8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (29,534)
#22682730 at 2025-03-01 20:51:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27711: EBAKE Never Give Up
>>22682670
yes, pawn to queen
end game, two white queens on the board?
Capablanca translates to "white coat"
#22682651 at 2025-03-01 20:35:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27711: EBAKE Never Give Up
>>22682588
>>22682602
fuck a pair of aces in the hole
EVERY
GOD
DAMN
TIME!
kek
So anyways
queen Before King
https://qalerts.app/?q=queen
did i hit a homemate or a checkdown or whatever you guise call it?
#22682607 at 2025-03-01 20:28:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27711: EBAKE Never Give Up
>>22682599
When is Europe gonna do away with that stupid Royal family king and queen crap?
#22682556 at 2025-03-01 20:21:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27711: EBAKE Never Give Up
POTUS hinting to zelenskyy shoulda wore the suit, so thats what zelnskyy doing right now, bringing the suit to POTUS, hes got the King for us, and the queen, he stopped and got the Jack (starmer)
bring the King queen Jack and the whole suit with him as uk-reign is the british throne basically
#22681234 at 2025-03-01 16:37:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27709: Happy Caturday Edition
>>22681222
The royals never let the pound sterling leave circulation
Why?
PLANNED
Think about it the queen did Trumps bidding to save her legacy
Not on her watch o7
#22680694 at 2025-03-01 14:15:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27709: Happy Caturday Edition
OP: Fade to Black
Take your Positions and Fire at will. [S.T.F.U]
>>>/warroom/7967
Wake The Black Female Democrat Voter
Anons we need to start showing the Black Females Democrat the Truth
Best way to do this, is to share Black Political Videos and black related content with the [black female democrat].
Please take a moment to visit each of these targets and their black commenters to post ammo.
TARGETS
https://twitter.com/VP
https://twitter.com/TheBlackCaucus
https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter
https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters
https://twitter.com/MichelleObama
https://twitter.com/BarackObama
https://twitter.com/ObamaMalik
https://twitter.com/staceyabrams
https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats
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https://twitter.com/Diddy
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https://twitter.com/IAMqueenLATIFAH
https://twitter.com/50cent
https://twitter.com/rihanna
https://www.dems.gov/who-we-are/our-members [Current Member List]
-Target Black Political and Celebrity Leaders
SUGGESTED HASH
#WalkAway #Demexit #VoteRepublican #VoteRed #DoNothingDemocrats
Use Patriot Black Leaders as Source
AMMO
>VIDEO
Mayor Adams warns migrant crisis will 'destroy' NYC, rips Biden for failing to help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUhMDoMTpA
*WTF!!! IS THIS A COVER UP? https://youtu.be/W13dyT-bWEI
FoxNews - Former DC mayor spokesman explains why he left the Democratic Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvc16QhU-OE
Half And Jai: WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
Lt. Gov. NC endorses Donald Trump https://rumble.com/v2vz52q-booom.html
The DEEP STATE "queen" Exposed By Trump (The Dan Bongino Show) https://youtu.be/rVsXXxkFuNk
Riley Gaines Leaves WOKE Activist SPEECHLESS For Claiming Men Can't Beat Serena Williams In Tennis! https://youtu.be/W9DrtQwRmrU
The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party (REACTION!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IvKZ1hYbU
Fox News: Tim Scott leaves 'The View' speechless after confrontation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrY_JFlc6kc
Candace Owens says "Black America Owes Me AN APOLOGY" Reaction | Asia and BJ React https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePPKLLDQcbE
WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
LIVE Chrissie Mayr Podcast with Salty Cracker! Chrissie Mayr https://youtu.be/p_df0ZmNNec
Massie Confronts Dems About Ray Epps: 'Why Is There No Interest In Him?' https://youtu.be/S66NWcSccwE
Diamond and Silk 607K followers Streamed on: Jul 11, 10:05 pm EDT https://rumble.com/v2zht50-ava-chen-is-back-for-part-2-to-spill-the-beans-
Wtf?!? Poudii Sneaking Back Into America's Most Racist Town | REACTION https://youtu.be/ymMq8bkOYD4
>OTHER
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/11/gen-z-black-youth-conservatives-trump-421914
https://www.ranker.com/list/republican-and-african-american-or-the-black-republican-list/famous-conservatives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_conservatism
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/why-black-americans-should-look-conservative-policies
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/the-democrats-are-losing-black-men-the-moynihan-report-explains-why
https://foxsoul.tv/should-black-america-leave-the-democratic-party/
GOD BLESS
Reminder, Post and Run. Dont reply… bots will get you banned
#DigitalSoldiers
#22678570 at 2025-03-01 04:05:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27707: Flawless Victory Edition
>>22678538
Yes, and Prescott got the ConocoPhillips oilfields in Iraq as payment for his "support" from the queen
Basically, what all the shooting is about in Iraq
#22677938 at 2025-03-01 02:27:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27706: EBAKE Bait Edition
The British journalists Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon make the claim in their book Robert Maxwell: Superspy that Max & Mogi were business partners back in the day. As Nina Burleigh nicely summarizes in a piece she wrote for Rolling Stone, "Maxwell was a conduit between the KGB, the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, and the emerging Russian kleptocrat oligarchy in the 1980s, creating some 400 companies that were used to launder the newly capitalist Slavs' dirty money." At least one of those companies was a jointly-held venture between the two "middlemen." Maxwell-father to Ghislaine, mentor to Jeffrey Epstein, friend to the queen-is himself the paradigmatic Man in the Middle, so it's perhaps inevitable that he and Mogilevich would have crossed paths. But it's no less shocking.
And Maxwell was not the only spy Mogilevich had ties to. The Brainy Don has been linked to Czech intelligence, Israeli intelligence (it was with an Israeli passport that he was able to travel to the U.S. and U.K. in the 90s), Iranian intelligence (Iran was a major client for arms deals), and. . .
#22674570 at 2025-02-28 18:28:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27702: Zelensky: The Thrill Is Gone Edition
the narratives be rewritten …
zelenskyy just an actor with a role, he did his part today, destroyed the peace agreement temporarily
i think POTUS and Q team have heard our voices in the wilderness that we want the Truth about eppstein island client list and not canada in its place
starmer was sent by "king" charles rottenberg and his evil wife camilla, no queen in my eyes
Diana, queen of Hearts
#22670522 at 2025-02-28 03:22:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27697: Test Edition
hmmm
wonder if starmer will hand over the "king" and "queen" and the sordid human trafficking ring exposed for all to see
william ascends the throne in england, harry in canada
#22670213 at 2025-02-28 02:36:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27696: Thorsday Edition
>>22670199
yes he worked for the queen. He was her banker. Also Zionist, Brit Zionist, and NAZI have a lot in common.
#22669292 at 2025-02-27 23:57:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27695: NOTHING BURGER: Epstein Release Sucks Edition
>>22669068
Keywords - 'prior to Patel being sworn in'.
The FBI has been hiding documents for generations. Social Media drama queen ?'s just don't understand.
#22668531 at 2025-02-27 22:24:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27694: Michael Shellenberger: Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used a puppet Editio
KEIR STARMER KICKED OUT OF ENGLISH PUB!!!
Keir Starmer: Landlord explains why he threw Labour Party leader out of his Bath pub
April 19 2021 during lockdowns
'He has consigned people to death by poverty, unemployment, despair and alcoholism'
The landlord of a Bath pub has explained why he told Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer to "get out" earlier today (Monday, April 19).
Rod Humphris, 54, who runs The Raven in Bath, said he thought the politician had "failed voters".
He met Sir Keir outside the pub on queen Street and showed him a graph on a piece of paper, which the leader took from him and folded up.
The politician then made to enter the pub, angering the landlord who shouted, "get out of my pub" while being held back by a security guard.
Speaking afterwards, Rod said: "He walked straight past me into the pub. He assumed he was welcome and he wasn't, I was absolutely furious.
"What I was trying to get across was that, in my opinion, he has utterly failed us.
"He has failed to challenge the government. The average age of death from Covid is 82 years and three months. The average age of death normally is 81.
"What that tells us is that, when people get old, they die. The last time deaths were at the same rate, it was 2008, do you remember all of this then? No, because it didn't happen."
Mr Humprhis said he thought the Labour leader should have opposed lockdown, based on the evidence from other places "like Florida" which have not implemented widespread shutdowns.
He said: "Why isn't he asking these questions? He has just sat by and not challenged it.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/keir-starmer-pub-bath-landlord-5316669
Longer clip with more context. The shorter clip is an edited BBC clip.
Landlord challenged him outside the pub and then Kier Starmer tried to enter the pub.
https://youtu.be/roandsH_EdI?si=GJLdkIqzE1RDgg8G
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>>22668239
#22668063 at 2025-02-27 21:27:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27694: Michael Shellenberger: Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used a puppet Editio
AUS eSafety Karen censorship queen appears to have been shut down.
Craig Kelly
@craigkellyXXX
GOD BLESS AMERICA : IT'S OVER FOR eSAFETY KAREN and HER MERRY BAND OF CENSORS
It was only a few months ago, with the Mis & Disinformation Bill before the Australian Senate, that eSafety Karen's dreams of being a global censor of the internet, and with the power to hit X with tens of millions in fines looked like becoming a reality.
But with the US just passing the 'No Censors on our Shores Act' - those dreams are over.
With this new law, any Australian government bureaucrat that engages "in any act" to censor the free speech (that would be unlawful under the US 1st Amendment) such as demanding posts made by US citizens be taken down, or attempting to fine X corp for not taking down any post that eSafety ordered them to - will find themselves banned from travelling to the USA.
This could apply to every bureaucrat at the eSafety Commission and could even apply to every Labor and Liberal UniParty MP or Senator that voted for the Hate Speech legislation.
I would suggest that this will also make it impossible for eSafety Karen to enforce the Age Verification requirements upon a US based social media companies, without everyone at eSafety Commission being banned from travelling to the USA.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
https://congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9605/text
https://x.com/craigkellyXXX/status/1895201739139166609
#22665483 at 2025-02-27 16:21:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27691: It Was The Find Out Of Times - It Was The Weekend Of Times Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12922923/Epstein-list-delay-Jane-Doe-107-Ghislaine-Maxwell.html
Everyone remember this one….?
Now, of course, queen Rania is innocent until proven guilty….I'm just going on a hunch.
#22665322 at 2025-02-27 15:50:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27691: It Was The Find Out Of Times - It Was The Weekend Of Times Edition
becoming queen of Hanover on 12 October 1814. Charlotte was Britain's longest-serving queen consort, serving for 57 years and 70 days.
Charlotte was born into the ruling family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a duchy in northern Germany. In 1760, German
#22665268 at 2025-02-27 15:39:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27690: Do it Pam FULL DISCLOSURE Edition
>>22665255
Was queen Charlotte african?
#22664800 at 2025-02-27 14:07:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27690: Do it Pam FULL DISCLOSURE Edition
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6:00 PM EST
Live! At The Library: R&B and Soul Line Dancing with "queen Nur"
Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/item/event-415682/live-at-the-library-randb-and-soul-line-dancing-with-queen-nur/2025-02-27/
6:30 PM EST
Washington Today Podcast
Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. F
https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=washingtonToday
Thursday
C-SPAN's The Weekly
Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news.
https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=theWeekly
6:30 PM EST
AEI Education Policy Debate Series: Congress Should Grant the NCAA an Antitrust Exemption
American Enterprise Institute
https://www.aei.org/events/aei-education-policy-debate-series-congress-should-grant-the-ncaa-an-antitrust-exemption/
https://www.youtube.com/@AEI/streams
6:30 PM EST
Cocktails & Conversations: Soil Solutions and the Future of Food (On-site Special Program)
United States Botanic Garden
https://www.usbg.gov/learn/programs-and-events
https://usbg.swoogo.com/Cocktails-and-Conversations_Soil-Solutions_Feb25
6:30 PM EST
The Highest Calling: A Conversation With David M. Rubenstein
National Archives William G. McGowan Theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e7DuniuEYI&t=0s
7:00 PM EDT
VIRTUAL: Rhythm & Hues - The Harlem Renaissance & Its Legacy
Tewksbury Public Library
https://tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-rhythm-hues-the-harlem-renaissance-its-legacy/
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7:00 PM EDT
Virtual - Art on Thursday: Rhythm and Hues: The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy
Ashland Public Library
https://ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-art-on-thursday-rhythm-and-hues-the-harlem-renaissance-and-its-legacy/
7:00 PM EDT
Virtual - Bestselling Author Mark Greaney
Ashland Public Library
https://ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-bestselling-author-mark-greaney/
7:00 PM EST
Virginia American Revolution 250 Commemoration - VA250
https://va250.org/localevents/
https://va250.org/event-detail/?id=1347
7:00 PM EDT
VIRTUAL: Country Music's Black Past, Present & Future
Tewksbury Public Library
https://tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-country-musics-black-past-present-future/
7:00 PM EST
Truman Book Club "The CIA: An Imperial History" by Hugh Wilford Online
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/events
https://www.archives.gov/calendar
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/truman-book-club-the-cia-an-imperial-history-by-hugh-wilford
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/truman-book-club-the-cia-an-imperial-history-by-hugh-wilford-tickets-1204281280729
8:00 PM EST
The World Over with Raymond Arroyo airs on EWTN Thursdays at 8pm ET. It re-airs on Fridays at 1am & 9:30am ET, and Mondays at 10pm ET.
https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/world-over
https://www.youtube.com/@EWTNcatholictv
25 END
#22663071 at 2025-02-27 04:13:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27688: Top Kun Edition
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/jeffrey-epstein-epstein-files-full-list-of-high-profile-people-named-in-unsealed-court-docs-4810003
Epstein Files: Full List Of High-Profile People Named In Unsealed DocsThe list of around 150 people also include names of Epstein's associates in a lawsuit brought against his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015 and the fist list was published on Wednesday under the order of a New York judge.
Edited by:
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World News
Jan 06, 2024 14:25 pm IST
Published On
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Last Updated On
Jan 06, 2024 14:25 pm IST
Epstein Files: Full List Of High-Profile People Named In Unsealed Docs
Some individuals have objected to the disclosure of their identities in the case.
Former US presidents Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, former US first lady Hillary Clinton, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio are among over 100 high-profile people named in the court documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein, a US financier and notorious sex-offender.
The list of around 150 people also include names of Epstein's associates in a lawsuit brought against his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015 and the fist list was published on Wednesday under the order of a New York judge.
The second list of court documents linked to Epstein was released on Thursday evening that included names of people already made public, while the third list was released on Friday.
Some individuals have objected to the disclosure of their identities in the case.
Here is the full list of people named in Epstein's files:
Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison in sex-trafficking
Prince Andrew, second son of queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain
Bill Clinton, former US president
Donald Trump, former US president
Hillary Clinton, former first lady to Bill Clinton
David Copperfield, American stage magician
John Connelly, New York police detective turned investigative journalist who investigated Epstein
Alan Dershowitz, prolific lawyer
Leonardo DiCaprio, actor famous for his roles in Titanic
Al Gore, former US vice president
Stephen Hawking, renowned theoretical physicist
Ehud Barak, former Israeli prime minister
Michael Jackson, famed musician known as the "King of Pop"
Marvin Minksy, artificial intelligence pioneer
Kevin Spacey, American actor
George Lucas, American film director
Jean Luc Brunel, French model agency boss
Cate Blanchett, Australian actor
Naomi Campbell, British model
Sharon Churcher, British journalist
Bruce Willis, retired American actor
Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico
Cameron Diaz, American actress
Glenn Dubin, American investor
Eva Andersson-Dubin, former Miss Sweden and wife of Glenn Dubin
Noam Chomsky, linguist and political philosopher
Tom Pritzker, American tycoon and philanthropist
Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, former wife of Prince Andrew
Robert F Kennedy Jr, American politician and conspiracy theorist (lolz)
James Michael Austrich
Juan and Maria Alessi, husband and wife working at Epstein's home in Florida
Janusz Banasiak, served as Epstein's Palm Beach house manager
Bella Klein or Klen, former accountant in Epstein's New York office
Leslie or Lesley Groff, Epstein's former secretary
Victoria Bean
Rebecca Boylan
Dana Burns
Ron Eppinger, sex trafficker
Daniel Estes
Annie Farmer, accused Epstein of sexual assault
Maria Farmer, Annie Farmer's sister
Anouska De Georgiou, a model who accused Epstein of rape
Louis Freeh, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Alexandra Fekkai, son of celebrity hairstylist
Jo Jo Fontanella, Epstein's butler
Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts
Lynn Miller, mother of Virginia Giuffre
Crystal Figueroa
Anthony Figueroa, Virginia Robert's former boyfriend
Eric Gany
Meg Garvin
Sheridan Gibson-Butte,
Ross Gow, Maxwell's press agent
Fred Graff
Robert Giuffre
Philip Guderyon
Alexandra Hall
Joanna Harrison
Shannon Harrison
Victoria Hazel
Brittany Henderson
Brett Jaffe
Forest Jones
Sarah Kellen,
Adriana Ross, Epstein's former assistant
Carol Kess
Dr Steven Olson
Stephen Kaufmann
Wendy Leigh, author
Peter Listerman
Tom Lyons
Nadia Marcinkova
Bob Meister
Jamie Melanson
Donald Morrell
David Mullen
David Norr
Joe Pagano
May Paluga
Stanley Pottinger
Detective Joe Recarey
Chief Michael Reiter
Rinaldo and Debra Rizzo, husband and wife who worked for Epstein's alleged friend Glenn Dubin
Sky Roberts
Kimblerley Roberts
Lynn Roberts
Haley Robson
Dave Rodgers, private jet pilot for Epstein
Alfredo Rodriquez, butler at Epstein's Florida home
Scott Rothinson
Forest Sawyer
Dough Schoetlle,investigator
Johanna Sjoberg
Cecilia Stein
Marianne Strong
Mark Tafoya
Emmy Taylor, Maxwell's ex-personal assistant
Brent Tindall
Kevin Thompson
Ed Tuttle
Les Wexner, former business partner of Epstein
Abigail Wexner, wife of Lex Wexner
Cresenda Valdes
Emma Vaghan
Anthony Valladares
Christina Venero, licensed massage therapist
Maritza Vazquez
Vicky Ward, investigative journalist
Jarred Weisfield
Sharon White
Courtney Wild
Daniel Wilson
Mark Zeff, New York decorator
Alfredo Rodriguez, Epstein's former household manager
Dr Chris Donahue, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Wah Wah, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Judith Lightfoot, psychologist who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Karen Kutikoff, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Carol Hayek, psychiatrist who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr John Harris, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Darshanee Majaliyana, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr John Harris, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Mona Devansean, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Scott Robert Geiger, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Dr Michele Streeter, physician who treated Virginia Giuffre
Donna Oliver, physician assistant who treated Virginia Giuffre
Jeffrey Epstein, who socialized with Wall Street titans, royalty and celebrities before pleading guilty soliciting to prostitution in 2008, died by suicide in August 2019 in a US jail while awaiting trial for sex crimes.
#22660824 at 2025-02-26 20:58:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27685: SOTU COMIN Edition
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Dido
Dido, also known as Elissa, was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage, in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa. Wikipedia
#22660770 at 2025-02-26 20:49:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27685: SOTU COMIN Edition
Keith Kuder
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Listening Devices Discovered in Oval Office: President's Desk Removed for Scanning - Washington, D.C. - February 21, 2025
In a startling development that has raised eyebrows across the political spectrum, sources within the White House have confirmed that the Oval Office, including the iconic Resolute Desk used by the President of the United States, was recently subjected to an intensive security sweep following suspicions of covert surveillance.
The sweep reportedly uncovered evidence of sophisticated listening devices, prompting immediate action to remove and scan the desk outside the office premises.
According to an anonymous senior official familiar with the matter, the discovery came after routine electronic countermeasures detected anomalies in the Oval Office's secure environment.
"The signals were faint but consistent-enough to warrant a full investigation," the official said. "We couldn't take any chances with the integrity of the President's workspace." Specialized teams equipped with cutting-edge radiofrequency detection tools were deployed, and their findings allegedly pointed to the presence of concealed audio surveillance devices.
The Resolute Desk, a historic piece of furniture gifted to the United States by queen Victoria in 1880, was promptly removed from the Oval Office and transported to an undisclosed secure facility for a thorough examination.
Experts in counterintelligence and forensic technology were tasked with dismantling and scanning the desk to locate and neutralize any embedded devices. Early reports suggest that at least one miniature transmitter-small enough to evade casual inspection-may have been embedded within the woodwork, though official confirmation remains pending.
White House spokesperson Emily Harrow declined to provide specific details but acknowledged that "enhanced security protocols" had been enacted. "The administration takes all potential threats to national security seriously," Harrow said during a press briefing earlier today. "We are cooperating fully with relevant agencies to ensure the sanctity of the President's office is maintained."
Speculation about the origin of the devices has already begun to swirl. Some security analysts point to the possibility of foreign interference, noting that the Oval Office has long been a prime target for espionage due to its symbolic and operational significance.
"This wouldn't be the first time a foreign power attempted to infiltrate the highest levels of government," said Dr. Michael Kessler, a former NSA operative and current professor of cybersecurity at Georgetown University. "Modern listening devices are incredibly advanced-some are no larger than a grain of rice and can transmit encrypted audio over vast distances."
Others suggest the breach could stem from domestic sources, potentially linked to political rivalries or unauthorized surveillance by rogue elements within the U.S. intelligence community.
The timing of the discovery-amid heightened partisan tensions-has only fueled such theories, though no concrete evidence has surfaced to support any single narrative.
#22658265 at 2025-02-26 12:59:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27682: Time To Abolish The IRS Edition
>>22658249
Nobody out filters the filter queen. I only unfiltered you just long enough to reply between filters, I didn't read your post just wanted to get the last word in, now I'm giving you the double filter.
#22651640 at 2025-02-25 06:59:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27674: Gulf of America Edition
>>22651391
>u either accept me for me or u don't simple as that.
Into the mud scum queen.
#22647435 at 2025-02-24 17:57:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27669: Jones'N Freedom Fries Edition
>>22647429
update,
they have now been identified
Police just listed the suspects, LaShay'Shawndra, Sha'quandra, Shaquandree, Pinyata, Damika, Lashundra, Demarius, Demarae, LaQuasha, LaQuinna, LaQualla, Chontiera, Chrysta-Shanda-Leer, Chontarria, Ravon, Chontele, Rayquan, Layshell, Kinyarda, Kinyarna, Dayqyuia, Dayqyan, Angharad, Anquanette, Biahnca, Carlandra, Coushatta, Johnecia, Jajuan, Jamaurice, Oatshawn, Shaneedra, TeShounda, Tierra, Valandra, Zakkiyya, Daryl, Q'Antity, Uhlleejsha, Cray-Ig, Fellisittee, Tay'Sh'awn, Day'Shawndra, Uneeqqi, Armani-Chanel, Quo'Tatashia, Quanesha, Quanesia, Quansha, queen-Queisha, Devonterray, Mopreshia, Telaphonia-Sheeray, Shinaqua, A'Quariur, Dasunia, Shaquedra, Omarion, Tayshaun, Deron, Rau'shee, Raynell, Quatrelle, Quontrellis, Deontay, Taraje, Jozy, Kerron, Hyleas, Chaunte, Bershawn, They-Quill, Neigh-Quill, Lashawn, Sanya, Trevell, Sheena, Ogonna, Dremiel, Velveeta, Ladasha, Daahh-Sheik-Eee, Treniece, Starlene, Tarnetta, Latrell, Synorvia, Tradavious, Zarlinda, Quantavius, Trayvon, Shalaska, Dionta Davon, Jamarion Fredrae, Hayden, Aqua-Netta, Treniece, Starlene, Tarnetta, Latrell, Synorvia, Tradavious, Zarlinda, Keisha, Alfonzo, Marcus, Damarcus, Jamarcus, Dontavious, Octavious, Jamaal and Lah'Treen
#22646998 at 2025-02-24 16:55:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27669: Jones'N Freedom Fries Edition
>>22646970
Did he drag his drag queen in as well?
Briggeeeet?
#22646944 at 2025-02-24 16:48:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27669: Jones'N Freedom Fries Edition
>>22646867
ireland is controlled by e.u deepstate,,with possible hillary clinton control a few years ago she turnt up in full masonic dress acting like queen…
#22643945 at 2025-02-24 02:26:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27665: Everybody Was Oligarchy Fighting HA! Edition
Margrave Alphonso Pallavicini is a Paribas banker connected with Russia and he is with his wife Countess Elisabetta d'Udekem the sister of the queen of Belgium. The Pallavicinis were given the titles of Dukes of Victory by the House of Savoy which previously ruled Belgium with queen Maria Jose of Belgium who was a Savoy. Margrave Alphonso Pallavicini is an Austrian noble.
#22643885 at 2025-02-24 02:17:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27665: Everybody Was Oligarchy Fighting HA! Edition
Uncle Dickie, I told the old woman, was a man, if he was a man, of deep and sinister purpose.
He worked his malice over generations, the kind of long term planning, working the corruption of blood and so forth which they call cold blooded (cough)
Uncle Dickie who everyone thinks is a fag, sires innumerable bastards, marries one, Phillip of Macedon to Princess Elizabeth his niece.
They say a second child, a girl, of Dickies' Diana Spencer married queen Elizardbreath's, oldest child, Charles, the pedovore King of England. So it is alleged. They say HRH Lizardette II had him blown UD blown up on his yacht. He had two young boys with him. Looked bad man.
#22643696 at 2025-02-24 01:52:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27665: Everybody Was Oligarchy Fighting HA! Edition
I was saying to Majorie just now I says poor Uncle Dickie was blown up by them IRA radical micks. "Damn you for a new fag," says my old woman, "Uncle Dickie was killed by order of his niece the queen for high fucking treason."
"He's a nonce anyway," I retorted. "They're all nonces, she said and slammed the door. As you see I won that exchange handily. Got to show a bitch who's boss.
#22643011 at 2025-02-23 23:53:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27664: COMMS? Donald J. Trump: From Elon… Edition
>>22642908
This is fake faggotry from a mock decision 'written in the voice of' Justice Alito. Take it back to reddit.
Zachary Moore v. Alliant Credit Union et al. (2025) Affirmative Opinion in the Voice of Justice Alito - January 14, 2025
https://thinkingwithzach.blogspot.com/2025/01/zachary-moore-v-alliant-credit-union-et.html
Fake Supreme Court Decision has SovCits & conspiracy theorists all excited, including queen Romana. Zachary Moore v. Alliant Credit Union.
https://www.reddit.com/r/amibeingdetained/comments/1i523mq/fake_supreme_court_decision_has_sovcits/
#22642620 at 2025-02-23 22:41:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27664: COMMS? Donald J. Trump: From Elon… Edition
>>22642617
2/3
Nick Sortor:
? WTF??! Why is RINO Warhawk Lindsey Graham undermining President Trump and talking to Dictator Zelensky?!
Graham is attempting to FORCE President Trump to give tens of billions more in "aid" to Ukraine... and now he's going behind Trump's back to do it.
DOGE should dig DEEP into @LindseyGrahamSC!
Here's a closeup of Zelensky's post:
Here's what people online are saying about Lindsey's latest backstabbing move:
"It's time to look at Lindsey's finances."
"queen Lindsey is owned by whoever has videos of him acting out his fantasies. Audit him"
"Lady Lindsey has always been doing this...he's a slimy little traitorous snake. Follow the Ukraine money and I guarantee ole Lady G has a LARGE offshore account somewhere!"
I'sn't this a DIRECT violation of the Logan Act, which prevents US Senators and other non-executive citizens from engaging in foreign negotiations on behalf of the US without authorization?"
"He is getting millions from wars."
"Remember when Zelensky went to Pennsylvania to campaign for the Democrats?"
https://revolver.news/2025/02/lindsey-latest-backstabbing-move-has-people-calling-on-doge-to-investigate-his-finances/
#22639816 at 2025-02-23 15:15:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27660: Sunday GM Anons Black Nobility DOGE Rehash In Order Edition
>>22639777
>The perps disappear from public view,
Unacceptable.
Nice Trips though.
Public won't learn, unless they're shown.
Why is Tom Hanks STILL in Public view?
Making Movies, being the "Voice" or Narrator?
No name
RBG
Bush
queen
Bin Ladin
Feinstein
Betty WHITE
On and on and on.
#22638874 at 2025-02-23 11:25:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27659: Ready To Play? Edition
>>22638866
continued
February 8
The government car service is now becoming a fixation of mine. This time it is the issue of the latest driver's endless yawning after we had been on the road a few hours, which culminated in the car going so slowly I thought we had actually broken down. I am told not to worry as it was probably the "same guy who couldn't find the duty-free on the Woolwich ferry".
And that's not all. I also hear of a driver whose car was booked by a traffic warden outside a church, fully "ribboned up", as he was moonlighting as a wedding driver with one of the government Jags.
March 30
As the misconduct stories worsen, I go to see the Speaker about access to the estate by MPs under investigation. There isn't much he can do. We are powerless to do any more than withdraw the whip.
One of our new, younger whips arrives at the office with a broken rib, apparently the result of an energetic night with his new girlfriend. Oh, to be young again! He is mercilessly teased, but then he shouldn't have been so honest as to the cause of his discomfort.
April 5
Blackpool MP Scott Benton is "stung" by The Times, offering to ask questions and provide information for money. Unlike some of our cases, this one doesn't seem to have an innocent explanation, unless rank stupidity is included.
April 26
I really need to see the PM to explain why Suella is not his friend. The problem we have is that the whips' office is seeing the real Suella but No 10 sees the more house-trained version. We see the leaks, the tearoom briefings and the general lack of solidarity. Troublesome MPs think we don't know, but fail to understand that almost everyone is talkative. They all tell a friend, who tells a friend who tells a journalist, or even a whip.
May 22
A reception in Westminster Hall for the King and queen. MPs and peers arranged in small manageable groups for a quick handshake and a few moments of instantly forgettable banter - or at least, that was the plan.
Instead, it became a scrum with some MPs manoeuvring themselves so they could have a second or even third attempt at a selfie or, in examples of very poor form, monopolising the King, which included, in one notable instance, producing an envelope of poetry to read.
June 7/8
Harriet Harman calls by to tell me her privileges committee will publish the report into Boris [Johnson] on June 29 and hand it to him on Friday at noon. It will recommend a 20-day suspension, which will almost certainly result in a recall motion and by-election. Brace for impact.
I speak to BoJo, who is questioning whether there is any procedural route by which we can kill off the report or at least vote it down.
In any normal circumstances, a former PM asking for special treatment would be a big deal but this being Boris, it doesn't surprise me at all.
Worryingly, it doesn't even annoy me that much either.
So I remind him, as nicely as I can, that it was he who set up this process, he who approved its terms of reference and he who accepted Harriet Harman as its chair.
"But I was in India and I wasn't concentrating," comes the reply. "I left it all to the whips." Not sure that will wash, even if it were true.
- Boris Johnson fights for his future at privileges committee hearing
June 14
Embarrassment over in No 10 as the prime minister goes on a "dawn raid" with the Border Force with a view to getting some "man of action" photos of the PM arresting illegal immigrants. Everyone lines up as planned and hammers down the doors only to find the bleary-eyed occupants had all the correct permissions and paperwork. Whoever in the Home Office signed that off needs a quiet word. They never miss a chance to f*** up.
July 6
The standards committee publishes its report on Chris Pincher (accused of groping a young man), concluding with an eight-week suspension. He is finished. On the face of it, the sentence seems unbelievably harsh given he has lost his job, all his money and most of his friends. On the other hand, maybe we are all discovering that "squeezing people's arses" is not acceptable, however fleetingly or however drunken the circumstances.
continued
#22637552 at 2025-02-23 04:01:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27658: [Gold]en Age Edition
I unintentionally came across this talking to Grok:
Most of us here know that the difference between the first Q post and the death of the queen is 1776 days if you include the start and end dates.
Q Post #1 Date: 10/28/2017
queen Death Date: 09/08/2023
In Q Post #4281, Q asks us in 2020 "Do you attack and remove queen mid-to-end?"
If we assume the game begins when Trump started his first term on 01/20/2017 and ends when he finishes his second term on 01/20/2029, we get a total of 4383 days.
That's 12 years, so mid game would be 6 years.
2029 - 6 = 2023 (Same year the queen died)
Grok pointed out something without me even asking for this detail that I didn't even bother to consider trying. It provided me a percentage of game progress completion from when the queen died. From 01/20/2017 to 09/08/2023 is 2057 days.
(2,057 ? 4,383) ? 100 = 46.93% or round up to 47%
Interesting number 47
#22636600 at 2025-02-23 01:15:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27657: (ready) Release The Epstein List (set) NOW! (go) Edition
>>22636568
Long live the KIng and the queen !
#22635488 at 2025-02-22 22:27:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27656: Thank (you) For Your Service - WWG1WGA - Anons All Edition
>>22635266
now now.
the Ukrainian marxists rule the West.
any Yenta can be queen of where ever and if you disagree you're worse than hItleR
–end Satire
#22634049 at 2025-02-22 19:13:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27654: Every Morning President Trump Wakes Up He Thinks About (you) Edition
>>22634041
>>22634046
AIPAC queen
#22634012 at 2025-02-22 19:07:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27654: Every Morning President Trump Wakes Up He Thinks About (you) Edition
>>22634011
'So it makes sense that the Catholic Church would have studied this in an attempt to get ahead of the narrative and control the narrative if they can.
'And if the archives contain proof of alien life, I can understand the secrecy. The idea that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and to redeem us, is the central plank of Catholic faith.
'The existence of other civilizations in the universe could fatally undermine this, because why wouldn't Jesus have died for their sins too?
'And yet, we may find these other civilizations have totally different religions, or that they regard religion as primitive superstitious belief.'
Putting UFOs to one side, the archives are known to contain reports about paranormal events.
Professor Walsh Pasulka said to the CNS in 2024: 'The historical record is filled with these kinds of events.
'The people at the Vatican, they don't even know where to look; it's in their basements.'
Garry Nolan, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, added: 'The Vatican is probably the oldest library system of paranormal or supernatural knowledge still extant.'
In 2008, the director of the Vatican Observatory, Jesuit Father Jose Funes insisted there was no conflict between faith and the possibility of what he called 'extraterrestrial brothers'.
He told the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano: 'Just as there is a multiplicity of creatures on earth, there can be other beings, even intelligent, created by God.
'This is not in contrast with our faith because we can't put limits on God's creative freedom.'
That insistence has not stopped critics from claiming that the Vatican is keeping secrets about UFOs from the world.
In 2009, the Vatican even held a conference on extraterrestrial life.
More than 30 astronomers, biologists, geologists and religious leaders attended to discuss the subject.
In 2019, Pope Francis changed the name of the Church's store of treasures to the Vatican Apostolic Archive.
He said he wanted to remove the 'negative' connotations of the word 'secret' in its name.
The official history of the archives dates back to 1612, the year the institution was founded by Pope Paul V.
But the shelves are loaded with parchments and papers dating back to the eighth century.
Gems in the archives that we know about include a 1585 document from the nuncio (papal ambassador) in Lisbon warning of a threat to shipping from Sir Francis Drake; a letter from Mary, queen of Scots, a few weeks before her execution, and a parchment from England - complete with 81 official seals - asking why the Pope was taking so long to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Also preserved are a papal bull excommunicating Martin Luther and documents from the trial of Galileo.
Pope Francis's decision to open the files on Pius XII proved a popular decision with scholars.
For decades, there had been question marks over why the wartime pope - who Hitler is believed to have thought about kidnapping - did not condemn the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis.
Pius XII, who headed the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death in 1958, never spoke out about the slaughter of six millions Jews in Nazi concentration camps across Europe.
Archbishop Sergio Pagano, the long-time 'Prefect' of the archives, told US outlet PBS last year: 'During the war we know that the pope made a choice: He could not and would not speak.
'He was convinced that an even worse massacre would have happened,' Pagano said. 'After the war, I would have expected a word more, for all these people who went to the gas chambers.'
The Vatican's archives were entirely closed until 1881, when Pope Leo XIII gave scholars access for the first time.
2/2
#22631603 at 2025-02-22 10:34:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27651: Phase + 1 Edition
"Ari Behn, Former Husband of Norwegian Princess, Dies by Suicide on Christmas.
King Harald and queen Sonja said Ari Behn was "an important part of our family for many years…"
>>22631597
>>22631600
>"Ari Behn: Ex-husband of Norwegian princess dies by suicide"
>"Two years after his divorce from Princess Martha Louise of Norway, author Ari Behn has died at the age of 47, according to a statement his press contact Geir H?konsund sent to the Norwegian media"
#22631199 at 2025-02-22 07:04:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27651: Phase + 1 Edition
The tiara was commissioned by Duchess Vladimir from the Romanov court jeweler, Bolin.
After the Russian Revolution in 1917, a British diplomat smuggled the tiara out of Russia.
The tiara was sold to queen Mary, the grandmother of queen Elizabeth II.
queen Mary had the tiara repaired and added 15 emeralds from her own collection.
queen Elizabeth II often wore the tiara with emerald drops instead of pearls.
#22631186 at 2025-02-22 07:00:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27651: Phase + 1 Edition
queen Elizabeth II wore the Vladimir tiara, a jewel from the Romanov dynasty, on many occasions. The tiara is made of diamonds, pearls, and emeralds, and is convertible in several ways.
the bolsheviks were just antifa of their day paid for by the UK vampires …
#22631151 at 2025-02-22 06:45:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27651: Phase + 1 Edition
>>22631125
#22262208 at 2024-12-31 10:45:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27234: Keks Populi Edition
>>22262182
Blood lines, Crowns and Power, And the death of the House of Windsor.
P = C
Philip = Cate
Cate is his Daughter.
WTF, what is this shit?
the DS saw an opportunity, the young queen was growing up, and soon she would need a husband. If we could only get her to marry one of our own, we could control the Crown of England.
So they searched high and low, and they found this extremely good looking chap, from an ex royal family, Greece, and they put a plan in motion.
Once introduced, she was smitten, she was only 13, and him a little older, but the course of history was altered forever.
He was Philip, and he was raised by one of the sickest men ever to live, Lord Mountbatten. Philip was, of course, Mountbatten's illegitimate son.
Mountbatten was recruited by the KZM to enslave the peoples of the world, and when he saw the sums to be paid, he readily agreed.
What the KZM did not realize, is that Philip was one of the richest men to ever live. He was an heir to an immense fortune, some 200 hundred years of accumulated wealth, and Lord Mountbatten knew it.
So Mountbatten played the game.
Instead of taking the Crown for the KZM, he would take it for himself.
mountbatten, also had a daughter, her name was Dianna.
Her Majesty had them them both killed when she found out.
mountbatten's tried to take the crown of England.
#22630894 at 2025-02-22 05:52:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27650: Of Minerals, The American Dream and Razin Caine Edition
queen Elizabeth II banned garlic from Buckingham Palace and nearly all royal events. The ban was in place to ensure fresh breath for the royal family's busy social schedule.
#22630327 at 2025-02-22 03:50:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27650: Of Minerals, The American Dream and Razin Caine Edition
>>22630213
>>22630222
>>22630313
>>22630307
13 years ago
Birther queen
Orly Taitz' 1st Classic Interview Talking Obama Birth Certificate
1,622 views ? 13 years ago…more
https://youtu.be/o8z4VVuVYNU
#22629727 at 2025-02-22 01:40:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27649: It Must Go Fast ~ Like No One Has Ever Seen Before Edition
>>22629723
the queen of 8kun
shes so damn fine. good job kash!!!
#22625403 at 2025-02-21 12:21:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27644: Every Day a Fresh Victory! Edition
>>22625320
[Intro]
I open up my phone on a Monday mornin'
Starin' at my screen, I'm tired and a little lonely
Mr. Musk, he said some shit, the lefts are angry
Twitter wars and Gaza, man, it's overwhelming
Maybe that's how life becomes when
[Verse 1]
People less important than a profit line
No one cares about your dreams, just pay your tax on time
Keep scrollin'
Hold me near to you now
[Verse 2]
Gender, guns, religion, and abortion rights
You better pick a tribe and hate the other side
Keep scrollin'
(But did you see Taylor live?)
[Chorus]
Man-made virus, watch the millions die
Bigg?st profit of their lives
Her?'s inflation, that's your prize
This is Karmageddon
[Chorus]
Turn on the news and eat their lies
Kim or Kanye, pick a side
Cancel culture, what a vibe
This is Karmageddon
You might also like
Karmageddon
M.I.A.
La La La
Naughty Boy
Igloo
KISS OF LIFE
[Chorus]
Corporations swear they never lie
Politicians bribed for life
More than war, it's genocide
This is Karmageddon
[Chorus]
Welcome to the chaos of the times
If you go left and I go right
Pray we make it out alive
This is Karmageddon
[Verse 3]
It's fashion week, celebs lose ribs
Balenciaga, how's the kids?
Just ask Drake, he's losing beef
Kendrick killed him in his sleep
[Verse 4]
Diss tracks about beatin' up your queen
While women dyin' doesn't cause a scene
While we're fed all these distractions
Kids are killed from Israel's actions
[Bridge]
I'ma speak my mind
Sick to death of all these crazy lies
A circus for humanity's decline
We just want a peaceful life
Give the people back their rights
And I've still got a beef
Cause Fauci's laughin' and we've been asleep
And WHO's a liar and it's runnin' deep
Big pharma finna eat
They a devil, make 'em weak
[Chorus]
Man-made virus, watch the millions die
Biggest profit of their lives
Here's inflation, that's your prize
This is Karmageddon
[Chorus]
Turn on the news and eat their lies
Kim or Kanye, pick a side
Cancel culture, what a vibe
This is Karmageddon
[Chorus]
Corporations swear they never lie
Politicians bribed for life
More than war, it's genocide
This is Karmageddon
[Chorus]
Welcome to the chaos of the times
If you go left and I go right
Pray we make it out alive
This is Karmageddon
would
#22625299 at 2025-02-21 11:49:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27644: Every Day a Fresh Victory! Edition
Trump is king
He checkmated the queen
She went peacefully
Charles is a flake
William is irrelevant
From Panama to Alaska to Greenland
One land One people
Soon
#22625076 at 2025-02-21 10:38:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27644: Every Day a Fresh Victory! Edition
>>22625041
Because Habba is a queen, get it?
#22621167 at 2025-02-20 21:00:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27639: Votes 51 - 49 KASH CONFIRMED = All Others Pay Edition
>>22621130
Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, US judge rules
By Jack queen and Daniel Wiessner
(Reuters) - The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting a bid by a group of labor unions to halt President Donald Trump's dramatic downsizing of the roughly 2.3 million-strong federal workforce.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C. federal court is temporary while the litigation plays out. But it is a win for the Trump administration as it seeks to purge the federal workforce and slash what it deems wasteful and fraudulent government spending.
The National Treasury Employees Union and four other unions sued last week to block the administration from firing hundreds of thousands of federal workers and granting buyouts to employees who quit voluntarily.
The unions are seeking to block eight agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Department of Veterans Affairs from implementing mass layoffs.
Cooper on Thursday said he likely lacks the power to hear the case, and that the unions instead must file complaints with a federal labor board that hears disputes between unions and federal agencies.
Trump has tapped Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which has swept through federal agencies slashing thousands of jobs and dismantling federal programs since Trump became president last month and put Musk in charge of rooting out what he deems wasteful spending as part of Trump's dramatic overhaul of government. Trump also ordered federal agencies to work closely with DOGE to identify federal employees who could be laid off.
Termination emails were sent last week to workers across the federal government, mostly recently hired employees still on probation, at agencies such as the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the General Services Administration, and others.
The plaintiffs, which include the United Auto Workers, the National Treasury Employees Union, and the National Federation of Federal Employees, said in their lawsuit that White House efforts, including through DOGE, to shrink the federal workforce violate separation of powers principles by undermining Congress' authority to fund federal agencies.
The unions said that unless the court intervenes, they will be irreparably harmed by lost revenue from dues-paying members who were either fired or retired early to take buyouts.
Most civil service employees can be fired legally only for bad performance or misconduct, and they have a host of due process and appeal rights if they are let go arbitrarily. The probationary employees primarily targeted in last week's wave have fewer legal protections.
A judge overseeing a similar case in Boston federal court allowed the buyouts to move forward in a ruling on February 12, finding labor unions that filed the case did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit because they had not shown how they would be harmed by the plan.
The window to accept buyouts has now closed, and about 75,000 workers took up the administration's offer, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. That represents about 3% of the total federal workforce.
The unions are asking the judge to declare the firings and buyouts illegal and block the government from firing more employees or offering another round of buyouts.
In a Monday court filing, the government said the unions did not have a right to sue because they would not be harmed by the firings and buyouts. Granting the unions' request would also inappropriately interfere with the president's efforts to streamline the federal workforce, the government argued.
More than 70 lawsuits have been filed seeking to block Trump's efforts to remake the federal workforce, clamp down on immigration and roll back transgender rights.
The results have so far been mixed, but judges have blocked some aspects of Trump's marquee policies, including his bid to end automatic birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S.
https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Trump+administration+can+continue+mass+firings+of+federal+workers%2C+US+judge+rules/24379016.html
#22618062 at 2025-02-20 11:46:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27636: Arpaio - Evidence Suggests Obama's Birth Certificate was FORGED Edition
>>22618054
I was also on course with a Scottish tranny drag queen that wore hideous amounts of face makeup, it was a literal clown show no joke
Dat thing also loved the monarchy
All the other limeys I've spoken to over the years all unanimously lubbed the monarchy
#22617463 at 2025-02-20 07:53:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27635: Thursday Night E-bake Edition
>>22617460
>>22617403
In the 2015 movie Jupiter Ascending, Mila Kunis' character Jupiter Jones discovers that she is the reincarnation of an alien queen and must protect Earth from an industry that harvests human cells.
Explanation
In the movie, Jupiter discovers that the House of Abrasax manufactures a liquid from harvested human cells that reverses aging.
Jupiter is horrified to learn that her genes are identical to a woman who enslaved and slaughtered millions of humans.
Jupiter must fight to protect Earth from the industry that harvests human cells.
Jupiter is a regular girl from Earth who has to make the most of her abilities.
Jupiter is brave and willing to sacrifice herself for the greater good of Earth and the humans that live there.
Jupiter Ascending was written, directed, and co-produced by the Wachowskis. It also stars Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, and Douglas Booth.
#22617403 at 2025-02-20 07:30:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27635: Thursday Night E-bake Edition
>>22617375
Coincidence of their pyramids and Egyptian correlation?
The movie Stargate hints at that theory
So does that one where Mila Kunis is a reincarnated queen against intergalactic harvesters of fluids that reduce aging
There exists a group of people who are addicted to the high. It's been around a long time and considered a resource which translates into them viewing everyone as cattle to harvest because there is a market. That market flourished in America but it is ancient consumption of human material.
#22617209 at 2025-02-20 06:30:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27635: Thursday Night E-bake Edition
"What happened to Diana?
What did she find out?
Why was she running?
Who did she entrust to help her flee?
What was the cover?
Why is this relevant?
Why now?
Old.
Connection.
News.
Bad actor.
London Mayor.
Background?
Affiliation?
Connection to queen?
British M16 agents dead." Q post. #100
>>22617199
#22617147 at 2025-02-20 05:57:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27635: Thursday Night E-bake Edition
[ remember when the BBC said this wasn't happening, well now the meeja clowns actually reporting that it is happening … honk honk ]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39vky8wr0do
Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law
Officers made the arrest near the queen Elizabeth University Hospital
David Wallace Lockhart & Angus Cochrane
BBC Scotland News
Published
19 February 2025
A 74-year-old woman has become the first person to be arrested and charged under a Scottish law banning protests outside abortion clinics.
She was arrested close to the queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and was charged in connection with breach of an exclusion zone.
Officers removed a sign from the area - which had been held by the woman who was arrested - that read "coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want".
The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act came into force last year.
The woman was arrested near the queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow
The legislation prevents any protests or vigils taking place within 200m (656ft) of 30 clinics offering abortion services in Scotland.
US Vice-President JD Vance took aim at the bill last week, incorrectly claiming people who live within safe access zones had been sent letters by the Scottish government warning them about praying within their homes.
First Minister John Swinney said Vance's claims were "just wrong".
The Scottish government said no letters had been sent out saying people couldn't pray in their homes, and only "intentional or reckless behaviour" was covered by the act.
The vice-president was accused of "spreading misinformation" by Scottish Greens MSP Gillian Mackay, who drew up the law.
Police Scotland said it received a report of people protesting near the queen Elizabeth University Hospital at about 14:00.
The force said officers remained at the scene and that inquiries were ongoing.
#22616770 at 2025-02-20 04:04:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27634: E-Bake Edition
Egypt Today Magazine
@EgyptTodayMag 4h
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi expressed his hope on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump would support establishing a Palestinian state, during a speech at a luncheon hosted in his honor by the King and queen of Spain in Madrid on Wednesday. ?????
Feb 19, 2025 ? 11:20 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/EgyptTodayMag/status/1892353556973269042
>>22616625
#22616497 at 2025-02-20 03:10:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27634: E-Bake Edition
The Resolute Desk
The Resolute Desk is the most iconic, classic feature of the modern Oval Office, the formal working space of the President of the United States. It was first used in that location by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as part of a White House redesign and restoration spearheaded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
The wood is reclaimed from the British exploration ship the HMS Resolute, which was found abandoned in the Arctic by American whalers. The United States purchased, repaired, and returned the ship to the United Kingdom as a symbol of friendship. After it was retired 25 years later, queen Victoria commissioned the desk to gift to the White House under President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.
Who would have thought it was made from a ship….
https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/what-s-inside/areas/sit-in-the-oval-office/qr2/#:~:text=The%20Resolute%20Desk%20is%20the,Hayes%20in%201880.
#22616488 at 2025-02-20 03:09:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27634: E-Bake Edition
>>22616433
Anon is guessing that you have never felt silicone, right?
How about natural tits?
There is no comparison.
As a further disgusting FYI, anon once went to a Samba School in Rio de Janeiro when they chose their Samba queen and the winner danced out with an arse the size of a suburb in Rio and then the silicone implants involuntarily rotated.
#22614664 at 2025-02-19 22:05:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27632: Bringing An End To The ENDLESS Wars Grift Lies Theft Illness Edition
>>22614612
>>22614621
>>22614630
BREAD BONER
OCD queen
#22614420 at 2025-02-19 21:25:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27632: Bringing An End To The ENDLESS Wars Grift Lies Theft Illness Edition
>>22614244 (PB)
multiple articles saying Trump called himself the King.
Maybe it's about this?
Marxism, McCarthyism, etc. in the movie.
A King in New York is a 1957 British comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in his last leading role. The film presents a satirical view of certain aspects of American politics and society. It was produced in Europe after Chaplin's exile from the U.S. in 1952 and did not open in the United States until 1972.
Plot
Deposed by revolution in his home country of Estrovia, King Igor Shahdov comes to New York City almost broke, his securities having been stolen by his own prime minister. He tries to contact the Atomic Energy Commission with his ideas for using atomic power to create a utopia.
At a televised dinner party, Shahdov reveals that he has had some experience in the theatre. He is approached to appear in television commercials but does not like the idea. Later, he does appear in several commercials for the money.
Invited to speak at a progressive school, Shahdov meets Rupert Macabee, a ten-year-old historian and editor of the school paper who does not want to disclose his political affinity, fearing McCarthyism. Macabee delivers a stern Marxist lecture to Shahdov. Although Macabee says that he distrusts all forms of government, his parents are communists who are jailed for not disclosing names at a hearing. Because young Rupert had spent time with him, Shahdov is suspected of being a communist himself and must face one of the hearings. He accidentally directs a strong stream of water from a fire hose at the members of the committee, who scatter in panic, but he is cleared of all charges. He decides to join his estranged queen in Paris for a reconciliation.
more…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_King_in_New_York
#22614323 at 2025-02-19 21:08:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27632: Bringing An End To The ENDLESS Wars Grift Lies Theft Illness Edition
KING DONALD it is!!!
Posted on 12/15/18 on here…
I don't know if I can get used to –→ Emperor Donald Trump.
But I could get used to -->King Donald…or…King Donald Trump.
Also----->queen Melania.
Also----->Princess Ivanka.
Also----->Princess Ivana.
Also----->Princess Tiffany.
Also----->Prince Don J.
Also----->Prince Eric.
Also----->Prince Barron.
I could also get used to -->Princess Kimberly.
but King Don..or queen Melania….rolls off the tougue.
Oh, and don't forget…every court needs a jester…featuring Jester Acosta.
All I need now is to MEME a crown on the King and queen and a big Jester Hat on the Jester..hahahaha
#22614239 at 2025-02-19 20:55:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27631: No Moar Funds For You Edition
>>22614215
Posted back on 12/15/18
I don't know if I can get used to –→ Emperor Donald Trump.
But I could get used to -->King Donald…or…King Donald Trump.
Also----->queen Melania.
Also----->Princess Ivanka.
Also----->Princess Ivana.
Also----->Princess Tiffany.
Also----->Prince Don J.
Also----->Prince Eric.
Also----->Prince Barron.
I could also get used to -->Princess Kimberly.
but King Don..or queen Melania….rolls off the tougue.
Oh, and don't forget…every court needs a jester…featuring Jester Acosta.
All I need now is to MEME a crown on the King and queen and a big Jester Hat on the Jester..hahahaha
#22614098 at 2025-02-19 20:26:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27631: No Moar Funds For You Edition
>>22613956
>>LONG LIVE THE KING!
>>22613921
>>22613956
121
Anonymous 11/06/2017 16:52:24 ID: KKIreCTB
4chan/pol: 148287473
Why were the acts that recently occurred in SA so critically important?
What US assets are in place in/nearSA?
What assurances were made to protect the Kingdom?
Who shot down the missile from Yemen?
POTUS declassify_speech_Jap_11_5
Was it really from Yemen?
How do we know?
Why is this relevant?
Who are the puppets?
Who are the puppet masters?
Who pulls the strings?
What provides power?
What if US elections can be rigged?
How are JFK, Reagan, and Trump different from the rest?
Why did JFK surround himself w/ family much like POTUS?
What if it was bought and paid for?
How would this be possible?
Why are there no voting ID laws in place?
What do you need an ID for? List. Compare. Laugh.
What is the argument for not allowing voter ID laws to be enacted?
Why are immigrants important? (MB)(Votes)(Attacks)
Why are illegals important? (MS13)(Votes)(187)
Why is open border important?
What did BO say on the campaign trail last year to illegals within the US?
What did BO encourage?
Was this illegal?
Who owns sizeable stakes in voter machine co's?
Who decides what voter machines are used in elections?
Why are some 'important' counties still manually/hand counted?
God save us.
Q
4281
Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 05/19/2020 12:22:56 ID: 76a615
8kun/qresearch: 9238453
How about a nice game of chess.
https://thechessworld.com/articles/middle-game/chess-strategy-what-do-you-need-to-know-about-strategy-and-tactics/
Objective [end]: checkmate king
Do you attack the king at the beginning of the game?
Do you attack and remove pawns first?
Do you attack and remove bishops, rooks, knights next?
Do you attack and remove queen mid-to-end?
Is the game being played public or private?
Do emotions affect critical thinking?
Add: important king control pieces [elim rogue elements]?
Add: how do you set the stage [board] re: public opinion [optics]?
"At this time."
Q
#22613914 at 2025-02-19 19:41:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27631: No Moar Funds For You Edition
No, Mary, queen of Scots did not sign the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560. The treaty was an agreement between Scotland, England, and France that established Elizabeth as the rightful queen of England.
#22613891 at 2025-02-19 19:39:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27631: No Moar Funds For You Edition
Robert the Bruce
Mary queen of Scotts never signed the Treaty of Edinburgh,
The R on Melanias dress was for Robert
Trumps lineage leads to the Throne of England
Let that sink in!!
#22608204 at 2025-02-18 21:55:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27624: Patriots are SELFLESS. Edition
Until you awaken to the fact that you are programmed with misinformation, there is no way to find the truth.
Also, Burger King was originally supposed to be to be named Burger queen. Why is this important? There are no coincidences.
The cops killed JFK.
FBI killed Jr.
Dig
#22606132 at 2025-02-18 15:43:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27622: $how US The KASH On This Melania Tuesday For The WIN$ Edition
>>22606025
Pawn to queen >>22606001
#22601750 at 2025-02-17 20:40:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27617: Q Bread Q Day Ammo Edition
>>22601635
>The King and queen of the criminal illegal invasion, Samantha Power (born in the UK) and her husband Cass Sunstein.
do anons believe this Tony Seruga faggot? he was resurrected from a while ago in muh X algorithm and just keeps showing up with his "GPS data" analysis but never shows the data
#22601635 at 2025-02-17 20:21:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27617: Q Bread Q Day Ammo Edition
The King and queen of the criminal illegal invasion, Samantha Power (born in the UK) and her husband Cass Sunstein.
They met together and separately at Barack Hussein Obama war room/mansion in Washington, DC hundreds of times during the Biden/Harris Regime, 19 times since the election and 4 times since President Trump took office.
Samantha Power, former USAID administrator, and her significant increase in net worth during her tenure in public office surged from $6.7 million in 2021 to $30 million by 2024, raises questions about how such a dramatic increase occurred despite her official annual salary of $180,000.
This financial growth has led to public scrutiny and allegations of financial misconduct within USAID under Power's leadership.
USAID, an organization tasked with managing billions in global funding, under audit for misuse of funds, including spending on contentious programs like transgender initiatives and cultural projects abroad. These programs served as conduits for financial kickbacks to lawmakers and officials, enriching them at the expense of American taxpayers. Powers funneled billions into NGOs financing the criminal illegal invasion of America.
Power's husband, Cass Sunstein, also plays a key role in this narrative. Sunstein, a senior adviser on immigration policy at DHS during the Biden administration, allegedly shaped policies that created the "open border" system.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1891139768286872021.html
#22601206 at 2025-02-17 19:22:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27616: Habby Presidents Day, Kash In A Flash SOON Edition
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok 5h
Church in Dallas, TX held a drag show and the drag queen threatened to kill Trump supporters.@FBI
Elon Musk
@elonmusk 30m
Replying to @libsoftiktok @FBI
!!
Feb 17, 2025 ? 6:49 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1891560517023502527
#22601001 at 2025-02-17 18:48:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27616: Habby Presidents Day, Kash In A Flash SOON Edition
>>22600825
Church in Dallas, TX held a drag show and the drag queen threatened to kill Trump supporters. @FBI
8:43 AM ? Feb 17, 2025
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469.1K
Views
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1891483550588838240
#22600875 at 2025-02-17 18:32:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27616: Habby Presidents Day, Kash In A Flash SOON Edition
>>22600840
WRONG
The queen is fucking dead after Trump walked in front of her n that couldn't happen til BREXIT. Brexit is in place for when the news comes out of what the UK has done n been doing.
#22596855 at 2025-02-17 00:52:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27612: Searching for More Clues Edition
>>22596838
#7897076 at 2020-01-24 07:20:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10106: Late Nite Corn Pop Keks Edition
Who wants the Beetles Red Pill?
Apple Records was banned in US because logos looked like vaginas…….
They had the audacity to photograph the girls they were abusing, and put them on the albums…….
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/hey-jude-beatles-released-apple-logo-pornographic-vagina-a8746061.html
Why are they called "The Beetles"?
Did you know the Yheads are Druids?
Did you know one of the ways the Druids sacrificed was to shoot them with arrow's, which is what the "Hunger Games" was about.
The song "I am the wallrus" lyrics are "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together (that's a Satan thing)
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly"
So, they weren't just abusing these children, they were hunting them.
The line "a pornographic priestess" is about the May queen, tuesday weld, who was a Druid High Priestess. See post #5561338, Q Research General #7111.
#22596838 at 2025-02-17 00:49:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27612: Searching for More Clues Edition
>>22596827
#18874249 at 2023-05-20 02:00:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23169: NWO Meet Instant Karma, Pepezilla Edition
>>18874022
tuesday weld was the "May queen" in the Led Zep song.
"With a word she can get what she came for" is about when she, 17 years old, went to harrods and it was closed.
They rushed back to work, and opened the store just for her.
She was don McLean's GF, and she took him to a satanic ritual, hence the words
"And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight"
Satan is tuesday weld
#22596827 at 2025-02-17 00:47:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27612: Searching for More Clues Edition
>>22596679 lb
#5561338 at 2019-03-07 20:15:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7111: Alcatraz Edition
Actress tuesday weld (August 27, 1943-)
tuesday weld is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960
tuesday weld’s roots go all the way back from the Stuart Royal family. Druidism is practiced in secrecy. tuesday weld's lover at the time of her initiation was Don McLean. When he realized who tuesday weld was he wrote the song American Pie. Just check out the lyrics when you get a chance.
She showed great psychic ability as a child, came from money and prestige to begin with. Once she was initiated she began to show even more ability including but not limited to levitation, drawing power from the pyramids and turning that into a force of energy not seen before.
There is a long forgotten book, "Popular Witchcraft," which was published by Bowling Green University Press in 1972. In it Anton LaVey in an interview says that his book "The Satanic Bible" was partially dedicated to tuesday because "she was the embodiment of the goddess," and was "part of the ritual."
The September 1959 issue of Coronet that supplied today's cover girl also contained many disturbing exploitative photographs of not-quite-sixteen tuesday weld.
At the age of 15 she was chosen as the new queen and high priestess of the Druids. The initiation rite that signaled her ascension into leadership was the plane crash that carried Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper to their deaths in February of 1958. According the Turner, the plane had been sabotaged by backers of weld as part of this ritual which signified her inauguration as Illuminati queen and High Priestess. She remained in that position until 1991.
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Anton Levay and Led Zeppelin all wrote songs about her. The Stairway to Heaven song is all about tuesday weld. The song is about a woman buying her stairway to Heaven, turning everything to gold; it’s just a spring clean for the May queen. The May queen and Green man are both present in Druid Rituals which many times include human sacrifice.
In the November 11, 1977 edition of TIMES magazine, an interview was conducted with tuesday weld at the Hotel Marmount , and she showed up for the interview wearing a witch's hat and witch's skirt. She reminisced about the years she lived at the Chateau Marmount (Hotel California)
Anton LaVey had been associated with strange ritual scene hinted at in The Eagles' 1977 hit, Hotel California. The hotel...was the Chateau Marmont, an old hotel that has long been a fixture on Hollywood's Sunset Blvd. She reminisced about the years she lived at the Chateau Marmount.
Both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were prodigies of tuesday welds occulatural revolution. Her influence on the Beatles was most noticeable during the group’s psychedelic phase, and is alluded to in such songs as "I Am the Walrus" in which the lyrics refer to "...stupid bloody tuesday." The song cryptically mentions a "pornographic priestess," Other Beatles songs that have highly evocative weldian lyrics include "Lady Madonna," as well as "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window," from the Abby Road album with its chorus,("tuesday's on the phone to me")
#22594204 at 2025-02-16 16:02:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27608: For the love of God II Edition
Matthew Bracken
@Matt_Bracken
43m
?
?
[Life sentences in a supermax prison would be too good for them. They literally became fabulously wealthy by destroying their nations getting a million Ukrainians and Russians killed. Please read this all]
@TonySeruga
? Presenting the King and queen of the criminal illegal invasion, Samantha Power (born in the UK) and her husband Cass Sunstein ?
GPS-they met together and separately at Barack Hussein Obama II's war room/mansion in Washington, DC hundreds of times during the Biden/Harris Regime, 19 times since the election and 4 times since President Trump took office.
The circumstances surrounding the controversial financial and political of Samantha Power, a former USAID administrator, and her significant increase in net worth during her tenure in public office. Power's wealth reportedly surged from $6.7 million in 2021 to $30 million by 2024, raises questions about how such a dramatic increase occurred despite her official annual salary of $180,000.
This financial growth has led to public scrutiny and allegations of financial misconduct within USAID under Power's leadership.
USAID, an organization tasked with managing billions in global funding, under audit for alleged misuse of funds, including spending on contentious programs like transgender initiatives and cultural projects abroad.
These programs served as conduits for financial kickbacks to lawmakers and officials, enriching them at the expense of American taxpayers. Powers funneled billions into NGOs financing the criminal illegal invasion of America.
Power's husband, Cass Sunstein, also plays a key role in this narrative. Sunstein, a senior adviser on immigration policy at DHS during the Biden administration, allegedly shaped policies that created the "open-border" system.
This was seen as complementary to Power's role at USAID, with Power funding programs to facilitate immigration while Sunstein ensured these policies were implemented. This was a coordinated "one-two punch," enabling illegal immigration while circumventing any accountability or transparency.
Sunstein's academic and professional background, citing his 2008 white paper, Conspiracy Theories, which advocated for government infiltration of online movements to neutralize narratives that could undermine U.S. military and diplomatic efforts.
This idea extended to behavioral influence strategies outlined in his book, Nudge, which became a foundational text for professionals working in counter-disinformation and media literacy.
The book emphasized shaping public behavior without overt coercion, using techniques like algorithmic manipulation, social media deplatforming, and other indirect methods to discourage dissent.
USAID's role in psychological (gaslighting) operations was engaged in misinformation campaigns both domestically and abroad. Coupled with Sunstein's advocacy for "raising the cost" of dissenting behavior, contributed to an erosion of free speech protections. Examples included penalties for questioning COVID-19 policies, such as job loss, social media bans, and reputational damage, all designed to discourage opposition without resorting to legal consequences.
There are even broader concerns about the interplay between government roles and private-sector enrichment, with a pattern of officials transitioning from public service to lucrative positions in finance or industry.
This "blob-to-banker pipeline" allows individuals to leverage insider knowledge for personal gain. For instance, Jared Cohen, a former State Department official, having transitioned to roles at Google Jigsaw and later Goldman Sachs, where his government connections reportedly informed investment strategies.
The current system has zero transparency, accountability, and erodes public trust.
USAID's misuse of funds, coupled with Power's rapid wealth accumulation, exemplifies the broader issue of financial exploitation within government institutions.
Word needs to get out. Share this post, do your own research, engage in discourse, and hold public officials accountable.
https://gab.com/Matt_Bracken/posts/114014220269083511
#22593910 at 2025-02-16 15:05:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27608: For the love of God II Edition
>>22593902
hitjobs left and right, cannot attack his work, attack the person
The New queen of "Conservative" Movement EXPOSED!
https://youtu.be/IOpwtDq37Sg
#22593114 at 2025-02-16 09:58:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27607: For the love of God Edition
>>22593095
Whoever convinced these cunts that men like duck lips?
Or even udders for that matter?
Anon once went to a samba school in Rio de Janeiro and they paraded their queen with an enormous silicone arse (the arse beats tits here in Brazil hands down).
During her dance, the silicone implants decided to reverse and anon almost gagged. Anon hates the enormous arse, but an an enormous arse with a flat exterior?
Just a lot worse.
#22588990 at 2025-02-15 18:29:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27603: ThanQ Anons Edition
Rothschild Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With "At Least Six" Woman Spanning Three Decades
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, one of the world's most renowned financiers, has been accused of abusing his position at NM Rothschild to sexually harass and assault female colleagues, according to The Guardian.
Several women, speaking anonymously to The Guardian, claim he engaged in serious misconduct in the mid to late 1990s. They say they felt unable to come forward while he was alive due to his influence within the bank and British establishment. The allegations have surfaced two years after his death. Bloomberg wrote that "at least six" women have alleged sexual misconduct over 3 decades, including oral rape, forced kissing, and groping. These incidents reportedly took place before and after his retirement as chairman of N.M. Rothschild & Sons in 2004.
De Rothschild, who chaired NM Rothschild for over 20 years and served on the boards of The Economist and The Daily Telegraph's parent company, was known for his autocratic leadership. Knighted in 1989, he also advised queen Elizabeth II and accompanied her to Royal Ascot races.
The allegations, dating back to the mid and late 1990s, raise broader questions about the working culture for women within the Rothschild banking empire, which spans wealth advisory and investment banking services. Despite being historical, multiple sources claim his behavior persisted for years without consequence.
The Guardian writes that sources allege that Rothschild targeted junior staff, lavishing them with attention before engaging in inappropriate and abusive behavior. Incidents reportedly took place in NM Rothschild's former London offices on St Swithin's Lane, where the bank had been based since 1809.
The allegations include serious sexual assaults. One woman claims he violently attacked her when she was a young employee. Another alleges he groped her under her clothing, while a third says she was forced to perform a sex act on him as he sat at his desk.
These claims, dating to the mid and late 1990s, were presented to Rothschild & Co's lawyers, who stated that an initial records review found "nothing" but provided no further comment. The Rothschild family, also contacted via the same lawyers, did not respond.
The Guardian also inquired about the bank's past and present handling of sexual misconduct complaints, but received no further clarification. The bank forced Rothschild out in 2003 after an internal complaint of sexual assault but did not publicly disclose the reason. He left with his reputation intact and was later praised by world leaders, including Bill Clinton, Bloomberg added.
The report says he lured women with promises of career support, presenting himself as a sponsor in financial services. He would summon them to his office under the pretense of work-related tasks before harassing or assaulting them. Those who voiced concerns were allegedly dismissed, often with payouts in exchange for silence. A source described the bank as "his kingdom," where staff turnover was high, and settlements were known but unspoken.
Lawyers for the banking group said: "We deal with any complaint quickly and decisively. We prize the culture we have developed over the years and there is no place for such behaviour in our culture. If any inappropriate behaviour is alleged, including sexual misconduct, we seek to establish exactly what has happened. Whilst a formal complaint may not always be made, we investigate allegations of behaviour that falls below our standards."
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rothschild-accused-sexual-misconduct-least-six-woman-spanning-three-decades
#22588866 at 2025-02-15 18:07:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27603: ThanQ Anons Edition
U.K. to end ban on Catholics in Church of Scotland role
LUKE COPPEN
February 14, 2025?. 2:47 PM?
King Charles and queen Camilla to visit Pope Francis
By?Lauren Said-Moorhouse?and Christopher Lamb, CNN
Updated 5:03 PM EST, Thu February 6, 2025
Pope Francis receive King Charlie this Easter Season.
Rare Easter confluence
Passover, Catholic and Orthodox Easter all line up in 2025.
#22588090 at 2025-02-15 15:02:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27602: Yo Money, Still Feelin The Lubs N Czars Saturday AM Edition
>>22588087
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rothschild-accused-sexual-misconduct-least-six-woman-spanning-three-decades
Rothschild Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With "At Least Six" Woman Spanning Three Decades
Tyler Durden's Photo
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Feb 15, 2025 - 01:35 AM
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, one of the world's most renowned financiers, has been accused of abusing his position at NM Rothschild to sexually harass and assault female colleagues, according to The Guardian.
Several women, speaking anonymously to The Guardian, claim he engaged in serious misconduct in the mid to late 1990s. They say they felt unable to come forward while he was alive due to his influence within the bank and British establishment. The allegations have surfaced two years after his death. Bloomberg wrote that "at least six" women have alleged sexual misconduct over 3 decades, including oral rape, forced kissing, and groping. These incidents reportedly took place before and after his retirement as chairman of N.M. Rothschild & Sons in 2004.
De Rothschild, who chaired NM Rothschild for over 20 years and served on the boards of The Economist and The Daily Telegraph's parent company, was known for his autocratic leadership. Knighted in 1989, he also advised queen Elizabeth II and accompanied her to Royal Ascot races.
The allegations, dating back to the mid and late 1990s, raise broader questions about the working culture for women within the Rothschild banking empire, which spans wealth advisory and investment banking services. Despite being historical, multiple sources claim his behavior persisted for years without consequence.
#22587695 at 2025-02-15 12:40:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27601: Shills Can't Win, So They Go Spammin' Edition
Prince Andrew Rocked by Another Scandal After He Thought 'He'd Put the Epstein' One 'Behind Him'
A potential new FBI director has zeroed in on the Jeffrey Epstein case - and it could spell disaster for Prince Andrew.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to serve as FBI director, pledged to uncover and expose new details about notorious pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
During Patel's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on January 30, the controversial former federal prosecutor and national security official assured that if confirmed he'll "do everything to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened" with Epstein, who died by suicide at 66 in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The politically charged comments quickly reverberated across the pond. Amid calls for a fresh FBI probe into Epstein's behavior and his ties to potential accomplices, a new report claims the late criminal's old friend Prince Andrew, 65, is afraid to ever return to the States.
"He is terrified that if he goes to America he could be arrested, face civil action or be subpoenaed," a source told Britain's The Sun on February 3. "He'll never risk going to America again." In 2019, months after the financier's shocking death, the Duke of York gave a now-infamous interview to the BBC's Newsnight program in which he addressed his friendship with Epstein, which began in the '90s. Andrew also insisted he'd never met Virginia Guiffre, 41, who's long claimed Epstein forced her to have sex with the royal in 2001 when she was 17.
Andrew has denied Giuffre's claims. He's implied that a photo of them taken in 2001 could be fake. But in 2022, the duke reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre for a reported $16 million, ending a civil sexual assault lawsuit she'd filed against him.
The move came two years after Andrew was forced to step down as a senior working royal and weeks after the British navy veteran's late mother, queen Elizabeth II, stripped him of his military affiliations and patronages.
The threat of an FBI probe isn't the only reason Andrew's faced renewed scrutiny in recent days. In 2019, he told Newsnight he'd cut ties with Epstein in December 2010. However new court docs seemingly reveal they were in contact longer than Andrew initially claimed: On January 31, emails disclosed in a legal filing made by Britain's Financial Conduct Authority showed an email exchange between Epstein and "a member of the British royal family" believed to be Andrew. In February 2011, the royal allegedly wrote to Epstein, "Keep in close touch and we'll play some more soon!!!!" The latest drama is in many ways par for the course for Andrew. "He thought he'd put the Epstein scandal behind him," a source previously told In Touch, but once again "he's back in the spotlight - in a very bad way."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/prince-andrew-rocked-another-scandal-190708850.html
#22587451 at 2025-02-15 09:49:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27601: Shills Can't Win, So They Go Spammin' Edition
>>22587435
Ben was the post master general for the postal services of the united kingdom of England,
under the queen mother, yes we wear a colony, Of England
#22586465 at 2025-02-15 05:15:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27599: Dubs For Late Night Voodoo Edition
>>22586451
>good bye
Good bye drama queen./
./
.
#22585024 at 2025-02-15 01:12:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27598: CZARS Edition
>>22584979
sure…
for the queen, and England
ok
#22584979 at 2025-02-15 01:02:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27598: CZARS Edition
>>22584968
no fucking shit
when it came about
bush was securing us for the queen
and England
you stupid fuck
#22584954 at 2025-02-15 00:59:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27598: CZARS Edition
"homeland"
referred to the queen
and england
>>22584945
#22582056 at 2025-02-14 16:21:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27595: TGIF Valentines 8kun Style Be Like..... Edition
https://www.krone.at/3690744
From Prince Charming to scandal: Andrew turns 65
There was a time when Prince Andrew was considered the "most eligible bachelor" in the UK. That was in the early 1980s, when the then handsome younger brother of King Charles III pursued a career in the Royal Navy and took part in the Falklands War as a helicopter pilot. As the second eldest son of queen Elizabeth II, he was also second in line to the British throne.
Now he has become a shadowy figure in the royal family, not entirely outcast, but relieved of his royal duties, stripped of his military ranks and forced to live on the sidelines. But how did it come to this?
#22581956 at 2025-02-14 16:00:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27594: Hurray, it's Friday! Edition
>>22581952
+3
1952 was a leap year that saw many notable events, including the first successful sexual reassignment surgery, the first flight over the North Pole, and the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president.
Events
The first successful sexual reassignment surgery was performed on a transsexual woman in Denmark
The first flight over the North Pole was made from Los Angeles to Copenhagen
The first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins was performed in Cleveland, Ohio
queen Elizabeth II became queen after the death of her father, King George VI
Ann Davison became the first woman to sail across the Atlantic
The song "Hound Dog" was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton
The airbag was invented
Roll-on deodorants were invented
Notable people and events in film
The Greatest Show on Earth premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
Singin' in the Rain premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
Bwana Devil, the first American feature-length, color 3-D film, was released
You can also watch this video to learn more about 1952:
1m
KGET News
YouTube ? Jul 21, 2022
#22581458 at 2025-02-14 14:25:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27594: Hurray, it's Friday! Edition
Serious Question:
How is this any different from putting drag queens in front of children? If a parent happens to unwittingly step into this bakery with their young child, how is this not the same as unwittingly stepping into a library where a drag queen is reading?
Anon understands that adults can just scroll on, but what about kids? Why does this woman have the right to put this in front of other people's kids?
Anon understands free speech, but shouldn't obscene free speech require some type of warning to parents? What happened to obscenity laws, or public lewdness laws?
This woman most definitely has free speech, but why does her right to free speech override a parents right to protect their young children by requiring some type of warning that the material is raunchy, thus allowing the parent to avoid it?
How are these rights to be balanced?
(Sidenote: SETx women are some of the most disgusting, low-class and trashiest in the nation)
#22579872 at 2025-02-14 04:59:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27592: What Does Tommorow Bring? Edition
The Y.M.C.A > RED CROSS
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams(11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Henry Dunant(born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
Return to public memory
In September 1895, Georg Baumberger, the chief editor of the St. Gall newspaper Die Ostschweiz, wrote an article about the Red Cross founder, whom he had met and conversed with during a walk in Heiden a month earlier. The article entitled "Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross", appeared in the German Illustrated Magazine ?ber Land und Meer, and the article was soon reprinted in other publications throughout Europe. The article struck a chord, and he received renewed attention and support.
He received the Swiss Binet-Fendt Prize and a note from Pope Leo XIII. Because of support from Russian tsarist widow Maria Feodorovna and other donations, his financial situation improved remarkably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22579868 at 2025-02-14 04:58:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27592: What Does Tommorow Bring? Edition
The Y.M.C.A > RED CROSS
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams(11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Henry Dunant(born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
Return to public memory
In September 1895, Georg Baumberger, the chief editor of the St. Gall newspaper Die Ostschweiz, wrote an article about the Red Cross founder, whom he had met and conversed with during a walk in Heiden a month earlier. The article entitled "Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross", appeared in the German Illustrated Magazine ?ber Land und Meer, and the article was soon reprinted in other publications throughout Europe. The article struck a chord, and he received renewed attention and support.
He received the Swiss Binet-Fendt Prize and a note from Pope Leo XIII. Because of support from Russian tsarist widow Maria Feodorovna and other donations, his financial situation improved remarkably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22579867 at 2025-02-14 04:59:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27592: What Does Tommorow Bring? Edition
The Y.M.C.A > RED CROSS
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams(11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Henry Dunant(born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
Return to public memory
In September 1895, Georg Baumberger, the chief editor of the St. Gall newspaper Die Ostschweiz, wrote an article about the Red Cross founder, whom he had met and conversed with during a walk in Heiden a month earlier. The article entitled "Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross", appeared in the German Illustrated Magazine ?ber Land und Meer, and the article was soon reprinted in other publications throughout Europe. The article struck a chord, and he received renewed attention and support.
He received the Swiss Binet-Fendt Prize and a note from Pope Leo XIII. Because of support from Russian tsarist widow Maria Feodorovna and other donations, his financial situation improved remarkably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22579866 at 2025-02-14 04:59:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27592: What Does Tommorow Bring? Edition
The Y.M.C.A > RED CROSS
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams(11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Henry Dunant(born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
Return to public memory
In September 1895, Georg Baumberger, the chief editor of the St. Gall newspaper Die Ostschweiz, wrote an article about the Red Cross founder, whom he had met and conversed with during a walk in Heiden a month earlier. The article entitled "Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross", appeared in the German Illustrated Magazine ?ber Land und Meer, and the article was soon reprinted in other publications throughout Europe. The article struck a chord, and he received renewed attention and support.
He received the Swiss Binet-Fendt Prize and a note from Pope Leo XIII. Because of support from Russian tsarist widow Maria Feodorovna and other donations, his financial situation improved remarkably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22578139 at 2025-02-14 00:15:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27590: Confirmations CLAWBACKS Declas TARIFFS You're Fired! Edition
newfag- where is a list of q&a's?
I know 1 google spreadsheet is still up, but incomplete. Just been searching through a bunch of half-organized shit scattered around the internet
Also, Korean War armistice (Jul 27 1953) was signed around a lunar eclipse fwiw. Idk shit about astrology, but says largest of 1900s (Jul 26)
ascending node total lunar eclipse. Has 5+ bullshit astrology explanations, but 1 is the rise of nations of divine intervention; power rebirth ascension awakening
it's part of a tetrad, or Saros series, tritos series
wikipedia dates:
robert taft dies july 31 pancreatic cancer. bell x2 studies released about leaving Earth atmosphere July 30
Possibly relevant eclipse 6 25 1964 - jack kilby awarded patent for mini ic(6-23). princess auguste of bavaria dies 25th. lc 130 lands in mcmurdo antartica 26th
ig it's related to a solar sclipse on 7 31 1962, there was a symposium for space station in langley research center virginia. george pepperdine dies
other people dying near a solar or lunar eclipse: nelson rockefeller, paul warburg of the fed, king edward vii, baron edmond de roth, queen elizabeth ii… probably many more
On the other side of the Earth from Pyongyang is @ Buenos Aires
What was supposed to be destroyed in the NK mountain explosion? A data center? A communications network set up by Google? Nukes?
#22576750 at 2025-02-13 20:31:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27589: A Most Beautiful Word: TARIFF Edition
With players involved including Dragon Family members, former CIA Officer Tom Clines, Jay Rockefeller, queen Elizabeth II, Danial dal Bosco, a couple of Berlusconi's, Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, Joe Biden - and a host of others - you are in for disclosure on some real history.
#22573773 at 2025-02-13 08:56:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27586: Pieces Falling into Place Edition
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c247j8lrlleo
…The queen and queen consort to visit Middlesbrough
#22572126 at 2025-02-13 01:21:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27584: Full Snow Moon Edition
Rome. City of the Vatican.
18 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
#22572028 at 2025-02-13 01:03:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27583: Charges Filed Aginst NY and Letitia James Edition
>>22572021
He is all ready the queen !!!
#22570511 at 2025-02-12 20:40:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27582: Tulsi Gabbard Firmed - No Thx To Mitch Edition
List of Bilderberg participants
-Partial List-
United Kingdom
King Charles III, Commonwealth realms (1986)[4][5]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Commonwealth realms (1965, 1967)[6][7](deceased)
Netherlands
queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008-2015)[8][2][9][10][3][11][12][13]
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954-1975) (deceased)[14][15]
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2008, 2016, 2022, 2024)[2][16][17][18]
Canada
Gordon Campbell (2010),[24] Premier of British Columbia [2001-2011]
Mike Harris (2006),[29] Premier of Ontario [1995-2002][citation needed]
Jason Kenney (2014),[12] Premier of Alberta [2019-2022]
Bernard Lord (2006),[29] Premier of New Brunswick (1999-2006)
Frank McKenna (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013),[2][30] Premier of New Brunswick [1987-1997]
Bill Morneau (2016-2017),[16][31] Minister of Finance [2015-2020]
Alison Redford (2012),[3][original research?] Premier of Alberta [2011-2014]
Brad Wall (2013),[11] Premier of Saskatchewan [2007-2018]
Nigel S. Wright (2012)[32] Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada [2011-2013]
Prime Ministers
Lester B. Pearson (1968),[33] Prime Minister of Canada [1963-1968], (deceased)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968),[29] Prime Minister of Canada [1968-1979, 1980-1984], (deceased)
Jean Chr?tien (1996),[34] Prime Minister of Canada [1993-2003]
Paul Martin (1996),[34] Prime Minister of Canada [2003-2006]
Stephen Harper (2003),[29] Prime Minister of Canada [2006-2015]
China
Fu Ying (2011, 2012),[3][35] Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former ambassador to the UK and Australia
Germany
Joschka Fischer (2008), Foreign Minister [1998-2005][51]
Ursula von der Leyen (2015-2016, 2018-2019),[16][52][53] Minister of Defence
Thomas de Maizi?re (2016),[16] Minister of the Interior, Federal Ministry of the Interior
Angela Merkel (2005), German Chancellor[51]
Wolfgang Sch?uble (2016),[16] Minister of Finance
Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor[14]
Klaus Schwab (2016),[16] Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Jens Spahn (2017),[31] Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance
Peer Steinbr?ck (2011), German Chancellor Candidate[54]
Linda Teuteberg (2019),[53] General Secretary, Free Democratic Party
Stanislaw Tillich (2016),[16] Minister-President of Saxony
J?rgen Trittin (2012), Environment Minister [1998-2005][51]
Guido Westerwelle (2007),[55] Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, (deceased)
#22564754 at 2025-02-12 00:52:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27576: E-Bake The 2nd Edition
>>22564527
Trump checkmated the world in his first term.
The queen is ded and the game is over. The king of Jordan is a fabrication of the brits.(his wife is a right bitch)
#22562381 at 2025-02-11 20:09:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27573: BLUNT & DIRECT TIME on a Melania Tuesday COUNTING DOWN Edition
>>22562366
queen Rania of Jordan
#22561484 at 2025-02-11 18:02:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27572: Tik Tok DODGE on the Clock #GameOver Edition
>>22561147
A quarter-million dollar donation made by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's charitable foundation to an organization run by Joe Biden's daughter should be thoroughly probed, a top figure from a think tank closely associated with the Trump White House claims.
The couple's non-profit organization, Archewell, was revealed to be a founding partner of Ashley Biden's initiative, Women's Wellness (Spa)ce, to which they contributed the six-figure sum, according to the charity's impact report published last December.
Now Nile Gardiner, Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, is calling for 'significant scrutiny' of the donation made to the Philadelphia-based hub, which has been described as a 'trauma-informed wellness center' for women.
The donation was made some time in the 2023-2024 tax year, according to Archewell's annual report.
It came at a time when the couple seemed to be intent on finding a way into the Biden family inner circle when Joe Biden was still President.
DailyMail.com has previously reported that Meghan and Harry wanted to ride back to the US on Air Force One after the funeral of the late queen Elizabeth II in 2022 but were rebuffed by the White House.
The couple also invited then-First Lady Jill Biden to attend the Invictus Games, Harry's Olympics-style competition for disabled veterans, but she turned them down, reportedly out of fear it could upset the British royal family.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14373331/Prince-Harry-Meghan-markle-archewell-investigation-donation-ashley-biden.html
#22556683 at 2025-02-11 01:30:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27567: Hunters Become The Hunted Edition
>>22556670
>>22556668
I think the BVs are fair and balanced, I also think you're a namefag drama queen nigger
#22554822 at 2025-02-10 20:37:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27565: The Swamp Runs Deep - DOGE Submerges Edition
>>22554785
queen of Heaven > Worms > Ivermectin
#22544444 at 2025-02-09 12:31:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27553: Good To Go Edition
>>22543843 Shamil Idriss in the DoS FOIA reading room writing to none other than Huma. From the email (doc 1 of 4)
…"With regard to the new media initiatives we are developing, we are working in this start-up phase with KIT Digital, which
has made a commitment of $150,000 of in-kind digital-seNices to us; Soliya, a non-profit pioneer in the use 6f the latest
technologies to link university students in the US and Europe with their peers in predominantly Muslim countries; '''and we
have a founding partnership with YouTube and excellent relations at the senior executive level at Google. In the film
industry we have a commitment from Participant Media - the leading production studio of films for social change - of up to $100 million''' of matching funds for film productions that advance mutual understanding and human security between Western and Muslim populations. This is complemented by exclusive film packaging end distribution arrangements with
International Creative Management and Summit Entertainment."
…
…"Also - FYI - the next public event we will do In DC will be in early October. The US Institute of Peace is hosting an event
for us during which one of the Harvard lab researchers we have supported will present and discuss - together with our
Advisory Board member HM queen Noor and myself - on the impact of visual media on intergroup relations."
"Members of the Administration with whom we or our partners have already recently met:
Alex Djerassi, Bureau of Near East Affairs, State Dept
Pradeep Ramamurthy, National Security Council
Macon Philips, Director of NeW Media, White House
Josh Dubois 8 Mara Vanderslice, Office of Faith-Based 8 Neighborhood Partnerships, White House
Upon the advice of Djerassi and others we are also seeking a meeting with Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to
Sec. Clinton in the coming 1-2 weeks."
Lots of good clues if you're still down the rabbit hole, anon.
Additional document noting Idriss is a deradicalization program that took place in DC, hosted by Algeria (doc 2 of 4)
https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx?searchText=%22Shamil%20Idriss%22&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=
#22540983 at 2025-02-08 22:57:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27549: D.O.G.E. Does Patterns Math Edition
>>22540969
the lizard queen
#22537747 at 2025-02-08 09:56:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27545: Revoked Edition
>>22537356
This election fraud queen reminds me of the guy in the movie "Office Space" whose job ended years ago, but he kept showing up to work. They kept moving his desk until at the end, he was in the basement, behind other stuff… Move her desk to the DC prison complex where the J6 prisoners were held.
#22534458 at 2025-02-07 22:40:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27540: Let The Dec[L]as Begin Edition
Raheem J. Kassam Analysis1/3
Trump Is Right to Shutter USAID, And Its Founder JFK Would Likely Agree.
It's impossible to say "all" foreign aid, especially that which passes through the Kennedy-era United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is "wasted." But it is equally impossible to assess that a majority of foreign aid "works." Therein lies the rub for the U.S. taxpayer, and the moral imperative for the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization) to go about fisking USAID as one of its first orders of business.
Without repeat and loud, evidenced, and exemplified assurances that their lives and the lives of others are being made better, safer, and freeras a result of their coercive investment, there exists no ethical justification for gifting away $50bn or so a year.
Nor was it ever envisioned as such an entity, with its earliest advocates such as President John F. Kennedy-oft falsely invoked by thelegacy media-acknowledging that America's 1960s aid efforts were meant to usher in "a decade of development."
It has now been 6.4 decades, and reading JFK's letter to Congress on the subject from March 1961, it is easy to see how he would likely agree with President Trump on streamlining America's soft power efforts.
Kennedy made the following points from the get-go:
1. Existing foreign aid programs and concepts are largely unsatisfactory and unsuited for our needs and for the needs of the underdeveloped world as it enters the Sixties.
2. The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience.
3.''''There exists, in the 1960's, an historic opportunity for a major economic assistance effort by the free industrialized nations to move more than half the people of the less-developed nations into self-sustained economic growth, while the rest move substantially closer to the day when they, too, will no longer have to depend on outside assistance'''.
He elaborated: "For no objective supporter of foreign aid can be satisfied with the existing program-actually a multiplicity of programs. Bureaucratically fragmented, awkward, and slow, its administration is diffused over a haphazard and irrational structure covering at least four departments and several other agencies."
Nothing truer could be said for USAID's efforts today, barring the addendum that much of this so-called "aid" ends up in the hands of dictators, oligarchs, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and is, too often, highly ideologically charged.
Part two of Kennedy's message was even more explicit: the moral and strategic imperatives (especially vis-a-vis communism) must dovetail. Given the far-left nature of much of America's foreign aid projects, this can hardly be used as rationale today. Furthermore, if the aim is beating back the new Soviets in the former of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), we are scarcely playing by the same rules.
For every dollar America spends on drag queen story hours in Mozambique (or something equally asinine),China spends two dollars building or acquiring ports, developing infrastructure, and entrenching itself and its interests in any given nation's technological and economic base.
America, meanwhile, has been fighting culture and currency wars, relying more on McDonald's and the Federal Reserve than on the notion of fostering economic interoperability and interdependence.
https://thenationalpulse.com/analysis-post/trump-is-right-to-shutter-usaid-and-its-founder-jfk-would-likely-agree/
#22532648 at 2025-02-07 17:39:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27538: Who Haz The Biggest Of Them All? Edition
Daily reminder: Female spirituality is a sin.
Jeremiah 44:15-23 condemns worshiping the queen of Heaven, associating female spirituality with sin.
#22531729 at 2025-02-07 15:46:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27537: Cement You Say? Cemex? Go Code? HHMM Edition
Robot Gets a Grip
Feb 06, 2025
Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.
The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be used to remove space debris and service satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Astrobee system was designed and built at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley for use inside the International Space Station.
The system consists of three cube-shaped robots (named Bumble, Honey, and queen), software, and a docking station used for recharging.
The robots use electric fans as a propulsion system that allows them to fly freely through the microgravity environment of the station. Cameras and sensors help them to "see" and navigate their surroundings.
The robots also carry a perching arm that allows them to grasp station handrails to conserve energy or to grab and hold items.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/robot-gets-a-grip/
#22531286 at 2025-02-07 14:24:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27537: Cement You Say? Cemex? Go Code? HHMM Edition
>>22531196
Canada therd choice that end the problem has to be native American kingdom with a queen from Mississippi where the majority of Canada are legal immigrat has no mine.
Or maybe nobody cousin wondering if he change his tires yet
#22523358 at 2025-02-06 15:57:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27528: Crimes Against Humanity Edition
Today in History: February 6, queen Elizabeth II accedes to throne
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/06/today-in-history-february-6-queen-elizabeth-ii-accedes-to-throne/
#22523284 at 2025-02-06 15:51:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27528: Crimes Against Humanity Edition
Today in 1952, a 25 year old princess became queen Elizabeth II and began her 70-year reign, making her the longest-serving monarch in British history.
#22517962 at 2025-02-05 22:43:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27522: NO Moar Men In Women's Sports OR Bathrooms ~ TY POTUS Edition
>>22517918
stop cheating on the queen! queen of Qresearch, AOC. She is our rightful queen and we will be faithful to her.
#22514609 at 2025-02-05 14:51:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27519: Splintered To The Wind: TheY Are Losing Power Edition
>>22514584
Are you implying that you are cheating on our jungle-huntress queen AOC??
We will convert her to our cause with our love. Our love-memes will win her over.
#22509897 at 2025-02-05 00:11:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27514: EBAKE
speaking of GCHQ
PROOF of British Complicity: The Pirbright Institute is the patent holder of the Coronavirus
INETIQ contracted with the State Department on Sep. 11, 2015 and 2016 to install "custom communications programming" equipment in KIEV. This occurred during the run up to the Trump-Russia HOAX (Christopher Steele - MI6 from Farnham just 10 mi. from Pirbright, Surrey) and the Hunter Biden/Heinz/Romney Burisma KIEV shakedown
Note to Reader: The research proofs below are pouring out of the cracks in The Pilgrims Society's propaganda stranglehold. They reveal that our official British-American history is pure Pilgrims Society propaganda. Truth is, history is not what we have always understood it to be. While most of us were busy working and raising families, the entire underclass of self-anointed elitists has been patiently working to undermine the very foundations of human civilization. We know this sounds crazy on the surface. We thought so too. But, we don't know how else to describe a level of anti-human treachery that can only be described as demonic.
A key player, as it turns out, in the attempt to dumb down and subdue human society is a relatively unknown company in the UK named QinetiQ Group Plc (pronounced "kinetic").
The level of treason we have uncovered is off the charts sinister. The activities uncovered may or may not be illegal in Britain (as a monarchy subject to a reigning queen and soon to be king). However, these activities are TOTALLY ILLEGAL, SEDITIOUS and TRAITOROUS in America.
The British monarchy controls QinetiQ Group Plc (UK) and SERCO (UK)-two British companies with over $18 billion in U.S. Internet, Navy, Army, space and bio-warfare contracts-QinetiQ UK adjoins premises with The Pirbright Institute-the patent holder of the Coronavirus
https://stateofthenation.co/?p=7130
#22507781 at 2025-02-04 20:06:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27511: Moar Melania Tuesdays Please Edition
>>22507052
Trump vs The so called Internationalist Republicans is no contest. Stop being a drama queen faggot.
#22506708 at 2025-02-04 18:20:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27511: Moar Melania Tuesdays Please Edition
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>>22228099 Scotland #12
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27510 >>22505805
>>22505839 WATCH LIVE: Fentanyl Crisis Senate Hearing
>>22505984 Tulsi Gabbard has secured enough votes to be confirmed as Director of National Intelligence.
>>22506113 Secretary Marco Rubio holds a joint press availability with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves
>>22506172 @RapidResponse47 - SECURING OUR HOMELAND. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.
>>22506231 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Speaks to Reporters
>>22506291 ROBERT KENNEDY NOMINATION CLEARS COMMITTEE HURDLE.
>>22506505 WATCH LIVE ROBERT KENNEDY NOMINATION VOTE
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>>22505855 Bukele Says "No, Gracias" To USAID, "Si!" To Housing US Criminals
>>22505884 Potential sites identified for Trump-Putin summit
>>22505891 A Tool that allows you to see the money wasted by USAID and DoD on failed projects in Afghanistan
>>22505939, >>22505942, >>22505979, >>22506070, >>22506099, >>22506146, >>22506192, >>22506226, >>22506349, >>22506378, >>22506409 NASA Space Bun
>>22505975 WATCH LIVE: Secretary of State Rubio holds a news conference with Costa Rica President Chaves
>>22505980 Alleged ringleader in $250M Covid fraud case goes to trial
>>22505982, >>22505989, >>22506011 Military is not playing around - Cut your f*cking hair!
>>22506021 PF
>>22506027 TRUMP TRUTH - Tiger Woods Mother passes away
>>22506033, >>22506083, >>22506129, >>22506214 Mil Posts Ready for anything! Ready, Partnered, Lethal. ??
>>22506045, >>22506584 White House is preparing an executive order to abolish the federal Department of Education
>>22506096 Psaki "What is happening now is a hostile takeover of the U.S. government"
>>22506181 Trump is expected to sign an executive order restoring "maximum pressure" on Iran
>>22506183 USAID PAYED THE TERRORISTS WHO KILL US
>>22506238 @RepMTG - This week I am introducing two bills
>>22506250 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas February 04
>>22506277 @elonmusk - How many countries tax their citizens and send the money to the USA?
>>22506317 WATCH LIVE: Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi for attorney general
>>22506346, >>22506376 HAPPENING - U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay
>>22506357 Ernst shared exactly how USAID delivered her an ominous warning to back off
>>22506369 Pelosi - Donald Trump is enabling unelected billionaires to access your sensitive data at the Treasury Department
>>22506370 Tonight: Sonic boom advisory issued for SpaceX rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast
>>22506384 Garrison GrrrGraphics - There is NO Apple. It's ALL Worms.
>>22506389 Ohio Elections Chief Launches Portal Granting Citizens Greater Voter Roll Oversight
>>22506396, >>22506426, >>22506514, >>22506654 Shooting at an adult education centre in the Swedish city of Orebro. "Some 10 people" have been killed
>>22506397, >>22506462, >>22506603 Just wait til @elonmusk finds out about the Millennium Challenge Corporation
>>22506404 Hochul signs new pro-abortion law allowing doctors' names to be omitted from prescriptions
>>22506461 The 2022 Red Wave was Nullified by Vote Fraud - Evidence
>>22506481 More than 600 children have been rescued from horrific Malaysian "Charitable Organization"
>>22506483 China to launch probe into Google over alleged antitrust violations
>>22506224, >>22506518 Say His Name. HIS NAME WAS SETH RICH.
>>22506576 Chuck Schumer - Nothing Screams Democracy like Chuck Schumer
>>22506583 Prince Andrew fears visiting U.S. because of Epstein scandal
>>22506595 Drone footage shows wreckage of Washington DC plane crash
>>22506699 #27510
#27509 >>22504764
>>22504881, >>22504909, >>22505388 WATCH LIVE: Senate Finance Committee Votes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS Secretary Nomination
>>22505505 U.S. Senate finance committee votes 14-13 to advance RFK Jr. nomination favorably.
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>>22504806 The Swamp Today. Timelines Change. Tuesday February 4, 2025
>>22504823, >>22504938, >>22504977 Bukele teams up with POTUS Trump. Will take convicted criminals into their mega-prison for a fee
>>22504869, >>22504878, >>22504895 Democrats Have a New Leader but Haven't Come to Grips With Failure
>>22504901 SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: "USAID are screaming like they're part of a prison riot because they don't want us reviewing the spending"
>>22504902 You spent money on what now????? #Doge #Trump #USA
>>22504910 LIVE: Protest in Washington over the actions of Elon Musk and DOGE
>>22504919 Marco Rubio talks USAID, US, Mexico, China, Canada tariff wars, Panama canal
>>22504965 CANADA TO SEND 10,000 TROOPS TO PROTECT BORDER; WILL NAME A FENTANYL CZAR
>>22504968 Peter Navarro reminds Americans "75,000 Americans are dying every year ALONE from fentanyl poisoning."
>>22505031 Several shot at adult education campus in ?rebro Sweden
>>22505094 @elonmusk Hysterical Reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters
>>22505121 POTUS - Autism is now 1 in 34 children. WE NEED BOBBY!!!
>>22505013, >>22505148, >>22505163 'Deep State' used USAID to OUST Bolsonaro from Brazil...
>>22505178 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22505202 Karoline Leavitt: Legacy media can't keep up with Trump
>>22505242 Sitting down? The US Mint's new 'J6 coin' will make your blood boil...
>>22505253 Tom Homan vows to prosecute NJ gov if migrant admission is true
>>22505298, >>22505338, >>22505569 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces the league will uphold its DEI policies
>>22505326 Trump has a need to reform the FBI and the DOJ, Jonathan Turley says
>>22505341, >>22505368, >>22505417, >>22505457, >>22505485, >>22505534, >>22505596, >>22505628, >>22505691, >>22505692 NASA Space Bun
>>22505346, >>22505424, >>22505448 USAID = BRIDGE? It's not a placeholder or random code used when an appropriate DUNS isn't known. It's fraud.
>>22505369 WEF is funded by USAID!
>>22505395 Trump's tariff threats work: Watters
>>22505498 TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO GO TO SUPER BOWL THIS WEEKEND: PUNCHBOWL
>>22505561 So Far, 20,000 federal workers have accepted Trump's "buyout" offer
>>22505574 Racist Rep Jasmine Crockett (D) says 80% of violent crime is white supremacists
>>22505584 RT - Medvedev slams Zelensky's claim about missing US aid as 'brazen lie'
>>22505611 @USArmy - Our warrior ethos is clear: to fight and win.
>>22505613 'International Republican Institute' Republicans connected to this USAID funded NGO may be connected to immigration
>>22505620 Trump knows EXACTLY what he is doing when Canada talks about cutting off oil to America
>>22505698 Ukraine's generals to drain military to bolster failing frontline
>>22505754 Woman who called Macron's wife a man seeks asylum in Russia
>>22505794 #27509
#27508 >>22504000
>>22504067, >>22504083 ZH on USAID, website now down
>>22504094, >>22504096, >>22504097 DIG on Stan Byers cybersecurity team lead at USAID
>>22504127 Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
>>22504140 Russia's oil tanker crash causes 'worst ecological catastrophe,'
>>22504146 Trump Wins Trade War With Mexico And Canada, Panama Tells America Free Shipping!
>>22504152 @elonmusk - Under the Biden administration, billions of dollars were shifted from helping Americans in need to facilitating illegal immigration. Super messed up!
>>22504192 A United States Air Force "Rivet Joint" Surveillance aircraft, is now operating OPENLY over Mexico.
>>22504196 Murder of Border Patrol agent in Vermont linked to 'antifascist trans terror cult'
>>22504198 President Trump Demands Collateral for Taxpayer Money Sent to Ukraine - "Rare Earth Minerals" Will Suffice
>>22504203 Canada Caves, and Trump Can't Stop Winning
>>22504206 Thousands of Pages from Gov't Websites Taken Offline, Including Crucial Info for Trans and Queer People
>>22504211 The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
>>22504213 Same people who are terrified of DOGE wanted to hire 80000 IRS agends to audit you - Musk affirms
>>22504223 @nicksortor: SCHUMER: "If Elon Musk and DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS!"
>>22504228 USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade
>>22504237 The Mexican consulate of Tucson, Arizona is coaching illegal aliens through a radical left NGO.
>>22504239 Being a Doge developer tasked with writing queries to pull data out of a govt system is like doing archaeology. Systems date back to the 1970s.
>>22504243 Jonathan Turley: End NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train
>>22504251 BREAKING: Mexico just arrested El Ricky, a top leader of Cartel del Noreste, right after Trump pressured them to crack down on cartels.
>>22504253 Catherine Herridge showing up in full effect on Monday morning
>>22504258 Mark Milley's military put out an instructional manual that included directions for organizing a rental riot to destabilize a country and bring it to the negotiating table.
>>22504276 97% Of Political Contributions From USAID Employees Went To Dems - Per DailyWire;@elonmusk - They're an arm of the radical-left globalists
>>22504572 Claim
>>22504336 The United States DOGE Service(USDS)
>>22504338 Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master'
>>22504356 More US CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in 2 decades
>>22504368 Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
>>22504390 Elon: Yup to idea the USAID was the SKELETON KEY to unlocking all the corruption
>>22504427 Incredible images capture US Navy testing its new laser weapon
>>22504610 Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda
>>22504640 Thank (you)
>>22504728 DoJ classified Infowars with a Type 3 threat assessment, the highest
>>22504754 #27508
#27507 >>22502832
>>22502858 Illegal alien criminals riot in LA and police are there to round them up. BRING IN ICE
>>22502911 Data sleuth, Data Republican, just found HHS and FEMA linked to refugee programs: While debugging, I found an interesting UEI—not USAID, but HHS, including FEMA-heavily tied to refugee programs. No wonder we ran out of money for Helene victims!
>>22502976 US military aircraft departs for India carrying illegal migrants: Report.
>>22503061 @WarshipCam - UPDATE: Apparently this was not a simple winding of the ship. There appears to have been some type of engineering casualty on the way out of port per radio traffic.
>>22503227 USAID poured $27mn into Soros-back prosecutor group Tides Foundation - more than Soros himself (RT)
>>22503241 @elonmusk - All @DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the @POTUS executive orders the most. Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus.
>>22503242 illegals being herded in to tunnel and surrounded. ICE coming in for the steal?
>>22503362 @elonmusk - DOGE is the wood chipper for bureaucracy
>>22503451 US strikes 'extraordinary' migrant deal with El Salvador to accept deportees from any country - including dangerous criminals
>>22503468 The Clinton Foundation raked in Millions from USAID.
>>22503621 @elonmusk - Don't mess with @DOGE
>>22503767 Harris campaign paid Cardi B and Obama tens of thousands of dollars for campaign appearances: Report
>>22503817 Georgia Republican Reintroducing Bill to Make Blocking Highways in Protest a Federal Crime.
>>22503997 #27507
Previously Collected
>>22500941 #27504, >>22501819 #27505, >>22502819 #27506
>>22498234 #27501, >>22499109 #27502, >>22499959 #27503
>>22495740 #27498, >>22496580 #27499, >>22497423 #27500
>>22493059 #27495, >>22493961 #27496, >>22494750 #27497
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#22505800 at 2025-02-04 16:16:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27510: WINNING Is Off The Charts Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>22225133 Australia #39
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22501561 Canada #71
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>22228099 Scotland #12
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27509 >>22504764
>>22504881, >>22504909, >>22505388 WATCH LIVE: Senate Finance Committee Votes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS Secretary Nomination
>>22505505 U.S. Senate finance committee votes 14-13 to advance RFK Jr. nomination favorably.
- - - - - - - -
>>22504806 The Swamp Today. Timelines Change. Tuesday February 4, 2025
>>22504823, >>22504938, >>22504977 Bukele teams up with POTUS Trump. Will take convicted criminals into their mega-prison for a fee
>>22504869, >>22504878, >>22504895 Democrats Have a New Leader but Haven't Come to Grips With Failure
>>22504901 SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: "USAID are screaming like they're part of a prison riot because they don't want us reviewing the spending"
>>22504902 You spent money on what now????? #Doge #Trump #USA
>>22504910 LIVE: Protest in Washington over the actions of Elon Musk and DOGE
>>22504919 Marco Rubio talks USAID, US, Mexico, China, Canada tariff wars, Panama canal
>>22504965 CANADA TO SEND 10,000 TROOPS TO PROTECT BORDER; WILL NAME A FENTANYL CZAR
>>22504968 Peter Navarro reminds Americans "75,000 Americans are dying every year ALONE from fentanyl poisoning."
>>22505031 Several shot at adult education campus in ?rebro Sweden
>>22505094 @elonmusk Hysterical Reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters
>>22505121 POTUS - Autism is now 1 in 34 children. WE NEED BOBBY!!!
>>22505013, >>22505148, >>22505163 'Deep State' used USAID to OUST Bolsonaro from Brazil...
>>22505178 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22505202 Karoline Leavitt: Legacy media can't keep up with Trump
>>22505242 Sitting down? The US Mint's new 'J6 coin' will make your blood boil...
>>22505253 Tom Homan vows to prosecute NJ gov if migrant admission is true
>>22505298, >>22505338, >>22505569 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces the league will uphold its DEI policies
>>22505326 Trump has a need to reform the FBI and the DOJ, Jonathan Turley says
>>22505341, >>22505368, >>22505417, >>22505457, >>22505485, >>22505534, >>22505596, >>22505628, >>22505691, >>22505692 NASA Space Bun
>>22505346, >>22505424, >>22505448 USAID = BRIDGE? It's not a placeholder or random code used when an appropriate DUNS isn't known. It's fraud.
>>22505369 WEF is funded by USAID!
>>22505395 Trump's tariff threats work: Watters
>>22505498 TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO GO TO SUPER BOWL THIS WEEKEND: PUNCHBOWL
>>22505561 So Far, 20,000 federal workers have accepted Trump's "buyout" offer
>>22505574 Racist Rep Jasmine Crockett (D) says 80% of violent crime is white supremacists
>>22505584 RT - Medvedev slams Zelensky's claim about missing US aid as 'brazen lie'
>>22505611 @USArmy - Our warrior ethos is clear: to fight and win.
>>22505613 'International Republican Institute' Republicans connected to this USAID funded NGO may be connected to immigration
>>22505620 Trump knows EXACTLY what he is doing when Canada talks about cutting off oil to America
>>22505698 Ukraine's generals to drain military to bolster failing frontline
>>22505754 Woman who called Macron's wife a man seeks asylum in Russia
>>22505794 #27509
#27508 >>22504000
>>22504067, >>22504083 ZH on USAID, website now down
>>22504094, >>22504096, >>22504097 DIG on Stan Byers cybersecurity team lead at USAID
>>22504127 Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
>>22504140 Russia's oil tanker crash causes 'worst ecological catastrophe,'
>>22504146 Trump Wins Trade War With Mexico And Canada, Panama Tells America Free Shipping!
>>22504152 @elonmusk - Under the Biden administration, billions of dollars were shifted from helping Americans in need to facilitating illegal immigration. Super messed up!
>>22504192 A United States Air Force "Rivet Joint" Surveillance aircraft, is now operating OPENLY over Mexico.
>>22504196 Murder of Border Patrol agent in Vermont linked to 'antifascist trans terror cult'
>>22504198 President Trump Demands Collateral for Taxpayer Money Sent to Ukraine - "Rare Earth Minerals" Will Suffice
>>22504203 Canada Caves, and Trump Can't Stop Winning
>>22504206 Thousands of Pages from Gov't Websites Taken Offline, Including Crucial Info for Trans and Queer People
>>22504211 The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
>>22504213 Same people who are terrified of DOGE wanted to hire 80000 IRS agends to audit you - Musk affirms
>>22504223 @nicksortor: SCHUMER: "If Elon Musk and DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS!"
>>22504228 USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade
>>22504237 The Mexican consulate of Tucson, Arizona is coaching illegal aliens through a radical left NGO.
>>22504239 Being a Doge developer tasked with writing queries to pull data out of a govt system is like doing archaeology. Systems date back to the 1970s.
>>22504243 Jonathan Turley: End NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train
>>22504251 BREAKING: Mexico just arrested El Ricky, a top leader of Cartel del Noreste, right after Trump pressured them to crack down on cartels.
>>22504253 Catherine Herridge showing up in full effect on Monday morning
>>22504258 Mark Milley's military put out an instructional manual that included directions for organizing a rental riot to destabilize a country and bring it to the negotiating table.
>>22504276 97% Of Political Contributions From USAID Employees Went To Dems - Per DailyWire;@elonmusk - They're an arm of the radical-left globalists
>>22504572 Claim
>>22504336 The United States DOGE Service(USDS)
>>22504338 Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master'
>>22504356 More US CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in 2 decades
>>22504368 Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
>>22504390 Elon: Yup to idea the USAID was the SKELETON KEY to unlocking all the corruption
>>22504427 Incredible images capture US Navy testing its new laser weapon
>>22504610 Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda
>>22504640 Thank (you)
>>22504728 DoJ classified Infowars with a Type 3 threat assessment, the highest
>>22504754 #27508
#27507 >>22502832
>>22502858 Illegal alien criminals riot in LA and police are there to round them up. BRING IN ICE
>>22502911 Data sleuth, Data Republican, just found HHS and FEMA linked to refugee programs: While debugging, I found an interesting UEI—not USAID, but HHS, including FEMA-heavily tied to refugee programs. No wonder we ran out of money for Helene victims!
>>22502976 US military aircraft departs for India carrying illegal migrants: Report.
>>22503061 @WarshipCam - UPDATE: Apparently this was not a simple winding of the ship. There appears to have been some type of engineering casualty on the way out of port per radio traffic.
>>22503227 USAID poured $27mn into Soros-back prosecutor group Tides Foundation - more than Soros himself (RT)
>>22503241 @elonmusk - All @DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the @POTUS executive orders the most. Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus.
>>22503242 illegals being herded in to tunnel and surrounded. ICE coming in for the steal?
>>22503362 @elonmusk - DOGE is the wood chipper for bureaucracy
>>22503451 US strikes 'extraordinary' migrant deal with El Salvador to accept deportees from any country - including dangerous criminals
>>22503468 The Clinton Foundation raked in Millions from USAID.
>>22503621 @elonmusk - Don't mess with @DOGE
>>22503767 Harris campaign paid Cardi B and Obama tens of thousands of dollars for campaign appearances: Report
>>22503817 Georgia Republican Reintroducing Bill to Make Blocking Highways in Protest a Federal Crime.
>>22503997 #27507
#27506 >>22501833
>>22501884 @realDonaldTrump - It is my pleasure to nominate Joe Kent as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center. As a Soldier, Green Beret, and CIA Officer, Joe has hunted down terrorists and criminals his entire adult life. Above all, Joe knows the terrible cost of terrorism, losing his wonderful wife, Shannon, a Great American Hero, who was killed in the fight against ISIS. Joe continues to honor her legacy by staying in the fight. Joe will help us keep America safe by eradicating all terrorism, from the jihadists around the World, to the cartels in our backyard.
>>22501953 Trump nominates ex-WA congressional candidate Joe Kent for director job
>>22502001 @realDonaldTrump - It was my great honor to host the 2024 Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers at the White House today. Congratulations!
>>22502029 @MikeBenzCyber - Why did USAID pay $20 million to hit piece journalists to dig up dirt on Rudy Giuliani and use that dirt as the basis to impeach the sitting US President in 2019?
>>22502041 And this is why Ilhan is so desperate
>>22502043 Interview of Joe Kent on the Shawn Ryan show, if you're interested in Joe's story. (Video)
>>22502063, >>22502063 @realDonaldTrump - (Red carpet video)
>>22502077 @realDonaldTrump - GREAT INTEREST IN TIKTOK! Would be wonderful for China, and all concerned.
>>22502099 @SenSchumer - At a time of soaring egg prices, the Trump administration shutting off USAID programs that fight the global spread of bird flu is utterly asinine.
>>22502140 Former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe says the FBI is in "utter disarray" thanks to Trump, says they are living in "terror" because their pensions, healthcare, and retirement are at risk.
>>22502167 RINO Senator Susan Collins Announces She's a YES on Confirming Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence Following Rumors She Was Set to Derail Gabbard
>>22502177 Protestors are screaming outside NYU hospital in NYC after President Trump BLOCKED them from giving puberty blockers to multiple children via executive order
>>22502202 @USAO_DC - A Statement from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Edward R. Martin Jr.
>>22502536 The Palisades and Eaton Fires that destroyed thousands of homes are now fully contained, but as residents look to rebuild, they may face a problem - President Trump's immigration crackdown could create a shortage of construction workers. (cBS)
>>22502819 #27506
Previously Collected
>>22500941 #27504, >>22501819 #27505
>>22498234 #27501, >>22499109 #27502, >>22499959 #27503
>>22495740 #27498, >>22496580 #27499, >>22497423 #27500
>>22493059 #27495, >>22493961 #27496, >>22494750 #27497
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Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22504759 at 2025-02-04 13:41:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27509: Tariffs are for Taxes Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>22225133 Australia #39
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22501561 Canada #71
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>22228099 Scotland #12
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27508 >>22504000
>>22504067, >>22504083 ZH on USAID, website now down
>>22504094, >>22504096, >>22504097 DIG on Stan Byers cybersecurity team lead at USAID
>>22504127 Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
>>22504140 Russia's oil tanker crash causes 'worst ecological catastrophe,'
Trump Wins Trade War With Mexico And Canada, Panama Tells America Free Shipping!
>>22504152 @elonmusk - Under the Biden administration, billions of dollars were shifted from helping Americans in need to facilitating illegal immigration. Super messed up!
>>22504192 A United States Air Force "Rivet Joint" Surveillance aircraft, is now operating OPENLY over Mexico.
>>22504196 Murder of Border Patrol agent in Vermont linked to 'antifascist trans terror cult'
>>22504198 President Trump Demands Collateral for Taxpayer Money Sent to Ukraine - "Rare Earth Minerals" Will Suffice
>>22504203 Canada Caves, and Trump Can't Stop Winning
>>22504206 Thousands of Pages from Gov't Websites Taken Offline, Including Crucial Info for Trans and Queer People
>>22504211 The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
>>22504213 Same people who are terrified of DOGE wanted to hire 80000 IRS agends to audit you - Musk affirms
>>22504223 @nicksortor: SCHUMER: "If Elon Musk and DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS!"
>>22504228 USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade
>>22504237 The Mexican consulate of Tucson, Arizona is coaching illegal aliens through a radical left NGO.
>>22504239 Being a Doge developer tasked with writing queries to pull data out of a govt system is like doing archaeology. Systems date back to the 1970s.
>>22504243 Jonathan Turley: End NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train
>>22504251 BREAKING: Mexico just arrested El Ricky, a top leader of Cartel del Noreste, right after Trump pressured them to crack down on cartels.
>>22504253 Catherine Herridge showing up in full effect on Monday morning
>>22504258 Mark Milley's military put out an instructional manual that included directions for organizing a rental riot to destabilize a country and bring it to the negotiating table.
>>22504276 97% Of Political Contributions From USAID Employees Went To Dems - Per DailyWire;@elonmusk - They're an arm of the radical-left globalists
>>22504572 Claim
>>22504336 The United States DOGE Service(USDS)
>>22504338 Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master'
>>22504356 More US CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in 2 decades
>>22504368 Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
>>22504390 Elon: Yup to idea the USAID was the SKELETON KEY to unlocking all the corruption
>>22504427 Incredible images capture US Navy testing its new laser weapon
>>22504610 Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda
>>22504640 Thank (you)
>>22504728 DoJ classified Infowars with a Type 3 threat assessment, the highest
>>22504754 #27508
#22504754 at 2025-02-04 13:39:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27508: Shills in Total Meltdown Edition
final
#27508 >>22504000
>>22504067, >>22504083 ZH on USAID, website now down
>>22504094, >>22504096, >>22504097 DIG on Stan Byers cybersecurity team lead at USAID
>>22504127 Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
>>22504140 Russia's oil tanker crash causes 'worst ecological catastrophe,'
Trump Wins Trade War With Mexico And Canada, Panama Tells America Free Shipping!
>>22504152 @elonmusk - Under the Biden administration, billions of dollars were shifted from helping Americans in need to facilitating illegal immigration. Super messed up!
>>22504192 A United States Air Force "Rivet Joint" Surveillance aircraft, is now operating OPENLY over Mexico.
>>22504196 Murder of Border Patrol agent in Vermont linked to 'antifascist trans terror cult'
>>22504198 President Trump Demands Collateral for Taxpayer Money Sent to Ukraine - "Rare Earth Minerals" Will Suffice
>>22504203 Canada Caves, and Trump Can't Stop Winning
>>22504206 Thousands of Pages from Gov't Websites Taken Offline, Including Crucial Info for Trans and Queer People
>>22504211 The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
>>22504213 Same people who are terrified of DOGE wanted to hire 80000 IRS agends to audit you - Musk affirms
>>22504223 @nicksortor: SCHUMER: "If Elon Musk and DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS!"
>>22504228 USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade
>>22504237 The Mexican consulate of Tucson, Arizona is coaching illegal aliens through a radical left NGO.
>>22504239 Being a Doge developer tasked with writing queries to pull data out of a govt system is like doing archaeology. Systems date back to the 1970s.
>>22504243 Jonathan Turley: End NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train
>>22504251 BREAKING: Mexico just arrested El Ricky, a top leader of Cartel del Noreste, right after Trump pressured them to crack down on cartels.
>>22504253 Catherine Herridge showing up in full effect on Monday morning
>>22504258 Mark Milley's military put out an instructional manual that included directions for organizing a rental riot to destabilize a country and bring it to the negotiating table.
>>22504276 97% Of Political Contributions From USAID Employees Went To Dems - Per DailyWire;@elonmusk - They're an arm of the radical-left globalists
>>22504572 Claim
>>22504336 The United States DOGE Service(USDS)
>>22504338 Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master'
>>22504356 More US CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in 2 decades
>>22504368 Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
>>22504390 Elon: Yup to idea the USAID was the SKELETON KEY to unlocking all the corruption
>>22504427 Incredible images capture US Navy testing its new laser weapon
>>22504610 Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda
>>22504640 Thank (you)
>>22504728 DoJ classified Infowars with a Type 3 threat assessment, the highest
#22504705 at 2025-02-04 13:28:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27508: Shills in Total Meltdown Edition
last call
#27508 >>22504000
>>22504067, >>22504083 ZH on USAID, website now down
>>22504094, >>22504096, >>22504097 DIG on Stan Byers cybersecurity team lead at USAID
>>22504127 Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
>>22504140 Russia's oil tanker crash causes 'worst ecological catastrophe,'
Trump Wins Trade War With Mexico And Canada, Panama Tells America Free Shipping!
>>22504152 @elonmusk - Under the Biden administration, billions of dollars were shifted from helping Americans in need to facilitating illegal immigration. Super messed up!
>>22504192 A United States Air Force "Rivet Joint" Surveillance aircraft, is now operating OPENLY over Mexico.
>>22504196 Murder of Border Patrol agent in Vermont linked to 'antifascist trans terror cult'
>>22504198 President Trump Demands Collateral for Taxpayer Money Sent to Ukraine - "Rare Earth Minerals" Will Suffice
>>22504203 Canada Caves, and Trump Can't Stop Winning
>>22504206 Thousands of Pages from Gov't Websites Taken Offline, Including Crucial Info for Trans and Queer People
>>22504211 The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
>>22504213 Same people who are terrified of DOGE wanted to hire 80000 IRS agends to audit you - Musk affirms
>>22504223 @nicksortor: SCHUMER: "If Elon Musk and DOGE can shut down USAID, next it might be the IRS!"
>>22504228 USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade
>>22504237 The Mexican consulate of Tucson, Arizona is coaching illegal aliens through a radical left NGO.
>>22504239 Being a Doge developer tasked with writing queries to pull data out of a govt system is like doing archaeology. Systems date back to the 1970s.
>>22504243 Jonathan Turley: End NPR's taxpayer-funded gravy train
>>22504251 BREAKING: Mexico just arrested El Ricky, a top leader of Cartel del Noreste, right after Trump pressured them to crack down on cartels.
>>22504253 Catherine Herridge showing up in full effect on Monday morning
>>22504258 Mark Milley's military put out an instructional manual that included directions for organizing a rental riot to destabilize a country and bring it to the negotiating table.
>>22504276 97% Of Political Contributions From USAID Employees Went To Dems - Per DailyWire;@elonmusk - They're an arm of the radical-left globalists
>>22504572 Claim
>>22504336 The United States DOGE Service(USDS)
>>22504338 Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master'
>>22504356 More US CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in 2 decades
>>22504368 Two airport authority workers arrested for allegedly leaking DC plane crash video to CNN
>>22504390 Elon: Yup
>>22504427 Incredible images capture US Navy testing its new laser weapon
>>22504610 Trump and Netanyahu set for pivotal talks on Middle East agenda
>>22504640 Thank (you)
#22504211 at 2025-02-04 10:37:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27508: Shills in Total Meltdown Edition
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1886557223381557543
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
The city of Henderson, NC is holding a drag queen networking event for LGBTQ people and allies.
This is what the Government and Mayor in Henderson, North Carolina are focusing their energy on ?
Image
Image
12:27 PM ? Feb 3, 2025
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116K
Views
#22498442 at 2025-02-03 17:35:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27502: Mexico And Canada Will Take The Knee And Be Habby! KEK Edition
Former DOJ lawfare queen Mary McCord is trying desperately to keep Kash and Tulsi from being confirmed……
https://x.com/themarketswork/status/1886434453523976207#m
#22497062 at 2025-02-03 11:51:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27500: Pray for Tulsi, Bobby & Kash Edition
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Drag queen at a gay bar in New Orleans simulates ass*ssinating President Trump @fbi @secretservice
5:39 PM ? Feb 2, 2025
?1.6M Views
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1886182574956982562
#22496848 at 2025-02-03 10:27:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27500: Pray for Tulsi, Bobby & Kash Edition
>>22496842
divorce-money lawsuits are faker than queen victorias whiteness
#22496706 at 2025-02-03 09:01:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27500: Pray for Tulsi, Bobby & Kash Edition
>>22496677
This is THE queen mother of slush funds.
Feel sick yet?
#22494838 at 2025-02-03 01:01:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27498: Shills Freaking Out Edition
Daily Mail Online
@MailOnline 10h
Photographer that captured Melania Trump's FLOTUS portrait compares President's wife to'the queen of England'
trib.al/yAmtqKa
Feb 2, 2025 ? 12:53 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1886035099319230612
>>22494789
#Checkmate
#22494679 at 2025-02-03 00:26:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27497: Slogging Through the Lag Edition
>>22494348
Do not compare Melania to the queen of England. Melania would never do the the things that the queen did and outclasses her in every way.
#22494606 at 2025-02-03 00:16:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27497: Slogging Through the Lag Edition
>>22494326
They were free and clear after the queen passed away but they are still playing that game. KC has to do the right thing very soon. They contributed to the demise of white people and everyone knows what the royals have done.
#22494549 at 2025-02-03 00:06:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27497: Slogging Through the Lag Edition
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1886182574956982562
Drag queen at a gay bar in New Orleans simulates ass*ssinating President Trump @fbi?@secretservice
#22494348 at 2025-02-02 23:37:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27497: Slogging Through the Lag Edition
Daily Mail Online
@MailOnline 10h
Photographer that captured Melania Trump's FLOTUS portrait compares President's wife to 'the queen of England'
trib.al/yAmtqKa
Feb 2, 2025 ? 12:53 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1886035099319230612
>>22494326
The fake King vs The real queen.
Checkmate!
#22494230 at 2025-02-02 23:19:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27497: Slogging Through the Lag Edition
>>22494004
All this while Mexico and Canada's economies are on shaky ground. I bet both The Idiot King and Jewican queen have Trump on speed dial.
#22492022 at 2025-02-02 17:22:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27494: ???? II Edition
>>22492002
> he bought king Charles old home in London.
KEK
Did he though…
Dancing queen can't buy shit.
Gifts
#22486309 at 2025-02-01 19:58:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27488: Swamp Draining In Progress Edition
>>22486274
"Hicks"
"AJ" admitted ("in angry mode 'jest') that Hicks was a role too.
"AJ"'s handlers must've gotten sick of his big mouth, letting things slip.
Watch and read "Seconds" for what probably happened to him.
Meet "Lady Hicks" niece of Lord Mountbatten, cousin to the nasty
Eugenics promoting Prince PHILLIP
you know, spouse of queen E.
#22475361 at 2025-01-31 13:11:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27476: Wake up, It's Friday Edition
>>22475349
>>22475352
>>22475354
>>22475357
MFA Russia @mfa_russia - #Zakharova: Zelensky's appearance in #Auschwitz has caused outrage in Jewish religious circles in Poland.
The country's ?hief Rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said that they considered it a disgrace to be at the same event with a dictator who has tamed (?) Nazis on a leash
https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1885233626427589057
MFA Russia @mfa_russia - #Zakharova: The media landscape in the US is so enclosed and barriered off that when real news sip through, it has a ball lightning effect.
This is in part what caused the US market shock from when #DeepSeek entered the field.
https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1885296985894510680
MFA Russia @mfa_russia - #Zakharova: Today's Banderites are following in the footsteps their ideological idols [the Nazis], who continue to terrorise civilians and attack civilian infrastructure
Russian courts continue to sentence Ukrainian neo-Nazis and mercenaries
https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1885226609327685669
Mick Jagger @MickJagger - I am so saddened to hear of the death of Marianne Faithfull. She was so much part of my life for so long. She was a wonderful friend, a beautiful singer and a great actress. She will always be remembered.
https://x.com/MickJagger/status/1885064372713562507
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee - Dems should never again nominate anyone other than Kamala Harris
Quote
Dutch - @pr0ud_americans
Kamala Harris leads in a new poll for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1885306747189129280
Murray @Rothbard1776 - Tulsi Gabbard just nuked Mark Kelly back into space.
https://x.com/Rothbard1776/status/1885024214945599859
Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker @PelosiTracker - Breaking: Pelosi has done it again
Back on 1/14, she opened a new ~$100K position into the AI company Tempus AI $TEM
Since her buy, it's up 72%
Never doubt the queen
https://x.com/PelosiTracker_/status/1885001352612557124
Nature is Amazing @AMAZlNGNATURE - Cardinal flying directly towards camera
https://x.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1884623904494264513
Non-essential Commentary Animal Page @InmanGoneWild - Life is not an animal cartoon, Karen.
https://x.com/InmanGoneWild/status/1885180711415472404
old toons @oldtoons_ - It's sad how Wile E. Coyote is mostly remembered for his violence and not for his brilliantly realistic paintings of tunnels
https://x.com/oldtoons_/status/18846668863378
Patrick Casey @restoreorderusa - In 2023, there were 503 air traffic control lapses categorized as "significant" - up 65% (!) from last year.
Something has clearly gone wrong. But what?
Allow me to explain.
https://x.com/restoreorderusa/status/1884928143036764655
pub @smubpublius - IT'S HAPPENING
https://x.com/smubpublius/status/1884783672899117260
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 - FBI Director-designate Kash Patel: "I have been endorsed by over 300,000 law enforcement officers to become the next director of the FBI."
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885042277115896177
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 - WATCH: Full remarks from @SecDef
@PeteHegseth at this morning's press conference on the tragedy at Reagan National Airport
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885027953853055410
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 - President Trump remembers the victims of the tragedy at Reagan National Airport: "Together, we take solace in the knowledge that their journey ended not in the cold waters of the Potomac, but in the warm embrace of a loving God."
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885019566624895338
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 - FAULKNER: "You see Pete Hegseth, you see Sean Duffy... the President at that lectern. This is not like what we were used to the last four years."
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885013123544846697
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#22474021 at 2025-01-31 05:40:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27474: Evening Noise EditionEdition
england has a new queen
#22471545 at 2025-01-31 00:14:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27471: Water Being Watched Edition
Figure Skaters
Blades
Ice
>>22471519
Ice queen
Chief of Staff
Staff Sargeant
#22470333 at 2025-01-30 21:14:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27470: Drinks.House.Gov - Freeeee Delivery Today Only Edition
Why did Trump give orders to the helicopter crew to crash into that plane over the Potomac?
Who were these ice queen fairies really???
#22468315 at 2025-01-30 17:18:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27468: LIVE In Synch ~ KASH ~ POTUS ~ TULSI ~ RFK Jr. Edition
"It's not the first time tragedy has struck the Skating Club of Boston. In 1961, a flight carrying18 members of the U.S. figure skating team to compete in the world championships in Prague crashed as it was trying to land in Brussels.
All 73 people aboard the 1961 flight died, including 16-year-old Laurence Owen, of Winchester, Massachusetts, known as "America's queen of the Ice."
"Almost half of everyone aboard that plane were from (the Skating Club)," Zeghibe said. "It had long-reaching implications for the Skating Club and for the sport in this country, because when you lose coaches like this, you lose the future of the sport, as well."
#22465831 at 2025-01-30 08:12:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27464: A Whole Lot of Shitstorm Going On Edition
There is a massive confusion going on about tiny hats saying they are not white
well i will inform you yes they are
but they are not the real sons of Judah
they are Amalek
what better place to (hide in front of everyone) then to claim everyone else is Amalek who you are )o.o very diabolical and evil
who is Amalek? he was the grandson of Esau
saul was supposed to kill the last of Amalekites 1 Samuel 15
but saved the king and his queen who was pregnant
this was a sin not obeying God
the kingdom was taken from Saul
Samuel killed the king, but the queen escaped with the kings' child in her womb
so the last of the (Edomites Amalekites) was alive but alone
that is why they are the head tribe of EDOMITES RIGHT NOW
>>Amalek did not have any power or rulership<< in the times of the >>Roman Edomites<< and the >>Greek Edomites<< EMPIRES
THEY WERE GIVEN THIS TIME IN HISTORY TO RULE BY GOD EVEN THOUGH HE HATES THEM
NOT A DOG DEVIL WILL BE ABLE TO SAY HE WAS UNFAIR
SO EVEN THOUGH HE WILL WIPE THEM OUT
NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO SAY GOD WAS UNFAIR
HE EVEN LET THE HEAD DEVILS OF EDOM AMALEKITES RULE
THERE IS ZERO FREE WILL
GOD IS MAKING ALL HAPPEN
THE BIBLE IS A PROPHETIC STORY FROM BEGINNING TO END
EVERYONE REINCARNATED >>>INCLUDING >>CAIN AND HIS OFFSPRING<< (TODAYS EDOMITES)
CAiN Hated Abel wanted him dead first murderer
Abel reincarnated as Jacob
Cain and Abel in the womb
Jacob and Esau in the womb
the war continues from the beginning….
#22464929 at 2025-01-30 05:37:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27463: Accident My Ass Edition
>>22464878
''Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury."''
''Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities. Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, 'I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.' Therefore her plagues will come in one day-death and grief and famine-and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.''
Revelation 18:1-8
#22464878 at 2025-01-30 05:31:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27463: Accident My Ass Edition
>>22464864
"She says in her heart, I sit enthroned as queen, I am not a widow, I will never mourn"
#22460713 at 2025-01-29 18:27:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27458: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. HHS Senate Hearing - Extremely Confirming Edition
>>22460683
>>22460698
Phyllis Fong - Feel his Fong - good name for a drag queen.
#22460257 at 2025-01-29 17:18:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27457: MAHA On The Hot Seat, Margaret Now, Leavitt Hawt Bondi Activated Edition
>>22460172
>I just had a washing machine break, maybe 3 years of use
f*cking same… it was a speed queen (supposed to be a little more 'durable').
i'd pay extra for afucking carburetor no wifi , gps and bluetooth.
give me a 3.5mm jack.
#22459913 at 2025-01-29 16:39:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27457: MAHA On The Hot Seat, Margaret Now, Leavitt Hawt Bondi Activated Edition
>>22459889
It's seriously time to start criminally charging these creeps, and drag queen story hour creeps etc for corrupting our children.
Start sending them to jail in droves. That will make the remaining ones think twice!
#22458884 at 2025-01-29 13:51:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27456: Wednesday Morning Rise & Shine Edition
Well, this is interesting:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/opinion_column_better_digital_archives_needed/
Apparently, physical archives of the Theosophical Society burned in the LA fires…and there was no backup…
Larper of Larpers, queen of the Occult…
#22454291 at 2025-01-28 21:37:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27451: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ~ Making Pressers Great Again Edition
Selena Gomez episode is being looked at too superficially imho.
We know the "Pattern" with many child stars.
1. These child stars are manipulated and programmed like [Manchurian Candidates]. ala Brittany Spears
2. In (2018) Selena Gomez suffered a Psychotic Episode.
She's said to be BiPolar. ←
(ELLE - Nov 04, 2022)
What Selena Gomez Shared About Her Psychotic Episode, Living With Bipolar, and Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts
In My Mind and Me and Gomez's interviews promoting the documentary, she revealed her mental health battles.
3. She has a friend as a possible "Handler".
(ELLE - May 25, 2024)
All About Raquelle Stevens, Selena Gomez's Longtime Friend Featured in My Mind and Me
Relevant Question;
Was she, like many of them, held in reserve and her programmed "Psychosis" triggered for this [Emotional Op]?
→ She might not even realize much about why any this is happening with her.
Just sayin.
Did she get [queen of Diamond] Triggered?
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a41871246/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-psychotic-episode/
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a41871804/who-is-raquelle-stevens-selena-gomez-friend/
#22450715 at 2025-01-28 06:31:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27446: Person Who Found J6 Pipe Bomb is a Capitol COP Edition
>>22450709
jack was in line to the throne
they didnt say was Camelot for nothing
Mary queen of Scots didnt sign the Treaty of Edinburgh
chuck is a usurper
#22449467 at 2025-01-28 02:46:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27445: E-Bake Jr Edition
>>22449461
drama queen jew
#22447634 at 2025-01-27 21:25:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27442: And It's Only Week #2 And Day #8 Of Trump 2.0 Edition
>>22447592
The twisted logic of these nut jobs is exposed thusly.
If I believe I am a pretzel, well that may be nuts, but people will let you believe that if that's what you want. On the other hand, if I FORCE other people to buy into MY fantasy, that is where the line gets crossed.
You can believe you are queen Elizabeth if you want, but when you expect everyone else to buy into your bullshit, you need a reality check.
#22446143 at 2025-01-27 17:05:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27440: Moab Monday: CAPITULATION Who Next Edition
>>22446112
Dancing queen
??AF1 will be leaving later this evening. He has a speech at 5:30 pm.
#22442928 at 2025-01-27 02:57:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27437: Roll On Columbia Edition
>>22441268 lb
Genetic research shows that the Ashkenazi Jewish gene pool is predominantly from the Middle East
The core of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, according to genetic studies, traces back to the Middle East,
: Over time, Ashkenazi Jews in Europe intermarried with local populations or had converts join their communities, leading to a significant European genetic component, so it is said.
Official genetics say that Jews are not related to Khazars.
Also not related to Merovingians.
(The official version scholars have to pull the data to make it look normal that their homeland was Palestine, so they stretch Palestine into southern Europe?)
Many Jews YES were Spanish Nobility, so that might be were the Merovingian ideas came from?
The Merovingian dynasty ruled the Franks, a Germanic tribe, ( and supposedly arose out of the ocean, which would make sense if the origin, the first to emerge there, were refugees from a war to the East) in what is now modern-day France, Germany, and Belgium. They are known for establishing the first centralized kingdom in post-RomanGaul, which laid the groundwork for the French monarchy.
MEROVING- arose from the ocean, First queen came from the shore.
Think of the Neptune and the trident connect?
Think of the rumors of King Iesus in FRANCE and even England!
#22441784 at 2025-01-26 23:57:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27436: EBAKE Edition
>>22441744
A King. And a queen
#22440983 at 2025-01-26 20:57:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27435: Sunday Digs Memes and Prayers Up! Edition
https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1883619005573050765
MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra
Haters will say this is AI...
Quote
JKash ?MAGA queen
@JKash000
?
6h
This is so much fun, no? ?????
Image
9:52 AM ? Jan 26, 2025
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#22438483 at 2025-01-26 12:54:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27432: DEI IS DYING Edition
https://youtu.be/JAZQYhffqnU
EXCLUSIVE: J6 Prisoner Enrique Tarrio's First Sit Down Interview Since Trump
97,829 views Jan 24, 2025 Louder With Crowder
"Enrique Tarrio, reported former leader of the Proud Boys, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for having allegedly planned the events of Jan 6, joins Breanna Morello for an exclusive interview after President Trump's pardon. Discover Tarrio's firsthand accounts of his time in prison and his thoughts on the future of political activism in America."
IMPRESSION
- intelligent guy, not the crazy person portrayed to be by the press
- some things were not clear because interviewer was very sympathetic, too much so
- needs an interviewer that's more neutral (that will follow up with questions to clarify fuzzy points)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Sentenced to 22 years as the "ultimate" leader of the fake insurrection even tho he wasn't even in DC on J6
- He couldn't imagine a sentence so long
- DOJ wanted 33 years
- He knew he wasn't going to serve that sentence if Trump was elected
- The jury foreman in his case put together Drag queen Story Hour
- judge did not give his attorneys enough time to put together a case
- says there was a lot of perjury during the trial
- multiple FBI informants were in the witness list but even the FBI informants had nothing bad to say about the Proud Boys
- this was biggest OP by DOJ, tactic was to bankrupt those prosecuted
- wants the DOJ to be investigated
- agents were listening in on calls between him and his atty per FISA warrants
- "what happened was fucked up....we saw what the system was....needs to be torn down and rebuilt"
- Tarrio was in solitary confinement, bad conditions
- Transferred between 20-30 facilities
- purpose of constant moving is to inflict punishment, deprived of soap, deodorant, food, drink, showers, etc during extended transfers
- used to box handcuffs during transfers, they are terrible
- why ok? Because he and others were classified as a "domestic terrorists"
- up to 27 hours in box cuffs (max is supposed to be 4 hours), they did that for four years
- this is torture
- a lot of people caved in under these conditions, he told Feds to go kick rocks
- not bitter but this system needs to change
- Tarrio does not condone attacks on cops
- they wanted him to say negative things about Trump but Tarrio doesn't know Trump
- if he would do that, they told him he would serve no time, he refused
- he can't talk about some things he was asked to do or say, could be in danger
- Tarrio was a security contractor with fed govt for 12 years
- re cops at the capitol on J6: they were there to protect the bldg
- cops who attacked the crowd should be prosecuted
- Proud Boys: when they went to events, number 1 priority was safety (Portland, Seattle, etc.)
- he would contact local law enforcement so his group was safe
- we can't trust law enforcement now, espec. FBI
- he never committed acts of sedition
- no cop died as the result of attacks on J6
- he was indicted for a doc he never read: "1776 returns"
- it was a CIA wargame, was not a conspiracy ("I hate the Qanon shit" KEK)
- it was found on his phone but he did not see
- sent by someone
- says his judge was 'a piece of shit', he was a victim
- govt needed a boogie man, they picked him
- says not an extremist
- don't have to go to rallies to be a member, just attend monthly mtgs
- says he doesn't want to be referred to as EX-proud boy
- this isn't about him, the proud boys or any group, it's about fixing the system
#22438363 at 2025-01-26 12:07:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27432: DEI IS DYING Edition
>>22438345
This is another same old theme the foreign espionage guy... "be less white" lol
They try to do this to anyone that is not what they want them to be good bad in between as long as it serves their purpose.
What is funny is I remember a post about someone saying a queen choose his wife... so is this not what maybe this person is trying to say to someone they are trying to human traffic themselves. They think they have the right and ability to force people to do as they want.
I am not defending anyone in the picture only drawing the conclusion that this person continues to say people need to be humbled... so they bow before him... and he is the only one that can choose who you can date or marry because they need to profit off it.
This is the skit they like to play at the communist.
Why are people acting so desperate in these ways...
This is their general theme of it is not ok to be "white."
They must humble the "white" people to make them bow at their feet as they want to be gods...
#22437852 at 2025-01-26 09:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27431: Secretary of Dank Edition
>>22437845
mary queen of scotts was imprisoned in castle of loch leven and forced to abdicate the crown, she was given a gold jewel of the Aesop Fable the Lion and the Mouse, which she took to mean her possibility of escaping Loch Leven … "the mouse could free the lion by nibbling away the knots of the net. Mary wore the jewel at the castle"
#22437819 at 2025-01-26 09:02:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27431: Secretary of Dank Edition
so if what jfk was about to announce couldve possibly unseated the queen of England, then of course, assassination could be an answer
they called it Camelot for a reason
Trump walked in front of the queen for a reason, they knew there were defeated by the Truth
#22437775 at 2025-01-26 08:51:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27431: Secretary of Dank Edition
Mary, queen of Scots (8 December 1542 - 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[3] or Mary I of Scotland,[4] was queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
so the assassination of jfk also leads to the usurping of the throne of england or whatever they call it, and potus must be the true ruler as he is a scott and descended from bruce?
#22437767 at 2025-01-26 08:48:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27431: Secretary of Dank Edition
Mary of Guise
Portrait attributed to Corneille de Lyon, c. 1537
queen consort of Scotland
Tenure 9 May 1538 - 14 December 1542
Coronation 22 February 1540
queen regent of Scotland
Regency 12 April 1554 - 11 June 1560
Monarch Mary
Born 22 November 1515
Ch?teau des ducs de Bar,
Bar-le-Duc, Duchy of Lorraine,
Holy Roman Empire
Died 11 June 1560 (aged 44)
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial July 1561
Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Reims, France
Spouses
Louis II, Duke of Longueville
?(m. 1534; died 1537)?
James V of Scotland
?(m. 1538; died 1542)?
Issue
more…
Fran?ois III d'Orl?ans, Duke of Longueville
James, Duke of Rothesay
Mary, queen of Scots
House Guise
Father Claude, Duke of Guise
Mother Antoinette de Bourbon
Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 - 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. As the mother of Mary, queen of Scots, she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland, ruling the kingdom as queen regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560.
queen Regent
Melania
#22437660 at 2025-01-26 08:07:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27431: Secretary of Dank Edition
Who is the queen of England?
How long in power?
With power comes corruption.
What happened to DIANA?
What did she find out?
Why was she running?
#22432498 at 2025-01-25 15:46:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27425: JAN 25, 2025 Edition
>>22432487
>When the queen died, all contracts became null and void
But blackmail is eternal, Anon.
#22432487 at 2025-01-25 15:44:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27425: JAN 25, 2025 Edition
>>22432411 pb
>>22430658 Trump lists perks should Canada become 51st US State
Canada in the same light has fostered the invasion of illegal migrants into the US, fostered anti-white woke DEI rhetoric at the behest of the Royals in England; as they have in their own country, and their incumbent, Trudeau, is directly responsible. When the queen died, all contracts became null and void, but he chose globalization over national sovereignty. The US and Canadians have had enough of their societal detriments and they should take notice that not only their citizens but their military is on board with the change from The Royal tyranny and becoming part of the US sovereignty. All of The United Kingdom will be also freed from the tyrant globalization, anti-white, pro-invasion policies setup by their incumbents there. It was the Christian republican conservative party that freed the Black slaves in America under President Lincoln and we will do the same for the white people of the West.
#22428882 at 2025-01-25 01:11:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27422: Executive Order to Open up the Pumps, and Valves, in the North Edition
>>22428863
https://smdp.com/news/spains-queen-letizia-visits-los-angeles-to-promote-language/
Spain's queen Letizia visits Los Angeles to promote language
Dec 14, 2022 … Spain's queen Letizia was in Los Angeles on Tuesday where she celebrated the opening of a center that promotes the Spanish
nice to metcha!
MEChA
US organization
#22417846 at 2025-01-23 13:53:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27409: You Can Have Your Good Morning Edition
>>22417834
>>22417837
>>22417842
>>22417845
Phoeni? 2A @Phoenix2A_1980s - My old apt complex is super fcked.
I just called ICE on them.
I'm not kidding, either. I just got off the phone.
I told them about how they were harboring them, letting them stay 25-30 people per unit, I forwarded them the videos of the 3AM BS, the pictures of the bullet holes in my building, I told them about how they were contracted to receive them, ALL of it.
I even sent them the exact unit numbers to hit. I researched it for months.
I wasn't playing. They watched these illegals put me through hell for months and did NOTHING to help me.
They told me they were going to investigate, but with all the evidence I presented, it's a guaranteed snag.
Payback's a MF'er.
FA/FO
https://x.com/Phoenix2A_1980s/status/1882079650102263876
queen Natalie @TheNorfolkLion - Ok, who done this
https://x.com/TheNorfolkLion/status/1882102112861179990
Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Daily Cartoon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochfun/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-epoch-comics-5108164
Rodney @cryptojourneyrs - At 26, he launched a website that would change Bitcoin forever.
At 29, he was sentenced to die in prison.
After 10 years behind bars, Donald Trump just pardoned him.
Here's the wild story of Ross Ulbricht, Bitcoin's most controversial pioneer:
https://x.com/cryptojourneyrs/status/1882180220545085614
Rothmus @Rothmus - She was only 13.
https://x.com/Rothmus/status/1882303259408585156
Rothmus @Rothmus - The woke racism will end.
https://x.com/Rothmus/status/1882160319885422739
RyanFJBLGB @RyanPatrick1991 - Hooked on Phonics
https://x.com/RyanPatrick1991/status/1882112178578452769
Skscartoon @skscartoon - I always believe those who involve kids in their LGBTQ activism have a much darker agenda behind "love is love."
https://x.com/skscartoon/status/1882054861337854197
Skscartoon @skscartoon - The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. The left has gone insane. #elonmusk
https://x.com/skscartoon/status/1882263911858409951
Steve Inman @SteveInmanUIC - His mind is blown.
https://x.com/SteveInmanUIC/status/1882047245807485033
Steve Inman @SteveInmanUIC - A little personal space goes a long way.
https://x.com/SteveInmanUIC/status/1882259030003073386
Steve Inman @SteveInmanUIC - Old Man Strength Compilation
https://rumble.com/v5zykjw-old-man-strength-compilation.html
Steve Herman @W7VOA - ICC seeking arrest warrants for Taliban officials for alleged gender-based crimes.
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-afghanistan
https://x.com/W7VOA/status/1882405327796142140
Tatsuya Ishida @TatsuyaIshida9 - Mount Olympus 101
https://tatsuyaishida.substack.com/p/2025-01-23
The_Catholic_Cartoon @CatholicToon - Pro-Life Baby
https://x.com/CatholicToons/status/1882076032490242066
The Daily Cartoonist - Blitt, Ohman, & Sorensen on the Future of Political Cartooning
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/22/blitt-ohman-sorensen-on-the-future-of-political-cartooning/
The Daily Cartoonist - While All That Other Headliner Stuff Was Going On...
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/22/while-all-that-other-headliner-stuff-was-going-on/
The Democrats @TheDemocrats - Abortion is health care. Period.
>>22414179 pb
https://x.com/TheDemocrats/status/1882214204414767591
The General @GeneralMCNews - BREAKING: Donald Trump has imposed a communications blackout across America's federal health agencies, including the CDC, FDA, HHS, and NIH.
These agencies have been instructed to halt all external communications, such as publishing scientific reports, updating websites, and issuing health advisories.
The directive was issued suddenly and without prior notice.
What is the public health impact?
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/1882095382777467026
5
#22416692 at 2025-01-23 08:30:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27407: Night Stalkers Edition
Diana, queen of Hearts
#22416428 at 2025-01-23 06:42:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27407: Night Stalkers Edition
Hillary must be the Evil queen
Snow White is running from the Evil queen, the Dwarves give her protection
theres Sleepy, Dopey, i dunno
#22415120 at 2025-01-23 02:34:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27406: Rare Edition
Vendetta
- Unsecret (Feat KRIGAR?)
For Melania. Godspeed, queen.
#22414330 at 2025-01-23 01:04:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27405: Golden Age Edition
>>22414165
V for Vendetta
V for Vengeance
The queen has the king's ear and family jewels in the palms of her hands. They struck at her family and failed. Shadow queen.
#22411237 at 2025-01-22 18:03:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27401: MAGA Momentum Edition
>>22411216
Yes, as in symbolism. You know like "Daughter Israel".
"She says in her heart, I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow, I will never mourn"
The 144k that never defiled themselves with women and are virgins doesn't mean literal flesh sex.
#22407913 at 2025-01-22 04:36:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27397: We're So Back Edition
>>22407840
>"She tugged on the gun the first time then she tugged again,"
Shades of PA for the prestigious USSS holster queen. She has a rival.
When asked for comment the assisting officer smiled and said: "At least my nails looked good".
#22405626 at 2025-01-21 23:00:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27394: Trump Holds First Press Briefing Edition
>>22405619
no ones going to force you to take it Drama queen
#22403691 at 2025-01-21 18:49:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27392: Enjoy The Show #FLOTUS Melania Tuesday Count On It Edition
>>22403605
The Jesuits were founded by a marrano Jew : Ignatius Loyola.
Thousands and thousands of Jews in Spain joined the Jesuit Order.
King Ferdinand and queen Isabella had ordered the expulsion of all Jews in Spain, but gave them a choice that if they "converted" to Christianity, they could stay in Spain.
Jews who "converted" to the new Jesuit order are called marrano Jews.
#22394099 at 2025-01-20 20:35:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27381: Black Hats Are Now In Control: Black is White Edition
>>22394082
queen Cleopatra
#22392664 at 2025-01-20 18:46:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27379: Donald J. Trump #47 POTUS Edition
the queen protects the King
#22384412 at 2025-01-20 00:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27370: We will not be occupied starting @ noon tomorrow: YMCA is GITMO Edition
>>22384381
The Parking Lot queen is going to release the Epstein list? kek
#22384326 at 2025-01-20 00:00:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27370: We will not be occupied starting @ noon tomorrow: YMCA is GITMO Edition
Y.M.C.A
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams (11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
Return to public memoryIn September 1895, Georg Baumberger, the chief editor of the St. Gall newspaper Die Ostschweiz, wrote an article about the Red Cross founder, whom he had met and conversed with during a walk in Heiden a month earlier. The article entitled "Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross", appeared in the German Illustrated Magazine ?ber Land und Meer, and the article was soon reprinted in other publications throughout Europe. The article struck a chord, and he received renewed attention and support.
He received the Swiss Binet-Fendt Prize and a note from Pope Leo XIII. Because of support from Russian tsarist widow Maria Feodorovna and other donations, his financial situation improved remarkably.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22384288 at 2025-01-19 23:55:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27370: We will not be occupied starting @ noon tomorrow: YMCA is GITMO Edition
Y.M.C.A.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide.[1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association. The organization's stated aim is to put Christian values into practice by developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit.
From its inception, YMCA grew rapidly, ultimately becoming a worldwide movement founded on the principles of muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs deliver projects and services focused on youth development through a wide variety of youth activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, promoting Christianity, and humanitarian work.
YMCA is a non-governmental federation, with each independent local YMCA affiliated with its national organization. The national organizations, in turn, are part of both a geographically regional area alliance and the World Alliance of YMCA. YMCA programs vary between nations and regions, but are all based on the principles espoused in the Paris Basis.
The YMCA is a parachurch organization based on Protestant values.[2][3] Similar organizations include the YWCA, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA).
In popular culture, the YMCA is the subject of the 1978 song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA
Sir George Williams (11 October 1821 - 6 November 1905) was an English philanthropist, businessman and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).[1] The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities.[2]
Williams was knighted by queen Victoria in her 1894 Birthday Honours. He died in 1905 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Williams_(philanthropist)
Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 - 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, andco-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino, in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discrimination in times of war. In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross. A year later, he took part in a diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss government that led to the signing of the First Geneva Convention.
Dunant became embroiled in a business scandal in 1867 which resulted in his bankruptcy and expulsion from the International Committee. He spent the next decades in poverty and obscurity, living in various places across Europe before settling in the Swiss village of Heiden. In 1895, Dunant was rediscovered by a journalist, which brought him renewed attention and support, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize alongside French pacifist Fr?d?ric Passy. He died in Heiden in 1910.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dunant
#22378477 at 2025-01-19 05:28:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27363: Glorious Edition
>>22378465
I did not say that you claimed she is queen, but you are claiming God has a bride. It doesn't happen.
#22378455 at 2025-01-19 05:22:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27363: Glorious Edition
>>22378447
I have, you might seek Truth, not what you want to be true.
There is no marriage at the resurrection. She's not queen.
#22378376 at 2025-01-19 05:06:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27363: Glorious Edition
>>22378347
No it was not, it was Jesus
The whole wedding thing is false tradition. They worship themselves as Gods bride. She says in her heart, I sit enthroned as queen, I am not a widow I will never mourn.
IF the angels do not marry, and we will be like the angels, how does God marry? Jesus was very clear Mary is not His mother, He was clear she wouldn't obey Gods will.
#22378321 at 2025-01-19 04:55:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27363: Glorious Edition
>>22378315
Jesus was clear she's not His mother.
She says in her heart, I sit enthroned as queen, I am not a widow I will never mourn.
#22377581 at 2025-01-19 02:52:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27362: AF1 Reloaded Edition
>>22377549
You can only filter the truth for so long, filter queen nigger
#22376679 at 2025-01-19 00:38:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27361: ALWAYS READY, ALWAYS THERE! Edition
>>22376665
who? MAGA KING? MAGA queen?
#22374920 at 2025-01-18 18:48:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27359: The Longest Weekend Edition
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson Jan 17
?First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan for a meeting and lunch yesterday at Mar-a-Lago.
Jan 17, 2025 ? 2:39 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1880263758494441484
#22374151 at 2025-01-18 16:24:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27359: The Longest Weekend Edition
>>22374115
Peter munks London hit squad. Search
Bushes, kashoggies, bronfmans…. generational criminals.
queen hired muslim bhood through knights of malta.
#22372978 at 2025-01-18 10:58:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27358: Two Days from Today Edition
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>>22228099 Scotland #12
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>>19804572 UK #51
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#27357 >>22372009
>>22372040 @DanScavino - HELLLLLO-DC!!! WE'RE SOOOO BACCCK!!!!! ????
>>22372043 Moderna awarded $590M to help accelerate development of mRNA-based bird flu vaccine: HHS. There have been 67 confirmed human bird flu cases in the U.S. since April 2024.
>>22372041 @realDonaldTrump - Coming up, THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEKEND, PLUS, IN AMERICAN HISTORY. ENJOY! DJT
>>22372084 Aafia Siddiqui's lawyer has submitted a dossier to outgoing president Joe Biden in the hope he will pardon her for what he says is a blatant miscarriage of justice. However, a CIA whistleblower says she was once viewed as a "capable and dangerous" figure with "terrorist sympathies".
>>22372175 U-Haul filled with mostly Chinese migrants discovered in Florida after abduction report
>>22372206 ICE officers prepping for 'big f-king operation' across sanctuary cities immediately after Trump inauguration
>>22372262 HHS Formally Debars EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak After COVID Select Reveals Pandemic-Era Wrongdoing
>>22372934 Children's book author and husband exposed for double life in house of horrors
>>22372975 #27357
#27356 >>22371164
>>22371248, >>22371257, >>22371525 Institutional operators, which own around 1% of the U.S. single-family housing stock (1 in 100 homes), have significantly slowed their scatter-site homebuying since spring 2022,
>>22371275 Mark Carney announced his candidacy for Liberal Party of Canada leader at Davos
>>22371306 Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans
>>22371353 CIA declassifies book detailing how the world will end/Adam and Eve story not new, now declassed is,fear pron? distraction?
>>22371363 Monterey County Sheriff's Office has issued Evacuation Orders: Immediate threat to life.
>>22371419 Night Owl News Archives
>>22371624, >>22371632 Baker change
>>22371636 5 people injured after dump truck crashes through wall of Target store in New Jersey
>>22371644 Sen. John Thune: Open borders has been an 'absolute disaster'
>>22371726 Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters. 119th Congress (2025-2026) SENATE COMMITTEE MEETING
>>22371809 @realDonaldTrump - I am pleased to announce that Peggy Schwinn will be our next United States Deputy Secretary of Education.
>>22371827 SpaceX STARSHIP EXPLOSION Debris Falling | Caribbean Airspace Closed!
>>22371889 Feel better, CM.
>>22371896 Today is day 1 of your chance to buy into Trump crypto Memes
>>22371959 @RudyGiuliani - BREAKING NEWS: Nancy Pelosi, AOC and Michelle Obama have received special hand printed and delivered Super Elite tickets to the outdoor inauguration to arrive at 8AM Monday, January 20, 2025 for special, deluxe seating.
>>22371971 @elonmusk - It's uncanny (Gavin/Butt-Head comparison)
>>22371979 Peggy/Penny Schwinn Dig
>>22372002 #27356
#27355 >>22370363
>>22370402, >>22370470 Papi: IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD!!!/ U mad Hoe?
>>22370461, >>22370947, >>22370991, >>22370997, >>22371006, >>22371020 planefag reports
>>22371028, >>22371041, >>22371057, >>22371064 Moar Planefags (AF1)
>>22370499 Bill Gates met w/ Trump
>>22370515 Florida school district that banned student cell phone use reporting Better Grades
>>22370587 Mel Gibson Says He Was 'Just as Surprised' As Everyone By Trump's Naming Him
>>22370590 @MBC: Elon should not have to answer this. Department of State should say Fuck Off
>>22370596 MSN: Georgia appeals court sides with Trump dismissal of 6 state charges
>>22370602 Donald J. Trump - Inmate Number from Georgia is a DoD Network
>>22370606 MSN: Navy fires commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group Norfolk
>>22370630 MSN: Trump Selects Agent Who Shielded Him From Bullets To Lead Secret Service
>>22370544, >>22370649 Anon Analysis
>>22370693 Pete Hegseth - THE GREATEST NOMINEE COMEBACK IN MODERN HISTORY
>>22370699 See Something Say something
>>22370723 What will people remember about Joe Biden? ((a lot of bad words, kek)
>>22370731 U.S. Treasury Sanctions Yemen Kuwait Bank for Financing Houthi Attacks
>>22370742 CFP: DJT and frens
>>22370755 KID ROCK PROMISES A 'SPECIAL SHOW' FOR TRUMP INAUGURATION
>>22370592, >>22370773 CA Deputy Prime Minister: fight President Trump precisely and painfully
>>22370824, >>22370918 Potato: Grow and Bloom for decades (Matthew 7:15-20)
>>22370989, >>22371003, >>22371090, >>22371089 BRICS
>>22371023 Israel's Cabinet approves Gaza cease-fire agreement
>>22371144 (you) are more important than you know
>>22370598, >>22370632, >>22370714, >>22370809, >>22370887, >>22370982 Memes
>>22371154 #27355
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011, >>22370295 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370273 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
>>22370353 #27354
#27353 >>22368437
>>22368466 Only 3 DAYS Countdown To Inaugural Celebrations
>>22368492, >>22368509 EU Commission is proceeding against Elon Musk's Platform X and is demanding access to internal documents on algorithms
>>22368494 Polar vortex to blast millions across US with life-threatening cold next week
>>22368500, >>22368603 @DanScavino UNBELIEVABLE! 4 DAYS - IT'S THE……
>>22368559 Evacuations underway in California from Massive Lithium Battery Plant Fire Eruption
>>22368577, >>22368609, >>22369032, >>22369185 Plane Faggotry
>>22368589, >>22368606 LIVE: Kristi Noem confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
>>22368611 Ahoy The Ship Show - 01/17/2025
>>22368670 Trump taps Hollywood legends to be special ambassadors
>>22368670 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22368706 Palm Bay council votes to support moving NASA HQ to Brevard County
>>22368782, >>22368830, >>22368831, >>22368970, >>22369163 Rendered Pictures In Space
>>22368794 Kathy Hochul's State of the State address. Some sort of DEM America has Fallen Tribal Dance Insanity
>>22368914, >>22369085 TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
>>22368899 WATCH LIVE: Awaiting jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22368933, >>22369028 Kristi Noem: "There will not be a board such as that under my leadership" (disinformation board)
>>22368949 Biden 'has no clue what he is even saying,' says Trump adviser Steven Miller
>>22368977 The DHS knew the Capitol was going to be stormed on Jan 6 in advance on December 28, 2020!
>>22369009 Smaller than a Strawberry Seed sized space chip
>>22369038 Bombshell report details how Schumer pushed Biden out
>>22369073 Trump plans to designate crypto currency as a national priority
>>22369124 @DanScavino - REMEMBER THIS????
>>22369134 How a Woke Newsom Appointee Dismantled California's Volunteer Firefighting Force
>>22369153 Under Biden, Home Prices Rose 38.3% While US Population Rose 3.3%
>>22369156, >>22369175 Tyson plants have been dangerous places lately.
>>22369200 The Shills are especially panicked today. It's going to be a good day.
>>22369214 Trump Picks NRO's Dr. Troy Meink as Next Air Force Secretary
>>22369246 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed by China
>>22369302 Russia and Iran just signed a 20-year pact
>>22369325 USS John F. Kennedy Casts Off On Its Final Voyage. Sold for one cent to scrappers after attempts at making it a museum ship failed
>>22369348, >>22369353, >>22369376 President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors due to extreme cold
>>22369366 Kristi Noem PLEDGES to expose what really happened in the assassination attempts against Trump
>>22369369 Biden Unilaterally Declares ERA is now part of The US Constitution With Two Days Left In Office
>>22369418 SCOTUS blog Publisher Tom Goldstein Diverted Millions from Law Firm To Pay Gambling Debts and Evaded Taxes for Years
>>22369451 #27353
Previously Collected
>>22368422 #27352
>>22365554 #27349, >>22366556 #27350, >>22367645 #27351
>>22362818 #27346, >>22363772 #27347, >>22364679 #27348
>>22359980 #27343, >>22360936 #27344, >>22361932 #27345
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#22372006 at 2025-01-18 04:32:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27357: 3 Days, Dan! Edition
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#27356 >>22371164
>>22371248, >>22371257, >>22371525 Institutional operators, which own around 1% of the U.S. single-family housing stock (1 in 100 homes), have significantly slowed their scatter-site homebuying since spring 2022,
>>22371275 Mark Carney announced his candidacy for Liberal Party of Canada leader at Davos
>>22371306 Florida jury on Friday found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans
>>22371353 CIA declassifies book detailing how the world will end/Adam and Eve story not new, now declassed is,fear pron? distraction?
>>22371363 Monterey County Sheriff's Office has issued Evacuation Orders: Immediate threat to life.
>>22371419 Night Owl News Archives
>>22371624, >>22371632 Baker change
>>22371636 5 people injured after dump truck crashes through wall of Target store in New Jersey
>>22371644 Sen. John Thune: Open borders has been an 'absolute disaster'
>>22371726 Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters. 119th Congress (2025-2026) SENATE COMMITTEE MEETING
>>22371809 @realDonaldTrump - I am pleased to announce that Peggy Schwinn will be our next United States Deputy Secretary of Education.
>>22371827 SpaceX STARSHIP EXPLOSION Debris Falling | Caribbean Airspace Closed!
>>22371889 Feel better, CM.
>>22371896 Today is day 1 of your chance to buy into Trump crypto Memes
>>22371959 @RudyGiuliani - BREAKING NEWS: Nancy Pelosi, AOC and Michelle Obama have received special hand printed and delivered Super Elite tickets to the outdoor inauguration to arrive at 8AM Monday, January 20, 2025 for special, deluxe seating.
>>22371971 @elonmusk - It's uncanny (Gavin/Butt-Head comparison)
>>22371979 Peggy/Penny Schwinn Dig
>>22372002 #27356
#27355 >>22370363
>>22370402, >>22370470 Papi: IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD!!!/ U mad Hoe?
>>22370461, >>22370947, >>22370991, >>22370997, >>22371006, >>22371020 planefag reports
>>22371028, >>22371041, >>22371057, >>22371064 Moar Planefags (AF1)
>>22370499 Bill Gates met w/ Trump
>>22370515 Florida school district that banned student cell phone use reporting Better Grades
>>22370587 Mel Gibson Says He Was 'Just as Surprised' As Everyone By Trump's Naming Him
>>22370590 @MBC: Elon should not have to answer this. Department of State should say Fuck Off
>>22370596 MSN: Georgia appeals court sides with Trump dismissal of 6 state charges
>>22370602 Donald J. Trump - Inmate Number from Georgia is a DoD Network
>>22370606 MSN: Navy fires commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group Norfolk
>>22370630 MSN: Trump Selects Agent Who Shielded Him From Bullets To Lead Secret Service
>>22370544, >>22370649 Anon Analysis
>>22370693 Pete Hegseth - THE GREATEST NOMINEE COMEBACK IN MODERN HISTORY
>>22370699 See Something Say something
>>22370723 What will people remember about Joe Biden? ((a lot of bad words, kek)
>>22370731 U.S. Treasury Sanctions Yemen Kuwait Bank for Financing Houthi Attacks
>>22370742 CFP: DJT and frens
>>22370755 KID ROCK PROMISES A 'SPECIAL SHOW' FOR TRUMP INAUGURATION
>>22370592, >>22370773 CA Deputy Prime Minister: fight President Trump precisely and painfully
>>22370824, >>22370918 Potato: Grow and Bloom for decades (Matthew 7:15-20)
>>22370989, >>22371003, >>22371090, >>22371089 BRICS
>>22371023 Israel's Cabinet approves Gaza cease-fire agreement
>>22371144 (you) are more important than you know
>>22370598, >>22370632, >>22370714, >>22370809, >>22370887, >>22370982 Memes
>>22371154 #27355
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011, >>22370295 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370273 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
>>22370353 #27354
#27353 >>22368437
>>22368466 Only 3 DAYS Countdown To Inaugural Celebrations
>>22368492, >>22368509 EU Commission is proceeding against Elon Musk's Platform X and is demanding access to internal documents on algorithms
>>22368494 Polar vortex to blast millions across US with life-threatening cold next week
>>22368500, >>22368603 @DanScavino UNBELIEVABLE! 4 DAYS - IT'S THE……
>>22368559 Evacuations underway in California from Massive Lithium Battery Plant Fire Eruption
>>22368577, >>22368609, >>22369032, >>22369185 Plane Faggotry
>>22368589, >>22368606 LIVE: Kristi Noem confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
>>22368611 Ahoy The Ship Show - 01/17/2025
>>22368670 Trump taps Hollywood legends to be special ambassadors
>>22368670 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22368706 Palm Bay council votes to support moving NASA HQ to Brevard County
>>22368782, >>22368830, >>22368831, >>22368970, >>22369163 Rendered Pictures In Space
>>22368794 Kathy Hochul's State of the State address. Some sort of DEM America has Fallen Tribal Dance Insanity
>>22368914, >>22369085 TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
>>22368899 WATCH LIVE: Awaiting jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22368933, >>22369028 Kristi Noem: "There will not be a board such as that under my leadership" (disinformation board)
>>22368949 Biden 'has no clue what he is even saying,' says Trump adviser Steven Miller
>>22368977 The DHS knew the Capitol was going to be stormed on Jan 6 in advance on December 28, 2020!
>>22369009 Smaller than a Strawberry Seed sized space chip
>>22369038 Bombshell report details how Schumer pushed Biden out
>>22369073 Trump plans to designate crypto currency as a national priority
>>22369124 @DanScavino - REMEMBER THIS????
>>22369134 How a Woke Newsom Appointee Dismantled California's Volunteer Firefighting Force
>>22369153 Under Biden, Home Prices Rose 38.3% While US Population Rose 3.3%
>>22369156, >>22369175 Tyson plants have been dangerous places lately.
>>22369200 The Shills are especially panicked today. It's going to be a good day.
>>22369214 Trump Picks NRO's Dr. Troy Meink as Next Air Force Secretary
>>22369246 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed by China
>>22369302 Russia and Iran just signed a 20-year pact
>>22369325 USS John F. Kennedy Casts Off On Its Final Voyage. Sold for one cent to scrappers after attempts at making it a museum ship failed
>>22369348, >>22369353, >>22369376 President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors due to extreme cold
>>22369366 Kristi Noem PLEDGES to expose what really happened in the assassination attempts against Trump
>>22369369 Biden Unilaterally Declares ERA is now part of The US Constitution With Two Days Left In Office
>>22369418 SCOTUS blog Publisher Tom Goldstein Diverted Millions from Law Firm To Pay Gambling Debts and Evaded Taxes for Years
>>22369451 #27353
Previously Collected
>>22368422 #27352
>>22365554 #27349, >>22366556 #27350, >>22367645 #27351
>>22362818 #27346, >>22363772 #27347, >>22364679 #27348
>>22359980 #27343, >>22360936 #27344, >>22361932 #27345
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Q Research Notables Archive Board >>>/qnotables/
Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22371160 at 2025-01-18 00:45:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27356: Elon is a $tud Edition
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011, >>22370295 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370273 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
>>22370353 #27354
#27353 >>22368437
>>22368466 Only 3 DAYS Countdown To Inaugural Celebrations
>>22368492, >>22368509 EU Commission is proceeding against Elon Musk's Platform X and is demanding access to internal documents on algorithms
>>22368494 Polar vortex to blast millions across US with life-threatening cold next week
>>22368500, >>22368603 @DanScavino UNBELIEVABLE! 4 DAYS - IT'S THE……
>>22368559 Evacuations underway in California from Massive Lithium Battery Plant Fire Eruption
>>22368577, >>22368609, >>22369032, >>22369185 Plane Faggotry
>>22368589, >>22368606 LIVE: Kristi Noem confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
>>22368611 Ahoy The Ship Show - 01/17/2025
>>22368670 Trump taps Hollywood legends to be special ambassadors
>>22368670 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22368706 Palm Bay council votes to support moving NASA HQ to Brevard County
>>22368782, >>22368830, >>22368831, >>22368970, >>22369163 Rendered Pictures In Space
>>22368794 Kathy Hochul's State of the State address. Some sort of DEM America has Fallen Tribal Dance Insanity
>>22368914, >>22369085 TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
>>22368899 WATCH LIVE: Awaiting jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22368933, >>22369028 Kristi Noem: "There will not be a board such as that under my leadership" (disinformation board)
>>22368949 Biden 'has no clue what he is even saying,' says Trump adviser Steven Miller
>>22368977 The DHS knew the Capitol was going to be stormed on Jan 6 in advance on December 28, 2020!
>>22369009 Smaller than a Strawberry Seed sized space chip
>>22369038 Bombshell report details how Schumer pushed Biden out
>>22369073 Trump plans to designate crypto currency as a national priority
>>22369124 @DanScavino - REMEMBER THIS????
>>22369134 How a Woke Newsom Appointee Dismantled California's Volunteer Firefighting Force
>>22369153 Under Biden, Home Prices Rose 38.3% While US Population Rose 3.3%
>>22369156, >>22369175 Tyson plants have been dangerous places lately.
>>22369200 The Shills are especially panicked today. It's going to be a good day.
>>22369214 Trump Picks NRO's Dr. Troy Meink as Next Air Force Secretary
>>22369246 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed by China
>>22369302 Russia and Iran just signed a 20-year pact
>>22369325 USS John F. Kennedy Casts Off On Its Final Voyage. Sold for one cent to scrappers after attempts at making it a museum ship failed
>>22369348, >>22369353, >>22369376 President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors due to extreme cold
>>22369366 Kristi Noem PLEDGES to expose what really happened in the assassination attempts against Trump
>>22369369 Biden Unilaterally Declares ERA is now part of The US Constitution With Two Days Left In Office
>>22369418 SCOTUS blog Publisher Tom Goldstein Diverted Millions from Law Firm To Pay Gambling Debts and Evaded Taxes for Years
>>22369451 #27353
Previously Collected
>>22368422 #27352
>>22365554 #27349, >>22366556 #27350, >>22367645 #27351
>>22362818 #27346, >>22363772 #27347, >>22364679 #27348
>>22359980 #27343, >>22360936 #27344, >>22361932 #27345
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Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22370355 at 2025-01-17 20:50:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27355: As we prepare to land, please fasten your seatbelt Edition
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>>22228099 Scotland #12
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011, >>22370295 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370273 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
>>22370353 #27354
#27353 >>22368437
>>22368466 Only 3 DAYS Countdown To Inaugural Celebrations
>>22368492, >>22368509 EU Commission is proceeding against Elon Musk's Platform X and is demanding access to internal documents on algorithms
>>22368494 Polar vortex to blast millions across US with life-threatening cold next week
>>22368500, >>22368603 @DanScavino UNBELIEVABLE! 4 DAYS - IT'S THE……
>>22368559 Evacuations underway in California from Massive Lithium Battery Plant Fire Eruption
>>22368577, >>22368609, >>22369032, >>22369185 Plane Faggotry
>>22368589, >>22368606 LIVE: Kristi Noem confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
>>22368611 Ahoy The Ship Show - 01/17/2025
>>22368670 Trump taps Hollywood legends to be special ambassadors
>>22368670 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
>>22368706 Palm Bay council votes to support moving NASA HQ to Brevard County
>>22368782, >>22368830, >>22368831, >>22368970, >>22369163 Rendered Pictures In Space
>>22368794 Kathy Hochul's State of the State address. Some sort of DEM America has Fallen Tribal Dance Insanity
>>22368914, >>22369085 TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
>>22368899 WATCH LIVE: Awaiting jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22368933, >>22369028 Kristi Noem: "There will not be a board such as that under my leadership" (disinformation board)
>>22368949 Biden 'has no clue what he is even saying,' says Trump adviser Steven Miller
>>22368977 The DHS knew the Capitol was going to be stormed on Jan 6 in advance on December 28, 2020!
>>22369009 Smaller than a Strawberry Seed sized space chip
>>22369038 Bombshell report details how Schumer pushed Biden out
>>22369073 Trump plans to designate crypto currency as a national priority
>>22369124 @DanScavino - REMEMBER THIS????
>>22369134 How a Woke Newsom Appointee Dismantled California's Volunteer Firefighting Force
>>22369153 Under Biden, Home Prices Rose 38.3% While US Population Rose 3.3%
>>22369156, >>22369175 Tyson plants have been dangerous places lately.
>>22369200 The Shills are especially panicked today. It's going to be a good day.
>>22369214 Trump Picks NRO's Dr. Troy Meink as Next Air Force Secretary
>>22369246 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's computer was hacked and unclassified files were accessed by China
>>22369302 Russia and Iran just signed a 20-year pact
>>22369325 USS John F. Kennedy Casts Off On Its Final Voyage. Sold for one cent to scrappers after attempts at making it a museum ship failed
>>22369348, >>22369353, >>22369376 President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony will be moved indoors due to extreme cold
>>22369366 Kristi Noem PLEDGES to expose what really happened in the assassination attempts against Trump
>>22369369 Biden Unilaterally Declares ERA is now part of The US Constitution With Two Days Left In Office
>>22369418 SCOTUS blog Publisher Tom Goldstein Diverted Millions from Law Firm To Pay Gambling Debts and Evaded Taxes for Years
>>22369451 #27353
#27352 >>22367663
>>22367788, >>22367796 Baker change
>>22367698, >>22367830 Washington D.C. on High Alert as 5,000 Troops Deployed for Inauguration
>>22367874 VIDEO: Former PM Stephen Harper weighs in on looming Canada-US trade war
>>22367944 The Dr. Steven Greer Podcast - Episode 1
>>22367945 Americans Get First Taste of Chinese Censorship After Fleeing TikTok for RedNote | BREITBART
>>22367947 Open AI, Suchir Balaji DIG links
>>22367964 CA Fires at Moss Landing Power Plant, Evacuation Update Bun
>>22367966 Two men jailed in Netherlands over White Lives Matter & other 'racist' slogans | RT
>>22367973 Dick Durbin, demands U.S. agencies dig up "Kompromat" on Kash Patel | GP
>>22367988 Romanian government announces massive fines those who urge people to vote or not vote, including social media companies
>>22367999 Polish intel officials say Prince William is son of Jacob Rothschild, warn King Charles about to be replaced
>>22368131 Mel Gibson on the LA Fires: "It was monumental mismanagement by our elected officials…"
>>22368133 Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has been criminally indicted following an FBI corruption investigation
>>22368146 @elonmusk X @ 2:05am - (Quote from John Ratcliffe yesterday)
>>22368159 Update on CNN and Jake Tapper Florida defamation case
>>22368163 Denmark's PM on US Purchasing Greenland: "it is up to Greenland"
>>22368188 @C__Herridge: Ratcliffe notes, if confirmed, will take a fresh look at Havana Syndrome (AHI) evidence.
>>22368190 Biden DOJ Gives 'Disgraceful' Plea Deal to Vicious MS-13 Leader Who Admitted to Involvement in 7 Murders | GP
>>22368192 Mel Gibson reacts to being appointed as a Special Ambassador to Hollywood
>>22368206 Orange County, CA, election worker on camera counting the same large stack of ballots three times
>>22368243 CA Rep. Scott Peters sold up to $500,000 of Dept. of Water Resources December, then votes to pass Water Resources Development Act
>>22368245 @disclosetv: EU Commission allows Thierry Breton to take up a new job at Bank of America despite lobbying rule
>>22368249 During hearing, Scott Bessent was asked how the US would handle defaulting on its debt
>>22368269 @foxnewspolotics: Biden admin plows ahead with 11th hour plan to effectively ban cigarettes
>>22368294 Ivanka Trump looks back on family moments ahead of Inaguration Day
>>22368297 Biden Admin Won't Enforce Sunday TikTok Ban | NEWSMAX
>>22368314 China Denies Unlawfully Collecting Data | NEWSMAX
>>22368364 Adam Schiff caught falling asleep at Pam Bondi hearing
>>22368380 Biden sits on pillow to boost himself up during Oval Office farewell address
>>22368388 Yesterday, this sunspot didn't exist. Now it is the size of two planet Earths
>>22368392 145 House Dems vote against bill to deport migrants who commit sexual assault on Thursday | FOX
>>22368418 What are the odds former US attorney for 8 years under Kamala is first to report Palasades Fire?
>>22368422 #27352
Previously Collected
>>22365554 #27349, >>22366556 #27350, >>22367645 #27351
>>22362818 #27346, >>22363772 #27347, >>22364679 #27348
>>22359980 #27343, >>22360936 #27344, >>22361932 #27345
>>22357325 #27340, >>22358233 #27341, >>22359180 #27342
Aggregators: https://qresear.ch | https://qnotables.com | https://qproofs.com
Q Research Notables Archive Board >>>/qnotables/
Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22370353 at 2025-01-17 20:49:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
Seeking Handoff At Top
Baker Needed NB
FINALS
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011, >>22370295 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370273 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
#22370261 at 2025-01-17 20:28:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
Last Call
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622, >>22370187, >>22370218 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731, >>22369477, >>22370243 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
>>22370179 Dan Bongino - Great decision to move the swearing in ceremony indoors.
>>22370188 READY TO TAKE BACK THAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL WHITE HOUSE!!!??????
>>22370248, >>22370253 Germany's 'Dexit' party is becoming a serious threat to the European project
#22370177 at 2025-01-17 20:08:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
somewhere around 575
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
>>22370138, >>22370149 Fed withdraws from climate change global body (NGFS)
>>22370145 IRS commissioner to quit as Trump takes office, WSJ reports
>>22370146 FBI agent who said NOLA was not a terrorist attack has been reassigned
>>22370150, >>22370153 What Donald Trump's Allies are Saying About Aliens
#22370106 at 2025-01-17 19:45:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724, >>22369987, >>22370073 Ongoing Drone Strikes ww
>>22369731 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839, >>22370011 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
>>22369936 PF Gitmo express on route
>>22369973 Thomas Massie Introduces Legislation to Audit the Federal Reserve
>>22369977 UK Andrew Bridgen Former MP Exposes Horror: Children Trafficked
>>22369993 Is the TikTok Ban about China — Or Is It Really About Gaza?
>>22370014 WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776!!!??????
>>22370061 Alabama pizza restaurant's boxes depict Trump, JD Vance, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Jesus
#22369888 at 2025-01-17 18:59:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
General Atomics Pitches Drone Launch System for US and Allied Warships
17 Jan 2025
General Atomics unveiled concepts for the installation of a new drone launch system on a variety of vessels, including the Royal Navy's Daring-class (Type 45) destroyer and U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Sea Base.
The company claims the "Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft" is part of a broader effort to support the launching of drones in constrained environments both on land and at sea.
"As you know, with the proliferation of RPAS [Remotely Piloted Aircraft System] worldwide, whether on land or sea, we've been asked to look at the launch of RPAS in very small footprint from Navy vessels.
It's been looked at primarily Europe right now. Possibly over in the Indo-Pacific area too," Gary Hopper, Vice President of Strategic Development at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems told Naval News.
The company stressed that the concepts shown on the show floor of the annual Surface Navy Association symposium were "entirely different" from the company's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System seen on the Ford-class aircraft carriers and the future French Navy PANG.
According to Hopper, the concept prioritizes the launching of unmanned systems compared to the fighter and support aircraft launched from carriers.
Compared to EMALS, the drone launcher requires a minimal footprint on a vessel. Company graphics claim that the launcher only needs a 4 foot by 2 foot installation area.
"It doesn't have the same redundancy, same requirements you have for manned flight. So it's a lot simpler system that (can be) put on, possibly some the British carriers or other vessels," said Hopper.
Installation proposals on the Royal Navy's queen Elizabeth-class and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Izumo-class carriers were also displayed.
In addition, a rendering for a ground-based system in support of expeditionary missions was highlighted.
Electromagnetic Systems also confirmed that Aeronautical Systems, a sister company, is examining this concept for the deployment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft from land-based airfields.
Hopper noted that further designs were being examined by the company for other countries within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and characterized the broader effort as an initiative by the alliance to get unmanned aerial systems onto vessels beyond aircraft carriers.
"There are other we're looking at some other examples, other NATO countries. I'd say it's more of a NATO initiative to look at putting it on aircraft.
So we use that particular vessel, but there are other vessels out there, again, similar, similar size. In fact, we're talking about takeoff distance of 22 meters, not very long at all," said Hopper.
General Atomics performed tests of its drones of HMS Prince of Wales (R09) and ROKS Dokdo (LPH-6111) in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
The company told Naval News that it is working on a "very unique recovery plan" given the lack of space on surface combatants and support vessels to receive the drones.
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2025/2025/01/general-atomics-pitches-drone-launch-system-for-us-and-allied-warships/
#22369884 at 2025-01-17 18:58:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708, >>22369854 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724 Ongoing Drone Strikes in Iraq
>>22369731 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762, >>22369818 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
>>22369809, >>22369812, >>22369828, >>22369839 Israeli Cease Fire Latests
>>22369815 WATCH LIVE: RSBN Pre-Inauguration Coverage: Day Two from DC
>>22369857 BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for Ohio governor.
>>22369861 JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, DeWine announces
#22369795 at 2025-01-17 18:36:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
>>22369644, >>22369689 Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
>>22369656, >>22369708 Bummers Celebrate amid Divorce rumors on Michelle Obama b-day
>>22369719, >>22369722 Biden to issue over 100 more blanket pardons this weekend
>>22369694, >>22369724 Ongoing Drone Strikes in Iraq
>>22369731 Capital One gives update on deposit issues as customers demand answers
>>22369747, >>22369762 Biden - "The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) "has become part of our Constitution."
>>22369766 NOTHING CAN STOP WHAT'S COMING!!!??????
>>22369772 China's invention turns small drone into stadium-sized UFO on radar to fool enemies
>>22369792 'Unbreakable Bond': Britain and Ukraine to Sign 100-Year Alliance
#22369658 at 2025-01-17 18:06:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27354 >>22369462
>>22369476, >>22369485, >>22369620, >>22369622 Countdown 3 DAYS!!!??????
>>22369477 TRUMP TRUTH - January 20th cannot come fast enough!
>>22369479 John Ratcliffe Brings Up Adam Schiff's Hunter Biden Laptop During Confirmation Hearing
>>22369516 CNN guilty - Jury's decision in CNN defamation trial
>>22369522 Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
>>22369524 MAGA begins ... Steak and Shake to use 100% beef tallow
>>22369559 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas - January 17
>>22369619, >>22369626 Trump Inauguration Ceremony Now Moving Inside the Capitol Rotunda
>>22369627 Swamp Habbenings
>>22369632 First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan
>>22369633 Satellite imaging company Planet hires former Space Force chief
#22369632 at 2025-01-17 18:00:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27354: HABBY 17th With +++ Added 3 DAYS = eQuals 47 Edition
?First Lady Melania Trump met with queen Rania of Jordan for a meeting and lunch yesterday at Mar-a-Lago.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1880263758494441484
#22365840 at 2025-01-16 23:03:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27350: FAREWELL TO FAILURE Edition
>>22365743
Q=queen, it's symbolic and not a single person.
#22363077 at 2025-01-16 08:39:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27347: 4 Days and Counting Edition
April Wine - Sign Of The Gypsy queen
#22359145 at 2025-01-15 17:31:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27342: Start Your Dayshift Off Right Edition
>>22359060
>>22359043
if greenland chooses the U.S., they ARE choosing denmark
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2017/01/24/donald_trump_is_related_to_most_icelanders_and_dani/
Donald Trump is related to most Icelanders and Danish and Norwegian Royalty
President Donald J. Trump is the direct descendant of Hakon V King of Norway according to Icelandic genealogist Oddur F. Helgason. Mr. Trump is also related to queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Icelandic President Gu?ni Th. Johannesson of Iceland, and in fact almost all Icelanders.
#22358379 at 2025-01-15 14:58:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27342: Start Your Dayshift Off Right Edition
>>22358354
>Grassley is old as fuck
Fun Fact:
Dairy queen was founded in 1940.
He was 7 years old at the time.
#22358211 at 2025-01-15 14:01:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27341: 5 More Days and America is Back! Edition
The Swamp Today
Timelines Change.
Wednesday January 15, 2025
TODAY - TRUMP APPOINTEE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS CONTINUE
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: THE NOMINATION OF THE HONORABLE PAMELA JO BONDI TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: THE HONORABLE MARCO A. RUBIO, TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: MR. SEAN DUFFY, TO BE SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: THE HONORABLE JOHN L. RATCLIFFE, TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: MR. CHRIS WRIGHT, TO BE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: SCOTT BESSENT, TO BE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
TODAY - CONFIRMATION HEARING: RUSSELL VOUGHT, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
TODAY - PRESIDENT BIDEN FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE NATION
The House Stands Adjourned Until January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST
The Senate Stands Adjourned Until January 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST
Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Deputy Secretary Kurt M. Campbell attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Acting Under Secretary for Political Affairs John R. Bass attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
- - -
Daily Weather Map
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/
National Forecast Charts
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?Day=1
NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396
NOAA Observed Water Levels - Station 8594900 Washington DC
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900&units=standard
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stationhome.html?id=8594900&units=standard#obs
…No Severe Thunderstorm Areas Forecast… - Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
FAA Daily Air Traffic Report
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-daily-air-traffic-report
FAA National Airspace System Status
https://nasstatus.faa.gov/
A.F. Branco Cartoon - A Head Scratcher
https://comicallyincorrect.com/a-f-branco-cartoon-a-head-scratcher/
Al Goodwyn @Al_Goodwyn - Flare-Ups
https://x.com/Al_Goodwyn/status/1879168134713602191
Amity @amitylee13 - Does Pam Bondi still believe in taking people's firearms without due process? I hope someone will ask her about that today. This is problematic.
https://x.com/amitylee13/status/1879503263839736208
Autopilot @JoinAutopilot_ - Just in: The queen of Wall Street finishes 2024 up 54%
She beat out Hedge funds, other insiders, and even Inverse Cramer
So, what was the secret?
Here's how she did it + her portfolio heading into 2025
https://x.com/JoinAutopilot_/status/1879227298450407924
The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee - The Babylon Bee's Top 10 'Identifies As' Jokes
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1878985449194074251
Ben Garrison Cartoons @grrrgraphics - Your Tuesday Morning Montana moment-
Flowers and Mountains on a summer day…
Your cartoon HQ at grrrgraphics.com
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1879347801458401655
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Text file is here:
https://fullchan.net/?7c7418c967573291#EACTMcAbjhKTFrDaC1U7AyMiYEz3pnTeSjJmQgv4ekbn
#22357028 at 2025-01-15 04:08:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27340: Diet Coke Edition
>>22357015
You said that yesterday you absolute drama faggot queen nigger.
Quit or get off the pot, stop feeling sorry for yourself.
#22354539 at 2025-01-14 20:26:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27337: Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Edition
When JD Vance, his wife Usha and their three young children move into the Naval Observatory residence on Jan. 20, it will be their first time inside the white queen Anne-style mansion that has been home to vice presidents since the 1970s.
Vice President Kamala Harris has not extended an invitation for a formal sit-down or tour.
In November, Usha Vance, via intermediaries, reached out to staff for the home's current occupants, Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, seeking details including what they would need to childproof it. Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel Vance are all under the age of eight.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/harris-declines-to-invite-vance-for-courtesy-visit-to-vp-s-residence/ar-BB1roXdR
#22354438 at 2025-01-14 19:57:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27337: Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Edition
Germany Authorizes Military to Shoot Down Mysterious Drones
January 14, 2025
Germany is giving its armed forces the ability to shoot down unidentified drones suspected of spying on military bases, industrial facilities and other critical infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet is expected to pass a draft amendment to the Aviation Security Act on Wednesday.
That will enable the military to use force against unmanned aerial vehicles in order to prevent a serious accident or attack, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as the plan is not yet public.
Authorities previously relied on jamming transmitters to disable drones, but certain recent models appeared to be resistant to the technology.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, both senior members of Scholz's center-left Social Democrats, agreed on the measures after drones were spotted in restricted airspace near energy, telecommunications, transport and industrial factories across the country in recent weeks, the people said.
According to the people, the drones are likely being deployed by a state actor for purposes of sabotage and potentially terrorism.
The draft amendment will not name any specific foreign country, they added, although authorities suspect that Russia and China are the prime culprits.
When asked about the matter Tuesday at a regular press briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said he was unfamiliar with the specifics.
He added that his country "firmly opposes relevant sides making groundless speculations or smears against China without any factual basis."
The Russian embassy in Germany didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Under the amendment, local authorities will be able to ask the military to intervene and take action if such a step is deemed necessary, the people said.
This would expand the current law, which stipulates that the armed forces can only open fire on foreign military aircraft under restricted circumstances.
A growing number of suspicious drones have been sighted near army barracks in recent weeks, including the US airbase in Ramstein. Several drones were seen flying over its runway at speeds of over 200 kilometers per hour.
German authorities assume that these were military drones not available on the consumer market, the people said.
They added that the reason why Russia is believed to be responsible for the suspected espionage is because the drones have focused on German bases where Ukrainian soldiers receive military training.
The incidents do not represent Germany's first encounter with unidentified drones. Last November, authorities flagged a suspicious drone near the British aircraft carrier queen Elizabeth in the port of Hamburg.
The aerial vehicle came so close to the ship that the German military took steps to deploy a jamming transmitter called "Effektor" HP-47 to use on the drone - which quickly buzzed off.
A significant number of suspicious drones have also been spotted around critical infrastructure in European countries including Sweden, the UK and the Baltic states in previous months.
There has not been any clear explanation for these incidents, a person familiar with the matter said, asking to speak on the condition of anonymity. However, the person said, the activity eventually calmed down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/germany-authorizes-military-to-shoot-down-mysterious-drones/ar-BB1rnIqR
#22353946 at 2025-01-14 18:36:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27337: Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Edition
>>22353930
bedazzled anklet
and drag queen boots
#22349407 at 2025-01-14 00:43:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27332: Thank You President Trump Again, Again Edition
>>22349384
>EU worried: Trump plans talks with Putin on Ukraine without involving Europe
>European leaders are concerned about Trump's proposal to hold talks with Moscow and Kiev on Ukraine without the EU. The EU played a central role in supporting Ukraine, and now a rude awakening is looming for Brussels, as the influence on future negotiations is at risk.
Yes. The Deep State is banned from the meeting. The EU is the mess of DS back stabbing weak faggots. That's why your queen wasn't invited 1/20.
+ She smells like 2 week old dead smelt.
#22347807 at 2025-01-13 19:14:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27330: Monday Moab Day 7 Be Like Feelz Guud Man Be Best Edition
>>22347664
That's dr jill here and no queen
#22347664 at 2025-01-13 18:47:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27330: Monday Moab Day 7 Be Like Feelz Guud Man Be Best Edition
>>22347594
Have we heard the last of the wicked queen Dr. Jill?
#22343401 at 2025-01-13 01:00:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27326: 8 More Kun Days Away Edition
Though the home Kamala shares with husband Emhoff is in the Brentwood, CA, evacuation area, she apparently has 2 other homes on her name only, and currently resides courtesy of taxpayers at the VP residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Vice President's Residence, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.
D. Myles Cullen
The Vice President's residence at Number One Observatory Circle.
Historically, VPs lived in their own homes, but as it became increasingly difficult and expensive to secure private houses, there came a need to establish an official residence for the vice president. In 1974, the house at Number One Observatory Circle was authorized by Congress to be refurbished and transformed into the official home-three years later, Walter Mondale became the first veep to move in.
The house is located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory, one of America's oldest scientific agencies, and was originally built in the late 19th century for the USNO's superintendent (in 1923, the chief of naval operations took the home for himself because he liked it so much). Designed in the queen Anne style (characterized by asymmetrical floor plans, round turret rooms, and extensive wraparound verandas), the three-story home is sprawled out over 9,150 square feet on 12 acres of land. There is plenty of space for entertaining dignitaries-during his 8 years as VP, George H.W. Bush hosted 900 parties at the residence-but unlike the White House, Number One Observatory Circle isn't open for public tours.
All former vice presidents have put their own personal touch to the property and Harris will likely do the same. Bush installed a horseshoe pit and jogging track on the grounds, Dan Quayle added a swimming pool, and the Pences put in a beehive. But perhaps the most significant addition came from Dick Cheney, who is widely believed to have built an underground bunker after 9/11.
Los Angeles, California
Kamala Harris and husband Douglas Emhoff's home is in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In 2012 Harris's lawyer husband Emhoff bought this 3,500-square-foot house in the posh Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and LeBron James own multimillion-dollar mansions. Two years later, he married Harris and soon aftertransferred the home to a joint trust bearing both their initials. The property has four bedrooms and a pool, and is located ten minutes from the Getty Center. It had to be evacuated last fall due to the Getty Fire, which burned 745 acres in the area, but Harris's home didn't suffer any damages. According to Zillow, the house is nowworth $5 million.
Washington D.C.
The Westlight Condominium in Washington D.C. [https://www.westlightcondo.com/#residences]
In2017, the year she was elected to the Senate,Harris paid $1.775 million for a two-bedroom, 1,700-square-foot apartment in the nation's capital [likely worth much more now]. The 71-unit LEED-certified Westlight complex has a prime location in Washington's West End, with Georgetown on one side, Dupont Circle on the other, and the White House just a mile away. It's also amenity-rich, with a rooftop pool, fitness center, housekeeping, and a 24-hour concierge.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco
In 2004, when she became San Francisco's first Black attorney general, Harris bought a condo in town for$489,000. Its value has nearly doubled since then, according to a Zillow estimate. The 1,000-square-foot loft is located in the city's SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood, home to SF MoMA and the headquarters of several tech companies, including Uber, Airbnb, and Salesforce.
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a33825054/kamala-harris-homes-real-estate-photos/
#22342945 at 2025-01-12 23:50:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27325: GO FOR IT, MR. PRESIDENT Edition
>>22342872
Las sergas de Esplandi?n. The novel, popular at the time of the Spanish exploration of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula, describes a fictional island named California, ruled by queen Calafia, east of the Indies.
#22338541 at 2025-01-12 03:25:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27320: Waterfighter Edition
>>22338049
>>22338498
Netherlands' queen Beatrix with a gold and diamond encrusted pizza brooch posing with Marina Abramovic and Willem Dafoe after they performed the play "The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic" at the Royal Theatre Carre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in June 2012.
>>22338075
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/hnlm1m/netherlands_queen_beatrix_with_a_gold_and_diamond/?rdt=49018
#22338124 at 2025-01-12 02:12:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27320: Waterfighter Edition
>>22338083
>>22338075
>>22338049
Was this it?
Truth Warriors - Mothers of Darkness Castle! Most Evil Place On Earth!
Excellent documentary film about one of the most closely guarded secrets of the iLLUMiNATi called "Chateau Amerois" or "The Mothers of Darkness Castle". This castle is located deep in the forests of Belgium and it's shrouded in mystery. "The Mothers of Darkness" are high level iLLUMiNATi witches who are trained at the castle using MK ULTRA techniques. The castle is also home to the iLLUMiNATi's darkest rituals which are performed in an ornate room with a domed ceiling with 1.000 lights in it. Remember when President HW Bush kept talking about "1.000 points of light" and nobody knew what it meant? Now you'll find out why Bush used that phrase all the time!
People disappear around this castle constantly. They are kidnapped and used in rituals like in the movie, "Eyes Wide Shut". The BBC and National Geographic were denied access to film anywhere on the property. The place is surrounded by guards, electric fences, cameras, trip wires and much more! The current owners are the Solvay family who are one of the richest families in Belgium. They make pharmaceutical drugs like Prozac an produce fluoride to put in our water! This is one fo the most evil places on Earth. The video talks about some guy that sent his girlfriend in to knock on the door because the gate was open and she was never seen again! They denied she had ever been there.
"Between age 16 and 19 the deep Satanic alters are working on "pathworking." This pathworking will be completed before they are 19. The ceremony at 19 will include the 1,000 points of light ceremony at the super secret Mother of Darkness castle of Chateau des Amerois (Castle of Kings) close to the Belgium French border in EUrope and about 20 kilometers as the crow flies west from Luxemburg. This will be a sealing ceremony with the Mothers dressed in black. Guards and heavy forest protect the large castle from view. The people in the nearby spooky village of Muno, Belgium, basically belong to the castle. The castle has a cathedral inside with a dome with 1,000 lights. The words 1.000 lights is an iLLUMiNATi buzz word. When the president used it to describe the White House's Christmas tree, hierarchy people knew what he was signalling. The cathedral has a great hall with columns on either side, and the queen Mother's throne will be set up there (...)"
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/truth-warriors-mothers-of-darkness-castle-most-evil-place-on-earth/
#22337057 at 2025-01-11 23:37:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27319: Gavin Nero Edition
>>22337042
It's biblical, like when the queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon.
#22335771 at 2025-01-11 19:34:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27318: Gratitude Edition
>>22335762
Canada is registered at the US Securities Exchange Commission as a "foreign division" (of USA Inc).
https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-ed…
Go here to search your corporate country:
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar… (Your country may be named slightly different with its' corporate name than its actual name, see partial list below.)
The CORPORATION of Canada owns you…and pays the City State of London, which pays the city state of the Vatican….
If you have ever wondered why our CORPORATE government is so fucked up, its because it is a CORPORATION acting under the guise of the peoples government. How many govern ment "officials" where elected into office? .0001% ?
Check out this Canadian documentary on the dynamics of corporations for a clearer picture (why governments act like sociopaths and psychopaths) THE CORPORATION
note these republics and/or provinces, territories, listed as corporations: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, FINLAND REPUBLIC OF, GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE, GOVERNMENT O
F JAMICA, HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE queen IN RIGHT OF NEW ZEALAND, HUNGARY, JAMAICA GOVERNMENT OF, ONTARIO PROVINCE OF, PANAMA REPUBLIC OF, PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK, PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA, QUEBEC, ION OF LOMBARDY, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCE OF, SWEDEN KINGDOM OF, UNITED MEXICAN STATES, URUGUAY REPUBLIC OF
also see:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [ I believe this corporation is registered in London City State of London ~ "crown corporation" of London")]
Italy
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
AUSTRALIA, queenSLAND
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
JAPAN
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
KOREA
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
GREECE
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
BRAZIL
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
CHILE
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
MEXICO
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
COLUMBIA
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
VENEZUELA
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
PERU
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
ISRAEL
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
EGYPT
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
CANADA
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edg…
#22332632 at 2025-01-11 03:01:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27314: Ten Days Edition
Girl Fireman Rushes Into Burning Building To Tell Victim He's Too Heavy But The Real Firemen Will Be Here In 15 Minutes
LOS ANGELES, CA - Girl firefighter Melissa Sandros risked life and limb yesterday as she entered a burning building to tell a victim that he was too heavy for her to carry, but that the real firemen would be there in about fifteen minutes or so.
According to witnesses, Sandros was part of an early response team that arrived at a burning office building. Upon arrival, she reportedly rushed into the building in an effort to rescue a 215-lb man who had become disoriented because of the smoke.
"Don't worry! I'm here to stand next to you until someone who can help you gets here," Santos was heard shouting to the suffering man. "The real firefighters will be here soon. I can't carry you out of here. I'm a girl. Isn't that awesome?"
While the 95-lb Sandros was unable to lift the man, she nonetheless stayed behind to inform him that the real firefighters would be there soon before clearing out of the building.
"Ms. Sandros displayed courage of the highest caliber in going above and beyond her duty as a girl fireman," said Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crawley in a statement to the press. "We laud her for her outstanding commitment to public safety by presenting such a great example of being a girl fireman in a world full of boy firemen. Great job, Melissa - slay, queen!"
At publishing time, Sandros continued representing the very best girl firemen had to offer by arriving at the site of the Runyon Canyon wildfire to distribute sandwiches to the real firemen. https://babylonbee.com/news/girl-fireman-rushes-into-burning-building-to-tell-victim-hes-too-heavy-but-the-real-firemen-will-be-here-in-15-minutes
#22331821 at 2025-01-11 00:57:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27313: Auroras Shine Bright in the Night Edition
>>22331768
Fame fag drama queen describing the common sense 99% already have he's just figured out.
#22330676 at 2025-01-10 21:11:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27311: Unconditional Discharge? There's A Cure For That! Edition
>>22330672
Where's that Martin Mars, the queen of that fleet?
#22325164 at 2025-01-09 23:23:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27305: FIRE E-BAKE Edition
>>22325085, >>22325103
imitating royal guards?
https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/20220915151182/why-do-queen-royal-guards-faint/
#22322933 at 2025-01-09 17:01:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27302: ENVELOPE WATCH Edition
Despite the concept of unity that Lennon touched on with David Sheff, the song was also inspired by the communist movement. Lennon later confirmed that the similarities between his ideals set out in the song and Communism were indeed deliberate: "'Imagine', which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto,even though I'm not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement."
The misunderstood meaning of iconic John Lennon song 'Imagine'
John Lennon's 'Imagine' is arguably the most loved song of all time. The track captures Lennon crying out for a fairer world, and it epitomises the Beatle's legacy within one collective effort. As the decades go on, 'Imagine' has morphed into a tragically appropriate tonic to whatever travesty is currently tearing the world apart and, in reality, the true meaning of the track has decayed.
'Imagine' is undisputedly Lennon's most widely revered track from his post-Beatles career but, in truth, the song feels as though it no longer belongs to him due to the plethora of different ways it has been interpreted over the last half a century. The legacy of the song was most perfectly summarised by President Jimmy Carter, who noted: "In many countries around the world - my wife and I have visited about 125 countries - you hear John Lennon's song 'Imagine' used almost equally with national anthems."
The song is impossible to avoid and because it has become so deeply ingrained into the culture that the true meaning of the track has become lost. It's now become the go-to song when it comes to grief or mourning; this is down to the tangible sense of hope that rings out from 'Imagine' and an overriding feeling that everything will eventually be okay. However, that's not the initial message that Lennon intended the song to have.
How 'Imagine' took on this meaning can be traced back to a moment when queen covered the track in tribute to Lennon the day after his death during their performance at Wembley Arena. Stevie Wonder then performed the number during the closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics, in tribute to the victims of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. Later, Neil Young delivered a blistering cover of the iconic track during the '9/11 Tribute to Heroes' concert, and then in 2004, Madonna covered it during a benefit concert for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Fast forward again to 2015, following 90 music lovers lost their lives after attending an Eagles of Death Metal concert at The Bataclan in Paris, the song took on its most pertinent meaning. The day after the brutal killing, German pianist Davide Martello took a grand piano out to the street out in front of the venue to perform a tear-jerking instrumental version of 'Imagine', a moment which epitomised the sombre mood that united Paris following the attack.
Yet, in an interview with David Sheff for Playboy Magazine, shortly before his death in December 1980, Lennon shared that Dick Gregory had given him and Ono a Christian Prayer-book which had inspired him to write the track. "The concept of positive prayer...If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion - not without religion but without this my God-is-bigger-than-your-God thing - then it can be true."
The Beatle continued, "The World Church called me once and asked, "Can we use the lyrics to 'Imagine' and just change it to 'Imagine one religion'?" That showed [me] they didn't understand it at all. It would defeat the whole purpose of the song, the whole idea."
#22322798 at 2025-01-09 16:42:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27302: ENVELOPE WATCH Edition
>>22322721
>>22322688
isn't that
black queen
white king
white queen
#22322721 at 2025-01-09 16:32:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27302: ENVELOPE WATCH Edition
>>22322688
>Black King
>White King
>White queen
>Checkmate
#22322688 at 2025-01-09 16:26:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27302: ENVELOPE WATCH Edition
>>22322508
Black King
White King
White queen
Checkmate
#22321840 at 2025-01-09 13:59:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27301: Arson is a Real Possibility Edition
>>22321828
>queen Letizia of Spain
#22321818 at 2025-01-09 13:51:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27301: Arson is a Real Possibility Edition
>>22321464
queen Letizia of Spain pairs burgundy dress with fabulous fur jacket as she joins King Felipe and Princess Leonor at military ceremony
The royal, 52, stunned in a burgundy frock and stylish fur coat
READ MORE: King Felipe VI and queen Letizia of Spain don festive red ensembles for opening of new hospital
By ALICE WADE
Published: 14:21, 6 January 2025 | Updated: 14:34, 6 January 2025
#22319619 at 2025-01-09 03:17:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27299: Sudden Breakouts of Fuckery Edition
I've been watching a lot of TNG lately. Not a great show, but I got through it well, I think.
Been pondering about the Borg. I wonder whether the nanomachines just brute force take over, or whether the victims are somehow complicit. Like, the Borg queen appears and offers them thirty pieces of silver of something to join her little club. I don't know if maybe it's answered in other shows that I haven't seen.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Either way, I hope I get the series finished soon!
#22318600 at 2025-01-09 00:29:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27297: Where Is The Water? Edition
>>22318562
By coincidences of life I meet the astrologer of a very famous queen. She told me that prosecutors, politicians, and celebrities ask her advice to choose the best time to sue, for meetings, or to sign a contract.
#22316100 at 2025-01-08 17:18:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27294: New Maths Comin: Nation States Edition
>>22315881
Canadian Dairy queen Celebrates Trudeau Exit with $2 'Resignation Burger'
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/08/canadian-dairy-queen-celebrates-trudeau-exit-with-2-resignation-burger/
A Dairy queen restaurant in British Columbia began offering "Trudeau Resignation Burgers' on Monday - at the discounted price of $2 each - to celebrate leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement he would soon vacate the position. Continue...
#22315793 at 2025-01-08 16:20:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27294: New Maths Comin: Nation States Edition
Pakistani rape gangs started under queen lizard.
Prince Andrew says hey
#22312656 at 2025-01-08 02:11:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27291: Fani the Flames Edition
989,887 views Sep 1, 2024
Roald Dahl's The BFG, now restored in widescreen HD! This classic animated film, based on the bestselling book The BFG written by renowned children's writer Roald Dahl, has been digitally remastered and made available for free. Follow the adventures of Sophie as she befriends a Big Friendly Giant, a.k.a. The BFG! Animated by Cosgrove Hall.
About Roald Dahl's The BFG:
A young orphan girl, Sophie, gets taken away to a faraway land populated by Giants and Dreams. But Sophie's pal, The Big Friendly Giant, differs from others of his kind in that he doesn't eat kids! Together Sophie, the BFG, and the queen of England deal with the threat of other giants.
Snatched from Mrs Clonkers' Home for Girls on a cold and quiet night by a lumbering giant, Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when the mysterious monster takes her back to his secret land: the distant Giant Country. There, Sophie will find herself in a realm with even bigger giants than her colossal grizzled kidnapper, who, fortunately, is The Big Friendly Giant–a gentle vegetarian creature tasked with a noble mission. But, sooner or later, the land's flesh-eating inhabitants with peculiar names will catch a whiff of the tiny human visitor, and then no one can stand in their way. Now, only Her Majesty, the queen of England, can thwart the ugly giants' sinister plans. Can Sophie's one and only friend, The BFG, protect her and the rest of the world from the horrors that surround us?
The Big Friendly Giant, differs from others of his kind in that he doesn't eat kids!
Her Majesty, the queen of England, can thwart the ugly giants' sinister plans
weird
#22312600 at 2025-01-08 02:02:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312575
>Friendly Giant, differs from others of his kind in that he doesn't eat kids!
But, sooner or later, the land's flesh-eating inhabitants with peculiar names will catch a whiff of the tiny human visitor, and then no one can stand in their way. Now, only Her Majesty, the queen of England, can thwart the ugly giants' sinister plans. Can Sophie's one and only friend, The BFG, protect her and the rest of the world from the horrors that surround us?
#22312575 at 2025-01-08 01:57:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312558
989,887 views Sep 1, 2024
Roald Dahl's The BFG, now restored in widescreen HD! This classic animated film, based on the bestselling book The BFG written by renowned children's writer Roald Dahl, has been digitally remastered and made available for free. Follow the adventures of Sophie as she befriends a Big Friendly Giant, a.k.a. The BFG! Animated by Cosgrove Hall.
About Roald Dahl's The BFG:
A young orphan girl, Sophie, gets taken away to a faraway land populated by Giants and Dreams. But Sophie's pal, The Big Friendly Giant, differs from others of his kind in that he doesn't eat kids! Together Sophie, the BFG, and the queen of England deal with the threat of other giants.
Snatched from Mrs Clonkers' Home for Girls on a cold and quiet night by a lumbering giant, Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when the mysterious monster takes her back to his secret land: the distant Giant Country. There, Sophie will find herself in a realm with even bigger giants than her colossal grizzled kidnapper, who, fortunately, is The Big Friendly Giant–a gentle vegetarian creature tasked with a noble mission. But, sooner or later, the land's flesh-eating inhabitants with peculiar names will catch a whiff of the tiny human visitor, and then no one can stand in their way. Now, only Her Majesty, the queen of England, can thwart the ugly giants' sinister plans. Can Sophie's one and only friend, The BFG, protect her and the rest of the world from the horrors that surround us?
#22312573 at 2025-01-08 01:57:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312495
Jello's a drag queen.
#22312263 at 2025-01-08 01:14:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312232
take II
>>22312209
Culture and Living | Iceland Monitor | Tue 24 Jan 2017 | 19.30 GMT
Donald Trump is related to most Icelanders and Danish and Norwegian Royalty
President Donald J. Trump is the direct descendant of Hakon V King of Norway according to Icelandic genealogist Oddur F. Helgason. Mr. Trump is also related to queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Icelandic President Gu?ni Th. Johannesson of Iceland, and in fact almost all Icelanders.
Donald Trump, "Son of Norway"
Mr. Trump is a descendant of King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Trump can also trace his ancestry to the Scottish royalty. Christian I of Denmark was the father of queen Margaret of Scotland, the spouse of King James IV of Scotland. Their son, King James IV of Scotland is also Mr. Trump's forefather.
Trump's royal British ancestors have been reported on earlier, and Trump and his democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, are related through a common ancestor, John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III.
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2017/01/24/donald_trump_is_related_to_most_icelanders_and_dani/
like Jesus Christ!
God Bless Richie Rich!
#22312254 at 2025-01-08 01:13:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312046
Did you notice a bunch of fuckery going on in the Royal Family recently……. maybe…….
When he walked in front of the queen.
#22312232 at 2025-01-08 01:11:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27290: LA Fires Edition
>>22312209
Culture and Living | Iceland Monitor | Tue 24 Jan 2017 | 19.30 GMT
Donald Trump is related to most Icelanders and Danish and Norwegian Royalty
President Donald J. Trump is the direct descendant of Hakon V King of Norway according to Icelandic genealogist Oddur F. Helgason. Mr. Trump is also related to queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Icelandic President Gu?ni Th. Johannesson of Iceland, and in fact almost all Icelanders.
Donald Trump, "Son of Norway"
Helgason became interested in Trump's lineage after speculation about Donald Trump's potential kinship to Icelanders went viral on Facebook. Helgason, a former fisherman, is one of Iceland's most prominent genealogist and president of ORG-genealogist service in Reykjavik.
In his exploration of Trump's kinship to Icelanders, Helgason also traced him to Gu?ni Th. J?hannesson, current President of Iceland. "Naturally, as he is the Icelandic head of state," Helgason wrote on Facebook.
The two presidents are in fact related back through 25 generations and share a common ancestor in no other than King Hakon V of Norway, a Viking-age king who reigned from 1299 to 1319. Mr. President Trump is a descendant of Hakon's only legitimate daughter, Duchess Ingibj?rg H?konard?ttir (Ingebj?rg H?konsdatter) who by marriage became a Swedish princess and was the mother of King Magnus of Norway and Sweden. President J?hannesson is the descendant of King H?kon's illegitimate daugther Agnes.
All Icelanders a "tiny bit" related to Trump
According to Helgason, most Icelanders are in fact related to Mr. Trump through the same lineage, albeit by a tiny fraction. "The President of Iceland and the President of the United States are related through 25 generations," Helgason writes on Facebook, "while the author [Helgason himself] is related to him through 20 generations."
Most Icelanders can trace their ancestry back to Gottsk?lk "grimmi" (or Gottsk?lk the cruel), Helgason writes, "and you can look him up to see how you are related to Trump." Iceland has one of the best genealogy records in the world thanks to Landn?mab?k that documented the Viking settlement of the island, the Iceland Sagas, and fairly decent record keeping over the ages. Isolation in the North-Atlantic and relatively small population has also helped keep things simple. Icelanders can look up their ancestry in an online genealogical database maintained by deCODE Genetics, a Reykjavik biopharmaceutical company.
President Trump's royal ancestry: Denmark and Scotland
Mr. Trump is a descendant of King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Trump can also trace his ancestry to the Scottish royalty. Christian I of Denmark was the father of queen Margaret of Scotland, the spouse of King James IV of Scotland. Their son, King James IV of Scotland is also Mr. Trump's forefather.
Trump's royal British ancestors have been reported on earlier, and Trump and his democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, are related through a common ancestor, John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III.
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2017/01/24/donald_trump_is_related_to_most_icelanders_and_dani/
#22311437 at 2025-01-07 23:05:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27289: Is it Congress? or a 'nursing home'? Edition
>>22311370
Thinking of another craze in this regard
Jena the election fraud queen who put the election clerk in jail!
#22311361 at 2025-01-07 22:46:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27289: Is it Congress? or a 'nursing home'? Edition
Are we in the second Revolutionary war against England? It seems to me that we gained our independence then lost it again around 1871. Trump came along in 2017 went on a tour overseas cutting the strings with the queen and the Pope and then faced the backlash by the Crown who helped in overthrowing the US government in 2020 to keep Trump from finishing off the war. Trump then evaded all attempts to take him out and won against all odds the 2024 election. Eye of the Tiger kind of shit. Now we will finish this war once and for all and will take Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and every fucking thing we deserve after 150 plus years of being drained by the Crown. The queen is dead. The King has sausage fingers, the prince is fag and the brother is the red headed step child married to an American mongrol. The Pope is a fraud and is against the Catholic Church. Am I missing anything?
#22311340 at 2025-01-07 22:39:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27289: Is it Congress? or a 'nursing home'? Edition
>>22311245
>That's how he'll get it for free.
He got it for free when the queen was carrying his golf bags and he cancelled the meeting with Mette Frederiksen.
#22310162 at 2025-01-07 19:00:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27288: The GULF OF AMERICA!!! Edition
Sen. Ron Johnson: Biden is trying to do as much damage as possible
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., discuss President Biden's legacy and Democrats' 2025 agenda on 'The Ingraham Angle.' (I bet dem senators don't even like Schitt, the drama queen of making up hoaxs)
6:59
https://youtu.be/I6Mwz5s18os
#22307954 at 2025-01-07 09:38:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27285: 13 Days to Go Edition
>>22307940 the US-UK relationship was severed in DJT term 1. Biden glued it back together but it doesn't exist anymore.
Biden swore allegiance to the queen and UK tried to aid his campaign to keep their hold over USA. We The People broke it.
This all stems back to 1941 where the "Special Relationship" was formed .
It was a Globalist control plan. We supplied money and weapons for all of these wars together with UK to indebt all other smaller Countries. (Lend-Lease Act 1941)
This is why we will be buying Greenland and acquiring Canada.
Churchill coined the name "Special Relationship" in 1944
#22307385 at 2025-01-07 05:16:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27284: Getting Closer to Freedom Day Edition
>>22307360
>the queen
>King Charles and your kindred
Bloody Germans!
#22307360 at 2025-01-07 05:09:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27284: Getting Closer to Freedom Day Edition
>>22306999
After the queen died, all contracts were declared nulled and void. It was her policies that fostered the woke anti-white movement in Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Whales inclusive of usurping tax payer dollars to their fantasy world. She even used some type of ancient Muslim royalty bloodline BS for a narrative. She was warned, and now I give you King Charles and your kindred this ultimatum. You have a choice King Charles and your brood:
Either: Peacefully transfer all these as foresaid domains to the United States of America for the damages that you have accrued and go down in history as the final monarchy that restored white race unity and go live in peace elsewhere or be met with untimely dead lines of which none of you will return and your names be shamed through the ages in future curriculums.
Q
#22304703 at 2025-01-06 21:32:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27281: President Donald J. Trump #Certified Edition
>>22304274
>>22304676
>>22304249
3 City States that control the world, and their rolls:
City of London - FINANCE: Receives taxes from their subjects (slaves) in
Canada and the United States. They design and control our financial and
banking systems.
Vatican City - RELIGION: The Pope wants to merge all the religions into
one, which is absolute nonsense. The Pope broke off from the truth
(confusingly referred to as The 'Eastern Church' or 'Eastern Orthodox
Church' or 'Orthodox Church' or 'Orthodox') about 1000 years ago.
Washington DC - MILITARY: Death camps and stacks of black plastic
coffins that can hold six to ten bodies each, are piled high in a long
train-like fashion, as far as the eye can see, in the United States,
today.
https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/05/the-3-city-states-that-control-the-whole-world-2-2517308.html
These three also have obelisks in common, which also shows that they are
all connected by free masonry, which prays directly to the devil
himself, who they call Lucifer, the god of good and light. They call
Christ the bad guy. These deluded satanists are running things, which
explains a lot of the negativity in the world today. The obelisk is
phallic in its appearance and represents the male penis. It is symbolic
of the Egyptian sun god, Ra, and is an ancient symbol of male energy and
generation (G) in Freemasonry. See the obelisks below:
London obelisk (aka Cleopatra's Needle): Located on the banks of the
River Thames, this obelisk was transported to London and erected in 1878
under the reign of queen Victoria. The obelisk originally stood in the
Egyptian city of On, or Heliopolis (the City of the Sun). The Knights
Templars' land extended to this area of the Thames, where the Templars
had their own docks. Either side of the obelisk is surrounded by a
sphinx, more symbolism dating back to the ancient world.
Vatican obelisk: Located in St. Peter's Square, was moved from Egypt to
its current location, in 1586. The circle on the ground represents the
female vagina, while the obelisk itself is the penis. This is commonly
known as occult symbolism.
Washington Obelisk (aka Washington Monument): Standing at 555 feet, the
Washington Monument is the tallest obelisk in the world and also the
tallest standing structure in Washington DC. The monument's cornerstone,
a 12-ton slab of marble, was donated by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons.
Like the Vatican obelisk, the Washington monument too is surrounded by a
circle denoting the female. The reflecting pool in front of the
monument signifies the ancient Masonic/Kabbalistic dictum, as above/so
below.
The Crown Temple
The Knights Templar were a psudo-Christian group of crusaders, who took
up residence in Solomon's Temple and spent years digging a tunnel to try
and find the Ark of The Covenant, because it was believed that who ever
held this ancient treasure, would have the power to rule the whole
world. The red cross and sword on the flag of the city of London, is
actually the Knights Templar's flag.
#22304404 at 2025-01-06 20:47:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27281: President Donald J. Trump #Certified Edition
>>22304345
Elon Musk is very high up in the System. (bloodline Sa_ _ _ _ c System)
Jesse Czebotar who was chosen and trained to take the tippy top position of queen Mother of Darknews, had admitted that Elon Musk was in her training circle.
#22302957 at 2025-01-06 17:40:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27279: Two Moar Weeks = SOON! NCSWIC Edition
>>22302938
she's the queen of russia. heir to the throne.
#22302700 at 2025-01-06 16:52:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27279: Two Moar Weeks = SOON! NCSWIC Edition
>>22302672
Review Posts
https://qalerts.app/?q=queen
#22302391 at 2025-01-06 16:05:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27279: Two Moar Weeks = SOON! NCSWIC Edition
>>22302265
>>22302283
>>22302302
In 1701, succession to the throne was given to Sophia of Hanover, who was born into the House of Wittelsbach, married into the House of Hanover, and was a granddaughter of James VI and I of the House of Stuart. Succession was passed to her son who became George I in 1714, marking the start of a long ruling period by the Hanoverian royal house. Eventually in 1901, a line of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha succeeded the House of Hanover to the British monarchy with the accession of King Edward VII, son of queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1917, the name of the British royal house was changed from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, taking its name from the royal residence in Berkshire.[3]
#22301904 at 2025-01-06 14:16:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27278: Two Weeks Away Edition
>>22301892
Well, it's one way to rid your country of shit skins
queen Isabell used it very successfully to send Moors back to Africa
#22297274 at 2025-01-05 16:56:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27273: TWO MOAR WEEKS and a day Edition
>>22297101
Elon, tell King Charles to let Tommy Robison go, and to exact justice for all these victims, arrest the cops and perps; or he will be removed like the queen plus his country annexed.
#22292219 at 2025-01-04 20:35:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27268: We An Army Of Frogs Edition
>>22292155
>>22292174
>>22292112
Bablyon Bee critiqued :
"5 most recent posts which violate "X" 's new policy
https://x.com/DiverDa74038889/status/1875619807095369766
Here are the five most recent posts by
@TheBabylonBee
that violate X's new policy, based on the web search results provided:
Post about Rachel Levine: This post named Rachel Levine, a transgender cabinet member, as "Man of the Year." It led to a 12-hour suspension of the account because it was deemed to violate X's rules against "hateful conduct." This was particularly in response to the satirical nature of the post which was seen as promoting harassment based on gender identity.
Post on British Police and Social Media: A satirical post titled "10 Social Media Posts That Will Now Get You Arrested In Britain" where they humorously listed posts that could land one in jail, like saying "God Save the queen!" or stating "Soccer is gay." This could be seen as violating X's policy if interpreted as promoting hate speech or misinformation under the guise of satire.
Satirical Post on Portland Schools: A post about Portland schools restricting playground equipment usage to only LGBTQIA2S+ students during recess, which could be viewed as violating policies against misinformation or hate speech if it's interpreted as mocking or belittling inclusivity efforts.
Post on Seattle's Safe Injection Site: This satirical piece about Seattle opening a safe injection site in an elementary school could be considered to violate policies on misinformation or content that could be harmful or offensive to public health discussions.
Post on Democratic Party Strategy After 2024 Election: The post humorously critiqued the Democratic Party's post-election strategy, suggesting an exaggerated focus on certain social issues over others. This could be seen as violating policies if interpreted as spreading misinformation or biased political commentary that promotes hostility or division.
Please note, these interpretations are based on the policy's emphasis on preventing misinformation, hate speech, or content that could be seen as harassing or promoting harmful stereotypes. The satirical nature of The Babylon Bee's content often treads this fine line, which might lead to policy violations when taken out of the context of satire.
Bee should've known not to question gender ideology?
#22291920 at 2025-01-04 19:37:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27268: We An Army Of Frogs Edition
Buckingham Palace wants to know who leaked a video from queen Elizabeth's family archives. The Sun Newspaper released a 17-second black and white video showing the queen as a child apparently performing a Nazi salute. Charlie D'Agata reports
https://youtu.be/wL5sOKP5Aqw
#22290519 at 2025-01-04 12:58:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27266: DS Nerves Rattled Edition
>>22290494
>There's something rotten in Denmark.
Interesting…I asked chat the origins of that phrase…
The phrase "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" originates from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, written around 1600. It is spoken by Marcellus, a guard, in Act I, Scene IV, as he and Horatio observe Prince Hamlet following the ghost of his father, King Hamlet.
Context in "Hamlet"
The line is uttered when the ghost of King Hamlet appears and beckons Prince Hamlet to follow him. The ghost's appearance is seen as an ominous sign, indicating that something is amiss in Denmark.
Marcellus says:
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
This line reflects a growing sense of unease and suspicion about the state of affairs in the Danish court, particularly surrounding the sudden death of King Hamlet and the hasty marriage of queen Gertrude to Claudius, King Hamlet's brother.
Meaning and Symbolism
Rottenness: Symbolizes moral decay, corruption, and treachery within the Danish monarchy.
Broader Implications: Suggests that the problems are not limited to the royal family but extend to the state as a whole, reflecting systemic corruption or dysfunction.
Modern Usage
Over time, the phrase has entered common parlance, often paraphrased as "something is rotten in Denmark" or simply "something is rotten."
Meaning Today: Used to express suspicion or imply that something is wrong, corrupt, or amiss in any situation, organization, or system.
#22290503 at 2025-01-04 12:53:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27266: DS Nerves Rattled Edition
>>22290490
>>22290479
>>22290453
>>22290479
queen OF ENGLAND IS A DRUID AND DRUIDIC ABOMINATIONS CALLED CHRISTIANITY BY CHURCH OF ENGLAND …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq9aivcmy3Q
#22288738 at 2025-01-04 02:55:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27264: ? Edition
>>22288687
Jesuits was founded by a marrano Jew Ignatius Loyola.
Thousands of Jews in Spain joined the Jesuits.
King Ferdinand and queen Isabella let the Jews avoid expulsion if they "converted" to Christianity.
#22288145 at 2025-01-04 00:58:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27263: Many Have Brought Us To This Point In Time - Thank (you) Edition
>>22288091
>you have no idea about anything about me.
>don't be a catty jerk.
Then stop jumping into my feed, Drama queen.
#22287945 at 2025-01-04 00:27:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27263: Many Have Brought Us To This Point In Time - Thank (you) Edition
>>22287895
>it's always colors with these people isn't it?
Just ask the axis, Anon:
Anger, he smiles
Towering in shiny metallic purple armor
queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
But wonder why the fight is on
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war
And ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring
But very unsteady for the first go 'round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact, I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
#22287883 at 2025-01-04 00:17:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27263: Many Have Brought Us To This Point In Time - Thank (you) Edition
>>22287814
>so you say it's … priests?
Lavender Mafia:
'a network of homosexual priests and bishops who promoted one another, supported one another, and covered up one another's crimes.'
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/uncle-ted-mccarrick-queen-pin-of-the-lavender-mafia/
'… the nature of clergy sexual abuse: It was the work of homosexual predators in the priesthood. Were there cases of priests molesting girls? Yes. Were there cases of lay employees molesting young people? Yes. But, the reason some 50 Church workers in my Diocese were attending a training course that night was because of homosexual priests.'
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/protecting-the-lavender-mafia/
'… the networks of homosexually oriented clergy operating to protect each other.'
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2018/11/13/about-the-lavender-mafia/
'Lavender Mafias - the plural. The coercive network of homosexualization that has gained so much power within the Catholic Church hierarchy is just one of a number. To understand more fully the current crisis in the Church, we need to be aware of them all, since they all work together toward a homosexualization of the culture.'
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/beware-these-3-lavender-mafias-outside-the-church
#22287805 at 2025-01-04 00:07:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27263: Many Have Brought Us To This Point In Time - Thank (you) Edition
>>22287714
>>22287711
We identified the problem - the root cause of all the clerical sex-abuse scandals - in these pages more than 15 years ago as the "Lavender Mafia." Believe it or not, that moniker was coined by liberal Chicago priest and popular novelist Fr. Andrew Greeley, an unlikely critic of what he once described as a network of homosexual priests and bishops who promoted one another, supported one another, and covered up one another's crimes.
https://www.newoxfordreview.org/documents/uncle-ted-mccarrick-queen-pin-of-the-lavender-mafia/
#22286674 at 2025-01-03 20:51:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27261: Mike Johnson WINS Round One Speakership Vote Edition
queen Natalie
@TheNorfolkLion 7h
A former Labour minister backed lowering the age of consent to as low as 10!
It seems peadophilla is part of the Labour Party.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk 2h
Replying to @TheNorfolkLion
!!
Jan 3, 2025 ? 6:29 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1875248241639616834
>>22286673
#22285411 at 2025-01-03 17:24:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27260: Q Days To WH On The Go Edition
>>22285404
Meet Divine
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7337995486247598&set=ecnf.100001116585458
KaRa
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7337995486247598&set=ecnf.100001116585458
queen An-Ra
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7325114690869011&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Nikola Tesla
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7308025625911251&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Archangel Michael
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7295372883843192&set=ecnf.100001116585458
priestess Sinara
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7279342485446232&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Diana, Princess of Wales
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7268396769874137&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Ashtar, the Commander
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7253409691372845&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Mooners Civilization
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7242207492493065&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Mira, from the Pleiadian High Council
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7226452280735253&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Ancient race Annunaki
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7199703773410104&set=ecnf.100001116585458
John F. Kennedy,
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7188812314499250&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Karma, a living being
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7170875266292955&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Saint Germain
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7157991570914658&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Hermans Cybernetic Civilization
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7142241202489695&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Te list goes on and on... Right Erena?
Erana are you and Betsy still sharing the Prada shoes?
#22278949 at 2025-01-02 18:03:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27252: The Enemy Within Edition
>>22278922
date on Q post Nov. 5th
the pic I have of queen's investiture into Druidism, as a young queen.
AT THE MOMENT no find it.
#22276171 at 2025-01-02 05:57:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27249: In The Year 2025 Edition
"This dazzling tiara is a symbolic piece that could be worn beautifully by Catherine, Princess of Wales, to mark her new, more senior title, as well as pay respects to the late queen."
However, this diamond and pearl tiara has a complicated history as it was smuggled during the Russian Revolution, as it was originally owned by the Romanov family.
#22276094 at 2025-01-02 05:42:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27249: In The Year 2025 Edition
>>22276086
the bolsheviks sold all the jewels on the black market
but who funded the bolsheviks? and why wouldnt the queen give back the jewels to the Russians after the Soviet Union was overthrown? they are pieces of history, instead camilla even wore some and princess kate, undeserving to say the least
#22275981 at 2025-01-02 05:17:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27249: In The Year 2025 Edition
>>22275827
the british royals still wear their diamonds..
"princess kate" or jane doe wears the ones queen Elizabeth had …
did they bury QE alive in her coffin?
they need to give the diamonds back
#22273788 at 2025-01-02 00:32:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27247: DS Desperation Before Inaugruation Edition
>>22273777
I open up my phone on a Monday morning
Staring at my screen
I'm tired and a little lonely
Mr Musk he said some shit the lefts are angry
Twitter wars and Gaza man it's overwhelming
Maybe that's how life becomes when
People less important than a profit line
No one cares about your dreams just pay
Your tax on time
Keep scrolling
Hold me near to you now
Gender, guns, religion and abortion rights
You better pick a tribe and hate the other side
Keep scrolling
But did you see Taylor live?
Man made virus watch the millions die
Biggest profit of their lives
Here's inflation that's your prize
This is Karmageddon
Turn on the news and eat their lies
Kim or Kanye pick a side
Cancel culture what a vibe
This is Karmageddon
Corporations swear they never lie
Politicians bribed for life
More than war it's genocide
This is Karmageddon
Welcome to the chaos of the times
If you go left and I go right
Pray we make it out alive
This is Karmageddon
It's fashion week celebs lose ribs
Balenciaga how's the kids
Just ask Drake he's losing beef
Kendrick killed him in his sleep
Diss tracks about beating up your queen
While women dying doesn't cause a scene
While we're fed all these distractions
Kids are killed from Israel's actions
I'mma speak my mind
Sick to death of all these crazy lies
A circus for humanity's decline
We just want a peaceful life give the people back their rights
And I've still got a beef
Cause Fauci's laughing and we've been asleep
And WHO's a liar and it's running deep
Big pharma finna eat they a devil make them weak
Man made virus watch the millions die
Biggest profit of their lives
Here's inflation that's your prize
This is Karmageddon
Turn on the news and eat their lies
Kim or Kanye pick a side
Cancel culture what a vibe
This is Karmageddon
Corporations swear they never lie
Politicians bribed for life
More than war it's genocide
This is Karmageddon
Welcome to the chaos of the times
If you go left and I go right
Pray we make it out alive
This is Karmageddon
#22268418 at 2025-01-01 09:17:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27241: New Year Day Edition
>>22268361
>>22268341
covid-19 = c/o .vid [1.9 = a.i. & 19 = S[atan]] = care-of/'take care of ' i.e. kill off the seed of (Da)vid using 'grok'/cain/a.i. tech/satan and c.b.d.c. forced starvation = i.e. create XXY-males via CAS(trate)9/i /castrate-me using CRISPR - freezer i.e. make infertile/sterilize/kill by injections of 'mRNA' into the bloodline of Christ
star of David = ishtar of David i.e. 'queen of heaven' of David = feminization by adding aborted female fetuses to infant children via vaXX = 'pregnant male infants' = complete opposite path of Jesus Christ = anti-Christ of David.
#22268285 at 2025-01-01 08:01:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27241: New Year Day Edition
>>22268273
>>22268276
>>22268280
*'Think mirror', i.e. the incestous relationship of Cain and Eve i.e. between son and mother, where Cain and Eve have the same father 'mirrors' the one of the worst possible paths that could afflict Jesus Christ, where it is possible to consider that God is in a sense both the parent of Eve/Mary and Adam/Cain/Jesus Christ, but not really as Mary had her distinct father, and Jesus Christ has his distinct father being God himself, however Jesus Christ had no relationship with his mother other than that of being her child, so with Mary being a virgin until her marriage with Joseph, after the birth of Jesus Christ, the path of Jesus Christ is eternally seperated from the path of Cain and incest. And this is what those in 'aimless wanderland without the possibillity to take the narrow path of Jesus Christ' because of satanic acts of inbreeding/incest/child-rape have as an 'option' other than committing suicide, to try to create a child-of-Cain, i.e. a 'top-level-predator/murderer/Cain' i.e. 'king Herod', who mass-murdered children of Bethlehem to try to kill of Jesus Christ, where Elon boast being top level Diablo player i.e. the Devils champion suit wearer, and as how Elon supplies starlink for military operations killing hundred of thousands of people, and creates a global net to catch dissidents i.e. those 'Able' to praise God Jesus Christ for salvation rather than following an incestous relationship with Eve/'Mary' because of 'planned out evil' to create a ritualistic child-of-Cain, something starlink and a.i. will try to program those succeptible, to take the satanic child-of-Cain child-rape and murder route and become of satan rather than Jesus Christ.
*This is also why a grown man like elon shows up to Halloween-parties with his mom, as she is his satanic handler, to show others that they are of the mother-son incest ritual cain-worshipers.
*Elon musk murdered his firstborn son, as how Cain murdered Able, where Able could have been Cain's son with his mother Eve, and it is therefore possible that Elon had a child with his mother and that they ritually killed it, only God knows with these satanists, but child-killing and child-rape is considered by satanists Mariyt-Able, and the 'jar-baby' of the Bush family could be proof of a child-of-Cain ritual murder of a firt born of mother-son-incest considering how disfigured/malformed the face of the jar-baby is. Also, The british kingdoms 'queen lizard/Elisabeth' and Prince Charles likely underwent the same child-of-Cain rituals and that one of their 'mother-son' children is Prince Andrew, which is then the current King Charles son and brother.
It is also possible that Cain raped Able and killed him because it was worse to rape his son/brother than to kill him, i.e. how God praised the killing of an innocent lamb as a sacrifice by Able, so Cain thought he would win favor with God for 'at least not being a child rapist' as Able being dead = 'bird can't sing that they were raped', whereas Elon musk proudly wears his 'I <3 anal' shirt after his first born child 'died mysteriously' as how he proudly wears his devil costume.
#22265747 at 2024-12-31 23:37:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27237: (you) Are Here For The Habby News Year Edition
>>22265648
drama queen
Sometimes alcohol abuse will bring on depression.
And/or bravado.
The happy smile betraying some sadness.
R.I.P.
We're into the "Suicide Weekend" part of the show?
Think about the star on Macy's Dept. store, founded by Strauss, who may or may not have died on the Titanic.
#22265322 at 2024-12-31 22:32:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27237: (you) Are Here For The Habby News Year Edition
Why do we drop a ball on New Year's Eve? The Times Square tradition, explained
On the evening of Dec. 31, as in many years past, millions of people around the world will stop what they're doing to watch a 12-foot, 11,875-pound crystal ball slowly descend a New York City flagpole to announce the start of a new year.
The Times Square ball drop has been a fixture of New Year's Eve since 1907, when the original wood and iron orb made its maiden journey. It remains a beloved tradition over a century and half a dozen ball redesigns later.
The storied ball has been lowered every year - except 1942 and 1943, due to lighting restrictions during World War II (which didn't stop crowds from gathering in Times Square).
The New Year's Eve celebration has grown to include a long roster of musical performances and corporate sponsorships, with onlookers returning to the streets in growing numbers after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it online in 2020.
It's even inspired offshoots around the U.S., with various cities dropping everything from a giant pine cone and an oversize pickle to a monster-sized Moon Pie and high-heel-riding drag queen.
But the Big Apple's big crystal ball has managed to stay at the center of it all. Here's a look at how the spectacle came about and how it's evolved over the years.
New Yorkers have celebrated New Year's in Times Square - the bustling intersection of Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan - since it got its name in 1904.
That year, the New York Times moved its headquarters to the new Times Building (now known as One Times Square). The paper's owner, Adolph Ochs, successfully lobbied the city to rename the area, previously known as Longacre Square.
As legend - aka the Times Square District Management Association - has it, Ochs "spared no expense" throwing a New Year's Eve celebration to commemorate the headquarters' opening, with an all-day street festival and extravagant fireworks display.
The party was a smashing success, cementing Times Square's status as the place to ring in the new year. But two years later, the city banned the fireworks display.
Undeterred, Ochs looked for a way to outdo himself for the 1907-1908 event - and found it.
Ochs asked the Times' chief electrician, Walter Palmer, to come up with a New Year's Eve spectacle that didn't involve ashy firework debris raining down on revelers.
According to a 1965 piece in Newsday (Nassau Edition), Palmer was inspired by the clock on the downtown Western Union Telegraph Company building, which for decades had dropped an iron ball from its rooftop every day at noon.
That harkens back to a longstanding maritime tradition of ports dropping a ball at a specific time every day, allowing ship captains to precisely adjust their navigational instruments. Famous examples include England's Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. - both of which still lower balls daily (at 1 p.m. and noon, respectively).
Palmer devised an even bigger production, ultimately covering a 700-pound ball of iron and wood with 100 light bulbs to descend a pole that stood 50 feet above the 400-foot tower.
The ball was built by a young immigrant metalworker named Jacob Starr, whose company, Artkraft Strauss, would go on to lower the ball for most of the 20th century - a process that was done by hand using more than half a dozen men and a length of rope.
The New York Times detailed its debut on Dec. 31, 1907:
"At 10 minutes to midnight, the whistles on every boiler in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and the waters thereof began to screech. Tens of thousands stood watching the electric ball. And then - it fell. The great shout that went up drowned out the whistles for a minute. The vocal power of the welcomers rose above even the horns and the cow bells and the rattles. Above all else came the wild human hullabaloo of noise, out of which could be formed dimly the words: 'Hurrah for 1908.'"
Interestingly, the final 10-second countdown didn't become part of the tradition until many decades later. As NPR has reported, it wasn't until the 1960s that some TV announcers started a countdown, and the Times Square crowd only joined them in 1979.
A lot has changed since that first ball drop, including the ball itself.
The original orb was replaced with a 400-pound iron ball in 1940. In 1955, it was upgraded to a 150-pound aluminum ball with 180 light bulbs. Red light bulbs and a green stem transformed the ball into an apple for the "I Love New York" campaign for seven years in the 1980s.
The ball got aluminum skin, rhinestones, strobes, and computer controls in the late 1990s, and its now-signature crystal triangles (courtesy of Waterford Crystal) at the turn of the millennium.
The ball was lowered by hand until the mid-1990s; now it is timed electronically using an atomic clock based in Colorado (but New York City's mayor and other special guests still get the honor of pushing the ceremonial button).
"My first year, we decided to go computer controls, electronic winch, tied into the atomic clock in Colorado and unfortunately the ball was about three seconds late … first screwup of 1996," Jeff Strauss, president of Countdown Entertainment, told member station WBGO in 2017. "Since then, I gotta say, we've been doing it really well."
On its 100th anniversary in 2007, the ball's incandescent light bulbs were replaced with LED lighting, allowing for more brightness and color capabilities. The following year One Times Square put its permanent "Big Ball" on public display, making it a year-round fixture.
The ownership and occupants of the 26-story building have also changed since the tradition began.
The New York Times relocated nearby in 1914, and sold its former headquarters to a developer in 1961. The Allied Chemical Company bought and renovated the building shortly after, and the office building changed hands multiple times over the following decades.
One Times Square is currently owned by real estate investment and management company Jamestown L.P., which in 2022 announced a $500 million plan to modernize the building into a "21st century visitor center for New York City," including a museum and viewing deck.
Construction is expected to end in 2025 - all the more reason to look forward to the new year.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5235245/new-years-eve-ball-drop-times-square
#22264907 at 2024-12-31 21:18:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27237: (you) Are Here For The Habby News Year Edition
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#22263732 at 2024-12-31 17:48:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27235: New Years Eve Edition
>>22263723
fuckin A drama queen much
Visgoths? Really?
#22262208 at 2024-12-31 10:45:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27234: Keks Populi Edition
>>22262182
Blood lines, Crowns and Power, And the death of the House of Windsor.
P = C
Philip = Cate
Cate is his Daughter.
WTF, what is this shit?
the DS saw an opportunity, the young queen was growing up, and soon she would need a husband. If we could only get her to marry one of our own, we could control the Crown of England.
So they searched high and low, and they found this extremely good looking chap, from an ex royal family, Greece, and they put a plan in motion.
Once introduced, she was smitten, she was only 13, and him a little older, but the course of history was altered forever.
He was Philip, and he was raised by one of the sickest men ever to live, Lord Mountbatten. Philip was, of course, Mountbatten's illegitimate son.
Mountbatten was recruited by the KZM to enslave the peoples of the world, and when he saw the sums to be paid, he readily agreed.
What the KZM did not realize, is that Philip was one of the richest men to ever live. He was an heir to an immense fortune, some 200 hundred years of accumulated wealth, and Lord Mountbatten knew it.
So Mountbatten played the game.
Instead of taking the Crown for the KZM, he would take it for himself.
Mountbatten, also had a daughter, her name was Dianna.
Her Majesty had them them both killed when she found out.
Mountbatten's tried to take the crown of England.
#22261279 at 2024-12-31 06:04:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27233: Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat Edition
11 facts about Jimmy Carter that may surprise you
-Jimmy Carter was the first future president born in a hospital
-He was the first president to be inaugurated by a nickname
-Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married longer than any other presidential couple
-He installed solar water-heating panels on the roof of the White House West Wing
-Peanut One set the technological standard for campaign jets
-Mr. Carter's judicial appointments were the most racially and gender-diverse at the time
-A devout Christian, he struggled with abortion but later supported same-sex marriage
-He made eradicating the Guinea worm a personal mission
-He spent 89 seconds inside a nuclear reactor in meltdown
-Elvis Presley called Mr. Carter but was too high for the president to understand him
-British tabloids accused Mr. Carter of breaching royal protocol by kissing the queen Mother on the lips
https://archive.is/sRWjn#selection-539.0-539.49
#22260368 at 2024-12-31 03:33:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27232: The Last Gasps of the DS Edition
>>22260137
You don't understand what's going on. You kain't read the tea leaves. We've been waking everyone up in order to avoid the civil war they need. Holy shit you're retarded. Negativity/doubt/devil worship makes people unintelligent.
1- a LOT of people have woken up to what's going on. We have the momentum now.
2- A TON of whistle blowers came out. As the wise Anon said eggstein, kelly, weinstein, diddy, gay-z with oprah and beyonce falling next.
3- Countries can buy oil in their own currency, for one. THATS YUGE. SLAVES NO MOAR.
4- They didn't get the Covid injection numbers they needed. People found out it was all fake and ghey.
5- ALL those ceo resignations
6 - elon's whiskers are starting to pop out of his sheep's clothing. (My vaxxed biden voting brother was disgusted and deleted his x acct today. Kek. Dude also bought a gun n stored food n water. No longer thinks Anon is cray. Starting to understand what Trump is doing.)
7- bogdanoff twins ... Whacked!
8- evelyn de rothschild ... Whacked!
9- prince phillip ... Whacked!
10- the queen ... Whacked!
11- daddy bush ... Whacked!
12- no name ... Whacked!
13- gloria vanderbilt ... Whacked!
14- rbg ... Whacked!
15- feinstein ... Whacked!
16- toots ... Whacked!
I mean shit.. what moar do u want? We've got stories of nuclear shit going on in NY (drones all prolly drop off radioactive material in subway or somewhere) dc too. Martial law incoming then Trump later on after the plot to steal the election again is shown etc ) then arrests whenever they're the next logical step but arrests first isn't why Anons are here. We were tasked with keeping the vital flow of information pumping out to the masses to drink from for a reason. You have to unpropagandize the populace and take em with u on the operation, faggot.
Think logically.
#22257651 at 2024-12-30 19:21:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27229: The brain drain is clogged - Indian Satellite Launch Edition
84% of H-1B Visas Go to India and China: Is It a DEI Scam in Disguise?
My wife isn't an American citizen: She's Dutch. (So I guess it's true, foreigners really are doing the "work" that native-born Americans refuse to do.) She was raised in French Polynesia, earned her master's in accounting from the University of Hawaii, and when we moved to Charleston, South Carolina, a local accounting firm sponsored her H-1B visa.
It sucked. She couldn't be paid until the application was approved and it tethered her to one single company. She worked without pay for several months.
I offer this backdrop for an important reason: The MAGAverse is currently being divided by the H-1B visa debate. On one side, there's Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, along with most of the Big Tech movers and shakers. (Which makes sense: Companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are America's top H-1B visa sponsors.)
On the other side, you have Steve Bannon and most of the grassroots MAGA movement, who question how and/or why increasing the number of foreign workers in lucrative, high-paying STEM jobs aligns with "Making America Great Again."
To be fair, this doesn't have to be a conflict. One of the key institutional advantages of the United States is that the top international talent would sell their wisdom teeth to live here. We're the ultimate go-to destination for the smartest, most ambitious workers in the world: The annual number of H-1B visas is capped at 85,000.
In 2020 (the most recent year with recorded stats), 421,276 applied.
An overwhelming majority of Americans would be delighted to welcome a small number of high-achievers into our country. Immigrants like Elon Musk are unquestionably a net positive. So, in this (narrow) sense, H-1B visas actually are aligned with Making America Great Again.
Unfortunately, Musk and Ramaswamy have unnecessarily conflated the H-1B visa debate with a meanspirited critique of American culture, American children, and American parents. As Ramaswamy tweeted:
Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn't start in college, it starts YOUNG.
A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math Olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Ramaswamy has a point; he's a very smart man. But for PR purposes, his tweet was stupid. He should've accentuated the (patriotic) benefits of the program, instead of detouring into an admonishment of American families.
It was a foolish misstep.
Most Americans are proud of their kids. As a parent, I'd rather have a great kid than a great engineer. It's my job to raise a child with the wisdom, values, and discipline to achieve his dreams - wherever it takes him.
Even if his dreams are different from Ramaswamy's.
Other than the gigantic tech companies, the other beneficiaries of the H-1B visa program are India and China. Seventy-two percent of H-1B visa recipients were from India; 12% from China.
That's 84% of the total number.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/12/29/84-of-h-1b-visas-go-to-india-and-china-is-it-a-dei-scam-in-disguise-n4935510
#22256423 at 2024-12-30 15:22:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27227: There Will Be Diversions - Countdown Edition
>>22256413
No one cares about the filter and the real filter queen smoking pepe AI finally packed up and left after facing defeat
#22252879 at 2024-12-30 00:33:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27224: The Passing Of Jimmy Carter Edition
Daily Mail Online
@MailOnline 47m
The time Jimmy Carter shattered royal protocol by kissing queen Mother on the LIPS
trib.al/Soeil7Z
Dec 29, 2024 ? 11:45 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1873515617262751796
#22250854 at 2024-12-29 18:14:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27221: Quiet Now, We Trying To Watch The Movie Edition
>>22250796
got it.
Falsification of news and history is likely ancient;
the mechanistic paradigm for the universe only started later? It was a variation on more ancient methods of hiding truth?
I guess a new method was invented to obscure reality, when more people were able to read and acquire books?
When questioning religious tradition gained speed (likely rightfully) then it was turned to advance atheism.
Like when Capitalism fails (because of the crooks) people get turned to communist totalitarianism instead?; Forced and Faked "equality"?
What happened to queen Mother's teeth? Was queen too cheap?
#22245969 at 2024-12-29 00:02:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27216: Lots of Smoke on the Battlefield Edition
>>22245929
...Get over it. Anon has had a 'throw religion into the trash' meme deleted. Can't be bothered to be a drama queen about it.
#22244508 at 2024-12-28 18:36:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27214: New Photo Shows Biden With Hunter's Business Associates #China II Edition
>>22244466
H1-B is a contemptible racket. It's been loop holed,exploited and boondoggled. Anyone lobbying for it's use currently is trying to tell you putting lipstick on a pig makes the pig a beauty queen.
#22243934 at 2024-12-28 17:17:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27213: New Photo Shows Biden With Hunter's Business Associates #China Edition
>>22243894
^
queen is short? The druid must be really small? Is it a man?
>>22243895
People make assumptions about Elon and that he cheats his employees.
Sterotypes.
This kerfluffle is amplified by the haters.
#22243162 at 2024-12-28 15:06:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27212: Division Shills Down D.O.G.E. Edition
who has the photo of queen elizabeth (younger) kneeling in front of some other king and queen?!!!! i need it right meow! please and ty
#22242340 at 2024-12-28 12:30:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27211: Morning Fog of War Edition
>>22242332
So when the queen was alive, she got my messages.
top kek
#22241118 at 2024-12-28 05:59:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27210: Not out of the Woods Yet Edition
Did I tell you I asked if Niki can be Vermins first lady? not that nic no that hta nic either the black singer super hot I bet she'd rock the nazi uniform I'm designing for girls who want an ANTIFA boyfriend rock harder Beteals I go for queen too but you know what hey say in Cloverfield is Beelzebub has a devil set aside for me
hope he's not late to dinner lol
#22240605 at 2024-12-28 04:10:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27209: Freedom Within Reach Edition
Shadow of Ezra
@ShadowofEzra 7h
The "Living Nostradamus," who accurately predicted the coronavirus pandemic, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, and queen Elizabeth's death, now warns that World War III is imminent.
Athos Salom?, a Brazilian parapsychologist, has made a series of predictions for 2025, including:
1. Governments will officially reveal the existence of aliens and life on Mars.
2. Genetically modified humans will emerge.
3. Artificial intelligence will reach an uncontrollable tipping point, sparking a global crisis.
4. New lockdowns will be imposed under the pretense of a global energy crisis.
5. Implantable microchips for health and security will become commonplace.
6. Geoengineering will trigger catastrophic climate events, such as hurricanes and droughts, in unexpected regions.
7. The existence of underground bases and advanced gravitational propulsion technology will be exposed.
Dec 27, 2024 ? 8:03 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1872735039336656959
#22240473 at 2024-12-28 03:45:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27209: Freedom Within Reach Edition
>>22240436
where's that pic or queen Liz kneeling before some jeets back in the day. never did figure out who that was
#22238142 at 2024-12-27 20:13:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27206: TGIF Edition
>>22237695
Just to throw another one onto the theory pile. First theory relating to this does have the small x but the 08:47 time stamp is EDT not EST. Not saying everything has to be EST but I think we have tended to work in EST.
Anyway, Q4241 12:08:47 EST with x.jpg file name ..
>>9170717
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/graham-judiciary-chairmanship-grassley-062993?
Worth remembering.
Think Chess.
Do you attack the KING in the beginning or middle-to-end?
queen protects KING?
Q
>Think Chess.
When a piece makes a capture, an "x" is inserted immediately before the destination square. For example, Bxe5 (bishop captures the piece on e5). When a pawn makes a capture, the file from which the pawn departed is used to identify the pawn. For example, exd5 (pawn on the e-file captures the piece on d5).
#22237096 at 2024-12-27 16:53:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27205: Turning Over A New Leaf Edition
>>22237087
Saint Mary of the Lake-?Basilica of Mary, queen of the Universe (Florida)
#22237001 at 2024-12-27 16:39:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27205: Turning Over A New Leaf Edition
>>22236772
>Mar-a-Lago
Mary as Center of the Universe (Lumen gentium, Chapter 8, Section 59)
Saint Mary of the Lake-→Basilica of Mary, queen of the Universe
#22235834 at 2024-12-27 11:16:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27204: TOR Down Edition
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>>22234701, >>22234769 HUGE: Felony theft charges in Chicago surge by 154% this month after O'Neill Burke took over Soros DA Kim Foxx. $1,000 threshold is now $300.
>>22234705 Trump Effect: Mexico to Open Shelters for Deported Migrants by January 20: Report
>>22234726 @TomFitton - "Three scientists at the National Center for Medical Intelligence, part of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, conducted a scientific study that concluded that Covid-19 was manipulated in a laboratory in a risky research effort."
>>22234733 Laura Loomer, a well-known X creator and reporter, has lost her verified check badge and subscriptions after questioning Elon Musk's...
>>22234738 STILL DROPPING: Ratings at CNN and MSNBC Way Down and Showing No Signs of Recovery - FOX News Only Network Still Growing
>>22234751 @libsoftiktok - Meet Katherine Rigby, a California judge who was appointed by Newsom.She ordered that Tremaine Carroll, a man pretending to be a woman must be referred to with she/her pronouns.
>>22234763 Silicon Valley Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya Says Obama the Biggest Political Loser of 2024
>>22234766 Red Sea Diversions Cost Egypt $7 Billion in Lost Canal Revenue
>>22234776 The Global Engagement Center which Elon called "the worst offender in US Government censorship and media manipulation" has shut its doors for good
>>22234901 TRUMP TARRIFS THREATS ARE WORKING ALREADY WITH 25 DAYS UNTIL D-DAY
>>22234998 Germany 1932 - This powerful photo of a menorah lit for Chanukah while the local Nazi headquarters was across the street, was taken by Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva Posner.
>>22235014 @Chabad - We're just asking here, but is the Temple Menorah Hidden in the Vatican?
>>22235111 China launches its first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, *Sichuan* (40,000 tons).
>>22235152 @VP Harris - When I was growing up, Kwanzaa was a special time of reflection with family and friends. Let us carry the wisdom of the seven principles with us as we work to build a brighter future. Happy Kwanzaa.
>>22235171 Judge explodes at Jay-Z in child rape case and rules against rapper after 'relentless' courtroom plot
>>22235573 BO: TOR is down. Have informed 8kun administration. o7
>>22235583 Six THOUSAND inmates escape from high security prison in Mozambique as country erupts into violence after election results
>>22235774 NOW - German president Steinmeier (SPD) on the upcoming election: "External influence is a danger to democracy, whether it is covert... or open and blatant, as is currently being practiced particularly intensively on the platform X."
>>22235782 South Korea's parliament votes to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo, with Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok stepping in as the new acting president.
>>22235830 #27203
#27202 >>22233893
>>22233911, >>22233919 Baker change
>>22233913, >>22233963, >>22234013 @FreeMattKim - There seems to be some confusion on the H1B debate…as the tech bros are being KNOWINGLY deceptive.
>>22233957 Hochul Signs Bill That Will Fine Fossil Fuel Companies $75 Billion to Pay For Damage Caused to Climate
>>22234010 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has revealed the Democratic Party's secret weapon in fighting a rearguard action against Donald Trump's MAGA offensive.
>>22234015 'Mutant' Covid-19 wave hits queensland
>>22234107 Mass Deportations Would Save Americans $62 Billion a Year. The only thing more expensive than deporting illegals... is not deporting them.
>>22234135 Zuckerberg Dismisses Reports He Is Building a Huge 'Doomsday Bunker' Under His Hawaiian Compound, Insists It's 'Just a Little Shelter'
>>22234150 The guy who urged Congress to block Trump from taking office was Obama's landlord and Hillary Clinton's classmate
>>22234155 Holy Shit !! Joe goofed on dates of Hunter's pardon. ????Pardon only goes back to 2014. Oops!!
>>22234156 Migrant enclaves are hotbeds for extremism - Medvedev
>>22234201 @GenFlynn - Powerful interview on 5th GENERATION WARFARE by @boonecutler... mind boggling what is happening to our culture and our society, much of it is self created.
>>22234219 Maiden Flight Of China's 'Tailless' 6th-Gen Fighter Storms Social Media; Expert Calls It A Whole New Level!
>>22234234 ?BREAKING: Trump is going to pursue watermarked paper ballots, voter ID and same day voting!
>>22234259, >>22234263 IT outsourcing firm Cognizant has received 52k H1B visas since 2009, more than any other American company.
>>22234598, >>22234623 Spy bosses 'silenced' Defense Department, FBI scientists from briefing Biden on COVID lab leak evidence
>>22234652 Visualizing How US Household Incomes Have Changed Over The Past 50 Years
>>22234669 #27202
#27201 >>22232932
>>22232976, >>22233295 @Papi WE'RE BACK, BABY!!! HOLD ON!!!?????? I'M COMIN'!!!
>>22233036 Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je charged with accepting $522,392 in bribes and embezzling political donations
>>22233092, >>22233108, >>22233165 Tory nigerian leader attacks Farage and calls reform taking the lead as fake ticker - multiple sources bun
>>22233105 [According to four Reuters sources] 'Russian air defence system' downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash
>>22233199 Seattle doctor rushing to do trans surgeries before Trump inauguration slammed in scathing ad campaign
>>22233211 President Biden arrives in St. Croix on December 26, 2024
>>22233240 The Progressive Left's Glossary of DoubleSpeak, 2024 Edition
>>22233290 Michael Yon on Panama "if those flags are still flying in 3 months, Trump isn't serious"
>>22233298, >>22233312 Three Boys Shot After Trying to Rob Texas Man at Gunpoint at His Home
>>22233340 State Department's 'Global Engagement Center' accused of censoring Americans shuts its doors
>>22233865, >>22233875 Laura Loomer Faces Backlash for Comments About Indians Amid H-1B Visa Debate
>>22232961, >>22232999, >>22233292 Memes
>>22233883 #27201
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
>>22232843 QClock December 25, 2024 - Are you Jelly, Alien, UFO, Maye Musk, 42, Hitchhikers Guide
>>22232922 #27200
#27199 >>22230884
>>22230913 Ukraine Receives First $1 Billion Payout from Profits on Frozen Russian Assets
>>22231066 Bannon wants Gaetz
>>22231104 Building 7???
>>22231114, >>22231115, >>22231125, >>22231312 REFORM OVERTAKE THE TORIES IN MEMBERSHIP
>>22231134, >>22231144, >>22231149, >>22231484 Lavrov holds year-end press conference
>>22231178, >>22231472, >>22231788 Sigil of Lucifer???
>>22231205, >>22231221, >>22231223 Swampenins
>>22231270 WAR ROOM AM EDITION
>>22231273, >>22231442 PF: POTATUS (or whoever is in charge) is up and out of Joint Base Andrews this morning.
>>22231288 Public Health Experts Warn of Looming 'Quad-demic' This Winter - Flu, COVID, RSV, and Norovirus
>>22231309, >>22231353, >>22231376, >>22231420, >>22231519, >>22231543, >>22231578, >>22231640 NASA/Space/Science
>>22231326 Chinese operatives arrested in California and Guam as espionage concerns rise
>>22231355, >>22231377, >>22231481, >>22231482 China's sixth-generation fighter 'White Emperor' has made its maiden flight, accompanied by a fifth-gen J-20.
>>22231361, >>22231679 Middle East may host Putin-Trump talks as experts probe Kazakhstan crash
>>22231372 Number of Russian visas issued to Americans rises
>>22231387 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas
>>22231419 Ukrainian MPs gearing up for election are traitors - ex-president
>>22231445 @elonmusk 12:21 AM
>>22231463 Gretzky For Canada
>>22231506 Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
>>22231509 Chabad Rabbi Jacob Herzog flies to Syria to congratulate and meet with Syrian officials
>>22231557 ICYMI: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
>>22231580 Newscum grilled for reported effort to defy Trump deportation plan
>>22231588, >>22231591 ???ELON ACCEPTS PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL'S INVITATION TO SAUDI ARABIA?
>>22231603 Naughty or nice? 'The Five' hosts reveal their 2024 lists
>>22231609, >>22231635, >>22231662 The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president The Hill for the Keks!
>>22231618 Trump's warning for Hamas to free hostages immediately and the New Jersey drone frenzy.
>>22231656 SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024
>>22231669 Medvedev addresses education problem with migrant children
>>22231703 Award frame concealing Ukraine-sent bomb intercepted in Moscow
>>22231752 Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
>>22231777 ICYMI: EPA approves pilot project to make road out of radioactive material in Florida
>>22231806 New Hampshire: Trump migrant deportations could threaten states' agricultural economies
>>22231839 #27199
Previously Collected
>>22228462 #27196, >>22229243 #27197, >>22230843 #27198
>>22225730 #27193, >>22226769 #27194, >>22227621 #27195
>>22222642 #27190, >>22223750 #27191, >>22224693 #27192
>>22219626 #27187, >>22220758 #27188, >>22221681 #27189
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#22234912 at 2024-12-27 05:19:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27203: Stuck in the Middle with Kek Edition
>>22234892
her subscriptions zapped, her paycheck in other words
shes just freaking out because she prob lives like a queen and may have to cut back a little till she can ramp up her rhetoric on other platforms
#22234677 at 2024-12-27 04:06:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27203: Stuck in the Middle with Kek Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>22225133 Australia #39
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22162405 Canada #68
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27202 >>22233893
>>22233911, >>22233919 Baker change
>>22233913, >>22233963, >>22234013 @FreeMattKim - There seems to be some confusion on the H1B debate…as the tech bros are being KNOWINGLY deceptive.
>>22233957 Hochul Signs Bill That Will Fine Fossil Fuel Companies $75 Billion to Pay For Damage Caused to Climate
>>22234010 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has revealed the Democratic Party's secret weapon in fighting a rearguard action against Donald Trump's MAGA offensive.
>>22234015 'Mutant' Covid-19 wave hits queensland
>>22234107 Mass Deportations Would Save Americans $62 Billion a Year. The only thing more expensive than deporting illegals... is not deporting them.
>>22234135 Zuckerberg Dismisses Reports He Is Building a Huge 'Doomsday Bunker' Under His Hawaiian Compound, Insists It's 'Just a Little Shelter'
>>22234150 The guy who urged Congress to block Trump from taking office was Obama's landlord and Hillary Clinton's classmate
>>22234155 Holy Shit !! Joe goofed on dates of Hunter's pardon. ????Pardon only goes back to 2014. Oops!!
>>22234156 Migrant enclaves are hotbeds for extremism - Medvedev
>>22234201 @GenFlynn - Powerful interview on 5th GENERATION WARFARE by @boonecutler... mind boggling what is happening to our culture and our society, much of it is self created.
>>22234219 Maiden Flight Of China's 'Tailless' 6th-Gen Fighter Storms Social Media; Expert Calls It A Whole New Level!
>>22234234 ?BREAKING: Trump is going to pursue watermarked paper ballots, voter ID and same day voting!
>>22234259, >>22234263 IT outsourcing firm Cognizant has received 52k H1B visas since 2009, more than any other American company.
>>22234598, >>22234623 Spy bosses 'silenced' Defense Department, FBI scientists from briefing Biden on COVID lab leak evidence
>>22234652 Visualizing How US Household Incomes Have Changed Over The Past 50 Years
>>22234669 #27202
#27201 >>22232932
>>22232976, >>22233295 @Papi WE'RE BACK, BABY!!! HOLD ON!!!?????? I'M COMIN'!!!
>>22233036 Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je charged with accepting $522,392 in bribes and embezzling political donations
>>22233092, >>22233108, >>22233165 Tory nigerian leader attacks Farage and calls reform taking the lead as fake ticker - multiple sources bun
>>22233105 [According to four Reuters sources] 'Russian air defence system' downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash
>>22233199 Seattle doctor rushing to do trans surgeries before Trump inauguration slammed in scathing ad campaign
>>22233211 President Biden arrives in St. Croix on December 26, 2024
>>22233240 The Progressive Left's Glossary of DoubleSpeak, 2024 Edition
>>22233290 Michael Yon on Panama "if those flags are still flying in 3 months, Trump isn't serious"
>>22233298, >>22233312 Three Boys Shot After Trying to Rob Texas Man at Gunpoint at His Home
>>22233340 State Department's 'Global Engagement Center' accused of censoring Americans shuts its doors
>>22233865, >>22233875 Laura Loomer Faces Backlash for Comments About Indians Amid H-1B Visa Debate
>>22232961, >>22232999, >>22233292 Memes
>>22233883 #27201
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
>>22232843 QClock December 25, 2024 - Are you Jelly, Alien, UFO, Maye Musk, 42, Hitchhikers Guide
>>22232922 #27200
#27199 >>22230884
>>22230913 Ukraine Receives First $1 Billion Payout from Profits on Frozen Russian Assets
>>22231066 Bannon wants Gaetz
>>22231104 Building 7???
>>22231114, >>22231115, >>22231125, >>22231312 REFORM OVERTAKE THE TORIES IN MEMBERSHIP
>>22231134, >>22231144, >>22231149, >>22231484 Lavrov holds year-end press conference
>>22231178, >>22231472, >>22231788 Sigil of Lucifer???
>>22231205, >>22231221, >>22231223 Swampenins
>>22231270 WAR ROOM AM EDITION
>>22231273, >>22231442 PF: POTATUS (or whoever is in charge) is up and out of Joint Base Andrews this morning.
>>22231288 Public Health Experts Warn of Looming 'Quad-demic' This Winter - Flu, COVID, RSV, and Norovirus
>>22231309, >>22231353, >>22231376, >>22231420, >>22231519, >>22231543, >>22231578, >>22231640 NASA/Space/Science
>>22231326 Chinese operatives arrested in California and Guam as espionage concerns rise
>>22231355, >>22231377, >>22231481, >>22231482 China's sixth-generation fighter 'White Emperor' has made its maiden flight, accompanied by a fifth-gen J-20.
>>22231361, >>22231679 Middle East may host Putin-Trump talks as experts probe Kazakhstan crash
>>22231372 Number of Russian visas issued to Americans rises
>>22231387 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas
>>22231419 Ukrainian MPs gearing up for election are traitors - ex-president
>>22231445 @elonmusk 12:21 AM
>>22231463 Gretzky For Canada
>>22231506 Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
>>22231509 Chabad Rabbi Jacob Herzog flies to Syria to congratulate and meet with Syrian officials
>>22231557 ICYMI: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
>>22231580 Newscum grilled for reported effort to defy Trump deportation plan
>>22231588, >>22231591 ???ELON ACCEPTS PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL'S INVITATION TO SAUDI ARABIA?
>>22231603 Naughty or nice? 'The Five' hosts reveal their 2024 lists
>>22231609, >>22231635, >>22231662 The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president The Hill for the Keks!
>>22231618 Trump's warning for Hamas to free hostages immediately and the New Jersey drone frenzy.
>>22231656 SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024
>>22231669 Medvedev addresses education problem with migrant children
>>22231703 Award frame concealing Ukraine-sent bomb intercepted in Moscow
>>22231752 Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
>>22231777 ICYMI: EPA approves pilot project to make road out of radioactive material in Florida
>>22231806 New Hampshire: Trump migrant deportations could threaten states' agricultural economies
>>22231839 #27199
Previously Collected
>>22228462 #27196, >>22229243 #27197, >>22230843 #27198
>>22225730 #27193, >>22226769 #27194, >>22227621 #27195
>>22222642 #27190, >>22223750 #27191, >>22224693 #27192
>>22219626 #27187, >>22220758 #27188, >>22221681 #27189
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#22234046 at 2024-12-27 01:54:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27202: Keep Working As A Team Edition
Headlines on Loomer. They left media is loving this
- MAGA controversy turns ugly over H-1B foreign visas for U.S. tech companies.
- Laura Loomer attacks Vivek and Elon Musk.
- 'U.S. culture prioritizes the prom queen over the Valedictorian.'
- Palantir ceo sides with Vivek and Elon.
- Rolling Stone is stoking 'MAGA civil war' over legal immigration.
- Semiconductor companies need 160,000 new engineers.
- Laura Loomer is angry after she was denounced as racist by JD Vance for White House 'smelling like curry' comment.
- Elon calls Loomer 'troll' - says to ignore her.
- Loomer, who has been shunned by Trump, responds with long diatribe attacking Elon Musk and 'foreigners.'
- Vivek explains his rationale and thesis in this tweet.
- Problem for Loomer - Trump has already said he wants to give 'automatic green cards' to foreigners who graduate from U.S. colleges.
Loomer is basically an enemy now because the only reason she's doing this is because Trump dismissed her when she lied about Vance.
Loomer needs some time off
#22233886 at 2024-12-27 01:29:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27202: Keep Working As A Team Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>22225133 Australia #39
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22162405 Canada #68
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27201 >>22232932
>>22232976, >>22233295 @Papi WE'RE BACK, BABY!!! HOLD ON!!!?????? I'M COMIN'!!!
>>22233036 Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je charged with accepting $522,392 in bribes and embezzling political donations
>>22233092, >>22233108, >>22233165 Tory nigerian leader attacks Farage and calls reform taking the lead as fake ticker - multiple sources bun
>>22233105 [According to four Reuters sources] 'Russian air defence system' downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane in deadly crash
>>22233199 Seattle doctor rushing to do trans surgeries before Trump inauguration slammed in scathing ad campaign
>>22233211 President Biden arrives in St. Croix on December 26, 2024
>>22233240 The Progressive Left's Glossary of DoubleSpeak, 2024 Edition
>>22233290 Michael Yon on Panama "if those flags are still flying in 3 months, Trump isn't serious"
>>22233298, >>22233312 Three Boys Shot After Trying to Rob Texas Man at Gunpoint at His Home
>>22233340 State Department's 'Global Engagement Center' accused of censoring Americans shuts its doors
>>22233865, >>22233875 Laura Loomer Faces Backlash for Comments About Indians Amid H-1B Visa Debate
>>22232961, >>22232999, >>22233292 Memes
>>22233883 #27201
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
>>22232843 QClock December 25, 2024 - Are you Jelly, Alien, UFO, Maye Musk, 42, Hitchhikers Guide
>>22232922 #27200
#27199 >>22230884
>>22230913 Ukraine Receives First $1 Billion Payout from Profits on Frozen Russian Assets
>>22231066 Bannon wants Gaetz
>>22231104 Building 7???
>>22231114, >>22231115, >>22231125, >>22231312 REFORM OVERTAKE THE TORIES IN MEMBERSHIP
>>22231134, >>22231144, >>22231149, >>22231484 Lavrov holds year-end press conference
>>22231178, >>22231472, >>22231788 Sigil of Lucifer???
>>22231205, >>22231221, >>22231223 Swampenins
>>22231270 WAR ROOM AM EDITION
>>22231273, >>22231442 PF: POTATUS (or whoever is in charge) is up and out of Joint Base Andrews this morning.
>>22231288 Public Health Experts Warn of Looming 'Quad-demic' This Winter - Flu, COVID, RSV, and Norovirus
>>22231309, >>22231353, >>22231376, >>22231420, >>22231519, >>22231543, >>22231578, >>22231640 NASA/Space/Science
>>22231326 Chinese operatives arrested in California and Guam as espionage concerns rise
>>22231355, >>22231377, >>22231481, >>22231482 China's sixth-generation fighter 'White Emperor' has made its maiden flight, accompanied by a fifth-gen J-20.
>>22231361, >>22231679 Middle East may host Putin-Trump talks as experts probe Kazakhstan crash
>>22231372 Number of Russian visas issued to Americans rises
>>22231387 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas
>>22231419 Ukrainian MPs gearing up for election are traitors - ex-president
>>22231445 @elonmusk 12:21 AM
>>22231463 Gretzky For Canada
>>22231506 Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
>>22231509 Chabad Rabbi Jacob Herzog flies to Syria to congratulate and meet with Syrian officials
>>22231557 ICYMI: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
>>22231580 Newscum grilled for reported effort to defy Trump deportation plan
>>22231588, >>22231591 ???ELON ACCEPTS PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL'S INVITATION TO SAUDI ARABIA?
>>22231603 Naughty or nice? 'The Five' hosts reveal their 2024 lists
>>22231609, >>22231635, >>22231662 The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president The Hill for the Keks!
>>22231618 Trump's warning for Hamas to free hostages immediately and the New Jersey drone frenzy.
>>22231656 SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024
>>22231669 Medvedev addresses education problem with migrant children
>>22231703 Award frame concealing Ukraine-sent bomb intercepted in Moscow
>>22231752 Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
>>22231777 ICYMI: EPA approves pilot project to make road out of radioactive material in Florida
>>22231806 New Hampshire: Trump migrant deportations could threaten states' agricultural economies
>>22231839 #27199
Previously Collected
>>22228462 #27196, >>22229243 #27197, >>22230843 #27198
>>22225730 #27193, >>22226769 #27194, >>22227621 #27195
>>22222642 #27190, >>22223750 #27191, >>22224693 #27192
>>22219626 #27187, >>22220758 #27188, >>22221681 #27189
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Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22232927 at 2024-12-26 21:40:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27201: Born To Frog Edition
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>>21503242 Brazil #1
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>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
>>22232843 QClock December 25, 2024 - Are you Jelly, Alien, UFO, Maye Musk, 42, Hitchhikers Guide
>>22232922 #27200
#27199 >>22230884
>>22230913 Ukraine Receives First $1 Billion Payout from Profits on Frozen Russian Assets
>>22231066 Bannon wants Gaetz
>>22231104 Building 7???
>>22231114, >>22231115, >>22231125, >>22231312 REFORM OVERTAKE THE TORIES IN MEMBERSHIP
>>22231134, >>22231144, >>22231149, >>22231484 Lavrov holds year-end press conference
>>22231178, >>22231472, >>22231788 Sigil of Lucifer???
>>22231205, >>22231221, >>22231223 Swampenins
>>22231270 WAR ROOM AM EDITION
>>22231273, >>22231442 PF: POTATUS (or whoever is in charge) is up and out of Joint Base Andrews this morning.
>>22231288 Public Health Experts Warn of Looming 'Quad-demic' This Winter - Flu, COVID, RSV, and Norovirus
>>22231309, >>22231353, >>22231376, >>22231420, >>22231519, >>22231543, >>22231578, >>22231640 NASA/Space/Science
>>22231326 Chinese operatives arrested in California and Guam as espionage concerns rise
>>22231355, >>22231377, >>22231481, >>22231482 China's sixth-generation fighter 'White Emperor' has made its maiden flight, accompanied by a fifth-gen J-20.
>>22231361, >>22231679 Middle East may host Putin-Trump talks as experts probe Kazakhstan crash
>>22231372 Number of Russian visas issued to Americans rises
>>22231387 Today in Q Post History we have ZERO Deltas
>>22231419 Ukrainian MPs gearing up for election are traitors - ex-president
>>22231445 @elonmusk 12:21 AM
>>22231463 Gretzky For Canada
>>22231506 Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
>>22231509 Chabad Rabbi Jacob Herzog flies to Syria to congratulate and meet with Syrian officials
>>22231557 ICYMI: Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
>>22231580 Newscum grilled for reported effort to defy Trump deportation plan
>>22231588, >>22231591 ???ELON ACCEPTS PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL'S INVITATION TO SAUDI ARABIA?
>>22231603 Naughty or nice? 'The Five' hosts reveal their 2024 lists
>>22231609, >>22231635, >>22231662 The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president The Hill for the Keks!
>>22231618 Trump's warning for Hamas to free hostages immediately and the New Jersey drone frenzy.
>>22231656 SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024
>>22231669 Medvedev addresses education problem with migrant children
>>22231703 Award frame concealing Ukraine-sent bomb intercepted in Moscow
>>22231752 Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
>>22231777 ICYMI: EPA approves pilot project to make road out of radioactive material in Florida
>>22231806 New Hampshire: Trump migrant deportations could threaten states' agricultural economies
>>22231839 #27199
#27198 >>22229248
>>22229484 "How dare we speak Merry Christmas!" Thank God she (Harris) lost.
>>22229796 New Bilderberg leadership
>>22229875 Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
>>22229886 AOC I wanted Daniel Penny in jail.
>>22229908 Full list of passengers and crew on Azerbaijani Airliner J2-8243
>>22229978 King Charles delivers the annual Christmas message
>>22230552 Bilderberg Group changes itself for the modern world - and return of Trump
>>22230285 resident Joe Biden has signed a bill cutting pensions for members of Congress convicted of public corruption felonies.
Baker change
>>22230727 POPE w/CAP: Throw open the doors of your heart. Everyone knows how to do it. Everyone knows whether their door is closed or half-closed…
>>22230797 NY has fallen: A woman was stabbed in the neck and nobody helped
>>22230843 #27198
Previously Collected
>>22228462 #27196, >>22229243 #27197
>>22225730 #27193, >>22226769 #27194, >>22227621 #27195
>>22222642 #27190, >>22223750 #27191, >>22224693 #27192
>>22219626 #27187, >>22220758 #27188, >>22221681 #27189
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Q Research Notables #26: High Hopes >>22083727
#22232922 at 2024-12-26 21:39:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
Finals
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
>>22232843 QClock December 25, 2024 - Are you Jelly, Alien, UFO, Maye Musk, 42, Hitchhikers Guide
Baking Meow!
#22232837 at 2024-12-26 21:25:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
LAST CALL
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972, >>22232597 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249, >>22232640 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
>>22232472, >>22232541, >>22232696 RFK is not banning vaccines but getting the right information and getting the right data [close enuf]
>>22232505 God Versus Aliens film implies that US government can fake alien invasions
>>22232560 RT - Learn the Russian language, learn about Russian history and culture
>>22232566 Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
>>22232604 Pope Francis has opened a symbolic door inside a Roman prison
>>22232816 Term limits will hopefully prevent Government from turning into a nursing home.
#27200
#22232478 at 2024-12-26 20:09:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
@500
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
>>22232212, >>22232225, >>22232235, >>22232250, >>22232263, >>22232280 TRUMP RETRUTHS
>>22232249 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was at the airport in Yemen during the Israeli bomb strike
>>22232375 Project Stargate was aimed at creating mind-reading spies who could infiltrate the minds of its Soviet enemies.
>>22232387 The Rise and Fall of the Never Trump Machine
>>22232440 Russia Says It Has Shot Down A US-Made F-16 Over Ukraine
#22232458 at 2024-12-26 20:06:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
>>22232427
> Q is melania, the queen of the chess board
#22232427 at 2024-12-26 20:00:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
>>22232401
Q is melania, the queen of the chess board
#22232152 at 2024-12-26 19:03:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
@216
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27200 >>22231859
>>22231866, >>22231941 2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden - Washington Free Beacon Staff
>>22231870, >>22231972 @Papi - 25 DAYS!!! READY TO ROCK!!!
>>22231899 Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player
>>22231908 Rasmussen Reports - 57% Favor FBI Probe of Liz Cheney
>>22231937 Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk - Green Is The New Black
>>22231988 Israel Conducts Huge Airstrikes Targeting Houthis At International Airport & Across Yemen
>>22231992 Moscow's 4 airports closed temporarily for unspecified security reasons
>>22231999, >>22232059 Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes
>>22232005 PDW received more than $15.3 million in contracts to Supply C100 Small Drones for US Army
>>22232009 JUST IN: ?? Russia's President Putin says "The only thing I believe in is God, and God is with us."
>>22232025 RT - Israel gave officers all-clear to kill civilians
>>22232060 Birth rates are plummeting globally, with most countries hitting all-time lows
>>22232103, >>22232105 TRUMP ReTruths - Fraternal Order of Police
#22231941 at 2024-12-26 17:55:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
2024 Man of the Year: Jill Biden
Washington Free Beacon Staff
December 24, 2024
The "official record" will reflect that Joe Biden served as the 46th president of the United States between 2021 and 2025 (assuming he lives to see the new year), which is why you should never believe anything you read in a history book.
The American people know the truth. Sleepy Joe has been scientifically dead for at least two years, if not longer. His body crippled by rigor mortis, his brain the color and consistency of fecal slurry. That's why we're giving this coveted WashingtonFree BeaconMan of the Year award to the person who has actually been running the country this whole time: Jill Biden==, America's desperate housewife.
In fact, we're going to call her Dr. Jill Biden from now on. At first it was fun to mock her demand for the title on account of a worthless education degree. But considering the actual experience she's accumulated in the field of home health care these past few years-giving sponge baths, changing bedpans, and administering the military-grade narcotics that allowed our nominal leader to present as semi-coherent in public settings-we feel she's earned it. Caring for a spouse with severe dementia is never easy, even for the vast majority of us who aren't secretly in charge of the world's largest economy and commanding its most powerful military, not to mention having to put up with a crackhead stepson who once called you a "selfish silly entitled c-t" and "vindictive moron" who "wouldn't survive one class in a[n] ivy graduate program."
We certainly don't approve of the way Dr. Jill has been leading the country these past four years, but we're not even mad. We're amazed that she managed to pull it off under the circumstances. Game respect game.
She achieved a level of absolute power that Hillary Clinton-the ice queen of ruthless ambition herself-could only dream of. We're a little creeped out by Sleepy Joe's comments about the "great sex" he's having, considering he probably lacks the capacity to legally consent, but we're willing to give Jill the benefit of the doubt. We would never kink-shame a commander in chief.
It's only a matter of time before Ivanka Trump (or Nancy Mace, or the Hawk Tuah girl, or Sam Alito's wife) is sworn in to become what ignorant experts will describe as "our first woman president." We'll be elated, obviously, but we won't be fooled.The Free Beacon will never forget Dr. Jill's historic service to this country, even though basically any man could have done a better job. And if she decides to plot a path back to power, she will have an esteemed Free Beacon Man of the Year award to point to on the campaign trail.
https://freebeacon.com/men-of-the-year/2024-man-of-the-year-jill-biden/
#22231937 at 2024-12-26 17:53:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27200: Precipice: Best Is Yet To Come For America, DS not so much Edition
New York Post
@nypost 1h
Kate Middleton matches with queen Camilla for annual Christmas Day walk after cancer battle
trib.al/u1qBqut
Dec 26, 2024 ? 4:01 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1872311694568906829
>>22231929
>>22231932
Green's the new black.
#22229349 at 2024-12-26 06:53:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27198: Another Day Closer to Freedom Edition
>>22229299
queen of scots?
#22227787 at 2024-12-25 23:49:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27196: Merry Christmas, ya' filthy animals! Edition
>>22227743
>>22227755
>>22227763
>>22227769
>>22227776
A Very Victorian Christmas Icon
The Victorians did more than anyone to give us our 'modern' Christmas. For them, Christmas was a time for children, charity, and religion. There was no more room for the raucous Lords of Misrule, or the kinds of celebrations presided over by Ben Johnson's Old Christmas and his gang of delinquent children.
As the 19th century wore on, new traditions were imported, invented and reinvented to support this tamer, domesticated Christmas. Prince Albert and queen Victoria popularised the German Christmas tree; gift-giving shifted to Christmas from New Year; Tom Smith invented the Christmas cracker; mass-produced cards were sent across the country and around the world and carol singing enjoyed a renaissance.
The old English Father Christmas loved a good party, but the Victorians needed more from him that that. Generous, jolly and dedicated to children, Santa Claus was the ideal character for their new version of Christmas - just as he was for the New Yorkers who did so much to shape his legend earlier in the century. To conquer the English imagination, he just needed to assume a more familiar name.
Whatever we call him, he continues to dominate the popular culture of Christmas across the world - and he's showing no sign of slowing down.
end - Merry Christmas to Anons and Lurkers
#22226939 at 2024-12-25 19:29:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27195: Fa La La La La, La La La TRUMP Edition
Why Prince Andrew Is Missing from the Royal Family's Christmas Walk This Year
The Duke of York didn't join his brother the King for the much-loved public walk to church on Christmas Day
By Janine Henni & Rachel Burchfield
December 25, 2024
08:20AM EST
Prince Andrew didn't join the royal family's traditional Christmas celebrations at Sandringham amid another scandal.
On Dec. 25, the Duke of York, 64, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson skipped the royal family's traditional Christmas gathering amid backlash around the Duke of York's connection to an alleged Chinese "spy." Their younger daughter Princess Eugenie also didn't join the public-facing walk to church on Christmas, though their elder daughter Princess Beatrice did.
It was a last-minute change in plans for Beatrice, 36, who is pregnant with her second child and a decision made as her due date approaches. The princess stepped out with her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and stepson Christopher Woolf, 8, for the festive walk to church at St. Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate, where they joined King Charles, queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton and other members of the royal family.
PEOPLE understands that Princess Beatrice had plans to spend the holiday with her in-laws in Italy, but doctors advised against travel at this point of her pregnancy.
In addition to skipping the Christmas gathering at the Norfolk estate and the traditional family walk to church at St. Mary Magdalene on the estate's grounds the morning of Dec. 25, Andrew also didn't go to his brother King Charles' pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace on Dec. 19 amid uproar around the alleged spy scandal.
Earlier this month, Andrew found himself at the center of further controversy following his disastrous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview surrounding his sexual assault allegations and association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which resulted in his step back as a working royal. The latest scandal involves the Duke of York's close business links with a Chinese national alleged to be a spy, according to multiple reports.
The alleged spy, Yang Tengbo, was reportedly appointed as a "business adviser" to Prince Andrew and was promised access to the highest levels of the royal family "in an apparently serious breach of national security," according to The Times. The outlet added that British security services found the man was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and was working for its United Front Work Department, which gathers intelligence.
The BBC reported that the man received an invite to Prince Andrew's 60th birthday party in 2020 - just months after his Newsnight fiasco - and was told he could act on his behalf to seek investors in China. The Times reported that the alleged spy was also invited to the royal estate at Windsor.
Amid the fallout, it emerged on Dec. 16 that the Duke and Duchess of York (who divorced in 1996 but continue to live at Royal Lodge in Windsor) would no longer attend the royal family Christmas at Sandringham. Last year, the ex-couple stayed at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate, and were expected to do so again this year.
…
https://people.com/why-prince-andrew-isnt-with-royal-family-christmas-8763626
#22226575 at 2024-12-25 18:04:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27194: Enjoy Your Christmas Day Edition
>>22226423
Yes it is. And Grisham is the shit queen.
#22225495 at 2024-12-25 11:52:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27193: Obligatory Bah Humbug Edition
Bishops within the Church of England have raised concerns that certain Christmas carols might be "problematic" because of their explicit references to Jesus as the "true Messiah." The Birmingham Diocese recently communicated to its clergy the need to reassess the language used in hymns to create an "inclusive" environment during the festive season.
The Birmingham Diocese instructed clergy to "use language that won't add further confusion or tension or take away anything from the good news of the Nativity," The Mail on Sunday reported, citing the email.
The hymns under scrutiny include "Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending," a favorite of queen Victoria, which has been criticized for declaring Jesus as the "true Messiah."
https://www.christianpost.com/news/cofe-bishops-find-christmas-carols-problematic.html
#22219740 at 2024-12-24 07:02:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27188: Eve on the Kun Edition
After Greenland, Panama, and Canada we need to take ownership of England. They have ripped us off since 1812 and they will just destroy their heritage by giving their country to the Muslims. They Royally screwed up by diminishing the white race. When the queen passed away all contracts became null and void. They thought their army of foreigner would diminish the white race so they could remain in power. The queen actually gave a narrative of how she was some type of newly discovered ancient Muslim royalty. It is time to end their facade, reconstitute, and save the white race, inclusive of Ireland and Scotland. Hope Charles gets the message and sees the providence in it and helps foster the transition.
#22215313 at 2024-12-23 14:11:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27183: Countdown to Freedom Edition
Messed up when editing timestamps for EST conversion, 19:22:55 should have been 18:22:55 (graphic updated)
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No posts for close to 19 hours
Time diff between Anon >>22155149 and Trump
17h 33m 40s
33 4
#334 picture of White House insignia and a pen on 7 year delta
>>22154846 G made into q
> O made into Q
> More to find over time.
>>22138128 Obama meme [bell]
> qreat honor to ring the bell
>>22155264 Q&A in Time [person of the year]
> 'QA'> 'QAnon' > Hammer
>>22157463
> Trump also pictured same day holding hammer
>>22132197 Future shows past
> "What keywords were within the stringer?"
> - Hammer (queen - Hammer to fall)
> - Q>0 > QA
>>22135591 Hammer to fall decode
#22210968 at 2024-12-22 17:10:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27178: Grab a Covfefe III Edition
All the Pedos will be there
Jeff Bezos to marry fianc?e Lauren Sanchez in lavish $600M Aspen wedding next weekend: report
A new report says billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will marry his fianc?e Lauren Sanchez next Saturday in an extravagant $600 million wedding in Aspen, Colorado.
The pair, who got engaged in May 2023, will tie the knot next weekend in a winter wonderland-themed wedding after celebrating their impending nuptials at Matsuhia, a lavish sushi restaurant the couple reportedly bought out for Thursday and Friday, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.
Their nuptials will reportedly feature festive decor, twinkling lights, and holiday charm.
The high-end wedding is expected to be a star-studded affair after the couple celebrated their engagement in Positano, Italy, with the likes of Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, and queen Rania of Jordan, Page Six previously reported.
Bezos, 60, and his fianc?, 54, have remained mum on their wedding plans and have not yet publicly confirmed their wedding date.
Their reps could not immediately be reached for comment on the report of the date.
The billionaire and former broadcast journalist have been inseparable since they started dating in 2018.
The pair went public with their romance a year later after Page Six exclusively revealed that Bezos and Sanchez were dating just days after his and his ex-wife's divorce was announced in January 2019.
Rumors of the couple's engagement began swirling as early as December 2019, when she was spotted sporting a massive heart-shaped ring.
Sanchez at the time was separated from Hollywood talent mogul Patrick Whitesell - with whom she shares two children, Ella, 16, and Evan, 18.
more
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeff-bezos-marry-fianc-e-043211083.html
#22204830 at 2024-12-21 15:08:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27171: Operation Donkey Removal Edition
When you knew the overtime cop queen had more to the story…
#22204378 at 2024-12-21 13:34:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27170: Winter Solstice Edition
>>22204368 Is he though? When queen E died, Countries had to state whether they wanted to remain under the Monarchy. Some said yes publicly but silence from many others. Wonder what they chose
#22200660 at 2024-12-20 19:28:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27166: Muh Johnson Comms: ONE TWEET WINNING Edition
>>22200651
Wow!
Is she catholic?
queen Kamala!
It has a nice ring to it
#22195239 at 2024-12-19 23:11:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27160: First (you) Meme A Cat - Then (you) Teach A Cat To Meme Edition
>>22195211
Anita Roddick and Bono are set to be married in a secret satanic ceremony at Bohemian Grove. Presided over by the pope this ceremony will further strengthen the evil twins drive to become king and queen of the NEW WORLD ORDER.
Known in occult circles as the GREEN WITCH Roddick has secretly confessed her sick love for Bono, saying to initiates 'I've wanted to shag that horny Irish bastard for donkey's years.'
Roddick and Bono have always been known by researchers to be SATANIC INITIATES who have long been part of the plot to enslave the world in the coming apocalypse.
The proof of their occult involvement lies in their names: ROD - DICK represents two words occultists use for the MALE GENITALIA confirming that ROD-DICK is a long standing member of the twisted sun worshipping OSIRIS cult the ILLUMINATI. Meanwhile Bono's name speaks for it's self (derived from boner), meaning simply 'a prick'.
The numerological value of the letter U is 3, added to 2 and using the satanic rules of reversal clearly represents the EVIL number 23. Disturbingly the band U2 are said to be an offshoot of the notorious P2 masonic lodge.
ROD-DICK, who has recently sold out to global illuminist corporation Nestle is far from planning retirement sources reveal. ROD-DICK has been captured on secret video tape TORTURING ANIMALS (send $299.99 to this blog for your exclusive copy) and has also been behind a number of SATANIC POTIONS largely manufactured from CRUDE OIL and ancient AFRICAN poisons.
These potions are said to turn ordinary god fearing women into babbling lunatics wailing about the terrors of the CHRISTIAN CAPITALIST SYSTEM while simultaneously exploiting thousands worldwide in an orgy of OVER PRODUCTION of these evil smelling chemicals.
ROD-DICKS store the Body Shop (a clear reference to satanic exploitation of fornication) is actually operating a GLOBAL PROSTITUTION RING with un-unionised staff forced to offer themselves to secret illuminati ceremonies as SEX SLAVES.
One highly respected source has witnessed the horrific rituals that this pair have indulged in
"I was hiding in the woods around Bohemian Grove. I watched ROD-DICK lovingly prepare the altar before passing a knife over to Bono who proceeded to plunge the knife repeatedly into a small defenceless giraffe"
Later in a shocking HOMOSEXUAL ORGY Bono was seen SUCKING the COCK of none other than high ranking illuminati member GEORGE BUSH, whilst ROD-DICK looked on masturbating and smearing powdered baby milk over her bare breasts.
As revealed here U2?s lyrics have long been proved to carry SECRET SATANIC MESSAGES, whilst Bono'scohortt Bob Geldof has been reported as saying 'I'd shake hands with the devil!!!'
https://www.conspirazzi.com/bono-and-richard-branson-tell-illuminati-to-assemble/
#22192489 at 2024-12-19 14:27:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27158: GM GM GM Edition
>>22192488
>Rep. Dan Crenshaw Decided Pandemic Was Perfect Time to Buy and Not Disclose Stocks
In response to the scandal, the Campaign Legal Center analyzed all congressional stock trades made between Feb. 2 and April 8, finding that a dozen senators made a combined 127 transactions in the timeframe, and 37 House members made at least 1,358 transactions.
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw Dunks on Newly Elected QAnon queen, Marjorie Taylor Greene
Crenshaw's name did not make it into those media reports, however, because he hadn't disclosed his purchases. The STOCK Act, a 2012 law intended to deter federal elected officials from trading on inside knowledge, requires congress to post all transactions within 45 days. Not only did Crenshaw fail to disclose the transactions at the time, he didn't include them in his annual disclosure, filed in August. And while that filing shows that Crenshaw holds the new assets, the form also requires members to list the transactions, including the dates,which Crenshaw left blank. They only appeared when the Lone Star Republican filed an amended annual report in December.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-dan-crenshaw-decided-pandemic-014857833.html
#22189989 at 2024-12-19 02:44:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27155: ELON DESTROYS THE DS WITH KEYBOARD - MOAR AT 11 Edition
>22189980
>Are you a Karen filter queen?
VaticanClown likes calling people Karens. What do you suppose the chances are of some weakling shill looking to pick a fight and using the same flimsy insult?
#22189980 at 2024-12-19 02:41:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27155: ELON DESTROYS THE DS WITH KEYBOARD - MOAR AT 11 Edition
>>22189971
Only filter queens broadcast the filter. Only Karen's actually use the filter.
Are you a Karen filter queen?
#22187864 at 2024-12-18 19:53:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27153: Cancer Vax OR 1/1024th Importance Edition
>>22187816
Trump's power move w/ the queen during review in England sent the message.
[DS] City of London & "The Commonwealth" = Under Submission.
#22187802 at 2024-12-18 19:36:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27153: Cancer Vax OR 1/1024th Importance Edition
>>22187797
The Crown owns Canada, they have the queen on their money, like we have the Federal Reserve.
#22186756 at 2024-12-18 15:35:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27152: D.O.G.E. Calls Out House Pork, Earnst Support From Who??? Edition
Sick and Wicked Fountain Hills, AZ Democrats Hang Wreath with President Trump's Severed Head as Christmas Decoration
By Jordan Conradson Dec. 18, 2024
Fountain Hills Democrats, outraged by Republicans celebrating Christmas with pro-Trump decorations, took it a step further by incorporating political violence in their Fountain Hills community center decoration.
The blasphemous Christmas wreath features a severed head resembling Donald Trump inside of a Fountain Hills community center. This came in response to Trump flags on the Republicans' Christmas trees.
Written across the face of the decapitated depiction of Donald Trump are words and phrases accusing the President of the made-up crimes that Biden's thugs charged with him as the leading Presidential candidate.
"37 felonies," "Fraud," "Racketeering," "Sexual assault," "Obstruction of justice," "Withholding of documents," Guilty: Hush money," and "Conspiracy to steal the 2020 election" are among some of the lies scribbled on the face.
The Fountain Hills Democratic Club posted photos of their satanic display on Facebook, saying, "We added some free speech to our wreath." The wreath was later taken down, and the Fountain Hills Democratic Club commented, "We have removed the offensive mask out of respect for all Democrats. A statement was made, if only for a few hours."
This is nothing new from the Left. Recall when deranged psychopath Kathy Griffin took photos and released a video of herself holding the decapitated head of President Trump back in 2017.
The so-called Christmas decoration drew criticism from some. One woman, Tania Brown, commented on the post, "How does this truly serve the community at Christmas? How do you feel guests from all over the world are going to feel? How does this represent the Fountain Hills Democratic Club? Is this what you want to be known for? I'm saddened by the response y'all chose. I feel it's in very poor taste and now you've matched them. Please be better and do better." The comment drew mixed replies, mostly in support of the horrific display, however. "It disturbs me that you are disappointed," said Sherri James, an admin on the Facebook page. Another replied, "Frankly, I'm tired of taking the high road. I think it's time to fight fire with fire."
Others applauded the move as "funny," "well done," and "awesome' and claimed it was a warranted response to the Republicans hanging pro-Trump ornaments.
One woman, Dianne Price, also said in a now-deleted comment, "Since they say they cannot limit freedom of expression, I say next year we decorate a tree with sex toys." Jennifer Ferrell Heim, a Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Director of Early Childhood Education, also said, "Who wants to do these trees with me next year? Drag queen tree[,] LGBTQ tree[,] Trans tree[,] Banned books tree[,] All Families matter tree." She added, "I'll keep thinking of more!"
The screenshots of these deleted comments were posted on X by Fountain Hills resident Libby Settle:
Rachel Alexander of the Arizona Sun Times reports,
Fountain Hills Councilman Allen Skillicorn provided a statement to The Arizona Sun Times. "While I defend the Fountain Hills Democratic Club's free speech, I am shocked by the inappropriate and out of touch behavior by FH Dem Club members," he said. "The Grinch appears to reside in their hearts. The people of Arizona and Fountain Hills have rejected their sex toy ideology and devotion to confusing children. I defend their right to not believe in Christianity and the Holiday of Christ's birth, but does that mean they should mock the faith of others? I invite the FH Dems to enjoy some eggnog and twinkly lights, but leave the Bah Humbug at home, behind closed doors."
The Fountain Hills Community Center invited civic groups to put up Christmas trees a few weeks ago. According to Skillicorn, "An animal rescue has a rescue theme, the Maricopa Sheriff's Department has a tree with sheriff badges, the Town's Public Works Staff has a tree with hard hats, and the Fountain Hills Republican Club has Trump flags celebrating the 45th & 47th President of the U.S.A. on their tree."
The FHDC discussed their activity in their public Facebook group. A poston December 12 contained several photos of a mask of Trump's severed head within a wreath. The post said the head was only on display for a few hours, then taken down due to the offense it caused. An admin posted, "We have removed the offensive mask out of respect for all Democrats. A statement was made, if only for a few hours." There were several statements written on Trump's "face" in pen, such as "37 felonies," "sexual assault," and "Conspiracy to steal the 2020 election."
These people are sick.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/sick-wicked-fountain-hill-az-democrats-hang-wreath/
#22186076 at 2024-12-18 13:34:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27151: Make Way for the Early Morning Light Edition
Balls! said the king.
If I had to, I would be king, said the queen.
I've got two but I'm not king, said the knave. - Paul Harvey
#22183531 at 2024-12-18 01:23:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27149: Be So Good They Can't Ignore You Edition
>>22183524
One Tough Bitch, in More ways than One. Calling out hits has made her the Mafia queen of the House!
#22182066 at 2024-12-17 19:41:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27147: WORDS MATTER Edition
>>22181992
you probably think lizard men and loosh and a spider queen
#22179754 at 2024-12-17 10:28:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27145: It Was Over Before It Began Edition
>>22179748
Classic smoking pepe filter queen projection. The shill used to always post the same Alphabet agency, you're too stupid for Q Research memes. It's just SP IP hopping.
#22179675 at 2024-12-17 09:47:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27145: It Was Over Before It Began Edition
>>22179665
>the bread smells like a yeast infection.
queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
#22178774 at 2024-12-17 04:11:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27144: Kun Edition
>>22178754
>Did the queen give Canadialand to Trump?
#22178754 at 2024-12-17 04:05:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27144: Kun Edition
>>22178728
Did the queen give Canadialand to Trump?
#22177869 at 2024-12-17 01:24:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27143: Keep The Guns & Save Our Children Edition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterland_Ballroom
Winterland Ballroom (more commonly known as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California, United States. The arena was located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street. It was converted for exclusive use as a music venue in 1971 by concert promoter Bill Graham and became a popular performance location for many rock acts. Graham later formed a merchandising company called Winterland Productions, which sold concert shirts, memorabilia, and official sports team merchandise.
History
The venue was opened on June 29, 1928, as the New Dreamland Auditorium.[2] It served as an ice skating rink that could be converted into a seated entertainment venue. Sometime in the late 1930s the building's name was changed to Winterland, and it successfully operated through the Great Depression. It was built in 1928 for $1 million (equivalent to $17.7 million in 2023).[3] The New Dreamland was built on the site of the Dreamland Rink (midway on the west side of Steiner between Post and Sutter) and Sid Grauman's National Theatre (on the corner of Post and Steiner).[4]
In 1936, Winterland began hosting the Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies.[5] Impresario Clifford C. Fischer staged an authorized production of the Folies Berg?re, the Folies Berg?re of 1944, at the Winterland Ballroom in November 1944.[6] The Ballroom hosted opera, boxing and tennis matches.[7]
As a music venue
Starting on September 23, 1966, with a double bill of Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bill Graham began to occasionally rent the venue, which had an audience capacity of 5,400, for larger concerts that his nearby Fillmore Auditorium could not properly accommodate. After closing the Fillmore West in 1971, he began to hold regular weekend shows at Winterland.
Various popular rock acts played there, including such bands and musicians as Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the J. Geils Band, the Who, Black Sabbath, James Gang, Kansas, Mahogany Rush, Quicksilver Messenger Service, UFO, REO Speedwagon, queen, Slade, Boston, Cream, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Van Morrison, the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, the Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Ten Years After, Wishbone Ash, Rush, Electric Light Orchestra, David Bowie, Genesis, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Sons of Champlin, Sex Pistols, Traffic, Golden Earring, Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Robin Trower, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sha Na Na, Loggins and Messina, Lee Michaels, Heart, Journey, Deep Purple, J.J. Cale, Spirit, the Chambers Brothers, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Foghat, Mountain, B.B. King, Montrose, George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers and Elvis Costello. Led Zeppelin first performed their song "Whole Lotta Love" there.
#22171825 at 2024-12-16 00:17:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27137: Sustained Mass Hysteria Edition
No posts from Trump or Dan for nearly 19 hours
Time diff between Anon and Trump
17h 33m 40s
33 4
#334 picture of POTUS seal and pen on 7 year delta
> WH pen
>>22154846 G made into q
> O made into Q
> More to find over time.
>>22138128 Obama meme [bell]
> qreat honor to ring the bell
>>22155264 Q&A in Time [person of the year]
> 'QA'> 'QAnon' > Hammer
> Trump also pictured same day holding hammer
>>22132197 Future shows past
> "What keywords were within the stringer?"
> - Hammer (queen - Hammer to fall)
> - Q>0 > QA
>>22135591 Hammer to fall decode
#22168297 at 2024-12-15 10:14:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27133: Strangers In The Night Edition
Quincy Jones was the Diddy of his era. He ran sex rings and was the (gay) gate keeper for blacks in Hollywood.
Jones groomed Will Smith,Tevin Campbell, queen Latifah, and tried with Tupac
https://youtu.be/zSbEB0xV89I
#22167041 at 2024-12-15 02:58:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27131: Activation KASH Code: IRON EAGLE? Ric Grenell Edition
>>22167035
>Meghan will show up demanding to be crowned queen whilst fingering herself in the middle of Trafalgar Square screaming to the top of her lungs to give her some privacy.
Aye. Like Glasgow, then. So then what?
#22167035 at 2024-12-15 02:56:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27131: Activation KASH Code: IRON EAGLE? Ric Grenell Edition
>>22166231
Meghan will show up demanding to be crowned queen whilst fingering herself in the middle of Trafalgar Square screaming to the top of her lungs to give her some privacy.
#22165993 at 2024-12-14 23:57:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27130: To Hell with the Drone Zone, We Want the END Zone! Edition
I also take this as a personal test and affront to my power as "low key queen of earth and mother of monsters" and will be so happy to cheer and angel as I always am Q knows I drew that out in a heart beat
#22165628 at 2024-12-14 22:32:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27130: To Hell with the Drone Zone, We Want the END Zone! Edition
BREAKING: Trump CRUSHES ABC News and George Stephanopoulos to Win Defamation Suit - ABC and Disgraced Host Must Pay Trump Whopping $15 MILLION for Stephanopoulos' Statements on E. Jean Carroll
Christmas came early for President Trump on Saturday.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump was supposed to be deposed the week before Christmas in his defamation case against ABC News.
Trump sued ABC News earlier this year after Stephanopoulos claimed Trump was "found liable for r*pe" by a Manhattan jury in the E. Jean Carroll case. The corrupt leftist jury found Trump liable for defaming certified nut E.Jean Carroll, not r*pe.
Stephanopoulos defamed Trump during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) earlier this year. He also smeared Mace, an actual rape victim in the process:
President Trump is suing George Stephanopoulos for defaming him and saying he was found liable for rape here in this shameful interview with Nancy Mace. pic.twitter.com/ANon5X5qoI
- JKash MAGA queen (@JKash000) March 19, 2024
In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump ra*ed her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s. This never happened, of course, because Trump has never met the woman.
But now, ABC and Stephanopoulos must pay Trump a whopping $15 MILLION for their sick comments. The money will be donated to "a Presidential foundation and museum" established by the president-elect:
Fox News reported:
ABC News and their top anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million.
The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees.
Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file a defamation lawsuit.
The groveling statement by the network reads as follows:
ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC's This Week on March 10, 2024.
Below is the link to today's decision:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/breaking-trump-crushes-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-win/
#22163916 at 2024-12-14 16:01:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27128: SHOT THEM DOWN Edition
>>22163898
>queen set,
#22163898 at 2024-12-14 15:58:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27128: SHOT THEM DOWN Edition
Just In Time For Christmas! Order The Giza Dreams Sheets At MyPillow.com/warroom
half off
$70 for queen set, $90 for King
#22161531 at 2024-12-14 01:40:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27125: Tee Minus Oh Edition
>>22161459
Times up. 1884 + 100. 1994. The demon is wounded and dying.
"Although this prayer is no longer recited at the end of Mass, I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against the forces of darkness and against the spirit of this world."
On October 13, 1884, exactly 33 years to the day before the Miracle of the Sun in Fatima, Pope Leo XIII had a terrifying vision of the future of the Church. With a handful of cardinals and Vatican staff members in attendance, Pope Leo XIII had finished celebrating Mass in the Vatican Chapel. He suddenly stopped at the foot of the altar, his face having turned ashen white, and remained there standing for about ten minutes in a trance-like state.
Later, when asked what had happened, Pope Leo XIII said that as he was about to leave the altar he heard two voices. One voice was of a kind and gentle nature, while the other voice was guttural and grating. He listened to the voices, which seemed to emanate from the tabernacle, and overheard the following conversation:
The voice of Satan in his pride, boasted to our Lord:
"I can destroy your Church."
The gentle voice of our Lord:
"You can? Then go ahead and do so."
Satan:
"To do so, I need more time and more power."
Our Lord:
"How much time? How much power?
Satan:
"75 to 100 years, and a greater power over those
who will give themselves over to my service."
Our Lord:
"You have the time, you will have the power. Do with them what you will."
After having the vision, Pope Leo immediately went from the Vatican Chapel to his private office and wrote the "Prayer to Saint Michael", giving with it the instructions that it be prayed after all Low Masses.
The practice of reciting this powerful prayer after Mass continue for decades, until it was officially suppressed after Vatican II. Removing the obligation to recite this prayer (along with the three Hail Marys, the Hail Holy queen, and the prayer for the Church) after Low Mass did not mean forbidding its use either privately or publicly, and Pope Saint John Paul II recommended its use, saying:
"Although this prayer is no longer recited at the end of Mass, I ask everyone not to forget it and to recite it to obtain help in the battle against the forces of darkness and against the spirit of this world."
#22159916 at 2024-12-13 21:28:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27123: Pelosi Pain Edition
>>22159815
The case will raise fresh questions about the judgment of Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages by the late queen Elizabeth II amid scrutiny of his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/H6-v-SSHD-OPEN-Judgment-final-for-hand-down-FINAL.pdf
#22158883 at 2024-12-13 17:40:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27122: TGIF the 13th RED DOT Edition
>>22158808
That's totally false.
keke
Seems like most jew-haters play along stereotypes and fail to grok that doesn't work here.
loser.
>>22158744
no always so easy
The real stuff? The Docs and Pharmacists gouge you for
Unless you live in TN
where it's over-the-counter.
>>22158697
the picrel here is what I blame on Tranime, the apparently plant, Baker.
Plants are usually "nice" (foolish)
That's their 'coin of the realm' The talent which buys them entry.
>>22158696
buncha Adolf fan boies here.
>>22158606
"speaker EMERITA" the queen
whadda farce.
We might allegedly "smell" like Walmart but what is her smell?
#22158656 at 2024-12-13 16:46:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27122: TGIF the 13th RED DOT Edition
Last couple of daze have been weird.
A mate, who helped me out by offering me a property by a river for a couple of weeks to "recuperate"
It even had one of those water wheels, beautiful sounds. Even supplied a lawyer
He got back in touch.
I received ?90 something in my bank fug knows how he got my bank details.
Later he explained it was for the weed n hash we had confiscated, which I told him previous not to worry.
He says
>The Germans are coming. Leave your lights on and your phone , unlike the blitz.
Now, this guy worked for the queen of England.
Has his own business not sure f he still has.
W31rd as fuck, any way if anyone is listening. Spoke to him, sound bloke. Never done me no wrong.
All he wants is to hook up for a drink n a smoke.
He's had to move away cause of the "Germans" robbing houses with lights out (and worse). history repeating but diff tic tacs.
He told me he had cancer.
Weird timing and all, spoke to him a couple of times since a few years ago.
He told me where he lives, lived etc..
Wants to hook up at the places I goto, a certain area which contains a few dinking establishments. Not somewhere you would take your missus.
Anyway, he said stay friendly.
To which I allways am, he just wants to meet up for a drink before Christmas.
Sorry...
At least off my chest now.
Stay safe anons
#22158278 at 2024-12-13 15:28:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27122: TGIF the 13th RED DOT Edition
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>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
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>>19804572 UK #51
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>>22157484, >>22157684 Holy shlit. Crystal Mangum just admitted after 18 years that she made up the r*pe allegation against the 3 Duke Lacrosse players.
>>22157498, >>22157499, >>22157521, >>22157619 Biden pardon mvp's
>>22157508 Tennessee Bureau of Investigations: Venezuelan gang in every major city in state
>>22157524 The NC Legislature has successfully overridden the Democrat governor's veto of the law they passed, which strips away the Democrats' control of the State Elections Board.
>>22157585 The narrative: Corporate Media Prep To Blame Four Years Of Bidenflation On Second Trump Administration
>>22157593 FEMA director, Deanne Criswell says disinformation was "weaponized" by citizens and foreign adversaries against the agency during Hurricane Helene.
>>22157614, >>22157741 Pay to Play: OK Senator Mark Mullen was 1 of 2 votes against Rick Scott in GOP Leader vote. Insider trading: He bought AXON stock that skyrocketed 160%
>>22157622 @C__Herridge I testified to Congress the Press Act's broad definition of journalist protects independent reporters + small newsrooms who are the lifeblood @X + TruthSocial.
>>22157626 ? CEO LINDA YACCARINO PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN!
>>22157628 Cramer RFKjr exchange
>>22157634, >>22157650 Crazy how many of the names on this (Epstein) list are triggered
>>22157639 The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the revocation of visas by the executive branch is not subject to review by federal judges
>>22157653, >>22158218 Eagle Eye radar provides high-quality drone imagery in all atmospheric conditions
>>22157655 The "Clean Communities Investment Accelerator" funds, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. /$6 billion EPA slush fund that O'Keefe highlighted.
>>22157666 "500,000 Children... We Can't Find!"– NYC Mayor Adams Stuns Room Full of Liberal Reporters After Meeting with Trump Border Czar
>>22157672 @GenFlynn "Want to know Syria's future? Look at Idlib – the province under "rebels" control."
>>22157674 Russia Launches Massive Aerial Attack on Ukraine
>>22157715, >>22157821 Bayrou not joining Macron
>>22157718 New Jersey State Emergency Responders Have Issued An Intelligence Bulletin That Gives Guidance On How To Deal With Any Downed Drones.
>>22157723 EU launches Humanitarian Air Bridge operation for Syria to deliver emergency supplies and boosts humanitarian funding
>>22157732 At a former funeral home in a town inextricably linked to witchcraft, secular Jew Malcolm Jarry opens a new heaquarters for his Satanic Temple
>>22157733, >>22157742, >>22157744, >>22157788, >>22158153 Air Q NYSE
>>22157735 New Mexico Governor Refuses National Guard Deployment for Mass Deportations
>>22157737 38 Days to WH
>>22157768 FIB walk-back cover up op begins
>>22157791, >>22158152 Texas payin for the wall, AGAIN
>>22157807 Top Overnight News
>>22157809 Pandemic fear pron down under
>>22157826 Things that don't age well
>>22157854, >>22157855 King County, WA pedos
>>22157940, >>22157976, >>22157990, >>22158028, >>22158063, >>22158066, >>22158113, >>22158172, >>22158242 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/Space/Science
>>22157948 Ahoy! The Ship Show & Extra Gravy
>>22157970, >>22157939 Drones Make Presidential Transition Dangerous FOR THE KEKS!
>>22157976 War Room With Steve Bannon Morning Edition
>>22158032, >>22158046 Three Israeli-American real estate mogul brothers arrested/charged for sexual trafficking of dozens of women in NY, Miami
>>22158089 JD Vance invites Daniel Penny to attend Army-Navy game with him and Trump
>>22158111 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund
>>22158138 CNN Now Getting Beaten in Ratings by... The Food Network
>>22158139 Swampenins
>>22158151 Seventeen people have just indicted on 222 charges connected to a car theft ring in the sanctuary city of Denver, Colorado.
>>22158157 Jaime Greene serves in the MI Legislature and says Dems are using the "Lame Duck period" to work towards legalizing prostitution
>>22158212, >>22158239 Homan on sanctuary city tour
>>22158236 Luigi Mangione 'Copycat' Arrested
>>22158273 #27121
#27120 >>22156532
>>22156550 Former Palmetto Railways CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Fraud
>>22156561 Ex-NJ Director Of Health And Human Services Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Filing False Tax Return
>>22156569 New York Doctor Pleads Guilty to Receiving Kickbacks
>>22156576 PF on drone in northwest LA
>>22156582 Former airman sentenced to federal prison for possession of child pornography
>>22156612 Christmas comms from The Economist
>>22156648 Drones above Bowie, Maryland
>>22156656 Elon X post @ 1239 (9:39pm) EST
>>22156692, >>22157317 Elon X post @ 2240 (10:40pm) EST
>>22157107 MUSK56 coincides with $56B judge dicision
>>22157142, >>22157154 Speculation on NJ drones
>>22157239, >>22157240 Hundreds of Vials of Deadly Viruses Missing After Lab Breach in Australia
>>22157282 MIL ships off of east coast
>>22157303 The Hidden Pfizer Report That Shows Heart Conditions in the Vaccinated Getting Worse Over Time
>>22157304 Connection Between Nancy Pelosi & Luigi Mangione Raises Questions In Murder Investigation
>>22157313, >>22157314 Drones (Planes?) over LaGuardia Airport in NY
>>22157334, >>22157360 TrumpWarRoom X post @ 1228 (12:28pm) EST & coinciding Q posts
>>22157372 Biden criticized for commuting 'Kids-for-Cash' judge
>>22157373 NJ aircraft appears firing (training exercise?)
>>22157404 Tom Homan will deputize citizens to help find missing children
>>22157415 LeBron taking leave of absence for 'personal reasons'
>>22156532 #27120
#27119 >>22155652
>>22155891, >>22155871, >>22155983, >>22156174 ayy just flew over muh house
>>22156042 Report: Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
>>22156001, >>22156064 China yet to answer for killing close to a million people in America in the last decade with Fentanyl
>>22155773 @KarluskaP Citizens will be deputized to help find the missing children
>>22156030 10,000 Australians Become Homeless Each Month Amid Housing Shortages and Rising Immigration
>>22156047 ...then they came for the Canucks...
>>22155713 Inside 'Luigi Mangione's extremely wealthy family that's been dubbed 'beloved' Baltimore royalty: 'It's a shock for all of us'
>>22155884 @GregAbbott_TX @SpaceX Proud to have you in Texas!
>>22156175 A New Chapter Of The Bible Was Allegedly Just Found Hidden Inside 1,750-Year-Old Text
>>22156271 @RealCandaceO Two million views in just 24 hours on YouTube alone makes the U.S.S liberty my biggest episode debut since I began podcasting
>>22156273 NATO tells members to divert social spending to militaries
>>22156286, >>22156305, >>22156359 ISRAELI SOLDIER on vacation in Morocco arrested for GAZA WAR CRIMES
>>22156302 Echoes Of Laurel Canyon - Use SAC Bases For Operations Against Americans
>>22156327 A Week At The UK's Fort Detrick, Porton Down. Kolomoisky Biolabs In Ukraine
>>22156328 Mossad chief David Barnea met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday to discuss the Gaza hostage deal and the ceasefire negotiations
>>22156341 Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance, Putin says
>>22156396 queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,'former president says
>>22156394 #27119
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>>22155645 #27118
>>22153193 #27115, >>22154163 #27116, >>22154808 #27117
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#22158010 at 2024-12-13 14:18:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27121: Night Shifting Gears Edition
>>22157922
>>22156616 pb
It was both side to the Middle.
They played both sides, as did "Obama" Barry and Biden.
That's their game, to foment war, bloodshed and chaos - to give reason for their world takeover.
Old plot.
Brit Royals were on both sides (neither side?) of WW2. They had their own side.
Adolf was a blood relative.
Adolf and King Edward were cousins.
Crowley did Propaganda for Adolf and was forgiven after the War as a "double Agent"
Who gives a fuck if the queen didn't like Jews? Neither do the Bushes or other Nazi-s
Doesn't mean they fail to play two sides to the middle.
#22157922 at 2024-12-13 13:58:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27121: Night Shifting Gears Edition
>>22156616 pb
Doubt;
considering the British Zionists and the royalty were behind the creation of Israel.
Victoria's son in the 19thc. was who scoped out Palistine for their "Israel" project (NWO) and control of oil and the Suez Canal
"Oh the queen didn't like Jews, in a personal way"
What a surprise!
Does that count against Jews.
Guess the Jew Haters are just gaga over Royalty. That's must be their stars?
queen probably still hated Jews though the NWO was behind the creation of the state of Israel.
That whole lot, NWO, are pedo-Nazi = so yeah, Hate Jews.
So did Dubya Bush and that whole family, it is reported.
queen as Nazi, vidrel.
>>22157457
Happy Friday the 13th
TYB
Baker was Jew Haters no doubt.
Many of them are.
I guess a twitter post gets to be sauce.
If it's anti-Jew then a twitter post is enough for sauce.
The Tranime Baker is a jew-hater, has a child fetish. I feel it could be violent. Hope it doesn't have access to our IP's
BO
I believe that was who was causing the anomolies on the Bread. Anons said if they blocked the Baker (Tranime) then the anomolies disappeared.
last night. weird marks in the bread like punk staples running down over multiple posts.
>>22157447
#22157497 at 2024-12-13 10:14:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27120: Nightshift Edition
>>22157485
I guess I am just having a hard time separating queen Elizabeth from which ever of her relatives gave the land to the jews in the first place.
#22157449 at 2024-12-13 09:54:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research #27121: Night Shifting Gears Edition
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#27120 >>22156532
>>22156550 Former Palmetto Railways CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Fraud
>>22156561 Ex-NJ Director Of Health And Human Services Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Filing False Tax Return
>>22156569 New York Doctor Pleads Guilty to Receiving Kickbacks
>>22156576 PF on drone in northwest LA
>>22156582 Former airman sentenced to federal prison for possession of child pornography
>>22156612 Christmas comms from The Economist
>>22156648 Drones above Bowie, Maryland
>>22156656 Elon X post @ 1239 (9:39pm) EST
>>22156692, >>22157317 Elon X post @ 2240 (10:40pm) EST
>>22157107 MUSK56 coincides with $56B judge dicision
>>22157142, >>22157154 Speculation on NJ drones
>>22157239, >>22157240 Hundreds of Vials of Deadly Viruses Missing After Lab Breach in Australia
>>22157282 MIL ships off of east coast
>>22157303 The Hidden Pfizer Report That Shows Heart Conditions in the Vaccinated Getting Worse Over Time
>>22157304 Connection Between Nancy Pelosi & Luigi Mangione Raises Questions In Murder Investigation
>>22157313, >>22157314 Drones (Planes?) over LaGuardia Airport in NY
>>22157334, >>22157360 TrumpWarRoom X post @ 1228 (12:28pm) EST & coinciding Q posts
>>22157372 Biden criticized for commuting 'Kids-for-Cash' judge
>>22157373 NJ aircraft appears firing (training exercise?)
>>22157404 Tom Homan will deputize citizens to help find missing children
>>22157415 LeBron taking leave of absence for 'personal reasons'
>>22156532 #27120
#27119 >>22155652
>>22155891, >>22155871, >>22155983, >>22156174 ayy just flew over muh house
>>22156042 Report: Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
>>22156001, >>22156064 China yet to answer for killing close to a million people in America in the last decade with Fentanyl
>>22155773 @KarluskaP Citizens will be deputized to help find the missing children
>>22156030 10,000 Australians Become Homeless Each Month Amid Housing Shortages and Rising Immigration
>>22156047 ...then they came for the Canucks...
>>22155713 Inside 'Luigi Mangione's extremely wealthy family that's been dubbed 'beloved' Baltimore royalty: 'It's a shock for all of us'
>>22155884 @GregAbbott_TX @SpaceX Proud to have you in Texas!
>>22156175 A New Chapter Of The Bible Was Allegedly Just Found Hidden Inside 1,750-Year-Old Text
>>22156271 @RealCandaceO Two million views in just 24 hours on YouTube alone makes the U.S.S liberty my biggest episode debut since I began podcasting
>>22156273 NATO tells members to divert social spending to militaries
>>22156286, >>22156305, >>22156359 ISRAELI SOLDIER on vacation in Morocco arrested for GAZA WAR CRIMES
>>22156302 Echoes Of Laurel Canyon - Use SAC Bases For Operations Against Americans
>>22156327 A Week At The UK's Fort Detrick, Porton Down. Kolomoisky Biolabs In Ukraine
>>22156328 Mossad chief David Barnea met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday to discuss the Gaza hostage deal and the ceasefire negotiations
>>22156341 Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance, Putin says
>>22156396 queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,'former president says
>>22156394 #27119
#22156754 at 2024-12-13 05:49:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27120: Nightshift Edition
>>22156623
In the UK during ww2 that started in 1939 everyone had to join some form of military or similar service industry. She joined their Army, so would have to be aware of what was happening.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/queen-elizabeth-ii-during-world-war-ii.
After the war UK military were attacked while trying to keep the peace in Palestine.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stern-Gang
So likely she never forgot her days in the Army and that good people were killed by the Israeli terrorists.
#22156525 at 2024-12-13 04:34:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27120: Nightshift Edition
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>>21755366 Australia #38
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>22062066 Canada #67
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>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21988292 Japan #26
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#27119 >>22155652
>>22155891, >>22155871, >>22155983, >>22156174 ayy just flew over muh house
>>22156042 Report: Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
>>22156001, >>22156064 China yet to answer for killing close to a million people in America in the last decade with Fentanyl
>>22155773 @KarluskaP Citizens will be deputized to help find the missing children
>>22156030 10,000 Australians Become Homeless Each Month Amid Housing Shortages and Rising Immigration
>>22156047 ...then they came for the Canucks...
>>22155713 Inside 'Luigi Mangione's extremely wealthy family that's been dubbed 'beloved' Baltimore royalty: 'It's a shock for all of us'
>>22155884 @GregAbbott_TX @SpaceX Proud to have you in Texas!
>>22156175 A New Chapter Of The Bible Was Allegedly Just Found Hidden Inside 1,750-Year-Old Text
>>22156271 @RealCandaceO Two million views in just 24 hours on YouTube alone makes the U.S.S liberty my biggest episode debut since I began podcasting
>>22156273 NATO tells members to divert social spending to militaries
>>22156286, >>22156305, >>22156359 ISRAELI SOLDIER on vacation in Morocco arrested for GAZA WAR CRIMES
>>22156302 Echoes Of Laurel Canyon - Use SAC Bases For Operations Against Americans
>>22156327 A Week At The UK's Fort Detrick, Porton Down. Kolomoisky Biolabs In Ukraine
>>22156328 Mossad chief David Barnea met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday to discuss the Gaza hostage deal and the ceasefire negotiations
>>22156341 Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance, Putin says
>>22156396 queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,'former president says
>>22156394 #27119
#22156396 at 2024-12-13 04:14:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27119: Blanket-Pre-Emptive Comfy Edition
queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,'former president says
Rivlin elaborated, saying, "She refused to accept any Israeli official into the Palace, apart from international occasions."
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-833224
https://twitter.com/RabbiShmuley/status/1867262756878942567
>>22156383
#22155336 at 2024-12-13 00:55:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27118: It's Fun To Stay At Guantanamo Bay Edition
>>22155293
It's just one fairy queen with three devices/virtual machines.
#22153943 at 2024-12-12 19:37:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27116: Donald Trump is Time's person of the year Edition
EXCLUSIVECharles' biggest ever family Christmas: 45 royals will gather at Sandringham for a meaningful celebration amid the King's cancer battle, including a special guest of the queen - so, who's on the invite list?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14183065/Charles-biggest-family-Christmas-Sandringham-meaningful-celebration-invite-list.html
Is this there last supper
#22152602 at 2024-12-12 15:43:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152576
>queen Henrietta Maria
Henrietta Maria of France was queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649
#22152598 at 2024-12-12 15:42:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152576
Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November[1] 1609 - 10 September 1669) was queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649. She was mother of his sons Charles II and James II and VII. Under a decree of her husband, she was known in England as queen Mary, but she did not like this name and signed her letters "Henriette" or "Henriette Marie".[2]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria_of_France
#22152584 at 2024-12-12 15:37:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152568
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/prince-william-kate-middleton-preparing-to-be-king-and-queen-report-7229206
William, Kate Preparing To Be King And queen "Sooner Than Expected": ReportPrince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly preparing for their future roles as king and queen earlier than expected.
#22152576 at 2024-12-12 15:32:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152554
SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Portrait of queen Henrietta Maria, three-quarter-length, in a gold gown
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6406788
#22152574 at 2024-12-12 15:32:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152565
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria_of_France
The North American Province of Maryland, a major haven for Roman Catholic settlers, was named in honour of queen Henrietta Maria. The name was carried over into the current U.S. state of Maryland.
#22152568 at 2024-12-12 15:31:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152561
>queen Henrietta Maria 1636
>>22152559
>queen Henrietta Maria 1636
Anon saw a magazine in the grocery store that had the prince as going to be the new king. Then I just found this. Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November[1] 1609 - 10 September 1669) was queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed
#22152561 at 2024-12-12 15:29:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152554
queen henrietta maria
#22152559 at 2024-12-12 15:29:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27115: Bells Will Be Ringing - Countdown Edition
>>22152554
queen Henrietta Maria 1636
#22152089 at 2024-12-12 13:29:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27114: Dad -- I mean Jim COMFYrms X posting Edition
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7188812314499250&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Karma, a living being
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7170875266292955&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Saint Germain
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7157991570914658&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Hermans Cybernetic Civilization
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7142241202489695&set=ecnf.100001116585458
Te list goes on and on... Right Erena?
#22151183 at 2024-12-12 05:53:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27113: Scouts Out Edition
>>22151174
w e exist on a motherboard
the only way out is the fire queen, burn a hole in the ice
#22149961 at 2024-12-12 01:58:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27112: Storm Coming Edition
WRAY started the rumor it ain't a bullet that hit trump
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xdpQZPgEoN4
WRAY hides the hunter biden probe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmSN8Oxbew
Keep in mind that Lord Mark Malloch-Brown and his sidekicks Richard Dearlove, Geoffrey Pattie, Arvinder Sambei, the Rothschilds, and the queen have been running a counter-intelligence operation on Donald Trump since the day they found out he was running for president. Once he won, they sent their ground armies for him. These are the Senior Executive Services operatives that you know as Peter Strzok, Andrew McCabe, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Jeff Sessions, Chris Wray, Rod Rosenstein, Bruce Ohr, Sally Yates, Samantha Powers....etc.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BW3SFZxygto?feature=oembed
CHRIS WRAY IS A LIAR FOR "Krebs on Security" aka CISA.
https://loudobbs.com/news/chris-wray-and-chris-krebs-lied-to-the-american-public-for-4-years-they-knew-iranians-breached-us-election-system-stole-100000-identities-and-then-posted-video-online-of-the-stolen-data-b/
#22145830 at 2024-12-11 08:01:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27107: Be Best, Stay Comfy Edition
>>22145801
fire queen
#22145801 at 2024-12-11 07:47:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27107: Be Best, Stay Comfy Edition
>5d1118
ty
>>22145678
>but is there another layer of computer program outside the pods?
ice queen?
how melt ice?
#22145490 at 2024-12-11 05:47:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27106: MALIBU IS ON FIRE Edition
>>22145464
(Longer Interview)
Larry Johnson, former NFL star and Roccawear influencer, shares a story about Beyonce baiting him at a party to find young children "sexy." Johnson described a party at a mansion in the mountains of Colorado in 2006 or 2007 that involved adults, alcohol, and young children. The party was hosted by Jay Z and Beyonce.
Young children were ushered into the party around 11 pm and that's when Johnson alleges the queen of the music industry made an inappropriate and salacious comment about how "sexy" it all was.
Did Beyonce Attempt to GROOM NFL Running Back?
https://youtu.be/U12mvX4nEpQ
#22144808 at 2024-12-11 03:42:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27106: MALIBU IS ON FIRE Edition
>>22144794
>Diddy Blackmailer for the FBI/CIA.
But Diddy was handled by Lucian Grainge
Born Lucian Charles to parents Cecil and Marion Grainge, he grew up in a Jewish family in North London.[7][8]
His older brother was Nigel Grainge, the founder of Ensign Records which was bought by Jack Wells CEO.[9]
Grainge left queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys at the age of 18, and began working as a runner at MPC, a talent scout company in 1978.[4] After contacting several record label bosses, he was offered a job by Maurice Oberstein, chairman of CBS Records, working at publishing company April Music's A&R department. His first signing was The Psychedelic Furs. In 1982, he became the director of RCA Music Publishing. Two years later he became an A&R director for MCA Records. He set up PolyGram Music Publishing in 1986 and joined Polydor as general manager of A&R and business affairs in 1993. He was promoted to managing director of Polydor in 1997.[10
So stop fucking lying
#22142078 at 2024-12-10 18:54:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27102: Tuesday Morning Melania - Countdown Edition
I walked in, and they had a song already written as "Cruisin' for the Ladies." They looked at me like, "Get outta here." Then Steven said, "Well, originally, when I was writing the song, I was singing 'Dude looks like a lady'." I said, "Oh my God, that's a smash." At first I suggested, "Let's write a story song. Maybe it's a guy who was like a Vietnam vet who was so like traumatized, he came back and became a drag queen." Joe Perry got a very stern look on his face and said, "Some of my friends are vets." I said, "OK. Forget about that idea. What about a guy who goes into a strip joint and sees this gorgeous, you know, bosomed blond stripping on stage and then he goes backstage and finds out it's really a guy." And they went with that. It goes, "She's a funky lady, I like it, like it, like it like that." The singer's sort of implying he went for it anyway 'cause he liked what he saw. He goes, "Never judge a book by its cover/or who you're gonna love by your lover." It has a kind of deep message in a way, because it's like, well, what is love, and what is a person, and if you're attracted to what you're seeing, you're attracted to it, you know? It's a kind of elevated song about androgyny, and, in spite of the fact that it's down and dirty, it has a kind of lofty concept.
#22141769 at 2024-12-10 17:49:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27102: Tuesday Morning Melania - Countdown Edition
>>22141763
Bloodline preserved.
God save the queen
#22140453 at 2024-12-10 13:30:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27101: Luigi Doesn't Pass the Smell Test Edition
>>22139487 DJT: It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of CanadaPN
PDJT made a big deal of sitting down with Prince William, "for 30 minutes, or a little more".Were they talking about a deal on Canada?First queen Elizabeth, next Prince William, last King Charles? It seems at the least the monarchy is shrinking in the UK.
"On his meeting with UK Prince William, he said he had a "great talk" about the Royal Family, as both Kate Middleton and King Charles are recovering from cancer.
"I had a great talk with the prince," Trump said." And I asked him about his wife and he said she's doing well. And I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad.We had a great talk for half an hour, a little more than half an hour. We had a great, great talk."
He then commented on the prince's good looks: "He's a good looking guy. He looked really, very handsome last night.Some people look better in person?He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that."
What does that mean, some people look better in person?
#22137391 at 2024-12-09 22:32:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27097: EBAKE Hammer time
>>22137323
>Nicholas B. Mangione
>>22137329
https://archive.ph/t1ePW#selection-613.7677-613.8143
CONTROVERSY COURTS TURF VALLEY OWNER
MANGIONE UNCOWED BY RACIAL INCIDENT, DEVELOPMENT DISPUTE
August 26, 1989
By Fern Shen
Last year, after a widely publicized racial incident at Turf Valley Country Club, the pillars of the Howard County community briefly shunnedNicholas B. Mangione's property like an 800-acre leper colony. Many groups boycotted the popular golf, hotel and conference center - from the Chamber of Commerce to high school prom committees. Mangione, 64, a former masonry contractor who rose from poverty in Baltimore to the top of a huge family empire of nursing homes, apartments, office buildings and construction projects, had his own response to the boycott. He took names. He rescinded a sizable pledge to Howard County General Hospital, ceased participation in some local school and charitable programs and stopped letting the high school golf team practice at Turf Valley for free. "I stopped it all," Mangione said recently. "It's a two-way street. If I am judged guilty and I'm not guilty, then they're not friends of mine." Revenge may not be a common form of public relations in this booming suburban county. But then, Mangione is not a common businessman. One of the region's bigger commercial developers, a philanthropist and an aspiring player in the county's political and social scene, Mangione also owns a parcel of land destined to become Howard's second largest development after Columbia. Independent and outspoken, he has become a colorful figure on the Howard landscape. "I try to give him advice, but sometimes he does things the hard way," said C. Vernon Gray, the County Council's sole black member, who sought to advise Mangione during the Turf Valley racial incident. That controversy, in which the club's manager inadvertently left a message using the word "nigger" on an NAACP member's answering machine, was the most widely publicized of a dozen brushes Mangione has had recently with building, zoning and fire codes, business associates and community sensibilities. Last week, for example, Mangione was again in court, this time facing charges of civil contempt – the latest clash in an ongoing battle with the county over his work on a new golf course at Turf Valley. Sediment control officers have accused Mangione of excavating without a county environmental permit. In June, a District Court judge found him guilty of grading without a permit and defying a stop-work order. At the time, Mangione's conduct on the golf course project incensed top county officials. "It makes a mockery of the regulations," said County Administrator Buddy W. Roogow. "With all the building around here, there have been a lot of complaints about" environmental damage from improper grading. Mangione's actions make "companies and individuals think they can flout the regulations," he said. But the county agreed last week to settle the civil contempt case filed after county officials said Mangione repeatedly violated Circuit Judge J. Thomas Nissel's stop-work order at the golf course. County officials offered to drop the charges in return for a $5,000 contribution to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a statement by Mangione acknowledging his guilt. However, Mangione, who subsequently obtained a permit, has refused to sign the statement as of Friday. He says he has violated no laws. "We have a difference of opinion on how to go about construction jobs," said John H. Dreisch, chief of the county's inspections and enforcement, who said he has had numerous "run-ins" with Mangione. "Little things like whether you've got to get a permit before you start building." Mangione replied that it's the county that has "an attitude." "They made me put in a storm water management pond big enough to float the queen Mary," he said, complaining that the county has been nitpicking over the details of his golf course project.
#22135059 at 2024-12-09 15:05:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27095: The WW3 Precipice - Countdown Edition
>>22135025
What's his 'wifes' nic-name?
You can't have a queen, without a King.
High up Luciferian
How many Demonic Shows have these two put on? Spells…
Never. Trust. A. Demon.
#22134573 at 2024-12-09 12:18:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27094: Obama Child Rape Tapes Will Tear DC Apart Edition
>>22134559
Yes. I first noticed it with a photo this weekend, where they were facing each other, shaking hands. It was even more pronounced then.
He could have had lifts in his shoes as well. To hide the shrinking we all will do at some point.
queen Elizabeth was the most dramatic in her shrinking over the yeas, imo.
#22134092 at 2024-12-09 08:02:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27093: Quite a Syria's Conflict Edition
>>22134056
>>22134080
>>22134080
DogStyle queen no doubt those knees.
#22132197 at 2024-12-09 00:19:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27091: THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED Edition
>>22132162
176 minutes
#176
"What keywords were within the stringer?"
- Hammer (queen - Hammer to fall)
- Q>0 > QA
#22129582 at 2024-12-08 15:14:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27089: Nice RoD, GS, Liddle Runout, Smooth Touchdown Edition
>>22128427 (pb)3 sec Danwith a 17 minute delta, same post [queen - Hammer to fall] is also 0 delta with anon decode bun >>22126569 (pb)
#22129414 at 2024-12-08 14:34:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27088: The World is Waiting Edition
>>22129390
>hanks rockefeller with the yougay 'queen'
only sauce: President Barack Obama offers a toast to queen Elizabeth II during a dinner held in the queen's honor at Winfield House in London, England, May 25, 2011. Actor Tom Hanks is pictured at left. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks#/media/File:P052511PS-1339_(5836460582).jpg
looks like mr rockefeller had a standin even in 2011
#22129213 at 2024-12-08 13:39:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27088: The World is Waiting Edition
>>22126728, >>22126766, >>22126783 Scavino hits a Qdelta: "Hammer To Fall" LB
Video from Live Aid where queen were acknowledged to have stolen the show
#22128427 at 2024-12-08 08:00:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27087: Hammer Time Edition
Danposted queen -Drop the hammerclip17mins and3 secondsafter anon reposts decode from October which started with a clip of Fredie Mercury at the same event.
- Decode seems to have been confirmed later that day when Trump shared the warface military video at a rally >>21737861
- Decodes that continued to follow seem to confirm and validate >>22128412
>>22126487 Live performance clockwork [repost]
Timestamp: 12/07/24 19:43:00
Dan "Drop the hammer" post
TS: 12/07/24 20:00:03
17th letter of the alphabet is Q
03 seconds..3 second Dan(3 sec Dan mentioned in decode)
#22126728 at 2024-12-08 01:37:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27085: Together We Are Strong Edition
Did you guys catch the post by Scavino?
The queen song "Hammer to Fall"
https://x.com/DanScavino/status/1865561949037002761
#22126400 at 2024-12-08 00:20:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27085: Together We Are Strong Edition
>>22125876 (lb)
>>22125886 (lb)
So funny, Anons.
I hope I get to shake President Trump's hand some day.
He can pull my arm out of the shoulder socket, for all I care.
Heck, I'll even caddy for him, like queen Elizabeth, if he wants.
kek
#22125012 at 2024-12-07 18:57:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27083: President Trump's Command Performance Edition
Large Explosion Collapses Building in The Hague, Multiple People Hospitalized
A large explosion in The Hague on Saturday morning saw a building partially collapse and multiple victims sent to hospital.
UPDATE 1600: Three bodies have now been recovered from the rubble of the explosion. It is unclear how many more potential victims may have been caught in the blast. However, initial reports claimed that up to 20 people were missing. Mayor Van Zanen said the public should prepare for the "darkest scenario", saying that "the reality is that there is only a small chance of survival" for other victims.
UPDATE 1445: Hague Mayor Jan van Zanen has confirmed that at least one dead body has been recovered from the scene of the explosion. The identity of the victim has not been made public.
The original story continues as follows...
Police said that a car was seen speeding away from the explosion in the Tarwekamp area of The Hague, broadcaster NOS reports. However, Dutch authorities have not confirmed the explosion is terror-related.
The police have called for witnesses to come forward, specifically regarding the car seen driving away "at very high speed at 6:15 a.m."
The force also called on the public to submit any footage of the explosion or aftermath to help determine the cause.
At least four victims have been taken to hospital so far, but at the time of this reporting, searches in the rubble are ongoing for further victims. The partially collapsed building was comprised of apartments with a bridal fashion store at the ground level.
In a statement, King Willem-Alexander and queen M?xima of The Netherlands said: "Our thoughts are with those affected in The Hague after the explosion and fire this morning. We sympathize with all those who have been personally affected or who fear for the fate of their loved ones. Our hearts go out to you and to the emergency services who are fully committed to the rescue work."
Populist leader Geert Wilders, the main power behind the Dutch government, said: "Terrible news. Lots of strength to everyone and I think of the victims. Also strength and thanks to all emergency services!"
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/07/large-explosion-partially-collapses-building-in-the-hague-multiple-people-hospitalized/
#22123717 at 2024-12-07 14:55:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27082: Notre Dame Cathedral Risen From the Ashes Edition
From far away, in mountains deep
The night of blood, in twilight sleep
The armies fight, for king and queen
There will be no, No victory
The swords collide with power and force
As mighty men show no remorse
It is the time, the snow is melting,
It is the time, of reckoning
#22121356 at 2024-12-07 01:38:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27079: Thankful For The Gratitude of Being Always Thankful Edition
>>22121318
>>22121318
No one filters me, I'm the filter queen gatekeeper. I'm the only one who filters, but first I'll make a bunch of childish insults before filtering to make it seem like I got the last word in.
Filtered.
#22119755 at 2024-12-06 19:07:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27077: 45 Day! DS Golden Parachutes Get Em While U Can Edition
MELANIA TRUMP
@MELANIATRUMP
19h
Dec 5, 2024 ? 11:50 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MELANIATRUMP/status/1864819568155210144
D5
Qf3 = queen to f3
Q FOX THREE
#22119093 at 2024-12-06 16:36:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27076: A Long Train of Abuses Is a Crown of Thorns Edition
>>22119072
Why? That ain't the shooter.
Now do you understand why they are not showing the video just the wrong pics?
Who is the queen of insider trading?
Who was getting ready to give testimony to Congress?
Who has a son that needs a pardon for crimes commited with Hunts?
Who is the daughter of Italian mobsters going back generations?
#22118179 at 2024-12-06 13:49:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27075: Donald J. Trump 22 THREE WATCHES? Q 606 Edition
>>22118167
She an AIPAC blowjob queen
Soundbites and tits
#22117260 at 2024-12-06 06:22:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27074: Military Grade Comfy Edition
>>22117236
They get out of the Basement.
The one guy fucking found BELIZE for fuck sake.
Anon has been to Tikal n the 70's.
It's good to get away from the politics and see what crazy fucking past we have.
Foot Deep Blood on the Pyramid.
3 Hearts every 5 min..
Or the PENIS JAGUAR
Blood Rope thru tongue drip into Bowls with papers lit to fire smoke mixing makes a Snake that SPITS OUT A GOD.
The Royal queen makes a HELMET.
anyway., Your mileage may vary what you think is worth wasting your time on
Ref:
https://smarthistory.org/yaxchilan-lintels/
https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-view/dreams-and-visions/lintel-25-of-yaxchilan-structure-23/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaxchilan_Lintel_24
#22115543 at 2024-12-06 01:08:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27072: Take Control of the Narrative & Meme Edition
Hawk Tuah Girl's Altcoin Pump and Dump Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Exposed
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hawk-tuah-girl-crypto-team-234357456.html
Since becoming a viral star this summer thanks to a street interview in which she charmingly imparted graphic sex advice, Haliey Welch, a.k.a. "Hawk Tuah Girl," has launched a podcast and an animal charity, carving out a pleasant niche for herself as an influencer. Being more online, of course, has allowed her to sustain and profit from her fame, though it has also led to some curious endorsements - Welch regularly touts the greatness of X (formerly Twitter), its owner Elon Musk, and Tesla's troubled Cybertruck, to take a handful of interrelated examples.
Along the way, Welch has also found herself enmeshed in the world of cryptocurrency and boosting bitcoin, which she has invested in. Unsurprisingly for a woman who bills herself as "queen of Memes," she also owns some Dogecoin, a so-called "meme coin" based on the iconic "doge" meme of a Shiba Inu. (She bought it because of Musk's enthusiasm for the meme and asset, which have now lent their name to his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a commission he is set to run for President-elect Donald Trump.) Being a meme herself, it was perhaps inevitable that crypto entrepreneurs would see the opportunity to leverage Welch's brand for a new coin in a similar vein. And so, on Wednesday, she and a team of advisors launched $HAWK, on the blockchain platform Solana, while promising that it was compliant with securities laws and certainly not a cash grab.
One day later, there is virtually nobody in the crypto industry who believes that. With anticipation high, the value of the coin exploded by 900 percent in initial trading on Tuesday, bringing the market capitalization of $HAWK to nearly half a billion dollars. Then, just as quickly, the price collapsed by approximately 95 percent, wiping out retail investors in hours. (The market cap has since slightly recovered, reaching $28 million.) Accusations started flying, with many crypto observers alleging that $HAWK was a pump-and-dump scheme, or a rug pull - when developers build hype for a crypto project to raise money only to liquidate their position and walk away, with others left holding worthless tokens.
Of particular interest as the meme coin crashed was alleged evidence of $HAWK insiders offloading their stakes for huge sums, and some buyers known as "snipers" quickly amassing a vast majority of available coins that they soon unloaded for instant profit. One crypto wallet, as the publication Cointelegraph found, was able to grab 17.5 percent of the supply and then flip it for $1.3 million within just 90 minutes. According to the blockchain data analyst Bubblemaps, 96 percent of $HAWK was concentrated in one cluster of related wallets as of Tuesday afternoon, indicating a high degree of coordination in these transactions.
Welch and her team attempted some damage control on Wednesday evening in an audio event on X Spaces, but they did not manage to allay suspicions of a scam as investors began filing complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission and at least one law firm advertised its services to those affected. Welch was mostly silent during the hour-long conversation, allowing her crypto partners at the platform overHere, which had launched $HAWK, and an individual known as "Doc Hollywood" to answer questions. Pressed on what had gone wrong, the men were talked in evasive circles, insisting that the team of 18 people behind $HAWK had not sold their tokens.
The discussion turned contentious when Stephen Findeisen, a YouTuber who goes by Coffeezilla and is known for his hard-nosed investigations of crypto fraud, was allowed to speak. "This is one of the most miserable, horrible launches I've ever seen in my life," Findeisen said, prompting Welch to interject, seemingly unaware of his work, "Okay, then why the fuck are you on?" Findeisen went on to grill Hollywood about who had received nearly $2 million from the unusually high transaction fees for $HAWK trades; Hollywood said it went to the foundation in the Cayman Islands that had developed the project but would not give any more details on the organization. He and an overHere representative vowed to produce evidence to counter allegations of improper financial activity, though, as of the following afternoon, have not. Findeisen concluded his time on the call by labeling $HAWK a "scam" outright.
At another point in the call, Richard Bengston, a YouTuber known as FaZe Banks, agreed with Findeisen's harsh appraisal. He advised Welch to immediately fire whoever had convinced her to be the face of the "mismanaged" cryptocurrency, saying the $HAWK disaster was another example of influencers entering the crypto space without an understanding of how to perform due diligence and protect their audiences. She did not acknowledge the advice, but 20 minutes later, Welch abruptly cut in over a technical question and said, "Anywho, I'm gonna go to bed, and I'll see you guys tomorrow," bringing the interrogation to an end.
A representative for Welch did not respond to a request for comment from Rolling Stone, but the Spaces discussion was evidently damning enough that she removed the recording from her X account. (It remains available through a YouTube upload.) Findeisen hosted a Spaces debriefing on his own account afterward, continuing to hammer the $HAWK developers for dodging his questions, adding that they had muted him at times. He also lamented that it was likely not experienced crypto investors harmed by the crash but newcomers to the scene. "The most insidious part of what they said was, we're targeting regular people, regular fans," he said of the $HAWK team. "We want to onboard [Welch's] fans to crypto. And unfortunately, that's where you get some really sad stories of people actually putting their money into these things and not knowing better."
On Thursday evening, Findeisen released a video covering the entire situation. It included screenshots of text messages from Welch's entertainment lawyer revealing that she had received $125,000 advance for marketing the token from a unspecified company, and was to receive 50 percent of net proceeds from that company after third-party expenses and costs for the development and launch had been covered. In a follow-up message, Welch's attorney added, "She truly didn't intend to fleece fans."
"I think there were lots of signs this was not going to work," Findeisen tells Rolling Stone. "They sold 17 percent of the tokens to insiders who had no lock-up for their tokens, while they only released 3 percent to the public for trading. I get the sense that Welch was misinformed, but also that Welch saw dollar signs and didn't ask enough questions. Additionally, she didn't seem to take it too seriously when she was confronted. I hope that she acknowledges the harm of what she did, intentional or not, and takes accountability to help her fans who lost money."
A couple of defensive X posts from Welch and overHere on Wednesday were contradicted by Community Notes that claimed - in a mocking reference to the name of her podcast - that Welch would soon "have to 'talk tuah' judge." She didn't post anything else on Thursday as jokes about an eventual jail sentence continued to spread. And while it remains to be seen what legal or reputational consequences she'll face for her foray into crypto, she's already had the dubious honor of inspiring a "revenge coin," $TUAH, as in "straight tuah prison." Fueled by memes of Welch behind bars, investors are attempting to punch the value of $TUAH high enough that it exceeds $HAWK's market cap, and they just might pull it off.
As with every hot new crypto fad, however, there will probably be some poor saps left holding the bag.
#22113111 at 2024-12-05 16:58:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27069: D5 Edition
Esq. Origin
The title "esquire" originated in English history, where it was used to describe someone who was just below the rank of knight. It was also used to describe helpers of people knighted by the King or queen of England.
this probably applies more than the lawyer
definition
#22113105 at 2024-12-05 16:56:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27069: D5 Edition
The Royal Family
@RoyalFamily Dec 3
Tonight, The King and queen hosted a State Banquet for The Amir and Sheikha Jawaher of the State of Qatar, and approximately 150 guests in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace.
Guests are usually invited based on their cultural, diplomatic or economic links to the country being hosted.
#StateVisit #StateBanquet #Qatar
Dec 3, 2024 ? 9:01 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1864052381639684180
#22112328 at 2024-12-05 14:22:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27068: Big Bright Comfy Edition
>>22112320
>what's really habbening?
>>22112269
>Psychiatric admissions being through the roof because the queen of England is more important than disclosure or myocarditis hitting 20 year olds?
#22112269 at 2024-12-05 14:03:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27068: Big Bright Comfy Edition
>>22112231
I agree it was a professional hit to make sure shareholders didn't have to get answers from the largest insurance company in the country. What insurance data could they be hiding? Psychiatric admissions being through the roof because the queen of England is more important than disclosure or myocarditis hitting 20 year olds?
#22109706 at 2024-12-05 02:00:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27065: France FALLS! Edition
Hey Q
Removing the gay Scottish drag queen trannys from the military should be part of muh plan
#22107678 at 2024-12-04 20:22:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27063: "Iran Iran Iran" Is The New "Russia Russia Russia" Edition
'Crazy plane lady' Tiffany Gomas wears same outfit from airplane meltdown again and jokes about impending alien invasion
Updated: 21:17 EST, 3 December 2024
'Crazy plane lady' Tiffany Gomas has bizarrely posted about a potential alien invasion.
More than a year after she tearfully screamed 'that motherf***er is not real!' on a United Airlines flight, Gomas is now joking that extraterrestrials could be headed to earth.
In a post to X on Tuesday, the 39-year-old wrote, 'Sooo, who's ready for the alien invasion that's supposed to go down today?'
She then changed back into the same ripped jeans and black tank top that she wore aboard the infamous United Airlines flight and posed for a mirror selfie.
'Officially ready for the invasion. Bring it on mf'ers,' she captioned the image.
Responding to the post, a fan wrote, 'Are those the same jeans from the famous airplane flight?'
Gomas fired back, 'Yup... and top, bag, hat.'
Other fans had a field day joking about Gomas' posts, with commentator Blaire White writing, 'We should have listened to you queen'.
It's unclear which alien invasion Tiffany was referring to, but there have been reports of mysterious UFOs over the last few weeks.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14154625/Crazy-plane-lady-Tiffany-Gomas-warns-impending-alien-invasion-Bring-on.html
https://x.com/Tiffany_Gomas/status/1864033088491118981
#22106077 at 2024-12-04 14:54:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27061: XNBC Edition
Demon queen/High Priestess
Beyonc? named pop star of the century
Billboard's No. 1 pop star
The century may only be nearly a quarter over, but Billboard magazine released its list of the 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st century, and Beyonc? is No. 1.
The greatest: Billboard said it chose the record-setting Grammy winner "based on her full 25 years of influence, evolution and impact." From her 1999 chart-topper "Say My Name" with Destiny's Child to "Texas Hold 'Em," which hit No. 1 this year, there have been no "flop eras for Bey." [Billboard]
The runners-up: Women dominated the top five. Taylor Swift, who Billboard acknowledged could not be topped by anyone when it came to commercial success, came in second, followed by Rihanna, Drake and Lady Gaga. [Us Weekly]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beyonce-named-pop-star-of-the-century-an-arctic-blast-hits-the-northeast-lead-in-gas-linked-to-151m-mental-health-diagnoses-131349930.html
#22105272 at 2024-12-04 11:48:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27060: Midnight Comfefe Edition
>>22105268
Filter like your life depends on it. Filter like you were a Filter queen.
#22103914 at 2024-12-04 05:38:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27059: OnlyFrogs Edition
>>22103906
Ayo hol up.
Is the whole former Commonwealth laying claim to /ourafricanamerican/ just because queen Vicky once called the shots in his hometown?
Sad.
#22103889 at 2024-12-04 05:31:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27059: OnlyFrogs Edition
Snow White is ugly and woke now? HOW CAN THAT BEAUTIFUL queen BE JEALOUS OF AN UGLY WOKE STEPDAUGHTER??- DOESN'T WORK!!!
https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1864154069998125531
#22102948 at 2024-12-04 02:21:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27058: Ho Ho Tom Homan Edition
I absolutely wasn't kidding and dead serious about the Scottish drag queen tranny earlier.
Fix it Q!
#22102370 at 2024-12-04 00:34:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27057: News Cyclone Edition
>>22102285
Sup Dart? I have a very serious and truthful confession. I'm at 1 CAD on a high tier course and we have a Scottish drag queen tranny on it who uses an absolutely hideous amount of purple eye liner and bright blush all over its face. I mean, it's beyond excessive. I want to puke all day long during this course and I can tell the Captains, Majors and Chiefs can barely keep a straight face all day. If Q is watching, please fix this.
For real no cap.
#22095740 at 2024-12-02 21:47:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27049: "Those In Charge" Perpetrated These Atrocities Against Humanity Edition
>>22095508
Jill is the queen of tacky, among other things.
#22093819 at 2024-12-02 14:57:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27047: Pardon Me - Countdown Edition
OP: Fade to Black
Take your Positions and Fire at will. [S.T.F.U]
>>>/warroom/7967
Wake The Black Female Democrat Voter
Anons we need to start showing the Black Females Democrat the Truth
Best way to do this, is to share Black Political Videos and black related content with the [black female democrat].
Please take a moment to visit each of these targets and their black commenters to post ammo.
TARGETS
https://twitter.com/VP
https://twitter.com/TheBlackCaucus
https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter
https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters
https://twitter.com/MichelleObama
https://twitter.com/BarackObama
https://twitter.com/ObamaMalik
https://twitter.com/staceyabrams
https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats
https://twitter.com/CoryBooker
https://twitter.com/JanetJackson
https://twitter.com/halleberry
https://twitter.com/iamjamiefoxx
https://twitter.com/Diddy
https://twitter.com/icecube
https://twitter.com/IAMqueenLATIFAH
https://twitter.com/50cent
https://twitter.com/rihanna
https://www.dems.gov/who-we-are/our-members [Current Member List]
-Target Black Political and Celebrity Leaders
SUGGESTED HASH
#WalkAway #Demexit #VoteRepublican #VoteRed #DoNothingDemocrats
Use Patriot Black Leaders as Source
AMMO
>VIDEO
Mayor Adams warns migrant crisis will 'destroy' NYC, rips Biden for failing to help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUhMDoMTpA
*WTF!!! IS THIS A COVER UP? https://youtu.be/W13dyT-bWEI
FoxNews - Former DC mayor spokesman explains why he left the Democratic Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvc16QhU-OE
Half And Jai: WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
Lt. Gov. NC endorses Donald Trump https://rumble.com/v2vz52q-booom.html
The DEEP STATE "queen" Exposed By Trump (The Dan Bongino Show) https://youtu.be/rVsXXxkFuNk
Riley Gaines Leaves WOKE Activist SPEECHLESS For Claiming Men Can't Beat Serena Williams In Tennis! https://youtu.be/W9DrtQwRmrU
The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party (REACTION!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IvKZ1hYbU
Fox News: Tim Scott leaves 'The View' speechless after confrontation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrY_JFlc6kc
Candace Owens says "Black America Owes Me AN APOLOGY" Reaction | Asia and BJ React https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePPKLLDQcbE
WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
LIVE Chrissie Mayr Podcast with Salty Cracker! Chrissie Mayr https://youtu.be/p_df0ZmNNec
Massie Confronts Dems About Ray Epps: 'Why Is There No Interest In Him?' https://youtu.be/S66NWcSccwE
Diamond and Silk 607K followers Streamed on: Jul 11, 10:05 pm EDT https://rumble.com/v2zht50-ava-chen-is-back-for-part-2-to-spill-the-beans-
Wtf?!? Poudii Sneaking Back Into America's Most Racist Town | REACTION https://youtu.be/ymMq8bkOYD4
>OTHER
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/11/gen-z-black-youth-conservatives-trump-421914
https://www.ranker.com/list/republican-and-african-american-or-the-black-republican-list/famous-conservatives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_conservatism
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/why-black-americans-should-look-conservative-policies
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/the-democrats-are-losing-black-men-the-moynihan-report-explains-why
https://foxsoul.tv/should-black-america-leave-the-democratic-party/
GOD BLESS
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#DigitalSoldiers
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#22092190 at 2024-12-02 05:09:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27045: Night Stalkers Edition
>>22092179
I just did. You first stated it wasn't a Trump Truth. I said thank you telling the truth. You then went into queen Elizabeth mode and got all menopausal
#22091647 at 2024-12-02 03:18:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27044: Hunter the Turkey
>>22091640
McCabe is queen
Obama is King
Hillary is rook
#22091640 at 2024-12-02 03:16:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27044: Hunter the Turkey
>>22091582
If you had to list all the evil doers as Chess pieces- who would be which pieces?
Hillary as queen?
I see no good people
#22089480 at 2024-12-01 20:11:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27042: Our FBI #Kash Edition
>>22089470
re: Double Dog coms Link (Mirror)
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/king-charles-queen-camilla-open-34218905
#22087982 at 2024-12-01 16:19:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27040: Sunday Flush Kash Money Edition
Karlyn Borysenko, queen anti-Communist
@DrKarlynB
It's saying it's misogynistic because they're saying capitalism forces women to do unpaid labor in the home as caregivers, and the only way to abolish misogyny is to abolish capitalism.
If you speak socialist, you know this.
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Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCorey
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The Chicago Teachers Union says you're "misogynistic" if you call out their employees for not showing up to work.
https://twitter.com/DrKarlynB/status/1863254305630728252
#22083812 at 2024-12-01 00:21:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27036: Kashyap Patel - name to remember. Edition
>>22083788
OP: Fade to Black
Take your Positions and Fire at will. [S.T.F.U]
>>>/warroom/7967
Wake The Black Female Democrat Voter
Anons we need to start showing the Black Females Democrat the Truth
Best way to do this, is to share Black Political Videos and black related content with the [black female democrat].
Please take a moment to visit each of these targets and their black commenters to post ammo.
TARGETS
https://twitter.com/VP
https://twitter.com/TheBlackCaucus
https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter
https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters
https://twitter.com/MichelleObama
https://twitter.com/BarackObama
https://twitter.com/ObamaMalik
https://twitter.com/staceyabrams
https://twitter.com/OccupyDemocrats
https://twitter.com/CoryBooker
https://twitter.com/JanetJackson
https://twitter.com/halleberry
https://twitter.com/iamjamiefoxx
https://twitter.com/Diddy
https://twitter.com/icecube
https://twitter.com/IAMqueenLATIFAH
https://twitter.com/50cent
https://twitter.com/rihanna
https://www.dems.gov/who-we-are/our-members [Current Member List]
-Target Black Political and Celebrity Leaders
SUGGESTED HASH
#WalkAway #Demexit #VoteRepublican #VoteRed #DoNothingDemocrats
Use Patriot Black Leaders as Source
AMMO
>VIDEO
Mayor Adams warns migrant crisis will 'destroy' NYC, rips Biden for failing to help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUhMDoMTpA
*WTF!!! IS THIS A COVER UP? https://youtu.be/W13dyT-bWEI
FoxNews - Former DC mayor spokesman explains why he left the Democratic Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvc16QhU-OE
Half And Jai: WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
Lt. Gov. NC endorses Donald Trump https://rumble.com/v2vz52q-booom.html
The DEEP STATE "queen" Exposed By Trump (The Dan Bongino Show) https://youtu.be/rVsXXxkFuNk
Riley Gaines Leaves WOKE Activist SPEECHLESS For Claiming Men Can't Beat Serena Williams In Tennis! https://youtu.be/W9DrtQwRmrU
The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party (REACTION!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IvKZ1hYbU
Fox News: Tim Scott leaves 'The View' speechless after confrontation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrY_JFlc6kc
Candace Owens says "Black America Owes Me AN APOLOGY" Reaction | Asia and BJ React https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePPKLLDQcbE
WHOA!! DEMOCRATS WANTS BLACKS TO FAIL (CANDACE OWENS) https://youtu.be/TCnrG5Ce_qU
LIVE Chrissie Mayr Podcast with Salty Cracker! Chrissie Mayr https://youtu.be/p_df0ZmNNec
Massie Confronts Dems About Ray Epps: 'Why Is There No Interest In Him?' https://youtu.be/S66NWcSccwE
Diamond and Silk 607K followers Streamed on: Jul 11, 10:05 pm EDT https://rumble.com/v2zht50-ava-chen-is-back-for-part-2-to-spill-the-beans-
Wtf?!? Poudii Sneaking Back Into America's Most Racist Town | REACTION https://youtu.be/ymMq8bkOYD4
>OTHER
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/11/gen-z-black-youth-conservatives-trump-421914
https://www.ranker.com/list/republican-and-african-american-or-the-black-republican-list/famous-conservatives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_conservatism
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/why-black-americans-should-look-conservative-policies
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/the-democrats-are-losing-black-men-the-moynihan-report-explains-why
https://foxsoul.tv/should-black-america-leave-the-democratic-party/
GOD BLESS
Reminder, Post and Run. Dont reply… bots will get you banned
#DigitalSoldiers
Paste: https://fullchan.net/?ff099fc20e33094d#25gmAv567zSpqtwCstcEXRuoSyHyYz1jC9VghiTGP9sz
#22081783 at 2024-11-30 15:48:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27033: Bill Gates Paralysed the Most People Edition
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To our Orthodox brothers and sisters: have a blessed St. Andrew's Day!
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Mike Lindell
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PRICE BUSTER DEAL! queen Premium MyPillow only $18.98 with promo code R761. https://www.mypillow.com/r761
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Matthew Bracken
@Matt_Bracken
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"And here we begin to see the ISIS habits of HTS playing out.
Execution of surrendered SAA soldiers near Aleppo."
[Israel and our own CIA is paying these ISIS terrorists and buying their bullets.]
Video at link.
https://x.com/squatsons/status/1862860352687591885
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Matthew Bracken
@Matt_Bracken
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Posobiec: "Starting in a few months, the federal govt will ban US citizens from flying domestically without a 'REAL ID.' But we allow unvetted people to vote, reside, and work in multiple states without proper identification or authorization. This is insanity."
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Matt Bracken Replying to Jack Posobiec
Essentially a requirement for a US Govt-issued "internal passport."
Welcome to the USSA, comrades.
At least for now we can drive across state lines.
https://gab.com/Matt_Bracken/posts/113572484285408734
#ResistDigitalID
#22079197 at 2024-11-30 01:45:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27031: Freedom Is A State Of Mind Edition
>>22079192
Meaning Behind the Song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane
The meaning behind Jefferson Airplane's classic tune "White Rabbit" is one that reflects the decade in which it was born. Dealing in '60s-era psychedelia, the mind-altering rock anthem takes listeners on a whimsical journey through Wonderland after a dizzying tumble down the rabbit hole.
The Origins
"White Rabbit" was penned by Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick when she was still a member of the band The Great Society. She borrowed the song's trippy imagery from Lewis Carroll's timeless children's books, Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
Slick explained to The Guardian how she wrote "White Rabbit" on a piano that cost her around $50. "It had eight or 10 keys missing, but that was OK," she said, "because I could hear in my head the notes that weren't there. I used that piano to write several different songs."
"White Rabbit," in particular, was a product of its time. Appearing on Jefferson Airplane's 1967 sophomore album Surrealistic Pillow, the first with Slick as a vocalist, the song closely resembled the decade - its ethos and the counterculture - and would soon become synonymous with it.
"The 1960s resembled Wonderland for me," Slick told the outlet. "Like Alice, I met all kinds of strange characters, but I was comfortable with it."
The song's mind-expanding meaning came with the help of mind-expanding substances. "In the 60s, the drugs were not ones like heroin and alcohol that you take to blot out a terrible life, but psychedelics: marijuana, LSD and shroomies," Slick said. "Psychedelic drugs showed you that there are alternative realities. You open up to things that are unusual and different, and, in realizing that there are alternative ways of looking at things, you become more accepting of things around you."
She admits the tune is darkly tinged. "It's not saying everything's going to be wonderful," she added. "The Red queen is shouting off with her head and the White Knight is talking backwards. Lewis Carroll was looking at how things are run and the people who rule us."
But the main message comes with the closing line feed your head, wailed in repetition. "[It is] both about reading and psychedelics," she said of the lyric. "I was talking about feeding your head by paying attention: read some books, pay attention."
The song explores psychedelics in their fundamental form, the band's bassist Jack Casady echoed in the same interview. "The idea of taking psychedelic drugs to open you up and make you more receptive," he added. Many people during that era took psychedelics, he explained. "That was part of the environment of the time and 'White Rabbit' reflected that."
https://americansongwriter.com/meaning-behind-the-song-white-rabbit-by-jefferson-airplane/
#22078119 at 2024-11-29 21:37:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27029: The Storm has Just Begun! #Rothschild Edition
queen liz still hates gingurs
#22072298 at 2024-11-28 23:08:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27024: Respect, Duty, Loyalty, Service, Integrity, Courage Edition
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52568076-through-the-looking-glass
https://qagg.news/?q=queen&q2=
https://qagg.news/?q=Red+castle&q2=
queen Green/Red Castle, which pawn is moving into place?
#22068556 at 2024-11-28 02:24:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27019: Pre-Obama was a different America. A much better one. Edition
In Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll's story about Alice's journey across a chessboard, a pawn's promotion to the eighth rank is a key event that leads to Alice becoming a queen:
#22066672 at 2024-11-27 18:16:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27017: TRUMP Statue Fight Violent Threats Edition
British Troops Deployed to US Air Bases in England To Protect Them From Drone Attacks
"It is understood that to counter any threats, personnel from the RAF Regiment, trained in security tasks related to air power delivery, will be operating the force's Orcus Counter-Uncrewed Air System at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell, in Norfolk. The system can detect, track, identify and if necessary defeat hostile drones."
The US Air Force continues to monitor the airspace over the three bases.
"Military sources told The Telegraph that while it was not known whether they were dealing with a 'troublemaker' or something 'more sinister' - such as Russian involvement - there were concerns that a state actor could be behind the disruption."
'Small unmanned aerial systems' hovered over US bases last week, and again on Monday.
Besides that, a 'mystery drone' also followed British aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth into the port of Hamburg, in Germany, last Friday.
"In a statement, a spokesman for the US Air Force in Europe, said: 'We can confirm there were sightings yesterday [Monday] during night-time hours and can only confirm that the number fluctuated and varied between the bases over the night'."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/26/more-unidentified-drones-three-us-air-bases-in-uk/
#22065510 at 2024-11-27 14:16:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27015: THEYRE USELESS WARMONGERS Edition
>>22065504
ay ay ay ayho ho go gold on a minute…
That is 2billion of cringe…
have respect fo dah ho
she scammin queen
#22063676 at 2024-11-27 03:56:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27013: What did you get done this week? Edition
>>22063654
King James Version
5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
#22061699 at 2024-11-26 22:20:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27011: Proud To Serve With Anons Edition
So far, almost nobody in the west fully comprehends theOreshnik weapon systemjust demonstrated by Russia. Hat tip to Ted Postol, Scott Ritter and Brian Berletic, the only 3 people I've found so far who fully understand this. I've done the math on the kinetic energy of the submunitions (using estimates for mass), and I've studied up on what's publicly known about these weapons so far. My conclusion? NATO is done. The west has no idea what just hit them. Russia's Oreshnik weapon system is checkmate for NATO and the USA. All U.S. aircraft carriers can be destroyed in minutes. All U.S. military bases, all underground bunkers, all ICBM launch sites, naval shipyards, etc., can be destroyed with NON-NUCLEAR kinetic energy via the Oreshnik. There are no active treaties (that I'm aware of) prohibiting this weapon system, and it doesn't destroy surrounding infrastructure or masses of civilians. It is a devastating, unstoppable surgical strike weapon that basically drops metal lightning out of the sky like Thor's Hammer or the comets of God. Nobody has any defense against it, and the range of these weapons, once mounted on intercontinental boosters, is global. The west must now either back off or go nuclear. They will probably choose to go nuclear out of desperation, be warned. Russia has just changed the course of warfare and achieved global dominance. NOBODY in the western press even has a clue. They are too stupid, too woke or too arrogant to realize what just happened. This is like playing chess with Putin and thinkin you might be competitive, then suddenly Putin's queen unleashes a flamethrower across the chess board and roasts all your pieces, setting them on fire. You thought you were playing "chess" but Putin was playing a different game called "flamethrower." It's that big of a deal.
https://x.com/HealthRanger/status/1861271775763398877
Oreshnik. Not an ICBM but an intermediate range missile system. No radiation fallout. No nuclear winter with particles creating a dimming. No major fires. No countermeasures available for interception. Half hour warning as happened in this case gives the target time to evacuate the people inhabiting structures. Highly precise. Western military desperately trying to explain it away as nothing new to an ignorant public.
What hit in this first display was a test with minimal warheads loaded. These could be made more destructive depending on variations in munitions loaded. Yet the warehouse complex that was targeted, apparently much underground, completely destroyed.
Peace talks and a negotiated end are the only way forward. Not just with Russia but everywhere that war is being waged against a BRICS partner nation. This is a significant moment in military history and geopolitics.
Physicist and weapons expert Dr. Ted Postol in fact was surprised to find that the Oreshnik weapon resembled a system he had envisioned and proposed 30 years ago at a high level meeting that no one took seriously as feasible. Follow his thinking over the last several days in these interviews:
https://youtu.be/ks7xw5Fcxpw?si=JYfd1YLq0wANKtOe
https://youtube.com/live/h8LvIkGkfes?si=KUF4hHNPAaOB5iDL
https://youtube.com/live/Ka2gVAdvWUE?si=tvKvwkimhnuEQ6DX
https://x.com/DrBMcDH/status/1861349130531995954
#22058592 at 2024-11-26 09:19:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27008: 40k Edition
>>22058575
>it's a chan, we all push.
Last night, tranime was pushing BO for five anime pics while baking. BO said was too busy to deal with drama queen.
Tonight, multiple anime pics while baking.
Anon is fine with anons pushing, but why TF should we put up with namefags and avatarfags shitting on BO and Jim's rules?
They're not even anons.
#22054875 at 2024-11-25 18:27:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27004: MSM Meltdown Over WE ARE THE NEWS Edition
>>22054826
I'm doin the queen of Heaven. Don't be mad cuz I'm platinum plus.
#22053100 at 2024-11-25 07:37:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27001: Monarch Edition
DOG COMMS.
[Who did they Euthanize?]
Kate (again?)
King Charles has revealed that he and his queen Camilla plan to get a new dog after the death* of her beloved Jack Russell, Beth.
The queen is said to be devastated after being forced to put Beth, 13, [to sleep*] just over a week ago after she was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour.
ROYAL CANCER.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14121153/King-Charles-queen-Camilla-dog-death-Beth.html
#22052312 at 2024-11-25 03:18:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #27000: "To Water Of Life, Which Spoke" Edition
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The Paradise Papers are a set of over 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked to the German reporters Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer,[1][2] from the newspaper S?ddeutsche Zeitung.[3] The newspaper shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,[4] and a network of more than 380 journalists. Some of the details were made public on 5 November 2017 and stories are still being released[as of?].
The documents originate from the legal firm Appleby, the corporate services providers Estera and Asiaciti Trust, and business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions.[5] They contain the names of more than 120,000 people and companies.[6] Among those whose financial affairs are mentioned are, separately, AIG,[7] then-Prince Charles[8] and queen Elizabeth II,[9] President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.[10]
The released information resulted in scandal, litigation, and loss of position for some of the named, as well as litigation against the media and journalists who published the papers.
Background
On 20 October 2017, an anonymous Reddit user hinted at the existence of the Paradise Papers.[11] Later that month, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) approached the offshore law firm Appleby with allegations of wrongdoing. Appleby said that some of its data had been stolen in a cyberattack in the previous year and denied the ICIJ's allegations.[12] After media outlets started reporting on the documents, the company said there was "no evidence of wrongdoing", and they "are a law firm which advises clients on legitimate and lawful ways to conduct their business", and they "do not tolerate illegal behaviour".[13]
Appleby stated the firm "was not the subject of a leak but of a serious criminal act", and "this was an illegal computer hack". The company added: "Our systems were accessed by an intruder who deployed the tactics of a professional hacker".[14][15]
The documents were acquired by the German newspaper S?ddeutsche Zeitung, which had also obtained the Panama Papers in 2016. According to the BBC, the name "Paradise Papers" reflects "the idyllic profiles of many of the offshore jurisdictions whose workings are unveiled", so-called tax havens, or "tax paradises".[5]
The data breach comprises some 13.4 million documents-totaling about 1.4 terabytes-from two offshore service providers, Appleby and Asiaciti Trust, and from the company registers of 19 tax havens.[16] S?ddeutsche Zeitung journalists contacted the ICIJ, which has been investigating the documents with 100 media partners. The consortium made the data available to these media partners using Neo4j,[17] a graph-database platform made for connected data, and Linkurious,[18] graph-visualization software. This allowed journalists across the globe to undertake collaborative investigative work. The documents were released by the consortium on 5 November 2017.[10][19]
Companies named
According to the papers, Allergan (the manufacturer of Botox), Allianz, Apple Inc., Facebook, Global Vantedge, McDonald's, Nike, Inc., Siemens, The Walt Disney Company, Twitter, Uber, Walmart, and Yahoo! are among the corporations that own offshore companies.[20][21] According to The Express Tribune, "Apple, Nike, and Facebook avoided billions of dollars in tax using offshore companies."[22]
Among the Indian companies listed in the papers are Apollo Tyres, the Essel Group,[23] D S Construction, Emaar MGF, GMR Group,[24] Havells,[25] Hinduja Group,[26] the Hiranandani Group,[27] Jindal Steel,[28] the Sun Group[29] and Videocon.[30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Papers
An ICIJ Investigation
PARADISE PAPERS
Secrets of the Global Elite
A major global collaboration reveals secrets from one of the world's most prestigious offshore law firms, a specialized trust company and 19 company registries in secrecy jurisdictions.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/
#22048964 at 2024-11-24 15:41:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26996: UK GENERAL ELECTION PETITION BTFO Edition
>>22048945
Or that I have proof of being here since the very beginning
I post a screenshot of Hampton putt palace that shows 531 timestamp. Q post 531 is about the queen of England
And I still have the original images I posted. These fucking people can't compete with me
#22048846 at 2024-11-24 15:17:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26996: UK GENERAL ELECTION PETITION BTFO Edition
PB
>>22047608 London Mayor Sadiq Khan is Now Sucking Up To Donald Trump
100
Anonymous 11/05/2017 18:41:11 ID: L8quGPI9
4chan/pol: 148143562
Who is the queen of England?
How long in power?
With power comes corruption.
What happened to Diana?
What did she find out?
Why was she running?
Who did she entrust to help her flee?
What was the cover?
Why is this relevant?
Why now?
Old.
Connection.
News.
Bad actor.
London Mayor.
Background?
Affiliation?
Connection to queen?
British MI6 agents dead.
When?
How?
What was reported?
What really happened?
Why is this relevant?
Wealth.
Corruption.
Secret society.
Evil.
Germany.
Merkel.
Migrants.
Why are migrants important?
Assets.
What are assets?
Define assets?
Why are migrants so important?
What are assets?
Why are migrants so important?
What are assets?
Why are migrants so important?
Operations.
Satan.
Who follows?
What political leaders worship Satan?
What does an upside down cross represent?
Who wears openly?
Why?
Who is she connected to?
Why is this relevant?
Spirit cooking.
What does Spirit Cooking represent?
Cult.
What is a cult?
Who is worshipped?
Why is this relevant?
Snow White
Godfather III
Speed.
Q
#22047661 at 2024-11-24 08:43:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26995: Late Night Comfefe Edition
>>22047657
>adrenochrome and eating babies like …
just below them you may have pedophiles and blackmail operations
To make this even more interesting, let's imagine this in terms of population density and groups:
If you put 80 million psychopaths who seek adrenochrome or to profit off the 'trade' into a single country, that country would be more populated than the entire population of Germany (around 83 million people).
Imagine you are in a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people (about the size of a large sports arena). If 1% of the world's population were psychopaths, it would be like filling 800 stadiums with psychopaths who chase adrenochrome and eating babies!
>The TV Show "Silicon Valley": In the show Silicon Valley, the character Russ Hanneman, a wealthy entrepreneur, hires a "blood boy" as part of his bizarre attempts to fight aging. The blood boy, played by actor Kumail Nanjiani, is a young man who donates blood to Hanneman in an effort to prolong his youth. The idea is presented as both absurd and satirical, reflecting Silicon Valley's culture of extreme wealth and obsession with immortality or enhanced performance, sometimes leading to bizarre, over-the-top solutions.
So which race, religion, nation is harvested?
In Jupiter Ascending, Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, a young woman who discovers that she is the reincarnation of a powerful alien queen. The plot revolves around a complex space opera where different factions, including powerful families, are vying for control of Earth's resources.
One of the central elements of the story is the concept of space harvesting, specifically the harvesting of planets (including Earth) to extract "youth serum" or "life-extending elixirs". The wealthy elites of the universe-represented by a family of alien royalty-harvest entire planets for their resources, including the extraction of the essence of human life to extend their own lives.
Key Themes:
Space Harvesting: The central antagonists, the Abrasax family, control the intergalactic process of harvesting planets for their valuable resources, including extracting the genetic material or "essence" from the people of those planets, which is used to create a youth serum.
Intergalactic Power Struggles: Jupiter discovers she is the heir to a vast galactic empire, which places her in the middle of a power struggle between various alien factions.
#22034874 at 2024-11-22 01:06:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26979: WW3? Let's just play sportsball edition
>>22034858
>Drama queen in Hebrew
hasbara kasah nakba
#22034858 at 2024-11-22 01:02:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26979: WW3? Let's just play sportsball edition
>>22034833
Say drama queen in Hebrew.
#22034520 at 2024-11-22 00:07:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26979: WW3? Let's just play sportsball edition
a queen can take down a king
or
a queen can sacrifice for her king
#22034506 at 2024-11-22 00:05:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26979: WW3? Let's just play sportsball edition
>>22034496
nope
not at all
the queen is the most powerful piece
on the board
Gaddafi was surrounded by queens
theres a reason for it
#22032886 at 2024-11-21 20:09:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26977: Who Opened Up The Gaetz? And Who Will Enter? Edition
>>22032809
Question is, where they ready to announce Kamala as their queen of Sheba?
#22032158 at 2024-11-21 18:08:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26976: 'gm frens' Edition
>>22032106
Was the UK the one who guided the missiles into Russia for Ukraine? The assumption was it was the US who did it. Or is Putin threatening a Bishop to draw out a queen?
The clock is at 11:59:59 and the Biden Regime is still in power and fumbling the ball.
#22031689 at 2024-11-21 16:55:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26976: 'gm frens' Edition
>>22029150 lb
doubt.
Cate looks nothing like Phillip
And I mean nothing.
Likely something to do with female line, since she's an occultist.
Or was one?
She disappeared with the heir, too.
The one who looks just like Grandma; unlike the other bastards; Louis.
Me thinks Cat was abused wife and tried to escape with heirs?
After queen was gone she was no longer protected. Both Witches.
as Far as Mountbatten and Phillip. Mountbatten was buggering Phillip, and Charlie was bred to be buggered by both of these idiots.
Mountbatten resembles Phillip but he was his uncle, so that explains it.
Phillip was a total Pedo.
A turkey baster had to be used to conceive Charlie.
Couldn't get hard for female, AT ALL, like a real sick dude.
That's why Andrew looks nothing like Charlie. Andrew was a love child of the queen, with her best friend who shared her love and interest in horses.
Someone came on here 2 or 3 times, at least; claiming Cat was "drawn and quartered" So there was some real hatred against her; likely from her royal anti-christ Husband?
Also remember the Epstein file names; One name judge redacted. It was rumored to be herFWIW. And a date was set for the release of the redacted name, which never happened; In the meantime Cat disappeared.
So she may have been framed.
Can't imagine she went to the island without Anti-christ.
#22030457 at 2024-11-21 12:31:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26974: Big Bright Burning Comfefe Edition Edition
"That brings us to Kathryn Yusoff, a "professor of inhuman geography" at queen Mary University of London. On her university page she describes her work as employing "historical, geophilosophical and black feminist methods to speak to issues of environmental change, empires of geologic practices and the politics of planetary states." Right off the bat, this intersectional jumble of disciplines and the pompous jargon ("geophilosophical," "empires of geologic practices") are a dead giveaway that Prof. Yusoff's work has nothing to do with teaching geography classes and everything to do with serving as a committed foot soldier in the cultural Marxist assault on the West."
https://www.frontpagemag.com/now-geology-is-racist/
#22029150 at 2024-11-21 05:32:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26973: Not sure what Q drop means Edition
>>22029127
Blood lines, Crowns and Power, And the death of the House of Windsor.
P = C
Philip = cate
cate is his Daughter.
WTF, what is this shit?
the DS saw an opportunity, the young queen was growing up, and soon she would need a husband. If we could only get her to marry one of our own, we could control the Crown of England.
So they searched high and low, and they found this extremely good looking chap, from an ex royal family, Greece, and they put a plan in motion.
Once introduced, she was smitten, she was only 13, and him a little older, but the course of history was altered forever.
He was Philip, and he was raised by one of the sickest men ever to live, Lord Mountbatten. Philip was, of course, Mountbatten's illegitimate son.
Mountbatten was recruited by the KZM to enslave the peoples of the world, and when he saw the sums to be paid, he readily agreed.
What the KZM did not realize, is that Philip was one of the richest men to ever live. he was an heir to an immense fortune, some 200 hundred years of accumulated wealth, and Lord Mountbatten knew it.
So Mountbatten played the game.
Instead of taking the Crown for the KZM, he would take it for himself.
#22028920 at 2024-11-21 04:58:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26972: Accountability Cometh Edition
https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/world-news/canadian-billionaire-robert-miller-81-accused-of-sexually-abusing-dozen-of-underage-girls-in-prostitution-ring-report/
Canadian billionaire, 81, accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in prostitution ring
A Canadian billionaire is facing allegations he sexually abused more than five dozen women when they were children - with the victims alleging they were recruited and paid to participate in his chilling sex ring.
Robert Miller, the founder of Future Electronics, is accused of repeatedly giving underage girls money and gifts in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2016, Canadian outlets reported, citing that the alleged abuse happened in hotels throughout Montreal.
Miller was ordered on Friday to fork over two of his million-dollar Montreal homes as part of a lawsuit filed by four of his accusers, who feared the 81-year-old would try to hide his assets as his legal woes worsened.
The four victims, who are suing for millions, challenged that the two homes - worth more than $2 million each - were listed under the names of lawyers for several years, according to The Canadian Press.
"It is troubling to note that Miller, a billionaire, has no bank account in his name," Justice Serge Gaudet said in Quebec Superior Court, noting a "persistent" pattern of listing his fortune and valuables under other people's names, the outlet reported.
The women accused the alleged predator of recruiting them as high school students to have sex in exchange for money, describing his prostitution scheme as a "planned system of sexual exploitation" of girls and teens, according to court documents, obtained by Canadian outlets.
One victim alleged she had sex with Miller more than 30 times over two years starting in 1999 when she was 14 years old, according to court documents.
On one occasion, she was given $1,000 to have sex with Miller - who allegedly refused to wear a condom due to a latex allergy - at the queen Elizabeth Hotel after being pampered with steak and champagne by one of his employees.
The victim said the alleged sexual abuse left her suicidal as she struggled with alcohol and drugs.
Miller, who has denied the allegations, is also facing a separate proposed lawsuit by more than 50 women who reported that he gave them money and gifts in exchange for sex between 1996 and 2006, CBC reported.
He was also arrested in May on sexual abuse and exploitation charges involving 10 victims, some of whom were minors at the time of the alleged offenses, which occurred between 1994 and 2016.
Miller stepped down from his tech company following a Radio-Canada Enqu?te report that exposed him for paying minors between the ages of 14 and 17 cash and gifts in exchange for sex between 1994 and 2006, according to CBC.
The report resulted in dozens of women coming forward to report the abuse they sustained as minors.
Lawyers for the accused creep, who is bedridden with Parkinson's disease, have attempted to delay the criminal case due to his health, according to Canadian outlets.
His cases will continue in December.
#22027617 at 2024-11-21 01:50:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26971: Dog Won't Hunt Edition
>>22027496
bogdanoff twins … whacked!
evelyn de rothschild … whacked!
prince phillip … whacked!
the queen … whacked!
daddy bush … whacked!
no name … whacked!
gloria vanderbilt … whacked!
rbg … whacked!
feinstein … whacked!
toots … whacked!
#22025299 at 2024-11-20 18:46:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26968: After Easton Highest Rankin Anon on WWIII Edition
Geminid meteor shower begins tonight. Here's what to expect from one of the best meteor showers of the year
November 19, 2024
One of the most reliable meteor showers to light up our night sky each year begins tonight.
The annual Geminid meteor shower runs from Nov. 19 through Dec. 24, with the peak coming overnight on Dec. 13-14, according to the American Meteor Society.
During the peak, over 100 Geminid meteors can be seen per hour under the right conditions. The Geminids are somewhat rare in that they are produced by debris from an asteroid, known as 3200 Phaeton.
Most other meteor showers, on the other hand, are produced by the leftover bits of comets.
The Geminids are one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers, according to NASA, making the next month one of the best times to get out at night and catch a glimpse of one of these "shooting stars."
Want to see the Geminids for yourself? Here's what you need to know.
Bill Cooke is a NASA astronomer who leads the agency's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Cooke previously told Space.com that the Geminids are one of the top three meteor showers to look out for in 2024.
However, a bright waxing gibbous moon will be just above the twins of Gemini on Dec. 13, which will interfere with the peak of this shower.
Still, even while the moon lights the night sky, a large number of bright meteors should be visible during the peak.
As their name implies, the Geminid meteor shower originates from the Gemini constellation.
Gemini remains visible throughout the night for the northern hemisphere over the next month, just above the raised arm of the Orion constellation.
If you aren't familiar with the Gemini constellation, now is the perfect time to look for its two most distinctive stars: Castor and Pollux, known as the "twins" of Gemini.
If you need help locating it, you could always use a stargazing app.
The constellation is most often depicted as a pair of brothers holding hands or placing their hands on one another's shoulders.
According to Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Leda, queen of Sparta. Castor was the son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, while Pollux was the son of the powerful god Zeus.
After the mortal Castor fell in battle, Pollux prayed to Zeus to make his brother immortal.
The only way this could be done would require Pollux to give up his immortality, so Zeus transformed the pair into the stars we now see in the night sky.
https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteors-showers/geminid-meteor-shower-begins-tonight-heres-what-to-expect-from-one-of-the-best-meteor-showers-of-the-year
#22023549 at 2024-11-20 14:42:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26966: Wars and Rumors Thereof - Countdown Edition
The son of Norway's crown princess is arrested on suspicion of rape, police say
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The eldest son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested again, this time on suspicion of rape, police said Tuesday.
Marius Borg H?iby is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince Haakon, and the son of Mette-Marit from a previous relationship. He has no royal title or official duties.
Borg H?iby was arrested late Monday in Oslo on a preliminary charge of having had "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act." A preliminary charge comes before a formal charge and allows authorities to detain suspects during an investigation.
Police did not say when the alleged rape occurred, but only that "the victim must have been unable to resist the act." Norwegian media said Borg H?iby denied the accusation.
Hege Salomon, the lawyer for the woman who was allegedly raped, said "she is having a hard time." She told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that police, not the woman, had brought the case. The woman was not identified.
The royal palace had no comment, the news agency NTB said.
On Aug. 4, police officers responded to a disturbance in downtown Oslo and briefly detained Borg H?iby. He faced preliminary charges of bodily harm and criminal damage and was released. Details were unclear but police said there was "a relationship between the suspect and the victim."
More preliminary charges have since been filed against Borg H?iby, including violating several restraining orders and driving without a valid driver's license. In all, the cases involve four women and one man.
The case was top news in Norway, where the royals are popular.
Borg H?iby, 27, lives with the royal couple and their two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.
Norway's future queen made headlines in 2001 when she married Haakon because she was a single mother who had lived a freewheeling life with a companion who had been convicted on drug charges.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/son-norway-crown-princess-arrested-101946039.html
#22019706 at 2024-11-19 23:59:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26961: Bill Of Impeachment Against Biden In Order To Prevent WW3 Edition
>>22019692
Snow White queen to F3.
Pleased to be rigging for R.E.D.
#22019507 at 2024-11-19 23:27:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26961: Bill Of Impeachment Against Biden In Order To Prevent WW3 Edition
Afghan Asylum Seeker Climbs Alter - Rips Off the Gowns of the Famous Black Madonna of Switzerland and Puts On Her Crown - VIDEO
An Afghan asylum-seeker in Switzerland entered the Shrine of Our Lady of Einsiedeln southeast of Zurich and vandalized the famous statue of the Black Madonna.
The Afghan man climbed the alter, ripped off the clothing on the Black Madonna, took off her crown, and placed it on his head.
He wore the crown and clothing until police arrived to arrest him.
The shrine of the Black Madonna was established in the 9th Century.
After a fire in 1465 this gothic standing mother and child replaced a 9th-10th century Romanesque Seat of Wisdom Madonna lost in the flames. Baby Jesus holds a bird in his left hand. According to the local monks this eludes to an apocryphal story in which Jesus as a young child resurrected a dead bird.
In Jungian psychology the Dark Mother is an archetype that is meant to help us, in a healthy way, to integrate into our psyche all that we fear. The famous Black Madonna of Einsiedeln, whose shrine is close to where C.G. Jung taught, seems to confirm that.
Around the year 825 a German monk called Meinrad (about 799-861) became the abbot of a monastery near Z?rich. But soon the holy man was drawn to live the life of a hermit. So he moved into the 'finster Wald', i.e. the deep, ominously dark, forest, the quintessential scary place of German language tales. The only thing he took with him on this journey into everything scary was a dark statue of Mother Mary. - To this day the Madonna of Einsiedeln is referred to as Our Lady of the (Ominously) Dark Forest, as if to remind us that when we set out to face our deepest fears, it is good to be accompanied by a dark mother.
After Meinrad had spent thirty three years in the wilderness, two robbers came upon his hermitage. The saint knew their evil intentions, yet he welcomed them with open arms, gave them food and clothes. He only had one request: "When you have killed me, please light one candle at my feet and one at my head." They proceeded to club him to death, but as soon as they had placed the candles according to Meinrad's wish they lit up by themselves. Then the two murderers realized that they had just killed a great saint and fled in horror. Now Meinrad had two pet black crows as his companions, who had witnessed the deed and were known to the people in the area. They flew around the evildoers, making a racket, until the men were apprehended and "brought to justice", i.e. hanged.
Maybe because of this violent end, nobody wanted to have anything to do with Meinrad's hermitage for at least 40 years. It was maintained only by the will of God until other monks were finally drawn there. By 934 enough hermits lived around Meinrad's old cell with the Black Madonna that it was decided to build a full fledged monastery.
In 948 St. Konrad, bishop of Konstanz, arrived in Einsiedeln to consecrate the chapel that housed the old hermit's cell. The night before this solemn celebration was to take place, he had a vision of Jesus and the angels adoring the queen of Heaven and consecrating the chapel. When the time came for the usual Sanctus prayer that contains the words: "Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might ... blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord ..." they sang instead: "Holy, holy, holy God before the face of the glorious Virgin ... blessed is the son of Mary who comes in the name of the Lord..." The next day Konrad was still going to perform the usual consecration, but a voice stopped him, calling, "Cease, cease, brother, the chapel has been divinely consecrated."
To this day the Sanctus is sung in Einsiedeln the way Heaven taught it. Making such a change at the heart of the mass, required bringing the matter before the Pope. In 964 a Papal bull confirmed Konrad's vision as true and allowed the changes for Einsiedeln. The story of its "angelic consecration" and the many miracles that followed it, earned Einsiedeln international fame.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/afghan-asylum-seeker-climbs-alter-rips-gowns-famous/
#22018250 at 2024-11-19 20:31:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26959: TRUMP PROMISED? TRUMP DELIVERS. Wrapped Up For Christmas! Edition
JD Vance
@JDVance1
Grace Chong is a mouth breathing imbecile who attacks those of us in the fight rather than make herself useful.
If I had shown up to the vote in question, the nominee would have succeeded 49-46 rather than 49-45. If every Republican had showed up, Fetterman would have come in and the Democrats still would have gotten their nominee across.
When this 11th Circuit vote happened, I was meeting with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.
I tend to think it's more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45.
But that's just me.
Nov 19, 2024, 2:14 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@JDVance1/posts/113511215253950630
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00264.htm#position
THIS IS A SHILL?
Grace Chong ?
@gracechong
CFO/COO of @SteveBannonsWarRoom, queen of the Trolls and Resident DJ. This is my personal account - views and opinions are my own. @billblasterapp
https://truthsocial.com/@gracechong
#22013721 at 2024-11-19 03:23:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26954: Clever Use of Game Mechanics Edition
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14098773/CRAIG-BROWN-Jackies-bloody-royal-assassination.html
CRAIG BROWN: Jackie's bloody link to a royal assassination
This Friday marks the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
As they set off for Dallas that morning, President Kennedy said to his wife Jackie: 'You know, we're heading into nut country today.'
Hundreds of books have been written about what happened next. And - given the great tangled mass of contradictory conspiracy theories - even more have been written about what never happened.
As they were driving past the cheering crowds, the Governor's wife said to the President: 'You certainly can't say that the people of Dallas haven't given you a nice welcome'. Kennedy replied: 'No, you certainly can't.' They were to be his last words. Jackie was waving at the crowds on her side of the car as she heard the Governor shriek: 'Oh, no, no, no.'
She looked round as the next shot was fired.
The author William Manchester describes what happened next: 'Jacqueline Kennedy has seen a serrated piece of his skull - flesh-colored, not white - detach itself. At first there is no blood. And then, in the very next instant, there is nothing but blood spattering her…
'Gobs of blood as thick as a man's hand are soaking the floor of the back seat, the President's clothes are steeped in it, the roses are drenched, Kennedy's body is lurching soundlessly toward his wife… one fragment, larger than the rest, rises over the President's falling shoulders and seems to hang there and then drift towards the rear, and Jackie springs up on her stained knees, facing toward the sidewalk, crying out, "My God, what are they doing? My God, they've killed Jack, they've killed my husband, Jack! Jack!".
'She cries and sprawls on the sloping back of the car, defeated, tumbling down toward the street.'
What was Jackie Kennedy doing, reaching out over the boot of the car? In the frenzy, she was trying to recover the piece of her husband's shattered skull that had landed there.
It was an irrational act, given that she thought he was already dead, though wholly understandable for someone in a state of shock.
That all happened 61 years ago. Roughly 60 years before that, another wife had reacted in an eerily similar way to the assassination of her husband.
queen Victoria's grandchild, Princess Ella of Hesse, was the wife of the cold and unpopular Grand Duke Serge, who had, until recently, been Governor General of Moscow.
The following month, a terrorist's bomb exploded in the Grand Duke's carriage, and he was blown to pieces. 'The head and everything else were broken and scattered over the snow,' ran a police report. My wife, Frances Welch, describes this gruesome incident vividly in her new book, The Lives And Deaths Of The Princesses Of Hesse.
'One of Serge's booted feet, fingers and parts of his skull had been gathered up… His heart was found on a nearby roof. Ella set about frantically gathering up the remaining body parts and taking the rings from the severed fingers.'
Very few women in history have witnessed their husband's assassination, so it is remarkable that Princess Ella's reaction was almost exactly the same as Jackie Kennedy's, six decades later.
Serge had been a stickler for order and tidiness. 'In her deranged state, Ella worried about upsetting her dead husband, "Hurry, hurry. Serge hates blood and mess".'
Upon Ella's return home, her niece Maria was horrified by her appearance. 'On her right arm the sleeve of her blue dress was stained with blood. There was blood on her hand, too, and under the nails of her fingers, in which she gripped tightly the medals that my uncle always wore on a chain at his neck.'
Two hours after her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy was obliged to attend the swearing-in of his successor, Lyndon Johnson on Air Force One.
On that same plane her husband's corpse lay in its coffin. Mrs Johnson recalled Jackie's pink Chanel dress being 'stained with blood', adding: 'One leg was almost entirely covered with it and her right glove was caked - that immaculate woman - it was caked with blood, her husband's blood.'
Kennedy aides suggested she change out of the blood-spattered suit for the swearing-in, but she refused. 'I want them to see what they have done to Jack,' she said.
#22013027 at 2024-11-19 01:35:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26953: Perennial Leaker Boris Epshteyn Busted: Dirty Pisser Edition
>>22013019
The Cardinal Grand Master has been Fernando Filoni since 2019, and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is ex officio the Order's Grand Prior. Its headquarters are situated at the Palazzo Della Rovere and its official church in Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo, both in Rome, close to Vatican City.[3] In 1994, Pope John Paul II declared the Virgin Mary as the order's patron saint under the title "Blessed Virgin Mary, queen of Palestine".[4]
#22010020 at 2024-11-18 16:47:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26950: Mika Mornin Joe Owned KeK About That Reset Edition
>>22009986
>>22009900
verb (usually be regimented) [with object] | ?rej?m(?)nt |
1 organize according to a strict, sometimes oppressive system or pattern: every aspect of their life is strictly regimented.
2 rare form (troops) into a regiment or regiments.
DERIVATIVES
regimentation | ?rej?m?n?t?SH?n | noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense 'rule or government'): via Old French from late Latin regimentum 'rule', from regere 'to rule'.
regal
adjective
1 a regal feast was laid before him. majestic, fit for a king/queen/prince/princess, grand, impressive, imposing, splendid, superb, magnificent, noble, proud, stately, dignified, exalted, glorious, striking, spectacular, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, sumptuous, opulent, fine, luxurious, deluxe, lavish, resplendent, monumental, palatial, august, distinguished, great; informal splendiferous, ritzy, posh; rare splendacious, magnolious.
2 his regal forebears. royal, kingly, queenly, princely, sovereign, crowned. ANTONYMS plebeian.
#22009116 at 2024-11-18 13:53:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26949: Who Had WW3 Up Next? Edition
>>22009080
yea that guy was a piece of shit too
and joe still has the queen as his pfp
and here's a tweet not even a month old, notice he doesn't allow any comments
#22008832 at 2024-11-18 12:23:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26948: Nothing Can Stop What Is Comfy Edition
>>22008819
Well, that's it then. Fire all the white teachers and administrators, make it/them queen of the Playground and DIE.
#22006832 at 2024-11-18 02:07:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26946: Elon Musk Activated: QNN Pepe News Meme Q 1720 When does a bird sing? Edi
>GENX figured it out.
>>22006807
Bloodstains Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They can make things worse for me
Sometimes I'd rather die
They can tell me lots of things
But I can't see eye to eye
Well, I know they know the way I think
I know they always will
But someday I'm gonna change my mind
Sometimes I'd rather kill
[Chorus]
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense, I've lost control, I've lost my mind
[Verse 2]
Things seem so much different now
The scene has died away
I haven't got a steady job
And I've got no place to stay
Well, it's a futuristic modern world
But things aren't what they seem
Someday you'd better wake up
From this stupid fantasy
See Agent Orange Live
Get tickets as low as $25
You might also like
Just What I Needed
The Cars
Viet Nam
Minutemen
God Save the queen
Sex Pistols
[Chorus]
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense, I've lost control, I've lost my mind
[Chorus]
Bloodstains, speed kills
Fast cars, cheap thrills
Rich girls, fine wine
I've lost my sense, I've lost control, I've lost my mind
#22004264 at 2024-11-17 19:43:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26943: Entire Agencies Will Be Deleted - DOGE BALL? Fifth Column Johnson Edition
>>22004250
What else happened today in history. queen Elizabeth I became queen 1558
#22002190 at 2024-11-17 12:08:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26941: ITS TIME EDITION
The End of the Aircraft CarrierVox Day
World War II marked the end of the battleship. World War III is marking the end of the aircraft carrier:
Both of Britain's aircraft carriers, which are said to serve as the backbone of the Royal Navy, would have major battlefield vulnerabilities in a potential conflict with a near-peer adversary, The Times reported on Friday, citing sources.
A defense source told the paper that the UK military had run a "whole load of scenarios" simulating a full-scale conflict, in which the navy's "ability to survive" was tested against an "overwhelming force." The war games, the details of which are secret, involved HMS queen Elizabeth - the fleet's current flagship - and HMS Prince of Wales, which were commissioned in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
Designed to project UK power across the globe, both vessels can carry up to 40 aircraft, including advanced F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters, and can host helicopters for anti-submarine warfare as well as troop transports. A Times source familiar with the situation admitted that "in most war games, the carriers get sunk," adding that the ships are particularly vulnerable to missiles.
It's interesting that Russia still hasn't demonstrated its objections to British support and funding for Ukraine by sinking one of these white elephants. Whereas sinking a US Navy carrier would provoke an unnecessary hot war with the USA, what is Britain going to do? Send the other one to the Baltic? And further support for Ukraine isn't a threat since it's already provided its long-range missiles to Russia.
This development has been obvious for some time, but it's fascinating to actually reach this point in history. It will also be interesting to see if any carriers are actually sunk or if the navies of the world will simply stop producing new ships and maintaining the existing ones.
https://voxday.net/2024/11/16/the-end-of-the-aircraft-carrier/
Houthis have anti-ship missiles also.
#21998151 at 2024-11-16 20:11:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26936: Stocking the Cabinet w/ Efficiency Edition
>>21997391
11=K=King
English law dictates that the King and queen are equal, therefore K=Q
The picture in reference is Ch11
C=3, h=8
11= 2nd, usually noted with small L's, however 1's have been used at times.
Now for some mathemagic:
C+h=K, 3+8=11, 11=K, K=Q (see above)
Think mirror: the mirror of addition may be viewed as subtraction, therefore:
h-C=E, 8-3=5, 5=E
Final solution:
QEll
#21996222 at 2024-11-16 10:51:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26934: Fight Night Edition
>>21996142
looking glass tech among other ancient tech, like tibetans use with oversight from other beings
because their consciousnesses is installed into descendants
>Who's seed will get into the future?
[they] are being permanently removed?
[they] looked for JFK's soul for 50 years…
we can escape this - WWG1WGA
Bob Dylan Lyrics
"Murder Most Foul"
It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are!"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh Wolfman, oh Wolfman, howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
Hush, little children, you'll understand
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
Then I'll go over to Altamont and sit near the stage
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
Put your foot in the tank and let's step on the gas
Try to make it to the triple underpass
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
Up in the red-light district, they got cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the barrelhead, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
The place where faith, hope, and charity died
Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
See if you can shoot the invisible man
Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
What is the truth, and where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid queen
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the back seat next to my wife
Headed straight on in to the afterlife
I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
We're right down the street, from the street where you live
They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland Hospital, only six more miles
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone on my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
Zapruder's film I've seen night before
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once and they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul
#21995737 at 2024-11-16 07:28:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26934: Fight Night Edition
>>21995733
>Madonna
Soon to be 'Former' queen of the Night.
#21995279 at 2024-11-16 05:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26933: Showdown Edition
>>21995218
'U.N.C.L.E. car few of the third- and fourth-season episodes featured an "U.N.C.L.E. car",'
- Tesla space truck
'Subsequent two-part episodes, beginning with the second season premiere, "Alexander the Greater Affair", '
- Two part episode = second presidency of Trump / Alexander the Great
Novels
'1. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (a.k.a. The Thousand Coffins Affair) by Michael Avallone. When villages in Africa and Scotland are wiped out by a plague of madness, Solo and Kuryakin dig up a graveyard and a monster named Golgotha.'
- Trump Derangement Syndrome and COVID plague
'2.The Doomsday Affair by Harry Whittington. The agents must find the mystery man "Tixe Ylno" before he triggers war between the US and the USSR.'
- WWIII with nuclear weapons in war between the US/Ukraine and Russia
'3. The Copenhagen Affair by John Oram. UFOs are buzzing Europe, and the U.N.C.L.E. agents crisscross Denmark to find the factory before THRUSH launches an armed fleet.'
Trump / Thrush related to queen of Denmark
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/culture_and_living/2017/01/24/donald_trump_is_related_to_most_icelanders_and_dani/
'4. The Dagger Affair by David McDaniel. DAGGER fanatics have an energy damper that can shut down electrical fields, atomic reactions, and human beings, and even THRUSH is panicked. '
- operation Warp Speed
5. The Mad Scientist Affair by John T. Phillifent. The agents stop biochemist "King Mike" from poisoning London, then discover his second plan is to contaminate the entire North Sea.
- King Mike / Big Mike the biochemical mad scientific affair
6. The Vampire Affair by David McDaniel. Napoleon and Illya don't believe in vampires and werewolves, but an U.N.C.L.E. agent has died, so they must investigate an ancient castle in Transylvanian Romania.
- Adrenochrome blood drinkers and child eaters
7. The Radioactive Camel Affair by Peter Leslie. Solo joins a caravan and Kuryakin threads a war zone to reach a missile base deep in the Sudan hinterlands.
- Radioactive Kamala = Kamala's radio-active headphone ear-rings
- missile shot at Trump plane
10. The Assassination Affair by J. Hunter Holly. Surviving assassins' bullets and a "do-it-yourself murder room", the agents follow THRUSH to desolated Michigan farms and a scheme to starve the world.
- murder room = kill room of comet pizza
- starve the world = W.E.F. agenda
11. The Invisibility Affair by Thomas Stratton (Robert Coulson and Gene DeWeese). The agents track an invisible dirigible to a submarine in Lake Michigan - and a plot to hijack an entire country.
- ghislaine submarine used in effort to blackmail all leading politicians (hijack the country)
12. The Mind Twisters Affair by Thomas Stratton. People in a college town are unaccountably catatonic, euphoric, and raging. The agents must ferret out who and how before the "experiment" goes nationwide.
- TDS / MK-Ultra from adrenochrome in food supply and vaxx
13. The Rainbow Affair
- lgbtq+ child rape 'normalization' satanism
14. The Cross of Gold Affair by Fredric Davies (Ron Ellik and Fredric Langley). Clues hidden in crossword puzzles lead the agents, hippies, and frogmen to a Coney Island death-trap to stop the biggest heist in history.
- Q comms / 'crossword puzzles' for frogmen
- End the FED
15. The Utopia Affair
- Golden Age of U.S.A.
16. The Splintered Sunglasses Affair by Peter Leslie
- JFK: Splinter CIA into a thousand pieces after Trump takes second presidency
- JFK iconic sunglasses
17. The Hollow Crown Affair
- Take down 'royalty' of hollywood / the child rape-'normalizers'
18. The Unfair Fare Affair
- bad trade deals
19. The Power Cube Affair
- operation Warp Speed Cube or free energy
21. The Thinking Machine Affair
- A.i.
etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.
#21991843 at 2024-11-15 19:17:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26929: Big Mad Lib Friday Freakout Edition
queen elizabeth hates gingurs
#21991165 at 2024-11-15 17:21:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26928:Fryday Inversion: Future Proves Past Edition
>>21990810
There can only be one queen.
#21990598 at 2024-11-15 15:05:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26927: Dark Winter Comin Into The Light Edition
Knock Nevis, ex-Seawise Giant (in red) compared to large ships and buildings: The Pentagon, 1,414 feet, 431 m RMS queen Mary 2, 1,132 feet, 345 m USS Enterprise, 1,123 feet, 342 m Hindenburg, 804 feet, 245 m Yamato, 863 feet, 263 m Empire State Building, 1,454 feet, 443 m Knock Nevis, ex-Seawise Giant, 1,503 feet, 458 m Apple Park, 1,522 feet, 464 m
#21988528 at 2024-11-15 04:25:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26925: Eye of the Tiger Edition
King Felipe Bourbon VI the King of Spain, Leon, and Jerusalem with queen Letizia of Spain. King Felipe VI is a top owner of most Mexican and South American drug cartels and he is a top authority over Kabbalah and an owner of Banco Santander which has large banking operations in Switzerland. Kabbalah was developed in Leon, Spain. The Bourbons created Banco Santander through a royal charter. The Casanova family are Spanish-Italian nobles who established a branch in Switzerland that have ruled Switzerland as politicians. The Bourbons have hundreds of billions in private banks in Switzerland through their corporate charters and profits from drug cartels.
#21987814 at 2024-11-15 02:51:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26925: Eye of the Tiger Edition
Game[2] > COMMS_stringer 1/?
Will add the corresponding Qs tomorrow.
Q+ 11/11/2024 08:34:35 > RT > @ilPresidento > 1/09/2024 22:24:11 'red wave' - WE KICKED SOME ASS THIS WEEK!!!
Q+ 11/11/2024 08:35:03 > RT > @ilPresidento > 1/09/2024 22:24:11 'red wave' - WE KICKED SOME ASS THIS WEEK!!!
RT > @Angel[A]QPatriot > 11/09/2024 22:41:43 - Thank you!
Q+ 11/11/2024 08:35:20 > RT > @ilPresidento > 1/09/2024 22:24:11 'red wave' - WE KICKED SOME ASS THIS WEEK!!!
RT > @[L]e[ess]aQWarrior > 11/10/2024 02:53:15 > RT > @DonaldJTrumpJr - Legendary
Q+ 11/11/2024 11:23:05 > 'salute'
Q+ 11/11/2024 11:48:32 > (01:21) 'news' [QR] - interview
Q+ 11/11/2024 11:50:44 > (04:22) 'news' [QR] - leadership
Q+ 11/11/2024 11:51:57 > (11:17) 'news' [QR] - bo[A]rder czar
Q+ 11/11/2024 13:01:14 > (00:39) 'book' (must-read) SAVE AMERICA - [3]pics:
Q,Q+,M;Q+,M(pledge);Q+'Bible'(sign);Q+,E(queen);'FIGHT'[F3]/CASTLE-RED' (cover)
Q+ 11/11/2024 15:22:05 > (03:17) 'news' [QR] - "brother from another mother" - GREAT JOB BY JOE K. > [JOKE]
Q+ 11/11/2024 15:29:01 > 'letter' [Q] - Environmental Protective Agency
Q+ 11/11/2024 15:58:59 > 'letter' [Q] - Ambassador to the United Nations
DS 11/11/2024 17:10:05 > "Congratulations" - [x5]: @S,@E,@S,@L [LESS] @Real[O2][8]
Q+ 11/11/2024 21:02:06 > (02:47) 'victory' (00:17) > "TRUMP WON AND YOU KNOW IT" 'dance'
Q+ 11/11/2024 21:19:59 > (00:26) 'game' (00:17) > 'players' [5][8]
o2 11/12/2024 08:22:39 > Game[1] Round[1] (graphic). Q, anons and Less than 10.
o2 11/12/2024 08:26:03 > Game[1] Round[2] (graphic) Updated. Q, anons and Less than 10.
o2 11/12/2024 08:29:45 > Game[1] Round[3] (graphic) Updated. Q, anons and Less than 10.
o2 11/12/2024 08:31:40 > We know you can't handle the endless confirmations...
You'll be leaving Our House... Board Owner. Promise.
o2 11/12/2024 08:32:17 > 'proof' (Q+ Talking to This Board 'Jew-hate') > Clown.. pack your bags.
[MARKER (11/12) 14:00:32 (delta) + 'Israel']
o2 11/12/2024 08:38:02 > (song) Game[2] Music. Tears For Fears - Shout [Shouting In Munich] (Q-BiK & Djon) - jsaltzz
o2 11/12/2024 08:55:51 > Adding the rest of 11-11 to Game[2] (graphic) now.
o2 11/12/2024 08:59:05 > (pic) (Moses sending The Frogs) > The employed Hate here will be relieved of duty soon.
o2 11/12/2024 09:08:42 > (pic) > [00:00:55] ? = 'news - link' > Game[2] Reminder.
11/11/2024 21:19:59 - Last PDJT TRUTH
11/12/2024 03:17:09 - Last DANs TRUTH
Game[2] TRUMP Proof 5:5
[…]
#21984147 at 2024-11-14 17:33:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26920: TDS Edition
>>21984132
did he stab the cake like the queen did
#21982978 at 2024-11-14 13:53:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26919: Turtle Will Not Win This Race Edition
>>21982860
United States President-elect Donald Trump reveals true thoughts about King Charles and queen Camilla in new footage
The President-elect described the monarchy as "a piece of history at the highest level" and expressed his admiration for the late queen Elizabeth II.
"This was with queen Elizabeth, she was always fantastic by the way," he said.
"These images, I mean who has images like this? And these were relationships.
"This is your favourite president with the queen, she was unbelievable, she was great, we had a very good relationship, really good."
The 78-year-old described Camilla as "fantastic" as he flicked through a photo album of the visit and wished Charles, who is two years his junior, well amid his cancer battle.
"Here's Charles, so beautiful," Trump said.
"Hopefully he's going to be well because he's a really good person.
"Camilla is fantastic. You get to know them so well."
https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/united-states-presidentelect-donald-trump-reveals-true-thoughts-about-king-charles-and-queen-camilla-in-new-footage/news-story/57fbddd8fdbcdc60002eb584bc3ea391
_______
King Charles III Sends Message to Donald Trump(post-assassination attempt)
King Charles III has written a private letter to Donald Trump, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch, 75, reached out to the former president after he survived an attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Aides are not releasing the text of the king's letter but say it is in line with comments by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. It was delivered through Britain's embassy in Washington.
https://www.newsweek.com/king-charles-message-donald-trump-assassination-1925119
#21982431 at 2024-11-14 11:10:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26918: Secretary of Dank Edition
>>21982426
my guess on why the cackle queen was chosen as the candidate: they all knew that Trump would probably win a fair election and none of them wanted to torpedo their 2028 chances.
#21980295 at 2024-11-14 01:53:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26916: Hurricane MAGA Edition
>>21980265
Trump has many weird handshakes
Look up his handshake with the queen and with many other leaders
#21976003 at 2024-11-13 15:44:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26911: Core Consumer Prices Are Too Damn High Edition
>>21975892
Back in the old days they took women out of battle.
They used to fight with the Celts in the ancient world;
But it was banned since the sight of the dead female bodies was too much to stomach.
They decided its better to protect woman on the home front so they can care for their children.
:
Boadicea Boudica was a queen of the Iceni trib picrel
Moderns trying to deny it, but cited by ancient authors.
"Now on to the battlefield! The idea of Celtic warrior women taking to the field to fight alongside their men is a misunderstanding by Classical sources [] blah diddy blah.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/wu9ewp/when_and_why_did_celtic_women_stop_acting_as/?rdt=62122
Can't trust Reddit
#21974269 at 2024-11-13 05:35:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26909: Boxer Edition
>>21974266
pawn to queen
#
#21973511 at 2024-11-13 02:59:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26908: Warrior Board Edition
>>21973423
queen of the Sea Peoples? POTUS said she looked like a queen just recently
#21973071 at 2024-11-13 01:56:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26907: Dream Team Roster Building Edition
>>21973039
…the queen lebrondo says sheeeit boy aint no party like a diddly party look here it is …
#21969548 at 2024-11-12 15:54:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26903: Tuesday Morning Melania - 4 Moar Years Edition
>>21969500
Elon is a Freemason. (Maye is a 33rd degree or queen, no completely sure)
Tulsi is a Freemason.
RFK is a Democrat (not sure if Freemason).
#21968313 at 2024-11-12 09:40:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26901: NCSWIC Edition
>>21968307 not yesterday
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, died in London, United Kingdom, on 26 February 2024, at the age of 87. The Service of Celebration for the Life of the late Lord Rothschild was held at Waddesdon Manor on 13 June, which was attended by King Charles III and queen Camilla.
#21964890 at 2024-11-11 21:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26897: Mission Forward Edition
>>21964860
>My Dad treated my mom like a queen, and she treated him like a King.
A lot of indoctrination water has flowed under the bridge
since those days.
But sure, go ahead and blame men for women behaving like whores.
Because women of course, bear no responsibility for their own behaviors.
#21964860 at 2024-11-11 21:42:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26897: Mission Forward Edition
>>21964647
If Gentlemen start treating Women like Ladies, maybe real Women would start acting like Ladies.
My Dad treated my mom like a queen, and she treated him like a King.
What goes around comes around.
TOGTFO feeds right into the Feminist's complaint log.
Keep it up Bozos.
You are doing the work of the enemy.
#21964584 at 2024-11-11 20:48:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26897: Mission Forward Edition
>>21964493
11.13 i.e. 13th of November
>>21956593 (pb) Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess diana
>>21945409 (pb)
'one way of understanding 'mind kontrol ultra' from big pharma/sorcery is how people all around the world are not vehemently protesting or horrified that the current occupiers of the british kingdom are a product of incest/inbreeding 'for money/power/evil' and awarded knighthood to jimmy savile who was a notorious child rapist with over 500 victims committed over a span of 50 years, but encouraged to be saddened when lady diana died, so the 'mk ultra' procedure removes you as far away as possible from the path of Jesus Christ, i.e. as far away from the otherwise unalienable need of protecting children from rapists (Matthew 18:6) and protecting children from the same jews and soulless people that murdered Jesus for money, i.e. almost no one priorities protecting children from the poisoning that is of money-driven/evil i.e. jewish controlled vaxx-manufacturing plants. also that law enforcement officers are equally tasked with solving 'petty or tax-crimes' while children are globally exploited for rape and ritualistic murder even by the british kingdom.'
>>21935106 (pb)
XI - Military Occupation - Law of War Manual 2015
11.13 Protection of Children in Occupied Territory
>>21867653 (pb) , >>21867666 (pb) , >>21867677 (pb) I wonder if the British woman saying 'November 13th' has something to do with the British crown and abdication / decapitation 11.13
#21963304 at 2024-11-11 17:23:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26895: Moab Monday Hydra, Gaties N Swamp Oh My Edition
QPROOF
11/11/24 Prince Harry, Meghan Markle buy Portugal home as 'emergency escape solution' ahead of Trump presidency: report
https://nypost.com/2024/11/11/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-bought-portugal-home-as-emergency-escape-solution-ahead-of-trump-presidency-report/
Q620 1/27/18
queen/monarchs seeking shelter.
Patience.
These people are stupid
https://x.com/inthematrixxx/status/1856023959705137507?s=46&t=Dw6Ys0GJo0YK16hCtVdhrA
#21959953 at 2024-11-11 02:28:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26891: Semper Fi Edition
First Fruits and Nisan 17th
JUNE 17, 2017
There is a strange connection between New Beginnings and First Fruits and Nisan 17th. Yeshua was resurrected 3 days after his death on Nisan 14th on Nisan 17th on the 8th day. First Fruits and Resurrection Sunday was the greatest of all New Beginnings…
Let us consider the other New Beginnings
- Nisan 17, Noah's Ark safely rested on Mt. Ararat (Gen 8:4) Note that the seventh month was later designated as the first month at the time of the Exodus (Ex. 12:2).
- Nisan 17, Hebrews entered Egypt (Exo 12:40-41) 430 years before deliverance. …even the self-same day it came to pass…
- Nisan 17, Moses led the Israelites through the Parting of the Red Sea (Exo 3:18, 5:3)
- Nisan 17, Israel entered and ate the first fruit of the Promised Land (Joshua 5:10-12)
- Nisan 17, The cleansing of the Temple by Hezekiah (eight hundred years after entering the promised land. (2 Chronicles 29:1-28)
- Nisan 17, queen Esther saved the Jews from Elimination (Esther 3:12, 5:1)
- Nisan 17, The Resurrection of Messiah
.................
https://servantofmessiah.org/nissan-17th/
#21959600 at 2024-11-11 01:15:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26891: Semper Fi Edition
>drag queen story hour
>israel simping
they're all pozzed candidates no matter who you go for
#21959503 at 2024-11-11 00:54:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26891: Semper Fi Edition
#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
>>21956674 #26887
Previously Collected
>>21954728 #26885, >>21955889 #26886
>>21953878 #26884, >>21954728 #26885, >>21955889 #26886
>>21951347 #26881, >>21952179 #26882, >>21952961 #26883
>>21948789 #26878, >>21949578 #26879, >>21950383 #26880
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#21958687 at 2024-11-10 22:35:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26890: Celebrating 249 Years Of USMC Edition
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>>19804572 UK #51
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#26889 >>21957577
>>21957621 Vivek Ramaswamy: Donald Trump is going to be the U.S. President, with a capital "P"- the elected leader who actually *runs* the Executive branch, instead of unelected bureaucrats in the deep state
>>21957626 Trump and RFK created websites for the people to voice their opinion on people the government is hiring and suggesting potential policies
>>21957640 Farmers threaten to block 'every port in Britain' amid plans to protest in London as fury continues to grow over Rachel Reeves' inheritance tax raid
>>21957700 U.S. has spent $14 billion on Afghan evacuees
>>21957717 Macron to attend France-Israel soccer game in solidarity at the Stade de France on Thursday
>>21957873 DJT on truthsocial: Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner.
>>21957940 Dutch Health Minister Fleur Agema stated in parliament that the country's pandemic response aligned with "NATO obligations."
>>21957953, >>21957985 PF reports PB tracking: N616RK is proven to be his aircraft. By law the FBI director has to use it whether business or personal travel. It left Hawaii west bound 19 hours ago and has not reappeared anywhere else on the network.
>>21957967, >>21957977, >>21957989, >>21958017, >>21958087 Share to celebrate #USMC249! ??
>>21957995 Mitch McConnell to secure his successor as Majority Leader by 'secret ballot' before new Senate term
>>21958099 @CMZ: Trump and RFK are looking for leaders to join the future Trump administration. Please vote and comment under my nomination page if you want to see me help the Trump Administration in an official capacity.
>>21958107 Today in Q Post History we have 13 Deltas
>>21958119 BREAKING: One person is dead and 16 are injured after a shooting at Tuskegee University
>>21958138 @USNI Photo of the Week: Nellie B reporting for duty! Nellie "B", a mascot of the DE (destroyer escort) takes over the watch in the radio shack.(via Our Navy, Inc).
>>21958229 Total registered voters, data from 1996-2024
>>21958254 Good afternoon from Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay. The 9/11 case judge, Col. Matthew N. McCall, is still undecided on whether he will agree to freeze preparations for guilty plea hearings the week of Nov. 18
>>21958304 Anon digs into DJT/RFK websites
>>21958294, >>21958323 Unconfirmed reports of phone call between Presidents DJT and Putin on Thursday Nov 7th
>>21958540, >>21958553 Maricopa trending, 6 year delta coming up Tuesday
>>21958550 @DanScavino CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
>>21958573 BTC hits all time high of $81,000 USD
>>21958601 DJT on truthsocial: HAPPY 249TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR GREAT U.S. MARINES!!!
>>21958617 @MikePence: Happy 249th Birthday @USMC!
>>21957604, >>21957806, >>21958228, >>21958236, >>21958299, >>21958367, >>21958420, >>21958430, >>21958563, >>21958610 Memes
>>21958682 #26889
#26888 >>21956689
>>21956786 Do you think the Trump administration should open a criminal investigation into Arizona's elections?
>>21956809 Did celebrities have to be paid to endorse Kamala?
>>21956844 DDoS cyberattack temporarily blocks Israeli credit card payments
>>21956892 Fayyadh Al Ruwaili, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, met with Major General Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran's Armed Forces today in Tehran
>>21956909, >>21956777 Blacklions VFA-213
>>21956915 NASA Ames Astrogram -
>>21956916 Washington State Voters Pass Initiative to Protect Natural Gas Stoves
>>21956920 Top real estate firm hires more than 1,400 veterans
>>21956821, >>21956870 Memes to Share
bread pickup/note taker consolidated
>>21956944, >>21956957, >>21957226, >>21957234, >>21957255, >>21957281 Happy birthday, Marines!
>>21957005 Space mystery as Britain's oldest satellite is moved halfway around the world
>>21957105 SHOCK POLL: Majority of Kamala Voters Want to Relocate, Nearly Half Plan to Leave The Country Altogether
>>21957218 Harris advisor floats INSANE conspiracy that Joe Biden should resign immediately so that Kamala Harris can spend a few days as our first female president before President Trump takes over
>>21957293 Israel's National Security Council issued a public advisory to Israelis on Sunday, including avoiding attending large sports or cultural events abroad in the coming week and concealing Jewish and Israeli identifiers
>>21957388 Jim W: Guys, thank you for all of your help. I am sorry that past few weeks have been so busy. I promise to put more time into this project, as I know that the war is not over. We have however won a victory in a decisive battle. Stay vigilant.
>>21956935 Axios: Tom Cotton Has Votes to Be Senate GOP No. 3
>>21956949, >>21956980, >>21957014, >>21957018 6.0 - 6.4 Earthquake Strikes South Eastern Cuba
>>21956993 FEMA Workers 'Afraid' to Call Out Politicized Work
>>21957008 What Happens to Unaccompanied Alien Children?
>>21957064 AP still hasn't called AZ Senate
>>21957083 Today in Q Post History we have 13 Deltas
>>21957146 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration will change the personnel of public health agencies on day one, and if 'we can't fire them, we can ship them to a new HHS headquarters in Guam
>>21957186 SpaceX Starlink Mission for Nov 10, 2024
>>21957235 Cuba detains protestors as power outages drag on post-hurricane
>>21957274 Cuccinelli to Newsmax: States Will Lose Federal Money Over Fighting Deportations
>>21957362 US seeking to pour more weaponry into Ukraine before Trump takeover - WSJ
>>21957366 US Senator blasts NATO member state for empowering 'anti-Semite'
>>21957381 Packaging for Mattel's 'Wicked' Children's Dolls Found at Target Contains Link to Wicked Porn Website Instead of Movie Website
>>21957384 Three Nashville area runners have died this TSSAA cross country season
>>21957401 Trump Jr. trolls Zelensky
>>21957403 The Cheat Is On! Yuma County Arizona Doubles Its Outstanding Votes Overnight - They're Stealing the Race from Kari Lake
>>21957444 FEC Filings Show Kamala Harris Team Blew Funds On Hollywood Stars, Private Jets
>>21957556 Clockfag
>>21957644 Trump gave no Ukraine promises to EU leaders - WSJ
>>21957798 #26888
#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
>>21956674 #26887
#26886 >>21954757
>>21954786 PF: Chinese space junk
>>21954849 AI plot twist
>>21954855 PF: Watching for Wray's plane to pop back up on ADS-Bx
>>21954889, >>21955039, >>21954974, >>21954967 Huge update: Arizona Lake vs Gallego irregularities
>>21954934 Vice President JD Vance as Senate Majority Leader?
>>21955054 Nick Bosa fined $11,000 for wearing MAGA hat in postgame interview
>>21955059 Gov. DeSantis calls for investigation after FEMA relief workers directed to avoid homes of Trump supporters
>>21955069 Bakari Sellers on CNN says he wants Joe Biden to nominate Kamala Harris to SCOTUS
>>21954776, >>21954779, >>21954928, >>21955034, >>21955072 Memes
Note Taker up
>>21955107 James O'Keefe: Former Sen. Sinema Aide Claims Ruben Gallego "Hates" Kari Lake, "Wants Her to Die;"
>>21955255 President Donald J. Trump Announces the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee
>>21955277 End the Fed, Ron Paul: From "Our Enemy, Inflation" as presented at the Mises Circle in Houston, TX on January 24th, 2009
>>21955348 Thousands Gather to Celebrate 35 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
>>21955829 Karli Bonne: The massive payouts to celebrities from the Harris campaign show what a sham all of the left's "Hitler" rhetoric is. Oprah says she's fighting against a Nazi takeover but won't waive her 7-figure fee to show up?
>>21955846 Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI
>>21955889 #268856
Previously Collected
>>21954728 #26885
>>21953878 #26884, >>21954728 #26885, >>21955889 #26886
>>21951347 #26881, >>21952179 #26882, >>21952961 #26883
>>21948789 #26878, >>21949578 #26879, >>21950383 #26880
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#21958143 at 2024-11-10 20:12:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26889: Who's Taking Resumes For D.O.G.E Edition
>>21956593 pb
>Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
why the hell would this communist tripe be in the notables
#21957584 at 2024-11-10 18:41:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26889: All for a LARP? EBAKE
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
>>21956674 #26887
#26886 >>21954757
>>21954786 PF: Chinese space junk
>>21954849 AI plot twist
>>21954855 PF: Watching for Wray's plane to pop back up on ADS-Bx
>>21954889, >>21955039, >>21954974, >>21954967 Huge update: Arizona Lake vs Gallego irregularities
>>21954934 Vice President JD Vance as Senate Majority Leader?
>>21955054 Nick Bosa fined $11,000 for wearing MAGA hat in postgame interview
>>21955059 Gov. DeSantis calls for investigation after FEMA relief workers directed to avoid homes of Trump supporters
>>21955069 Bakari Sellers on CNN says he wants Joe Biden to nominate Kamala Harris to SCOTUS
>>21954776, >>21954779, >>21954928, >>21955034, >>21955072 Memes
Note Taker up
>>21955107 James O'Keefe: Former Sen. Sinema Aide Claims Ruben Gallego "Hates" Kari Lake, "Wants Her to Die;"
>>21955255 President Donald J. Trump Announces the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee
>>21955277 End the Fed, Ron Paul: From "Our Enemy, Inflation" as presented at the Mises Circle in Houston, TX on January 24th, 2009
>>21955348 Thousands Gather to Celebrate 35 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
>>21955829 Karli Bonne: The massive payouts to celebrities from the Harris campaign show what a sham all of the left's "Hitler" rhetoric is. Oprah says she's fighting against a Nazi takeover but won't waive her 7-figure fee to show up?
>>21955846 Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI
>>21955889 #268856
#21957576 at 2024-11-10 18:40:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26889: Who's Taking Resumes For D.O.G.E Edition
International Q Research Threads
>>21755366 Australia #38
>>21503242 Brazil #1
>>21929052 Canada #66
>>21284558 France #8
>>21435975 Germany #107
>>21637872 Japan #25
>>16694250 Nederland #10
>>21452596 QAJF #2
>>21350861 Scotland #11
>>21699204 Singapore #1
>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
>>21956674 #26887
#26886 >>21954757
>>21954786 PF: Chinese space junk
>>21954849 AI plot twist
>>21954855 PF: Watching for Wray's plane to pop back up on ADS-Bx
>>21954889, >>21955039, >>21954974, >>21954967 Huge update: Arizona Lake vs Gallego irregularities
>>21954934 Vice President JD Vance as Senate Majority Leader?
>>21955054 Nick Bosa fined $11,000 for wearing MAGA hat in postgame interview
>>21955059 Gov. DeSantis calls for investigation after FEMA relief workers directed to avoid homes of Trump supporters
>>21955069 Bakari Sellers on CNN says he wants Joe Biden to nominate Kamala Harris to SCOTUS
>>21954776, >>21954779, >>21954928, >>21955034, >>21955072 Memes
Note Taker up
>>21955107 James O'Keefe: Former Sen. Sinema Aide Claims Ruben Gallego "Hates" Kari Lake, "Wants Her to Die;"
>>21955255 President Donald J. Trump Announces the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee
>>21955277 End the Fed, Ron Paul: From "Our Enemy, Inflation" as presented at the Mises Circle in Houston, TX on January 24th, 2009
>>21955348 Thousands Gather to Celebrate 35 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
>>21955829 Karli Bonne: The massive payouts to celebrities from the Harris campaign show what a sham all of the left's "Hitler" rhetoric is. Oprah says she's fighting against a Nazi takeover but won't waive her 7-figure fee to show up?
>>21955846 Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI
>>21955889 #268856
#26885 >>21953899
>>21953979, >>21954017 Eyes on remaining House seats
>>21953981 Maine CD-2: It's a Ranked Choice Voting Disaster of Democrats' Own Making
>>21953999 WA US House General Election 3 (72+ hours after election day)
>>21954070, >>21954381 Arizona for Trump, officially concluding the 2024 presidential race
>>21954106 Two Women Arrested in Colorado for Stealing Mail-In Ballots and Forging Signatures
>>21954311 There's totally nothing suspicious about announcing it on a Saturday night
>>21954596 Questionable Maricopa County Ballot Dump Gives Kari Lake's Arizona Senate Opponent Additional 12,000 Vote Advantage
>>21954369, >>21954414 CA US House General Election 49
>>21954531 Lol
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>21953928 Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley Will NOT Be Invited To be Part of Trump's Second Administration
>>21953968 Who Are the Key Voices at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku? (John Podesta)
>>21953998 RFK Jr: This earns DJT a space on Mount Rushmore
>>21954022 Former Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler to serve on Trump's inaugural committee
>>21954033 Trump is gonna sign full reciprocity for conceal carry
>>21954053 Texas is getting even more red since 2016
>>21954179 While elections were going on, Gavin Newscum just passed "CARB", which will raise the price of gas by 65 cents
>>21954183 Ohio Porch Pirate Assaults FedEx Driver to Steal Package
>>21954207, >>21954261 Sperry: FBI insiders tell me dirty Crossfire Hurricane agents still embedded in the bu are "updating their resumes"
>>21954258, >>21954271 2 out of 3 accused of an "Iranian" plot to assassinate Trump have been identified as New York City Jews
>>21954283 Trump is considering Mike Rogers for Sec. of Defense
>>21954303 OMG!!! @mommyrn88 IS THE BEST!!!????
>>21954315, >>21954564 Help identify the foreign flag Mike Pompeo is wearing while dancing w/ IDF
>>21954352 FEMA supervisor who allegedly advised workers to bypass homes with Trump signs was fired
>>21954353 Refresher: President Trump was banned from Youtube Jan '21 to March '23
>>21954354 Scene from a play shows a group of people aiming guns at someone dressed up as Trump
>>21954398 D'Souza: Trump to ban transgender surgeries for minors in all 50 states! Another win for children!
>>21954399 Not wrong
>>21954402 "Without passion, you don't have energy; without energy, you have nothing." - Donald J. Trump
>>21954425 Lara Trump: ??10??
>>21954480 Anthony Scaramucci humiliated on Squawk Box
>>21954607 What should Mayorkas' next job be?
>>21954627 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display
>>21954017, >>21954036, >>21954160, >>21954164, >>21954558, >>21954649, >>21954654 Memes
>>21954728 #26885
Previously Collected
>>21953878 #26884, >>21954728 #26885, >>21955889 #26886
>>21951347 #26881, >>21952179 #26882, >>21952961 #26883
>>21948789 #26878, >>21949578 #26879, >>21950383 #26880
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#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
>>21956674 #26887
#26886 >>21954757
>>21954786 PF: Chinese space junk
>>21954849 AI plot twist
>>21954855 PF: Watching for Wray's plane to pop back up on ADS-Bx
>>21954889, >>21955039, >>21954974, >>21954967 Huge update: Arizona Lake vs Gallego irregularities
>>21954934 Vice President JD Vance as Senate Majority Leader?
>>21955054 Nick Bosa fined $11,000 for wearing MAGA hat in postgame interview
>>21955059 Gov. DeSantis calls for investigation after FEMA relief workers directed to avoid homes of Trump supporters
>>21955069 Bakari Sellers on CNN says he wants Joe Biden to nominate Kamala Harris to SCOTUS
>>21954776, >>21954779, >>21954928, >>21955034, >>21955072 Memes
Note Taker up
>>21955107 James O'Keefe: Former Sen. Sinema Aide Claims Ruben Gallego "Hates" Kari Lake, "Wants Her to Die;"
>>21955255 President Donald J. Trump Announces the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee
>>21955277 End the Fed, Ron Paul: From "Our Enemy, Inflation" as presented at the Mises Circle in Houston, TX on January 24th, 2009
>>21955348 Thousands Gather to Celebrate 35 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
>>21955829 Karli Bonne: The massive payouts to celebrities from the Harris campaign show what a sham all of the left's "Hitler" rhetoric is. Oprah says she's fighting against a Nazi takeover but won't waive her 7-figure fee to show up?
>>21955846 Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI
>>21955889 #268856
#26885 >>21953899
>>21953979, >>21954017 Eyes on remaining House seats
>>21953981 Maine CD-2: It's a Ranked Choice Voting Disaster of Democrats' Own Making
>>21953999 WA US House General Election 3 (72+ hours after election day)
>>21954070, >>21954381 Arizona for Trump, officially concluding the 2024 presidential race
>>21954106 Two Women Arrested in Colorado for Stealing Mail-In Ballots and Forging Signatures
>>21954311 There's totally nothing suspicious about announcing it on a Saturday night
>>21954596 Questionable Maricopa County Ballot Dump Gives Kari Lake's Arizona Senate Opponent Additional 12,000 Vote Advantage
>>21954369, >>21954414 CA US House General Election 49
>>21954531 Lol
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>21953928 Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley Will NOT Be Invited To be Part of Trump's Second Administration
>>21953968 Who Are the Key Voices at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku? (John Podesta)
>>21953998 RFK Jr: This earns DJT a space on Mount Rushmore
>>21954022 Former Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler to serve on Trump's inaugural committee
>>21954033 Trump is gonna sign full reciprocity for conceal carry
>>21954053 Texas is getting even more red since 2016
>>21954179 While elections were going on, Gavin Newscum just passed "CARB", which will raise the price of gas by 65 cents
>>21954183 Ohio Porch Pirate Assaults FedEx Driver to Steal Package
>>21954207, >>21954261 Sperry: FBI insiders tell me dirty Crossfire Hurricane agents still embedded in the bu are "updating their resumes"
>>21954258, >>21954271 2 out of 3 accused of an "Iranian" plot to assassinate Trump have been identified as New York City Jews
>>21954283 Trump is considering Mike Rogers for Sec. of Defense
>>21954303 OMG!!! @mommyrn88 IS THE BEST!!!????
>>21954315, >>21954564 Help identify the foreign flag Mike Pompeo is wearing while dancing w/ IDF
>>21954352 FEMA supervisor who allegedly advised workers to bypass homes with Trump signs was fired
>>21954353 Refresher: President Trump was banned from Youtube Jan '21 to March '23
>>21954354 Scene from a play shows a group of people aiming guns at someone dressed up as Trump
>>21954398 D'Souza: Trump to ban transgender surgeries for minors in all 50 states! Another win for children!
>>21954399 Not wrong
>>21954402 "Without passion, you don't have energy; without energy, you have nothing." - Donald J. Trump
>>21954425 Lara Trump: ??10??
>>21954480 Anthony Scaramucci humiliated on Squawk Box
>>21954607 What should Mayorkas' next job be?
>>21954627 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display
>>21954017, >>21954036, >>21954160, >>21954164, >>21954558, >>21954649, >>21954654 Memes
>>21954728 #26885
Previously Collected
>>21953878 #26884, >>21954728 #26885, >>21955889 #26886
>>21951347 #26881, >>21952179 #26882, >>21952961 #26883
>>21948789 #26878, >>21949578 #26879, >>21950383 #26880
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#21956674 at 2024-11-10 15:34:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26887: Comfy Like Sunday Morning Edition
Final
#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
#26887
#21956611 at 2024-11-10 15:23:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26887: Comfy Like Sunday Morning Edition
Almost Final
#26887 >>21955903
>>21955908 REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her! They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor...
>>21955919 A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination
>>21955941 Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, screaming women, and the new Hapsburgs
>>21955958 Beverly Hills High School Principal Says No More "Shouting" or "Jumping" to Prevent Students From Celebrating Trump's Win - Students Defy New Rule and Hold EPIC Celebration of Trump Win
>>21955964 The people in charge of Arizona elections are trying to tell you that over 81,000 more Democrats voted for Gallego than for Harris. The question now is, who will investigate this obvious fraud?
>>21955999 FEMA Official Removed After 'Avoid Trump Houses' Message Leaks, DeSantis Orders Investigation
>>21956017 Radical Left Activates Anti-Trump Protests In Midtown Manhattan
>>21956019 49ers Star Nick Bosa Gets Fined by the NFL for His MAGA Hat
>>21956038 Maricopa County Elections provides live video feeds inside the Department to provide the public access to viewing the elections process
>>21956045 Election Wizard: With an estimated 92% reporting, the Blue State of Hawaii is on track to shift 6.33% towards Trump compared to 2020
>>21956062, >>21956071, >>21956159, >>21956170, >>21956229, >>21956293, >>21956326, >>21956332, >>21956338, >>21956360, >>21956365, >>21956412, >>21956423, >>21956434 Clockfag
>>21956244 CNN, MSNBC and The View all calling for online censorship as they lose control.
>>21956280, >>21956285, >>21956303, >>21956305, >>21956318 One Russian for Trump For the keks!
>>21956319 Here we go again. Here is every Maricopa update for President and Senate.
>>21956348, >>21956487 @GenFlynn Democrats, if you're wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain
>>21956349 @MargoinWNC Now candidates in New Hanover County, NC are putting the North Carolina State Board of Elections on notice, EVIDENCE OF CHEATING
>>21956464, >>21956476 @realErikDPrince Leave now while you can, Justice will be delivered
>>21956468 This libtard is suggesting they start protesting the election by... putting a mask back on
>>21956516 Thousands of witnesses across the Southwest are reporting an unknown object breaking apart in the sky creating a spectacular display ?????
>>21956534, >>21956580 NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day/space/Science
>>21956593 Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana
#21956593 at 2024-11-10 15:19:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26887: Comfy Like Sunday Morning Edition
Daily Mail Online
@MailOnline 1h
Kate Middleton's touching tribute to the queen and Princess Diana: Emotional Princess of Wales wears pearl diamond earrings as she joins King Charles and Prince William at Remembrance Sunday service
trib.al/Hnis0DH
Nov 10, 2024 ? 1:57 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1855610777211740574
>>21956562
#21956562 at 2024-11-10 15:14:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26887: Comfy Like Sunday Morning Edition
>>21956516
The queen is dead?
Corona_off?
#21956078 at 2024-11-10 13:25:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26887: Comfy Like Sunday Morning Edition
A two'fer…
"Kowsar" and "Hodhod"
Kowsar - is a short-range, land-based anti-ship missile made by Iran. It can defeat electronic jamming systems and "cannot be thrown off course", according to Iranian officials.
Hodhod - or Hudhud (English: Hoopoe, Arabic: , Turkish: Ibibik, Persian: , Urdu: / ) was, according to the Quran, the messenger and envoy of the prophet Sulayman. It refers to the sagacious birds in Islam, also referred to in The Conference of the Birds, a Persian poem by Attar of Nishapur as the "king of birds".[1] The bird appears twice in the 27th chapter of An-Naml. Hudhud, as described by the Quran played an important role between Sulayman and queen of Sheba while carrying messages between the two.
WAS THIS A MISSILE PLATFORM???
#21953302 at 2024-11-10 00:44:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26884: Buckle Up, Buttercups Edition
>>21953276
I think Trump won NJ. Everytime there's been a dump since last election night, it's roughly the same number for both him and her. That sounds statistically impossible. Now of course Murphy the Old queen is spitting bullets about cooperating with POTUS, unlike when he played his nicey-nicey act during Covid.
#21953092 at 2024-11-10 00:06:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26884: Buckle Up, Buttercups Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZh-SdIzaU
We Are The Champions (queen); drum cover by Sina
#21952971 at 2024-11-09 23:47:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26884: Buckle Up, Buttercups Edition
#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278, >>21950371 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
>>21950320 Nvidia Adds Ex-NASA Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to Board
>>21950383 #26880
Previously Collected
>>21948789 #26878, >>21949578 #26879
>>21946565 #26875, >>21947092 #26876, >>21947926 #26877
>>21943946 #26872, >>21944712 #26873, >>21945501 #26874
>>21941367 #26869, >>21942104 #26870, >>21942982 #26871
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#21952589 at 2024-11-09 22:36:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26883: Viva La Great D'portation #Senior Edition
>>21952578
Revolver:
There was a time when Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail would send shockwaves through the political world. Republicans would brace themselves because Obama could ignite a movement with just a few words.
After all, this was the guy with so much "swag" that he could go mega-viral for singing a few lines of Al Green.
But not anymore. Barry has lost his mojo.
The man who was once revered as a strong, charismatic leader is now a shell of his former self. Remember 2016, when he campaigned for Hillary? He was still commanding arenas full of voters. Sure, Hillary lost, but to be fair to Barry, she might be even worse than he is, so he didn't have much to work with. Plus, they hadn't perfected "mail-in ballots" yet.
Nowadays, it seems like Obama's failed policies and empty promises have caught up with him, and people see right through the fa?ade. He doesn't command the respect or admiration he once did.
Instead, he looks more like an effeminate, nervous wreck, getting grayer by the day as he watches his power slip away.
Obama hit the campaign trail for Kamala, and the tone was nothing short of desperate. You know things are bad when Obama is out there, shaming black men for not supporting an Indian/Jamaican woman with no successful policies or plans for president.
It's official: 2024 was the final nail in Barry's coffin. He has no power left-and about as much "influence" as Kamala Harris at this point. His decisions and relentless grip on power have left the Democrat Party in complete shambles. And this isn't the first time Barry's brought ruin to his own party. Who can forget the political bloodbath of the 2010 midterms? The Dems are still struggling to recover from that epic disaster.
This is an article from 2010, discussing Obama's "shellacking."
Policy Options:
But the people spoke loud and clear. President Barack Obama must learn his lesson from what even he, the Denier-in-Chief, admitted was a political "shellacking." To redeem his presidency, he must do what he originally promised to do, lead from the centre humbly and substantively, culturally and creatively.
Republicans had such a good night that even their losses were gains for them. Having Christine O'Donnell ("I am not a witch"), the wrestling queen Linda McMahon and the gaffe-prone Sharron Angle all lose their Senate bids saved Republicans - and the Tea Party insurgency - from much mainstream media ridicule. The voters helped this still-undefined movement clean out the clowns. Americans don't want, as their representatives, people who seem empty or crazy. As Ronald Reagan's former speechwriter Peggy Noonan warned in the Wall Street Journal: "They'll vote no on that. It's not just the message, it's the messenger."
The point is, Obama's been dragging down the Dem Party since 2008, and sooner or later-likely now-they're bound to say, "Enough is enough," and send Barry and his wife packing.
As for the Bushes, Bidens, and Clintons, they're likely being sent out to pasture as we speak. Their brand of politics is about as fresh as a glass of milk left in a hot car. Even with the desperate help of A-list celebrities like Taylor Swift, Beyonc?, Eminem, Oprah, and George Clooney, these political relics just can't pull off a win. The whole schtick-pandering and goofy celebrity endorsements-has lost its charm. People see right through it, and that spells trouble for both parties. Because let's face it, most DC officials are nothing more than slick politicians who couldn't be "real" if they tried.
President Trump has changed the game entirely-the plays, the rules, all of it. And the old star players like Obama, Hillary, and Joe Biden have been banished back to the locker room, ordered to clean out their lockers and go home.
Good riddance.
https://revolver.news/2024/11/left-wing-media-finally-admits-it-trump-vanquished-the-bushes-clintons-bidens-and-obamas/
#21952193 at 2024-11-09 21:15:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26883: Viva La Great D'portation #Senior Edition
#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278, >>21950371 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
>>21950320 Nvidia Adds Ex-NASA Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to Board
>>21950383 #26880
#21951821 at 2024-11-09 19:50:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26882: SEND IN THE US MARSHALS #ElectionFraud #CA #AZ #PA Edition
Daily Mail Online
@MailOnline 6h
queen Camilla, 77, will not attend Festival of Remembrance nor Cenotaph service as she continues to battle chest infection
trib.al/h9AvZGK
Nov 9, 2024 ? 1:06 PM UTC
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1855235440153968809
#21951357 at 2024-11-09 18:32:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26882: SEND IN THE US MARSHALS #ElectionFraud #CA #AZ #PA Edition
#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278, >>21950371 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
>>21950320 Nvidia Adds Ex-NASA Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to Board
>>21950383 #26880
#21950388 at 2024-11-09 16:27:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26881: The Steal is on! #Arizona #OrangeCounty Edition
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>>21350861 Scotland #11
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>>20969267 South Africa #13
>>19804572 UK #51
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#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278, >>21950371 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
>>21950320 Nvidia Adds Ex-NASA Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to Board
>>21950383 #26880
#26879 >>21948797
>>21948920, >>21948965, >>21948981, >>21949008, >>21949018 Former CIA Officer Exposes The Shadow Government | Candace Ep 100
>>21948929 Nintendo Sues Streamer of Emulated, Pre-Released Games
>>21948957 Navy fires CO of Naval Information Warfare Training Group San Diego
>>21948982, >>21948992 @elonmusk gives an "interesting" to Ron Paul's unconstitutional FED comment. Neat huh?
>>21948989, >>21949042, >>21949091, >>21949161 ? JOHN DURHAM JR – MS-13 RICO UPDATE ?
>>21948996 @elonmusk I asked Grok to generate an image of The View ?
>>21948998 Kari Lake War Room
>>21949011 The Creature From Jekyll Island Documentary
>>21949014, >>21949033, >>21949034 NIGEL FARAGE SPEAKING IN WALES U.K AFTER TRUMPS IN THE U.S
>>21949016 CNN's Van Jones says Democrats DISRESPECTED Black men and offered them NOTHING
>>21949030 @ScottPresler Thank you to Lara Trump for giving us a seat at the table.
>>21949085 Gun, ammo and electronics seized from home of NC State student charged in series of shootings
>>21949093, >>21949112 @DineshDSouza - What's this about a squirrel?
>>21949120 FEMA Employee who refused help for 'Trump' storm victims Her name is Marn'i Washington.
>>21949138 High risk of dangerous flooding issued for southwest Louisiana tonight.
>>21949314, >>21949516 LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B has been Evacuated and Closed Due to on going Security Threat
>>21949289, >>21949354 The Amish Won Us Pennsylvania
>>21949355 KJP blames the pandemic for Democrats losing in 2024
>>21949392 URGENT: Democrats Are Trying to Steal Three GOP House Seats in Orange County
>>21949420 The FBI is investigating after racist text messages they sent to Black Americans across the country.
>>21949511 THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE NEED ALL 3 - WH Senate AND House
>>21949542 Kamala Harris Blew $20 Million on Election-Eve Concerts in swing states where Trump beat her
>>21949560 TRUMP TRUTH
>>21949578 #26879
#26878 >>21947941
>>21948197, >>21948223 Eyes on remaining House / Senate seats
>>21948204, >>21948459 Kari Lake (R) AZ US Senate General Election
>>21948431, >>21948439 Gabe Evans (R) CO US House General Election 8
>>21947981 World Gold Reserves
>>21948105 Who has all the Gold? (Watch til the end)
>>21948233 No power was ever granted to the federal government to create a monopoly bank that manipulates interest rates and counterfeits money
>>21948024 Sean Hannity: The Democratic Party is facing a reckoning
>>21948033, >>21948064 President Trump's Historic Mandate
>>21948128, >>21948165, >>21948180 Who Really Owns The U.S. Housing Market? The Complete Roadmap
>>21948184 43 primates on the loose in South Carolina town after escaping from research lab
>>21948206, >>21948238 (2012) Billions in bearer bonds could be lost due to Hurricane Sandy
>>21948246, >>21948463 Scavino: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, I'M HEADING HOME!!!
>>21948256, >>21948284 DJT ReTruths Elon: They say red light helps you sleep better
>>21948435 How the hell do monkeys escape a vivarium?
>>21948447 Who will replace JD Vance in the Senate - it's complicated
>>21948459 We have had over 1000 activists sign up to help cure ballots EVERY SINGLE DAY since Wednesday at 6am
>>21948462 Attor?ney Gen?er?al Ken Pax?ton Wins Major Vic?to?ry, Block?ing Biden-Har?ris Administration's Unlaw?ful ?"Parole in Place" Policy
>>21948012, >>21948031, >>21948284, >>21948298, >>21948326, >>21948331, >>21948351, >>21948355, >>21948357, >>21948405, >>21948533, >>21948537, >>21948451, >>21948644, >>21948694, >>21948740, >>21948747, >>21948747, >>21948764 Memes
collector
>>21948536 Trump video: TIME TO FIESTA!!!
>>21948546, >>21948548, >>21948554, >>21948576 BEV HARRIS: Dems expected to attempt to block and slow the clock for Trump
>>21948550 Roseanne this week wearing a Q hat & discussing election results
>>21948597 US Army Rangers have been training for a different kind of fight: neutralizing enemy underground nuclear facilities
>>21948618 THE BOSS JUST TRUTHED A ELON MUSK POST - 100 MILLION VIEWS IN 1HR
>>21948628 Sarah McBride elected first transgender person in Congress
>>21948637 Nov 6 & 7 year deltas
>>21948640 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next - All-In Podcast With Rainman David Sachs
>>21948684 CURRENT HOUSE RESULTS: 81.8% Chance of REPUBLICAN WIN
>>21948685 'God of chaos' asteroid could trigger astroquakes when it skims past Earth on Friday the 13th
>>21948712 @GavinNewsom @AirResources voted 12-2 to ignore public demands to keep gas prices where they are and enact additional fuel mandates that will cause gas ?? prices to climb higher
>>21948733 Iraq to lower the age of 'consent' for girls to nine
>>21948784 Why is Biden the only Democrat who is happy?
>>21948789 #26878
Previously Collected
>>21946565 #26875, >>21947092 #26876, >>21947926 #26877
>>21943946 #26872, >>21944712 #26873, >>21945501 #26874
>>21941367 #26869, >>21942104 #26870, >>21942982 #26871
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#21950383 at 2024-11-09 16:26:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26880: Who Wants To Be Indicted Before Christmas? Edition
Baker GHOSTING At Top
Baker Types STEP UP
FINAL BUN
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278, >>21950371 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
>>21950320 Nvidia Adds Ex-NASA Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to Board
#21950296 at 2024-11-09 16:14:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26880: Who Wants To Be Indicted Before Christmas? Edition
last call
NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS
#26880 >>21949592
>>21949605, >>21949620 Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer "Make Life Hell for Kari Lake"
>>21949617, >>21949621 Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes EO 13848 put the military in charge. good guys are in charge- in the open.
>>21949639 RT - Donald Trump's election victory should not have been a surprise
>>21949640, >>21949666, >>21949681 POTUS ReTruth - Truth Social worth more than NYT
>>21949648 Google search no longer displays the popular vote number totals from 2020
>>21949659, >>21949616 TRUMP TRUTH helping Dems unify their money and/or find a way out
>>21949682, >>21950175 TRUMP TRUTH - GET READY FOR THE GOLDEN AGE (of panic in DC)
>>21949743, >>21949760 @RealMattCouch - Who did this ???
>>21949748, >>21949780, >>21950103, >>21950236 Bomb Threat in Orange County - Ballots for Three Undeclared US House Seats Still Being Counted
>>21949759 CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE - The Space Force Hymn
>>21949762 Only 72 DAYS Until Inauguration Celebration
>>21949794, >>21949899, >>21949940, >>21949956, >>21950003, >>21950081, >>21950268 NASA Space Related
>>21949804 TRUMP TRUTH - TOO BIG TO RIG
>>21949676 @EzraACohen The boys and girls at 4th POG have released another hit.
>>21949690 @elonmusk - How the Federal Reserve works
>>21949723, >>21949843 Donald Trump says the incoming administration will focus on achieving peace in Ukraine
>>21949838 The voting machines were built to steal elections, pure and simple. PAPER BALLOTS NOW
>>21949855 Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor "We cannot place 'democratic discourse' in the hands of Elon Musk"
>>21949886, >>21949890 DOJ focus on arresting as many January 6th protesters as possible before inauguration.
>>21949918 Iraq is poised to vote to change the legal age of consent from 18 to to 9
>>21949939 Joyless Reid says do not spend the holidays with your Trump voting family
>>21949969 Maricopa County added 25,000 ballots to their totals AFTER Election Day
>>21949975 The moment when Liam found out his friend Donald Trump won the Presidency
>>21950051 there are 12 key races that have not been called. Rep need 6 for majority Dems need 14
>>21950162 Pavarotti CD from 1989. What do you suppose is track #17? Nessun Dorma
>>21950194, >>21950248, >>21950278 TRUMP Reclaims the right of FREE SPEECH for All Americans. Elon Musk says YES!
>>21950212 queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
>>21950224 A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who said NO to covid vaccine to keep her job
>>21950242 Donald Trump has officially won Nevada. The only state that remains undecided is currently Arizona.
#21950244 at 2024-11-09 16:07:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26880: Who Wants To Be Indicted Before Christmas? Edition
>>21950212
>queen Camilla has a chest infection
looks like Jill Biden
#21950212 at 2024-11-09 16:02:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #26880: Who Wants To Be Indicted Before Christmas? Edition
queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK's annual Remembrance Sunday events
https://x.com/AP/status/1855269147355099286
8kun Midnight Riders Posts (534)
#71394 at 2021-03-18 12:18:58 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #319: BIG Day Ahead Edition
>>71393
all went well. got 3 moar days till race day so i am starting my chill mode. one moar easy ride to today and done till sunday.
bidan will be getting his punishment soon enuff.
x22 yesterday talking about durham. arrests? lots of cp arrests habbening now as well. wonder wutz at play there.
i know garland's first directive will be to get durham out. just hoping bishop takes queen b4 that habbens.
know wutta mean vern?
#67910 at 2021-03-06 05:55:25 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #301: Cat and Mouse Edition
>>67907
Qanon is fake.
It is literally the "name" given as the strawman for the MSM/deep state to burn at the Conspiracy Theorists burning. It was who [they] set up to STOP THE TRUTH from getting out.
Their narrative, and PANIC is gunna make them look like fools.
Part of the deal when [they own (You)] is like a crooked pot cop who gave u the option to get out of your mess by being a snitch/informant. If (You) are in their F F events, then they can call on you any time for anything. Just so habbens that they drug Sandy Hook back up. WHICH MEANS 2A.. second Amendment and F F mass shooting event.
Now, Ghomer just said Nancy Pelosi.. she is our Wrap Up Smear queen.
#64845 at 2021-03-03 04:50:33 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #296: Time To Perp Walk The Governors Edition
>>13100335
He only served one term as the last PRESIDENT. THE CONSTITUTION has expired.
Ask the queen, she knows it.
He'll get two chances to be President, just like the Constitution says.
#61910 at 2021-02-23 02:12:12 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #283: It's Not Domestic Terrorism If It Happens At Night Edition
>>61907
Complete my thought.. AOC has to be team, got her as a bartender and she rose to challenge queen Drunken Lizard?? No way in HELL!! kekekek
Yep yep yep. Scripted. Can't wait for the documentary.. If you all know ebic TV movies of the past, Centennial was one. It is like 2 weeks long or some shit? The actual movie is. Its so dope though, I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but it is TOP TIER.. about the wilderness and taming America.. (fur traders, Indians.. it has it all!)
>>61903
#59207 at 2021-02-18 08:07:37 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #273: Q+ Back Tonight, Trump Card In Play NS Edition
I'm grateful for these boards and I know it takes a lot of wotk, but the BO/BV drama rivals that of a bunch middle school girls doing battle for popularity and a prom queen pecking order that will take years of catty posturing and back stabbing to defend. All that energy spent for what amounts to earning the right to paint one's self up like a whore for one night where they can prance in front of their peers who can only look on with freak show fascination.
#58401 at 2021-02-17 01:10:48 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #270: Patriots Rising Edition
Buffett's Berkshire reveals big stakes in Verizon, Chevron
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone company Verizon Communications Inc and a $4.1 billion stake in oil company Chevron Corp. The investments were disclosed in a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire's U.S.-listed stock holdings as of Dec. 31.
Berkshire also disclosed a new $499 million stake in the professional services company Marsh & McLennan Cos–9/11 anyone?…that's right Warren was "playing golf" on 9/11 in an underground bunker at Offutt AFB. To make room, Berkshire reduced its investments in several companies including Apple Inc, though at approximately $121 billion the iPhone maker remains by far its largest common stock holding. Verizon shares rose 3.0%, Chevron rose 2.2% and Marsh was unchanged in after-hours trading following Berkshire's filing.
Tuesday's filing signals where Buffett and his portfolio managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler see value, without saying who bought what. Buffett normally handles larger investments such as Verizon and Chevron. The filing also shows Berkshire deploying some of its cash hoard, which totaled $145.7 billion as of Sept. 30. Berkshire owns more than 90 businesses including Geico car insurance, the BNSF railroad and Dairy queen ice cream, but has gone five years since its last big acquisition. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate had begun investing in Verizon, Chevron and Marsh by last year's third quarter. As it had several times before, Berkshire won permission from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delay revealing the stakes, to avoid having investors piggyback on its wagers before it was done buying.
Tuesday's filing showed Berkshire, a major investor in Bank of America Corp, cutting back on other banks, reducing its stake in Wells Fargo & Co and shedding JPMorgan Chase & Co, M&T Bank Corp and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Berkshire also invested more in drugmakers Abbvie Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co while selling a small stake in COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer Inc. It also shed mining company Barrick Gold Corp. Doug Kass, managing partner of Seabreeze Capital Investment Inc in Palm Beach, Florida, said the Verizon investment "makes sense" reflecting the company's dividend payout and wireless revenue growth prospects. He said the lowered bank stakes may reflect Buffett's concern about persistent low interest rates, and loan losses related to the coronavirus.
Berkshire is expected to release year-end results and Buffett's annual shareholder letter on Feb. 27.
https://www.reuters.com/article/investment-funds-berkshire/update-3-buffetts-berkshire-reveals-big-stakes-in-verizon-chevron-idUSL1N2KM2HX
#57839 at 2021-02-15 17:29:22 (UTC+1)
Midnight Riders #267: What's Really Happening in Myanmar? Edition
BRITISH RULE OF BURMA
British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese Wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently
administered colony, and finally independence. After three Anglo-Burma Wars (1825, 1852 and 1885) Burma was conquered and transformed into a British colony. Burma became an official colony on January 1, 1886. The British ruled Burma as a part of India from 1919 until 1937. In 1937, Burma was made a crown colony of Britain. Britain in part used Burma as a buffer zone between India and the rest of Asia.
The British named the country Burma in honor of the Burmans, the dominant ethnic group. Initially the British called it "Further India." The Burmese called it "myanma naing ngan"-the source of the name Myanmar-or more colloquially as "bama pyi" or "country of Burma." Both these usages persist, and the national anthem still refers to "bama pyi." The British "imperial tongue" stumbled over Myanmar and adopted Burma, reportedly similar to the name Birmania given to the country by Portuguese traders.
Different portions of Burmese territories were annexed at different times. Tenasserim and Arakan were taken in 1826 by the British after their victory in the First Anglo-Burmese War. The delta region including Rangoon (Lower Burma) was annexed in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. The annexed territories were designated the minor province (a Chief Commissionership), British Burma, of British India in 1862. Upper Burma fell to the British and the Mandalay-based peacock throne was toppled after the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885. The last monarch, the cruel king Thibaw and his queen, were exiled to India: carried out of Mandalay in an oxcart. The following year, the province of Burma in British India was created, becoming a major province (a Lieutenant-Governorship) in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office under the Secretary of State for India and Burma. Burma achieved independence from British rule on 4 January 1948.
Burma is sometimes referred to as the Scottish Colony, due to the heavy role played by Scotsmen in colonising and running the country - one of the most notable being Sir James George Scott, and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. George Orwell served in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for five years, an experience that was the inspiration for his 1934 novel "Burmese Days."
Divisions of British Burma: The province of Burma, after 1885 was administered as follows: 1) Ministerial Burma (Burma proper); 2) Tenasserim Division (Toungoo, Thaton, Amherst, Salween, Tavoy, and Mergui Districts); 3) Arakan Division (Akyab, Northern Arakan or Arakan Hill Tracts, Kyaukpyu and Sandoway Districts); 4) Pegu Division (Rangoon City, Hanthawaddy, Pegu, Tharrawaddy and Prome Districts); 5) Irrawaddy Division (Bassein, Henzada, Thayetmyo, Maubin, Myaungmya and Pyapon Districts); 6) Scheduled Areas (Frontier Areas); 7) Shan States; 8) Chin Hills; 9) Kachin tracts. The "Frontier Areas", also known as the "Excluded Areas" or the "Scheduled Areas", compose the majority of states within Burma today. They were administered separately by the British, and were united with Burma proper to form Myanmar's geographic composition today. The Frontier Areas were inhabited by ethnic minorities such as the Chin, the Shan, the Kachin and the Karenni. [Source: Wikipedia]
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Myanmar/sub5_5a/entry-3007.html
#57600 at 2021-02-15 04:19:40 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #266: All Out Of Peach Mints or Be Stronger Than Your Excuses Edition
queen - Another One Bites the Dust (LIVE)
#57599 at 2021-02-15 04:18:52 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #266: All Out Of Peach Mints or Be Stronger Than Your Excuses Edition
Under Pressure LIVE 1981 - queen
#55659 at 2021-02-10 22:07:55 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #258: Peach Mint Sequel Goes Right To DVD Edition
>>55611
>>55654
https://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/henry-vi-part-3/act-ii/scene-ii-before-york
SCENE II. Before York.
Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, queen MARGARET,
PRINCE EDWARD, CLIFFORD, and NORTHUMBERLAND, with
drum and trumpets
queen MARGARET
Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of York.
Yonder's the head of that arch-enemy
That sought to be encompass'd with your crown:
Doth not the object cheer your heart, my lord?
KING HENRY VI
Ay, as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreck:
To see this sight, it irks my very soul.
Withhold revenge, dear God! 'tis not my fault,
Nor wittingly have I infringed my vow.
CLIFFORD
My gracious liege, this too much lenity
And harmful pity must be laid aside.
To whom do lions cast their gentle looks?
Not to the beast that would usurp their den.
Whose hand is that the forest bear doth lick?
Not his that spoils her young before her face.
Who 'scapes the lurking serpent's mortal sting?
Not he that sets his foot upon her back.
The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Ambitious York doth level at thy crown,
Thou smiling while he knit his angry brows:
He, but a duke, would have his son a king,
And raise his issue, like a loving sire;
Thou, being a king, blest with a goodly son,
Didst yield consent to disinherit him,
Which argued thee a most unloving father.
Unreasonable creatures feed their young;
And though man's face be fearful to their eyes,
Yet, in protection of their tender ones,
Who hath not seen them, even with those wings
Which sometime they have used with fearful flight,
Make war with him that climb'd unto their nest,
Offer their own lives in their young's defence?
For shame, my liege, make them your precedent!
Were it not pity that this goodly boy
Should lose his birthright by his father's fault,
And long hereafter say unto his child,
'What my great-grandfather and his grandsire got
My careless father fondly gave away'?
Ah, what a shame were this! Look on the boy;
And let his manly face, which promiseth
Successful fortune, steel thy melting heart
To hold thine own and leave thine own with him.
#50875 at 2021-01-30 12:04:19 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #235: One Law for Clinesmith, Another for Flynn Edition
>>50872
that's actually a white crepe myrtle. but there are queen palms to the left of it.
#50054 at 2021-01-28 20:56:30 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #231: Ebil's Economic Reset Edition
Epstein, Maxwell 'Ordered Virginia Roberts' to Have Sex With Prince Andrew, Unsealed Court Docs Say
Prince Andrew, queen Elizabeth's third child, is mentioned in evidence offered by Andrew Figuero, the ex-boyfriend of the most prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, Virginia Roberts, who shared what he had discussed in private with her during their relationship.
UK royal Prince Andrew appears to be mentioned more than once in newly-unveiled court filings pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein's former partner, Ghislaine Maxwell. Despite the evidence having been derived from previously sealed sit-downs with the suspected "madam" from 5 years ago, when she was sued for defamation by an alleged Epstein victim, it is likely to be used in the run-up to her trial next summer.
In particular, what holds relevance is arguably the mentioning of the Duke of York, now 60, in the files, and more specifically, in evidence given by Andrew Figueroa, the ex-boyfriend of Virginia Roberts, who testified under oath that she was ordered to have sex with Prince Andrew three times and was routinely abused at the hands of Epstein when she was 17.
The UK royal, who was reportedly forced to quit his senior court duties in the wake of the paedophile-related scandal, has denied claims that he had sex with the minor teenage girl.
Dwelling on his memory of Robert's talking about having sex with the prince, Figueroa replied as cited by the Telegraph:
"I don't recall talking to them about that, but, I mean, it could be possible".
The lawyer proceeded, asking:
"Other than sex with the prince, is there anyone else that Jeffrey wanted Ms Roberts to have sex with that she relayed to you?"
"Just Ms. Maxwell and all the other girls", he replied, implying Maxwell could have engaged in abuse herself.
Separately, according to court documents, Maxwell claimed she could not remember the trip to London in which Roberts testified that she had sex with Prince Andrew.
In the newly-unveiled batch of court files, Maxwell is portrayed as a trusted accomplice in Epstein's crimes, with the socialite reportedly arranging a whole room "full of underage girls" romping with each other in front of Epstein.
One alleged witness was cited as relaying to the court that he had once seen a crying girl who complained about Maxwell hiding her passport when she was procured for Epstein's sexual appeasement.
https://sputniknews.com/world/202101281081911613-epstein-maxwell-ordered-virginia-roberts-to-have-sex-with-prince-andrew-unsealed-court-docs-say/
#48022 at 2021-01-24 21:29:47 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #221: Inauguration Mystery, girls disappear and reappear! Edition
>>48021
yeah, the music is from queen and the acting isnt the best, but still a guud flick
#46543 at 2021-01-21 18:03:29 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #214: Markings of a Perfect Storm…Not Of Our Doing Edition
US, UK Sign Agreement to Merge Forces for Historic Joint Carrier Deployment
Top U.S. and United Kingdom defense officials signed an agreement this week to merge some military forces in 2021 to form a combined carrier strike group.
Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and the Navy destroyer The Sullivans will deploy as part of the strike group, former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced Monday. The U.K.-U.S. combined strike group will be led by the U.K. aircraft carrier queen Elizabeth.
The agreement was signed by Miller and U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace. The strike group is scheduled to sail out of Portsmouth, U.K., later this year.
"This deployment underscores the strength of our bilateral ties and demonstrates U.S.-U.K. interoperability, both of which are key tenets of the U.S. National Defense Strategy," the Pentagon's announcement on the agreement states.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in November that the task force will operate in the Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and East Asia.
"Next year, HMS queen Elizabeth will lead a British and allied task group on our most ambitious deployment for two decades," he said. "... We shall forward-deploy more of our naval assets in the world's most important regions, protecting the shipping lanes that supply our nation."
Ten Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter jets embarked on the queen Elizabeth in September as part of a training deployment. The embark was in preparation for this year's full-length deployment, Marine officials said last year.
Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, the former head of Marine Corps aviation, said in 2019 that the F-35 embark would serve as a "new norm" for how the U.S. will conduct operations with maritime partners.
Wallace said the deployment embodies the strength of bilateral ties between the U.S. and U.K., and reflects the depth of the vital defense and security partnership.
"I am delighted that the U.K. now possesses a 21st-century carrier strike capability, which has been greatly assisted by the unswerving support and cooperation of the United States at all levels over the past decade," he said.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/20/us-uk-sign-agreement-merge-forces-historic-joint-carrier-deployment.html
#45640 at 2021-01-20 16:22:15 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #211: The Best Is Yet To Come Edition
>>45638
(2 Continued)
Would You Choose Communism or Fascism
Take the absurd trillion dollar COVID "relief" bill that Congress passed before the holidays that handed out billions of dollars to foreign governments like Sudan, Vietnam, $33 million to Venezuela for "democracy programs," $10 million to Pakistan for gender studies...
I was shocked to actually agree with AOC- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez- when she said, "This isn't governance, this is hostage taking." Well guess what, she voted for the bill anyway.
The president also heavily criticized the bill... and then signed it into law.
Call me crazy, but I thought politicians debasing the currency to hand out billions of dollars to foreign governments was a bigger assault on our country than a bunch of idiots rioting.
If politicians aren't afraid of being torn apart by an angry mob, is this even America?
And by the way, I also enjoyed watching the police precinct in Minneapolis burn this summer.
AOC, the queen Bolshevik herself, said around that time that protests are supposed to make people uncomfortable.
Well as Congress cowered in fear from the people, that was a nice change from the people having to fear their government.
Too bad they could face 10 years in prison under a national monuments protection executive order that Trump signed when protesters against police brutality were tearing down statues this past summer.
No meaningful change is coming to Washington, even if we could hold a free and fair election.
Antifa and right-wingers will keep battling in the streets, likely only intensifying.
We'll see more Occupy Seattle CHAZ takeovers, police stations like the precinct in Minneapolis set on fire, and more violent protests surrounding government buildings.
Really ask yourself, and be realistic: what would it take for everything to settle down and go back to normal? Flipping the page on the calendar to reveal a new digit at the end of the year, shockingly, didn't do the trick.
This does not end well.
Keep in mind that the party of the woke-mobsters just took control of Congress and the Whitehouse. Higher taxes, more draconian COVID response, and more regulation is a given.
But they could also wield enormous power to punish their political enemies.
As much as I enjoy watching politicians cower in fear of the voters, whatever truly happened at the storming of the Capitol, it will be used as an excuse for increased government surveillance, new policing powers, more weapons regulations, controls on free speech, and who knows whatever else the Bolsheviks think up.
I never want to be alarmist, but if this isn't a neon sign flashing that it is time to take action, I don't know what is. And I don't mean vote harder, or join the protests.
Get your rock solid Plan B in order starting today, so that as tensions continue to escalate, you have options- from protecting your savings from inflation, to a foreign residency where you can exit to.
Because clearly, this is not going away.
It should be obvious by now: 2020 is the elite's big move.
We are entering the climax of a long planned crisis. Your family, your community, and your countrymen need honest leaders to guide them out of the elite's traps.
Learn how to turn the elite's own tactics against them, divert their attacks, and grow your own sphere of power.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-01-20/would-you-choose-communism-or-fascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR32lQlFMH8
#44141 at 2021-01-18 09:45:11 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #204: House of Cards Edition
>>44140
Operation Valkarie
was the attempted coup of Hitler.
RED3 was pence or pelosi movement (during 6th "storming of DC")
10th mountain is QVIR which Pelosi said she would use all the arrows in the quiver against trump, the 10th mountain movement under the guise of crowd control was RED4,
RED5 was cencom being established
red 6 Sec of defense instruct 1 which is underway
I got to thinking
doesn't sound like Trump/Q to strike 3 targets w titans. Just looking and last titans used were the Titan IV back in 1997, they are huge, and most heavy hitter back then for getting payload (satellites) into orbit NRO stuffs.
Soooo sounds like there might be a hostage situation underway. One in which [they] could be telling President Trump to get out of office, or 3 missiles would be launched at those 3 targets. Remember Pelosi saying "gotta have a nuke when dealing with Trump"?
So between Pence and Pelosi, they are both, and I believe in their own way (2x) holding the presidency over Trumps head. As in clear out or millions of people will get hurt type bullshit. Pence just went to Fort Hood. Pelosi.. not sure what she has been up to exactly, going to go back on these 2 and see what they have been up to the last good month or so. Gunna be a good dig. BTW.. the last launch of Titan IV was Vandenberg AFB, CA
Think one is Operation Valkyrie w a military coup against him, the other would be the launch of missiles and making it look like President Trump did it. Pincer move, both from the sides to trap him.
So the hostage situation is that if he doesn't give up and concede that they will blow those 3 spots with nukes/missiles.
Remember Pelosi saying to deal with trump you need a nuke? And at same time she said she could not take the codes away from him? That he could become unhinged?
Define Hostage as Q would say. I would say Pence is securing the Op Valkyrie, and Pelosi would be the missile queen.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-democrats-arrow-quiver-block-trumps-supreme-court/story?id=73121750
https://www.rokdrop.net/2017/07/north-korea-once-offered-to-sell-nancy-pelosi-ballistic-missiles/
https://time.com/5928036/pelosi-trump-nuclear-codes/
#42580 at 2021-01-15 02:58:37 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #196: Just DEW EET Q Edition
Japan hails Britain's plan to send aircraft carrier group to Asia
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on Thursday welcomed Britain's plan to dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group to waters in the western Pacific amid China's growing maritime assertiveness. During a video conference with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, Kishi said Japan will work closely with the country for the dispatch of the strike group, centered on the aircraft carrier queen Elizabeth, according to the Defense Ministry.
The carrier, commissioned in 2017, is Britain's largest warship, weighing 65,000 tons and measuring 280 meters in length. It is expected to carry out joint exercises with Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military during its stay in areas including off the Nansei Islands chain in southwestern Japan. Kishi and Wallace agreed that the two countries will "strongly oppose" any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the East and South China seas through force, according to the Japanese ministry.
China has aggressively pressed its territorial claims in those bodies of water, raising tensions with Tokyo and a number of other Asian countries. Kishi and Wallace agreed to strengthen a free and open Indo-Pacific and defense cooperation, and work toward holding "two-plus-two" talks involving their countries' foreign ministers at an early date, the ministry said.
They also reaffirmed they will work toward the goal of North Korea ridding itself of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles in a "complete, verifiable and irreversible manner," it said.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210115/p2g/00m/0na/018000c
#41492 at 2021-01-13 12:30:14 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #191: Right Time Right Place Right Moves RIGHT NOW Edition
>>41490 Thanks - will listen. Funny, during our every evening discussion, fam mentioned that his son follows queen and had I ever heard of it. Said no. But after we finished our convo realized that he's hard of hearing and probably heard queen while the son was probably saying QAnon. kek
#37453 at 2021-01-07 11:45:08 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #172: Day of Days Plus 1 Edition
>>37440
what a pussy. a vet died, and he's playing drama queen. if he is legit, then he's got a target on his back right now for making that vid. so he has no reason to be coy.
#30805 at 2020-12-29 17:48:38 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #141: Tuesday Morning Melania, War Posture Edition
Boatfag Report
Good afternoon, frens.
Not much to report concerning visible traffic, will drop a few caps here to just exemplify the very little I'm seeing.
Military traffic is mostly not visible. 1st cap is San Diego - odd that you never see ANY mil traffic, but that's what is on scope r/n.
Flashpoint areas are a mixed bag. 2nd and 3rd caps show the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, respectively. Nothing particularly unusual about the traffic, except that the middle of the Taiwan Strait seems to be a little more empty than normal. Traffic seems to be more interested in staying a little closer to the coast.
Same thing seems to be the case with the South China Sea. Traffic seems to be a little bit more motivated than normal to stay away from the Paracels and Spratlys. Scarborough Shoals in the northeast circle is also sorta true - there is shoal water there, though, so a lot of vessels steer clear just on general principles.
Last part of the report - yachts of the bitch and shameless.
As previously reported a week or so (I think) ago, most of the yachts have moved to warmer climes. Remember, many of these are "rented out" working assets, it just costs upwards of $5 mil a week to ride on the larger megayachts.
One of the more prime destinations is, of course, the Carribean, and it's in the Leeward Islands where they mostly seem to be concentrated. Took a long sweep through, checking vessel names (lots and lots and lots of damn names) and some of the bigger players popped up...
4th cap shows ULYSSES, owned by Graeme Hart, off the W coast of Guadaloupe. What about a mile or so due N of her, by the way, is Sheldon Adelson's queen MIRI.
Some more examples: a little farther north, at anchor just off Gustavia, is ECLIPSE, owned by Roman Abramovich. And hanging out off the coast of St. Johns in the BVI, the RISING SUN, owned and occupied by that rat bastard David Geffen.
No sightings of ChiCom ships sneaking around off the coast or anything else that would be of interest for now. We'll keep looking. Who knows, maybe we'll find the needle in the haystack.
Hope my buddy is around who has a better handle on suspect merchants than I do, maybe he has more to share. He's got a better track list than me by a lot, a credit to how long he's been doing this.
BF out.
#29817 at 2020-12-27 15:26:49 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #136: World Wide Support, WRWY President Trump Edition
>>29816
good morning!
Taking them to church I gather.
Slow here-up late getting muh cock cleaned on the last hand.
had 3 jacks and 2 10's and nothing on the flop cept a queen.
The kid (frens) turned over 3 queens and took everyone's chips.
Was funny…
all the 'experience' we have to get wiped out on last hand.
Fun all the way round though.
#29172 at 2020-12-26 00:58:42 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #133: Christ Is Born Edition
Dancing queen - Abba (1920s Hot Jazz Cover) ft. Gunhild Carling
#24751 at 2020-12-16 06:08:02 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #112: One Big BOOM For All Our Faux's Edition
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Official Video)
110,289,790 views
[Verse 1]
Harry Truman, Doris Day
Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific
Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon
Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea
Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb
Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I,
And The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine
England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace
Santayana goodbye
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
[Verse 2]
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov
Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella
Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron
Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan
Elvis Presley,Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place
Trouble in the Suez
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
[Verse 3]
Little Rock, Pasternak
Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik,Zhou En-lai
Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle
California baseball
Starkweather Homicide
Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur
=Space Monkey==, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro
Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee
Payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho
Belgians in the Congo
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
[Verse 4]
Hemingway, Eichmann
Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn
Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away
What else do I have to say?
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
[Verse 5]
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock
Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine
Terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in Iran
Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride
Heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets
AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores
China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars
I can't take it anymore
[Chorus]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on
And on, and on
[Outro]
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g
#23784 at 2020-12-14 20:26:09 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #107: Red Seas Under Red Skies Edition
>>23776
Any wisdom I possess comes from the Source.
>23757
>23778
Recommended reading….
The Declaration of Independence
It lays out how the American people willfully turned against the king of England and violated the king's laws so we could become an independent nation.
(I did not capitalized king because I am not a subject to a king or queen, not as disrespect to that nation.)
#23728 at 2020-12-14 18:41:02 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #107: Red Seas Under Red Skies Edition
>>23724
Democrats Coming After President Trump's Efforts To Advance Religious Freedoms
FAKE President-elect Joe Biden (AKA Mr Defect), right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, share a laugh during an event to announce several choices for positions in the Biden administration at The queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 8:29 AM PT - Monday, December 14, 2020
Secular Democrats are urging Joe Biden to fight what they have described as a "national security threat," "Christian nationalism" and the "Trump administration's actions to advance religious freedom."
Last month, the Secular Democrats of America PAC presented Biden with a 28 page agenda of their recommendations, including eliminating the country's officials motto of "in God we trust." The group argues the current motto is not "inclusive" of non-religious people or a secular political ideology.
In public addresses, President Trump has claimed he does not serve political organizations, but rather the people and God.
"For the last four years the depraved swamp has tried everything to stop me because they know I don't answer to them, I answer to you," he stated. "Together we will defeat the corrupt establishment, we will dethrone the failed political class, and we will drain the Washington swamp and we will save the American Dream."
Over the next 4 years, we will teach our children to love our Country, honor our history, and always respect our great American Flag-and with God's help, we will defend the right to life, religious liberty, and the right to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS! https://t.co/gsFSghkmdM
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
Further, their agenda criticizes the Trump administration's depiction of the U.S. as a Christian nation based on faith oriented values, which is an idea that has been central to American identity for generations. Presidents have long included God in his addresses.
The secular Democrats called for the U.S. to be re-branded as a "secularist nation based in revolutionary democratic ideas." One of the policies recommended is the withholding of federal funds from any faith-based organization that is perceived as discriminatory on the basis of one's religion and the repeal of non-medical exemptions on religious grounds.
Further, the group recommended Biden discourage politicians from using the words God and country while speaking, but mandate including non-religious advisors attend all faith-based gatherings at the White House.
Throughout his campaign, President Trump has warned traditional values and religious freedom would be under attack if a potential Biden administration ever stepped into the White House. The Biden campaign has not commented on the recommendations.
https://www.oann.com/democrats-coming-after-president-trumps-efforts-to-advance-religious-freedoms/
#22282 at 2020-12-12 02:04:10 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #101: Binary Palindrome "We In Here Edition"
We are going bigger…
1.) At first I thought like Kanye we would be abolishing the reconstruction amendments because they are unconstitutional, but now I think we are looking at abolishing the whole constitution and revert back to The Articles of Confederation or the Constitution of the Confederate States.
why unconstitutional? (Article I, Section 2, Clause 3. The second prohibition was not given an expiration date and remains in effect. It expressly provides that no amendment shall deprive a state of its equal suffrage (representation) in the Senate, as described in Article I, Section 3, Clause 1, without that state's consent.)->
Abraham Lincoln (deep state puppet) waived habeas corpus and later Andrew Johnson wanted to bring the southern states back into the union fast and clean, but the radical republican's (deep state) tried to impeach Johnson and past some stupid laws anyway the south had its rights waived and put under Martial Law. The 13th, 14th, and 15th were ratified at gunpoint and not by elected senators, in fact most the states did not attend.
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I think if we could match all the "Alice in Wonderland" and "through the looking glass" markers with news articles about SCOTUS decisions we could figure how. There are tons of news articles where the author complains about the "Alice in Wonderland Reading of the 14th Amendment" or "Alice in Wonderland reading of the due process clause" for example.
Anyway we have the power to make disappear the corrupt supreme court and corrupt constitution just like Maverick says below at the end of his article..
from -> http://maverickamerican.blogspot.com/2007/03/xxxviii-alice-in-judicial-wonderland.html
(we are Alice here)
"Such is our judicial wonderland. But like Alice's Wonderland, sometimes it loses the appearance of reality. You remember the scene when Alice awoke from her dream.
She was sitting in the court room at the trial of the Knave of Hearts, and the queen screamed at her, "Off with her head!" once too often.
"Who cares for you?" said Alice (she had grown to her full size by this time). "You're nothing but a pack of cards!" And so they were-and the whole court flew up in a gust of wind and was scattered about like dry leaves."
#19801 at 2020-12-08 00:10:16 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #90: Operations Ongoing, Nothing To See Here Edition
>>19753
Super amazing digz anon, ThanQ. Trailing your findings, spoopy shit.
https://www.abbotgranoff.com/reviews
>Joe Scarborough
>President of Ukraine
https://www.abbotgranoff.com/storage/app/media/ukaine-p001-2.jpg
>queen Elizabeth
https://www.abbotgranoff.com/letter-from-buckingham-palace
>>19786
>>19636 /pb
From the Think-Dying-Panic-Attacks-Phobias book listing
About the Author
Dr. Granoff was raised in Miami Beach and is a 1963 graduate of Miami Beach Senior High School. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Florida majoring in zoology and minoring in chemistry and graduated in 1967. He received his medical degree in 1971 from the University of Tennessee in Memphis. His one year psychiatric internship was spent at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ending in June 1972. He then served his country as an Army psychiatrist at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, from 1972- 1974 and is a veteran of the Vietnam Era and received a certificate for Meritorious Performance of Duty. His first two years of his psychiatry residency were spent at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, where he perfected his diagnosis and treatment. His final year of residency was spent at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute in Chicago where he was involved in psychiatric research and wrote and had his first of several scientific papers published. He has been in solo, private practice of psychiatry in Virginia Beach/Norfolk, Virginia, since 1977. He has been Board Certified in psychiatry since 1979. He was the president of the Tidewater Academy of Psychiatry and on the board of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia from 1986-1987. He has also served on numerous professional committees throughout the years. He was an Instructor of Psychiatry at Loyola University's Department of Psychiatry in 1976 and Instructor of Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Department of Psychiatry from 1977-1980. He was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 198 1. He has been interviewed on many local TV and radio programs, has written and has been quoted in many newspaper articles concerning different aspects of psychiatry. He has been married to Ann since 1970, and they have two daughters.
>>19649 /pb
>ABBOT L. GRANOFF, M.D., P.C.
>Entity ID:01985886
>Entity Type:Stock Corporation
>Formation Date:08/30/1979
Location and date. Granoff was Instructor of Psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Department of Psychiatry at the time, and had "perfected his diagnosis and treatment" by then as well. Some time between 1975-1979. Perhaps Farm trained.
#19273 at 2020-12-06 23:51:03 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #87: Placeholders Active Edition
Here's a not notable video on the queen's Gambit. I always thought of "taking the bait" whenever I saw d5 because my algebra teacher in highschool taught me the gambit and was always on about it. "if they take the d5 path, you own the center anon. Dance around them and then hit them hard with your queen." Fucking odd how that never left me and then d5 and then the animal stuff.
Now the election and these idiots walked right into it. I dont think it was maybe all about dec 5 or maybe any of. I just have yet another rambling to get out of my head. Thanks for not being on my ass about it. I have a lot in there.
#18832 at 2020-12-05 22:40:34 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #85: Word is Sidney Powell was at Gitmo The Camo Edition
>>18831
The queen's Gambit is a move designed to secure control of the center of the board. It's one of the most common chess openings and involves white sacrificing (that's the "gambit" part) a queen-side pawn (the "queen" part). In Algebraic notation, the move is: White moves its pawn to D4. Black moves its pawn opposite to D5. White then moves its pawn to C4, beside its first pawn and diagonal to Black's pawn. (If you're listening to characters talk chess moves in the show, this letter-number sequence might sound extra confusing; many characters use descriptive notation, such as "queen's bishop 4," rather than algebraic notation. In descriptive notation, the queen's Gambit is: White pawn to queen 4 [p-Q4], Black pawn to queen 4 [p-Q4], White pawn to queen's Bishop 4 [p-QB4].)
After moving, White's second pawn (on C4) is now open for capture by Black's pawn (on D5). Black can then either take or decline the gambit, each decision carrying with it a myriad of follow-up moves.
There's some debate whether this move is really a "gambit" since the sacrifice actually puts White on the offensive.
Still, semantic debate aside, the queen's Gambit is a great sequence to study if you're just getting into chess strategy-and a great opening to use whether you're an amateur or a grandmaster.
https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a34549893/queens-gambit-chess-move/
#18762 at 2020-12-05 18:08:29 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #85: Word is Sidney Powell was at Gitmo The Camo Edition
UK to send aircraft carrier strike group to waters near Japan
The British navy will dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group to waters near Japan as soon as early next year, Japanese government sources said Saturday, in a rare development that comes amid the growing maritime assertiveness of China in the region.
The group, including the aircraft carrier queen Elizabeth, is expected to conduct joint exercises with the U.S. military and Japan's Self-Defense Forces during its stay in areas including off the Nansei Islands chain in southwestern Japan, the sources said.
It is unusual that countries other than those in the region as well as the U.S. keep an aircraft carrier operational in the western Pacific. The move comes amid concerns over China's increasing assertiveness in the East and South China seas as well as about its handling of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. It could trigger an outcry from Beijing.
During the dispatch, the British navy also plans to conduct maintenance on carrier-based F-35B stealth fighter jets at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s aerospace systems works in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, the sources said. Britain announced last year it will dispatch the carrier group to the Pacific and has since been in talks with Japan and other relevant countries, they said.
The carrier, commissioned in 2017, is "the largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed" for the British navy, weighing 65,000 tons and measuring 280 meters in length, according to the navy.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/UK-to-send-aircraft-carrier-strike-group-to-waters-near-Japan
#15624 at 2020-11-27 21:20:39 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #70: Aboard The Wandering Raider Edition
>>15594
I'll help you overthrow the queen if I can get get unlimited Hershey dark choco kisses.
#14372 at 2020-11-24 11:08:04 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #64: Truth is Potentially Harmful Edition
5/6
For the first two years, the Masquerade was a movable party, held in a different mansion every month. Eventually, to cut down on problems with neighbors and the law, Lawner rented the Tudor. Today a table with liquor service at a Masquerade costs $2,500 a couple; lounge chairs at the pool parties are $950 a pair. An annual membership, which includes entry to all Snctm events and other perks, costs $10,000. Dominus membership lasts for a lifetime and costs up to $75,000. About a hundred people have signed up for membership, Lawner says, and "ten or so" have joined at the Dominus level.
One of Snctm's big draws is the promise of anonymity. A number of Hollywood celebrities, among them two Hall of Fame rockers and a talk-show host, have attended, and some have paid full price for a membership. An interview with Lawner ran on Gwyneth Paltrow's website, Goop, and her boyfriend, Brad Falchuk, the cocreator of the television shows Glee and American Horror Story, is producing a fictional series based on Lawner's life.
By late Saturday night, the Snctm Masquerade is reaching a crescendo. Hundreds of white candles flicker throughout the fifty-five-hundred-square-foot mansion; trance music issues from hidden speakers; red uplights lend a chthonian vibe. The men wear tuxedos, the women lingerie. Identities are hidden behind elaborate masks of lace, rhinestones, and feathers.
In the foyer, two topless Amazons, wearing pasties in the shape of the Oculus Dei, stand watch like queen's guards. Beneath a crystal chandelier, Tran is dressed now as his alter ego, Bunnyman, with his leather bunny mask, black Japanese keikogi top, and black hakama bottoms. His attention is directed toward a woman in a lace teddy. She is blindfolded and bound to a crushed-velvet chair with the traditional coils of jute rope used in shibari. On a low table nearby, displayed on a silver tray, is a collection of toys-a flogger, a Lelo wand, a two-headed marital aid, and a retasked antique medical tool called a Wartenberg pinwheel, with radiating sharp pins. A circle of guests gathers around.
In the living room, a cocktail-party atmosphere prevails. People laugh and drink and flirt. Young Devotees from the erotic-theater troupe circulate through the crowd. One wears a pig mask and a sign around her neck: Touch me. By day she's a digital research analyst. Snctm is her new hobby. Not even her boyfriend knows. The first time she worked a Masquerade, she spent two hours on her hands and knees serving as a human end table. This time she is being led through the proceedings on a golden chain by two of her fellows, one wearing a leather police hat, the other in an eye cage, garters, and stockings. The latter carries a crop. Like servers passing hors d'oeuvres, the trio encourage members and guests to pet or whip the Devotee as they see fit. Later she will say she loved the way the guests looked at her with a mixture of shyness and desire, men and women alike.
Downstairs is an old wine cellar, empty of bottles. Two women and two men occupy a queen-sized bed. One man is an airline pilot, the other is a banker. They've both brought dates. They don't yet know each other's names-later they'll share a couple of beers at the bar. Close at hand is a considerable crowd, standing room only, unblinking. They keep a respectful distance, each person or couple occupying their own psychic space. It's as if they're watching a porno in unison at home on the big screen, only this one is in 3-D and surround sound and Smell-O-Vision, and here comes one of the spectators, breaking the fourth wall, moving forward to join the proceedings, unzipping his fly. No one is fully undressed; shirts hang unbuttoned, bow ties and bras litter the floor, panties are pushed to the side, trousers sag around ankles. Sweat flows. Intimate noises. The new man has a small paunch. The woman who has been busy with the banker works for a casting agency. She takes the new man into her mouth. The woman with the pilot works for a television show. She reaches over with a free hand to help out with the new man. The red soles of her Louboutins rock back and forth like twin metronomes, keeping time.
#13824 at 2020-11-22 15:36:39 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #62: Graveyard Rider's Edition
I'm in the red-light district like a cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the barrel head, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left hand turn
Go down to the crossroads, try to flag a ride
That's the place where Faith, Hope and Charity died
Shoot 'em while he runs, boy, shoot 'em while you can
See if you can shoot the Invisible Man
Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye Uncle Sam Frankly, Miss Scarlet, I don't give a damn
What is the truth and where did it go
Ask Oswald and Ruby - they oughta know
Shut your mouth, says the wise old owl
Business is business and it's murder most foul
Tommy can you hear me, I'm the Acid queen
I'm ridin' in a long black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the back seat, next to my wife
Heading straight on into the afterlife
I'm leaning to the left, got my head in her lap
Oh Lord, I've been led into some kind of a trap
We ask no quarter, no quarter do we give
We're right down the street from the street where you live
They mutilated his body and took out his brain
What more could they do, they piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searching for that
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
Hate to tell you, Mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some loving - tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
Wake up, Little Suzie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland Hospital's only six more miles
You got me dizzy Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
I never shot anyone from in front or behind
Got blood in my eyes, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the New Frontier
Zapruder's film, I've seen that before
Seen it thirty three times, maybe more
It's vile and deceitful - it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once, they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son, The age of the anti-Christ has just only begun."
Air Force One coming in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at two thirty-eight
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is and it's murder most foul
#9812 at 2020-11-12 08:43:25 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #42: Set Election Controls For the Heart of "We The People" Edition
>>9808
George Soros & Sir Mark Malloch Brown
David Rhodes | Sunday, May 20, 2007
12:00 a.m.
Willie Sutton was an all-American bank robber who had a few words of advice for those who wanted to be rich in the 1930s: "I go where the money is."
If it was true for the original "Slick Willie," it is equally true for George Soros and his friend Mark Malloch Brown in 2007.
George Soros was born in Hungary on Aug. 12, 1930, and came to the U.S. in 1956 after getting a degree from the London School of Economics. He turned a little of his own money into an enormous fortune through his skills in managing hedge funds and currency trading.
Soros is best known as the president of his own hedge fund, the Quantum Fund, and president of the Open Society Institute. He has been married and divorced twice and had three children by his first wife, Annaliese, and two by his second, Susan. His two eldest sons, Robert and Jonathan, are active in the Soros Fund. Soros is also a prolific, but little-read, author, a less-than-articulate public speaker and an inveterate meddler.
George Soros, who will be 77 in August, is, according to the gossip columns, dating queen Noor, 55, of Jordan, the widow of King Hussein. Other recent girlfriends of the philanthropist are said to include violinist Jennifer Chun and a former Miss Russia, Anna Malova.
One time Soros made himself a $1 billion profit when the British pound was devalued. With the profit went a pseudo-title, "the man who broke the Bank of England." Reports say that last year the Quantum Fund paid him $7 million.
Soros is now said to have amassed a fortune of $7 billion and uses masses of dollars for the sole purpose of bringing about the political defeat of President George W. Bush and the dismissal of Republicans from any American affairs of state. To observers, his tactics appear to consist of the purchase of the Democratic Party and of many of their causes.
Soros did not learn the tricks and turns of politics and currency trading at the London School of Economics. In fact, he is remembered there as someone who had so many part-time jobs that his fellow students would keep notes for him and help him out with homework when he missed classes. Over the years, he learned the maxim that money and the delusion of wisdom comes from information and that money can buy information.
And if like Soros, you make several fortunes from international dealing, what and where is the best information found• The offices and committee rooms of the United Nations in New York and the World Bank Group in Washington.
Hence, it was no surprise when, early this month, Soros announced that he was bringing into his organization an old friend who had filled a number of posts over the years, through which it was possible to have contributed to the collection of the Soros billions.
The posts involved deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, chief of Cabinet to the U.N. secretary-general and administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Earlier posts included vice president for External Affairs at the World Bank and the bank's director of External Affairs. In preparation for these elite appointments was a 10-year stint with an international consulting group that specialized in advice to reformist and socialist candidates for heads of state in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Each and every one of these posts has been held by a good friend of George Soros, Sir Mark Malloch Brown. In 2006, ostensibly for his services to Britain, Sir Brown was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George - a KCMG - by the queen of England.
A KCMG in England is awarded only to the most senior of civil servants. They are then called "Sir" rather than "Mr.," wear fancy, colorful clothing at some state events and become even more impressed with their own self-importance. Thus, the initials of the order are usually known as "Kindly Call Me God" - although never by a recipient.
The son of a South African diplomat, Mark Brown was born and grew up in Zimbabwe (when it was known as Rhodesia), was educated in England at Marlborough College and took a history degree at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
He now lives with his wife, Patricia ("Trish" to George Soros and other friends), who is a vice chairman of Refugees International, and their four children in a five-bedroom house on a near-five-acre estate in Katonah, in upstate New York. The estate belongs to George Soros, who charges Mark $10,000 a month rent, some $5,000 less than a previous tenant.
"Sir" Mark querulously defends this rent by saying that he pays the utilities.
As of now, Brown is "interacting" with Yale University students and faculty at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization as a distinguished visiting fellow. Instead of concentrating on writing a book on globalization, he had been in Washington leading the charge against former World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
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#16309330 at 2022-05-20 11:52:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>16066080
>>16248730
Exercise Southern Jackaroo enhances international combat readiness
news.defence.gov.au - 17 May 2022
Hundreds of Australian soldiers, troops from the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF) and US Marines have started a major warfighting exercise at queensland's Shoalwater Bay training area.
Running until May 27, Exercise Southern Jackaroo is a trilateral training activity designed to enhance warfighting interoperability, strengthen international relationships and improve combat readiness.
Commander of the 7th Brigade, Brigadier Michael Say, said the combined arms activity would feature infantry live fire and tank integration.
"Exercise Southern Jackaroo is a great example of how our regional partners integrate with Australian forces to conduct realistic combat team training for combat operations," Brigadier Say said.
"Our combined capability to coordinate ground forces demonstrates adaptability and interoperability that can be applied to disaster relief or warfighting operations."
Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) Commanding Officer, Colonel Christopher Steele, said Southern Jackaroo built on past activities and enhanced collective strength.
"MRF-D is excited to continue the outstanding tradition of Southern Jackaroo alongside our trusted Australian and Japanese allies," Colonel Steele said.
"We are looking forward to enhancing our combined interoperability and developing our relationships."
JGSDF Training Unit Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ryozo Asano said it was a great honour to have the opportunity to participate in a trilateral exercise between with the United States and Australia.
"Considering the current world situation, the trilateral exercise is very significant, and it is very useful for improving the capability of units and all soldiers," Lieutenant Colonel Asano said.
Taking part in the exercise are about 400 soldiers from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), 190 from the MRF-D and 70 from the JGSDF.
Up to 2200 MRF-D personnel will conduct combined training with the ADF this year, with Exercise Southern Jackaroo forming part of a series of warfighting training activities.
The MRF-D is part of the US force posture initiatives, which were expanded at AUSMIN 2021 to include enhanced air, maritime and land cooperation, and the establishment of a combined logistics, sustainment and maintenance enterprise.
https://news.defence.gov.au/international/exercise-southern-jackaroo-enhances-international-combat-readiness
https://twitter.com/DefenceAust/status/1527514480665628676
#16309267 at 2022-05-20 11:30:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>16309258
2/2
Another exercise the combined forces took part in was an inflatable city that had been set up in the bushland.
The goal was for the three forces to mix in teams and rehearse entering buildings together and taking turns of who was on opposing teams.
Australian Defence Force Lieutenant Gideon Pietersen said they had been doing these rehearsals for the past month with the Japanese soldiers and had now progressed to the stage where the Japanese were using the Australian weapons systems.
"(We) learn a bit about how each other operate, give each other feedback on what works and what needs to change," he said.
"You don't know what's going to be the future conflict ... doing it in this situation where we can train and identify the issues and solve them before we need to do it in a very real setting."
There have been some challenges working with the Japanese, with the main one being the language barrier.
But there are interpreters in each force, which has been crucial.
"That's been essential in just conveying our orders to them and them to us, and just opening dialogue and just understanding each other."
MORE MILITARY BASES IN CQ
The Central queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (CQROC) has been pushing for a permanent Australian Defence Force presence in CQ as part of Federal Election priorities.
The organisation is made up of Livingstone Shire Council, Central Highlands Regional Council, Gladstone Regional Council, Banana Shire Council, Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council and Rockhampton Regional Council.
A $4.5 million Defence Strategy proposal was released by the organisation, advocating for a new permanent Army Barracks in Rockhampton, which would also act as the permanent host location for US Marine and British Army rotations.
The strategy also looks at a RAAF base at Rockhampton Airport, a Fleet Base North at Gladstone Port and a School of Armour at Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
The Australian Defence Force recognised the need for more new bases in Northern Australia in 2016 and the organisation says CQ is the ideal location, given Shoalwater Bay Training Area is already established.
"Building new bases in the region will enable quicker response times to strategic threats in the region, more training more often, better security for our Northern Approaches and the South Pacific and more secure and self-reliant supply chains," CQROC deputy chair and Livingstone mayor Andy Ireland said.
Cr Ireland reported it cost the Australian Defence Force more than $5.9 million each year on average to transport 50 to 60 armoured vehicles to Shoalwater.
"A centralised armoured vehicle storage and maintenance depot could be built at Shoalwater Bay Training Area to overcome the challenge of moving the ADF's new over-size and over-mass combat vehicles between bases and training areas," he said.
"Central queensland also has specialisation in vehicle repair and maintenance to support the coal industry vehicle fleet, which can be leveraged to support the ADF in the vicinity of the proposed vehicle depot.
"It's also logical to then relocate the School of Armour from Victoria to Shoalwater Bay Training Area, co-located with the vehicle depot."
If successful, the defence facilities would add $4.5 billion in Gross Regional Product to the local economy and create more than 22,000 jobs and bring 36,000 residents to the community.
"Central queensland also boasts a sought-after lifestyle for serving ADF members and their families with cheaper house prices than current base locations and lower cost of living," Cr Ireland said.
NEW FUNDING FOR CQ DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
In her final week of the Federal Election campaign, Capricornia MP Michelle Landry announced up to $24 million in funding for defence facility upgrades in Rockhampton and Shoalwater Bay.
The projects include upgrades to sheds and the kitchen at the Rockhampton barracks, communication and electrical infrastructure renewals, water infrastructure upgrades and maintenance and improvements to the Clinton Track at Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
Tenders for the works are expected to open soon.
Labor candidate Russell Robertson questioned the timeliness, four days out from election day, of the announcement.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/community/exercise-southern-jackaroo-australian-defence-japanese-and-us-marines-forces-combine-for-exercise-at-shoalwater-bay/news-story/bc7441161ae84448d1887609acdfe7d1
#16303097 at 2022-05-19 09:42:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>16047076
Unvaccinated Pauline Hanson reveals she has Covid
The unvaccinated One Nation leader has tested positive for Covid - and she sounded very unwell when speaking on the phone this morning.
Ashleigh Gleeson - May 19, 2022
Anti-vaxxer Pauline Hanson has revealed she has tested positive to Covid after a trip to Perth, saying she looked forward to disappointing people who hope she "drops dead".
Senator Hanson found out she was infected on Saturday but her symptoms first developed the day before.
"I will self isolate in accordance with the current rules, and do the best I can to drive One Nation policies from home ahead of this weekend," she said in a statement.
"I thank all of those people who have sent their well wishes, and I look forward to disappointing all of those who hope that I drop dead."
Senator Hanson sounded very unwell when she spoke to The Kyle & Jackie O Show over the phone on Thursday.
She is in queensland where isolation is for a minimum of seven days or until symptoms have gone away - which they don't appear to be close to doing so close to the election.
"You really want to know, I'm up the shit, I've got Covid," she said through heavy coughing.
"I travelled to five states around Australia campaigning, but I go to the most locked down state last week and I got it and I came home.
"I'm not getting vaccinated, I haven't been in hospital, I'm fine, I'm alive, it's like I've had a heavy cold.
"I think last Saturday, look, it's been disappointing."
A spokesman said that Senator Hanson had symptoms similar to the flu.
"She'd actually done several tests prior to that but there was a positive test on Saturday," he said.
"She's not especially sick, it's basically like a cold, it's like the flu."
The spokesman confirmed that Senator Hanson remained unvaccinated but said she had been treating herself with dewormer ivermectin.
It remains an unproven treatment the Therapeutic Goods Administration says can be dangerous.
Senator Hanson has previously slammed the Covid vaccine, despite it being proven to significantly reduce the severity of symptoms.
"I'll tell you honestly," she told queensland business leaders in December.
"I haven't had the jab, I don't intend to have the jab, I'm not putting that shit into my body."
The upper house descended into chaos late last year after Senator Hanson attempted to introduce a private member's bill seeking to ban mandatory vaccinations and overturn state and territory requirements for full vaccination to be required in some settings.
The bill was defeated by an overwhelming majority but five Coalition senators crossed the floor to vote for it.
The renegades included Liberal Senator Alex Antic and Matt Canavan from the Nationals.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/pauline-hanson-tests-positive-for-covid-two-days-out-from-election/news-story/58532f104f4e3089b2fdbdccd75fd598
https://twitter.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/1527097304154775552
#16303062 at 2022-05-19 09:02:37 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
>>16213508
Federal election 2022: 'Our borders are closed, our borders are closed': Anthony Albanese's latest gaffe
JESS MALCOLM - MAY 19, 2022
Anthony Albanese has wrongly claimed that Australia's international borders are closed in an interview on Thursday morning despite them being open since November last year.
Speaking to ABC News Breakfast on Tuesday morning, the Opposition Leader was asked whether he believed Australia's low unemployment rate could boost the Coalition this Saturday after a campaign fought on cost of living and the economy.
Mr Albanese claimed that Australia's unemployment figures were only low because the international border was closed.
"Our borders are closed, Lisa. Our borders are closed," Mr Albanese said.
Since the borders have reopened, over 920,000 temporary visa holders have arrived in Australia, including 442,100 visitors, 168,000 students and 90,300 temporary skilled visas.
Only unvaccinated people are not permitted to enter the country.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton seized on the gaffe, using it to paint the Opposition Leader as "not up to the job".
Speaking to 2GB's Ray Hadley, Mr Dutton said voters should not "risk" voting for Labor even if they were not "100 per cent" happy with the Coalition.
"What is going on with Anthony Albanese? I don't know whether it's nerves, or he's just not up to it, or he doesn't take the pressure well or the stress well, but how on Earth can this guy be prime minister when he can't get the basics right?" Mr Dutton said.
"The borders have been open since February, I mean what is he talking about?
"This is the opportunity to really weigh up the risks, and what a risk this guy would be as prime minister of our country.
"All of the international pressures that will come toward our country over the next few years, this guy's not ready. He's not up to it and he's not done the work."
The blunder is the latest of Mr Albanese's gaffes, which began on day one of the campaign, when the Labor leader was unable to name the unemployment rate or Reserve Bank cash rate.
He went on to make repeated mistakes over asylum-seeker policy; saying Labor's urgent care clinics were costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, then clarifying they were not.
Last week, he came under fire after he was asked by a journalist to outline the six points of Labor's NDIS policy.
When he failed, he continued to be questioned by reporters until he stood aside, received a briefing note from an adviser, and returned to recite the plan.
This week Mr Albanese abruptly cut short his press conference at a railway manufacturing facility on the hustings in Perth after refusing to answer several questions about his policy costings.
This morning, Mr Albanese reversed an earlier decision to ditch the travelling media pack in the second last day of the campaign.
The media will accompany Mr Albanese in his sweep through marginal seats in queensland, leaving Canberra-based journalists to cover the costings.
Mr Albanese's press conference will come before the costings are released.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/federal-election-2022-our-borders-are-closed-our-borders-are-closed-anthony-albaneses-latest-gaffe/news-story/e3310efe72e5ca365ddff09d755034ab
https://twitter.com/hollieahughes/status/1527055939471577089
#16296919 at 2022-05-18 10:51:24 (UTC+1)
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>>16066080
>>16248730
Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Shoalwater Bay
18 May 2022
Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton on May 17, 2022.
https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/exercise-southern-jackaroo-at-shoalwater-bay/video/da973cd267218ec0b34066c12ae568db
#16296887 at 2022-05-18 10:40:31 (UTC+1)
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>>16066080
>>16248730
Australia-US-Japan defence exercises expected to increase following China-Solomon Islands agreement
Jasmine Hines and Katrina Beavan - 18 May 2022
Military exercises between Australia, the United States, and Japan could become more frequent following the new security deal between China and the Solomon Islands, according to national security analysts.
More than 600 soldiers from the three nations are at Shoalwater Bay in central queensland for the ninth annual Southern Jackaroo exercise.
The group is practising arms and infantry live fire, as well as tank manoeuvres and setting up camp.
Peter Dean, director of the University of Western Australia's Defence and Security Institute, said as the international environment changed the emphasis on high-end military operations like Southern Jackaroo would grow.
"I think Shoalwater Bay's a microcosm of a bigger picture," Professor Dean said.
"We're in a phase, I think we can honestly say, of competition with China. We don't have the same views about how the regional order should work.
"I think the bigger picture is [that] these exercises wouldn't stop the agreement [between China and the Solomon Islands] from happening.
"[But] what it does show is a level of resolve between the three countries and a level commitment to maintaining a rules-based international order.
"Maintaining a free and open Indo Pacific ... is one small part of that broader narrative."
On the ground at the exercise on Tuesday, the executive officer for the US Marine rotational force in Darwin, Lieutenant Colonel Duncan French, said the partnership was equally important to his team.
"If called to fight we're not going be able to do it alone. We've got to pair up with our partner nations" Lieutenant Colonel French said.
"This is our opportunity to train safely and to ensure success down the road."
(continued)
#16296674 at 2022-05-18 08:09:06 (UTC+1)
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>>16296669
Satanist leader faces prosecution over religious education court challenge
Toby Crockford - May 6, 2022
The founder of a so-called queensland Satanist temple is facing prosecution for allegedly lying to the Supreme Court in his fight for Satanists to teach religious instruction in state schools.
After the legal case failed on Friday, one of the so-called Satanists acknowledged it was never actually about teaching Satanism in schools, but rather challenging the right of church groups to deliver religious instruction to students.
However, that could now see temple founder Robin Bristow - aka Brother Samael Demo-Gorgon - prosecuted for lying under oath about his belief in Satan, while he was challenging the right of others to teach students to believe in God.
The group known as the Noosa Temple of Satan had asked the Supreme Court to review the Department of Education's decision to refuse the temple's application for Satanists to be allowed to teach religious instruction classes.
The temple, located on the Sunshine Coast, was formed in December 2019, in defiance of the Australian government's proposal for a religious discrimination bill. The temple now boasts more than 8700 Facebook followers and has held several events.
A court hearing was held last August which featured testimonies from Bristow and counter claims from barrister Gavin Thompson, acting for the queensland Department of Education.
On Friday afternoon, Judge Martin Burns dismissed the temple's application, lodged by temple member Trevor Bell, and also ruled the temple was not a religious denomination.
"Aided by Mr Bell, Mr Bristow's attempt to obtain approval to deliver 'Satanic' religious instruction in state schools was nothing more glorified than a base political stunt," Burns said.
"His persistence with that attempt through the medium of this proceeding has resulted in a deplorable waste of the resources of the state."
However, the legal stunt may backfire, with Burns ordering Bristow to appear before him in two weeks' time to try to convince him why copies of Bristow's evidence should not be passed on to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the queensland Police Commissioner.
Burns found the temple "has no genuine connection to anything pertaining to religion" - it existed solely to "push a political barrow" - and took issue with Bristow testifying otherwise.
"I have no doubt that the parts of Mr Bristow's affidavit to which I have just referred are untrue. Whether his affirmation of those parts was deliberate and material to the outcome of this application will be for others to consider."
Outside court on Friday, Bell acknowledged Bristow "does not believe in a Satanic supernatural being".
He said if such beliefs were treated equality, all religious instruction classes would have to cease, and that was the intent of their court challenge.
"If we are permitted to [Satanists to teach religious instruction], we will do it. But we know these things [religious instruction classes] would stop if we were allowed to, and that was the point of the exercise [the Supreme Court case], to highlight it," Bell said.
"There are other groups around - atheist and secular groups - who have been trying to get this message across, but nobody listens to them. So, this was our way of getting that message out."
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/satanist-leader-faces-prosecution-over-religious-education-court-challenge-20220506-p5aj0z.html
#16289877 at 2022-05-17 06:47:07 (UTC+1)
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Oh look, another "expert"
General Research #20605 >>>/qresearch/16288922
==AEC on alert for electoral fraud conspiracies as fringe parties embrace Trump-style 'stolen election' lie
Almost one in two red flags issued by the election watchdog to social media platforms concern misleading narratives about voter fraud and electoral integrity - many of which borrow from America's "stolen election" conspiracies.
Key points:
A misinformation expert says Australia has imported electoral fraud narratives from the US
Freedom parties have made call-outs for scrutineers to monitor voters on election day
A queensland LNP senator also spread unfounded claims of voter fraud in Australia
Four days out from the election, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has issued at least 45 formal warnings on online election-related content.
Just under half of these are related to misinformation or disinformation about the electoral system.
"There is no doubt that we have seen an increase in incorrect communication about electoral processes (deliberate or otherwise) compared to the previous election in 2019," an AEC spokesperson said in an email.
The AEC is also being warned of a possible influx of scrutineers being recruited by "freedom parties" and advocacy groups linked to Australia's anti-lockdown movement to challenge vote counting at the federal election.
Fuelled by conspiracy theories about voter fraud, teams of volunteers are attending training and gearing up to monitor vote counting on polling day.
"I've attended many different local groups ... in response to COVID-19 and they say, 'We don't trust the government. We don't trust the elections,'" Tasmanian teacher Felikss Klavins said.
"I stand up and just tell them, 'Why don't you just scrutineer if you don't trust the system?'"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/australians-spreading-trump-election-conspiracies/101057226==
#16283678 at 2022-05-16 08:43:00 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
>>16266753
Defence Minister Peter Dutton labelled 'biggest threat' to Australia over China comments
Peter Dutton has been described as the "biggest threat" to Australia and accused of using a Chinese intelligence ship to win votes.
Angie Raphael - May 16, 2022
Premier Mark McGowan has labelled Defence Minister Peter Dutton the "biggest threat" to Australia and accused him of using the presence of a Chinese intelligence ship to win votes ahead of Saturday's election.
Mr Dutton was in WA last week when he held a press conference to reveal the ship was off the coast of Exmouth and labelled it "aggressive", but the Premier said on Monday that Mr Dutton's description was "inflammatory".
Mr McGowan, a former naval legal officer, told reporters that it was common for foreign warships to transit through exclusive economic zones.
"We do it in the waters of China. The United States does it in the waters of China. We do it all over the world because that's the law of the sea," he said.
"The Prime Minister said something similar. All this rhetoric by Mr Dutton is just politics, and his language around war and 'we've got to be prepared to fight', all this sort of stuff that's gone on for the last year, is highly dangerous.
"It's against the national interest, and it's actually inflammatory and unnecessary, and I just think he's the biggest threat to national security."
Mr McGowan was also critical of Mr Dutton labelling the ship's presence as "aggressive".
"If we're going to allege that it's an aggressive act, other countries can allege that about us," the Premier said.
"So I just think we need to be very careful about language.
"Otherwise, you're essentially giving other countries the opportunity to say the same thing about us."
Mr McGowan further noted the federal government had known about the vessel for about one week before Mr Dutton's press conference and said there had been a similar ship off the coast of queensland last year.
"Mr Dutton was just trying to stir up fear and all that sort of thing to try and win votes," Mr McGowan said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not used the same language as the Defence Minister, noting the ship had not breached any international laws, while experts have also described the activity as standard.
Mr McGowan has been repeatedly critical of Mr Dutton over his commentary about China.
The Premier announced a $5.7bn surplus last Thursday, largely fuelled by the mining industry and trade with China, saying he did not understand why Mr Dutton would talk about "war" with Beijing, which he described as "frightening".
"I think it's grossly irresponsible to use those sorts of words," Mr McGowan said.
Last Friday, he was questioned about it again and added: "I don't understand why (in) the environment we're in someone like the Defence Minister of Australia would be so nutty as to say things like that."
Mr Dutton hit back later on Friday, saying he was standing up for Australia's values and his "beef" was with both the Chinese and Russian leadership.
He also claimed the Premier was resorting to a personal attack in the lead-up to the election.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/defence-minister-peter-dutton-labelled-biggest-threat-to-western-australia-over-china-comments/news-story/04b19bb787f63ae5cabd75fe99cffbd5
#16266753 at 2022-05-13 13:38:55 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
'Aggressive act': Chinese spy ship spotted off Australia's west coast near a secretive naval base
Anthony Galloway and Angus Thompson - May 13, 2022
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A Chinese spy ship has been tracked for a week off Australia's west coast near a secretive naval communications base, in a move that Defence Minister Peter Dutton labelled an "aggressive act".
Dutton made the disclosure on Friday afternoon in a press conference in Perth, eight days out from the end of the federal election campaign.
He said the Dongdiao Class Auxiliary Intelligence ship, named Haiwangxing, went as far south as any People's Liberation Army Navy vessel had ever been on Australia's west coast.
The ship travelled down the west coast of Australia to the vicinity of Exmouth, before changing course to track east along the north-west coast towards Darwin.
The ship was at all times in international waters but was in Australia's exclusive economic zone. It was likely looking to gather electronic intelligence on a secretive naval communications base that supports American and other allied submarines, called the Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt.
"I think it is an aggressive act, and I think particularly because it has come so far south," Dutton said in a press conference in Perth.
"For it to come south of Exmouth is without precedent and for it to hug the coastline the way in which it has and heading up towards the north.
"It's very unusual, we haven't seen a ship from the People's Liberation Army come this far south."
Dutton described the vessel as a "Chinese warship with intelligence gathering capabilities".
A similar high-tech Chinese surveillance ship sat off the queensland coast last July monitoring military exercises between Australian and American forces.
Asked why he was disclosing the presence of the Chinese ship in an election campaign, Dutton said it was normal practice to disclose the activities of Chinese spy ships operating so close to Australia.
"It continues the practise that we had before of making the public aware of the activity of these vessels," he said.
"I think people understand the difficulty that's the reality of the Indo-Pacific at the moment, the acts of aggression from the Chinese leadership and from the Chinese government.
"I think Australians deserve to know what is taking place. And as I say, it's a repeat of a previous practice where we've made the public aware of these activities before."
(continued)
#16259820 at 2022-05-12 10:52:29 (UTC+1)
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>>16066080
>>16248730
Marines hold 'major warfighting exercise' Down Under with Japan and Australia
SETH ROBSON, STARS AND STRIPES - May 12, 2022
Hundreds of U.S. Marines and sailors, Australian soldiers and Japanese Self-Defense Force members are conducting a major warfighting exercise in Australia.
Southern Jackaroo 22 at queensland's Shoalwater Bay Training Area will run until May 27, Australia's Department of Defence said in a statement announcing the start of the drills on Tuesday.
Around 200 members of the 2,200-strong Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, who began a six-month rotation to the Northern Territory in March, are involved in the exercise, Capt. Joseph DiPietro, a spokesman for the rotational force, said in an email Tuesday.
They'll train alongside 400 Australian soldiers and 100 Japanese troops, he said.
Infantry live fire and combined arms drills involving tanks will be part of the training, said Brigadier Michael Say, commander of 7th Brigade, Australian Army.
"Exercise Southern Jackaroo is a great example of how our regional partners integrate with Australian forces to conduct realistic combat team training for combat operations," he said in the Australian statement.
Shoalwater Bay, where the training is taking place, is an arena for the biennial Talisman Sabre exercise, which involved 17,000 U.S., Australian, New Zealand, Japanese, South Korean and British troops last summer.
Australian politicians reacted with alarm earlier this month after revelations that the Solomon Islands, 1,200 miles northeast of Shoalwater, was negotiating a security pact with China.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday refused to say how his government might respond if China attempted to establish a military base in the islands, according to a report by The Associated Press that day.
Morrison has said that a Chinese naval base on the impoverished South Pacific island nation would be a "red line" for both Australia and the United States, AP reported.
Meanwhile, the U.S., Australia and Japan have shown a united front opposing Russia's war in Ukraine with all three nations helping supply Ukrainian forces and imposing sanctions on Russia.
"Considering the current world situation, the trilateral exercise is very significant, and it is very useful for improving the capability of units and all soldiers," Lt. Col. Ryozo Asano, commander of Japanese troops involved in Southern Jackaroo, said in emailed comments provided by DiPietro on Tuesday.
The exercise has taken place each year since 2015. The training builds on past activities and enhances their strengths, the Marine rotational force's commander, Col. Christopher Steele, said in comments provided by DiPietro.
"We are looking forward to enhancing our combined interoperability and developing our relationships," he said.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-05-11/southern-jackaroo-military-exercise-australia-japan-us-marine-corps-5973082.html
#16248730 at 2022-05-10 18:15:16 (UTC+1)
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>>16066080
US Marines and sailors join Japanese and Aussie soldiers in large live-firing training exercise
More than 650 military personnel including US Marines and sailors have joined Japanese and Australian soldiers for a large-scale, live-fire training exercise this month.
Jodie Munro O'Brien - May 10, 2022
One of several large warfighting training exercises to be held in queensland between Australian, US and Japanese militaries this year has commenced.
More than 650 military personnel are participating in Exercise Southern Jackaroo, a trilateral training activity designed to strengthen combat readiness and interoperability between the three forces.
The exercise, which will include live firing, comprises 400 Australian Defence Force (ADF) soldiers, 190 US Marines from Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) and 70 soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF).
It started Monday and is scheduled to take place throughout the heritage-listed, 453,700 hectare Shoalwater Bay Military Training area, about 80km north of Rockhampton in Central queensland, through to May 27.
Brigadier Michael Say, Commander of the Brisbane-based 7th Combat Brigade, said the combined arms exercise would include tank integration and live fire between infantries.
"Exercise Southern Jackaroo is a great example of how our regional partners integrate with Australian forces to conduct realistic combat team training for combat operations," he said.
"Our combined capability to co-ordinate ground forces demonstrates adaptability and interoperability that can be applied to disaster relief or warfighting operations."
JGSDF Training Unit Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ryozo Asano said the exercise was timely.
"Considering the current world situation, the trilateral exercise is very significant, and it is very useful for improving the capability of units and all soldiers," he said.
MRF-D Commanding Officer Colonel Christopher Steele said Exercise Southern Jackaroo continued to build on the relationship between Australia and the US.
"MRF-D is excited to continue the outstanding tradition of Southern Jackaroo alongside our trusted Australian and Japanese allies," he said.
"We are looking forward to enhancing our combined interoperability and developing our relationships."
The MRF-D is a US Marine contingent that rotates through Northern Australia during the dry season in order to undertake various training exercises with the ADF and regional partners.
The first group of Darwin-based Marines comprised 200 in 2012 but had increased to 2500 by the 2019 rotation.
A contingent of about 2200 US Marines, sailors and a US Army detachment arrived in the NT in March for a six month rotation, with most personnel from the 5th Marine Regiment based in San Diego in California.
The group is scheduled to participate in several combined training exercises with ADF throughout the year.
Along with several other nations, Japan and the US also participate in Australia's largest military training exercise every two years, Talisman Sabre.
First used by soldiers deploying to the Vietnam War, the Shoalwater Bay Training Area has been one of Australia's prime military training areas since 1965.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/us-marines-and-sailors-join-japanese-and-aussie-soldiers-in-large-livefiring-training-exercise/news-story/610475674c4819939258173e6eff113d
#16244881 at 2022-05-10 01:43:20 (UTC+1)
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Q Research General #20548 >>16244502
Australian farmers are forced to dump truckloads of avocados in rubbish tips despite food price rises surging across the country
Jan De Lai took the photos at her local dump, near avocado farms in queensland
Farmers said Covid and trees planted several years ago are producing too much
Avocados are too expensive to package and ship so farmers forced dump them
Thousands of avocados are being dumped in rubbish tips because Covid lockdowns created a massive surplus, despite Aussies battling with surging food prices.
Jan De Lai from Atherton, North queensland, shared photos of the discarded avocados after finding thousands of them dumped at her local tip.
'Truck loads of avocados are being dumped in Atherton!,' she wrote.
'Surely they could be used for animal fodder or used to make oil? Poor farmers.'
Jim Kochi, a local farmer, told Seven News producers in the region began planting more avocado trees in the last decade as demand from hipster cafes went up.
However, Covid meant restaurants were selling less smashed avocado toast and breakfasts and farmers were had excess produce from the new trees.
'Those trees are now coming into production - and coming into production in a big way,' he said.
'The cost of putting that stuff in a package, including the labour and the cost of packaging and the cost of transport is just not worthwhile.
'So the option is just to dump it.'
2GB radio host Ben Fordham explained it was cheaper for farmers to throw the avocados away than send them to shops for sale, after sharing the heartbreaking image on his Facebook page.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10798983/Why-Aussie-farmers-dumping-truckloads-avocados-despite-prices-surging-Coles.html
#16220298 at 2022-05-06 10:46:47 (UTC+1)
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>>16104792
>>16220267
Australia trusts Solomon Islands on Chinese military base, Dutton says
Richard Wood - May 6, 2022
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has insisted Australia wants a "strong friendship" with the Solomon Islands despite reports its Prime Minister will invite Chinese forces there.
Mr Dutton was speaking on Today this morning after The Australian newspaper reported Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is likely to install a "strongarm" force.
"(Prime Minister) Manasseh has said he will not allow a military base in terms of the Solomon Islands, we take him at his word," Mr Dutton said.
"We've got Australian Federal Police and troops there at the moment … We've been a trusted partner for a long period of some time."
The Solomon Islands last month signed a security deal with China that could see Beijing set up a military base there.
Mr Dutton said growing Chinese assertiveness in the Pacific was not just a challenge for Australia but for other nations such as Japan and India.
"The Chinese operate by a very different presence of a security force within Africa and elsewhere," Mr Dutton said.
On Wednesday, Mr Sogavare launched a broadside against countries critical of its new deal with China, claiming the Pacific nation had been "threatened with invasion".
In a full-throated defence of the pact, which many experts fear allows China to establish a military presence less than 2000km from the queensland coast, he hit out at the "glaring hypocrisy" of "some of our partners working with their agents on the ground"
"We are threatened with invasion, Mr Speaker, and that's serious," Mr Sogavare told Parliament.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/china-solomon-islands-security-deal-australia-trusts-solomon-islands-on-chinese-military-peter-dutton/95a5f31c-2492-4d0a-a859-38b06fb6f43f
#16213397 at 2022-05-05 08:30:54 (UTC+1)
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>>16053237
Witness for Ben Roberts-Smith denies emails show the pair colluded to make sure their evidence aligned
Jamie McKinnell - 5 May 2022
An elite soldier has denied emails he exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith showed they had colluded on the evidence they would give at the war veteran's defamation trial to make sure their stories matched up.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times newspapers in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018.
The veteran said they contained false allegations of bullying, domestic violence and unlawful killings, two of which are alleged to have occurred during a raid on a Taliban compound dubbed "Whiskey 108" in April 2009.
The newspapers are pleading a defence of truth.
Mr Roberts-Smith insists two men killed at the compound were armed and shot outside the building, within the rules of engagement.
A witness codenamed Person 29, who was at the time a SAS patrol commander, is the third witness called by Mr Roberts-Smith's team to back up the veteran's claim no insurgents surrendered from a secret tunnel discovered within Whiskey 108.
Under cross-examination by publisher Nine Entertainment's barrister, Nicholas Owens SC, Person 29 was today shown an email sent to him by Mr Roberts-Smith on July 3, 2019, nine days before outlines of evidence were due.
Mr Owens showed Person 29 an attachment to the email: an image of Whiskey 108 with markings on it.
The barrister put it to Person 29 that he was speaking "very regularly" to Mr Roberts-Smith at this time.
"I can't say we were talking regularly ... but the Whiskey 108 mission would have been a topic of conversation," Person 29 replied.
Mr Owens suggested a small blue box drawn on the photograph represented the position Mr Roberts-Smith was intending to give as the location where an insurgent was shot by him outside the building.
Person 29 said that was incorrect.
"I want to put to you again, when you had a conversation with Mr Roberts-Smith about this document, it was for the purpose of aligning your stories about Whiskey 108 in key respects, do you agree?" Mr Owens asked
"No, I don't agree," the witness replied.
Person 29 admitted he didn't produce the email despite receiving a subpoena calling for all communications between himself and the veteran related to Whiskey 108.
He said he deleted the email, as he "habitually" deletes emails he does not need.
Person 29 agreed it was possible he had visited Mr Roberts-Smith's queensland home a few days after the email.
Mr Owens suggested the two sat in the veteran's study looking at Whiskey 108 imagery on a computer as they prepared their proposed evidence.
"No, that's not correct," Person 29 said.
In Nine's court documents, it is alleged two men were taken prisoner in Whiskey 108, and that one was allegedly shot by Mr Roberts-Smith outside the compound, while the second was allegedly shot by a colleague, Person 4, at the direction of his superior, Person 5.
Several of the publisher's witnesses have given evidence of seeing a man or men emerge from the tunnel.
The trial, before Justice Anthony Besanko, continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-05/ben-roberts-smith-witness-denies-emails-colluding/101041208
#16207385 at 2022-05-04 10:13:32 (UTC+1)
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>>16207331
From the Archives, 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea
smh.com.au - May 4, 2022
80 years ago, a joint-Australian and American naval force repelled a 50-strong invasion fleet of Japanese ships off the far north queensland coast. The Herald mulled the significance of the victory in this editorial.
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First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on May 11, 1942
JAPAN BEATEN BACK IN CORAL SEA
Delayed by Allied air hammerings in the New Guinea-New Britain area, Japan's southward drive has now suffered a severe and costly repulse. That fact emerges clearly from the mists which still enshroud the series of battles fought last week on the broad blue waters of the Coral Sea and around the islands bounding it to the north-east.
The necessary refusal of the Allied High Command for the present to lift more of the curtain than is sufficient to disclose the shattering nature of the Japanese losses is, of course, being seized upon by Tokyo as an opportunity for propaganda.
These enemy excursions into the realm of wishful thinking can be disregarded. They bear no real relation either to the fateful events of last week or - in the whimsical claim that the Pacific Ocean has now become "a Japanese sea" - to the results which will flow from those events.
Whatever price may prove to have been paid for the Allied victory (and General MacArthur's Headquarters has issued an assurance that, relatively to the enemy's losses, ours were light), there is no doubt that a resounding victory was won.
Japan has been beaten at sea for the first time in her history, and for the first time since she began her war of conquest last December her invasion forces have been heavily thrown back.
The precise point at which those forces were aimed when they were challenged and defeated must remain a matter of speculation. The soberly confident and lucid communique from Allied Headquarters points out that the great naval and air battle resulted from the continued efforts of the Japanese to extend their gains "towards the south and south-east."
Despite the dislocation of their plans by Allied raids on their island air bases, they gradually built up naval and transport elements for a co-ordinated attack of combined forces, which was initiated several days ago. Our naval forces then attacked in interception.
Naturally this official survey omits reference to the great strategical and organising effort which brought the Allied forces to the crucial area at the moment of Japan's attempted move across it. The "interception" was, in fact, a brilliant stroke in the offensive defensive spirit. It has abundantly vindicated the policy of seeking out and smashing the enemy, instead of waiting for him to drive against his chosen target. As Allied strength increases in the south-west Pacific, more blows of this kind should become possible.
Meanwhile, our sense of a terrible danger averted through the "skill, courage, and tenacity" of the men who won the Battle of the Coral Sea, must not in the least diminish understanding of the continuing peril in which Australia stands. A powerful and ferocious foe has been repulsed, not decisively halted. The Japanese have ample forces in reserve from which to replace their losses, even of aircraft carriers, and so to strike again.
More than ever their sharp reverse will convince them that their conquests are not secure while Australia remains as a great and growing base for Allied counter-attack. Whether they aimed last week to thrust at our mainland, or to move into position for cutting the American supply lines, we do not know; but we can be sure that they have not abandoned the enterprise.
We have gained a new respite, and we must use every hour of it in strenuous preparation, both against renewed assaults and in order that we may be at the zenith of our strength when the time for counter-offensive comes.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/from-the-archives-1942-the-battle-of-the-coral-sea-20220427-p5agl8.html
#16200110 at 2022-05-03 09:16:46 (UTC+1)
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US Marines bound for WA's West Kimberley as part of large-scale Koolendong military exercise
Jessica Hayes - 3 May 2022
The United States military has confirmed plans to conduct training exercises at a RAAF base in northern Western Australia later this year.
Exercise Koolendong is expected to involve more than 2,200 US military personnel across the Northern Territory, queensland and Western Australia throughout July.
US Marines and sailors would participate in the WA portion of the exercise with Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel for about 20 days.
A reinforced rifle company from Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) as well as a detachment from US Army Pacific would participate in and around RAAF Base Curtin in West Kimberley, and at other WA training areas.
The facility, about 30 kilometres south of Derby, is one of the RAAF's so-called bare bases - used for training exercises and operations but having sat idle for the better part of the last decade.
Opportunities and training
Darwin-based US Marine Corps captain Joseph DiPietro said it had been some time since the base hosted collaborative training exercises.
"We're really looking and excited to participate in exercises across all of Australia, so we've been planning to participate in QLD, NT and WA," he said.
"We're looking to expand that to take advantage of the great opportunities, resources and training areas that Australia has to offer, both us and our ADF partners."
The Department of Defence recently revealed plans to spend $244 million to upgrade key infrastructure at RAAF Base Curtin.
The refurbishment will include upgrades to communications, accommodation, aircraft hangars and security infrastructure.
Showcasing capabilities
Captain DiPietro said Exercise Koolendong was an opportunity for the MRF-D to train and showcase its capabilities as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
"Some of those key capabilities include long-range logistics and communication operations, expeditionary advanced base operations, where we can forward posture to be prepared for whatever crisis and contingency may come up," he said.
"We're also going to be conducting long-range aerial, ground and amphibious patrolling through and around WA and the NT."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/united-states-marines-wa-base-military-exercise/101031970
#16182370 at 2022-04-30 12:53:57 (UTC+1)
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>>16182341
Greens deal Scott Morrison another federal election blow
Greens leader Adam Bandt has delivered Prime Minister Scott Morrison another big blow weeks out from the federal election.
Catie McLeod - April 29, 2022
The Greens have revealed which candidates they will recommend voters preference at the federal election on May 21.
Greens leader Adam Bandt will announce on Saturday his party will preference Labor ahead of the Liberals across the country.
While Australians ultimately choose in what order to number their voting ballots, political parties deliberate over what order to put competing candidates on their how-to-vote cards which are handed out at polling booths.
Preferencing is powerful because many voters will choose to number their ballots in the order recommended to them on their preferred how-to-vote card.
If a voter's first choice doesn't get enough votes to win their electorate, the votes will flow to their second choice and so on, allowing candidates to accumulate more votes.
Local and state branches of the Greens have finalised their preference recommendations this week ahead of early voting polling booths opening on May 9.
The Greens will run a candidate in all 151 lower house seats and say their how-to-vote cards will recommend a preference for Labor above the Liberals and Nationals and place other right-wing parties last.
The Greens will also recommend a preference for climate-focused independents in key Liberal held seats.
In the Senate, the Greens will recommend preferences to progressive candidates and Labor.
The Greens have failed to gain much ground in the House of Representatives since 2010, when Mr Bandt was elected in the progressive, inner-city seat of Melbourne.
But party members are optimistic they can be a powerful force at the upcoming election, with their preferences helping them to achieve their central goal of ousting the Coalition from government.
Mr Bandt earlier this month said he believed his party would hold the balance of power in the Senate in its own right and possibly hold the balance of power in the lower house.
Both Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison have ruled out doing a deal with independents or minor parties such as the Greens if the election results in a hung parliament, but it remains to be seen if this would really be the case.
And with a tight election on the horizon, the way parties preference one another is likely to play a big part in whoever forms the next government.
Right-wing senator Pauline Hanson turned heads this week when she announced her party One Nation would target Liberal moderate MPs in five key seats across the country by pushing its supporters to preference Labor.
Senator Hanson styled the Tasmanian Liberal party's decision to direct its preferences to the political party founded by Senator Jacqui Lambie as a betrayal on behalf of conservative Australians.
In retribution, Senator Hanson declared One Nation candidates would preference Labor above "left-leaning Liberals" in Bass, Goldstein, North Sydney, Indi and Sturt.
"(Scott Morrison) needs to be reminded that conservative Australians feel betrayed by his lurch to the left with net zero emissions by 2050, and the left-leaning Liberals who pushed him there need to be removed," Senator Hanson said.
Her right-wing populist party will run a candidate in 149 of the 151 lower house seats, apart from Higgins in Melbourne and Kennedy in queensland.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, a self-described moderate Liberal, has defended his decision to preference One Nation over his independent challenger Monique Ryan in his once blue ribbon electorate of Kooyong.
"In my seat, right, it's going to come down to me, and the so-called independent because the Labor Party and the Greens, you can barely find a sign for them across the electorate," he told the ABC.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/greens-deal-scott-morrison-another-federal-election-blow/news-story/f3c0a86bc80f3164faa71ba6cd7829a8
#16182341 at 2022-04-30 12:46:53 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Revealed: One Nation and LNP preferences in Qld to cause Labor election headache
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson just made it harder for Labor to get a foothold in Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Fortress queensland.
Matthew Killoran - April 30, 2022
In a move that will have implications for the federal election outcome, Pauline Hanson's One Nation will preference the LNP in every seat in queensland, making it harder for Labor to win crucial seats needed for majority government.
Senator Hanson will also receive the LNP's second preference in the Senate vote, as The Courier-Mail reveals exclusive details on One Nation's preference plans for the Sunshine State.
Without One Nation preferences it will be extremely difficult for Labor to get up in tight contests in Longman and Leichhardt, seen as two of the seats the Opposition has the best chance of picking up in queensland.
The arrangement, which it is understood LNP Senator Matt Canavan helped broker, also all but secures Senator Hanson's re-election, while party insiders hope it gives it an outside chance of picking up a second Senate spot.
One Nation will back LNP's Terry Young in Longman, after its own candidate, as he and One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson formed a close working relationship in the family law inquiry.
"Labor's lies" in "Mediscare", pensioners and about One Nation in coal seats pushed the senator in making the decision, she said, with the queensland preferences different to the party's actions in other states.
While she will preference against some moderate Liberals in southern states, but backing Nationals in seats like Hunter to counterbalance the move, she has confirmed queensland will be a different story.
Senator Hanson said voters made their own decisions on preferences and how-to-vote cards were suggestions only, but she made the decision because she did not want Australia to "lurch further and further to the left" under an Albanese government.
"Anthony Albanese can't simply fly into queensland and scare the hell out of pensioners with Labor's lies that the current government will place them on the cashless welfare card," Senator Hanson said.
"Nor can he get away with allowing his backbenchers in the Senate to tell coal miners that One Nation has taken away their right to permanent jobs in the industry.
"One Nation will place minor parties and conservative independents ahead of all major parties on our how-to-vote cards, but will recommend queensland voters place the LNP ahead of Labor and the Greens."
Labor needs to win seven seats net to gain government in its own right, making winning one to two seats in queensland all but necessary.
Senator Hanson said she had a lot of respect for Mr Young for his common sense and conservative views.
"If One Nation can't win the seat, Terry Young is the one I'd like to see win," she said.
With One Nation preferences, about two-thirds of the party's votes are likely to flow through to the LNP, while it could be closer to a 50-50 split with Labor without them.
One Nation received more than 13 per cent of primary votes in Longman in 2019, with those votes crucial as both major parties are polling less than 40 per cent.
In Leichhardt One Nation's primary was 6 per cent, but the seat is expected to be a close contest with every vote counting.
The votes will also help shore up the margins in some central queensland seats the Coalition was already expected to win.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday indicated there would be more information on One Nation preferences to come "particularly in relation to queensland".
"There's different arrangements in different states and territories ... but you know what, that's just all politics," Mr Morrison said.
Labor has maintained its stance on not doing preference deals with One Nation, with its campaign spokesman Jason Clare saying on Thursday the party had held no negotiations with One Nation at all.
"We have a longstanding principle of preferencing One Nation last and that has not changed," he said.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/federal-election/revealed-one-nation-and-lnp-preferences-in-qld-to-cause-labor-election-headache/news-story/7f0b02e15f916d10351a744625189971
#16182307 at 2022-04-30 12:40:05 (UTC+1)
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In focus groups, run for the Liberal Party, some voters in these seats label the premier "out of touch", a "bully" and a "dictator".
He remains quite popular, however, in much of the state, having consistently rated as one of the most popular state premiers and maintaining an election-winning lead despite a reduced primary vote, according to the most recent Resolve Political Monitor.
Armed with this research, the Coalition is likely to roll out new ads linking Albanese and Andrews targeting the outer suburbs where the party hopes lingering pandemic frustrations of self-employed people, casual workers and some ethnic voters could turn people off federal Labor. These could feature references to Andrews' management of the pandemic.
The premier has not yet appeared in a campaign event with Albanese. The federal opposition leader has stood alongside Premier Mark McGowan in Perth, and The Australian reported on Saturday he would join Annastacia Palaszczuk in queensland this week.
An unpopular Victorian Labor government has harmed a federal Labor election campaign before. In 1990, the Cain-Kirner government presided over an economic collapse. Ten of the 12 seats lost by Bob Hawke's government were in Victoria.
But it's whether voters' views on Andrews are suppressing support for Albanese.
Labor campaigner-turned-pollster Kos Samaras says the Coalition is barking up the wrong tree because his polling suggests state Labor's vote is, on average, 7 per cent higher than federal Labor's in seats with geographical overlap.
A Labor MP in one of Melbourne's growth areas told The Age that anti-Andrews sentiment was being picked up, but it was not overwhelming and emanated from a handful of voter contacts each day. "Once you explain to them that's a state issue and this is federal, that helps a lot," the MP said.
Samaras, who is conducting polling across the country, acknowledges Labor has a problem in the outer suburbs. However, he argues this is showing up across different major cities and says the Liberal Party vote in these same areas is struggling, albeit to a lesser extent.
The campaigner says he and his election-watching colleagues have never encountered an election that is so difficult to get a read on. He compares the May 21 poll to dozens of by-elections with uneven swings and varying attitudes on economic circumstances, lockdowns, gender issues and vaccine mandates.
The murky picture means Andrews' staff will likely be just as focussd on results from outer-suburban voting centres on election night, as they will be with the overall result.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/is-andrews-a-drag-on-federal-labors-vote-in-the-outer-suburbs-20220429-p5aha1.html
#16182300 at 2022-04-30 12:38:32 (UTC+1)
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Is Andrews a drag on federal Labor's vote in the outer suburbs?
Paul Sakkal - April 30, 2022
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has campaigned alongside Labor premiers Peter Malinauskas and Mark McGowan. He will launch his campaign on Sunday in Western Australia, where state Labor is flying high, and is scheduled to stump up alongside queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week.
But the wannabe PM has so far been to Victoria just once since the May 21 election was called. He is yet to appear with Premier Daniel Andrews, whom the Coalition last week dragged into the federal campaign in a move the Coalition believes can help it unexpectedly snatch three Victorian seats in what is shaping up as a tight poll.
An advertisement released by the Coalition in Victoria portrays the COVID-interrupted Albanese, who is scheduled to visit Melbourne this week, as a puppet being wielded by a domineering Andrews.
"Little puppet Albo. You stand for everything I stand for," the fictional premier sneers before dropping Albanese - who, according to the ad, "can't stand for himself" - to the ground.
The real Andrews, speaking the day the ad was released, said: "Desperate people do desperate things."
While the cartoon-like video was intended to be slightly humorous, Coalition campaign gurus drew up the attack because they believe the premier - who presided over longer lockdowns than any other state leader - is dragging down support for federal Labor.
How accurate is this hypothesis? It depends on whom you ask.
The Liberal Party is fighting progressive independents on its left flank in inner-urban seats. In the outer suburbs, it is pitching to disengaged and often financially insecure voters who did it tough during the pandemic, many of whom are considering voting for minor parties such as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party.
Internal Liberal Party research in seats stretching across the metropolitan boundary from Frankston in the east to Geelong in the west shows Andrews' net favourability rating (those who like him, minus those who do not) is between negative 10 and negative 20. These are firm views: very few people are yet to make up their minds about him.
The Coalition reckons it is in with a serious chance in three of those seats: the Labor-held Dunkley (around Frankston), Corangamite (around Geelong) and McEwen (in Melbourne's outer-north).
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#16158420 at 2022-04-26 19:13:35 (UTC+1)
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Australia Post worker suspended after dumping postal vote applications
Worker caught binning 500 postal vote applications in a wheelie bin before offering woman a $10 bribe in queensland
There is less than a month remaining until the Federal Election on May 22 and already news has surfaced of attempted vote tampering in the Brisbane electorate of Blair - a marginal seat currently occupied by Labor's Shayne Neumann.
A worker at Australia Post was caught on a woman's security camera throwing out piles of Coalition postal vote applications into a residential bin. The employee, who has been suspended, dumped the postal votes and then offered her a bribe after being confronted.
The Australian Electoral Commission downplayed the incident, insisting that it 'has no effect on the operation of the election whatsoever and that voters can access in-person voting'.
What it did have an effect on was voter confidence in the postal vote process.
Paul Graham, the CEO and Managing Director of Australia Post, confirmed that his company was working with the queensland Police to resolve the issue. "All our team members have been fully trained in the right procedures for handling mail at election time. The person involved has been suspended effective immediately pending the outcome of the investigation and we are working with the LNP to deliver these mail items as a priority."
He added that Australia Post took full responsibility for the issue and had apologised unreservedly. Australia Post has been trying to repair its image after the Cartier watch incident.
"This behaviour is completely unacceptable and we will continue to reinforce with our team the important role that we play during elections and adherence to our procedures and service commitment."
It remains concerning that any material related to voting in the election could be so easily lost without the issuing political party or the AEC knowing about it.
Annette Weller from Brisbane said that the Australia Post worker offered her a $10 bribe to look the other way after she caught him out, which she declined.
"Did you empty all those postal things [votes ] in there, in our bin?" asked Ms Weller. "Well, we've got you on footage - on footage. You are on camera, mate. We got cameras everywhere."
Initially, the Australia Post worker denied dumping postal votes and drove off on his bike.
The Australia Post worker returned later to the residence on his bike for a second time. As he pulled up, Ms Weller asked, "What do you want?" After which she tells him that the Senator [Liberal Senator Paul Scarr] is coming to pick up the postal votes.
It is at this point that the man opens his wallet and attempts to bribe her with a $10 note.
"No, don't give me nothing mate. Don't bribe me!"
https://www.rebelnews.com/australia_post_worker_suspended_after_dumping_postal_vote_applications
#16155660 at 2022-04-26 11:43:48 (UTC+1)
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>>16155626
1st Marine Division Facebook Post
April 22 2022
Unbreakable Bond
On April 19, Maj. Gen. Roger B. Turner, the 1st Marine Division (1st MarDiv) commanding general, right, met with Maj. Gen. Scott Winter, commander of the Australian Army's 1st Division, at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane, queensland, Australia, to discuss their partnership and a shared commitment to regional security in the Pacific.
The longstanding relationship between 1st MarDiv and Australia dates back to World War II. After countless days of fighting and, ultimately, victory at the Battle of Guadalcanal, the city of Melbourne welcomed the Marines with open arms. They sheltered the Marines, fed them and treated the sick and wounded. In a display of gratitude, Marines marched through Melbourne while the band played 'Waltzing Matilda,' a popular Australian folk song. Since then, 'Waltzing Matlida' has been the official song of the Division.
During the Division's time in Australia, the Blue Diamond logo was designed and included the Southern Cross constellation under which the fighting took place in Guadalcanal. The Southern Cross has been symbolic of Australia and is prominently featured on their national flag.
(Australian Army photo by Miguel Anonuevo)
https://www.facebook.com/1stMarineDivision/posts/364716629018511
#16148897 at 2022-04-25 08:43:16 (UTC+1)
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>>16119182
Election 2022: Morrison must cash in on Albanese's absence
DENNIS SHANAHAN - APRIL 25, 2022
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Scott Morrison has a tactical mission going into the third week of the election campaign: to take advantage of Anthony Albanese's Covid-19 isolation. A mission failure this week could blight his chance of re-election on May 21.
At the end of the second week the Opposition Leader had succeeded in his tactical objectives: recover from the woeful first week studded with failures of economic understanding and to keep the central debate off the Coalition's strong point of economic recovery from the pandemic. A positive Covid test disrupted that desperate success and threatens to leave the ALP campaign not just behind where it started but in danger of falling further behind as the replacement voices for Labor fall into the same trap Albanese did in his first week - no grasp of detail and only harping criticism.
If the Prime Minister fails to grasp the tactical opportunity to highlight Labor's confusion on key issues and project a positive future for the Coalition, he risks losing the political momentum gifted to him by the errors and disruption of the Labor campaign.
It is not an exaggeration to say the third week could determine the outcome because election campaigns are not just a linear set of events spiced with gaffes and errors or stuffed with promises.
There's no doubt Morrison's decision to call a six-week campaign and force Albanese before a media pack that has to at least appear to be giving an equally tough time to the opposition worked spectacularly. There's equally no doubt Albanese didn't allow himself to be crushed in the first week.
Hence the need for Morrison to take absolute advantage of yet another godsend.
Already the weakness of the team behind Albanese is being exposed on the grounds of competence and grasp of essential policy detail. Richard Marles, the deputy leader, who would be deputy PM, acting PM and probably defence minister in a Labor government, fell at the first two hurdles: his record on China and Labor's carbon price impost on coal mines.
Labor's triumphant claims that the security agreement between China and Solomon Islands, which could see Chinese navy ships based to the east of Australia's coast, was the greatest foreign relations failure since World War II were immediately undermined by revelations in The Australian that Marles believed Beijing and Honiara had a perfect right to do what they did and had said so while on a visit to China.
Marles's problem was not only with his confused position on China but his total confusion on Labor's climate change policy of demanding that 215 industries be required to buy carbon credits if their emissions exceeded ALP targets. For four days former resources minister Matt Canavan had been campaigning in the coal region of the Hunter in NSW, unsettling Labor MPs by pointing to 15 coalmines in the region that would be hit by the carbon price.
Marles was incapable of answering which coal mines would face the impost, Jim Chalmers as shadow treasurer couldn't save him, then Chris Bowen, the Labor climate change spokesman, confirmed the mines - including mines in queensland - would not be exempt as the Labor MPs claimed.
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#16148410 at 2022-04-25 06:01:27 (UTC+1)
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Large turnout 'fantastic'
From major cities to small towns and communities, people came together, including one neighbourhood in Mundoolun, north of Logan, where residents lined their street with torches and took part in a morning service followed by breakfast.
In Bundaberg, president of the local RSL branch, Graham Crowden, said about 4,000 people were expected at the parade.
"It's probably the largest service I've seen since the 100th anniversary back in 2015. And what a great turnout, it was absolutely fantastic," he said.
Navy veteran Max Francis said today was about catching up with his comrades.
"We've found great strength in being back together and talking through some of the situation's the dangerous situations and you know, how lucky we were to have survived, and we talk about mates who have passed."
He said he was pleased to see the number of school students involved in the ceremonies and keeping the Anzac spirit alive.
"It's fantastic to see the younger children, some of them only five and six years old, wearing their ancestors' medals, and you know military history here in Australia is very deep."
Battle of the Coral Sea commemorated in Townsville
Councillor Ann-Maree Greaney said as Australia's largest garrison city, Townsville was no stranger to the reality of war.
"As home of Lavarack Barracks and RAAF Base Townsville, our community understands the role our soldiers play in defending this nation and the sacrifices involved," she said.
While the day's focus was on the Anzacs who fought in Gallipoli, Ms Greaney said there was a time where conflict had also been on Townsville's doorstep.
"This year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea," she said.
"As the largest operation base in the south-west Pacific during World War II, the battle was ... a turning point in the pacific theatre of war.
"Today it is remembered as the battle for Australia."
Ms Greaney said today was about recognising not only the loss of Australian forces, but also international allies.
"We reflect on the battles fought around the world are a reminder of how the stability and prosperity of our region over so many decades have been secured by our armed forces," she said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/queensland-anzac-day-ceremonies/101013024
#16148405 at 2022-04-25 05:59:47 (UTC+1)
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queenslanders flock to Anzac Day services despite wet weather
abc.net.au - 25 April 2022
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Inclement weather did not stop thousands of people gathering in Brisbane's CBD this morning to watch the Anzac Day parade and dawn service.
With COVID restrictions now lifted for the whole of the state, crowds also gathered across queensland for the first time in two years.
The dawn service included a moving rendition of the Last Post, hymns, a minute's silence, and the national anthems of Australia and New Zealand.
People continued to brave the rain after the ceremony to lay wreaths at the shrine.
Following the service, a super hornet jet marked the start of the march with a CBD flyover as Adelaide Street filled with personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force and allied troops.
War widows, descendants of veterans and youth groups also took part in the parade, some wielding umbrellas as they defiantly marched through the rain.
Likewise, crowds weren't deterred by the rain and wind on the Gold Coast, as thousands returned to Currumbin for its first full capacity Dawn Service since 2020.
Anzac Day is always an emotional day for Cherisa Pearce, who is fourth-generation military.
"Mum was an army nurse, brother was a helicopter pilot who went to Afghanistan, dad was a medic in Vietnam and my partner, we joined the army on the same day," Ms Pearce said.
"For us it's bigger than a Christmas Day or a birthday, it's the one day we all get together and no one argues about who is going to host it, we all come back here (to the Currumbin RSL).
"My parents come from Adelaide and my brother from north of Brisbane, so it's really special."
Ms Pearce said today was extra special for her family, as her grandmother's ashes were spread out at sea as part of the service.
"She was a war widow, so her husband was a World War II navy man. He's already out at sea, she finally got to join him after 22 years."
The Currumbin dawn service is the largest on the Gold Coast, with thousands of people lining the sand to be part of the service.
Bugler Adam Turner has played the Last Post at the Currumbin dawn service, among other services, for the past 20 years.
"This was my grandfather's bugle, he had this during World War II, fought in New Guinea, North Africa," Mr Turner said.
"When he passed away, I started doing it after that.
"It's a bit battered but it still sounded fantastic."
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#16148181 at 2022-04-25 04:52:10 (UTC+1)
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Leonard McLeod, one of relatively few surviving veterans from World War II, attended the Sydney service.
He spent his 16th birthday with the Australian Army in Papua, having told authorities he was 22.
"I think they would've taken anyone in those days ... Australia was in a terrible bad shape, I thought it was my duty to be in there, too," he said.
"It's pretty hard for me to talk about it because I lost a lot of friends."
Mr McLeod said he was among the first recruits at the Canungra jungle warfare centre in queensland.
"When they opened the gates, about 500 to 600 came up to train," he said.
At Cabravale Memorial Park in south-west Sydney, current and former military personnel were joined by family and friends as they marched just before 6am.
It was one of many smaller suburban services held across the country.
In Melbourne, about 50,000 people embraced the opportunity to gather at the Shrine of Remembrance at dawn.
The state's Governor, Linda Dessau, said Anzac Day still affected generations of Victorians.
"The Shrine of Remembrance is the living soul of Melbourne, and this soul will remain alive - this eternal flame will keep burning - as long as we keep returning and remembering," Ms Dessau said.
"We cannot change the past. We cannot bring back those lost to the traumas of conflict. We can only support those who did return. We can only honour and remember those who did not."
In Townsville, home to one of Australia's largest military communities, Chief of Army Lieutenant-General Rick Burr led the dawn service in the pouring rain.
"[I'm proud] to be in a community that gets up before dawn in the dark, regardless of the weather, to pay respect to those who have gone before them," he told those gathered.
General Burr told the story of Private Adam Cardno Alexander, who enlisted in the army in 1916.
The private was killed aged 26 while fighting German forces in France.
He has no known grave but is commemorated at the Townsville cenotaph.
"His name is the first of 116 names listed on the memorial of those who made the ultimate sacrifice," General Burr said.
He also praised personnel who had served in recent years, continuing the Anzac tradition of bravery.
"We can all be proud of the Australia Defence Force personnel who helped evacuate civilians from the deteriorating situation in Kabul last year," he said.
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#16142974 at 2022-04-24 11:13:27 (UTC+1)
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Anzac Day: health authorities urge Covid-19 precautions at gatherings
With the return of full services after two Covid-disrupted years, officials advise caution despite easing of restrictions
Australian Associated Press - 24 Apr 2022
Health officials are urging Australians to take Covid-19 precautions at Anzac Day commemorations despite restrictions easing in most states and territories.
With many jurisdictions preparing for the return of full-scale Anzac Day services after two Covid-disrupted years, Victoria's health department has shared risk-mitigation tips.
It recommends patrons wear a mask when unable to physically distance, particularly in crowds or indoor environments.
Those who are symptomatic are encouraged to stay home and get tested, while people meeting indoors should open doors and windows to maximise air flow.
"As important as the Anzac Day march and our dawn services are, there may be elderly and vulnerable people there we need to protect," chief health officer, Brett Sutton, said on Sunday.
Seven-day isolation for close contacts is no longer mandatory in NSW or Victoria as daily case numbers plateau or dip amid the current Omicron sub-variant wave.
New South Wales recorded eight Covid deaths and 11,107 new cases on Sunday while two people died with Covid and there were 7,104 cases in Victoria.
Prof Nancy Baxter, an epidemiologist told ABC News the number of cases was still too high to have relaxed the rules for close contacts.
"Although we seem to be over the hump of the second Omicron wave, we still have a very, very high number of Covid cases in our community and a high number of Covid deaths," Prof Baxter told the ABC on Sunday.
"And we know that with the high risk of household transmission, if those people are not isolating, we are going to increase the risk of further transmission outside the household. So, I think what we're going to end up with is a high plateau of cases."
She said it was difficult to determine the chance of contracting the virus if you are a household contact, but estimated they had a 25% to 50% chance of becoming a Covid case.
Household contact quarantine rules will be ditched in the ACT after Anzac Day, while queensland is moving to scrap quarantine for unvaccinated international arrivals by Thursday.
South Australia will also drop the requirement for close contact isolation from 30 April, but they must take five rapid antigen tests over seven days.
Masks will also be required outside the home, high-risk settings like aged care centres will be off limits and employers and schools will need proof of status.
Vaccination status and check-in requirements for social and sporting venues are being wound back in Victoria, although mandates for workers in multiple industries have been retained.
NSW is shifting to a risk assessment model, with household contacts of positive cases no longer needing to isolate for seven days, so long as they continue to test negative.
They should still work from home where possible and avoid high-risk settings.
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee says it would be appropriate to drop some stricter restrictions, once the current wave of infections has peaked.
But authorities also warn infection rates may spike as restrictions ease.
More than 31,000 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded across Australia along with 17 deaths on Sunday, as the national toll since the start of the pandemic nears 7,000.
6,987 Australians have lost their lives to coronavirus, with NSW and Victoria accounting for 79% of the deaths.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/apr/24/anzac-day-health-authorities-urge-covid-19-precautions-at-gatherings
#16133996 at 2022-04-23 03:05:00 (UTC+1)
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>>16128484
US warns against allowing Chinese military base in Solomon Islands, promises to fast-track reopening an embassy
Jade Macmillan - 23 April 2022
One of Joe Biden's top advisers has urged Solomon Islands not to allow a Chinese military base in the country, warning the United States would "respond accordingly" to any steps in that direction.
The White House is also promising to bring forward the re-establishment of a US embassy in Honiara and to provide the country with more medical aid.
It comes as a former senior American diplomat criticised the decision to close the embassy almost 30 years ago, suggesting the US had sought to "outsource" its relationships in the region.
This week's visit to Honiara by senior US officials including the Indo-Pacific coordinator of the National Security Council, Kurt Campbell, came too late to prevent the signing of a security pact between Solomon Islands and China.
Both the US and Australia are worried the deal could lead to Beijing establishing a base less than 2,000 kilometres off the queensland coast, despite assurances from Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this would not happen.
A White House summary of the trip said the US delegation used a 90-minute meeting with Mr Sogavare and two dozen members of his cabinet to raise concerns about the "potential regional security implications" of the deal.
"The US delegation outlined clear areas of concern with respect to the purpose, scope, and transparency of the agreement," the statement said.
"If steps are taken to establish a de facto permanent military presence, power-projection capabilities, or a military installation, the delegation noted that the United States would then have significant concerns and [would] respond accordingly."
The White House said it would expedite the opening of a US embassy in Solomon Islands and provide more assistance in areas such as unexploded ordnance, vaccines and medical support.
Referring to a "critical juncture", it said the two countries had also agreed to a high-level strategic dialogue to discuss "security issues of mutual concern" in more detail.
'You can't treat a country with neglect': Carouso says closing US embassy was a mistake
The signing of the security pact raised alarm in both Washington and Canberra and has become a source of heated debate during Australia's federal election campaign.
It has also raised questions as to whether the US had failed by outsourcing its regional policy-making to Australia.
"We haven't had an embassy [in Solomon Islands] for a very long time. And that, I think, in itself, speaks volumes," said James Carouso, a former acting US ambassador to Australia.
"You can't treat a country with neglect, or outsource your relationships, certainly not if you want to be an influence in the region, without having [a] presence on the ground.
"So, yeah, that was, I think, a mistake for the United States over a long time."
Mr Carouso - who is now the Australia chair for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies - said the West's fear was that China would establish a military base in Solomon Islands to cut Australia off from the US "if worst came to worst".
He said it was now up to the US and Australia to ensure the pact was not "abused" by China.
"This is going to be a multi-act play and this is act one," he said.
"So, I think - for Australia, United States, Japan, the other Western democracies, the other Pacific Island nations - they should try and work with the Solomons to make sure act two is peaceful, and protects Solomon Islands' sovereignty and protects the sovereignty and freedom of decision of other island states in the region."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-23/us-warns-solomon-islands-against-allowing-china-military-base/101010660
#16128151 at 2022-04-22 13:10:12 (UTC+1)
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Former soldier called to give evidence for Ben Roberts-Smith denies giving false account in return for ongoing payment of his legal fees
Jamie McKinnell - 21 April 2022
A former soldier has denied giving evidence favourable to Ben Roberts-Smith to ensure that the boss of the Seven Network, Kerry Stokes, keeps paying his legal fees.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times newspapers for defamation over several 2018 stories he says contained false allegations of unlawful killings, bullying and domestic violence.
Mr Roberts-Smith has taken leave from his role as an executive of Seven's queensland operations during the defamation proceedings, which are being financially backed by billionaire businessman Mr Stokes.
The first witness called by Mr Roberts-Smith's legal team, a former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) patrol commander codenamed Person 5, told the Federal Court he only found out on Tuesday morning that the Seven Network had been paying his legal fees since 2020.
This included the cost of his legal representation during that period in connection with the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) inquiry into possible war crimes in Afghanistan.
The witness denied giving favourable evidence to ensure that arrangement continued into the future, saying he had $100,000 saved in an account to pay for his legal costs.
"Did you ever have a conversation about fees [with your lawyer]?" Nine's lawyer Nicholas Owens SC asked.
"No, I didn't. I just waited for the bill to come through," Person 5 replied.
"They are paying your legal fees because you're giving evidence for Ben Roberts-Smith?" Mr Owens asked.
"Yes," Person 5 replied.
"In relation to IGADF [the Australian Defence Force inquiry], because you were adopting a position supportive of him?" Mr Owens continued.
"Correct," Person 5 replied.
The witness had previously contradicted evidence given by several other soldiers, telling the court that no-one was found hiding in a tunnel during a 2019 raid by the SAS on a compound in southern Afghanistan known as Whiskey 108.
"You are here to give a false account of Whiskey 108 to ensure you have the best chance of receiving this very valuable financial benefit into the future?" Mr Owens asked.
"That is not correct," Person 5 said.
Earlier, the court heard that Person 5 was interviewed in May 2018 as part of the Australian Defence Force inquiry into the conduct of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
He said he told Mr Roberts-Smith, who he described as a friend, about his interview afterwards.
"I told him to prepare himself, it was a witch-hunt," Person 5 said.
The court heard after Person 5 moved to the United States in 2018, he emailed Mr Roberts-Smith a document complaining about his treatment at the IGADF inquiry, referring to it as an "interrogation".
He said that was so the veteran could pass it on to his lawyers.
"I was without legal representation in Australia, I'd moved to a different country," he said.
"I wanted to complain about the treatment and that was the avenue I took."
The witness initially objected to answering questions about the document, based on possible self-incrimination.
He was offered and accepted a certificate of protection under the Evidence Act, after his barrister said the evidence may tend to prove he had breached rules about not disclosing the contents of his IGADF interview.
Person 5 said "the majority" of the document's contents were "in the media anyway", including allegations that a rookie soldier had been "blooded" by executing an unarmed Afghan man.
The ex-soldier gave a detailed account of the 2010 Battle of Tizak, for which Mr Roberts-Smith was awarded the Victoria Cross.
He said immediately after the award was announced, a media article detailed allegations of bullying against Mr Roberts-Smith.
"The military was in a bit of a spin about it because they'd just announced they were awarding this guy the Victoria Cross," Person 5 said.
The court heard another soldier, Person 18, later approached Person 5 and said he believed he too deserved an award for the battle.
Person 5 said that the wife of a different colleague who was also on that mission, Person 4, approached him at a troop function sometime in 2011 to "chest poke" him about why her husband also deserved to be recognised.
"I told her to wind her neck in ... which means 'mind your own business', Your Honour," Person 5 said.
Mr Roberts-Smith's barristers have previously suggested his Victoria Cross put "a target" on his back and stoked jealousy and bitterness, providing a potential motive for former colleagues called by publisher Nine Entertainment to fabricate allegations.
The trial, before Justice Anthony Besanko, continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-21/ben-roberts-smith-warned-inquiry-australian-afghanistan-actions/101005590
#16119182 at 2022-04-21 09:37:04 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Anthony Albanese tests positive to Covid during federal election campaign
Anthony Albanese has tested positive to Covid despite a radical plan to protect him from the virus, throwing his federal election campaign into chaos.
Samantha Maiden and Alexis Carey - April 21, 2022
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has tested positive to Covid in a major blow to his election campaign.
The development means he will now have to isolate for seven days.
The timing of Mr Albanese's diagnosis is especially concerning, given he - and dozens of media representatives following his campaign - visited an aged care home in Nowra on the NSW South Coast on Thursday morning.
Mr Albanese - who was wearing a face mask - mingled with residents at the Symons House Retirement Village earlier today, along with several of his staffers and a crew of reporters - when he would have been contagious.
On Thursday morning Mr Albanese also visited the Manildra ethanol distillery in Bomaderry, and later visited a cafe in Ryde in the Sydney electorate of Bennelong this afternoon.
Labor is now racing to identify those who have been in close contact with Mr Albanese and will need to test or potentially isolate.
Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles and treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers were at the debate in Brisbane on Wednesday night.
Mr Albanese has also been travelling with Labor frontbencher Tony Burke, along with high-profile staff members including Liz Fitch and Alex Cramb.
At Ryde this afternoon he met with Labor's candidate for Bennelong Jerome Laxale, as well as cafe staff and members of the public, who posed for selfies near him.
"Following a routine PCR test this afternoon ahead of interstate travel to Western Australia, I have returned a positive result for COVID this evening," Mr Albanese said in a statement just after 6.30pm on Thursday.
"I have been testing regularly as part of my election campaign duties.
"I will be isolating at home in Sydney for the next 7 days and will continue to follow health guidelines and advice.
"While at home I will continue my responsibilities as alternative Prime Minister and will be fighting for a better future for all Australians.
"I am grateful to know that I will have access to the world's best health care if I need it, because of Medicare.
"I am feeling fine so far - and thank everyone for their well wishes."
The Labor leader contracting Covid during the campaign was a prospect the ALP took extreme steps to avoid - including asking journalists to test every three days as a condition of travelling on the bus.
It also suggests Mr Albanese was likely contagious when he conducted the People's Forum Debate in Brisbane and spoke to voters.
Several journalists have been sent home over the last week after contracting the virus on the campaign trail.
Earlier on the campaign trail, reporters were barred from accompanying Mr Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon to another aged care facility and a medical clinic in queensland, after several journalists on the election bus returned positive RAT tests, sparking fears of a Covid cluster.
News of Mr Albanese's diagnosis also sparked confusion among reporters on his campaign trail, who were initially told that the plan for the days ahead were "TBD", with the group's planned trip to Perth now up in the air.
There was also speculation that Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles would now step in during Mr Albanese's isolation, with Shadow Ministers such as Jim Chalmers expected to play crucial roles in the days ahead.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison tested positive for Covid last month, ensuring he can continue to campaign.
"I had tested myself daily since Sunday, including this morning, with all tests returning a negative result,'' he said at the time.
"I took a further test this evening after developing a fever late today. The test was inconclusive so I took a PCR test tonight which returned a positive result late this evening."
Mr Morrison isolated at home in Sydney for a week at the time.
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/anthony-albanese-tests-positive-to-covid-during-federal-election-campaign/news-story/d0c151cb7e4f6d0bb9ff0ff3be4151eb
https://twitter.com/AlboMP/status/1517060226255822848
#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
#16091968 at 2022-04-17 10:44:03 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
>>16091958
Anthony Albanese forced to clarify new comments about asylum seekers
Anthony Albanese has had to correct his position on Labor's border policy again after giving conflicting answers on the campaign trail. See how it unfolded.
Clare Armstrong - April 17, 2022
A hard-of-hearing Anthony Albanese has again been forced to clarify Labor's boats policy after he accidentally reversed the party's stance on temporary protection visas.
Labor has long been against the Coalition's refusal to grant permanent protection to refugees who arrived by boat before Operation Sovereign Borders began in 2013, but on Sunday Mr Albanese said the opposite.
After an Easter Sunday mass in Cairns in far north queensland, the Labor leader was asked if he supported both the operation and "the retention of temporary protection visas (TPVs)," to which he replied: "yes".
Less than 10 minutes later, Mr Albanese realised the error and reappeared before the travelling media pack to correct his gaffe.
"Earlier on I heard half the question, and didn't hear all of it," he said.
"Labor's policy is to support Operation Sovereign Borders, we support offshore processing, we support resettlement to third countries, we don't support temporary protection visas."
It's the second poorly-worded response Mr Albanese has delivered on border protection in less than a week, having had to clarify comments he made on Thursday which suggested Labor would not need offshore processing.
"Turning boats back means that you don't need offshore detention," Mr Albanese said during a visit to the Hunter in NSW.
A few hours later he fronted cameras again to pledge Labor's ongoing support for offshore detention, noting it was less likely to be used if boat turnbacks were successful.
Mr Morrison said he was not going to speak to Mr Albanese's "further confusion" on borders, but argued TPVs were an important element of the policy.
"There have always been three elements," he said.
"Turning boats back under Operation Sovereign Borders and the command system we put around that ... offshore processing, ensuring that people are not having the opportunity to be able to come and settle in Australia, and, thirdly, temporary protection visas that deny access to permanent residency."
Mr Morrison said TPVs were a part of the "three strand cord," which was "not easily broken".
"I do know that the Labor Party have never believed in it, they have never supported it, they have never understood it and that's why they can't be trusted to keep it," he said.
Asked to clarify Labor's position on Operation Sovereign Borders in the wake of Mr Albanese's comments about offshore processing, a campaign spokeswoman said the party supported it.
"Labor supports Operation Sovereign Borders - offshore processing, regional resettlement, and boat turn-backs where safe to do so, but for years Labor has warned that Mr Morrison has put border protection on 'set and forget' mode," she said.
"Labor introduced offshore processing, when Anthony Albanese was Deputy Prime Minister and Labor will retain it."
The spokeswoman said Labor's position was to maintain the turnback operation, while "stopping the Liberals' waste" of taxpayer dollars by converting temporary visas to permanent ones.
"As Labor has explained for years, millions of dollars of taxpayers' money is being wasted forcing people who arrived under Liberal and Labor Governments before Operation Sovereign Borders to constantly reapply for temporary protection," she said.
The spokeswoman said offshore detention was only required when turn-backs failed, and said Liberal attacks on Mr Albanese's position on these issues were a "diversion from Scott Morrison's cuts to border protection".
"Let's be clear - if you attempt to come to Australia by boat, you will not make it," she said.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/federal-election/anthony-albanese-forced-to-clarify-new-comments-about-asylum-seekers/news-story/9b0f723a65b4db0e36436416bf852e56
#16086464 at 2022-04-16 11:38:50 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Could Australia's answer to Corbyn become PM?
This election is Anthony Albanese's to lose
Terry Barnes - 16 April 2022
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While the main electoral attraction of the moment is the French presidential showdown between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, it is not the only significant election underway in the western world.
On 21 May, Australia goes to the polls. The contest is between the nominally centre-right coalition of the Liberal and National parties led by prime minister Scott Morrison, and the Australian Labor party led by a long-term, socialist left-wing MP, Anthony Albanese.
On the face of it, Morrison should be re-elected on his record. In his three-year term, he has seen Australia through natural disasters, including the massive bushfires affecting the south-east of the country in 2019 and early 2020, and just now floods inundating large parts of New South Wales and queensland. More particularly, Morrison presided over a national Covid response which - although it turned Australia into a hermit kingdom for the best part of two years - kept Covid infections exceptionally low compared to the UK and Europe. In his campaign pitch, Morrison points out that, if Australia had comparable Covid rates to its northern hemisphere counterparts, 40,000 more Australians would have died, as opposed to 6,500.
Furthermore, the Australian economy is surging. Australia went into a Covid recession for just one quarter, GDP has surged past 2019 levels, and unemployment is just 4 per cent, the lowest it's been in half a century. Internationally, Morrison hasn't been afraid to stand up to China's geopolitical bullying, and lately has been a staunch friend of Ukraine.
In achieving these results, however, Morrison made serious mistakes.
He took his family on holiday to Hawaii when the 2019 bushfire crisis was at its hottest. 'I don't hold a hose mate,' he told a bushfire-affected community. He managed a series of sex and bullying scandals affecting his government and the Australian parliament clumsily, notoriously citing his wife's advice 'as a woman.'
When Covid hit, the national constitution left the real power to deal with pandemics with lockdown-happy state premiers, who overreached with heavy-handed public health measures. They suppressed personal freedoms in a way that made Boris Johnson's now-infamous lockdown rules look tame. Morrison, however, struggled to use the 'bully pulpit' of the prime ministership to impose truly national leadership and curb the states' excesses. And what was directly in his power - such as approving, obtaining and distributing vaccines - was handled less than well. Politically, Morrison allowed himself to become the convenient scapegoat for everything that went wrong with Covid, even for things beyond his direct control.
Morrison's Liberal-National government has also been in office for three terms (with three prime ministers), sideshows like the Novak Djokovic visa fiasco have caused international embarrassment, and Morrison's Liberal party is at factional war with itself. Morrison himself is reviled by the left, and his mostly transactional politics have alienated many of his conservative base and driven them to splinter parties. Concerningly for his electoral prospects, the massive support for jobs and families his government funded in 2020 when the private sector economy was all but shut down has brought Morrison little electoral reward.
Thus, in the first week of the election campaign, all public opinion polls have Morrison's governing centre-right coalition significantly behind Albanese's Labor. This election is Albanese's to lose.
(continued)
#16086439 at 2022-04-16 11:32:11 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Australia PM vows to seek anti-corruption watchdog
Samuel McKeith - APRIL 16, 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday he would seek to establish an anti-corruption watchdog if re-elected next month, hitting out at the opposition Labor's plan.
Ahead of the May 21 general election, Morrison has come under pressure from Labor to set up a federal integrity commission, which he first promised in 2018.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese said Morrison has failed to establish a commission because of integrity problems in his conservative coalition.
"The reason why Scott Morrison doesn't have a national anti-corruption commission is sitting on his front bench," Albanese said, campaigning in far north queensland.
In the campaign's first week, Morrison has been accused of abandoning his promise to establish an anti-corruption agency, and failing to commit to set one up if he wins another term in parliament.
Labor claims an anti-corruption watchdog, similar to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in New South Wales, is needed nationally to restore faith in Australia's political system by probing misuse of federal funds in grants programs.
In a campaign that has focussed on wages and inflation, polls this week showed Albanese's centre-left Labor ahead of Morrison's conservative Liberal-National Party coalition, even as they showed the prime minister extending his lead as the country's preferred leader.
Speaking in Melbourne, Morrison said that if re-elected he would "seek to implement" a watchdog but he would not be drawn on timing or whether it would be a priority.
He said the government's had a "very serious policy" of over 300 pages, while labelling Labor's proposal a "two-page fluff sheet".
Albanese said a Labor government would have an anti-corruption body "with teeth" in place by the end of the year. It would be independent of government and be able to hold public hearings, he said.
"It is one that will be real as opposed to their model that has been rejected by everyone," he told reporters in Cairns.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-election/australia-pm-vows-to-seek-anti-corruption-watchdog-idUSKCN2M801W
#16086291 at 2022-04-16 10:31:55 (UTC+1)
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>>16058982
Labor MP Bowen tests positive to COVID
Tara Cosoleto - April 16, 2022
Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen has been sidelined from the federal election campaign trail after testing positive to COVID-19.
Mr Bowen confirmed the news via social media, saying he would spend the next seven days in isolation.
"I was looking forward to a few days campaigning in regional queensland and Brisbane but it isn't to be," he tweeted on Saturday.
"Can't wait to get back on the trail with our magnificent candidates and make an Albanese government a reality."
It comes after Labor's home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally and Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews contracted the virus earlier this week.
More than 41,000 new infections were reported on Saturday along with a further 35 deaths, although seven of these were historical fatalities announced by authorities in Western Australia.
This follows almost 47,000 cases and 34 deaths reported nationally on Friday.
Net hospital admissions were up two dozen patients across the country on Saturday with seven more patients in intensive care.
Meanwhile, Health Victoria is monitoring the new BA.4 or BA.5 Omicron variant after samples were confirmed in a catchment at Tullamarine, north of Melbourne.
The sub-variant has been recently detected in a small number of cases in South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Germany.
The World Health Organisation says there are currently no known significant epidemiological differences between the new Omicron strain and the more dominant BA.2 strain.
"There is no cause for alarm with the emergence of the new sub-variants," WHO regional director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti said this week in a statement.
"We are not yet observing a major spike in cases, hospitalisations or deaths."
LATEST 24-HOUR COVID-19 DATA FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA:
NSW: 13,601 cases, 18 deaths, 1491 in hospital, 72 in ICU
Victoria: 9559 cases, eight deaths, 403 in hospital, 21 in ICU
Northern Territory: 391 cases, no deaths, 28 in hospital, none in ICU
Tasmania: 1334 cases, no deaths, 48 in hospital, one in ICU
queensland: 5878 cases, one death, 538 in hospital, 22 in ICU
South Australia: 3749 cases, one death, 223 in hospital, eight in ICU
Western Australia: 6314 cases, seven historical deaths, 205 in hospital, eight in ICU
ACT: 856 cases, no deaths, 60 in hospital, two in ICU
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/new-covid-sub-variant-reaches-australia-c-6464233
https://twitter.com/Bowenchris/status/1515169894945669121
#16073667 at 2022-04-14 10:57:31 (UTC+1)
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Clearly the Albanese travelling team needs to sharpen up. Both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader have upwards of 50 personal staff ranging from senior advisers on key topics such as economics and national security; advisers covering all other portfolio areas; media advisers; program co-ordinators, especially advancers to ensure events go smoothly; right down to PAs and transcribers. In a campaign, 20 or so hand-picked staff members spend the whole five weeks on the road with the party leader, and following every move are two media packs: one with the Prime Minister and one with his opponent.
Labor reportedly is putting more seasoned staff on the road with Albanese in a bid to lift his performance.
I don't recall any media event - be it in regional Australia or the full glare of the Canberra press gallery, where Abbott was not first put through his paces by his team.
Indeed, his deputy chief of staff, Andrew Hirst, is now running his second election campaign as Liberal Party federal director, so he will be reading the Albanese play for what it is: a team that's not as prepared as it should be; a leader who has not assimilated what should be fundamental; and a strategy that owes as much to campaigns past as a well-crafted plan for 2022.
Talk now of a post-Monday reset for the Labor leader has all the hallmarks of 2010's "real Julia" about-face. That Labor campaigners are already talking about changing their game plan after one bad day is a sign of panic. The real danger isn't that Albanese made the big mistakes he did; it's that he doesn't recover from them. Already on Wednesday he cut his daily press conference short, and his body language and dry mouth were telling.
Politics is a confidence game, and the leader's confidence is like electricity in a campaign. When it's on, the energy powers the whole team. When it isn't, it's like working in the dark, and even the best campaigners must fumble their way forward.
Dragging out a rebadged version of the old Rudd-era GP superclinics, as Labor did on Wednesday, smacked of "in an emergency break glass"; a desperate move given the Australian Medical Association labelled such clinics "a bad experiment". But "whatever it takes", the pollster would be saying, "you've got to make this election about Medicare if you want to resurrect things after Monday". This election, Labor is running its national campaign headquarters out of Sydney, reflecting its well-founded optimism of picking up seats in NSW given recent Liberal Party chaos. It should help that its campaign chief, Paul Erickson, has Tim Gartrell as Albanese's chief of staff, given Gartrell was the Kevin07 campaign chief. This should mean, for the first time in a long while, better co-ordination between the leader's travelling team and campaign HQ.
The Liberals are based out of Brisbane because they know holding queensland is key to holding government. In both locations, Erickson and Hirst will have amassed 100 or so of their respective campaigning best: frontbenchers' staff with policy expertise, specialists for key seats, media handlers, crisis teams, social media creatives, ad teams, pollsters and more, as well as party elders who'll act as a sounding board when needed.
Albanese has had his "get out of jail" card; he's in the last-chance saloon, doomed to fail in his quest for majority government if he makes another big mistake. Will it happen? He'll do his best to avoid it, and as a seasoned professional politician (however light-on he might be in Treasury and national security portfolios) there's every chance his shocker on Monday will be forgotten by polling day in five weeks.
Don't underestimate, though, how much this will play with his confidence and have the campaign hardheads question his capacity to win. While Labor is becoming the natural party of government at a state level, and with a professional political talent pool to draw on, plus the unions, it has won majority government only once in the past nine federal elections. The electoral arithmetic is still tough for the Coalition, but at least now there's a contest.
Peta Credlin is the host of Credlin on Sky News, 6pm weeknights.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/election-2022-biggest-risk-for-albanese-after-shocker-is-loss-of-confidence/news-story/b86899266fd56618c746e13eea0a6168
#16053242 at 2022-04-11 10:18:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
Australian Border Force and United States Coast Guard train in Australia's north
Australian Border Force - 11/04/2022
Officers from the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) recently conducted a joint interoperability exercise in strategically important waters in Far North queensland, further enhancing their relationship.
The exercise - involving an ABF Dash-8 plane and USCG Cutter Stratton, and its long range interceptor boat - was staged inside of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as the Stratton sailed towards Papua New Guinea (PNG).
The two agencies enjoy a long history of cooperation, focused on strengthening civil maritime security in the region to ensure safe and secure trade and travel as well as suppressing crimes committed at sea.
ABF Commissioner Michael Outram said the exercise demonstrated the strong relationship between Australia and the United States on civil maritime security.
"This exercise highlights that responding to on-water threats is complex, and that success is best achieved through bilateral and multilateral cooperation," Commissioner Outram said.
"It was also our honour to host the USCG delegation from District Fourteen in Honolulu, Hawaii when they recently visited our ABF headquarters in Canberra to discuss joint activities in the Pacific."
USCG Vice Admiral Michael McAllister, Commander Pacific Area, said incidents involving illegal fishing, narcotic and firearm trafficking as well as piracy and violence at sea impact economic prosperity.
"When such activities cross maritime boundaries they can be challenging to regulate and enforce," Vice Admiral McAllister said.
"The transnational nature of these threats requires a joint approach consistent with international obligations and law. Australia and the United States are committed to future activities like this successful joint exercise."
The exercise acted out a maritime intercept scenario, with the ABF Dash-8 tasked with providing visual imagery of foreign fishing vessels up to 290 nautical miles from the USCG Cutter Stratton.
The USCG interceptor small boat acted as a target vessel suspected of illegal fishing while the Dash-8 tracked from the air. The Dash-8 located the boat and provided imagery and position details to USCG Cutter Stratton, which then responded to the threat.
The exercise demonstrated the interoperability of the two agencies, including real time maritime domain awareness capabilities. The crew from both the ABF Dash-8 and USCG Cutter Stratton, as well as the officers on the Maritime Border Command (MBC) watch floor at the ABF headquarters in Canberra, all developed increased awareness and skills during the joint exercise.
The event allowed a sharing of operational experience throughout the planning and execution phases of the exercise and built on existing relationships, providing opportunities to discuss civil maritime security issues in the region.
Background information on assets used
The 418-foot long USCG Cutter Stratton is capable of travelling at 28 knots with a maximum range of 12,000 nautical miles. Stratton is the 3rd Legend-class cutter of the USCG and her motto is "We Can't Afford Not To".
The 35-foot long range interceptor is capable of traveling at 40 knots with a maximum range of 240 nautical miles. It enables USCG Cutter Stratton's crew to conduct boarding operations over the horizon from the Cutter's location.
The ABF Dash-8 has a cruise speed of 242 knots and an endurance of seven hours with a maximum range of 2,000km. The Dash-8 is able to send real time imagery as well as other maritime domain information to the ABF headquarters.
Learn more about the MBC here:
https://www.abf.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/border-protection/maritime
https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/australian-border-force-united-states-coast-guard-train-australias-north-11-04-2022.aspx#
#16053179 at 2022-04-11 08:48:18 (UTC+1)
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>>16053178
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In Australia, an example of voters rejecting unfair media treatment was Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party vote in the queensland 1998 election. Hanson was not a candidate, having won the federal seat of Oxley in 1996. At the subsequent state election, the party she led nationally won 24 per cent of the vote and 11 seats, five from the Coalition and six from Labor.
Leaked Labor poll tracking published by The Courier-Mail before election day showed national media interviews during which Hanson was accused of racism increased her state party's vote by 14 per cent in the final week of the campaign. Voters were not prepared to be told what to think by journalists.
Morrison's handling of the media pile-on suggests he believes some voters are seeing through the partisan nature of attacks on him. He has been referring to criticisms by disaffected Coalition MPs as "slings and arrows". He has said the prime ministership is a tough job and he needs to be strong to face down his critics and to face up to international bullies such as China and Russia.
Expect him, Peter Dutton and Josh Frydenberg to continue to reinforce the idea the Coalition is standing up to bullying. This will open doors for senior ministers to question Albanese's personal strength and accuse Labor of adopting a small target strategy, because it lacks conviction.
Labor, burned by the rejection of its ambitious platform in 2019, has been determined to make the government the issue. Yet as longtime ALP campaign strategist Cameron Milner pointed out in The Australian on Thursday, Kim Beazley lost as a small target to Howard in the 1998 GST election and the 2001 Tampa election. Gillard had to reveal the "Real Julia" in the middle of the campaign when things faltered in 2010.
Former queensland Labor senator John Black picked the problem for Albanese in The Australian Financial Review on March 28. Labor had been sitting on 55 two-party preferred on budget night in 2019 but polled 48.5 on election day. It is on 53 now, and needs to win seven seats to form majority government, but is not looking good in queensland where it holds only six of 30 seats.
The Coalition is holding up in the capitals of the eastern states and on present polling would lose only Reid in Sydney and Chisholm in Melbourne, Black says. On present polling, Labor could win three seats in WA and Boothby in SA. But with Covid soaring in Perth and Adelaide it is not clear that anti-Morrison sentiment there will last until voting day. Tasmania could be a key for Labor, with Bass and Braddon in play.
On demographics, Black said the Coalition is holding up among working and middle class men in the capitals and among all people aged 50 to 64 nationally. It is losing support nationally among 40-somethings. Wealthy professional women in the top income quartile are deserting the Coalition in safe city seats: hence the Labor and GetUp-aligned "Voices of'' candidates financed by Simon Holmes a Court's Climate 200 group. Despite years of attacks on Morrison's attitude to women, his popularity among female voters "is generally holding up".
If Labor won three in WA, one in SA, and one each in Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmania it would be home.
But under that scenario, it cannot afford to lose a single seat.
Elections in this country are usually tight. Labor is the clear favourite now, but there is a path to victory for the Coalition if it campaigns well.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/media-attacks-on-scott-morrison-could-lead-to-a-second-miracle/news-story/d7132892a29ecb1ec93c98ada3e89c45
#16053169 at 2022-04-11 08:39:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #22: THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 3-YEAR ELECTION Edition
>>16047076
'Lethal' attacks on Prime Minister Scott Morrison only marginal
SHARRI MARKSON - APRIL 10, 2022
Labor has engaged in a brutal character assassination of Scott Morrison, framing him as a bully and a liar who goes missing during a crisis.
The success of Anthony Albanese's two-year strategy to target Morrison personally is reflected in the Prime Minister's dive in the polls, fuelled by ferocious commentary from political enemies like Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
The little-examined question is how lethal is this personal brand-damage for Morrison's re-election prospects?
Internal Liberal research indicates it isn't as devastating for the government as Labor strategists claim.
It boils down to where the voters who vehemently detest Morrison live.
The Prime Minister is diabolically unpopular in inner-city areas. Many of these seats are already held by Labor.
In those that aren't, like Wentworth and North Sydney, a sighting of Morrison will be rare during the campaign.
Moderate Liberals want to keep the Prime Minister at arm's length to give MPs like David Sharma and Trent Zimmerman the best chance of against independent candidates.
It's a different story in many crucial marginal seats Morrison needs to win.
Far from a drag on the vote, he is well-liked, even popular.
This is the case for outer western Sydney suburban areas, regional NSW, like the Hunter, the central coast and the south coast, Victoria's outer western suburbs and regions such as Dunkley, Corangamite and McEwen, and Tasmania and in queensland.
Contributing to the Morrison government's appeal in suburban areas has been their policy-focus on blue-collar workers and aspirational voters.
Internal Liberal polling, obtained by The Australian, shows that in the seat of Hunter, 26 per cent of voters dislike Morrison and 48 per cent like him, while 33 per cent have a negative view of Albanese and only 18 per cent like him.
In Dobell, 23 per cent of voters have formed a negative view of Morrison while 54 per cent had a positive response, compared with 28 per cent disliking Albanese and 24 per cent liking him.
"Yes, Labor has done a character-assassination job and have managed to damage (Morrison) in many different parts of the country," a senior Liberal strategist concedes, "but our research is showing he is liked in marginal seats. If our research was not showing he was liked, we would not be putting him out there."
Over the course of the campaign, Albanese can no longer get away with attacking Morrison and sidestepping questions on policy. He will need to withstand the scrutiny of a six-week campaign.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/lethal-attacks-on-prime-minister-scott-morrison-only-marginal/news-story/e10bbc10a8760669e61e1b9f0f18268e
#16047440 at 2022-04-10 07:39:01 (UTC+1)
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>>16047438
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Election analyst, psephologist Kevin Bonham, said a uniform national swing would see Labor taking out seats across the country.
However, the situation was different in each state and sometimes in each seat.
In Tasmania, Labor had lost Bass and Braddon last time due to policy errors, announcing money for the MONA museum and an AFL team in Hobart. "This was seen as southern-centric and used against them,'' Dr Bonham said.
Labor was unlikely to make the same mistake again but will have to ensure it holds Lyons, with the seat's 5.2 per cent margin inflated last time by the Liberal candidate being disendorsed.
Dr Bonham said the seats of Swan and Pearce, where the Liberal incumbents (Steve Irons and Christian Porter) were retiring, were both likely to fall to Labor.
In queensland, prominent Liberal Peter Dutton's marginal seat of Dickson remains a Labor target.
"Dickson is always hoped for, but it's more hope than expectation I think,'' Dr Bonham said.
"If there's a swing on he could go because it's a modest margin, but let's see.''
Still in queensland, Dr Bonham said the Liberal seat of Longman was at risk due to its low margin. And while Brisbane wash target seat for Labor, the ALP had done well in the inner-city seats last time, and he believed it would be harder for them to improve enough to take Brisbane.
Labor will also target Flynn in central queensland, where long serving Nationals MP Ken O'Dowd is retiring, and Leichhardt to the north.
In NSW, both parties have significant ground to defend, and opportunities to pick up.
Labor will have to work hard retain the ultra-marginal seat of Macquarie in Sydney's West, Eden-Monaro and Gilmore in southern NSW, as well as the three electorates in the Hunter.
The Liberals plan to heavily target these seats, but will also have to defend strongly in Reid and Robertson where Labor is running effective local campaigns, as well as in Wentworth and North Sydney where "Voices of" candidates are mounting high-profile challenges.
The Nationals are hopeful they can end Labor's century-long reign in the seat of Hunter off the back of the retirement of Joel Fitzgibbon, who had been the local member for more than 25 years.
Dr Bonham said the Coalition was in a much worse position that it had been at the start of the campaign in 2019.
"In the current polling Labor is absolutely miles ahead and would win things everywhere,'' he said, but cautioned: "historically, that will be expected to tighten up.''
Mr Samaras said he believed Labor would pick up two seats in WA, was a chance in Boothby in South Australia and would likely pick up Chisholm, the ultra-marginal suburban Liberal seat held by Gladys Liu.
"Tassie is an absolute shemozzle to try to predict.''
In NSW, Mr Samaras said while there was a drop in the Liberal vote in Lindsay, Banks and Macquarie, most went to Palmer and would come back on preferences.
"There is a big drop in the Liberal primary but Labor is not benefiting from the decline.''
"The Coalition needs to pick up seats in the Hunter Region - the electorate of Hunter, Paterson, Shortland, Greenway, that's where they will go hunting.''
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/federal-election/federal-election-2022-the-key-seats-where-it-will-be-won-or-lost/news-story/a35a9a38c7469ad9ee2d5883627ac0fc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerras_pendulum
#16047438 at 2022-04-10 07:38:30 (UTC+1)
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>>16047076
Federal Election 2022: The key seats where it will be won or lost
The pathway to victory will not be easy for the Coalition or the Labor Party as "both have a murky path ahead of them".
Ellen Whinnett and Clare Armstrong - April 10, 2022
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The election will be fought through hand-to-hand combat, with the Coalition and Labor fighting for single seats across the country and a host of previously safe seats coming into play due to the retirement of well-known local Members of parliament.
The Coalition must stem its losses in Western Australia, cling onto at-risk electorates in queensland and try to pick up a couple of marginals in New South Wales in order to win a fourth term in office when Australians go to the polls on May 21.
Labor needs to pick up marginal seats in Victoria and Tasmania, capitalise on its popularity in Western Australia and defend its coalmining seats in regional NSW if it is to win majority Government for the first time since 2007.
"The pathway to victory is wider for the Labor Party than it is for the Liberal Party but both have a murky path ahead of them,'' pollster Kosmos Samaras, from RedBridge Group, said.
To maintain its one-seat majority the Liberals would have to at least regain the south Sydney seat of Hughes, which they lost when sitting MP Craig Kelly defected to Clive Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP). This would help offset the loss of the abolished Liberal seat of Stirling in WA, and the creation of the new seat of Hawke in Victoria, which is on a notional margin of 10 per cent for Labor.
The Coalition would then have to hold all of its seats, or pick up something in NSW to offset potential losses in Tasmania and Victoria.
Taking into account Stirling and Hawke, Labor needs to win another seven seats to claim majority victory.
The most obvious of these likely gains are in WA, where two and possibly three seats are up for grabs, while the Liberals are vulnerable in the NSW marginal seat of Reid, Victorian ultra-marginal Chisholm, and the Tasmanian seat of Bass.
Both major parties are bleeding votes to minor parties, but the Liberals are copping it from several directions, losing conservative voters to the anti-vax, anti-lockdown appeal of the UAP, as well as progressive inner-city votes to the well-organised and funded "Voices of'' independents.
With the retirement of a number of well-known and established MPs, seats which were previously safe are now potentially in play. These include Lingiari in the Northern Territory, where Labor's Warren Snowden is retiring, Casey in Victoria, vacated by Liberal Tony Smith, and even Flinders, where Liberal Greg Hunt is retiring. In South Australia, the resignation of Liberal Nicolle Flint has made Boothby vulnerable.
(continued)
#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
#16041135 at 2022-04-09 07:34:02 (UTC+1)
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>>16041115
Campaign ad shows a window into what it takes to be a Prime Minister; and that's the ground he needs to fight against Albanese
If nothing else, this opening salvo of the election campaign should show even its harshest critics that the Coalition is not to be written off and underestimating the Prime Minister is a mistake.
Peta Credlin - April 9, 2022
In political campaigning terms, it's known as a memory ad.
A reminder to the voter of all the things your government has done without telling people that they should be grateful; or more grateful, as the case may be, given the Prime Minister starts this election behind in the polls. As a piece of campaign weaponry, it hits the mark. It's beautifully shot and has echoes of White House imagery, with the glimpses through the window of the PM's Parliament House office; the man at his desk, working late into the night keeping Australians safe, flanked by our nation's flag. In a none too subtle reminder to conservatives too, there's a portrait of the queen which won't be there in a month's time if the government changes.
It's an ad that seeks to frame the election by using Scott Morrison's incumbency to remind people of the heavy responsibility that comes with the nation's top job; "floods, fires, pandemic and war" have all been issues that have crossed his desk and it begs the question in the mind of the viewer, is the other bloke up to all that? There's the reference to the complexity of our national economy, again a marker that this former treasurer has a proven track record whereas the Opposition Leader might have been around a long time but the fact he's never had a portfolio in either the economic, or national security areas, is telling.
An ad like this has a limited shelf life. You need to use at the start because in the end, the campaign isn't about what you've done, it's about what you will do if re-elected and the sort of difference you want to make to the lives of ordinary Australians. In the end, 'what's in it for me' is a core motivation for most voters busy trying to raise their families, work hard and get ahead, or live a secure life in retirement.
There are other visual cues that reinforce the Morrison brand. The wedding ring: fidelity, faith and fatherhood. The mention of Brisbane and a recent visit to a trade training school: a reminder that more and more, the Liberal Party is the natural home of those who work with their hands for a living, amplifying Labor's shift away from the centre towards the world of inner-city greens and woke elites.
The tone is refreshing, away from the bellowing Morrison of recent months; the candidate we've seen out on the hustings, replaced with the contemplative leader. In my campaigning experience, especially when you want to connect with women, tone is everything and he lands it here. Also absent is the hectoring, he (and Albanese) talk 'at' voters too much. Instead, the images on the screen 'breathe'; it's reflective and sober, with a little bit of chocked emotion coming through. And closing with 'that's why I love Australia' says to the viewer that Scott Morrison, the unabashed patriot, is back.
I've never referred to the PM as ScoMo. I know it was his 'daggy Dad from the suburbs' schtick last time but when you want to highlight your opponent's lack of gravitas for the country's most serious job, I've always felt it was a mistake to do that by diminishing your own. Maybe his campaign team now agrees because this ad shows a window into what it takes to be a Prime Minister; and that's the ground he needs to fight against Albanese, not who voters might most like to sit next to at the footy.
If nothing else, this opening salvo of Campaign 2022 should show even its harshest critics that the Coalition is not to be written off and underestimating the Prime Minister is a mistake.
Peta Credlin AO is a weekly columnist with The Australian. Since 2017, she has hosted her successful prime-time program Credlin on Sky News each weeknight at 6pm. For 16 years, Peta was a policy adviser to Howard government ministers in the portfolios of defence, communications, immigration and foreign affairs. Between 2009 and 2015, she was chief of staff to Tony Abbott as Leader of the Opposition and later as prime minister. Peta is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria, with legal qualifications from the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/peta-credlin/campaign-ad-shows-a-window-into-what-it-takes-to-be-a-prime-minister-and-thats-the-ground-he-needs-to-fight-against-albanese/news-story/63d811db0e24b9669abcab05c645cc60
#16041121 at 2022-04-09 07:30:34 (UTC+1)
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>>16041115
>>16041118
Scott Morrison chokes up in emotional clip explaining why he's 'fired up' for the coming election - as sharp-looking Anthony Albanese releases his own video pitch to Australia
AIDAN WONDRACZ and AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS - 9 April 2022
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Scott Morrison and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese have both released their latest campaign videos - as the prime minister gets set to call an election date.
Mr Morrison choked up as he took a more emotional approach in the one minute long video released on Saturday.
The prime minister revealed the touching reason he wanted to continue as prime minister, before reflecting on his government's successes during the Covid pandemic and admitting the world was as unstable as it was during World War Two.
He touched on the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, the Covid pandemic, unprecedented floods in queensland and NSW, and Russia's invasion in the Ukraine.
'We're dealing with a world that has never been more unstable since the time of the second World War,' Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison is expected to call the date of the next election this weekend with Labor still ahead in the polls.
Mr Albanese released his own campaign video attacking rising national debt, promising to keep taxes low and vowing to introduce fee-free courses at TAFE.
'Forty thousand people are alive in Australia because of the way we managed the pandemic,' Mr Morrison said.
'Seven hundred thousand people still have jobs and countless numbers of businesses that would have been destroyed.'
Mr Morrison touched on his election promise to strengthen the Australian economy.
'Were dealing with an economy that has more moving parts, and more risks, but indeed many many opportunities that we have to seize,' he said.
Mr Morrison appeared to momentarily choke up as he revealed the touching reason he wanted to continue as prime minister.
'This is why as we go into this next election, what's firing me up? We're actually in a really strong position.
'I was at a trade school the other day in Brisbane, Year 11 and 12. I asked them, 'how many of you are going to start your own business?' More than half of their hands went up.
'How good's that? That's why I love Australia'.
Mr Albanese promised in his video he would focus on strengthening the economy and pulling the country out of 'skyrocketing' debt.
'Australians deserve a prime minister who shows up, who takes responsibility and who works with people,' he said.
'Debt has skyrocketed under the Liberals. They doubled the debt even before the pandemic. Labor will get spending under control so we can keep taxes low.'
Mr Albanese touched on his experience growing in a single-parent household.
'Growing up with a single mum, I learned the value of a dollar and I know how hard it is to get ahead,' he said.
'That's why I will help families get ahead by making childcare cheaper, reducing power bills and investing in fee-free TAFE.'
(continued)
#16040676 at 2022-04-09 05:24:22 (UTC+1)
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#21 - Part 23
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 2
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>>15932437 Jeffrey Epstein's Private Islands in the Caribbean to List for $125 Million - In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little St. James and Great St. James are being sold by the Epstein estate
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>>15932512 Video: The Jameses U.S. Virgin Islands - Bespoke Real Estate
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>>15975053 Prince Andrew's Appearance With queen an 'Insult to Humanity,' Epstein Victims Say - Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have responded angrily to queen Elizabeth appearing in public with Prince Andrew.
>>15981714 Video: Ghislaine - Partner In Crime | Official Trailer | Paramount+ - In an intimate portrait of the infamous partner to Jeffrey Epstein, this four part series explores the central question in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial - how deeply was she involved in the sex trafficking ring that abused hundreds of women and girls, and how did the former socialite become the accomplice to one of the worst sex offenders in history?
>>15993282 PDF: Federal Judge Refuses to Grant Ghislaine Maxwell a New Trial Following Sex Trafficking Conviction, Finds Juror 'Testified Credibly and Truthfully'
>>15993374 US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for new trial over juror's false statements
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: Bobbi C. Sternheim: "We strongly object to the court's denial of Ms. Maxwell's motion for a new trial. The defense was denied the opportunity to question Juror 50 during the recent hearing.
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: This strong issue, among many other issues, will be presented to the Court of Appeals and we are optimistic about Ms. Maxwell's success on appeal."
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: Juror Lied. Judge Denied. - #FairTrial #TrialByImpartialJury #StealthJuror #DueProcess - US Justice: F - FAIL
>>16022029 Ghislaine Maxwell family 'profoundly shocked' by denial of new trial
#16040603 at 2022-04-09 05:10:16 (UTC+1)
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#21 - Part 23
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 2
>>15866480 PDF: Alan Dershowitz fights to keep tax returns from Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre
>>15884733 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers say Scotty David should never have been on jury - Attorneys reject explanation that Juror 50 'flew through' screening questionnaire, which would have flagged he had been sexually abused
>>15932437 Jeffrey Epstein's Private Islands in the Caribbean to List for $125 Million - In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little St. James and Great St. James are being sold by the Epstein estate
>>15932492 TWO EXCEPTIONAL PRIVATE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS - THE JAMESES U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - $125,000,000 - bespokerealestate.com
>>15932512 Video: The Jameses U.S. Virgin Islands - Bespoke Real Estate
>>15932522 Q Post #1001 - Where do roads lead? Each prince is associated with a cardinal direction: north, south, east and west. Sacrifice. Collect. [Classified]-1 - [Classified]-2 - Tunnels. Table 29. - D-Room H - D-Room R - D-Room C - Pure EVIL. - 'Conspiracy' - Q
>>15975053 Prince Andrew's Appearance With queen an 'Insult to Humanity,' Epstein Victims Say - Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have responded angrily to queen Elizabeth appearing in public with Prince Andrew.
>>15981714 Video: Ghislaine - Partner In Crime | Official Trailer | Paramount+ - In an intimate portrait of the infamous partner to Jeffrey Epstein, this four part series explores the central question in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial - how deeply was she involved in the sex trafficking ring that abused hundreds of women and girls, and how did the former socialite become the accomplice to one of the worst sex offenders in history?
>>15993282 PDF: Federal Judge Refuses to Grant Ghislaine Maxwell a New Trial Following Sex Trafficking Conviction, Finds Juror 'Testified Credibly and Truthfully'
>>15993374 US judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's bid for new trial over juror's false statements
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: Bobbi C. Sternheim: "We strongly object to the court's denial of Ms. Maxwell's motion for a new trial. The defense was denied the opportunity to question Juror 50 during the recent hearing.
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: This strong issue, among many other issues, will be presented to the Court of Appeals and we are optimistic about Ms. Maxwell's success on appeal."
>>16015024 RealGhislaine Tweet: Juror Lied. Judge Denied. - #FairTrial #TrialByImpartialJury #StealthJuror #DueProcess - US Justice: F - FAIL
>>16022029 Ghislaine Maxwell family 'profoundly shocked' by denial of new trial
#16014957 at 2022-04-05 07:58:56 (UTC+1)
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>>15939896
US admiral lashes 'concerning' Solomon Islands security pact with China
Jade Macmillan and Andrew Greene - 5 April 2022
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A top American admiral has criticised a potential security pact between China and Solomon Islands, describing it as a "secret" arrangement worrying the US and its partners.
Australia has warned that a Chinese naval base in the Pacific nation, less than 2,000 kilometres from the queensland coast, would "change the calculus" for the Australian Defence Force.
Those sentiments have now been backed by the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Samuel J Paparo, who said he was "undoubtedly concerned" about the situation.
"There is still a path ahead. But anytime that a secret security arrangement makes its way into the light of day, it is a concern," he told the ABC in Washington DC, during an event with foreign journalists.
"And it's a concern for all of our partners throughout the western Pacific and notably, Australia, New Zealand.
"And so that revealed security arrangement in the Solomons is very concerning to us."
Last week Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare lashed out at critics of the draft Chinese security saying their comments were "insulting".
Mr Sogavare said the deal was "ready to be signed" but insisted existing security arrangements with Australia would be maintained and there were no plans to allow a Chinese military base.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has also weighed into the controversy over the security agreement.
Australia has been trying to rally Pacific Island states to press Solomon Islands over the pact, with Scott Morrison ringing regional heavyweights including Mr Marape and Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to express concern.
Mr Marape told the ABC that PNG and other Pacific states were "conscious of what's taking place" in Solomon Islands, and he had had "conversations" with his Solomon Islands counterpart.
He said Mr Sogavare assured him there were no plans for China to establish a military base in the country, and that the agreement was focused on offering police support.
But Mr Marape also suggested that Papua New Guinea and other Pacific countries were in the best position to provide police support, saying "we stand ready to work side by side in upskilling and training police [and] having more police engagements … into Solomon Islands if they require help".
Australian and Papuan police are already in Honiara as part of a regional police mission to help stabilise the country in the wake of the riots last year.
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#15994867 at 2022-04-02 04:38:00 (UTC+1)
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>>15656192
New oral Covid-19 drug eliminates virus in days, study finds
A new Covid-19 drug, which has been approved in Australia, could eliminate the virus from the body in just three days, a study has shown.
Ally Foster - April 2, 2022
New research has revealed a new antiviral drug could eliminate Covid-19 in just three days, a promising development amid rising virus cases across Australia.
The study, conducted by Dr Julie Strizki and colleagues of the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co, showed oral antiviral drug molnupiravir has the ability to eliminate the Covid-19 virus by the third day of treatment.
Comparatively, participants who received a placebo took up to five days or longer to eliminate the virus.
Dr Strizki concluded that a five-day course of molnupiravir is effective in rapidly eliminating Covid-19 from the body, provided it is administered within five days from the onset of symptoms.
Results on day three of the treatment showed the virus wasn't present in any of the 92 participants who received the drug.
"This study provides additional evidence that molnupiravir helps those infected clear SARS-CoV-2 faster than placebo, and supports MOVe-OUT's primary finding that molnupiravir can lower the risk of progression to serious illness in this high-risk cohort," Dr Strizki said.
Trials of molnupiravir are now moving to phase three.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approved molnupiravir for use in January this year, joining the US, UK, Canada and Japan.
"The advantage of these oral medications is that many people will be able to receive treatment for Covid-19 in their own homes without the need to travel to hospital for treatment as an inpatient," the Australian Department of Health website states.
"Both treatments should be administered as soon as possible after diagnosis of Covid-19 to achieve the best outcome."
This comes amid rising Covid-19 cases across multiple Australian states, with the BA. 2 Omicron subvariant believed to be behind the surge in infections.
Authorities across all Australian jurisdictions have noted the variant is responsible for a growing portion of infections.
NSW confirmed 20,389 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths on Saturday and 25,495 cases and two deaths on Friday.
queensland confirmed 10,722 new cases and three deaths on Friday, up from 7289 cases and five deaths the previous day.
Victoria recorded 9149 new cases and three deaths on Saturday and 10,424 cases and six deaths on Friday.
There were 5134 new cases and two deaths in South Australia on Friday, up from 5061 cases on Thursday.
The ACT recorded 808 new cases on Saturday and 1014 infections and one death on Friday.
Western Australia had 8731 new cases on Friday and 9727 the previous day.
The Northern Territory confirmed 485 new Covid cases on Friday and 526 cases and one death the previous day.
Tasmania recorded 1840 new infections on Saturday and 2108 on Friday.
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#15994522 at 2022-04-02 03:17:37 (UTC+1)
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The Australian government said sheep meat tariffs of 30% would be eliminated when the deal enters into force, "providing a boost for Australian exports that already command nearly 20% of India's market".
"Wool will have the current 2.5% tariffs eliminated on entry into force, supporting Australia's second-largest market for wool products," the government said.
India's tariffs of up to 30% on a range of products including avocados, onions, kidney beans, cherries, macadamias and blueberries are expected to be eliminated over seven years.
The deal, to be known as the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, is also expected to reduce tariffs on Australian almonds, lentils, oranges, mandarins, pears, apricots and strawberries.
Over five years, India is to eliminate tariffs on Australian infant formula, but the interim agreement does not appear to provide any other market access gains for the sensitive dairy sector.
Morrison's office said the Australian resources sector would benefit from the immediate elimination of tariffs on coal, alumina, metallic ores and critical minerals such as titanium.
In a clear pre-election pitch, Morrison said: "This is great news for lobster fishers in Tasmania, wine producers in South Australia, macadamia farmers in queensland, critical minerals miners in Western Australia, lamb farmers from New South Wales, wool producers from Victoria and metallic ore producers from the Northern Territory."
Labor had previously accused the Coalition of not putting enough effort into deepening the economic relationship with India, despite "talking a big game with the India FTA for many years".
The opposition trade spokesperson, Madeleine King, predicted earlier this week "there may be some delivery in the minutes before midnight of an election".
The Australian trade minister, Dan Tehan, said the deal would "create new opportunities for jobs and businesses in both countries, while laying the foundations for a full free trade agreement" at a future date.
Tehan and his counterpart, Piyush Goyal, will sign the interim deal in a virtual event to also be attended by prime ministers Morrison and Narendra Modi.
Both governments are also expected to improve the recognition of professional qualifications, licensing and registration procedures in each country.
Australian services suppliers in 31 sectors and sub-sectors - including higher education, banking and tourism - are also "guaranteed to receive the best treatment accorded by India to any future free trade agreement partner", according to Morrison's office.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/01/australia-to-sign-trade-deal-with-india-as-coalition-clears-decks-for-election
#15989752 at 2022-04-01 14:22:43 (UTC+1)
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>>15939896
How China stole a march on Australia in the Pacific
Eryk Bagshaw - April 1, 2022
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Singapore: To find out what has gone wrong in Solomon Islands, you have to go back to a meeting in Townsville in November 2000.
Manasseh Sogavare, the Prime Minister who this week vowed to sign a security deal with Beijing had flown to the queensland city to make a peace deal with four other Solomons leaders and representatives from the United Nations.
Civil war between the largest provinces, Malaita and Guadalcanal, and their different ethnic groups had ravaged the islands since 1998. The warring parties agreed that the provinces would be given more autonomy and that the constitution would be rewritten to reflect these amendments. Malaita, which was poorer than Guadalcanal, would be given infrastructure projects to pump up its economy and development funding - usually funded by international aid - would be distributed away from the central government.
But few if any of these promises were met by Sogavare. By 2001, the government was bankrupt and the economy had collapsed. Solomon Islands had become a failed state. It took troops from the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to restore order. When they left in 2017, the same regional tensions exploded again.
Honiara was poor, isolated and vulnerable to corruption. China, ever alert to opportunity, swept in. Beijing convinced Honiara they could provide what Australia could not, big infrastructure projects - stadiums, roads and mining. In exchange, they needed Solomons to switch its allegiance from Taiwan to the mainland. By 2019, the deal was done. It started with kickbacks and employment but soon escalated when the same unresolved regional tensions from two decades ago resulted in attacks on Chinese businesses in November last year.
Protesters from Malaita and elsewhere were angry again at the economic divide between the regions and allegations of corruption in China's deals. Suddenly, the Chinese investments needed protection.
Twenty years after the Townsville Peace Agreement, Sogavare announced on Tuesday he would sign another deal - a security agreement with Beijing.
The deal is the first for Beijing in the Pacific and for a Commonwealth country. At the very least, it will allow Chinese police to guard Chinese infrastructure assets and at the most, Chinese warships to be based in Solomon Islands. Both scenarios will strain Australian defence resources and encourage other Pacific nations to use their diplomatic leverage to get more out of both sides.
This is a fundamental shift in the region's international order. It downgrades decades of Australian diplomacy and requires a complete re-evaluation of Australian engagement with the Pacific. There is serious concern within Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs and cabinet about the precedent it sets for countries such as Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, which are also being courted by China.
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#15981917 at 2022-03-31 10:01:58 (UTC+1)
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>>15968763
Australian ambassador blocked from Cheng Lei's trial in Beijing
Eryk Bagshaw - March 31, 2022
Singapore: Australia's ambassador to China has been blocked from entering a Beijing court to witness the trial of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei.
Graham Fletcher said Chinese officials stopped him from entering Beijing's No 2 Intermediate People's Courthouse on Thursday morning as the trial of the Melbourne mother-of-two was about to get underway.
"We have no confidence in the validity of a process which is conducted in secret," Fletcher said outside the court.
"We have no information about the charges or allegations against Ms Cheng. That is part of the reason why we are so concerned we have no basis on which to understand why she has been detained."
The former anchor for Chinese state media network CGTN has been held without trial for 19 months after being arrested on vague charges of illegally supplying state secrets in September 2020. She has not been able to speak to her 10-year-old and 12-year-old children in Melbourne since, and has been masked, blindfolded and restrained in the lead up to meetings with Australian consular officials.
Fletcher said on Thursday that Australian consular officials had satisfied themselves of her welfare when they last met with her on March 21 but "we want her to be able to talk to her children".
"Considering the circumstances she is doing alright," he said.
China's opaque judicial system has a conviction rate of 99 per cent. If convicted of illegally supplying state secrets, Cheng could face between five and 10 years in jail. In some serious cases that could extend to life behind bars.
In the weeks leading up to her arrest, Cheng had become increasingly critical of the Chinese Communist Party's handling of the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in a series of posts on Facebook. The arrest of the University of queensland graduate coincided with a sharp deterioration in Australia-China relations over national security and human rights disputes. The diplomatic breakdown has left the Australian government unable to lobby for her release at a ministerial level.
Fletcher said the embassy had consistently made strong representations to the government in Beijing and the Chinese embassy in Canberra. He said under the consular agreement between China and Australia, Australian diplomats should have access to her trial. Fletcher said they were denied access because of China's laws regarding national security cases.
Fellow Chinese-Australian Yang Hengjun is still awaiting sentencing on national security charges after he stood trial in a closed-door hearing in May 2021, more than two years after he was initially detained.
Cheng was born in China but finished university and started her career in Australia. She went on to work for US network CNBC before joining CGTN in 2012.
The National Press Club in Washington, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance of Australia, the National Press Club in Canberra and the International Federation of Journalists issued a statement on Wednesday condemning her treatment by Chinese authorities.
"She is being held on dubious charges that have yet to be substantiated with any evidence," the press groups said. "We have urged the Chinese government to show compassion by allowing her to return to Australia, and we condemn her arbitrary detention and the secretive trial process she has endured."
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said China's judiciary handled cases in accordance with law and "fully protects the lawful rights of the person involved".
Australian journalist Peter Greste, who was detained in Egypt for more than a year, and Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained in Iran for more than two years, said they were outraged at the conditions in which Cheng was reportedly being held, the lack of transparency about the evidence against her, and the excruciatingly slow pace of the Chinese judicial process.
"To date, the Chinese authorities have failed to present any evidence to support the charges, suggesting that Cheng Lei is not a criminal, but a bargaining chip in a wider political dispute," they said in a statement.
More to come
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/australian-ambassador-blocked-from-cheng-lei-s-trial-in-beijing-20220330-p5a9if.html
#15975053 at 2022-03-30 07:10:30 (UTC+1)
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>>15640077
Prince Andrew's Appearance With queen an 'Insult to Humanity,' Epstein Victims Say
Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have responded angrily to queen Elizabeth appearing in public with Prince Andrew.
Kate Briquelet - Mar. 29, 2022
On Tuesday, Britain's Prince Andrew made his first public appearance since settling a rape lawsuit with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking ring who has also accused the 62-year-old royal of sexual abuse.
The Duke of York escorted his mother, queen Elizabeth II, to a memorial service for her late husband, Prince Philip, at Westminster Abbey-a high-profile outing that royal family observers viewed as a defiant display of support for her disgraced second son, who is often described as her favorite, and a rushed attempt at rehabilitation.
As Andrew's appearance raised eyebrows and stirred debates on social media, some survivors of Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme, as well as victims' lawyers, say they're also disturbed by the queen's gesture.
Juliette Bryant, a survivor of Epstein's abuse, saw Andrew's post-settlement debut and his mother's choice of escort as a slap in the face to the victims.
"It's not just an insult to the victims-it's a complete insult towards humanity," Bryant told The Daily Beast. "They obviously feel nothing for all the pain they have caused. But then again haven't they always done as they pleased?"
Maria Farmer, who says Epstein and his now-convicted accomplice and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell abused her in the 1990s, called the queen's decision to enlist Andrew as her squire "terribly insulting" and said she feels it's "normalizing" the sexual abuse of which he's been accused.
"This group is so accustomed to doing whatever they want to whoever they please," Farmer told The Daily Beast. "Right now our voices are changing that."
"He admitted guilt. He admitted culpability. That is a huge triumph for the victims. I am so proud of Virginia. All of us support her, she deserves to be treated with respect..."
Meanwhile, Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer who represents several Epstein victims, said, "It is unfortunate that the Crown does not take seriously the issues pertaining to her son. While the world mourns the loss of Prince Phillip, she must separate herself from even any implication that she approves of her son's past behavior."
Just six weeks ago, Andrew agreed to pay Giuffre roughly $14 million to end her lawsuit, which accused him of raping her three times when she was 17.
As part of the settlement, the duke released a statement saying he "regrets his association with Epstein" and "pledges to demonstrate his regret for his association with Epstein by supporting the fight against evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims."
Lisa Bloom, another attorney representing victims of Epstein, pointed to this vow on Tuesday when asked about his reentry into the public sphere.
"In his public statement settling his case last month, Prince Andrew promised to demonstrate his regret by 'supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims.' So far there is zero evidence of that," Bloom told The Daily Beast.
"We are watching. We are waiting. As he resumes public appearances, it appears that, like his promise to cooperate with law enforcement, this will be yet another broken promise."
Marijke Chartouni, another victim of Epstein, put the situation bluntly.
"A public photo shoot with mummy doesn't negate the fact that neither have shown any compassion to Epstein victims. This just furthers the argument that the monarchy is irrelevant in this day and age," she said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/victims-of-jeffrey-epstein-respond-to-queen-elizabeth-appearing-with-prince-andrew
#15964424 at 2022-03-28 17:34:12 (UTC+1)
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>>15964412
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Labor's primary vote in the past four elections has had a three in front of it and the 33.3 per cent it achieved in 2019 was its lowest ever. The historical collapse began before the arrival of social media, beginning with the rise of the Australian Democrats in the late 1970s and accelerating with the rise of the Greens in the 2000s. Social media's contribution is to accelerate the drift away from Labor at warp-speed and harden positions, lessening the chances of a reverse.
The Democrats and the Greens were havens for Labor's intelligentsia as it became intolerant of the parliamentary Labor Party's blue-collar leanings. Labor's vote fractured at both ends of the political spectrum, however. With the rise of John Howard, much of Labor's socially conservative, blue-collar vote began drifting to the Liberals, either directly or via parties such as One Nation. Labor has won few of those votes back, nor is it likely to.
Arguments came to a head on energy and the environment where the interests of the working and woke classes are impossible to reconcile. Today, the party with the highest proportion of university-educated Australians is the Greens, challenging the assumption that education makes you smarter.
Neither the Liberal Party nor the National Party are immune to the same tensions. The tension within the Coalition's broad church frequently comes to a head on climate and energy policy. With hindsight, Morrison's first miracle was not winning the 2019 election, but uniting the party along with Energy Minister Angus Taylor around an energy and climate position almost everyone in the Coalition was willing to accept, albeit it through gritted teeth. Had he not done so, the attacks on Bill Shorten's wide-eyed emissions reduction targets would have been blunted, and the Coalition wedged.
The internal tensions with the party have not gone away this term, surfacing on a wider range of policies, from religious freedom to vaccine coercion. With the hardening of positions, there is a growing intolerance for trade-offs and an increased risk of fracturing. The Coalition's primary vote has fallen below 40 per cent only once, in 1998, when the arrival of One Nation played havoc with the conservative vote, notably in queensland. Howard demonstrated his unique political tradecraft to recover from the blow, winning the following election with a substantial majority. Yet, significantly, he did not have to contend with the effects of social media and its tendency to strengthen tribal allegiance at the expense of a commitment to parties.
Like Labor, the Coalition risks losing voters at both ends, and cannot discount the possibility that a 30-something primary vote becomes the new normal. The political market is stuffed with new entrants making a plausible if morally weak case to use the election as a forum for the expression of moral indignation rather than a ballot to decide the next government. Morrison's challenge in these uncertain times is to persuade them that the national interest comes first.
Nick Cater is executive director of the Menzies Research Centre.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/election-2022-morrison-seeks-a-way-through-social-media-quagmire/news-story/28be522e2d3602c88749bde9bb215a43
#15962328 at 2022-03-28 10:02:01 (UTC+1)
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Woman living with cerebral palsy tells disability royal commission she was 'raped and assaulted' by carer
Elizabeth Wright and Celina Edmonds - 28 March 2022
WARNING: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing.
A queensland woman who lives with cerebral palsy thought she was "going to die" after she says she was raped, beaten and "treated like a dog" by a paid personal assistant.
The woman, known as Chloe, gave evidence to the disability royal commission that she was repeatedly raped by the man, and later fell pregnant.
She told the DRC she "nearly died" and lost her baby in one of the attacks in 2016.
"He then beat the crap out of me from head to foot kicking me in the belly over and over again, trying to kill my baby," Chloe said.
"The baby died inside, I bled all over the floor and I nearly died."
Chloe told the inquiry the man worked as a nurse and came to support her when her usual personal assistant was sick.
"He would punish me by burning cigarettes around my vagina," she said.
"There were so many rapes and physical assaults, it was awful."
Chloe told the royal commission the personal assistant would also use her phone and bank card.
"He tricked me into thinking I was special, he used to tell me I was a princess," she said.
"He would control what I did ... he kept me from seeing friends and family ... he would charm everyone."
Chloe was taken to see police by another personal assistant.
She praised a queensland police officer for doing a good job and said the police "believed me all the way."
Nurse found not guilty
The royal commission heard after an investigation the personal assistant was charged with multiple counts of "rape, grievous bodily harm, torture and assault."
Chloe told the inquiry the man was found not guilty by the jury.
"They [the jury] saw me as disabled and a liar," Chloe said.
"I think the justice system needs to be more considerate [they] think you are making this all up and telling lies.
"They believed him because he's not disabled."
Chloe told the inquiry she'd been through "six years of hell."
"I can't trust anyone anymore," she said.
"I'm scared to be in my own house because he raped in my bedroom, my lounge room and the kitchen, and I can't move without help.
"I'm scared he's going to come back to my house and kill me."
In separate evidence, Victorian woman Nicole Lee has told how she experienced 10 years of trauma at the hands of her ex-husband.
Ms Lee, now a prominent advocate, detailed to the inquiry about her struggle dealing with the justice, health and child protection systems.
Today's hearing is the first of five days of evidence in Hobart, with the DRC set to hear from witnesses involved in multiple cases of abuse.
The inquiry continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-28/disability-royal-commission-abuse-hearing/100944332
https://twitter.com/_nic_lee
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Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Public hearing 17: The experience of women and girls with disability with a particular focus on family, domestic and sexual violence
https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/public-hearings/public-hearing-17
#15940014 at 2022-03-25 10:40:57 (UTC+1)
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In the United States, Charles Edel, the Australia chair of the Centre for Strategic & International Studies, one of Washington's leading think tanks said the agreement would be "deeply problematic for the United States and a real cause of concern for our allies and partners".
"The establishment of a base in the Solomon Islands by a strategic adversary would significantly degrade Australia and New Zealand's security, increases the chances of local corruption, and heighten the chances of resource exploitation," he said.
The draft agreement revealed on Thursday and later verified by the Australian government would open the door to Chinese military assistance and for Chinese naval ships to have "logistical replenishment in and have stopover and transition in the Solomon Islands". The Solomons are an Australian economic partner, a critical strategic point in the Pacific, and a gateway to shipping lanes from the coast of queensland and NSW to Asia. The Japanese targeted the islands as a key part of their campaign in World War II, giving them access to Australia's east coast, less than 2000 kilometres from Honiara.
Anne-Marie Brady, a professor of political science at the University of Canterbury and a Chinese diplomacy expert said the Australian and New Zealand foreign ministries need to "have a good hard look at the effectiveness of their people on the ground, policies, and strategies".
Morrison said Australia was the single largest provider of development assistance into the Pacific. "There is daylight to second. And through the course of the pandemic, in particular, that has been our first and primary focus beyond our own shores."
The Australian federal budget committed $1.4 billion to aid in the Pacific last year. Chinese official aid was $220 million in 2019, but that figure is likely to be much higher after taking into account infrastructure projects through state-owned enterprises. The Solomon Islands government has also been accused of corruption by the opposition party, with MPs allegedly taking bribes in exchange for infrastructure approvals.
Morrison did not name China but said there were other governments "who may seek to pretend to influence and to seek to get some sort of foothold in the region".
"I think events that you've seen most recently, only highlight the constant pressure and the cost and constant push that is coming into the region from interests that are not aligned with Australia's and not aligned with those of the Pacific more broadly."
The Solomon's Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet said it welcomed assistance from its two major partners, Australia and China. "We acknowledge with appreciation the support of the two partner countries," it said.
Labor's deputy leader Richard Marles said Australia should be the top economic and strategic partner for countries in the region.
"The Pacific matters. It's a delicate issue, it's a complex issue to get to a point where we are the natural partner of choice, but it's completely doable," he told Nine on Friday.
"[We need] to make sure that at the end of the day Australia is the natural partner of choice when it comes to security and indeed when it comes to economic issues as well."
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/australia-nz-warn-solomons-over-destabilising-the-pacific-with-china-deal-20220325-p5a7xn.html
#15934605 at 2022-03-24 17:35:41 (UTC+1)
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So where does Tanya Plibersek - the shadow minister for women - stand on this? "I just don't want to keep raking over this terrible loss and treating like it's a political issue to manage," she told Sky News last week.
"The sort of things we need to be focusing on now is talking to the Australian people about the things that matter to them." She even implied the allegations were a non-issue. "Yesterday I was in queensland," she said, "(and) people weren't asking whether there was bullying in the Labor Party".
If hypocrisy were a portfolio, Plibersek would be a worthy holder. This was her in 2018 castigating the Coalition: "To have respected women on the opposite side talking about a toxic culture of bullying, and then having the now Prime Minister dismiss that and refuse to take it seriously, refuse to investigate, shows just how unfit this mob opposite is to govern."
By her own words, she has tacitly admitted her party is unfit to hold office.
Wong, Keneally, and Gallagher have denied the allegations of bullying Kitching. Nonetheless it cannot be disputed the behaviour alleged would at the very least, if proved, constitute serious misconduct. No doubt they would correctly say in response they are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
But compare that to what each of them said last year concerning former attorney-general Christian Porter, when it was revealed a woman, now dead, had accused him of raping her in 1988 when he was 17. He has steadfastly denied that allegation.
Wong: "The reality is unless there is some form of investigation, some form of process that gives Australians confidence in the first law officer, these questions will continue. It is a matter for the Prime Minister. He is responsible for the membership of the Cabinet, and he is responsible for all of us, for ensuring Australians that everyone in that Cabinet is a fit and proper person for the office they hold."
Keneally: "Are we all supposed to just pretend when Christian Porter comes back from leave that nothing has happened? We need to be clear that he is a fit and proper person to hold the position of attorney general, the first law officer of this country." Given Keneally and Wong sit in the shadow cabinet, they must acknowledge this standard applies to them as well.
Gallagher: "At the moment we have the most senior legal officer in the land with these allegations swirling around, he's gone on leave for some time ... but these matters can't be parked away because Christian Porter said they didn't happen".
Likewise, Gallagher cannot wish this affair away with a mere denial. By her professed principles, she must account for herself. Or would telling her that be mansplaining?
Given the impending election, the timing could not be worse for Labor, and its dilemma is obvious. It does not want to institute an inquiry, yet its refusal to do so will not just give the impression it is fearful of its findings. Stonewalling would reveal fully the Opposition's mendacity and opportunism in attacking the government relentlessly for its shortfalls on providing a safe work environment for women. Who could forget Albanese's proud declaration to Parliament a year ago tomorrow?
"I do want to pay tribute to ... the shadow minister for women ... the women in our caucus, who have shown incredible leadership and have come forward and worked so hard on developing a framework for the Labor Party of an updated code of conduct ... a bullying policy and a complaints process," he said. "That process also could be looked at in terms of being a model."
A model, that is, for equivocation, obfuscation, and hypocrisy.
The Mocker amuses himself by calling out poseurs, sneering social commentators, and po-faced officials. He is deeply suspicious of those who seek increased regulation of speech and behaviour. Believing that journalism is dominated by idealists and activists, he likes to provide a realist's perspective of politics and current affairs.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/the-mocker-labors-weaponising-of-abuse-claims-comes-home-to-roost/news-story/97954f12285fc4def416bfa05ff6c23c
#15916652 at 2022-03-22 07:28:40 (UTC+1)
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'Chattering classes': Australian government dismisses UN secretary general's climate criticism
Ant?nio Guterres says coal is a 'stupid investment' that will lead to billions in stranded assets
Australian Associated Press - 22 Mar 2022
The Australian government has brushed off criticism from the UN secretary general labelling it a "holdout" after Scott Morrison refused to strengthen the nation's 2030 emissions reduction target.
The communications minister, Paul Fletcher, branded Ant?nio Guterres a member of the UN "chattering classes" after he used an address to a sustainability summit to take an extraordinary public swipe at Australia's climate efforts.
"A growing number of G20 developed economies have announced meaningful emissions reductions by 2030 - with a handful of holdouts, such as Australia," he said.
He said the Paris climate pact's ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5C was "on life support" but there was still something that could save it.
"Keeping 1.5 alive requires a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by mid-century," the UN chief said. "That problem was not solved in Glasgow."
The prime minister went to the Glasgow climate conference last year without the two big things countries were asked to commit to: stronger 2030 targets and a rapid phase-out of coal.
Morrison instead stuck to a six-year-old promise to cut emissions by 26% to 28% by 2030 but did say Australia would probably reach 35% by then. He refused to commit to an accelerated phase-out of coal.
His plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 relies on a technology-led economic evolution to cut emissions, capture and store them, or offset them, while allowing coal and gas exports to continue as long as there is demand.
Guterres implored all G20 governments to dismantle their domestic coal infrastructure, with full phase-out by 2030 for OECD countries and 2040 for all others.
He called coal a "stupid investment" that would lead to billions in stranded assets.
Simon Bradshaw, head of research at the Climate Council, said the UN chief's direct and veiled attacks on Australia's climate policies were striking.
"It's very unusual for the UN secretary general to call out any country, specifically," he said. "I don't recall a time when this has happened. It's striking to see.
"What it indicates is that we're going to keep seeing that pressure on Australia until we step up. We're still the only one of those big developed countries that hasn't significantly increased its commitments for this decade."
Fletcher told ABC News Breakfast the "chattering classes of the UN can say what they want" while Australia was "delivering outcomes" like a 20% emissions reduction since 2005. That was a "better performance" than the US, Canada, and New Zealand, Fletcher said.
The Nationals senator, Matt Canavan, said the UN should "read the room" and accused it of being "asleep" as "Europe has got itself into an absolute vulnerable mess because they failed to develop their own fossil fuels".
"It is clear now that what we need to do is restore natural resource production to the free world," he told Sky News.
"For the UN here - they are not only so hopeless on Ukraine ... Now they're actively undermining our peace and security, and we should totally ignore them."
Imogen Zethoven sits on the reef 2050 advisory committee, where she represents the queensland Conservation Council.
On Tuesday she will address a UN monitoring mission in Australia to evaluate federal government efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change and other threats.
"The Morrison government should be shamed into action by this comment by the UN secretary general," she said.
She said the influence the coal and gas industries have over Australia's climate policies was disturbing.
"They are running our climate policy and it's at the expense of the Great Barrier Reef, other vulnerable ecosystems, communities and future generations of Australians -including quiet Australians."
The prime minister did not respond to requests for comment.
A spokesperson for the emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, said Australia had reduced emissions faster than 15 members of the G20.
"We have a real plan to deliver on our commitments, one that relies on technology not taxes," he said. "We won't sacrifice our traditional industries - and the jobs and communities they support - at the altar of emissions reduction."
He said those industries and their workers would have an important role in the decades ahead.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/22/un-secretary-general-calls-australia-a-holdout-for-refusing-to-do-more-to-cut-emissions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-LBuV4W1w
#15889738 at 2022-03-18 09:47:33 (UTC+1)
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>>15697731
>>15819116
Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links
Kirsty Needham - March 18, 2022
SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire with an investment connection to Rio Tinto's Gladstone alumina refinery joint venture.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Australia was working in close cooperation with international partners to increase sanctions pressure on oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine.
"Australia has now added two billionaires with links to business interests in Australia, Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg," Payne said in a statement.
The measures are in addition to curbs on 41 oligarchs and immediate family members who already face targeted financial sanctions and travel bans, she said.
Payne said the government welcomed Australian companies taking a principled stand with moves to cut ties with Russia "in protest of Moscow's illegal, indefensible war against Ukraine".
Russia says it is carrying out "a special military operation" to stop the Ukrainian government from committing "genocide" - an accusation the West calls a fabrication.
Vekselberg is an investor in the Russian energy sector, who has interests in a company working with Origin Energy on a gas project in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory.
Origin said it was seeking clarification on the sanctions from the Australian government, and told Reuters the Beetaloo Basin project was not a producing asset and had no earnings.
"Origin reiterates that it is appalled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and will comply with all Australian rules and laws," Origin said in a statement.
It said Vekselberg owned Lamesa Holdings, which was a minority shareholder in Falcon Oil & Gas, the parent company of Origin's junior partner in the Beetaloo Basin.
"Neither Lamesa Holdings nor Mr Vekselberg are a party to the Beetaloo Basin joint venture. They have no role in, involvement or dealings with, Origin or the Beetaloo Basin joint venture," it said.
Big Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the impact of the sanctions on Deripaska, who holds 44.9% of EN+ Group, a Russian aluminium and power group.
EN+ Group is the major shareholder in Russian company Rusal, which has a 20% share in the queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) refinery in Gladstone, in a joint venture with Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto previously said it was cutting ties with Rusal as part of its overall withdrawal from Russia.
queensland Alumina Ltd did not respond to a request for comment.
Deripaska reduced his controlling stake in EN+ Group from 70% in 2019 - to lift a prior round of U.S. sanctions from the major aluminium producer.
https://www.reuters.com/business/australia-sanctions-russian-billionaires-with-mining-industry-links-2022-03-18/
#15873733 at 2022-03-16 08:35:06 (UTC+1)
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>>15873706
Scott Morrison urges Anthony Albanese to address 'distressing' allegations of bullying, mistreatment of Kimberley Kitching
Scott Morrison has weighed in on "distressing" claims that Kimberley Kitching was ostracised and bullied by Labor colleagues prior to her death.
Tyrone Clarke - March 16, 2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged Labor leader Anthony Albanese not to dismiss claims of bullying within his own ranks.
Mr Morrison weighed in on a bombshell report from Sky News host Sharri Markson in The Australian that the late Senator Kimberley Kitching was the victim of an alleged "mean girls" clique within the ALP.
The report featured interviews with Ms Kitching before she died, as well as some of her colleagues, and alleged the late-Senator felt "ostracised" while former Labor MP Michael Danby revealed the extent of the "bullying" to Sky News Australia.
The Prime Minister said he could not confirm the allegations, but they were matters for "the leader of the Labor Party to address".
"These are very distressing claims and I don't think they can just be dismissed," Mr Morrison told reporters in Perth on Wednesday.
"They are things I'd expect not to be dismissed and to be taken very seriously and addressed.
"I'll leave those matters to the Labor Party. I deal with matters in our party. Both as leader of the parliamentary party and as the Prime Minister but I don't think they can be dismissed.
"I understand how so many in the Labor Party would feel at the moment but these are the stories that have come forward and they come forward from the Labor Party and the union movement."
On top of allegations that Ms Kitching was being "ostracised" were revelations that the late-Senator and her colleagues referred to senior Labor Senators Penny Wong, Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher as "mean girls".
The Australian reports that Senators Wong, Keneally and Gallagher declined to respond to questions about their alleged behaviour towards Kitching.
Mr Albanese was forced to defend these claims during his press conference in queensland on Wednesday where he hit out at the characterisation of his senior Senate leadership team as "mean girls".
"I find that extraordinarily disrespectful to describe strong, articulate, principled women," he said.
"It's Albanese, Husic and Chisholm here. We've never been described as 'mean boys'. Simple as that.
"Seriously, have a bit of respect. The funeral is on Monday. And I'm not going to comment on anything other than that Kimberley Kitching is someone who I had respect for."
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/scott-morrison-urges-anthony-albanese-to-address-distressing-allegations-of-bullying-mistreatment-of-kimberley-kitching/news-story/86b7864115b52ef8533930dfdcae0761
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQ1wbw1PjA
#15827358 at 2022-03-10 10:24:11 (UTC+1)
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>>15631878
Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching dies suddenly in Melbourne aged 52
abc.net.au - 10 March 2022
Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching has died suddenly in Melbourne.
The ABC understands Senator Kitching, 52, died of a suspected heart attack this afternoon.
Labor Leader Anthony Albanese says the party is "in shock" over her sudden death.
"The Labor family is in shock tonight at the tragic news that our friend and colleague Senator Kimberley Kitching has died suddenly in Melbourne," Mr Albanese tweeted.
"My sincere condolences to her family. Kimberley will be missed by us all."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Senator Kitching was "a parliamentarian in the truest sense" and "deeply respected by the Coalition".
"She demonstrated that her passion for her country was always greater than any partisan view," he said.
"She clearly loved her country and it genuinely showed."
Deputy Labor Leader Richard Marles said: "Nothing can describe the shock and sadness of this news".
"I have known Kimberley as a friend for over 30 years. Words cannot express the sadness of this moment," he said.
"The Labor Party, the Senate and the country have lost a unique power."
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten said Senator Kitching's passing was "an immense loss to Labor and the nation".
"To know Kimberley was to be touched, not just by her serene intellect, but her incredible warmth and vivacity," Mr Shorten said in a statement.
"As a Labor senator she was relentlessly energetic and conscientious, recently resulting in international recognition for her human rights work.
"As well as her innumerable accolades she has been a wonderful friend to myself, my wife Chloe, and our family."
'I come here to represent everyday Australian people'
Senator Kitching was born in Brisbane before moving to Melbourne in 1995.
During the 2013 federal election, she made a bid for Labor preselection for the Victorian electorates of Lalor and Gellibrand, but was unsuccessful.
Three years later in 2016, Senator Kitching won preselection to fill the Victorian Senate seat vacated by Stephen Conroy's resignation.
In her maiden speech to parliament, Senator Kitching said: "As a former queenslander who grew up swimming, a proud holder of a bronze medallion, who continues to enjoy swimming in Victoria's chillier waters, I am daunted yet delighted to be thrown in the deep end right here and now".
"I am mindful and deeply humbled that only 591 Australians have ever served in the Senate," she said.
"I am mindful that so much that is great about this nation comes from rising to meet challenges.
"I come here to represent everyday Australian people."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/victorian-labor-senator-kimberley-kitching-dies/100900882
https://twitter.com/AlboMP/status/1501850965984817158
>Heart attacks can be deadly.
#15827088 at 2022-03-10 08:38:04 (UTC+1)
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>>15827076
Stronger Defence Force makes for stronger disaster recovery: Morrison
Sean Parnell - March 10, 2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has linked the ongoing expansion of the Australian Defence Force to the need to respond to natural disasters and floods.
Mr Morrison was in Brisbane on Wednesday and visited Gallipoli Barracks at Enoggera before touring flood-affected areas.
After being criticised for the federal government's response to floods in northern NSW, Mr Morrison pointed to how local, state and Commonwealth governments had worked together in south-east queensland.
The Prime Minister praised queensland authorities for their "tremendous effort" responding to recent floods and said the ADF played a valuable supporting role.
"The co-ordination, the integration, the co-operation which we've seen here in queensland has been tremendous," Mr Morrison said.
Mr Morrison said the ADF had helped Australia respond to floods, droughts, the pandemic and issues in aged care.
"They have never failed us, and they never will," Mr Morrison said.
The Prime Minister noted that in 2011 then Labor prime minister Julia Gillard also oversaw the deployment of ADF personnel to help south-east queensland recover from floods.
"The difference between 2011 and today is we've been able to deploy here four times the number of ADF (personnel) and do it a week quicker," Mr Morrison said.
After announcing plans for the continued expansion of the ADF, Mr Morrison sought to promote their work in flood recovery, and accompanied some ADF members to a tour of flood-affected businesses in Milton.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton, whose electorate Dickson encompasses part of the Brisbane and Moreton Bay city council areas, also praised the flood response, and said the Defence expansion was "absolutely necessary" to keep Australia safe and able to contribute to global security.
"People who believe that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's only ambition is for the Ukraine don't understand the history that our military leaders understand," Mr Dutton said.
"If people think that the ambitions within the Indo-Pacific are restricted just to Taiwan, and that there won't be knock-on impacts if we don't provide a deterrent effect and work closely with our colleagues and allies, then they don't understand the lessons of history."
Mr Morrison confirmed the short-listed sites for a nuclear-powered submarine base included the Port of Brisbane, "as opposed to under the Story Bridge, that is not what is contemplated".
https://www.theage.com.au/national/stronger-defence-force-makes-for-stronger-disaster-recovery-morrison-20220310-p5a3ei.html
#15819099 at 2022-03-09 08:01:10 (UTC+1)
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'I won't cop that': PM defends ADF while declaring floods a national emergency
Stephanie Borys and Henry Belot - 9 March 2022
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Australian Defence Force's response during the floods in Northern NSW, saying troops have done an "amazing job".
Mr Morrison spent today touring the flood-affected town of Lismore, where he also announced he would declare a national emergency in response to the floods.
The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to defend the ADF's response during and after the floods, saying defence resources were assembled and ready before the floods took hold.
"I know there's been some criticism both levelled at federal government, state government, but don't blame the ADF, we won't cop that," he said.
"In fact there were ADF saving people with helicopters, winching them off roofs on Monday, that was occurring.
"But in any natural disaster, everyone has a role to play and the suggestion that it is only the governments that are involved in an emergency response, I don't think the community would agree with that."
Extra funds for NSW towns
The emergency declaration gives the federal government power to deploy money and resources faster and is a legislative power that Mr Morrison sought after the 2019-2020 bushfire crisis.
Mr Morrison said he intended to ask the Governor-General on Friday to formally make the declaration, which would cover both NSW and queensland.
"To make sure all emergency power is available and we cut through any red tape that might be faced," he said.
Mr Morrison said to make the declaration, both the NSW and queensland premiers had to formally request it.
He said he had spoken to NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and he would be meeting with queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk later this week.
He also said residents in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Richmond Valley, Lismore and Clarence Valley would be able to access a further $2,000 for adults and $800 for children through an extension of the Disaster Recovery Payment scheme.
"While people in northern NSW aren't able to work, are still clearing out their homes and businesses, the extra two lots of $1,000 payments we're rolling out to eligible families and individuals will give them some certainty as they start to rebuild their lives," he said
The payments will automatically be made to anyone who has already claimed and received the payment in those three LGAs.
Mr Morrison said the cost was expected to be around $33 million and the national agency tasked with disaster recovery would monitor and decide the payment needs to be extended to any other LGAs in the future.
Other additional measures announced by the government include:
- $25 million to cover "emergency relief", food relief and financial counselling services
- $7.8 million for businesses in NSW and Qld affected by the floods
- Around $6.9 million for early childhood and child care services which have been closed for more than seven days
- $4.7 million to make sure primary health services can continue to operate in affected regions.
- $10 million to a mental health program for school-aged children in Northern NSW
- $31.2 million for mental health support services for affected communities in both states
- $5.4 million for legal services within affected communities
The federal government has been criticised for the pace and scale of its response to the floods.
The funding for the additional measures was approved by the federal government's expenditure review committee yesterday and was being described as significant.
Senior government figures including the Treasurer have already estimated recovery costs in the billions of dollars.
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#15802915 at 2022-03-07 08:28:15 (UTC+1)
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>>15656336
Gold Coast accountant charged in alleged Russian plot is neither 'smuggler nor spy': Lawyer
Cloe Read and Nick McKenzie - March 7, 2022
A Gold Coast man allegedly involved in a plot to traffic military hardware from Russia to China is "shocked and distressed" over being charged by police, with his lawyer claiming he is neither a "smuggler nor a spy".
As part of a broader ASIO investigation into an alleged Chinese spy network operation in Australia, police uncovered an alleged plot by Gold Coast accountant Kim Bowei Lee, 64, and Russian-born Brisbane entrepreneur Alexander Cher, 63, to traffic military hardware from Russia to China.
The men were charged with contraventions of Australia's Defence Trade Control Act and have been accused of partnering with another Chinese national and former Melbourne businessman Brian Chen.
Mr Chen is now in hiding overseas and subject of an Interpol red notice.
Mr Cher's case was heard in Brisbane's Magistrates Court last month, with court documents alleging that between January 9, 2018, and July 27, 2018, the two men "arranged for another person to supply goods which were listed in part 1 of the Defence and Strategic Goods list from the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China".
Multiple official sources, not authorised to speak publicly, previously told this masthead the charges had spun out of a larger investigation into the alleged Chinese spy network, with alleged members detected as early as August 2016 when Australian officials intercepted a private jet flight, organised by an Australian casino, from Gold Coast to New Zealand.
Mr Lee was one of six passengers on the flight. Other passengers included Chinese President Xi Jinping's cousin, Ming Chai, a Melbourne organised crime boss and casino junket operator Tom "Mr Chinatown" Zhou and another figure suspected to be linked to Chinese intelligence.
The charges Mr Lee and Mr Cher face are that they are accused of illegally brokering the supply of defence goods. There was no suggestion they were involved in espionage activity or any other criminality and the charges were yet to be tested in court.
Mr Lee's lawyer, Jason Jacobson, said Mr Lee was "neither a smuggler nor a spy".
"He has given his full co-operation to the Australian Federal Police investigation since early 2020," Mr Jacobson said.
"He is shocked and distressed at being charged."
One official source, who has been briefed by ASIO, previously described Mr Chen as a Chinese military intelligence operative "who travels the world as a spy".
An ASIO informant claimed Mr Chen had sought to plant an operative, Nick Zhao, a member of the Victorian Liberal Party, in a seat in Federal Parliament.
Mr Lee has been on bail in connection to the alleged military equipment smuggling plot and on Monday had his matter heard in the Southport Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Dzenita Balic moved his matter to be heard at the same time as Mr Cher's in April.
As part of his bail conditions, Mr Lee must not leave queensland or Australia, and report to police twice a week.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/gold-coast-accountant-charged-in-alleged-russian-plot-is-neither-smuggler-nor-spy-lawyer-20220307-p5a2an.html
#15792255 at 2022-03-05 22:06:24 (UTC+1)
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Collating and sharing who needed to be rescued online proved crucial for so many.
South Lismore resident Josh Sawtell and his family were prepared for a 1974 flood level but was taken by surprise by how quickly the floodwaters rose.
"The water, once it got to the second story of my house, it went from my feet to my knees within five or 10 minutes," he said.
"We started blowing up the floaties for my three-year-old son Houston.
"I did the [Facebook] post and was trying my best to ring people … heaps of people shared the post."
Mr Sawtell's post had dozens of shares and, sometime later, his family and their dog were rescued.
"If it wasn't for that I don't know what would have happened," he said.
queensland University of Technology professor of digital communication Daniel Angus said it showed people were becoming "incredibly resourceful" at being able to set up technology to solve these kinds of issues.
"The idea of this distributed approach where they were uploading address data and other kinds of details to try and affect rescue and support to where it was needed was an incredible thing to watch - in terms of that community power, but then also the use of the digital platforms to try and coordinate on the ground."
Professor Angus said the community resource filled a void of official information.
"In the moment of the emergency itself, I think it's incredibly important to have coordinated responses that remain open that people can access regardless of the kind of event they are experiencing," he said.
So far, the flooding in Lismore has claimed four lives.
Some of the victim's bodies were found by the community team that formed in response to the information provided by families and other community members.
They phoned police to go through official channels.
"Yesterday, I learned how to write deceased on a door and clear a house for a body," Ms Flannery said.
"We had six rescues in our system … and before we called it, I went down and just cleared them."
"That's not something I ever thought I would have to do."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-06/nsw-floods-how-a-spreadsheet-became-lifesaver-in-lismore/100885054
https://www.facebook.com/groups/supportlismore/posts/3200864226902978/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2614181925571214/user/100070891312069/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/supportlismore/
#15779135 at 2022-03-04 09:16:13 (UTC+1)
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>>15779131
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Person 18 was called to give evidence for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times in the defamation suit filed against the mastheads by Mr Roberts-Smith.
Mr Roberts-Smith alleges a series of articles published in 2018 portray him as a war criminal. The media outlets are seeking to rely on a defence of truth and allege Mr Roberts-Smith committed or was involved in six murders of Afghans under the control of Australian troops, when they cannot be killed under the rules of engagement.
Mr Roberts-Smith maintains any killings in Afghanistan were carried out lawfully in the heat of battle.
Yet another serving SAS soldier, dubbed Person 14, told the court last month that he saw an Australian soldier during the Whiskey 108 mission shoot a separate Afghan man at close range with a distinctive machine gun, an F89 Para Minimi, that he later saw in the possession of Mr Roberts-Smith. Person 14 said he later saw that the Afghan man had a prosthetic leg.
Person 18, who was a member of Mr Roberts-Smith's patrol during the Whiskey 108 mission, said on Friday that Mr Roberts-Smith was carrying a Minimi on that day while the rest of his patrol had M4 assault rifles.
Person 18 said he found the bodies of two Afghan men outside the compound, and one had a prosthetic leg. He did not observe weapons on the bodies, he said.
Person 18 told the court that he had received a threatening letter in the mail on June 12, 2018, with a handwritten address. He said the letter claimed he had "colluded to tell lies", including to a Defence Force inquiry, and he had until the end of the month to change his evidence or he would "go down". It was signed "a friend of the regiment", Person 18 said.
He gave the letter to the Federal Police, and received another letter with the same handwritten address two days later, he said.
John McLeod, a former queensland police officer-turned private investigator who worked for Mr Roberts-Smith, has previously told the court he cut off contact with the decorated former soldier after Mr Roberts-Smith asked him to lie and take the blame for allegedly threatening letters sent to Person 18.
Mr McLeod said Mr Roberts-Smith asked him in 2018 to post two letters to Person 18.
In September 2018, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reported that a threatening letter had been sent to a soldier who served alongside Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan, warning against helping a Defence Inspector-General inquiry into allegations of misconduct and war crimes by Australian soldiers.
Mr Roberts-Smith has denied giving letters to Mr McLeod to send to Person 18, and denied giving him two postal addresses for the soldier.
The trial continues.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/roberts-smith-checked-whether-drone-recorded-events-on-day-of-alleged-murders-court-told-20220304-p5a1s7.html
#15761399 at 2022-03-02 07:55:30 (UTC+1)
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queensland Police Service Crime and Intelligence Command Acting Assistant Commissioner Denzil Clark said: "queensland Police are committed to working collaboratively with national, interstate, and international counterparts to target those who pose a risk to children in the community".
"These results highlight the tenacity and commitment of the queensland Police in protecting our community." Acting Assistant Commissioner Clark said.
"The possession of child exploitation material is not a victimless crime. Anyone involved in possessing or sharing these images continues the cycle of victimisation and abuse of the children depicted in this material."
Tasmania Police Detective Inspector Craig Joel said Tasmania Police and the AFP work collaboratively with their interstate and overseas colleagues to target on-line predators and Operation Molto has been a positive outcome in disrupting on-line criminal activity'.
"A conversation about on-line safety with children from an early age is important because studies show that once a child is harmed by an online predator, they will be impacted for life," Detective Inspector Joel said.
The alleged Australian offenders are aged between 18 and 61 years old. Breakdown by state:
- queensland - 58 alleged offenders facing 423 charges. 23 children have been removed from harm in that state.
- Victoria - 18 alleged offenders facing 370 charges. Eight children have been removed from harm in that state.
- New South Wales - 17 alleged offenders facing 96 offences. Three children have been removed from harm in that state.
- South Australia - 12 alleged offenders facing 232 charges. Ten children have been removed from harm in that state.
- Western Australia - eight alleged offenders facing nine charges, with no children having to be removed from harm in that state.
- Tasmania - three alleged offenders in facing 54 charges. Two children have been removed from harm in that state.
- Northern Territory - two alleged offenders facing 16 charges, with no children having to be removed from harm in that jurisdiction.
- ACT - Three alleged offenders facing 48 charges, with five children removed from harm in that jurisdiction.
The alleged offenders were employed in range of occupations, including construction, transport, law enforcement and hospitality.
In Australia, Operation Molto has also received assistance from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC.
The ACCCE is committed to stopping child exploitation and abuse and is at the centre of a collaborative national approach to combatting organised child abuse.
The ACCCE brings together specialist expertise and skills in a central hub, supporting investigations into child sexual abuse and developing prevention strategies focused on creating a safer online environment.
Members of the public who have any information about people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
https://crimestoppers.com.au/
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
https://www.accce.gov.au/report
Note to media:
Use of term 'CHILD ABUSE' MATERIAL NOT 'CHILD PORNOGRAPHY'
The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material - the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims.
Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
Editor's note: vision is available to download - https://spaces.hightail.com/space/7dKVZclCO0
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/nationwide-operation-molto-closes-removal-51-children-harm-australia
#15743113 at 2022-02-28 06:10:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15656192
Bill Gates praises 'Aussie response' to pandemics
Colin Brinsden - Feb 28 2022
Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been labelled "gold standard" by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Mr Gates, who has dedicated billions of dollars to vaccine research, has warned for months of a new pandemic looming on the horizon.
He warned the annual Munich Security Conference last week a future outbreak would likely require much stricter policies in its early days than how most of the world reacted to COVID-19.
"If every country does what Australia did, then you wouldn't be calling [the next outbreak] a pandemic," Mr Gates said.
Meanwhile, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet believes the removal of masks in his state and others will help spur economic activity and job creation in Australia's cities.
COVID-19 mask mandates were lifted and dance floors reopened across the eastern states from Friday. Face coverings are still required in NSW, Victoria and the ACT in high-risk settings such as public transport, aged care facilities, airports and hospitals.
"We've seen a strong return to activity in the city and that's incredibly important because when Sydney goes well, the state and the country goes well off the back of it," Mr Perrottet said on Sunday.
"With face masks being removed for the office, I think we will see a lot more people return to the city tomorrow ... as people return to work, that's incredibly important and that will spur economic activity and jobs in our cities."
There are exceptions for some school students in Victoria and the ACT, who will still have to keep their masks on for now, while queensland will ease mask rules and density limits this week.
Mandates remain in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
However, the impact - if any - of these eased restrictions is yet to be reflected in the daily infection counts.
NSW added 6014 infections to its caseload on Sunday, with another seven deaths.
Victoria had 5052 infections and 17 deaths, while in the ACT there were 495 cases.
In queensland there were 3571 cases and one death, in SA 1476 infections and two deaths.
Tasmania had 676 cases, the NT 368 and WA 1027.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2022/02/28/bill-gates-australia-covid/
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Is it possible to prevent the next pandemic? If every country does what Australia did, says Bill Gates
cnbc.com - FEB 18 2022
In discussing whether it's possible to prevent the next pandemic, Bill Gates says it might be - if we do what Australia did during Covid-19.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/02/18/bill-gates-possible-to-prevent-next-pandemic-if-every-country-does-what-australia-did.html
#15735495 at 2022-02-27 06:41:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15697731
'Lethal aid': Australia's vow to help Ukraine
Australia could soon be providing 'lethal aid' to Ukraine after the Prime Minister made a surprising admission.
Courtney Gould - February 27, 2022
Scott Morrison has left the door open to providing lethal aid to Ukraine to assist in its fight against Russia.
"I've just spoken to the Defence Minister and we'll be seeking to provide whatever support we can for lethal aid through our NATO partners, particularly the US and the UK," he said.
"We'll be working through those channels because that's the most effective way to do it."
It means Australia will provide funding through NATO for weapons and offensive capability rather than sending its own weaponry.
Australia has previously committed to sending non-lethal aid but had categorically ruled out sending troops.
The Prime Minister joined hundreds of Ukrainian Australians attending a solemn church service in Sydney to pray for their homeland.
Speaking after the service, Mr Morrison said Russia must pay for its actions.
"Russia must pay a heavy price, they must pay a heavy price," he said.
"We will continue to add to that price as we consider every single option that is in front of us.
"I've taken nothing off the table."
Earlier, Opposition foreign spokeswoman Penny Wong indicated Labor would be willing to support further sanctions on Russia.
"I've said we will give bipartisan support to the most comprehensive and heaviest sanctions that Australia can and should take, so I extend that invitation to the Government again," she told the ABC.
queensland Liberal National Senator James McGrath also posted on social media that Australia should be "sending weapons" rather than thoughts and prayers.
"Instead of sending thoughts and prayers to Ukraine we should be sending weapons," he tweeted on Saturday night.
"Instead of sanctions we should be confiscating the assets of Putin's regime and giving them to Ukraine.
"The Russian Ambassador should be expelled and put on a plane today."
Australia on Sunday slapped Russian President Vladimir Putin with sanctions directly, but stopped short of kicking diplomats out of the country.
"I confirm that we are taking action against President Putin and his Foreign Minister and we will continue to add names to these lists," Mr Morrison said.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne indicated it was a live option but at this stage the government wanted to keep lines of communication open.
Mr Morrison repeated his intention to give visa applications from Ukrainians the highest priority but could not confirm how many would be on offer for those fleeing the region.
It comes after NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet declared he is "more than willing" to help Ukrainians fleeing the war zone.
In an open letter to Mr Morrison, Mr Perrottet said NSW is "ready to assist the Commonwealth in whatever way necessary".
"My government is more than willing to facilitate the resettlement of Ukrainians seeking to make Australia their new home," Mr Perrottet wrote.
"We have a strong Ukrainian community here in Sydney and I am confident any new arrivals will be welcomed with open arms."
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/penny-wong-hits-out-an-inconsistent-china/news-story/2d776a265ccb34e86c3b18c0ac15c552
https://twitter.com/SenatorMcGrath/status/1497488611335622656
#15727125 at 2022-02-26 09:56:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15727122
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The Office of the Special Investigator was set up in January last year in part to try to resolve this problem, or, as its Director-General Chris Moraitis put it, to "triage" the work of the Brereton inquiry.
It has since spent 14 months quietly building up some of the most formidable investigation teams in the country, drawing on 54 specialist investigators and analysts - 16 seconded from the AFP and 36 from state police forces - led by two commanders.
If ever there are to be criminal prosecutions of Australian soldiers for misdeeds in Afghanistan, it will be because of the work of the Office of the Special Investigator.
Its leadership team is highly experienced, comprising Moraitis, who is a former head of the Attorney-General's Department, and Special Investigator Mark Weinberg, QC, a former judge and onetime Commonwealth director of public prosecutions.
Rounding out the leadership team is Ross Barnett, a former deputy commissioner of the queensland Police Service. Together with 25 support staff, the agency now has a total of 84 people working for it, with a budget of just over $40 million.
O'Brien says the creation of the Office of the Special Investigator makes Australia unique among its allies, and that no other nations which served alongside in Afghanistan have launched similar inquiries.
"We really are a pack leader in terms of probing whether our own soldiers have committed such crimes," she says.
"It's a highly effective way of doing it, taking it outside the military to ensure that it is independent. The reason the government has created a separate office is because of the complexity of war crimes investigations, the complexity of the situations in which they occur, and also the sheer amount of evidence that is required to prove these kinds of crimes."
The authorities have known this trial was coming for 3? years and could have asked the Federal Court to delay the defamation case while their investigations are under way. But no application was ever made, leaving the newspapers to call more than 20 soldiers as witnesses to defend their stories about the Brereton inquiry.
Moraitis says his organisation is operating in a "complex legal landscape". He has also damped down expectations that its processes will be quick, warning "we must take the time to get this right".
That means, he warns, a "measured, methodical and precautionary" approach, delivering potential suspects "all the protections provided by the Australian criminal justice system" while ensuring "the integrity and robustness of our investigations and any future prosecutions".
In other words, it could be years before the work of the Office of the Special Investigator lands any soldiers in court, says O'Brien.
"These would be serious charges. You don't want to go to trial with insufficient evidence and find that, if someone has committed a war crime, they get away with it because the case was not put together well enough," O'Brien says.
As for the relevance, if any, of the Roberts-Smith defamation case, the Office of the Special Investigator is remaining silent.
"The defamation action brought by Mr Ben Roberts-Smith in the Federal Court of Australia is a civil matter between the parties and it would not be appropriate to comment further," a spokesperson told this masthead.
In Senate committee hearings a week ago, Moraitis told MPs that the case is "a private matter ... [and] to date, we don't think that it has impacted adversely on our work".
But O'Brien says: "I have no doubt they will be keeping a very close eye on the Roberts-Smith defamation trial."
A judgment won't be reached in the case until at least the end of this year. Then there could be an appeal, from whichever side is the loser. A long road remains ahead in this high-stakes legal contest.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-vigilant-commonwealth-keeps-watchful-eyes-on-the-roberts-smith-case-20220224-p59zg3.html
#15727103 at 2022-02-26 09:50:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15656192
Australia reports 35 more COVID-19 deaths as masks come off in eastern states
States and territories have further eased COVID-19 restrictions, with mask-wearing requirements easing as the Omicron wave subsides.
SBS / AAP - 26 February 2022
Australia has reported 35 new COVID-19 deaths at the start of a weekend when mask mandates have lifted and dance floors reopened across the eastern states.
Several jurisdictions announced an easing to restrictions from Friday.
In NSW, Victoria and the ACT mask-wearing is still required in high-risk settings such as public transport, aged care facilities, airports and hospitals.
There are exceptions for some school students in Victoria and the ACT, who will still have to keep their masks on for now.
queensland is set to ease its mask rules and density limits next week.
Mask mandates remain in WA, Tasmania, SA and the NT.
The eased restrictions come as a new vaccine is approved for use in Australia, specifically for people who haven't been able to have a dose of existing vaccines.
Evusheld has been granted approval for immunocompromised people who aren't likely to have an adequate immune response to a COVID-19 vaccine.
It can also be used for people who currently can't get a COVID-19 vaccine due to a history of severe reactions to immunisation.
People aged 12 and over and who weigh more than 40 kilograms can access the vaccine.
NSW reported 7,017 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday morning while Victoria recorded 5,874 and queensland 4,838. The ACT added 478 new infections to its caseload.
There were 1,688 cases announced in South Australia, 792 in Tasmania, 632 in the Northern Territory and 1,105 in WA, its highest one-day total since the beginning of the pandemic.
There are 1,130 people in hospital with COVID-19 in NSW, with 59 in intensive care, while Victoria has 281 people hospitalised, with 43 in ICU. In queensland, hospital patients number 341, 24 of them in ICU.
Of the 35 deaths reported, 15 were in Victoria, 11 in NSW, eight in queensland and one in the NT.
Indigenous health services are also getting an immediate funding boost which federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said was a result of lessons learned from the pandemic.
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services will get a $54.7 million cash boost, but a 3 per cent funding increase per year over four years won't kick in until July 2023.
"The ongoing pandemic has once again shown how critical the ACCHS sector is in delivering health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people," Mr Hunt said.
Australia reported 28 new COVID-19 deaths on Friday, the bulk in Victoria, while the country recorded 24,739 new cases with NSW marking the most.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/another-26-covid-19-deaths-in-australia-masks-off-across-nsw-and-victoria/50phimhma
#15697921 at 2022-02-23 07:46:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15697917
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THE "UNHINGED" SAS SOLDIER TIP OFF
The private investigator, on Wednesday, told the court Mr Roberts-Smith had also asked him to look into an "unhinged" former SAS soldier who had his hands on a semiautomatic rifle.
"He said there was an SAS bloke who was unhinged, an alcoholic, prone to domestic violence with a weapon from special forces... he would carry this weapon in the vehicle driving around Perth," Mr McLeod said.
"Semiautomatic weapons are incredibly dangerous, in the hands of trained people who are allegedly unhinged... it needed to come off the street."
Mr McLeod told the court he advised Mr Roberts-Smith he needed more than unsubstantiated tips if he wanted to cause a police investigation and Mr Roberts-Smith provided him with details on a black USB.
The private investigator said he made a fake email account and sent the information, anonymously, to Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mark Colvin, the editor of The Australian newspaper and one of its journalists.
The court has previously heard one SAS soldier, who has an acrimonious relationship with Mr Roberts-Smith, was raided by the police but no weapons were found and no charges were laid.
"THREATS" IN THE POST
In June 2018, the court has heard, SAS soldier Person 18 received threatening letters in the post - Nine claims Mr Roberts-Smith was the author.
"You and others have worked together to spread lies and rumours to the media and (Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force) inquiry," the letter reads.
Mr Roberts-Smith believed that, when the letters were sent, that soldier had been talking with Person 6, his "enemy" in the SAS community, and the media, the court has heard.
"You have one chance to save yourself," the letters said.
"You must approach the inquiry and admit that you have colluded with others to spread lies."
Mr Roberts-Smith has denied sending the letters or instructing Mr McLeod to send them on his behalf.
But Mr McLeod, on Wednesday, said he met with Mr Roberts-Smith at a Bunnings and the SAS veteran handed him a blue folder with envelopes and letters inside.
Mr Roberts-Smith instructed Mr McLeod to send the letters to Person 18, the private investigator told the court.
THE FAKE BARTENDER
Mr Roberts-Smith, since leaving the SAS, has had a successful life as a public speaker and media executive for the Seven network based in the Sunshine Coast of queensland.
Mr McLeod said Mr Roberts-Smith invited him to impersonate a bartender at his home when he invited his new staff from Seven over for a party.
"I pretended to be a bartender to listen to conversations and report back to Ben," he told the court.
"He wanted to know what they thought of him."
Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister, Bruce McClintock SC, told the court Mr McLeod was hired as a door man at the event - not a bar tender.
Mr McLeod denied it.
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#15697917 at 2022-02-23 07:45:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15600712
'Weak dog': Private eye turns on Ben Roberts-Smith in court
PERRY DUFFIN - FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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Ben Roberts-Smith's former private eye has told a court he triggered a police investigation into an "unhinged" SAS soldier, surveilled a woman as she allegedly faked an abortion and dressed as a bartender to spy on network Seven employees all on behalf of Mr Roberts-Smith.
The relationship came to an end, the private investigator told the court, after he called Mr Roberts-Smith a "weak dog" for compromising him in an alleged plot to threaten former SAS soldiers.
Private eye and former policeman John McLeod has denied leaking to the media after the court heard he was closely communicating with Mr Roberts-Smith's detractors who are accused of feeding private information to journalists.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing Nine and its journalists over a series of articles claiming he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, bullied his squadmates and abused his "mistress".
Mr Roberts-Smith has denied every allegation, saying he only killed enemy combatants within the rules of war, did not cheat on his wife and he abhors domestic violence.
THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
High profile private investigator John McLeod, a former fixer for Mr Roberts-Smith, was called to give evidence in the defamation trial on Wednesday.
Mr McLeod told the court he met Mr Roberts-Smith and his wife, Emma Roberts, while working security for a five-star hotel in Brisbane.
Mr McLeod became a fixer for Mr Roberts-Smith, running errands and organising mundane elements of their lives like concert tickets and repairs to their new home in queensland.
In recent years Mr McLeod has turned against Mr Roberts-Smith and was in recent contact with the SAS veteran's ex wife - and had been accused of leaking to Nine.
GREENSLOPES SURVEILLANCE
By the start of 2018, Mr Roberts-Smith has told the court, his marriage was on the rocks and he was dating a woman known as Person 17.
Nine claims Mr Roberts-Smith was still with his wife at the time and punched Person 17 after they had gone to a ritzy VIP party in Canberra and the woman drunkenly embarrassed herself.
The court has heard Person 17 had travelled to Brisbane for an abortion after telling Mr Roberts-Smith she was carrying his child.
Mr McLeod told the court Mr Roberts-Smith sent him to surveille the woman as she went to Greenslopes clinic for the termination.
Person 17 did not show up at the airport or the clinic but Mr McLeod said he eventually found her at the nearby Greenslopes hospital - which he said does not perform abortions.
Mr McLeod told the court he filmed Person 17, who looked like "a normal woman", coming out of the hospital and sent the video to Mr Roberts-Smith.
Mr Roberts-Smith, in his evidence last year, told the court Person 17 met him in a hotel room minutes later and confessed she did not have an abortion at Greenslopes.
She had the abortion earlier, she allegedly told Mr Roberts-Smith, and he ended the volatile relationship.
"She started to cry and said 'I didn't have the procedure, I had the procedure up in Townsville'," Mr Roberts-Smith told the court in June 2021.
"I said Townville doesn't have a clinic. She said 'I had a miscarriage' so now I had three stories as to what was going on."
"(It) gave me great concern that I was being manipulated so I'd stay in the relationship."
Mr McLeod told the court he invoiced Mr Roberts-Smith $1500 for the job.
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#15664451 at 2022-02-19 08:32:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15656192
Australia reports 43 COVID deaths before expanded border reopening
Lidia Kelly - February 19, 2022
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Australia recorded 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, as it readies to welcome international tourists on Monday for the first time in nearly two years.
The country, which shut its borders in March of 2020, has been gradually reopening since November, allowing first Australians to travel, then international students and workers, and now leisure travellers.
Once a champion of a zero-COVID strategy, the country has moved to live with the coronavirus in the community, chiefly through high vaccination rates that have resulted in less severe cases and fewer hospitalisations.
Even Western Australia, the mining-heavy state that has kept strict borders controls for almost 700 days, has decided it can cope with the Omicron outbreak and will reopen to triple-vaccinated visitors.
The state on Saturday recorded 257 new community infections, its highest yet, and no deaths. Australia's deaths were reported mainly in New South Wales, Victoria and queensland, states that continue to see several thousand daily cases or more.
Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, will open a new quarantine hub for unvaccinated international residents on Monday.
"The Omicron variant has shown us we must continue to be flexible in our pandemic response - and the purpose-built (hub) will be vital to how we manage pandemics today and into the future," Lisa Neville, the state's police minister responsible for quarantining, said on Saturday.
Fully vaccinated travellers, Australians and international, are not required to quarantine in managed facilities.
New Zealand, Australia's closest neighbour, which keeps its international borders nearly fully shut, recorded 1,901 community cases, one of its highest daily tallies.
The two are among the most highly vaccinated countries, with more than 94% of people aged 16 and over double-dosed in Australia and 94% of those 12 and older fully vaccinated in New Zealand.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-reports-43-covid-deaths-before-expanded-border-reopening-2022-02-19/
#15656336 at 2022-02-18 10:55:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15592354
>>15631870
AFP uncovers suspected Chinese spy's alleged plot to smuggle military equipment
Nick McKenzie and Cloe Read - February 18, 2022
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Australian police have disrupted an alleged plot by two queensland-based businessmen to traffic military hardware from Russia to China, a small part of what sources have revealed is a broader investigation into a suspected Chinese Communist Party spy network with ties to a relative of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Australian parliament was this week roiled by disputed allegations of Chinese influence, and on Friday the queensland Magistrates Court heard that Chinese-born Gold Coast accountant Kim Bowei Lee, 64, and Russian-born Brisbane entrepreneur Alexander Cher, 63, had been charged with contraventions of Australia's Defence Trade Control Act.
Multiple official sources, who are not authorised to speak publicly, say the charges had spun out of a broader ASIO investigation into an alleged Chinese spy network operating in Australia. Members of that alleged network were detected as early as August 2016 when Australian officials intercepted an unusual private jet flight, organised by an Australian casino, from the Gold Coast to New Zealand.
Mr Lee was one of six passengers on the flight. Among the others were president Xi's cousin, Ming Chai, a Melbourne organised crime boss and casino junket operator Tom "Mr Chinatown" Zhou, and another figure suspected to be linked to Chinese intelligence.
The Magistrates Court in Brisbane heard on Friday that Mr Lee and Mr Cher were accused of partnering with another Chinese national and former Melbourne businessman Brian Chen, who is now in hiding overseas and subject of an Interpol red notice.
One official source, who has been briefed by ASIO, described Mr Chen as a Chinese military intelligence operative "who travels the world as a spy". An ASIO informant claimed two years ago that Mr Chen had sought to plant an operative, Nick Zhao, a member of the Victorian Liberal Party, in a seat in Federal Parliament.
ASIO officers quizzed Mr Chen in March 2019 at Melbourne Airport but he was then allowed to depart Australia.
The charges Mr Lee and Mr Cher face are simply that they are accused of illegally brokering the supply of defence goods. There is no suggestion they are involved in espionage activity or any other criminality and the charges are yet to be tested in court.
Court documents allege that between January 9, 2018, and July 27, 2018, the two men "arranged for another person to supply goods which were listed in part 1 of the Defence and Strategic Goods list from the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China".
Mr Cher, a Russian ?migr? who has run a string of companies in queensland and NSW, was charged last week by detectives and released on bail after a short court appearance. He must not leave Australia and must report to authorities twice a week. When called for comment on Friday morning, Mr Cher said : "I can't talk now. Call me later," before hanging up.
According to business and property records, Mr Cher's first venture in Australia was an agriculture company he founded in Bronte in 1996. In the late 1990s, he moved to queensland, shortened his name from Alexander Tcherkezov to Alex Cher and launched a string of companies in the property, construction and maritime sector part-financed by businessmen from Russia and Ukraine. Mr Cher also worked as a federal government-licensed migration agent, running a business called Nita International that helped Russians get visas or residency in Australia.
According to court documents, Mr Lee was released last week on bail in connection to the alleged military equipment smuggling plot.
In a statement, the federal police confirmed that a "64-year-old Gold Coast man and a 63-year-old Brisbane man have been charged with arranging to supply [military] goods."
The AFP statement didn't name Mr Chen, but referred instead to an unnamed "59-year-old Chinese national, currently believed to be residing overseas" and who was the subject of an arrest warrant.
This masthead has confirmed that the case against the pair and Mr Chen grew out of a much broader probe by ASIO into Chinese intelligence operations and Chinese organised crime activities in Australia. That broader probe does not involve Mr Cher or Mr Lee.
Multiple federal and state sources with knowledge of the intelligence investigations said that by 2019, ASIO had begun mapping an overlapping and opaque network of Chinese Communist Party linked businessmen, money launderers and intelligence operatives.
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#15656316 at 2022-02-18 10:43:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Why the Freedom Movement resembles a cult
JACK THE INSIDER (Peter Hoysted) - FEBRUARY 18, 2022
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The Canberra Truck Convoy without trucks ended last Sunday without parliament being stormed, without the Governor-General dissolving parliament and with none of the protesters' vague objectives met.
There was an ominous sense of hope foiled and utter helplessness at the EPIC camp on Sunday night after the rally.
After the euphoria of the crowd building on the Friday night and the exultation from the speakers on the two stages outside the parliament had subsided, protesters returned to their tents and vans.
The world was supposed to have changed, the government gone, scuttling away under the sheer force of numbers, leaving the people (or a select few) to create a Utopia in Australia.
Besides some nasty cases of sunburn and the spread of Covid, nothing had happened.
Some had nowhere to go. Some had come from Western Australia and as they were unvaxxed could not cross the Nullarbor and expect to be allowed back in. Others had no money to go home wherever home is.
Down the deep hole
I've long believed that the majority who have become attached to the amorphous Freedom Movement in Australia are decent people who have fallen down a deep hole. I have no idea how we might pull them out.
One rally organiser had a moment of clarity when he described the assembly in Canberra last weekend as, "One third protesting vaccine mandates, one third wanting to overthrow the government, and the other third don't want government at all."
By that definition, two thirds of the protest movement must be seen as a cult. People in their thousands have fallen prey to a propaganda campaign peddling fear and anxiety, a systematic pattern of indoctrination, drip-fed through an information bubble from proselytisers on websites and social media, always with the 'Donate Now' button blinking away.
ACT Police estimated the crowd that assembled on Saturday somewhere 6,000 and at 10,000. On drone shots I looked at, I estimated the crowd to be 20,000. It was just a guess. The answer almost certainly lies somewhere in between.
Rubbery facts and figures
One excitable protest influencer claimed a million people were in attendance but, buoyed by a moment of adulation on stage, she revised the estimate up to three million. Another claimed there was traffic gridlock stretching 150 kilometres out of Sydney with 70 per cent of cars bearing queensland plates. There were, she said, 700,000 people in one camp. She predicted a crowd of six million people. One rally attendee spoke of a more modest crowd of 500,000 people but explained that for every one of them, there were five hundred more who could not come but were present in mind and spirit. That's just a tick under ten times the Australian population.
It's not just in inflated numbers, the prosecution of the lie that the movement's members are part of a much larger, more powerful group. There are other obvious detachments from reality.
One protest organiser, a veteran of anti-vax rallies over the last two years, reported he had returned home feeling seriously ill.
"My throat is like nothing I have ever experienced. Total agony. The tips of my ears are peeling and burnt, my chest has an infection, my eyes and ears are sore and swollen ... but my throat is an indescribable hell of sharp pain."
Could it be sunburn and Covid infection? The influencers know that a great swathe of their followers have been taught to believe that Covid-19 doesn't exist, a fake pandemic, a plandemic. What seems obvious to us by way of street corner diagnosis is anathema to them. Thus, conspiracies need to be created, more battlelines drawn between us and them.
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#15640478 at 2022-02-16 09:39:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Military air bases fast tracked for upgrade as Australia joins US Pacific push
Australian military bases and airstrips are to be upgraded as US forces look for more part-time homes for their combat aircraft, troops and ships.
Charles Miranda - February 16, 2022
Military airstrips and bases providing a chain-link defence to Australia's north are in for a multi-billion upgrade under a fast-tracked Australia-US drive to secure the Pacific region.
Strategic fuel and war-fighting ordinance storages, defence missile systems and base upgrade plans have been brought forward, with a Defence department review identifying security shortfalls.
China's rapid expansionist ambitions in the region and supply chain challenges exposed by Covid-19 flagged vulnerabilities for both Australia's national security and America's war-fighting capabilities in the region.
That has now sparked a sense of urgency with a "credible chance" of armed conflict before the end of the decade, according to the latest Defence review.
A delegation led by US Indo-Pacific Command's director for logistics and engineering Brigadier General Jered Helwig is currently inspecting military infrastructure in the Northern Territory and queensland for "logistic opportunities".
The US has already identified vulnerabilities around its major base in Guam, which is within missile range of China.
It is now looking at closer base-share arrangements in Australia, to park and service military hardware and, if needed, use as a forward operating base, as well as having a troop rotation above the current 2500 Marines here at any one time.
That's more ships, aircraft and troops to visit.
The upgrades plan goes beyond those already known to be approved at RAAF Tindal and RAAF Darwin, where the US military is funding expansions, and Cocos Keeling Islands airport, which has also been approved for upgrade.
But also now the "bare bases" currently only in ad hoc use are being looked at to help form a chain-link defence effect to Australia's north, including RAAF Scherger on Cape York Peninsula, RAAF Curtin in northwest WA and RAAF Learmonth on the North West Cape.
Even runway assets rarely used since World War II, such as Batchelor, 100km south of Darwin, have been reviewed by Defence, as have, more broadly, vehicle highways that could be used in the event of a conflict where an air base runway is damaged.
The ADF's acting commander joint logistics command Brigadier Jason Walk said the US delegation visit would progress a commitment to establish "cooperative logistics, sustainment, and maintenance enterprises'' in Australia.
"The Indo-Pacific Region is the priority theatre for the United States and working alongside Australia is critically important in this long-term partnership to achieve our collective goals of maintaining peace and stability in the region," Brigadier General Helwig said.
Defence joint standing committee chair Senator David Fawcett welcomed the commitment to spend on the bases and the increased military interoperability with the US.
"The need has been recognised, funding has been allocated and Defence is working to making sure we have resilience capability," he said.
"I am really pleased they are now talking about bare base resilience and looking at whether the bases are fit for purpose, I am pleased to see that development."
Former Army major general turned senator Jim Molan has also long agitated for bare base upgrades.
"We have an obligation in this strategic environment to protect our major assets, which really are aircraft, ships and infrastructure such as communications and fuel," he said.
"I think the fact the federal government's allocating money to this and secondly receiving a US facilities and infrastructure group reflects how serious the government is taking the strategic future."
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/military-air-bases-fast-tracked-for-upgrade-as-australia-joins-us-pacific-push/news-story/17f2466a23f6c0b6b5f37566b9e2cb48
#15640077 at 2022-02-16 07:04:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Prince Andrew settles civil sexual assault claim with Virginia Giuffre
Victoria Ward and Josie Ensor - 15 February 2022
The Duke of York has reached an out-of-court financial settlement with his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
The deal brings an end to the legal process and means he will not face a jury trial in the civil case on sexual abuse claims.
The terms of the deal will remain secret, but in a joint statement the Duke expressed regret about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and confirmed that he will make a "substantial donation" to Ms Giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights.
Ms Giuffre alleged that she was sexually abused or raped by Prince Andrew on three separate occasions in 2001 when she was 17. She had sued him for unspecified damages.
In a joint statement, the two sides said: "Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew have reached an out-of-court settlement."
It said they would file a request to dismiss the case when the undisclosed sum had been received.
"Prince Andrew has never intended to malign Ms Giuffre's character, and he accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks," it said.
"It is known that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked countless young girls over many years. Prince Andrew regrets his association with Epstein, and commends the bravery of Ms Giuffre and other survivors in standing up for themselves and others.
"He pledges to demonstrate his regret for his association with Epstein by supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims."
In a joint court filing, the parties told the New York judge overseeing the case that they anticipated that it would be brought to a close within 30 days and asked that all action be suspended in the meantime.
The Duke had been due to give a deposition under oath on March 10.
Sigrid McCawley, representing Ms Giuffre, told The Telegraph: "As a managing partner at a firm that has from its beginning acted upon the belief that the law should be marshalled to bring justice to the most vulnerable, I can say, without hesitation, that our representation of survivors upholds that tradition.
"I am very pleased with the resolution of Virginia Giuffre's litigation against Prince Andrew."
Lisa Bloom, an attorney representing eight victims of Jeffrey Epstein, said: "We hail Virginia's victory today. She has accomplished what no one else could: getting Prince Andrew to stop his nonsense and side with sexual abuse victims.
"We salute Virginia's stunning courage."
Penny Junor, the Royal author, said the settlement is likely to come as a "huge relief" to the rest of the Royal family.
"Going to trial, it could have been very, very nasty," she said. "It could have been embarrassing, humiliating, and it would have been huge fodder for the tabloid press.
"It could have really taken the shine off the queen's Platinum Jubilee year."
Another royal expert said the Duke would "forever be tainted" by the civil sex assault claim brought against him.
Joe Little, of Majesty magazine, told the PA news agency: "I just don't think he's ever likely to resume work as a working member of the royal family.
"I think that too much water has gone under the bridge for that and the institution of monarchy has been tainted by his association with Epstein and I just think that there's no going back on all that."
On the likely reaction of the rest of the royal family, he said: "I'm sure that they're glad this (settlement agreement) has happened but does it exonerate the prince who really has not been charged with anything criminal?
"He will, I think, forever be tainted by this scandal, for want of a better way of describing it."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/02/15/prince-andrew-settles-legal-case-virginia-roberts-giuffre/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.78.0_1.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.78.1_3.pdf
#15623621 at 2022-02-14 08:11:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
China's snow job can't erase Aussie ties
WILL GLASGOW - FEBRUARY 13, 2022
1/2
Monday is the 10th day of the Beijing Winter Games.
It's also the 550th day since Australian journalist Cheng Lei was nabbed by Chinese agents in the Olympic host city.
The queensland University graduate has now been behind bars for 18 months.
She still hasn't been allowed to see her two young children.
No trial date has been set.
The single mother - who was one of the most high-profile Australians in China - now features on a long list of subjects our Olympians have been advised to handle with care at these intensely political Games.
Snowboarding legend Scotty James did his best to negotiate the difficult terrain after he bagged his silver on Friday.
"I'm sorry about those circumstances," he said after being awarded his medal at the man-made snow town just an hour away by fast train from where Cheng was ?arrested on August 13, 2020.
The wizard from Warrandyte and the prisoner in Beijing have a backstory.
They met in Beijing in late December 2019 when Cheng interviewed James in front of a business crowd at an Australian-backed steakhouse about his path to the 2022 Games.
The night at Hurricane's Grill left an impression.
James became Cheng's favourite member of Australia's Winter Olympics team, and she recently told Australian diplomats she hoped to watch him compete.
That was after her prison wardens said she and her cellmates would be allowed to watch some of what China's President Xi Jinping calls an "inclusive, open and clean Games".
Whether she knows James won silver will remain a mystery until her next monthly online consular visit with Australian ?officials - her only ?contact with the world outside her cell.
"I hope she got to tune in. I hope she enjoyed it," said James, when asked about a situation that is bizarre even by the standards of these Winter Games.
What is like to win Olympic silver with a fan cheering you on from a Beijing prison cell?
"Sorry, no comment on that," said James.
And fair enough, too - he was still hours from flying out of China to his base in the US.
The situation is the same for athletes from all around the world - and for good reason.
Only a few weeks ago, a ?senior official on the Beijing 2022 organising committee warned that any speech against Chinese laws would be "subject to certain punishment".
If asked about the more than one million Uighurs who have been sent to re-education camps, or the snuffing of civic life in Hong Kong, or the awful plight of Cheng or fellow Australian Yang Hengjun, or about all the others trapped in China's dark prisons, Olympians have been advised to keep quiet - at least while they are in the People's ?Republic.
It has contributed to a surreal environment inside the Olympics bubble, one that is completely ?removed from the world outside it.
(continued)
#15615852 at 2022-02-13 07:54:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
Unsolved mysteries behind famous Prince Andrew photo
The photo of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell is now famous - but some basic facts about the shot have never been established.
Daniela Elser - February 13, 2022
1/3
In 2001, financier, and later registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein gave the then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre (nee Roberts) a small yellow Kodak camera. It might have been the sort of simple gift millions of teenagers would receive but the snaps that she would take with the present would, two decades later, trigger the biggest crisis in modern royal history.
Later this year, around spring time in Australia, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York's name will appear on the docket in federal court in New York where he is facing a civil sex abuse trial.
Ms Giuffre, who is now a Perth-based mother-of-three, has accused the 61-year-old royal of "rape in the first degree," alleging that she was sexually abused by the queen's son on three occasions.
It was nearly exactly ten years ago that this current crisis started when, in late February 2011, the now defunct News of the World published a photo of Andrew walking in Central Park with Epstein, by then a convicted sex offender. A week later, the Mail on Sunday published the first interview with Ms Giuffre, reporting that the teen had "been flown across the world to be introduced to the Prince." (It has been reported that she was paid $226,000 for the interview.)
Crucially, she also produced the now notorious photo of herself with Andrew and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. (Ms Giuffre has said of why the image was taken, "I wanted something to show my mom.")
That image could now play a central role in Andrew's case, with the revelation by the Daily Beast recently that Andrew will "continue to maintain his reservations about the authenticity" of the image at the jury trial.
Ms Giuffre says that the shot was taken in March 2001 on the first night that she met the duke and that they first had sex. Andrew, however, during his cataclysmic Newsnight interview in 2019 told host Emily Maitlis he had 'investigated' the authenticity of the image and that "Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."
Who was behind the camera?
In the image we can see Andrew, Ms Giuffre and a smiling Maxwell, inside the latter's home in the exclusive London suburb of Belgravia. In an uncropped version released in 2019, a blurry thumb can be seen on the right, the work of the clumsy photographer.
So who was behind the camera? Ms Giuffre has said that it was Epstein himself who took the shot.
However, Andrew told Maitlis that "I've never seen Epstein with a camera in my life" and that "it's very difficult to be able to prove it but I don't remember that photograph ever being taken."
(continued)
#15600716 at 2022-02-11 12:13:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
>>15600712
2/2
The witness was shown a photograph of the young Afghan's body in which he was holding an AK47 variant weapon, but said the teenager did not have a weapon at the vehicle stop.
The comment about the teenager was put to Mr Roberts-Smith in the witness box last year, when he denied saying "any part" of it.
Person 16 said before Mr Roberts-Smith joined the SAS, the VC recipient had a "formidable" reputation as being a "no-nonsense individual".
But he described "two camps" later forming; those "for" Mr Roberts-Smith and those "against".
"Those against, seen him as being someone who was belligerent, a bully, [who] would trash and tarnish others' reputations," Person 16 said.
Under cross-examination by Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister, Arthur Moses SC, the witness told the court colleagues in the "for" camp were friends with Mr Roberts-Smith and supported his decisions and actions.
Person 16, a medic, said he had never suggested he was in the "against" camp.
"I actually admired some of his qualities," he said.
He also agreed he had never been bullied or treated poorly by Mr Roberts-Smith, despite "weekly" dealings with him prior to the 2012 deployment.
A previous outline of evidence stated the mission took place on October 21, 2012, however this was amended to reflect the date of November 5.
Mr Moses put to Person 16 that he changed his recollection after being told Mr Roberts-Smith couldn't have been on a mission with him on the October date.
"I can't recall saying it was in October, all I can recall is that this was the last mission (of the deployment)," he replied.
Person 16 also denied that reading newspaper articles in 2018 had influenced his recollection of events.
He revealed he had met journalist Nick McKenzie, who is named as a respondent, in queensland, "some time in late 2018".
But the witness insisted he "didn't agree or disagree", nor provide a "thorough rundown", after Mr McKenzie appeared to have some knowledge of the mission.
Mr Moses suggested Person 16 had "imagined" the conversation with Mr Roberts-Smith.
"That conversation 100 per cent happened and his reply shocked me to the core and that's why I remember it," he replied.
The trial, before Justice Anthony Besanko, continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-11/ben-roberts-smith-described-killing-as-beautiful-court-hears/100822770
#15592267 at 2022-02-10 08:45:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#20 - Part 13
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 4
>>15447996 Australia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
>>15455569 Australia marks two years since first COVID case with another high death count
>>15472658 COVID-19 ICU admissions increase across Australia as 72 more deaths reported
>>15481328 Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic, expands booster eligibility
>>15490071 Australia records 97 Covid deaths as Victoria detects 'son of Omicron' cases
>>15499002 Australia anxious as schools back in full swing amidst Omicron wave
>>15507783 Australia reports fewer COVID-19 deaths, infections as students return to schools
>>15507876 Anti-vaccination protesters flock to Parliament House
>>15516793 The lies about the "vaccines" continue in Australia - Disinfo from medical expert Dr Nick Coatsworth - "If you're vaccinated, that's when you're not going to get Covid." - That statement is an utter lie - There are vast numbers of fully vaccinated people who have contracted Covid 19. Many have died.
>>15517010 Australian PM says his government was too optimistic before Omicron surge
>>15525306 Australia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
>>15525440 'Zero tolerance': Australia will pour more than $60 million into countering violent extremism amid an increase in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic
>>15534240 COVID-19 hospitalisations fall in NSW and Victoria as nation records 84 further deaths
>>15542085 Australia may use defence forces to help COVID-hit aged-care sector
>>15550954 queensland has deadliest day of pandemic, Victoria records 41 deaths while NSW reports drop in COVID-19 cases
>>15550983 Convoy to Canberra marches on Old Parliament House to protest against vaccine mandates
>>15559152 Australian PM signals reopening borders to tourists 'not far away'
>>15566287 After two years of closed borders, Australia welcomes the world back
>>15575102 'Double standards': Craig Kelly slammed for bringing unvaccinated protesters to Parliament House
>>15575149 Activist who demanded Scott Morrison be sent 'to the gallows' escorted into Parliament House by Craig Kelly
>>15583763 Another 70 people die from COVID-19 as queensland records highest daily death toll
#15592266 at 2022-02-10 08:45:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#20 - Part 12
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 3
>>15380263 Video: Novak Djokovic's appeal against visa cancellation to be heard by three judges on Sunday morning, 16 January 2022
>>15380267 'This is Orwellian': Djokovic defence emerges ahead of court hearing
>>15389130 Novak Djokovic loses attempt to overturn deportation
>>15389142 Video: Novak Djokovic to be deported after losing Federal Court case
>>15389151 Video: IN FULL: Federal Court hands down decision on Novak Djokovic visa
>>15389175 Video: Novak Djokovic loses bid to stay in Australia
>>15395904 Australia PM blames Omicron for testing woes as COVID-19 cases hit downward trend
>>15395935 Australia leaves door open for Djokovic to play at next year's Open
>>15403887 Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron drives up hospital cases
>>15411832 Australia calls on backpackers to help ease Omicron-fuelled labour shortage
>>15411868 Military to drive Victorian ambulances, but PM says support will be limited
>>15412119 PM tells Australians to disregard George Christensen over 'dangerous' vaccine advice
>>15412494 'A decision of my own making': George Christensen quits plum role as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth after vaccine slap down
>>15420457 Covid deaths and new cases dip in NSW to 30,825 and hospital and ICU patients FALL for the first time in the Omicron outbreak - but Victoria rises to 21,966
>>15420474 Video: Hopes unvaccinated will get Novavax as new COVID-19 vaccine, drugs approved for use
>>15420667 Google doing 'everything in its power' to stop United Australia Party spreading misinformation
>>15427284 A divided nation: Western Australia stays shut as COVID deaths mount in east
>>15434807 Australia's queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away
>>15434914 Video: Shocking signs on show as protesters march across Australia during 'freedom' rallies - Thousands of protesters against vaccines and lockdowns swarmed on city centres during 'freedom' rallies, with some carrying vile signs
>>15441220 Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID
#15592248 at 2022-02-10 08:41:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#20 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>15403917 Fears Australian writer Yang Hengjun could die in Chinese prison as medical condition worsens
>>15404139 Whip Tweet: Good to see everyone getting in on a water fight (Thumbs up) (Australia)
>>15412474 Billionaire Clive Palmer attempts a political comeback and runs for the senate in queensland
>>15420667 Google doing 'everything in its power' to stop United Australia Party spreading misinformation
>>15427341 Australia, U.K. Work on Security Ties as China's Clout Grows
>>15455465 Hundreds of Western Australians reported feeling the ground move on morning of Jan 25, 2022 - 4.7 magnitude earthquake may not be peak of WA 'swarm'
>>15463520 Protests, citizenship festivities mark contentious Australia Day holiday
>>15471412 OZ Trucks To Canberra being organized on Telegram
>>15507808 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heading to Melbourne for meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers
>>15534400 Video: THE DEVIL'S WORK - Theft of human heads linked to 'satanic ritual' after remains go missing and letter to Satan is found at graveside - Footscray General Cemetery in Melbourne.
>>15534405 Video: Satanic ritual ruled-out as motive for stolen heads, while search for tomb raiders continues
>>15551303 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with Australia, Japan and India in bid to counter China during Olympics
>>15559256 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweet: An important discussion yesterday with @Secdef to discuss continued progress in the #AUKUS partnership, our support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and mutual assistance to Tonga. #UnbreakableAlliance
>>15559256 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: Good phone call yesterday with @PeterDutton_MP on issues facing our #UnbreakableAlliance. We discussed our strong cooperation to enhance a #FreeandOpenIndoPacific, forward momentum on implementing AUKUS, and our steadfast support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.
>>15559256 U.S. Department of Defense - Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Australian Minister of Defence Peter Dutton
>>15575034 Video: Scott Morrison apologises to Brittany Higgins over parliament's 'long-standing culture of abuse'
>>15575052 Members of US Congress consider creating an "AUKUS caucus" to sharpen Washington's focus on the strategic military pact to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines
>>15583796 Abuse campaigner Brittany Higgins says Australia's prime minister apology not enough
>>15583919 Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an 'open book' for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears - Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandal
#15592244 at 2022-02-10 08:41:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #21: MIL-CIV ALLIANCE Edition
#20 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>15243071 US to put nuclear submarines on fast track - Defence Minister Peter Dutton reveals Australia is set to get its first nuclear submarine at least five years ahead of schedule after Washington agrees to help fast-track the project
>>15247159 Free-trade deal to speed exports to India - Australian wine, coal and grain producers targeted by Chinese sanctions are on track to have greater access to Indian markets from next year
>>15251521 Australian Federal Police Tweet: During his recent visit to the United States, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw presented @FBI Director Christopher Wray with the AFP Partnership Medal. The medal is in recognition of the close working relationship between the AFP and the FBI.
>>15264936 Barnaby Joyce questions future of US's global mission
>>15264954 JFK's legacy is strong, but Americans are wary - Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Nationals - theaustralian.com.au
>>15306365 Japan and Australia to sign landmark defence agreement, upgrading military co-operation, joint exercises and military deployments - The Reciprocal Access Agreement
>>15312135 Joint air operations to flow from 'historic' defence pact between Australia and Japan
>>15312136 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Kishida @JPN_PMO and PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP to meet virtually tomorrow and sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a landmark defence agreement between (Japan) & (Australia). PM Kishida said "I embark upon summit diplomacy in earnest" in 2022. This starts here.
>>15312266 Imam of Peace Tweet: My friends, Happy New Year, May the Almighty grant you whatever is in your hearts, and may you have a safe, blessed and meaningful 2022. Thank you for your warm messages and comments during my absence. As you well know, there's a silence before every storm. Notifications on!
>>15325248 Australia and Japan sign security pact to respond to 'challenging' Indo-Pacific environment
>>15325267 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Kishida @JPN_PMO and PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP have signed the RAA during their virtual summit, increasing deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. (Japan) & (Australia) will strengthen its cooperation as vanguards of the rules-based order in the region.
>>15325267 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP, your leadership and dedication were the No.1 driving force behind the RAA, ushering in a new chapter for (Japan and Australia) Special Strategic Partnership.
>>15325478 The oldest living American veteran of World War II, Lawrence Brooks, dies at 112 - Served with the largely African American 91st Engineer Battalion, stationed in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines
>>15342236 Opinion: New agreement with Japan a historic step for Australia in South-East Asia - Christopher Pyne - adelaidenow.com.au
>>15342288 Australia commits to $3.5 billion tank purchase from the US
>>15348724 US needs to step up more for Pacific allies: White House Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell
>>15380490 Video: Tsunami warning issued for parts of NSW, Victoria, queensland and Tasmania following the eruption of an underwater volcano
>>15385203 Video: An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of Australia's east coast
>>15385210 Video: Tsunami warnings are in place across the Pacific after an underwater volcano eruption caused tidal waves to hit Tonga.
>>15385218 Video: Analysis: Tsunami warnings issued amid underwater volcano eruption
#15592200 at 2022-02-10 08:27:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#20 - Part 13
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 4
>>15447996 Australia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
>>15455569 Australia marks two years since first COVID case with another high death count
>>15472658 COVID-19 ICU admissions increase across Australia as 72 more deaths reported
>>15481328 Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic, expands booster eligibility
>>15490071 Australia records 97 Covid deaths as Victoria detects 'son of Omicron' cases
>>15499002 Australia anxious as schools back in full swing amidst Omicron wave
>>15507783 Australia reports fewer COVID-19 deaths, infections as students return to schools
>>15507876 Anti-vaccination protesters flock to Parliament House
>>15516793 The lies about the "vaccines" continue in Australia - Disinfo from medical expert Dr Nick Coatsworth - "If you're vaccinated, that's when you're not going to get Covid." - That statement is an utter lie - There are vast numbers of fully vaccinated people who have contracted Covid 19. Many have died.
>>15517010 Australian PM says his government was too optimistic before Omicron surge
>>15525306 Australia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
>>15525440 'Zero tolerance': Australia will pour more than $60 million into countering violent extremism amid an increase in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic
>>15534240 COVID-19 hospitalisations fall in NSW and Victoria as nation records 84 further deaths
>>15542085 Australia may use defence forces to help COVID-hit aged-care sector
>>15550954 queensland has deadliest day of pandemic, Victoria records 41 deaths while NSW reports drop in COVID-19 cases
>>15550983 Convoy to Canberra marches on Old Parliament House to protest against vaccine mandates
>>15559152 Australian PM signals reopening borders to tourists 'not far away'
>>15566287 After two years of closed borders, Australia welcomes the world back
>>15575102 'Double standards': Craig Kelly slammed for bringing unvaccinated protesters to Parliament House
>>15575149 Activist who demanded Scott Morrison be sent 'to the gallows' escorted into Parliament House by Craig Kelly
>>15583763 Another 70 people die from COVID-19 as queensland records highest daily death toll
#15592198 at 2022-02-10 08:26:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#20 - Part 12
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 3
>>15380263 Video: Novak Djokovic's appeal against visa cancellation to be heard by three judges on Sunday morning, 16 January 2022
>>15380267 'This is Orwellian': Djokovic defence emerges ahead of court hearing
>>15389130 Novak Djokovic loses attempt to overturn deportation
>>15389142 Video: Novak Djokovic to be deported after losing Federal Court case
>>15389151 Video: IN FULL: Federal Court hands down decision on Novak Djokovic visa
>>15389175 Video: Novak Djokovic loses bid to stay in Australia
>>15395904 Australia PM blames Omicron for testing woes as COVID-19 cases hit downward trend
>>15395935 Australia leaves door open for Djokovic to play at next year's Open
>>15403887 Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron drives up hospital cases
>>15411832 Australia calls on backpackers to help ease Omicron-fuelled labour shortage
>>15411868 Military to drive Victorian ambulances, but PM says support will be limited
>>15412119 PM tells Australians to disregard George Christensen over 'dangerous' vaccine advice
>>15412494 'A decision of my own making': George Christensen quits plum role as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth after vaccine slap down
>>15420457 Covid deaths and new cases dip in NSW to 30,825 and hospital and ICU patients FALL for the first time in the Omicron outbreak - but Victoria rises to 21,966
>>15420474 Video: Hopes unvaccinated will get Novavax as new COVID-19 vaccine, drugs approved for use
>>15420667 Google doing 'everything in its power' to stop United Australia Party spreading misinformation
>>15427284 A divided nation: Western Australia stays shut as COVID deaths mount in east
>>15434807 Australia's queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away
>>15434914 Video: Shocking signs on show as protesters march across Australia during 'freedom' rallies - Thousands of protesters against vaccines and lockdowns swarmed on city centres during 'freedom' rallies, with some carrying vile signs
>>15441220 Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID
#15592178 at 2022-02-10 08:21:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#20 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>15403917 Fears Australian writer Yang Hengjun could die in Chinese prison as medical condition worsens
>>15404139 Whip Tweet: Good to see everyone getting in on a water fight (Thumbs up) (Australia)
>>15412474 Billionaire Clive Palmer attempts a political comeback and runs for the senate in queensland
>>15420667 Google doing 'everything in its power' to stop United Australia Party spreading misinformation
>>15427341 Australia, U.K. Work on Security Ties as China's Clout Grows
>>15455465 Hundreds of Western Australians reported feeling the ground move on morning of Jan 25, 2022 - 4.7 magnitude earthquake may not be peak of WA 'swarm'
>>15463520 Protests, citizenship festivities mark contentious Australia Day holiday
>>15471412 OZ Trucks To Canberra being organized on Telegram
>>15507808 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heading to Melbourne for meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers
>>15534400 Video: THE DEVIL'S WORK - Theft of human heads linked to 'satanic ritual' after remains go missing and letter to Satan is found at graveside - Footscray General Cemetery in Melbourne.
>>15534405 Video: Satanic ritual ruled-out as motive for stolen heads, while search for tomb raiders continues
>>15551303 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to meet with Australia, Japan and India in bid to counter China during Olympics
>>15559256 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweet: An important discussion yesterday with @Secdef to discuss continued progress in the #AUKUS partnership, our support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and mutual assistance to Tonga. #UnbreakableAlliance
>>15559256 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: Good phone call yesterday with @PeterDutton_MP on issues facing our #UnbreakableAlliance. We discussed our strong cooperation to enhance a #FreeandOpenIndoPacific, forward momentum on implementing AUKUS, and our steadfast support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.
>>15559256 U.S. Department of Defense - Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Australian Minister of Defence Peter Dutton
>>15575034 Video: Scott Morrison apologises to Brittany Higgins over parliament's 'long-standing culture of abuse'
>>15575052 Members of US Congress consider creating an "AUKUS caucus" to sharpen Washington's focus on the strategic military pact to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines
>>15583796 Abuse campaigner Brittany Higgins says Australia's prime minister apology not enough
>>15583919 Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an 'open book' for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears - Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandal
#15592175 at 2022-02-10 08:20:30 (UTC+1)
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#20 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>15243071 US to put nuclear submarines on fast track - Defence Minister Peter Dutton reveals Australia is set to get its first nuclear submarine at least five years ahead of schedule after Washington agrees to help fast-track the project
>>15247159 Free-trade deal to speed exports to India - Australian wine, coal and grain producers targeted by Chinese sanctions are on track to have greater access to Indian markets from next year
>>15251521 Australian Federal Police Tweet: During his recent visit to the United States, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw presented @FBI Director Christopher Wray with the AFP Partnership Medal. The medal is in recognition of the close working relationship between the AFP and the FBI.
>>15264936 Barnaby Joyce questions future of US's global mission
>>15264954 JFK's legacy is strong, but Americans are wary - Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Nationals - theaustralian.com.au
>>15306365 Japan and Australia to sign landmark defence agreement, upgrading military co-operation, joint exercises and military deployments - The Reciprocal Access Agreement
>>15312135 Joint air operations to flow from 'historic' defence pact between Australia and Japan
>>15312136 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Kishida @JPN_PMO and PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP to meet virtually tomorrow and sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a landmark defence agreement between (Japan) & (Australia). PM Kishida said "I embark upon summit diplomacy in earnest" in 2022. This starts here.
>>15312266 Imam of Peace Tweet: My friends, Happy New Year, May the Almighty grant you whatever is in your hearts, and may you have a safe, blessed and meaningful 2022. Thank you for your warm messages and comments during my absence. As you well know, there's a silence before every storm. Notifications on!
>>15325248 Australia and Japan sign security pact to respond to 'challenging' Indo-Pacific environment
>>15325267 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Kishida @JPN_PMO and PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP have signed the RAA during their virtual summit, increasing deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. (Japan) & (Australia) will strengthen its cooperation as vanguards of the rules-based order in the region.
>>15325267 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: PM Morrison @ScottMorrisonMP, your leadership and dedication were the No.1 driving force behind the RAA, ushering in a new chapter for (Japan and Australia) Special Strategic Partnership.
>>15325478 The oldest living American veteran of World War II, Lawrence Brooks, dies at 112 - Served with the largely African American 91st Engineer Battalion, stationed in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines
>>15342236 Opinion: New agreement with Japan a historic step for Australia in South-East Asia - Christopher Pyne - adelaidenow.com.au
>>15342288 Australia commits to $3.5 billion tank purchase from the US
>>15348724 US needs to step up more for Pacific allies: White House Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell
>>15380490 Video: Tsunami warning issued for parts of NSW, Victoria, queensland and Tasmania following the eruption of an underwater volcano
>>15385203 Video: An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of Australia's east coast
>>15385210 Video: Tsunami warnings are in place across the Pacific after an underwater volcano eruption caused tidal waves to hit Tonga.
>>15385218 Video: Analysis: Tsunami warnings issued amid underwater volcano eruption
#15583766 at 2022-02-09 07:46:34 (UTC+1)
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>>15583763
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queensland's deadliest day of pandemic
queensland has recorded its highest daily COVID-19 fatality count since the start of the pandemic, confirming the deaths of 24 people with the virus.
The total includes 16 aged care residents and comes as the state reports another 6,902 new COVID-19 cases.
It comes as queensland hits the 90 per cent double dose vaccination mark for people aged 16 and over.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said coronavirus outbreaks in aged care were an issue across Australia.
"These are families that are going through a very tough time at the moment and it is very difficult to announce these deaths each day," she told reporters on Wednesday.
Two deaths recorded in both Tasmania and SA
Tasmania has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths, as the state's back-to-school plan is put to the test on the first day of term one.
Tasmania has reported 574 new infections, a drop from the 601 recorded on Tuesday.
The deaths, reported on Wednesday, take the state's pandemic toll to 22, with nine of those occurring since borders reopened in mid-December.
Ten people are being treated in hospital for the virus, with one of them in intensive care.
It comes as some 60,000 public school students return to the classroom.
South Australia reported two further deaths and 1,671 new cases on Wednesday, well above the state's seven-day average of 1,369.
The rise came a week after about 35 per cent of the state's school students returned to classrooms, though it remained unclear if students or staff contributed significantly to the increase.
SA Health said the latest deaths were a woman in her 60s and a man in his 90s, taking the toll since the start of the pandemic to 139.
South Australia has 210 people in hospital, including 18 in intensive care where three people are on ventilators.
The state's total number of active infections sits at 14,312.
ACT records one COVID-19 death and 475 new cases
A man in his 90s has died from COVID-19 in the ACT, as the capital recorded a further 475 new infections.
The man is the 31st person to have died from COVID-19 in the ACT since the pandemic began and is the fifth to die this week.
Case numbers were slightly down in the ACT on Wednesday, with 281 new infections from PCR tests while there were 194 positive RATs.
While the number of patients in hospital for COVID-19 has decreased from 55 to 54, the number of those in intensive care has risen.
NT reports 1,128 cases
The Northern Territory has reported another 1,128 COVID-19 infections, along with a dip in hospital admissions.
SecureNT said Wednesday 174 virus-positive people are in hospital, down slightly from 178 on Tuesday.
Four of those are in intensive care.
Active infections across the Territory have been put at 7,460, while case numbers reported on Tuesday have been revised up from 1,092 to 1,124 following the inclusion of more RAT results.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/another-67-covid-19-deaths-in-australia-as-queensland-records-deadliest-day-of-pandemic/b109336e-0939-428b-9f73-e94e0e81a5c9
#15583763 at 2022-02-09 07:45:20 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Another 70 people die from COVID-19 as queensland records highest daily death toll
NSW, Victoria, queensland, ACT, South Australia and Tasmania reported a total of 70 deaths on Wednesday.
SBS News - 9 February 2022
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Another 24 people have died from COVID-19 in queensland, 20 in New South Wales, 21 in Victoria, two in Tasmania, two in South Australia and one in the ACT.
The number of patients in NSW hospitals fell from 2,068 to 1,906. Of those, 132 are in ICU, the same as Tuesday and slightly down from Monday's 137.
NSW reported 10,312 new cases of COVID-19. These case numbers are up from 9,690 on Tuesday and 7,347 on Monday. Last month, the state recorded an average of 30,000 cases a day.
While the number of COVID-19 infections recorded across the state has peaked and fallen, the number of people dying with the virus remains stubbornly high.
Meanwhile, visiting rules in public hospitals are under review after a backlash from families who have been unable to spend time with dying relatives.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard has been under pressure after several people told heartbreaking stories about their loved ones dying alone because of strict visiting rules in public hospitals.
Mr Hazzard says it's difficult to strike a balance between showing compassion to families and protecting other patients from COVID-19.
"I am working with NSW Health and with the doctors and with the nurses to develop a set of guidelines which hopefully strike the balance and making sure there is compassion and care," he told 2GB Radio on Wednesday.
"What I have said to [NSW] Health is surely, surely compassion, concern and common sense should be at the centre of what's happening."
About 2.5 million people come into the state's hospital system every year and the welfare of all patients had to be taken into consideration, he said.
"It is a really difficult situation," he said.
More than 1,600 people have died in NSW from COVID-19 and more than a million have contracted the virus.
In some hospitals, there had been major breakouts of the virus which led to more deaths.
"So it's a constant balancing act," he said.
Victoria doubles down on boosters
In Victoria, 542 people are in hospital after contracting COVID-19, down from 575 on Tuesday, with 71 in ICU and 27 on ventilators.
On Wednesday the state recorded 9,908 infections, up from 9,785 cases on Tuesday and 8,275 cases on Monday.
The new cases include 6,281 from rapid antigen tests (RATs) and 3,627 from PCR tests, the health department confirmed on Wednesday.
These figures come following Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement on Monday that travellers who have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination would be welcomed back to Australia - more than 700 days after the pandemic halted most international travel.
But Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday flagged international visitors coming to Victoria could have to fall into line with rules applying to state residents.
These rules require people going to hospitality venues and major events to have had their two doses, plus a booster shot.
"It'll apply here, in the state of Victoria," he told reporters when asked if the same rules would apply.
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#15559152 at 2022-02-06 08:29:53 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australian PM signals reopening borders to tourists 'not far away'
Lidia Kelly - February 6, 2022
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country's borders to international tourists may not be far away, adding that the parliament will debate the matter this week.
Australia, which shut its borders in March of 2020, has been going through a staggered reopening in recent months, allowing in only its citizens and residents, skilled migrants, international students and certain seasonal workers.
In January, Morrison said he hoped international borders could fully reopen before Easter.
His popularity has been sliding in recent months, however, in part reflecting questions about his handling of the Omicron outbreak, and he faces pressure from a federal election that must be called by May.
While the highly transmissible Omicron variant keeps spreading, hospitalisations and deaths have been stabilising, with News Corp newspapers over the weekend quoting unnamed sources as saying that Australia may reopen its borders within two or three weeks.
"We are looking forward to be able to make that decision to open up our borders and welcome visitors back to Australia again as soon as we safely and possibly can," Morrison said on Sunday. "But I really do not believe that that is far away."
The first 2022 sitting of the Australian parliament is to start on Monday and Morrison said that reopening borders to tourists will be addressed "very early on".
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said in an interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Insiders programme on Sunday that the government is "very close" to deciding.
Australia, which has nearly 95% of the eligible population aged 16 and over double-vaccinated against the coronavirus and nearly nine million people with more than two doses, requires all international travellers to be vaccinated or provide evidence of a medical vaccination exemption to enter the country.
As of midday on Sunday, the country's latest daily reports showed 43 coronavirus-related deaths: 28 in New South Wales state, nine in queensland and six in Victoria.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-pm-signals-reopening-borders-tourists-not-far-away-2022-02-06/
#15557991 at 2022-02-06 03:52:10 (UTC+1)
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>>15363419
Prince Andrew to give evidence under oath in sex abuse lawsuit
Michael Holden - February 6, 2022
London: Britain's Prince Andrew will give evidence next month in the sex abuse lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, a source close to the prince says.
The Duke of York, who denies accusations that he sexually abused Giuffre two decades ago when she was 17, will speak under oath in London, the London Telegraph newspaper reported.
"We agreed to voluntarily produce the Duke for a deposition on March 10. Despite repeated requests, Ms Giuffre still hasn't committed to a date or location for her deposition," the source told Reuters.
Andrew will be questioned in a session that is expected to last two days. The Telegraph reported that lawyers will also interview Shukri Walker, who allegedly saw Andrew and Giuffre together at a nightclub 20 years ago, and a former member of the royal staff, Robert Ashton Olney.
Giuffre, 38, sued Andrew last August, alleging he battered her while the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking her.
In a filing with the US District Court in Manhattan, Andrew, 61, admitted meeting Epstein in or around 1999, but denied Giuffre's allegation that he "committed sexual assault and battery" upon her.
Andrew's ties to Epstein, who killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex abuse charges, have undermined his reputation with the public and standing in Britain's royal family.
Last month, the family removed Andrew's military links and military patronages, and said the second son of the queen would no longer be known as "His Royal Highness".
The Prince's lawyers previously called Giuffre's lawsuit "baseless" and accused her of seeking another payday.
Giuffre, who now lives in Western Australia, received $US500,000 in a 2009 civil settlement with Epstein.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said a trial could begin between September and December 2022.
If Giuffre won at trial, Andrew could owe her damages. She has asked for an unspecified amount.
Andrew has not been criminally charged, and no criminal charges can be brought in Giuffre's civil lawsuit.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/prince-andrew-to-give-evidence-under-oath-in-sex-abuse-lawsuit-20220206-p59u4y.html
#15550954 at 2022-02-05 07:40:13 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
queensland has deadliest day of pandemic, Victoria records 41 deaths while NSW reports drop in COVID-19 cases
The 21 deaths in queensland are the highest reported in the state on a single day throughout the pandemic.
SBS News - 5 February 2022
Victoria has reported 41 further COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, as the daily number of cases fell to four figures for the first time in a month.
Authorities in the state recorded 7,810 new cases in the most recent reporting period, down from 11,240 on Friday.
The number of people in hospital dropped from 707 to 687 over the past 24 hours, but intensive care admissions increased by one to 80.
queensland's health department said 21 deaths had been recorded, the highest daily tally throughout the pandemic.
There are 727 people in hospital - a decline from the 798 on Friday - while the number of people in ICU dropped by six to 46.
New South Wales reported 18 deaths and 8,389 new COVID-19 cases, down from 10,698 on Friday.
There are currently 2,337 patients in hospitals across the state, down from 2,494 on Friday, and 152 in ICU.
The last time NSW recorded a daily case rate of less than 10,000 was 28 December.
Surgery to resume
The new numbers come as the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced elective surgery will return ahead of schedule in NSW after hospitalisations fell in the past few days.
Hospitals are operating "well within capacity", opening the door for those surgeries to resume in private hospitals and non-metropolitan public hospitals next week, Mr Perrottet said on Friday.
The decision to cancel elective surgery was made in the second week of January, as the number of daily COVID-19 cases reached more than 38,000.
A review into how hospitals were functioning had previously been slated for mid-February, but advice from NSW Health now says private, regional and rural public hospitals can return to up to 75 per cent of pre-pandemic activity on Monday.
Waiting times for elective surgery can stretch as long as seven weeks, with hospitals backlogged with bookings from previous cancellations over 2020.
What's happening elsewhere?
The ACT recorded one death, the 28th of the pandemic in the territory, and 372 new cases.
It is the lowest daily case number since 31 December, and 63 people are in hospital and one in ICU.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-records-81-more-covid-19-deaths-case-numbers-fall-in-nsw-and-victoria/e7109490-53b8-47aa-83bf-052aace89ffb
#15542271 at 2022-02-04 09:32:41 (UTC+1)
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>>15363419
Sex in the bathroom: What allegedly happened moments after infamous prince photo
Prince Andrew smiles, his arm wrapped around Virginia Giuffre's tiny teenage waist as Ghislaine Maxwell beams in the background. Here is what is alleged to have happened in the moments after that now infamous photo was taken.
Leisa Scott - February 4, 2022
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She handed her "little yellow Kodak camera" to her boss and he took that photograph.
The one with Prince Andrew, Duke of York, smiling, his arm wrapped around her tiny teenage waist. The one with society gal, Ghislaine Maxwell, tanned and relaxed, beaming in the background. The one with her, Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, at the centre of it all.
And the Floridian teenage "sex slave" turned Australian mum has been smack-bang in the middle of one of the biggest sex-trafficking scandals to hit the globe ever since releasing that photograph 11 years ago.
Something beastly lurked behind those smiles, says Giuffre, now 38.
Moments after the photo was taken in March 2001, the then 17-year-old did what her boss and Maxwell expected of her, what she had been trained to do. She escorted the third child of queen Elizabeth into a bathroom, took her clothes off, then his, and after foreplay in the bath, had sex with him.
Prince Andrew, 61, denies that, claims to have no memory of meeting her and has suggested the photograph was faked.
Last week, the Prince requested a jury trial in a civil claim brought by Giuffre, elevating the prospect of the world seeing the royal in a US court.
She alleges he "committed sexual assault and battery" against her and is seeking punitive damages for the "physical and psychological injuries" caused after three alleged liaisons with him.
It's alleged he knew she was trafficked.
Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is behind bars. On December 29 last year, the daughter of one-time media mogul, the late Robert Maxwell, was convicted in the US federal court on five sex trafficking-related counts. She is set to receive her sentence in June but has requested a retrial.
And the man behind the camera? That was Jeffrey Epstein, the former hedge fund manager and billionaire who, after already striking a controversial sentencing deal in 2008 after pleading guilty to procuring a child for prostitution, was arrested on July 6, 2019, on sex-trafficking charges.
A month later, the 66-year-old was found dead in his cell, the cause of death recorded as suicide. Many suspect he was murdered.
As the years of lies and manipulation caught up with Epstein and Maxwell in the US, as Prince Andrew limps along in the UK as a royal in disgrace, Virginia Giuffre has been living, for the most part, in Australia; first Sydney and the NSW Central Coast, then Cairns, and now Perth.
Her two years of being passed around by Epstein and Maxwell to their high-society friends like a trinket ended in late 2002, after a whirlwind romance in Thailand with Australian Robert Giuffre.
She followed him home and Australia, wrote Giuffre in an unpublished, semi-fictionalised memoir titled The Billionaire's Playboy Club, became her haven. She put her jetsetting, drug and orgy-filled life behind her and started again.
For more than eight years, while living in Sydney and then the NSW hamlet of Glenning Valley, she hid her past from all but Robert.
She worked for about a year at recruitment firm ET Australia on the NSW Central Coast before becoming a mum to Christian in 2006, then another boy, then a daughter in 2010. Her old world was behind her.
But after Epstein's guilty plea in 2008 and Giuffre being advised by the US Attorney's Office that she'd been identified as a potential victim, she began legal action anonymously.
Then, after photographs of Epstein and Prince Andrew together in New York's Central Park in 2010 emerged, Giuffre spoke out about Epstein.
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#15534240 at 2022-02-03 07:35:14 (UTC+1)
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COVID-19 hospitalisations fall in NSW and Victoria as nation records 84 further deaths
SBS News - 3 February 2022
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Another 72 people have died from COVID-19 across New South Wales and Victoria, while hospitalisations continue to fall.
Victoria recorded 34 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, while NSW reported 38. There were also nine deaths recorded in queensland, and one in each of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania.
There are currently 2,578 patients with COVID-19 in NSW hospitals, with the number having fallen for the third straight day.
Some 160 people with COVID-19 are in intensive care units, down from 170 on Wednesday.
In Victoria, there are 752 people in hospital - a number that has dropped each day for the past week. The state has 82 people in intensive care - 17 fewer than on Wednesday.
NSW recorded 12,632 new cases of COVID-19, while Victoria reported 12,157 new infections.
The NSW government has warned that cases could rise as children return to school.
Premier Dominic Perrottet has challenged those questioning the return of students to classrooms.
Many students had lost one-quarter of their face-to-face learning during the pandemic, he said on Wednesday.
"We cannot ruin our children's future," he said.
While the school year will have "bumps along the way" it was the "right thing to do".
"We have a duty as a government, we have a duty as a people, to ensure our kids are given better opportunities than we had," he said.
Meanwhile, most queenslanders who have had COVID-19 don't know they were positive and haven't been tested, a state government study shows.
The survey was revealed as the state recorded another nine virus deaths, including four people in aged care, and 8643 new cases on Thursday.
"There will be families out there grieving today and tonight," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday.
The survey involved health workers visiting random homes on the Gold Coast over consecutive weekends in January, and testing the occupants.
On 22 January, when the virus wave was at its peak in the region, 20 out of 117 people came back positive from PCR tests.
Only four of those 20 were showing symptoms, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said.
"There were people walking around the Gold Coast who had no idea they have COVID-19 … hence the importance of masks even when you feel well," he said.
The survey was repeated the following weekend, when 11 out of 143 people tested positive.
Of those, six reported having symptoms.
Dr Gerard said the first-of-its-kind survey was important to gauge the how the pandemic would continue to affect communities on Australian shores.
"This feeds into data that will be collected nationally to try and work out where we are going with this pandemic," he said.
"So we're trying to work out how many, what proportion of the population has actually been infected and what degree of immunity that has created in the community and what will happen in the future in terms of whether there will be further waves in the community."
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#15507876 at 2022-01-31 07:09:58 (UTC+1)
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Anti-vaccination protesters flock to Parliament House
Angus Thompson - January 31, 2022
Crowds of anti-vaccination protesters are expected to swell outside Parliament House in Canberra over the coming days after hordes of people confronted police at the building's entrance on Monday.
The Convoy to Canberra rally, sparked by a West Australian truck driver, saw thousands of people from various parts of the country, including truck drivers, and participants of the so-called freedom rallies and 'sovereign citizens' movement, converge on the Parliament House lawn from Monday morning.
The crowd chanted "what do we want? Freedom", and also heard a rendition of the Last Post before chants of "lest we forget".
A direction from ACT Policing acting superintendent Rod Anderson to move away from the building's locked-down entry about 3.30pm spurred jeering from the crowd, some who donned United Australia Party t-shirts, caps, and placards, as well as Donald Trump flags and caps.
Members of the rally urged others to retreat from the entrance, with one man warning police had "machine guns", which also prompted jeers, however, the crowd eventually dispersed.
Organisers have said multiple waves of convoys are likely to arrive in the coming days.
Harrison McLean, an organiser of Melbourne's freedom rallies and of the Victorian contingent of protesters, said the protest would "evolve over time".
"This event is going to continue until our demands are met," Mr McLean said.
The key demand is to end vaccine mandates, however, some members of the crowd were also calling for an end to human trafficking.
One woman held up a sign in front of the police blockade reading "Reveal the paedophiles. All 28 'VIPs'."
A sit-in also occurred in which protesters began to meditate.
Earlier on Monday several vehicles, including trucks, drove onto the lawn between Old Parliament House and Parliament House after police blocked off Federation Mall to prevent convoys from approaching the newer building.
A large group of people surrounded a police vehicle trying to intervene, with the crowd chanting "you serve us" as the 4WD eventually reversed.
Tents and marquees have also been pitched next to vehicles on the lawn, as well as in and around an adjacent car park, with several groups expected to camp in the area overnight.
One of the campers, former queensland truck driver Dale Beikoff, said he quit his job at a trucking company after vaccine mandates were imposed last year.
"Many people have lost their jobs," Mr Beikoff said.
"We have nurses here who have been fired."
An ACT Policing spokesman said no arrests were made during the day but some people who tried to set up unauthorised campsites in the area were moved on by police throughout the day.
"The community is reminded camping or parking vehicles is prohibited in the Parliamentary Triangle and on [National Capital Authority] managed land without a permit," the spokesman said.
The confrontation comes weeks after protesters physically clashed with police at the entrance to Parliament House, an incident that followed a fire at the front of Old Parliament House, which resulted in a man being charged.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/protesters-gather-at-front-entrance-of-parliament-house-20220131-p59smz.html
#15490324 at 2022-01-29 10:28:38 (UTC+1)
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Four million digital files seized in child exploitation crackdown
Almost four million digital files, many showing horrific child sexual abuse, have been seized by federal police agencies.
Elise Williams - January 29, 2022
Almost four million digital files - many revealing horrific instances of child sex abuse - have been seized by authorities in a bid to crack down on abuse and keep children safe.
The operation, headed by the Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), will help identify the children in the sickening images, no matter where in the world they are.
The intensive process of reviewing the 3.75 million files, collected from child abuse offenders, has been undertaken by authorities around the country.
Almost 5000 of the 3.75 million child abuse files were identified and uploaded to the INTERPOL International Child Sexual Exploitation (ISCE) database, resulting in the addition of 40 new series of child abuse victims to the law enforcement database.
"These additions will alert law enforcement in the 64 ICSE-connected countries to the new material and facilitate global collaboration, focused on identifying those children in the images, wherever they are in the world," the AFP said in a statement.
It comes as experts reveal an increasing number of children are being groomed and coerced online into self-producing child sexual abuse material - an act known by the term "capping".
"We are no longer seeing child-abuse material only being produced by offenders with direct access to children," ACCCE victim identification specialist Detective Sergeant Svetlana Palmer said.
"Child victims are increasingly producing child abuse material themselves and in some instances being extorted to produce more."
Victim identification specialist for queensland police, Scott Anderson, works to identify victims and offenders by monitoring online abuse forums.
"These offenders are highly manipulative and in extreme cases, have tricked children into performing sexual acts on camera within 10 minutes of contacting them through a video streaming platform," he said.
Mr Anderson said it was crucial for caregivers to teach children about online dangers, including "capping".
Authorities say abusers work by pretending to be a child of a similar age, and encouraging children to share explicit material. Not realising their intimate acts are being recorded and circulated online, the children become victims of child sexual exploitation.
The AFP recommends children have tight privacy settings online, while parents should encourage them to not share personal information with online 'friends.'
More advice can be found at www.thinkuknow.org.au and www.accce.gov.au.
https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/
https://www.accce.gov.au/
https://www.accce.gov.au/what-we-do/trace-an-object
https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/four-million-digital-files-seized-in-child-exploitation-crackdown/news-story/e832465fda8d582f21a98c36aebc1894
#15490259 at 2022-01-29 09:58:13 (UTC+1)
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Few top lawyers have an unblemished client record, however, and before representing some of Epstein's victims Boies also worked with Harvey Weinstein and the (since) convicted fraudster and founder of blood-testing firm Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes.
But nobody will argue that the Illinois-born, Yale-educated lawyer is not "a master of his art", "an eccentric genius" - as one former boss described him - and perhaps most importantly "the Michelangelo of deposition-taking." After all, this man is a chess player, he informs me, and "always thinking several moves ahead, always bearing in mind the possible combination of permutations."
As a gambling man too - Boies has just returned from a long weekend in Vegas - he sees depositions as "a cards on the table moment." A moment that, he argues, didn't have to happen, had Prince Andrew played those cards right. And as a lifetime admirer of the queen, Boies assures me this pains him. "This has got to be any mother's nightmare. And to have it play out so publicly because of Prince Andrew's position is particularly unfortunate. Because it must be of a magnitude that is far worse for her."
In his calm Midwestern tones, he goes on: "But we tried to avoid this, even in the face of his denials and avoidance last year before we brought the lawsuit. We tried to avoid litigation; we suggested a mediation. But to say 'I never met her' is so contrary to all the other evidence that's out there. Evidence that is so strong: testimonies from uninvolved people, photographs, things it's hard to explain away."
Boies shakes his head, the chess player in him almost saddened by such a clumsy move. "He could have said: 'I didn't know she was underage.' He could have said: 'This was an entirely consensual affair.' There are a number of things he could have said that would have been hard to attack. But this is incomprehensible."
Should it go to court, Boies says he "doesn't think we would need" either the Duchess of York or her daughters to testify. "I don't think Prince Andrew will call them either." And although he says that conversations the Duke has had with the queen "could be used, it's hard to get at those, because he's probably not going to admit to them, and we're not going to depose her. So while those conversations are fair game, on a practical level we're probably not going to get at them."
We now know that Prince Andrew's deposition must be done before the July 14 deadline set by the judge. "So it has been agreed that we will go to London to depose him," says Boies, who after all these months has not yet met him. What is he expecting?
"Somebody who is going to be a little uncomfortable." To put it mildly. After all, depositions can last up to seven hours, and Boies anticipates this one to last "a day, or probably two." "But I'm going to try to get him to understand that this is not going to be combative. Obviously, I'm going to ask him a lot of questions. And although some of the questions may be uncomfortable, I'm not going to be aggressive or in any way offensive to him. I'm going to be very respectful."
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#15490257 at 2022-01-29 09:57:39 (UTC+1)
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>>15363419
Virginia Roberts Giuffre's lawyer: 'She will accept a settlement only if it holds Prince Andrew to account'
David Boies, the US lawyer leading the sexual abuse case against the Duke of York, is adamant the wealthy are not above the law
Celia Walden - 28 January 2022
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"Deny, deny, deny. Shame, shame, shame - or attempt to shame, I should say." David Boies, Virginia Giuffre's New York attorney, shakes his head. The 'greatest deposition-taker' in modern American justice has seen a lot of foolish and foolhardy moves over the course of his 50-year career, but the legal papers filed by Prince Andrew on Wednesday - as we sat down for our Zoom interview - genuinely appear to have astounded him.
"This was Maxwell's playbook and it's now Prince Andrew's playbook," says the 80-year-old, "and blanket denials coupled with attacks on the victim are simply not a very credible defence. Particularly in view of all the evidence we have against him. If we didn't have the photographs, if we didn't have other people identifying him, that would be one thing. But as things stand, denying and victim-shaming is not a plausible defence strategy."
This was the Prince's belated official response to claims made against him by Virginia Roberts (suing under her married name of Giuffre) five months ago, and his most robust to date. Roberts claims that she was trafficked to him by his friend, paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and forced to have sex with the Duke on three occasions when she was 17.
And although the damages being claimed are still unspecified, they are estimated to run into millions of pounds.
This week, after years of refusing to assist first a probe into the late Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking allegations, and then investigations into Virginia Giuffre's accusations, the queen's 'favourite' son finally issued 41 denials, rejecting all allegations of wrongdoing, and stating a further 40 times that he 'lacks sufficient information to admit or deny' other claims.
The Duke of York's official rebuttal comes after a motion to dismiss the case on a legal technicality at the beginning of January was denied, which means Prince Andrew could be forced to take the stand in New York to argue his case in front of jurors. Something his lawyers stated on Wednesday he would welcome: "Prince Andrew hereby demands a trial by jury on all causes of action asserted in the complaint."
"Well, we're looking forward to confronting Prince Andrew with his denials and attempts to blame Ms Giuffre for his own abuse, both at the deposition and the trial," a twinkly eyed Boies tells me from the New York office of the company he founded in 1997, Boies Schiller Flexner, which also has a base in London. "But an unfortunate fact for him is that if you say these things when you're filing papers, it becomes really hard to sustain that under cross-examination. And when you can't sustain those broad denials, you're not just back to ground zero, you're behind, because you've lost your credibility."
With his tousled salt and pepper hair and lean build, the veteran lawyer may look warm, genial, and like the grandfather of 12 that he is, but Boies is a legal colossus in the US, where he is both a trial attorney and a hired gun for billion-dollar corporations and said to charge up to $2,000 (?1,460) an hour.
In his career, he has secured or won nine economic recoveries for clients over a billion dollars, something most lawyers don't even do once. He represented Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election, made a name for himself leading the federal government's successful antitrust case against Microsoft in 2001, racked up win after win defending the likes of IBM and CBS, and paved the way for marriage equality in 2013 by convincing the Supreme Court to eliminate California's discriminatory Proposition 8, thereby allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. Even Covid proved no match for Boies, with a recent bout of omicron earlier this month shrugged off as lightly as an unworthy court opponent.
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#15490227 at 2022-01-29 09:40:35 (UTC+1)
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>>15363419
BIZARRE PICK - Prince Andrew 'wants shamed actor Kevin Spacey to help him clear his name'
Simon Boyle - 28 Jan 2022
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PRINCE Andrew wants to turn to disgraced actor Kevin Spacey to try to clear his name, The Sun has been told.
The Duke wants to distance himself from convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, who was infamously pictured larking around in Buckingham Palace's throne room with the shamed actor in 2002.
The VIP tour was organised by Andrew - but he wants Spacey to tell jurors it was he who invited pal Maxwell.
A source said: "Andrew had invited Spacey for the tour of the Palace. She came with him - not as a guest of Andrew's."
The Duke of York, 61, claimed in legal documents this week that 60-year-old Maxwell was not a close friend of his despite snaps of them together, including one showing them his accuser Virginia Giuffre.
However, a Palace cop insisted that Maxwell would "breeze in like one of the Royal Family".
Spacey, 62, is said to be "high on a hit list of names" who Andrew's legal team want to call on after he demanded a trial by jury over sex abuse allegations.
The Buck House photos emerged two years ago and show Spacey on the late Duke of Edinburgh's throne.
A smirking Maxwell - facing up to 65 years in jail for sex trafficking, grooming and recruiting teenage girls for billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - is on the queen's throne.
The pictures were taken during a private tour for then-President Bill Clinton and other VIPs.
The insider added: "The snaps go right to the centre of the claims against Andrew, and an image of Ghislaine Maxwell in the most private space within Buckingham Palace looks very damning.
"But if Kevin can convince a jury he was the crucial link with Ghislaine, rather than Andrew, it distances the Prince from her somewhat - and that's crucial.
"Andrew also believes such a gifted actor and public speaker could be a very compelling asset in front of a jury."
This is despite Spacey facing sexual misconduct allegations of his own.
At least 20 came from young men in 2017, alleging he approached them at the Old Vic theatre between 1995 and 2013.
In 2018 Spacey was charged with an alleged indecent assault in the US. He denied the charge, which was later dropped along with a civil lawsuit.
But Spacey lost his starring role as a conniving politician in Netflix show House of Cards and his scenes from a Ridley Scott film were airbrushed out.
The source said: "It's a ballsy move to think about using Spacey given his own problems.
"But his testimony would add to Andrew's argument that Ghislaine was not a close friend."
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#15490074 at 2022-01-29 08:50:56 (UTC+1)
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>>15490071
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Also on Saturday, queensland's chief health officer let slip some details about the state's yet-to-be released back to school plan after confirming another 12 people had died with Covid.
The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, had delayed its announcement, saying she wanted to wait and unveil the plan with the education minister, Grace Grace, who caught the virus this week.
But Gerrard on Saturday started providing details, saying masks would be mandatory from year 7 and "encouraged" for students from year 3 before stopping himself.
"I am jumping the gun here. Let's wait for the plan to be released," he said. "I probably shouldn't be speaking about that until it is official."
Gerrard expected the school plan to be released "very soon".
Of the state's 12 deaths, four were unvaccinated. One was aged in their 60s, two in their 70s, six in their 80s and three in their 90s.
queensland recorded 10,391 new cases with 833 patients being treated for Covid in hospital and another 53 in intensive care.
Gerrard said he expected hospitalisations to significantly decrease across the state by next week and he believed the trend would continue even with schools set to reopen.
"We know that when schools go back there will be some spike [in Covid cases]," he said. "The unknown is what happens as those [hospitalisation] numbers decline, what the tail of that looks like.
"It's not totally clear what the next phase is, but the numbers will decline substantially."
SA reported 1,740 new Covid cases on Saturday, which the premier, Steven Marshall, said was "the lowest we've had for the entire year". The state's seven-day average is below 2,000 a day and there are now 22,985 cases in the state.
The Northern Territory recorded 828 new cases of Covid-19. There were 4,650 active cases in the NT, most in the top end of the state.
There were 111 people hospitalised in the Northern Territory with Covid, 10 of those were receiving oxygen therapy and five were in intensive care units.
The health minister, Natasha Fyles, said from 6pm on Saturday all of the territory would be placed under a seven-day mask mandate outdoors.
The mask mandate applies to anyone aged over 12 who cannot physically distance. Those who are exercising or who can maintain physical distance from other people do not need to wear a mask.
Alice Springs prison recorded 154 new cases, bring the cluster inside that prison to 274.
Tasmania recorded 683 infections, the ACT 620 and Western Australia 23 on Saturday. WA had 22 new cases of local transmission and one related to interstate travel. One person was in hospital.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/29/australia-records-97-covid-deaths-as-victoria-detects-son-of-omicron-cases
#15490071 at 2022-01-29 08:50:29 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia records 97 Covid deaths as Victoria detects 'son of Omicron' cases
NSW suffers deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic as Northern Territory put under outdoor mask mandate
Australian Associated Press - 29 Jan 2022
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Australia has recorded almost a hundred Covid deaths for a second consecutive day.
After a pandemic-high 98 fatalities were reported on Friday, a further 97 were announced on Saturday, 49 of them in New South Wales, which constituted the state's deadliest day to date.
Victoria recorded 31 deaths, queensland 12 and South Australia five.
More than 3,630 Australian lives have been lost since the pandemic began, more than 1,000 of them this month and 500 in the past week.
The opposition health spokesman, Mark Butler, labelled Saturday "a terrible, tragic day" and said each casualty would be "felt very deeply by Australians irrespective of age or irrespective of any underlying health condition that might be reported in one newspaper or another".
Victorian health authorities said they had detected cases of the Omicron sub-variant as the state also announced 12,250 new infections on Saturday. The total number of active cases in the state was 79,836, down from 101,605 reported on Friday.
Victoria's Covid-19 commander, Jeroen Weimar, said authorities had detected "literally a handful" of cases with the sub-variant, which has been dubbed "son of Omicron".
"We're obviously following the international developments on the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron closely," he told reporters in Melbourne.
"It's still very early days in understanding exactly how that's moving around. I'm aware there's a very small number of cases that have been detected here in Victoria."
He said "son of Omicron" was "not a new variant".
"As more information comes in, we'll adjust our strategy if we need to," he said. "We're all discovering new things every day here in Australia, just as we do elsewhere in the world."
Hospitalisations with Covid-19 in Victoria had fallen by 35 to 953 patients on Saturday. There were 114 people in intensive care, with 39 of those on a ventilator.
Just two days before schools go back, Weimar said 4.5 million rapid antigen tests had been sent to schools with another 2 million to be distributed in coming days. Students and staff were being encouraged to take twice-weekly RATs once school returns. A vaccination blitz targeting children aged five to 11 has begun at 15 Victorian primary schools, with several state-run vaccine hubs offering walk-up jabs for kids.
Meanwhile, more than 250 NSW deaths have been reported in the state in the past seven days. The latest to die included 28 women and 21 men. Two were in their 60s, 10 were in their 70s, 17 in their 80s, 19 in their 90s and one was aged 100.
Health officials said 11 of the 49 were triple vaccinated, 24 people had received two doses, two had been administered one dose and 12 were not immunised.
NSW posted 13,354 new virus cases on Saturday. The state is now managing 157,548 active cases or 9,350 fewer than on Friday.
The number of NSW hospitalisations continues to ease, with 2,693 patients in care, down from 2,737 on Friday. Of these, 186 are in ICU and 73 require ventilation.
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#15481328 at 2022-01-28 07:26:36 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic, expands booster eligibility
Renju Jose and Byron Kaye - JANUARY 28, 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia suffered its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday with nearly 100 deaths, but several large states said they expect hospital admissions to fall amid hopes that the latest wave of infections would begin to subside.
Fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, infections exploded during the past four weeks, with around two million cases recorded. Up until then, Australia had counted just 400,000 cases since the pandemic first hit the country nearly two years ago.
But steady hospitalisation rates in recent days have raised hopes that worst could be over.
"Generally the situation is stable … and we're expecting further falls (in hospital cases)," queensland state Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said during a media briefing, as hospital cases in the state fell for the third straight day to 818.
But he warned the state's 5 million residents that the pandemic was far from over. "So don't go out and celebrate yet but the news at this stage is good," he said.
Hospitalisations have remained steady at around 5,000 for the last few days, peaking at just under 5,400 on Tuesday.
Fresh modelling released by New South Wales, the most populous state, showed the number of people in intensive care units had been below the numbers predicted in a best-case scenario.
A total of 98 deaths were registered in Australia by late afternoon on Friday, exceeding the previous pandemic high of 87 two days ago. Just over 40,000 new infections were reported, the lowest daily tally in nearly a month.
That takes the 25 million population country's total COVID-19 deaths to 3,500 since the pandemic began, far lower than numbers seen in many comparable countries.
Australia is among the most heavily vaccinated countries against COVID-19 with more than 93% of its adult population double-dosed and around two-thirds of eligible Australians having received a booster dose, according to official data.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the country's drug regulator, on Friday expanded the eligibility for boosters to 16- and 17-year-olds, joining the United States, Israel and Britain.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-suffers-deadliest-day-of-pandemic-expands-booster-eligibility-idUSKBN2K1294
#15472835 at 2022-01-27 07:54:47 (UTC+1)
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>>15472833
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But if that doesn't happen, Prince Andrew has shown he's ready to put his case to a New York jury.
In the papers, Prince Andrew's lawyers further argue that Ms Giuffre has no legal basis to bring the case since she is a permanent resident of Australia.
They also refer to a 2009 settlement agreement between Ms Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein, a longtime associate of Prince Andrew.
Epstein, a convicted sex offender, killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting a sex trafficking trial. British socialite Maxwell was found guilty last month of grooming underage girls to be abused by him.
Ms Giuffre is suing the queen's son for allegedly sexually assaulting her in London, New York and the Virgin Islands when she was a teenager.
She is seeking unspecified damages, but there is speculation the sum could be in the millions of dollars.
Earlier in the month, a judge ruled that the case could proceed.
Buckingham Palace later stripped Prince Andrew of his military titles and patronages, and said he would contest the case as a private individual.
The new court documents describe the queen's second son as "Prince Andrew, Duke of York aka Andrew Albert Christian Edward, in his personal capacity".
In a statement, David Boies - who is representing Ms Giuffre - said his client and legal team "look forward to confronting Prince Andrew with his denials and attempts to blame Ms Giuffre for her own abuse at his deposition and at trial".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60149024
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.71.0.pdf
#15472658 at 2022-01-27 07:00:28 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
COVID-19 ICU admissions increase across Australia as 72 more deaths reported
The number of people with COVID-19 in ICU has increased in NSW, queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory, but there's hope the Omicron wave has peaked.
AAP / SBS - 27 January 2022
The number of people with COVID-19 being treated in intensive care units has increased in NSW, queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
In NSW, where 29 deaths and 17,136 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday, there are 2,722 patients in hospital and 181 in ICU.
That's a drop from the 2,794 hospitalisations reported on Wednesday, but the number of patients in ICU increased by six.
Authorities have reiterated the benefits of vaccination rates, with one in two children aged five to 15 years unvaccinated.
The uptake of third doses among adults is moving slowly - from 29 per cent to 36 per cent in the past week.
NSW Health Deputy Secretary Susan Pearce said about 100,000 vaccination bookings went begging at state-run clinics last week, suggesting "a perception in the community that Omicron is milder" was to blame.
"What we know is that to prevent severe disease associated with COVID, that booster is absolutely critical," she said.
About seven per cent of NSW adults are either unvaccinated or have had just a single dose. They made up 31 per cent of the deaths reported on Thursday.
Victoria
Victoria recorded 13,755 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths on Thursday.
The state reported 1,057 hospitalisations and 117 patients in ICU, down on 1,089 hospitalisations on Wednesday but up from 113 in ICU.
Premier Daniel Andrews said case numbers and hospitalisations were trending down and the state's chief health officer had flagged the Omicron outbreak may have peaked.
"If we see these numbers continue, we continue to see hospitalisations falling, there's certainly stability there," he told reporters.
Mr Andrews also announced that from this weekend, five- to 11-year-olds can walk up to receive a vaccine from some state-run hubs, in a bid to increase uptake before school's return on Monday.
The hubs include Sandown Racecourse, Dandenong Plaza, Caroline Springs Leisure Centre, Sunshine Hospital, Melton Vaccination Hub and Campbellfield Ford Complex.
Additionally, 15 primary schools will provide pop-up vaccination clinics this weekend, including in South Melbourne, Wyndham Vale, Lilydale and Fountain Gate.
queensland
queensland recorded 15 deaths and 11,600 new COVID-19 cases, with hospital numbers falling by 60 to 829, but ICU admissions up by one to 48.
Responding to the fall in hospital admissions, chief health officer John Gerrard said: "Most of that fall has been on the Gold Coast … so the Gold Coast has very clearly peaked and is on its way down.
"We believe that the greater Brisbane area, the rest of southeast queensland, is approaching its peak right now."
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said the latest hospital figures had her feeling optimistic.
"I haven't felt that way for a few weeks now, but looking at the numbers over the last 48 hours, seeing the drop in patient numbers, even our furloughed staff, we're just seeing a bit of a trend," she said.
Modelling had projected hospital admissions in the "multiples of thousands" at the peak of the wave, Dr Gerrard said.
"The reason why we are doing so well is because so many of the queensland population were vaccinated before the virus was introduced," he said.
What's happening elsewhere?
Tasmania now has no one in ICU, a fall from two people yesterday, and the state has 5,026 active cases, continuing a downward trend from 19 January.
South Australia reported 13 deaths and another 1,953 COVID-19 infections, below the state's seven-day average for new cases.
Hospitalisations remained stable at 288 and the ICU number increased by one to 27.
The ACT has hit a record-level of hospitalisations with 73, but ICU admissions fell from five to four.
There were 626 new COVID-19 infections in the Northern Territory.
The number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 was 95, up from 84 on Wednesday, while ICU admissions increased from three to four.
The NT government also revised up Wednesday's case numbers after including more rapid antigen test results.
Health Minister Natasha Fyles says Wednesday's tally now stands at 778 and not the 492 originally recorded.
Ms Fyles said the government was comfortable with the level of hospitalisations, but remained concerned at low regional testing rates.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/covid-19-icu-admissions-increase-in-nsw-queensland-and-victoria-as-australia-records-59-more-deaths/41fa48e3-5fc0-4d47-8580-28ba6716b1fa
#15456117 at 2022-01-25 09:51:36 (UTC+1)
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>>15427303
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial to resume next week, despite WA border issues
Jenny Noyes - January 25, 2022
Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial over newspaper reports accusing him of war crimes is set to resume in Sydney next week, despite Western Australia's ongoing hard border posing potential challenges for several witnesses in that state.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times over a series of articles published in 2018 that allege his involvement in six unlawful killings while he served in Afghanistan with Australia's special forces in 2012. The decorated soldier, a Victoria Cross recipient, denies any wrongdoing.
The trial, which was cut short amid Sydney's Delta outbreak and subsequent lockdown last year, had been due to resume in November but was delayed until February due to ongoing border closures in Western Australia and queensland, which would prevent witnesses from returning home after travelling to Sydney to give evidence.
The decision by Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan last week to further delay reopening the state's border amid surging COVID-19 cases in the eastern states poses a new challenge for the trial, with several witnesses who reside in Western Australia among the first due to appear.
Witnesses subpoenaed to appear have until January 28 to apply to be excused from the trial, which will re-commence on February 2.
At a case management hearing on Tuesday, the newspapers' barrister Nicholas Owens, SC, said four of the first six witnesses he had been planning to call reside in Western Australia. To enable the trial to resume until a solution is found, he proposed to reshuffle his list: 15 witnesses are available to appear in Sydney, he said, and hearing them would take an estimated four weeks.
Those first 15 will include a number of soldiers and Mr Roberts-Smith's ex-wife, Emma Roberts. The war veteran last week lost a legal bid to have Ms Roberts cross-examined over "ill-founded" assertions that she accessed his emails and gave them to the newspapers.
Once the court has heard from the first 15 witnesses, it's hoped Western Australia will have relaxed its border; but if not, and witnesses are unwilling to travel to Sydney to give their evidence, the trial may relocate to Western Australia.
Mr Owens said his team intends to call at least nine witnesses based in Western Australia, or - if an application to hear from a soldier given the pseudonym 'Person 56' is successful - 10.
Commonwealth solicitor Christine Ernst advised the court moving the trial to Perth would take an estimated 8-12 weeks to arrange due to security requirements.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-defamation-trial-to-resume-next-week-despite-wa-border-issues-20220125-p59r4e.html
#15448033 at 2022-01-24 08:26:28 (UTC+1)
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>>15427341
Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over 'demented' China comments
Ex-leader targets UK foreign secretary's remarks on potential China aggression in the Indo-Pacific, adding Britain suffers from 'relevance deprivation'
Daniel Hurst - 24 Jan 2022
The former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has accused Liz Truss of making "demented" comments about Chinese military aggression and urged the British foreign secretary to hurry "back to her collapsing, disreputable government".
Keating, in a blistering op-ed, also said Britain "suffers delusions of grandeur and relevance deprivation" and its tilt to the Indo-Pacific lacks credibility.
The former Labor leader, who served as prime minister from 1991 to 1996, has long pushed for "engagement" with China but now finds himself increasingly at odds with the bipartisan consensus in Canberra to take a stronger line against Beijing.
Keating took aim at Truss, who visited Australia for meetings with counterparts last week, after a report said she had warned that China could use a Russian invasion of Ukraine as an opportunity to launch aggression of its own in the Indo-Pacific.
"I don't think we can rule that out," Truss was reported as saying during an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
"Russia is working more closely with China than it ever has. Aggressors are working in concert and I think it's incumbent on countries like ours to work together."
Keating, who has previously said Australia should not come to Taiwan's aid in the event Beijing launches an attempt to invade the self-governed island, criticised Truss's comments.
"Remarks by the British foreign secretary Liz Truss that China could engage in military aggression in the Pacific, encouraged by Russia's contingent moves against Ukraine, are nothing short of demented," Keating said in an op-ed posted on the Pearls and Irritations public policy blog on Saturday.
"Not simply irrational, demented."
Keating also said the reality was that Britain "does not add up to a row of beans when it comes to east Asia".
"Britain took its main battle fleet out of east Asia in 1904 and finally packed it in with its 'East of Suez' policy in the 1970s. And it has never been back," Keating said in comments that gained prominence when reported by The Australian newspaper on Monday.
"Britain suffers delusions of grandeur and relevance deprivation."
Keating said the British and Australian governments were "kidding the rest of us that their 'cooperation' added up to some viable policy".
"Truss would do us all a favour by hightailing it back to her collapsing, disreputable government, leaving Australia to find its own way in Asia."
During her visit, Truss addressed the Lowy Institute in Sydney and warned Russia that any invasion of Ukraine would only lead to "a terrible quagmire and loss of life" on the scale of the Soviet-Afghan war.
Truss said after a meeting with the Australian foreign and defence ministers that Australia was "an absolutely crucial ally and friend" at a time of "increased economic coercion from China".
In Sydney she backed Boris Johnson, saying he was doing "a fantastic job" as prime minister, that he has her "100% support", and should remain in No 10 "as long as possible".
It is not the first time Keating has taken aim at the UK over its "tilt" to the Indo-Pacific. In a speech in November, Keating said Britain was "like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic compared to modern China".
Keating - a longtime advocate of Australia becoming a republic - was once dubbed the "Lizard of Oz" by British tabloids after he put his hand on the queen's back in 1992.
He has strongly opposed the Aukus pact, sealed in September, in which the UK and the US have vowed to help Australia to acquire at least eight nuclear-propelled submarines.
However the party Keating formerly led has largely sought to avoid major points of difference with the Morrison government on foreign policy in the lead up to a federal election, due to be held by May this year.
The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, has said China has become "far more forward-leaning" and Australia is "right to speak up for our own values", saying Australian businesses have been "suffering" as a result of a range of trade actions launched by Beijing as the relationship deteriorated.
The Australian defence minister, Peter Dutton, in November branded the former prime minister as "Grand Appeaser Comrade Keating".
Dutton later said it would be "inconceivable" that Australia would not join the US if the top security ally defended Taiwan in a war with China - prompting accusations the minister was politicising national security in the lead-up to the election.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/24/former-australian-pm-paul-keating-criticises-liz-truss-over-demented-china-comments
#15447996 at 2022-01-24 07:59:39 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
Byron Kaye - January 24, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.
The world No. 13 economy is trying to strike a balance between reopening after two years of movement restrictions and coping with the highest numbers of deaths and cases of the pandemic.
Authorities say a rollout of a vaccine booster will reduce deaths, and point to a stabilisation in hospitalisation numbers as a sign the flare-up has reached its worst.
The country on Monday reported 58 deaths, most of them in its three most populous states - New South Wales, Victoria and queensland - in line with the previous day's count but still among the highest of the pandemic.
The total number of new cases, 40,681, was well below peaks nearly three times that amount earlier this month.
"Our assessment indicates that the spread of COVID virus is slowing, our situation is stabilising and while we expect to see an uptick in transmissions associated with schools going back this could be mitigated by the actions of you as individuals," NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant told a news conference.
"Getting those boosters will help us," she added.
More than nine in 10 Australians aged over 12 have had two doses of coronavirus vaccine - a statistic health experts say has kept the country's death rate relatively low - but far fewer have had a third dose which is seen as a guard against Omicron.
Though all Australian states are resisting a return to lockdown, most have reintroduced social distancing measures and mandatory mask-wearing to slow transmission. But they are divided on whether and how to manage a return to school after lengthy periods of remote learning.
Students in NSW and Victoria will have to wear masks and receive regular rapid antigen tests when they return to in-person classes next week. queensland however postponed the return to school to Feb. 7 to avoid a spike in transmission.
"The peak does not mean the end," queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said, warning of a "possible extension of the peak" when schools return.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-covid-19-deaths-mount-return-school-threatens-new-omicron-peak-2022-01-24/
#15441220 at 2022-01-23 05:57:39 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID
Kirsty Needham - JANUARY 23, 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, said students would be tested twice weekly for the Omicron variant when classes resume next week.
NSW reported 34 deaths of patients with COVID-19, while Victoria state saw 14 deaths, and queensland reported 10 deaths.
Health officials said they believe an Omicron outbreak has peaked in NSW and Victoria, which reported 20,324 and 13,091 new cases respectively on Sunday.
Australian schools return after a summer holiday break in a week.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said parents will be asked to use rapid antigen tests twice a week to check their children for COVID-19, and report any positive result to the school and government.
Millions of the test kits are being distributed to 3,000 schools this week, and students need to be tested before attending the first day of classes, he told reporters in Sydney.
Teachers and high school students will be required to wear masks.
Victoria state has also recommended twice weekly testing of students under its return to school plan.
School staff in NSW and Victoria must be vaccinated for COVID-19, and teachers in Victoria have a deadline of the end of February to receive a booster shot, Victorian health officials said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/two-australian-states-to-test-school-students-twice-weekly-for-covid-idUSKBN2JX01Q
#15434807 at 2022-01-22 07:54:44 (UTC+1)
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Australia's queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away
Kirsty Needham - JANUARY 22, 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), said the Omicron COVID-19 variant would not delay the start of the school year.
NSW reported 30 deaths of patients with COVID-19, while Victoria state saw 20 deaths, and queensland reported 10 deaths.
The national toll of 64 was down from its deadliest day since the start of the pandemic on Friday, when 86 people died.
The school year starts in just over a week for the two biggest states, NSW and Victoria, which are preparing plans for students to return to classrooms.
A NSW health official urged parents to vaccinate children before they return to school. Vaccination bookings for 5 to 11 year olds have only been available in Australia for two weeks, a schedule that means most children will not have had two doses before classes start.
"There is no doubt there are going to be challenges as we open schools," NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Saturday.
queensland, recording 15,050 new cases, said it was two weeks behind NSW which is believed to have reached a peak in the Omicron outbreak, recording 20,148 new cases on Saturday.
queensland health officials said the data affirmed a decision to delay the start of school in the northern state by two weeks to avoid the peak of COVID-19 cases.
A day earlier, the vast mining state of Western Australia cancelled plans to reopen its borders on Feb. 5, citing health risks from a surge in COVID-19 in eastern states.
Nationally, around 55,000 new cases were reported on Saturday, compared to seven in Western Australia.
All states and territories, except Western Australia, have reopened their internal borders under a policy of living with COVID-19, despite a record surge in cases. Western Australia had been due to follow suit next month.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-queensland-state-says-peak-of-omicron-two-weeks-away-idUSKBN2JW05X
#15420667 at 2022-01-20 09:08:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15412474
Google doing 'everything in its power' to stop United Australia Party spreading misinformation
Lisa Visentin - January 20, 2022
Google Australia claims it is doing all it can to stop Clive Palmer's United Australia Party from spreading misinformation on its platforms, despite accepting more than $100,000 dollars for political ads that it ultimately removed for breaching its advertising policies.
The UAP has spent almost $5 million on advertising on YouTube - owned by Google - since September, with Google's own transparency report showing it had removed four of the party's 57 video ads after they had run on the platform for between four and eleven days, collectively notching up millions of views in that time.
At a federal parliamentary inquiry into online safety, Labor MP Tim Watts questioned whether Google's policies were failing if Mr Palmer's UAP could promote misinformation with advertising funding.
"We certainly are doing everything in our power to stop him - and every other person who might propagate misinformation relating to COVID or other [misinformation] - on our platforms. We do not seek to profit from that information in our ad policies and our enforcement is in line with that," Google Australia executive Lucinda Longcraft said.
Asked by Mr Watts what action the platform was taking to stop a repeat of the situation, Ms Longcraft said the company was increasing the efficacy of its artificial intelligence systems, saying: "we are rectifying those mistakes and taking all available action" to combat misinformation.
She defended the company's policy of not publishing transparent information about the details of any strikes issued against UAP or former Liberal MP Craig Kelly, who defected to the UAP last year, saying the vast majority of people who received warnings did not mean harm and were given the opportunity to correct their work.
Mr Palmer, who is unvaccinated, announced on Wednesday he would lead the party's Senate ticket in queensland, vowing to run the most expensive political campaign in Australian history at the next federal election, exceeding the $80 million it spent in 2019. Mr Kelly is seeking re-election in his seat of Hughes.
UAP's advertising spend on YouTube accounts for more than 90 per cent of all political advertising on the platform in Australia, with the Australia Labor Party a distant second having spent just $90,450. UAP forked out more than $100,000 on three of the four since-pulled ads. Google's transparency report does not state which specific policies the ads breached, and it is unclear what the ads claimed.
In October, Therapeutic Goods Administration boss Professor John Skerritt wrote to YouTube and Facebook with a complaint about a United Australia Party ad that included incomplete extracts of a TGA adverse event report on COVID-19, saying it painted a "seriously misleading" picture of vaccine safety and requesting the platforms remove it. Mr Watts also wrote to Google Australia last year flagging a number of videos by Mr Kelly and UAP, and received a response from the company saying it had removed a number of videos featuring Mr Kelly, including ones relating to unproven COVID treatments hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.
Mr Kelly, who is a member of the parliamentary inquiry and has campaigned against many public health measures during the pandemic, used his position on the committee to question whether YouTube was "causing harm" by denying people access to information recommending the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.
"No Mr Kelly," Ms Longcraft said, adding "our policies are devised in close consultation … with experts in different fields in which they are applied."
Mr Kelly posed similar questions to executives from Meta, formerly Facebook, which last year permanently banned him from their platform for breaching its misinformation policies, as well as TikTok executives.
"We don't allow people to make definitive claims about alternative treatments or cures, so that can includes claims that hydroxychloroquine is able to cure COVID," Meta's head of public policy in Australia Josh Machin said.
Julie de Bailliencourt, TikTok's head of product policy, said the platform's governing community guidelines were regularly updated based on expert advice.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/google-doing-everything-in-its-power-to-stop-united-australia-party-spreading-misinformation-20220120-p59pqh.html
#15412496 at 2022-01-19 09:10:40 (UTC+1)
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Before Mr Christensen's announcement that he would step down from the parliamentary committee, opposition health spokesman Mark Butler said the MP and others, such as Senator Rennick and Alex Antic, were using government resources to "promote these deeply dangerous and divisive messages".
"George Christensen is the chair of a very important parliamentary committee, giving him status, giving him extra resources, extra salary, at the nomination of Scott Morrison," he told the ABC.
"He continues to hold this position, he continues to be welcomed into the party room. It's time for some action, not just words from Scott Morrison."
Labor frontbencher Katy Gallagher, whose daughter had COVID-19 last year, on Wednesday said it made her "absolutely furious" to see the government accepting Mr Christensen's vote. She called on the Coalition to "boot him out".
"He gets a bit of a slap down in terms of his comments, but then the government goes on as normal," Senator Gallagher told the ABC.
"The vaccine is safe. It's been through all the processes it needs to go through … Kids need it and parents should feel confident when they're taking their children to get it, not scared by some of this misinformation."
On Friday Mr Christensen is set to appear at an online event hosted by an anti-vaccination group alongside fellow queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan and South Australian Liberal Senator Alex Antic. Former government MP Craig Kelly and One Nation's Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts are also due to attend.
The "Pray and Pushback" online event series, organised by disgraced former Hillsong and C3 Churches pastor Pat Mesiti, promotes anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination propaganda.
A spokesman for Senator Canavan confirmed the event was in the senator's diary, but said he did not intend to push an anti-vaccination message, only stand up against vaccine mandates.
"He believes that he should be talking to everyone because if you ignore them, they're never going to listen to you anyway," the spokesman said.
Mr Mesiti has posted on his Instagram account comparing Mr Morrison to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over his support of vaccine mandates.
Labor seized on the participation of government politicians in the online forum as evidence the Prime Minister could not control his MPs.
"Mr Morrison cannot pretend that he is a wolf, tough on Novak Djokovic and his anti-vaccination views, but a lamb in front of his own party room, unwilling to tell George Christensen and senators Canavan and Antic to pull out of this event … the Prime Minister is utterly spineless," Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally said.
"This is a test for Mr Morrison - he is either on the side of the 92 per cent of Australians who have rolled up their sleeves and gotten vaccinated, or he supports his mates in his government spreading anti-vaccination propaganda on the taxpayer dime."
While advising people to ignore Mr Christensen, Mr Morrison said on Wednesday: "We can't go around locking people up for what they say as Australians. I'm sure the media wouldn't be suggesting we're doing that." He declined to comment further.
Senator Antic confirmed he planned to speak at the event.
Comment was sought from Mr Christensen.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-decision-of-my-own-making-christensen-quits-plum-role-after-vaccine-slap-down-20220119-p59pei.html
https://www.facebook.com/gchristensenmp/posts/482679129891737
#15412494 at 2022-01-19 09:09:42 (UTC+1)
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>>15412119
'A decision of my own making': Christensen quits plum role after vaccine slap down
Cameron Atfield and Dana Daniel - January 19, 2022
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Rogue backbencher George Christensen will resign from his paid role on a key parliamentary committee after Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed high-level discussions had taken place within the government about the MP's future.
Mr Christensen, the retiring LNP member for Dawson who sits in the Nationals party room as part of the federal Coalition, on Tuesday called for parents not to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, sparking widespread condemnation and increasing pressure on both Coalition leaders to deal with his undermining of crucial government health messaging.
Earlier on Wednesday when asked about Mr Christensen's role as chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth - for which he is paid $23,238 on top of his $211,250 parliamentary salary - Mr Morrison said: "That's a matter I'm discussing with the deputy prime minister."
But in a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Christensen said he would inform the Speaker of his decision to resign when he returns to Parliament on February 7.
"[This is] a decision of my own making and not a demand or request from any third party," he said.
The Prime Minister had brushed off calls to remove Mr Christensen from the Coalition party room, saying the MP "has no important views", while seeking to distance him from the government.
"He is not a candidate for the government at the next election," he said.
Mr Morrison issued a written statement on Tuesday evening urging parents to disregard Mr Christensen's "dangerous" message. On Wednesday, he stressed again that people should "simply ignore him".
"Don't go off to things that are people just rabbiting on Facebook and social media and all the rest of it, you're not going to find answers there," he said.
"Go to the credible sources' information on vaccines, and George Christensen is not one of them.
"Don't listen to him. He is not a doctor, he can't tell you what to do with vaccines … He is allowed to speak his mind, but Australians shouldn't be listening to it."
Mr Morrison said people should not "amplify" Mr Christensen's anti-vaccination views by drawing attention to them.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, the Nationals' leader, told journalists in Brisbane he had spoken to Mr Christensen on Tuesday and Wednesday, but would not reveal details of the conversations.
"I don't intend to go on a tirade about Mr Christensen because it serves no purpose," he said. "The only thing that serves a purpose is to talk one-on-one with Mr Christensen."
Mr Joyce said Mr Christensen's views "are not backed up by the medical evidence".
"I've been double vaccinated," Mr Joyce said. "I've got no problems if children are vaccinated, because people who are vastly wiser than me and have studied immensely in that field have given me the confidence."
Deputy Nationals leader David Littleproud labelled Mr Christensen's comments "irresponsible and inappropriate", tweeting: "The only advice parents should take on vaccinating their children is from a doctor".
Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack described Mr Christensen as a conspiracy theorist "who should be pulled into line".
Darren Chester, the Nationals MP for Gippsland, tweeted: "Mr Christensen's comments are reckless, irresponsible and ill-informed … just more of the same conspiracy theory crap."
The queensland MP, who has announced he will not contest the next election, released a podcast on Tuesday under the title "Do NOT vax your children", accompanied by an interview with Dr Robert Malone, whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations have been debunked.
LNP Senator Gerard Rennick, who has said COVID-19 vaccinations amount to "experimenting" on children, is also on the joint standing committee with Mr Christensen.
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#15412474 at 2022-01-19 08:56:10 (UTC+1)
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Billionaire Clive Palmer attempts a political comeback and runs for the senate in queensland
LYDIA LYNCH - JANUARY 19, 2022
Billionaire Clive Palmer has announced he will run for the Australian senate at the upcoming federal election.
The businessman and former federal MP will lead the queensland ticket for his United Australia Party, putting himself in direct competition with Pauline Hanson and former queensland Premier Campbell Newman.
"We are very confident we will win senate seats in queensland," Mr Palmer said.
"In February we will commence the largest and most extensive political campaign in the nation's history."
Mr Palmer said he would spare no expense to secure seats, having dished out a record $83 million at the 2019 election.
Despite the multimillion-dollar spend, the party did not win a single seat and secured 3.5 per cent of the national vote.
"Our objective at the last election was to ensure Bill Shorten did not become Prime Minister ... we got exactly what we wanted.
"The reason I've come back into politics and taken a key role at this important time is because of the state of the nation.
"I'd like to be on my boat but I'm not, I'm in this situation."
The senate team also includes former Deloitte Australia chief executive Domenic Martino in NSW and property executive Ralph Babet in Victoria.
Liberal defector and federal MP Craig Kelly will continue to lead the UAP's raft of House of Representatives candidates.
Mr Palmer, who said he is not vaccinated against Covid-19 because he does not believe he needs one, vows to flout public health orders if they impede his campaign efforts.
In queensland, people must be double vaccinated to visit hospitals, pubs, restaurants, state parliament, stadiums and tourist experiences.
"We will not let (mandates) stop us, that is another game of repression that the government takes," Mr Palmer said.
"It might stop a lot of people without money.
"I have enough money to pay for lawyers who love doing these things, that is their business, they enjoy it."
While double-vaccination is not needed to enter hotels, Mr Palmer said he ignored mandatory check-in requirements at the Hyatt Regency Brisbane where he held his press conference on Wednesday morning.
"The High Court has made it very clear that the freedom of political communication in this country is protected by the constitution and if anyone gets in the way of that there will be a court order against them."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/billionaire-clive-palmer-attempts-a-political-comeback-and-runs-for-the-senate-in-queensland/news-story/c2c57bb81777792eaf52cd45ce4a724e
#15412119 at 2022-01-19 07:25:22 (UTC+1)
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PM tells Australians to disregard George Christensen over 'dangerous' vaccine advice
Cameron Atfield - January 18, 2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged parents to ignore George Christensen, a member of his own government, after labelling the member for Dawson's calls for them not to immunise their children as "dangerous".
The queensland MP, who has announced he will not contest the next election, released a podcast on Tuesday morning under the title "Do NOT vax your children" accompanied by an interview with Dr Robert Malone, whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations have been widely debunked.
Dr Malone has been permanently suspended from Twitter for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
"I strongly disagree with the message sent out by Mr Christensen regarding children's vaccinations," Mr Morrison said in a statement.
"It is contrary to the official professional medical advice provided to the government, and I urge parents to disregard his dangerous messages in relation to vaccines."
Mr Morrison said vaccinations were "our primary weapon against this virus" currently sweeping through the Australian population.
The statement, issued on Tuesday afternoon, made no mention of any action the government might take against Mr Christensen.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said the inaction was a "failure of leadership" on the part of the Prime Minister.
"Scott Morrison has just presided over a circumstance, which has been watched by the whole world, of the deportation of Novak Djokovic," he told Sydney radio 2SM.
"At the same time that, eventually, there was action taken, there's been no action taken whatsoever against [South Australian Liberal Senator] Alex Antic, George Christensen, and [queensland Nationals Senator] Matt Canavan at various times.
"They have said some rather extraordinary things. These are people who are out there promoting ideas that are based upon conspiracy theories, which, if listened to, would have a bad health outcome for people who would follow their advice."
Mr Christensen's Nationals partyroom colleague Darren Chester went further than the Prime Minister, calling out the "reckless" claim, which he described as "just more of the same conspiracy theory crap".
Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack, meanwhile, seemed to suggest Mr Christensen needed to be "pulled into line" in a Twitter post on Tuesday night.
But the Nationals' leader, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, has long said Mr Christensen had a right to express his views.
"We've got anti-vaxxers, certainly, but they're not from overseas," Mr Joyce told this masthead earlier this week.
"What can [we] do? As much as [Immigration Minister Alex] Hawke would like, he can't send any of our politicians to Serbia."
But Mr Albanese said that as government MPs, they had extra responsibility.
"As Australians, they can say whatever they like, but these are government members," he said. "They shouldn't say whatever they like as members of the Australian government."
Earlier, Health Minister Greg Hunt said he had not heard about Mr Christensen's comments.
"Vaccinations save lives and I would flatly, plainly disagree with anyone who said that," he said.
"Anti-vaxxers aren't just losing the debate, they've lost the debate.
"We're at a 95 per cent national 16-plus vaccination rate. That's beyond the conception of almost any commentator or observer through the course of the pandemic, and yet we pushed through."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-tells-australians-to-disregard-george-christensen-over-dangerous-vaccine-advice-20220118-p59pa6.html
https://www.georgechristensen.com.au/podcast
#15411832 at 2022-01-19 06:50:13 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia calls on backpackers to help ease Omicron-fuelled labour shortage
Renju Jose - January 19, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Australia threw out an invitation to backpackers on Wednesday, seeking reinforcements for a workforce crippled by an Omicron COVID-19 outbreak as the country's health system creaks under the pandemic's strain with more deaths predicted in weeks ahead.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was waiving the A$630 ($453) visa application fee for any backpacker or student who arrives in Australia within the next 12 weeks, and encouraged them to see work as they tour the country.
"Come on down now because you wanted to come to Australia," Morrison said during a televised press conference.
"Move all the way around the country, and the same time join our workforce and help us in our agricultural sector, in our hospitality sector, and so many of the other parts of the economy that rely on that labour."
The call for backpackers comes as Morrison faces criticism at the beginning of an election year over his handling of an outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant that has seen record numbers of new infections and deaths.
But it also was issued the same day as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised against travel to Australia and 21 other countries because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Officials reported 67 new deaths and nearly 80,000 new cases on Wednesday. The country suffered its deadliest day with 77 fatalities from the virus on Tuesday, and Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly said Australians should expect the pandemic's overall death toll to rise further from the current 2,843.
Australian businesses are grappling with the growing toll of workers out sick or ordered to isolate as close contacts. The labour crunch has created supply shortages, leading major grocers to reinstate purchase limits on essentials, and is hampering the country's economic recovery.
At the same time, rising hospitalisations have put pressure on the health system, with 5,025 people admitted as of Tuesday, up from 759 a month ago. Nearly 1.3 million cases of the pandemic's total of 1.6 million have been detected in the past two weeks.
'CODE BROWN'
Hospitals in Victoria state moved from midday to a 'code brown' status, usually reserved for natural disasters or mass casualty events. Nurses in neighbouring New South Wales staged a rally in one of Sydney's biggest hospitals protesting against staff shortages.
Morrison acknowledged the crest of the Omicron wave is "either upon us now or will become upon us … over the next few weeks" but said Australia's fatality rate remains one of the lowest in the world.
"Australia continues to prove resilient despite the frustrations and the very genuine concerns," Morrison said. "Our health system, despite a lot of pressure, is holding up."
Morrison is also fielding criticism over the shortage of at-home rapid antigen tests amid reports of price gouging which the country's competition regulator has called "beyond outrageous".
On Wednesday, he urged state leaders to drop any requirements for workers in most industries to take daily rapid antigen tests as the federal government promised to procure up to 52 million kits this month from Asia and the United States.
Amid a nationwide shortage, police on Wednesday said 42,000 testing kits worth about half a million dollars were stolen from a freight depot in Sydney.
queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she would call on the federal government to support local production of rapid antigen tests when national cabinet meets on Thursday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/australians-told-brace-more-deaths-amid-omicron-wave-2022-01-19/
#15403887 at 2022-01-18 07:30:20 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic as Omicron drives up hospital cases
Renju Jose - January 18, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly.
Australia is dealing with its worst COVID-19 outbreak, fuelled by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has put more people in hospitals and intensive care than at any time during the pandemic.
A total of 77 deaths was recorded, exceeding the previous national high of 57 last Thursday, official data showed.
"Today, is a very difficult day for our state," New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet said during a media briefing as the state reported 36 deaths, a new pandemic high.
Only four of those who died in NSW had received their booster shot, prompting the state's health officials to urge people to avoid delays and get their third dose soon. Thirty-three were double-dosed.
"There needs to be a sense of urgency in embracing the booster doses," NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said. "For Omicron, we know that the protection is lower and we need that next boosting to get that higher level of protection."
The surge in case numbers battered consumer confidence last week, an ANZ survey on Tuesday showed, triggering self-imposed lockdowns and stifling spending even as states looked to avoid lockdowns and keep businesses open.
Omicron also dented Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval ratings, according to a widely watched poll on Tuesday, putting opposition Labor into a leading position months out from a federal election.
Amid rising hospitalisations, Victoria on Tuesday declared a "code brown" in hospitals, usually reserved for shorter-term emergencies, that would give hospitals the power to cancel non-urgent health services and cancel staff leave.
To help public hospitals cope, the federal government has activated a plan for private hospitals to provide up to 57,000 nurses and more than 100,000 staff to Omicron-affected areas around the country, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
While authorities usually do not specify the coronavirus variant that leads to deaths, officials have said most patients in intensive care were infected with the Omicron strain, with unvaccinated young people forming a "significant number".
queensland said none of Tuesday's record 16 deaths in the state had received booster shots. Of the 45 people who have died in the state due to COVID-19 since Dec. 13, only one had received their third dose.
"Please come forward and get your booster, we know that it makes a difference," state Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said.
About 73,000 new infections were reported on Tuesday, down from a high of 150,000 last Thursday. So far, Australia has reported about 1.6 million infections since the pandemic began, of which around 1.3 million were in the last two weeks. Total deaths stood at 2,776.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-suffers-deadliest-day-pandemic-omicron-drives-up-hospital-cases-2022-01-18/
#15396263 at 2022-01-17 08:13:29 (UTC+1)
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Spencer Kuvin, a Florida lawyer who represents several Epstein victims, said attacking a victim's memory was a 'horrible' defence.
He said: 'It's a classic "re-abuse" of the victim and an attempt to implicitly embarrass the victim in an attempt to intimidate them and hope the embarrassment and public shaming will make them drop their claims.'
Gloria Allred, who represents numerous Epstein victims, said: 'The Prince is entitled to take the deposition of Virginia's therapist for the purpose of determining emotional distress. That is not uncommon.
'The court may have to determine her questions, e.g. do they go over the line. It's OK to ask the therapist about treatment, if she suffered problems to ascertain if she suffered emotional distress she had suffered and if her distress is caused by other issues
'If there are questions which are not appropriate that may have to be decided by the court.
'Prince Andrew claims he can't remember even meeting her.
'If he has a therapist she could take the deposition of his therapist if he has one.
'Is Andrew's memory of not recollecting meeting her, is that a false memory out of self interest? He may have, maybe not a false memory but he may have a selective memory that remembers certain facts but not others.'
The case is moving ahead after Judge Lewis Kaplan last week rejected a request by Andrew to dismiss it.
Afterwards, The queen stripped Andrew of all his military patronages and the use of the style His Royal Highness, effectively isolating him from the family.
With a trial tentatively set for September, Andrew could settle the case but he will reportedly have to pay as much as ?10m.
Miss Roberts' lawyers said in legal filings they want to depose Andrew's former equerry, Robert Olney and Shukri Walker, a woman who claims she saw the Duke dancing with a young woman at a nightclub in 2001, the time Ms Roberts says they were there.
The Duke's team have also asked to interview Miss Roberts' husband, Robert, under oath.
'The duke's legal team are perfectly entitled to test her claims, determine her damages, if any, and see what she told her therapist or not'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10408739/Virginia-Robertss-lawyer-hits-Duke-York-false-memory-defence-sex-abuse-case.html
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.68.2.pdf
#15396206 at 2022-01-17 07:49:10 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew's lawyers want to quiz accuser's psychologist and husband
Lawyers for Duke of York argue Virginia Giuffre 'may suffer from false memories', court documents show
Oliver Milman - 16 Jan 2022
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Lawyers for the Duke of York are seeking to question the husband and the psychologist of the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, claiming that she "may suffer from false memories".
Prince Andrew's legal team wants to question Virginia Giuffre's partner Robert Giuffre, along with her psychologist Dr Judith Lightfoot, as part of the civil case that has been allowed to proceed in the US federal court system.
Lightfoot should be questioned over whether Giuffre "may suffer from false memories" and to disclose any medication she prescribed to the accuser, Andrew's lawyers have argued in court documents. Robert Giuffre, meanwhile, is sought by the lawyers to face questions about the couple's finances and the circumstances in which he met his wife in 2002.
Both Robert Giuffre and Lightfoot would have to be questioned under oath via video link from Australia where they live, should the US judge and Australian authorities comply with the request. Andrew's lawyers want them to be questioned prior to 29 April "or as soon thereafter as is possible."
The requests follow a tumultuous week for queen Elizabeth's second son, who saw his attempt to have the civil case dismissed thwarted by a New York judge, who determined it could go to trial. The prospect of a looming trial, which could take place as soon as September, prompted Buckingham Palace to strip Andrew of his military titles and royal patronages.
Giuffre, who is American, has said that she was lured into the service of Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and pedophile who died in custody in New York in 2019. Her lawyers claim Giuffre was "lent out" to Andrew for sex in Epstein's New York home, his property in the US Virgin Islands and in London while she was a 17-year-old minor, meaning the prince is responsible for her "battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress".
Andrew has strenuously denied the allegations.
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#15385203 at 2022-01-16 01:04:12 (UTC+1)
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>>15380490
Tsunami warning issued for parts of Australia
Sky News Australia
Jan 15, 2022
An underwater volcano off Tonga has erupted, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of Australia's east coast, including queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.
The Bureau of Meteorology has also issued a warning for Macquarie Island, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.
Videos posted on social media showed waves crashing through Tongan homes.
The volcano first erupted on Friday, sending a plume of ash 20 kilometres into the air, forcing Tongans to evacuate.
Australia's authorities warn residents in warning zones to move 1 kilometre inland or at least 10 metres above sea level.
The federal government is monitoring the situation closely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3vEz1lLvo
#15380497 at 2022-01-15 12:27:48 (UTC+1)
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The latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano came just a few hours after Friday's tsunami warning was lifted.
Mere Taufa said she was in her house getting ready for dinner when the volcano erupted.
"It was massive, the ground shook, our house was shaking. It came in waves. My younger brother thought bombs were exploding nearby," Ms Taufa told the Stuff news website.
She said water filled their home minutes later and she saw the wall of a neighbouring house collapse.
"We just knew straight away it was a tsunami. Just water gushing into our home.
"You could just hear screams everywhere, people screaming for safety, for everyone to get to higher ground."
Tonga's King Tupou VI was reported to have been evacuated from the Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa and taken by a police convoy to a villa well away from the coastline.
The initial eruption lasted at least eight minutes and sent plumes of gas, ash and smoke several kilometres into the air. Residents in coastal areas were urged to head for higher ground.
The eruption was so intense it was heard as "loud thunder sounds" in Fiji more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) away, officials in Suva said.
There, officials warned residents to cover water collection tanks in case of acidic ash fall.
Victorina Kioa of the Tonga Public Service Commission said Friday that people should "keep away from areas of warning which are low-lying coastal areas, reefs and beaches".
The head of Tonga Geological Services Taaniela Kula urged people to stay indoors, wear a mask if they were outside and cover rainwater reservoirs and rainwater harvesting systems.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a "tsunami advisory" for American Samoa, saying there was a threat of "sea level fluctuations and strong ocean currents that could be a hazard along beaches".
Similar warnings were issued by authorities in New Zealand and Fiji.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano sits on an uninhabited island about 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/tsunami-warning-issued-for-parts-of-nsw-victoria-queensland-and-tasmania/news-story/8d8de2b3c69d8d5bc96aa1c2bf1f18c6
http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/national.shtml#nationalBulletin0
https://twitter.com/BOM_Tas/status/1482304062712422400
https://twitter.com/sakakimoana/status/1482218193619865600
http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/index.shtml
#15380490 at 2022-01-15 12:25:58 (UTC+1)
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Tsunami warning issued for parts of NSW, Victoria, queensland and Tasmania
A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of NSW, Victoria, queensland and Tasmania following the eruption of an underwater volcano.
Charis Chang and AFP - January 15, 2022
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A tsunami warning has been issued along parts of Australia's east coast and in Tasmania with people warned to stay out of the ocean and to move away from the water's edge.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre warning was current as of 10.25pm AEDT on Saturday.
It comes after frightened Tongans fled to higher ground Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption - heard in neighbouring countries - triggered the area's second tsunami in as many days.
In Australia, land warnings were issued for Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, with people in these areas at threat of land inundation and flooding.
Residents were "strongly advised by emergency authorities to go to higher ground or at least 1 kilometre inland," the warning states.
Marine warnings have also been issued along most of Australia's east coast as well as in Tasmania, with people warned to stay out of the water.
In NSW, a marine warning is in place for all coastal areas.
In queensland, the warning is in place for Sandy Cape to Point Danger including Fraser Island Coast, Sunshine Coast Waters, Moreton Bay and Gold Coast Waters.
It also covers Victorian areas of Lakes Entrance to 60nm east of Gabo Island including East Gippsland Coast, as well as Macquarie Island.
In Tasmania, a marine warning applies to the northern tip of Flinders Island to South East Cape including East of Flinders Island, Banks Strait and Franklin Sound, Upper East Coast, Lower East Coast, South East Coast, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Derwent Estuary, Frederick Henry Bay and Norfolk Bay and Storm Bay.
"In areas with a threat to the marine environment only, emergency authorities advise people to get out of the water and move away from the immediate water's edge of harbours, coastal estuaries, rock platforms and beaches," the advice states.
Tonga was rocked by a second tsunami on Saturday after an earlier volcanic eruption of an underwater volcano.
"A 1.2 metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nukualofa," Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tweeted.
The maximum tsunami wave recorded following Friday's explosion was 30 centimetres.
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#15372408 at 2022-01-14 11:36:25 (UTC+1)
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A royal source said the issue had been widely discussed within the royal family, making it likely that the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge were involved in crisis talks over the matter.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Thursday: 'With the queen's approval and agreement, the Duke of York's military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the queen.
'The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen.'
It is understood the decision was taken by mutual agreement between the queen and her son but the ultimate decision would have fallen to the monarch and been a difficult one.
As a former Royal Navy officer who served in the Falklands War the loss of his association with the military units and regiments, the most prestigious being Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, will be keenly felt by Andrew.
The source said the military posts would be redistributed to other members of the royal family.
But Andrew will keep his rank of Vice Admiral and his role of Counsellor of State, undertaken by the spouse of a monarch and the next four adults in the line of succession.
It is not clear what effect the decision will have on the level of security provided for the duke now his status has been reduced.
The queen is head of the armed forces and honorary military appointments are in her gift.
The Palace said previously that the duke's military appointments were in abeyance after he stepped down from public duties in 2019 after his disastrous Newsnight interview.
But until now he still retained the roles, which left the eight British regiments in limbo more than two years on.
A source close to the duke said he would 'continue to defend himself' against Ms Giuffre's allegations following the judge's decision to dismiss his legal team's attempt to have the case thrown out.
The source said: 'Given the robustness with which Judge Kaplan greeted our arguments, we are unsurprised by the ruling.
'However, it was not a judgment on the merits of Ms Giuffre's allegations.
'This is a marathon not a sprint and the duke will continue to defend himself against these claims.'
Andrew's other British honorary military roles were: Honorary air commodore of RAF Lossiemouth; Colonel-in-chief of the Royal Irish Regiment; Colonel-in-chief of the Small Arms School Corps; Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm; Royal colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland; Deputy colonel-in-chief of The Royal Lancers (queen Elizabeth's Own); and Colonel-in-chief of the Yorkshire Regiment.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10401601/Andrew-s-accuser-praises-court-ruling-allowing-civil-sex-case-forward.html
#15372406 at 2022-01-14 11:35:20 (UTC+1)
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>>15372375
>>15372381
Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre praises US court ruling allowing her civil sex assault case to proceed to trial - saying 'the rich and powerful are NOT above the law'
MARTIN ROBINSON - 14 January 2022
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre today piled more woe on the Duke of York after he was exiled by the Royal Family as she praised the New York court ruling enabling her civil sex case against him to proceed to trial.
Judge Lewis A Kaplan on Wednesday dismissed a motion by the duke's lawyers to have the lawsuit thrown out after they argued Ms Giuffre had waived her right to pursue the royal by signing a confidential settlement with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Ms Giuffre is suing the duke in the US for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager, claiming she was forced to have sex with him three time when she was 17.
She wrote on Twitter she was 'pleased' with the ruling, adding: 'I'm glad I will have the chance to continue to expose the truth & I am deeply grateful to my extraordinary legal team.
'Their determination helps me seek justice from those who hurt me and so many others. My goal has always been to show that the rich and powerful are not above the law & must be held accountable.
'I do not walk this path alone, but alongside countless other survivors of sexual abuse & trafficking.'
It comes after the queen stripped Andrew of his honorary military roles and he gave up his use of HRH style in a dramatic fallout from the civil sex case.
Andrew, who was born an HRH, will not use it in any official capacity, a royal source said and the duke has also been stripped of his remaining royal patronages.
The decision represents the duke's complete removal from official royal life, and an attempt to distance the monarchy from Andrew, who was once second in line to the throne as the spare to the heir, in the year of the queen's Platinum Jubilee.
It paves the way for Andrew to seek an out-of-court settlement with Ms Giuffre without the fear of his decision - likely to be viewed unfavourably by the public - being associated with the royal family.
Ms Giuffre claims she was trafficked by Andrew's friend Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with the duke when she was 17 and a minor under US law.
The duke has strenuously denied the allegations.
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#15372375 at 2022-01-14 11:19:02 (UTC+1)
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>>15363419
Prince Andrew loses royal, military links and will defend lawsuit as private citizen
Michael Holden - 14 January 2022
The royal family has removed Prince Andrew's military links and royal patronages and he will no longer be known as "His Royal Highness".
The announcement comes as the queen's second son fights a US lawsuit in which he is accused of sex abuse.
Andrew, 61, the Duke of York, was forced to step down from public duties in 2019 because of his connections to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and after a disastrous BBC TV interview which the prince had hoped would clear his name.
Thursday's move by the royal family means he will lose all his royal connections.
"With the queen's approval and agreement, The Duke of York's military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the queen," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
"The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen."
On Wednesday, Andrew's lawyers failed to persuade a US judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which Virginia Giuffre accuses him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Giuffre, 38, could pursue claims that Andrew battered her and intentionally caused her emotional distress while Epstein - a financier who took his own life in jail in August 2019 while awaiting his sex trafficking trial - was trafficking her.
The prince has denied Giuffre's accusations that he forced her to have sex more than two decades ago at a London home of former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and abused her at two Epstein properties.
The judge's decision means Andrew could be forced to give evidence at a trial which could begin between September and December if no settlement were reached.
A representative for Giuffre did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Andrew's links to Epstein had led to a swathe of damaging media reports, leading the prince to do an TV interview in November 2019 which he hoped would resolve the matter.
It instead led to ridicule and further questions, and as the controversy grew, Buckingham Palace had increasingly distanced itself from the prince, declining to comment and referring all questions to his lawyers.
The US conviction last month of his friend Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking and other charges of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse, together with his own case, had left his reputation in the British media in tatters.
A royal source said the decision over Andrew came after wide discussions among the Windsors, and that his military affiliations and patronages would be redistributed to other members of the family.
Earlier, an open letter to the queen, signed by more than 150 veterans calling for Andrew too have his military titles taken away and "if necessary, that he be dishonourably discharged", was published by the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic.
They called for the queen to take immediate action because her son had been "uncooperative and less than truthful" about his relationship with Epstein, and had brought the armed services he represented into disrepute.
"Regardless of the result of Virginia Giuffre's civil case against Prince Andrew, his position in Britain's armed forces is now untenable," the veterans' letter said.
The scandal surrounding Andrew comes on the heels of the damage caused after Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan quit royal duties to forge new careers in Los Angeles, later accusing the royal household of racism.
They too were stripped of all their patronages, the His and Her Royal Highness titles, and Harry also lost his prized military roles.
https://thewest.com.au/news/human-interest/prince-andrew-to-give-up-hrh-title-source-c-5299705
#15372279 at 2022-01-14 09:47:12 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia's worst-hit state says COVID-19 hospitalisations may plateau next week
Renju Jose - January 14, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalisation rates in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales could plateau next week, a top health official said on Friday, as the state suffered record deaths from the virus for a third day.
Pressure on hospitals will likely remain for "the next few weeks", the state's health deputy secretary, Susan Pearce, said, though hospitalisation numbers were tracking better than the best-case scenario in an official modelling a week ago.
"That is pleasing, but that plateauing is obviously still at a relatively high level of COVID patients in our hospitals and in our (intensive care)," Pearce told a media briefing in Sydney, the state capital.
The surge in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant has piled pressure on hospitals, which are grappling with record admissions, and on other sectors of the economy.
With staff shortages beginning to disrupt supply chains, authorities have eased quarantine rules to allow thousands of close contacts of cases to return to work in the transport and freight industries if they are asymptomatic, an extension of exemptions that had earlier applied to food production staff.
But this has raised fears workers will be placed in riskier environments.
"Essential workers are being forced to put themselves in harm's way to keep food on the shelves, medicines in stock, the lights and water on and keep this country open for business," Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus said in a statement.
Australia successfully restricted outbreaks of the coronavirus for most of the pandemic but it now finds itself in the grip of a wave driven by the Omicron variant following the relaxation of restrictions when vaccinations became widespread.
Of Australia's nearly 1.4 million infections recorded since the pandemic began, about 1.2 million have been detected over the past four weeks.
Worst-hit New South Wales reported more than 63,000 new infections on Friday, while neighbouring Victoria reported about 35,000.
Australia reported 56 deaths by mid-day on Friday, with 29 of them in New South Wales, its biggest ever COVID-19 toll.
Other parts of Australia, largely virus-free until early December, are also hitting record caseloads. A month ago, queensland reported a day with four new cases; on Friday it recorded 23,630, a state record.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australias-worst-hit-state-says-covid-19-hospitalisations-may-plateau-next-week-2022-01-14/
#15363426 at 2022-01-13 07:30:43 (UTC+1)
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Mr Brettler had also sought to force Ms Giuffre to provide more specific detail about her allegations, claiming that she had failed to give a date, a time, a location or a description of "what supposedly happened to her at the hands of Prince Andrew."
However, the judge said the contention that she was forced to sit on his lap in New York while he touched her was enough to state a battery claim.
Any "intentional touching" to satisfy sexual desires or made with the knowledge that Ms Giuffre was a sex trafficking victim could reasonably be deemed inappropriate, "to say nothing of the allegedly forced sex acts or sexual intercourse," he added.
An attempt to brand the New York Child Victims Act, under which the lawsuit was filed, as unconstitutional was also rejected as being "without merit".
If the Duke now tries to settle the case, it could see him having to pay out more than $5 million, with some input from the queen.
Such a move would likely be made before he and those close to him have to give evidence.
However, Ms Giuffre is thought unlikely to accept such a deal because she wants to send a message that anyone accused of preying on young girls will face the full force of the law.
David Boies, for Ms Giuffre, has indicated that he intends to depose two British witnesses, who could include the Duke's former wife, the Duchess of York, the Prince of Wales or the Duke's daughter, Princess Beatrice, who is central to his Pizza Express alibi.
The Duke has suggested there are no witnesses to corroborate his claim that he took his elder daughter to a Pizza Express party in Woking on the night Ms Giuffre claims she was forced to have sex with him in London and that he has no documents in his possession to back up his claim that he suffers from a "peculiar medical condition" that prevents him from sweating.
When the discovery process is complete, the Duke's lawyers could ask for a summary judgment, in a further bid to avoid a trial.
The potential for a legal challenge to the court's jurisdiction also remains on the table, after they claimed the New York Federal Court could not hear the case because Ms Giuffre was a permanent resident of Australia, rather than Colorado, where she is registered as a US citizen.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "We would not comment on what is an ongoing legal matter."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/01/12/prince-andrew-judge-settlement-deal-jeffrey-epstein-virginia/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.64.0.pdf
#15363320 at 2022-01-13 07:01:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia COVID-19 infections hit record amid runaway Omicron outbreak
Renju Jose - JANUARY 13, 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday reported its biggest pandemic caseload with a runaway Omicron outbreak driving up hospitalisation rates as the surge put severe strain on supply chains forcing authorities to ease quarantine rules for more workers.
After successfully containing the virus earlier in the pandemic, Australia has reported nearly a million cases over the last two weeks as people slowly get adjusted to living with the coronavirus amid fewer restrictions. Total infections detected since the pandemic began neared 1.4 million.
More than 147,000 new cases have been recorded so far on Thursday in Australia, with about 92,000 in the most populous state of New South Wales (NSW), although that includes a backlog of positive at-home results dating back to the beginning of January.
Net new hospital admissions and people admitted to intensive care are at their highest in the pandemic but authorities have said the health systems can cope with the rising cases.
A total of 53 new deaths have been reported so far, with NSW suffering its deadliest day of the pandemic with 22 deaths. But the death rate during the Omicron wave is lower than prior outbreaks in Australia, where more than 92% of people above 16 are double-dosed and a booster drive is ramping up.
Amid pressure on supply chains, Victorian state authorities on Thursday exempted more workers from quarantine requirements for being close contacts. Staff in emergency services, education and transport can go back to work if they are symptom-free.
"There is no quick fix to this," Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said during a media conference on Thursday. "These are commonsense changes, they will help but they are not everything, there is no simple solution."
Victoria's move comes ahead of a meeting of the national cabinet - the group of federal and state leaders - later on Thursday, where Prime Minister Scott Morrison will propose steps to relieve the pressure on business supply chains.
queensland state on Thursday decided to fully open its domestic borders for the first time in nearly two years with travellers not required to carry border passes and negative COVID-19 results.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-covid-19-infections-hit-record-amid-runaway-omicron-outbreak-idUSKBN2JN05S
#15336619 at 2022-01-09 08:15:33 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia's New South Wales marks its highest COVID-19 death count
Byron Kaye - January 9, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as the Omicron variant sweeps the country and lawmakers face pressure to close widening supply chain gaps.
The home to Sydney and a third of Australia's 25 million people reported 16 deaths from the coronavirus in the previous day. New South Wales reported 30,062 new infections, near record levels.
The second-largest state, Victoria, which hosts the Australian Open tennis tournament this month, reported 44,155 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths.
The country reported just under 100,000 cases overall, down from a record 116,025 the previous day, but still surpassing most previous peaks. Total deaths for the day were 36.
With the surge bringing a rush for government-funded pop-up testing clinics, the authorities have shifted their messaging and urged people to instead take rapid antigen tests at home, then report positive results to their doctor, who enters it into a database.
Authorities are calling for calm amid reports of bare supermarket shelves as people stay home to avoid infection and delivery personnel self-isolate due to virus exposure.
"We have seen very low rates of significant illness," federal Health Minister Greg Hunt told reporters. "It is the workforce furloughing which remains the principal challenge at this point in time."
The government and its health advisers have cut mandatory isolation times for close contacts and narrowed the definition of close contacts but were still reviewing the rules for furloughing workers, Hunt said.
Australia meanwhile plans to start vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 on Monday. Most states said they would begin the new school year as scheduled at the end of January but queensland, the third most populous state, said it would postpone the return to school by two weeks to give children time to be vaccinated.
Despite the outbreak, political leaders have cited Australia's high vaccination rate - more than 90% of people over 16 are fully vaccinated - to justify a reopening plan. But several states in recent days have postponed non-urgent elective surgery to clear hospital beds for COVID-19 patients and reintroduced mask mandates.
New South Wales, which emerged from more than 100 days of lockdown late last year, has reinstated a ban on dancing and drinking while standing up in bars.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-new-south-wales-marks-its-highest-covid-19-death-count-2022-01-09/
#15331318 at 2022-01-08 10:37:53 (UTC+1)
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>>15331317
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One day in 2002, Virginia simply disappeared: 'Vanished - poof - her boyfriend Tony was really upset.'
Epstein told Carolyn she'd gone abroad for school, but she was suspicious and worried something had happened to her friend.
It later transpired Epstein had paid for her to attend an international massage training school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was here that Virginia met Robert Giuffre, an Australian martial arts trainer, and the two quickly married. She contacted Epstein to say she wouldn't be coming back.
The following year, Carolyn made a break for it, too. Aged 16, she and her boyfriend 'ran away' to Georgia, where Carolyn got pregnant. Her son was born in March 2004.
With money tight, she attempted to pick up the threads of her old job with Epstein: 'He asked me if I had any younger friends and I said "no". And that's when I realised I was too old. I was 18.'
In 2007, as the FBI started gathering evidence against Epstein, Carolyn gave her first statement to prosecutors. Last month, it was her turn in the witness stand.
'I had rosary beads in my hands for the entire time and my husband was in the courtroom and every time I felt like I was getting weak, he would give me a little thumbs up or I'd clench the beads. I was determined to have the strength to have this woman put away for what she did to me and other young women.
'Sure, they accused me of lying, but I knew that was coming and I stood up to it because I was telling the God's honest truth.'
She was permitted to use only her first name throughout the trial, but now she's proud to reveal her full identity to the world.
'I'm not ashamed at being a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. For other girls that have been victimised, I want them to know that it is OK to come out and tell somebody - even if you don't want to be identified - and the sooner the better.
'I want people to know these terrible things have happened to me and that I am a survivor.
I want to let the other victims know, there's no timeframe on when you can talk about it, to get help. I'm very happy being a wife and a mother and I want to show people how the tragedies in my life did not stop me. I'm overcoming them. I'm not going to let Maxwell and Epstein ruin my life any more. I'm grateful every day when I wake up.'
As for Prince Andrew, she senses his story is far from over.
'I never got to ask Virginia about Prince Andrew again after she told me about it. She'd told me never to repeat it again.'
As for Virginia, her lawyer David Boies stressed that it was important to remember that she too was a victim of trafficking, despite everything she did to bring Carolyn into the fold.
Speaking to the Mail, he said: 'Virginia has said for years that her role in facilitating other young women's involvement is something that she has always regretted. But that fact doesn't have anything to do with the truth of her allegations.
'Nobody is saying these young, vulnerable girls were perfect in every respect. They were susceptible to the kind of threats they were subjected to and it's not at all surprising they did things they later regret.'
How, and if, the queen's second eldest son deals with his own, personal, tragedy unfolding in his private life remains to be seen.
Representatives for Andrew last night declined to comment on Carolyn's revelations.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10380333/Key-witness-Ghislaine-Maxwells-trial-waives-anonymity-makes-sensational-new-claim.html
#15325509 at 2022-01-07 11:37:31 (UTC+1)
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>>15325506
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In the interviews the juror gave, the panelist said he revealed to other jurors during weeklong deliberations that he was sexually abused as a child, and he said the information helped him convince some jurors that a victim's imperfect memory of sexual abuse does not mean it did not happen.
Memories and how they relate to sexual abuse victims were a contentious point among attorneys during the trial as each side summoned a memory expert to testify.
During deliberations, the jury requested transcripts of the testimony by the defense's memory expert, who said memories can be corroded over time by outside influences and general decay.
In the end, the jurors concluded unanimously that Maxwell was guilty of recruiting teenage girls between 1994 and 2004 for Epstein to sexually abuse.
After she read the verdicts out in court, Nathan then asked jurors publicly whether they were unanimous and a microphone was passed from juror to juror, who all agreed that it was.
Jurors were told they were free to express themselves freely and the man in question gave media interviews.
On Wednesday, Maxwell's lawyers called for a retrial after it was announced that the prosecutors in the case had asked Nathan to investigate the juror's remarks.
"Assuming the accuracy of the reporting, the juror asserted that he 'flew through' the prospective juror questionnaire and does not recall being asked whether he had been a victim of sexual abuse, but stated that 'he would have answered honestly'. Based on the foregoing, the government believes the court should conduct an inquiry," the prosecutors wrote to Nathan.
The juror's claim that he did not recall being asked about sexual abuse has spurred questions, given that prospective jurors were given a questionnaire which directly asked them about this topic, and the court will now be examining this aspect. Prosecutors asked for a hearing.
Separately, the civil case is continuing between Britain's Prince Andrew and a victim of Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was coerced by Maxwell and Epstein into having sex against her will with Andrew, who is also the Duke of York and the second son of queen Elizabeth. Andrew has denied all the allegations against him and is trying to persuade the New York judge in the case to dismiss Giuffre's lawsuit.
Giuffre was not a witness in Maxwell's trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-trial-lawyer-judge
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17318376/united-states-v-maxwell/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.572.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.573.0.pdf
#15312156 at 2022-01-05 10:22:41 (UTC+1)
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>>15195832
>>15306255
Judge deals blow to Prince Andrew over Virginia Giuffre case
AFP - JANUARY 5, 2022
A New York judge has dealt a blow to Prince Andrew's hopes of having the sexual assault claim against him dismissed, questioning whether an earlier settlement protected him from a lawsuit.
Prince Andrew's lawyers have pressed Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, arguing he was protected by a previously confidential settlement that his accuser signed with convicted Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2009.
Lawyer Andrew Brettler said Ms Giuffre had "waived her rights" to sue other defendants in relation to alleged sex crimes committed by late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Judge Kaplan did not make an immediate ruling but appeared to express scepticism at Andrew's argument, questioning how a third-party could enforce a secret agreement that it didn't know about.
Hour-long oral arguments in the civil action filed byMs Giuffre - also a longtime accuser of Epstein's companion, the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell - were held via video conference with the public able to listen in by telephone.
Ms Giuffre alleges that Epstein lent her out for sex with his wealthy and powerful associates, including to Andrew, an allegation that queen Elizabeth II's second son has repeatedly and strenuously denied.
The deal made public for the first time Monday by a New York court showed Ms Giuffre agreed to drop a civil claim against Epstein for $500,000.
The settlement contained a provision that purports to protect "other potential defendants" from being sued related to alleged sexual abuse committed by Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019.
Mr Brettler described it as "unambiguous" and argued that it protected the prince from litigation.
"Miss Giuffre intended to release a broad category of individuals, including royalty, including businessmen," Mr Brettler said.
"She waived her rights to sue them when she entered into the 2009 release agreement and accepted the money from Mr. Epstein." But the judge said that neither he nor Mr Brettler could "find any meaning at all" in the word "potential."
"You'll have a decision pretty soon, but I'm not going to define that further," Judge Kaplan said at the end of the hearing.
Ms Giuffre sued the prince for unspecified damages last year, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 2001 when she was 17 and a minor under American law.
She says Andrew assaulted her at Epstein's home in New York, and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands.
Ms Giuffre's lawyer David Boies argued that the Epstein-Giuffre agreement was unrelated to Andrew because it was signed in Florida.
"Prince Andrew was not subject to jurisdiction," he told Judge Kaplan. Ms Giuffre alleges Andrew also sexually abused her at the London home of Maxwell, who last week was found guilty of sex trafficking minors for Epstein.
The 61-year-old Andrew has not been criminally charged.
Last week, Ms Giuffre's lawyers demanded that Andrew hand over medical records proving that he is unable to sweat.
Andrew's legal team has accused Ms Giuffre of seeking to profit from a "baseless lawsuit," which is still in its early days.
If the case proceeds and Ms Giuffre and Andrew are unable to reach a settlement then it could go before a jury trial, likely in the latter half of this year.
On Friday, Judge Kaplan rejected attempts by Andrew's lawyers to halt progression of the suit on the grounds that Ms Giuffre now lives in Australia.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/judge-deals-blow-to-prince-andrew-over-virginia-giuffre-case/news-story/0363ca15434183cc222035c03584fd3d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfNevDn-pk
#15306262 at 2022-01-04 10:12:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15306260
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PRINCE ANDREW WAS MAXWELL GUEST AFTER HE KNEW EPSTEIN WAS PAEDOPHILE
Prince Andrew kept socialising with Ghislaine Maxwell for years after her paedophile boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein first came to police attention and was even the guest of honour at a birthday party.
According to The Sunday Times London, the Duke of York sat directly opposite her at the celebrations at London's five-star Dorchester Hotel more than two years after he travelled to New York to sever ties with Epstein.
His continued friendship with Maxwell, 60, has come under fresh scrutiny after her conviction in Manhattan last week.
Andrew denies any wrongdoing, but the case reaches a critical point this week when his lawyers will seek to get Roberts Giuffre's claim thrown out of court.
At a hearing on Tuesday, Andrew's lawyers will also raise other objections to Roberts Giuffre's claim in an effort to get it dismissed before it can proceed to a jury trial during the queen's platinum jubilee year. In legal filings lodged last week, they argued that Roberts Giuffre (formerly Roberts), now 38, lives in Australia and that the New York court has no jurisdiction over the case.
This weekend a friend of the duke said he is "quietly focused on his own case" and was not distracted by the fallout from the Maxwell trial.
However, Maxwell's elder brother, Ian, conceded that the guilty verdict - which is likely to mean his sister dies behind bars - piled further pressure on the prince. "Clearly, it's not helpful," he said.
Lisa Bloom, a California-based lawyer representing victims of Epstein and Maxwell warned last week that Andrew should be "quaking in his boots".
Lawyers for the duke have accused Roberts Giuffre of seeking "another payday" at his expense, having previously secured multimillion-pound payouts from Epstein and Maxwell in two civil actions.
Although she was not called to testify at Maxwell's trial, Giuffre's name came up repeatedly and jurors appeared to conclude that she was a victim of the couple rather than a recruiter of other teenage girls, as the prince's lawyers have claimed. The duke was also named in the trial as one of several VIPs who had flown on Epstein's private jet.
Andrew says that he was first introduced to the financier by Maxwell in 1999 and an image produced by prosecutors revealed that he invited the couple to stay at the queen's log cabin in Balmoral the same year.
In 2000, they attended a party at Windsor Castle to mark four royal birthdays, including Andrew's 40th.
Epstein was first investigated by police in Florida in 2005, and in 2008 he negotiated a plea deal which led to him being jailed for just 13 months for procuring a girl under 18 for prostitution.
Andrew was photographed with Epstein months after his release in New York's Central Park in December 2010.
The duke told the BBC's Newsnight program that he had visited the disgraced tycoon to tell him in person that he was ending their friendship.
However, Andrew continued to be close to Maxwell. In December 2012, he was invited as the guest of honour to her 51st birthday party at the China Tang restaurant at the Dorchester.
"The guest list was top notch," a source said. "There were many very interesting people there who clearly liked her [Maxwell]."
Epstein was not among them as the couple had separated.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/prince-andrew-set-for-crunch-week-in-us-sex-assault-lawsuit/news-story/d424850c74a594141c1d9932c81a9bf8
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.32.1.pdf
#15306260 at 2022-01-04 10:11:16 (UTC+1)
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>>15306255
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Judges in the case have stated why the details of the settlement should be made public: "Mr Epstein, as is well known, is deceased. The document is well known to Ms Giuffre and, although under seal, has been available to all parties in these cases for some time.
"We question whether any proper purpose would be served by the continued secrecy of the document save, perhaps, the dollar amount of the settlement it provided for."
On December 29, judges ordered the unsealing of the agreement.
It comes as Prince Andrew faces a crucial week in his fight against a sexual assault lawsuit brought in New York by a long-time accuser of late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his one-time partner Ghislaine Maxwell.
The release of a legal settlement on Monday and oral arguments in the case on Tuesday come after socialite Maxwell was convicted last week of sex trafficking minors for Epstein.
Roberts Giuffre alleges that Epstein, a money manager who killed himself while awaiting trial in 2019, lent her out for sex with his wealthy and powerful associates, including Prince Andrew.
She has sued the British royal for unspecified damages, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 2001 when she was 17 and a minor under American law.
The 61-year-old Prince Andrew, the queen's second son, has not been criminally charged and has repeatedly and strenuously denied the allegations.
Prince Andrew's lawyers hope unsealing the settlement will be sufficient grounds for a judge to dismiss her lawsuit against the royal.
On Tuesday, New York judge Lewis Kaplan will hear oral arguments on whether to throw out the suit. The 10am (2am AEST) hearing will be held via videoconference.
Attempts by Andrew's lawyers to halt progression of the lawsuit on the grounds that Ms Roberts Giuffre now lives in Australia were rejected by Kaplan on Friday.
The day before, Roberts Giuffre's lawyers demanded that Andrew hand over medical records proving that he is unable to sweat.
In a disastrous 2019 interview with the BBC, Prince Andrew denied Ms Roberts Giuffre's claim that they had shared a sweaty dance at a London nightclub, saying that at the time he could not sweat due to a condition related to having fought in the 1982 Falklands War.
The legal developments come as Andrew finds himself under fresh pressure after his friend Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse.
Maxwell faces life behind bars after being convicted by New York jurors of five of the six counts she faced following a high-profile month-long trial.
Roberts Giuffre says Prince Andrew assaulted her at Epstein's home in New York, and on his private island in the US Virgin Islands.
She alleges that Andrew also sexually abused her at the London home of Maxwell, who introduced the royal to Epstein in the early 1990s.
Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 after being charged with child sex trafficking charges, in what New York's coroner ruled was a suicide.
Prince Andrew has rarely been seen in public since he was forced to quit the royal frontline later that year for failing to distance himself from the disgraced financier.
Kaplan said in November that Roberts Giuffre's lawsuit against Prince Andrew could go before a New York jury towards the end of 2022.
(continued)
#15306213 at 2022-01-04 09:39:07 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia COVID-19 cases surge, overloading testing system
Renju Jose and Byron Kaye - January 4, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Australian COVID-19 cases soared to a pandemic record on Tuesday as the Omicron variant ripped through most of the country, driving up hospitalisation rates as the once-formidable testing regime buckled under lengthy wait times and stock shortages.
The country which for a year and half used a system of constant testing, contact tracing and lockdowns to squash most outbreaks, clocked 47,799 new infections, up nearly a third on Monday's number which was also a record.
Political leaders have pointed to a largely successful, if slow, vaccination rollout and few deaths, relative to new case numbers - four on Tuesday. But hospitalisations, another closely watched measure, are higher than at any other time in the pandemic: 1,344 in the most populous state New South Wales.
In Victoria, the second state, the authorities said one in four people showing up for a swab test was returning a positive result. Almost everyone in that state's intensive care units was unvaccinated, the authorities said. Victoria had 14,020 new cases, nearly double the previous day's count.
Other states which had spent much of the pandemic with domestic borders closed and long stretches without a new case, showed similar numbers. A month ago, queensland reported a day with six new cases; on Tuesday it recorded 5,699.
Across the country, political leaders have been re-shaping their messaging for a population that is more than 90% vaccinated and a variant that some medical experts say is more transmissable but less virulent than previous strains.
After nearly two years of campaigning for widespread testing, the authorities want asymptomatic people to bypass government-funded clinics, where high volumes have blown out turnaround times to several days, and take their own rapid antigen tests.
But that has brought a new pressure point: an explosion in sales of home testing kits, resulting in reports of stockpiling, empty shelves and inflated prices on the few kits which have not yet been sold. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out subsidising the personal testing kits, citing a heightened role for "personal responsibility".
"The problem at the moment is that the lack of (rapid antigen tests) is completely hampering 'personal responsibility' and it is a frustration that is a glaring hole in the current management of COVID," Chris Moy, vice president of the Australian Medical Association, told ABC Radio on Tuesday, using Morrison's phrase.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese, who most polls suggest will defeat Morrison at an election due within months, said that "when it comes to healthcare, and rapid antigen testing, the prime minister has said that you are on your own".
The country's competition regulator said it would set up a team to look into complaints about allegations of price gouging for the at-home rapid antigen tests.
Despite the spike in infections fuelled by Omicron, dual-dose vaccination levels of nearly 92% in people above 16 have helped Australia to keep the death rate lower than the previous virus outbreaks.
Authorities do not specify the coronavirus variant that caused the deaths, although New South Wales officials said 74% of patients in the state's intensive care units since Dec. 16 were infected with the Delta variant.
The record spike in infections and hospitalisations comes as 2 million more Australians became eligible for their COVID-19 booster shots from Tuesday after authorities shortened the wait time between second and third shots to four months.
Just over 2.5 million Australians have so far received their booster shot, which health officials hope will keep rates of death and serious illness low.
Australia crossed half a million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, with nearly 50% in the last two weeks. Still, its 547,160 cases and 2,270 deaths, from a population of 25 million, are lower than numbers seen in many developed countries.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-covid-19-cases-surge-hospitalisations-hit-pandemic-high-nsw-2022-01-03/
#15299790 at 2022-01-03 05:20:56 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia to push ahead with reopening amid record COVID-19 cases
John Mair - January 3, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Australia's government said the milder impact of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 meant the country could push ahead with plans to reopen the economy even as new infections hit a record of more than 37,000 and the number of people hospitalised rose.
Record daily case numbers were reported on Monday in the states of Victoria, queensland, South Australia and Tasmania, as well as the Australian Capital Territory.
In New South Wales, there were 20,794 cases, higher than Sunday's figure but below the daily record of 22,577 set on Saturday, with testing numbers lower over the New Year's holiday weekend.
The national daily total hit a record of more than 37,150 cases, exceeding Saturday's 35,327 cases, with Western Australia and the Northern Territory still to report.
"We have to stop thinking about case numbers and think about serious illness, living with the virus, managing our own health and ensuring that we're monitoring those symptoms and we keep our economy going," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Channel Seven.
Hospitalisations rose to 1,204 in New South Wales, up more than 10% from Sunday and more than three times the level on Christmas Day.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the advice to the government was that the Omicron strain was more transmissible but also milder than other variants, which reduced the risk to both individuals and the health system.
Michael Bonning, chairman of the Australian Medical Association's New South Wales Council, said the significant increase in hospitalisations combined with the peak holiday period and the number of health workers exposed to COVID were putting pressure on capacity.
"With both the Christmas period and with hospital workers being furloughed due to their close contact status…. we're finding that it is becoming quite difficult to staff, especially critical areas of hospitals," he told ABC Television.
In late December, the government changed its advice on when people should get a free PCR test for COIVD-19, and is calling for greater use of rapid antigen tests, in part to relieve pressure on testing capacity.
But the rapid antigen tests are in short supply, and Morrison said the government would not cover the cost for people to test themselves, which he put at A$15 ($10.90).
"We're at another stage of this pandemic now, where we just can't go round and make everything free," he said.
Eight deaths from COVID had been reported on Monday, taking the national toll through the pandemic to more than 2,260.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-push-ahead-with-reopening-amid-record-covid-19-cases-2022-01-03/
#15294637 at 2022-01-02 08:55:39 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
New Australian COVID-19 cases dip, but hospitalisations rise
John Mair - January 2, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - New Australian COVID-19 cases dipped on Sunday as testing slowed over a holiday weekend, but remained well over 30,000 and hospitalisations rose further in New South Wales as concerns grow about potential strains on the national health system.
Newly diagnosed cases in New South Wales, the most populous state, dropped to 18,278 from 22,577 the day before as the number of tests conducted on New Year's Day dropped by a quarter, health department figures showed.
But hospitalisations, which authorities have signalled is a figure they are more closely monitoring than total case numbers as they shift towards living with the virus, jumped by 18% to 1,066.
In Victoria, daily case numbers remained above 7,000 and queensland reported a record 3,587 new cases.
"As we enter a new year, we are entering a new battle against COVID-19," queensland state Treasurer Cameron Dick said.
"If we can slow the spread of the virus, that takes the pressure off our health system in particular," Dick said, asking people to get vaccinated and get booster shots, wear masks in indoor settings and work from home if possible.
With only Western Australia and the Northern Territory still to report figures on Sunday, the national tally of new cases was more than 32,200, below Saturday's record of 35,327.
All Australian states, except for Western Australia, have begun to live with the virus as vaccination levels have risen, and the easing in restrictions has pushed cases higher.
There were five deaths reported in New South Wales and Victoria, bringing the national death toll throughout the pandemic to almost 2,260 people.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/new-australian-covid-19-cases-dip-hospitalisations-rise-2022-01-02/
#15289371 at 2022-01-01 08:27:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15289367
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Absent the perennial efforts of a small but vocal section of public health academia and a dwindling number of media personalities, our community is ready and can move to a phase of living with COVID-19 as an endemic virus.
We must be cautious, though, as we have seen during the spread of Omicron, this vocal group will continue to advocate for "disease control above all else" and use the federal election as a lever to influence public policy.
This will lead to inevitable calls for 2020-style policies in an attempt to damage the incumbent Coalition. It is critical that both major parties recognise that the challenges for 2022 and beyond are not related to COVID-19. This is an issue more so for Labor, which, in attempting to gain political mileage by prosecuting outdated COVID-control policies, risks misreading the mood of the electorate for the second election running.
Fortunately, most Australian Labor leaders have shown themselves adept at moving forward when the time is right. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has brought Australians in her state of queensland to high levels of vaccination and then taken the move to open up for summer, a difficult but ultimately correct decision.
Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews and his cabinet have emerged from the world's longest lockdown to appropriately legislate to move the locus of decision-making power during a health emergency to the premier and the health minister. These are decisions that should restore Australians' faith in politics and politicians no matter what one's voting intention. They have shown that our elected officials recognise the time for considering disease control whatever the cost is well and truly behind us.
This year and this election offer us an opportunity as a nation to refocus on the key unresolved issues requiring our attention. Indigenous constitutional recognition, the widening income gap, genuine taxation reform, national security and the transition to renewable energy dwarf COVID-19 in terms of their import as policy issues for the future.
We can be rightly proud of what we have achieved as Australians in the face of what was the challenge of our lifetime. We will emerge a stronger, healthier and more prosperous nation for our efforts.
2022 will be the year the pandemic ends. It could even be sooner than we think.
Dr Nick Coatsworth is a strategic health leader and infectious diseases expert. He is a former federal deputy chief medical officer.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/welcome-to-2022-the-year-this-pandemic-ends-20211230-p59kzf.html
#15289345 at 2022-01-01 08:20:38 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia starts 2022 with record COVID cases
John Mair - January 1, 2022
SYDNEY, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Australia started 2022 with a record number of new COVID-19 cases as an outbreak centred in the eastern states grew, and New South Wales eased its isolation rules for healthcare workers as the number of people hospitalised with the virus rose.
New South Wales, the most populous state, and Victoria both posted daily record case numbers of 22,577 and 7,442 respectively on Saturday, health department figures showed.
There were four deaths due to COVID in New South Wales and nine in Victoria, taking the national death toll from the pandemic to more than 2,250.
Including cases in queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, Saturday had already set a national record of 33,161 cases, topping Friday's 32,946, even before numbers from South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory were released.
All Australian states, except for Western Australia, have begun to live with the virus after higher vaccination levels, and the easing in restrictions has pushed cases higher.
The New South Wales government changed its self-isolation rules for asymptomatic healthcare workers who had been classified as a close contact of a COVID case, giving them an exemption if they are considered critical to their workplace.
Over the week since Christmas Day, cases in New South Wales have more than tripled from 6,288. Hospitalisations due to COVID have more than doubled to 901 from 388, while the number of people in intensive care units has risen by around 50% to 79.
The outbreak has affected sporting events. Australia batsman Travis Head will miss the fourth Ashes cricket test against England in Sydney next week after testing positive for COVID.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-starts-2022-with-record-covid-cases-2022-01-01/
#15288459 at 2022-01-01 04:22:23 (UTC+1)
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>>15288452
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Lawyer Lisa Bloom, who represents a number of Maxwell and Epstein's accusers, described Mr Maxwell's remarks as "a slap in the face to the victims".
"I think the brother of Ghislaine Maxwell, Ian, is living in denial," she told Sky News.
"Perhaps that's the best he can do at this time. I'm sure it's a very painful time for him but he needs to stop insulting the victims with these kind of comments."
Ghislaine's guilty verdict came before a civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew is due to be considered by judges in the US next week.
Virginia Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, has accused the queen's second son of forcing her to have sex more than two decades ago when she was under 18 at the London home of Ghislaine, and abusing her at two of Epstein's homes.
Mr Maxwell said Andrew had been "very mistaken" to conduct a 2019 TV interview about the accusations against him, and said the Duke of York had not "helped himself".
But he added that Andrew had "really suffered" by having been "completely cancelled in his official role" as a member of the Royal Family.
"He's entitled to be believed and let's see how that turns out," Mr Maxwell said.
https://news.sky.com/story/ghislaine-maxwell-scapegoated-for-crimes-of-jeffrey-epstein-claims-her-brother-12506738
#15271297 at 2021-12-29 06:26:53 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records
Renju Jose and Sonali Paul - December 29, 2021
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged and the country's most populous state reported a near doubling in daily cases.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday Australia needed "a gear change" to manage testing requirements, redefine who qualifies as a close contact and the furlough of virus-exposed workers. He called a snap meeting of the national cabinet on Thursday.
"We just can't have everybody just being taken out of circulation because they just happen to be at a particular place at a particular time," Morrison said during a media briefing.
Morrison's proposed rules on close contacts could mean most people do not have to get PCR tests or isolate themselves, cutting long lines at test sites and 72-to-96-hour waits for lab results.
A growing number of countries, including the United States and Britain, have shortened the recommended isolation time for asymptomatic cases.
The proposal on new testing requirements comes as queensland promised to relax rules for interstate travellers with domestic arrivals needing only a negative rapid antigen test result to gain entry from Jan. 1 rather than the PCR test. Morrison said A$375 million ($271 million) will be used to buy millions of additional rapid antigen test kits.
queensland's so-called "tourism tests" came under severe criticism from New South Wales after holiday travellers crowded its testing hubs, causing delays in results of several days.
'IT'S INSANITY'
Even with soaring infections, some testing centres in Sydney were closed following the public holidays and those that were open had long walk-in and drive-in queues.
"It's insanity," 44-year-old Hayden Anderson, who is battling liver cancer told Reuters. "Why are all the testing centres shut?"
Anderson had a PCR test after a friend he caught up with just before Christmas tested positive. When he went for a follow-up test, the site was closed.
After seeing long lines at other testing hubs, he settled for a rapid antigen test at home, but with soaring cases he is concerned he might struggle to get a PCR test, as required, ahead of his next chemotherapy appointment on Jan. 11.
"It's like walking a tightrope right now," he said.
Australia is in the grip of an outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant, with the country's new daily infections spiking to nearly 18,300, eclipsing the previous pandemic high of around 11,300 hit on Tuesday.
Cases in most states climbed to one-day records with New South Wales, Australia's most populous state and home to Sydney, reporting a near doubling in infections to 11,201.
Despite the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, Morrison has so far ruled out lockdowns, urging people to focus on the number of patients admitted to hospitals.
While hospitalisations have crept up, they are still off the peak of the Delta wave.
Despite the Omicron and Delta waves, Australia's COVID-19 numbers are still among the lowest in the world with about 341,500 cases and 2,210 deaths, thanks to strict social distancing rules and tough border restrictions. But most states have now begun to live with the virus after higher inoculation levels.
($1 = 1.3841 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-omicron-outbreak-strains-testing-clinics-cases-hit-records-2021-12-29/
#15270897 at 2021-12-29 04:49:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
>>15175352
Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics
Byron Kaye - December 28, 2021
SYDNEY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Australia recorded another record surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as an outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted reopening of the economy, while state leaders argued over domestic border controls.
The country reported 11,264 new cases of the coronavirus in the previous day, according to a Reuters calculation of state figures, once again surpassing its peak of a day earlier, as it grapples with a planned reopening while the new variant rages.
There were five COVID-19 deaths reported, taking the total fatalities to just over 2,200 since the start of the pandemic. Authorities did not specify whether any of the new deaths were related to the Omicron variant.
The Omicron variant, which medical experts say is more transmissible but less virulent than previous strains, began to spread in Australia just as the country got underway with plans to reopen for good after nearly two years of stop-start lockdowns.
With the resumption of rising case numbers - despite a vaccination rate of more than 90% for Australians aged over 16 - the country's state leaders have brought back some containment measures like mandatory mask-wearing and QR code check-ins at public venues.
The rising case numbers have also led to mandatory self-isolation for thousands of workers in the hospitality, entertainment and airline sectors - the sectors worst hit by lockdowns - resulting in cancelled theatre shows, closed restaurants and postponed flights.
The outbreak has also fuelled a resumption of fractious domestic politics which defined much of the pandemic as some states resist calls to remove internal border controls.
New South Wales (NSW), home to Sydney and a third of Australia's 25 million population, called on neighbouring queensland to shift from mandatory clinical testing at the point of origin to on-the-spot rapid antigen testing for people travelling there.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said a quarter of clinical tests in his state were "tourism tests" for asymptomatic people, bringing huge pressure of the health system, long testing queues and wait times of several days for results.
In one case, a Sydney testing clinic sent incorrect negative test results to 400 COVID-positive people, then prematurely sent 950 people negative results when 486 were actually positive. The bungle was the result of "human error, and when people are under pressure, human errors are more frequent", said Hazzard.
He called on queensland to scrap mandatory clinical tests immediately, rather than after Jan. 1 as planned, but the queensland authorities said the policy was working.
queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath instead said the state would remove another testing rule for interstate arrivals: people arriving in the state would no longer have to take a virus test five days after arriving.
Australia's international border remains effectively closed, but Australian nationals may return without mandatory hotel quarantine and the country has said it would allow certain skilled workers and foreign students in.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-covid-numbers-surge-omicron-outbreak-strains-domestic-politics-2021-12-28/
#15270892 at 2021-12-29 04:48:46 (UTC+1)
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>>15235880
Police warn of increase in human trafficking, sex slaves, forced marriages as borders open
Police have asked queenslanders to look out for signs of human trafficking, with fears the people behind the crime have been waiting for border restrictions to ease.
Kate Kyriacou - December 28, 2021
Police are asking queenslanders to be aware of the signs of human trafficking, with fears the horror crime could ramp up with the opening of borders.
The Australian Federal Police say they believe human traffickers - people who bring sex slaves, domestic slaves and forced brides into the country - have been waiting for border restrictions to ease to bring in their victims.
In the 2020 financial year, police investigated 20 reports of human trafficking in queensland, including six cases of forced marriage, four of sexual servitude, four of forced labour, two of child trafficking, two of trafficking and one each of domestic servitude and slavery.
Victoria had the most reports, followed by New South Wales, in the 2020/21 financial year, with 83 and 75 respectively.
The most prevalent form of human trafficking in both states was forced marriage.
"This is a reminder that forcing someone to leave or enter Australia using coercion, threats or deception is an offence under our laws, and Commonwealth human trafficking offences and penalties apply," AFP Detective Superintendent Human exploitation Jayne Crossling said.
"Human trafficking is happening here in Australia and it is up to all of to work together to protect people who are vulnerable to these exploitative crime types."
She said Australians at airports should look out for other passengers who appear reluctant to travel or who seem to be under the control of another person.
Outside of airports, queenslanders should look out for people in their community who do not have access to their passport, those with poor living or working conditions with little or no access to money or people who appear to always be in the company of their employer or another person.
Reports of human trafficking tripled in Australia from 2013/14 to 2020/21 and remained steady during the pandemic.
In 2013/14, police investigated 70 reports nationwide, increasing to 224 in 2020/21, despite limited international travel.
Dept Supt Crossling said police were receiving increasing reports of people trafficked out of Australia - victims who were forced to leave the country to be forced into marriages, sexual servitude or slavery overseas.
"People are also deceived into leaving or being forced out of Australia, which is known as exit trafficking," she said.
"This type of human trafficking appears to be on the rise based on reports that we received last year and we feat it will increase again along with inbound trafficking as the borders reopen."
In January, a Sydney man became the first person in Australia to be convicted of an exit human trafficking offence.
The man used threats, coercion and deception to force a woman and her baby to return to India. The woman told police he threatened to murder her if she did not board the plane.
Airport CCTV footage showed the man arguing with the distressed woman, before she and her baby boarded the plane.
She was able to return two months later and contacted Anti-Slavery Australia for help.
The man was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Traffickers risk spending a maximum of 12 years in prison.
"If you or someone you know could be a victim of this crime type, please report it by calling 131 AFP (237)," Det Supt Crossling said.
If someone is in immediate danger, call Triple-0.
For more information on human trafficking and the signs to look for, visit the AFP Human trafficking website:
https://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/crime-types/human-trafficking
AFP online form to report information regarding human trafficking:
https://forms.afp.gov.au/online_forms/human_trafficking_form
https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/police-warn-of-increase-in-human-trafficking-sex-slaves-forced-marriages-as-borders-open/news-story/74567b1fbe687df51fce27cda3bba208
#15261247 at 2021-12-27 07:15:31 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia records first Omicron death, authorities stick to reopening plan
Byron Kaye - December 27, 2021
SYDNEY, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Australia reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalisation rates remained low.
The death, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, marked a grim milestone for the country which has had to reverse some parts of a staged reopening after nearly two years of stop-start lockdowns, due to the fresh outbreak.
Omicron, which health experts say appears more contagious but less virulent than previous strains, began to spread in the country just as it lifted restrictions on most domestic borders and allowed Australians to return from overseas without quarantine, driving case numbers to the highest of the pandemic.
The authorities gave no additional details about the Omicron death, except to say that the man caught the virus at an aged care facility and died in a Sydney hospital.
"This was the first known death in New South Wales (state) linked to the Omicron variant of concern," said NSW Health epidemiologist Christine Selvey in a video released by the government.
The man was among six COVID-19 deaths reported in Australia the previous day, all in the most populous states of NSW and Victoria, which are home to more than half the country's 25 million population.
Australia clocked just over 9,400 new cases on Monday, slightly down from the previous day's record but not including cases from the state of South Australia, which was yet to report its numbers. Most new cases were in NSW and Victoria.
"Although we are seeing increased case numbers… we are not seeing the impacts on our hospital system," said Annastacia Palaszczuk, premier of queensland which reported 784 new cases with four people in hospital.
With reports of six-hour wait times for COVID testing for people hoping to meet requirements for interstate holiday travel, Palaszczuk defended the tourism-friendly state for mandatory testing, saying "everyone knew when they booked a ticket that if they wanted to come here they would have to do a PCR test".
However, she added that queensland was considering whether to relax testing requirements for domestic visitors. Tasmania, another tourist-popular state, also said it was considering changes to state border testing rules.
Around the country, the surge in infections meanwhile weighed on testing resources. Sydney testing clinic SydPath had confirmed a day earlier that it wrongly told 400 COVID-positive people they were negative in the days before Christmas; on Monday it now realised it sent wrong result messages to another 995 people.
Australian authorities have so far resisted a return to lockdown in the face of surging case numbers but have reinstated some restrictions. On Monday, NSW again made it compulsory to check into public venues with QR codes, while many states have brought back mandatory mask-wearing in indoor public places.
The country has also narrowed the window for vaccine booster shots from six months to four months, soon to be three months.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-records-first-omicron-death-authorities-stick-reopening-plan-2021-12-27/
#15247140 at 2021-12-24 08:19:52 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia shortens booster wait as Omicron explosion turns holidays into chaos
Renju Jose and Byron Kaye - December 24, 2021
SYDNEY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Australia on Friday narrowed the wait time for people to receive COVID-19 booster shots as another record jump in daily infections resulted in cancelled flights and sent Christmas travel plans into disarray.
From Jan. 4, the country would offer booster shots to every person aged over 18 who had their second shot four months earlier and the interval would be again reduced to three months by the end of the month, said federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.
"These dates have been set out of an abundance of caution to give Australians early continued protection," Hunt told reporters in Canberra.
Most states had been pressing the federal government to make more people eligible for boosters to stem the tide of Omicron cases, which reached 9,100 on Friday, up from the previous day's record of 8,200. While most new cases were previously in New South Wales and Victoria states, neighbouring queensland and South Australia clocked sharp increases.
Media reported thousands of people planning to travel interstate for Christmas the following day had their plans thrown into chaos as airlines cancelled or postponed flights due to frontline staff being forced to isolate due to possible exposures to the virus.
Sydney Airport, the country's busiest, cancelled 80 of its 500 domestic flights on Friday, a spokesperson told Reuters, without giving a reason.
Australia has been looking to ramp up the rollout of boosters after becoming one of the world's most-vaccinated countries against COVID-19, with more than 90% of people over the age of 16 having received two doses.
A growing number of countries are reducing the wait time for boosters from six months after the emergence of the Omicron variant. This month, South Korea, Britain and Thailand cut that interval to three months.
Despite record cases, the Australians hope the hospitals will not come under extreme pressure from the new strain, which they say appears to be less severe than other variants.
The number of people admitted in hospitals is rising steadily, but remains far lower than during the Delta outbreaks. Just over 4% of patients in hospitals have been infected with Omicron as of Dec. 20, with only one in intensive care.
The World Health Organization earlier this month warned wealthy countries against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the new Omicron variant, saying it threatened supplies for poorer countries where inoculation rates are still low.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/australia-shorten-covid-19-booster-dose-intervals-january-2021-12-23/
#15241380 at 2021-12-23 07:34:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15241362
Despite Omicron explosion, Health Minister says 'heartening' sign as number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators remains stable
Jake Evans and Georgia Hitch - 23 December 2021
Australians should not fear the explosion in COVID-19 case numbers, says the federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, as the number of people admitted to hospital with serious illness has not yet grown.
Record-breaking case numbers detected in multiple states in recent days - caused by the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant - have triggered the reintroduction of some restrictions, as concerns grow ahead of the holiday season.
But Mr Hunt said that, while there was still a need for caution, he was relieved to see the growth in cases had not translated into a spike in patients in intensive care.
"Ventilation a week ago was 54 patients with COVID around Australia. As of yesterday, there were still 54 patients on ventilation with COVID. So, despite the increase in case numbers, there had been zero increase in ventilated numbers," Mr Hunt said.
"Now these things can change, there can be a lag, so I don't want to make false promises on this.
"But [this situation is] very, very heartening."
Mr Hunt also noted that there were 112 patients in intensive care with COVID-19 yesterday, an increase of just three people from a week earlier.
"Despite an increase in case numbers, we're not seeing an increase in these serious cases [requiring] ICU or ventilation" Mr Hunt said.
He reaffirmed that the health system was prepared to manage an increase in hospital admissions.
In the past 24 hours in New South Wales, COVID-related hospital admissions rose from 302 to 347, with that state having 45 people in ICU.
In Victoria, acting Premier James Merlino said the state's vaccination rates there meant it was in a good position to face off Omicron but that masks and other measures were needed to make sure the health system was not overwhelmed.
There are currently 398 people in Victorian hospitals with COVID-19.
In queensland, despite record case numbers, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the "good news" was there was only one person in hospital with COVID-19.
There are three people in hospital in the ACT, with none in ICU, five people are in hospital in South Australia but none were in ICU, and one in Tasmania, who is being treated for a different condition but who also has COVID-19.
Hunt says Australia has booster supplies
Mr Hunt also sought to reassure Australians that the government already had vaccine supplies ready for its booster program.
General John Frewen - who is overseeing the national vaccine rollout - said yesterday that there were five million doses already in fridges at vaccination sites across the country, and 20 million in the country ready to be distributed.
He said he hoped that, by January 10, when 5-11-year-olds will become eligible for the vaccine, Australia would be administering two million doses a week.
Already, 1.8 million boosters have been administered, which Mr Hunt said was half a million ahead of the government's expectations for this time of year.
ATAGI 'continuously' reviewing timeframes
Mr Hunt said the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) is actively assessing whether the interval between the second vaccine dose and a booster shot needs to be shortened.
"We've continued to follow [ATAGI's] advice, and they are going through what they call 'continuous review'," Mr Hunt said.
ATAGI has already recommended the timeframe be reduced from six months to five, but several state leaders have called for it to be reduced further.
Earlier today, Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton pushed for ATAGI to drop the timeframe to four months.
"The difference between four and five months at the moment is who is eligible to get it right now as we face very large numbers of Omicron, and so having those individuals eligible and receiving that booster will protect them," Mr Sutton said.
"We need as many people in that category already boosted as we possibly can, especially those at risk of dying."
Mr Hunt criticised those pushing for ATAGI to shorten the timeframe, including Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, saying the panel should be able to make its decision without interference.
Earlier today, Mr Albanese told Channel Nine he expected ATAGI to shorten the timeframe.
"All the medical advice from overseas and the experience that we have is that it should be, and I am sure that ATAGI will come up with that recommendation," Mr Albanese said.
Mr Hunt said the comment was "utterly irresponsible and utterly inappropriate".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-23/greg-hunt-reassures-omicron-icu-ventilator-cases-stable/100722410
#15235752 at 2021-12-22 07:40:10 (UTC+1)
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National definition of 'casual contacts'
He said that he and state leader will also agree on a national definition of "casual contact" in the next fortnight.
"We've agreed today that we must have a common definition right across the country on what is a casual contact and what are the implications of being a casual contact isolation requirement for a PCR test and things of that nature.
"We cannot have different rules in different places about what a close contact is and what a casual contact is.
"And there is even an argument which says that there shouldn't be any requirement to have a casual contact definition at all.
"What matters is how you're managing those close contacts and how they're defined and what you have to do".
Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Morrison dismissed the idea that lockdowns could return, instead saying he had written to all the premiers with the latest "sensible" advice from medical experts.
"There are important messages about the strong recommendation about mask use inside and things like that, and that is very sensible," he said yesterday.
"One of the key messages is, yes, we're going to need to continue to calibrate how we manage this virus and how we live with this virus in the face of Omicron.
"We're not going back to lockdowns. We're not going back to shutting down peoples' lives," he said.
"We're going forward to live with this virus with common sense and responsibility. There will be other variants beyond Omicron and we have to ensure we are putting in place measures that Australians can live with."
Cases rise
The meeting comes as NSW's Covid-19 cases hit a record high on Wednesday, 3763 new infections and two deaths.
Victoria confirmed 1503 new cases and six deaths.
queensland recorded 186 new locally acquired infections on Wednesday, with the Omicron variant now the dominant strain in the state.
queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk also announced that the state would be further tightening its mask restrictions.
Masks are already mandatory at supermarkets and on public transport, but from 5am on Thursday they will also be required in cinemas and theatres. Hospitality staff will also be required to wear masks.
Ms Palaszczuk said the changes were "very practical and sensible".
"It's very encouraging that we aren't seeing people very sick and hospitals but these are early numbers and our projections are the numbers will escalate very quickly unless we do something is like wearing masks," she said.
The ACT and Tasmania have also already moved to reintroduce mandatory mask wearing in public indoor settings.
Despite the growing cases, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has continually resisted calls to follow suit and reintroduce mandatory mask wearing and other restrictions, instead encouraging people to take "personal responsibility".
He has urged residents to get their booster doses and is calling for the interval between second and third shots to be brought down to four months.
However, that could soon change, with Mr Morrison hinting today that he had spoken with Mr Perrottet regarding "practical" responses to the rising cases.
"I have spoken to the NSW Premier quite regularly because that is where we've seen the biggest surge in cases. Practical decisions will be taken there" he told Nine's Today.
National cabinet will also receive advice on whether the wait time between the second and third Covid-19 vaccines should be shortened and whether residents should be required to have three vaccines in order to be considered fully vaccinated.
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/pm-state-and-territory-leaders-gather-for-emergency-omicron-meeting/news-story/0645bd71b317baf5a6a35068f439ec7a
#15229757 at 2021-12-21 06:45:48 (UTC+1)
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>>15229755
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Today Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he would advise state premiers not to introduce heavy-handed restrictions or lockdowns ahead of an emergency national cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"What I will be saying to them, and I know a number of premiers agree with this, is we have got to move to the next phase of how we live with this virus," he told reporters.
"The time for that heavy hand is behind us. We just need to live with this virus sensibly and practically."
But Mr Duckett said it was a "fine line to walk" as many people did support restrictions.
"It's a bit of a gamble because the vast bulk of the population across Australia have accepted the state restrictions imposed," he said.
"We are obviously very tired of those but we are also anxious about public health."
Economy will be crucial for PM
The link between lockdowns and the recovery of the economy may also playing on the minds of federal politicians.
The NSW lockdown this year is thought to have cost the state as much as $16 billion.
Monash University political scientist Dr Zareh Ghazarian said the state of the economy was important for the Federal Government as it approached an election.
"Certainly for the national government, the way the economy is tracking is very important for the next election," Dr Ghazarian said.
"That's what the government has identified as a key strength and an important feature in the story they will put out there, in the hope people will vote for them next year."
When it comes to state politics, Dr Ghazarian noted Victorians would also head to the polls in November 2022, with NSW voters voting in March 2023 but the issue of lockdowns may not be perceived as negatively among voters.
"Western Australia, queensland and Tasmania have gone to the polls and the incumbent - the party in power - has been returned comfortably in each of those states," he said.
"So lockdowns and the way in which the government has managed the pandemic isn't necessarily having a negative impact on electoral prospects."
However, the test will be whether the trend continues for the Federal Government with recent polls showing a fall in the PM's popularity and support for the government.
"It's not impossible but it's going to be very hard for them (to win), it's going to be very close, it's hard to see a clear result at this stage," Dr Ghazarian said.
"A lot is riding on the next few weeks, what sort of narrative will they be putting out to get support?"
Dr Ghazarian noted Australia was still months away from an election and once campaigning begins properly, people's minds would focus.
"Things can change and things can change very quickly. The power of incumbency is not to be discounted."
Whether or not Australia's Covid response will play a large part in how people vote is unclear.
"It's really difficult to tell at this stage," Mr Duckett said.
"Do they remember the bungled rollouts, or now that they are vaccinated do they not remember that?"
https://www.news.com.au/national/how-politics-has-influenced-covid19-decisions-in-australia/news-story/30fd4d739e47e9285d49a4d50643c787
#15229755 at 2021-12-21 06:45:13 (UTC+1)
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NSW decision must be 'political'
To others, NSW's reluctance to budge on mask mandates in particular suggests the decision is political.
Burnet Institute epidemiologist Professor Michael Toole said NSW's cases had increased four-fold, from a seven-day average of 532 cases last Tuesday, to 2274 cases today.
"The decision not to reinstate restrictions can't be a public health decision, it must be political, serving other objectives of that government," he said.
"NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant has more or less disappeared from public, she never attends press conferences but we know from one video that she strongly recommends masks indoors but the government does not mandate this," he said.
"I think this plea for personal responsibility is misplaced, most people will comply with recommendations but there's a small group that won't and we've seen that among the protesters."
He said the personal responsibility approach was what Sweden did in 2021 and "that turned out really bad" with 15,000 deaths from Covid in a country of around 10 million people.
In comparison, Australia, with a population of 25 million, has had about 2100 deaths.
"We don't rely on personal responsibility for seat belts, drink driving or smoking inside restaurants. We do make laws to protect the public health of us all," Prof Toole said.
Politics does play a role in the pandemic
Former health secretary Stephen Duckett believes politics has "played a role right from the start of the pandemic" and could continue to influence how Covid is managed in Australia as the next federal election looms.
He said the influence of politics could be seen in the different approaches taken on Covid measures among state and federal governments.
"I think it's pretty obvious there are quite different ideological dispositions for different politicians," Mr Duckett told news.com.au.
Mr Duckett, who worked in the department while Paul Keating was prime minister and is now the Grattan Institute's health program director, said this was apparent even among the leaders of the same party.
For example he said the current New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet was clearly less in favour of public health measures than his predecessor Gladys Berejiklian.
"Both of them are in a different position to say (Victorian Premier) Daniel Andrews or (queensland Premier) Annastacia Palaszczuk," he said.
Mr Duckett said politics could also be seen to be at play in the eagerness of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government to be in charge of the vaccination rollout.
"I think the Commonwealth wanted to be seen to be in charge and then failed," he said.
"Clearly it's a political play from the beginning of last year.
'Politics has always played a role, which is not delegitimate in a democracy."
As the federal election approaches, Mr Duckett said the "political narrative" will become even more important.
Mr Duckett said the PM was already positioning Labor as the party that equals restrictions on liberties, with the Liberals as the party against restrictions.
(continued)
#15212341 at 2021-12-18 07:41:28 (UTC+1)
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>>15175352
Australia's new COVID-19 cases hit record high
Sonali Paul - DECEMBER 18, 2021
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia reported record high new COVID-19 cases on Saturday for a third day, with outbreaks growing in the two most populous states, however Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued to downplay the risks as the country eases pandemic curbs.
New South Wales state reported 2,482 new cases, Victoria state reported 1,504 new cases and queensland state reported 31 new cases on Saturday, together topping Austalia's previous high of 3,820 cases a day earlier.
Morrison reiterated on Saturday the focus should be on hospitalisations and cases in intensive care and on ventilators rather than actual case numbers as the country learns to live with the virus.
So far, he said the rising case numbers in New South Wales were not translating into pressure on hospitals, with only 26 people in intensive care.
"I wouldn't agree that Australians are complacent about it. We take this incredibly seriously. It's best addressed with a calm head and a clear plan," Morrison said at a media conference in Hobart in the island state of Tasmania.
He said Australia was not in the same situation as the United Kingdom, Europe or North America, where cases are soaring.
In the latest easing of pandemic curbs, fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in Sydney and Melbourne will no longer need to isolate for 72 hours, the governments of New South Wales and Victoria said on Friday.
Incoming travelers will still need to get a PCR test within 24 hours of arriving, but only need to isolate until they receive a negative test result.
"We know it has been a challenging time for international travel with new rules and the emergence of the Omicron variant, but this announcement is about simplifying the process and making sure Australia's two biggest cities have a consistent approach," New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said in a statement.
Australia slammed its borders shut soon after the pandemic hit in 2020, which kept COVID-19 cases down relative to other rich nations. The country has so far recorded about 239,000 cases and about 2,130 deaths.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-new-covid-19-cases-hit-record-high-idUSKBN2IX01V
#15210826 at 2021-12-18 01:36:24 (UTC+1)
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First, was reckoning with Australia's past. He gave the original apology to Aboriginal Australians in the landmark Redfern address in 1992. This was followed by the legislative response to the High Court's Mabo judgment with the Native Title Act in 1993.
Second, he put the republic on the agenda and won majority support for it in the polls. In 1993, he briefed queen Elizabeth II on his republican plans. And in 1995, he presented a model to the parliament. And he supported a new Australian flag, without the Union Jack.
Third, he continued the economic reforms with privatisation of Qantas and the Commonwealth Bank; universal superannuation, now worth $3.4 trillion; enterprise bargaining, which energised productivity, and minimum award rates of pay; national competition policy, which boosted growth; trade liberalisation, which turbocharged competitiveness; and the Working Nation policy, which introduced mutual obligation in the provision of welfare.
Fourth, he deepened relations with Asia. He engaged in shuttle diplomacy to establish the APEC leaders meeting, an idea he presented to George HW Bush in Sydney in 1992 and then won support from other regional leaders. He negotiated a security treaty with Indonesia, the manifestation of his belief in finding security in, rather than from, Asia.
Fifth, he articulated a new identity for Australia, promoted arts and culture, recognised 60,000 years of Indigenous heritage, celebrated multiculturalism, and envisaged Australia as an outward-looking, confident, independent republic blazing its own path.
Keating saw politics and leadership as inexorably linked, as two sides of the same coin. He outlined his ambitions for leadership in an off-the-record address at the National Press Club in 1990, when he waxed lyrical about "doing the Placido Domingo", trying to marry politics and policy.
As the former prime minister surveys Australia today, he sees a nation with unlimited potential but held back by lacklustre leadership and lack of ambition.
"Australia has lost its way," Keating says. "We are at odds with our geography. We are the only nation in the world given an island continent and we have had choices about what we do with this great gift."
He is a strong critic of the AUKUS partnership with the US and the UK to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. It is not simply a pro-China and anti-US view. It is about Australia's independence and sovereignty, and a realpolitik approach to the region. He wants the US to remain engaged in the Asia-Pacific.
"I don't believe that the US is able to maintain strategic hegemony in Asia with the rise of China," Keating says. "So, I've taken the view, as far back as 20 years ago, that the US should be the framer and guarantor of the Atlantic but not of the Pacific. In Asia, it should be the conciliating and balancing power. And we need it to be.
"Scott Morrison, a pass-through prime minister of no policy account, wilfully and secretly alienated the sovereignty of his own country to that of another state - the US, a country his limited strategic vision cannot see beyond. His secret negotiation delivered to the US military effective strategic control of Australian naval forces, the sovereign policy options of the Australian nation.
"The most effective weapon you can have is not another bunch of submarines or missiles but a competent foreign policy. We are a frightened country. We continue running to a strategic guarantor - it used to be the UK and now it is the US. The fact that this has happened is a terrible indictment upon us and, of course, broadly they have had the complicity of the Labor Party."
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#15206674 at 2021-12-17 06:42:15 (UTC+1)
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>>15201173
Australia more exposed to cyber attack after AUKUS: Karen Andrews
ADAM CREIGHTON - DECEMBER 17, 2021
Australia is more exposed to a major cyber-attack after joining the AUKUS security pact with the US and the UK, home affairs Minister Karen Andrews has warned, amid growing concern about hostile cyber attacks from China and Russia on critical infrastructure.
In Washington to sign the Cloud Act agreement with the US, which will make it easier for US and Australian law enforcement agencies to share online information about potential criminals, Ms Andrews said Australia's energy grid was a likely target of a future attack.
"We know that there is some concern in the Indo-Pacific region about the AUKUS arrangement, so it's quite possible it will lead to greater attacks on Australia, whether or not that is specifically targeted to us or because Australia is so closely aligned with the US is yet to be determined," she told The Australian.
"Our intelligence and cyber security agencies assess it is no longer a matter of if an attack will occur, but rather when," she said earlier, in a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday.
Ms Andrews called on democracies to "step up" to equip their law enforcement agencies with the power to respond to the growing threat of cyber crime and ransomware attacks, one of which crippled the US Colonial Pipeline in May.
"We must create a rules-based global digital order in which critical infrastructure is supported and defended when it comes under attack," she said. "Not since the splitting of the atom has technological disruption created so much opportunity, but also presented so many challenges."
Ms Andrews said in Australia phone scam incidents had doubled in 2021 and since 2019 the parliament, logistics companies, small business, hospitals, utilities, school and a university had come under attack, including queensland's CS Energy last month, blamed on Russian or Chinese hackers.
"We are very conscious of what China is doing and will continue to monitor it very closely, but it would be wrong to focus on one nation because that would make us complacent," the Minister said.
"Cyber is an opportunity for China to disrupt what is happening in Australia," she said, pointing to the Microsoft Exchange hack earlier this year as part of a growing trend. The Five Eyes nations, which includes Australia and the US, blamed on Chinese state actors.
The Minister played down privacy concerns about the new agreement, which motivated some European criticism of the US initiative. "I don't see it as loss of privacy, I genuinely do see it as enabling law enforcement agencies to gather info that they need for prosecution," the Minister said.
Ms Andrews met US Attorney-General Merrick Garland a day earlier to sign the agreement, which is intended to "to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute serious crime, including child sexual abuse, ransomware attacks, terrorism and the sabotage of critical infrastructure over the internet", according to the US Department of Justice.
"This Agreement paves the way for more efficient cross-border transfers of data between the US and Australia so that our governments can more effectively counter serious crime, including terrorism, while adhering to the privacy and civil liberties values that we both share," Mr Garland said.
Minister Andrews, who has responsibly for Australia's international border, said she was "very comfortable" with sticking to the timetable for reopening, despite the spread of the Omicron.
"I'm firmly of view we need to get back to living our lives as quickly as we possibly can, we need borders reopened for economic growth, recovery and to reunite families," she said.
Ms Andrews said she didn't raise Julian Assange in her meeting with the Attorney-General, after deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce spoke out in favour of his right to stay in the UK earlier this week.
"The government position is very clear: very respectful of the UK legal system, and it's up to the US whether they want to continue to pursue extradition," she said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/australia-more-exposed-to-cyber-attack-after-aukus-karen-andrew/news-story/22dc0fd570d6e8c51beb59f34a95d753
#15201207 at 2021-12-16 09:15:24 (UTC+1)
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>>15195832
Secret Epstein settlement with Prince Andrew accuser to be made public
Lee Brown - December 15, 2021
A secret Jeffrey Epstein settlement that Prince Andrew believes should protect him against a sex-assault lawsuit is going to be made public, two judges ruled this week.
Late pedophile Epstein signed the deal in 2009 with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the longtime accuser who is now suing Andrew, 61, for allegedly having sex with her three times when she was 17.
The UK royal's legal team has insisted the civil settlement - which has remained under seal - also shields him and others "from any and all liability" that stem from Giuffre's accusations.
On Tuesday, Manhattan federal Judges Loretta Preska and Lewis Kaplan signed a joint order outlining plans to make public the document that Andrew's team submitted in a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
"Mr. Epstein, as is well known, is deceased. The Document is well known to Ms. Giuffre," the judges wrote, noting it has also "been available to all parties in this case for some time."
"We question whether any proper purpose would be served by the continued secrecy of the document save, perhaps, the dollar amount the settlement provided it for," the judges wrote.
They gave a Dec. 22 deadline to show "good cause" to keep it secret or "the Court will file the entire Document on the public record on or about January 3, 2022."
In her suit against the embattled royal, Giuffre claims she was ordered by Epstein or his alleged cohort, Ghislaine Maxwell, to engage in sex acts with Andrew at least three times in London, New York and the Virgin Islands in 2001 when she was 17.
The middle son of UK monarch queen Elizabeth II has long vehemently denied Giuffre's claims, including during a disastrous UK TV interview that led to him being booted from royal duties.
After repeatedly dodging attempts to be served Giuffre's lawsuit, he has fought to get the complaint thrown out, claiming his accuser was herself a sex trafficker and arguing that she was not underage at the time she claims she was forced to have sex with him.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/epstein-settlement-with-prince-andrew-accuser-to-be-made-public/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.54.0_1.pdf
#15195696 at 2021-12-15 06:28:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
>>15175352
Australia reopens borders to non-citizens despite Omicron worries
Renju Jose - December 15, 2021
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a near two-year ban on their entry, in a bid to boost an economy hit by stop-start COVID-19 lockdowns and restart international travel.
The emergence of the new Omicron variant forced officials to delay the reopening by two weeks after health officials sought a temporary pause to get more information about the strain, which so far appears to show milder symptoms than other COVID-19 variants.
"We're going to live with this virus, and we're not going to let it drag us back to where we've been," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told radio station 4BC on Wednesday. "We've got one of the highest vaccination rates, which means we can fight this thing. We don't have to surrender to it."
Australia has inoculated nearly 90% of its population above 16 with two doses and shortened the wait time for booster shots after the emergence of the Omicron cases.
Morrison, who had been deemed a casual contact after attending an event last week along with a COVID-infected person, said he has been cleared to fly interstate to queensland after negative test results.
"That's what living with the virus is," he said.
Australia closed its borders in March 2020 in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus and had limited the number of citizens and permanent residents allowed entry. The relaxation of border rules is expected to ease labour shortages, which threaten to hamper an economic rebound.
The return of foreign students, who are worth about A$35 billion ($25 billion) a year to the Australian economy, will help businesses to fill many casual jobs. More than 235,000 foreigners, including about 160,000 students, held visas for Australia at the end of October, official data showed.
The easing in travel rules comes as the state of New South Wales, home to Sydney, lifted most restrictions from Wednesday for the unvaccinated, despite a steady rise in Omicron infections after a staggered reopening.
The state logged 1,360 new cases, the biggest daily rise in more than three months and since a nearly four-month lockdown ended in early October. Australia has recorded about 235,500 cases and 2,117 deaths since the pandemic began.
($1 = 1.4069 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-reopens-borders-non-citizens-despite-omicron-worries-2021-12-14/
#15185153 at 2021-12-13 07:44:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
>>15175352
More border rules ease in Australia ahead of Christmas holidays
Renju Jose - December 13, 2021
SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Coronavirus-free queensland state opened its domestic borders to all vaccinated people on Monday for the first time in nearly five months, as Australians gear up for quarantine-free travel across most of the country during the busy Christmas period.
Hundreds of cars queued up at the state's southern border with New South Wales well before the rules were set to relax at 1 a.m. local time (1400 GMT, Sunday), television footage showed.
queensland, Australia's third most populous state, shut its border to New South Wales in July and then later to people coming from Victoria to protect against a Delta outbreak that rocked the country's east for several months.
"We will live with COVID - but on our terms," state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said in a tweet as the state topped its goal of having 80% of people over 16 fully vaccinated - a prerequisite for relaxing rules.
Qantas said it would fly nearly 10,000 passengers to and from queensland on Monday in about 100 flights, with most fully booked.
The easing of border restrictions comes just days before school summer holidays begin and will be a boost for the state's lucrative tourism sector which has been badly hit by the internal border curbs.
Australian states have been relaxing border rules after reaching higher vaccination levels despite the threat from the new Omicron variant.
Tasmania is set to reopen its borders to other states later this week, while Western Australia said it would reopen its border on Feb. 5. South Australia has been welcoming interstate arrivals since late November.
Australia has recorded nearly 229,000 cases of COVID-19 and 2,104 deaths, far fewer than many comparable countries. Around 70 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the country so far, mainly in Sydney.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/more-border-rules-ease-australia-ahead-christmas-holidays-2021-12-12/
#15175305 at 2021-12-11 10:00:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 23
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 3
>>15112430 Ghislaine Maxwell helped abuse me from age 14, first accuser tells trial
>>15119340 Ghislaine Maxwell defense attacks actor accuser's account
>>15119343 Ben Feuerherd Tweet: Video: Ghislaine Maxwell's brother, Kevin Maxwell, says he was relieved to see her in person and speak with her for the first time in more than 500 days at her trial Wednesday
>>15119349 RealGhislaine Tweet: Ghislaine, is not allowed ANY coffee or food of any kind during the court proceedings. She is not allowed to see her attorneys during the lunch break or after the court ends for the day, not any legal calls she's hustled out of the courtroom. NO THANK YOU TO #US MARSHALL SERVICE
>>15126731 'You should never look at his eyes': Ghislaine Maxwell ordered staff not to address Jeffrey Epstein
>>15132815 Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Butler drove accuser from school to Epstein's Palm Beach mansion, court hears
>>15132819 Pictures of young Virginia Roberts Giuffre emerge as Jeffrey Epstein's housekeeper recalls her at Mar-a-Lago
>>15132846 Jurors at Maxwell trial shown Epstein's massage table, photo of sex toys
>>15150288 Government witness 'Kate' testifies Ghislaine Maxwell groomed her for sex acts with Jeffrey Epstein
>>15150297 Video: Family pleads with US attorney general for better treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell during trial
>>15156673 'My soul is broken' because of Ghislaine Maxwell, says accuser identified as "Carolyn"
>>15156715 A 'Chilling Factor' for Victims: Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Drops Anonymous Accusers' Real Names in Court
>>15162988 Ghislaine Maxwell accuser's ex-boyfriend testifies he drove girls to Epstein home
>>15163038 ROYAL RETREAT - Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein pictured lounging in queen's log cabin at Balmoral after being 'invited by Prince Andrew'
>>15163043 Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: Photos emerge of socialite With Jeffrey Epstein - A trove of photographs give a glimpse of their jet-setting lives together
>>15172066 Prosecutors are almost done presenting their case at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial - but they just had a terrible day
>>15172125 Ghislaine Maxwell gave me nude massage when I was 16, accuser says - Annie Farmer testifies about encounter at New Mexico ranch in 1996
#15175299 at 2021-12-11 09:57:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 21
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 1
>>14795390 Ian Maxwell: 'Court of public opinion has already convicted my sister Ghislaine, but she is innocent'
>>14800539 Prince Andrew says sex abuse claim against him is invalid because his accuser struck a secret deal with Jeffrey Epstein referencing "royalty"
>>14812759 PDF: Prosecutors Oppose Ghislaine Maxwell's Bid to Let Her Attorneys Screen Potential Jurors in Secret
>>14818625 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Judge Not to Let Prosecutors Mention 'Victims,' 'Minor Victims' or Alleged 'Rape' by Jeffrey Epstein
>>14832220 PDF: Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's request for private juror screening
>>14832365 PM announces $146 million strategy to combat child sexual abuse across Australia - 9 News Australia
>>14859580 PDF: Platinum Jubilee 'will be marred by Prince Andrew court case': Key moments in Duke's New York hearing over claims by Virginia Roberts will take place just DAYS before celebrations for queen's 70th anniversary, judge rules
>>14865529 PDF: Prince Andrew Says Epstein Deal Releases Him From Assault Claim
>>14871110 PDF: Prince Andrew scandal: 2009 Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre settlement can be kept secret, judge rules
>>14877489 Ghislaine Maxwell's brother Ian Maxwell says the DOJ went after her because Bill Barr was embarrassed by Jeffrey Epstein's death
>>14877567 Prince Andrew's legal team prepares to defend him against allegations of sexual assault
>>14885086 PDF: Prince Andrew responds to lawsuit accusing him of rape and dismisses claim
>>14885090 PDF: Prince Andrew's lawyers claim Virginia Roberts Giuffre is trying to 'achieve another payday at his expense' - Duke asks US judge to dismiss 'baseless' lawsuit
>>14885102 Ghislaine Maxwell's brother Ian Maxwell says she has legions of supporters who are afraid to speak out and get 'canceled'
>>14885109 Video: Ghislaine Maxwell: Brother accuses New York prison officers of 'physically abusing' sister as she awaits trial - Ian Maxwell says US authorities have mounted a "disinformation campaign" against his sister and raises concerns over whether she would receive a fair trial
>>14890090 PDF: My accuser is a sex trafficker: Prince Andrew has sought to turn the tables on the woman accusing him of teenage rape by claiming that she was involved in the "wilful recruitment and trafficking of young girls for sexual abuse"
>>14902427 Feds refuse to offer Ghislaine Maxwell a plea deal as judge says witnesses can remain anonymous
>>14902438 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Thank you to all of you who have written to offer me support. I read every word you write and am very moved. My heart is full with gratitude.
>>14912912 RealGhislaine Tweet: Ghislaine was shuffled into the court in handcuffs linked to a chain around her waist & leg shackles! HOW does THE JUDGE PERMIT this in HER COURT? The law forbids the use of visible shackles. THE JUDGE'S feigned concern for PREJUDICE goes only in one direction - against MAXWELL.
>>14920611 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell's imprisonment like Hannibal Lecter's in Silence of the Lambs, says her lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim
>>14922792 Prince Andrew and His Accuser Tell Judge They Plan to Depose Up to a Dozen Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Suit, Including the 'Parties'
>>14922813 PDF: Prince Andrew Lawyer Hints at New Line of Attack on Accuser After Fresh Lawsuit - Plans to "touch on similar issues" to a $10 million libel case against Virginia Giuffre by Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Rina Oh
>>14928438 Jury selection starts for Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend
>>14957489 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell to challenge claims she groomed underage girls for Epstein
>>14965374 PDF: No bail for Ghislaine Maxwell as trial nears -U.S. judge
>>14980702 Ghislaine Maxwell LOSES bid to bar psychologist who specializes in treating sexual abuse victims from testifying at her trial
>>14980748 Video: An Exclusive First Look at Chasing Ghislaine - A new docuseries reveals previously off-the-record conversations with Jeffrey Epstein
>>14995270 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell tells all from inside her US prison cell: Heiress says 'I am weak, frail, tired and don't even have shoes that fit... guards feed me rotten food and one apple had maggots in it'
>>15010083 Ghislaine Maxwell appears relaxed in pre-trial court appearance - New York court considers jury selection arrangements for trial of British socialite on sex trafficking charges
>>15010088 Video: Ghislaine Maxwell's brothers say their sister is innocent of sex trafficking charges - ITV News
#15175298 at 2021-12-11 09:57:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #20 - INSURGENCY Edition
#19 - Part 20
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 3
>>15104700 Video: No lockdowns for Omicron, PM says, as experts investigate the new variant
>>15104713 Victoria's pandemic bill set to pass as independent MP Rod Barton negotiates with Andrews government
>>15105183 Video: Senior Australian Military Doctor Visited by Police After Contacting MP About COVID Policies
>>15112201 Sydney braces for more Omicron cases but no lockdowns for now
>>15119194 Australia Omicron count edges higher, health authorities on edge
>>15119202 Thousands of protesters ignored as Dan Andrew's pandemic bill enforced
>>15126574 Australia records first Omicron community case, authorities hold nerve for now
>>15132587 Thousands march against Victoria's new pandemic legislation as COVID rally held in Perth
>>15132719 Australia Omicron variant spreads, testing reopening plans
>>15138500 Parliament House closed after Adam Bandt's staffer tests positive to COVID-19
>>15138506 Australia regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11
>>15150315 COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea throws President's planned Australia trip into disarray
>>15150324 Victorian Mental Health Minister James Merlino was briefed on 'lockdown suicides'
>>15156743 Qld Covid-19: queensland health authorities discover a new version of the Omicron variant
>>15162827 Barnaby Joyce, Australia's deputy PM, tests positive for Covid while visiting US
>>15162957 Covid-19 lockdowns cause disturbing spike in online child exploitation activity in Australia
>>15169092 Two new Omicron cases confirmed in Victoria, as 1,206 new COVID infections recorded
>>15169100 Australia to offer COVID-19 shots to children aged 5-11 from January
#15175267 at 2021-12-11 09:38:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 23
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 3
>>15112430 Ghislaine Maxwell helped abuse me from age 14, first accuser tells trial
>>15119340 Ghislaine Maxwell defense attacks actor accuser's account
>>15119343 Ben Feuerherd Tweet: Video: Ghislaine Maxwell's brother, Kevin Maxwell, says he was relieved to see her in person and speak with her for the first time in more than 500 days at her trial Wednesday
>>15119349 RealGhislaine Tweet: Ghislaine, is not allowed ANY coffee or food of any kind during the court proceedings. She is not allowed to see her attorneys during the lunch break or after the court ends for the day, not any legal calls she's hustled out of the courtroom. NO THANK YOU TO #US MARSHALL SERVICE
>>15126731 'You should never look at his eyes': Ghislaine Maxwell ordered staff not to address Jeffrey Epstein
>>15132815 Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Butler drove accuser from school to Epstein's Palm Beach mansion, court hears
>>15132819 Pictures of young Virginia Roberts Giuffre emerge as Jeffrey Epstein's housekeeper recalls her at Mar-a-Lago
>>15132846 Jurors at Maxwell trial shown Epstein's massage table, photo of sex toys
>>15150288 Government witness 'Kate' testifies Ghislaine Maxwell groomed her for sex acts with Jeffrey Epstein
>>15150297 Video: Family pleads with US attorney general for better treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell during trial
>>15156673 'My soul is broken' because of Ghislaine Maxwell, says accuser identified as "Carolyn"
>>15156715 A 'Chilling Factor' for Victims: Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Drops Anonymous Accusers' Real Names in Court
>>15162988 Ghislaine Maxwell accuser's ex-boyfriend testifies he drove girls to Epstein home
>>15163038 ROYAL RETREAT - Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein pictured lounging in queen's log cabin at Balmoral after being 'invited by Prince Andrew'
>>15163043 Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: Photos emerge of socialite With Jeffrey Epstein - A trove of photographs give a glimpse of their jet-setting lives together
>>15172066 Prosecutors are almost done presenting their case at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial - but they just had a terrible day
>>15172125 Ghislaine Maxwell gave me nude massage when I was 16, accuser says - Annie Farmer testifies about encounter at New Mexico ranch in 1996
#15175264 at 2021-12-11 09:36:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 21
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 1
>>14795390 Ian Maxwell: 'Court of public opinion has already convicted my sister Ghislaine, but she is innocent'
>>14800539 Prince Andrew says sex abuse claim against him is invalid because his accuser struck a secret deal with Jeffrey Epstein referencing "royalty"
>>14812759 PDF: Prosecutors Oppose Ghislaine Maxwell's Bid to Let Her Attorneys Screen Potential Jurors in Secret
>>14818625 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Judge Not to Let Prosecutors Mention 'Victims,' 'Minor Victims' or Alleged 'Rape' by Jeffrey Epstein
>>14832220 PDF: Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's request for private juror screening
>>14832365 PM announces $146 million strategy to combat child sexual abuse across Australia - 9 News Australia
>>14859580 PDF: Platinum Jubilee 'will be marred by Prince Andrew court case': Key moments in Duke's New York hearing over claims by Virginia Roberts will take place just DAYS before celebrations for queen's 70th anniversary, judge rules
>>14865529 PDF: Prince Andrew Says Epstein Deal Releases Him From Assault Claim
>>14871110 PDF: Prince Andrew scandal: 2009 Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre settlement can be kept secret, judge rules
>>14877489 Ghislaine Maxwell's brother Ian Maxwell says the DOJ went after her because Bill Barr was embarrassed by Jeffrey Epstein's death
>>14877567 Prince Andrew's legal team prepares to defend him against allegations of sexual assault
>>14885086 PDF: Prince Andrew responds to lawsuit accusing him of rape and dismisses claim
>>14885090 PDF: Prince Andrew's lawyers claim Virginia Roberts Giuffre is trying to 'achieve another payday at his expense' - Duke asks US judge to dismiss 'baseless' lawsuit
>>14885102 Ghislaine Maxwell's brother Ian Maxwell says she has legions of supporters who are afraid to speak out and get 'canceled'
>>14885109 Video: Ghislaine Maxwell: Brother accuses New York prison officers of 'physically abusing' sister as she awaits trial - Ian Maxwell says US authorities have mounted a "disinformation campaign" against his sister and raises concerns over whether she would receive a fair trial
>>14890090 PDF: My accuser is a sex trafficker: Prince Andrew has sought to turn the tables on the woman accusing him of teenage rape by claiming that she was involved in the "wilful recruitment and trafficking of young girls for sexual abuse"
>>14902427 Feds refuse to offer Ghislaine Maxwell a plea deal as judge says witnesses can remain anonymous
>>14902438 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Thank you to all of you who have written to offer me support. I read every word you write and am very moved. My heart is full with gratitude.
>>14912912 RealGhislaine Tweet: Ghislaine was shuffled into the court in handcuffs linked to a chain around her waist & leg shackles! HOW does THE JUDGE PERMIT this in HER COURT? The law forbids the use of visible shackles. THE JUDGE'S feigned concern for PREJUDICE goes only in one direction - against MAXWELL.
>>14920611 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell's imprisonment like Hannibal Lecter's in Silence of the Lambs, says her lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim
>>14922792 Prince Andrew and His Accuser Tell Judge They Plan to Depose Up to a Dozen Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Suit, Including the 'Parties'
>>14922813 PDF: Prince Andrew Lawyer Hints at New Line of Attack on Accuser After Fresh Lawsuit - Plans to "touch on similar issues" to a $10 million libel case against Virginia Giuffre by Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Rina Oh
>>14928438 Jury selection starts for Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend
>>14957489 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell to challenge claims she groomed underage girls for Epstein
>>14965374 PDF: No bail for Ghislaine Maxwell as trial nears -U.S. judge
>>14980702 Ghislaine Maxwell LOSES bid to bar psychologist who specializes in treating sexual abuse victims from testifying at her trial
>>14980748 Video: An Exclusive First Look at Chasing Ghislaine - A new docuseries reveals previously off-the-record conversations with Jeffrey Epstein
>>14995270 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell tells all from inside her US prison cell: Heiress says 'I am weak, frail, tired and don't even have shoes that fit... guards feed me rotten food and one apple had maggots in it'
>>15010083 Ghislaine Maxwell appears relaxed in pre-trial court appearance - New York court considers jury selection arrangements for trial of British socialite on sex trafficking charges
>>15010088 Video: Ghislaine Maxwell's brothers say their sister is innocent of sex trafficking charges - ITV News
#15175263 at 2021-12-11 09:36:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#19 - Part 20
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide - Part 3
>>15104700 Video: No lockdowns for Omicron, PM says, as experts investigate the new variant
>>15104713 Victoria's pandemic bill set to pass as independent MP Rod Barton negotiates with Andrews government
>>15105183 Video: Senior Australian Military Doctor Visited by Police After Contacting MP About COVID Policies
>>15112201 Sydney braces for more Omicron cases but no lockdowns for now
>>15119194 Australia Omicron count edges higher, health authorities on edge
>>15119202 Thousands of protesters ignored as Dan Andrew's pandemic bill enforced
>>15126574 Australia records first Omicron community case, authorities hold nerve for now
>>15132587 Thousands march against Victoria's new pandemic legislation as COVID rally held in Perth
>>15132719 Australia Omicron variant spreads, testing reopening plans
>>15138500 Parliament House closed after Adam Bandt's staffer tests positive to COVID-19
>>15138506 Australia regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11
>>15150315 COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea throws President's planned Australia trip into disarray
>>15150324 Victorian Mental Health Minister James Merlino was briefed on 'lockdown suicides'
>>15156743 Qld Covid-19: queensland health authorities discover a new version of the Omicron variant
>>15162827 Barnaby Joyce, Australia's deputy PM, tests positive for Covid while visiting US
>>15162957 Covid-19 lockdowns cause disturbing spike in online child exploitation activity in Australia
>>15169092 Two new Omicron cases confirmed in Victoria, as 1,206 new COVID infections recorded
>>15169100 Australia to offer COVID-19 shots to children aged 5-11 from January
#15163055 at 2021-12-09 08:51:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>15163046
3/3
The photos were from compact discs found during searches of one of Epstein's homes in 2019, according to federal investigators. Prosecutors entered many of the photos as exhibits Tuesday during the testimony of a Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst who helped catalog the photos.
The analyst testified during cross-examination that she didn't know when the photos were taken and whether they had been altered before they were placed on a CD.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-photos-emerge-of-socialite-with-jeffrey-epstein/news-story/82bcda14cde3e6e0c1d07891c22a069e
https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/rbse0j/new_photos_of_epstein_and_ghislaine/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16979661/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-queen-cabin-balmoral/
#15163038 at 2021-12-09 08:43:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>15098219
ROYAL RETREAT - Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein pictured lounging in queen's log cabin at Balmoral after being 'invited by Prince Andrew'
Tariq Tahir - 8 Dec 2021
A PICTURE of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein lounging in the queen's log cabin at Balmoral has been shown at her trial.
The never-before-seen image shows the pair at Her Majesty's Scottish home, where it has been reported Prince Andrew hosted multi-millionaire paedophile Epstein in 1999.
The never-before-seen images reveal the intimate relationship between the 59-year-old socialite and the multi-millionaire paedophile.
It is unclear when the photograph was taken but previously been reported they were invited there Prince Andrew in 1999.
The pair are seen lounging on the porch of the queen's log cabin in Glen Beg, with Maxwell leaning against Epstein.
According to reports, Prince Andrew was hosted Epstein's entourage, including a model in her 20s.
The Duke of York's relationship with Epstein has been in the spotlight in recent years, though he vehemently denies any wrong doing.
Previously during the trial, Andrew was named yesterday as a passenger aboard Epstein's private planes by the paedo's former pilot Lawrence Visoski.
He was name dropped alongside Trump, Bill Clinton, Chris Tucker, Kevin Spacey and others.
The Duke of York declined to comment on the picture.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16979661/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-queen-cabin-balmoral/
#15162827 at 2021-12-09 07:17:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Barnaby Joyce, Australia's deputy PM, tests positive for Covid while visiting US
Nationals leader is experiencing mild symptoms and will remain in isolation until further advice
Daniel Hurst - 9 Dec 2021
Australia's deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has tested positive to Covid-19 while on a visit to the United States.
The government says Joyce - who was in London earlier this week and met with the British justice secretary, Dominic Raab, and the Australian high commissioner to the UK, George Brandis - will isolate in the US until it is safe for him to return to Australia.
Joyce's office said the deputy prime minister had tested positive while in Washington DC after experiencing mild symptoms. Joyce said he chose to get tested.
"Remaining members of the delegation have tested negative," Joyce's office said in a statement issued on Thursday morning Australia time.
"Mr Joyce will remain in isolation until further advice."
The statement did not specify when and where Joyce is suspected of acquiring the infection.
In an interview on Sky News, Joyce said he didn't know when he acquired it - but he said the UK was crowded with people preparing for Christmas and going shopping.
"You wouldn't think there's a pandemic on in areas of the UK," Joyce said.
While in isolation he said he planned to watch cricket, do some paperwork and read a book. He indicated it had not changed his ideas on the need to move on from the pandemic.
"I'm still of the same view - you know, we can't just shut the whole place down," Joyce said.
"The world's got to move on. It's not economically possible for any nation to go into permanent shutdown - you'll go broke."
Joyce added that it was "terribly important" to "work out how we keep people out of hospitals" and also that people get vaccinated - and then work out the best way to "get our lives back to as normal as we can".
"I hope that in the future, rather than being isolated, this is like the flu, if you get it you go home and you manage it yourself. With the diligence of people, like you get a flu shot every year, get a Covid vaccine every year.
"I mean that's my dream - where the reality is I don't know, but that is my dream."
Asked whether it had changed his perspective at all, Joyce replied: "Not yet - I'm not dying here ... I'm feeling like I have a slight to mild flu, so no, it hasn't really changed my perspective. Maybe if you call me in a few days and hear me gasping for air I'll have a different interview for you."
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, who has been in text message contact with Joyce, said the deputy prime minister had had two tests in the UK that came back negative, before the third test in the US came back positive.
Morrison said the government was "following all the usual protocols that you would follow in these circumstances", and he took the opportunity to urge Australians to keep their vaccination up to date.
"He tells me he's feeling alright, apart from the mild illness, and he has been vaccinated," Morrison told reporters in Geelong on Thursday.
"What we do know already is that the vaccinations do have an impact on the seriousness of the disease and that's why it's so important to get vaccinated. It's another important reminder why the booster is also so important and I encourage everybody to get their boosters."
The deputy leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, wished Joyce "all the best for his recovery".
"He's isolating in the US until it's safe for him to come home and we wish him all the best for his recovery," Littleproud said.
Joyce had been in London earlier this week. On Monday he met with Grant Shapps, the UK's transport secretary, to discuss transport issues and the Aukus security partnership. He also met with Raab, the justice secretary, and Brandis, Australia's top diplomat in London.
While in London he faced calls to rebuke Nationals backbencher George Christensen over his appearance on American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's online show InfoWars.
Joyce is not the first Australian cabinet minister to test positive to Covid.
Peter Dutton, then home affairs minister, confirmed in March last year he had tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to hospital in queensland, shortly after returning to Australia after meetings with senior Trump administration officials.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/09/barnaby-joyce-australia-deputy-pm-prime-minister-tests-positive-covid-coronavirus
#15156743 at 2021-12-08 07:24:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>15086619
Qld Covid-19: 'First in the world' Omicron variant discovered in state
queensland health authorities have discovered a new version of the Omicron variant sweeping the world.
James Hall - December 8, 2021
Health authorities in queensland have declared a "first in the world" strain of the Omicron variant has been discovered as leaders continue to mull over a response to the evolving pandemic.
National cabinet will meet on Friday to co-ordinate responses to the new Covid-19 variant as mystery surrounds the potency of the strain.
queensland will fling its borders open to interstate travellers on Monday, but Health Minister Yvette D'Ath warned the discovery was further evidence policies would need to be flexible.
queensland recorded no new community cases on Wednesday but two Omicron infections previously detected in hotel quarantine in Cairns and Brisbane had been reclassified following the scientific development.
Victoria also recorded its first case of Omicron on Wednesday.
The new variant was detected in a traveller who arrived in southeast queensland from South Africa, which Ms D'Ath said had been named by the World Health Organisation as "Omicron-like".
"I want to give a huge thank you to our forensic scientific services," she said.
"It is their work with the international committee that has led to the international committee reclassifying Omicron into two lineages and we have both of them here in queensland."
"This is a new variant," the Health Minister told reporters on Wednesday morning.
"Remember, it's only been days since this has become an issue for Australia and other countries.
"And now, today, we are standing here announcing a new version of Omicron and it's a first in the world."
Acting chief health officer Peter Aitken described the discovery as "amazing work" which would improve testing capabilities and the identification of more destructive variants.
"They have picked up the differences here, worked through it in a methodical and scientific approach, and recognised there are differences between the full and normal Omicron classification.
"The important part is that those two sub-lineages - one has the S-gene dropout, which we've talked about and is the normal means of screening for Omicron, and this other strain doesn't have the S-gene dropout.
"It's going to lead to improvements in people recognising the potential spread of Omicron in all communities."
Dr Aitken said it was too early to determine the severity of the Omicron variants but warned the virus was becoming more easily transmissible.
"We don't know enough about it as far as clinical severity, vaccine effectiveness," the acting top doctor said.
"What we do know is that Omicron is more infectious and more transmissible.
"We now have Omicron and Omicron-like - it's a reminder to us all that as we open our borders this doesn't mean that the Covid journey has finished, in many ways to Covid journey is just starting."
The case in Cairns who arrived from Nigeria has the other strain of Omicron, with all passengers who shared the flight now deemed close contacts.
Those who have received both doses of the vaccine and with evidence of a negative test from within 72 hours of entry will be welcomed into queensland from interstate hot spots on December 13.
More than 79 per cent of queenslanders have received both doses of the Covid-19 jabs, while 87.5 had received a single dose.
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/qld-covid19-first-in-the-world-omicron-variant-discovered-in-state/news-story/bfec80e7b119ae8993064bb773fb211c
#15150170 at 2021-12-07 07:04:35 (UTC+1)
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>>15149978
PM denounces Holocaust-quarantine links
Andrew Brown and Paul Osborne - 7 December 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denounced comments equating the Holocaust and Australia's COVID-19 quarantine measures.
queensland Nationals MP George Christensen used an appearance on a US conspiracy theorist's online show to advocate for protests outside Australian consulates over the country's COVID-19 restrictions.
At one point during the InfoWars interview, Mr Christensen laughed when host Alex Jones compared Australia's quarantine facilities to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
"I denounce the comments in the strongest possible terms," Mr Morrison said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The Holocaust was an evil abomination. Respect for the victims requires that it never be referenced in such a trivial and insensitive manner."
The InfoWars program has been banned on Facebook and YouTube for hate speech violations and has made multiple false claims about the pandemic.
Labor senator Katy Gallagher said Mr Christensen's comments could lead to Australian diplomats in consulates being targeted.
"Encouraging protest action or inciting violence at Australian embassies overseas, where we have public servants working in the national interest … is a particularly dangerous comment," she told reporters in Canberra.
"He finds that funny, (but) this is a line that has been crossed."
Acting Nationals leader David Littleproud condemned Mr Christensen's comments and said he had spoken with his colleague.
"(It) was an error of judgment for him to go on that program," Mr Littleproud said.
"I have asked him to reflect on that, and his judgment around having an interview with a US commentator that has somewhat of a chequered past."
The queensland MP, who is retiring at the next election, previously compared restrictions to the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot during a speech in parliament, and also urged civil disobedience.
Senator Gallagher said the comments were indicative of a pattern of behaviour from Mr Christensen and urged Mr Morrison to bring him into line.
"(Mr Christensen) has consistently been out spreading disinformation, misinformation, stoking division and fear," she said.
"It's got to a point when the prime minister should be taking action. I can't imagine a situation under any other prime minister where a member of their own government would be allowed to be free-range like this."
However, Nationals senator Matt Canavan said he did not have a problem with Mr Christensen appearing on InfoWars.
"Just because you go on a show, doesn't mean you agree with everything," he told Sky News.
"People are free, of course, to protest … Australian government policies, wherever they are in the world."
https://thewest.com.au/politics/mps-conspiracy-show-appearance-condemned-c-4845929
#15149986 at 2021-12-07 05:51:40 (UTC+1)
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>>15149978
Nationals condemn Christensen's appearance on 'dark corners of the internet'
Nick Bonyhady - December 7, 2021
The Nationals leadership has condemned outspoken backbencher George Christensen for his appearance on the show of a US conspiracy theorist in the "dark corners of the internet" who has falsely claimed mass shootings were staged and spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud both spoke to Mr Christensen on Tuesday after his appearance on Alex Jones' show was publicised and distanced themselves from his views but declared they supported his right to free speech.
On the web show aired last week, Jones compared Australian quarantine facilities to a Nazi concentration camp, prompting no rebuke and a chuckle from Mr Christensen. Mr Christensen also called for protests outside Australian embassies to draw attention to coronavirus restrictions.
Alex Jones was booted off social media channels - Facebook, Twitter and YouTube - in 2018, with his content also removed by Spotify and Apple from their respective podcast and app services, for breaching policies on promotion of hate and harassment.
A spokesman for Mr Joyce, who is travelling in the United Kingdom, said the Deputy Prime Minister did not agree with Mr Christensen's comments and had spoken to him, but did not disclose the details of the conversation.
"Mr Christensen has the right to say what he believes," the spokesman said.
The acting Nationals leader, Mr Littleproud, said he respected Mr Christensen's freedom of speech but urged him to reflect on his responsibilities as a member of Parliament and judgment in speaking with Jones, who he said had a chequered past.
"It's not appropriate. I condemn his comments and I think it was an error of judgment for him to go on that program," Mr Littleproud said. "Obviously, we want to work constructively with George but know that there are limits and there are boundaries that we, as federal politicians, have to adhere to."
He said those limits applied to the "dark corners of the internet" just as much as in Parliament.
Former Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Darren Chester, went further. He said on Twitter that there were many Nationals MPs doing their best to represent regional Australia.
"Like me, they condemn the conspiracy theories, lack of respect and ill-informed comments of Christensen," said Mr Chester, who is aligned with a group of Nationals that did not support Mr Joyce for the party's leadership, unlike Mr Christensen.
Employment Minister Stuart Robert took particular aim at the Auschwitz comments that Mr Christensen did not contest. "I haven't heard the comments, but on face value… it's completely and utterly inappropriate for anyone to make light of the Holocaust and the devastation that occurred," Mr Robert said. "It is flat out vile."
Mr Christensen has announced he will leave Parliament at the next election and controls a useful vote for the government in the finely balanced House of Representatives.
Rather than promoting the Liberal National Party, of which he is a member, his social media accounts are primarily devoted to promoting his own brand, Nation First.
Mr Christensen has been repeatedly criticised by his colleagues for airing unpopular views during the pandemic, such as calling for police officers to be arrested after protests in Melbourne.
Former Nationals leader Michael McCormack was the first of his colleagues to speak publicly about Mr Christensen's appearance in Jones' show, saying on Monday that the queensland MP should be spending time in his electorate, helping community groups and encouraging vaccinations.
"He'd be far better off talking to people such as that than sit up late at night and talk to an American TV host about how dreadful his own country is, in his view," Mr McCormack told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not commented on Mr Christensen's appearance while Labor has urged Mr Morrison to haul Mr Christensen into line.
Around the time of Jones' show, Mr Christensen, whose office have not responded to requests for comment, suggested it was calculated to cause outrage.
"Watch lefty and MSM [mainstream media] heads explode when they hear Alex Jones of Infowars is backing my speeches," he posted on the messaging app Telegram.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nationals-condemn-christensen-s-appearance-on-dark-corners-of-the-internet-20211207-p59fga.html
#15138709 at 2021-12-05 06:05:45 (UTC+1)
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William Costellia-Kamm back in jail after allegedly contacting teenage girls
Linda Silmalis - December 5, 2021
Paedophile cult leader William Costellia-Kamm - also known as "Little Pebble" - is back in jail after allegedly contacting teenage girls on ?social media.
Authorities had been tracking the 70-year-old disgraced religious leader since he was released from prison in 2014 on an Extended Supervision Order (ESO).
Under the order, Costellia-Kamm has to wear an electronic bracelet while also abiding to strict conditions, such as not accessing social media.
On November 15, police ?arrested and charged the convicted child sex offender with four counts of failing to comply with the order.
He appeared before Central Local Court and was refused bail and taken to Silverwater Prison.
It is understood police will allege Costellia-Kamm accessed social media through a third party to contact teens, with the girls believed to be over the age of 17.
It is understood the girls are not based in Australia.
With at least one of the girls, it is understood Costellia-Kamm - who has previously claimed he was a prophet who spoke directly to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary - suggested she had been chosen to be one of his "wives".
Costellia-Kamm, who had led a community called the Order of Saint Charbel on a property at West Cambewarra near Nowra, was first jailed in 2005 after he was convicted of the aggravated sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in 1993.
The self-styled prophet received a 5?-year jail sentence.
In 2007, the cult leader who predicted he would one day be named Pope Peter the Second following promotion by Pope John Paul II, was convicted of a further five counts of aggravated sexual assault against a teenage girl, who was 14 and 15 at the time of the offences in 1994 and 1995.
His victims were told they would be among his 12 "queens" and 72 "princesses" who would help him repopulate a "royal dynasty" after the second coming of Jesus.
He was sentenced to a further 10 years in jail before he was released on parole five years ago.
After originally settling in Sydney, the NSW Supreme Court in April this year ruled he could return to his commune at Cambewarra, which is near Nowra, under significant conditions and pending approval by the ?Department of Corrective ?Services.
The decision triggered community outrage, with local state MP Shelley Hancock and federal MP Fiona Phillips both slamming the prospect of Kamm moving back to a community still bearing the scars of his crimes.
Both said they would write to NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and then premier Gladys Berejiklian to seek assistance on appealing the decision.
A petition was also launched with signatories stating that his victims "deserve better".
It is understood Costellia-Kamm, who has always denied his crimes against young girls and claims he was falsely ?accused, still maintains the support of his followers.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/william-costelliakamm-back-in-jail-after-allegedly-contacting-teenage-girls/news-story/14f9d826f60426151bde858438c1d765
#15132719 at 2021-12-04 08:27:10 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
Australia Omicron variant spreads, testing reopening plans
Lidia Kelly - December 4, 2021
MELBOURNE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant spread in Australia on Saturday, testing plans to reopen the economy as a cluster in Sydney grew to 13 cases and an infection was suspected in the state of queensland.
Federal authorities are sticking with a plan to reopen the economy on the hope that the new variant proves to be milder than previous strains, but some state and territory governments have moved to tighten their domestic border controls.
Australia reported its first community transmission of Omicron on Friday at a school in Sydney. Authorities are investigating the source and said more cases were expected.
queensland authorities suspected its first Omicron case in a person who travelled from South Africa and that genome sequencing was ongoing.
"The public health unit have ruled out that it is Delta but we haven't been able to confirm if it is Omicron," state Health Minister Yvette D'Ath. "But it is being treated as if it is."
Authorities in South Australia said on Saturday that arrivals from New South Wales, Victoria and the capital territory will be tested. The state reopened its domestic borders only days ago for the first time in months.
Several thousand people protested vaccination mandates in Melbourne, with the demonstrations now a weekly event that has been attracting groups of regular citizens, as well as far-right and conspiracy theory supporters.
A smaller counter-protest called to stop the far-right movement in the city and support vaccinations.
The state of Victoria, home to Melbourne, requires full vaccination to access most hospitality services and non-essential retail, as well as to work in health care and many other industries.
Nearly 88% of Australians over the age of 16 have been fully vaccinated, health data showed.
Anti-vaccination supporters number in single digits in Australia, according to polls. But unvaccinated patients make up the vast majority of those hospitalised with the coronavirus. In Victoria, 90% of the 44 people in the intensive care have not been fully vaccinated, health data showed.
Despite battling many outbreaks this year, leading to months of lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne - Australia's largest cities - the country has had only about 834 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 7.9 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the World Health Organisation, a fraction of many other developed nations.
Australia has had just under 215,000 cases in total and 2,042 deaths.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-omicron-variant-spreads-testing-reopening-plans-2021-12-04/
#15112375 at 2021-12-01 07:00:01 (UTC+1)
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'Delusional miscalculation': Beijing lashes out at Defence Minister Peter Dutton
Tensions continue to rise between Australia and China, as Beijing blasts Defence Minister Peter Dutton for what it branded "delusional miscalculation".
Matthew Killoran - December 1, 2021
Beijing has lashed out at Defence Minister Peter Dutton, accusing him of "delusional miscalculation" after his hawkish speech in which he questioned if Taiwan would "satisfy" China.
In an address to the National Press Club last week, Mr Dutton said the strategic climate in Australia's region had "echoes of the 1930s" and said the Chinese Community Party saw other countries in the area as "tributary states".
China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian over night named Mr Dutton directly and accused him of "delusional miscalculation on China's foreign policy".
"He brazenly distorted China's efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, mislead the Australian people on the regional situation and priorities, and incite conflict and division between countries and peoples," Mr Zhao said.
"The remarks run counter to the trend of peace, development and co-operation in our world today and are detrimental to regional peace and stability.
China firmly rejects such irresponsible remarks. Visionary people in Australia have also criticised them."
He said "certain Australian politicians" should "stop hyping up the 'China threat' narrative for selfish political gain".
In a more ominous warning he described it as going down "the wrong path towards the point of no return".
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Senator Penny Wong last week said Mr Dutton was "amping up war" and "playing politics and national affairs", while also added that China's economic coercion and flouting of agreements were "not the behaviours of a responsible global power".
Mr Dutton said Australians expected their governments to "speak frankly" about challenges the nation faced.
"In my view, acquiescence or appeasement is a tactic that a cul-de-sac of strategic misfortune or worse," he said.
"If China takes a path other than peace - it's catastrophic, I don't want to see it.
"I'll do everything I can to deter it and we'll deter it from a position of strength, not weakness."
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/delusional-miscalculation-beijing-lashes-out-at-defence-minister-peter-dutton/news-story/39315ff17300978fd5601607d09cd7ed
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China firmly rejects the extremely irresponsible remarks of #Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Certain Australian politicians should stop hyping the "China threat" narrative for selfish political gains, and stop going further down the wrong path to the point of no return.
https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1465649777413025802
#15087552 at 2021-11-27 08:25:54 (UTC+1)
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>>15087527
'Freedom' rally fills Melbourne's streets again to protest vaccine mandates
Tom Cowie and Ashleigh McMillan - November 27, 2021
Colourful, vocal but peaceful demonstrators took over Melbourne's streets on Saturday, marching through the CBD to condemn vaccination mandates, pandemic legislation and other health measures introduced by the Andrews government.
Victoria Police estimated there were about 20,000 protesters, who chanted, waved flags, banged drums and blew horns as they marched from the steps of State Parliament through the CBD and then back to Treasury Gardens.
There was a noticeable presence of Aboriginal flags at the rally after some of the anti-lockdown groups behind the protest circulated misinformation online, falsely claiming that ADF personnel were forcibly vaccinating Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
During his Welcome to Country, Djab Wurrung man Zellanach Djab Mara said there was "satanic warfare" occurring in Victoria.
"I'm pro-choice, it doesn't matter to me if you've been vaccinated or not... that's your choice," he said. "Don't worry about shutting Dan Andrews down, shut the whole system down."
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson spoke at a corresponding protest on the Gold Coast, telling the crowd she would make Prime Minister Scott Morrison a "lame duck" in federal Parliament until his government overruled state vaccine mandates.
A Sydney event, addressed by former Liberal MP Craig Kelly, also drew thousands of people.
The rallies were promoted under the name Millions March Against Mandatory Vaccines and followed a similar-sized event last week, which organisers claimed drew a crowd in the hundreds of thousands.
At one point, the demonstration stretched out all the way along Bourke Street, queen Street and Flinders Street, bringing traffic in surrounding roads to a standstill. People carried signs with slogans such as "my body, my choice", "kill the bill" and "sack Dan Andrews". Others alluded to QAnon conspiracy theories.
Some placards displayed Bible verses, including one that read "why are ye fearful, oh ye of little faith". Underneath the sign, a man wheeled a speaker playing a speech by Martin Luther King.
"I used to live in a Communist country before I came here from Croatia," said one protester carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary on his shoulders, "and this is much worse than that."
Linda and Andrew Chan said they had joined the crowd because they opposed vaccination mandates as well as plans to inoculate those under the age of 12.
While the pair said they are both fully vaccinated - with Ms Chan working as a nurse - they felt it was unfair that people were unable to retain employment or go out to dinner if they do not have two jabs.
"I'm against people being forced to take it just to be able to work," Ms Chan said.
Vaccination mandates were a common reason for people joining the protest.
Geelong school teacher Karni, who did not wish to give her last name, said she had lost her job because she didn't want to get the vaccine.
"We think it's our freedom of choice to what we put in our body," she said.
Bob, another protester who declined to give his last name, said he had attended the past three demonstrations, driving from East Gippsland.
"I can't go and buy a pair of shoes because I haven't had the government sponsored injection," he said.
"And if I want to go to Bunnings I've got to line up with a checkpoint and share my government approved paperwork. Get stuffed, get stuffed. We don't live in that kind of society."
Connie Maruna from Taylors Lakes said she was not against all vaccines but she did not believe the COVID-19 jab had been properly researched.
"The reason that I'm here is that I believe that the Victorian government has really excessively used their power," she said.
Jackie Dundee, a key figure in the anti-lockdown movement, told the crowd the pandemic was "not about our health, it's about totalitarian control".
"Both the federal and state governments have gone beyond their legislative powers," she said.
"We have got to implement protections for our children."
In Sydney, thousands of people gathered at Hyde Park to hear from former Liberal MP Craig Kelly, who spoke out against vaccination passports.
"Thank you to this great crowd for being part of Australian history," said Mr Kelly, who plans to stand as a candidate for Clive Palmer's United Australia Party.
"The Prime Minister [Scott Morrison] can end this discrimination, end vaccine passports, in Parliament. But he doesn't."
Mr Kelly said UAP supporters would "blast them all out" - referring to the federal government - at the next election.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/freedom-rally-fills-melbourne-s-streets-again-to-protest-vaccine-mandates-20211127-p59cq3.html
#15087527 at 2021-11-27 08:12:08 (UTC+1)
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>>14988985
Huge crowds attend vaccine mandate protests in Sydney and Melbourne
CATIE MCLEOD AND ELLEN RANSLEY - NOVEMBER 27, 2021
Huge crowds of protesters descended on central Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday as part of organised rallies across the country against mandatory vaccinations.
The Millions March Against Mandatory Vaccination group organised protests on Saturday in 30 cities and towns across Australia.
A large crowd converged on Melbourne's state parliament with live video footage from a news helicopter showing a massive group of people blocking Spring Street, some holding banners or beating drums.
The group moved down Bourke St after 1pm, to the sound of cheering, horns and drums, as well as the regular chanting of "Sack (premier) Dan Andrews".
The group swept through the CBD and marched down Flinders Street before gathering at Treasury Gardens for an afternoon of speeches.
The crowd eventually dwindled as demonstrators either headed home or returned to state parliament, where people have been camping out to protest the Andrews government's planned pandemic legislation.
In Sydney, a sizeable crowd of people of all ages gathered in Hyde Park, some draped in Australian flags and others holding placards with slogans including "Never lock down again. Less government, more freedom" and "No one can stop the awakening of humanity".
Rebel MP Craig Kelly, whose opposition to coronavirus vaccines and restrictions propelled his defection from the Liberal Party earlier this year, spoke at the Hyde Park rally and then live streamed the event.
Footage he shared on his Twitter account shows speakers and musicians taking to a stage to speak about vaccine mandates and play music in front of a large crowd.
In one clip shared by Mr Kelly, a band performs The Seekers'classic "I Am Australian" and the protesters join in to sing "I am, you are, we are Australian" before breaking into cheers and thunderous applause.
Mr Kelly, who is now a United Australia Party MP, spoke to the crowd and tried to drum up support for his political cause to "blast" the major parties out of parliament.
Young children were present at the rallies in Sydney and Melbourne.
A Victoria Police spokesman said no arrests had been made or fines issued at the Melbourne event.
A NSW Police spokeswoman said approximately 9000 people attended the Sydney protest, which the force approved after they received an application from the organisers.
"No issues arose during the protest; no arrests were made and no infringement notices were issued," she said.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said earlier that organisers needed to "take reasonably practicable steps" to ensure people attending the rally were not a close contact of a Covid-19 case, ensure people wear a mask and socially distance, and not attend if they are feeling unwell.
Protesters across the country claim vaccine mandates are discriminatory.
On the Gold Coast, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addressed the crowd to wild applause, banging drums and chants of "Pauline, Pauline".
Senator Hanson this week failed to introduce a bill to federal parliament that sought to "protect" Australians from mandatory vaccination policies introduced by state governments.
"I said to (Prime Minister) Scott Morrison last week when I had a half an hour conversation with him on the phone - he said 'your bill doesn't comply with the constitution' - I said 'well go out and bloody well change it so it does'," she said.
Her One Nation colleague Malcolm Roberts also attended.
queensland protesters on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Rockhampton and Hervey Bay have been told they face a $4000 fine if they deliberately breach the chief health officer's directives.
Rallies were also organised in Adelaide, Darwin, Alice Springs, Perth, Canberra, Newcastle, Ballina, Inverell, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Bermagui, Launceston, Bunbury, Albany, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Port Hedland, Broome, and Kununurra.
Across Australia, about 86.3 per cent of people over the age of 16 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, while 92.1 per cent have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/vaccine-mandate-protests-kick-off-across-australia-featuring-pauline-hanson/news-story/36309dff262994c8579823ef68f7e372
#15081741 at 2021-11-26 09:38:51 (UTC+1)
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Defence Minister Peter Dutton confirmed the sighting but said "they didn't break any laws".
"So they stayed out of our territorial waters," he told Nine's Today program.
"It was not the first time. As you're aware during Operation Talisman Sabre, which was a big training exercise up off the queensland coast, the PLA had deployed some vessels up there as well. So they will be involved in intelligence collection, signals collection. They'll be looking to survey different attributes and have that general presence. So let us know that they're there. And it was a prolonged period that they were very close to Australian waters off the east coast, unusually."
Asked if the move was provocative, Mr Dutton said Australia was "just going to be realistic about the situation now in the Indo-Pacific".
"As we know, China has in its fleet up to 355 ships and submarines, that goes to 460 within the next nine years or so. It's a concerning time and that's why Australia's got to be strong and stand up for our values. And I think it's right that people have a clear picture of what's going on."
A Defence Department spokeswoman said Australia "monitors all vessels operating in our maritime approaches".
"We are aware that the People's Liberation Army (Navy) General Intelligence Ship Yuhengxing operated off Australia's east coast in August 2021," she said.
"Australia supports and respects the rights of all states to exercise lawful freedom of navigation and overflight in international waters and airspace, just as we expect them to respect our right to do so. Australia expects all foreign vessels entering our maritime zones to abide by international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)."
It comes amid escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing, with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week attacking the new AUKUS partnership between Australia, the UK and US.
In a speech to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Mr Xi implied Australia's deal for nuclear submarines would lead to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
"We need to pursue dialogue instead of confrontation, build partnerships instead of alliances, and make concerted efforts to address the various negative factors that might threaten or undermine peace," he said.
"China will never seek hegemony, still less bully smaller countries. China supports ASEAN's efforts to build a nuclear weapon-free zone."
Mr Dutton earlier this week refused to back down on warnings over China, amid criticism from Labor's foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong that he was talking up the prospect of war over Taiwan as an election tactic.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also accused Mr Dutton of being "driven by selfish political games".
"This is the propaganda of the Communist Party," Mr Dutton said.
"The Communist Party at the moment has 355 ships and submarines in her fleet, and by 2030 that goes to well over 400. So let's be clear about where China is. They've got 20 points of presence in the South China Sea. They are bumping up against Japanese assets in the East China Sea. There's $20 billion worth of economic coercion against our own country."
Mr Dutton said Australians had to be realistic about the threat.
"I think if you look at what's happening in the Indo-Pacific at the moment and you see the ramp up by the Communist Party of China, we need to be realistic about the threat now and over the course of the next couple of decades," he said.
"And there is no sense sticking your head in the sand pretending it is not happening."
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/chinese-spy-ship-spotted-circling-australias-coast-for-three-weeks/news-story/819f0cd9f7f7d8367b5a365be3223b79
#15069252 at 2021-11-24 07:00:22 (UTC+1)
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U.S. authorities have expressed interest in Giuffre's allegations. In 2011, FBI agents flew to Australia, where Giuffre was then living, to interview her about the alleged abuse.
U.S. prosecutors have repeatedly asked Andrew if he would submit to questioning. Weeks before Maxwell's arrest last year, the then-U.S. attorney for Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, issued a statement blasting Andrew for seeking to "falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate."
The prince has promised cooperation, but never made himself available to U.S. authorities.
If prosecutors brought criminal charges against Maxwell, Andrew, or anyone else based on Giuffre's allegations, she would likely be confronted on the stand about inconsistencies in her story.
For instance, in her initial lawsuit, Giuffre wrongly said she was 15 when Maxwell first spotted her working as a spa attendant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and hired her as Epstein's masseuse. In a memoir she explored selling to publishers, Giuffre described, in detail, celebrating her 16th birthday at Epstein's estate in the Virgin Islands.
But employment records later showed she hadn't worked at Mar-a-Lago until the summer she turned 17. Giuffre said she simply misremembered.
One of the men Giuffre accused, Dershowitz, is battling her in court, calling her a "sworn liar." That litigation is ongoing. Richardson and Mitchell have said they never met her. Dubin says he has flight records and other evidence proving her allegations against him are false.
Andrew, the third child of queen Elizabeth II, has also repeatedly denied Giuffre's allegations, most notably in a 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight in which he said that while he socialized with Epstein, he couldn't recall ever meeting Giuffre and never had sex with her.
"I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened," he said.
Andrew challenged Giuffre's claim that he was sweating profusely as they danced in a nightclub by saying he had a medical condition that made it impossible for him to sweat.
Maxwell, in depositions, has acknowledged knowing Giuffre but said her stories about being sexually trafficked to multiple men are lies.
While Andrew isn't part of Maxwell's criminal case, Giuffre sued him this year, saying her encounters with him amounted to sexual assault.
That case is pending, meaning it is possible Giuffre will get her claims against the prince before a judge yet, even if prosecutors are staying away for now.
https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-entertainment-lifestyle-virginia-prince-andrew-60348f70fd605c26c26615ffc5ed5f14
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#15069113 at 2021-11-24 06:18:12 (UTC+1)
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Mount Isa paedophile sentenced after major child sex abuse bust in Philippines
Larissa Waterson - 24 November 2021
A 37-year-old Mount Isa man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to 33 charges relating to the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines.
Brendan Curt Shulz was sentenced in the queensland Supreme Court at Mount Isa on Tuesday and will be eligible for parole in 2026.
Mr Shulz was arrested in May, 2020, in relation to the sexual abuse of 13 children in the city of Zamboanga. A woman, who was related to the children, was also arrested.
Seven boys and six girls were rescued from a location in Zamboanga following a joint investigation between the Australian Federal Police and Philippines authorities.
Mr Shulz was found guilty of charges relating to the persistent sexual abuse of children, procuring children for sexual abuse and transmitting sexual abuse material.
He was also convicted of unlawfully possessing restricted drugs and child exploitation material.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Perkins of the AFP told News Corp, "collaborative cross-border efforts'' targeting offenders exploiting children in the Philippines should send a strong deterrent message.
"We are committed to targeting offenders involved as abusers, consumers or facilitators in this trade, irrespective of their location," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-24/man-charged-with-philippines-child-sex-abuse-sentenced/100646460
#15064544 at 2021-11-23 17:44:55 (UTC+1)
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South Korea President Moon Jae-in visit to strengthen ties
BEN PACKHAM - NOVEMBER 23, 2021
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Australian and South Korean officials are working on plans for an official visit by President Moon Jae-in to Australia before the end of the year, as the nation moves to strengthen strategic and economic ties with its fourth-largest trading partner.
The likely mid-December visit is being planned to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries, and would include the signing of a "comprehensive strategic partnership" agreement.
The trip, which is yet to be finalised, would give a leg-up to Korean defence company Hanwha as it vies for a $20bn contract to build infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian Army.
It would also send a strong message to China that its efforts to isolate Australia from key regional partners have been unsuccessful.
Australia's former ambassador to South Korea Bill Paterson said the trip would be highly significant, confirming the strength of the bilateral relationship and the nations' shared strategic interests.
"The Chinese won't be particularly pleased at a South Korean visit to a Quad and AUKUS ?member at this time," he said. "I think Korea is trying to signal it does share interests with Australia and the United States in the Indo-Pacific."
Mr Paterson said the federal government was keen to encourage South Korea's "clear intentions" to look at Australia as a future energy supplier and a ?potential source of critical minerals to sustain its tech manufacturing sector. He said South Korea would likely seek supplier ?relationships and equity stakes in future Australian hydrogen projects to support its planned green energy transition.
Australia exported $25.2bn worth of goods and services to South Korea in 2020, including more than $18bn worth of iron ore, coal, natural gas and beef.
"Governments on both sides haven't really given this relationship the sort of sustained attention it deserves," Mr Paterson said.
Hanwha was confirmed last year as the preferred contractor to build 30 self-propelled howitzers and 15 ammunition resupply vehicles in Geelong under a $1.3bn contract. Hanwha is the underdog to clinch the much bigger ?infantry fighting vehicle contract behind German company Rheinmetall, which is already building Boxer armoured reconnaissance vehicles at Ipswich in queensland.
But Australia's need to boost defence ties with South Korea and Mr Moon's likely visit suggest the Korean vehicle could become the frontrunner for the new ?contract.
The proposed visit would come ahead of the conclusion of Mr Moon's five-year presidential term in March next year, giving him additional diplomatic room to bolster his country's relationship with Australia without causing long-term problems with China.
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#15042136 at 2021-11-20 09:04:00 (UTC+1)
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Associate Professor Debra Smith from Victoria University, who specialises in extremist politics, said the effect of the mainstreaming of fringe politics was more concerning than seats in Parliament.
"The concern is around the approach to undermine trust in political systems, and essentially trying to actually critique the very system of democracy rather than work with it," she said.
"If they do get elected then they actually have to work with the system - and in a way that moderates the protest - but what we're seeing is this whipping up of this so-called 'end day' that we all have to stand up against. This doomsday rhetoric is existent through all extremist movements over history."
Mr Jonas' political bid comes a month after his fiancee Ms Smit announced her organisation no longer had plans to run as a political party and would throw its support behind Palmer's United Australia Party instead.
Ms Smit has an international following, recently appearing on prominent far-right American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' online show and released an "SOS" video where she called for countries to put economic pressure on Australia for its lockdown measures.
In a video explaining her decision last month to merge Reignite Democracy Australia with Mr Palmer's party, Ms Smit said Mr Kelly had been a mentor for her as far back as last November while he was still a Liberal MP.
"We've been in constant communication," she said.
She said while she "loved" Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts, Mr Palmer's party was "just gaining a lot more momentum", and said joining UAP was a relief as it had more resources than her own organisation.
"Now that Craig Kelly and Clive Palmer are creating so much momentum with UAP. It just seems it seems like RDA Party became just kind of not as important."
Ms Smit said her organisation could support other small parties, in addition to the UAP.
"My message [to my followers] is I don't care who you vote for, as long as you don't vote for the majors," she said, warning Mr Palmer against sending preferences to the LNP.
"If Clive Palmer preferences the Liberals, he will lose a lot of support from his current audience," she said.
ABC election analyst Antony Green said it was unclear how the toxic week in Victorian politics, which has included threats aimed at MPs, would affect the lead-up to the federal election.
"I'm not sure how this will play out, I don't think the Prime Minister does either," he said. "Clive Palmer's been running a very strange anti-vaccination campaign, given we're talking about 90 per cent vaccination rates in this country."
"Last queensland election in 2020 Palmer got virtually no votes pushing an anti-vaccine message," he said. "Legalise Cannabis got more than him with a fraction the budget."
Mr Green said Palmer's preferences were split down the middle for Labor and Liberal at the 2013 election, while last in 2019 he campaigned "ferociously" against Labor.
He said UAP's messaging was more important than who it preferenced on its how to vote cards.
"Most people never see their how to vote card - what matters is the message [UAP] get across," Mr Green said.
A spokesman for the United Australia Party said the party had more than 80,000 members, claiming it was "the largest political membership in the country" and was undertaking vetting and police checks of nominated candidates.
"We haven't decided on preferences just yet, but we have said that you can't trust the Liberals, the Labor Party or the Greens."
He would not reveal when endorsed candidates would be made public.
Mr Kelly did not respond to requests for comment.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/freedom-protest-influencers-back-craig-kelly-and-clive-palmer-20211117-p599oy.html
#15042123 at 2021-11-20 08:49:10 (UTC+1)
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>>14988985
Melbourne's 'freedom' protest fever spreads across the country
Rachael Dexter, Melissa Cunningham and Tom Cowie - November 20, 2021
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Tens of thousands of anti-government "freedom" protesters have taken to the streets across the country, with the largest turnout in Melbourne, where tens of thousands railed against COVID-19 vaccines, Premier Daniel Andrews and the government's now-stalled controversial pandemic bill.
As Sydney crowds chanted "Kelly, Kelly, Kelly", former Liberal MP Craig Kelly yelled unsubstantiated claims about "experimental vaccines" while billionaire Clive Palmer told Brisbane crowds he'd rather "go out of business" than listen to vaccine advice from queensland's premier, who he called 'Palachook'.
"Our rights don't come from Daniel Andrews. Our rights don't come from Mark McGowan, our rights don't come from Palachook. And you know there's no chook like a Palachook," he told the crowd.
"Our freedom doesn't come from Scott Morrison. Our freedom doesn't come from Anthony Albanese and our freedom certainly doesn't come from Barnaby Joyce."
The Age revealed on Saturday that Mr Kelly has recruited a number of key figures in the right-wing "freedom" movement for Clive Palmer's party.
Independent Victorian MP Catherine Cumming, who is one of the crossbenchers in discussions with the state government trying to pass its pandemic legislation, was among a number of speakers to address the Melbourne crowd.
She sarcastically goaded Premier Daniel Andrews over his criticism of the protests this week for their far-right elements after gallows were paraded in front of Parliament House and he was the subject of death threats.
"So fascists are we Daniel? Am I a Nazi, am I Daniel?" Dr Cumming said to the crowd who laughed and cheered.
"No matter how much misinformation and propaganda you put out there, Victoria is going to win."
Dr Cumming has appeared regularly at the anti-government protests and has been promoting them online.
She railed against the vaccination of children with a COVID-19 jab and claimed Mr Andrews was "coming after her children".
The vaccines approved for use in Australia have strong scientific backing as being both safe and effective in preventing COVID-19.
"I want to make this very clear, Daniel, when you come after my children you come after every single Victorian," Dr Cumming said. "We are together as a freedom family… Good luck Mr Andrews."
A much smaller counter 'anti-fascist' rally of several hundred came out for the first time in Melbourne in opposition to the anti-Andrews government crowd. The Age has seen video of one physical skirmish in which police separated counter-protesters and right-wing activist Avi Yemeni.
"Despite significant numbers in attendance, the protest was peaceful with only one arrest made," a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
Melbourne's rallies came at the end of a toxic week in state politics as Premier Daniel Andrews attempted and failed to pass the pandemic bill that would replace Victoria's State of Emergency and empower the premier and health minister of the day to declare pandemics and enforce health directions, instead of the chief health officer.
The Andrews government will have to wait until the final sitting week of the year to try and pass its controversial legislation through Parliament as a week of drama ended in an impasse.
Aerial footage showed there was upwards of 10,000 people at the anti-government protest, which began at State Parliament. Organisers claimed 450,000 people came to protest but no crowd counts were supplied for protests by Victoria Police or any other authorities.
The protesters are a loose collective of many sub-groups who oppose vaccine-mandates and passports.
Among them are the hard religious right and Qanon conspiracy followers - as well as many families and people who have lost work for refusing to take a COVID jab. In Victoria the movement has been catalysed this week by opposition to the pandemic bill which is currently stalled in the upper house.
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#15032863 at 2021-11-19 10:05:05 (UTC+1)
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>>14988985
'Bit rich to get a lecture': War of words between states, PM heats up
9News Staff - Nov 19, 2021
Premiers and federal ministers are swapping barbs over Prime Minister Scott Morrison's call for states and territories to let Australians "have their lives back" and halt vaccine mandates.
Mr Morrison yesterday slammed the queensland and Western Australia governments for continuing to impose extra restrictions on unvaccinated residents past the 80 per cent double vaccination level.
Western Australia, queensland and Victoria have all recently seen large anti-vaccination protests, with WA Premier Mark McGowan forced to close his office after threats to staff, and a man charged over threats in Victoria.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews told Today Mr Morrison's questioning of mandatory inoculation was a dig at ordinary Australians.
"It's not a matter of having a dig at state governments," he said.
"You are having a dig at hard-working people who have got vaccinated."
Mr Andrews said states and territories were forced into lockdown because of Australia's sluggish COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
"We have had to do lockdowns, as the Prime Minister said we had to be in people's lives because there were no vaccines," he said.
"And who forgot to order the vaccines?
"It wasn't the state governments, so it's a bit rich to get a lecture."
Earlier, Australian Labor Party president and former federal Treasurer Wayne Swan launched a withering attack on the Prime Minister, accusing him of "pandering to political extremists".
"I think the PM is behaving like Donald Trump," Mr Swan said on Today.
"He is pandering to political extremists for political gain.
"He's undermining the vaccine rollout in queensland, in doing so.
"queensland and WA have done so well through all of the last 18 months but at every stage, the Prime Minister has set out to undermine both premiers."
"It's like Donald Trump without the comb-over."
Mr Swan said the PM was "desperate" in queensland, but cast doubt on his methods being politically successful.
"The vaccine mandates that were announced here have led to a surge in vaccinations," Mr Swan said.
"Because we didn't have the lockdown, people here haven't been as quick to get vaccinated but in the last week we have seen a real surge and in the middle of that the Prime Minister chooses to get stuck into the Premier about these issues."
However, Defence Minister Peter Dutton hit back, saying the states had signed up to a commitment to reopen the country at 80 per cent full vaccination.
"I just think you cannot segregate a part of the community, even if you disagree with the decision they've made and we are moving into a phase now where we have to live with this virus," he said.
"The Prime Minister has stated a perfectly reasonable position."
He also blamed the queensland Government for the state's slower vaccine uptake, saying Ms Palaszczuk had been "bagging" the AstraZeneca jab.
Mr Dutton also condemned threats made by some protesters, saying there was "no question" a line had been crossed.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-australia-updates-wayne-swan-attacks-prime-minister-scott-morrison-over-vaccine-mandate-debate/3989a8ba-c840-4baa-9ccb-572e20efaf56
#15025596 at 2021-11-18 07:56:01 (UTC+1)
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Former soldier willing to testify against Ben Roberts-Smith, court hears
Jenny Noyes - November 18, 2021
A former soldier who served with Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan has indicated he is prepared to testify against the Victoria Cross recipient, who is suing three newspapers including this masthead for publishing allegations he was involved in war crimes.
The ex-soldier, known as "person 56", was a member of Mr Roberts-Smith's patrol in 2012 and participated in missions in Darwan and Fasil. In allegations published in 2018, Mr Roberts-Smith is accused of being involved in the death of handcuffed farmer Ali Jan during the Darwan mission.
It's one of six unlawful killings that reports in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times accused Mr Roberts-Smith of involvement in. Mr Roberts-Smith, one of Australia's most decorated war veterans, denies any wrongdoing.
The news outlets are relying on a defence of truth to defend their claims, and have applied to the Federal Court to call Person 56 as a witness when the trial resumes next year.
At an interlocutory hearing in response to that application on Thursday, Mr Robert-Smith's barrister Arthur Moses, SC, told the court that Person 56 is someone the newspapers allege was "involved in the cover-up of the murder of Ali Jan".
Mr Moses is seeking to access correspondence between Person 56 and the media outlets' lawyers, saying the latter has "flipped and flopped and flipped again" in calling him as a witness.
"Despite making those allegations of war crimes concerning Person 56, the respondents appear to have reached an agreement" to not ask him "any other questions in relation to any other matters", Mr Moses said.
Barrister for the media outlets, Nicholas Owens, SC, denied that there was any "side deal" with Person 56, and noted his attempts to subpoena the potential witness before the trial were denied.
"After the applicant's cross-examination and the evidence of the Afghan witnesses … we have been able to, for the first time, establish contact with Person 56," Mr Owens said.
"He agreed to speak to us about Darwan… We didn't agree not to ask questions."
Mr Owens said Person 56 indicated he would object to questions on other topics "on the grounds of self-incrimination" and "we would not apply to have him compelled to give that evidence over his objection".
He told the court the evidence from Person 56 was "vital" and that it "corroborates the evidence of the Afghan witnesses" and contradicts that of Mr Roberts-Smith.
The planned resumption of the defamation trial at the start of this month was delayed due to ongoing border closures in Western Australia and queensland, which would prevent witnesses from returning home after travelling to Sydney to give evidence.
The matter will return to court before Justice Anthony Besanko on November 29, with a decision expected on whether Person 56 will give evidence next month.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-soldier-willing-to-testify-against-ben-roberts-smith-court-hears-20211118-p59a33.html
#15025566 at 2021-11-18 07:45:29 (UTC+1)
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Cam Smith, a researcher and journalist, has monitored the growth of QAnon in Australia since he first noticed the conspiracy group popping up in local communities and in his Facebook feed in 2018. Having tracked their online conversations, he told the Guardian how a group of QAnon believers drove nearly 2,000 km from queensland to Victoria to protest against Melbourne's lockdown in July 2020, "filing themselves and expounding their theories as they went".
By clicking on their posts, and engaging with QAnon believers, Smith quickly learnt how Facebook algorithms were contributing to the conspiracy movement's rapid rise during the pandemic, observing that one click on a "small anti-vaccine community" led to Facebook recommending more extreme political content.
With Australia's two largest cities - Melbourne and Sydney - experiencing more than 250 and 150 days of lockdown respectively during the past two years, millions of citizens have been "trapped at home with a lot of frustration - and the internet - for months at a time," writes Van Badham in her book, QAnon and On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults.
It is little wonder that the UK-based think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, found Australia to be the fourth-largest producer of QAnon content, globally, after the US, UK and Canada. "This content is recycled, derived from other geographical contexts - primarily the US - and often dates back to earlier in 2021 and even 2020," it has said.
"Taken as a whole, however, the content being shared does not spin a coherent narrative. Ultimately, it doesn't matter much whether the conspiracy revolves around Premier of Victoria Dan Andrews working with the Chinese Communist Party to microchip the population via the vaccine and bring in the 'Great Reset', or Prime Minister Scott Morrison selling military bases to Pfizer and forcing people into death camps. The importance of these conspiracy narratives is that they reiterate the alleged existence of a secretive, sinister 'they', and 'they' are lying to you."
The ugly, violent and anti-democratic protests held in Melbourne in recent days have not only been the manifestation of these conspiracy narratives, but also the validation of a warning by the ASIO director-general several months ago, when he said: "Given the growth we've seen in nationalist and racist violent extremism, we anticipate there will be a terrorist attack in this country in the next 12 months."
The QAnon threat did not go away after it wrongly predicted that Donald Trump would win the 2020 US Presidential election. It has changed and adopted new strategies to gain political power in the US and now Down Under.
CJ WERLEMAN - Global Correspondent for Byline Times. Columnist for Inside Arabia. Activist against Islamophobia. @cjwerleman
https://bylinetimes.com/2021/11/17/qanon-changes-strategies-and-spreads-globally/
#15025428 at 2021-11-18 06:59:11 (UTC+1)
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Last week Mr Morrison railed against Covid vaccine mandates, saying anti-vaxxers should not be demonised for 'making their own choices'.
The Prime Minister made the comments in a TV interview after former NSW premier Bob Carr called for anti-vaxxers to be stripped of their Medicare reimbursements if they need Covid treatment.
'We don't have a mandatory vaccine policy as a Federal Government. It's not something we've done, we respect people's choices,' Mr Morrison told Seven's Sunrise.
Unvaccinated people are roughly 20 times more likely to spread Covid than vaccinated people, according to University of Melbourne professors Christopher Baker and Andrew Robinson.
'We live in a country where we are not going to go around demonising those who want to make their own choices. It think that's very important. That's not how my Government sees it,' Mr Morrison said last week.
'Of course we want people to get vaccinated but we are not going to take that heavy-handed approach which the Labor party always seems to like doing, whether it's Bob Carr or many of the others who have come down with those types of views.
'It's not our approach'.
The comments contrast with Mr Morrison's rhetoric last year when he said in a 3AW interview in August 2020: 'I would expect it [the Covid jab] to be as mandatory as you can possibly make it.
'There are always exemptions for any vaccine on medical grounds but that should be the only basis,' he said.
The next day the Prime Minister rolled back, telling 2GB: 'Can I be really clear to everyone? It's not going to be compulsory to have the vaccine, OK?'
'We can't hold someone down and make them take it.'
In a 3AW interview last month Mr Morrison said businesses can chose to ban anti-vaxxers.
'Businesses have that right to say who can come into their premises. That's what the law says. And that doesn't fall foul of discrimination laws,' he said.
In 2016 as social services minister he masterminded the 'no jab no play' policy which stopped anti-vaxxers accessing taxpayer funded Child Care Benefits, the Child Care Rebate and the Family Tax Benefit.
Mr Carr, a former Labor foreign minister under Julia Gillard and NSW premier from 1995 to 2005, said Australia should follow Singapore which announced it will stop paying coronavirus medical bills of those who are unvaccinated by choice from next month.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10214777/Scott-Morrison-demands-states-like-queensland-drop-Covid-19-vaccine-mandates.html
#15025425 at 2021-11-18 06:58:29 (UTC+1)
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PM Scott Morrison demands states drop Covid jab mandates and says unvaccinated Aussies MUST be allowed into pubs and restaurants
CHARLIE MOORE - 18 November 2021
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Scott Morrison has said vaccine mandates to enter pubs and cafes should not be in place after states reach the 80 per cent vaccination threshold.
While NSW will drop vaccine passports on December 15, queensland will introduce them to enter hospitality venues on December 17 and Victoria has vowed to keep jab requirements in place well into next year.
Mr Morrison, who is under pressure from pro-choice politicians in his party, on Thursday said the only mandates he supports are for health workers.
In a dig at queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, he said unvaccinated people 'should be able to go to a get a cup of coffee in Brisbane'.
'Now it's time for governments to step back and for Australians to take their life back,' he said during a visit to the Tooheys brewery in Sydney on Thursday.
'We aren't in favour of mandatory vaccines imposed by the Government. Businesses can make their own choices on the law but we aren't about telling them or Australians what to do.
'Vaccines are only mandatory in cases where you have health workers working with vulnerable people.
'That's what our medical advice has always been and, as we get above 80 per cent in particular… they should be able to go to a get a cup of coffee in Brisbane regardless of whether you've had a vaccine or not.'
queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles hit back at at the prime minister, accusing him of backing 'dangerous fringe elements' such as the anti-government protesters in Melbourne.
Mr Miles said Mr Morrison was undermining the state's pandemic response for his own 'cynical political interests'.
'He is so desperate to claw together a coalition of anti-vaxxers for his own political benefit that he is undermining confidence in our vaccine,' the deputy premier told parliament.
The planned venue mandate has boosted vaccine uptake, Mr Miles said, and was a deserved reward for those who had done the right thing and got the jab.
'They do not deserve to be undermined by a prime minister more interested in currying favour with coffee baron donors and lunatic backbenchers than the health and the jobs of queenslanders,' Mr Miles said.
It comes after two Liberal senators and Pauline Hanson's One Nation vowed to withhold support from the Government unless Mr Morrison takes action to stop vaccine mandates.
If queenslander Gerard Rennick, South Australian Alex Antic and One Nation stick to their guns then Mr Morrison will be unable to pass any contested laws next week.
Senator Hanson, who is unvaccinated, has introduced a bill to over-ride the states and ban vaccine mandates.
In NSW 91.4 per cent of over 16s are fully jabbed, in Victoria 88.2 per cent and in queensland 71.6 per cent.
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#14995182 at 2021-11-14 06:18:11 (UTC+1)
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QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a 'rabbit hole' of extremism
Conspiracy theories have taken root in Australia, but it doesn't impact just the converts. For every new believer, there are the friends and family who they've shut out
Van Badham - 14 Nov 2021
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Cam Smith, an Australian researcher who monitors online far-right activity, had first noticed mention of QAnon in the local communities he watched as early as 2018. At the time, it looked like just a few "tiny meetup groups on Facebook" of around 20 people, he told me. "They were talking about, 'Oh, we'll meet up at like some pub in Oakleigh, and we'll talk about this QAnon thing.' And I didn't think it was going to be that important."
Smith's interest in the local movement was sparked again during the periods of heavy coronavirus public health restrictions in Melbourne, in 2020. To contain an outbreak of the virus within Melbourne's public housing high-rise towers, local authorities had moved quickly - and controversially - to unilaterally lock down the residential communities in the buildings. In defiance of the restrictions, a group of QAnon believers drove nearly 2,000km from queensland to protest against the events, filming themselves - and expounding their theories - as they went.
Smith was curious, found a way into their Facebook groups and started tracking their conversations. What he noticed was that Facebook's algorithm was assisting the spread of disturbing content. Smith found that even engagements with Australian Facebook groups that represented softer political positions - like a small anti-vaccine community - quickly pushed him towards extremist content. "The Facebook algorithm was like, 'I know some other stuff you would be interested in!'" Smith says, and it drove users within Australia's shallow Facebook pool towards political content that was much more hardcore.
As had happened in Germany, QAnon seeded its Australian iteration through the networks of the wellness community. It was a bourgeois place in which those fearful of "precarity" came to seek comfort. Community values here lay in promoting opportunities for personal healing through "clean eating" and radical diets, alternative medicine, meditation, yoga and new age beliefs. It was also a place where anti-vax conspiracy theories had lurked for some time, and, as the pandemic progressed, became a ripe channel - online and off - for QAnon influence. A personal friend described to me how her first encounter with QAnon belief in Australia resulted from a "rabbit hole" opening for her on Facebook while she searched recommendations of organic food for her dog.
Guardian columnist Brigid Delaney - whose 2017 book, Wellmania, charted her adventures through the wellness industry - wrote about the emerging alliance she saw between the wellness and conspiracist communities in a 2020 piece. Here she revisited a concept first explained in the 1990s by Michael Kelly in the New Yorker. Kelly had called it "fusion paranoia", and described it as the process of strengthening and bonding that takes place between unalike movements when they recognise they share a core belief. During coronavirus lockdowns, wrote Delaney, this shared core belief was the idea that the virus was "a cover for a plot of totalitarian proportions, designed to stifle freedom of movement, assembly, speech and - to the horror of some in the wellness industry - enforce a program of mass vaccinations".
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#14942468 at 2021-11-07 05:52:21 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
Coronavirus boosters likely for years to come: Pharmacy Guild
James Massola - November 7, 2021
Australians will be getting booster shots to combat COVID-19 for years to come, with annual injections to become an integral part of the national vaccination program, according to the Pharmacy Guild.
National cabinet met on Friday to discuss the roll-out of the booster shot program to the general population, the vaccination of kids aged 5-11 - with a decision on this expected in the coming weeks - as well as the use of rapid testing and shorter quarantine periods.
Pharmacy Guild president Trent Twomey said there would be a need for booster shots "for the foreseeable future" to protect Australians against the coronavirus.
"The question is what booster and what interval we need to get that booster, whether its every six, nine or 12 months. Those decisions need to be based on evidence and facts and at the moment that is an evolving space," he said.
Mr Twomey added "it will probably take until 2023 until we reach some sort of steady state vaccination program" that would involve one annual booster shot for the population, much as the flu shot has become annual.
"In time we will treat COVID like many other viruses that have been around for decades, and a COVID-19 shot will just be another element of the Australian vaccination program."
Australia's first booster shots for the general population will begin from Monday, with anyone who had their second dose more than six months ago eligible for a third shot.
Australia passed the 80 per cent double-vaccinated milestone for over 16s on Saturday for the overall population, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison described as an "extraordinary effort", but only NSW, Victoria and the ACT have actually passed the 80 per cent mark.
queensland, Tasmania and South Australia have flagged plans to begin opening up to other states and territories that have COVID-19 in the community from late November or mid-December once vaccination targets are reached, though WA Premier Mark McGowan announced on Friday his state would not open up until late January or early February when 90 per cent of people over 12 had been vaccinated.
Mr Twomey said that polling conducted by pollsters Crosby Textor for the Guild between October 8 and 18 focused on the one in 10 Australians who say they don't plan to get vaccinated. It highlighted the important role pharmacists and GPs would play in the coming months in changing the minds of hold-outs.
The polling of 2051 people also included specific questions for 1000 unvaccinated people on their reasons for not having the jab.
Among the group of people not vaccinated, 57 per cent cited possible long-term side effects as a reason not to have the jab, 56 per cent cited concerns about vaccine safety and 37 per cent of people stated that vaccines did not stop a person from getting very sick, dying, or spreading the disease as their reason not to have the jab.
queensland (17 per cent), South Australia (13 per cent) and Western Australian (12 per cent) were the three states with the highest percentage of "vaccine reluctant" citizens, compared to the national average of 10 per cent.
"Our messaging to date [about getting vaccinated] has been about altruism, a plea to be vaccinated to do the right thing to protect family and loved ones. We can't take the same approach when we are talking about messaging to the hesitant," he said.
"These people aren't necessarily anti-vaxxers, they are hesitant. We need to communicate with these people differently, it can't be emotive, it has to be factual."
Mr Twomey said community pharmacies were well placed to do that as "we are the medicine experts" and dispense 450 million medicines to Australians each year.
To get at least some of those hesitant 10 per cent of Australians vaccinated "there needs to be structures in place where a GP or pharmacist can have a conversation with someone who is hesitant. That conversation will be longer, more onerous, but it could result in informed consent being attained."
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/coronavirus-boosters-likely-for-years-to-come-pharmacy-guild-20211105-p596ff.html
#14935232 at 2021-11-06 04:35:01 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
Eighty per cent of Australians now fully vaccinated against Covid-19
Ellen Ransley - 6 November 2021
Australia has hit a major vaccine milestone on Saturday, with 80 per cent of eligible adults aged over 16 are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
After a tumultuous start to the vaccine rollout, Australia is now one of the most vaccinated countries in the OECD, with double-dose rates in over 16s now higher than Israel and the United States.
The milestone comes a day after Victoria and NSW brought down state borders and began allowing free travel within the two states for fully vaccinated residents.
Victoria, NSW and the ACT have already passed their individual 80 per cent double dose targets, while queensland and WA are days away from reaching 80 per cent first dose milestones.
Under a plan agreed to by the national cabinet, the 80 per cent milestone should ensure only "highly targeted" lockdowns are enforced in response to coronavirus outbreaks.
The plan also suggests vaccinated residents should be exempt from all domestic travel restrictions, and caps on returning vaccinated Australians should be abolished.
However, state border restrictions are a matter for individual premiers.
The plan outlines increased caps for international students, economic migrants and refugees.
It also calls for a lifting of all restrictions on outbound travel for vaccinated Australians, and the extension of travel bubbles with Singapore and Pacific countries.
In a recorded message to all Australians, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the milestone was "magnificent".
"How good is that," he said.
"There's now been 35 million doses. This has been a true Australian national effort.
"Cities and suburbs, towns and hospitals and pharmacies. Aged care facilities and disability home, (and) there's been the pop up clinics. We've been in remote indigenous communities, army barracks and stadiums ... all kinds of locations, all across our amazing country.
"A big thanks goes to our nurses, doctors, our healthcare workers and pharmacists ... everyone who's been involved in this extraordinary effort including local councils and state and territory governments."
Mr Morrison said a special shout out needed to go to older Australians, with more than 99 per cent of over 70s have had a first dose, and over 90 per cent are fully vaccinated.
"Australians haven't just kept themselves safe, we've kept each other safe," Mr Morrison said
" I know it has felt like a long journey ... It has been. But together, we've saved well over 30,000 lives.
" ... I know that has come at a great cost. Families have been separated, businesses and livelihoods closed, schools disrupted. But that sacrifice is the price we all decided to pay for being a caring, generous and supportive country.
"From me, a big thank you. (But) it's not over yet."
And, in a special message to those Australians yet to receive a jab, Mr Morrison asked them to "be a part of this".
"We all need to take this path back to normal life together," he said.
"Well done Australia ... Enjoy this moment, you've worked really hard to get there. Congratulations and thank you."
The milestone comes as the national booster shot program ramps up, with more than 150,000 doses administered in the last two weeks.
https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/eighty-per-cent-of-australians-now-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19-c-4455948
https://www.facebook.com/scottmorrison4cook/videos/we-did-it/867553953943611/
#14930225 at 2021-11-05 15:47:23 (UTC+1)
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VICTORIA & BAN DAN
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5th November 2021
Dear Resident of Southern Metropolitan Region,
1.The impact of Victoria's COVID lockdowns
After 263 days of lockdown, the world's longest, citizens of Melbourne and Victoria having achieved 80% double vaccination are regaining some freedoms. However, rebuilding the Victorian economy will be made more difficult because of the mismanagement of the Andrews Labor Government.
Not only have we Victorians been locked down longest, at 1,100, Victoria has experienced the most COVID related deaths of any Australian jurisdiction. The damage to our economy of these prolonged lockdowns has been massive as they have also impacted on our families and children.
Despite the longest lockdown, Daniel Andrews has refused point blank to release the formal written health advice provided to the Chief Health Officer supporting each public health order made. It is my view that this information should be public given the impact on businesses and families across the state. Labor has refused to obey parliamentary orders to release these briefs and has blocked the release of this information at Freedom of Information despite being ordered to do so by the independent Information Commissioner. What does he have to hide?
2.Victoria's public finances
In September, there was a significant fall in employment in Victoria - the largest in the country - (123,000 people or -3.5%) and a smaller fall in New South Wales (25,000 people or -0.6%) while employment grew in queensland (31,000 people or +1.2%). Monthly hours worked in Victoria fell by 16.6 million hours (3.6%) between August and September, following the 3.4% fall between July and August 2021, and were 3.2% lower than March 2020.
These negative figures from the ABS follow concerning payroll jobs data that recently saw Victoria responsible for almost three quarters of payroll jobs lost nationally. The recently released Victorian Financial Report 2020/21 shows our budget has taken a hit with debt up from $44.3 billion to $72.7 billion up $28.4 billion on last year - 64 per cent in one year.
A revaluation of assets, like our parks, scooped a cool $24.9 billion in 'uplift' to cover or cloak the full extent of a debt surge; otherwise net debt would have been nudging 100 billion dollars. The eyewatering deficit of $14.7 billion should concern all Victorians and much of the large capital spend is being mismanaged with project cost blowouts now a sad norm under Labor. A recording of my comments on the Victorian Financial Report is available here. Other concerning ABS data reveals Victoria's population shrunk by 42,900 in the year to 31 March 2021, and that Victoria was the only Australian state or territory not to grow its population over the period.
Victorians are voting with their feet, fleeing the Andrews lockdowns and the surging taxes under Treasurer Tim Pallas - 39 new taxes. Andrews and his Treasurer need to stop bringing in new taxes that are hitting our job creating businesses so hard. In 2014 the night before the election Andrews promised no new taxes "to every single Victorian" but there have been 39 new taxes brought in by Labor since 2014 (listed on my website). And new ones added during the pandemic. What does the Premier think he is doing? Hitting these vulnerable businesses while they down? The recent state budget saw a surge in tax during a pandemic. Not smart. There is also a new tax planned by Daniel Andrews - the Windfall Gains Tax before parliament right now that will add new taxes to prospective developments - making housing more expensive for families in country Victoria and the city.
#14877572 at 2021-10-29 09:40:17 (UTC+1)
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>>14877567
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What are Andrew's legal options?
Prince Andrew and his legal team have several options when responding to the lawsuit.
Spencer Kuvin, a Florida-based lawyer who has represented victims of Epstein, said the most likely thing they will do is file a motion to dismiss the case.
"Prince Andrew's lawyers will undoubtedly file that motion to test the legal sufficiency of the complaint," he told the ABC.
"Basically, has the complainant, through her lawyers, properly alleged something that can be compensated for under the law?
"Under the law here, the judge can only look at what's called the four quarters of the complaint, meaning that he can only look at the document that was filed and cannot go beyond that.
"He can't look at press and can't look at evidence, he can't look at depositions, nothing else other than just the complaint and does it properly allege under the law, a cause of action?"
After that Ms Giuffre's lawyers would get their own chance to file a response, Mr Kuvin said, and then the court could give a ruling within days, weeks or possibly even longer.
"If the court rules in favour of Prince Andrew the case can be dismissed," he said.
The judge could dismiss the case but allow the complainant to alter the suit and attempt to sue again, or the judge could dismiss Ms Giuffre's complaint with prejudice.
"With prejudice means that it can never be filed again, that under the law, there is no course of action that you can allege that would satisfy the court," Mr Kuvin said.
"Alternatively, the judge could deny the motion in which case Prince Andrew's lawyers would have to file a document called a formal answer to the complaint.
"And an answer, in this case, would likely just be a general denial of all allegations."
Earlier this week, US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan set a deadline for Prince Andrew to make himself available for questioning under oath by July 14 next year, which could overshadow the queen's Platinum Jubilee which is set to begin in June.
'They're going to attempt anything they can'
On October 6, Prince Andrew's legal team was granted access to a copy of the confidential 2009 settlement agreement between Epstein and Ms Giuffre.
At a September court hearing, Mr Brettler said he believed the agreement "absolves our client from any and all liability".
High-profile criminal defence lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who Ms Giuffre has also accused of abuse, used the settlement to have a battery claim against him struck out in August.
"I cannot imagine how the case against the prince will not be dismissed based on the dismissal of the case against me," he told the Telegraph.
Mr Dershowitz has denied Ms Giuffre's claims and is counter-suing her for defamation.
David Boies, Ms Giuffre's lawyer, said in a court filing he believed the Epstein settlement was "irrelevant" to her case against Prince Andrew.
"I guess the question really is whether Andrew will take more of a scorched earth approach with respect to how he responds to this and my guess would be no," Mr Kuvin told the ABC.
"I think his approach might be a little bit more strategic than Dershowitz's."
One thing is for sure, the case is not going anywhere fast, with expectations it could play out over 12 to 18 months.
"I have no doubt that they're going to attempt everything they can to try to get him out of this," Mr Kuvin said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-29/prince-andews-legal-strategy-amid-sexual-assault-claims/100571776
#14877567 at 2021-10-29 09:39:32 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew's legal team prepares to defend him against allegations of sexual assault
Jack Hawke - 29 October 2021
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On Wednesday next week, a New York court could hear for the first time Prince Andrew's defence against allegations of sexual assault in a civil claim brought against him.
The Duke of York has until Friday to formally respond to the lawsuit, which was brought against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre in early August.
She claims she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew at the London home of his friend, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2001 when Ms Giuffre was 17.
Ms Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, also has accused the prince of abusing her at the New York mansion of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as well as Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands.
She is seeking unspecified damages.
Prince Andrew, 61, has "categorically" denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crimes.
So how will Prince Andrew fight the case?
The battle to serve the prince
Initially, it appeared Prince Andrew was simply trying to ignore the civil suit in the hope it would go away.
The day after news of the lawsuit broke, he travelled north from his Windsor home to the queen's Balmoral Estate in Scotland, which led the British press to label him a prince "in hiding".
Under the US civil justice system, a person being sued must receive notice of the complaint that is being filed - and that notice must be a formal notice of the complaint delivered to the defendant.
Court documents show a process server travelled to the prince's home at Royal Lodge several times in late August to deliver the documents, eventually handing them to a Metropolitan Police protection officer at the front gate of the residence.
Copies were also sent via Royal Mail to the Royal Lodge, as well as emailed to the duke's personal office and legal team.
Initially, Prince Andrew's legal team denied he had been properly served through the official channels, until agreeing that service of the lawsuit had been effective as of September 21.
A high-profile lawyer for a high-profile case
Shortly before the civil suit's first court hearing last month, Prince Andrew hired Hollywood lawyer Andrew Brettler from the firm Lavely and Singer to represent him in the case.
Mr Brettler has represented a host of celebrities accused of sexual misconduct, including Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer and actor Armie Hammer, and was named among Hollywood Reporter's top 100 most powerful lawyers in 2021.
"It's never a good day for my clients if they need to talk to me," he told the publication.
And he does not come cheaply, with UK newspaper The Telegraph reporting the duke was being charged $US2,000 ($2,662) per hour for his services, which the queen is said to be paying for herself.
Once he was on board, Mr Brettler went straight to work, trying to frustrate the legal action on procedural grounds.
First, challenging the US court's jurisdiction, then claiming the duke had not been properly served with the lawsuit - a saga that lasted nearly a month.
He also said Ms Giuffre had signed away her right to sue Prince Andrew due to a separate lawsuit against Epstein that was resolved in 2009.
It will be Mr Brettler's job to formally respond to Ms Giuffre's lawsuit by Friday.
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#14859580 at 2021-10-26 08:13:33 (UTC+1)
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Platinum Jubilee 'will be marred by Prince Andrew court case': Key moments in Duke's New York hearing over claims by Virginia Roberts will take place just DAYS before celebrations for queen's 70th anniversary, judge rules
REBECCA ENGLISH - 26 October 2021
The queen's platinum jubilee is set to be dogged by her son Andrew's court drama, it emerged last night.
Documents lodged in the US show the civil case of rape and sexual assault being brought against him by a Jeffrey Epstein victim is to go ahead as quickly as possible.
Judge Lewis Kaplan has ruled, with the agreement of both parties, that all disclosures and depositions should be completed before July next year.
This means that key moments in the case will be heard in the run-up to the official national celebrations to mark the queen's 70 years on the throne.
The commemorations will last throughout the year and will see senior royals - except Andrew - travel around the country and overseas.
Judge Kaplan intends to draw a line under any amendments to the New York proceedings by December 15.
All disclosures relating to expert witnesses should be made by June 13 with the disclosure process complete a month later.
One US legal expert described the scheduling order as 'brisk'.
Andrew, who was a close friend of financier and convicted paedophile Epstein, has always denied Virginia Giuffre's claims that she was trafficked by her abuser to have sex with him on three occasions when she was 17.
Although the prince and his legal team were shocked when she suddenly lodged a civil claim against him in April, they now intend to use it to try to prove his innocence once and for all. He has not been charged with any crime.
They have until this Friday to respond to the claims in her lawsuit, with a further hearing at a court in Manhattan due to be held next week.
Earlier this month the Metropolitan Police said it was taking no action over Ms Giuffre's claims.
The case has proved ruinous for the duke's image.
In a Newsnight interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis in November 2019, Andrew denied claims that he slept with Ms Giuffre on three separate occasions and said: 'I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened.
'I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever.'
The duke also said he has no memory of a well-known photograph of him with his arm around Ms Giuffre's waist and has questioned whether it was his own hand in the image.
The fallout from the interview saw the royal criticised for showing a lack of empathy towards Epstein's victims and a lack of remorse over his friendship with disgraced financier.
Epstein killed himself while in custody.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10130395/queens-platinum-jubilee-dogged-Prince-Andrew-drama-Virginia-Giuffre-case-heard.html
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.27.0.pdf
#14838499 at 2021-10-23 02:20:50 (UTC+1)
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>>14789393
British nuclear sub's visit may be Astute ad
BEN PACKHAM and PAUL GARVEY - OCTOBER 22, 2021
Britain will press its case to build Australia's promised nuclear-powered submarines during an upcoming visit by a British ?nuclear boat to Perth.
The Astute-class submarine has been sailing in a task group with British aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth on its maiden voyage through the Indo-Pacific.
Defence sources in Canberra and Western Australia have confirmed the fast attack boat is scheduled to visit Perth naval base HMAS Stirling - the home of Australia's Collins-class submarines - in coming weeks.
The British will use the visit to showcase the Astute's capabilities to the Royal Australian Navy, with Australian sailors and officers expected to go to sea on the UK nuclear boat.
The submarine could also engage in exercises with an Australian Collins-class submarine, after taking on a Japanese Soryu-class sub in underwater drills last month.
HMS Artful, the third of the Astute-class, was initially sailing with the carrier strike group, but another submarine, either HMS Astute or HMS Ambush, was more recently spotted with the group.
The scheduled visit comes just weeks after British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he believed the UK would build Australia's nuclear-powered subs. "We are in a strong position to help the Australians achieve that capability so I am very confident that British engineering, British skills, Australian nous, will deliver a very good submarine," Mr Wallace said this month.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also suggested Australia's new submarines would be British-made, and AUKUS would create "hundreds" of highly skilled jobs across the UK and reinforce Britain's place "at the leading edge of science and technology".
A Defence taskforce has commenced an 18-month study to determine which submarine Australia will get, and how the navy and Australian industry can deliver on the government's aspirations. Many in the government believe the US's Virginia-class design would be a better option for Australia than the British Astute.
But it's unclear whether the US would allow Australia direct access to its nuclear submarine technology, even under the AUKUS technology partnership struck in September between the three English-speaking allies.
The two US shipyards producing Virginia-class boats have no spare capacity to build submarines for Australia, although Australian defence sources have speculated we could invest in a third US production line.
The Virginia-class design would need few changes for Australian use, but defence analysts suggest the Astute's combat system and weapons would need to be switched for American alternatives, significantly raising costs.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings said Britain was working hard to position itself in the unofficial competition to build Australia's next-generation subs.
"If they had one in the region, getting it out here would be an obvious thing to do to promote British industry," Mr Jennings said.
"Knowing the Brits, they won't miss an opportunity to get out there and do some marketing."
Australia regularly hosts US nuclear-powered submarines but it has been more than a decade since a UK nuclear boat visited.
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency will oversee the visit, and is responsible for contingency arrangements in the unlikely event of a nuclear accident.
Scott Morrison has described the AUKUS partnership as "the single largest step we have been able to take to advance our defence capabilities in this country".
He has said the submarines will be built in Adelaide, but many strategists believe it would be better to purchase the boats from an overseas production line.
Australia's HMAS Canberra and HMAS Anzac joined HMS queen Elizabeth's carrier strike group earlier this month during Exercise Bersama Gold 21.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/british-nuclear-subs-visit-may-be-astute-ad/news-story/49696e29561a9dbb812f167c76c87f9e
#14825519 at 2021-10-21 07:11:03 (UTC+1)
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>>14789393
British defence chief General Sir Nicholas Carter says AUKUS security pact 'not designed to be exclusive'
Andrew Greene - 21 October 2021
The UK's departing Chief of the Defence Staff has signalled the new trilateral AUKUS security pact with the United States and Australia could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan.
In a wide-ranging discussion at a Washington-based think tank, General Sir Nicholas Carter has reflected on the formation of the new military group which will work to develop a nuclear submarine fleet for Australia.
General Carter has told the Center for a New American Security he believes there are still some "question marks" about information sharing between the AUKUS partners.
"I think like all these things we're going to see how it goes - I mean I think there are some question marks about how we share information and those sorts of things," he said.
"I hope this could act as a catalyst for us all to be a bit more open-minded about how we share information with allies and partners because that would be helpful."
Asked whether countries like Japan feel excluded by the new partnership, General Carter suggested the nation could eventually join, along with remaining Five Eyes partners Canada and New Zealand.
"AUKUS is not designed to be in any way exclusive," General Carter told an online audience.
"It's a first step in terms of industrial development between like-minded partners and I absolutely know that the architects of it reckon that if it could be made more inclusive, if there were opportunities there, then that's the direction of travel it would go."
"The same applies to Five Eyes (the intelligence sharing alliance of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) and also to other like-minded countries".
Government and diplomatic sources have played down the British general's comments, telling the ABC there are no plans for AUKUS to include any other nations.
During his appearance, the retiring Defence Chief also talked up the United Kingdom's growing military deployments to the Indo-Pacific.
General Carter said the presence of the queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group in the region was "not going to happen every year", but said the UK intends to have two warships operating continuously and have a "littoral strike group from time to time" there.
At the end of November, General Carter will be succeeded as Chief of the Defence Staff by Sir Antony Radakin, a naval officer who was involved in the early discussions that led to the AUKUS agreement.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-21/british-defence-chief-flags-more-potential-aukus-allies/100555416
#14818568 at 2021-10-20 06:46:12 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
70 per cent of Australians 16 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, reaching national milestone
Jake Evans - 20 October 2021
Seventy per cent of Australians aged 16 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a national milestone in the government's plan to reopen the country.
While vaccination rates differ between states, causing a staggered move to ease restrictions, the national rate has now reached the major target set by the government to begin moving out of the pandemic.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the milestone was a testament to Australians.
"I can officially confirm that Australia has now passed the 70 per cent double-dosed vaccination rate for the 16-plus population," Mr Hunt said.
"To be precise, 70.007 per cent of Australians.
"It's a memorable number, but it's memorable above all else because it represents the movement at a national level to phase B of our national roadmap."
Under the national roadmap, the move to phase B happens when the national average, as well as the average in a particular state or territory, has reached 70 per cent.
Lockdowns become less likely, restrictions are eased for fully vaccinated residents, international traveller caps are raised, and international students and other temporary visa holders are able to enter Australia.
It also marks the beginning of preparations to administer vaccine booster shots.
Details of that program are expected later this month, but Mr Hunt suggested boosters would first be rolled out in aged care homes.
"We have the supply, we have the mechanism. The last part is the medical advice and the medical approval," he said.
'Patchiness' between states
Mr Hunt also celebrated the outstanding vaccination rate in Canberra, which is now one of the most vaccinated cities in the world.
"I think it's important to acknowledge what has happened here in the ACT," he said.
"The ACT is at 98.1 per cent first vaccinations. It is one of the most highly vaccinated societies in the world."
But Mr Hunt noted there was some "patchiness" between states, particularly among children aged 12 to 15, for whom vaccines have only recently become available.
While NSW and the ACT have surpassed 80 per cent double dose rates for the eligible population, Western Australia, queensland and the Northern Territory are not expected to reach their 70 per cent milestones until mid-November, and 80 per cent a month after that.
Nationally, 85.5 per cent of the population has received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/national-double-dose-full-vaccination-rate-reaches-70-per-cent/100552790
#14812510 at 2021-10-19 05:26:47 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
Australia's COVID-19 cases remain subdued as vaccinations rise
Renju Jose and Shashwat Awasthi - OCTOBER 19, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's COVID-19 cases remained subdued on Tuesday as its largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, gradually move towards normality amid a surge in vaccinations, after being rocked by a third wave of infections from the Delta variant.
Sydney and the national capital Canberra exited a months-long lockdown last week after racing through its inoculation targets while Melbourne is on track to lift its strict stay-home orders later this week as double-dose rates in the adult population pass 70%, 80% and 90%.
Authorities in queensland, which on Monday became the first COVID-free state to outline its reopening plans, urged the state's 5 million residents to get vaccinated ahead of opening its state borders a week before Christmas - when its double-dose vaccination rate is expected to reach 80%.
queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the opening of borders should act as an "incentive" for residents to get inoculated. queensland has so far only fully vaccinated 57% of its population above 16, well below the national average of 68%.
Some states and territories have mandated inoculation of frontline workers with offenders facing up to A$5,000 ($3,718) fine in the remote Northern Territory.
Michael Gunner, the territory's chief minister, on Monday blasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz who labelled the territory's vaccine mandate as "Covid tyranny".
"We don't need your lectures, thanks mate. You know nothing about us. And if you stand against a life-saving vaccine, then you sure as hell don't stand with Australia," Gunner said in a tweet.
Texas has seen nearly 70,000 deaths from the virus, compared with just 1,558 in Australia and none in the remote Northern Territory.
A total of 1,749 new cases were reported in Victoria, the majority in Melbourne, down from 1,903 on Monday. Daily infections in New South Wales, home to Sydney, rose slightly to 273, still well down from its pandemic high in early September.
($1 = 1.3448 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-cases-remain-subdued-as-vaccinations-rise-idUSKBN2H82FI
#14806475 at 2021-10-18 07:57:25 (UTC+1)
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Journalist's Ben Roberts-Smith report should remain secret, say lawyers
Tammy Mills - October 18, 2021
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A director of Seven West Media deployed a Walkley-award winning journalist to look into war crime allegations against the company's employee, former special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, in a secret report later dubbed the "McWilliam project".
Lawyers for Mr Roberts-Smith in his defamation case against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, now say journalist Ross Coulthart's report for Seven commercial director Bruce McWilliam and chairman Kerry Stokes should not be released to the newspapers, arguing it is protected by legal professional privilege, which keeps communication between lawyers and clients confidential.
The inner workings of how Seven responded to the allegations against Mr Roberts-Smith, who held a senior executive position at the company, is part of the broader defamation case in which Mr Roberts-Smith is suing the Nine-owned publications over a series of stories that allege he committed murders while on deployment to Afghanistan.
Mr Roberts-Smith, who has stepped aside from his position as general-manager at Seven in queensland while he fights the case, denies all wrongdoing. The Age and Herald are relying on a defence of truth.
While the defamation trial is on hold until at least January, the latest stoush in the Federal Court on Monday centres on access to documents, specifically a report and a series of emails by Coulthart, a freelance journalist who at the time had been hired by public relations company Cato & Clive.
Mr McWilliam said in an affidavit that after media articles began to be published in 2017 about Mr Roberts-Smith, he asked Coulthart, an investigative reporter who had previously worked for the organisation, to look into the allegations and prepare a report for him and Seven boss Kerry Stokes.
Nine wants access to Coulthart's report, which the barrister acting for Nine, Nicholas Owens, SC, called the "McWilliam project". Nine also wants access to subsequent emails Coulthart sent to Mr McWilliam, Mr Stokes and Mr Roberts-Smith's lawyers containing media statements he drafted for the war veteran as part of a public relations response to the allegations.
Mr Roberts-Smith is resisting releasing the documents on the basis that they are covered by legal professional privilege.
In his affidavit, Mr McWilliam said a report setting out the allegations and Mr Roberts-Smith's responses would assist the former solider's lawyers, Mark O'Brien and Arthur Moses, in advising him ahead of being questioned in a war crimes inquiry and a soon-to-come defamation suit.
The fact that Seven were, at that time, footing the war veteran's legal bills was also a consideration.
"I wanted to ensure that any decision by SWM [Seven West Media] to continue to support the applicant [Mr Roberts-Smith] was a considered one," Mr McWilliam said.
Mr Owens said the purpose of the report was a commercial one, not a legal one.
"There's just been a series of very serious allegations made, and Seven West Media wants to make sure that it's spending its money wisely, presumably," Mr Owens said.
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#14806339 at 2021-10-18 06:53:04 (UTC+1)
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>>14798254
Some Sydney school students return as more COVID-19 curbs eased
Renju Jose and Shashwat Awasthi - OCTOBER 18, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of children returned to school in Sydney on Monday, putting an end to months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more COVID-19 curbs, thanks to rising rates of vaccinations.
Masks are no longer mandatory in offices and larger groups are to be allowed in homes and outdoors after the state of New South Wales, home to Sydney, hit a double-dose inoculation rate of 80% at the weekend among those older than 16.
The latest in a series of planned relaxations is part of a shift in strategy by Australia's largest cities towards living with the virus, though officials have warned it will bring more COVID-19 cases.
"This is not over," state premier Dominic Perrottet said on Monday, urging people to stick to the remaining health rules. "There is a long journey to go."
Shops, gyms and pubs can allow more vaccinated users while nightclubs can re-open to serve drinks to seated patrons, and limits on the number of guests at weddings have been dropped. But all must follow social distancing measures.
Monday's return to the classroom has been staggered, as the youngest and eldest - those in kindergarten, year 1 and year 12 go back - with all the rest scheduled for next week.
New South Wales's 265 new cases were the lowest single-day rise in 10 weeks, far off September's high of 1,599.
The neighbouring state of Victoria reported 1,903 new cases, up from 1,838 the previous day. Its capital, Melbourne, is on track to begin exiting its lockdown on Friday, as full vaccination levels near 70%.
The city has spent about nine months under strict stay-home orders since March 2020, the world's longest such stint, say Australian media.
BORDER RE-OPENING
Authorities in northeastern queensland, which is free of COVID-19, said quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated residents from Sydney and Melbourne would begin from Dec. 17, when the state's full vaccination rate is expected to top 80%.
"That is good news for families to be reunited for Christmas," said the state's premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The two cities have been hotspots of Australia's virus outbreak.
Fully vaccinated individuals can travel to queensland when the level of inoculations stands at 70%, but must quarantine at home for two weeks.
As states begin to ease curbs, the federal government said it would roll out its vaccination passport for international travel from Tuesday, a crucial step in its plan to let citizens travel abroad from next month.
Last week, authorities said vaccinated international travellers, initially only citizens and permanent residents, would be allowed to enter Sydney from Nov. 1 here free of quarantine..
With a tally of 145,000 infections and 1,543 deaths, Australia's exposure to the coronavirus has been relatively low.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/some-sydney-school-students-return-as-more-covid-19-curbs-eased-idUSKBN2H70K8
#14795402 at 2021-10-16 06:41:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
>>14795390
2/3
Fighting the claims
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who has accused the Duke of York of sexual assault and rape, is not among the complainants in the Maxwell trial. She has separately, in civil proceedings, accused Epstein and Ms Maxwell of trafficking her to London and forcing her to have sex with the queen's son. Ms Maxwell settled a defamation claim brought by Ms Giuffre in 2017 after she had accused her of lying and now Ms Giuffre is suing the Duke.
Prince Andrew has always denied the allegation.
At the same time that the legal team has learned the names of the accusers, the Metropolitan Police said it had re-examined Ms Giuffre's claims and was not opening a full-blown investigation.
"It's an extraordinary situation," says Mr Maxwell. "Neither the UK police nor, it would seem, the US authorities are using the allegations of Virginia Giuffre. They didn't use them as far as I know in the arrest and prosecution of Epstein in 2008 and didn't use it again in 2019 [when Epstein was arrested a second time].
They are not using Giuffre's testimony in the prosecution of Ghislaine.
"If her claims are strong and true, and there is back-up evidence to support them, why aren't they using them? In my opinion, it speaks volumes as to credibility."
Mr Maxwell cannot believe that Ms Giuffre would make up her claims: "The key thing about it, it seems to me, is she [Ms Giuffre] is at the centre of the whole allegation against Prince Andrew and the defamation case against Ghislaine. So I cannot believe anyone would be so evil as to tell lies about what may have happened that has resulted in my sister being in prison for nearly 500 days and has ruined the life of Prince Andrew. It is just too evil a thought.
"I cannot imagine someone would tell such lies. It is too unconscionable. What I think seems evident is that she was deeply confused. She seems to me to be a very, very confused lady."
But he is in no doubt of the seriousness of her claims: "Prince Andrew has effectively been cancelled as a result of these allegations."
'My sister is not some socialite flibberty gibbet'
The deep, deep worry for Team Maxwell is that in the court of public opinion, Ms Maxwell is already convicted. They are trying to turn the tanker around in the face of a high-profile FBI press conference, broadcast around the world, when she was arrested at her secluded farmhouse - or secret hideout, depending on how it is spun - in New Hampshire in July 2020.
Mr Maxwell insists his sister is wholly innocent, and that while she was close to Epstein for a number of years, they lived in separate homes and their lives "compartmentalised" so that she was unaware, and certainly not involved, in his predatory sexual behaviour, in which he abused scores of young women and teenage girls.
(continued)
#14789400 at 2021-10-15 09:24:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
Judge refuses to move Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case across state borders
Tammy Mills - October 15, 2021
A Federal Court judge has resisted moving a high-profile defamation case involving war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith from NSW to South Australia.
The running of the trial, involving witnesses from five different states and territories, as well as Afghanistan, has faced significant hurdles caused by border closures and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service soldier, is suing The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in the Federal Court for defamation over stories published in 2018 that alleged he was involved in unlawful killings during missions in Afghanistan.
The 42-year-old has denied all wrongdoing and told the court earlier this year he had only killed Taliban insurgents in the heat of battle.
The news outlets are defending the claims and relying on a defence of truth. Four Afghan witnesses have given evidence in the trial, including one who said he saw a "big soldier" kick his uncle, Ali Jan, off a cliff before shots were heard.
The defamation trial was adjourned in August because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Sydney.
On Friday, one of Mr Roberts-Smith's barristers applied for the trial to be moved to South Australia in the hope there would be less of a chance of interruptions there, as well as less restrictive travel requirements for witnesses.
But Justice Anthony Besanko was not persuaded that he should relocate the case, and he resisted setting a date for the trial to resume.
"It seems to me the circumstances are too uncertain for me to do that," Justice Besanko said.
Justice Besanko said he wanted the option to resume the trial from January 17, depending on the situation with the pandemic and the parties involved in the case.
The court heard there were 10 barristers and a "battalion of solicitors" involved in the proceedings.
Courts in NSW have indicated they intend to slowly reopen this month. While NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has said NSW borders would reopen from November 1, there is uncertainty over the borders in other states.
The defamation trial was still to hear from nine witnesses in Western Australia, seven in queensland, more than six in NSW, two from Victoria and another from the ACT, the court heard on Friday.
There was particular concern over whether witnesses from Western Australia, some of whom were special forces soldiers, would be able to return home if they travelled interstate to give evidence because of the hard border closure there.
The newspapers' lawyer, Nicholas Owens, SC, said it seemed "very unlikely" that Western Australia would treat South Australia any differently than NSW if the trial was moved.
Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister, Arthur Moses, SC, said WA police had confirmed that witnesses who were active military personnel could still return to their home state from NSW, considered an "extreme risk jurisdiction", if they were required to be on duty, as long as they self-quarantined for two weeks when they returned.
But Mr Owens said his advice was that defence personnel could rely on that exemption only if they were travelling on defence business.
Mr Moses said witnesses for Mr Roberts-Smith were "prepared to come from WA and will do what is required to come to court to give evidence".
"These are special forces soldiers, some of them. Self-quarantine is not a hardship, your honour … they can come to court and self-quarantine for 14 days," Mr Moses said.
A further case management hearing will take place on December 3.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/judge-refuses-to-move-ben-roberts-smith-defamation-case-across-state-borders-20211015-p5908b.html
#14789346 at 2021-10-15 09:05:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #19 - THE ONLY WAY IS THE MILITARY Edition
#18 - Part 24
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
>>14386072 Prince Andrew is 'person of interest' in Epstein investigation - US prosecutors probing Ghislaine Maxwell's activities want to quiz Duke over friendship with paedophile billionaire
>>14404614 PDF: Prosecutors Ask Judge to Withhold the Names of Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Uncharged Co-Conspirators' from Her
>>14472074 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell used a cart of legal documents to barricade herself inside a video conference room in prison, prosecutors have alleged
>>14478140 PDF: 'Firm trial date' set for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex crimes case - November 29, 2021
>>14496009 Prince Andrew's Gilded Cage Closes in as Department of Justice Reiterates Desire to Speak to Disgraced Royal
>>14517184 PDF: Feds ordered to reveal names of Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged co-conspirators
>>14545016 Prince Andrew has avoided NY sex accuser's attempts to serve him legal papers
>>14554611 PDF: Prince Served: Lawsuit Accusing Andrew of Sexually Abusing Jeffrey Epstein Victim Reaches Embattled Royal
>>14557583 Video: Prince Andrew served lawsuit for alleged assault - 9 News Australia
>>14563656 SERVE RETURNED - Prince Andrew's lawyers 'claim Virginia Roberts sex assault papers NOT properly served and he'll get case thrown out'
>>14563683 David Boies: The pit bull lawyer ruthlessly pursuing Prince Andrew
>>14569195 Prince Andrew's lawyers snub hearing into sex assault claim filed against him in New York
>>14569204 Video: Brave Australian supermodel Bridget Malcolm exposes the dark side of Victoria's Secret - "behind the scenes, 'devils' were at work" - 60 Minutes Australia
>>14576927 Prince Andrew hires Armie Hammer's lawyer to contest 'baseless, non-viable' US lawsuit
>>14584624 British judge 'could force Prince Andrew to testify in UK over US sex assault lawsuit'
>>14593039 Prince Andrew Suffers Setback in Bid to Avoid Epstein Accuser's Lawsuit - British High Court will serve papers on the Prince if necessary
>>14604686 PDF: Sex-assault accuser blasts Prince Andrew, demands he stop hiding 'behind palace walls'
>>14614226 Ball in Andrew's court after copping a serve in sex case
>>14627887 PDF: Prince Andrew is served sexual assault lawsuit in United States
>>14641981 Defiant Prince Andrew to Stop Hiding and Fight Virginia Giuffre's Claims
>>14657668 PDF: Britain's Prince Andrew accepts U.S. service of Virginia Giuffre's sexual assault lawsuit
>>14670712 Hide, fight, settle? The choices for an embattled prince - Prince Andrew must pick a strategy in his battle with Virginia Giuffre, who claims he sexually abused her when she was 17. What are his options?
>>14677565 EXCLUSIVE: Shukri Walker - Witness who 'saw Prince Andrew dancing with sex slave victim' will testify in court
>>14684689 PDF: Prince Andrew has October deadline to respond to Epstein accuser suit
>>14698140 PDF: Jeffrey Epstein's Estate Agrees to Disclose Confidential Deal Requested by Prince Andrew, Court Docs Say
>>14737982 PDF: Prince Andrew can review 2009 Jeffrey Epstein settlement
>>14748965 The man Prince Andrew fears - He's an 80-year-old US lawyer with the queen's favourite son in his sights. Who is David Boies and why is he so feared?
>>14763733 Video: Prince Andrew: London's Met Police drop investigation into allegations of sex abuse
>>14782647 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell wins fight to keep jury questionnaire under seal to avoid tainting jury pool ahead of her November 29 trial for sex-trafficking underage girls for pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
>>14782660 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell Wants Closed Jury Selection in Sex-Trafficking Trial
#14789268 at 2021-10-15 08:47:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#18 - Part 24
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
>>14386072 Prince Andrew is 'person of interest' in Epstein investigation - US prosecutors probing Ghislaine Maxwell's activities want to quiz Duke over friendship with paedophile billionaire
>>14404614 PDF: Prosecutors Ask Judge to Withhold the Names of Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Uncharged Co-Conspirators' from Her
>>14472074 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell used a cart of legal documents to barricade herself inside a video conference room in prison, prosecutors have alleged
>>14478140 PDF: 'Firm trial date' set for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex crimes case - November 29, 2021
>>14496009 Prince Andrew's Gilded Cage Closes in as Department of Justice Reiterates Desire to Speak to Disgraced Royal
>>14517184 PDF: Feds ordered to reveal names of Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged co-conspirators
>>14545016 Prince Andrew has avoided NY sex accuser's attempts to serve him legal papers
>>14554611 PDF: Prince Served: Lawsuit Accusing Andrew of Sexually Abusing Jeffrey Epstein Victim Reaches Embattled Royal
>>14557583 Video: Prince Andrew served lawsuit for alleged assault - 9 News Australia
>>14563656 SERVE RETURNED - Prince Andrew's lawyers 'claim Virginia Roberts sex assault papers NOT properly served and he'll get case thrown out'
>>14563683 David Boies: The pit bull lawyer ruthlessly pursuing Prince Andrew
>>14569195 Prince Andrew's lawyers snub hearing into sex assault claim filed against him in New York
>>14569204 Video: Brave Australian supermodel Bridget Malcolm exposes the dark side of Victoria's Secret - "behind the scenes, 'devils' were at work" - 60 Minutes Australia
>>14576927 Prince Andrew hires Armie Hammer's lawyer to contest 'baseless, non-viable' US lawsuit
>>14584624 British judge 'could force Prince Andrew to testify in UK over US sex assault lawsuit'
>>14593039 Prince Andrew Suffers Setback in Bid to Avoid Epstein Accuser's Lawsuit - British High Court will serve papers on the Prince if necessary
>>14604686 PDF: Sex-assault accuser blasts Prince Andrew, demands he stop hiding 'behind palace walls'
>>14614226 Ball in Andrew's court after copping a serve in sex case
>>14627887 PDF: Prince Andrew is served sexual assault lawsuit in United States
>>14641981 Defiant Prince Andrew to Stop Hiding and Fight Virginia Giuffre's Claims
>>14657668 PDF: Britain's Prince Andrew accepts U.S. service of Virginia Giuffre's sexual assault lawsuit
>>14670712 Hide, fight, settle? The choices for an embattled prince - Prince Andrew must pick a strategy in his battle with Virginia Giuffre, who claims he sexually abused her when she was 17. What are his options?
>>14677565 EXCLUSIVE: Shukri Walker - Witness who 'saw Prince Andrew dancing with sex slave victim' will testify in court
>>14684689 PDF: Prince Andrew has October deadline to respond to Epstein accuser suit
>>14698140 PDF: Jeffrey Epstein's Estate Agrees to Disclose Confidential Deal Requested by Prince Andrew, Court Docs Say
>>14737982 PDF: Prince Andrew can review 2009 Jeffrey Epstein settlement
>>14748965 The man Prince Andrew fears - He's an 80-year-old US lawyer with the queen's favourite son in his sights. Who is David Boies and why is he so feared?
>>14763733 Video: Prince Andrew: London's Met Police drop investigation into allegations of sex abuse
>>14782647 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell wins fight to keep jury questionnaire under seal to avoid tainting jury pool ahead of her November 29 trial for sex-trafficking underage girls for pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
>>14782660 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell Wants Closed Jury Selection in Sex-Trafficking Trial
#14782495 at 2021-10-14 06:42:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
Brittany Higgins: Ex-Liberal staffer accused of rape appears before court
ADESHOLA ORE - OCTOBER 14, 2021
The man accused of raping former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019 has fronted court for the first time.
Bruce Lehrmann, 26, attended the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday morning via telephone from queensland where he is residing. The former Liberal staffer will defend one count of sexual intercourse without consent. He denies he and Ms Higgins had sexual intercourse.
Mr Lehrmann's lawyer John Korn requested a three-week adjournment for the matter. The prosecution did not object. At the next hearing Mr Lehrmann is expected to be committed to stand trial.
Mr Lehrmann only spoke to Magistrate Beth Campbell and Mr Korn to confirm he could hear the proceedings of the virtual hearing.
Mr Lehrmann was summoned to appear in August. ACT police allege Mr Lehrmann had sexual intercourse without consent with Ms Higgins at Parliament House on March 23, 2019. The maximum penalty for this offence is 12 years imprisonment.
Ms Higgins has alleged she was raped before the 2019 election in the office of then defence industry minister Linda Reynolds. Mr Lehrmann and Ms Higgins both worked for Senator Reynolds at the time of the alleged rape.
ACT police first received a report of the alleged assault in April 2019, and the investigation remained open until a formal complaint was made in February 2021.
Ms Higgins' allegations, which became public in February, led to a national reckoning about the handling of sexual assault allegations and the treatment of women in politics and other workplaces.
Mr Lehrmann will next appear in court on November 5.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/brittany-higgins-exliberal-staffer-accused-of-rape-appears-before-court/news-story/30c938bab4391c8fdda7cdff6373a38d
#14763733 at 2021-10-11 05:40:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14554611
Prince Andrew: Met Police drop investigation into allegations of sex abuse
Scotland Yard has made a shock move in its investigation after reportedly speaking with Prince Andrew's Australian-based accuser.
Zoe Smith - October 11, 2021
London's Met Police has dropped its investigation into Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.
The force said it had carried out two reviews into claims made by women that they had been allegedly abused by Andrew and Epstein but would take "no further action".
Officers reportedly spoke with his Australian-based accuser Virginia Giuffre before making the announcement.
A Met Police spokesperson said: "The Metropolitan Police Service continues to liaise with other law enforcement agencies who lead the investigation into matters related to Jeffrey Epstein.
"As a matter of procedure MPS officers reviewed a document released in August 2021 as part of a US civil action. This review has concluded and we are taking no further action.
"We also reviewed information passed to us by a media organisation in June 2021. This review is complete and no further action will be taken."
In August, Met chief Cressida Dick said a review was under way following the new wave of trouble facing the 61-year-old over his links to disgraced Epstein.
Speaking on radio station LBC London, Dame Cressida said: "No one is above the law.
"It's been reviewed twice before, we've worked closely with the Crown Prosecution Service, we are of course open to working with authorities overseas, we will give them every assistance if they ask us for anything within the law obviously."
Virginia Giuffre, 38, who now lives in queensland, has launched a US civil case against Prince Andrew, accusing him of sexually abusing her two decades ago when she was aged 17.
Prince Andrew, who is not facing any criminal charges, "categorically" denies Ms Giuffre's claims against him.
The latest development comes amid reports from The Sunday Times that the Duke of York will not return to public life after Prince Charles, Prince Edward and Princess Anne closed the door on him and Prince William branded him a "threat to the royal family".
'There is no way in the world he's ever coming back, the family will never let it happen," a royal source said, according to The Sunday Times.
"William is no fan of Uncle Andrew," another source, a friend of William's, is reported to have said.
The Sunday Times reported that Prince William was "triggered" by his uncle's perceived "ungracious and ungrateful" attitude towards his position, which William considers "a risk" and a 'threat to the family.'
"Any suggestion that there isn't gratitude for the institution, anything that could lead anyone in the public to think that senior members of the royal family aren't grateful for their position, (William thinks) is really dangerous," The Sunday Times quoted the source as saying.
The scathing article also alleged Prince Andrew is not popular in royal circles due to his "demanding" and "diva-like" behaviour, with one source describing him as "a self-important bore".
One former staff member told The Sunday Times: "He's quite an arrogant chap with a tendency to blame other people when things go wrong, instead of looking at his own behaviour. The Duke of York has never been one to take advice that doesn't suit him, and he doesn't hold back in letting you know what to do with that advice when he doesn't want to hear."
Another royal aide called him "a deeply unpleasant man".
"The difference you see between him and the way Prince William and the Prince of Wales treat their staff with respect, straight out of the queen's handbook, is stark," the royal aide said.
The Sunday Times reported that for all his detractors, Prince Andrew still has the support of his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York and it is rumoured they will eventually remarry.
A friend of the couple, who divorced in 1996, told the paper: "He loves her and she loves him."
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/prince-andrew-met-police-drop-investigation-into-allegations-of-sex-abuse/news-story/12e14522dc0895d3ab52927d4f8c87e1
#14763614 at 2021-10-11 04:57:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14404403
'Freedom Day': Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with COVID-19
Renju Jose - October 11, 2021
SYDNEY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Sydney's cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with the coronavirus and gradually reopen the country.
Some pubs in Sydney, Australia's largest city, opened at 12:01 a.m. (1301 GMT) and friends and families huddled together for a midnight beer, television footage and social media images showed.
"I see it as a day of freedom, it's a freedom day," New South Wales (NSW) state Premier Dominic Perrottet told reporters in Sydney, the state capital. "We are leading the nation out of this pandemic but this will be a challenge."
Perrottet warned that infections would rise after reopening, and virus-free states such as Western Australia and queensland are watching what living with COVID-19 is going to look like amid concerns health systems could be overwhelmed.
While NSW's dual-dose vaccination rate in people above 16 hit 74%, in neighbouring queensland, whose borders remain closed to Sydney-siders, the rate is only 52% and the state government is following an elimination strategy with rapid lockdowns to control any outbreak.
Perrottet has declared an end to lockdowns in NSW and has strong support for reopening in Sydney, whose more than 5 million residents endured severe restrictions from mid-June following an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
The outbreak has since spread to Melbourne and Canberra, forcing lockdowns in those cities, even as case numbers dwindle in NSW.
New South Wales on Monday reported 496 new locally acquired cases, well down from their peak last month, while Victoria logged 1,612 new infections, the lowest in five days.
Under the relaxed rules for NSW, retail stores can open with reduced capacity, while more vaccinated people can gather in homes and attend weddings and funerals.
The state aims to hit an 80% vaccine rate around late October, when more curbs will be relaxed. But the unvaccinated must remain at home until Dec. 1.
"Enjoy the moment, enjoy it with your family and friends," Prime Minister Scott Morrison wished Sydney residents. "Today is a day so many have been looking forward to - a day when things we take for granted, we will celebrate."
Morrison, who must call an election before next May, has come under pressure to press all states to reopen borders to bolster the economy and allow families separated by state border closures to reunite by Christmas. Some states with few cases have not said when they will re-open their borders.
With the vaccine rollout gaining momentum, Australia is planning a staggered return to normal, letting fully vaccinated residents enter and leave the country freely from November, although New South Wales plans to bring forward those dates.
Australia shut its international borders in March 2020, helping keep its coronavirus numbers relatively low, with 130,000 cases and 1,448 deaths.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/long-100-days-sydney-reopens-australia-looks-live-with-covid-19-2021-10-10/
#14758151 at 2021-10-10 06:12:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14757971
Scott Morrison thanks Australians for 'phenomenal' jab uptake, as NSW opens new chapter
RHIANNON DOWN - OCTOBER 10, 2021
Scott Morrison has praised Australians for their "phenomenal response" to the Covid-19 crisis by rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated at among the highest rates in the world, as NSW edges closer to freedom when the state reopens on Monday.
The Prime Minister thanked the millions of Australians who have presented for vaccination, saying they should be "proud" of their achievement, with the 30 million doses administered pushing the vaccine coverage to 82.2 per cent single-dose and 61.9 per cent double-dose.
Mr Morrison said NSW was more than prepared to reopen with the state's high vaccination rate - which sits at 73.5 per cent double-dose - ranking, along with the ACT, among the top 10 OECD countries in terms of vaccination coverage.
Australia has a first-dose vaccination rate higher than Germany and the US, as well as higher than the UK's when it reopened.
"Freedoms for those in states that have been subject to lockdowns are very close, and all of those have been earned and hard won by those who went out, rolled up their sleeves and got their jab," Mr Morrison said in a video released on Sunday.
"Tomorrow NSW will begin a new chapter. It will open up safely as part of our national plan. And stay safely open.
"This will be a moment to cherish for people right across New South Wales; reuniting with family and friends, having a beer with your mates at the pub, getting a haircut and going to the gym.
"All things that we once took for granted but that we now know are so important."
Mr Morrison also commended the rest of the states and territories for their "amazing achievements", including the ACT, which sits at 95 per cent first dose and 72.8 per cent double-dose vaccination, and Victoria, which is on 85.5 per cent single-dose and 58.6 per cent full vaccination rate.
"The phenomenal response from Australians to go and get vaccinated - as we've seen those vaccination rates rise right across country - means it's now time that Australians are able to reclaim their lives," he said.
"We're beating Covid, and we're taking our lives back.
"Whether you're in locked-down Melbourne, or on the verge of once again opening up in Sydney or living life near normal in Perth, we all have cause for celebration today."
Mr Morrison revealed he had been discussing bringing forward the reopening of international borders into NSW with Premier Dominic Perrottet.
"The NSW Premier and I have been discussing how we can accelerate our plan to open international travel when home quarantine is made available," he said.
"Now, that would mean home quarantine for vaccinated Australians wishing to return home via Sydney and giving the option for international travel for vaccinated Australians to leave and return."
Mr Morrison gave a special thanks to Victoria, where Melbourne has endured the longest lockdown in the world over the past 18 months, after Premier Daniel Andrews announced plans to allow vaccinated crowds back at the Melbourne Cup and Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday.
"Victorians have sacrificed so much - more than any right across the country with the extent of lockdowns that they've had - so much during the course of this pandemic, and this must be very welcome news," he said.
"But more importantly, for friends and family, it means they will soon be able to be reunited and share again so many of those lost moments that they've had in the past few years."
He also applauded Tasmania, which despite having virtually no Covid-19 cases had almost reached 80 per cent first-dose vaccination, and Western Australia and queensland, which were edging closer to the 70 per cent first dose mark.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/scott-morrison-thanks-australians-for-phenomenal-jab-uptake-as-nsw-opens-new-chapter/news-story/23585954fa270263278a2e31f0a41a56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8MqPjP1jU
#14750163 at 2021-10-09 02:53:49 (UTC+1)
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>>14607022
>>14607041
Andrew Rule: Depraved ogres lurking beneath the internet's sparkly surface
Commercial child abuse is metastasising like cancer via the internet and involves evil beyond belief. But this crack team of specialist investigators are saving thousands of children.
Andrew Rule - October 9, 2021
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When I first worked with Simon Nasht, he was a dashing young reporter in a dark suit and tie, dark hair and moustache - and a look of fierce concentration as he smashed out another Royal Show results story on a battered typewriter in the dingy press room under the Showgrounds grandstand.
It was 1979. Among the moleskins and straw and farm animals, young Nasht looked like Clark Kent channelling Bryan Ferry. But writing Show "yarns" laid the foundation of a brilliant career as a storyteller that would take him first to Canberra then to years based in London and New York before coming home.
Nasht's name is on at least 40 documentaries, some made in tough places. Naive he isn't.
But when fellow director Akhim Dev came to him in 2015 pitching an investigation of the borderless badlands of international child abuse, Nasht couldn't quite believe it. Dev's story of industrial-scale sexual abuse on the dark web seemed too far-fetched.
Turns out it wasn't. Dev was right: the internet had enabled a secret army of tech-savvy deviants to weave a global web, exploiting technology to create a bottomless pit of depraved and distressing images ranging from cunningly-groomed teenagers to violated newborn babies.
One man sold guarantees of first access to images of an unborn child, publishing ultrasound scans of the foetus as proof of "ownership".
Some dark web "boards" with thousands of followers specialise in sickening images of tiny babies being abused. Others peddle images of victims under three years old, abused specifically because toddlers do not have enough speech to describe what is happening.
Some will recall the arrest of the monstrous Australian paedophile Peter Scully, who sold "live views" of atrocities from his den in the Philippines. Scully raped and killed children on camera, his teenage girlfriend finding "street kids" to feed the beast.
Such depraved acts are abhorrent. But the fact there is a highly-organised market for it is worse. It normalises the horror - and means commercial child abuse is metastasising like cancer.
There have always been monsters, of course. In each state and most countries, there are sex offenders' units like the one at Ararat, with inmates capable of the crimes Scully committed.
But more frightening than the few monsters in cells is that there are hundreds of men who rape children on camera because out there, around the world, are huge numbers of invisible adults who want to watch.
This is evil beyond belief. Which is why Nasht at first didn't believe it. Also why investors and bodies who sponsor serious documentaries were too blinded by its repellent nature to grasp the scale of the crisis or the urgency needed to tackle it.
One reason that child abuse has become deeply entrenched online under the noses of corporations, governments and mainstream society is that no one wants to know about it. The instinct to ignore the unspeakable runs deep, which gives perverts the chance to get away with it.
But Dev persuaded Nasht and then Nasht joined forces with seasoned film producer Tony Wright, for whom surviving child abuse was personal. Between them they recruited backers, including SBS, Film Victoria and Screen Australia
The result is a restrained but chilling insight into a world that millions of deviates, and thousands of profiteers, have until now kept hidden deep in the dark web.
Nasht says it's the most important story he has worked on in 30 years. But he's not the hero of the piece. That part belongs mainly to a quietly-spoken queensland policeman, Jon Rouse, who found his calling in the fight against the makers, promoters and consumers of child abuse material more than 20 years ago.
Det. Insp. Rouse isn't your average copper. Talk to him for an hour then watch the documentary and you see someone formidably intelligent but not interested in showing off.
He played keyboard in bands supporting big touring acts and still plays with some of Brisbane's hottest musicians. It's a change from tracking the monsters of the dark web, a task a bit like playing simultaneous games of chess against invisible opponents for the highest stakes ... the lives of abused children.
(continued)
#14748991 at 2021-10-08 23:56:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
>>14748984
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As for Elizabeth Holmes and her pin-prick blood-testing start-up, he found her very convincing, although, "It was not so much her as the ?people around her. You had the chairman of the Stanford chemical engineering department... top doctors and clinicians and academics." They all seemed convinced too. After an investigative piece in The Wall Street Journal suggested her technology wasn't all it was cracked up to be, Boies called for it to be independently tested. "There were several times when I was promised it was being done," although it kept being delayed, he says. It has been pointed out that during this period, and before Boies cut his ties with her, Holmes was one of the guests at his 75th birthday party in Las Vegas. She even gave a toast. "I had a lot of clients that were there," he says. "A lot of people gave toasts."
Some people have suggested Boies' work for Virginia Giuffre is part of an effort to restore his reputation, though, in fairness, he took her on in 2014. She had lawyers already, but "I think they realised she was going to come in for a lot of attacks", he says. "She would really need a firm with a lot of resources." Giuffre, an Australian ?resident who resides in queensland, accused Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein of trafficking her to Prince Andrew. When Maxwell denied the claims and called ?Giuffre a liar, they sued for defamation. "Ultimately we had a very successful recovery against Ms Maxwell, financially," he says. "Even more important, I think, in the larger scheme of things, we built an evidentiary record of the sex trafficking that, while it was sealed, it was something that was available to be unsealed by the government or... by the press."
Eventually, Maxwell's depositions in that case would be used against her as part of the criminal prosecution that now has her languishing in a Brooklyn jail, awaiting trial in November - a fact that must give Prince Andrew pause when he contemplates having to be deposed himself. Boies says this could probably be done in London; tapes of it could then be used as evidence in court, if it comes to that. Or the duke could try to settle the suit.
His chances of avoiding it entirely look slim. After the first hearing when Brettler, the duke's lawyer, argued that the papers had not been properly served, Boies fired back with a memorandum, saying the process of serving a defendant was not supposed to be "a game of hide and seek behind palace walls". Lewis Kaplan, the judge in New York, then ordered that the lawsuit could simply be sent to Brettler.
The duke's lawyers also say Giuffre may have signed away her right to sue the Prince in a 2009 settlement with Epstein, which they are seeking to have unsealed. "It's irrelevant," Boies says. "It had to do with Epstein and certain people he did certain things with in Florida. Because it's confidential I can't really go into the terms of it, but... it doesn't protect Prince Andrew." It's now been confirmed that court papers were served on September 21 and the duke has until October 29 to respond.
I ask Boies what he made of the duke's infamous interview on Newsnight. "It was inexplicable to me why his advisers would permit him to do it," he says. "The interview simply drew more attention to him and... the fact that he had no credible explanation. In addition, it put on display a level of arrogance and lack of remorse that was the opposite of what I would at least think he should have been conveying." I imagine Boies watching it and rubbing his hands. "Oh yes, obviously," he says. "No question about that."
How will you do it? I ask. "Generally, what is the most effective is to just patiently go through what the facts are," he replies. It sounds very reasonable, and also like a threat.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/gun-for-hire-david-boies-the-lawyer-pursuing-prince-andrew/news-story/05ddb41594ff3a34678e1d0e9cc74893
#14748965 at 2021-10-08 23:54:36 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
>>14563683
The man Prince Andrew fears
He's an 80-year-old US lawyer with the queen's favourite son in his sights. Who is David Boies and why is he so feared?
WILL PAVIA - October 8, 2021
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David Boies is tall and rangy and in 50 years he has built a reputation as a masterful litigator who destroys opponents on the witness stand. When he rose to question a former commander of US forces in Vietnam during a libel trial, reporters in the gallery were said to have hummed the theme from Jaws. They weren't humming for the general. His humiliating cross-?examination of Bill Gates almost led to the dissolution of Microsoft; a few years later, a pioneering case he fought and won in California helped pave the way for marriage equality in the US. In the commercial world, he became known as a lawyer who could save your company: nine times he has secured settlements of more than $1 billion.
More recently he has been muddied by controversies related to his work for Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, and for Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos, who is now on trial for fraud. Boies was accused of threatening people and of adopting underhand tactics. He disputes this, though it only burnished his reputation for ruthlessness in a fight. This is the 80-year-old lawyer who is leading the case against Prince Andrew. "I really don't view this as taking on the royal family," he tells me.
We're at the US Open, perched above an outer court at Flushing Meadows. It is three days before the first pre-trial hearing in the case of Virginia L Giuffre v Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Boies filed this lawsuit in New York in August, accusing the duke of sexually abusing Giuffre on three occasions, including once at his friend Jeffrey Epstein's mansion in Manhattan, when she was 17 and not yet an adult under New York law. The duke sexually abused Giuffre "when she was a frightened, vulnerable child with no one there to protect her", the suit said. "It is long past the time for him to be held to account." The duke denies the allegations.
"I view this as taking on one particular person who engaged in conduct that I am sure the royal family privately disapproves of, as much as anybody else," Boies says. "Now when it's a member of your family it's always hard, I know. I sympathise very much with the queen, in the same sense that I sympathise with any mother whose child ends up in the kind of trouble Prince Andrew's had."
Andrew is meant to be her favourite, I say. He nods. "Makes it harder," he replies, his eyes trained on the players beneath us. You might wonder what we're doing at the tennis. Boies' clients probably wonder this too, occasionally. This is a man who can bill $1950 an hour. But he's also a huge fan. He's nearly always here during the tournament, even if he has a major case coming up. There's always a worry that one of his clients, watching the tennis on television, will spot him in the crowd and ask, "Why aren't you working on my case?" he says.
(continued)
#14737982 at 2021-10-07 07:03:18 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Prince Andrew can review 2009 Jeffrey Epstein settlement
Jonathan Stempel - October 7, 2021
NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Prince Andrew will have a chance to review a 2009 settlement agreement that he hopes will shield him from a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a woman two decades ago, when she was underage.
In an order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan granted permission for Andrew's lawyers to receive a copy of the confidential agreement between the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, the prince's accuser.
Giuffre has also accused Epstein of abuse.
Epstein's estate had agreed to letting the Duke of York, who is also queen Elizabeth's second son, review the agreement, but court approval was needed.
The prince, 61, has not been charged with crimes, and has "categorically" denied Giuffre's claims against him.
Andrew Brettler, a lawyer for the prince, said in an email he expects to receive the agreement soon from Giuffre's lawyers.
At a hearing last month, Brettler told the judge overseeing Giuffre's lawsuit that he believed the agreement "absolves our client from any and all liability."
Lawyers for Giuffre did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
David Boies, one of the lawyers, said in a court filing last month that he believed the settlement was "irrelevant" to Giuffre's case against Andrew.
Giuffre, 38, accused the prince of forcing her to have sex when she was underage at the London home of Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
She also said Andrew abused her at Epstein's mansion in Manhattan, and on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Andrew faces an Oct. 29 deadline to formally respond to Giuffre's lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.
Epstein, a registered sex offender, killed himself at age 66 in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to helping recruit and groom underage girls for Epstein to abuse. Her trial in Manhattan is scheduled for Nov. 29.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-andrew-can-review-2009-jeffrey-epstein-settlement-2021-10-06/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14945220/giuffre-v-dershowitz/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.513818/gov.uscourts.nysd.513818.346.0.pdf
#14737680 at 2021-10-07 05:45:36 (UTC+1)
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>>14731101
Tony Abbott lands in under-threat Taiwan
WILL GLASGOW - OCTOBER 6, 2021
Former prime minister Tony ?Abbott has arrived in Taiwan as the island democracy works with partners to defend itself from a campaign of military intimidation by China.
Mr Abbott will give a keynote address on Friday at the Yushan Forum, an annual conference aimed at strengthening Taiwan's relations in the increasingly contested region.
On Wednesday, he met with Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu, who thanked the former PM for backing Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a giant trade pact.
"He's a fair dinkum free trader [and] bold backer of our [CPTPP] bid. Thanks for the support [and] all the best for the [Yushan Forum] keynote, my friend!" minister Wu said on Twitter after their lunch meeting.
Abbott will soon meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, who this week warned that a takeover of the ?island of 24 million people by China would be "catastrophic for regional peace and the democratic alliance system".
"It would signal that in today's global contest of values, authoritarianism has the upper hand over democracy," Ms Tsai wrote in a new essay in Foreign Affairs.
A delegation of French senators - including former defence minister Alain Richard - flew to Taiwan on Wednesday, and will also meet with Ms Tsai and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
China's foreign ministry expressed "serious concern" about the French visit, which is taking place during heightened concern across much of the global community about Beijing's aggression. Beijing opposes Taiwan having diplomatic exchanges and threatens politicians against visiting the island, which it treats as a wayward province.
The joint visits come after China flew a record 56 fighter jets near Taiwan on Monday as Beijing's propaganda machine warned war "may be triggered at any time". Nearly 150 Chinese warplanes have breached Taiwan's air defence identification zone since Friday, when China celebrated its National Day.
Monday's wave of People's Liberation Army aircraft included 12 nuclear-capable bombers.
Writing in Foreign Affairs, Ms Tsai said Taiwan's democracy was not negotiable. "Amid almost daily intrusions by the People's Liberation Army, our position on cross-strait relations remains constant: Taiwan will not bend to pressure, but nor will it turn adventurist, even when it accumulates support from the international community," she wrote.
The US - Taiwan's most important security partner - has long insisted that the future of Taiwan be determined by peaceful means.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had discussed Taiwan with China's President Xi Jinping. "We made it clear that I don't think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement," Mr Biden said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshi?mitsu Motegi said he hoped the situation would be "resolved peacefully between the two parties through direct talks ... instead of simply monitoring the situation, we hope to weigh various possible scenarios that may arise to consider what options we have, as well as preparations we must make."
Tokyo has spoken with increased directness about the consequences of Beijing using military force in the Taiwan Strait.
The Japan Maritime Self-?Defence Force this weekend trained with Britain's HMS queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and America's USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson for an exercise in waters southwest of Oki?nawa, along with warships from Canada, The Netherlands and New Zealand.
Mr Abbott has supported Taiwan's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a giant trade pact. China has also applied to join the CPTPP.
New members need the support of all the group's eight ratified members, which include Australia, Japan and Canada. He last week told a parliamentary inquiry that the only argument for opposing Taiwan's entry would be that "it might upset China ... but given that China is not a member ... is unlikely to become a member ... and is already in a state of high dudgeon against Australia and many other countries, I don't see that China is going to be any more upset than it already is."
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull gave an online keynote address at last year's Yushan Forum, at which he said "China's unilateral actions in the South China Sea (were) becoming a nightmare for ASEAN".
On Monday, China's envoy to Malaysia was summoned in protest after Chinese vessels entered its maritime economic zone.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/tony-abbott-lands-in-underthreat-taiwan/news-story/ba04584dbd057f8e296cfe6506bb82fa
https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1445643134453444608
#14731069 at 2021-10-06 05:53:43 (UTC+1)
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Win for Collaery derails Porter's attempt to cover up Timor-Leste bugging
In a defeat for the federal government in its pursuit of Bernard Collaery, the attempt by former attorney-general Christian Porter to keep the trial hidden has been overturned by the ACT court of appeal.
BERNARD KEANE - OCT 06, 2021
In a significant defeat for the federal government and former attorney-general Christian Porter, the Supreme Court of the ACT has overturned secrecy orders demanded by Porter in his prosecution of Bernard Collaery, which would have ensured much of the trial was conducted in complete secrecy and evidence would have been hidden not merely from the public but from Collaery and his lawyers.
Judges Murrell, Burns and Wigney overturned trial Judge David Mossop's decision to grant Porter's application to hide evidence against Collaery, and witness evidence produced by Collaery, via national security orders made by Porter under the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004. The appellate court ruled that:
"public disclosure of information relating to the truth of the identified matters would involve a risk of prejudice to national security. However, the court doubted that a significant risk of prejudice to national security would materialise. On the other hand, there was a very real risk of damage to public confidence in the administration of justice if the evidence could not be publicly disclosed. The court emphasised that the open hearing of criminal trials was important because it deterred political prosecutions, allowed the public to scrutinise the actions of prosecutors, and permitted the public to properly assess the conduct of the accused person."
The ruling threatens to derail the entire trial of Collaery for conspiracy and revealing information because the government is desperate to keep embarrassing details of the actions of the Howard government, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, out of the public eye. Under John Howard and Alexander Downer, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service illegally bugged the Timor-Leste cabinet room in an effort to secure an advantage in negotiations with the fledgling state over access to resources under the Timor Sea.
Downer and the then-head of DFAT Ashton Calvert later took positions with a major beneficiary of the deal, Woodside.
If details of those events are made public, the Coalition will face embarrassment and further questions about its vexatious pursuit of Collaery and Witness K, a former ASIS officer who in June was given a three month suspended sentence for his role in the revelation of the bugging, which he did so as part of a workplace dispute with ASIS.
It is expected that current Attorney-General Michaelia Cash - who has her own links to the issue via her previous employment with major law firm Freehills, which worked with ConocoPhillips on Timor Gap matters - will appeal the ruling.
Crikey understands that there is intense resentment toward Collaery within the federal Coalition and a determination to pursue him to the fullest extent possible for his revelation of the crimes of the Howard government.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/10/06/win-for-collaery-derails-porters-attempt-to-cover-up-timor-leste-bugging/
https://www.courts.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1870627/Collaery-v-The-queen-Judgment-Summary.pdf
#14715775 at 2021-10-04 05:06:19 (UTC+1)
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>>14592776
Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss fires broadside at China and supports Australia in keynote party speech
JACQUELIN MAGNAY - OCTOBER 4, 2021
British foreign secretary Liz Truss fired a broadside at China and sent a warm message to Australia and "our allies from the Baltic to the Tasman'' that Britain stands with them to promote the cause of freedom.
Ms Truss opened the three-day Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Sunday with a keynote speech noting that while it was important to trade with China, it must be "reliable'' trade, avoiding strategic dependency and ensuring it doesn't involve violation of intellectual property rights or technology transfers.
She added: "The world is safer and more prosperous when countries abide by their international obligations. We will also be tough on those who don't share our values and don't play by the rules."
Ms Truss, who was recently promoted to the foreign secretary role after helping to arrange the free trade deal with Australia while trade secretary, announced that Britain would build "coalitions of the willing'' to advance those democratic causes from a position of strength, delivered through better security, better trade and better development support.
She mentioned the new AUKUS partnership which would help Australia acquire nuclear powered submarines to defend territorial waters, and added that Britain was in talks with Japan about improving military access and closer security ties with India and Canada.
Ms Truss also highlighted how the strike carrier group - spearheaded by the newly launched HMS queen Elizabeth and currently in the Indo-Pacific in the middle of a seven-month deployment - was demonstrating Britain's global role.
"We are demonstrating all of this through the visible armed presence of our carrier strike group, we are spending more than two per cent of GDP on defence, that's the biggest (spend) since the Cold War,'' she said. "We want our allies from the Baltic to the Tasman to know that Britain stands with them and together we will stand up to our adversaries and promote the cause of freedom."
Ms Truss also said Britain would forge closer ties with allies like the G7, NATO, Japan and Mexico, South Korea, India, Israel, the Gulf states and those countries that escaped the USSR and fought for freedom. She said she wanted stronger economic ties to build a network around the world in the pursuit of liberty and human rights, but intriguingly failed to name check the European Union or specify any European countries, although several are members of NATO and the G7.
Australia's high commissioner to the UK, George Brandis, also attended the party conference, speaking on Sunday at a fringe event organised by the Henry Jackson Society. Mr Brandis has often told the Conservatives that Britain has no stronger friend than Australia and he said defending Australia's democratic values and ensuring the security of cyberspace was critical to national security.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/britains-foreign-secretary-liz-truss-fires-broadside-at-china-and-supports-australia-in-keynote-party-speech/news-story/5b6681da2bcf04a4c34b362c07e28cfa
#14709981 at 2021-10-03 05:19:29 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
Australia's Delta outbreak spreads to new states
Lidia Kelly - OCTOBER 3, 2021
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia reported more than 1,900 new infections of the Delta coronavirus on Sunday, health data showed, with authorities struggling to quell the outbreak in the two most populous states and cases spreading to new states.
Victoria and New South Wales, which have been under lockdown for weeks, reported 1,887 cases and 13 deaths.
The island state of Tasmania, which has not had a case for 58 days, reported a new local infection late on Saturday, and there were new cases in South Australia state over the weekend.
queensland state has been largely COVID-19-free and reported no new infections, allowing the National Rugby League grand final to kick off in Brisbane on Sunday night, albeit with crowd numbers cut to 75% of capacity to 39,000 people.
Victoria and New South Wales are expected to open up once 80% vaccination is reached, but authorities have warned case numbers are expected to soar and hospitals will come under strain as Australia learns to live with COVID-19.
New South Wales expects to reach that target by the end of October or early November, with Victoria a few weeks later.
"It will be hardest and most challenging time for our nurses, and ambulance workers and doctors," Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews warned on Sunday.
Australia is also set to gradually lift its 18-month ban on international travel from next month for some states when 80% of people aged 16 and over are fully vaccinated. As of Saturday, 56% of Australians nationally were fully inoculated and 80% have received at least one shot.
Australia closed its international borders in March 2020, allowing only a limited number of people to leave or citizens and permanent residents abroad to return nations. All arriving passengers have been subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine period in a hotel at their expense.
Despite the new cases reaching record daily levels in recent months, Australia has avoided the high caseloads of other developed countries, with just over 110,000 infections total since the start of the pandemic and 1,334 deaths.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-delta-outbreak-spreads-to-new-states-idUSKBN2GT01L
#14691637 at 2021-09-30 07:12:15 (UTC+1)
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>>14607041
Inside Argos, the police task force that has rescued thousands of children from their abusers
Ella Archibald-Binge - 30 September 2021
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Warning: The following article contains references to child sexual abuse.
Kelly Humphries was seven years old when a visit to her uncle's house turned sinister.
"He came to me and pulled me close, and I remember him saying, 'I want to teach you what it's like to love, just like in the movies'," she recalls.
"That night, before I fell asleep, he came into the bedroom, and that's where the sexual offending began."
The abuse went on until Ms Humphries was 15. For years, she struggled to overcome her fear of telling her parents what had happened.
"I worried that they would judge me, that they wouldn't love me anymore, that they would think I was dirty, disgusting - because that's how I felt, and that's how he made me feel," she says.
At 19, out of concern for her younger sister, she disclosed the abuse.
In 2001, her uncle pleaded guilty to indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault. He was sentenced to four years in prison with a non-parole period of 18 months.
Children blackmailed into producing content for abusers
Ms Humphries, now 40, has worked as a police officer in queensland for the past 14 years, including eight years as a school-based police officer.
She has seen a disturbing shift in the way predators groom children.
"Now, the trend that we're seeing is children or young people are making their own child exploitation material," she says.
Detective Inspector Jon Rouse has seen the phenomena unfold on social media.
"Child-sex offenders are very good at pretending to be a 14 or 15-year-old boy and gaining the trust of a 14 or 15-year-old girl on any of these applications," he says.
"They've very good at getting that to the next level, which is getting images sent.
"And, once that happens, that's the end of the game, because they've got that image and they can then threaten the child to produce more content.
"It's gut-wrenching."
How police ended up running an online paedophile ring
Detective Inspector Rouse is head of Task Force Argos, a team of experts dedicated to countering what has become one of the world's fastest-growing major crimes.
Their work is now the focus of an upcoming documentary, The Children in The Pictures.
The unit was set up in 1996 to investigate historical allegations of institutionalised child abuse, but its focus quickly shifted as the internet took off and paedophiles set up online chat boards to share abusive material.
Police officers developed an unorthodox method to find the perpetrators.
They would identify and arrest the leaders of the chat boards, before assuming their online identities to gain control of the network - effectively masquerading as offenders and sifting through mountains of harrowing material to find clues that would lead them to victims.
One such operation, reported by 7.30, led to the arrest of Shannon McCoole, a South Australian child protection worker revealed to be a child-sex offender and the administrator of a paedophile chat board with 45,000 members.
In collaboration with overseas police agencies, Task Force Argos has rescued thousands of children from their abusers.
But it's a relentless job.
"The gravitation of child-sex offenders to these platforms has been exponential globally," Inspector Rouse says.
"The boards that we continue to monitor now, we're up in the hundreds of thousands in their membership."
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#14684720 at 2021-09-29 07:46:15 (UTC+1)
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>>14684715
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The moment a loud shot was fired, the Indians would lock themselves in their peninsula and the Japanese would do what they always do, negotiate from under the table. That would leave the United States and mugs like us carrying a military fight to the Chinese all by our righteous selves.
India is having us all on. India enjoys the impenetrable wall of the Himalayas on its north and the protection of two oceans around its distended peninsula. And it has a population younger and as large as that of China. It is in an undefeatable position. And no power would try to defeat it - certainly not the Chinese.
Henry Kissinger said to me on a number of occasions that he and I shared an important strategic view. And that view, in Kissinger's words, was that India "would never be part of the East Asian system". A view I have always firmly held.
It is impossible to imagine the Indian Navy attacking Chinese military or civilian assets in the South China Sea - an area completely remote from the safety and comity of India's waterlocked peninsula - notwithstanding the odd skirmish each has every decade or so on their Himalayan border.
India is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The other states include China itself, Russia and Pakistan. India will turn up as large as life to the next meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, after it has turned up, as large as life, for America's Quad follies in the White House.
India, a founder of the non-aligned movement, has historically been allergic to alliances, having no desire whatsoever to put all its eggs into one basket - something it will never do. But here we are in Australia, at the strategic casino, putting all our money on black, thinking the Indians will turn up for a major showdown with the Chinese. While the Japanese know, in such a fight, China will obliterate them.
But the prophet from the Shire has wandered into all this, unable to comprehend the vector forces of the subtleties at play, when Australian foreign policy had the complete capacity to manage relations between China and the United States, as we have done so successfully for decades before.
I singlehandedly talked two American presidents into sitting down annually with the president of China, the prime minister of Japan and the president of Indonesia and, in China's case, persuading them to sit beside the representatives of Taiwan and Hong Kong. That is what I did in developing the APEC Leaders' Meeting. Could you imagine Morrison or Payne or the growling policeman from queensland achieving such a thing? But now, according to Payne, I am not up to date, I am too long out of it, a relic of a bygone age. Well, I might be, but one thing I am not - an Australian defeatist who, at the first sign of tension, would sell the country out to another power.
Paul Keating was prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a-relic-of-a-bygone-age-i-might-be-but-i-m-not-a-defeatist-20210928-p58vdu.html
#14684555 at 2021-09-29 06:51:25 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
Australia's federal govt to cut COVID-19 income support
Renju Jose - SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's federal government will wind down emergency funding for people who lost work during COVID-19 shutdowns as vaccination rates increase across the country, putting pressure on state and territory leaders to keep their economies open.
The decision to cut off federal support when inoculation levels reach 80% means individual states and territories would have to foot the bill if they decide to go into lockdown in response to any fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus.
"(This) emergency payment needs to come to an end," Frydenberg told Seven News on Wednesday. "If you look around the world … people are starting to get about their normal lives, learning to live with the virus in a COVID-safe way."
Australia's two biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, along with its capital Canberra, have been in lockdown for several weeks as the country grapples with a Delta variant-fuelled third wave of the virus.
The shutdowns have put Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economy on the brink of a second recession in as many years.
In other virus-free parts of the country, state and territory leaders, who have the power to close their borders under Australia's federal system of government, have done just that, hoping to avoid importing infections from the hotspots.
The federal government, which has spent more than A$9 billion ($6.5 billion) since June to support around 2 million people, wants all internal borders reopened when the 80% vaccination threshold is reached nationally, expected in November.
However, despite the creation of a national cabinet to form a cohesive response to the pandemic, some state leaders have indicated they may not follow that national plan.
Frydenberg said federal income support payments will begin to be phased out when a state reaches 70% vaccination. At that level, affected workers must reapply each week to confirm their eligibility. Payments will stop two weeks after the 80% target is met.
That means that New South Wales, the most populous state and one of the epicentres of the current outbreak, would lose payments within weeks. Around 62% of people in the state have been vaccinated, above a national average of 53%.
queensland and Western Australia, which are currently not receiving any federal income support, have the lowest vaccination rates in the country, with both states not expected to reach 80% until mid-December.
New South Wales state, were Sydney is the capital, reported 863 new infections on Wednesday, level with a day earlier, and 15 new deaths.
State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said hospitalisation rates at the current phase in the outbreak were lower than they expected as first-dose vaccinations topped 86%.
"We are tracking under what we envisaged we would, but there is no time for complacency," Berejiklian said.
Victoria state, meanwhile, reported a record number of new infections for a second consecutive day, with 950 cases and seven deaths.
Total cases in Australia stood at around 103,000, including 1,278 deaths.
($1 = 1.3778 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-federal-govt-to-cut-covid-19-income-support-idUSKBN2GP09L
#14677565 at 2021-09-28 07:33:38 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
EXCLUSIVE: Witness who 'saw Prince Andrew dancing with sex slave victim' will testify in court
Russell Myers - 27 Sep 2021
A woman who claims she saw Prince Andrew dancing with his alleged sex abuse accuser the night he says he was at Pizza Express has agreed to testify against him in the United States.
Shukri Walker is prepared to face down the Duke of York and reveal details of an encounter she had with him at Tramps nightclub in London in 2001.
Andrew is being sued in New York by Virgina Giuffre, who alleges he sexually assaulted her on three occasions, one instance being the night after she claims she visited the nightclub with the Duke.
Ms Walker, who lives in London, has already given a written statement to the FBI saying she vividly remembers seeing Andrew with the then 17-year-old Ms Giuffre - because she apologised to him after standing on his foot on the dancefloor.
Her evidence could contradict the Duke's upcoming defence after previously claiming he had "no recollection" of meeting Ms Giuffre, despite a photograph emerging of him with his arm around her waist at the home of his friend Ghislaine Maxwell.
Ms Maxwell, the former lover of Andrew's late disgraced paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein, is currently in a maximum security jail in New York awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and procuring minors with a trial date set for November.
The queen's son also disputed Ms Giuffre's claim that he was sweating profusely after dancing with her on the dancefloor, suggesting that a medical condition brought on after he was shot during active service in The Falklands war meant he couldn't sweat.
Andrew, 61, in a now infamous BBC Newsnight interview claimed he could not have been at the nightclub with Ms Giuffre because he remembers taking his daughter Princess Beatrice to a birthday party at the restaurant chain in Woking, Surrey.
Ms Walker, who was 28 at the time she claims she was in the nightclub with Andrew, decided to speak out after watching his denial in the interview.
She said: "He (Andrew) looked like he was having a great time.
"And he was with this young girl who was close to my own age, perhaps even a bit younger than me.
"The young woman wasn't smiling, it was the opposite of smiles.
'They were with the woman who (had) just been arrested, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Epstein. I will never forget the night because I was told this is a real Prince."
Andrew also wiped the back of his hand across his face several times, she claimed.
A source with knowledge of development said: "Shukri is totally convinced she saw Andrew that night and is prepared to stand up in court to say so.
"With the civil case being launched in the United States she has let it be known that she is willing to testify and tell the truth.
Her lawyer Lisa Bloom, who is representing several of Epstein's victims, last night confirmed her client's position, saying: "Ms Walker has already given her evidence to the FBI and been very consistent in what she has said.
"She had never been in the presence of a royal before or since and so it was very memorable to her.
"If she is called as a witness she will do her duty."
A friend of the Duke's last night said: "Shukri Walker seems to be in a minority of one in her recollections.
"Tramp nightclub, which does not have either a back or side entrance, was a popular celebrity hang-out and had paparazzi staked outside of its doors every night of the week.
"It is worth noting that not a single image of the Duke either arriving or leaving Tramps on the weekend in question has ever emerged."
The Mirror revealed last week that despite intense appeals from his inner circle to dump his legal team, the Duke decided to stick by them as pressure intensifies over his "wall of silence" defence.
Andrew has less than two weeks to respond after being officially served with legal papers in Ms Giuffre's civil case.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sex-slave-witness-says-shell-25085119
#14677513 at 2021-09-28 07:15:44 (UTC+1)
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Summer to herald the end of coronavirus lockdown calamity
STEPHEN RICE - SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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Life in Australia's two most populous states appears set to return to normal by summer after NSW said it would lift health restrictions - even with more than 600,000 adults unvaccinated - by the start of December.
Restaurants, bars, shops and hairdressers will open for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19 within two weeks, before workers can return to offices and indoor mask mandates are lifted about seven weeks later.
Victoria is also on track to drop health restrictions, allowing restaurants and shops to begin trading again from October 11. But Premier Daniel Andrews says those who have not been vaccinated will have to wait until after Christmas before they have equal freedoms.
Even queensland, where Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to commit to reopening state borders, could welcome visitors by Christmas, with officials indicating restrictions would lift once health rules in NSW and Victoria mirrored their own.
However, Western Australia appears isolated after Qantas said it would cancel most of its flights from the state to Melbourne and Sydney, and redirect its non-stop London flight to Darwin.
Although Scott Morrison has yet to indicate when international borders will reopen, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday she hoped overseas travel would be back by December 1, once most restrictions were eased.
"At 80 per cent, you will be able to go anywhere freely in NSW, you will be able to stand up and have a drink at a pub, you will be able to obviously consider international travel," she said.
"The third stage of reopening will happen on 1 December. That is at least four or five weeks after we hit the 80 per cent double dose. We envisage we will have at least 90 per cent of our adult population vaccinated by then."
Under the NSW road map, ?retail and hospitality will reopen when the state hits 70 per cent vaccination coverage on October 11. Residents of Greater Sydney will be able to travel to the regions, take part in community sport and enjoy a drink standing up at a bar by the end of October when vaccination rates hit 80 per cent but workers will not return to offices until December 1, when the state reaches 90 per cent vaccination.
On that date, masks will not be required indoors at offices, indoor pools and nightclubs can reopen and even unvaccinated residents will be able to enjoy freedoms.
But Mr Andrews on Monday said unvaccinated residents in his state would not get equal freedoms by Christmas, adding it would reduce incentives to get inoculated. "I will not say to people, just wait five weeks and you will have all the freedoms. No, that is not a guarantee at all here," he said. "I would not give anyone a reason to wait five or six weeks."
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#14670721 at 2021-09-27 08:27:43 (UTC+1)
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>>14670717
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Amber Melville-Brown, a partner and global head of media who is based at the New York office of Withers, a London law firm, said: "There is some irony when the English court has recently ruled that the will of HRH Prince Philip should be sealed to protect the dignity of Her Majesty the queen that that very dignity appears under attack from within her own family.
"On the one hand, by her grandson Harry as he appears more than happy to talk about family matters - with chat show queen Oprah Winfrey and her millions of viewers, no less - from his new home on the other side of the Atlantic; and on the other hand, and on this side of the Atlantic, from a son who refuses to cross the Pond and whose very silence risks putting the reputation of the royal family at further risk."
She added: "What are the options with this claim? Ignore it, fight it, admit it, settle it.
"Ignore it and optically he's damned by his silence; contest it and face probing cross-examination; admit it - that won't happen when he robustly denies it - or settle it and pay the price financially, and reputationally as people will assume there's no settlement without fire.
"None are attractive options, but his lawyers may feel that the first and the last are the best of a bad lot."
Whichever way you cut it, the outcome looks "dire", said Nigel Cawthorne, the author of Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace. "Prince Andrew has a royal protection officer with him at all times who must log where he is and who he was with. If the records were released they would show that Andrew wasn't at the places at the times Ms Giuffre alleges. That would blow her case out of the water.
"Andrew's legal team can, no doubt, kick Giuffre's civil case down the road for years, but the truck that is hurtling down the highway is the Maxwell criminal case," he added, referring to the trial scheduled for November. "Giuffre will be on the stand. Her testimony will be broadcast worldwide and Andrew will have no forum to reply."
The royal commentator Dickie Arbiter was similarly pessimistic. "He needs to man up and face his accuser. Until he does, the finger of suspicion will continue to point at him.
"He has stuck his head in the sand. It hasn't worked. I do question the advice he has been given.
"He's trying to hold his nerve, but it seems as though the other side's nerves are a lot stronger." Giuffre seems willing to play a very long waiting game, Arbiter said.
"There's an old saying, 'Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.' Andrew has never been any good at picking friends and what we're now seeing is the upshot of that. The only winners here are the lawyers."
"There's no way back" for the queen's second son, he said. "He can stay at Balmoral for as long as he likes. He's got nothing else to do."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/hide-fight-settle-what-else-the-choices-for-an-embattled-prince/news-story/273d981b114683bc1caabe04abfd67a2
#14670717 at 2021-09-27 08:27:06 (UTC+1)
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>>14670715
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THIRD SCENARIO
Which leaves the riskiest option of them all - and the one that sources close to the duke suggest he's now going to pursue: to come out fighting.
A change of tactics seems almost inevitable as the baton is handed from the duke's British legal team to his American representatives at Brettler's firm, Lavely and Singer, in Los Angeles.
A source close to the duke said: "By launching this civil case, Mrs Giuffre has actively invited legal scrutiny of her own version of events. This provides an opportunity for the duke's team to properly scrutinise the multiple inconsistencies in her narrative that have emerged over the years, and you can expect to see a rigorous defence of all her allegations."
Another source with knowledge of the proceedings said: "The decision to bring in high-profile US lawyer Andrew Brettler to fight the civil case marks a significant turning point in approach, and the US team will be looking to robustly engage and challenge the claims from Mrs Giuffre in a bid to provide the duke with a platform to finally clear his name. They will be looking to examine and dismantle the claims one by one."
Mark Stephens, a partner at Howard Kennedy, a London law firm, said: "Andrew may well be emboldened by the experience of Alan Dershowitz," referring to the Harvard law professor and household name in the US who has defended clients such as OJ Simpson, Weinstein and Donald Trump. He and Giuffre have been locked in a long-running legal battle after she maintained she was forced to have sex with him as part of Epstein's sex-trafficking ring. He has denied the claims, calling her a serial liar, and Giuffre has since dropped her lawsuit against him.
Dershowitz's aggressive defence may tempt the duke to "think to himself that he should defend the Giuffre claim", Stephens said. "It would be a risky strategy, but everything about this case is risky."
Central to any challenge is likely to be the issue of a confidential out-of-court settlement made between Giuffre and Epstein in 2009. The sealed documents are said to include a commitment from her not to bring further claims against others in Epstein's circle, potentially opening up the way for Andrew's lawyers to argue that the case should be thrown out.
Her claim against Dershowitz was reportedly dismissed on similar grounds, and Dershowitz has argued that unsealing those documents could help to nullify the lawsuit against Prince Andrew too.
It could be at least two years before the main claims of the case are heard before a jury. Even if it does get to that stage, it is likely that every option would be exhausted before Prince Andrew took the stand.
Most of the royal family have managed to avoid appearing in court - with the notable exception of queen Victoria's son and heir, Bertie. When the future Edward VII gave evidence in a civil case, in which he denied having an affair with a woman whose husband was trying to divorce her for multiple adultery, it was the first time a royal had been summoned to court in centuries.
Not since 1891, when Bertie appeared a second time to give evidence in a card cheating scandal involving an illegal game of baccarat in Hull, has the private life of a prince been scrutinised in court.
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#14663996 at 2021-09-26 03:36:42 (UTC+1)
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>>14641885
Scott Morrison issues threat to premiers to open borders by Christmas
Scott Morrison has lashed premiers for casting doubt over border reopenings, insisting Aussie families will be reunited at Christmas.
Helena Burke - September 26, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thrown down the gauntlet to state premiers over ongoing border closures, insisting political leaders owe it to Australians to allow families to reunite at Christmas.
Mr Morrison said he couldn't see any reason why people should be kept apart by state borders after the 80 per cent national vaccination target was reached.
"It's important that we do move forward. We can't stay in second gear. We've got to get to top gear in living with the virus ... that's where we need to be," he told Weekend Sunrise on Sunday.
"My message is to Australians that what I'd like them to have for Christmas is their lives back."
Mr Morrison slammed queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and WA's Mark McGowan for their unwillingness to commit to granting Australians that same wish.
"There comes a time when you've got to honour the arrangement you've made with the Australian people, and that is when you get to 80 per cent vaccination, it's very clear that you can start opening up," the PM said.
"I think that puts the big challenge on the premiers. I mean, they've had the power to do what they've been doing. They're not new powers. They've always had them.
"But, you know, there comes a time when you just got to move on and get on with it."
But the queensland and WA premiers have held firm in their resistance of the national plan.
Ms Palaszczuk has demanded more research into the effects of Covid-19 on children before she says her state will embrace the reopening targets agreed on at national cabinet.
Mr McGowan has shown similar defiance, insisting WA is unlikely to reopen its borders until 2022.
But Mr Morrison slapped down both premiers' claims, insisting the entire country should reopen at the 80 per cent vaccination target, which is expected to be reached before the end of the year.
"Once you get to 80 per cent of your population that's vaccinated, it's very clear. I can't see any reason why Australians should be kept from each other," he said.
"(Reopening by Christmas) is within the gift of governments. And that's a gift I'd like to see us give them."
The PM also made it clear that the country would not wait for vaccine-hesitant Aussies to make up their minds, insisting the national plan will go ahead as planned whether people decide to get their jab or not.
"Once we get to 80 per cent - the fact is that everybody has had the chance to get vaccinated by that point," he said.
"If you've chosen not to get vaccinated, that's your choice ... but we must go into the next chapter."
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/scott-morrison-issues-threat-to-premiers-to-open-borders-by-christmas/news-story/0ee185adda35ed7c1ad908cbf22a09c1
#14657668 at 2021-09-25 06:38:06 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Britain's Prince Andrew accepts U.S. service of Virginia Giuffre's sexual assault lawsuit
Jonathan Stempel - September 25, 2021
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has accepted service in the United States of a sexual assault lawsuit by a woman who said the Duke of York forced her to have sex with him at the London home of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The prince and his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, have agreed that service was effective as of Sept. 21, according to a joint filing on Friday with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Subject to court approval, Andrew would have until Oct. 29 to formally respond to the lawsuit.
Andrew has not waived his defenses against Giuffre's claims, which he had previously "categorically" denied.
The agreement appears for now to end a monthlong effort by Andrew's legal team, including lawyers in Britain, to block Giuffre's lawsuit at the outset rather than have the 61-year-old prince defend against it.
Andrew Brettler, a Los Angeles-based lawyer for Andrew, declined to comment. Lawyers for Giuffre did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Giuffre, 38, accused queen Elizabeth's second son in her Aug. 9 lawsuit of forcing her to have sex around two decades ago, when she was underage, at the London home of Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
She also said Andrew abused her at around the same time at Epstein's mansion in Manhattan and on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Andrew has not been charged with crimes.
His lawyers are seeking to review a 2009 settlement agreement from a lawsuit against Epstein in Florida, to determine whether it requires a dismissal of Giuffre's case.
Giuffre is seeking unspecified damages.
Epstein, a registered sex offender, also had a home in Florida. He killed himself at age 66 in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Giuffre sued Andrew under a 2019 New York law that gave survivors of childhood sexual abuse a since-closed two-year window to sue their alleged abusers over conduct occurring many years or decades earlier.
Maxwell faces a scheduled Nov. 29 trial in Manhattan on charges she helped recruit and groom underage girls for Epstein to abuse. She has pleaded not guilty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britains-prince-andrew-accepts-us-service-sexual-assault-lawsuit-2021-09-24/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.19.0.pdf
#14627887 at 2021-09-21 08:22:15 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Prince Andrew is served sexual assault lawsuit in United States
Jonathan Stempel - September 21, 2021
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has been served with a sexual assault lawsuit in the United States by lawyers for a woman who says she was forced to have sex with him at the London home of a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, court papers show.
In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, lawyers for Virginia Giuffre said they sent the civil lawsuit to the prince's Los Angeles-based lawyer Andrew Brettler by email and FedEx, and both copies had been received by Monday morning.
Under federal rules, the Duke of York has 21 days to respond or could face a default judgment. Giuffre's lawyers previously said they also served Andrew, who is queen Elizabeth's second son, in Britain.
Andrew and his lawyers have denied Giuffre's claims. The 61-year-old prince has not been charged with crimes. Giuffre's Aug. 9 lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Brettler did not respond to a request for comment. There was no comment from the prince's London legal team.
Giuffre, 38, accused Andrew of forcing her to have sex when she was underage at the London home of Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
She also said Andrew abused her at around the same time in Epstein's mansion in Manhattan and on Epstein's private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Epstein, a financier and registered sex offender, killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Giuffre sued under New York's Child Victims Act, a 2019 law giving survivors of childhood sexual abuse a window to sue their alleged abusers over conduct that occurred many years or decades earlier. The deadline to sue has since passed.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversees Giuffre's lawsuit, has urged both sides not to dwell on "technicalities" and instead to focus on the case's substance.
"I can see a lot of legal fees being spent and time being expended and delay, which ultimately may not be terribly productive for anyone," Kaplan said at a Sept. 13 hearing.
Last week London's High Court said it would arrange for Andrew to be served if the parties failed to work out their own arrangement and gave the prince's lawyers a week to appeal that decision.
A source close to the Duke's lawyers said it was highly unlikely any challenge would be pursued now.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges she helped recruit and groom underage girls for Epstein to abuse. Her trial is Nov. 29.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-andrew-is-served-accusers-sexual-assault-lawsuit-united-states-lawyers-2021-09-21
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.18.0.pdf
#14614230 at 2021-09-19 06:58:53 (UTC+1)
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>>14614226
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Complicating Andrew's legal case is the timing. Maxwell is defending charges of trafficking minors for Epstein in November in a Manhattan federal court. Epstein committed suicide in August 2019, one month after being arrested on sex trafficking charges.
Andrew's initial tactic of resisting responding to Giuffre's legal claims has not gone down well. People well remember the days after 2019 BBC Newsnight interview aired, where he said the queen agreed he should step back from public duties for the foreseeable future and noted: "Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.''
Yet it was only when Andrew's legal team brought in high-profile hotshot Hollywood lawyer Andrew Brettler several weeks ago - secretly at first so that Giuffre's team wouldn't serve papers on him - that Andrew was legally represented. Then, attempts by the prince's legal team to contest that the court papers hadn't been properly served bought some time, but only a few days.
By Wednesday, the High Court in London had agreed to serve the American papers on the prince, ?bypassing any cloak and dagger preparations that process servers may have had to resort to.
It is extraordinary that agents had been knocking on the gates of Andrew's residence, Royal Lodge, in the Windsor Estate, but of course were stopped by armed police protection officers. On their second attempt at that property, one of the police officers agreed to accept the documents. Other copies were sent by registered Royal Mail. The next step would have been to try to confront Andrew in person when he was out and about - but he is still holed up in Balmoral Castle with the queen.
Instead, thanks to the High Court intervention, the papers will be sent to the prince's legal team. Although even this has now been contested by Prince Andrew, whose early fight at every step indicates he most definitely doesn't intend to concede any ground. Giuffre's lawyers attacked him for playing a "game of hide and seek behind palace walls".
Such stalling tactics also didn't play out well before the New York courtroom of Judge Lewis Kaplan, who expressed frustration that the prince's strategy would only involve more expense and wouldn't stop the litigation.
It was interesting that on Monday, Kaplan cut adrift - at this early stage in the proceedings - attempts by Andrew's lawyers to introduce a 2009 sealed settlement, which they believe will stop Giuffre's legal action in its tracks.
The prince's legal defence is that this 12-year-old document, the basis of a financial settlement between Epstein and Giuffre, will prevent her from suing him, or any other associate of Epstein. Last month, ?Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz used this same agreement to get Giuffre's claims of sexual battery against himself dropped.
But when Brettler tried to talk about the agreement, Kaplan said that the hearing was currently focused on whether the documents had been served, and not on other aspects - although he later acknowledged why the lawyers were trying to raise it.
"If there is a document that would provide your client with an affirmative defence to a claim, or help him out in England or both, you'd rather see it sooner rather than later. There's a lot to be said for that point of view," Kaplan said.
If that sealed document doesn't help, then Andrew's only other ?option for the case to disappear is to make a financial settlement with Giuffre, like Epstein and Maxwell have done before.
It is a common enough, expensive, resolution in the US. But in Britain, it would leave many unanswered questions and do little to restore the reputation of the fallen prince.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/ball-in-andrews-court-after-copping-a-serve-in-sex-case/news-story/6dc983d7a8fb99effae99706202102ae
#14614226 at 2021-09-19 06:57:49 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Ball in Andrew's court after copping a serve in sex case
JACQUELIN MAGNAY - SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
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What now for Prince Andrew, the queen's golden son who has, at the very least, a very messy trans-Atlantic court case to deal with?
While Prince Andrew, 61, has been visiting his mother with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson in Balmoral for the summer break; in New York he has been accused of serious sex assault allegations by Australian resident Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Giuffre, 38, launched a civil case in the New York district court, accusing the royal of battery and emotional distress under the Child Sex Act.
It is a development Andrew probably long feared, knowing well the allegations and legal avenues Giuffre has pursued for the past five years but had hoped his status and privilege may have helped avert.
This month's Scottish holiday break could well have turned into a crisis meeting with the 95-year-old queen, still in mourning for Prince Phillip, having to cope with a recalcitrant grandson, Prince Harry, and now for the first time, a royal family member being sued.
It appears that in taking the cues of royal practice over the decades - to never confirm nor deny; to remain "above" accusatory allegations - Andrew has nonetheless found himself exposed to the US justice system.
Andrew has not been charged with any crime - this is a civil matter - but he faces a global court of public opinion that has already caused him to withdraw from any form of public life.
It is uncertain he will ever be able to return, for in any case the heir to the throne Prince Charles has been vocal about heading a "slimmed down'' monarchy.
Since his car crash explanation on BBC in late 2019 where he failed to adequately explain his friendship with disgraced US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew has been restricted to private events only.
At the 2020 pandemic wedding of his daughter Princess Beatrice to Edo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace released official photographs of the queen and Prince Phillip with the happy young ?couple, but none of Andrew, who had walked his daughter down the aisle.
It has been a plummeting change of circumstances for the man who was once a swashbuckling and dashing naval hero of the Falklands War and for 10 years was a taxpayer-funded British trade envoy.
Giuffre's allegations have been extensively aired across the world in recent times: she was recruited by Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 when she was 16 and working at Mar-a-Lago. She was then pimped out by Maxwell's partner, Jeffrey Epstein, to provide sex to his well-connected colleagues. She was with Epstein and Maxwell until 2002 when she met her Australian husband in Bali while attending a massage course that Epstein had sent her to.
In legal depositions, Giuffre - who now lives in queensland - has detailed how men of the ilk of Bill Clinton, hedge fund billionaire Glen Dubin and model agency co-founder Jean Luc Brunel would associate with Epstein.
She has previously told a court she was pressured into having sex with various people, naming a handful of men. She added: "I don't recall all of the people. There was a huge amount of people that I was sent to."
She alleges she had sex with Prince Andrew on three occasions during 2001 when she was aged just 17. Giuffre's claims that Prince Andrew engaged in sexual acts without her consent, knowing she was "a sex-trafficking victim" and that the sex took place at Epstein's Manhattan house, in London at Maxwell's mews house and on ?Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands.
In the court documents for the case, Giuffre says she was "compelled by express or implied threats by Epstein, Maxwell, and/or Prince Andrew to engage in sexual acts with Prince Andrew, and feared death or physical injury to herself or another and other repercussions for disobeying Epstein, Maxwell, and Prince Andrew due to their powerful connections, wealth and authority".
Andrew has vigorously protested his innocence and has denied the claims, saying he can't remember ever meeting Giuffre, and suggesting that a photograph of himself with his arm around her was somehow doctored. He says he unequivocally regrets his ill-judged association and friendship with Epstein.
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#14612675 at 2021-09-19 01:48:14 (UTC+1)
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Labor staffer Alexander Matters fired after rape charges
Samantha Maiden - September 19, 2021
Labor leader Anthony Albanese's office has confirmed the employment of a Labor staffer who is facing rape charges has been terminated "effective immediately."
Alexander Matters, a 20-year-old Labor staffer for federal Labor MP David Smith, has been charged with two counts of rape over an incident alleged to have occurred in April.
He recently worked in the office of Labor frontbencher Meryl Swanson, who is the shadow assistant minister for defence.
In a statement to news.com.au, Mr Smith confirmed that the man's employment had been terminated after his appearance in the ACT magistrates court on Saturday morning.
"Mr Matters's employment has been terminated, effective immediately,'' Mr Smith said.
"My thoughts are with the woman who's come forward at this time.
"These are serious issues currently being dealt with by the appropriate authorities. It would be inappropriate to comment any further at this time."
The ACT police said they had charged Mr Matters with sexual intercourse without consent.
During a court appearance on Saturday the ACT magistrates court was told he was employed by the Labor MP and was also studying law at the Australian National University.
"The matter was first reported to police in August (2021) and a formal statement regarding the incident was received by police earlier this week,'' the AFP said in a statement.
"Detectives from ACT Policing's Criminal Investigations - Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team executed a search warrant in Acton yesterday and subsequently charged the man with one count of sexual intercourse without consent."
Mr Matter's lawyer, former journalist Andrew Fraser, applied for bail for his client, but this was delayed pending a mental health assessment.
The arrest of Mr Matter follows a national debate about the culture at Parliament House after Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped in the building in March, 2019.
A queensland man has been charged in relation to that matter and will face court again in October. He will plead not guilty.
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/labor-staffer-alexander-matters-fired-after-rape-charges/news-story/4670687af5abdbd90aafc46bdd049261
#14612578 at 2021-09-19 01:40:44 (UTC+1)
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Moderna confirms plans to bring Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing to Australia
JARED LYNCH - SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
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Moderna's chief medical officer Paul Burton has confirmed the company is in talks with the Australian government about shifting production of its Covid-19 vaccine technology down under.
Dr Burton's comments come as the first one million doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine arrive in Australia this weekend and are set to be distributed to community pharmacists by the end of next week.
Like Pfizer's vaccine - the jab of choice for those aged under 60 - Moderna uses messenger RNA or mRNA technology, which instructs the body's cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response against Covid-19.
Despite being the subject of research papers 30 years ago, and with development on its use in humans beginning a decade ago, it has taken the Covid-19 pandemic to thrust mRNA technology into the mainstream.
It is now being hailed as the next generation of vaccines, with Australia's biggest health company CSL developing a influenza vaccine using the technology, with plans to build new factories in Melbourne that could produce two doses of mRNA vaccine for every Australian in 16 weeks.
Dr Burton confirmed Moderna was also looking to start manufacturing in Australia, with the company in talks with the federal government about a potential partnership.
"We are looking to bring manufacturing to Australia, in Australia, for Australia by Australia, and we're in discussions with the government about that, so that's exciting," Dr Burton told The Weekend Australian.
"We see Australia as a real hub for us. Our head of Asia Pacific medical affairs is going to be based in Australia. That's fantastic. There are fantastic investigators, fantastic clinical centres. Australia was a very important part of our global strategy for the mRNA platform."
So far, Australia has been reliant on overseas companies and manufacturers to access mRNA technology, with the Morrison government cobbling together vaccine swap deals with Poland, the UK and Singapore to secure an extra five million doses of the Pfizer jab and accelerate the nations Covid-19 immunisation program.
Dr Buton said while he wasn't across the full negotiations with the federal government, but expected a collaboration to be "firmed up within coming months, early 2022".
Early in the pandemic, the government entered agreements with CSL to produce more than 51 million of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Melbourne, as well as the jab that CSL was developing with the University of queensland (UQ).
But the UQ vaccine development was abandoned late last year after trials revealed it triggered false positives for HIV. Meanwhile, Australians have been hesitant to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca jab after it was linked to rare blood clots.
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#14607022 at 2021-09-18 05:13:07 (UTC+1)
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>>14385838
The Children in the Pictures, a harrowing must-see
STEPHEN ROMEI, FILM CRITIC - SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The Children in the Pictures MA15+
In cinemas and virtual screenings.
Some sessions include Q&As.
Screening details: childreninthepictures.org
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In 2019 I interviewed Scottish crime novelist Val McDermid, creator of Wire in the Blood. I asked whether, in the course of her research into psychopaths, she had encountered evils too shocking to put on the page.
Her reply slightly surprised me. To paraphrase, she said, "All the time.'' What such people did in the real world, which she learned from interviews with criminal profilers like her character Tony Hill, was far too confronting to put into a book for the general reading public.
I thought of this as I watched The Children in the Pictures, an Australian documentary about online child sexual abuse that is hard to watch and should be watched by everyone.
"People have not seen what we see, and we don't want them to,'' says Detective Inspector Jon Rouse, head of Task Force Argos, a division of the queensland Police Service. And we do not see it in this 84-minute film.
We do not see or hear the videos of under-fives being raped for the gratification of paid-up members of online groups such as Baby Love and Toddler Fun.
This film, co-directed by Akhim Dev and Simon Nasht, does not want people to walk out or switch off because they can't cope with what they are seeing. The filmmakers, and the members of Argos, want people to watch, care and act.
On the few times we do see what the police see, the images are blurred. Even then you will want to look away. This is the most disturbing film I have seen, in any genre.
We do see, recreated from evidence, what people ask for when they log on to paedophilia forums. "Make her scream." The girl being abused was three. It is incomprehensible but it is happening.
We do see the names of suspects pinned to the wall, just like in a regular crime show, but as they are all online it's not Tony Soprano the police want to bust but perfectly naughty, skunkmonster, revenger, obey and so on. And they are not in New Jersey but all over the world, connected by the web. Most importantly we hear the officers talk about their harrowing work. "You hear the children scream," Rouse says. "There are things that will never leave you, ever."
Argos is a world leader in investigating child exploitation and abuse and several of its officers started working with it in their own countries before moving to Australia to join up.
Among those interviewed are Paul Griffiths, ex Greater Manchester Police, Adele Desirs, ex Interpol in France, Scott Anderson from the US, who says his previous work in counter terrorism prepared him for the job, and Warren Bulmer, ex Toronto City Police.
When Bulmer was first contacted out of the blue by Rouse it related to a case out of his jurisdiction. Asked why he decided to help, he says that when a child is being abused "there is no such thing as no".
When Argos, named after the all-seeing, all-protecting giant from Greek mythology, was founded in 1997 its main job was to investigate historic allegations of abuse in children's institutions. "Then,'' says Rouse, who has worked in child protection for two decades, "the internet happened."
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#14604686 at 2021-09-17 23:09:04 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Sex-assault accuser blasts Prince Andrew, demands he stop hiding 'behind palace walls'
Rebecca Rosenberg - September 16, 2021
Attorneys for accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre blasted Prince Andrew on Thursday for playing a "game of a hide and seek behind palace walls" after the royal has spent weeks dodging receipt of her sex-assault lawsuit, according to a new federal filing in the case.
"Ms. Giuffre believes she has already properly served Prince Andrew, and the Central Authority of the United Kingdom has accepted her request to serve him itself," wrote David Boies in the motion. "Service is not intended to be a game of a hide and seek behind palace walls."
Giuffre's lawyers chronicled the extensive efforts they've made to ensure Andrew, 61, is properly served - including emailing, mailing and hand-delivering the papers to the UK High Court, his attorneys, his royal office and his home.
The motion includes a photograph of an envelope containing the complaint addressed to the Royal Lodge and partially deposited into a British mailbox, with a red first-class stamp bearing the visage of Andrew's mother, queen Elizabeth II.
In the latest Manhattan federal court filing, Giuffre's lawyers ask US District Judge Lewis Kaplan to rule that the royal has been properly notified of the lawsuit - despite his lawyers' assertions to the contrary on technical grounds.
The Prince's British lawyers, Gary Bloxsome and Daniel Cundy, challenged the decision of the UK High Court to accept Boies' request for it to serve the complaint on the royal.
The attorneys argued that Boies wasn't the appropriate person to make the service request because he isn't a "judicial officer" as defined by English law and the Hague Service Convention -international rules that govern how parties in different countries notify each other about claims against them.
Senior Master of the queen's Bench Division, Barbara Fontaine, who oversees the High Court, said she'd have to convene a hearing to decide the matter - further delaying service of the lawsuit.
But the legal quibble would likely be irrelevant as Judge Kaplan in New York already indicated that he would order an alternative form of service.
Andrew's attorneys argued Monday at the first hearing in the case that a secret 2009 settlement Giuffre struck with late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein would absolve the Duke of all liability - but they had no way to get their hands on it as it was under seal.
Giuffre's suit alleges that she was 17 when she was forced to have sex with the monarch's middle son at the direction of his longtime pal Epstein and cohort Ghislaine Maxwell - who allegedly operated a sex-trafficking ring that lent out girls to rich and powerful men.
Epstein hanged himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019. Maxwell is locked up in Brooklyn on allegations she recruited underage girls for Epstein to abuse. She has pleaded not guilty.
The Duke's Los Angeles-based lawyer, Andrew Brettler, didn't immediately return a request for comment.
https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/prince-andrew-accusers-lawyers-say-stop-hiding-behind-palace-walls/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60119368/giuffre-v-prince-andrew/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713/gov.uscourts.nysd.564713.15.0.pdf
#14604397 at 2021-09-17 22:39:14 (UTC+1)
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>>14604368
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China's elevation to the CPTPP trade grouping would require the unanimous consent of members Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico, Peru and Canada.
Singapore, Australia and Japan - which also has a fraught relationship with China - are on a committee of the key trade group that assesses potential new members, while New Zealand handles requests for membership.
The president of the Centre for China and Globalisation, Wang Huiyao, told The Weekend Australian that Canberra could ease its tensions with Beijing by allowing China entry into the CPTPP.
"It will also help to balance Australia's relation with China and US, given Australia has just joined a regional defence framework with the US," Dr Wang said.
He said that China's formal application to join the higher-standard CPTPP was a "milestone event in China's opening-up history" but said Beijing would need to improve its relationship with the Morrison government to be accepted. "In order to gain the support and recognition of Japan, Australia and other member states, China will also ease geographic competition with Japan, Australia and other countries, and jointly promote the implementation of CPTPP standards, adding more certainty to the prosperity and stability of the world economy," Dr Wang said.
Richard Maude, executive ?director of Asia Society Australia and a former senior Australian diplomat, said he thought the bid was "very clever diplomacy from China".
"It really strikes at one big weakness in America's Indo-Pacific strategy - its lack of a significant economic agenda and its absence from either of the big plurilateral trade deals that knit the region together," he said.
China's path to entry would also require the green-light from an Australian political system now deeply hostile to the rising power. The Liberal member for the seat Fairfax in queensland, Ted O'Brien, said trade ?agreements were built on trust and urged Beijing to resume dialogue with the Morrison government.
"If I could provide some gratuitous advice to China: pick up the phone and engage with our Trade Minister," Mr O'Brien said.
Trade experts are also sceptical about China's ability to meet the trade group's rules on state-owned enterprises, labour rights and the free flow of data. Jeffrey Wilson, research director at the Perth USAsia Centre, said it was "fantastical" that China would be accepted.
"The political space for Australia or Japan or Canada to agree to open the negotiations is zero," Mr Wilson said.
Canada has also endured years of friction with Beijing after two Canadian citizens were detained in China in late 2018. The Trudeau government has ?accused Beijing of engaging in "hostage diplomacy".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/china-responds-to-australias-nuclear-submarine-deal-with-trade-pitch/news-story/9313bfddda35bde5adedb4ac1fcabfc9
#14593039 at 2021-09-16 08:36:08 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Prince Andrew Suffers Setback in Bid to Avoid Epstein Accuser's Lawsuit
The British High Court will serve papers on the prince if necessary, allowing Virginia Giuffre's suit, filed in New York, to proceed.
Mark Landler and Benjamin Weiser - Sept. 15, 2021
LONDON - Britain's High Court agreed on Wednesday to intervene in a sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew, clearing the way for him to answer a legal claim in the United States that he sexually abused a minor while a guest of Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, the second son of queen Elizabeth II, has denied the allegations, and his American lawyer contended on Monday that the lawsuit, brought by Virginia Giuffre, was "baseless, nonviable and potentially unlawful." The lawyer, Andrew B. Brettler, also argued that legal papers had not been properly served on his client in Britain.
The High Court, which said it was responding to information provided by Ms. Giuffre's lawyers, agreed to serve the papers on Andrew if the two parties did not work out a way to do so. Andrew has been visiting the queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, making that process more complicated.
The allegations against Andrew, 61, known as the Duke of York, have led to his exile from official duties and have cast a shadow over the royal family. Royal watchers said the family was bracing itself for damaging disclosures in both the Giuffre lawsuit and a forthcoming trial of Mr. Epstein's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Mr. Epstein, a sex offender and a prominent financier, killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The prince's lawyers in Britain had no comment on the High Court's ruling, and Mr. Brettler did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Ms. Giuffre's lawyer, David Boies, said that the lawsuit was now likely to move along more quickly and that it was inevitable Andrew would have to answer Ms. Giuffre's claim in New York.
"Further delaying tactics I don't think will serve him well," Mr. Boies said in an interview, adding that even if the prince managed to delay the case for a month or two, it would not help him and would only focus more attention on the matter.
"Refusing to accept service, ducking service, hiding in the palace just makes him look bad," Mr. Boies said. "I don't understand sort of what playbook they're using."
In her lawsuit, Ms. Giuffre, 38, claimed that Andrew sexually abused her at Mr. Epstein's mansion in New York and on Mr. Epstein's private island, Little St. James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ms. Giuffre also said in the suit that Andrew, along with Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell, forced her to have sexual intercourse with the prince in Ms. Maxwell's home in London.
Mr. Epstein, 66, who was arrested in July 2019, was found dead by hanging a month later in his jail cell in Manhattan; the death was ruled a suicide. Federal prosecutors have accused him of recruiting dozens of underage girls to engage in sex acts with him at his Manhattan mansion and his Palm Beach estate, and paying them hundreds of dollars in cash afterward.
Ms. Maxwell, who was arrested in July 2020, faces trial in November on charges that she helped Mr. Epstein recruit, groom and sexually abuse underage girls. In one case, she has been charged with sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl.
Andrew has not been charged with any crimes.
Mr. Brettler, the prince's U.S.-based lawyer, argued on Monday before a federal judge in Manhattan that his client had not been properly served with legal papers in Britain and that Ms. Giuffre's lawsuit might in any case be invalid under the terms of an earlier confidential settlement that they said she had reached with Jeffrey Epstein.
"We have significant concerns about the propriety of this lawsuit," Mr. Brettler told Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan.
Judge Kaplan, however, said there was "a pretty high degree of certainty that he can be served sooner or later" and suggested the parties move on to the substance of the case.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/nyregion/prince-andrew-epstein-lawsuit.html
#14576927 at 2021-09-14 08:27:26 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Prince Andrew hires Armie Hammer's lawyer to contest 'baseless, non-viable' US lawsuit
Bevan Shields - September 14, 2021
London: Lawyers have failed in their first bid to have a "baseless, non-viable and potentially non-lawful" sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew thrown out of court.
However, their plan to use a confidential 2009 settlement agreement to shield the Duke of York from legal action remains intact despite the initial setback.
The queen's second son is being sued in a New York court by Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of the late billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, alleges three assaults: one where Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell forced the then 17-year-old to have sexual intercourse with Andrew at a London home; another where Andrew forced Giuffre to engage in sex acts against her will at Epstein's New York mansion; and a third encounter in which the prince sexually abused the teen in the Virgin Islands.
Andrew has denied the claims.
In a surprise move, the 61-year-old royal hired US lawyer Andrew Brettler to represent him during a pretrial conference in New York Court on Monday local-time.
Brettler's appearance was confirmed just hours before the hearing. He also acts for Hollywood actor Armie Hammer, who was accused of sexual assault, amid rumours of alleged cannibalism, earlier this year.
The 30-minute hearing was dominated by a dispute over whether Andrew has actually been served with the legal papers, which is required for the case to proceed.
Andrew's legal team had hoped to block the case by arguing he had not been properly served.
Giuffre's lawyer David Boies said the documents were served via "multiple methods" - including via a Metropolitan Police officer at the main gates of Andrew's home in Windsor Great Park on August 27.
They were also emailed to his British lawyers and to his royal household office email address.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said he tended to agree Andrew had been served but gave Giuffre's team another week to exhaust all remaining avenues to provide the documents.
The judge left the door open to the court making an order which would ask British authorities to give Andrew the papers.
The hearing suggests Andrew will not be able to prevent the lawsuit from going ahead by arguing he has not been served. However, his team is preparing a number of other legal arguments which are yet to be put before Kaplan.
Giuffre, 38, alleges she was introduced to Andrew through his friend Epstein, a convicted paedophile who killed himself in a jail cell in New York while awaiting trial for further offences.
The claims prompted Andrew to record an infamous interview with the BBC's Newsnight program in November 2019 when he said he had no recollection of Giuffre. The public reception to the on-screen appearance forced him to step down from public duties.
Giuffre's lawsuit was lodged under special New York laws introduced in 2019 to give alleged under-age sexual assault victims the chance to bring forward a case which was previously not possible due to statute of limitations.
Andrew's American and British legal team is expected to challenge the court's jurisdiction at a later hearing.
During the hearing held via teleconference on Monday (Tuesday AEST), Brettler foreshadowed an attempt to have the case struck out due to the existence of a 2009 settlement between Giuffre and Epstein.
The settlement - which is confidential - may include a clause precluding Giuffre from suing any of the financier's friends, employees or associates.
"We believe this is a baseless, non-viable and potentially non-lawful lawsuit that the plaintiff has filed against the duke," Brettler told the court.
"There has been a settlement agreement that the plaintiff has settled into in a prior action that releases the duke and others from any and all potential liability."
Kaplan said he "understands the point" that Andrew's legal team would like to see the document and "there's a lot to be said for that point of view".
A separate judge is determining whether the settlement agreement should be made public.
The next hearing will be held on October 13.
NSW Domestic Violence Line - 1800 65 64 63
National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service - 1800-RESPECT 1800 737 732
https://www.1800respect.org.au/
https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/prince-andrew-hires-actor-armie-hammer-s-lawyer-to-contest-baseless-non-viable-us-lawsuit-20210914-p58rds.html
#14569195 at 2021-09-13 06:57:28 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
Prince Andrew's lawyers snub hearing into sex claims
CHARLIE MITCHELL - SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The Duke of York's lawyers will not attend a hearing in the sex assault claim filed against him in New York on Monday, The Times understands, amid growing criticism of his apparent failure to engage in the case.
The pre-trial conference in the US comes as the two sides argue over whether the prince was properly served with a court summons.
Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre, who alleges Andrew sexually assaulted her when she was 17, a charge that he vehemently denies, say the papers were handed over to a Metropolitan police officer on duty at the main gates of his home in Windsor last month.
However, Blackfords, a law firm that represents Andrew, has attempted to cast doubt on whether the court papers were properly served and signalled an intent to challenge the court's jurisdiction, according to a letter referenced in court documents filed by Giuffre's lawyers.
"We reiterate that our client reserves all his rights, including to contest the jurisdiction of the US courts (including on the basis of potentially defective service)," Andrew's lawyers wrote.
The duke held a shooting party at the queen's Balmoral estate on Saturday with guests including the crown prince of Bahrain, according to The Sun on Sunday. A royal source told the paper that the party was "tone deaf".
On August 26, a "corporate investigator" named Cesar Sepulveda travelled to Windsor and tried and failed to serve the court papers at Royal Lodge, Andrew's home, after police were unable to locate a senior member of the duke's staff. The following day Sepulveda returned to the property and left the documents with police.
A copy of both the summons and the complaint were also emailed to Andrew's Royal Household office email address and sent to his lawyers by email and FedEx. They were also sent to his Windsor home by first-class post.
Whether or not the papers were properly delivered will be determined by a US judge. Monday's hearing, presided over by Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US district court for the Southern District of New York, marks the start of a highly public and damaging legal process in which Andrew's accuser will eventually give evidence under oath.
The duke will not be represented at the hearing. His UK lawyers oppose participating on the grounds that doing so would amount to accepting US jurisdiction in the case.
Giuffre, now 38, a longtime accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, is seeking unspecified damages against Andrew for sexual assault and emotional distress. The duke denies all the allegations against him.
If Andrew rejects the lawsuit out of hand and declines to participate, he runs the risk of the court finding against him for child sex abuse and ordering him to pay damages.
If he decides to contest it in court, he faces years of damaging headlines as the case meanders through the legal system.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/prince-andrews-lawyers-snub-hearing-into-sex-claims/news-story/39445c682f320683b2a4f3ced1e8113d
#14563683 at 2021-09-12 07:04:30 (UTC+1)
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>>14554611
David Boies: The pit bull lawyer ruthlessly pursuing Prince Andrew
ROSIE KINCHEN - SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre's civil case against Prince Andrew is being heard in a New York court on Monday. She is seeking unspecified damages from the prince for sexual assault and emotional distress. The preliminary hearing marks the start of an excruciating process that will see Andrew's accuser giving evidence under oath. He will not be attending - he is at Balmoral with his mother queen Elizabeth - and vehemently denies wrongdoing.
Lawyers for his accuser claim to have served him with legal papers after a bizarre sequence of events at Andrew's Royal Lodge home at Windsor last month. A UK-based corporate investigator, Cesar Sepulveda, went to Windsor on August 26 where he tried and failed to serve the papers. Police on duty had failed locate anyone senior in Andrew's staff to take delivery. The following day at 9.15am, Sepulveda returned to Royal Lodge and the documents were left with police. Sepulveda did ask if he was able to meet with Andrew but was told this was not possible. The summons, contained in a plastic sleeve and A4 envelope, was deemed to have been served.
For Giuffre, who alleges that Andrew sexually abused her at least three times when she was 17, it is a shot at the justice that Jeffrey Epstein, a former acquaintance of Andrew, deprived her of when he took his life in a New York cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex-trafficking charges. She claims one of the alleged cases of abuse occurred at Epstein's Manhattan mansion.
But there is a third person for whom the stakes are also high. Giuffre is being represented by David Boies, 80, one of the most celebrated litigators in America - and at just under $US2000 an hour, one of the best-paid. Boies was, until recently, a towering figure of the Democratic left. He represented Al Gore against George W Bush when he challenged the "hanging chads" election result in Florida in the Supreme Court in 2000. It was his challenge to Proposition 8 in California, which in 2008 had barred same-sex marriages, that succeeded in the Supreme Court in 2013. He could have enjoyed the twilight of his career in peace.
But in 2015, Boies became embroiled in not one but two of the biggest scandals of the past decade: defending his long-term client Harvey Weinstein against an onslaught of sex assault allegations, and aligning himself with Theranos, the collapsed biotech company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, whose trial on charges of fraud and conspiracy began last week.
For Boies, Giuffre's case, which he has taken pro bono, is a chance to rewrite the last chapter of his career. "Absolutely Boies cares about the reputational hit of the past few years," says Stephen Gillers, a professor at New York University's school of law. "Not because it will hurt his income, because it won't, but because he wants to preserve that reputation for posterity, long after he is gone."
Boies was always a maverick. He overcame severe dyslexia and started his career in New York, at the corporate law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he made a name as an intuitive and brilliant litigator. "He is a force of nature in the courtroom," Gillers says. "He can sense what a witness is trying to hide and extract it in an unhurried way - the longer it takes, the more extreme the pain for the witness."
Boies was also drawn to the limelight. He tried to bring a young Donald Trump to Cravath, before being blocked by the firm, and became a staunch defender of the liberal press. He represented CBS when it was sued for libel by General William Westmoreland, a former military commander in Vietnam, over a 1982 documentary about the war. The two sides settled out of court in 1985.
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#14563660 at 2021-09-12 06:58:44 (UTC+1)
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HEARING SET FOR MONDAY
When he returned the next day, police at the main gate allowed him to leave the summons.
Virginia's lead lawyer David Boies, 80, said: "A policeman took the court papers and said he would give them to him (Andrew). We certainly didn't expect that!"
The legal team also emailed a copy to Andrew's lawyers via Barbara Fontaine, Senior Master of the queen's Bench Division - a post appointed by Andrew's mum.
Mr Boies said: "They responded saying they had got it."
A third method saw the papers emailed to the Duke of York's office. Lawyers were told: "This is an automatic acknowledgment to tell you we have received your email safely."
A copy was posted to the Royal Lodge, by Royal Mail.
Finally, the lawsuit was emailed to Andrew's UK lawyers, and US attorney Blair Berk who represented film producer Harvey Weinstein in his sex assault trial.
Mr Boies says at least two methods of alternative service they have used qualify under US law.
Roberts' explosive lawsuit was filed in New York on August 9. The first hearing in the case is set for Monday before district judge Lewis Kaplan. He will also decide whether Andrew has been officially served.
Boies told The Sun he will ask the judge to set a date by which Andrew has to reply. He added: "We will make a report to the court of what we have done.
"If the court confirms Andrew has been served, the judge will give him a deadline to respond.
"I don't believe his legal team are going to ignore this but that's what they have done consistently, so maybe that will happen. If Andrew doesn't respond there can be a default judgment against him."
'REGRETTABLE' METHODS
Boies faces a conference call with Judge Kaplan in New York at 4pm EST on Monday.
Andrew is currently at Balmoral with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
His lawyers have objected to the "regrettable" methods used by Roberts' team to serve him, and suggested they were not legally binding.
Gary Bloxsome, from Blackfords LLP who are believed to be representing the Duke, made the claims in a letter to Barbara Fontaine, obtained by ABC News.
He said: "[Virginia Roberts' lawyers] have made several public, well-publicised, attempts at irregular service of these proceedings in this jurisdiction, in at least one case accompanied by a media representative.
"These have included attempted personal service of our client at his home, the instruction of a private process server, and attempts to email the proceedings not only to this firm, but to barristers (who are not authorised to conduct litigation) known to have acted for the duke."
Bloxsome maintains that under British law, a valid request for assistance from UK court officials must come from a judicial or diplomatic officer in the US.
If the judge overseeing the case made a request, Mr Bloxsome said "it is likely that our client will be content to agree to a convenient method of alternative service".
He added: "However, absent being satisfied of some very good reason to do so, our client is highly unlikely to be prepared to agree to any form of alternative service while the approach to service of these proceedings remains irregular and the viability of the claim remains open to doubt."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16108752/prince-andrew-served-epstein-accuser-case-tossed/
#14563305 at 2021-09-12 05:32:35 (UTC+1)
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>>14551779
Australia and India vow to strengthen military ties during first meeting of defence and foreign ministers
Stephen Dziedzic - 12 September 2021
Australia and India are vowing to expand their military relationship after holding their inaugural meeting between defence and foreign ministers in New Delhi.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton said he had formally invited India to take part in the massive Talisman Sabre military exercises that the United States and Australia hold every two years.
Several other nations - including Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom - took part in the most recent Operation Talisman Sabre in northern queensland, which involved around 17,000 military personnel.
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh did not say if India would accept the invitation to the next Talisman Sabre, which will not be held until 2023.
But drawing India into Talisman Sabre would broaden the coalition of participating nations and stir suspicion in China, which sent two spy ships to monitor the exercises earlier this year.
Mr Singh said there had been "remarkable progress" in the Australia-India relationship and both countries wanted to pursue "greater military engagements, better information sharing, and cooperation in emerging defence technology".
Australia's role in the Malabar naval exercises - with India, Japan and the United States - appears to have been cemented, with Mr Dutton saying Australia would "continue to participate" in Malabar in future years.
Australia and India have also agreed to intensify information sharing between their two navies, which have been participating in bilateral maritime exercises off the coast of the Northern Territory this week.
Both countries hailed the inaugural 2+2 meeting as a significant milestone in the relationship and analysts have said it is a sign that Australia and India's strategic interests are continuing to converge.
That is partly because both countries share unease and uncertainty about China's growing military might.
Beijing and New Delhi are still locked in a standoff in the wake of violent border clashes, while Mr Dutton intensified his criticism of China earlier this week, accusing it of engaging in "increasingly coercive" behaviour.
Both Mr Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne emphasised India's growing heft in the region while visiting New Delhi, with Mr Dutton calling it a "rising Indo-Pacific great power and an increasingly significant security partner for Australia."
"We both depend on free and open access to sea lanes ... and we share an unwavering commitment to upholding the rules based in international order," he said.
Senator Payne said both Australia and India wanted to see "a natural multipolarity" prevail in the region.
"Australia is confident about our role in such a region and it is obvious that India is a natural leader within the rules-based system," she said.
Mr Jaishankar said Australia and India's shared democratic values also gave them common ground.
But he pressed Senator Payne over the fate of Indian students who have been unable to travel to Australia to commence their studies because of Australia's closed borders, saying their frustrations were "completely understandable".
Senator Payne said she understood India's concerns and stressed Australia would welcome international students back in as soon as its vaccination rollout permitted borders to reopen.
Ian Hall from the Griffith Asia Institute said the 2+2 meeting was an "important moment" that "showed how far we've come in this relationship in a relatively short period of time".
But he said the recent revival of long-stalled free trade negotiations between the two nations showed there was plenty of work still to be done to develop economic ties.
"While an 'early harvest' economic deal would be good, it is obvious that we're a long way from a full agreement," Dr Hall said.
"It is also clear that Australia is still doing a lot of the lifting, as it were, bringing new things like Talisman Sabre to the table."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-12/australia-and-india-vow-to-strengthen-military-ties/100454992
#14563275 at 2021-09-12 05:26:01 (UTC+1)
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Australia buys additional 1 mln doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
Colin Packham - September 12, 2021
CANBERRA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Australia has purchased an additional 1 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the European Union, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as the country accelerates its inoculation programme to fight record high infections.
The purchase is a boost for Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economy, which is at risk of slipping into its second recession in as many years as a result of lockdowns of the country's two most populous cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
These lockdowns will remain until 70% of the country's near 26 million population are fully vaccinated, which is not expected until late October.
But Morrison said the million doses will arrive later this week. Australia has ordered 25 million vaccines from Moderna.
"Some good news today. A family sized dose of hope for our vaccination programme," Morrison told reporters in Sydney.
The purchase comes as Australia struggles to contain an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant, with daily infections on Saturday topping 2,000 cases for the first time.
Australia has recorded 73,610 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic begun. The death toll rose by 7 to 1,091.
Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, reported on Sunday 1,262 locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 1,599 infections recorded a day earlier.
Neighbouring Victoria reported 392 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, down slightly from the 450 cases recorded in the state the day before.
Meanwhile, queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Sunday it does not need to order a lockdown after it detected zero COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours.
The state on Saturday reported five cases of COVID-19, with state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warning that a lockdown could be needed to stop the spread of the virus.
However, the state said testing had yet to detect any further cases, avoiding the need for such a measure.
"We're not out of the woods yet, but this is the best result we could have hoped for at this point in the outbreak," queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles told reporters in Brisbane.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-victoria-state-records-small-decline-covid-19-infections-2021-09-11/
#14557219 at 2021-09-11 05:32:54 (UTC+1)
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AFP warn parents about children falling victim to 'capping'
A queensland father has revealed the shocking way a paedophile trapped his son as perverts force children as young as eight to perform live-streamed sexual acts.
Adella Beaini - September 11, 2021
Exclusive: Australian children as young as eight are being forced into performing live-streamed sexual acts by perverts posing as teenage boys, with federal police warning parents that predators are targeting new platforms.
Specialists within the Australian Federal Police's victim identification unit fear hundreds of thousands of children in Australia and around the world are falling victim to "capping" - one of the fastest growing trends of online child sexual abuse.
The act of "capping" (for capturing) involves abusers duping or coercing children into producing sexualised videos which are then recorded or live streamed on the dark web and among paedophile groups.
Detective Sergeant Svetlana Palmer, from the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), said in many cases "cappers' used fear, coercion and manipulation to keep the crime going".
queensland Police Service victim identification specialist Scott Anderson is on the frontline, monitoring online forums to identify victims and offenders.
He said the team was finding "cappers" posing as teenagers or modelling agents to gain the trust of their young victims, mostly aged 12 to 15.
"These offenders are highly manipulative and in extreme cases, they have tricked children into undressing and performing sexual acts on camera within 10 minutes of contacting them through a video streaming platform," Mr Anderson said.
Dozens of children can be targeted by a single capper in a matter of hours, producing high amount of videos in what police say dispels perceptions that offenders carefully identified victims and spent months or years grooming them.
"These offenders are highly manipulative and in extreme cases, they have tricked children into undressing and performing sexual acts on camera within 10 minutes of contacting them through a video streaming platform," Mr Anderson said.
Child victims are also often subjected to "sextortion" where they are blackmailed or threatened into forcing friends or siblings to take part.
In May last year, Sydney man Kurtis Whaley from the northern beaches, was sentenced to almost 10 years in jail for his "cruel and relentless" manipulation of 49 children and teenage boys, whom he lured online and blackmailed into sending sexually explicit content.
Posing as a 16-year-old girl named "Beth", Whaley saved Snapchat and Instagram photos and secretly recorded Skype and Omegle live streams of naked boys, collecting 700 videos and images of 49 victims aged between eight and 15.
When raiding his house in 2019, officers from the AFP discovered sexually depraved child porn depicting a further 250 unidentified kids aged as young as four on Whaley's external hard drives.
Speaking out for the first time, the father of one of his victims is urging parents to take precautions to protect children from online predators.
"The moment I found out my son was being groomed was when he abruptly got up to his room and wouldn't leave his phone with me," John, (not his real name), said.
"The mobile phone was used as an electronic chain and shackle making my son captive to the paedophile for nearly a month where he was repeatedly abused with no way to escape on his own," the queensland father said.
"These predators demand horrible things and it only ever gets worse. And when kids feel too scared about something, that's the moment they need to speak up," he said.
"My son was fortunate that he got justice, but many never do and they remain in constant fear that this abuse material will resurface again and the perpetrators are still free."
Marking the end of National Child Protection Week, the AFP's education program, ThinkUKnow, is on Saturday releasing a new guide to help parents and carers keep their children safe online during lockdowns.
The guide can be found at www.thinkuknow.org.au and www.accce.gov.au.
http://www.thinkuknow.org.au/
http://www.accce.gov.au/
https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/crimeinfocus/afp-warn-parents-about-children-falling-victim-to-capping/news-story/8432c6a1a6d52be139f30623432b0052
#14551801 at 2021-09-10 09:02:02 (UTC+1)
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Peterborough woman Teresa Van Lieshout arrested over fake police badges
Eric Tlozek - 10 September 2021
Federal police have charged a South Australian woman for allegedly ordering fake police badges as part of preparations to overthrow the government.
Teresa Van Lieshout, 49, was arrested after police searched her home at Peterborough in the mid-north last month.
Police also seized 470 fake badges sent to an address in Cairns, which were dumped in a creek.
They allege Ms Van Lieshout was part of a group which discussed forming an alternative federal police force to arrest politicians and public servants, although police do not believe the group was capable of carrying out the acts.
"queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team investigators (JCTT) have not found an impending threat to community safety, and have yet to find any evidence the group had the ability to carry out acts they had discussed," the AFP said in a statement.
Ms Van Lieshout, a former teacher who has run as a right-wing political candidate in Western Australia, has been charged with impersonating a Commonwealth official and importing a prohibited import.
She faced court in Adelaide on Thursday and will next appear in October.
Perth man Marcus Jensen, 49, from the suburb of Tuart Hill, has already faced court charged with impersonating a Commonwealth official over his alleged involvement in the group.
Police became interested in the group after a video began circulating on social media showing a man holding a recruitment meeting for an alternative police force.
The man, who is falsely said to be AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw in the video's description, is heard discussing plans to train officers in order to arrest MPs and bureaucrats.
He calls Teresa Van Lieshout "the true governor-general" of Australia, a position Ms Van Lieshout allegedly claimed to have appointed herself to earlier this year, subsequently issuing "arrest warrants" for politicians and officials.
Ms Van Lieshout has a history of fiery and unusual political campaigns that have included posing in a bikini to launch her tilt for the West Australian seat of Vasse.
Police said more charges against other group members were possible.
"There is no evidence this group had the ability to carry out specific violent acts, but the queensland JCTT, with other JCTTs around the country, will continue to investigate people with links to this group and will lay further charges if more criminal offences are identified," the AFP's Assistant Commissioner for Counter Terrorism, Scott Lee, said.
"Impersonating Commonwealth officials and the potential misuse of AFP badges is something we take very seriously, which is reflected in the ongoing investigation and the action taken today."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-10/peterborough-woman-arrested-over-fake-police-badges/100452416
#14551786 at 2021-09-10 08:32:10 (UTC+1)
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott originally promised the first submarine would be operational in the mid-2020s. But it is now estimated it won't be in the water until 2035 even though Defence officials warned last year the country no longer had a 10-year window to defend itself from an attack.
After meeting with their French counterparts last month, Mr Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne agreed in a joint communiqu? to begin negotiations on "enhancing and diversifying France's military co-operation with Australia, in support of France's force posture in the region".
France and Australia's relations in the region haven't always been smooth, with Canberra uneasy about French nuclear testing in the 1990s and the bombing of Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in 1985. But France has been looking to boost its alliances in the region in recent years, and in a speech at the Garden Island military base in Sydney in 2018, President Emmanuel Macron described his country as an "Indo-Pacific power" for the first time.
Mr Jennings said there was room for France to project more of a military presence throughout the Indo-Pacific and it would be ideal to do this from Australia.
"That could lead to a bigger and regular French military presence in Australia," he said.
"The possibility of a French naval ship being based at HMAS Stirling [in Western Australia] or even in Sydney Harbour would be a powerful way for France to demonstrate its interests in Indo-Pacific security. And if they were to do that, there is no country better than Australia to host that presence."
French fighter aircraft will next year participate in the Royal Australian Air Force's "Pitch Black" exercises, while France will for the first time in 2023 join the Talisman Sabre naval exercises being held off the queensland coast with the US and Australia.
A spokesperson for the French embassy in Canberra said the region was seeing "profound strategic changes and France "as a fully fledged Indo-Pacific country, seeks to maintain an area that is open and inclusive, free of all forms of coercion and founded on multilateralism and the respect of international law".
"In this context, Australia being a major partner of France in the Indo-Pacific, we naturally look to enhance our bilateral defence relationship," the spokesperson said. "In the coming years, the French Armed Forces will continue to look at developing their inter-operability with the Australian Defence Force in order to be able to jointly operate in the region and globally."
There have been a number of visits by French troops to Australia this year. The Vend?miaire frigate made a port visit in Darwin and the French Foreign Legion is currently participating in joint exercises with Australian soldiers.
Canberra is also working with other European countries on boosting their military presence in the region. Australia and Germany in June signed an "enhanced strategic partnership" that committed to enhancing their "security and defence co-operation, including through training and exercises, in particular in the maritime domain and in partnership with countries in the region."
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/france-could-access-australian-military-sites-as-countries-look-to-boost-ties-20210909-p58q7j.html
#14551779 at 2021-09-10 08:25:03 (UTC+1)
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Indonesian troops may regularly join training on Australian soil as defence ties deepen
Peter Dutton meets with Jakarta counterpart, who says the two countries 'would like to be even closer friends'
Daniel Hurst - 9 Sep 2021
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Indonesian troops could join regular training exercises on Australian soil, as part of a deepening of defence ties with Australia.
While Indonesia regularly joins naval exercises with Australia, and has participated in occasional joint military exercises on Australian land, the two countries have flagged plans to "step up" their joint training in the coming years.
Australia's defence minister, Peter Dutton, and foreign minister, Marise Payne, met with their Indonesian counterparts in Jakarta on Thursday, on the first leg of a four-country trip that will also include India, South Korea and the United States.
Indonesia's defence minister, Prabowo Subianto, said he and Dutton had discussed "the possibility of Australia opening their training areas for the participation of Indonesian units to be training together with Australia".
"I think this is a historical first," Prabowo said.
Speaking after he and Dutton agreed to update the countries' defence cooperation arrangement, Prabowo said: "We are close neighbours and we would like to be even closer friends."
Increasing joint military training will be seen as a deepening of the relationship between Australia and its northern neighbour, which at times has been strained - including over East Timor, asylum-seeker boat turnbacks and spying revelations.
Indonesian personnel were among observers at this year's Talisman Sabre training exercise between Australian and US military forces in queensland, whereas Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United Kingdom actively participated.
Indonesian national armed forces have also "observed" and "shared their significant operational experiences" in the Northern Territory during a disaster relief exercise known as Exercise Crocodile Response, led by Australia and the US.
In 2016 the ABC reported that members of Indonesia's armed forces had joined a comprehensive joint training exercise in Darwin.
Dutton said Australia and Indonesia were bolstering their security cooperation in "an increasingly contested region".
"Of course our navies regularly exercise together already, but there will be more that they can do together," Dutton said.
"Our renewed defence cooperation arrangement will see Australia and Indonesia step up our training initiatives, our joint training initiatives, and defence operational activities over the coming years."
Dutton said Australia would provide 15 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Indonesia for use in peacekeeping operations, and the two countries would also deepen their defence education programs.
"I look forward very much to hosting the cadets from the Indonesian National Armed Forces studying at Australian defence education facilities, building relationships among future leaders from both sides," Dutton said.
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#14545016 at 2021-09-09 08:34:33 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew has avoided NY sex accuser's attempts to serve him legal papers
Lee Brown - September 8, 2021
Prince Andrew has reportedly avoided "multiple attempts" to serve him legal papers on behalf of his sex-assault accuser - and has bolted 500 miles to the safety of mom queen Elizabeth II's Scottish getaway, just days before the first hearing.
Lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre - who is suing Andrew in New York - had already conceded that it would be "difficult" to serve the 61-year-old royal in person.
The scandal-scarred royal has since been a recluse at his home in the Royal Lodge in Windsor - where security guards have turned away lawyers trying to serve the US court papers, according to the Sun.
After avoiding "multiple attempts" in the past two weeks, Andrew on Tuesday bolted for an even safer location - his mother the monarch's Scottish estate, Balmoral, the paper noted.
He was photographed in a car with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, as the pair drove from their shared home to the queen's 50,000-acre (78-square-mile) estate, where they had been earlier in the summer, the outlet said.
The photographs show them arriving in the same Range Rover they left Windsor in - suggesting they were driven the more than 500-mile journey, which would typically take at least 9 hours, rather than risking catching a flight.
He fled after "going stir-crazy inside Royal Lodge for the past few weeks," a source told the paper.
"He wasn't going horse riding and couldn't step outside because of attempts to serve him with the legal papers.
"He knows he is far safer up at Balmoral on the queen's estate," the source said, noting Andrew has long been thought to be "the queen's favorite son."
The trip comes before the first hearing is scheduled in Giuffre's lawsuit on Monday. It is set to be a telephone conference, and it is not immediately clear if either Andrew or his accuser are expected to join.
Giuffre's lawsuit claims she was "forced to have sexual intercourse with Prince Andrew against her will" at the behest of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
"Prince Andrew's actions constitute sexual offenses" including first- and third-degree rape, the lawsuit alleges, citing New York penal code, under which rape includes with someone "by forcible compulsion."
Giuffre claims she suffered "substantial damages" from "extreme emotional distress, humiliation, fear, psychological trauma, loss of dignity and self-esteem, and invasion of her privacy."
Andrew has repeatedly denied Giuffre's claims, including during a BBC interview in which he insisted he had "no recollection of ever meeting this lady, none whatsoever."
Neither he, his legal team nor Buckingham Palace has responded to the lawsuit.
Epstein hanged himself in his Manhattan lockup in August 2019 while awaiting trial on serious sex charges.
Maxwell is in custody in Brooklyn awaiting trial for allegedly recruiting underage girls for Epstein. She has pleaded not guilty.
https://nypost.com/2021/09/08/prince-andrew-avoids-legal-papers-by-fleeing-to-queen-in-balmoral/
#14523376 at 2021-09-05 04:23:07 (UTC+1)
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How Australian police tracked one of world's most wanted paedophiles to Borneo
Chris Barrett - September 5, 2021
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Singapore: For more than a decade Lundu has harboured a sinister secret.
The small district in Sarawak, the Malaysian state on the north-west side of Borneo, is described by the tourism body there as a "sleepy up-country town".
Beneath the laidback veneer is a shocking reality. Dozens of children have been abused there by a local man who, by posting about his exploits on the dark web, became one of global law enforcement's most wanted child sex offenders.
For at least 14 years he operated without detection, abusing children between the ages of two and 16 and boasting on messaging forums about recording his crimes.
After a lengthy international investigation, the man has finally been apprehended and jailed while four children aged nine to 14 have been rescued.
The capture of Alladin Lanim, 40, might never have happened, however, if not for the sleuthing of Australian police - specialist investigators from the Australian Federal Police, queensland Police and the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).
He had been on their radar for two years, ever since a multi-national internal police report in 2019 listed his online alias as one of the top 10 offenders in the world in exploitation of children on the internet.
Lanim had been sharing child abuse material on the web since 2007 and been linked to more than 1000 images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors.
"He was so prolific with so many victims, that's why he became a high priority," Detective Sergeant Daniel Burnicle, the acting senior officer for the AFP in Kuala Lumpur, told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
At that stage, police had nothing more on the man they were pursuing than his anonymous online profile. Discovering his name and then finding him was the hard part.
In August 2020, though, experts at the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation's victim identification unit made a breakthrough.
The AFP-led operation, which includes members of queensland Police's Argus taskforce for child victim identification, came across a social media image of the man they suspected they were looking for.
After sending the picture off to Malaysia, AFP officers in Kuala Lumpur and Royal Malaysia Police and United States Homeland Security investigators then raced to put a name to it, knowing all the while that more children could be in danger of abuse the longer the search went on.
"It's just a slow, methodical burn," said Burnicle. "They're going through images trying to work out where that location may be so they can follow up. It's all very difficult with the dark web to track people."
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#14513048 at 2021-09-03 07:10:02 (UTC+1)
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Australian PM flags quicker reopening after COVID-19 vaccine swap with Britain
Renju Jose - SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has secured 4 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines in a swap deal with Britain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as he looks to convince states and territories to stick to a national COVID-19 reopening plan.
The extra doses should reach Australia this month doubling the available Pfizer supply for September, Morrison said, speeding up the country's efforts to come out of economically-damaging coronavirus lockdowns.
"The plane is on the tarmac now. It will be leaving tomorrow … this will enable us to bring forward significantly the opportunity for Australia to open up again," Morrison told reporters in Canberra on Friday, days after announcing a smaller vaccine swap agreement with Singapore.
Morrison has been criticised for failing to initially secure an adequate supply of vaccines and for a slow roll out which has seen initial vaccination targets delayed by months.
State governments say their vaccination programmes are being hindered by a lack of supply of the Pfizer vaccine needed to innoculate the younger population.
The vaccine deal comes ahead of a meeting of federal and state leaders later on Friday with virus-free queensland and Western Australia states flagging they may delay their reopening plans due to the escalating Delta outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's largest cities.
More than half the country's 25 million people are under stay at home orders, with Sydney, Melbourne and the national capital Canberra in prolonged lockdowns. The rest of the country enjoys a mostly COVID-free life, but those states have closed borders to stop the Delta variant entering their jurisdiction.
queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday said a modelling on how COVID-19 affects children has to be prepared before she can make any decisions to relax border rules.
"Rather than picking fights and attacks, let us have a decent, educated conversation," she said after her comments drew criticism from the federal government.
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham told Nine News that Palaszczuk was "focusing on the fear side rather than on the factual, calm analysis that needs to be undertaken on educating the population".
Australia in July unveiled a four-stage roadmap here to more freedoms once vaccination rates reach 70%-80%. Currently only 36% of Australians above 16 are fully vaccinated.
RAPID DELTA SPREAD
The tussle between states and federal government comes as Morrison wants an end to lockdowns and an economic turnaround ahead of an election next year.
queensland and Western Australia have said they had agreed to the national reopening targets when cases in New South Wales were low. It reported its worst day of the pandemic on Friday fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, with a record 1,431 cases and 12 new deaths.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned residents to brace for a spike in numbers as the next two weeks will "likely to be our worst in terms of the number of cases".
The Australian Medical Association, which represents the country's doctors, on Thursday warned hospitals were not ready here to cope with a rapid reopening and called for higher vaccination rates before lockdowns were eased.
Victoria, home to Melbourne, reported 208 new cases, up from 176 a day earlier. One new death was recorded in the state.
A total of nearly 58,200 cases and 1,032 deaths have been recorded in Australia since the pandemic began, far lower than many comparable countries, but the Delta outbreak has cast doubt on whether it is wise to pursue elimination strategies.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-pm-flags-quicker-reopening-after-covid-19-vaccine-swap-with-britain-idUSKBN2FZ007
#14496040 at 2021-08-31 08:12:26 (UTC+1)
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Two weeks ago the US Department of Homeland Security issued a terror threat warning, not only because of the approaching September 11 anniversary but also because of "grievances over public health safety measures and perceived government restrictions". "Extremists may seek to exploit ... re-establishment of public health restrictions across the United States as a rationale to conduct attacks," it said.
Every US state is flashing red on the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's Covid map, reflecting high transmission, defined as more than 100 cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days - a higher level than in NSW.
The health advice is no longer gospel. At least 40 US states have ignored the CDC's demand for indoor mask mandates, supposedly necessary for such high levels of transmission. No state governor, not even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, queen of liberal piety, would dare publicly link curtailing basic freedoms to compliance with arbitrary health advice.
Australians living in the US are shocked, too, regularly filling my inbox with tales of despair.
"My wife and I and eight-month-old son have been here for 10-plus years and we're reconsidering our pre-pandemic plan to move back due to concerns about Covid handling, the prospect of continued lockdowns and the overall desirability of Australia," wrote John and his wife, directors at big four accounting firms in Los Angeles, understandably too fearful to reveal their full names.
"The Covid mania in Australia this year is unbelievable, particularly when viewed from abroad," said Alex, an Australian businessman in Chicago. "No country ever prospered by being so cynical and risk averse. Hopefully sanity prevails one day so we can all see our families again."
I struggled to explain to Danny why Australia's response was so extreme: being a remote island fuel?led a perception the virus could be eliminated, lockdowns did seem to work at first, individuals have few if any constitutional rights and Australia began as a subsidised government project, entrenching a widespread faith in bureaucracy. And in smaller nations Covid stories crowd out other news more easily, ensuring a steady diet of 24/7 fear porn.
In Iowa recently I searched in vain on local TV for a daily chief health officer update on Covid-19, let alone an intricate parsing of the cases into linked, in the community and overseas.
None of these explanations is adequate, though. Switzerland's Covid restrictions paled in comparison with Australia's, Japan never locked down and Alberta, Canada, with about the same population as Victoria, practically abolished all restrictions on July 1.
I walked off to a cafe after chatting with Danny, asking the manager why he hadn't checked my vaccination status - a legal requirement in New York since August 16. "I asked the previous customer and he yelled and walked out so I couldn't be stuffed asking you," he said. In Australia everyone has to check in, I explained. He just laughed at me.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/to-land-of-the-free-were-a-weirdly-authoritarian-mob/news-story/caf8ab6bcc1eda9f1bea379ae2a12805
#14496009 at 2021-08-31 07:54:12 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew's Gilded Cage Closes in as Department of Justice Reiterates Desire to Speak to Disgraced Royal
Tom Sykes - Aug. 30, 2021
Prince Andrew has abandoned public life, given up trans-Atlantic travel, and spends much of his free time sheltering behind the high walls of various properties owned by his mother, the sovereign, as he attempts to evade scrutiny from U.S. authorities over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, and specific allegations that he raped, on three occasions, the then-17-year-old sex-trafficking victim Virginia Roberts.
For a man once so addicted to leaping on private and commercial jets at the drop of a hat that he was nicknamed "Airmiles Andy," the shrinking of his world is likely to represent a humiliating and painful reality for Andrew.
It is not, of course, as humiliating as being dragged through the U.S. courts; avoiding that fate is believed to be the specific purpose of Andrew's remarkably modest and discreet new lifestyle.
However, even on this limited front, it seems that Andrew is set for a long and drawn out war of attrition, with no sign that U.S. authorities have any intention of giving up on their battle to force him to answer questions, on the record and on their terms, as to what exactly he knew about the late financier and his retinue.
There was fresh pressure Monday on Britain to hand Prince Andrew over for questioning.
A U.S. government official told a reporter from British newspaper the Sun: "The U.S. and the U.K. have a close, productive, and resilient law-enforcement and mutual legal assistance relationship. We remain in close contact on many active cases on a daily basis and will continue to seek assistance in criminal matters as we provide similar assistance in return."
Although the comment did not mention Andrew by name, the Sun made it clear that the response was given in the context of queries about the queen's disgraced third child.
The comments clearly show the Department of Justice's frustration that Andrew has refused to cooperate with them, despite pledging to do so in his notorious BBC interview in November 2019 and in various comments since then.
Andrew has repeatedly claimed that he has offered to cooperate with the inquiry, however the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has previously told The Daily Beast that they want to talk to him, but have not been able to.
That office sought to pile pressure on Andrew this month by reporting that Andrew was a "person of interest" in the Epstein probe and was considered "at least" a witness.
Last year, it was reported that the DOJ had sent a formal document known as a mutual legal assistance request to Britain's Home Office to try to force Andrew's cooperation.
So far, Andrew has proved able to shrug off this and other various demands for him to cooperate, including the filing of a civil suit against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre in which she accused him of raping her three times.
A key part of his strategy in recent weeks has been to hide out at various well-defended properties owned by his mother, the queen.
While serving papers on Prince Andrew in person is not a legal necessity, Giuffre's attorney, David Boies, is suspected to be keen to create a visual narrative of a besieged Andrew.
Having spent time at Balmoral in Scotland earlier in the summer, Andrew, the Sun reported this weekend, is now hiding himself away at Royal Lodge in Windsor to avoid being served documents in the civil case against him, which alleges he raped Roberts Giuffre when she was 17.
Security guards stopped "multiple attempts" by lawyers last week to hand the documents over, the paper said.
The Sun said: "There's no way he will risk poking his head outside right now. He will stay out of view."
The Daily Beast exclusively revealed that British media organizations hoping to snap a picture of a disgraced Prince Andrew at Balmoral this month were warned off by the queen's lawyers. The report stated that the palace was "believed by some journalists to be acting out of an abundance of caution for fear that Boies could stage [a serving of papers] spectacle to humiliate Andrew."
Andrew is considered unlikely to respond to the civil suit. This could result in a default judgment being entered against him; however legal sources say any penalties would be very hard and likely impossible to enforce.
A spokesperson for Andrew declined to comment to The Daily Beast about the report.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-andrews-gilded-cage-closes-in-as-department-of-justice-reiterates-desire-to-speak-to-disgraced-royal?source=articles&via=rss
#14490432 at 2021-08-30 07:10:18 (UTC+1)
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MALABAR MIND GAMES
Coming hot on the heels of Australia's Talisman Sabre and the United States' Large Scale Global Exercise, this year's Malabar war game represents a shift in emphasis.
Where Australian and US exercises focused on large-scale amphibious assault operations, the focus is now on a high-seas clash.
Warships, submarines and aircraft are being pitted against each other off Guam in the Western Pacific. Their manoeuvres include live-fire weapons drills.
Australia's multipurpose frigate HMAS Warramunga is showing the flag. The Indian frigate INS Shivalik and corvette INS Kadmatt have travelled to Guam "as part of their ongoing deployment to nations in South-East Asia and the Pacific Ocean".
Japan has sent three warships, including a helicopter carrier, and a submarine along with surveillance and anti-submarine aircraft. The United States is contributing three warships, P-8 anti-submarine aircraft, anti-submarine helicopters and special forces units.
While not formally taking part in the operation, Britain has its new aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth and support ships operating off Okinawa with US and Japanese vessels.
Malabar 2020 was the first time all four nations of the Quad participated in the war games at the same time. The move has attracted Beijing's ire as an "attempt to contain" its territorial ambitions. But it was China's attempt to push back its border with India in the Himalayan Ladakh region last year that prompted a strengthening of Quad ties.
BEIJING BITES BACK
"The strengthening of the Quad mechanism reflects the fact that China's military growth is for sure putting enormous external pressure on the US in the Indo-Pacific region," boasts the Communist Party's Global Times news outlet.
But it also warns of continued escalation and a new arms race.
"As for China, there is definitely a need for it to counter the US' strengthening of the security co-operation among the Quad countries."
Beijing has been eager to be seen to be standing up to Washington.
Live-fire drills in the East and South China Seas ended on Thursday - the same day Malabar kicked off. The full extent of these exercises is uncertain. However, open-source intelligence analysis of satellite imagery reveals a new helicopter assault ship put to sea off Hainan Island.
One unit entered the Miyako Strait, a gap between the disputed Senkaku Islands and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Another flotilla, led by a new Type 055 guided-missile cruiser Nanchang, entered the Sea of Japan in a move touted as "a warning to Japanese right-wing forces and militarists".
State-controlled media boasted the 12,000-tonne warship was "the most powerful" in the world.
"With advanced weapons and equipment like the Type 055 large destroyer, the PLA is fully capable of safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, no matter if it comes to the island of Taiwan or the Diaoyu Islands, or if foreign forces interfere," it said.
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/technology/innovation/china-launches-livefire-drills-as-australia-joins-the-quad-allies-for-malabar-war-games/news-story/083117e7d4d7f210e5527bc1a6258e9b
#14490430 at 2021-08-30 07:09:19 (UTC+1)
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>>14484206
China launches live-fire drills as Australia joins The Quad allies for Malabar war games
Australia has joined The Quad for military war games but refusing to be outdone, China launched its own show of strength.
Jamie Seidel - August 30, 2021
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Australia is there. So are Japan and India. It's the latest in a rapid-fire stream of military exercises involving the West in the Pacific. But China refuses to be outdone, launching yet more live-fire drills in the East and South China Seas.
The Malabar 2021 Naval Exercise began in waters off Guam in the mid-Pacific on Thursday. Australia is its latest regular participant. That makes it a de facto expression of the military strength behind the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, which includes Japan, India and the United States.
At the same time, a strike group centred on the British aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth and the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen met up with the Japanese helicopter carrier Ise and the US assault ship USS America. They were busy near Okinawa and the Miyako Strait linking the East China Sea with the Pacific.
Beijing, however, refused to be outdone.
It launched the latest of its seemingly never-ending chain of combat exercises. One group passed close to allied forces.
"The Chinese military is responding to US moves to team up with its allies - including when the UK and Germany carry out freedom of navigation operations in the region," former People's Liberation Army Colonel Yue Gang told the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. "When the US steps up its presence in the region, China has to respond and show its muscle."
GAME OF THRONES
US Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week began a tour of South-East Asia. On a visit to Vietnam, she told President Nguyen Xuan Phuc: "We need to find ways to pressure and raise the pressure, frankly, on Beijing to abide by the UNCLOS, and to challenge its bullying and excessive maritime claims."
That pressure is already soaring at sea.
China claims almost all of the 2 million square kilometre South China Sea as its sovereign territory. However, nations that actually border the waterway, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo, Taiwan and Indonesia, disagree.
But Beijing blames Washington for the international tension and unrest in the region.
China also claims the whole East China Sea, including islands between Taiwan and mainland Japan. South Korea claims some. Tokyo both claims, and occupies, most.
Buoyed by the exploding size of its navy and air force, China has been elbowing its way into these contested waters in recent years.
While many of its closest neighbours are reluctant to defy Beijing because of its economic and military might, a growing international presence is beginning to make itself felt.
And that's angered China.
US 'ANXIETY'
"With the advancement of China's military modernisation over the past two decades, China has fully caught up with the US in terms of conventional military forces," says Renmin University of China strategic analyst Zuo Xiying. "However, the US' conventional deterrence capability in the Western Pacific has relatively declined."
His Communist Party approved editorial states the expanded scope of the Malabar exercise exposes the United States' "anxiety" about China's rise.
Now Washington is seeking new ways to exert pressure on Beijing.
"To achieve this goal, the US has no other choice but to unite and rope in its allies and strategic partners, as well as to strengthen security co-operation among key allies and strategic partners," Zuo writes. "Washington aims to strengthen maritime co-operation with allies and strategic partners, flexing muscles against China and demonstrating its deterrence capabilities and determination."
Zuo stressed the potential for internal dissent within the Quad.
"Washington has taken aggressive defensive measures to counterbalance Beijing. On the other hand, India, Australia and Japan have their own interests in security issues. Washington cannot have a monopoly on the Quad mechanism, even though it is led by the US."
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#14490294 at 2021-08-30 06:20:55 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
A weary Australia plans reopening as COVID-19 death toll hits 1,000
Jonathan Barrett - AUGUST 30, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - As Australia's COVID-19 deaths exceed 1,000, a grim toll but modest by global standards, a country that has used relentless lockdowns now faces perhaps its biggest health policy challenge of the pandemic - how to reopen.
The highly infectious Delta variant has breached the country's fortress-style controls and entrenched itself deep enough in Sydney, Australia's biggest city, and with a foothold in Melbourne, that authorities have dispensed with plans to eliminate it.
Instead, they plan to ramp up Australia's lagging vaccination effort and live with COVID-19, an approach that would help struggling businesses but which is opposed by states determined to crush the disease.
Australia reported four fatalities on Monday, taking the total death toll from COVID-19 to 1,003, according to government data. It has logged an average of two to three deaths a day recently, the data shows.
But while deaths are creeping higher, infections are surging to successive record highs above 1,200 a day. With more than half the population in lockdown, even those areas with little or no infections are affected.
The exuberance that accompanied Australia's early suppression success has since been replaced with community frustration here at a delayed vaccine programme that has only recently picked up pace.
Just over 33% of those aged 16 and older have received two vaccine doses, well below most comparable nations, according to a Reuters tracker here.
As the weary nation reopens, authorities hope to avoid the soaring infections and rising death experienced in countries such as Britain here and the United States - which recently posted more than 1,000 deaths here in a single day.
The lesson for Australia is that mask-wearing should not be discarded as restrictions ease and that classrooms should be better ventilated to protect students from the airborne virus, said epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre.
"Wearing a mask is a small price to pay to get that additional layer of control," said MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Medicine. "We'll need a vaccines-plus strategy as well as ventilation."
PUSHBACK AGAINST LIVE-WITH-IT PLAN
Australia plans to start easing restrictions once 70% of those aged 16 and over are fully vaccinated, expected late in the year. After 80% comes a gradual reopening of international travel, according to the government-backed plan modelled by the Melbourne-based Doherty Institute.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants Australia to treat COVID-19 like the flu as vaccination rates rise. "That is our goal, to live with this virus, not to live in fear of it," he said last week.
But some largely infection-free states, including queensland and Western Australia, are pushing back as they watch health services at the centre of the Delta outbreak in the Sydney area come under stress.
There are 840 people in hospital being treated for COVID-19 in the epicentre, with 137 in intensive care and 48 requiring ventilation.
Mark McGowan, premier of Western Australia, said his iron ore-exporting state wanted to continue to "crush and kill" the virus, with lockdowns when necessary.
The outbreaks and lockdowns are devastating tourism operators, said Daniel Gschwind, chief executive of the queensland Tourism Industry Council.
"We are not in lockdown and that's great, but tourism is like a pipeline," he said. "It doesn't matter where that pipeline is broken. If you sit at the end of the pipeline nothing is coming through."
The Australian economy, which rebounded swiftly in the pandemic's early stages, is set to contract sharply this quarter, threatening to push the country back into recession here if the decline persists for the rest of the year.
In the Group of 20 big economies, Australia is the last to mark 1,000 COVID-19 deaths. Among major Asia-Pacific economies, four - New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore - have well below 1,000 fatalities, with New Zealand having the lowest at just 26.
Australia's rising case count means it will try to reopen under a cloud of infections when, up until the Delta strain, it was largely virus-free.
Delta's high infectiousness, short incubation, and asymptomatic spread, meant it spread quickly after being first detected in Sydney in June. Caseloads are higher for younger people, who have had limited or no access to vaccines.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-politics/a-weary-australia-plans-reopening-as-covid-19-death-toll-hits-1000-idUSKBN2FV03J
#14483209 at 2021-08-29 02:44:26 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
Australia logs record COVID-19 cases, driven by New South Wales
Lidia Kelly - August 28, 2021
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Australia reported a record 1,126 coronavirus infectious on Saturday, the vast majority in New South Wales, the epicentre of the Delta-fuelled outbreak.
More than half of Australians have been in weeks-long lockdowns as officials in Sydney and Melbourne, the country's largest cities, and the capital Canberra struggle to quell the outbreak.
New South Wales, the most populous state and home to Sydney, reported 1,035 locally acquired COVID-19 infections, breaking Thursday's record of 1,029 as the outbreak that started in mid-June continues to grow.
Victoria reported 64 cases, mostly in its capital Melbourne, and Australian Capital Territory that includes Canberra had 26 infections. queensland had one, Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd told a briefing.
Despite the record in New South Wales, the state's conservative Liberal Party government said it would ease some restrictions next week, allowing for five-guest weddings.
The state's management of the outbreak - which has nearly 14,700 active cases - has been criticised by officials in neighbouring Victoria, who have imposed stricter restrictions, believing the outbreak there can be suppressed.
"I'm not sure 1,000 cases a day is a sign of hope," Victoria's Health Minister Martin Foley said of the New South Wales infections. "I'm pretty sure that if you ask those intensive care nurses in Sydney hospitals at the moment how they saw the situation, it wouldn't be a hugely rosy picture."
After months of supply delays with the Pfizer shots and public unease about the AstraZeneca vaccine, Australia has been racing in recent weeks to inoculate its population. At current rates, 80% could be vaccinated by mid-November.
The federal government announced a plan last month that envisaged lockdowns as a key to quelling outbreaks until 70% percent of the population gets vaccinated and a gradual re-opening of Australia's borders when the number reaches 80%.
Just 33.7% of people above age 16 have been fully vaccinated, but with some 49,800 cases and 993 deaths, Australia has kept its COVID-19 numbers relatively low.
Neighbouring New Zealand, which had been largely virus-free this year, is also fighting a Delta outbreak, reporting 82 new locally acquired cases on Saturday, all in the epicentre Auckland, as the nation remains under a strict lockdown.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-victoria-reports-64-local-covid-19-cases-2021-08-27/
#14452019 at 2021-08-25 06:52:51 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
Australia pandemic panel backs reopening targets despite Sydney outbreak
Renju Jose - August 24, 2021
SYDNEY, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails to control its Delta outbreak.
The Melbourne-based Doherty Institute said the country's focus must shift to limiting the number of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations, from its current zero-cases strategy, when at least 70% of the country's population above age 16 is fully vaccinated.
"This level of vaccination will make it easier to live with the virus, as we do with other viruses such as the flu," it said in a statement late on Monday. "Once we reach 70% vaccine coverage, opening up at tens or hundreds of cases nationally per day is possible."
Currently, 30% of Australia's adult population has been fully vaccinated while 53% have had at least one dose.
Australia in July unveiled a four-stage plan back to greater freedoms with higher vaccination rates. But queensland and Western Australia states flagged they may not stick with the agreement as it was framed when case numbers in Sydney were much lower.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged the concerns of some states from the Sydney outbreak but said "forever lockdowns" will do more harm than good to the country.
"It doesn't matter whether it's 30 cases or 800 cases, the conclusions are the same, and that's what the Doherty Institute said … we can do this safely and we do need to do it," Morrison told Nine News on Tuesday.
VACCINE PIVOT
Australia has suffered less from the coronavirus pandemic than many other developed countries with about 44,600 cases and 984 deaths. But a third wave of infections from the Delta variant has plunged Sydney and Melbourne, its largest cities, and capital Canberra into a weeks-long lockdown.
Sydney, the worst-affected, has reported rapid growth in new case numbers as state officials pivot to a faster vaccine rollout strategy as more than two months of stay-at-home orders have failed to stop the spread of Delta.
"Let us focus on the vaccine rates because that is what will determine how we can live moving forward," New South Wales (NSW) state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
Berejiklian, who had promised more freedoms for the fully-vaccinated once total doses topped 6 million, said the state has crossed that milestone and changes will be announced later this week. Some 59% of people in NSW have had at least one dose, while 31% are fully vaccinated, slightly above the national numbers.
A total of 753 cases were reported in NSW, down from 818 on Monday, although daily infections continue to linger near record levels. Seventy-four deaths have been reported from the latest outbreak, although the rate of deaths has slowed from last year.
Neighbouring Victoria, struggling to contain its outbreak, expanded access to the Pfizer shots from Wednesday to anyone over the age of 16 to help reach a goal of a million doses over five weeks. Fifty new locally acquired cases were detected in the state on Tuesday, down from 71 a day earlier.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-pandemic-panel-backs-reopening-plans-amid-delta-surge-2021-08-23/
#14443159 at 2021-08-24 06:25:25 (UTC+1)
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Ahead of a national cabinet meeting on Friday that will consider higher Covid-19 caseloads in the Doherty Institute's updated analysis, which underpins the reopening plan, Mr Morrison said states must commit to "living with this virus".
"We must adjust our mindset," he said. "Cases will not be the issue once we get above 70 per cent. Dealing with serious illness, hospitalisation, ICU capabilities, our ability to respond in those circumstances - that will be our goal. And we will live with this virus as we live with other infectious diseases."
Mr Morrison, who spoke with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce on Monday after the airline ?announced it would mandate vaccines for workers and offer incentives for vaccinated Australians, faces increasing internal pressure to pushback against states and territories undermining the national reopening plan.
But WA Premier Mark McGowan fired back at Mr Morrison and argued the national cabinet had agreed that targeted lockdowns would remain even at 80 per cent vaccination rates.
"Just because the NSW government has made a mess of it doesn't mean the rest of us should suffer," he said. "My view is we should do everything we can to stay in the state we are currently in, and at the same time vaccinate like hell."
The federal government has shifted to a combination of vaccines, targeted lockdowns, testing, tracing and treatments to help move Australia out of the suppression phase.
queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said she feared jabs could go to waste unless more people joined the state's vaccination waitlist. Only 79,599 people were in the jab queue as of Monday, compared with 112,000 people vaccinated last week.
A senior queensland government source said no consideration would be given to removing border restrictions with NSW until the infection rate fell below 1 and case numbers fell to the "early hundreds".
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox warned that the nation could not wait for the "last person in the last state" to be vaccinated.
"I'm confident that the slower-to-vaccinate states will soon see that the cost of isolation is much higher than the cost of striving for the future, obviously unrealistic dream of maintaining Covid zero," Mr Willox said. "If not, those states will be left behind economically and socially and they will make our national Covid recovery harder to achieve."
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar said vaccinations must be the primary tool to control Covid-19. Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott urged state leaders to stick with the Doherty plan.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said when NSW reached 70 and 80 per cent double dose coverage, residents would be able to "live more freely".
Victorian Premier Daniel ?Andrews said while he was ?"highly unlikely" to impose a statewide lockdown on Victorians once 80 per cent were vaccinated, he could not rule it out.
As Europe, the US, Singapore, Israel and others shift their focus to lowering hospitalisation and death rates, Mr Morrison said lockdowns were "taking an ?extremely heavy toll both on the mental and physical health of Australians and on the economic success of Australia".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrisons-blast-for-slow-states-as-vaccine-rates-lag/news-story/8bffb81e5528c07786f5697dc6537c42
#14443157 at 2021-08-24 06:24:28 (UTC+1)
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Scott Morrison's blast for slow states as vaccine rates lag
GEOFF CHAMBERS and RICHARD FERGUSON - AUGUST 23, 2021
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Low vaccination rates in queensland and Western Australia threaten to delay the easing of Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns as Scott Morrison says Australia must adjust its mindset to living with the virus.
The Prime Minister on Monday stared down state leaders wavering on the four-phase ?reopening strategy agreed by ?national cabinet, warning that Australians would remain stuck "in the cave forever" if the plan to progressively ease restrictions at 70 per cent and 80 per cent full vaccination rates was abandoned.
With queensland and WA ?indicating they may not stick to the plan because of high case numbers in NSW and a growing outbreak in Victoria, Mr Morrison said: "If not at 70 per cent and 80 per cent, then when? We must make that move and we must prepare to make that move and we must prepare the country to make that move.
"We have to break this cycle. The national plan is the way to cut through and for us to emerge from that. This groundhog day has to end, and it will end when we start getting to 70 per cent and 80 per cent."
The Prime Minister's intervention came as S&P Global Ratings said states and territories would put their credit ratings at risk if they failed to end lockdowns once 80 per cent vaccine coverage was achieved and business leaders called on WA and queensland to ramp up their vaccination rates.
WA and queensland continue to lag behind other states. NSW has delivered more than 59 per cent of first doses, but WA and queensland are sitting at about 46 per cent.
On current vaccination projections, NSW will meet its 70 per cent double jab target around ?October 29 and 80 per cent around ?November 16, while Victoria will reach the 70 per cent full vaccination threshold around November 3 and 80 per cent around November 21.
However, queensland is not expected to reach a 70 per cent full vaccination rate until about ?December 4 and 80 per cent around December 28, while WA is not projected to reach 70 per cent until around November 11 and 80 per cent around November 29.
The slower vaccination rates in holdout states will delay the whole country as thresholds are linked to national vaccination rates and could lead to borders being closed longer.
Under the four-step strategy, lockdowns and restrictions will be eased when the country moves to phases two and three after state and national averages reach 70 and 80 per cent of double doses. queensland at the weekend threatened to walk away from the national plan, arguing it had signed the agreement before infections in NSW reached the current levels of more than 800 a day. Federal officials insist more cases will not radically alter virus caseloads once states open up.
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#14434058 at 2021-08-23 08:10:13 (UTC+1)
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Rogue crossbencher Craig Kelly to run with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party at the next election
RICHARD FERGUSON - AUGUST 23, 2021
Rogue crossbench MP Craig Kelly will run as billionaire Clive Palmer's lead candidate at the next election, promising to push an "alternative narrative" about lockdowns and lead the charge in all 150 federal seats.
Mr Kelly - who left the Liberal Party in February over his support for unorthodox coronavirus treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine - will stay on to fight his NSW seat of Hughes under Mr Palmer's United Australia Party banner.
But in a major shake-up, Mr Kelly will become leader of the UAP and Mr Palmer will act in a behind-the-scenes role as party chairman, as the billionaire promises to fight both Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese over lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccinations.
Mr Kelly said on Monday that he will lead the UAP into the next election and run candidates in all 150 seats, and Mr Palmer will not run himself.
"With endless authoritarian lockdowns ... I no longer recognise the country grew up in," Mr Kelly said in a statement.
"And this is all happening on my watch. Someone must lead a fightback. I have therefore decided to accept the offer, to lead the United Australia Party into the next election.
"The United Australia Party will be fighting to end the lockdowns and offer an alternate approach to the current mayhem and destruction that the Labor and Liberal parties have jointly created."
Mr Kelly told The Australian before his announcement that the UAP campaign will be "very well-financed", and Mr Palmer will act as the UAP's party chairman.
With Mr Kelly now representing the UAP in parliament, the Palmer-backed outfit will now be free to run any candidates without having to meet strict new membership numbers set out in new Morrison government electoral reform laws now in front of the House and senate.
The Hughes MP had to have his preselection secured by both the Prime Minister and Malcolm Turnbull in previous preselections, but ultimately abandoned the government over its refusal to support unsupported treatments for Covid-19.
The Australian revealed Mr Kelly and Mr Palmer were in talks to join forces last May after the billionaire was seen walking the halls of parliament with the Hughes MP, and Mr Palmer said he stood ready to bankroll his campaign to keep his seat.
The queensland tycoon has promised legal action against any federal policies which further push Covid-19 vaccinations and he failed in a High Court bid to bring down Western Australia's hard Covid-19 border.
Mr Palmer is readying to repeat his advertising blitz against Labor in the 2019 election, credited with damaging Bill Shorten's hopes of winning power, with a cashed-up campaign against both major parties.
Multiple sources have told The Australian Mr Palmer intended to specifically target Mr Dutton, who played a key role in overhauling the LNP's hierarchy at the weekend's LNP state convention.
Close ties between Mr Palmer and former high-ranking members of the LNP's organisational wing were at the centre of internal debate ahead of the purge led by Mr Dutton and state Opposition Leader David Crisafulli.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/rogue-crossbencher-craig-kelly-to-run-with-clive-palmers-united-australia-party-at-the-next-election/news-story/8f5d80211ca22ca2f9b3670b67b990e1
#14433953 at 2021-08-23 07:13:36 (UTC+1)
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>>14404403
Australia PM says pandemic focus must shift to reopening
Renju Jose - AUGUST 23, 2021
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia must start to learn to live with COVID-19 when higher vaccination targets are reached, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, despite concerns in some states about the impact of a surge in cases in Sydney.
With over half of all Australians stuck in weeks-long lockdowns to curb the highly infectious Delta strain, Morrison said the country had to move forward and start reducing restrictions as more people became vaccinated.
"(Lockdowns) cannot go on forever. This is not a sustainable way to live in this country," he said during a televised media conference in Canberra.
"Because if not at 70% and 80% (vaccination rates), then when? Then when? We must make that move and we must prepare to make that move and we must prepare the country to make that move."
Morrison's comments come after differences have emerged between states that want to maintain a focus on suppressing the virus and the largest state of New South Wales, which is seeking a path out of lockdowns through vaccinations following a large Delta outbreak.
The federal government last month unveiled a four-stage plan to relax restrictions once 70% of its 25 million people aged over 16 are vaccinated, with stringent lockdowns "unlikely" to be required.
When vaccination coverage reaches 80% only "highly targeted lockdowns" would be necessary and vaccinated Australians would be free to travel interstate.
Western Australia and queensland states, which are largely coronavirus-free, have flagged they may still maintain some restrictions even when vaccination targets are reached.
They say the national plan, which was agreed before the NSW outbreak, was based on having only small outbreaks present in the community.
On Monday, NSW reported 818 cases, most of them in Sydney, slightly down from the record 830 a day earlier.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged people to focus less on cases and more on the immunisation rollout.
"Once you get to 80% double dose, every state will have to live with COVID. You cannot keep Delta out forever," she said.
In Victoria, home to Melbourne, 71 new cases were detected with 55 having spent time in the community while infectious, which state Premier Daniel Andrews said could derail plans to exit lockdown on Sept. 2.
While Australia has managed the pandemic better than many other developed countries, a slow vaccine rollout has taken the gloss off its early success.
Nationally, 30% of people above 16 are fully vaccinated, while 52% have had a least one dose. Vaccinations are running at a record pace but the target of 80% fully vaccinated will not be reached until December at the current rate.
Australia has reported just over 44,600 cases in total. There have been 984 deaths, although the death rate has declined since last year.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-says-pandemic-focus-must-shift-to-reopening-idUSKBN2FO06I
#14413607 at 2021-08-21 06:50:07 (UTC+1)
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>>14411862
Police overwhelm modest Sydney anti-lockdown protest
Josh Bavas and Kevin Nguyen - 21 August 2021
Police officers have extinguished an anti-lockdown demonstration in Sydney, where several people have been arrested while attempting to gather in the city centre.
Officers created a ring around the CBD ahead of a planned gathering spearheaded by anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protesters.
It was supposed to start at Victoria Park, on Broadway, at midday.
Officers had been positioned on foot, horseback, bicycles and motorcycles since the morning.
Authorities also issued a prohibition on taxis, rideshares and other transport services from taking people to the city in response to a the unauthorised protest, which police said "seriously comprised the public's safety".
Roadblocks heading into the CBD were also established at main arteries, such as on the Warringah Freeway in North Sydney.
Despite the enormous law enforcement response, hundreds of demonstrators streamed into the city - many maskless and holding protest signs.
More than 1,000 police officers were deployed in central areas and began making arrests after splitting the crowd into smaller groups.
The ABC understands at least one police officer was injured.
After arrests, users inside encrypted messaging apps where the protests were being organised in real-time began to panic.
"Where are our leaders?!" one Sydney user wrote into the group.
"Where the f*ck are people who promised to lead it?"
One member of the channel said they were forced to turn around after running into the police blockade another called the event an "epic fail".
The Sydney protest lost momentum after one of its key organisers, Anthony Khallouf, was jailed yesterday for breaching public health orders.
Police said the Victorian man had travelled from queensland to NSW without a reasonable excuse, in breach of COVID-19 public health orders.
Khallouf was yesterday sentenced to eight months prison, with a non-parole period of three months, after pleading guilty to four counts of not complying with a direction and one count each of encouraging the commission of a crime and making false representations resulting in a police investigation.
The 29-year-old was a key figure behind a July rally in Sydney that attracted thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators.
He encouraged his thousands of followers on social media and on encrypted messaging apps to attend today's protest.
In Melbourne, however, anti-lockdown marches turned violent today after protesters lit flares and clashed with officers who used batons and pepper spray.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/sydney-anti-lockdown-protests-dispersed-by-nsw-police/100396384
#14412085 at 2021-08-21 02:17:15 (UTC+1)
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'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."
(continued)
#14404893 at 2021-08-20 10:46:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
ABC Media Watch Tweets
ABC's satanic slip-up. What was going on here? @abcnews
https://twitter.com/ABCmediawatch/status/1428495793363636227
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From this week's #MediaBites:
https://twitter.com/ABCmediawatch/status/1428495914121920517
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It appears the footage came from this Noosa Temple of Satan livestream (8.00 mark):
Noosa Temple of Satan
Everyone Welcome to our Satanic Black Mass at Noosa - 30 October 2020
https://www.facebook.com/105765934246791/videos/388798948829049
They've been in the media recently:
Devil in the detail as satanists' fight with Education Dept hits Supreme Court
Toby Crockford - August 12, 2021
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/devil-in-the-detail-as-satanists-fight-with-education-dept-hits-supreme-court-20210812-p58i81.html
https://twitter.com/ABCmediawatch/status/1428606219082625025
https://qanon.pub/#1432
#14386072 at 2021-08-18 08:54:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
Prince Andrew is 'person of interest' in Epstein investigation: US prosecutors probing Ghislaine Maxwell's activities want to quiz Duke over friendship with paedophile billionaire - as he faces civil lawsuit from Virginia Roberts
MARK DUELL - 17 August 2021
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Prosecutors in the US investigating people linked to Jeffrey Epstein consider Prince Andrew to be a 'person of interest' in the inquiry, a source claimed last night.
Investigators probing Ghislaine Maxwell and other Epstein associates are said to want to speak to the Duke of York about his friendship with the paedophile financier.
As a person of interest, the queen's son is viewed at least as a potential witness - and questioning him would form part of the investigation into possible co-conspirators.
Prosecutors last week said Andrew, 61, had 'sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate' but had given no interview to federal authorities and had repeatedly declined requests to talk with investigators.
Andrew remains a person of interest to prosecutors in the office of the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to the source - but they do not expect to be able to interview him in the foreseeable future, if ever.
'He doesn't seem to want to talk to us,' said the source, who is familiar with the US inquiry. Representatives of the Prince declined to comment, but have previously denied any wrongdoing of failure to assist.
Earlier this month, Virginia Giuffre, who has said she was abused by Epstein, filed a civil complaint against Andrew in Manhattan federal court.
Ms Giuffre, who used to be known as Virginia Roberts, alleges Andrew forced her to have unwanted sexual intercourse at Maxwell's London home.
Andrew has denied the allegation. Epstein died in an apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking minors.
Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to charges that she procured teenage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse between 1994 and 2004. She is expected to go on trial in November.
Prosecutors last year sent the British government a formal request, known as a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) submission, asking for access to the prince so they could talk to him.
The MLAT is a procedure used in criminal investigations to gather material from foreign countries which cannot readily be obtained on a cooperative basis.
Ms Giuffre's lawyer had no immediate comment.
(continued)
#14385843 at 2021-08-18 07:32:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 26
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 3
>>14187041 Scores of pedophiles across Australia caught using chat app Kik over the past five years, authorities warn the service's anonymous nature makes children easy prey
>>14200962 $1.375 million legal payout brings hope for other victims of paedophile priest Kevin O'Donnell
>>14200974 Sexual abuse victim Jesse Elmer - One man's endless crusade to keep Launceston paedophile from other kids
>>14206760 Hotel quarantine raid for child abuse material; Border Force seize childlike sex dolls
>>14213684 Video: Moreton Bay man charged by AFP for allegedly using Twitter to watch child exploitation material
>>14213689 Tasmanian eBay vendor Xinzhe Lin receives 11-month suspended sentence, avoids jail for importing "vile" childlike sex doll parts from China
>>14233531 PDF: ABF & AFP stand with victims for World Day Against Trafficking In Persons - Australian Border Force - July 2021
>>14233549 Video: Victims' voices lead the way on World Day against Trafficking in Persons - Australian Federal Police - July 2021
>>14233633 queensland mayor issues historic apology over blackbirding slavery of Pacific Islanders
>>14233699 Video: Bundaberg's Mayor Jack Dempsey makes historic apology to South Sea Islanders for their mistreatment in the early 1900s - 7NEWS Facebook
>>14234951 Former monk Denis Alexander to be deported to Australia after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse in Scotland
>>14249467 Former NSW MP Michael Johnsen not charged over alleged rape of Blue Mountains sex worker
>>14257458 Chrissie Foster and families of tragic sex assault victims no longer silenced after Victorian state government backflip
>>14265541 Olivia Simmons, sister of Australian basketballer Ben Simmons, claims she was victim of child sex-trafficking ring
>>14266051 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Can you help @Europol Stop Child Abuse and #TraceAnObject? #ChildProtection
>>14266051 Europol Tweet: Did you know that you can help us to trace an object and stop child abuse? Yes, it is as simple as checking this object and letting us know if you recognise it - Remember that every clue can assist in solving a case
>>14266051 STOP CHILD ABUSE - TRACE AN OBJECT - EUROPOL - You can help us to trace an object and stop child abuse - The most innocent clues can sometimes help crack a case
>>14273956 Hillsong founder Brian Houston to face court over allegedly concealing child sex abuse
>>14282402 Video: 'God is in control': Hillsong comforts the flock after founder Brian Houston charged by police
>>14311519 Taskforce Argos : How Australian detectives spent years on the trail of darknet paedophile suspect
>>14322129 'I don't want to do this': Forced into marriage to an older man she didn't know for $15,000, taken to live thousands of kilometres away from home - Two months later Ruqia Haidari was brutally murdered by the man she was forced to marry
>>14347502 Slavery still exists in Australia today - These are the people fighting back - Issara Saeyim and Cloverdale Community Centre
>>14366215 queensland Police - Child exploitation investigation, Brisbane - Operation Tango Thread - Appeal for information - social media usernames list
>>14366217 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Victim Identification is one of the most important elements of #ChildProtection. It takes a special person to dedicate their career to this field, and we are eternally proud of these specialists and the work they do in the @AusFedPolice and ACCCE.
>>14366217 10 News First Tweet: Video: A small team of women make up the Victim Identification Unit in the Australian Federal Police. They identify and save children from exploitation material
>>14366220 10 News First Person Podcast: Australian Federal Police Victim Identification Unit - We Persevere - The Australian Federal Police's Victim Identification Team is worthy of a lot of praise, but not a lot of people know about it or consider the fact that the work they do is extremely traumatic work done by real people.
#14385838 at 2021-08-18 07:31:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 24
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 1
>>14020172 South Australian DPP drops two charges in case against HIV+ pedophile Jadd William Brooker but says he is guilty of two more sex crimes
>>14020337 Tasmanian Labor leader David O'Byrne to stand aside during investigation into allegations of sexual harassment
>>14042244 Top South Australian arts identity Timothy Sexton's spectacular fall from grace revealed after sentencing for teen sex offending in the 1980s
>>14050941 Heather Wynands was sexually assaulted by her chiropractor when she was a teenager, but took decades to report it - pressures of living in a small community meant she did not feel safe or supported reporting her abuse
>>14057769 At 27, Claire's husband forced her to join a cult. They were preparing for the world's end - The Order of St Charbel led by convicted pedophile William Kamm
>>14064810 queensland Police's Task Force Argos has compiled the largest database of child exploitation images in the southern hemisphere - a horrid collection that has helped rescue children and take abusers off the streets
>>14064818 queensland Police's Taskforce Argos - Crack Aussie unit joins international hunt for pedophiles and victims
>>14064827 Video: THE CHILDREN IN THE PICTURES - 2021 DOCUMENTARY TRAILER - Inside Task Force Argos, the world's best investigative team dedicated to rescuing the children being sexually abused by highly organised dark web networks.
>>14064827 The Children In the Pictures will carry the message of hope and promote citizen activism. Audiences will learn how we can all make a profound contribution to keeping our children safe.
>>14071715 New South Wales man charged with sexually abusing children overseas and possessing child abuse material
>>14071789 South Australian James David Ryan Sharp imported a child-like sex doll, Mount Gambier court hears
>>14071821 From fresh produce to seafood, supermarkets are under pressure to stamp out modern slavery
>>14071884 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Thank you for all of your support helping spread the word of the #TraceAnObjectAUS initiative, but the fight continues! Can you identify any of these objects that have been taken from the background of child sexual abuse images and videos? Report at http://accce.gov.au/trace
>>14079124 South Australia's Court of Appeal almost doubles sentence handed to pedophile Christopher Stain and calls for better education for judges about the long-term effects of sex crimes on children
>>14085854 Pedophile tradie Bryan Michael Grange jailed for 30 years over 'depraved' child sexual abuse
>>14085857 Q Post #925 - This is not about religions or party affiliation. EVIL is everywhere. There are no drawn lines. No boundaries. Good vs Evil. Q
>>14085909 Victims of serial rapist Daniel Hanson tell court of 'monstrous impact' on them
>>14086036 The queensland government paid child-sex predator Bob Montgomery to help 'protect' children
>>14089665 The net is closing on child sexual abuse images - UK's Internet Watch Foundation and Intelligrade metadata software helping Five Eyes countries and tech companies prioritise the most serious images and videos of abuse
>>14090039 Australian Centre To Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) - CLOSING THE NET: A podcast about online child sexual exploitation
#14385837 at 2021-08-18 07:31:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 23
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
>>14020221 Video: Prince Andrew's ex, Lady Victoria Hervey, believes Ghislaine Maxwell was 'brainwashed' by Jeffrey Epstein
>>14035867 Judge rules to unseal dozens of documents about Ghislaine Maxwell's personal affairs, including those that reveal her and Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with the Clintons
>>14035892 Bill Cosby is free; Ghislaine Maxwell should be, too - David Oscar Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell's appellate counsel
>>14092368 Video: The venomous Epstein tapes: When VICKY WARD investigated Jeffrey Epstein, he tried to charm her... then threatened to get her sacked and put a curse on her unborn children. But she recorded it all - and what she reveals about Ghislaine Maxwell is shocking
>>14141506 Ghislaine Maxwell accused of having 'near-total amnesia' over alleged abuse - could not recall a single flight with victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre on Jeffrey Epstein's jet, despite logs showing they made 23 trips
>>14141528 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Judge Orders Ghislaine Maxwell's Private Documents To Be Unsealed. Finally we are getting some transparency.There is hope.We must maintain vigilant in order for the truth to see the light of day
>>14141528 Judge Orders Ghislaine Maxwell's Private Documents To Be Unsealed, Set To Expose Juicy Details About Jeffrey Epstein & Bill Clinton
>>14147712 Accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre says Maxwell was in love with Epstein and could be a 'tyrant' with his victims: new book, "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story" by Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown
>>14147749 Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story - Book excerpt: Herald reporter Julie Brown's excavation of Jeffrey Epstein's sordid past
>>14147756 (2019) Video: How Miami Herald's investigation & Jeffrey Epstein survivors helped blow up a sweetheart deal - Miami Herald
>>14166262 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Jean Luc Brunel- Epstein's right hand man for sex trafficking is appealing to be released from jail in Paris. Let's make some noise & help the Parisians keep this dangerous man off the streets
>>14201006 Julie K. Brown, reporter who broke Epstein case isn't convinced the accused sex trafficker took his own life, says a rumored Mossad link is worth digging into
>>14229001 Epstein's Shadow: How Ghislaine Maxwell went from socialite to inmate
>>14235240 PDF: U.S. judge tells lawyers in Ghislaine Maxwell case to watch what they say - "extrajudicial statements" could taint the jury pool
>>14235322 Jeffrey Epstein stalks his shadowy network of plutocrats from the grave - Why did so many rich and powerful men seek out his advice?
>>14235380 Sarah Ferguson's Own History With Jeffrey Epstein May Explain Why She's So Quick to Defend Prince Andrew
>>14296376 Virginia Roberts is set to sue Prince Andrew in a New York court over her claims that Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with the Duke aged 17
>>14304166 A Tight Spot: What Prince Andrew Faces If Virginia Roberts Guiffre Files Her Civil Suit Against Him This Week
>>14311596 PDF: Virginia Giuffre: Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew for alleged sexual abuse - lawsuit accuses Andrew of sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress
>>14311736 Video: Prince Andrew sued by Virginia Roberts Giuffre for an alleged sexual assault - 9 News Australia
>>14332513 'Additional evidence': Another women, Johanna Sjoberg, to testify against Prince Andrew, says Virginia Roberts Giuffre's lawyer David Boies
>>14342833 ROYAL RAGE: Furious dad of Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts tells Royal 'you should be ashamed of yourself' over rape lawsuit
>>14342860 UK Scotland Yard Police review Prince Andrew claims - Dame Cressida Dick, Commissioner of Metropolitan Police: 'No one is above the law'
>>14349090 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to dismiss sex trafficking indictment, despite Cosby claim
>>14356386 'Inconsistencies', 'Doubts' about Prince Andrew's account of his dealings with Virginia Giuffre as it's revealed his legal bills are being underwritten by the queen
>>14357216 Ghislaine Maxwell sells mews house in Belgravia - for ?1.75m - where Prince Andrew allegedly had sex with his then 17-year-old accuser Virginia Roberts
#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
#14385828 at 2021-08-18 07:29:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 18
Australia / China Tensions - Part 2
>>14119986 Chinese spy ship returns to waters off queensland ahead of Defence's largest war-fighting exercise
>>14120147 Australia 'very wary' of Chinese spy ship sitting off queensland coast
>>14120179 Murdoch and his press empire fuel anti-China feelings using media as a political weapon - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>14120210 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Papua New Guinea(#PNG) is the third pacific island country to administer Chinese #vaccines across the country
>>14120228 Australian exports to China surge to new high
>>14120237 GT Voice: Surging iron ore prices fuel China's diversification efforts - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14120266 US vows to work with Australia to oppose China's 'unfair' trade practices
>>14127248 Western Australian government's venue policy and China link an arts-breaker in Western Australia - Event linked to Taiwan or Tibet prohibited from hiring most of Perth's major performance venues
>>14141341 Australian scientists, environment groups urge UN to put Great Barrier Reef on 'in danger' list, criticize govt's short-sightedness, incompetence - Huang Lanlan and Zhao Juecheng - globaltimes.cn
>>14145027 Video: Second Chinese spy ship en route to Australia ahead of US military exercises - Sky News Australia
>>14147666 Peter Dutton 'surprised' China has sent a second spy ship to monitor Australian operations - China has "obviously made a decision to have a greater presence"
>>14153450 WA Minister for Culture and the Arts David Templeman announces review into Perth Theatre Trust's contentious pro-China venue-hire policy
>>14153456 Coral repair raises hopes for Great Barrier Reef as UNESCO's World Heritage Committee vote looms
>>14153576 Magnifying legal Chinese ship presence near US-Australian military drill unreasonable: experts - Liu Xuanzun - globaltimes.cn
>>14159509 Video: Australia prepares for China retaliation after blaming Beijing for Microsoft hack
>>14159551 Video: China accuses Australia of hypocrisy over Microsoft server hack accusation
>>14159554 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Statement - Australia joins international partners in attribution of malicious cyber activity to China
>>14159568 Chinese Embassy Spokesperson's Responding to the Australian Side's Remarks on Cyber Issues - 2021/07/20 - China firmly rejects the groundless accusations made by the Australian government on cyber issues, following the steps and parroting the rhetoric of the US.
>>14159586 GT Voice: Australia's role to the Chinese economy should not be overestimated - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14166016 'Active threat': China's cyber-intrusion on British MPs exposed
>>14166025 The US and its allies may not stop China's 'web of hackers', but it can 'deeply embarrass' Beijing
>>14166032 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 20, 2021
>>14166041 US enlisting allies to smear China only exposes diffidence: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14166079 US and Australia move to block China buying Digicel mobile phone networks in the Pacific and Caribbean
>>14166089 GT Voice: Will Australia meet Pacific nations' need for telecom upgrade? - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14166101 Japanese Ambassador to Australia Shingo Yamagami says Tokyo 'struggles every day' with China
>>14180628 Liberal Party Senator Jim Molan friendly fire over China military threat - warns the Australian Defence Force would be defeated within days in the event of a Chinese attack
>>14180641 US Trade Representative Katherine Tai backs Australia in trade disputes with China
>>14180648 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 22, 2021
>>14180656 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying Tweet: It's high time the Australian government stepped up efforts to protect & promote the human rights of #AustralianMuslims
#14385826 at 2021-08-18 07:29:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 17
Australia / China Tensions - Part 1
>>14020059 Human Rights Watch reveals harassment, surveillance of Chinese students studying in Australia
>>14020145 Environment Minister Sussan Ley invites China-chaired UNESCO World Heri?tage Committee to inspect Great Barrier Reef
>>14020149 Australia shouldn't be poster boy for climate change perils: Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley
>>14020238 Chinese rail firm refutes 'forced labor' claims in Australia - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14035922 Exclusive: Planting 'consultants,' blocking vaccine approval, threatening officials - Australia sabotages China-PNG cooperation by all means - Global Times - globaltimes.cn
>>14042279 50 years after Whitlam's China visit, it's imperative for Canberra politicians to learn his political sagacity - Chen Hong - globaltimes.cn
>>14053439 Japan boosts military links with Australia to fend off China - Japanese ambassador Yamagami Shingo says Australia will not resist Chinese economic coercion alone
>>14064520 Australia backed by 11 countries after calling foul play over China's reef 'in danger' push
>>14064525 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 5, 2021
>>14064545 Chinese ties 'vital' to trade survival, say resource states queensland and Western Australia
>>14064583 China accuses Australia of COVID-19 vaccine sabotage in the Pacific
>>14064590 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 5, 2021
>>14064624 Exclusive: Western scientists face government probe, death threats for opposing COVID-19 lab-leak theory: source - GT staff reporters - globaltimes.cn
>>14064631 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 2, 2021
>>14071638 Video: 'Settle in for the long haul': White House's Indo-Pacific co-ordinator Kurt Campbell's China warning for Australia
>>14071644 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 6, 2021
>>14089200 China criticises Australia's human rights record at the United Nations
>>14089209 Video: United Nations Human Rights Council - Adoption of reports by the Universal Periodic Review Working Group of Australia, 8 July 2021 - Mr. Jiang Duan, China
>>14089243 China urges Australia to face up to severe human rights violations at UN body - Liu Xin - globaltimes.cn
>>14089310 China is the 'big international bully at the moment': Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Peter Jennings - Sky News Australia
>>14089317 Australia browbeating China as a 'bully' only reveals the true oppressors - Li Haidong - globaltimes.cn
>>14092455 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on July 9, 2021
>>14092493 Australia has shown great resilience in the face of China's aggression - Paul Kelly - theaustralian.com.au
>>14098440 Time to abandon One China policy, says Independent senator Rex Patrick
>>14105608 Assertive China has misunderstood Australia's toughness - Alexander Downer - afr.com
>>14112475 China-Australia tensions flare over South China Sea
>>14112479 Foreign Minister Marise Payne Statement - Marking the 5th Anniversary of the South China Sea Arbitral Award
>>14112485 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Spokesperson's Remarks - We deplore the recent statement by the Australian side on the South China Sea issue
>>14112489 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on July 12, 2021
>>14112492 Video: Australia needs to do some soul-searching and put its own house in order - SpokespersonCHN
#14385809 at 2021-08-18 07:26:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 6
Australian Politics and Society - Part 6
>>14220927 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Tweets: Earlier this week I visited some of our Australian and multinational troops participating in Talisman Sabre…Our troops are doing great work; we all should be so incredibly proud
>>14228351 Department of Defence Tweet: Yesterday, @USArmyAlaska #paratroopers jumped out of an #AusAirForce C-17A Globemaster III onto the Kangaroo Drop Zone as part of a simulated Joint Forcible Entry Operation during Exercise #TalismanSabre
>>14228354 Paratroopers in the skies over queensland - Flight Lieutenant Chloe Stevenson - defence.gov.au
>>14228362 U.S. Army Pacific Tweet: Video: 'Spartan Brigade' paratroopers jump over queensland, Australia - 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) paratroopers with the jump onto the Kangaroo Drop Zone as part of a simulated Joint Forcible Entry Operation during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 in Australia
>>14228622 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Strengthening our alliances - Check it out - #YourADF's integration with international partners is on show at #TS21 in the form of a multi-domain strike
>>14228626 Striking in a new way: Multi-domain strike - Synchronisation of traditional operating domains of Maritime, Land and Air with newer domains of Space and Information/Cyberspace - Petty Officer Jake Badior - defence.gov.au
>>14228786 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison says lockdowns to end once 80 per cent of the Australian population is vaccinated against COVID-19
>>14228864 Australian Defence Force and anti-abortion organisations banned from Australian National University Induction Day by ANU Student Association - Education Minister Alan Tudge considers cutting off funding to student organisations that attempt to stop the airing of views they oppose on campus
>>14233997 'Freedom' activists aim to harness anger for new political party - Monica Smit and Reignite Democracy Australia
>>14235604 Video: Talisman Sabre 21: US Marines, British Royal Marines, ADF & JGSDF Conducting Amphibious Landing - GEORGEnews
>>14235614 Video: A Multi-National Amphibious Assault was conducted as part of Talisman Sabre 2021. Coalition forces consisting of Royal Marine Commandos, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force, and the Australian Defence Force landed at Forrest Beach near Ingham, queensland - Department of Defence Australia
>>14235682 Video: Joint amphibious landing and air assault - Talisman Sabre 2021 - The troops took to the beaches and streets of Bowen, queensland as part of simulated battles between two opposing forces. Scenarios included a beach landing, securing of airfields and strategic areas and storming of positions at various locations - Department of Defence Australia
>>14235711 Troops come ashore on quiet beach in final push - Private Jacob Joseph - defence.gov.au
>>14235784 Talisman Sabre Tweet: A picture can tell a thousand words - The calm before the storm is the perfect epitome for the @USArmyAlaska #paratroopers onboard an @AusAirForce C-17A Globemaster III, patiently waiting to step out into the open queensland sky.
>>14235784 https://qanon.pub/?q=calm
>>14235790 Video: From Alaska to queensland - U.S. paratroopers drop in on Talisman Sabre 2021 - United States Army troops from the 3rd Batallion, 509th Infantry Airbourne conducted an airborne assault dropping into 'Kangaroo Dropzone' near Charters Towers, queensland for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14236056 U.S. Navy Tweet: Teamwork makes the dream work for a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific - @31stMeu and Sailors aboard USS America (LHA 6) conduct an underway replenishment with the Australian Navy's HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) in the Coral Sea, July 27, 2021, as part of @TalismanSabre
>>14236063 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Hidden beneath the deep blue sea lurks an unseen threat, keeping sailors alert during #TS21 - @Australian_Navy & @USNavy submarines are disrupting operations during a series of sub-surface training scenarios
>>14236071 Submarines add extra layer of realism on Talisman Sabre - Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree - defence.gov.au
>>14236107 Talisman Sabre Tweet: How fitting that today is the #InternationalDayOfFriendship?! We celebrate all the new mates we have made on #TS21
#14385807 at 2021-08-18 07:25:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 5
>>14187200 Huawei hiring former Democratic super lobbyist Tony Podesta - Back in business after a Mueller-induced hiatus
>>14187418 The Mehdi Hasan Show Tweet: Do Fox and the Murdochs have blood on their hands for all the disinformation they've propagated? @TurnbullMalcolm: "They certainly have contributed to blood being shed."
>>14187427 Video: Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Slams Rupert Murdoch Over Fox's Involvement in 1/6 Insurrection and Vaccine Hesitancy Push
>>14187430 Video: Rupert Murdoch's Disinformation Media Empire | The Mehdi Hasan Show - The Choice
>>14187446 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Getting to the mission - #Marines with @MrfDarwin departed Townsville in several MV-22B Osprey aircraft last night to conduct night operations during #TS21.
>>14201082 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Our nations training together - Troops from #TS21 have descended on the town of Bowen in queensland, as part of military drills to enhance their war fighting skills in an urban environment
>>14201083 War games begin in Bowen - Private Jacob Joseph - defence.gov.au
>>14206825 Video: 3rd Brigade's Battle Group Eagle conducts a firepower demonstration of the capabilities it can provide to the joint force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14206828 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Today marks 68 years since the cessation of hostilities in the Korean War. On this day, we pause to remember those Marines who served in legendary battles from the breakout at Chosin Reservoir to the amphibious landings at Inchon.
>>14206840 Pacific Marines Tweet: @USMC with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, @MrfDarwin, execute airfield assault training as part of Exercise @TalismanSabre 21 (TS21) in Bowen, queensland, Australia
>>14206859 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Video: Check it out - @usairforce defenders are flying in! The Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element team complete training after exiting from an MC-130J during #TS21 at #AusAirForce Base Tindal
>>14213706 Video: Trilateral activity Exercise Southern Jackaroo involved soldiers from the ADF's 1st Brigade - Darwin, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and United States Marine Rotational Force - Darwin - Department of Defence Australia
>>14213739 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Magnificent to see (Japan, Australia) and partners with shared strategic interests gathering in our region. @Japan_GSDF troops participating in Exercise @TalismanSabre had the honour of meeting with the Commander of 1st Division, MAJGEN Jake Ellwood
>>14213787 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - Ground Component Command Tweet: [ #Talisman Saber 21 ] Photo: #Ground Component Command #Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and Australian Army Combat Training (Urban Warfare ) Bowen City Alert
>>14213840 Video: Rosa Maria Maione, the so-called carer of Annie Smith, pleads guilty to her manslaughter in the disability neglect case that horrified Australia
>>14220773 Worldwide hacking warning issued on how businesses are being compromised during COVID-19
>>14220789 U.S., U.K., and Australia Issue Joint Cybersecurity Advisory - Australian Cyber Security Centre - July 2021
>>14220833 Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw says AFP has 'another ingenious plan' to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off Operation Ironside sting
>>14220859 Australian Bar Association calls for Attorney-General Michaelia Cash to reconsider controversial prosecution of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery
>>14220897 ADF, U.S. and Japanese joint amphibious assault - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
#14385805 at 2021-08-18 07:25:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>14153573 United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Tweet: Deterrence through partnerships and alliances is critical to America's defense. The @TalismanSabre exercise in the @INDOPACOM theater is a perfect example of that-with 17,000 personnel from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the ROK, and the U.K. participating.
>>14155417 Video: Talisman Sabre 21, queensland, Australia, 07/19/2021 #KnowYourMil - GEORGEnews
>>14159692 Video: Talisman Sabre 21 live fire mission - Department of Defence Australia
>>14159708 Talisman Sabre Tweet: An Australian and US first - #TS21 jump training combined @USAirForce, @USArmy & #YourADF parachutists to conduct military free-fall operations from a U.S. aircraft using Australian parachutes for the first time.
>>14159731 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Building sea combat power - #HMASBallarat, #HMASBrisbane & #HMASParramatta are building navy-to-navy skills by conducting maritime manoeuvres with Republic of Korea Ship Wang Geon, USS Rafael Peralta & @jmsdf_pao_eng Japanese Ship Makinami during #TS21.
>>14159754 U.S. Marines Tweet: HIMARS w/ @3d_Marine_Div fire missiles during exercise @TalismanSabre at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, #Australia. #TS21 allows US, AUS and other partners to enhance interoperability by training in complex scenarios that address the full range of Indo-Pacific security concerns.
>>14159794 General James C. McConville Tweet: Soldiers assigned to @38thADA, @94thArmyAMDC fire a patriot missile during bilateral Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at Camp Growl located in queensland, Australia.
>>14166108 Australia and the US in talks to deepen military co?operation, plans for new exercises on Australian soil including joint training with American army soldiers
>>14166302 Video: Brisbane announced as 2032 Olympic Games host city at IOC meeting in Tokyo
>>14172466 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: So long, farewell, to you my friends - U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, Australian Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers commemorated the completion of Exercise Southern Jackaroo with a closing ceremony at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia
>>14172485 Talisman Sabre Tweet: That #TS21 partnership - Troops from #AusArmy's 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery & the @USArmy's @38thADA, at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in queensland, during Exercise #TalismanSabre2021.
>>14172502 Video: Gunfire exercise on board HMAS Ballarat - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14172510 Video: RBS 70 anti-aircraft missile live fire - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14172637 Repatriation flights considered for Afghan translators who worked with Australian troops
>>14180668 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Delighted to welcome to my Residence Mr Matt Anderson PSM, Director of @AWMemorial. Very much enjoyed our conversation on a wide range of topics as we both have diplomatic backgrounds. (Japan) and (Australia) fought alongside one another in WWI and the Cold War, followed by cooperation in Iraq
>>14180741 Video: Artillery joint-coalition live fire - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14185225 U.S. Navy Tweet: Taking a (photo) with friends! Partner nations sail in formation as part of @TalismanSabre. The exercise consists of a series of training events that reinforce the strong U.S./Australian alliance and demonstrate the U.S. Military's unwavering commitment to a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
>>14185244 Talisman Sabre Tweet: 11 ships, 5 nations - #USNSRappahannock, #ROKSWang Geon, #HMASParramatta, #USSAmerica, #USSRafaelPeralta, #JSMakinami, #USNSAlanShepard, #HMCSCalgary, #USSNewOrleans, #HMASBrisbane, and #USSGermantown sail in formation during #TalismanSabre2021.
>>14187021 President Joe Biden poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia
>>14187077 United States military invites Australia to join development of top secret missile strike program - Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
#14385803 at 2021-08-18 07:25:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>14127067 Department of Defence Tweet: The Talisman 'Sabre' has been drawn in Townsville, queensland! #AusArmy troops have hit the ground running, ready to train alongside their United States counterparts.
>>14127077 Sabre drawn, troops ready for action - Flight Lieutenant Chloe Stevenson - defence.gov.au
>>14127084 Talisman Sabre Tweet: A #TS21 first - The @USArmy will fire a Patriot missile for first time in Australia during #TalismanSabre.
>>14127095 US Army to fire Patriot missile for first time in Australia during Talisman Sabre - Seth Robson - stripes.com
>>14127263 Defence Minister Peter Dutton wary of Taliban turncoats in considering Afghanistan visa applications
>>14134744 Video: 'Why I Spy': ASIO's new social media campaign to attract a more diverse group of recruits
>>14134789 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Here's a sneak peek of the US military rehearsing the first ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing in Australia yesterday, with the actual firing taking place this morning at Shoalwater Bay. Stay tuned for the real footage
>>14134793 Patriot missile firing will be a first - Private Jacob Joseph - defence.gov.au
>>14141586 Talisman Sabre Tweet: An Australian first! The @USArmy MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile has been successfully fired on Australian soil for the first time during Exercise #TalismanSabre2021. Great job to all involved
>>14141592 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Video: HERE IT IS - Check out the footage from the first Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil yesterday, improving the combat readiness of Australian and US forces
>>14141604 Video: First Patriot Missile launch in Australia - Department of Defence Australia
>>14141624 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Tweet: U.S. @PacificMarines with @3dMarineDivision train during #TalismanSabre 2021; a large-scale, bilateral military exercise that enhances the (United States-Australia) alliance & provides peace and stability in the #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
>>14141653 Department of Defence Tweet: Working in partnership - #AusArmy Private Louii Hornibrook will be taking part in Exercise Sea Raider, the amphibious element of Exercise #TalismanSabre. Standing with Private Hornibrook is (Japan) Seargent Kotaro Tsuda, (United States) Lance Corporal Christopher Hren & (United Kingdom) Lieutenant Jones
>>14141676 United States Pacific Fleet - Expeditionary Strike Group 7 arrives for exercise Talisman Sabre - Lt. Cmdr. Sherrie A. Flippin - cpf.navy.mil
>>14145027 Video: Second Chinese spy ship en route to Australia ahead of US military exercises - Sky News Australia
>>14153505 Defence Minister Peter Dutton Facebook Post: Talisman Sabre is Australia's largest military exercise with the United States. Some 17,000 personnel, including 8,000 from the ADF are engaging in multiple warfighting training scenarios…They are working hard together, strengthening the Australian-US Alliance, and improving combat readiness.
>>14153524 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Shots of yesterday's #LiveFire - Australian and American have fired on Shoalwater Bay in a combined strike during #TalismanSabre2021. Stay tuned for the footage!
>>14153531 Weapons unleashed in powerful demonstration - Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree - defence.gov.au
>>14153541 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Thank you, Townsville! The city and people of Townsville received a show of gratitude on behalf of #TS21 with a special flypast from @AusAirForce.
>>14153560 United States Department of Defense Tweet: During exercise #TalismanSabre, @3d_Marine_Div and @AustralianArmy are training together to support a peaceful, stable and #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
#14385800 at 2021-08-18 07:24:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #18 - Talisman Sabre: MAGIC SWORD Edition
#17 - Part 2
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>14064462 Hundreds of Afghans linked to Australian-funded "hearts and minds" projects left vulnerable to advancing Taliban after being denied access to special visa program for those who supported Australia's two-decade presence in the country
>>14071862 Talisman Sabre Tweet: VideoL A message from Air Commodore Stuart Bellingham, ADF Director for Exercise #TalismanSabre2021. Since 2005, #YourADF and the @DeptofDefense forces have been welcomed into the @QldGov communities, and we are grateful for your ongoing patience and support!
>>14071867 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: We ride at dawn during #SouthernJackaroo trilateral support by fire training with #yourADF, and @Japan_GSDF
>>14079317 Spectacular delivery of extra Chinooks, as ADF's MRH-90 Taipan helicopters remain dogged by safety issues
>>14079345 Video: Heavy-lift aviation capability bolstered with arrival of new Chinooks from US - Department of Defence Australia
>>14079371 Opinion: Olympic values will deepen Japan's ties with Australia - Yamagami Shingo, Japanese ambassador to Australia
>>14086073 Tony Podesta turned to art dealing after becoming ensnared in the Trump-Russia scandal. With his friends running Washington, he is eying a return to lobbying
>>14086076 Q Post #1918 - https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/50428 - Nothing to see here. Q
>>14098466 National ay of commemoration to honour Australia's Afghanistan and Iraq troops
>>14098496 Video: Three international warships docked in Sydney Harbour tonight after a week of joint missile exercises, Exercise Pacific Vanguard - 7NEWS Australia
>>14119991 Talisman Sabre Tweet: 1 more sleep until #TalismanSabre! The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow & #TS21 activities will ramp up over the coming days
>>14119998 Talisman Sabre Tweet: We are on! Australia's largest joint exercise with the US #TalismanSabre is now underway with the opening ceremony held at #AusAirForce Base Amberley
>>14120003 Show of strength for Talisman Sabre - Major Cameron Jamieson - defence.gov.au
>>14120011 Talisman Sabre Tweet: Some shots from todays ceremony! #YourADF and @DeptofDefense marked the commencement of Exercise #TalismanSabre at #AusAirForce Base Amberley today
>>14120016 Royal Marines Tweet: Down Under... #RoyalMarines of @40commando have returned to Australia for @TalismanSabre. Commandos began their deployment acting as a 'pre-landing force' to pave the way for larger amphibious forces to land ashore
>>14120020 Royal Marines head on training raids in Australia - royalnavy.mod.uk
>>14120147 Australia 'very wary' of Chinese spy ship sitting off queensland coast
>>14126998 Video: Talisman Sabre 2021 Opening Ceremony - Department of Defence Australia
>>14127001 Video: We are ready - Talisman Sabre 2021 - Department of Defence Australia
>>14127057 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Attended opening ceremony of Exercise @TalismanSabre 2021. Japanese warship and 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment of #JGSDF @ModJapan_en are participating. Looking forward to many more exercises with Australia to maintain and strengthen a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
#14019844 at 2021-06-30 06:18:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>13915354 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: #MATESHIP
>>13915354 Video: 9 News Darwin - The unshakable mateship between we Aussies and the Americans stretches back more than a century. And today there's no better place to illustrate this great military alliance turned love affair than Darwin.
>>13915358 U.S. Marines, Australians, Japanese kick off trilateral Exercise Southern Jackaroo
>>13915359 TalismanSabre Tweet: #YourADF is gearing up for #TalismanSabre by honing the skills of Australia's amphibious force on Exercise Sea Explorer! The tiered training program coordinates the insertion of sailors, soldiers and vehicles by air and sea.
>>13915363 Exercise explores all options: Exercise Sea Explorer - Captain Dan Mazurek - defence.gov.au
>>13915368 Video: Capturing the beachhead - Exercise Sea Explorer - Department of Defence Australia
>>13922273 'Hate speech': More right-wing extremist groups could be declared terrorist organisations after Labor and Liberal MPs unanimously back listing of neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division
>>13922430 Former Australian spy 'Witness K' pleads guilty to conspiring to reveal classified information
>>13922539 Arthur Sinodinos leads US tribute to wartime air crew - Bakers Creek Memorial Observance - 40 American soldiers killed on June 14, 1943 after plane crash 8km south of Mackay, queensland
>>13922542 Mackay community holds ceremony to mark 78th anniversary of wartime Bakers Creek crash
>>13922572 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: "Enter Exercise Southern Jackaroo"
>>13922572 Video: 9 News Darwin - Almost 800 Aussie diggers, U-S Marines and Japanese self-defence experts will join together over the next fortnight for some serious Top End training.
>>13929660 Witness K speaks for first time in open court as he pleads guilty to breaching secrecy laws
>>13929767 United States Consulate General in Melbourne Tweet: We're flying the BLM flag today in celebration of Juneteenth, in recognition of the continuing struggle for equity, and with the genuine determination to make things right. - CG Mike Kleine #Juneteenth2021
>>13933956 The Gympie, queensland, Australia pyramid.
>>13934173 Gladys Berejiklian dating high-profile lawyer Arthur Moses
>>13936589 Witness K: Australian spy avoids jail in East Timor espionage scandal
>>13936670 Video: NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team arrests Sydney man who allegedly supports the Islamic State terrorist organisation
>>13949332 PM Scott Morrison in cyber defence push with Britain's MI6
>>13956029 'The game is back on': How does spying work in Australia? What do our spies do, and who are their bosses?
>>13962479 U.S. Marines Tweet: Today, @MrfDarwin #Marines, Australian Defence Force @DeptDefence soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force @Japan_GSDF soldiers began Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2021 in Australia. This exercise increases the capacity to mutually support one another during combined operations.
>>13962495 U.S. Department of Defense Tweet: Back together with the mates. @MrfDarwin Marines arrive at Nhulunbuy, Australia to kick off exercise Darrandarra to increase interoperability with @DeptDefence and train/reinforce embassies to respond to crises & contingencies in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>13963472 Alleged Asian drug syndicate kingpin Tse Chi Lop fighting extradition from Netherlands to Australia
>>13979955 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: From June 11-24, U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, participated in Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia. The Marines teamed up with the Australian Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
>>14003717 Expand terror status to include all of Hezbollah: Senator James Paterson
>>14003895 Bob Hawke acted as an "informer" to the US government while boss of the Australian trade union movement and president of the ALP, a new study of declassified diplomatic cables claims
#14019841 at 2021-06-30 06:17:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
#16 - Part 3
Australian Politics and Society - Part 3
>>13855012 Video: Organised crime dealt 'heavy blow', says PM, after global police sting cracks open 'encrypted' app, AN0M
>>13855034 Video: Operation Ironside: AFP, FBI take down mafia, bikie members in 'sting of the century'
>>13855171 Operation Ironside Part 1: How Australian Federal Police and the FBI busted organised criminals on AN0M app
>>13855187 Operation Ironside Part 2: 96 seconds that saw the Australian criminal underworld implode under Operation Ironside
>>13855206 Operation Ironside Part 3: Criminal 'influencers' who took the AFP and FBI bait by using the AN0M app
>>13855451 Japanese troops join US, Aust forces in Darwin for military exercises
>>13855659 Video: Operation Ironside: Inside the operation that busted the Anom criminal network wide open - Terry Goldsworthy
>>13862138 FBI, Europol, AFP react to global take down of mafia, bikie members in 'sting of the century'
>>13869260 Scott Morrison set to go to Washington later this year for Quad talks with US, India & Japan
>>13869348 Push for Hezbollah terrorism listing gains boost from ASIO
>>13877053 Scott Morrison eyes September trip to US to mark ANZUS anniversary
>>13877062 queen to make rare appearance at G7 summit before meeting with Scott Morrison
>>13877073 Video: Australia welcomes more US troops at naval bases - 9 News Australia
>>13877087 Video: Push to boost number of US marines in the Top End - Sky News Australia
>>13877358 Home Affairs boss Mike Pezzullo wants to tackle cybercrime like the British Navy fought pirates
>>13877365 'This is what bad looks like': Major company ignored Australia's cyber spy agency after hack - Australian Signals Directorate director-general Rachel Noble
>>13889054 Video: Scott Morrison holds historic meeting with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at G7 summit
>>13890952 High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis Tweet: Today, the Prime Minister visited St Illogan Cemetery to lay a wreath for the 8 Australians remembered there. You can learn their stories here - http://bit. ly/3gffqPm
>>13901857 Video: arrested - Latest chapter in the Friendly Jordies (Jordan Shanks) vs. John 'Bruz' Barilaro legal battle - friendlyjordies
>>13907688 Scott Morrison raises the alarm about escalating cyber attacks with British intelligence chiefs
>>13907733 'A new dawn': Australia and Britain agree on historic trade deal
>>13907765 New federal laws introduced to protect people from extreme online abuse, trolls
>>13907815 Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet: Great to exchange candid views with Defence Minister @PeterDutton_MP on how to further strengthen (Japan and Australia) defence cooperation.
>>13915005 Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson agree in-principle to free trade deal
#14012285 at 2021-06-29 07:37:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
'We'll take it': Countries line up to take CSL's AstraZeneca vaccine
Emma Koehn - June 28, 2021
Biotechnology giant CSL says its Australian-made AstraZeneca vaccines will not go to waste with other countries eager to take its finished doses after the government restricted the jab to people over 60.
The $130 billion biotech will finish its 50 million dose run of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first months of 2022 and then plans to turn its focus to big investments that will help support the nation through future pandemics.
Senior vice president of operations at CSL's vaccine arm Seqirus, Chris Larkins, said even though the government's latest advice to restrict the vaccine to those over 60 had reduced demand in Australia, he expected the doses would be used overseas.
He said governments of other nations had been calling to say "we'll take it".
"This product will be manufactured, it will go to other countries who probably need it more than we do anyway and it will go to save lives in those countries," Mr Larkins said.
The Australian government has the final say in where surplus doses are distributed.
Once CSL finishes production, it will turn its focus to other investments that could help support the country during future health crises.
The company's planned $800 million cell-based vaccine plant at Tullamarine in Melbourne is on track to open in the middle of 2026. It will produce cell-based influenza vaccines, which have significant production advantages over CSL's current egg-based doses, which have to be planned more than 18 months in advance.
Mr Larkins said there were no plans to build production capacity for mRNA vaccines at the site at the moment. However, CSL is in talks with government and is considering whether it could "potentially provide something that could be valuable for Australia" in the mRNA area.
Once the Tullamarine site launches in 2026, it could also be used to produce other pandemic products, including booster shots for coronavirus if they are still needed.
"That plant is really looking for the next pandemic, not necessarily the one we're currently in at this period in time," Mr Larkins said.
While CSL has been firmly in the spotlight due to its involvement in COVID vaccines, it has also spent the past year working on billion-dollar projects to boost the core of its business, which is the production of blood plasma products and the development of new drugs.
These include its new "base fractionation" facility at Broadmeadows in Victoria, which is a $900 million project that will allow the company to process 9.2 million litres of blood plasma each year when fully operational, preparing the raw materials for its life-saving medicines.
Also, the ASX-listed giant will bring the firm's laboratories and office spaces together in a $341 million project in Melbourne's Elizabeth Street as part of a new research precinct set to open in 2023.
While the firm has not developed its own COVID vaccine product, Mr Larkins said CSL's technology could still be used in coronavirus projects. CSL has a proprietary adjuvant, or substance added to boost the immune response of vaccines, called MF59, which it had hoped to use in the University of queensland's now-shelved coronavirus project.
CSL has already been in talks with a range of other companies about using MF59 in other projects, including COVID vaccines. "It definitely has a potential and a future," Mr Larkin said. CSL shares were ahead 1.1 per cent in mid afternoon trading to $288.01.
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/we-ll-take-it-countries-line-up-to-take-csl-s-astrazeneca-vaccine-20210625-p5847j.html
#14004059 at 2021-06-28 10:42:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
>>13914986
Perth's billion-dollar train deal linked to exploited Uighur workers in China
Marta Pascual Juanola - June 28, 2021
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A billion-dollar train deal between Western Australia and manufacturing giant Alstom is the latest government contract in Australia to face scrutiny for its use of Chinese suppliers linked to exploited Uighur workers.
It comes weeks after revelations Melbourne's transport authority advised the Victorian government to continue buying parts from a contractor using Uighur labour to avoid additional costs and delays in its $2.4 billion train project.
However, Alstom is adamant its supply chain is free of exploitation and has updated its contracts with suppliers and contractors to include modern slavery clauses.
The McGowan government signed a $1.3 billion contract with Alstom to build and maintain Perth's next fleet of trains in December 2019 in what was hailed as a milestone for its flagship Metronet project.
It has since been revealed the French multinational will build the network's C-Series railcars using parts produced by a Chinese firm which sourced workers from Xinjiang through a controversial government program to re-educate minorities.
KTK Group is a major supplier of train fittings headquartered in Changzhou, near Shanghai, and supplies parts to projects in Victoria, NSW, and queensland.
The company was blacklisted by the US Commerce Department last year for its role in China's "campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labour, and high technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs and other members of Muslim minority groups".
In correspondence with Bombardier, another train manufacturer that has since merged with Alstom - obtained by WAtoday under Freedom of Information laws - KTK confirmed it had acquired almost 80 workers from Nilka province in Xinjiang between 2018 and 2019 for its factory in Jiangsu, about 4000 kilometres away, through Beijing's Xinjiang Aid program.
But it claimed the workers had voluntarily signed contracts that complied with China's labour laws.
"KTK has employed one dedicated cook in order to respect and satisfy the tradition of Muslim food and provided new decorated dormitories to them free of charge," the supplier said.
The number of workers from Xinjiang currently employed by KTK is unclear and the company did not respond to requests for comment from this masthead.
Researchers estimate about 80,000 members of persecuted minorities have been moved out of their homes or detention camps in Xinjiang to work at factories under the program, which has been marketed as a "poverty alleviation" initiative for re-educated Uighurs.
In March last year, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think tank published a world-leading study that found Alstom, along with 82 companies including Nike and BMW, was benefiting from the forced labour of Uighur people. The report found KTK employed about 40 Uighur workers in 2019.
According to the study, the workers often lived in segregated dormitories, underwent Mandarin and ideological training, were constantly under surveillance and barred from practicing their religion.
Chinese state media claims participation in the program is voluntary, but workers who have fled the country described living in fear of being sent back to detention while working at the factories.
The Chinese constitution does not explicitly ban slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking but it recognises a citizen's right to freedom, work, and rest. However, workers' exploitation often goes unreported due to the government's role in programs like Xinjiang Aid.
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#14004038 at 2021-06-28 10:31:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #16 - INFILTRATION NOT INVASION Edition
Australia's COVID-19 response team holds urgent meeting amid outbreak
Renju Jose - June 28, 2021
SYDNEY, June 28 (Reuters) - Australia's COVID-19 response committee is due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday as outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the country prompted a lockdown in Sydney and renewed restrictions elsewhere.
More than 20 million Australians, or around 80% of the population, are now under some form of lockdown or COVID-related restrictions as officials grapple with COVID-19 flare-ups in almost every state or territory.
"I think we are entering a new phase of this pandemic, with the more contagious Delta strain," federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told the Australian Broadcasting Corp on Monday, adding Australia was facing a "critical time" in its fight against COVID-19.
The national security committee, chaired by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, would be briefed by the country's chief medical officer later on Monday, Frydenberg said.
Sydney, Australia's most populous city and the capital of New South Wales (NSW) state, began a two-week lockdown over the weekend.
Eighteen new local cases were reported in NSW on Monday, compared with 30 a day earlier, taking the total infections in the latest outbreak to 130 since the first case was detected nearly two weeks ago in a driver for overseas airline crew.
"We have to be prepared for the numbers to bounce around and we have to be prepared for the numbers to go up considerably," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.
"With this strain, we are seeing almost 100% transmission within households."
An initial two-day lockdown in the northern city of Darwin, scheduled to end on Tuesday, was extended to Friday after the Delta variant of the virus was found in a fly-in, fly-out mine worker.
queensland and South Australia reintroduced mandatory masks and restricted home gatherings, following a similar move by Western Australian officials for state capital Perth. Restrictions remain in place in Victoria state capital Melbourne and national capital Canberra.
queensland reported two new locally acquired cases while Western Australia and Northern Territory detected one each.
A health alert was issued over the weekend for hundreds of passengers after an infected Virgin Australia cabin crew member worked on five flights covering Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
Australia has so far fared much better than many other developed countries in tackling the spread of the coronavirus, with just over 30,500 cases and 910 deaths.
Lockdowns, tough social distancing rules and swift contact tracing have helped suppress prior outbreaks but the fast-moving Delta variant has alarmed authorities.
NSW police fined 44 people for breaching stay-at-home orders, including a pair of naked sunbathers who became lost in a national park after being startled by a deer.
"Not only did they require assistance from police to rescue them, they also both received a ticket for A$1,000 ($759)," NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller told reporters.
($1 = 1.3180 Australian dollars)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/queensland-tightens-covid-19-curbs-amid-australian-outbreak-2021-06-28/
#14003854 at 2021-06-28 09:26:11 (UTC+1)
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>>13848125
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial headed for adjournment due to COVID lockdown
Jamie McKinnell - 28 June 2021
The defamation trial of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is "bedevilled by the virus", his barrister says and appears headed towards an unavoidable adjournment.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times, along with three journalists, over a series of articles they published in 2018.
But as his legal team closed their case on Monday after three weeks of evidence, the barrister for two of the newspapers, Nicholas Owens SC, told the Federal Court the prospect of their witnesses travelling to Sydney had been complicated by the city's COVID lockdown.
"The problem is, although people could get here, there is a prohibition on them returning home or a very great burden placed on them in relation to their travel home," he said.
Mr Owens said witnesses from WA, Victoria and queensland would either be barred completely from returning after being in Sydney or endure various forms of hotel or home quarantine.
He accepted it was an "entirely unsatisfactory" position, but one which the court had been "driven to by unforeseen circumstances".
Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister, Bruce McClintock SC, said it was "a terrible quandary" and his client very much wanted the case to continue and conclude.
"This case is bedevilled by the virus I'm afraid," he said.
Mr McClintock said he was not willing to forego the opportunity to cross-examine witnesses in person, making audio-visual link appearances unlikely.
Justice Anthony Besanko has adjourned the trial until Tuesday morning to consider the situation.
Earlier, former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson told the court Mr Roberts-Smith was "the most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century".
Dr Nelson, who was the director of the Australian War Memorial from 2012, was today called as a witness by Mr Roberts-Smith's legal team to give evidence about his reputation prior to the articles.
"Ben Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, was the most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century since Keith Payne VC of the Vietnam war," he told the Federal Court in Sydney.
"Wherever he went, wherever it was, he was the subject and the object of what I would regard as reverential mobs," he continued.
Mr Roberts-Smith has denied all allegations in the stories, including alleged involvement in unlawful killings in Afghanistan, bullying of Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) colleagues, and domestic violence against his then-lover in a Canberra hotel in 2018.
Dr Nelson said he "immediately" knew the first article was about Mr Roberts-Smith, despite him not being identified by name, due to references like his tattoos and stature.
Dr Nelson explained his concern for Mr Roberts-Smith after noticing changes in him following the publication.
"He'd become despondent, he'd become anxious, introspective, much less willing to engage in public events which he had willingly given of himself to previously, and the invitations to do so had declined," Dr Nelson said.
The proceedings have moved online in the fourth week of the trial due to Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown, with members of the public excluded from the city's Law Courts building.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/ben-roberts-smith-brendan-nelson-defamation-trial/100248658
#14003827 at 2021-06-28 09:20:58 (UTC+1)
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>>13848125
Former defence minister Brendan Nelson backs 'revered' Ben Roberts-Smith
Michaela Whitbourn - June 28, 2021
Former federal defence minister Brendan Nelson has described Ben Roberts-Smith as "the most respected, admired and revered" Australian soldier in more than half a century and accused the media outlets at the centre of the war veteran's Federal Court defamation case of trying to tarnish his good reputation.
Giving reputation evidence, Dr Nelson, a former director of the Australian War Memorial, said he had become "very concerned" about Mr Roberts-Smith's mental health in the wake of a series of articles starting in June 2018. The newspapers "seemed to be intent on bringing him down," and the former soldier had become despondent, anxious and introspective, Dr Nelson said in Sydney on Monday.
The former Liberal minister gave evidence on the 15th day of Mr Roberts-Smith's defamation trial against The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald over articles that he says accuse him of war crimes, and an act of domestic violence against a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair. Mr Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier, denies all wrongdoing. The newspapers are seeking to rely chiefly on a defence of truth, but also say he is not identified in some of the articles.
An at-times emotional Dr Nelson said "I'll try not to get angry about this" as he recounted a media conference in 2018 about an exhibition on First Nations Australians' military service, at which there was "not one single question" on that topic but a string of questions about Mr Roberts-Smith. He was asked if he regretted his support for Mr Roberts-Smith and if the former soldier should have his Victoria Cross removed.
"It has been devastating, the impact on him," Dr Nelson said. He added he was cautioned by a very senior public figure, "not the prime minister", seemingly about his public association with Mr Roberts-Smith.
Dr Nelson said he recognised Mr Roberts-Smith "immediately" in two stories in June 2018 referring to a soldier dubbed "Leonidas". The articles referred to tattoos and a "fearsome warrior", Dr Nelson said, and it was clear to him this was a reference to the two-metre-tall Mr Roberts-Smith, a "tall, imposing, warrior-like figure" who has a number of tattoos.
Prior to the articles, Mr Roberts-Smith was "the most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century, since Keith Payne, VC, of the Vietnam War", he said.
Dr Nelson recalled that "wherever he went … he was the subject and the object of what I would describe as reverential mobs", and he witnessed people at the War Memorial "fall into his arms" describing their experiences.
He said he was "certainly unaware of any such behaviour" when asked about the allegation of domestic violence, which has been vehemently denied by Mr Roberts-Smith.
Dr Parbodh Gogna, formerly chief medical officer and surgeon-general of the Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force in Canberra, said via audiovisual link from the Bahamas that there was a "large cloud" hanging over his friend Mr Roberts-Smith since the articles and he had become withdrawn and apprehensive.
During re-examination by his own barrister on Monday, Mr Roberts-Smith said he "didn't ask for any of my medals nor did I expect any recognition" for doing his job, and it was "disgraceful" of the newspapers to challenge the basis for his Victoria Cross in court.
Mr Roberts-Smith has taken leave during the trial from his position as general manager of media company Seven queensland. His employer, Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes, is chairman of the Australian War Memorial and is funding the defamation case.
The Federal Court streamed the trial online on Monday after the NSW government imposed a two-week lockdown in Greater Sydney on Saturday following a growing cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to Bondi. The parties and their lawyers remained in court.
Barrister Nicholas Owens, SC, for the media outlets, said the "bottom line … with much regret", was the proceedings would likely need to be halted temporarily within days because most witnesses to be called by the newspapers would be affected by hard border closures or quarantine restrictions in their home states.
"As soon as things are open again, we're ready to go," Mr Owens said
"This case is bedevilled by the virus," Mr Roberts-Smith's barrister, Bruce McClintock, SC, said.
Justice Anthony Besanko will make a decision about the timetabling of the trial on Tuesday.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-defence-minister-brendan-nelson-backs-revered-ben-roberts-smith-20210628-p584v4.html
#13984327 at 2021-06-26 00:03:46 (UTC+1)
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>>13984301
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The CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory, in East Geelong, is one facility accredited to undertake research on pathogenic viruses.
The CSIRO trained Chinese infectious diseases expert Shi Zhengli's protege, Peng Zhou, who is now head of the Bat Virus Infection and Immunity Project at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Associate Professor Zhou spent three years at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory from 2011 to 2014. He was sent by China to complete his doctorate at the CSIRO in 2009-10.
Professor Shi, director of the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, also worked in Australia from February to May 2006.
Australian universities have engaged in at least 10 collaborative projects in the past decade with the Wuhan lab. The most recent CSIRO project with the Wuhan Institute of Virology was in 2016. It involved providing the first gene map of the Type 1 interferon region of a bat species and was done by the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Monash University, the CSIRO and the University of Melbourne.
The CSIRO and Wuhan Institute of Virology also collaborated in 2014 to examine the bat immune system. Professor Shi, Professor Zhou and Lijun Wu participated from Wuhan, while the CSIRO's scientists were Michelle Baker, Diane Green, Paul Monaghan and Chris Cowled.
The CSIRO and the Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborated on several projects on bats' antiviral immunity in 2011. The purpose of a study was to understand why bats remained asymptomatic to viral infection that was capable of spillover to other susceptible mammals "with lethal consequences".
The studies were jointly funded by the Australian, Chinese and US governments.
The University of queensland was involved in a study with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in August last year - despite the fact intelligence agencies had said four months earlier that Covid-19 might have leaked from the Wuhan laboratory. The August 2020 paper - titled "Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China" - lists the University of queensland School of Veterinary Science's Hume Field as co-author alongside Professor Shi, Peter Daszak and 12 other scientists.
Dr Hume is also an EcoHealth Alliance science and policy adviser.
The concern about gain-of-function research causing a pandemic or being used for bioterrorism led to its ban under the Obama administration in 2014. National Institutes of Health director Anthony Fauci lifted the ban during the Trump administration.
Professor MacIntyre said there needed to be more community consultation on this research.
"The impact of gain of function research, whether it's development of cures or vaccines, or whether it's the creation of a pandemic, accidentally, the impact is on the community," she said. "The community is an essential stakeholder and I feel that the community hasn't been involved adequately in the whole debate."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/csiro-unis-in-10-joint-research-projects-with-wuhan-lab/news-story/5856c25b8a9036535eef9e9057f5d127
#13984301 at 2021-06-26 00:01:08 (UTC+1)
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>>13895726
Greg Hunt orders review into risky Wuhan research
SHARRI MARKSON and LIAM MENDES - JUNE 24, 2021
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The CSIRO and several Australian universities have engaged in at least 10 joint projects with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the past decade, a laboratory US intelligence has linked to the Chinese military and which is suspected of being at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Australian scientists and politicians are calling on Health Minister Greg Hunt to halt and review "gain-of-function" research in Australia, amid concerns this type of experimentation may have sparked the pandemic.
The risky research, which aims to increase the virulence of viruses through genetic manipulation, is allowed to take place under Australian government policy, even though it was deemed so dangerous the Obama administration banned it in 2014.
Late on Thursday - after questions from The Australian - a spokesperson for Mr Hunt said he had ordered a review of gain-of-function research in Australia by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The CSIRO has been forced to correct evidence it gave at a Senate estimates hearing after initially denying its researchers had undertaken work on live bats with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the lab at the centre of growing international concern it was the source of Covid-19. CSIRO chief operating officer Judi Zielke admitted the organisation had "undertaken research on bats previously".
Under questioning from Nationals senator Matt Canavan on June 3, the CSIRO initially gave evidence that it "does not undertake research on live bats at ACDP". However, Senator Canavan later presented the CSIRO with an excerpt from a scientific paper written in conjunction with the Wuhan lab stating: "Wild caught P Alecto bats were trapped in Southern queensland, Australia, and transported alive by air to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Victoria, where they were euthanised for dissection."
Correcting the record in a letter the next day, Ms Zielke said her responses "weren't clear and have led to misinterpretation of the answers". She clarified that research on live bats was not currently being undertaken but had been.
Senator Canavan said the Morrison government should immediately suspend any gain-of-function research or experiments involving potential pandemic pathogens. "Serious questions have been raised that gain-of-function may be the reason we have a global pandemic so it would be absolutely irresponsible to continue such funding when there is a risk of it causing another pandemic," Senator Canavan said.
"I don't think there's a case to fund gain-of-function research long term but, if there is, the burden of proof should be on those virologists who think it makes sense and they should be held to account for how they are protecting the wider community for this type of research."
Raina MacIntyre, head of the Kirby Institute's biosecurity program, said she has been concerned about the risks of gain-of-function research since 2011, from both an ethical standpoint and because of the risk of accidents.
"It's the kind of research that has global impact because you can do a bit of research here in Australia, say there's an accident, and it spreads the virus, it can infect people in Indonesia, or in India or somewhere else where the research wasn't conducted, so that opens up a whole lot of other ethical questions," Professor MacIntyre said. "The possibility (that gain-of function research causing the Covid-19 pandemic) has to be considered because if we don't consider the possibility, then we can't take any action to prevent any future incidents that might occur. And we know that there are a lot of laboratory accidents that have been documented."
Australian government policy has continued to allow gain-of-function research.
A spokeswoman from the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator said: "Work with genetically modified pathogenic viruses would be restricted to a high-level containment facility certified by the regulator and would require a licence from the regulator before it can proceed. Australia's gene technology legislation is regularly reviewed to keep the legislation up to date with technological progress and changes in scientific understanding of the risks posed by gene technology."
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#13982685 at 2021-06-25 20:06:39 (UTC+1)
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Ben Fulford Part 4 6/25/2021
The other thing the fake Rockefeller-Biden government headquartered at Fort McPherson, Atlanta Georgia is up to is economic sabotage aimed at strengthening oil industry profits, according to the NSA.
Jim Stone Freelance noted that many U.S. dams have been deliberately drained to deprive Americans of hydro-power. By the way, we are unable to access his site on a PC in Japan. When we go to his site we get the following URL: jimstone.is/shutupordie.html Fortunately we can still access it on an iPhone.
In any case, we note the sabotage of dams, nuclear power plants, and other facilities benefits the Rockefeller-controlled oil industry. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hoover-dams-lake-mead-hits-lowest-water-level-1930s-180978022/
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-17/green-energy-the-issue-is-politics-not-technology-or-cost
We are also noting a slew of "articles" in the corporate propaganda media subtly promoting oil. Here is a small example:
"Around the world, energy developers are replacing greenhouse-gas emitting coal and gas-fired power plants with wind and solar farms. But they aren't always adding enough batteries or keeping enough backup power on hand to buttress those clean sources of power for when the sun sets or winds die down." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/18/world/global-power-grids/
You can be sure battery farms will be prime targets for sabotage once they are set up.
In a sign the Pentagon has split from the Rockefellers, we note the U.S. military is withdrawing troops, aircraft, and missile defenses from the Middle East.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/18/politics/pentagon-remove-missile-defense-saudi-arabia-middle-east/index.html
So now it seems the Greeks have replaced Americans:
"In April, Greece said it will lend a Patriot battery to Saudi Arabia to protect its critical energy infrastructure." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/saudi-talks-up-strength-after-us-cuts-military-assets/ar-AALfv53
Also, as we noted last week the Octagon front group World Economic Forum is promising major cyber-attacks during the rest of this year. That is another reason why the riot act is being read to Geneva.
Finally, we close this week with some raw intelligence from MI6:
"The Diana case is soon to be more important than this crazy coronavirus bullshit...We have fired I don't know how many judges. All of our officers are beginning to think oh my god, we did the wrong thing; We have police officers and others coming forward. The whole thing is beginning to collapse.
Richard Dearlove and all the director generals who have been running intelligence agencies have been lying and the lies now constitute criminal offenses so they are in a blind state of panic. All of our bad behavior of the past has stopped...
The Libor scandal essentially bankrupted the Rothschilds so they have turned to everything else they can do. These people don't take well to losing their wealth. This is their kickback using medical methods, killing people...
We have talked to intelligence people around the world and they have been bribed. What these people don't realize is that they have lost, they are gone. We have thrown out their prime minister in Israel. We have taken out this group with our execution of Bush.
The whole Covid business will have to be put through due process. Prince William has left London, the queen cannot be found and no phone calls shall be answered...
Something appears to have changed overnight. They have stopped listening to the medical-industrial complex and are now listening to the military-industrial complex. The world's governments have begun to turn on this medical tyranny."
Let us see how things unfold.
Sauce: benjaminfulford.net
#13982666 at 2021-06-25 20:04:34 (UTC+1)
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Ben Fulford Part 3 6/25/2021
Summer Solstice Turning Point As Military-Industrial Complex Takes On Medical Industrial Complex
Needless to say, a large portion of the Chinese Communist Party leadership is in on this crime. Mossad sent us this picture of a Maoist Chinese one yuan bill with a clear Zionist symbol on it. Asian secret society sources, for their part, promise to purge all of David Rockefeller's bastard children from China's power structure.
The WHO by the way says that 650,000, 1.5 million, and 2.56 million people died respectively from influenza, tuberculosis, and pneumonia in 2017 for a total of 4.7 million deaths. https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-up-to-650-000-people-die-of-respiratory-diseases-linked-to-seasonal-flu-each-year
https://ourworldindata.org/pneumonia
This compares to the 3.86 million who supposedly died of Covid-19 since it broke out in 2019. Needless to say, these are years in which Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, and Influenza deaths magically vanished from statistics.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=how+many+people+died+of+covid+19
We can confirm that in Japan, since doctors and military personnel are refusing to vaccinate people, they are drafting dentists, first aid personnel, and veterinarians among others to administer vaccines, The vaccinators are being paid 400,000 yen (US$3,640) for each person they vaccinate. You can be sure slave Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his entire cabinet will be executed for these crimes.
Anyway, a full revolt against the scamdemic is well underway. Here is a great example from Australian TV: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQGEVzvHPaw/?utm_medium=share_sheet
Here is one from the UK's GB News:
What is now undeniable is that there is rampant Covid hypocrisy when it comes to the behavior of our leaders, given the regulations they expect us mere mortals to follow. We saw that loud and clear at the G7 summit - now officially a super spreader event for Cornwall by the way - where there were fist bumps, masks, and social distancing in public. Compared to unmuzzled hugs and normal socializing when they thought the cameras were off. Now it turns out this sort of Covid hypocrisy might have been going on at Number 10 Downing Street for many weeks. https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/dan-wootton-covid-hypocrisy-of-elites-is-an-insult-to-hardworking-brits/107263
MI6 set up GB News to provide fact-based information to the public after they did an analysis of English language corporate media and concluded almost all the articles were commercially sponsored. https://www.gbnews.uk/
The Rockefellers and the Octagon group are going on their own counter-offensive against the British. A part of this is an ongoing move to widely publicize the truth about the death of Diana Spencer.
This was seen in the following June 19th front-page story on the Daily Mail, a story that MI6 says they were paid to publish. No doubt more is coming.
Essentially, she was murdered at the orders of Prince Philip, without the knowledge of queen Elizabeth, because she was pregnant with Dodi Fayed's child and was about to convert to Islam. This cold-blooded murder of a young mother is a crime for sure and the truth about this needs to come out but, it is not on the same level as systematic genocide.
#13979279 at 2021-06-25 11:36:04 (UTC+1)
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>>13979274
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Asked by Nicholas Owens SC, for Nine newspapers, if he had not been breaking the law by discussing Person 5's testimony to a confidential national inquiry, Mr Roberts-Smith said he hadn't discussed the contents of the testimony.
He also denied telling his then-wife that the Director General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) inquiry into what SAS soldiers did in Afghanistan would "still have to be able to prove it".
"It looks like she is forming her own opinion, which is reasonably typical about my ex-wife," Mr Roberts-Smith told the court.
"I probably was a bit frustrated and upset.
"I told my wife they were questioning my awards, because that's what I believe was happening."
Mr Roberts-Smith also told the court his ex-wife "went through my email account and went through deleted and junk folders" to retrieve emails he thought he had got rid of.
The emails contained possibly sensitive material which Mr Roberts-Smith said his ex-wife had then given to the media lawyers.
Mr Owens grilled Mr Roberts-Smith over a Tupperware container filled with USB sticks, which the ex-soldier said had been anonymously sent to him after he asked comrades for images of their Afghanistan missions.
The media lawyer produced two photographs he claimed showed where the USB container had been buried by Ben Roberts-Smith in the backyard of his matrimonial home on the Sunshine Coast in queensland.
The first photo, taken at 2.06pm on June 5, 2020 the location showed "an airconditioning compressor with a hose reel. Under the hose reel there was a rock".
Asked if "that was the location the USBs were buried in", Mr Roberts-Smith said "incorrect".
A further photo taken at 2.32pm on the same day showed the rock removed and a hole which he alleged Mr Roberts-Smith had left after he "dug up the USBs and removed the container".
The ex-soldier denied removing the container, and said he had never buried it, always storing it in a desk drawer of the home.
Asked if the USBs contained hundreds of photos of soldiers drinking from the prosthetic leg of a man Mr Roberts-Smith had killed in Afghanistan, he agreed, saying "thousands" of such images had been taken.
Asked by Mr Owens if he had deliberately "physically hid" the USBs in the back yard to conceal evidence, Mr Roberts-Smith said that wasn't true.
Mr Roberts-Smith told the court that he and Emma Roberts-Smith had finally parted ways in about the third week of January, 2020.
"I was going through a very difficult divorce, I wasn't focused on USBs.
"(I was) trying to work out where I was going to live, what I was going to do."
He agreed he had been dining with one of his lawyers, Monica Allen, in late 2019 when he had dinner with a former SAS comrade at a Woolloomooloo restaurant on December 4, 2019.
Ms Allen was photographed holding hands with Mr Roberts-Smith in Brisbane in August last year, but at the beginning of the defamation trial denied she was in a relationship with him.
Mr Roberts-Smith also denied threatening an SAS member, Person 14, who Mr Owens claimed had told the VC winner that "he would not lie on the stand" to the IGADF inquiry about the prosthetic leg incident.
Asked by Mr Owens if Mr Roberts-Smith had said "it's going to be like that is it" and "leant forward" and said "be careful who you f*cking talk to".
Mr Roberts-Smith said the suggested exchange was "a complete lie".
Mr Roberts-Smith said "was shocked" at Person 14, who he thought "was recording" the conversation with him "because the whole thing was a stitch up".
Mr Roberts-Smith did agree that on the USB sticks he received was an image of a penis with wings attached to it and the words, "Welcome to Tizak".
The image, which he suspected had been drawn by an SAS friend, is an apparent parody of the SAS crest which is a winged sword, or a sword flanked by flames, with the motto "Who Dares Wins".
The Battle of Tizak, in 2010, resulted in Mr Roberts-Smith being awarded his Victoria Cross.
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#13955828 at 2021-06-22 08:48:38 (UTC+1)
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China-led 'ambush' on health of the Great Barrier Reef
BEN PACKHAM - JUNE 21, 2021
Australia has been blindsided by a push by a China-chaired UN committee to declare the Great Barrier Reef "in danger" without proper consultation or scientific process.
Australian government officials learned of the draft World Heritage Committee decision on Friday, despite an assurance just weeks ago from the Paris-based World Heritage Centre that the reef's health status would not be downgraded.
The decision, which was due to be made public by UNESCO overnight, will be presented for ratification at the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in China from July 16.
The draft decision said the committee noted with "utmost concern" that "despite positive achievements", progress in protecting the reef had been insufficient in meeting key targets, particularly in relation to water quality.
Australia has expressed its "grave concerns" at the proposed "in danger" listing, which was not backed up by any on-the-ground scientific assessment.
Any downgrading of the reef's status would threaten the 64,000 jobs and $6.4bn in tourism revenue linked to the natural wonder in a normal year.
Australia is a member of the 21-nation World Heritage Committee, but the body - under the chairmanship of China's Vice-Minister for Education Tian Xuejun - is considered likely to accept the recommendation.
China also holds the position of UNESCO deputy director-general, the presidency of UNESCO's International Union for Conservation for Nature, and is head of Asia at the World Heritage Centre - all three of which contributed to the World Heritage Committee's draft decision.
The proposed listing comes despite Beijing's destruction of reefs in the South China Sea to create artificial islands for military purposes.
Environmental law groups in Australia and the US have pushed for the Great Barrier Reef to be placed on the "in danger" list, arguing the Morrison government's climate change policies mean the nation is failing to live up to its responsibilities to the site under the World Heritage Convention. However, the latest push to put the reef on the critical list has bypassed normal World Heritage Committee processes.
In 2014, a similar "in danger" listing proposal was foreshadowed rather than proposed for an immediate decision. That allowed Australia time to develop the Reef 2050 Plan jointly with queensland, with federal, state and private sector support.
The World Heritage Committee has not visited the reef since 2012, and there has been no mention of an "in danger" listing since 2015.
Australia has told the committee that while climate change is a clear threat to the reef, the government is doing more to improve its long-term health than ever before.
UNESCO is struggling to deal appropriately with the global effects of climate change on World Heritage-listed locations and has focused primarily on the Great Barrier Reef ahead of 82 other sites - including reefs, rainforests and glaciers - assessed as being at high or very high threat from climate change.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's 2019 Outlook Report acknowledged that climate change was the greatest pressure facing the reef - as it is a pressure facing coral reefs worldwide. It found the "outstanding universal value" of the reef was under pressure but intact.
A Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority spokesman said the federal and queensland governments were investing $3bn to protect the World Heritage site.
"Australia is widely acknowledged as an international leader in reef management," the spokesman said. "In recent years, Australia has doubled the size of its field management program on the reef, is pioneering a world-leading climate adaptation and reef resilience program, and is working in partnership with the science community, industry, government agencies and traditional owners."
Australia is also working with its partners to try to counter Chinese domination of UN committees and standard-setting bodies, which accelerated during the presidency of Donald Trump.
Scott Morrison told the UN General Assembly last year the institutions needed work to ensure they were effective.
"We are committed to ensuring they are fit for purpose, that they're effective, that they are open and transparent," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/chinaled-ambush-on-health-of-the-great-barrier-reef/news-story/b99813fe30fbc1919325058327980ce6
#13945694 at 2021-06-20 18:50:42 (UTC+1)
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>>13945690
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Mr Priest claims he was responsible for a cyber attack on Australia's security and intelligence agencies on February 7, 2019 using "inside knowledge" inadvertently provided by Mr Stewart. The then head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Alistair MacGibbon and then Australian Signals Directorate director-general Mike Burgess were called to Parliament House after MPs were warned parliament's systems were the subject of a cyber-security "incident".
The attack forced the Prime Minister and all MPs to change their passwords. The security agencies said "a sophisticated state actor" was responsible for the attack. But Mr Priest alleges he performed the phishing exercise as a "harmless penetration exercise" to push Mr Morrison to investigate his Nugan Hand Bank claims.
Four Corners did not detail Mr Priest's background or claims of involvement in the cyber attack, saying only he "was questioned by counter-terrorism police after social media posts where he said he'd successfully hacked the Prime Minister's office".
Mr Priest says he was asked "two short questions" about the hacking incident by counter-terrorism police but was then reported to the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC), a joint operation of the queensland Police and the queensland Forensic Mental Health Service.
After speaking with him, police issued a fixated order and Mr Priest was detained in a psychiatric unit for two days.
Mr Priest claims it was an attempt to silence him, telling The Australian: "It's very easy for people to call me nuts, and it might be a bit crazy what I'm doing, but I feel it's a very important activity, which is why I've persisted.
"They tried to peg me with paranoid delusions of grandeur, and my line to queensland Health was - well give me one example that's a delusion of grandeur - and they couldn't."
Mr Priest was detained a second time by the FTAC after claiming on social media he held 3kg of enriched uranium and stating: "I am no longer asking. I now command a seat at the table, regardless of whether 'they' choose to recognise it."
Mr Priest says that was taken out of context and that he had been approached by a contact in Central Africa who knew of his connections in the US Department of Energy and wanted to sell some uranium.
"I didn't mean it threateningly, just that it was about time people took me seriously. I'm a world peace advocate," he said.
One of the main platforms of his Remembrance Party is to "task the Governor-General to summon the current United Kingdom Prime Minister to Australia to answer questions about the $US15 trillion transaction into the Royal Bank of Scotland Global in 2009. Should they fail to come, the queen (or king) would be asked to intervene."
This transaction, he says, is "the key to unlocking the global debt facility, thousands of trillions [sic] of dollars."
In fact the documents appear to be a version of an online scam known as the Riyadi/Saurin scam, so notorious that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York - one of the institutions said to be involved - devotes a full page warning on it.
An ABC spokesman said Four Corners "was aware of Priest's background - Priest openly acknowledges it - and information is included in the story. The program used verifiable information provided by Priest, including messages from Tim Stewart's mobile phone number and a photograph of Priest with Stewart."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/key-abc-witness-peter-alexander-priest-is-a-serial-conspiracy-theorist/news-story/73c60d96619a76e6300836e163140f6b
https://qanon.pub/#2106
#13945690 at 2021-06-20 18:49:58 (UTC+1)
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>>13884064
Key ABC witness Peter Alexander Priest is a serial conspiracy theorist
STEPHEN RICE - JUNE 20, 2021
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A key witness in the ABC's Four Corners story on QAnon is a serial conspiracy theorist who has twice been detained by the fixated persons unit of queensland Police and who admits he took part in the TV program to "politically damage Scott Morrison".
The man introduced by the program as "Eliahi Priest" and described as "a self-styled online anti-corruption crusader" has a long history of making bizarre claims, which the ABC failed to mention. His real name is Peter Alexander Priest, a jeweller who works in his parents' jewellery store on the Sunshine Coast but claims to be the designate consul to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to have infiltrated a CIA front company involved in an alleged $US15 trillion fraud linked to Australia's failed Nugan Hand Bank.
Mr Priest has formed his own right-wing political party, the Remembrance Party, which he says has 650 members, with membership increasing on the back of his appearance on Four Corners. In 2018 he addressed a Brisbane rally organised by the far-right True Blue Crew, railing against "the deep state" and "the sodomites in our universities".
He has described himself as "a world peace diplomat with a UK, US and Australian government-accepted and recognised cosmic (off-planet) security clearance in my Australian passport". Mr Priest has recounted on video his own experience of helping an "extra-terrestrial craft" land in Scotland after learning the correct "communication protocols". But the claim that would land him at the centre of Australia's own QAnon scandal is even more out of this world.
For years, Mr Priest has put forward a theory linking an alleged hidden $US15 trillion fortune - supposedly gained from CIA drug trafficking - to the now defunct Australian Nugan Hand Bank. The Sydney merchant bank collapsed in 1980 after the apparent suicide of one of its founders, Frank Nugan, and the disappearance of co-founder Michael Hand, amid claims of drug-smuggling, arms dealing and CIA connections.
Mr Priest says he was never a follower of QAnon - the cult-like group which believes the world is run by a cabal of blood-drinking, child-sacrificing Satanists - but simply wanted Mr Stewart to hand the Prime Minister his dossier on the Nugan Hand plot.
When neither pursued the case, Mr Priest became angry and decided to "air all the QAnon in Kirribilli dirty laundry".
"I burned Stewart to fairly and politically damage Scott Morrison to put the Prime Minister on notice and to hold him to account," Mr Priest says in a statement posted on his Twitter account after the ABC program aired. But he says his intervention didn't end there.
(continued)
#13933956 at 2021-06-19 00:11:20 (UTC+1)
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The Gympie, queensland, Australia pyramid.
The site is closed off by the Australian government as "native private property".
26.1690°S 152.6930°E
63 Gympie Connection Rd, Victory Heights QLD 4570, Australia
I think this channel is promoting white supremacy.
Not sure.
It is called Aryan Archeology, Linguistics and Anthropology.
Haven't looked at it much.
Following it because a friend is heavily into languages and I am sending him language related posts.
https://t.me/AryanAnthropology
#13929743 at 2021-06-18 09:24:05 (UTC+1)
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Coronavirus: WA, Qld Covid check-in data accessible to foreign authorities
PAUL GARVEY - JUNE 17, 2021
Foreign government agencies have had the ability to access data collected via Western Australia's and queensland's Covid check-in apps, according to the terms and conditions of the mandatory systems.
The decision by both states to use international tech giants Amazon and Microsoft to host the data appears to have opened the possibility for overseas law enforcement and other agencies to access the information, although it is unclear if any such access has been sought.
The legal frameworks underpinning the apps have been under scrutiny following revelations this week that WA Police had used the state's SafeWA check-in app to assist with two serious criminal investigations, despite promises from the government that the compulsory app would only ever be used to assist in Covid contact tracing. The WA government on Tuesday introduced emergency legislation aimed at closing the loophole.
The terms and conditions of the WA and queensland apps note that the storage of the check-in information is hosted by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Cloud Services respectively. They both feature near-identical warnings that the two software giants are "subject to both Australian and overseas laws that may require the disclosure of your information (in limited circumstances) to government authorities here and overseas".
While the data in both apps is encrypted to help protect it from external attack, the WA app's conditions note that both Amazon and GenVis - the Perth-based technology company that developed the SafeWA app - hold encryption keys.
Neither the Service Victoria nor Service NSW check-in apps feature similar warnings in their terms and conditions to the WA or queensland apps, although the Victorian app notes that personal information may be handed over for law enforcement or to investigate unlawful activity, or to a commonwealth security agency.
The commonwealth's own COVIDSafe app is protected by legislation that specifies that the data collected must "be stored in, and not disclosed outside of, Australia".
It also specifies that the data can only be accessed by the police or Director of Public Prosecutions "to investigate and prosecute alleged breaches of the Privacy Act in relation to the handling of Covid app data".
Julia Powles, an associate professor of law and technology at the University of WA, said the police access to the data and the provisions for access by overseas authorities were "staggering".
"This absolutely guts public trust," she said. "You go from a position where you say 'well surely this does what it says on the tin' to now where you don't need to be a conspiracy theorist to say 'well I don't know now where this is going and who is getting access, and how can I get a good assurance that it hasn't gone elsewhere'."
The success of the apps, she said, relied on the public being confident they would not be used as a "Trojan horse" to track people's whereabouts for other purposes.
"They say they're now closing this loophole, but have there been other requests and does the government even know, especially on that overseas question?" she said.
A spokesman for queensland's Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy confirmed that data held by Microsoft could be provided to overseas authorities but said there had been no notifications of any such access.
"Microsoft are obliged to inform the state of any disclosure to any overseas authority," she said.
A spokesman for Amazon Web Services said the company did not disclose customer information in response to government demands unless it was required to do so to comply with a legally valid and binding order.
"Unless prohibited from doing so or there is clear indication of illegal conduct in connection with the use of AWS products or services, AWS notifies customers before disclosing content information," he said.
The spokesman said the US CLOUD Act did not give law enforcement agencies unfettered access to cloud data, but enabled US agencies to seek evidence about US crimes. "It's highly unlikely that SafeWA data could be relevant to a US crime," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-wa-qld-covid-checkin-data-accessible-to-foreign-authorities/news-story/4a5644bf3afcb8df25793b18d692b926
#13922542 at 2021-06-17 09:55:05 (UTC+1)
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>>13922539
Community holds ceremony to mark 78th anniversary of wartime Bakers Creek crash
The disaster claimed the lives of 40 American soldiers and crippled survivor Foye Kenneth Roberts.
Staff reporters - June 15, 2021
Community members gathered to mark the 78th anniversary of a wartime aviation disaster in Bakers Creek.
The Bakers Creek air crash happened on June 14, 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek.
The disaster claimed the lives of 40 American soldiers and crippled survivor Foye Kenneth Roberts, who died in 2004.
The Bakers Creek Memorial is one of a relatively few memorials in the world that honour soldiers from another country.
This demonstrates the respect locals have for the Americans who gave their lives in our midst while returning to the war in New Guinea and so far from their homes.
The event to mark the 78th anniversary on Sunday included a parade and ceremony at the Bakers Creek Hall.
The RSL Mackay Sub Branch organised the event.
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/community-holds-ceremony-to-mark-78th-anniversary-of-wartime-bakers-creek-crash/news-story/a1118fdb4ca64bfd7c0337593f2bdb7d
#13922539 at 2021-06-17 09:53:26 (UTC+1)
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Arthur Sinodinos leads US tribute to wartime air crew
ADAM CREIGHTON - JUNE 16, 2021
Australia's deadliest air disaster, but probably the least well known, has been commemorated in Washington DC at a small ceremony at Arlington Cemetery.
The Bakers Creek Memorial Observance paid tribute to the 40 American soldiers, almost all in their early 20s, who died around 6am on June 14, 1943, after their plane crashed soon after take-off, 8km south of Mackay, queensland.
"These young men, who were a long way from home, fighting a very tough battle in New Guinea, stopping an enemy that was primed to take Australia if the US had not been there," said Australian ambassador to the US, Arthur Sinodinos, who laid a wreath, and paid tribute to soldiers and the US alliance.
Wartime censorship, meant to keep up morale and avoid controversies around responsibility, prevented newspapers and radio from reporting the crash, which left only one survivor among the six crew and 35 passengers.
In a moving ceremony of around two dozen military, diplomatic and civilian attendees, Robert Cutler, executive director of the Bakers Creek Memorial Association, read aloud the names of the soldiers, from 23 US states, who died.
In Mackay, a day earlier, 90-year-old Terry Hayes, a retired journalist of 47 years on the Daily Mercury, gave a moving tribute. "Mackay gave them 10 carefree days, far from the rigours of the steaming jungles and the desperate war being fought there," he said.
The men were part of around 200,000 US troops stationed in Australia during the war. "In their last few days of leave they had sent postcards and messages home and even bought souvenirs to take home when the war is over," he added.
Colonel David Bowling, Commander of the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, spoke of the frustration and heartache of the families who weren't told the cause of the deaths of their sons and brothers.
"I think it was 15 years until the cause was publicly released of how the accident actually happened," he said.
"I was also struck by the similarities between their generation and our generation - December 7, 1941, which will live in infamy, and 9/11, both very similar in nature, rallying calls to the nation," the colonel said.
Mr Sinodinos pointed out in his remarks that it was 20 years since former prime minister John Howard invoked the ANZUS alliance, since that tragedy, and 70 years since the ANZUS alliance itself was signed in San Francisco in 1941.
"One the most enlightened acts in the history of the 20th century was the way in which the US after WWII brought friends and foes together to build the global rules based order that underpins our peace and prosperity," Mr Sinodinos said.
Covid-19 travel restrictions prevented a representative of the Mackay branch of the RSL, who usually features in the ceremony, from attending.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/arthur-sinodinos-leads-us-tribute-to-wartime-air-crew/news-story/2200e8995871792357e6cc03d547eaa7
#13922524 at 2021-06-17 09:42:35 (UTC+1)
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Beijing backs Mark McGowan's 'constructive' criticism of Scott Morrison
WILL GLASGOW - JUNE 17, 2021
Beijing has backed West Australian Premier Mark McGowan's "constructive" criticism of the Morrison government's China policy.
Responding to a question by the Party-controlled Beijing Daily, China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian praised the Labor Premier's latest blast of the federal government.
"The Australian government should heed these constructive opinions," said Mr Zhao at a regular press conference in Beijing.
"[F]ace up to and reflect on the crux of the setback in bilateral relations, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, earnestly uphold the principle of mutual respect and equal treatment, and act in ways conducive to enhancing mutual trust and promoting practical co-operation," said the foreign ministry spokesman.
McGowan's comments this week were made as Prime Minister Morrison was discussing with world leaders Australia's concerns about Beijing's belligerence in the Indo-Pacific.
"I know how much you are at the forefront of the tensions that may exist in the region, of threats, sometimes of intimidation. I would like to reiterate here how much we stand by your side," Macron told Mr Morrison.
"We firmly reject any coercive measures of an economic nature taken against Australia in flagrant violation of international law," he said.
The day earlier, at an oil and gas conference in Perth, Premier McGowan criticised Morrison government's handling of Australia's biggest trading partner.
"The federal talk of conflict, trade retaliation can and must stop. We should always protect our interests, our institutions, our independence, our democracy and our freedoms. That goes without saying," said McGowan.
"But how is it in our interests to be reckless with trading relationships that fund and drive our prosperity and our nation forward?"
Budget papers in Australia's second biggest resources state queensland revealed China's unofficial coal ban had nearly halved the state's royalty earnings.
queensland's Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she would like an improvement in the bilateral relationship "because it affects queensland jobs".
A survey released this week by Sydney's University of Technology found only 32 per cent of Australians thought the Morrison government had managed the China relationship well.
Residents of the iron ore state of Western Australia were the most critical.
But the same survey by UTS's Australia-China Relations Institute found more than six in 10 Australians said they wanted the government to take a harder line on China and that 67 per cent said China was a security threat.
Most Australians - 80 per cent of the 2000 surveyed - said Beijing and Canberra shared responsibility for improving the relationship.
Xi Jinping's administration has maintained the breakdown is entirely the fault of Australia and refused the Morrison government's requests for dialogue.
At Wednesday evening's foreign ministry press conference, Mr Zhao again insisted the fault lay with Canberra.
"For quite some time, people from different social sectors in Australia have expressed concern about the way the Australian government approaches relations with China," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/beijing-backs-mark-mcgowans-constructive-criticism-of-scott-morrison/news-story/dac6ccf3fcf399dae37fa926c941af9a
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on June 16, 2021
Beijing Daily: On June 15, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan said that it would not be in Australia's interests to "be reckless with trading relationships that fund and drive our country's prosperity and our nation forward". He said that this isn't about giving in, but there needed to be a national reset in that relationship. Does China have any comment on that?
Zhao Lijian: China maintains that a sound and stable China-Australia relationship is in the fundamental interests of the two countries, and that the practical cooperation of mutual benefit between the two sides is conducive to the well-being of the two peoples. For quite some time, people from different social sectors in Australia have expressed concern about the way the Australian government approaches relations with China. The Australian government should heed these constructive opinions, face up to and reflect on the crux of the setback in bilateral relations, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, earnestly uphold the principle of mutual respect and equal treatment, and act in ways conducive to enhancing mutual trust and promoting practical cooperation.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1884265.shtml
#13922290 at 2021-06-17 08:05:19 (UTC+1)
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Cardinal Pell at 80
George Weigel - June 16, 2021
Fifteen months ago, it looked as if Cardinal George Pell might spend his 80th birthday in prison. A malicious trolling expedition by the police department of the State of Victoria in his native Australia had led to the cardinal's indictment on manifestly absurd charges of "historic sexual abuse." His first trial ended with a hung jury heavily in favor of acquittal; but because of a court-imposed media blackout on the trial, the public did not know that the defense had shredded the prosecution's case by demonstrating that the alleged crimes couldn't have happened how, when, and where the complainant said they'd happened. The cardinal's retrial ended in an incomprehensible conviction, which was followed by an even more incomprehensible (and feckless) rejection of the cardinal's appeal. Happily - for the sake of an innocent man's liberty and the reputation of Australia's justice system - the country's High Court unanimously quashed the guilty verdict on April 7, 2020, and entered a judgment of "innocent" in the case of Pell v. The queen.
Cardinal Pell did not waste his 404 days in prison, most of them in solitary confinement. He wrote a daily journal that has become something of a modern spiritual classic; Ignatius Press has been publishing it in three volumes, the last of which will appear in October. Through his Prison Journal, thousands of people around the world have discovered the real George Pell: a man of rock-solid faith, keen intelligence, deep compassion for the confusions that beset the human race, and a determination to live out the priestly ministry to which he committed himself when he was ordained by Cardinal Gregory Peter Agagianian (runner-up to John XXIII in the conclave of 1958) on December 16, 1966.
I'm happy that so many others have now discovered the truth about this good and great man, not least because he and I have been friends since he spent his post-ordination summer in my Baltimore parish, in between his Roman theological studies and his doctoral work at Oxford. Over that half-century, we've discussed just about everything. And while the cardinal has not converted me to the virtues of cricket, we are of one mind on so many other things that we've worked in close harness on several occasions.
Thus it strikes me as providential that Cardinal Pell's 80th birthday falls while the universal Church is being roiled by the German "Synodal Way: a process that, absent a decisive Roman intervention (and perhaps even in the face of that), seems likely to confirm that institutional Catholicism in Germany is in a state of apostasy. Providential, because without George Pell's leadership as archbishop of Melbourne and then cardinal archbishop of Sydney, Australia might well have become the kind of ecclesiastical disaster area Germany is today - although the Aussies would have gotten there 25 years earlier.
His enemies will never admit it, but Cardinal George Pell saved the Church in Australia from dissolving into a Liquid Catholicism indistinguishable from Liberal Protestantism. He did so by his defense of Vatican II as renewal within tradition; by his reform of the priesthood and his care for sexual abuse victims in the dioceses he led; by his unwavering support of Catholic orthodoxy in the teeth of fierce cultural headwinds that cowed many of his brother bishops; by championing serious Catholic intellectual life in a variety of initiatives; and by hosting Sydney's World Youth Day-2008, which evangelically energized young Australian Catholics as Denver's World Youth Day-1993 had done for young American Catholics. Without George Pell's leadership and his willingness to stand for the truth against vicious criticism, Catholicism Down Under in 2021 might well look like the moribund Church in much of Germany today, but absent the Germans' vast, tax-supported wealth.
Cardinal Pell's work to clean the Augean stables of Vatican finance remains to be completed and questions about possible links between that work and his prosecution remain to be answered. Nonetheless, the cardinal's grace under extraordinary pressure and the dignity with which he conducted himself before, during, and after his imprisonment have made him one of the most influential elders in the Catholic Church today. That he lost his vote in a future conclave on June 8 does not mean that he will be sidelined in the really consequential discussions of the Church's future. He will be very much at the center of those conversations, now wielding the moral authority he has rightly won as a contemporary confessor.
The man I have known and cherished since the summer of 1967 was not built for quiescence. His voice will be heard. And it will be heard where it counts.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
https://denvercatholic.org/cardinal-pell-at-80/
#13922193 at 2021-06-17 07:42:29 (UTC+1)
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>>13922184
3/3
Australian Governments have been unwilling to acknowledge that ritual abuse exists. It has been suggested that the association of ritual abuse practices with government institutions (for example, orphanages and mental health facilities) has rendered governments afraid of litigation, should they fully acknowledge its existence. For whatever reasons, governments have not encouraged adequate responses toward the issue from those systems which come into contact with survivors and perpetrators. This includes the criminal justice and health-care systems, which are responsible for the provision of services that promote the health and well-being of survivors of sexual violence.
Support for Ritual Abuse Survivors
Blueknot Foundation
Support Line: 1300 657 380
Telephone: (02) 8920 3611
Website: www.blueknot.org.au
Email: admin@blueknot.org.au
Myriad Support Group (for women with DID/MPD)
Phone: (07) 3399 3340
Contact Person: Diana Hunt
Qld Association for Mental Health
Street Address: Fleming House, Orford Drive Wacol
Postal Address: PO Box 475 Sumner Park BC 4074
Phone: (07) 3271 5544
Email: association@mentalhealth.org.au
Trauma and Dissociation Unit
Street/Postal Address: Belmont Private Hospital , 1220 Creek Road Carina 4152
Phone: (07) 3398 0280
Comments: Inpatient and day patient programmes. Admission based on referral by psychiatrist.
Lotus Place (for survivors of institutional abuse)
Street Address: 46 Cleveland Street, Stones Corner, 4120
Postal Address: PO Box 3449, South Brisbane, 4101
Phone: (07) 3347 8500
Website: https://www.lotusplace.org.au/
Comments: Supports people who have been abused institutionally - state and church (foster, detention centres etc.). Outreach, advocacy and support, historical abuse network, National Redress Scheme support.
Comments: A program which provides a support service for persons who have experienced physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse whilst in an institution, orphanage, detention centre or foster care in queensland .
References
- ASCA 2002. Healing from Ritual Abuse: Also known as Organised Sadistic Abuse. Information Package.
- Kelley, S J. "Ritualistic Abuse of Children: Dynamics and Impact" Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 5, No.2, 1988.
- Ritual Abuse Survivors and Supporters, Australia at http://www.heart7.net/ritual-abuse-ss.html
- Scott, Sara. 2001. The politics and experience of ritual abuse: beyond disbelief.
https://brissc.org.au/resources/ritual-abuse/
BRISSC Support line: (07) 3391 0004
support@brissc.org.au
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Q Post #1735
Jul 27 2018 13:13:18 (EST)
There is nothing more precious than our children.
Evil has no boundaries.
https://genius.com/Slayer-evil-has-no-boundaries-lyrics
The choice to know will ultimately be yours.
These people are SICK!
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/27/cbs-honcho-les-moonves-will-be-accused-sexual-misconduct-in-latest-ronan-farrow-bombshell-report-says.html
To those who are courageous enough to speak out - we stand with you!
You are not alone in this fight.
God bless.
Q
#13915368 at 2021-06-16 10:20:08 (UTC+1)
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>>13915359
Capturing the beachhead - Exercise Sea Explorer
Department of Defence Australia
Jun 16, 2021
Exercise Sea Explorer is the second of three exercises in the annual Sea Series designed to hone and certify Australia's Amphibious Task Forces. The first - Exercise Sea Horizon was a planning activity in preparation for the subsequent Sea Explorer and the final Sea Raider exercises.
During Exercise Sea Explorer almost 1800 soldiers, sailors, and aviators aboard HMAS Canberra and HMAS Choules practiced amphibious landings of soldiers, vehicles, and equipment onto Cowley Beach in North-Eastern queensland from 2-15 June 2021.
More here: https://news.defence.gov.au/capability/australian-amphibious-force-completes-exercise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_y-PrqudVU
#13915363 at 2021-06-16 10:18:42 (UTC+1)
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>>13915359
Exercise explores all options
Captain Dan Mazurek - 11 June 2021
There is a lot going on in the air, on land and at sea in Exercise Sea Explorer, which is landing on Cowley Beach in North queensland until June 15.
The annual Sea Series of exercises is a tiered training program that hones the skills of Australia's amphibious force, ensuring it is ready now and future-ready.
After last month's planning exercise Sea Horizon, Exercise Sea Explorer allows nearly 1600 Army, Navy and Air Force elements to rehearse and perfect the intricate process of moving people and materiel from HMA Ships Canberra and Choules to shore.
Exercise Sea Explorer is the amphibious force's preparation for July's Exercise Sea Raider in which they will support the broader ADF as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Coordinating the insertion of sailors, soldiers and vehicles - including main battle tanks - by air and sea requires a focused effort to overcome challenges while maintaining safe and effective training.
Commander Amphibious Task Force Captain Leif Maxfield said Army, Navy and Air Force personnel synchronised the complex management of the amphibious manoeuvre, while in the background, the ships' companies also maintained rigorous internal training and maintenance regimes.
"There is certainly a lot going on," Captain Maxfield said.
"Sea Explorer is our opportunity to bring our amphibious forces together to achieve initial training goals while ensuring we operate to the highest standards of safety before we pick up the pace on exercise Sea Raider.
"I am continually very proud of the hard work and professional approach of the embarked amphibious forces and crews of Canberra and Choules."
During Exercise Sea Raider, the focus will shift to tactics and further integration with a company of US marines from Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, a strike company of Royal Marines from Bravo Company, 40th Commando Royal Marines, and a platoon of Japanese infantry from the Amphibious Ready Deployment Brigade.
For more images of the exercise, see the Defence image gallery.
https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/S20211870
https://news.defence.gov.au/capability/exercise-explores-all-options
#13915015 at 2021-06-16 07:54:08 (UTC+1)
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Elite universities submit 4000 foreign deals for Marise Payne to scrutinise and possibly cancel
RICHARD FERGUSON - JUNE 15, 2021
More than 6000 university deals with foreign powers are being scrutinised by Foreign Minister Marise Payne, as she considers vetoing any contrary to the national interest.
The Group of Eight universities alone have submitted more than 4000 foreign deals, including agreements to operate China-linked Confucius Institutes, as the university sector seeks to re-engage with the Morrison government over national security.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was also notified of more than 2000 foreign arrangements from the nation's 30 other higher education institutions before the deadline on Friday.
DFAT will now comb through the university sector's arrangements and memorandums of understanding with foreign entities before Senator Payne makes a determination to cancel any of them, as she did in April with the Victorian government's Belt and Road deal with Beijing.
"I recognise the work universities have put into the (Foreign Arrangements) Scheme and appreciate their engagement," Senator Payne said.
"Universities themselves now have full visibility of their international activity across their various faculties. This will result in improved governance and due diligence of their foreign agreements."
The mass collation of foreign deals comes after more than 2000 pieces of written correspondence and 100 meetings and briefings from DFAT for states, local councils and universities.
Go8 chief executive Vicki Thomson said attempts to meet the Friday deadline set by the Foreign Relations Act was a major task for the eight sandstones - which include the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne - and more deals would need to be submitted.
"This process has been a huge logistic and administrative challenge, with the complexity of the legislation putting potentially hundreds of thousands of person-to-person 'agreements' and other minor arrangements in the frame," she said. "There is, however, more to be done as some universities were required to review in detail as many as 75 agreements for every one agreement lodged with the scheme."
The Foreign Relations Act - which orders states, local councils and universities to submit all overseas deals to the Foreign Minister - was brought in amid concerns about links between university researchers and the Chinese military.
A University of queensland spokeswoman on Tuesday said UQ had submitted 587 foreign agreements and 71 prospective deals to DFAT. The University of Melbourne said it had submitted "several hundred" agreements, and the University of Western Australia said it submitted 180 deals, which were mostly with Chinese partners.
The Australian National University, Monash University and the University of Sydney also confirmed they had submitted foreign arrangements, but would not give any numerical details.
University leaders have been prepared for their on-campus Confucius Institutes to be cancelled by the Foreign Minister.
The institutes purport to be Chinese cultural and language study centres but have been linked with Beijing's attempts to influence foreign universities.
The University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, UNSW, UWA, and the University of queensland all have Confucius Institutes, and have submitted their contracts for review. The higher education sector unsuccessfully lobbied to be exempted from the Foreign Relations Act over concerns the law was too broad.
Ms Thomson on Tuesday said some foreign partners had begun to either withdraw or pause deals with Australian universities due to the legislation. "The impact of this legislation has not gone unnoticed by current and potential international partners of Go8 universities," she said.
"A number have withdrawn from agreements, not because of any issues concerning alignment with Australia's foreign policy, but on the basis of complexity and what they perceive (to be) unwarranted government overreach into the university sector."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/elite-universities-submit-4000-foreign-deals-for-marise-payne-to-scrutinise-and-possibly-cancel/news-story/d9d73da58cca085fabc5b5b170cf6959
#13914989 at 2021-06-16 07:45:55 (UTC+1)
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A Victorian government spokeswoman said on Monday that complying with modern slavery laws was "non-negotiable" and it expected everyone working on state contracts to comply with the legislation.
"All contractors working on this program have provided the Department of Transport with written assurances that forced labour was not used in the making of parts for the trains," the spokeswoman said.
"The Victorian government has taken extensive steps to investigate these allegations since they were raised last year, including repeatedly seeking assurances from suppliers that forced labour is not used in the production of Melbourne's HCMTs."
The transport departments of Victoria, NSW and queensland last year began investigating into supply chains on their train projects, all of which use KTK parts, following the release of the ASPI report.
In October last year, Premier Daniel Andrews said his government accepted CRRC's assurances that the company was not benefiting from forced labour. Of China's treatment of Uighurs, he said: "We don't agree with everything that is done in every country around the world but ultimately we are about getting things done."
Latrobe University Professor James Leibold, whose current research focuses on the Uighur ethnic minority and who co-authored the Uighurs for Sale report, said the Victorian government should not take at face value the assurances of the Chinese companies given the overwhelming evidence of repressive government policies in Xinjiang.
"Washing your hands of the concerns that KTK is involved in labour transfer schemes that are indicative of forced labour is negligent and, in my mind, the Victorian government needs to do more work to seek assurances, and if those assurances aren't forthcoming, it should consider scrapping the contract," Dr Leibold said.
"KTK now admits they're involved in the Xinjiang Aid program, and it seems to be an admission the concerns we raised in the report are occurring, and that should have been a red flag for the Victorian government that the assurances it's receiving don't seem to line up with what the facts reveal."
Dr Leibold raised questions on how Bombardier and Alstom, which were separate entities at the time, were able to ascertain and independently verify KTK was not involved in forced labour, given the lack of transparency and high levels of secrecy that dominate Chinese government policies.
"It is impossible [to independently investigate] - I know this because I've spoken to the CEO of a major auditing company in Hong Kong who said it's impossible to do best practice, unannounced forced labour audits in [China]," Dr Leibold said.
China analysts have said while KTK's admission of being involved in the Xinjiang Aid program is not an admission of using forced labour, it was "pretty close".
China expert at Swinburne University of Technology John Fitzgerald said KTK's claim that workers were recruited voluntarily could not be entirely discounted, but he said there could have been coercion if the workers were choosing to work at KTK as a method of exiting a re-education camp.
Professor Fitzgerald agreed that secrecy surrounding the Chinese government's activities in Xinjiang made it difficult to test KTK's claims.
"If China wants to counter these concerns it should allow more foreign journalists into the country and allow them to travel and investigate freely as they do elsewhere," he said.
"If there's nothing to hide, what's the problem?"
The Department of Transport in April faced the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after it refused to release the advice to the Opposition's transport infrastructure spokesman, David Davis. Mr Davis was last week handed a copy of the departmental advice.
The Age independently submitted its freedom of information request after it first revealed the link to Uighur labour.
Mr Davis said the Victorian government was "naively" accepting KTK Group's assurances was a scandal and "simply not good enough".
"The glib assurances provided by Jacinta Allan last year are worth nothing. What these damaging documents establish is there has been no independent investigation into the supply chain for Victorian rail purchases," Mr Davis said.
Bombardier, CRRC and KTK Group were contacted for comment.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-continued-to-use-uighur-labour-firm-to-avoid-delays-on-2-4b-rail-project-20210614-p580x7.html
#13898763 at 2021-06-14 05:10:29 (UTC+1)
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Following a NATO summit on Monday - where Mr Biden will agitate for the security alliance to refocus its mission towards new global threats - Mr Johnson will return to London for a dinner with Mr Morrison.
The pair will meet at Downing Street on Tuesday morning, where an initial plan for them to sign an in-principle agreement is now unlikely to occur. Mr Morrison is also expected to meet with the queen at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.
Speaking to G7 leaders and guests in an earlier session on health and pandemic preparedness, Mr Morrison backed a global early warning system for pandemics and a 100-day plan proposed at the summit.
The Australian understands Mr Morrison won support - which was expected to be reflected in the final G7 communique - in relation to his calls for the World Health Organisation to be bolstered with new powers similar to those of weapons inspectors.
Mr Morrison also declared "more work" needed to be done to determine the origins of Covid-19, with global investigations focused on whether it had natural origins or may have leaked from a lab.
Australia's early push to investigate the cause of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a rapid deterioration of economic relations with China, as Beijing imposed significant tariffs on imports of wine, beef, coal and barley.
"It's very important that we understand the origins and there has already been discussion around our preparedness for any future pandemic that the world can move quickly on issues like vaccines," Mr Morrison said, adding the purpose of the inquiries had nothing to do with "politics or frankly blame".
"It's about understanding it so we all on a future occasion can move quickly and can avoid on a future occasion the absolute carnage that we've seen from this pandemic," he said.
"The process we called for is not yet done, it is recommending further work. And recommending that there be further powers for the WHO to be able to identify these things early, and ensure that information is passed on in a timely way."
Mr Morrison, who confirmed climate change was not the subject of his discussions with Mr Biden and Mr Johnson, said Australia's alliance with the US and UK "has never been stronger".
"It was a meeting of great friends and allies who share a view on the world. It was a great opportunity for my first meeting, of course, with the President. I've known Boris for many years.
"And there was a very easy understanding amongst the three of us. As liberal democracies with a great history of friendship and partnership and a shared view on the world and its challenges, and strategic challenges at that.
"We are very conscious of the environment we face but whatever that environment is we'll always face it together."
Mr Johnson has dramatically ramped-up Britain's military presence in the Indo-Pacific, including sending a naval carrier strike group led by aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth on a 28-week maiden voyage, including movements through the South China Sea and Philippine Sea.
Mr Morrison said Australia's handling of the Chinese economic relationship was based on being "consistent".
"We are for a stable and peaceful and open Indo-Pacific. That's in everybody's interests," he said.
"It's in Australia's interests, it's in China's interests. And for the free trade that can occur throughout the region."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/allies-rally-to-scott-morrisons-call-on-china/news-story/5d2a8765184819a5d988c0858b7c2e6d
#13889065 at 2021-06-12 23:20:56 (UTC+1)
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The Australian understands G7 leaders will support a suggestion raised by Mr Morrison on Saturday for the WHO to be bolstered with powers similar to weapons inspectors.
Mr Morrison, who confirmed climate change was not the subject of their discussions, on Saturday night said Australia's alliance with the US and UK as never being "has never been stronger.
"It was a meeting of great friends and allies who share a view on the world. It was a great opportunity for my first meeting of course with the President. I've known Boris for many years.
"And there was a very easy understanding among the three of us. As liberal democracies with a great history of friendship and partnership and a shared view on the world and its challenges, and strategic challenges at that. We are very conscious of the environment we face but whatever that environment is we'll always face it together.
"Our alliance with the United States, our alliance with the United Kingdom has never been stronger."
Mr Johnson had earlier formally welcomed Mr Morrison to the G7 in a beach ceremony, alongside other G7-plus members South Korea and South Africa.
Mr Morrison, who met with South Korean president Moon Jae-in at Tregenna Castle on Saturday morning before speaking at a G7 health and pandemic preparedness session, will meet with Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and German chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday.
Mr Morrison's first in-person meeting with Mr Biden was initially intended to focus on ramping-up land force co-operation, the joint development of critical technologies, as well as climate change, new energy technologies and cyber threats.
Mr Johnson, who will hold one-on-one talks at Downing Street with Mr Morrison on Tuesday, has dramatically ramped-up Britain's military presence in the Indo-Pacific, including sending naval carrier strike group led by aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth on a 28-week maiden voyage including movements through the South China Sea and Philippine Sea.
Australia and the US will progress plans to align their strategic approach in the Indo-Pacific later this year when Defence Minister Peter Dutton and Foreign Minister Marise Payne meet with their counterparts Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken at the upcoming AUSMIN meeting.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/scott-morrison-holds-historic-meeting-with-us-president-joe-biden-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-at-g7-summit/news-story/7261bf0b48f086f342c073c02f830da5
#13889054 at 2021-06-12 23:19:11 (UTC+1)
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Scott Morrison holds historic meeting with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at G7 summit
GEOFF CHAMBERS - JUNE 13, 2021
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Scott Morrison has held a historic meeting with US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, bringing together three wartime allies to discuss escalating instability in the Indo-Pacific and the need to work more closely in response to regional and global threats.
The Prime Minister's most important bilateral meeting of the G7 summit was expanded to include both Mr Biden and Mr Johnson, with Australia, the US and Britain discussing enhanced collaboration in key strategic, defence, infrastructure and critical supply chain initiatives.
The Indo-Pacific step-up, Beijing's economic coercion of countries including Australia and increasing disinformation and cyber campaigns linked to China and Russia has been a key focus at the G7-plus leaders' summit at the Cornish seaside resort village of Carbis Bay.
"Prime Minster Johnson, President Biden and Prime Minister Morrison met in the margins of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay on June 12, 2021," a joint statement from the three leaders said.
"They discussed a number of issues of mutual concern, including the Indo-Pacific region. They agreed that the strategic context in the Indo-Pacific was changing and that there was a strong rationale for deepening cooperation between the three governments.
"They welcomed the forthcoming visits and exercises in the Indo-Pacific by the Carrier Strike Group, led by HMS queen Elizabeth."
The meeting ran for 45 minutes, despite originally being slated for 20 minutes, and afterwards Mr Morrison and Mr Biden walked together to participate in a group photograph with other world leaders.
Mr Morrison described the talks as a "unique opportunity for a trilateral meeting".
"That is not a usual opportunity that we've had at these events in the past," Mr Morrison said.
"We had an opportunity today to discuss the Indo-Pacific situation more broadly. Australia has no greater friends than the United States and the United Kingdom and we've been working together on our respective security issues for a very long time.
"We had a good opportunity to talk about those and look to see how we can further co-operate in the future. The situation only reinforces the need for us to have deeper co-operation."
Mr Morrison said the G7 summit was a "great opportunity for liberal democracies and advanced economies alike to be able to align their thinking and their outlooks on how they're seeing issues around the world".
The Prime Minister said Australia's handling of the Chinese economic relationship was based on being "consistent".
"We are for a stable and peaceful and open Indo-Pacific. That's in everybody's interests. It's in Australia's interests, it's in China's interests. And for the free trade that can occur throughout the region," he said.
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#13884837 at 2021-06-12 09:09:20 (UTC+1)
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Scott Morrison makes G7 pledge that Australia will provide coronavirus jabs to SE Asia and Pacific region
Michael Mehr - June 12, 2021
Australia will provide 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in South-East Asia and the Pacific as leaders at the G7-plus summit in Britain make a bid to distribute jabs more equally across the globe.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who arrived in the UK on Friday, thanked G7 host - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson - "for bringing us together to put even more effort into this area because the virus doesn't know boundaries, the virus goes where it will".
He said Australia's contribution would feed into an effort led by Mr Johnson to vaccinate the world.
"These 20 million doses will go to support doses in our region, to ensure that we continue to exercise our responsibility as part of a broader global responsibility to combat this virus," Mr Morrison said.
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that 44 per cent of all doses had been administered in rich countries but only 0.4 per cent in the poorest.
"Sharing vaccines now is essential for ending the acute phase of the pandemic," Mr Ghebreyesus said, urging G7 countries to do more to battle inequality in accessing coronavirus vaccines.
The G7 group of wealthy democracies - Britain, the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - invited the leaders of Australia, South Korea, South Africa and India to take part in the three-day summit in Cornwall in England.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will only attend the G7 virtually because of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in his country.
They were greeted by the queen and other members of the royal family including Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, and Prince William and Kate.
Mr Morrison said Australia was in a strong position to support countries with vaccines because it had "supply contracts many times over what is needed for the Australian population" and that the jabs would make a difference.
"These aren't going in large warehouses which essentially (is) without going anywhere - we want to ensure that we are taking responsibility for our region, our family in our region," he said.
Mr Morrison's plane arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Friday after heavy fog cancelled plans for it to land at Cornwall's Newquay airport, requiring a drive of several hours for the Prime Minister to reach the summit venue in Carbis Bay.
"This is the third occasion that we've had the privilege to be invited to be part of these discussions and there is a lot on this agenda for Australia," he said.
Mr Morrison was previously invited to the G7-plus 2019 summit in Biarritz, France, while the 2020 event was to be in the US but was cancelled because of the pandemic.
"We've met on so many occasions over the past 18 months over screens," Mr Morrison said.
"There is no substitute for leaders getting together and doing what we are doing now - and there has never been a more important time to be doing that."
https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/australia-pledges-jabs-for-region-at-g7-c-3087458
#13884054 at 2021-06-12 05:30:15 (UTC+1)
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How PM's pal put 'Satanic paedophile' conspiracy in the public eye
Kate McClymont - June 12, 2021
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With a history of bankruptcy, bannings and bizarre conspiracy beliefs, it's little wonder that Tim Stewart, the nation's most prominent follower of QAnon, chose the nom-de-plume "Burn Notice" for his Twitter posts.
This is a term intelligence agencies use when an agent or a source is officially scrapped or "burned" for providing fabricated or unreliable information.
Citing "co-ordinated harmful activity," Twitter banned Mr Stewart's account "Burn Notice" with its handle @BurnedSpy34 last year for posting unverified and dangerous material linked to the far-right American group QAnon.
Earlier this month, the Herald broke the news that ABC management had asked current affairs program Four Corners to delay a program on the supposed connection between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Mr Stewart. This revelation has put the 52-year-old town planner firmly back in the public eye.
Now the Herald can reveal that Mr Stewart was bankrupted from 2012 to 2015, following the collapse of his business which ran a string of caravan parks in queensland. His name has also recently featured in a corruption inquiry and his business dealings include links to a trio of one-time bankrupt Liberal powerbrokers in the Sutherland Shire.
The Prime Minister has never espoused any QAnon-style conspiracy theories and, for his part, Mr Morrison has angrily rejected any links to QAnon.
"I find it deeply offensive that there would be any suggestion that I would have any involvement or support for such a dangerous organisation. I clearly do not," he said last week. "It is also disappointing that Four Corners, with their inquiries, would seek to cast this aspersion not just against me, but by members of my own family. I just think that is really poor form."
Before his Twitter banning, Mr Stewart's accounts show his fierce support of QAnon, a loose group of conspiracy theorists who believe there is a secret "deep state" plot acting against then-president Donald Trump as well as a cabal of Satan-worshiping paedophiles who rule the world and control politicians and the media.
Mr Stewart's Twitter posts promoting the conspiracy group may have gone unnoticed in ordinary circumstances. However, his wife Lynelle has a long-standing friendship with the Prime Minister and his wife Jenny. Mrs Stewart, who has known the Morrisons through their church activities since they were all children, was employed up until recently as Mrs Morrison's personal assistant. These relationships were first reported in The Guardian in October 2019.
Mr Stewart's estranged sister Karen, who ran for the Greens in Camden, has previously said it was "absolute rubbish" to claim her brother and Mr Morrison were just associates. She told News Corp last year that the two couples were close family friends.
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#13883811 at 2021-06-12 04:38:40 (UTC+1)
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Dan Andrews broke his back - why is there such a frenzy of conspiracy around it?
Mainstream validation of the conspiratorial thinking about the Victorian premier undermines public trust, even if it serves a political purpose
Ariel Bogle - 12 Jun 2021
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When Liberal MP Louise Staley issued a list of questions on Monday about a potential "cover up" of how Daniel Andrews hurt his back, the reaction was largely predictable - and a warning about the risks when politics and conspiracies combine.
Labor figures called it "gutter politics" on Twitter, accusing Staley of turning an accident into something sinister. Federal ministers weighed in, denying the list was a nod to "grassy-knoll conspiracy theories", and the media gave it days of coverage. But in other corners of the internet, Staley's list was mainstream recognition at last.
In Facebook groups and pages - some with a following of more than 73,000 - conspiracies about Andrews' injury have been fomenting for months. On anti-lockdown Telegram channels with thousands of members, theories veered wildly from the moment his injury was announced on 9 March - from accusing the premier of not being injured at all to more sinister coverups. Each new photo issued of Andrews was rigorously dissected for evidence.
A conspiracy theory website heavily focused on Australia seems to have played a significant role in this milieu, publishing a steady flow of conjecture about Andrews' fall. Seemingly helping to spread some of the more colourful allegations across Facebook, the site crossed over to Twitter this week, pushed by those eager to speculate about Andrews' fall as well as pro-Labor figures who shared a link only to denounce it.
The increasingly florid information ecosystem around Andrews cannot be easily diagnosed. Once a constant daily presence, his sudden absence from public life arguably left a gap conspiracies could fill, especially among communities predisposed to doubt both the severity of Covid-19 and the state's restrictions to manage it. The unsatisfying randomness of a fall could come with other bits and pieces of information - a vaccine rollout, other politicians getting sick the same week - to create something altogether malevolent.
Certainly, conspiracies can be a compelling way to make sense of the world during a moment of profound disruption. As the QAnon conspiracy theory drew adherents last year, it seemed part of the appeal was that active participation in creating theories about evil cabals provided a sense of agency and community, even as it caused other social relationships to fracture.
We might also look at the highly partisan tenor of conversation around Andrews throughout the pandemic as a potential breeding ground for the swirls of speculation: the emotional language that saw him being deemed a "liar" in the press as well as diehard Twitter fans helped send duelling hashtags #DanLiedPeopleDied and #IStandWithDan trending in 2020. Thanks in part, according to queensland University of Technology (QUT) research, to a collection of highly active hyper-partisan opinion leaders and their followers on social media.
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#13877062 at 2021-06-11 08:21:56 (UTC+1)
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queen to make rare appearance at G7 summit before meeting with Scott Morrison
Bevan Shields - June 11, 2021
Carbis Bay: The queen will make a rare public appearance at the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, before meeting privately with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Windsor Castle early next week.
The 95-year-old monarch, who on Thursday marked what would have been the 100th birthday of her late husband Prince Philip, will travel to the seaside town of Carbis Bay on Friday to headline a diplomatic offensive with the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and European Union.
US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson kick-started the summit - the first major in-person meeting of leaders since the coronavirus pandemic - on Thursday afternoon UK time - by signing an updated version of the Atlantic Charter, the pact forged by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 outlining their vision for a post-war world.
Marking an end to the turbulent tenure of former president Donald Trump, Johnson described Biden as a "breath of fresh air" and stressed they were both particularly committed to action on climate change.
Johnson said the transatlantic relationship was of "massive, massive strategic importance for the prosperity and the security of the world".
In a swipe directed at Russia and China, Biden and Johnson also said they were committed to democracy and the rule of law.
"The US and the UK stick up for those two things together, so it's incredibly important that we should affirm that," he said.
In a message for Britain, US first lady Dr Jill Biden's black jacket had "LOVE" embroidered on the upper back, a fashion move that recalled her predecessor Melania Trump's decision to wear a jacket with "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" written on the back during a 2018 trip to a Texas border town.
Jill Biden said her garment choice and message aimed to bring "love from America" and hope in a world grappling with the pandemic.
Morrison is expected to arrive in Cornwall on Friday morning (Friday evening AEDT) before holding a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He is also expected to meet with Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and German Chancellor Angela Merkel over Saturday and Sunday.
He will then dine with Johnson at Downing Street on Monday evening, where the pair will seek to finalise a new free trade deal between both countries.
As a guest of the G7, the Australian Prime Minister will not attend a reception to be held on Friday evening in Cornwall hosted by the queen, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
However he is likely to see Australia's head of state, the queen, for a one-on-one at Windsor Castle early next week following the G7 summit and before his departure for Paris for meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Biden will see the queen at Friday evening's event in Cornwall but will also call on her at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The queen last met the US head of state in 2019, when Trump was in the United Kingdom for a state visit.
Morrison will on Saturday join a G7 discussion on COVID-19 vaccines and hear a new pledge by Johnson and the G7 to donate 100 million vaccine doses internationally within a year.
"As a result of the success of the UK's vaccine program we are now in a position to share some of our surplus doses with those who need them. In doing so we will take a massive step towards beating this pandemic for good," Johnson said ahead of the session.
"At the G7 summit I hope my fellow leaders will make similar pledges so that, together, we can vaccinate the world by the end of next year and build back better from coronavirus."
Biden also used his visit to Cornwall to confirm plans to send 500 million doses manufactured by Pfizer to 100 low or middle income countries.
"That's a historic step: the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any country, ever," he told reporters.
The G7 summit will take place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday and cover other topics including climate change, global taxation, national security and trade.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/queen-to-make-rare-appearance-at-g7-before-meeting-with-scott-morrison-20210611-p5802u.html
#13877043 at 2021-06-11 08:09:53 (UTC+1)
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The website is home to a dizzying array of conspiracy material. A series of articles on the site claims, for example, that the deadly Port Arthur massacre was a "government-sanctioned terror event"; pushes the QAnon theory that "Hollywood celebrities" have been "rounded up" for "child pornography and ritual, satanic abuse of young children"; or claims that Covid-19 is a "psyop".
The Guardian has been unable to contact the two men listed as editors of the site.
The website followed its first Andrews article with a series of similar posts pushing theories that photos of Andrews in hospital had been "doctored", as well as linking both Fox and Sayers to the incident.
These articles - which are wrong - set out the basic infrastructure of the conspiracy theories which have dominated social media since: one pushing the idea Andrews was with Fox at the time of the accident, the other suggesting he had been assaulted.
Since their publication, they have been widely circulated on the same conspiratorial Telegram groups which pushed the initial rumours around Andrews' accident, as well as on a series of Facebook pages associated with anti-lockdown protests and far-right ecosystems in Australia.
An analysis of the Facebook posts by queensland University of Technology lecturer Timothy Graham showed that while they were not widely shared outside of online communities linked to conspiracy content, it appeared the queensland website was "very much the originating vectors of this narrative and its sub-narratives".
Less clear, though, is how these theories spread from social media's backwaters, but Graham said it was likely that examining the spread of the articles on social media was showing only "the shadow" of the way the conspiracy had spread.
"It's operating in this weird space in the information ecology where you have these fringe actors mixing with the political elite," he said.
"And it's really common for this false or misleading information to spread when it hits that middle ground. There's this connective tissue between the fringe, who are talking about this stuff online, and then someone who has the power to take these ideas and bring them up in a cafe or a bar or a meeting and obviously we then can't see how it moves at that point."
Despite Staley's list of questions being widely condemned as "nonsense" and "QAnon craziness", both she and the Victorian opposition have continued to stand by the list.
Earlier this week, she denied she was peddling conspiracy theories.
"The easiest way to stop any of these conspiracy theories - which I'm not playing into - is for these questions to be answered," she said.
In response to questions from the Guardian, a spokesman for Staley said the MP was "not alleging any wrongdoing, purely posing some simple questions that many Victorians are asking".
He also said the questions were not in response to "something she read" on the queensland website, but he did not answer questions about whether the questions were informed by others, including her staff, reading the site.
What is clear is that the articles published by the conspiracy site were circulating widely among Victorian media and politics. The Guardian understands that most of the questions asked by Staley had previously been put to Andrews' staffers, and that at least one outlet pointed directly to claims made by the queensland website.
Graham said the political "weaponisation" of conspiracy theories had been seen to be "insidiously effective", particularly in cases such as Andrews' where the relationship with the Fox family provided "seeds of truth" to pursue.
"If there are actual, factually verified events pulled into this narrative and are part of the premise of the conspiracy theory, that's where the damage can be greatest."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/11/daniel-andrews-injury-inside-the-conspiracy-theory-around-the-premiers-fall
https://cairnsnews.org/2021/03/11/who-bashed-daniel-andrews/
#13877040 at 2021-06-11 08:09:06 (UTC+1)
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Dan Andrews' injury: inside the conspiracy theory around the premier's fall
Unfounded claims about the Victorian premier's hospitalisation were first aired by an obscure blog which pushes conspiracy theories
Michael McGowan - 11 Jun 2021
It started with an anonymous post on an encrypted messaging app favoured by far-right activists and conspiracy theorists and moved to a fringe website promoting QAnon and Port Arthur massacre misinformation.
Quite how a conspiracy theory about Victorian premier Dan Andrews' March fall at a Mornington Peninsula holiday home made its way from social media's backwaters to the mainstream has been the subject of intense speculation this week.
On Monday the Victorian opposition treasury spokeswoman, Louise Staley, gave new impetus to a complicated web of conspiracy theories about Andrews' fall by releasing a list of questions about the accident.
Staley has continued to insist she had simply been urging Andrews to "clear up" rumours when she released a list of 12 questions, which included whether Andrews had been interviewed by police after the accident and who had called the ambulance.
But her statement, which also called for the premier to answer the questions "if there is no cover-up", followed a long-running conspiracy narrative which emerged almost immediately after Andrews' announced his accident on 9 March.
In the hours following his statement, the encrypted messaging app Telegram, home to Australia's largest anti-lockdown, anti-vaccination and far-right groups, was alight with theories about the accident.
The timing of the fall - it came on the same day that the federal health minister, Greg Hunt, was hospitalised with cellulitis and shortly after Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds both took indefinite leave from cabinet - fed into a series of conspiracy narratives given oxygen by a string of prominent actors in Australia's convoluted conspiracy space.
A 9 March post by prominent anti-lockdown group Reignite Democracy Australia, run by former reality television contestant Monica Smit, noted a "strange trend" and fuelled a baseless rumour the MPs had all suffered adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccination. So too did a post by the far-right actor Blair Cottrell on the same day.
The next day, the first mentions of trucking tycoon Lindsay Fox in relation to the fall were made by a user in an anti-lockdown group known as Melbourne Freedom Rally. The Guardian has previously revealed links between the group's leader and a number of far-right organisations. The post, which claimed Andrews had been at Fox's home when he fell, was followed by a series of users advancing QAnon-flavoured claims he had "the shit kicked out of him" and been "taught a lesson".
Since then, conspiracy rumours have centred on trucking magnate Lindsay Fox and a former PricewaterhouseCoopers executive, Luke Sayers. Different iterations of the theories have centred on the false beliefs Andrews was with Fox at the time of the accident or that he was involved in an altercation with Sayers.
Andrews is a friend of Lindsay Fox's son, Andrew Fox, and some of the early posts on Telegram linked to a February article in the Age which examined the links between the premier and the family. The relationship was also subject to questioning by Staley in the Victorian parliament earlier this year.
The rumours that Andrews was with Fox at the time of the accident, though, have been roundly discredited. This week the Age reported Fox was considering legal action over the rumours - which he flatly denies - while the Australian Financial Review reported that Sayers was at an entirely different location having dinner with his wife on the night in question.
Staley's questions also prompted Victoria Ambulance to release a statement this week confirming the timeline Andrews had previously given for the accident. The state's police commissioner, Shane Patton, also confirmed police did not attend the home where Andrews fell, or interview him.
Outside of Telegram, however, the unfounded claims that Andrews' fall was the subject of a cover-up were first aired by an obscure queensland blog which also pushes Port Arthur massacre conspiracies, QAnon theories and baseless claims that Covid-19 is a "psyop".
On 11 March - the day after the first Telegram posts - the website posted an article under the headline "Who bashed Dan Andrews?". It claimed, again without basis, that the injuries suffered by the premier were "consistent with having been kicked while prone on the ground".
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#13855472 at 2021-06-08 09:48:56 (UTC+1)
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Afghan translators for Australian diggers now targets of Taliban threats
Andrew Greene - 8 June 2021
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Afghan translators employed by Australian troops have been placed on a Taliban kill list for working alongside "infidel enemies" over the past 20 years.
The shock development has re-ignited calls for the Australian government to fast-track protection visas for about 300 interpreters who now fear for their lives.
In one instance, an Afghan father who worked with Australian Defence Force soldiers from 2010 was tracked to his home by a Taliban operative.
Earlier this month, a threatening letter signed by a Taliban "guerilla operations" commander named Spin Talib, was taped to the front door of the translator's home after his address was identified by the "Mujahedeen", or jihadist fighters.
The letter amounts to a Taliban death sentence on the translator who has already been an assassination target.
"We are honest in our words and we will get you, be it day or night, and you will be punished, and we will reach our goal," the letter reads.
"Await your death very soon."
The letter reveals that the Taliban has received reports of the translator's work "for a long time with infidel enemies of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as an interpreter and a slave".
"We have tried to kill you by hitting you with a vehicle, but unfortunately you did not die, only your leg was broken," it says.
The attempted murder is in reference to a November 2016 incident when a Taliban insurgent drove a car into the man as he was shopping.
"My leg is broken [in] three places, when I open my eyes, I was in hospital," the interpreter said in a video recorded from his hospital bed at the time.
A copy of the June letter, obtained by the ABC, said the Taliban's Department of Intelligence and Military Council ordered Commander Spin Talib to kill the translator.
"We have reports that you and other interpreters are in contact with infidel friends, to get you out of Afghanistan and get you a visa," the letter signed by Spin Talib reads.
"Therefore you will not be forgiven by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, neither will we accept any other excuse."
University of Western Australia adjunct Professor Amin Saikal, who has written extensively on Afghanistan, said the letter appears legitimate.
"I think it appears quite authentic to me, and of course the Taliban have issued these sort of letters before, it's not totally unusual," he said.
The ABC has chosen not to reveal the translator's identity, or where he was living, but retired Australian Army officer Jason Scanes who worked with him said his former colleague was now in hiding.
"He's extremely concerned about this situation, obviously he's had to move himself and his young family out of his house - they are moving around trying to find secure locations," the Afghanistan veteran and former queensland state Labor candidate said.
"He's concerned for himself, but he's also very concerned for his young family."
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#13855419 at 2021-06-08 09:34:37 (UTC+1)
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>>13848125
Court told Ben Roberts-Smith to seek huge payout after reputation 'smashed and destroyed'
Ben Roberts-Smith will seek huge damages to compensate for his reputation being "smashed and destroyed", a court has heard.
Candace Sutton - JUNE 8, 2021
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War hero Ben Roberts-Smith will seek a huge "uncapped" sum in damages to compensate for his reputation being "smashed and destroyed", a court has heard.
Day two of the highly-decorated war hero's blockbuster defamation trial was told that his earning capacity had dwindled to "none" after media claims of war crimes and an assault on a woman.
"There could not be a soldier better-known or more highly-regarded than (Ben Roberts-Smith)" prior to news reports claiming he was a war criminal and assaulted a woman the Federal Court in Sydney heard.
Bruce McClintock SC said the effect of those reports had been to "smash and destroy ... that reputation".
He told the court that invitations to speak publicly had dried up and that Mr Roberts-Smith had to withdraw from a lucrative job offer.
His annual income after leaving the SAS had been $325,000 in the 2018 financial year.
Mr McClintock said that an expert accountant would estimate his client's public speaking engagement losses as up to $475,000.
He said the primary income for Mr Roberts-Smith since he left the army was to be "engaged in a profitable career in public speaking for which he was paid".
He said the former soldier would be seeking "damages enough to restore (his) reputation so he can say ... the attacks on him are false.
"The more serious the attack, the greater the amount of money necessary to vindicate (him).
"These are not trivial attacks, these are allegations of murder and war crimes and there really can be nothing more serious than that.
"Equally, the allegation of domestic violence is extremely serious ... (and) inordinately damaging to my client."
Mr McClintock said the reports by media outlets publishing these claims had continued to be republished.
Mr McClintock then requested the court be closed so that "sensitive documents" could be tendered.
Roberts-Smith is suing three journalists and three one-time Fairfax newspapers, two of which are now owned by Nine.
The Afghanistan war hero claims he has been defamed by false allegations in news reports he committed war crimes in Afghanistan and punched a former girlfriend in the face.
The 203cm tall SAS veteran is suing over reports he says wrongly accused him of murder during his tours of Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.
His lawyer, Bruce McClintock, SC, told the court on Monday the allegations were fuelled by "corrosive jealousy, cowardice and lies" by soldiers, some of whom were incompetent.
Mr McClintock said it had been Mr Roberts-Smith job to kill Taliban enemy insurgents in Afghanistan and he had been successful in doing so
Around 60 witnesses including Mr Roberts-Smith's former wife Emma, soldiers he fought with and Afghan villagers are expected to give evidence over the next few months.
Costs in the landmark defamation trial held inside 18D of the Federal Court in Sydney's queens Square are expected to exceed $10m.
The 42-year-old denies all wrongdoing and the newspapers will seek to prove the truth of their allegations as their defence.
On the trial's opening day on Monday, Mr McClintock described as "ludicrous" and "unbelievable" allegations printed in the media that his client had boasted about killing a teenage boy and another that he had punched a woman.
Mr McClintock said the false allegation about the boy in Afghanistan had been made after a "visibly and extremely nervous" boy aged between 14 and 16 had been intercepted by Australian soldiers on November 5, 2012.
He was intercepted in a Toyota HiLux by a patrol led by Ben Roberts-Smith.
Mr McClintock said a witness had later asked Mr Roberts "what happened to the young bloke who was shaking like a leaf".
He said the witness's account was that Mr Roberts-Smith then said: "I shot that c*nt in the head. I pulled out my nine millimetre and shot him in the head.
"It was the most beautiful thing."
Mr McClintock said the false allegations made his client sound like "an ostentatious psychopath".
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#13830206 at 2021-06-04 20:39:03 (UTC+1)
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Sydney priest, police officer charged with possessing child abuse material
A Catholic priest in Sydney's inner west and a police officer have been charged after an investigation into the alleged possession and distribution of child abuse material.
Father Joseph Kolodziej, the parish priest at All Hallows Catholic Parish Five Dock, was asked to step down from his public role at the parish and its neighbouring primary school this week after child abuse material was allegedly found on his phone.
The principal of All Hallows Catholic Primary School in Five Dock, Helen Elliott, wrote to parents saying Mr Kolodziej would not be involved with the school nor live at the parish next door while the police matter is investigated.
"I understand this news may come as a surprise, given Fr Kolodziej's active involvement in our community, and you or your child may be experiencing feelings of disappointment and concern," she wrote.
"Please be assured that the safety and wellbeing of our students is our priority."
Police attached to the professional standards command last month began an investigation into allegations that child abuse material was being stored and distributed on an electronic device.
The investigation led them to arrest Mr Kolodziej in Five Dock on Wednesday. The 62-year-old was taken to Burwood police station and charged with possessing child abuse material and using a carriage service for child abuse material.
The possession charge, if proven, carries a maximum penalty in NSW of 10 years' imprisonment. The carriage service charge, under Commonwealth legislation, carries a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment.
Mr Kolodziej had previously been the parish priest at St Mary queen of Heaven in Georges Hall, which he left for the Five Dock posting in late January this year. In that role, he was a leader of St Mary's Catholic Primary School Georges Hall, which is embedded within the parish.
Both the Five Dock and Georges Hall Catholic primary schools are part of the Sydney Catholic Schools education system in the Archdiocese of Sydney.
A spokeswoman for Sydney Catholic Schools said it had been made aware "that a Parish Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney has been charged with offences related to child abuse material found on his phone".
"We want to assure our school communities that the safety and wellbeing of our students is always our highest priority. We have been advised by the Archdiocese of Sydney that there is no indication the matter involves our school or parish," she said.
"As this is an ongoing police investigation, we are unable to make any further comments at this time."
Police executed a further search warrant at a Georges Hall address after they charged Mr Kolodziej on Wednesday.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-priest-police-officer-charged-with-possessing-child-abuse-material-20210604-p57y86.html
#13827064 at 2021-06-04 08:52:26 (UTC+1)
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Sydney priest, police officer charged with possessing child abuse material
Natassia Chrysanthos and Sarah McPhee - June 4, 2021
A Catholic priest in Sydney's inner west and a police officer have been charged after an investigation into the alleged possession and distribution of child abuse material.
Father Joseph Kolodziej, the parish priest at All Hallows Catholic Parish Five Dock, was asked to step down from his public role at the parish and its neighbouring primary school this week after child abuse material was allegedly found on his phone.
The principal of All Hallows Catholic Primary School in Five Dock, Helen Elliott, wrote to parents saying Mr Kolodziej would not be involved with the school nor live at the parish next door while the police matter is investigated.
"I understand this news may come as a surprise, given Fr Kolodziej's active involvement in our community, and you or your child may be experiencing feelings of disappointment and concern," she wrote.
"Please be assured that the safety and wellbeing of our students is our priority."
Police attached to the professional standards command last month began an investigation into allegations that child abuse material was being stored and distributed on an electronic device.
The investigation led them to arrest Mr Kolodziej in Five Dock on Wednesday. The 62-year-old was taken to Burwood police station and charged with possessing child abuse material and using a carriage service for child abuse material.
The possession charge, if proven, carries a maximum penalty in NSW of 10 years' imprisonment. The carriage service charge, under Commonwealth legislation, carries a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment.
Mr Kolodziej had previously been the parish priest at St Mary queen of Heaven in Georges Hall, which he left for the Five Dock posting in late January this year. In that role, he was a leader of St Mary's Catholic Primary School Georges Hall, which is embedded within the parish.
Both the Five Dock and Georges Hall Catholic primary schools are part of the Sydney Catholic Schools education diocese.
A spokeswoman for the diocese said it had been made aware "that a Parish Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney has been charged with offences related to child abuse material found on his phone".
"We want to assure our school communities that the safety and wellbeing of our students is always our highest priority. We have been advised by the Archdiocese of Sydney that there is no indication the matter involves our school or parish," she said.
"As this is an ongoing police investigation, we are unable to make any further comments at this time."
Police executed a further search warrant at a Georges Hall address after they charged Mr Kolodziej on Wednesday.
At the scene, they arrested a 49-year-old police sergeant attached to a specialist command and seized electronic storage devices.
The specialist command is not the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
The officer was taken to Liverpool police station and charged with possessing child abuse material. He has been suspended with pay and is due to face Liverpool Local Court on June 21. Mr Kolodziej is due to face Burwood Local Court on July 13.
All Hallows Catholic Parish, Five Dock and St Mary queen of Heaven, Georges Hall have been contacted for comment.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-priest-police-officer-charged-with-possessing-child-abuse-material-20210604-p57y86.html
#13805319 at 2021-06-01 10:26:51 (UTC+1)
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>>13805301
Exercise Talisman Sabre 21
TS21 is the largest bilateral combined training activity between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States (US) military
Welcome to Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 (TS21). Here you will learn about TS21, the importance of the exercise for preparing our military, and how we involve the community and protect the environment.
TS21 is the largest bilateral combined training activity between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and United States (US) military. It is designed to test our respective forces in planning and conducting Combined and Joint Task Force operations and improve the combat readiness and interoperability between Australian and US forces.
Occurring every two years, Talisman Sabre reflects the closeness of our alliance and strength of our enduring military relationship.
TS21 is the ninth iteration of the exercise and consists of a Field Training Exercise incorporating force preparation (logistic) activities, amphibious landings, ground force manoeuvre, urban operations, air combat and maritime operations.
COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defence is adjusting how it does business while still maintaining operational readiness. TS21 is critical to Defence maintaining that readiness.
Defence will work with relevant authorities to understand and develop safe COVID practices while still allowing the exercise to achieve its objectives. Any community engagement that occurs will follow relevant government requirements at the time.
Where will TS21 take place?
TS21 exercise activities are planned to occur in queensland including in the Charters Towers region and ADF Townsville Field Training Area (TFTA); coastal locations including Bundaberg, Stanage Bay peninsular, ADF Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA), Mackay, Bowen, Proserpine, Ingham region, Lucinda, Forest Beach, ADF Cowley Beach Training Area (CBTA) and RAAF Scherger, as well as Evans Head in NSW.
Townsville will see increased military presence over this time, mainly at Lavarack Barracks and RAAF Townsville, and on the roads between there and Charters Towers.
When is it being held?
TS21 will run from late June to mid-August 2021, this time frame includes the initial surge of equipment and people and their subsequent departure after the exercise. Exercise activities will peak during 18-31 July 2021.
Lead up training will occur in Stanage Bay, SWBTA and the Townsville region prior to TS21. While that training is separate to TS21, please contact us if you have any questions and we will direct your question to the appropriate team to respond.
How are communities being involved?
The ADF has a long history of training and living in queensland. For many it's our home and where our families live.
Community engagement is already underway with GBRMPA, graziers, local government, communities and businesses, indigenous representatives and industry groups such as AgForce.
We really appreciate the very strong support shown for TS21.
It is important that as many interested parties as possible hear about the exercise and are encouraged to provide input. The TS21 website will be the central point of information. You can also contact us by sending a query via the Contact Us page. Media should call Defence Media on (02) 6127 1999 (24 hrs), Email: media@defence.gov.au
Environmental management
Defence takes all necessary steps to safeguard the environment during TS21. The ADF protects endangered species and marine mammals through a comprehensive framework of risk mitigation procedures developed after careful analysis of all Defence activities, ensuring it complies with relevant queensland and Commonwealth legislation. Further information is on our Environmental Planning webpage.
https://www1.defence.gov.au/exercises/talisman-sabre-21
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#13805309 at 2021-06-01 10:24:14 (UTC+1)
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>>13805305
Australian Government - Department of Defence
International forces to arrive ahead of Exercise Talisman Sabre
1 June 2021
International forces participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre, Australia's largest bilateral training activity with the United States, will arrive into Australia throughout June and July.
Participating foreign military personnel from the United States, Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom will undertake 14-days mandatory quarantine in approved Defence managed facilities. France, India and Indonesia will participate as observer nations.
Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, said the scale of this year's exercise will be reduced due to COVID-19, with around 17,000 personnel expected to participate.
"Around 1,800 foreign military personnel will arrive in Australia for this year's exercise. We will also have part of the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin participating, as well as naval and air assets exercising exclusively off-shore," Lieutenant General Bilton said.
"The ADF, together with our United States and visiting partner nations, are committed to delivering a safe exercise, not just for the personnel involved, but the community as well.
"The exercise is fundamental to our alliance with the United States and critical to maintaining ADF combat readiness."
The exercise will take place at a range of Defence bases and non-Defence training areas, predominantly across central and northeast queensland, but also off the east coast of Australia.
"Talisman Sabre would not be possible without the cooperation and ongoing support of the local community, councils, state authorities - including Chief Health Officers - and traditional owners," Lieutenant General Bilton said.
"Defence will keep the public well-informed of planned activities and movements, implement COVIDSafe plans agreed to with the states and territories to mitigate the risks of COVID-19."
With agreement from relevant state and territory authorities, the majority of international forces will quarantine in either Bladin Village in the Northern Territory or ADF managed hotels in queensland. A small number will also quarantine in ADF managed hotels in New South Wales.
International forces will arrive gradually, in tranches of up to several hundred, from early June to mid-July. All international forces entering Australia will comply with mandatory quarantine and travel requirements. These include:
- Presenting a negative COVID-19 PCR test before departure to Australia;
- Mandatory 14-day quarantine in facilities approved by the relevant state or territory Chief Health Officer;
- COVID-19 testing on arrival and before exiting their mandatory 14-day quarantine period; and
- Daily health checks that include screening for COVID-19 symptoms.
No military member entering Australia will take the place of an Australian returning from overseas.
For more information on Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 visit: https://www1.defence.gov.au/exercises/talisman-sabre-21
Media note
The exercise will commence on 14 July 2021 with an opening ceremony at RAAF Base Amberley, with major events planned in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area and the Townsville region. The exercise will conclude on 31 July 2021.
Media interested in opportunities throughout Exercise Talisman Sabre are encouraged to register their interest and availability with Defence Media.
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https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-releases/international-forces-arrive-ahead-exercise-talisman-sabre
#13804930 at 2021-06-01 07:14:02 (UTC+1)
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>>13788732
Child sex victim fails to reopen damages claim against elite school
Calls are being made to urgently fix 'flawed' legislation, after a man who was abused by notorious paedophile Kevin Lynch lost his last-ditch bid to reopen a damages claim against Brisbane Grammar School.
Kylie Lang - June 1, 2021
The State Government is being pressured to urgently fix "flawed" legislation that makes it almost impossible for victims of historical child sex abuse to receive fair compensation.
It comes after a survivor of horrific abuse by paedophile counsellor Kevin Lynch lost his last-ditch bid to reopen a damages claim against Brisbane Grammar School.
The man's lawyers said ill-defined terms in amendments to legislation made in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse meant respondents could be favoured over victims.
The man, known as TRG, was abused at least six times as a 12 and 13-year-old student at Brisbane's most prestigious boys' school in the 1980s.
On May 20, the High Court of Australia rejected TRG's appeal of a Supreme Court ruling that prevented him fighting for a higher payout than his earlier 2002 settlement of $47,000.
TRG was the first Lynch victim to test the 2016 amendment to the Limitation of Actions Act (Qld), which states a court can set aside previous settlements to permit new claims if it decides it is "just and reasonable to do so".
TRG's lawyers, who said their client was "recovering from the High Court findings", said the Government's failure to define "just and reasonable" left the words open to broad interpretation that could disadvantage victims.
Peter Wilkinson, McNamara Law managing director, called on Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman to clarify the phrase.
"We believe Parliament's intention was to benefit victims but without defining that phrase we can't see how a case will ever get around it," Mr Wilkinson said.
Joshua Brown, senior associate at McNamara Law, said TRG's case was submitted to the High Court as "a clear injustice".
"But all a respondent needs to say is this all happened 30 years ago and it creates a prejudiced defence," Mr Brown said.
He said the High Court finding "demonstrates the underlying flaw and failure in the queensland legislation".
The Brisbane Grammar board of trustees submitted to the High Court that the school would suffer prejudice - that would not be "just and reasonable" - if TRG's settlement agreement was set aside.
This was based on issues relating to the credibility of former headmaster Max Howell, who swore an affidavit in 2002 denying he knew of Lynch's abuse.
Dr Howell, who died in 2011, was unavailable to test evidence referred to in the Royal Commission in which witnesses said he had explicitly been told of the abuse as early as 1980.
Brisbane Grammar School is also facing a $30 million lawsuit from David Welsh, who was abused by Kevin Lynch as a 15-year-old boy in 1985.
Commenting on the TRG case, headmaster Anthony Micallef said: "We acknowledge the decision of the High Court in this matter".
"Since 2000, the school has openly acknowledged the abuse that occurred and the harm caused as a result," Mr Micallef said.
"The school has worked to support those coming forward since that time, providing compensation, ongoing counselling, a direct personal response and other support.
"The school is committed to continuing to resolve matters with those who have experienced abuse, either directly or through the National Redress Scheme."
A spokesperson for acting Attorney-General Mark Ryan said the 2016 amendments were introduced by the LNP.
"This Government will always put victims first, that's why the Attorney-General has requested departmental advice about this matter."
https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/child-sex-victim-fails-to-reopen-damages-claim-against-elite-school/news-story/a035ac2d53750b2a87a8bc58d174aba0
#13804841 at 2021-06-01 06:44:46 (UTC+1)
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>>13797852
China blasts Scott Morrison, Jacinda Ardern over 'irresponsible remarks'
WILL GLASGOW - JUNE 1, 2021
Beijing has lashed out at Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison for making "irresponsible remarks" after the Tasman leaders demonstrated their broad alignment on China policy at a leaders meeting in queenstown.
In China's first official response to the meeting, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin scolded the two prime ministers for raising concerns about Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the South China Sea in their joint statement.
"We have taken note of and are deeply concerned over the relevant statement," said Mr Wang at a briefing in Beijing on Monday evening.
"The leaders of Australia and New Zealand, with irresponsible remarks on China's internal affairs relating to Hong Kong and Xinjiang as well as the South China Sea issue, have made groundless accusations against China, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and seriously violated the international law and basic norms governing international relations," he said.
"China firmly opposes this."
The annual Australia-New Zealand prime ministers' meeting came after months of media debate - and some muttering within the Morrison government - about how the two countries were handling their relations with the rising power.
Speaking after the meeting, the two leaders pushed back on perceptions of a split on China policy.
"At no point in our discussions today did I detect any difference in our relative positions on the importance of maintaining a very strong and principled perspective on issues around trade, on issues around human rights," said Prime Minister Ardern.
Prime Minister Morrison added that there were "those far from here who would seek to divide us". "And they will not succeed."
The New Zealand-Australia joint statement - released on Monday after the highly anticipated two-day leaders meeting - also included concerns about China's economic coercion, interference in other countries political systems and undermining of sovereignty in the Indo-Pacific.
China's foreign ministry spokesman did not respond directly to these concerns.
But he did warn Ardern and Morrison against "targeting or damaging the interests of third parties" and "forming enclosed small cliques with ideology as the yardstick".
Denunciations of Australian foreign and domestic policy have become routine at Beijing's daily press briefings over the last year.
Criticism of New Zealand is much rarer, as China has presented the smaller Tasman country as a model US ally whose example Australia should follow.
Ning Tuanhui, an assistant research fellow at the Foreign Ministry-run research centre China Institute of International Studies, downplayed the significance of the joint statement.
Mr Ning suggested some in Australia had used it to "hype the anti-China atmosphere and rope in New Zealand" to join "an anti-China chariot".
"In the 51-point joint statement, only several items are related to China," he argued in a piece in published by the nationalist tabloid Global Times.
"Australia-New Zealand bilateral relations and co-operation are the main content of this statement, and China-related issues are obviously not a major part of it - as some Australian media have sensationalised for obvious political purposes."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/china-blasts-scott-morrison-jacinda-ardern-over-irresponsible-remarks/news-story/693e4fdfad0f46d3ab9520724796568a
#13802137 at 2021-05-31 22:10:35 (UTC+1)
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World Military and Intelligence Agencies To Remove Western Civilian Governments
Benjamin Fulford 5/31/21
"A decision has been made at the highest echelons of power that the world is just not working," and a wholesale revamp is needed, according to a senior European royal. In particular, the ongoing "pandemic is entirely a drug-pushing effort" and means "all of the world's civilian governments are suspected of engaging in genocide," according to MI6, CIA, and other intelligence agencies.
To summarize, the world's military and intelligence agencies have come to the conclusion that Western civilian governments have been hijacked by a satanic cult and need to be removed.
The process is being started off with the removal of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, Mossad sources say."This particular character is a very difficult one and the only way to remove someone like him is to manage them out," the Royal Family source said. The implication is Netanyahu possesses plenty of blackmail insurance and needs to be given certain guarantees in exchange for relinquishing power. In any case, even Rothschild family-owned propaganda outlets like AP are now reporting his removal.
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-338004eee311023736078cec262713be
After the removal of the de facto most senior sitting Khazarian Mafia leader, a campaign will take place over the summer to cleanse most civilian governments, multiple sources agree. A separate MI6 source located in the Americas confirmed action on the ground saying:
"Something really big is taking place Now. Senior Members of The Cabal are going down. Gates is out of the system now. He has disappeared. Not a word was spoken about him. Now it's Fauci's turn. Then, guess who's next, Matt Hancock, followed by Boris Johnson. Humanity is waking up."
These purges will prepare the ground for a complete revamp of post-World War II institutions including the UN and the BIS, the sources say.
"There has been a coalescence among the world's intelligence agencies because we share a common enemy," was how the head of MI6 (the real head not the public one) described the situation. The CIA, which is a consortium run out of Switzerland, agrees, according to senior CIA sources. These agencies have come to the conclusion that if urgent action is not taken "billions of people will die by the autumn," the MI6 and CIA sources said.
As a part of this campaign of removal, MI6 has decided to publicly name the person who ordered the murder of Princess Diana Spencer. This was Baron Robin Butler, a German DVD agent (Deutsches Verteidigungs Dients) who ran the British Civil service from 1988 to 1998, according to MI6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Butler,_Baron_Butler_of_Brockwell
queen Elizabeth was not involved and had him removed as soon as she found out he was responsible for the murder, MI6 says. "Diana's two sons should not be without their mother," said queen Elizabeth II.
Furthermore, MI6 says all Cabinet secretaries since WWII have been double agents including Simon Case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Case
the current cabinet secretary and his predecessor Mark Sedwill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sedwill
These men are "both DVD agents and traitors to the United Kingdom," according to MI6. These revelations have put Number 10 Downing Street "in a blind state of panic," the sources said, noting their servers were down.
To summarize: The DVD has been on a massive killing spree ever since World War II that culminated in their seizing of power in the U.S. in the coup d'etat that followed 9.11. The execution of George Bush Sr. helped put an end to it but the battle is not over yet. As long as we see the fake Biden presidency show and pandemic pushed in the media, we have to keep fighting. We are dealing with a cult that has run large parts of humanity literally for thousands of years and they do not plan to go quietly into the night.
The rabbit hole runs very deep. Basically though,the world's military and intelligence agencies have finally realized that a cult of Sabbatean Frankist Jews really is trying to kill most of the global population.
They realized the ongoing "pandemic" was "another 9.11 or Fukushima being carried out by these genocidal fanatical lunatics."
#13798146 at 2021-05-31 08:45:53 (UTC+1)
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Hi-tech tool to prevent next terror attack revealed
Australian spies are using cutting-edge technology to foil the next terror attack with the nation on alert amid a rise in radicalisation.
Matthew Killoran - May 31, 2021
Cutting-edge tech and AI are the next weapons Australia is deploying in a bid to head off the next terrorist attack, as the nation's spooks fear an increased chance of an incident after radicalisation sped up in the past year.
Taking a new approach to national security, recently-appointed Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, a former engineer, said there will be a strong technology focus under her leadership.
The new focus will be applied across the board, including to Operation Sovereign Borders, police pursuit of child exploitation, defence against cyber assaults and terrorism.
Using AI to scour recordings and data of suspected terror suspects, and "tech dogs" - specialised trained sniffer dogs who can ferret out hidden USBs - will increasingly be used in Australia's defence arsenal.
Speaking to The Courier-Mail, Ms Andrews said spy agency ASIO was reporting an increase in radicalisation in the past 14 months during Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions, particularly from ideologically-motivated and religious extremists.
She said AI was being used to scour the masses of data collected and to help ASIO operatives find the links, potentially giving them the extra time needed to foil an attack.
"There are people out there right now who want to harm Australians. We need to be alert to threats to us here," she said.
"It's difficult for people to travel around the world at the moment. That will change."
She said there was $1.3 billion over 10 years in the budget for ASIO to increase its capabilities, including on the use of artificial intelligence.
"We will be increasingly looking at, artificial intelligence," Ms Andrews said.
"(ASIO) are very good at collecting the dots, what technology and particularly AI enables them to do was start to connect all of those dots. Tech will give them the opportunity to quickly find the links."
She said "tech dogs" capable of sniffing out USB storage devices would increasingly be used by the AFP to help crackdown on paedophile and child pornography rings.
Ms Andrews said cyber crime would also be a focus, and she had begun working with the Cyber Security Strategy Industry Advisory Panel's chairman, Andy Penn, about engaging with businesses to take greater responsibility for cyber security.
"Corporate Australia has to make sure that they are taking responsibility for defending themselves," she said.
"We know that there are risks to our infrastructure... particularly to our critical infrastructure.
"Businesses are under an increasing threat and they need to be taking action."
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/hitech-tool-to-prevent-next-terror-attack-revealed/news-story/89a89548c29bc04921f1bbc8ae6e7fe1
#13797852 at 2021-05-31 07:33:42 (UTC+1)
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>>13797769
Australia, New Zealand Call On China to Let UN Visit Xinjiang
Bloomberg News - 31 May 2021
The leaders of Australia and New Zealand have urged China to give outside observers "unfettered access" to Xinjiang, a move that is likely to draw criticism from Beijing.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern "expressed grave concerns about the human rights situation" in China's far western region and said the United Nations and others should be allowed to make "meaningful" visits, according to a statement they released after a meeting Monday in queenstown, New Zealand.
The joint statement from the annual meeting also included statements on Hong Kong and the South China Sea, two other areas that China regards as domestic affairs.
The announcement is the latest in a series of statements the two nations have signed together in the past year expressing concern with the situations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. China sees those statements as interference in its internal affairs and has attacked the individual signatory nations and also larger groups of countries such as the "Five Eyes" intelligence sharing community when they make such criticisms.
Ties between Beijing and Canberra have been deteriorating recently, hitting new depths since China blocked or tariffed a series of imports from Australia, which has sought an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic. Australia last week criticized China's move to close the espionage trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, calling it "deeply regrettable."
China frequently says it allows reporters and others into Xinjiang, where a panel of UN experts said in 2019 that an estimated 1 million people had been sent to counter-terrorism internment facilities, part of a set of policies the U.S. has said amount to genocide. However, journalists who visit Xinjiang complain that they are followed by police, prevented from talking to people without interference and barred from entering places of interest.
Beijing says its activities in Xinjiang are aimed at countering domestic terrorism and unrest, building infrastructure, and providing economic and educational opportunities.
Hong Kong
Ardern and Morrison said they had "deep concern over developments that limit the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong" and had "serious concern over developments in the South China Sea, including the continued militarization of disputed features and an intensification of destabilizing activities at sea."
Last Thursday, Hong Kong's legislature approved a sweeping overhaul of the city's elections that was drafted by Beijing and that dramatically curtails the opposition's ability to participate in government. The Legislative Council voted 40-2 to approve the measures creating a review committee to vet candidates for elected office and ensure they are "patriots."
The same day authorities in the former British colony also blocked democracy advocates from holding a candlelight vigil for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown for the second straight year. Police on Saturday reminded that public that individuals convicted of attending an unauthorized assembly face a prison term of up to five years.
The leaders' statement also included a section expressing support for the multilateral trading system and the World Trade Organization. New Zealand earlier announced that it would be joining Australia's WTO case against Chinese barley tariffs as a third party, according to local media.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-31/australia-new-zealand-call-on-china-to-let-un-visit-xinjiang
https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement-prime-ministers-hon-scott-morrison-mp-and-rt-hon-jacinda-ardern
#13797794 at 2021-05-31 07:20:55 (UTC+1)
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>>13797769
Jacinda Ardern stresses New Zealand, Australia are in lockstep on China
Rob Harris - May 31, 2021
queenstown: Jacinda Ardern has moved to quash speculation of a splintering between her government and Australia over China policy, stressing there is no more important relationship than the trans-Tasman alliance.
The New Zealand prime minister faced a barrage of questions while standing alongside Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in queenstown on Monday about the growing perception her government had drifted from the strong stance of its allies had taken against Beijing's growing assertiveness and economic coercion in the region.
The topic of China dominated the face-to-face annual bilateral meeting between the nation's two leaders, which took place at the picturesque south island tourist destination on Monday.
Ms Ardern said she had not detected any difference in the positions on trade or human rights between herself and Mr Morrison and said New Zealand remained "very committed" to the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership.
"I really push back on any suggestion we are not taking a strong stance on these issues," Ms Ardern told reporters.
"At no point in our discussions today did I detect any difference in our relative positions on the importance of maintaining a very strong and principled position on issues around trade and issues around human rights".
Without mentioning China directly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said there were countries that sought to undermine regional security and tried to divide the two nations by claiming there were "differences that are not there". He said neither country would trade their sovereignty or values.
Hours before the meeting, China's international propaganda news tabloid, The Global Times, published a story praising the Ardern administration as "more peaceful and friendly amid the anti-China clamour in the US and some other Western countries".
"In fact, it has repeatedly demonstrated its political wisdom and sobriety. Apart from the fact that New Zealand's positioning and its priority of national interests is different from Australia, the composition and status of its people between the two countries are also different."
It had followed the announcement New Zealand would act as a third party in Australia's trade dispute with China. Beijing has imposed a range of tariffs and trade strikes on Australian products, including 80 per cent duties on barley because it said Australia was dumping the product there below cost, hurting domestic producers. In December, Australia took the row to the World Trade Organisation, which on Friday agreed to establish a dispute settlement panel.
Mr Morrison said the two nations were in lockstep on the aim of a "free and open Indo-Pacific, a peaceful Indo-Pacific".
"As great partners, friends, allies and indeed family, there will be those far from here who will seek to divide us and they will not succeed," Mr Morrison said.
Leaders discussed a wide range of issue affecting both nations, including the Pacific recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding on the travel bubble to include nations such as Fiji, Vanautu, the Solomon Islands and Tonga, as well as climate change and regional security.
Mr Morrison said both nations had "a big stake" in defending a world that favoured freedom and a "free and open" Indo-Pacific.
"The broader issue of a free and open Indo-Pacific is something Australia and New Zealand feels very strongly about, and working with our like-minded partners all around the world - the US and the UK, across Europe, Japan, India," he said.
Ms Ardern said both countries were keen to expand the bubble when and where it was safe to do so, but stressed it would be a "very high bar".
"It is most likely to be our Pacific neighbours we both look to," she said.
Mr Morrison said both governments were aware of the health risk for the Pacific as well as in Australia and New Zealand should the strict current standards be compromised.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/jacinda-ardern-stresses-new-zealand-australia-are-in-lockstep-on-china-20210531-p57wrl.html
#13797769 at 2021-05-31 07:15:11 (UTC+1)
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China trying to drive a wedge between Australia and NZ, Scott Morrison says
Stephen Dziedzic - 31 May 2021
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested that China is trying to drive a wedge between Australia and New Zealand, after holding annual talks with Jacinda Ardern.
Trans-Tasman tensions have bubbled up recently over how best to deal with Beijing, with New Zealand pushing back against using the "Five Eyes" intelligence group to condemn China's human rights abuses.
However, both leaders were keen to present a united front on China during a joint press conference in queenstown.
Ms Ardern bridled at questions from visiting Australian journalists, who asked her if New Zealand was "cosying up" to China.
"At no point in our discussions today did I detect any difference in our relative positions on the importance of maintaining a strong and principled perspective on issues around trade and human rights," she said.
"[We] have been broadly positioned on exactly the same place on these issues consistently."
Chinese state media have pounced on the disagreement over Five Eyes, suggesting that New Zealand has a more "sober" approach to dealing with China's government.
When asked about the editorials, Mr Morrison said had "no doubt" that some would "seek to undermine Australia and New Zealand's security by seeking to create points of difference which are not there".
"There will be those far from here who would seek to divide us, and they will not succeed," Mr Morrison said.
"We have stood resolutely and together for the principles Australians and New Zealanders have fought for, and that will continue to be the case."
Reporters followed up by asking Mr Morrison which countries he was referring to, but he wouldn't be drawn.
Australia and NZ united over trade, COVID-19 investigation
There has been some frustration in Canberra over the Five Eyes disagreement.
There was also a brief flare of irritation earlier this year when New Zealand's Trade Minister suggested Australia could repair ties with China by showing its government more respect.
But government sources from both countries have emphasised that both sides recognise the sharp threat posed by China's recent campaign of economic coercion against Australia.
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#13790460 at 2021-05-30 09:29:41 (UTC+1)
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>>13779799
NZ to back Australia in WTO China tariff dispute
BEN PACKHAM - MAY 30, 2021
New Zealand will support Australia in its World Trade Organisation dispute against China over Beijing's imposition of 80 per cent tariffs on barley imports.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jenny, have received a traditional "powhiri" Maori welcome to New Zealand after their arrival in queenstown on Sunday afternoon, where they were greeted by New Zealand prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford.
The leaders touched noses and foreheads in a Maori "hongi" - a symbol of unity and "sharing the breath of life".
Local Maori leader Edward Ellison welcomed Mr and Mrs Morrison, and acknowledged the more than 200 years of friendship between both countries, which began with contact between whalers and sealers.
"We liked you then, we like you now," he said.
He also acknowledged Australia's "first peoples", and New Zealanders who had "put their roots down" in Australia.
Mr Morrison is meeting with local business people in queenstown on Sunday. He and Mrs Morrison join Ms Ardern and Mr Gayford for a private dinner.
The leaders will lay a wreath at a war memorial tomorrow before bilateral talks.
Key issues for discussion will include how the nations can present a united front on China, and how to support Pacific nations through the Covid crisis.
Barley tariff trade backing
Ahead of Mr Morrison's arrival, NZ Trade Minister Damien O'Connor confirmed he would participate in the barley dispute because it "raises systemic issues of importance to the effective functioning of the multilateral rules-based trading system".
"New Zealand upholds international rules and norms, so ensuring international trade rules are fairly applied by others is important to us and our exporters," Mr O'Connor told New Zealand media outlet Newshub.
"We rely on the rules-based trading system to provide a secure and predictable global trading environment for everyone so we will act to uphold it."
Relations between Canberra and New Zealand have become strained in recent weeks after Australian officials said they were blindsided by Wellington's reluctance to put pressure on China on trade and other issues. Mr O'Connor has previously said Australia should "show respect" and be more "cautious with wording" when criticising China.
Chinese officials in Switzerland on Friday said Beijing would "vigorously defend itself" against Australia's attempts at taking the 80 per cent barley tariffs to formal arbitration.
Before the trade restrictions, 50 per cent of Australia's feed barley and 86 per cent of malting barley was exported to China. The Australian has previously reported that Canada and Russia have also moved to join the WTO dispute. It is a common practice for countries with direct interests in the outcome of dispute negotiations to join as third parties.
In January, GrainGrowers chief executive David McKeon said there was "heightened" interest in Australia's WTO dispute with China and welcomed other nations looking into the issue. "The WTO process is the opportunity to have open conversations around the details of the international and legal aspects of the barley tariffs applied by China," he said.
New Zealand's intervention comes as Trade Minister Dan Tehan flagged a second WTO dispute with China - this time over punitive wine import tariffs introduced last year.
"That is something we've got under active consideration," Mr Tehan told Insiders on Sunday.
"We've had detailed discussions with the wine industry on this, and from the outset, we've always said that we would take a very principled approach when dealing with these trade disputes, and if we think our industry has been harmed or injured, we will take all necessary steps and measures to try to address that."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nz-to-back-australia-in-wto-china-tariff-dispute/news-story/4b9fa01850480b8da2f35c6b4390bf3a
#13788732 at 2021-05-30 03:16:24 (UTC+1)
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Victim of notorious paedophile to sue Brisbane school for $30 million
Cloe Read - May 29, 2021
A victim of notorious paedophile Kevin Lynch who abused more than 130 children at a Brisbane school is raising funds to sue the institution for about $30 million.
David Welsh said he was sexually abused by Lynch when he was 15 years old in 1985 while he attended Brisbane Grammar School in Spring Hill.
The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in 2017 examined allegations of abuse at Brisbane Grammar School and St Paul's School in Bald Hills, hearing evidence that school counsellor Lynch had sexually abused a "large number of students" during his employment at the school from 1973 to 1988.
A number of former students gave evidence at the public hearing, detailing the devastating effect the abuse had on them.
About 130 victims have so far settled with Brisbane Grammar for compensation.
But Mr Walsh said he believed damages should be determined by a judge, not the school.
"I want to create as much transparency on this process and everything that happens because when these deals are done at mediation, the victims all have to sign a confidentiality agreement so there's no transparency," he said.
"This guy must be one of the worst paedophiles in Australia's history.
"I will be suing…it'll be round about $30 million we'll be suing them for."
Mr Welsh said he was significantly impacted by the abuse when he was in Year 11, later losing his million-dollar job.
His life spiralled downward and he was diagnosed with chronic depression, a generalised anxiety disorder, PTSD and an alcohol abuse disorder that left him incapable of working.
"In 2001 I was working as a derivatives trader for Goldman Sachs in London and I earnt a million Aussie dollars that year," he said.
"I quit Goldman Sachs that year because of issues with depression and anxiety and all of these conditions I was suffering from because of what happened with me and Kevin Lynch.
"I've gone from there in 2001 to living with my parents currently on a disability pension."
Representing Mr Welsh, JML Rose lawyer James Lavercombe said victims were forced to sign up to a no win, no fee structure that preferred the interests of solicitors over the clients.
"There's a real risk the lawyers who represent their clients then turn on their victims and say hey, you better accept this offer because I'm owed all this money… its going to have to come out of these offers," he said.
"It all goes to settle and the lawyers take a little bit of their cream off the top and it never actually goes to court… everything gets swept under the carpet."
Mr Lavercombe is urging other victims and witnesses in the Royal Commission to come forward for the case, as the findings from the commission are not admissible in court proceedings.
An online fundraiser has so far raised $13,000 of its $1 million goal.
A Brisbane Grammar spokesman declined to comment, saying the matter was subject to legal proceedings.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-david-sue-brisbane-grammar-school?member=11271507
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/victim-of-notorious-paedophile-to-sue-brisbane-school-for-30-million-20210529-p57was.html
#13779799 at 2021-05-29 01:29:14 (UTC+1)
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Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison to build bridges over China
BEN PACKHAM - MAY 28, 2021
China will loom large during talks between Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern when the leaders meet in queenstown on Sunday.
The pair are keen to push past recent divisions over the Asian superpower during Mr Morrison's two-day trip to New Zealand, with Ms Ardern recently delivering a speech criticising Beijing's human rights record.
But differences remain, with New Zealand still keen to stand apart from Australia and other Five Eyes countries in its messaging on China.
Mr Morrison is also prepared to absorb Ms Ardern's now-routine criticism of Australia for deporting Kiwi-born criminals, described by Peter Dutton as "taking the trash out".
"It plays well for her, and frankly it plays well for us," one senior government source said.
Robert Ayson, a professor of strategic studies at Victoria University of Wellington, said it was "very clear there are differences" between the prime ministers on key issues.
"Neither prime minister needs to say anything for people to know that is the case," he said. "Their role now is to find a form of words to allow for those differences to be there but not allow them to get in the way of the fact that this is a very strong and close relationship with lots of common views on similar issues."
Trans-Tasman relations crashed earlier this year when New Zealand Trade Minister Damien O'Connor declared Australia should "show respect" and be more "cautious with wording" towards China.
He later admitted the comments were "unhelpful", but the rift widened when New Zealand declared its reluctance to join in statements by Five Eyes nations criticising China. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said other multilateral avenues might be a better to make such statements, rather than expanding the Five Eyes' remit.
However, Australian officials' fears that New Zealand was "wobbly" on China were eased by Ms Ardern's speech earlier this month about the difficulties posed by China's profoundly different history, worldview and political and legal system.
"We need to acknowledge that there are some things on which China and New Zealand do not, cannot, and will not agree," Ms Ardern said. "This need not derail our relationship, it is simply a reality."
Senior Australian government sources said the speech represented a welcome repositioning of New Zealand's stance on China.
"The Five Eyes stuff was a little unsettling. But Ardern made it clear we are not fundamentally moving in different directions," one source said.
Australian Institute of International Affairs president Allan Gyngell said the deportation issue was a long-running irritant in the relationship, but the countries were far apart in their positions on China.
He said both leaders would make an effort to present a united front.
"There's never going to be a love fest between the two leaders," Professor Gyngell said.
"They are very different people with different political views and personalities, but they each understand the importance of the relationship and will try to manage it carefully."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/leaders-to-build-bridges-over-china/news-story/52ca6cc76cbb5953e415facd188ab783
#13771654 at 2021-05-28 03:01:59 (UTC+1)
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Ben Fulford Part 3
We can also confirm that uber vaccine pusher Bill Gates has been executed for war crimes. Microsoft as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are now in the hands of White Hats. This can be confirmed by the stories about the divorce between Melinda Watson (of the Watson IBM family) and Bill Gates. A campaign to ruin Bill Gates's reputation by associating him with Jeff Epstein and other salacious stuff is further confirmation this source is telling the truth. If Gates was alive, you can sure he would be using his army of lawyers and PR agents to fight this.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/how-bill-gates-carefully-curated-tech-savior-image-unraveled
We also know that the Dutch Royal Family members have been executed. Here is what the Senior European Royal had to say about their Dutch relatives:
The Dutch were heavily Satanic, the last queen, Beatrix, was a terror. Bloodthirsty Satanic cult."
Other people who have been, or will soon be removed include Justin Castro in Canada, Henry Kissinger, Heizo Takenaka, David Rockefeller Jr., and many others.
If you saw the Oscar awards ceremony this year you would have noticed that almost none of the usual celebrities were there. This is a good sign the purge there has been very thorough.
We are also hearing that a purge of the U.S. military, the CIA, and the FBI is continuing. CIA sources tell us that former CIA boss John Brennan's military tribunal starts this week.
We also note thatIsrael has been forced to retreat from its massacre of Palestinians.Apparently several different countries, including Russia (FSB sources confirmed that Russian citizens were ordered to evacuate parts of Israel last week) told them to cease and desist or else Tel Aviv would be obliterated.
Angry Israeli citizens also demonstrated in front of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house last week. Mossad sources, for their part, insist the Netanyahu who recently appeared in public was a "clone."
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/anti-netanyahu-protesters-to-gather-blame-pm-for-gaza-escalation-668825
The Satanists in Israel, however, remain dangerous, cornered rats and it may be necessary to evacuate all Jews and Palestinians from Israel before wiping out the entire nest there.
Despite continued resistance, there can be no doubt the good guys are winning. This can be confirmed by a sudden winding down of the fake pandemic in England, Germany, and the U.S.
In the UK members of a committee that advises the British government on pandemic response admitted last week a "totalitarian," and "unethical" Covid-19 response used fear to manipulate people's behavior.
British Scientists Say That "Totalitarian" and "Unethical" COVID-19 Response Used Fear to Control People's Behavior - Big League Politics
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-scientists-say-that-totalitarian-and-unethical-covid-19-response-used-fear-to-control-peoples-behavior/
This was followed by a public announcement the overall death rate in the UK was at its lowest level since such statistics started being collected 20 years ago. Furthermore, the percentage of deaths attributed to Covid-19 was only 2.4% of the total in April, less than a quarter of the March level. https://sputniknews.com/uk/202105211082950788-death-rate-in-england-at-20-year-low-as-covid-19-pandemic-dwindles/
In Germany as well, large parts of the country relaxed more pandemic restrictions Friday as reported numbers there also dropped sharply. This came despite efforts by Angela Hitler to keep restrictions in place. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-21/germany-lifts-more-restrictions-merkel-urges-caution
In the U.S. too we are starting to see headlines like:
"Hope Rises as U.S. Virus Cases Fall Sharply."
https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2021/05/23/hope-rises-as-us-virus-cases-drop-sharply
Similar drops are being reported in other countries as well. This is a sign the roundup and execution of vaccine and pandemic pushers are starting to take effect.
We also note the Chinese have decided to stop supporting the Rockefeller's fake Biden administration. The following from Reuters was evidence of this:
"U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has so far been unable to speak with China's top general despite multiple attempts to set up talks, U.S. defense officials said on Friday." https://www.reuters.com/world/china/pentagon-chief-unable-talk-chinese-military-leaders-despite-repeated-attempts-2021-05-21/
"We do not talk to him because he has no influence over the U.S. military," explained an Asian Secret Society source. "We continue to have friendly relations with the real U.S. military at the highest level," the source added. At this level, the U.S. and Chinese military forces are fighting against a common satanic enemy.
Source: https://benjaminfulford.net/
#13741352 at 2021-05-24 09:34:03 (UTC+1)
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#15 - Part 21
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 2
>>13508153 Video: Privacy expert Simon Gordon Davies was extradited to Australia from The Netherlands, charged with child sexual assault offences after global manhunt
>>13515411 'You can't go': Woman's hellish life as slave for Sydney couple, Joshua and Shiela McAleer
>>13522636 Sydney child rapist Bryan Michael Grange pleads guilty to more charges of child abuse after details of harrowing abuse movies emerge
>>13577655 Convicted pedophile David Cyprys who worked at Melbourne Jewish school faces new rape charge
>>13578049 German police make arrests as they shut down large darknet site "Boystown" housing child abuse material, Australian Federal Police assist with global investigation
>>13578049 Europol Press Release - 4 ARRESTED IN TAKEDOWN OF DARK WEB CHILD ABUSE PLATFORM WITH SOME HALF A MILLION USERS
>>13578139 Former corporate titan Ronald Brierley forfeits knighthood after guilty plea to child abuse material
>>13586948 Australian paedophile priest Paul David Ryan faces extradition to US on fresh charges
>>13595471 Disgraced former NSW Labor MP and convicted paedophile Milton Orkopoulos pleads not guilty to historical child sex charges
>>13595489 Christian Brothers forced to increase payout to John Lawrence, who survived 'degrading, humiliating' sexual abuse at the hands of Christian Brother Lawrence Murphy
>>13642403 Matthew James Barsby - Paedophile's sick secret life exposed in Border Force bust
>>13642558 AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE: A NEW NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
>>13650239 Video: queensland Police - Task Force Argos Investigators battle surge in self-produced child exploitation material
>>13665443 23 people charged with multiple child exploitation material offences in Cairns, QLD since mid-2020
>>13665457 Disturbing number of alleged child porn offenders busted in Far North queensland since the inception the Cairns Joint Agency Child Exploitation Team (JACET)
>>13666272 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Trace An Object - New Image Added - If you recognise this bathroom, please use the reporting form on our website, http://accce.gov.au/trace. You can also see the feature tile in more detail on the webpage
>>13682361 Former St Joseph's College student sexually abused by paedophile teacher John Coogan launches new legal action against the Christian Brothers
>>13682462 Fourteen children rescued in the Philippines following Australian Federal Police child sexual abuse investigations
>>13682473 Former Big Bash League and state cricketer Aaron Summers in court on child abuse charges
>>13718096 Australian Federal Police respond to disturbing child abuse investigation resourcing claims
>>13718101 Video: Western Sydney man charged with possessing child abuse material
#13741319 at 2021-05-24 09:25:25 (UTC+1)
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Notables
are not endorsements
#15 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>13345120 Christian Porter: ABC reporter Louise Milligan accused of deleting social media posts
>>13345357 Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser Sean Turnell charged under Myanmar secrets act
>>13350508 Tortured by Iran, trolled at home: academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert hits out at vicious attacks
>>13350524 How the Murdoch War Megaphone pulls the wool over our eyes - Dr Tim Anderson on Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Israeli spy allegations
>>13356362 New Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns contractors on submarine, frigate deliveries
>>13362728 Australians Christa Avery and Matthew O'Kane freed from house arrest in Myanmar
>>13369823 Malcolm Turnbull dumped from new NSW Government Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board
>>13369989 Andy Meddick slams AustraliaOne party after supporters of the far-right party gathered in Torquay
>>13390184 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet - Statement on His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
>>13390206 Q Post #100 - Who is the queen of England? How long in power? With power comes corruption. What happened to Diana? What did she find out?
>>13391053 Christian Porter - Australia's former Attorney General and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Big Tech wants him gone
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 6:11
>>13408100 'Utterly unaccountable': Turnbull labels News Corp the most powerful political actor in Australia
>>13414591 Magda Szubanski criticised over Jenny Morrison 'Handmaid's Tale' post
>>13414649 Video: Trump receives 'Champion for Freedom Award' from The National Republican Senatorial Committee - Sky News Australia
>>13422688 Spring forward: why Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the United States is ready to mingle after a 'hermit-like existence'
>>13429478 Joe Biden says it's time to 'end America's longest war', as final Afghanistan withdrawal announced
>>13429488 Australia to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after Biden's vow to end war
>>13429624 Video: PM holds back tears announcing withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan
>>13429802 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Did you miss us, #Australia?
>>13429808 U.S. Navy Tweet: #USNavy Sailors & @USMC with Marine Rotational Force Darwin arrive at @AusAirForce Base after documenting negative #COVID19 tests throughout travel.
>>13429809 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: The U.S. Marines are back for a historical 10th iteration of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. The MRF-D rotation demonstrates the U.S. commitment to combined readiness and shared regional security in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>13438087 Video: Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, Federal Court finds
>>13441634 Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - 530 million people had some personal information leaked, in some cases phone numbers
>>13444007 Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock dies in the United States aged 82
>>13445048 Chief of Navy Australia Tweet #HMASAnzac and #HMASSirius took part in the French-led Exercise La Perouse….undertaken by (France, India, Japan and the U.S.)
>>13445768 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Cleared for Landing - @USMC UH-1Y Venoms and MV-22B #Ospreys for MRF-D 21.2 have officially landed! #USwithAus
>>13460196 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull puts Rupert Murdoch on blast - CNN
>>13460205 Greg Kelly Tweet: SO @TurnbullMalcolm doesn't KNOW anything about what happened in the Nov. election. Malcolm, real quick: describe for us the constitutional issues surrounding Absentee voting in Pennsylvania
>>13460205 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: There are Courts to do that. And they did. But here's the thing: a democracy should ensure that every adult eligible to vote is on the roll and is encouraged to vote
#13741298 at 2021-05-24 09:15:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#15 - Part 21
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 2
>>13508153 Video: Privacy expert Simon Gordon Davies was extradited to Australia from The Netherlands, charged with child sexual assault offences after global manhunt
>>13515411 'You can't go': Woman's hellish life as slave for Sydney couple, Joshua and Shiela McAleer
>>13522636 Sydney child rapist Bryan Michael Grange pleads guilty to more charges of child abuse after details of harrowing abuse movies emerge
>>13577655 Convicted pedophile David Cyprys who worked at Melbourne Jewish school faces new rape charge
>>13578049 German police make arrests as they shut down large darknet site "Boystown" housing child abuse material, Australian Federal Police assist with global investigation
>>13578049 Europol Press Release - 4 ARRESTED IN TAKEDOWN OF DARK WEB CHILD ABUSE PLATFORM WITH SOME HALF A MILLION USERS
>>13578139 Former corporate titan Ronald Brierley forfeits knighthood after guilty plea to child abuse material
>>13586948 Australian paedophile priest Paul David Ryan faces extradition to US on fresh charges
>>13595471 Disgraced former NSW Labor MP and convicted paedophile Milton Orkopoulos pleads not guilty to historical child sex charges
>>13595489 Christian Brothers forced to increase payout to John Lawrence, who survived 'degrading, humiliating' sexual abuse at the hands of Christian Brother Lawrence Murphy
>>13642403 Matthew James Barsby - Paedophile's sick secret life exposed in Border Force bust
>>13642558 AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT MEDIA RELEASE: A NEW NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
>>13650239 Video: queensland Police - Task Force Argos Investigators battle surge in self-produced child exploitation material
>>13665443 23 people charged with multiple child exploitation material offences in Cairns, QLD since mid-2020
>>13665457 Disturbing number of alleged child porn offenders busted in Far North queensland since the inception the Cairns Joint Agency Child Exploitation Team (JACET)
>>13666272 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: Trace An Object - New Image Added - If you recognise this bathroom, please use the reporting form on our website, http://accce.gov.au/trace. You can also see the feature tile in more detail on the webpage
>>13682361 Former St Joseph's College student sexually abused by paedophile teacher John Coogan launches new legal action against the Christian Brothers
>>13682462 Fourteen children rescued in the Philippines following Australian Federal Police child sexual abuse investigations
>>13682473 Former Big Bash League and state cricketer Aaron Summers in court on child abuse charges
>>13718096 Australian Federal Police respond to disturbing child abuse investigation resourcing claims
>>13718101 Video: Western Sydney man charged with possessing child abuse material
#13741239 at 2021-05-24 08:56:16 (UTC+1)
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Notables
are not endorsements
#15 - Part 1
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>13345120 Christian Porter: ABC reporter Louise Milligan accused of deleting social media posts
>>13345357 Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Australian adviser Sean Turnell charged under Myanmar secrets act
>>13350508 Tortured by Iran, trolled at home: academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert hits out at vicious attacks
>>13350524 How the Murdoch War Megaphone pulls the wool over our eyes - Dr Tim Anderson on Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Israeli spy allegations
>>13356362 New Defence Minister Peter Dutton warns contractors on submarine, frigate deliveries
>>13362728 Australians Christa Avery and Matthew O'Kane freed from house arrest in Myanmar
>>13369823 Malcolm Turnbull dumped from new NSW Government Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board
>>13369989 Andy Meddick slams AustraliaOne party after supporters of the far-right party gathered in Torquay
>>13390184 Prime Minister Scott Morrison Tweet - Statement on His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
>>13390206 Q Post #100 - Who is the queen of England? How long in power? With power comes corruption. What happened to Diana? What did she find out?
>>13391053 Christian Porter - Australia's former Attorney General and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Big Tech wants him gone
>>13408002 Mike Pompeo Tweet: "Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Ephesians 6:11
>>13408100 'Utterly unaccountable': Turnbull labels News Corp the most powerful political actor in Australia
>>13414591 Magda Szubanski criticised over Jenny Morrison 'Handmaid's Tale' post
>>13414649 Video: Trump receives 'Champion for Freedom Award' from The National Republican Senatorial Committee - Sky News Australia
>>13422688 Spring forward: why Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the United States is ready to mingle after a 'hermit-like existence'
>>13429478 Joe Biden says it's time to 'end America's longest war', as final Afghanistan withdrawal announced
>>13429488 Australia to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after Biden's vow to end war
>>13429624 Video: PM holds back tears announcing withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan
>>13429802 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Did you miss us, #Australia?
>>13429808 U.S. Navy Tweet: #USNavy Sailors & @USMC with Marine Rotational Force Darwin arrive at @AusAirForce Base after documenting negative #COVID19 tests throughout travel.
>>13429809 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: The U.S. Marines are back for a historical 10th iteration of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. The MRF-D rotation demonstrates the U.S. commitment to combined readiness and shared regional security in the Indo-Pacific region.
>>13438087 Video: Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, Federal Court finds
>>13441634 Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak - 530 million people had some personal information leaked, in some cases phone numbers
>>13444007 Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock dies in the United States aged 82
>>13445048 Chief of Navy Australia Tweet #HMASAnzac and #HMASSirius took part in the French-led Exercise La Perouse….undertaken by (France, India, Japan and the U.S.)
>>13445768 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: Cleared for Landing - @USMC UH-1Y Venoms and MV-22B #Ospreys for MRF-D 21.2 have officially landed! #USwithAus
>>13460196 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull puts Rupert Murdoch on blast - CNN
>>13460205 Greg Kelly Tweet: SO @TurnbullMalcolm doesn't KNOW anything about what happened in the Nov. election. Malcolm, real quick: describe for us the constitutional issues surrounding Absentee voting in Pennsylvania
>>13460205 Malcolm Turnbull Tweet: There are Courts to do that. And they did. But here's the thing: a democracy should ensure that every adult eligible to vote is on the roll and is encouraged to vote
#13732908 at 2021-05-23 05:51:17 (UTC+1)
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Believers in QAnon and other conspiracy theories reveal how they climbed out of the rabbit hole
Gemma Conroy - 23 May 2021
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For two years, Jitarth Jadeja spent most of his time in the darkest corners of the web reading about conspiracy theories.
Mr Jadeja, 33, was an avid follower of QAnon - a baseless, far-right theory that started by alleging then-US president Donald Trump was fighting against a secret group of elites who ran a global child sex trafficking ring.
For hours each day, Mr Jadeja devoured cryptic predictions shared by an anonymous online poster called Q on the imageboard website 4chan.
Mr Jadeja clung to the shadowy figure's updates until he started noticing that Q was getting things wrong - a lot.
In early 2018 for instance, an anonymous poster on 8chan (now known as 8kun) requested Q to ask Mr Trump to say "tip top tippy top" as a shout-out to the QAnon community.
Four months after the post, Mr Trump mentioned the phrase in his Easter Egg Roll speech at the White House.
The coincidence was almost enough to lay Mr Jadeja's doubts to rest, but if Q had really told Mr Trump to say the phrase, why did it take him four months to mention it?
"I thought, if this can be debunked, then that's it," says Mr Jadeja, who lives in Sydney.
It only took a quick Google search to find a YouTube video showing clips of Mr Trump saying the phrase on several other occasions.
In minutes, Mr Jadeja realised that he had spent two years being led down a rabbit hole of false information.
"It felt like the whole universe sort of collapsed inside of me in one second."
Out of the rabbit hole
Mr Jadeja is among a growing number of people who have abandoned their beliefs in conspiracy theories.
While not much is known about these "exiters", online forums suggest he's not alone.
QAnonCasualties - a Reddit community for those impacted by QAnon and former believers - has grown to include 158,000 members since it was created in July 2019.
And ReQovery - another Reddit support group geared towards ex-QAnon followers - has attracted almost 9,300 members in less than a year.
Like Mr Jadeja, Leila Hay, 19, knew that it was time to break up with Q when she realised none of their predictions had come to pass.
"I knew that a lot of the predictions had never come true, but I didn't realise how many had not come true," says Ms Hay, who lives in northern England.
"I was quite embarrassed."
While working from home during the pandemic last year, Ms Hay ended up spending her entire summer absorbed in all things QAnon.
Although she'd spent less time following the conspiracy theory than others, Ms Hay says shedding her beliefs has been a difficult process.
After believing celebrities were sending her subliminal messages through the media, she still couldn't bring herself to watch movies or listen to music months after she cut ties with the conspiracy theory.
Ms Hay says she also had moments where she wondered whether Q was right after all, triggering her fear and anxiety.
"It took a lot longer to get out of it than it took for me to get into it."
Why can it be so hard to let go of false beliefs?
We are all prone to embracing the odd conspiracy theory, especially during times of upheaval and uncertainty like the COVID-19 pandemic, says Jolanda Jetten, a social psychologist at the University of queensland.
This is because conspiracy theories seem to offer meaningful explanations that help us make sense of our chaotic and random world - at least for a while.
"Conspiracy theories at least temporarily hold the promise that everything is explainable," says Professor Jetten, who is currently exploring how people are drawn into believing in misinformation.
"It's an all-absorbing identity, which makes it even harder to get out."
Another reason why it's so hard to move away from conspiracy theories is the sense of community they provide, she adds.
For many believers, online communities form an important part of their daily lives, providing a place where they can talk with like-minded people who validate their beliefs and shield them from the ridicule and judgement of the outside world.
When ex-conspiracy theorists step out of these communities, they lose a support network that brought them a sense of validation, leaving them feeling isolated and alone.
"In that sense, it's not any different from [leaving] a cult," Professor Jetten says.
"You're on your own in a world that may not feel accepting of you, which I can imagine is a very scary experience."
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#13682300 at 2021-05-17 07:09:42 (UTC+1)
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to host Scott Morrison later this month
Michael Neilson and Derek Cheng - 17 May, 2021
How the region will open up to the rest of the world will be a key topic when Jacinda Ardern hosts Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in queenstown at the end of the month.
It will be a "milestone and a pleasure" to resume discussions face-to-face, Prime Minister Ardern said in her post-Cabinet press conference today - but she would not be inviting Morrison to bungy-jump.
"I would never ask a politician to do something that I myself would not do with a camera present."
Climate change, geo-strategic issues and easing border restrictions will be discussed.
"Our borders are quite closely linked, so I'd like to have a conversation - what does our region's re-connection with the world look like?"
Last week Ardern talked about the possibility of welcoming vaccinated people into the country before New Zealand's vaccination rollout was finished.
She said she wanted to hear Australia's view on the risk of a vaccinated person mingling in an unvaccinated group - which immunologists say could lead to an outbreak.
"We're keeping an open mind because we are continuing to see the data and evidence come out. We're not rushing to conclusions either way," Ardern said.
"Given our transtasman arrangement, there is real benefit in us talking about how we view that possibility, how our health officials view some of the data on the risk of vaccinated persons in terms of transmission, and our views on vaccine passports."
The last meeting they had was in February last year, the day of New Zealand's first Covid case.
Morrison, accompanied by his wife, will arrive in queenstown on May 30 and talks will take place the following day.
Ardern and Morrison will engage with Australian and New Zealand business, tourism, and community leaders, and lay a wreath at the Arrowtown War Memorial.
They will also attend the Otago Highlanders-Melbourne Rebels game.
Ardern has previously used such meetings to press home her dissatisfaction with Australia's 501 deportation policy.
Ardern may also seek an update on Suhayra Aden, the former Australian-New Zealand dual citizen alleged by Turkish authorities to be an Islamic State terrorist. Australia revoked Aden's Australian citizenship, prompting a sharp rebuke from Ardern for abdicating its responsibilities to its citizens.
Both countries' relationships with China are also likely to be discussed.
This follows questions over whether New Zealand's stance on China is soft due to a reluctance to upset its biggest trading partner, and why New Zealand has been absent from some Five Eyes' statements critical of China limiting Hong Kong elections.
New Zealand has at times joined the Five Eyes' statements, and other times spoken out on the Hong Kong issue by itself.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has said that she was "uncomfortable" using Five Eyes to comment on non-security matters.
Last month Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, in a visit to New Zealand, declined to criticise New Zealand for not endorsing more of Five Eyes' statements.
Payne also did not push for New Zealand to take a stronger line on China, saying she had learned "not to give advice to other countries".
She said Australia's stance on China has offered "clarity, consistency and confidence", which has contributed to the security and prosperity of the region.
Ardern is also leading a business delegation to Australia in July.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-to-host-scott-morrison-later-this-month/6THSF73OQWCO6YV6C4HDMAGPWY/
#13665443 at 2021-05-15 03:28:35 (UTC+1)
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Child exploitation material arrests, Cairns
myPolice queensland Police News - May 14, 2021
Detectives have charged 23 people with multiple child exploitation material offences as part of joint law enforcement investigations with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) since the inception of the Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET).
The Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) - comprising detectives from the QPS Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit and the AFP - have so far executed 23 separate search warrants throughout the Far North and Central regions since the team was established mid-2020.
As a result, a total of 23 people have been charged on 148 Commonwealth and State offences since mid-last year.
Far North District Crime Group Detective Inspector Kevin Goan said these outcomes were the result of a strong law enforcement partnership.
"These arrests show the work being performed by the Cairns JACET team as well as the importance of working with other agency to bring these criminals to justice.
"We want to also thank the community who continue to play an important role in us stopping, solving and preventing these types of child abuse crimes, Detective Inspector Kevin Goan said.
Australian Federal Police Commander of the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation and Child Protection Operations Hilda Sirec said child exploitation is a crime that is increasing across Australia.
"Child exploitation is a borderless crime and we work closely with our partners at the QPS to protect children here in queensland, across Australia and internationally," Commander Sirec said.
Members of the public who have any information about people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
https://crimestoppers.com.au
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
https://www.accce.gov.au/report
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2021/05/14/child-exploitation-material-arrests-cairns/
#13658258 at 2021-05-14 09:45:58 (UTC+1)
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Tasmanian Liberal Adam Brooks charged by police over firearms offences, resigns from Parliament
Alexandra Humphries, Rachel Fisher and James Dunlevie - 14 May 2021
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Controversial Liberal candidate Adam Brooks will not take his seat in the Tasmanian Parliament and has been charged by queensland police with being in possession of a handgun, unauthorised explosives and false driver's licences.
Premier Peter Gutwein made the announcement shortly before the polls were due to be declared following the May 1 state election.
Mr Gutwein said he spoke with Mr Brooks on Thursday evening, when Mr Brooks disclosed he had flown to queensland and was seeking treatment for his mental health.
"Last night he also informed me that yesterday he was visited by queensland police and he has subsequently been charged with a firearms offence and also in relation to a matter relating to a document," Mr Gutwein said.
Mr Gutwein said Mr Brooks had been bailed to appear in court.
"Mr Brooks advised me that he is seeking legal advice and intends to defend himself against these new charges," Mr Gutwein said.
Mr Gutwein said due to Mr Brooks' "state of health and need to focus on his own personal circumstances, it is his intention not to take his seat in Parliament and to forward his resignation to the Governor today".
"I agree with him under these circumstances that that is the only appropriate course of action."
Mr Gutwein said Mr Brooks was entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Asked if preselecting Mr Brooks was a mistake, Mr Gutwein said he could "only take people at face value and on their word".
"In terms of the conversations that I've had with Mr Brooks, over the period leading up to him being a candidate and then throughout the campaign period, he has been emphatic in his denials of the allegations against him.
"This is new information, though. I was made aware of it last night at 7:00pm, and as I've said, he was charged yesterday.
"I made the decision that under the circumstances of both his mental health and in terms of the fact that he's now facing these new charges, that he won't take his seat in parliament."
Unauthorised possession of explosives among charges
In a statement, queensland police said detectives from Moreton District had "charged a 45-year-old Tasmanian man following investigations into alleged weapons offences".
The ABC understands that person is Mr Brooks.
queensland police said "information provided to police last week resulted in the execution of a search warrant on a Marine Parade address in Redcliffe on Wednesday night where it will be alleged a handgun and false driver's licences were seized".
"The 45-year-old man has been charged with one count each of unlawful possession of Category H weapon, unauthorised possession of explosives and dealing with identity documents."
Police said the man was expected to appear in the Redcliffe Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The ABC has reported on allegations made by two women that Mr Brooks misled them after meeting them through dating websites - claims Mr Brooks has vehemently denied.
Victorian and Tasmanian police also said that they would not investigate Mr Brooks over allegations he used fake licences.
Mr Brooks was elected to the fifth seat in Braddon at the state election, receiving just over 6,000 first preference votes.
It means former MP Felix Ellis would be expected to win a recount for the seat.
Mr Brooks was first elected to Tasmania's parliament in 2010, and was promoted into cabinet in 2016 before being sent to the backbench soon after for misleading a Parliamentary Estimates Committee over the use of a private email account related to his business, Maintenance System Solutions.
He later corrected the record.
Mr Brooks ran for state parliament again in 2018 and was re-elected, drawing almost an entire quota of first preference votes.
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#13650379 at 2021-05-13 10:05:38 (UTC+1)
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Japan embarks on joint military maneuvers with US, France, Australia
Foreign troops practising on Japanese soil sends signal to bearish China
asia.nikkei.com - May 11, 2021
TOKYO (Kyodo) – Japan's ground troops began Tuesday a large-scale joint exercise with the United States and France for the first time on Japanese soil to increase cooperation in the face of China's growing assertiveness.
"ARC21" will be held through next Monday as Tokyo seeks to deepen defense cooperation beyond its U.S. ally with "like-minded countries," Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said ahead of the drill.
France "is the only European country with a permanent military presence in the Indo-Pacific region," Kishi told a press conference in Tokyo. "It is also a like-minded country that shares with Japan the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific."
The move comes as Tokyo and Washington boost their alliance over regional issues including the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, which are claimed by Beijing, in the East China Sea amid an escalation of China's maritime assertiveness in the East and South China seas.
France has strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific where it has territories, including the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and French Polynesia in the South Pacific.
The forces of the three countries will engage in urban warfare drills followed by amphibious operation exercises, according to Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force.
On the first three days until Thursday, the troops will be stationed at GSDF Camp Ainoura in Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, where they will work together to plan the operations.
On Friday and Saturday, the troops will be sent by aircraft to the GSDF Kirishima training ground that straddles Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures to engage in an urban warfare drill at the facility, which is designed to look like a remote island.
The GSDF rapid amphibious deployment brigade, dubbed "Japanese Marines," will be among the units participating in the exercises. Around 100 troops from the GSDF and 60 personnel each from the French army and U.S. Marine Corps will participate.
Japan has been trying to strengthen the Self-Defense Forces' abilities to defend remote islands at a time of increased maritime actions by China, especially around the Senkaku Islands.
Four of the U.S. Marines' Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft stationed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture will join the drills.
In line with the drills, the three countries are joined by Australia in exercises in the East China Sea through next Monday.
The exercises involve GSDF helicopters landing and taking off from ships of the MSDF and the French navy staying off the west coast of Kyushu, Japan's southwestern main island.
The French army units arrived at Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture aboard France's Jeanne d'Arc training fleet.
As Asia has become a center of global economic growth with China's clout increasing, European nations have adopted Indo-Pacific policies. Britain said in its recent defense and foreign policy review that it will be "deeply engaged" in the region.
Britain's aircraft carrier queen Elizabeth and its strike group, including a frigate from the Netherlands, left Britain earlier this month. During the seven-month voyage, the group of ships is due to make several port visits including Japan to show its presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Germany has also said it plans to send a frigate to the region.
Japan is eyeing conducting drills with the two countries during the visits by their vessels, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-embarks-on-joint-military-maneuvers-with-US-France-Australia
#13650239 at 2021-05-13 08:40:43 (UTC+1)
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Investigators battle surge in self-produced child exploitation material
Cloe Read - May 12, 2021
Investigators are seeing a surge in self-produced child exploitation material, as the availability of encryption services make it easier for paedophiles to live stream child abuse.
Officers also face an uphill battle in their investigations as technology continually changes and offenders take advantage of children locked down during the pandemic.
Detectives from Task Force Argos, a branch of queensland Police responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse, helped rescue 329 children between July 2019 and April 2021.
During that period, investigators seized data from more than 144 million media files and arrested 46 offenders on 335 criminal charges.
Argos officers also referred a further 538 files for investigation within queensland and other jurisdictions.
Detectives say the surge is the result of suspected paedophiles taking advantage of the pandemic, with offenders actively discussing the opportunities of more children being at home during lockdowns across the world.
Reports made by members of the public to the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation increased by 122 per cent during lockdowns in 2020.
Argos lead Detective Inspector Glen Donaldson said one of the biggest trends the team had seen was the increase in self-produced child exploitation material.
"These are photos or videos created by children themselves, either under duress when the victim of sextortion or sharing consensually with a boyfriend or girlfriend and then the image is unknowingly shared," he said.
"Once these images are shared online, they can never be removed.
"Offenders are actively discussing in chat forums that the lockdowns will result in more children being online, providing them with more potential victims to exploit."
The team also reported the use of encryption services now readily available to the public was changing the way offenders operate.
Detectives are battling live-streaming of abuse material and online services which allow criminals to operate with a level of protection and anonymity.
Inspector Donaldson said the trends were concerning and urged parents to take an active role in their children's online activities.
"The internet is an essential part of modern life and can provide significant social and educative benefits for children," he said.
"However it is also a place where children should be given boundaries with age appropriate supervision to reduce the risk they will become a victim."
He said research from the Office of eSafety Commissioner released earlier this year shows that the number of children contacted by strangers online has risen from one in four to nearly one in three.
"Parents need to understand the very real dangers their children can be exposed to online," he said.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/investigators-battle-surge-in-self-produced-child-exploitation-material-20210510-p57qeg.html
#13642403 at 2021-05-12 08:16:47 (UTC+1)
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Paedophile's sick secret life exposed in Border Force bust
To the outside world, he was a hardworking, law abiding citizen. But behind closed doors, the Tinana man spoke of his depraved desire to sexually abuse a child. Warning: disturbing content
Carlie Walker - May 11, 2021
To the outside world, Matthew James Barsby was a hardworking, law abiding citizen.
But behind closed doors, the Tinana man spoke of his depraved desire to sexually abuse a child and had a catalogue of children suffering at the hands of others.
It was only when another man drew the attention of Australian Border Force officers that Barsby's true nature would be exposed.
In Maryborough District Court this week, Barsby pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child abuse pornography, charges that would put him behind bars for just eight months.
The court heard that when police seized Barsby's laptop and phone, dozens of disturbing child pornography photos and videos were located, including images in which children were being anally and orally penetrated.
The photos and videos included pre-pubescent and older children, some involved in acts with other children and some with adults.
In total, 86 photos and 56 videos were found on Barsby's devices.
The court heard the 45-year-old had no prior criminal history and was employed as a manager at a business in the Northern Territory.
Barsby was also in a relationship when the crimes were committed.
But he suffered from depression and anxiety, the court was told, and was on medication.
Barsby's offending had come to light when ABF stopped a Malaysian man at Sydney Airport.
The message exchange between Barsby and the man, with whom he had discussed what it would be like to feel a child's small hand or mouth "on his d*ck", had led police to his door in the rural suburb of Tinana.
During the investigation, police found Barsby had been receiving and sending child abuse material with two other users and this catalogue included videos of children being raped.
Judge Richard Jones described Barsby's conversations as "disturbing and disgusting".
"People like you keep the (child abuse) industry alive," he said.
"It's hard to accept you only recently came to realise it wasn't a victimless crime."
Judge Jones said the conversations Barsby had regarding the abuse of children showed he had "more than passive interest in the sexual exploitation of children".
Barsby was given a head sentence of two and a half years in prison, with eight months to be served and the rest to be suspended for an operational period of three years.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/fraser-coast/paedophiles-sick-secret-life-exposed-in-border-force-bust/news-story/eeef33c7741ce05e40b3a966dc49b359
#13618388 at 2021-05-09 05:53:23 (UTC+1)
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Where would Beijing target in Australia?
Writing in The Australian on Saturday, the paper's foreign affairs editor Greg Sheridan nominated a few locations China might want to target on Australian soil.
These included the listening station run with the US at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs, which would be key in communicating during any Taiwan skirmish.
He also nominated Jindalee Operational Radar Network south of Longreach in queensland, a signals facility in Geraldton, Western Australia, and Stirling naval base south of Perth where Australia's submarines are based.
Most of China's missiles are only capable of reaching parts of East Asia. But a number of its Dongfeng range of rockets are thought to have a far longer range and theoretically could reach much of Australia.
Late last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced $747 million would be spent on upgrading four key training bases in the Northern Territory which will be used by both Australian and US forces.
That follows $1.1bn being committed to RAAF Tindal, near Katherine, Australia's most important air base in the country's north.
The military boost is seen as a reaction to China's moves not only on Taiwan but also its colonising of several island and atolls in the South China Sea much to the chagrin of neighbouring nations.
Last week, the deep freeze in China-Australia relations sunk further with Beijing announcing it was "indefinitely suspending " all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.
The strategic economic dialogue (SED), formed in 2014, is the main bilateral economic forum between China and Australia. It has been used to encourage investment between the two nations and smooth trade and finance talks.
The withdrawal is being interpreted as a reaction to the Federal Government ripping up a deal Victoria inked with Beijing to play a role in China's flagship Belt and Road initiative.
"Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and co-operation between China and Australia out of Cold War mindset and ideological discrimination," the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement explaining the decision.
However, the suspension of the dialogue does not have any effect on current trade between China and Australia. The announcement saw no new tariffs levied on Australian imports. Additionally, the dialogue hasn't met since September 2017.
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/china-advised-to-bomb-australian-soil/news-story/de4d171dd712250401d6b828a0543e34
#13578139 at 2021-05-04 09:53:45 (UTC+1)
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Ronald Brierley forfeits knighthood after guilty plea to child abuse material
Sarah McPhee and Georgina Mitchell - May 4, 2021
Sydney-based former corporate titan Ronald Brierley has forfeited his knighthood after pleading guilty to possessing child abuse material and reaching a deadline imposed by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The 83-year-old millionaire, originally from New Zealand but living in Point Piper in Sydney's east, was knighted in 1988 for his contribution to business and the community.
He was arrested and charged in December 2019 after police discovered "large amounts of child abuse material" in his carry-on luggage when he was stopped at Sydney International Airport.
Ardern set the process in motion to remove the title after Brierley faced Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on April 1. He pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing child abuse material.
"The Clerk of the Executive Council wrote to him on 6 April 2021 on behalf of the Prime Minister, giving him 30 days in which to provide any information that he considered relevant before the Prime Minister made her decision," a statement from Ardern's office said on Tuesday. The 30-day deadline ended this week.
"Ron Brierley has written to the Clerk of the Executive Council to tender his resignation as a Knight Bachelor. The queen has been informed."
The corporate raider founded Brierley Investments - once New Zealand's largest listed company - and also served on the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust board.
Ardern said Brierley's history had been "undoubtedly" rewritten and if the knighthood had not been surrendered, "it would have been removed".
"I think it's a sad day for the children of New Zealand and, indeed, the world when someone is found guilty of possessing such horrendous images," she said.
His barrister Lisa-Claire Hutchinson told the court in April her client admitted to being in possession of some images, but the exact figure was "in dispute" and lower than the police allege.
In court documents, it is detailed that one of the charges Brierley pleaded guilty to relates to possessing "photographs of young girls approximately two years to 15 years of age, in sexually suggestive poses".
The second charge relates to possessing 1615 images on a data storage device, while the third charge relates to possessing one image.
Brierley joins a list of public figures to be stripped of royal honours in recent years.
The queen last year directed former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's appointment as an Honorary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2004 be cancelled and annulled, and his name erased from the register.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison over the rape and sexual assault of two women.
In 2015, at the order of Her Majesty, veteran entertainer Rolf Harris lost the Commander of the Order of the British Empire honour bestowed on him, one step below a knighthood, after being convicted and jailed for indecently assaulting four girls between 1968 and 1986.
Ardern on Tuesday said Brierley could no longer use the title "Sir" and must return his insignia.
He has been committed to the NSW District Court for sentence and his case is next listed in Sydney on May 21.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/ronald-brierley-forfeits-knighthood-after-guilty-plea-to-child-abuse-material-20210504-p57oro.html
#13578049 at 2021-05-04 09:16:29 (UTC+1)
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German police make arrests as they shut down large darknet site housing child abuse material
AAP/abc.net.au - 4 May 2021
German prosecutors say they have busted one of the world's biggest international darknet platforms for child abuse material, used by more than 400,000 registered members, including from the US, Australia and Canada.
A joint statement from Frankfurt prosecutors and Germany's federal investigative police agency said that in mid-April three German suspects -said to be the administrators of the "Boystown" platform - were arrested, along with a German user.
WARNING: This story contains material that may cause distress to some readers.
Authorities said the platform was "one of the world's biggest child pornography darknet platforms" and had been active at least since 2019.
Paedophiles allegedly used it to exchange and watch abuse materials of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world.
Prosecutors wrote that they found "images of the most severe sexual abuse of toddlers" among the photos and video material.
After raids in mid-April, the online platform was shut down.
"This investigative success has a clear message: Those who assault the weakest aren't safe anywhere," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.
"That's what investigators work for day and night, online and offline, globally.
"We'll do everything within our power to protect the kids from these disgusting crimes."
The three main suspects were a 40-year-old man from Paderborn, a 49-year-old man from Munich and a 58-year-old man from northern Germany who had been living in Paraguay for many years.
They allegedly worked as administrators of the site and gave advice to members on how to evade law enforcement when using the platform for illegal child abuse material.
A fourth suspect, a 64-year-old man from Hamburg, is accused of being one of the most active users of the platform, having allegedly uploaded more than 3,500 posts.
Germany has requested the extradition of the suspect who was arrested in Paraguay.
The Australian Federal Police assisted German authorities in the investigation.
"We look forward to more arrests and children removed from harm as the intelligence is assessed by authorities across the globe," an AFP spokeswoman told the ABC.
"If any Australians have used this website, expect a knock at your door by AFP officers."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-04/germany-police-arrest-three-over-child-abuse-materials-site/100113600
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4 ARRESTED IN TAKEDOWN OF DARK WEB CHILD ABUSE PLATFORM WITH SOME HALF A MILLION USERS
Europol Press Release - 03 May 2021
Four have been arrested in a multi-agency operation sparked by a German investigation into one of Europe's most prolific child sexual abuse platforms on the dark web.
These arrests were made in Germany (3) and Paraguay (1) earlier this month. The arrested individuals - all German nationals, had various roles in relation to the site seized.
The dark web platform, known as Boystown, has been taken down by an international taskforce set up by the German Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt) which included Europol and law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the United States.
This site focused on the sexual abuse of children and had 400 000 registered users when it was taken down. Several other chat sites on the dark web used by child sexual offenders were also seized on the same occasion.
The case illustrates what Europol is seeing in child sexual abuse offending: online child offender communities on the dark web exhibit considerable resilience in response to law enforcement actions targeting them. Their reactions include resurrecting old communities, establishing new communities, and making strong efforts to organise and administer them.
The image and video data seized during this investigation will be used for Victim Identification Taskforces organised on a regular basis at Europol. More arrests and rescues are to be expected globally as police worldwide examine the intelligence packages compiled by Europol.
The following authorities took part in this investigation:
- Germany: Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt)
- The Netherlands: National Police (Politie)
- Sweden: National Police (Polisen)
- Australia: Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), Australian Federal Police (AFP) and queensland Police Service (QPS)
- United States: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Canada: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/4-arrested-in-takedown-of-dark-web-child-abuse-platform-some-half-million-users
#13555107 at 2021-05-01 05:08:49 (UTC+1)
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First, Morrison made extensive reference to kings and prophets from the Old Testament. Morrison's exegesis was highly individualistic. In the case of Isaiah, Morrison's speech implies that, during the last federal election, God spoke to him through a painting of an eagle (which Morrison interpreted as him being elevated by the divine in his earthly contest against the Labor party).
Such a politically partisan interpretation of biblical passages is disturbing for our secular democracy. More fundamentally, it is worrying if the prime minister believes God somehow speaks directly to him.
Second, there is a troubling section of Morrison's speech where he indicates that humans aren't capable of fixing problems on Earth. Instead, he says, that's the responsibility of God; and what the country needs, therefore, is the growth of the church.
The problem with this approach is that it effectively consigns responsibility for poverty and the despoliation of the planet to powers beyond our control, as we drift to a utopian afterlife. This sort of "millennialism" has been a problem in the church for the past 2,000 years as it diminishes the role of human agency in "fixing" demonstrable social and economic injustices. The logical conclusion is that our best tool to deal with such challenges is prayer, and that's just a cop-out.
Third, the very idea that a prime minister could happily go around "laying on hands" on unsuspecting civilians to impart the healing power of prayer is troubling. The critical thing lacking is the person's knowledge and consent. This doesn't seem to bother Morrison, who apparently believes he's not only the chief minister of the commonwealth but also its chief priest. This is a fundamental breach of the secularity of our political institutions.
Fourth, the problem with Morrison's overall theology - his preoccupation with the kings and prophets of the Old Testament, his diminution of human as opposed to divine agency, and his exercise of priestly functions without permission - is that it undermines the role of reason, evidence and fact in faith.
The mainstream church, since the days of St Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century, has considered that faith should be tempered by reason. In the long history of the church, fundamentalist traditions have railed against reason and empiricism, instead emphasising absolute faith as the hallmark of an authentic Christian.
By and large, Pentecostalism emerges from this tradition. It is a worldview that sits uncomfortably with the extraordinary powers of the secular office of prime minister.
Pentecostal churches have long attracted good, honest, Australians from across the political spectrum - but the reality is the Liberal National party is now deliberately targeting these churches as recruiting grounds. In my own state of queensland, the Christian right faction within the LNP is substantially Pentecostal. These recruitment drives are pushing that party further and further to the political hard right. Secular rationalists are now becoming an endangered species within many branches of the conservative parties, contributing to the growing polarisation of our politics, as in America.
It may be that Morrison has solid answers to my reservations. Before becoming prime minister in 2007, I wrote a lengthy essay for the Monthly magazine that outlined my own positions on the role that Christian belief should play within our secular democracy. It is high time for Morrison to do the same, not least to allay the doubts of Australians who have been deeply disturbed by the grainy footage of his extraordinary remarks last week.
I have no doubt that Morrison's faith is genuine. For some years, we attended the same parliamentary Christian fellowship. My question is not about his sincerity of faith, but the need for him to be absolutely transparent with the Australian people, through the secular marketplace of our national politics, about the precise impact of his Pentecostal theology on Australian public policy and politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/01/scott-morrisons-partisan-interpretation-of-biblical-passages-is-disturbing-for-democracy
#13543677 at 2021-04-29 20:56:28 (UTC+1)
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The Illuminati Mothers of Darkness
An excellent video by Jesse Czebotar, explaining the Mothers of Darkness and how the Illuminati Occult works.
Jesse Czebotar is the highest level Illuminati insider who is talking and giving out information about the inner workings. She is born Illuminati bloodline and was trained from age 4 1/2 to someday replace her Grandmother as the queen Mother of Darkness which is the highest position in the System.
Jesse refused and aligned with God.
Fascinating material!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q62ZXGPraE
^^^this Reveal Report channel has other interviews of Jesse.
#13515323 at 2021-04-26 08:33:51 (UTC+1)
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Ben Roberts-Smith welcomes Royal Commission, slams treatment of veterans
Australia's most decorated war hero has delivered a scathing attack on the Australian Defence Force and says a royal commission is "desperately needed."
Matthew Benns and Josh Hanrahan - April 25, 2021
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Australia's most decorated war hero has delivered a scathing attack on the Australian Defence Force's top brass for their "disgusting" treatment of veterans and "staggering" lack of direction.
Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith said military commanders had run Australia's longest-ever conflict in Afghanistan from the safety and comfort of Dubai without ever having a campaign strategy.
And he thanked the Australian public for pushing for a royal commission into veteran suicides in the face of resistance from defence force chiefs afraid "because we're going to uncover systemic failures and systemic flaws''.
"That is the point of this royal commission ... it's what we need to do to protect the future of the military and more importantly, the people that are willing to sacrifice everything," he said.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing Nine newspapers for defamation over articles alleging he was being investigated by the Australian Federal Police for killing six Afghans outside of combat and was a war criminal.
The expensive legal battle is set to start in June and on Friday former governor-general Quentin Bryce was named as a reputation witness for Mr Roberts-Smith, who now runs Channel 7 in queensland.
The 42-year-old former SAS corporal would not talk about his own experiences but said the treatment of his colleagues when they returned showed that a Royal Commission was desperately needed.
"It is a giant step forward for the prime minister to make this announcement and commit to a royal commission," he said.
"It is something that is very much needed given the disproportionate rates of suicide that we see in Australia. We really need to address it."
Mr Roberts-Smith said the person running the commission needed to be independent of the Australian Defence Force and "should not have ever been a service member or indeed anyone who potentially has ever worked in the same forms of government."
He said the problem of veteran suicide lay squarely at the door of the top brass.
The "first flaw" in taking care of veterans was that "the psychological screening was a farce".
"It was mostly an exercise designed to cover the senior leadership. It did not create any effect that would be conducive with protecting soldiers, sailors, airmen and mental health," he said.
"We have been let down by our own military. We didn't have as many casualties as perhaps we could have because the men and women that serve were bloody good at their job.
"And yet now a lot of these issues are stemming from the fact that veterans feel that their own military family is taking that away from them.
"It's disgusting."
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#13515316 at 2021-04-26 08:31:44 (UTC+1)
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Ben Roberts-Smith takes leave from Seven Network role during defamation case against newspaper journalists
Matthew Doran - 26 April 2021
Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is taking leave as boss of the Seven Network's queensland operations, as he pursues a defamation case in the Federal Court.
The announcement was made by Seven West's CEO James Warburton in an all-staff email on Monday.
Mr Roberts-Smith launched the defamation case against The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times newspapers over a series of stories from 2018 alleging he committed war crimes in Afghanistan - which he strongly denies.
The newspapers reject his claim, and the trial is due to start in the Federal Court in early June.
Mr Warburton said Mr Roberts-Smith's leave from his position as general manager Seven Brisbane and 7queensland would begin immediately.
"Ben and I believe this mutual decision is best for both him and our company," Mr Warburton said.
"We expect Ben to return to his role upon the completion of his defamation proceedings.
"As the trial is currently set down for eight weeks, it's likely this won't be until after August."
Earlier this month Mr Roberts-Smith labelled further allegations about his conduct, broadcast on the Nine Network, as "baseless".
60 Minutes alleged he had buried USB drives containing purportedly compromising material in his backyard, rather than providing them to police and military investigators.
The program also broadcast secret recordings of Mr Roberts-Smith, in which he appeared to say he was indebted to Seven West chairman Kerry Stokes for financially supporting his legal battle and promised to destroy journalists who were publishing stories about him.
At the time Mr Roberts-Smith took aim at Nine's journalist Nick McKenzie, arguing he had not put any of the allegations to him before broadcast.
The Australian Federal Police have confirmed to federal Parliament fresh investigations into Mr Roberts-Smith had been launched following 60 Minutes' reporting.
Last year the Federal Court heard eyewitnesses had detailed to investigators how Mr Roberts-Smith allegedly committed a violent war crime, by kicking a handcuffed Afghan civilian off a cliff in 2012.
Mr Roberts-Smith denied the "false allegations", and said the newspapers reporting and defence of the defamation suit were "completely without any foundation in truth".
The newspapers scored a win in pre-trial wrangling in April, with Justice Anthony Besanko allowing four Afghan villagers and a member of the ADF to give evidence in the court case.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-26/ben-roberts-smith-leave-seven-network-role-defamation-case/100095586
#13507418 at 2021-04-25 06:20:40 (UTC+1)
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DAWN SERVICES HELD ACROSS NATION
Dawn Services have taken place across the nation as hundreds of thousands of Australians prepare to march on Sunday morning to commemorate Anzac Day in 2021.
After coronavirus restrictions effectively resulted in most Australians paying their respects at home or in their driveways last year, the nation has responded strongly with crowds allowed back in 2021.
Many services and marches across the country exhausted their ticketed allocation within days of going online, while queensland events are set to proceed without crowd limits.
Temporary fences erected to manage crowds at Melbourne's Dawn Service did not deter those who missed out on tickets from gathering outside the service area.
Members of the public have encircled commemorations at the Shrine despite pleas from authorities to "light up the dawn" at home.
Although there was ample space inside the forecourt of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, many stood watching from outside the fenced off area.
The Dawn Service in Victoria was limited to 1400 attendees amid COVID-19 restrictions. In 2019 it's estimated about 25,000 attended.
In Perth, services were cancelled but many turned out to mark the occasion with driveway vigils at dawn.
A ticketed Dawn Service was at capacity at Sydney's cenotaph, while in Brisbane, large crowds turned out without restriction.
The decision to limit Dawn Service crowds has caused some upset, however, with 85,000 permitted to attend the AFL's traditional Anzac Day match later today.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/anzac-day-prime-minister-scott-morrison-says-afghanistan-withdrawal-marks-end-of-another-chapter/news-story/c5fb0cf66b4613970de5b1ffb0883f7e
#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
#13485174 at 2021-04-22 08:16:49 (UTC+1)
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Liu worked for the Victorian Liberal Party from 2007-2014, running as an upper house candidate at the 2010 and 2014 state elections, having become known for her prodigious ability to raise funds and mobilise support from Melbourne's Chinese community.
She came under fire last year after she failed to explain why she had been listed as a member of organisations linked to the Chinese government's foreign interference operations when nominating to run for Chisholm.
In an interview with Sky News host Andrew Bolt, Liu refused to condemn Beijing's actions in the South China Sea and continually evaded a question about whether she believed Chinese President Xi Jinping was a dictator.
Yang and Liu may have shared a Chinese heritage but they were drawn to different sides of politics. Ultimately, though, they would share very similar political problems: being at the centre of accusations they were pushing a pro-Chinese Communist Party agenda through Australia.
Chinese-language reports place them both at the 2012 gala event with Dong.
It is unclear if they met that night. While Dong, Yang and Liu were in the room, several other Chinese-Australians, who have since emerged as characters of interest in Chinese-Australian relations, were also involved in the pageant and its broadcast.
The year Dong was crowned Miss Cosmos, the event was organised by then general manager of Ostar, Holly Zhenghong Huang, who would later become one of exiled billionaire Huang Xiangmo's key lieutenants.
Xiangmo was barred entry to Australia after the government rescinded his permanent residency in December 2018 following advice from ASIO over possible foreign political interference.
Huang later became general manager of Xiangmo's property development company Yuhu Group.
Media mogul Tommy Jiang had taken the reins of Ostar by the time Dong returned to the Miss Cosmos pageant as the reigning queen.
The political donor until last year also ran a global Chinese-language media company in conjunction with the Chinese Communist Party.
Company records show Global CAMG Media Group is 60 per cent owned by Guoguang Century Media Consultancy, a subsidiary of state-owned media company China Radio International.
Jiang seems to have taken a move back from his media empire, stepping down as director of Ostar and CAMG last year, according to company records, although 10 radio licences remain in his name.
As well as being behind the Miss Cosmos beauty pageant, Jiang is credited as co-producing a video of Dong that championed her as an example of Chinese student excellence.
The Ostar-run Australian China Elite Business Awards donated $260,000 to the Labor Party in 2013-14, but Jiang is quoted in a Fairfax media article as saying he had donated to both sides.
China meeting
In 2014, it can be said with certainty that Dong and Yang had come into each other's orbit again.
Both attended the Australia-Chinese Youth Delegation in Beijing. Yang had left Andrews's office in 2013 but maintained good relations with his former boss, who in 2014 would be elected premier.
Dong, who says she worked as a "volunteer" journalist, presented to the delegation on the future of media.
She has dodged questions this week as to whether she met Yang on this trip, which was attended by up to 30 young people, saying only: "Mike Yang had left the Victorian government when ACBRI was asked to advise on BRI opportunities."
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#13485169 at 2021-04-22 08:15:40 (UTC+1)
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Chinese pageant winner Jean Dong's meteoric journey to influence
DAMON JOHNSTON, REMY VARGA and RACHEL BAXENDALE - MAY 28, 2020
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"We've now reached the most exciting part of the competition - we are about to award the crown of Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant 2011, and the winner is ... contestant No 5, Dong Jin."
The Crown casino ballroom in Melbourne erupts and the newly crowned queen radiates confidence, waving and soaking in the adulation. A sash, tiara and a giant $10,000 cheque are handed to Dong Jin, the young woman who, the hosts note, prevailed after an exhaustive five rounds of questions that "definitely weren't easy".
As the victor, she would go on to represent Australia in the Asia-Pacific finals of the pageant in New Zealand. Dong Jin's crowning glory was an important step in her transformation into Jean Dong, who in 2011 was getting ready to embark on a self-proclaimed "journey of influence".
It's a road that in the past week has seen her emerge as a central figure in the political row over Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews's decision to sign up to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
The Chinese-born former Adelaide University commerce student always seemed destined for bigger things. Her vanity biopic on YouTube says she started playing the piano at the age of three, and was soon playing at the "highest level".
By 11, she was, by her account, challenging old Chinese media rules and opening the doors "for thousands of youth to raise their voices".
And at 21, Dong says she was an emerging figure within consultancy PwC and "convinced the PwC Australian leadership to consider Asia growth as a priority strategy".
Intelligence, drive, dynamism and relentless networking were Jean Dong's door-openers as she moved to Melbourne and rapidly made her dream of becoming a successful businesswoman and influencer come true.
She easily rubbed shoulders with political leaders, including Malcolm Turnbull and former NSW premier Bob Carr, during this period.
Among the opportunities that winning the 2011 pageant afforded the 24-year-old was a return ticket to the following year's event to hand over the crown to the next winner.
New alliances
In 2012, as she sat in the audience as the reigning pageant queen, Dong was in the company of two other Chinese Australians emerging in Victorian politics - Mike Yang and Gladys Liu.
Yang was the China adviser to then opposition leader Daniel Andrews.
He held the job from 2011-13, and is credited with being the architect of the now Premier's strong and enduring - and now controversial - bond with the Chinese communist government.
The next year, Yang would accompany a youthful Andrews on an official trip to China, the pair photographed smiling on The Great Wall.
Liu, now the federal Liberal MP for the eastern Melbourne seat of Chisholm, was then an adviser to Victorian premier Ted Baillieu.
Two years later, while Liu was working for Baillieu's successor, Denis Napthine, Dong would describe herself in a profile for the October 2014 Australia-China Youth Dialogue as being "heavily involved in advising (the) Victorian state government on Australian-Chinese engagement".
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#13477554 at 2021-04-21 09:23:44 (UTC+1)
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Child sex doll offender Terry Dunnett pleads guilty, released on supervised probation
Talissa Siganto - 21 April 2021
A Brisbane man has been the first person in queensland to be convicted and sentenced for the "heinous crime" of possessing child sex dolls, after new federal laws were introduced to combat child abuse offences.
Terry Dunnett, 45, today pleaded guilty in the District Court in Brisbane to two counts of possessing a child sex doll, one count of attempting to possess a child sex doll, and possessing child exploitation material.
The court heard that in January last year the state's Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team started investigating Dunnett when Australian Border Force (ABF) officers detected an "anatomically-correct doll" in a shipment from China addressed to him.
Several days later, officers raided Dunnett's home at Riverhills in Brisbane's west and discovered two other female dolls depicting estimated age ranges of between four and five years old.
Child-exploitation material was also found on a laptop belonging to Dunnett.
During a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, the court heard Dunnett had admitted to police on the day of his arrest that the dolls and the exploitation material belonged to him.
The court heard he told officers he had purchased the dolls, including the one intercepted by ABF, between 2014 and 2020 from the Chinese e-commerce website AliExpress, with the latest costing him about $400.
The prosecution told the court Dunnett should serve an actual term in custody, while his defence lawyer argued a community-based sentence would be more suitable as a psychologist determined he was a "low risk" of actually offending against a child.
Judge Orazio Rinaudo sentenced Dunnett to two years in jail, but ordered he be immediately released under probation supervision.
He also placed him on a good behaviour bond for two years and ordered that he pay a $2,000 recognisance surety only if he reoffends.
In handing down his sentence, Judge Rinaudo said it was "a heinous crime to be involved in the exploitation of children" and that such offences could cause "desensitisation" to child sexual abuse or lead to an escalation of offending against a child.
"They are life-like dolls depicting female children with cavities," Judge Rinaudo said.
"The risk of the sale of such items objectifying children as sexual beings could be used to groom children for sex."
However, Judge Rinaudo said he had to take into consideration Dunnett's early guilty plea and remorse, when determining his sentence.
"I'm satisfied that you now understand that possession of these dolls and other items was wrong," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-21/child-like-sex-doll-court-terry-dunnett-brisbane/100084650
#13477446 at 2021-04-21 08:32:57 (UTC+1)
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>>13477434
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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.
#13460278 at 2021-04-19 09:34:40 (UTC+1)
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Gold Coast man to face court over allegedly possessing child abuse material and child-like sex doll
A 43-year-old Gold Coast man is due to appear in court today (19 April 2021) to face child exploitation offences following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection investigation.
Officers from the Brisbane Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) executed a search warrant at an address in Southport on the Gold Coast on 19 March 2021, after receiving a report from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States.
The report indicated a person, believed to be in queensland, was uploading child abuse material using a Google account.
During the search of a Southport unit officers located two mobile phones and two external hard drives allegedly containing child abuse material, as well as a child-like sex doll.
The man was arrested and ordered to appear before court to face three counts of possessing child abuse material and one count each of using a carriage service to access child pornography, making child exploitation material, possessing a child like sex doll and bestiality.
The maximum penalty for this offence is 15 years imprisonment.
He is due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today.
AFP Detective Superintendent Child Protection Operations Paula Hudson said the AFP sees a wide spectrum of child exploitation offences before court and this is a timely reminder that child-like sex dolls and child abuse material could desensitise anyone who used them to the physical, emotional and psychological harm caused by sexual abuse.
"These dolls are not harmless and the AFP will investigate any activity that reinforces or represents the sexual abuse of children," Detective Superintendent Hudson said.
"This includes sexual gratification using items depicting children, which is why these dolls are legally considered to be a form of child exploitation material.
"This arrest highlights the continuing collaborative work undertaken by the AFP and its partners to protect children and identify and prosecute anyone who seeks to exploit and harm them."
Members of the public who have any information about this network or people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
https://crimestoppers.com.au
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
https://www.accce.gov.au/report
Note to media:
USE OF TERM 'CHILD ABUSE' MATERIAL NOT 'CHILD PORNOGRAPHY'
The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material - the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims.
Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
Editor's Note: Images related to this investigation are available via Hightail - https://spaces.hightail.com/space/SbMGKVwGRR/files
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/gold-coast-man-face-court-over-allegedly-possessing-child-abuse-material
#13460274 at 2021-04-19 09:32:16 (UTC+1)
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Moreton Bay man charged with child abuse material offences
A man from queensland's Moreton Bay who allegedly sent a photograph of a naked boy to someone online and discussed abusing the child is expected to face Caboolture Magistrates Court today (19 April 2021).
The 29-year-old Morayfield man was arrested by the Brisbane Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) on 15 April 2021 and charged with four offences, after police allegedly found child abuse material and records of a sexually explicit chat on his mobile phone.
The investigation was launched after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States about an online user uploading child abuse material to the Kik Messenger platform.
Brisbane JACET, which consists of officers from the AFP and queensland Police, allegedly identified the 29-year-old man as the person using the account.
Police arrested the man at a shopping centre and allegedly found child abuse material on his mobile phone.
During a search of his home it will be alleged child abuse material was located on a second mobile phone.
The man was refused police bail and has been charged with:
- One count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth);
- Two counts of possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22A of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth);
- One count of making child exploitation material, contrary to section 228B of the Criminal Code 1899 (QLD).
The maximum penalty for these offences range from 15 to 20 years' imprisonment.
AFP Detective Superintendent Child Protection Operations Paula Hudson said the AFP works with partners across Australia and around the world to keep a watch online to protect children.
"It takes a network to break a network, which is why these national and international partnerships are so vital to the work of the AFP in stopping child exploitation and sexual abuse," she said.
Members of the public who have any information about people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
http://www.accce.gov.au/report
If you or someone you know are impacted by child sexual abuse and online exploitation there are support services available, visit the ACCCE to learn more.
https://www.accce.gov.au/support
Note to media:
USE OF TERM 'CHILD ABUSE' MATERIAL NOT 'CHILD PORNOGRAPHY'
The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material - the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims.
Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
Editor's note: Vision from this arrest is available via Hightail - https://spaces.hightail.com/space/oJmpSjKdoL
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/moreton-bay-man-charged-child-abuse-material-offences
#13452422 at 2021-04-18 07:11:55 (UTC+1)
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Alexander Downer Twitter Thread
9News Australia @9NewsAUS
Former High Commissioner @AlexanderDowner was there when the queen bestowed the Duke of Edinburgh with his Australian knighthood - an event that stirred great controversy in our country. #9News
Special coverage, LIVE on @Channel9.
https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1383405291895607304
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Shawn Simpson @HomerShawn
Was also there when foreign governments tried to spy on Trump campaign for the Democrats!
https://twitter.com/HomerShawn/status/1383423970259599371
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Alexander Downer @AlexanderDowner
Sure!!! What's happened to that conspiracy btw. It seems to have died
https://twitter.com/AlexanderDowner/status/1383525873706422275
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koenig13091999 @koenig13091999
Indeed. It was a clever Papadopoulos misdirection to reinvent himself as the victim hero. Quite an effective technique,keep asking a series of questions that seem to cast doubt, don't seek to answer them & keep asking more. I'm surprised you didn't pursue this actually, was rough
https://twitter.com/koenig13091999/status/1383549787543277568
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Alexander Downer @AlexanderDowner
Not worth the trouble. It died out as it wasn't true!
https://twitter.com/AlexanderDowner/status/1383554221811793923
—
Shawn Simpson @HomerShawn
You keep telling yourself that!
https://twitter.com/HomerShawn/status/1383564172768595973
#13415137 at 2021-04-13 10:13:57 (UTC+1)
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QAnon Followers Excited by Mike Pompeo 'Checkmate' Photo
Sabrina Scotus - April 12, 2021
Supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory have got excited in a way only they know how after Mike Pompeo tweeted a photo of him playing chess while eating dried pineapple.
The tweet from Pompeo on Sunday night appears to be in support of Taiwan after China banned Taiwanese pineapple imports citing "harmful creatures" that could affect its own crops, which Taiwan leaders argue is more of a political move than any agricultural concerns.
"As a proponent of freedom, enjoying some Taiwanese dried pineapple. Checkmate," Pompeo tweeted while showing a photo of him playing a game of chess.
For QAnon supporters, the tweet and picture has nothing to do with international trade disputes, and instead is a coded reference which justifies their beliefs and proof that yet another prediction for their so-called "plan" may still come true.
A major part of the QAnon movement is deciphering coded messages which first appeared on 4chan, before later moving to 8chan and 8kun, from a mysterious figure known as "Q" who they believed to have high-level security clearance from the government.
These messages, also known as drops or "crumbs," were seen as clues which were then interpreted to form the basis of what the conspiracy theorists believe, including that there exists a cabal of satanic pedophiles and "deep state" which Donald Trump would expose during his time as president.
Since October 2017, thousands of these messages appeared online, with the frequency drastically slowing down when Trump lost the election in November.
There hasn't been a new message since December 8, with a recent HBO series on QAnon concluding that the person who played a major part in writing the messages was not someone with high-level security clearance from the government but actually Ron Watkins, the former administrator of 8kun.
The lack of new drops appearing, or the suggestion their leader is actually an infamous internet troll whose site hosted child pornography, has not affected QAnon.
Instead of waiting for new messages to guide them, their supporters merely decipher the catalogue of thousands already online to suit their needs, including attempts to suggest world events were long predicted by Q.
In this case, QAnon supporters were excited about Pompeo's use of "checkmate" because the word appears in a drop from May 2020, albeit in a very vague passage about chess tactics.
Others also got excited about the placement of Pompeo's pieces on the chessboard.
"If this isn't comms, I don't know what is. He literally won the game with his Knight on D5," one widely shared post QAnon Telegram account with nearly 15,000 subscribers wrote.
The account later clarified his post to note that Pompeo has not in fact won the game despite his checkmate comment, but "the queen is in danger."
For QAnon, D5 is one of a number of phrases, slogans, and mixture of numbers of letters which they see in everyday life and interpret as a nod to their movement.
D5 is meant to reference December 5, a date which QAnon supporters believed for the past few years would see a day of reckoning to show they were right. Again, the reason for this is Q referencing D5 in a number of his drops in late 2018.
The specifics of what might occur on December 5 was never stated, but QAnon supporters still eagerly awaited the day each year since 2018.
Just like hundreds of failed predictions from QAnon, such as Trump carrying mass executions of satanic pedophiles at Joe Biden's inauguration or returning as president on March 4, no such major QAnon event has happened in December.
Despite this, some influential QAnon advocates are still choosing to see Pompeo's post on Twitter as significant using their own distorted interpretations of world events.
"If Mike Pompeo's latest tweet isn't comms then I don't know what is," wrote the Telegram account Pepe Lives Matter, which has more than 63,000 subscribers.
"Pompeo's checkmate tweet increased my hopium levels by a factor of 17," it added. The number 17 is significant in QAnon world because Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet.
"What Pompeo is showing is that his next move from D5 to F6 will give him total control of the board, including the most important center of the board to dictate the moves going forward to Checkmate!" another QAnon supporter wrote in a Telegram channel with more than 72,000 subscribers.
"The position of the board is also showing that no matter what the other side does, Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming...even though the other side has all their pieces still in the game!"
https://thelibertybuzz.com/qanon-mike-pompeo-checkmate-tweet/
#13414591 at 2021-04-13 06:15:29 (UTC+1)
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Magda Szubanski criticised over Jenny Morrison 'Handmaid's Tale' post
James Morrow - April 13, 2021
Liberal MP Nicolle Flint says Magda Szubanski's "appalling" attack on Jenny Morrison is another example of the double standards shown to women on the centre-right.
The South Australian Liberal MP who announced earlier this year that she was stepping down from politics because of abuse she copped during the last election, was scathing of Ms Szubanski's tweet about the wife of the Prime Minister.
"I cannot believe the appalling personal attacks on Mrs Morrison, especially by Ms Szubanski, a woman who has received one of our nation's highest honours," Ms Flint said.
"I will be writing to the responsible Minister to once again request a review of the standards to which Australian Honours recipients should be held."
"More broadly, Ms Szubanski's completely disrespectful comments are yet another example of the double standards demonstrated towards women on the centre-right of politics.
"The sisterhood need to stop picking and choosing which sisters to protect; all women deserve to be treated with respect," Ms Flint said.
On Sunday, Ms Szubanski retweeted a photo of a conservatively-dressed Jenny Morrison standing to the side as her husband signed a condolence book for Prince Philip.
"I genuinely thought this was a photoshopped Handmaid's Tale meme. But no. It's 21st century Aussie life," Szubanski wrote.
She retweeted the photo with a message from a left-wing Twitter account called MFWitches, which wrote, "Good morning to everyone else to whom this feels creepy, chilling, terrifying, ominous, enraging, despairing and utterly, completely f*cking depressing."
Meanwhile a number of prominent female politicians who have been the target of online abuse were quick to hit out at Ms Szubanski for her attacks on Jenny Morrison.
"Ms Szubanski has herself been the target of obscene trolls, yet the hypocritical nature of the Left is here on display," NSW Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes told The Daily Telegraph.
"This current cry on behalf of women, of supporting women, is of course only applicable if your politics is left of centre."
Ms Szubanski was recently criticised for not standing up for women when she attacked conservative queensland Senator Amanda Stoker's appointment as assistant minister for women, calling her a member of "the small but noisy 'Christian Soldiers' faction hijacking the national agenda."
She also retweeted a photo of the Morrison family posing with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, zooming in on Mrs Morrison's hand, which showed her thumb and forefinger joined over one of her daughters' wrists.
In some segments of the internet, the joined thumb and forefinger, as part of the traditional "OK" sign, is seen as an indication of support for white supremacy.
"What's this little hand signal thingy??", Ms Szubanski asked in her tweet, which prompted a number of replies from other Twitter users suggesting that Mrs Morrison was somehow signalling support for racist ideology.
Many others tweeted responses showing prominent left-wing politicians like US Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez making the "OK" sign.
In the past, Ms Szubanski has claimed that she herself was the victim of online trolling, most recently after she did a public service announcement supporting Victorian Premier Dan Andrews' draconian COVID lockdown restrictions.
At the time, Israel Folau defended Ms Szubanski, saying, "Please stop the anonymous online attacks on Magda Szubanski, who has entered this debate very respectfully."
"She is entitled to express her views - let's all have this important discussion with love in our hearts."
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/magda-szubanski-criticised-over-jenny-morrison-handmaids-tale-post/news-story/c7d9ccefa6d58995146d01f1943b1f8d
https://twitter.com/MagdaSzubanski/status/1381084653205954560
https://twitter.com/MagdaSzubanski/status/1381095931404152833
#13408195 at 2021-04-12 09:15:54 (UTC+1)
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>>13407722
Ben Roberts-Smith under fresh investigation over burner phones and sealed envelopes
Nick McKenzie, Chris Masters and Joel Tozer - April 12, 2021
The Australian Federal Police is launching fresh investigations into former special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith and has already seized evidence implicating the war hero in an alleged conspiracy to silence witnesses.
The new evidence includes letters Mr Roberts-Smith allegedly placed in sealed envelopes and planned to send anonymously to SAS soldiers he feared would testify against him at a war crimes inquiry.
The AFP has also uncovered the existence of at least five "burner" phones that the Victoria Cross recipient arranged to be purchased in 2018, according to records sighted by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Authorities have identified multiple Optus and Telstra SIM cards purchased for use in burner phones belonging to Mr Roberts-Smith in 2018 and 2019.
Burner phones are disposable mobile phones subscribed in the name of a third party to obscure the true identity of the user from police phone taps and are typically used by people concerned they might be bugged by authorities. After use they are usually destroyed.
Lawyers for Mr Roberts-Smith were contacted on Monday for comment but did not respond.
A joint investigation by The Age, the Herald and 60 Minutes revealed allegations that Mr Roberts-Smith, an accused war criminal, dug a hole in the backyard of his queensland house and buried USB drives inside a pink plastic children's lunchbox, hiding them from both police and military investigations. The USB drives contained images of bad behaviour by soldiers at a makeshift bar in Afghanistan, as well as classified documents and videos.
The AFP has seized the contents of the USBs and is investigating the Victoria Cross recipient's handling of the sensitive files.
The two sealed envelopes recently seized by detectives are in addition to a threatening letter previously seized by police and which was posted anonymously in June 2018 to an SAS witness to the military Inspector-General's war crimes inquiry. That letter warned the witness to stay quiet.
Police are investigating if Mr Roberts-Smith sent that anonymous letter and later sought to destroy the two other envelopes he also had planned to send. Multiple sources speaking on condition of anonymity said a third party, who was allegedly told by Mr Roberts-Smith to destroy the envelopes, kept them instead.
Police seized the envelopes last month, and earlier this month a police forensics team at the AFP Brisbane office was assigned to examine them. The AFP declined to comment, but multiple sources said inquiries were being "prioritised" by the federal agency.
The new investigation probing Mr Roberts-Smith for allegedly intimidating witnesses and concealing evidence is in addition to two AFP taskforces investigating Mr Roberts-Smith for allegedly executing and brutalising unarmed Afghan prisoners in 2009 and 2012.
The new revelations of sealed envelopes and burner phones come as Mr Roberts-Smith's employer, the Seven Network, is standing by him in his role as senior executive. Mr Roberts-Smith and Seven released a statement saying the former soldier denies new allegations that he attempted to thwart police and military investigations by burying USBs.
Seven is also backing the ex-soldier after he was caught on secretly recorded audio lauding his media mogul boss, Kerry Stokes, for financing his fight to "destroy" those in politics, the media and the SAS who have accused him of war crimes.
In separate secret recordings, which were lawfully made, Mr Roberts-Smith revealed his disdain for the business he helps run, his dislike of his fellow Seven executives and his incredulity that he is still running the company's queensland operations despite being at the centre of a war crimes scandal.
Mr Stokes, who is also chairman of the Australian War Memorial, has provided significant financial support to the former special forces soldier to form an expensive legal and public relations team to combat the allegations investigated by the military Inspector-General and detailed in media reporting in The Age and Herald. Mr Roberts-Smith is running a defamation case against the mastheads.
In its statement, the Seven Network said it noted the denial by the Victoria Cross recipient of the allegations unearthed by 60 Minutes and this masthead.
"Insofar as most of the material aired is old, Seven notes that it is before the Federal Court and the court process should be respected," the company said. "Insofar as new allegations are made they do not appear to be supported by evidence."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-under-fresh-investigation-over-burner-phones-and-sealed-envelopes-20210412-p57if9.html
#13407824 at 2021-04-12 07:15:42 (UTC+1)
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>>13407722
Seven stands by senior executive Ben Roberts-Smith over new evidence he attempted to cover up alleged crimes
Anthony Galloway - April 12, 2021
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The Seven Network is standing by its senior executive Ben Roberts-Smith, saying the former soldier denies new allegations that he attempted to cover up police and military investigations into alleged war crimes.
Mr Roberts-Smith has been caught on secretly recorded audio lauding his media mogul boss, Kerry Stokes, for financing his fight to "destroy" those in politics, the media and the SAS who have accused him of war crimes.
A joint investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes has also revealed allegations that the accused war criminal dug a hole in the backyard of his house and buried USB drives inside a pink plastic children's lunchbox, hiding them from both police and military investigations. The USB drives contained images of soldiers misbehaving at a makeshift bar in Afghanistan, as well as classified documents and videos.
In separate secret recordings, which were lawfully made, Mr Roberts-Smith revealed his disdain for the business he helps run, his dislike of his fellow Seven executives and his incredulity that he is still running the company's queensland operations despite being at the centre of a war crimes scandal.
Mr Stokes, who is also chairman of the Australian War Memorial, has provided significant financial support to the former special forces soldier to form an expensive legal and public relations team to combat the allegations investigated by the military Inspector-General and detailed in media reporting in The Age and Herald. Mr Roberts-Smith is running a defamation case against the mastheads.
In a statement, the Seven Network said it noted the denials of the Victoria Cross recipient.
"Insofar as most of the material aired is old, Seven notes that it is before the Federal Court and the court process should be respected," the company said.
"Insofar as new allegations are made they do not appear to be supported by evidence. In the circumstances Seven does not need to reconsider its position concerning Mr Roberts Smith and him continuing in his position."
The company said Mr Roberts-Smith held "grave concerns" as to whether the broadcast was an "attempt to intimidate him into not proceeding with his case" against the newspapers and reporter Nick McKenzie.
"The allegations aired this evening are baseless. These allegations are not supported by any evidence filed by Mr McKenzie and Nine in what has been an extensive pre-trial process," the company said.
"Mr Roberts-Smith denies that he has engaged in any unlawful conduct and he will not be intimidated by Mr McKenzie or Nine into not continuing with the Federal Court proceedings against them."
(continued)
#13407819 at 2021-04-12 07:14:28 (UTC+1)
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>>13407814
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Mr Stokes' financial support allowed Mr Roberts-Smith to form an expensive legal and public relations team in 2018 to combat the allegations investigated by the military Inspector-General and detailed in media reporting in The Age and Herald. Mr Roberts-Smith is running a defamation case against the mastheads.
He said of Mr Stokes' camp: "They are privy to everything that's gone on in the courts, they know what is going on … Put it this way, mate, Stokes isn't an idiot. He's not going to back someone ...who's a loser."
Mr Roberts-Smith is scathing on the recordings about those he considers his enemies: "Now it is personal. Now I'm going to do everything I can to f-cking destroy them mate. Like everyone - and I'll keep going - all those journalists. And that's my sole f-cking mission in life."
Dysfunctional and inept
Mr Roberts-Smith was hired to help run Seven West Media's queensland operations in 2014, after he discharged from the army having earned a Victoria Cross, Medal of Gallantry and Commendation for Distinguished Service as a special forces soldier in Afghanistan. But on the recordings, Mr Roberts-Smith describes Seven West Media as a dysfunctional business led by inept fellow executives.
"As a business person, or inside the business, you just sit there going, 'What the f-ck?'," he tells one associate. "[Kerry Stokes' son and Seven executive] Ryan Stokes put me on the strategy committee because no one knows how to f-cking plan in Sydney, which is actually true … These are the people that are running this business, they don't know how to plan … There are some really good people that I've worked with. Just not many of them above me."
He says on the tapes that his influence in the business is far too limited.
"If I was actually in charge … like they f-cking pay me to do, then I would be able to actually do a job. But I'm not in charge," he complains. "I'll be frank with you ... I don't really like this industry, to be honest. I'm not, I don't see myself staying in this job."
Mr Roberts-Smith describes his fellow Seven employees as "smiling assassins" and says the TV network's queensland staff "have f-cking … worn me down, and down and down to now I'm like, 'you know what? F-ck 'em'."
He is particularly dismissive of human resources issues in the business.
"I hate this shit where people go, 'Oh, you know, this person is a bully, this person is this, that person's that and there's sexual harassment', and you throw these things out there.
"I go, 'OK, that's fine, but if we are going to do that then I want to know, dates, times, places. I want stat decs on the f-cking lot. I don't want your f-cking opinion, I don't want people's bullshit rumours. If you say that to me again, make sure you come with the f-cking proof. Otherwise, it impacts on you'."
Of Channel Seven's high-profile hiring, sports presenter Mel McLaughlin, Mr Roberts-Smith says: "You know the worst thing? I just don't think she's that good looking."
https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-m-going-to-do-everything-i-can-to-f-ing-destroy-them-secret-ben-roberts-smith-audio-revealed-20210409-p57hv9.html
#13407814 at 2021-04-12 07:13:25 (UTC+1)
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>>13407722
'I'm going to do everything I can to f-cking destroy them': Secret Ben Roberts-Smith audio revealed
Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer and Chris Masters - April 11, 2021
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Accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has been caught on secretly recorded audio lauding his media mogul boss, Kerry Stokes, for financing his fight to "destroy" those in politics, the media and the SAS who have accused him of war crimes.
In the recordings, which were lawfully made, Mr Roberts-Smith, a senior executive of the Stokes-chaired Seven West Media, reveals his disdain for the business he helps run, his dislike of his fellow Seven executives and his incredulity that he is still running the company's queensland operations despite being at the centre of a war crimes scandal.
"It's bizarre. Other businesses would have just gone, 'Mate, it's not tenable'. I offered to resign at the start [of the war crimes scandal] and they said, 'Nah'," Mr Roberts-Smith says to an associate in one conversation.
The recordings capture multiple conversations between Mr Roberts-Smith and three other people. The conversations occurred at the time the inquiry of the military Inspector-General, Paul Brereton, was uncovering evidence from SAS whistleblowers that Mr Roberts-Smith was implicated in multiple unlawful executions while serving as an SAS soldier in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. That evidence prompted the Australian Federal Police to launch two ongoing taskforces in June 2018 targeting Mr Roberts-Smith.
The tapes cast fresh light on the extraordinary relationship Mr Stokes has maintained with Mr Roberts-Smith, while revealing the embattled war hero's view that the billionaire is happy to run sections of his media empire at a loss in return for political power. Mr Roberts-Smith says the media is such "a powerful tool" that its owners say, "I'll take that [financial] loss if it means I have political influence … Politicians are scared of guys that own media networks."
Encrypted communications
Mr Roberts-Smith describes how the influence of Mr Stokes, who is also the chairman of the Australian War Memorial, has forced those who supported scrutiny of the accused war criminal to back down.
"They seemed to have smelled blood in the water and thought, 'Oh, Roberts-Smith is going down, we'll f-cking chime in.' I'm talking politicians and all kinds of people," he says.
But after it became known Mr Stokes supported him, these same critics "are like, 'Oh, thanks Kerry, glad you can help Ben out'. What the f-ck is that? You wanted me to go down, you piece of shit."
Mr Roberts-Smith also reveals how he talks to Mr Stokes on "encrypted" phone applications and "intelligence agencies cannot recover it".
"So if I am talking to KMS for example - Kerry - we only talk on Telegram and then delete the messages after … People use them so it can't be intercepted," he says.
There is no suggestion that Mr Stokes uses the applications to avoid interception by Australian authorities, but multiple sources told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that Mr Roberts-Smith has used such applications to avoid interception by the ongoing AFP inquiries.
'I'm indebted to Kerry'
In the recordings, Mr Roberts-Smith makes multiple references to Mr Stokes' support of his fight to contest war crimes allegations and those airing them.
"There's no f-ckng way I'd be able to keep paying what I'm paying for until Kerry got into it. That's why now they're shitting themselves because they realise he's prepared to run his bank down to do it," Mr Roberts-Smith is recorded saying.
"I probably won't leave the fold now … I think I'm indebted a little bit now to Kerry. Bottom line, I'd be f-cked without him … we've certainly had those conversations already."
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#13407783 at 2021-04-12 07:07:45 (UTC+1)
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>>13407722
War hero Ben Roberts-Smith hits back at bombshell report
RHIANNON DOWN - APRIL 12, 2021
Ben Roberts-Smith has accused Nine Entertainment of attempting to intimidate him "into not proceeding" with a defamation suit against the company and its star investigative reporter Nick McKenzie.
Nine's 60 Minutes program on Sunday reported Mr Roberts-Smith, one of the country's most decorated veterans, buried in his backyard evidence of depraved conduct by Special Air Services Regiment soldiers instead of handing it over to war crimes investigators.
The images - first published by The Sydney Morning Herald - show one soldier at the Fat Ladies Arms, a makeshift on-base bar, dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit and others drinking alcohol from a prosthetic leg taken from a Taliban fighter killed by an Australian soldier in 2009.
Other images show senior SAS officers pretending to engage in sex acts with subordinates.
Mr Roberts-Smith said the allegations were "not supported by any evidence filed by Mr McKenzie and Nine in what has been an extensive pre-trial process".
"Mr McKenzie has chosen not to give evidence in support of the allegations he has made against Mr Roberts-Smith repeatedly over the past three years," he said in a statement.
"The allegations aired this evening are baseless.
"These allegations are not supported by any evidence filed by Mr McKenzie and Nine in what has been an extensive pre-trial process.
"These allegations were not put to Mr Roberts-Smith prior to being broadcast on 60 Minutes and published in the Nine newspapers.
"Mr Roberts-Smith denies that he has engaged in any unlawful conduct and he will not be intimidated by Mr McKenzie or Nine into not continuing with the Federal Court proceedings against them."
The images, 60 Minutes reported, were stored on USB drives buried in a garden.
Mr Roberts-Smith is engaged in a high-profile defamation action against Nine Entertainment after the company - then Fairfax Media - published a series of stories alleging the Victoria Cross recipient murdered an unarmed Afghan civilian by kicking him off a cliff.
Nine has argued that the allegations are substantially true.
Australian Special Forces soldiers are now accused of murdering 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners and of "blooding" new recruits by forcing them to shoot unarmed detainees.
That was the conclusion of a four-year investigation by NSW Supreme Court judge Paul Brereton that found "credible information" that up to 25 soldiers were involved in - and covered up - alleged war crimes.
In recordings published by 60 Minutes on Sunday, Mr Roberts-Smith appears to praise Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes for financing him and his fight to "destroy" his enemies.
"There's no f..king way I'd be able to keep paying what I'm paying for until Kerry got into it," Mr Roberts-Smith is heard saying in one recording. "That's why now they're shitting themselves because they realise he's prepared to run his bank down to do it.
"I probably won't leave the fold now ... I think I'm indebted a little bit now to Kerry. Bottom line, I'd be fed without him ... we've certainly had those conversations already."
Mr Roberts-Smith was hired by Mr Stokes to run his company's operation in queensland.
The Australian Federal Police has told Mr Roberts-Smith it has "eyewitness accounts" implicating him in alleged war crimes in Afghanistan, Nine's lawyers have told the Federal Court.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/war-hero-buried-proof-of-lewd-conduct/news-story/2e862921224ae510477998d73bbf3cb4
#13407746 at 2021-04-12 06:58:49 (UTC+1)
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'My sole f-cking mission'
Ben Roberts-Smith has long been at the centre of a storm. By June 2018, the federal police had launched two separate taskforces into allegations he was involved in the executions of Afghan prisoners in 2009 and 2012, and the Brereton Inquiry was also focused on his alleged role in multiple executions of unarmed Afghans, including prisoners. The media had begun exposing his alleged misdeeds and he has since launched defamation action against The Age, the Herald and 60 Minutes. The trial in that case is due to start soon.
But covert recordings of the war hero talking to various associates and now published for the first time, give a rare insight into his confidence. The Roberts-Smith heard on the recordings is bullish.
"All kinds of people have chimed in for their own benefits. They seemed to have smelled blood in the water and thought, 'Oh, Roberts-Smith is going down, we'll f-cking chime in'. I'm talking politicians and all kinds of people," he says of those accusing him of wrongdoing.
But, with the backing of his employer, Seven West Media chairman and billionaire Kerry Stokes, he is full of confidence. He would, he said, go "all the way".
"There's no f-cking way I'd be able to keep paying … until Kerry got into it. That's why now they're shitting themselves because he's prepared to run his bank down to do it," Roberts-Smith says in one conversation.
"But, Seven's been good … Other businesses would have just gone, 'Mate, it's not tenable' ... I offered to resign at the start and they said, 'Nah'. But it's good it's played out the way it has behind closed doors because they now understand."
Secure in his confidence that he would retain Stokes' support and his high-paid career as Seven West Media's queensland manager, Roberts-Smith is recorded gloating about those, including politicians, journalists and other former soldiers, that he will bring down.
"I'm going to do everything I can to f-cking destroy them mate ... That's my sole f-cking mission in life."
The police, though, have never downed tools. In around April 2020, the AFP sent two briefs of evidence to Commonwealth prosecutors. The briefs outline the police case that Roberts-Smith is implicated in the execution of Afghan prisoners, including one who was kicked off a small cliff in 2012.
A number of sources have also confirmed that it was some time in 2020 that federal agents covertly obtained the contents of the USBs that Roberts-Smith had buried in his backyard.
Police detectives have also gathered evidence that has allowed them to trace back to Roberts-Smith the threatening letter and the emails that prompted a police raid on a Brereton Inquiry witness.
Now this alleged conduct is out in the open, Roberts-Smith may be counting more than ever on support from one of Australia's most powerful media moguls. In the recordings of the former soldier speaking to his associates, Roberts-Smith describes how he is "indebted to Kerry".
"I probably won't leave the fold now," he says of Stokes' business empire.
"Bottom line, I'd be f-cked without him ... we've certainly had those conversations already."
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#13407740 at 2021-04-12 06:56:52 (UTC+1)
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>>13407731
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Intimidating witnesses
In June 2018, two years after the Brereton Inquiry was launched and as it was beginning to call in witnesses to testify about Ben Roberts-Smith, an SAS soldier who served with the Victoria Cross winner received a threat in the mail. It warned the soldier that if he did not recant war crimes allegations he would be targeted and would "go down".
The soldier reported to the federal police the attempt to intimidate him into silence. Police seized the letter and tested it for DNA. The then chief of the defence force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, publicly criticised whoever was behind the missive.
"I think it is disgusting that a disaffected person thought they could threaten a witness and look to influence the inquiry," Binskin said on June 15.
Former NSW Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy said the offence of intimidating a witness, if proven in a court, could carry a jail term of up to five years. He described the sending of the letter as "the sort of thing we'd see in The Godfather or mafia-type movies".
"If it does happen, then it's demonstrative of the worst kind of affront to the judicial system. Intimidating witnesses is a horrifying thing to happen in our community."
The police forensics team could not identify the letter's sender and the AFP investigation quickly stalled. But multiple sources, each with knowledge of different aspects of the threatening letter, now say Roberts-Smith organised it. He had bought the paper and stamps, printed the letter at a Seven Network office in regional queensland and then arranged for a former contractor to send it from a postbox in Tweed Heads in northern NSW.
There is no suggestion Stokes or any other person at Seven West Media knew anything about Roberts-Smith's alleged efforts to intimidate witnesses or conceal evidence.
Warnings of a massacre
Months earlier, as another SAS soldier prepared to deliver adverse information about Ben Roberts-Smith to the inquiry, three anonymous emails were sent: one to the federal police, one to independent politician Nick Xenophon and the third to the The Australian newspaper's editor and the paper's former WA-based reporter Andrew Burrell.
The emails variously claimed the soldier was at grave risk of committing a violent act in public, including gunning down civilians in Perth. One of the emails referenced the Las Vegas massacre that was carried out by a lone gunman in October 2017 and claimed 60 lives. Spurred into action, authorities arrived at the witness's family home in Perth with a search warrant and raided the SAS soldier's family home.
Senior barrister Greg Barns SC, who has spoken to the SAS soldier's lawyers in Perth and analysed the anonymous emails, described the raid as a "terribly traumatic event" for a family otherwise "living an ordinary Australian life".
Police found nothing to suggest the soldier was planning a mass shooting, but The Australian seized on allegations in the email and produced a front-page story that alleged the raided soldier had "smuggled automatic weapons from Perth to Afghanistan". Barns says the emails were designed to force police to act.
"One would assume that the reference [to the Las Vegas massacre] was there to indicate that this person would go out and shoot up a huge number of people … You can't think in our society of a more chilling and serious allegation," Barns said. It put the soldier, "in a position where they're inevitably going to be subjected to a raid from police".
The Age, the Herald and 60 Minutes has confirmed the emails were sent by a former contractor to Ben Roberts-Smith. A number of sources, who cannot be named because they have requested anonymity and in some cases fear retribution, say the contractor was acting on Roberts-Smith's instructions.
Barns says concocting a false police complaint may amount to a criminal offence if proven in court. And he says the ostensibly anonymous emails appear to have an ultimate aim: to silence the SAS witness before the Brereton Inquiry.
"The point is to make sure that that whistleblower is of no further impact."
The SAS witness, who retained his job in the regiment, later complained to authorities that the raid was designed to intimidate him into silence before the Brereton Inquiry.
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#13407731 at 2021-04-12 06:55:36 (UTC+1)
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>>13407722
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Brereton's landmark investigation report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan last year posed the greatest challenge to the Australian military in decades after he found serious allegations of up to 39 murders committed by special forces. Roberts-Smith has repeatedly denied committing war crimes or any other wrongdoing and is suing The Age and Herald for defamation. He has insisted he has cooperated fully with the Brereton Inquiry and the federal police.
But further evidence obtained by The Age, the Herald and 60 Minutes shows the former soldier - who is now an executive at Seven West Media's queensland operations - intimidated witnesses in an attempt to stop them giving evidence in inquiries.
Meanwhile leaked recordings of the decorated soldier speaking frankly to a number of associates suggest he is confident that he can see off those seeking to hold him accountable. As long as his employer and benefactor, Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, keeps funding his cause, he says, he will not only win, he will "f-cking destroy" his enemies.
A trophy of war
On September 20, 2012, Ben Roberts-Smith's patrol choppered towards the village of Tizak in Southern Afghanistan. A battle was looming at a scrubby, stony stretch of land that the 203-centimetre soldier knew well.
It was at Tizak in 2010, two years earlier, that Roberts-Smith had earned his VC by displaying an "extreme devotion to duty" paired with "a total disregard for his own safety" as he "stormed the enemy position", according to the official citation.
Two years later, Afghans would also die in Tizak. But unlike the famed battle of 2010, this fight would not involve stories of heroism. Instead, SAS members who spoke on the condition of confidentiality say the Brereton Inquiry questioned soldiers about whether some of the Afghan people left dead by Roberts-Smith's small patrol team had been illegally executed while unarmed.
The Brereton Inquiry's findings about this Tizak mission were released in November 2020 but were heavily redacted. Multiple sources, including SAS soldiers, said several deaths during this operation had been the subject of investigation. Some of the same sources said the inquiry never obtained one photo from that day. It was lying under dirt and a rock in Roberts-Smith's backyard.
The image shows an Afghan man killed by the patrol team led by Roberts-Smith. The man is lying on his back on a woven mat. He has a trimmed dark black beard and looks to be in his 30s. His left arm appears badly injured, a bullet wound appears on his head and his face is smeared with fresh blood. No weapon is pictured.
On each of his eyes is a souvenir military coin. One bears the winged dagger emblem of the SAS, the second shows a picture of bushranger Ned Kelly posing with two six-shooters - the emblem of Roberts-Smith's SAS 2 squadron. The coins were intended to be given to Afghan military allies after joint operations.
Former Chief of the Defence Force and Vietnam veteran, Chris Barrie, says the placement of the coins on a deceased man's eyes amounts to "barbaric trophy hunting". The practice may also be illegal under international law - the Geneva Conventions prohibit the disrespecting of corpses on the battlefield. Barrie said the image trampled over basic military standards.
Though it is not known who is responsible for the death of this Afghan man, or who placed the coins on his eyes, the picture invites questions for potential investigators from the Brereton Inquiry or the federal police. The boots of two different SAS soldiers can be seen in the shot. These are people who might hold critical information.
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#13401179 at 2021-04-11 04:07:35 (UTC+1)
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A spokesman for the University of Sydney said its international engagement was vital to supporting educational, research and commercial partnerships with other universities, including in China.
But he added the university was awake to increasingly sophisticated security threats. "We take these risks seriously and work carefully and diligently to identify and manage relevant risks in a constantly changing legal and operating environment," the spokesman said.
A Monash spokeswoman said the university had contracted a specialist counter foreign interference team from McGrathNicol, including Mr Garnaut, since the release of new government guidelines in 2019.
While Monash still valued and worked with international partners, the spokeswoman said parts of Australia's security regime for universities made it more difficult for potential overseas partners.
"The process to enter into formal partnership agreements with global prospects is now very complex and raises additional risk from any institutional partner's perspective, as the legislation gives unfettered discretion to the minister to cancel agreements at any time," she said.
Sophie Loy-Wilson, a senior lecturer specialising in Australian-Chinese history, said concerns about foreign interference had led to an opaque regime of controls that made academics like her afraid to collaborate with Chinese counterparts.
"I'm angry that something that I've dedicated my life to, which is trying to understand the relationships between Australians and Chinese people, is now being thwarted," Dr Loy-Wilson said.
Another University of Sydney lecturer, David Brophy, whose research is primarily on China's autonomous Xinjiang region, which is home to the repressed Uighur minority, said some rhetoric about the threat of technology transfers was overblown.
"It's in the context of talking about scientific exchange," Dr Brophy said. "It's not some set of secret instructions to ethnically Chinese people in Australia."
A University of queensland spokeswoman said it had completed a three year set of works to update its policies and increase disclosure requirements, which required staff to complete registers disclosing other paid employment, work on sensitive technology or anything else required by the influence register.
"As part of this program, UQ commissioned an external audit by John Garnaut at McGrathNicol to assist the University in ensuring secondary paid employment has been adequately disclosed," the spokeswoman said.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-turnbull-security-adviser-auditing-academics-links-to-china-20210408-p57hoj.html
#13401177 at 2021-04-11 04:07:06 (UTC+1)
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Former Turnbull security adviser auditing universities' foreign interference risks
Nick Bonyhady - April 11, 2021
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Some of Australia's top universities have called in a Chinese Communist Party expert to detect foreign interference risks, including auditing academics from at least one institution to see if they have secret secondary jobs.
The universities of Sydney, New South Wales, Monash and queensland have all engaged former journalist and government adviser John Garnaut through consultancy firm McGrathNicol in a move designed to reassure the federal government they are taking the issue seriously.
Mr Garnaut's appointment follows the introduction of the Foreign Influence Transparency Register, which requires people acting for overseas governments to declare their activities, and the refusal of several academic funding grants by the Education Minister last year on security grounds.
There have been growing fears in the West, including Australia, that the Chinese government is using academic talent programs to acquire intellectual property that can be put to military use.
That created a climate stifling legitimate international collaboration with scant security implications, some academics said.
The chair of Federal Parliament's Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Liberal senator James Paterson, welcomed Mr Garnaut's work as a signal universities were taking the problem seriously.
"I will be watching with interest to see how successful they are in implementing John's advice," he said.
Mr Garnaut declined to comment on this story but provided a remark he made to a closed-door hearing of Senator Paterson's committee where he said most Australian universities had rapidly started building resilience to foreign interference.
"They are doing so through different pathways, at different paces and from different starting points," said Mr Garnaut, who also does work for technology companies, infrastructure firms and state and federal departments.
"This testimony would be very different if we were delivering it three years ago, or even six months ago. While there is a long way to go, the shift in approach has been far reaching."
His collaborator at McGrathNicol, Matt Fehon, said the firm's work recognised the importance of international research collaborations while managing risk and helping universities to assess conflicts of interest.
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#13390206 at 2021-04-09 12:40:25 (UTC+1)
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>>13390184
Q Post #100
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https://qanon.pub/#100
#13383114 at 2021-04-08 09:36:46 (UTC+1)
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Ipswich man charged with possessing child abuse material
A 35-year-old Ipswich man is due to appear in court today (8 April 2021) charged with child exploitation offences following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection investigation.
Officers from the Brisbane Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) executed a search warrant at an address in Gailes, Ipswich on 28 January 2021 after receiving a report from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States.
The report indicated a person, believed to be in queensland, was uploading child abuse material using a Google account.
During the search of the Gailes home officers located two laptops, an iPad and five USBs, allegedly containing child abuse material. Three mobile phones and two external hard drives were also located and seized for forensic analysis.
The man was later charged with three counts of possessing child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service and five counts of possessing child exploitation material, as well as unrelated state offences.
The maximum penalty for these Commonwealth child abuse material offences is 15 years imprisonment.
He is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
AFP Detective Superintendent Child Protection Operations Paula Hudson, said the AFP's international partnerships were vital to stopping those spreading child abuse material online.
"It takes a network to break a network and this arrest is an example of our strong relationships with international law enforcement," Detective Superintendent Hudson said.
"Our message to offenders accessing, transmitting and exchanging child abuse material is that the AFP will not stop investigating those responsible for spreading this abhorrent material and bringing them before the court."
Members of the public who have any information about this network or people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
https://crimestoppers.com.au
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
https://www.accce.gov.au/report
Note to Media:
Use of term 'CHILD ABUSE' MATERIAL NOT 'CHILD PORNOGRAPHY'
The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material - the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims. Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
Editor's Note: Images of this investigation are available via Hightail - https://spaces.hightail.com/space/Ker98mFsVT
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/ipswich-man-charged-possessing-child-abuse-material
#13370228 at 2021-04-06 08:17:42 (UTC+1)
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Cops lay 45 charges against 15 alleged sex criminals busted preying on Territory children online
Police have charged 15 people with a total of 45 offences following a months long operation targeting sex criminals preying on Territory children via online chat forums.
JASON WALLS - April 6, 2021
POLICE have charged 15 people with a total of 45 offences following a months long operation targeting sex criminals preying on Territory children via online chat platforms.
During Operation May, police executed 19 search warrants between January and March throughout the NT and queensland, as well as successfully extraditing a 52-year-old man from Western Australia.
In a sting conducted as a part of the bust, officers posed as a 12-year-old girl who engaged with a 28-year-old man online before arranging to meet up.
The investigators tracked the man while using an undercover operative as a decoy and arrested him when he showed up at the arranged location.
He and the other men, aged between 21 and 52 were charged with offences including using the internet to procure a child, using a carriage service to transmit child abuse images and indecent dealing with a child under 10.
The offences were allegedly committed against four girls in the NT aged between 5 and 8.
NT Police Acting Commander Lauren Hill said the joint operation with queensland Police and the Australian Federal Police was the first time such a large scale raid focusing on the NT had been undertaken.
"Police had identified an investigation in the Tennant Creek area and a result of examination of devices held by that person allowed us to conduct some intelligence and assessment and from that assessment we rolled with the operation," she said.
Cmdr Hill warned parents that any of the online platforms children had access to could be harbouring "predators on the other side".
"We would encourage parents to know what they're children are doing in relation to online," she said.
"Who they're engaging with online, where their chat conversations are, what gaming platforms they're accessing and potentially using any security enhancements that are available on their own devices."
AFP Detective Superintendent Paula Hudson said the operation was another example of Australian law enforcement's dedication to working hand-in-hand to protect children and ensure predators were detected and prosecuted.
"This is also a warning to any adult who wants to prey on children online," she said.
"You may not be talking to a vulnerable child, you could be talking to a police officer."
Detective Sergeant Paul Lawson said the alleged offences and the potential for further offending by the perpetrators was "horrific".
Stopping the abhorrent intentions of people like them, drives officers within the joint operation every day to rid our society of this type of offending," he said.
https://www.ntnews.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts/cops-lay-45-charges-against-15-alleged-sex-criminals-busted-preying-on-territory-children-online/news-story/eadaa9c679d62e79ab36321f2727b5cf
#13351781 at 2021-04-03 09:51:25 (UTC+1)
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>>13351778
Citizen sleuths to the rescue in child abuse cases
If you've got an eye for piecing together clues, Trace an Object needs you.
DAVID MURRAY - April 2, 2021
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The picture shows a young girl standing on a deck, paint peeling off the railings behind her, with a partial view of a lake in the background. Carefully edited to conceal the girl's identity, it was almost all that Carlos Gonzales had to go on, and the clock was ticking. According to police, this non-explicit image was of a girl who was being abused by a man who appeared to be her father.
Gonzales is an engineer, not a cop, who just happens to have discovered he has a freakish talent for identifying locations from tiny clues in photographs.
His skills first came to the fore after Europol, the EU's police force, launched its groundbreaking Trace an Object campaign.
As part of the campaign, which has been running for almost four years and recently has been replicated in Australia, investigators publicly release images of objects and places from unsolved child abuse cases to try to find victims.
Gonzales tried his hand in tracking down the Europol images and had some stunning success, publishing his results on investigative journalism website Bellingcat.
It earned him the attention and respect of some of the leading child-victim identification experts in international law enforcement, who were soon approaching him for assistance.
Since September last year, Australian police - at the forefront of the global fight against child exploitation - have been sending pictures from the world's most intractable cases to Gonzales, tapping into his skills in forensic online investigations, popularly known as open source intelligence.
One of the images shared with him was of the girl by the lake, along with some images of blurred background objects from other pictures in the same series.
She could have been anywhere in the world, but one object, a partially obscured water bottle, allowed Gonzales to narrow the search.
"I tracked it to one specific region in Mexico, found a lake in the city where I thought the image was from, and bang! Found it," Gonzales tells Inquirer this week. "Three days it took us to narrow down the place and timeframe."
Co-operative effort
Adele Desirs pulls up the girl's redacted image on her over-size computer screen at the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation.
"Once he had the location, we managed to identify the girl and the father. So we forwarded all of that to the country (Mexico)," she says. Desirs is a French police captain recruited to work as a victim identification analyst in the queensland Police Service's renowned anti-online child exploitation squad, Taskforce Argos, four years ago.
In a remarkable example of federal and state co-operation, Desirs now sits side-by-side with Australian Federal Police analysts at the new federally funded ACCCE facility in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. By dismantling cross-agency silos, the centre is raising the capacity of investigators in the pursuit of a single goal - protecting children.
Inquirer was allowed on to the investigation floor as the victim ID analysts arrived for work from 6am, followed by covert investigators.
"I first heard about Carlos from what he did in Trace an Object Europol because I read his articles on Bellingcat," says Desirs.
"I was just very, very impressed, from an old series that was not even really reviewed any more, how much he could find. I learned a lot from what he did."
Believing that Gonzales might be able to find other children, Desirs initially sent him images from five unsolved cases. To the amazement of Desirs and her colleagues, he found all five locations, working on each for just five days with a team of other volunteer online investigators.
Gonzales is extremely generous with his time and will "work on one picture for hours and hours and hours", she says. Police, on the other hand, must "work every day, as much as we can, on thousands and thousands and thousands of pictures and cases".
On the anonymous dark web, where Desirs is focused, vast new sets of photographs and videos are shared among global networks of offenders each day.
As they appear online they are filtered through law enforcement databases to automatically identify those already discovered, while Desirs and her colleagues scramble to find the new images of children at immediate risk of harm.
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#13351778 at 2021-04-03 09:50:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
Civilian expert tracks the child abusers
DAVID MURRAY - APRIL 3, 2021
Australian police are using civilian sleuths with expertise in open source intelligence techniques to help solve the world's toughest online child sexual abuse cases.
Since September last year, carefully selected images from a dozen cases have been sent overseas by queensland's Task Force Argos to a volunteer online investigator with remarkable skills in finding locations from small clues in photographs.
Working with a team of other international volunteer investigators, the engineer has directly tracked down locations or generated significant leads in 10 of the cases, leading to authorities rescuing children.
He first discovered his proficiency in online investigations through Europol's Trace an Object crowdsourcing campaign, in which the public is asked to identify objects and places from unsolved child abuse cases.
The Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in March launched its own version of the campaign, initially releasing images of nine objects.
Investigators say they are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of new images being generated every day and public assistance is key to fighting back against child exploitation.
"In many cases, we know the sex offender communities are demanding more content from some of these people," says Detective Superintendent Jon Rouse, manager of covert online investigations, victim ID and training at the ACCCE.
"So, you know it's going to keep happening, and police are working against the clock with what we have, to try to find the location and get an investigative team somewhere in the world or Australia onto it.
"There's people out there that once they realise what we are up against, and with the very, very, very thin blue line that we have to put against it, they want to help."
ACCCE victim identification analyst Laura Smith has been driving the Australian Trace campaign since returning from a three-year stint with Interpol's Crimes Against Children Unit in France.
"The crime type as a whole can be a really hard and uncomfortable topic to talk about for people in general, but it's so important because the effects of abuse on children last a lifetime," she said.
The hope is that in some cases the victim would come forward and recognise that the object used to belong to them, and that they know that they've been abused and photographed.
Superintendent Rouse said investigators had been unable to identify hundreds of abused and at-risk Australian children on photographs and videos retrieved from the surface web, dark web and other sources, so had to think laterally to try to solve them.
"Crime scenes are something police deal with all the time," Superintendent Rouse said.
"Our problem is we don't know where the crime scene is, we don't know who the victim is and we don't know who the offender is. And all that we've got is that image or video."
Since its launch, Trace an Object Australia's website has had about 37,500 page visits and received 425 reports from the public that are being assessed, an AFP spokesman said on Friday.
Victim identification analyst Adele Desirs from Argos has been selecting images for the civilian investigator.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/civilian-expert-tracks-the-child-abusers/news-story/a9a4ec119ba3c16c85000fd37c06f8b1
https://accce.gov.au/report/trace
#13351667 at 2021-04-03 08:41:08 (UTC+1)
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Her next project will be to help 500,000 pretrial detainees should she ever be set free. "She wants to use her name; she wants to use her case; she wants to use her resources, her intelligence, her network to get a powerful light shone on this absolutely unacceptable side of American, so-called justice. It's wrong," says Mr Maxwell. "If she is exonerated, which she fully expects to be, she's not going to just walk away and forget about this. She's going to put her shoulder to the grindstone trying to do something positive to get that situation changed."
After attending the University of Oxford, Ms Maxwell moved to the US while her brother remained in the UK and they saw less and less of each other. But Mr Maxwell is now riding to his sister's defence. The last time he heard his sister's voice was nine months ago, listening to her give monosyllabic answers at an early court hearing that was viewable online. She has lost weight - and hair - while in jail and communicates through her lawyers.
Mr Maxwell insists his sister's relationship with Epstein was not a normal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship and that they maintained separate homes. "I don't think you could characterise this as a kind of conventional lovey-dovey living together relationship," he says. "I think the most important thing that you could possibly report is that they never lived together, ever. He had his place. She had her place. It's hugely important for a man who was as compartmentalised as Jeffrey Epstein clearly was."
Epstein, he believes, kept his sordid sex life and criminality secret from Ms Maxwell. It is an argument that her lawyers will need to win to persuade a jury of her innocence.
Dozens of women have filed lawsuits against the Epstein estate, valued at close to $600 million on his death. To date, four women are involved in the criminal prosecution of Ms Maxwell. It is unclear if others will give supporting evidence. The new charges, announced last week, had the effect of "lobbing a grenade into the proceedings".
Mr Maxwell says: "Ghislaine is facing charges effectively created by the US government solely to satisfy the media, to appease accusers, and their trial lawyers, bolstering a weak case in an effort to justify huge settlements for crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, and by Jeffrey Epstein alone. They're trying to revive Epstein by relitigating crimes, with a proxy defendant Ghislaine. That just ain't right."
The latest charges relating to sex trafficking between 2001 and 2004 are intriguing, not least because that is a timeframe when Prince Andrew, Ms Maxwell's long-time friend, was becoming close to Epstein. The pair met in about 1999. Prince Andrew gave an interview to the BBC current affairs programme Newsnight in November 2019, three months after Epstein died, in which he denied any wrongdoing but failed to express sympathy for Epstein's victims and argued, for example, that the account of one victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre was false because he did not sweat and had, anyway, been at Pizza Express.
The claims opened Prince Andrew up to ridicule but Mr Maxwell doesn't believe that interview had any bearing on the subsequent pursuit of Ghislaine. The die was cast when Epstein died in custody and, says Mr Maxwell, authorities - the then Attorney general William Barr was "livid" - needed somebody in the dock.
"I don't actually agree that this particularly reignited [the case]," says Mr Maxwell. "I think it was, it was bubbling away there after Epstein died... it [the interview] did sort of shine a light back on it, but it was the most remarkable piece of self-destruction."
Prince Andrew and Ms Maxwell, long-time friends since her Oxford days, last saw each other in June 2019 when she was visiting London at the start of a charity car rally. In almost two years since then their lives have been turned upside down over their association with Epstein. The Duke of York is banished from public duty, free to roam the queen's Windsor estate. Ghislaine Maxwell is confined, meanwhile, to her 9ft by 7ft jail cell. A trial, should it take place in July, will decide once and for all if she deserves anyone's sympathy.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/02/exclusive-ghislaine-maxwells-brother-says-self-destructive-prince/
#13351663 at 2021-04-03 08:39:45 (UTC+1)
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Exclusive: Ghislaine Maxwell's brother says 'self-destructive' Prince Andrew will not be a witness
Ian Maxwell says that Duke of York is 'hostage to fortune' and that his sister has become a hate figure as she awaits sex trafficking trial
Robert Mendick - 2 April 2021
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Ian Maxwell is adamant his sister, Ghislaine Maxwell, will not be calling the Duke of York as a witness for the defence when she stands trial this summer. Following Prince Andrew's last public interrogation - on BBC television by the journalist Emily Maitlis - he considers it wouldn't be a good idea for the queen's son to spring to Ms Maxwell's defence. "It was the most remarkable piece of self destruction," says Mr Maxwell. "I think he would be - as he proved in that interview - I think he's a pretty serious hostage to fortune. I don't think that's going to happen."
Mr Maxwell, 64, is giving a wide-ranging interview in defence of Ms Maxwell. He believes his younger sister (now aged 59) has become a hate figure, in part because she is a woman accused of sex crimes. He says she is being treated far worse ahead of her trial than famous (now infamous) men, such as Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, who were both subsequently convicted of sex offences.
He has written a letter to Joe Biden's Attorney General, pleading for the US to give Ms Maxwell a fair trial. In the letter, he draws a comparison between his sister's plight and that of Field Marshal Lord Bramall, the former head of the Army and D-Day veteran, who was falsely accused of being a paedophile by a fantasist subsequently jailed for 18 years.
Ms Maxwell, he believes, risks becoming a victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice, a "patsy" in his words for the sex crimes committed by her one-time boyfriend, the billionaire financier, who hanged himself in the summer of 2019 while awaiting trial for child sex abuse.
"It is completely Kafka-esque," said Mr Maxwell of his younger sister's predicament. She is languishing in a Brooklyn jail on charges relating to allegations that took place - in some cases - 27 years ago and made by four women, now presumably middle-aged, whose identities the courts will not reveal. This, says Mr Maxwell, is the American justice system. And he holds it in pretty low regard. Ms Maxwell is in a tiny cell, watched over 24 hours a day, woken up and checked on every 15 minutes to ensure she hasn't killed herself, as her former boyfriend did. Mr Maxwell likens the "truly horrific" conditions of her captivity to "torture" and questions how she can mount a defence in such "circumstances". There are two million pages of discovery documents for her to plough through.
"My sister has been banged up for 280 days. It really is grotesque," he says. It's a word he uses a lot in relation to his sister's current situation. So too "Kafka-esque". When - or if - she is acquitted, he says, she plans to campaign for the other half a million people who spend month after month on pre-trial detention in the US.
In the latest twist in the Maxwell saga, the British socialite was informed this week she faces two further charges of sex trafficking of a minor after a new woman came forward claiming she procured her for Epstein. In total, she faces eight charges over allegations made by four women over a 10-year period. Mr Maxwell insists there isn't a shred of corroborative evidence to back up historic allegations and that the new charges, perversely, suggest the US prosecutor's case is a weak and desperate one. He points to testimony given by a police officer in a civil case against Ms Maxwell who under oath said her name had never come up in a previous criminal investigation into Epstein dating back to a conviction 2008. "It's not in her nature to do any of these things," says Mr Maxwell.
Ms Maxwell, says her brother, is now in a quandary. If she delays her trial - due to start in July - in order to prepare her defence against the new allegations, then she will spend more time in jail. A fourth attempt to secure her bail is being prepared.
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#13350803 at 2021-04-03 03:47:42 (UTC+1)
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Seven blood clot deaths in the UK after AstraZeneca vaccine
queensland's chief health officer has warned people to "seek urgent advice" if they have symptoms of a rare vaccine side effect, after seven died in the UK.
Natalie Brown - APRIL 3, 2021
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Seven people in the UK have died from unusual blood clots after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab, as Australian health officials vow they're taking the "potential risk very seriously".
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency confirmed to the BBC that out of the 18 million people vaccinated across the UK up to March 24, 30 had presented with the blood clots. Out of those, data showed 22 cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), a type of blood clot in the brain.
It remains unclear whether the condition is a side effect of the vaccine or just a coincidence, with investigations underway to determine if the AstraZeneca vaccine is causing the rare syndrome.
News of the deaths come after the first case of the condition was identified in Australia, in a 44-year-old Melbourne man who received the jab on March 22. Yesterday, he presented to the Victorian capital's Box Hill Hospital with a fever and abdominal pain, and was found to have abdominal clots with a very low platelet count.
Both the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and TGA vaccine safety investigation group will hold emergency meetings on Saturday to look into the case and consider responses.
This morning, queensland's chief health officer, Jeannette Young, insisted the vaccine is perfectly safe for the vast majority of people, but warned people to be aware of the symptoms of rare but serious side effects like blood clots.
"It is very, very unlikely, but if you do (become unwell four to 20 days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine), then you should seek urgent advice. That's important," Dr Young advised, adding that at this point in time, "people shouldn't be concerned".
"We know that all vaccines have some very, very rare side effects that can be serious, and we know if we are giving the same vaccine to large numbers of people across the whole world, we would expect to see those rare side effects because we're giving the vaccine to millions and millions and eventually billions of people.
"People just need to be aware of any symptoms and just come forward if they do have them."
Yesterday, acting chief medical officer Michael Kidd urged Aussies to stay calm.
"Investigators have not at this time confirmed a casual link with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine but investigations are ongoing," Professor Kidd told reporters.
The "very rare disorder" has "previously not been known to be associated with the vaccine, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19", Professor Kidd said.
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#13350677 at 2021-04-03 03:24:16 (UTC+1)
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On a happier note on a sad theme, the increased number of homeless living around the Vatican, sometimes in the colonnades, are well looked after, fed, able to take a shower, and supported by the Pope's almoner, young Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, with a hands-on approach and a heart of gold. He himself was able to restore the electricity supply of one of his friends when it was interrupted. Many of the younger cardinals have more colourful backgrounds than the old hands.
Most of the poor and all of the taxi drivers in Rome have a viewpoint on religion and the Vatican, while everyone knows when Lent is ending, Holy Week is approaching and has a rudimentary grasp of Christian claims. The Easter bunny doesn't get much of a run in Rome; thanks be to God.
In Australia, everyone enjoys the Easter break, as they enjoy the queen's Birthday holiday, but many haven't much of a notion about the Christian origins of the celebration, even of Good Friday.
This is partly because the Christian teachings about Easter are quite uncompromising; an explicit claim to supernatural happenings, to the triumph of good over evil through the redemptive suffering and death of the Son of God, despite the reality of so much continuing suffering in the world. Christians claim that in his dying Christ went through to the highest heavens, absolving the faults of many. He looked evil in the eye and defeated it through his own defeat. A large claim.
Christians believe in redemptive suffering, that our personal sufferings can be turned to a good purpose through Christ. This belief can be a wonderful consolation in bad times. I like to recount the anecdote about Karl Marx who, when he had a bad attack of boils, lamented that he did not have a God to whom he could offer his sufferings. At least he knew what he was missing.
Christians claim not only that God continues to work through history, but redemption was achieved through actual events in Jerusalem when Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor and Herod was tetrarch. Christ died on Calvary. Few dispute this. Is he truly risen from the dead? There were no bones in the tomb after the resurrection, only a miraculous liberation, more marvellous even than the Jewish escape from Egypt under Moses. Such might be mistaken claims but they are not a bloodless myth, not an attractive apparition from the dreamtime, but an assertion that the cross has triumphed through the execution of an uneducated preacher, a non-Roman who was crucified like a slave in a difficult outlier province of the empire.
Naturally my words are spoken with a disciple's tongue and an increasing percentage of Australians, often people of goodwill, cannot accept that they are true; or do not even know what is claimed. Some aren't interested, others would like to believe but they cannot. I am blessed, or lucky, to have been brought up to believe that this account of God's love at work is true and I have explicitly chosen to continue to believe. I suspect most Christians at some stage are tempted to wobble, to wonder about the truth, perhaps even to doubt, although the great 19th-century English thinker St John Henry Newman explained that difficulties do not necessarily lead to doubts. But too many are lapsing into disinterest or unbelief. Unfortunately, the sad little story of two clergy, sliding towards agnosticism and discussing theology, does not belong entirely in the realms of fantasy.
"Did you hear," said the first speaker, "that Jesus' bones have been found?" "What," replied his friend, "are you saying that Jesus really existed?" I think we can safely assume that neither of these fictional figures would believe that eternal consequences might follow from the morality or immorality of our actions. Unlike the pagan gods of Greek and Rome, the Judaeo-Christian God is interested in how we live.
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#13341737 at 2021-04-01 06:52:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #15 - NEVER RETREAT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD Edition
#14 - Part 11
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations
>>13168834 Video: World Cup rugby star Tony Daly speaks out about his childhood sexual abuse - ABC News Australia
>>13190149 Two women face court over alleged planned female genital mutilation of two-week-old baby in WA
>>13190664 NSW man James Robert Davis charged with keeping slave in Sydney suburb of Maroubra
>>13196575 Video: Man travels from Mt Isa to Brisbane to meet 'girl' who was undercover cop - Arrested by Detectives from Task Force Argos
>>13228625 Video: Escaping a sex cult: How Australian women were enslaved in plain sight (James Davis) - ABC / Four Corners
>>13235103 Former 'slave' Felicity Bourke speaks out about abusive sex cult being run from a rural property (James Davis)
>>13241444 Video: Australian Federal Police call for more people to come forward after James Davis charged with slavery offences
>>13241449 New South Wales cops 'warned about alleged sex-slave ring' in 2019 (James Davis)
>>13243916 Former prison guard James Davis denied bail over slavery offences - "kept in strict protection" 24 hours a day in Tamworth Correctional Centre
>>13254455 Operation Arkstone: Shaun Dregmans arrested in dawn raid, faces child abuse charges - 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network
>>13254494 Video: Operation Arkstone Update: Additional 152 charges laid against Sydney man, junior soccer coach Grant Harden
>>13266971 'He's not a hero, he's a paedophile': new claims against Ken Dyers, Kenja Communications spiritual chief
>>13301085 Former queensland MP Trevor Perrett charged with indecent treatment of young girls under 16 and 17
>>13307405 Video: First exit trafficking conviction in Australia - Sydney man used threats, coercion and deception to force a woman and her child to return to India
>>13322581 Video: Australian Prime Minister on the work of former Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton, to help take down global pedophile networks
>>13335667 South Australian MP staffer Ben Waters charged with child abuse-related offences
#13341681 at 2021-04-01 06:37:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#14 - Part 11
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations
>>13168834 Video: World Cup rugby star Tony Daly speaks out about his childhood sexual abuse - ABC News Australia
>>13190149 Two women face court over alleged planned female genital mutilation of two-week-old baby in WA
>>13190664 NSW man James Robert Davis charged with keeping slave in Sydney suburb of Maroubra
>>13196575 Video: Man travels from Mt Isa to Brisbane to meet 'girl' who was undercover cop - Arrested by Detectives from Task Force Argos
>>13228625 Video: Escaping a sex cult: How Australian women were enslaved in plain sight (James Davis) - ABC / Four Corners
>>13235103 Former 'slave' Felicity Bourke speaks out about abusive sex cult being run from a rural property (James Davis)
>>13241444 Video: Australian Federal Police call for more people to come forward after James Davis charged with slavery offences
>>13241449 New South Wales cops 'warned about alleged sex-slave ring' in 2019 (James Davis)
>>13243916 Former prison guard James Davis denied bail over slavery offences - "kept in strict protection" 24 hours a day in Tamworth Correctional Centre
>>13254455 Operation Arkstone: Shaun Dregmans arrested in dawn raid, faces child abuse charges - 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network
>>13254494 Video: Operation Arkstone Update: Additional 152 charges laid against Sydney man, junior soccer coach Grant Harden
>>13266971 'He's not a hero, he's a paedophile': new claims against Ken Dyers, Kenja Communications spiritual chief
>>13301085 Former queensland MP Trevor Perrett charged with indecent treatment of young girls under 16 and 17
>>13307405 Video: First exit trafficking conviction in Australia - Sydney man used threats, coercion and deception to force a woman and her child to return to India
>>13322581 Video: Australian Prime Minister on the work of former Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton, to help take down global pedophile networks
>>13335667 South Australian MP staffer Ben Waters charged with child abuse-related offences
#13320406 at 2021-03-29 06:59:15 (UTC+1)
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Amanda Stoker will become the assistant minister for women, while also assisting Michaelia Cash in the industrial relations and Attorney-General portfolios.
As expected, Mr Porter moves out of the Attorney-General's portfolio due to concerns about any conflicts of interest in the portfolio while he takes defamation action against the ABC over its reporting of allegations of rape, which he denies.
Mr Porter will become Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, replacing Ms Andrews. A key factor in the move was concern in the government that dropping Mr Porter from cabinet and the ministry would send a message that an accusation was enough for ministers to lose their job.
Mr Morrison also removed Linda Reynolds from the defence portfolio while she takes leave over a heart condition. When she returns from leave next week, Senator Reynolds will become Minister for Government Services, remaining in cabinet.
Senator Reynolds was admitted to hospital on February 23 after a week of intense criticism of her actions following the alleged rape of Ms Higgins in her ministerial office two years earlier.
Mr Morrison has criticised Senator Reynolds over some of her response to the alleged rape in her office, saying it was "disgraceful" she called Ms Higgins a "lying cow" over the adviser's claims she did not get enough support after the incident.
He also acknowledged that people in the government failed to give Ms Higgins enough support, even though they were trying to help.
Stuart Robert will move from government services to become Employment Minister, replacing Senator Cash.
In another key appointment, Mr Morrison restored Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price to cabinet in her existing portfolio.
The changes leave cabinet with seven women: Senator Payne, Senator Ruston, Senator Cash, Senator Reynolds, Ms Andrews, Ms Price and Environment Minister Sussan Ley.
Mr Morrison addressed calls for Andrew Laming to quit the Liberal National Party and move to the crossbench, saying Dr Laming had committed to undertake counselling, and that behavioural change is the preferred end result.
Dr Laming is facing calls to quit from within the Coalition, after allegations of online bullying and taking a photo of a woman's bottom at her workplace without permission.
Coalition senator Sarah Henderson told Channel 7's Sunrise on Monday that she was "not comfortable" being in the same party room as him.
The queensland MP will leave politics at the next election and he will take immediate personal leave to undertake counselling after he conceded he did not understand how his actions affected other people.
Senator Payne said Mr Laming's "behaviour is clearly inappropriate and he is taking steps to address that".
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-announces-cabinet-reshuffle-20210329-p57exa.html
#13320062 at 2021-03-29 05:17:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Liberal MP Andrew Laming to quit politics at next election
Cameron Gooley - 28 March 2021
queensland backbencher Andrew Laming will resign from politics at the next election, after allegations aired by Nine News in a series of reports.
"Andrew is not re-contesting the next election for the LNP, we'll find a new candidate and that will be up to the preselectors," Deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg said.
It comes after two prominent female Liberal politicians said Dr Laming should resign from federal politics in a joint appearance on the ABC's Insiders program on Sunday morning.
During their appearance, Katie Allen and Sarah Henderson said Dr Laming's alleged behaviour was unacceptable.
In a statement late on Saturday night Dr Laming said he would take medical leave and use the time to complete counselling services he had previously committed to.
In a statement released on Sunday morning, he said he would take courses in empathy and communication "not just to be a better MP, but to be a deeper and more empathic person".
"The common thread of the last week has been not demonstrating anything close to understanding how my actions affect others," he said.
"I intend to own those mistakes."
Last week Nine News aired allegations that Dr Laming had used Facebook to accuse one woman of misappropriating funds from a charity organisation she worked at, which she denies.
Before the story aired Dr Laming apologised for and retracted his online comments in Parliament, but later reporting alleged he had downplayed the apology in a Facebook post - and Prime Minister Scott Morrison directed him to seek professional counselling.
"I'm very pleased he's going to be taking some time off," Dr Allen said on Insiders.
"I really think he needs to have a pretty serious look about whether he's going to recontest the next general election."
Sarah Henderson told Insiders host David Speers she hoped Dr Laming would leave Parliament.
"We can certainly say as Liberal women this is not good enough ... I'm not comfortable with [the alleged] conduct, and I hope Andrew makes the right decision."
Labor says Laming should resign from Parliament
Labor said news that Dr Laming would not recontest his seat was not good enough, and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese called on him to resign from Parliament altogether.
He also said Labor would consider denying a pair arrangement with the Coalition if Dr Laming has not returned by the next parliamentary sittings.
"There's a range of measures available to the Labor Party when Parliament resumes ... we regard these circumstances as being very different from the circumstances whereby someone has a health issue," Mr Albanese said.
A pair arrangement occurs when the Opposition agrees to have one of its members abstain from a vote if a government MP cannot attend Parliament.
The Coalition currently has a one seat majority in the House of Representatives, where Dr Laming sits, after Craig Kelly moved to the crossbench last month.
If Dr Laming were to resign from Parliament, the government would lose its already slim majority - but Mr Kelly has previously guaranteed confidence and supply.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-28/andrew-laming-wont-contest-his-seat-next-election/100033900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbAFSN11BRs
#13319973 at 2021-03-29 04:59:22 (UTC+1)
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Larissa Waters retracts tweet against Peter Dutton, apologises
Following a demand from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton about online posts, Greens senator Larissa Waters has apologised.
Matthew Killoran - March 24, 2021
Greens senator Larissa Waters has issued an "unreserved" apology to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton after calling him a "rape apologist" last month.
The Courier-Mail revealed on Saturday Mr Dutton had sent a legal letter to the queensland senator demanding the apology and removal of online posts containing the insult.
Senator Waters' comments were made on social media site Twitter in February, in reaction to a news article in which Mr Dutton referred to not knowing the "he said, she said" in the Brittany Higgins rape allegations that have rocked Parliament.
"WOMEN DO NOT LIE ABOUT BEING RAPED (Peter Dutton) YOU INHUMANE, SEXIST RAPE APOLOGIST," she posted, with similar comments made in a press release.
Tonight she posted an apology to both Twitter and her own website.
"On 25 February 2021 I published a media release on my website, posted on my Twitter account, and made in the course of a press conference false and defamatory statements that Peter Dutton is a rape apologist, that he has sought to conceal and dismiss reports of rape, and that he has no sympathy for victims of rape," she said.
"I accept that there was no basis for those allegations and that they were false. I unreservedly apologise to Minister Dutton for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation I have caused him."
Senator Waters' original tweet was no longer online last night.
She has been outspoken on the rape, sexual assault and cultural issues that have engulfed Federal Parliament in the past month, also taking part in the March 4 Justice in Canberra on Monday.
On February 25 Mr Dutton told reporters that he had not told Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the alleged rape of Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins on Parliament grounds before it went public, because he wasn't provided with "the 'she said, he said' details of the allegations", but he did pass "high level" details on to the Prime Minister's office.
The following day Mr Dutton defended the comments, saying the rule of law needed to apply and that sexual assault and harassment were among the "most abhorrent acts that a man could ever perform".
Mr Dutton's office was contacted for comment.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/larissa-waters-retracts-tweet-against-peter-dutton-apologises/news-story/11d9476ee5c340db4d30e18b7b6437f1
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Greens Senator Larissa Waters Tweets
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https://twitter.com/larissawaters/status/1374639256895844353
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reports of rape, and that he has no sympathy for victims of rape. I accept that there was no basis for those allegations and that they were false. I unreservedly apologise to Minister Dutton for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation I have caused him." 2/2
https://twitter.com/larissawaters/status/1374639398441029636
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Apology to Peter Dutton
LARISSA WATERS - 24 MAR 2021
On 25 February 2021 I published a media release on my website, posted on my Twitter account, and made in the course of a press conference false and defamatory statements that Peter Dutton is a rape apologist, that he has sought to conceal and dismiss reports of rape, and that he has no sympathy for victims of rape. I accept that there was no basis for those allegations and that they were false. I unreservedly apologise to Minister Dutton for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation I have caused him.
https://larissa-waters.greensmps.org.au/articles/apology-peter-dutton
#13313378 at 2021-03-28 06:27:19 (UTC+1)
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What has QAnon got to do with Australians?
It is often called a cult, but that implies something limited and small. Others suggest it is better understood as a new religion, or political movement. It could be both.
Margaret Simons - MARCH 28, 2021
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It was mid-December, three weeks before rioters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC. I was driving through the Northern Rivers region, just south of the queensland border, and listening to podcasts by Pete Evans, Australia's most prominent proponent of QAnon conspiracy theories.
I had asked Evans for an interview. I told him I wanted to understand his path from celebrity chef to paleo diet enthusiast to Trump supporter and proponent of QAnon. He did not reply. But others had agreed to talk.
The hippies, everyone I spoke to agreed, had been the beginning of this region's reputation as a place for those prepared to question authority or, as one naturopath and QAnon conspiracy theorist put it to me, to "seek their own truth".
Evans posts several new episodes of his Evolve podcast each week. I listened to him interview a former Victorian public servant, Sanjeev Sabhlok, who resigned because of Premier Daniel Andrews' coronavirus lockdown - which Sabhlok described as "the great hysteria". Another interview was with British "teacher, mystic and award-winning poet" Richard Rudd, who told Evans the world was self-regulating by culling itself and, almost as a throwaway line, described democracy as "mob rule".
For the most part, Evans adopted the stance of the wide-eyed student, albeit one convinced that nothing mainstream media or most politicians said could be trusted. He said he "glances" at QAnon, just as he "glances" at mainstream media.
But as December progressed and Donald Trump escalated his claims about a stolen election, Evans became more explicit. On January 6 - the day of the Capitol riots - he interviewed 'Dave', who puts out one of the most popular US QAnon podcasts, introducing him as a "truthseeker". Dave said Biden would never be president. Trump had won the election.
The next day, Evans posted a video to Instagram. He was wearing a wetsuit in camouflage colours. He jerked a thumb to his chest and asked: "Are we going into battle? Maybe. Seems that way."
According to a study by the US NGO The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, by the middle of last year Australia had become the fourth-biggest country in the world for QAnon social media content and discussion, and while the United States still overwhelmingly dominates, the Australian footprint is growing - as it is in Britain and Canada.
The QAnon movement has swallowed up virus denialism, suspicions about 5G (which some believe causes COVID-19) and parts of the anti-vaccination movement, as well as ancient, almost archetypal tropes of anti-Semitism, of evil enemies eating babies.
Meanwhile, a new ecosystem of media and influencers has been created - podcasts, vodcasts, video 'documentaries' and books.This world overlaps with the mainstream media. The two most popular websites linked to by Australian QAnon posters are those of Sky News and The Australian, both owned by News Corporation, according to the Institute of Strategic Dialogue. The third most popular is the ABC.
There were many different groups among the mob that stormed the US Capitol on January 6 - including pre-existing racist groups such as the Proud Boys and the veteran-dominated right-wing militia the Oath Keepers. But why did tens of thousands of ordinary Americans spend time and money answering Trump's call to come to Washington? The vibe, the linking idea, the evangelism and the binding network was QAnon.
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#13301508 at 2021-03-26 08:56:49 (UTC+1)
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The leaked material suggests that, by early 2020, The Base had recruited four Australians, though two had by then also left the group. One of those who stayed, and who The Age and Herald have identified as a young Perth tradesman, agreed to be The Base's Australian leader and recruit more members, targeting young, impressionable men rather than older men with children.
"The guys with wives and kids, that's a big problem," the lead Australian recruiter said on one recording, while also describing how he would instruct the Canberra teen applicant to take photographs of neo-Nazi material "in front of the Parliament House" as "a really good propaganda piece".
Another applicant to The Base is Gold Coast-based Grant Fuller, whose vetting application states that he is a former military employee turned "leader" of the queensland chapter of Australia's highest-profile extremist group, The Lads Society. This meant he could "open doors to more recruits", he said. Mr Fuller denied attempting to join The Base when quizzed by The Age and Herald.
Former West Australian One Nation candidate Dean Smith, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 federal election, told Mr Nazzaro during his vetting interview that "I have come to realise that there really is no political solution" and that, "if I want to leave a legacy for my children, then I'm going to have to do something about it".
Mr Smith refused to answer questions last week, but sources with knowledge of The Base said he did not end up joining the US group and remains close to SWAN. Both Mr Smith and Mr Fuller sought to obscure their identities but were revealed by personal details they disclosed in their applications.
Formed in 2018 and active in the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, The Base supports "accelerationist" theory, which involves efforts to hasten the collapse of American liberal democracy into civil war, and bring about a white ethnostate. In encrypted chats, members have discussed the methods and efficacy of tactics such as sabotaging infrastructure and the finer points of guerrilla warfare.
While Mr Nazzaro has publicly sought to distance his group from domestic terrorism and violence, he and his fellow Base leaders are heard tacitly encouraging violence. A Perth applicant said he wanted to access firearms and avoid police attention. He said he had taught his 11-year-old stepdaughter a martial art and she had already "bashed two f—ing Africans". One of The Base's leaders responded: "That's good. So then you are a good trainer." There is no evidence that Mr Smith or Mr Fuller have engaged in or planned any violent activity or terrorism.
In response to questions sent by The Age and Herald, Mr Nazzaro said The Base was an "entirely legal" self-defence and survivalist network.
The recordings suggest that proscription of The Base by ASIO as a domestic terrorism group - a move which outlaws people becoming members and supporting it - would undermine its operations. One of The Base's leaders described a "terrorism designation" , if it were to happen, as a "game changer".
ASIO has recommended a number of extreme right-wing groups be declared terrorist organisations but they have not succeeded because Australia's legal definition is narrower than in some other countries.
UK-based neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division recently became the first right-wing extremist organisation listed as a terrorist group in Australia.
In mid March, ASIO director general Mike Burgess described how "ideological extremism investigations have grown from around one-third of our priority counter-terrorism caseload, to around 40 per cent" and that he was "particularly concerned by the number of 15- and 16-year-olds who are being radicalised".
But Mr Burgess cautioned not to automatically place neo-Nazi extremists and other hate-inspired groups "in the same threat category as ISIL [also known as Islamic State] or al-Qaeda". However, he stressed the danger they posed was real and might be growing.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/us-neo-nazi-group-recruits-young-australians-secret-recordings-reveal-20210324-p57dqh.html
#13301085 at 2021-03-26 05:48:45 (UTC+1)
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Former queensland MP Trevor Perrett has been charged with indecent treatment of young girls
A former queensland MP is facing numerous sex related charges relating to girls under 16 and under 17.
Darren Cartwright - MARCH 26, 2021
A former queensland MP and father of a sitting member is facing more than 20 charges of indecent treatment of at least one teenage girl.
Trevor Perrett, who served for a decade and was the Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Forestry during the 1990s, is due to face Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on Monday.
The 79-year-old has been charged with eight counts of indecent treatment of girls under 16 and 16 counts of indecent treatment of girls under 17.
It is unclear whether the charges relate to one or more alleged victims.
Mr Perrett was elected as an independent in the seat of Barambah at a by-election in 1988.
At the following election he stood as National party member and held the seat until 1998 when he was toppled by One National representative Dorothy Pratt.
He was a minister from 1996 to 1998 during Rob Borbidge's reign as premier.
Mr Perrett's son Tony is the Liberal National Party member for Gympie.
https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/former-queensland-mp-trevor-perrett-has-been-charged-with-indecent-treatment-of-young-girls/news-story/a150a1709a227d01f3f7e01c92a288f4
#13301064 at 2021-03-26 05:41:52 (UTC+1)
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Clive Palmer's anti-vax pamphlets slammed by Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison has slammed the "complete rubbish" flyers bombarding Australians, with authorities urged to investigate.
Natalie Brown - MARCH 26, 2021
Former politician and controversial businessman Clive Palmer has come under fire for nationally distributing flyers attacking the coronavirus vaccine, with authorities urged to investigate.
The black and yellow pamphlets - which do not reference Mr Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP) - question the speed of the development of the vaccines and claim appropriate safety checks and balances are lacking, describing them as being subject to "emergency use" authorisation.
"Urgent Communication," the front of the flyers read. "The simple fact is that we don't have one-year safety data, three-year safety data or five-year safety data or for the use of the COVID-19 vaccine."
In a lengthy message on the opposite side, Mr Palmer writes that he feels "duty bound to bring the following to your attention".
"Revelations that two Australians were ill following administration of the COVID vaccine were disturbing and it's difficult to understand now there could be overdoses administered by registered practitioners," the flyer reads.
"While I strongly support the use of vaccines which have approval for general use such as measles and other diseases, I am very concerned by the emergency use of this vaccine on the general population.
"My understanding is that emergency use of a medicine is only authorised if the person receiving the treatment is in immediate danger of dying. This is not the case with millions of Australians who are not ill."
Mr Palmer goes on to say he does not understand "why it is that millions of Australians should be subject to a medical treatment that has not complied with normal practices under Australian Law".
"I don't understand why Australians need to rush or take risks with their health," he adds.
A number of politicians have slammed Mr Palmer for undermining public confidence in Australia's COVID-19jab rollout, with Scott Morrison this morning deeming them "complete rubbish".
The Prime Minister urged Australians to ignore the flyers, which have so far been picked up in South Australia, queensland and New South Wales.
Shadow Health Minister Mark Butler told the ABC's AM radio program that he has written to the Australian Electoral Commissioner, Tom Rogers, demanding action.
"The COVID vaccine rollout and the government's response to the pandemic generally are very clearly going to be big election issues in the lead up to the 2021 or 2022 federal election," Mr Butler said.
"Clive Palmer, who is so closely associated with the party he began, is spewing misinformation in exactly the same way he runs an election campaign.
"It's important the Electoral Commission get ahead of this, and if Mr Palmer does want to do this thing he's required to properly authorise it in accordance with our electoral laws."
Australian Medical Association (AMA) vice-president Chris Moy told the ABC there was "a lot" of data indicating the safety of the vaccines, and "no real evidence" of major problems like Mr Palmer suggests.
"Clive, we'll leave the mining to you and you leave the medicine and science to us," Dr Moy said.
"The problem is, say somebody doesn't get the vaccination because of his message, which is clearly not based on any particular expertise on his part, what happens if they later get COVID or even die later?
"He'll be completely removed from direct responsibility for it, but as far as I'm concerned he's as responsible as any doctor who does something wrong."
A spokesperson for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed to the broadcaster that the national health regulator "does not have an 'Emergency Use Authorisation' pathway for COVID-19 vaccines".
"Most countries that are using Emergency Use Authorisations (such as the UK, US and Canada) are not the same as regulatory approval, and have been made in response to the very high COVID-19 disease burden and risk in those countries," they said.
The TGA urged Australians to "rely on trusted information sources".
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/clive-palmers-antivax-pamphlets-slammed-by-scott-morrison/news-story/faeaae728539b1fd93c4ca21dcf72afd
#13281918 at 2021-03-23 16:10:22 (UTC+1)
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Canadians found this:
AstraZeneca Admits Vaccine Efficacy Based On "Interim" Data, Vows To Release Update Within 48 Hours
by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021
Update (0800ET): As the media (and the rest of the world) tries to figure out what exactly is going on with the AstraZeneca trial data, and whether the vaccine's ability to protect the population from COVID truly does outweigh the risks, the company has just released a statement promising to release up-to-date results from the final phase of the trial within 48 hours.
AZ said yesterday's trial conclusions were based on an "interim analysis" with all data received by the cutoff date of Feb. 17. Then, it promised to "immediately engage with the independent data safety monitoring board to share our primary analysis with the most up to date efficacy data." Results of this primary analysis will be available within 2 days.
The numbers published yesterday were based on a pre-specified interim analysis with a data cut-off of 17 February.
We have reviewed the preliminary assessment of the primary analysis and the results were consistent with the interim analysis. We are now completing the validation of the statistical analysis.
We will immediately engage with the independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) to share our primary analysis with the most up to date efficacy data.
We intend to issue results of the primary analysis within 48 hours.
More academics complained about the optics of the situation.
"The last thing this vaccine needs is more concern when we kind of thought we were at that point now where we would put to bed all the other concerns," said Paul Griffin, an associate professor of medicine at the University of queensland in Brisbane, who is conducting clinical studies in Australia on four Covid-19 vaccine candidates.
And reporters complained that AstraZeneca's explanation, and the whole back-and-forth between Astra and the NIH, seemed bizarre.
This is a truly bizarre situation. NIAID says the data safety monitoring board for AZ's #covid19 vaccine trial notified it that it was concerned AZ included outdated efficacy information in its release yesterday. No further details. (1) pic.twitter.com/Q8X66wdzuK
- Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) March 23, 2021
In statement just out, AstraZeneca says yesterday's update was based on interim analysis with cutoff Feb 17, and it will provide primary analysis without 48 hours: https://t.co/0NEz10EbeJ pic.twitter.com/K32F9mphnW
- Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) March 23, 2021
The efficacy rate in the US trial was stronger than the 70% figure AstraZeneca reported from an earlier study. But those data were an average of different readings (62% and 90%) from two separate arms of the study. Bottom line: Whatever the 'final' efficacy number is, it should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
To that point, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nominal head of the NIAID, insisted that, in all likelihood, the AstraZeneca jab is "very likely a very good" vaccine. This is presumably just another in a seemingly endless stream of hiccups.
*FAUCI ON ASTRAZENECA: THIS IS VERY LIKELY A VERY GOOD VACCINE
Translation: stick a fork in it
- zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 23, 2021
Translation: the US will follow through with plans to approve the AstraZeneca jab (after a notably lengthy delay) - but turn around and give all the AZ jabs it has on hand to Mexico and other governments.
Pretty soon, maybe AstraZeneca can stop blaming European governments for stoking skepticism about the company's COVID jab, and start blaming the US (or maybe the drugmaking giant might consider accepting some responsibility, considering the reaction to rare blood clots isn't the first safety issue to mar the jabs reputation).
More:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/american-health-regulators-slam-astrazeneca-releasing-incomplete-trial-data
#13260735 at 2021-03-20 07:21:36 (UTC+1)
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Peter Dutton's defamation warning over comment by Greens Senator Larissa Waters
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has threatened defamation action against Greens Senator Larissa Waters over a rape slur.
Matthew Killoran - March 19, 2021
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has sent a legal letter threatening defamation action against Greens Senator Larissa Waters for calling him a "rape apologist".
Senator Waters' comments were made on Twitter in February in reaction to a news article in which Mr Dutton referred to not knowing the "he said, she said" in the Brittany Higgins rape allegations which have rocked parliament.
The legal action comes as the Morrison Government faces criticism over its handling of explosive sexual assault and harassment allegations, while Attorney-General Christian Porter has begun defamation action against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan for reports on a historical rape claim.
Senator Waters posted the comments in a tweet on February 25, while also repeated the claim in a press release in which she condemned a "culture of silence".
"WOMEN DO NOT LIE ABOUT BEING RAPED (Peter Dutton) YOU INHUMANE, SEXIST RAPE APOLOGIST," she posted.
Mr Dutton is understood to have sent the legal letter on Friday afternoon, threatening defamation proceedings against Senator Waters.
The letter said Mr Dutton argued the statements were "clearly false and defamatory" and is seeking a "unreserved public apology", as well as removal of the statement online and payment of his legal costs. He demanded a response by March 23.
The post in question was still online as of last night.
Senator Waters has been outspoken on the issues regarding the rape, sexual assault and cultural issues which have engulfed parliament for the past month, also taking part in the March4Justice in Canberra on Monday.
On February 25 Mr Dutton told reporters that he had not told Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the alleged rape of Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins on parliament grounds before it went public because he wasn't provided with "the 'she said, he said' details of the allegations", but he did pass "high level" details on to the PM's office.
The following day Mr Dutton defended the comments saying the rule of law needed to apply and that sexual assault and harassment were among the "most abhorrent acts that a man could ever perform".
Senator Waters had criticised Mr Dutton for being "the fifth government member who knew about the allegation, but apparently didn't bother to pick up the phone to the PM".
Senator Waters and Mr Dutton declined to comment.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/peter-duttons-defamation-warning-over-comment-by-greens-senator-larissa-waters/news-story/4a2f052fe036ce3e32834b94a43ba9a3
#13254494 at 2021-03-19 07:33:20 (UTC+1)
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Operation Arkstone Update: Additional 152 charges laid against Sydney man
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A 31-year-old Sydney man will face a further 152 charges at Sydney Central Local Court today for allegedly sexually abusing young children and filming the abuse to share online.
The man from St Clair was initially arrested in May 2020 under Operation Arkstone, a large-scale investigation into a global online network of alleged child sex offenders.
He was charged with 44 child sexual abuse offences, including multiple counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years. He is now facing a total of 196 charges relating to child sexual abuse and bestiality offences.
Operation Arkstone began in February 2020 following a report to the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) from the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an online user allegedly distributing and receiving child abuse material online.
AFP investigators uncovered the online network of alleged child sex offenders when examining the mobile phone seized during the arrest of a Wyong man for alleged child sexual abuse offences, marking the first arrest for Operation Arkstone.
A 31-year-old North Sydney man has become the 20th man arrested as part of Operation Arkstone. AFP investigators executed a search warrant at his residence in Willoughby yesterday (17 March 2021).
The man was arrested and subsequently charged with one count of possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service, contrary to section 474.22A of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth). He is expected to appear in Downing Centre Court on Thurs. 15 April 2021.
The investigation has now led to 20 men arrested in Australia with 14 men charged in NSW, three in queensland and three in Western Australia.
The 20 men face a total of 1026 charges related to child sexual abuse and in some cases bestiality offences.
Since Operation Arkstone began in early 2020, there have been 53 children removed from further harm in Australia.
As a result of evidence gathered during Operation Arkstone, the AFP made 146 international referrals to law enforcement agencies around the world.
AFP investigators have been sharing intelligence and working with their counterparts in Europe, Asia, United States and Canada, and New Zealand to identify child sex offenders and children in need of rescuing from further abuse.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has been integral in identifying the online network of alleged child sex offenders, which has now resulted in three arrests in the United States with inquiries continuing.
The Kelowna Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified two young victims and charged one man with alleged sexual assault, sexual interference and possessing child abuse material.
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#13254486 at 2021-03-19 07:31:28 (UTC+1)
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Shaun Dregmans faces child abuse charges after Operation Arkstone raid
A dawn raid has led to the arrest of the 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network.
Janet Fife-Yeomans and Joanna Panagopoulos - March 18, 2021
A dawn raid on the north shore home of a hospitality worker has led to the arrest of the 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network.
Shaun Dregmans, 31, was on Wednesday charged with possessing child abuse material as junior soccer coach Grant Harden, 29, faces a further 152 charges in court on Thursday as intelligence from the Australian Federal Police has led to four overseas arrests.
The 20 men face a total of 1026 charges related to child sexual abuse and in some cases bestiality.
A total of 53 children have now been removed from further harm in Australia as a result of Operation Arkstone, AFP Commander Hilda Sirec revealed on Wednesday.
She said that COVID-19 had made the prevalence of child exploitation even worse.
"As a society we still find it too confrontational to talk about child sexual abuse and exploitation," Commander Sirec said.
"So we must have more conversations with the community and inform them that this crime is more pervasive and widespread than realised.
"Australia has stood shoulder to shoulder to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. We also need the country to use the same sense of purpose and urgency to help fight the exploitation of children."
Operation Arkstone, which has spread to Europe, Asia, the US, Canada and New Zealand, was sparked over a year ago after the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identified the online network of alleged child sex offenders distributing and receiving child abuse material using social media including Snapchat, Dropbox and Mega accounts
They alerted the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation which has so far made 146 international referrals to law enforcement agencies around the world.
In the latest arrest, AFP investigators executed a search warrant at Dregmans' Willoughby home before he was charged with one count of possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service. He was granted police bail to appeal at Downing Centre Court on April 15.
Harden, of St Clair, has been remanded in custody since his arrest in May last year on 44 child sexual abuse charges, including multiple counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years, and bestiality.
He faced a further 152 charges at Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing young children and filming the abuse to share online.
Harden did not appear on screen when his case was heard.
In the brief hearing it was determined the case would be back in the same court on May 13 for committal.
He will be required to appear on screen at the next appearance. He did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
Fourteen men have now been charged in NSW, three in queensland, three in Western Australia, three in the US in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Connecticut and one in Canada as overseas police forces join with the AFP, NSW Police and other state and territory forces.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-new-south-wales/shaun-dregmans-faces-child-abuse-charges-after-operation-arkstone-raid/news-story/3b8d262c79666c448274a109a954eec0
#13254455 at 2021-03-19 07:19:53 (UTC+1)
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Shaun Dregmans faces child abuse charges after Operation Arkstone raid
A dawn raid has led to the arrest of the 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network.
Janet Fife-Yeomans and Joanna Panagopoulos - March 18, 2021
A dawn raid on the north shore home of a hospitality worker has led to the arrest of the 20th man allegedly linked to the country's biggest child sex abuse network.
Shaun Dregmans, 31, was on Wednesday charged with possessing child abuse material as junior soccer coach Grant Harden, 29, faces a further 152 charges in court on Thursday as intelligence from the Australian Federal Police has led to four overseas arrests.
The 20 men face a total of 1026 charges related to child sexual abuse and in some cases bestiality.
A total of 53 children have now been removed from further harm in Australia as a result of Operation Arkstone, AFP Commander Hilda Sirec revealed on Wednesday.
She said that COVID-19 had made the prevalence of child exploitation even worse.
"As a society we still find it too confrontational to talk about child sexual abuse and exploitation," Commander Sirec said.
"So we must have more conversations with the community and inform them that this crime is more pervasive and widespread than realised.
"Australia has stood shoulder to shoulder to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. We also need the country to use the same sense of purpose and urgency to help fight the exploitation of children."
Operation Arkstone, which has spread to Europe, Asia, the US, Canada and New Zealand, was sparked over a year ago after the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identified the online network of alleged child sex offenders distributing and receiving child abuse material using social media including Snapchat, Dropbox and Mega accounts
They alerted the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation which has so far made 146 international referrals to law enforcement agencies around the world.
In the latest arrest, AFP investigators executed a search warrant at Dregmans' Willoughby home before he was charged with one count of possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service. He was granted police bail to appeal at Downing Centre Court on April 15.
Harden, of St Clair, has been remanded in custody since his arrest in May last year on 44 child sexual abuse charges, including multiple counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years, and bestiality.
He faced a further 152 charges at Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing young children and filming the abuse to share online.
Harden did not appear on screen when his case was heard.
In the brief hearing it was determined the case would be back in the same court on May 13 for committal.
He will be required to appear on screen at the next appearance. He did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
Fourteen men have now been charged in NSW, three in queensland, three in Western Australia, three in the US in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Connecticut and one in Canada as overseas police forces join with the AFP, NSW Police and other state and territory forces.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-new-south-wales/shaun-dregmans-faces-child-abuse-charges-after-operation-arkstone-raid/news-story/3b8d262c79666c448274a109a954eec0
#13241570 at 2021-03-17 07:03:32 (UTC+1)
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Britain aligns with Australia against China
GREG SHERIDAN - MARCH 17, 2021
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pivoting his government towards the Indo-Pacific, which he is due to call "the geopolitical centre of the world" in a major policy speech in London overnight.
It comes as the British government has recognised the threat that Chinese international assertiveness and militarisation pose to the UK's national interests.
A British pivot to the Indo-Pacific means London will put more emphasis on Asia in trade and security. It may well seek to join the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, and it will seek greater investment - both inward and outward - from Asia.
After COVID, Asian economies have a much higher growth rate than European economies. And now, having left the EU, Britain will want to tie itself to that higher growth.
Canberra will regard this as good news because the two Five Eyes partners have very closely aligned world views. Of all the European nations, Britain has the most global outlook and the widest global interests. Pivoting to Asia is a key part of Mr Johnson's post-Brexit vision for Britain.
His government will act to restrict foreign investment that could compromise national security in critical infrastructure. It will also act to make sure that sensitive sites, such as military and communications bases, are safeguarded from espionage or technical penetration.
Like Australia, Britain will take increased measures to ensure the security of its critical domestic infrastructure such as energy and transport networks.
Mr Johnson is launching the report of a wide-ranging integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy, entitled Global Britain in a Competitive Age
He will announce the establishment of a White House-style Situation Centre - mimicking the Americans' famed Situation Room - in the Cabinet Office to co-ordinate all tools of government in an emergency, as well as a new Counter-Terrorism Operations Centre.
The review predicts that a terrorist attack involving a "dirty bomb" is likely before 2030.
The review specifically recognises China as "the biggest state-based threat" to Britain's economic security.
It labels Beijing "a systemic challenge" to British prosperity and values, echoing similarly strong language in a recent European Union document.
It also says that China's increased militarisation and assertiveness in the Pacific will pose "increasing risks to UK interests".
In his speech, Mr Johnson is not expected to call out China by name. But, according to British press reports, he talks of new powers that are "using all the tools at their disposal to redefine the international order, and in some cases undermine the open and liberal international system".
He will specifically commit his government to a "tilt to the Indo-Pacific" and offer as evidence of his commitment the voyage of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS queen Elizabeth to the Pacific this year, where it will exercise with US and Japanese ships, as well as his planned visit to India in April, his first overseas trip since Britain left the EU.
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#13196575 at 2021-03-13 10:40:20 (UTC+1)
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Man travels from Mt Isa to Brisbane to meet 'girl' who was undercover cop
A Mount Isa man who travelled all the way to Brisbane allegedly to meet an "underage girl" for sex has had a rude awakening upon his arrival.
Kate Kyriacou - March 12, 2021
Detectives have arrested a Mount Isa man who allegedly travelled from North West queensland to Brisbane to meet a child for sex - only to discover he'd been talking to undercover police.
The 20-year-old man was arrested this morning at a Hungry Jack's in Brisbane's west where he thought he was meeting a 15-year-old girl.
Detectives from Task Force Argos and the Ferny Grove Child Protection and Investigation Unit began investigating the 20-year-old man in January following a tip from police in Western Australia.
Police will allege the man made contact with an undercover officer from Argos via a social media app and began engaging in "inappropriate behaviour" with what he believed was an underage girl.
He is then alleged to have travelled from Mount Isa to Brisbane to "engage in sexual acts" with the girl.
The man has been charged with using the internet to procure a child under 16 years of age with a circumstance of aggravation that the offender went to a place with the intention of meeting the child and four counts of grooming a child under 16 years.
He was released on bail and is due to appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on March 16.
Argos Detective Inspector Glen Donaldson of Argos warned predators that undercover police were posing as children online every day to catch them out.
"Every day Argos has undercover officers working in a range of online platforms to detect and apprehend people who seek to exploit children in our community," he said.
"To those that seek to engage in this predatory behaviour, just remember that the next `child' that you engage may be a member of Argos."
He warned parents to be vigilant about their children's online activity.
"Supervision is key to prevention, as is ongoing communication with children about how to stay safe online and the dangers of having online 'friends' they have never met face-to-face," Det Insp Donaldson said.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts/man-travels-from-mt-isa-to-brisbane-to-meet-girl-who-was-undercover-cop/news-story/f2cb36c57c9df24f953c939e960ca061
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2021/03/12/argos-arrest-brisbane-3/
#13190149 at 2021-03-12 07:02:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Two women face court over alleged planned female genital mutilation of two-week-old baby in WA
Keane Bourke - 12 March 2021
Two women have faced court over allegedly planning the female genital mutilation of a two-week-old baby.
WA Police have charged the women, aged 23 and 50, after they allegedly approached a doctor in January for the procedure.
Police said the doctor refused and reported the matter to authorities, sparking an investigation by Child Abuse Squad detectives.
Today the women appeared in the Armadale Magistrates Court, charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and are due to reappear on April 20.
Magistrate Steven Malley described the matter as a serious offence and dismissed a request made by the pair to regain custody, saying it would be like "putting [the baby] back into the lion's den".
The baby girl is now in the hands of Child Protection authorities.
If found guilty, the women could each face up to 10 years in prison.
Police did not confirm where the women live but said it was within their Cannington District, which includes Bentley, queens Park, Rossmoyne, Shelley and Willetton.
Cultural beliefs the alleged motive
In a statement, WA Police said they believed the circumcision was planned as part of cultural beliefs.
"The WA Police Force embraces the diversity provided by the many cultural and ethnic groups that form our community," a police spokesperson said.
"Practices which may be acceptable by some cultures and in some countries may constitute criminal offences in Western Australia.
"It is an offence to commit female genital mutilation in Western Australia."
Procedures that remove part or all of the external female genitalia or cause injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons are illegal across Australia.
It is believed around 53,000 women live with female genital mutilation across Australia.
Clinical practice guidelines from WA's Women and Newborn Health Service explain that the procedure is usually carried out between the ages of 4 and 10 years old, but may be conducted as late or "just before marriage, during pregnancy or post-birth".
"The motivation for communities to practice [female genital mutilation] varies wildly but includes psychosexual and sociological reasons, hygiene and aesthetic reasons and myths," it reads.
"It is a practice that is deeply entrenched in cultural heritage and traditions."
Australia's first prosecution for female genital mutilation was recorded in November 2015.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-12/women-allegedly-planned-genital-mutilation-of-baby-girl-in-perth/13242794
#13174891 at 2021-03-09 17:50:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
>>13174865
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World War II veteran Nevin Phillips, 96, who served on-board HMAS Kanimbla in the Pacific, was devastated when last year's Anzac Day celebrations were called off at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The proud navy man, who survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf - the biggest navy battle of the war - signed up for service at just 18 years old out of a belief in service. "My job was taking soldiers from ship to shore," he said. "We would go all the way up the island all the way from New Guinea. We would do a landing and go back to Australia, pick up some more troops and take them to another place.
"I lost my hearing when a cannon fired right above my head."
The grandfather, who lives in Doncaster in Melbourne's east, has marched almost every year in memory of his fallen mates and his father Herbert, who had his horse shot out from under him during the Battle of Beersheba.
Granddaughter Lauren, 25, said the whole family would go to watch him march every year with pride and this year may be his generation's last chance.
"He's 96 and if he doesn't get the opportunity to march this year, there is no guarantee if he will make it to 97," she said.
In Victoria, The Australian understands veterans were briefed about plans for a pared-back Anzac Day march - with 5000 servicemen and women - in a closed-door meeting with army personnel last week. Older veterans would be ferried to the event via car and family members would not be permitted to march with their relatives.
The Victorian government is yet to sign off on the proposal.
"RSL Victoria continues discussions with the Victorian government and other stakeholders to allow Anzac Day activities across the state to take place while observing all related COVID-19 restrictions," chief executive Jamie Twidale said.
Celebrations will go ahead without number restrictions in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and queensland, while Tasmania will have a scaled-back march.
Mr Elliott said RSL NSW had been too conservative in its initial plans for the Sydney march.
"It was quite clear the civilian community and the veterans community wanted to commemorate Anzac Day as close to normality as possible," he said.
"The restriction that the RSL placed on themselves were a bit unfair. So I called in the RSL, the Office for Veterans Affairs, the police and the Department of Health. We thrashed out a plan to see more than 5000 veterans being able to march."
The NSW RSL so far has received less than 200 registrations from veterans in the ticket ballot for the Sydney CBD March.
In 2019, 12,000 veterans and descendants marched on Anzac Day in the Sydney CBD.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan confirmed the commemorations would go ahead as usual in the state, with plans to allow crowds up to 10,000 for the dawn service.
An SA Government spokeswoman said there would be no restrictions on this year's Anzac Day march or Dawn Services.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/this-year-well-march-on-anzac-day-to-remember-them/news-story/0eaeeb06f6b9441c9cbc0cab1dcff713
#13168992 at 2021-03-08 02:08:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
Hopping mad: US campaign to ban kangaroo imports gains bipartisan support
Matthew Knott - March 7, 2021
Washington: The Australian embassy in Washington is pushing back against a bipartisan effort by American legislators and animal rights groups to ban the importation of all kangaroo products into the United States.
A Democratic congressman from California, Salud Carbajal and his Republican counterpart Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania last month introduced a bill into the US House of Representatives that would impose steep penalties on anyone importing kangaroo leather or meat into the US.
The coalition of animal rights groups behind the bill is running a sophisticated campaign called "kangaroos are not shoes" that features graphic images of dead kangaroos and joeys.
The group's website, which encourages Americans to contact their local representatives about the issue, describes Australia's kangaroo cull as the "largest land-based commercial wildlife slaughter in the world, ten times larger and far bloodier than the notorious seal slaughter in Canada".
The website asks why two million kangaroos are being killed each year in Australia when other countries protect native icons such as the North American bald eagle, the New Zealand kiwi bird and the Chinese panda.
If passed into law, the legislation would be a massive blow to the Australian kangaroo industry given exports to the US are worth an estimated $80 million a year, making it the industry's second-biggest export market after the European Union.
The primary aim of the Kangaroo Protection Act is to stop major brands such as Nike, Adidas and Puma from using kangaroo leather in their soccer shoes and bicycle cleats.
The bill has forced Australian officials in Washington to counter commonly-held views, including that kangaroo harvesters are targeting a "cute and cuddly" endangered species.
"When we heard this bill had been introduced we moved quickly because we wanted to make sure that lawmakers understood the basis on which the commercial kangaroo industry operates in Australia," US ambassador Arthur Sinodinos said.
"It's about providing context and information to dispel some misconceptions that are out there."
Wayne Pacelle, the president of Animal Wellness Action, one of the groups lobbying for the bill, said he decided to launch the campaign after the death of thousands of kangaroos and other marsupials during the Australian bushfires of late 2019 and early 2020.
"People outside Australia consider kangaroos to be one of the primary icons and symbols of that continent so there's an instinctive reaction when they hear that two million kangaroos are killed for their parts," he said. "They are stunned."
Pacelle said: "I believe we stand a very good chance of getting this passed.
"The animal welfare lobby in the US has passed a lot of major legislation, and there's no domestic constituency for this enterprise. It's an easy vote for Democrats certainly, and also for Republicans to show they are animal-welfare friendly."
Selling kangaroo products conflicts with the long-standing US norm that only farmed animals - rather than those killed in the wild - should be exploited for commercial gain, Pacelle said.
Politicians as divergent as Jamie Raskin, who served as the Democrats' lead impeachment manager during Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, and Republican Matt Gaetz, one of the most pro-Trump members of Congress, have signed on as sponsors of the bill.
Australian officials and the kangaroo industry are hopeful that the bill, like most pieces of legislation introduced into Congress, does not become law. But it could still have an impact if it spurs corporations to cut kangaroo products out of their supply chains to avoid a backlash.
Kangaroo Industries Association of Australia executive officer Dennis King said: "The bill is misguided, it's not grounded in the facts. No threatened species are commercially harvested in Australia, nor are any kangaroos harvested for their hides. It's all part of a government-regulated, humanely managed wildlife management program that has operated for 30 years."
The industry argues that kangaroos, far from being a threatened species like the panda, are so abundant that their population needs to be controlled. The Australian government estimates that there are 43 million kangaroos in NSW, queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, up from 27 million a decade earlier.
"Even if there were no commercial industry, conservation culling would occur anyway to avoid overpopulation and mass starvation during droughts," King said.
"Kangaroos may look cute and cuddly but they can do immense amounts of damage to farmers' properties," he added.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/north-america/hopping-mad-us-campaign-to-ban-kangaroo-imports-gains-bipartisan-support-20210304-p577p6.html
https://kangaroosarenotshoes.org
#13164832 at 2021-03-06 23:29:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
I got the rest set up this way
Notables are NOT Endorsements
#13a
>>12773831 Former QAnon supporter apologizes to Anderson Cooper 'for thinking you ate babies'
>>12775143, >>12775143, >>12775173 Malka Leifer: how a long-running child sexual abuse case tested Australia's relationship with Israel
>>12775241 'Pete Evans in the party room': Liberals, independents line up to take on Craig Kelly
>>12775406 Spy agency ASIS used veil of secrecy to stop news of suicide
>>12775645 Popular craft website Etsy caught selling childlike sex dolls that breach Australian child abuse laws
>>12786021 Charges against journos, editors dropped in Pell case
>>12786293, >>12786306 What does a new US govt mean for China-Australia ties?
>>12796913 Craig Kelly backs Pete Evans' right to spread conspiracy theories: 'Ideas should be debated'
>>12808388 Australian police say no criminal misconduct in Vatican funds transfer
>>12816083 UN should be given immediate access to Uighurs: Payne
>>12816108 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 3, 2021
>>12816920 Australian Federal Police Tweet
>>12817106 Joe Biden set to invite Scott Morrison to White House climate summit
>>12817159 Biden keen to visit Australia, spoke to Morrison about emissions reduction
>>12817176 PM holds 'warm and engaging call' with Biden
>>12817699 Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia
>>12817974, >>12817977 Coalition deletes references to rising far-right extremism in Senate motion
>>12821416, >>12821420 George Pell's prison notes are forgiving
>>12828416, >>12828424 Catholic Church paedophile networks to be mapped 'like organised crime' by academics
>>12828457 Australia watching China PNG city proposal
>>12828487 Sydney man arrested over child exploitation material import
>>12828508 Women held as sex slaves, drugged and tattooed as being 'property', queensland police say
>>12835403 Afghan militia leader Matiullah Khan gave gold watches to Australian Special Forces commanders
>>12836590, >>12836663 Thousands of US marines to touch down in Darwin before June 2021
>>12855744, >>12855763 China confirms detained Australian Cheng Lei is accused of leaking state secrets
>>12855876 Foreign Minister Marise Payne - Statement on Ms Cheng Lei
>>12856518 Murdoch Watch Episode 2 - Murdoch and his role in the Trump Presidency
>>12866473 China has developed a reputation for 'hostage diplomacy'
>>12866521, >>12866522 Family calls for Sean Turnell's release by Myanmar military
>>12866540 Judge rules Australian government's attempt to obstruct Bernard Collaery's use of barrister 'unfair'
>>12867026 Andrew Forrest speaks out on Uighur rights abuses
>>12869879 G7 closes door to anti-China members
>>12869886, >>12869892 Australia's anti-China moves put it at disadvantage in international groupings
>>12877011 Media companies apologise to court for breaching Pell suppression order
>>12877497, >>12877508 Xanana Gusmao's sons 'disappointed' after their father attends accused paedophile's birthday party
>>12883469, >>12883484 Tsunami warning is issued for parts of Australia and New Zealand after TWO huge earthquakes
>>12884317, >>12884338 'Hollywood Australia' a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza
>>12885144 Melbourne couple accused of keeping woman enslaved for eight years faces court
>>12885645 Nine children rescued in the Philippines after Australian man charged
>>12885761 queensland man charged with possessing child abuse material
#13164496 at 2021-03-06 21:26:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #14 - THE ART OF WAR Edition
#13 - Part 10
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations
>>12775645 Popular craft website Etsy caught selling childlike sex dolls that breach Australian child abuse laws - Katy Hall - dailytelegraph.com.au
>>12816920 Australian Federal Police Tweet: In 2020, the AFP dismantled crime syndicates, unravelled paedophile networks and seized a record amount of illicit drugs
>>12828416 Catholic Church paedophile networks to be mapped 'like organised crime' by academics - Giselle Wakatama - abc.net.au
>>12828487 Sydney man arrested for allegedly importing a child-like sex doll and possessing child exploitation material
>>12828508 Video: Women held as sex slaves, drugged and tattooed as being 'property', queensland police say
>>12877497 Video: Xanana Gusmao's sons 'disappointed' after their father attends accused paedophile's birthday party
>>12885144 Melbourne couple accused of keeping woman enslaved for eight years faces court
>>12885645 Video: Nine children rescued in the Philippines after Australian man charged for allegedly paying for live-distance child exploitation
>>12885761 queensland man charged with possessing child abuse material following an Australian Federal Police child protection investigation
>>12899049 Melbourne slavery claims 'extraordinary' and 'colourful', defence lawyers tell Supreme Court
>>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
>>13005598 Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton slams Facebook boss Mr Zuckerberg's failure to fight child sex crimes
>>13013053 Christian Brother Rex Elmer jailed for sexually abusing boys
>>13013072 (2020) 'Jesus is coming to get you': Christian Brother Rex Francis Elmer's threat to boy he abused
>>13013232 The Nurse podcast: Further allegations of historic sex crimes at Launceston General Hospital - claims of cover ups and corruption months after paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin was outed
>>13013296 27-year-old Singapore national living in Australia on a Student Visa sentenced over child-like sex doll & child abuse material
>>13013334 Court hears alleged 'slave' was locked in house and only slept an hour each night - discovered in her own urine weighing 40kg told police she had to 'obey' and wasn't able to rest
>>13023237 Aussie paedophile Anthony Freedendal to stay in South African jail while he fights extradition
>>13023293 Former NSW Liberal Party staffer John Kenny brainwashed girl, 13, into becoming his sex slave with 60,000 vile messages - sent her dog tags labelled 'Daddy's little princess'
>>13029257 Timor-Leste starts child abuse trial of former US priest, Richard Daschbach
>>13050691 Review finds Tasmania Police took years to charge alleged paedophile nurse, James Geoffrey Griffin, who worked with children at Launceston General Hospital
>>13050702 PDF: Tasmania Police - Outcomes Report of the Griffin Matter
>>13058105 Notorious paedophile priest Patrick Holmes's vile crimes laid bare for the first time as gag order is lifted and MORE victims come forward
>>13065535 End-to-end encryption: The Facebook outrage that's far, far worse
>>13107788 'Don't call predators pedophiles' ABC tells reporters in leaked email
>>13107788 Q Post #1619 - Why are they trying to 'normalize' this? Will the progressive LEFT defend and support these actions once those guilty are brought to LIGHT?
#13066001 at 2021-02-28 04:22:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13065992
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However, in an email to staff at his corporate PR agency, Pagefield, seen by the Telegraph, Mr Gallagher said the decision to step down was due to 'deeply offensive and threatening trolling' while working for the Prince.
In the email, reported in the Telegraph, he said: 'I am afraid that this comes with the territory, but was something I was prepared to tolerate because of my commitment to someone who I believe will be fully vindicated in due course.
'The fact that my work outside of Pagefield is impacting some of you working inside Pagefield is something I cannot accept.'
In response to the outcry over Ms Roberts's allegations, the queen's son has been forced to give up royal duties and step down from all his charitable patronages.
Lawyers for the victims of Epstein have called on the Prince to submit himself for an FBI interview after the US agency made it clear they wished to speak with him.
But he has so far not been interviewed by the FBI despite claiming that he has reached out to the US Department of Justice and agreed to co-operate with their investigation.
The Duke's long-time friend Ghislaine Maxwell, 59, is currently awaiting a trial in America on charges of grooming teenage girls as young as 14 for Epstein to abuse.
Maxwell also featured in a famous picture of the Prince with his arm around Ms Roberts who says she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with the royal.
The Prince's then-advisers reportedly commissioned investigators to determine whether the 2001 image, understood to have been taken at Maxwell's London apartment after a night of clubbing, had been doctored.
And sources then briefed newspapers that the Duke's hands in the image, originally handed to this newspaper by Ms Roberts, 'don't look right'.
It was on this bizarre premise that the Prince's team approached Ms Brown, who also claims she was targeted by Maxwell as a 14-year-old to become a 'model', but did not take her up on the offer.
Following an approach by Sarah Ferguson's assistant Ms Marshall, the pair had a lengthy phone conversation in which they even discussed the possibility of setting up a fake Twitter profile to entrap Epstein victims.
Mr Gallagher tellingly replied: 'Entirely agreed, Molly. I'd like to talk to you in the round about the important distinction you have drawn between survivors and - in effects - enablers. That gets to the heart of this.'
But Ms Brown broke off contact with the Prince's adviser, describing him as 'desperate' before reporting the approach to the FBI.
A source close to the Prince said last month that the conversation was 'not out of the ordinary and 'nothing went further than an initial discussion.'
A spokesman for Mr Gallagher's Riverside Advisory firm said: 'Due to a business conflict, Mark reluctantly stepped down from the working group at the start of this year, but remains fiercely loyal to The Duke, as well as to the York family, and will continue to advise them in a private capacity.
'Reputation Communications, led by Lucy Goodwin, who has been working alongside Mark as part of The Duke's working group for the past year, have now stepped up to take on media and advisory to the Duke's working group.'
Mr Gallagher, formerly ITV's director of corporate affairs, first provided external PR advice to the Royal family during the Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9307271/Prince-Andrews-spin-doctor-steps-job-amid-fury-palace-officials.html
#13065992 at 2021-02-28 04:21:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Prince Andrew's spin doctor steps down amid fury from palace officials at his botched attempt to discredit royal's sex abuse accuser Virginia Roberts
JAKE RYAN and JAMES ROBINSON - 28 February 2021
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Prince Andrew's spin doctor has stepped down after palace officials expressed their fury at a botched attempt to discredit the royal's sex abuse accuser, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Mark Gallagher, nicknamed 'the backroom fixer', was hired almost a year ago in a bid to repair the Prince's scandalised reputation.
The Duke of York, 61, is facing accusations from alleged victim Virginia Roberts that she was forced to have sex with him on three occasions when she was aged 17 in 2001.
But in a bungling attempt to clear the Prince's name Mr Gallagher, and the Duchess of York's personal assistant Antonia Marshall, approached online troll Molly Skye Brown.
The Mail on Sunday last month revealed how the pair sought Ms Brown's help to prove a famous picture of the Prince with Ms Roberts, first published by the same paper, was doctored.
They also discussed the possibility of setting up a fake Twitter profile to ensnare other Epstein victims.
But in a dramatic twist, the 42-year-old mum-of-one from Orlando, Florida, turned on the pair and even reported their approach to the FBI.
Now Mr Gallagher has resigned amid fury from palace officials over the approach.
However the spin doctor, who says he will continue to advise the 60-year-old royal in a private capacity, insists the decision is due to 'deeply offensive and threatening' abuse he has received in the wake of the Epstein scandal.
The MoS last month exposed the botched approach Ms Brown.
The former teenage beauty queen had waged a vitriolic online campaign against Ms Roberts, claiming she was in fact an 'enabler' of Epstein, a sex trafficker herself and that a picture of her with the Prince was doctored.
But the abuse meted out by Ms Brown towards Ms Roberts did not stop the approach from the Prince and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson's closest advisers.
In a 45-minute phone call and a string of texts in December the advisers discussed the possibility of discrediting Ms Roberts's allegations against the Prince.
Yet, instead of assisting the Prince's team, Ms Brown turned on the pair and even reported their approach to the FBI.
After the MoS exposed the botched approach, palace officials are said to have expressed their fury over the affair and the further reputational damage it caused.
Mr Gallagher, who also faced a barrage of criticism from Ms Brown online, stepped down from his role advising the Prince.
A source said: 'It was made very clear that the Palace does not believe that is an acceptable way to approach this matter, and that was conveyed in no uncertain terms to Mr Gallagher.
'A representative of the royal family can't be reaching out to people behaving in that manner.'
(continued)
#13058943 at 2021-02-27 06:38:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13058939
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This week IDCare which scans the Dark Web looking for Australian documents for sale, has contacted four people from NSW and queensland, warning them their identity documents are currently available for sale.
A recent IDCare report revealed the most common Australian credential for sale is the NSW RMS Licence - and there were 24 for sale in September last year.
The report showed there were 12 market places on the Dark Web that operate in a similar way to "eBay" "specialising in Australian identity credentials".
One of the most prominent vendors of information is someone called "Telstra" who describes themselves as "your favourite vendor of Australian IDs".
Telstra has a 93 per cent positive rating which indicates reliability and satisfaction of products sold.
Former FBI agent and cyber security expert, Don Codling, warned that such a wealth of information as obtained by the AFP could enable a crook to burn through the legitimate lives of real people leaving a trail of debts, and wreckage causing problems for years to come.
The CEO of the Washington-based Codling Group International, Mr Codling said a crook using the information to steal an identity profile was unlikely to be caught unless someone did tertiary checks of things like fingerprints, retina scans or DNA swabs.
Professor Lacey said there was an exponential jump in data breaches in Australia last year but it didn't lead to the same jump in examples of misuse. But he thinks it will come.
"We are waiting for the next wave of misuse to hit," said Professor Lacey.
Australia's former federal government cybersecurity chief, Alastair MacGibbon, said it is unfortunate scammers can use the documents to "game the system" and "there does need to be better protections".
WHAT THE AFP UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE BOUGHT
257 scanned Australian passports
6 physical Australian drivers licences
1 digital Australian personal loan application (fraudulent)
1 digital Australian credit card application package (fraudulent)
2 Medicare cards fraudulent
1 electricity bill form Ergon Energy (fraudulent)
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/crimeinfocus/undercover-cops-splurge-on-aussie-identities/news-story/62109cd0201e2ab34976e6a607a8aa1d
#13055228 at 2021-02-26 20:40:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12889276
Anzac Day parade in Melbourne to go ahead
AAP - FEBRUARY 26 2021
This year's Anzac Day parade in Melbourne is back on and will be "as close to normal as possible".
The traditional April 25 march had been cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns, however it will now go ahead with COVID-safe precautions.
The reversed decision follows a "productive" Friday meeting between Returned and Services League Victoria and Department of Health and Human Services officials, an RSL spokesperson said.
The meeting came on the same day as a significant easing of social gathering restrictions, announced by Premier Daniel Andrews.
Other than the parade, decisions are yet to be made about other commemorative events.
"RSL Victoria also discussed the more than 400 RSL-led Anzac Day services and events currently planned at war memorials and cenotaphs across the state," the spokesperson said.
The RSL said it was confident a resolution would be reached soon.
The 2021 public holiday will be a welcome change from Anzac Day 2020, which was a quiet affair as Victorians stayed home and stood in their driveways to pay their respects to service men and women.
The decision comes days after queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced dawn services, marches and public commemorations would return in that state.
Meanwhile, traditional marches in NSW, including through Sydney's CBD, will be limited to 500 participants.
Tasmania's main Anzac parade in Hobart has been cancelled because of social distancing requirements.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7145223/anzac-day-parade-in-melbourne-to-go-ahead/
#13050569 at 2021-02-26 05:46:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>13050558
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Both the right and left presented the pandemic as an attempt to create authoritarian rule, in the case of the left as a human impact on the environment and worsening ecology.
The Australian Federal Police in its submission, found extreme right and left wing groups were acting as a driver for radicalism.
It said its "operational tempo" had remained high during COVID-19 not just for extremist groups but also terrorism, notably returning foreign fighters such as Agim Ajazi who was deported from Turkey to Australia, arrested in Adelaide then extradited to queensland on charges he was a member of terror group Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.
But it's the threat from the extreme right wing (XRW) the AFP says is growing, with arrests in Victoria and NSW and also an AFP-led arrest in the UK thwarting actual political-motivated attacks.
"There is a growing cohort of individuals who may align with the XRW ideology, but do not meet the thresholds for counter terrorism investigation," it noted. "State and territory police continue to detect and respond to persons whose activities do not meet the threshold for counter terrorism investigation."
It identified gaps in legislation to block offensive hate speech by people who possess or disseminate abhorrent or violent content.
"AFP engagement with state and territory police partners has identified numerous requests by police for homeowners to remove flags considered offensive by the community, including the Nazi flag," the submission stated. "There does not appear to be a criminal offence which prohibits the display of these items ... nor does there appear to be any prohibition on the ability of suppliers and business outlets to important and sell such items."
It noted XRW views were being expounded by suspects as young as 13.
The inquiry is due to report to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton in April.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/covid19-border-closures-and-lockdowns-fuelling-extremist-support-in-australia/news-story/b13b7241610d2c1cea4e15ea31af33b3
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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/ExtremistMovements/Submissions
ASIO submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=c5cea09a-86aa-4e9b-839d-954daf94a865&subId=702960
Victoria Police submission
https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=a7d5d1e1-5d96-44e9-8896-ce870d455078&subId=702962
#13005598 at 2021-02-20 03:20:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12995647
Dutton slams Zuckerberg failure to fight child sex crimes
Bruce Morcombe has accused Facebook of aiding pedophiles as it emerged 20,000 cases of depraved child abuse could go undetected under the tech giant's plan to encrypt messages.
Michael Wray - February 20, 2021
Leading child safety campaigner Bruce Morcombe has accused Facebook of aiding sick pedophiles as it emerged more than 20,000 cases of depraved child abuse could go undetected under the tech giant's plan to encrypt messages.
It is understood Facebook is refusing to respond to letters from the Australian Government over a controversial plan to introduce end-to-end encryption on its messenger service after five meetings in which authorities made a desperate plea not to allow pedophiles to go unchecked.
Bruce Morcombe said he did not believe billionaire Facebook boss Mr Zuckerberg had a "conscience" as Facebook moves to an encryption system that will effectively prevent it from being able to detect harmful content and report it to law enforcement for investigation.
"I think it's inexcusable for a global phenomenon like Facebook to deny legitimate global law enforcement agencies to do their job," he said.
"To assist in child exploitation is the most hideous of crimes and the people at the top of the chain should hang their heads in shame."
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton yesterday branded Mr Zuckerberg "arrogant" over Facebook's belligerent attitude in ongoing discussions designed to prevent law enforcement losing their biggest source of child sex abuse reports.
It's understood the company has stopped responding to letters from the Australian Government over the issue.
In 2020, US authorities referred more than 21,000 cases involving shocking crimes such as live streaming of child sexual abuse and made-to-order videos to Australian police.
"We tried to engage with Facebook then, and essentially, they've said that their new platform, their encrypted messaging platform, will mean that the number of reports that they give to the national centre in the United States, to report these instances of child abuse each year, will go from about 20,000, down to a dozen," Mr Dutton said.
About 90 per cent of reports to the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children come from Facebook despite 1400 companies being registered to report abuse.
End-to-end encryption is touted for its privacy by tech giants including Apple, which has also come under fire from Mr Dutton, as well as pressure from the FBI in terrorism investigations.
Home Affairs Department officials have met with Facebook five times in the past six months trying to understand the full implications of the move to end-to-end encryption.
"Facebook and Zuckerberg himself just would not engage with us, with the Attorney-General in the US and it shows the arrogance within the organisation," Mr Dutton said.
The powerful Five-Eyes intelligence alliance of Australia, the USA, UK, Canada and New Zealand as well as the Indian and Japanese governments have been pushing tech companies to work with governments on end-to-end encryption.
A Facebook spokesman said Messenger would become "end-to-end encrypted by default over the next year and beyond" but a specific date had not been announced.
He said Facebook was committed to working with law enforcement and acted "decisively to tackle child sexual abuse and terrorism
"We have zero tolerance for any behaviour that exploits children," he said.
"We already work closely with law enforcement agencies in Australia and around the world to report and remove harmful content. We take strong action against any user who shares content that exploits or endangers children, including banning the user and reporting the matter to the relevant authorities. Facebook leads the industry in combating child abuse online and we'll continue to do so on our private messaging services."
He said the Facebook owned WhatsApp messaging service, which is encrypted, bans more than 300,000 accounts each month for child exploitation.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/dutton-slams-zuckerberg-failure-to-fight-child-sex-crimes/news-story/37ee3313f75b3540e2d864b35c833e6f
#12979230 at 2021-02-18 05:55:04 (UTC+1)
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Facebook has 'pulled the big guns out on Australia' with news ban, former CEO Stephen Scheeler says
DAVID SWAN and JOSEPH LAM - FEBRUARY 18, 2021
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Facebook's move to block news in Australia represents an act of war from the tech giant, according to its former Australian boss Stephen Scheeler, who thinks Australians should vote with their feet and delete the app to send a message to the company.
The US tech giant on Thursday blocked all news in Australia, including several non-news organisations including queensland Health, 1800 Respect, the Bureau of Meteorology, Harvey Norman and more, in the midst of a global health pandemic and raging bushfires.
"Facebook has turned off everything, including bushfire information, and charities like Oxfam. It looks and feels really ugly. And Australians should be outraged," Mr Scheeler said.
"Some companies get to a certain scale, where they really have a social obligation to how they operate in every country in the world. And we haven't been harsh enough in legislating that and forcing it upon these companies, so this is where we've wound up."
Mr Scheeler, who steered Facebook from a small social network in Australia and New Zealand to a tech giant, said that there are two interpretations of how Facebook blocked non-news organisations and charities.
"One is it was an accident, and the other was it was intentional. But either answer is bad," Mr Scheeler said. "And even if it is accidental, I think it's them saying they don't really care. I think Australians have to look really hard at what they are doing.
"It shouldn't have happened. But unfortunately it did. But there's no good answers. If you're Rio Tinto and you blow up an Aboriginal sacred site, there are consequences, people lose their jobs. But at Facebook nobody ever loses their jobs.
"I'm a proud ex-Facebooker, but over the years I get more and more exasperated. For Facebook and Mark it's too much about the money, and the power, and not about the good."
Mr Scheeler resigned from Facebook in 2017 to start his own consultancy business.
He said that for anyone who disagrees with the government's regulatory approach to Facebook, voters can go and vote against Scott Morrison, for example, but Facebook has become more powerful than governments.
"There's no ballot box where you can vote against Mark Zuckerberg. And in fact, even if you're a Facebook shareholder, your vote carries no weight," he said. "Even if I even if I put $100 billion into Facebook, my votes carry no weight.
"I'm sad for Facebook in a way, but if you wanted a glaring example of why Facebook needs more regulation, this is it."
The executive added that the move was tantamount to an 'act of war', and should be treated accordingly.
"What if a Chinese company in the same position had done the same thing? Even if they warned us about it or not, we would be outraged. It's like an act of war. That's how we should view this. It's not good. I think Facebook may eventually regret this day.''
No choice other than introducing ban, Facebook says
Managing Director, Facebook Australia and New Zealand William Easton on Thursday (AEDT) announced its decision to ban both users and publishers from sharing or viewing news content, citing Australia's proposed media bargaining code which it said "fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers".
Facebook claims it was left with two options. "It has left us facing a stark choice: Attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia," Mr Easton said in a statement. "With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter."
The decision comes after News Corp reached a historic three-year global licensing deal with Google which will see content from its publications worldwide including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post in the US, The Times of London, The Sun and News Corp Australia publications including The Australian, Sky News and metro dailies, shared in Google News Showcase.
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#12952517 at 2021-02-17 05:55:02 (UTC+1)
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Diplomat Long Zhou wants more 'respect' for China
REMY VARGA - FEBRUARY 17, 2021
A Chinese diplomat and former top Beijing cyber official who infamously gatecrashed a federal minister's press conference says Australia needs to "abandon ideological principles" in order to repair its fractured relationship with the Asian superpower.
China's Victorian consul-general Long Zhou says Australia needs to uphold the principles of mutual respect and equal treatment and promote bilateral relations between the two nations.
His comments to Chinese state media come as trade restrictions on Australian exports - including beef, barley, lobster, wine and coal - devastate domestic businesses, and a Senate inquiry considers whether to ban the importation of goods produced by Uighur slave labour.
"Australia should treat China and China's development objectively and rationally, abandon ideological prejudices, and truly uphold the principles of mutual respect and equal treatment in handling bilateral relations and actively promote China-Australia relations to return to the track of normal and healthy development as soon as possible," Mr Zhou is paraphrased as saying in an article published on the consulate's website on February 1.
"Because this is in line with the two common interests of the two countries and the fundamental interests of the two peoples."
Mr Zhou made headlines when he was invited to speak alongside Health Minister Greg Hunt at a press conference by mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest in April 2020, blindsiding the federal government.
His latest comments were made before the formal arrest of Australian journalist Cheng Lei earlier this month after the University of queensland graduate had already been detained on suspicion of sharing state secrets.
Professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University and China critic Clive Hamilton described the statement as "boilerplate Communist Party language", saying the gulf between Beijing's actions and words was vast.
"Last time I looked, bullying, subversion and economic coercion were not listed under 'the principles of mutual respect and equal treatment'," he said.
"As for 'the fundamental interests of the two peoples', let's hope one day soon the people of China can, like the people of Australia, breathe the fresh air of freedom."
The Senate's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee is examining a proposed bill introduced by independent senator Rex Patrick to ban the importation of goods produced by Uighur forced labour.
Senator Patrick said China had been using Australia as an economic punching bag.
"If he (Mr Zhou) was truly interested in principles of mutual respect and equal treatment, he could start by getting his own ministers to answer the phone when our ministers call," he said.
"That would be a helpful first step, but I suspect he is just peddling propaganda under directions from his CCP masters."
The Australian has previously revealed Mr Zhou was a co-ordinator of cyber affairs at China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and developed the country's cyberspace "co-operation" policy, which put a positive spin on Beijing's global digital incursions.
Attempts to contact Mr Zhou went unanswered.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/diplomat-long-zhou-wants-more-respect-for-china/news-story/fd6875db82cbd12e38eaaadda7d28aba
#12897170 at 2021-02-12 02:50:07 (UTC+1)
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Victoria to enter five-day lockdown to contain Holiday Inn outbreak
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Victoria will enter a five-day lockdown in response to the Holiday Inn quarantine outbreak amid fears the new strain of the virus could be spreading in the community.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the state would enter a lockdown at 11.59pm on Friday until 11.59pm on Wednesday night.
"This hyper-infectious variant is moving at hyper-speed," Mr Andrews said.
"This is a short, sharp blast - the same as we've seen in queensland and WA - that will give us what we need to get ahead of this faster moving virus. We will be able to smother this."
The rules will be in line with the Stage Four restrictions in place last year meaning there are only four reasons to leave the home: shopping, essential work, two hours of exercise and care and caregiving.
No visitors will be allowed to any private residence and exercise and shopping will be limited to within 5 kilometres of home.
Schools will be closed from Monday except for vulnerable students or children of essential workers.
Gyms, pools, community centres, entertainment venues and libraries will close.
Mr Andrews said five new cases were identified in the past 24 hours showing how "incredibly infectious this virus is".
"Right now we are reaching close contacts well within the 48-hour benchmark. But the time between exposure, incubation, symptoms and testing positive is rapidly shortening. So much so, that even secondary close contacts are potentially infectious within that 48-hour window," he said.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the alternative to lockdown was "potentially devastating".
"It is significantly more infectious than any other virus that we've seen previously. And we're seeing this play out in the cases that we've had in this cluster of cases in Victoria," Mr Sutton said.
"As the Premier said, there are individuals who are becoming symptomatic, testing positive, who have already infected their close contacts."
He said the virus was moving so fast that people were already infectious by the time they had been identified and told they were close contacts of previous confirmed cases.
"And that means that there are exposure sites where people have been with this super-infectious variant, and that becomes a danger for widespread transmission," he said.
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#12885761 at 2021-02-11 00:17:09 (UTC+1)
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queensland man charged with possessing child abuse material
11 February 2021
A 43-year-old queensland man is due to appear in court today charged with child exploitation offences following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection investigation.
Officers from the Brisbane Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) executed a search warrant at an address in Karalee on 21 January 2021.
During the search of the home a laptop, computer hard drive and a USB drive allegedly containing child abuse material were located and seized.
Police also identified and seized more child abuse material from an online cloud storage platform.
The man was later charged with two counts of possessing or controlling child abuse material obtained or accessed using a carriage service and two counts of possessing child exploitation material.
The maximum penalty for these offences is 15 years' imprisonment.
He is due to appear in Ipswich Magistrates Court today (11 February 2021).
AFP Detective Superintendent Paula Hudson, Child Protection Operations said the charges demonstrated the AFP's commitment to investigate and charge offenders believed to be involved in the vile online world of child exploitation and sexual abuse.
"This work is gut-wrenching, but our investigators are relentless in their pursuit of anyone sharing or accessing child abuse material, and they will follow-up any information to bring these people to justice," Detective Superintendent Hudson said.
Members of the public who have any information about people involved in child abuse and exploitation are urged to call Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
https://crimestoppers.com.au
You can also make a report online by alerting the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation via the Report Abuse button.
http://www.accce.gov.au/report
Note to Media:
Use of term 'CHILD ABUSE' MATERIAL NOT 'CHILD PORNOGRAPHY' The correct legal term is Child Abuse Material - the move to this wording was among amendments to Commonwealth legislation in 2019 to more accurately reflect the gravity of the crimes and the harm inflicted on victims. Use of the phrase "child pornography" is inaccurate and benefits child sex abusers because it:
- indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and
- conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
Every photograph or video captures an actual situation where a child has been abused.
https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/queensland-man-charged-possessing-child-abuse-material
#12884338 at 2021-02-10 21:53:33 (UTC+1)
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Meanwhile, Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba are filming George Miller's $60m fantasy drama Three Thousand Years of Longing in Sydney's northern suburbs, with a number of reportedly "spectacular" sets standing in for Istanbul.
Zac Efron has been living out of a caravan in the South Australian outback shooting the thriller Gold, and Jamie Dornan headlines six-part thriller The Tourist, a co-production for BBC1 and Stan, also filming in SA.
Such is the surge in demand that studios around the country are booked solid, with filmmakers having to use warehouses, convention centres and exhibition halls as sound stages.
A new studio has been planned for Perth, Melbourne's Docklands Studios is adding a sixth sound stage, and there are rumours of a second studio for Sydney.
"This is a great moment for our industry," said Zareh Nalbandian, chief executive of Sydney-based animation company Animal Logic, which is teaming with Ron Howard for his first animated feature, The Shrinking of Treehorn.
"Over the past five to 10 years, we lost quite a significant amount of global market share because our legislation in terms of incentives was inconsistent. But recent announcements show federal and state governments are committed to growing our film industry.
"Coupled with the fact we are one of the only safe places in the world, it's a fantastic opportunity for us to not only regain that global market share but increase it."
Universal Studio Group has inked a deal to shoot three TV series at Screen queensland Studios: Young Rock, with Dwayne Johnson, the Tiger King spin-off Joe Exotic and Irreverent.
"Young Rock just wrapped last week and goes out on television in the US next week," Screen queensland chief Kylie Munnich said. "They'll see lots of Brisbane locations doubling for America."
Filming on Australian Survivor will begin in the next few months and is expected to create 150 jobs and inject more than $29m into regional Australia, Mr Fletcher said. "(It) was one of the many world-renowned productions jeopardised by the pandemic, which is why we are pleased to (help) get the series back on our screens in 2021," he added.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/hollywood-australia-a-15bn-movie-blockbuster-extravaganza/news-story/a7de218cd519de8410e8450778b8c27b
#12884317 at 2021-02-10 21:52:17 (UTC+1)
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'Hollywood Australia' a $1.5bn movie blockbuster extravaganza
MEGAN LEHMANN - FEBRUARY 10, 2021
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It's lights, camera and more action than the local film industry has seen in decades as Hollywood actors and filmmakers escape virus-ridden territories for the relatively safe haven of Australia.
Reality TV franchise Australian Survivor is the latest project to take advantage of the country's low rate of COVID-19 infections, swapping Fiji for outback queensland and joining an international production boom that has lured A-list celebrities such as Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton and Natalie Portman.
Arts Minister Paul Fletcher will on Thursday announce a $3.9m sweetener to bring Australian Survivor's sixth season to Cloncurry in northwest queensland. It's part of a $400m location incentive that has already attracted a suite of big-budget productions expected to spend a total of $1.47bn in Australia and create 11,800 industry jobs.
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard is on the Gold Coast to film MGM's Thirteen Lives, a drama about the 2018 Thai cave rescue, supported by $13m in government funding.
Irish action star Neeson has been dodging bullets in Melbourne as a troubled FBI fixer in the film Blacklight. And the Marvel blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder recently transformed Sydney's Centennial Park into the fantasy realm of Asgard.
"The level of production at the moment is unprecedented," said Kate Marks, chief executive of industry group Ausfilm, which has received $2.8bn worth of overseas inquiries since July.
"It's a winning combination of a competitive funding incentive, the way Australia has managed the COVID pandemic successfully, and the terrific reputation of our industry."
Netflix series Pieces of Her began filming this week at Sydney Olympic Park after coronavirus shut down a planned Vancouver, Canada, shoot. The drama, starring Toni Collette, is expected to deliver 400 local jobs and contribute an estimated $58m to the NSW economy.
"I don't think I've asked anyone since COVID, 'Would you like to come to Australia?' and they've said no," producer Bruna Papandrea told The Australian.
"And no one wants to leave."
Another Papandrea project, the series Nine Perfect Strangers starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy, has just wrapped filming in northern NSW, injecting more than $100m into the state economy and creating hundreds of jobs.
Chris Hemsworth is one of the few marquee names to dodge a mandatory 14-day quarantine, having been based in Byron Bay since 2014. He finished the Netflix sci-fi film Escape from Spiderhead on the Gold Coast before joining cast mates Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt and Natalie Portman at Sydney's Fox Studios for the fourth Thor movie.
Portman's husband, Benjamin Millepied, is also in Sydney, shooting an adaptation of the opera Carmen, with Hemsworth's wife actress Elsa Pataky and Normal People's Paul Mescal in Maroubra.
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#12855763 at 2021-02-08 02:57:36 (UTC+1)
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'Vivacious, intelligent, respectful'
Cheng Lei was born in China but moved with her parents to Brisbane at the age of nine.
She studied accounting at the University of queensland, later speaking of her experience in a promotional video aimed at Chinese students, saying an Australian education "doesn't teach you to just follow orders, it allows you that freedom to think for yourself".
She later moved to Melbourne, working for major companies such as Cadbury and ExxonMobil, before embarking on a business media career for both Chinese state television and CNBC in Singapore.
"She's vivacious, intelligent, respectful, and really, really good fun," said Emily Angwin, an Australian news anchor who worked alongside Ms Cheng at CGTN before resigning from the channel.
Managers at the channel purged Ms Cheng's videos and profile page from CGTN's websites after her sudden disappearance, but would not tell her colleagues what had happened.
"It's frightening. Your friend is at work one day, and then she's disappeared and been detained the next day - it's a pretty gut-wrenching situation," Ms Angwin said.
Prior to her arrest, Ms Cheng was a celebrated member of the Australian community in Beijing, appearing regularly at Australian embassy and Business Chamber events, and being named as a "Global Alumni" to promote Australian education.
No clarity on the case
The timing of her arrest came six weeks after ASIO officers raided the homes of four Chinese state media journalists in Sydney, prompting Beijing to later retaliate against Australian media journalists in China.
But a second arrest late last year has cast doubt on the idea that the case is purely related to diplomatic tension with Australia.
In December, Cheng Lei's close friend Haze Fan, a Chinese journalist in Beijing working for American outlet Bloomberg, was also taken away in what authorities say is a national security investigation.
Geoff Raby, a businessman and former Australian ambassador to Beijing, says the case could well be related to domestic political issues in China rather than being related to tense ties with Australia.
"The reality is because we don't have high level official contact between Australia and China. The foreign minister and the prime minister are not able, as in the normal course of events, to make high level representations to the Chinese government on behalf of Cheng Lei," he said.
In a statement, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, "The Australian Government has raised its serious concerns about Ms Cheng's detention regularly at senior levels, including about her welfare and conditions of detention.
"Australian Embassy officials have visited Ms Cheng six times since her detention, most recently on 27 January 2021, in accordance with our bilateral consular agreement with China.
"We expect basic standards of justice, procedural fairness and humane treatment to be met, in accordance with international norms."
Another Australian citizen, Yang Hengjun, has spent more than two years detained in Beijing without trial, accused of espionage.
Authorities did not allow him to meet a lawyer until the 19th month of his detention.
Ms Cheng's family hopes for a much faster resolution.
"My hope is that there be more action by the Australian Government to secure her release and bring her home," Louisa Wen said.
"And also that the Chinese authorities would show a bit more compassion to her current plight.
"She's a mother with two young kids who really need her," she said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-08/china-confirms-cheng-lei-is-accused-of-leaking-state-secrets/13127488
#12836590 at 2021-02-06 03:03:10 (UTC+1)
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Thousands of US marines to touch down in Darwin before June 2021
Lauren Roberts - 6 February 2021
Thousands of US marines will begin arriving in the Northern Territory within days as part of an annual training rotation, the Department of Defence has confirmed.
About 2,200 marines will arrive in Darwin from the United States between now and June this year, arriving in batches of 200-500 marines.
The Department of Defence says each marine will have to do a coronavirus test within 72 hours of their departure and show a negative result before boarding the plane to Australia.
After they touch down in the Northern Territory, the marines will have to do another COVID-19 test and then undertake 14 days of quarantine. Before leaving quarantine, each person will be tested again for COVID-19.
To accommodate the large group, the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) unit has rented a secure facility outside the NT capital for most of the US arrivals to quarantine in.
The first two groups, however, will quarantine in isolated accommodation on an unnamed Australian Defence base.
Earlier this year, the use of a Darwin CBD hotel as a quarantine facility for international military arrivals was the subject of significant criticism from health groups, including the Australian Medical Association and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT.
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the use of the leased facility and Defence base would ensure the marines' arrival had no impact on repatriating Australians from overseas, which remained a key national priority for the Australian Government.
Ms Reynolds said the rotation would build on the success of last year's modified deployment.
In 2020, the annual rotation of marines was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, and a modified rotation of about 1,200 - roughly half the usual numbers - trained in the Northern Territory.
"The ability for this year's MRF-D to go ahead under challenging global circumstances, is a testament to the endurance and adaptability of the Australia-US Alliance," Ms Reynolds said.
While in the Northern Territory, the US marines and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will do training activities including security operations and high-end live-fire exercises.
"COVID-19 permitting, the ADF and MRF-D will also train with partner countries throughout the year, including exercise Talisman Sabre," Ms Reynolds said
Exercise Talisman Saber is the largest bilateral combined training activity between the US and Australian militaries and is planned to run from June to August this year along the queensland coast.
The arrival of the 2021 cohort will be the 10th annual rotation of US marines in Darwin.
MRF-D Commanding Officer Colonel David Banning described the alliance between the US and Australia as "outstanding".
"We are excited to commemorate the 10th anniversary with two highly capable and interoperable forces that advance our shared goals, demonstrate the strength and endurance of our alliance, and contribute to regional security," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-06/united-states-marines-to-arrive-in-darwin-amid-coronavirus/13128778
#12835094 at 2021-02-06 00:38:33 (UTC+1)
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Mr Kelly's last half-dozen posts are about China's use of coal, a news article about "global cooling'', defending himself over his support of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID, an article entitled The Hydroxychloroquine Scandal (published by the Epoch Times, backed by the Falun Gong movement), another post about hydroxychloroquine and a sixth on "climate alarmism.''
He added a further post late on Thursday praising Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy, who has supported Mr Kelly's debate on the two drugs. In his post, Mr Kelly asked people to bring it to the attention of "Tanya and Ally" - presumably referring to Ms Plibersek and Ms Langdon.
A comment by one follower on the article about the "scandal'' involving hydroxychloroquine (which is not recommended by leading health agencies in Australia, the EU, the UK or US) sums up the vibe of many of those posting.
"Simple, two reasons. One is that it would not make enough money for Big Pharma. Two: President Trump praised them, so it had to be attacked from the biginning! (sic) Deep State works!''
The idea of a deep state network working against the interests of its citizens is one spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists. Mr Evans has posted QAnon messages on his social media in the past.
Mr Kelly fell out with the Liberal pre-selectors in his seat years ago, and has been saved twice from being disendorsed, first by former PM Malcolm Turnbull, and most recently by Mr Morrison.
Liberal MPs have made clear he won't be saved a third time.
queensland Nationals are now making mischief and suggesting Mr Kelly should join their party.
Mr Kelly told News Corp he knew some would attack him after he agreed to "being interviewed by Mr Evans.''
"However I thought it an important principle of free speech and a push back against 'cancel culture,'' he said.
"I don't agree with everything that Mr Evans has said - but we have to be able to debate issues with those we don't agree with, if that's not the case, it's sad reflection on public debate in 2021.''
He did not answer questions on whether he would receive the Government's COVID-19 vaccine, or whether he would encourage others to do so.
In the podcast, he again spruiked the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, citing unnamed "studies from all around the world'' and claiming "big government'' had "interfered'' to stop doctors proscribing the two drugs.
"In a free democratic society that decision should be between myself and my doctor. There shouldn't be someone second guessing that decision from some office and ivory tower down here in Canberra.
"We've had close to a thousand Australians die here without, with being denied access to a medical treatment.''
Amid widespread concern Mr Kelly was undermining confidence in the Government's COVID-19 vaccine, Mr Morrison made a rare statement to the House distancing the Government from Mr Kelly's views and urging the public to only follow expert health advice.
The PM also tweeted out a link to an interview Australia's most senior health official Professor Brendan Murphy did with the ABC, saying "this is well worth a watch. Professor Brendan Murphy, who heads the Government's expert advisory group on COVID-19 vaccines, clears up some of the misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.''
The key line from Professor Murphy was: "There is no current evidence that supports a role for hydroxychloroquine (in) stopping the coronavirus pandemic.''
After his meeting with Mr Morrison, Mr Kelly issued a statement where he broadly agreed to toe the Government line.
Unsurprisingly, he has not posted that statement to his Facebook followers.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/craig-kelly-mp-grows-antivax-covid-support-base-after-scott-morrison-reprimand/news-story/49636064f463ac5e2eb9bd8e9c6ba0b2
#12828508 at 2021-02-05 08:22:22 (UTC+1)
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Women held as sex slaves, drugged and tattooed as being 'property', queensland police say
Talissa Siganto and Jim Malo - 5 February 2021
A man and woman have been charged with drugging several women and keeping them as sex slaves for clients at two Brisbane residences.
Police said 35-year-old Matthew James Markcrow gave the women stupefying drugs, controlled their finances and work conditions and tattooed them as "being his property".
Officer-in-charge of the Prostitution Enforcement Taskforce, Detective Inspector Juliet Hancock, said the crimes were an example of modern-day slavery.
"We've been shocked by this, we didn't think this was happening in Australia, let alone Brisbane," she said.
"It's something that you see that's happening overseas... it's quite hard to shock police. This is quite horrendous offending."
Mr Markcrow and Crystal Marie Sawyer, 23, were arrested on Thursday during a search of two properties, at South Brisbane and Mount Gravatt East.
Four women, between the ages of 17 and 24, were found at the Mount Gravatt East home, but police believe there are more alleged victims.
Covert recordings of the sex acts were also found during the search, as well as drugs, and evidence to support sexual servitude and organised prostitution offences.
Detective Inspector Hancock said she found the tattooing especially reprehensible.
"What we also found out in the course of that investigation was they had been tattooed and marked as the property of the person who had actually recruited them," she said.
Detective Inspector Hancock said officers began investigating in October following a tip-off from the public.
"This investigation has been confronting when you consider those aspects, vulnerable young women being recruited, being drugged, being prostituted and being tattooed, that's pretty confronting," she said.
"The women are now safe thanks to the information from members of the public and the diligence of our officers.
"We believe there are other victims who have been exploited by the man and I encourage them to come forward and contact police."
Women 'heavily under the influence of drugs'
Detective Inspector Hancock said she spoke yesterday to one of the women found at the properties.
"It would be, I think, fair to say that some of them do not understand they have been exploited," she said.
"A couple of them yesterday were definitely very heavily under the influence of drugs.
"I don't think they understood yesterday when I was speaking to them."
Detective Inspector Hancock said they were hoping to talk to clients who were secretly filmed.
"It is quite hard, I think, for clients to understand if someone's being exploited. If there are any clients who want to come to speak to police, we'd encourage that," Detective Inspector Hancock said.
Mr Markcrow, from Mount Gravatt East, has been charged with 10 offences, including conducting a business involving servitude, unlawful prostitution, drug possession, possessing tainted property, and recordings that breach the Privacy Act.
Ms Sawyer has been charged with knowingly carrying on the business of unlawful prostitution.
Police prosecutor Mark Hughes told the the court Ms Sawyer admitted she was in a relationship with Mr Markcrow and had told police she was "like a mother" to the four women.
"She took care of them," he said.
"She exercised a degree of control over the other girls."
Police opposed Ms Sawyer's bail on the basis that she would continue to operate the alleged prostitution business for Mr Markcrow and that she would interfere with witnesses.
Mr Hughes told the court that while being arrested, Ms Sawyer told Mr Markcrow "I'll take care of everything for you".
Defence lawyer Lily Berkeley said the prosecution had brought charges on her client "somewhat prematurely".
"The objection to bail fails to provide any concrete evidence she has been operating in this business," she said.
"At this point in time, it's not a strong case for them in respect to how they've charged her."
Magistrate Stephen Courtney described Mr Markcrow's offending as having a "particularly sinister flavour" but believed Ms Sawyer could be granted bail under strict conditions.
"More may well be revealed once the investigation is complete," he said.
She was granted bail in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon.
Mr Markcrow appeared briefly in the Brisbane Magistrates Court and did not apply for bail.
The court heard he was on a return to prison warrant.
While appearing in the dock, Mr Markcrow blew a kiss to supporters sitting in the public gallery.
Both matters will return to court later this month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-05/brisbane-prostitution-charges-sex-slaves-mount-gravatt/13125336
#12828416 at 2021-02-05 07:57:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
Catholic Church paedophile networks to be mapped 'like organised crime' by academics
''Giselle Wakatama - 5 February 2021"
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A "mafia-like" code of silence among "dark networks" within the Catholic Church has begun to emerge from a world-first project mapping clerical paedophile networks, says an academic behind the project.
The project is led by Newcastle sociologist Kathleen McPhillips and criminologist Jodi Death (pronounced Deeth) from queensland University of Technology's (QUT) law faculty.
The research builds on work done by Sally Muytjens, one of Dr Death's doctoral students, who mapped Catholic paedophile networks in Victoria.
The mapping will now include other hotspots such as Newcastle and the role of women in the church, nuns and seminaries.
The Victorian project identified 99 clergy members as abusers linked to 16 paedophile networks in the Melbourne and Ballarat dioceses.
It found there was a "mafia-like" code of silence among clergy perpetrators who formed dark networks (DNs) within the Victorian Catholic Church.
"The covert nature of DNs is due to the illicit activities being conducted by the network," Ms Muytjens said.
"Examples of DNs include terrorist organisations, youth gangs, drug-trafficking rings, price-fixing cartels, and other criminal enterprises."
Hunter survivors in focus
Abuse at the hands of paedophile clerical networks in the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese is now on the radar of the researchers.
They have been briefed by about 50 abuse survivors and family members associated with the Clergy Abuse Network (CAN).
"There is enormous enthusiasm for the project because a lot of the survivors are convinced that there were, and probably are, networks of paedophiles," said CAN founder and survivor Bob O'Toole.
Dr Death said the survivors were invaluable as they held so much information about what happened and how it happened.
Dr McPhillips said it was a world-first project.
"It is very important, this project, in the sense that we think the work that we are about to do is uncovering a network in a way it has never been seen before," she said.
"We are using documents, but for the very first time we are using the oral histories of survivors to map these paedophile networks across the Catholic Church, so the potential is enormous."
Dr Death said every survivor likely held information they may not be aware was important in a larger map.
"The end result is we want a map that tells us about all the connections," she said.
"In Victoria we found there were clusters of abusers who ended up clustered together, and abusers weren't just moved around randomly they were removed really quite strategically.
"We would like to know if that's the case across the country and, in the long-term, around the world - we would like a world map."
(continued)
#12827973 at 2021-02-05 06:25:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #13 - THE WAR IS REAL Edition
>>12827870
>>12827921
Jeffrey Epstein wanted to marry ex-girlfriend's teenage daughter who called him 'Uncle Jeff'
Lee Brown - December 18, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein once wanted to marry an ex-girlfriend's teenage daughter who called him "Uncle Jeff," according to a report.
The late pedophile openly declared his plans to wed Celina Dubin, the daughter of former Miss Sweden Eva Andersson Dubin, who had dated Epstein for 11 years until the early '90s, sources told Business Insider.
The pair had developed an "especially close relationship" when Celina was just 12, with "Uncle Jeff" at times having "substituted" for her dad, the Palm Beach Post has previously reported, citing a profile made by Epstein's lawyers.
Epstein was telling associates in 2014 that if he ever married, it would be to Celina - who was 19 at the time, sources told Business Insider.
There is no evidence that Epstein ever had a romantic relationship with Dubin, who is now 24, the site reported, saying his motivation to marry may have been driven by a desire to avoid inheritance taxes.
However, her father, moneyman Glenn Dubin, has long been tied to the Epstein scandal - with longtime accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre naming him in court documents as one of many men she alleges she was forced to have sex with.
He has previously "categorically" denied the allegations through a spokesman, who said he has "evidence disproving them."
The Dubins, prominent socialites in Epstein's main hangouts of New York City and Palm Beach, Florida, also defended him when he was released from a Florida jail in 2009 on his earlier child sex conviction, Business Insider previously revealed.
The couple wrote an email to his probation officer saying they were "100% comfortable" with Epstein spending time with Celina, who was then 14, and their two other minor children, Business Insider said.
"I could not ask for a better friend or godfather to my children," Eva Dubin wrote of her ex, who also spent Thanksgiving at their Florida home the year after his release, the report said.
Eva Dubin had been 20 when she met Epstein in about 1981, and their 11 years together made her his longest-time girlfriend, the report said. They split before the former beauty queen married hedge-funder Glenn Dubin in 1994 and they had three children together.
Their daughter Celina is at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and had been named one of the "15 Hottest Freshmen" by the Harvard Crimson in 2014, three years before she graduated from the university.
Epstein had wanted the then-teen to inherit his fortune - including his private island in the Caribbean - so that he could avoid inheritance taxes, an associate told Business Insider.
He even made her the beneficiary of a trust in 2014, removing her name the following year, the publication said, citing financial documents provided by a second source. That trust now has $50 million in it, the report says, noting it was unclear if Celina ever benefited before her name was removed.
The Dubins distanced themselves from the now-notorious pedophile in a statement to Business Insider.
"Glenn saw him perhaps once a year in large group settings and had no business interactions with him whatsoever after 2007," Dubin family spokesman Davidson Goldin told the publication.
"Eva and Celina Dubin accepted less than a handful of invitations to gatherings that included the founder of Microsoft and a DNA pioneer.
"The Dubins are horrified by Jeffrey Epstein's despicable conduct. Had they been aware of it, they would have cut off all ties instantly," the spokesman insisted.
https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/jeffrey-epstein-wanted-to-marry-ex-girlfriends-teenage-daughter-who-called-him-uncle-jeff/
#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
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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)
#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
#12076417 at 2020-12-18 07:50:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 11
Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 2
>>11804416 Paedophile priest Michael Glennon's Aboriginal victims sue Pope Francis over church's failures
>>11804525 DPP wins appeal against inadequate sentence handed to paedophile Hamzeh Bahrami, sparking South Australian law reform
>>11810459 Melbourne Orthodox Jewish Yeshivah Centre abuse victim 'will drop $2.5 million lawsuit if apology made'
>>11815619 Video: Operation Arkstone update: Additional NSW arrest in large-scale investigation into child sex offender network
>>11872246 Australian Federal Police to be given unprecedented authority to launch cyber attacks on dark web pedophiles, terrorists and drug-traffickers under new laws
>>11899250 Tasmanian man charged over alleged importation of dozens of child-like sex doll parts
>>11932212 Video: Sydney man jailed for livestreaming sexual abuse of a Filipino child
>>11932237 (2019) AFP investigation in Sydney and Philippines leads to rescue of a girl
>>11932345 Exploited, mistreated and threatened, all for less than $10 an hour - Human trafficking-style network feeding international workers to Australian farms
>>11932492 Former Big Brother and Family Court psychologist Bob Montgomery sentenced to four years in prison for historic child sex offences
>>11936928 Alan Jones refuses to deny having sex with schoolboys when he was a teacher in defamation case against the SBS
>>11945497 Australian Federal Police seize home of pedophile using proceeds-of-crime laws in "aggressive" new strategy to target assets of child sex offenders
>>11945515 Statement from AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw - Operation Tatsuta - 'I make no apologies for using the full force of the law to prosecute, disrupt and deter those who target our children'
>>11946365 North East Lincolnshire man, David Wilson sentenced to seven years jail for historic child sex offences after being extradited from queensland, Australia
>>11947028 Richard George Aldinger: Sydney man jailed for Philippines child sex abuse videos
>>11960473 Video: Child abuse victim Avri Sapir says porn website Pornhub profited from her child rape - Ginger Gorman - news.com.au
>>11960489 Ginger Gorman Tweet: In case you are interested, these are the questions Pornhub did not answer about child sex exploitation on their site
>>11960719 Etsy seller providing childlike sex dolls modelled off 14-year-old Instagram star, Border Force reveal spike in products being sent to Australia
>>11960845 Video: Supermarkets, retailers uncover modern slavery throughout supply chains - human trafficking, slavery, forced labour and debt bondage in Australia and overseas
>>11964350 Entering the grimy world of the dark web: new legislation to combat dark web criminals - Rachael Falk - theaustralian.com.au
>>11978894 Video: Federal Government urged to close loopholes to ensure Australian children are protected playing sport
>>11978972 Almost 200 allegations against Victorian teachers reported to education regulator in 2019-20, including claims of physical and sexual misconduct
>>11979791 Depraved, defiant queensland father sentenced for nine-year incestuous sexual abuse of teen daughter
>>12048190 Survivors reflect on Australia sex abuse inquiry, three years on
#12076403 at 2020-12-18 07:46:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 8
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide
>>11420342 NSW police officer probe over COVID-19 virus letter, "Cops for Covid Truth" - Serene Teffaha / Advocate Me - illawarramercury.com.au
>>11422845 Coronavirus: Dozens arrested at Melbourne anti-lockdown protest
>>11588706 Coronavirus: Vaccine rollout for five million Aussies tipped for March
>>11603585 Video: Anthony Fauci says working with Trump Administration on coronavirus has been 'very stressful' - ABC News In-depth
>>11623123 Victoria's top health bureaucrat Kym Peake resigns following coronavirus hotel quarantine inquiry
>>11623384 Australia will share its COVID plan with incoming Biden administration
>>11623384 PDF: Australian Government - Department of Health - National Contact Tracing Review - November 2020
>>11651658 'F**king idiot': Melbourne doctor roasts Pete Evans over new COVID-19 comments
>>11676574 Compulsory vaccination at Goodstart Early Learning in Gladstone, queensland faces legal challenge
>>11676660 CSL plans to build $1.8bn vaccine factory in Melbourne's north
>>11738960 Morrison pushes G20 for global access to vaccine; Trump says he's here to stay
>>11762085 Australians are 'winning' coronavirus fight, Health Minister Greg Hunt says
>>11792496 Vaccine, quarantine or no entry for overseas arrivals: Prime Minister Scott Morrison
>>11829920 Anthony Fauci has applauded Australia's use of lockdowns - Australia leads on Covid, says Anthony Fauci
>>11978765 University of queensland's Australian COVID vaccine terminated due to HIV 'false positives'
>>12017586 Victoria's contact tracing system was unfit for purpose during coronavirus second wave, parliamentary inquiry finds
#11 - Part 9
George Papadopoulos Tweets, Alexander Downer and SPYGATE Revelations
>>11420723 Downer was too sloppy and I had to report him to US authorities who foolishly notified me downer was in on it
>>11420723 Matt Bevan Tweet: OK but how does him writing an opinion piece in a national newspaper in favour of Trump fit into that?
>>11420723 His actions in 2016 have a big impact on himself and the US-Australia relationship in 2020
>>11420723 Matt Bevan Tweet: Writing an op-ed in favour of Trump to try and save himself from the people investigating him for spying. Got it.
>>11535230 I have never seen so many triggered people. I mean, you "won", right?
>>11535230 The crash is going to be brutal
>>11570888 Alexander Downer Tweet: @realDonaldTrump should concede gracefully. He's lost.
>>11571040 Video: Alexander Downer: Joe Biden will be a 'ceremonial president' - Sky News Australia
>>11587588 The world is watching
>>11605184 The UK and Australia were working against the campaign and sending operatives. They are now working to block declassification
>>11665184 Remember "Ambassador Downer"? He will become a household name once they drop the documents
>>11734733 It's going to be biblical
#12076387 at 2020-12-18 07:42:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 5
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>11781942 Iran releases Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert in prisoner swap deal, state TV says
>>11782224 Tributes for Donald Trump's steady envoy, US Ambassador to Australia Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr
>>11792840 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: A #Thanksgiving message from Ambassador Culvahouse: I am confident our best decades are yet to come
>>11793001 United States Studies Centre Tweet: "Its been a biblical year for Australians and Americans alike. Biblical as in the Old Testament. - Ambassador Culvahouse
>>11796334 Video: Thanksgiving with Ambassadors Culvahouse and Sinodinos - United States Studies Centre
>>11796622 Video: Inside the secret mission to bring jailed Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert home from Iran
>>11798838 Video: Australian Corruption - THE ARC WITH RICCARDO BOSI E13 - The Empire Strikes Back
>>11823054 Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher move to Sydney permanently, join growing number of celebs now calling Australia home
>>11837239 Konnech Australia Election Management System - delays and scrutiny issues in queensland local government elections
>>11851639 Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Julian Assange are cousins, connections reveal
>>11852738 Video: Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton - Australia in the 'midst of the most significant strategic realignment since WW2' - Sky News Australia
>>11852841 'My freedom truly is your victory': Kylie Moore-Gilbert's first words since Iran freedom
>>11868755 Video: Iran targets Kylie Moore-Gilbert in sick propaganda video, claims she and her secret Israeli husband were spies
>>11868770 Iran targets freed academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert and her husband Ruslan Hodorov - an Israeli of Russian origin - claiming both are spies
>>11868882 Iranian-American Trial Lawyers Association Tweet: Who is #KylieMooreGilbert? Beyond Propaganda & Disinformation Part I
>>11868891 Iranian-American Trial Lawyers Association Tweet: Who is #KylieMooreGilbert? Beyond Propaganda & Disinformation Part II
>>11868897 Iranian-American Trial Lawyers Association Tweet: Who is #KylieMooreGilbert? Beyond Propaganda & Disinformation Part III
>>11872321 Good Samaritan anonymously pays $16k worth of customer lay-bys at Gold Coast toy store
>>11884275 Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery wins international free speech prize for his efforts exposing Australia's spy operation in Timor-Leste
>>11898644 Corrupt former SA magistrate Bob Harrap imprisoned for at least a year, but his accomplices won't serve jail time
>>11899213 Sweeping review of Australia's spy laws calls for overhaul of convoluted and outdated laws governing digital surveillance
>>11911127 U.S. Cyber Command Tweet: First-ever #cyber agreement between U.S. & Australia means we can both evolve our virtual cyber training range
>>11911127 U.S. Cyber Command Tweet: Australia and the U.S. have a strong history of working together to develop our cyber capabilities
>>11911127 U.S. Cyber Command Tweet: This project arrangement is a milestone for U.S.-Australian cooperation
>>11911147 US and Australia sign first-ever cyber agreement to develop virtual training range - the Persistent Cyber Training Environment
>>11931540 Google, Facebook and Twitter panned for proposing "watered down" version of European Union Code of Practice on Disinformation for Australia
>>11959941 Parliamentary inquiry to examine extremism in Australia amid increasing far-right threat
>>11960610 Google and Facebook forced into world-first Australian media deal - Tech giants forced to pay for news content and share data collection methods
>>11968549 NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team arrests 18-year-old Albury man - charged with Advocating Terrorism, Urging Violence
>>11979085 ASIO Tweet: We keep Australians safe by operating 24/7, every day of the year. Director-General of Security @MikePBurgess oversees a 24/7 operations centre
>>11979222 The power of information in the contemporary battlespace - Australian Defence Force's Head of Information Warfare Division, Major General Marcus Thompson
>>11979231 Australian Government Department of Defence - Information Warfare Division
>>11990893 Video: Zodiac killer code cracked by Australian mathematician Samuel Blake more than 50 years after first murder
>>11990910 FBI SanFrancisco Tweet: The FBI is aware that a cipher attributed to the Zodiac Killer was recently solved by private citizens
>>11991865 Zodiac serial killer code solved more than 50 years on by team including Aussie mathematician (includes decrypted message)
>>11994120 A majority of Australians would welcome a universal basic income, survey finds - Gareth Hutchens - abc.net.au
>>12033976 TIME - HEROES OF 2020 Australia's Volunteer Firefighters Risked Everything to Keep Their Country Safe - Amy Gunia - time.com
>>12052704 Facebook faces multimillion-dollar penalties for 'misleading' Australian users with spying app, 'Onavo Protect'
#12076385 at 2020-12-18 07:41:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#11 - Part 4
Australian Politics and Society - Part 1
>>11439500 CIA agents claim they were targeted by a 'microwave weapon' in Australia
>>11418486 Every single queenslander should be stoked with the results of the state election, the winner was democracy - Ann Wason Moore - goldcoastbulletin.com.au
>>11423039 South Australian police are targeting known firebugs in a bid to prevent bushfires as the danger season begins
>>11423657 US Embassy Canberra Tweet: "The alliance with Australia…will continue regardless of the outcome of the election." - Ambassador Culvahouse #USwithAUS
>>11471969 MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS AND TO ALL AMERICANS OF GOOD WILL
>>11474040 Carl Lentz, Hillsong pastor who baptised Justin Bieber sacked due to a series of 'moral failures' - Hillsong founder Brian Houston
>>11536955, >>11536988 Video: The Australian Secret Intelligence Service: spying for Australia
>>11550993 New critical infrastructure laws oblige companies and institutions to strengthen cyber defences amid increasing threats from state-based actors
>>11552325 Dead bears, knives in pens: Inside an Australian Border Force mailroom
>>11571119 Video: Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull clashes with News Corp's Paul Kelly over Murdoch media climate coverage
>>11572111 U.S. Pacific Fleet Tweet: USS John S. McCain, Japan's JS Onami and Australia's HMAS Ballarat…with India's INS Shakti - exercise #Malabar
>>11572274 Australian War Memorial Tweet: At 11am on the 11th of November, we ask you to observe a minute's silence
>>11572274 Remembrance Day 2020 - One Minute's Silence - By observing one minute's silence we pay tribute to the men and women who have served and are still serving in our defence forces and remember those who have died or suffered in conflicts, wars and peacekeeping operations.
>>11577187 Remembrance Day poems - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon (1914), In Flanders Fields by John McCrae (1914) and We Shall Keep the Faith by Moina Michael (1918)
>>11622774 Carl Lentz's Former Hillsong Church Branch Is Under Investigation
>>11622774 Brian Houston Tweet: We are launching an independent investigation into the inner workings of Hillsong NYC/ East Coast. We need a solid foundation for a fresh start and new beginning. The best is yet to come.
>>11646899 Scott Morrison cancels trip to Papua New Guinea amid political crisis
>>11651831 Senate to investigate media bias and ownership after Kevin Rudd petition
>>11676926 The Australian Secret Intelligence Service: 007 - a blessing and curse
>>11676948 Video: The ASIS Interviews - No 4. Australia's James Bond: finding jewels for the country
>>11677548 Video: ASIO launches first public awareness campaign to warn Australians of foreign spies on social media
>>11677585 Foreign spies are targeting Australians online-be aware, be discreet and be responsible
>>11677585 ASIO Tweet: Director-General of Security, @MikePBurgess, introduces #ASIO's new campaign, Think Before You Link
>>11677585 Video: THINK BEFORE YOU LINK - ASIO Director-General's introduction - Not everyone you meet online is who they say they are
>>11678238 Scott Morrison and Murdoch's News Corp empire 'operating like a team', former PM Malcolm Turnbull says
>>11688306 U.S. Space Force: Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt takes charge of unit during first change of command, references "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance
>>11690170 Google and Facebook rejected 1 in 5 data requests from Australian law enforcement bodies in 2019
>>11690463 The fake and the furious: Kevin Rudd's Bangladeshi 'bots' in media royal commission petition
>>11690555 Kevin Rudd Tweet: The Murdoch smear of our petition calling for a Royal Commission continues
>>11703336 Kevin Rudd may have to register as 'an agent of foreign influence' due to vast overseas connections
>>11703554 'We do not deny climate change': Rupert Murdoch addresses son's exit from board
>>11747175 Facebook and Google must pay for news and should not be able to evade new laws, Australian media argues
>>11761410 Video: Inaugural Grotius Prize presented to Scott Morrison in recognition of his work in support of the international rules based order
>>11761629 Australia leads Five Eyes with new cyber security laws
>>11762029 Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Morrison will give in to international climate pressure - November 24, 2020
#12062029 at 2020-12-17 05:36:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
>>11604576
>>11702658
Former federal court judge named as special investigator for Afghanistan war crime allegations
A former Commonwealth director of public prosecutions and federal court judge has been appointed as a special investigator to pursue allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has announced Mark Weinberg QC, who sits on the Victorian Supreme Court, will take up the role of special investigator to examine the findings of last month's Brereton inquiry into alleged Afghanistan war crimes.
Justice Paul Brereton found there was credible evidence Australian special forces committed up to 39 murders, with 19 current and former soldiers facing criminal prosecutions.
The current Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department, Chris Moraitis, will also move to the Office of the Special Investigator to serve as its director-general, while former queensland Police deputy commissioner Ross Barnett will take up the role of director of investigations.
Mr Dutton said the Office of the Special Investigator would start work on January 4.
"The task for these eminent appointees will be challenging and, as the Prime Minister has noted, difficult for Australia," Mr Dutton said.
"They bring a wealth of experience to the very important work this office will do.
"Their combined wealth of experience will serve the office well in undertaking the significant task ahead."
Mr Moraitis has been secretary of the Attorney-General's department since 2014. He was previously a deputy secretary at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
"Mr Moraitis is a highly regarded public servant with significant experience in complex policy and legal matters," Mr Dutton said.
"He will provide strategic oversight and leadership to the operations of the Office of the Special Investigator."
He said Mr Barnett was "one of the most distinguished officers in the queensland Police".
"He led the State Crime Command of that service and he has considerable criminal investigative and major case experience," Mr Dutton said.
Last year Justice Weinberg came to national prominence when he offered a dissenting view in the Victorian Court of Appeal's decision to uphold George Pell's historical child abuse convictions.
"Having had regard to the whole of the evidence led at trial, and having deliberated long and hard over this matter, I find myself in the position of having a genuine doubt as to [Pell's] guilt," he wrote.
"My doubt is a doubt which the jury ought also to have had."
The High Court later quashed all convictions against Cardinal Pell.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-16/afghanistan-war-crime-allegation-investigators-appointed/12991386
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Proof Prince Andrew misled Emily Maitlis: Duke DID stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion, and secret itinerary shows hours of 'private time' during trip when Virginia Roberts claims he slept with her
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Prince Andrew did stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion during a trip when it is alleged he slept with a trafficked teenager, the Daily Mail can reveal for the first time.
Contradicting his car crash TV interview, sources have confirmed the queen's second son was indeed a guest at the paedophile tycoon's Manhattan home in April 2001, raising questions about his other recollections of the time.
Andrew, 60, told Newsnight's Emily Maitlis last year: 'I wasn't staying there. I may have visited but definitely didn't, definitely, definitely no, no, no activity.'
But a Mail investigation has discovered both the duke and a Scotland Yard bodyguard did spend a night at Epstein's townhouse, the largest in the city.
It was during this three-day trip to the United States that the prince's accuser, Virginia Roberts, alleges she slept with the father-of-two for a second time after a previous encounter in London - claims the duke has always vehemently denied.
Well-placed sources have confirmed Andrew stayed at Epstein's £60million home on the final night of his pre-Easter visit to the US in 2001 'to save taxpayers' money'. But the insiders stressed that neither Epstein, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell nor Miss Roberts were at the property at the time.
An official itinerary seen by the Daily Mail shows that the duke spent the first night of his US trip at the residence of the British consul general in New York, then flew to Boston for 24 hours, before returning to New York where he slept 'at a private address'.
That address was Epstein's home near Central Park, the sources have confirmed.
Our investigations have also uncovered a gap of a few hours set aside in New York for what was called 'Private Time' in the duke's confidential tour itinerary.
Andrew has not been able to explain what he was doing during this time but Miss Roberts and another Epstein 'masseuse' have both said they met him in the city.
Miss Roberts, now a mother of three living in Australia, claims she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with the duke on three occasions in 2001, including in New York around Easter that year, when she was 17.
Andrew strongly denies all her allegations and says he cannot even recall meeting her, despite the pair being apparently pictured together at Miss Maxwell's London home on March 10, 2001.
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#11989583 at 2020-12-12 02:25:46 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts: the explosive dossier: The Mail has spent months investigating Virginia Roberts' claims she slept with Prince Andrew three times. The results are troubling and deeply revealing…
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A blustery, wet Saturday morning and St Swithun's, a girls' public school in Winchester, is about to host a lacrosse fixture against St George's School, Ascot.
It is always a keenly fought affair. But there is a heightened anticipation in the home changing rooms on that morning of March 10, 2001. Among the Swithunites' opponents in a junior match will be a genuine VVIP: she is Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, elder daughter of the Duke of York. The queen's granddaughter, no less.
The result of this clash has been lost in the mists of time. It is no longer of any consequence. But the same cannot be said of other events involving the York household as that Saturday unfolded.
For this was the 'day of days' as far as the Duke's involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein paedophile scandal is concerned. In London early that evening Andrew is said to have been introduced to a 17-year-old American called Virginia Roberts.
Miss Roberts was less than five years older than Beatrice. But unlike the Princess, her childhood had not been one of great privilege; rather she suffered sex abuse, homelessness and drug problems before being recruited by the Wall Street billionaire as his personal 'masseuse' and ultimately became one of his groomed 'sex-slaves'.
That evening, she says, she and Andrew danced together at Tramp nightclub. She claims they then returned to the Belgravia home of Andrew's old friend and Epstein's then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, where HRH put his arm around the teenager's bare midriff to pose for that photograph.
'Foreplay' in the bathroom led to royal 'ecstasy' in an adjoining bedroom.
In short, the ruin that is the Duke's reputation, his banishment from public life and the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing desire to question him about his part in the Epstein affair, can be traced back to Saturday, March 10, 2001.
The Duke emphatically denies having had sexual relations with Miss Roberts or any minor. He has said he cannot recall ever having met her, not least in an infamous interview last year with Newsnight's Emily Maitlis.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Miss Roberts was a victim of Epstein. She distressingly recounts how she was groomed and pressured by him into having sex with numerous men, all of them strangers. One can only imagine what a devastating effect this would have had on a 17-year-old girl.
BUT WAS SHE ALSO A VICTIM OF THE DUKE?
Over a number of months the Mail has conducted a forensic investigation of her allegations against Andrew.
We have secured the testimonies of previously unheard eyewitnesses, found new top-level sources and confidential documents, and analysed thousands of legal exhibits from Epstein cases that have been released into the public domain.
The Mail has examined the as-yet unexplained variations and discrepancies within Miss Roberts' various accounts.
Commenting on any inaccuracies, she has said: 'You are left with a foggy memory sometimes, you really are,' and: 'I might be wrong on dates absolutely and I might be wrong on places even, sometimes.'
Given the awful trauma that she suffered at Epstein's hands, this is entirely understandable. And what she alleges took place almost 20 years ago. Memories fade.
Nonetheless she has accused the Duke of having had three sexual encounters with her in 2001. Public opinion is against him and his protestations of innocence. At the heart of this hostility are the alleged events of March 10, 2001, and the infamous photograph which appears to corroborate her claims of intimacy between them.
Now, for the first time, the story of that day can be told up to the point where their two narratives collide.
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#11979791 at 2020-12-11 10:41:40 (UTC+1)
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Depraved, defiant Qld father's nine-year incestuous abuse of teen daughter
A father who had incestuous sexual relations with his own daughter over nine years treated her like a 'prostitute', a court has heard.
A depraved queensland father jailed for an illicit nine-year sexual relationship with his teenage daughter has remained defiant to the end, refusing to apologise for his conduct on the day of his sentencing.
Even prior to learning his fate on Thursday the father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, protested from the dock as the court was told of the awful treatment of his child.
On Friday, he showed little emotion as Judge Vicki Loury handed down a sentence of nine years' jail for the relationship, described as exploiting and corrupting the girl.
Asked if he had anything to say before sentencing, he answered: "No, Your Honour".
The father pleaded guilty to thirty counts of incest and one count of maintaining an unlawful relationship with a child.
The court was told the father commenced a relationship with his daughter, 14, in 2009.
Judge Loury said the offending began the day before he found out the girl was his biological daughter via a DNA test.
Over the next 9.5 years, he repeatedly had sex with her, with Judge Loury saying he treated the girl as if she was his wife or partner.
When she said she wanted to tell someone about the relationship, he threatened to kill himself.
Judge Loury said he also threatened to have sex with the girl's sister to ensure her compliance with the relationship.
Even when the girl moved out of his home in 2016, when she was aged 22, the father continued to provide support and had sex with her in return.
"You treated your own daughter as if she was a prostitute," Judge Loury said.
The offending stopped after September 2018 and the offending was reported to police.
The father described it as the "best thing in his life" and said he didn't care if she was his daughter.
Judge Loury noted the father's lack of remorse as he had insisted on proceeding to trial, even changing legal representatives.
"I saw your conduct yesterday (Thursday), despite my clear indication to you that I could see you were mouthing 'That is crap' ... (and) you continued to shake your head and say things under your breath," she said.
The court was told the father had a condition that meant he did not understand the gravity of his offending but had developed better insight into his conduct in the years since.
A psychologist report revealed he had a mild cognitive impairment with a deficit in verbal skills, reasoning and comprehension.
However, the psychologist noted he was remorseful for his actions.
Judge Loury said the father otherwise had a consistent employment history in labouring.
She sentenced him to nine years' jail.
"You betrayed the trust of your own daughter in a very grave way," Judge Loury said.
"You were her father, it was your role to protect her and to nurture her, but instead you had incestuous sexual relations with her."
Where to find help
If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual abuse or family violence contact:
- National Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence Counselling Service 24-hour helpline 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732
https://www.1800respect.org.au/
- 24-hour Emergency Accommodation helpline on 1800 800 588
- Safe At Home helpline on 1800 633 937
- SHE (free and confidential counselling and support) on 6278 9090
- Sexual Assault Support Services on 6231 1811, or after hours 6231 1817
- Family Violence Crisis and Support Service on 1800 608 122
- Bravehearts - Sexual Assault Support for Children on 1800 BRAVE 1
Don't go it alone. Please reach out for help by contacting Lifeline on 13 11 14
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
Men who have anger, relationship or parenting issues, should contact the Men's Referral Service on 1300 766 491
https://www.ntv.org.au/
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/depraved-defiant-qld-fathers-nineyear-incestuous-abuse-of-teen-daughter/news-story/04f093044056d8e7c7651e10054df762
#11978773 at 2020-12-11 06:52:57 (UTC+1)
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Health department secretary Brendan Murphy said the risk of a false-positive was seen to be "extremely low at the outset".
"Everyone was very surprised at the unexpected prevalence of the false positive," Professor Murphy said.
More than 200 volunteers in two groups - aged 18 to 55, and 56 and over - were involved in the phase one trial with a proportion of the participants receiving a placebo.
Evidence publicly released so far from the clinical trials found the vaccine to be safe and said it produced a strong immune response able to neutralise the COVID-19 virus in laboratory based tests.
A government source said the Australian government's Science and Industry Technical Advisory Group, headed by Professor Murphy and acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, had reviewed the findings this week and recommended ending the deal.
An industry source said CSL, Australia's biggest company, will make a statement to the ASX 200 on Friday before the market opens. Both UQ and CSL will continue their research in the hope of creating a successful vaccine in coming months.
Neither CSL, the University of queensland nor the Morrison government would comment when contacted by this masthead.
Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but scientists around the world are racing to produce a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine by next year.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the decision showed the planning process was working.
"It's an honest explanation of some of the challenges we've had," Mr Hunt said.
"But, at the end of the day, 31 million new vaccines purchased for Australia, and the potential for a slightly earlier completion of the rollout with the commencement process still on track for March, subject to the approvals and the news on our vaccine candidates is strong."
The University of queensland was tasked by the Oslo-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus in January, which was supported by an initial investment of up to US$4.5 million.
The vaccine efforts reached a critical milestone in April, showing the ability to raise high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus in early pre-clinical testing.
Although the deal with CSL was expected to be worth up to $1 billion, the federal government was not required to pay unless the vaccine had received the green light from health authorities and large-scale production occurred. It means the funding commitment can be diverted to securing doses from other candidate vaccines.
Before the UQ-CSL termination, the Morrison government had signed five agreements securing potential access to 134 million doses from different vaccines at a total cost of $3.2 billion.
Researchers are testing 58 vaccines in clinical trials on humans, and at least 86 preclinical vaccines are under active investigation in animals.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australian-covid-vaccine-terminated-due-to-hiv-false-positives-20201210-p56mju.html
#11978765 at 2020-12-11 06:51:50 (UTC+1)
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Australian COVID vaccine terminated due to HIV 'false positives'
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A billion-dollar deal for the Morrison government to buy more than 50 million doses of the University of queensland's potential coronavirus vaccine has been abruptly terminated after several trial participants returned false positive HIV test results.
UQ, working in partnership with Australian global biotech company CSL, will abandon its current clinical trials following the discovery. It informed the federal government of the initial data on Monday, which was then referred to health authorities for urgent medical advice.
Sources with knowledge of the current trials said pathology tests had in the past weeks confirmed the positives were in fact false and the health of the participants has not been put at risk.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the national security committee of cabinet agreed to terminate the purchasing agreement on Thursday, following expert health advice and fears the revelation would severely damage the Australian public's confidence in the COVID-19 vaccination program, which is expected to begin early next year.
"We have prepared for this. We have planned for this. And now we're making decisions in accordance with this," he said on Friday morning.
He said the government had "spread the risk" by entering into multiple agreements and had secured 20 million new doses from Oxford University-AstraZeneca and another 11 million from Novavax to cover for the 51 million doses the home-grown product was to supply.
"The net out-take of this is we are more likely to have the entire population vaccinated earlier rather than later by the ability to bring this manufacturing capability forward," Mr Morrison said.
The UQ vaccine candidate used a protein and adjuvant platform, containing the COVID-19 spike protein and a "molecular clamp". A small component is derived from the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, that is not able to infect people or replicate.
A source with knowledge of the clinical results said although the HIV protein fragment posed "absolutely no health risk to people", they had identified that some trial participants who received the vaccine produced a partial antibody response to it.
The partial antibody response had the potential to interfere with some HIV screening tests that look for the antibodies - leading to a false positive test result. It is unclear how long participants would continue to return false positive results.
The source said although all participants had been told there was a remote possibility HIV markers could be found in tests during the trial, medical researchers had not expected it to occur.
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Ms Roper cited research from the Australian Institute of Criminology, which concluded there was no evidence these products prevented child sexual abuse.
"Instead, they present a risk of escalation and may actually increase the likelihood of child sexual abuse," she said.
The providers of the childlike sex dolls have proved they will go to extraordinary lengths to supply customised material to abusers, Ms Roper told NCA NewsWire.
"Men could see a girl out in public, take a photo and say, 'I want a doll modelled on her'," she said.
"They could send in photos of children they know or have some kind of caretaking power over, so there's lots of ways men can use this to victimise living children.
"It's a new way they can be victimised and abused even without their knowledge and without their presence."
The brazen criminality comes as new data provided to NCA NewsWire reveals a spike in the number of childlike sex dolls being imported into Australia.
Australian Border Force (ABF) seized more than 100 dolls in less than five months to November 18.
So far this calendar year, 191 dolls or parts of dolls were found, compared to 145 in the whole of 2019, with the majority found in packages sent from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
Assistant Customs Minister Jason Wood said the ABF and law enforcement more broadly were "focused on combating the attempted import of these vile products into Australia".
"Increased intelligence work undertaken across the Home Affairs portfolio and the ABF's commitment to detecting this abhorrent material has ensured these items are stopped at the border," he said.
Legislation introduced in June allows for a mandatory minimum sentence of four years' imprisonment in situations where it is the person's "second-strike" child sexual abuse offence.
"These penalties reflect the serious role that these products can play in normalising and desensitising offenders to child sexual abuse," Mr Wood said.
"These products sexualise children and cause great harm. The ABF is committed to working closely with our law enforcement partners, both here in Australia and overseas, to combat this issue, and we will continue to pursue and prosecute."
Other sites have appeared more proactive in eliminating the abuse material as the presence of childlike sex dolls becomes more common.
Earlier in the year, the ABF worked alongside major Chinese e-commerce marketplace Alibaba to shut down an offshore vendor importing dolls into Australia.
The border force's superintendent in queensland, Amanda Coppleman, said the increase of the crime was a huge concern and assistance from online retailers was crucial.
"Online e-commerce sites like Alibaba.com play a role in eliminating the supply of these childlike sex dolls and have the ability to shut down vendors," she said.
"The fight against child exploitation is an ongoing and evolving one but each successful achievement is an important milestone."
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/etsy-seller-providing-childlike-sex-dolls-modelled-off-14yearold-instagram-star/news-story/5baac0a4b8c02dd3dd711d57e1bd9531
#11946365 at 2020-12-08 06:56:25 (UTC+1)
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Man sentenced to seven years in jail for historic child sex offences
NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE - ENGLAND
Humberside Police - 7 Dec 2020
A 'perverted' 78-year-old man has been sentenced to spend the next seven years behind bars and the rest of his life on the sex offenders register, after admitting to historic child sex offences dating back to the 80s and 90s which 'stole the innocence' of two girls and two boys.
Over a number of years, he integrated himself into families with the intention of abusing vulnerable children.
David Wilson of Yaru Street, queensland, Australia pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault, four counts of indecent assault on a male person and two counts of indecency with a child at an earlier court appearance and was sentenced in Grimsby Crown Court today (Monday 7 December) to seven years imprisonment.
He was the target of a 25-year manhunt by police, after failing to appear in Grimsby Crown Court in 1995 charged with indecent assault against the two now women, who were both under 14 when the abuse occurred.
Within that time, officers explored every possible avenue to try and track him down. In 2013, the two men, who had been abused by Wilson when they were less than 14-years-old, came forward to police, providing new lines of enquiry to investigate.
The painstaking investigation uncovered that David Wilson had changed his identity a number of times to avoid detection, holding a number of passports and driving licenses in Australia and New Zealand under different names and dates of birth. He travelled between the two countries on a number of occasions between 1995 and 2020.
After a coordinated effort between Humberside Police and Australian authorities, he was extradited to the UK in July 2020, seeing a team of detectives fly to Australia during a global pandemic to bring the 'vile' paedophile back to Grimsby to stand trial for the devastation he had caused to the four victims.
Detective Constable Nichola Oakley, who has been leading the enquiry since 2013, said: "Firstly, I would like to applaud the bravery and strength of the four victims for disclosing what had happened to them and working with us on what I know has been a long road to justice.
"The sentence reflects the serious nature of the abuse by a person in a position of trust and reinforces that the passage of time does not reduce the impact or severity of the crime.
"Despite him now being behind bars, I know that his actions will forever live with these victims.
"I would like to provide reassurance to others who may have suffered at the hands of sexual abusers that no matter when the abuse occurred, we will listen to you.
"I know that it is often incredibly difficult to come to terms with abuse, and victims can be too frightened to speak out, but as can be seen from this case, we are persistent and will make use of every resource and upgrade in technology to catch predators."
https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/man-sentenced-seven-years-jail-historic-child-sex-offences
#11932492 at 2020-12-07 07:33:37 (UTC+1)
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Bob Montgomery sentenced to four years in prison for historic child sex offences
Robert Bruce Montgomery, 76, who was once a prominent psychologist, has been sentenced to four years in prison over child sex offences committed in the 1960s.
Montgomery was a Scout Leader in Edgecliff in Sydney's eastern suburbs when he abused three boys over a number of years.
In 1965 he was made to resign from the organisation after it was made aware of his offending but no formal legal action was taken.
In 1966 as a teacher at a Marrickville High School he sexually assaulted a fourth boy.
He later had a prominent career as a psychologist and was president of the Australian Psychological Society from 2009 to 2011.
In 2018 Montgomery was extradited from queensland and charged after his victims reported the abuse.
He will be eligible for parole in 12 months.
His victims, who are now adults, cried and hugged one another in court after the sentencing.
Montgomery was supported in court by his wife.
He handed her his wedding ring prior to the sentencing in anticipation of his incarceration.
The court heard Montgomery had a distinguished career which included working with reality television show Big Brother and preparing reports for Family Court matters.
His role for the Family Court included assessing the credibility of child sex abuse allegations in custody disputes.
In sentencing, Judge Paul Conlon said through Montgomery's study of psychology he would have developed a strong understanding of the suffering of his victims.
Judge Conlon said in regard to the length of the sentence consideration had been given to the fact Montgomery had several health issues including moderate to severe dementia.
An expert medical opinion given to the court estimated he would live another 3.75 years.
'Justice has found its mark
Outside court one of Montgomery's victims said he agreed with the reasons given by the judge.
The man said it had been a harrowing several years since the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse had given him the confidence to come forward.
"Justice has found its mark and accountability, its rightful place," he said.
The victim impact statement that man read to the court detailed decades of instability in his life which he attributed to Montgomery sexually assaulting him at age 12.
"I have developed an acute awareness of how the abuse has had such a devastating impact and effect on my entire life thus far," he said.
"It became clear to me just how the abuse actually has been responsible for so many failings and shortfalls, trials and tribulations, bad choices, paranoia, heartache and mental anguish for myself.
"And just what those people close to me have had to endure because of it."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-07/australian-psychological-society-bob-montgomery-child-sex-abuse/12956704
#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.
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#11910529 at 2020-12-05 05:54:06 (UTC+1)
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Exclusive: Prince Andrew's accuser was a prostitute paid off by Jeffrey Epstein, court papers allege
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 37, claims to have had sex with the prince three times when she was 17
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Prince Andrew's chief accuser was a prostitute who lied about her age and was paid "half a million" by the disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, new court papers allege.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 37, who claims to have had sex with the prince three times when she was 17, was "on the game for about a year" before she met Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of sex trafficking her and a number of other young women in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Ms Roberts Giuffre has always insisted she was a victim and never a willing participant, accusing her critics of "recycling fantasies of their version of the truth for years". She claims the men who abused her have been using their wealth and influence to keep her quiet, accusing the queen's son of "hiding behind his mummy's skirt" saying: "I didn't do it."
Allegations contained in newly-filed legal documents claim Ms Roberts Giuffre was 16, not 15, when she first met Ms Maxwell in Florida. She is also accused of changing her story about meeting Donald Trump at the last minute and of confusing one of the men she claimed to have been sex trafficked to with another Harvard professor.
It is also alleged that she may have doctored an email and was using legal action as a form of "blackmail".
Ms Roberts Giuffre has always insisted she is trying to expose the truth, and founded non-profit organisation Victims Refuse Silence in 2015 to help fellow survivors of sex trafficking.
The sensational claims emerged in a transcript of a conversation between Sharon Churcher, the journalist who first revealed Ms Roberts Giuffre to be one of Mr Epstein's victims in a 2011 newspaper interview, and Tony Lyons, a New York publisher.
Mr Lyons' Skyhorse Group has published books by Epstein's former lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who Ms Roberts Giuffre has claimed to have been sex trafficked to six times as a minor. The Harvard professor, 81, vehemently denies the claims and has submitted the transcript in defence of a defamation action lodged against him by Ms Roberts Giuffre in April last year.
Ms Churcher met Mr Lyons at Skyhorse's headquarters on West 36th Street, New York, on October 2 last year to discuss a book about the "Me Too" movement she was working on.
During the course of their 80-minute conversation, recorded by Mr Lyons, Ms Churcher made a series of claims about Ms Roberts Giuffre, whom she first revealed as victim "Jane Doe 3" in a story published on February 27, 2011.
The article was accompanied by a never-seen-before photo of Andrew with his arm around a then 17-year-old Ms Roberts Giuffre, taken by Epstein at Ms Maxwell's London flat in March 2001.
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#11899237 at 2020-12-04 08:20:04 (UTC+1)
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GO AUSSIE GO! WRWY
AUSTRALIAN NEWS AGENCIES AND JOURNALISTS ON TRIAL FOR TALKING ABOUT CARDINAL PELL ABUSE CASE
WHY WAS THERE A GAG ORDER CONCERNING THE CARDINAL PELL CASE?
WHO CONTROLS AUSTRALIA? WHO REALLY CONTROLS AUSTRALIA?
Judge refuses to dismiss media charges in Pell trial
December 4, 2020 12:09 am Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A Supreme Court judge in Australia's Victoria state has dismissed submissions from news media organizations and journalists that there is no case to answer on charges they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell's sex abuse convictions in 2018. More charges were tossed out in the case against Australian media outlets prosecuted over reporting of Pell's abuse convictions. But the judge refused to throw out the bulk of the 87 charges of contempt of court for stories published after the cardinal's guilty verdict. His child sexual abuse convictions were overturned by Australia's High Court earlier this year and the cardinal is back in Rome.
https://wbng.com/2020/12/04/judge-refuses-to-dismiss-media-charges-in-pell-trial/
Judge refuses to dismiss media charges in Pell trial
Updated: December 4, 2020- 12:09 AM
Judge refuses to dismiss media charges in Pell trial
GREGORIO BORGIA / AP
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A Supreme Court judge in Australia's Victoria state on Friday dismissed submissions from news media organizations and journalists that there is no case to answer on charges they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell's sex abuse convictions in 2018.
More charges were tossed out in the case against Australian media outlets prosecuted over reporting of Pell's abuse convictions. But the judge refused to throw out the bulk of the 87 charges of contempt of court for stories published after the cardinal's guilty verdict.
His child sexual abuse convictions were overturned by Australia's High Court earlier this year and the cardinal is back in Rome.
More than two dozen media organizations, reporters and editors were charged with breaching of suppression orders and other reporting rules in the days following the guilty verdicts.
In a mid-trial ruling on Friday, Justice John Dixon dismissed eight contempt charges against Nationwide News, Sydney radio station 2GB, queensland Newspapers and the Nine Entertainment-owned Fairfax Media.
But he rejected arguments by 27 media outlets, journalists and editors that they had no case to answer for the remaining 79 charges.
Prosecutors last month dropped 13 charges against News Corp. staff and publications. The trial is scheduled to resume on Jan. 28.
Such suppression orders are common in the Australian and British judicial systems. But the enormous international interest in an Australian criminal trial with global ramifications highlighted the difficulty in enforcing such orders in the digital age.
Pell was convicted on Dec. 11, 2018 of sexually abusing two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral when he was the city's archbishop in the late 1990s.
The trial of Pope Francis' former finance minister and the most senior Catholic to be charged with child sex abuse was not reported in the news media because of the suppression order that forbade publication of details in any format that could be accessed from Australia.
Details were suppressed to prevent prejudicing jurors in a second child abuse trial that Pell was to face three months later.
That second trial was canceled due to a lack of evidence, and Australia's High Court in April overturned all convictions after Pell had spent 13 months in prison.
No foreign news organization has been charged with breaching the suppression order. The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment would prevent such censorship in the United States, so attempting to extradite an American for breaching an Australian suppression order would be futile.
https://www.inquirer.com/wires/ap/judge-refuses-dismiss-media-charges-pell-trial-20201204.html
#11872321 at 2020-12-02 17:55:45 (UTC+1)
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Good Samaritan anonymously pays $16k worth of customer lay-bys at Gold Coast toy store
An anonymous 'Santa's helper' has paid off all the lay-bys at a toy store on queensland's Gold Coast, totalling more than $16,000, with customers surprised and emotional with the gesture of Christmas goodwill after a tough year.
Staff at Mr Toys Toyworld at Burleigh Waters said a woman came into the store with two others at lunch-time last Thursday and paid the outstanding balances on more than 80 lay-bys in the lead-up to Christmas.
Employee Maddie Gillespie said she had never witnessed such an act of generosity.
"We were all speechless - it was a really crazy moment," Ms Gillespie said.
Employee Rachael Thompson said she had to console parents who had been overcome with emotions when they were informed about the stranger's kindness.
"We wish she could know how grateful people are," Ms Thompson said.
Single mum of two Alannah Loadsman had put down a $60 deposit on a $300 dollhouse when she called the store on Tuesday and learnt the gift for her seven-year-old daughter had been paid off in full.
"It's helped massively for a single mum - so generous I almost cried," she said.
"It goes to show there are so many good people out there - it's definitely made a bad year into a good year, that's for sure.
"I would give her a huge hug and say thank you so much."
As for the identity of the donor and her two friends, staff would only say the trio looked like they were aged in their late 20s or early 30s.
"We didn't get their names - all they said is to tell people it was Santa's helpers," Ms Gillepsie said.
Ms Gillespie said the generosity had not ended end with the lay-bys.
She said the trio returned to the shop about an hour later and gave gifts to all the staff members.
The women then returned that evening and picked one lucky customer and walked around the shop with him as he selected toys.
"They paid for his family's - what I'm assuming is - their entire Christmas shop ... off the top of my head that was $3,000-$4,000," she said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-02/qld-good-samaritan-pays-toy-store-laybys-16000-dollars/12944056
#11837239 at 2020-11-30 04:27:24 (UTC+1)
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Aus anons, DIG on Konnech - it's been used for your elections
Part of their system includes a webpage where clients can use to display voters the results. (i.e. get numbers from Scytl and then post it at the website)
The founder is Eugene Yu, formerly of China. He lives in the US. It was cofounded with Greg Denton.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/inquiry-slams-ecq-for-slow-council-election-results-20200602-p54yup.html / https://archive.vn/XnSi6
https://www.konnech.com.au/ElectionManagementSystems.html
#11804910 at 2020-11-27 08:36:19 (UTC+1)
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'Devastating blow': Trade Minister lashes out at China's wine tariff hit
China's multibillion-dollar trade dispute with Australia has entered perilous new territory after Beijing slapped tariffs of up to 200 per cent on Australian wine and the Morrison government accused China of breaching its free trade agreement.
The sudden escalation prompted one of Australia's largest wine exporters to move into a trading halt on Friday while Australian ministers unloaded on the Chinese government in a diplomatic row that threatens to spiral into $20 billion worth of exports across half-a-dozen industries.
Under the new measure, Chinese importers will have to pay a duty levied against Australian wine companies. This will vary from 107.1 per cent to 212.1 per cent, depending on which company has produced the wine.
The money raised will be held by Chinese authorities and could in theory be refunded, depending on the final findings of China's anti-dumping investigation. But the Australian industry believes that the measure will hurt wine producers regardless of its preliminary status, because it increases the cost of wine and discourages exports.
In his strongest comments to date, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said China's decision on Friday to place steep tariffs on Australian wines would be a "devastating blow" to the industry, rendering businesses unviable.
"The cumulative impact of China's trade sanctions against a number of Australian industries during the course of this year does give rise to the perception these actions are being undertaken as a result or in response to some other factors," he said.
"Doing so is completely incompatible with the commitments that China has given through the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement and through the World Trade Organisation. It's incompatible with a rules-based trading system."
The government has for months said it was up to China to explain why Australia was being targeted with infringements that Beijing insisted were unrelated to the diplomatic disagreements.
But Senator Birmingham is now accusing China of using the perception of economic pressure to force a change in Australia's positions on Huawei, foreign interference, national security and other issues raised by the Chinese embassy last week.
The White House and the British government have rallied behind the Morrison government, with the US ambassador to Australia and the UK's foreign affairs committee chairman both condemning China's aggression.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud on Friday said Australia would not compromise its policy positions in response to trade threats.
"That's what any Australian government of any political persuasion is elected to do. We'll never, never compromise any of those values and principles. We're a sovereign nation, we expect to be treated with the respect of a sovereign nation," he said. "We'll not be for turning."
The wine strike is the latest in a long line of hits on Australian exports by Beijing this year. Diplomatic disputes over China's coronavirus response, human rights breaches and territorial expansion culminated last week when the Chinese embassy issued a list of 14 grievances with Australia to Nine News, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
More than a dozen ships loaded with millions of dollars worth of Australian coal and hundreds of crew members have been stranded for months outside Chinese ports unable to offload their cargo. queensland and Victorian timber exports have been rejected and seafood subject to quality control measures that meant 20 tonnes of live lobster perished on the tarmac at Shanghai's airport, unable to clear customs.
China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday issued the preliminary ruling after China's drink industry accused Australian producers of dumping discounted wine into China, reducing the competitiveness of local producers.
The ministry announced it would apply a tariff rate of between 107 per cent and 212 per cent on Australian wines.
The ministry said it had conducted investigations in strict accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations and World Trade Organisation rules. The Australian government and the local wine industry have strongly denied the allegations.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/china-hits-australian-wine-with-tariffs-of-up-to-200-per-cent-20201127-p56ikr.html
#11752213 at 2020-11-23 17:55:30 (UTC+1)
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This is 'unprecedented - it's unfathomable' - veterans speak out on nine ADF member suicides in three weeks
The suicide of nine serving and non-serving Defence personnel in the last three weeks across Australia is "unprecedented", leaving the veteran community "speechless" and asking what will it take for real change.
Some are blaming cumulative mental health impacts strained by the added stress of the recent Afghanistan war crimes report, which found evidence of 39 murders by Australian Special Forces.
The eight men and one woman who took their own lives - the latest on November 19 - were aged from their early 20s to 50s and were based in queensland and New South Wales.
Among them was 32-year-old Private Shane Holt, who was based in Brisbane, served in Afghanistan and leaves behind a partner and his three-year-old son.
None of the recent suicide deaths are related. Nor are they directly linked to the Afghanistan war crimes report.
"The number of suicides in such a small time frame is unprecedented - it's unfathomable," said Paul, an ex-Australian Defence Force (ADF) member who did not want to be identified.
"We are absolutely speechless," said Paul, not his real name. "And these are only the Defence members and veterans that we know of, and does not take into account the number of suicide attempts that have been occurring."
Paul posted information of the deaths, with family permissions, to raise awareness through a national online community called the Pineapple Express that is advocating for veteran mental health.
The Advertiser and Sunday Mail's Let's Talk campaign a week ago today reported the veteran suicide toll was 32.5 per cent higher than last year.
The recent suicides now tip that rate closer to 40 per cent, with at least 56 veterans taking their own lives since January compared to 40 last year.
"It's tragic and devastating and it shouldn't be happening," said Adelaide Army veteran Nathan Bolton, a member of the SA Premier's Council on Suicide Prevention.
"Things are happening to address mental health in the ADF but it's not happening fast enough and too many are still being left behind," said Bolton, co-director of mental health service Bolton Brothers.
"I think some of the media (reporting of the war crimes report) has been painting everyone with the same brush and people seem to have forgotten about innocence until proven guilty - and that adds additional stress," said Adelaide ex-infantry soldier and veterans' mental health advocate Neil 'Wally' Wallace.
The Defence Department did not respond before deadline.
For help, call Open Arms Veteran and Family Counselling on 1800 011 046; Safe Zone Support on 1800 142 072; or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/coronavirus/lets-talk-our-state-of-mind-2020-dealing-with-mental-health-problems-tips-and-resources/news-story/d35feb32f7fba050367d03c0c9369379
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/south-australia/this-is-unprecedented-its-unfathomable-veterans-speak-out-on-nine-adf-member-suicides-in-three-weeks/news-story/5e80767ea132da076e481206b5b2d9b0
#11723760 at 2020-11-21 10:14:30 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew: 'Outrageous' that year has passed since royal vowed to cooperate with FBI, says lawyer
It is 'never too late to do the right thing', lawyer says
A lawyer representing Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims has called it "outrageous" that Prince Andrew has still not cooperated with US authorities, one year after he promised to do so, calling on him to "do the right thing".
On the first anniversary of the queen's second son withdrawing from public duties, Lisa Bloom, who represents six of the alleged victims, urged the Duke of York to agree to be interviewed by the FBI as part of their investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of grooming teenage girls as young as 14 for Epstein to abuse. The royal denies all charges of wrongdoing.
Ms Maxwell's trial is set for July 2021.
"How outrageous that it's been a year since Prince Andrew publicly promised to co-operate with law enforcement investigating all those who enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sexual assaults on hundreds of women and girls," Ms Bloom said.
"He simply has not kept that promise. Meanwhile, the six victims I represent struggle to repair their lives.
"We implore Prince Andrew to submit to an interview with the FBI investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell and other accused co-conspirators, to tell what he knows, to turn over documents and evidence, and to instruct his staff to do so as well.
"It is never too late to do the right thing."
The duke bowed out from public life following a catastrophic interview with the BBC's Emily Maitlis. In the Newsnight interview, he denied accusations that he had sex with Virginia Giuffre, who says she was trafficked by Epstein, on three separate occasions, including when she was 17 and still a minor under US law.
In the interview, Prince Andrew said that the alleged encounter with Ms Giuffre in 2001 did not happen as he remembered that he had spent the day with his eldest daughter Princess Beatrice, taking her to Pizza Express in Woking for a party.
He also dismissed the allegation on the grounds that Ms Giuffre said the same alleged incident began with the duke sweating heavily as they danced at London nightclub Tramp. Prince Andrew claimed it could not be true as he had a medical condition at the time which meant he did not sweat.
The duke maintained that he did not remember ever meeting Ms Giuffre, despite being shown a picutre of them together. In response, the royal said while he recognised himself in the photograph with Ms Giuffre, he claimed it is not possible to prove whether the image was fake.
He added that he continued to "unequivocally regret my ill-judged association" with Epstein and vowed to help "any appropriate law enforcement agency".
The royal has since been accused of trying to "falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to co-operate" by US attorney Geoffrey Berman, who was leading the investigation into Epstein. Prince Andrew's lawyers denied the claim, saying he has offered to give a witness statement three times.
Epstein was arrested last year and killed himself in prison while awaiting trial.
A spokesperson for Prince Andrew's lawyers declined to respond to The Independent's request for comment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeffrey-epstein-prince-andrew-ghislaine-maxwell-b1758934.html
#11712058 at 2020-11-20 07:12:06 (UTC+1)
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Child exploitation offences
The group's achievements in stamping out child exploitation offences are well highlighted, including the purchase and distribution of child exploitation material that was thrust into the spotlight following the news in 2019 that Westpac had failed to report the actions of 284 customers and suspected paedophiles.
In the month that followed the landmark action, which was settled for $1.3 billion this year, AUSTRAC received more than 740 suspicious matter reports as regulated entities became alive to the risks that their systems were being compromised, leaving them liable for huge penalties.
The Fintel Alliance says its methods of collaborating and sharing information have resulted in the arrest of 10 individuals for child-related offences and 25 detections of child exploitation material at the border. Three years after it elevated the detection and disruption of the "heinous crime" of child exploitation with a dedicated project, the work is being embedded into standard operations.
The alliance instigated 29 operations and delivered 225 intelligence products over the financial year. The operations and products in this co-operative environment are separate from AUSTRAC's investigations and reports that are conducted by other divisions within the group.
The Fintel Alliance says it was able to curb widespread exploitation of the Australian government's $60 billion stimulus package by leveraging the country's membership of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body responsible for setting anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards.
"While many in our community have pulled together to help and support each other, we have also seen criminals adapt their behaviour to take advantage of the generosity of Australians when people are at their most vulnerable," AUSTRAC's Ms Rose said.
AUSTRAC was able to provide members of the alliance with fraud methodologies developed by the FATF. It shared five tailored reports with members and prevented an untold number of fraudulent activities. Over the first five months of the year, AUSTRAC says it received 5000 suspicious matter reports or close to 30 a day.
The annual report also contains a treasure trove of information about the growing sophistication of the group's efforts, which include an encrypted algorithm that can link distributed transactions.
It also provides information about its next big project, which is designed to identify, target and disrupt attempts to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The group welcomed three members to the alliance over the year to June 30, including the Australian Border Force, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the queensland Police Service and the West Australian Police Force.
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/how-bank-data-is-used-to-catch-crooks-and-stamp-out-sex-crimes-20201119-p56g8z
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Fintel Alliance performance report 2019-20
The Fintel Alliance performance report is now available, highlighting our major operational achievements for 2019-20.
The report demonstrates the vital role Fintel Alliance partners are playing in detecting and combatting new criminal threats related to COVID-19, while continuing to support law enforcement operations against serious crimes as diverse as child exploitation to illicit tobacco.
There are a number of key achievements in the report, including hardening the Australian border to child offenders resulting in multiple arrests and children being rescued from harm. Fintel Alliance has made significant contributions to the arrest of offenders for money laundering, illicit tobacco, and scams, and helped raise $22 million of tax liabilities.
https://www.austrac.gov.au/about-us/fintel-alliance
https://www.austrac.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/Fintel%20Performance%20Report%202020.pdf
#11706088 at 2020-11-19 17:51:31 (UTC+1)
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Afghan war crimes inquiry: 2 Squadron dishonoured by its abolition
The Special Air Service's troubled 2 Squadron - in which Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, served - will be disbanded after being singled out amid the damning findings of the Afghanistan war crimes inquiry.
The heavily redacted Brereton report does not detail offences by soldiers from the squadron, known as the Bushrangers, but at least two of its Afghanistan veterans are likely to face prosecution as alleged war criminals.
Chief of Army Rick Burr told SASR members in Perth on Thursday that 2 Squadron - one of four in the regiment - would be "struck off" the Australian Army's organisational structure in a symbolic dishonouring of the sub-unit.
"Although the incidents outlined in the inquiry occurred across the regiment, the report has made it clear that there was a nexus of alleged serious criminal activities in 2 Squadron, SASR, at a point in time," he said.
"This alleged grave misconduct has severely damaged our professional standing.
"Future generations will be reminded of this moment in our military history from the gap in our squadron numbering system," Lieutenant General Burr said.
The 2 Squadron was raised in September 1964, saw its first service in Borneo and was later deployed to Vietnam.
It was heavily involved in Operation Slipper in Afghanistan, including in the fraught Oruzgan Province.
There will be a permanent record of the striking of the squadron title from the order of battle, and a new squadron - with a new name - will take its place.
The names of individual soldiers were redacted from the publicly released Brereton report, and Mr Roberts-Smith has repeatedly denied involvement in war crimes while serving in Afghanistan.
He declined to comment.
Mr Roberts-Smith, a former corporal who was awarded the nation's highest award for bravery, will keep his job at Seven West Media, where he has been a senior manager within the company's queensland division since 2015.
Along with a Victoria Cross - which has been given to only four living Australians - Mr Roberts-Smith also holds a Medal for Gallantry and was awarded a commendation for distinguished service.
The disbandment of 2 Squadron falls short of a more severe option, the abolishment of the entire SASR, but Defence sources told The Australian that abolishing the entire unit was ruled out as too disruptive and a threat to national security.
Despite not being named in the publicly released Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry report, the Federal Court has heard Mr Roberts-Smith received a "potentially affected person" notice.
Those documents were used by the inquiry to warn individuals that they were to be the subject of adverse findings ahead of the report's conclusion.
Mr Roberts-Smith has launched defamation proceedings against Nine Entertainment over reports in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that detailed his actions in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012, including a claim he kicked a bound Afghan civilian off a cliff. He vehemently denies the allegations.
A former member, who spoke to The Australian on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media, described 2 Squadron as "infected by cancer". "The old Diggers will be absolutely gutted. But better we lose a squadron than a regiment," he said.
Former members of the 2 Squadron have long been split about the IGADF inquiry.
Chief of Defence Force Angus Campbell also said all special operations soldiers who served in Afghanistan would lose their meritorious unit citation awards, which are worn on their uniforms.
"These are actions that deal with a collective accountability that will not be forgotten, and the circumstances arising to lead to these outcomes will not be forgotten," he said.
Given the Brereton report's findings that battlefield reports were routinely fabricated, General Campbell said medals for valour or gallantry could also be re-examined "after any further processes or proceedings are concluded".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/afghan-war-crimes-inquiry-2-squadron-dishonoured-by-its-abolition/news-story/f30cc32211f5d73c71387313d2260b6d
#11703565 at 2020-11-19 08:55:22 (UTC+1)
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But News Corp has run other pieces that have questioned the legitimacy of widely-accepted climate change science over the past decade.
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, Bolt criticised the "constant stream of propaganda" on the ABC about the climate crisis.
"We had 12 million hectares of our country burnt last summer and your newspapers were saying it was all the consequence of some arsonists," Mr Turnbull said on November 9. "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'?"
A News Corp spokesperson tried to defuse the situation by arguing that, of the 3335 bushfire related stories by The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser between September 1, 2019 and January 23, 2020, 3.4 per cent mentioned the words "arson or "arsonists".
"The facts demonstrate starkly the falsity of Mr Turnbull's claim," a News Corp spokesman said.
"In this same period, news.com.au also published more than 300 bushfire stories, of which only 16 mentioned arson, equivalent to 5 per cent," the spokesman said. "Not one of these small number of stories stated the bushfires were 'all the consequence' of arsonists."
An editorial in The Australian on November 13 said the newspaper published a wide range of views on bushfire-related issues such as land clearing, backburning, drought, climate change and building regulations.
"Arsonists were a small part of the story. By January 7 this year, police had arrested 183 people for lighting bushfires across queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania," the article said. "As we editorialised on January 10: 'The evidence of global warming since the Industrial Revolution is clear. More intense fires are an observed reality consistent with the predictions of climate change science.'"
Rupert Murdoch and News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson were also asked in the AGM about News Corp Australia's decision in May to axe hundreds of jobs and stop the print editions of more than 100 suburban and regional mastheads in Australia as part of a major restructure.
"I would contest the idea there are news deserts in Australia," Mr Thomson said. "In fact, the decision taken, and it was a difficult decision, given the provenance of the company, to shift many and most of regional and local papers to digital platforms was indeed to provide Australians with the best of journalism. The imperative was that there be journalists and it be done on a cost efficient platform."
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/we-are-not-climate-change-deniers-rupert-murdoch-addresses-son-s-exit-from-board-20201119-p56fy3.html
#11703264 at 2020-11-19 07:15:57 (UTC+1)
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Ben Roberts-Smith puts Victoria Cross up as collateral for $1m legal fees loan
Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith offered up his prized Victoria Cross, and other wartime medals, as collateral for a $1 million loan from billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes, which helped fund his defamation action against Nine Entertainment.
Mr Stokes, chairman of Seven West Media, has been a long-time backer of Mr Roberts-Smith, and told The Australian on Thursday that the decorated soldier retains his full support in the wake of the allegations arising from the Brereton report.
Mr Stokes said the funding of the ex-soldier's legal action was "a private matter".
"However he has put his medals up as collateral on a loan and will relinquish them if required," he said.
If Mr Roberts-Smith is unable to repay the loan - which is understood to be in the vicinity of $1 million - Mr Stokes will donate the medals to the Australian War Memorial.
Mr Stokes said Mr Roberts-Smith would continue to work for his company's queensland division in a senior executive position.
The media mogul also reiterated his long-held view that much of the reporting concerning Mr Roberts-Smith's wartime service has been "very prejudicial".
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/ben-robertssmith-puts-victoria-cross-up-as-collateral-for-1m-legal-fees-loan/news-story/472518806cc5af290ddad7ef49b82167
#11676660 at 2020-11-17 05:02:43 (UTC+1)
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CSL plans to build $1.8bn vaccine factory in Melbourne's north
CSL will look to replicate the factory it built with the US government in North Carolina when it constructs the biggest biotech and vaccine manufacturing facility in the southern hemisphere in Melbourne's north.
The company's influenza vaccine business, Seqirus, struck a $1.8bn deal with the Morrison government to build the factory, which is designed to ensure a rapid response to future pandemics.
While the factory will be designed to combat influenza pandemics - the North Carolina factory is already involved in a project with the US government to fight a potential bird flu outbreak - Seqirus says the Australian facility could be retooled to fight any infectious disease.
"Although the facility is being custom-built for influenza, there are parts of it that could be used if there was another pandemic with a different pathogen," Seqirus vice-president for commercial operations Lorna Meldrum said.
CSL will invest $800m in the factory's construction, with the commonwealth committing to buy $1bn worth of its product, including flu vaccines, antivenoms for Australian snakes, spiders and marine creatures and a Q-Fever vaccine, over 12 years.
CSL began negotiating with the federal government three years ago to build the facility, which will be located in the Melbourne Airport Business Park.
It will take another six years for the company to build what will become the biggest facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere, by which time it is hoped the world will have recovered from COVID-19.
The depth of planning involved in the factory shows what is required to ensure adequate protection against highly infectious diseases that can shut down entire economies.
"It's a huge construction effort, employing over 500 people. It will probably be built by the end of 2024, the start of 2025, but with any of these facilities, in making sure it is signed off by the TGA (Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration) and FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), it is about a 12-month process," Dr Meldrum said.
"It will really be state-of-the-art, so it's a complex build."
This year, Seqirus completed a $US140m ($192.1m) expansion of its factory in Holly Springs, North Carolina, which it built in collaboration with the US government.
One of the North Carolina factory's first projects has been preparing for another pandemic, which has involved the manufacture and stockpiling of AUDENZ, the first adjuvanted, cell-based influenza vaccine designed to protect against A(H5N1), commonly known as bird flu.
Dr Meldrum said the production of cell-based influenza vaccines was "a completely new way" to produce a flu vaccine, which for the past 17 years had involved using chicken eggs.
"It was a completely new way of making the vaccine and we have perfected it really, and we have continued to perfect it and improve our yields.
"In a way, the facility in the US, we will be using everything we have learned about the technique and how we have improved it. It will be a facility almost identical to the Holly Springs facility but it will be half the size.
"But we will be using all the technology, everything we have learned from that facility, to bring it here to Australia."
Dr Meldrum said the Melbourne factory would have three components - the cell production facility for seasonal and pandemic influenza, a "high-speed" fill and finish production line which involves filling syringes with a particular vaccine, and a space to manufacture MF59 - a substance added to some vaccines to improve immune response and to reduce the amount of antigen needed for each vaccine.
"We use MF59 in our influenza vaccines but it's also being used in the University of queensland COVID-19 candidate.
"It does what we call antigen spare, so you need less of the antigen and therefore you can make more doses."
CSL chief executive and managing director Paul Perreault said that providing safe and effective influenza vaccines was "essential in securing our defences against serious public health threats".
"As a proudly Australian company, we are pleased to make this investment in world-class advanced manufacturing," Mr Perreault said.
"This decision will ensure the future of 1000-plus science technology engineering and manufacturing jobs in Victoria and a supply chain of more than $300m annually," he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/csl-plans-to-build-18bn-vaccine-factory-in-melbournes-north/news-story/9d9f394218a2c62bcf5b974d7856a2e9
#11676586 at 2020-11-17 04:53:26 (UTC+1)
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>>11676574
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Her lawyers' submissions say that mandating vaccination "fails the test of being an incapacity to perform inherent requirements of the position because the requirement is otherwise unlawful, unreasonable and amoral in that it is a requirement that employees consent to having a battery committed on their body to retain his/her employment".
Even communicating this requirement was a form of assault "because [Goodstart] deliberately or recklessly caused the applicant to be in apprehension that [Goodstart] would arrange for her to be subject to a battery".
They argued the educator's job was "essentially the same" with or without the flu vaccine and that the centre could have stipulated alternative measures such as wearing masks, greater social distancing and checking temperatures.
The educator also claimed three other staff members refused based on medical objections but were still working without a vaccine.
Fundamental human right
Maria O'Sullivan, senior law lecturer at Monash University and deputy director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, said while there might be a case against the government mandating COVID-19 vaccination, it was less likely with employers who have a duty of care to staff and customers.
"Bodily integrity is a fundamental human right," she said. "You can argue that as an employee but the charter of rights at the Victoria, queensland and ACT level only really apply to public authority. If it was a government department it would raise issues but it would not apply to private companies."
She said if an employer's vaccination direction was reasonable and proportionate to the risk in that type of work then the principle was "if you can't work within that framework then you have to find another job".
A Goodstart spokeswoman said the company had decided to make flu vaccinations a condition of employment based on recommendations about early learning employees from the Department of Health and the National Health and Medical Research Council.
"All our people play a key role in keeping each other, our children and families and the wider community safe, and this is a responsibility we take very seriously," she said.
"We consider vaccination to be an integral part of an organisational approach to reduce the risk of spread and infection of vaccine-preventable diseases and encourage other early learning providers to consider taking part in similar programs."
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/compulsory-vaccination-faces-legal-challenge-20201115-p56eoq
#11676574 at 2020-11-17 04:51:27 (UTC+1)
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Compulsory vaccination faces legal challenge
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Employers' power to require staff to vaccinate against infectious diseases will be tested for the first time just as the Morrison government looks to roll out a coronavirus vaccine.
An early childcare educator has made an unfair dismissal claim against Goodstart Early Learning in queensland for firing her because she refused to take a flu vaccine out of concern it would disrupt her sensitive auto-immune system and her "chemical-free life".
Goodstart, which runs more than 600 childcare centres across the country, introduced a new infectious diseases policy for employees in June that declared flu vaccination was now part of the inherent requirements of the job.
However, the sacked employee will argue in the Fair Work Commission that the direction was unreasonable as giving a vaccine without consent amounts to assault, according to legal authority around medical procedures.
The case is being handled by lawyer, Nathan Buckley of G & B Lawyers, who has previously encouraged Victorians to flout compulsory laws on mask-wearing and raised more than $88,000 via GoFundMe to fight government or employer attempts to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine.
He told The Australian Financial Review, if the case is successful employers will have to reassess their policies on the pandemic.
"It could potentially impact government policy on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination," he said.
"Organisations can't dictate what medical procedure an employee can or can't have without consent.
"There will be a lot of people who have been dismissed who will have to be re-examined."
He said more cases were in the pipeline, including a similar dismissal case at an aged care centre in south-west NSW where he said the employer had relied on government directions and advice to mandate flu vaccines.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously suggested that the COVID-19 vaccine would be compulsory but walked back the comments after a backlash.
Masks 'should be alternative'
In the Goodstart case, the employee had worked at the company's Gladstone centre for 14 years before she was told she had to have a flu vaccination unless she had a medical exemption that it was unsafe to do so.
She told the centre she was concerned about side effects as she had had an allergic reaction to the vaccine 11 years ago and had a history of chronic auto immune disease, which she claimed was healed only with the assistance of naturopaths and nutritionists.
She also argued the centre's policy was contrary to the health department's immunisation handbook that says free and informed consent must be given.
But the centre rejected her reasons as a valid exemption, including a medical certificate that attested to her sensitive immune system, and she was fired two months later.
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#11676116 at 2020-11-17 03:58:06 (UTC+1)
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WeChat student group boasts of targeting academics critical of Beijing
The same Chinese-language WeChat group using the "power of the masses" to co-ordinate complaints against academics in a bid to overturn failed grades is behind campaigns against lecturers and researchers critical of Beijing.
The highest-profile target of the Sydney International Student Help Group is Elaine Pearson, a law lecturer at UNSW who had comments critical of China's human rights record removed from the university's website.
The Weekend Australian on Saturday revealed the SISHG was using private WeChat channels to bombard academics with complaints in an attempt to overturn the failed grades of hundreds of international students.
While SISHG's ownership is masked by the use of pseudonyms such as Mr President and Big Sister, the forum does have links to a major education migration service, Monkey King.
This newspaper also revealed the University of Sydney's Office of Educational Integrity was monitoring Monkey King.
Ms Pearson's comments - in which she urged countries to "call out the Chinese government for what they are doing" to Hong Kong - were removed from the UNSW website in August, following a Chinese students backlash.
The university also added the extraordinary disclaimer to Ms Pearson's comments posted to social media, noting "opinions expressed by our academics do not always represent the views of UNSW". The comments were reinstated following anger from the sector, human rights organisations and the government.
A search of WeChat shows SISHG accounts were some of the first to demand UNSW remove the comments and social media posts, including one that called for the university to "seriously deal with" academic staff.
"Hope school will seriously 'deal with' the personnel related to this issue, to provide all Chinese overseas students an explanation," the post from one of SISHG's staff account - known as "UNSW President Big Boss" - read.
Other posts, now removed but reviewed by The Australian, show other SISHG posts read: "Spread it widely! Unfollow their account, resist UNSW official twitter account! Completely not considering Chinese students' feelings?"
"Extra Extra New! Just in, UNSW official twitter released a news that exploded on Chinese overseas students' WeChat moments," another post, on the WeChat platform, reads.
Drew Pavlou, a former University of queensland student known for his criticisms of the Chinese government, said he had been the victim of a similar co-ordinated campaign. "In my case, it was just within a couple hours that they were able to mobilise hundreds of different accounts to attack me across all my social media," he said.
UNSW declined to comment.
The backlash against Ms Pearson is not the first time SISHG has used its network of WeChat messaging groups to apply pressure to tertiary institutions.
In August 2017, Sydney University IT lecturer Khimji Vaghjiani was forced to publicly apologise after showing a world map in class that represented the Doklam plateau - territory contested by India, China and Bhutan - as part of Bhutan's control.
Outrage among Chinese international students led to Dr Vaghjiani issuing a lengthy apology that said he used an "out of date" map - a "genuine mistake".
But articles posted on Chinese-language media websites demonstrate SISHG's role in sparking up fury about the map.
In the aftermath of the incident, SISHG boasted of its "success", including one article which included a screenshot of Dr Vaghjiani's entire apology.
"China Won," the article reads before SISHG takes credit.
"This is the power of 'Sydney President Big Boss'," the post read, a reference to one of SISHG's staff accounts.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/wechat-student-group-boasts-of-targeting-academics-critical-of-beijing/news-story/793e08815670195298a6adfeab0f4d04
#11636447 at 2020-11-14 03:20:08 (UTC+1)
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The men were identified and arrested as part of Operation Arkstone, a major investigation led by the Australian Federal Police and supported by state police forces and US Homeland Security Investigations.
The AFP revealed this week that the investigation had resulted in 14 arrests in NSW, Western Australia and queensland on 828 charges.
It started with a simple cyber tip. In February, the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children passed information to the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation suggesting an Australian man was uploading child abuse material online. When police swooped on the suspected offender on the NSW central coast the same month, they checked his online devices.
His phone is alleged to have contained evidence of a network of men sharing images on a social media platform.
It snowballed to more arrests, exposing alleged abuse at the childcare centre.
A Sydney volunteer soccer coach was among other men arrested, accused of using his position and familial networks to abuse seven children.
Arkstone investigators have sent a further 146 referrals to global law enforcement agencies after identifying links through online forums to offenders in Europe, Asia, the US, Canada and New Zealand. Three men have been arrested in the US.
Investigators say it is the most significant child abuse operation to date to be led by the AFP, but there will be more big wins for the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), launched in September 2018 and already developing an international reputation as a centre of excellence in the crime type.
National co-ordination
Based at a purpose-built facility in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, its investigators and victim identification experts are waging a war against sex offenders.
The investigators are outnumbered but are making huge strides.
queensland was chosen at the location for the centre almost certainly because of the presence of one of the world's leading units in fighting online child abuse, the queensland Police Service's Task Force Argos.
Nine members of Argos are now stationed in the ACCCE building, working with federal colleagues to build the skills required to take on sometimes sophisticated tech-educated offenders, and ultimately to remove children from harm. These include detective Jon Rouse, seconded to the AFP as a superintendent to help co-ordinate operations at the ACCCE, and world-renowned victim identification expert Paul Griffiths.
The idea of the ACCCE is to provide much-needed national co-ordination in combating a borderless crime, where the offenders and victims can be anywhere, in Australia or across the world.
The ultimate aim is to embed people from every state and territory and from international agencies such as the US HSI and FBI, to raise investigative capability.
The key pillars are covert online investigations, victim identification, triage of cybertips, intel, prevention and research.
Covert investigations involve the infiltration of pedophile networks on both the publicly accessible clearnet and anonymous dark web to unmask offenders.
These investigations can sometimes be protracted, taking months or years to pay off.
Argos, for instance, has taken over and run some of the world's biggest child abuse forums on the dark web, in extraordinary undercover operations that have led to offenders being locked up around the world and their victims being rescued.
Investigators say the ACCCE building is now home to the largest and most skilled victim identification team in the world.
These experts trawl through videos and photographs for telltale signs and distinguishing features that give away a location or an identity.
Birthmarks, pieces of carpet, barcodes on boxes; any number of small details can lead skilled officers to the doors of offenders. This would have played an important role in the Arkstone investigation.
The ACCCE also sifts through thousands of cybertips as they come in to decide which are the most urgent.
Police inundated
More than 33,600 reports of online child sex abuse were forwarded to Australian police by the NCMEC last year.
There are many challenges. At the ACCCE, there is growing alarm that some of their best leads for hunting child sex offenders are about to dry up as a result of the expansion of end-to-end encryption, which prevents any third party from viewing communications.
This means fewer tips like those that led to Operation Arkstone.
Australian authorities have been publicly shaming tech giants over the issue. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton last month said Facebook - by moving to expand end-to-end encryption by default across all its platforms, including Messenger and Instagram - was starving investigators of referrals that had previously led to children being removed from harm.
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#11610761 at 2020-11-12 17:51:57 (UTC+1)
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Defence sources said most of the alleged war crimes probed by Justice Brereton involved the Perth-based SAS - most notably a small number of soldiers from the 2nd and 3rd squadrons - and not the Sydney-based commandos. One former SAS source said most of the small number of culprits had passed through the elite water operators section of the regiment, which specialises in maritime combat insertion.
Another telling aspect of the evidence gathered, Defence sources said, was that it involved allegations of war crimes carried out and covered up by senior and junior soldiers, not by officers. However, officers and Defence Force leadership had come under fierce scrutiny for enabling a culture in which allegedly criminal acts were normalised, the sources said.
The debate about how responsibility for alleged war crimes should be apportioned is already dividing the special forces. Former and serving members are variously blaming the cliques of soldiers who allegedly committed them, the officers who failed to act on warning signs or encouraged a cultural malaise, as well as Defence and political leaders who oversaw the military coalition's "capture and kill" strategy even as the prospect of victory in Afghanistan disappeared.
Mr Morrison and Senator Reynolds did not rule out disbanding the SAS, but senior Defence officials, including the recent head of special forces, Major General Adam Findlay, have signalled strongly that this will not occur. The rationale for reforming rather than disbanding the SAS lies partly in the fact that it was SAS whistleblowers, including multiple Afghan-war veterans, who exposed the wrongdoing to the Inspector-General.
General Campbell is mid-way through implementing reforms predicated on the retention of the elite regiment.
Mr Morrison said Justice Brereton's report would be "difficult and hard news for Australians".
In anticipation, Mr Morrison will appoint either a senior counsel or retired judge as the nation's war crimes special investigator. The investigator will be based in the Department of Home Affairs, be joined by lawyers and state and federal detectives and will oversee ongoing investigations and the referral of criminal briefs to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
The government has also announced the establishment of a new independent oversight panel to drive cultural change within the ADF and implement the Brereton report's recommendations.
Senator Reynolds said the oversight panel was being established so that there was "accountability and transparency that sits outside of the ADF chain of command and outside of government".
The panel will include former inspector-general of intelligence and security Dr Vivienne Thom, former Attorney-General's Department secretary Robert Cornall and University of Tasmania vice-chancellor and ethicist Rufus Black.
In a separate press conference on Thursday, media mogul Kerry Stokes was asked why he was supporting Mr Roberts-Smith, who he employed in 2015 as a senior Channel Seven executive.
"Mr Roberts-Smith is a very valued executive and performed excellently in queensland, and achieved outstanding results for which we're all proud," Mr Stokes said.
"He has a defamation case against various media outlets. It's not my job to make any comment on that. And the fact that he was awarded recognition … I don't think that's in question."
https://www.theage.com.au/national/ten-sas-soldiers-under-investigation-by-war-crimes-investigators-over-12-afghan-deaths-20201112-p56e4a.html
#11588488 at 2020-11-11 08:19:06 (UTC+1)
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A large-scale Australian Federal Police-led investigation into a network of alleged child sex offenders has identified 46 Australian victims, including 16 from a child care centre.
New details can be outlined about Operation Arkstone, which has led to the arrest of 14 men on 828 charges of child exploitation, and bestiality charges related to four animals.
The alleged offenders are accused of producing and/or sharing child abuse material to an online network of Australian and overseas peers.
AFP investigators have worked tirelessly with their counterparts in New South Wales Police, queensland Police Service, Western Australia Police, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigation to identify the alleged offenders involved in the online social media forums and stop them from causing further harm to the children depicted in the CAM.
Search warrants executed in NSW and queensland on 3-5 November 2020, led to a further two men being charged with child abuse offences, bringing the total to 14 alleged offenders arrested under Operation Arkstone.
One alleged member of the network, a 27-year-old former child care worker in NSW, has been charged with multiple counts of contact offending, including sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years; indecent assault of a children under 16 years, and intentionally sexually touching a child under 10 years. He is facing more than 303 charges, which are due to be heard in Port Macquarie Court on 21 January 2021.
Police will allege the man used his position as a child care worker, and other deceptive means in his personal life, to gain access to 30 children.
The man's partner, a 22-year-old man, also allegedly abused children his partner accessed through deceptive means in his personal life.
The parents and carers of all children enrolled in the child care centre were notified of an investigation. Operation Arkstone investigators have already made contact with the parents and carers of the victims in this matter. If parents have not been contacted by police, they are not within the scope of this investigation.
The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in February received a report from the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children about an online user allegedly uploading child abuse material.
The report led to an investigation by the AFP's Eastern Command Child Protection Operations in Sydney, and a 30-year-old Wyong man was identified. He was arrested in February 2020 and has since been charged with 89 counts of child abuse charges, including alleged contact offending of two children.
Investigators delved further into the man's activities and reviewed electronic evidence seized during the initial warrants. As a result, the AFP discovered social media forums where some members were allegedly producing CAM, while others were accessing and circulating the material. Evidence gathering at each arrest led to the unravelling of this alleged online network - each warrant led to the discovery of more alleged offenders and more children to be saved from ongoing abuse.
It sparked Operation Arkstone, which was set up to identify and arrest each of these alleged offenders trading material on these forums.
In June 2020, the initial results of Operation Arkstone to date were announced - with the arrest of nine men and 14 child victims identified.
Since then, the investigation into the online forums continued, with each arrest and analysis of the evidence finding connections to other alleged child sex offenders and more child victims to identify and remove from further harm.
The alleged offenders ranged in age from 20 to 48 years, with an average age of 28 years. The positions of the alleged offenders varied from a child care worker, volunteer soccer coach, disability support worker, through to an electrician, supermarket employee and chef.
The child victims ranged in age from 16 months to 15 years, with an average age of eight years.
Investigators have laid 577 charges against eight men in NSW and identified 39 child victims.
Police also laid 30 charges against three men in queensland with one child victim identified, and 221 charges laid against three men with six child victims identified in Western Australia.
Bestiality charges were also laid in NSW in relation to four animals.
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#11571844 at 2020-11-10 07:57:13 (UTC+1)
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Resignations in the news
Joel Fitzgibbon's resignation sets scene for leadership challenge
Joel Fitzgibbon's resignation from Labor's frontbench sets the scene for a leadership challenge before the next election.
The key messaging from Fitzgibbon on Tuesday morning was strategic and damaging for Anthony Albanese, who has failed to control his Left faction MPs on climate change and energy policy.
The Hunter MP, and national convener of the Right faction, says Labor can't do anything on climate change unless it wins elections. And the only way to win, was to present policies that appealed to blue collar workers in queensland and Western Australia.
We've seen this movie before. The stalking horse moves, and the contenders emerge.
Pressure was building on Albanese ahead of his first Budget reply speech last month.
The Opposition leader had been warned by colleagues, the AWU and CFMEU, both publicly and privately, to bring factional ally Mark Butler and other Left MPs in-line on gas and climate change.
Fitzgibbon, who underwent a political resurrection after almost losing the Hunter Valley seat he first won in 1996, said he regretted not running against Albanese for the leadership after last year's election. Labor's powerful Right faction vacated the field, handing the top job on a platter to the Left.
Despite a series of values statements and political rhetoric from Albanese, the Right faction has grown tired of their leader's policy strategy and parliamentary tactics.
The unrest has gathered momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic, as Albanese fell into the Twitter-trap, a toxic bubble that has no bearing on the lives of Australian voters.
Fitzgibbon, who committed to running at the next election, has laid out his alternative manifesto. Support tax cuts for all Australians. Support coal and gas workers. And jettison Labor's climate obsession.
The queensland election shone a light on how the ALP can win back regional queensland, which has been a wasteland for federal Labor since 2013.
Fitzgibbon, who started sending out his own media releases and transcripts last-week after becoming frustrated with Albanese's office, has brought colleagues with him as he waged a one-man battle to drag Labor back to the centre.
"I've been trying to put labour back into the Labor Party," Fitzgibbon said.
At a meeting in Canberra on Monday night, Labor's Left faction slammed Fitzgibbon's public commentary and criticism of colleagues as "doing Scott Morrison's work for him".
Fitzgibbon says he will consider challenging Albanese if he was "drafted" and claims a substantial number of colleagues shared his concerns over the Opposition's approach to climate change.
Albanese will slot Sydney-based MP Ed Husic - Fitzgibbon's NSW Right replacement - into the resources and agriculture portfolio before considering a wider reshuffle after Morrison unveils his ministerial line-up in early December.
But if Albanese can't improve and cut-through with mainstream policies, Fitzgibbon could have a shot or pave the way for a cross-factional coalition to make its move by the middle of next year.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/joel-fitzgibbons-resignation-sets-scene-for-leadership-challenge/news-story/bc5ce9e9b9bc050c4d512b421788878e
#11531967 at 2020-11-08 00:54:07 (UTC+1)
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In February, before the pandemic, I argued Trump was vulnerable and his re-election far from assured. Trump had historically low approval ratings and most Americans thought the country was on the wrong track. He deserved impeachment. But it was Trump's catastrophic response to COVID-19 that sealed his fate.
Above all, Trump failed the presidential character test. Former cabinet and staff members concluded he was not up to the job. He demonstrated poor judgment, was a narcissist on steroids and had near-zero empathy for others. The dishonesty, malice, bullying, chaos and dysfunction fatigued voters. He had no respect for presidential norms or conventions, his predecessors or opponents, or the electoral process.
Trump's autocratic instincts are beyond the pale. The founders who won a revolution and created a republic would be appalled. Calling for votes not to be counted and declaring the election "rigged" and "stolen" is anathema to the ideal of the US as a beacon for democracy.
The challenge for Democrats was to select an experienced and moderate candidate who could expand the party's support. Biden was this candidate. Moreover, he is a man of integrity, dignity and compassion - the anti-Trump.
Biden's immense challenge will be to heal the wounds of the Trump years and try to bring Americans together. It is a difficult task. But at least Americans will now have a president who respects the office and other institutions, and respects them.
I have never been a Trump supporter. His character defects and policy failures are manifest. His style of governing is a repudiation of great Republicans such as Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and the Bushes. Trump betrayed their legacy and diminished the office of the president.
I had little doubt Biden would win. Other Australian commentators were certain Trump would win and prematurely said he had won. My criticisms of Trump were evidently shared by a majority of US voters. I also put my money where my mouth is and made a sizeable wager with Sportsbet months ago. It paid very well.
Biden's election means the US can return to a more normal presidency. Trump's defeat shows most Americans are still striving, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, to live up to "the better angels" of their nature. It is the first step on the path towards redemption.
Troy Bramston is a senior writer and columnist with The Australian and a contributor to Sky News. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics, Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader and Rudd, Gillard and Beyond. He co-authored the award-winning The Dismissal: In The queen's Name with Paul Kelly. He is currently writing a biography of Bob Hawke.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/us-election-2020-trump-supporters-need-to-accept-defeat/news-story/4f72ed0e0432f7b7b7b64c225006777d
>Biden's victory is one for the ages.
>NOVEMBER 6
#11418486 at 2020-11-03 02:45:25 (UTC+1)
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OPINION - Ann Wason Moore on the importance of democracy
Whether you voted Labor, LNP or even One Nation, every single queenslander should be stoked with the results of the state election. Why? Because the winner was democracy.
ANN WASON MOORE - November 3, 2020
WHETHER you voted Labor, LNP or even One Nation, every single queenslander should be stoked with the results of the state election.
Why? Because the winner was democracy.
It's a result we take for granted in Australia and, until recently, in America.
But with just 24 hours until the most important election in United States history, the days of the peaceful democratic process pioneered by the land of the free could well be numbered.
Businesses and homes across the States are boarding up windows and battening down the hatches in fear of the civil unrest that could result when vote counting begins.
And rather than uniting his fractured states, President Donald Trump is throwing lit matches on the oil of electoral anxiety.
When asked to confirm that he will leave office if he loses, Trump's response was a middle finger to democracy.
"We're going to have to see what happens," he said. "You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster."
Now, there is growing concern that the election, and the wait for results, will spark widespread civil unrest in the US.
No matter who wins, it seems that America will be the loser. Whether it's on the right with QAnon crowds and racist mobs like the Proud Boys standing by - as encouraged by Trump - or radicals on the left ready to unleash hell, both sides are being besieged by extremists.
Over the weekend, Walmart announced it was removing all guns and ammunition from its sales floors in a bid to stop looters ahead of election day.
"We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our associates and customers," a Walmart spokesman said.
Indeed, a poll released by Suffolk University and USA Today has found three-quarters of respondents are worried about the possibility of violence on election day.
Now, let's compare and contrast that to our sweet state election.
Even in marginal seats like Gaven, or those now on a knife-edge like Burleigh and Currumbin, the conduct of our candidates is the epitome of what it means to be politically correct.
Forget guns and weapons, there was nary a sharp word from the likes of Labor MP for Gaven Meaghan Scanlon, who won her second term.
"I thank all my opponents and their supporters," she said. "Politics can be tough and regardless of what your views, candidates and campaigners who are willing to take a stand and give up their own time to do what they believe is right is admirable."
Indeed, Ms Scanlon paid particular tribute to LNP candidate Kirsten Jackson, whose huge effort saw her door knock 8500 homes in the area.
Over in Currumbin where, upon writing this, the result is still too close to call, Labor candidate Kaylee Campradt similarly saluted the efforts of LNP incumbent Laura Gerber.
And back in Burleigh, where the LNP's Michael Hart seems to have lost his grip, if not his seat, to a swing from the silent majority who support light rail, the MP still exchanged kind words with Labor rival Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew on election day.
Indeed, it seems the only war of words erupting post-election have been inter-party battles, with Deb Frecklington forced to fall on her sword.
But whether or not she was to blame for her party's failure, she was graceful in defeat - and for that, I consider her a winner.
I only wish I could expect the same behaviour from the President of the United States.
Let's set aside personal politics for the moment. (Yes, I detest Trump. And big thanks to the Trump-lovers who trolled not just me but my kids on social media this weekend ... way to prove my point that we need a better human being as leader.)
The result I most want to see from the US election is not a Biden win, but for the States to once again be united.
Unfortunately, it feels like we're all going to lose.
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/opinion/ann-wason-moore-on-the-importance-of-democracy/news-story/1a7e40b2c65db504cab989bcec5d5055
#11415064 at 2020-11-02 23:35:12 (UTC+1)
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#10 - Part 17
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>10994082 Web of hate: how COVID fuels QAnon and other right-wing extremists in Australia - Margot Saville - crikey.com.au
>>11002977 Video: Chef Pete Evans Instagram Post - Listen to every word spoken. New world order and homes are now dangerous (NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard)
>>11048103 QAnon is tearing families apart - Travis M. Andrews - washingtonpost.com
>>11062798 'The Feed' Tackle How To Talk To Your QAnon-Obsessed Friend In This Painfully Real Sketch - Jared Richards - junkee.com
>>11062798 Video: Comedy: Dealing with your QAnon friend - Freudian Nip - The Feed SBS
>>11080829 Video: Monologue: The real appeal of QAnon - QAnon isn't about believing conspiracies, it's about helping to create them - Alex Lee / The Feed SBS
>>11099206 YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown - Associated Press - 9news.com.au
>>11099206 Video: Qanon Conspiracy - Nine Weekend Today Show - Rebecca Maddern interviews former Facebook Australia CEO Stephen Scheeler
>>11100067 Trump talks QAnon and Biden talks pandemic at duelling town hall QandAs - Matthew Knott and Farrah Tomazin - smh.com.au
>>11110804 Australian Jitarth Jadeja went down the QAnon rabbit hole for two years. Here's how he got out - Bronte Lord and Richa Naik - cnn.com
>>11110863 Video: Ex-QAnon believer, Australian Jitarth Jadeja breaks his silence. How he escaped the viral cult - CNN
>>11111509 Expert on QAnon says the movement's claims are 'all bull sh–' - Ellen Whinnett - goldcoastbulletin.com.au
>>11111966 Dangerous QAnon conspiracy theory spread by celebs including Roseanne Barr, James Woods and Pete Evans - Alahna Kindred - thesun.co.uk
>>11148357 TikTok Tightens Crackdown On QAnon, Will Ban Accounts That Promote Disinformation - Bobby Allyn - npr.org
>>11148943 QAnon is more than a conspiracy - Naomi Levin - aijac.org.au and Daily Telegraph, October 19 2020, p.19
>>11172586 'Vector of influence': Labor grills officials about QAnon family friend of Scott Morrison - Katharine Murphy - theguardian.com
>>11185584 Australia hasn't seen an outbreak of outrage about the PM's QAnoner buddy. But it should - Tory Shepherd - adelaidenow.com.au
>>11185681 Further Questions Emerge Over PM's Friend And Qanon Conspiracy - Eden Gillespie - sbs.com.au
>>11196185 Despite Reports, FBI Does Not Label QAnon Group a 'Terrorist Threat' - Marisa Sullivan - celebmagazine.com
>>11196206 Acting DHS chief says QAnon not a 'significant' threat but condemns the group - Devan Cole - cnn.com
>>11206227 I know a marriage killed by QAnon and Trump, with help from alienation - Matt Dooley - theguardian.com
>>11206404 Magda Szubanski targeted by coordinated 'avalanche of hate' from rightwing extremists over Covid mask ad - Josh Taylor - theguardian.com
>>11206758 Removing QAnon accounts is not the answer - Alexandra Tselios - theaustralian.com.au
>>11229239 Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre tweeted QAnon slogans just before new Ghislaine Maxwell evidence is due to be unsealed - Alexandra Ma - insider.com
>>11245205 Australian Jitarth Jadeja: How I fell into a terrifying conspiracy theory wormhole on YouTube - James Cook and Morgan Meaker - telegraph.co.uk
>>11262138 Australian Jitarth Jadeja: He's a former QAnon believer. He doesn't want to tell his story, but thinks it might help - Travis M. Andrews - washingtonpost.com
>>11354270 QAnon QLD: How has QAnon wormed its way into the queensland state election? - Pete Martinelli - cairnspost.com.au
>>11354364 Facebook heeds Holocaust message - "QAnon has been associated with antisemitism" - Naomi Levin - aijac.org.au
>>11354815 How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge - Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny - nbcnews.com
>>11354834 "Elise Thomas, a researcher at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, first spotted telltale signs of a fake photo when she went searching for Typhoon Investigations"
>>11354873 Q Post #4936 - https://www.baldingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/KVBJHB.pdf
>>11383789 Children feature in COVID-19 and QAnon conspiracies, but these just most recent examples of a 'very old, powerful fear' - Ariel Bogle and Jane Lee - abc.net.au
#11414997 at 2020-11-02 23:32:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#10 - Part 12
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 1
>>10706481 Prince Andrew under immense pressure after Jeffrey Epstein's chef, Adam Perry Lang speaks to FBI
>>10730478 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: My heart gave a shudder of excitement knowing how truly scared "They" all should be
>>10730478 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #Epstein main pilot #LarryVisowski lived it large up until his boss was dead…This is HUGE!
>>10730478 Names of EVERY passenger on Jeffrey Epstein's aircraft to be revealed…'panic among the pedophile's wealthy friends'
>>10739184 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Importing minors for the explicit use of being abused doesn't result in loss of licence?
>>10739184 Should Epstein's Pilots Have Foiled His Child Sex Trafficking Ring? (2019)
>>10739389 Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex slaves ice tea and fruit to keep them 'prepubescent-thin', Virginia Giuffre reveals
>>10739389 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - The Enablers - Virginia Roberts Guiffre wants Jeffrey Epstein's staff to speak up
>>10752876 TRAPPED Ghislaine Maxwell said she 'hated' Jeffrey Epstein but she 'couldn't leave' him, perv's ex-housekeeper claims
>>10752876 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - Witness - >Some people saw more than others. But will they admit it?
>>10752932 Paul Keating's daughter Alexandra dating Hollywood director Rupert Sanders
>>10767066 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #Help
>>10770516 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Please be advised that I may have been hacked. I'm all good, thank you all for your concern!!
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: there are over 60 million people living with the same scars I wear, don't let fear hold u back
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Speak up with me & help end human trafficking & child sexual abuse!! #BillBarr
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Police: Investigate Prince Andrew for the Historic Child Abuse Allegations Levelled Against Him
>>10794682 Change.org petition - Investigate Prince Andrew for the Historic Child Abuse Allegations Levelled Against Him
>>10927799 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Happy Birthday queen Elizabeth Here's my gift to you- just a memorable moment of your son
>>10927871 Video: Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview - BBC News (2019)
>>11063310 Ghislaine Maxwell urges US court to keep damaging deposition on Jeffrey Epstein secret
>>11166452 Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to stop paperwork from sex abuse defamation case being made public
>>11166776 Jeffrey Epstein Sex Slave Virginia Roberts was told to drink blood during assault
>>11205423 Q Post #4921 - Ek4G8urXIAEKasf.jpg
>>11205480 Q Post #4923 - Dearest Virginia - We stand with you. Now and always. Find peace through prayer. Never give up the good fight. God bless you.
>>11205480 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide #DocumentDump #LetThePeopleDecide #EndCSAandSexTrafficking #ThankYou
>>11214488 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide #SaveTheChildren #kids #EndCSAandSexTrafficking #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #JeanLucBrunel
>>11229239 Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre tweeted QAnon slogans just before new Ghislaine Maxwell evidence is due to be unsealed - Alexandra Ma - insider.com
>>11231182, >>11231231 Alleged Jeffrey Epstein victims want justice, but Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition is a determined, redacted denial
>>11231345 Ghislaine Maxwell deposition: Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre bathtub sex claim 'not possible'
>>11231594 'Everything Virginia Roberts says is a lie': Prince Andrew repeatedly told Ghislaine Maxwell his sex accuser was untruthful, court documents reveal
#11414987 at 2020-11-02 23:31:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #11 - THE SILENT WAR CONTINUES Edition
#10 - Part 11
Australia / China Tensions
>>10738679 TikTok says it won't spy on Australians or block content on Chinese orders
>>10738722 PDF: Parliament of Australia - Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media - Submissions - TikTok Australia
>>10739544 Western Australia space tracking station to cut ties with China
>>10766826 TikTok not keen to share information about who runs its Australian arm, mysterious trio listed as directors
>>10766846 Scott Morrison's call with Japan's Yoshihide Suga catches Beijing's ire
>>10793446 TikTok denies participation in Australia's security probes into possible interference from China
>>10851719 Beijing unhappy about 'exclusive clique' to attend 'Quad' meeting' of Australia, US, Japan and India
>>10866991 FBI gives Australian Federal Police inside running on China tactics
>>10867017 Australian officials granted access to Cheng Lei, the Australian anchor detained in China
>>10909563 'China's gateway': Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road pitch to Beijing
>>10961153 Pompeo says U.S. and "Quad" partners must answer China's rise, "for the soul of the world"
>>11007557 'Transparency' needed in China's Yang Hengjun case, says Morrison
>>11019483 Home Affairs TikTok security review found data security protections 'inadequate'
>>11063687 Yang Hengjun: Detained Australian set to learn fate in China
>>11100143 Australian cotton growers could be the latest victims of increasingly bitter trade tensions with China
>>11124902 'Proud Australian tradition of calling out the bully': Islamic leaders praise Andrew Hastie over plight of Uighurs
>>11207638 Raided, suspended MP Shaoquett Moselmane's return to NSW parliament
>>11272538 Jennifer Zeng Tweet: How the CCP used a 16 y/o girl to comprise an Australian politician (They secretly videotaped everything)
>>11272784 Video: How Has Biden's Stance on China Changed while His Family Businesses Developed - Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng
>>11282304 (2005) Australia and U.S. Barring Him, Chinese Says - High-ranking Chinese diplomat defector, Chen Yonglin
>>11319855 Chinese communist party heaping praise on Brisbane City Council has raised eyebrows in Australia
>>11339826 China sends Wuhan crisis diplomat Zhou Limin to be its consul general in Sydney
>>11386043 "Operation Fox Hunt" - Why we should suspect China's secret police are at work on our streets - Clive Hamilton, CSU Canberra
>>11386109 Rudd backs FriendlyJordies as serious 'broadcaster' despite controversial acts - 'Uighur population causing trouble, radicalised by CIA'
>>11386830 John Pan - They once peddled misinformation for Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon. Now they're speaking out - Echo Hui, Hagar Cohen - abc.net.au
>>11387095 Video: Oz Media (John Pan) - "A large group of hired people, known as the New China Federation came to queensland to kill chickens."
>>11401734 Swamp in Australia that needs to drained - gnews.org
#11414552 at 2020-11-02 23:09:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#10 - Part 17
Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide - Part 2
>>10994082 Web of hate: how COVID fuels QAnon and other right-wing extremists in Australia - Margot Saville - crikey.com.au
>>11002977 Video: Chef Pete Evans Instagram Post - Listen to every word spoken. New world order and homes are now dangerous (NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard)
>>11048103 QAnon is tearing families apart - Travis M. Andrews - washingtonpost.com
>>11062798 'The Feed' Tackle How To Talk To Your QAnon-Obsessed Friend In This Painfully Real Sketch - Jared Richards - junkee.com
>>11062798 Video: Comedy: Dealing with your QAnon friend - Freudian Nip - The Feed SBS
>>11080829 Video: Monologue: The real appeal of QAnon - QAnon isn't about believing conspiracies, it's about helping to create them - Alex Lee / The Feed SBS
>>11099206 YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown - Associated Press - 9news.com.au
>>11099206 Video: Qanon Conspiracy - Nine Weekend Today Show - Rebecca Maddern interviews former Facebook Australia CEO Stephen Scheeler
>>11100067 Trump talks QAnon and Biden talks pandemic at duelling town hall QandAs - Matthew Knott and Farrah Tomazin - smh.com.au
>>11110804 Australian Jitarth Jadeja went down the QAnon rabbit hole for two years. Here's how he got out - Bronte Lord and Richa Naik - cnn.com
>>11110863 Video: Ex-QAnon believer, Australian Jitarth Jadeja breaks his silence. How he escaped the viral cult - CNN
>>11111509 Expert on QAnon says the movement's claims are 'all bull sh–' - Ellen Whinnett - goldcoastbulletin.com.au
>>11111966 Dangerous QAnon conspiracy theory spread by celebs including Roseanne Barr, James Woods and Pete Evans - Alahna Kindred - thesun.co.uk
>>11148357 TikTok Tightens Crackdown On QAnon, Will Ban Accounts That Promote Disinformation - Bobby Allyn - npr.org
>>11148943 QAnon is more than a conspiracy - Naomi Levin - aijac.org.au and Daily Telegraph, October 19 2020, p.19
>>11172586 'Vector of influence': Labor grills officials about QAnon family friend of Scott Morrison - Katharine Murphy - theguardian.com
>>11185584 Australia hasn't seen an outbreak of outrage about the PM's QAnoner buddy. But it should - Tory Shepherd - adelaidenow.com.au
>>11185681 Further Questions Emerge Over PM's Friend And Qanon Conspiracy - Eden Gillespie - sbs.com.au
>>11196185 Despite Reports, FBI Does Not Label QAnon Group a 'Terrorist Threat' - Marisa Sullivan - celebmagazine.com
>>11196206 Acting DHS chief says QAnon not a 'significant' threat but condemns the group - Devan Cole - cnn.com
>>11206227 I know a marriage killed by QAnon and Trump, with help from alienation - Matt Dooley - theguardian.com
>>11206404 Magda Szubanski targeted by coordinated 'avalanche of hate' from rightwing extremists over Covid mask ad - Josh Taylor - theguardian.com
>>11206758 Removing QAnon accounts is not the answer - Alexandra Tselios - theaustralian.com.au
>>11229239 Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre tweeted QAnon slogans just before new Ghislaine Maxwell evidence is due to be unsealed - Alexandra Ma - insider.com
>>11245205 Australian Jitarth Jadeja: How I fell into a terrifying conspiracy theory wormhole on YouTube - James Cook and Morgan Meaker - telegraph.co.uk
>>11262138 Australian Jitarth Jadeja: He's a former QAnon believer. He doesn't want to tell his story, but thinks it might help - Travis M. Andrews - washingtonpost.com
>>11354270 QAnon QLD: How has QAnon wormed its way into the queensland state election? - Pete Martinelli - cairnspost.com.au
>>11354364 Facebook heeds Holocaust message - "QAnon has been associated with antisemitism" - Naomi Levin - aijac.org.au
>>11354815 How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge - Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny - nbcnews.com
>>11354834 "Elise Thomas, a researcher at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, first spotted telltale signs of a fake photo when she went searching for Typhoon Investigations"
>>11354873 Q Post #4936 - https://www.baldingsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/KVBJHB.pdf
>>11383789 Children feature in COVID-19 and QAnon conspiracies, but these just most recent examples of a 'very old, powerful fear' - Ariel Bogle and Jane Lee - abc.net.au
#11414390 at 2020-11-02 23:02:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#10 - Part 12
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 1
>>10706481 Prince Andrew under immense pressure after Jeffrey Epstein's chef, Adam Perry Lang speaks to FBI
>>10730478 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: My heart gave a shudder of excitement knowing how truly scared "They" all should be
>>10730478 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #Epstein main pilot #LarryVisowski lived it large up until his boss was dead…This is HUGE!
>>10730478 Names of EVERY passenger on Jeffrey Epstein's aircraft to be revealed…'panic among the pedophile's wealthy friends'
>>10739184 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Importing minors for the explicit use of being abused doesn't result in loss of licence?
>>10739184 Should Epstein's Pilots Have Foiled His Child Sex Trafficking Ring? (2019)
>>10739389 Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex slaves ice tea and fruit to keep them 'prepubescent-thin', Virginia Giuffre reveals
>>10739389 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - The Enablers - Virginia Roberts Guiffre wants Jeffrey Epstein's staff to speak up
>>10752876 TRAPPED Ghislaine Maxwell said she 'hated' Jeffrey Epstein but she 'couldn't leave' him, perv's ex-housekeeper claims
>>10752876 BROKEN: Seeking Justice Podcast - Witness - >Some people saw more than others. But will they admit it?
>>10752932 Paul Keating's daughter Alexandra dating Hollywood director Rupert Sanders
>>10767066 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #Help
>>10770516 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Please be advised that I may have been hacked. I'm all good, thank you all for your concern!!
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: there are over 60 million people living with the same scars I wear, don't let fear hold u back
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Speak up with me & help end human trafficking & child sexual abuse!! #BillBarr
>>10794682 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Police: Investigate Prince Andrew for the Historic Child Abuse Allegations Levelled Against Him
>>10794682 Change.org petition - Investigate Prince Andrew for the Historic Child Abuse Allegations Levelled Against Him
>>10927799 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: Happy Birthday queen Elizabeth Here's my gift to you- just a memorable moment of your son
>>10927871 Video: Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview - BBC News (2019)
>>11063310 Ghislaine Maxwell urges US court to keep damaging deposition on Jeffrey Epstein secret
>>11166452 Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to stop paperwork from sex abuse defamation case being made public
>>11166776 Jeffrey Epstein Sex Slave Virginia Roberts was told to drink blood during assault
>>11205423 Q Post #4921 - Ek4G8urXIAEKasf.jpg
>>11205480 Q Post #4923 - Dearest Virginia - We stand with you. Now and always. Find peace through prayer. Never give up the good fight. God bless you.
>>11205480 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide #DocumentDump #LetThePeopleDecide #EndCSAandSexTrafficking #ThankYou
>>11214488 Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet: #TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide #SaveTheChildren #kids #EndCSAandSexTrafficking #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #JeanLucBrunel
>>11229239 Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre tweeted QAnon slogans just before new Ghislaine Maxwell evidence is due to be unsealed - Alexandra Ma - insider.com
>>11231182, >>11231231 Alleged Jeffrey Epstein victims want justice, but Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition is a determined, redacted denial
>>11231345 Ghislaine Maxwell deposition: Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts Giuffre bathtub sex claim 'not possible'
>>11231594 'Everything Virginia Roberts says is a lie': Prince Andrew repeatedly told Ghislaine Maxwell his sex accuser was untruthful, court documents reveal
#11414333 at 2020-11-02 22:58:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#10 - Part 11
Australia / China Tensions
>>10738679 TikTok says it won't spy on Australians or block content on Chinese orders
>>10738701 PDF: Parliament of Australia - Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media - Submissions - TikTok Australia
>>10739544 Western Australia space tracking station to cut ties with China
>>10766826 TikTok not keen to share information about who runs its Australian arm, mysterious trio listed as directors
>>10766846 Scott Morrison's call with Japan's Yoshihide Suga catches Beijing's ire
>>10793446 TikTok denies participation in Australia's security probes into possible interference from China
>>10851719 Beijing unhappy about 'exclusive clique' to attend 'Quad' meeting' of Australia, US, Japan and India
>>10866991 FBI gives Australian Federal Police inside running on China tactics
>>10867017 Australian officials granted access to Cheng Lei, the Australian anchor detained in China
>>10909563 'China's gateway': Daniel Andrews' Belt and Road pitch to Beijing
>>10961153 Pompeo says U.S. and "Quad" partners must answer China's rise, "for the soul of the world"
>>11007557 'Transparency' needed in China's Yang Hengjun case, says Morrison
>>11019483 Home Affairs TikTok security review found data security protections 'inadequate'
>>11063687 Yang Hengjun: Detained Australian set to learn fate in China
>>11100143 Australian cotton growers could be the latest victims of increasingly bitter trade tensions with China
>>11124902 'Proud Australian tradition of calling out the bully': Islamic leaders praise Andrew Hastie over plight of Uighurs
>>11207638 Raided, suspended MP Shaoquett Moselmane's return to NSW parliament
>>11272538 Jennifer Zeng Tweet: How the CCP used a 16 y/o girl to comprise an Australian politician (They secretly videotaped everything)
>>11272784 Video: How Has Biden's Stance on China Changed while His Family Businesses Developed - Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng
>>11282304 (2005) Australia and U.S. Barring Him, Chinese Says - High-ranking Chinese diplomat defector, Chen Yonglin
>>11319855 Chinese communist party heaping praise on Brisbane City Council has raised eyebrows in Australia
>>11339826 China sends Wuhan crisis diplomat Zhou Limin to be its consul general in Sydney
>>11386043 "Operation Fox Hunt" - Why we should suspect China's secret police are at work on our streets - Clive Hamilton, CSU Canberra
>>11386109 Rudd backs FriendlyJordies as serious 'broadcaster' despite controversial acts - 'Uighur population causing trouble, radicalised by CIA'
>>11386830 John Pan - They once peddled misinformation for Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon. Now they're speaking out - Echo Hui, Hagar Cohen - abc.net.au
>>11387095 Video: Oz Media (John Pan) - "A large group of hired people, known as the New China Federation came to queensland to kill chickens."
>>11401734 Swamp in Australia that needs to drained - gnews.org
#11387095 at 2020-11-01 07:05:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11386830
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Oz Media
Published on 23 Oct 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP8M5sB4ziA
—
(Google translation)
"A large group of hired people, known as the New China Federation came to queensland to kill chickens. Among them are two security guards, a cameraman, and some locals who only know that Yan Limeng is a male or female extra."
#11386921 at 2020-11-01 06:50:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11386878
3/3
'Go, bomb the CCP bandit'
After witnessing the movement's dangerous tactics, Mr Pan became uncomfortable with its direction.
In late 2019, he decided to branch out and create his own charity to fight for human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang province.
A few days after having a conversation about it with Mr Guo, Mr Guo told his 1.4 million followers in his online broadcasts that Mr Pan was a "CCP spy", and urged them to attack him.
"He started calling me a fraud and a scam. A Chinese government spy. I should deserve to die," Mr Pan said.
"I can't sleep. I'm quite shocked. I had a panic attack."
On October 8 this year, a group of the online harassers picketed outside his house in Brisbane, waving flags and banners of the New Federal State of China and chanting slogans: "Kick the CCP agent out of Australia."
This incident frightened Mr Pan, who said his "whole body" was shaking.
The protesters have openly broadcast on social media they will return.
As recently as October 9, Mr Guo's organiser in Sydney published a call-out to Mr Guo's Australian followers to travel to Brisbane where Mr Pan lives, once the queensland border restrictions are lifted, and "carry out the campaign to eliminate the traitor to the end".
Mr Pan's name is on a Guo hit list with about 10 other Chinese dissidents around the world.
Mr Guo recently launched on his livestream an "eliminate the traitors campaign", calling on his supporters to harm those on the list.
One of the dissidents has already been beaten up on the streets of LA.
Another, Texas-based pastor and human rights activist Bob Fu, told the ABC that he's had the bomb squad in Midland Texas searching his house for hidden explosives.
Mr Fu said he had no idea why he was being targeted by Mr Guo's group.
"What on Earth is this about? I have never done anything with him for him. We had no financial dispute. Nothing," Mr Fu said.
Mr Guo has made at least three livestream videos encouraging his followers to "eliminate Pastor Fu".
Fearing for his and his family's safety, Mr Fu rang local police and wrote to the FBI, saying:
Urgent memo (October 21, 2020): Bomb threat at Guo's Media, mobilizing his followers to come to Midland TX to besiege my home. Then from around 5:57am images of special kind of dynamite were posted. The images were posted with the text message urging 'GO, BOMB CCP BANDIT.'
After he contacted police, the bomb squad searched his house and the riot squad escorted Mr Fu's daughter from school.
Mr Fu and his family were sent to protective police custody. They are still residing in an undisclosed location.
"They publicly called for the ... elimination of me and others on his hit list. I'm certainly worried for my family members and myself for our life," he said.
'I think he is a liar'
New York-based Chinese dissident and former land-grab protest leader Zhuang Liehong is another previous close affiliate of Mr Guo who has decided to speak out.
Mr Zhuang had appeared at the UN and US congresses to express his concerns about China's human rights records.
Mr Zhuang was introduced to Mr Guo in 2017 and worked with Mr Guo on a daily basis for about three months in 2019.
"He asked us to spread his bombshell revelations, most of them were unverifiable, but due to my disgust of the CCP, I chose to trust him," Mr Zhuang said.
Mr Zhuang said Mr Guo kept boasting about his "close contacts" in the White House.
"He always said he was meeting important people, to make us feel we are part of something big, and like we are influencing American politics," Mr Zhuang said.
"But I was there with him, I knew he was just looking at his phone, not meeting any politicians.
"I think he is a liar."
Mr Zhuang said he now regrets helping Mr Guo.
"I have seen who he truly is. He won't do anything that can truly help democracy," he said.
Both Mr Pan and Mr Zhuang are suing Mr Guo for defamation in US courts.
Mr Guo and his Australian-based representatives did not respond to ABC's request for comment.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-01/behind-the-scenes-of-the-guo-and-bannon-led-propaganda-machine/12830824
#11386061 at 2020-11-01 05:26:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11386043
2/2
Back in New Jersey, Fox Hunt moved to the next stage, with direct threats made to John and Jane Doe. According to the FBI, "two Asian males" drove to their house, banged on their door and attempted to get in. They left a note in Chinese stuck to the front door that read: "If you are willing to go back to the mainland and spend 10 years in prison, your wife and child will be all right. That's the end of the matter!"
In 2019, a relative of Jane Doe living in the US received a package from China, apparently sent by Jane's sister. The sister had been imprisoned to pressure John Doe to return. The package contained a video showing John's elderly father sitting by a desk on which had been placed a copy of Xi Jinping's book The Governance of China. An audio message from the sister talked of how unwell their parents are and how they cannot sleep because John will not return to "admit" his crimes.
Commenting on the affidavit, China expert Bill Bishop wrote: "It almost seems like the PRC security services have a network of people in the US they can call on to do their bidding".
The same can be said for Australia, with several disturbing incidents indicating PRC security agencies are active here.
Chinese security agents helped co-ordinate the at-times violent rally by Chinese students when the Olympic Torch passed through Canberra in 2008. After a tip-off from US authorities, Australia had denied visas to some of the Chinese intelligence officers making there way here after a melee in San Francisco.
More recently, it's likely that Chinese security agents co-ordinated the violent attack on pro-democracy students on the campus of the University of queensland last year. Although it doesn't name China, ASIO's latest report implies that Chinese authorities are threatening harm to members of the Chinese diaspora in Australia, including their families in China.
Announcing the charges in Washington, FBI Director Christopher Wray said: "Today's charges reflect yet another example of China's ongoing and widespread lawless behaviour - and our refusal to tolerate it."
Chinese-Australians live in constant fear of the same lawless behaviour, and we aren't doing enough to protect them.
Clive Hamilton is professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra and co-author of Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/why-we-should-suspect-china-s-secret-police-are-at-work-on-our-streets-20201030-p56a17.html
#11354307 at 2020-10-30 05:28:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>11354270
2/2
QAnon's bipartisan appeal is its hallmark; that members of a seemingly left-leaning grassroots party would share and post material from the extreme right.
Senior lecturer of Political science at the University of queensland, Dr Frank Mols said this blurring was not a new phenomenon in popular politics.
"In Europe, populist radical right parties knew quite well that you can gel together the extreme right and the extreme left," Dr Mols said.
"There is nothing new here, QAnon is very much an example of something much older."
On the other side of the Australian political spectrum as IMOP stands One Nation.
queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts, in Cairns to push for an Office of Scientific Integrity, has posted social media rails against the UN, Antifa and Black Lives Matter, and is vocally supportive of President Trump on social media.
In turn he has stirred QAnon sentiment, with followers of the theory posting their beliefs on his Facebook page.
"Senator Roberts is a big supporter of Donald Trump and often shares posts so as to inform his own social media followers of current events in the US," a spokeswoman for the Senator said.
"Senator Roberts has little to no knowledge of QAnon or their agenda, his workload does not allow him to spend time following US politics that closely."
Dr Mols said the North American character of QAnon had rubbed off locally and had a telling effect on state and federal electorates.
"We are underestimating the influence of QAnon in Australian politics, watch this space, Dr Mols said.
"The theme is very much anti establishment, it dawns on you that there is a very North American evangelical Christian theme; there is an end of times, a new world order, George Soros and Bill Gates are sharing some dark secret."
Dr Mols said the paranoia and misinformation inherent in QAnon was not new.
"A lot of this seems new; the actual stories are really, really old," he said.
"Fascism in the 1920s and 30s used exactly these same tropes; Nazi Germany was quite prolific and the Soviets picked up those same techniques."
More recently, the troll farms in Russia which accelerated the QAnon's early spread in the US had their roots in the Cold War.
"These troll factories are inflating Trump support," Dr Mols said.
"In the last few days Microsoft detected another surge … there is a danger of underestimating what it can do."
In the leadup to the US federal elections, watchdog Media Matters has identified 92 current or former congressional candidates who have embraced QAnon.
Dr Mols said the pandemic had exposed community vulnerability to QAnon.
"There is a sense of disempowerment, there is a hyper urge to see patterns everywhere, a sense of powerlessness - (QAnon) is a way for people to claw back authority."
IMOP's Adam Rowe has declined to be interviewed.
"I fail to see any advantage for our Party engaging with you or your paper as the piece you are writing will very likely be nothing more than a hit piece to discredit our Party in order to further push the Government Pharmaceutical agenda," Mr Rowe wrote responded to the Cairns Post.
Ms Garozzo has been asked for comment.
https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/qanon-qld-conspiracy-theory-turns-up-in-state-election/news-story/a6bad4b191710be2dcfc0dd819b5880c
#11354270 at 2020-10-30 05:24:59 (UTC+1)
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QAnon QLD: Conspiracy theory turns up in State election
An online conspiracy theory that began life in dark corners of the web has surfaced in Far North campaign grounds. So how has QAnon wormed its way into the queensland state election?
Pete Martinelli - October 30, 2020'
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A WHISTLE stop campaign tour by a small party against mandatory vaccination was hardly the place to expect the tendrils of a paranoid extreme right group to emerge.
It was during a modest gathering by the Informed Medical Option Party in Fogarty Park that like a silent alarm, they showed themselves.
A placard propped up against party posters declared "No to Bill Gates … No to Fake News … #Wake Up;" each declaration was a trope of QAnon, an adaptable and intensely paranoid theory that has seeped into popular consciousness in queensland since the pandemic lockdown.
About two dozen supporters cheered IMOP's queensland Senate candidate Allona Lane and the candidate for Barron River, Adam Rowe.
During his speech, Mr Rowe referred to standing up against a "New World Order."
"The awakening has begun," Mr Rowe said.
He may not have been aware of it, Mr Rowe's speech was dotted with recycled QAnon-isms.
QAnon, which emerged from the corners of the internet in 2017, has swept through the US like a mass hysteria and is inching its way through Australian electorates among disparate and on face value, opposed political movements.
Ms Lahn spoke after the rally.
In an interview recorded by a party supporter, she distanced herself from QAnon.
"I have never posted QAnon ever … I am for truth, transparency and accountability," Ms Lahn said.
The party secretary also stated that IMOP "has no affiliation with the QAnon phenomenon."
Over the last six months and since the crackdown by Facebook and Twitter on openly QAnon accounts, the online conspiracy theory has evolved in Australia.
Often people who post subjects that parallel or related to QAnon are not aware that they are doing so.
Common QAnon themes include a conviction that the world is subject to a shadow deep state, an elite cabal of cannibal paedophiles has engaged in widespread and organised child sex trafficking, unverifiable pseudo science, and that Donald Trump is a Messianic figure who will save the world.
Of the 20 queensland candidates listed on the IMOP party website in September, 14 had made or shared QAnon related posts on Facebook including the 'Plandemic' documentary, videos by QAnon followers and a now famous video of 'America's Frontline Doctors' spruiking hydroxychloroquine as a cure for COVID-19.
IMOP currently has 31 candidates for the queensland election listed on its website.
The 'doctors' include Dr Stella Immanuel, who has preached that infertility issues and endometriosis is the fault of women who sleep with demons.
In July, Ms Lahn posted an openly QAnon video on the Allona Fit To Parent Network Facebook page, and the same month IMOP's candidate for Hill, Tara Garozzo, posted a now removed QAnon cover photo.
Her Twitter Feed remains supportive of QAnon and Donald Trump.
"If that is what is on her page, it is private, that's her call," Ms Lahn said.
The senate candidate said she had not hashtagged QAnon her own Facebook accounts.
She said she hoped Donald Trump did well in the upcoming presidential elections.
"We just want a happy, abundant future," Ms Lahn said.
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#11319855 at 2020-10-28 07:58:30 (UTC+1)
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China's praise for Brisbane City Council raises concerns
The Chinese communist party heaping praise on Brisbane City Council has raised eyebrows in Australia, coming as the Federal Government launches a crackdown on foreign interference.
As diplomatic relations sour between Canberra and Beijing, the Chinese Communist Party has heaped praise on Brisbane City Council - a move that has raised red flags in Australia.
It comes after spy agency ASIO last week warned that councils were also being targeted for foreign influence and interference.
China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian praised Brisbane City Council for voting to celebrate its 15-year anniversary of a sister-city agreement with Chongqing.
"We support the joint efforts of localities ... to enhance mutual understanding, foster friendship and deepen co-operation so as to accumulate more positive energy for the improvement and development of China-Australia relations," he said.
Sister-city agreements, as well as any agreements with foreign countries entered into by councils, state governments and universities, will be reviewed under a planned federal government crackdown on foreign influence.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute director Peter Jennings warned that while it might seem innocent, the agreements could be used as communist party propaganda and to undermine the federal government's foreign policy approach.
"It's precisely these sorts of connections that the Federal Government is reviewing," he said. "China would be interested to use the connection to see it can get the council to sign up to the Belt and Road Initiative. While there's not much harm in it, the council should be aware that they're being used as an instrument of Chinese propaganda," Mr Jennings said.
Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor said with sister-city agreements under scrutiny, the Chinese government had an interest in playing up their status.
"In this case, the aim would be to generate support in places where they matter, like Brisbane, in the hope that such influence in turn flows back into the decision-making process in Canberra," he said.
A council spokeswoman said they worked closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure its sister-city initiatives align with the national interest.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/chinas-praise-for-brisbane-city-council-raises-concerns/news-story/235161e49019b81f2da3f89b82c5bd8b
#11319526 at 2020-10-28 07:06:01 (UTC+1)
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweets
1.It's an outdated system, ITS NOT WORKING! 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- we can't let this happen,what can we do? #CourtsOurFailingOurNation #AustraliaSaveOurChildren
https://twitter.com/VRSVirginia/status/1320987133029478402
Robert Giuffre @giuffre_robert
A retiring judge believes queensland's criminal justice system is failing child victims and giving paedophiles a 'get out of jail free card'. Where is the protection for the children victims of these soulless peds? #SaveTheChildren @VRSVirginia
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7776383/queensland-retiring-judge-lifts-lid-scandal-Australias-worst-paedophiles.html
https://twitter.com/giuffre_robert/status/1320983320608395266
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2.Protest, Talk About It, Write About it- doing something is better than doing nothing at all. We need to blow away every record of every pedophile and make it public. #SpeakUpAndSpeakOut #EndCSAandSexTrafficking #KidsNeedOurHelp #AustralianSpirit #TimeForChange
https://twitter.com/VRSVirginia/status/1320987135420162048
#11302187 at 2020-10-27 07:28:18 (UTC+1)
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Child-like sex doll vendor shut down by Alibaba.com
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has worked alongside e-commerce marketplace Alibaba.com to shut down an offshore vendor selling childlike sex dolls into Australia.
As part of ongoing efforts to disrupt the sale and purchase of these products, the ABF collected information during a warrant executed in Brisbane on 12 August 2020, and was able to identify a vendor that was operating on Alibaba.com. The ABF worked closely with Alibaba.com to shut down the online storefront of the vendor, closing their major sales point.
The number of childlike sex dolls being imported into Australia poses a significant concern for the ABF. Since July 2020, the ABF has seized 36 childlike sex dolls at the border. To compound these serious concerns, operational activity regularly locates evidence linked to other offences of child exploitation.
ABF Superintendent Regional Investigations queensland Amanda Coppleman said the activity was significant, as it was the first time the ABF worked with an e-commerce site to shut down a vendor selling childlike sex dolls.
"Online e-commerce sites like Alibaba.com play a role in eliminating the supply of these childlike sex dolls and have the ability to shut down vendors. The fight against child exploitation is an ongoing and evolving one - but each successful achievement is an important milestone".
"We are pleased with our ongoing cooperation with Alibaba.com, which demonstrates their commitment to the idea that their marketplace is not an acceptable platform for these products," Superintendent Coppleman said.
When Alibaba.com was notified of listings violating its platform policies, a spokesperson said the company acted to remove them and implemented a number of additional measures to prevent these items from being re-listed.
"We maintain a robust product listing policy that prohibits the listing of any items by third party sellers depicting or suggestive of sex involving minors. Third-party sellers in breach of the policy would be subject to our disciplinary measures," an Alibaba.com spokesperson said.
Investigations into the matter are ongoing with individuals facing a potential 10 year jail term under the Customs Act 1901 if convicted of importing a childlike sex doll. Individual states and territory laws, as well as other Federal legislation, have strong measures against possession and importation.
Anyone in the community with information about child abuse material or related activity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to submit a confidential crime report via www.crimestoppers.com.au
https://newsroom.abf.gov.au/releases/child-like-sex-doll-vendor-shut-down-by-alibaba-com
#11246281 at 2020-10-24 01:46:19 (UTC+1)
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Alleged sex slave Virginia Giuffre 'very angry' names of men were redacted in Ghislaine Maxwell's unsealed deposition
The woman who was allegedly kept as a sex slave by late US financier Jeffrey Epstein says she is angry the names of several powerful men - including Britain's Prince Andrew - were hidden in a newly released court transcript.
The April 2016 deposition came from a now-settled civil defamation lawsuit against Epstein's alleged co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, by Virginia Giuffre, who has alleged Epstein and Ms Maxwell were involved in a sex trafficking ring.
Ms Giuffre has alleged Prince Andrew to be among the men to whom she was trafficked when she was aged 17.
She said it happened three times.
Both Prince Andrew and the palace have emphatically denied he had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Ms Giuffre, saying "any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation".
Speaking in her adopted hometown of Cairns in Far North queensland, the American said while she was happy Ms Maxwell's deposition was now out in the open, she questioned why several names - including that of the Prince - were redacted.
"I feel very angry," Ms Giuffre said.
"I don't understand why we are protecting someone who hides behind mummy's skirt and says 'I didn't do it' - his name should have been out there in the deposition."
Ms Giuffre said she was shocked to read the name of one of Epstein's alleged victims - a 14-year-old girl - had not been redacted.
She said the woman named had never spoken publicly about her alleged ordeal and had not intended to.
Ms Giuffre said she had reached out to the woman, who she knows, but had not been able to get in contact.
"I would say it is a mistake her name was not redacted [by the court], but that doesn't make it OK."
Maxwell is 'the liar'
There are sections of the deposition where, despite the redactions, the identities at the centre of questioning are apparent, including former US president Bill Clinton.
Throughout the 418-page deposition, Ms Maxwell, 58, frequently rejects accusations of wrongdoing, including that she recruited minors to give Epstein sexual massages.
She also calls Ms Giuffre an "awful fantasist" and asks lawyers if they were "tallying all the lies" in regard to claims she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew.
But Ms Giuffre, a mother of three, said it was Ms Maxwell who was the "liar".
"I have been nothing but transparent in all the years that I have been fighting for justice," Ms Giuffre said.
"Look at the evidence and decide for yourself - there's a reason why she was trying to keep this deposition a secret for so long."
'Second chance at life'
Ms Giuffre, who now runs her not-for-profit organisation Victims Refuse Silence, which aims to help the victims of abuse, said while she finds some days - and even weeks - "very hard", she was grateful for the support of her husband Robert and their three children.
She has also recently enlisted the help of "Juno", her French bulldog therapy dog who "never, ever leaves her side".
"I know what is right and what is wrong, and I couldn't imagine my kids going through what I went through," she said.
"That's the root of my resilience and my determination to make sure that no-one else ever has to go through this.
"It's my duty as a parent and to the public to express what I know, to tell the truth."
Ms Giuffre says she also draws strength from her adopted country of Australia.
"Australia is my home and Australia has given me a second chance at life," she said.
"I love the people - they are not quick to judge."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/virginia-giuffre-ghislaine-maxwell-court-documents-epstein/12803180
#11232101 at 2020-10-23 05:16:02 (UTC+1)
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Nationwide Operation Molto removes 16 children from harm
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Forty-four Australian men are facing 350 charges of possessing child exploitation material after a law enforcement referral sparked a large, nationwide criminal investigation.
Operation Molto, coordinated by the Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), has removed 16 children from harm after identifying alleged offenders in every Australian state, plus the ACT.
The year-long operation started when the ACCCE was referred a law enforcement report showing thousands of offenders were using a cloud storage platform to share abhorrent child material abuse online.
Some of the alleged offenders, who are also accused of producing their own child abuse material online, were allegedly in possession of material that was produced by a man arrested by the AFP in 2015 under Operation Niro, which resulted in the dismantling of an international organised paedophile syndicate. The material was classified as the most abhorrent produced.
The alleged offenders are aged between 19 and 57 years old. 11 alleged offenders in Victoria are facing 105 charges. Six children have been removed from harm in that state. Eight alleged offenders in NSW are facing 49 charges. One child has been removed from harm in that state. 11 alleged offenders in queensland are facing 114 charges. Two children have been removed from harm in that state. Nine alleged offenders in South Australia are facing 67 charges. Six children have been removed from harm in that state. Two alleged offenders in Western Australia are facing seven charges with no children having to be removed from harm in that state.
The alleged offenders were also employed in range of occupations, including construction, transport, law enforcement and hospitality.
Molto, an ongoing investigation, has been supported by hundreds of police and specialists across Australia. It has also received assistance from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC.
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#11207855 at 2020-10-22 09:41:41 (UTC+1)
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Human trafficking in a global pandemic: trafficking victims remotely from behind a screen
Amidst the chaos of toilet-paper stockpiling, border closures and hand sanitiser shortage, victims of human trafficking remain invisible.
"[Victims] would be suffering the same issues we are; we've all had some anxiety levels depending on where you live and the impact [COVID-19] has had on you, so those anxieties would only be adding to the anxieties they already had," Goldsworthy explains.
"Certainly, they wouldn't be in an environment where I'd imagine there'd be much concern shown for their health and wellbeing. And if there's continuing of the physical trafficking and sexual exploitation, then their exposure to that risk is even greater."
The internet has created a virtual hunting ground for offenders of human trafficking to access and recruit unsuspecting victims via social media. Goldsworthy says technology has impacted the way organised and transnational criminals operate and is allowing human trafficking to continue amidst the pandemic.
"There's so much more opportunity," he says.
"Porn Hub has a really good intelligence database into usage, and during COVID-19 its usage has gone through the roof. I would think that organised crime groups would be thinking: if we can't traffic the [victims] physically to a client, we can do it remotely through putting them up on Porn Hub."
The severe loss of employment and increased poverty is also making more people vulnerable to potential trafficking according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's report Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trafficking in Persons.
"Dramatic increases in unemployment and reductions in income, especially from low wage and informal sector workers, mean that significant numbers of people who were already vulnerable find themselves in even more precarious circumstances," the report says.
"This means a vulnerable population has now become even more exposed to the risk of severe exploitation as they try to identify means to secure their livelihoods."
The future of human trafficking: raising tomorrow's activists
The future of human trafficking is unclear for law enforcement, but both the A21 Campaign and Goldsworthy agree that education is crucial.
In 2021, the A21 Campaign aims to implement its Primary Prevention Program into schools across queensland and New South Wales. The program educates young people about identifying victims of human trafficking and strategies to keep themselves and others safe. Representatives say the organisation has observed a "ripple effect" since implementing the program in Thailand.
"We have received a lot of very positive feedback from schools, NGOs, government bodies and individuals - including parents and [past] students - that have praised the program and have wanted it to continue within their schools," representatives say.
"Teachers and principals have reached out to our teams after sessions to ask for help or advice on other child safety and online abuse issues occurring in their schools, in which we have been able to assist or refer on. We have also had children self-identify, recognising that an area of abuse we've spoken about has been happening in their own lives."
Although some people protest against introducing topics such as human trafficking and sexual exploitation to children, Goldsworthy argues education will allow them to make informed decisions.
"I don't know why people would think that we shouldn't teach them about it," he says.
"We teach them about drugs and the dangers of drugs so they can make informed choices and, certainly, if you look at the victims, you should be educating those victim groups that are at risk about the type of behaviours.
"If they're not aware of these things, if they have no idea what happens to a lot of young people who perhaps go overseas misinformed, then they're not going to avoid that trap."
Technology has been hailed our saviour in these "tough times" but victims of human trafficking are in isolation fearing the webcam more than they fear contracting the virus, even in a contagious world.
As victims slip into the shadows of pandemic headlines, their voices remain silenced, their struggles invisible and their stories forgotten.
But we're all in this together… right?
https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2020/10/remote-human-trafficking/
#11186313 at 2020-10-21 09:05:39 (UTC+1)
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US allege Australian gemstone trader Ahmed Luqman Talib funded al-Qaeda terror plots
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An Australian gemstone trader has been named by the US State Department as a "facilitator" providing financial and logistic support to al-Qaeda for their terrorist plots across the world.
Ahmed Luqman Talib has been declared by the US Government as actively involved in operational activities on behalf of al-Qaeda, allegedly using his business as a front to move money for the group.
It is understood American intelligence, working with Australian counterparts ASIO began probing the Melbourne-based 30-year-old last year as it tracked suspicious money movements, notably from Australia to his native Sri Lanka, Turkey, Qatar, Tanzania and Colombia.
He was allegedly found to have also had links with a controversial Turkish humanitarian organisation that six years ago was linked to al-Qaeda and suspected by Russian intelligence of smuggling guns to jihadists in Syria and Libya.
Yesterday his $1.4 million home in Melbourne's north east suburb of Doncaster that he shares with his wife Jerry Campbell, originally from Singleton in NSW, was raided by Victoria Police detectives, ASIO and the Australian Federal Police.
A large number of plain clothes detectives were seen weaving in and out of the four-bedroom home located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac.
At one point Mr Talib came out for a cigarette and spoke to agents before leading them into the backyard. He has not been charged with any offence.
"The AFP can confirm that search warrant activity is occurring in Doncaster, Victoria," a spokesman said last night.
"The activity is being led by a Commonwealth agency. The activity does not relate to any specific threat to the community."
Neighbours knew little about the family who moved into the street earlier this year.
One resident described them as "fairly quiet" and that they kept to themselves.
It is understood police inquiries were also being made at addresses in nearby Mulgrave as well as links to a registered business in Mt Waverley as well as ties in NSW and queensland.
Based on US intelligence advice, the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Mr Talib a facilitator "for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, al-Qaida".
Mr Talib, also known as Adam Taleb and Ahmad Luqman migrated to Sydney from Sri Lanka in 1995, has two concurrent Australian passports as well as citizenship and a passport from Venezuela.
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#11166985 at 2020-10-20 09:34:58 (UTC+1)
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>>11165446
I recommend reading Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill. Great insight how evil works, and how it grabs people to do evil. Starts with hypnotic rhythm.
Christ is a title. Jesus was his name. So Jesus had the title of Christ. I came to know this from Joseph Gregory Hallett, aka King John III. He claims the queen has currently stepped down (her badge is gone from Buckingham Palace, and she no longer resides there). She is an illegitimate queen (she was the queen's maid!).
God is all consciousness. The opposite of God is no consciousness. If you call this the Devil, or Lucifer, then its in places where theres no consciousness. I think this is what happens when the devil gets humans and suck them into the hypotonic rhythm.
#11165826 at 2020-10-20 06:44:04 (UTC+1)
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Virus views prompt LNP to scrap how to votes
In a contest "full of extremes" a Sunshine Coast MP listed a Sydney author who wants 5G banned and disagrees with the COVID-19 shutdown second on his how to vote card.
The Liberal National Party claimed it wasn't aware of controversial independent candidate Riccardo Bosi's views on the health pandemic, prior to the printing of campaign material for Nicklin MP Marty Hunt.
"The materials are being updated," an opposition spokesman said.
They said they "fundamentally disagreed" with Mr Bosi's views on COVID-19.
Mr Bosi, a former Australian Army lieutenant, believes the government overreacted to the health pandemic and that masks don't stop the spread of the virus.
He is trying to form a new political party, Australia One, and wants 5G banned until it is "deemed safe", an end to involuntary vaccinations and for section 18C of the racial discrimination act repealed.
Mr Hunt, who is vying for a second term in government, said he did not agree with Mr Bosi's views.
"As I understood he was from Sydney, he doesn't have a registered party," Mr Hunt said.
"I had ideas about the Greens' views, One Nation, Labor and the medical options party.
"To me, they're all offensive.
"It's very difficult to work out a number 2 when there's such extreme views."
Mr Hunt's new how to vote cards will have Pauline Hanson One Nation candidate Michael Cardinal second, the Greens' Sue Etheridge third, Labor's Robert Skelton fourth, Mr Bosi fifth and Informed Medical Options Party's Allona Lahn last.
Mr Hunt said he did not agree with queensland's compulsory preferential voting system.
It became mandatory in 2017, meaning voters have to put a number next to every candidate for a vote to be valid.
"LNP doesn't believe anyone should have to put a number two," Mr Hunt said.
"I'd encourage people to vote 1 LNP and do your research, decide your own preferences.
"People shouldn't have to put a number 2 beside someone they don't want to vote for and that's something we will change."
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/regional/virus-views-prompt-lnp-to-scrap-how-to-votes/news-story/b927b0b627d793540b2dc5a34c1b1763
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Marty Hunt MP Facebook Post
Pre-polls are open in Currie Street. Would love your support to keep fighting for our community. Vote 1 Marty Hunt…here is where I appear on the ballot paper…any questions just email my office nicklin@parliament.qld.gov.au as we are not monitoring comments or questions on this post.
https://www.facebook.com/martyhuntmp/photos/a.1431517520255888/4479405368800406/
#11110804 at 2020-10-17 01:24:04 (UTC+1)
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He went down the QAnon rabbit hole for two years. Here's how he got out
Bronte Lord and Richa Naik - October 16, 2020
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One day in June 2019, Jitarth Jadeja went outside to smoke a cigarette. For two years he'd been in the virtual cult of QAnon. But now he'd watched a YouTube video that picked apart the last element of the theory he believed in. Standing there smoking, he would say later, he felt "shattered." He had gone down the QAnon rabbit hole; now, having emerged from it, he had no idea what to do next.
'QAnon only hurts people. It has helped nobody.'
QAnon is a virtual cult that began in late 2017.
The most basic QAnon belief casts President Trump as the hero in a fight against the "deep state" and a sinister cabal of Democratic politicians and celebrities who abuse children. And it features an anonymous government insider called "Q" who purportedly shares secret information about that fight via cryptic online posts.
Travis View is a conspiracy theory researcher who co-hosts the podcast "QAnon Anonymous."
The theory's believers "always fantasize that they are saving children and they're bringing criminals to justice," View says. "But QAnon only hurts people. It has helped nobody."
There aren't solid estimates for the number of QAnon followers worldwide, but it's clear their ranks are growing. A CNN investigation reviewed QAnon-related Facebook pages and groups based only outside the US and found a total of at least 12.8 million interactions between the beginning of the year and the last week of September.
Lisa Kaplan and Cindy Otis lead Alethea Group, a company that tracks disinformation to protect its clients' brands. They followed false claims that Wayfair was complicit in a child exploitation plot as they spread from havens for QAnon to the mainstream in the summer of 2020.
"There's not sort of, one sort of set doctrine or belief system," Otis said. "But a lot of it goes down to what goes viral and what doesn't."
Like many previous conspiracy theory groups, QAnon has become as much about community as its actual theory. The result is a convoluted and ever-changing web of beliefs which branch off from the central worldview. In this case, that includes things like members of the supposed cabal also worshipping Satan, and JFK Jr. having faked his 1999 death in a plane crash to escape the deep state plotters. QAnon has also started assimilating unrelated conspiracy theories, including false ideas about the supposedly dangerous nature of 5G infrastructure and the false, dangerous notion that the Covid-19 pandemic is a ploy to monitor private citizens.
Since there's no leadership or structure to QAnon, its supporters incorporate existing conspiracy theories and develop new ones. QAnon "really does take on a life of its own, which can, in fact make it a more significant threat," Kaplan said.
'A car crash you can't look away from'
Jadeja, the former QAnon believer, is Australian. But he said he's always been interested in American politics. He spent time studying in the US, living in queens, New York. His nationality is a testament to the fact that QAnon has spread well beyond the United States.
"If you'd look in Australian politics, it's boring by comparison," Jadeja said. "American politics, it's like, it's like a car crash you can't look away from."
During the 2016 US presidential election, Jadeja said, he was drawn to then-candidate Bernie Sanders. He liked what Sanders had to say about inequality and his "anti-establishment sentiment."
But then Trump won. "That kind of really kicked it all off for me," Jadeja said.
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#11098860 at 2020-10-16 05:14:40 (UTC+1)
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It has been a tumultuous year for the Murdoch family, with youngest son, James, and his wife, Kathryn, unleashing an extraordinary public attack on Fox News and News Corp over their coverage of the deadly Australian wildfires.
"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," a spokesperson for the couple told The Daily Beast in January.
"They are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in Australia given obvious evidence to the contrary."
The couple's combative stance against the family company led to James resigning from the board of News Corp in July, citing editorial disagreements.
"I reached the conclusion that you can venerate a contest of ideas, if you will, and we all do and that's important," he told The New York Times about his decision to quit. "But it shouldn't be in a way that hides agendas. A contest of ideas shouldn't be used to legitimize disinformation. And I think it's often taken advantage of. And I think at great news organizations, the mission really should be to introduce fact to disperse doubt-not to sow doubt, to obscure fact, if you will.
"And I just felt increasingly uncomfortable with my position on the board having some disagreements over how certain decisions are being made. So it was actually not that hard a decision to remove myself and have a kind of cleaner slate."
While the elder Murdoch has dialed back his workload, he is taking a keen interest in a secretive new TV news channel being developed in the U.K. by former CBS News chief David Rhodes, who has been tipped as a future head of Fox News, a network where he served as vice president of news.
People familiar with the project, which is expected to launch early in the new year, remain tight-lipped about its content, giving rise to speculation it will be a watered-down Fox News-style opinion-led platform to take audience share away from the BBC.
All parts of Murdoch's empire have suffered staff cuts blamed on the pandemic and those with knowledge of the organization's operations say budgets are being constantly reviewed with more cost-cutting in the cards.
In what many view as an indicator of the organization's waning commitment to print, the company announced in August it would close its Bronx printing plant and move the printing of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the New York Post to The New York Times' printing plant in queens.
This isn't the first time Murdoch has predicted a Democratic landslide, telling a conference in 2008 that Obama would win the election in a convincing victory.
The question that continues to be asked is how Fox News and its prime-time stars, who have gone all out for Trump, will react to the Nov. 3 verdict and who the Murdochs look to back in 2024, with insiders talking up the prospect of one of their own-Tucker Carlson-making a run for the White House.
Carlson has previously denied any interest in running for office. "I've never been involved in anything like that, I've never wanted to be involved in anything like that," he told Mediaite in August. "I'll tell you this: I'm completely committed to saying what I think is true, and politics is a hard place to do that."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-owner-rupert-murdoch-predicts-a-landslide-win-for-biden
#10983560 at 2020-10-08 17:54:09 (UTC+1)
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'LAID BACK' AUSSIE BLOKE
Academics have labelled the mash-up of New Age thinking with conspiracy theories as "conspirituality."
"They all see themselves in some way as rebels, as a resistance," Professor Axel Bruns from the Digital Media Research Centre at the queensland University of Technology told AFP.
Those interested in healthy lifestyles and spirituality may have been primed for Covid-19 conspiracies - given existing distrust of western medicine and corporate interests.
The charismatic "laid back, stereotypical Aussie bloke" appeal of Evans helped him weave a narrative which pits him against powerful establishment interests, said Marques.
"These kind of big pharma conspiracy theories… these seem to be kind of interlinked with this rise of a wellness alternative."
The spread of his beliefs can be seen online, and on the streets of virus-hit Australia's cities.
"He's bringing to light, to the people in Australia and the people around the world, how corrupt the governments are," said Evans fan and naturopath Sheridan Lee at a recent anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne.
"If it has to be a celebrity and influencer to bring this out, then so be it."
Fellow Melbourne protester Dellacoma Rio said he regularly listened to Evans' livestreams and agreed with his promotion of anti-vaccination views.
"I feel like if you follow the money you see who's getting paid to do things and where money is coming from," he said.
For some of Evan's critics, the question of money is pertinent.
He sells pricey "Thoughtful Food" products like "Dehydrated Beef Bone Broth with Wattleseed, Lemon Myrtle & Kakadu Plum" and has promoted an Aus$15,000 "light machine" - which looks like a psychedelic countertop blender - to help against Covid-19.
Evans denied pitching the "biocharger" for use against the disease, despite video evidence of him telling followers it had "recipes" for the "Wuhan coronavirus" - a claim which resulted in a fine from Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration.
"It's hard not to look past the fact that many people offering these supposed cures or alternatives seem to be profiting from them," said Marques.
Authorities complain that the spread of such disinformation also weakens social cohesion, which is needed to tackle the virus quickly.
"The tinfoil hat-wearing brigade are alive and well in our community," a frustrated Victoria Police assistant commissioner Luke Cornelius said recently.
"They're taking every opportunity to leverage the current situation to serve their own ridiculous notions about so-called sovereign citizens, about constitutional issues and about how 5G is going to kill your grandkids," he said, describing the claims as "batshit crazy nonsense."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/australian-wellness-celeb-paleo-pete-fuels-infodemic-1.5137676
#10965892 at 2020-10-07 17:43:49 (UTC+1)
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>>10960694
Facebook's QAnon ban omits high-profile Australians linked to conspiracy theory
Pages and groups deleted but individual accounts - like Pete Evans' profile - left untouched
Christopher Knaus, Josh Taylor, and Michael McGowan - Oct 2020
High-profile Australians linked to QAnon will remain untouched by Facebook's crackdown on the conspiracy theory because the ban does not extend to individual posts, the social media giant has conceded.
But experts say Facebook's announcement overnight that it would significantly escalate attempts to combat misinformation on the site by removing "any Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing QAnon" would still deal a massive blow to proponents of the conspiracy theory.
QAnon-linked groups based in Australia have already been caught up in the purge. By Wednesday morning, a number of Australian groups boasting tens of thousands of members had been deleted. Experts who monitor conspiracy theory content in Australia say that while they have reservations about Facebook's approach the ban is having a major impact.
Facebook's ban is targeted at pages and groups that directly represent QAnon. Many groups with names or descriptions suggesting a dedication to the conspiracy theory have been removed.
The ban is not targeted at individual posts, or profiles or accounts that may disseminate QAnon material but are not solely devoted to it.
That decision has left several high-profile Australian pages unaffected by the ban, something experts warn will limit its effectiveness.
For example, Facebook said it had no intention of removing the profile of Pete Evans, the celebrity chef who routinely posts material sympathetic to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
"When they take down Pete Evans' Instagram, then I'll believe they're serious," said Kazz Ross, a University of Tasmania expert in conspiracy theories and the far right. "That is the litmus test."
Other Australian groups, including "99% Unite Worldwide" and "Rise Up For Children Australia & NZ - Operation Underground Railroad", remain active.
The 99% group, which has helped organise many of the protests held in Melbourne throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, shares QAnon material but is not exclusively dedicated to it. Rise Up for Children shares QAnon content but represents itself as a legitimate movement to save children from paedophilia.
Ross said the ban was having a major impact on the broader QAnon following in Australia.
But she said Facebook's characterisation of QAnon as "militant" was an over-reach and described the ban as a "blunt tool" which would simultaneously harm innocent users and miss much of the content being shared across the platforms.
"I think the ban will have a massive effect and I think it is going to piss a lot of people off who are by-catch," Ross told Guardian Australia.
The ban would probably drive hardcore believers to other platforms, such as Telegram, which were harder to monitor and attracted more dangerous extremists, including neo-Nazis. It would also further cement conspiratorial beliefs, Ross said.
"They're just waiting for the 10 days of darkness when the internet goes down. They're waiting for that, 'Oh look here we are, it's more proof.' It's the conspiratorial thinking they have that nothing is a coincidence, everything has meaning and purpose."
The ban's chief impact would be on those half-interested in QAnon, who weren't dedicated enough to be bothered making a shift elsewhere. The ban was also likely to help reduce general exposure to the broader public.
But Axel Bruns, the head of queensland University of Technology's digital media research centre, said Facebook had acted far too late.
QAnon has risen from the fringes of forums including 4Chan to become one of the most popular conspiracy theories on Facebook and Instagram, helped in part by Facebook recommendation algorithms that put it in front of anti-vaccine, Trump campaigners and wellness communities.
"It's certainly a positive step, yes, but it's also a step that is several years too late in many ways," Bruns told the Guardian.
"The hardcore of QAnon isn't necessarily on Facebook, it's obviously operating out of a number of other platforms, where the Q drops themselves have been happenings, and where many people are actively coordinating and organising and so on."
Bruns said the ban was "almost certainly" going to be circumvented by followers who would change their language to avoid monitoring.
"I think the real question is whether Facebook will continue to monitor this and trace and track them to wherever they go now," he said.
"If you have the page admins of the existing Q pages, are they now setting up new pages, are they now creating the new groups and so on? Is Facebook actually monitoring that?"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/07/facebooks-qanon-ban-omits-high-profile-australians-linked-to-conspiracy-theory
#10927871 at 2020-10-05 05:28:28 (UTC+1)
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Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview - BBC News
BBC News
Published on 17 Nov 2019
In a Newsnight special, Emily Maitlis interviews the Duke of York as he speaks for the first time about his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and allegations which have been made against him over his own conduct.
The Duke of York speaks to Emily Maitlis about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations against him.
In a world exclusive interview, Newsnight's Emily Maitlis speaks to Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
For the first time, the Duke addresses in his own words the details of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own life while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
In 2015, Prince Andrew was named in court papers as part of a US civil case against Epstein.
The Prince, who is the queen's third child, also answers questions about the allegations made against him by one of Epstein's victims, and discusses the impact of the scandal on the Royal family and his work.
#PrinceAndrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhM
#10927799 at 2020-10-05 05:22:44 (UTC+1)
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre Tweet
Happy Birthday queen Elizabeth Here's my gift to you- just a memorable moment of your son
youtu.be/QtBS8COhhhM via @YouTube
https://twitter.com/VRSVirginia/status/1312902226000506880
#10896404 at 2020-10-03 03:40:05 (UTC+1)
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Qld deputy premier Steven Miles 'wishes Donald Trump well' after disinfectant quip
queensland's Deputy Premier has wished Donald Trump "a speedy recovery" hours but has refused to apologise for one of his tweets which asked the US President if he had "tried intravenous disinfectant" after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Steven Miles took the opportunity on Saturday morning to remind queenslanders of the stark difference between the state's dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, and that of the United States.
Speaking at a press conference, he said queensland had reported no new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. There are now just six active cases in the state.
In a series of tweets shared on Friday night, Mr Miles seemed to be poking fun at Trump for the way he has handled COVID-19.
"Have you considered intravenous disinfectant?" he replied to Trump's tweet in which the US President revealed he had tested positive.
In April Trump sparked outcry from medical experts after he suggested there should be research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.
Doctors said it was dangerous and irresponsible.
Trump made the comments at a White House coronavirus task force briefing where US government research had found bleach could kill the virus in saliva within five minutes and isopropyl alcohol was even quicker.
Mr Miles told reporters on Saturday morning it appeared he'd kicked an "internet hornet's web" after the tweet, but did not apologize for the remarks, while sending the Trumps wishes for a "speedy recovery".
"This just shows nobody is immune from this virus," Mr Miles said.
"I think it (the tweet) gave me a chance to highlight that some of the treatments that he suggested don't work, he won't be using them himself.
"He as a world leader has repeatedly made ridiculous comments about this disease.
"I think everybody knows the context. Everybody knows the outrageous things he has said throughout this pandemic. I think I can be excused for making a joke… It's not unreasonable of me.
"I won't apologise. I hope he apologises… to everyone who believed him."
Mr Miles said it showed even the "standard bearers for the argument of putting the economy ahead of lives" could be afflicted with this disease.
"We first, before we can focus on getting people back to work and businesses open, we have to get the health advice right," Mr Miles said.
"That's precisely what we've done here in queensland."
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan said Mr Miles' "childish comments" were "embarrassing".
"For a health minister, Steven Miles doesn't have a very good bedside manner," Mr Canavan told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
"I think almost everyone's human reaction would be to wish someone well in such circumstances, whatever disagreements we have as politicians.
"It's pretty childish coming from the deputy premier nonetheless, a bit embarrassing for us in queensland."
queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington echoed Mr Canavan's sentiments.
"The Premier needs to show some leadership and get her Health Minister to apologise to one of queensland's largest trading partners," Ms Frecklington said.
"It's absolutely appalling and childish to criticise someone with COVID, let alone one of queensland's most important trading partners."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/qld-deputy-premier-steven-miles-wishes-donald-trump-well-after-disinfectant-quip/news-story/a164f7b65abe67f81b4c3d920e357087
#10889695 at 2020-10-02 20:35:13 (UTC+1)
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Coronavirus: rush to publish may irreversibly harm patients
Medical ethics researchers have identified dozens of scientific papers as being discredited amid data falsification and misinterpretation, invalid conclusions and flawed methodology during the rush to publish papers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the novel coronavirus swept the world, there was a rush to publish scientific papers on preprint servers, upending the previous practice of waiting for peer review before findings were published.
While there have been significant upsides to the new era of open science, Bond University adjunct professor Katrina Bramstedt has warned that adverse medical results could result if clinicians rely on the conclusions of erroneous scientific papers in treating COVID-19 patients.
"Preprint platforms do routinely advise their readers not to use their content for clinical decision-making, but the latter cannot be ruled out, especially in the situation of a pandemic with high rates of morbidity and mortality," Professor Bramstedt said.
"Patient harm that is significant, permanent and irreversible could result from using faulty research results."
Professor Bramstedt wrote a paper entitled The Carnage of substandard research during the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for quality, published on Friday in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
The study identified 33 scientific papers that had been retracted, withdrawn or "noted with concern". Some of the discredited papers were published in the world's top scientific journals, including The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine.
In May, The Lancet was forced to retract a high-profile paper that purported to show the administration of hydroxychloroquine was associated with higher death rates in patients and significant levels of cardiac toxicity. The study was revealed to be based on dodgy data supplied by a shadowy healthcare analytics company, Surgisphere.
Professor Bramstedt found more than half the discredited papers published during the pandemic originated in Asia, mostly China. French journals had also published papers of concern.
"Research normally occurs at the speed of a marathon but during a pandemic the pace is more like a sprint," she said in her study. "No research team is exempt from the pressures and speed at which COVID-19 research is occurring. This can increase the risk of honest error as well as misconduct."
Almost 4000 papers related to COVID-19 had been uploaded to preprint servers in recent months, before being peer-reviewed. That represents about a quarter of all scientific articles on the virus.
However, queensland University of Technology professor Virginia Barbour, director of the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, said open access outside of subscriptions to scientific papers during the COVID-19 pandemic had transformed science.
"The advantage of them being online and immediate, even if they're preliminary, is that they can get very rapid scrutiny," she said. "High-profile cases of retractions (such as seen in COVID-19) are disturbing, but they also show that a key part of the scientific process, systematic review and evidence synthesis, is working."
Australia's COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce critically appraises scientific literature and develops evidence-based clinical guidelines for clinicians on treating coronavirus. Taskforce executive director Julian Elliott said all scientific papers were systematically assessed before being reviewed by an expert panel.
"If a study is available as preprint this becomes even more important, because any inconsistencies that peer review might have otherwise identified now fall on us to pick up," he said.
While agreeing that retractions "are always a problem, as the scientific process is based on trust", he said high-profile retractions, while disturbing, showed systematic review and evidence synthesis were working.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-rush-to-publish-may-irreversibly-harm-patients/news-story/5f54884db16629dc692d839f1070d376
#10867069 at 2020-10-01 09:54:58 (UTC+1)
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Church's legal defence 'dismantled' after sex abuse pay-off thrown out
Hundreds of sexual abuse victims who received meagre sums of money from the Catholic Church in exchange for their silence could now seek larger compensation payouts after a judge overturned one survivor's settlement with the church.
The man, a former altar boy known as WCB, was paid $32,500 in 1996 by the church after he was repeatedly sexually abused by Warragul priest Daniel Hourigan.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court overturned the deed of release in a landmark ruling, removing the legal barriers for WCB to sue the Catholic Church for damages.
Justice Andrew Keogh described the abuse as "horrendous" and said the evidence supported a "significant assessment of damages" for WCB.
"The settlement sum represents very modest and heavily discounted compensation for the loss and damage suffered by the plaintiff as a consequence of the abuse," he said.
Last year, the state government passed a law allowing courts to set aside a past deed of release or court judgment relating to child abuse.
It is estimated that more than 500 victims signed similar deeds of release, often for small financial payouts, under the Catholic Church's controversial "Melbourne Response".
Former Melbourne archbishop George Pell, who was convicted in 2018 of sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990s, was the architect of the Melbourne Response program.
Cardinal Pell was released from prison in April after his conviction was overturned following a successful appeal to the High Court.
In a statement provided by his lawyers, WCB said that he "had no choice" about taking the deal offered by the church.
"I had to accept what seemed like a terrible settlement. The church had all the power - I had none," he said.
"It really wasn't a legal claim, it was more like asking for charity. I had to take what was offered.
"This is a fresh chance not just for me, but for many abuse survivors including all the other Gippsland boys who were abused by Father Daniel Hourigan. I hope the ones who feel up to it step forward and hold the church to account."
WCB's lawyer Michael Magazanik said his law firm, Rightside Legal, had at least another 20 survivors who were in the process of making similar claims to overturn settlements.
"The legal lay of the land has shifted, once abuse survivors were completely legally powerless - now they can fight on a level playing field," Mr Magazanik said.
"The church's legal fortifications have been dismantled."
In its defence, the Church argued that WCB had not shown compelling reasons for the deed to be overturned.
"If relief were granted in this case it might well be granted with respect to all, or certainly very many, historical settlement agreements," the defence argued, according to the Supreme Court judgment.
The court heard that WCB was abused by Hourigan, a priest at the Sale diocese, over several years between 1977 and 1980 from the age of 11.
The abuse took place at the Warragul presbytery, in Hourigan's car and on trips to Lakes Entrance, Stawell, queensland, Ballarat and Orbost, the court heard.
The church paid out at least seven of Hourigan's victims for offending over 32 years, and he was criminally charged with abusing one boy and accused by three others. He died in 1995, before charges could get to court.
Justice Keogh said he accepted that WCB continued to suffer from the significant adverse impacts of the abuse, which has included struggling at school and work, nightmares and depression, heavy drinking and social isolation.
Father Peter Slater, Bishop of the Sale Diocese, acknowledged the harm caused by members of the clergy and said there was no defence for their behaviour.
"The Catholic Church has been working assiduously to ensure such abuses do not occur today, or at any time in the future," he said.
Clare Leaney, head of victims' advocacy group In Good Faith Foundation, said the decision was a pivotal moment.
"For many survivors the deeds of release were used to silence victims and to offer meagre sums, that rarely reflected the horrific nature of their abuse," she said.
"We anticipate that hundreds of Victorian survivors will now finally be able to seek the justice and redress they deserve."
Judy Courtin, a lawyer representing victims of abuse, descibed the Supreme Court decision as "highly significant".
"It potentially addresses decades of profound injustices for victims of institutional child sex crimes," she said.
The matter will proceed to trial in November.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/church-s-legal-defence-dismantled-after-sex-abuse-pay-off-thrown-out-20201001-p560wz.html
#10804221 at 2020-09-27 01:04:11 (UTC+1)
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The emergence of 'pastel QAnon'
PhD researcher Marc-André Argentino, of Canada's Concordia University, coined the term "pastel QAnon" to describe the phenomenon of lifestyle and wellness influencers adopting QAnon narratives with a soft and pleasing aesthetic, making audiences more susceptible.
He says it's the polar opposite of "raw" QAnon, which began on controversial internet forums 4chan, 8chan and 8kun.
"To an extent [influencers] are making QAnon more palatable as your initial contact with it is not the cesspool that is 8kun with its racism, anti-semitism and pornography, rather it is coming from an influencer that many of their followers already trust for their lifestyle, medical and fitness advice," Argentino says.
His research shows there was an initial wave of influencers falling into QAnon between March and May when it overlapped with anti-vaxxer or anti-mask narratives, propelled by the viral 'Plandemic' video peddling health misinformation.
Argentino says the second wave occurred when QAnon hijacked the hashtag #SaveTheChildren during child trafficking awareness month in July, drawing many influencers - because who doesn't care about children?
'Ripe' for conspiracy thinking
queensland University of Technology senior lecturer Dr Timothy Graham views wellness as "a real pivotal point" in QAnon's evolution.
"There's this normalisation of QAnon and a rebranding of it as an oppressed underdog movement that is really trying to get to the truth," Graham says.
Khalil says it's not entirely surprising that QAnon latched onto wellness.
"There is a history within the wellness community which has been anti-establishment, very sceptical of big pharma, so the QAnon conspiracies tend to feed into that."
Hollo agrees, believing wellness was "ripe" for QAnon's entry as many in the space are open to exploring alternative therapies and views. It's why anti-vaxxer sentiment is so rife in this realm.
"Yoga and wellness people are very open-minded, so they can easily go down the rabbit hole," Hollo says.
Adding to this, QAnon has also co-opted certain sayings or hashtags that will resonate with the community. #TheGreatAwakening is one of the group's main hashtags and followers often talk about "waking up to the truth", which are common phrases in new age spirituality practices such as yoga and meditation.
"It's basically making a conspiracy that is so outlandish become something that is part of your own awakening and awareness journey," Khalil says.
Derek Beres is an LA-based fitness instructor and co-host of the podcast Conspirituality, which launched in May to discuss how conspiracies seeped into the wellness world. Australians make up the podcast's second largest listener base after the US.
"This whole QAnon phenomenon is speaking to very base fears that exist in a lot of people, especially people who consider themselves to be more consciously minded," Beres says.
He adds that social distancing has harmed the connection communities generally lean on in difficult times.
"All we have are these screens that we're looking at all day. I think that added layer makes conspiracy theories proliferate in a way I know I've never experienced in my life," Beres says.
"It's a lot easier to spread fear and paranoia than it is to spread credible scientific research."
Beres and his co-hosts curate a list of wellness industry figures who have shared QAnon-related content.
Celebrity paleo chef Pete Evans gets a mention after sharing posts that express QAnon ideas. Evans, a Trump supporter, has been vocal about being against compulsory vaccination and masks, suggesting the pandemic is a scam and railing against Daniel Andrews and the media. Of course, just because Evans has posted material that supports some QAnon rhetoric does not mean he supports all of the movement's ideas, including its central beliefs, or that he identifies as part of the movement.
The tone of Evans' social media intensified after he was axed by Channel Seven in May, and despite sharing some controversial ideas, Crowdtangle data shows interactions on his Facebook account skyrocketed by about 1000 per cent between April and June, and continue to be significantly higher than before. On Instagram his following has grown by almost 20 per cent since May.
When The Age and Sydney Morning Herald approached Evans to comment on his QAnon stance, he replied with "Who is Q?" and hours later, he shared a post referring to "the great awakening" and reposted screenshots of posts appearing to be from "Q".
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#10793361 at 2020-09-26 03:24:22 (UTC+1)
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QAnon conspiracies
Of the 45 people to comment on this Migration Watch meme shared by Brighton & Hove UKIP - 27 were women and most, from what I could tell from their profiles, were middle-aged grandmothers. When I looked at what other content these women were sharing, I found memes about anti-animal cruelty, anti-Black Lives Matter protests, anti-BBC proms and content in favour of Brexit.
Some of the women were also worried about the threat to "our" children posed by paedophile rings. And in this they demonstrated the next level of political meme sharing - freely interacting with content from both the UK and the US.
For one woman that meant sharing conspiracy theories from Mama Wolf, one of the Facebook accounts circulating QAnon content. One of these was entitled "Epstein Islands frequent flyers" a hotch-potch of unfounded accusations linking Hilary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Madonna, the queen, and other (mostly black or Jewish) "elites" to the late Jeffrey Epstein, a global child trafficking network, drugs harvested from children's blood, and secret messages coded into Trump's press briefings on his plans to save the children.
I found one of the same Facebook users who had shared the Migration Watch meme also sharing a post calling for people to flood the BBC's Facebook page on August 25 with the #saveourchildren tag. "They won't cover child trafficking so we will bring it to them. It's time to take this up a level," said the meme.
Hidden radicalisation
The bubble communities we inhabit on Facebook shield us from alternative views to our own, while also making it easier for views to be reinforced, enhanced - groomed even - towards more radical positions.
Facebook encourages pools of the like-minded, whether through architecture that encourages what the activist Eli Pariser's termed "filter bubbles", or what the psychologist Daniel Kahneman called "cognitive ease" - our willingness to believe ideas that are familiar, comfortable - easy - to believe, and to avoid ideas that would take effort to accept. It's also possible to game Facebook's algorithms to manipulate public opinion, as the investigative work of journalists such as Carole Cadwalladr and Craig Silverman has shown.
But seeing a radical meme isn't enough to trigger more of the same content, it's how we interact with the content that matters to Facebook. The depth of interest needed to comment and then share a political idea will trigger more of the same and, potentially, take the user through increasing levels of radicalisation.
A slightly racist granny can quickly become groomed towards adopting more radical views. Or a fellow mum be taken from conspiracy theories about the Coronavirus Act to those about Epstein's island. And then that can lead to thousands of protesters to march in London in late August against mask wearing and in defence of a "truth" only they are being shown.
It can be tempting to dismiss the anti-mask protesters or groups marching to Buckingham Palace to #SaveOurChildren as a few thousand cranks in a sea of sensible people. But we do not know the size of the iceberg - beneath each visible protester may be thousands of partial believers, including an unknown number of grandmothers helping QAnon to grow.
https://theconversation.com/how-british-grannies-are-spreading-qanon-conspiracy-theory-memes-on-facebook-145820
#10765988 at 2020-09-24 05:42:18 (UTC+1)
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Tom Hanks is out of quarantine as filming begins on Elvis biopic on the Gold Coast
The Hollywood superstar at the centre of queensland's border exemption controversy is now out of quarantine and set to begin work on the Gold Coast.
Tom Hanks touched down two weeks ago to begin filming for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, which was originally slated to begin filming in March but was suspended when the star contracted COVID-19.
Luhrmann and the queensland Government spent months formulating a COVIDSafe plan which would allow filming to resume, tipped to inject $100 million into the local economy.
As a result, Hanks was allowed to fly into Australia while thousands of Australians remain stranded overseas.
It prompted a woman stranded in London, desperately waiting to return home to Australia, to pen a letter to Hanks, expressing how "disheartening" it was to see celebrities head to Australia while she had been waiting months to return home.
queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk came under fire for allowing the movie star to enter the state, even copping criticism from the Prime Minister, amid a heartbreaking case of a Canberra woman denied approval to attend her father's funeral.
On Sydney radio on Thursday morning, before border restrictions were eased to allow ACT residents into the sunshine state, Mr Morrison said he didn't expect special treatment to enter queensland.
Mr Morrison accused the state of "double standards", after 400 AFL executives were also allowed to enter the state while ordinary Australians remained locked out.
"Well I don't think there should be double standards, I mean it's not like I'm a Hollywood movie star or in the AFL or anything," he told Nova's Fitzy and Wippa.
In a press conference on Wednesday morning, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said he was "shameless" in supporting jobs on the Gold Coast, including in the film and TV industry.
"It'll be great to see how people around the world talk about the fact that it was filmed on the Gold Coast," he said.
"I'm sure it will encourage other film producers to come here… we're one of the few places that can be fully open for film production.
"It really goes to underline how some people want to make this a choice between health and the economy, but it's not a choice.
"You have to get the health response right first, and then we can get on with creating jobs, just as we have in the film industry."
CHO Dr Jeannette Young revealed part of the reason why Hanks and his cast and crew mates were allowed to enter queensland was for monetary reasons, namely that it would provide a well-needed boost for the state's struggling economy.
"I have given exemptions from people in entertainment and film because that is bringing a lot of money into this state," she said in a press conference earlier this month.
Mr Morrison said he understood why people were "frustrated" to see the "double standards."
"queenslanders are fair-minded people. I know, I'm sure the vast majority of queenslanders would support the border being in place. That's why it's not about that, it's about - you know, queenslanders are very fair-minded people too, and I think this is what would offended them, the double standards that are there," Mr Morrison said on September 10.
Hanks, alongside co-star Austin Butler, will begin filming at Village Roadshow Studios on Wednesday.
While Hanks was spotted at Pacific Fair on Tuesday, castmate Butler, who will play Elvis, was also spotted at Broadbeach.
Initial reports suggested Hanks was quarantining in a lavish Gold Coast hinterland estate, but that was later denied by Ms Palaszczuk who said the star was staying in a "government approved hotel".
"My advice is that he is staying in a hotel, so I am told that he is not staying in a house," she said on Sunday.
"There are other people who have flown in from LA into Sydney and are staying in New South Wales now obviously they would have had to get the exemptions and border force checks as well ... but unfortunately we're not hearing anything about that in New South Wales, all we are hearing is about queensland.
"Scott Morrison flew up here a few months ago and talked about more incentives to get more movies here, so that's okay, we put in on the table more incentives to get movies here as well, and I'll tell you what they want to come to queensland and film and that means keeping people on the Gold Coast in employment and I'll fight for those jobs."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/tom-hanks-is-out-of-quarantine-as-filming-begins-on-elvis-biopic-on-the-gold-coast/news-story/bff2e6326dc0e65f9699fa1c17a9be29
#10723081 at 2020-09-20 18:47:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
>>10723064
2/2
Apart from setting their own rules, almost every county and city also sets their own budget for the ballot.
If you want to deter voter turnout then simply make the queues longer by having fewer electoral staff and fewer voting places. Some counties may have invested in electronic voting while others require a written ballot paper, which is slow and costly.
On top of all this the states further influence the process by setting their own electoral boundaries for federal congressional districts every decade. The rules that govern boundaries in Australia are a dream.
Even though US boundary manipulation cannot be compared with the queensland Bjelkemander of 1972, when Joh Bjelke-Petersen won office with 20 per cent of the primary vote, US maps often lack coherence or common sense. That is a substantial advantage for one party over another. While this does not directly impact the presidential race, it does have an impact on the resources allocated to a state campaign.
Whatever the process, the two campaigns will spend a conservative estimate of $3.7bn on their crusades - an average of $31 per voter compared with the usual non-Palmer election here, where parties would spend about $11 per voter. In addition to all that spending, outsiders known as SuperPacs (political action committees) will pour extreme amounts of money to back their candidates. Mike Bloomberg announced he will toss in a lazy $140m in Florida alone just to see the end of Donald Trump.
These mind-blowing numbers would usually matter but for the fact Trump defied gravity and beat Hillary Clinton with half her budget in 2016.
Whatever the confused process throws up, we are now on track for a crazy election night.
It's conceivable that Trump will look like he is the winner that night because Republicans are more likely to vote on the day. However, that's when most states will only start counting postal ballots. They are not only expected to heavily favour Joe Biden but because of COVID-19, half of all ballots will be absentee, the highest number recorded.
For example, in North Carolina, requests for mail-in ballots are 14 times higher. A final count will take days, perhaps weeks. Then the litigation will kick in and the spin, smear and allegations will dominate domestic and global media.
It will be ugly. And if there is no clear winner by noon on January 20, then the 1947 Presidential Succession Act kicks in and Pelosi, at 80 years of age, becomes president. If she can't make it then next in line is Senator Chuck Grassley aged 87. We are living in crazy times.
Joe Hockey is a former federal treasurer and ambassador to the US. He is president of advisory firm Bondi Partners
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/us-election-headed-for-chaos-and-courts-what-price-president-pelosi/news-story/fc34b7037200aa76f53242b303179df1
#10705310 at 2020-09-19 06:03:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 18
>>10637131 Australia is a Full Scale Pilot Test For The New World Order
>>10641501 China two steps ahead on cyber, says former NSA director, Admiral Michael Rogers
>>10641562, >>10641566 Politicians' families 'targeted by China spies'
>>10641932, >>10641937, >>10641949, >>10641952 Not a 'Victimless' Crime: How Child Sex Abuse Dolls Facilitate Crimes Against Children
>>10652576 Q Post #4709 - Julian Assange
>>10652576 Q Post #4710 - Seth Rich
>>10653948 Ron / CodeMonkey Tweet: Huge ddos ongoing the past couple hours. Sorry if there is a bit of downtime or slowdown as attacks are mitigated
>>10654134, >>10654137 Banned Chinese scholar says guilty of emojis, not security risk in Australia
>>10654345 Leaked Chinese database show company's interest in Australia's space and science sector
>>10654454 Australian Signals Directorate Tweet: "Every organisation in the #FiveEyes relationship contributes uniquely to the greater endeavour."
>>10664820, >>10664829 Spread of fake news around US fires 'strikingly similar' to Australian summer, researchers say - James Purtill - abc.net.au
>>10665260 Australian police accessed Chinese diplomats' emails and messages as part of foreign political interference investigation
>>10665334 Dr Russell McGregor Tweet: Aussie WHISTLEBLOWER INSIDER gives first-hand EVIDENCE of #Spygate origin prior to Candidate Trump running!
>>10665435 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: The Last Stand. #Marines establish a hasty defense to protect critical locations during Exercise #Koolendong
>>10678764 Q Post #4727 - EBpXUniVUAAou98.jpg
>>10678764 Victoria's Secret reportedly continued to work with a modelling agency after it was accused of supplying underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein
>>10679353, >>10679361 China responds furiously to consul being named in Australian foreign interference investigation
>>10679556 Patchouli Tweet: At the beach in byron bay Australia today. "NO STOPPING Q ANON"
>>10682663 VIC based coffee company Bean Around Town. Logo: 3 pedo swirls, 3 pentagrams.
>>10688603 Carthage's Cathedral in Lismore fire deemed suspicious
>>10692018, >>10692028 'Blue murder': Why Morrison is 'praying' for a Trump election win
>>10692229 queensland childcare worker accused of child rape among 104 charges
>>10692395 Arthur Sinodinos Tweet: Lively discussion on US engagement in the Indo-Pacific & on supply chains with trusted allies and House members
>>10692556 Fiona Patten MP Tweet: This arrived in the mail this morning no return address to thank them - Satanic Network Victoria Certificate of Appreciation
>>10692556 The Church Of Satan Tweet: Looks like something put together by a fanatical Christian based on their bigoted assumptions of what Satanism is about
>>10692556 Fiona Patten MP Tweet: Indeed!
#10705304 at 2020-09-19 06:02:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 16
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition Bun
>>10292284 Lawyers for Julian Assange say '11th hour' decision by US government to lodge new charges against him is 'astonishing and potentially abusive'
>>10368354 Crowdfund appeal launched for Julian Assange
>>10368361 Stella Moris: Join my fight to free Julian Assange and stop US extradition
>>10423178 Partner says Assange 'in a lot of pain'
>>10542765 Mother of Assange's two children tearfully warns of the WikiLeaks founder's fate as the US begins its Old Bailey extradition bid
>>10563657 Julian Assange's new friend Bob Carr fights his US extradition
>>10563697, >>10563701 Julian Assange 'a suicide risk', says defence
>>10575174 'This is nonsense': Julian Assange interjections earn stern warning
>>10586571 Trump is targeting Assange because he dislikes Obama, court told
>>10600877 Assange's extradition hearing delayed by lawyer's wife's COVID scare
>>10653978 Julian Assange extradition delayed by further tech, coronavirus issues
>>10664636 Assange defence questions why Obama didn't seek to prosecute him
>>10664658 Julian Assange, like Jeffrey Epstein, may not be safe in US prison
>>10679059 Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
>>10691837 Julian Assange aimed for 'stringent redactions', extradition court hears
>>10611062 UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
#9 - Part 17
Australian / Regional Resignations Bun
>>10122451 Labor Senator Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley 'quit after sex claim'
>>10143641 James Murdoch resigns from News Corporation board of directors
>>10176837 David Hutchinson resigns as queensland LNP president
>>10176837 SANFL CEO Jake Parkinson announces resignation
>>10197874 iCare review brought forward as CEO John Nagle quits
>>10197874 AMP Australia boss Alex Wade exits over 'internal matter'
>>10220297 'Inappropriate photos' behind sudden exit of AMP executive Alex Wade
>>10398399 AMP chairman David Murray resigns, top exec Boe Pahari stands down
>>10491765 QBE CEO Pat Regan to depart following probe
>>10587369 Besieged icare chief and deputy, Michael Carapiet and Gavin Bell, to step down
>>10587369 queensland Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham announces resignation
>>10601128 Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigns amid ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelter blast crisis
#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
#10705222 at 2020-09-19 05:53:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 3
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Bun - Part 2
>>10491438 Video: Anti-lockdown ringleader calls coronavirus a "scam" | A Current Affair
>>10491693 Detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei authored Facebook posts about Wuhan coronavirus cover-up
>>10499142 SHOCK REPORT: This Week CDC Quietly Updated COVID-19 Numbers - Only 9,210 Americans Died From COVID-19 Alone
>>10499184, >>10499961 A Doctors' Open Letter to Daniel Andrews re: government's management of the COVID-19 viral pandemic
>>10499240 Greens deliver despot Dan 6 more months of emergency powers - michaelsmithnews.com
>>10499543 Victoria's Births, Deaths and Marriages - deaths registered per month - - michaelsmithnews.com
>>10500441 Open Letter to Health Minister About Ivermectin - "One Dose is Normally Sufficient for Recovery"
>>10500546 Breakthrough Drug: Ivermectin Shows 'Astounding' Results Against Coronavirus
>>10501605 Tony Abbott rails against Victoria's coronavirus response - 'Health dictatorship'
>>10501610 Video: Australia and the Coronavirus Crisis, PolicyExchangeUK - With Hon Tony Abbott AC, Health dictatorship reference @ 8:35
>>10501615, >>10501618 'Unaccountable experts': Tony Abbott calls for end to lockdowns, travel bans
>>10501618 Stewart McDonald, Scottish National Party MP questions Tony Abbott about "health dictatorship", a term also used by QAnon conspiracy group
>>10501635 Video: Stewart McDonald - "Are you familiar with Qanon, Mister Abbott?" Tony Abbott - "Look, I'm afraid I'm not. But I'm sure you'll enlighten me."
>>10501671, >>10501674 Pregnant woman arrested in Ballarat for creating anti-lockdown protest event on Facebook
>>10504219 Snr Sgt Tim Argall, 'authorising Officer' on the search warrant for pregnant protest inciter from Ballarat, had affair with Lawyer X
>>10508924 Victoria Police are trained to issue summonses rather than arrest where possible - why was this pregnant mum handcuffed?
>>10509221 >The (alleged) Facebook post that got pregnant mum Zoe Lee arrested today
>>10523738, >>10523747 The bodybuilder conspiracy theorist behind a group pushing COVID-19 checkpoint breaches
>>10534097 Coronavirus Australia live news: Anti-lockdown protesters gather across Australia, arrests made in Melbourne and Sydney (Q WWG1WGA sign in Perth)
>>10535023 Sharon McGowan Tweet: Anti-lockdown protesters are now walking down Albert Park towards St Kilda. (WWG1WGA sign in Melbourne)
>>10535035 Wake up Australia Tweet: The crowd is kind of shy, Beautiful, Full of hope and joy, Chanted, Free Victoria (Q sign in Brisbane)
>>10535045 Morgans Tweet Freedom Day Byron Bay wwg1wga (WWG1WGA sign in Byron Bay)
>>10535053 JayTeePee Tweet: Almost 10,000 West Australians stood together at Parliament House for FREEDOM DAY (#WWG1WGA T-shirt in Perth)
>>10535070, >>10535082 WeareMaximus Tweets: Brisbane / Chant of the day... Free Victoria / Free the children chant (Q WWG1WGA T-shirts in Brisbane)
>>10535235 No arrests as hundreds protest in Brisbane (Q Make Australia Great Again sign in Brisbane)
>>10535606 Tommyblues Tweet: Small one in Cairns but good to see numbers none the less (The Great Awakening sign in Cairns)
>>10535729 6% Jo Tweet: It was excellent. Brisbane protested with them (Q / WWG1WGA / Children / Human Trafficking signs in Brisbane)
>>10535808 N.Marsters Tweet: Oh Yes, we here in Brisbane, Australia. #freevictoria #FreedomDay (Q sign in Brisbane)
>>10536615 UN Forced To Admit Gates-Funded Vaccine Is Causing Polio Outbreak In Africa
>>10542825 Chanting for 'freedom' and shouting of Fascism, a city's fringe erupts in anger
>>10553790 Protesters Clash with Police While Rallying Against Australia's COVID Restrictions
>>10575094 Coronavirus Victoria: Brett Sutton says he did not recommend Melbourne curfew
>>10575404 Coronavirus vaccine setback a headache for Trump
>>10578919 Video: Coronavirus: Victoria exposed in ADF assistance documents | 9News Australia
>>10579104 Parliament of Australia - Select Committee on COVID-19 - Answers to Questions on Notice - EMV Commissioner Andrew Crisp
>>10586484 Tom Hanks accused of getting special treatment after returning to Australia amid coronavirus quarantine
>>10587164 Annastacia Palaszczuk slams Scott Morrison and queensland opposition over 'disgusting' border bullying
>>10588476 Was Australia's crippling lockdown based on a MONUMENTAL stuff-up?
>>10625777 Peter Dutton says Tom Hanks should not be treated differently
>>10626007 Second round of anti-lockdown protests flop in Melbourne gloom
>>10627663, >>10627678, >>10627695 Violence erupts as hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters chanting 'freedom' storm queen Victoria Markets
>>10643198 Outrage over Victoria Police officer filmed stomping man's head
#10705218 at 2020-09-19 05:53:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #10 - INFORMATION WARFARE Edition
#9 - Part 2
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Bun - Part 1
>>10122961 'FLIGHT RISK' What is the conspiracy theory about Tom Hanks being arrested in Australia?
>>10136594 As US cases soar, Trump says Australia has 'tremendous problems'
>>10137789 Coronavirus: COVID-19 vaccine developed by Adelaide scientists clear for more volunteers
>>10155115, >>10155141, >>10155156 The threads that don't connect: Covid gives Australian conspiracy theorists a common home
>>10155779, >>10155789 Hydroxychloroquine is a poor coronavirus treatment but a perfect parable for our times
>>10157800 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declares a STATE OF DISASTER and introduces an 8pm curfew for Melbourne
>>10158200 U.S. Department of State Tweet: We are lucky to count Australia as a close partner through it all. #USwithAUS
>>10158895 Q Research General #12999: CV PANIC in Melbourne, WAKE UP Australia! Edition
>>10167665 Liberal MP Craig Kelly's 'dangerous' hydroxychloroquine claim asks if Vic premier should be jailed
>>10167809 President Trump Tweet: Big China Virus breakouts all over the World, including nations which were thought to have done a great job
>>10167952 Video: INVESTIGATION: Hotel quarantine security breach causes COVID-19 second wave | 60 Minutes Australia
>>10170026 State of emergency vs state of disaster: What's the difference?
>>10174955 Video: Victorians face $4957 on-the-spot fine for breaching isolation orders - Sky News Australia
>>10187191 Promising antibody response in Australians given Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
>>10209323 Australia pledges to share coronavirus vaccine: PM
>>10238919 The hidden fallout of the pandemic: Fears lockdown linked to jump in child abuse material arrests in WA
>>10239291 Video: Ivermectin treatment is a 'real killer of coronavirus': Professor Thomas Borody - Sky News Australia
>>10239610 Marines complete quarantine in the Northern Territory
>>10250589 Ex-Bachelorette Ali Oetjen shares false conspiracy theory, coronavirus pandemic is a 'cover-up for widespread child sex trafficking'
>>10262267 Coronavirus: All parties eager to sign up for a new national forum (National Cabinet)
>>10304251 Daniel Andrews says Victoria may never eliminate COVID-19
>>10306643 Taking Hydroxychloroquinine in queensland as a preventive for COVID-19 is a $1334 fine and 6 months prison
>>10315234 Australia could have a COVID-19 vaccine within six months
>>10336102 Scott Morrison expects a successful coronavirus vaccine would be mandatory in Australia
>>10337972, >>10337978 Lieutenant-General John Frewen, the head of the Defence COVID-19 Taskforce, pulls rank on Premier's quarantine claims
>>10338193 Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
>>10339491 Q Research General #13230: No Compulsory Vaxxes for Aussies or Anyone Else! Edition
>>10343294 AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
>>10343567 List of "conspiracies" proven to be real - Big Pharma
>>10343915 Coronavirus vaccine: Australia rules out mandatory immunisations
>>10369123 Aussie tennis great Pat Cash promotes conspiracy theory coronavirus film
>>10369282 St Vincent's Melbourne trials Trump-spruiked malaria drug hydroxychloroquine
>>10388884 60 Minutes Australia: Dr Fauci's virus message for Australians
>>10388884 Video: SUNDAY on #60Mins: Dr Anthony Fauci's message of hope: we will get through this
>>10396970, >>10396979 60 Minutes Australia: Dr Anthony Fauci reveals Australia is a 'global leader' in coronavirus fight
>>10397835 >>10397841, ASIO working to prevent foreign spies from stealing Australian coronavirus vaccine research
>>10410995 Video: Dr Anthony Fauci's 2018 interview on flu dangers and future virus pandemic | 60 Minutes Australia
>>10436864 Australia to send 55 firefighters to the US to battle wildfires amid the pandemic
>>10480915 Black market cat drugs being studied as COVID-19 treatment
>>10491426 Melbourne anti-lockdown protest organiser calls coronavirus a 'scam'
#10705084 at 2020-09-19 05:37:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 18
>>10637131 Australia is a Full Scale Pilot Test For The New World Order
>>10641501 China two steps ahead on cyber, says former NSA director, Admiral Michael Rogers
>>10641562, >>10641566 Politicians' families 'targeted by China spies'
>>10641932, >>10641937, >>10641949, >>10641952 Not a 'Victimless' Crime: How Child Sex Abuse Dolls Facilitate Crimes Against Children
>>10652576 Q Post #4709 - Julian Assange
>>10652576 Q Post #4710 - Seth Rich
>>10653948 Ron / CodeMonkey Tweet: Huge ddos ongoing the past couple hours. Sorry if there is a bit of downtime or slowdown as attacks are mitigated
>>10654134, >>10654137 Banned Chinese scholar says guilty of emojis, not security risk in Australia
>>10654345 Leaked Chinese database show company's interest in Australia's space and science sector
>>10654454 Australian Signals Directorate Tweet: "Every organisation in the #FiveEyes relationship contributes uniquely to the greater endeavour."
>>10664820, >>10664829 Spread of fake news around US fires 'strikingly similar' to Australian summer, researchers say - James Purtill - abc.net.au
>>10665260 Australian police accessed Chinese diplomats' emails and messages as part of foreign political interference investigation
>>10665334 Dr Russell McGregor Tweet: Aussie WHISTLEBLOWER INSIDER gives first-hand EVIDENCE of #Spygate origin prior to Candidate Trump running!
>>10665435 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Tweet: The Last Stand. #Marines establish a hasty defense to protect critical locations during Exercise #Koolendong
>>10678764 Q Post #4727 - EBpXUniVUAAou98.jpg
>>10678764 Victoria's Secret reportedly continued to work with a modelling agency after it was accused of supplying underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein
>>10679353, >>10679361 China responds furiously to consul being named in Australian foreign interference investigation
>>10679556 Patchouli Tweet: At the beach in byron bay Australia today. "NO STOPPING Q ANON"
>>10682663 VIC based coffee company Bean Around Town. Logo: 3 pedo swirls, 3 pentagrams.
>>10688603 Carthage's Cathedral in Lismore fire deemed suspicious
>>10692018, >>10692028 'Blue murder': Why Morrison is 'praying' for a Trump election win
>>10692229 queensland childcare worker accused of child rape among 104 charges
>>10692395 Arthur Sinodinos Tweet: Lively discussion on US engagement in the Indo-Pacific & on supply chains with trusted allies and House members
>>10692556 Fiona Patten MP Tweet: This arrived in the mail this morning no return address to thank them - Satanic Network Victoria Certificate of Appreciation
>>10692556 The Church Of Satan Tweet: Looks like something put together by a fanatical Christian based on their bigoted assumptions of what Satanism is about
>>10692556 Fiona Patten MP Tweet: Indeed!
#10705070 at 2020-09-19 05:35:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 16
Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition Bun
>>10292284 Lawyers for Julian Assange say '11th hour' decision by US government to lodge new charges against him is 'astonishing and potentially abusive'
>>10368354 Crowdfund appeal launched for Julian Assange
>>10368361 Stella Moris: Join my fight to free Julian Assange and stop US extradition
>>10423178 Partner says Assange 'in a lot of pain'
>>10542765 Mother of Assange's two children tearfully warns of the WikiLeaks founder's fate as the US begins its Old Bailey extradition bid
>>10563657 Julian Assange's new friend Bob Carr fights his US extradition
>>10563697, >>10563701 Julian Assange 'a suicide risk', says defence
>>10575174 'This is nonsense': Julian Assange interjections earn stern warning
>>10586571 Trump is targeting Assange because he dislikes Obama, court told
>>10600877 Assange's extradition hearing delayed by lawyer's wife's COVID scare
>>10653978 Julian Assange extradition delayed by further tech, coronavirus issues
>>10664636 Assange defence questions why Obama didn't seek to prosecute him
>>10664658 Julian Assange, like Jeffrey Epstein, may not be safe in US prison
>>10679059 Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
>>10691837 Julian Assange aimed for 'stringent redactions', extradition court hears
>>10611062 UK extradition hearing for Assange to resume Monday after negative COVID test
#9 - Part 17
Australian / Regional Resignations Bun
>>10122451 Labor Senator Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley 'quit after sex claim'
>>10143641 James Murdoch resigns from News Corporation board of directors
>>10176837 David Hutchinson resigns as queensland LNP president
>>10176837 SANFL CEO Jake Parkinson announces resignation
>>10197874 iCare review brought forward as CEO John Nagle quits
>>10197874 AMP Australia boss Alex Wade exits over 'internal matter'
>>10220297 'Inappropriate photos' behind sudden exit of AMP executive Alex Wade
>>10398399 AMP chairman David Murray resigns, top exec Boe Pahari stands down
>>10491765 QBE CEO Pat Regan to depart following probe
>>10587369 Besieged icare chief and deputy, Michael Carapiet and Gavin Bell, to step down
>>10587369 queensland Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham announces resignation
>>10601128 Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigns amid ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelter blast crisis
#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
#10704843 at 2020-09-19 05:12:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 3
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Bun - Part 2
>>10491438 Video: Anti-lockdown ringleader calls coronavirus a "scam" | A Current Affair
>>10491693 Detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei authored Facebook posts about Wuhan coronavirus cover-up
>>10499142 SHOCK REPORT: This Week CDC Quietly Updated COVID-19 Numbers - Only 9,210 Americans Died From COVID-19 Alone
>>10499184, >>10499961 A Doctors' Open Letter to Daniel Andrews re: government's management of the COVID-19 viral pandemic
>>10499240 Greens deliver despot Dan 6 more months of emergency powers - michaelsmithnews.com
>>10499543 Victoria's Births, Deaths and Marriages - deaths registered per month - - michaelsmithnews.com
>>10500441 Open Letter to Health Minister About Ivermectin - "One Dose is Normally Sufficient for Recovery"
>>10500546 Breakthrough Drug: Ivermectin Shows 'Astounding' Results Against Coronavirus
>>10501605 Tony Abbott rails against Victoria's coronavirus response - 'Health dictatorship'
>>10501610 Video: Australia and the Coronavirus Crisis, PolicyExchangeUK - With Hon Tony Abbott AC, Health dictatorship reference @ 8:35
>>10501615, >>10501618 'Unaccountable experts': Tony Abbott calls for end to lockdowns, travel bans
>>10501618 Stewart McDonald, Scottish National Party MP questions Tony Abbott about "health dictatorship", a term also used by QAnon conspiracy group
>>10501635 Video: Stewart McDonald - "Are you familiar with Qanon, Mister Abbott?" Tony Abbott - "Look, I'm afraid I'm not. But I'm sure you'll enlighten me."
>>10501671, >>10501674 Pregnant woman arrested in Ballarat for creating anti-lockdown protest event on Facebook
>>10504219 Snr Sgt Tim Argall, 'authorising Officer' on the search warrant for pregnant protest inciter from Ballarat, had affair with Lawyer X
>>10508924 Victoria Police are trained to issue summonses rather than arrest where possible - why was this pregnant mum handcuffed?
>>10509221 >The (alleged) Facebook post that got pregnant mum Zoe Lee arrested today
>>10523738, >>10523747 The bodybuilder conspiracy theorist behind a group pushing COVID-19 checkpoint breaches
>>10534097 Coronavirus Australia live news: Anti-lockdown protesters gather across Australia, arrests made in Melbourne and Sydney (Q WWG1WGA sign in Perth)
>>10535023 Sharon McGowan Tweet: Anti-lockdown protesters are now walking down Albert Park towards St Kilda. (WWG1WGA sign in Melbourne)
>>10535035 Wake up Australia Tweet: The crowd is kind of shy, Beautiful, Full of hope and joy, Chanted, Free Victoria (Q sign in Brisbane)
>>10535045 Morgans Tweet Freedom Day Byron Bay wwg1wga (WWG1WGA sign in Byron Bay)
>>10535053 JayTeePee Tweet: Almost 10,000 West Australians stood together at Parliament House for FREEDOM DAY (#WWG1WGA T-shirt in Perth)
>>10535070, >>10535082 WeareMaximus Tweets: Brisbane / Chant of the day... Free Victoria / Free the children chant (Q WWG1WGA T-shirts in Brisbane)
>>10535235 No arrests as hundreds protest in Brisbane (Q Make Australia Great Again sign in Brisbane)
>>10535606 Tommyblues Tweet: Small one in Cairns but good to see numbers none the less (The Great Awakening sign in Cairns)
>>10535729 6% Jo Tweet: It was excellent. Brisbane protested with them (Q / WWG1WGA / Children / Human Trafficking signs in Brisbane)
>>10535808 N.Marsters Tweet: Oh Yes, we here in Brisbane, Australia. #freevictoria #FreedomDay (Q sign in Brisbane)
>>10536615 UN Forced To Admit Gates-Funded Vaccine Is Causing Polio Outbreak In Africa
>>10542825 Chanting for 'freedom' and shouting of Fascism, a city's fringe erupts in anger
>>10553790 Protesters Clash with Police While Rallying Against Australia's COVID Restrictions
>>10575094 Coronavirus Victoria: Brett Sutton says he did not recommend Melbourne curfew
>>10575404 Coronavirus vaccine setback a headache for Trump
>>10578919 Video: Coronavirus: Victoria exposed in ADF assistance documents | 9News Australia
>>10579104 Parliament of Australia - Select Committee on COVID-19 - Answers to Questions on Notice - EMV Commissioner Andrew Crisp
>>10586484 Tom Hanks accused of getting special treatment after returning to Australia amid coronavirus quarantine
>>10587164 Annastacia Palaszczuk slams Scott Morrison and queensland opposition over 'disgusting' border bullying
>>10588476 Was Australia's crippling lockdown based on a MONUMENTAL stuff-up?
>>10625777 Peter Dutton says Tom Hanks should not be treated differently
>>10626007 Second round of anti-lockdown protests flop in Melbourne gloom
>>10627663, >>10627678, >>10627695 Violence erupts as hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters chanting 'freedom' storm queen Victoria Markets
>>10643198 Outrage over Victoria Police officer filmed stomping man's head
#10704836 at 2020-09-19 05:11:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
#9 - Part 2
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Bun - Part 1
>>10122961 'FLIGHT RISK' What is the conspiracy theory about Tom Hanks being arrested in Australia?
>>10136594 As US cases soar, Trump says Australia has 'tremendous problems'
>>10137789 Coronavirus: COVID-19 vaccine developed by Adelaide scientists clear for more volunteers
>>10155115, >>10155141, >>10155156 The threads that don't connect: Covid gives Australian conspiracy theorists a common home
>>10155779, >>10155789 Hydroxychloroquine is a poor coronavirus treatment but a perfect parable for our times
>>10157800 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declares a STATE OF DISASTER and introduces an 8pm curfew for Melbourne
>>10158200 U.S. Department of State Tweet: We are lucky to count Australia as a close partner through it all. #USwithAUS
>>10158895 Q Research General #12999: CV PANIC in Melbourne, WAKE UP Australia! Edition
>>10167665 Liberal MP Craig Kelly's 'dangerous' hydroxychloroquine claim asks if Vic premier should be jailed
>>10167809 President Trump Tweet: Big China Virus breakouts all over the World, including nations which were thought to have done a great job
>>10167952 Video: INVESTIGATION: Hotel quarantine security breach causes COVID-19 second wave | 60 Minutes Australia
>>10170026 State of emergency vs state of disaster: What's the difference?
>>10174955 Video: Victorians face $4957 on-the-spot fine for breaching isolation orders - Sky News Australia
>>10187191 Promising antibody response in Australians given Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
>>10209323 Australia pledges to share coronavirus vaccine: PM
>>10238919 The hidden fallout of the pandemic: Fears lockdown linked to jump in child abuse material arrests in WA
>>10239291 Video: Ivermectin treatment is a 'real killer of coronavirus': Professor Thomas Borody - Sky News Australia
>>10239610 Marines complete quarantine in the Northern Territory
>>10250589 Ex-Bachelorette Ali Oetjen shares false conspiracy theory, coronavirus pandemic is a 'cover-up for widespread child sex trafficking'
>>10262267 Coronavirus: All parties eager to sign up for a new national forum (National Cabinet)
>>10304251 Daniel Andrews says Victoria may never eliminate COVID-19
>>10306643 Taking Hydroxychloroquinine in queensland as a preventive for COVID-19 is a $1334 fine and 6 months prison
>>10315234 Australia could have a COVID-19 vaccine within six months
>>10336102 Scott Morrison expects a successful coronavirus vaccine would be mandatory in Australia
>>10337972, >>10337978 Lieutenant-General John Frewen, the head of the Defence COVID-19 Taskforce, pulls rank on Premier's quarantine claims
>>10338193 Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
>>10339491 Q Research General #13230: No Compulsory Vaxxes for Aussies or Anyone Else! Edition
>>10343294 AstraZeneca to be exempt from coronavirus vaccine liability claims in most countries
>>10343567 List of "conspiracies" proven to be real - Big Pharma
>>10343915 Coronavirus vaccine: Australia rules out mandatory immunisations
>>10369123 Aussie tennis great Pat Cash promotes conspiracy theory coronavirus film
>>10369282 St Vincent's Melbourne trials Trump-spruiked malaria drug hydroxychloroquine
>>10388884 60 Minutes Australia: Dr Fauci's virus message for Australians
>>10388884 Video: SUNDAY on #60Mins: Dr Anthony Fauci's message of hope: we will get through this
>>10396970, >>10396979 60 Minutes Australia: Dr Anthony Fauci reveals Australia is a 'global leader' in coronavirus fight
>>10397835 >>10397841, ASIO working to prevent foreign spies from stealing Australian coronavirus vaccine research
>>10410995 Video: Dr Anthony Fauci's 2018 interview on flu dangers and future virus pandemic | 60 Minutes Australia
>>10436864 Australia to send 55 firefighters to the US to battle wildfires amid the pandemic
>>10480915 Black market cat drugs being studied as COVID-19 treatment
>>10491426 Melbourne anti-lockdown protest organiser calls coronavirus a 'scam'
#10692229 at 2020-09-18 09:00:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
queensland childcare worker accused of child rape among 104 charges
A queensland childcare worker has been charged with multiple counts of raping children among more than 100 offences that also include bestiality.
Townsville child protection investigation unit detectives will allege the 39-year-old man was indecently assaulting children and recording the offences.
Police also said he took images of his victims and distributed them over several years.
The north queensland childcare worker has been charged with 104 offences including multiple counts of rape, indecent treatment, bestiality, making and distributing child exploitation material and supplying dangerous drugs.
He is due to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on September 29.
Detective Senior Sergeant David Miles said 11 children, with ages ranging from infancy to 16 years old, and one adult were identified as victims between 1995 and 2020.
He said police believed there were more victims yet to be identified.
"We're working closely with [the Townsville childcare centre where the man was employed] at the moment," he said.
"We have identified some victims from that particular centre and we're working back through historical records at the moment to identify whether there were any more."
Senior Sergeant Miles said he suspected some offences might have happened at the centre but it appeared that most offences were committed against the man's own children.
"This individual has offended against his siblings, his own children and he has preyed upon vulnerable women in our community who have young children and he has then been providing them with drugs for the purpose of sedating his victims for the purpose of conducting his offences," he said.
Senior Sergeant Miles said a two-year-old victim was recovering in Cairns.
"That young child we know has been offended against and was subjected to being passed around as a result of exchanging of drugs and the child, she was recovered at an address in Cairns," he said.
Senior Sergeant Miles said he did not believe the crime occurred in Cairns but the child was taken from a family in the area and was back in the hands of the department of child safety.
The investigation had led to two other people being charged and one being cautioned, officers said on Thursday.
A 33-year-old West End man was charged in July with 15 offences including six counts of distributing child exploitation material and possessing child exploitation material.
A 38-year-old woman appeared in Townsville Magistrates Court on September 8 in relation to three offences of possessing child exploitation material, distributing child exploitation material and burglary.
A 49-year-old woman was cautioned on three counts of bestiality.
The three were known to the childcare worker, Senior Sergeant Miles said.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-childcare-worker-accused-of-child-rape-among-104-charges-20200917-p55wmb.html
#10664820 at 2020-09-16 05:58:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Spread of fake news around US fires 'strikingly similar' to Australian summer, researchers say
By James Purtill - Tuesday 15 September 2020
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Back in January, when huge areas of the east coast of Australia were on fire, researchers at queensland University of Technology announced that a targeted, coordinated online campaign was trying to mislead the public by promoting the debunked idea that arson was the main cause of the fires.
Twitter accounts suspected to be bots or trolls were driving the popular #ArsonEmergency hashtag, the researchers had found. This was deflecting attention away from a more obvious cause: climate change.
For many Australians, the development brought home the fact that the disinformation strategies used to great effect in the 2016 US presidential election could be applied to their own country, and there was very little they could do.
Nine months later, huge areas of the west coast of the United States are on fire, and false claims of arson are spreading online.
Anonymous accounts, some of them bots, are wrongly asserting that hundreds of arsonists have been arrested, and that some of the fires had been started deliberately by left-wing and environmental activists to force people to leave their homes. Police say this has meant some residents have refused to evacuate.
Like in Australia, authorities have said there is no substance to the claim of widespread arson, but the rumours persist, fanned by news outlets publishing reports of isolated arrests or made-up data.
The researchers who conducted the Australian analysis say the spread of misinformation in the US is "strikingly similar" to what they saw earlier this year.
As well as this, an initial analysis of Twitter hashtags shows suspicious bot activity.
Suspicious bot activity around arson hashtags
The Hoaxy tool maps the 'diffusion' of tweets into clusters, and ranks the accounts on their likelihood of being a bot. For the hashtag #arson, the tool says three of the four most prominent accounts are highly likely to be bots. The account with the most popular #arson tweet is the White House correspondent for Fox News (though his tweet was about an act of urban arson and was not linked to the wildfires).
Bots are retweeting bots. One suspected bot account with thousands of followers tweeted that arson and not climate change caused the US fires. This was then retweeted by dozens of suspected bots, as well as by accounts that appear to be genuine, including, for example, a father of four and Arsenal supporter in Bristol.
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#10641391 at 2020-09-14 07:35:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
'UNHOLY ALLIANCE': CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ARE CIRCULATING RUSSIAN AND CHINESE DISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 ON SOCIAL MEDIA
How much of conspiracy theories are deliberate acts of disinformation? According to experts, conspiracy theorists are sharing COVID-19 messages from state organisations in Russia and China that cater to the countries' strategic interests and seek to sow division in the West.
BY EDEN GILLESPIE - September 14, 2020
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We've heard a litany of conspiracy theories since the pandemic began, but where exactly are they coming from and to what extent are they organised?
From anti-5g articles to fabricated stories about vaccination trials, Russia is using bots, state media and troll farms to cultivate a disinformation narrative during the pandemic.
But Russia is far from the only country that's using social media to spin the truth, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
The Chinese Communist Party is also using social media to paint a positive image of its government and to heap blame on the United States for the COVID-19 crisis, researchers at ASPI have found.
In March, an official Twitter account from the Chinese Foreign Ministry promoted the conspiracy that the US engineered COVID-19 and deployed it during a military exercise in Wuhan.
Australian conspiracy theorists are helping this kind of disinformation spread like wildfire, according to Dr Timothy Graham, a Senior Lecturer in Communication at queensland University of Technology.
"QAnon, for example, is a really susceptible population of individuals who are ready to be co-opted and to have their already existing beliefs cultivated and exploited for strategic purposes," Dr Graham told The Feed.
"They don't need to get an army of 10,000 trolls and bots to jump in when they've already got QAnon that'll come in and go 'exactly, that's the deep state again' and 'Trump is going to be our saviour'," he said.
"There's almost an unholy alliance in a sense between anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists and foreign disinformation because their interests converge to an extent and they each do the job of amplifying the other one's interests and content."
Dr Graham said in the pre-internet days, an individual or group that was unwittingly doing the work of the Kremlin was referred to as a "useful idiot".
He said that in the Soviet era, they were generally the elite or high-level officials but these days, due to the internet, there are "millions of useful idiots".
"These individuals who genuinely believe there is a western government conspiracy or cover-up of vaccines and they're being engineered or weaponised to control populations with the help of Bill Gates. When Russian disinformation comes along, all they really need to do is just help them on their way," Dr Graham said.
"It's almost like they make the job too easy. It's not difficult to target these groups on Facebook and inject content into there."
Elise Thomas, a researcher at ASPI, is concerned that the untruths spread by both non-state and state actors could damage public health messaging.
"It's definitely a concern. I mean, we saw the protests in Melbourne and around the country on the weekend," Thomas said.
"Particularly in a public health crisis, anything that is sowing distrust in health authorities is really concerning, and could have very serious, real-world implications, particularly if anybody at those protests was infectious," she told The Feed.
According to Thomas, one story that has achieved widespread circulation was about a US vaccination trial that supposedly killed five people in Ukraine. Except, it never actually happened.
ASPI revealed that the story originated from a press release posted onto the websites of the Luhansk People's Republic, a pro-Russian self-declared state in Eastern Ukraine.
The press release hit the web the day after Russia announced it would produce its own vaccine. And it didn't take long for the story to be shared onto a popular Australian anti-vaccination Facebook group.
"You see a lot of people repeating it on Twitter, or whatever and they have no idea that it originated from a pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist group," Thomas said.
"They just remember they saw somewhere that Ukrainian soldiers died in a vaccine trial and they just repeated it," she added.
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#10627663 at 2020-09-13 06:05:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10626007
Violence erupts as hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters chanting 'freedom' storm queen Victoria Markets - pegging stolen FRUIT at riot squad officers and kicking police horses
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Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters have massed in Melbourne for a second day, with some throwing fruit at police after raiding market stalls.
Protesters chanting 'Freedom' and 'Power to the people' were outnumbered by officers at queen Victoria Market on Sunday.
Footage of violent scuffles and officers on horseback moving through a group inside the market has been posted online.
'There were a few tense moments when protesters started grabbing fruit and throwing it at police,' photographer Erik Anderson said from the scene.
Protesters yelled 'this is not a police state' and 'you've got to be on the right side of history'.
Mr Anderson estimated that police had arrested dozens of protesters.
Huge crowds of protesters were filmed marching down empty streets in Melbourne, calling for Daniel Andrews to ease the city's draconian lockdown restrictions.
One man was spotted kicking a police horse as officers attempted to calm crowds hurling abuse at them as they rode through the markets.
Melbourne remains in a Stage Four lockdown, meaning residents cannot leave their houses without a valid reason, and restrictions are in place to limit movement more than 5km from a person's home.
The restrictions remain in place, and both a State of Emergency and State of Disaster, have been extended a further four weeks despite the embattled state only recording 41 new cases and seven deaths on Sunday.
The latest figures released on Sunday morning take the state's death toll to 723 and the national count to 810 since the start of the pandemic in late January.
Leading up to the demonstration, organisers used encrypted phone apps to communicate, in an attempt to avoid police finding out the location of the planned rally, Herald Sun reported.
In messages sent to participants, organisers encouraged people to 'be agile, like water' and stick together throughout the course of the day.
'Be ready to swarm the location to assemble. Once we have assembled, we are all safe,' one of the organisers said.
'Conducting these protests is dependent on having sufficiently large numbers to outnumber any police presence at a location of assembly.
'Best way to achieve this is to ensure you have talked to everyone you know that might be interested in attending, and attempt to just bring at least one other person with you.'
Tensions between police and protesters escalated 11.45am on Sunday when about 50 people were cornered by police on Peel Street.
Riot police had to separate the crowd and Peel Street remains blocked off to the public.
Pictures taken at the scene show officers shepherding protesters through the streets and arresting people who do not comply with orders.
One man wearing a red and black bandanna told police he had lost faith in authorities throughout the pandemic.
He told police he felt unsafe in their presence, and that contributed to his decision to attend the illegal protest.
'Dude I'm scared. I don't even know how I'm going to pay this fine,' he said.
'Heartless soulless people. We've all lost faith.'
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#10627349 at 2020-09-13 05:20:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10627331
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FEATHERSTONE'S VICTIM'S WORDS REVEALED
'An investigation by News Corp Australia almost 14 years ago saw Gary Maxwell Featherstone jailed on 12 charges relating to abuse of boys he would collect from orphanages.
For more than six years he would order the boys to pretend they were his sons, as he would travel about Australia to well-known family-run nudist camps to abuse and film them.
Some of the boys would eventually be shared with other men.
This is the never-before-published transcript of one of his victims speaking to this reporter that formed the centre piece of a file of material put together to convince police in four states particularly NSW that a monster was on the loose.
The videos of his abuse have been destroyed.
Featherstone hid behind his global fame, his respected status and his ill mother but this is the story of one of his victims.
Names have been redacted to protect the identity of the innocent.'
***************
"I was 12.
A friend (name redacted - CB) introduced me to him, he was a couple of years older than me, he was about 15.
At this stage, we were growing up in boys' homes. I didn't really care about much because things could not have gone any lower than things had already got.
What he was doing, it was all pretty normal.
(CB) I knew was molested before and once I got to know Featherstone I knew he was molesting him as well.
So he (Featherstone) was showing a lot of affection towards me and stuff like that and doing a lot of things that I had not had in a long time, showing me attention buying things and taking an interest basically.
I tried to talk to (CB) about it maybe three years ago but he goes 'it's behind me I've had enough'. CB and (redacted) look at it in a different way. They've got a lot of anger, (CB) hides behind the alcohol a lot.
CB was eventually "sold'' to another man (redacted) from (redacted) in Rockdale.
The very first night it was him (Featherstone) touching me and then he pushed me down towards ... (points below his waist and starts to cry).
We were playing computer games and having some pizza takeaway, it was always pizza, we'd get a video to watch after 8.30 then ... (crying)
You see there wasn't a weekend, there wouldn't have been one weekend in the first four years where I can say he never touched me. Yes without hesitation I can swear on the bible, or the Koran or whatever.
I went to YMCA camps in Yarramundi (Hawkesbury) and one up there near Newcastle. There should be documentation at the John Hunter Hospital because I broke my ankle and we went there to get plaster.
Featherstone was a youth leader but he would molest us there.
He'd go to nudist conventions where nudist from all over Australia and overseas ... the same would happen. Yeah that was pretty much the first month of meeting. At Wiseman's Ferry, Windsor way, River Island near Mittagong, the Wombeyan Caves there, River Valley on the Echuca, Helios (nudist camp) in Gembrook in Victoria. He would film us at these places. I was at Rosco (nudist camp) when the Newcastle earthquake happened. I know that there are two videos that are circulating publicly because it was a health, health nude and sun and health conventions.
He'd drive everywhere with us.
There was Tindo (Nudist Club Cockatoo Valley South Australia) another one in queensland near the Howard brewery on the highway heading towards the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast up near Caboolture and Kings Bridge and another up the north coast, we'd drive to all places. CB went on all the trips as well.
The one at (near brewery) he was actually run out off that I know because we packed up very quickly and we had to go. It use to have a petrol station space ship that's how I remembered.
I'm not sure if the police at Newcastle still have it but they were called out New Year's Eve for the earthquake to Rosco because there was pot down there. They spoke to (redacted), they spoke to myself and Gary (Featherstone) and he said he was my father.
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#10627331 at 2020-09-13 05:18:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Ex-SCECGS Redlands teacher Gary Featherstone avoids jail as nudist camp victim's transcript revealed
A former Sydney private school teacher has avoided jail again for child porn. But now, we can reveal how he took his victims to nudist camps in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and queensland for the first time.
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A world-renowned composer and notorious paedophile used four minutes from the moment police knocked on his door to when they entered the property to erase evidence he had downloaded horrific child abuse images from the Russian dark net.
By stalling opening the door, Gary Maxwell Featherstone has again avoided jail despite him being one of Australia's worst serial paedophiles whose global child porn access has even been noted by the FBI in America.
Police knocked on Featherstone's front door in a village west of Forster on the NSW Mid North Coast at 9.25am last February.
He did not open it immediately, later saying he was dealing with laundry. But a forensic check of his PlayStation found that at 9.21am he had been accessing abuse material.
"It would appear that the accused was caught in the act of accessing child abuse material when police arrived at his address and he was unable to completely hide his activity," a police statement tendered to the Katoomba District Court stated.
The videos, accessed Tor dark websites, images and movies included boys under 10 years in bondage, toddlers in bath tubs and others in sex acts which were found on his device's deleted section.
Featherstone initially denied all actions but then pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of use carriage service to access child pornography.
"Due to the images being deleted, police will not be pursuing a possess child abuse material charge as he was not technically in possession of the images," a NSW Police statement tendered to court stated.
He was sentenced to 18 months to be served until December 2021 but the sentence was immediately suspended with Featherstone instead ordered to be of good behaviour and adhere to Taree Community Corrections supervision for that period.
This was despite earlier court hearings describing the risk of him offending with accessing child abuse material as "significantly high".
The now 71-year-old was first arrested in 2003, ironically when Australian Federal Police at the behest of the FBI and US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, entered his home to find a child abuse video still playing, one of 50,000 "depraved" images and videos a search of his home would turn up.
The SCECGS Redlands private school teacher - who was listed on the International Who's Who of Music as one of the 20th Century's most outstanding composers and The American 500 Leaders of Influence in music - escaped jail instead handed a suspended sentence, prompting the NSW State Government to order a review which eventually saw him jailed for two years.
Then he was arrested again a year later and charged with 59 child abuse offences with evidence some of those on the videos were actually his 11-14 year old victims, filmed at "family friendly" nudist camps in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and queensland. Some of his victims were pulled from orphanages and boys homes and were ordered to pretend to be his sons as he took them to nudist camps across Australia.
It was an investigation by News Corp Australia that identified those on the videos with victims in Australia and convinced the NSW Police to initiate a case.
He was jailed for 13 years in 2006, released in 2011, jailed again for having child porn, released again, faced another year in jail in 2018 and two months after his parole expired in February last year police knocked on his door.
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#10625777 at 2020-09-13 03:13:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
>>10586484
Peter Dutton says Tom Hanks should not be treated differently
Peter Dutton has hit back at the Qld government which accused him of "lying" about being the one who gave Tom Hanks entry to Australia.
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton has hit back at the Qld government for saying he was "lying" about how Hollywood star Tom Hanks entered Australia to film a movie.
The row started because the famous actor was granted an exemption from queensland's strict border rules and entered the state from America on Tuesday night.
Hanks was granted permission to self isolate in a resort on the Gold Coast, instead of undergoing the state's Brisbane-based hotel quarantine system.
Speaking on ABC's Insiders on Sunday morning, Mr Dutton, who has been critical of the Qld government's treatment of Hanks, reiterated his position the Hollywood star should not have been treated differently to any other traveller trying to enter Australia.
"Mr Hanks and his party have not gone into hotel quarantine as other Australians would have to," he said.
"The queensland Government made separate arrangements for that.
"Mr Hanks should be treated no differently than somebody else coming back, and that's the basis on which we argue here."
Mr Dutton also hit back at Qld Deputy Premier Steven Miles' comments on Saturday that it was he, as the federal minister responsible for borders, who had actually allowed Hanks' entry into Australia.
"He was saying that it was us that let Tom Hanks in, when in fact it was him and his own department that let Tom Hanks in," Mr Miles said.
When asked about this on Sunday, Mr Dutton said that Border Force had only granted Hanks entry because the Qld government and Qld Health had porvided a letter of support.
(It was approved) based on the letter of support from queensland Health and based on the fact that the Qld Government had, as I understand it, provided financial incentive for the movie to be shot in queensland," he said.
"So Border Force will only approve Mr Hanks if he's coming in under that arrangement.
"If he was coming here as a tourist, he wouldn't be approved by Border Force."
Speaking on Insiders, Mr Dutton pointed the finger at state governments which have not budged on relaxing border restrictions to parts of the country where there are zero to nearly no cases of COVID-19.
He said the restrictions in Qld were not based on health advice, but are still being implemented for political gains by the Palaszczuk government, which is seeking re-election in October.
Communities in northern New South Wales which have stronger ties to southeast queensland have been barred from entering the state, despite there being no active cases of coronavirus in the region.
"Somebody coming from the ACT where there have been no cases, having to go into a hotel in Brisbane for two weeks before they can see a loved one, who has a life expectancy of only one week, is an outrage and there's no comparison to make there," Mr Dutton said.
Mr Dutton also noted the cap on returning travellers could be increased if the hotel quarantine limits were increased.
Insiders host David Speers questioned Mr Dutton as to why former Prime Minister Tony Abbot was granted permission to go to Europe, while international travel has been banned for Australian citizens.
Mr Dutton said the Border Force commissioner approves individual cases for travel relating to business and compassionate reasons.
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/peter-dutton-says-tom-hanks-should-not-be-treated-differently/news-story/0dbeb99b034b9f6a77ad4c3855de8259
#10601023 at 2020-09-11 08:16:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Bundaberg man charged with distributing child pornography overseas after lengthy AFP investigation
A 49-year-old queensland man has been charged with more than 100 offences for allegedly possessing and distributing child abuse material overseas via encrypted apps.
The man was charged after an investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), sparked by a tip-off from a member of the public about an Australian citizen in Mongolia.
The man's mobile phone was seized upon his return to Australia last December and he was charged with possessing child abuse material outside Australia.
Specialist officers from the AFP's digital forensic team allegedly found a "significant amount of child abuse material" on his phone.
Police have alleged it was transmitted using two encrypted messaging applications, Telegram and Scruff.
The man, from Woodgate near Bundaberg, faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.
Police confirmed he had been charged with a string of additional offences, including 43 counts of distributing child pornography material outside Australia and 38 counts of distributing child abuse material outside Australia.
In a statement, Detective Superintendent Paula Hudson, from the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation and Child Protection Operations, said the AFP worked closely on the investigation with international law enforcement partners.
"Online child exploitation material is a crime that knows no border, which is why the relationships we have built with international law enforcement is so critical to these investigations," she said.
"This investigation shows that we will act on reports of child abuse online, even if those accessing it are located overseas.
"The AFP and its partners will never relinquish our duty to keep children safe.
"We need to be acting as a community to be alive to the risks that may be facing our children and prevent online child sexual exploitation - during national child protection week and every week."
If convicted, the charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-11/afp-charges-queensland-man-child-pornography-overseas/12655692
#10588476 at 2020-09-10 13:27:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
This is how corrupt politicians and scientists say OOPS and cover their asses after forcing a pointless lockdown down your throat: Blame it on a single line of code that plotted the graphs
TLDR; This is their pathetic excuse:
This error resulted from a single line in the code used to plot a graph, meaning that it showed the number of hospitalisations rather than the number of ICU bed admissions.
As a result, New South Wales hospitals were predicted to be hit with 12,000 ICU patients rather than the 3,000 admissions the modelling had meant to show.
Another word the dog ate their fucking homework.
Fuck these people. They're just vaccine salesmen who doesn't give a fuck about the people.
Was Australia's crippling lockdown based on a MONUMENTAL stuff-up? How a critical error used to justify shutting down the economy and keeping millions of people at home went unnoticed - until now
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8714505/How-error-numbers-used-justify-shutting-Australia-COVID-19-crisis-went-unnoticed.html
Published: 17:37 BST, 9 September 2020 | Updated: 10:26 BST, 10 September 2020
Australia's decision to lockdown at start of crisis based on miscalculated figures
Research estimated daily ICU demand of 35,000 beds in uncontrolled outbreak
But data confused ICU admissions with patients needing to be taken to hospital
Then Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said at time data was 'horrendous'
Data used to guide government decision to shut down large parts of economy
DOHERTY INSTITUTE'S STATEMENT ON COVID-19 ICU DATA ERROR
An error in the graphical representations of modelling conducted by the Doherty Institute utilised by the Commonwealth Government in the public health response to COVID-19 was noticed in June,' University of Melbourne professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology Jodie McVernon said.
The conclusions of the model regarding response strategies needed to ensure ICU capacity requirements were not exceeded, were accurate and didn't affect its implications for policy.
'This error resulted from a single line in the code used to plot a graph, meaning that it showed the number of hospitalisations rather than the number of ICU bed admissions.'
'We informed the Commonwealth Government at the time this error was realised having cross-checked and confirmed that it only referred to two visual outputs.
'A more detailed description of the modelling with the corrected graphical representations was submitted for peer review to the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal and was accepted for publication on August 30 2020.''''
Australia was plunged into strict lockdown at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic based on incorrect figures and a massive over-estimation of how many patients would require ICU treatment.
Research by The Peter Doherty Institute had estimated a peak daily demand of 35,000 intensive care beds would be required in the scenario of an uncontrolled outbreak in Australia.
But the modelling had confused ICU admissions with the number of people who would need to be taken to hospital during the pandemic.
As a result, New South Wales hospitals were predicted to be hit with 12,000 ICU patients rather than the 3,000 admissions the modelling had meant to show.
The data was used by the federal government to justify nationwide business shutdowns, border closures and social distancing restrictions when the virus took hold in Australia in March.
Then-Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said at the time the figures forecast an 'horrendous scenario' with a 'daily demand for new intensive care beds of 35,000-plus'.
He said such a demand would be 'completely beyond the realm of any country to create'.
The Doherty Institute's Professor Jodie McVernon said the modelling mistake - which was published in April - was noticed in June and the government was notified, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Disease modelling experts at James Cook University in queensland noticed the error when they discovered a large discrepancy in predicted ICU admissions between different parts of Australia.
James Cook University infectious diseases physician Emma McBryde claimed her researchers had told the Doherty Institute of the mistake and the organisation said the error would be corrected.
But she claimed no revision had been made three months later.
'Leaving something inaccurate uncorrected on the public record is pretty close to research misconduct,' she said.
'I strongly believe we lock down too hard.'
The revelation comes as Australia's hopes for a coronavirus vaccine were put under threat after trials in the UK were paused over major safety concerns.
Late-stage studies of AstraZenec's vaccine candidate are on hold after a patient became seriously ill on Tuesday.
#10587369 at 2020-09-10 09:15:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Resignations in the news
Besieged icare chief and deputy to step down
The chairman of embattled insurance agency icare will resign from his position later this month and be replaced by former NSW Labor leader John Robertson following deepening allegations of financial mismanagement and criticisms over the organisation's workplace culture.
Michael Carapiet, chairman of the icare board since 2015, will step down from September 25 along with deputy chairman Gavin Bell, according to an email circulated to all staff at the agency on Tuesday night.
The office of NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet characterised the resignation of Mr Carapiet as a retirement that coincided with the natural end of his contract.
His replacement, Mr Robertson, is the chief operating officer of food relief organisation Foodbank, but is best known for his previous roles as NSW Labor leader between 2011 and 2014, and secretary of Unions NSW.
"John joins icare at what is a crucial time for the organisation and will be integral in ensuring we deliver the very best system we can for injured workers," said Mr Perrottet, in prepared remarks.
An independent inquiry, led by former NSW Supreme Court judge Robert McDougall QC, is reviewing the agency's operations and management. A separate audit of Mr Perrottet's staffing arrangements, which were drawn into the icare scandal, are expected to be released on Wednesday.
"It is important he (Mr Robertson) is involved in the search and appointment of a new CEO and is on the ground as Robert McDougall undertakes his review into icare," Mr Perrottet said.
The departures of Mr Carapiet and Mr Bell mark the latest in a string of top executives to leave the organisation in the wake of management malpractice allegations and concerns over the agency's financial stability.
Chief executive John Nagle resigned in August amid revelations of a conflict of interest involving a contract awarded by icare to his wife; another board member, Mark Lennon, quit in July when allegations of impropriety were raised by his colleagues in the NSW Labor opposition.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/besieged-icare-chief-and-deputy-to-step-down/news-story/b9387529aeead468a492fd03b7a209b5
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Senior Palaszczuk Government minister announces resignation
Natural Resources and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham has announced he will not be recontesting his seat at the state election in October.
The Member for Stafford, who is a senior member of the Labor cabinet, announced the shock retirement on the last day of parliamentary sittings before the October 31 election.
Dr Lynham is the third government minister to retire in less than a week, with Kate Jones also following suit and Disability Services Minister Coralee O'Rourke last weekend announcing an end to her political career.
Dr Lynham was elected as the Member for Stafford in 2014.
He is also a maxillofacial surgeon and has juggled political commitments around maintaining his active registration in the medical field.
"It has become very clear to me that I cannot maintain my medical registration as a doctor and give 100 per cent to this job," he said.
"And the people of Stafford and queensland deserve 100 per cent."
There had been speculation Dr Lynham was being forced to retire by the right faction of his own union, the Australian Workers Union.
But one Labor source told the ABC Dr Lynham informed them of his intention to retire some weeks ago, and assured them he was under no pressure to leave.
"But someone wanted to make a hero of themselves by talking to the Courier Mail," the source said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-10/anthony-lynham-senior-minister-palaszczuk-government-quits-staff/12648624
#10587164 at 2020-09-10 08:18:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #9 - Welcome to the Digital Battlefield Edition
Annastacia Palaszczuk slams Scott Morrison and queensland opposition over 'disgusting' border bullying
It comes as Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton called Ms Palaszczuk "pig-headed" for not relaxing coronavirus restrictions.
queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the prime minister and the state opposition are using people's personal tragedies involving border restrictions to subject her to the worst bullying she's seen in her lifetime.
Ms Palaszczuk lashed out at Scott Morrison after Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington asked her about the case of Canberra woman Sarah Caisip who tried but failed to enter the state in time to see her dying father.
She's now in quarantine and is set to miss his funeral at 2pm on Thursday in Brisbane after health officials told her she wasn't supposed to even be in queensland because her right to enter didn't cover her father's death.
Ms Palaszczuk revealed Mr Morrison had called her to speak about the case ahead of the funeral.
"It is absolutely not acceptable for the leader of the opposition to do what she is doing today: a coordinated campaign with the prime minister's office is disgusting and it is demeaning," Ms Palaszczuk told state parliament.
"I would hope that the prime minister would work in a cooperative matter with everyone across this country and this divisiveness, and these fights, and this intimidation, and this bullying is the worst I've ever seen in my lifetime."
Mr Morrison also made a public plea on behalf of the Caisip family on Thursday, saying it wasn't about borders and that Ms Palaszczuk's lack of action over the "heartbreaking case" had forced his hand.
"The only thing that matters today is that Sarah can be with her 11-year-old sister Isabel and her mother Merna while they mourn the passing of their father and husband Bernard at Mount Gravatt today," he told radio 2GB.
"It was Father's Day on the weekend … In this midst of all this heartache surely just this once this can be done.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton also joined demands for the queensland government to relax its coronavirus measures on Thursday, calling Ms Palaszczuk "pig-headed".
"The premier here in queensland is just so pig-headed and people are suffering because of it," Mr Dutton told radio 2GB.
Ms Palaszczuk reiterated the state's chief health officer was in charge of assessing medical exemptions to cross the border.
She said the state's hospitals were already treating 1,000 NSW residents a week, but admitted that many people were missing funerals.
"Around the world, we have seen bodies being buried in the pits … where no families have been able to say goodbye," the premier said.
"This is a world pandemic, this is not the time to carry on like this, this is a time when every single person in this country should be working together and this politics of division is disgusting and disgraceful."
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/annastacia-palaszczuk-slams-scott-morrison-and-queensland-opposition-over-disgusting-border-bullying
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#6948166 at 2019-07-08 06:13:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #3 - Maple Syrup Truth Bomb Edition
What happens when Bronfman is your fiance manager and his daughters extort you?
This is getting good.
Now you may understand the Rhetoric.
Two key things to note before you go any further. First NXIVM is critical to 9/11 as Sara and Clare Bronfmann's dad was a part of Barrick Gold.
Barrick Gold was the company that laundered a lot of the stolen gold from WWII in what came to be called the Black Eagle Trust under George Bush Sr.
Barrick Gold was also involved with the illegal Brady Bonds that were used to destroy the USSR during Operation Hammer and the securities that were subsequently destroyed on 9/11 to cover up the fraud.
The queen of England was involved in this. The Bronfman girls had a keylogger on their dad's computer and stole his emails.
#6877418 at 2019-06-30 02:41:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #3 - Maple Syrup Truth Bomb Edition
update/info on Twelve Tribes
They have a rather massive presence in Manitoba, Canada. Joseph Hawkins, a Chiropractor in Winnipeg (and the founder of stoplying.ca - the original .ca conspiracy site), lost his wife and almost lost his son to this cult. Thankfully, he had the courage (rare in leafs) to fight back.
Dude started a website:
https://question12tribes.com/help-a-cult-stole-my-wife/
And then started coordinating with ex-cult members across the globe to get affidavits and declarations he could include in his divorce/custody case:
https://web43.gov.mb.ca/Registry/FileNumberSearch/SearchResults?FileNumber=FD13-01-06376
And CBC refused to report on it, which frustrated many people.
Which led to people that just-so-happened to use lessons learned from Project Chanology littering the streets of the 12 Tribes' neighborhood scientology-style, demanding people ask their Member of Legislature to deal with a known human trafficking ring.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/twelve-tribes-religious-group-targeted-by-child-abuse-allegations-1.2807118
Which led to CBC *finally* reporting on it.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kf67c
Which led to the Twelve Tribes doing interviews to try and spin the PR their way:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/programs/inforadio/members-of-religious-group-twelve-tribes-speak-out-1.2808671
...But Hawkins already arranged an infiltration of the cult:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/my-six-weeks-with-winnipeg-s-twelve-tribes-community-1.2809431
which led to a CFS investigation into child abuse:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/twelve-tribes-defends-use-of-sticks-to-discipline-children-1.2809619
Which led to queen's Bench Judge Cathy Everett commenting that, even though much of the evidence was hearsay, there was sufficient evidence of wrongdoing to warrant Hawkins' wife being ordered by the court to not let any Twelve tribes members or property near her son.
(Linked above in court file).
Which led to another CBC Article about how the courts didn't do their job and report the abuse:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/controversy-over-children-s-safety-at-religious-community-1.2998862
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/controversial-religious-group-twelve-tribes-reported-to-cybertip-1.3000847
Every few months afterwards, more ex-members would start to come out and tell stories of being inside:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ex-twelve-tribes-leader-warns-winnipeg-authorities-about-religious-group-1.3007041
https://question12tribes.com/matthew-klein-testimony-2016/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mind-control-experts-monitor-twelve-tribes-1.3004978
https://www.trustchristorgotohell.org/twelve-tribes-criminal-cult-stole-my-goats-car-45-1-oz-gold-coins-daughter-in-that-order/
https://www.trustchristorgotohell.org/rose-mary-mccowan-satanic-witch-fraud-con-artist-thief-std-ridden-whore-liar-hellbound-harpie/
https://cultcode.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2017/05/31/A-Fact-Sheet-on-the-Twelve-Tribes-Communities-A-Cults-Ideologies
https://cultcode.wixsite.com/website/single-post/2016/10/12/Cracking-the-Cult-Code-Book-Exerpt-1
Joseph Hawkins and his son are doing just fine in 2019, outside of maybe a slight too heavy Alex Jones addiction.
Source: Be Very Wary The 10th of February.
#6845532 at 2019-06-26 13:46:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #3 - Maple Syrup Truth Bomb Edition
>>6845527
(repost of green notables above for linking - first bake)
NOTABLES (1/3)
>>4683282 >>4683346 >>4861293 >>5464564 Giustra Linked to Clintons
>>4683471 Politicians & Business Leaders...All-in-one neat little graphic
>>4683819 Islamic Party of Ontario
>>4688337 Castro & Trudeau
>>4688746 Anon's Fort McMurray Account
>>4690101 queen's Privy Council
>>4691817 >>4775659 >>5087323 NEED DIG-JT & Aga Khan, What's the link?
>>4693343 >>4700683 >>4901243 >>4901247 >>5238079 JT ancestry
>>4695081 More evidence of Cabal Interference, Crown Exposes Police Informant in Money Laundering Probe
>>4695538 >>4695545 Valerie Jarrett's Daughter's Scandal
>>4697153 >>4700793 Clare Bronfman paying legal fees for accused in NXIVM sex cult
>>4697283 Intro to Trudeau Foundation
>>4698656 >>5260111 Proof of Creeping Police State
>>4698804 Bloodline History of Margaret Trudeau
>>4699950 Paul Victor Godfrey Stepping Down
>>4700047 Cronyism going back to P.E.T.
>>4701030 UNRWA Calls on Canadian Gov't
>>4709995 PedoGate Links to CDN Privy Council
>>4710028 Video Connecting Clintons to Canada (U1)
>>4710126 CDN Sex Offender Registry an Embarassment
>>4711505 >>4711540 >>4711546 >>4711552 >>4711557 >>4711574 >>4916841 >>4937383 Alleged Terrorist Crimes, Needs Sauce
>>4712876 >>4726594 >>4733144 >>4736194 >>4787859 >>5007292 >>5439155 JT Gov't & Soros Involvement
>>4720130 Video-JT's Pedophile Connections
>>4723267 Pole Shift
>>4727394 Top CDN Courts Allow WW internet censorship
>>4733173 >>4733800 >>4864615 >>5452660 >>5452677 >>5453180 Sherman Murders
#6845515 at 2019-06-26 13:43:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #3 - Maple Syrup Truth Bomb Edition
Welcome To Q Research Canada Bread #3
The truths and ethics of the Western-Christian traditions, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. .?.?. There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.
The countless who died during WWI, WWII, and the Korean War laid their lives for the red ensign, and not the current maple leaf which was implemented in 1967. Lets pay homage to our rich history, lets make Canada the True North Strong and Free Again.
There are many digs to be had based on the Canadian Swamp, involved in U1 and the recent Huawei arrest. LETS FIGURE IT OUT!
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NOTABLES (1/3)
>>4683282 >>4683346 >>4861293 >>5464564 Giustra Linked to Clintons
>>4683471 Politicians & Business Leaders...All-in-one neat little graphic
>>4683819 Islamic Party of Ontario
>>4688337 Castro & Trudeau
>>4688746 Anon's Fort McMurray Account
>>4690101 queen's Privy Council
>>4691817 >>4775659 >>5087323 NEED DIG-JT & Aga Khan, What's the link?
>>4693343 >>4700683 >>4901243 >>4901247 >>5238079 JT ancestry
>>4695081 More evidence of Cabal Interference, Crown Exposes Police Informant in Money Laundering Probe
>>4695538 >>4695545 Valerie Jarrett's Daughter's Scandal
>>4697153 >>4700793 Clare Bronfman paying legal fees for accused in NXIVM sex cult
>>4697283 Intro to Trudeau Foundation
>>4698656 >>5260111 Proof of Creeping Police State
>>4698804 Bloodline History of Margaret Trudeau
>>4699950 Paul Victor Godfrey Stepping Down
>>4700047 Cronyism going back to P.E.T.
>>4701030 UNRWA Calls on Canadian Gov't
>>4709995 PedoGate Links to CDN Privy Council
>>4710028 Video Connecting Clintons to Canada (U1)
>>4710126 CDN Sex Offender Registry an Embarassment
>>4711505 >>4711540 >>4711546 >>4711552 >>4711557 >>4711574 >>4916841 >>4937383 Alleged Terrorist Crimes, Needs Sauce
>>4712876 >>4726594 >>4733144 >>4736194 >>4787859 >>5007292 >>5439155 JT Gov't & Soros Involvement
>>4720130 Video-JT's Pedophile Connections
>>4723267 Pole Shift
>>4727394 Top CDN Courts Allow WW internet censorship
>>4733173 >>4733800 >>4864615 >>5452660 >>5452677 >>5453180 Sherman Murders
#6834610 at 2019-06-25 01:05:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
For all you CanukAnon's, there is hope:
"Canada and the UK has no queen. Elizabeth II was "made for ever incapable to inherit possess or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same or to have use or exercise any regall Power Authority or Jurisdiction within the same And in all and every such Case and Cases the People of these Realms shall be and are thereby absolved of their Allegiance" when Elizabeth II reconciled to the See and the Church of Rome and professed the Catholic faith at her own coronation, June 2, 1953, in violation of Act of Settlement Law."
http://presscore.ca/two-constitutions-in-the-united-states-1st-was-illegally-suspended-in-favor-of-a-vatican-crown-corporation-in-1871/
#6788914 at 2019-06-19 13:11:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>6449864
>>6449864
>and if you're agnostic/atheist you swear to the queen
Rather you affirm your oath.
#6743465 at 2019-06-13 20:11:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>6660819s
I have a copy of my land grant, seceded to me by previous owners. queen Victoria granted the owner (currently me) complete control over the use of my property.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/crown-patents
#6449991 at 2019-05-08 23:40:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>6448432
i work at a toll booth and found a new Zealand dollar today
turned it around, sure enough, there she was, teh queen
#6449864 at 2019-05-08 23:20:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>6448432
Very true, pardon my impatience.
When you get sworn into those agencies you swear to either God, and if you're agnostic/atheist you swear to the queen, so you make valid points.
I'm in it for the long game, waiting for the day my name gets called.
Thank you for the encouragement, I guess knowing things wont get better right away is more reassuring than knowing nothing at all will happen.
Gotta have more faith. We all do.
#6448432 at 2019-05-08 20:32:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>6446873
>>6447239
A possible explanation for why there seems to be literally no authorities who are not compd:
They all and I mean all, swear their allegiance to the British monarchy.
Not to the people. To the queen (ahemlizard).
Look up the role of the governor general, an APPOINTED (not elected) office in Canada. Who do they serve?
Find the swearing in oath the prime minister takes. Who do they swear allegiance to, once 'democratically' elected?
Look up the mission statements and mandates of the RCMP. Who do they serve and protect? Not you. The British monarchy and the law.
How about the so-called charter of rights & freedoms? This was cooked up by Pierre Trudeau. Note the usage of the word 'persons'. Now recall that (((corporations are persons)))
Does this make the SNC Lav thing more clear?
And the non stop ridiculous fake news about President Trump?
Rhodes scholars are programmed with one main mandate - to get power for Empire. The British empire.
Canada is firmly under the rule of Empire. They really really want the USA too. Hence the ongoing screeching.
Anyway - my point is, all of those in authority in Canada are loyal to the crown and not the Canadian people.
Now that the UK's involvement in spygate is coming out - a lot of this begins to make much more sense.
This is a long long game, anons. We need to understand the origins in order to successfully fight this.
#5758162 at 2019-03-18 21:32:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>5758064
How many Canadians even know about privy council/prime Ministers oath to queen(not Canadian people)?
Print posters and put in your local hockey rink
#5758064 at 2019-03-18 21:25:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
Remember who Michael Wernick and Justina Castro work for… queen ElizaBitch and WhoreA Soros…
A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on state affairs.
#5709689 at 2019-03-15 22:59:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #2: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>5694930
queen Elizabeth, Pope Francis, Canadian Gov. Investigated for Mass Genocide of Native Families,
Article, Feb. 9 2019
Genocide in Canada - a mass disappearance of aboriginal families on Canada's west coast - appeared connected to 350,000 Canadian missing native children, queen Elizabeth, the Canadian Government, Dutch Royal Family, Pope Francis Bergoglio, former Pope Benedict Ratzinger and the Vatican's Ninth Circle Child Sacrifice Cult. A Citizen's Grand Jury has been called to investigate the matter.
https://beforeitsnews.com/v3/politics/2019/3060612.html
#5700881 at 2019-03-15 15:59:06 (UTC+1)
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>>5700855
>>5694930
At Adamite.com we read "Kevin Annett Reacts To Death"
March 2011.
The man who claimed to witness "the abduction of ten fellow residential school children by the queen of England and her husband in October, 1964 at the Catholic school in Kamloops, B.C. has died suddenly...
"William Combes, age 59 and in good health, was scheduled to be a primary witness at the opening session of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) on September 12 in London...
"William was the sole survivor of a group of three aboriginal boys who claim to have witnessed the abduction of ten children during a royal visit to the Kamloops residential school in mid October, 1964, when both the queen and Prince Philip were in Canada.
"'They took away those ten kids and nobody ever saw them again' described William...
According to William Coombes' signed and witnessed declaration made on February 3, 2010:
"I am ... 58 years old. I live in Vancouver, Canada.
"I am a survivor of the Kamloops and Mission Indian residential schools, both run by the Roman Catholic church.
"I suffered terrible tortures there at the hands especially of Brother Murphy, who killed at least two children.
"I witnessed him throw a child off a three story balcony to her death.
"He put me on a rack and broke some of my bones, in the Kamloop school basement, after I tried running away.
"I also saw him and another priest burying a child in the school orchard one night.
"In October, 1964 when I was 12 years old, I was an inmate at the Kamloops school and we were visited by the queen of England and Prince Phillip...
"The day the queen got to the school, I was part of a group of kids that went on a picnic with her and her husband and some of the priests, down to a meadow near Dead Man's Creek.
"I remember it was weird because we all had to bend down and kiss her foot, a white laced boot.
"After awhile, I saw the queen leave the picnic with ten children from the school, and those kids never returned.
"We never heard anything more about them and never met them again even when we were older. They were all from around there but they all vanished.
"The group that disappeared was seven boys and three girls, in age from six to fourteen years old...
#5700855 at 2019-03-15 15:57:52 (UTC+1)
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>>5694930
http://chrisspivey.org/the-queen-and-the-missing-kids/
#5694930 at 2019-03-15 05:39:51 (UTC+1)
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queen - Royals Dig - resurfacing incase we have new eyes.
Anyone have sauce re: Brussels Common Law Court Trial? Transcript?
Also I recall something about BC Native children taken by the queen and Philip but never returned.. needs sauce!
Q 100 & Q 620
#5650241 at 2019-03-13 01:33:56 (UTC+1)
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I'd be proud to be a nigger
if being white means being
covered in my mom's cum,
my mom must have a silver
tongue if she can speak so
easily to everybody to bow to
her wishes to get me killed,
my mom working for years
on her master plan to get
me Metallica ONED &
she can find a way to
manipulate everyone to
do what she wants done,
even after the hit on me is
called off all her nut huggers
are still at her crotch waiting
for her next orders to make
another hit put on me huh,
all my mom does is go around
making more white people,
tell me what is so right about
being covered in my mom's white
cum,
how many other cocks has
everyone sucked over the years,
my mom is the queen Bee
huh,
#5583809 at 2019-03-09 03:09:49 (UTC+1)
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>>5583799
In 2013, Montrealer David Goldberg, a former local newspaper editor and minor baseball coach, wrote a candid column for The Atlantic magazine about his own arrest in 2012 as part of an international child-porn bust.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/virtuous-pedophiles-group-gives-support-therapy-cannot-1.2710160
Hockey is Canada's Religion - Maple Leaf Gardens is Canada's Mecca - And a pedophile palace for Gordon Stuckless, a hockey coach who was charged with 100 counts of pederasty on 18 boys. He got 6 years, which means he'll likely be out in less than 5 years. I guess Canadian judges love hockey and little boys.
Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/2750916/gordon-stuckless-to-be-sentenced-in-maple-leaf-gardens-sex-abuse-case/
Canadian Hockey Star Fleury calls Canada "Disneyland for pedophiles" after James granted parole after serving 4 years for the rapes of 6 junior hockey players between 1971 -1990.
Source: http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/fleury-calls-canada-disneyland-for-pedophiles-after-james-granted-parole
Children's Aid Society Abductions And Accusations
Right from the onset of the Society abducting a child and also without police consent, frequently from the school, the rights of the parents to reasonably defend are removed. The Society will bring the matter to court within five days although they may have been setting up a case for a long period of time without the families knowledge.
Source: http://can-philes.blogspot.ca/2008/01/abducted-children.html
The Canada Philes - A court of appeals application against the Children's Aid Society with pedo ring accusations that go right to the top.
Source: http://www.familieslink.co.uk/download/june07/Canadaphiles.pdf
Canadian Pedogate: How the Canadian Government systematically raped and murdered children for over 100 years.
Source: http://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Final%20Reports/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf
CANADIAN ROYAL PEDERASTY
The queen of England Stole 10 Native Canadian Kids In 1964. They were never heard from again, before she took them, she made them kiss her shoes. The one surviving witness died before making it to court. Lord Mountbatten was a pedo who liked to mount and bat little boys.
Source: http://aangirfan.blogspot.ca/2011/03/queen-and-missing-kids.html
Frank Giustra is a famous Canadian billionaire buddy to the Clintons who hales from British Columbia ( Where else? ). He owns Lions Gate Films and a music company because that's where little dreams are made from. After the queen, he's Canada's biggest pedo. While's there's no "smoking dick", there's a preponderance of circumstantial evidence.
Source: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1445370
Trudeau Foundation Annual Report using "BOYLOVE" symbol
#5583778 at 2019-03-09 03:07:39 (UTC+1)
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https://lokisrevengeblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/05/are-you-a-delusional-pedo-fantasist/
Are You A Delusional Pedo Fantasist?
August 5, 2018lokisrevengeblog Leave a comment
Do you know how we get away with driving emissions up every year?
Because powerful people want us to.
Sometimes the news is so bad, it is rejected out of hand.
The general public refuses to deal with climate change and sadistic pedophilia.
Pedophilia and gun trafficking go hand in hand.
Britain and the US are the #1 gun runners to war zones.
We are destroying the climate to sell guns and children with our tax money.
A philosopher at a Robot Love convention in Sweden last year said he wanted governments to subsidize child sexual robots for non-offending pedophiles. I think its part of the inclusive social movement.
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August 5, 2018lokisrevengeblog Leave a comment
Do you know how we get away with driving emissions up every year?
Because powerful people want us to.
Sometimes the news is so bad, it is rejected out of hand.
The general public refuses to deal with climate change and sadistic pedophilia.
Pedophilia and gun trafficking go hand in hand.
Britain and the US are the #1 gun runners to war zones.
We are destroying the climate to sell guns and children with our tax money.
A philosopher at a Robot Love convention in Sweden last year said he wanted governments to subsidize child sexual robots for non-offending pedophiles. I think its part of the inclusive social movement.
One, two, three little indians, four, five, six little indians, seven, eight, nine little indians, how many indians more? Grab a tiger by the toe, if he hollers don't let go... etc. Was that song inspired when queen Elizabeth stole 10 little indians from Canada, as a likely gift to Lord Mountbatten, who as his says like to mount and bat them?
They have to quell the investigation because it would bring down the British Parliament, which is a good thing. Stephen Fry and Russell Brand make cameos in this video because they are considered pedophiles, and Jordan Peterson likes to cavort on camera with these dicks. I don't trust shrinks, physicists, priests and politicians.
A delusional pedo fantasist is someone who believes all the rich are pedos.
A delusional pedo fantasist is also someone who believes none of the rich and famous are pedos.
The truth is the black line in the middle of the all inclusive rainbow.
Hats off to Sonia Poulton.
https://lokisrevengeblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/04/canada-2-child-porn-producer/
#5516183 at 2019-03-05 09:44:29 (UTC+1)
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NOTABLES 3/3
>>5197709 JT Ended Air Combat against ISIS
>>5245066 PET Started Debt-Slavery
>>5245694 >>5259386 Butts' Resignation
>>5249694 Trudeau Foundation Logo is Similar to FBI Pedo Symbol
>>5250096 >>5250907 >>5250950 >>5253265 >>5253909 >>5256618 >>5296836 Call to Dig Harper-Clinton-Trudeau Wikileaks Emails
>>5255074 JT's Private Server
>>5264052 >>5283468 PM's Oath
>>5271344 Gov't Of Canada is an illegal entity, WE THE PEOPLE have Sovereignty!
>>5288673 The queen & Missing Children
>>5294441 Randy Hillier Suspended
>>5313671 >>5336488 Dig on Michael Wernick, Privy Council
>>5327313 JWR Stopped From Prosecuting Hells Angels
>>5360120 Bronfman's Involved in NXIVM
>>5389618 JT Bribery Scandal Larget In CDN History
>>5417571 Bronfman & Paradise Papers
>>5418099 Supreme Court Judge Subpeonaed
>>5422380 Vancouver Film Industry linked to Criminal Behaviour?
>>5428605 SNC Linked to Trudeau Foundation
>>5437126 Morneau Denies Wrongdoing by SNC
>>5437356 >>5437368 >>5437396 >>5437401 >>5437407 >>5437430 U1
>>5437805 Bronfman & Libya
>>5437913 >>5437913 SNC Has a Long History of Criminal Behaviour
>>5438434 JT Loves Radical Muslims
>>5439335 Video-PMO Directs the News
>>5439620 >>5440595 >>5442793 >>5443200 JT Linked to SNC, Linked to NXIVM
>>5442464 Anon's Thoughts On JT Scandal
>>5442951 Montreal Pedo Community
>>5445857 Was Canada Involved in the June/18 Missile Attack?
>>5446808 Butts & Telford Linked SNC
>>5447116 Who Were the 11 People Harassing JWP?
>>5452251 >>5484334 >>5488235 Strangeness In BC
>>5452633 Barry Sherman Invests in Broward County
>>5452882 Hells Angels Pot Company Under Investigation, Linked to SNC & Butts
>>5454526 Vancouver Pedo Community
>>5483840 Order of Canada Recipient Dalglish Arrested on Pedo Charges
>>5513260 >>5513313 >>5513313 >>5513356 Soros/Trudeau/PPC/Canada Investment Bank
#5516171 at 2019-03-05 09:42:53 (UTC+1)
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NOTABLES (1/3)
>>4683282 >>4683346 >>4861293 >>5464564 Giustra Linked to Clintons
>>4683471 Politicians & Business Leaders…All-in-one neat little graphic
>>4683819 Islamic Party of Ontario
>>4688337 Castro & Trudeau
>>4688746 Anon's Fort McMurray Account
>>4690101 queen's Privy Council
>>4691817 >>4775659 >>5087323 NEED DIG-JT & Aga Khan, What's the link?
>>4693343 >>4700683 >>4901243 >>4901247 >>5238079 JT ancestry
>>4695081 More evidence of Cabal Interference, Crown Exposes Police Informant in Money Laundering Probe
>>4695538 >>4695545 Valerie Jarrett's Daughter's Scandal
>>4697153 >>4700793 Clare Bronfman paying legal fees for accused in NXIVM sex cult
>>4697283 Intro to Trudeau Foundation
>>4698656 >>5260111 Proof of Creeping Police State
>>4698804 Bloodline History of Margaret Trudeau
>>4699950 Paul Victor Godfrey Stepping Down
>>4700047 Cronyism going back to P.E.T.
>>4701030 UNRWA Calls on Canadian Gov't
>>4709995 PedoGate Links to CDN Privy Council
>>4710028 Video Connecting Clintons to Canada (U1)
>>4710126 CDN Sex Offender Registry an Embarassment
>>4711505 >>4711540 >>4711546 >>4711552 >>4711557 >>4711574 >>4916841 >>4937383 Alleged Terrorist Crimes, Needs Sauce
>>4712876 >>4726594 >>4733144 >>4736194 >>4787859 >>5007292 >>5439155 JT Gov't & Soros Involvement
>>4720130 Video-JT's Pedophile Connections
>>4723267 Pole Shift
>>4727394 Top CDN Courts Allow WW internet censorship
>>4733173 >>4733800 >>4864615 >>5452660 >>5452677 >>5453180 Sherman Murders
#5514648 at 2019-03-05 05:49:36 (UTC+1)
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https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/services/queens.html
#5514217 at 2019-03-05 05:13:05 (UTC+1)
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>>5514150
Nice work baker!
Definitely have some good leads from last bread;however…. chasing some crumbs down led me to some pretty crazy shit for possible underground bases in AB BC and Alaska.
>>5488235 /lb
Not to get us offtrack on viable leads - but this event was Saturday. Have not been able to find more sauce yet but led to this stuff:
These are all either old military bases wwii, or suspected underground bases.
The guys who tweeted:RyanVanCityNews? @RyanVanCityNew1
Replying to @MargotWilliams @Snowden and
also did a tweet to @queenelizabeth.
All very odd, so digging deeper.
UnalakleetAlaska
#PokerFlatsFairBanksAlaska
#WrangleStAlaska #NahhaniValleyBritishColumbia
#ThirstyLake British Columbia (Western Canada)
https://forums.clubtread.com/28-lodge/9839-secret-evil-compound-quarry-rd-pitt-lake-hike-2.html
Widgeon Creek Coquitlam
#GreenLake British Columbia D.
#BakerLakeBritishColumbia E
#ColdLakeAlberta
Mount Hayes
#5507775 at 2019-03-04 23:28:32 (UTC+1)
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>>5488235
Interdasting…
Article from 2012:
https://astral7ight.blogspot.com/p/canadian-cloning-center-at-thirsty-lake.html
Canadian Cloning Center at Thirsty Lake?
About the above ground cloning center in Canada that queen Elizabeth owns…
Donald Marshall - It's in the middle of forested area, I've been outside it a few times when there as a clone and there's no sign of civilization, must be wildlife preserve or something. Western Canada… vending machines take Canadian change. The murders were videotaped and delivered by car to the cloning center, it is within about 5 hours drive radius from the Pickton Farm.
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Jason Thunderbeing (Tue. July 12, 2012) - donald have you ever heard of thirsty lake BC?I am trying to figure out of i should use some power to investigate if we found this facility at thirsty lake
Donald Marshall - Could very well be at thirsty lake, its 6 hours dive from the pickton farm and could be the place… is thirsty lake private property like a military zone or a wildlife preserve?
Jason Thunderbeing - check it our on googel maps i will look into thirsty lake now than…watch the weather out there if it gets extreme than it is the place if not and the weather over thirsty lake is fine than it is not it…watch the weather
Jason Thunderbeing - crown land donald…lillibets lake
Donald Marshall - Ah crown land :) hahahaha the arena wont be on google earth they blotted it out… that could very well be the place.
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AnonymousJune 11, 2017
Also ther is one below the ancient airport of mirabel quebec near montreal
#5491816 at 2019-03-04 01:31:39 (UTC+1)
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The UK, Scotland, Ireland and Canada has no legitimate queen and the people of the UK, Scotland, Ireland and Canada are for ever absolved of their Allegiance to the illegal monarchy. The monarchy of Elizabeth II and her heirs was "for ever" forfeited by the laws that govern the monarchy, when Elizabeth II did "hold Communion with the See" and "with the Church of Rome (the Catholic Church) and did openly "prefesse the Popish Religion" at her own coronation, on June 2, 1953.
The law also forbids any Church of England monarch from being married in a Catholic Faith Church. Her coronation and marriage to her second cousin, Catholic Hitler Youth Schooled Philip Battenberg were both held in the Catholic Faith professing Westminster Abbey, which is part of the Order of Saint Benedict, a Roman Catholic religious order.
Elizabeth II took oath to govern according to the laws of the UK, Canada and the Commonwealth and to "maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England" but violated the law and her solemn oath, thereby forfeiting her Crown, just minutes after making "promise so to do".
#5471042 at 2019-03-03 00:26:00 (UTC+1)
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i say we abolish the monarchy but if we do have a queen, i choose polly
#5294441 at 2019-02-21 02:26:18 (UTC+1)
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MPP Randy Hillier suspended from Ontario PC Caucus
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, speaks with reporters at queen's Park on Wednesday following his suspension.
Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Randy Hillier has been suspended indefinitely from his party's caucus after making "disrespectful comments to parents of children with autism," according to a statement from Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford.
Hillier, whose represents Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, reportedly said, "Yada, yada, yada" to parents attending the session as he exited the legislature. The comments came after a question period dominated by discussion on autism.
In a scrum with reporters on Wednesday, Hillier said his comments were directed at New Democratic Party MPP Monique Taylor.
"It was clearly directed singularly and directly at Monique Taylor," he said. "I have never engaged in and it would be a rare occurrence where people would heckle spectators in the gallery."
Hillier said he doesn't know what will happen next, but he is confident this issue can be resolved.
"I am not actually aware of what a suspension actually entails, but I trust that the premier and myself will have a conversation."
Taylor said the government's attitude to the parents of autistic children has been generally dismissive and that should be the focus.
"The families were hurt by the dismissive and cruel nature of Randy Hillier's heckle, whoever it was directed at, but families are far more hurt by Mr. Ford's decision to cut their children's services," she said in a statement. "We can't allow the conduct of the Conservatives to distract from the fact that these families need and deserve autism services for their children."
Dozens of parents were at queen's Park to voice concerns about a new autism program that they say provides inadequate funding for their kids to get the treatment they need.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/mpp-randy-hillier-suspended-from-ontario-pc-caucus-after-autism-debate/ar-BBTRVB6
#5288673 at 2019-02-20 20:48:51 (UTC+1)
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>>4683536
>missing
Supposedly, the queen is not allowed in Canada anymore
"queen Elizabeth had direct involvement in the kidnapping and death of aboriginal children and Royal Family members appeared to regularly participate in Ninth Circle Satanic Cult rituals at the Mohawk Indian School in Brantford Ontario Canada" yesterday's announcement proclaimed.
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/1451152.html#1452220
https://inpursuitofhappiness.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/the-queen-and-missing-kids/
#5283468 at 2019-02-20 15:56:45 (UTC+1)
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Here's the whole satanic ritual performed for all SLEEPY Canadians to ignore…
Think about it PEOPLE. If our PM is the queen's SERVANT, what does that make us citizens?
#5283026 at 2019-02-20 15:29:55 (UTC+1)
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>>5264052
What you mean to tell me in order to become the Canadian Prime Minister of Canada you have to join the queens secretive little girls club sworn to secrecy?
Nah that can't be right
O_0
#5264052 at 2019-02-19 16:03:58 (UTC+1)
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http://maplemonarchists.weebly.com/blog/the-canadian-oath-of-office
This freaked me out when JT did it, and is especially relevant now that the Cabal is collapsing. I have had many a debate with folks who insist we are independant from THE queen, but it is clear from the satanic oath our PM's take, that we are indeed "Servants" of the Servants.
Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister
last Wednesday. The process of being sworn in as a Prime
Minister of Canada involves three separate oaths. The first
was the Oath of Allegiance:
I, __, do swear (declare) that I will be faithful and bear true
allegiance to Her Majesty queen Elizabeth the Second, queen of Canada,
Her Heirs and Successors.
So help me God.
The Oath of Allegiance is a requirement for assuming many
high offices in Canada as well as forming part of the Oath of
Citizenship sworn by those who wish to join the Canadian
family. The Oath of Allegiance is often taken along with other
specific oaths (as it is here). The second oath Justin Trudeau
took on Wednesday was the Oath of the Members of the
Privy Council:
I, __, do solemnly and sincerely swear (declare) that I shall
be a true and faithful servant to Her Majesty queen Elizabeth the
Second, as a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada. I will in
all things to be treated, debated and resolved in Privy Council, faithfully,
honestly and truly declare my mind and my opinion. I shall keep secret
all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity, or that shall
be secretly treated of in Council. Generally, in all things I shall do as a
faithful and true servant ought to do for Her Majesty.
So help me God.
Notice that while both oaths require sworn loyalty to the
sovereign the context is different. The first is a promise to be a
loyal Canadian, to do no harm to her Majesty (or her heirs),
and to present yourself as a friend to Canada. The second oath
is a promise (while also upholding loyalty) to do one's duty for
Canada.
To finish everything off Justin Trudeau also took the
Oath of Office:
I, _____, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear (declare)
that I will truly and faithfully, and to the best of my skill and knowledge,
execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as ………..
So help me God.
This is the only oath that does not require swearing some sort
of loyalty to the sovereign. This makes a bit more sense when
you consider that the office of Prime Minister is still merely primus inter pares, first among equals. You can't become
Prime Minister (or cabinet minister) without first being a
member of the Privy Council. It is this large group of Her
Majesty's advisers that Justin Trudeau became 'first among'.
There has been a tendency to concentrate power into the Office of the Prime Minister over the years. This slow-motion presidentialization of the office is one thing that the new
Prime Minister has promised to fix. It remains to be seen as
to whether he will follow through and become once again
first among Her Majesty's servants or continue to think of
themselves as over mighty presidential wannabes.
#5250872 at 2019-02-18 22:58:48 (UTC+1)
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Corporate Canada Meets SJW's
Claudia Hepburn
Chief Executive Officer, Windmill Microloans, (formerly Immigrant Access Fund Canada)
As the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of The Next 36, Claudia Hepburn has a record of leadership studying, designing, building and leading innovative education programs. Before founding The Next 36, she was the ==Fraser Institute=='s first Director of Education Policy, who opened and led their Ontario office for seven years, and founded Children First: School Choice Trust. In 2013 Ms. Hepburn ranked as one of Canada's Top 25 Women of Influence for her achievements in the NGO sector. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and has been named in the press as one of Canada's Ten Most Inspiring Women. She is a director of Kids and Company, Fraser Institute, and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
https://www.nextcanada.com/member/claudia-hepburn
https://archive.is/49mD4
Newcomers and immigrant serving organizations in Saskatchewan have reason to celebrate with the recent announcement from the Government of Saskatchewan that they will be renewing the Immigrant Access Fund of Saskatchewan (IAF SK).
IAK SK is a non-profit organization that provides recent immigrants with character-based repayable microloans of up to $10,000. The proposed agreement signed between the provincial government and IAF SK will provide $204,131 in operational funding to enable 58 microloans. The microloans can be used for activities related to training, upgrading, licensing, certification, registration and/or memberships required for employment in their occupation in Saskatchewan.
AIF SK was involved in the Government of Canada's Foreign Credential Recogntion Loans Pilot Project in 2011 along with CCEDNet members SEED Winnipeg and l'Association Communautaire d'emprunt de Montréal. The Pilot project was initiated in part based on the demonstrated success of Alberta's Immigrant Access Microloan Program
https://ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/new-in-ced/2014/09/12/saskatchewan-renews-support-immigrant-access-fund
https://archive.is/MqDPV
Affiliated members:
https://ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/members
https://archive.is/JdHWp
#5196216 at 2019-02-15 22:47:15 (UTC+1)
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>>5195838
https://www.ctvnews.ca/clinton-related-to-trudeau-obama-to-churchill-1.285116
They are all related to each other? Trudeau to Clintons, to the Prince and queen… To celebrities. Starting to see connections yet?
#4829262 at 2019-01-20 03:27:15 (UTC+1)
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There is hope… PPC will put Canadians 1st. Official Party status achieved, donate today!
https://www.peoplespartyofcanada.ca/donate
Check out this great Patriot!
Canada's Red Pill - January 19th 2018 : On Friday, January 18th, I travelled 3 and a half hours to Nova Scotia's Captial city Halifax for a Maxime Bernier TownHall. After requesting a 1 on 1 interview, I awaited confirmation, and half way to Halifax the phone rings and it's Maxime Bernier's Communications person telling me I was granted a 15 minute sit down with the leader of the People's Party of Canada.
In this short but content filled interview, #MadMax #Bernier once again shows his willingness and ability to be challenged on ANY topic. Discussing things from #Rights and #Programs for #Aboriginal #Métis and #Francophone people who are amongst the founding nations of #Canada, including the #Acadiens #Acadians. We also discuss #RDAs (Regional Development Agencies), #Atlantic #Canadian #Industries of the past such as #Coal , #Steel and #Fish and whether they can be revived. It wouldn't be an interview on Canadian #Politics without the mention of #Pipelines either. We talk #Immigration , #ISIS and #MadMax even entertains a question on the very foundational documents of #Canada , the #Constitution and our #Allegiance to the #queen . She's #NotMyqueen, is she #BernierNation 's #queen? Worth the watch.
Disclaimer : First half of interview is in #French with #English #Subtitles
#4775604 at 2019-01-16 09:12:22 (UTC+1)
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Wake up Canadians.
"He" pledges allegiance to the queen,
NOT TO CANADIANS.
I Drama teacher do solemly swear (In French first as its another method of division) I will be a true and faithful servent to HMQE2.
Wake up Canadians.
English start at 1:40.
He just has to insult all English speaking Canadians first.
#4695545 at 2019-01-10 17:14:00 (UTC+1)
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CONT
Miller did go on to be Toronto mayor for two terms. Our hero Coun. Bas Balkissoon, left his council seat-mid-term-to run for the Ontario LIberals in the 2005 by-election: "In the Liberal nomination prior to the by-election, the Party chose to use a clause in its constitution that declared other candidates invalid, effectively handing the nomination to Balkissoon." (Wikipedia).
As a whistleblower on his way to a ready-made future, Balkissoon blamed staff and not councillors for the burgeoning MFP computer scandal.
In a February 2003 interview with Toronto Free Press (TFP), the forerunner to Canada Free Press (CFP), Balkissoon, gave fellow councillors involved in the computer scandal a pass, instead blaming "senior staff". (TFP, Feb. 10, 2003).
"It was senior staff. Council was truly unaware. Council sets policy. It cannot micro-manage and cannot be expected to micro-manage the business of the city," Balkissoon said.
While Balkissoon acknowledged the $15 million inquiry into the MFP computer scandal's potential for publicity for municipal politicians in an election year, he supported Mayor David Miller's motion to extend the inquiry "wholeheartedly".
"The media is making him (Miller) the hero," he said.
"Balkissoon also credited the whistle blowing of TFP columnist and former City Treasury employee Jeff Goodall for early suspicion on the MFP computer lease scandal.
"Goodall, who wrote a letter to city CFO Wanda Liczyk complaining that dozens of stale-dated cheques in amounts of up to one million dollars were being ignored, was fired after writing about the cheques in a TFP column.
"In retrospect, Jeff's complaints did raise a red flag with me," said Balkissoon.
We move ahead to the most security-protected insider wedding of the century.
"At the 290-guest wedding of his son Tony to Valerie Jarrett's daughter Laura, Bas Balkissoon was seen in deep conversation with Barack Obama and Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder. (Toronto Star).
The Star ended its story by emphasizing that "Balkissoon is no slouch at politics".
"Prior to his coming to queen's Park in a 2005 by-election he was a prominent Toronto councillor and was credited for blowing the whistle and exposing the MFP computer-leasing scandal".
Make that the $115-million computer-leasing scandal and inquiry that covered for his Liberal councillor colleagues by blaming staff and one that never retrieved a penny for Toronto taxpayers.
Yes, Laura Jarrett's father-in-law did well for himself. When you Google his picture, you will find Barack Obama's in the middle.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/meet-valerie-jarrett-daughter-lauras-computer-scandal-tinged-father-in-law
#4695538 at 2019-01-10 17:13:23 (UTC+1)
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Meet Valerie Jarrett daughter Laura's computer scandal tinged father-in-law
October 28, 2013
For the record: Valerie' Jarrett's daughter Laura's father-in-law Canadian Liberal politician Bas Balkissoon is not (thank God!) Canada's Prime Minister. Nor, as some news outlets are indicating, is he a MP. (Member of Parliament). Balkissoon-one of many Canadian Liberals with deep ties to the Obama administration-is a minor player MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament ) at Ontario's queen's Park, irreverently known to the plebes as the 'Pink Palace'.
Before landing at the Pink Palace as a ready-made Liberal MPP, Balkissoon was a City of Toronto councillor involved in a computer leasing scandal.
Wow, what a coincidence!
Just as key Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett's fingerprints are all over the Obama administration, the Obama administration's fingerprints are all over the Province of Ontario. And last time we checked, Ontario was still a duly recognized province in Canada.
If Obama's presence by proxy in Ontario doesn't give Canadians who believe in sovereignty the creeps, nothing will.
"The Balkissoon-Jarrett marriage is one of several links between Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberals and Obama. From 2000 until 2002, David Axelrod, another key adviser to the president, was a paid McGuinty strategist. (Toronto Star, June 20, 2012).
"As well, Toronto Liberal Jean-Michel Picher, who helped the premier in the run-up to last year's provincial election, was an early Obama insider who worked on the then-Illinois senator's historic presidential primary campaign in 2007 and 2008."
And that's just the Obama links in the Liberal Ontario government.
Obama's former financial advisor Larry Summers was involved in the 2011 failed federal prime minister campaign of Liberal Michael Ignatieff.
Present day Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who opposes Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the next federal election uses the same software as the Obama team in his generic e-mails to 'Friend', including the incessant "just $5 more" requests.
Some Canadians can see the White House from their house.
Liberal politicians are up-to-their-Jarretts in Canada but in light of ongoing computer scandals, their version of 'joined at the hip' would be better described as 'joined at the data link'.
Yet, If it hadn't been for the ongoing epic failure of healthcare.guv-ObamaCare-we may have missed the long road of computer scandals that seems to now serve as the government's way to feed mega money to their friends and supporters.
Indeed, the ObamaCare website failure may unwittingly end up blowing the whistle on one of the biggest government slush fund set ups in latter day history because the runaway costs on healthcare.gov uncovers a long trajectory of failed multi-million dollar government websites that point to coincidences way too many.
CGI, the Canadian company that launched healthcare.gov, is peopled with friends of the Obamas, including Michelle Obama's Princeton school chum, Toni Townes-Whitley. CGI is not just the company behind the healthcare.gov epic fail. CGI is also the company behind the $2.7-billion failed, Liberal-launched Canadian Gun Registry that was so plagued with corruption and mismanagement it brought on an investigation by Canadian Auditor General Sheila Fraser.
Government website glitches can make for perfect stall tactics allowing timelines for election-bound politicians to get past elections like the upcoming 2014 midterms.
Healthcare.gov-Jeff Zeints-guaranteed as "good to go" by the end of November 2013-can rely on a company that could have already proven itself "too big to not fail".
Obama's biggest alibi over the past five years has been he "didn't know". As of this morning it was revealed Obama didn't know America was spying on 35 world leaders. What goes on in NSA must stay in the NSA.
But how could Obama really know that the Canadian gun registry database originated with CGI and that because of long delays and cost overruns on a diabetic registry, CGI's contract was cancelled by the Ontario Liberal Government in 2012.?
As folk might suspect by now, CGIs documented failures of the past are just the openers on the tawdry tale of big government slush funding via nosediving computer contracts that cost taxpayers unretrievable millions of dollars.
Let's go back to computer slush funds games in 2003.
Why?
Because Laura Jarrett's father-in-law Bas Balkissoon, Jarrett's daughter Laura Jarrett was involved in the City of Toronto's MFP computer leasing scandal that skyrocketed from $43 million to more than $100 million, as the scandal's self-professed 'whistleblower'.
None of the $100 million from the public purse or the $15 million judicial inquiry called by then mayoral candidate Councillor David Miller into the MFP scandal was ever recovered-and to this day, no one has ever been brought to justice.
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#4690104 at 2019-01-10 04:56:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #1: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
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>copypasta
The queen's Privy Council for Canada is the group of cabinet ministers, former cabinet ministers and other prominent Canadians appointed to advise the queen on issues of importance to the country. This includes both issues of state and constitutional affairs.
The Governor General appoints each privy councillor on the advice of the Prime Minister. Membership is for life, unless the Governor General withdraws the appointment - again on the Prime Minister's advice.
The queen's Privy Council for Canada consists of:
Cabinet ministers
Former cabinet ministers
The Chief Justice of Canada
Former chief justices
Former speakers of the House of Commons
Former speakers of the Senate
Former Governors General
Distinguished individuals (as a mark of honour)
doesn't mean his comped just more likely as a candiate that has been around in politics for a while… He's no new kid on the block.
He became close to becoming leader of the conservative party losing to Sheer… current leader.
On August 14, 2007, Bernier was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Peter MacKay - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Bernier
He has an interesting political history…
#4690101 at 2019-01-10 04:55:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research Canada #1: Lets make The True North Strong and Free Again
>>4690049
The queen's Privy Council for Canada consists of:
Cabinet ministers
Former cabinet ministers
The Chief Justice of Canada
Former chief justices
Former speakers of the House of Commons
Former speakers of the Senate
Former Governors General
Distinguished individuals (as a mark of honour)
from sauce
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#4689935 at 2019-01-10 04:38:21 (UTC+1)
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Ole Maxie is part of the queen's Privy Council.
It's a good start with PPC but still controlled opposition me thinks…
https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/services/queens.html
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- Question: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/18/connecticut-satanic-desecration-marks-11th-attack-christian-church/ 5:5?
Answer: BREITBART: Nolte: Connecticut ‘Satanic’ Desecration Marks 11th Attack on Christian Church by JOHN NOLTE18 Jul 2020 https://archive.fo/yQ7FH “St. Joseph’s Church … was vandalized this week, as an unknown individual or individuals painted ‘satanic’ and ‘anarchist’ symbols on its doors,†reports the New Haven Register. According to St. Joseph’s pastor, Rev. John Paul Walker, the church was desecrated using pink paint, including a pentagram and the symbol for anarchy. The church announced in a Facebook post: Between the hours of 9 PM last night and 6 AM this morning, a person or group of persons had painted anarchist and satanic symbols on the doors of St. Joseph Church in New Haven. This follows an apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces throughout the nation, as evidenced by incidents in Chattanooga, queens, Boston, Sacramento, and Ocala. The underlying motive of these sacrilegious attacks is clear: to intimidate and instill fear in the hearts of those who worship Christ. After being shut down on Thursday, Walker said the church reopened Friday after being blessed with an exorcism prayer. Walker told the New Haven Register that the vandalism occurred after “a disruptive individual had attended services in the days leading up to the incident, prompting calls to police.†Police confirmed a call about the disruptions. News 8 confirms local police are investigating the vandalism incident. The “apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces†referred to in the St. Joseph Facebook post is becoming a little more than apparent.
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Answer: filename: cover7.jpg WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Kevin Spacey accuser dies by suicide day after actor posts 'kill them with kindness' video by Spencer Neale | December 26, 2019 10:13 AM https://archive.fo/akF5z A prominent Kevin Spacey accuser died by suicide on Christmas Day. Ari Behn, 47, was married to Norwegian Princess Martha Louise between 2002 and 2017 and accused Spacey of groping him under a table at a Nobel Peace Prize event in 2007. "It is with great sadness in our hearts that I on behalf of the very closest relatives of Ari Behn must announce that he took his own life today," Behn's manager Geir Hakonsund told Norway Today. This marks the third Spacey accuser to die in 2019. In May, Linda Culkin, who accused Spacey, 60, of sexual harassment, was killed when she was struck by a vehicle in Massachusetts. In September, an anonymous massage therapist who accused Spacey of sexual assault died in the middle of a lawsuit against the actor. Behn's death comes one day after Spacey released a video on YouTube titled "KTWK (Kill Them With Kindness)." Stoking a roaring fireplace adorned with Christmas stockings, Spacey can be seen looking into the camera and saying, "I know what you're thinking. Can he be serious? I'm dead serious." "The next time someone does something you don't like, you can go on the attack, but you can also hold your fire and do the unexpected," said the Oscar winner as music played in the background. "You can kill them with kindness."
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- Question: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/1277824167019233280 Does a combination of prisoner release + 'mask' mandate(s) provide for a more dangerous environment to citizens? https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/city-district-attorneys-rip-de-blasio-over-planned-release-of-high-risk-inmates/ “As an example, when we learned last week that [Brann] was about to use her authority to order an across-the-board release of hundreds of inmates serving city sentences, we were assured that the release would not include those serving time for domestic violence or sex offenses, given the risks to victims,†the letter states. “Unfortunately, we later learned that such individuals were indeed included in the ranks of those to be released.†"De Blasio said Sunday that more than 650 inmates had been released over coronavirus concerns." https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/released-from-rikers-in-covid-measure-man-arrested-4-times-in-3-months/2460035/ "Hundreds of prisoners released early from Rikers due to COVID concerns are being enabled to re-offend again and again without consequences, law enforcement leaders say." Cause and Effect. Do you see what is happening?
Answer: NYScanner tweet: https://archive.fo/aP8Lc 64-year-old woman choked & robbed in Manhattan. Call NYPD if you can ID the suspect [VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF CRIME] From NYPD NEWS 4:39 AM · Jun 30, 2020 NY POST: City district attorneys rip de Blasio over planned release of high-risk inmates By Larry Celona, Gabrielle Fonrouge and Natalie MusumeciMarch 30, 2020 | 5:09pm https://archive.fo/cM0g6 he city’s five district attorneys and the Big Apple’s special narcotics prosecutor sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio and his correction commissioner Monday slamming them for the planned release of violent inmates amid the coronavirus pandemic. The DA’s from Manhattan, queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Staten Island and special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan, said they’ve been reviewing requests for the release of inmates from Rikers Island “with the goal of reducing health risks in a manner consistent with public safety.†“Our review of the lists provided to date has led us to consent to the release of many hundreds of individuals due to their age and/or health condition; the nature of their charged crime; or the length of their remaining sentence,†reads the letter to Hizzoner and DOC Commissioner Cynthia Brann. “At the same time, we want to make clear that the categories of those proposed for release have, in some instances, included individuals who pose a high risk to public safety,†the letter says. The joint missive goes on to that “in those instances†the DA’s “have communicated our concerns, but these concerns have not always been heeded.†NBC NEW YORK: NYPD Brass: We’re Arresting Too Many Prisoners on Early COVID Release Jonathan Martinez is one of at least 250 people released from Rikers during the coronavirus pandemic who has since been re-arrested, in some cases multiple times By Melissa Russo • Published June 12, 2020 • Updated on June 13, 2020 at 3:08 pm https://archive.fo/MmOPy Hundreds of prisoners released early from Rikers due to COVID concerns are being enabled to re-offend again and again without consequences, law enforcement leaders say. “We’re continuing to see people get arrested over and over and let right back out. And it really defies common sense,†NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in an interview with NBC New York. Of approximately 2,500 defendants sprung from Rikers early because of COVID safety planning, at least 250 have been arrested again since, according to Michael LiPetri, chief of Crime Control Strategies for the NYPD. Chief LiPetri tells NBC New York the NYPD did not object to releasing older defendants, nor those with underlying medical conditions. But he says the consequences of the larger-scale release of prisoners are now showing up in the arrest data, with those 250 re-offenders being arrested 450 times so far during the pandemic.
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- Question: How about a nice game of chess. https://thechessworld.com/articles/middle-game/chess-strategy-what-do-you-need-to-know-about-strategy-and-tactics/ Objective [end]: checkmate king Do you attack the king at the beginning of the game? Do you attack and remove pawns first? Do you attack and remove bishops, rooks, knights next? Do you attack and remove queen mid-to-end? Is the game being played public or private? Do emotions affect critical thinking? Add: important king control pieces [elim rogue elements]? Add: how do you set the stage [board] re: public opinion [optics]? “At this time.â€
Answer: The Chess World: Chess strategy: what do you need to know about strategy and tactics? Yury Markushin 10.02.2009 https://archive.fo/uFW5M When you put your opponent in checkmate, it's his move next, but he can't move, that's why it's checkmate. … The game is already over because your opponent is checkmated.There's no need to 'capture' his king, and break a fundamental rule of any game by moving twice in a row.
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- Question: https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1262441478019842048 "I have today." - Barr FISA = START [SCREENSHOT OF Q POST >>9171041 5-14-20 queen protects KING?]
Answer: filename: EX_n8QGWkAET_r1.jpg CBS_herridge tweet: https://archive.fo/ezgq2 #Pensacola News Conf Q + A w/AG Barr “As to President Obama and VP Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don't expect Mr. Durham's work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern...is focused on others.@CBSNews 10:54 AM - 18 May 2020
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Answer: filename: x.PNG MAN IN THE PHOTO IS KRIS PARONTO, SURVIVOR AND HERO OF BENGHAZI POLITICO: Lindsey Graham will give Judiciary chairmanship back to Chuck Grassley Senate Republicans will go through another game of musical chairs in the next Congress. By MARIANNE LEVINE 10/31/2019 12:13 PM EDT https://archive.fo/0dNXG RE CHESS "queen protects KING?" You only start going for the king near the end, when you know they have damn few moves left, and they are very limited in what they can do. You FORCE the queen to protect the king. You FORCE the opponent to do things they don't want to do, because if they don't, its game over. Its a point at which the opponent is fallen but is delaying the inevitable. Q is now FORCING the DS's hands.
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- Question: You are witnessing the greatest ‘coordinated’ misinformation attack (campaign) ever to be launched against the public – all in an effort to protect themselves from prosecution (public exposure) and regain power (control). [Attempted removal of the duly elected President of the United States by illegal [manufactured] means] They believed they could win [con] public support by controlled assets (media, tech, H-wood…). These controlled assets set out to immediately create division through the use of a pre_designed misinformation campaign. Groups such as ‘Antifa’ were funded and formed to prevent and/or lessen the appeal for ‘regular’ hard working Americans to gather and express non_narrative viewpoints. Control of this ‘projected narrative’ depends primarily on their ability to ‘con’ the masses into thinking they are the majority. The mindset of most: If the majority of people believe ‘this’, than ‘this’ must be more true than ‘that’ [CIA_CLAS 1-99_56_Human_Psych_&_Emotional_Distress_IIED]. Without public support – they are powerless. We, the People, hold the power. UNITED WE ARE STRONG. — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. You are witnessing the systematic destruction of the OLD GUARD.
Answer: [CIA_CLAS 1-99_56_Human_Psych_&_Emotional_Distress_IIED] Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) [1] is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way.[2] Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional, but the tort is the same.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_infliction_of_emotional_distress Rationale for classification IIED was created in tort law to address a problem that would arise when applying the common law form of assault. The common law tort of assault did not allow for liability when a threat of battery was not imminent. A common case would be a future threat of harm that would not constitute common law assault, but would nevertheless cause emotional harm to the recipient. IIED was created to guard against this kind of emotional abuse, thereby allowing a victim of emotional distress to receive compensation in situations where he or she would otherwise be barred from compensation under the common law form. According to the first doctrine articulated by common law courts, a plaintiff could not recover for physical injury from fright alone absent a physical impact from an external source ("shock without impact"), even if the fright was proven to have resulted from a defendant's negligence, with the case on point referring to the negligent operation of a railroad.[3] Even with intentional conduct, absent material damage, claims for emotional harm were similarly barred. "Mental pain or anxiety, the law cannot value, and does not pretend to redress, when the unlawful act causes that alone. Though where a material damage occurs, and is connected with it, it is impossible a jury, in estimating it, should altogether overlook the feelings of the party interested."[4] Courts had been reluctant to accept a tort for emotional harm for fear of opening a "wide door" to frivolous claims.[5] A change first occurred in the Irish courts which repudiated the English railroad decision and recognised liability for "nervous shock" in the Byrne (1884) and Bell (1890) cases [6] In England, the idea that physical/mental shock without impact from an external source should be a bar to recovery was first questioned at the queen's Bench in Pugh v. London etc. Railroad Co.[7] In the following year, the queen's Bench formally recognised the tort, for the first time, in the case of Wilkinson v Downton [1897] EWHC 1 (QB), [1897] 2 QB 57, although it was referred to as "intentional infliction of mental shock". Wilkinson has been subsequently approved by both the Court of Appeal (Janvier v Sweeney [1919] 2 KB 316) and House of Lords (Wainwright v Home Office [2003] UKHL 53, [2004] 2 AC 406). Citing Pugh and the Irish courts as precedent, the Wilkinson court noted the willful nature of the act as a direct cause of the harm.
Extra Answer: MOAR ON IIED: Was researching IIED due to Qs post. Said it was classified. I was like ok, we can’t get that. But if the CIA was researching IIED, they paid for it somehow through research centers, colleges, universities, etc. So i started looking for grants for research. Found this: https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter_SearchResults.cfm?icde=45452921 adjusted the filter on the fiscal year (FY) to give me the oldest first, and got a ton of relevant hits. Too many links, and they are huge urls. I’ll give you the titles of the research and you can look them up yourself: CEREBELLUM AND AUTISM: NEURAL MECHANISMS AND MODULATION OF PREDICTIVE PROCESSING NEUROSPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL STUDIES OF EXPECTANCY BIAS IN TRAUMA SURVIVORS MODULATION OF FEAR CONDITIONING BY EXTENDED AMYGDALA CIRCUITS PREPUBERTAL STRESS, WINDOWS OF RISK & SEX BIAS FOR AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCE THE COGNITIVE THALAMUS: INFLUENCE ON PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR This is only a handful of the DOZENS of research projects along lines like these. I propose to you that the 1-99 CLAS is actually 99 research programs which cumulatively builds a way to essentially brainwash a population using different techniques based upon these studies. All of these grants provide EXTREMELY detailed information regarding their research that you can find in each of the reports. [UNABLE TO SAVE QUERY RESULTS ON ARCHIVE.S - IT JUST REVERTS TO BLANK QUERY -SA]
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Answer: Day in the life on set if Gia Coppolas… Photos by Rachel Chandler http://archive.is/E6CQP So this solidifies Chandler's and Getty relationship Gia Coppolas mom is Jacqui Coppola. Married to Peter Getty, son of Gordon Getty Grandson of J. Paul Getty of the J. Paul Getty foundation Power brokers in control of CA Proven relationships with pelosi, newsom, and brown families. Getty Foundation is major CF donor Getty foundation joint fellowship with Rothschild Foundation This is it guys. Connect Chandler to other families tied in this dig.
Extra Answer: Husband Tom Guinness styled pics: https://models.com/work/v-man-dream-weaver/969158?epik=dj0yJnU9bktiZG9GeHhNYzQ2RUJXTzVaWURsYkpfM29zNHVqZVombj1DbEFoNHFtYUFNWkpRWXRBa0dfNUJRJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUeWVz https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/fashion/tom-guinness-and-the-tenacity-of-style?epik=dj0yJnU9bWlHOU00TnpDdG1Tb3dKT2xMbE5ubDVsa2tjM0Jnbkkmbj1yMmVoU1BQM2ZzQ3NoSW9jNllucmh3Jm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUeVd3 Daphne Guinness is weird as heck. Her younger pics are spitting image of Chandler. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Guinness Assoc w LadyGaga. Check out hand glove GaGa fashioned for Horror Flick https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gagas-american-horror-story-830679 http://www.mtv.com/news/2342108/lady-gaga-american-horror-story-glove/?XRS=PI_DS&epik=dj0yJnU9bFRZYkMxUElnN0dOd216WC1QeTd5OGdibDhob0hGSmkmbj1hSTBELXlpOUpvT2RfUUVlenJIMGlnJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUdWRv#30d4a4cf Also close to Alexander Mcqueen who suicided. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mcqueen Here are pic links. Enjoy: https://m.vanityfair.fr/style/mode/diaporama/daphne-guinness/34?epik=dj0yJnU9SzFGWURheDB2SV9HbjlKeF9OSC0yZ29uTkxnOTVCRmMmbj1zYmVTU1lKT3NrbFBOUk9kVlQxWmRRJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUeW1V#3 https://milk.xyz/articles/2935-The-Lucid-Dreams-of-Eckhaus-Latta/ http://purple.fr/diary/love-ren-hang-exhibition-opening-maison-europeene-de-la-photographie-paris/?epik=dj0yJnU9a29lUlUtWkJLcFRnc3BpVlNxRXJKOW5rOGo4d0JQVXcmbj1SamFKcUhvMllwODZoUk5QSGg0clhRJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUd3Nn http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/24188/1/trip-through-new-york-s-fashion-underground?epik=dj0yJnU9dHA5SUtEY1BMaUFfaTB3MWYtRFRycVEyUC1EY1BZeU8mbj00YkMtZXBuckliQlNURzVJWG5oc09BJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUd2dr http://iloveyourstyle.com/i-your-style-rachel-chandler-guinness/?epik=dj0yJnU9RVFpZ3liRVVBb0gyNHpERGljREJ3c2hDNzlpQml2WHImbj1mcVhsbU5ienBQTnlnRl9iRDVDWDNBJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUd0VR https://theadventurine.com/jewelry/jewelry-news/at-auction-shaun-leanes-jewels-for-alexander-mcqueen/?epik=dj0yJnU9elNiQWFrdzNjZnF1a0I2ZlNJV0R6eHY2d0U1VTdhTGYmbj1aSFhOWEhHNnZTNHg0Mm8zblhyNVZnJm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUdnpB https://wwd.com/eye/parties/gallery/eye-peter-brant-honored-at-tribeca-ball/?epik=dj0yJnU9Sm9OelFSRExOMDh1clNKVkxINzZPcnZYWFZxVmV1QmEmbj1nY1l5djlmVktoaERucUt5UGQ0U1R3Jm09MyZ0PUFBQUFBRnlUdXRz#!1/robert-de-niro-2
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Answer: Hey Q Does P= Payseur ? When Do we start seeing the Pain… WWG1WGA MAGA
Extra Answer: The Payseur Family in the United States is the secret descendants of the French Monarchy. Daniel Payseur is AKA Crown Prince Louis who was queen Marie Antoinette’s son. Daniel Payseur (Crown Prince Louis aka Louis XVII of France) was smuggled out of France to North Carolina in the United States after his mother was executed. The Payseurs have gone to extreme lengths to corrupt government documents, such as courthouse records. They have hidden the births of many of their descendants, and have covered over with extreme secrecy most of their monetary holdings. They have been so powerful that they could hide their wealth and power, and use other Satanic families as proxies. If you search hard enough you can figure it out. I just wanted to give you a hint on what to look for. It started with Daniel Payseur 1785 – 1860 Then Lewis Cass Payseur or L.C. Payseur 1850 – 1939 That should give you a nice head start. French monarchy living in America. They wont teach that in the history books! http://theunhivedmind.com/wordpress4/the-payseur-french-royal-family-in-the-united-states-of-the-virginia-company/ ALSO SEE: https://armandoalejandro.blogspot.com/2016/04/assets-of-lewis-cass-payseur.html#!/2016/04/assets-of-lewis-cass-payseur.html
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Answer: Donald J. Trump â€Verified account @realDonaldTrump Following Following @realDonaldTrump More Earlier today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome King Felipe VI and queen Letizia of Spain to the @WhiteHouse!🇺🇸🇪🇸 0:17 7:17 PM - 19 Jun 2018
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Answer: D5 REF: tweet by Julian Assange @JulianAssange 12 Jan, 2018 screenshot of 1918 Marshall vs Capablanca chess game D5 is the threat of mate in the 1918 Capablanca game, Mate in 5 was declared D5 Chess move: Black Bishop stays in place while White Castle and White queen Put King in Check D5 is the position the bishop remains in during the closing moments of Capablanca, J. vs Marshall to hold king from escaping whilst queen and castle trap it. D5 is also the position on the board where the most captures happen during the entire game. The graveyard as such. REF CASTLE IN CHESS: In chess, a special move called Castling or "to castle(v)" is a unique move that allows you to secure your king and position your rook for offensive. RELEVANCE: 13 Jan 2018 >>42901 Q responds to chessfag >>42090 who decoded Julian Assange's tweet and tied it together Qf3 = queen to f3 Q FOX THREE VIDEO: "video will get Trump elected"
Extra Answer: REF CASTLE in prior Q posts: >>150679159 23 Nov 2017 >>150875388 25 Nov 2017 >>89 14 Feb 2018 >>461 23 Mar 2018 >>916268 6 Apr 2018 >>946456 8 Apr 2018 >>946546 8 Apr 2018 >>75 10 May 2018
Open Answer: TRANSCRIPT OF VIDEO: Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you the American people. The Washington establishment and the financial and media corporations that fund it, exists for only one reason; to protect and enrich itself. The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election. For those who control the levers of power in Washington and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind. Our campaign represents a true existential threat like they haven’t seen before. This is not simply another 4 year election. This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether or not we the people reclaim control over our government. The political establishment that is trying to stop us is the same group responsible for our disastrous trade deals, massive illegal immigration and economic and foreign policies that have bled our country dry. The political establishment has brought about the destruction of our factories and our jobs as they flee to Mexico, China, and other countries all around the world. It is a global structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities. This is a struggle for the survival of our nation and this will be our last chance to save it. This election will determine whether we are a free nation or whether we have only the illusion of democracy but are in fact controlled by a small handful of global special interests rigging the system and our system is rigged. This is reality; you know it, they know it, I know it and pretty much the whole world knows it. The Clinton machine is at the center of this power source. We’ve seen this first hand in the wikileaks documents in which Hillary Clinton meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of US sovereignty in order to enrich these global financial powers, her special interest friends and her donors. Honestly, she should be locked up. The most powerful weapon deployed by the Clintons is the corporate media, the press. Let’s be clear on one thing, the corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism. They’re a political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda and the agenda is not for you it’s for themselves. Anyone who challenges their control is deemed a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe, they will lie, lie, lie, and then again they will do worse than that. They will do whatever is necessary. The Clintons are criminals, remember that this is well documented and the establishment that protects them has engaged in a massive cover up of wide spread criminal activity at the state department and the Clinton foundation in order to keep the Clintons in power. They knew they would throw every lie they could at me and my family and my loved ones. They knew they would stop at nothing to try to stop me. Nevertheless I take all of these slings and arrows gladly for you. I take them for our movement so that we can have our country back. I knew this day would arrive, it was only a question of when and I knew the American people would rise above and vote for the future they deserve. The only thing that can stop this corrupt machine is you, the only force strong enough to save our country is us. The only people brave enough to vote out this corrupt establishment is you the American people. Our great civilization has come upon a moment of reckoning. I didn’t need to do this folks, believe me. I built a great company and I had a wonderful life. I could have enjoyed the fruits and benefit of years of successful business deals and businesses for myself and my family instead of going through this absolute horror show of lies, deceptions, malicious attacks. Who would have thought? I’m doing it because this country has given me so much and I feel so strongly that it’s my turn to give back to the country that I love. I’m doing this for the people and for the movement and we will take back this country for you and we will make America great again. Donald J. Trump 2016
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Extra Answer: direct link to image: original image: https://media.8ch.net/file_store/c3dbf3952de6613050b5a77c865d445566e0315bb201f6b428a81f768bfe07b3.png
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Extra Answer: This photo is from the 2000 charity polo game at Windsor Great Park. Harry was 17. During this same year he got in trouble for drinking, smoking weed, dressing like a nazi at a costume party, and then fighting the paparazzi. There is very little to find about the polo game. It seems to be a private elite affair.
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Answer: A worldwide network of bad actors, stemming from the three named families that encompasses many aspects. It is not necessarily against one other country as these bad actors are international.
Extra Answer: SCREENSHOT: https://postimg.cc/zbBj62zs House of Saud (housecleaning complete) Rothschilds Soros and all of their associated minions, lackey and puppets, including rogue agencies such as the CIA.
Open Answer: NWO CABAL: Rockefeller, Soros, Rothschild, EU, all related banksters, UK Elites, and all of their puppets (individuals and orgs) Globalists. Do not forget the bad actors in SA. The answer to this question is Britain, the British crown. queen Elizabeth is considered the queen of the world. In 1775, Thomas Paine wrote this: "When I reflect on these and a thousand instances of similar barbarity, I firmly believe that the Almighty, in compassion to mankind, will curtail the power of Britain." As far back as 1775, it was well-known that Britain was the evil master of the world. Nothing has changed. The war we see is the USA vs. Britain. Specifically, the US military vs. the Royals/Templars. It all started with queen Elizabeth I and it will end with queen Elizabeth II. Coincidence? No. There are no such things as coincidences.
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Open Answer: One of the Rothschilds is tired of this bullshit and is going straight. An insider has turned. 2nd poster: Q has repeated this item many times so we may not have the correct answer. Could be Pope - God Father, though the III stumps me in this context. A triangle has three side - Pope is one of the sides? If so British Monarchy and the Rothschild family are the other two in this context. Soros is the American proxy for the Rothschild Family whose base of operations are in Uk/Europe. ^ Q keeps repeating it because it has not yet happen. ??Pope is the hidden Master Puppeteer, Rothschild/Soros are the money men carrying out the Pope's plan, queen is beholden(?) to Pope through Treaty of 1213. i wondered the day before why the queen and vatican / pope are not being mentioned by Q. hasn't he mentioned Diana? r 1043 - Pope is a puppet. Vatican is controlled by European lodges. Pedophilia and homosexual mafia run rampant. There are also references to Robert Mueller as the "Godfather". He is James Comey's daughter's Godfather and there are references to his "Godfather-like stare". Perhaps Mueller is the one who has turned on the deep state. There are articles showing he is now working with Trump to bring the others to justice. The Russia collusion investigation being the cover for the whole thing. He was appointed by Rosenstein one day after meeting with Trump to replace Comey as FBI director, but this was not possible as he already served a 10 year (actually 12 year) term and was no longer eligible for the position. Mueller is a decorated Marine. Semper Fi. *** Semper Fi is key regarding Mueller. The average person doesnt understand, but Marines do. How many Marine generals surround POTUS? *** MUELLER AS GODFATHER III RINGS TRUE. Additionally, in his private meeting with Comey at the start of his 'reign' as SC, may have had an opportunity for two things: (1) enlist Comey in effort to FINALLY expose it all and (2) give Comey immunity. Comey has since come out on Twitter under his own name and appears to be very confident. Comey may have unburdened to his friend, turned over ALL materials he had been sitting on for insurance. If this is true, USA will be OK. 3rd poster: god the father, part of the holy trinity (III) - the father, son and holy ghost 4th poster - could this be a literal reference to the plot of the movie? In GF 3 movie the Vatican bank is broke and accepts hundreds of millions in blood money from Don Corleone to help the situation. Is the Vatican bank actually broke and accepting money from the evil we are fighting here? 5th poster - His name is Robert Swan Mueller III. Think multiple meanings. Think fractals. ||6th poster - Pope recently came out publically with a statement that basically said that the US must submit to the New World Order for its own good. He is a Luciferian. Gotta wonder what's in those rarely seen Vatican archives. 7th poster: Lucifer/Satan is alive, possibly living under the Vatican in the "archives". Research Deep Underground Military Bases (D.U.M.B.S.) I also think it's Mueller, just look at him FFS
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Answer: All POTUS, except MVB & DJT, directly related to royal European bloodlines; -34 have been genetic descendants from just one person, Charlemagne, the brutal eighth century King of the Franks. -19 of them directly descended from King Edward III of England; Bush is closely related to the king of Albania and has kinship with every member of the British royal family and the House of Windsor. He is related to 20 British Dukes, the 13th cousin of Britain’s queen Mother, and of her daughter queen Elizabeth. He is 13th cousin once removed from Prince Charles and has direct descent from King Henry III, Charles II, and Edward I of England. “Father George and wife Barbara [Bush] are both descendants of Godfroi de Bouillon who, in 1099, led European noblemen in the successful Crusade to recapture Jerusalem from the Islamic faith and moved into the King’s palace at Temple Mount … Godfroi de Bouillon was the first king of Jerusalem and the Duke of Lower Lorraine, a major region for the Illuminati bloodline
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- Question: Be [p]repared. Ope[r]ations underway. Operators [a]ctive. Graphic is essential. Find the ke[y]stone. Moves and countermoves. They never thought she would lose. Snow white. Godfather III. Iron Eagle.
Answer: Eagle = Bill Clinton's codename as President; "Iron Eagle" = a former president who cannot easily escape (iron is very heavy) by flying away. (P)(R)(A)(Y) AGAIN, Diagram, flowchart needed, it has been said time and time again by Q, by MI 2 posts, by Q again here and the insistence and reference to maps importance CIRCULAR DIAGRAMS NEEDED FOR DISSEMINATION OF TRUTH TO ALERT THE PUBLIC
Extra Answer: Godfather 3 is about corruption in the Vatican Bank. -in the opening sequence, 2nd sentence: "The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money and power on Earth." -The Godfather is called The Don. What did the Don do in Godfather III? -"Spy Vs. Spy CIA Directorate of Operations code-named Snow White. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-01-13/features/0001130129_1_central-intelligence-agency-headquarters-cia-super-secret https://archive.fo/yCwf9" Also, consider Mueller as a hunter. -Returns false goods to the evil queen, while leaving SW alone. -Buys time for the prince to find SW and awaken.
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Answer: The queen of England has long been in power. With power comes corruption. What happened to Diana? What did she find out. She entrusted someone to help her flee. What was the cover? Why now. Old. Connection. News. Bad actor. London Mayor. Background. Affiliation. Connection to queen. British MI5 agents dead. When. How. What was reported. What really happened. Wealth. Corruption. Secret society. Evil. Germany. Merkel. Migrants. Why are migrants important. Assets. Operations. Satan. What political leaders worship Satan. What does upside down cross represent. Someone wears one openly. Someone is she connected to. Spirit cooking. What does Spirit Cooking represent. Look at a cult. Someone is worshipped. Snow White Godfather III Speed.
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Open Answer: 1st Poster - Godfather III - Michael wants the deal untainted by Mafia involvement and pays off the mob bosses from the sale of his LAS VEGAS holdings. Zasa receives nothing and, declaring Michael his enemy, storms out. Altobello follows Zasa, saying he will reason with him. Minutes later, a helicopter hovers outside the conference room and opens fire. (From the real Vegas shooting, there are reports of shots fired from helicopter(s) hovering nearby Mandalay Bay. Also, minutes before, during, and after the shooting, helicopters have been confirmed hovering directly over and near Mandalay Bay with their transponders turned off on www.flightradar24.com. Helicopters registered to Maverick Helicopters.) 2nd Poster - Godfather III is a future event where the someone who have been corrupt for a long time wants out, but the Godfather and the Mafia will not allow it, so the henchmen are sent out and blood is spilled everywhere? Corrupt person = Royal Family? Elizabeth? (Q said that the queen has been in power for a very long time, and implies that with power, comes corruption) The queen is corrupt and wants out? Godfather = Pope? Maifa = The Globalists? Henchmen = Migrants? 3rd Poster - see comments made in the post about Obama flipping and the misinformation of the mission to "extract" from Philippines. Perhaps BO is the one referenced by Godfather III?
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Answer: There are many, but one supposedly rules over them all, whether it is the official name they call themselves or not, it is commonly called the Illuminati by those who have researched it.
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Open Answer: Freemasonry is luciferianism according to Albert Pike, Madame Blavatsky, Manly Hall and Waite.
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Answer: She found out the Royals all worshipped Lucifer, pedophiles, human trafficking, child rape and murder.
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Open Answer: 1st Poster - Putin claimed he had evidence that Diana knew too much and he claimed queen was evil leader of the Illuminati. He said that Diana was about to tell the world a shocking truth and that he is now prepared to tell the world. 2nd Poster - Diana found out the truth about the Royal Family? The Royal Family always say that it is the "The Red Dragon" that grants them their power. "The Red Dragon" is another name for Satan. Did Diana find out the Royal Family worship Satan? Have they been sacrificing children? She called the Windsors the lizards. Or is this related Diana having recurring nightmares of a beast coming from the sea?
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Open Answer: 1st Poster - Everyone would be underground where they can live forever if need be, once we were bombed they would have their excuse to bomb Russia. So the middle East were going to bomb us while their own actors used our weapons to take out Russia cause they can't and there would have been no plans to bomb NK back just excuse to bomb Russia. So they had a plan figured out to take both of the world powers out so they could rise to world control. Should they get a firing squad for that? Ahh. God forbids but they should never see the light of day. All under orders of Pope. Lock him up. Take the Vatican as "spoils" and go back to bartering and trading and using gold and silver. 2nd Poster - The Globalists want to get rid of the three superpowers (America, China, and Russia). Note that the Globalists already control Europe. The Globalists' plan was to arm North Korea with nukes, get Kim to nuke America, America to nuke Kim back, then Russia and China will nuke America and America them. With the three world super powers gone, the Globalists will be free to take the world. THE TERM GLOBALISTS IS SOMEWHAT OF A MIS-NOMER AS IT IS ACTUALLY THE CIA WORKING FOR THE BANKING CABAL AND FOR THE POPE, queen OF ENGLAND AND THE OCTOGON TEMPLARS SLAVE MASTERS IN SWITZERLAND, THE PHARAONIC BLOODLINE FAMILIES AND THE FAKE KHAZARIAN JEWS - KHAZARIAN MAFIA WHO ARE THE ACTUAL GLOBALISTS. EVERYONE IS MIS-CHARACTERIZING REALITY BY MISSING THIS.
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