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PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 94H

Requiring the use of COVIDSafe

(1) A person commits an offence if the person requires another person to:

(a) download COVIDSafe to a communication device; or

(b) have COVIDSafe in operation on a communication device; or

(c) consent to uploading COVID app data from a communication device to the National COVIDSafe Data Store.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.

(2) A person commits an offence if the person:

(a) refuses to enter into, or continue, a contract or arrangement with another person (including a contract of employment); or

(b) takes adverse action (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009 ) against another person; or

(c) refuses to allow another person to enter:

(i) premises that are otherwise accessible to the public; or

(ii) premises that the other person has a right to enter; or

(d) refuses to allow another person to participate in an activity; or

(e) refuses to receive goods or services from another person, or insists on providing less monetary consideration for the goods or services; or

(f) refuses to provide goods or services to another person, or insists on receiving more monetary consideration for the goods or services;

on the ground that, or on grounds that include the ground that, the other person:

(g) has not downloaded COVIDSafe to a communication device; or

(h) does not have COVIDSafe in operation on a communication device; or

(i) has not consented to uploading COVID app data from a communication device to the National COVIDSafe Data Store.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.

(3) To avoid doubt:

(a) subsection (2) is a workplace law for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009 ; and

(b) the benefit that the other person derives because of an obligation of the person under subsection (2) is a workplace right within the meaning of Part 3-1 of that Act.

http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/s94h.html

Former NSW MP Michael Johnsen not charged over alleged rape of Blue Mountains sex worker

Former New South Wales Nationals MP Michael Johnsen will not be charged after allegations he raped a sex worker.

Key points:

Michael Johnsen was accused in Parliament of raping a sex worker

He resigned after the allegations emerged

Mr Johnsen says he has been "vindicated" after police declined to charge him

Police said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended there was "insufficient admissible evidence to proceed with charges".

Mr Johnsen resigned from Parliament in the wake of the allegations, prompting a by-election in May in the marginal seat of Upper Hunter.

In a statement, Mr Johnsen said he had been "formally cleared" of the sexual assault allegation by police "with no further action to occur against me".

"I have been vindicated. I am innocent. As stated all along," he said.

The Nationals narrowly held the seat during the by-election in May, but the slump in Labor's primary vote ended the Labor leadership of Jodi McKay who described the result as "devastating".

In his statement, Mr Johnsen also accused Ms McKay and Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle of abusing parliamentary privilege by airing the claims publicly.

Ms Doyle used parliamentary privilege earlier this year to claim that a "government MP" had been accused of raping a sex worker at a secluded lookout in Ms Doyle's electorate.

Within hours, Mr Johnsen had issued a statement revealing he was the MP at the centre of the allegations.

Other details also emerged, including that he offered to pay the sex worker to have sex in the NSW Parliament and sent the woman a string of lewd text messages and an obscene video while Parliament was sitting.

Mr Johnsen resigned from Parliament over the rape allegations and was removed from the Nationals and Coalition party rooms, and suspended from the National Party.

At the time, Mr Johnsen said his decision to resign was with a "heavy heart" and that he was confident he would be cleared of the alleged rape.

He admitted he was an "imperfect human" but said the alleged crime "just didn't happen".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-01/nsw-michael-johnsen-not-charged-over-rape-allegation/100340798

Dominion Voting Machines Arrive in Ohio County Costing $6.17 Million Up Front — Machines Include Software to “Evaluate Voter Intent”

The Dominion voting machines arrived in Stark County this week into the Board of Elections.

The purchase was very controversial considering the attention the Dominion company received following the suspect 2020 election.

The county is being charged $6.17 million up front.

Via CodeMonkeyZ:

The purchase includes

1,450 ImageCast X voting machines at $3,500 each.

1,450 voting machine leg stands at $350 each.

Four mail-in and paper ballot scanners at $25,000 each.

Tabulation server for $17,000.

Software to run the equipment for $170,000.

Software to examine filled-in paper ballots to evaluate voter intent for $35,000.

For some reason, the county officials found it necessary for a controversial voting machine company to evaluate voter intent of local voters.

Wow.

The Review reported:

Stark County’s new touchscreen voting machines are rolling into the Board of Elections.

The past couple of weeks, warehouse managers have been accepting shipments of the Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast X machines – which have been a point of controversy in the county. Workers have been opening the boxes, inspecting the machines for damage and testing them.

Travis Secrest, an administrative assistant for the Board of Elections, said the equipment so far has passed all of the tests.

Many of the machines still had plastic film on their touchscreens as of last week. All 1,450 are expected to arrive by the end of August. They’re scheduled to be used for the Nov. 2 general election and during the in-person early-voting period…

…Dominion quoted a retail cost for the new voting equipment of $6.17 million upfront, plus $331,550 a year to cover the software license, the hardware warranty and some ballot printing. The state covered $3.27 million. Dominion extended a trade-in credit of $1.7 million, reducing Stark County’s upfront cost to $1.48 million.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/dominion-voting-machines-arrive-ohio-county-costing-6-17-million-front-machines-include-software-evaluate-voter-intent/