Bruce Springsteen: ‘If Trump wins I’m moving to Australia’

By Poppy Reid - Oct 15, 2020

Bruce Springsteen joked that he will be “on the next plane” if current US President Donald Trump wins the upcoming election.

“If Trump is re-elected – which he will not, they’re predicting right now he’s going to lose – but if by some happenstance he should, I’ll see you on the next plane.”

Springsteen joined a virtual press conference at 10am today (AEST) where he was joined by media from Australia, Japan and Canada. It was in celebration of his upcoming album and film, Letter To You.

“I would consider that,” Bruce Springsteen responded when asked if he would relocate to Australia in 19 days when the US election results are in.

“I love Australia,” he added. “We have nothing but good times down there, it’s always a treat to come,” he said. “Love the people, love the geography, [it’s a] great place for motorcycle trips… it’s close to our hearts.”

Springsteen, who has dabbled in political commentary over his more than 50-year career, recently told Rolling Stone his vote goes to Joe Biden.

“I like Bernie Sanders a lot,” Springsteen said in the US magazine’s October cover feature. “I don’t know if he was my main choice, my first choice. I like Elizabeth Warren, I like Bernie.”

“The power of the American idea has been abandoned,” Springsteen added. “It’s a terrible shame, and we need somebody who can bring that to life again… I think if we get Joe Biden, it’s gonna go a long way towards helping us regain our status around the world.

“The country as the shining light of democracy has been trashed by the administration. We abandoned friends, we befriended dictators, we denied climate science.”

Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You will stream on Apple TV+ on October 23rd, the same day as the Letter to You album’s release. The documentary chronicles Springsteen and the E Street Band’s recording of the album over five days in his Colts Neck, New Jersey, home studio.

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Police won't charge ABC journalist over 'Afghan Files' stories

Police will not lay charges against an ABC journalist over stories revealing allegations of potential war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, after prosecutors found it would not be in the public interest.

The Australian Federal Police said it had finalised its investigation into ABC journalist Dan Oakes and he would not be prosecuted.

It was revealed in July this year that the AFP had sent a brief of evidence to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, after three years of investigating Oakes and his colleague, Sam Clark, over their 2017 "Afghan Files" series of stories.

The AFP had recommended the CDPP consider charging Oakes over the leak, but was not referring any case against Clark.

In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the AFP confirmed it had submitted a brief of evidence to the CDPP "regarding three potential criminal charges relating to the matter".

"The CDPP has advised the AFP that it determined there were reasonable prospects of conviction in relation to two of the charges," the AFP said.

"In determining whether the matter should be prosecuted, the CDPP considered a range of public interest factors, including the role of public interest journalism in Australia's democracy. The CDPP determined the public interest does not require a prosecution in the particular circumstances of this case.

"As a result of this determination, the AFP has finalised its investigation into Mr Oakes."

The CDPP decision comes after Attorney-General Christian Porter last year declared he would be "seriously disinclined" to authorise the prosecution of journalists for publishing secret information.

ABC managing director David Anderson said the public broadcaster welcomed the AFP's decision, but also maintain the view the matter should never have gone this far.

"That the CDPP has reached the decision that prosecuting our journalists is not in the public interest only compounds what we have argued all along: Journalists in this country should not be prosecuted for doing their jobs and legislation needs to be changed to provide proper protection for journalists and their sources when they are acting in the public interest," Mr Anderson said.

"This whole episode has been both disappointing and disturbing.

"The Afghan Files is factual and important reporting which exposed allegations about Australian soldiers committing war crimes in Afghanistan."

Federal police raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters on June 5, 2019, over the leaked documents.

The documents revealed incidents of Australian troops killing unarmed men and children, which were being investigated as potential unlawful killings.

ABC's news director Gaven Morris said the pressure on Oakes and Clark during the investigation has been "extreme, and they have handled it with admirable fortitude".

"It's more than three years since the ABC published The Afghan Files and over a year since the AFP raided our Ultimo building hunting information on the confidential sources for that reporting," Mr Morris said.

"While we're enormously relieved the ordeal is now over for them, the ABC's fight for public interest journalism to be protected is far from over.

"We will always back our journalists to report independently and without fear or favour stories Australians' have a right to know."

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/police-won-t-charge-abc-journalist-over-afghan-files-stories-20201015-p565gc.html

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