Money Laundering Investigation into Hunter Biden and His Associates
>>11396906 Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
>>11396941 POTUS 30 minutes late to Hickory NC
>>11397088 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
>>11397128 What are the odds that two drops contain the SAME Space Shuttle lift-off video and line up on the Qclock TODAY?
>>11396701, >>11396742, >>11396882 Finger Lakes Tattoo - The plot thickens
#11397188 at 2020-11-01 23:20:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
>>11397088
>kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
(IT's all connected.)
Terese Dau @teresedau1
@MrKrudd is a China operative! A disgrace to Australia.
He was elected twice as ALP PM!
Aussie Truth Seeker ?@Aus_TruthSeeker
#Biden #BidenCrimeFamiIy #trum2020 #auspol #AussieQ #WWG1WGAWORLDWIDE
https://twitter.com/Aus_TruthSeeker/status/1323012718945738752
https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham/status/1322993246851624960
https://twitter.com/teresedau1/status/1323037013293948928
#11397088 at 2020-11-01 23:13:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
The Daily Telegraph
November 2, 2020 6:38am
The jailed business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter claimed ex-pm kevin rudd was coming to one of their company's banquets in order to celebrate a controversial Chinese takeover deal.
..
New emails have surfaced from fraudster Devon Archer touting the former Labor leader's name in a bid to snare important guests to a Chinese celebration dinner on October 28, 2015, hosted by Hunter Biden's firm BHR Partners.
The company was also part-owned by Chinese Communist Party state firms, and had just bought out a militarily-sensitive US automaker.
"It would be a great honour if you could attend the evening banquet as our special guest," Devon Archer wrote to US ambassador Max Baucus, signing the letter as Vice-Chairman.
"As well as our partners and investors there will be a number of foreign dignitaries such as kevin rudd and the Vice President of the Bank of China at the event."
But a spokesman for Mr rudd, who has been busy dealing with the fallout over the Jeffrey Epstein donations to his peace think-tank, said "his diary shows he was in London and Abu Dhabi that entire week".
"Mr rudd is not aware of this event and has no record of it," he said.
Mr rudd gave a speech at the Imperial Springs forum at Guangzhou on October 16-17 and later attended a Beijing conference with President Xi Jingping on November 3.
…
Lots of connections here
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/kevin-rudd-former-pm-apparently-invited-to-chinese-banquet-linked-to-biden-associates/news-story/9d73181ed4da54c81d3ada31cc053327
#11396906 at 2020-11-01 22:59:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14556: Not all Anons Are Authentic Edition
Full on fight between Murdoch and rudd
3 hours ago
kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate …
The jailed business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter claimed ex-pm kevin rudd was coming to one of their company's banquets in order to celebrate a controversial
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/kevin-rudd-former-pm-apparently-invited-to-chinese-banquet-linked-to-biden-associates/news-story/9d73181ed4da54c81d3ada31cc053327
kevin rudd is engulfed in Jeffrey Epstein scandal as it's revealed the billionaire paedophile gave $650,000 to his peace think-tank
The former prime minister said he was 'blindsided' by the link to the paedophile
Epstein has been linked to the president of the International Peace Institute
IPI president Terje Rod-Larsen also took out large loans with the sex offender
kevin rudd found out when he read an expose by a Norwegian paper this year
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8887989/kevin-rudd-engulfed-Jeffrey-Epstein-scandal.html
Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
Rupert Murdoch and former Prime Minister kevin rudd are in a major battle that has turned dirty with Murdoch's media trying to smear Mr rudd by implying he is somehow involved in the Jeffrey Epstein paedophile scandal while Murdoch is concealing his own close relationship with Epstein.
Murdoch's attack on kevin rudd is blatantly linked to the current campaign and petition that kevin rudd is promoting calling for a Royal Commission into Rupert Murdoch and the Australian media. I wrote about the petition on the 20th of October when it had 339,000 signatures and it has now passed 429,000 signatures and has gained national and international media attention. (Click here to see the petition)
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2020/10/31/rupert-murdoch-who-had-a-personal-relationship-with-paedophile-jeffrey-epstein-points-the-finger-at-kevin-rudd/
#11384160 at 2020-11-01 02:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14540: There Is No "QAnon" Edition
#14537
>>11382541 NEW PDJT
>>11382410 Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
>>11382360 KEK!! POTUS just tweeted this
>>11382239 The White House
>>11381900 Gerbil
>>11381932 Tell everybody I'm on my way, And I'm loving every step I take
>>11382009 Communist Control Act of 1954
>>11382010 NAVY MOON TWAT
>>11382040 Read and weep
>>11382137 We are reaching levels of cringe never before seen.
>>11382345 Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown
>>11382456 The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church
>>11382467 Woman gets more than two years in jail for threat letter to Sen. Susan Collins
>>11382486 University reprimands Dem for using tax-funded resources for campaign
>>11382512 The Biden campaign is now lying about a campaign car involved in a highway accident
>>11382522 CNN Claims Hunter Biden "Burisma Deal" Stinks; Story On ABC News Confronting Hunter Biden Resurfaces
>>11382535 ROGER STONE EXCLUSIVE: How the Democrats Plan to Steal the 2020 Election
>>11382613 #14537
Previously Collected Notables
>>11381837 #14536,
>>11379546 #14533, >>11380391 #14534, >>11381052 #14535
>>11377213 #14530, >>11377945 #14531, >>11378783 #14532
>>11375015 #14527, >>11375616 #14528, >>11376389 #14529
>>11373303 #14525, >>11373303 #14525, >>11374078 #14526
>>11370965 #14522, >>11371733 #14523, >>11372515 #14524
>>11368686 #14519, >>11369479 #14520, >>11370248 #14521
>>11366357 #14516, >>11367121 #14517, >>11367912 #14518
>>11364043 #14513, >>11364820 #14514, >>11365590 #14515
>>11361601 #14510, >>11362386 #14511, >>11363156 #14512
>>11359204 #14507, >>11360062 #14508, >>11360837 #14509
>>11356927 #14504, >>11357665 #14505, >>11358440 #14506
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#11383385 at 2020-11-01 01:56:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14539: Montoursville Peaceful Protest Edition
Global Announcements
>>11304131 List of States and how to change your vote!
Notables are NOT endorsements
#14538
>>11383321 PRESIDENT TRUMP Plays the BEST CLOSING VIDEO OF ALL TIME at Butler, Pennsylvania Rally
>>11383187 DJT: I LOVE TEXAS!
>>11383179 A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drive-through voting and should toss more than 100,000 votes in the Democratic-leaning area.
>>11383173 Epstein Donations Force Resignation of International Peace Institute CEO
>>11383075 Media Hide Anti-Cop Views, Violent History of Man Shot By Police
>>11383042 Feds go after protesters with rarely used civil disorder law enacted in 1960s
>>11383040 Pagan Origins of Halloween
>>11382854 Dems Cancel Rallies After Trump Fan Caravan Swarms Biden Bus on Texas Highway
>>11382822 Canadian Armed Forces soldier shot dead in live-fire exercise at Alberta base
>>11382789 Philadelphia Firefighters Union Confirms Trump Endorsement in Forced Recount
>>11382766 Desperate 'Fact-Checkers' Line Up to Help Biden
>>11382764 Army - Zero bubble Q reference
>>11382763 FLOTUS Pool Report #12 - Arrival at White House
>>11382757 SPREADSHEET & OFF-SITE GALLERIES ARE UPDATED
>>11382756 Vid showing Trump supporters escorting Biden out of town!
>>11382737 Tomorrow is the big day to support POTUS
>>11382713 Missouri Officers Rescue Over a Dozen Victims, Arrest 5 Human Trafficking Suspects
>>11382710 Trump Country in Western PA tonight.
>>11382699 CAUGHT ON TAPE: Houston Poll Judge Admits To Illegally Casting Vote For A Voter
>>11382690 Melania Trump Campaigns in Wisconsin: Joe Biden Will 'Make Us Hide in Fear in Our Basements'
>>11382636, >>11382942 POTUS going live.
>>11383345 #14538
#14537
>>11382541 NEW PDJT
>>11382410 Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
>>11382360 KEK!! POTUS just tweeted this
>>11382239 The White House
>>11381900 Gerbil
>>11381932 Tell everybody I'm on my way, And I'm loving every step I take
>>11382009 Communist Control Act of 1954
>>11382010 NAVY MOON TWAT
>>11382040 Read and weep
>>11382137 We are reaching levels of cringe never before seen.
>>11382345 Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown
>>11382456 The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church
>>11382467 Woman gets more than two years in jail for threat letter to Sen. Susan Collins
>>11382486 University reprimands Dem for using tax-funded resources for campaign
>>11382512 The Biden campaign is now lying about a campaign car involved in a highway accident
>>11382522 CNN Claims Hunter Biden "Burisma Deal" Stinks; Story On ABC News Confronting Hunter Biden Resurfaces
>>11382535 ROGER STONE EXCLUSIVE: How the Democrats Plan to Steal the 2020 Election
>>11382613 #14537
#11383173 at 2020-11-01 01:43:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14538: No weapon formed against you shall prosper Edition
Epstein Donations Force Resignation of International Peace Institute CEO
Terje Rød-Larsen, a Norwegian diplomat, has resigned as CEO of the International Peace Institute.
The president of an international think tank has resigned following revelations that he accepted a loan from accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and secured $650,000 in donations from foundations linked to Epstein for the peace organization.
The International Peace Institute, based across the street from the United Nations, announced that diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen had apologized to the institute's board and resigned as president and CEO on Thursday.
The IPI said it was unaware of the Epstein transactions.
Larsen was a key broker of the 1990s Oslo Middle East peace accords and represented the UN on several peace assignments around the globe.
The United Nations announced Friday it has withdrawn from its role as honorary chair of the IPI, following the resignation of Rød-Larsen.
Citing the office's independence and status, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN secretary-general, after a review, has decided not to serve in any capacity in the governance of any outside entity.
The institute is an independent organization that promotes UN causes. It was founded 50 years ago with the assistance of former UN Secretary-General U Thant.
IPI board Chairman kevin rudd, the former Australian prime minister, denied IPI was aware of the Epstein-related donations or the personal loan to Larsen until media reports in the veteran diplomat's home country of Norway.
rudd said in a statement he was "blindsided."
"Mr. Rød-Larsen has apologized to the Board for what he has described as his grave error of judgment, rudd said. "I am deeply disappointed that the Board has had to learn about so much of this through the media."
In a separate statement, the IPI board said, ''Epstein's crimes were hideous. The notion that IPI would be in any way engaged with such an odious character is repugnant to the institution's core values."
Earlier this month, the Norwegian Business Daily (DN) published a letter from Larsen to its board and supporters, a letter since confirmed to CNN, in which he writes, "Please accept my sincere apologies for any distress or embarrassment this may have caused you. DN has reported that I took out a personal loan of $130,000 from Mr. Epstein in 2013. This loan had no connection to the activities or finances of IPI, and it was repaid in full as promised within the allotted time from my own personal accounts."
rudd said the media reports in November 2019 were the first notice of Epstein involvement with the Institute.
rudd said "subsequent searches by IPI staff, made at the request of the Board, have identified donations totaling $650,000 that were received between October 2011 and May 2019. This represented approximately 0.9% of IPI's total revenue over those years. The source of these donations had not previously been disclosed to the Board, nor to me as Chair."
There has been no link established between Larsen and any of Epstein's criminal activities. However the institute is asking for an investigation.
In his letter, Larsen writes that "IPI never paid any money or compensation of any kind to Jeffrey Epstein. This was a completely separate and personal matter. I recognize that it was a grave error of judgment on my part to engage in a personal financial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and I regret it whole heartedly."
The institute said an amount equivalent to Epstein's donations will be given to programs that help victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. The board has named Adam Lupel, the IPI's current vice president and chief operating officer, as the institute's acting president and CEO.
rudd said he attended an international event including UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon and other dignitaries in September 2013 where it was later determined Epstein was on the guest list, though it's not certain he attended.
rudd said he does not remember meeting him nor does he recall Epstein joining an advisory panel conference call in January 2014 designed to provide mining advice to Mongolia.
The IPI said it will commission a global accounting firm to audit its finances to make sure that all Epstein foundation donations have been identified.
Epstein was indicted on sex trafficking charges in New York in 2019 and found dead in his jail cell in Manhattan weeks later.
Larsen is married to Mona Juul, Norway's ambassador to the United Nations.
Initial efforts to contact Larsen have been unsuccessful.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/epstein-donations-force-resignation-at-international-peace-organization/ar-BB1ayJ30
#11382618 at 2020-11-01 01:02:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14538: No weapon formed against you shall prosper Edition
Global Announcements
>>11304131 List of States and how to change your vote!
Notables are NOT endorsements
#14537
>>11382541 NEW PDJT
>>11382410 Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
>>11382360 KEK!! POTUS just tweeted this
>>11382239 The White House
>>11381900 Gerbil
>>11381932 Tell everybody I'm on my way, And I'm loving every step I take
>>11382009 Communist Control Act of 1954
>>11382010 NAVY MOON TWAT
>>11382040 Read and weep
>>11382137 We are reaching levels of cringe never before seen.
>>11382345 Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown
>>11382456 The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church
>>11382467 Woman gets more than two years in jail for threat letter to Sen. Susan Collins
>>11382486 University reprimands Dem for using tax-funded resources for campaign
>>11382512 The Biden campaign is now lying about a campaign car involved in a highway accident
>>11382522 CNN Claims Hunter Biden "Burisma Deal" Stinks; Story On ABC News Confronting Hunter Biden Resurfaces
>>11382535 ROGER STONE EXCLUSIVE: How the Democrats Plan to Steal the 2020 Election
>>11382613 #14537
#14536
>>11381604 New POTUS
>>11381581 NEW POTUS
>>11381122 New Dan Scavino
>>11381656 NEW Richard Grenell
>>11381695 Massive POTUS RALLY
>>11381165 Time to wake up, California. - John Solomon
>>11381380 Biden babbling about cars honking not made in Michigan
>>11381316 THE WALL AND THE WHEEL
>>11381378 Happy Halloween! Owls may seem spooky, but unless you're a mouse, you have nothing to fear!
>>11381420 Hussein - Shoot your shot
>>11381432 Trudeau Ethics Scandal CONTINUES!
>>11381436 6-second clip: T-Minus 17 seconds and counting
>>11381446 CAUGHT ON TAPE: Houston Poll Judge Admits To Illegally Casting Vote For A Voter
>>11381591 David Einhorn Made 7.7% In Month He Claims "Enormous" Tech Bubble Popped
>>11381612 NBC Finally Responds To Hunter Biden Story... With An Exhaustive Exposé Of An Unrelated Document
>>11381628 Sixth Mexican Journalist Murdered in 2020
>>11381782 The Original 'Antifa' Was A Jewish Anti-Nazi Militia
>>11381794 Twitter censorship endangers National Security.
>>11381837 #14536
#11382613 at 2020-11-01 01:01:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14537: Are You ready to take back control of this Country? Edition
Saturday 10.31.2020
>>11380146 ---------------- Are You ready for: ZERO DAY! (CAP: >>11381593)
>>11380075 ---------------- Are You ready to take back control of this Country?
>>11379970 ---------------- Are you ready to hold the political elite [protected] accountable?
>>11379902 ---------------- Are you ready to finish what we started?
#14537
>>11382541 NEW PDJT
>>11382410 Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
>>11382360 KEK!! POTUS just tweeted this
>>11382239 The White House
>>11381900 Gerbil
>>11381932 Tell everybody I'm on my way, And I'm loving every step I take
>>11382009 Communist Control Act of 1954
>>11382010 NAVY MOON TWAT
>>11382040 Read and weep
>>11382137 We are reaching levels of cringe never before seen.
>>11382345 Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown
>>11382456 The Masonic Plan For The Destruction Of The Catholic Church
>>11382467 Woman gets more than two years in jail for threat letter to Sen. Susan Collins
>>11382486 University reprimands Dem for using tax-funded resources for campaign
>>11382512 The Biden campaign is now lying about a campaign car involved in a highway accident
>>11382522 CNN Claims Hunter Biden "Burisma Deal" Stinks; Story On ABC News Confronting Hunter Biden Resurfaces
>>11382535 ROGER STONE EXCLUSIVE: How the Democrats Plan to Steal the 2020 Election
#11382410 at 2020-11-01 00:47:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14537: Are You ready to take back control of this Country? Edition
Rupert Murdoch, who had a personal relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, points the finger at kevin rudd
Rupert Murdoch and former Prime Minister kevin rudd are in a major battle that has turned dirty with Murdoch's media trying to smear Mr rudd by implying he is somehow involved in the Jeffrey Epstein paedophile scandal while Murdoch is concealing his own close relationship with Epstein.
Murdoch's attack on kevin rudd is blatantly linked to the current campaign and petition that kevin rudd is promoting calling for a Royal Commission into Rupert Murdoch and the Australian media. I wrote about the petition on the 20th of October when it had 339,000 signatures and it has now passed 429,000 signatures and has gained national and international media attention. (Click here to see the petition)
When Murdoch attacks kevin rudd he is really attacking the 429,000 people who signed the petition as that would be a great concern to him. Murdoch knows if he lets it get out of hand it could mean big trouble as he has previously had to front government inquiries in the UK to justify the crimes he and his staff commit running his papers which includes bribing police and bugging phones etc for stories. (Click here to read more)
The links are relatively weak between kevin rudd and Jeffrey Epstein and there is no proof that they even knew each other but Rupert Murdoch's relationship with Jeffery Epstein is another story. Murdoch's phone numbers show up in Jeffrey Epstein's personal black book which was tendered as evidence in court proceedings a couple of years ago as per below.
Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of being a paedophile in 2008 and was released from jail in 2009 after a corrupt deal with prosecutors. The black book with Rupert Murdoch's phone numbers in it was tendered as evidence in a court case in 2015 so it looks like Rupert was friends with Epstein after he was a convicted paedophile.
Rupert Murdoch has always refused to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein but Rupert wouldn't give his personal phone numbers to just anyone. And why won't Rupert answer questions about the relationship? What is Rupert hiding? It is also known that Rupert Murdoch is likely friends with Epstein's alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell as they do know each other.
I published an article on 13th of August 2019 titled "Was Rupert Murdoch involved in the Jeffrey Epstein paedophile scandal given his details were in Epstein's black book?" which starts off:
Rupert Murdoch, who has a long history of paying $millions to cover-up the sexual abuse and harassment of women at Fox News, is pictured with Jeffrey Epstein's alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell below which points to them possibly being friends. But what is more interesting is that Jeffrey Epstein had Rupert Murdoch's private contact details in his black book which was revealed in 2015 court proceedings. (Click here to read more) Very few in the media have reported about Murdoch's links to Epstein which I suspect is because they are too scared to.
https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2020/10/31/rupert-murdoch-who-had-a-personal-relationship-with-paedophile-jeffrey-epstein-points-the-finger-at-kevin-rudd/
Finger pointing time, they are all corrupt tho!
#11374896 at 2020-10-31 15:34:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14527: Grassley's Harvest Now Complete Edition
'I was blindsided': kevin rudd says he had no idea about think tank's ties to Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/i-was-blindsided-kevin-rudd-says-he-had-no-idea-about-think-tank-s-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-20201028-p569iw.html
#11363060 at 2020-10-30 19:25:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14512: Five Rallies Per Day Edition
Epstein sleaze empire fallout continues as head of International Peace Institute resigns over dealings with pedophile
The head of the International Peace Institute (IPI), Terje Rød-Larsen, has resigned in disgrace after admitting he accepted donations and a personal loan from the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The think tank chief says accepting the donations from foundations related to Jeffrey Epstein was "poor judgement" on his part as was a personal loan from the millionaire financier-cum-human trafficker in 2013.
"Epstein's crimes were horrific. The notion that IPI would in some way be associated with such an ugly type is contrary to the institution's core values," the New York-based lobby group said in a statement, following an extraordinary board meeting on Thursday.
Chairman of the board kevin rudd was damning in his criticism of Rød-Larsen's actions.
"Neither the loan nor the repayment of it had previously been disclosed to the board or to me as chairman," rudd, a former Prime Minister of Australia, said to the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.
"Rød-Larsen has apologised to the board for what he has described as a serious misjudgment. I am deeply disappointed that the board has had to find out so much of this through the media," rudd added.
In November 2019, the IPI announced it would match any donations received from Epstein-affiliated foundations and re-donate the funds to "programs that support victims of human trafficking and sexual assault," to the tune of a reported $30 million.
https://www.rt.com/news/505040-epstein-international-peace-institute-boss-resigns/
#11281543 at 2020-10-26 04:32:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14411: As the Deep State Burns Edition
>>11281540
Resignations in the news 10/21/2020 through 10/10/25/2020 - part 3
Portland financial PR chief Steffan Williams steps down
https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-portland-financial-pr-chief-steffan-williams-steps-down/
Duane Maust resigns from Meridian school board
https://www.meridianstar.com/news/local_news/duane-maust-resigns-from-meridian-school-board/article_c7468271-3b32-50ca-ba64-abaa0d74bd09.html
School Committee Chairman resigns after mocking names on 'hot-mic'
https://www.dotnews.com/2020/school-committee-chairman-resigns-after-mocking-names-hot-mic
After more than a decade in charge, Zayo CEO steps down
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2020/10/22/zayo-group-ceo-dan-caruso-out.html
Penn State coach Pat Chambers resigns after investigation
https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2020/10/21/penn-state-coach-pat-chambers-resigns-after-investigation/
Illinois congressman says he's retiring to teach at SIUE
https://fox2now.com/am-show/illinois-congressman-says-hes-retiring-to-teach-at-siue/
Montana fish and wildlife commissioner resigns
https://helenair.com/outdoors/montana-fish-and-wildlife-commissioner-resigns/article_391a1f17-e269-57a4-b74d-02c1aaa6754c.html
Gyata Kimmons Resigns As Flossmoor Trustee
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/gyata-kimmons-resigns-flossmoor-trustee
UW gymnastics head coach Elise Ray-Statz resigns
http://www.dailyuw.com/sports/article_edf42dfc-13ed-11eb-9841-1bb14fea5eef.html
Report: Hargis retiring as president of OSU
https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/report-hargis-retiring-as-president-of-osu/article_34648862-14d0-11eb-95f3-63e7e1c493a3.html
County Attorney Announces Resignation
https://county17.com/2020/10/22/county-attorney-announces-resignation/
GRIDLEY CITY ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS AFTER COUNCIL'S CLOSED SESSION
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Gridley-City-Administrator-resigns-after-council-closed-session-572831371.html
Chairs of Green Party youth and LGBTQ wings resign
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40070333.html
IPL 2020: Dinesh Karthik stepping down from KKR captaincy incredibly selfless, says Eoin Morgan
https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/ipl-2020-dinesh-karthik-stepping-down-from-kkr-captaincy-incredibly-selfless-eoin-morgan-6757938/
Asia Society Announces Appointment of The Honorable kevin rudd as President and Chief Executive Officer
https://asiasociety.org/asia-society-announces-appointment-honorable-kevin-rudd-president-and-chief-executive-officer
Egyptian bank CIB says chairman stepping down
https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-cib-int/egyptian-bank-cib-says-chairman-stepping-down-idUSKBN2781NB
Headteacher of Bridgwater school retiring after 38 years
https://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/18816610.headteacher-bridgwater-school-retiring-38-years/
Paulding administrator resigns
https://progressnewspaper.org/Content/News/Community-News/Article/Paulding-administrator-resigns/198/1184/201195
Fort Scott City Manager resigns amid investigation
https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/fort-scott-city-manager-resigns-amid-investigation/
Interim Huntington Beach police chief resigns, citing political divisiveness
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-23/interim-huntington-beach-police-chief-kelly-rodriguez-resigns-citing-political-divisiveness
Lehigh County commissioner Brown resigns
https://www.tnonline.com/20201024/lehigh-county-commissioner-brown-resigns/
#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
#11015288 at 2020-10-10 19:36:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14089: Don't believe everything you read Edition
kevin rudd creates petition for News Corp royal commission
Former Australian prime minister kevin rudd says he was motivated to launch a petition calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch's media empire after coming to the conclusion that News Corp was running a "protection racket" for the Coalition.
Almost 6000 people had signed the petition less than 24 hours after Mr rudd's announcement on Saturday morning, leading to some glitches on the Australian Parliament website when people tried to sign.
While other parliaments around the world have a "signature threshold" for petitions, Australia does not - meaning there will be no requirement that the Parliament or the federal government act on the petition.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese, who was a close political ally of Mr rudd, did not comment on Saturday on whether he agreed with the former prime minister, with his office referring inquiries to Labor's communication spokeswoman Michelle Rowland. Senior Labor sources said the opposition was unlikely to back Mr rudd's call for a royal commission.
News Corp Australia and the Morrison government also declined to comment.
Mr rudd, who courted and won News Corp's support in the 2007 federal election, labelled the company a "cancer on democracy" and said the move was prompted by his "passion for the country's future".
When my government produced one-fifth the size of Morrison's deficit and still kept Australia out of recession - Murdoch would abuse the news reporting to define us as bad economic managers.
kevin rudd
In an interview with The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age, Mr rudd said the sheer concentration of News Corp's ownership of newspapers - about 70 per cent of print readership across Australia - had left many in the Australian community unwilling to criticise the company.
While the company always had an editorial bent, Mr rudd said News Corp had become much worse over the past decade and now acted as a "protection racket for the Liberal/National Party".
"It's time for the political class to listen to what the people are saying … I think there is a groundswell in the community which is a bit like my own view: enough is enough," Mr rudd said.
"In Queensland, a state which swings federal election results, virtually every single newspaper is owned by Murdoch.
"When this mob, this syndicate, this protection racket for the Liberal and National Party backs the Liberal and National Party 95 per cent of time, it becomes a cancer on the democracy."
Asked why he didn't publicly take on the company as Labor leader, Mr rudd said his job was to maximise the positive media coverage.
"It's a decade, and a decade is an eternity in politics," he said.
"Prior to 2010, Murdoch campaigned against Labor most of the time but not all of the time.
"My job as Labor leader then was try to maximise our positive coverage. However, since 2010, it's gone 100 per cent against Labor."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/kevin-rudd-creates-petition-for-news-corp-royal-commission-20201010-p563vf.html
#10282712 at 2020-08-14 07:13:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13160: Cali Fires Are Getting HOT Edition
'This will make news in America': Fury over racist cartoon in Australian newspaper
With Joe Biden's choice of a black woman as his running mate to challenge Donald Trump for the White House in November, there was always concern the debate would turn ugly.
Most people just didn't think it would be an Australian outlet that would be first out of the gate with such racially motivated commentary.
A cartoon published in The Australian newspaper on Friday has sparked outrage and been met with a chorus of condemnation from politicians, media members, the public and a former prime minister who have labelled the cartoon "appalling", "repulsive", "disgusting" and "shameful".
The cartoon depicts Mr Biden saying: "It's time to heal a nation divided by racism … So I'll hand you over to this little brown girl while I go for a lie down."
Even in contrast to the hyper-partisan media environment of the US, many expressed anger at the reputational damage such cartoons can have on perceptions of Australia overseas.
"This is going to make news in America. People won't be able to believe what a fetid backwater Australia is," lamented media personality Dom Knight.
Social media has seen a flood of leaders and commentators denouncing the Rupert Murdoch owned newspaper for its ongoing racism.
Former Prime Minister kevin rudd called the Australian born media tycoon "a mouthpiece for Trump" and said the cartoon was "gross even by Murdoch's gutter standards".
"If The Australian has any respect for decency and standards it must apologise immediately, and never again publish cartoons like this," said Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.
"The Australian should pull today's offensive cartoon off their website, and issue an immediate apology," said Labor MP Andrew Leigh.
"It diminishes us all," echoed Shadow Minister for Cities and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles.
"I cannot believe they keep publishing this guy's garbage," commented ABC journalist Matt Bevan, who routinely covers US politics.
"If this was published in an American newspaper there would be street protests demanding he be fired. And he would be."
"I'm working hard here to try and figure out what the joke is supposed to be… is it that… Joe Biden is old and therefore a casual racist? Even though he clearly isn't a racist?"
Perhaps the cartoon is trying to offer a cynical take on Mr Biden's choice in picking a black woman for his Vice President position, but for many online, the satirical purpose of the cartoon was hard to parse.
The Australian attempts to defend Biden cartoon
Yahoo News Australia has contacted the newspaper and sought comment from Editor-in-Chief Chris Dore who did not responded to requests.
However Mr Dore briefly sought to defend the cartoon, and illustrator Johannes Leak, to questions posed by The Guardian, saying "Johannes was quoting Biden's words" and pointing to a tweet the 77-year-old candidate posted on Thursday.
However that tweet was quite clearly not referring to Kamala Harris but a hypothetical little girl in America who would be inspired by her appointment as Vice President. Mr Dore did not respond further when this was put to him, The Guardian said.
While News Corp Australia dominates the industry, many other journalists have sought to distance the media at large from the cartoon.
The cartoonist, Johannes Leak, has followed in the footsteps of his father Bill Leak who also courted controversy as a cartoonist at The Australian, particularly for one drawing depicting indigenous Australians as drunkards and criminals.
"Does Johannes Leak set out to offend?" wondered Media Watch's Paul Barry. "This is truly awful. He should be ashamed of himself."
The right-wing newspaper is well known for its concerted attack campaign on Sudanese-Australian woman Yassmin Abdel-Magied, which she says drove her from the country.
Among critics, The Australian, along with its News Corp stablemates like The Daily Telegraph, is also well known for printing racially motivated cartoons that are derogatory towards minorities.
Last month, The Australian was criticised over a Black Lives Matters cartoon depicting a black protester kneeling on the neck of Lady Liberty, saying "I'm fighting for the right to do what I hate". Ironically, the protest movement is about racial justice and stamping out systemic racism in policing and public policy.
Meanwhile in 2018, the Herald Sun drew unflattering headlines around the world for a racist depiction of African American tennis player Serena Williams.
The backlash to the latest cartoon is genuine, but the latest episode is hardly surprising.
"Ageist, racist and sexist in one cartoon - the trifecta," one Twitter user remarked on Friday.
https://au.yahoo.com/news/fury-over-biden-racist-cartoon-australian-newspaper-054134167.html
#10160737 at 2020-08-02 14:52:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13002: Something BIG Is About To Drop? Edition
>>10160665
Yuuuuge is an understatement, and we've become far to complacent the last 20 years in true 'aussie style' of 'she'll be right mate'.
Thinking back to when everything went tits up was when kevin rudd came into power out of no where, that was the start of the Labor Party destroying Aus Politics. rudd was ousted by Gillard in a party coup basically. But it couldn't have got too much worse, getting a CCP link with rudd and then Clinton with Gillard. Since then, politics here has achieved absolutely nothing since.
#10160590 at 2020-08-02 14:31:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13002: Something BIG Is About To Drop? Edition
"Clinton, Gillard, Shorten using $460m of our money to kill off Australian coal industry"
Why have Australian governments tipped money into Hillary Clinton's Clinton Foundation helping to kill our coal industry? That it gave Julia Gillard a job and effectively a platform to continually spruik Hillary Clinton for president shows just how this very dodgy Foundation works.
Miranda Devine:
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
The Abbott government topped up the left-wing organisation's coffers with another $140 million in 2014, bringing total Australian largesse to $460 million, according to a press release from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
And yet, apart from the beautiful friendship with Gillard, what did Australia get from the Clintons for all that cash?
A whole lot of trouble is what.
….
https://cairnsnews.org/2019/03/03/clinton-gillard-shorten-using-460m-of-our-money-to-kill-off-australian-coal-industry/
#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."
#9408346 at 2020-06-01 06:46:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12041: The 'Celebs Aiding Terrorists' Edition
>>9408294
Julia Gillard. Australian Prime Minister 2007 - 2010, after usurping it from kevin rudd.
#9383892 at 2020-05-30 22:54:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12010: Call the Ball Edition
KHAZARIAN MAFIA'S COVID-19 POWER GRAB FAILS
Bill Gates Now A Dead Man Walking
Ben Fulford 5/25/2020
The Khazarian mafia power grab using a fake COVID 19 pandemic has failed spectacularly and now payback begins, Pentagon and Asian secret society sources say.
The White Hats have begun an immediate offensive by killing Jesuit military leader and Black Pope Adolfo Nicolas.
The death of Nicolas opened the path for the liberation of Japan. This is being followed by the liberation of Germany. Only then will it be possible to liberate the United States and thus the planet Earth.
Although his predecessor Peter Hans Kolvenbach was in charge of that operation, Nicolas failed to admit, apologize and make amends for this war crime.
His death has opened the way for regime change in Japan because he was the top commander of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that actually runs this country. His death has opened the way for regime change in Japan because he was the top commander of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that actually runs this country.
The day after Nicolas died, Hiromu Kurokawa the chief of the Tokyo prosecutors' office was forced to resign over a "gambling scandal."
Sauce: https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005211079375994-tokyos-top-prosecutor-quits-over-gambling-scandal-reports/
Then, 662 lawyers and scholars filed a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
Sauce: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13392161
Also, with Nicolas removed, the path was finally opened to file the following criminal complaint about Fukushima to the International Criminal Court:
Dear sirs: "On March 11, 2011 Japan was attacked by means of nuclear bombs drilled into the seabed off the shore of Fukushima Japan, resulting in at least 15,899 deaths."
We have multiple witnesses to this act of terrorism. These include:
Australian ANSUS agent Sasha Zaric, a whistleblower who was involved in smuggling in the 500-kiloton nuclear device used in the attack.
A member of the Japanese self-defense forces who was involved in the technical operation of dividing the nuclear weapon into 5 smaller devices that were drilled into the seabed by the deep sea drilling ship Chikyu. He is currently in protective custody but will be made available for trial.
Another witness is Naoto Kan who was Prime Minister of Japan at the time of the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Kan with more attacks on the day after March 11, 2011 unless Japan handed over its foreign exchange holdings to the Khazarian mafia. The NSA and the Japanese self-defense forces have recordings of this conversation.
'''Prime Minister kevin rudd of Australia can also testify that he was removed from power by agents of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board when he tried to warn of the imminent attack against Japan.
There are many more witnesses who can prove beyond doubt that the tsunami and nuclear disaster at Fukushima was the result of a deliberate attack.
We can also prove the following individuals were involved in the attack (some of them are deceased):
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, former head of the Society of Jesus. Kolvenbach was recorded by the NSA as claiming credit for the attack.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Netanyahu, as mentioned above, has also been recorded claiming responsibility for the attack.
Leo Zagami. Zagami threatened the attack would take place in a book published in Japan before March 11, 2011.
The Israeli Security company Magna BSP, which installed a small nuclear weapon at the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was set off to coincide with the undersea nuclear weapon attack.
The then governor of Fukushima is among the many who can testify to their involvement.If the ICC fails to act on this matter the White Dragon Society will hunt down and kill all court officials involved in the decision to cover up this massive war crime."
This is just the beginning of the counter offensive.
Now look at what is in [sic] mstore for mass murderer Bill Gates and his fellow medical cartel criminals.
^^^The famous mug shot of Bill Gates when he was arrested in his younger years. The official story is that he was arrested for a traffic violation.
However, CIA sources say "The real charge was related to Gates being found in his car with an underage boy in a compromising position in the back seat."
Remember this news item about a man being arrested on the Bill Gates estate for kiddie porn?
https://www.kiro7.com/news/man-arrested-bill-gates-estate-reportedly-trading-/43531857/
CIA sources say he was in reality trying to eliminate incriminating evidence against Gates. They now say Gates was also involved in torturing and killing young children in order to harvest Adrenochrome.
#9315064 at 2020-05-26 01:07:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11921: information [truth] becomes free [uncontrolled] Edition
KHAZARIAN MAFIA'S COVID-19 POWER GRAB FAILS
Bill Gates Now A Dead Man Walking
Ben Fulford 5/25/2020
The Khazarian mafia power grab using a fake COVID 19 pandemic has failed spectacularly and now payback begins, Pentagon and Asian secret society sources say. The White Hats have begun an immediate offensive by killing Jesuit military leader and Black Pope Adolfo Nicolas, White Dragon Society sources say.
The death of Nicolas opened the path for the liberation of Japan. This is being followed by the liberation of Germany. Only then will it be possible to liberate the United States and thus the planet Earth.
Although his predecessor Peter Hans Kolvenbach was in charge of that operation, Nicolas failed to admit, apologize and make amends for this war crime.
His death has opened the way for regime change in Japan because he was the top commander of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that actually runs this country. The day after Nicolas died, Hiromu Kurokawa the chief of the Tokyo prosecutors' office was forced to resign over a "gambling scandal."
Sauce: https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005211079375994-tokyos-top-prosecutor-quits-over-gambling-scandal-reports/
Then, 662 lawyers and scholars filed a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
Sauce: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13392161
Also, with Nicolas removed, the path was finally opened to file the following criminal complaint about Fukushima to the International Criminal Court:
Dear sirs:
>"On March 11, 2011 Japan was attacked by means of nuclear bombs drilled into the seabed off the shore of Fukushima Japan, resulting in at least 15,899 deaths."
We have multiple witnesses to this act of terrorism. These include:Australian ANSUS agent Sasha Zaric, a whistleblower who was involved in smuggling in the 500-kiloton nuclear device used in the attack.
A member of the Japanese self-defense forces who was involved in the technical operation of dividing the nuclear weapon into 5 smaller devices that were drilled into the seabed by the deep sea drilling ship Chikyu. He is currently in protective custody but will be made available for trial.
Another witness is Naoto Kan who was Prime Minister of Japan at the time of the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Kan with more attacks on the day after March 11, 2011 unless Japan handed over its foreign exchange holdings to the Khazarian mafia. The NSA and the Japanese self-defense forces have recordings of this conversation.
'''Prime Minister kevin rudd of Australia can also testify that he was removed from power by agents of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board when he tried to warn of the imminent attack against Japan.
There are many more witnesses who can prove beyond doubt that the tsunami and nuclear disaster at Fukushima was the result of a deliberate attack.
We can also prove the following individuals were involved in the attack (some of them are deceased):
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, former head of the Society of Jesus. Kolvenbach was recorded by the NSA as claiming credit for the attack.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Netanyahu, as mentioned above, has also been recorded claiming responsibility for the attack.
Leo Zagami. Zagami threatened the attack would take place in a book published in Japan before March 11, 2011.
The Israeli Security company Magna BSP, which installed a small nuclear weapon at the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was set off to coincide with the undersea nuclear weapon attack.
The then governor of Fukushima is among the many who can testify to their involvement.If the ICC fails to act on this matter the White Dragon Society will hunt down and kill all court officials involved in the decision to cover up this massive war crime."
This is just the beginning of the counter offensive. Now look at what is in [sic] mstore for mass murderer Bill Gates and his fellow medical cartel criminals.
^^^The famous mug shot of Bill Gates when he was arrested in his younger years.
The official story is that he was arrested for a traffic violation. However, CIA sources say "The real charge was related to Gates being found in his car with an underage boy in a compromising position in the back seat."
Remember this news item about a man being arrested on the Bill Gates estate for kiddie porn?
https://www.kiro7.com/news/man-arrested-bill-gates-estate-reportedly-trading-/43531857/
CIA sources say he was in reality trying to eliminate incriminating evidence against Gates. They now say Gates was also involved in torturing and killing young children in order to harvest Adrenochrome.
#9312475 at 2020-05-25 20:38:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11918: WHO Are The Hypocrits? Never Forget Edition
KHAZARIAN MAFIA'S COVID-19 POWER GRAB FAILS
Bill Gates Now A Dead Man Walking
Ben Fulford 5/25/2020
The Khazarian mafia power grab using a fake COVID 19 pandemic has failed spectacularly and now payback begins, Pentagon and Asian secret society sources say.
The White Hats have begun an immediate offensive by killing Jesuit military leader and Black Pope Adolfo Nicolas, White Dragon Society sources say.
The death of Nicolas opened the path for the liberation of Japan. This is being followed by the liberation of Germany. Only then will it be possible to liberate the United States and thus the planet Earth.
Although his predecessor Peter Hans Kolvenbach was in charge of that operation, Nicolas failed to admit, apologize and make amends for this war crime. His death has opened the way for regime change in Japan because he was the top commander of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that actually runs this country.
The day after Nicolas died, Hiromu Kurokawa the chief of the Tokyo prosecutors' office was forced to resign over a "gambling scandal."
Sauce:https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005211079375994-tokyos-top-prosecutor-quits-over-gambling-scandal-reports/
Then, 662 lawyers and scholars filed a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
Sauce: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13392161
Also, with Nicolas removed, the path was finally opened to file the following criminal complaint about Fukushima to the International Criminal Court:
Dear sirs:
"On March 11, 2011 Japan was attacked by means of nuclear bombs drilled into the seabed off the shore of Fukushima Japan, resulting in at least 15,899 deaths."
We have multiple witnesses to this act of terrorism. These include:
Australian ANSUS agent Sasha Zaric, a whistleblower who was involved in smuggling in the 500-kiloton nuclear device used in the attack.
A member of the Japanese self-defense forces who was involved in the technical operation of dividing the nuclear weapon into 5 smaller devices that were drilled into the seabed by the deep sea drilling ship Chikyu. He is currently in protective custody but will be made available for trial.
Another witness is Naoto Kan who was Prime Minister of Japan at the time of the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Kan with more attacks on the day after March 11, 2011 unless Japan handed over its foreign exchange holdings to the Khazarian mafia. The NSA and the Japanese self-defense forces have recordings of this conversation.
'''Prime Minister kevin rudd of Australia can also testify that he was removed from power by agents of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board when he tried to warn of the imminent attack against Japan.
There are many more witnesses who can prove beyond doubt that the tsunami and nuclear disaster at Fukushima was the result of a deliberate attack.
We can also prove the following individuals were involved in the attack (some of them are deceased):
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, former head of the Society of Jesus. Kolvenbach was recorded by the NSA as claiming credit for the attack.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Netanyahu, as mentioned above, has also been recorded claiming responsibility for the attack.
Leo Zagami. Zagami threatened the attack would take place in a book published in Japan before March 11, 2011.
The Israeli Security company Magna BSP, which installed a small nuclear weapon at the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was set off to coincide with the undersea nuclear weapon attack.
The then governor of Fukushima is among the many who can testify to their involvement. If the ICC fails to act on this matter the White Dragon Society will hunt down and kill all court officials involved in the decision to cover up this massive war crime."
This is just the beginning of the counter offensive.
Now look at what is in [sic] mstore for mass murderer Bill Gates and his fellow medical cartel criminals.
^^^The famous mug shot of Bill Gates when he was arrested in his younger years. The official story is that he was arrested for a traffic violation.
However, CIA sources say "The real charge was related to Gates being found in his car with an underage boy in a compromising position in the back seat."
Remember this news item about a man being arrested on the Bill Gates estate for kiddie porn?
https://www.kiro7.com/news/man-arrested-bill-gates-estate-reportedly-trading-/43531857/
CIA sources say he was in reality trying to eliminate incriminating evidence against Gates. They now say Gates was also involved in torturing and killing young children in order to harvest Adrenochrome.
#8800197 at 2020-04-15 08:20:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11266: Day of Crazy Happenings Edition
kevin rudd
President Trump's attack on the World Health Organisation is an attempt to take attention away from his lack of domestic preparedness in the US. This is damaging, despite WHO failings, given what's still to come with this virus.
#8391583 at 2020-03-12 19:09:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10743: Infinite Surfing Comfy Edition
PM Scott Morrison addresses nation on coronavirus health and economic plan
Scott Morrison has addressed the nation to ease growing fears of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time a prime minister has made such an appearance since kevin rudd spoke during the Global Financial Crisis.
The PM spoke of a three-part plan for Australia to guide us through what is shaping up to be the worst health crisis since the Spanish Flu.
"Rest assured, we are taking action and we have a clear plan," Mr Morrison said.
"The months ahead have many challenges but we will respond to them.
"We'll get through this together Australia. We all have a role to play."
The plan aligns with three pillars; health, jobs, and recovery.
Mr Morrison said travel bans already in place will help protect citizens from coronavirus.
A $2.4 billion national health response plan will include more than 100 pop-up clinics, support for aged care, public hospitals and increase our medical stockpile (medicine and masks).
The economic stimulus plan is worth $17.6 billion and includes one-off payments to large groups of those in need.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-update-prime-minister-scott-morrison-addresses-australia-health-economy-stimulus-plan/175707bc-586e-451c-9c0e-b03ecfac047f
Mirroring POTUS
#8305612 at 2020-03-03 04:35:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10633: We Have Made America Strong Again! Edition
Helicopter money coming to Australia
Scott Morrison says coronavirus stimulus package is in the works
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hinted that a stimulus package will be introduced as the coronavirus threat ramps up across Australia.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia is "well prepared" to face the coronavirus threat, hinting that a stimulus package was in the works as part of the government's economic response to the epidemic.
Mr Morrison said the government was still working on the details of the package but announced the Treasury is "working closely together with the other relevant agencies of government to address the boost that we believe will be necessary".
"It will be a targeted plan. It will be a measured plan. It will be a scalable plan. It will be targeted on the real diagnosis of the economic issue we are looking to confront here," he told reporters.
The Prime Minister said the government would ensure they "do not make the same mistakes" that have been seen when past stimulus measures were introduced.
During his time as prime minister, kevin rudd introduced two stimulus packages, one worth $10.4 billion in 2008 and a second package worth $42 billion announced in 2009.
The second package included a $950 cash bonus for every Australian taxpayer who earned less than $80,000.
The decision was criticised by other members of parliament as it put the budget into deficit.
Mr Morrison said there was a lot to be learned from the past stimulus packages.
"There is a lot of learning from what happened last time and it is important that as the business sector bounces back, as it will on the other side of this, this is why this health crisis with economic, significant economic implications, is different from a global financial crisis," he said.
"If you don't work to get the details of a package like this right, then it can have very serious implications, both economically and more broadly, and frankly, we saw that last time, and we don't intend to repeat those mistakes."
He said the government was focusing on securing jobs, cash flow and investment as the impact of the coronavirus continues to unfold.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/scott-morrison-says-coronavirus-stimulus-package-is-in-the-works/news-story/99d3f0b55301fb6c7b241c8c84ed6192
#8282282 at 2020-02-29 12:38:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10603: DDOS, Yeah, We Hatin! Edition
>>8282267
It wouldn't surprise me if the Chicoms helped a great deal to put kevin rudd into government
He loves the Chinese
They probably gave shit-loads of dirty cash to the Labor party & still do probably
Sam Dastyari: the Chinkys were grooming him to be a mole/spy
Bob Carr: ex Premier of NSW is in the pockets of the Chicoms as well
Then there is that Chinese woman in the Coalition, whose obvious loyalty is to China, I forget her name
the list is endless !!!!
#7608622 at 2019-12-24 14:22:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9734: Christmas Eve Morning 2020 Edition
Without providing any details whatsoever, the front-page headline on last Saturday's Weekend Australian declared: "Police launch raids on foreign agents."
It began: "The Australian Federal Police has frozen the bank accounts of a suspected foreign agent and will move against a range of foreign operatives in the first half of next year as part of a crackdown aimed at curbing unprecedented levels of foreign meddling."
No indications were provided of the identities of the "suspected foreign agent" or the "foreign operatives." The article only said the AFP had frozen "several bank accounts," "seized cash" and "executed search warrants."
The story had all the hallmarks of an orchestrated leak to the Murdoch media's national flagship by the federal government and/or the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Both have been under mounting pressure to answer criticisms from Washington and within the security establishment that no prosecutions have yet been instigated under the anti-democratic "foreign interference" laws introduced last year.
These laws are sweeping and vague, going far beyond previous conception of a "foreign agent" as a spy. They feature seven new unprecedented offences of "foreign interference," punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment. These provisions punish cooperation with overseas or international organisations, including by political parties, and even reporting Australian human rights abuses to the UN.
The legislation also contains 38 expanded criminal offences, with penalties of up to life imprisonment, ranging from "treason," "advocating mutiny" and "sabotage" to "dealing with" (i.e., receiving or publishing) any leaked information that allegedly "harms" Australian "national security"-which includes corporate interests.
In addition, the legislation established a "foreign influence" registration scheme for anyone supposedly undertaking political or communications activity "on behalf" a foreign company, government or "foreign organisation that exists primarily to pursue political objectives." The term "on behalf of" includes "under an arrangement," which is defined to include an "understanding" of any kind, whether written or unwritten. There are jail terms of up to five years for failing to register or not supplying detailed financial and internal information to the attorney-general's department.
The Weekend Australian report came just three weeks after the Liberal-National Coalition government announced an $87.8 million police and intelligence taskforce to launch prosecutions under the legislation. Before that, the government had come under fire in the corporate media, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, for failing to produce "scalps."
The contrived "exclusive" story in the Weekend Australian signals an offensive by the government's police and intelligence agencies, which have close links to their US counterparts, and which are supervised by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw reportedly revealed that a new specialist team of 40 investigators was preparing to move against suspected "foreign agents," "using disruption tactics including arrest, deportation and asset seizure." Kershaw, recently appointed to the top federal police post, told the newspaper: "You are going to see that we'll uncover some very interesting matters."
The references to "a range of foreign operatives" and "unprecedented levels of foreign meddling" are linked, first and foremost, to wave after wave of unsubstantiated allegations of "Chinese interference" via business figures, undercover agents, defectors, politicians and university students and research funding.
In all the hysteria, not a word is being said in the media and political establishment about the chief source of foreign "meddling" in Australian politics-the United States. Since World War II, Washington has had a continuous history of intervening, including in the ousting of two prime ministers-Gough Whitlam in 1975 and kevin rudd in 2010. Secret US cables published by WikiLeaks in 2010, as part of its massive "Cablegate" files, revealed that "protected sources" of the US embassy inside the Labor Party helped orchestrate rudd's replacement by Julia Gillard.
Moreover, Washington's hands are all over the "foreign interference crackdown," which is driven by US President Donald Trump's escalation of Washington's confrontation with China, begun under the Obama administration. This is part of a wider attempt by US imperialism to block the emergence of any perceived rivals and maintain the global hegemony it secured via World War II.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/24/fore-d24.html
#7420992 at 2019-12-03 21:44:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9490: Preview Q's "The Con", Now showing on projectDcomms! Edition
>>7420874
The Yellow Brick Road to Climate Change
January has certainly been a defining month in the quest for truth about climate change, and the custodians of that "truth" aren't looking that flash at the moment. Indeed in the month of January some of the major doomsday prophecies unravelled and the prophets themselves seemed to undergo vows of silence. kevin rudd, Penny Wong, Tim Flannery - who are never lost for words - seemed, well... totally lost for words!
Like Dorothy, Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, we've all been dancing down the Yellow Brick Road of "settled science" in search of answers from the Emerald City, only to find that what we suspected all along - the Wizard has been telling us fibs.
== But who exactly is the Wizard? == And where did this seeming-madness all begin?
Undoubtedly there are many "wizards", but the man behind the green curtain, the man who managed to get the climate industry to where it is today is a mild mannered character by the name of Maurice Strong. The whole climate change business, and it is a business, started with Mr Strong.
Maurice Strong, a self-confessed socialist, was the man who put the United Nations into the environmental business, being the shadowy-figure behind the UN secretaries general from U Thant to Kofi Annan. His reign of influence in world affairs lasted from 1962 to 2005. Strong has been variously called "the international man of mystery", the "new guy in your future" and "a very dangerous ideologue".
Strong made his fortune in the oil and energy business running companies such as Petro Canada, Power Corporation, CalTex Africa, Hydro Canada, the Colorado Land and Cattle Company, Ajax Petroleum, Canadian Industrial Oil and Gas- to name just a few.His private interests always seemed to be in conflict with his public persona and his work on the world stage. Strong's extensive range of contacts within the power brokers of the world was exceptional. One admirer christened him "the Michelangelo of networking".
read moar…https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2015/12/discovering-maurice-strong/
#7307403 at 2019-08-02 09:33:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9350: Friday morning Ebake Edition
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison enjoys post-election surge in Newspoll's 53-47 result
Scott Morrison has cemented his place as Australia's preferred Prime Minister, according to Newspoll.
In the first post-election Newspoll released on Sunday night, the Liberal Party has increased its two-party preferred result by 1.5 per cent since May 18 to lead the ALP 53 to 47.
Newspoll, published by The Australian, was rocked by its failure to accurately predict the election result after consistently predicting a Labor win under Bill Shorten's leadership.
The poll is the first time Newspoll has been published since the election and the recriminations over the accuracy of the polling that erupted after the shock result.
It suggests new Labor leader Anthony Albanese has a long way to go to get the ALP back into a winning position.
Despite long-running complaints that Mr Shorten was not popular enough to win an election, Newspoll finds that Mr Albanese is just one in three voters' preferred prime minister on 31 per cent.
The result is a seven-point dive from Mr Shorten's last poll result of 38 per cent, but Mr Albanese's 31 per cent rating as preferred PM is the third highest debut for a new Opposition after kevin rudd (36) and Alexander Downer (38).
Mr Morrison's approval rating has also soared to 51 per cent, up five points since the election. His disapproval rating is down nine points to 36 per cent.
By contrast, Mr Albanese's approval rating is relatively steady at 39 per cent, down two points compared to Mr Shorten.
His disapproval rating has taken a big dive and is down 13 points to 36 per cent.
The Liberal and National Party's primary vote is up 2.6 per cent since the election.
As a result, Mr Albanese is the first opposition leader to receive a net positive in the approval ratings since 2015.
Labor's primary is steady at a rock-bottom 33 per cent.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/07/28/scott-morrison-post-election-surge-newspoll/
https://qanon.pub/?q=53-47
#6977191 at 2019-07-10 04:14:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8926: Symbolism will be their downfall Q Edition
July 19, 2013 (Friday) edit history watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
A suicide bombing inside a Sunni mosque in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala kills at least twenty people. (BBC)
Colombian FARC offer to release kevin Scott Sutay, an American soldier captured last month. (AFP via France 24)
International relations
The Prime Minister of Australia, kevin rudd, announces a plan to settle asylum seekers who come by boat in Papua New Guinea. (The Australian)
Law and justice
Pope Francis names a new Pontifical Commission to investigate current accounting practices among all Vatican offices and bodies and to help devise new strategies for greater fiscal responsibility and fiscal transparency. (Catholic News Service)
A Russian court releases Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a day after being sentenced for alleged embezzlement. (AP via The Hindu)
Politics and elections
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns home to contest the general election after receiving a royal pardon for a conviction in 2009. (AP via Calgary Herald)
The Muslim Brotherhood calls for millions of supporters to hold rallies across Egypt two weeks after Mohamed Morsi was deposed as president. (NBC News)
This post
#6556287 at 2019-05-22 05:46:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8383: Six Fives Dragon Slayer Edition
'I'll burn for you': How our Pentecostal PM energised Christian voters
Scott Morrison declared his election victory a "miracle," told an interviewer he saw people as "agents of God's love" and used a National Press Club address to promise voters "I will burn for you" - a phrase used by some Pentecostal Christians to signify working tirelessly, often for Jesus.
One of his first acts during the campaign was to allow the cameras to record him worshipping at his church, Horizon.
Mr Morrison is not the first government leader of faith (John Howard, kevin rudd and Tony Abbott were all Christians) but in his political language, the re-elected Prime Minister is arguably the most overt.
According to the Australian Christian Lobby's Martyn Iles, this language - coupled with the PM's support for religious freedom - is re-energising religious communities and turning them to the Liberal Party.
"It does give people of faith a degree of confidence when they see a Prime Minister who is clearly Christian," Mr Iles said.
"It doesn't surprise me when it seems like religious communities played a role in the rising support for the Liberal Party, because I think that confidence probably did play into the psychology of their vote."
https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/i-ll-burn-for-you-pentecostal-pm-energises-christian-voters-20190521-p51prq.html
#6279504 at 2019-04-23 01:40:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8030: B-52 Truth Bombers Edition
Call to dig AusAnons!
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/if-an-australian-pm-did-1-10th-of-trump-s-alleged-acts-he-d-be-out-of-office-kevin-rudd-20190423-p51gb5.html
If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office: kevin rudd
rudd, who currently lives in New York, said special counsel Robert Mueller had presented "quite spectacular" evidence of Trump attempting to obstruct justice in his 448-page report.
"If I as prime minister did 10 per cent of what Trump is alleged to have done in this report you'd be out of office," rudd told a New York audience last week on the day of the Mueller report's release.
"It's kind of quite spectacular in terms of the amount of, let's call it, attempted obstruction of justice which the president was involved in.
rudd added that much of the evidence revealed in the Mueller report would already have been made public because of Australia's Freedom of Information laws.
So not only is rudd shitting on POTUS because of his own guilt, he is also telling us that we can access all the details to his shitfuckery through freedom of info. Time to digg anons.
#6278616 at 2019-04-23 00:23:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8028: Bring The Hoax Perpetrators To Justice Edition
Interestingly this is only being pushed by one news outlet so far that I could find. Generally all Australian media jump on to report the same thing…
If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office: kevin rudd
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/north-america/if-an-australian-pm-did-1-10th-of-trump-s-alleged-acts-he-d-be-out-of-office-kevin-rudd-20190423-p51gb5.html
#6083343 at 2019-04-07 11:48:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7780: Qresear.ch Edition
Unusual Twitter account found. Maybe comms acct for 5 eyes. How unusual is it for a small twitter account to not only have Obama as its first follower in 2009, but have a pinned tweet of "death to america, immediately if not sooner" ?.
but there's more, how unusual is it to have the same small account have 3 previous (liberal and labour) Aussie Prime Ministers follow?
https://mobile.twitter.com/FitzpatriotBrad/status/1114746326636322816
It's unusual that a small twitter account with a pinned tweet that says
"death to america, immediately if not sooner"
is being followed by some very high profile political personalities …
- PM kevin rudd
- PM Tony Abbott
- PM Julia Gillard
- Barack Hussein Obama
#5469303 at 2019-03-02 22:18:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6992: Hat Tip To Notch Edition
>>5469211
>>5469238
kevin rudd.
#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.
#3604435 at 2018-10-25 23:07:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4573: You Might Be Anon Edition
>>3604367
That globalist psychopath sellout, kevin rudd, Labor (Socialist) ex-Prime Minister of Australia, with the current true Pope, not the Ant-Pope.
From 2008 from memory.
His wife Therese Rein is dodgy as shit IMHO.
#2079480 at 2018-07-08 12:42:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research #2622 No, Q Hasn't Posted Again Edition
Eurasia Group Leadership
Ian Bremmer President
Robert Johnston Chief Executive Officer
Cliff Kupchan Chairman
Sean West Chief Executive Officer, egX
Alexsandra Sanford Chief Executive Officer, GZERO Media
Ida Wainschel Chief Information Officer
Andrew Connor Chief Human Resources Officer
Senior Advisors
John Baird Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
David Gordon Former Chairman of Eurasia Group
Ryozo Hayashi Special Advisor, Japan Industrial Policy Research Institute
Robert D. Kaplan Geopolitical Expert
Enrico Letta Former Prime Minister of Italy
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown Former Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
Juan Pujadas Senior Advisor
kevin rudd Former Prime Minister of Australia
Radoslaw (Radek) Sikorski Former Foreign Minister of Poland
>>2079446
#1662640 at 2018-06-07 23:10:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2091: Let's Talk About Border Tacos Edition
Dig on Australia's old Prime Ministers with connections to Hilldawg and China.
'''Julia Gillard - 29 September 1961 (age 56) Barry, Wales, UK, 27th prime minister of Aus, 24 June 2010 - 27 June 2013'''
First up, articles pop up all around with connections to Clinton. Here are some with all the usual shit of giving each other pats on the back for muh misogyny and muh feminist energy.
https://still4hill.com/2018/01/26/hillary-clinton-and-julia-gillard-to-work-together/
https://www.news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-julia-gillards-misogyny-speech-was-striking/news-story/5d193658c9fff31407a725951e3c3cdc
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/06/growing-wave-of-feminist-energy-julia-gillard-on-clinton-ardern-and-metoo
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-and-hillary-clinton-join-forces-to-confront-bias-against-female-leaders-20180126-h0onkf.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/julia-gillard-recruited-for-new-hillary-clinton-campaign-video/6868534
Now interestingly Julia was preceded by the biggest douche bag in existence, his excellency (he wishes):
'''kevin rudd. - 21 September 1957 (age 60) Nambour, Queensland, Australia. 26th Prime Minister of Aus, Dec 3rd 2007 - 24 June 2010.'''
Now this wanker has his tounge so far up China's ass he can probably taste some dumplings. Even recently he is picking china over his birth country.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/12/kevin-rudd-accuses-turnbull-government-of-anti-chinese-jihad
He even did a lecture at one of Melbourne's universities with a straight up cabal title:
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/kevin-rudd-on-chinas-rise-and-a-new-world-order
Now, before kevin rudd came to office, Australia was actually in a surplus and manufacturing was somewhat chaotically stable but this faggot fucked it all up, and don't blame it on the 2008 recession, Australia still had positive economic growth during the global crisis and the downward trend in manufacturing jobs started before the crisis. Can you have a guess where all the jobs went? And now Australia has 0 car manufacturing. View the graph in this article.
https://blog.aigroup.com.au/what-is-happening-to-employment-in-australian-manufacturing/
So now, the only way for Australia to keep the economy in a positive trend (because we hardly manufacture or produce anything besides agriculture and mining) is to import rich people to buy houses and then get the taxes from the house sales. When interest rates go up, Australia economy will be fucked.
http://www.australiaplus.com/international/business-matters/chinese-millionaires-favour-australia-as-new-land-of-opportunity/8506904
>Australia is the top destination worldwide for millionaires to migrate to, according to a recently-released report, and it's super-rich Chinese who are settling here in the biggest numbers
'''But it doesn't end there, and this is where its gets fuckin amazing. Behold the spygate/Clinton foundation connection.'''
http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/02/recent-australian-government-data-direct-clinton-foundation-taxpayer-donations-total-130m.html
>On 22 February 2006 the Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Bill Clinton signed a $25M MoU triggering the first round of Australian donations to the Clinton Foundation.
>The CF recipient entity was the Clinton Foundation HIV/Aids Initiative Inc (CHAI). Australian due diligence failed to detect that the entity did not hold the necessary US authority to operate in the treatment of HIV/Aids, further that the entity was wound up by the Massachusetts corporate regulator effective 31 December 2007.
>By December 2008 the Clinton Foundation reported that Australia was its largest Western Government donor.
>On 22 September 2014 in New York, FM Julie Bishop and Bill Clinton witnessed the signing of a new MoU with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) "committing Australia and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to work together to transform access to health in developing countries over the next five years".
Yes that's right, Alexander Downer kicked off the Clinton foundation donations. The same fuckhead that is connected to spygate connections to the UK. And it all started was kevin rudd and continued under Gillard.
So as Q has said, US up for sale to the highest bidder. Well Australia's already been sold out. I hope Gillard and rudd have done something criminal enough that warrants arrests because I will never forgive them, they were the beginning of the end. However, im happy to be here and see the rerise of western civilization. We are winning, and I cant wait till every cabalist cunt gets called out and everyone gets put back in their place because the autistic faggotry is doing my head in.
Cheers cunts. WWGOWGA.
#1089221 at 2018-04-18 14:16:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1359: BRACE FOR SHILLS, BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES EDITION!!!
@slutforstalin
Why is BHO following this account? Why is Tony Abbott? Why is Julia Gillard and kevin rudd?
#1064272 at 2018-04-16 14:26:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1327
Recent Australian Government data - direct Clinton Foundation taxpayer donations total $130M
Wednesday, 07 February 2018
http:// www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/02/recent-australian-government-data-direct-clinton-foundation-taxpayer-donations-total-130m.html
By mid 2016 Australian donations to the Clinton Foundation (and related entities) from DFAT alone had topped $100M AUD. A further $24M was donated ostensibly for climate change related CF programs - $10M directly by kevin rudd and about $14M by GILLARD. And new donations were still being arranged.
#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)
#636225 at 2018-03-12 04:52:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #786: Chuck Todd is a Sleepy Son of a Bitch Edition
>>636172
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
http:// www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896
#636172 at 2018-03-12 04:47:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #786: Chuck Todd is a Sleepy Son of a Bitch Edition
Recent Australian Government data - direct Clinton Foundation taxpayer donations total $130M
In 2010 Clinton incorporated a new CHAI entity, the Clinton Health Access Initiative. The Australian government on its websites and in reports retrospectively changed the name of the entity it was contracting with from the deregistered HIV/Aids Initiative Inc to the new CHAI Inc.
On 22 September 2014 in New York, FM Julie Bishop and Bill Clinton witnessed the signing of a new MoU with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) "committing Australia and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to work together to transform access to health in developing countries over the next five years".
The MOU "superseded" the 2006 MOU with Clinton HIV/Aids Initiative. Bishop's media release included two financial metrics - she said the new CHAI MoU
"will support Australia's $5 billion aid program"; and,
"Since 2006, Australia has contributed $88 million to CHAI and its sister organisation, the Clinton Foundation".
As at June 2015, Bishop's department (DFAT) was funding the following CHAI programs
Vietnam ($4.65 million from 2012- 2015)
PNG ($27 million from 2011-15)
Indonesia, ($33.95 million from 2007- 2016)
By mid 2016 Australian donations to the Clinton Foundation (and related entities) from DFAT alone had topped $100M AUD. A further $24M was donated ostensibly for climate change related CF programs - $10M directly by kevin rudd and about $14M by GILLARD. And new donations were still being arranged.
On 20 October 2016 the Australian Senate's foreign affairs committee heard evidence from Mr Blair Exell, First Assistant Secretary, Development Policy Division in Bishop's DFAT.
………..from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, since 2006 the total (donation) figure is $103,392,042 to the Clinton Foundation and subsequently to an affiliate organisation called the Clinton Health Access Initiative, CHAI.
http:// www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/02/recent-australian-government-data-direct-clinton-foundation-taxpayer-donations-total-130m.html
#632863 at 2018-03-11 22:51:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #782: We Dont Cook Spirits Round Here Edition
>>632582
https:// www.finance.nsw.gov.au/sira
http:// www.heraldsun.com.au/news/a-history-of-controversy-dogs-ausaid-program/news-story/09081aff8d5c52393e3d31c1ba09e808?sv=a393127dbb77d1ab76ed5687a403e9fb
https:// www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rich-execs-get-cut-of-our-foreign-aid-program-under-siege/news-story/a67463cb728633c7d7adee605e360623?sv=b0ffc21cf002968a0923953edba31b10
As Australia prepares to double its foreign aid budget, it can be revealed:
* JUST five firms - led by Coffey, GRM and Cardno ACIL - secured $1 billion in AusAID contracts.
* MORE than a dozen aid consultants earn more than Prime Minister kevin rudd to fly around the Pacific advising on everything from "gender integration" to sport, transport, energy and justice.
* MILLIONS of dollars are being diverted to questionable aid programs including $12 million to research the giant panda in China and $13 million to redevelop a single school in Nauru.
* AusAID, the agency in charge of foreign aid, is investigating a small number of cases of fraud and is about to undergo significant restructuring.
* MILLIONS are being spent by the AFL, Girl Guides, ACTU and other community groups on "selling" a pro-aid message to the public.
One highly paid executive, Gerald Gahima, a former justice in his native Rwanda, is no stranger to controversy. In February 2004 he suddenly left Rwanda, amid questions about personal debts of $US600,000.
The US State Department cited allegations of misuse of office in personal bank transactions against Mr Gahima. Four years later, in February 2008, he was made "senior justice adviser" to East Timor on a two-year $757,960 tax free contract, paid by Australian taxpayers.
Consultant John Dinsdale, a former clerk of a court in Melbourne, is paid more than $500,000 a year, tax-free, as PNG Law and Justice adviser.
Nikhil Desai, whose glamour address is listed as 6850 Melrose Drive, Los Angeles, was appointed as Vanuatu Energy Adviser on a two-year contract valued at $746,730.
#628724 at 2018-03-11 16:34:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #777: To Hell With Evil Edition
Australia ceases multimillion-dollar donations to controversial Clinton family charities
AUSTRALIA has finally ceased pouring millions of dollars into accounts linked to Hillary Clinton's charities.
Which might make you wonder: Why were we donating to them in the first place?
The federal government confirmed to news.com.au it has not renewed any of its partnerships with the scandal-plagued Clinton Foundation, effectively ending 10 years of taxpayer-funded contributions worth more than $88 million.
The Clinton Foundation has a rocky past. It was described as "a slush fund", is still at the centre of an FBI investigation and was revealed to have spent more than $50 million on travel.
Despite that, the official website for the charity shows contributions from both AUSAID and the Commonwealth of Australia, each worth between $10 million and $25 million.
News.com.au approached the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comment about how much was donated and why the Clinton Foundation was chosen as a recipient.
A DFAT spokeswoman said all funding is used "solely for agreed development projects" and Clinton charities have "a proven track record" in helping developing countries.
Australia jumping ship is part of a post-US election trend away from the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate's fundraising ventures.
A screengrab from the Clinton Foundation donation page.
A screengrab from the Clinton Foundation donation page.Source:Supplied
Norway, one of the Clinton Foundation's most prolific donors, is reducing its contribution from $20 million annually to almost a quarter of that, Observer reported.
One reason for the drop-off could be increased scrutiny on international donors. The International Business Times reported in 2015 on curious links between donors and State Department approval.
IBT wrote that the State Department approved massive commercial arms sales for countries which had donated to the Clinton charity.
More than $165 billion worth of arms sales were approved by the State Department to 20 nations whose governments gave money to the Clinton Foundation, data shows.
The counties buying weapons from the US were the same countries previously condemned for human rights abuses. They included Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
But what does Australia gain from topping up the Clinton coffers? The Australian reported in February that Australia was "the single biggest foreign government source of funds for the Clinton Foundation" but questions remain unanswered about the agreement between the two parties.
"It's not clear why Canberra had to go through an American foundation to deliver aid to Asian countries (including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam). There is now every chance the payments will become embroiled in presidential politics."
The Daily Telegraph wrote in October that "Lo and behold, (Julia Gillard) became chairman (of the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education) in 2014", one year after being defeated in a leadership ballot by kevin rudd.
Australia cutting ties with the Clinton charities is surprising given Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's years of support.
In a press release dated September 22, 2014, Ms Bishop committed to five years of support for the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the sister organisation of the Clinton Foundation.
"Since 2006, Australia has contributed $88 million to CHAI," the statement read.
The Clinton Foundation has been linked to a number of scandals. One involved Russian uranium, another involved aid to earthquake-hit Haiti and a third involved Swiss banking giant UBS AG.
President-elect Donald Trump promised to follow through with an investigation into the foundation if he became leader of the free world. But this week he backed away from that stance.
"I don't want to hurt the Clintons, I really don't,'' he told The New York Times.
"She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways, and I am not looking to hurt them at all. The campaign was vicious."
The Clintons maintain they've done nothing wrong. In a statement, spokesman Brian Fallon said no one "has ever produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory that Hillary Clinton ever took action as Secretary of State to support the interests of donors to the Clinton Foundation."
http:// www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/australia-ceases-multimilliondollar-donations-to-controversial-clinton-family-charities/news-story/219577919ed8dfbd79cf808321234eba
#613595 at 2018-03-10 18:23:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #757: Spectacular Saturday Edition
"Gillard pushes the right buttons as she woos the US"
smh.com.au/politics/federal/gillard-pushes-the-right-buttons-as-she-woos-the-us-20110310-1bob4.html
By Phillip Coorey
10 March 2011 - 6:57am
"You were indispensable in the Cold War and you are indispensable in the new world too," she said.
Ms Gillard received six standing ovations and 10 seated rounds of applause. She herself choked back tears as she neared the end of the speech and urged the US to be bold in order to get back on its feet.
"I firmly believe you are the same people who amazed me when I was a small girl by landing on the moon," she stammered.
There were tears in the audience as well. The hardline Republican Speaker, John Boehner, welled up when Ms Gillard told the story of the New York firefighter, kevin Dowdell, who died a decade ago on September 11. Like so many who died in the twin towers, no trace of his body was ever found.
Three years before, Mr Dowdell had helped train Australians in preparation for a terrorist attack on the Sydney Olympics.
He gave a battered FDNY helmet to one of the Australian firefighters, Rob Frey. When Mr Dowdell was killed, Mr Frey tracked down his two sons, Patrick, a solider in Afghanistan, and James, a New York fireman, and gave them their father's helmet.
James Dowdell and Mr Frey were in the gallery this morning and rose, Mr Dowdell clutching the helmet, to an ovation that almost lifted the roof.
It was a magnificent piece of symbolism that surpassed words.
While the prime aim of the speech was to reinforce the alliance into the future, it was not all praise and effusion.
Ms Gillard cautioned the US lawmakers against reverting to protectionism in a bid to lift its economy out of the slump.
Free trade equalled jobs and growth, she said.
She also sought to soothe fears about China, saying there was room for everyone to benefit economically.
"My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared," she said. "The global economy is not a zero-sum game."
This provoked spontaneous applause.
Underlying it all, however, was the observation that, with China and India on the rise, the Asia-Pacific would become the world's most important region in economic and military terms.
And Australia wanted American leadership in the region, both global and economic.
Former prime minister John Howard used to warn those who constantly criticised US dominance to be careful what they wished for. Ms Gillard's message was essentially the same.
Former prime minister kevin rudd was pilloried for his 2008 suggestion of an Asia-Pacific Community, a regional body in which member nations could discuss security and economics, unlike APEC, which is confined to economics and does not include India.
Now Mr rudd's vision has been vindicated by the US and India joining the East Asia Summit.
Ms Gillard all but said this was now the premier forum in the region to "manage the frictions of a growing and changing Asia Pacific" and that Australia would be in lock-step with the US as an ally, just as Australia would stay with the US to the death in Afghanistan.
Standing in the cradle of democracy, supporting a war and free trade, Ms Gillard has come a long way since her allegedly socialist left leanings as a student.
#613057 at 2018-03-10 17:53:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #757: Spectacular Saturday Edition
from last bread:
http:// www.michaelsmithnews.com/2016/09/senate-enquiry-into-pay-to-play-donations-from-the-australian-government-to-the-clinton-foundation-since-2006-the-aus.html
http:// pickeringpost.com/story/gillard-gave-10-25-million-to-clintons/5088
http:// theduran.com/money-laundering-scheme-by-clinton-foundation-and-australian-government-surfaces/
http:// www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896
and: heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896
"Why have we donated to Clinton's Foundation?"
Why have Australian governments tipped money into Hillary Clinton's Clinton Foundation? That it gave Julia Gillard a job and effectively a platform to now spruik Hillary Clinton for president shows just how this very dodgy Foundation works.
Miranda Devine:
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
The Abbott government topped up the left-wing organisation's coffers with another $140 million in 2014, bringing total Australian largesse to $460 million, according to a press release from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
#612769 at 2018-03-10 17:32:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #756: BIGGEST Week Incoming
>>612722
heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896
"Why have we donated to Clinton's Foundation?"
Why have Australian governments tipped money into Hillary Clinton's Clinton Foundation? That it gave Julia Gillard a job and effectively a platform to now spruik Hillary Clinton for president shows just how this very dodgy Foundation works.
Miranda Devine:
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
The Abbott government topped up the left-wing organisation's coffers with another $140 million in 2014, bringing total Australian largesse to $460 million, according to a press release from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
#135022 at 2018-01-23 12:48:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #162:Keep The Home Fires Burning Edition!
>>134996
*kevin rudd
He was PM then Julia Gillard (current chair of GPE after Aussie taxpayer donation) challenged leadership then he challenged leadership.
#135021 at 2018-01-23 12:48:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #162:Keep The Home Fires Burning Edition!
>>134996
kevin rudd. Phil rudd is the AC/DC drummer.
#10191 at 2018-01-10 05:51:45 (UTC+1)
/qgeneral/ - Q RESEARCH GENERAL - #12
Just wanted to post a few things I've looked up RE: CF & Australia
A few major contracts awarded to the CF I found:
CN60579 - 13/02/2008 - $5,257,378.50
CN119937 - 12/09/2008 - $4,323,000.00
CN310696 - 15/07/2010 - $15,127,586.10
Dates provided are the contract's Publish Date.
This money was provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / AUSAID. You can verify at tenders. gov.au
During this period the labor government was in power in Australia. kevin rudd was our prime minister from Dec 2007 - June 2010, then replaced by his deputy, Julia Gillard, June 2010 - June 2013. Then KR was again the prime minister from June 2013 - Sept 2013.
The foreign affairs minister during this time was Stephen Smith. He was the minister of foreign affairs from December 2007 to September 2010.
This obviously isn't everything, and I'm going to search for more from other periods under different leadership. Tony Abbott (Liberal party leader, in charge from Sept 2013 - Sept 2015) loved to suck royalty's cock, so if the UK is involved then I may find something there.
In 2009 Australia declared a new wave of defense spending, titled Force 2030.
Will keep digging.
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#22593 at 2020-12-12 18:49:32 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #102: Battle Stars! Edition
Xi advances climate goals as Trump absent from UN summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday announced new pledges as part of his country's goal to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, speaking at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit where his U.S. counterpart was absent. China, the world's biggest emitter, would cut emissions per unit of GDP by 65% from 2005 levels and increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25% by 2030, Xi said at the virtual conference, which marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement's adoption.
China would also increase forest stock volume by 6 million cubic meters from the 2005 level and bring total installed wind and solar power capacity to over 1.2 billion kilowatts by that time, he said. China's total installed renewable power capacity, including hydrogen, wind, solar and biomass, was 730 million kilowatts at the end of 2018, its National Energy Administration said last year. These new targets fall under Beijing's broader commitment to achieving a peak carbon emissions by 2030 along with a pledge to carbon neutrality by 2060, which Xi first announced in September. Xi also touted Beijing's "important contributions to adopting the Paris Agreement" on Saturday, adding that "China always honors its commitments." He made no mention of China's coal activities, which remain a large concern as Beijing embraces an increasing role in climate leadership.
"Unilateralism will get us nowhere," Xi said, in an apparent swipe at Washington under President Donald Trump's leadership. "Only by upholding multilateralism, unity and cooperation can we deliver shared benefits and win-win results for all nations." The U.S., the world's second-largest carbon emitter, formally withdrew from the Paris Agreement this year after Trump first announced the decision in 2017. However, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden issued a statement Saturday pledging to rejoin the Paris Agreement on day one of his presidency. "I'll immediately start working with my counterparts around the world to do all that we possibly can, including by convening the leaders of major economies for a climate summit within my first 100 days in office," he said. "The Biden-Harris Administration will increase the ambition of our domestic climate target and put the country on a sustainable path to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050."
While Xi's remarks Saturday were "an incremental step forward" that demonstrates goodwill and invites further international engagement, "no one should open a whole bottle of Champagne," said Li Shuo, senior global policy adviser at Greenpeace East Asia. "More needs to be done to align near term action and China's carbon-free vision," Li wrote in a tweet. Xi's announcement of China's climate goals before the outcome of the U.S. presidential election became clear signaled that "climate leadership has crossed the geopolitical Rubicon in Beijing's eyes," according to kevin rudd, a former Australian prime minister. "In other words, it has become a central priority for China irrespective of the steps taken by other countries, including the United States," rudd, now president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, wrote this week.
Also at the Saturday summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country's new target of achieving 450 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity also by 2030 – further from a previously set target of 175 gigawatts by 2022. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the country will have no new coal power plants. "We have already scrapped two coal power projects that were supposed to produce 2,600 megawatts of energy, and replaced [them] with hydroelectricity." While the country's contribution to global emissions is less than 1%, "sadly we are the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate change," Khan said. Sixty percent of Pakistan's energy will be through renewables by 2030, while 30% of all vehicles will be electric by that time, he said, adding the country will also plant 10 billion trees in the next three years as a nature-based solution to mitigate effects of climate change.
moar
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Environment/Xi-advances-climate-goals-as-Trump-absent-from-UN-summit
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#93882 at 2021-09-21 17:16:34 (UTC+1)
QRB General #603: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
>>93881
Why the Quad Alarms China
Its Success Poses a Major Threat to Beijing's Ambitions
By kevin rudd
August 6, 2021
Representatives of Japan, Australia, India, and the United States meet in Tokyo, Japan, October 2020
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When former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited officials from Australia, India, and the United States to meet in Manila in November 2017, Chinese leaders saw little reason to worry. This gathering of "the Quad," as the grouping was known, was merely "a headline-grabbing idea," scoffed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. "They are like the sea foam in the Pacific or Indian Ocean: they get some attention but will soon dissipate." Beijing had some reason for such dismissiveness. The interests of the Quad's members were, Chinese strategists assessed, too divergent to allow for real coherence. Anyway, the Quad grouping had already been tried more than a decade earlier, with little in the way of real results.
Within a few years of that November 2017 gathering, however, Beijing had started to rethink its initial dismissiveness. By March of this year, when the Quad held its first leader-level summit and issued its first leader-level communique, Chinese officials had begun to view the Quad with growing concern. Since then, Beijing has concluded that the Quad represents one of the most consequential challenges to Chinese ambitions in the years ahead.
As "strategic competition" with China has become a rare point of bipartisan consensus in Washington, Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken to warning that his country faces a "struggle over the future of the international order" with a United States determined to thwart China's rise. Xi believes that Beijing has an opportunity between now and 2035 to make China the world's top economic, technological, and potentially even military power. Integral to this push is persuading countries in Asia and around the world that Chinese dominance is inevitable and that, accordingly, they have no option but to start deferring to Chinese demands. That would enable China to begin rewriting the rules of the international order-and entrench its global leadership position-without ever having to fire a shot.
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The Quad is uniquely problematic for China's strategy because its aim of unifying a multilateral coalition of resistance has the potential to stiffen spines across the whole of the Indo-Pacific and possibly beyond. For Xi, the critical question is whether the Quad will evolve to be large, coherent, and comprehensive enough to effectively balance against China, thereby undermining any sense that its dominance, in Asia or globally, is inevitable. So far, Beijing has struggled to mount an effective response to the Quad challenge. Whether Chinese officials settle on a strategy that succeeds in undermining the Quad's progress will be one of the key factors in determining the course of U.S.-Chinese competition-and the fate of China's global ambitions more generally- in what has already become a "decade of living dangerously."
COME TOGETHER
Abe's first attempt to launch the Quad came in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, when Australia, India, Japan, and the United States worked together on a disaster response. Abe saw the Quad as a way to build the four countries' capacity to work together to meet shared regional security challenges. But the response in other capitals was tentative at best.
In Washington, President George W. Bush worried that such cooperation would unhelpfully alienate China when it needed Beijing in the "war against terrorism"; within a few years, as cables subsequently released by WikiLeaks showed, the administration was privately assuring regional governments that the Quad would never meet. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh repeatedly ruled out any real security cooperation with the Quad and categorized ties with Beijing as his "imperative necessity." And in Canberra, the conservative government of John Howard worried about undermining economically beneficial ties with China and also opposed expanding existing trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan by adding India; in July 2007, Australia formally withdrew and announced the decision in Beijing soon after. When Abe, the driving force behind the Quad, unexpectedly resigned, in September 2007 (before becoming prime minister again in 2012), his successor, Yasuo Fukuda, formally consigned the Quad to the dustbin of history.
When Abe got the band back together a decade later, strategic circumstances had changed dramatically. After years of growing U.S.-Chinese tensions, assertive Chinese behavior in the South China and East China Seas, and repeated clashes between Chinese and Indian forces along their contested land border, the strategic calculus on China had evolved in all the Quad capitals. Still, Beijing thought it had little reason to worry after the Quad reassembled, in November 2017, for a working-level meeting of diplomats on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Manila: they failed to issue a joint communique outlining a common strategic purpose, instead releasing uncoordinated individual statements that served mostly to highlight divergences on key concerns. Beijing remained largely indifferent even after the first meeting of the Quad's foreign ministers, in September 2019 in New York, and even when the ministers finally agreed to work together on what would become the Quad's mantra: to "advance a free and open Indo-Pacific."
The Quad is one of the most consequential challenges to Chinese ambitions in the years ahead.
Then, in June 2020, Chinese and Indian forces clashed along their shared border, leaving 20 Indian soldiers dead and causing New Delhi, heretofore the most reluctant member of the Quad, to reassess its strategic priorities and demonstrate new eagerness to balance Chinese power. When the Quad's foreign ministers met again, in October 2020 in Tokyo, Beijing began to pay attention. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated bluntly that Washington's goal was to "institutionalize" the Quad, "build out a true security framework," and even expand the grouping at "the appropriate time" in order to "counter the challenge that the Chinese Communist Party presents to all of us." (Pompeo had earlier gathered New Zealand, South Korea, and Vietnam for what became known as the "Quad Plus" talks on trade, technology, and supply chain security.)
Following the meeting, India invited Australia to join its annual Malabar naval exercises held with the United States and Japan. This was notable because India had previously refused to allow Australian participation in the exercises for fear of antagonizing Beijing. Now, thanks in large part to the June 2020 border clash, all remaining hesitation in Delhi was gone. From Beijing's perspective, the geopolitical wei qi board was suddenly looking less advantageous.
FROM DIVIDE TO ATTACK
At first, Chinese strategists seemed to think there was a relatively straightforward solution to the new challenge from the Quad: using a combination of carrots and sticks to drive a wedge between the economic and security interests of the Quad's members. By stressing each state's overwhelming dependence on the Chinese market, Beijing hoped to break the Quad apart.
Following the October 2020 Quad ministerial meeting and the subsequent Malabar naval exercises, Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, changed his tone dramatically, slamming the effort to build an "Indo-Pacific NATO" and calling the Quad's Indo-Pacific strategy "a big underlying security risk" to the region. Beijing also selected a target against which to use a stick. Chinese strategic tradition advises "killing one to warn a hundred." In this case, the idea was to kill one (Australia) to warn two (India and Japan).
Beijing had previously seemed intent on improving relations with Canberra. But without specific explanation, it suddenly imposed restrictions on imports of Australian coal-and then meat, cotton, wool, barley, wheat, timber, copper, sugar, lobster, and wine. As the smallest of the four Quad economies, Australia would, in Beijing's judgment, be the most vulnerable to economic pressure (and by dint of size and geography, less threatening to Chinese security interests). At the same time, China worked to repair relations with India and Japan. Following years of efforts to improve ties with Tokyo, Beijing tried to finalize a visit by Xi to meet with Abe's successor, Yoshihide Suga. And it sought to de-escalate tensions with India by negotiating an agreement to pull back troops from the area where clashes had occurred and working quietly to secure the release of a captured Chinese solider in order to avoid sparking a nationalist firestorm.
But Beijing had underestimated the effect of its own actions on Quad solidarity, and neither of these carrots had the intended effect. In Tokyo, aggravation over Chinese assertiveness in the East China Sea and concerns about human rights and Hong Kong had begun to throw the relationship into a deep chill. In Delhi, wariness of China had become deeply ingrained, no matter that the immediate standoff had been resolved. As Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar explained, the border clashes had produced greater "comfort levels" in Delhi with the need "to engage much more intensively on matters of national security" with Washington and other partners. The arrival of a new administration in Washington, one that would bring a renewed focus on allied, regional, and multilateral engagement and move quickly to resolve Trump-era trade and military-basing disputes with Asian allies, added a further obstacle to Beijing's plan.
By early this year, Chinese officials had realized that neither ignoring nor splitting the Quad would work. So Beijing moved on to a third option: full-scale political attack.
The March meeting of the Quad's leaders confirmed growing Chinese concerns about the grouping's significance. By convening the Quad's top leaders for the first time (albeit virtually) so early in his administration, U.S. President Joe Biden signaled that the group would be central to his strategy in the Indo-Pacific. And for the first time, the meeting produced a unified communique committing to promote "a free, open, rules-based order, rooted in international law" and to defend "democratic values, and territorial integrity." The Quad also pledged to jointly manufacture and distribute one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses throughout the region. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to what may be Beijing's worst fears when he declared, "Today's summit meeting shows that the Quad has come of age. It will now remain an important pillar of stability in the region."
Beijing has moved to full-scale political attack.
Since then, there has been an explosion in Chinese condemnations of the Quad as a "small clique" of countries trying to "start a new Cold War." In May, Xi denounced efforts to use "multilateralism as a pretext to form small cliques or stir up ideological confrontation." China has begun to portray itself as the champion of "genuine multilateralism" and as the leading defender of the United Nations system. Xi and other Chinese officials have started talking more frequently about "great-power responsibility" and China's status as the "responsible great power." Beijing is also doubling down on its efforts to develop alternate trade frameworks by promoting its membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), attempting to finalize the EU-Chinese investment agreement, and flirting with the idea of joining the CPTPP (the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which evolved out of the U.S.-driven Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations). Beijing's hope is that it can isolate and marginalize the Quad by diplomatically and commercially outflanking it on the global stage.
Yet such denunciations have so far done little to stall the Quad's progress. Biden's June trip to Europe-where Australia and India joined a gathering of the G-7 and U.S. discussions with the EU and NATO included a heavy China component-reinforced fears that the Quad could integrate itself into a broader anti-Chinese alliance. And U.S.-South Korean interactions, including President Moon Jae-in's May visit to Washington, reinforced fears that the Quad could bring in South Korea and become "the Quint"; although Seoul has usually been reluctant to side explicitly with the United States against China, the two countries' joint statement agreed that they "acknowledge the importance of open, transparent, and inclusive regional multilateralism including the Quad."
REASON TO WORRY
China has considerable reason to worry about such developments and what they could mean for its regional and global prospects. On the security front, for example, the Quad changes Beijing's thinking about various scenarios in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea and, to a lesser degree, in the East China Sea, as China's sense of the likelihood of Australian, Indian, or Japanese military involvement in any conflict involving the United States grows. Especially significant would be the Quad's coordination with the United States' Pacific Deterrence Initiative. A distributed network of land-based antiship missiles and other precision-strike capabilities stationed in allied countries in the region could hinder Beijing's ability to threaten Taiwan with an amphibious invasion, a blockade, or land-based missiles-although political agreement on such deployments in individual Quad countries is far from guaranteed. Another Chinese concern is that the Quad will move toward an intelligence-sharing arrangement with the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, which would allow for sensitive information on Chinese strategy and behavior to be more widely disseminated.
But the worst-case scenario from Beijing's perspective is that the Quad could serve as the foundation of a broader global anti-Chinese coalition. If the Quad were to draw other Asian countries, the EU, and NATO into efforts to confront or undermine China's international ambitions, it could over time swing the collective balance of power definitively against China. The Quad could also lay the groundwork for a broader allied economic, customs, and standards union, which could reshape everything from global infrastructure funding to supply chains to technology standards. The Biden White House's senior Asia official, Kurt Campbell, has already spoken of the need to provide a "positive economic vision" for the Indo-Pacific; Beijing fears that the Quad could become the fulcrum for such an effort.
One bright spot from Beijing's perspective is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is likely to keep its distance from the Quad, as part of its general neutrality on U.S.-Chinese tensions. Chinese officials also take comfort from continued protectionist sentiment in both Washington and Delhi, which means that neither is likely to join the CPTPP (or even RCEP) any time soon. Indeed, the gravitational pull of the Chinese economy will remain the greatest tool for weakening the Quad and subverting anti-Chinese efforts more broadly: for Beijing, China's continued economic growth and increasing share of the global economy remain its most important strategic advantages, as they were in the past.
China will also double down on strategic and military cooperation with Russia. Moscow and Beijing have already committed to expand bilateral nuclear energy cooperation, and in a May call with Xi, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Chinese-Russian relations "the best in history." From China's perspective, Russia serves as a useful military partner and, with respect to the Quad, offers a way to expand China's field of strategic options geographically. Russia's proximity to Japan and its continued occupation of Japan's Northern Territories, for example, could make Tokyo think twice before joining with the United States in any future military scenarios involving China.
The continued consolidation of the Quad will also drive further increases in Chinese military spending. Even if some Chinese analysts are doubtful about the actual impact of the Quad on the hard business of warfighting, military officials will argue that they must be ready for worst-case scenarios involving the Quad. Chinese officials are wary of repeating the Soviet Union's mistake of military overextension at the expense of the civilian economy. But if they see the correlation of forces with the United States and its allies shifting against China, Beijing's military spending will increase accordingly, turbocharging the regional arms race in Asia.
Ultimately, the biggest question may be what all of this means for Xi, especially in the run-up to the 20th Party Congress, in the fall of 2022, where Xi hopes to secure his own long-term political dominance. There is some chance that the Quad's progress will offer Xi's detractors additional evidence of his inclination to strategic overreach. More likely, however, is that Xi will ultimately manage to strengthen his own hand by pointing to the Quad as proof that China's adversaries are circling the Motherland, thereby further consolidating his hold on power.
#93881 at 2021-09-21 17:13:21 (UTC+1)
QRB General #603: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
paywall here, trade and military coordination is feared by China
Why the Quad Alarms China
Its Success Poses a Major Threat to Beijing's Ambitions
By kevin rudd
August 6, 2021
Japan, Australia, India, US
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-08-06/why-quad-alarms-china?utm_source=twitter_posts&utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc&utm_medium=social
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#21251612 at 2024-07-20 13:13:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 83
Australia / China Tensions - Part 7
>>20983635 War over Taiwan would change world, says Australia ambassador to US kevin rudd - Australia's ambassador to the United States, kevin rudd, cautioned in a speech that the global consequences of a war over Taiwan would be as great as the impact of the Second World War, making the world "a radically different place". If Chinese President Xi Jinping, who turns 71 this month, wanted to achieve "final national unification" with Taiwan he would likely act in the next decade before he reaches his 80s, rudd said in a speech in Honolulu on Thursday. "We would be foolish to ignore the increasing clarity of China's military signalling, including the pattern of its most recent military exercises," said rudd, who was twice Australia's prime minister in the previous decade.
>>20998413 Top US general Stephen Sklenka says an Asia-Pacific NATO would help him sleep at night - A top Chinese general recently accused the United States of a hidden agenda to create a version of NATO in the Asia-Pacific, and now a senior American officer has welcomed the idea. As the number of Asia-Pacific security arrangements has been increasing year by year, China's Lieutenant General Jing Jianfeng told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore this month: "The true motive of the US is to converge small circles into a big circle, that is an Asian-Pacific version of NATO, to maintain the US-led hegemony." Jiang, deputy chief of China's Joint Staff Department at the Central Military Commission of the People's Liberation Army, said Washington was "tying the region's countries to the US war chariot". The Chinese Communist Party should "look in the mirror" and ask why countries in the region were forming new partnerships with each other but not with Beijing, said Sklenka. Asked whether a collective defence treaty between the US and its Indo-Pacific allies was conceivable or desirable, Sklenka told this masthead: "Those of us at Indopacom would sleep better at night if we had something like a NATO out here, but that's not happening. "But my retort to that is no, instead of castigating those relationships, the Chinese should probably look in the mirror and ask themselves why have these arrangements come into fruition. "Why did the Quad [a security dialogue embracing the US, India, Japan and Australia] come into play? Because these countries are nervous, they're nervous about the direction the CCPs going," said Sklenka, a US Marines officer and the deputy commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, the largest of the US regional commands. He was in Australia as the 2024 Australian-American Leadership Dialogue scholar.
>>20998419 New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says China Premier Li Qiang will visit this week - New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced that China's premier, Li Qiang, will visit the country this week. It will be the first trip to the nation by a Chinese premier since Li Keqiang's visit in 2017. Mr Luxon, speaking at a post-cabinet press conference on Monday, local time, said the visit would be a valuable opportunity for exchanges on areas of cooperation between the two countries. "New Zealand and China engage where we have shared interests, and we speak frankly and constructively with each other where we have differences," he said. "Our relationship is significant, complex, and resilient. The challenging global outlook makes it vital that we are sharing perspectives and engaging China on key issues that matter to New Zealand," he added. New Zealand has long been seen as a moderate or absent voice on China in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, but in recent years has spoken up about what it considers to be concerning actions by Beijing.
#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
#21251525 at 2024-07-20 12:59:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 68
Julian Assange: Indictment, Extradition and Plea Deal - Part 9
>>21114370 Diplomacy, distrust and the last-minute hiccup that almost sank the Assange deal - After more than a year of quiet diplomacy, the whole deal on the criminal espionage case against Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, almost collapsed at the last minute because of mutual mistrust between Assange and the American justice authorities. Simultaneously, there was a threat from London because Britain's prosecution service feared it would be held responsible if the Australian charged with espionage against the US, held in an Eng?lish prison, did "a runner" after being released from the British justice system. There had been the key change in negotiations of ?Assange's legal team and the US Department of Justice agreeing to talk directly about a settlement but the execution of the deal was under threat. It was here that the legal and symbolic involvement of Australia's two top diplomats – UK high commissioner Stephen Smith and Australian ambassador in Washington kevin rudd - became essential to the finalisation of the deal in the last days.
>>21114398 Forget the media circus, Julian Assange put our brave soldiers' lives in danger - "Julian Assange emerged from his charter jet in Canberra on Wednesday night in a dark suit, white shirt and thin tie, raising his right arm in a clenched-fist salute. Perhaps Assange wanted to echo the image of Nelson Mandela walking out of the Victor Verster prison on February 11, 1990. But Assange is no Mandela. He will not go on to lead this country or be a global figure of reconciliation. Assange is and will remain a disrupter. Now that he is out of His Majesty's Belmarsh Prison, we will come to know the real Julian, not the figure managed so artfully over the past decade by the Assange fan club. Assange's WikiLeaks shot to global prominence on July 25, 2010, when it released online what it called the Afghanistan War Diary - 91,000 reports "written by soldiers and intelligence officers, and mainly describing lethal military actions involving the United States military, (and including) intelligence information, reports of meetings with political figures, and related details". This act flung Canberra into a panic. What if these reports gave targetable details of Australian military operations, or named Afghans working with Defence or intelligence? I was deputy secretary for strategy in Defence and was tasked to lead a process reviewing the leaked material. The context is important. We were fighting a bloody counter-terrorism war at the time. Assange's WikiLeaks release of uncensored battlefield reports put our forces, indeed the whole of the international coalition in Afghanistan, and the many brave Afghans fighting with us, under serious risk. The only group that could benefit from this tactical information was the Taliban. It is by no means clear that the material put online by Assange did not cause deaths. The release of the State Department cables caused significant disruption to Western intelligence operations globally, including the urgent withdrawal of exposed agents." - Peter Jennings, former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12) - theaustralian.com.au
#21251515 at 2024-07-20 12:57:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 66
Julian Assange: Indictment, Extradition and Plea Deal - Part 7
>>21094328 It took 'creative nous': rudd on behind-the-scenes efforts to secure Assange release - US ambassador kevin rudd has suggested he played an important role in convincing Julian Assange to accept a plea deal with the United States Justice Department as a partisan stoush erupted over the WikiLeaks founder's return to Australia. The opposition accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of giving Assange, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, an overly warm welcome by calling him just after he touched down in Canberra on Wednesday night. In his first public comments since Assange's departure from London's Belmarsh Prison, rudd said it had taken "creative nous" from Australia to secure his release. Asked if he persuaded Assange to accept a plea deal to bring the matter to a close, rudd told the ABC: "You could say that, I couldn't possibly comment. Ultimately, it was a matter for the parties." Assange's lawyers have credited Albanese and rudd with playing a pivotal role in securing their client's release. rudd said he acted as the principal point of contact between the US Justice Department and Assange's legal team after becoming ambassador in early 2023, adding it was crucial that Albanese had granted him a "clear prime ministerial mandate" to pursue the matter with the Biden administration. Asked if he acted as a linchpin in the negotiations, he replied: "That's your term, not mine." rudd said he feared the Assange case would have become a "long-term irritant" in the US-Australia relationship if it continued to drag out through the courts.
>>21094388 Video: Australian leaders celebrate Julian Assange's freedom but opposition says he is 'no martyr' - Julian Assange spent his first night in 14 years as a free man back at home in Australia as the conservative opposition on Thursday cautioned the government against hailing the WikiLeaks founder as a hero. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who supported Assange's release years before taking office in 2022, welcomed him home in a phone call. He said he "had a very warm discussion" with Assange. However, the conservative opposition raised concerns about portraying Assange as a hero after he spent more than a decade trying to avoid prosecution and then pleaded guilty to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defence documents. The opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, welcomed Assange's release but said the WikiLeaks founder was "no martyr" for the mass data leak. "That wasn't an act of journalism. It wasn't like these were edited or curated documents. It was simply a data dump, a data dump from a leak and a data dump that came with consequences for the U.S. in terms of how they managed their operations and their officials because of the safety risks that were created," he told Reuters in an interview. He cautioned Albanese against meeting Assange and said the celebration of his release was likely to lead to disquiet among some members of the U.S. Congress.
>>21094413 'He needs time to heal after 14 years of hell', says Julian Assange's wife Stella - Julian Assange's wife has made an emotional plea for the WikiLeaks founder to be given time to ?recuperate from a 14-year ordeal avoiding extradition to Sweden over rape allegations that were later dropped and the US over the release of classified documents ?relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Assange embraced his ?family as a free man for the first time in 14 years after he touched down in Canberra on Wednesday night. Holding back tears, Stella Assange said: "Julian wanted me to sincerely thank everyone. He wanted to be here. But you have to understand what he's been through. He needs time. He needs to recuperate. And this is a process. Julian needs time to recover. To get used to freedoms. Someone told me yesterday who had been through something similar that freedom comes slowly. And I want Julian to have that space to rediscover freedom. I ask you - please - to give us space, to give us privacy. To find our place. To let our family be a family before he can speak again at a time of his choosing."
#21251465 at 2024-07-20 12:50:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 56
Australian Politics and Society - Part 40
>>21225996 Jack Black cancels Tenacious D national tour amid calls for deportation over sick Donald Trump joke - Tenacious D, the comedy-rock duo fronted by Hollywood A-list celebrity Jack Black with Kyle Gass, have cancelled their Australian tour after an Australian senator called for the band to be deported over "evil" comments made about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. United Australia Party Senator Ralph Babet said the duo should be "immediately removed from the country" after Black's bandmate "wished for the death of the president" during a concert in Sydney on Sunday. Kyle Gass made the comment at the ICC Theatre in Sydney on Sunday night, which was also his 64th birthday. In footage shared on social media, Black presented Gass with a birthday cake on stage and asked him to "make a wish". "Don't miss Trump next time," Gass joked before the crowd burst in laughter. "I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form," Black said on social media. "After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold." Gass also apologised for the "improvised" joke made on onstage in Sydney, saying it was "highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake". "I don't condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone," Gass added. "What happened was a tragedy, and I'm incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologise to those I've let down and truly regret any pain I've caused."
>>21226022 Video: Ambassador kevin rudd talks up his relationship with Trump's VP pick Vance, slams Tenacious D Trump comment - kevin rudd has urged governments around the world to "chill out" about the increasingly likely prospect of a second Trump administration, declaring Australia's relationship with the US would remain strong and positive whatever the outcome in November. Speaking to Joe Hockey on Sky News from the floor of the Republican convention in Milwaukee, Ambassador rudd said he was telling "many ambassadors in Washington [that] it's really important to chill, just chill", amid a surge in concern among US allies a Trump administration could see the US abrogate its role as world policeman. "If instead you think, my God, this is beyond the pale, and reach for your smelling salts, well, you know something that's going to cruel you from day one ... I say a lot, to the euros along these lines, which is chill bill," he said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST). Mr rudd has been on a charm offensive seeking to broaden and deepen his Republican contacts in recent months as polls suggest Mr Trump was likely to defeat Joe Biden in November, especially in the wake of the president's disastrous debate performance last month and his recent near brush with death from would-be assassin's bullet last week in Pennsylvania.
>>21226061 Australia ready to work with Trump, Vance if they win election, rudd says - One-time Donald Trump critic kevin rudd says Australia stands ready to work with the Republican candidate and his chosen running mate J.D. Vance if they win November's election. Speaking at the Republican National Convention, Australia's ambassador to the US also revealed he has "what I've described as a texting relationship" with Vance, and had contacted the Ohio Senator after Trump was almost killed last Saturday to convey his concern about the shocking event. The comments came a day after Trump and Vance were formally endorsed as the Republican candidates for the White House, and mark the first time the former prime minister has publicly addressed the moment when Trump learnt about past comments rudd made as an independent think tanker, in which he referred to the Republican as "nuts", a "traitor to the west" and "the most destructive president in history". "He won't be there long if that's the case," Trump had replied, when told about rudd's comments by former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage during an interview on Britain's right-leaning GB News. "I don't know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty. I hear he's not the brightest bulb. But I don't know much about him. But if, if he's at all hostile, he will not be there long." Asked if he was concerned about his future in Washington if Trump becomes president again, rudd said he did not wish to add to the issue, other than to say: "I think you'll note that a whole range of people over time have had a range of interesting things to say about President Trump, including John Howard, including Tony Abbott, including others."
#21251425 at 2024-07-20 12:43:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#36 - Part 52
Australian Politics and Society - Part 36
>>21196409 Anthony Albanese 'relieved' to hear Donald Trump is safe - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he is "relieved" to hear former US president Donald Trump is safe amid speculation he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Mr Trump was rushed off a stage by secret service agents just after the campaign event commenced, with the former president's right ear and the side of his face appearing bloodied. "The incident at former President Trump's campaign event in Pennsylvania today is concerning and confronting," the Prime Minister said in a statement released on Sunday morning. "There is no place for violence in the democratic process. I am relieved to hear reports that former President Trump is now safe." Former prime minister kevin rudd, the Australian Ambassador to the United States, shared a statement saying "Violence has no place in our democracies." Former prime minister Scott Morrison has expressed "saddened, shocked and appalled" at what he described as an "attempted assassination" of former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. "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," Mr Morrison wrote in a post to X. "Prayers also for America and its people, a great democracy and our great friend, at this difficult time."
>>21196590 'They blew his head off': eyewitness recalls Secret Service killing alleged shooter - The shooter who attempted to assassinate former US president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally is dead, law enforcement officials have confirmed, with one eye witness claiming he saw Secret Service agents "blow his head off". Eyewitnesses have said the shots came from a man, holding a rifle, who crawled on top of a one-storey building with a white roof to the right of where Trump was standing on stage. One man, wearing a 'Trump 2024' cap, said he was standing outside the event when he saw the gunman crawl up onto a roof 50ft away from him. "We could clearly see him with a rifle," the witness, who introduced himself as Greg, told the BBC on Saturday night (local time). Greg said he and his friends attempted to alert police and the Secret Service of the shooter's presence, to no avail. "Hey man, there's a guy on the roof with a rifle," he said he told officers. "Next thing I know I'm thinking 'Why is Trump still speaking? Why haven't they pulled him off the stage?'," he said. "Next thing I know, five shots rang out." Greg said the shooter was on the roof "for at least three to four minutes". "We were telling the police, we were pointing up there for the Secret Service," he said. He said the Secret Service crawled onto the roof, pointed their guns at the shooter and "blew his head off".
>>21196806 Video: Rep. Matt Gaetz Tweet - FIGHT! - https://x.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1812265050289422722
>>21197523 In pictures: How the Trump rally shooting unfolded - theage.com.au - July 14, 2024 - https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/trump-shooting-20240714-p5jtgl.html - https://qanon.pub/#3967
>>21198957 Video: Trump rally shooting: Anthony Albanese relieved Trump safe, warns 'things can escalate' in Australia - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Australians to lower the temperature of public debate over divisive issues such as the war in Gaza as he expressed his horror at the attempt on the life of former president Donald Trump. Albanese would not be drawn on whether the failed assassination attempt would force changes to security measures for Australian MPs, but drew a link between America's fractious political culture and recent attacks on MPs' offices and on parliamentarians being harassed by protesters. "We must lower [the] temperature of debate. There is nothing to be served by some of the escalation of rhetoric that we see in some of our political debate, political discourse, in the democratic world. It's a phenomenon that's not unique to the United States," he said. He said he was still worried about recent pro-Palestinian protests outside MPs offices, including his own, which has been the subject of a months-long protest. "I've expressed my concern that people who just dismiss actions outside electorate offices, these things can escalate, which is why they need to be called out unequivocally, and opposed," he said.
#21226061 at 2024-07-17 11:24:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
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>>21226022
Australia ready to work with Trump, Vance if they win election, rudd says
Farrah Tomazin - July 17, 2024
Milwaukee: One-time Donald Trump critic kevin rudd says Australia stands ready to work with the Republican candidate and his chosen running mate J.D. Vance if they win November's election, denouncing the assassination attempt on Trump as a repugnant attack on democracy.
Speaking at the Republican National Convention, Australia's ambassador to the US also revealed he has "what I've described as a texting relationship" with Vance, and had contacted the Ohio Senator after Trump was almost killed last Saturday to convey his concern about the shocking event.
Asked by this masthead what he thought of the 39-year-old Hillbilly Elegy author - a former "never Trump guy" who transformed into a full-throated MAGA loyalist on everything from abortion and election denialism, to military aide for Ukraine - rudd replied: "That's, of course, a matter for American domestic political opinion.
"But I'd say this: if the American people decide to elect President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, the Australian government stands ready to work with them, openly, constructively and positively. And we're confident we can do that," he added.
The comments came a day after Trump and Vance were formally endorsed as the Republican candidates for the White House, and mark the first time the former prime minister has publicly addressed the moment when Trump learnt about past comments rudd made as an independent think tanker, in which he referred to the Republican as "nuts", a "traitor to the west" and "the most destructive president in history".
"He won't be there long if that's the case," Trump had replied, when told about rudd's comments by former Brexit party leader Nigel Farage during an interview on Britain's right-leaning GB News.
"I don't know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty. I hear he's not the brightest bulb. But I don't know much about him. But if, if he's at all hostile, he will not be there long."
Asked if he was concerned about his future in Washington if Trump becomes president again, rudd said he did not wish to add to the issue, other than to say: "I think you'll note that a whole range of people over time have had a range of interesting things to say about President Trump, including John Howard, including Tony Abbott, including others."
"The bottom line is this: the job of an ambassador here is to engage with the full breadth of political opinion, both among Republicans and Democrats. So what I've been doing is be head-down-tail-up, really since I arrived about a year or so ago now, in engaging with the likely members of a future Trump administration."
With four months until the election, opinion polls show a close race between Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, though Trump leads in several swing states that are likely to decide the outcome.
But as Biden continues to face ongoing scrutiny over his mental capacity, rudd expressed confidence in the embattled president, who hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a state visit at the White House last October and last week met with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at the NATO summit in Washington.
"From our perspective in Australia, and my perspective ambassador, he is discharging his responsibilities as president effectively," he said.
rudd is among dozens of diplomats currently in Milwaukee for the Republican convention, which capped off its first night with Trump receiving a hero's welcome as he appeared in public for the first time since Saturday's attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Sporting a bandage on his right ear, the former president looked almost emotional at times as the adoring crowd cheered while he walked to his private box to sit with his family and his new running mate.
At one point, Republican delegates began chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" echoing the words Trump shouted, his fist in the air, after he was almost killed.
In response to the attack, rudd said: "The use of violence or the threatened use of violence in any democratic political event is not just repugnant. It's the deepest level of assault on the entire notion of democracy."
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/australia-ready-to-work-with-trump-vance-if-they-win-election-rudd-says-20240717-p5ju9z.html
https://x.com/MrKrudd/status/1497863031497564161
https://x.com/MrKrudd/status/1267660205547900928
#21226022 at 2024-07-17 11:11:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
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Ambassador kevin rudd talks up his relationship with Trump's VP pick Vance, slams Tenacious D Trump comment
ADAM CREIGHTON - 17 July 2024
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kevin rudd has urged governments around the world to "chill out" about the increasingly likely prospect of a second Trump administration, declaring Australia's relationship with the US would remain strong and positive whatever the outcome in November.
Speaking to Joe Hockey on Sky News from the floor of the Republican convention in Milwaukee, Ambassador rudd said he was telling "many ambassadors in Washington [that] it's really important to chill, just chill", amid a surge in concern among US allies a Trump administration could see the US abrogate its role as world policeman.
"If instead you think, my God, this is beyond the pale, and reach for your smelling salts, well, you know something that's going to cruel you from day one ... I say a lot, to the euros along these lines, which is chill bill," he said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST).
Mr rudd has been on a charm offensive seeking to broaden and deepen his Republican contacts in recent months as polls suggest Mr Trump was likely to defeat Joe Biden in November, especially in the wake of the president's disastrous debate performance last month and his recent near brush with death from would-be assassin's bullet last week in Pennsylvania.
"The really good thing about the United States is brand Australia is in good working order, and therefore we are in a good position to work with whichever party is elected," Mr rudd told Sky.
"If the American people vote for Donald Trump and for JD Vance, the Australian government, led by Anthony Albanese, will be in there, working hard, positively, constructively, with incoming Republic administration for day one as it has been in the past".
At a press conference earlier in the day Mr rudd talked up his contact with Ohio Senator JD Vance, whom Mr Trump selected as his Vice Presidential running mate a day earlier, prompting fears the young MAGA-loyalist would shift US foreign policy in an isolationist direction.
"I certainly conveyed to him [Vance] my comments immediately following the assassination attempt on Saturday," Mr rudd said, revealing he'd established a "texting relationship" with Senator Vance.
"In terms of qualities he brings to this office that's, of course, a matter for American domestic political opinion, something which, as an ambassador, I don't propose to engage in".
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#21225996 at 2024-07-17 11:03:52 (UTC+1)
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>>21196236
>>21217684
Jack Black cancels Tenacious D national tour amid calls for deportation over sick Donald Trump joke
MOHAMMAD ALFARES - 17 July 2024
Tenacious D, the comedy-rock duo fronted by Hollywood A-list celebrity Jack Black with Kyle Gass, have cancelled their Australian tour after an Australian senator called for the band to be deported over "evil" comments made about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
United Australia Party Senator Ralph Babet said the duo should be "immediately removed from the country" after Black's bandmate "wished for the death of the president" during a concert in Sydney on Sunday.
Kyle Gass made the comment at the ICC Theatre in Sydney on Sunday night, which was also his 64th birthday.
In footage shared on social media, Black presented Gass with a birthday cake on stage and asked him to "make a wish".
"Don't miss Trump next time," Gass joked before the crowd burst in laughter.
"I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form," Black said on social media.
"After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold."
Tenacious D fans were left in limbo after Black postponed his Newcastle concert before announcing the rest of his tour was indefinitely cancelled.
Gass also apologised for the "improvised" joke made on onstage in Sydney, saying it was "highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake".
"I don't condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone," Gass added.
"What happened was a tragedy, and I'm incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologise to those I've let down and truly regret any pain I've caused."
kevin rudd also blasted the incendiary remarks about the attempt on Mr Trump's life by Gass as "sick". The US Ambassador, speaking on the side-lines of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, told reporters that Tenacious D members should "grow up and find a decent job".
"That someone would joke about violence just makes me physically ill," Mr rudd said.
The footage attracted fierce criticism from the former president's supporters, including X owner Elon Musk.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Frontier Touring said Tuesday night's Tenacious D concert would not go ahead, although the promoter did not provide any reasons for the decision.
"Frontier Touring regret to advise that Tenacious D's concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed," Frontier Touring said.
The joke did not sit well with Senator Babet, who condemned the comments.
"To advocate and or wish for the assassination of a President is egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil, and not acceptable in any way, shape or form," Senator Babet said.
"This was not a joke, he was deadly serious when he wished for the death of the President."
Senator Babet called on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to immediately revoke the pair's visas.
"Australia wrongly locked up Novak Djokovic and deported him because he allegedly undermined public trust in vaccination. Allowing Tenacious D to remain in Australia after calling for the death of a President is unthinkable, and affirms the weakness of our current Prime Minister."
The band was set to play six shows across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Adelaide, and New Zealand, which were all cancelled.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/tenacious-d-postpones-newcastle-show-after-backlash-over-trump-joke/news-story/932e6c4735e192aa47fa0463ac3cf103
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9e5msPpC3y/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9e5msPpC3y/
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1812871250899091834
#21198999 at 2024-07-14 08:14:40 (UTC+1)
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>>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
#21196409 at 2024-07-14 02:57:32 (UTC+1)
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>>21196236
Anthony Albanese 'relieved' to hear Donald Trump is safe
JACK QUAIL - 14 July 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he is "relieved" to hear former US president Donald Trump is safe amid speculation he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Mr Trump was rushed off a stage by secret service agents just after the campaign event commenced, with the former president's right ear and the side of his face appearing bloodied.
"The incident at former President Trump's campaign event in Pennsylvania today is concerning and confronting," the Prime Minister said in a statement released on Sunday morning.
"There is no place for violence in the democratic process.
"I am relieved to hear reports that former President Trump is now safe."
Donald Trump's campaign has released a statement to say that the former president is "fine".
"President Trump thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act," Steven Cheung, a spokesman, said. "He is fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow."
Former prime minister kevin rudd, the Australian Ambassador to the United States, shared a statement saying "Violence has no place in our democracies."
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has expressed "saddened, shocked and appalled" at what he described as an "attempted assassination" of former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
"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," Mr Morrison wrote in a post to X.
"Prayers also for America and its people, a great democracy and our great friend, at this difficult time."
In May, Mr Morrison met with Mr Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee and frontrunner in the race to White House. The pair reportedly discussed the AUKUS defence pact.
The Shadow foreign minister posted a statement on X, saying "politically motivated violence never has a place in free democracies."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/anthony-albanese-relieved-to-hear-donald-trump-is-safe/news-story/76de8582ed4a5d6c74708f8eeb3e9f3b
https://x.com/AlboMP/status/1812283047070642508
https://x.com/Amborudd/status/1812269906009944514
https://x.com/Birmo/status/1812271617306960167
https://x.com/ScoMo30/status/1812262075961667864
#21196299 at 2024-07-14 02:49:05 (UTC+1)
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>>21196236
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'All of a sudden some shots rang out'
Police began vacating the area shortly after Mr Trump left the stage. Some attendees were in tears.
Bryant Brzozowski described the scene as "crazy".
"I was behind the former president, so I didn't see what happened. We just got down, and I covered two little girls when other people covered my fiance," Mr Brzozowski told the ABC.
He said he saw police and paramedics attending to a man, dressed in a shirt displaying an American flag, who was lying on the ground.
"I don't know if it was a shooter or somebody who got shot," he said.
"All I saw was he was holding his stomach when the other two paramedics or cops were attending to him."
Corey Cumisckey, who was at the event with his wife and children, told the ABC nothing seemed out of the ordinary before the shots were heard.
"Trump was talking and all of a sudden some shots rang out, or what sounded like shots, and then there was some return fire," he said.
"I kind of got up to see what was going on. And they had the president on the ground. And then, you know, a couple of seconds possibly later, they came up with him and off the stage he went."
Mr Cumisckey said his wife was "extremely upset" and questioned whether her children should have been at the event.
"I disagree. I think you should be able to bring your kids to an event like this and it's unacceptable for something like this to happen," he said.
"It's really unfortunate that things have heated up to this level."
Mr Trump is due to be endorsed as the Republicans' presidential candidate at the party's national convention in Milwaukee, which begins on Monday. The rally in Butler was the last one scheduled before the convention.
The convention will go ahead as planned.
"President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th president of the United States," a statement from the Republican National Committee said.
His son, Donald Trump Jr, tweeted a photo of his father shortly after the shooting.
His daughter, Ivanka Trump, thanked wellwishers for their "love and prayers for my father and for the other victims of today's senseless violence".
"I love you Dad, today and always," she tweeted.
Former president Bill Clinton said he and wife Hillary, who ran against Mr Trump in the 2016 election, were "heartbroken for all those affected".
Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, said it was a relief Mr Trump was safe.
"All Australians are shocked by the attack on former president Trump at his campaign rally this evening in Pennsylvania," he said.
"Violence has no place in our democracies."
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on social media that he was praying for Trump.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-14/shots-fired-at-trump-rally-in-pennsylvania/104095660
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112782066045321247
https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1812257391150502372
https://x.com/IvankaTrump/status/1812288793526845448
#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)
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>>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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#21114402 at 2024-06-30 11:00:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21114398
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On Sky News on Wednesday, The Australian's Washington ?correspondent Adam Creighton argued that "in the 14 years this stuff's been out there, you know, there has basically been no damage at all".
"Those who attack Assange, they claim that, you know, he has caused enormous danger to various people but I just don't see that has been borne out in reality. And frankly, even if it is true then that's the price of, you know, knowing the truth."
"The truth" looks different looking backward from, you know, the safety of a television studio.
At the time, in the middle of Australia's most serious combat operations since the Vietnam War, Assange threw a bomb into the middle of the ADF.
No one was taking this risk more seriously than Stephen Smith, then foreign minister, soon to become defence minister, and kevin rudd, who in June 2010 had just lost the prime ministership, but would become foreign minister in September of that year.
WikiLeaks kept throwing bombs. In October 2010, 391,832 combat reports from Iraq were put online, again uncensored. And beginning in November 2010, tens of thousands of State Department ?cables started to be released.
One of those cables, marked secret, reported that in 2009, then prime minister rudd told the US embassy that Afghanistan "scared the hell out of him". He was right to be so worried.
It is by no means clear that the material put online by Assange did not cause deaths. After President Joe Biden's disastrous decision to withdraw from Afghanistan in ?August 2021, we know that the ?Taliban targeted Afghans who worked for the International Security Assistance Force. The combat reports have never been taken off the WikiLeaks site.
The release of the State Department cables caused significant disruption to Western intelligence operations globally, including the urgent withdrawal of exposed agents. Some of Assange's supporters may celebrate that as a dismantling of an evil state apparatus, but that would be a case of not "knowing the truth" so much as just being unable to handle it.
The biggest geopolitical beneficiaries of WikiLeaks were Russia and China. They don't indulge quirky libertarians like Assange. By contrast, the democracies, particularly the US, suffered.
Reading through the combat reports and the cables, the picture that emerges is not one of the Deep State malignly plotting, or that of a war machine endlessly committing war crimes. These are fantasy views, animating fringe-dwellers on the hard left and right of politics.
What is revealed is flawed democracies fighting confused wars with barely coherent strategic planning, imperfect knowledge and limited resources. Mistakes get made. The benefit of the US and Australian systems is that we will regularly admit to the fault.
A fair reading of the State Department cables would judge that American diplomats are, very often, savvy judges of character and political processes.
Is it news to anyone that the US embassy thought rudd was a "control freak"?
As a Defence official closely engaged with a variety of different governments, I can reveal that the heart of modern democracy is not an all-knowing, all-controlling "Deep State" - you will find that only in China. What we have is the Shallow State - something that looks more like a sweaty and short-sighted clown troop riding the dodgem cars.
That is what WikiLeaks reveals. Spare me the nonsense about fearlessly exposing the truth.
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#21114370 at 2024-06-30 10:43:43 (UTC+1)
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>>21094264
Diplomacy, distrust and the last-minute hiccup that almost sank the Assange deal
DENNIS SHANAHAN - 30 June 2024
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After more than a year of quiet diplomacy, the whole deal on the criminal espionage case against Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, almost collapsed at the last minute because of mutual mistrust between Assange and the American justice authorities.
Simultaneously, there was a threat from London because Britain's prosecution service feared it would be held responsible if the Australian charged with espionage against the US, held in an Eng?lish prison, did "a runner" after being released from the British justice system.
There had been the key change in negotiations of ?Assange's legal team and the US Department of Justice agreeing to talk directly about a settlement but the execution of the deal was under threat.
It was here that the legal and symbolic involvement of Australia's two top diplomats - UK high commissioner Stephen Smith and Australian ambassador in Washington kevin rudd - became essential to the finalisation of the deal in the last days.
Smith, a former foreign affairs and defence minister who had been critical of Assange's actions, had to act legally as a "bailiff" signing a legal agreement that he would "hold" Assange's passport and "accompany" him to a US ?jurisdiction as well as take responsibility if he failed to appear.
rudd, a former prime minister and foreign minister who had been embarrassed by WikiLeaks exposures, had to agree to be on American soil - Saipan in the ?Mariana Islands - to meet and greet Assange, appear in the court and then accompany him on the plane to Australia.
These last-minute conditions had to be met to ensure the plea deal ended years of Assange's imprisonment in connection to extradition orders in Britain.
Smith didn't have to handcuff himself to Assange and rudd didn't have to act as a hostage but the effect was the same.
Assange was able to demand Australia provide its top diplomats, who had been working for his release for more than a year, to accompany him on a 40-hour charter plane odyssey.
Both Smith and rudd had an antagonistic relationship with ?Assange in their previous lives - Smith was highly critical of the leaking of thousands of secret documents that threatened the lives of allied forces - but both had spent the past year in London and Washington seeking to get a resolution of what rudd described on Friday as an irritant in the US-Australia relationship.
All sides feared the Assange issues was developing a momentum that would damage the priority AUKUS nuclear-?powered submarine and intelligence relationship between the three nations and antagonise the Labor left against the US.
There were concerns that if anything happened to the Australian citizen while in a British prison fighting US extradition charges, there would be serious damage to all AUKUS partners.
Assange. however, refused to set foot on mainland US territory and the US Department of Justice refused to allow him to appear in a Covid-style virtual court to submit his plea bargain.
No side trusted the other or wanted to take responsibility for Assange escaping judgment, not appearing for a real US court judgment or a reneging on a solemn undertaking to meet the plea bargain of treating Assange's years in prison as satisfying the sentence for espionage.
Britain did not want to run the risk of letting Assange free and then not agreeing to face US justice; Assange did not want to risk the US reneging on its deal and putting him in jail; and the US did not want Assange to avoid a physical appearance in a US court.
There was also the growing electoral pressures of a general election in Britain, a US presidential election in November and an Australian election having to be called with nine months.
It was here that Smith, who had worked to establish a relationship with Assange in the past year or more, and rudd, who pestered US officials with prime ministerial endorsement, built on their previous work to save the deal that was so threatened at the last moment.
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#21104540 at 2024-06-28 16:59:18 (UTC+1)
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>>21104531
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Senator Birmingham said he backed the government's consular support for Assange and the WikiLeaks founder's return to Australia but Assange should not be "feted" like Australians, including Cheng Lei, Sean Turnell and Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who had returned home after being wrongfully detained".
Senator Birmingham said what Assange did was "not careful journalism ... Instead, he simply published around half a million documents without having read them, curated them, checked to see if there was anything that could be damaging or risking the lives of others in there," he said. "He simply dumped them on the internet. That is not journalism and shouldn't be feted as such."
His comments were in stark contrast to those of some of his Coalition colleagues, including Nationals senator Matt Canavan, who hailed Assange as an "Australian hero", declaring "his brave reporting helped expose the ?tragic folly of the wars we started in recent years".
Assange's American lawyer, Barry Pollack, said his client's publication of top secret files, including revelations of civilian casualties during the Iraq War, was "journalism at the highest level".
Mr Pollack said he hoped the international campaign on ?Assange's case would again gather momentum to push for his client to be pardoned.
By late Thursday, Assange's supporters had raised more than $796,000 to cover the cost of his chartered flight from Britain to the Northern Marianas Islands, where he made his guilty plea to a US court, and on to Canberra.
Australia's ambassador to the US kevin rudd, a key player in the effort to have Assange freed, said his plea deal with the US Justice Department was "plainly the way to go".
Mr rudd, who accompanied Assange on his flight home, said he was "relieved" his ordeal was over, crediting Mr Albanese for the outcome. "The truth is it doesn't matter how good your diplomatic team is, you need prime ministerial authorisation, prime ministerial direction, and frankly, a clear prime ministerial mandate to engage the US system at a level of seniority that would make a difference. And that's what made this possible," he told the ABC.
The Greens used the return to demand more whistleblower protections, saying former army officer David McBride - who leaked classified documents on Australia's involvement in Afghanistan - was in prison because "broken whistleblower laws failed him".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/welcome-home-julian-assange-dont-leak-again-warns-penny-wong/news-story/f4beeb65fd7b07f68cb78b1e6bc163b2
#21094328 at 2024-06-27 10:45:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21094264
It took 'creative nous': rudd on behind-the-scenes efforts to secure Assange release
Matthew Knott - June 27, 2024
US ambassador kevin rudd has suggested he played an important role in convincing Julian Assange to accept a plea deal with the United States Justice Department as a partisan stoush erupted over the WikiLeaks founder's return to Australia.
The opposition accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of giving Assange, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, an overly warm welcome by calling him just after he touched down in Canberra on Wednesday night.
In his first public comments since Assange's departure from London's Belmarsh Prison, rudd said it had taken "creative nous" from Australia to secure his release.
Asked if he persuaded Assange to accept a plea deal to bring the matter to a close, rudd told the ABC: "You could say that, I couldn't possibly comment. Ultimately, it was a matter for the parties."
Assange's lawyers have credited Albanese and rudd with playing a pivotal role in securing their client's release.
rudd said he acted as the principal point of contact between the US Justice Department and Assange's legal team after becoming ambassador in early 2023, adding it was crucial that Albanese had granted him a "clear prime ministerial mandate" to pursue the matter with the Biden administration.
Asked if he acted as a linchpin in the negotiations, he replied: "That's your term, not mine."
rudd said he feared the Assange case would have become a "long-term irritant" in the US-Australia relationship if it continued to drag out through the courts.
Earlier in the day, opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said Albanese had failed a test of judgment by speaking by telephone to Assange after his arrival in Australia.
"I don't think it's at all appropriate that Anthony Albanese picked up the phone to Julian Assange," Birmingham told reporters.
"Yesterday, Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a United States court to charges under the US Espionage Act, and by nightfall, he was welcomed home by the Australian prime minister.
"That just sends all of the wrong signals and is irresponsible and inappropriate of Anthony Albanese to welcome home Julian Assange on the same day he's pleaded guilty to US charges related to espionage."
The US Department of Justice maintains that the 2010 release of thousands of classified US military documents put lives at risk as names were not redacted. Assange was indicted during the Trump administration and faced 18 charges carrying a total sentence of up to 175 years.
Birmingham said Assange should not be classified as a political prisoner and should not be treated as a hero for publishing sensitive US national security secrets.
"Julian Assange is not Cheng Lei, he's not Sean Turnell, he's not Kylie Moore-Gilbert," he said, referring to other Australians who have recently returned from imprisonment overseas.
"He was not held in a Chinese jail or an Iranian jail or a jail in Myanmar against his will, without access to a court, legal representatives or a system of justice."
Albanese posted a photo on social media platform X of him talking to Assange on the phone on Wednesday night.
"As prime minister, I have been clear - regardless of what you think of his activities, Mr Assange's case had dragged on for too long," Albanese said.
He has not met with Assange face-to-face.
Nationals MP Michael McCormack said the government was behaving "disgracefully" by welcoming Assange to Australia.
"What Mr Assange did was unforgivable - shamelessly publishing and handing our enemies uncensored information of actively serving defence personnel on a platter," he said.
US judge Ramona Manglona said there was "no personal victim here" as a result of the information published by WikiLeaks, and Assange's lawyers have insisted no human sources were harmed as a result of the website's disclosures.
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said Assange spent so long in confinement because he evaded lawful extradition requests and had pleaded guilty to "very serious national security offences".
"They're offences against the Five Eyes intelligence gathering alliance, including Australia, because they put the sources of that alliance at grave risk," he said.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher believed most Australians welcomed Assange's return to Australia.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/opposition-blasts-government-for-picking-up-the-phone-to-assange-20240627-p5jp59.html
#21094310 at 2024-06-27 10:39:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21094308
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Assange's lawyer, Barry Pollack, said the conviction was a "chilling" precedent, arguing the US Espionage Act should never have been used to pursue a ?publisher or journalist such as ?Assange. "Mr Assange revealed truthful, newsworthy information, including revealing that the United States had committed war crimes," he said. "He has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to ensure that the American public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information."
But the US Justice Department said Assange's guilty plea was an admission of a conspiracy with former US soldier Chelsea Manning - who served seven years in jail - to release top-secret information without caring about the harm it would cause. "After obtaining classified ?national ?defence information from Manning, and aware of the harm that dissemination of such national defence information would cause, Assange disclosed this information on ?WikiLeaks," it said.
Under the terms of his plea deal, Assange is barred from travelling to the US. He was also required to "take all action within his control" to return or destroy any unpublished classified documents in his possession, or held by ?WikiLeaks.
Ms Assange, who said her husband would seek a pardon, launched a funding drive to raise about $778,000 to cover the cost of the chartered jet that brought her husband home, already reaching $629,518 late on Wednesday.
District Court judge Ramona Manglona said the 62 months ?Assange had already served in a British prison "was fair and reasonable and proportionate to Manning's actual prison time".
Assange was accompanied in court, and on the flight to Australia, by Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, and high commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith. Mr Albanese paid tribute to the efforts of both men in lobbying for Assange's freedom. US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy thanked ?Australia for its co-operation, saying Assange's return "brings this longstanding and difficult case to a close".
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said Mr Assange's release was "thrilling news", but his conviction set an "alarming" precedent.
"It's the sort of thing we'd ?expect in an authoritarian or totalitarian country, it is not what we would expect from the US or a similar country like Australia," he said. "Julian Assange is a Walkley award-winning Australian journalist who did his job."
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said Mr Assange was "no hero", and had drawn out the resolution of his own case by "evading lawful extradition requests". "It is a credit to the US that they are showing such leniency towards someone ?accused of such a serious crime," Senator Paterson said.
Former Home Affairs Department secretary Mike Pezzullo said it would be "deeply troubling" if Assange was given "celebrity status", arguing it would be inappropriate for senior government figures to personally welcome him home. "He shouldn't be treated as a hero, but he is an Australian citizen who was deserving of consulate support," he told Sky News.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Assange's freedom was the result of "careful, patient and determined efforts", comparing his release with the government's success in securing the freedom of Cheng Lei from a Chinese prison, and Sean Turnell from detention in Myanmar. "The approach we have taken is to pursue outcomes. We haven't taken the approach of seeking headlines," she said.
A group of more than a dozen MPs who supported Assange gathered in Parliament House on Wednesday. Among them were Mr Wilkie, Labor MPs including long-term supporter Josh Wilson, Liberal MP Bridget Archer, Nationals senator Matt Canavan, and Greens senators Peter Whish-Wilson and David Shoebridge.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/anthony-albanese-first-on-the-phone-as-convicted-felon-julian-assange-tastes-freedom-at-last/news-story/05f6da4152e7d0f7ca010429fb0934b7
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68881226/united-states-v-assange/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474/gov.uscourts.nmid.6474.2.0.pdf
https://x.com/AlboMP/status/1805913003168305645
#21089132 at 2024-06-26 10:49:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21089129
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Assange flew into Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, on Wednesday morning as part of a plea deal that saw him sentenced to time served in exchange for a guilty plea to the espionage charge, which carried a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
Chief Judge Ramona Manglona, an Obama appointee, approved the plea deal though she said if Assange had faced court in 2012 she would have been less inclined to accept it, as it was only the passage of time that showed no one had been physically harmed due to the leak.
She sentenced Assange to time served, given the five years he had spent in the UK's Belmarsh Prison while he fought extradition to the United States.
The plea deal resolves a 14-year battle over Assange's future, however, it has sparked renewed concerns about the case's potential chilling effect on press freedom, with free speech advocates highlighting the need for Assange's style of activist journalism to keep governments honest.
The resolution to Assange's case also follows years of diplomacy from the Australian government, with the case becoming a thorny issue in the US-Australia relationship.
Speaking after the court accepted the plea deal, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the resolution was "a welcome development" but it should be recognised that the US court proceedings were "sensitive and should be respected".
"This isn't something that has happened in the last 24 hours," Mr Albanese said.
"This is something that has been considered, patient, worked through in a calibrated way, which is how Australia conducts ourselves internationally."
He added that Assange had been provided with consular assistance throughout the plea deal process, including the presence of its ambassador to the United States, kevin rudd, and ambassador to the United Kingdom, Stephen Smith, at the hearing.
Assange spent five years in the UK's Belmarsh Prison fighting moves to extradite him to the United States in relation to the WikiLeaks publications.
He had previously spent seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting moves to extradite him to Sweden on a charge of rape, saying he was concerned he would be extradited to the United States if he went to Sweden in person to fight the charge.
The UK government maintained a 24-hour guard outside the embassy for the majority of his stay there, preventing his escape to Ecuador, where he had been granted asylum.
The charge in question was eventually dropped in 2019, with prosecutors citing insufficient evidence to proceed.
Assange is due to arrive in Australia on a flight to Canberra later on Wednesday.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-26/julian-assange-wikileaks-guilty-conspiracy-mariana-islands/104022410
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6OWYGHWyA
https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805743347165761842
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/VJT199
#21089091 at 2024-06-26 10:30:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21089086
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Assange was initially facing multiple charges of disclosing and publishing highly sensitive material, which could have seen the 52-year-old sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.
Under the terms of the plea deal, by admitting guilt to one charge, Assange is now a free man and can go home - a relief for him, his family, and his supporters.
And now a bilateral headache for the US and Australia is over.
Assange and WikiLeaks have long argued the disclosure of the highly sensitive material was public interest journalism, which is protected under the US Constitution.
His detractors argued that he recklessly dumped unfiltered material online, which put the lives of US personnel in jeopardy.
Even with his final act of defiance, Assange is now a convicted felon and has publicly admitted his work - at least part of it - overstepped the mark.
How this impacts journalism going forward is one of the many unknowns of this deal.
High commissioner, former PM by his side
Assange arrived at the courthouse in a white SUV wearing a black suit and a smile as he walked past security.
He entered the federal US court, a place he has made every attempt to avoid for 14 years, flanked by former Australian prime minister kevin rudd.
His expression was one of anticipation - positive and very much ready for the legal formalities to get underway.
He was supported by Australian High Commissioner to the UK Stephen Smith, who accompanied him on the journey out of Britain.
Ms Robinson was also by his side. After years of representing Assange, both legally and as an advocate to politicians and the public, she too walked into court with an obvious look of cautious optimism and a hint of relief that a mammoth job was about to conclude.
Inside the courtroom, Assange stood as the chief judge entered and then the start of the end to his epic legal battle began.
While the hearing was underway, WikiLeaks announced Assange's flight out of the US territory would depart shortly after the court appearance ended and have him in Canberra by the end of the day.
The time on the ground in the Northern Mariana Islands was really just a detour on his way home, albeit the stop that would ultimately set him free.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-26/julian-assange-freed-as-court-hearing-concludes-in-saipan/104022842
#21089064 at 2024-06-26 10:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21083236
'He did the right thing': Assange's father ready for reunion
David Crowe - June 26, 2024
No matter what a United States court says about Julian Assange, one man wants all Australians to know the Wikileaks founder should be declared not guilty when he returns home.
Assange's father, John Shipton, arrived in Canberra on Tuesday night in the hope he could embrace his son on Australian soil for the first time in 15 years.
"He stood his ground, he did the right thing," Shipton says of the controversial work by WikiLeaks to reveal alleged war crimes, diplomatic cables and other secrets others wanted to hide.
"He stood in the icy, cold wind of truth and remained upright - he remained upright for 15 years. You've got to give a lot of credit to that man.
"And the smears, the lies, the calumnies, the double-dealing and the effort by certain members of the legacy press to climb up on his corpse, or at least attempt to, that was off-putting. But I don't care. The fight was to bring him home to Australia.
"I believed in my heart that Australians would respond to the call for righting an injustice and seeing a sense of justice being done. And I was not wrong in that."
Shipton last saw his son in Australia about 15 years ago, before Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant over sexual assault allegations, the first legal step in what became a long effort by US authorities to extradite him to an American court to face espionage charges.
"Julian has been fitted up," he says. Shipton never believed the claims against his son and praises legal experts who, he says, picked apart the sexual assault accusations. (One of them, Nils Melzer, was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture for six years.)
Shipton believes Assange was and is a journalist who revealed news others wanted to keep secret, and says he is just as deeply Australian as other expatriate journalists such as John Pilger or Phillip Knightley.
While he did not get involved in the formal negotiations over a plea deal, Shipton spent years campaigning for Assange on seven trips around Australia. He recalls the welcomes he received in places like Castlemaine in Victoria and Wagga Wagga in NSW.
He praises Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and others, including Foreign Minister Penny Wong and the two key diplomats involved, kevin rudd in the US and Stephen Smith in the UK. But he emphasises the cross-party support in federal parliament from Labor, the Liberals, the Nationals, the Greens and independents.
He names members of parliament ranging from Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie to Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, former Nationals resources minister Matt Canavan and former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce.
"If you want to do something, here's the lesson: make it cross-party," he says.
"That's the lesson, because they're all Australians, these people, and they want to advance Australia. So make umbrella ideas the public can support and both sides of parliament can weld themselves around."
Shipton is seen by some as an apologist for Russia because they claim he has spoken at a pro-Russian rally after the invasion of Ukraine, but he denies this and says he was speaking about his son. "I was ambushed by Cossack people who surrounded me with Russian flags and took photographs," he says. Of the invasion, he says he is against all war.
The claim against him is another reflection of the concern that Assange used information from Russian hackers to release emails that undermined Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign. While Shipton was photographed in Canberra on Wednesday morning wearing a Russian hat, with an Assange badge on the front, he says he was given this during a New York winter.
Shipton saw Assange in Belmarsh Prison in the UK when he could, most recently last month, but still sounds stunned that he can see his son in Australia once more.
"I think it's staggering. Can believe that the entirety of the institutions of the United States - the Pentagon, the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Department of State - all lined up against Julian Assange," he says.
"And the Australian government managed to unpick that Gordian knot and allow him to return. It's just astonishing."
There are challenges ahead for Assange. His wife, Stella, says the family is broke and will have to start a fundraising campaign to find about $750,000 to cover their costs, including the charter flight to bring him home.
Shipton says his son will at least be able to hear the call of a magpie in the morning and see and smell the Australian bush.
"He's got here just in time to see the wattle bloom," he says.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/he-did-the-right-thing-assange-s-father-ready-for-reunion-20240626-p5josa.html
https://x.com/mopeng/status/1805747571002064907
#21089028 at 2024-06-26 09:58:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21083236
Why the hearing to free Julian Assange happened on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific
Emily Clark, Basel Hindeleh and Riley Stuart - 26 June 2024
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Julian Assange's long-running legal odyssey has moved around the world, involving high-level negotiations across Australia, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ecuador.
And now, more than 14 years after WikiLeaks dropped a cache of classified US defence documents alleging war crimes in Afghanistan and Syria, his case has reached a courtroom on a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The Northern Mariana Islands is a US territory and one of the closest to mainland Australia. It shares a time zone with Australia's east coast.
Assange arrived on the island of Saipan about 6:30am, accompanied by Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd.
Just over an hour later, he walked into the US District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, where he entered a guilty plea as part of a deal with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that brought his fight for freedom to a close.
The terms of the deal meant Assange was sentenced to time served, meaning at the close of proceedings, he was free to travel to Australia.
After seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy and five years in Belmarsh Prison, Assange now returning to Australia.
And like his legal battle has done plenty of times before, it brought another dramatic twist - one that has taken him from a high-security jail cell in England to the big blue of the Pacific.
Why the Northern Mariana Islands?
If you needed to be in an United States District Court, far from continental USA and close to home in Australia, the Northern Mariana Islands are a good option.
Saipan is the largest island and the capital of the territory, which begins roughly 70 kilometres north of Guam and stretches across 14 islands.
Like Guam or Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands are part of the US without the full status of a state.
After time as a colony of Spain, Germany and then Japan, the United States took control of the island in World War II after the Battle of Saipan in 1944; residents voted to become a US territory in 1975.
Residents are US citizens, but cannot vote in presidential elections.
Crucially, some of the islands, like Saipan, also host US district courts.
As the court hearing started, Judge Ramona Manglona who is presiding over the case said: "Not many people recognise we are part of the United States, but that is true."
On Tuesday, WikiLeaks posted on the social media platform X a video showing Australia's High Commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith, in a vehicle with Assange.
It said the pair were in Bangkok. Assange's jet arrived in the Thai capital earlier in the day and took off again, bound for Saipan, just after 10:30pm local time (1:30am Wednesday, AEST).
When Assange was in court on Wednesday, he was roughly 3,000km from Australia. Hawaii is more than twice as far away, California further still.
US prosecutors said the location was important to Assange and that he wanted to go to a court close to Australia.
In a letter filed to the US court on Saipan, a Department of Justice official thanks the court for accommodating the matter "at the joint request of both of the parties".
The letter notes "the defendant's opposition to travelling to the continental United States to enter his guilty plea and the proximity of this federal US District Court to the defendant's country of citizenship, Australia".
Assange and his legal team have long believed it would not be safe for him to enter the United States, but under the terms of the plea deal, it appears a compromise was found.
"He has to front up to charges that have been brought under US law," professor at the University of Sydney's law school Emily Crawford told Reuters.
"It had to be US territory, but it had to be the US territory closest to Australia that wasn't a US state like Hawaii."
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#21054415 at 2024-06-20 11:24:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>21054410
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More and more voters are giving up on Albanese and instead want to listen to Dutton, a trend that's been clear for more than 12 months. Dutton is offering solutions that he frames as easy, and consequence and cost-free. In a cost-of-living crunch, those who are fearful of making ends meet will naturally find that opposition argument appealing if the government is not rebutting it with a persuasive counter-argument. They will want to deal with the challenges of today ahead of problems that are years away. Let the future take care of itself.
Albanese has only himself to blame for his increasingly dire situation. He may see himself as a public housing kid made good but in the eyes of an increasing number of Australian voters, he is Elmer Fudd, constantly being outsmarted while he slowly goes about his business.
Two decisions are killing him. The first was his panicked choice to back Scott Morrison's AUKUS boondoggle. By endorsing the switch to nuclear submarines and thus the establishment of a more developed nuclear industry, he helped open the way for Dutton to advocate for nuclear energy.
The other decision was his election night pledge to hold a referendum to create an Indigenous Voice to parliament. That now rivals Tony Abbott's backing of Joe Hockey's first budget in 2014 and kevin rudd's 2010 postponement of an emissions trading scheme under pressure from Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan as the worst decision by a newly elected prime minister in recent history. The referendum campaign led many voters to either reconsider or abandon their belief in Albanese as a leader who understood them.
As every week passes, the unlikelihood that Albanese can win back those voters increases.
What times we live in, when a shift as profound as the adoption of nuclear energy, which John Howard's Coalition government outlawed, stands at least an intellectual chance of being implemented, chiefly to stymie all the people Peter Dutton has come to disdain.
Shaun Carney is a regular columnist, an author and former associate editor.
https:// www.smh .com.au/ politics/ federal/ peter-dutton-is-crazy-brave -to-the-point-of-being-reckless-he-s-also- outsmarting-anthony-albanese -20240619- p5jmyv. html
#21036116 at 2024-06-17 10:51:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
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Chinese academics told the Global Times these results revealed manipulation by the United States and "misperception" by Australians.
"Data show that Australia's foreign strategy is influenced by the US," said Liu Qing, vice president at the China Institute of International Studies.
"China has never seen Australia as a threat, and there are significant differences in security perceptions between the two sides," he said.
Fellow Chinese academic Chen Hong said the Morrison government had worsened sentiment by calling Beijing's trade strikes on Australian exports previously worth $20 billion a year "economic coercion".
"Trade problems should not be subject to political manipulation. The previous Australian government tended to escalate trade quarrels to the political level and smeared China," said Professor Hong, director of Australia studies at Shanghai's East China Normal University.
As Premier Li visits Canberra, Chinese media is full of retired Australian diplomats, sympathetic Australian academics and authors from niche Australian news websites celebrating the departure of the Morrison government and agreeing that America is now the main impediment to relations.
Warwick Powell, an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology, on Monday told readers of China's nationalist masthead Guancha that Australia remained an "anxious nation" that was easily manipulated.
"Australia's attitude toward Asia in general, and China in particular, will unfortunately be closely tied to Washington's every move," wrote Mr Powell, a researcher at Beijing's Taihe Institute, who worked with kevin rudd in the Queensland state bureaucracy in the mid-1990s.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/china-daily-praises-pm-for-not-being-under-the-sway-of-washington/news-story/a58195684f119465ead9ec60cb21a4ba
http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202406/16/WS666ebceaa31095c51c509218.html
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202406/1314203.shtml
#20983635 at 2024-06-07 16:07:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20955115
War over Taiwan would change world, says Australia ambassador to US kevin rudd
Kirsty Needham - June 7, 2024
June 6 (Reuters) - Australia's ambassador to the United States, kevin rudd, cautioned in a speech that the global consequences of a war over Taiwan would be as great as the impact of the Second World War, making the world "a radically different place".
If Chinese President Xi Jinping, who turns 71 this month, wanted to achieve "final national unification" with Taiwan he would likely act in the next decade before he reaches his 80s, rudd said in a speech in Honolulu on Thursday.
"We would be foolish to ignore the increasing clarity of China's military signalling, including the pattern of its most recent military exercises," said rudd, who was twice Australia's prime minister in the previous decade.
Whether China acts will depend on its perception of the strength of U.S. deterrence, he said.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan strongly objects to China's sovereignty claims and says only the island's people can decide their future.
The United States has expressed concern about Chinese military activity near Taiwan, including after the island's presidential election and the inauguration of President Lai Ching-te last month. China has warned the U.S. should not interfere in China's affairs with Taiwan.
Taiwan and the United States have no official diplomatic relationship, as Washington formally recognises Beijing but is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself and is the island's most important international backer.
The United States recognized that if China was successful in annexing Taiwan it would impact U.S. credibility and have "profound, and potentially irreversible effect on the perceived reliability of U.S. alliances worldwide", rudd said.
The United States, China and Taiwan have a common interest in avoiding open military confrontation on the future of Taiwan, said rudd, a China scholar who was president of the Asia Society in New York until last year.
"The economic costs, domestic political impacts, and unknowable geo-strategic consequences that such a war would generate would likely be of an order of magnitude that we have not seen since the Second World War," he said.
"Whatever the outcome (an American victory, a Chinese victory, or a bloody stalemate), the world is likely to become a radically different place after such a war than it was before."
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/war-over-taiwan-would-change-world-says-australia-ambassador-us-kevin-rudd-2024-06-07/
#20964725 at 2024-06-04 11:44:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20964719
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DON'T GIVE IN
The second misapprehension world leaders held was that the right way to deal with Trump was how Benjamin Disraeli, the nineteenth-century British prime minister, advised people to deal with royalty: to use flattery and "lay it on with a trowel." Of course, men like Trump invite sycophancy. They use their power and caprice to encourage others to tell them what they want to hear. But this is precisely the wrong way to deal with Trump, or any other bully. Whether in the Oval Office or on the playground, giving in to bullies encourages more bullying. The only way to win the respect of people such as Trump is to stand up to them.
But that defiance brings with it great risks. Almost all world leaders hope to have a good, or at least cordial, relationship with the United States. And they know that if they have a falling out with the U.S. president, there is no guarantee that their own people, let alone their own media, would take their side. This is particularly so in countries where a right-wing, so-called conservative media generally support Trump and his style of politics. Trump's biggest echo chamber in the United States is the Fox News network, owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also controls extensive media assets in Australia and the United Kingdom.
When Trump became president, I had been prime minister of Australia for nearly 18 months. I had never done business with him but knew a lot of people who had, and more important, I had dealt with many men like Trump-including big, dominating billionaires and media barons such as Conrad Black, Jimmy Goldsmith, Bob Maxwell, Murdoch, and Kerry Packer. So when my collision with Trump came, I was shaken but not surprised.
In 2016, I had reached an agreement with Obama that a number of asylum seekers who had sought to enter Australia irregularly by boat could be settled in the United States, subject to the usual security vetting. Australia had learned over the years that the only way to stop human smuggling was to ensure that nobody who came unlawfully by boat could settle in our country. This policy had been strictly applied under Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, who held the office from 1996 to 2007, but was modified under his Labor successors kevin rudd and Julia Gillard. The result was a dramatic increase in human smuggling. When rudd returned as prime minister for a few months, in late 2013, he tried to reinstate the Howard-era policies, and as a consequence, several thousand asylum seekers were intercepted and detained in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The Liberals returned to government in October 2013 under Tony Abbott, whom I replaced as prime minister in September 2015. Our governments and all those that succeeded us have followed a strict zero-tolerance approach to human smuggling. And it has worked. But there were still the asylum seekers who had been diverted to Papua New Guinea and Nauru. If they were brought to Australia, I feared, the flow of boats would start up again. So the deal with Obama was a practical and humane solution. In return, Australia had agreed to accept some very difficult immigration cases for the United States.
From the moment Trump was elected, my government sought assurances that the deal would be honored, and we had every indication it would be. But then, just before a scheduled call with the president a few days after his inauguration, Vice President Mike Pence called Julie Bishop, Australia's foreign minister, and Michael Flynn, Trump's national security adviser, called his counterpart in my office, Justin Bassi, to say that under no circumstances should I raise this issue on the call because Trump would not honor the agreement we had entered into with his predecessor.
I did raise the issue. 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. 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. He ended by telling me it was the most unpleasant call he had had that day. A call to Putin, on the other hand, had been pleasant by comparison, he said.
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#20921910 at 2024-05-27 09:56:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20864839
>>20890833
Australia had almost no submarines available for more than four years as China awakened
CAMERON STEWART - MAY 27, 2024
In one of the most tightly held national security secrets in the country's history, Australia had almost no submarines available to defend itself for at least four years from 2009 to 2012 during the rudd/Gillard governments.
It was an embarrassing bungle that could have had tragic consequences in a conflict but was considered too sensitive to reveal publicly at a time when China was aggressively expanding its navy.
The shocking history of the mismanagement of the six-boat Collins class submarine fleet at that time had the effect of delaying any discussion inside the government of building new submarines for years.
That delay has led to the current crisis-point for the government, as it is forced to implement a high-risk plan to extend the life of its six ageing submarines until the new fleet of nuclear submarines arrives in the 2030s.
The Australian revealed last week that the government had been warned in a new classified report that the $5bn plan to extend the life of the navy's ageing fleet of Collins-class submarines for another decade was a perilously high-risk endeavour that was not guaranteed to succeed.
The revelation of the parlous state of the nation's submarine fleet a decade ago, caused by poor planning, no spare parts, shoddy maintenance and a lack of crews, is contained in the first comprehensive history of the Collins class fleet by defence analyst Andrew Davies, to be published by ASPI on Tuesday.
It reveals that the then Labor defence minister Stephen Smith, now Australia's High Commissioner in London, was told in 2010 that there was all but zero submarine capability available to defend the country at that time - a fact that could not be released publicly.
"(Mr Smith) was being told that the number of Collins submarines in the water at most times was either zero or one, with what seemed to him to be remarkably lax readiness requirements, given the supposedly critical nature of a robust submarine capability in Australia's military strategy," Mr Davies writes in a new book, Nobody Wins Unless Everybody Wins.
The book quotes Stuart Whiley, chief executive and managing director of the government-owned submarine builder ASC, saying that the then prime minister kevin rudd became involved in finding solutions to the litany of problems in the submarine fleet, which was then less than 10 years old.
"It was obviously very difficult; there were a number of reliability issues inside Collins," Mr Whiley recalls.
"There were issues related to the supply chain, funding, crewing and availability of submarines. And we had a number of cases where we essentially had zero availability of submarines, which was an event that triggered a prime ministerial discussion."
These were problems that had festered ever since the submarine fleet was launched between 1996 and 2004 under the Howard government but which came to a head from 2009 to 2012.
Mr Smith said the terrible state of submarine availability at that time made it politically impossible to argue the case to build more submarines for the future.
Mr Smith recalled that he would tell people at that time: "There's no way in the world we can start a future submarine program process with the national security committee, or the expenditure review committee, or my colleagues, unless and until we've actually made some progress on problems and have outcomes of Collins being in the water."
The book outlines how in 2010 the ASC simply "ran out of parts" for the Collins class submarines and how there was a desperate shortfall of qualified submariners to crew the few boats that were operationally available.
Former Navy chief Ray Griggs recalled how when he took over as chief of navy in June 2011 they had only three crews for six submarines.
"And the experience level in those crews was low," Mr Griggs said. "I knew the exact cumulative experience level of each group. We used to monitor and we would move people around to balance out experience levels across the three crews. That's how dire it was."
Mr Davies' book recounts how Mr Smith ordered the Coles Review into the Collins class fleet two weeks after The Australian revealed in June 2011 that not a single submarine was available for deployment.
But he says that review was a success and that between 2012 and 2016, the management, sustainment and availability of the Collins class fleet finally reached acceptable international benchmarks.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/australia-had-almost-no-submarines-available-for-more-than-four-years-as-china-awakened/news-story/d8ad8807adf4e1e709609cf1f8640095
#20895260 at 2024-05-21 11:32:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
>>20895255
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With six months until the election, figures from the Pew Research Centre have found that most registered voters who are white Christians would vote for the Republican over Biden if the presidential election were held today.
By contrast, 77 per cent of black Protestant voters say they would vote for Biden over Trump, along with more than eight in 10 agnostic or atheist voters.
According to the survey released last month, more than half of white Christians also think Trump was a "great" or "good" president and don't think he broke the law in a failed effort to change the outcome of the 2020 election.
Nonetheless, Trump faces four trials as he campaigns for office: one in Florida over classified documents; one in Washington for trying to overthrow Biden's election victory; one in Georgia for attempting to subvert the results in that state; and the current trial in New York.
The latter descended into chaos on Tuesday (AEST) after Trump's defence team called witness Robert Costello, a bombastic lawyer who used to represent disgraced lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Costello consistently challenged Judge Juan Merchan's rulings - rolling his eyes and at one point muttering "geez" - prompting the judge to eventually clear the entire courtroom, so he could admonish the witness about his lack of "decorum".
Prosecutors have framed the New York case as about an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, which Trump won over Hillary Clinton, by allegedly covering a payment designed to silence an affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
Morrison came to the Republican's defence after their meeting at Trump Tower last week, describing the challenges Trump faces in the US as a "pile on" and telling this masthead: "When politics start creeping into the justice system ... or when institutions that are an important part of democracy are being co-opted and weaponised in politics, that's not a good day for democracy."
The day after their meeting, Morrison was in Washington to promote his book, Plans for Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness, at an Australian embassy event with guests including Trump's former vice president and evangelical Christian Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.
In a notable moment of bipartisanship, former Labor prime minister kevin rudd helped launch the book, noting during his introduction that Trump and Pence "don't always agree", an apparent reference to their falling out over the January 6 Capitol riots of 2021, when Pence's life was threatened by Trump supporters convinced the election was stolen.
"Only Scott Morrison could bring together such a broad church," joked rudd, who is now Australia's ambassador to the US.
Farrah Tomazin is the North America correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/scott-morrison-explains-why-evangelical-christians-love-trump-20240521-p5jf87.html
#20886338 at 2024-05-19 08:35:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 63
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 5
>>20700778 'Safe pair of hands' David Johnston the new Defence Force chief - A navy officer will lead the nation's military for the first time in over two decades as Japan, Canada and other nations clamour to gain access to the technology-sharing benefits of the AUKUS pact. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was an "easy decision" to elevate Australian Defence Force vice chief David Johnston to the top job, while Defence Minister Richard Marles praised him as a "safe pair of hands". However, critics questioned whether Johnston would be able to drive major reform inside the ADF given he will serve a truncated two-year term in the role at his request, rather than the usual four years. Johnston will be the first naval officer to helm the Australian Defence Force since Chris Barrie in 2002, and comes to the job as Australia commits up to $368 billion over 30 years to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine fleet through AUKUS, a security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. The three AUKUS nations on Tuesday agreed to begin talks to allow other nations to join the so-called "pillar II" of the pact, beginning with Japan.
>>20700793 Vice Admiral David Johnston's status quo promotion to ADF chief is a bad mistake from Anthony Albanese - "The government has made a mistake in promoting Vice Admiral David Johnston to be Chief of the Australian Defence Force. Johnston is a patriotic and distinguished Australian who has given his life to the military. He is still a bad appointment because, as the incumbent Vice Chief of the Defence Force, he is the status quo candidate, the continuity candidate. A better appointment, because it would have signalled at least the possibility of change, would have been Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond. The Albanese government, and especially Defence Minister Richard Marles, can't have it both ways. They can't tell us one minute that there are endemic cultural problems in the entire Defence establishment, civilian and military, and that this has led to wasted money, horrendous ?delays in projects and a gravely sub-optimal performance, and then go ahead and reward, promote and shower praise on everyone who has overseen that culture over the past decade." - Greg Sheridan, The Australian's foreign editor - theaustralian.com.au
>>20700849 Australia, US and UK confirm Japan could be brought into AUKUS fold on eve of Kishida's Washington visit - Australia and its AUKUS partners, the US and UK, are considering including Japan in some of the alliance's military projects, the three countries have confirmed. But they've stopped short of announcing a formal expansion of the AUKUS partnership, which has been the subject of ongoing speculation and was flagged by the US ambassador to Japan last week. China, which has long opposed AUKUS, responded by saying it was "gravely concerned" about the prospect of Japan joining the pact. Its foreign ministry warned such a move would "intensify the arms race in the Indo-Pacific region and disrupt regional peace and stability", the South China Morning Post reported.
>>20700866 Trump will see nuclear subs as a 'win-win', US foreign policy guru predicts - One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, Richard Fontaine, has played down fears that Donald Trump could discard the AUKUS pact or seek revenge against Australian ambassador kevin rudd if the former president is re-elected in November. Speaking as the US, Australia and United Kingdom begin talks to allow other nations such as Japan to enter the trilateral pact, Fontaine said he feels "pretty confident" that Trump would stick with AUKUS if he defeats incumbent Joe Biden. "There are grounds to worry about what Trump might do if he were back in office, but AUKUS is unlikely to be one of them," said Fontaine, who served as a senior official on Asia policy in George W. Bush's administration and is visiting Australia for a national security conference run by the Australian National University. "I think it's such a win-win and I think would be perceived that way if a Trump administration was to come back into office. The chances that AUKUS would survive a political transition in the US - just as it survived one in Australia - are very high."
#20886336 at 2024-05-19 08:35:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 61
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 3
>>20612813 AUKUS: Taxpayers fund Rolls Royce subs plan in $4.6bn bailout for British plant - Australian taxpayers will hand $4.64bn to Britain's Rolls-Royce over the next decade so it can build nuclear reactors for the navy's future AUKUS submarines, matching funds provided to the US to expand its submarine industry under the trilateral pact. The funding injection for the under-pressure British submarine sector will be announced on Friday, as Australian government submarine builder ASC is named as a joint venture partner to build the AUKUS boats with the UK's BAE Systems.
>>20612852 Video: David Cameron says Aukus and Nato must be in 'best possible shape' ahead of potential Trump win - The UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, has suggested the Aukus pact and Nato alliance must get into "the best possible shape" to increase their chances of surviving Donald Trump's potential return to the White House. Speaking after high-level talks in Australia, Cameron was careful to avoid criticising the former US president and presumptive Republican nominee for 2024, saying it was "up to America who they choose as their president". "What we will do, as I am sure an Australian government would do, is work with whoever becomes the president," Cameron told reporters in Adelaide, South Australia.
>>20617415 Video: Defence Minister Richard Marles confident kevin rudd can deliver AUKUS under Trump presidency, despite 'nasty' remarks - Defence Minister Richard Marles says he is still confident United States ambassador kevin rudd can deliver Australia's AUKUS nuclear submarine program, despite recent comments by former president Donald Trump throwing his future into question. Speaking on ABC's Insiders, the defence minister said he had no reason to believe AUKUS would be threatened by a Trump presidency. "We have seen kevin working at a pace, lobbying in respect of legislation in Congress across the political spectrum with Democrats and Republicans alike, and he's doing a great job," Mr Marles said. "Obviously the relationship has experienced a Trump presidency before and the relationship went through that period of time well, so we do have a sense of confidence of being able to work across the political spectrum and we had a sense of confidence that kevin would be able to do that, and he has."
>>20676443 AUKUS subs 'could be deployed against China', Kurt Campbell says - Joe Biden's No. 2 diplomat says Australia's future nuclear-?powered submarines could one day be deployed against China in a conflict over Taiwan. While the Albanese government has insisted the AUKUS pact won't require Australia to join a US war against China, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Australia's and Britain's submarines could play a decisive role in a conflict across the Taiwan Strait. Dr Campbell told Washington's Centre for a New American Security that the AUKUS pact boats, with their long-range missiles, had "enormous implications in a variety of scenarios, including in cross-strait circumstances".
>>20686729 Japan to take part in AUKUS 'Pillar 2', America's ambassador to Japan tells Wall Street Journal - Japan is set to participate in the second pillar of the AUKUS pact with Australia, the United Kingdom and United States in the first expansion to date of the defence technology-sharing arrangement. Australia is working to develop nuclear-powered submarines under "Pillar 1" of AUKUS, utilising US and UK technology. But there has been persistent speculation that Japan will at some point join "Pillar 2" of AUKUS, which is being used as a mechanism for all three countries to share advanced defence technologies across a range of fields including quantum technology, hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence. On Friday, America's ambassador in Tokyo, Rahm Emanuel, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Japan was "about to become the first additional Pillar II partner" in AUKUS.
#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.
#20886294 at 2024-05-19 08:22:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 29
Australian Politics and Society - Part 21
>>20751856 Australia will work with Trump if that's the card we're dealt: Treasurer - Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists Australia's relationship with the US will remain strong if Donald Trump is re-elected, saying Canberra will "play the cards that we're dealt" after the US presidential election in November. He is yet to meet any members of Trump's team, but asked how he might be preparing for a potential change of administration, Chalmers replied: "We play the cards that we're dealt in Australia. The Americans choose their own presidents and leaders, and that's obviously appropriate. "But we are confident that in either scenario, we'll continue to be well-represented and we'll continue to have our interest recognised here in the US because we're such close friends." Concerns about the future of Australia's relationship with its most important security partner emerged last month after Trump hit out at former Australian prime minister kevin rudd, now the nation's ambassador to the US, describing him as "nasty" and "not the brightest bulb".
>>20755608 Meet the first astronaut to represent Australia: Katherine Bennell-Pegg - A small number of Australians have trained as astronauts and gone to space, representing the US and other nations. But on Monday, Katherine Bennell-Pegg will become the first ever Australian-badged astronaut. She has already received the congratulations of Dr Andy Thomas, the first Australian-born NASA Mission Specialist, who told her she was "ready to make the next giant leap" and "boldly go where no Australian woman has gone before". Once a certified astronaut, she is eligible for missions to the International Space Station or further to Artemis.
>>20755622 'Lost for words': Joe Biden's tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents - Joe Biden's suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country. Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how "Uncle Bosie" had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war. Biden said he "got shot down in New Guinea", adding "they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea." Official war records say Finnegan was killed when a plane on which he was a passenger experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The records do not mention cannibalism or state that the plane was shot down.
>>20759583 Nation unites in gratitude for hero of Bondi Junction Amy Scott at candlelight vigil - A heroic police officer has been embraced by a grateful nation as the Prime Minister joined a beachside vigil to remember those lost in the Bondi Junction killings. Inspector Amy Scott, who shot Joel Cauchi dead after he killed six people, was on Sunday again the person everyone turned to - a beacon of light and bravery on a night filled with sorrow and pain. The police officer was ?approached by tear-stricken mourners and colleagues relieved she could join them as the sun went down over Bondi Beach. Inspector Scott was composed and gracious as she was greeted by wellwishers and the grieving.
>>20759602 Video: Don't blame me for Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel terror attack, says radical Sydney preacher Abu Ousayd - One of the nation's most radical Islamic preachers has said "don't blame me" for the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop in an alleged terrorist incident but claims the bishop hates Islam and speaks against the prophet Mohammad. Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, used an online sermon on Friday to claim he and his Al Madina Dawah Centre have been blamed by mainstream Islamic leaders and the community for last Monday's terror incident. "You want to push hate on to us for no reason, with allegations that have no proof," Mr Ousayd said. "Because you have a personal agenda against us."
>>20759620 Video: Government accuses 'narcissist' billionaire Musk of acting above the law - The Australian government has savaged Elon Musk as an egotist and narcissist, as the online safety watchdog prepares to fight social media giant X over its refusal to remove videos of the western Sydney church stabbing. The billionaire's comparison of eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant to a communist regime censor has fuelled bipartisan attacks on Musk by senior politicians accusing him of acting above the law. Inman Grant has signalled she will fight Musk in court over the X owner's refusal to comply with the regulator's take-down order, which the company described as "unlawful and dangerous".
#20886271 at 2024-05-19 08:16:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 14
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>20600296 kevin rudd breaks silence as Donald Trump feud deepens - The Republican leaders of the US congressional Friends of Australia Caucus have failed to publicly come to kevin rudd's aid after he was blasted by former US president Donald Trump. Congressman Mike Gallagher and Senator Dan Sullivan did not respond when asked about their party leader's threat to refuse to work with Australia's ambassador to the US if he was re-elected in this year's presidential election. But Mr rudd, who has refused to comment on the diplomatic drama, took to social media on Thursday to post photos of himself with Mr Gallagher. He did not say when the pictures were taken, but referred to the Republican's role co-chairing the Friends of Australia Caucus, as well as his position chairing the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. "Huge week in Congress. House passed legislation on Tiktok on 3/13 and voted unanimously to support the digital privacy bill," Mr rudd said. "Amid all this, I caught up with @repgallagher."
>>20606157 Sky News obtains footage of kevin rudd mocking and ridiculing Donald Trump during former president's first term - The Australian Ambassador to the US kevin rudd's ability to work constructively with the Trump administration if he is to secure the presidency in the upcoming November election may be uncertain, as more examples resurface of the former prime minister making politically charged and highly offensive comments about Trump during his last term in office. At an address to the Oxford Union in 2017, rudd said of then-President Trump that he was a "problem" for Australia and the world more broadly. "Trump at present represents a political liability for both sides of Australian politics," Mr rudd said. "This guy is a problem. He is an objective problem, for the world, for the region, for my country." During the address, Mr rudd - who had transitioned from politician to active political commentator - suggested Congressional Republicans in the United States should act to remove Trump from office.
>>20606184 Video: Unearthed video shows now-Ambassador rudd calling Trump a 'problem,' 'liability,' 'must be removed' - Sky News has revealed more footage of now-Ambassador kevin rudd calling Donald Trump, who was US President at the time, a political liability - saying he's a problem for the world and must be removed as president. "The freshly unearthed videos from showing rudd ridiculing Trump's intellect raise serious questions about his viability in Washington should Trump return to the White House," Sky News host Sharri Markson said. "Trump's remarks about Australia's politically divisive and controversial Washington ambassador have gone global, with rudd's media and political supporters working overtime to claim he's doing a terrific job and has developed contacts on both sides of the aisle. "But rudd can't escape from his past invective which is coming back to bite him as Trump's path towards the White House gathers steam."
>>20622388 Elon Musk criticises fact checkers and accuses them of 'tyranny' after Dick Smith complains about ABC RMIT fact check - Billionaire Elon Musk has condemned the work of fact checkers and accused them of "tyranny" after businessman Dick Smith claimed the RMIT ABC Fact Check unit published a report that is "full of lies" about nuclear energy. On Monday, Mr Musk responded to a Sky News Australia article shared on the social media platform he owns, X, formerly Twitter, that explained Mr Smith's disgust over a fact check about the Australian businessman's comments relating to nuclear power. Mr Musk replied to a post by US columnist Michael Shellenberger that said, "one of the government's main fact-checker groups has been caught spreading misinformation about renewables and nuclear. Mr Musk replied, "Having government 'fact-checkers' is a giant leap in the direction of tyranny."
>>20622409 Australian intelligence chiefs want law to stop former spies taking skills overseas - Australia's intelligence chiefs have asked the government for new laws to stop former spies marketing their skills abroad, fearing current provisions are allowing foreign adversaries to gain invaluable knowledge of Australian tradecraft. ASIO is seeking specific consolidated legislation requiring that former spies gain explicit permission before they offer themselves as trainers, in light of what it says is the serious and growing threat of espionage and foreign interference.
#20886270 at 2024-05-19 08:15:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 13
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>20595035 Video: Trump's swipe dominates Question Time as PM takes second shot defending Ambassador rudd - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken a second opportunity during a fiery Question Time to defend Australia's Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd after Donald Trump labelled the former prime minister as being "nasty". Mr Trump's comments came during an interview with GB News host Nigel Farage. Donald Trump also slammed kevin rudd as being "not the brightest bulb" during the interview. The issue dominated Question Time on Wednesday, with the Prime Minister later taking to the dispatch box to point out Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had made positive comments about Ambassador rudd on Sky News as recently as last month. - Sky News Australia
>>20595038 Video: Penny Wong responds to Donald Trump's comments about kevin rudd - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has responded to comments made by former US president Donald Trump on Australian Ambassador to the US kevin rudd. In a GB News interview with Nigel Farage, Trump said he thought rudd was "not the brightest bulb", "nasty" and said he "won't be there long". In response to the scathing critique of rudd, Ms Wong described the former Australian Prime Minister as a "very effective ambassador". She said he is recognised as doing an "excellent job" in advancing Australia's interest in the United States. "Even Mr Dutton has expressed confidence in Mr rudd," she said. "He's been extremely active in engaging in members of Congress on both sides." - Sky News Australia
>>20595042 Trump 2.0 could end kevin rudd's Washington stint - "Donald Trump's criticism of kevin rudd in a British television interview presents a major problem for Australia should the former president be re-elected in November. With or without AUKUS, Australia will depend on the US for our security even more in coming years. Insisting on having an ambassador in Washington whom the US president, for personal reasons, intensely dislikes would obviously be foolish. If Donald Trump isn't re-elected in November, Mr rudd's tenure is secure. If he is, Canberra will have to give serious thought to recalling him. Pride will have to be swallowed quick smart. It's highly unlikely a future President Trump would actively seek to persuade Australia to terminate Mr rudd's commission. But he could easily ignore him, relegating anything related to Australia way down the White House's to do list, putting AUKUS in jeopardy and making visits by Australian primes ministers difficult." - Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
>>20600270 Make kevin great again: embassy's high-wire act to placate Trump - Moments after Donald Trump publicly cast doubt on kevin rudd's future as Australia's ?ambassador in Washington under a second Trump presidency, the phones started ringing inside the Australian embassy in ?Washington. Several senior Republicans who are close to Trump called to reassure rudd, and Australia, not to take Trump's words literally, saying that rudd would be able to continue as ambassador if Trump defeated Joe Biden in the presidential election in November.
>>20600280 kevin rudd's Republican mates go quiet after Donald Trump's hit - The congressional Republicans most likely to come to kevin rudd's defence after he endured sharp criticism from Donald Trump have remained strangely silent. The two Republicans who lead the Friends of Australia caucus - Mike Gallagher and Senator Dan Sullivan - have not responded to requests for comment over 24 hours since Mr Trump's comments became public. The former president described Mr rudd as "nasty" and "not the brightest bulb" after Nigel Farage brought up the ambassador's past criticism of Mr Trump. Similarly, Republican Senator Roger Wicker, whom Mr rudd worked closely with to ensure critical AUKUS legislation passed congress last year, has also declined to comment via his staff. The office of Congressman Michael McCaul, chairman of the influential House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, also didn't respond.
#20886268 at 2024-05-19 08:15:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 12
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>20595022 Trump has lit the fuse, but rudd has been a ticking time bomb all along - "Tick, tick, tick. Since Anthony Albanese chose kevin rudd to be Australia's top diplomat in the United States, the former prime minister's appointment has been a bomb waiting to explode. Now Donald Trump has lit the fuse, threatening to blow up rudd's diplomatic career in Washington and damage Australia's most important security alliance. Installing rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US was always a high-risk, high-reward gamble by Albanese. On the plus side, rudd has a prodigious work ethic and a formidable intellect. His status as a world-renowned China expert promised a level of access in DC that other diplomats could not match. The prospect of a Trump return to the White House just became even more alarming for Canberra. Intellect and work ethic won't get you far if the leader of the free world hates your guts." - Matthew Knott - smh.com.au
>>20595024 Video: Donald Trump threatens to get rid of 'nasty' kevin rudd - Donald Trump has threatened that kevin rudd, currently Australia's ambassador to the US, "won't be there long" because of his supposed "hostile" stance towards the former president. - 9 News Australia
>>20595025 Video: Trump vs rudd: What the former President said about the former Prime Minister - Donald Trump has declared kevin rudd "not the brightest bulb" and suggested the former Labor prime minister wouldn't be welcome in Washington as ambassador under a second Trump presidency. In an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News, to be aired in Australia by Sky News, the former president said he had heard Mr rudd, who last year succeeded Arthur Sinodinos as the government's man in the US capital, was "a little bit nasty". "He won't be there long if that's the case ... I don't know much about him," Mr Trump told Mr Farage during the interview, when the former Brexit party leader rattled off some of Mr rudd's less complimentary remarks about Mr Trump before he became ambassador. - The Australian
>>20595028 'Poor choice': kevin rudd showed 'lack of judgement' prior to becoming ambassador - kevin rudd has shown a "lack of judgement" and was a "poor choice" to become Australia's Ambassador to the US, says Nationals Leader David Littleproud. Mr Littleproud's comments come after former US president Donald Trump called Mr rudd "nasty" in an interview with GB News host Nigel Farage. "I find it extraordinary that kevin rudd, who has had experience in the diplomatic pool and then as a prime minister has wanted to weigh in on foreign politics and then ended up as the ambassador to the United States," Mr Littleproud told Sky News Australia. "It shows that he was a poor choice to start with. "Now if we have a Trump administration, we're going to have a very difficult time in negotiating with a new administration, particularly with things as important as AUKUS. "This is a problem for the government, they mismanaged this, and kevin rudd should have known better than to make disparaging comments about a potential future president of the United States." - Sky News Australia
>>20595031 Video: Albanese defends kevin rudd after Donald Trump labels former PM as 'nasty' - Anthony Albanese has been pressed in Question Time for comment after Donald Trump labelled Australia's Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd as "nasty" during an exclusive interview with GB News host Nigel Farage. The interview between former US President Donald Trump and Nigel Farage is set to air in Australia on Sky News this evening. Donald Trump also slammed kevin rudd as being "not the brightest bulb" during the interview. Prime Minister Albanese was on Wednesday questioned by Liberal MP Paul Fletcher about Mr Trump's comments. Mr Albanese said the question "says everything about the character of this current Opposition". "At a time when Australians are worried about the cost of living and a range of issues that affect their daily lives - they decide to politicise Australia's representative in Washington DC, something that was never done by this side of the chamber when Arthur Sinodinas occupied that position, when Joe Hockey occupied that position," Mr Albanese said. - Sky News Australia
#20886267 at 2024-05-19 08:15:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition
#35 - Part 11
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>20594954 Video: Donald Trump says 'nasty' kevin rudd won't 'be there long' if he returns as president - Donald Trump has issued a firm warning to kevin rudd, claiming the former Australian prime minister won't remain ambassador to the US if his "hostile" language continues. GB News host Nigel Farage questioned Mr Trump about some of Mr rudd's "horrible" comments where he labelled the former president a "traitor to the West". "I don't know much about him, I heard he was a little bit nasty," Mr Trump said. "I hear he is not the brightest bulb, but I don't know much about him. "If he is at all hostile, he will not be there long."
>>20594987 Video: Penny Wong vows to keep kevin rudd in Washington if Donald Trump is re-elected - Penny Wong says Labor will keep kevin rudd on as Ambassador to the US if Donald Trump wins the upcoming election, after the former president and Republican candidate warned he was "not the brightest bulb" and might not last as Australia's envoy if he returned to the White House. In an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News, to be aired in Australia by Sky News, the former president said he had heard Mr rudd, who last year succeeded Arthur Sinodinos as the government's man in the US capital, was "a little bit nasty". Anthony Albanese appointed Mr rudd to the post in December 2022, despite the possibility of a Trump comeback, and the former Labor prime minister's past criticisms of the Republican president as "nuts", a "traitor to the West" and "the most destructive president in history". The Foreign Minister delivered an unequivocal "yes" when asked on Wednesday whether the government would retain Mr rudd as ambassador in the event of a Trump victory in November.
>>20595004 Video: rudd to stay in US after Trump threatened to boot him as ambassador - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has backed kevin rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US, after former president and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump threatened to have him booted from the role if he is re-elected. In an interview on GB News with former UK far-right politician Nigel Farage, Trump was quizzed on potentially working in Washington with rudd, who previously called him a "destructive president" and "a traitor to the West". The former president responded with a heated spray, suggesting rudd "won't be there long" if he wins this year's presidential race. "I don't know much about him. I heard he was a little bit nasty. I hear he's not the brightest bulb. But, I don't know much about him," Trump said. "But if he's at all hostile, he will not be there long." In light of the comments, the foreign minister was asked whether the Albanese government would keep rudd on as ambassador if Trump returned to the White House. "The answer is yes," Wong said. "rudd is a very effective ambassador. He's recognised as doing across this parliament, as doing an excellent job in advancing Australia's interests in the United States."
>>20595009 Video: Former US president Donald Trump insults ambassador kevin rudd, says 'he won't be there long' if he's 'hostile' - Donald Trump has insulted Australian ambassador to the US kevin rudd as "not the brightest bulb", and suggested he might not remain in the role if the former president is re-elected. Mr Trump, who recently became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential election, was asked about the former prime minister during an interview on British television. Politician-turned-broadcaster Nigel Farage told Mr Trump that Dr rudd had "said the most horrible things" about him, including calling him a "destructive president" and a "traitor to the West". "He won't be there long if that's the case," Mr Trump responded. Dr rudd has not commented today, but previously defended his criticisms of Mr Trump, arguing he made them in his capacity as an "independent think-tanker". "I haven't done them as the Australian ambassador to the United States," he told Sky News in November last year. Dr rudd was the president and CEO of the Asia Society prior to becoming the Australian ambassador a year ago.
#20545557 at 2024-03-10 08:36:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 16
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>20365452 How Donald Trump's election victory in November could shatter Australia-US relations - "Australian ministers, public servants and diplomats are quietly assessing the implications of a Donald Trump presidential election victory in November. 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. Even though I regard a Trump victory over Biden as unlikely, it cannot be ruled out. It makes sense for Australian government officials to prepare for this worst-case scenario." - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au
>>20371195 Productivity Commission pushes for state Indigenous powers and Aboriginal watchdog - Governments across the country should relinquish powers on Aboriginal affairs policy to Indigenous communities and legislate watchdogs with more authority than the defeated voice would have had, to save failing efforts to close the gap, the Productivity Commission has declared.
>>20371298 While drama continues to develop at home, PNG prime minister touches down in Australia for historic speech - Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has arrived in Canberra ahead of a historic address at Parliament House, but a political storm is continuing to brew at home in Port Moresby.
>>20371346 ABC cancels controversial drag queen story hour for kids after 'hateful response' - The ABC has backflipped on a controversial decision to organise a Drag Queen Story event for children as young as three in a Sydney suburban library after questions were raised about its "appropriateness" and "gender indoctrination". The national broadcaster had made the call-out on social media for children aged from three to five years to attend a four-hour event at Rockdale Library, in Sydney's south, on February 22 as part of Mardi Gras. However the ABC said it had a "hateful and offensive response" to its plans and it was "considering how we can safely host it".
>>20371367 'Dead wrong so many times': Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon hits out at kevin rudd over position on China - A former advisor to Donald Trump has taken aim at Australia's Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd over his position on China during an exclusive interview with Sky News. Steve Bannon served as a chief White House strategist under the Trump administration after the former US president's election win in 2016. Speaking to Sky News host Sharri Markson on Wednesday, Mr Bannon warned Mr rudd's attempts to stabilise the strained Australia-China relations were dangerous. "Ambassador rudd should know we got his number," Mr Bannon told Markson. "For people in the United States, folks in Australia should know, rudd puts himself out as the expert in the world on China and the Chinese Communist Party. "I think he's been dead wrong so many times."
>>20377050 Video: Albanese government set for 'tense relationship' with future Trump administration - Sky News host Sharri Markson warns the Albanese Government is set for a tense relationship with Donald Trump's administration should he return to the White House. Former strategist Steve Bannon revealed Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd has been trying to "worm his way" into the Trump inner circle. "Ambassador rudd should know we got his number," Mr Bannon told Ms Markson. Mr Bannon served as a chief White House strategist under the Trump administration after the former US president's election win in 2016. "Bannon's comments indicate that the Albanese government has cause for concern should Trump win the election later this year," Ms Markson said. - Sky News Australia
>>20377059 kevin rudd attempting to 'worm his way back' into hardline Republicans' 'good graces' - Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd has been warned his attempts to "worm his way back into the good graces" of hardline Republicans will be "quite difficult," according to former White House Trump advisor Steve Bannon. - Mr Bannon explained the former Australian prime minister had been very critical of Donald Trump while the former president was in office but had constantly had a different attitude towards the Chinese Communist Party. "I think rudd's attitude about the Chinese Communist Party, at least, is so different than the hardliners," he said. "What we fought for in World War II together as allies is still on the table today and I would hope Ambassador rudd took it as seriously as the hardline anti-CCP element in the United States." - Sky News Australia
#20545555 at 2024-03-10 08:35:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 15
Australian Politics and Society - Part 8
>>20316869 kevin rudd's embarrassing Trump U-turn as Albo's US Ambassador is made to eat his own words - with President's shock re-election victory now looming - He's branded Donald Trump 'nuts' and labelled him the 'most destructive president in history'. But former Prime Minister kevin rudd, now Australia's US ambassador, is desperately trying to build bridges with Trump's team ahead of the ex-President's possible re-election in November.
>>20322542 Video: PM Anthony Albanese booed at the Australian Open men's final - During the closing ceremony, as presenter Todd Woodbridge welcomed the Prime Minister on behalf of Tennis Australia, the atmosphere took an uncomfortable shift. The 15,000-strong audience erupted in vociferous boos, drowning out Woodbridge's speech and persisting through the introductions of other VIP attendees.
>>20322581 Anthony Albanese's security pact with Tuvalu 'at risk' - Anthony Albanese's much-vaunted "Falepili Union" security pact with Tuvalu is on shaky ground following the fall of the country's prime minister, Kausea Natano, who lost his seat in the country's general election over the weekend.
>>20322618 Army Taipan helicopters stripped, but Ukraine undeterred - Pictures have emerged online of the dismantled remains of some of the Australian Army's MRH-90 Taipan helicopters, in a further blow to Ukraine which had hoped to take the aircraft.
>>20328447 Accused Fijian torturer Colonel Penioni (Ben) Naliva to command ADF troops - A senior Fijian military officer allegedly responsible for human rights abuses and torture has been appointed as deputy commander of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade, amid claims the Australian government has turned a blind eye in its bid to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific.
>>20334181 Crisis talks over torture accused soldier Colonel Penioni (Ben) Naliva - The Albanese government is in crisis talks with the Fijian government on the future of a senior ?Fijian military officer allegedly responsible for human rights abuses and torture who has been appointed as deputy commander of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade.
>>20339499 Video: Former Fijian MP Sam Speight reveals torture by 7th Brigade Colonel Ben Naliva - Sam Speight has lived in exile from his country for more than a decade, having been forced to flee his beloved Fiji after being beaten and tortured, he claims, by the man the Albanese government has chosen to be deputy commander of 3500 Australian troops.
>>20339527 Ex-NSW premier's son Daniel Keneally guilty of fabricating evidence - The son of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally has broken down as he avoided prison after he was last year found guilty of fabricating a statement that wrongfully landed a man behind bars.
>>20339566 Players' passports, contracts exposed in Football Australia data leak - Australian soccer players have had their passports, contracts and other personal information leaked online in a cybersecurity incident that has potentially also affected every local customer or fan, researchers say. Football Australia leaked secret keys online, giving public access to more than 100 buckets of data including players' personal documents and contracts, according to Cybernews, an independent cybersecurity research publication. The researchers said the leak, which was likely due to human error and not a cyberattack, included players' passport details along with customers' ticket purchase information, and internal infrastructure details.
>>20339611 Video: 'You win, you run this city': Death threats force FriendlyJordies to remove video - Ongoing death threats have led to political commentator and YouTube satirist Jordan Shanks, known online as FriendlyJordies, taking down a YouTube video. "You win. We're taking down the video," said Shanks in a statement posted on his website. "Congratulations. You run this city."
>>20344843 White supremacist Jacob Hersant to involve nation's top lawmakers in Nazi salute case - A white supremacist who was first to be charged with performing a Nazi salute in Victoria plans to drag the nation's top lawmakers into his legal case. The Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday heard neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant, 24, required an adjournment of his matter due to a related "constitutional argument".
>>20344860 Australian crime fighters to get better access to social media accounts - Australian law enforcement agencies tackling terrorism, child sex abuse and other transnational crimes will get sweeping access to electronic data held in the US by the likes of Microsoft and Meta under a landmark deal between the Albanese government and the Biden administration.
#20545553 at 2024-03-10 08:34:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#34 - Part 14
Australian Politics and Society - Part 7
>>20300007 Stunning revolt back against political, corporate garbage - "I decided to collect 12 key policies of Donald Trump simply to explain to readers, including myself, what was happening below the public Trump bluster and court battles. I made a minimum of comments on those Trump polices which cover issues like migration, crime, gender, buying a house, tax cuts, tariffs, local manufacturing and of course lower energy costs as the carbon debate is turned on its head. To my astonishment, it sparked a reader frenzy. While the drawbacks of Trump were clearly expressed, the majority of readers embraced his policies with enthusiasm and urged Peter Dutton to copy them. And, of course, none of the Trump policies involved Indigenous Australians or Australia Day. Some invited Trump to come to Australia. They wanted clear policies and leadership." - Robert Gottliebsen - theaustralian.com.au
>>20300060 kevin rudd in rush to mend fences in case of second Donald Trump presidency - kevin rudd is working overtime to build bridges with Trump Republicans who would be involved in a second Donald Trump presidency, despite his previous strident criticism of the former US president. Mr rudd had in the past variously described Mr Trump over the years as "nuts", a traitor to the West, a threat to democracy, and as someone who pursues protectionism that retards global economic growth.
>>20306037 'Not a day to celebrate': thousands protest 'Invasion Day' - Parliament House has been placed into lockdown after Invasion Day protesters swarmed the front of the building to protest Australia Day and Israel's war in Gaza. A group of Indigenous rights protesters amassed on the lawn outside Parliament brandishing the Aboriginal flag, amid chants of "always was, always will be." Others waved Palestinian flags and beat drums. One woman yelled "F-ck Israel, f-ck Australia", in response to parliamentary security shutting the doors.
>>20306092 Invasion Day rally rife with anti-Australia sentiment - Invasion Day protesters have desecrated Australian flags and unfurled a banner imploring people to "kill the Australian in your head" on the country's national holiday in Melbourne. About 35,000 protesters gathered outside state parliament on January 26, a day the rally's organisers describe as an "annual reminder of invasion, occupation and genocide".
>>20306133 Deaths in custody, statues, Gaza: Melbourne brims with tension through another January 26 - Boon Wurrung elder Jason Briggs has condemned the vandalism of a statue of Captain James Cook, which was torn down in darkness on Australia Day eve, while thousands cheered the act on at a rally in Melbourne's CBD on Friday.
>>20306185 Video: North Sydney: Balaclava-clad, chanting neo-Nazis held on Sydney train by police - Clad in balaclavas and black military-style uniforms, about 70 members of a neo-Nazi group boarded a train full of families in an attempt to stage their own pro-White Australia Day rally in Sydney yesterday. In dramatic scenes, the group from the National Socialist Network were intercepted by police at North Sydney Station before becoming involved in a tense stand-off in a nearby park with heavily armed officers from the Public Order and Riot Squad. The group were banned from taking part in Australia Day events before being escorted up the Pacific Hwy under the watch of the police helicopter and a large procession of police cars.
>>20306205 Former Labor Premier Lara Giddings says more to fear from Trump than minority government - "People ask me about minority government, having been part of one, and I tell them I fear the rise of Donald Trump a second time in America more than I fear minority government for Tasmania in the future," the Labor trailblazer said. Ms Giddings' comments were backed by UTAS political analyst Professor Richard Herr. "Trump was so bereft of ideas in 2020 that the party couldn't agree on a platform to take to the election," Professor Herr said. "He has not improved since then and has no ideas and is just concerned about vengeance and revenge."
>>20311664 Anthony Albanese says neo-Nazi activity has no place in Australia - Anthony Albanese has condemned the group of more than 60 men who attempted to stage an Australia Day protest as "white Australians", and says neo-Nazi activity has no place in Australia.
>>20316821 kevin rudd back-pedals on Donald Trump attacks as he braces for his political comeback - Prior to taking up the top diplomatic post last March, Dr rudd had blasted Mr Trump as "nuts", "the most destructive president in history" and a "traitor to the West".
#20473169 at 2024-02-25 07:33:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>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
#20377059 at 2024-02-08 08:07:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20371367
kevin rudd attempting to 'worm his way back' into hardline Republicans' 'good graces'
Sky News Australia
Feb 7, 2024
Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd has been warned his attempts to "worm his way back into the good graces" of hardline Republicans will be "quite difficult," according to former White House Trump advisor Steve Bannon.
"Ambassador rudd should know we've got his number," Mr Bannon told Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson.
"rudd puts himself out as the expert in the world on China and the Chinese Communist Party - I think he has been dead wrong so many times.
Mr Bannon explained the former Australian prime minister had been very critical of Donald Trump while the former president was in office but had constantly had a different attitude towards the Chinese Communist Party.
"I think rudd's attitude about the Chinese Communist Party, at least, is so different than the hardliners," he said.
"What we fought for in World War II together as allies is still on the table today and I would hope Ambassador rudd took it as seriously as the hardline anti-CCP element in the United States."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZAgMWovKk
#20377050 at 2024-02-08 08:04:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20371367
Albanese government set for 'tense relationship' with future Trump administration
Sky News Australia
Feb 7, 2024
Sky News host Sharri Markson warns the Albanese Government is set for a tense relationship with Donald Trump's administration should he return to the White House.
Former strategist Steve Bannon revealed Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd has been trying to "worm his way" into the Trump inner circle.
"Ambassador rudd should know we got his number," Mr Bannon told Ms Markson.
"For people in the United States, folks in Australia should know, rudd puts himself out as the expert in the world on China and the Chinese Communist Party."
Mr Bannon served as a chief White House strategist under the Trump administration after the former US president's election win in 2016.
"Bannon's comments indicate that the Albanese government has cause for concern should Trump win the election later this year," Ms Markson said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f95JbcSZfeE
#20371367 at 2024-02-07 09:26:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20300060
>>20316821
>>20316869
'Dead wrong so many times': Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon hits out at kevin rudd over position on China
One of Donald Trump's most senior former advisors, Steve Bannon, has hit out at kevin rudd, saying the US Ambassador has been "dead wrong so many times" on China despite portraying himself as an expert.
Adriana Mageros - February 7, 2024
A former advisor to Donald Trump has taken aim at Australia's Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd over his position on China during an exclusive interview with Sky News.
Steve Bannon served as a chief White House strategist under the Trump administration after the former US president's election win in 2016.
Speaking to Sky News host Sharri Markson on Wednesday, Mr Bannon warned Mr rudd's attempts to stabilise the strained Australia-China relations were dangerous.
"Ambassador rudd should know we got his number," Mr Bannon told Markson.
"For people in the United States, folks in Australia should know, rudd puts himself out as the expert in the world on China and the Chinese Communist Party.
"I think he's been dead wrong so many times.
"He is trying to worm his way back into the good graces. He's been very critical of president Trump in the past."
Mr Bannon also touched on the AUKUS deal, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States and United Kingdom, claiming it was necessary due to China's coercive actions in the Pacific region.
"The Australian people wouldn't have to have a deal on fast-attack submarines in a tripartite relationship to make sure they were constantly patrolling the South China Sea in the Western Pacific if the Chinese Communist Party wasn't a very deadly existential threat to our freedoms and to our liberties," he said.
Mr rudd was named Australia's Ambassador to the United States in late December 2022, and was officially appointed to the role in April last year.
Prior to his appointment, there was heightened speculation Mr rudd would be handed the plum international posting by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese if Labor won the 2022 election.
Senior Labor figures including Mr Albanese had dismissed the reports, first published in The Australian, before Mr rudd was later named to fill the role.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/dead-wrong-so-many-times-former-donald-trump-advisor-steve-bannon-hits-out-at-kevin-rudd-over-position-on-china/news-story/2f18c56decedf7a6ea3ef94881cd91fa
#20371199 at 2024-02-07 08:15:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
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The commission says governments should write implementation plans more strategically, in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Its call for the states to establish independent watchdogs with legislative powers aims at enforcing consequences for failure and noncompliance with the Closing the Gap agreement.
The current agreement has 17 targets - many of them privately regarded by the states, territories and bureaucracy to be overly ambitious. It was written after a decade of failure under the old Closing the Gap agreement struck by kevin rudd in the wake of the 2008 national apology to the Stolen Generations.
The Closing the Gap initiative aims to reduce significantly Indigenous disadvantage in key areas by 2031, including halving the rate of family violence in ?Indigenous communities and reducing the number of Indigenous youths in prison by at least 30 per cent.
Under the old agreement, only two of the seven Closing the Gap targets set in 2008 - early childhood education and Year 12 attainment - were achieved. Ambitions failed in targets for school attendance, child mortality, employment, life expectancy and literacy and numeracy targets. Four years into the new agreement, only four of the 17 targets are on track for 2031.
The Coalition of Peaks, which signed the Closing the Gap agreement and represents more than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, said through its acting lead convener Catherine Liddle on Tuesday that governments must take the findings seriously. "As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we know what is best for our communities, but governments across the board are still not meaningfully giving us a voice in the decisions that affect our lives," Ms Liddle said.
"When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are given ownership over the decisions that affect their lives, the resources they need, and the opportunity to partner with government, we see better outcomes."
Independent Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe said it was clear the Prime Minister was "running scared" from his initial promises to pursue the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. "They won't answer questions about truth telling and they won't answer questions about treaty. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs has no plan for the Makarrata commission," she said. "They spent $900,000 already on the bureaucracy and there's no plan B … Well, I say plan B is treaty. It's the only way we can go now."
Opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said the government must be honest about its intentions. "The Prime Minister and Minister Burney need to admit they got it wrong," she said. "They committed to the divisive Uluru Statement in full and now they're trying to quietly back away from it."
She said there was clearly "no back-up plan" to address Indigenous disadvantage.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/productivity-commission-pushes-for-state-indigenous-powers-and-aboriginal-watchdog/news-story/d927d4322fe137c92ef216bc4f888b3f
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/closing-the-gap-review/report
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/closing-the-gap-review/report/closing-the-gap-review-report.pdf
https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/closing-the-gap-review/report/closing-the-gap-review-factsheets.pdf
#20365457 at 2024-02-06 09:12:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20365452
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For more than three decades, Australia has been a leader in the push for freer trade, which provides greater market access for our products and encourages business to be more innovative, efficient and competitive. Trump has pledged to introduce a new 10 per cent tariff on imports from every country. He has also promised to terminate the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
Trump is notoriously thin-skinned about criticism. He takes insults personally and seeks revenge. Just look at the obsequiousness of those who challenged him for the Republican presidential nomination - Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum and Tim Scott - and lashed him during the primary contest but now lavish him with praise. If they did not, he would destroy their political careers given his support in the party.
This is a problem for Anthony Albanese, Defence Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and ambassador kevin rudd. Each of them held Trump responsible for the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Albanese said Trump "encouraged" the "violent insurrection", which was "an assault on the rule of law and democracy". He urged Scott Morrison to "call out" Trump's "anti-democratic actions".
Wong agreed, blaming Trump for the "violent insurrection", and demanded Morrison condemn the then president's actions. Marles earlier argued that "Australia should not be afraid to criticise Donald Trump when his unpredictability harms the national interest".
rudd has unleashed a fury of attacks on Trump, accusing him of "corruption", instigating riots and attacking institutions, and labelling him "a traitor to the West".
This does not augur well for a Trump election victory in November. You can guarantee Trump would not like to be reminded of those comments and they will influence his approach to Australia.
A Trump presidency furthermore represents a grave threat to US democracy. He faces four criminal trials and 91 indictments. There is no doubt he tried to overturn an election and should be held accountable for that. If re-elected, he said he would be "a dictator", suspend the constitution, execute generals, weaponise the Justice Department to go after opponents, and pardon convicted criminals who caused death and destruction at the Capitol.
The notion that an Australian prime minister and their ministers would just stand idly by while Trump seeks to turn the republic into an autocracy, trampling the constitution, defying the law and shattering norms and conventions, while maintaining the normal alliance relationship is preposterous. What would it say about Australia if we turned a blind eye?
Even though I regard a Trump victory over Biden as unlikely, it cannot be ruled out. It makes sense for Australian government officials to prepare for this worst-case scenario.
A Trump return to the White House would be the biggest challenge facing the Albanese government and the future for the Australia-US relationship will be, at best, uncertain.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/how-donald-trumps-election-victory-in-november-could-shatter-australiaus-relations/news-story/ee8cd20025677bffe24ed365457a3031
https://qresear.ch/?q=Troy+Bramston
>PANIC!
#20316869 at 2024-01-28 09:07:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20294008
>>20300060
>>20316821
kevin rudd's embarrassing Trump U-turn as Albo's US Ambassador is made to eat his own words - with President's shock re-election victory now looming
MAX AITCHISON - 28 January 2024
He's branded Donald Trump 'nuts' and labelled him the 'most destructive president in history'.
But former Prime Minister kevin rudd, now Australia's US ambassador, is desperately trying to build bridges with Trump's team ahead of the ex-President's possible re-election in November.
Mr rudd reportedly told a Davos forum last week that there was 'some danger of overstating the degree of damage' Mr Trump caused during his presidency.
The remarkable U-turn comes after Mr rudd has previously savaged the former Apprentice star's time in office.
'The most destructive president in history,' Mr rudd wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in June 2020.
'He drags America and democracy through the mud. He thrives on fomenting, not healing, division.
'He abuses Christianity, church and bible to justify violence.'
In February 2022, a year before Anthony Albanese appointed him US ambassador, the former Labor leader accused Mr Trump of 'rancid treachery'.
'Donald Trump is a traitor to the West,' he wrote.
But with Trump now looking a shoo-in for the Republican nomination to face off against current US President Joe Biden in November, Mr rudd has changed his tune.
Mr rudd is now furiously back-pedalling on his strident position and has been cultivating relationships with senior Republican figures.
'These are fairly normal relationships and there's a broader set of Republican relationships... which I have accumulated over the decades, really, including a lot of people who have indicated to me privately that they'd go back to work in a Trump administration,' Mr rudd told News Corp.
'In terms of the ability of the Australian government to manage the relationship with whoever wins the next election, Republican or Democrat, we are well equipped for that task.'
However, many political commentators believe Mr rudd's time in Washington is limited and he will not survive a second Trump presidency.
Last week, Sky News host Andrew Bolt told the ambassador to 'get ready to pack your bags'.
'How could rudd ask Trump for favours for Australia when that sensitive boaster will know how freely rudd has smeared him around the world?', Mr Bolt wrote.
He accused Mr rudd of having 'lousy judgement'.
'Fancy writing off Trump as a violent nutter and wrecker who was finished. That's a serious underestimation,' he wrote.
'No, Trump's rise must mean rudd's fall. What a bad call by Albanese, appointing this joker.'
This view is reflected by Liberal Party Defence and National Security Policy Chair Lincoln Parker who told the network Mr rudd will have to go if Mr Trump is re-elected because they go together like 'oil and water'.
'If the Australian government wants to communicate effectively with a Trump administration, they're going to have to find a new Australian Ambassador in Washington DC,' Mr Parker said.
'kevin rudd is going to have to go and maybe go back to the role he had at the Asia Society because that is not a good mix.'
But there are those who believe Mr rudd will survive if Mr Trump re-enters the White House in November.
Joe Hockey, Australia's US ambassador during Mr Trump's presidency, told the Australian that Mr rudd's tough stance on China will curry favour with a Republican administration.
'I think if Donald Trump is elected, on day one he will have a long list of people that he will want to seek vengeance against. And kevin rudd is not one of them,' Mr Hockey said.
'His credentials as a China hawk are going to be more important than criticism he had (of Mr Trump) previously and he has also been reaching out to all sides of the Republican Party, that's the truth of it.'
Perhaps in an oblique reference to how his past comments have come back to haunt him, Mr rudd acknowledged that there are always 'going to be disagreements' between diplomats and administrations.
'That's the normal business of diplomacy. We usually just conduct them privately,' he told News Corp.
Mr rudd said he was willing to meet Mr Trump but admitted he had not made a direct approach.
'The last thing you want to do as a candidate is waste your time with a bunch of well-meaning foreign diplomats,' he said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13014541/kevin-rudd-Donald-Trump-U-turn.html
https://twitter.com/mrkrudd/status/1267660205547900928
https://qanon.pub/#4396
>Predictable.
>This is not a game.
>These people are stupid.
#20316821 at 2024-01-28 08:54:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20294008
>>20300060
kevin rudd back-pedals on Donald Trump attacks as he braces for his political comeback
Australia's US ambassador kevin rudd has back-pedalled on his attacks on Donald Trump and revealed how he is preparing for the former president's potential return to the White House.
Tom Minear - January 28, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: kevin rudd has back-pedalled from his strident attacks on Donald Trump, suggesting claims about the damage caused by the former president have been exaggerated as he braces for his potential return to the White House.
In an exclusive interview, Australia's ambassador to the US outlined his high-level talks with key advisers to Mr Trump, who is all but certain to claim the Republican nomination for an election rematch against President Joe Biden.
The former prime minister said he was "well equipped" to deal with whoever prevailed in November, revealing that Republican friends he had known for decades were preparing to work in a new Trump administration.
But Dr rudd sounded the alarm about the risk of Mr Trump cutting off military aid to Ukraine, warning it would have "a material effect on the battle space" and that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping "would be looking very closely" at any US move to walk away from bankrolling the fight against Russia's illegal invasion.
Prior to taking up the top diplomatic post last March, Dr rudd had blasted Mr Trump as "nuts", "the most destructive president in history" and a "traitor to the West".
But with polls giving the former president a genuine chance to defeat Mr Biden, Australia's US ambassador suggested at last month's Davos talkfest that there was "some danger of overstating the degree of damage" Mr Trump caused on the world stage in his first term.
Dr rudd, in an interview in Washington DC, pointed to key trade and defence deals that were preserved by the former president "despite all of the wind and storm".
"There are going to be disagreements - that's just life," he said.
"That's the normal business of diplomacy. We usually just conduct them privately."
The ambassador said he was willing to meet Mr Trump if that was requested before the election, but that he had not sought such talks himself, saying: "The last thing you want to do as a candidate is waste your time with a bunch of well-meaning foreign diplomats."
Instead, Dr rudd has engaged with his long-term friends including Mr Trump's trade representative Robert Lighthizer and national security adviser Robert O'Brien - both of whom have been mooted to take senior roles if Mr Trump returns to power.
"These are fairly normal relationships and there's a broader set of Republican relationships ... which I have accumulated over the decades, really, including a lot of people who have indicated to me privately that they'd go back to work in a Trump administration," he said.
"In terms of the ability of the Australian government to manage the relationship with whoever wins the next election, Republican or Democrat, we are well equipped for that task."
The former prime minister said his return to the public service had been "deeply satisfying", especially securing laws to deliver the AUKUS defence pact and Australia's purchase of nuclear submarines from the US, which he said was "never a lay down mis?re".
Dr rudd acknowledged the sale was "an American discretionary interest", with the president at the time of the transfer in the 2030s having to affirm that it would not harm US military capabilities, but he said AUKUS had bolstered the pace of submarine production that had been "frankly problematic for a long time".
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/kevin-rudd-backpedals-on-donald-trump-attacks-as-he-braces-for-his-political-comeback/news-story/61f4d1675ffcd8463f54ff2ba7896e91
#20311771 at 2024-01-27 12:57:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20311768
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How does Anthony Albanese build a relationship with Donald Trump? The two could not be less alike in ideology, political orientation, background and personality. That's beside the point. Both leaders have enough interests at stake to make the relationship work.
Albanese should read Tobias Harris's excellent autobiography of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, The Iconoclast, which details how Abe wooed Trump with multiple meetings, phone calls (16 in 2017 alone), endless golf games and the gift of a gold-coloured golf driver.
Abe copped political flack in Japan for appearing to flatter Trump, but his engagement worked. The Trump administration strengthened the "special relationship" with Japan, adopted Abe's "free and open Indo-Pacific" as a strategic organising concept and enabled Japan to play a stronger role on trade co-operation.
Albanese will need to put as much effort into Trump management as into engaging with Xi. His first move should be to meet Trump before the presidential election in November.
Albanese should convene an AUKUS management team comprising Scott Morrison, Joe Hockey (who famously golfed with Trump), kevin rudd and Stephen Smith, now High Commissioner in the UK.
This is an unashamedly bipartisan approach which runs counter to Labor's worst tribal instincts, but Morrison and Hockey will be critical factors in bringing Trump and the Republicans into alignment on AUKUS.
Albanese should go to Trump's Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago and hand over a gold-plated model of the future AUKUS submarine. Richard Marles should be there too, along with his golf clubs, and the both of them should putt for their country. The opposition needs to cut Albanese some slack on travel, gifts and golf and see the bigger picture.
Just as Shinzo Abe did, Marles should be pitching for a new strategic dialogue with whomever Trump picks as his vice-presidential running mate.
rudd will already be relentlessly working Republican contacts in DC. That's essential because it will be Trump's future national security team that shapes the president on AUKUS, nuclear submarines and future technology.
Albanese needs to make sure that none of his frontbench or backbench colleagues makes smug remarks about Trump on social media. The Donald is remarkably thin-skinned and remembers those slights.
As important as these steps are, by far the most important thing Albanese needs to do is to start investing in Australia's current defence capability.
Trump is no fool. He will recognise our government's fraudulent practice of talking up future investment in AUKUS while starving today's ADF.
Our strategic outlook means there is no alternative to lifting defence spending. Notwithstanding the strength of brand Australia in Washington DC, Trump is fundamentally correct that we have coasted on America's security coat-tails by spending less than 2 per cent of GDP on defence for decades. Only a foolish Australian government would believe that amount covers our real security needs.
Defence funding needs to be lifted quickly through a combination of investment into Australian defence industrial capability and purchases of existing technology from current American production lines.
Trump will appreciate the investment, but don't think this is flattery, this is just what Australia needs to do for its own security.
Albanese should find a way to send a navy ship to the Red Sea and make it clear that by doing so a US navy vessel can be freed for other tasks.
And Albanese should reverse one of the dumbest decisions I have seen in Australian defence history - the one to cut up and bury a billion dollars' worth of ?Taipan helicopters.
We should spend what is needed to get the choppers working and send them to Ukraine. That will enable Albanese to tell Biden and Trump that Australia is genuinely doing the heavy lifting on a vital global security issue.
Trump is not my idea of what a president should be, but we have nothing to fear from him and a lot to gain if we would only take our own defence interests seriously.
That, and a little golf at Mar-a-Lago, will keep the alliance humming.
Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-2012).
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/will-donald-trump-sink-aukus-if-he-wins/news-story/3af7be2c3d39fb92281dc20b60280af9
>Enjoy the show.
>Expect a lot more.
>Panic.
#20300060 at 2024-01-25 12:02:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
>>20108573
>>20294008
kevin rudd in rush to mend fences in case of second Donald Trump presidency
CAMERON STEWART - JANUARY 25, 2024
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kevin rudd is working overtime to build bridges with Trump Republicans who would be involved in a second Donald Trump presidency, despite his previous strident criticism of the former US president.
But Australia's most recent ambassadors in Washington, Joe Hockey and Arthur Sinodinos, believe the current incumbent would survive a second Trump White House.
Mr rudd had in the past variously described Mr Trump over the years as "nuts", a traitor to the West, a threat to democracy, and as someone who pursues protectionism that retards global economic growth.
While these views were not outlandish among many political commentators at the time, they could become a potential liability for Mr rudd and therefore the Albanese government if Mr Trump returns to the White House.
The question has become more relevant after Mr Trump barnstormed the New Hampshire primary this week, making him the all-but unbackable favourite for the Republican presidential nomination and an even-money bet, according to some polls, of defeating Joe Biden in November.
But Mr Hockey, Australia's US ambassador during Mr Trump's presidency, said Mr rudd had worked to mend bridges with pro-Trump Republicans and those who would likely be involved in a second Trump White House.
He said that despite Mr Trump's thin-skinned response to criticism, he believed Mr rudd's reputation in Washington as a hawk on China would also help him win favour with a Trump White House.
"I think if Donald Trump is elected, on day one he will have a long list of people that he will want to seek vengeance against. And kevin rudd is not one of them," Mr Hockey told The Australian.
"His credentials as a China hawk are going to be more important than criticism he had (of Mr Trump) previously and he has also been reaching out to all sides of the Republican Party, that's the truth of it," said Mr Hockey, a former Liberal minister and former political opponent of the twice Labor prime minister.
"He has been working hard to engage with the people that are likely to be around Trump, people like (former US trade representative Robert) Lighthizer, (former secretary of state Mike) Pompeo and (former national security advisor) Robert O'Brien - I know that because they've told me."
(continued)
#20108573 at 2023-12-21 11:20:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
Donald Trump's return could hurt Australia, warn business leaders
Australian business leaders have sounded the alarm about Donald Trump's economic plan if he returns to the White House.
Tom Minear - December 21, 2023
Exclusive: Australian business leaders have sounded the alarm about Donald Trump's potential return to power next year, warning his trade plan would smash the economy and betray our alliance.
The former president - who is leading Joe Biden in the polls and could be confirmed as the Republican candidate within weeks - is promising to hit all imports to the US with a universal 10 per cent tariff.
The radical policy would breach Australia's free trade agreement with the US and harm domestic businesses that exported $30bn in goods and services to our closest ally last year.
Australian Industry Group boss Innes Willox said such a "reckless and indiscriminate act" would be "potentially calamitous for both the international and the American economies".
"Security allies like Australia, who have a free-trade agreement with the US, would feel especially deeply betrayed if they were caught up in such a short-term, self-centred act of economic harm," he said.
Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black said the tariff plan "would be bad for business and bad for all Australians".
And Export Council of Australia chair Dianne Tipping said the Australian government needed to be lobbying Mr Trump and his team now to ensure an exemption for Australian businesses, including the meat and technology industries that would be most affected.
With less than a year until the presidential election, Mr Trump has established a clear advantage over Mr Biden in recent polls, with the Wall Street Journal's latest survey giving him a lead of 47 per cent to 43 per cent in the hypothetical 2020 election rematch.
And while the former president is embroiled in four state and federal criminal cases that could put him in jail, he has also been rolling out a policy agenda that is even more extreme than his first four years in the White House.
Australia managed to secure a rare exemption from Mr Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs during his presidency. But he is now promising to go further with "a system of universal baseline tariffs" and has said: "I do like the 10 per cent for everybody."
Mr Willox said American tariffs in 1930 "undoubtedly prolonged the Great Depression", and that "to repeat this folly would only serve to slow the global economic recovery".
Ms Tipping agreed, saying it would "undermine all the work that's been done for 30 years on trade" and would "contravene our free trade agreement".
"It would be a really backward step for global trade," she said.
Mr Black added: "One in four Australian jobs depend on trade and having open and transparent markets, including to the United States, is vital to the Australian economy and our economic success as a country."
While in office, Mr Trump also pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Mr Biden has not moved to rejoin the sweeping trade deal, and the trade pillar of his alternative Indo-Pacific Economic Framework has been hampered by the domestic political backlash.
Australian officials have cautiously criticised America's trade policies, although kevin rudd went further prior to starting as Australia's US ambassador, saying that the US was "happy to throw some of its allies under a bus" with its protectionist approach.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/companies/donald-trumps-return-could-hurt-australia-warn-business-leaders/news-story/a9d2e532800bd208efc7efa8e32ef00e
>These people are stupid.
>Enjoy the show!
#20092867 at 2023-12-18 10:05:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#33 - Part 32
Australia / China Tensions - Part 9
>>19984250 China paid this Australian influencer. He was told to pick a fight with Mack Horton - Australian swimmer Mack Horton had just won Olympic Gold in Rio de Janiero, but it was not enough to quell the anger inside him. "Drug cheat," he snipped at silver medallist Sun Yang, the Chinese swimmer who won in London four years earlier and was later suspended for eight years for a drug testing violation. Watching on was David Gulasi, an Australian living in China who had amassed 3.6 million followers on Chinese social media networks Bilibili, Douyin and Xigua for his mix of food blogging, toilet humour and Chinese nationalism. Gulasi's Chinese influencer-management agency, known as a multichannel network, advised Gulasi to pick a fight with Horton. It was 2016 and China's influencing machine was just warming up. "I feel ashamed to be of the same nationality as you," Gulasi said to Horton. "The Chinese need to stand up and stand up for their country." Dismissed by critics last decade as a naive, cantankerous novelty, Gulasi and a handful of Western social media stars were the first batch of content creators to ride a wave of Chinese nationalism that made them divisive at home and popular in Beijing.
>>19995418 Daniel Duggan: federal agent 'regrets' incorrect evidence in ex-US military pilot case, NSW court hears - Daniel Duggan's lawyer calls for restraining order on property to be thrown out due to 'unacceptable sequence of events'
>>19995429 Why rudd rates this alternative to Biden - kevin rudd reckons California governor Gavin Newsom, the Democrats' putative second-choice candidate for the Oval Office next year, is equipped to negotiate the tricky relationship with China
>>20001916 Chinese diplomat's false claim on sonar blast - One of Beijing's top diplomats has called for Australian naval vessels to operate with "great prudence" in waters near China after a PLA Navy ship blasted Australian navy divers with its sonar in Japan's exclusive economic zone. The head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, Liu Jianchao, claimed incorrectly on Tuesday that the November 14 sonar incident occurred in waters where there is "some kind of dispute between China and Japan". The claim came ahead of Mr Liu's scheduled meeting with Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Wednesday, and follows Anthony Albanese's refusal to say whether he raised the incident with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC conference. "My question would be, why should an Australian naval ship be travelling to that area?" Mr Liu told an Australia-China Relations Institute event. "China will have to do what it needs to do. But China did it in a very professional way. It did nothing that harms the sailors, the naval people or that ship."
>>20001920 Video: China diplomat lashes out at Australian Navy - One of China's top diplomats has lashed Australia's Navy for venturing into what he claims are contested waters in the South China Sea. Liu Jianchao also disputed claims that Australian divers were injured by a Chinese ship's underwater sonar, telling 9News that Australia should respect the "facts"
>>20001925 Prudence, wisdom from Canberra needed to sustain China-Australia relations thaw - "Australia should not assume it can freely create trouble near China. China poses no threat to Australia's national security, but Australia does by intruding into the South China Sea. If Australia continues its provocations and escalates the situation, there is a possibility of friction and conflict between China and Australia." - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>20001932 China, Australia should be 'cautious of destructive forces' as ties improve - "When China and Australia strive to stabilize and reinvigorate their relations, there are people inside Australia and external forces that do not want the trend to continue,...both Australia and China should cherish the hard-won momentum and be cautious of destructive forces." - Zhang Han - globaltimes.cn
>>20013157 Video: AUKUS partners unveil new space and AI weapons to deal with China's military aggression - The AUKUS partners have seized the "need for speed" to combat China's military aggression, unveiling plans to launch autonomous undersea vehicles from submarine torpedo tubes, detect enemy submarines with artificial intelligence, and track deep space threats with advanced radars
#20092827 at 2023-12-18 09:53:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition
#33 - Part 13
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>19964313 Boat from Indonesia arrives undetected on Australian mainland - Asylum-seekers have arrived by boat at a WWII airfield owned by Aboriginal people on an isolated and rugged stretch of Kimberley coastline, sources have told The Australian. The group of 12 people - believed to have travelled from Indonesia - are not fishermen but asylum-seekers, according to sources familiar with events.
>>19969939 Don't give up on Indigenous voice, say First Nations leaders - Labor and Indigenous leaders are exploring other ways to implement advice from First Nations Australians into policymaking after the failure of the referendum last month, with Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney leaving the door open to pursuing local and regional voices as an alternative model
>>19969966 Linda Burney says she's 'going forward' after Voice defeat, remains committed to truth-telling - Linda Burney has no regrets over Labor's approach to the Voice to parliament referendum and says local and regional voices, and truth-telling, remain on the government's agenda despite last month's outcome.
>>19969991 Labor's asylum-seeker headache lands in WA as arrivals sent to Nauru - The 12 asylum-seekers apprehended by Australian Border Force officials in Western Australia on Wednesday have been flown to Nauru. After initial processing in Darwin, the 12 individuals have been confirmed as unauthorised maritime arrivals. The Australian understands they will remain in Nauru awaiting regional processing, which is consistent with Operation Sovereign Borders protocols that have been in place for more than a decade.
>>19978165 Australia Activists Disrupt Shipping At Coal Port - A climate change protest off Australia's east coast disrupted operations at the country's biggest coal export port on Saturday, the port operator said. Climate activist group Rising Tide, which claimed responsibility for the action, said around 1,500 people were at the protest, 300 of them in the shipping channel near the Port of Newcastle, as part of a 30-hour blockade set to run until 4 p.m. on Sunday.
>>19978489 Shock Liberal senate preselection victory as Dave Sharma returns to federal politics - Former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma has returned to frontline politics, beating a packed field of candidates in a Liberal preselection on Sunday to replace outgoing senator Marise Payne in federal parliament
>>19984139 Newspoll: Voters abandon Anthony Albanese as Labor's fortunes nosedive - Labor's primary vote has tumbled to below its 2022 election result for the first time with both major parties now neck and neck on a two-party-preferred basis as cost-of-living pressures escalate and the Albanese government faces a mounting list of political and policy crises
>>19984152 Get your act together: voters' Newspoll warning to Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party
>>19984157 Newspoll shows Anthony Albanese is following Julia Gillard and kevin rudd down the tubes
>>19984211 Powerful Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo sacked after investigation into backchannel lobbying - Mike Pezzullo, the head of the Home Affairs Department, was considered one of the most influential figures in the machinery of government even before alleged private conversations with a Liberal powerbroker exposed he had seemingly spent years using a political backchannel to influence prime ministers and undermine others
>>19989556 Australian National University study of 4200 Australians finds voters rejected voice model, not constitutional recognition
>>19989571 Labor senator Patrick Dodson to retire from parliament amid health battle
>>19989621 'She's very excited': Top Trump foe Nancy Pelosi to visit Australia - One of the most influential politicians in recent United States history - former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi - is set to visit Australia next year as part of an effort to boost American tourist numbers. Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell said he invited Pelosi and husband Paul to make the trip while sitting beside the pair during a dinner in San Francisco earlier this month
>>19989725 'Fully engaged': rudd opens up on Biden's age and Trump's possible return - Former prime minister kevin rudd has staunchly defended Joe Biden amid growing concerns the US president is too old to run for re-election, describing him as engaged, across his brief and a first-class negotiator on global issues
>>19995394 Worst offenders among immigration detainees could be locked up again - The worst offenders released from immigration detention could be locked up again under new preventative detention laws the Albanese government vows to rush through parliament before Christmas
#19822063 at 2023-10-29 04:53:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#32 - Part 32
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 5
>>19729249 rudd slams 'crazy' US red tape slowing AUKUS - Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, has slammed "ridiculous" US bureaucracy holding back faster progress on the AUKUS submarine pact between the two countries. The former prime minister said tough export controls on sensitive military technology could slow the sharing of nuclear propulsion technology between the allies under AUKUS. China's aggression in the Pacific and the AUKUS pact have spurred US politicians on both sides to recognise tough export controls on Australia need to be eased. But there are some concerns that loosening controls could allow "bad actors" to gain access to valuable US military secrets. Many of the export controls could be overlooked quickly by the Biden administration, without having to pass through Congress, as has been the case with supplying some technology to Ukraine. Other rules, especially around nuclear intelligence, need Congress approval. Mr rudd said he has reminded members of Congress of long-standing intelligence sharing arrangements between the two allies. "Well guys, we've been sharing the highest classified intelligence information with each other since 1946. Here we are in 2023 ... and we haven't done that in terms of defence kit. So we should ask the question, why not? There is no good reason. We need to move ahead."
>>19729271 kevin rudd delivered a blunt rebuke of congress for slow progress on AUKUS changes - kevin rudd has slammed "really crazy" and "ridiculous" US regulations that could thwart the transfer of US nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS security pact, urging senior Biden administration officials to put pressure on a paralysed congress to expedite the necessary changes to facilitate the landmark agreement. Dr rudd, ambassador to the US, also said Australia would remain "rock solid" with the US in the face of "challenges which lie ahead [that] are beyond our imagining", referring to the prospect of war in the Middle East, Ukraine and China's growing threat in the Indo-Pacific. Provisions to approve the transfer of Virginia-class submarines to Australia, which is expected to buy between three and five from the US in the early 2030s, remain bogged down in debate in congress as Republicans and Democrats thrash out an annual defence spending bill. "Waiting for weeks, months or even years for spare parts or stocks to be replenished is no longer viable ... One of the many military lessons from Ukraine is that defence materiel depletes quickly in a conflict."
>>19762239 Six US senators have demanded extra information on submarines before backing AUKUS - A bipartisan group of US senators has demanded the Pentagon release details on how much extra money it will need to provide Australia with nuclear powered submarines in the 2030s at the same time as satisfying the US Navy's own expanding fleet requirements. In a further escalation of a months-long standoff between congress and the White House over how to proceed with AUKUS, the three-way security pact among the US, Australia and the UK, three Republican and three Democrat senators have insisted the Pentagon release an already- completed study on the US submarine base by the end of this month. "Congress must have a comprehensive understanding of the current status of the submarine industrial base as well as the future resource investments necessary to meet our nation's requirements," the senators wrote in a letter dated 12th October that was release by Senator John Wicker on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).
>>19769266 Anthony Albanese's AUKUS meetings stifled by congress chaos - Anthony Albanese's plans to meet with legislators and smooth over concerns about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal during his four-day visit to Washington have not been locked in amid chaos and delays in appointing a new US Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister, who is expected to strike new deals on critical minerals and clean energy with US President Joe Biden next week, will meet with key congress figures to help expedite legislative changes and make AUKUS fully operational. The leading candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, hardline Republican Jim Jordan, on Thursday (Friday AEDT) said that he still intended to seek the speakership despite failing in two floor votes this week to secure the required number of votes. The dysfunction in America's second arm of government makes it unclear who Mr Albanese would meet, at least among Republicans, who have a majority in the House of Representatives but not the Senate.
#19822022 at 2023-10-29 04:42:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#32 - Part 17
Australian Politics and Society - Part 17
>>19762208 Nationals whip calls for Gaza ceasefire as Labor ministers accuse Israel of collective punishment - Two federal government ministers say civilians in Gaza are being subjected to collective punishment by Israel, exposing tensions within the Albanese government over its position on the war, as a federal Labor senator called for landmarks to be lit in the colours of the Palestinian flag. Industry Minister Ed Husic and Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly, who are the only Muslims in federal cabinet, on Thursday called for Australia to step up support for Palestinians facing a humanitarian crisis. They said Palestinian-Australians felt their lives mattered less in the unfolding political reaction to the Israel-Hamas war. While the Coalition said the ministers' comments showed Labor was divided over the conflict, Nationals whip Mark Coulton also departed from the opposition's stance that Israel should show no restraint in retaliating to Hamas attacks. "There should be greater focus on the plight of Palestinians who are caught up in this conflict," he told this masthead. "My greatest concern is for the civilians and children being killed or maimed, and that there are so many people in danger. I am of the belief that there should be a ceasefire until a plan for a humanitarian solution can be worked out."
>>19769232 Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden to strike new economic, defence and climate 'alliance for the future' - Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden will announce major economic partnerships next week focused on strengthening ties around clean energy, climate change, defence co-operation and critical minerals amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and surging oil prices. The US President will host an official state dinner at the White House for the Prime Minister on Wednesday night (US time), bringing together prominent Australian and US business, defence and diplomatic officials to usher in a new Australia-US "alliance for the future". Mr Albanese, who will open the new Australian embassy in Washington alongside ambassador kevin rudd during the week-long trip, will discuss climate action, clean energy partnerships, AUKUS progress and Indo-?Pacific stability with Mr Biden.
>>19775596 Bill Hayden, former governor-general and Labor leader, dead at 90 - Bill Hayden, who served as Australia's 21st Governor-General, Labor leader and senior minister in the Whitlam and Hawke governments, has died at age 90. His health had been declining for the past decade and he was in and out of hospital for strokes, pneumonia, heat exhaustion and broken bones. His wife, Dallas, and three children cared for him at home until recently. Mr Hayden was one of the few surviving members of a generation of leading politicians, his death coming after Gough Whitlam (2014), Malcolm Fraser (2015), Bob Hawke (2019) and Andrew Peacock (2021). Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised his lifetime of service to Australia. "In a time of forceful personalities, Bill Hayden was notable for his humility," he said in a statement. "Yet there was nothing modest about his ambition for Labor or Australia. This was the quiet strength of character he brought to the cause of progress."
>>19775611 Anti-Jewish protests 'an abomination', says Josh Frydenberg - Josh Frydenberg has condemned anti-Semitic protests on the Sydney Opera House steps as an "abomination", warned of the deep fears of Australia's Jewish community and praised the "piercing moral clarity" demonstrated by the US, UK and Germany in standing with Israel in its hour of need. In his first comments since the Hamas terror attack on southern Israel, the former treasurer ?and prominent member of the Jewish community said he never believed he would feel as his grandparents did amid the rising tide of Jewish hatred that heralded the Holocaust, nor as his parents did amid the threat to Israel posed by the Yom Kippur War in 1973. "But now I do. I stand before you anguished and anxious about the future," Mr Frydenberg said in a speech in support of victims of terrorism, an extract of which is published in The Weekend Australian.
#19805107 at 2023-10-26 09:50:18 (UTC+1)
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On the AUKUS pact, Biden said he believed the Congress would back the agreement on nuclear-powered submarines given Australia was making a significant investment to build the new vessels.
A key barrier to the pact is a delay in Congress to pass changes to defence laws to allow the US to share nuclear propulsion technology with Australia.
Asked if he could give a personal guarantee that AUKUS would be in place by the end of this presidential term, so it could be "future-proofed" from changes in other administrations, Biden responded: "Do you know anyone in elected office who can give a personal guarantee what happens?"
He added: "I'm going to try and I believe it will get done."
The comments came after Albanese was welcomed to the White House with a 21-gun salute, an honour guard and two marching bands, while guests watched on the south lawn of the presidential residence.
Invited to the White House south lawn to watch the ceremonial welcome for Albanese and his partner, Jodie Haydon, were Australian Industry Group chief Innes Willox, ACTU president Michele O'Neil, NRL boss Peter V'landys, ACCI chief Andrew McKellar, Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt, Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black, New York consul-general Heather Ridout and University of Canberra chancellor Tom Calma.
They were joined by Resources Minister Madeleine King, ambassador kevin rudd and wife Therese, and members of the Prime Minister's delegation including chief of staff Tim Gartrell and foreign policy advisor Kathy Klugman.
Biden introduced Albanese to members of the official party including Vice President Kamala Harris, Climate Change Envoy John Kerry and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The two leaders inspected the honour guard and then delivered their speeches to the crowd gathered on the south lawn, with the White House estimating the welcome was watched by 3982 guests.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/trust-but-verify-biden-warns-albanese-on-risks-of-dealing-with-china-20231026-p5ef3d.html
#19805063 at 2023-10-26 09:25:42 (UTC+1)
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The White House meetings come at a time of tension between the US and China, with US authorities releasing video footage of Chinese fighters "buzzing" US surveillance aircraft in the South China Sea, but also as tensions ease between Australia and China after several years of trade sanctions and diplomatic friction.
Albanese will visit China from November 4 to 7 to meet Xi in Beijing and attend a business expo in Shanghai, as well as marking 50 years since the Australian government under Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam recognised the People's Republic of China after decades of formal recognition for Taiwan.
In the US, however, the White House describes China as a "strategic competitor" and turns to allies including Australia to help maintain regional security.
"It's a competition that we mean to succeed in," said Kirby.
"And that means being able to cooperate where we can, communicate where we must, and obviously, as appropriate, work to counter some of the PRC's intimidation, coercion, excessive maritime claims.
"I mean, so we're taking a holistic view of this relationship. We believe that again, more open lines of communication with China is a good thing."
With chaos in Congress casting a shadow over the Prime Minister's trip, diplomats and politicians in Washington have spent the past few weeks scrambling to mitigate the impact while the Republicans in the House of Representatives have struggled to choose a new Speaker.
Democrat Congressman Joe Courtney spoke to US Ambassador kevin rudd on Saturday, and even then, "everyone was still trying to think if there was a way to rescue the joint address" that Albanese was hoping to give to Congress.
One idea was to see if the Senate could accommodate such a speech, but with only 100 seats in the chamber, compared to 435 in the House of Representatives, it wasn't possible under parliamentary rules.
Instead, Albanese will meet with members of the Senate and House who oversee defence and intelligence policy in Congress, as well as members of the Friends of Australia caucus, which is co-chaired by Courtney.
Others will then have a chance to meet the prime minister on Capitol Hill, although it is still not clear how many people may be available given the ongoing battle to find a speaker for the House of Representatives.
"The initial plan was to have a joint address, but unfortunately, it's one of the examples of collateral damage in not having a Speaker - you can't convene the House," Courtney said.
"You can't control what is going on right now with the Republican speaker problem, but it really would have been a great opportunity for the Prime Minister to give his viewpoint from the region at such a critical time.
"But we've certainly been getting the word out to as many members as possible that we think people should show respect for a great ally, and we're hopeful we're going to have a sizeable turnout."
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-quotes-biden-s-dead-son-in-white-house-speech-20231025-p5eexh.html
#19805035 at 2023-10-26 09:05:54 (UTC+1)
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'All downhill from here, my darling': PM's one regret about US state dinner
Farrah Tomazin - October 26, 2023
Washington: The White House was adorned with a large Australian flag. The decor inside was inspired by the shared landscapes of both countries. And guests arrived to a band playing an instrumental version of Crowded House's hit Don't Dream It's Over.
Five months after abruptly cancelling a much-anticipated trip to Australia to deal with a looming debt crisis in Washington, US President Joe Biden gave Prime Minister Anthony Albanese the highest diplomatic honour reserved for an ally: a lavish state dinner.
After a day filled with ceremony and diplomacy - a 21-gun salute on the White House south lawn; a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office - the two world leaders reconvened in the evening for a glitzy black-tie event with more than 300 guests to celebrate their enduring alliance.
Albanese arrived at the north portico of the White House in a chauffeur-driven limousine just before 7pm, where he was greeted by the president, who was wearing a black suit and tie, and first lady Jill Biden, who wore a silver and blush gown embroidered with leaf motifs.
The prime minister's partner, Jodie Haydon, was equally striking in a draped tulle gown by Australian label Paolo Sebastian, featuring embroidery of native flora and fauna such as kookaburras and wattle.
"We both did very well," Biden quipped to Albanese before the couples walked inside.
Soon after, the pair entered a temporary outdoor pavilion that had been built on the South Lawn, where a patchwork of guests had been mingling: from politicians and policy wonks, to musicians, actors and captains of industry.
Australia's ambassador, kevin rudd, was spotted near the front of the room having had a lengthy discussion with Republican congressman Michael McCaul, whose party finally appointed a Speaker earlier in the day after weeks of infighting.
Australian musicians The Kid Laroi and Vance Joy worked their respective tables, while the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, gave a warm embrace to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
And as the leaders prepared to give a toast before dinner was served, Albanese joked that he "only had one regret about tonight, which is I'm not quite sure how I top this for date night with Jodie, at any time, anywhere in the future".
"It's all downhill from here, my darling," he told her.
The state dinner is a tradition that dates back to 1874, when Ulysses Grant hosted the king of Hawaii. Usually, it's a festive affair filled with celebrities and billionaires, and with music and entertainment well into the night.
This one, however, was set against the backdrop of a war in Ukraine and an escalating conflict in the Middle East - something that resulted in the first lady shelving plans for The B-52s to perform their party hits. Members of the band were instead dinner guests, while a military band played on the stage.
The global challenges were not lost on Biden or Albanese, either.
As Israel prepares for a ground war in the Gaza Strip, closer to home, news that 22 people had been killed during a mass shooting in Maine was delivered to the president during his dinner. Biden stepped out briefly to call the governor and offer his full federal support.
"We live in a world that keeps changing. Yet one thing that keeps the ground firm beneath us is the great constant that is the American spirit," Albanese said as he toasted Biden.
"It is a spirit Australians identify with. With a small population but big imagination, we punch above our weight - all the while drawing inspiration from our friends across the Pacific. We stand as close as we have ever been."
Biden was equally laudatory, describing Albanese as a good friend, and Australia as a nation prepared to "face tough challenges and with the courage to fight for a better future".
But he also turned to the theme the pair had discussed throughout the day: the growing threat of China.
"A great deal of the history of our world will be written in the Indo-Pacific in the coming years. Australia and the United States must - must - write that story together," Biden said. "To advance freedom, security and prosperity for all."
As fireworks burst in the night sky outside, Biden raised his glass.
"To our partnership, to our mateship and the future we will create together. Cheers!"
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/all-downhill-from-here-my-darling-pm-s-one-regret-about-us-state-dinner-20231026-p5ef7u.html
#19798348 at 2023-10-25 08:50:14 (UTC+1)
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'Internal politics': Pratt told me nothing about subs he gleaned from Trump, says Albanese
Farrah Tomazin and David Crowe - October 25, 2023
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Washington: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared he was never told by Australian businessman Anthony Pratt about sensitive nuclear submarine information that former president Donald Trump allegedly shared in an alleged risk to national security.
But Albanese has refused to weigh into the scandal engulfing the billionaire packaging tycoon, telling reporters in Washington ahead of a dinner with President Joe Biden, he wasn't "going to comment on US internal politics".
The response comes after a joint investigation by this masthead and 60 Minutes uncovered separate audio recordings of Pratt talking about his relationship with "mafia"-like Donald Trump and his claim of a $US1 million payment to Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
The covert recordings also reveal that Pratt had claimed Trump disclosed non-public details about US military action in Iraq and a private conversation with Iraq's leader.
Trump has dismissed those accounts, posting on social media that the stories "about a red haired weirdo from Australia, named Anthony Pratt, is Fake News."
However, the investigation substantiated previous reporting from America's ABC News that suggested Trump shared more classified information than was previously known, and that Pratt - who is a member of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort - had divulged that information with scores of people, including former prime ministers and journalists.
Asked if he was ever briefed by Pratt about the discussions he allegedly had with Trump, Albanese replied: "No."
Pressed on whether he was concerned about the alleged activities involving Pratt, he simply answered: "I'm not going to comment on US internal politics."
With Trump set to face trial over his handling of classified documents, Pratt is now among more than 80 people that prosecutors have identified as possible witnesses who could testify against the former president.
But as the chief executive of Visy Industries and Pratt Industries, he is also one of Australia's most prominent business figures, so the headlines surrounding him at a time when Albanese is in the US for a state dinner have proven somewhat delicate.
The last state dinner for an Australian leader at the White House was held four years ago when then prime minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jenny, joined Trump and his wife, Melania, at a head table that also included Pratt, News Corp executive chairman Lachlan Murdoch and golfer Greg Norman.
This year, however, Pratt is not expected to attend Wednesday's event, according to a source familiar with this week's plans, who was not authorised to speak publicly.
The Australian businessman has kept a low profile lately, but in September appeared in Kentucky alongside Ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, and Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, where Pratt Industries opened a new a paper recycling plant. In a tweet at the time, rudd applauded the business for "kicking goals" in the US.
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#19798337 at 2023-10-25 08:37:04 (UTC+1)
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Amid a messy internal Republican struggle to appoint a new Speaker following the departure of kevin McCarthy, Mr Albanese is expected to deliver a major speech advocating key AUKUS legislative changes at the US State Department on Friday (AEDT). He is due to meet key congressmen from the influential Friends of Australia Caucus on Thursday morning local time, including Democrat Joe Courtney and Republican Mike Gallagher, both keen supporters of AUKUS.
He said the AUKUS arrangements were "in the interest of Australia, to play our role".
"We don't seek to just be someone who is watching. We seek as well to play a role in security in the Indo-Pacific. And one way we do that is through AUKUS, by lifting up our own ?capacity. Now, that is very important going forward," he said.
Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the 435-seat lower house, were scheduled to regroup late on Monday night local time to determine which of nine potential candidates as Speaker could look to seek a vote on the floor of the house.
Congress has been without a Speaker since October 3, an unprecedented period that has left the US government unable to pass laws or amendments, including critical legislation to facilitate AUKUS and the President's request for $US105bn in funding for Ukraine and Israel.
Asked on Tuesday (AEDT) if he had spoken with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the crisis in the Middle East, Mr Albanese said he had not. The Labor leader, who will open the new $237m Australian embassy in Washington alongside ambassador kevin rudd on Wednesday (AEDT), defended his government's position on the Israel-Hamas war, saying he was not "picking sides" between Israelis and Palestinians.
"I have spoken to the Israeli ambassador to Australia on a couple of occasions. And the views that I've put are consistent with the resolution that was carried by the parliament.
"We remain absolutely horrified by the Hamas attacks on Israel. These are abhorrent acts of terror against innocent civilians.
"We recognised as well, in that resolution, the importance of the protection of civilian lives. The situation is challenging and rapidly changing.
"And there is a terrible loss of life, including innocent life of both Israelis and Palestinians. And I think that every innocent life matters, whether it is Israeli or Palestinian.
"We pick a side against Hamas. We did that very clearly and unequivocally. Because the actions of Hamas are against the interests of the Israeli population, clearly, but also (the) Palestinians. We support, as President Biden reaffirmed for the US, a support for a two-state solution."
Mr Albanese said it was "very hard to see how Hamas could negotiate through to what would be a two-state solution in the Middle East".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/anthony-albaneses-critical-minerals-funding-boost-for-unbreakable-us-alliance/news-story/a52725e0bf3760dcfac1b927429943d9
#19792368 at 2023-10-24 10:03:40 (UTC+1)
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PM won't increase Australia's $3bn AUKUS pledge to boost US, UK industry
GEOFF CHAMBERS and ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 24, 2023
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Anthony Albanese will not increase Australia's $3bn commitment to boost US and British submarine industrial bases, as he launches a three-day blitz of meetings with US Congress members to lock-in legislative support for the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact.
The Prime Minister, whose hopes of delivering a rare address to a joint session of Congress was blown-up by the ugly Republican fight over the US House of Representatives Speakership, said he believed Australia's existing funding for AUKUS was "appropriate".
Amid a messy internal Republican struggle to appoint a new Speaker following the departure of kevin McCarthy, Mr Albanese is expected to deliver a major speech advocating key AUKUS legislative changes at the US State Department on Friday (AEDT).
Mr Albanese is due to meet key congressmen from the influential Friends of Australia Caucus on Thursday morning local time, including Democrat Joe Courtney and Republican Mike Gallagher, both keen supporters of AUKUS.
On his first full-day in Washington, Mr Albanese was joined by partner Jodie Haydon, Ambassador kevin rudd, US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy, Rear Admiral Ian Murray and US Army Major-General Trevor Bredenkamp for a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery.
Mr Albanese also held at press conference at the new $237m Australian Embassy with Mr rudd, Ms Kennedy and Microsoft chiefs to launch the tech giant's $5bn pledge to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence operations in Australia. He will officially open the embassy with Mr rudd on Wednesday (AEDT).
The Prime Minister's time in Washington has been shrouded by ongoing Republican turmoil on Capitol Hill, which has ruled-out following in the footsteps of John Howard and Julia Gillard who delivered speeches to Congress.
"We are able to talk with legislators. And we're doing so. And I'll be meeting some people this afternoon, and then again tomorrow, and then Wednesday and Thursday, while I'm here. And we're very confident that those discussions have been very productive," Mr Albanese said.
"When we're talking about national security and defence, people want to get it right. I'm very confident of a very positive outcome. And that comes from the top in President (Joe) Biden's commitment to this. But it also comes from the engagement with Congress and Senators".
Ruling out increasing Australia's initial $3bn AUKUS boost to expand nuclear submarine industrial bases in the US and Britain, Mr Albanese said Mr Biden's new bill to increase US funding was about a joint ambition to "increase capacity".
"The AUKUS arrangements are in the interest of Australia, to play our role. We don't seek to just be someone who is watching. We seek as well to play a role in security in the Indo-Pacific. And one way we do that is through AUKUS, by lifting up our own capacity. Now, that is very important going forward," he said.
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#19792299 at 2023-10-24 09:26:08 (UTC+1)
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PM plays down fears submarine pact could be put on back-burner
Farrah Tomazin - October 24, 2023
Washington: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has played down concerns that time is running out to pass a raft of legislation to facilitate the AUKUS submarine pact, as he embarks on a four-day blitz to lobby members of a divided Congress paralysed by Republican infighting.
Hours after landing in Washington for a highly anticipated meeting with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, Albanese said US politicians from all sides understood the value of AUKUS and wanted "to get it right".
Diplomats and politicians fear that unless AUKUS progresses over the next few months, the plan could be put on the back-burner once America enters a volatile election year in which Donald Trump is attempting a return to the White House.
Multiple pieces of legislation still need to be passed to make AUKUS a reality, including laws to enable US Virginia-class submarines to be transferred to Australia; a bill that would categorise Australia as a "domestic source" for military production under the US Defence Production Act; and a $3.4 billion White House funding request to strengthen the US Navy's industrial base amid concerns from some Republicans that AUKUS could stretch it to "breaking point".
However, Congress - the legislative branch of the US government - has been paralysed and without a Speaker of the House of Representatives for three weeks, after top Republican kevin McCarthy was ousted by a small group of hardline rebels within his own party.
Despite the challenges, Albanese said he was "very confident" of a positive outcome.
"And that comes from the top in President Biden's commitment to this, but it also comes from the engagement with Congress and senators," he said.
In a bid to garner more support for AUKUS, Albanese is expected to meet on Thursday morning with Senate and House leaders who oversee defence policy and funding to talk about the policy.
A reception will also be hosted for him by the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus, while the issue will be front and centre at Capitol Hill on Wednesday when Congress' seapower and projection forces subcommittee, co-led by Democrat Joe Courtney, holds a hearing on America's submarine industrial base and its ability to support the AUKUS framework.
Appearing at the hearing will be some of the US defence industry's top officials, including Department of Defence assistant secretary Mara Karlin, under secretary of the navy Erik Raven and Naval Submarine Forces commander Vice Admiral William Houston.
Asked if he would be willing to increase Australia's $3 billion commitment to boost the US submarine base, Albanese replied: "We think our support is appropriate."
But signs of the challenge in getting legislation to pass in a dysfunctional Congress were evident on Monday night. As Albanese attended a welcome reception at the north-west Washington residence of Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, Republicans met behind closed doors on Capitol Hill in another frantic search to find a replacement for McCarthy.
Last week, the party nominated two potential candidates - House majority leader Steve Scalise and Trump ally Jim Jordan - but neither was able to get the 217 votes needed from their fiercely divided colleagues.
Eight new candidates are now in the running: Republican whip Tom Emmer, Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson, Republican study committee chairman kevin Hern, Florida firebrand Byron Donalds, Michigan congressman Jack Bergman, Gary Palmer of Alabama, Austin Scott of Georgia and Pete Sessions of Texas.
Until a new speaker is elected, there is no one third in the line of succession to the president; no ability to pass a funding bill to avoid a government shutdown next month; and no capacity to approve Biden's new funding request for billions of dollars to support Israel and Ukraine.
The impasse has dashed Albanese's hopes of delivering a rare address to a joint sitting of Congress, while the Israel-Hamas war has made the state visit a more subdued affair than Scott Morrison's 2019 visit when Trump was president.
Asked if the White House should have proceeded with the visit, spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said there was "no more important time than now" for the US to demonstrate the strength of its alliance with Australia.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/pm-plays-down-fears-submarine-pact-could-be-put-on-back-burner-20231024-p5eeix.html
#19785767 at 2023-10-23 09:22:31 (UTC+1)
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Anthony Albanese to lobby US Congress to back Joe Biden's bill for AUKUS, Israel and Ukraine
GEOFF CHAMBERS - OCTOBER 23, 2023
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Anthony Albanese will lobby US congress members to pass Joe Biden's bill promising billions for the AUKUS submarine program and military aid for Israel and Ukraine, as he launches a four-week international blitz headlined by meetings with the US President in Washington and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Mr Albanese on Sunday confirmed he would be the first prime minister in seven years to visit China after Beijing agreed to review trade sanctions on Australian wine following the government's decision allowing Chinese-firm Landbridge to continue operating the Port of Darwin.
Mr Albanese, who will meet Mr Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing and attend the Shanghai International Import Expo between November 4 and November 7, flew out to Washington on Sunday for an official state visit and dinner at the White House.
Amid escalating wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and ahead of high-level meetings with Mr Biden and top US officials, Mr Albanese said he would urge the US President at their ninth meeting since the election to "remain focused on the Indo-Pacific ?region" as a counterbalance to Beijing. "We do have strategic competition in this region," he said.
The AUKUS submarine program is facing resistance from some congressional Republicans and the US House of Represen?tatives is still unable to function because of divisions over the election of a new Speaker.
Despite the chaos in Washington, Mr Albanese said he would lobby for the passage of the $US105bn military aid bill that includes $3.4bn to bolster US submarine production to help promised sales to Australia.
Hours before departing Sydney for the US, Mr Albanese said: "President Biden's agenda is one that we support and we will be urging support for all of the legislation that is required for AUKUS."
The Washington trip begins the most significant month of diplomacy since Mr Albanese took office. The meetings with Mr Biden and Mr Xi are immediately followed by the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands, where Australia is expected to make new climate change pledges in support of its joint-Pacific bid to host a UN Climate Change conference.
Mr Albanese will also attend the APEC leaders meeting in San Francisco later in November and is likely to go to the COP28 Climate Change conference in Dubai in early December.
During his four-day visit to the US, Mr Albanese will announce new agreements on climate change and critical minerals and he is expected to unveil Australia's first major response to the Biden administration's $US3 trillion Inflation Reduction Act, which focuses heavily on clean energy investments.
"I'll be having important meetings with members of congress and Senate about the legislation that's required to ensure that AUKUS can continue to forge ahead, but also so that Australia can benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act as well," he said, referring to the Biden administration's trillion-dollar plus subsidy package for US industry, largely for clean energy projects
Against a backdrop of an imminent Israeli ground invasion of Gaza that will possibly overshadow his visit, Mr Albanese will attend the official White House state dinner on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) hosted by the President and first lady Jill Biden.
Mr Albanese will also meet Mr Biden's top-ranking officials in the cabinet room, including Vice-President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Treasury chief Janet Yellen.
Mr Albanese was expected to fly into Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early on Monday afternoon (AEDT), where he will be greeted by ambassador kevin rudd and wife Therese Rein.
The state visit is the first for an Australian prime minister since Donald Trump hosted Scott Morrison in 2019.
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#19769266 at 2023-10-20 12:51:47 (UTC+1)
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Anthony Albanese's AUKUS meetings stifled by congress chaos
GEOFF CHAMBERS and ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 20, 2023
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Anthony Albanese's plans to meet with legislators and smooth over concerns about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal during his four-day visit to Washington have not been locked in amid chaos and delays in appointing a new US Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Prime Minister, who is expected to strike new deals on critical minerals and clean energy with US President Joe Biden next week, will meet with key congress figures to help expedite legislative changes and make AUKUS fully operational.
The leading candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, hardline Republican Jim Jordan, on Thursday (Friday AEDT) said that he still intended to seek the speakership despite failing in two floor votes this week to secure the required number of votes.
The dysfunction in America's second arm of government makes it unclear who Mr Albanese would meet, at least among Republicans, who have a majority in the House of Representatives but not the Senate.
Mr Albanese's Washington trip will be headlined by an official state dinner hosted by Mr Biden at the White House South Lawn pavilion, which will be attended by prominent business, defence, diplomatic and political figures.
The full-day program for the White House state visit on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) includes a formal arrival ceremony and speeches, meetings in the Oval Office and Cabinet room with Mr Biden and secretaries, a joint media conference and state dinner. Donald Trump previously held a state dinner for Scott Morrison in 2019.
Ambassador kevin rudd, who will join Mr Albanese in opening the new Australian embassy on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), last week spoke publicly about mounting concerns Congress wasn't moving fast enough to make legislative changes allowing the transfer of advanced defence technology promised under the AUKUS pact.
The Weekend Australian understands that Mr Albanese, who will be accompanied to Washington by partner Jodie Haydon, will meet with the Friends of Australia caucus, a small bipartisan group of congressmen.
Mr Albanese, who ahead of the trip said Australian and US officials were focused on "building an alliance for the future", is expected to make announcements around critical minerals, climate action, clean energy and Australia's response to Mr Biden's $3bn Inflation Reduction Act.
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#19769232 at 2023-10-20 12:45:01 (UTC+1)
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Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden to strike new economic, defence and climate 'alliance for the future'
GEOFF CHAMBERS - OCTOBER 19, 2023
Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden will announce major economic partnerships next week focused on strengthening ties around clean energy, climate change, defence co-operation and critical minerals amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and surging oil prices.
The US President will host an official state dinner at the White House for the Prime Minister on Wednesday night (US time), bringing together prominent Australian and US business, defence and diplomatic officials to usher in a new Australia-US "alliance for the future".
Mr Albanese, who will open the new Australian embassy in Washington alongside ambassador kevin rudd during the week-long trip, will discuss climate action, clean energy partnerships, AUKUS progress and Indo-?Pacific stability with Mr Biden.
Ahead of the ninth meeting between the pair, Mr Albanese said "our nations are united by our common values, our deep history and our shared vision but this visit ... will be focused on building an ?alliance for the future".
The delegation of industry, banking and mining leaders, which includes Business Council of Australia chief Bran Black, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar and Westpac chief risk officer Ryan Zanin, will focus on strengthening investment and innovation relationships.
Mr Albanese, who with US officials flagged a "range of economic announcements" in Washington, said he looked forward to engaging with Mr Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
In parliament on Thursday, Mr Albanese said advancing the AUKUS defence pact was critical in "ensuring Australia plays our part in upholding the stability, ?security and prosperity of our ?region".
The government, which is devising its own version of the Biden administration's $US3 trillion Inflation Reduction Act, is keen to expand partnerships and investment with the US.
Amid global competition to access Australia's critical minerals and rare earths deposits, industry leaders are pushing hard to advance investment and operational support from the US to establish domestic refining, processing and manufacturing operations.
Mr Albanese, who will also travel to Beijing, Cook Islands and San Francisco over the next month, said "we're a mid-size power, so we do have influence".
"Whether it's the economy, climate change, energy, resources or the battle against global inflation, being part of these conversations means Australia gets to shape the solutions," he said.
"We punch above our weight located where we are in the world, in the fastest-growing region ... in human history."
Mr Albanese said "we need to ... know who our friends are and engage with them in our common interests of promoting democratic values, of promoting engagement in our region in a positive way".
"Our nations are united by our common values, our deep history and our shared vision, but this visit will be focused on building an alliance for the future," he said.
"At a time of global uncertainty, working with global partners is vital ... Whether it's the economy, climate change, energy, resources or the battle against global inflation, being part of these conversations means Australia gets to shape the solutions."
Peter Dutton encouraged Mr Albanese to visit Tel Aviv as a "priority" to ensure Australia was part of a global alliance to keep the pressure on "those who want a wider conflict in the region".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/anthony-albanese-and-joe-biden-to-strike-new-economic-defence-and-climate-alliance-for-the-future/news-story/93b13e951213b42063bfc0d451a98925
#19762239 at 2023-10-19 10:48:48 (UTC+1)
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>>19505163
Six US senators have demanded extra information on submarines before backing AUKUS
ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 18, 2023
A bipartisan group of US senators has demanded the Pentagon release details on how much extra money it will need to provide Australia with nuclear powered submarines in the 2030s at the same time as satisfying the US Navy's own expanding fleet requirements.
In a further escalation of a months-long standoff between congress and the White House over how to proceed with AUKUS, the three-way security pact among the US, Australia and the UK, three Republican and three Democrat senators have insisted the Pentagon release an already- completed study on the US submarine base by the end of this month.
"Congress must have a comprehensive understanding of the current status of the submarine industrial base as well as the future resource investments necessary to meet our nation's requirements," the senators wrote in a letter dated 12th October that was release by Senator John Wicker on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).
"The volume of submarine tonnage the industrial base must produce to meet the Navy's own requirements and fully implement the AUKUS agreement will require historic and sustained investments in the submarine workforce and supplier network," it added.
As part of the AUKUS agreement, announced in September 2021, the navy is meant to acquire between three and five Virginia-class US submarines by the early 2030s, and the government will chip in US$3 billion to the US Treasury to help expand US submarine base.
Senators have expressed concern this extra funding won't be enough to boost submarine output to satisfy both promises to Australia and the US navy, which had planned on building at least two new Virginia class submarines a year to boost its own fleet at a time of growing threat from China in the Indo-Pacific.
"It is critical that the administration articulate a detailed plan for instituting necessary enhancements to the submarine industrial base," the senators wrote, arguing the Pentagon's plan to release the information early next year wasn't acceptable.
In July 23 Republicans in congress asked the White House to "immediately" provide a plan to lift production of Virginia class submarines.
"To make up for the sale of at least three attack submarines to Australia, the US would have to produce somewhere between 2.3 to 2.5 submarines per year to avoid further shrinking our fleet's operational capacity," the letter to the White House read, noting the current production rate of 1.2 was already below a forecast two per year.
In the same month the senate held up legislative changes that would facilitate the transfer of nuclear-powered submarines and technology to Australia, making its support contingent on a White House request for additional funding of the US submarine base.
Senators' latest concern about US submarine capacity emerged a week after Australian ambassador to the US kevin rudd said congress wasn't moving fast enough to amend US defence technology export rules that would hobble the AUKUS agreement as they currently stand.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/six-us-senators-have-demanded-extra-information-on-submarines-before-backing-aukus/news-story/b1e57d0b223d4bc8caba615307fbf39a
#19729271 at 2023-10-13 17:02:05 (UTC+1)
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>>19505163
kevin rudd delivered a blunt rebuke of congress for slow progress on AUKUS changes
ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 13, 2023
kevin rudd has slammed "really crazy" and "ridiculous" US regulations that could thwart the transfer of US nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS security pact, urging senior Biden administration officials to put pressure on a paralysed congress to expedite the necessary changes to facilitate the landmark agreement.
Dr rudd, ambassador to the US, also said Australia would remain "rock solid" with the US in the face of "challenges which lie ahead [that] are beyond our imagining", referring to the prospect of war in the Middle East, Ukraine and China's growing threat in the Indo-Pacific.
In a speech at an American-Australia Leadership Dialogue event in Washington on Thursday (Friday AEST), Mr rudd sounded the alarm on congress's slow progress in changing strict US regulations that would hamper the transfer of US military technology to Australia as promised under AUKUS.
"What we cannot afford in the future, is the continuation of the most ridiculous manifestations of the ITAR regime," he said, referring to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, which in their current state would throttle the creation of a seamless defence industrial base between the two countries.
The Biden administration and US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy have repeatedly sought to reassure Australia that the necessary regulatory changes would occur, and the government remains confident they will be made, even if Donald Trump returns to the White House after the 2024 presidential election.
Dr rudd said amending the rules, which require congressional changes, would be a "monumental step forward in realising this mission of a seamless industry".
Jeffrey Bialos, a senior defence policy adviser to the Clinton administration, earlier this month told The Australian that AUKUS was "doomed to failure" without further changes, amid additional concerns that congress might ultimately baulk at the sale of nuclear powered submarines to Australia given the US navy's own requirements.
"We're not a bunch of naive Australians who wander into town and think that everything can be waved away at once," Dr rudd said, speaking to an audience including senior defence experts an Biden administration officials.
Dr rudd's warning came weeks before the prime minister was due to arrive in Washington for an official state visit at the White House hosted by US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
The former prime minister, who succeeded Arthur Sinodinos as ambassador earlier this year, also warned US bureaucrats not to engage in "regulatory clawback" if the legislative changes were eventually approved. "Guess what? We're all alert to that - we don't intend to allow it to happen".
"There was a time in our relationships that we could seminar these things to death. The time for 'seminaring' is over - the time for action is now."
Provisions to approve the transfer of Virginia-class submarines to Australia, which is expected to buy between three and five from the US in the early 2030s, remain bogged down in debate in congress as Republicans and Democrats thrash out an annual defence spending bill.
"Waiting for weeks, months or even years for spare parts or stocks to be replenished is no longer viable ... One of the many military lessons from Ukraine is that defence materiel depletes quickly in a conflict."
Wading into the crisis in the Middle East, Dr rudd also declared Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organisation responsible for savage attacks on Israel last week, was "the very face of evil". "A leopard does not change its spots," he said, reminding the audience of Australia's decision when he was prime minister to ban the group as an international terrorist organisation.
"The burden of American strategic leadership as the world's remaining superpower is to deal with all of these challenges simultaneously," rudd told the gathering, which included Biden administration officials, members of parliament, diplomats and defence industry heads.
"But the responsibility, in the same breath, for allies of the United States like Australia is to be rock solid with the United States as it confronts each and every one of these challenges ... and that is where the government of Australia proudly stands today."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/kevin-rudd-delivered-a-blunt-rebuke-of-congress-for-flow-progress-on-aukus-changes/news-story/d16f7aad8aedb0b500d02b568a7762d1
#19729249 at 2023-10-13 16:58:50 (UTC+1)
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>>19505163
rudd slams 'crazy' US red tape slowing AUKUS
Matthew Cranston - Oct 13, 2023
Washington | Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, has slammed "ridiculous" US bureaucracy holding back faster progress on the AUKUS submarine pact between the two countries.
The former prime minister said tough export controls on sensitive military technology could slow the sharing of nuclear propulsion technology between the allies under AUKUS.
"We're not a bunch of naive Australians who wander into town and think that everything can be waved away at once," Mr rudd told the American Australian Associations' annual event in Washington on Thursday (Friday AEDT).
"What we cannot afford in the future, is the continuation of the most ridiculous manifestations of the ITAR regime," he said, referring to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations in the US.
Mr rudd cited Australia's orders for missile systems with the US in previous years.
"It takes six years from point of order to the point of delivery, and then for a separate ITAR project to take over as to whether we can then be provided with the instruction manual for the use of said missiles.
"That's where it gets really crazy.
"The current process, for example of flying US citizens out to Australia, to repair and maintain US technology, or to send it back to the US for repair and maintenance doesn't work any more," he said.
Under the AUKUS deal agreed in 2021, the US plans to sell five nuclear powered-submarines to Australia at price tags to be determined by the US State Department.
'Disrupt we must'
China's aggression in the Pacific and the AUKUS pact have spurred US politicians on both sides to recognise tough export controls on Australia need to be eased. But there are some concerns that loosening controls could allow "bad actors" to gain access to valuable US military secrets.
Many of the export controls could be overlooked quickly by the Biden administration, without having to pass through Congress, as has been the case with supplying some technology to Ukraine. Other rules, especially around nuclear intelligence, need Congress approval.
Mr rudd said he has reminded members of Congress of long-standing intelligence sharing arrangements between the two allies.
"Well guys, we've been sharing the highest classified intelligence information with each other since 1946. Here we are in 2023 … and we haven't done that in terms of defence kit. So we should ask the question, why not? There is no good reason. We need to move ahead."
"I know this will disrupt a number of things that we currently do, but disrupt we must."
"We don't have any time to wait. The times are urgent."
"The crises multiply each day in depth and breadth and complexity. There was a time in our relationship that we could seminar these things to death. The time for seminaring things is over. The time for action is now."
Mr rudd also raised the need for Australian superannuation funds to find their place in defence investments.
"Part of our challenge is to introduce the Australian superannuation industry into investible categories. In the defence science and technology space.
"It's not been an area where Australia's venture capital, or investment capital has been in the past. It needs to be and it should be. There's nothing offensive in terms of ESG standards about investing in defence science and technology base, nothing at all."
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/rudd-slams-crazy-us-red-tape-slowing-aukus-20231013-p5ebxk
#19650060 at 2023-10-02 09:30:34 (UTC+1)
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>>19505163
Congressional 'poison pill' could scuttle AUKUS nuclear subs deal
ADAM CREIGHTON - OCTOBER 2, 2023
A senior defence policy adviser to the Clinton administration has warned AUKUS was "doomed to failure" without a significant revamp of US defence technology export regulations, amid growing concern that congress might ultimately baulk at the sale of nuclear powered submarines to Australia.
Jeffrey Bialos, partner at law firm Eversheds-Sutherland and former deputy undersecretary of defence during the Clinton ?administration, told The Australian that the three-way defence alliance would be "dead on ?arrival" based on the as-yet legislated proposals to operationalise the landmark deal.
"None of these measures do more than put Band-Aids on longstanding issues. The idea of an exemption for Australia and the UK isn't new, we tried it in the late '90s and it failed," he said.
Mr Bialos, who was also one of the architects of an effort to ?reform of US defence technology export regulations in the Clinton administration, said the regulatory standards that would be ?required of Australia and Britain were so stringent that the countries wouldn't agree to them and in practice co-operation couldn't occur, even if the White House was under the impression it could.
"Everybody knows they're never going to get to yes on that with Australians and the UK, ?because these countries have their own laws, their own traditions and their own approach to export controls," he said.
Defence Minister Richard Marles and ambassador to the US kevin rudd in July hailed a proposed amendment to US law to facilitate the transfer of submarines to Australia, which was later held up by Senate Republicans who insisted the administration boost spending on submarine production capacity first.
Provisions to approve the transfer of Virginia-class submarines to Australia, which is expected to buy between three and five from the US in the early 2030s, remain bogged down in debate in congress as Republicans and Democrats thrash out an ?annual defence spending bill.
"It's not so much the sale [of the subs] that's going to be the problem, it's the essential technology co-operation related to it and Pillar II activities; the rules effectively kill it," Mr Bialos said.
"What I don't understand is how a State Department that strongly supports AUKUS at the top level and supports the technology co-operation to enable it has put forward an ITAR exemption proposal with a poison pill," he said, referring to the dormant congressional proposals to make pillars I and II of the AUKUS deal legally operational.
The State Department told The Australian it did "not comment on pending legislation", pointing to recent public statements by senior officials that ?expressed support for AUKUS.
(continued)
#19623889 at 2023-09-28 11:49:32 (UTC+1)
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>>19606805
>>19623862
Australian expats at world's largest AEC voting booth urged to vote Yes
Rob Harris - September 28, 2023
London: Former prime minister Julia Gillard has urged a large contingent of expat Australians to make their vote count at next month's referendum, saying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament enshrined in the constitution would ensure future generations listen to those who have suffered from a century of policies imposed on them.
Gillard, who made a point of mentioning her 62nd birthday this week, told a crowd of around 150 Australians gathered for the Yes23 campaign launch in London, that an Aboriginal woman born in 1961 had been largely failed by governments of all stripes and had likely suffered "generational trauma".
The UK-based Gillard joined youth advocate Yasmin Poole, Irish social rights campaigner Tiernan Brady and a drag queen called Karla Bear, who sang John Farnham's anthemic hit You're The Voice in Camden ahead of early voting in the UK capital beginning next week.
More than 15,000 people - both Australian citizens living in the UK and holidaymakers - are expected to vote at the High Commission in London, making the booth the largest run by the Australian Electoral Commission anywhere in the world.
Gillard, the chair of mental health advocacy group Beyond Blue since 2017, said an Indigenous woman born in the same year as her would have been at risk of being part of the Stolen Generations.
"Taken away from her family for no reason," she said. "And if later in life she even managed to dig up the documents about why she was taken away from her family, what she was quite likely to have found is the words 'for being Aboriginal'."
"And even if she hadn't been removed from her family, it's quite likely that across her extended family, there were people who had that experience and intergenerational trauma."
She said that woman would not have been counted in the census until she was six and would have waited more than 30 years before the landmark Native Title.
"She would have had to live all the way to 2007 to hear the word "apology" from then-prime minister kevin rudd," noting that "all of these things impacted upon her life in a major way, and we know that just living her everyday life she would face racism and exclusion".
Gillard said institutionalised racism and exclusion had compounded for many over time to cause ongoing psychological distress. But she said positive progress had been made with more children accessing early education and fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in detention.
Voters in the referendum will be asked a question about recognising Indigenous people in the country's constitution, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a "once in a generation chance" to improve the lives of the country's Aboriginal population. It requires the majority of Australians and the majority of states to vote in favour of the change, which includes the establishment of a Voice to parliament, an advisory body on Indigenous affairs.
Gillard said if Australians truly wanted to solve the problems faced by First Nations communities, then the people who lived those problems daily must be able to tell policymakers what should be done, away from election cycles or at only politically convenient times.
"What the Voice will ensure is that we always hear that we all used to have the best experts telling us what needs to be done by our nation next," she said.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-makes-voice-plea-to-australians-in-the-uk-20230928-p5e87r.html
https://twitter.com/latikambourke/status/1707130802448806137
#19623862 at 2023-09-28 11:38:20 (UTC+1)
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>>19606805
'Vote for best voice': Julia Gillard launches UK Yes campaign
JACQUELIN MAGNAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has told a London audience of how the family stories of indigenous people are imbued with "trauma and exclusion," and accused the country of failing to listen to the voice of "those who can make the biggest difference."
Launching the Yes campaign for the indigenous voice to parliament referendum in Britain's capital early this morning (AEST), Ms Gillard urged a yes vote because: "What the voice will ensure is that we always hear, that we always have, the best, best voice telling us what needs to be done by our nation next."
Ms Gillard who celebrates her 62nd birthday later this week said a female indigenous counterpart born in the same year would have been at real risk of being part of the Stolen Generation, taken from her family for no reason with documents showing it was for no reason other than "being aboriginal".
She said if the woman wasn't taken from her family, then she would know of people who were.
"Intergenerational trauma is a real thing, families learn, families grow generation by generation", she said.
She pointed out that when the woman was born 62 years ago, it would be another six years before the referendum was passed allowing her to be counted in the census and more than 30 years before the landmark Native Title.
Ms Gillard said: "She would have had to lived all the way to 2007 to hear the word "apology" from Prime Minister kevin rudd,'' noting that "all of these things impacted upon her life in a major way, and we know that just living her everyday life she would face racism and exclusion".
Ms Gillard added that these individual instances of racism and exclusion added up over time to cause ongoing psychological distress.
Ms Gillard said that there had been some progress with more children accessing early education and less First Nations young people in detention and more Australian land subject to Native Title.
But she warned: "Progress is slower than we aimed for and in some the gap is getting bigger" in relation to the rates of incarceration and the care of children.
She said: "Why do we fail to meet the targets that we collectively as a nation have set ourselves to change? I think that there is one explanation and that is because we haven't heard the voice of those who can truly make the biggest difference''.
She said a voice to parliament would mean "together we can sail on a journey that leads to a far more inclusive and reconciled future''.
Australia House in the Strand is the largest overseas polling booth, with as many as 160,000 eligible voters, mostly expats living in the United Kingdom able to cast their ballot here. The campaign launch, included the appearance of a drag queen singing a rousing rendition of John Farnham's anthem song "The Voice".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/vote-for-best-voice-julia-gillard-launches-uk-yes-campaign/news-story/e0d05be1d7240b0d5aae79ee07eaa6b6
#19601923 at 2023-09-24 10:07:08 (UTC+1)
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>>19601919
2/2
News Corp's Australian media assets now include Melbourne's Herald Sun, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, Brisbane's Courier Mail, Adelaide's The Advertiser, the Hobart Mercury and Sky News Australia amongst others. But Mr Murdoch was not content with confining himself to Australia and from the late 1960s he sought to expand his business interests into both the United Kingdom and the United States.
In Britain he bought the tabloid mastheads News of the World and The Sun before acquiring the then broadsheets The Times and The Sunday Times. He shook up the British media landscape in the 1980s when he took on and defeated the print unions in Wapping which had opposed job losses flowing from the increasing automation of papers.
Mr Murdoch also expanded into the US market in the 1970s most notably with the tabloid, the New York Post, and in 2007 he acquired Dow Jones & Company which gave him control of the prized masthead, the Wall Street Journal. In 1974 he moved to New York and in 1985 he gave up his Australian citizenship to become a US citizen to allow him to expand his US business interests.
In the 1980s he moved into the movie and publishing world, buying Twentieth Century Fox and publisher HarperCollins.
But Mr Murdoch's biggest move in the US was the 1996 creation of Fox News 24-hour cable channel to meet what he believed was a strong market for a conservative news. That hunch proved to be correct with Fox News now the dominant cable news channel in the US.
There were also controversies in his long career, including in 2011 over News of the World reporters hacking phones to get stories.
Mr Murdoch's critics also claimed he had undue political influence and that he used his publications to influence election outcomes and shape public opinion.
His supporters backed him as a bold business titan and someone who challenged political elites.
Under his ownership, News Corp's Australian newspapers have had a centre-right political leaning but have editorialised in favour of both major parties over the years, including initially for Labor prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and kevin rudd.
Mr Murdoch has six children Lachlan, James, Elisabeth, Prudence, Grace and Chloe.
He said he would still be actively involved in the "contest of ideas''.
"In my new role, I can guarantee you that I will be involved every day in the contest of ideas. Our companies are communities, and I will be an active member of our community. I will be watching our broadcasts with a critical eye, reading our newspapers and websites and books with much interest, and reaching out to you with thoughts, ideas, and advice. When I visit your countries and companies, you can expect to see me in the office late on a Friday afternoon," Mr Murdoch said in a note to staff.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/rupert-murdoch-executive-chair-of-news-corp-to-step-down/news-story/4b259b41eeaf65a28383658443a1d562
#19566075 at 2023-09-17 10:01:37 (UTC+1)
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>>19566073
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Albanese's failure of leadership for all Australians rests on two of his basic decisions at the start of the referendum process on election night in May last year.
First, as Prime Minister, he did not seek any compromise from the Indigenous leaders and architects of the voice to parliament to give the referendum the best chance of being passed. Second, having committed to a difficult model, he did not do everything he could to ensure success.
When he enthusiastically committed to a referendum this term to enshrine a voice to parliament, Albanese was operating on the basis that there was goodwill towards Indigenous Australians and his Labor government could win by appealing to that emotional goodwill without relying on a constitutional convention or providing details of how a voice to parliament would work.
Public polling clearly showed there was goodwill towards Indigenous people, even towards constitutional recognition, and Albanese believed an emotional campaign that did not get into detail would easily succeed and politically marginalise and damage Dutton.
Albanese's mantra on the timing and style of the voice referendum was always that when Indigenous leaders asked him to hold a referendum he couldn't "say nup" and argued "if not now, when?". He did not use the authority of his office and the strength of his offer to argue for a less radical, less difficult model to sell, nor did he consider the haste of the venture could be its undoing.
With no discussion or mandate from a constitutional convention, emotional support drained, the demand for detail grew and the No campaign delivered a devastating slogan: "If you don't know, vote no."
Albanese's lack of regret this week for embarking on his campaign and his continued expression of confidence in the referendum being passed by a majority of Australians and states is a clear indication of his faith in the emotional campaign and refusal to offer any detail or legislative outline. Yet even Labor senator Pat Dodson - the father of reconciliation - conceded the effectiveness of the No campaign was boosted by the lack of detail about the voice advisory body, which made the Yes campaign more difficult.
"I think that it's difficult, as everyone knows, to promote the Yes campaign in terms of the detail, what the proposition is, what the provision is, why this is important, how it's going to benefit us?" he told The Australian.
On the No campaign side, opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Price has effectively countered Labor's emotional strategy with deeply personal stories of domestic violence, sexual assault of children and murders, demonstrating the reality of life for the most marginalised and arguing the voice will not address their practical problems.
Price's effectiveness as a campaigner, given she has been in the Senate for only just more than a year, has altered the trajectory of the voice debate and turned her into a new force within the Coalition. Just as kevin rudd was able to use the Iraqi wheat scandal as the issue to lift his profile to the point of being a Labor leadership contender and Peter Reith used referendum opposition to be seen as a possible Liberal leadership candidate, Price will emerge from this referendum campaign with an authority and political credibility that will have to be recognised and rewarded within the Coalition.
This is especially so given the inversion of Albanese's strategy to use the referendum to terminally damage the Opposition Leader and the Coalition for opposing the voice to parliament.
A defeat for the referendum is now unequivocally a defeat for Albanese, who acted in haste and with hubris.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/anthony-albanese-has-miscalculated-and-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-could-be-doomed/news-story/bbaf3029d213d01168482226ce99a364
#19566065 at 2023-09-17 09:49:04 (UTC+1)
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>>19566056
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As a former Australian foreign affairs minister, I was honoured to meet 14 Caribbean nations in New York and ask them to vote for us in the 2012 ballot for the United Nations Security Council. They approved what I said about the marine environment, climate, banning small arms. But their spokesperson added, unprompted, that they liked Australia because of "the Apology". The 14 Caribbean states voted for us. kevin rudd's apology had added lustre to our international reputation.
How is our international reputation going to look if the Australian people are seen to vote down the mildest of constitutional tweaks on behalf of our First Nations?
As premier of NSW, I had the support of all parties when in June 1997 I presented the first apology to the stolen generations delivered by an Australian parliament. When, last year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary, I again met people who had been torn from their mothers and stuck in institutions. One talked of his attempt at escape, walking a stretch of railway line to return to his mother. There is only one racial category of Australians who systematically received that treatment.
If you heard someone on radio talking about being wrested from his mum and stuck in a boys' home, then escaping and following a railway line in the hope of finding his way home, you would know that it was an Indigenous Australian.
Now, all these peoples request is a guaranteed Voice to the parliament, with their ideas able to be endorsed or rejected.
Think of the seizing of their land and the savagery that went with it. It's a triumph of the spirit of reconciliation that a Voice is all they seek.
Metaphorically, the gunshots still echo. Only one group suffered massacres and now it's time to make amends. High Ground's footage is dramatised, but it's not fake. Doubters might stream it on SBS On Demand, where they can also find Rachel Perkins' The Australian Wars.
It's time to let kindness have its day in public policy.
Bob Carr is a former foreign affairs minister and was NSW's longest serving premier.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-movie-that-erased-my-doubts-about-the-voice-20230912-p5e439.html
#19487566 at 2023-09-04 10:18:58 (UTC+1)
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Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Human Trafficking and Satanism Investigations - Part 2
>>19250288 Jury acquits kevin Spacey of all nine sexual offence charges in London trial - A London jury acquitted kevin Spacey on sexual assault charges on Wednesday after a four-week trial in which the actor said he was a "big flirt" who had consensual flings with men and whose only misstep was touching a man's groin while making a "clumsy pass." Three men accused the Oscar winner of aggressively grabbing their crotches. A fourth, an aspiring actor seeking mentorship, said he awoke to the actor performing oral sex on him after going to Spacey's London apartment for a beer and either falling asleep or passing out. All the men said the contact was unwanted but Spacey testified that the young actor and another man had willingly participated in consensual acts. He said a third man's allegation that he grabbed his privates like a striking "cobra" backstage at a theatre was "pure fantasy." Defence lawyer Patrick Gibbs said three of the men were liars and incidents had been "reimagined with a sinister spin." He accused most of them of hopping on a "bandwagon" of complaints in the hope of striking it rich.
>>19250288 Q Post #4590 - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kevin-spacey-accuser-dies-by-suicide-day-after-actor-posts-kill-them-with-kindness-video - "This marks the third Spacey accuser to die in 2019." At what point does it become painfully obvious? - Q - https://qanon.pub/#4590
>>19250307 Julia Gillard's ex Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault - Julia Gillard's former partner, Tim Mathieson, will plead guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent. The 66-year-old hairdresser, who became the first Australian man to be nicknamed the nation's "first bloke" when Ms Gillard ousted kevin rudd as Labor leader in 2010, is expected to admit to sucking a woman's nipple without her consent in an incident that took place in Brunswick on March 13 last year.
>>19267294 Nations unite against Facebook over encryption plans 'that endanger children' - Britain's home secretary has been building an international alliance to take on Facebook over its plans to introduce default end-to-end encryption for its messaging apps. Suella Braverman has warned Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Meta, Facebook's parent company, that "there will be no let-up" amid fears about the technology's use by pedophiles and other criminals. End-to-end encryption stops anyone but the sender and recipient of a message seeing it, meaning the companies cannot police the content, making it an ideal tool for criminals. Meta will introduce it on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct chats this year.
>>19278301 Video: Breakthrough that led police to alleged abuser of 91 girls at daycare centres - A trusted childcare worker was secretly able to prey on 91 young girls across 15 years, and was only exposed as one of the nation's most heinous paedophiles when investigators traced bed sheets seen in a horrific video back to one of his centres, police allege. In a case some of Australia's most senior officers have described as "unfathomable" and "beyond the realm of anyone's imagination", the 45-year-old Gold Coast man allegedly targeted vulnerable pre-pubescent girls in 10 childcare centres in Brisbane, one in Sydney and another overseas before his arrest in August last year.
>>19284103 Man charged with child sex offences known to be involved with photography at a childcare centre, ABC confirms - A former childcare worker charged with 1,623 child abuse offences worked at a centre associated with a tertiary education facility and was known to be involved in photography, the ABC has confirmed. The Gold Coast man, 45, has been charged with 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10. An investigation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as well as Queensland and New South Wales police led to the arrest of the man, with offences allegedly committed in Brisbane, Sydney and overseas between 2007 and 2022. He has been in custody in Queensland since August 2022 when the AFP arrested and charged him with two counts of making child exploitation material and one count of using a carriage service for child abuse material.
#19487519 at 2023-09-04 10:02:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 25
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 2
>>19256893 'A risk we should not take': Republican resistance mounts to nuclear submarine plan - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared he remains confident Australia will secure Virginia-class submarines from the United States, even as almost half of all Republican senators came out against the current plan on the grounds it would dangerously weaken the US Navy as it competes with China. Twenty-three Republican senators, including Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday (Australian time) saying they did not support the proposal to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia unless the US doubled its own domestic production capacity.
>>19256945 NZ Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta slams door shut on AUKUS - A split has appeared in New Zealand's leadership over AUKUS, as the country's Foreign Minister ruled out joining the pact, only a day after Prime Minister Chris Hipkinsheld the door open to negotiations. Hours after fronting the media with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said the door was "very much open" for NZ to engage with AUKUS "as a trusted partner," Nanaia Mahuta appeared to slam that door shut. "I'll be really clear, we're not contemplating joining AUKUS," Ms Mahuta told reporters.
>>19297296 Indigenous voice to parliament: Claims of 'no say' on AUKUS nuclear subs torpedoed by referendum adviser - A member of Anthony Albanese's referendum advisory group says the AUKUS nuclear submarine project has the potential to impact Indigenous communities, signalling she backs the voice to parliament advising government on the key pillar of Australia's defence policy. Artist Sally Scales said Aboriginal communities should be consulted on aspects of the nuclear subs deal, including where they will be docked. "I don't care about the nuts and the bolts of the submarines. But what do I care about? Where's that nuclear waste going to go for (those) submarines?" Ms Scales told an event at the Australian National University on Wednesday night. "If we're going to build new ports for these submarines, where are those ports going to be? How (are) those Aboriginal communities going to be consulted and worked with?"
>>19297859 Video: US nuclear submarine visits Western Australia as allies increase defence preparedness - A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine arrived in Western Australia on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defence ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia. The U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine arrived at HMAS Stirling for a scheduled port visit as part of a patrol of the Indo-Pacific, officials said.
>>19297936 Video: US military shows off nuclear capable submarine in Western Australia - The United States military is flexing its nuclear fleet of submarines in Western Australia. The arrival of the USS North Carolina is the first visit since a landmark defence deal was signed earlier this year. Australia is buying eight of the nuclear-powered Virginia class submarines in a deal costing $368 billion. Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd was on Garden Island touring the 110-metre vessel which can go three months underwater. WA will permanently house nuclear subs from next decade.
>>19308139 Labor faces growing grassroots party revolt over AUKUS pact - The Albanese government is facing a rank-and-file party revolt over the AUKUS defence pact, with about 40 local branches opposing it outright or calling for a review, and activists determined to have it debated at the party's national conference despite attempts to dampen dissent. Federal electorate councils covering the Labor seats of Sydney, held by Tanya Plibersek, Parramatta and Boothby, plus the seat of Mayo held by independent MP Rebekha Sharkie, have also passed resolutions opposing the trilateral AUKUS defence pact to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
>>19333477 Australia, US urged to ramp up AUKUS as PM invited to White House - Australia and the United States are being urged to turbocharge the AUKUS pact by jointly producing long-range missiles and using Australia as a testing ground for hypersonic weapons as Anthony Albanese prepares to make his first prime ministerial visit to the US capital. Albanese will be feted at a rare state dinner in Washington, DC, in late October at the invitation of US President Joe Biden, just days before he has been tipped to make an as-yet-unconfirmed visit to Beijing. Republican congressman Mike Gallagher, considered a rising star of American politics, used a speech in Canberra on Thursday night to say the AUKUS pact had the potential to "bring this region from the brink of war" if the three member nations expanded their ambitions and put their nations on a preventative "war footing".
#19487509 at 2023-09-04 09:59:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 18
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition - Part 2
>>19262570 Assange 'endangered lives': Top official urges Australia to understand US concerns - The United States' top foreign policy official has urged Australians to understand American concerns about Julian Assange's publishing of leaked classified information, saying the WikiLeaks founder is alleged to have endangered lives and put US national security at risk. In the sharpest and most detailed remarks from a Biden administration official about the matter, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Assange had been involved in one of the largest breaches of classified information in American history and had been charged with serious criminal conduct in the US.
>>19278210 Julian Assange supporters in Australian parliament urge US to get him out of maximum security prison - Julian Assange's supporters in the Australian parliament have implored the US government to "get him the hell out of a maximum security prison" regardless of diplomatic friction over the WikiLeaks founder's eventual fate. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has pushed back at the Australian government's complaints that the pursuit of Assange had dragged on too long, with the top diplomat declaring that the WikiLeaks founder is alleged to have "risked very serious harm to our national security".
>>19326761 Assange pursuit 'gone on for too long', kevin rudd says - kevin rudd says the United States' pursuit of Julian Assange has "gone on for too long" and he will continue to express Australia's concerns. During a visit to Australia as part of high level talks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Mr Assange was accused of "very serious criminal conduct" . Asked how he was continuing to press Australia's position to the US as ambassador, Mr rudd said his responsibility to engage on behalf of all Australians included Mr Assange. "As for Secretary Blinken's statements recently, that's to be anticipated from the administration, reflecting their concerns about the history of the case," he told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday. "We in Australia have our own concerns that we continue to reflect and my job as Australia's leading diplomat in the US is to engage effectively, which usually means silently with the US administration, in order to maximise our prospects.
>>19355431 'There's a way to resolve it': United States ambassador Caroline Kennedy flags Assange plea deal - United States ambassador Caroline Kennedy has flagged a potential plea deal between Julian Assange and US authorities that could end America's pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder and allow him to return to Australia. As hopes fade among Assange's supporters that the Biden administration will abandon its extradition request, a David Hicks-style plea bargain has emerged as the most likely way for Assange to avoid a drawn-out criminal trial on espionage charges and a possible lengthy jail term in a maximum security US prison.
#19487490 at 2023-09-04 09:54:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 7
Australian Politics and Society - Part 7
>>19367975 kevin rudd says he will never apologise for his 2007 climate change warning - kevin rudd has revived his declaration that climate change is the greatest moral challenge of our time, saying he would never apologise for the warning he issued in 2007 even though it doomed his prime ministership when he abandoned his signature carbon pricing scheme. The US ambassador, who unveiled a climate pact between Australia and California with Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, said he was "ridiculed" for his comments at the time. "I make no apology for saying it then and I make no apology for repeating it now, because it is," Dr rudd said.
>>19367987 kevin rudd AC Tweet: Proud to join @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom in Sacramento today for the signing of a new landmark climate MoU between Australia and California. This MoU will enhance cooperation in areas including clean transportation, energy, climate-friendly business and R&D.
>>19367987 Q Post #2782 - [Example CA] - https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/amp/? - What 'family' runs CA? They are all connected. Wealth-Power-Influence - [RIGGED] - The More You Know.... - Q - https://qanon.pub/#2782 - https://qalerts.pub/?q=newsom - https://qalerts.pub/?q=california
>>19368006 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet - https://twitter.com/USEmbAustralia/status/1691583564310306947 - (Durham boat - Go Matildas)
>>19368006 Q Post #3800 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_boat - Anons found the subtle hint dropped in the beginning. Think Durham start. Think 'Q' start. You have more than you know. Q - https://qanon.pub/#3800
>>19397621 Family Court judge rules father's gender non-conformity 'confused' his children - A Family Court judge has determined that a father's refusal to conform with traditional gender norms left his three children "confused" and encouraged them to "question their gender identity" after they all began identifying as non-binary, ruling the two youngest children will not be permitted to see their ?father for an extended period. The matter regarded the breakdown of a 20-year relationship between a mother and a ?father, who identifies as male but occasionally wears gender non-conforming clothes, including a dress to his middle child's first day of school. Justice Kylie Beckhouse earlier this month ruled the two youngest children, known pseudonymously as Riley, 8, and Taylor, 13, will not be allowed to see their father for the next four months, after which period they will spend time with him on Sundays. The eldest child, Jamie, 16, who is taking puberty blockers and wishes to undergo a mastectomy once he completes his HSC, will live with both parents in accordance with his wishes.
>>19404456 AN0M accused Edwin Kumar asks FBI to give him names and messages from encrypted app - An Australian man accused of providing encrypted AN0M devices to people who used them to organise drug trafficking is asking prosecutors to give him details of every message sent on every phone he is accused of providing. The case against Edwin Harmendra Kumar, being heard in the US, has revealed fascinating details of the inner workings of Operation Ironside, the police sting of the century, built around the encrypted app AN0M. Mr Kumar, who was extradited from Sydney to the US earlier this year to face racketeering (RICO) charges, is seeking details of all users and all messages sent via the devices prosecutors say he provided or serviced. He is also seeking any reports of drug transactions allegedly involving him directly, or any end-user who allegedly used a device he had distributed or serviced.
>>19417641 Australia-California: A climate partnership made in la-la land - "Last week, Australian ambassador to the US kevin rudd and California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento on climate change. It should have been called a memorandum of waffle, as both governments jointly promised to do precisely nothing. After ploughing through 1600 words of waffle, the reader learns the MOU "does not create any legally binding rights or obligations and creates no legally recognisable or enforceable rights or remedies, legal or equitable, in any forum whatsoever". Whatever agreements California and Australia make won't make a scrap of difference to the global climate, given the near entirety of additional increases in carbon dioxide emissions now arise in India and China." - Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
#19487487 at 2023-09-04 09:54:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>19333536 Elon Musk lashes the ABC over its decision to abandon his social media platform X - Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has lashed out at the ABC over its decision to abandon his platform and accused the public broadcaster of favouring "censorship-friendly social media". Musk purchased X (formerly Twitter) in 2022 and has made many changes to the platform, including rebranding it, sacking thousands of staff and introducing charges for verification, but its overhaul has not been welcomed by the public broadcaster. The reasons behind the ABC's decision to stop using the platform included blaming toxic interactions, costs and lack of trust but it was met with annoyance by Musk who took to social media to scold the taxpayer-funded organisation. Hours after the decision was announced by the ABC, Musk responded on X to a post about the ABC's move by writing, "Well of course they prefer censorship-friendly social media. The Australian public does not". Mr Musk did not specifically name any social media platforms in his post.
>>19333564 kevin rudd in 'traitor Donald Trump' U-turn - Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says he could work with a re-elected Donald Trump - who he attacked last year as a "traitor" - if the "good burghers" of the United States put the Republican frontrunner back in the White House. Dr rudd, who is in Canberra for the unveiling of his prime ministerial portrait on Thursday, said he had worked "comfortably and seamlessly" with congressional Republicans and with former members of the Trump administration since his arrival in Washington in March. "Our job as the Australian Embassy in Washington is to work with both sides of the aisle," Dr rudd said. "What the good burghers of the United States choose to do in their own electoral process is a matter for them."
>>19333564 kevin rudd Tweet (27 Feb 2022): 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. - https://archive.ph/gbMyl
>>19333643 Former NSA director and commander of US Cyber Command says America can learn 'a lot' about cybersecurity from Australia - The former head of America's National Security Agency has declared there are "a lot of things" the United States can learn about cybersecurity from Australia. Former NSA Director and Commander of the United States Cyber Command, Mike Rogers, said that while there are "significant challenges" with respect to cyber security in Australia, the country also has "a lot of good things going for it." The former Admiral, who lead the NSA and the US cyber command from 2014 until 2018, cited the fact that Australian governments from both sides of politics had been "very aggressive" and "very focused on cyber security." The former NSA director also credited Australia with prohibiting Chinese company Huawei from being involved in the country's 5G network "well in advance" of both the US and the United Kingdom.
>>19340466 ALP conference to be a Paul Keating-free zone - Former prime ministers Paul Keating, kevin rudd and Julia Gillard will not attend the first in-person ALP national conference since 2018, as senior Labor figures scramble to avoid messy fights over AUKUS, economic and social policy, Palestine, trade and fossil fuels. More than 2,000 party delegates and members, union officials, MPs and observers will meet over three days at the Brisbane Convention Centre next week at the first national conference held in Queensland since the 1970s.
>>19367972 rudd, Newsom get cosy on climate - Under the five-metre-high ceilings of the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, showed just what a former prime minister has to do to become mates with the potential next president of the United States. Californian governor Gavin Newsom, who many believe is planning a presidential run soon with a growing fund-raising base and an increasingly vulnerable Joe Biden at the helm, was courted on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) by rudd along with, as the ambassador put it, "a bunch of visiting Australian corporate buccaneers". Newsom, 55, who has been governor since 2019 and a politician for 20 years, is widely regarded as the next best option for the Democrats after Biden. A favourite hate figure of the Republican right for his progressive views, he governs a state that, with GDP of about $US3.6 trillion ($5.5 trillion), is the fifth biggest in the world, behind Germany and ahead of India. He and rudd met to announce a memorandum of understanding for five years of co-operation on clean energy, transportation and technology, green finance and investment, and research and development.
#19487485 at 2023-09-04 09:53:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>19297988 United States Air Force 'mission planning' and operations centre to be built in Darwin - A new US Air Force "mission planning" and operations centre will be built in Darwin, as part of $630 million in American spending across the top end over the next two to three years. The "Squadron Operations Facility" in Darwin will add to its growing array of military assets in the north, raising fears Australia may be locked into any future military conflict between China and the US.
>>19303272 Alexander Downer Tweet: Had a drink with friends yesterday where I met Papadopoulos in 2016. They've put up this plaque!! - https://twitter.com/AlexanderDowner/status/1687518177016631298
>>19314910 Don't ban paying cyber ransoms, ex-US spy chief warns Australia - A former US National Security Agency director says Australia should not impose a blanket ban on paying cyber ransoms but instead adopt a risk-based approach that considers a set of key criteria. Retired Admiral Michael Rogers, who headed the NSA and led United States Cyber Command from 2014 to 2018 under presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, also called for a shift in thinking on cyberattacks. "This is what I used to tell the two presidents, 'Sir, if the metric you're going to use is anytime we have a significant penetration that is a failure, then you are going to be incredibly frustrated'," Mr Rogers told The Australian Financial Review.
>>19314910 Q Post #585 - TRUST Adm R. He played the game to remain in control. Q - https://qanon.pub/#585
>>19320818 The US and Sweden have put a bounty on the head of alleged AN0M gangster Maximilian Rivkin - A $7.6m bounty has been placed on the head of a fugitive Swedish gangster who targeted Australia's drug market and is a key lieutenant of Australia's most wanted man, Hakan Ayik. News of the reward offered for the arrest of Maximilian Rivkin comes as another of the 17 men indicted over the encrypted app AN0M, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, is extradited to the US, taking to five the number of international alleged gangsters now facing the US justice system on racketeering charges. The app, which was pushed by the likes of Australian drug kingpin Hakan Ayik, was marketed as a secure way to avoid law enforcement, but was in fact a Trojan horse app being run and monitored by the FBI and Australian Federal Police. While 17 people were indicted over running the criminal enterprise behind the app, more than 1300 people were charged globally with a number of crimes as a result of the sting.
>>19321039 Video: Fireball that lit up Melbourne night sky was most likely debris from Russian rocket - A large flaming object that lit up Melbourne's sky overnight is thought to be debris from a Russian rocket used to send a satellite into space. Victorians captured videos showing a bright fireball travelling across the night sky late on Monday, close to midnight. Social media posts indicate it was seen from Melbourne's CBD as well as outer suburbs such as Sunbury and Mornington. Residents in regional Victoria and South Australia also reported seeing the flashes of light. The Australian Space Agency said that the flashes of light were likely the remnants of a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
>>19326780 Trump's potential return to White House up to American people, says kevin rudd - The Australian ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says it is up to the American people whether Donald Trump returns to the White House - an outcome he previously said would "fray" support for the US alliance in Australia. The former Australian prime minister said on Wednesday that US politics was "a complex beast" and he was focused on keeping on good terms with both sides of the aisle, including former Trump officials. Prior to his appointment as ambassador, which took effect earlier this year, rudd called Trump "the most destructive president in history". rudd told Guardian Australia before the 2020 election that if Trump were re-elected, "the overall fabric of domestic political support in this country and among other American allies around the world will begin to more fundamentally fray".
>>19326786 kevin rudd Tweet (27 Feb 2022): 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. - https://archive.ph/gbMyl
#19487479 at 2023-09-04 09:52:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #32: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT Edition
#31 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>19226500 'Don't wait until one of us dies in a pool of blood': MPs on hit list for criticising Cambodian leader - A former Victorian Labor MP named on a "death list" of Australian critics of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen says the Albanese government is still allowing the dictator's enforcers to enter Australia despite promises to crack down on foreign interference by the regime. Former Clarinda MP Hong Lim was among several community leaders targeted in an anonymous letter sent to his successor in the seat, Labor MP Meng Heang Tak, who was also warned he would be killed if he did not stop his criticism of Hun Sen.
>>19231951 Australia to buy 20 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the US for $6.6 billion - Australia said Monday it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules from the United States in a 9.8 billion Australian dollar ($6.6 billion) deal that will increase by two-thirds the size of the Australian air force's fleet of its second-largest heavy transport aircraft. The announcement follows the U.S. Congress' approval last year of a larger sale of 24 of the Lockheed Martin-manufactured propeller-driven aircraft.
>>19232078 Donald J. Trump ReTruth: @KickDreaming - "NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING. NOTHING." - https://truthsocial.com/@KickDreaming/posts/110767012220636077
>>19232078 Q Post #4944 - Are you ready to finish what we started? 'Nothing can stop what is coming' is not just a catch-phrase. Q - https://qanon.pub/#4944 - https://qalerts.pub/?q=nothing+can+stop - https://qalerts.pub/?q=NCSWIC
>>19237718 Transgender swimmers to compete in world-first test event later in 2023 - International swimming bosses are preparing to take the plunge and push ahead with a world-first event for elite transgender competitors. The details of where and when the test event will take place remain top secret, at least for now, because World Aquatics, the global governing body for the swimming, knows just how politically divisive the issue is. However, highly-placed sources have told this masthead that the sport's leaders have made the decision to proceed with a test event later in 2023.
>>19243683 Facebook owner Meta ordered to pay $20m fine to Australian government - Two subsidiaries of Facebook parent company Meta have been ordered to pay the federal government $20m in penalties for contraventions of Australian consumer law, over claims the subsidiaries secretly collected and aggregated users' personal data for Facebook's commercial benefit.
>>19250307 Julia Gillard's ex Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault - Julia Gillard's former partner, Tim Mathieson, will plead guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent. The 66-year-old hairdresser, who became the first Australian man to be nicknamed the nation's "first bloke" when Ms Gillard ousted kevin rudd as Labor leader in 2010, is expected to admit to sucking a woman's nipple without her consent in an incident that took place in Brunswick on March 13 last year.
>>19250396 Controversial blockbuster Sound of Freedom heads to Australian cinemas - "The controversial American hit film Sound of Freedom, about a Homeland Security agent who quits his job to take on child traffickers, is headed for Australian cinemas. The unheralded thriller has stormed to stunning box office success in the US - taking more than $US130 million ($191 million) in three weeks - after being released by self-described faith-based distributor Angel Studios. While it tells a non-partisan story, the film has been championed by both mainstream conservatives and far-right figures including Steve Bannon and My Pillow proprietor Mike Lindell as well as followers of the QAnon movement." - Garry Maddox - smh.com.au
>>19256981 'Hugely significant': Australia to manufacture and export missiles to US - Australia is set to begin manufacturing its own missiles within two years under an ambitious plan that will allow the country to supply guided weapons to the United States and possibly export them to other nations. The push to accelerate the creation of a local missile manufacturing industry in co-operation with the US will be one of the centrepiece announcements at the Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations.
#19487444 at 2023-09-04 09:38:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 59
Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Human Trafficking and Satanism Investigations - Part 2
>>19250288 Jury acquits kevin Spacey of all nine sexual offence charges in London trial - A London jury acquitted kevin Spacey on sexual assault charges on Wednesday after a four-week trial in which the actor said he was a "big flirt" who had consensual flings with men and whose only misstep was touching a man's groin while making a "clumsy pass." Three men accused the Oscar winner of aggressively grabbing their crotches. A fourth, an aspiring actor seeking mentorship, said he awoke to the actor performing oral sex on him after going to Spacey's London apartment for a beer and either falling asleep or passing out. All the men said the contact was unwanted but Spacey testified that the young actor and another man had willingly participated in consensual acts. He said a third man's allegation that he grabbed his privates like a striking "cobra" backstage at a theatre was "pure fantasy." Defence lawyer Patrick Gibbs said three of the men were liars and incidents had been "reimagined with a sinister spin." He accused most of them of hopping on a "bandwagon" of complaints in the hope of striking it rich.
>>19250288 Q Post #4590 - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kevin-spacey-accuser-dies-by-suicide-day-after-actor-posts-kill-them-with-kindness-video - "This marks the third Spacey accuser to die in 2019." At what point does it become painfully obvious? - Q - https://qanon.pub/#4590
>>19250307 Julia Gillard's ex Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault - Julia Gillard's former partner, Tim Mathieson, will plead guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent. The 66-year-old hairdresser, who became the first Australian man to be nicknamed the nation's "first bloke" when Ms Gillard ousted kevin rudd as Labor leader in 2010, is expected to admit to sucking a woman's nipple without her consent in an incident that took place in Brunswick on March 13 last year.
>>19267294 Nations unite against Facebook over encryption plans 'that endanger children' - Britain's home secretary has been building an international alliance to take on Facebook over its plans to introduce default end-to-end encryption for its messaging apps. Suella Braverman has warned Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Meta, Facebook's parent company, that "there will be no let-up" amid fears about the technology's use by pedophiles and other criminals. End-to-end encryption stops anyone but the sender and recipient of a message seeing it, meaning the companies cannot police the content, making it an ideal tool for criminals. Meta will introduce it on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct chats this year.
>>19278301 Video: Breakthrough that led police to alleged abuser of 91 girls at daycare centres - A trusted childcare worker was secretly able to prey on 91 young girls across 15 years, and was only exposed as one of the nation's most heinous paedophiles when investigators traced bed sheets seen in a horrific video back to one of his centres, police allege. In a case some of Australia's most senior officers have described as "unfathomable" and "beyond the realm of anyone's imagination", the 45-year-old Gold Coast man allegedly targeted vulnerable pre-pubescent girls in 10 childcare centres in Brisbane, one in Sydney and another overseas before his arrest in August last year.
>>19284103 Man charged with child sex offences known to be involved with photography at a childcare centre, ABC confirms - A former childcare worker charged with 1,623 child abuse offences worked at a centre associated with a tertiary education facility and was known to be involved in photography, the ABC has confirmed. The Gold Coast man, 45, has been charged with 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10. An investigation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as well as Queensland and New South Wales police led to the arrest of the man, with offences allegedly committed in Brisbane, Sydney and overseas between 2007 and 2022. He has been in custody in Queensland since August 2022 when the AFP arrested and charged him with two counts of making child exploitation material and one count of using a carriage service for child abuse material.
#19487378 at 2023-09-04 09:07:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 25
AUKUS Security Pact and Nuclear Submarine Program - Part 2
>>19256893 'A risk we should not take': Republican resistance mounts to nuclear submarine plan - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared he remains confident Australia will secure Virginia-class submarines from the United States, even as almost half of all Republican senators came out against the current plan on the grounds it would dangerously weaken the US Navy as it competes with China. Twenty-three Republican senators, including Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday (Australian time) saying they did not support the proposal to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia unless the US doubled its own domestic production capacity.
>>19256945 NZ Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta slams door shut on AUKUS - A split has appeared in New Zealand's leadership over AUKUS, as the country's Foreign Minister ruled out joining the pact, only a day after Prime Minister Chris Hipkinsheld the door open to negotiations. Hours after fronting the media with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said the door was "very much open" for NZ to engage with AUKUS "as a trusted partner," Nanaia Mahuta appeared to slam that door shut. "I'll be really clear, we're not contemplating joining AUKUS," Ms Mahuta told reporters.
>>19297296 Indigenous voice to parliament: Claims of 'no say' on AUKUS nuclear subs torpedoed by referendum adviser - A member of Anthony Albanese's referendum advisory group says the AUKUS nuclear submarine project has the potential to impact Indigenous communities, signalling she backs the voice to parliament advising government on the key pillar of Australia's defence policy. Artist Sally Scales said Aboriginal communities should be consulted on aspects of the nuclear subs deal, including where they will be docked. "I don't care about the nuts and the bolts of the submarines. But what do I care about? Where's that nuclear waste going to go for (those) submarines?" Ms Scales told an event at the Australian National University on Wednesday night. "If we're going to build new ports for these submarines, where are those ports going to be? How (are) those Aboriginal communities going to be consulted and worked with?"
>>19297859 Video: US nuclear submarine visits Western Australia as allies increase defence preparedness - A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine arrived in Western Australia on Friday as allies Canberra and Washington deepen defence ties and prepare to transfer nuclear submarine capability to Australia. The U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine arrived at HMAS Stirling for a scheduled port visit as part of a patrol of the Indo-Pacific, officials said.
>>19297936 Video: US military shows off nuclear capable submarine in Western Australia - The United States military is flexing its nuclear fleet of submarines in Western Australia. The arrival of the USS North Carolina is the first visit since a landmark defence deal was signed earlier this year. Australia is buying eight of the nuclear-powered Virginia class submarines in a deal costing $368 billion. Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd was on Garden Island touring the 110-metre vessel which can go three months underwater. WA will permanently house nuclear subs from next decade.
>>19308139 Labor faces growing grassroots party revolt over AUKUS pact - The Albanese government is facing a rank-and-file party revolt over the AUKUS defence pact, with about 40 local branches opposing it outright or calling for a review, and activists determined to have it debated at the party's national conference despite attempts to dampen dissent. Federal electorate councils covering the Labor seats of Sydney, held by Tanya Plibersek, Parramatta and Boothby, plus the seat of Mayo held by independent MP Rebekha Sharkie, have also passed resolutions opposing the trilateral AUKUS defence pact to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
>>19333477 Australia, US urged to ramp up AUKUS as PM invited to White House - Australia and the United States are being urged to turbocharge the AUKUS pact by jointly producing long-range missiles and using Australia as a testing ground for hypersonic weapons as Anthony Albanese prepares to make his first prime ministerial visit to the US capital. Albanese will be feted at a rare state dinner in Washington, DC, in late October at the invitation of US President Joe Biden, just days before he has been tipped to make an as-yet-unconfirmed visit to Beijing. Republican congressman Mike Gallagher, considered a rising star of American politics, used a speech in Canberra on Thursday night to say the AUKUS pact had the potential to "bring this region from the brink of war" if the three member nations expanded their ambitions and put their nations on a preventative "war footing".
#19487368 at 2023-09-04 09:01:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 18
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition - Part 2
>>19262570 Assange 'endangered lives': Top official urges Australia to understand US concerns - The United States' top foreign policy official has urged Australians to understand American concerns about Julian Assange's publishing of leaked classified information, saying the WikiLeaks founder is alleged to have endangered lives and put US national security at risk. In the sharpest and most detailed remarks from a Biden administration official about the matter, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Assange had been involved in one of the largest breaches of classified information in American history and had been charged with serious criminal conduct in the US.
>>19278210 Julian Assange supporters in Australian parliament urge US to get him out of maximum security prison - Julian Assange's supporters in the Australian parliament have implored the US government to "get him the hell out of a maximum security prison" regardless of diplomatic friction over the WikiLeaks founder's eventual fate. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has pushed back at the Australian government's complaints that the pursuit of Assange had dragged on too long, with the top diplomat declaring that the WikiLeaks founder is alleged to have "risked very serious harm to our national security".
>>19326761 Assange pursuit 'gone on for too long', kevin rudd says - kevin rudd says the United States' pursuit of Julian Assange has "gone on for too long" and he will continue to express Australia's concerns. During a visit to Australia as part of high level talks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Mr Assange was accused of "very serious criminal conduct" . Asked how he was continuing to press Australia's position to the US as ambassador, Mr rudd said his responsibility to engage on behalf of all Australians included Mr Assange. "As for Secretary Blinken's statements recently, that's to be anticipated from the administration, reflecting their concerns about the history of the case," he told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday. "We in Australia have our own concerns that we continue to reflect and my job as Australia's leading diplomat in the US is to engage effectively, which usually means silently with the US administration, in order to maximise our prospects.
>>19355431 'There's a way to resolve it': United States ambassador Caroline Kennedy flags Assange plea deal - United States ambassador Caroline Kennedy has flagged a potential plea deal between Julian Assange and US authorities that could end America's pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder and allow him to return to Australia. As hopes fade among Assange's supporters that the Biden administration will abandon its extradition request, a David Hicks-style plea bargain has emerged as the most likely way for Assange to avoid a drawn-out criminal trial on espionage charges and a possible lengthy jail term in a maximum security US prison.
#19487338 at 2023-09-04 08:47:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 7
Australian Politics and Society - Part 7
>>19367975 kevin rudd says he will never apologise for his 2007 climate change warning - kevin rudd has revived his declaration that climate change is the greatest moral challenge of our time, saying he would never apologise for the warning he issued in 2007 even though it doomed his prime ministership when he abandoned his signature carbon pricing scheme. The US ambassador, who unveiled a climate pact between Australia and California with Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, said he was "ridiculed" for his comments at the time. "I make no apology for saying it then and I make no apology for repeating it now, because it is," Dr rudd said.
>>19367987 kevin rudd AC Tweet: Proud to join @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom in Sacramento today for the signing of a new landmark climate MoU between Australia and California. This MoU will enhance cooperation in areas including clean transportation, energy, climate-friendly business and R&D.
>>19367987 Q Post #2782 - [Example CA] - https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/amp/? - What 'family' runs CA? They are all connected. Wealth-Power-Influence - [RIGGED] - The More You Know…. - Q - https://qanon.pub/#2782 - https://qalerts.pub/?q=newsom - https://qalerts.pub/?q=california
>>19368006 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet - https://twitter.com/USEmbAustralia/status/1691583564310306947 - (Durham boat - Go Matildas)
>>19368006 Q Post #3800 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_boat - Anons found the subtle hint dropped in the beginning. Think Durham start. Think 'Q' start. You have more than you know. Q - https://qanon.pub/#3800
>>19397621 Family Court judge rules father's gender non-conformity 'confused' his children - A Family Court judge has determined that a father's refusal to conform with traditional gender norms left his three children "confused" and encouraged them to "question their gender identity" after they all began identifying as non-binary, ruling the two youngest children will not be permitted to see their ?father for an extended period. The matter regarded the breakdown of a 20-year relationship between a mother and a ?father, who identifies as male but occasionally wears gender non-conforming clothes, including a dress to his middle child's first day of school. Justice Kylie Beckhouse earlier this month ruled the two youngest children, known pseudonymously as Riley, 8, and Taylor, 13, will not be allowed to see their father for the next four months, after which period they will spend time with him on Sundays. The eldest child, Jamie, 16, who is taking puberty blockers and wishes to undergo a mastectomy once he completes his HSC, will live with both parents in accordance with his wishes.
>>19404456 AN0M accused Edwin Kumar asks FBI to give him names and messages from encrypted app - An Australian man accused of providing encrypted AN0M devices to people who used them to organise drug trafficking is asking prosecutors to give him details of every message sent on every phone he is accused of providing. The case against Edwin Harmendra Kumar, being heard in the US, has revealed fascinating details of the inner workings of Operation Ironside, the police sting of the century, built around the encrypted app AN0M. Mr Kumar, who was extradited from Sydney to the US earlier this year to face racketeering (RICO) charges, is seeking details of all users and all messages sent via the devices prosecutors say he provided or serviced. He is also seeking any reports of drug transactions allegedly involving him directly, or any end-user who allegedly used a device he had distributed or serviced.
>>19417641 Australia-California: A climate partnership made in la-la land - "Last week, Australian ambassador to the US kevin rudd and California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento on climate change. It should have been called a memorandum of waffle, as both governments jointly promised to do precisely nothing. After ploughing through 1600 words of waffle, the reader learns the MOU "does not create any legally binding rights or obligations and creates no legally recognisable or enforceable rights or remedies, legal or equitable, in any forum whatsoever". Whatever agreements California and Australia make won't make a scrap of difference to the global climate, given the near entirety of additional increases in carbon dioxide emissions now arise in India and China." - Adam Creighton - theaustralian.com.au
#19487336 at 2023-09-04 08:46:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>19333536 Elon Musk lashes the ABC over its decision to abandon his social media platform X - Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has lashed out at the ABC over its decision to abandon his platform and accused the public broadcaster of favouring "censorship-friendly social media". Musk purchased X (formerly Twitter) in 2022 and has made many changes to the platform, including rebranding it, sacking thousands of staff and introducing charges for verification, but its overhaul has not been welcomed by the public broadcaster. The reasons behind the ABC's decision to stop using the platform included blaming toxic interactions, costs and lack of trust but it was met with annoyance by Musk who took to social media to scold the taxpayer-funded organisation. Hours after the decision was announced by the ABC, Musk responded on X to a post about the ABC's move by writing, "Well of course they prefer censorship-friendly social media. The Australian public does not". Mr Musk did not specifically name any social media platforms in his post.
>>19333564 kevin rudd in 'traitor Donald Trump' U-turn - Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says he could work with a re-elected Donald Trump - who he attacked last year as a "traitor" - if the "good burghers" of the United States put the Republican frontrunner back in the White House. Dr rudd, who is in Canberra for the unveiling of his prime ministerial portrait on Thursday, said he had worked "comfortably and seamlessly" with congressional Republicans and with former members of the Trump administration since his arrival in Washington in March. "Our job as the Australian Embassy in Washington is to work with both sides of the aisle," Dr rudd said. "What the good burghers of the United States choose to do in their own electoral process is a matter for them."
>>19333564 kevin rudd Tweet (27 Feb 2022): 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. - https://archive.ph/gbMyl
>>19333643 Former NSA director and commander of US Cyber Command says America can learn 'a lot' about cybersecurity from Australia - The former head of America's National Security Agency has declared there are "a lot of things" the United States can learn about cybersecurity from Australia. Former NSA Director and Commander of the United States Cyber Command, Mike Rogers, said that while there are "significant challenges" with respect to cyber security in Australia, the country also has "a lot of good things going for it." The former Admiral, who lead the NSA and the US cyber command from 2014 until 2018, cited the fact that Australian governments from both sides of politics had been "very aggressive" and "very focused on cyber security." The former NSA director also credited Australia with prohibiting Chinese company Huawei from being involved in the country's 5G network "well in advance" of both the US and the United Kingdom.
>>19340466 ALP conference to be a Paul Keating-free zone - Former prime ministers Paul Keating, kevin rudd and Julia Gillard will not attend the first in-person ALP national conference since 2018, as senior Labor figures scramble to avoid messy fights over AUKUS, economic and social policy, Palestine, trade and fossil fuels. More than 2,000 party delegates and members, union officials, MPs and observers will meet over three days at the Brisbane Convention Centre next week at the first national conference held in Queensland since the 1970s.
>>19367972 rudd, Newsom get cosy on climate - Under the five-metre-high ceilings of the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, showed just what a former prime minister has to do to become mates with the potential next president of the United States. Californian governor Gavin Newsom, who many believe is planning a presidential run soon with a growing fund-raising base and an increasingly vulnerable Joe Biden at the helm, was courted on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) by rudd along with, as the ambassador put it, "a bunch of visiting Australian corporate buccaneers". Newsom, 55, who has been governor since 2019 and a politician for 20 years, is widely regarded as the next best option for the Democrats after Biden. A favourite hate figure of the Republican right for his progressive views, he governs a state that, with GDP of about $US3.6 trillion ($5.5 trillion), is the fifth biggest in the world, behind Germany and ahead of India. He and rudd met to announce a memorandum of understanding for five years of co-operation on clean energy, transportation and technology, green finance and investment, and research and development.
#19487331 at 2023-09-04 08:45:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>19297988 United States Air Force 'mission planning' and operations centre to be built in Darwin - A new US Air Force "mission planning" and operations centre will be built in Darwin, as part of $630 million in American spending across the top end over the next two to three years. The "Squadron Operations Facility" in Darwin will add to its growing array of military assets in the north, raising fears Australia may be locked into any future military conflict between China and the US.
>>19303272 Alexander Downer Tweet: Had a drink with friends yesterday where I met Papadopoulos in 2016. They've put up this plaque!! - https://twitter.com/AlexanderDowner/status/1687518177016631298
>>19314910 Don't ban paying cyber ransoms, ex-US spy chief warns Australia - A former US National Security Agency director says Australia should not impose a blanket ban on paying cyber ransoms but instead adopt a risk-based approach that considers a set of key criteria. Retired Admiral Michael Rogers, who headed the NSA and led United States Cyber Command from 2014 to 2018 under presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, also called for a shift in thinking on cyberattacks. "This is what I used to tell the two presidents, 'Sir, if the metric you're going to use is anytime we have a significant penetration that is a failure, then you are going to be incredibly frustrated'," Mr Rogers told The Australian Financial Review.
>>19314910 Q Post #585 - TRUST Adm R. He played the game to remain in control. Q - https://qanon.pub/#585
>>19320818 The US and Sweden have put a bounty on the head of alleged AN0M gangster Maximilian Rivkin - A $7.6m bounty has been placed on the head of a fugitive Swedish gangster who targeted Australia's drug market and is a key lieutenant of Australia's most wanted man, Hakan Ayik. News of the reward offered for the arrest of Maximilian Rivkin comes as another of the 17 men indicted over the encrypted app AN0M, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, is extradited to the US, taking to five the number of international alleged gangsters now facing the US justice system on racketeering charges. The app, which was pushed by the likes of Australian drug kingpin Hakan Ayik, was marketed as a secure way to avoid law enforcement, but was in fact a Trojan horse app being run and monitored by the FBI and Australian Federal Police. While 17 people were indicted over running the criminal enterprise behind the app, more than 1300 people were charged globally with a number of crimes as a result of the sting.
>>19321039 Video: Fireball that lit up Melbourne night sky was most likely debris from Russian rocket - A large flaming object that lit up Melbourne's sky overnight is thought to be debris from a Russian rocket used to send a satellite into space. Victorians captured videos showing a bright fireball travelling across the night sky late on Monday, close to midnight. Social media posts indicate it was seen from Melbourne's CBD as well as outer suburbs such as Sunbury and Mornington. Residents in regional Victoria and South Australia also reported seeing the flashes of light. The Australian Space Agency said that the flashes of light were likely the remnants of a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
>>19326780 Trump's potential return to White House up to American people, says kevin rudd - The Australian ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says it is up to the American people whether Donald Trump returns to the White House - an outcome he previously said would "fray" support for the US alliance in Australia. The former Australian prime minister said on Wednesday that US politics was "a complex beast" and he was focused on keeping on good terms with both sides of the aisle, including former Trump officials. Prior to his appointment as ambassador, which took effect earlier this year, rudd called Trump "the most destructive president in history". rudd told Guardian Australia before the 2020 election that if Trump were re-elected, "the overall fabric of domestic political support in this country and among other American allies around the world will begin to more fundamentally fray".
>>19326786 kevin rudd Tweet (27 Feb 2022): 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. - https://archive.ph/gbMyl
#19487325 at 2023-09-04 08:42:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#31 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>19226500 'Don't wait until one of us dies in a pool of blood': MPs on hit list for criticising Cambodian leader - A former Victorian Labor MP named on a "death list" of Australian critics of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen says the Albanese government is still allowing the dictator's enforcers to enter Australia despite promises to crack down on foreign interference by the regime. Former Clarinda MP Hong Lim was among several community leaders targeted in an anonymous letter sent to his successor in the seat, Labor MP Meng Heang Tak, who was also warned he would be killed if he did not stop his criticism of Hun Sen.
>>19231951 Australia to buy 20 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the US for $6.6 billion - Australia said Monday it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules from the United States in a 9.8 billion Australian dollar ($6.6 billion) deal that will increase by two-thirds the size of the Australian air force's fleet of its second-largest heavy transport aircraft. The announcement follows the U.S. Congress' approval last year of a larger sale of 24 of the Lockheed Martin-manufactured propeller-driven aircraft.
>>19232078 Donald J. Trump ReTruth: @KickDreaming - "NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT IS COMING. NOTHING." - https://truthsocial.com/@KickDreaming/posts/110767012220636077
>>19232078 Q Post #4944 - Are you ready to finish what we started? 'Nothing can stop what is coming' is not just a catch-phrase. Q - https://qanon.pub/#4944 - https://qalerts.pub/?q=nothing+can+stop - https://qalerts.pub/?q=NCSWIC
>>19237718 Transgender swimmers to compete in world-first test event later in 2023 - International swimming bosses are preparing to take the plunge and push ahead with a world-first event for elite transgender competitors. The details of where and when the test event will take place remain top secret, at least for now, because World Aquatics, the global governing body for the swimming, knows just how politically divisive the issue is. However, highly-placed sources have told this masthead that the sport's leaders have made the decision to proceed with a test event later in 2023.
>>19243683 Facebook owner Meta ordered to pay $20m fine to Australian government - Two subsidiaries of Facebook parent company Meta have been ordered to pay the federal government $20m in penalties for contraventions of Australian consumer law, over claims the subsidiaries secretly collected and aggregated users' personal data for Facebook's commercial benefit.
>>19250307 Julia Gillard's ex Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault - Julia Gillard's former partner, Tim Mathieson, will plead guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent. The 66-year-old hairdresser, who became the first Australian man to be nicknamed the nation's "first bloke" when Ms Gillard ousted kevin rudd as Labor leader in 2010, is expected to admit to sucking a woman's nipple without her consent in an incident that took place in Brunswick on March 13 last year.
>>19250396 Controversial blockbuster Sound of Freedom heads to Australian cinemas - "The controversial American hit film Sound of Freedom, about a Homeland Security agent who quits his job to take on child traffickers, is headed for Australian cinemas. The unheralded thriller has stormed to stunning box office success in the US - taking more than $US130 million ($191 million) in three weeks - after being released by self-described faith-based distributor Angel Studios. While it tells a non-partisan story, the film has been championed by both mainstream conservatives and far-right figures including Steve Bannon and My Pillow proprietor Mike Lindell as well as followers of the QAnon movement." - Garry Maddox - smh.com.au
>>19256981 'Hugely significant': Australia to manufacture and export missiles to US - Australia is set to begin manufacturing its own missiles within two years under an ambitious plan that will allow the country to supply guided weapons to the United States and possibly export them to other nations. The push to accelerate the creation of a local missile manufacturing industry in co-operation with the US will be one of the centrepiece announcements at the Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations.
#19417641 at 2023-08-24 09:55:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19367972
>>19367975
>>19367987
Australia-California: A climate partnership made in la-la land
ADAM CREIGHTON - AUGUST 24, 2023
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Last week, Australian ambassador to the US kevin rudd and California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento on climate change. It should have been called a memorandum of waffle, as both governments jointly promised to do precisely nothing.
In what seemed like a classic Freudian slip, Governor Newsom expressed shock at the level of interest in the MOU. "This is a hell of a turnout - we are not used to this many people, particularly for something like this," he said. Of course, he was right.
After ploughing through 1600 words of waffle, the reader learns the MOU "does not create any legally binding rights or obligations and creates no legally recognisable or enforceable rights or remedies, legal or equitable, in any forum whatsoever".
"This MOU may be modified at any time by mutual consent," it concluded unnecessarily, given neither party agreed to do anything. The high point of the small section on "specific activities" was "organising joint symposiums, seminars, workshops ... hosting trade and investment missions", which in practice translates to more taxpayer-funded business-class flights across the Pacific.
A better MOU would have spelled out how California's and Australia's energy policies have produced among the highest electricity prices in the world at the same time as their leaders have promised to reduce them, although even Newsom hasn't had the audacity to promise household power bills would fall by $275 a year by 2025, as Labor did at the federal election last year.
California's power prices are now the highest in the US, except for far-flung Hawaii and Alaska. In Los Angeles residents paid an average of 28c a kilowatt hour for electricity last month, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics.
Statewide prices are more than 77 per cent above the national average, up from 37 per cent above in 2012. But, unlike Australians, at least Californians can move to states with lower prices. Despite California's salubrious weather and natural beauty, residents have been leaving the nation's most populous state in droves - at first pushed out by extreme Covid-19 measures, but increasingly by a cost-of-living and a broader socio-economic crisis.
The state's population, according to the government's own figures, has declined three years in a row, to 39 million. In total that's almost 600,000 people, more than the population of Tasmania or Wyoming, between April 2020 and January this year.
The MOU also promised to convene "policy dialogues" with "suitable government administrators, regulators, legislators and thought leaders". It's uncertain whether renowned Swedish climate expert Greta Thunberg, who once derided nuclear power as "extremely dangerous", will make the cut. Last year Thunberg acknowledged turning off nuclear power stations in Europe was a mistake given the huge increases in fossil fuel power generation that had led to.
Indeed, the word nuclear isn't mentioned once in the MOU, which advocated instead for "participation and leadership of Indigenous peoples in climate action" and "nature-based solutions and climate-smart land management" - what on earth these mean is anybody's guess. Solar and wind generated abut 25 per cent of electricity in both Australia and California last year, and each are near equally ambitious.
Despite the obvious advan?tages in reliable and emissions-free power, Australia has ruled out any nuclear energy generation (except in submarines) while holding fast to its 82 per cent renewable power target by 2030.
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#19367987 at 2023-08-16 10:15:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19326780
>>19333564
>>19367972
kevin rudd AC Tweet
Proud to join @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom in Sacramento today for the signing of a new landmark climate MoU between Australia and California. This MoU will enhance cooperation in areas including clean transportation, energy, climate-friendly business and R&D.
https://twitter.com/Amborudd/status/1691625976034164833
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Q Post #2782
Feb 18 2019 04:19:58 (EST)
[Example CA]
https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/amp/?
What 'family' runs CA?
They are all connected.
Wealth-Power-Influence
[RIGGED]
The More You Know….
Q
https://qanon.pub/#2782
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/01/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/
https://qalerts.pub/?q=newsom
https://qalerts.pub/?q=california
#19367975 at 2023-08-16 10:05:12 (UTC+1)
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>>19326780
>>19333564
>>19367972
kevin rudd says he will never apologise for his 2007 climate change warning
The former PM turned US ambassador has stuck to his guns on one burning issue while hailing a new agreement with California.
Tom Minear - August 16, 2023
kevin rudd has revived his declaration that climate change is the greatest moral challenge of our time, saying he would never apologise for the warning he issued in 2007 even though it doomed his prime ministership when he abandoned his signature carbon pricing scheme.
The US ambassador, who unveiled a climate pact between Australia and California with Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, said he was "ridiculed" for his comments at the time.
"I make no apology for saying it then and I make no apology for repeating it now, because it is," Dr rudd said.
He hailed the new agreement with California - which boasts an economy that is twice as large as Australia and bigger than all but four countries - as crucial to combating the "ever-expanding climate crisis".
In particular, Dr rudd thanked Mr Newsom for California's ambitious plan to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035, saying it was "changing America and it's changing the world".
Under the memorandum of understanding, the Australian and Californian governments will co-operate on clean energy, transportation and technology solutions, as well as climate adaptation initiatives, green finance, and research and development.
Dr rudd said the pact would also bolster crisis response arrangements, with firefighters already crossing the Pacific to assist in bushfire emergencies.
"It's not just a bunch of pearly words, it's not just a bunch of empty phrases," he said.
"It's about a program of action between us in order to take what we currently do and accelerate it, turbocharge it to a whole new level."
"Together, we can do enormously good things in the world."
Mr Newsom, who described Australia as America's most important partner, said California was determined to "dominate" the economic opportunities in the clean energy transition.
"We have to move. It's about the great implementation - it's not about ambition any longer," he said.
"I don't know of any goals that we haven't yet established. We've just got to deliver now, we've got to move with the speed that is required of this moment."
Dr rudd, in his first stint as prime minister, pursued an emissions trading scheme as the centrepiece of his climate policy. But it was defeated in the Senate, and after the disastrous 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, the government put the policy on ice.
Support for Dr rudd plummeted and he was replaced by Julia Gillard within weeks.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/kevin-rudd-says-he-will-never-apologise-for-his-2007-climate-change-warning/news-story/2c8b024ca6b12a779da57e93964c117d
#19367972 at 2023-08-16 10:01:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19326780
>>19333564
rudd, Newsom get cosy on climate
Australia's ambassador to the US found a lot of common ground with Gavin Newsom, the Californian governor being touted as a presidential hopeful for the Democrats.
Matthew Cranston - Aug 16, 2023
Washington | Under the five-metre-high ceilings of the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, showed just what a former prime minister has to do to become mates with the potential next president of the United States.
Californian governor Gavin Newsom, who many believe is planning a presidential run soon with a growing fund-raising base and an increasingly vulnerable Joe Biden at the helm, was courted on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) by rudd along with, as the ambassador put it, "a bunch of visiting Australian corporate buccaneers".
Newsom, 55, who has been governor since 2019 and a politician for 20 years, is widely regarded as the next best option for the Democrats after Biden. A favourite hate figure of the Republican right for his progressive views, he governs a state that, with GDP of about $US3.6 trillion ($5.5 trillion), is the fifth biggest in the world, behind Germany and ahead of India.
He and rudd met to announce a memorandum of understanding for five years of co-operation on clean energy, transportation and technology, green finance and investment, and research and development.
rudd was insistent that this was a big deal. "It's not just a bunch of pearly words. It's not just a bunch of empty phrases," he said.
Regardless of whether that's true, Newsom was impressed at the cheer squad rudd had delivered to his door.
"This is a hell of a turnout - we are not used to this many people, particularly for something like this," he said, with genuine surprise.
But Newsom likes it when people come to California.
Since 2020, California's population has shrunk by about 500,000 people, with high crime rates, taxes and the soaring cost of living driving the exodus. Most have gone to Texas, according to the US Census.
Talks on climate change, not business
San Francisco, in the grip of a crime and drug wave, has lost dozens of businesses, including retail giants Saks off 5th, H&M and Nordstrom, and big tech companies such as Meta and PayPal. So bad is business that the city's largest convention complex, the Moscone Centre, is losing major events to groups such as IBM and Red Hat.
But California's fading allure to business was not on the agenda when rudd was in town; it was all about how to tackle climate change, where California, like Australia, is on the frontline.
"The natural dryness of so much of California and of Australia is now being compounded by this ever expanding climate crisis across the world," rudd said.
"I've been around for a long time on the climate change debate. Way back when I pronounced in Australia that climate change was the greatest economic, environmental and moral challenge of our generation I was ridiculed.
"I make no apology for saying it then. And I make no apology for repeating it now."
If reducing emissions is the greatest moral challenge facing humanity, then Australia could learn something from California.
The Californian economy is more than twice the size of Australia's, but its greenhouse gas emissions are 25 per cent less.
California's regulators last year passed rules banning the sale of new petrol and diesel engine cars by 2035 and, depending on whose figures you look at, 37 per cent of the state's electricity was generated by renewable sources such as solar and wind.
"California's ability to set standards for new and emerging technologies makes it a critical partner as Australia becomes a renewable energy superpower," the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a press release.
rudd doubled down by reminding Newsom in a speech that it was his government's decision to "reduce our carbon footprint by 43 per cent by 2030, and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050".
"It's a bit like saying to the poor, [coal-mining] state of West Virginia, 'you shall by statute, have a renewable energy sector of a given quantum by a given time'. We were attacked at the time for being grossly intrusive in the operations of the free market, in the energy sector. Guess what? They were right. We were intrusive. God, you know something, statutes work."
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/rudd-newsom-get-cosy-on-climate-20230816-p5dwuy
#19349795 at 2023-08-13 10:47:35 (UTC+1)
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>>19333477
>>19340337
China won't take the US military's calls. A top general claims that makes war more likely
Matthew Knott - August 13, 2023
China's military is becoming dangerously arrogant and is fuelling the risk of war with the United States by refusing offers to communicate with commanders in the Indo-Pacific, one of America's most senior military officials has warned.
Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka, deputy commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said he feared that China would seek to establish a military base in Solomon Islands or another Pacific nation as it sought to dominate the region.
Sklenka added that he saw value in Republican congressman Mike Gallagher's idea of positioning US hypersonic missiles in Australia and other key locations across the Pacific as a way to deter China from launching an invasion of the self-governing island of Taiwan.
"We do not want this fight to happen, and to do that you need to present a credible, combat-capable force west of the international date line," he said in an interview on the sidelines of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Canberra.
"It's my belief that the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] responds only to strength and that strength needs to be demonstrated persistently."
Sklenka said trends in the region were "not going the right direction in many ways", pointing to a rise in "unsafe and unprofessional activities" by the Chinese military.
The Philippines last week accused China's coast guard of firing a water cannon at its vessels in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, an action it described as illegal and dangerous.
Sklenka said the US military's top priority was preventing the breakout of a war with China, but this goal was being stymied by the "non-existent" dialogue between Chinese and American military commanders.
He said the lack of engagement at the "war-fighting level" increased the risk that a misunderstanding could morph into conflict.
"Admiral Aquilino [the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command] has had a standing invitation to talk with his eastern theatre and southern theatre counterparts but had received no response," Sklenka said.
"I got to Indo-Pacific Command over four years ago, I've worked for two combatant commanders. Neither one of those gentlemen has ever been able to have a conversation with their counterpart. It's dangerous."
The Chinese military's eastern theatre command covers the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait, while its southern theatre command includes the South China Sea.
Sklenka, who is based in Hawaii, continued: "The problem we're having is that the Chinese treat communication as a reward for behaviour that suits their interests.
"My response is: that's not what great powers do. Great powers talk to each other even when they don't agree. They talk to each other because that's the only way we're going to understand each other and reduce the risk of a miscalculation occurring."
Sklenka said he believed increased training by China's People's Liberation Army was breeding a new sense of confidence and assertiveness.
"That increased assertiveness is going to cause, I think, a hubris that turns into arrogance," he said.
"And when they start getting arrogant that's going to be a problem because the fact is that we're all flying and operating high-performance machines."
Former prime minister kevin rudd, now Australia's ambassador to the US, said last week: "We are in a region where the risk of crisis, conflict and war is real - not a theory, it's a real threat."
While there was much focus on the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Sklenka said there were several possible triggers for a conflict between the US and China including an island grab by Beijing in the South China Sea.
He said he does not take Beijing at its word when it says it does not want to establish a military base in Solomon Islands, a nation with which it has signed far-reaching security and policing agreements.
He noted that Beijing denied having any plans to establish a base in the African nation of Djibouti before doing so in 2017.
"Despite the Chinese saying right now they have no intent to build a military base in Solomon Islands, we have to ask ourselves: do they have the capabilities? I think that they do. And I will be surprised if they don't at least try."
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/china-won-t-take-the-us-military-s-calls-a-top-general-claims-that-makes-war-more-likely-20230813-p5dw4e.html
#19340466 at 2023-08-11 16:42:57 (UTC+1)
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>>19154732 (pb)
>>19165653 (pb)
>>19308139
ALP conference to be a Paul Keating-free zone
GEOFF CHAMBERS - AUGUST 11, 2023
Former prime ministers Paul Keating, kevin rudd and Julia Gillard will not attend the first in-person ALP national conference since 2018, as senior Labor figures scramble to avoid messy fights over AUKUS, economic and social policy, Palestine, trade and fossil fuels.
More than 2,000 party delegates and members, union officials, MPs and observers will meet over three days at the Brisbane Convention Centre next week at the first national conference held in Queensland since the 1970s.
Anthony Albanese will round-off the largest political gathering in Australia and the first conference with Labor in power since 2011 to springboard the government's campaign supporting its referendum to constitutionally enshrine an Indigenous voice.
Seeking to avoid stoushes over AUKUS, trade, Palestine, climate change and migration, the government this week handed concessions to Left Faction bosses - who command a majority of votes at national conference - by hardening its position on Israel and establishing an inquiry into trade deals.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles on Friday announced the government has increased the number of people resettled under the humanitarian program from 17,875 to 20,000 per year.
The ALP draft platform calls for Labor to "progressively increase" the intake to 27,000 places per year. While the final platform is considered "binding", it acts as a guide for federal Labor with the Prime Minister and Cabinet ultimately deciding government policy.
Labor Premiers and Chief Ministers will attend national conference but are not expected to be present across all three days.
None of Labor's three living former prime ministers, including Mr Keating who has been critical of the AUKUS defence deal, will attend.
ALP national president Wayne Swan will open the conference next Thursday followed by a keynote speech by Mr Albanese. With Labor keen to focus on cost-of-living pressures and economic policy, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will launch the first session titled "an economy that works for everyone".
An expected clash over AUKUS will occur the following day during the "Australia's place in a changing world" session led by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong. Other sessions focus on climate change and the environment, health and social services, strengthening democracy, education, workplace relations and Indigenous Australians.
There are 402 delegates - including senior Labor MPs, state and territory leaders and delegations from rank-and-file members and trade unions - who can move amendments to the draft platform and put forward resolutions.
Elections to the 20-member ALP national executive and 15-member national Labor women's network executive will occur next Friday. All Cabinet and junior ministers are attending except Health Minister Mark Butler who is representing the government at a G20 meeting in India.
Education Minister Jason Clare on Friday said the process of developing a national platform showed Labor was the "biggest and most open political party in the country" but stressed that Cabinet ultimately determines government policy.
Mr Clare said he wouldn't describe differing opinions on the floor of conference as "fights".
"This is a constructive exercise in developing the platform for the Labor Party. The chapter that I'll lead is about ... education and it's skills. I'll have an opportunity at the conference to talk about that and the sorts of policies we need to develop to fix that," he said.
Amid a push by unions to renegotiate existing free trade agreements and claim greater control over future negotiations, opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham warned the government to not "kill the goose that's laid the golden egg for Australia.
"Our economy has transformed over the last few decades, and it's done that through opening up and opening up process that governments like the Hawke Government played a big role in," Senator Birmingham said.
"During that time, we've seen essentially more than 30-years of continuous economic growth in Australia aside from that affected by the Covid lockdown."
Senator Birmingham said "there's been a lot of bones thrown to the union movement, to the Left-wing of the Labor Party over the last week ahead of the national conference".
He accused Labor of promising Australia's Jewish communities that "there would be no change and that they were in lock-step in terms of policy positions on Israel".
"Now we're seeing multiple changes. This is not the first one from the Albanese government. And so they keep breaking that promise they made."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/keating-free-zone-at-alp-conference/news-story/ab49aa60b7f459a346430381517bd288
#19333564 at 2023-08-10 13:06:23 (UTC+1)
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>>19321154
>>19326780
kevin rudd in 'traitor Donald Trump' U-turn
BEN PACKHAM - AUGUST 10, 2023
Australia's ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says he could work with a re-elected Donald Trump - who he attacked last year as a "traitor" - if the "good burghers" of the United States put the Republican frontrunner back in the White House.
Dr rudd, who is in Canberra for the unveiling of his prime ministerial portrait on Thursday, said he had worked "comfortably and seamlessly" with congressional Republicans and with former members of the Trump administration since his arrival in Washington in March.
"Our job as the Australian Embassy in Washington is to work with both sides of the aisle," Dr rudd said.
"What the good burghers of the United States choose to do in their own electoral process is a matter for them."
The former Labor prime ?minister said he was confident Republicans would support the transfer of nuclear submarines to Australia, despite the party's threat to scuttle the deal unless Joe Biden boosts funding for domestic sub construction.
Dr rudd added that the business of congress was a "complex process of sausage making" that would ultimately "end up with a sausage".
"This actually is normal. This is what happens when legislation goes through the United States congress," Dr rudd said.
His comments came after the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Roger Wicker, ruled out language to authorise the nuclear submarine transfer in the nation's annual defence policy bill.
Senator Wicker said the Biden administration needed to "be sure we have enough submarines for our own security needs before we endorse that pillar of the (AUKUS) agreement".
The prospect of a Trump victory in November next year is seen as a risk to the AUKUS plan, given his unpredictability even when dealing with allies.
Dr rudd made clear in February last year - before he knew he would become ambassador to the US - what he thought of Mr Trump, describing the ex-president as a "traitor to the West" and accusing him of "rancid treachery".
Dr rudd said he was using his position as ambassador to lobby the Biden administration on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who the US is trying to extradite to face charges over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified documents.
He said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent declaration in Australia that Mr Assange's actions "risked very serious harm to our national security" were unsurprising.
"That's to be anticipated from the administration, reflecting their concerns about the history of the case. We in Australia have our own concerns that we continue to reflect," Dr rudd said.
The ambassador on Wednesday released a new report by The Tech Council of Australia, Microsoft and LinkedIn revealing US technology workers are crucial to the growth of Australia's tech ecosystem.
It found 4000 US tech alumni transitioned to Australia each year, delivering a $2.2bn annual contribution to the economy.
One in five Australian tech graduates are employed by an American firm, and half of Australia's successful start-ups are started or scaled with US tech-experienced talent.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/kevin-rudd-in-traitor-donald-trump-uturn/news-story/e16bfacca5a053438ba104c6ce39d8fc
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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.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1497863031497564161
https://archive.ph/gbMyl
Trump defends praise of Putin, makes strongest hint yet of a run for president in 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/26/trump-2024/
#19333508 at 2023-08-10 12:47:05 (UTC+1)
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>>19222755
>>19297392
>>19333477
Anthony Albanese's trip to the US firms up October 14 as Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date
ROSIE LEWIS and PAIGE TAYLOR - AUGUST 10, 2023
Anthony Albanese's late October visit to the United States has left little doubt October 14 is the preferred date for the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, according to constitutional law expert George Williams.
The Prime Minister now has three likely overseas trips in late October and early to mid-November, making that period too crowded for a referendum.
He is expected to be in Australia between September 11 (after the G20 on September 9-10) and his visit to the White House on October 23, which would allow a short four to five-week campaign.
During that time there is just one parliamentary sitting week from September 11-14 and then four weeks of a break, which would give the Yes campaign clear air to prosecute its case.
"Everything has already pointed to the 14th (of October) but this leaves little doubt it is the preferred date," Professor Williams, from the University of New South Wales, said of Mr Albanese's official visit to the US announced on Thursday.
"You can't imagine he'd leave the country during the campaign and it was already the preferred date because of the footy grand finals and parliament not sitting. This may well be timed for after the referendum."
The Coalition has used the sitting fortnight to pepper the government with questions over the voice, treaty and Uluru Statement from the Heart in a parliamentary tactic designed to stoke confusion over the referendum while demanding detail over what Labor is putting forward.
Professor Williams said October 14 was ideal for Mr Albanese to go to the polls because of the four-week parliamentary break in the lead up.
The Prime Minister has also previously said he wants to hold the referendum before the wet season, which begins in November.
"What it (parliament sitting) does is focuses the debate at a high political level. It means the debate is focused on conflict between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader and it's focused on our political parties and it's very hard to cut through with a message about how this might improve lives or relate to local communities," Professor Williams said.
"The latter favours the Yes case, the former favours the No case. The more people see our politicians fighting about this the more likely they'd be turned (against it)."
The Coalition asked Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney if the Albanese government would negotiate a treaty in this term but did not not pursue questions on Thursday over whether the Uluru Statement from the Heart was actually 26 pages and included comments about invasion, treaty and genocide.
Referendum Council co-chair Mark Leibler rejected these claims, saying he was there when the statement passed and read out for the first time by Indigenous leader Megan Davis in 2017.
"I was in a breakout room next door where there might have been not more than two other non-Indigenous people and we actually saw it on the monitor. What was passed was the one-page Uluru Statement," he said.
"All this fuss about what is obviously further material, clearly this is minutes of meetings incorporated from the various (Uluru) dialogues.
"The minutes that were reproduced contained comments by a number of people included in the over 1000 people who participated in the various dialogues. However what really counts is the conclusion which they ultimately reached. What really counts is what they were prepared to settle for itself."
US ambassador kevin rudd, who was in Parliament House for the unveiling of his portrait, drew parallels between the fearmongering before the national apology he delivered in 2008 and the fears being raised on the voice today.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/anthony-albaneses-trip-to-the-us-firms-up-october-14-as-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-date/news-story/a8bf009eccfe637154cfd33f982b160d
#19326786 at 2023-08-09 12:08:40 (UTC+1)
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>>19326780
2/2
Despite Trump facing multiple indictments, including over the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, the former president remains the frontrunner to secure the Republican nomination for the 2024 election.
Although it remains very early in the cycle, the current general election polling suggests Joe Biden and Trump are closely matched.
rudd expressed confidence in the prospect of passing US legislation to enable both elements of the Aukus: Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines and collaboration on other advanced defence technology.
After speaking with committee chairs and ranking members in the US Senate and Congress, rudd said Aukus enjoyed "quite a remarkable level of bipartisan support" but there would always be "pretty colourful debate".
Republicans have raised concerns the US could fall short on its own needs when selling Australia at least three Virginia-class submarines in the 2030s, but rudd said it was normal for elected members to reflect "their own industry policy concerns and their own constituency concerns".
Australia has already earmarked about $3bn over the next four years to boost the submarine sustainment and production capacity of the US and the UK.
Most of this is expected to go to the US, and rudd played down the idea Australia would be asked to tip in more funds.
"No one that I've met in the United States has challenged what we're proposing to do and the impact of what we ourselves will do in terms of adding to their industrial capacity," he said.
Hinting the US may make further investments in its own submarine industrial base, rudd predicted the issue would be resolved through negotiations "between the administration and relevant senators".
rudd said he would continue to convey the Australian government's position that the case against the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had "gone on for too long", but likely behind the scenes "in order to maximise our prospects".
rudd was speaking on his way into a Tech Council of Australia event, where he said Australia and the US were serious about collaborating on renewable energy and critical minerals.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/09/donald-trump-2024-us-election-kevin-rudd
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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.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1497863031497564161
https://archive.ph/gbMyl
Trump defends praise of Putin, makes strongest hint yet of a run for president in 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/26/trump-2024/
#19326780 at 2023-08-09 12:07:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
>>19321154
Trump's potential return to White House up to American people, says kevin rudd
Australian ambassador to US takes more diplomatic angle after previously saying Trump re-election could 'fray' support for US-Australia alliance
Daniel Hurst - 9 Aug 2023
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The Australian ambassador to the US, kevin rudd, says it is up to the American people whether Donald Trump returns to the White House - an outcome he previously said would "fray" support for the US alliance in Australia.
The former Australian prime minister said on Wednesday that US politics was "a complex beast" and he was focused on keeping on good terms with both sides of the aisle, including former Trump officials.
rudd said he was also focused on securing US legislation to enable tech collaboration under the Aukus pact, but likened it to "a complex process of sausage-making".
rudd is well connected in Washington and is close to senior figures in the Biden administration and establishment Republicans, but has previously been an outspoken critic of Trump.
Prior to his appointment as ambassador, which took effect earlier this year, rudd called Trump "the most destructive president in history".
rudd told Guardian Australia before the 2020 election that if Trump were re-elected, "the overall fabric of domestic political support in this country and among other American allies around the world will begin to more fundamentally fray".
rudd had a more diplomatic message when he spoke to reporters outside Old Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.
Asked what preparations he was making for the possibility of another Trump administration, rudd said both the US and Australia were "robust democracies".
Since taking up the diplomatic posting, rudd said he had "worked comfortably and seamlessly" with House Speaker, kevin McCarthy, and Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell.
rudd said he had also spoken with Republican House and Senate leaders from across the US congressional system "and also with former members of the Trump administration from last time round".
"That's our job as an embassy and that's my job as ambassador. What the good burghers [people] of the United States choose to do in their own electoral process is a matter for them - from which, thankfully, Australian ambassadors are immune from comment."
rudd's comment was an adaptation of "the good burghers of Griffith" - a phrase he had previously used in reference to the voters in the electorate he previously held in the Australian parliament.
(continued)
#19326761 at 2023-08-09 12:00:31 (UTC+1)
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>>19243381
Assange pursuit 'gone on for too long', kevin rudd says
Tess Ikonomou - August 9 2023
kevin rudd says the United States' pursuit of Julian Assange has "gone on for too long" and he will continue to express Australia's concerns.
During a visit to Australia as part of high level talks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Mr Assange was accused of "very serious criminal conduct" .
Asked how he was continuing to press Australia's position to the US as ambassador, Mr rudd said his responsibility to engage on behalf of all Australians included Mr Assange.
"As for Secretary Blinken's statements recently, that's to be anticipated from the administration, reflecting their concerns about the history of the case," he told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.
"We in Australia have our own concerns that we continue to reflect and my job as Australia's leading diplomat in the US is to engage effectively, which usually means silently with the US administration, in order to maximise our prospects.
"The prime minister has already made clear that this has gone on for too long. I agree with him."
Since winning office in 2022, the Albanese government has been advocating for the US pursuit of Assange to end.
Mr Assange, an Australian citizen, published a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8302256/assange-pursuit-gone-on-for-too-long-kevin-rudd-says/
#19297936 at 2023-08-04 18:43:14 (UTC+1)
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>>19188991
>>19297859
US military shows off nuclear capable submarine in Western Australia
9News Staff - Aug 4, 2023
The United States military is flexing its nuclear fleet of submarines in Western Australia.
The arrival of the USS North Carolina is the first visit since a landmark defence deal was signed earlier this year.
Australia is buying eight of the nuclear-powered Virginia class submarines in a deal costing $368 billion.
Australia's Ambassador to the US kevin rudd was on Garden Island touring the 110-metre vessel which can go three months underwater.
WA will permanently house nuclear subs from next decade.
HMAS Stirling is set for an upgrade as thousands more submariners file through Perth.
It is part of plans to bolster the Indo Pacific against any Chinese naval threat.
The public is not allowed to know how long the North Carolina will be docked in Perth - that information is classified even from Australia's defence minister.
However, there have been reassurances the AUKUS deal is watertight regardless of who is in the White House.
Advisor to the US secretary of defence Abe Denmark said there has been broad bipartisan support.
rudd described the move as an opportunity to step up the capabilities of the Royal Australian Navy and the sovereign capabilities of Australia "in a highly uncertain period strategically".
https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-military-shows-off-nuclear-capable-submarine-in-western-australia/9b152141-2e3f-4a2a-a73f-37b7a02738cb
#19262307 at 2023-07-29 15:07:51 (UTC+1)
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>>19226439
>>19262114
US pledge to stand by Aussies after Talisman Sabre crash tragedy
Madura McCormack - July 30, 2023
Top military officials from Australia and the United States have declared their unwavering commitment to Exercise Talisman Sabre as they expressed sorrow for four personnel still missing after a catastrophic crash during war-games in north Queensland.
The disastrous ditching of an MRH90 Taipan during night-time exercise off Lindeman Island loomed large over high-level talks between Australian and American defence and foreign affairs officials in Brisbane.
The annual AUSMIN talks delivered significant progress in deepening Australian and US military ties and cementing itself in an increasingly contested Pacific, but the timing was inextricably linked to what is set to be the nation's worst peacetime disaster in at least two decades.
The crash happened about 11pm on Friday night hours before Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong were due to host their US counterparts Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken 1000km away.
The incident cast a sombre mood over the start of the talks which also involved high profile ambassadors kevin rudd and Caroline Kennedy, and top military brass including Chief of Defence General Angus Campbell and Defence Department Secretary Greg Moriarty.
"We really are reminded as our two countries are exercising together in Talisman Sabre, that this is serious work, it is risky work," Mr Marles said in his AUSMIN opening remarks.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said the group's thoughts were with the families of the aircrew still missing after the crash.
"We are reminded that those who serve our country do so recognising the risk that service entails and demonstrating every day the courage to take on that risk on our behalf," she said.
The "unbreakable bond" between Australia and the United States was on full display, with American troops involved in the major search and rescue effort near Lindeman Island involving at least 1000 people across defence and Queensland emergency services.
Secretary of Defense Austin said the Americans stood ready to help Australia "in any way that we can" in the search and rescue of four aircrew personnel missing in North Queensland.
"I've told the Deputy Prime Minister that whatever he needs, we stand ready to provide," he said.
The Sunday Mail has confirmed top defence officials from both nations will travel to North Queensland on Sunday to meet troops involved in Talisman Sabre as planned.
It's understood military top brass advised the visit of leaders from both nations would have a positive impact on troops, with officials agreeing to continue on as planned on the proviso resources allocated to the search and rescue were not impacted.
Mr Marles backed the long-running Talisman Sabre war-games - which now involves more than 30,000 troops from 13 nations - as Australia's "most important" biennial military exercise.
"It is so important for both of our defence forces. It's serious, it is dangerous," he said.
"You can't have a capable defence force without it being match fit and it can't be match fit unless it engages in training and exercises.
"Talisman Sabre is about ... the Australian Defence Force and the US ... making sure that we are capable in terms of the various skills and capacities that our defence forces have.
"But importantly, that we are capable in terms of the way in which we operate together and that interoperability is at the highest level possible."
Mr Austin, who commanded US troops in Iraq, reflected on how "tough" it can be to have accidents in training.
"Our guys tend to make this look easy, and they make it look easy because they're so well-exercised and versed in training and this is unfortunately part of that, what it takes to get them to what we need them to be," he said.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/us-pledge-to-stand-by-aussies-after-talisman-sabre-crash-tragedy/news-story/181e6d18f3c077b0e94b3d9aadcba56e
#19250307 at 2023-07-27 12:42:26 (UTC+1)
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Julia Gillard's ex Tim Mathieson to plead guilty to sexual assault
TRICIA RIVERA - JULY 27, 2023
Julia Gillard's former partner, Tim Mathieson, will plead guilty to sexually touching a woman without her consent.
The 66-year-old hairdresser, who became the first Australian man to be nicknamed the nation's "first bloke" when Ms Gillard ousted kevin rudd as Labor leader in 2010, is expected to admit to sucking a woman's nipple without her consent in an incident that took place in Brunswick on March 13 last year.
Ms Gillard revealed her split from Mr Mathieson to the Adelaide Advertiser two weeks before the sexual assault allegedly took place, stating the pair broke up more than a year ago.
Mr Mathieson, who was charged on May 23, appeared before the court via video link on Thursday where his defence lawyer, Brad Penno, told the court the matter had been "resolved".
"It has resolved on the basis that Mr Mathieson will plead guilty to charge one," Mr Penno said.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court charge sheet read: "The accused at Brunswick East in Victoria on (March 13 last year) intentionally sexually touched (the complainant) by sucking her nipple without consent in circumstances where the accused did not reasonably believe that (the complainant) consented to the touching."
Two other charges were withdrawn by the police prosecutor.
Requests for CCTV footage, photos and tendered statements were denied.
Ms Gillard started dating Mr Mathieson when she was Labor's deputy leader in 2006. The pair were the first unmarried couple to live together at The Lodge.
Ms Gillard revealed in her 2014 autobiography she was introduced to Mr Mathieson at a Melbourne hair salon he was working at in 2004.
She said she would go in "every four of five weeks" on a Sunday morning and began chatting with Mr Mathieson about politics.
The first female prime minister's ex-boyfriend is no stranger to controversy. In 2013 he told members of the West Indian cricket team "a small female Asian ?doctor" would be best to conduct prostate cancer checks. Ms ?Gillard was standing behind him when the comment was made. He later apologised for his ?remarks.
"It was meant as a joke and on reflection I accept it was in poor taste. I apologise for any offence caused," Mr Mathieson said.
In 2007, his brother Jon criticised Mr Mathieson for going back on a business agreement to open a salon in Shepparton.
"We set the business up for him because he wanted to come home. We gave it a go here and then he decided his place wasn't here so he went back to Melbourne," Jon Mathieson told the Herald Sun at the time.
"We don't see him much but he's got a fairly busy life now. He's always been flamboyant. He's always been out there.''
A profile on the National Archives website states: "During his time as prime ministerial spouse, Mathieson undertook voluntary work for Kidney Health Australia, Indigenous Diabetes Association and mental health group Beyond Blue.
"He was also patron of the Australian Men's Shed Association, dedicated to encouraging men to meet and discuss problems in a comfortable environment."
Mr Mathieson's lawyer told the court one outstanding issue was whether his client was eligible for a diversion, a way for first-time and low-level offenders to avoid a criminal record by undertaking conditions that benefit the victim.
The court was told police would need time to consider whether a diversion would be an appropriate outcome.
The court heard the complainant would need to be contacted for their opinion.
Magistrate Roslyn Porter adjourned the case to August 31.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/former-prime-minister-julia-gillards-ex-tim-mathieson-admits-to-sex-assault-charge/news-story/05cfa2e13b78df9bf040f7bd9d8e44a1
https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/julia-gillard/partner
#19188991 at 2023-07-16 10:00:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
Powerful Senate committee signs off on transfer of nuclear submarines to Australia
ADAM CREIGHTON - JULY 16, 2023
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The AUKUS security pact has passed a critical hurdle after a powerful Senate committee signed off on the transfer of nuclear-powered submarines to the navy and granted Australia a rare 20-year exemption from tough US defence technology export controls.
Senior Republican and Democrat senators, and Ambassador kevin rudd, hailed an amendment that was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Friday (Saturday AEST), which would give the green light to Australia acquiring three Virginia class submarines, including one brand new, by the early 2030s.
The amendment, expected to gain the approval of the Senate and the House of Representatives in coming weeks, would provide Australia a national exemption from US export controls that otherwise would have hobbled AUKUS, the trilateral agreement that emerged in September 2021 that envisions the sharing of advanced military technology among the US, UK and Australia.
"Some may have said why share all this stuff with those crazy Australians; the bottom line is we've been sharing each other's national secrets for three quarters of a century [via Five Eyes]… so the time has come to take that and then translate it in to how we share defence, science, industry and technology as well," Mr rudd said.
The ambassador was speaking alongside Democrat Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the seapower subcommittee, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on Friday (Saturday AEST), near where US shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls manufactures a significant proportion of the Virginia class attack submarine for the US navy.
"I know the business of making sausages can sometimes be untidy, messy, prolonged, but ultimately there's a sausage at the end, and so it is with the passage of legislation," Mr rudd added, foreshadowing the possibility of "nips and tucks" as the bill passed through congress.
The amendment would also create a Submarine Security Account at the US Treasury to accept Australia's promised contributions under AUKUS, expected to be around $3 billion in the first few years, for use by the US to develop its submarine capacity.
Anthony Albanese, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden unveiled the political expectations for the AUKUS pact in San Diego in March, including providing Australia with up to five Virginia class submarines by the 2030s, and construction of a new class of nuclear powered submarine, dubbed SSN AUKUS, by the 2040s.
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#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.
#19188861 at 2023-07-16 09:24:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>19016711 'State warcraft': Police won't cop $1.7bn worth of meth imports - Federal police say international crime groups and "state actors" are threatening the rules-based order of democracies such as Australia by working together to smuggle illicit drugs, after revealing they had seized $1.7bn worth of meth bound for Victoria and NSW. In an extraordinary five-month operation, the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and other national crime-busting organisations worked with the Five Eyes law enforcement group to capture more than six tonnes of liquid and crystal methamphetamine since December last year. The illicit substance arrived in four separate sea cargo shipments, and originated from Canada. The drugs were replaced with a harmless substance but had it landed, almost 19 million street deals could have taken place.
>>19016940 Ukraine's plea for Hawkei vehicles 'unsupportable at this time', government letter says - The Albanese government says it is unable to send Hawkei protected mobility vehicles to Ukraine in the near future despite increasingly desperate pleas from Kyiv, citing braking issues and a lack of spare parts. Ukraine has been requesting a fleet of Australian-made Hawkeis since September and the country's Ministry of Defence has taken to social media in recent months to declare the vehicle its new "military crush". In a letter sent to a member of the public earlier this month on behalf of Defence Minister Richard Marles, a senior Department of Defence official said: "We are aware of calls to provide [the] Hawkei to Ukraine. The combination of an unresolved braking issue and a limited supply of parts means that the gifting of the Hawkei is unsupportable at this time. The government is considering options for further support to Ukraine, which it will announce in due course."
>>19021590 'Disregard for due process': David Van resigns from Liberal Party following sexual harassment allegations - Victorian Senator David Van has formally resigned from the Liberal Party after what he has described as "wholesale disregard for due process and natural justice" in the handling of numerous sexual harassment allegations levelled against him. The Victorian Senator on Saturday wrote to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella to say he was resigning his membership effective immediately. "I cannot remain a member of a party that tramples upon the very premise on which our justice system is predicated," he said in the letter. "This is a travesty of justice and I reiterate that I deny the allegations made against me.
>>19021740, >>19021747 kevin rudd AC Tweet: Great to spend time with Pacific Ambassadors to the US and US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy. Important conversations about the future of the region we all call home.
>>19026316 Albanese government must recognise Palestine this term: Victorian Labor Conference - The Victorian Labor conference has called on the Albanese government to recognise Palestine before the next election, setting the stage for the matter to become a focal point at the upcoming national conference in August. A motion put to the Victorian Labor conference today congratulated Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong for the restoration of aid to Palestinians and shifting Australia's vote at the United Nations on matters relating to Israel's occupation of Palestine. But the state conference called on the federal government to go further and formally recognise Palestine in this term.
>>19031721 Xie Feng (12th Chinese Ambassador to the United States) Tweet: Thank you, @Amborudd, for inviting me and my wife to your beautiful residence. Good discussion.
>>19037068 Legalise Cannabis party introduces personal use bills in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia - The Legalise Cannabis party has today introduced bills to legalise marijuana for personal use in parliaments in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. It is the first time the same bill has been tabled in three states on the same day. The bills have been introduced to the states' upper houses and will need support from major parties to become law. It will not allow people under 18 to access cannabis, or permit driving while impaired by the drug. New South Wales upper house MP Jeremy Buckingham said the reform would allow people over the age of 18 to grow up to six cannabis plants in their households. It would also allow people to gift small quantities to other people but driving under the influence of the drug would remain prohibited.
#19188852 at 2023-07-16 09:20:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>18928925 Video: Mark McGowan resigns as WA Premier - Western Australia's Premier Mark McGowan has announced he is stepping down as the state's leader, admitting his many years serving has left him "exhausted". "I just don't have the energy or drive that is required to continue in the role as Premier. Or to fight that election which would have been my eighth election as a Member of Parliament," he said. McGowan led Labor back to government with an overwhelming victory over the Liberal government in March 2017, and again at the 2021 election. He enforced some of the toughest Covid-19 restrictions on travel during the pandemic.
>>18928944 Video: Mark McGowan stands down as WA premier in shock announcement, citing exhaustion - WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced he is retiring from politics in a bombshell announcement. In a press conference held with just 45 minutes' notice, Mr McGowan said he would step down as premier and member for Rockingham at the end of the week. "The truth is I'm tired, extremely tired. In fact, I'm exhausted," he said. Mr McGowan enjoyed overwhelming popularity in his second term throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, enacting the nation's strictest border policies. The approach came with its critics, with some arguing it was heavy-handed, and prompting then-deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce to describe WA as a "kind of hermit kingdom".
>>18928950 WA Premier Mark McGowan's shock departure puts Labor seats at risk - Mark McGowan's shock departure from politics inflicts a ?massive blow to the Labor Party's prospects at the 2025 state and federal elections. Western Australia's most popular leader in its history - whose landslide 2021 state election victory left the Liberal and National parties in ruin - played a huge hand in delivering Anthony Albanese majority government. Albanese had to wait for the red wave in Perth - where results rolled in two hours behind those on the east coast - to deliver Labor the Liberal seats of Swan, Hasluck, Tangney and Pearce, before claiming majority government on election night. McGowan's "X-factor" significantly boosted federal Labor's stocks in Western Australia, and ALP strategists are concerned that losing his popular appeal in the west will make it tougher to retain seats.
>>18928954 Exit door: 'Premier's legacy a weakened federation' - Mark McGowan was the first premier to take as strong an alternative approach to a federal government in foreign policy and "revelled" in stepping out from the commonwealth particularly on the relationship with China, foreign policy experts say. The outgoing Western Australian leader frequently called out the former Coalition government and its handling of the relationship with Beijing, which he labelled "insane", and demanded Scott Morrison end the damaging rhetoric against Australia's biggest trading partner. During a visit to China last month - the first in four years - Mr McGowan said it was "unfounded" to have a "fearful relationship" with Beijing after 50 years of fostering a close economic relationship.
>>18934236 kevin rudd AC Tweet: Great to see @SenSchumer at the Capitol. It was a busy day for the Majority Leader, but we found time to talk about the proliferation of Aussies and (Australian) coffee shops in NYC, and the passage of necessary legislation to support AUKUS.
>>18934236 https://qalerts.pub/?q=schumer - https://qalerts.pub/?q=[CS]
#18422582 at 2023-02-28 05:58:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 42
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide
>>18046171 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): 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
>>18046171 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): 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
>>18046179 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Murdoch has zero interest in stopping dangerous far-right extremism. He sees QAnon as just another marketing tool to sucker people into his parallel universe where he can take their money and tell them how to vote. #MurdochRoyalCommission
>>18046179 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Video: In America, the Murdoch media continues to support a QAnon congresswoman who is notorious for her racist, antisemitic nonsense. The lesson for Australia? Murdoch will back bigger fruitcakes than Craig Kelly if he thinks there's money and power to be gained
>>18046186 Chris Bowen Tweet (2021): Video: Qanon is a conspiracy driven cult. And the Prime Minister has serious questions to answer. Watch my brief speech in Parliament
>>18046186 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Great speech by Chris Bowen on Morrison and his close personal relationship with an activist from QAnon - the far right, extremist, religious conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol.
>>18046189 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Morrison has questions to answer on his personal relationship with a leading activist of the same extremist religious/conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol. His wife worked for Morrison.His family have reported him to the National Security Hotline
>>18046189 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Video: Could you imagine any other Australian PM refusing to answer questions about inviting an extreme, far-right religious cultist to Kirribilli House? What about accepting his help to write a speech to parliament? His own family reported him to the National Security Hotline.
>>18046192 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>18046199 kevin rudd Tweet (2022): 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.
>>18046199 Q Post #2576 - Those with the most to lose are the loudest. Those who 'knowingly' broke the law in a coordinated effort [treason] are the most vocal. Crimes against Humanity. Q - https://qanon.pub/#2576
>>18128939 Twitter Reinstates QAnon Kingpin Ron Watkins - What little progress was made in curbing the spread of extremism on the platform is being obliterated by Elon Musk - Nikki McCann Ramirez- rollingstone.com
>>18258365 Bill Gates complained to tech companies about 'laughable' COVID-19 conspiracy theories - Conspiracy theories circulated on social media by anti-vaccination campaigners included that Mr Gates was using COVID-19 vaccines to control people, some even claiming he wanted to insert microchips in people - Myles Wearring and Sarah Ferguson - abc.net.au
>>18258388 Video: Bill Gates complained to tech companies about 'laughable' COVID-19 conspiracy theories - ABC News (Australia)
#18422555 at 2023-02-28 05:49:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
#27 - Part 27
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>18135894 Taiwan cannot be sacrificed to China, says Japan's ambassador to Australia - Japanese ambassador Shingo Yamagami says democracies such as Australia must not allow China to dominate the Asia-Pacific, warning the carnage in Ukraine could be repeated if Beijing attempted to seize control of the self-governing island of Taiwan
>>18135926 With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts - Beijing says the outposts aren't doing police work, but Chinese state media reports say they "collect intelligence" and solve crimes far outside their jurisdiction
>>18142172 Time To Ban It: TikTok Isn't Just Viral Videos, It's a Dangerous Chinese Communist Party Virus - "TikTok is not a harmless app for sharing short videos; it is a tool embedded in the phones of roughly 100 million Americans, more than 30 million of them being minors, that constitutes a real threat to each user's personal data privacy and is likely used to propagate outright propaganda and influence operations." - Mike Pompeo - aclj.org
>>18142196 UK accuses China of 'deliberately flouting' human rights in Hong Kong - Human rights promised to the people of Hong Kong have been deliberately flouted by the former British colony and Beijing, according to a Whitehall report presented to parliament by foreign secretary James Cleverly, a claim that has been vehemently refuted by the territory
>>18153781 Beijing praises Anthony Albanese's "pragmatic approach" with China amid signals the black-listing of Australia's $750m live lobster trade may soon end - China's propaganda machine welcomed comments by the Australian Prime Minister, saying he wanted to see "further improvement" in the relationship with Australia's biggest trading partner
>>18153788 GT Voice: Positive signals from Canberra bode well for improving ties - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Saturday that Australia aims to continue to boost relations with China as it seeks to fully restore trade ties with its largest export market - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>18153791 Regaining their lost trade momentum in interests of both Australia and China: China Daily editorial - The latest remarks from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on boosting relations with China are a welcome signal that Canberra is willing to join hands with Beijing to continuously inject positive energy into bilateral ties so that Sino-Australian cooperation can regain steam and bring greater benefits to both sides - chinadaily.com.cn
>>18166729 China's future 'still uncertain', kevin rudd says, as he casts doubt on its economic figures - Former prime minister kevin rudd has questioned whether China's economic growth figures reported for 2022 are accurate
>>18173363 Detained Australians in China will have to wait longer to learn their fate - Australian writer Yang Hengjun and journalist Cheng Lei have had their sentencing dates extended by another three months after several delays following their closed-door hearings on national security charges
>>18173371 Wong 'deeply troubled' by ongoing delays for Australian jailed in China - Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she is deeply troubled by the ongoing delays in the case of jailed Australian Yang Hengjun after the pro-democracy writers' sentencing was extended by another three months by Chinese authorities
>>18173375 Alvin Chau, a triad-linked gambling boss suspected of having laundered billions of dollars in and out of Australia has been sentenced to 18 years jail in Macau, ending his global gambling empire that embroiled casinos across the country
>>18187101 Jacinda Ardern's China policy weakened the Five Eyes alliance - On her watch the Chinese Communist Party weakened New Zealand's security and its position in the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing framework. Under Ardern, New Zealand has at best been a free-rider on these efforts, and at worst a foot-dragger. It made little effort to help its biggest and closest neighbour, Australia, when it was hit by Chinese sanctions in 2020 - Edward Lucas - thetimes.co.uk
>>18187115 Australia and China agree to discuss ending trade ban - The first meeting of Chinese and Australian trade ministers since 2019 is expected to take place within weeks, offering the Albanese government a clear opportunity to secure progress in easing Beijing's trade sanctions regime - The breakthrough was reached on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres held a 45-minute meeting with China's Vice Minister of Commerce, Wang Shouwen
#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'
#18422497 at 2023-02-28 05:26:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #27: THEY ARE IN FULL BLOWN PANIC MODE Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#27 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>18046171 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): 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
>>18046171 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): 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
>>18046179 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Murdoch has zero interest in stopping dangerous far-right extremism. He sees QAnon as just another marketing tool to sucker people into his parallel universe where he can take their money and tell them how to vote. #MurdochRoyalCommission
>>18046179 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Video: In America, the Murdoch media continues to support a QAnon congresswoman who is notorious for her racist, antisemitic nonsense. The lesson for Australia? Murdoch will back bigger fruitcakes than Craig Kelly if he thinks there's money and power to be gained
>>18046186 Chris Bowen Tweet (2021): Video: Qanon is a conspiracy driven cult. And the Prime Minister has serious questions to answer. Watch my brief speech in Parliament
>>18046186 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Great speech by Chris Bowen on Morrison and his close personal relationship with an activist from QAnon - the far right, extremist, religious conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol.
>>18046189 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Morrison has questions to answer on his personal relationship with a leading activist of the same extremist religious/conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol. His wife worked for Morrison.His family have reported him to the National Security Hotline
>>18046189 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Video: Could you imagine any other Australian PM refusing to answer questions about inviting an extreme, far-right religious cultist to Kirribilli House? What about accepting his help to write a speech to parliament? His own family reported him to the National Security Hotline.
>>18046192 kevin rudd Tweet (2021): Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>18046199 kevin rudd Tweet (2022): 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.
>>18046199 Q Post #2576 - Those with the most to lose are the loudest. Those who 'knowingly' broke the law in a coordinated effort [treason] are the most vocal. Crimes against Humanity. Q - https://qanon.pub/#2576
>>18046747 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Video: Thank you for a fantastic 2022, Australia! Happy New Year!
>>18057788 Emese Abigail Fajk, alleged "international con woman" accused of a raft of offences within the Ukraine Foreign Legion, including blackmail, misappropriation of donations and stealing a "massive shipment" of medical supplies valued up to $US2.5m
>>18071608 rudd tells US not to 'throw allies under a bus' - 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
>>18071684 The Wiggles slammed for hinting at 'new collab' with Lil Nas X: 'You betrayed us' - The Wiggles have been blasted on social media after hinting at a "new collab" with US rapper Lil Nas X - The popular children's music group posed for a picture with the controversial American rapper, who was holding a purple Wiggles shirt, at Falls Festival in Melbourne - "Such a shame, my daughter loved The Wiggles. I don't see how someone who lap dances the devil in their music videos is a good candidate for working in the children's music industry," one infuriated mother wrote
>>18071688 Fans criticise The Wiggles for posing with Lil Nas X at Australian music festival - The Wiggles have sparked outrage after posing with controversial rapper Lil Nas X - One outraged Twitter user wrote: "You're riding Satan in your new music video. You're proud of that?" - Another said: "Lil Nas X new music video 'Call Me By Your Name…..if that doesn't scream I sold my soul to the devil than idk."
#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
#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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#18369785 at 2023-02-18 12:18:07 (UTC+1)
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Quietly, carefully, Peter Dutton starts to find his voice
DENNIS SHANAHAN - FEBRUARY 18, 2023
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Peter Dutton is on the move. After a relatively quiet first nine months as Opposition Leader - during which he has been accused of not doing enough, not making ground against Anthony Albanese, not reforming the Liberal Party, being too negative and not taking definite policy and political positions - Dutton is asserting himself.
Economic management, the cost of living and mortgage stress are the Coalition's focus in parliament and politics as the Albanese government scrambles to battle rising inflation, rising unemployment, rising interest rates, increased energy costs and food prices. But Labor's cultural agenda on the Indigenous voice to parliament, discrimination in schools, border protection and climate change also is losing its gloss as the government moves too quickly on too many fronts.
Dutton's deliberate awakening is being assisted by a change in this political momentum as well as unlikely alliances that are bringing the young Labor government to earth and altering the strategic balance. By the time of the May budget, and probably after at least one more interest rate rise, Labor's shifting of blame to the previous government and Russia's invasion of Ukraine will begin to wear thin.
Indeed, it is already as cost-of-living pressures are at the top of mind for everyone.
Albanese's election night promise of a referendum for an Indigenous voice also is showing dangerous signs of losing support, with Labor facing criticism for not caring about the cost pressures on all households.
What is worse for the Prime Minister, and highly advantageous to the Opposition Leader, is that Labor's key legislative agenda - including centrepiece promises on manufacturing, climate change and housing - are facing a joint Coalition-Greens blockade in the Senate.
Albanese's political response has been to revive the previous attacks on the Coalition as being too negative and a "No-alition" that should just "get out of the way". The attack on the Greens is that they just "don't understand the economy" and want to go back to the climate wars when the same Greens-Coalition alliance defeated kevin rudd's 2009 carbon emissions plan.
Yet mixed messages about fighting inflation while still promising to spend more than the previous government, committing to new coal and gas projects while decarbonising the economy, and delaying relief for low-income households from skyrocketing energy bills are making the government look rattled.
What's more, the Indigenous voice to parliament is being mired in confusion as Labor MPs have to concentrate on the economy, can't answer questions on detail, backtrack on positions, face demands to address practical issues affecting disadvantaged Indigenous Australians and are being forced to consider compromises.
Albanese has stopped talking about the growing momentum of support for the voice as more polling emerges suggesting public support is soft.
In some ways Dutton hasn't had to do much to start to assert himself and he has been able to reap the political benefits of Greens-Labor animosity, a worsening economic outlook and growing suspicion about Labor's cultural agenda.
Some of the criticism aimed at Dutton comes from Coalition supporters who say he hasn't been strong enough on traditional conservative issues or damaged Albanese's standing and will be blamed should the voice referendum fail.
The last point is a political argument Albanese promotes as he seeks to force Dutton into a declaration on the voice. The Prime Minister maintains Liberal opposition to the voice, if the referendum passes, will demonstrate Dutton's irrelevance, and if it fails while the Liberals are opposed he will be to blame.
Albanese's argument has weakened as Dutton did not rule out supporting the Yes case immediately and instead has called for details, asked questions and argued for a demonstration of practical help to "the women and children" in crisis in Alice Springs.
Dutton is moving towards a position on the voice to parliament; he is prepared to offer a compromise to Albanese as it becomes increasingly apparent the referendum will fail without bipartisan support and it puts him in a position of growing political strength. He recognises the Liberals can't put off a decision forever and that most of the opposition to the voice in the public is overwhelmingly Coalition supporters.
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#18338023 at 2023-02-13 08:33:20 (UTC+1)
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price jumps ship for new No drive against the voice
GEOFF CHAMBERS - FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has quit the national committee she launched with Warren Mundine just weeks ago to oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament, and will head a new grassroots No campaign funded by right-wing activist group Advance.
The high-profile defection comes a fortnight after Senator Price, former Labor minister Gary Johns and Mr Mundine unveiled a six-member Recognise a Better Way committee, endorsed by former deputy prime minister John Anderson and prominent Indigenous leaders.
Senator Price on Monday will officially launch the Fair Australia campaign, backed by a $1.45m war chest and 77,000 members recruited by Advance.
The Alice Springs local, who led the push inside the Nationals to formally oppose the referendum to enshrine a constitutional voice to parliament, will use Advance's resources to take on Dean Parkin's cashed-up Yes campaign.
After resigning from the Recognise a Better Way campaign on Sunday, Senator Price said the two campaigns would work side-by-side to achieve a "resounding No vote".
"I am deeply respectful of the national committee members themselves and the work they are undertaking, however I do firmly believe that my efforts are best directed towards the grassroots campaign focus of the Fair Australia campaign as opposed to the thought leadership and policy focus of Recognise a Better Way," she said. "We are all committed to achieving a resounding No vote and in doing so a positive result for Australians."
As the Yes and No campaigns finalise their teams and prepare major fundraising drives ahead of the referendum, expected in September or October, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will resume sparring over the voice when parliament and Senate estimates return. The government on Monday will release its second "closing the gap" implementation plan, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of kevin rudd's historic apology to the Stolen Generation.
The Australian understands that Mr Dutton, ahead of the government's referendum machinery legislation being voted on in the parliament in March, had planned to finalise the Liberal Party's position on the voice over the next month.
Senior Coalition sources on Sunday said that with the Aston by-election expected to be fought on rising mortgages and the cost-of-living, Mr Dutton could delay a final decision on the voice until closer to the May 9 budget.
Advance executive director Matthew Sheahan said the activist group was preparing to mount a "comprehensive national campaign to reach the critical undecided voters that will decide the result".
Mr Johns said every Australian including Senator Price "should play the best role for them in the campaign".
"We will continue to lead the policy debate this country needs ahead of the referendum and look forward to working collaboratively with the Fair Australia grassroots campaign moving forward," he said.
While Senator Price's campaign will target grassroots communities and undecided voters, the national committee is focusing on proposing a preamble to the Constitution and a new parliamentary committee looking at the rights of native title holders under existing legislation.
Advance has also joined forces with right-wing New Zealand activist group Hobson's Pledge, whose trustee Casey Costello will meet with federal MPs in Canberra this week to "warn Australians against entrenching racial division in their constitution".
Ms Costello advocates that the misinterpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi had "weakened NZ democracy by supplanting the popularly elected government on issues of national importance".
"Hiding behind the virtuous intentions of better outcomes, successive governments have undermined NZ's democracy by allocating political capital to an unaccountable and self-appointed body," she said.
"The people of NZ don't get the last say. We've seen racial division at the very heart of political decision making in NZ, with extra powers granted to just one group. From what I've seen of the voice, Australia is in for the same mess."
Greens leader Adam Bandt on Monday will unveil Indigenous WA senator Dorinda Cox as the party's new First Nations spokeswoman, replacing Lidia Thorpe who quit the Greens last week.
"My work ... will be grounded in our cultural knowledges, practices and protocols as I reach across the aisles of parliament to bring everyone on this journey towards truth telling, treaty and voice," she said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-jumps-ship-for-new-no-drive-against-the-voice/news-story/ee4621e35507d02be7ad23654bb4f6d1
#18166729 at 2023-01-18 08:13:29 (UTC+1)
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China's future 'still uncertain', kevin rudd says, as he casts doubt on its economic figures
Latika Bourke - January 17, 2023
London: Former prime minister kevin rudd has questioned whether China's economic growth figures reported for 2022 are accurate.
China reported that its annual gross domestic product growth slumped from 8 per cent to 3 per cent last year.
This constituted its second-weakest economic performance in 50 years and was a direct result of Beijing's decision to pursue a zero-COVID strategy, which President Xi Jinping suddenly abandoned earlier this year.
rudd said the result was a best-case scenario, but possibly exaggerated.
"China obviously had no choice, zero-COVID was not working for China's growth numbers, the 2022 growth numbers were at best 3 per cent, possibly less," he said.
"We do expect now a bounce back, the official numbers are probably around five [per cent].
"I'm expecting a solid growth number for 2023, that'll be good for China and importantly in a world where growth will be challenged with Europe facing recessionary challenges and the United States - a question mark, in terms of how soft or hard the landing will be. And the rest of the world, the developing world, struggling.
"If China produces a solid growth number for 2023, 5 or 5-plus, that will actually underpin much global growth for the year to come."
rudd was speaking at an event hosted by Chinese news website Caixin Media at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Asked to describe in a single word China's next chapter, the theme of his panel discussion, rudd responded: "Still uncertain".
He said he planned to "flip up to Beijing" before taking on the post as Australia's US ambassador in March.
"All I can say is that after three years, China, we've missed you," rudd told the packed out event.
"I do love the place but three years since I've been there.
"So your question is, when am I going back? Maybe before I take up the new position in Washington, maybe next month.
"I've got to do an Asia Society event in Hong Kong, so I may flip up to Beijing."
rudd was speaking alongside Weng Jieming, China's vice-chairman of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).
Weng said his country's reopening was "high quality" and would be good for building stable supply chains and the development of high-level technology between Chinese and foreign companies as well as the "continuous refinement of a fair and equitable order".
"China will definitely maintain high-level growth, but we need reciprocity in our degrees of openness in order to make sure that our cooperation keeps moving forward on a stable footing," Weng said.
He added the enormous Chinese market provided "mutual benefits" to all.
rudd, a fluent Mandarin speaker and former foreign minister, said he had visited China up to 150 times. He was a senior diplomat for Australia in Beijing in the '80s before entering parliament in 1998 and becoming prime minister in 2007.
He said if China and the US could keep geopolitics "within a certain equilibrium" then we should see "reasonable [economic] growth".
He said it was vital the US and China managed their five-year strategic competition in a way that didn't allow to it to escalate into war. But there would remain a high level of "technological decoupling" as the US and allies shunned or actively blocked the use of Chinese technology infrastructure suppliers such as Huawei.
"The challenge for geopolitics is can we find a stabilising mechanism to prevent it from escalating into some future crisis or war?" he said.
But he said he was encouraged by the recent meeting between US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping saying the pair had taken "some tentative steps in that direction".
"There is a predisposition to try and put some guard rails around this relationship … a new security safety net.
"So I think this is encouraging," he said.
Asked if he was concerned about the incoming ambassador freewheeling on the international stage about issues like China, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Sky's late-night host Chris Kenny that he had no qualms about the high-profile appointee.
"kevin rudd is fully aware of the responsibilities that he has. And he will fulfil them," Albanese said.
"He's not in Washington, he is not Australia's ambassador, Arthur Sinodinos is Australia's ambassador in Washington and we're continuing to engage with Arthur, who's done a very good job on the arrangements with AUKUS.
"When kevin rudd is Australia's ambassador that will be his sole focus," the prime minister said.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/china-s-future-still-uncertain-kevin-rudd-says-as-he-casts-doubt-on-the-country-s-economic-figures-20230117-p5cdaj.html
#18160286 at 2023-01-17 08:35:33 (UTC+1)
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Retired Major General, Senator Jim Molan dies aged 72
MAX MADDISON and LAURA PLACELLA - JANUARY 17, 2023
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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.
A statement from Mr Molan's family said he had suffered a "sudden and rapid" decline after Christmas before dying peacefully on Monday, surrounded by his family.
"With profound sadness, we share that following a sudden and rapid decline in health after Christmas. Jim died peacefully on January 16 in the arms of his family," the statement read.
"He was many things: a soldier, a pilot, an author, a volunteer firefighter and a senator.
"Most of all, he was an adored husband, father, grandfather and brother.
"Our loss is immeasurable but we are confident in our memories of a full life courageously lived, devoted to family and in service of the country that he loved.
"We thank you for your thoughts and prayers and for respecting our privacy at this difficult time."
Born in east Melbourne in 1950, Molan's illustrious, 40-year career in the Australian Defence Force began after graduating from the Royal Military College in Duntroon in the 1970s, rising to serve as a colonel in Jakarta; and as a brigadier during his service in East Timor.
He was deployed to serve in Iraq as chief of operations for the coalition forces in 2004 after the US-led invasion. The three-star commander's experience in the Middle East led him to write a book criticising Australia's ability to engage in military conflict.
Molan was appointed an officer of the Order of Australia in 2000.
One of Molan's first major roles in politics was his appointment by then opposition leader Tony Abbott to head the Coalition's"Operation Sovereign Borders" campaign to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat - what Abbott characterised as a "national emergency"
Mr Abbott's ultimate success in toppling kevin rudd at the 2013 federal election, led to Molan becoming the architect of the nation's controversial but ultimately successful border policy.
Molan defended the government's use of offshore detention centres like Nauru and Manus Island to process refugees, telling Q&A in 2016 the facilities were "so far ahead of refugee camps throughout the world that it is not funny".
In 2016, Molan was selected as a NSW Liberal senate candidate but in the unwinnable 7th position. Despite picking up the second highest number of first preference votes of the 12 Liberal and National Party candidates, Molan failed to be elected into parliament, what Mr Abbott described as a "tragedy for our country and for our party".
The eligibility crisis of 2017 saw Molan elected to the senate after Nationals senator Fiona Nash was forced to resign due to her dual British Citizenship. But his tenure in parliament appeared to be in jeopardy after he once again landed in an unelectable position on the Coalition's 2019 senate ticket.
But the resignation of Arthur Sinodinos after his appointment as the Australian Ambassador to the US created another opening for Molan, who was appointed to serve the remainder of his Liberal colleagues six-year term.
On his third attempt - one year after being diagnosed with an "aggressive" cancer - Molan successfully navigated another NSW Liberal senate preselection, this time displacing conservative senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to Senator Molan, describing him on Twitter as a "man of conviction."
"Jim Molan lived his life in service of our country. He was a man of principle and a politician of conviction. My condolences to his loved ones, colleagues and friends," Mr Albanese wrote.
Mr Abbott said Molan's fight was "Never about him - always for the cause."
"There are too few people in public life prepared to buck the prevailing orthodoxy," Mr Abbott tweeted. "That's why he will be so missed."
Former prime minister John Howard expressed his "sorrow at the death of Senator Jim Molan" saying that he was an energetic and passionate Australian who had "given so much to his country."
"His distinguished military career culminated in being Chief of Operations for Coalition Forces in Iraq, giving him oversight of a multi-national force of more than 300,000 personnel," Mr Howard said.
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#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
#18097124 at 2023-01-07 12:03:05 (UTC+1)
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The year Assange walks free? Why there are cautious hopes
Matthew Knott - January 7, 2023
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On a steamy summer night last August, the trendiest place to be in New York was the Brooklyn nightclub Elsewhere. The star of the event, performing as a DJ for the first time in 15 years, was better known as one of history's most famous and controversial whistleblowers.
In 2010, Chelsea Manning used her position as a United States Army intelligence analyst to copy hundreds of thousands of documents related to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, saving them on a CD labelled "Lady Gaga" as a disguise. Manning then sent the files to WikiLeaks, including the famous Collateral Murder video showing US troops laughing after shooting dead a group of Iraqi men, including two journalists. (All the men were civilians but some were armed.) Manning was later sentenced to 35 years in jail for America's largest-ever leak of classified information.
Today, Manning is a free woman and celebrated transgender icon who recently published a memoir and spins tracks ranging from Britney Spears to a remix of the Succession theme song for Brooklyn ravers in her spare time. Barack Obama commuted Manning's remaining jail time on compassionate grounds in one of his last acts in office, allowing her to return to civilian life in 2017.
Meanwhile, the man who published Manning's leaked documents, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is languishing in London's high-security Belmarsh Prison, surrounded by notorious murderers and rapists. For the past four years, the US Justice Department has been attempting to extradite the Australian to face trial on 17 counts of breaching the Espionage Act plus a separate hacking-related charge. It's the first time the act has ever been used against someone who received and published classified information, as opposed to leaking it.
Assange suffered a stroke in 2021 and his mental health has been battered by extended periods of isolation. His family fears he may not survive the extradition process. "He's in a gradual decline both physically and mentally," Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton tells me. "It's very oppressive and is clearly taking a toll on him."
Yet, Assange's supporters begin the year with more hope than ever that the US will end its extradition efforts, allowing him to return to Australia. "We can feel that the momentum is building," Shipton says.
Lawyer Greg Barns, an adviser to the Australian Assange campaign, says: "The planets are aligning pretty well."
Earlier this week, ABC global affairs editor John Lyons heightened anticipation by declaring on air: "My expectation is that within the next two months or so Julian Assange will be released." Lyons' prediction caused a frisson not just because of its definitive timeframe but because it was made by one of the country's most experienced journalists. Lyons previously served as editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, as the ABC's head of current affairs and investigations, and as executive producer of Nine's Sunday program.
The main reason for the growing optimism is that Australia has a prime minister actively working to try to secure Assange's release, even if it requires spending diplomatic capital with our most important ally. The Morrison government took a hands-off approach on the grounds Assange's case should be allowed to play out in the British and US legal systems.
In opposition, Albanese said he believed Assange's case had dragged on too long and needed to come to an end. During his early months as prime minister, he kept quiet about the issue, vowing not to pursue "megaphone diplomacy". That changed in November when he gave a strikingly forthright response to a question by independent MP Monique Ryan.
"I have raised this personally with representatives of the United States government," Albanese told parliament. "My position is clear and has been made clear to the US administration. I will continue to advocate, as I did recently in meetings that I have held."
Albanese was essentially confirming he had raised the issue directly with Biden, given the pair met for 45 minutes just a fortnight earlier in Phnom Penh.
Then came Albanese's decision, just before Christmas, to appoint former prime minister kevin rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US. As far back as 2010, when WikiLeaks published the war cables, rudd has repeatedly insisted the US government and Manning should be held responsible for the disclosure of secret material rather than Assange.
In June, when Priti Patel, then the British home secretary, certified Assange's extradition to the US, rudd tweeted: "I disagree with this decision. I do not support Assange's actions and his reckless disregard for classified security information. But if Assange is guilty, then so too are the dozens of newspaper editors who happily published his material."
(continued)
#18079427 at 2023-01-05 08:21:44 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
>>18071608
Former PM kevin rudd tells United States to stop throwing allies 'under a bus' to limit Chinese influence in the region
Andrew Greene - 5 January 2023
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.
The former Prime Minister, who takes up his prestigious appointment in March, claimed the Biden administration was operating with "one arm tied behind its back" in the Asia-Pacific because it had not focused on the importance of trade in favour of security ties.
"For the future, what is the missing elements in US grand strategy? It's called the economy, stupid," Mr rudd told Bloomberg TV, invoking a famous phrase attributed to president Bill Clinton's former adviser, James Carville.
"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 to its allies in Asia and in Europe, despite the over-riding protection sentiment of the US Congress and political class in general."
In his first media appearance since being named the next US ambassador, Mr rudd argued that America's strategic stance would only succeed if the world's largest economy opened up its markets.
"You cannot have a strategy which has one arm tied behind its back, namely, trade and the economy," Mr rudd said.
"You must, in fact, have both wings flying. Otherwise, this bird doesn't take off," the former Labor leader told a panel discussion focusing on the international economy and markets.
Last month, Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham noted the significance of Mr rudd's appointment but has now criticised the former Prime Minister's language.
"Encouraging the US to pursue deeper economic engagement in our region and with other allies is smart, strategic and consistent with recent Australian ambassadors to the US," Senator Birmingham said.
"Opinionated lecturing of the US before you've even started your new ambassadorial role in the US is far less strategic.
"I doubt many will see kevin rudd's tone as an encouraging start to a role that requires both deft handling and policy smarts."
Inside government ranks, some MPs have privately expressed concern at the outspoken approach their former colleague may take in his new diplomatic role, suggesting he could become a "second foreign minister" based in Washington.
Mr rudd stressed he was speaking in his capacity as president of the Asia Society and had not begun his ambassadorial role, noting it was "three months before I turn into a pumpkin".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/kevin-rudd-wants-us-to-stop-throwing-allies-under-a-bus-economy/101827944
#18071608 at 2023-01-04 08:44:24 (UTC+1)
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>>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
(1:28:34)
#18046199 at 2022-12-31 09:32:11 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
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.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1497863031497564161
https://archive.ph/gbMyl
Trump defends praise of Putin, makes strongest hint yet of a run for president in 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/26/trump-2024/
—
Q Post #2576
Dec 10 2018 15:24:28 (EST)
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1071755419499069441
Those with the most to lose are the loudest.
Those who 'knowingly' broke the law in a coordinated effort [treason] are the most vocal.
Crimes against Humanity.
Q
https://qanon.pub/#2576
#18046192 at 2022-12-31 09:29:14 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
kevin rudd Tweet
Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1461569968214974466
https://archive.ph/q81hH
Prime Minister's War Of Words
From The Today Show
#18046189 at 2022-12-31 09:26:19 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
kevin rudd Tweet
Morrison has questions to answer on his personal relationship with a leading activist of the same extremist religious/conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol. His wife worked for Morrison.His family have reported him to the National Security Hotline
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1404418922787446784
https://archive.ph/Yptjm
QAnon follower Tim Stewart's an old friend of Scott Morrison. His family reported him to the national security hotline
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-14/qanon-follower-old-friend-scott-morrison-stewart-family-speaks/100125156
https://archive.ph/BdiY9
—
kevin rudd Tweet
Could you imagine any other Australian PM refusing to answer questions about inviting an extreme, far-right religious cultist to Kirribilli House? What about accepting his help to write a speech to parliament? His own family reported him to the National Security Hotline.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1405070098008711169
https://archive.ph/1Hl4j
#18046186 at 2022-12-31 09:23:04 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
Chris Bowen Tweet
Qanon is a conspiracy driven cult. And the Prime Minister has serious questions to answer. Watch my brief speech in Parliament
https://twitter.com/Bowenchris/status/1404673224638550018
https://archive.ph/IvmTH
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kevin rudd Tweet
Great speech by Chris Bowen on Morrison and his close personal relationship with an activist from QAnon - the far right, extremist, religious conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1404718885220151306
https://archive.ph/Ztyfi
#18046179 at 2022-12-31 09:21:13 (UTC+1)
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>>18046171
kevin rudd Tweets
Murdoch has zero interest in stopping dangerous far-right extremism. He sees QAnon as just another marketing tool to sucker people into his parallel universe where he can take their money and tell them how to vote. #MurdochRoyalCommission
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1357519643410272256
https://archive.ph/sGLEq
Tucker Carlson defended QAnon and said attacks on it were part of a government plot to control people's minds
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday defended the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement, whose adherents groundlessly believe that Donald Trump is planning a purge of child-abusing Democrats who run the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/fox-news-tucker-carlson-defends-qanon-conspiracy-theory-movement-2021-1
—
In America, the Murdoch media continues to support a QAnon congresswoman who is notorious for her racist, antisemitic nonsense. The lesson for Australia? Murdoch will back bigger fruitcakes than Craig Kelly if he thinks there's money and power to be gained
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1357556909650243584
https://archive.ph/76u1O
Fringe-Watching: Marjorie Taylor Greene
From The Daily Show
#18046171 at 2022-12-31 09:17:03 (UTC+1)
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kevin rudd Tweets
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
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1346913554117525509
https://archive.ph/DaUHy
Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol as former DC police chief denounces 'coup attemp'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/06/georgia-election-latest-news-senate-ossoff-warnock-democrats-republicans-trump-biden
—
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
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1352905036305637377
https://archive.ph/iI7Sz
Gold Coast Bulletin, January 22 2021 - Page 23
#18046085 at 2022-12-31 08:47:23 (UTC+1)
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#26 - Part 14
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition
>>17513800 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador invites relatives of Julian Assange and Che Guevara to attend the country's independence day celebrations
>>17531321 Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awarded keys to Mexico City as family lobbies for his release
>>17531332 Video: Mexico City honours Julian Assange with keys to city - Mexico City has presented Julian Assange's father John Shipton with the keys to the city on his behalf. The Mayor of Mexico City says the act was in recognition of Assange's courage and the notion of freedom of expression - Sky News Australia
>>17697679 Julian Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson says his case needs an urgent political fix, not a legal one
>>17701283 Thousands rally in Melbourne to demand Julian Assange be returned to Australia
>>17701284 Julian Assange tests positive for Covid as wife reveals she is 'worried for his health' - The worried wife of Julian Assange has revealed the WikiLeaks founder's diagnosis in prison where he is locked in his cell 24-7
>>17701285 Julian Assange's supporters call on Australian government to provide update on talks with US - Campaign adviser says public should be told of any progress on securing Assange's release if he is extradited from UK
>>17853189 Australian PM Anthony Albanese urges US government to end pursuit of Julian Assange - Prime minister says he raised Wikileaks co-founder's case with US representatives recently and will continue to push for it to be 'brought to a close'
>>17857905 Anthony Albanese's appeal to end Julian Assange pursuit a test of Australia-US relations, family say - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised the issue of the United States' pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with its officials, arguing "enough is enough"
>>17869613 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
>>17902505 Julian Assange's family wants supporters of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder to politely advocate for his release, rather than "disparaging" the Australian government
>>17902509 Wikileaks delegation received by Argentine President - Argentine President Alberto Fern?ndez received at the Casa Rosada the Wikileaks delegation composed of Kristinn Hrafnsson and Joseph Farrell
>>17922487 Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters attended a rally calling for freeing Julian Assange in front of the British Consulate in New York
>>18007301 kevin rudd's appointment as US ambassador lifts Assange supporter hopes - Supporters of Julian Assange have welcomed kevin rudd's appointment as Australia's ambassador to the United States, saying they are hopeful he will use the position to press the Biden administration to drop espionage charges against the Wikileaks founder
#18046077 at 2022-12-31 08:45:51 (UTC+1)
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#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
#18046075 at 2022-12-31 08:45:22 (UTC+1)
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#26 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>17951181 Australian Super customers who hold a Member Direct account have been locked out of their accounts for over three weeks now as the financial giant struggles with technical issues.
>>17953362 Video: Police chopper audio reveals intense firefight at rural Queensland property - An intense firefight that unfolded on a remote Queensland property, leaving six people dead has been laid bare in dramatic police helicopter audio - A Current Affair
>>17953376 'We killed them': Queensland shooters posted video online after attack - A now-deleted YouTube account shows footage of the Wieambilla shooters foreshadowing violence against police in the lead-up to the attack
>>17953388 Video: 'Devils and demons': Wieambilla shooters film video after killing police - The couple at the centre of the Wieambilla shooting had posted videos online in the weeks leading up to, and night of, the fatal confrontation with police on their regional Queensland property, in which they claimed to have killed the "devils" and "demons"
>>17953413 Video: Disturbing footage found from Queensland cop killers' deleted YouTube account - Disturbing videos from a YouTube account believed to belong to the Queensland cop killers have been published online, one revealing Stacey Train's "pain".
>>17953429 Video: Cop killer Stacey Train quoted an obscure Bible verse before being shot dead, American friend claims - An eerie clip from a man who claimed to be close friends with the Queensland cop killers has revealed Stacey apparent last words before being shot dead
>>17953477 US government files formal extradition request against former fighter pilot arrested in Australia accused of helping train Chinese pilots to land on aircraft carriers
>>17953501 Aussies play key role in new space mission - One of Elon Musk's rockets is about to blast off carrying a satellite with extraordinary capabilities - Two experts in Australia will be front and centre, making sure the SWOT satellite, short for surface water and ocean topography, is beaming back accurate data
>>17953753 Tech giants told by Peter Dutton to cut off online evil - Peter Dutton has launched a scathing attack on social media companies, accusing them of abrogating their responsibilities in ?pursuit of profits, after the emergence of a chilling online video posted by the killers of two young constables and a neighbour in Monday's ambush on a remote Queensland property
>>17960847 Survivor of horror police ambush Constable Keely Brough honours fallen victims - The young police officer who managed to survive a targeted ambush on police has come together with her community to honour her colleagues and a brave civilian who lost their lives in the attack
>>17973909 French border officials working on small boats crisis stopped talking to the UK for three months in 2021 because of a row over the AUKUS submarine deal
>>17980342 'We need to be prepared to invest': Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlights need for subs, not tanks, challenging previous plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on tanks and armoured vehicles
>>17980363 Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk support national gun register after revelations shooter Nathaniel Train crossed border carrying weapons
>>17980377 Nationals leader David Littleproud backs calls for change to national guns register to allow information to be shared between state and territories on individuals, following the murders of three people in Wieambilla
>>17980398 Network Ten refuses to recognise Australia Day - 'January 26 is not a day of celebration' - Chief Content Officer Beverley McGarvey has told Network Ten staff it will not recognise the Australia Day national holiday as January 26 is "not a day of celebration"
>>17985540 Former prime minister kevin rudd will become Australia's new ambassador to the US - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his predecessor would bring "unmatched experience to the role"
>>17985554 (April 19, 2022) Anthony Albanese rubbishes 'complete nonsense' reports kevin rudd will be handed plum gig - Anthony Albanese has lashed out at reports he will install kevin rudd as Australia's next ambassador to Washington if Labor wins the May 21 federal election
>>17985575 Video: Former prime minister kevin rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr rudd had extensive experience and connections in the US - "As someone who has links to the global community in Washington DC, he will be a major asset."
#17068763 at 2022-08-06 07:32:16 (UTC+1)
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>>17068759
2/2
A 'shift' in position or 'intentional provocation'?
Presumably, Beijing doesn't see Biden's repeated departures from the official line as an accident.
Nor is it likely to view the first visit in decades to Taiwan by a US Speaker of the House as a coincidence, but rather part of a gradual shift in the US position.
China called the Pelosi visit an "intentional provocation" and responded with a dramatic escalation of both its rhetoric and military threats. More than 20 Chinese fighter jets crossed into Taiwan's air defence identification zone ahead of the Speaker's arrival. Live-fire military drills will follow.
For its part, the US has positioned four warships, including an aircraft carrier in waters east of Taiwan.
It's the very opposite of the "de-escalation" Penny Wong pleads for.
Some provocations are necessary
So, did the Pelosi visit do anything to advance peace and security?
Not according to former prime minister and now Asia Society president kevin rudd. He told the BBC the Speaker's visit was "not in Taiwan's interests" and was merely "throwing new fuel on the fire" at an "unpredictable moment".
Albanese wasn't about to openly criticise Pelosi, nor the principle of democratic leaders being able to freely travel to Taiwan, but it's a fair bet he shares the concerns of his old friend and predecessor about the wisdom of going ahead with this visit right now.
The Prime Minister is engaged in a delicate effort to "normalise" Australia's relationship with China, without giving any ground on Australia's principles. He wants Beijing to drop its trade sanctions and for the two nations to build on recent progress in thawing the diplomatic freeze.
Albanese doesn't want to derail the early signs of improvement in the relationship, or worse, see any provocation that could lead to an unimaginable war. At least, not if the provocation is unnecessary.
Some provocations, however, are necessary.
As Pelosi posed for the cameras in Taiwan, Albanese and his defence minister Richard Marles announced a comprehensive re-assessment of Australia's Defence Force. The review, to be led by former defence chief Sir Angus Houston and former defence minister Stephen Smith, is aimed at ensuring Australia is getting the best bang for its defence buck, given the alarming new security outlook in this region.
Houston says the current strategic circumstances are the worst he has seen in his lifetime. The Prime Minister agrees. They didn't name China as the reason for that alarming outlook. They didn't have to.
The review will focus on whether Australia has the right military assets, in the right places, to deal with that outlook. The view from the top down, is that Australia right now is badly unprepared.
The Houston-Smith review will recommend the capabilities Australia urgently needs. The findings are bound to anger Beijing.
Pelosi's visit to Taiwan might be a "matter for them", but the Albanese government will own any moves to harden Australia's defence posture. It will be responsible for explaining why missiles, for example, are more important for Australia right now than tanks.
It will no doubt be seen by Beijing as a provocation. But for Australia's part, a necessary provocation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-04/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-anthony-albanese-china-why-visit-now/101297584
#16954710 at 2022-08-03 10:58:03 (UTC+1)
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Urgent review of Australia's defence ordered as security threats grow
David Crowe - August 2, 2022
Australians will be warned of the risk of state-on-state conflict in an urgent review of the nation's defence amid fears that $44.6 billion in annual spending is not doing enough to prepare the country for growing threats to its security.
Defence Minister Richard Marles will call in two external experts to conduct the snap review while the government considers pivotal decisions on nuclear submarines, a fleet of guided-missile destroyers and plans to build a bigger army.
The review, to be led by former Labor defence minister Stephen Smith and former defence force chief Sir Angus Houston, will run in parallel to the deliberations of a working group into the new submarine fleet, set up under the AUKUS alliance struck with the United States and United Kingdom last year.
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine raising concerns that China might use force against Taiwan, the review will question the spending priorities on all major defence programs and whether the outlays are giving the country the security it needs.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to the election with a pledge to maintain defence spending but Labor has blamed the previous government for leaving Australia with a "capability gap" because too many projects have been delivered too late and over their original budgets.
"Military modernisation, technological disruption and the risk of state-on-state conflict are complicating Australia's strategic circumstances," say the terms of reference for the review, to be released on Wednesday.
In a sign that every aspect of defence needs scrutiny, the terms of reference say the purpose of the inquiry is to assess the "structure, posture and preparedness" of the ADF and whether it can meet the challenges over the next decade.
While department officials and military chiefs conducted a Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan two years ago, the government has called in the two outside experts in a clear sign it wants a fresh assessment of department decisions.
Smith, a professor at the University of Western Australia, was foreign affairs minister from 2007 to 2010 and defence minister from 2010 to 2013 under prime ministers kevin rudd and Julia Gillard.
Houston, a former Royal Australian Air Force pilot, was Chief of the Defence Force from 2005 to 2011. He was appointed to head Airservices Australia by the Gillard government and knighted by then-prime minister Tony Abbott after the Coalition won the 2013 election.
Albanese and Marles want the reviewers to submit their final report by March next year but have asked for an interim report as soon as they have done their initial analysis, highlighting the urgency of the task.
The process gives the government time to consider challenging decisions on major spending programs when there are significant delays to the purchase of new frigates under a $44 billion contract with from BAE Systems in the UK, while Spanish company Navantia says it could build three guided-missile warships by the end of this decade.
Australia also plans to buy more than 120 tanks and other armoured vehicles from the US at a cost of $3.5 billion despite questions over whether the money should be spent on air and sea defences instead.
Marles has confirmed his intention to make a final decision on the nuclear submarine fleet by March but this is complicated by the debate on the possibility of acquiring an interim fleet to replace the existing Collins-class submarines.
The first of the nuclear-propelled submarines is not expected to be in the water before 2040 and some defence experts have aired questions about whether Australia will have the spending power and the nuclear skills to support the new fleet under the AUKUS alliance.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/urgent-review-of-australia-s-defence-ordered-as-security-threats-grow-20220802-p5b6pn.html
#16936324 at 2022-07-30 03:57:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
'We are seeking a momentous change': Albanese reveals Voice referendum question
James Massola - July 29, 2022
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Australians will be asked if they support an alteration to the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to parliament, in a referendum question proposed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
In the most significant speech on Indigenous affairs by a prime minister since kevin rudd's 2008 National Apology, Albanese will also suggest the wording that could be added to the Constitution if the referendum were successful.
The prime minister has travelled to the Garma cultural festival in Arnhem Land, which has returned after a two-year hiatus, to call on Australians to unite behind the Labor government's campaign to recognise First Nation peoples in the constitution.
"I believe there is room in Australian hearts, for the Statement from the Heart," he will say. "We are seeking a momentous change - but it is also a very simple one."
Albanese will propose this question be put to all Australians: "Do you support an alteration to the Constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?"
The speech opens with the Prime Minister paying his respects in the local Yolngu Matha language of the Indigenous Australians of Arnhem Land.
On arriving at the festival on Friday afternoon, Albanese said Australians should recognise "the oldest civilisation on the planet" by recognising it "in our national birth certificate, the Constitution of Australia".
While the prime minister will make clear that the final form of words is not yet settled, he will propose three sentences to be added to the constitution if the referendum succeeds: one that enshrines the Voice; one that sets out its responsibility to make representations to the parliament and executive government on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and one that empowers the parliament to make laws on how the Voice would be created and how it functions.
He does not specify when the referendum will be held but Labor's plan is to hold the national vote well before the next election, which is due in 2025.
Albanese also directly addresses critics of the proposed Voice, including new Country Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Liberals Tony Pasin, Claire Chandler and Phillip Thompson, who have warned a Voice could divide Australia and demanded more detail about how it would operate.
In his speech, the Prime Minister criticises "the notion that this is a nice piece of symbolism - but it will have no practical benefit. Or that somehow advocating for a Voice comes at the expense of expanding economic opportunity, or improving community safety, or lifting education standards or helping people get the health care they deserve or find the housing they need".
"Australia does not have to choose between improving peoples' lives and amending the constitution. We can do both - and we have to. Because 121 years of Commonwealth governments arrogantly believing they know enough to impose their own solutions on Aboriginal people have brought us to this point. This torment of powerlessness."
(continued)
#16701732 at 2022-07-10 01:22:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#23 and #24 - Part 16
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones
>>16343649 The faces from China's Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk
>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China's Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders' direct involvement in the mass internment campaign
>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)
>>16343661 Xi Jinping defends China's human rights record to visiting UN commissioner - Leader warns against using issue as 'excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries' as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang
>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands
>>16343938 Deals sought as China casts Pacific net - Beijing is seeking a deal with 10 Pacific countries offering policing, security, cyber support and a new China-Pacific free-trade agreement, dramatically escalating Xi Jinping's grab for regional influence
>>16343959 China to provide South Pacific countries 'what US, Australia failed to offer' - Yang Sheng and Liu Caiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>16343976 GT Voice: To break ice in China trade, the ball is in Australia's court - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16344026 China seeks region-wide Pacific Islands agreement, Federated States of Micronesia decry draft as threatening 'regional stability'
>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region
>>16349907 China eyes next Pacific target, says opposition 'doomed to fail' - China says attempts by the United States and Australia to sabotage its security plans for the Pacific are doomed to fail, as Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Kiribati to forge ahead with plans for Chinese-built infrastructure in the island nation
>>16349922 Video: Chinese foreign minister starts Pacific tour, offering security and free trade pacts - South China Morning Post
>>16350025 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare Meets with Wang Yi - 2022-05-27
>>16350041 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Wang Yi Expounds on Three Principles of China-Solomon Islands Security Cooperation - 2022-05-26
>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM kevin rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not 'lectures' about their ties with Beijing
>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn
>>16350134 David Goodman and others - An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com
>>16356414 Video: China to consider funding new police training centre in Solomon Islands, will also help Samoa build a fingerprint lab to go with the construction of an already announced new police academy
#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
#16701673 at 2022-07-10 01:18:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#23 and #24 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>16481839 Sri Lanka commits to fighting asylum-seeker boat surge as Clare O'Neil meets leaders
>>16481860 Anthony Albanese's NATO trip must include a visit to Ukraine - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au
>>16481901 Melbourne man Dennis Basic jailed for more than two years over assaults at anti-lockdown protests
>>16482015 Daniel Andrews introduces a LAW instructing schools to teach students about the 'trauma' of white colonisation and to mark the day kevin rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generation
>>16487741 From Rose Bay to riot squad raid: police target alleged Dark Web dealers - Two Sydney brothers, Alexander Busse an Ioan Busu, enjoyed stellar reviews for their alleged large-scale online drug business, sending up to 60 deliveries a day that police say earned them millions
>>16487757 Victoria parliament passes bill banning Nazi symbol, with offenders facing up to a year in jail
>>16493231 Judge urges Lisa Wilkinson not to make further comments about Brittany Higgins as Bruce Lehrmann's trial date delayed until October
>>16493239 Deputy Premier James Merlino among four senior Victorian ministers set to retire at the November state election
>>16493249 Peter Dutton continues attack on Greens leader Adam Bandt - Peter Dutton blasts Greens leader Adam Bandt over his decision not to stand in front of the Australian flag
>>16493257 Rear Admiral Dave Goggins to Lead American AUKUS Effort, Says Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro - The admiral who oversees U.S. attack submarine construction has been appointed to lead the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership that promises to develop a nuclear-powered attack boat for the Royal Australian Navy
>>16493269 Royal commission hears of 'ad hoc and inconsistent' suicide reporting as Australian Defence Force Chief, General Angus Campbell testifies
>>16495229 Glencore Australia riding energy crunch to record mining profitsin the midst of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
>>16499225 Four of Victoria's most senior government ministers will resign at the next election and have stepped down from their portfolios ahead of the November vote - Deputy Premier and Education Minister James Merlino, Health Minister Martin Foley, Police Minister Lisa Neville and Sports Minister Martin Pakula
>>16499242 Twitter hands over @PRGuy17 account and IP details following court order - Avi Yemini wants Telstra to provide information on 26 IP addresses as part of defamation case against anonymous pro-Labor account
>>16499269 User behind pro-Labor Twitter account PRGuy publicly reveals identity - "Jeremy Maluta"
>>16499308 PRGuy Tweet: Hi, I'm Jeremy Maluta. You may remember me from such hashtags as #IStandWithDan and #ICantBelieveItsNotAStaffer. I caught up with FriendlyJordies so I could finally meet you all face-to-face. Enjoy! #PRGuyUnmasked
>>16499339 Video: PRGuy Unmasked - Australia's most wanted man PRGuy has finally been unmaksed, but not by Avi Yemini. Is he a Dictator Dan staffer? Is he paid by the WHO? All will be revealed. - friendlyjordies
>>16499429 Q Post #1713 - The author of the post..... - The face is never the author. - Direct comms come in many different forms. - Q
>>16500413 United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which recognised Americans' constitutional right to abortion and legalised it nationwide, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure
>>16503174 US braces for riots after court strikes down right to abortion - The US is bracing for mass riots after the Supreme Court reversed its historic 1973 Roe V Wade judgement, abolishing the constitutional right to abortion and returning the decision to the fifty states, at least 13 of which appear poised to drastically curtail abortion rights
>>16500413 Q Post #3405 - Reality is hard to swallow. FAKE NEWS keeps you asleep (sheep) and fixed in a pre_designed false reality (narrative). Google altering search results to 'support' the pre_designed narrative and 'prevent' (make harder) for one to learn the TRUTH? Those (w/ influence) who challenge the narrative are banned, shunned, threatened......... [Planned Parenthood is GOOD]_narrative - [China is NOT a threat]_narrative - Do you know the market price for a fetus? Correlation of market price & days old of fetus/baby? As age (days) increases so does the value? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-to-vote-on-born-alive-bill-to-protect-infants-who-survive-a-failed-abortion - D's block 'born alive' bill? Planned Parenthood political donations? What party? Do you believe this has anything to do w/ a Woman's Right to Choose? Welcome to the Real World. Q
#16701658 at 2022-07-10 01:16:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
#23 and #24 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>16356341 Video: Alexander Downer on Australia's Spy Agencies - ABC Australia Q+A
>>16366776 Video: New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target 'forgotten Australians'
>>16366805 Video: David Littleproud elected to lead the Nationals in opposition after post-election leadership vote
>>16366975 Video: Lawyers in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide move to subpoena the source code for the encrypted AN0M app - Lawyers representing alleged bikie chiefs, mafia members and drug kingpins are mounting legal challenges to the software at the heart of Operation Ironside - the encrypted AN0M app
>>16367044 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Memorial Day - Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans honor the men and women who have lost their lives in military service. We express our deepest gratitude for the courageous Americans who have given their lives in service to the United States. #MemorialDay
>>16367044 Q Post #1350 - If America falls, the World falls. God bless our brave fighting men & women. They deserve our deepest gratitude. Through their strength, and the millions of united Patriots around the World, we will succeed in this fight. Peace through strength. Now comes the pain. Q
>>16372011 Californian Fairytales: what Google, Facebook and Netflix told the Australian Tax Office - michaelwest.com.au
>>16372849 Video: Anthony Albanese promises to lead more inclusive government in first speech to Labor caucus
>>16373206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: This Memorial Day, we join our American friends in paying tribute to the lives & legacies of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country & we honour their courage. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram
>>16373206 Australian Embassy, USA Tweet: The Embassy is closed today, Monday 30 May in observance of #MemorialDay. If you are an Australian citizen requiring consular assistance at this time, please call the Consular Operations Center in Canberra from the US on +61 2 6261 3305. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram
>>16379313 US President Joe Biden says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's leadership 'critical' as US tackles mass shootings
>>16379319 Bridging submarine 'capability gap' is top priority in defence, says Australia's new Defence Minister Richard Marles
>>16379329 Bec Judd takes Bayside crime fight to Daniel Andrews - Businesswoman Bec Judd has declared she won't be silenced when it comes to standing up for her Brighton community over escalating crime
>>16384764 Five Eyes Chiefs of Defence Hold Talks in London - UK hosting Chiefs of Defence from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States over three days of events in London
>>16384775 Biden gives Bubs a big thumbs up on baby formula delivery - US President Joe Biden thanks Australian infant formula maker Bubs Australia as the first batch of Bubs' product gets ready to land into the hands of desperate American parents late next week
>>16384827 kevin rudd: I don't believe Peter Dutton regrets walking out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations - kevin rudd - canberratimes.com.au
>>16390567 Australian Federal Police train team of digital technology sniffer dogs to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators
>>16390587 Inside Bubs Australia's US formula mission and the call with POTUS
>>16395696 Australian PM honours Queen Elizabeth amid renewed republican debate - Anthony Albanese renames Canberra's Aspen Island to Queen Elizabeth II Island, describing it as a "fitting salute" to the monarch
>>16399548 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has set up an agency to monitor Victorians - Explosive documents reveal Daniel Andrews has set up a "deeply disturbing" Big Brother-style data agency to monitor how we think, feel and spend
#16701650 at 2022-07-10 01:16:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research Australia #25: My Koala Hates Spam Too Edition
Reposting Q Research AUSTRALIA #23 and #24 combined Notables and Updated Dough.
>>16343573 Q Research AUSTRALIA #23
>>16655142 Q Research AUSTRALIA #24
Notables
are not endorsements
#23 and #24 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones
>>16343649 The faces from China's Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk
>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China's Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders' direct involvement in the mass internment campaign
>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)
>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands
>>16344039 Peter Dutton 2.0: I'll be a gentler and caring me - Peter Dutton has promised that Australians will see another side of his character as opposition leader, arguing the Liberal Party is the natural champion of families, small business and aspirational workers across the ?nation's cities, suburbs and regions
>>16344054 Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort
>>16349783 Election 2022: Scott Morrison says teal independents who unseated up to six moderate Liberals ran a "vicious and brutal campaign" against the Coalition, as he confirmed he would remain in parliament as a backbencher
>>16349788 'Trust and respect': Macron agrees to rebuild ties with Australia - French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is ready to start rebuilding his country's fractured relationship with Australia, during his first phone call with new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
>>16349801 US State Department greenlights proposed sale of half-a-billion-dollars in rocket launch capability to Australia - Australia's to purchase 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles for approximately US$385 million (AU$542 million)
>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region
>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM kevin rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not 'lectures' about their ties with Beijing
>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn
>>16350134 David Goodman and others - An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com
>>16356206 President Biden Tweet: I've got more good news: 27.5 million bottles of safe infant formula manufactured by Bubs Australia are coming to the United States. We're doing everything in our power to get more formula on shelves as soon as possible.
>>16356206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great that @BubsAustralia is helping out American families in need with clean, safe infant formula
>>16356206 Kristy Carr, Founder CEO - Bubs Australia Tweet: Thank you, Mr. President. We know this problem can't be solved by one company alone but @BubsAustralia hopes that we can help bring some relief to American families by offering a clean, safe formula for their babies during these challenging times.
>>16356292 Australian killed in Ukraine remembered as a 'larrikin' and 'battler' - Father-of-three Michael Charles O'Neill, 47, who lived in Hobart, was killed on Wednesday while providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine following the Russian invasion
>>16356338 Jos? Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of 'distorting' issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging - President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of 'supposedly altruistic foreign aid program' to spy on behalf of oil companies
#16655182 at 2022-07-07 08:43:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
#23 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones
>>16343649 The faces from China's Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk
>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China's Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders' direct involvement in the mass internment campaign
>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)
>>16343661 Xi Jinping defends China's human rights record to visiting UN commissioner - Leader warns against using issue as 'excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries' as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang
>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands
>>16343938 Deals sought as China casts Pacific net - Beijing is seeking a deal with 10 Pacific countries offering policing, security, cyber support and a new China-Pacific free-trade agreement, dramatically escalating Xi Jinping's grab for regional influence
>>16343959 China to provide South Pacific countries 'what US, Australia failed to offer' - Yang Sheng and Liu Caiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>16343976 GT Voice: To break ice in China trade, the ball is in Australia's court - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>16344026 China seeks region-wide Pacific Islands agreement, Federated States of Micronesia decry draft as threatening 'regional stability'
>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region
>>16349907 China eyes next Pacific target, says opposition 'doomed to fail' - China says attempts by the United States and Australia to sabotage its security plans for the Pacific are doomed to fail, as Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Kiribati to forge ahead with plans for Chinese-built infrastructure in the island nation
>>16349922 Video: Chinese foreign minister starts Pacific tour, offering security and free trade pacts - South China Morning Post
>>16350025 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare Meets with Wang Yi - 2022-05-27
>>16350041 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Wang Yi Expounds on Three Principles of China-Solomon Islands Security Cooperation - 2022-05-26
>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM kevin rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not 'lectures' about their ties with Beijing
>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn
>>16350134 David Goodman and others - An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com
>>16356414 Video: China to consider funding new police training centre in Solomon Islands, will also help Samoa build a fingerprint lab to go with the construction of an already announced new police academy
#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
#16655170 at 2022-07-07 08:35:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
#23 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>16481839 Sri Lanka commits to fighting asylum-seeker boat surge as Clare O'Neil meets leaders
>>16481860 Anthony Albanese's NATO trip must include a visit to Ukraine - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au
>>16481901 Melbourne man Dennis Basic jailed for more than two years over assaults at anti-lockdown protests
>>16482015 Daniel Andrews introduces a LAW instructing schools to teach students about the 'trauma' of white colonisation and to mark the day kevin rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generation
>>16487741 From Rose Bay to riot squad raid: police target alleged Dark Web dealers - Two Sydney brothers, Alexander Busse an Ioan Busu, enjoyed stellar reviews for their alleged large-scale online drug business, sending up to 60 deliveries a day that police say earned them millions
>>16487757 Victoria parliament passes bill banning Nazi symbol, with offenders facing up to a year in jail
>>16493231 Judge urges Lisa Wilkinson not to make further comments about Brittany Higgins as Bruce Lehrmann's trial date delayed until October
>>16493239 Deputy Premier James Merlino among four senior Victorian ministers set to retire at the November state election
>>16493249 Peter Dutton continues attack on Greens leader Adam Bandt - Peter Dutton blasts Greens leader Adam Bandt over his decision not to stand in front of the Australian flag
>>16493257 Rear Admiral Dave Goggins to Lead American AUKUS Effort, Says Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro - The admiral who oversees U.S. attack submarine construction has been appointed to lead the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership that promises to develop a nuclear-powered attack boat for the Royal Australian Navy
>>16493269 Royal commission hears of 'ad hoc and inconsistent' suicide reporting as Australian Defence Force Chief, General Angus Campbell testifies
>>16495229 Glencore Australia riding energy crunch to record mining profitsin the midst of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
>>16499225 Four of Victoria's most senior government ministers will resign at the next election and have stepped down from their portfolios ahead of the November vote - Deputy Premier and Education Minister James Merlino, Health Minister Martin Foley, Police Minister Lisa Neville and Sports Minister Martin Pakula
>>16499242 Twitter hands over @PRGuy17 account and IP details following court order - Avi Yemini wants Telstra to provide information on 26 IP addresses as part of defamation case against anonymous pro-Labor account
>>16499269 User behind pro-Labor Twitter account PRGuy publicly reveals identity - "Jeremy Maluta"
>>16499308 PRGuy Tweet: Hi, I'm Jeremy Maluta. You may remember me from such hashtags as #IStandWithDan and #ICantBelieveItsNotAStaffer. I caught up with FriendlyJordies so I could finally meet you all face-to-face. Enjoy! #PRGuyUnmasked
>>16499339 Video: PRGuy Unmasked - Australia's most wanted man PRGuy has finally been unmaksed, but not by Avi Yemini. Is he a Dictator Dan staffer? Is he paid by the WHO? All will be revealed. - friendlyjordies
>>16499429 Q Post #1713 - The author of the post..... - The face is never the author. - Direct comms come in many different forms. - Q
>>16500413 United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which recognised Americans' constitutional right to abortion and legalised it nationwide, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure
>>16503174 US braces for riots after court strikes down right to abortion - The US is bracing for mass riots after the Supreme Court reversed its historic 1973 Roe V Wade judgement, abolishing the constitutional right to abortion and returning the decision to the fifty states, at least 13 of which appear poised to drastically curtail abortion rights
>>16500413 Q Post #3405 - Reality is hard to swallow. FAKE NEWS keeps you asleep (sheep) and fixed in a pre_designed false reality (narrative). Google altering search results to 'support' the pre_designed narrative and 'prevent' (make harder) for one to learn the TRUTH? Those (w/ influence) who challenge the narrative are banned, shunned, threatened......... [Planned Parenthood is GOOD]_narrative - [China is NOT a threat]_narrative - Do you know the market price for a fetus? Correlation of market price & days old of fetus/baby? As age (days) increases so does the value? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-to-vote-on-born-alive-bill-to-protect-infants-who-survive-a-failed-abortion - D's block 'born alive' bill? Planned Parenthood political donations? What party? Do you believe this has anything to do w/ a Woman's Right to Choose? Welcome to the Real World. Q
#16655159 at 2022-07-07 08:32:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
#23 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>16356341 Video: Alexander Downer on Australia's Spy Agencies - ABC Australia Q+A
>>16366776 Video: New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target 'forgotten Australians'
>>16366805 Video: David Littleproud elected to lead the Nationals in opposition after post-election leadership vote
>>16366975 Video: Lawyers in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide move to subpoena the source code for the encrypted AN0M app - Lawyers representing alleged bikie chiefs, mafia members and drug kingpins are mounting legal challenges to the software at the heart of Operation Ironside - the encrypted AN0M app
>>16367044 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Memorial Day - Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans honor the men and women who have lost their lives in military service. We express our deepest gratitude for the courageous Americans who have given their lives in service to the United States. #MemorialDay
>>16367044 Q Post #1350 - If America falls, the World falls. God bless our brave fighting men & women. They deserve our deepest gratitude. Through their strength, and the millions of united Patriots around the World, we will succeed in this fight. Peace through strength. Now comes the pain. Q
>>16372011 Californian Fairytales: what Google, Facebook and Netflix told the Australian Tax Office - michaelwest.com.au
>>16372849 Video: Anthony Albanese promises to lead more inclusive government in first speech to Labor caucus
>>16373206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: This Memorial Day, we join our American friends in paying tribute to the lives & legacies of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country & we honour their courage. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram
>>16373206 Australian Embassy, USA Tweet: The Embassy is closed today, Monday 30 May in observance of #MemorialDay. If you are an Australian citizen requiring consular assistance at this time, please call the Consular Operations Center in Canberra from the US on +61 2 6261 3305. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram
>>16379313 US President Joe Biden says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's leadership 'critical' as US tackles mass shootings
>>16379319 Bridging submarine 'capability gap' is top priority in defence, says Australia's new Defence Minister Richard Marles
>>16379329 Bec Judd takes Bayside crime fight to Daniel Andrews - Businesswoman Bec Judd has declared she won't be silenced when it comes to standing up for her Brighton community over escalating crime
>>16384764 Five Eyes Chiefs of Defence Hold Talks in London - UK hosting Chiefs of Defence from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States over three days of events in London
>>16384775 Biden gives Bubs a big thumbs up on baby formula delivery - US President Joe Biden thanks Australian infant formula maker Bubs Australia as the first batch of Bubs' product gets ready to land into the hands of desperate American parents late next week
>>16384827 kevin rudd: I don't believe Peter Dutton regrets walking out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations - kevin rudd - canberratimes.com.au
>>16390567 Australian Federal Police train team of digital technology sniffer dogs to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators
>>16390587 Inside Bubs Australia's US formula mission and the call with POTUS
>>16395696 Australian PM honours Queen Elizabeth amid renewed republican debate - Anthony Albanese renames Canberra's Aspen Island to Queen Elizabeth II Island, describing it as a "fitting salute" to the monarch
>>16399548 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has set up an agency to monitor Victorians - Explosive documents reveal Daniel Andrews has set up a "deeply disturbing" Big Brother-style data agency to monitor how we think, feel and spend
#16655157 at 2022-07-07 08:32:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #24: TRUMP CARD COMING Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#23 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones
>>16343649 The faces from China's Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk
>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China's Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders' direct involvement in the mass internment campaign
>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)
>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands
>>16344039 Peter Dutton 2.0: I'll be a gentler and caring me - Peter Dutton has promised that Australians will see another side of his character as opposition leader, arguing the Liberal Party is the natural champion of families, small business and aspirational workers across the ?nation's cities, suburbs and regions
>>16344054 Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort
>>16349783 Election 2022: Scott Morrison says teal independents who unseated up to six moderate Liberals ran a "vicious and brutal campaign" against the Coalition, as he confirmed he would remain in parliament as a backbencher
>>16349788 'Trust and respect': Macron agrees to rebuild ties with Australia - French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is ready to start rebuilding his country's fractured relationship with Australia, during his first phone call with new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
>>16349801 US State Department greenlights proposed sale of half-a-billion-dollars in rocket launch capability to Australia - Australia's to purchase 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles for approximately US$385 million (AU$542 million)
>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region
>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM kevin rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not 'lectures' about their ties with Beijing
>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn
>>16350134 David Goodman and others - An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com
>>16356206 President Biden Tweet: I've got more good news: 27.5 million bottles of safe infant formula manufactured by Bubs Australia are coming to the United States. We're doing everything in our power to get more formula on shelves as soon as possible.
>>16356206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great that @BubsAustralia is helping out American families in need with clean, safe infant formula
>>16356206 Kristy Carr, Founder CEO - Bubs Australia Tweet: Thank you, Mr. President. We know this problem can't be solved by one company alone but @BubsAustralia hopes that we can help bring some relief to American families by offering a clean, safe formula for their babies during these challenging times.
>>16356292 Australian killed in Ukraine remembered as a 'larrikin' and 'battler' - Father-of-three Michael Charles O'Neill, 47, who lived in Hobart, was killed on Wednesday while providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine following the Russian invasion
>>16356338 Jos? Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of 'distorting' issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging - President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of 'supposedly altruistic foreign aid program' to spy on behalf of oil companies
#16579983 at 2022-07-02 11:02:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16579980
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During the first meeting of the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine, Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen introduced its members. The invited politicians and scientists noted that they were extremely happy to join that important initiative, and expressed their admiration for the leadership of the President of Ukraine and the heroism of the Ukrainian people.
Former Prime Minister of Australia kevin rudd noted, among other things, that during the work of the group, it is necessary to carefully analyze the consequences of the involvement of various countries of the world in the circle of guarantors of Ukraine's security.
Former US Under Secretary of Defense Mich?le Flournoy is convinced that practical steps should be found to prevent similar aggression against Ukraine in the future. In her opinion, clear commitments to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities are absolutely necessary.
Former British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs William Hague believes that the development of security guarantees for Ukraine is important for the whole world, and it is worth paying attention to whether these guarantees can be turned into a mechanism of multilateral obligations.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy Andriy Kostin, for his part, noted that the system of security guarantees should protect Ukraine from potential aggression in the future. In addition, it is very important to ensure that Russia's hopes that countries that strongly support Ukraine will refuse to provide it with clear security guarantees after the end of the war do not come true.
The group included: former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd, former US Under Secretary of Defense Mich?le Flournoy, former Swedish Prime Minister and former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, former British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs William Hague, former Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany Norbert R?ttgen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Member of the European Parliament Anna Fotyga, director of ECFR's Wider Europe Programme, French diplomat Marie Dumoulin, President of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, diplomat Giampiero Massolo, Director of the Center for Eastern Studies (OSW), Polish PhD in political science Adam Eberhardt, political expert Roxana Cristescu, people's deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy Andriy Kostin.
The members of the working group act as experts on their own behalf and do not represent the governments of their countries or the organizations in which they work.
Oleksandr Bevz and Daria Zarivna will be project managers of the group on the Ukrainian side, and Fabrice Pothier and Harry Nedelcu on the side of Rasmussen Global.
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/andrij-yermak-i-anders-fog-rasmussen-proveli-pershe-zasidann-76185
#16579953 at 2022-07-02 10:52:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16455235
rudd to help investigate ways to deter future aggression against Ukraine
Anthony Galloway - July 2, 2022
Former prime minister kevin rudd has been appointed to an international panel that will investigate how the rest of the world can provide a security guarantee to Ukraine so Russia won't invade it again.
rudd, who was named part of the advisory group on Friday night, said Ukraine was rightly focused on winning the current war with Russia but it was also important that it came up with ways to deter Moscow in future.
"Russia's unprovoked attacks against the people of Ukraine aren't just barbaric - they violate repeated public commitments by Moscow to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and political independence," he said.
rudd was appointed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, and former NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who were tasked in March with setting up the panel.
As well as rudd, the 12-person panel will include former British secretary of state William Hague, former senior Pentagon official Michele Flournoy and former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt. It will be co-chaired by Yermak and Rasmussen.
The working group has three months to come up with recommendations on how to better protect Ukraine from foreign aggressors such as Russia in the future.
Ukraine wants other countries to provide some kind of security guarantee comparable to Article 5 of NATO's founding treaty, which states that an armed attack on any of the alliance's members shall be considered an attack on all of them.
Kyiv wants to join the NATO military alliance, but such a move is untenable while it has ongoing border disputes with Russia and Moscow-backed separatists.
Following his appointment, rudd said the non-binding commitments Russia had given Ukraine in the past "weren't strong enough to prevent Ukraine being invaded in either 2014 or 2022, nor were ambiguous commitments by other countries to support Ukraine's defence".
"Ukrainians are rightly focused on winning this war," he said. "But when it ends, Ukrainian leaders will want to clearly understand what sorts of domestic and international mechanisms might deter further aggression against their country by Russia or any other state."
rudd said the working group's recommendations would "support Ukraine's legitimate desire to rebuild as a strong, free and sovereign country pursuing its own destiny".
rudd advised the Australian government he would be accepting the invitation to join the working group ahead of the announcement. The role, which will last for about three months, will be part-time and unpaid.
rudd, a former Labor prime minister and foreign minister, is currently president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Ukraine has faced renewed assaults from Russia in recent days, including attacks on the centre of the capital Kyiv and a missile strike on a shopping mall that killed at least 20 people.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-to-help-investigate-ways-to-deter-future-aggression-against-ukraine-20220701-p5ayaw.html
#16543804 at 2022-06-28 09:45:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16418526
Marles laments 'drift' over submarines and frigates as defence chiefs' terms are extended
James Massola - June 28, 2022
Defence Minister Richard Marles has blasted the former government for letting Australia's major defence purchases, including new submarines and Navy frigates, drift for years.
In a move designed to get these purchases, which will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, back on track, Marles took the unusual step of extending by two years the terms of three of the country's top military leaders, while appointing new heads of the army, navy and air force as expected.
Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell, Vice Chief of the ADF Vice Admiral David Johnston and Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant-General Greg Bilton will now all serve until July 2024.
Of the three new services chiefs, Rear Admiral Mark Hammond was named Chief of Navy, Major-General Simon Stuart Chief of Army and Air Vice-Marshal Robert Chipman Chief of Air Force.
Marles said the Morrison government, which cancelled a $90 billion contract to purchase French Attack-class submarines in favour of a still-to-be-selected British or American nuclear boat under the AUKUS defence pact, had seen "a number of procurements fall behind".
He also acknowledged the $45 billion future frigates program had slipped behind schedule and said "there might be others".
It was the fault of the former government, not the reappointed Defence chiefs, that these signature purchases had fallen behind schedule because it had "allowed the nation to drift right across the board, not just in terms of defence, but in terms of our economy, in terms of wage growth".
"In respect to defence and national security, the former government was big on rhetoric. It was appalling on action. And it let the nation drift. And as a result, a range of key procurements are behind time," Marles said.
Extending the terms of the ADF chief and vice chief meant there would be continuity of advice to governments, he said, on the submarine and frigate purchases.
"We're going through a process right now of evaluating the options for what will be the solution for submarines under the framework of AUKUS, which will deliver the next generation of submarines, the nuclear-powered submarine for the country," he said.
"In doing that, we're also looking at how quickly that can be delivered and that really will answer the question as to what capability gap arises. And from there, we will look at a whole range of options in terms of dealing with that capability gap. And there are many options which remain."
In practice, those options could include a so-called "son of Collins" diesel-electric submarine, which some experts have called for, or a US Virginia-class boat - as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has flagged - though there are serious doubts about whether US production capacity could be ramped up quickly to build the boats for Australia.
Dutton, who was previously defence minister, said it was a great decision to extend the terms of the ADF chiefs but rejected suggestions the previous government had left a significant capability gap.
"It defies logic. When Labor were [last] in government, they reduced spending in defence to the lowest level since 1938," he said, adding the former government had spent more money on troops, training and equipment.
"I think it's an absurd comment for him to make and frankly beneath him on a day when we should be celebrating the extension of General Campbell and the other [chiefs]."
The decision to extend the appointments of General Campbell, Vice-Admiral Johnston and General Bilton is unusual but not unprecedented. The last Defence chief to have their term extended was Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, who was appointed by former prime minister John Howard in 2005 and had his term extended by kevin rudd until 2011.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/marles-laments-drift-over-submarines-frigates-as-defence-chiefs-terms-are-extended-20220628-p5ax75.html
#16482015 at 2022-06-21 11:37:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
Daniel Andrews introduces a LAW instructing schools to teach students about the 'trauma' of white colonisation and to mark the day kevin rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generation
BRETT LACKEY - 21 June 2022
Schools will teach kids about the 'significant trauma' of white colonisation, commemorate 'Sorry Day' and fly the Aboriginal flag under new laws in Victoria.
Premier Dan Andrews said he expected every school to adopt the reconciliation initiatives and that every year level would take part.
'Being reconciled is just that. You can't be reconciled if you're not prepared to acknowledge some pretty awful stuff that happened in the past,' Mr Andrews said on Tuesday.
'It's about making sure that everybody feels equal, everybody feels included and everybody feels safe.'
'I think it might be the whole school and I don't see anything wrong with that.'
Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy said it was important for kids to learn about history but it must be done carefully not to create division in children.
'It is important that they do learn lessons of fact from the past, but that is done respectfully,' he said.
'When it involves kids, we've got to make sure that we're not pitting one against the other.'
The new legal standards require that from next term all educational facilities including universities and high schools but also primary schools, kindergartens and childcare centres provide a 'culturally inclusive' environment.
This includes a recognition that will affect teaching frameworks that 'Australia's colonial history has caused significant trauma and hurt that individuals, families and communities still feel'.
Days marking significant reconciliation steps will also be commemorated including Close the Gap Day on March 18, Mabo Day on June 3, and Sorry Day on May 26.
National Close the Gap day, held annually since 2009, is part of a social justice campaign advocating for equality and the health of First Nations people.
Mabo Day marks the concept of 'terra nullius' or land belonging to noone being overturned in a legal case which gave Indigenous Australians land rights.
While Sorry Day notes the apology issued by former Prime Minister kevin rudd to the 'stolen generations' who were removed from their families and communities and raised in colonial settings.
In addition to the national days, schools will be encouraged to display plaques noting traditional ownership and take steps to respect Indigenous culture and stamp out racism.
The standards will also apply to government departments, hospitals, councils and also to businesses where children attend such as play gyms and party venues.
The new laws are part of revised Child Safe Standards overseen by the Victorian Commission for Children and Young People.
Principal commissioner Liana Buchanan said compliance would be achieved by working with and supporting educational facilities as well as sanctions for those lagging behind.
New laws to create an independent authority to oversee Victoria's treaty negotiations are also set to pass with bipartisan support.
The Victorian coalition initially reserved backing the Treaty Authority Bill after the Andrews government introduced it in state parliament a fortnight ago.
But Opposition Leader Matthew Guy confirmed the Liberals and Nationals would vote for the bill without amendment after a joint partyroom meeting on Tuesday morning.
'We'll be supporting the legislation when it comes to parliament tomorrow,' he told reporters.
'Reconciliation is a topic that should be around uniting Australians … that's why this is an important step.'
The Victorian coalition announced its support for treaty negotiations in May after Mr Guy suggested a federal process would 'make more sense' before the 2018 state election.
Liberal MP Tim Smith, who will not recontest his seat in November after a drink-driving crash, said he does not support 'illiberal and divisive tokenism' and will vote against the legislation.
'I will be crossing the floor,' he tweeted.
Shadow Aboriginal affairs minister Peter Walsh would not say if Mr Smith or others spoke out against the bill in the partyroom.
'Tim, as an individual, is entitled to his opinions,' he said.
If the legislation passes, as expected, the treaty authority will have legal powers to oversee treaty talks and resolve any disputes between the state government and the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria.
It will be led by Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people elected by an independent panel and be grounded in culture, lore and law.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10936571/Daniel-Andrews-introduces-LAW-schools-teach-students-white-colonisation.html
#16471724 at 2022-06-19 11:53:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16471718
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday that "Assange's case has dragged on for too long and that it should be brought to a close. We will continue to express this view to the governments of the United Kingdom and United States".
Albanese is due to attend the NATO summit in Madrid at the end of the month, which US President Joe Biden will also attend, though it is not clear if he will raise the matter there.
Assange's wife, Stella Moris, hit out at UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for approving the extradition.
"It was in Priti Patel's power to do the right thing," she said in a statement. "Instead, she will forever be remembered as an accomplice of the United States in its agenda to turn investigative journalism into a criminal enterprise."
Former prime minister kevin rudd tweeted that he disagreed with the decision to approve the extradition, even though he did not support Assange's actions and "his reckless disregard for classified security information".
"But if Assange is guilty, then so too are the dozens of newspaper editors who happily published his material."
Labor MP Julian Hill said there could never be a legal solution to the case as it was inherently political and that "we should speak up for our fellow Australian and request that these charges be dropped and he not be extradited".
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John said the extradition to the United States would set a dangerous precedent for press freedom and called on the prime minister to pick up the phone to his British and American counterparts.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, the chair of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, has called Britain's decision an outrageous betrayal of the rule of law, media freedom and human rights.
"This matter is so deeply wrong on so many levels … time's up for the new federal government hinting at caring and then doing nothing," he said.
"The new Australian government is now to be condemned for abandoning an Australian hero journalist facing the very real prospect of spending the rest of his life rotting in a US prison."
Amnesty International is urging the UK to refrain from extradition and the US to drop all charges.
The secretary-general of the human rights organisation, Agnes Callamard, says allowing the Australian to be sent to the US for trial would put him at great risk.
"Assange faces a high risk of prolonged solitary confinement, which would violate the prohibition on torture or other ill treatment," Callamard said.
"Diplomatic assurances provided by the US that Assange will not be kept in solitary confinement cannot be taken on face value given previous history."
Adviser to the Australian campaign to free Mr Assange, Greg Barns SC, says Britain's decision is unsurprising given past approaches.
"The UK does not regard the extradition as being political when it clearly is," he told ABC News on Saturday.
He says further appeals in British courts could rely on media reports last year that the CIA had planned to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder.
"There's absolute validity to these matters … the real issue is do we let this matter go back into the court system for another couple of years or do we say there are important principles here."
There had been a change in rhetoric on the matter from the new government and statements from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ms Wong had heartened the campaign, Barns said.
"We're certainly urging and hoping that now is the time for Australia to get involved with its key allies in London and Washington and bring this matter to an end."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-government-lobbying-behind-the-scenes-for-assange-s-freedom-20220618-p5auq3.html
#16384827 at 2022-06-02 11:01:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16366776
kevin rudd: I don't believe Peter Dutton regrets walking out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations
kevin rudd - June 2 2022
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Australians should be deeply concerned that Peter Dutton - the man who proudly marched out on the Apology to Indigenous Australians - stands unopposed within the Liberal Party as its alternative prime minister.
While his emergence as Opposition Leader has renewed scrutiny of his motivations back in 2008, this was just one of many troubling chapters in Dutton's three-decade career that expose his serial failure to empathise with anyone he perceives as different.
You see it throughout Dutton's attitudes to poverty, to disability, to Pacific Islanders threatened by climate change, to LGBT rights and much more. At best, Dutton is indifferent to other perspectives; at worst, he openly weaponises these differences for crude political gain, as he's done with the toxic politics of race.
Dutton took his boycott of the Apology very seriously. He was so opposed to the government apologising for past injustices that he offered to resign from the Coalition frontbench. It was a matter of deep principle.
Dutton now says he regrets his decision. I don't believe him. More likely he regrets how the Apology brought our country together, rather than inspiring widespread dissent among white Australians as many predicted. Far from becoming a hero, Dutton's boycott made him look petty. What he truly regrets is his damaged reputation, as he now opportunistically pivots from the far right (where he built his career in the Liberal Party) towards the political centre through a cosmetic makeover.
His insincerity is evidenced by his ever-changing explanations for the boycott. Before the Apology, Dutton warned it could expose taxpayers to billions in compensation. After it, he claimed it was a tokenistic gesture. Now he claims he supported apologising, but not until "the problems were resolved".
This attempted reconstruction is intellectually and morally bankrupt. The Apology was recommended by the 1997 Bringing Them Home report, which John Howard had already ignored for more than a decade. Wait much longer and the Stolen Generations would have been long dead before their suffering was acknowledged.
Furthermore, an apology is a starting point for reconciliation, not an end. That's why we introduced "Closing the Gap". You wouldn't advise a newlywed couple to "never apologise until all your problems are resolved". Why embrace that policy in government?
Dutton's walkout was ideological. He couldn't imagine the Apology's meaning from anyone's perspective but his own, just as he couldn't relate to the asylum-seeker families he kept in limbo for years, or the Pacific Islanders whom he laughed at as their homes were inundated by rising seas.
Other the other hand, Dutton eagerly pledged "special attention" for white South African asylum seekers, who he instinctively believed would "abide by our laws, integrate into our society, work hard and not lead a life on welfare" if they were brought to a "civilised country" like ours.
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#16379302 at 2022-06-01 09:18:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16379294
Chance for Canberra to recalibrate stance
LI YANG, China Daily - 2022-06-01
Despite the federal election showing that the two primary concerns of the Australian public are climate change and inflation, former Australian defense minister Peter Dutton, who became the new leader of the Liberal Party after the party's recent election defeat, claimed that China is the "biggest issue our country will face in our lifetimes".
An ardent China-basher, Dutton was called an "idiot" by former prime minister kevin rudd after airing "hairy-chested" comments about China.
This seems to have prompted him to make his voice just one of many. He said that the "biggest issue" assessment is one shared by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and India, and to take a seemingly conciliatory line, "I want us to have a productive relationship with China. I want it to be restored", although he put the onus on China to mend relations.
In that, he stands on common ground with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who said that China had changed not Australia, before hotfooting it to participate in the Quad summit with the leaders of the US, Japan and India.
Which means although the election has created the chance for Australia to adjust its China policy, the space is quite limited, as both the ruling and opposition parties blame the souring bilateral ties on China.
Nonetheless since they also appear to agree that the relations between the two countries should be restored and productive, there is still an opportunity to review the damage caused by the previous government's blind support of the US' China containment policy, which was the root cause of the souring of relations between Beijing and Canberra.
Beijing has always kept the door for dialogue and cooperation with Canberra open.
The Albanese government should give serious thought to the choice between repeating his predecessor's mistakes and acting as a mediator between the US and China.
The former means it will turn the country's largest trade partner and major investor into a rival at the cost of the whole region, while the latter would raise Australia's profile on the world stage, turning it from a US lackey to a responsible global stakeholder.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/01/WS6296a2aca310fd2b29e601c6.html
#16366776 at 2022-05-30 08:12:33 (UTC+1)
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New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target 'forgotten Australians'
GREG BROWN - MAY 30, 2022
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New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton says his leadership will focus on the "forgotten Australians" in suburban and rural Australia, as he claims there will be tough times ahead under the Albanese government.
Mr Dutton was elected unopposed at a partyroom meeting in Canberra on Monday morning. NSW MP Sussan Ley was elected deputy leader.
Mr Dutton said the party he leads "won't be Labor lite" as vowed to turn the Coalition into a viable alternative ahead of the 2025 election.
"We will have presented a plan to the Australian people which will clean up Labor's inevitable mess and lay out our own vision," Mr Dutton said.
"Already they're breaking promises and foreshadowing policy shifts. They weren't ready to govern."
Ms Ley said the party was determined to win back the support of women.
Support for 'sensible' action of climate change
Mr Dutton said he was "passionate" about taking action on climate change in a "sensible way".
He said electricity prices would go up under Labor.
"We have to have policies to help us meet our international obligations which of course we will," he said.
"We have to be responsible domestically with our own settings and we have to be very mindful (of what) people can afford in what will be a very difficult couple of years under Labor.
"We'll support policies which aren't going to turn lights off in small businesses, aren't going to send families broke in the suburbs because they can't afford Labor's power bill.
"And I want to support domestic manufacturing."
Dutton's regret over walking out on 2008 apology
Mr Dutton said he was "very happy" to speak to the government about a referendum on a constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament.
He issued regret for walking out of kevin rudd's apology to the Stolen Generation in 2008.
"For me, at the time, I believed that the apology should be given when the problems were resolved and the problems are not resolved," he said.
"There are little boys and girls in parts of our country in 2022, in this year, that slept in a shipping container last night to get through the hours of darkness in Indigenous communities and it's completely unacceptable."
Mr Dutton said he had no regrets about his strong language on China ahead of the last election, despite it costing the Liberal Party support in seats with high numbers of Chinese-Australians.
"The issue of China under President Xi is the biggest issue our country will face in our lifetimes. That's the reality," Mr Dutton said.
"That's the assessment of the American, British, Japanese, Indians and it's our assessment as well."
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#16350107 at 2022-05-27 12:20:03 (UTC+1)
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China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM kevin rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not 'lectures' about their ties with Beijing
Bhavan Jaipragas - 27 May, 2022
Western powers should avoid delivering "stern moral lectures" to Pacific island states about their deepening ties with China and instead offer alternative development proposals, the former Australian prime minister kevin rudd has said.
The comments by rudd, the ex-leader of the Australian Labor Party that swept to power in last weekend's election, comes amid duelling visits by the new Australian foreign minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to the Pacific region this week.
The visits follow the Solomon Islands' recent decision to sign a security pact with China, a move the West believes is a precursor to Beijing bolstering its military presence in the region. China has denied having any such motivations.
"The critical thing for the island states is to ensure that their basic national interests are being properly attended to by the large powers around the Pacific, rudd said in a dialogue session at Nikkei's Future of Asia conference.
He said these micronations - with "micro-budgets" crucially required development assistance, policy arrangements to protect their extensive fisheries resources and protection of their territorial integrity as they come under threat from rising sea levels.
What was required was regular face-to-face diplomacy from senior Australian, New Zealand and American officials, he said.
The way forward was "not to issue public declarations condemning any of these countries for beginning to sign agreements with China", rudd said.
"These are sovereign states, they're entitled to do what they wish to do. The challenge for Australia and other partners in the region is to offer different, better and more development-friendly proposals for consideration embraced by these governments rather than delivering them a stern moral lecture," he said. "The latter is more likely to have an averse reaction."
On the likely Asia policy of the new government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who served as rudd's No 2 during one of his two terms in power, the former leader said the administration had to deliver concrete policy proposals.
"I think the key challenge for Australia is to respond to the legitimate development needs and climate action needs of both Southeast Asia and the South Pacific rather than waving some strategic wand over the top and pretending it will be all right in the morning."
rudd was speaking remotely from Washington on the second day of the high-profile conference, which also featured speeches by the prime ministers of Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
In a panel session earlier on Friday, the former Singaporean ambassador to the United Nations Bilahari Kausikan, US foreign policy scholar Bonnie Glaser, and Peking University's professor of International Studies Jia Qingguo discussed US-China ties in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Beijing's decision to remain neutral over the conflict.
Bilahari suggested recent events, including the international community's reaction to the Russian invasion, indicated that the "global correlation of forces" was moving in the direction of the West "and China cannot be very happy about it".
The conflict has "coalesced the West, coalesced Europe, it has given new energy to the Quad [group of nations]," he said.
Responding, Jia said it was important to note that the West "has a lot of problems mostly not caused by others, but by themselves at home". He referenced America's inability to forge a multi-trade trade pact with Asia - choosing instead to launch a looser Indo-Pacific Economic Framework - due to domestic political reasons.
He suggested that the US was seeking an "ideological" international order, while Beijing was seeking a "secular" order that was based on "national sovereignty and territorial integrity".
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3179402/china-australia-relations-former-australian-pm-kevin-rudd-tells?module=live&pgtype=homepage
#16344054 at 2022-05-26 12:04:07 (UTC+1)
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Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort
Georgia Hitch and Nour Haydar - 26 May 2022
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Federal Liberal MP Peter Dutton is seeking to change his public image ahead of a vote on Monday to confirm the leader of the Liberal Party and the next opposition leader.
Mr Dutton has formally nominated for the leadership, but he would not speculate on who the deputy leader could be.
Mr Dutton is also attempting to soften his image, saying while he would not be changing who he was he wanted people to be able to see his "complete character".
"Not just what they've seen through sound grabs when I'm talking about boats or all sorts of different issues," he told Nine radio.
"You've got to be a tough person to be the defence minister in this country, you have to be a tough minister to be in charge of ASIO and the Australian Federal Police and Border Force.
"But I've been elected in my seat eight times now and locals who've seen me and interacted with me, I think see a more complete picture and I hope I can show that side as well and people can draw their own conclusions."
Announcing his nomination on social media, Mr Dutton said Australia needed a leader who would not buckle in hard times.
The Liberal nominee said he'd had tough jobs as a government minister and formerly a police officer, but that he also had a softer side.
"Most people have only seen that side of me," he wrote.
"I hope now, in moving from such tough portfolios, the Australian public can see the rest of my character. The side my family, friends and colleagues see."
Earlier, Mr Dutton also appeared to try and differentiate himself from former prime minister Scott Morrison when it came his religiosity.
"I believe in God but I don't attend church on a regular basis, so I'd be a failed Catholic as Tony Abbott would point out, but I don't seek to make that part of who I am," he said.
Mr Morrison was very public about the depth of his Pentecostal Christian faith and regularly attends church.
Yesterday, ousted Liberal MP Dave Sharma said voters in his Sydney electorate believed Mr Morrison was "too religious".
Mr Dutton said as Opposition Leader he would seek to "bring the party together" and restore its position as a "broad church" with voices from both the left and right, but that at the end of the day the Liberal Party was centre-right and would not become "Labor lite".
The 51-year-old conservative hard head has been the centre of his fair share of controversy during his more than 20 years in parliament.
In 2015, he was caught on a "hot mic" making a joke about "water lapping at the door" of Pacific Island nations because of climate change and the next year he made inflammatory remarks about refugees' literacy levels.
He was also the only opposition frontbencher in 2008 to boycott then prime minister kevin rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations and personally voted no "and encouraged people to do the same" to same-sex marriage in the 2017 postal vote.
Ultimately, Mr Dutton voted in favour of same-sex marriage in parliament after majority support for it was made clear by the postal vote.
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#16313665 at 2022-05-21 01:28:08 (UTC+1)
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Election 2022: Albanese's got this - now the Liberals need a good think
PETER VAN ONSELEN - MAY 21, 2022
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Predictions in politics are always fraught with danger. Three years ago Scott Morrison took great delight rubbing my nose in getting it wrong. But I'm happy to have another go, and predict that Labor will form government after Saturday's results are tallied.
It should be able to form majority government, but at the very least looks set to govern in minority. The Coalition has had wars on too many fronts to pull off another victory coming from behind.
Teal independents are likely to win a few seats off Liberal MPs but, irrespective of whether they exceed those expectations or underwhelm, they have sapped much-needed resources from the Coalition's contest with Labor.
The aftermath will require the Liberal Party and the Coalition to have a long, hard think about who they represent and their ideological lines in the sand.
While there are Labor seats being targeted, and one or two may fall, for the most part Labor pick-ups are going to be a bridge too far for a prime minister on the nose - one whose own colleagues have labelled him everything from a "horrible, horrible person" to a "complete psycho", "hypocrite" and "fraud".
The personal assessments were a dagger in the heart of a leader who needed everything to go his way to orchestrate a comeback. But no one can take away his remarkable 2019 victory.
Of course my prediction that Labor wins includes the potential for a close victory to become a blowout on the night and result in a resounding win, remembering Labor never wins with majorities to match the Coalition's.
Gough Whitlam's majority was just five and kevin rudd won with only an eight-seat majority. For context, Tony Abbott won the 2013 election with a 15-seat majority and John Howard won in 1996 with a majority of 20.
What won't happen at this election is a Morrison comeback like in 2019. A second miracle is off the table. I make that prediction in full knowledge that it will be thrown in my face by conservative commentators and government insiders alike if I'm wrong. But I won't be. Anthony Albanese will be the next prime minister of Australia.
Which will leave the conservative side of politics to ponder: what went so wrong? A prime minister who was popular during the pandemic saw his personal numbers collapse. An opposition leader who struggled at the beginning of the campaign and was viewed as a seat warmer when he took over a shattered party after the 2019 loss will become only the fourth Labor leader to lead the party into government since World War II.
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#16278251 at 2022-05-15 09:08:25 (UTC+1)
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Can Australia view its relations with China rationally?
Wang Wenwen - May 12, 2022
In his speech at the Australian National University (ANU) on Wednesday, former Australian prime minister kevin rudd lashed out at Defense Minister Peter Dutton, labelling him an "idiot" for believing hairy-chested commentary about China would improve Australia's strategic circumstances. He also targeted China, saying that if Chinese officials really wanted a reset in the relationship with Australia, he "could not think of a dumber thing to do than what they just did in the Solomons," according to a Guardian report.
The Australian general election is in full swing and has become a tool by opposing political parties to exploit political benefits by taking aim at China.
Against the backdrop of the election, rudd's statement is just a campaign ploy. rudd has been actively taking part in helping his Labor Party to win the election. He has criticized the failure of the Morrison government and the Liberal Party in addressing foreign policy and security issues, particularly those related to China. He blamed Morrison for "letting China buy the Port of Darwin" and "failing on China's move into the Solomon Islands," the latter referring to the recent security pact between China and the Solomon Islands. He even labelled Morrison as "a desperate little man."
Qin Sheng, executive research fellow at the Center for Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times that the words and deeds of rudd as an Australian politician all serve his own party and Australia's national interests, and his blatant opposition to the China-Solomon Islands deal serves two purposes. First, it is a good opportunity to attack the adversary party; second, it reinforces Australia's interventionist tradition that sees Pacific Island countries as Australia's sphere of influence.
Chen Hong, president of the Chinese Association of Australian Studies and director of the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University, believes that rudd has never truly spoken for China, but Chen acknowledges that he is an old China hand.
The ANU event on Wednesday was to promote rudd's new book on China-US relations titled The Avoidable War. In the book, rudd argues that geopolitical disaster between China and the US is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what he calls "managed strategic competition."
"If rudd made such judgments on China-US relations, why couldn't he view China-Australia relations with the same rationality?" Chen asked.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the Australian Financial Review ran two op-eds by Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian. In the first article titled "Let's celebrate 50 years of China-Australia relations," Ambassador Xiao acknowledges twists and turns in the 50 years of diplomatic relations between China and Australia, but says a healthy and stable relationship is in the interests of both countries. In the second article titled "Australia, China must view the other with objectivity and respect," the ambassador said different nations have different political and value systems, but there is no need to negate each other or split into different camps.
Chen noted that there are two big events this year for China-Australia relations - one is federal general election and the other is the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between the two countries, both of which serve as an opportunity for bilateral relations to turn to a new page.
Now the problem is: Can Australia view its relations with China rationally?
The author is an editor with the Global Times. wangwenwen@globaltimes.com.cn
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265511.shtml
#16187527 at 2022-05-01 09:53:55 (UTC+1)
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'Australia can do better': Anthony Albanese lays out vision at Labor Party campaign launch
David Crowe - May 1, 2022
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to use the federal election to "shape the future" by backing him to act on climate change, the gender pay gap, a national charging network for electric vehicles and billions of dollars for a "made in Australia" industry policy.
As the campaign officially marked its halfway mark, Albanese addressed his party's official campaign launch in Perth on Sunday with a pledge to spend $1 billion on local industry in resources and manufacturing, offer more generous subsidies for medicine and hold out the promise of better pay.
Urging Australians to vote for a government that would "seize the opportunity" for the country, Albanese set up a contrast with Prime Minister Scott Morrison by painting his opponent as someone who offered "more of the same" instead.
"I know Labor can do better and I know Australians deserve better," he said.
With former Labor prime ministers Paul Keating and kevin rudd in the audience, Albanese cited them as leaders who "never said it's not my job" and changed the country for the better.
Vowing to "bring manufacturing back home" with the $1 billion promise, Albanese said a Labor government would set aside the money from a proposed National Reconstruction Fund to develop new products in Australia from its natural resources.
"We'll take resources like lithium and nickel, essential elements of the batteries that will power the vehicles of the future, and instead of shipping them to another country to make batteries, we'll have what we need to make them right here," he said.
"And we can sell them to the world. Here in WA and around the country, we'll invest in local industries that create local jobs. We'll bring manufacturing back home."
Days after Morrison pledged to cut the cost of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by $10 per script, Albanese offered a slightly better proposal with a cut of $12.50 per script.
"This means the maximum price for PBS medicines will be $30," he said.
On housing, he confirmed a policy reported on Sunday morning in which a Labor government would help first-time home buyers with a government equity scheme.
On wages, he vowed to act on insecure work and low wages and outlined a new policy to help women.
"Labor has already committed to using all the tools in our power to close the gender pay gap," he said.
"Today, I announce Labor will make gender pay equity an objective of the Fair Work Act. We will set up expert panels on pay equity and the care and community sector to help improve pay and conditions for women in those sectors."
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#16104698 at 2022-04-19 09:08:24 (UTC+1)
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Some critics say Albanese's office, led by former Labor national secretary Tim Gartrell, is to blame. Gartrell has long been out of the game, running Labor's dreadful 2004 campaign with Mark Latham as leader and the victorious 2007 campaign with kevin rudd as leader. The latter was 15 years ago. Some Labor MPs fear 2022 is a repeat of 2004.
While the criticism is that Albanese's office is staffed by an old mates network and inexperienced young advisers, the internal criticism of Labor's campaign headquarters is equally savage.
Labor's national secretary Paul Erickson, a prickly personality, has never run a national campaign. Those who worked on Labor's 2019 campaign, with vital experience, have almost all moved on. The Coalition's campaign team, based in Brisbane, is much more battle-tested, with most having worked on the previous campaign. Liberal federal director Andrew Hirst has done it all before and essentially is following the same playbook as 2019. So is Morrison's chief of staff, John Kunkel, who has years of campaigning experience.
The key election battleground is NSW, not Queensland, where Labor hopes to win seats (Reid, Robertson, Lindsay) but many of its held seats are at risk (Macquarie, Eden-Monaro, Dobell, Gilmore, Greenway, Hunter, Parramatta, Shortland and Paterson). Labor has to defend 12 seats nationally with margins under 3 per cent.
Labor MPs worry that NSW state secretary Bob Nanva has never run a state or federal campaign and rarely talks to MPs or candidates and resources are scant. Marginal seat candidates are scrambling for staff and funds. A few weeks ago Labor figures held a fundraiser for NSW Labor leader Chris Minns rather than Albanese.
The sharp criticism of Albanese's staff and campaign team may not all be fair. Responsibility ultimately rests with Albanese. The repeated gaffes have been unforced errors. rudd, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam were never so ill-prepared. The recriminations if Labor loses the election will be epic. Albanese has only one shot at becoming prime minister.
There is still time for Albanese to steady his performance and for Morrison to make his own errors. The election is not yet decided. However, Albanese, largely unknown and with no bold policies, has been framed by his gaffes, which reinforce the Coalition's key message on the economy and that handing government to Labor is a risk.
All eyes are on the head-to-head debate on Wednesday, hosted by Sky News and The Courier-Mail. It is high stakes for Albanese, who tried to frame this election as a referendum on character and competence.
He should be careful what he wishes for.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/stay-calm-but-think-beyond-the-leaders-gaffes/news-story/ddb1e26957bf6c58ef8137794b623a90
#16086465 at 2022-04-16 11:39:32 (UTC+1)
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How to describe Albanese? He is a 25-year MP from the hard-left faction on the Labor party. In his youth, he was a special adviser to his mentor Tom Uren, a similarly far left-wing minister in the Bob Hawke and Paul Keating Labor governments, who used his ministerial office to undermine the soft-edged, but realist, economic Thatcherism of his own governments. A senior minister in the tumultuous revolving premierships of kevin rudd and Julia Gillard, Albanese owed his allegiance to whichever of these bitter enemies was prime minister at the time, as long as they continued to lavish billions of other people's money on grand infrastructure projects.
And Albanese, having finally become Labor leader on his second attempt, cast around for role models and settled on Jeremy Corbyn.
Indeed, Albanese and Corbyn became friends, and in 2019 Albanese didn't hesitate to tweet a selfie with the then Labour leader, two brothers in socialist arms.
As leader, and going into this election, Albanese has sought to remake himself as a safe, centrist, social democrat. Having undermined and reviled reforms that have underpinned Australia's economic prosperity and resilience for the last three decades, he now hails Hawke, Keating, and the Liberal reformist prime minister John Howard, as heroes. He has sharpened his image and found a good tailor, lost weight and sought to look the prime ministerial part. But he hasn't disowned his radical socialist past.
Despite his first campaign week from hell, where a series of own goals - ranging from not knowing fundamental economic figures to overegging his CV, and with no coherent policy besides spending much more on health and social services - Albanese remains, for now, favourite to win in May. Many Australians are tired of constant crisis and either, often unfairly, blame Morrison for this, or, as with Churchill and Attlee in 1945, simply want a fresh leader and programme for a post-Covid world.
Thanks to Albanese's self-inflicted major cock-ups this week, Morrison may yet pull off a second electoral miracle for his party. But it's clear many Australians either aren't put off by Albanese's hard left roots and personal values, or simply don't care. And an antipodean Corbynite's election victory could only give heart to Corbyn's ostracised Labour followers in Britain.
Terry Barnes is a Melbourne-based contributor for The Spectator and The Spectator Australia.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/could-australia-s-answer-to-corbyn-become-pm-
#16086221 at 2022-04-16 09:54:41 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Easter miracle for a revived Scott Morrison
PAUL KELLY - APRIL 16, 2022
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The election opening has been an unpredictable shock - multiple blunders over policy by the front-runner, Labor leader Anthony ?Albanese, that have resurrected government hopes and raised the crucial question: will Albanese learn and correct, or do his stumbles signal an election reversal?
The lesson is that campaigns proper are different. This is where Bill Shorten misjudged in 2019. It is where Albanese has misjudged at the start of the 2022 campaign. The almost irresistible conclusion is that Albanese has failed in a personal and political sense to prepare himself properly for leadership combat on policy issues and the ?inevitable media probing.
Labor has time to recover, and the first week cannot define a six-week campaign. Yet the potential flaw in Labor's campaign is now more ominous: for too long it has invested too much in victory through public rejection of Scott Morrison's persona. Suddenly, Labor looks more fragile around the questions What does change mean? and Is Albanese up to the job?
Albanese's problem is that his blunders played into the central claim Morrison made against Labor in his opening statement - that this election is a choice between a strong economy and a Labor opposition that would "weaken it and risk it", between "a government you know" and an ?opposition that still can't tell you "who they are" and "what they stand for".
The first week was about two ?issues: the economy and Albanese's vulnerability on the economy, a double plus for the government. Senior ministers were stunned at the opening spectacle. Morrison, never short of self-belief, radiated confidence. But elections don't necessarily end the way they begin.
Albanese's defenders suggested he was merely subject to a "pop quiz" and that his inability to nominate the unemployment rate of 4 per cent had no significance. Forget those apologies. The issue was neither memory nor numbers. It was policy substance, the mindset of the alternative PM, and the absence of his focus on the most critical issues facing the country.
Indeed, there was a pattern to Albanese's performance this week - his ineptitude and uncertainty over policy - the two standout examples being economic management and border protection.
The idea that kevin rudd, Bob Hawke or Paul Keating would have been exposed in this manner is inconceivable. And that's the exact point. Albanese's effort to recover was sad: presenting himself as an economic adviser to the Hawke government, technically correct but fatuous in any meaningful sense given he had no influence whatsoever except as an opponent of much of the Hawke-Keating reform agenda.
The further tempting assessment from the week is that Albanese has been so obsessed about his campaign against Morrison's character than he failed to appreciate the flaws that might open around his own character, notably whether he is equipped to discharge the job of prime minister.
Perhaps it is salutary this question is put on the table at the outset. Certainty, it needs to be addressed and answered by Albanese during the campaign. A successful answer will see Labor retain its polling lead and Albanese affirmed as PM. But if there is a second miracle recovery by Morrison, against the odds, it will date from this week.
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#16073665 at 2022-04-14 10:56:53 (UTC+1)
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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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#16073546 at 2022-04-14 10:17:07 (UTC+1)
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DUTTON BLASTS ALBANESE OVER NATIONAL SECURITY
People smugglers in Vietnam and Sri Lanka are rubbing their hands in glee over a potential Labor government, with leader Anthony Albanese's soft approach likely to "restart the boats", Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned.
Announcing a more than $500 million tranche of weapons acquisitions from a Brisbane defence supplier on Wednesday, Mr Dutton said Labor could not be trusted with national security whether it was to deal with a restart of refugee boats, Chinese aggression or even making friends in the Pacific.
Mr Dutton said he had followed Mr Albanese's career from across the parliamentary dispatch box for more than 20 years and it was unbelievable the Labor Opposition leader was now 20 days before an election trying to pretend to be strong on security.
"It just doesn't pass the pub test," Mr Dutton said.
Mr Dutton lampooned Mr Albanese "as twisting and contorting", not knowing who he was claiming to be - reincarnated from former Labor leader Bob Hawke, laughably comparing himself to former Coalition leader John Howard and even marketing himself as Brisbane premier Annastacia Palaszczuk "version 2.0".
"I think the Australian public can sniff a fake here," he said.
Mr Dutton said he knew "the preconditions were there" for the refugee boats to resume voyages to Australia like they had during the kevin rudd and Julia Gillard Labor government years and smugglers from Vietnam and Sri Lanka were thinking "bring it on".
"The threat will never go away, but Anthony Albanese is sending smoke signals that the Labor Party has the same policy as kevin rudd and Julia Gillard which equates to boats restarting and people being back on water, and that's not what we want," Mr Dutton said.
"The preconditions are there for the boats to recommence.
"They would be looking at Labor's policy at the moment, rubbing their hands together, thinking 'fantastic, bring it on, game back on'.
"If you look at Brendan O'Connor - my opposite, at least for the moment - there are 12,000 who came on his watch. Women and children drowned when he was the Home Affairs Minister.
"We don't even know if Kristina Keneally would be the Home Affairs Minister. I think the Albanese roadshow is (about to) run into some pretty rough territory.
"The people smugglers won't try and risk their arm against a Morrison government, I'll tell you that," Mr Dutton said.
On China he said a Labor government would no doubt dispatch Penny Wong as foreign minister to Beijing and she would be told Chinese relations could improve if Australia stopped the defence build-up.
"She would fall for it," he said, adding there was a split between the Labor Left and Right on how to deal with China.
The Federal Government announced on Tuesday it was dispatching officials to the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara, to discuss Australia's concerns with the government signing a military deal with China.
Mr Albanese said this sort of ministerial attention should have been taken when the deal was first revealed but instead the critical security issue was "fumbled".
ASIS head Paul Symon and Office of National Intelligence (ONI) Director-General Andrew Shearer met with the Pacific nation's prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, two weeks ago over the China deal, which the Solomon Islands leader had earlier said he would sign.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/federal-election/defence-minister-peter-dutton-questions-anthony-albaneses/news-story/4075b06e1c1c2d46559d3539d380f4af
#16058999 at 2022-04-12 07:11:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>16047076
>>16058982
Local independents Dai Le, Frank Carbone to take the fight to Kristina Keneally in Fowler
DENNIS SHANAHAN - APRIL 12, 2022
A highly successful local political independent team will campaign against Anthony Albanese's hand-picked candidate for the Western Sydney seat of Fowler, former NSW Premier and Labor Senator, Kristina Keneally.
Fairfield city mayor, Frank Carbone, and deputy mayor, Dai Le, who got 90 per cent of the western Sydney local government area vote last December, have decided to campaign against Senator Keneally who lives in Sydney's salubrious northern beaches areas.
Ms Le, a Vietnamese refugee who has lived and worked in Fairfield all her life in Australia, will be the independent candidate supported in the campaign by Mr Carbone.
Ms Le told The Australian on Tuesday: "I have been humbled by my opportunity to represent the local people so far and want to fight for locals here is Western Sydney."
"It would be wrong of me to go to the rich northern suburbs and try and get elected there and it is the same for Kristina Keneally to try and run here in Western Sydney," she said.
The revelation came as Scott Morrison campaigned in the neighbouring Labor seat of Parramatta where another outside candidate, former kevin rudd adviser, Andrew Charlton, was parachuted into the candidacy from the Eastern suburbs.
The Prime Minister spruiked the local ties for the Liberal candidate, Maria Kovacic, and said: "She's from Western Sydney, she's run businesses in Western Sydney. She's raised her family here in Western Sydney."
In Fowler, the retiring Labor MP, Chris Hayes, wanted a local woman to replace him and supported lawyer Tu Le but she was dumped by the ALP national executive and replaced by Senator Keneally who was living in Scotland Island but is now renting in Liverpool and has promised to buy in the western suburbs electorate if she is elected.
Mr Carbone and Ms Le ran an independent team for the Fairfield City council elections and won 10 of the 13 spots.
Labor Party MPs have appealed to Mr Carbone, a former Labor member, not to run amid speculation the two local politicians would pair for the federal election on May 21.
Mr Carbone told The Australian he had decided not to run himself because of family reasons but, he said, he would be campaigning fully for Ms Le as part of a strategy they have been working on for months.
"We will run a big campaign, we have videos ready, posters and local campaigners because we believe it is an insult to the people of the west to have an outsider forced on them," he said.
Ms Le said that during the Covid-19 lockdowns Western Sydney had been treated as outcasts and "demonised by the affluent and privileged suburbs of Sydney".
"I want to represent local people and as an independent get federal funds directed to this area," she said.
Based on local government and state government elections Mr Carbone thinks Ms Le can get 30 per cent of the primary vote, and given the number of other independents and the Liberal candidate, Senator Keneally will find it difficult to reach a primary vote which will give her victory.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/local-independents-dai-le-frank-carbone-to-take-the-fight-to-kristina-keneally-in-fowler/news-story/c54d12030a297e0d5242e660a6481497
#16047410 at 2022-04-10 07:22:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>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.
(continued)
#16047405 at 2022-04-10 07:17:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>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/
#16047076 at 2022-04-10 05:26:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
Scott Morrison calls federal election for May 21, setting up battle with Labor's Anthony Albanese
Brett Worthington and Georgia Hitch - 10 April 2022
Australians will get to decide who leads the country for the next three years when they go to the polls in a federal election on May 21.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison locked the date in today after visiting the Governor-General in Canberra.
It sets up a six-week campaign that will pit Mr Morrison's Liberal-National Coalition against a Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese.
Mr Morrison said he did not think his government was "perfect" but that the public would judge it on what it had done over the last term.
"Our government is not perfect - we've never claimed to be, but we are up-front and you may see some flaws but you can also see what we have achieved for Australia in incredibly difficult times," he said.
"You can see our plan. Our plan will deliver more and better jobs and the lowest unemployment seen in some 50 years."
The Prime Minister was asked how he was feeling about the upcoming election, given the recent attacks on his personal character.
Mr Morrison has been accused of being a bully and a liar by members of his own party, including Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce - claims he has denied.
"This election, others will seek to make it about me [but] it's about the people watching this right now," Mr Morrison said.
"It's about them. What we've demonstrated over these past three years is the ability to make those decisions that has ensured that Australia's recovery is leading the world."
In calling the election, Mr Morrison becomes the first prime minister since John Howard - more than 14 years ago - to serve a full term as the nation's leader.
The Coalition is seeking its fourth term in office, while Mr Albanese hopes to return Labor to government for the first time since 2013.
Mr Morrison said voters would face a choice when they walked into the voting booth.
He urged them to stick with a government they knew amid uncertain times, listing war in Ukraine, a deadly pandemic and an economy recovering from recession as the biggest issues Australia was facing.
Mr Albanese has claimed underdog status as he seeks to return Labor to government.
Labor's platform centres on policies like lifting childcare subsidies, placing more nurses in aged care homes, and providing nearly half a million fee-free TAFE places.
"Australians deserve better," Mr Albanese said.
"This government doesn't have an agenda for today, let alone a vision for tomorrow. They demonstrated that in their budget, which was nothing more than a ploy for an election campaign."
Mr Albanese, the infrastructure minister when Labor was last in power, briefly served as deputy prime minister when kevin rudd returned to the prime ministership in 2013.
He said he expected a Coalition scare campaign about his credentials to lead the nation.
"Fear can be a powerful emotion," he said.
"I imagine there will be quite a bit over the next few weeks but I want to appeal to your sense of optimism and desire for a better future."
The battle ahead
Mr Morrison's Coalition begins the election notionally with 76 seats - the bare minimum for a majority government.
Labor notionally has 69 seats, thanks to the creation of a new seat in Melbourne.
The Opposition needs four seats to get ahead of the Coalition and seven seats for a bare majority.
The ABC has tracked the travel of the leaders of Labor and the Coalition since late last year.
It offers a snapshot of where the campaign will likely be fought. Labor hopes to make gains in Western Australia, Queensland and Northern Tasmania, while the Coalition is seeking gains in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-10/may-21-election-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor/100903580
#16040654 at 2022-04-09 05:19:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
#21 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>15975097 $10b will buy Australia 'strike back' power against cyber enemies: Australian Signals Directorate Director-General Rachel Noble
>>15975106 Australian Federal Police launch election security task force to ensure the security of MPs and candidates during the upcoming federal election
>>15981603 LIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Australian Parliament - ABC News (Australia) - 31 March 2022
>>15981807 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stuns with Australian Parliament address
>>15981852 Threats from rogue states and crims rising: Australian Signals Directorate head Rachel Noble
>>15989158 Video: Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks for Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles in address to federal parliament
>>15989255 Video: 'Remember MH17', Volodymyr Zelensky tells Australian parliament in historic address
>>15989480 Bruce Lehrmann, the man charged with raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, has applied for his trial to be permanently halted in the ACT Supreme Court
>>15989529 Leftist warriors pick and choose their moments of outrage - Chris Kenny - theaustralian.com.au
>>15989620 Labor hypocrisy on Solomons deal tests friendship - kevin rudd reckons the Solomons is taking China's cash because it's dissatisfied with our climate change stance. Does he realise that's at odds with Richard Marles' comments? - 'The Mocker' - theaustralian.com.au
>>15994515 Australia to sign trade deal with India as Coalition clears decks for election
>>15994538 Video: Australia-India trade agreement has opened one of 'the biggest economic doors': Prime Minister Scott Morrison - Sky News Australia
>>15995708 AUKUS submarine deal gets a boost in US Congress - Senior US politicians form AUKUS Working Group, solely dedicated to advancing the three-way alliance between America, Britain and Australia.
>>16008490 Video: Peter Gutwein quits politics leaving Tasmanian Liberals to pick new Premier
>>16008495 Video: Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced he is resigning from politics - Mr Gutwein, 57, says the "time is right" to pursue other interests
>>16014964 Defence Minister Peter Dutton puts new strike force on fast track - Australian fighter jets and naval vessels will be armed sooner with new long-range strike missiles
>>16014984 How AUKUS has brought an alliance revolution to Australia - AUKUS acknowledged the end of US primacy in the Pacific, replaced by strategic competition and a far more complex deterrent alliance for Australia - Peter Dean - afr.com
>>16021989 Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have vowed to expand cooperation on hypersonic weapons under the AUKUS
>>16022014 PDF: AUKUS leaders report on progress after six months: Implementation of the Australia - United Kingdom - United States
Partnership (AUKUS)
>>16022033 Video: Top cyber spy Rachel Noble sits down with Sky News as Australian Signals Directorate turns 75
>>16028290 Anthony Albanese calls on government to kick out Russian diplomats - Atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha have prompted the Opposition's call to join with EU nations and kick Russian diplomats out of Australia
>>16028297 Australian diplomats warn Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Expelling Russian diplomats could put Australian lives at risk in Moscow
>>16034737 Russia bans Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese from entering the country
#16040638 at 2022-04-09 05:16:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
#21 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>15648472 (2011) Australian delegation meeting with US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper
>>15656287 Australia intends to list Hamas as terrorist organisation - Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews
>>15680632 'Welcome back world!': Australia fully reopens borders after two years - 2 February 2022
>>15683946 Aussie entertainment giant Neil Balnaves dies in boating accident
>>15689241 Victorian Labor braces for Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) report into dealings between the Andrews government and the United Firefighters Union
>>15697731 Video: Australia imposes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion
>>15697830 It's time to put Putin's useful idiots on notice - Craig Kelly and Simeon Boikov / Aussie Cossack
>>15708019 Scott Morrison has condemned Vladimir Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine
>>15708027 Embassy of Russia in Australia - Comment on the introduction of a new package of anti-Russian sanctions by Australia
>>15718085 Putin's paramilitary proxies in Australia - Simeon 'The Aussie Cossack' Boikov - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>15727210 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: I spoke today with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne to discuss our mutual efforts to hold the Russian government accountable for its premeditated and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
>>15727210 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Important call with @SecBlinken today, discussing the vital, united (global) response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Australia) has announced further sanctions including preparing sanctions against President Putin & FM Sergei Lavrov. Russia's egregious aggression on Ukraine must stop.
>>15735495 'Lethal aid': Australia's vow to help Ukraine - Australia will provide funding through NATO for weapons and offensive capability rather than sending its own weaponry
>>15743566 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.
>>15751354 Lethal aid to Ukraine will make major difference in fight against Russian invasion: Volodymyr Shalkivskyi, top Ukrainian diplomat in Australia
>>15751375 PM warns Australians wanting to fight in Ukraine against entering into 'suicide missions'
>>15751483 Video: The rescue effort in Lismore was like nothing I've seen in Australia - Catherine Naylor, Deputy opinion editor - Sydney Morning Herald
>>15751492 Q Post #4356 - https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1266780532681199622 - Humanity at its finest. Q
>>15761198 Prime Minister Scott Morrison tests positive to Covid-19 - 1 March 2022
>>15772763 Joe Biden's bid to unite Quad on Russia - Joe Biden calls a snap Quad security bloc meeting after India declined to condemn Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine
#16040567 at 2022-04-09 05:03:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#21 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 9
>>15975097 $10b will buy Australia 'strike back' power against cyber enemies: Australian Signals Directorate Director-General Rachel Noble
>>15975106 Australian Federal Police launch election security task force to ensure the security of MPs and candidates during the upcoming federal election
>>15981603 LIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Australian Parliament - ABC News (Australia) - 31 March 2022
>>15981807 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stuns with Australian Parliament address
>>15981852 Threats from rogue states and crims rising: Australian Signals Directorate head Rachel Noble
>>15989158 Video: Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks for Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles in address to federal parliament
>>15989255 Video: 'Remember MH17', Volodymyr Zelensky tells Australian parliament in historic address
>>15989480 Bruce Lehrmann, the man charged with raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House, has applied for his trial to be permanently halted in the ACT Supreme Court
>>15989529 Leftist warriors pick and choose their moments of outrage - Chris Kenny - theaustralian.com.au
>>15989620 Labor hypocrisy on Solomons deal tests friendship - kevin rudd reckons the Solomons is taking China's cash because it's dissatisfied with our climate change stance. Does he realise that's at odds with Richard Marles' comments? - 'The Mocker' - theaustralian.com.au
>>15994515 Australia to sign trade deal with India as Coalition clears decks for election
>>15994538 Video: Australia-India trade agreement has opened one of 'the biggest economic doors': Prime Minister Scott Morrison - Sky News Australia
>>15995708 AUKUS submarine deal gets a boost in US Congress - Senior US politicians form AUKUS Working Group, solely dedicated to advancing the three-way alliance between America, Britain and Australia.
>>16008490 Video: Peter Gutwein quits politics leaving Tasmanian Liberals to pick new Premier
>>16008495 Video: Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced he is resigning from politics - Mr Gutwein, 57, says the "time is right" to pursue other interests
>>16014964 Defence Minister Peter Dutton puts new strike force on fast track - Australian fighter jets and naval vessels will be armed sooner with new long-range strike missiles
>>16014984 How AUKUS has brought an alliance revolution to Australia - AUKUS acknowledged the end of US primacy in the Pacific, replaced by strategic competition and a far more complex deterrent alliance for Australia - Peter Dean - afr.com
>>16021989 Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have vowed to expand cooperation on hypersonic weapons under the AUKUS
>>16022014 PDF: AUKUS leaders report on progress after six months: Implementation of the Australia - United Kingdom - United States
Partnership (AUKUS)
>>16022033 Video: Top cyber spy Rachel Noble sits down with Sky News as Australian Signals Directorate turns 75
>>16028290 Anthony Albanese calls on government to kick out Russian diplomats - Atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha have prompted the Opposition's call to join with EU nations and kick Russian diplomats out of Australia
>>16028297 Australian diplomats warn Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Expelling Russian diplomats could put Australian lives at risk in Moscow
>>16034737 Russia bans Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese from entering the country
#16040542 at 2022-04-09 04:58:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#21 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>15648472 (2011) Australian delegation meeting with US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper
>>15656287 Australia intends to list Hamas as terrorist organisation - Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews
>>15680632 'Welcome back world!': Australia fully reopens borders after two years - 2 February 2022
>>15683946 Aussie entertainment giant Neil Balnaves dies in boating accident
>>15689241 Victorian Labor braces for Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) report into dealings between the Andrews government and the United Firefighters Union
>>15697731 Video: Australia imposes sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion
>>15697830 It's time to put Putin's useful idiots on notice - Craig Kelly and Simeon Boikov / Aussie Cossack
>>15708019 Scott Morrison has condemned Vladimir Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine
>>15708027 Embassy of Russia in Australia - Comment on the introduction of a new package of anti-Russian sanctions by Australia
>>15718085 Putin's paramilitary proxies in Australia - Simeon 'The Aussie Cossack' Boikov - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>15727210 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: I spoke today with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne to discuss our mutual efforts to hold the Russian government accountable for its premeditated and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
>>15727210 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Important call with @SecBlinken today, discussing the vital, united (global) response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Australia) has announced further sanctions including preparing sanctions against President Putin & FM Sergei Lavrov. Russia's egregious aggression on Ukraine must stop.
>>15735495 'Lethal aid': Australia's vow to help Ukraine - Australia will provide funding through NATO for weapons and offensive capability rather than sending its own weaponry
>>15743566 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.
>>15751354 Lethal aid to Ukraine will make major difference in fight against Russian invasion: Volodymyr Shalkivskyi, top Ukrainian diplomat in Australia
>>15751375 PM warns Australians wanting to fight in Ukraine against entering into 'suicide missions'
>>15751483 Video: The rescue effort in Lismore was like nothing I've seen in Australia - Catherine Naylor, Deputy opinion editor - Sydney Morning Herald
>>15751492 Q Post #4356 - https://twitter.com/MattFinnFNC/status/1266780532681199622 - Humanity at its finest. Q
>>15761198 Prime Minister Scott Morrison tests positive to Covid-19 - 1 March 2022
>>15772763 Joe Biden's bid to unite Quad on Russia - Joe Biden calls a snap Quad security bloc meeting after India declined to condemn Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine
#15989620 at 2022-04-01 13:57:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15939896
Labor hypocrisy on Solomons deal tests friendship
kevin rudd reckons the Solomons is taking China's cash because it's dissatisfied with our climate change stance. Does he realise that's at odds with Richard Marles' comments?
THE MOCKER - MARCH 31, 2022
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The relationship between our country and the Solomon Islands is one that was best described to me by an Australian diplomat when the Howard Government announced the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), also known as Operation Helpem Fren, in 2003.
"It's very straightforward," he said genially. "We send in the army and police to restore order and stop them from killing each other. We give them squillions for infrastructure, rebuild their institutions, oversee free elections, and then leave. A few years later it'll turn to the proverbial and they'll destroy everything ... and off we'll go again."
RAMSI lasted for 14 years and cost Australia $2.6 billion. As for the diplomat, he was right, as evident in November when rioters torched buildings en masse in Honiara and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. He requested Australia immediately intervene, which was no small irony as he had opposed RAMSI from the beginning, claiming it amounted to colonisation. The Morrison Government duly provided ADF and police to restore order. A relieved Sogavare later acknowledged this support, saying Australia was a "best friend" to his country.
That was four months ago. Never one to let trivial things like scruples bother him, Sogavare has since found a new bestie. Last week we learned his government and China are negotiating a security agreement that would allow Beijing to send its military and armed police to "protect the safety of Chinese personnel and major projects in Solomon Islands".
Not surprisingly, observers see this as a precursor to Beijing establishing a naval base in the country, a situation that would have severe implications for national security given China's navy could isolate Australia by blocking vital sea lanes. Such misgivings, however, are an affront to Sogavare.
"We find it very insulting to be branded as unfit to manage our sovereign affairs, or [to] have other motives in pursuing our national interests," he huffily declared on Tuesday.
Heaven forbid we suspect ulterior interests. As the New York Times reported this week, Sogavare's fellow citizens are reporting "bribes are constantly being paid by proxies of Beijing with bags of cash and promises of kickbacks for senior leaders often made during all-expenses-paid trips to China".
On that note, we do not yet know if this new security agreement has a pidgin name. 'Operation Helpem Flunky' perhaps? Incidentally, when the Solomon Islands government sought a mandate from its citizens for RAMSI in 2003, Sogavare claimed its parliament was a "puppet for overseas agendas". His latest stance shows he is remarkably pliable.
But according to some, this development is the fault of the federal government. That is the opinion of former prime minster kevin rudd, who just for something different took the opportunity to castigate the Coalition. "It is in my judgment the result of a high degree of negligence on the part of the Morrison Government," he told ABC radio last week. "You have the island states ... saying Australia ultimately under this government doesn't give a damn about our interests (with) rising sea waters and the rest."
Let me get this straight. According to rudd, the Solomon Islands is dissatisfied with Australia's attitude to climate change mitigation, and thus turns to China, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases on the planet? Great argument, kevin.
As expected, rudd conveniently ignored his own neglect of the Pacific region. For example, his government and that of his successor Julia Gillard maintained sanctions against Fiji's Bainimarama Government long after the US and New Zealand resumed relations with that country. In 2012 - when rudd was foreign affairs minister - the US ambassador in Suva, Frankie Reed, voiced concern that Australia was "throwing Fiji into arms of Chinese".
According to The Daily Telegraph at the time, rudd had made only one visit to the Oceanian capitals during his 17 months as foreign affairs minister, that being a weekend trip to Papua New Guinea. "We have never seen him around the smaller Pacific island nation states,'' said Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. "He's complained about everyone coming here but hasn't come here himself.''
(continued)
#15964412 at 2022-03-28 17:32:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15940274
Election 2022: Morrison seeks a way through social media quagmire
NICK CATER - MARCH 27, 2022
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The epicentre of the 2007 earthquake in Australian politics may not, after all, have been the election of kevin rudd, the aspirant with the eager grin who promised the world and delivered somewhat less. With hindsight, the most portentous event in a largely forgettable year was Microsoft's purchase of a stake in Facebook. Back then it was a place where pasty-faced geeks could hang out and pretend they had friends. The collaboration enabled the platform to become more mainstream and inspired its many competitors, each one unnerving in its own peculiar way.
The profound change in politics wrought by social media is evident in almost every liberal democracy. Debate has coarsened and contributions have become more emotional with less recourse to fact. Legislatures have grown capricious, positions polarised, boutique interests magnified, independents and minor parties emboldened, and the outcome of elections less certain.
It can be no coincidence that the rise in social media has coincided with the most mercurial periods in Australian politics since World War II, with six changes of prime minister in 15 years. Scott Morrison is about to chalk up a second miracle just by serving out his full term, an achievement first-term prime ministers could once take for granted providing they swam between the flags.
The intensity of personal attack on Morrison is greater even than that levelled at John Howard. It is almost entirely based on sentiment. Policy criticism is apparently old-school these days, even in newspapers that once prided themselves on promoting a reform agenda.
Morrison's victory in 2019 sent his critics into a rage from which they have barely emerged. Their insistence that he will lose this time is driven by a seething resentment for the man who dared to prove them wrong. The ferocious attacks the Prime Minister has endured carry the hallmarks of ex-post-facto justification for an emotional response they struggle to put into words.
On no reasonable grounds could a prime minister be held responsible for bushfires, a pandemic, floods and poor late-night decisions made by junior members of staff after they've had a skinful. The visceral language in some Twitter posts by journalists and commentators, who have been around long enough to know better, suggests their assessment of Morrison's prime ministership stems from gut loathing, rather than his actual performance.
The spiralling vortexes of online animus in which Morrison's detractors congregated have served to inflame their indignation while weakening their judgment. They fall into the trap of confusing mainstream opinion with the consensus among the 10 per cent of Australians who use Twitter. Ironically, the innovation we once called the worldwide web has become a series of silos that have narrowed the outlook of those who dwell within.
The great paradox of post-Facebook elections is that the result seems eminently predictable to the cognoscenti, who seldom encounter anyone who thinks differently. Yet the balkanisation of civic discourse means the outcome is inherently less certain.
A steep rise in the none-of-the-above vote has made forecasting difficult, since preferences frequently take unpredictable courses. The share of votes for independents and minor parties has risen steadily since 2007 from a historical average of 5-10 per cent to 25 per cent at the last election, and polls suggest it could rise still higher. The decline in the primary vote for the major parties is unlikely to be reversed. If Morrison manages to pull off a primary result as large as John Hewson's 44 per cent in 1993, it will be his greatest miracle yet.
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#15940039 at 2022-03-25 10:49:21 (UTC+1)
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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."
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#15939947 at 2022-03-25 10:21:25 (UTC+1)
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>>15939896
Solomons confirms a security deal coming with China; Australia and NZ concerned
Kirsty Needham and Lucy Craymer - March 25, 2022
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand expressed concerned on Friday about the impact on regional security of military cooperation between China and the Solomon Islands after a draft document outlining proposed cooperation was leaked.
The security treaty, if concluded, would be a major inroad for China in a region that U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand have for decades seen as their "back yard".
In its first comments on the matter, the Solomon Islands government confirmed it was "diversifying the country's security partnership including with China", and would sign off a number of agreements with Beijing "to further create a secure and safe environment for local and foreign investments".
"Broadening partnerships is needed to improve the quality of lives of our people and address soft and hard security threats facing the country," the government said in a statement.
The proposed security arrangements with China would cover humanitarian needs besides maintaining the rule of law, it added.
The nation needed to rebuild its economy after recent riots, and would sign an air services agreement with China and increase trade.
A security agreement with Australia, signed in 2017, would be preserved as Solomon Islands deepened relations with China, it said.
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had not spoken to his Solomon Islands counterpart in the 24 hours since news of the Pacific island's security discussions with China were made public.
Australia and New Zealand were part of the "Pacific family" and talks were being held with Honiara, Morrison told reporters earlier on Friday.
"There are others who may seek to pretend to influence and may seek to get some sort of hold in the region and we are very conscious of that."
The Solomon Islands has signed a policing deal with China and will send a proposal for a broader security agreement covering the military to its cabinet for consideration, a Solomons Islands official told Reuters on Thursday.
Former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd told ABC Radio the proposed pact was "one of the most significant security developments that we have seen in decades and it's one that is adverse to Australia's national security interests".
The Pacific Island nation of fewer than a million people, 2,000 km (1,240 miles) northeast of Australia, switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019, signalling China's growing influence in the Pacific.
New Zealand's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta, said in a statement that Pacific partners should be transparent in their actions.
"Such agreements will always be the right of any sovereign country to enter into, however developments within this purported agreement could destabilise the current institutions and arrangements that have long underpinned the Pacific region's security," she said.
'UNSETTLING INFLUENCES'
Australia and New Zealand have police in the Solomon Islands, part of a multinational policing contingent invited by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to restore order after riots in November.
The Solomon Islands resident who published online the leaked draft of the security agreement told Reuters the document had come from a police source.
It covers Chinese police and military assisting with social order, disaster response and protecting the safety of Chinese personnel and major projects in the Solomon Islands.
Australia's defence minister Peter Dutton said any move to establish a Chinese military base in Solomon Islands would be concerning.
"We want peace and stability in the region. We don't want unsettling influences and we don't want pressure and coercion that we are seeing from China continuing to roll out," Dutton told Channel Nine.
The United States said last month it would open a U.S. embassy in Honiara amid fears China was seeking to military relations there.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-defence-minister-says-china-base-solomons-would-be-concerning-2022-03-25/
#15939927 at 2022-03-25 10:15:38 (UTC+1)
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Former prime minister kevin rudd earlier accused the government of neglecting its Pacific Island neighbours and claimed the coalition had cut "hundreds of millions of dollars" in international aid.
In a highly-critical radio interview on Friday morning, the former prime minister said Australia's foreign affairs minister should be immediately dispatched to Solomons' capital Honiara to smooth things over with diplomatic officials there.
Mr rudd on Friday said the reported Beijing-Honiara security deal was in his judgment the result of a "high degree of negligence" on the part of Mr Morrison and senior frontbenchers including Defence Minister Peter Dutton.
"Relations with the island states has got to such a threadbare level over climate change, over the aid cuts and the rest that we now see the Chinese being welcomed into our immediate neighbourhood by these countries," he told the ABC.
He pointed out that Solomon Islands' government has only recognised the People's Republic of China since 2019, when it voted to sever longstanding diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
Mr rudd is a Mandarin speaking former diplomat who has become a regular public commentator on Chinese-Australian relations since his retirement from politics.
He held the prime ministership from 2007 to 2010 and again briefly in 2013 before Labor lost to the coalition, who have held power since.
Mr rudd said Pacific nations were "turning to China" in part because Australia had "dropped the ball" on both international aid and climate change in the past decade.
"You don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar to work out where island sentiment across the states of the Pacific Islands Forum has turned in relation to Australia under this conservative government on (these) two core questions," he said.
"You have the island states saying Australia ultimately under this government doesn't give a damn about our interests (with) rising sea waters and the rest.
"And therefore it creates the conditions where other countries like China are able to make a pitch (to them)."
Anthony Albanese said the government's decision to withdraw funding for Pacific nations including Solomon Islands had been a mistake.
"If the reports are correct, then this (security agreement) would have real implications for the region and is of concern," the Opposition Leader said.
Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne has been contacted for comment.
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/scomo-responds-to-leaked-security-deal-between-china-and-solomon-islands/news-story/128e3bee952a836485ee04cb2331fbdb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc0rmrWGz9E
#15916759 at 2022-03-22 08:39:43 (UTC+1)
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A lifelong foe of Anthony Albanese, who has been in parliament for 26 years, Senator Carr was a senior frontbencher in the rudd-Gillard governments and a power player in the leadership coups that installed Julia Gillard before switching sides to reinstall kevin rudd.
Senator Carr was also pivotal in the elevation of Bill Shorten as leader in 2013, deepening Mr Albanese's antipathy towards him.
Mr Albanese has previously linked the Victorian ALP's failure to finalise Senator Carr's preselection with the delays to Senator Kimberley Kitching's own electoral fate.
Andrew Landeryou, the husband of the late Senator Kimberley Kitching blasted a "cantankerous cabal" of Labor figures for the difficulties she faced before her death in a eulogy that celebrated her life and laid bare factional warfare within the ALP.
The Victorian Senator died on March 10 after a suspected heart attack.
While he did not name any names in relation to the "unpleasantness", it follows reports Senator Kitching dubbed Senate leader Penny Wong, deputy leader Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher "mean girls" because they froze her out.
The women have rejected claims she was bullied and described the claims as untrue and "hurtful."
In the wake of her death, Ms Kitching's supporters, including factional allies and union leaders Earl Setches and Diana Asmar, have launched contested accounts that her preselection was in peril and she was bullied before her suspected heart attack.
"I'm not going to blame any one person or any one meeting," her husband Andrew Landeyou said, in a reference to the meeting of the Right faction 48 hours before her death that declined to endorse her preselection.
"She exemplified the courage and creativity that we all say we want from candidates for public office but on all sides we too often shun both, favouring useful idiots, obedient nudniks and bland timeservers," he said.
"I'm so proud that Kimberley was a shining beacon of what could and what should be in our public life."
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/pm-slams-albanese-as-gutless-over-kitching-bullying-claim-ahead-of-labor-preselection-bloodbath/news-story/d09defcbf8516d308a2aaf9ee7750625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et4p-PM5JhU
#15743566 at 2022-02-28 08:55:08 (UTC+1)
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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.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1497863031497564161
Trump defends praise of Putin, makes strongest hint yet of a run for president in 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/26/trump-2024/
>Define 'Projection'
#15640350 at 2022-02-16 08:59:34 (UTC+1)
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According to last year's defamation court judgment, Mr Chau was born in Guangdong province in China in 1949 and became an Australian citizen in about 1999.
"He came from a poor family and had no tertiary education. As he was growing up, he saw the value of a good education at a tertiary institution through the success in life of a person who had lived in his village and later obtained such an education," the court judgment reads.
"Mr Chau's childhood ambition, which he has pursued with the benefit of his own business success, was to support education and educational institutions."
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie told Parliament in 2018 that he learnt from US authorities that Mr Chau was the unindicted co-conspirator identified in a New York court indictment as "CC-3".
CC-3 was alleged in the indictment to have funded a $US200,000 ($263,000) bribe which was funnelled to the former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, in 2013.
Chinese-Australian businesswoman Sheri Yan was jailed in the US in 2016 after pleading guilty to bribing Mr Ashe, but CC-3 was never charged.
"It's time we applied sunlight to our political system and a person who has featured prominently in Australian politics," Mr Hastie said in his 2018 speech to Parliament.
"For reasons that are best undisclosed, the United States government did not seek to charge CC-3 for his involvement in the bribery of John Ashe. We know that CC-3 was willing to participate in the bribery of the 68th United Nations President of the General Assembly in 2013.
"We also know that … CC-3 was in close contact with the United Front, the influence arm of the Chinese Communist Party in 2007.
Mr Hastie said that CC-3 had "also been a very significant donor to both of our major political parties".
"He has given more than $4 million since 2004. He has also donated $45 million to universities in Australia. It is now my duty to inform the House - and the Australian people - that CC-3 is Mr Chau Chak Wing."
When Nine and the ABC had tried to report these same allegations years earlier - without the benefit of parliamentary privilege - they were met with defamation claims from Mr Chau, the rebuke of multiple judges, and severe financial losses.
The spectre of Chinese government interference has been an issue that has plagued both major parties in recent years. In November 2020, Liberal Party member Sunny Duong became the first person charged under Australia's landmark foreign interference laws for an alleged plot to target then-acting immigration minister Alan Tudge.
Leading into this year's election, the Coalition is likely to increase its attacks on Labor over its stance on China, despite the opposition not differing from the federal government when it comes to substantive policies.
Mr Morrison and Mr Dutton have both accused Labor of appeasement in recent days when it comes to China. Former Labor prime minister kevin rudd on Tuesday called a press conference to hit back, saying that the Liberal Party's record over more than a decade showed that it was guilty of "rancid hypocrisy, and a rancid lie".
With China to remain the biggest foreign policy challenge of the coming generation, divisions like these are exactly what Beijing wants.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/who-is-chau-chak-wing-the-alleged-puppeteer-behind-foreign-interference-plot-20220215-p59wjt.html
#15640346 at 2022-02-16 08:58:25 (UTC+1)
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>>15640316
Who is Chau Chak Wing? The alleged 'puppeteer' behind foreign interference plot
Anthony Galloway - February 15, 2022
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There are few political donors better connected or more controversial than Chinese-Australian businessman Chau Chak Wing.
Mr Chau has often made headlines for his generous donations but serious accusations have been made against him a number of times in Federal Parliament, most recently on Monday when Labor senator Kimberley Kitching claimed he was the "puppeteer" behind a foreign interference plot.
He responded on Tuesday, labelling the claim "baseless" and inviting Senator Kitching to repeat her comments outside Parliament.
"I am shocked and disappointed at the baseless and reckless claim made by Senator Kimberley Kitching during a Senate Estimates hearing on Monday," he said.
"It is always unfortunate when elected representatives use the shield of parliamentary privilege as a platform to vilify and attack Australian citizens without producing a shred of evidence.
"I am a businessman and philanthropist. I have never had any involvement or interest in interfering with the democratic election process in Australia."
In 2019 Nine, owner of this masthead, was ordered to pay Mr Chau $225,000 in damages after a Federal Court judge found he was defamed in an article on The Sydney Morning Herald's website that went online in October 2015. Last year, Nine and the ABC were ordered to pay Mr Chau $590,000 in damages for a joint investigation with Four Corners that aired in June 2017. The subsequent reimbursement of Mr Chau's legal expenses, plus paying their own expenses to defend the cases, cost the media outlets millions of dollars.
The outlets were found to have erred in suggesting Mr Chau paid "bribes" in the form of political donations and for imputations that he carried out the work of the Chinese Communist Party's secret lobbying arm, the United Front Work Department. The media outlets' defences that their reporting was in the public interest were rejected by the courts.
Since then, barely a word has been written about Mr Chau. Until this week.
Senator Kitching's accusation in a Senate estimates hearing relates to foreign interference whereby the "puppeteer" hired an employee to begin identifying and bankrolling candidates likely to run for Labor in the federal election.
The head of Australia's counter-espionage agency ASIO, Mike Burgess, told the same hearing that ASIO stepped in to foil the plot and that no current Labor candidates were of any concern to his agency. He said it was critical that Australia did not let the fear of foreign interference undermine stakeholder engagement or stoke community division, as that would have the "same corrosive impact on our democracy as foreign interference itself".
Mr Chau has long been a well-connected businessman with ties to both major parties. He has donated more than $4 million to Australia's major political parties since 2004 - although it is believed they have stopped taking money from him. He has also donated more than $45 million to Australian universities, making him one of the biggest donors in Australian history.
Politicians who have previously met Mr Chau include former prime ministers John Howard, kevin rudd, Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard, as well as former foreign affairs ministers Julie Bishop and Bob Carr.
But there is a now wide gap between what Australian politicians are prepared to say about Mr Chau within the Federal Parliament and outside its walls.
Speaking at the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum on November 16, 2020, Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the institution at the University of Sydney had risen "thanks to the generosity of the man whose name that it bears", as well as three other philanthropists.
"Four great philanthropists. We should not take that for granted - their generosity," Mr Albanese said at the event, which Mr Carr and former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson also attended, but not Mr Chau.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age has seen an invitation to Prime Minister Scott Morrison to attend the same event, which was declined by his office.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton appeared to be pointing this out in Parliament on Tuesday, when he said "we don't hang out in a museum with Bob Carr … and other murky figures".
Asked why he attended the event, a spokesperson for Mr Albanese said: "As an alumnus, Mr Albanese regularly attends events at Sydney University."
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#15631558 at 2022-02-15 08:05:36 (UTC+1)
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>>15631554
Scott Morrison's remarks about China being 'chillingly silent' over Ukraine labelled 'belligerent rhetoric' by Chinese foreign ministry
Stephen Dziedzic - 15 February 2022
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has accused Scott Morrison of "clamouring for confrontation" in Ukraine as the Prime Minister intensifies his attacks on both China and Russia over the looming threat of war.
On Sunday, Mr Morrison said China that remained "chillingly silent on Russian troops amassing on the Ukrainian border", suggesting that Beijing had given Moscow tacit approval for an invasion.
And Mr Morrison intensified his attack this morning, suggesting China's position on Ukraine makes a mockery of its constant proclamations that it wants stability and peace.
"When you have a large country, in our own region, that suggests they want peace and harmony and yet are not prepared to call out the actions of an autocratic state that wants to the violate the territorial sovereignty of their neighbour, then that is very concerning. Chilling," he told radio station 2SM.
"I'm calling that out."
Mr Morrison's accusations drew a sharp retort from China's Foreign Ministry on Monday evening, with its spokesman, Wang Wenbin, calling Mr Morrison's criticisms "dangerous".
"We urge the Australian side to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias and stop making belligerent rhetoric that will escalate the tensions," he told reporters in Beijing.
"Such acts of seeking selfish political gains by clamouring for confrontation are unethical and dangerous."
Morrison claims China wants ALP in government
Mr Morrison has also been ratcheting-up his attacks on Labor, repeatedly calling the opposition "soft" on Beijing and national security, despite a broad bipartisanship on most key China policies.
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton drew a furious response from the ALP when he declared in parliament last week that China's government had picked Labor leader Anthony Albanese as their "candidate".
On Monday, the Speaker ruled that claim out of order.
But this morning, Mr Morrison also claimed that China's government wants the Coalition to lose the approaching federal election, while accusing the ALP of trying to pacify Beijing.
"I can tell you what ... the countries coercing us, I know they don't want to see the Liberal government re-elected. I know they're not having a one-way bet [on us], they're having a one way bet on others," he told radio station 2GB.
"We are in a very uncertain and challenging world and there is no time for weakness."
Mr Morrison's attacks come as global tensions over Ukraine continue to grow, with the Biden administration warning that Russia could launch an invasion at "any time".
The Prime Minister also said an invasion was "potentially imminent", telling 2SM there was a "real risk" of war.
But, he also stressed, there was no certainty of conflict.
rudd hits back over 'smears'
The opposition has accused the government of shamelessly trying to exploit tensions with China - as well as the looming prospect of conflict with Russia - for domestic political gain.
Former prime minister kevin rudd also lashed the Coalition at a press conference this morning, pointing out that the Liberal Party had leased Darwin Port to a Chinese company, attempted to ratify an extradition treaty with China and signed the 2014 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Beijing.
"I don't use the term 'appeasement' lightly. But when you look at the Liberal Party record over more than a decade, there's no other way to describe it but appeasement," Mr rudd said.
"And I will not stand idly by while Dutton smears the Labor Party as somehow soft on China.
"That is rancid hypocrisy, and a rancid lie."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/china-foreign-ministry-scott-morrison-ukraine-conflict/100831646
#15175307 at 2021-12-11 10:02:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 25
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide
>>14852986 QAnon faithful gather in Vegas on their mission to save the world from Satan - Will Pavia - theaustralian.com.au
>>14865460 Video: The Passion of the Christ actor Jim Caviezel evokes Braveheart, tells QAnon conference to send their enemies 'back to hell where they belong' - Bevan Hurley - independent.co.uk
>>14865475 Sydney man's descent into QAnon and how he got out - Jitarth Jadeja was sucked into a dangerous world that almost destroyed his life. Here's how he escaped. - Nina Young - news.com.au
>>14928143 The doomsday cults have failed and vaccine victory is ours - For all the half-truths and gormless rhetoric from the likes of QAnon, Candace Owens and idiot podcaster Joe Rogan, this is a surrender. Reason and facts have won the day - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>14949278 Video: Ali Velshi: Even "Q" Is Disavowing Some of QAnon's Fringe Conspiracy Theories - MSNBC
>>14988985 Protests erupt in Melbourne's CBD as vaccination mandates come into effect - A massive protest against the Pandemic Bill in Melbourne saw some bizarre conspiracy theories touted by the crowd - Helena Burke - news.com.au
>>14989021 Thousands take to Melbourne's CBD to protest new pandemic laws, vaccine mandate - 'Some speakers pointed to the QAnon conspiracy theory' - Rachael Dexter and Marta Pascual Juanola - theage.com.au
>>14995182 QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a 'rabbit hole' of extremism - Van Badham - theguardian.com
>>15025557 Left's post-lockdown deb ball at Trades Hall - The launch of Van Badham's book QAnon and On, "already ranked number one in the conspiracy theories category of the Kindle bookstore" - Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson - theage.com.au
>>15025562 QAnon Changes Strategies and Spreads Globally - How the appeal of the baseless conspiracy theory is taking hold in Australia, where anti-vaxxer protestors are using QAnon to speak out against lockdowns - CJ Werleman - bylinetimes.com
>>15025570 OPINION: Melbourne's conspiracy movement is traumatised, incoherent, and potentially dangerous - Elise Thomas - theage.com.au
>>15032771 OPINION: A gallows and words of menace imported from the (dis)United States - Tony Wright - theage.com.au
>>15033557 kevin rudd Tweet: Video: Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>15087552 'Freedom' rally fills Melbourne's streets again to protest vaccine mandates - People carried signs with slogans such as "my body, my choice"...Others alluded to QAnon conspiracy theories - Tom Cowie and Ashleigh McMillan - theage.com.au
>>15126538 Greg Hunt resignation: a beautiful speech wasted on the fringes - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>15149978 George Christensen uses US conspiracy show 'Infowars' appearance to call for Australian embassy protests
>>15162807 Peter Dutton blasts QAnon and other online conspiracy groups spreading "unbelievably dangerous" conspiracy theories
#15175297 at 2021-12-11 09:56:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 19
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>14989074 Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Protest organiser Karen Brewer arrested for breach of bail
>>14995387 Video: Australian Football League Covid news - Vaccine-hesitant Carlton defender Liam Jones announces his retirement
>>14995454 Young children unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID until 2022, Health Minister Greg Hunt says
>>15010021 Victorian government agrees to changes to proposed pandemic bill as protests continue
>>15033557 kevin rudd Tweet: Video: Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>15042123 Melbourne's 'freedom' protest fever spreads across the country
>>15042135 Prominent 'freedom' protesters back Craig Kelly and Clive Palmer
>>15046333 Video: ENORMOUS Protests Across Australia: Compilation Of Massive Rallies From Perth, Melbourne, Sydney+++ - Tim Truth
>>15054022 Australia to reopen to foreign visa holders in bid to revive economy
>>15061072 Gladys Berejiklian reacts after NSW Health advice on Sydney lockdown released
>>15081800 Australia's border to remain open to South Africa despite emergence of new Covid variant
>>15086604 Video: WHO classifies South Africa COVID strain as variant 'of concern', names it Omicron
>>15086619, >>15086626 Video: Government introduces bans on Africa travel over new Omicron COVID variant
>>15087495 South African traveller in Howard Springs quarantine tested for new Omicron COVID variant, as Katherine moves from lockdown to lockout
>>15087660 More border bans flagged as Omicron variant alarms chief health officers
>>15092331 Video: Tourism Minister Dan Tehan won't rule out tougher international travel restrictions; fears Omicron has landed in Australia
>>15092340 Two returned travellers from southern Africa test positive to omicron Covid variant in NSW
>>15094387 Omicron - New, highly transmissible strain of virus arrives in Australia
>>15098064 Video: National Cabinet to meet to discuss COVID-19 Omicron variant, whether to reinstate hotel quarantine
>>15098077 Video: COVID-19 vaccine booster time frame to be reviewed after Omicron variant detected in Australia
#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.
#15175269 at 2021-12-11 09:40:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 25
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide
>>14852986 QAnon faithful gather in Vegas on their mission to save the world from Satan - Will Pavia - theaustralian.com.au
>>14865460 Video: The Passion of the Christ actor Jim Caviezel evokes Braveheart, tells QAnon conference to send their enemies 'back to hell where they belong' - Bevan Hurley - independent.co.uk
>>14865475 Sydney man's descent into QAnon and how he got out - Jitarth Jadeja was sucked into a dangerous world that almost destroyed his life. Here's how he escaped. - Nina Young - news.com.au
>>14928143 The doomsday cults have failed and vaccine victory is ours - For all the half-truths and gormless rhetoric from the likes of QAnon, Candace Owens and idiot podcaster Joe Rogan, this is a surrender. Reason and facts have won the day - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>14949278 Video: Ali Velshi: Even "Q" Is Disavowing Some of QAnon's Fringe Conspiracy Theories - MSNBC
>>14988985 Protests erupt in Melbourne's CBD as vaccination mandates come into effect - A massive protest against the Pandemic Bill in Melbourne saw some bizarre conspiracy theories touted by the crowd - Helena Burke - news.com.au
>>14989021 Thousands take to Melbourne's CBD to protest new pandemic laws, vaccine mandate - 'Some speakers pointed to the QAnon conspiracy theory' - Rachael Dexter and Marta Pascual Juanola - theage.com.au
>>14995182 QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a 'rabbit hole' of extremism - Van Badham - theguardian.com
>>15025557 Left's post-lockdown deb ball at Trades Hall - The launch of Van Badham's book QAnon and On, "already ranked number one in the conspiracy theories category of the Kindle bookstore" - Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson - theage.com.au
>>15025562 QAnon Changes Strategies and Spreads Globally - How the appeal of the baseless conspiracy theory is taking hold in Australia, where anti-vaxxer protestors are using QAnon to speak out against lockdowns - CJ Werleman - bylinetimes.com
>>15025570 OPINION: Melbourne's conspiracy movement is traumatised, incoherent, and potentially dangerous - Elise Thomas - theage.com.au
>>15032771 OPINION: A gallows and words of menace imported from the (dis)United States - Tony Wright - theage.com.au
>>15033557 kevin rudd Tweet: Video: Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>15087552 'Freedom' rally fills Melbourne's streets again to protest vaccine mandates - People carried signs with slogans such as "my body, my choice"…Others alluded to QAnon conspiracy theories - Tom Cowie and Ashleigh McMillan - theage.com.au
>>15126538 Greg Hunt resignation: a beautiful speech wasted on the fringes - Jack the Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>15149978 George Christensen uses US conspiracy show 'Infowars' appearance to call for Australian embassy protests
>>15162807 Peter Dutton blasts QAnon and other online conspiracy groups spreading "unbelievably dangerous" conspiracy theories
#15175262 at 2021-12-11 09:35:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 19
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>14989074 Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Protest organiser Karen Brewer arrested for breach of bail
>>14995387 Video: Australian Football League Covid news - Vaccine-hesitant Carlton defender Liam Jones announces his retirement
>>14995454 Young children unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID until 2022, Health Minister Greg Hunt says
>>15010021 Victorian government agrees to changes to proposed pandemic bill as protests continue
>>15033557 kevin rudd Tweet: Video: Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
>>15042123 Melbourne's 'freedom' protest fever spreads across the country
>>15042135 Prominent 'freedom' protesters back Craig Kelly and Clive Palmer
>>15046333 Video: ENORMOUS Protests Across Australia: Compilation Of Massive Rallies From Perth, Melbourne, Sydney+++ - Tim Truth
>>15054022 Australia to reopen to foreign visa holders in bid to revive economy
>>15061072 Gladys Berejiklian reacts after NSW Health advice on Sydney lockdown released
>>15081800 Australia's border to remain open to South Africa despite emergence of new Covid variant
>>15086604 Video: WHO classifies South Africa COVID strain as variant 'of concern', names it Omicron
>>15086619, >>15086626 Video: Government introduces bans on Africa travel over new Omicron COVID variant
>>15087495 South African traveller in Howard Springs quarantine tested for new Omicron COVID variant, as Katherine moves from lockdown to lockout
>>15087660 More border bans flagged as Omicron variant alarms chief health officers
>>15092331 Video: Tourism Minister Dan Tehan won't rule out tougher international travel restrictions; fears Omicron has landed in Australia
>>15092340 Two returned travellers from southern Africa test positive to omicron Covid variant in NSW
>>15094387 Omicron - New, highly transmissible strain of virus arrives in Australia
>>15098064 Video: National Cabinet to meet to discuss COVID-19 Omicron variant, whether to reinstate hotel quarantine
>>15098077 Video: COVID-19 vaccine booster time frame to be reviewed after Omicron variant detected in Australia
#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.
#15092484 at 2021-11-28 07:41:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>15092480
2/2
Mr Dutton's comments drew a swift rebuke from China's leading propagandists over the weekend.
"The paranoia of this Australian defence minister is increasing. I wish him a bright future to become Prime Minister of Australia soon. In that case, he can successfully turn the Australian cabinet into a lunatic asylum," Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-controlled tabloid, the Global Times said.
Former prime minister kevin rudd made similar comments at the weekend. "Dutton is like a petulant teenager, spoiling for war with China because he thinks it makes him look tough," Mr rudd tweeted.
"Any ape can beat its chest. We need a sober national security strategy to quietly prepare for all China contingencies with our allies, not screeching."
While there has been little commentary from official sources in China about the AUKUS security pact, commentators have warned that Beijing believes Australia's position in the region has shifted to become an active supporter of US actions rather than as a supporter if US forces were attacked.
Mr Dutton's comments were picked up widely in the region, with his remarks running in some leading Japanese newspapers.
Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday that his government was looking to bolster its defence capability by giving its Forces the ability to strike enemy bases.
Mr Kishida warned that China was bolstering its military without sufficient transparency, while North Korea remained a growing concern, national broadcaster NHK reported.
Japan does not currently have the capability to strike enemy bases to stop missile attacks under its post-war constitution. Any change would represent a significant shift in its military position and likely raise concerns from China.
There was little mention of Mr Dutton's comments in Chinese state-controlled media or online. The National Defence Journal ran an online article accusing Australia of being a "good servant" to the United States.
Singapore-based Senior Fellow for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Euan Graham, said it was a legitimate question whether China would pursue further territorial gains, such as the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, if it succeeded in taking Taiwan.
"No one has come up with a plausible argument why China would stop after Taiwan," he said.
"Everything in China's recent behaviour would suggest it's tactical cautious but strategically it wants to change the status quo and change the balance of power in Asia."
Dr Graham said the only thing that might give China's territorial ambitions pause for thought was if it got "clobbered" trying to take Taiwan.
https://www.afr.com/world/asia/dutton-s-grim-warning-over-taiwan-spot-on-pm-20211128-p59cty
https://twitter.com/HuXijin_GT/status/1464260683470495744
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1463371543170273287
#15033557 at 2021-11-19 13:50:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>15032863
kevin rudd Tweet
Premier Andrews is right to call out Morrison's offensive courting of political extremists at the expense of ordinary law-abiding Australians. Whether it's far-right radicals, anti-vaxxers or the QAnon cult. Just appalling.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1461569968214974466
#14949476 at 2021-11-08 07:54:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>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)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>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
#14920526 at 2021-11-04 07:45:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14920525
2/3
Published data by researchers at Monash University shows that Australians are almost three times more worried about climate change than COVID-19, with many showing signs of PTSD from past or future climate-related, catastrophic events.
On August 10, a group of protesters sprayed the message "climate duty of care" on the concrete outside the Australian Parliament House and on a fence outside The Lodge before getting arrested.
"Australians are very concerned about the impact of climate change on Australia. Surveys show around 80 percent of Australians are very worried. We are already seeing the impact of extreme weather and we know this is just the beginning," Rhonda Garad, a senior lecturer and research fellow at Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
"Australia must do much better. We need to cut our emissions by 80 percent by 2030 to prevent global warming above 1.5," said Garad. "Morrison must follow the advice of scientists and enact strong climate action."
Passing the buck
Matthew Agarwala, an environmental economist at the University of Cambridge, revealed that Australians emit 3.37 times more CO2 per capita than the average global citizen, a number that jumps to 4.15 when including more potent greenhouse gasses such as methane.
Partly as a result of its government's inaction, Australia has been ranked at the bottom for climate action out of 193 countries in a UN report in July on evaluating efforts toward sustainable global development goals.
But Morrison has seemly never given up in seeking excuses.
As leading scientists call on the world to avert an impending climate catastrophe, Morrison responded by saying: "There is not a direct correlation between the action that Australia takes and the temperature in Australia," the Guardian reported.
"It's like a badly-behaved student in the class of the Paris Agreement, having neither credibility nor a good reputation among its 'classmates'," commented Chai Qimin, director of Strategy and Planning Department at the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation.
Barriers to Australia's emission reduction mainly come from the country's polluting-intensive pillar industries including steel, iron, and coal mining, Chai analyzed. "Reducing CO2 emissions hurts the interests of Australian domestic giants in these industries," he told the Global Times.
Facing resistance from these interest groups, Australian administrations from the former kevin rudd's to current Scott Morrison's, have made little difference in reducing emissions, observers said.
The National Party of Australia, a part of Australia's ruling Liberal-National Coalition, actually represent farmers, grazers, and miners, said Chen Hong, a professor and director of the Australian Studies Centre of East China Normal University. "That leads to the very conservative attitude of the Morrison government [toward climate action]," he noted.
Also, inside the Australian government there are climate skeptics who don't believe that humans cause global warming, Chen told the Global Times. He mentioned former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a climate skeptic who is also infamous for interference in China's internal affairs on the Taiwan question. "That's anti-intellectual," Chen said.
(continued)
#14903633 at 2021-11-02 03:29:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14885197
Anti-China senator shames Australia by meddling in Taiwan question
Xu Linxian - Oct 31, 2021
Australian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz told the ABC News that he believes Australia would be "duty bound" to help defend the island of Taiwan in a war with the Chinese mainland and he is pushing for "full diplomatic relations" with the "democratic" island amid growing military tensions, according to ABC News on Friday.
It is no surprise that Abetz, long infamous for his right-wing conservative positions and for being a deeply anti-China lawmaker on China-related issues, has expressed these opinions.
At a time when China-Australia relations are at a low ebb and continue to deteriorate, his remarks are intended to attract the attention of the public opinion in Australia.
"But such remarks are not representative at all. Senators are not government officials. Presumably, the Australian government will not endorse or support his view as well," an expert at the China Institute of International Studies who asked for anonymity told the Global Times on Sunday.
Abetz's belief that Australia would be "duty bound" to help defend the island of Taiwan is his own wishful thinking. In recent days, Australian politicians including Australia's defense minister Peter Dutton have said if there were a real conflict across the Taiwan Straits, Australia would only follow the US, and Australia is unlikely to get involved as an independent power over the Taiwan question beyond its military alliance with the US.
That is to say, such clamor to establish "diplomatic ties" with the island of Taiwan and "defend" Taiwan is nothing but nonsense.
Australia can hardly get anything from the island of Taiwan. It's just a childish act of some radical Australian politicians to provoke the Chinese mainland.
When the relationship between China and Australia was good, these hawks lost their precarious influence. Right now, when the bilateral relationship is freezing, these anti-China figures are eager to "show off" and try to recapture their influence.
Abetz also suggested on Thursday that a free trade agreement be struck between Australia and the island of Taiwan. Any politician with common sense can tell what's truly in Australia's interest. The idea of establishing "diplomatic" or "political" relations with the island of Taiwan to help Australia develop trade makes no sense at all.
Ignorant politicians like Abetz have become marginalized in Australia. Such extreme anti-China rhetoric has long lost its market, catering to only a few conservative parties and habitual racists. During a Senate committee hearing in 2020 focusing on diversity in Australian politics, Abetz repeatedly asked three Chinese Australians about their attitude toward the Communist Party of China. Australian media outlets and kevin rudd, the country's former prime minister, called the attack "repugnant." Although accusations and outrage were ignited in Australia, Abetz refused to apologize for his irresponsible actions. A poor and failed politician like him making such ridiculous remarks about Taiwan brings shame on not only himself but also Australia. It will further discredit his reputation, if he has ever had reputation.
Abetz once again exposed his insularity and ignorance in the wake of the racist outburst in which he publicly challenged the three Chinese Australians to prove their "loyalty to Australia." If such politicians could make a splash or even became a force that may influence the public opinion and policymaking in Australia, the world should really be nervous about Australia's future.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202110/1237776.shtml
#14806354 at 2021-10-18 07:02:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14806352
2/3
Vladimir Putin's disinformation campaigns have sought to exacerbate divisions in western democracies and undermine popular trust in their institutions. By creating and exploiting a market for crazy conspiracy theories untethered from the facts, let alone science, Murdoch has done Putin's work - better than any Russian intelligence agency could ever imagine possible.
That is why I supported the former prime minister kevin rudd's call for a royal commission into the Murdoch media, which does not operate like a conventional news organisation but rather like a political party, pushing its own agendas, running vendettas against its critics and covering up for its friends.
In April I reinforced these points in an interview with CNN's Brian Stelter, as I had to the Australian Senate's inquiry into media diversity. Of all the endorsements, none was more significant than that of James Clapper, the former US director of national intelligence, who said Fox News was "a megaphone for conspiracies and falsehoods".
We have to face the uncomfortable fact that the systematic partisan lying and misinformation from the media, both mainstream and social - what Clapper calls the "truth deficit" - has done enormous damage to liberal democracies, and none more so than the US itself. Thanks to this relentless diet of lies, a quarter of all Americans and 56% of Republicans believe Trump is the true president today.
Biden is leading a more traditional and rational administration. The friends and allies Trump had outraged around the world are breathing a sigh of relief. The US has rejoined the Paris agreement on climate change and Biden is seeking to lead the world with deeper, faster cuts to emissions.
But the same forces that amplified and enabled Trump are still at work in the US and here in Australia. In April the Murdoch press bullied the New South Wales government into reversing its decision to appoint me chairman of a committee to advise on the transition to a net zero emission economy. My "crime" was to not support the continued, unconstrained expansion of open-cut coalmining in the Hunter Valley. In the crazed, rightwing media echo chamber so influential with many Liberal and National party members, the primary qualification to advise on net zero emissions is, apparently, unqualified support for coalmining.
As though we hadn't had enough demonstration of the Murdochs' vendetta tactics, right on cue on 2 May Sky News Australia broadcast a "documentary" designed to disparage me and rudd as being, in effect, political twins separated at birth. As a job, I am told it gave hatchets a bad name. But the message was clear to anyone inclined to hold Murdoch to account: step out of line and you will be next.
And while politicians are accountable, the Murdochs are not. Their abuse of power has been so shameful that James Murdoch has resigned from the company. His brother, Lachlan, however, is thoroughly in charge and apparently more rightwing than his father. Yet he has chosen to move back to Australia with his family, fleeing the hatreds and divisions of America that he and his father have done so much to exacerbate.
(continued)
#14789334 at 2021-10-15 09:03:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 19
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>14584669 Quad summit will see limited concrete outcomes as US, Japan, India, Australia are 'four ward mates with different illnesses': experts - Yang Sheng and Fan Anqi - globaltimes.cn
>>14584711 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Regional cooperation framework should not target a third party and damage its interests, Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian said after the #US announced to host a #Quad leaders' summit with Australia, India and Japan next week.
>>14592862 Beijing views Australia's US pact as a military threat: analysts
>>14593058 AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security - Nuke sub deal could make Australia 'potential target in nuclear war' - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14593064 AUKUS to bring 'nuclear-powered submarine fever' across globe: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14595363 Australia's nuclear sub deal 'gravely undermines regional peace' says China
>>14595380 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 16, 2021
>>14600380 China responds angrily to Australia-US joint statement a day after AUKUS submarine deal was announced
>>14600381 Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on AUSMIN Joint Statement - 2021/09/17 - "We firmly oppose and reject the unfounded accusations and erroneous remarks against China on issues related to the South China Sea, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other China-related issues"
>>14600665 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton delivers a blunt warning over the prospect of conflict with China
>>14604149 GT Voice: Naive Australia foots the bill for US gambit - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14604213 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: China strongly deplores and rejects the fact that the #US and #Australia colluded with each other to smear #China, meddle in its internal affairs and sow discord among regional countries, said Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian on the AUSMIN joint statement.
>>14604368 China trade pitch follows Australia's AUKUS nuclear submarines deal - China formally applies to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
>>14605060 OPINION: Morrison's China 'strategy' makes us less, not more, secure - kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - smh.com.au
>>14606257 Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backs probe into what US knew of Wuhan Covid-19 lab leak - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>14612337 Australia submarine pact targets China's undersea weakness
>>14621067 North Korea says Australia's submarine deal could trigger 'nuclear arms race'
>>14621087 AUKUS gives Canberra special treatment, a psychological blow for Japan, India as Quad members - Yang Xiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>14635234 AUKUS deal to continue causing repercussions in transatlantic ties: EU to avoid being too close to US on core interests of China, Russia: expert - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14642036, >>14642039 Video: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 22, 2021
>>14647744 Beijing barks as Australia, Japan, Canada support Taiwan CPTPP bid
>>14647766 Lijian Zhao Tweet: #Australian troops brutally killed prisoners of war & civilians by shooting or throat-slitting in #Afghanistan. Truth has come to light, but justice is yet to be upheld. Those who committed war crimes remain at large. Afghan lives matter. Australia owes the world an explanation.
>>14647775 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 23, 2021
>>14649168 Quad 'incapable of inflicting substantial harm to China': Members to become US 'cannon fodder' to contain Beijing - Zhang Hui and Yan Yuzhu - globaltimes.cn
>>14649184 Quad mechanism turning into 'sinister gang of Indo-Pacific': Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14649193 Malaysia to seek China's views on AUKUS as ASEAN countries fear nuclear proliferation, arms race - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>14657185 Quad leaders press for free Indo-Pacific, with wary eye on China
>>14657204 Video: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 24, 2021
>>14664241 1st Quad summit tacitly targets China but US 'can't coordinate members' differences, doomed to fail' - Liu Xin - globaltimes.cn
>>14677821 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan (Full documentary) - Sky News Australia
#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
#14789316 at 2021-10-15 09:01:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 7
Australian Politics and Society - Part 7
>>14606888 Australia 'regrets' French ambassador recall but makes no apology for new subs deal
>>14612439 'Operation Hookless' - How Australia's nuclear-powered submarine defence pact was kept under the radar
>>14614162 Australia 'upfront, open and honest' with France about submarine concerns, Peter Dutton says
>>14614522 General Paul M. Nakasone Tweet: Yesterday, I had the honor of welcoming Australia's Minister for Defence, @PeterDutton_MP. Strategic partnerships and alliances are a key element to our mutual success.
>>14621067 North Korea says Australia's submarine deal could trigger 'nuclear arms race'
>>14621075 PM heads to US for Quad leaders' summit
>>14627546 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweets: Over two decades ago, Australia stood with our close friends and allies, the United States, as they suffered their most devastating terrorist attack when almost 3,000 innocent lives were taken. On behalf of all Australians, I paid respect at the September 11 Memorial to those lives cut tragically short in the name of terror, including the brave first responders who risked their lives to save others. We also honoured the ten Australian lives lost on that day. We will never forget.
>>14627675 Construction tender awarded for $270m fuel storage facility at Darwin's East Arm to support US defence operations
>>14627685 Britain's nuclear submarines to use Australia as base for Indo-Pacific presence
>>14627710 Philippines supports Australia nuclear sub pact to counter China
>>14627743 Australia PM says no opportunity for meeting with French president in New York
>>14635183 'Chance of significant aftershocks': Victoria hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake, warnings of more to come
>>14635212 Video: US has 'no closer ally than Australia', Biden says after Aukus pact
>>14635254 President Biden Tweet: It was great to meet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today in New York. Our nations have stood together for over 70 years - and we're committed to working together to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific region and tackle the shared challenges we face.
>>14635254 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Today I met US President Joe Biden in New York to mark 70 years of our ANZUS alliance and reaffirm our AUKUS partnership announced last week with the UK. We're committed to working together to secure a free, open and resilient Indo-Pacific and tackle shared challenges.
>>14635259 kevin rudd sides with the French over 'foreign policy debacle'
>>14635290 Prime Minister Scott Morrison launches US Congressional charm offensive to land subs pact
>>14637932 Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton working with the US and UK on options for nuclear submarines to operate in Australia six to eight years earlier than expected
>>14637994 'Absolutely disgusting': protesters debase Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance in the worst civil rebellion at the national memorial since the Vietnam War
>>14641764 Scott Morrison meets Democratic majority Congressional speaker, Nancy Pelosi in Washington
#14789314 at 2021-10-15 09:00:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>14592862 Beijing views Australia's US pact as a military threat: analysts
>>14592946 Minnesota Supreme Court overturns murder conviction of former police officer Mohamed Noor, in shooting death of Australian woman Justine Damond
>>14592993 Is Nancy Pelosi pulling General Mark Milley's strings? - Miranda Devine - nypost.com
>>14593058 AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security - Nuke sub deal could make Australia 'potential target in nuclear war' - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14593064 AUKUS to bring 'nuclear-powered submarine fever' across globe: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14593101 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweets: It was an absolute pleasure to have met face-to-face with @SecDef at the Pentagon to discuss the Alliance, ANZUS, Australia-US defence cooperation & #AUKUS - an enhanced trilateral security partnership with the United States & United Kingdom.
>>14593108 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: Video: It was my pleasure to welcome my Australian counterpart @PeterDutton_MP to the Pentagon today. The 70-year U.S. and Australia #UnbreakableAlliance is as strong as ever, and I'm greatly looking forward to #AUSMIN at the @StateDept tomorrow.
>>14593120 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Ahead of the 31st #AUSMIN2021, United States' Secretary of @StateDept @SecBlinken and I discussed the significance of #ANZUS70 & renewed our commitment to supporting an open, inclusive & resilient #IndoPacific region. There are no greater friends than (Australia and the United States).
>>14593120 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: Foreign Minister @MarisePayne and I discussed our shared commitment to ensuring the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region and discussed tomorrow's Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations. #AUSMIN
>>14595363 Australia's nuclear sub deal 'gravely undermines regional peace' says China
>>14600225 'Stab in the back': French foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian hits out at Aukus alliance with fears it threatens Indo-Pacific partnerships
>>14600341 Australian PM says he made clear to France possibility of scrapping submarine deal
>>14600380 China responds angrily to Australia-US joint statement a day after AUKUS submarine deal was announced
>>14600631 Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III Announces Increased Air Operations, Force Deployments to Australia
>>14600665 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton delivers a blunt warning over the prospect of conflict with China
>>14605002 Aukus: France recalls ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations amid security pact row
>>14605060 OPINION: Morrison's China 'strategy' makes us less, not more, secure - kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - smh.com.au
>>14605373 Marines rewarded for role in fighting December 2020 Puckapunyal Primary School fire - Master Sergeant John "Ricky" Farrell IV and Gunnery Sergeant Ryan Accornero awarded the US Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
>>14605389 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: 17 September 2021 - On #POWMIARecognitionDay, we honor the memory of Americans who were prisoners of war, and those missing in action who have yet to return home. Thank you to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency for their continuing efforts…You are not forgotten. Semper Fidelis #Marines #USMC #HonorThem #UntilTheyAreHome
>>14606882 Recalled French ambassador Jean-Pierre Thebault accuses Australia of 'treason in the making'
#14789252 at 2021-10-15 08:44:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 19
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>14584669 Quad summit will see limited concrete outcomes as US, Japan, India, Australia are 'four ward mates with different illnesses': experts - Yang Sheng and Fan Anqi - globaltimes.cn
>>14584711 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Regional cooperation framework should not target a third party and damage its interests, Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian said after the #US announced to host a #Quad leaders' summit with Australia, India and Japan next week.
>>14592862 Beijing views Australia's US pact as a military threat: analysts
>>14593058 AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security - Nuke sub deal could make Australia 'potential target in nuclear war' - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14593064 AUKUS to bring 'nuclear-powered submarine fever' across globe: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14595363 Australia's nuclear sub deal 'gravely undermines regional peace' says China
>>14595380 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 16, 2021
>>14600380 China responds angrily to Australia-US joint statement a day after AUKUS submarine deal was announced
>>14600381 Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on AUSMIN Joint Statement - 2021/09/17 - "We firmly oppose and reject the unfounded accusations and erroneous remarks against China on issues related to the South China Sea, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other China-related issues"
>>14600665 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton delivers a blunt warning over the prospect of conflict with China
>>14604149 GT Voice: Naive Australia foots the bill for US gambit - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14604213 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: China strongly deplores and rejects the fact that the #US and #Australia colluded with each other to smear #China, meddle in its internal affairs and sow discord among regional countries, said Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian on the AUSMIN joint statement.
>>14604368 China trade pitch follows Australia's AUKUS nuclear submarines deal - China formally applies to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
>>14605060 OPINION: Morrison's China 'strategy' makes us less, not more, secure - kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - smh.com.au
>>14606257 Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backs probe into what US knew of Wuhan Covid-19 lab leak - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>14612337 Australia submarine pact targets China's undersea weakness
>>14621067 North Korea says Australia's submarine deal could trigger 'nuclear arms race'
>>14621087 AUKUS gives Canberra special treatment, a psychological blow for Japan, India as Quad members - Yang Xiyu - globaltimes.cn
>>14635234 AUKUS deal to continue causing repercussions in transatlantic ties: EU to avoid being too close to US on core interests of China, Russia: expert - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14642036, >>14642039 Video: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 22, 2021
>>14647744 Beijing barks as Australia, Japan, Canada support Taiwan CPTPP bid
>>14647766 Lijian Zhao Tweet: #Australian troops brutally killed prisoners of war & civilians by shooting or throat-slitting in #Afghanistan. Truth has come to light, but justice is yet to be upheld. Those who committed war crimes remain at large. Afghan lives matter. Australia owes the world an explanation.
>>14647775 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 23, 2021
>>14649168 Quad 'incapable of inflicting substantial harm to China': Members to become US 'cannon fodder' to contain Beijing - Zhang Hui and Yan Yuzhu - globaltimes.cn
>>14649184 Quad mechanism turning into 'sinister gang of Indo-Pacific': Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14649193 Malaysia to seek China's views on AUKUS as ASEAN countries fear nuclear proliferation, arms race - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>14657185 Quad leaders press for free Indo-Pacific, with wary eye on China
>>14657204 Video: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 24, 2021
>>14664241 1st Quad summit tacitly targets China but US 'can't coordinate members' differences, doomed to fail' - Liu Xin - globaltimes.cn
>>14677821 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan (Full documentary) - Sky News Australia
#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
#14789230 at 2021-10-15 08:38:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 7
Australian Politics and Society - Part 7
>>14606888 Australia 'regrets' French ambassador recall but makes no apology for new subs deal
>>14612439 'Operation Hookless' - How Australia's nuclear-powered submarine defence pact was kept under the radar
>>14614162 Australia 'upfront, open and honest' with France about submarine concerns, Peter Dutton says
>>14614522 General Paul M. Nakasone Tweet: Yesterday, I had the honor of welcoming Australia's Minister for Defence, @PeterDutton_MP. Strategic partnerships and alliances are a key element to our mutual success.
>>14621067 North Korea says Australia's submarine deal could trigger 'nuclear arms race'
>>14621075 PM heads to US for Quad leaders' summit
>>14627546 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweets: Over two decades ago, Australia stood with our close friends and allies, the United States, as they suffered their most devastating terrorist attack when almost 3,000 innocent lives were taken. On behalf of all Australians, I paid respect at the September 11 Memorial to those lives cut tragically short in the name of terror, including the brave first responders who risked their lives to save others. We also honoured the ten Australian lives lost on that day. We will never forget.
>>14627675 Construction tender awarded for $270m fuel storage facility at Darwin's East Arm to support US defence operations
>>14627685 Britain's nuclear submarines to use Australia as base for Indo-Pacific presence
>>14627710 Philippines supports Australia nuclear sub pact to counter China
>>14627743 Australia PM says no opportunity for meeting with French president in New York
>>14635183 'Chance of significant aftershocks': Victoria hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake, warnings of more to come
>>14635212 Video: US has 'no closer ally than Australia', Biden says after Aukus pact
>>14635254 President Biden Tweet: It was great to meet with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today in New York. Our nations have stood together for over 70 years - and we're committed to working together to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific region and tackle the shared challenges we face.
>>14635254 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Today I met US President Joe Biden in New York to mark 70 years of our ANZUS alliance and reaffirm our AUKUS partnership announced last week with the UK. We're committed to working together to secure a free, open and resilient Indo-Pacific and tackle shared challenges.
>>14635259 kevin rudd sides with the French over 'foreign policy debacle'
>>14635290 Prime Minister Scott Morrison launches US Congressional charm offensive to land subs pact
>>14637932 Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton working with the US and UK on options for nuclear submarines to operate in Australia six to eight years earlier than expected
>>14637994 'Absolutely disgusting': protesters debase Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance in the worst civil rebellion at the national memorial since the Vietnam War
>>14641764 Scott Morrison meets Democratic majority Congressional speaker, Nancy Pelosi in Washington
#14789229 at 2021-10-15 08:37:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>14592862 Beijing views Australia's US pact as a military threat: analysts
>>14592946 Minnesota Supreme Court overturns murder conviction of former police officer Mohamed Noor, in shooting death of Australian woman Justine Damond
>>14592993 Is Nancy Pelosi pulling General Mark Milley's strings? - Miranda Devine - nypost.com
>>14593058 AUKUS another hostile signal to China, worsens Asia-Pacific security - Nuke sub deal could make Australia 'potential target in nuclear war' - Yang Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14593064 AUKUS to bring 'nuclear-powered submarine fever' across globe: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14593101 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweets: It was an absolute pleasure to have met face-to-face with @SecDef at the Pentagon to discuss the Alliance, ANZUS, Australia-US defence cooperation & #AUKUS - an enhanced trilateral security partnership with the United States & United Kingdom.
>>14593108 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: Video: It was my pleasure to welcome my Australian counterpart @PeterDutton_MP to the Pentagon today. The 70-year U.S. and Australia #UnbreakableAlliance is as strong as ever, and I'm greatly looking forward to #AUSMIN at the @StateDept tomorrow.
>>14593120 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Ahead of the 31st #AUSMIN2021, United States' Secretary of @StateDept @SecBlinken and I discussed the significance of #ANZUS70 & renewed our commitment to supporting an open, inclusive & resilient #IndoPacific region. There are no greater friends than (Australia and the United States).
>>14593120 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: Foreign Minister @MarisePayne and I discussed our shared commitment to ensuring the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region and discussed tomorrow's Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations. #AUSMIN
>>14595363 Australia's nuclear sub deal 'gravely undermines regional peace' says China
>>14600225 'Stab in the back': French foreign affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian hits out at Aukus alliance with fears it threatens Indo-Pacific partnerships
>>14600341 Australian PM says he made clear to France possibility of scrapping submarine deal
>>14600380 China responds angrily to Australia-US joint statement a day after AUKUS submarine deal was announced
>>14600631 Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III Announces Increased Air Operations, Force Deployments to Australia
>>14600665 Video: Defence Minister Peter Dutton delivers a blunt warning over the prospect of conflict with China
>>14605002 Aukus: France recalls ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations amid security pact row
>>14605060 OPINION: Morrison's China 'strategy' makes us less, not more, secure - kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - smh.com.au
>>14605373 Marines rewarded for role in fighting December 2020 Puckapunyal Primary School fire - Master Sergeant John "Ricky" Farrell IV and Gunnery Sergeant Ryan Accornero awarded the US Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
>>14605389 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: 17 September 2021 - On #POWMIARecognitionDay, we honor the memory of Americans who were prisoners of war, and those missing in action who have yet to return home. Thank you to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency for their continuing efforts…You are not forgotten. Semper Fidelis #Marines #USMC #HonorThem #UntilTheyAreHome
>>14606882 Recalled French ambassador Jean-Pierre Thebault accuses Australia of 'treason in the making'
#14763663 at 2021-10-11 05:14:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14763660
2/2
'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
#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
1/2
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.
(continued)
#14691650 at 2021-09-30 07:18:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>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
#14635259 at 2021-09-22 09:17:47 (UTC+1)
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>>14592776
rudd sides with the French over 'foreign policy debacle'
Phillip Coorey - Sep 22, 2021
Labor figures past and present are stepping up their criticism of the Morrison government's diplomatic handling of the AUKUS agreement, with kevin rudd writing to daily newspaper Le Monde to empathise with the French.
In what he openly admits is an "unusual" step for a former prime minister to take, Mr rudd slams the Morrison government's "foreign policy debacle" in the Le Monde article, saying it contravened the views of the majority of Australians towards France and could cost Mr Morrison at the ballot box.
"There may be important strategic or technical reasons to change course with the type of submarines that Australia now needs to build. But none of these justify the treatment of France in this way," he says.
"These are major matters of state. And they will be deliberated on by the Australian people soberly during our upcoming national elections."
He says the French should have been consulted and, at the least, given the opportunity to save face by having a tender process for nuclear-powered subs.
"It is wrong that Australia has not offered France the opportunity to re-tender (in part or in whole) for these nuclear boats, despite the fact that France has long-standing experience in making them.
"Morrison … failed to adhere to basic diplomatic protocols in not officially notifying the French government of its unilateral decision prior to the public announcement of the cancellation of the contract," he says.
"And finally, there is Canberra's failure to comprehend the repercussions of this decision for France itself - and for broader international solidarity in framing a co-ordinated response to China's rise."
Mr Morrison, who outlined his concerns with the French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in Paris in June, says the French were well aware of concerns Australia had with the subs in terms of their suitability, cost and timing blowouts.
He has explained that when the subs deal was signed in 2016, the US was unprepared to share its nuclear technology with Australia. Since then, the strategic threat in the region had escalated, the French subs would not be fit for purpose and the US had changed its mind.
The French subs Australia ordered were nuclear subs retrofitted with diesel-electric engines. Mr Morrison says Australia was unable to change the order to revert them to nuclear subs because the French reactors would need to be serviced and refuelled during the lifetime of the sub, violating Australia's moratorium on a civil nuclear industry.
It won't just be France that will have doubts over whether Mr Morrison can be trusted as an honest partner.
Former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating has lashed the new AUKUS alliance and Labor's support for it.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/rudd-sides-with-the-french-over-foreign-policy-debacle-20210922-p58tr1
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2021/09/21/la-decision-de-canberra-sur-les-sous-marins-aggrave-les-tensions-strategiques-en-asie-du-sud-est-l-avertissement-de-kevin-rudd-ancien-premier-ministre-australien_6095476_3232.html
https://kevinrudd.com/2021/09/22/le-monde-canberras-decision-on-submarines-deepens-strategic-tensions-in-southeast-asia/
#14635212 at 2021-09-22 08:40:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14592776
US has 'no closer ally than Australia', Biden says after Aukus pact
US president and Australian PM welcome new security ties after deal that has infuriated France
Patrick Wintour - 22 Sep 2021
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Joe Biden and the Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, have welcomed their new security ties after last week's announcement that Washington would provide Canberra with advanced technology for nuclear-powered submarines as part of trilateral deal with the UK.
"The United States has no closer or more reliable ally than Australia," Biden said on Tuesday ahead of a bilateral meeting with Morrison on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York.
In his speech to the general assembly earlier, Biden made no direct reference to the controversial new security pact, under which the US agreed to share nuclear propulsion technology for submarines in a move that is designed to contain China.
The deal has infuriated Paris, and Biden has yet to be able to arrange a call with the seething French president, Emmanuel Macron.
Morrison, meanwhile, has been accused of going behind the backs of the French to cancel a contract with Paris to supply 12 submarines, and replacing it with a deal for nuclear-powered submarines with the US and UK.
On Tuesday, Morrison came under a ferocious attack by the former Australian prime minister kevin rudd, who, writing in the Le Monde, said the prime minister had behaved in a cavalier manner that would play into the hands of China propagandists.
rudd accused Morrison of not following "basic diplomatic protocol by failing to inform the French government of his decision".
"Such a failure is not acceptable between adversaries, it is even less so between allies. Besides, Morrison failed to understand the wider implications of his decision for foreign policy, and this is perhaps the most appalling of the whole story," he said.
The attack came as Macron made his first moves in response to the snub, speaking on Tuesday with the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in what appeared to be an effort to shore up a rival Indian-French alliance in the Indo-Pacific - and secure a pending profitable nuclear deal.
The two leaders had vowed to "act jointly" in the Indo-Pacific region, the French presidency said.
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#14605074 at 2021-09-18 00:03:26 (UTC+1)
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>>14605060
2/2
Finally, there's the loose language on "interoperability" between the submarine fleets of the three AUKUS navies. This is where Morrison needs to 'fess up: is this code for being interoperable with the Americans in the Taiwan Straits, the South China Sea or even the East China Sea in China's multiple unresolved territorial disputes with its neighbours? If so, this is indeed a slippery slope to a pre-commitment to becoming an active belligerent against China in a future war that would rival the Pacific War of 1941-45 in its destructive scale.
That would be a radical departure from longstanding, bipartisan Australian policy of not making any such commitment in advance, simply because the precise strategic circumstances in each theatre in the future are unknown and unpredictable. That, by the way, is why the US maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity over its future military commitment to Taiwan.
So of all these five "reasons" for changing our submarine strategy, the only one that is possibly persuasive is whether the technical advice on the "signature" of conventional boats has significantly changed. But that does not validate the other four factors advanced or, at least, hinted at, since Thursday.
That's why Anthony Albanese, as the country's alternative prime minister, is right to insist on total transparency on the full range of nuclear policy, operational deployment and financial implications for Australia before giving his full support.
The uncomfortable truth about this government, as with John Howard over the invasion of Iraq, is that national security policy has long been the extension of domestic politics by other means.
Get ready for a two-pronged Coalition election strategy. First, despite its quarantine and vaccine failures being responsible for lockdowns, wait for Morrison to declare "freedom day" against more cautious states that will be depicted as the enemy within.
And second, in an attempt to distract the Australian public and look hairy-chested, the message will be of a government readying the nation to defend itself against the enemy from without - namely China, something those closet pinkos from the Labor Party would never do. It will have third-rate, Crosby Textor campaign spin written all over it.
The appalling irony is that Morrison is actually making Australia less secure, not more secure. Notwithstanding the difficulty, dangers and complexity of the China challenge for all of America's allies, by routinely labelling China as public enemy No. 1, Morrison runs the grave risk of turning China into one.
For an effective national strategy on China, Morrison should talk less and do more. But for Morrison, everything is always about his own domestic politics.
kevin rudd a former Labor prime minister and foreign affairs minister of Australia.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/morrison-s-china-strategy-makes-us-less-not-more-secure-20210916-p58sfm.html?btis
#14605060 at 2021-09-18 00:01:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14592776
OPINION: Morrison's China 'strategy' makes us less, not more, secure
kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - September 18, 2021
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Every now and then, it's useful to stop and ask the basic questions. Questions like: How do submarines actually contribute to our national security? And now, it seems, nuclear-powered submarines at that.
The fundamental national security responsibilities of any government are to maintain our territorial integrity, political sovereignty and economic prosperity from external aggression. In Australia's case, submarines form a critical part of a Defence Force designed to deter, disrupt or defeat military threats to our country.
When the Labor government I led prepared the 2009 Defence White Paper, we applied these disciplines to the challenges we saw for our national security to 2030. It was the first time since the 1960s that a white paper had named China as an emerging strategic challenge, for which the Liberals attacked me as an old "Cold War Warrior". I made no apology despite Beijing's deep objections.
Based on Defence advice, we agreed to double the conventional submarine fleet to 12 boats, increase the surface fleet by a third, and proceed with the acquisition of up to 100 Joint Strike Fighters.
Over the past eight years, however, this vital defence replacement project has ground to a halt as the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government - and their six defence ministers along the way - flip-flopped between Japanese, French and now unspecified Anglo-American suppliers. The result: not a single keel laid, up to $4 billion wasted, and the deep alienation of our Japanese and French strategic partners. It has been an essay in financial waste, national security policy incompetence and egregious foreign policy mismanagement.
France, with whom I initiated the Australia-France strategic co-operation framework in 2011, is right to be outraged at how it has been dumped as our submarine supplier. And US President Joe Biden is under attack in America for excluding Paris and Ottawa from the new, so-called AUKUS defence technology agreement between Australia, Britain and the US, which in the eyes of the world looks a little like the return of the Raj. Well done, Scott Morrison!
So why the decision to turn a 12-year-old bipartisan strategy on its head, build eight nuclear-powered submarines instead, and announce it in the lead-up to a federal election?
The first reason given is "China", as if this is somehow a self-evident truth. But China has been a core factor in our defence planning since 2009. Certainly, China has become increasingly assertive over the past decade and now rivals the US militarily in the Western Pacific. But these trend lines were clearly articulated in our 2009 white paper which the Liberals ridiculed and which Abbott ignored in his headlong rush to impress Beijing.
The second is that nuclear submarines can remain underwater indefinitely whereas their conventional cousins must "snorkel" regularly, making it easier to detect them. But once again, that was always the case.
Third, we are now told the "signature" (or noise profile) of a conventional sub beneath the surface is much louder and therefore more detectable than for nuclear propulsion. That is strange because we were advised exactly the reverse in 2009.
As for the fourth reason - the argument that America has only now agreed to share its secret nuclear propulsion technology to "that fella down under" (Biden's description of Morrison as they announced their pact this week) - that's possibly because we hadn't asked for it before. And that is because none of the factors listed above had given us a need to. So I'm not entirely sold on that one either.
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#14523526 at 2021-09-05 05:12:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>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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#14452232 at 2021-08-25 07:54:44 (UTC+1)
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>>14452221
2/3
Rumor: 'WIV lab has lax biosecurity standards'
British tabloid The Sun said in an April 2020 article that the WIV lab "lied about taking safety precautions when collecting bat samples," attacking the WIV for having lax bio-security standards.
In an "exclusively revelation" report on April 29, 2020, The Sun showed a few photos and video screenshots of "WIV researchers" "catching bats in the wild," in support of its claim that "incredibly some [Chinese] scientists didn't even wear gloves as they entered caves to collect fecal bat swab samples, beaming for the camera, and oblivious to the dangers."
In the article, The Sun interviewed Matthew Henderson, director of the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society, which firstly published the photos and video online. "There is ample evidence of such a cavalier approach to biosecurity by Chinese scientists based in Wuhan laboratories," Henderson said.
The accusation was soon proven laughably false. The video clip and photos hyped by a few British organizations and media had little to do with the WIV. They had actually come from the fourth episode of a popular science documentary named Wild Youth, "and the people involved are not from the Wuhan lab," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a press conference in May 2020.
The video clip does not involve any staff member from the Wuhan lab nor their scientific research activities, Hua stressed.
Some of the photos British media published turned out to have been taken in the summer of 2007 in South China's Hainan Province, Hua added.
"We're not new to this kind of graft. We have seen it on issues related to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Do we have more effective ways to deal with these kinds of lies? Can we sue them?" asked Hua.
In an interview with Reuters, Yuan Zhimin, director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory, rejected theories that the lab had accidentally released the coronavirus disease it had harvested from bats for research purposes, saying the lab's bio-security procedures were strictly enforced.
"High-level bio-safety labs have sophisticated protective facilities and strict measures to ensure the safety of laboratory staff and protect the environment from contamination," Yuan said.
Rumor: 'WIV deliberately destroyed evidence of early COVID-19 outbreak'
In May 2020, right-wing Australian tabloid the Daily Telegraph published an article, in which the author, Sharri Markson, claimed that she had exclusive access to a 15-page "China dossier" showing "China deliberately covered up evidence of the virus [COVID-19] early on in a pure case of negligence."
In the article, Markson depicted the source in a vague, misleading, and mysterious way, saying it was compiled by the so-called "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance. But the so-called dossier was found by several news outlets as just a research report based on publicly available information, including news reports.
The "dossier" was actually a summary of publicly available material authored by the US State Department, no more than a "reading list" or "reference paper," The Guardian reported on May 26, 2020. Markson's unprofessional conduct "should be utterly humiliating to the Murdoch media, except that the Murdoch media has zero shame," it quoted the former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd as saying.
However, Markson dismissed the mainstream media's criticism of her work on the origin of the virus and claimed to have been savaged by the left-wing Australian media.
Markson is infamous for her lack of credibility. During the pandemic she has co-signed lots of fake news attacking the WIV with hearsay and fake "experts" or "insiders."
Markson has two close partners; Robert Potter, a so-called "network security specialist," and Christopher Balding, "a China observer." Both of them appeared regularly on Markson's show, accepting her interviews, endorsing the so-called "intelligence" documents, and becoming the "exclusive sources" of her reports.
From May to September 2020, Potter and Balding relentlessly told the same story in the media, including in The Australian, on Sky News Australia, and in The Sun in the UK, to spread the rumor. But they failed to provide any evidence about "data obtained from the database," so even Western media themselves were reluctant to hype this topic further.
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#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
#14412085 at 2021-08-21 02:17:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14412079
2/3
'Pushing people into our open arms'
Some people have formed organised groups to discuss alternative governments.
Mike Holt is the convenor and "elected sheriff" of one "common law" group on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
"This is a spiritual movement more than anything else," he told the ABC.
"Common law is the law of man, of God, of the universe, so it's a natural law."
The Vietnam veteran, a retired businessman, said the movement was non-violent and described the people raided by the AFP as "power-hungry nutcases".
"They had nothing to do with us," he said.
"We are not trying to remove the government, we are making them inconsequential.
"We are not doing anything illegal, we are certainly not going out there to start an insurrection."
Mr Holt said he had become interested in "common law" theories after Julia Gillard replaced kevin rudd as Prime Minister in 2010.
He said the basis for the movement was the meeting of like-minded people to form assemblies that sign charters and elect sheriffs, pass by-laws and convene common law courts.
"We have the same powers as any other government but we're a local government, so people like this idea because it empowers them to take back control of their lives," he said.
Mr Holt said COVID-19 restrictions have increased interest in the group's activities.
"There's been a lot of people getting in touch asking how they can start an assembly, what they can do to empower themselves and how do we stop the attacks on their rights and freedoms by the government," he said.
"They're pushing people into our open arms and we're quite happy to help them."
Alternative legal movements have existed for a long time in the United States, but researchers have recently noticed a sharp growth in activity in Australia.
"The people who were arrested recently are a signal of big things coming up - that is, undermining legitimate liberal democracy and its authority, a rejection of what we count as government," said Mark Balnaves, an adjunct research fellow at Notre Dame University.
Dr Balnaves investigates the role of social media in spreading anti-government ideology, like the "sovereign citizen" movement in which people claim to be exempt from laws they disagree with.
"Two, three years ago in Australia there was no conversation on this," he said.
"[On] sovereign citizens you might have 10-20 posts, now you'll have something like 40,000 interactions in Australia online about the topic.
"It's entered the lexicon, it's part of the language and that's a problem.
"People are taking the core element of rejection of authority and using it in their lives."
The online ecosystem for anti-COVID, "sovereign citizen" and alternative legal groups regularly includes anti-vaccination groups, "wellness" enthusiasts and religious objectors, along with white nationalists, people opposed to progressive social change, and believers in the US-based QAnon conspiracy.
"A couple of years ago the NSW Police Force picked it up and they estimated it was a few hundred people as sovereign citizens," Dr Balnaves said.
"Now you've got a range of people deploying the same tactics, whether they're from anti-vaccination [groups] - and COVID makes a big difference here - and more recently you've got sovereign citizen-allied people clogging up courts, from lower courts to appeals courts."
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#14385834 at 2021-08-18 07:30:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 21
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>14200915 Anti-lockdown protests a coalition of the alienated and the far-right: Nationalists, so-called "sovereign citizens", anti-vaccination groups, QAnon and Trump followers - Miki Perkins - brisbanetimes.com.au
>>14200931 Revealed: the fringe groups where Sydney's lockdown protest began - Fergus Hunter and Laura Chung - smh.com.au
>>14200941 Inside Telegram fringe groups behind protests where conspiracy theories spread - Rohan Smith - news.com.au
>>14206587 George Christensen appears at anti-lockdown rally alongside QAnon supporters - Tobi Loftus - abc.net.au
>>14206651 Who's behind Australia's anti-lockdown protests? The German conspiracy group "Worldwide Demonstration" driving marches - Christopher Knaus and Michael McGowan - theguardian.com
>>14206760 Hotel quarantine raid for child abuse material; Border Force seize childlike sex dolls
>>14213333 PM: Lockdowns a 'thing of the past' by Christmas as vaccine rollout ramps up - Sky News Australia
>>14213379 Australian Federal Police investigators offer help to state counterparts dealing with online organisers of violent anti-lockdown protests
>>14213414 Coronavirus Australia: Protests show we may be in for a rude shock - Jack The Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>14213655 Suicidal, stressed Aussie kids flood emergency wards - Lockdowns and online learning fuelling anxiety, some too scared to breathe outdoors due to virus fears
>>14220726 Australia's Sydney posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases, seeks military help
>>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
>>14228786 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says lockdowns to end once 80 per cent of the Australian population is vaccinated against COVID-19
>>14228831 Covid case linked to Sydney's anti-lockdown protest investigated for breaching self-isolation rules
>>14228845 Intelligence officials looking at the role of foreign actors in stirring up Australian anti-lockdown rallies
>>14243099 Australia's east coast battles rising COVID-19 cases
>>14243113 Sydney anti-lockdown protest never arrived, but the movement is just getting started
>>14243136 Covid cocktail given to Trump now recommended for Aussies - casirivimab plus imdevimab, or REGEN-COV, made by US company Regeneron
>>14243180 YouTube restricts Sky News Australia channel over 'COVID misinformation'
>>14245410 Our resilience has silenced Covid prophets of doom - "You are more resilient than you think…The Covid pandemic has done its worst and humanity has survived"
>>14245420 Vaccination the gold medal we aspire to - Prime Minister Scott Morrison - theaustralian.com.au
>>14245938 "Forcing qr checkin is illegal. - PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 94H - Requiring the use of COVIDSafe"
>>14249450 Video: YouTube's Murdoch ban over COVID lies - kevin rudd
>>14249826 Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case adjourned due to Sydney COVID outbreak
>>14257276 Australia can 'realistically' reach COVID-19 vaccine targets by end of year, infectious disease experts say
>>14265549 Covid-19 returns to Wuhan, China - Wuhan is in a "wartime state", local officials say
>>14273935 Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic, Victoria state to enter sixth lockdown
>>14282319 Delta spreads in Sydney as Australia widens COVID-19 restrictions
>>14282778 Video: Bill gates praises Australia's Covid response, plays down relevance of virus origins investigations
#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
#14385829 at 2021-08-18 07:29:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 19
Australia / China Tensions - Part 3
>>14187052 Australia avoids Great Barrier Reef global embarrassment, but the dangers of climate change remain for the reef
>>14187200 Huawei hiring former Democratic super lobbyist Tony Podesta - Back in business after a Mueller-induced hiatus
>>14200948 World Heritage Committee Great Barrier Reef 'in-danger' vote - Bigger agenda in play to reduce Paris Agreement warming target
>>14213610 Tony Abbott: I wouldn't sign a China trade deal now
>>14213613 NZ trade growth with China should give Australia pause for thought - Yu Lei - globaltimes.cn
>>14220869 China Discovers the Limits of Its Power: Beijing's confrontation with Australia should have been an unequal contest - That's not how it worked out in practice
>>14220962 Video: TikTok: Data mining, discrimination and dangerous content on the wildly popular app - Four Corners / ABC News In-depth
>>14229018 The US is the super spreader of coronavirus and political virus - Xin Ping - globaltimes.cn
>>14229033 UK shouldn't tempt own fate in South China Sea: Global Times editorial - "We should also give such advice to Australia and Japan" - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14235081 Defence Minister Peter Dutton's warning: China's rise means Australia cannot afford further delays in construction of navy's new frigates and submarines
>>14235136 Samoa's new leader Fiame Naomi Mataafa confirms scrapping of China-funded port
>>14243226 How foreign spies are infiltrating Australia - Intelligence experts say a "dormant presence" is lurking in Australia's critical networks amid a rise in espionage efforts by foreign governments
>>14243230 Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson lifts lid on China's "wolf-warrior diplomacy" and the "shocking" level of Chinese subterfuge in Australia
>>14257305 Military lockdown gambit exposes Canberra's double standards - Lu Xue - globaltimes.cn
>>14265795 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks, 2021/07/22 - "Recently, the Japanese ambassador to Australia has made some nasty remarks regarding China."
>>14265799 Chinese embassy in Canberra accuses Japanese ambassador of 'nasty remarks'
>>14265811 Australia all alone on anti-China path despite Japan envoy's empty talks - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>14276698 Marise Payne dismisses China talk terms - Australia will not be cowered into accepting Beijing's preconditions for the recommencement of high-level dialogue with China
>>14282357 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia: Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks, 2021/08/06 - "The recent remarks by Foreign Minister Payne at the Australia China Business Council, as reported by The Australian, mischaracterized the current problem in China-Australia relations."
>>14282364 GT Voice: Enhanced response to Delta variant may affect China-Australia trade - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14289530 Why the Quad Alarms China - Its Success Poses a Major Threat to Beijing's Ambitions - kevin rudd - August 2021
>>14303931 India the foil to China threat: Australia's special envoy to India, Tony Abbott
>>14303953 India the sensible substitute for belligerent Beijing - Tony Abbott - theaustralian.com.au
>>14311486 Source refutes Aussie journalist's rumor that researcher at Beijing lab infected with coronavirus at work - Xie Wenting and Bai Yunyi - globaltimes.cn
>>14322440 Scott Morrison urges for 'upgrade' to US-Australian alliance as China's tariffs hit hard
>>14332362 New weapons deal between US and Australia confirmed as tensions with China continue to rise
>>14332404 Upgrading Quad and Malabar exercise shows US anxiety about China - Zuo Xiying - globaltimes.cn
>>14332463 Video: Australian journalist fans flames of conspiracy theory - China Daily
>>14332475 Japan calls on Australia to lead resistance to China's regional sway
>>14342413 `How China 'disappeared' Australian journalist Cheng Lei - nabbed by secret police in Beijing, August 13 2020
>>14342787 Will criticism of Turnbull, rudd make a difference on Morrison's China policy? - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>14342961 Peter Ben Embarek, Head of World Health Organisation Team Investigating Origins of Covid-19 Calls For Closer Look at China Lab
>>14343347 Wuhan lab door slammed on Covid inquiry by China - China refusing to allow international scientists access to a laboratory in Wuhan
>>14364688, >>14364704, >>14364721 "China insurgency" Bun
#14019893 at 2021-06-30 06:31:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 23
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide - Part 3
>>13907563 Louise Milligan Tweet: Just want to thank the Stewarts for their candour, their decency, their restraint. #4Corners
>>13907799 kevin rudd Tweet: Great speech by Chris Bowen on Morrison and his close personal relationship with an activist from QAnon - the far right, extremist, religious conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol.
>>13907837 Bill Shorten Tweet: My 11-year-old daughter calls this flexing. 'Have anyone from QAnon stay with you ever? [laughing]
>>13907883 FBI WARNS OF 'REAL-WORLD VIOLENCE' FROM QANON FOLLOWERS IN NEW REPORT - Eden Gillespie - sbs.com.au
>>13910760 'Ritual abuse' in sex abuse royal commission report, despite claims QAnon inserted it to Scott Morrison's speech - Richard Ferguson and James Madden - theaustralian.com.au
>>13915261 Four Corners misses the big stories on QAnon - Jack The Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>13915288 Video: CNN Newsroom -John Berman to former QAnon follower Jitarth Jadeja: How could you believe that?
>>13915294 Lucy Turnbull Tweet: I am worried about how widespread these crazy ideas are. Was walking down a street in the neighborhood late last year and a tradie shouted out to @TurnbullMalcolm and me 'Hi paedophiles'. It was truly bizarre. It really shook me. The guy was very snarky and weird.
>>13915294 Lucy Turnbull Tweet: By the way @TurnbullMalcolm was a little further away and did not hear what he said. I sure did. It was loud and clear and really disturbing.
>>13922164 kevin rudd Tweet: Could you imagine any other Australian PM refusing to answer questions about inviting an extreme, far-right religious cultist to Kirribilli House? What about accepting his help to write a speech to parliament? His own family reported him to the National Security Hotline.
>>13922171 Video: Did the PM try to keep his ties with a QAnon supporter secret? | 7.30 - ABC News Australia
>>13922180, BRISSC (Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre) - RITUAL ABUSE - What is Ritual Abuse? - Who Perpetrates Ritual Abuse? - Impact on Survivors - Support for Ritual Abuse Survivors
>>13922193 Q Post #1735 - There is nothing more precious than our children. Evil has no boundaries. The choice to know will ultimately be yours. These people are SICK! To those who are courageous enough to speak out - we stand with you! You are not alone in this fight. God bless. Q
>>13929518 OPINION: I'm more likely to believe in aliens than claims about PM's QAnon ties - Charles Wooley - themercury.com.au
>>13936516 OPINION: ABC duped by Four Corners Scott Morrison QAnon conspiracy report - Joe Hildebrand - news.com.au
>>13945690 Key ABC witness Peter Alexander "Eliahi" Priest is a serial conspiracy theorist - Stephen Rice - theaustralian.com.au
>>13949256 PM does not want QAnon friend 'cancelled' - Daniel McCulloch - northerndailyleader.com.au
>>13949269 Scott Morrison says he doesn't back QAnon and refuses to 'cancel' supporter friend - Paul Karp - theguardian.com
>>13955774 Video: CNN New Day - Former Counselor to President Obama John Podesta describes being targeted by QAnon in the group's early years
>>13995450 Daniel Andrews releases video message ahead of return as Victorian Premier following back injury
>>13995492 Dan Andrews Tweet: Before I come back to work tomorrow, I thought I would share what happened. In my own words.
>>14003606 Fall rumours 'vile': Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews
#14019889 at 2021-06-30 06:30:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 22
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>13883702 The QAnon conspiracy - An American conspiracy theory about a Satanic child sexual abuse ring has gained a foothold in Australia - Richard Cooke - thesaturdaypaper.com.au
>>13890900 Dan Andrews Tweet: If you can, you must. Let's beat this, Victoria.
>>13891350 Dan Andrews Instagram Post: I've got some good news to share. My vertebra has almost fully healed and my ribs are well on track. The team taking care of me has given me the all clear to get back to work soon.
>>13898968 QAnon follower Tim Stewart's an old friend of Scott Morrison. His family reported him to the national security hotline - Louise Milligan, Jeanavive McGregor and Lauren Day - abc.net.au
>>13899396 Video: Scott Morrison hits out at Four Corners ahead of QAnon report - Scott Morrison has accused the ABC's Four Corners program of a "politically motivated slur" over a highly-anticipated QAnon report tonight - Samantha Maiden - news.com.au
>>13902165 Video: This family reported their son to national security authorities over QAnon | Four Corners - ABC News In-depth
>>13902294 (2019) Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat - Jana Winter -
>>13902382 ABC accuses Scott Morrison of validating a 'QAnon' conspiracy theory at the behest of his good mate during his apology to the victims of child sexual abuse' - Levi Parsons and Michael Pickering - dailymail.co.uk
>>13907179 PDF: FBI warns lawmakers that QAnon 'digital soldiers' may become more violent - Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild - cnn.com
>>13907223 Video: QAnon conspiracy theorists may become more violent, FBI report warns - 9News Staff - 9news.com.au
>>13907315 kevin rudd Tweet: Morrison has questions to answer on his personal relationship with a leading activist of the same extremist religious/conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol. His wife worked for Morrison.His family have reported him to the National Security Hotline
>>13907330 Video: ABC News Australia - Why do people buy into conspiracy theories like QAnon? Dr Mathew Marques from La Trobe University says QAnon is a good example of a politically-motivated conspiracy theory.
>>13907352 What happened to QAnon, the conspiracy group linked to Scott Morrison? - Josh Butler and Samantha Dick - thenewdaily.com.au
>>13907427 All The Wildest Revelations We Learned From The ABC's Investigation On QAnon And Scott Morrison - Millie Roberts - junkee.com
>>13907463 Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen Tweet: Qanon is a conspiracy driven cult. And the Prime Minister has serious questions to answer. Watch my brief speech in Parliament
>>13907476 Labor accuses Scott Morrison of 'shocking lack of judgment' over QAnon claims - Finn McHugh - news.com.au
>>13907510 'Incredibly creepy': Labor claims 'national security' risk over PM's QAnon link - Josh Butler - thenewdaily.com.au
>>13907531 OPINION - Skipping the Q: How to handle your conspiracy-loving friends - Julie Szego - smh.com.au
>>13907563 Elise Thomas Tweet: I'm really glad that @Milliganreports and the @4corners team put the damage which QAnon does to lives & families front and centre in the episode, and to have played a small part in it myself. Conspiracy theories are a public health issue, and we should recognise them as such.
>>13907563 Sally Neighbour Tweet: Great work by you @elisethoma5 documenting the impact of QAnon's poisonous politics
#14019865 at 2021-06-30 06:23:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 14
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>13797481 Has kevin rudd betrayed China-Australia relations?: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13797769 China trying to drive a wedge between Australia and NZ, Scott Morrison says
>>13797794 Jacinda Ardern stresses New Zealand, Australia are in lockstep on China
>>13797852 Australia, New Zealand Call On China to Let UN Visit Xinjiang
>>13804841 China blasts Scott Morrison, Jacinda Ardern over 'irresponsible remarks'
>>13804843 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on May 31, 2021
>>13804852 Wellington continues its pragmatic policy despite Canberra pressure - Ning Tuanhui - globaltimes.cn
>>13804899 'No concrete proof' of espionage: Malaysia on verge of Huawei 5G deal
>>13805144 Chinese diplomat Wang Xining says he has no information on the secretive trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun
>>13807098 China's population crisis, interview with Wang Xining, and the stand-up comedy scene | China Tonight - ABC News In-depth
>>13827244 Geoff Wade Tweet: Former PM kevin rudd speaks via video at General Assembly of Beijing's 2021 International Finance Forum Spring Meetings in late May (see 6:44 to 17.30)
>>13827244 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FORUM 2021 SPRING MEETINGS - BEIJING, CHINA - 2021.05.29-30 - SPEAKERS: kevin rudd, Jacob Rothschild - https://qanon.pub/?q=Rothschild - https://qanon.pub/?q=ROTHS
>>13848320 New Zealand Supreme Court Clears Way for Murder Suspect's Extradition to China
>>13862167 Beijing's Pressure Drives Alliance Push by Australia at G-7
>>13869043 Japan and Australia affirm importance of peace across Taiwan Strait
>>13869046 Japan, Australia raise concerns about reported abuses in China
>>13869047 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 9, 2021
>>13869159 'Not complicated': Dutton says China will never share deep military ties with Australia
>>13869222 West Australian Premier Mark McGowan canes PM's 'mad' rhetoric on China
>>13881984 Warning of Beijing 'grey zone' threat in Australian waters
>>13882053 CSIRO terminates ocean research collaboration with China's top marine science institute following ASIO warning
>>13884673 Wolves in the weeds as Beijing's harsh diplomacy backfires
>>13884812 China accuses Australia of 'abuse', says world trade rules designed to protect western interests
>>13884815 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 10, 2021
>>13898754 G7 Summit: Allies rally to Scott Morrison's call on China
>>13899550 'The Last G7': Satirical cartoon mocking bloc's attempt to suppress China goes viral - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13907700 Political boycott of scientific cooperation set to further harm Australia - Yu Lei - globaltimes.cn
>>13915015 Elite universities submit 4000 foreign deals for Marise Payne to scrutinise and possibly cancel
>>13915145 Emmanuel Macron tells Scott Morrison 'we're by your side' on China
>>13915148 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 15, 2021
#14019863 at 2021-06-30 06:23:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 13
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>13741432 United States Consulate General in Melbourne Tweet: Thanks to the Uyghur Association of Victoria for hosting us over the weekend. We're proud to stand by our Uyghur friends and speak out for those arbitrarily detained in Xinxiang Province. - CG Mike Kleine
>>13748272 Latest research by 'bat woman' shows novel coronavirus closer to pangolins, 'unlikely from Wuhan lab' - Leng Shumei - globaltimes.cn
>>13748489 Mike Pompeo Tweet: The CCP was actively engaged in viral research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Every piece of evidence points to a leak from this laboratory. The CCP has done everything to cover up and deflect blame, even blaming the U.S. Prove it. They must be held accountable.
>>13748562 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on May 24, 2021
>>13748782 'A matter of time': New Zealand's foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta warns China 'storm' could be coming
>>13748789 Video: Jacinda Ardern says differences with China becoming 'harder to reconcile' - Guardian News
>>13756731 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on May 25, 2021
>>13756806 Backstage manipulators: Western press' guide to creating anti-China rumors on hot issues, or out of nothing - Bai Yunyi - globaltimes.cn
>>13757012 Carping about Port of Darwin sends anti-investment message: Landbridge CEO Mike Hughes
>>13764382 Sarah Zheng Tweet: police check the credentials of the Australian ambassador to China Graham Fletcher before he seeks to enter the Beijing court where Chinese Australian writer Yang Hengjun will be tried in closed court today
>>13764382 Sarah Zheng Tweet: Video: Fletcher denied access to the trial, told it's because of Covid-19 but the foreign ministry earlier told them it's because the case involves national security. He says this is "deeply regrettable and concerning and unsatisfactory."
>>13764410 Lijian Zhao Tweet: Video: The smear campaign against #Xinjiang is based on nothing but lies. (Australian Strategic Policy Institute)
>>13764416 Video: The Chinese Forced Labor Lie Collapses - Redacted Tonight / Lee Camp
>>13764427 Alleged Chinese agent of foreign interference Huifeng 'Haha' Liu wins reprieve in court fight to stay in Australia
>>13773025 Eight reasons I think Covid escaped from the lab - Peter Jennings, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
>>13773035 Has NZ chosen China trade over mateship with us? - Mark Watson, Bondi Partners
>>13773053 Closed-door trial of Yang Jun's espionage case 'a common practice,' Canberra urged not to interfere: FM - Xu Keyue - globaltimes.cn
>>13773056 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on May 27, 2021
>>13773154 American support for Australia is a mirage - Bruce Haigh - globaltimes.cn
>>13773196 Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defence says Australia's Taiwan comments 'provocative'
>>13773196 China slams Australia for its provocative actions on Taiwan-related issues - Wang Xinjuan - eng.chinamil.com.cn
>>13773348 Former Australian PM kevin rudd Speaks at China Trade Forum - Daniel Y. Teng - theepochtimes.com
>>13773357 RCEP Regional Development Media Think Tank Forum was held in Haikou - China Daily - cn.chinadaily.com.cn
>>13779799 Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison to build bridges over China
>>13780035 Don't take on China alone, says ex-Australia PM kevin rudd
>>13780350 Foreign Minister Marise Payne labels Dr Yang Hengjun's trial a case of arbitrary detention
>>13790460 NZ to back Australia in WTO China tariff dispute
>>13793285 Taiwan wants FTA with Australia amid rising tensions with Beijing: Edward Tao, Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Brisbane
>>13793334 Australian Yang Hengjun proclaims his innocence after Chinese espionage trial
>>13797457 GT Voice: NZ doesn't need a lesson in China trade from Australia - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
#13922164 at 2021-06-17 07:36:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13907315
>>13907799
kevin rudd Tweet
Could you imagine any other Australian PM refusing to answer questions about inviting an extreme, far-right religious cultist to Kirribilli House? What about accepting his help to write a speech to parliament? His own family reported him to the National Security Hotline.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1405070098008711169
#13907799 at 2021-06-15 09:48:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13907315
>>13907463
kevin rudd Tweet
Great speech by Chris Bowen on Morrison and his close personal relationship with an activist from QAnon - the far right, extremist, religious conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1404718885220151306
#13907315 at 2021-06-15 07:26:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13818968
>>13898968
kevin rudd Tweet
Morrison has questions to answer on his personal relationship with a leading activist of the same extremist religious/conspiracy group that stormed the US Capitol. His wife worked for Morrison.His family have reported him to the National Security Hotline
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1404418922787446784
QAnon follower Tim Stewart's an old friend of Scott Morrison. His family reported him to the national security hotline
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-14/qanon-follower-old-friend-scott-morrison-stewart-family-speaks/100125156
#13827244 at 2021-06-04 10:24:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
Geoff Wade Tweet
Australia: Former PM kevin rudd speaks via video at General Assembly of Beijing's 2021 International Finance Forum Spring Meetings in late May (see 6:44 to 17.30)
http://dythz.evp.mudu.tv/watch/7dg2v6k7
https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1400447446510018561
—
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FORUM 2021 SPRING MEETINGS
BEIJING, CHINA - 2021.05.29-30
The International Finance Forum (IFF) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental international organisation founded in Beijing in October 2003, and established by more than 20 key international organisations, including the UN and a significant number of financial institutions and leaders. The IFF is a long-standing, high-level platform for dialogue and communications, and a research network in the financial realm. The IFF aims to develop and encourage financial think tanks within China and other emerging economies, and has been upgraded to F20 (Finance20) status.
SPEAKERS
kevin rudd
President of Asia Society
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Jacob Rothschild
Former Chairman of RIT Capital Management
http://dythz.evp.mudu.tv/watch/7dg2v6k7
>42:07
https://qanon.pub/?q=Rothschild
https://qanon.pub/?q=ROTHS
https://qanon.pub/?q=hear%20you%20breathing
https://qanon.pub/?q=Lord%20d%20R
#13826910 at 2021-06-04 07:47:54 (UTC+1)
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Peter Dutton's war crimes meddling risks truth telling: researcher
Harley Dennett - JUNE 4 2021
The author of an upcoming book on special forces says Australia leads on responding to war crimes, but new political meddling casts a shadow over truth.
Dr Samantha Crompvoets helped soldiers come forward with the secrets they were holding that blew the lid on alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
Defence chiefs continue to back the work of Dr Crompvoets, but the Minister Peter Dutton has now ordered a retaliatory strike on her company Rapid Context.
Mr Dutton said he has concerns about her upcoming book on the special forces titled "Blood Lust, Trust and Blame" and has sought legal advice.
"I've made my view very clear to Defence and I don't think you'll see any more contracts awarded in this regard," Mr Dutton said in a radio interview on Thursday.
He said the men and women of the ADF should be told to get back to business, "not to be distracted by things that have happened in the past".
Dr Crompvoets, a military sociologist and chair of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Post-Traumatic Stress, has been producing cultural research for the Defence department for more than a decade. That work came under political attack in estimates this week.
"I get that I'm telling uncomfortable truths, which is why people are gunning for me," Dr Crompvoets told The Canberra Times.
The researcher has been harassed with abusive phone calls and messages since media reports of her book.
"I'm disappointed that some have chosen to play politics over issues as serious as these," Dr Crompvoets said.
"I'm worried about the message that these attacks send to those members of the ADF who bravely came forward, and about the impact that this will have on people's willingness to come forward in the future.
"Australia is leading the way internationally in responding to these allegations of war crimes, however we must continue to work together to improve Defence culture - both for the national interest and for the incredible service men and women who wear the uniform."
Dr Crompvoets said Defence has acted on the research she has produced, helping improve Defence culture.
"To be honest, I'm more concerned with how I can contribute to renewing a positive culture within Defence than what individuals might say for a particular audience," she said.
Monash University Publishing announced Dr Crompvoets will be an upcoming contributing author in its "In the National Interest" book series that so far included Liberal Senator Scott Ryan and former prime minister kevin rudd.
Dr Crompvoets, a military sociologist and research fellow at ANU, was chosen after she produced an early report into perceptions of Australia's special forces that led to her receiving tip-offs of potential criminal offences committed during the Afghanistan War.
General Campbell confirmed Defence had a manuscript copy and was reviewing it in the interests of Defence and its members.
"I do believe it is an important aspect of our military history, [but] it's not the only aspect," the chief said.
"There's great extraordinary parts of our military history, our Army history and our special operations history.
"But we shouldn't walk past the things that make us uncomfortable. If we look them squarely in the eye, we get better as a force."
Dr Crompvoets' work helped that process start, he added.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7282931/people-are-gunning-for-me-author-of-sas-report-fears-chilling-effect-of-political-meddling/
#13797481 at 2021-05-31 06:08:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13780035
Has kevin rudd betrayed China-Australia relations?: Global Times editorial
Global Times - May 30, 2021
1/2
Has former Australian prime minister kevin rudd changed his tune? According to BBC, rudd said in an interview last Friday that countries should unite against China's growing economic and geopolitical coercion or risk being singled out and punished by Beijing. He also criticized the current Australian government's China policy, stating that it, "has from time to time been measured - but other times, frankly, has been rhetorical and shrill." However, his remarks still sound quite hawkish, and they contradict the Chinese people's previous impression of him as a politician who understands and befriends China.
rudd's change of tune is not an isolated case. For some time now, we have witnessed the West and some US allies in the Asia-Pacific region adjusting their attitude toward China, officially or not. For instance, the EU has launched sanctions against China for the first time after more than 30 years. Japan and South Korea have mentioned the Taiwan question in their joint statement with the US as never before. French warships have come to the East China Sea to engage in symbolic joint military exercises with the US and Japan. Germany and other countries have taken a harsher attitude toward Chinese tech company Huawei. The list goes on.
But these moves are telling and allow us to analyze and strategize.
Returning to rudd, first of all, how should we interpret his change of tune? Does it mean that he somehow "betrayed" China? It should be pointed out that he has never truly stood by China's side. rudd is a politician whose behaviors and actions serve the interests of himself as well as his party. The political system of Western countries, for example, the US and Australia, plays the biggest role in advancing these interests.
Yet it is in Canberra's interest to develop mutually beneficial cooperation with Beijing and to safeguard a relevant political environment. However, Australia's conservative government has fully tilted in favor of the US to confront China. This has caused some controversy in the country. Therefore, this might be why rudd used to express rational statements toward China.
But what rudd said in the interview with BBC sends two signals. One is that Australia feels more and more uncomfortable about China's counterattack against its provocations. The second is that the West's US-led anti-China campaign has caused such a big influence that a "political correctness" has emerged in the ideology of the West. rudd is catering to these two sentiments and trends to create a political balance between himself and the Australian Labor Party.
We need to understand that we should make friends in the West, but we cannot count on them to go against the general environment there to call for justice when China is being unjustly suppressed. Most Western people and forces will submit to such "political correctness."
(continued)
#13780035 at 2021-05-29 01:53:03 (UTC+1)
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Don't take on China alone, says ex-Australia PM kevin rudd
Karishma Vaswani - 29 May 2021
1/2
Countries should unite against China's growing economic and geopolitical coercion or risk being singled out and punished by Beijing, former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd has told the BBC.
Mr rudd said governments in the West should not be afraid to challenge China on issues such as human rights.
Around the world, countries are navigating a new geopolitical order framed by the rising dominance of China.
"If you are going to have a disagreement with Beijing, as many governments around the world are now doing, it's far better to arrive at that position conjointly with other countries rather than unilaterally, because it makes it easier for China to exert bilateral leverage against you," Mr rudd told the BBC's Talking Business Asia programme.
His comments come as relations between Australia and China have deteriorated to their worst point in decades. The relationship has soured following a series of economic and diplomatic blows dealt by each side.
Australia has scrapped agreements tied to China's massive infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative. It also banned Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from building the country's 5G network.
But it was really Australia's call for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that set off a new storm between the two sides.
China retaliated by placing sanctions on Australian imports - including wine, beef, lobster and barley - and has hinted more may come.
Beijing has also suspended key economic dialogues with Canberra, which effectively means there is no high-level contact to smooth things out.
A new battleground
Mr rudd, who led Australia twice between 2007 and 2013, has criticised the current government's approach to China, saying that it has been counterproductive at times.
"The conservative government's response to the Chinese has from time to time been measured - but other times, frankly, has been rhetorical and shrill," said Mr rudd, who is now president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
The former Labor party prime minister believes it could risk the fortunes of a key Australian export to China: iron ore.
"They [the Chinese leadership] will see Australia as an unreliable supplier of iron ore long term, because of the geopolitical conclusions that Beijing will make in relation to... the conservative government in Canberra.
"That long-term supply may be put at risk because of geopolitical factors."
A fifth of Australia's exports go to China, an economic relationship that has only grown in importance in the last few decades.
(continued)
#13773357 at 2021-05-28 11:38:47 (UTC+1)
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>>13773348
Google Translation
RCEP Regional Development Media Think Tank Forum was held in Haikou
China Daily - 2021-05-23
China Daily, Haikou, May 23. On the morning of May 23, 2021, the RCEP Regional Development Media Think Tank Forum opened in Haikou, Hainan. The forum is co-sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, China Daily, China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute, and Free Trade Port Research Institute with Chinese Characteristics. Demonstrate the good momentum of the development of China's free trade zone and the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, and promote the exchange and cooperation of RCEP regional media think tanks.
Jiang Jianguo, Deputy Minister of the Central Propaganda Department, rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society of America, Xiao Yingzi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda of the Provincial Party Committee, Zhou Shuchun, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President and Editor-in-Chief of China Daily, China (Hainan) Reform and Development Chi Fulin, Dean of the Institute and Dean of the Institute of Free Trade Ports with Chinese Characteristics, Thai Ambassador to China Atayu Xisam, Minister and Deputy Ambassador of the Indonesian Embassy in China Dino, and people from China, South Korea, Singapore, More than 300 people including mainstream media, high-end think tanks, embassy officials and business representatives from the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries participated in the forum online and offline to focus on the theme of "RCEP and Asian Economic Development" Share opinions, exchange ideas, and offer suggestions for promoting regional exchanges and cooperation.
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kevin rudd pointed out in his special video speech that when he came to Hainan in 2019, he had an in-depth understanding of the Hainan Free Trade Zone's construction plan. Free trade is conducive to economic development and world peace, and is conducive to the well-being of the people. Free trade has played an important role in China's economic development. The rise and continued development of Asia's economy require free trade to play a greater role. Due to some political factors, the harmfulness of trade protectionism has become more and more prominent. Free trade requires domestic political protection and international political coordination. It is hoped that China will continue to adhere to free trade, reform and opening up, and multilateralism, which will benefit China's development, regional development, and world development.
https://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202105/23/WS60aa04d1a3101e7ce9751161.html
#13773348 at 2021-05-28 11:36:43 (UTC+1)
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Former Australian PM kevin rudd Speaks at China Trade Forum
DANIEL Y. TENG - May 28, 2021
Former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd has addressed a trade forum organised by a Chinese propaganda body and state-run media outlet, aimed at encouraging "regional exchange and cooperation" surrounding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
The appearance comes despite current Australian ministers being frozen out of diplomatic contact with their Chinese counterparts since 2020 amid an ongoing economic coercion campaign being waged by Beijing against Australia.
rudd delivered his message via video saying free trade played an important role in China's economic development but he noted that due to political factors, "protectionism" was becoming more prominent, according to state-run media outlet China Daily.
"It is hoped that China will continue to adhere to free trade, reform and opening up, and multilateralism, which will benefit the development of China, the region, and the world," he said.
The RCEP Media and Think Tank Forum was attended by 300 individuals including members of the press, think tanks, embassy officials, and business representatives from the Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.
The conference was also dedicated to encouraging free trade around China's southernmost province Hainan. It was organised by the China Daily newspaper, the Publicity Department of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, and the China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) heavyweight Jiang Jianguo, the deputy director of the Publicity Department-previously known as the Propaganda Department-addressed the meeting calling for deeper cooperation between regional neighbours.
The RCEP was minted in November last year and is the world's largest trade agreement covering 15 nations, and 30 percent of the world population and gross domestic product. Australia joined RCEP with an eye on further opening the South East Asia market.
RCEP does not completely open free trade across the region, instead, it establishes a baseline of norms and rules for customs control and access to certain markets.
Further, the agreement gives countries dispute resolution mechanisms against other nations, a service the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been unable to provide since 2019.
The WTO's dispute resolution mechanism-the appellate body-has been unable to resolve disputes since the former U.S. administration refused to appoint new members to the body because of problems such as judicial overreach, slow decision-making, and consistent rulings against U.S. tariffs designed to protect American businesses. The European Union has only recently recognised these issues as well.
rudd's appearance comes despite Australian trade ministers being unable to establish contact or meet with their Chinese counterparts.
Over the past year, Beijing has launched a year-long economic coercion campaign against Australia targeting numerous exports to China including coal, beef, wine, barley, lobster, timber, lamb, and cotton industries. The actions came in response to calls for an independent investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Australia has launched an action at the WTO to have tariffs worth around 80 percent removed from barley exports after allegations of "dumping" against Australian businesses.
Beijing, meanwhile, entered the RCEP reluctantly and due to fears of increasing international isolation, according to Yang Wei, an Epoch Times China affairs commentator. He noted RCEP was unlikely to open up any new opportunities for China.
"The political situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea is tense. The signing of the RCEP may be a temporary respite for the CCP's senior leaders, but it cannot actually solve the regime's problems at home and abroad," he wrote in an op-ed.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-australian-pm-kevin-rudd-speaks-at-china-trade-forum_3834399.html
https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1398050107832999942
#13773196 at 2021-05-28 10:24:58 (UTC+1)
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Chinese military says Australia's Taiwan comments 'provocative'
Michael Smith - May 28, 2021
China's Defence Ministry has accused Australia of "inciting confrontation" by talking up the threat of war over Taiwan in the strongest response from Beijing so far to comments from Morrison government officials about the prospect of a military confrontation.
"We express strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the recent provocative actions on Taiwan-related issues by Australia," said Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defence.
"Recently, the Australian side has taken a series of provocative actions, and some people have even incited confrontation and exaggerated the threat of war on Taiwan-related issues. Such actions are incredibly irresponsible."
Colonel Tan made the remarks at a regular press conference on Thursday when asked to comment on remarks by some Australian government officials. The comments were published on the Ministry of Defence's website on Friday.
He said Taiwan was an integral part of China and it was important that the international community adhered to the "One China" policy, which does not recognise Taiwan as a separate country.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton said in April that conflict between China and Taiwan could not be discounted, while Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo warned that the "drums of war are beating".
The Chinese government has not responded directly to the comments in the past although state media has accused Australia of having a "pathological obsession" with war against China.
Colonel Tan did not name Mr Dutton or Mr Pezzullo but praised comments by former prime minister kevin rudd and former Liberal Party leader John Hewson that it was not in Australia's interests to talk up the prospect of war.
He reiterated earlier comments from China's Foreign Ministry blaming Australia for the current difficulties in the bilateral relationship.
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said the self-governed island territory was preparing for war. Any conflict could involve Australia if the United States became involved, although there are no signs a conflict is imminent.
https://www.afr.com/world/asia/chinese-military-says-australia-s-taiwan-comments-provocative-20210528-p57w3n
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China slams Australia for its provocative actions on Taiwan-related issues
''Wang Xinjuan, China Military Online - 2021-05-27
BEIJING, May 27 - "We express strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the recent provocative actions on Taiwan-related issues by Australia," said a Chinese defense spokesperson at a regular press conference on Thursday.
Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), made the remarks when asked to comment on the speeches speculating about war over Taiwan by some Australian politicians.
There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an integral part of China. Adherence to the one-China principle is the common consensus of the international community. Recently, the Australian side has taken a series of provocative actions, and some people have even incited confrontation and exaggerated the threat of war on Taiwan-related issues. Such actions are incredibly irresponsible, Tan said.
Currently, China-Australia relations are faced with serious difficulties, and the responsibility lies squarely with the Australian side. We hope the Australian side will not go further down the wrong path and can do more things conducive to the development of relations between the two countries and the two militaries, Tan added.
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2021-05/27/content_10040607.htm
#13741345 at 2021-05-24 09:32:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 17
Australia / China Tensions - Part 5
>>13608366 Beijing praises New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in between blasts at the "insane" Morrison government
>>13609317 OPINION: Ill-disciplined chest-thumping has put war at centre of what's left of the Australia-China relationship - kevin rudd
>>13609517 Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu backs hardening of Morrison government's rhetoric towards China, says Taiwan is preparing for a 'final assault' by Beijing
>>13609758 Australian imports to China slow down as decoupling accelerates - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>13609784 China's April imports from Australia rise 49.3%, but a trade decoupling is imminent amid icy relations - Li Xuanmin and Yin Yeping - globaltimes.cn
>>13609963 Global Times Facebook Post: #China suspends economic dialogue with #Australia, marking the first time a diplomatic mechanism was frozen amid souring ties
>>13609963 INFOGRAPHIC: Aussie misdeeds disrupt China-Australia relations - Deng Zijun - globaltimes.cn
>>13609998 China needs to make a plan to deter extreme forces of Australia - Hu Xijin - globaltimes.cn - "The plan should include long-range strikes on the military facilities and relevant key facilities on Australian soil"
>>13618380 Editor of pro-Communist Global Times newspaper, Hu Xijin, advises Beijing to bomb Australia and bring "disaster" should Canberra support US military action
>>13618429 - Military conflict with China: Thinking the unthinkable - Australians aren't used to a defence minister like Peter Dutton speaking to us like adults
>>13618441 'Outstandingly stupid act': can Australia actually defend itself? - Gaps in our capabilities that must be filled immediately - Michael Shoebridge, ASPI
>>13625963 Australian media slammed for twisting open book as 'evidence' of 'China weaponizing COVID-19' - Liu Caiyu and Lou Kang - globaltimes.cn
>>13626133 For whom do Canberra's war drums beat - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>13633893 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying says the country did not develop, research or produce bio-weapons
>>13633895 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on May 10, 2021
>>13634048 Japanese Ambassador to Australia encourages South Australia to export more wine to Japan to counter the loss from the Chinese market
>>13642264 'Battle ready': Australia's warning to China in Federal Budget - investing $270 billion over 10 years in defence capability
>>13642368 China accuses Australia of 'pathological obsession' with war, claims the Morrison government destroyed the bilateral relationship to appease its American "masters"
>>13642374 "After eating, Australian politicians made the wrong calculation (Observatory)" - Li Jiabao, People's Daily Overseas Edition - people.com.cn
>>13650331 ScoMo says preparing for war with China is doing his job, backs Peter Dutton in warning Australians that we need to be prepared for military conflict with China
>>13650344 Former NSW Labor staffer John Zhang loses High Court battle over validity of warrants used to seize his property
>>13650347 GT Voice: Canberra's defense spending means economic carnage - globaltimes.cn
>>13650379 Japan embarks on joint military maneuvers with US, France, Australia - ARC21
>>13650382 Joint drill by US, allies on Japanese land insignificant: analysts - Liu Xuanzun and Guo Yuandan - globaltimes.cn
>>13658111 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Australia will not be left alone to face China coercion
>>13658120 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia and the United States) are the closest of friends & allies. @SecBlinken & I reaffirmed our commitment to a stable, secure & open #IndoPacific.
>>13658125 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: Great to meet with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne today to discuss our ongoing commitment to the health, security, and prosperity of the #IndoPacific. We look forward to celebrating the 70th anniversary of #ANZUS alongside our friend and ally Australia later this year. #USwithAUS
>>13658134 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Met with @NSAGov @JakeSullivan46 in Washington DC to reaffirm our nations' shared commitment to a strong, independent & secure #IndoPacific region & the critical importance of the Quad & vaccination cooperation including through #COVAX
>>13658137 Marise Payne and Antony Blinken call for 'real transparency' from China on Covid origins
>>13658141 Foreign Minister Marise Payne: US-Australia alliance should embolden others on China
#13741340 at 2021-05-24 09:30:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 14
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: As a proponent of freedom, enjoying some Taiwanese dried pineapple. Checkmate.
>>13408018 Like Australian wine, Taiwanese pineapples have been targeted by Beijing. If democracies are to stand up to Chinese coercion, they will have to join forces.
>>13408224 'Bewitched' Vicky Xu who fabricates Xinjiang story stokes anti-China sentiment in Australia - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>13414624 Will Australia interfere with NZ's China policy? - Qin Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>13414892 Australia's exports to China hit new highs - Strong demand for iron ore offsets Beijing's strikes on coal, wine, lobster, timber and barley
>>13429600 The true story of how Jackie Chan and kevin rudd met as labourers
>>13445558 Congressman Mike Gallagher Tweet: In light of the CCP's insane tariffs on Australia, we have a duty as mates to drink Australian wine (and Wisconsin beer)
>>13445558 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: Australian wine and Wisconsin beer, an unbeatable combination. Thanks Mike Gallagher a great friend of Australia and decent, humane universal values
>>13452467 Canberra prepares for Taiwan conflict as tensions escalate
>>13460303 Do allies still have strong trust in US security commitment? - Tian Jingling - globaltimes.cn
>>13477187 Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Xining's stinging attack over Huawei - Accuses Australia of turning other countries against China
>>13477192 Video: Senior Chinese diplomat accuses Australia and US of 'conniving' on Huawei ban - Sky News Australia
>>13477194 Video: Chinese diplomat quotes Churchill while defending Chinese sovereignty 0- Sky News Australia
>>13477274 Washington the one undermining Five Eyes solidarity - Zhou Fangyin - globaltimes.cn
>>13477600 Video: Top China academic Professor Jane Golley casts doubt over Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang
>>13485007, >>13485013 Victoria's Belt and Road deal with China torn up - April 21, 2021
>>13485018 Decisions under Australia's Foreign Arrangements Scheme - Senator the Hon Marise Payne - Media release - 21 April 2021
>>13485027 Federal government swoops in and cancels controversial Belt and Roads deal - Sky News Australia
>>13485031 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks - "We express our strong displeasure and resolute opposition to the Australian Foreign Minister's announcement on April 21"
>>13485037 China criticises Australia's 'provocative' decision to tear up Victoria's Belt and Road agreement
>>13485047 Video: Beijing hits back as Marise Payne cancels Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road agreements
>>13485059 Scrapping BRI deal will hurt Australia: Chinese Embassy - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13485065 Australia faces serious consequences for unreasonable provocation against China over BRI deals: observer - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13485072, >>13485075 Belt and Road Initiative: Inside Daniel Andrews' secret China deal
>>13485161, >>13485166 Video: Meet Jean Dong - Dan Andrews and China's Aussie influencer - "Journey of Influence" (2020)
>>13485169 Chinese pageant winner Jean Dong's meteoric journey to influence (2020)
>>13485324 Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism
>>13493224 Hu Xijin Tweet (China state-affiliated media): A formal agreement has been cancelled so easily. Australians, is your country a uncivilized rogue that deserves stern admonition and punishment?
>>13493238 Australia leads the world confronting China, for better or worse
>>13493500 Video: We will never surrender to Beijing: Defence Minister Peter Dutton
#13741324 at 2021-05-24 09:26:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#15 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>13508222 Video: Mike Pompeo has 'kept his cards close' when quizzed on political ambitions - Sky News Australia
>>13515179 Top US general pays his respects to Anzac Day in Washington - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley Mark Milley
>>13515184 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: Honour to host #ANZACDay dawn service with @NZAmbassadorUS Banks and to welcome Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #GenMilley to the Residence
>>13515203 The Joint Staff Tweet: #GenMilley: "On this #ANZACDay, we honor the sacrifices of our Australian and New Zealand brothers and sisters in arms. We are proud to have the honor of serving shoulder to shoulder with you."
>>13515223 Australia in the US Tweet: We thank those who joined us virtually in honouring our #Anzacs. We are privileged to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice and thank those that continue to bravely protect our freedom.
>>13515232 Australia in the US Tweet: Today our Air & Space Attache conducted a small #AnzacDay ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl. They laid a wreath at the gravesite of PLTOFF Francis Milne - the only Australian military member buried at the Cemetery.
>>13515254 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Lest We Forget - Originally done to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps forces from World War I, #AnzacDay2021 recognizes the men and women who served in the Australian and New Zealand armed services in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations
>>13515260 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: With the Northern Territory remaining free of COVID transmission within the community, Marines were able to participate in today's events to show respects to their fallen, former, and active members.
>>13515399 Neo-Nazis make submission to Parliamentary inquiry into extremism
>>13517935 Social media is work of 'evil one', says Scott Morrison
>>13522489 Video: Exclusive: Prime Minister Scott Morrison's speech at the ACC conference - Rationalists Australia
>>13532829 Video: kevin rudd on religion, politics and Scott Morrison's speech to the Pentecostal conference - kevin rudd
>>13539434 Senior Democrat John Podesta: Quad will demand Australia does more on climate change
>>13539440 Rekindling Hope Podcast - Sam Crosby and Chris Bowen - Washington power broker John Podesta on how Biden is traveling and how Australia's climate policy needs to lift its game
>>13539655 Video: Spy boss Mike Burgess says ASIO anticipating terrorist attack in the next year from either right-wing or Islamic extremists
>>13539665 Australian Federal Police backs ban on flags linked to terrorist groups, sharing of extremist material
>>13539771 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with @mrfdarwin conduct flight operations during a forward arming refueling point exercise at @ausairforce Base Darwin
>>13539779 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Yesterday, the Honorable Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, met with members of the Australian Army and U.S. Marine Corps for a visit to Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia
>>13547962 President Joe Biden could learn from Australia on border policy, says Former US ambassador Joe Hockey
>>13548052 Video: Clive Palmer to pay $1.5 million after losing Twisted Sister copyright fight
>>13553273 Video: Don't give in to identity politics and forces that undermine the community, Scott Morrison urges
>>13553300 PM's plea from the heart a timely reminder - "every human being is possessed of an innate human dignity that transcends all other considerations"
>>13553469 Future of Army's multi-billion-dollar Battle Management System uncertain amid tensions with Israeli military company
>>13553502 Elbit Battle Management System shut down - "The more research into this decision undertaken, the stranger it gets. No notice. No reason given."
>>13554042 Japan honors former Australian PM Gillard for service to the nation - awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
>>13555102 Scott Morrison's partisan interpretation of biblical passages is disturbing for democracy - kevin rudd - theguardian.com
>>13555694 Facebook's assault exposes Australia's vulnerability, says top ex-military man Major General Marcus Thompson - INFORMATION WARFARE
>>13556296 In Memorium - Dutch patriot Mrs NarQie - "A great patriot has passed away but we will continue her fight! - WWG1WGA - Mrs. NarQie o7"
>>13569454 Video: Noosa Temple of Satan want Satanism taught in state schools - A Current Affair
>>13569460 Q Post #1646 - NEVER IN OUR HISTORY HAVE THEY COME OUT FROM THE SHADOWS TO FIGHT. THE TRUTH IS CLEARLY VISIBLE.
>>13569460 Q Post #4461 - 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.
>>13569460 Q Post #4396 - God wins.
#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
#13741289 at 2021-05-24 09:12:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 17
Australia / China Tensions - Part 5
>>13608366 Beijing praises New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in between blasts at the "insane" Morrison government
>>13609317 OPINION: Ill-disciplined chest-thumping has put war at centre of what's left of the Australia-China relationship - kevin rudd
>>13609517 Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu backs hardening of Morrison government's rhetoric towards China, says Taiwan is preparing for a 'final assault' by Beijing
>>13609758 Australian imports to China slow down as decoupling accelerates - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>13609784 China's April imports from Australia rise 49.3%, but a trade decoupling is imminent amid icy relations - Li Xuanmin and Yin Yeping - globaltimes.cn
>>13609963 Global Times Facebook Post: #China suspends economic dialogue with #Australia, marking the first time a diplomatic mechanism was frozen amid souring ties
>>13609963 INFOGRAPHIC: Aussie misdeeds disrupt China-Australia relations - Deng Zijun - globaltimes.cn
>>13609998 China needs to make a plan to deter extreme forces of Australia - Hu Xijin - globaltimes.cn - "The plan should include long-range strikes on the military facilities and relevant key facilities on Australian soil"
>>13618380 Editor of pro-Communist Global Times newspaper, Hu Xijin, advises Beijing to bomb Australia and bring "disaster" should Canberra support US military action
>>13618429 - Military conflict with China: Thinking the unthinkable - Australians aren't used to a defence minister like Peter Dutton speaking to us like adults
>>13618441 'Outstandingly stupid act': can Australia actually defend itself? - Gaps in our capabilities that must be filled immediately - Michael Shoebridge, ASPI
>>13625963 Australian media slammed for twisting open book as 'evidence' of 'China weaponizing COVID-19' - Liu Caiyu and Lou Kang - globaltimes.cn
>>13626133 For whom do Canberra's war drums beat - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>13633893 Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying says the country did not develop, research or produce bio-weapons
>>13633895 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on May 10, 2021
>>13634048 Japanese Ambassador to Australia encourages South Australia to export more wine to Japan to counter the loss from the Chinese market
>>13642264 'Battle ready': Australia's warning to China in Federal Budget - investing $270 billion over 10 years in defence capability
>>13642368 China accuses Australia of 'pathological obsession' with war, claims the Morrison government destroyed the bilateral relationship to appease its American "masters"
>>13642374 "After eating, Australian politicians made the wrong calculation (Observatory)" - Li Jiabao, People's Daily Overseas Edition - people.com.cn
>>13650331 ScoMo says preparing for war with China is doing his job, backs Peter Dutton in warning Australians that we need to be prepared for military conflict with China
>>13650344 Former NSW Labor staffer John Zhang loses High Court battle over validity of warrants used to seize his property
>>13650347 GT Voice: Canberra's defense spending means economic carnage - globaltimes.cn
>>13650379 Japan embarks on joint military maneuvers with US, France, Australia - ARC21
>>13650382 Joint drill by US, allies on Japanese land insignificant: analysts - Liu Xuanzun and Guo Yuandan - globaltimes.cn
>>13658111 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Australia will not be left alone to face China coercion
>>13658120 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: (Australia and the United States) are the closest of friends & allies. @SecBlinken & I reaffirmed our commitment to a stable, secure & open #IndoPacific.
>>13658125 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tweet: Great to meet with Foreign Minister @MarisePayne today to discuss our ongoing commitment to the health, security, and prosperity of the #IndoPacific. We look forward to celebrating the 70th anniversary of #ANZUS alongside our friend and ally Australia later this year. #USwithAUS
>>13658134 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: Met with @NSAGov @JakeSullivan46 in Washington DC to reaffirm our nations' shared commitment to a strong, independent & secure #IndoPacific region & the critical importance of the Quad & vaccination cooperation including through #COVAX
>>13658137 Marise Payne and Antony Blinken call for 'real transparency' from China on Covid origins
>>13658141 Foreign Minister Marise Payne: US-Australia alliance should embolden others on China
#13741279 at 2021-05-24 09:08:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 14
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: As a proponent of freedom, enjoying some Taiwanese dried pineapple. Checkmate.
>>13408018 Like Australian wine, Taiwanese pineapples have been targeted by Beijing. If democracies are to stand up to Chinese coercion, they will have to join forces.
>>13408224 'Bewitched' Vicky Xu who fabricates Xinjiang story stokes anti-China sentiment in Australia - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>13414624 Will Australia interfere with NZ's China policy? - Qin Sheng - globaltimes.cn
>>13414892 Australia's exports to China hit new highs - Strong demand for iron ore offsets Beijing's strikes on coal, wine, lobster, timber and barley
>>13429600 The true story of how Jackie Chan and kevin rudd met as labourers
>>13445558 Congressman Mike Gallagher Tweet: In light of the CCP's insane tariffs on Australia, we have a duty as mates to drink Australian wine (and Wisconsin beer)
>>13445558 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: Australian wine and Wisconsin beer, an unbeatable combination. Thanks Mike Gallagher a great friend of Australia and decent, humane universal values
>>13452467 Canberra prepares for Taiwan conflict as tensions escalate
>>13460303 Do allies still have strong trust in US security commitment? - Tian Jingling - globaltimes.cn
>>13477187 Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Xining's stinging attack over Huawei - Accuses Australia of turning other countries against China
>>13477192 Video: Senior Chinese diplomat accuses Australia and US of 'conniving' on Huawei ban - Sky News Australia
>>13477194 Video: Chinese diplomat quotes Churchill while defending Chinese sovereignty 0- Sky News Australia
>>13477274 Washington the one undermining Five Eyes solidarity - Zhou Fangyin - globaltimes.cn
>>13477600 Video: Top China academic Professor Jane Golley casts doubt over Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang
>>13485007, >>13485013 Victoria's Belt and Road deal with China torn up - April 21, 2021
>>13485018 Decisions under Australia's Foreign Arrangements Scheme - Senator the Hon Marise Payne - Media release - 21 April 2021
>>13485027 Federal government swoops in and cancels controversial Belt and Roads deal - Sky News Australia
>>13485031 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks - "We express our strong displeasure and resolute opposition to the Australian Foreign Minister's announcement on April 21"
>>13485037 China criticises Australia's 'provocative' decision to tear up Victoria's Belt and Road agreement
>>13485047 Video: Beijing hits back as Marise Payne cancels Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road agreements
>>13485059 Scrapping BRI deal will hurt Australia: Chinese Embassy - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13485065 Australia faces serious consequences for unreasonable provocation against China over BRI deals: observer - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>13485072, >>13485075 Belt and Road Initiative: Inside Daniel Andrews' secret China deal
>>13485161, >>13485166 Video: Meet Jean Dong - Dan Andrews and China's Aussie influencer - "Journey of Influence" (2020)
>>13485169 Chinese pageant winner Jean Dong's meteoric journey to influence (2020)
>>13485324 Australia was blindsided when Five Eyes ally New Zealand backed away from China criticism
>>13493224 Hu Xijin Tweet (China state-affiliated media): A formal agreement has been cancelled so easily. Australians, is your country a uncivilized rogue that deserves stern admonition and punishment?
>>13493238 Australia leads the world confronting China, for better or worse
>>13493500 Video: We will never surrender to Beijing: Defence Minister Peter Dutton
#13741248 at 2021-05-24 08:59:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>13508222 Video: Mike Pompeo has 'kept his cards close' when quizzed on political ambitions - Sky News Australia
>>13515179 Top US general pays his respects to Anzac Day in Washington - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley Mark Milley
>>13515184 Arthur Sinodinos AO Tweet: Honour to host #ANZACDay dawn service with @NZAmbassadorUS Banks and to welcome Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #GenMilley to the Residence
>>13515203 The Joint Staff Tweet: #GenMilley: "On this #ANZACDay, we honor the sacrifices of our Australian and New Zealand brothers and sisters in arms. We are proud to have the honor of serving shoulder to shoulder with you."
>>13515223 Australia in the US Tweet: We thank those who joined us virtually in honouring our #Anzacs. We are privileged to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice and thank those that continue to bravely protect our freedom.
>>13515232 Australia in the US Tweet: Today our Air & Space Attache conducted a small #AnzacDay ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl. They laid a wreath at the gravesite of PLTOFF Francis Milne - the only Australian military member buried at the Cemetery.
>>13515254 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Lest We Forget - Originally done to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps forces from World War I, #AnzacDay2021 recognizes the men and women who served in the Australian and New Zealand armed services in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations
>>13515260 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: With the Northern Territory remaining free of COVID transmission within the community, Marines were able to participate in today's events to show respects to their fallen, former, and active members.
>>13515399 Neo-Nazis make submission to Parliamentary inquiry into extremism
>>13517935 Social media is work of 'evil one', says Scott Morrison
>>13522489 Video: Exclusive: Prime Minister Scott Morrison's speech at the ACC conference - Rationalists Australia
>>13532829 Video: kevin rudd on religion, politics and Scott Morrison's speech to the Pentecostal conference - kevin rudd
>>13539434 Senior Democrat John Podesta: Quad will demand Australia does more on climate change
>>13539440 Rekindling Hope Podcast - Sam Crosby and Chris Bowen - Washington power broker John Podesta on how Biden is traveling and how Australia's climate policy needs to lift its game
>>13539655 Video: Spy boss Mike Burgess says ASIO anticipating terrorist attack in the next year from either right-wing or Islamic extremists
>>13539665 Australian Federal Police backs ban on flags linked to terrorist groups, sharing of extremist material
>>13539771 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with @mrfdarwin conduct flight operations during a forward arming refueling point exercise at @ausairforce Base Darwin
>>13539779 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Yesterday, the Honorable Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, met with members of the Australian Army and U.S. Marine Corps for a visit to Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia
>>13547962 President Joe Biden could learn from Australia on border policy, says Former US ambassador Joe Hockey
>>13548052 Video: Clive Palmer to pay $1.5 million after losing Twisted Sister copyright fight
>>13553273 Video: Don't give in to identity politics and forces that undermine the community, Scott Morrison urges
>>13553300 PM's plea from the heart a timely reminder - "every human being is possessed of an innate human dignity that transcends all other considerations"
>>13553469 Future of Army's multi-billion-dollar Battle Management System uncertain amid tensions with Israeli military company
>>13553502 Elbit Battle Management System shut down - "The more research into this decision undertaken, the stranger it gets. No notice. No reason given."
>>13554042 Japan honors former Australian PM Gillard for service to the nation - awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
>>13555102 Scott Morrison's partisan interpretation of biblical passages is disturbing for democracy - kevin rudd - theguardian.com
>>13555694 Facebook's assault exposes Australia's vulnerability, says top ex-military man Major General Marcus Thompson - INFORMATION WARFARE
>>13556296 In Memorium - Dutch patriot Mrs NarQie - "A great patriot has passed away but we will continue her fight! - WWG1WGA - Mrs. NarQie o7"
>>13569454 Video: Noosa Temple of Satan want Satanism taught in state schools - A Current Affair
>>13569460 Q Post #1646 - NEVER IN OUR HISTORY HAVE THEY COME OUT FROM THE SHADOWS TO FIGHT. THE TRUTH IS CLEARLY VISIBLE.
>>13569460 Q Post #4461 - 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.
>>13569460 Q Post #4396 - God wins.
#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
#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.
#13609344 at 2021-05-08 01:21:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13609317
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So why have Morrison, Dutton and associates publicly signalled "Code Red" over Taiwan? It's inconceivable that national security agencies in Canberra recommended this as it serves no national interests. Developing detailed, classified diplomatic and military plans for various Taiwan contingencies is prudent strategic planning. Shooting your mouth off about war in the Taiwan Straits is not. In fact, it's strategically counterproductive.
The only conceivable motive is that the government is determined to fight a khaki election, given the vaccine and quarantine programs are a mess, its credentials with women lie in tatters, and old faithful "debt and deficit" is now rendered toothless given that debt and deficit figures are seven-times bigger than when Labor left office. For the Liberals, China is the best camouflage on offer to wedge Labor as a bunch of pro-commie, peacenik appeasers. Never mind that Morrison can't even speak to Neil Mitchell without confusing Taiwan and Hong Kong; never mind that Morrison as treasurer allowed the sale of the Port of Darwin to the Chinese; and never mind how the Liberals led the charge into war in Iraq to eliminate weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist.
Then there's the worst-kept secret in Canberra: the undeclared leadership battle between Dutton and Morrison, where the former views China as the best vehicle to outflank the latter within the Liberal party room. It's obscene: playing roulette with our core national economic and security interests with the US, China and Taiwan for pure political gain.
The truth is China's growing power, its increasing assertiveness and the specular failures of the Trump administration have made the Australia-China relationship difficult for any Australian government. While Taiwan may not face the direct threat of invasion now, the risk of force being used will become greater by the end of this decade if the regional military gap between the US and China continues to widen in Beijing's favour - unless, of course, the Americans and Taiwanese can close the gap.
These are complex challenges that require leaders of sound, sober and measured judgment. These adjectives are not signs of weakness. They are measures of strength. National security is not a political game. It's serious. The lives of our men and women in uniform are at stake. However, the Dutton-Morrison performance of the last fortnight puts beyond doubt that this government lacks the temperament to manage the profoundly complex national security challenges that now lie ahead.
kevin rudd is a former prime minister and foreign minister of Australia.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/ill-disciplined-chest-thumping-has-put-war-at-centre-of-what-s-left-of-the-australia-china-relationship-20210507-p57pr5.html
#13609317 at 2021-05-08 01:18:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13515337
>>13517916
>>13577336
OPINION: Ill-disciplined chest-thumping has put war at centre of what's left of the Australia-China relationship
kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - May 8, 2021
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The Morrison government's recent indisciplined commentary on the possibility of Australian military engagement in a future US-China war over Taiwan is both politically juvenile and potentially damaging to our core national security interests.
For 50 years, successive Australian governments have not speculated publicly on what Australia would do in the event of a military crisis or conflict over Taiwan. Scott Morrison, Defence Minister Peter Dutton and aspiring defence secretary Michael Pezzullo have spectacularly breached that bipartisan convention over the past fortnight. Classified military briefings have also been leaked. These three have sought to deflect criticism over the precise parsing of their language, but the net effect has been to elevate the idea of a looming war - and Australia's probable involvement in it - as the focus of the already dysfunctional Australia-China relationship.
Previous Australian governments have been tight-lipped about potential Taiwan military scenarios for good reason. Such a conflict would involve the world's two biggest militaries and likely become the most violent and destructive war in Asia since 1945. Given the horrendous choices that would present the government of the day, Australia should not at this stage compromise the independence and flexibility of our national decision-making. And nobody can predict with any certainty which scenarios might arise between cyberattack, maritime blockade, territorial invasion or something else entirely.
In Canberra, Washington, Beijing and Taipei, our officials have done everything possible to prevent any such war from occurring while also forestalling any change to the status quo through the application of Chinese coercion. With Washington, our aim has been to ensure the US has sufficient military deterrence in the region to cause China to defer its longheld ambition to take Taiwan - if necessary by force. In Beijing, we have encouraged China to conclude Washington is determined to defend Taiwan - not least because, if the US failed to act, it would destroy American credibility among its other allies. As for Taipei, we have sought to discourage successive Taiwanese governments from any unilateral declarations of independence (or steps in that direction) that would cross Beijing's most fundamental red lines.
The Morrison government's adolescent chest-thumping over Taiwan has perplexed the Americans, infuriated the Chinese, puzzled the Taiwanese and bamboozled most of the region. Only seven weeks ago, Joe Biden's secretary of state Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and reportedly intervened on behalf of US allies like Australia, which had been on the receiving end of Chinese economic thuggery. China's anti-Australian rhetoric had begun to moderate in the weeks following that - at least until Morrison decided to unleash on Victoria over its nebulous and non-binding MOUs on the Belt and Road initiative, followed by this most recent rhetorical fusillade over Taiwan. Taiwan's own foreign minister Joseph Wu on Wednesday discounted the idea of imminent war. And most of the rest of the region sees Australia's extravagant public language as spoiling for a political fight with China whereas countries like Japan have systematically consolidated their position with the new US Administration while keeping relations with Beijing on as even a public keel as possible.
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#13577336 at 2021-05-04 06:59:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13515337
Conflict with China a 'high likelihood', says top Australian general
Nick McKenzie and Anthony Galloway - May 4, 2021
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One of the nation's top military commanders told his troops that Beijing is already engaged in "grey zone" warfare against Australia and they must plan for the high likelihood this may spill over into actual conflict in the future.
The candid and confidential briefing by Major-General Adam Findlay to Australia's special forces soldiers last year gives the most detailed insight yet made public into how the nation's top military planners view the threat of China.
The then-special forces commander, who has since stepped down but who still advises the Australian Defence Force, highlighted the steps Australia's military was taking to prevent war but also described a "high likelihood" that actual conflict could break out due to the unpredictable nature of foreign affairs.
"Who do you reckon the main [regional] threat is?" General Findlay asked his troops and officers before answering: "China".
"OK, so if China is a threat, how many special forces brigades in China? You should know there are 26,000 Chinese SOF [Special Operations Forces] personnel."
Details of the April 2020 briefing have been obtained by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald from multiple sources who have requested to remain anonymous because they are not authorised to speak publicly. They say General Findlay told his troops that, if the threat of conflict was realised, the ADF needed to rely not only on traditional air, land and sea capabilities but also on Australia's ability to use cyber and space warfare.
He also highlighted the need for the ADF to reassert its presence and play "first grade" in south-east Asia and the south-west Pacific, describing how the military had uncovered information showing China was seeking to exploit "our [Australia's] absence" in the region.
"We need to make sure we don't lose momentum … get back in the region," General Findlay said, highlighting Australia's close ties to Indonesia.
In the past week the Australian government's language on China has hardened. Defence Minister Peter Dutton has said a war over Taiwan could not be discounted, that Australia was "already under attack" in the cyber domain and that he wants to have a "more frank discussion with the public" about China's intentions. Mr Dutton said the Australian government's first priority was "continued peace in our region", but warned the country needed to be able to defend its waters to the north and west as a priority.
Influential public servant Michael Pezzullo, the Department of Home Affairs secretary, warned the "drums of war" were beating.
However, former prime minister kevin rudd has said the escalating rhetoric "serves zero national security purpose" and risked inflaming tensions with Beijing. Former foreign minister Bob Carr wrote in The Age and Herald that "Australian diplomacy ought to be identifying the off-ramps that will avoid this nightmare" of war over Taiwan.
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#13569618 at 2021-05-03 08:24:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13515337
Dutton vows to call out Beijing and declares everyday Australians are with the government
Anthony Galloway - May 3, 2021
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton has vowed to speak out more openly about China's acts of aggression, declaring everyday Australians are with the government and understand the threats posed by Beijing.
Mr Dutton warned Australia was "already under attack" in the cyber world and suggested the nation's cyber spy agency would need to be beefed up in the coming years to fight against the escalating wave of hack attacks.
In an exclusive interview with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Mr Dutton said the Australian Defence Force was prepared for action, saying the country needed to be in a position to defend its waters in the north and west as a clear priority.
The comments confirm a recent hardening of the Morrison government's rhetoric, including towards China, and suggest it wants to have a more public discussion with Australians as it looks to spend more on defence capabilities amid a regional arms race fuelled by China's growing assertiveness throughout the Indo-Pacific.
The Defence Minister last week angered the Chinese government by saying a conflict over Taiwan could not be discounted, while Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo declared the "drums of war" were beating without naming any potential adversaries.
The comments sparked China's ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, to issue a veiled threat that Chinese students and tourists will be reluctant to return to Australia because of a hostile environment.
But Mr Dutton was unapologetic about the remarks, saying China had been "very clear about their strategy, their approach and their desires and so pretending it's not being said or turning a blind eye to it is not in our national interest".
"The views that matter to me are Australians who are living across cities, towns and suburbs across the country. And they know that we are saying is factually based," he said.
"I think part of the public is frankly ahead of where the public debate is because there's just so much information available online. People see the reported comments of the ambassador and the vice ambassador here, as well as the spokesman out of Beijing."
He said he wanted to have a "more frank discussion with the public" about China's intentions.
However, former Labor prime minister kevin rudd said "the public language of Morrison, Dutton and Pezzullo on China, Taiwan and the possibility of war in the last week serves zero national security purpose".
"Australia already has a highly problematic relationship with China," Mr rudd said.
"Much of this is because of changes in Chinese policy and posture under a much more assertive Xi Jinping. But it is also because Morrison et al. are addicted to the drug of 'standing up to China' every day of the week because of its perceived domestic political utility. "
Mr Dutton said he would not rule out naming the countries behind cyber attacks if the government was certain and doing so didn't reveal any previously secret capabilities of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).
"Where it's in our interests to call out - whether it's Russia or China or North Korea or somebody else - we will call them out," he said. "There's a lot of capacity that Australia has in the cyber space that clearly we wouldn't talk publicly about, but gives us a very significant edge over many adversaries, even sophisticated adversaries."
He said the ASD was "quite remarkable and world-leading" but "there's more that we need to do".
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#13555545 at 2021-05-01 06:43:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
>>13555541
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When hardliners like those in ASPI say we are on the eve of a war over Taiwan, they won't concede participation is still a choice for Australia. As they see it, in the words of the 1915 recruiting song, Australia Will Be There. Japan's not making that mistake, nor Canada nor New Zealand nor the ASEAN states.
The Cold Warriors don't acknowledge former Liberal prime minister Robert Menzies deliberately steered us away from commitment and Alexander Downer said in 2004 that, on Taiwan, the ANZUS Treaty did not apply. And the Cold Warriors never define how they see the war being won. Nor do the hawks in Washington who want to see the first explicit security guarantee made to the island.
Professor Hugh White asks if America is prepared to lose Los Angeles in a nuclear exchange - even as US missiles reduce Shenzhen and Shanghai to hot, radioactive rubble.
Henry Kissinger warned in November of "a catastrophe comparable to World War I".
Nationalists in China and the US need to understand that a horrendous war fought over which political order prevails in Taiwan is not worth this price. The issue will solve itself in 50 or 100 years without a blood sacrifice of millions and near-ruin of half the planet.
Australian diplomacy ought to be identifying the off-ramps that will avoid this nightmare. Former prime minister kevin rudd, writing in Foreign Affairs last month, advanced ideas for enlarging co-operation between China and America, for example, on North Korea, global financial stability, pandemic management and climate. He also urged the kind of crisis communication that the US and the USSR set up after the near-death experience over Cuba in 1962.
Promoting this through quiet diplomacy would cast Australia as creative middle power edging forward our own interest and the world's.
Lawrence H. Summers, former US treasury secretary, said of China relations: you can be strong and resolute without being imprudent and provocative. Getting China wrong, he said, "is the greatest threat to America's national enterprise over the next quarter century".
There may be no adults. There will be no winners.
Bob Carr is a former Australian foreign affairs minister and was NSW's longest-serving premier. He is industry professor of climate and business at the University of Technology Sydney.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/where-are-the-grown-ups-all-this-loose-talk-about-china-and-war-is-dangerous-20210430-p57np4.html
#13555102 at 2021-05-01 05:07:45 (UTC+1)
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>>13517935
>>13522489
>>13532829
Scott Morrison's partisan interpretation of biblical passages is disturbing for democracy
More fundamentally, it is worrying if the prime minister believes God somehow speaks to him directly
kevin rudd - 1 May 2021
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When the federation's founding fathers were framing Australia's constitution in the 1890s, there was intense debate about whether organised religion should get a guernsey. Fortunately, despite the religiosity of the Victorian era, sounder heads prevailed. Unlike in the United Kingdom, our antipodean commonwealth would have no established religion.
Admittedly, "Almighty God" makes a single appearance in the constitution's preamble, but the founders consciously decided to give divinity no institutional role. Instead, they resolved that our commonwealth should be secular, governed by a secular executive and accountable to a secular parliament.
The founders knew too well how much blood had been previously spilled at the intersection of religious fervour and the political powers of the state.
This isn't to discount the profound effect of Christianity on our nation's history. The churches were largely responsible for our earliest efforts to provide education, health and welfare services for the poor. It took decades for the state to assume primary responsibility for what are now regarded as essential functions of government.
Equally, Christians of various denominations have been elected to parliament over the past 120 years. But whether MPs were Christian, Jewish, Muslim, atheist or agnostic, they have conducted the substantive business of parliament in secular terms.
Irrespective of whether members' positions have been influenced by theology, philosophy or pure political pragmatism, the terms of debate have been anchored in rational argument, empirical evidence and party philosophy. In other words, in the great contest of ideas, proposals are forced to stand on their merit, rather than relying on the self-evident "truths" of divine relation. By and large, our secular political system has worked. Our democracy has been stable, and our parliament preserved from the theocratic impulses of our more extreme religious denominations.
Whenever concerns are raised about Scott Morrison's Pentecostal belief, it has become customary to point the finger at my own religious practice as a Labor prime minister of Christian faith. The argument goes: why should Morrison be held to any particular scrutiny since rudd and his family regularly attended their local Anglican church, calling press conferences in the churchyard?
Like many things in political life, this has become an accepted meme of the Liberal National party and the Murdoch media. The only problem is, it isn't true.
Yes, throughout our adult lives, Therese and I have professed Christian faith. She was raised Anglican, myself a Roman Catholic, so we started attending one church together as a family. In Brisbane, we attended St John's in Bulimba, and in Canberra, St John's in Reid, for more than 30 years.
When I entered politics, journalists would occasionally arrive without invitation to pepper me with questions about the news of the day, either before or after services. It was a convenient stakeout for them. Despite my wishing that they wouldn't gather there, I learned to stop and answer a few questions outside the church gate to avoid a media circus.
I have never believed that God was "on my side" in any election campaign - a position, which if held by any prime minister, would be borderline theocracy - nor have I ever believed that God could speak to me or send me revelations about what to do as a politician.
My simple, garden-variety theology is this: the God of the New Testament gives preference to the poor, the outcast and the oppressed and, to the greatest extent possible, I should do the same, while also being a good custodian of the planet.
From what we can discern from the public record, Morrison's political theology is radically different.
His tradition, Pentecostalism, often emphasises the highly individualised "health and wealth gospel" - that if you are godly, then you will be both healthy and wealthy. Questions of human sexuality tend to elicit a deeply conservative, fundamentalist answer. The Pentecostal tradition also includes communicating with God through "speaking in tongues" and the ability to discern God's will by being attentive to those with the prophetic "word of knowledge". In other words, some Pentecostal leaders believe they can communicate directly with God in the here and now, and then proceed to act as God wishes them to. These Pentecostal tenets can present problems for our secular democracy, as elucidated by Morrison's speech to a Pentecostal conference on the Gold Coast last week.
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#13553300 at 2021-05-01 00:31:01 (UTC+1)
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PM's plea from the heart a timely reminder
GREG SHERIDAN - APRIL 30, 2021
Scott Morrison has answered kevin rudd's challenge and told us exactly what the most important consequence of his religious faith are for his politics: it is the belief that every human being is possessed of an innate human dignity that transcends all other considerations.
In a powerful address to the United Israel Appeal, Morrison certainly went beyond his own religious affiliations to speak to the heart of everything that he holds most dear in the human condition. And that is to recognise that in each human being there is a dignity and worth that cannot be compromised or reduced by politics or circumstance or ideology or identity.
Morrison sounded a clarion call against identity politics, decrying "the growing tendency to commodify human beings through identity politics".
In a statement of profound religious humanism, he rightly declared: "You are more than the things that others try to identify you by in this age of identity politics. You are more than your gender, your race, your ethnicity, your religion, your language group, your age."
These human attributes are important to any person but they are not, the Prime Minister argued, "the essence of humanity".
Humanity is universal in two critical respects. We all, all of us without exception, share in the uniquely valuable quality of our human natures. And humanity attaches first to an individual, not to a group.
Morrison lauds community. It is the essence of human solidarity. But community begins with the individual. And one of the individual's greatest and most defining characteristics is the capacity, and the ineluctable necessity, of moral choice.
Human beings are innately free. And that freedom brings responsibilities.
Morrison's vision is thus both liberal - in the stress on the individual - and conservative, in the stress on the overwhelming importance of community arising from the association of human individuals, and on human responsibility.
His vision is not collectivist but it accommodates both community and an overwhelming sense of solidarity with fellow human beings, especially those down on their luck.
Morrison paid justified tribute to perhaps the finest moral thinker of our age, the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, whose last book, Morality, has deeply affected the PM.
Sacks offers a modern guide to the perplexed from all religious backgrounds on the greatest issues of human meaning and social purpose.
Morrison did not quote the great classic Christian assertion of universalism, the Apostle Paul's declaration: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
To have quoted Paul would have been to impart a denominational affiliation to what is truly a universal principle, shared, as Morrison suggested, by the Jewish and Christian traditions, and by many other traditions as well.
No doubt someone somewhere will find a bizarre way to distort Morrison's comments so they can fit the preposterous narrative that he is a Christian fundamentalist imposing a false religiosity on society.
The criticisms of Morrison's recent address to the Australian Christian Churches reached such heights of absurdity as to be beyond a Monty Python parody.
Consider the outrage at the shocking revelation that Morrison sometimes prayed for people. Surely in the long annals of government abuses of power, a Prime Minister offering a private prayer for a constituent must rank at least with Stalin's show trials in infamy, must be a clue to Savonarola-like conspiracy and wickedness.
In truth, this supple and heartfelt speech by the Prime Minister is transcendently focused on the dignity of each human being - a vision we can surely all embrace, believer and non-believer alike.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/pms-plea-from-the-heart-atimely-reminder/news-story/ff5d747b9980c471dc57579200f817ae
#13539534 at 2021-04-29 08:48:09 (UTC+1)
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>>13515337
Prime Minister says no security concerns raised with him about Darwin Port lease to Chinese company Landbridge
Jano Gibson - 28 April 2021
The Prime Minister says he would act if national security concerns were raised about any critical infrastructure in Australia, but he has indicated no such advice has been provided about the Darwin Port.
Chinese company Landbridge purchased a 99-year lease over the facility as part of a $506 million deal negotiated by the Northern Territory's former CLP government in 2015.
But the deal over the strategically important asset has been the subject of ongoing scrutiny and criticism amid rising diplomatic and economic tensions between Australia and China.
Last month, a federal parliamentary committee recommended the Commonwealth consider reclaiming Australian ownership of the port if the lease was deemed to be against the national interest.
Yesterday, former Labor prime minister kevin rudd called on the federal government to conduct and make public a national security review of the port lease.
Mr rudd said the deal had become a political problem for Scott Morrison, because it had occurred under his watch as federal treasurer.
But during a visit to Darwin on Wednesday, Mr Morrison defended his handling of the port deal, saying it was the sole responsibility of the former Territory government.
"It was not a lease that was approved by the federal government, it was not, that was not something that was subject to federal laws at that time," Mr Morrison said.
"And, indeed, as treasurer, I made sure that in the future that such transactions would be subject to federal approvals."
The Prime Minister said if any adverse assessments were made by security agencies, he would respond as necessary.
"If there is advice from the Defence Department or our security agencies that change their view about the national security implications of any piece of critical infrastructure ... then you could expect me, as Prime Minister, to take that advice very seriously and to act accordingly."
However, he said he had not received any such advice.
The government has repeatedly said the port deal with Landbridge is not subject to the same legislation that recently allowed Victoria's Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China to be rescinded.
Mr Morrison was asked if the government was looking at any alternative issues, including Landbridge's contract obligations.
"That presupposes a piece of advice from our Defence and intelligence agencies," he said.
"And there is not anything before the government that would make that recommendation."
NT CLP senator Sam McMahon yesterday said she too had been told that there were no security concerns about the port lease.
However, she confirmed she had asked the Foreign Affairs Minister to assess whether Landbridge was abiding by its contractual obligations to improve infrastructure at the port.
"If it wasn't, then the minister would have to make a decision on whether the breach was such that it would warrant some sort of action," she said.
Landbridge told the ABC it had met all of its commitments under its agreement with the NT government.
"We continue to work collaboratively with the Northern Territory government and our stakeholders to develop and expand Darwin Port's operational capacity," Landbridge Australia's managing director, Mike Hughes, said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-28/darwin-port-lease-no-security-concerns-raised-scott-morrison/100101724
#13539434 at 2021-04-29 08:11:40 (UTC+1)
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Podesta: Quad will demand Australia does more on climate change
Latika Bourke - April 28, 2021
London: Senior Democrat John Podesta has warned Australia will be confronted by its fellow Quad members over its weak carbon reduction targets as the Biden administration places climate change at the heart of its security agenda.
Podesta, a political consultant, chairs the Washington-based Centre for American Progress, ran Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and co-chaired the Obama transition committee in 2008.
Speaking to the podcast Rekindling Hope hosted by Labor's climate spokesman Chris Bowen and former Labor candidate Sam Crosby, Podesta said Prime Minister Scott Morrison's insistence that technology will sort out emissions reductions "is just not going to cut it".
"The Biden administration is going to expect a lot more than they got at the summit out of the government," Podesta said. "Everybody's moving and Australia is left behind and at the end of the day that's going to have important consequences."
Morrison is sticking to the Coalition's goal of cutting Australia's emissions by 26-28 per cent by 2030 and is resisting pressure to state a goal for the middle of the century. He told Biden's virtual leaders' summit last week that Australia was "on a pathway to net-zero" with a goal to "get there as soon as possible" through technology rather than carbon taxes.
Morrison has been criticised by Labor, which backs a net-zero target by 2050, but has not yet indicated its 2030 emissions and has no plans to revive a carbon price policy in the future.
Biden has praised Morrison's technology-led approach in personal calls with the Prime Minister and has never publicly rebuked Australia's targets, although officials in his administration briefed The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald before the summit, saying that following the existing Australian trajectory was insuffient and a shift would be needed.
Australia's major trading partners including the UK, USA, European Union, Japan and Canada have set targets for around 50 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, and have already committed to net-zero 2050 deadlines.
But Podesta said both the EU and the United States were poised to introduce carbon border taxes which would hurt the "free riders" in key sectors including steel, cement, aluminium and glass.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, as Biden's Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, sits on the National Security Council. The Pentagon, US intelligence agencies and State Department have been told to make climate change a priority of Biden's National Security strategy.
"So there's no question that this has moved way up the international relations and security agenda for the United States and I think the pressure will come on Australia to get with the program," Podesta said.
While the focus of the reprised Quad, comprising India, the US, Australia and Japan, is currently focused on dealing with China's rising aggression in the region, Podesta said it would soon address climate change.
"Right now [Australia] can take some solace from the fact that the architecture around trying to compete [with] and confront China has taken precedence in the Quad but at some point, even in the Quad, India, Japan, and the US are going to turn to Australia and say 'we've got to deal with this issue too'," he said.
Biden's net-zero emissions goal by 2050 is shared by Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Both India and Japan pledged higher cuts than originally planned for 2030.
However, like Morrison, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not pledge any new goals for slashing India's carbon output - the developing giant is the world's third-largest emitter.
The informal Quad grouping was created in 2007 at the suggestion of Japan's then-prime minister Shinzo Abe but was abandoned by Australia by former prime minister kevin rudd.
As a result of its revival, the four leaders held their first-ever virtual summit in March when they identified climate change as a "priority," establishing a Quad Climate Working Group.
The Prime Minister's office declined to comment.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/podesta-quad-will-demand-australia-does-more-on-climate-change-20210427-p57mwa.html
>https://qanon.pub/?q=podesta
#13532829 at 2021-04-28 18:21:58 (UTC+1)
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>>13522489
kevin rudd on religion, politics and Scott Morrison's speech to the Pentecostal conference
kevin rudd
28 Apr 2021
On ABC 7.30 with Leigh Sales.
My 2006 essay on "Faith In Politics" is here: https://kevinrudd.com/2006/10/01/faith-in-politics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXLKn1PXqpo
>One party discusses God.
>One party discusses Darkness.
>One party promotes God.
>One party eliminates God.
>Symbolism will be their downfall.
>The Great Deceiver(s).
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#13530328 at 2021-04-28 10:03:07 (UTC+1)
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Deal on Darwin Port under the shadows of Australian politicians
Ai Jun - Apr 28, 2021
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After Australia tore up Victoria's Belt and Road agreement with China, will the lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company be next? Conjecture is mounting after Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton suggested on Sunday the program may be reviewed under the name of "national interests." Former prime minister kevin rudd echoed the view on Tuesday, predicting the Morrison administration will "tear up the lease" during an interview with ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio Darwin.
The 99-year lease, worth AU$506 million ($393 million), was inked in 2015 between Chinese company, Landbridge Group, and Australia's Northern Territory government. At that time, Canberra was promoting its vision and strategy for developing Northern Australia, hoping to turn the vastly underdeveloped region into a thriving place of manufacturing, clean energy and research and innovation. Yet Australia is short of funding for it, thus the country invited foreign enterprises for investment. The successful Landbridge bid helped resolve the region's issue over the lack of cash for development.
In the same year, then secretary of the Department of Defense Dennis Richardson told Australian Senate committee that the rhetoric of Landbridge's lease posing a security risk was "absurd" and "alarmist nonsense." However, six years later, Australia is making a U-turn in its stance. The previous "absurd nonsense" has become a matter of national interests. No one ever provided any evidence. It seems what the lease really is depends on what Australian politicians say based on their political calculations.
The lease did not change, but the international environment has. Six years ago, China and the US had stable ties. Yet the US is launching a comprehensive containment against China today.
Observers believe that for the Australian government, the so-called national interests is all about following the US' footsteps closely to maintain Canberra's regional hegemony based on Washington's endorsement. And for Australian politicians, only a nod from the US can help them secure a promotion in their personal careers. They could not care less about national interests when it comes to their appetite over their personal political future.
Yu Lei, chief research fellow at the research center for Pacific island countries of Liaocheng University in East China's Shandong Province, told the Global Times on Tuesday, "Dutton is a figure with big ambition, so is Foreign Minister Marise Payne, they are both seeking to become prime minister." So when they talk about "national interests," rest assured, it has nothing to do with the country's economy, long-term development or people's living standards, Yu said, adding it is all about their personal gains.
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#13508029 at 2021-04-25 08:34:51 (UTC+1)
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What can the US learn from Australia's gun reforms?
CNN
25 Apr 2021
Former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd joins CNN's Pamela Brown to discuss what the United States can learn from Australia about gun reform efforts after the country implemented firearms restrictions following a deadly mass shooting. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2fRwLynn5w
#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
#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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#13429600 at 2021-04-15 07:17:47 (UTC+1)
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The true story of how Jackie Chan and kevin rudd met as labourers
ALICE WORKMAN - APRIL 15, 2021
If Jackie Chan ever runs out of film ideas, he could turn to his own spooky family history for inspiration - surviving war, political upheaval and prime minister Billy McMahon. It could be Australia's greatest untold spy story.
His parents, Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, worked as the live-in cook and housekeeper at the US embassy in Canberra for decades after immigrating in the 1960s to work under American ambassador Marshall Green.
Charles was a servant in the US embassy in Hong Kong under Green and later trained as a chef. Lee-Lee worked as a housekeeper and laundress at the Hong Kong embassy, where Chan lived as an infant.
According to Chan, his father was a Chinese nationalist agent who originally fled China for Hong Kong to avoid being captured by rival communists. "My father was a spy hiding in Hong Kong and hiding in Australia at the American embassy for so many years," he said in 2017.
Charles, born in 1915, had a colourful career including time as a military aide, connections with Shanghai gangsters and spying for the nationalist Chinese who were eventually defeated by the communist army. After his first wife died from cancer, Charles relocated to Shanghai. There he met Lee-Lee (who once worked as an opium dealer during Japan's occupation) and fled to Hong Kong, where Chan was born in 1954.
Chan was six when his parents left for Australia without him. While they navigated the roundabouts of our nation's capital, Chan studied martial arts and acrobatics at a Hong Kong boarding school. He didn't see his parents again until he was 18.
Some of the family's secrets feature in the 2003 documentary Traces of the Dragon: Jackie Chan and His Lost Family. Chan funded the film himself and shot scenes in Canberra with his pipe-smoking father (who reveals his real family name is Fang) before his death. Chan discovers he had two half-brothers (a postman and a pig farmer) living on mainland China from his father's first marriage, and two half-sisters from his mother's first marriage.
Charles and Lee-Lee are buried in Gungahlin cemetery, and the servants' quarters of the US chief of mission's residence are named the Chan suites in their honour. The action star's punching bag still hangs in the attic. And it's thanks to Australia the world knows Chan as Jackie and not Pao-Pao (his parents' nickname, meaning cannonball) or by his birth name Chan Kong-sang.
While he was studying English at the ACT's Dickson College in the 1970s, students called him Steve but when Chan took a job as a brickie's labourer on a Canberra construction site, he recalled: "A guy said, 'What's your English name?' And I said, 'I don't have one.' My friend was a driver for the embassy, his name was Jack." So Chan became Little Jack, Jacky, and then Jackie.
You know who also lugged bricks with tradie Chan? kevin rudd. "Jackie Chan and I have a lot in common,'' rudd once reflected. "No, we are not both movie stars. No, I am absolutely terrible at martial arts. But in the 1970s in Canberra, we both lived here and we were both builders' labourers. He did the work of three men for one year. I lasted for 24 hours."
The pair met for a rushed hour again during rudd's prime ministership when the Australian National University opened the Jackie Chan Science Centre for cancer research. "As my father told me, say less, do more," Chan said at the opening of his generous donation.
"Australia and Canberra really took care of my family for more than 40 years. I have to do something to thank Australia and Canberra.''
It's part of Chan's new life philosophy, now he's worth an estimated $40m. "When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. When I got money, I began buying things. Now I want to give away everything,'' Chan told Forbes magazine in 2011.
"When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.''
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/the-true-story-of-how-jackie-chan-and-kevin-rudd-met-as-labourers/news-story/3be8615b77ffa1cae0ac361f124a8b6a
#13408100 at 2021-04-12 08:28:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
'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.
(continued)
#13341742 at 2021-04-01 06:52:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#14 - Part 12
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>13183795 Quad members hype 'China threat' theory to bolster their boldness - Mu Lu - globaltimes.cn
>>13184102 Former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Ted Hui moves to Australia
>>13184169 Video: Australia's top spy, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess 'knows' culprit behind ANU cyber attack, but won't say
>>13184562 Video: End nears for Victoria's Belt and Road deal with Chinese government under foreign veto laws
>>13190373 Chinese takeover of iron ore operations on Cockatoo Island near Australian military training area causes unease inside defence and government
>>13190431 Hong Kong activist Ted Hui welcome to campaign in Australia, says head of government intelligence committee Senator James Paterson
>>13190540 Liberal Party donor Huifeng 'Haha' Liu 'engaged in acts of foreign interference': ASIO
>>13195888 China tells UN Australia's offshore detention centres violate human rights, don't have adequate conditions
>>13196535 Elise Thomas Tweet: They're right. This is something we should be ashamed of and something we need to fix. Whataboutism is a cop-out and we should lead by example on human rights issues
>>13200581 Propelling 'Asian NATO' beyond US capacity: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>13241473 Australian media launches false spy accusations against Chinese business man; expatriates from the mainland at risk in the country: analysts - globaltimes.cn
>>13241520 'Just not going to happen': US Indo-Pacific co-ordinator Kurt Campbell warns China over Australian trade stoush - 'we are not going to leave Australia alone on the field'
>>13241531 Campbell's remarks push Australia further to the anti-China frontline - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>13241570 Britain aligns with Australia against China - Beijing "a systemic challenge" to British prosperity and values
>>13241638 Beijing blames Australia's 'wrong words and deeds' for trade war after US rebuke
>>13241643 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on March 16, 2021
>>13247914 Video: Don't expect a breakthrough in U.S.-China talks, former Australian prime minister kevin rudd says - CNBC International TV
>>13254571 PDF: Consider reclaiming Darwin Port from Chinese company Landbridge, committee advises federal government
>>13254571 Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth - Inquiry Into Diversifying Australia's Trade And Investment Profile
>>13254635 (2019) Former trade minister Andrew Robb quits China-linked firm Landbridge before foreign interference law kicks in
>>13254654 South Australian Premier Steven Marshall accepts invitation to formally open controversial Adelaide Chinese Consulate
>>13264371 Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan: The US has 'got our back' on Chinese diplomatic disputes
>>13273939 China faces pressure from Australian parliament on treatment of Uighurs, religious minorities
#13341687 at 2021-04-01 06:39:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#14 - Part 12
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>13183795 Quad members hype 'China threat' theory to bolster their boldness - Mu Lu - globaltimes.cn
>>13184102 Former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Ted Hui moves to Australia
>>13184169 Video: Australia's top spy, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess 'knows' culprit behind ANU cyber attack, but won't say
>>13184562 Video: End nears for Victoria's Belt and Road deal with Chinese government under foreign veto laws
>>13190373 Chinese takeover of iron ore operations on Cockatoo Island near Australian military training area causes unease inside defence and government
>>13190431 Hong Kong activist Ted Hui welcome to campaign in Australia, says head of government intelligence committee Senator James Paterson
>>13190540 Liberal Party donor Huifeng 'Haha' Liu 'engaged in acts of foreign interference': ASIO
>>13195888 China tells UN Australia's offshore detention centres violate human rights, don't have adequate conditions
>>13196535 Elise Thomas Tweet: They're right. This is something we should be ashamed of and something we need to fix. Whataboutism is a cop-out and we should lead by example on human rights issues
>>13200581 Propelling 'Asian NATO' beyond US capacity: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>13241473 Australian media launches false spy accusations against Chinese business man; expatriates from the mainland at risk in the country: analysts - globaltimes.cn
>>13241520 'Just not going to happen': US Indo-Pacific co-ordinator Kurt Campbell warns China over Australian trade stoush - 'we are not going to leave Australia alone on the field'
>>13241531 Campbell's remarks push Australia further to the anti-China frontline - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>13241570 Britain aligns with Australia against China - Beijing "a systemic challenge" to British prosperity and values
>>13241638 Beijing blames Australia's 'wrong words and deeds' for trade war after US rebuke
>>13241643 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on March 16, 2021
>>13247914 Video: Don't expect a breakthrough in U.S.-China talks, former Australian prime minister kevin rudd says - CNBC International TV
>>13254571 PDF: Consider reclaiming Darwin Port from Chinese company Landbridge, committee advises federal government
>>13254571 Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth - Inquiry Into Diversifying Australia's Trade And Investment Profile
>>13254635 (2019) Former trade minister Andrew Robb quits China-linked firm Landbridge before foreign interference law kicks in
>>13254654 South Australian Premier Steven Marshall accepts invitation to formally open controversial Adelaide Chinese Consulate
>>13264371 Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan: The US has 'got our back' on Chinese diplomatic disputes
>>13273939 China faces pressure from Australian parliament on treatment of Uighurs, religious minorities
#13247914 at 2021-03-18 06:56:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Don't expect a breakthrough in U.S.-China talks, former Australian prime minister says
Saheli Roy Choudhury - MAR 17 2021
The meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials this week in Alaska is unlikely to produce any major breakthroughs, former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd said Wednesday on CNBC's "Street Signs Asia."
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security advisor Jake Sullivan will hold high-level, in-person talks on Thursday with China's Yang Jiechi, a member of the Communist Party's top decision-making body, and Wang Yi, the foreign minister. It will be the Biden administration's first high-level meeting with Chinese officials.
"It's more likely to be a dialogue about dialogue rather than substantive problem-solving," said rudd, who is now president and CEO of Asia Society.
Blinken, who is visiting Japan and South Korea - Washington's two biggest military allies in Asia - ahead of Thursday's meeting fired a salvo against Beijing over Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, the South China Sea and Tibet.
Those issues are likely to be big topics of conversation when the two groups meet in Alaska, according to experts.
Redefining the U.S.-China relation
The U.S.-China relationship frayed over the past four years as the Trump administration blamed Beijing for a wide range of grievances, including: intellectual property theft, unfair trade practices as well as the coronavirus pandemic, which was first reported in China.
The two countries are searching for a new strategic narrative to govern their bilateral relationship, which structurally has become "more problematic" due to the shifting balance of power between Washington and Beijing, according to rudd. He explained that China's rising influence has made the two superpowers fierce rivals in areas of trade, investment, technology, capital markets, influence as well as ideology.
"It's competitive, whether we like it or not," rudd said. "However, at the same time, there are domains in each country which warrant cooperation, like climate change, like pandemics and like, frankly, global debt management."
Going forward, the two countries could identify those avenues for cooperation, while also taking note of areas of competition and the other party's red lines, the former prime minister said. That could potentially prevent the competitive relationship from escalating into open conflict.
Asia is a priority
President Joe Biden has said that his approach to China would be different from his predecessor, Donald Trump, and that his administration would work closely with allies to push back against Beijing. Last Friday, Biden virtually met with leaders of India, Japan and Australia as part of an informal strategic alliance known as the Quad.
The U.S. is off to a good start in terms of mending some of those alliances in Asia, according to Victor Cha, senior advisor and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
"Quite frankly, for allies, Japan and South Korea, the United States was speaking a language over the last four years that they really did not understand," Cha told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Wednesday.
"All these alliance relationships during those four years had been boiled down to how much money allies are willing to pay for U.S. security and that was it. Aside from that, these allies were seen as economic enemies and as liabilities in terms of U.S. power. They were not seen, traditionally, as they are - as assets of U.S. power," he said.
rudd explained that the thinking in Beijing is that it will take the U.S. a long time to rebuild alliances after effectively walking away from them under the previous administration. But if the Biden administration "succeeds in entrenching America's position again in the region and with other allies, then the Chinese may have a more formidable challenge than at present they necessarily assume."
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/former-australian-pm-kevin-rudd-on-us-china-talks.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0_GbYAYQY
#13241538 at 2021-03-17 06:53:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13241531
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There is a seemingly re-emphasis on the strong and tight alliance between the US and Australia, but underneath the sweet-talk, anyone could make out Campbell's genuine purpose, which is to keep Australia within the US' anti-China circle and act with more dedication.
In fact Campbell's remarks are shoving Australia further onto the very frontline of the US anti-China campaign.
Apart from reassuring one of the most loyal US allies in the Indo-Pacific region, the timing of this statement also seems interesting. This Thursday, China's top diplomats Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Alaska. It seems the US side is playing the "Australia card" to compel for more bargaining space. Australia is being propelled onto a path of no return, as a pathetic pawn in Washington's power game, while China is being accused of "economically coercive." There is a quintessential wickedness in this ruse to allegorically "strike two birds with one piece of stone"
The Sydney Morning Herald says Campbell's remark "is the first known intervention of any nation to take substantive steps in support of Australia in its confrontation with Beijing." Statesmen in Canberra must be either tone deaf or very gullible if they should really believe this rhetoric. There is no substance in Campbell's empty promises; he was merely paying lip service without any substantive measures at all.
Or in fact Canberra might not be so thoughtless, unable to understand the real intent of Campbell as it appears. The politicians of Down Under might simply be pretending to have taken Washington's bait, and play along with the US to try to appeal to the anti-China sentiments that is being stoked up by the China hawks. The ultimate goal is not to serve Australia's national interest, but to reap in partisan profits, in particular with the prospect of an imminent election later this year.
It is to our regret that Australia has not sensibly appraised the gains and losses of its current aggressive policies towards China over the past four years. Former foreign minister Julie Bishop, for example, made tough statements about China during her tenure, but she has instead become more clearheaded after leaving her post. On Monday, during a webinar organized by the Australian National University, Bishop called on the Australian government not to engage in unnecessary tit-for-tat exchanges with the Chinese officials. At the same time, former prime minister kevin rudd said that the deterioration in the China-Australia relationship was at least partly due to Australia being one of the US' closest allies, which receives bipartisan support in Canberra. Unfortunately, to date, such lucid and judicious voices still cannot override the anti-China cacophony in Australia.
The author is a professor and director of the Australian Studies Centre, East China Normal University. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1218610.shtml
#13241522 at 2021-03-17 06:49:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13241520
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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
#13164827 at 2021-03-06 23:27:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Julian Assange/Wikileaks Bun
>>12816035 What Assange and WikiLeaks said about Australia
>>12865950, >>12865968 Civil-Liberties Groups Ask Biden Justice Dept. to Drop Julian Assange Case
>>12876900 US President Joe Biden's administration won't give up plans to seek extradition of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
>>12877731 Jeffrey Epstein's Virgin Island properties could be sold to help pay compensation to victims
>>12906429 US government appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange's extradition
>>13029118 Labor leader wants Julian Assange freed
>>13084374 Julian Assange's father comes to Bendigo ahead of extradition judgement appeal
Craig Kelly's electorate officer Frank Zumbo Bun
>>13003355, >>13003361, >>13003407, >>13029302 Craig Kelly's senior aide faces multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by young women
>>13003407 Craig Kelly's electorate officer Frank Zumbo in workplace probe
kevin rudd Bun
>>12839432 kevin rudd Tweets
>>12878012, >>12878019 kevin rudd says Sky News is using Fox model to radicalise politics in Australia
>>12996781 kevin rudd warns imitation of Fox News in Australia threatens to further fuel right-wing extremism
>>13016753 kevin rudd falls short in bid for royal commission into media diversity
#13164528 at 2021-03-06 21:34:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#13 - Part 16
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide
>>12773831 Video: Former QAnon supporter Jitarth Jadeja apologizes to Anderson Cooper 'for thinking you ate babies' - MURI ASSUNÇÃO - nydailynews.com
>>12786176 Video: The US Capitol riots showed what a 'bunch of entitled white people' can do - Sarah Ferguson - abc.net.au
>>12790190 Video: Capitol Riot: How January 6 and Donald Trump changed America forever - Four Corners
>>12796913 Craig Kelly backs Pete Evans' right to spread conspiracy theories: 'Ideas should be debated' - Josh Butler - thenewdaily.com.au
>>12797050 The QAnon threat to Australia's vaccine rollout - Sam Williamson - aspistrategist.org.au
>>12816259 'Loony lies and conspiracies': The Republican Party's identity crisis - Matthew Knott - smh.com.au
>>12839432 kevin rudd Tweet: Murdoch has zero interest in stopping dangerous far-right extremism. He sees QAnon as just another marketing tool to sucker people into his parallel universe where he can take their money and tell them how to vote
>>12839432 kevin rudd Tweet: In America, the Murdoch media continues to support a QAnon congresswoman who is notorious for her racist, antisemitic nonsense. The lesson for Australia? Murdoch will back bigger fruitcakes than Craig Kelly if he thinks there's money and power to be gained
>>12866036 Trump's DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4 - the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in - Joshua Zitser - businessinsider.com.au
>>12899025 Celebrity chef Pete Evans announces he will run for the Senate as a Great Australia Party candidate - Evin Priest, Jade Gailberger and Finn McHugh - news.com.au
>>12907263 QAnon cult happy at home in Republican Party - Phillip Adams - theaustralian.com.au
>>12907555 Video: Former QAnon believer Jitarth Jadeja says following the conspiracy "was absolutely a drug" - Jake Rosen - cbsnews.com
>>12907555 Video: Former QAnon follower Jitarth Jadeja on "The Takeout with Major Garrett" - cbsnews.com
>>12907869 'Dangerous Publicity Stunt': Expert Slams Pete Evans' Run For Senate - Eden Gillespie - sbs.com.au
>>12918879 QAnon pushes new conspiracies claiming Trump is still president - Sky News Australia
>>12920242 What's next for Donald Trump, the least predictable ex president- Jamie Seidel - news.com.au
>>12942846 How Australia became fertile ground for misinformation and QAnon - Michael McGowan - theguardian.com
>>12953381 Facebook deletes Pete Evans's Instagram account over repeated coronavirus and vaccine misinformation - AAP - abc.net.au
>>12996781 kevin rudd warns imitation of Fox News in Australia threatens to further fuel right-wing extremism - "I am worried that Qanon for example has a presence in this country"
>>13005953 'South Park' Looks Set To Tackle QAnon With 'South ParQ The Vaccination Special' - Dani Di Placido - forbes.com
>>13036378 Sky News Australia is tapping into the global conspiracy set - and it's paying off - Anne Davies - theguardian.com
>>13043646 No matter how many times QAnon's predictions prove to be wrong, some supporters keep justifying it to themselves - Chris Dengate, Ange Lavoipierre, Stephen Smiley and Scott Mitchell - abc.net.au
>>13059545 HBO Docuseries 'Q: Into the Storm' Wants to Solve the Mystery of QAnon - Greta Bjornson - decider.com
>>13059545 Video: Q: Into the Storm | Official Teaser - HBO
>>13076630 Disinformation experts aren't happy about the trailer for HBO's QAnon series - It teases what looks like a Hollywood blockbuster rather than a serious documentary
#13164473 at 2021-03-06 21:22:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#13 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>12979230 Video: Facebook has 'pulled the big guns out on Australia' with news ban, former CEO Stephen Scheeler says
>>12984322 News Corp. and Google reach global news-sharing deal
>>12995647 Government slams Facebook for sick double-standards by creating the 'perfect' platform for paedophiles to share child abuse - while stopping YOU from reading the news
>>12996781 kevin rudd warns imitation of Fox News in Australia threatens to further fuel right-wing extremism - "I am worried that Qanon for example has a presence in this country"
>>12996844 Misinformation runs rampant as Facebook says it may take a week before it unblocks some pages - Josh Taylor and Michael McGowan - theguardian.com
>>13002303 Video: South Australia has a minority government after MP resigns - Country MP Fraser Ellis charged with 23 counts of deception after ICAC expenses investigation
>>13002303 Fox News' parent company NewsCorp strikes lucrative deal with China-adjacent Google to profit off Australia's Big Tech Ban
>>13003355 Craig Kelly's senior aide Frank Zumbo faces multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by young women
>>13003407 (2020) Craig Kelly's electorate officer Frank Zumbo - allegations of workplace misconduct inside federal MP's suburban electorate office
>>13004702 Foreign Minister Marise Payne and US, Indian and Japanese counterparts lay groundwork for countering growing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific
>>13013998 Video: Facebook revealed to be a 'parasitic operation' which steals 'personal data' - Sky News Australia
>>13016753 kevin rudd falls short in bid for royal commission into media diversity
>>13020992 Video: Aussie Open crowds boo vaccine rollout comment - Sky News Australia
>>13023405 Alexander Downer: Big tech bully about to learn it's not beyond the law
>>13029097 Video: Victorian government announces Royal Commission into Crown Casino
>>13029187 Video: Facebook to reverse news ban on Australian sites, government to make amendments to media bargaining code
>>13029302 Video: Craig Kelly resigns from the Liberal Party to move to the crossbench - 'I want to be able to speak out'
>>13029413 Australia calls Myanmar's Vice-Senior General in attempts to free detained academic Sean Turnell
>>13043560 PDF: Australian economist Sean Turnell's wife, Ha Vu, writes to the wife of General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's military ruler
>>13043802 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tweet: Had a good conversation with Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP last night
>>13043802 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Another good call with PM @JustinTrudeau
>>13055026 Security co-operation 'vital to counter China', says Japanese ambassador Shingo Yamagami
>>13055039 Australia and Japan have a great partnership built on strong pillars - Shingo Yamagami - theaustralian.com.au
>>13055196 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Tweet: Today, I had a great conversation with my friend ScoMo
>>13055196 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Thanks to my good friend PM @sugawitter for a great call
>>13058939 AFP officer spent six months undercover snapping up Aussie IDs on the Dark Web where drivers' licences sell for as little as $2
>>13065535 End-to-end encryption: The Facebook outrage that's far, far worse
>>13083891 Neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division to become first right-wing terrorist organisation listed in Australia
>>13083949 Victorian parliamentary committee set to announce decision on banning Nazi symbols
>>13104144 Clearnet posting assistance - update 8kun HOSTS file
>>13104200 Clearnet posting assistance - Use the clearnet board url in tor browser - https://8kun.top/qresearch/catalog.html
>>13107371 Video: Crown Perth's suitability to hold casino licence to be examined in WA royal commission
#13164467 at 2021-03-06 21:21:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#13 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>12775241 'Pete Evans in the party room': Liberals, independents line up to take on Craig Kelly - James Massola - smh.com.au
>>12775406 Australian Secret Intelligence Service accused of being the "gold standard" for covering up mental health issues in its ranks - Cydonee Mardon - themercury.com.au
>>12796913 Craig Kelly backs Pete Evans' right >>12797160 Top doctors' body hits out at Liberal MP Craig Kelly for appearing on Pete Evans' podcast - Nick Pearson - 9news.com.au
>>12808065 Scott Morrison delivers first public rebuke of Craig Kelly over controversial opinions on coronavirus vaccination - abc.net.au
>>12808137 Video: Craig Kelly puts the gag on ... for now - Jack The Insider (Peter Hoysted) - theaustralian.com.au
>>12815543 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison in talks with Google boss Sundar Pichai following tech giant's threat to shut down search in Australia
>>12817974 Coalition deletes references to rising far-right extremism in Senate motion, references to far-left anarchism and communism added
>>12818226 Opinion: Rod Sims' big tech fixation blinds him to Murdoch's monopoly - kevin rudd - afr.com
>>12835067 Craig Kelly MP grows anti-vax COVID support base after Scott Morrison reprimand - Ellen Whinnett - heraldsun.com.au
>>12836590 Thousands of US marines to touch down in Darwin before June 2021: Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D)
>>12836663 Media Release - Defence Minister Linda Reynolds: Arrival of the 2021 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin
>>12846304 Kylie Moore-Gilbert's marriage breakdown after husband Ruslan Hodorov had secret affair with her colleague, Kylie Baxter
>>12866521 Sean Turnell, Australian academic and economic policy adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, detained by Myanmar military - Family calls for his immediate release
>>12866540 Judge rules Australian government's attempt to obstruct Bernard Collaery's use of highly respected barrister Bret Walker SC 'unfair'
>>12867040 Crown Resorts deemed unsuitable to operate new Sydney casino at Barangaroo - inquiry exposes allegations of money laundering
>>12878012 PDF: kevin rudd says Sky News is using Fox model to radicalise politics in Australia
>>12878019 Senate Inquiry into Media diversity in Australia - Submissions
>>12883469 'Get to higher ground': Tsunami warning is issued for parts of Australia and New Zealand after TWO huge earthquakes - one measuring 7.7 - hit the Pacific Ocean
>>12883484 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology - CANCELLATION OF TSUNAMI WARNING FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND
>>12884317 'Hollywood Australia' a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza - Chris Hemsworth, Ron Howard, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Natalie Portman, Dwayne Johnson
>>12887673 INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH OUTBACK SALESPERSON IN AUSTRALIA
>>12899025 Celebrity chef Pete Evans announces he will run for the Senate as a Great Australia Party candidate - Evin Priest, Jade Gailberger and Finn McHugh - news.com.au
>>12899180 Microsoft president Brad Smith urges US to copy Australia's media code
>>12899180 Brad Smith - Why an Australian proposal offers part of what's needed for technology, journalism and American democracy itself
>>12917421 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: Touch down! @USMC personnel from the tenth Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) have landed in the NT
>>12930175 Seven West Media strikes partnership with Google that will see tech giant pay for news content
>>12930885 Meteor flashes in the sky above Melbourne
>>12942916 Kylie Moore-Gilbert thanks Scott Morrison after release from Iran prison
>>12946271 Video: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern criticises Australia for stripping dual national terror suspect's citizenship
>>12946320 Google closing in on news content deals with ABC, Nine, Guardian
>>12952105 PDF: Twitter deems Australia's account takeover warrant as antithetical to democratic law
>>12952105 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security - Review of the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020
#13164459 at 2021-03-06 21:20:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#13 - Part 1
2020 US Presidential Election - Australian Perspectives
>>12817106 Joe Biden set to invite Scott Morrison to White House climate summit - Richard Ferguson - theaustralian.com.au
>>12817159 Biden keen to visit Australia, spoke to Morrison about emissions reduction - Rob Harris - smh.com.au
>>12817176 Video: PM holds 'warm and engaging call' with Biden - Sky News Australia
>>12817699 Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia - whitehouse.gov
>>12817823 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet: Great to speak to US President Joe Biden again today
>>12856518 Video: Murdoch Watch Episode 2 - Murdoch and his role in the Trump Presidency - kevin rudd
>>12886917 Video: Trump loyalist Sebastian Gorka launches tirade on Australian Sky News TV - Finn McHugh - news.com.au
>>12908752 Christiane Amanpour Tweet: The world is watching the impeachment trial, and fmr. Australian Prime Minister @JuliaGillard says it's crucial to "consider what they would be saying if this had happened in another nation... What would they be saying about accountability?"
>>12908752 Christiane Amanpour Tweet: Former Australian PM @JuliaGillard points out that "an ultra-macho style of leadership, a blustering style of leadership, not looking at the facts, pretending that somehow you can out-swagger a virus - that has been the style that has *least* worked this time."
>>13005466 GOP cowards keep US in dark shadow of Donald Trump - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au
>>13020499 Video: Trump may establish social media company - Sky News Australia
>>13050614 Trump created an anti-American 'cult' of followers says Hillary Clinton
>>13100728 Video: PM holds phone call with US Vice President Kamala Harris - Sky News Australia
#13036391 at 2021-02-24 05:24:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13036378
2/4
Copland is looking into where Sky's videos are being shared through Facebook and the extent to which they are being picked up by far-right groups, like Infowars.
The Sky After Dark team also regularly interviews far-right figures who have big social media followings in own their countries.
Recent interviews have included the Reform UK party's Nigel Farage; Katie Hopkins, the UK commentator who was banned from Twitter for hate speech; and US political commentator and YouTube personality Dave Rubin.
Sometimes it's just out-and-out conspiracy material, drawn from the QAnon playbook, like Rowan Dean's multiple reports on the supposed secret agenda of the World Economic Forum's "the Great Reset", some of which have featured on Infowars.
Former prime minister kevin rudd, who is leading calls for a royal commission into News Corp's influence, has warned that Fox News is a "legitimising echo chamber for this increasingly far-right, extremist worldview" and is the model for Sky News Australia.
"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 to its inquiry into media diversity. "We will see its full impact in a decade's time."
rudd appeared at a parliamentary inquiry last week to repeat his warnings about Sky.
The "Fox News-isation" of the Australian media was well underway thanks to Sky News Australia breeding climate change denialism and encouraging far-right political extremism, rudd said.
News Corp CEO Michael Miller denied that News had "racism as a business model" or that it was running campaigns of "character assassination".
On air, former political staffer Peta Credlin said rudd's News Corp "conspiracy theories" were a "narcissistic sideshow".
In a statement to the Guardian, Sky News Australia said its content "resonates with millions of Australians with the network operating the most engaging Australian media pages on Facebook and YouTube and the #1 channel on Foxtel".
"Our record viewership numbers in 2020 prove our news, opinion and investigative content is valued by our audience," the statement said.
"We encourage broad discussion and debate, which is important to a healthy democracy and will continue doing so in a way that meets editorial, journalistic and community expectations."
The Great Reset
With QAnon followers grappling with the departure of former US president Donald Trump and the collapse of their narrative that he would rescue the country from a plot by the "deep state" and a paedophile cabal of Democrats, the Great Reset has become a new focus for QAnon supporters and their mistrust of governments.
The World Economic Forum is an annual event held in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, attended by some of the richest people on the planet.
It's been co-chaired in the past by the likes of Rupert Murdoch (owner of Fox and Sky News), along with some of the biggest names in business, banking and technology.
To date, the main criticism (from the left) has been centred on its elitism and that those who attend are out of touch with the lived experience of capitalism, whether it be low wages, poor working conditions or environmental degradation.
The Great Reset, the theme of the 2021 conference, was advanced by Britain's Prince Charles last June. He wants the Davos participants and world leaders to look at using the recovery from the pandemic to create a more sustainable, kinder capitalism that harnesses science and technology to tackle the world's problems, notably climate change.
But somehow the Great Reset has become part of rightwing conspiracy thinking.
Perhaps it was the somewhat unfortunate title, which has echoes of China's Mao Zedong.
Perhaps it was a WEF advertisement for its 2021 theme that included the line, "In the future you will own nothing", a headline-grabbing way to talk about futurists' views that we will be computing in the cloud and sharing driverless vehicles rather than owning our own.
But with the help of Sky News, Alex Jones and a myriad conspiracy sites, the World Economic Forum has become further "proof" of a global plot by a cabal of elites and the deep state to undermine the US.
And it's paying off for Sky News. Dean's 13 December rant on the topic has been viewed 1.043m times via YouTube.
"This Great Reset is as serious and dangerous a threat to our prosperity - to your prosperity and your freedom - as we have faced in decades," according to Dean, who is also a satirical columnist in the Australian Financial Review.
(continued)
#13016753 at 2021-02-21 18:00:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12996781
kevin rudd falls short in bid for royal commission into media diversity
JAMES MADDEN - FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Former prime minister kevin rudd's campaign for a royal commission into media diversity has failed, with the federal government formally advising the Governor-General that the inquiry should not proceed.
A petition calling for a royal commission was launched by Mr rudd in October, and by the time it was tabled in parliament three weeks later it had garnered 501,876 signatures, although it was later discovered that the e-document was littered with fake names.
Royal commissions are not established by the parliament. Rather, they are initiated by the Governor-General, based on advice from the federal government.
Petitions for royal commissions are submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions; if they are procedurally sound, the document is referred to the relevant government minister - in this case Communications Minister Paul Fletcher - for their advice to the Governor-General on whether to proceed.
On Monday, Governor-General David Hurley will receive a letter from Mr Fletcher advising him not to green-light the proposed inquiry.
On Friday, Mr rudd appeared at a Senate committee inquiry into media diversity - alongside executives from News Corp (publisher of The Australian), Nine, and Australian Associated Press - during which he claimed the "Murdoch media" enjoyed a monopoly of the national media industry. Mr rudd also said he was "fearful of the Murdoch media beast" when he was prime minister.
News Corp Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller told the hearing that the Australian media landscape was in fact "a picture of diversity, not monopoly", citing the fact that each month, 19 million Australians access at least one of Nine's media brands, while News Corp, Seven West Media and the ABC independently reach between 17.4 and 17.8 million people.
"Diversity is not just about ownership. It's about the diversity of sources," Mr Miller said.
"Australians are smart people who make up their own minds about what media they consume, who they back politically, and what they feel."
Mr Fletcher declined to comment on the federal government's advice to Mr Hurley on the royal commission. But he did say that while the Australian media was already "vibrant and diverse", the federal government was committed to ensuring that it remains so, in the face of the various challenges facing the industry.
"Quality news and public interest journalism plays an important role in the functioning of Australian society and democracy and is essential to informing local communities. Australia is fortunate to have a vibrant, diverse and contentious media sector," Mr Fletcher said.
"Rules regarding the control of media ownership in Australia support this diverse media sector by limiting the number of media operations that can be controlled by a person in a licence area. Nevertheless, the government recognises there are serious challenges confronting the sector.
"One of these concerns the sustainability of public interest journalism in the light of the bargaining power imbalance between traditional media outlets and global online platforms. This is why the government has introduced the news media and digital platforms mandatory code into the parliament."
Mr Fletcher said the government was focused on "practical measures to support the strength and diversity of Australian news media."
Mr rudd famously launched his campaign for a royal commission into media diversity without telling Labor leader Anthony Albanese. "I thought it would be less complicated for him if he didn't know," Mr rudd said at the time.
On Sunday, Labor communications spokeswoman Michelle Rowland reiterated the ALP's position that a royal commission into media diversity in Australia was unnecessary.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/kevin-rudd-falls-short-in-bid-for-royal-commission-into-media-diversity/news-story/5c7482d49928bfe4831b35827278f047
#12996781 at 2021-02-19 09:07:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
kevin rudd warns imitation of Fox News in Australia threatens to further fuel right-wing extremism
Mr rudd has warned about the potential impact of an "alternative political ecosystem" fuelled by a denialism of fact that conflates news reporting with editorial opinion.
TOM STAYNER - 19 FEBRUARY 2021
Former prime minister kevin rudd says the "Fox News-isation" of Australian media threatens to further encourage far-right extremism.
He delivered the warning on Friday during a Senate inquiry examining media diversity in Australia.
Mr rudd has directly targeted the role of Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the Australian media landscape, claiming its conflation of news reporting and editorial opinion has undermined democracy.
Mr rudd said he was worried this trend threatens to build an "alternative political ecosystem" that could act to further encourage far-right extremism.
"Where I really worry about the cancer setting in is this - this conflation of news reporting and opinion … ultimately corrodes the notion of factual analysis in itself," he said.
"We're on a slippery slope to where the Trumpian universe landed us all - a land of facts and alternative facts and that there is no such thing as the objective truth anymore."
The newspapers owned by Murdoch's News Corp include The Australian, the Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun, and the Courier Mail. It also owns TV channel Sky News.
Overseas, it owns publications such as The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the United States, and The Sun and The Times in Britain.
Mr Murdoch also controls Fox Corp.
News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller told the committee Mr rudd's claims against News Corp were "not only misleading" but "without fact".
"A lot of his assertions are totally wrong - they are without fact," he said.
Mr Miller also defended his organisation's editorial approach, saying the media group published "a range of opinions".
"I'll defend the rights for those views to be expressed and those opinions to be there," he said.
"The cornerstone of our democracy is a collection of opinion and ideas where different positions can be expressed."
Mr Miller added that there was zero tolerance for inciting violence on its platforms.
"There is no place for hate speech," he said.
"There is no place on any of our platforms for inciting any violence."
Mr rudd has described the Murdoch media empire as a "monopoly" that has operated through a "culture of fear".
Mr Miller disputed Mr rudd's assessment of News Corp's control of the media landscape, saying this doesn't take into account the growth of digital outlets or television networks.
"To look at media through the prism of just print - which is sharply declining - I think is not the way to consider how people consume media today," he said.
Concerns over Facebook's emerging monopoly power
The Senate inquiry is also seeking to examine concerns over the emerging power of social media giants on the media landscape in Australia.
Mr rudd cited Facebook's decision on Thursday to censor Australian news media on its platform as another example of the power of a monopoly to undermine factual journalism.
"Look at the impact of the Fox News-isation of American politics … my concern about where this drifts to overtime is it has a cumulative effect," he said.
He went on to cite the example of the 6 January insurrection attempt by rioters against the United States Capitol building as a extreme example of this impact taking hold.
He said while Australia could say that would "never happen here", the same would have been said in the United States a decade ago.
"I am not concerned about today - I am concerned about a decade's time," he said.
Mr rudd cited the presence of far-right groups in Australia as evidence to support his concerns.
"I am worried that Qanon for example has a presence in this country - I'm really worried about that, but it is not just one conspiracy group there are others as well," he said.
A petition signed by more than 500,000 Australians was delivered to Parliament last year backing Mr rudd's calls for a royal commission to ensure a "strong, diverse Australian news media".
Mr Miller said he believed Australians were smart enough to make their own judgement about the news they consumed and who they supported "politically".
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/kevin-rudd-warns-imitation-of-fox-news-in-australia-threatens-to-further-fuel-right-wing-extremism
>Those who scream the loudest...
#12878012 at 2021-02-10 07:16:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>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."
(continued)
#12856518 at 2021-02-08 04:09:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Murdoch Watch Episode 2 - Murdoch and his role in the Trump Presidency
kevin rudd
5 Feb 2021
Just one month on from the armed assault on the US Congress, it's time for Australia reflect on the critical role of the Murdoch media in running a rolling campaign of disinformation - creating a tinder box environment for far right extremists to run amok.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROjGUkpH-EY
>5:33
#12839432 at 2021-02-06 11:17:32 (UTC+1)
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kevin rudd Tweets
Murdoch has zero interest in stopping dangerous far-right extremism. He sees QAnon as just another marketing tool to sucker people into his parallel universe where he can take their money and tell them how to vote. #MurdochRoyalCommission
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1357519643410272256
Tucker Carlson defended QAnon and said attacks on it were part of a government plot to control people's minds
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday defended the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement, whose adherents groundlessly believe that Donald Trump is planning a purge of child-abusing Democrats who run the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/fox-news-tucker-carlson-defends-qanon-conspiracy-theory-movement-2021-1
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In America, the Murdoch media continues to support a QAnon congresswoman who is notorious for her racist, antisemitic nonsense. The lesson for Australia? Murdoch will back bigger fruitcakes than Craig Kelly if he thinks there's money and power to be gained
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1357556909650243584
Fringe-Watching: Marjorie Taylor Greene
From The Daily Show
#12818231 at 2021-02-04 07:48:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12818226
2/2
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
#12818226 at 2021-02-04 07:46:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Opinion: Rod Sims' big tech fixation blinds him to Murdoch's monopoly
kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - Feb 4, 2021
1/2
It's understandable that Rod Sims worries about emergent digital monopolies. They are huge. But the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman's fixation on new media monopolies has blinded him to existing ones - especially Rupert Murdoch's 70 per cent stranglehold on print readership.
As Sims recently told The Australian Financial Review, Murdoch isn't such a "big, bad guy". After all, he says, News Corp's global market capitalisation is just a fraction that of Google or Facebook.
This same attitude guided Sims to green-light Murdoch's cementing of his undisputed domination in Queensland in 2016 through the acquisition of APN Australian Regional Media's 12 daily newspapers, 60 community titles and 30 websites.
Murdoch already owned the Brisbane Courier-Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, Townsville Bulletin and Cairns Post, plus local papers and The Australian. What was Sims' rationale? Readers were "increasingly reading online sources of news, where there are alternatives".
Sims' decision - apart from demonstrating his weak grasp of the nexus between professional local newsrooms and quality local news - had disastrous consequences. Only one of the APN dailies, the Toowoomba Chronicle, has survived.
The others - spanning the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Coast, Ipswich, Gympie, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Warwick, Stanthorpe, Lismore and Grafton - have all stopped, their newsrooms slashed and websites packed with syndicated non-local news.
Readers are now referred to The Courier-Mail, which is produced up to 800km away by journalists who have probably never visited their towns.
News Corp vowed publicly to maintain APN's "vibrant newspaper operations". In reality, Murdoch bought out his competitors, waited for a few years to keep up appearances, then unceremoniously slaughtered them under the cover of COVID-19.
Sims should share responsibility for that result. Sims' experience as an economist is acknowledged, but he is way out of his depth on the critical question of media diversity. The APN sale wasn't just about transfer pricing or market capitalisation; it was about preserving the flow of copious, accurate, local information.
Attempted power grab
Murdoch's predatory behaviour continues through his assault on AAP Newswire, which he seeks to replace with his own NCA NewsWire. If he is allowed to succeed, Murdoch's content will be seeded throughout the media, including at the ABC. Yet the ACCC's response to this attempted power grab has been barely audible.
Sims doesn't realise that Murdoch's print monopoly remains the feedstock for most broadcast media, telling TV and radio stations which stories are important, and framing the issues. Murdoch's Sky News Australia is now broadcast free-to-air across 30 regional markets and nationwide through taxpayer-funded Foxtel, and it has a bigger YouTube base than channels Nine, Ten and Seven combined.
Its agenda-driven programs are steadily radicalising the Liberal Party and Nationals base, dragging more MPs to the far right.
He should ask Rupert's own son, James Murdoch, who quit the family business after decades in its inner sanctum. He accuses the company of abusing its power to deny science, pursue hidden agendas, legitimise disinformation and sow doubt into public debate to obscure facts.
A company with a record of bribery, hacking into innocent people's devices, and tolerating sexual predators such as Roger Ailes should not be allowed to dominate the flow of information in our democracy.
(continued)
#12773026 at 2021-01-31 01:45:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#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
#12772975 at 2021-01-31 01:41:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 14
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>12366988 Australia says China should allow in World Health Organization Covid investigators 'without delay'
>>12367636 Australia needs to recalibrate its China policy to optimize national interests - Tian Jingling - globaltimes.cn
>>12439410 Foreign Minister Marise Payne's Beijing blast after arrests of 55 Hong Kong activists
>>12439410 Joint statement on arrests in Hong Kong - Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States
>>12476959 China's tells Five Eyes nations to stop 'intervening' in Hong Kong affairs
>>12476959 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on January 11, 2021
>>12477893 Opinion: For the real threat to democracy look to China, not the US - Alexander Downer - afr.com
>>12478426 National security concerns thwart Chinese takeover bid for major Australian builder Probuild
>>12482499 Beijing accuses Australia of politicizing business as Chinese bid for major builder is blocked for 'security concerns'
>>12482499 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on January 12, 2021
>>12495517 The secret plan for countering China: Trump should have followed his own strategy - Anthony Galloway - smh.com.au
>>12495543 PDF: The United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific (2018) - Declassified U.S. National Security Council document
>>12513009 Video: Pompeo is laying 'landmines' in U.S.-China relations before Biden takes office: former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd
>>12543925 Australian companies warned about doing business in China's Xinjiang - 'forced labour and arbitrary detention'
>>12645737 Australia should seek policy autonomy, free of US directives - globaltimes.cn
>>12645819 Will specter of Trumpism haunt Morrison? - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>12663105 Family of imprisoned Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong 'flees to Australia'
>>12663221 Australia's human rights problem may lead to another 'Floyd tragedy': expert - Xu Keyue - globaltimes.cn
>>12663237 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on January 21, 2021
>>12703964 China talks only if there are no conditions, Scott Morrison says
>>12728411 Morrison should learn from past for China reset - globaltimes.cn
#12772958 at 2021-01-31 01:40:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
#12 - Part 13
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>12076653 Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discuss China's 'escalating threats'
>>12076653 US Department of State - Press Readout - Secretary Pompeo's Call with Australian Foreign Minister Payne
>>12076658 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: The U.S.-Australia Alliance is strong and our collective work in the Quad is increasingly critical
>>12076658 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Tweet: My friend @SecPompeo has been a vital partner to Australia as we have addressed the challenges across our region
>>12090253 Video: kevin rudd hosts Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in an online forum, Australia warned to not become part of US-led "coalition against China"
>>12090289 Video: China: State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, introduced by Asia Society Policy Institute President kevin rudd
>>12113891 Yang Hengjun - Australian writer detained in Beijing has trial delayed by three months
>>12166590 Accused Chinese spy, Di Sanh (Sunny) Duong, slapped with harsh bail conditions, banned from contacting any foreign intelligence agencies or elected officials
>>12188234 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Tonight, we're freely worshiping Jesus Christ and drinking Australian wine - two things that the CCP does not allow #FightForFreedom
>>12189244 Q Research General #15562: Jesus Christ and Australian Wine Edition - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/12188633.html
>>12190547 Australia fights back against China to build relationship with East Timor
>>12234671 Taiwanese MP Wang Ting-yu calls for enhanced cooperation with Australia in face of Chinese aggression
>>12234681 Unwise for Australia to play 'Taiwan card' - Xu Shanpin - globaltimes.cn
>>12249109 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi wants Australia relationship back on track 'as early as possible'
>>12258893 China Daily editorial: Canberra going further on the wrong track - Pressure on State of Victoria to cancel cooperation program with China's Jiangsu province
>>12271841 Outgoing US ambassador Arthur Culvahouse takes parting shot at China
>>12304790 ASIO red-flags Liberal Party donor Huifeng 'Haha' Liu over foreign interference risks
>>12339676 Victorian Liberal MP Gladys Liu the target of foreign interference plot - Di Sanh Duong charged with attempting to influence Liberal Party figures
>>12339752 World's eyes on Australia to see if we can resist China - Clive Hamilton - theaustralian.com.au
>>12341574 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: U.S., Australia and Japan are working together to give Pacific Islands the chance to partner with free nations, not Communist China
>>12366671 Australia 'not for turning' in dispute with China, UK envoy George Brandis says
>>12366808 An Australia-UK deal will turbocharge our economies - George Brandis - telegraph.co.uk
#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
#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
#12076463 at 2020-12-18 08:00:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 15
Australia / China Tensions - Part 3
>>11899318 Video: Scott Morrison's demand for apology over fake image of Australian soldier 'unfortunate', says China's deputy ambassador Wang Xining
>>11910774 OPINION: The PM ignored one of the enduring truths in politics in his over-the-top response to China - kevin rudd
>>11920650 Video: Alexander Downer: China's 'aggressive diplomacy' is 'encouraging' nations to take Australia's side - Sky News Australia
>>11925150 Biden government will likely keep Aussies and allies from wild actions - Xin Qiang - globaltimes.cn
>>11930590 Australia is standing up to China's bullying. It needs U.S. support - Washington Post Editorial Board - washingtonpost.com
>>11932647 Australia's act that sparked feud, trade war and Twitter row with China - those blaming our virus inquiry are missing something much bigger
>>11945380 World is watching as China tests Australia: former diplomat and current Liberal backbencher Dave Sharma
>>11945380 PDF: Dave Sharma: What should Australia do about its relationship with the PRC? - chinamatters.org.au
>>11945885 US intelligence chief John Ratcliffe slams China's economic 'domination' plan
>>11945932 China is national security threat No. 1 - John Ratcliffe - The Wall Street Journal
>>11960248 As relations with China worsen, Australia fears US abandonment under Biden admin - foxnews.com
>>11960582 Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review quit carrying eight-page Communist party newspaper supplement 'China Watch'
>>11960645 Canberra turns spotlight on Victoria's Belt and Road deal as veto laws pass
>>11960678 New Law allows Australia to scrap China Belt and Road plans
>>11968449 Global Times editor Hu Xijin lunches with Australia's Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher
>>11968481 Among US allies, why is Australia keen to attack China?: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>11978606 Daniel Andrews staffer Nancy Yang linked to mysterious Chinese investment fund, Arem Pacific Corporation
>>11978719 China replies over latest wine tariffs after Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham lashes out
>>11979293 New laws will give Australian intelligence officers power to probe suspected spies in a bid to tackle foreign interference
>>11979355 AUSTRAC risk assessment: Casino junket operators 'exploited, infiltrated' by crime syndicates, foreign spies
>>11979446 Marise Payne warns China over fishing in Torres Strait - China's Fujian Zhonghong Fishery Company's $200m operation in Papua New Guinea
>>11979509 Communist China, a repressive regime with diametrically opposed strategic objectives, now dominates our research horizons - Peter Jennings, ASPI - theaustralian.com.au
>>11979604 Xi Jinping knows who has the real power in trade dispute; it's not him - Robert Gottliebsen - theaustralian.com.au
>>12001900 Five Eyes partners mull joint sanctions as allies hit back at China trade coercion
>>12015508 Chinese Communist Party membership leak - Party insiders in the ranks: Communists infiltrate Western consulates - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>12015557 Names, positions of Chinese Community Party operatives revealed in major security leak - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>12015678 Video: Major leak 'exposes' members and 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party - Sky News Australia
>>12015759 Video: Major leak has provided an 'unprecedented view' into the Communist Party of China - Sky News Australia
>>12033555 Five Eyes alliance plotting against China will backfire on themselves - globaltimes.cn
>>12033623 Five Eyes turn blind by fantasizing CPC infiltration: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>12033786 China extends full open gesture to imported coal except for Australia - Chi Jingyi - globaltimes.cn
>>12033793 'Unacceptable': Australia accuses China of diplomacy by media over coal ban
>>12034093 Alexander Downer cautions business on China
>>12034483 ASIO probes Chinese Communist Party members in Shanghai consulate - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au
>>12047897 Five Eyes alliance considers sanctioning China
>>12047936 Australia to take China to the World Trade Organisation over barley tariffs
>>12047991 The Australian 'turned' me into a CPC member overnight - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>12047999 I have never been a member of the Chinese Communist Party: Chen Hong - Jared Lynch - theaustralian.com.au
>>12048019 CCP members in foreign embassies 'the reality in China': Foreign Minister
>>12061760 China's treatment of Australia is a 'sign of things to come' for world, says John Bolton
#12076456 at 2020-12-18 07:58:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 14
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>11838733 China should be 'totally ashamed': Scott Morrison demands China take down post
>>11838747 Hu Xijin Tweet: On what ground does Morrison feel angry over the use of this cartoon by the spokesperson of Chinese FM? It's ridiculous and shameless that he demanded China to apologize
>>11839082 China fires back at Morrison, doubles down on war crimes accusation
>>11842962 Why China's trade aggression has Sun Tzu spinning in his grave - Alexander Downer
>>11852344 Chinese media threatens 'evil' Australia's warships in South China Sea
>>11852348 China's goodwill futile with evil Australia: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>11852619 Zhao Lijian: Chinese foreign ministry spokesman who launched 'repugnant' attack on Australia has an eight-year history of tangling with westerners and pushing conspiracies
>>11852648 White House chides China over treatment of Australia
>>11852648 White House National Security Council Tweet: Australian wine will be featured at a White House holiday reception this week
>>11852738 Video: Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton - Australia in the 'midst of the most significant strategic realignment since WW2' - Sky News Australia
>>11852994 Video: Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) - 'Will not be bullied': citizens around the world told to buy Australian wine in stand against China
>>11853166 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - 'the rage and roar of some Australian politicians and media is nothing but misreading of and overreaction to Mr. Zhao's tweet'
>>11867607 Australian and Chinese diplomats meet to seek apology over fake war crimes meme
>>11867646 Vieo: Wuheqilin (Fu Yu) - Chinese artist behind doctored image of Australian soldier says he's ready to make more
>>11867686 Scott Morrison appeals directly to Chinese citizens on WeChat
>>11867746 Video: China's Global Times publishes new offensive cartoon depicting a bloodied kangaroo while demanding Australia apologise to the artist behind the fake picture
>>11867772, >>11867791 PM muddies Aussie's own waters with double-standard outburst - Yu Luxu - globaltimes.cn
>>11867808 Fact-based illustration not 'fake photo'; Aussie accusation aims to 'divert attention': FM - globaltimes.cn
>>11867815 Cartoon demands justice for murdered Afghans, Morrison blunder-struck with hypocrisy - Wuheqilin - globaltimes.cn
>>11867899 Wuheqilin Weibo Post: To Morrison '-apologize!!-'
>>11868246 Video: kevin rudd on Australia-China relations - ABC 7.30 (1 December 2020) - kevin rudd Youtube
>>11868963 United States Ambassador Arthur Culvahouse Jr accuses China of spreading misinformation over Afghan soldier image
>>11869024 U.S. Dept. of State Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown Tweet: We stand with our Australian partners in calling out @MFA_China for spreading disinformation
>>11869024 U.S. Dept. of State Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown Tweet: The CCP's latest attack on Australia is another example of its unchecked use of disinformation
>>11869024 U.S. Dept. of State Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown Tweet: As the CCP spreads disinformation, it covers up its horrendous human rights abuses
>>11871921 Social media platform WeChat censors Scott Morrison's post directed at Chinese community
>>11872209 Belt and Road Initiative: The deal Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews can't back out of
>>11883647 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia will not give ground to China's grievances
>>11884225 Joe Biden adviser Jake Sullivan says US stands 'shoulder to shoulder' with Australia
>>11884225 Jake Sullivan Tweet: America will stand shoulder to shoulder with our ally Australia and rally fellow democracies to advance our shared security, prosperity, and values
>>11884225 Democratic Senator Robert Menendez Tweet: The Australian people deserve an apology and the Chinese Foreign Ministry needs to demonstrate it understands how to conduct diplomacy
>>11884225 Republican Senator Marco Rubio criticises Twitter for putting warning labels on tweets by President Donald Trump but not doing so for Chinese Foreign Ministry tweet
>>11884356 Beijing controls Chinese-language media agencies in Australia, says Australia's peak intelligence agency, The Office of National Intelligence
>>11899048 US Navy to re-establish 1st Fleet, patrol waters of Southeast Asia, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, and increase Australia port visits in message to China
>>11899048 Q Post #1350 - God bless our brave fighting men & women. They deserve our deepest gratitude. Through their strength, and the millions of united Patriots around the World, we will succeed in this fight. Peace through strength.
#12076427 at 2020-12-18 07:53:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 13
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>11422350 Germany refuses to turn a 'blind eye' to China, teams up with Australia
>>11424226 Un-Australian ABC NEWS echoed CCP's propaganda - gnews.org
>>11473631 Melbourne man, Duong Di Sanh, has become the first person in Australia to be charged under foreign interference laws
>>11473876 Aussie producers of red wine, copper ore, sugar and timber are staring down a ban from China despite denials from Beijing
>>11494902 Di Sanh Duong (Yang Yisheng), former Liberal Party candidate, charged with preparing an act of foreign interference within Australia
>>11495067 Chinese state media warns Australian economy could 'suffer further pain' after reported export ban
>>11495079 Canberra only has itself to blame: China Daily editorial - chinadaily.com.cn
>>11536599 In plain sight: How Chunsheng Chen, an alleged Chinese spy tried to build an Australian business empire
>>11552108 Suspected Chinese spy Di Sanh Duong (Yang Yisheng) has quit the Victorian Liberal Party
>>11552431 Asia-Pacific to have Democrats' full attention under Biden presidency
>>11570718 Chinese state media's stark call for Australia to make urgent changes after US election
>>11570863 ASPI still spitting its mercenary poison: China Daily editorial - chinadaily.com.cn
>>11570863 PDF: Cyber-enabled foreign interference in elections and referendums - Australian Strategic Policy Institute
>>11571560 ASIO chief Mike Burgess warns MPs: China may target you
>>11571668 Daniel Hurst Tweet: Letter from Asio head Mike Burgess to all Australian federal politicians…be alert to the risk of foreign interference
>>11622961 Video: 'Not a suspect': Suspended Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane reinstated with Labor Party months after AFP raids
>>11652938 Mega free-trade deal a lifeline for Australia-China relations - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
>>11676116 Chinese-language WeChat student group boasts of targeting Australian academics critical of Beijing
>>11677678 Morrison to talk up Australian hydrogen in first meeting with new Japanese PM, Yoshihide Suga
>>11688058 Broad deal reached on military pact with Australia, says Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
>>11688113 Japan-Australia agreement against China goes astray: Global Times editorial - globaltimes.cn
>>11690012 Former Labor staffer John Zhang investigated for money laundering after Chinese foreign interference taskforce finds bundles of cash at Sydney home
>>11690073 Tough China stance here to stay under Biden: Australia's Ambassador to the United States, Arthur Sinodinos
>>11703294 'If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy': Beijing's fresh threat to Australia
>>11703324 Opinion: Australia must stop going further down wrong path over ties with China - xinhuanet.com
>>11703336 kevin rudd may have to register as 'an agent of foreign influence' due to vast overseas connections
>>11703441 Five Eyes allies call on China to reverse ban on Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators
>>11703451 Foreign Minister Marise Payne - Joint statement on Hong Kong - "serious concern regarding China's imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong"
>>11703451 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Tweet: We stand with the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada in calling out China's disqualification of elected Hong Kong legislators
>>11705793 'Five Eyes' could be poked blind if China's sovereignty and security harmed, warns Chinese FM spokesperson - Cui Fandi - globaltimes.cn
>>11705819 Video: The Five Eyes Alliance is gradually becoming like a mafia organization - Hu Xijin, Global Times Youtube
>>11705935 Morrison says Australia won't back down to China threats on free speech, security
>>11706028 'China's not perfect, but who is?': Outgoing WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt lashes attacks on 'our major trading partner'
>>11712446 Senior Republican senator Marco Rubio slams Beijing for 'bullying' Australia
>>11738732 China, Russia spreading lies, digital discord: former US National Security Agency director Mike Rogers
>>11761396 Australia will not be deputy sheriff in US-China tensions, Morrison declares
>>11776300 Premier Daniel Andrews defends Belt and Road agreement with China
>>11777165 US Ambassador to Australia Arthur Culvahouse blasts China over grievances against Morrison government
>>11804910 'Devastating blow': Trade Minister Simon Birmingham lashes out at China's wine tariff hit
>>11838725 Lijian Zhao Tweet: Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians & prisoners by Australian soldiers. We strongly condemn such acts, &call for holding them accountable
#12076385 at 2020-12-18 07:41:41 (UTC+1)
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#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
#11910783 at 2020-12-05 06:35:52 (UTC+1)
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>>11910774
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A case study in recent weeks was Morrison's decision to fly to Tokyo to meet Japanese Prime Minister Suga. Nothing wrong with that. But Morrison then deliberately souped-up an eminently sensible "reciprocal access agreement" to facilitate joint training exercises between our two militaries into a "landmark defence treaty" between Canberra and Tokyo.
Not only was this factually inaccurate, it was deliberately designed to be inflammatory. This so-called "pact" has absolutely zero mutual defence obligation. It was a dumb PR stunt to make Morrison look hairy chested back home. This is just one example of the government bringing out the domestic political egg-beater on actions concerning China, which could have been executed internally with minimal fanfare.
It does not have to be this way. Look at Japan. Like Australia, Japan is a close ally of the United States; like Australia, its principal economic partner is China; like Australia, it is a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad. Unlike Australia, Japan also hosts large-scale American bases on its soil and has a rolling territorial dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea where the two countries' militaries face off every day of the week. Yet despite all of this, and despite the appalling history between Japan and China, both Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga have managed over the last several years to prosecute a bilateral relationship that minimises political invective, maximises economic opportunity and with trade largely unaffected.
What can Australia do? Morrison will need to work overtime with Washington to ensure that any stabilisation of the US-China relationship will apply to America's allies as well. China understands power. But so does the US. Despite the Morrison government putting all its diplomatic eggs in the Trump basket, the deep institutional view in Biden's Washington will be to prevent any American ally being picked off by Beijing. Thursday's statement by the incoming National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on this score is very encouraging.
Morrison will also have to work overtime with other US allies (including the Europeans) to lend support to Australia beyond simple declarations of solidarity. Despite Morrison routinely shunning Europe in areas of central concern to them, such as climate change, Australia now needs France, Germany, Britain, Brussels and others to ensure that any World Trade Organisation action against China's politically driven tariffs receives maximum multilateral support.
And finally, Morrison will also need to take a leaf out of Japan's recent playbook on dealing with China. He'll need to grow up and, importantly, learn to shut up - other than when it's essential for our core values and interests and, where possible, articulated in unison with our friends and allies. The irony is that Morrison's current course is making Australia less secure, not more secure, despite his government seeking to wrap itself in the rhetorical mantle of "national security".
Managing China's rise, and its interplay with American and allied military and economic power, is not a juvenile game for domestic political advantage. The national interests at stake are too high for that.
kevin rudd is president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and was the 26th prime minister of Australia.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-pm-ignored-one-of-the-enduring-truths-in-politics-in-his-over-the-top-response-to-china-20201203-p56kj6.html
#11910774 at 2020-12-05 06:34:28 (UTC+1)
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OPINION: The PM ignored one of the enduring truths in politics in his over-the-top response to China
kevin rudd - Former Australian prime minister
December 5, 2020
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Three decades ago, my then-boss Queensland premier Wayne Goss, shared with me one of the enduring truths of national (and international) politics: never punch below your weight.
Yet that's precisely what Scott Morrison did by responding personally, as Prime Minister of Australia, to an offensive tweet by some junior jerk in the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Morrison's over-the-top response to the ministry's deputy spokesman, Zhao Lijian, would have resulted in high-fives all around Beijing. Morrison was suckered into lowering himself to respond to one of China's self- proclaimed, but also internally despised, wolf-warriors.
Morrison could have had Frances Adamson, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, land one on Comrade Zhao's nose, then haul in the Chinese ambassador for a dressing down, thereby allowing the Prime Minister to take the high ground in Parliament by calling for calmer and cooler heads in Beijing to prevail. Instead, Morrison lost it.
If Morrison's objective was to exercise political leadership in a relationship that's been spinning out of control since 2017, then Beijing would have seen his performance as diplomatic panic rather than considered strategy. Morrison will say we had to defend the honour of our nation and its military - and I agree - but he could have pointed to Adamson's rebuke rather than lowering himself to the level of a mid-career wolf-warrior seeking to boost his profile at the PM's expense.
This incident, however, points to a much bigger problem in the Australia-China relationship, including the absence of any effective Australian strategy for it. As I've said before, any Australian prime minister would find it difficult to manage this rising authoritarian Leninist superpower. But as we chart a way forward, we need a crystal-clear analysis of how our bilateral relationship has become such a mess in the first place. In fairness to Morrison, many of these factors are outside Australia's control, though not all of them.
First, China's behaviour is changing as the balance of economic and military power against the United States improves in Beijing's favour. The Trump Administration's idiocy accelerated this trend. In Beijing's deeply realist view of international relations, power is central to exercising leverage; China is now flexing its muscles with US allies worldwide, including Australia.
Second, this flexing has increased under Xi Jinping since 2013. In December that year, at the party's central work conference on foreign affairs, Xi formally abandoned Deng Xiaoping's 30-year doctrine of "hide your strength, bide you time, never take the lead". The entire world, not just Australia, has been dealing with Xi's more assertive foreign policy across the board.
But a third factor driving the dynamics of the Australia-China relationship is largely within Morrison's control. It is the extent to which his government seeks domestic political advantage by engaging in a rolling diatribe against Beijing, week in, week out, on one issue after another. The bottom line is: mouthing off about China for domestic political effect is not the same as prosecuting an operational strategy for dealing with the substance of the China challenge.
This is where Morrison diverges from most other US allies who do more to advance their core national interests in relation to China, but talk less about it in their public proclamations. That's not appeasement. It's just mature, intelligent strategy.
(continued)
#11868246 at 2020-12-02 07:48:16 (UTC+1)
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kevin rudd on Australia-China relations - ABC 7.30 (1 December 2020)
kevin rudd
Published on 1 Dec 2020
What's going wrong with the Australia-China relationship? And how can we reset this relationship? My interview with Leigh Sales.
Full transcript available here: https://kevinrudd.com/2020/12/02/abc-730-kevin-rudd-on-australia-china-relations/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXHHq6OYj_0
#11842986 at 2020-11-30 17:58:35 (UTC+1)
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>>11842962
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So what Beijing has done through its aggression towards Australia is to remind the rest of the region, and indeed many countries beyond, that becoming too dependent economically on China is a dangerous place to be. As countries divert their trade and their investment away from China - and that is the consequence of China's aggression - that will not be good for China and its economy. And in the end, it won't be good for China's place in the world.
Secondly, China's aggression towards Australia has had the effect of corralling other regional countries and particularly liberal democracies to balance China's power. The evolution of what was once the Trilateral Security Dialogue - which I set up with the Americans and the Japanese in 2006 - into the Quad is obviously designed to balance China's power. The fact that India has joined in is not a strategic plus for China.
And look at what the new appointees in the incoming Biden administration have had to say. Antony Blinken has spoken of binding the democracies of North America, Europe and the Indo-Pacific together in a new movement of democracies. So has Jake Sullivan, the new national security adviser. How can all of this be in China's interest?
The China's leadership under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao never made the mistakes of Xi Jinping. They knew they had substantial economic power but they used it sparingly. They worked very cleverly at trying to minimise the unity of Western nations and the countries of the Indo-Pacific. The fact that the West was often divided in its approach to China was very much to China's advantage. The regime of Xi Jinping has had the reverse effect. It has united them not in a policy of containment of China but of balancing China's power. They have become very cautious about China.
When I was the foreign minister, we often put in a good word for China in Washington, Jakarta and Brussels. The Bush administration in particular consulted us on what its China strategy should be. We urged engagement and constructive collaboration, not confrontation.
But now, Beijing's foolish aggression has thrown all that goodwill away.
In all my experience of politics both nationally and internationally, one of the observations I would make is that the more politicians succeed, the more they risk overreaching. It is the fatal flaw of political success. Domestically, we saw kevin rudd overreach with disastrous consequences for his political career. Internationally, we are now seeing the leadership of China, a country that has so successfully reduced poverty and given dignity and relative prosperity to more than one billion people, now overreach.
I'm sure Sun Tzu will be turning in his grave.
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/why-china-s-trade-aggression-has-sun-tzu-spinning-in-his-grave-20201126-p56ick
#11703336 at 2020-11-19 07:40:10 (UTC+1)
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kevin rudd may have to register as 'an agent of foreign influence'
kevin rudd is likely to be urged by federal officials to register as an agent of foreign influence because of his vast overseas connections and ongoing involvement in international relations.
The former prime minister has asked the Attorney-General's Department whether he needs to join the foreign influence transparency scheme's public register because he leads a host of international bodies and forums, most of them based in the US and one backed by a Chinese company.
A spokesman for Mr rudd told The Australian he did not believe he currently had to register because he did not work directly for a foreign government, but Mr rudd was willing to sign up if he was advised to do so by Canberra.
Mr rudd would not be the first former prime minister to join the scheme, with Tony Abbott also signing the public register because of his work advising British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on post-Brexit trade policy.
Attorney-General's Department deputy secretary Sarah Chidgey told a Senate committee last month it was "likely" he had an obligation to sign up to the scheme. She said the Department was yet to send a letter to Mr rudd offering this advice.
"I think we had indicated, based on the information we've been provided by Mr rudd and through his legal representative, that we thought it likely he would have registration obligations," she said at the Senate hearing.
"We've continued our engagement. I think we still have a letter outstanding from Mr rudd to respond to, but we haven't taken further action."
Since he lost the 2013 federal election, Mr rudd has spent most of his time in New York. He chairs several different international groups, including the US-based Asia Society Policy Institute, global water advocacy group Sanitation and Water for All, and the International Peace Institute.
Mr rudd is also the chairman of the North American chapter of the Global Sharing Economy Forum, which is funded by Chinese company ToJoy Shared Holding Group and has several former world leaders on its board including ex-Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
The former Labor leader told The Australian on Wednesday he had approached the department himself several times to discuss registration.
"Under the Foreign Influence Transparency Act, former cabinet ministers are required to register any activity undertaken on behalf of a foreign government organisation or entity. Mr rudd does not work for any such institution," his spokesman said, "although he regularly engages in international media interviews ... as well as ongoing conversations with foreign governments around the world consistent with his responsibilities as head of an American think tank."
The spokesman also said the former prime minister had gone to the Attorney-General's Department in September 2019 to list his international engagements.
"Mr rudd's legal representatives also visited the secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in December 2019 to seek clarification as to which of these interests, if any, would be registrable," he said.
"Mr rudd's lawyers have reminded the Attorney-General's Department on multiple occasions that they were awaiting a reply - most recently by correspondence in June 2020. They have not yet received a reply, nor has Mr rudd received any "section 45" notice.
"Mr rudd has been a vocal public supporter of the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, and has made this plain to the Attorney-General's Department. He is fully prepared to register any international interests he has based on their advice, which he is yet to receive."
The Attorney-General's Department on Wednesday said its discussions with Mr rudd were ongoing.
"The department has not issued a section 45 notice to Mr rudd. As at 18 November, 2020, Mr rudd has not registered under the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme."
Other ex-politicians on the foreign influence transparency scheme's public register include former Liberal Party leaders Brendan Nelson and Alexander Downer, and former communications minister Richard Alston.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/kevin-rudd-an-agent-of-foreign-influence/news-story/3cd49c8ae96f0f331e7a8860cc89fd8a
#11690555 at 2020-11-18 07:22:27 (UTC+1)
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kevin rudd Tweets
The Murdoch smear of our petition calling for a Royal Commission continues. #MurdochRoyalCommission
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1328853920773390338
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Murdoch today quotes a far-right internet activist admitting to paying for a foreign cyber-attack on the Australian Parliament petitions website to discredit the petition (involving 1000 of the 501,876 signatures). #MurdochRoyalCommission /2
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1328853923466080258
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Murdoch's headlines imply that I somehow directed or had knowledge of this attack - another bald-faced lie, which is now with my lawyers. #MurdochRoyalCommission /3
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1328853925651382274
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Given that this is a cyber-assault on the Australian Parliament website, will Murdoch guarantee they will cooperate now with the AFP on their knowledge of this far-right attack? #MurdochRoyalCommission /4
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1328853927853400064
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The evidence is in. Exposure to Murdoch disinformation is linked to belief in conspiracies, refusal to follow social distancing and distrust of scientists. Australia urgently needs a #MurdochRoyalCommission to avoid following the American path.
https://nber.org/papers/w27237
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1328593626528669699
The Persuasive Effect of Fox News: Non-Compliance with Social Distancing During the Covid-19 Pandemic
https://www.nber.org/papers/w27237
#11690463 at 2020-11-18 07:03:04 (UTC+1)
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>>11651831
The fake and the furious: kevin rudd's Bangladeshi 'bots' in media royal commission petition
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An official investigation will scrutinise kevin rudd's petition calling for a media royal commission after it emerged that more than 1000 names were fake, and some of the signatories were paid for and generated overseas.
The Australian can reveal foreign interference in the petition, which targets publicly listed companies News Corp Australia and Nine Entertainment, and prompted a Greens-led Senate inquiry into media diversity.
An investigation by The Australian into the petition, which Mr rudd instigated as an attack on News Corp, has also revealed the document is littered with fake and absurd names, including "Nacho cheese", "Jesus Christ" and "this sucks". Many of those were generated offshore, easily sidestepping parliamentary measures set up to prevent fraud.
A world-renowned cyber security expert said signatories included "computer-generated bots". He said a full digital audit was required to determine the extent of fraudulent activity in the parliamentary e-petition system.
Ken O'Dowd, the House of Representatives' petitions committee chairman, said his committee would investigate the fake signatories in the petition.
The Australian can reveal a Bangladeshi man was paid $58 by a whistleblower - who wanted to test the vulnerabilities of parliament's e-petition system - to generate 1000 fake signatories in less than 12 hours. Those signing petitions are required to be Australian citizen or residents.
Documents obtained by The Australian confirm a Melbourne-based blogger paid a cybersecurity specialist - who initially claimed to be in China but was later found to be living in Bangladesh - to organise the fake signatures.
The Australian has obtained the online job request, the bank transfer for the job, the 1000 computer-generated email addresses and the corresponding 1000 fake petition names, with a receipt and reference number for each fake signatory.
The cybersecurity expert, whose LinkedIn profile shows he works in IT for a Bangladesh business, said he was paid to organise 1000 signatories to the petition.
The individual, who spoke to The Australian on the condition of anonymity, detailed in writing how he bypassed the Australian government's petition system.
"Yes, I genarate (sic) 1000 mail and sign the Australian parliamentary petition," he said.
"This is computer-generated. I use Australian VPN for bypass."
The fake names attached to the computer-generated email addresses - including "austin austin", "devin devin", "steffan steffan" and "Xavi xavi" - were confirmed to be on the petition after a search of House of Representatives Table Office records.
Other names include "mushfik mushfik", "bruno bruno", "parisa parisa" and "xekel xekel", the Table Office and documents reviewed by The Australian show.
Aside from those signatures, there are hundreds of other fake signatories to the petition.
The petition includes a variety of fake names including "Rupert Murdoch", "General Justice" and "Bette Midler known for Wind Beneath My Wings".
"Scott Morrison" and "Anthony Albanese" also appear on the petition, but spokesmen for both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader deny either had signed it.
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#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
#11651831 at 2020-11-15 05:40:14 (UTC+1)
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Senate to investigate media bias and ownership after kevin rudd petition
The federal Senate will conduct a wide-ranging inquiry into news media ownership, bias, and its "effect on democracy", just days after former prime minister kevin rudd's petition on the topic was presented to Parliament.
A motion from the Greens, moved by Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, was supported by Labor and some crossbench members on Wednesday afternoon.
The motion calls for the Environment and Communications References Committee to open an inquiry into "the state of media diversity, independence and reliability in Australia and the impact that this has on public interest journalism and democracy".
It has been asked to report back by March 31 next year.
Senator Hanson-Young's motion calls for the inquiry to probe "any barriers to Australian voters' ability to access reliable, accurate and independent news".
It will also investigate "the effect of media concentration on democracy", and how social media has affected the news industry.
"The cosy relationship between the Coalition government and News Corp should be scrutinised," Senator Hanson-Young told Guardian Australia on Wednesday.
"When you have half a million people signing a petition premised on investigating Murdoch's dominance of news media the parliament should be listening."
The motion comes days after Mr rudd's petition calling for a full Royal Commission into media bias and ownership was presented to the House of Representatives.
More than 500,000 people signed it, making it the biggest e-petition ever on the parliament's website.
"In Australia, the media is shrinking and extremely concentrated," said Labor MP Andrew Leigh, who tabled the petition in parliament on Monday.
"A healthy media isn't a luxury - it's fundamental to a strong democracy," he added later.
Labor MPs did not formally support Mr rudd's Royal Commission calls. However, Labor senators did side with the Greens' motion on Wednesday, which established a Senate inquiry, which is less powerful than a Royal Commission.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/11/11/senate-investigate-media-petition/
https://parlwork.aph.gov.au/motions/575b9c85-7e22-eb11-b85c-005056b55c61
#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."
(continued)
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)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
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
#11552431 at 2020-11-09 04:36:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
Asia-Pacific to have Democrats' full attention under Biden presidency
Foreign policy strategists say the US will engage more fully with its allies in the Asia-Pacific region during Joe Biden's presidency, as Scott Morrison singles out a "free and open Indo-Pacific" as a significant challenge that can be helped by US leadership.
With China increasingly assertive in the Pacific and threatened bans on Australian wine, lobster, copper, sugar, timber and coal, the Prime Minister said America's leadership was "indispensable" in meeting a number of global challenges and upholding the rules, norms and standards of the international community.
"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," he said.
Mr Morrison's emphasis on the Indo-Pacific comes as China urged Australia to "reflect upon their deeds" and "do more things that are conducive to mutual trust".
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive Peter Jennings said Mr Biden would be a "net positive" for the Asia-Pacific region after Donald Trump's four-year reign. He said Mr Biden would engage with allies and surround himself with a cabinet of competent people who would share that focus. "Biden will probably reach out to Beijing to ask the question 'is there a way we can manage our differences better'. But my own guess, and I suppose it can only be a guess, is he'll find that won't lead to much because Xi Jinping is locked into his wolf-warrior diplomacy approach," Mr Jennings said.
"America will end up still having some big structural differences with China and in a sense that's good for Australia because it means we have someone to negotiate with. I think it's high time we started to talk to the Americans and allies about Chinese coercion happening here. It may be happening in Australia first but it'll happy to any country not toeing China's line. Biden will be more open to that."
Former prime minister kevin rudd said Mr Morrison should "beat a path to the door of the Democrats" and use any recalibration in the US-China relationship to reset the Australia-China relationship.
"With Biden's election, there will be an opportunity for a certain type of strategic reset between the US and China. It won't become a soft strategy by the Democrats, far from it," Mr rudd told the ABC's Insiders program.
"There is a bipartisan, hard line posture towards Beijing in the congress. But there will be an opportunity for some level of strategic reset."
Australia's ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, said China had very few friends left in America but there would be opportunities for the Morrison government to work with the Biden administration.
"The important thing with China is that we want a strong and prosperous China, but it's convincing China that that works best when we all work together as part of a rules-based order," Mr Sinodinos said on Insiders.
"The rules around trade, the rules around technology, the rules around the law of the sea."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/asiapacific-to-have-democrats-full-attention-under-biden-presidency/news-story/93f1c404b5954b1210d5669f3eaf0d5c
#11535052 at 2020-11-08 03:26:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
>>11534975
2/2
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
#11422013 at 2020-11-03 06:11:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
If there's a disputed US election result, Australia must take action: rudd, Turnbull
1/2
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."
(continued)
#11415018 at 2020-11-02 23:32:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#10 - Part 13
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 2
>>11245854 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Just to be clear- I am not affiliated with any political group or agenda
>>11246281 Alleged sex slave Virginia Giuffre 'very angry' names of men were redacted in Ghislaine Maxwell's unsealed deposition
>>11246742 Unsealed Maxwell deposition appears to show attorneys questioning Jeffrey Epstein's mysterious relationship with Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner
>>11246793 Q Post #3366 - Les Wexner. Founder of Victoria's Secret. Connect the dots.
>>11246793 Q Post #3875 - [Epstein] [Wexner] The story goes much deeper [darker].
>>11246793 Q Post #4727 - Victoria's Secret reportedly continued to work with a modelling agency after it was accused of supplying underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein
>>11319526 Robert Giuffre Tweet: Where is the protection for the children victims of these soulless peds?
>>11319526 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Fellow Aussies- I know we're a laid back country but on this matter we need to be louder than ever! Our kids are not safe
>>11319526 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Protest, Talk About It, Write About it- doing something is better than doing nothing at all.
>>11338405 Jeffrey Epstein donated $650k to kevin rudd's International Peace Institute
>>11338560, >>11339269 Video: kevin rudd's denial of Jeffrey Epstein donation 'not credible' says Peter Dutton
>>11339008 Mystery 'recruiter' for Jeffrey Epstein, Rina Oh speaks out - went shopping with victim Virginia Roberts, denies taking part in the abuse
>>11339025 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - The Recruiters - Epstein relied on a network of women to bring him new victims - one survivor tracked down her own recruiter
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina- if you read this I hope you live in shame for the rest of your life. You don't intimidate me any longer
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Jeffrey Epstein 'recruiter' admits bringing girls but denies abuse" Pathetic excuses from a deranged woman who was NO victim
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina, a co-conspirator for #Epstein & #GhislaineMaxwell would go on to marry a fellow co-conspirator involved with #MichaelJackson
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Still being robbed of justice-…I sit here crying my eyes out over rerun & rerun of the abusers still affecting my life
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: This picture that Rina painted with the sliced leg bleeding is exactly what she used to do to me
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina- those were the years in which you procured & partook in the abuse of minors with #Epstein
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Ladies & Gentlemen meet Rina who now is pleading innocence since there's a $VCF$ she has decided to come out as a victim
>>11355482 President of kevin rudd's International Peace Institute quits over Jeffrey Epstein loan
>>11355493 PDF: Statement by the Board of the International Peace Institute - RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT TERJE RØD-LARSEN
#11414903 at 2020-11-02 23:27:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#10 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>11319051 US Election 2020: Why Donald Trump will win again on November 3 - Ben Graham - news.com.au
>>11319280 Japanese Hentai Is Now Banned in Australia - regarded as "illegal pornography" following fears of child porn being brought into the country
>>11319297 Japanese adult retailer J-List statement - "Australia Bans Waifus, Onaholes, and Fun!"
>>11319746 Video: 'Blood lust, killings, cover-ups': Report describes Australian special forces soldiers' 'Abu Ghraib' moment
>>11338405 Jeffrey Epstein donated $650k to kevin rudd's International Peace Institute
>>11338560, >>11339269 Video: kevin rudd's denial of Jeffrey Epstein donation 'not credible' says Peter Dutton
>>11339701 University of Melbourne academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert in 'secret safe house' in Iran
>>11353447 Video: Trump will be 'annihilated' by Biden: Anthony Scaramucci - 9 News Australia
>>11355482 President of kevin rudd's International Peace Institute quits over Jeffrey Epstein loan
>>11355493 PDF: Statement by the Board of the International Peace Institute - RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT TERJE RØD-LARSEN
>>11355874 'I don't give a f**k what you think about me': Vegan cafe brands itself a Trump-supporting 'safe zone' ahead of the US election
>>11356010 Iran moves detained academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert back to Tehran prison
>>11356072 Former national security adviser Andrew Shearer will be the next Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence
>>11356149 Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO seeks new powers to question children as young as 14 and people suspected of foreign influence
>>11356523 Q Post #4941 - OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DONALD J. TRUMP - Carlo Maria Viganò, Tit. Archbishop of Ulpiana
>>11369364 Video: Washington Insider Anthony Scaramucci On Trump's Chances Of Another Term As U.S. President - The Project
>>11371740 Disability Royal Commission needs more time to explore 'endemic' neglect, violence, abuse and exploitation of people with a disability in Australia
>>11371777 PDF: Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Interim report
>>11385274 'No matter who wins, the country is still going to be divided': Americans in Australia gear up for US Election
>>11386109 rudd backs FriendlyJordies as serious 'broadcaster' despite controversial acts - 'Uighur population causing trouble, radicalised by CIA'
>>11387695 FBI fugitive Andrea Dorothy Chan Reyes secretly extradited from Adelaide to the US over 2017 hit-run death of Agustin Rodriguez Jr
>>11387711 Whittier Police Department Facebook Post: Vehicular Homicide Suspect Extradited from Australia, in Whittier Police custody
>>11399083 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate Devon Archer in letter to US ambassador Max Baucus
>>11399083 PDF: Letter from Devon Archer, Vice Chairman BHR Partners, to Max Baucus, US Ambassador to the People's Republic of China - 30th September 2015
>>11399146 kevin rudd Tweet: The Murdoch personal smear efforts continue…they want to know what meetings I may have had with... wait for it... Hunter Biden!
>>11399146 kevin rudd Tweet: Here are the questions Murdoch put to my office last night, and the answers that were sent back
>>11402713 Why I would grit my teeth and vote for Trump - Alexander Downer
>>11402781 Video: Former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer says the contrast between Biden and Trump couldn't be more dramatic - Sky News Australia
>>11404065 Former Special Air Service soldier and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith asked wife to lie about his affair, court told
>>11404435 Donald Trump's passion, policies and unprecedented rally schedule mean he can still win - Joe Hockey
>>11404641 Australia's federal ICAC to conduct phone taps, undercover surveillance but not public hearings
#10 - Part 5
Australian and Regional Resignations
>>10739647 Australian judge James Spigelman resigns from Hong Kong court - no further reasons for the termination were given
>>10893345 Headmaster of Sydney private school St Joseph's College, Dr Chris Hayes, announces sudden resignation "effective immediately"
>>11034645 Chris Eccles, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' top bureaucrat, resigns after hotel quarantine inquiry requests phone records
>>11282691 ASIC deputy chairman Daniel Crennan quits following housing expenses scandal
>>11282691 ASIC chairman James Shipton stands aside after Australian National Audit Office raises concerns over taxation expenses
>>11402587 Christine Holgate resigns as Australia Post boss after Cartier watch scandal
#11414420 at 2020-11-02 23:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#10 - Part 13
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 2
>>11245854 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Just to be clear- I am not affiliated with any political group or agenda
>>11246281 Alleged sex slave Virginia Giuffre 'very angry' names of men were redacted in Ghislaine Maxwell's unsealed deposition
>>11246742 Unsealed Maxwell deposition appears to show attorneys questioning Jeffrey Epstein's mysterious relationship with Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner
>>11246793 Q Post #3366 - Les Wexner. Founder of Victoria's Secret. Connect the dots.
>>11246793 Q Post #3875 - [Epstein] [Wexner] The story goes much deeper [darker].
>>11246793 Q Post #4727 - Victoria's Secret reportedly continued to work with a modelling agency after it was accused of supplying underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein
>>11319526 Robert Giuffre Tweet: Where is the protection for the children victims of these soulless peds?
>>11319526 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Fellow Aussies- I know we're a laid back country but on this matter we need to be louder than ever! Our kids are not safe
>>11319526 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Protest, Talk About It, Write About it- doing something is better than doing nothing at all.
>>11338405 Jeffrey Epstein donated $650k to kevin rudd's International Peace Institute
>>11338560, >>11339269 Video: kevin rudd's denial of Jeffrey Epstein donation 'not credible' says Peter Dutton
>>11339008 Mystery 'recruiter' for Jeffrey Epstein, Rina Oh speaks out - went shopping with victim Virginia Roberts, denies taking part in the abuse
>>11339025 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - The Recruiters - Epstein relied on a network of women to bring him new victims - one survivor tracked down her own recruiter
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina- if you read this I hope you live in shame for the rest of your life. You don't intimidate me any longer
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Jeffrey Epstein 'recruiter' admits bringing girls but denies abuse" Pathetic excuses from a deranged woman who was NO victim
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina, a co-conspirator for #Epstein & #GhislaineMaxwell would go on to marry a fellow co-conspirator involved with #MichaelJackson
>>11339564 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Still being robbed of justice-…I sit here crying my eyes out over rerun & rerun of the abusers still affecting my life
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: This picture that Rina painted with the sliced leg bleeding is exactly what she used to do to me
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Rina- those were the years in which you procured & partook in the abuse of minors with #Epstein
>>11339586 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Ladies & Gentlemen meet Rina who now is pleading innocence since there's a $VCF$ she has decided to come out as a victim
>>11355482 President of kevin rudd's International Peace Institute quits over Jeffrey Epstein loan
>>11355493 PDF: Statement by the Board of the International Peace Institute - RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT TERJE RØD-LARSEN
#11414100 at 2020-11-02 22:48:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#10 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>11319051 US Election 2020: Why Donald Trump will win again on November 3 - Ben Graham - news.com.au
>>11319280 Japanese Hentai Is Now Banned in Australia - regarded as "illegal pornography" following fears of child porn being brought into the country
>>11319297 Japanese adult retailer J-List statement - "Australia Bans Waifus, Onaholes, and Fun!"
>>11319746 Video: 'Blood lust, killings, cover-ups': Report describes Australian special forces soldiers' 'Abu Ghraib' moment
>>11338405 Jeffrey Epstein donated $650k to kevin rudd's International Peace Institute
>>11338560, >>11339269 Video: kevin rudd's denial of Jeffrey Epstein donation 'not credible' says Peter Dutton
>>11339701 University of Melbourne academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert in 'secret safe house' in Iran
>>11353447 Video: Trump will be 'annihilated' by Biden: Anthony Scaramucci - 9 News Australia
>>11355482 President of kevin rudd's International Peace Institute quits over Jeffrey Epstein loan
>>11355493 PDF: Statement by the Board of the International Peace Institute - RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT TERJE RØD-LARSEN
>>11355874 'I don't give a f**k what you think about me': Vegan cafe brands itself a Trump-supporting 'safe zone' ahead of the US election
>>11356010 Iran moves detained academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert back to Tehran prison
>>11356072 Former national security adviser Andrew Shearer will be the next Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence
>>11356149 Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO seeks new powers to question children as young as 14 and people suspected of foreign influence
>>11356523 Q Post #4941 - OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DONALD J. TRUMP - Carlo Maria Viganò, Tit. Archbishop of Ulpiana
>>11369364 Video: Washington Insider Anthony Scaramucci On Trump's Chances Of Another Term As U.S. President - The Project
>>11371740 Disability Royal Commission needs more time to explore 'endemic' neglect, violence, abuse and exploitation of people with a disability in Australia
>>11371777 PDF: Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Interim report
>>11385274 'No matter who wins, the country is still going to be divided': Americans in Australia gear up for US Election
>>11386109 rudd backs FriendlyJordies as serious 'broadcaster' despite controversial acts - 'Uighur population causing trouble, radicalised by CIA'
>>11387695 FBI fugitive Andrea Dorothy Chan Reyes secretly extradited from Adelaide to the US over 2017 hit-run death of Agustin Rodriguez Jr
>>11387711 Whittier Police Department Facebook Post: Vehicular Homicide Suspect Extradited from Australia, in Whittier Police custody
>>11399083 kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate Devon Archer in letter to US ambassador Max Baucus
>>11399083 PDF: Letter from Devon Archer, Vice Chairman BHR Partners, to Max Baucus, US Ambassador to the People's Republic of China - 30th September 2015
>>11399146 kevin rudd Tweet: The Murdoch personal smear efforts continue…they want to know what meetings I may have had with... wait for it... Hunter Biden!
>>11399146 kevin rudd Tweet: Here are the questions Murdoch put to my office last night, and the answers that were sent back
>>11402713 Why I would grit my teeth and vote for Trump - Alexander Downer
>>11402781 Video: Former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer says the contrast between Biden and Trump couldn't be more dramatic - Sky News Australia
>>11404065 Former Special Air Service soldier and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith asked wife to lie about his affair, court told
>>11404435 Donald Trump's passion, policies and unprecedented rally schedule mean he can still win - Joe Hockey
>>11404641 Australia's federal ICAC to conduct phone taps, undercover surveillance but not public hearings
#10 - Part 5
Australian and Regional Resignations
>>10739647 Australian judge James Spigelman resigns from Hong Kong court - no further reasons for the termination were given
>>10893345 Headmaster of Sydney private school St Joseph's College, Dr Chris Hayes, announces sudden resignation "effective immediately"
>>11034645 Chris Eccles, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' top bureaucrat, resigns after hotel quarantine inquiry requests phone records
>>11282691 ASIC deputy chairman Daniel Crennan quits following housing expenses scandal
>>11282691 ASIC chairman James Shipton stands aside after Australian National Audit Office raises concerns over taxation expenses
>>11402587 Christine Holgate resigns as Australia Post boss after Cartier watch scandal
#11399146 at 2020-11-02 01:31:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11399083
kevin rudd Tweets
Surprise, surprise - the Murdoch personal smear efforts continue. Here's the latest effort: they want to know what meetings I may have had with... wait for it... Hunter Biden!
Of course, this'd have nothing to do with the #MurdochRoyalCommission petition:
https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1323037803081469952
—
Replying to @MrKrudd
Here are the questions Murdoch put to my office last night, and the answers that were sent back.
The idea that US Ambassador Max Baucus needed Hunter Biden (or anyone else) to obtain "access" to me is absurd- Max and I have known each other since well before he started that job.
https://twitter.com/MrKrudd/status/1323038979566891009
#11399083 at 2020-11-02 01:27:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
kevin rudd name-dropped by Hunter Biden's jailed associate
The jailed business partner of presidential candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter claimed ex-pm kevin rudd was coming to one of their company's banquets in order to celebrate a controversial Chinese takeover deal.
But Mr rudd denies he was involved in the event. He says he wasn't even in China that week and has "no knowledge or record of any such event".
New emails have surfaced from fraudster Devon Archer touting the former Labor leader's name in a bid to snare important guests to a Chinese celebration dinner on October 28, 2015, hosted by Hunter Biden's firm BHR Partners.
The company was also part-owned by Chinese Communist Party state firms, and had just bought out a militarily-sensitive US automaker.
"It would be a great honour if you could attend the evening banquet as our special guest," Devon Archer wrote to US ambassador Max Baucus, signing the letter as Vice-Chairman.
"As well as our partners and investors there will be a number of foreign dignitaries such as kevin rudd and the Vice President of the Bank of China at the event."
But a spokesman for Mr rudd, who has been busy dealing with the fallout over the Jeffrey Epstein donations to his peace think-tank, said "his diary shows he was in London and Abu Dhabi that entire week".
"Mr rudd is not aware of this event and has no record of it," he said.
Mr rudd gave a speech at the Imperial Springs forum at Guangzhou on October 16-17 and later attended a Beijing conference with President Xi Jingping on November 3.
US media is reporting the invite was contained in a string of 26,000 emails released by jailed Biden associate Bevan Cooney - a separate bundle to the Hunter Biden laptop emails.
In one email dated September 15, 2015, Cooney and Archer discuss the Chinese deal, codenamed Operation Hanson, under the heading "proof of concept again".
Cooney then writes to Archer saying the $600 million purchase of Henniges was "great". "Let's get a letter out to Ambassador Baucus ASAP Archie", he says.
The invite to Mr Baucus then says "strategic partners ... will be in attendance, as will our investors, including the Bank of China and China Development Bank".
Asked if he was concerned his name was used to approach the US ambassador, Mr rudd's spokesman said: "It's hard to say given he knows nothing about this purported event or the company involved."
The deal was criticised by some senators at the time because auto-parts maker Henniges had state-of-the-art "anti-vibration technologies", categorised as "dual-use" because of their military applications and Chinese military aircraft-maker AVIC was also part of the deal, despite being previously black-listed.
"Mr rudd cannot offer comment on a financial transaction about which he has no knowledge or records," Mr rudd's spokesman said.
"It is quite plain that the Murdoch media is trying to establish guilt-by-association."
The spokesman provided a long list of people Mr rudd has met over the past five years, including presidents.
The New York Post broke news of the cash-for-influence scandal last month surrounding the Biden family, after emails were discovered in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop.
Separately, another tranche of 26,000 emails by a jailed associate of Hunter Biden, Bevan Cooney were released to New York Times best-selling investigative author Peter Schweizer.
Mr rudd's spokesman questioned the "profound ethical questions" for the media involved in any dealings with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who helped expose the emails on the abandoned laptop.
Mr rudd is the president of the New York-based Asia Society Policy Institute.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/kevin-rudd-former-pm-apparently-invited-to-chinese-banquet-linked-to-biden-associates/news-story/9d73181ed4da54c81d3ada31cc053327
https://www.scribd.com/document/482258731/Baucus-Letter-2-Sept-2015
#11386109 at 2020-11-01 05:31:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
rudd backs FriendlyJordies as serious 'broadcaster' despite controversial acts
Former prime minister kevin rudd says controversial Labor YouTuber FriendlyJordies should be treated as a serious journalist and has defended working with the satirist, as NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay appeared to distance herself from him after a week of stunts and off-colour remarks.
The performer, whose real name is Jordan Shanks, is becoming an active force in state politics on account of his 500,000 YouTube subscribers, 50,000 Twitter followers and engagement from high-profile Labor figures. His podcast has also notched up two million downloads.
But Shanks' rise also poses questions for the political and journalistic establishment grappling with his unorthodox antics and explicit partisanship.
Last week one of Shanks' associates was escorted from a Gladys Berejiklian press conference after heckling the Premier and calling her "Ms Maguire", in reference to her former lover Daryl Maguire, while Shanks directed a homophobic tweet at two male NSW ministers.
It follows Shanks' remarks on his podcast a fortnight ago about the persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region, an estimated one million of whom are detained in camps.
"The reason the Uighur population is detained is because they're causing trouble. That is actually the reason," Shanks said, claiming they had been radicalised by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Mr rudd has twice been interviewed by Shanks in videos watched more than 650,000 times on YouTube, including one as recently as last month, and has contributed to at least one other FriendlyJordies video. His wife Therese Rein also tweeted in support of Shanks in response to a September story in The Sun-Herald.
A Sinophile and Mandarin speaker, Mr rudd did not respond directly to Shanks' remarks about the Uighurs, or other concerns about Shanks, when asked. But the former prime minister said he considered Shanks a "broadcaster" and he supported media diversity. "That means speaking to lots of different media from across the ideological spectrum, even if I sometimes profoundly disagree with them," he said.
Mr rudd - who made headlines last week when it was revealed deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein had donated $650,000 to his International Peace Institute think tank - said Shanks approached him directly for the interviews and the Labor Party was not involved.
Mr rudd questioned why Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not asked to explain his regular appearances alongside "extremists on the far-right fringe of Sky News" and "conservative provocateurs" such as Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt.
He also noted Australia's political system "allows wide scope for free speech", but defamation and vilification laws applied equally to all, and people were free to make complaints under those laws.
Ms McKay, a former journalist, has also appeared on FriendlyJordies' channel. A spokeswoman said she would assess any future interview request if and when it was made, but appeared to distance Ms McKay from the comedian.
"The Opposition Leader has done one interview with Jordan Shanks and has not spoken to him since," she said. "What Mr Shanks and his team does is a matter for them."
Shanks did not answer questions about his activities or whether he had received payment from Labor, but asked why he was of interest to The Sun-Herald.
Mr rudd, who is calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, also said: "I doubt that FriendlyJordies is anywhere near as influential to shaping our democracy than the American billionaire who abuses his monopoly to push his own narrow interests, advance far-right myths and maintain a culture of fear in our public life that chills free speech."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/friendlyjordies-a-serious-broadcaster-and-part-of-diverse-media-rudd-20201030-p56a6f.html
#11355482 at 2020-10-30 07:21:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11338405
>>11338560
President of kevin rudd's International Peace Institute quits over Jeffrey Epstein loan
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The president of the International Peace Institute has resigned after the New York think tank - chaired by former Australian prime minister kevin rudd - discovered he had borrowed money from US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Terje Rod-Larsen apologised to the board of the United Nations-affiliated institute for his "failed judgment" after it was revealed he personally secured a $US130,000 loan and a string of donations from the convicted pedophile.
"Epstein's crimes were hideous," the think tank said in a statement. "The notion that IPI would be in any way engaged with such an odious character is repugnant to the institution's core values."
Mr Rod-Larsen's shock departure comes after Mr rudd convened an extraordinary board meeting overnight to deal "swiftly" with the fallout from the growing scandal that has engulfed the prestigious 50-year-old think tank.
Current vice-president Adam Lupel has been appointed acting president and will oversee an "immediate" audit of the institute's finances in an effort to ensure that every donation from foundations set up by Epstein had been identified.
"Epstein's foundations collectively donated more than $30 million to dozens of charitable and teaching institutions prior to his death," the think tank said. "Although many institutions have decided to keep some or all of these donations, the IPI Board takes the strict view that every dollar should be re-donated."
The IPI said the board were "unaware" of Mr Rod-Larsen's decision to secure donations and a personal loan from Epstein in 2013.
It also denied allegations that the IPI misused the organisation's funds to pay off Epstein in a bid to shore-up future financial support from the pedophile financier.
"IPI's financial officers have confirmed to the Board that no payment has ever been made by IPI to Epstein, despite some press speculation to the contrary."
On Thursday, Mr rudd said the IPI acted swiftly to deal with links to Epstein, even though he had known of the connection for more than a year.
Years after Epstein paid think tank, rudd says it acted fast
Former prime minister kevin rudd says the New York think tank he chairs has acted swiftly to deal with links to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, even though he has known of the connection for more than a year.
On Wednesday, Mr rudd finally answered detailed questions about Epstein and his donations of $US650,000 to the International Peace Institute, 12 months after first being queried by journalists at Norwegian business newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.
Last October, Mr rudd told the journalists he was unaware of any connection between Epstein - who committed suicide in jail in New York in August last year - and the IPI.
This week he said it was at his initiative that the IPI introduced a new gift-acceptance policy last December and committed to donate an equivalent sum to programs to support victims of human trafficking and sexual violence.
Mr rudd told The Australian he would continue to act in relation to a $US130,000 private loan of Epstein gave to IPI president Terje Rod-Larsen in 2013.
''Any assertion that Mr rudd has not previously commented on these matters is untrue,'' Mr rudd's office said in a statement.
But journalists Gard Oterholm and Tore Gjerstad told The Australian it has taken a year for him to meaningfully respond: "We received a statement from a spokesperson at Mr rudd's office in November 2019, stating that he knew nothing of links between IPI and Epstein and directing questions to IPI. We have sent several emails to his office since, after we published our first story in the middle of November about Epstein donations to IPI. We did not hear back until Wednesday.''
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#11339269 at 2020-10-29 07:31:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11338560
kevin rudd is using the "blindsided" defence.
Yet a week ago, he was on twitter in his kitchen, flustered, bright red and angrily calling for a royal commission on the Murdoch press.
kevin is your basic narcissistic politician - psychologically projecting and trying to use old media tricks to deflect allegations which are not working any more.
There are a lot of nervous Australian politicians around.
"Those who scream the loudest" …
#11338560 at 2020-10-29 06:31:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11338405
kevin rudd's denial of Epstein donation 'not credible' says Peter Dutton
The Home Affairs Minister has said kevin rudd's denial of knowing about a "massive" $US650,000 worth of donations from pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to his peace think tank was "not credible".
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Former PM kevin rudd's denial of knowing about a "massive" $US650,000 worth of donations from notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to his peace think tank was "not credible", Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on Thursday.
Mr Dutton called on Mr rudd to detail all the information about the scandal, which has engulfed his New York-based International Peace Institute.
"It's just not credible, him saying he didn't know anything about this, he hasn't seen anything," Mr Dutton said.
"It's US$650,000; it's a massive donation.
"Mr Epstein was a very significant character, and Mr rudd needs to detail all of the information, because people want confidence and faith in the work that his group is doing.
"But at the moment, Mr rudd has more questions than he's got answers."
Between 2011 and 2019 Epstein, who was found dead in a prison cell last year awaiting sex trafficking charges, donated the money via charities to the institute.
That's despite the fact Epstein was convicted of procuring an underage girl for prostitution in 2008.
Mr rudd, as chairman of the institute, said he never had personal dealings with Epstein and was "blindsided" to find out about the scandal via Norwegian media.
A Norwegian year-long media investigation has also uncovered documents showing the charity's director, Terje Rod-Larsen, had a personal $US130,000 loan from Epstein.
Earlier on Thursday, kevin rudd faced a barrage of questions in a series of radio interviews after the bombshell report which revealed the donation.
Mr rudd faced ABC radio and 2GB on Thursday morning where he repeatedly said he doesn't remember ever meeting Epstein, or taking part in a teleconference with him in 2014.
"I remember calling into a meeting which was called the advisory board for the president of Mongolia," Mr rudd told 2GB's Ben Fordham.
"I called into it and he asked for my views and I explained it to him (the Mongolian President).
"I have no recollection of Epstein being on that call. To the best of my knowledge, no (I never met him) I said in my statement yesterday that there was a function hosted by the International Peace Institute involving the likes of Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of state, the US secretary-general and others at the back end of 2013. I have been told by my staff that Epstein's name was on the invitation, whether he attended I do not know."
He added he does not recall meeting Epstein's former partner Ghislaine Maxwell
The former PM said the board has a hard line view on their dealings with Epstein.
"We have an upcoming board meeting to deal with another Epstein related matter which only just surfaced in the Norwegian media a short time ago, concerning a 2013 loan from Epstein to the president of the IPI," he said
"Which apparently was repaid but never declared to the board. That is why we have called an extraordinary board meeting to deal with that matter as well."
On Wednesday night, Mr rudd said he had been "blindsided" when he learnt of Epstein's donations to the IPI.
He said the "revelations were deeply disturbing to me" and he had convened a special board meeting of the peace body, which works with the UN, to "ensure an equivalent sum was donated to sex assault victims".
The former Labor leader also said he had convened another extraordinary board meeting of the IPI to order a review into further revelations that its president, Norwegian diplomat Terje Rod-Larsen, had a $US130,000 personal loan with Epstein.
"Any significant engagement with someone as odious as Epstein must be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly," Mr rudd said.
The former PM insisted he had no personal dealings with the now-dead paedophile.
"I have no recollection whatsoever of ever meeting Epstein," he said.
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#11338405 at 2020-10-29 06:13:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
Jeffrey Epstein donated $650k to kevin rudd's International Peace Institute
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The New York think tank headed by former prime minister kevin rudd has been embroiled in scandal after it emerged paedophile Jeffrey Epstein donated $US650,000 from 2011 to 2019.
Mr rudd, who chaired the International Peace Institute during part of the time Epstein supported the organisation, issued a statement on Wednesday saying he had been "blindsided'' by the donations from Epstein. "The revelations were deeply disturbing to me,'' he said.
An investigation by Norwegian business newspaper DN revealed financial links between Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen and Epstein.
Mr Rød-Larsen, who is also the president of the IPI, received a $US130,000 loan from Epstein.
According to IPI emails published in DN, Mr Rød-Larsen suggested payment of $US100,000 be made to Epstein in 2016 after Mr rudd turned down a payment of the same amount for his role on an advisory board and said IPI should receive it.
However DN reported that IPI never made the payment to Epstein.
"I had dinner with kevin yesterday evening, and he said we could keep his share," an email from Mr Rød-Larsen said. "For form's sake we should send it to Jeff, however I am sure we will get it back many fold!"
Mr rudd said he turned down his payment as his work on the board was "negligible".
Mr rudd said the loan had never previously been disclosed to the board "or to me as chair''.
"Mr Rød-Larsen has apologised to the board for what he has described as his grave error of judgment," Mr rudd said. "I am deeply disappointed that the board has had to learn about so much of this through the media."
He said that, as a consequence of this latest development, he last week convened an extraordinary board meeting and requested that Mr Rød-Larsen provide a report on these matters.
"I will be recommending to the board that an immediate and comprehensive probity review be conducted into the matters raised," Mr rudd said. "I will also recommend an independent accounting review by a big four global firm into any financial transactions between Epstein and the IPI."
Mr rudd had participated along with former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers in a project that advised the leaders of Mongolia on issues of regional and global peace and security. Mongolian authorities had reportedly offered each $US100,000 for their work although Mr rudd said he forfeited his payment. "I participated in it and provided advice to the Mongolian president on the future of his country's mining industry," Mr rudd said.
"There were no further meetings of which I am aware.''
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#10979128 at 2020-10-08 07:47:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
Awkward moment Scott Morrison confronts Leigh Sales over her 'irresponsible question' when she grills him about the US presidential election - and what he really thinks of Donald Trump
Scott Morrison has slammed ABC journalist Leigh Sales for asking him to take a stance on the US Presidential election.
The prime minister butted heads with Sales during a live interview on the 7.30 program on Wednesday night.
Sales made the suggestion that Australia may prefer Democratic candidate Joe Biden to win the November election instead of 'four more years of Trump'.
But Mr Morrison refused to make comment on either presidential candidate, saying it wasn't his place to cast judgement on another world leader.
'Would Australia, prefer a Biden presidency to four more years of Trump?' Sales asked.
The prime minister quickly hit back at the presenter, saying: 'Well Leigh, you would you know there is an election on in the United States. To ask me to commentate on candidates in a US election, it is a bit of an irresponsible question.'
'It is not for me to engage in commentary on other world leaders. It is for me to work with them and the Australian-US relationship couldn't be in a more strong state.'
Sales quickly pointed out that there was precedent to her question, saying: 'When the same question was asked of John Howard in 2007 of McCain versus Obama. He said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for a Obama victor. What is in Australia's best interests?'
'What is in Australia's interests is we have a good relationship. And I'll have that with whoever they chose to elect,' Mr Morrison said.
'I have demonstrated that with leaders around the world of various political persuasions. I focus on Australia's national interests. I don't get involved in the politics of other countries and don't commentate on that.'
Mr Howard refused to apologise over his comments which were widely condemned at the time.
Then-opposition leader kevin rudd even accused Mr Howard of acting against Australia's interest.
During the tense interview Sales also grilled the prime minister for 'failing' to prevent a 'tragedy' when it came to nation's elderly.
'Three-quarters of the COVID-19 deaths have been in this country, in aged care facilities, that is 673 people. Those facilities are the responsibility of the Federal Government,' Sales said.
But Mr Morrison argued the government had done everything it could to keep deaths low in the aged care system.
He pointed to the death toll in the United Kingdom as evidence the Coalition had shown strong leadership in Australia's aged care sector.
'In comparison to what we have seen around the world, 8 per cent of Australia's aged care facilities had COVID-19 cases, that compares to 56 per cent in the UK,' he said.
'There have been half a dozen cases where I would agree that the failings were acute, but they were not system-wide.
'In the vast majority of aged care facilities, what we saw is the system actually deal with the pandemic and prevent that horrific result that we are seeing all around the rest of the world.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8814229/Scott-Morrison-confronts-Leigh-Sales-irresponsible-question-presidential-election.html
#10705270 at 2020-09-19 05:59:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 11
>>10491577 'We don't respond to coercion': Frydenberg rejects Facebook news boycott threat
>>10491684 Prominent Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei detained in China 'without charge'
>>10491693 Detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei authored Facebook posts about Wuhan coronavirus cover-up
>>10491722 AFP consider Ben Roberts-Smith a suspect in war crimes, court told
>>10495009 Australia risks backsliding into a poor country in Asia Pacific - globaltimes.cn
>>10498841 Who is Q FAQ - https://qanon.news/Archives/x/10472611#10472992
>>10501740 José Ramos-Horta urges Australia to drop Witness K and Bernard Collaery prosecution
>>10501793 Australia in the US Tweet: #OTD in 1951, (Australia, New Zealand and the United States) signed the #ANZUS mutual defense treaty
>>10501813 Pacific Marines Tweet: After fighting together in World War II, the U.S. remains committed to our mutual defense treaty with #Australia
>>10506023 Q Post #4629 - CORRUPT. CONTROLLED. ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC.
>>10506023 Q Post #4634 - Why did it take a political outsider to [finally] confront China?
>>10508278 Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road deal with China rejected by Victorian voters
>>10512833 Alleged Adelaide paedophile Jadd William Brooker intends to infect children and adults with HIV, court told
>>10512938, >>10512953, >>10512966 Australian special forces Instagram account mocks war crime allegations, calls to 'Make Diggers Violent Again'
>>10513223 Pacific Air Forces Tweet: BREAKING: US & Australian militaries demonstrate rapid long-distance air strike capabilities #B2 Spirits
>>10524154 Cyber attacks on Australia blurring the lines between peace and war, Defence Minister says
>>10524154 PDF: Inaugural ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report: July 2019 to June 2020
>>10524698 'I will fight to the end': Australian writer Yang Hengjun's message from behind bars in China
>>10524749 Video: Ambassador Culvahouse Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II - US Embassy Canberra
>>10533827 Federal liberal MPs push for investigation into South Australian MP Jing Lee over alleged China links
>>10534202 Q Research General #13481: Aussies Fight Back! Edition - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/10533922.html
>>10539776 Video: Pedos Down Under Radio Episode #4 with Laurence
>>10539782 Video: VIP Abuse Ring - Australian Survivor Speaks #2 - "This content is not available on this country domain due to a defamation complaint."
>>10540210 Video: Sacha Stone - Message to all Australians
>>10543689 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: #Marines and #YourADF are able to work together in any environment, day or night
>>10544589 Foetal cells are used to make the Oxford coronavirus vaccine. But they came from a foetus in 1973
>>10553877 ACCC stand against Facebook and Google backed by international media
>>10554450 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: Looking forward to meeting personnel from #YourADF and @USMC with US Ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse Jr
>>10559397 Video: The Truth goes Mainstream as the boot clamps down (Beast System Reveals itself)
>>10562981 Man attacking the Police during the Melbourne protests. Agent Provocateur?
>>10563323, >>10563337 Parents warned about shocking suicide video on TikTok that may be hidden in other content
>>10563752, >>10563761 OPINION: kevin rudd - Scott Morrison is yearning for a Donald Trump victory
>>10563843, >>10563846, >>10563852 Australian correspondents Bill Birtles and Mike Smith pulled out of China after five-day diplomatic standoff over national security case
>>10564187 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Low light live fires train #Marines to be #ready to execute, even in the dark. #MRFD #freeandopenindopacific
>>10567685 Queensland passes law to jail priests for not reporting confessions of child sexual abuse
>>10574893 Scott Morrison issues stark warning to TikTok over suicide video
>>10574945 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Facebook Post - Keeping kids safe online - The laws and standards of behaviour from the real world must also apply online
>>10574945 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison - No child should be exposed to horrifying content like the video which has been circulating on TikTok
>>10575446 Man in custody after incident near ASIO building
>>10575494 Paedophile crackdown will see sick perverts jailed for 20 YEARS for owning a child sex doll
#10704939 at 2020-09-19 05:21:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 11
>>10491577 'We don't respond to coercion': Frydenberg rejects Facebook news boycott threat
>>10491684 Prominent Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei detained in China 'without charge'
>>10491693 Detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei authored Facebook posts about Wuhan coronavirus cover-up
>>10491722 AFP consider Ben Roberts-Smith a suspect in war crimes, court told
>>10495009 Australia risks backsliding into a poor country in Asia Pacific - globaltimes.cn
>>10498841 Who is Q FAQ - https://qanon.news/Archives/x/10472611#10472992
>>10501740 José Ramos-Horta urges Australia to drop Witness K and Bernard Collaery prosecution
>>10501793 Australia in the US Tweet: #OTD in 1951, (Australia, New Zealand and the United States) signed the #ANZUS mutual defense treaty
>>10501813 Pacific Marines Tweet: After fighting together in World War II, the U.S. remains committed to our mutual defense treaty with #Australia
>>10506023 Q Post #4629 - CORRUPT. CONTROLLED. ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC.
>>10506023 Q Post #4634 - Why did it take a political outsider to [finally] confront China?
>>10508278 Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road deal with China rejected by Victorian voters
>>10512833 Alleged Adelaide paedophile Jadd William Brooker intends to infect children and adults with HIV, court told
>>10512938, >>10512953, >>10512966 Australian special forces Instagram account mocks war crime allegations, calls to 'Make Diggers Violent Again'
>>10513223 Pacific Air Forces Tweet: BREAKING: US & Australian militaries demonstrate rapid long-distance air strike capabilities #B2 Spirits
>>10524154 Cyber attacks on Australia blurring the lines between peace and war, Defence Minister says
>>10524154 PDF: Inaugural ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report: July 2019 to June 2020
>>10524698 'I will fight to the end': Australian writer Yang Hengjun's message from behind bars in China
>>10524749 Video: Ambassador Culvahouse Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War II - US Embassy Canberra
>>10533827 Federal liberal MPs push for investigation into South Australian MP Jing Lee over alleged China links
>>10534202 Q Research General #13481: Aussies Fight Back! Edition - https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/10533922.html
>>10539776 Video: Pedos Down Under Radio Episode #4 with Laurence
>>10539782 Video: VIP Abuse Ring - Australian Survivor Speaks #2 - "This content is not available on this country domain due to a defamation complaint."
>>10540210 Video: Sacha Stone - Message to all Australians
>>10543689 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: #Marines and #YourADF are able to work together in any environment, day or night
>>10544589 Foetal cells are used to make the Oxford coronavirus vaccine. But they came from a foetus in 1973
>>10553877 ACCC stand against Facebook and Google backed by international media
>>10554450 Defence Minister Linda Reynolds Tweet: Looking forward to meeting personnel from #YourADF and @USMC with US Ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse Jr
>>10559397 Video: The Truth goes Mainstream as the boot clamps down (Beast System Reveals itself)
>>10562981 Man attacking the Police during the Melbourne protests. Agent Provocateur?
>>10563323, >>10563337 Parents warned about shocking suicide video on TikTok that may be hidden in other content
>>10563752, >>10563761 OPINION: kevin rudd - Scott Morrison is yearning for a Donald Trump victory
>>10563843, >>10563846, >>10563852 Australian correspondents Bill Birtles and Mike Smith pulled out of China after five-day diplomatic standoff over national security case
>>10564187 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Low light live fires train #Marines to be #ready to execute, even in the dark. #MRFD #freeandopenindopacific
>>10567685 Queensland passes law to jail priests for not reporting confessions of child sexual abuse
>>10574893 Scott Morrison issues stark warning to TikTok over suicide video
>>10574945 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Facebook Post - Keeping kids safe online - The laws and standards of behaviour from the real world must also apply online
>>10574945 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison - No child should be exposed to horrifying content like the video which has been circulating on TikTok
>>10575446 Man in custody after incident near ASIO building
>>10575494 Paedophile crackdown will see sick perverts jailed for 20 YEARS for owning a child sex doll
#10692018 at 2020-09-18 08:01:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
'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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#10587239 at 2020-09-10 08:44:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10587215
Barred scholar Chen Hong's deep connections to Australia
Shanghai-based academic Chen Hong has been a frequent visitor to Australia, with an interest in the country that dates back to his scholarship of Patrick White in the 1980s and has included a role as a translator for former prime minister Bob Hawke in the 90s.
Chen, who has had his visa to visit Australia revoked, along with Australian studies scholar Li Jianjun, is one of the most well-known academics in the network of Australian studies centres around China.
While writing frequent articles critical of Australia in publications such as China's nationalistic Global Times, Chen enjoyed his regular visits to Australia, where he had many contacts and friends dating back to his first visit in 1991.
His columns and articles critical of Australia appeared in stark contrast to his love of visiting the country, particularly in recent times.
Urbane, friendly and fluent in English, Chen headed the chair of Australian studies at the East China Normal University in Shanghai, using it as a base for his frequent international travel.
As political ties between Australia and China worsened, he wrote articles critical of federal government policy that irritated Australian diplomats but would have gone down well with China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chen began studying Australian literature at East China Normal in the 1980s, deciding to become an expert on White after reading The Tree of Man.
He did his masters thesis on White's Voss, based on the experience of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, which he credited with giving him an insight into the Australian outback.
He did a PhD on White and translated David Marr's biography of White into Chinese.
Giving a paper on White at an Australian studies conference in China in 1990, he met former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, who arranged for him to visit Australia in 1991.
Chen spent time at La Trobe University in Melbourne, beginning a lifetime of building up contacts in academia in Australia.
In 1994, he was asked to translate for former prime minister Bob Hawke during a visit to China.
In 2001, he took over as director of the Australian studies centre at his university, building it up as one of the most active and well-known of more than 30 Australian studies centres across China.
In an interview with The Australian in Shanghai last year, he said the centre's mission was to "promote a better understanding between the two countries and people".
While he described Australia as his "second home", he argued that his criticism of Australia was like kevin rudd, who famously decided to speak out about China's human rights shortcomings in a speech in Mandarin at Peking University on his first visit to China as prime minister.
"When kevin rudd was in Beijing, he said if you want to be a true friend of China, you do not just compliment China, you speak out when you see something you don't agree with," Chen told The Australian.
On a visit to Australia last year, he said he was looking to recruit junior academics from Australia with an interest in China to work at his university in Shanghai.
He expressed his concern at what he saw a growing "anti-China hysteria" in Australia.
He argued that Australian universities saw Chinese students as a "money tree" and warned that there was a danger that the Chinese student market in Australia was being taken for granted.
Also denied a visit was Li, another senior Chinese academic with a longtime interest in Australia.
Li is director of the Australian Studies Centre at Beijing Foreign Studies University and has been secretary-general of the Chinese Association for Australian Studies since 2014.
He has also been managing editor of the Chinese Journal of Australian Studies published by the Social Sciences Academic Press (China). He was a visiting scholar at Griffith University in 2002 and a visiting research fellow at Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London in 2016 and was a recipient of the BHP Billiton Australia China Scholarship in 2017.
He has been working on a PhD at the Western Sydney University's Writing and Society Research Centre, researching Australian writers in China in the 1950s and 1960s.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/barred-scholar-chen-hongs-deep-connections-to-australia/news-story/d9fbcbd42933d88ccf3723de45804e43
#10587225 at 2020-09-10 08:39:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10587215
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Mr Chen's interest in Australia goes back to the eighties when he began studying Australian literature at East China Normal University.
The university hosted one of a number of centres of Australian studies which were initially focused on the study of Australian literate.
Chen became a passionate follower of author Patrick White and has a WeChat group of fellow Chinese followers of White.
Chen began studying Australian literature at the East China Normal University in the eighties, deciding to become an expert on Patrick White after reading White's The Tree of Man.
He did his Masters thesis on White's Voss, based on the experience of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, which he credited with giving him an insight into the Australian outback.
He did a PhD on White and translated David Marr's biography of White into Chinese.
Giving a paper on White at an Australian studies conference in China in 1990, he met former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam who arranged for him to visit Australia in 1991.
He spent time at La Trobe University in Melbourne, beginning a lifetime of building up contacts in academia in Australia.
In 1994 he was asked to translate for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke during a visit to China.
In 2001 he took over as director of the Australian studies centre at his university, building it up as one of the most active and high profile of more than 30 Australian studies centres across China.
Chen said he did have a WeChat group which included friends based in Australia which has been mentioned this week in the media in Australia.
"It is a totally innocuous private friendly WeChat group.
"I went through it last week. I scrolled back and looked through the content.
"I have a lot of close friends in Australia.
"We post articles in Chinese and English of interest. We share pictures and post funny pictures of animals."
Mr Chen said he had been critical of Australian policy on China and what he saw as the rise in anti-China sentiment in his writings recently.
He said he hoped these comments, which have not gone down well with some in Canberra, were not part of the reason that he had his visa withdrawn.
"There are of course a lot of things which Australia and China don't agree on."
He said he felt that "Canberra" had been leading the anti-China rhetoric and was "taking measures to break up with China".
"When China makes any response to it, it is attacked as 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy," he said.
Mr Chen has argued this his criticisms on the federal government's policies on China are akin to the argument put forward by forward by former Prime Minister kevin rudd who spoke frankly about China's human rights issues on his first visit to Beijing as Prime Minister.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/barred-scholar-chen-hong-thought-asios-visa-missive-was-fraud/news-story/e9773eba7f6ac4c9e57d3f19349c4f0d
#10563752 at 2020-09-08 08:06:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Scott Morrison is yearning for a Donald Trump victory
The PM will be praying for a Republican win in the US to back up his inaction on climate and the Paris Agreement.
OPINION: kevin rudd, Former Australian prime minister - September 8, 2020
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A year out from Barack Obama's election in 2008, John Howard made a stunning admission that he thought Americans should be praying for a Republican victory. Ideologically this was unremarkable. But the fact Howard said so publicly was because he knew just how uncomfortable an Obama victory would be for him given his refusal to withdraw our troops from Iraq.
Fast forward more than a decade, and Scott Morrison - even in the era of Donald Trump - will also be yearning desperately for a Republican victory come November. But this time it is the conservative recalcitrance on a very different issue that risks Australia being isolated on the world stage: climate change.
And as the next summer approaches, Australians will be reminded afresh of how climate change, and its impact on our country and economy, has not gone away.
Former vice-president Joe Biden has put at the centre of his campaign a historic plan to fight climate change both at home and abroad. On his first day in office, he has promised to return the US to the Paris Agreement. And he recently unveiled an unprecedented $2 trillion green investment plan, including the complete decarbonisation of the domestic electricity system by 2035.
By contrast, Morrison remains hell-bent on Australia doing its best to disrupt global momentum to tackle the climate crisis and burying our head in the sand when it comes to embracing the new economic opportunities that come with effective climate change action.
As a result, if Biden is elected this November, we will be on track for a collision course with our American ally in a number of areas.
First, Morrison remains recklessly determined on being able to carry over so-called "credits" from the overachievement of our 2020 Kyoto target to help it meet its already lacklustre 2030 target under the new Paris regime.
No other government in the world is digging their heels in like this. None. It is nothing more than an accounting trick to allow Australia to do less. Perhaps the greatest irony is that this "overachievement" was also in large part because of the mitigation actions of our government.
That aside, these carbon credits also do nothing for the atmosphere. At worst, using them beyond 2020 could be considered illegal and only opens the back door for other countries to also do less by following Morrison's lead.
This will come to a head at the next UN climate talks in Glasgow next year. While Australia has thus far been able to dig in against objections by most of the rest of the world, a Biden victory would only strengthen the hand of the UK hosts to simply ride over the top of any further Australian intransigence. Morrison would be foolhardy to believe that Boris Johnson's government will burn its political capital at home and abroad to defend the indefensible Australian position.
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#10228782 at 2020-08-09 02:36:30 (UTC+1)
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South China Sea: Trump card Australia has over China
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As tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea, the USA needs Australia for one key thing.
When US President Donald Trump was elected back in November 2016, it was already clear from his rhetoric that the relationship between China and the United States would never be the same again.
In the years that followed, the war of words between Beijing and Washington gradually continued to escalate, until in 2018 the still ongoing trade war erupted between the two nations.
COVID-19 only exacerbated this.
Since January, various mutual sanctions have been put in place by both nations, the US has revoked Hong Kong's special administrative status and President Trump's talk about the "China virus" has only served to further inflame existing tensions.
Former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd recently shared his concerns about the ongoing friction.
"The once unthinkable outcome - actual armed conflict between the United States and China - now appears possible for the first time since the end of the Korean War.
"In other words, we are confronting the prospect of not just a new Cold War, but a hot one as well," he wrote in an article for the journal Foreign Affairs.
As the diplomatic relationship between Beijing and Washington continues to sour, trade arrangements and supply chains once taken for granted, are suddenly being rethought as the tectonic plates of the global geopolitical landscape continue to shift.
Amid the backdrop of rising military tensions across much of the Indo-Pacific, including the hotly contested South China Sea, arguably one of the most important trade arrangements under threat is the export of Chinese rare-earth minerals to the United States and other nations currently facing off with Beijing.
THE IMPORTANCE OF RARE-EARTH MINERALS
They are a key element in the manufacturing of all manner of products and devices we take for granted in our daily lives, from the hard drive in your home computer to your smartphone.
But where rare earth minerals come into their own in terms of importance, is their application in the manufacturing of various pieces of sophisticated defence equipment such as the F-35 'Joint Strike Fighter' and the Javelin antitank missile (both of which are also operated by the Australian Defence Forces).
In fact, in the production of a single F-35 fighter jet, more than 417kg (920lbs) of rare-earth minerals are consumed. For large naval vessels such as the Virginia class nuclear attack submarine, the requirements are even greater, with 4170kg (9200lbs) of rare-earth's used during production.
CHINA DOMINATES RARE-EARTH PRODUCTION
In 2019, China was the number one producer of rare-earth minerals in the world by a significant margin, producing 62 per cent of all rare-earth minerals globally. Including 97 per cent of rare earth ore, 97 per cent of rare earth oxides, 89 per cent of rare earth alloys, 75 per cent of neodymium iron boron magnets (NdFeB) and 60 per cent of samarium cobalt magnets (SmCo).
For the United States, China's near monopoly on certain rare earth minerals is extremely concerning. Approximately 80 per cent of all US rare earth mineral requirements are met by supplies from China, despite the United States possessing the second largest rare earth production capacity in the world.
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#10156261 at 2020-08-02 02:43:54 (UTC+1)
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>>10156246
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For the most part, Australia has avoided the turbulence experienced by other US allies such as Japan, South Korea and Germany, which Trump has repeatedly accused of freeloading on defence and exploiting the US on trade.
But in Washington last week, Australian ministers were at pains to insist that Canberra set its own policy, particularly when it came to China. Australian officials believe the idea of sailing Royal Australian Navy vessels within 12 nautical miles of disputed features in the South China Sea would be needlessly provocative, particularly at a time of heightened tensions with China. Australia and the US agreed to deepen defence cooperation more broadly.
Australia would not be drawn into US electoral politics, Morrison insisted on Wednesday. "While we have the deepest and most lasting of friendships and alliances with the United States, that doesn't mean we always share every view to its minute detail and there is often a difference in nuance or emphasis or timing and, on occasion, in substance," the prime minister said.
China tensions spill over to Australia
One of the most important issues for Australia in the US election is how Washington manages its relationship with Beijing - because officials view that as "the principal driver of strategic dynamics in our region".
The Trump administration has adopted an increasingly tough tone - no doubt influenced, in part, by electoral calculations - with the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, declaring in July that "the freedom-loving nations of the world must induce China to change" because the Chinese Communist party cannot be trusted.
It's an approach that has alarmed some regional players, with Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, warning the US against the binary choice of either "colliding with China" or "deciding that you have no stake in the region and [leaving] us to our own defences".
But many observers believe the hardening of America's stance towards China is likely to continue regardless of who wins on 3 November, given that there is now broad political support in the US to take a firm line against an increasingly assertive Xi Jinping.
Biden may, however, try to take some of the heat out of the China relationship.
Antony Blinken, a senior foreign policy adviser for the Biden campaign and a former deputy US secretary of state during the Obama years, argues Trump has made strategic errors by failing to properly coordinate with allies and by withdrawing from international institutions - giving China an opening to fill.
"We need to rally our allies and partners instead of alienating them to deal with some of the challenges that China poses," Blinken told a Hudson Institute event in early July. While taking steps to "deter aggression", Biden would try to work with China on issues like climate change, dealing with health emergencies, and preventing the spread of dangerous weapons.
It's an approach likely to be welcomed by Australian diplomats. After Morrison dabbled in Trump-style rhetoric last year by warning against "negative globalism" and unelected global bodies, the Australian government pivoted in the midst of the pandemic to emphasise the importance of multilateral organisations, saying if Australia retreated into isolationism the world order would be shaped by others. While sympathising with Trump's criticism of the World Health Organization, Morrison has said Australia won't "throw the baby out with the bathwater" by following the American move to disengage.
On the trade front, Australia has had to team up with the European Union, China and others to build a workaround for resolving disputes after the Trump administration blocked World Trade Organization appointments. Australia also fears collateral damage from an unorthodox trade deal between Trump and Xi that committed China to massively ramp up agricultural purchases from America.
Second Trump term could erode alliance support
Trump's brash approach in dealing with America's long-standing allies is not cost-free, according to the former Labor prime minister kevin rudd. rudd fears that a second Trump term - with a continuation of the America First mantra and therefore allies second - could "fray" support for the US alliance in Australia.
The Lowy Institute's annual poll of Australian sentiment towards global issues lends some weight to this view. While it shows more than three-quarters of respondents value the American alliance, just 51% trust the US to act responsibly on the world stage - about 30 points lower than the Obama-induced high of a decade ago. And just 30% trust Trump to act responsibly on global issues. In the same poll in 2019, two in three respondents agreed that Trump had weakened the alliance with Australia.
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#9727197 at 2020-06-24 07:07:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #8 - WE ARE THE CURE Edition
'Last chance saloon' for US: rudd warns of international anarchy
The United States has been damaged both economically and reputationally by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is "crucial" for Democratic nominee Joe Biden to win the November election, according to former Australian Prime Minister kevin rudd.
"America emerges from the COVID-19 crisis deeply damaged," Mr rudd said, pointing to the behaviour of US President Donald Trump.
"It's kind of crucial [Joe] Biden wins," Mr rudd said as part of the ANU Crawford School's Leadership Forum series.
"The next four years will be the 'last chance saloon' for American global leadership. Either America gets its … together in the next four years, or they don't and we continue the drift towards anarchy," he said.
"Biden is likely to have a first-class team around him, but if he loses then all bets are off as to what happens with the international order."
The former prime minister warned about the possibility of "international anarchy" after the COVID-19 pandemic, as power shifts between major powers and away from international organisations.
Also on the panel discussing global institutions was Samantha Power, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, who said criticisms made of organisations such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation couldn't be divorced from the context where the Trump administration had been withdrawing from and paying less attention to such organisations.
"If we think about what strengthening international organisations is going to look like, there's no 'door two' that doesn't pass through major capitals," she said.
Asked about the future of China on the world stage, Mr rudd said Australians needed to look not at China's international motivations, but domestic ones.
"China's communist regime has taken a huge hit in terms of domestic legitimacy as a consequence of the events of January and February this year," he said.
"It's important for us not to assume China is motivated by international factors when it engages in various forms of international behaviour, it's driven by a deliberate, shall we say, exercise in domestic nationalism by the Chinese system on order to validate the legitimacy of the system."
https://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/6803761/last-chance-saloon-for-us-rudd-warns-of-international-anarchy/?cs=9397
#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"
#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"
#8701361 at 2020-04-06 06:10:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Morrison's Support Surges in Australia After Record Stimulus
Scott Morrison has recorded the strongest approval ratings for an Australian leader in more than a decade after his government passed a record stimulus to buttress the economy from the coronavirus.
Morrison, 51, recorded the highest net satisfaction rating for a prime minister since kevin rudd in 2009, rising to plus 26 percentage points from minus 12 in the previous survey released some three weeks ago, according to a Newspoll published Monday by the Australian newspaper. His rating as preferred prime minister has also jumped by 11 points in three weeks.
His Liberal-National coalition government is now back in front, leading the main opposition Labor party by 51% to 49%. Morrison's popularity had dropped just months earlier over his handling of Australia's bushfire crisis, particularly his decision to depart the country for a family holiday in Hawaii.
Since the coronavirus emerged as a threat, Morrison has been emphatic that his conservative government is fighting to both save lives by limiting its spread, and to support an economy now rocked by a wave of unemployment as restaurants, casinos and retailers close due to social-distancing restrictions.
Total fiscal and monetary stimulus in Australia since the virus emerged has now exceeded A$320 billion ($193 billion), or 16.4% of gross domestic product, including a A$130 billion jobs-rescue plan set to be legislated at a special sitting of parliament in Canberra from Wednesday. Morrison last week announced the government will make childcare free to help workers stay in their jobs.
Morrison, who has barred non-essential travel and closed borders to non-residents, has received some criticism for issuing confusing messaging about what sections of society should shut and what can proceed. But he has formed a National Cabinet with state and territory leaders in a bid to deliver a unified response to the crisis, and the country has so far avoided being flung into a full-blown health crisis as seen in the U.S. and parts of Europe.
The "scalable" measures the National Cabinet has put in place seem to be having an impact, with new cases of the virus falling to less than 10% growth a day. Morrison has also hailed the strength of the country's health sector, saying that figures that show almost 1% of the population have been tested are among the world's best.
Australia had 5,687 confirmed cases as of 3 p.m. Sydney time on Sunday, up 2.5% from the day before. There have been 34 fatalities.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/australia-s-morrison-sees-surge-of-support-amid-record-stimulus
#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
#8397835 at 2020-03-13 05:54:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Repost from Q Research General #10743
>>8391583 (pb)
PM Scott Morrison addresses nation on coronavirus health and economic plan
Scott Morrison has addressed the nation to ease growing fears of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time a prime minister has made such an appearance since kevin rudd spoke during the Global Financial Crisis.
The PM spoke of a three-part plan for Australia to guide us through what is shaping up to be the worst health crisis since the Spanish Flu.
"Rest assured, we are taking action and we have a clear plan," Mr Morrison said.
"The months ahead have many challenges but we will respond to them.
"We'll get through this together Australia. We all have a role to play."
The plan aligns with three pillars; health, jobs, and recovery.
Mr Morrison said travel bans already in place will help protect citizens from coronavirus.
A $2.4 billion national health response plan will include more than 100 pop-up clinics, support for aged care, public hospitals and increase our medical stockpile (medicine and masks).
The economic stimulus plan is worth $17.6 billion and includes one-off payments to large groups of those in need.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-update-prime-minister-scott-morrison-addresses-australia-health-economy-stimulus-plan/175707bc-586e-451c-9c0e-b03ecfac047f
Mirroring POTUS
#8130996 at 2020-02-14 04:53:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #7 - FIRE & FURY Edition
Australian MP Announces Visit to Belmarsh Prison Amid Rising Calls for Julian Assange to Be Freed
Pressure on Australian politicians to speak out in the case of Julian Assange continues to build following the surprise intervention by ex-Prime Minister kevin rudd who called the US prosecution against the WikiLeaks publisher "unacceptable" and "disproportionate".
Australian MP Andrew Wilkie announced that he intends to visit WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison and "lobby for his release" in the coming days. The visit will be paid for by the MP himself and is scheduled to happen the weekend of 15/16 February 2020, according to a video released via social media on 11 February.
"The purpose of my visit is to check on Julian's health and welfare, to see first hand the circumstances of his incarceration, and to reassure Julian that although he doesn't have the support of the Australian government, he certainly does have the support of a great many people right around the world, especially in Australia", Willkie says in the video.
Wilkie, a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Clark, Tasmania, says that the "substantive matter" regarding Assange's case is that he "reported on and published information in the public interest, and in particular evidence of US war crimes".
The lawmaker, who served as an infantry officer for over 20 years, and later worked as an intelligence analyst with Australia's Office of National Assessments (ONA), resigned from his position with the ONA in 2003, over the Australian government's support for the US-led war on Iraq.
On the same evening as Wilkie's announcement Australian senator Peter Wish-Wilson called on his government to "intervene to bring Julian home" on the basis that "journalism is not a crime", during a parliamentary session.
The statements by both MPs represents the latest voices from Australian politicians to speak out on Assange's case. In November 2019 Former Prime Minister kevin rudd called the prosecution of Assange "unacceptable" and "disproportionate".
The publisher, editor and journalist, who recently won the Garry Web Freedom of the Press Award, faces up to 175 years in prison in the US. The charges all relate to his role in the publication of documents revealing alleged war crimes committed by the US military.
https://sputniknews.com/uk/202002121078297755-australian-mp-announces-visit-to-belmarsh-prison-amid-rising-calls-for-julian-assange-to-be-freed/
https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition
https://twitter.com/WilkieMP/status/1227382548289835008
https://twitter.com/SenatorSurfer/status/1227425696894443521
#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
#7961772 at 2020-01-30 04:42:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #6 - YEAR OF THE BOOMERANG Edition
>>7955124
Australia won't withhold intel from Brits despite Huawei split
The United Kingdom's decision to allow Huawei to participate in the rollout of its 5G network is unlikely to affect Australia's willingness to share intelligence with British spies, despite Boris Johnson splitting from Five Eyes allies.
The UK's announcement, while heavily restrictive, has also given Huawei's Australian subsidiary a shot in the arm as it attempts to convince the Morrison government to reverse its 5G ban on the Chinese tech company.
Under the British plan, Huawei will not be able to supply equipment to the sensitive network core and be limited to supplying non-core components like antennas, will not be able to supply more than 35 per cent of equipment to a network, and won't be able to supply equipment near sensitive locations such as military bases.
The UK decision comes despite intense lobbying from the Trump administration, which had threatened to withhold intelligence if Britain adopted Huawei technology.
Canberra and Washington have banned Huawei because of concerns over the security of sensitive information if the Chinese company provides equipment. The US, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand are members of the so-called Five Eyes bloc that shares intelligence.
Britain's stance paves the way for Canada and New Zealand to make their own decisions on Huawei's involvement.
While The Australian Financial Review understands Australian officials would have preferred the UK not to use Huawei, it is unlikely to be a barrier between intelligence sharing between Canberra and London.
A spokeswoman for Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the government did not comment on intelligence matters.
"Sounds like a British fudge": rudd
Responding to a question from The Australian Financial Review in Washington on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT), former prime minister kevin rudd questioned whether the US threats over intelligence as well as withholding a trade deal would actually be carried out.
"You don't have to be a Rhodes Scholar of politics to work this out - that Boris and the Trumpster get on pretty well … I know enough about politics to know that there would have been some dialogue up the middle of all this," Mr rudd said.
"I would think it inconceivable, given the advantage which the British provide to the Five Eyes relationship, that the Americans will then draw a line somehow and say 'that's it'."
Mr rudd said the decision "sounds like a British fudge".
"The Brits would say 'fudges are good because they can find your way through a welter of complexity'," he said.
"If I get the British decision correctly, it will depend on the British decision of a definition of the core - what core of the system will be, as it were, Huawei-exempt or Huawei-free."
Australian Strategic Policy Institute cyber policy director Fergus Hanson said the UK decision would affect the intelligence relationship at the margins.
"This is a blow to the trust that underpins the Five Eyes network," he said.
"The UK is sacrificing national security and broader strategic imperatives for short-term economic gain."
Despite the UK decision, there has been no reappraisal in Canberra about relenting to allow Huawei to participate in the 5G rollout. However, the company is continuing to push Communications Minister Paul Fletcher and others over whether there is an opportunity for a limited role.
Huawei Australia's director of corporate affairs Jeremy Mitchell said the UK decision proves there was a way to manage security on 5G networks without excluding vendors, and that the Turnbull government had been given incorrect advice that core and non-core parts of a network could not be separated.
"Here in Australia we will all be paying more for inferior 5G technology and millions will wait much longer to get 5G or miss out altogether - especially in rural and regional Australia," he said.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-won-t-withhold-intel-from-brits-despite-huawei-split-20200129-p53vsd
#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
#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.
(continued)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7723079/Pick-phone-Pamela-Andersons-message-Scott-Morrison-save-Julian-Assange.html
#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.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-to-go-to-washington-for-trump-state-dinner/news-story/be50d063b6812ebb034fad80b8c85680
#6676006 at 2019-06-05 08:28:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
>>6669166
>AUS Anons kept track of intel infiltrations past few years? Scanals related? Cross-over between intel com and party political reps? (Like ex-CIA running for office in USA). Trends?
From almost a decade ago…
WikiLeaks outs America's Aussie mole: Labor's Mark Arbib named as embassy source
BY PAUL MALEY and MARK DODD and PETER WILSON
THE AUSTRALIAN
10:54PM DECEMBER 8, 2010
FEDERAL Labor powerbroker Mark Arbib has been outed as a key source of intelligence on government and internal party machinations to the US embassy.
New embassy cables, released by WikiLeaks to Fairfax newspapers today, reveal the influential right-wing Labor MP has been one of the embassy's best ALP informants, along with former frontbencher Bob McMullan and current MP Michael Danby.
The documents say the Minister for Sport had been secretly offering details of Labor's inner workings even before his election to the Senate in 2007, dating back to his time as general secretary of the party's NSW branch from 2004.
But Mr Labor minister Mark Arbib has defended his relationship with America after revelations in WikiLeaks cables that he has been their insider in Canberra for years.
In a three-sentence statement issued to The Sydney Morning Herald, Senator Arbib. who is currently on leave, said: "I am publicly known as a strong supporter of Australia's relationship with the United States.
"I am an active member of the well known Australia-American Leadership Dialogue which meets regularly.
"I, like many members of the Federal Parliament, have regular discussions about the state of Australian and US politics with members of the US mission and consulate."
Senator Arbib was one of the "faceless men" who was instrumental in the decision to oust kevin rudd and install Julia Gillard as Prime Minister in June.
The documents also identify Senator Arbib as a strong backer of the Australia-US alliance.
He understands the importance of supporting a vibrant relationship with the US while not being too deferential. We have found him personable, confident and articulate," an embassy profile on Senator Arbib written in July last year says. "He has met with us repeatedly throughout his political rise.
Government frontbencher Bill Shorten rejected suggestionsSenator Arbib was a spy.
"I just think that's nonsense," he told Sky News, adding that Senator Arbib was "a very conscientious minister".
"He puts a lot of effort into his portfolios and any other proposition about him just isn't correct at all."
Mr Shorten played down reports that Mr Arbib forewarned US officials in October 2009 that then-prime minister kevin rudd may face a leadership challenge.
"I think that the commentary I've seen this morning in the newspapers is dinner party gossip masquerading as US intelligence.
"I think each week someone's got to send a report of to America. So they jot down gossip and conversation.
"I just don't think what I've seen today is any more than what any journalist in the press gallery would already know, indeed what half of Australia might already know."
The embarrassing revelations come as lawyers for whistleblower Julian Assange say the 39-year-old Australian will not be safe if he is sent to Sweden for trial because the "endgame" of US authorities is to move him there to be charged with espionage.
The US Justice Department is considering charging Mr Assange with espionage over the website's release of a mass of classified documents and Britain's The Independent newspaper said US and Swedish officials had already held informal discussions about the possibility of him being delivered into US custody.
Assange was yesterday refused bail and sent to London's Wandsworth prison after appearing in a British court to answer a Swedish extradition application.
As he awoke from his first night in British custody, his lawyer, Mark Stephens, told The Australian the Townsville-born computer hacker had formally approached Australian consular officials in London and Sweden for help in fighting a Swedish extradition request over sexual assault allegations.
Describing Sweden as the US's "lickspittle state of choice", Mr Stephens said he feared the Swedish extradition order was merely a prelude to Mr Assange's ultimate removal to the US, where possession of 251,000 state department cables has caused a political uproar and calls for retribution.
"His Swedish lawyer has said explicitly to me that it would be quite unsafe for Julian in Sweden at this time," Mr Stephens said. "Not in terms of he would be harmed in Sweden, but that Sweden is not the end game."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/labor-ministers-named-in-wikileaks-cables/news-story/c9ad18a33fa78222f114afc89503d89b
#6576600 at 2019-05-24 09:02:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #5 - Shill count HIGH Edition
#4 - Part 5/8
>>6163313 Anon Comment on April Showers
>>6163392 Newmont shareholders OK $10 billion Goldcorp takeover, creating biggest gold producer
>>6172318 China takes Australia's Huawei 5G ban to global trade umpire
>>6173762 Tensions Erupt As China Slams Australia's "Irresponsible Comments"
>>6173843 'Multiple' victims in Australia shooting: Police
>>6173918 At least 4 people shot, 1 killed, outside Melbourne nightclub
>>6197149 6 charged with spreading New Zealand mosque shooting video online
>>6209868, >>6210078 Australian DJ charged after boy, 2, snatched off San Francisco street
>>6209875 NZ Police have released a timeline of the day of the Christchurch shooting
>>6209875 PDF: Christchurch Mosque Shootings: Timeline of events 15 March 2019
>>6209917 Climate change narrative takes a hit - Peter Ridd wins in court
>>6210008 Updated timeline of Christchurch terrorist attack released by police
>>6237284 Australia 'ready to confirm' key meeting that led to Mueller probe
>>6249770 Australian Government Confirms Official Role in "Spygate"
>>6249866 Australia Says It's "Ready To Confirm" Key Meeting That Led To Russia Investigation
>>6261103, >>6261168 Atrocities in the world and notable names nearby - Podesta, Pelosi and Michelle icObama
>>6261124 Social Media Platforms want centralized censorship. That should scare you
>>6261190 U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report
>>6261228 Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube Working on 'Global Censorship Database'
>>6261355 Date shift raises questions on Downer meeting in wine bar
>>6274793 Donald Trump invited to Melbourne for the Presidents Cup
>>6279384 kevin rudd: If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office
>>6280357 kevin rudd, Christopher Joye and the 2008 mortgage backed securities bail out
>>6294133 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says
>>6294562 US spy boss James Robert Clapper Jr makes secretive visit to Australia
>>6294983 Time To Investigate The FBI, Steele And The Rest Of The 'Witch Hunters'
>>6294995 Video: MASS Surveillance State In Australia!
>>6295007 Theresa May tweets after NZ and Sri Lanka attacks
>>6295873 Islamic State supporters celebrate Sri Lanka suicide bombings as 'revenge' for NZ mosque massacre
>>6302266 Video: ANZAC Day 2019 - The Last Post bugle call and recitation of The Ode.
>>6302791 Papadopoulos Disputes Key Claim in Mueller Report - and Anons Analysis
>>6302832 Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings
>>6302932 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Inside the depraved world of David and Louise Turpin
>>6302951 Sri Lankan Minister of Defense claims attacks were in retaliation for Christchurch mosque attacks
>>6303591 Jacinda Ardern to lead global attempt to shutdown social media terrorism
>>6303599 NZ and France seek to end use of social media for acts of terrorism
>>6303686 UK Archbishop Calls for Recognition of 'Anti-Christianism' After Sri Lanka Attacks
>>6308684 Australia's canceled Israel embassy move shows country's Asian concerns
>>6308690 Australian comedian jokes about Nazi gas chambers, gets complaint, doubles down
>>6308739 Microsoft Discovers Huawei Driver Allowing Backdoor Hack Into Laptops
>>6308846 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says
>>6308863 Suspected Islamic State member arrested over alleged plan to attack Gallipoli
>>6308895 Australian police allow rapist to remain free - he goes on to rape a child
>>6319487 Man arrested in counter-terrorism operation in North Melbourne
>>6320045 May to Let China Build UK 5G Network, Damaging National Security, Anglosphere Co-operation
>>6320074 South Australian child 'sex tourist' branded the worst paedophile in nation's history
>>6320205 Turkey arrests Islamic State member over alleged Gallipoli threat
>>6320227 Facebook says head-cam Christchurch video foiled its AI system
>>6320287 Prince William visits mosque in New Zealand, in pictures
>>6320327 Theresa May ANZAC Day tweet
#6576526 at 2019-05-24 08:35:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
#4 - Part 5/7
>>6163313 Anon Comment on April Showers
>>6163392 Newmont shareholders OK $10 billion Goldcorp takeover, creating biggest gold producer
>>6172318 China takes Australia's Huawei 5G ban to global trade umpire
>>6173762 Tensions Erupt As China Slams Australia's "Irresponsible Comments"
>>6173843 'Multiple' victims in Australia shooting: Police
>>6173918 At least 4 people shot, 1 killed, outside Melbourne nightclub
>>6197149 6 charged with spreading New Zealand mosque shooting video online
>>6209868, >>6210078 Australian DJ charged after boy, 2, snatched off San Francisco street
>>6209875 NZ Police have released a timeline of the day of the Christchurch shooting
>>6209875 PDF: Christchurch Mosque Shootings: Timeline of events 15 March 2019
>>6209917 Climate change narrative takes a hit - Peter Ridd wins in court
>>6210008 Updated timeline of Christchurch terrorist attack released by police
>>6237284 Australia 'ready to confirm' key meeting that led to Mueller probe
>>6249770 Australian Government Confirms Official Role in "Spygate"
>>6249866 Australia Says It's "Ready To Confirm" Key Meeting That Led To Russia Investigation
>>6261103, >>6261168 Atrocities in the world and notable names nearby - Podesta, Pelosi and Michelle icObama
>>6261124 Social Media Platforms want centralized censorship. That should scare you
>>6261190 U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report
>>6261228 Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube Working on 'Global Censorship Database'
>>6261355 Date shift raises questions on Downer meeting in wine bar
>>6274793 Donald Trump invited to Melbourne for the Presidents Cup
>>6279384 kevin rudd: If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office
>>6280357 kevin rudd, Christopher Joye and the 2008 mortgage backed securities bail out
>>6294133 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says
>>6294562 US spy boss James Robert Clapper Jr makes secretive visit to Australia
>>6294983 Time To Investigate The FBI, Steele And The Rest Of The 'Witch Hunters'
>>6294995 Video: MASS Surveillance State In Australia!
>>6295007 Theresa May tweets after NZ and Sri Lanka attacks
>>6295873 Islamic State supporters celebrate Sri Lanka suicide bombings as 'revenge' for NZ mosque massacre
>>6302266 Video: ANZAC Day 2019 - The Last Post bugle call and recitation of The Ode.
>>6302791 Papadopoulos Disputes Key Claim in Mueller Report - and Anons Analysis
>>6302832 Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings
>>6302932 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Inside the depraved world of David and Louise Turpin
>>6302951 Sri Lankan Minister of Defense claims attacks were in retaliation for Christchurch mosque attacks
>>6303591 Jacinda Ardern to lead global attempt to shutdown social media terrorism
>>6303599 NZ and France seek to end use of social media for acts of terrorism
>>6303686 UK Archbishop Calls for Recognition of 'Anti-Christianism' After Sri Lanka Attacks
>>6308684 Australia's canceled Israel embassy move shows country's Asian concerns
>>6308690 Australian comedian jokes about Nazi gas chambers, gets complaint, doubles down
>>6308739 Microsoft Discovers Huawei Driver Allowing Backdoor Hack Into Laptops
>>6308846 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says
>>6308863 Suspected Islamic State member arrested over alleged plan to attack Gallipoli
>>6308895 Australian police allow rapist to remain free - he goes on to rape a child
>>6319487 Man arrested in counter-terrorism operation in North Melbourne
>>6320045 May to Let China Build UK 5G Network, Damaging National Security, Anglosphere Co-operation
>>6320074 South Australian child 'sex tourist' branded the worst paedophile in nation's history
>>6320205 Turkey arrests Islamic State member over alleged Gallipoli threat
>>6320227 Facebook says head-cam Christchurch video foiled its AI system
>>6320287 Prince William visits mosque in New Zealand, in pictures
>>6320327 Theresa May ANZAC Day tweet
#6556973 at 2019-05-22 10:27:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
'I'll burn for you': How our Pentecostal PM energised Christian voters
Sourced from QRes#8383
Scott Morrison declared his election victory a "miracle," told an interviewer he saw people as "agents of God's love" and used a National Press Club address to promise voters "I will burn for you" - a phrase used by some Pentecostal Christians to signify working tirelessly, often for Jesus.
One of his first acts during the campaign was to allow the cameras to record him worshipping at his church, Horizon.
Mr Morrison is not the first government leader of faith (John Howard, kevin rudd and Tony Abbott were all Christians) but in his political language, the re-elected Prime Minister is arguably the most overt.
According to the Australian Christian Lobby's Martyn Iles, this language - coupled with the PM's support for religious freedom - is re-energising religious communities and turning them to the Liberal Party.
"It does give people of faith a degree of confidence when they see a Prime Minister who is clearly Christian," Mr Iles said.
"It doesn't surprise me when it seems like religious communities played a role in the rising support for the Liberal Party, because I think that confidence probably did play into the psychology of their vote."
https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/i-ll-burn-for-you-pentecostal-pm-energises-christian-voters-20190521-p51prq.html
#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
#6302744 at 2019-04-25 01:57:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
More Alexander Downer Fuckery
Sourced from QRes#8030
Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has joined kevin rudd's infrastructure chief, businessman Sir Rod Eddington, in advising a secretive British firm that sells intelligence on government policy intentions - including those in Australia - to big business.
The firm, Hakluyt & Co, was founded by former officers of British spy agency M16. Hakluyt has been embroiled in several corporate spying scandals and was caught in 2001 paying a former German intelligence agent to infiltrate green groups in Europe on behalf of the oil companies Shell and BP.
Hakluyt employs many former British intelligence officers and provides companies with high-level business and political intelligence on investment opportunities.
Mr Downer, the UN special envoy to Cyprus, was appointed to Hakluyt's advisory board in May. As foreign minister, he oversaw the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and had top-level access to information from Australia's spy agencies.
Sir Rod has served on Hakluyt's advisory board since 2005, but is not paid for his services.
In February, he was appointed chairman of Infrastructure Australia, a rudd Government body charged with modernising the nation's water, transport, communications and energy assets through the $20billion Building Australia fund.
The former British Airways chief now faces conflict of interest allegations due to his roles with Hakluyt and Infrastructure Australia.
Greens leader Senator Bob Brown last night said Sir Rod should cut ties with Hakluyt because it was a "direct conflict of interest with his Infrastructure Australia role. "We will move to amend the Building Australia legislation when it comes through Parliament in a few weeks to ensure there are no conflicts of interest on the Infrastructure Australia board, Senator Brown said.
A roundabout tie to Hakluyt....
https://www.smh.com.au/national/downer-joins-eddington-at-spy-company-20081014-506f.html
#6302729 at 2019-04-25 01:55:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Call to dig AusAnons!
If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office: kevin rudd
Sourced from QRes#8030
rudd, who currently lives in New York, said special counsel Robert Mueller had presented "quite spectacular" evidence of Trump attempting to obstruct justice in his 448-page report.
"If I as prime minister did 10 per cent of what Trump is alleged to have done in this report you'd be out of office," rudd told a New York audience last week on the day of the Mueller report's release.
"It's kind of quite spectacular in terms of the amount of, let's call it, attempted obstruction of justice which the president was involved in.
rudd added that much of the evidence revealed in the Mueller report would already have been made public because of Australia's Freedom of Information laws.
So not only is rudd shitting on POTUS because of his own guilt, he is also telling us that we can access all the details to his shitfuckery through freedom of info. Time to digg anons.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/if-an-australian-pm-did-1-10th-of-trump-s-alleged-acts-he-d-be-out-of-office-kevin-rudd-20190423-p51gb5.html
#6279384 at 2019-04-23 01:31:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #4 - Q Goes Down Under Edition
Call to dig AusAnons!
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/if-an-australian-pm-did-1-10th-of-trump-s-alleged-acts-he-d-be-out-of-office-kevin-rudd-20190423-p51gb5.html
If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office: kevin rudd
rudd, who currently lives in New York, said special counsel Robert Mueller had presented "quite spectacular" evidence of Trump attempting to obstruct justice in his 448-page report.
"If I as prime minister did 10 per cent of what Trump is alleged to have done in this report you'd be out of office," rudd told a New York audience last week on the day of the Mueller report's release.
"It's kind of quite spectacular in terms of the amount of, let's call it, attempted obstruction of justice which the president was involved in.
""rudd added that much of the evidence revealed in the Mueller report would already have been made public because of Australia's Freedom of Information laws.""
So is rudd telling us that we can access all the details to his fuckery through freedom of info. Time to digg anons.
#5321975 at 2019-02-22 08:51:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
>>5312850
Another excellent summary. Well done!
>Former Australian PM, kevin rudd with the Pope. Note the redshoes.
The only suggestion I'd make is to also identify Cardinal George Pell in the photo with rudd and the Pope. I forgot about Pell when considering Australians mentioned in Q drops. >>4935957
Australian Court Finds Cardinal Pell Guilty of Sexual Abuse.
A Melbourne court has reportedly convicted the Vatican's finance chief, Cardinal George Pell, of sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s when he was archbishop of Melbourne.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2018/12/12/australian-court-finds-cardinal-pell-guilty-of-sexual-abuse/
After more than three days of deliberations, the court handed down a guilty verdict Tuesday by a unanimous consent of the jury. If the verdict is confirmed, it will be the highest-ranking condemnation of a Church official for a crime of sexual abuse.
Last year, Cardinal Pell requested a dispensation from his duties in Rome to travel to Melbourne to defend himself against the charges against him, which he has always denied. The Holy See has not yet commented on the reports.
The trial has been kept under strict secrecy, after a judge placed a gag order on all press coverage of the trial in Australia. Now, however, several Australian media outlets have reported that Pell has been found guilty of all charges.
The gag order, which still remains in place in Australia, was reportedly granted to "prevent a real and substantial risk of prejudice to the proper administration of justice."
Pell continues to maintain his innocence and will almost certainly appeal the decision.
"All along I have been completely consistent and clear in my total rejection of these allegations," Pell said last year. "News of these charges strengthens my resolve and the court proceedings now offer me an opportunity to clear my name and then return back to Rome to work."
During the course of the trial, the cardinal has resided in a house of the diocese, although the Australian Church has noted that Pell personally paid for all the expenses of his defense.
The cardinal will face a second trial early next year on separate charges that he "sexually offended" two boys while playing games in a swimming pool in his home town of Ballarat, Victoria, in the 1970s when Pell was a priest in the area.
—–
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6487315/High-profile-figure-convicted-suppression-orders-prevent-publication-persons-identity.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/why-the-media-is-unable-to-report-on-a-case-that-has-generated-huge-interest-online-20181212-p50lta.html
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/an-awful-crime-the-person-is-guilty-but-we-cant-publish-the-story-ng-4be7ee27075d4fb302aae9989c40ad34
[Cardinal Pell]
Dark to LIGHT.
Q
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4272091.html#q4272168
>He was the vatican treasurer I'm sure that carries some weight
>>4272374
#3 in the pecking order.
Define 'pecking' [animals].
Q
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4272091.html#q4272632
#5163276 at 2019-02-14 02:41:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
Frightening Candor from Satanist Insider
"The crash will be a quick one; very quick. Action - Reaction - Our solution."
Satanists make us morally complicit in our own destruction
by our inaction when they reveal their plans. A.J. Fozdyke,
a member of Sydney's Alpha Lodge, has been warning
us for a decade. Here he confirms that the
conspiracy is satanic, the enslavement of mankind
indeed is their goal, and the Chinese Communist Party
already controls Australia.
"The London-based banking cartel literally has gobbled up the planet, and will not be content until it owns everything, and enslaves mankind, mentally and spiritually, if not physically. This, in a nutshell, is the New World Order." - Henry Makow
by Aloysius Fozdyke
This is correct, sort of. The cartel you write about is a left-hand path or Satanic one and we want to own everything, especially the sheeple physically.
We already own them mentally and spiritually, physical ownership will, therefore, be the natural progression because they already function as our slaves. Remember when you published the work of my mentor Petor about paedophilia and our plans? (Australian Adept Unveiled World Satanic Control – 2010)
At the time no one believed, but look at the strides we have made!
More recently (Nov. 26, 2018) when I told you that Australia, its people and their pathetic future had been 'gifted to China' no one believed.
(Australia has been Gifted to China)
Have you been keeping watch on what has been happening vis-à-vis China and Australia since your publication? We gave Australia, its people and their future to the Chinese and just like Aussies themselves, it was simple.
This year we'll be having another federal election and just like every election since the John Howard-v-kevin rudd one in 2007 Aussies will vote unanimously - if unknowingly - for the Chinese Communist Party.
Just like their politicians, all three branches of the military, Freemasons, churches and media, Aussies want to be colonists of the P.R.C.
Having based our plans on the ignorance, stupidity and cupidity of John and Elsie Lunchbucket, nothing and no one can stop us. Human souls are cheap. All you need is to give a title and perhaps a little fools' gold. Communism is socialism all grown up.
In case you and your readers hadn't noticed, the economic collapse has already started. Gold and silver having been rising in price for the last six months. Did any of your readers purchase silver? I think not. The sheeple are happy living paycheque to paycheque. The crash will be a quick one; very quick. Action - Reaction - Our solution.
Petor's prophecy was for a prison planet and it's coming. Even before the Chinese implement facial recognition system cameras in Australia the government will implement these via social security recipients. Our testing ground of Australia will be the first western nation to do so, but not the last. Modern Australia started as and will revert to an open air prison and the Chinese will fulfill our planetary dream.
Sometimes before sleep I lay in bed laughing my sick ass off. We serve the masses by working with them to achieve what they so desperately want. In a choice between freedom and responsibility or safety and security, there's no real choice as safety and security win every time. That's what the sheeple want so that's what we give them. Enjoy!
My Father which wert in heaven, hallowed be Thy name in heaven as it is on earth…
https://www.henrymakow.com/2019/02/fozsurprising-candor-satanist-insider.html
#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
#4937627 at 2019-01-28 09:40:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html
NOTABLES FROM OZ BREAD #1
>>4520, TOP OF THE BREAD
>>4551, >>4572, >>4596, >>4603, >>4606 Notes on Australia
>>4949 Anons deciphering of Q post
>>11661 Anne Richard (VP of International rescue Committee) connected to Oz Immigration?
>>11992 Australian Rhodes Scholar PM's
>>14604 List of "Clinton Health Care Initiative" Donors
>>20216, >>22980, >>32254, >>84760, >>293544, >>1666650 Clinton Foundation to Australia connections
>>59037, >>59596, >>60011, >>74499 Is Canada a "Trojan Horse"
>>62412 Fiona Barnett and the "Pedo's down under"
>>74499 Aus PM and UN Security Council ties
>>112674, >>113131 kevin rudd moves to New York (Asia Society Policy Institute)
>>514338 Woolworths owns 12,000 Pokie machines accounting for 10% of revenue
>>625562 Cardinal Pell's first week in court
>>632026, >>632144, >>632270, >>633249 Aus/China Free Trade Agreement (Podesta)
>>638321 Gillard - CF (everything you need to know)
>>716401 MH370 cover up? bullet holes in hull
>>745835, >>2088188 James Packer resigns as Director of Crown resorts
>>1229675 Disappearance of Harold Holt (FVEYS??)
>>1382255 Project Bethlehem - Peter Cosgrove
>>1505113 Verdict against Archbishop Phillip Wilson (Landmark victory)
>>1737727, >>1737765, >>1741910, >>1741993 Australian Soldiers fly NAZI Swastika flag
>>1742069 AUS Child abuse survivors to receive "apology" this year
>>1860351 Soros and China's involvement in AUS MSM outlets
>>1997230 Anons idea on organizing Q AUS
>>2053233, >>2228507 notable resignations
>>2240589, >>2261459 Anons breakdown of Sharia law
>>2311562, >>3044674, >>356295, >>3374293, Anons breakdown of AUS, UN, Fabians, Blair and Soros
>>2333437 Turnbull linked to 2nd multi million dollar fraud
>>2654354, >>2814445, >>2844132, >>3407423, >>3409867, Anons breakdown of Agenda21 "2030" "2050"
>>2664398 Anon calling for a dig on AUS and the cabal
>>2676954, >>2677554, Artist behind "Alice in Wonderland" painting series Charles Blackman dies in Sydney
>>2677280, >>2677304, Mustapha Kara-Ali Research fellow in Science & Religion at Harvard Uni
>>2677364 No officials at Turnbull and Great Barrier reef charity grant meeting
>>2677554, >>2731419, InsigniaGate drop
>>2729222 Bank Of Queensland and "Hillary"
>>2732074, >>2843265, UN seed banks (elites trying to control World's seeds)
>>3100810 Uranium mining in Namibia
>>3107420, >>3107475, The black hand society AUS
>>3246042 Anons breakdown of PM Scott Morrison
>>3246042 Stripper Stormy Daniels on 60 Minutes
>>3389296 John Howard's "War on Terror"
>>3389348 Australian Sovereignty
>>3391341 Anti Defamation Commission(ADC) banned from Federal politics
>>3406068 corruption in NSW Government
>>3409934, >>3417347, Turnbull and Soros connections
>>3425049 CIA AUSTRALIA
>>3507347 Connection between FDR & John Curtin?
>>3523789 Vaccines Sterilisation China CHAI Clinton Julie Bishop
>>3535308 Murdoch behind Australia's Vaccine push
>>3535401 Australian doctor exposes vaccine damage, stands up to government/media attacks
>>3535451 Mandatory vaccine pushed by Prime Minister's wife, Lucy Turnbull
>>3661543, >>3661532 Bloodlines CFR docs secret interview 1992 in South Africa
>>3685035 Defence shipbuilder Austal hit by massive cyber security breach and extortion attempt
#4923058 at 2019-01-27 03:14:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #2
HRC, Podesta backed by Soros and Juliar ex Aussie PM stealing our land and sabotaging economic development (from 2016 article)
Miranda Devine: Foreign-funded green groups could take whole swathes of Australia out of the productive economy
Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard have a lot in common - and it's not just the ladylike shoes and matching pearl earrings.
They both love to play the gender card, turning their immense privilege into victim status and dividing the electorate by sex.
Thus, Gillard nobbled Tony Abbott with her fabled misogyny speech and Clinton's machine manages to drown out every Wikileaks embarrassment with a new Donald Trump bimbo eruption.
The other thing the two ladies have in common is the Clinton Foundation, which Wikileaks emails now show is an influence-peddling political slush fund.
And guess which country was one of its biggest donors? Australia. Yep, we're up there with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
The Abbott government topped up the left-wing organisation's coffers with another $140 million in 2014, bringing total Australian largesse to $460 million, according to a press release from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
And yet, apart from the beautiful friendship with Gillard, what did Australia get from the Clintons for all that cash?
A whole lot of trouble is what.
[GO TO PART 2]
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/miranda-devine-foreignfunded-green-groups-could-take-whole-swathes-of-australia-out-of-the-productive-economy/news-story/016e5d9ff252f2444790d05269f4ed90
#1666650 at 2018-06-08 08:46:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Anonymous 06/08/18 (Fri) 07:10:07 2e8292 No.1662640>>1662660 >>1662719 >>1662723 >>1662766
>>1662640
Dig on Australia's old Prime Ministers with connections to Hilldawg and China.
'''Julia Gillard - 29 September 1961 (age 56) Barry, Wales, UK, 27th prime minister of Aus, 24 June 2010 - 27 June 2013'''
First up, articles pop up all around with connections to Clinton. Here are some with all the usual shit of giving each other pats on the back for muh misogyny and muh feminist energy.
https://still4hill.com/2018/01/26/hillary-clinton-and-julia-gillard-to-work-together/
https://www.news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-julia-gillards-misogyny-speech-was-striking/news-story/5d193658c9fff31407a725951e3c3cdc
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/06/growing-wave-of-feminist-energy-julia-gillard-on-clinton-ardern-and-metoo
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-and-hillary-clinton-join-forces-to-confront-bias-against-female-leaders-20180126-h0onkf.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/julia-gillard-recruited-for-new-hillary-clinton-campaign-video/6868534
Now interestingly Julia was preceded by the biggest douche bag in existence, his excellency (he wishes):
'''kevin rudd. - 21 September 1957 (age 60) Nambour, Queensland, Australia. 26th Prime Minister of Aus, Dec 3rd 2007 - 24 June 2010.'''
Now this wanker has his tounge so far up China's ass he can probably taste some dumplings. Even recently he is picking china over his birth country.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/12/kevin-rudd-accuses-turnbull-government-of-anti-chinese-jihad
He even did a lecture at one of Melbourne's universities with a straight up cabal title:
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/kevin-rudd-on-chinas-rise-and-a-new-world-order
Now, before kevin rudd came to office, Australia was actually in a surplus and manufacturing was somewhat chaotically stable but this faggot fucked it all up, and don't blame it on the 2008 recession, Australia still had positive economic growth during the global crisis and the downward trend in manufacturing jobs started before the crisis. Can you have a guess where all the jobs went? And now Australia has 0 car manufacturing. View the graph in this article.
https://blog.aigroup.com.au/what-is-happening-to-employment-in-australian-manufacturing/
So now, the only way for Australia to keep the economy in a positive trend (because we hardly manufacture or produce anything besides agriculture and mining) is to import rich people to buy houses and then get the taxes from the house sales. When interest rates go up, Australia economy will be fucked.
http://www.australiaplus.com/international/business-matters/chinese-millionaires-favour-australia-as-new-land-of-opportunity/8506904
>Australia is the top destination worldwide for millionaires to migrate to, according to a recently-released report, and it's super-rich Chinese who are settling here in the biggest numbers
'''But it doesn't end there, and this is where its gets fuckin amazing. Behold the spygate/Clinton foundation connection.'''
http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2018/02/recent-australian-government-data-direct-clinton-foundation-taxpayer-donations-total-130m.html
>On 22 February 2006 the Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Bill Clinton signed a $25M MoU triggering the first round of Australian donations to the Clinton Foundation.
>The CF recipient entity was the Clinton Foundation HIV/Aids Initiative Inc (CHAI). Australian due diligence failed to detect that the entity did not hold the necessary US authority to operate in the treatment of HIV/Aids, further that the entity was wound up by the Massachusetts corporate regulator effective 31 December 2007.
>By December 2008 the Clinton Foundation reported that Australia was its largest Western Government donor.
>On 22 September 2014 in New York, FM Julie Bishop and Bill Clinton witnessed the signing of a new MoU with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) "committing Australia and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to work together to transform access to health in developing countries over the next five years".
Yes that's right, Alexander Downer kicked off the Clinton foundation donations. The same fuckhead that is connected to spygate connections to the UK. And it all started was kevin rudd and continued under Gillard.
So as Q has said, US up for sale to the highest bidder. Well Australia's already been sold out. I hope Gillard and rudd have done something criminal enough that warrants arrests because I will never forgive them, they were the beginning of the end. However, im happy to be here and see the rerise of western civilization. We are winning, and I cant wait till every cabalist cunt gets called out and everyone gets put back in their place because the autistic faggotry is doing my head in.
Cheers cunts. WWGOWGA.
#1405664 at 2018-05-14 11:14:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
Ambassador switch shows Australia is a second-class ally under Donald Trump says kevin rudd
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/ambassador-switch-shows-australia-is-a-second/9697028
#113353 at 2018-01-21 14:24:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
>>65342
kevin rudd committed up to $315m to some globalist carbon capture bullshit. $10m of which is stated in that article to have gone directly to the Clinton Foundation. Perhaps this is what ingratiated him with the clowns, Clintons and Obama, leading to his comfy presidency at the ASPI front.
#113131 at 2018-01-21 13:33:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
>>112674
Asia Society Policy Institute
GLOWS IN THE DARK, OBAMA SHADOW GOVT BUSINESS
Working there with kevin rudd, former PM of Australia:
Wendy Cutler, Straight from a long career at USTR, "Responsible for" TPP, lead negotiator on KORUS. Georgetown U.
Daniel Russel, member of OBAMA WH, National Security Council Advisor for Asian Affairs (09-13), Senior Position at DoS 2013 on (Definitely cozy with C_A).
Georgetown U.
Debra Eisenman, short-term election observer in Kosovo (2010), Albania (2011), Ukraine (2012 and 2014), and Armenia (2017).
(Obvious clown)
Lindsey Ford, "Her expertise includes U.S. national security, Asian regional architecture, and maritime security issues.",
Formerly DoD (civilian) Senior Adviser to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, studied abroad in Beijing.
Anubhav Gupta (Their India guy)
"Previously, Anubhav worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco, where he focused on climate change and energy issues in India"
*Interned at DoS Office of India Affairs.*
Patrick Ingle, assistant, worked with kevin rudd back in Australia when he as PM.
Jing Qian, worked with kevin rudd on recent research project at Harvard. Studied in China, then Canada, then Harvard.
Sarah Marten is Senior Executive Associate to kevin rudd.
Prior G4 Alliance, COO Erica Frenkel (CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE, LIBERIA, AIDS)
Gotta be a few bad actors here, it's a big list: www.theg4alliance.org/permanent-council/
Minyoung Shin, Climate Corps Fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund and a Sustainability Intern at the Natural Resources Defense Council (presumably with Gupta),
*worked for the Export-Import Bank of Korea*, financing and managing multilateral economic development grants in developing countries.
Alison Angoff
"Before joining Asia Society, Alison interned at the United Nations Development Program and UN Women in New York City while pursuing her master's degree in
international development and education. Prior to that she worked for two years as a teaching fellow with Teach for China in rural Yunnan province."
Jacob Bell
Before joining ASPI , Jacob served in the Obama administration as a Press Assistant in Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
John van Oudenaren
Formerly a Research Assistant at the *National Defense University's College of International Security Affairs*,
where he supported counterterrorism and regional studies programs, and researched various issues concerning the contemporary security environment.
Also worked as an English teacher in Shanghai, China.
Australia branch has this man on the board: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._N._Epstein Studied at Penn U (Epstein!? Relation?)
#112674 at 2018-01-21 11:11:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #1
kevin rudd moved to New York
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/24/kevin-rudd-direct-from-new-york-a-new-episode-of-national-scab-picking
Primary job is now President of the Asia Society Policy Institute
and
"He is also Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism where he is leading a review of the UN system over the 2015-16 period. In 2014, Mr. rudd was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School where he completed a major policy paper U.S.-China 21: The Future of U.S.-China Relations Under Xi Jinping. He is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House in London, a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute in Chicago."
asiasociety.org/policy-institute/kevin-rudd
Offices in New York, Texas and Hong Kong.
#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
#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 UK Posts (1)
#7714608 at 2020-01-04 20:38:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research UK #10: United We Stand Edition
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/scott-morrison-is-right-australias-bushfires-arent-down-to-climate-change/
I have long since learned, not least from my interview with Al Gore published here in 2017 that the surest way to get called a climate change denier is to quote genuine science that runs counter to the hyperbolic 'science' spun by the likes of Gore, Extinction Rebellion and the global Greta community. But no matter, here goes. No, the devastating bushfires in Australia are not a symptom of a world that is being consumed in conflagration caused by man-made climate change. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has been described as a 'climate criminal' for suggesting that climate change had merely 'contributed' to bushfires rather than being their absolute cause is a lot closer to the reality than is former PM kevin rudd who on this morning's Today programme described one of his own MPs as 'pathetic' for suggesting that a moralistic approach to climate change is obscuring difficult decisions which need to be made balancing carbon-reduction targets with economic growth.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-16/australia-climate-carry-over-credits-slammed-cop25/11793818
Australia claims it gained those credits by beating targets set in the Kyoto Protocol - targets in which Australia was, for some time, allowed to actually increase emissions.
It says only about 10 per cent of its Paris target needs to be achieved using actual emissions reductions between 2020 and 2030.
At the conference, Australia appeared to be isolated in its demand, with no other countries pushing for a measure widely described as a "loophole".
Costa Rica's Environment Minister, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, fingered Australia, along with Brazil and the US, for blocking progress.
"Some of the positions are totally unacceptable because they are inconsistent with the commitment and the spirit that we were able to agree upon [in Paris in 2015]," he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/16/un-climate-talks-australia-accused-of-cheating-and-thwarting-global-deal
Richie Merzian, a former Australian climate diplomat, now with the Australia Institute, said Morrison was increasingly associated with Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro as leading culprits unmoved by fires raging in New South Wales, California and the Amazon. The US has formally signalled its intention to leave the Paris agreement next year.
"The conference fell victim to the base positions of a handful of major polluting countries, Australia included," Merzian said.
(thinking face) ……. And after pissing off all in Madrid Scott Morrison gets back home to watch your whole country burn ……. Oh and its because of climate change …. Hummm what are the odds of that ???????
8chan/8kun TheStorm Posts (6)
#19742 at 2018-01-08 01:40:50 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #24 - Timestamp , Decipher , Think Clock - Edition
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
#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
#11307 at 2018-01-07 03:44:21 (UTC+1)
The Storm General #14: TAKE THE BAKE EDITION
>>11079
It must be noted that Julia Gillard stabbed then sitting PM kevin rudd in the back to take the top job. She was not elected by the Australian people. She is as corrupt as they come. As an ausfag I hope they bury her
#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.
#8726 at 2018-01-06 22:09:20 (UTC+1)
The Storm #11: Rewind the Clock Edition
>>8039
www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-have-we-donated-to-clintons-foundation/news-story/96f87b9c4999e22cd3b022d267129896
The Australian taxpayer shovelled at least $88 million into the Clinton Foundation and associated entities from 2006 to 2014, reaching a peak of $10.3 million in 2012-13, Gillard's last year in office.
On the Clinton Foundation website, AusAID and the Commonwealth of Australia score separate entries in the $10 million-plus group of donors, one rung up from American teacher unions.
In 2009-10 kevin rudd handed over another $10 million to the foundation for climate research, part of $300 million he squandered on a Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.
Gillard also donated $300 million of our money to the Clinton-affiliated Global Partnership for Education.
Lo and behold, she became chairman in 2014 and has been actively promoting Clinton as president ever since - in a campaign video last December slamming Trump, in opeds trumpeting the next woman president and in appearances with Clinton spruiking girls' education.
The Abbott government topped up the left-wing organisation's coffers with another $140 million in 2014, bringing total Australian largesse to $460 million, according to a press release from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
#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.
8chan/8kun CBTS Posts (1)
#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
endchan qanonresearch Posts (1)
#48441 at 2020-10-31 15:41:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research Operation's War Room #9473 Congrats Amy Coney Barrett Edition
LOL really
'I was blindsided': kevin rudd says he had no idea about think tank's ties to Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/i-was-blindsided-kevin-rudd-says-he-had-no-idea-about-think-tank-s-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-20201028-p569iw.html
endchan qrbunker Posts (8)
#142057 at 2024-06-26 07:07:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #444: Are You Refusing to Support Me in My Effort Edition
comment from an Aussie...
Just a word of caution
All Assange's legal team had to do was ask the people to surround the QEII and now KCIII, and have the Monarch pardon Assange.
? the fact Julian's "legal team", never took such an action should ring an alarm bell!
The stunts the legal team did pull which of course led no where "October 10, 2022, Stella and thousands of others locked arms in a human chain around the Parliament of the United Kingdom (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) WHEN THE PERSON WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED AND INSTRUCTED WAS THE MONARCH!
Assange now released and is being accompanied by former PM kevin rudd and apparently will be flown direct into Canberra ???
.... ??? if one was in such a position the last people you'd want to be seen with would be politicians (past or present), all the bureaucratic diplomats would be fucked off also, as well as ANY main stream media!
Julian is quite capable of speaking for himself and here's hoping NO ONE IS GRANTED and interview!
If Julian has something to say let's hope he goes live and speaks with no editing
https://t.me/KarenBrewerBushTelgraphNews/21599
#137040 at 2024-02-22 13:37:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #423: Nowhere To Run Edition
>>137038
>>137039
February 22, 2024
TBD
Meridian International Center Roundtable: His Excellency Dr. kevin rudd, Ambassador of Australia
The Meridian Center for Diplomatic Engagement
https://www.meridian.org/announcement/global-business-briefing-with-his-excellency-dr-kevin-rudd-ambassador-of-australia-to-the-u-s/
February 22, 2024
NASA Sun & Space @NASASun -
ROLSES aren't red
And the Moon isn't blue,
But on February 22nd,
I'll be up there for you!
https://twitter.com/NASASun/status/1758902038455320632
February 22, 2024
2 Days Until South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary
Together, we will win South Carolina's Primary!
https://scvotes.gov/2024-presidential-primaries-rapidly-approaching-%EF%BF%BC/
https://sc.donaldjtrump.com/
February 22, 2024
1:00 AM EST
Opening Ceremony & Plenary-Panel Discussion: Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uhcli9xx
2:00 AM EST
Press Conference: UN-Habitat on housing and the upcoming World Urban Forum - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) - the United Nations entity responsible for sustainable urban development - is pleased to invite editors and reporters based in Nairobi to a media briefing on 22 February at the UN complex in Gigiri.
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1kpc9ovfi
2:30 AM EST
Participation by Mr Edouard Fernandez-Bollo in roundtable "Diversity in the EU banking system: contribution to financing needs, future challenges and way forward" at EUROFI High Level Seminar 2024 organised in association with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU in Ghent, Belgium
European Central Bank
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html
3:45 AM EST
The HAGUE - the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Holds Public Hearings in the Advisory Proceedings - China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan and Jordan
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10g8i0fve
4:25 AM EST
Ms Anneli Tuominen chairing panel "EU bank crisis management framework: can an agreement be achieved for medium-sized banks?" at EUROFI High Level Seminar 2024 organised in association with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU in Ghent, Belgium
European Central Bank
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html
6:00 AM EST
The Steve Gruber Show Live From CPAC
Real America's Voice (RAV)
https://rumble.com/v4ezsw8-the-steve-gruber-show-2-22-24.html
7:00 AM EST
Washington Journal: Open Phones
Democrats responded to the question "Will you vote for President Biden in 2024?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533727-2/open-phones&playEvent
8:00 AM EST
Washington Journal: Heath Mayo Discusses His Group Principles First & Campaign 2024
Heath Mayo, founder of the center-right group Principles First, discusses Campaign 2024 and the group's summit this weekend aimed at rivaling the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and featuring prominent Republican critics of former Pre
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533727-3/heath-mayo-discusses-group-principles-campaign-2024&playEvent
8:00 AM EST
Biomarker-driven Drug Development for Allergic Diseases and Asthma; Public Workshop
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/biomarker-driven-drug-development-allergic-diseases-and-asthma-public-workshop-02222024
8:30 AM EST
Seventh Annual Sovereign Debt Restructuring Conference
Global Interdependence Center at Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
https://www.interdependence.org/events/browse/seventh-annual-sovereign-debt-restructuring-conference-high-interest-rates-debt-distresses-and-sovereign-debt-restructurings-have-we-reached-peak/
8:30 AM EST
U.S. Agriculture in Drought - Released After 8:30 a.m. ET Every Thursday
National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/AgInDrought.pdf
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#136722 at 2024-02-08 14:02:00 (UTC+1)
QRBunker General #421: AND-gate circuit Edition
>>136711
>>136712
>>136713
>>136714
>>136715
>>136716
>>136717
>>136718
>>136719
>>136720
>>136721
2:00 PM EST
Histone H2B Ubiquitination in Transcription Regulation
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44801
2:00 PM EST
National RTAP and NADTC Learn About TACL, The Transportation Technical Assistance Coordination Library
Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation (DOT)
https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/events/national-rtap-and-nadtc-learn-about-tacl-transportation-technical-assistance
2:00 PM EST
Webinar: Guidance on Real Property Disposition Option to Support Transit-Oriented Development and Affordable Housing
Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation (DOT)
https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/events/webinar-guidance-real-property-disposition-option-support-transit-oriented-development
2:00 PM EST
Black History Month Virtual Outreach Symposium
Veterans Administration
https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/veteransaffairs/meeting/download/96008e8452074bf79093dafe1a6276d6?siteurl=veteransaffairs&MTID=me20431236b0df925082543bb37f3731c
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/64669/
2:00 PM EST
Preparing for Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) - Online
Veterans Administration
https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/8a2a86fb-82ce-45aa-89df-f1a58da2d974@3c89fd8a-7f68-4667-aa15-41ebf2208961
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/64735/
2:00 PM EST
IRS to Offer an Employee Retention Credit Webinar on Feb. 8; Provide Updates on Voluntary Disclosure Program, Moratorium
Internal Revue Service (IRS)
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-to-offer-an-employee-retention-credit-webinar-on-feb-8-provide-updates-on-voluntary-disclosure-program-moratorium
2:00 PM EST
Unleash Your Business Potential: Mastering SBA Programs & Services Webinar
U.S. Small Business Administration
https://www.sba.gov/event/42199
2:00 PM EST
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya meets with Australian Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-february-8-2024/
2:45 PM EST
Security Council Media Stakeout
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1ht66s5qj
2:55 PM EST
The President departs the White House en route to Leesburg, Virginia
South Lawn
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
9th plenary meeting - 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD62)
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qh9rorv7
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
3rd Meeting - Preparatory Committee for the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14zmpjk5m
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
Letter dated 5 February 2024 from the Permanent Representative of Serbia - Security Council, 9545th meeting
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h5227lbk
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
(2nd meeting) 2024 Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1ufyitgjn
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
(18th meeting) Concluding session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t138ort7
February 8, 2023
3:00 PM EST
Empowering Women and Girls in Science and in Leadership
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1yk84sjhw
== 12 ==
#136149 at 2024-01-17 11:39:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #418 Monuments to the American Revolution Edition
>>136147
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January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Thinking through Augmentation - Public Speakers: Saadia Zahidi, Paul Hudson, Nicolas Hieronimus, Joe Ucuzoglu, Francine Lacqua, Christy Hoffman, Azeem Azhar
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/understanding-augmentation
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Supply Chains of the Future - Public Speakers: Tobias Meyer, Kathy Wengel, Jagjit Singh Srai, Bandar Alkhorayef
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/supply-chains-of-the-future
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Recharging Growth in China - Public Speakers: Zhu Min, Tian Wei, kevin rudd, Jin Keyu, Jia Shaoqian
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/reigniting-growth-in-china
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
A Key Moment for Latin America - Public Speakers: Raquel Pe?a, Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Lu?s Roberto Barroso, Ilan Goldfajn, Gustavo Petro, Gabriela Sommerfeld
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/a-key-moment-for-latin-america
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Mindfulness in Continuum - Public Speakers: Krista Kim, Joseph Fowler
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/mindfulness-in-continuum
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Putting a Price on Nature - Public Speakers: Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Nick Studer, Marina Silva, Hubert Keller, Gretchen Daily
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/putting-a-price-on-nature-d5fa83e9ab
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Resilience: What It Means and What to Do About It - Public Speakers: Odile Fran?oise Renaud-Basso, Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Jim Hagemann Snabe, B?rge Brende, Bob Sternfels
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/resilience-what-it-means-and-what-to-do-about-it
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Defending Europe's United Front - Public Speakers: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Roula Khalaf, Katalin Nov?k, Dmytro Kuleba, Andrzej Duda, Andrej Plenkovi?
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/defending-europes-united-front
== 3 ==
#136127 at 2024-01-16 13:49:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #418 Monuments to the American Revolution Edition
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January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Thinking through Augmentation - Public Speakers: Saadia Zahidi, Paul Hudson, Nicolas Hieronimus, Joe Ucuzoglu, Francine Lacqua, Christy Hoffman, Azeem Azhar
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/understanding-augmentation
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Supply Chains of the Future - Public Speakers: Tobias Meyer, Kathy Wengel, Jagjit Singh Srai, Bandar Alkhorayef
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/supply-chains-of-the-future
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Recharging Growth in China - Public Speakers: Zhu Min, Tian Wei, kevin rudd, Jin Keyu, Jia Shaoqian
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/reigniting-growth-in-china
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
A Key Moment for Latin America - Public Speakers: Raquel Pe?a, Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Lu?s Roberto Barroso, Ilan Goldfajn, Gustavo Petro, Gabriela Sommerfeld
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/a-key-moment-for-latin-america
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Mindfulness in Continuum - Public Speakers: Krista Kim, Joseph Fowler
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/mindfulness-in-continuum
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Putting a Price on Nature - Public Speakers: Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Nick Studer, Marina Silva, Hubert Keller, Gretchen Daily
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/putting-a-price-on-nature-d5fa83e9ab
January 17, 2024
3:00 AM EST
Resilience: What It Means and What to Do About It - Public Speakers: Odile Fran?oise Renaud-Basso, Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Jim Hagemann Snabe, B?rge Brende, Bob Sternfels
World Economic Forum (WEF) "Rebuilding Trust" The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF24
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/programme
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/resilience-what-it-means-and-what-to-do-about-it
== 19 ==
#134632 at 2023-11-28 13:48:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #410 Giving Thanks Edition
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12:00 PM EST
A Conversation With Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
Council on Foreign Relations
https://www.cfr.org/event/conversation-secretary-transportation-pete-buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIZEyrnoFk
12:00 PM EST
Weekly International Weather and Crop Highlights - Released Tuesday (Or Second Business Day) Afternoon
National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FCW.pdf
12:00 PM EST
VetBizLady Office Hours and Networking Sessions - Online
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/59054/
12:00 PM EST
U.S. House of Representatives: Morning Hour
The House returns from its Thanksgiving holiday recess and will consider several resolutions in response to the Oct. 7th Hamas attack on Israel, including reaffirming Israel's right to exist and calling on Hamas to immediately release all hostages ...
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532060-1/morning-hour
12:50 PM EST
Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on "2023 Update on U.S. Visa Processing Worldwide"
Department of State Foreign Press Centers
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/33361
1:00 PM EST
China's Economic Forecast: The View from Congress
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
https://www.csis.org/events/chinas-economic-forecast-view-congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zch30MGvluc
1:00 PM EST
AUSTRALIA: Luncheon with The Honourable kevin rudd, Ambassador of Australia to the U.S.
Business Council for International Understanding
https://bciu.org/
https://bciu.zohobackstage.com/AUSTRALIAIn-PersonLuncheonwithTheHonourablekevinruddAmbassadorofAustraliatotheUnitedStates
1:00 PM EST
Caregivers: Your Life and Your Health Matters - Online
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/61561/
1:00 PM EST
Toward Global IDMP Implementation: A Focus on Global Use Cases
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/news-events-human-drugs/toward-global-idmp-implementation-focus-global-use-cases-11282023
1:00 PM EST
Exploratory and Inferential Spatial Statistical Methods: Tools to Understand the Geography of Health Across the U.S.
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44346
1:00 PM EST
Nanoscale Molecular Cartography of Cellular Membranes
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44487
1:00 PM EST
Including Evaluation Planning and Support in Program Design
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44460
1:00 PM EST
Tuesday Tribute Service for Rosalynn Carter Will Feature Family Members, Favorite Scriptures, Music
Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/rosalynn-carter-tuesday-motorcade-route-set.html
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Tribute Service for Rosalynn Carter
A tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter is held at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532075-1/tribute-service-rosalynn-carter
1:00 PM EST
The President and The First Lady attend a tribute service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; The Vice President and The Second Gentleman attend
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
1:15 PM EST
Climate Insecurity Impacts on Children and Armed Conflict
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1ypxpjnxf
1:30 PM EST
Lecture by Mr Philip R. Lane at Michael Chae Seminar on Macroeconomic Policy organised by Harvard University in Cambridge, USA
European Central Bank
https://economics.harvard.edu/seminars-macroeconomics-policy
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html
== 9 ==
#130069 at 2023-07-13 13:13:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #384: When in the Course of human events Edition
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5:15 PM EDT
MMNYU FOMC Speech: Fed Governor Christopher Waller - Economic and Policy Outlook
Money Marketeers of New York University, Inc.
https://moneymarketeers.org/upcoming-events/#!event/2023/7/13/fomc-dinner-ny-fed-president-john-williams
5:30 PM EDT
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins meets with Australian Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-july-13-2023/
6:00 PM EDT
A Constitutional Commonwealth
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
https://secure.virginiahistory.org/2272/2274
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gySDIPF5jj0
6:00 PM EDT
U.S. Coast Guard Band - Colchester, Connecticut
U.S. Coast Guard Band
https://www.uscg.mil/Community/Coast-Guard-Band/Coast-Guard-Band-Event-Calendar/
https://www.uscg.mil/Community/Coast-Guard-Band/Coast-Guard-Band-Event-Calendar/ModuleID/9487/ItemID/396/Mctl/EventDetails/
6:00 PM EDT
Press Conference with United States Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/about/events/press-conference-united-states-ambassador-japan-rahm-emanuel
https://www.youtube.com/@committeeonccp/streams
7:00 PM EDT
The Founders and Inflation: How the Dollar Once Limited Government With Grant Starrett
American Institute for Economic Research
https://events.aier.org/bastiatmastercalendar/detail/1555/1689289200000
7:00 PM EDT
Risky Business: Growing Peril for American Companies in China
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
^
WITNESSES:
Ms. Piper Lounsbury
Chief Research and Development Officer, Strategy Risks
^
Mr. Shehzad Qazi
Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, China Beige Book International
^
Mr. Desmond Shum
Author of Red Roulette: An Insider's story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
^
https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/about/events/hearing-risky-business-growing-peril-american-companies-china
https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-notice-risky-business-growing-peril-american-companies-china
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116209
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYytwv8hNY
8:00 PM EDT
Max Impact - U.S. Capitol West Lawn, D.C.
U.S. Air Force Band
https://www.music.af.mil/Bands/The-United-States-Air-Force-Band/Events/
9:25 PM EDT
The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the White House
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
9:35 PM EDT
The President arrives at the White House
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
== 18 END ==
#124991 at 2023-04-06 12:36:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #359: Q+ Edition
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April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
Reconstructing Ukraine's Infrastructure
American Enterprise Institute
https://www.aei.org/events/reconstructing-ukraines-infrastructure/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4n0RyPioe4
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Discussion on Rebuilding Ukraine
Former Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko joins others to discuss rebuilding Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia. The American Enterprise Institute hosts this discussion.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527202-1/discussion-rebuilding-ukraine
April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
The Path to a Patent, Part I: IP basics
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/path-patent-part-i-ip-basics-7
April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities NIMHD Director's Seminar: Effects of Comprehensive Care in a Socioeconomically Diverse Minority Population
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42658
https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/conferences-events/directors-seminar-series/
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49343
April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
Veterans Benefit Seminar - Honolulu, HI
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/54652/
April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
Office Hours: Preparing your Phase I Proposal for America's Seed Fund at NSF
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/office-hours-preparing-your-phase-i-proposal/2023-04-06
April 6, 2023
2:00 PM EDT
Meeting with NuScale Power, LLC on NuScale Standard Design Approval Application
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg
https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML23048A236
April 6, 2023
2:30 PM EDT
A Conversation with USAID Assistant Administrator Michael Schiffer
Center for Strategic and International Studies
https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-usaid-assistant-administrator-michael-schiffer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1ZlAX79Gc
April 6, 2023
2:30 PM EDT
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Australian Appointed Ambassador to the United States kevin rudd
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-april-6-2023/
April 6, 2023
3:00 PM EDT
Simon Hix | New Young Liberals: An Emerging Force in European Politics
Stanford Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division
https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/new-young-liberals-emerging-force-european-politics
https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/new-young-liberals-emerging-force-european-politics
April 6, 2023
3:00 PM EDT
Tom Hanks and Jeffery Robinson on Short Film About 1876 Contested Presidential Election
Washington Post Live
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2023/04/06/tom-hanks-jeffery-robinson-short-film-about-1876-contested-presidential-election/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy9jdQLln6U
April 6, 2023
3:00 PM EDT
Virology Interest Group Seminar Probing Human Retrovirus Particle Assembly Via Comparative Analysis
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42728
April 6, 2023
3:00 PM EDT
NLM Intramural Research Program IRP Seminar - Estimating Age-Stratified Parameters During the Early Phase of an Epidemic
National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services
https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3892/detail/
April 6, 2023
4:00 PM EDT
Crevasse Webinar Series
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/crevasse-webinar-series/2023-04-06
April 6, 2023
4:00 PM EDT
Growing Convergence Research Lecture
National Science Foundation
https://beta.nsf.gov/events/growing-convergence-research-lecture-1/2023-04-06
April 6, 2023
4:00 PM EDT
8(a) Business Development (BD) Program Information Session
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
https://www.sba.gov/event/12857
== 6 ==
Q-Posts ANSWERS (1)
- 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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