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>>16343573 Q Research AUSTRALIA #23

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Wednesday 11.20.2019

>>7358352 ————————————–——– These people are stupid.

>>7358338 ————————————–——– All assets [F + D] being deployed.

>>7358318 ————————————–——– What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH [magnitude] re: [D] party corruption?

Tuesday 11.19.2019

>>7357790 ————————————–——– FISA goes both ways.

Saturday 11.16.2019

>>7356270 ————————————–——– There is no escaping God.

>>7356265 ————————————–——– The Harvest [crop] has been prepared and soon will be delivered to the public for consumption.

Friday 11.15.2019

>>7356017 ————————————–——– "Whistle Blower Traps" [Mar 4 2018] 'Trap' keyword select provided…..

Thursday 03.28.2019

>>5945210 ————————————–——– Sometimes our 'sniffer' picks and pulls w/o applying credit file

>>5945074 ————————————–——– We LOVE you!

>>5944970 ————————————–——– USA v. LifeLog?

>>5944908 ————————————–——– It is an embarrassment to our Nation!

>>5944859 ————————————–——– 'Knowingly'

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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#23 - Part 1

Australian Politics and Society - Part 1

>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones

>>16343649 The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk

>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China’s Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders’ direct involvement in the mass internment campaign

>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)

>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands

>>16344039 Peter Dutton 2.0: I’ll be a gentler and caring me - Peter Dutton has promised that Australians will see another side of his character as opposition leader, arguing the Liberal Party is the natural champion of families, small business and aspirational workers across the ­nation’s cities, suburbs and regions

>>16344054 Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort

>>16349783 Election 2022: Scott Morrison says teal independents who unseated up to six moderate Liberals ran a “vicious and brutal campaign” against the Coalition, as he confirmed he would remain in parliament as a backbencher

>>16349788 ‘Trust and respect’: Macron agrees to rebuild ties with Australia - French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is ready to start rebuilding his country’s fractured relationship with Australia, during his first phone call with new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

>>16349801 US State Department greenlights proposed sale of half-a-billion-dollars in rocket launch capability to Australia - Australia’s to purchase 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles for approximately US$385 million (AU$542 million)

>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region

>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM Kevin Rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not ‘lectures’ about their ties with Beijing

>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn

>>16350134 David Goodman and others – An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com

>>16356206 President Biden Tweet: I’ve got more good news: 27.5 million bottles of safe infant formula manufactured by Bubs Australia are coming to the United States. We’re doing everything in our power to get more formula on shelves as soon as possible.

>>16356206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great that @BubsAustralia is helping out American families in need with clean, safe infant formula

>>16356206 Kristy Carr, Founder CEO - Bubs Australia Tweet: Thank you, Mr. President. We know this problem can’t be solved by one company alone but @BubsAustralia hopes that we can help bring some relief to American families by offering a clean, safe formula for their babies during these challenging times.

>>16356292 Australian killed in Ukraine remembered as a ‘larrikin’ and ‘battler’ - Father-of-three Michael Charles O’Neill, 47, who lived in Hobart, was killed on Wednesday while providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine following the Russian invasion

>>16356338 José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging - President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of ‘supposedly altruistic foreign aid program’ to spy on behalf of oil companies

#23 - Part 2

Australian Politics and Society - Part 2

>>16356341 Video: Alexander Downer on Australia's Spy Agencies - ABC Australia Q+A

>>16366776 Video: New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton vows to target ‘forgotten Australians’

>>16366805 Video: David Littleproud elected to lead the Nationals in opposition after post-election leadership vote

>>16366975 Video: Lawyers in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide move to subpoena the source code for the encrypted AN0M app - Lawyers representing alleged bikie chiefs, mafia members and drug kingpins are mounting legal challenges to the software at the heart of Operation Ironside – the encrypted AN0M app

>>16367044 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Memorial Day - Each year on the last Monday of May, Americans honor the men and women who have lost their lives in military service. We express our deepest gratitude for the courageous Americans who have given their lives in service to the United States. #MemorialDay

>>16367044 Q Post #1350 - If America falls, the World falls. God bless our brave fighting men & women. They deserve our deepest gratitude. Through their strength, and the millions of united Patriots around the World, we will succeed in this fight. Peace through strength. Now comes the pain. Q

>>16372011 Californian Fairytales: what Google, Facebook and Netflix told the Australian Tax Office - michaelwest.com.au

>>16372849 Video: Anthony Albanese promises to lead more inclusive government in first speech to Labor caucus

>>16373206 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Tweet: This Memorial Day, we join our American friends in paying tribute to the lives & legacies of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in serving their country & we honour their courage. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram

>>16373206 Australian Embassy, USA Tweet: The Embassy is closed today, Monday 30 May in observance of #MemorialDay. If you are an Australian citizen requiring consular assistance at this time, please call the Consular Operations Center in Canberra from the US on +61 2 6261 3305. - Sunrise over Iwo Jima Memorial photo, Marine Corps War Memorial - gordonklau instagram

>>16379313 US President Joe Biden says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership ‘critical’ as US tackles mass shootings

>>16379319 Bridging submarine ‘capability gap’ is top priority in defence, says Australia‘s new Defence Minister Richard Marles

>>16379329 Bec Judd takes Bayside crime fight to Daniel Andrews - Businesswoman Bec Judd has declared she won’t be silenced when it comes to standing up for her Brighton community over escalating crime

>>16384764 Five Eyes Chiefs of Defence Hold Talks in London - UK hosting Chiefs of Defence from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States over three days of events in London

>>16384775 Biden gives Bubs a big thumbs up on baby formula delivery - US President Joe Biden thanks Australian infant formula maker Bubs Australia as the first batch of Bubs’ product gets ready to land into the hands of desperate American parents late next week

>>16384827 Kevin Rudd: I don't believe Peter Dutton regrets walking out on the Apology to the Stolen Generations - Kevin Rudd - canberratimes.com.au

>>16390567 Australian Federal Police train team of digital technology sniffer dogs to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators

>>16390587 Inside Bubs Australia's US formula mission and the call with POTUS

>>16395696 Australian PM honours Queen Elizabeth amid renewed republican debate - Anthony Albanese renames Canberra's Aspen Island to Queen Elizabeth II Island, describing it as a "fitting salute" to the monarch

>>16399548 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has set up an agency to monitor Victorians - Explosive documents reveal Daniel Andrews has set up a “deeply disturbing” Big Brother-style data agency to monitor how we think, feel and spend

#23 - Part 3

Australian Politics and Society - Part 3

>>16399563 Video: 'I've stepped up' Australian soldier declares from Ukrainian front line while fighting against Russia

>>16403519 Anthony Albanese, Joko Widodo agree to strengthen ties during Indonesia visit

>>16403557 Australian injured on Ukraine frontline - An Australian man who joined the Ukraine foreign legion has been injured on the war’s frontline, coming under fire during some of the fiercest fighting in Sievierodonetsk

>>16403557 Radio Svoboda Tweet: The Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold in Severodonetsk and prepare for counter-offensive operations. They were assisted by units of foreigners from around the world, who voluntarily formed a separate special unit and are fighting on the side of Ukraine.

>>16403563 Video: The Foreign Legion entered Severodonetsk. Fighting for the city continues - Radio Svoboda Ukraine

>>16403575 Google ordered to pay John Barilaro $715,000 over 'vulgar' YouTube videos made by comedian Jordan Shanks

>>16403591 Bilderberg: World’s most secretive group meets in Washington without a single Australian among the attendees

>>16408454 Federal Court orders Twitter to release information on controversial @PRGuy17 account - The Federal Court has ordered Twitter to release information that could reveal the identity of the person behind a high-profile political account that attracted large audiences during the pandemic with its pro-lockdown and pro-Labor commentary

>>16408480 Video: Man who struck police horse and threw traffic bollard at officer during Melbourne lockdown protests pleads guilty

>>16408493 Video: Operation Ironside - Australian Federal Police targeting Italian mafia figures in next phase of 'AN0M' probe, using intelligence gained from a secret app planted on the mobile phones of organised criminals

>>16408509 Australian Federal Police issue crack down on Mafia-style crime families - Police are conducting a nationwide sting to crack down on Italian organised crime families they believe are pulling the strings of bikie gangs

>>16408568 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: Video: SOUTHERN JACKAROO 22 - “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them” -Winston Churchill - On the day we remember the brave Soldiers at Normandy, we look to strengthen our alliances around the world in support of freedom, and to stand against tyranny.

>>16413315 AFP intel aids global crackdown - Australian Federal Police helping hunt down Italian organised crime syndicates in Europe with intelligence gathered through the Trojan horse mobile phone app, 'AN0M'

>>16413332 Queensland man charged over impersonating Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw, importing 500 counterfeit AFP badges

>>16413349 Delil Alexander, suspected Islamic State terrorist and dual Australian-Turkish citizen has Australian citizenship returned after High Court strikes down key section of Citizenship Act

>>16413391 NASA launching three rockets from Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory, June 26 to July 12 2022

>>16415735 AFP warns Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group that foreign governments are supporting organised crime in Australia

>>16418526 Labor must not torpedo crucial submarine plan - Peter Dutton, Leader of the Federal Opposition - theaustralian.com.au

>>16418564 Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw warns Five Eyes about hostile governments

>>16418573 Police probe into Chinese money laundering syndicate headquartered in Australia - Australian law enforcement agencies, in partnership with officials from the United States and Canada, have also compiled intelligence that suggests Chinese companies and brokers are supplying the vast majority of precursor chemicals used to make illicit drugs on the Australian market

#23 - Part 4

Australian Politics and Society - Part 4

>>16424776 Magic of Camelot comes to Australia - Caroline Kennedy has the judgment which was evident in both her father and her uncle, senator Robert F. Kennedy

>>16424802 Q Post #703 - “Rest in peace Mr. President (JFK), through your wisdom and strength, since your tragic death, Patriots have planned, installed, and by the grace of God, activated, the beam of LIGHT. We will forever remember your sacrifice. May you look down from above and continue to guide us as we ring the bell of FREEDOM and destroy those who wish to sacrifice our children, our way of life, and our world. We, the PEOPLE.” Prayer said every single day in the OO. JFK - Secret Socities. Where we go one, we go all. Q

>>16424835 US-Australia alliance remains force for good - Americans and Australians believe in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. We feel it in our bones. This foundation is under threat - Michael Goldman, Charge d’affaires ad interim to the Commonwealth of Australia since January 2021

>>16424856 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern affirm ‘reset’ of trans-Tasman partnership

>>16424890 ‘Evil people’: Peter Dutton issues chilling warning, says the Labor government is so divided on its asylum seeker policy it’s sending the wrong message to “evil” people smugglers

>>16425000 Sean Turnell’s trial to proceed, rules Myanmar court - A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

>>16430017 Australia to pay French company $830 million over scrapped submarine deal - The Albanese government has reached an $830 million settlement with French shipbuilder Naval Group after last year’s decision to scrap a $90 billion contract to build 12 submarines

>>16434651 Australian Federal Police arrest Chinese-British national Chung Chak Lee, alleged international drug kingpin extradited from Thailand

>>16434656 Video: Alleged senior crime syndicate member extradited to Australia - afp.gov.au

>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: “On Friday, I was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia. I am grateful to President Biden for his leadership and for giving me the chance to represent America to our vital ally Australia" -Ambassador Kennedy (1/2)

>>16434739 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: "I am excited to work with @SecBlinken and colleagues in the State Department to implement U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific at this critical time. Can’t wait to get there!” - Ambassador Kennedy #USwithAUS

>>16439093 Video: ‘Accusations of sabotage’ from within Liberal Party during federal election - Sky News host Sharri Markson: New South Wales Treasurer and climate change champion, Matt Kean, has been caught intervening in the election campaign Scott Morrison was bitterly fighting

>>16439103 David Elliott accuses Matt Kean of ‘treachery‘ for backgrounding against former PM Scott Morrison

>>16439103 Re-elect PM? Turns out some weren’t so Kean - Sharri Markson - theaustralian.com.au

>>16439590 Malcolm Turnbull labels Peter Dutton a 'belligerent blusterer' over nuclear submarines claim - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised previous defence minister Peter Dutton over the handling of the nuclear submarine deal with France

>>16443824 Australia sending two shipments of baby formula amid ‘shocking’ US shortage - Bubs Australia has sent a massive care package to the US after Joe Biden warned of a mounting crisis gripping thousands of Americans

>>16443830 The defence deal between Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. and the US speaks of the highest level of commercial trust - The US Defense Department’s decision to award Lynas the job of building a heavy rare earths facility in Texas is a watershed moment for supply chain security - It speaks to the highest level of commercial trust within the US-Australia alliance

>>16443839 Threat of right wing terror ‘real’, lone actor attacks concerning - The threat posed by far-right terrorism is real and authorities are concerned about attacks by lone actors, a Victorian parliamentary probe has heard

>>16444242 US Marines Put to the Test in Australia’s Top End - U.S. Marines are currently undertaking Embassy protection and evacuation training in Australia’s Northern Territory - Exercise Darrandarra 2022

>>16444260 US Marines take part in protection and evacuation training scenario on the Tiwi Islands - ABC News (Australia)

>>16446092 Federal MPs and public office holders to receive pay increase of 2.75 per cent from July 1, Remuneration Tribunal announces

#23 - Part 5

Australian Politics and Society - Part 5

>>16449749 Media personality, politician, actor, journalist and author Derryn Hinch announces plan to run for Victorian parliament

>>16449772 'Combat credible' US marines train on NT's Tiwi Islands as US continues focus on Indo-Pacific region - Exercise Darrandarra 2022

>>16454385 Video: Dr Kerry Sieh, scientist who predicted Boxing Day tsunami says another disaster is coming - 60 Minutes Australia

>>16454386 BHP announces plans to close NSW's largest coal mine at Mt Arthur by 2030

>>16455235 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invites Anthony Albanese to visit Kyiv when he is in Europe for the annual NATO summit later this month

>>16461326 Video: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's invitation to visit Kyiv

>>16461375 Russia sanctions hundreds of Australians including journalists - Russia’s Foreign Ministry has sanctioned a broad list of 121 Australian media executives, mining bosses, academics, defence officials and journalists, citing the “Russophobic agenda” from the individuals named

>>16461400 New U.S. Bill Would Allow Australian Sailors to Train With the U.S. Navy - Up to two Royal Australian Navy officers per year could attend the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course, then deploy on a U.S. Navy submarine - The move would help facilitate important knowledge from the United States Navy to the Royal Australian Navy as the country begins pursuing a nuclear submarine program

>>16461444 New AUKUS Caucus Bill Calls for U.S.-Australia Submarine Training Pipeline - A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveil legislation that would help the Royal Australian Navy train its future submarine warfare officers with U.S. sailors

>>16466717 New info on AUKUS sub deal ‘shortly’: US National Security Council’s Kurt Campbell - Campbell, the NSC's coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, said the US will launch a new effort next week to help the Pacific islands, including initiatives to build new embassies

>>16471580 Video: ADF kicks off election support to PNG - Australian Defence Force personnel deployed on Operation Kimba touch down in Papua New Guinea to provide support for the country’s upcoming national election, at the request of the PNG Government

>>16476383 Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse Jr., acting as top legal adviser to a key witness for the January 6th commission - Greg Jacob, chief legal counsel to former Vice President Mike Pence

>>16476399 Greens leader Adam Bandt has Australian flag removed from press conference, argues the symbol is 'hurtful' to Indigenous people - Greens leader Adam Bandt has refused to stand in front of the Australian flag during a press conference, arguing it is “hurtful” to Indigenous people and that the country has "work to do" combatting racism

>>16476449 Gladys Liu eyes seat in Victorian parliament - Former federal MP Gladys Liu has confirmed her nomination for Liberal Party preselection to contest a Victorian upper house seat and claimed her ultra-marginal seat of Chisholm was “unfairly targeted” in the election

>>16476467 Swimming's world governing body, FINA, votes to restrict transgender women's participation in elite swimming competitions

>>16476493 ‘Shame on everyone’: Top Australian swimmers divided on FINA’s decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s swimming

>>16476515 Swimming transgender vote: Caitlin Jenner celebrates FINA’s decision, Hannah Mouncey’s dark revelation

>>16476580 Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide hears of wait for psychiatrist appointments, hazing at Townsville base

>>16481772 Judge takes aim at Lisa Wilkinson's mention of Brittany Higgins in Logies speech as Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial delayed

>>16481793 Greens leader Adam Bandt refuses to stand with Australian flag - Adam Bandt’s refusal to stand in front of the Australian flaghas been labelled divisive and “childish virtue-signalling” by Indigenous community leaders, who say it is contrary to the spirit of reconciliation

#23 - Part 6

Australian Politics and Society - Part 6

>>16481839 Sri Lanka commits to fighting asylum-seeker boat surge as Clare O’Neil meets leaders

>>16481860 Anthony Albanese’s NATO trip must include a visit to Ukraine - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au

>>16481901 Melbourne man Dennis Basic jailed for more than two years over assaults at anti-lockdown protests

>>16482015 Daniel Andrews introduces a LAW instructing schools to teach students about the 'trauma' of white colonisation and to mark the day Kevin Rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generation

>>16487741 From Rose Bay to riot squad raid: police target alleged Dark Web dealers - Two Sydney brothers, Alexander Busse an Ioan Busu, enjoyed stellar reviews for their alleged large-scale online drug business, sending up to 60 deliveries a day that police say earned them millions

>>16487757 Victoria parliament passes bill banning Nazi symbol, with offenders facing up to a year in jail

>>16493231 Judge urges Lisa Wilkinson not to make further comments about Brittany Higgins as Bruce Lehrmann's trial date delayed until October

>>16493239 Deputy Premier James Merlino among four senior Victorian ministers set to retire at the November state election

>>16493249 Peter Dutton continues attack on Greens leader Adam Bandt - Peter Dutton blasts Greens leader Adam Bandt over his decision not to stand in front of the Australian flag

>>16493257 Rear Admiral Dave Goggins to Lead American AUKUS Effort, Says Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro - The admiral who oversees U.S. attack submarine construction has been appointed to lead the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership that promises to develop a nuclear-powered attack boat for the Royal Australian Navy

>>16493269 Royal commission hears of 'ad hoc and inconsistent' suicide reporting as Australian Defence Force Chief, General Angus Campbell testifies

>>16495229 Glencore Australia riding energy crunch to record mining profitsin the midst of the Russia–Ukraine conflict

>>16499225 Four of Victoria's most senior government ministers will resign at the next election and have stepped down from their portfolios ahead of the November vote - Deputy Premier and Education Minister James Merlino, Health Minister Martin Foley, Police Minister Lisa Neville and Sports Minister Martin Pakula

>>16499242 Twitter hands over @PRGuy17 account and IP details following court order - Avi Yemini wants Telstra to provide information on 26 IP addresses as part of defamation case against anonymous pro-Labor account

>>16499269 User behind pro-Labor Twitter account PRGuy publicly reveals identity - "Jeremy Maluta"

>>16499308 PRGuy Tweet: Hi, I'm Jeremy Maluta. You may remember me from such hashtags as #IStandWithDan and #ICantBelieveItsNotAStaffer. I caught up with FriendlyJordies so I could finally meet you all face-to-face. Enjoy! #PRGuyUnmasked

>>16499339 Video: PRGuy Unmasked - Australia's most wanted man PRGuy has finally been unmaksed, but not by Avi Yemini. Is he a Dictator Dan staffer? Is he paid by the WHO? All will be revealed. - friendlyjordies

>>16499429 Q Post #1713 - The author of the post….. - The face is never the author. - Direct comms come in many different forms. - Q

>>16500413 United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which recognised Americans' constitutional right to abortion and legalised it nationwide, handing a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or ban the procedure

>>16503174 US braces for riots after court strikes down right to abortion - The US is bracing for mass riots after the Supreme Court reversed its historic 1973 Roe V Wade judgement, abolishing the constitutional right to abortion and returning the decision to the fifty states, at least 13 of which appear poised to drastically curtail abortion rights

>>16500413 Q Post #3405 - Reality is hard to swallow. FAKE NEWS keeps you asleep (sheep) and fixed in a pre_designed false reality (narrative). Google altering search results to 'support' the pre_designed narrative and 'prevent' (make harder) for one to learn the TRUTH? Those (w/ influence) who challenge the narrative are banned, shunned, threatened……… [Planned Parenthood is GOOD]_narrative - [China is NOT a threat]_narrative - Do you know the market price for a fetus? Correlation of market price & days old of fetus/baby? As age (days) increases so does the value? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-to-vote-on-born-alive-bill-to-protect-infants-who-survive-a-failed-abortion - D's block 'born alive' bill? Planned Parenthood political donations? What party? Do you believe this has anything to do w/ a Woman's Right to Choose? Welcome to the Real World. Q

#23 - Part 7

Australian Politics and Society - Part 7

>>16507489Q RETURNS!

>>16507489 Q Post #4954 - Shall we play a game once more?

>>16507489 Q Post #4955 - It had to be done this way.

>>16507489 Q Post #4956 - Are you ready to serve your country again? Remember your oath.

>>16508151 Elise Thomas Tweet: Oh ffs. Ron's realising his Congressional campaign isn't grifting enough money and no one's into the aliens thing, so it's back to Ol' Faithful.

>>16509961 No Coincidences - 1700 days between Q Post #1 (Oct 28 2017) and Q Post #4954 (Jun 24 2022) o7

>>16513111 Julia Gillard Tweet: I fully endorse these words and Michelle Obama’s call to all of us to keep fighting for women’s rights.

>>16513111 Michelle Obama Tweet: My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

>>16513190 U.S. Embassy Australia Tweet: Statement from @SecBlinken on today’s Supreme Court decision: “…the State Department will remain fully committed to helping provide access to reproductive health services and advancing reproductive rights around the world.”

>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: JUST IN – Prayers answered. SCOTUS votes YES to life in its landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade. Those who believe every life bears the image of our Creator must now persevere in our fight to save the unborn.

>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: I applaud the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade today. This is not the end of the fight to save the lives of the unborn. We owe it to them to joyously defend this most fundamental right - the right to life.

>>16513373 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Historians will write about you, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump. Returning America to its Constitution with your Court picks matters. Well done. Americans, born and unborn, will benefit for decades.

>>16513588 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit France next week as his new Labor government looks to repair relations strained last year when Australia scrapped a French submarine deal

>>16513777 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great to join @NZAmbassadorUS, Ambassador @CarolineKennedy, & representatives of the Pacific island nations tonight to strengthen our long-standing alliance & work together to advance peace & prosperity in the Pacific region & beyond.

>>16513955 Mohamed Noor, former US police officer who fatally shot unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk to be released from prison on Monday

>>16525139 NASA to launch rocket in Australia tonight, from the Arnhem Space Centre near Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory in ‘landmark’ first

>>16534563 ‘Devastating’: Australian politicians respond to US supreme court’s decision on abortion rights

>>16534584 Consider adoption over abortion, David Littleproud says - Nationals leader says while he doesn’t want to see Australia import “unhealthy” US talking points, he wants people to consider adoption

>>16534731 AUKUS nuclear powered submarines possible for Australia by 2030: US defence expert Bryan Clark, former adviser to the head of US naval operations

>>16534757 AUKUS pact our ticket to victory: Senator James Paterson - Senator James Paterson says that the Albanese government must work with the US and Britain to fast-track Australia’s access to technological advancements for cyber warfare

#23 - Part 8

Australian Politics and Society - Part 8

>>16534883 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 22: Australian Army Capt. Jarrod Johnson awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his meritorious service while working alongside Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 21

>>16534911 Video: NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre, Northern Territory

>>16535021 Abdallah family invited to speak in Rome two years after losing three of their children to a drunk and drugged driver in Oatlands crash

>>16535025 Video: Sydney's Abdallah family has been given a standing ovation at The Vatican after sharing their story of forgiveness following the horrific deaths of their children - 7NEWS Australia - Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City

>>16535029 Q Post #191 - popes snake pit.jpg - "anon meme makers please make some memes of the popes audience hall looking like a snake pit. That sum sik shit"

>>16535029 Q Post #1002 - If_Satanists_Took_Over_the_Vatican.png - Symbolism will be their downfall. MONEY. POWER. INFLUENCE. The BITE that has no CURE - NSA. Q

>>16535029 Q Post #4481 - https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1273676937089749000 - Only when evil is forced into the light can we defeat it. Only when they can no longer operate in the [shadows] can people see the truth for themselves. Only when people see the truth [for themselves] will people understand the true nature of their deception. Difficult truths. Q

>>16543746 Abandoning God: Christianity plummets as ‘non-religious’ surges in 2021 census - Australia has become strikingly more godless over the past decade, with the latest census data showing the proportion of self-identified Christians dropping below 50 per cent for the first time and a soaring number of people describing themselves as “non-religious”

>>16543804 Defence Minister Richard Marles laments ‘drift’ over submarines and frigates as defence chiefs’ terms are extended

>>16543818 Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor who fatally shot unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk released from jail

>>16554238 Defence Minister Richard Marles to reveal AUKUS nuclear submarine plan by March 2023

>>16554256 Anthony Albanese considers reopening Australian embassy in Kyiv, joins world leaders in condemning Russia’s missile strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre that killed at least 18 people

>>16554328 Albanese ‘is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage’, Malcolm Turnbull tells French media - Former Australian PM calls successor’s conduct over submarine deal ‘disgraceful’ ahead of Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Macron

>>16554395 Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides hears medical officers on the ground with troops did not “necessarily” have psychological training

>>16564049 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Tweet: Video: Australia has become a major non-NATO supplier of military aid to Ukraine. (Australia) is so far from (Ukraine), yet is one our closest partners! Our nations share a love of freedom and respect for the environment. Your weapons will help us with pest control of our fields. Thank you!

>>16564049 Q Post #4822 - WHAT HAPPENS IF BIDEN BECAME POTUS KNOWING HE [THROUGH HUNTER + 1] TOOK MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRIBES TO CHANGE [LOOK THE OTHER WAY] US POLICY TOWARDS UKRAINE [IN FAVOR OF UKRAINE]? WOULD UKRAINE OWN AND CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE? Q

>>16564302 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Tweet: It was a great pleasure for Elizabeth & I to host dinner for Ambassador Caroline Kennedy ahead of her posting as (United States) Ambassador to Australia. We wish her all the best & know she will make an outstanding contribution to our ever stronger bilateral relationship

>>16579939 Anthony Albanese not to blame for subs rift, Emmanuel Macron says, as leaders reset ties

>>16579953 Former prime minister Kevin Rudd to help investigate ways to deter future aggression against Ukraine - Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine

>>16579980 Andriy Yermak and Anders Fogh Rasmussen held the first meeting of the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine - PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website - 1 July 2022

#23 - Part 9

Australian Politics and Society - Part 9

>>16580124 Thousands across Australia demonstrate in solidarity with US after abortion access ruling

>>16580227 Australia and the United States: an Allied Defense Experience to Recognize this 4th of July

>>16580287 Video: Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22: Darrandarra - U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 and Australian Army soldiers participate in exercise Darrandarra at Mount Bundey Training Area and the Tiwi Islands, NT, Australia, during June, 2022

>>16580333 Rocky’s US ‘invasion’ - More than 70,000 American military personnel assigned to several US Army divisions and their numerous support units would call the Rockhampton region their temporary home from 1942 to 1944 as they trained, left for battle, and then returned to Rockhampton to recuperate and refit

>>16580345 Independence Day service to be held this Sunday at St Christopher’s Chapel - a small, rustic chapel located in Nerimbera, Queensland, built by the visiting US Army in 1943 to provide respite to recuperating soldiers with a place of solace, reflection, and worship

>>16586799 Victorian Labor MP and former minister Jane Garrett dies from cancer, aged 49

>>16587000 ABC News Tweet: #ANALYSIS: The Census has a message: God is dead. But what comes next?

>>16587007 The census shows Australians are becoming less religious but why have we chosen to live without God? - Stan Grant - abc.net.au

>>16587030 Q Post #4429 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. … Have faith in Humanity. Have faith in Yourself. Have faith in God. The Great Awakening. Q

>>16587030 PDF: Archbishop Carlo Viganò - Open Letter President Donald Trump - June 7, 2020 - "In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness…"

>>16594041 Three quarters of US doesn’t want Joe Biden to stand for re-election in 2024

>>16594051 Anthony Albanese visits war-torn towns of Ukraine, surveying bombed airport and buildings

>>16594069 Video: Inside Anthony Albanese’s top secret visit to Ukraine - 9 News Australia

>>16594078 Video: Anthony Albanese visits Ukraine, pledging $100m in military aid - ABC News (Australia)

>>16594208 Foreign Minister Penny Wong to tell International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi Australia still against nuclear weapons despite AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines deal

>>16594377 Marine Rotational Force - Darwin Facebook Post: MRF-D gets to celebrate our nation’s birthday early here in Darwin. It is important to remember our freedom is not possible without our allies and partners around the world, so today we want to highlight some of the many Americans and Australians who served alongside each other over the years. For over a century, Americans and Australians defended liberty on one another’s flanks, and we look forward to doing so for years to come.

>>16595698 AUSTRALIA’S HIGHEST RANKING SATANIST VISITS UKRAINE - "…Albanese like ALL his predecessors are good Freemason, SRA practising Satanists."

#23 - Part 10

Cardinal George Pell and Vatican Financial Scandal Allegations

>>16580173 Vatican Cardinals Laud US Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision - Cardinals Burke, Pell, Kasper, Müller and Czerny welcome last week’s landmark decision and discuss its implications

#23 - Part 11

Malka Leifer Extradition and Prosecution

>>16384807 Israeli legislator Yaakov Litzman leaves Knesset after assisting accused Australian pedophile - Ultra-Orthodox former minister indicted for breach of trust and obstruction of justice in Leifer affair when he offered promotions to psychiatrists in exchange for their evaluation that she is unfit to stand trial

>>16424977 Haredi Lawmaker Convicted Under Plea Deal Over Malka Leifer Affair - Former Health Minister Yaakov Litzman pleaded guilty to breach of trust in the sex abuse case of Malka Leifer, but is expected to remain politically active

#23 - Part 12

Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry and Ben Roberts-Smith Defamation Trial

>>16349807 Missing witness and a change of government: the latest delays in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case - Trial held up due to Covid and fall of Kabul now waits for evidence release by new attorney general and reappearance of Person 27

>>16366989 SAS soldier recalled after puzzling evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith case - A witness codenamed Person 27 being recalled to testify in closed court

>>16379348 Senior SAS officer backs Ben Roberts-Smith on a key piece of evidence

>>16384791 Ex-soldier ‘couldn’t say’ whether Roberts-Smith was complicit in murders, court told

>>16403584 Inside SAS raid at centre of Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial: photos - Never-before-seen photos of the moments after a bomb fell on a Taliban compound and a soldier allegedly pilfered a leg from a dead insurgent can now be revealed

>>16434662 Redacted reports, letters to The Hague: secretive investigations coinciding with BRS’ defamation lawsuit - With all eyes on Roberts-Smith’s defamation case, it’s easy to forget a team of war crime investigators are picking through allegations against the SAS and writing letters to The Hague with criminal prosecutions in mind

>>16543835 Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide hears of problems in Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) - Former chair Leonard Roberts-Smith (father of Ben Roberts-Smith) gave his frank assessment of the body as he gave evidence

>>16543859 If we fail to prosecute war crimes, the law is a ‘dead letter,’ says inquiry judge NSW Court of Appeal Justice Paul Brereton -

>>16586834 Give time for ‘shameful episode’ to be investigated - A probe into alleged war crimes by Australian troops in Afghanistan must be given time to run its course, Defence Minister Richard Marles says

#23 - Part 13

Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition - Part 1

>>16349835 Julian Assange's family says federal election result brings renewed hope for WikiLeaks founder's release and return to Australia

>>16379305 Pressure on Anthony Albanese to stick to his word on Julian Assange

>>16384784 Labor backbenchers urge Albanese to ‘stay true to his values’ on Julian Assange trial

>>16395713 Spanish Court Demands Pompeo Testify on Apparent Plot to Kill Assange - Donald Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered to appear in a Spanish court to explain a possible U.S. government plot to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

>>16413438 Julian Assange's wife Stella Moris reveals how they raise children together while he is in jail waiting an extradition decision - Stella Moris - abc.net.au

>>16460849 UK orders extradition of Julian Assange to United States - Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States to face spying charges over the WikiLeaks publication of classified documents more than a decade ago

>>16465020 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Good on UK Home Secretary @pritipatel for approving extradition of indicted hacker Julian Assange, whose goal was always to imperil American security through his non-state hostile “intelligence” service. One step closer to protecting the young men and women who protect America.

>>16466287 ‘Assassination bid’ part of Assange appeal - Claims made in a media report of CIA plans to assassinate Julian Assange will feature in an appeal against his extradition to the US, his brother says.

>>16466361 Andrew Wilkie urges government to intervene after UK approves Julian Assange's extradition - Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has called for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to lobby the leaders of the US and the UK to stop the extradition of Julian Assange.

>>16466361 Statement: Senator Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs - UK decision to extradite Julian Assange

>>16466417 Video: Julian Assange's wife, Stella Assange, appeals to Anthony Albanese over extradition - SBS News

>>16466464 Video: FPA Press Conference: Priti Patel discloses decision for Assange's extradition - Join Stella Moris & Tim Dawson live at the Free Press Association press conference - Dont Extradite Assange Campaign

>>16466517 ‘Crushed’ Julian Assange on medication after stroke - Gabriel Shipton reveals his brother has lingering effects of a mini-stroke suffered during the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition fight, as the family finds hope in US congress

>>16471693 Australia won’t conduct ‘megaphone diplomacy’ on Julian Assange amid calls to intervene - Labor government urged to do more to stop Australian WikiLeaks co-founder’s extradition to US from UK

>>16471705 'Resolve this with appropriate urgency': New independent ACT Senator David Pocock steps into Julian Assange case

>>16471718 Federal government lobbying US counterparts behind the scenes to secure the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

>>16476606 ‘Strong action’ needed to free Julian Assange: Independent MP Andrew Wilkie - Anthony Albanese has been urged to take “strong action” rather than “whispers and secret handshakes” to free Julian Assange

>>16476675 OPINION - If Albanese asks for Assange’s freedom, Biden has every reason to agree - Bob Carr, longest-serving premier of NSW and former foreign minister of Australia - smh.com.au

>>16476698 (2019) Fairweather foe: Bob Carr changes tack on Assange - Bob Carr now lauds Julian Assange for "delivering on our right to know". But when he could do something about Assange's treatment, he had a very different view - Bernard Kean - crikey.com.au

>>16476757 (2013) Bob Carr: Washington's man in Australia - Bob Carr may have been Foreign Affairs Minister for only 12 months, but he started talking to United States diplomats about internal Labor politics nearly 40 years ago - Philip Dorling - theage.com.au

#23 - Part 14

Julian Assange Indictment and Extradition - Part 2

>>16480350 Australian PM Refuses to Publicly Intervene in Julian Assange’s Extradition to the US

>>16482064 Julian Assange's brother, Gabriel Shipton, urges Anthony Albanese to publicly condemn US extradition

>>16482074 Video: Julian Assange's brother urges Anthony Albanese to publicly condemn US extradition | 7.30 - ABC News (Australia)

>>16482092 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on June 20, 2022

>>16487945 Government right to avoid megaphone diplomacy on Assange, Australia’s former United States ambassador Joe Hockey says

>>16487968 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his country would 'open its doors to Julian Assange' - Mexico's President says he will ask US President Joe Biden to address WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's case when the two men meet in July

>>16487997 Assange critic says detained WikiLeaks founder isn’t Albanese government’s ‘only priority’ - Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove, a prominent Australian critic of Julian Assange has issued a fresh warning about the detained WikiLeaks founder

>>16493320 Outcry for Assange oddly absent for those held by China, Australian journalist Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun - Justin Bassi, Executive Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute - theaustralian.com.au

>>16513602 Video: Albanese should be 'picking up the phone' to get Julian Assange home: Academic Dr Kylie Moore Gilbert, who was held in an Iranian prison for 804 days - Sky News Australia

>>16563871 Anthony Albanese tells NATO leaders his government is “not afraid to stand up” against threats to peace and freedom, whether in Europe or the Indo-Pacific, as the military alliance upgrades its 10-year strategic framework to include the challenge posed by China

>>16580007 Julian Assange submits High Court appeal to fight extradition

>>16580030 Video: The CIA Plot to Kill My Husband Julian Assange | Stella Assange - Julian Assange’s wife on the CIA plot to kill her husband for exposing war crimes & fight to save his life - Double Down News

>>16580052 Stella Assange Tweet: Video: "Have you allowed yourself to think what happens next should you be successful at some point?" #FreeAssangeNOW #Assange

>>16580052 >Can you see clearly? >What do you notice?

>>16586778 Hundreds of people gather in Melbourne’s CBD to mark the birthday of Julian Assange

#23 - Part 15

Australia / China Tensions - Part 1

>>16343646 Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones

>>16343649 The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps - John Sudworth, May 2022 - bbc.co.uk

>>16343649 The Xinjiang Police Files - Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China’s Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders’ direct involvement in the mass internment campaign

>>16343649 PDF: The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

>>16343656 Video: Leaked "Xinjiang Police Files" reveal signs of distress among Uyghurs - ABC News (Australia)

>>16343661 Xi Jinping defends China’s human rights record to visiting UN commissioner - Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang

>>16343917 Video: Penny Wong visits Fiji, saying Australia neglected Pacific on climate change, as China's Wang Yi visits Solomon Islands

>>16343938 Deals sought as China casts Pacific net - Beijing is seeking a deal with 10 Pacific countries offering policing, security, cyber support and a new China-Pacific free-trade agreement, dramatically escalating Xi Jinping’s grab for regional influence

>>16343959 China to provide South Pacific countries ‘what US, Australia failed to offer’ - Yang Sheng and Liu Caiyu - globaltimes.cn

>>16343976 GT Voice: To break ice in China trade, the ball is in Australia's court - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16344026 China seeks region-wide Pacific Islands agreement, Federated States of Micronesia decry draft as threatening 'regional stability'

>>16349873 Video: Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned Pacific leaders a region-wide security and trade deal with Beijing could sacrifice their independence, lead to unsustainable debt levels and endanger the region

>>16349907 China eyes next Pacific target, says opposition ‘doomed to fail’ - China says attempts by the United States and Australia to sabotage its security plans for the Pacific are doomed to fail, as Beijing’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Kiribati to forge ahead with plans for Chinese-built infrastructure in the island nation

>>16349922 Video: Chinese foreign minister starts Pacific tour, offering security and free trade pacts - South China Morning Post

>>16350025 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare Meets with Wang Yi - 2022-05-27

>>16350041 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Wang Yi Expounds on Three Principles of China-Solomon Islands Security Cooperation - 2022-05-26

>>16350107 China-Australia relations: ex-Australian PM Kevin Rudd tells West to offer alternatives to Pacific islands, not ‘lectures’ about their ties with Beijing

>>16350130 Australian scholars call for improvement of China-Australia relationship - Xinhua - english.news.cn

>>16350134 David Goodman and others – An Open letter to the New Government on relations with China - Pearls and Irritations, johnmenadue.com

>>16356414 Video: China to consider funding new police training centre in Solomon Islands, will also help Samoa build a fingerprint lab to go with the construction of an already announced new police academy

#23 - Part 16

Australia / China Tensions - Part 2

>>16356449 China inks deal on economic technologies with Samoa during FM’s trip, welcomes partnership with Australia, NZ to help PICs - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16356468 China’s FM visits the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake.

>>16356495 Wang’s visit to Kiribati shows devt opportunities, injects firmness to one-China principle - Zhang Hui and Hu Yuwei - globaltimes.cn

>>16356551 New Australian foreign minister Penny Wong’s rhetoric of leaving regional security to Pacific region shows hypocrisy, double standard - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16356601 Why China’s Pacific sweet talk will fail - Beijing’s plan to corral ten Pacific Island countries into an exclusive grouping is a daring attempt to take control of the region - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au

>>16361632 Embassy of The People's Republic of China in The Republic of Fiji - Statement by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Fiji on the China-Pacific Island Countries Cooperation

>>16361649 More than 100 Australian Defence Force personnel will travel to Papua New Guinea in coming months to help the country conduct its national election, combat cyber threats and conduct joint exercises amid a growing tussle for influence between Australia and China in the region

>>16366827 We’re turning to China because you neglect us, says East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta

>>16366850 Fijian vow to hold the line on China influence - China’s aggressive bid to exert power in the South Pacific will meet strong resistance if Fiji’s former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka returns to office this year, with the two-time coup leader vowing to side with Australia as Beijing steps up its battle for dominance in the region

>>16366881 China, Pacific islands unable to reach consensus on security pact - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the Pacific region not to be "too anxious" about his country's aims after a meeting in Fiji with his counterparts from 10 island nations was unable to agree to a sweeping trade and security communique

>>16366904 China shelves plan to sign a regional agreement with Pacific island nations - Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will instead release a position paper following a meeting with Pacific foreign ministers in Fiji on Monday

>>16372869 ‘I won’t back down on Beijing’ - Peter Dutton says he won’t back away from his pre-election warnings about the dangers posed by China, declaring the country under President Xi Jinping’s leadership “is the biggest issue our country will face in our lifetimes”

>>16372884 China tries to calm Pacific fears after security snub - Pacific Islands leaders have rebuffed Beijing’s sweeping security and trade pact while calling on China – the world’s biggest polluter – to do more to address its “greatest threat”: climate change

>>16372900 Timing of Wang Yi visit to PNG ‘inappropriate’, say Former PNG prime minister Peter O’Neill and Opposition Leader Belden Namah - Two of Papua New Guinea’s most senior politicians have blasted the timing of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the country during its national election period, and warned Prime Minister James Marape not to sign any agreements while parliament was dissolved

>>16372930 Fiji’s ‘Rambo’ will take the fight to Xi Jinping - China’s aggressive bid for influence in the Pacific will depend in part on the outcome of an epic struggle for power between Fiji’s rival strongmen: Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Rabuka, instigator of two military coups in 1987, and later democratically elected as prime minister from 1992 to 1999

>>16372962 China, Pacific Island nations expand cooperation at second FMs’ meeting covering poverty alleviation, climate change and agriculture - China respects local countries in signing cooperation, but could be sabotaged by few politicians used as US pawns - Zhang Hui, Liu Caiyu and Shan Jie - globaltimes.cn

>>16372987 China's foreign minister visits Tonga after Pacific islands delay regional pact

>>16373021 China, Tonga are examples of ‘building a community with shared future’, long-term Chinese investments dwarf US, Australia - Long-term Chinese investments dwarf US, Australia - Li Xuanmin - globaltimes.cn

>>16373148 Crown Resorts hit with $80m fine by Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission over use of China Union Pay cards to illegally transfer funds from China

>>16373172 Star Entertainment Group is not suitable to hold a casino licence, say lawyers for NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority inquiry following allegations of money laundering, links to organised crime and fraud at the Pyrmont casino

#23 - Part 17

Australia / China Tensions - Part 3

>>16379259 China wanted a swift diplomatic victory in the Pacific. But the region's leaders won't be rushed

>>16379269 US, Western media deliberately blind to China-Pacific Islands cooperation - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16379287 GT Voice: Western media in no position to judge FM’s South Pacific trip - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16379294 China warns Anthony Albanese not to repeat the “mistakes” of his predecessor Scott Morrison, saying it will come “at the cost of the whole region”

>>16379302 Chance for Canberra to recalibrate stance - Li Yang - chinadaily.com.cn

>>16384621 Penny Wong announces eight-year partnership with Samoa, donation of new patrol boat

>>16384628 Tonga discusses debt with China, Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong to visit

>>16384647 China threatens to put NZ in freezer with Australia - Beijing has threatened New Zealand’s trade access to its huge market and denounced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for joining an American “disinformation” campaign to “discredit China

>>16384666 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on June 1, 2022

>>16384690 NZ shakes off China attack over US talks - New Zealand leaders have shrugged off a missive from China in the wake of a joint US-New Zealand statement on engagement in the Pacific

>>16384706 Video: Cheng Lei's partner Nick Coyle breaks his silence about her detention in China, says authorities have cut her access to consular officials and tightened her food supply in jail - abc.net.au

>>16384713 Video: 'Totally unacceptable': Cheng Lei's partner speaks out for first time - Sky News Australia

>>16384728 Ongoing detention of Australian citizens Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun “should not be a problem” affecting the overall state of bilateral ties between Canberra and Beijing, China’s top envoy to Australia, Xiao Qian says

>>16384745 ‘Political relationship’ needs to mend before China drops trade bans: China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian

>>16390422 Papua New Guinea PM warns opposition not to 'play politics' with China visit

>>16390437 Beijing targets East Timor, four deals set to be signed - East Timor will sign agreements with Beijing covering air services, healthcare, economic and technical cooperation, ending Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of the region with a swag of new deals

>>16390450 Northern Territory primary school quietly terminates Chinese-funded Confucius Institute language and culture program, but teachers from the Confucius Institute continue to teach in classrooms across Darwin

>>16390500 Dear academics: we didn’t walk away from China - Those in this country who still have the strange idea that we are the ones who have caused the problem in relations with Beijing should pull their heads in - Paul Monk - theaustralian.com.au

>>16390536 Heinous one-man electoral chaos a wake-up call for police - Cheng Fan was running Australia’s largest electoral interference operation from a small room of his brick home in Blacktown, NSW - sent 23 million toxic, racist and homophobic emails, trying to distort the outcome of elections in three federal seats

>>16395527 Video: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says resetting China–Australia relations requires 'concrete action'

#23 - Part 18

Australia / China Tensions - Part 4

>>16395534 Wang Yi proposes 3 points for developing ties with S.Pacific countries, urges Australia to stop viewing China as an adversary - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16395548 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Wang Yi: To improve China-Australia relations, there is no “auto-pilot” mode, and a reset requires concrete actions

>>16395571 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi: to improve China-#Australia relations, there is no “auto-pilot” mode. A reset requires concrete actions. This meets the aspirations of people in both countries and the trend of our time.

>>16395586 Video: President Jose Ramos-Horta says East Timor will not sign a security deal with Beijing - East Timor will sign agreements with Beijing involving air services, healthcare, economic and technical cooperation but it will not sign a security pact

>>16395807 Video: Archive: Chinese troops fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square - 4 June 1989 - BBC News

>>16395812 Video: Tiananmen Square Protests 1989: Chinese Soldiers Open Fire on Civilians

>>16395827 Video: Man vs. tank in Tiananmen square (1989) - CNN

>>16395827 Tiananmen Square Massacre - The story behind the iconic 'Tank Man' photo - cnn.com

>>16395846 Video: How NBC Covered Tiananmen Square In 1989 - NBC News

>>16395851 Video: Tiananmen Square: Watch The 1989 Report On The Crackdown - Sky News

>>16395860 Video: Diplomatic cable reveals what Bob Hawke thought he knew about Tiananmen massacre - ABC News (Australia)

>>16399453 ‘Escalation of overt aggression’: Chinese fighter jet fired flares at Australian RAAF plane

>>16399485 Federal government says it will not be deterred by Chinese 'intimidation' tactics in South China Sea

>>16399485 Australian Government Department of Defence - Chinese interception of P-8A Poseidon on 26 May 2022

>>16399510 Wang Yi meets Timor-Leste President on last day of Pacific Island countries visit - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16399530 Anthony Albanese talks with Timor-Leste leadership as he flies to Indonesia for official visit - PM flags push for deeper ties with neighbours while ‘recognising the challenges’ of China’s involvement in region

>>16399572 Mike Pompeo Tweet: 33 years ago, the Chinese Communist Party massacred civilians at Tiananmen Square and crushed any hope for a freer society inside China. Today we mourn those who were killed, and we honor their memory by bringing to light the CCP’s crimes in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and beyond.

>>16403469 Video: Anthony Albanese protests China’s fighter plane intercept - Anthony Albanese said the “dangerous manoeuvre” threatened the P-8 aircraft and the lives of its crew, and his government had formally expressed its “concerns” to Beijing

>>16403478 Chinese fighter’s action is full of hypocrisy - A Chinese J-16 fighter’s interception of an Australian surveillance plane was aggressive, gratuitous and illegal - Greg Sheridan - theaustralian.com.au

>>16403484 China lashes out at Australia over ‘dangerous’ fighter jet claim - Beijing has lashed out at claims of a dangerous interaction between a Chinese jet and RAAF plane, accusing Australia of omitting “crucial details”

#23 - Part 19

Australia / China Tensions - Part 5

>>16403494 Hyping PLA’s ‘dangerous intercept,’ who is Australia performing to again? Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16403499 PLA aircraft deal with Canadian, Australian provocative close-in recon in East and South China Seas - Western countries ‘complain first while being the ones who are guilty in the first place’ - Guo Yuandan, Liu Xuanzun and Hu Jinyang - globaltimes.cn

>>16403509 Australia’s military provocations on China, accusations of PLA’s legitimate countermeasures reflect own anxiety - Liu Xuanzun - globaltimes.cn

>>16403524 Inside Andrews Government’s weekly meetings with China - The Andrews Government asked for Beijing’s input on PPE supplies and Victoria’s aged care system, sparking accusations of “sneaky deals”

>>16408416 China warns Australia to stop 'dangerous' actions over the South China Sea after RAAF interception

>>16408431 Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China - Chinese defense spokesperson, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, responds to Australia's hype of China-Australia military aircraft encounter

>>16408480 Video: Man who struck police horse and threw traffic bollard at officer during Melbourne lockdown protests pleads guilty

>>16413268 Port of Darwin lease to be reviewed: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed a review of the lease of the Port of Darwin will be undertaken, raising fresh questions over the future of the 99-year lease by Chinese-owned company Landbridge

>>16418546 China’s military aggression is risking disaster - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au

>>16418573 Police probe into Chinese money laundering syndicate headquartered in Australia - Australian law enforcement agencies, in partnership with officials from the United States and Canada, have also compiled intelligence that suggests Chinese companies and brokers are supplying the vast majority of precursor chemicals used to make illicit drugs on the Australian market

>>16418585 China-Solomon Islands security deal could lead to a 'difficult' situation for Australian troops in Honiara, says James Batley, former Australian high commissioner to the Solomon Islands

>>16418588 Video: The Solomon Islands, China and their ambitions for the Pacific - ABC News (Australia)

>>16424915 The illegal transfer of nuclear weapons materials involved in AUKUS cannot be denied: Chinese envoy - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16424947 Trade Minister Don Farrell’s bid to end China row - Trade Minister Don Farrell will issue an invitation to meet with his Chinese counterpart to try to break the damaging two-year trade war against Australian ­exporters, amid heightened geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Canberra

>>16430029 Australian defence minister warns China risks sparking arms race - Richard Marles outlines vision of economic cooperation and military deterrence but warns lack of transparency can upset balance

>>16430047 Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles castigates China for its military build-up in the South China Sea in his first major speech on the global stage, accusing Beijing of readying to challenge by force the sovereignty of neighbouring countries

>>16430064 China's 'dangerous' behaviour towards RAAF planes should 'worry us all', United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says

>>16430076 China slams theory coronavirus originated from Chinese lab leak - China has slammed the controversial ‘lab leak’ theory as the World Health Organisation calls for a deeper probe into the pandemic’s origin

>>16430086 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on June 10, 2022

>>16430130 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: Ties between the Australian and Chinese people are very strong, which is good for the improvement of the two countries' relationship, former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby has said.

#23 - Part 20

Australia / China Tensions - Part 5

>>16430199 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Ambassador Xiao Qian meets with Premier of Western Australia McGowan, 2022-06-11

>>16430199 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Ambassador Xiao Qian Meets with Bishop, Chancellor and Former Foreign Minister of ANU, 2022-06-11

>>16434639 Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles meets with China's Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe in diplomatic breakthrough

>>16434646 Australia's Defence Minister meets Chinese counterpart, marking the end of a two-year diplomatic freeze

>>16439000 Richard Marles and Wei Fenghe take first step to Beijing thaw - Beijing has ended its diplomatic deep-freeze of Australia after a breakthrough meeting in Singapore between Richard Marles and his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe

>>16439068 Barnaby Joyce urges caution after Richard Marles breaks silence with Beijing - “They are a threat if they want to set up military bases near us and put lasers on to our Royal Australian Air Force patrols”

>>16439082 Video: China Australia relations on the mend after new meeting - 7NEWS Australia

>>16439598 AUKUS settlement reveals Australia being unrealistic about China ties - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16439627 Australia urged to show real actions to reset China ties amid confusing messages at key security meeting - Deng Xiaoci and Wan Hengyi

>>16439658 China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, says relations between the two countries are at a “new juncture” with the election of a new Australian government and the first minister-to-minister talks in more than two years

>>16439658 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Review the Past, Look into the Future, Open a New Chapter for China-Australia Relationship — Speech at the National Conference of Australia China Friendship Society by Ambassador XIAO Qian, 2022-06-11

>>16443924 Marles vows to continue flying over the South China Sea and the disputed Paracel Islands, increase military exercises with Japan

>>16443944 Australia-China relations: Albanese says Beijing must lift sanctions on exports to reset ties

>>16443970 Chinese FM confirms receiving of appreciation letter from Aussie Prime Minister - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16443970 Transcript - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on June 13, 2022

>>16444020 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: Chinese FM spokesperson: It is hoped that the Australian side can look at China and China-Australia relations in a sensible and positive way, work with China in the same direction in the spirit of mutual respect and seek common ground while putting aside differences.

>>16444036 Albanese government needs to open up new path, resetting relations with China - Wen Sheng -

>>16444065 We needed China deal to protect ‘domestic security’, says key Solomon Islands official Collin Beck, permanent secretary of foreign affairs

>>16446109 Former Sydney councillors received 'bags of cash' in bribes from Chinese developer, ICAC told - Georges River councillors Vincenzo Badalati and Constantine Hindi

>>16449726 Penny Wong to visit New Zealand, Solomon Islands amid concern over climate change, China security pact

#23 - Part 21

Australia / China Tensions - Part 6

>>16449737 GT Voice: What’s the right way for Australia to warm up trade with China? - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16455152 Labor must cancel Darwin port lease as part of China strategy - Peter Jennings - theaustralian.com.au

>>16455215 Nick Coyle, executive director of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce and partner of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei, has urged the Labor government to put her case at the centre of diplomatic negotiations with China

>>16461204 Solomon Islands seeks to reassure Australia on China security deal, Penny Wong announces delivery of approximately 200,000 paediatric COVID-19 vaccines

>>16461220 Aussie FM's frequent visit to S.Pacific nations 'charm offensive' to exclude China from region - Zhao Yusha - globaltimes.cn

>>16461243 Difficulties can be overcome by Canada, Australia to ease China ties: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16461309 Exclusive: Peak body of Aussie elite universities urges Canberra to refresh China policy, offer more incentives to attract Chinese students - Vicki Thomson, chief executive of the Group of Eight (Go8), which represents elite Australian universities, expressed her strong wish to boost connections with China in an exclusive interview with the Global Times - Xu Keyue and Zhang Changyue - globaltimes.cn

>>16461315 Australia China Business Council - Speech: Recover, Refresh Connect - Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, Group of Eight - Australia-China Education Symposium, Dockside Darling Harbour, 10 June 2022

>>16466717 New info on AUKUS sub deal ‘shortly’: US National Security Council’s Kurt Campbell - Campbell, the NSC's coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, said the US will launch a new effort next week to help the Pacific islands, including initiatives to build new embassies

>>16466738 US, Australia’s recent moves in South Pacific eye new small clique to contain China - Leng Shumei - globaltimes.cn

>>16466768 The Five Eyes are now fixed on China again - Xin Ping - globaltimes.cn

>>16466818 Maoist China under Xi can never be our friend - "Geopolitically, economically and in terms of immigration and multiculturalism, China is the biggest challenge we face as a country. The biggest mistake we keep being invited to make is to think that China is well governed and just another country. It is vital that there be a deeper and more serious understanding of how it is actually governed…Abolishing the rule of law…Erasing events from history and public memory…Brutal executions…Its routine behaviour towards its own people is ruthless…This is the regime in Beijing that has imposed extraordinary economic sanctions on Australia and is seeking to extend its influence and military presence across the South Pacific. This is the regime that its Australian friends urge us to mollify, in the interests of better relations, claiming that the recent deterioration in those relations has been the consequence of tactless rhetoric by the Coalition government. This is not a regime which any of us should want to see flourish, or expand its influence." - Paul Monk - theaustralian.com.au

>>16466903 Q Post #4021 - https://twitter.com/johnrobertsFox/status/1255972553950220288 - Think SIGINT - Think CIA - Think Double agents - China thought they eliminated all in-country assets. - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html - Some things are better left untold [cov]. Public truths of some events force wars. WWIII prevent.

>>16466903 Q Post #4813 - What if our MIL remained financially starved? What if [F]oreign backers continued to control America's policies? What if our borders remained open? What if China was given the keys?

>>16466903 Q Post #4821 - WHAT HAPPENS IF BIDEN BECAME POTUS KNOWING HE [THROUGH HUNTER + 2] TOOK MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BRIBES TO CHANGE [LOOK THE OTHER WAY] US POLICY TOWARDS CHINA [IN FAVOR OF CHINA]? WOULD CHINA OWN AND CONTROL THE WHITE HOUSE?

>>16471636 Beijing’s third aircraft carrier sets out to rule the waves - China has launched the "Fujian", its third and most advanced aircraft carrier as it aims to rival the US Navy as the dominant power on the seas

>>16471670 Exclusive: Five Eyes alliance fabricating evidence, building rumors of China infiltration: source - GT Staff reporters - globaltimes.cn

>>16476776 Vanuatu joins China’s islands cheer squad against foreign ‘interference’ over human rights

>>16476813 Five Eyes ‘dim-sighted’ when hyping ‘China infiltration’: Global Times editorial - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16487812 Foreign Ministry demands explanation following report of Five Eyes building China infiltration rumors - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16487815 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on June 21, 2022

#23 - Part 22

Australia / China Tensions - Part 7

>>16487877 Increase in number of Chinese students depends on Australia - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

>>16487877 Australian Universities Alliance calls on Chinese students to return to school as soon as possible, sparking controversy over economic interests and inherent values - Gao Feng - voachinese.com

>>16487890 Russian victory over Ukraine would embolden China: Ukrainian ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko

>>16493320 Outcry for Assange oddly absent for those held by China, Australian journalist Cheng Lei and Dr Yang Hengjun - Justin Bassi, Executive Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute - theaustralian.com.au

>>16493345 China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin says Beijing has a "consistent and clear" position on relations with Canberra as he again addressed the issue of tariffs amid calls for trade sanctions to be lifted

>>16493348 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on June 22, 2022

>>16493363 Labor national secretary Paul Erickson meets China’s top diplomat, Xiao Qian

>>16493387 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Ambassador Xiao Qian meets with former Australian Foreign Minister Carr, 2022-06-23

>>16493387 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Ambassador Xiao Qian meets with former Australian Prime Minister Howard, 2022-06-23

>>16493422 Chinese Consulate General in Sydney Tweet: Video: China-made world's largest container ship delivered (Evergreen "Ever Alot")

>>16499508 China envoy Xiao Qian offers hope for better relations with Australia - Xiao’s speech and question-and-answer session at the University of Technology Sydney was regularly interrupted by anti-Chinese Communist Party protesters chanting “free Tibet” and “free Hong Kong”, while accusing the regime of genocide against Uighurs in the Xinjiang region

>>16499508 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Promote Healthy and Stable Development of China-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the Spirit of Mutual Respect and Mutual Benefit - Ambassador XIAO Qian - 2022-06-24

>>16499671 We can ‘get relationship back on track’: China ambassador Xiao Qian says he remains “optimistic”, despite being repeatedly interrupted by protesters during his first public speech

>>16499706 Protesters interrupt Chinese ambassador’s event in Sydney - Well-known anti-Chinese Communist Party activist Drew Pavlou was among the protesters to be removed from the event by security guards

>>16499719 Video: Chinese ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian interrupted by protesters during speech - Guardian Australia

>>16499743 Video: Chinese ambassador claims address protest is not an 'expression of free speech' - Sky News Australia

>>16499791 IN FULL: Protesters interrupt Chinese Ambassador's address on relations with Australia - ABC News (Australia)

>>16499826 Chinese Ambassador says trade tariffs were in response to Morrison's 'nonsense' calls for inquiry into coronavirus origins - China's ambassador to Australia has blamed former prime minister Scott Morrison's call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 as the reasoning behind the strict trade sanctions currently imposed

>>16499876 Mike Pompeo Tweet: Video: Make no mistake, the Chinese Communist Party has been at war with the American economy for decades. The Biden Administration needs to wake up to this threat, not lift the tariffs we placed on China in the Trump Administration.

>>16499926 Marles’ rhetoric driving a wedge between China and India disgraceful - Global Times - globaltimes.cn

#23 - Part 23

Australia / China Tensions - Part 8

>>16499961 U.S. vows more high-level engagement with Pacific islands amid China push - White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell expects more high-level U.S. officials to visit Pacific island countries as Washington steps up its engagement to counter China in the strategically important region

>>16500004 Anthony Albanese to push unity on China at Pacific Islands Forum - Anthony Albanese will urge regional leaders at the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum to stand together and guard against coercion and threats to their sovereignty

>>16513637 Senator Penny Wong Tweet: Our thoughts are with Cheng Lei - especially today on her birthday. Our hearts go out to her children, whose birthday messages will be passed on during a consular visit to her next Wednesday.

>>16513727 Drew Pavlou Tweet: Video: This CCP supporter attacked me and destroyed my “Free Tibet, Free Uyghurs” sign at the Chinese Ambassador’s speech today

>>16513777 Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Tweet: Great to join @NZAmbassadorUS, Ambassador @CarolineKennedy, & representatives of the Pacific island nations tonight to strengthen our long-standing alliance & work together to advance peace & prosperity in the Pacific region & beyond.

>>16513860 China reopens visas for Australians, but those with a past COVID-19 infection will have to take six PCR tests

>>16525179 Beijing’s olive branch to Australia for 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties - China’s ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian says Beijing wants to restart the relationship with Australia by the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries in December

>>16525209 Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges recognition of Taiwan - Indo-Pacific alliances need reinforcement to prevent Chinese occupation of Taiwan, which would threaten Japan, Hawaii and Australia, Pompeo says

>>16534625 China pushes for Pacific foreign ministers meeting at same time Pacific Islands Forum meets

>>16534644 ‘Completely out of order’: ABC requests interviewee Dr Malcolm Davis, senior analyst at think tank ASPI, not to make ‘anti-China’ comments

>>16534696 Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia - Ambassador Xiao Qian visited the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2022-06-24

>>16543873 Australia commits to Pacific islands defence training as China plans for a rival meeting to next month's Pacific Islands Forum

>>16563871 Anthony Albanese tells NATO leaders his government is “not afraid to stand up” against threats to peace and freedom, whether in Europe or the Indo-Pacific, as the military alliance upgrades its 10-year strategic framework to include the challenge posed by China

>>16563906 Video: NATO has for the first time declared China as a security threat, warning its ambitions and coercive behaviour “challenge our interests, security and values”

>>16563927 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on June 29, 2022

>>16563962 Chinese media blasts ‘ignorant’ Anthony Albanese, claims Australian PM is being ‘misled by NATO’ and that hopes for bettering relations were “diminishing by the day”

>>16563982 Albanese must not be misled by alliance: China Daily editorial - chinadaily.com.cn

>>16564054 Australia part of Asia, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says on visit to Malaysian birthplace

>>16572753 Beijing issues stark warning to Australia over South China Sea - “Those who come uninvited shall bear the consequences” - Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for China’s Ministry of National Defence

>>16572765 Chinese military spokesperson responds to provocations of Australian, Canadian military aircraft - Xinhua - chinadaily.com.cn

#23 - Part 24

Australia / China Tensions - Part 9

>>16573173 Ugly scenes at Australia vs China FIBA World Cup qualifier in Melbourne as Chinese “nationalists” clashed with Hong Kong human rights protesters

>>16573186 Drew Pavlou Tweet: Video: Chinese ultra-nationalists violently assault Hong Kong human rights protestors at the China vs Australia basketball match

>>16573186 Drew Pavlou Tweet: Video: Watch this to see how ugly Chinese ethno nationalism can get. We held a small protest today outside the Australia vs China match. I yelled “Free the Uyghurs, One million Uyghurs in concentration camps,” Chinese ultranationalists yelled “shut the fuck up” and “fuck your mother”

>>16580210 China, Solomon Islands see security cooperation progress - Shan Jie and Zhao Juecheng - globaltimes.cn

>>16586849 Coalition concedes China does appear to be aiming to establish a military base in Solomon Islands, a change of tack from former prime minister Scott Morrison’s insistence no such thing would happen

>>16586884 Enter the naval dragon: China can already control most of our region - NATO’s game-changing commitment to boost high-readiness forces will transform the European balance of power. The opposite is occurring here - Alan Dupont - theaustralian.com.au

>>16594111 Australian ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher, had a meeting with Chinese vice foreign minister Xie Feng on June 30, according to a one-sentence statement on China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website

>>16594111 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China - Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng Meets with Australian Ambassador to China Graham Hugh Fletcher, 2022-07-04 - On June 30, 2022, Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng met with Australian Ambassador to China Graham Hugh Fletcher at the latter's request. Both sides exchanged in-depth views of China-Australia relations

>>16594133 Di Sanh Duong, Chinese community leader accused of using a $37,000 hospital donation to gain influence over the Australian government says he was only trying to "reduce anti-Chinese sentiment"

>>16594153 China's influence hard to ignore in Solomon Islands' capital Honiara, as Australia warned it could be 'left behind'

>>16594174 November 2021 riots revealed police weakness, says Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

>>16594196 Video: Senior State Department official Derek Chollet says US-Australia relationship is 'absolutely critical' to counter China’s Indo-Pacific push

>>16594226 Australian user data security in doubt after TikTok admits US data accessible by China

>>16601722 Signs of a thaw in relations as Beijing warms to G20 meeting with Penny Wong

>>16601732 Video: Rafael Grossi, head of United Nations nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warns 'a lot of work to do' before AUKUS submarine deal approval

>>16619051 Wong open to meeting with China at G20 - Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the opportunity for talks with her Chinese counterparts is on the table at the G20 meeting in Bali this week

>>16619054 Beijing tells Canberra to take ‘concrete actions’ before Penny Wong meets Chinese Foreign Minister

>>16619055 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s Regular Press Conference on July 5, 2022

>>16619077 Chinese Communist Party donates police equipment to Solomon Islands - Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare declares he wants China to play a permanent role training police in his country, and flags a substantial new donation of police vehicles and equipment from Beijing

#23 - Part 25

Coronavirus / COVID-19 Pandemic, Australia and Worldwide

>>16376882 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' department told to release COVID-19 pandemic surveys in the 'strong interest' of the Victorian public

>>16395617 Canberra Airport threatens ACT’s chief health officer with legal action if immediate action is not taken to end the airport face mask mandate

>>16395641 Pandemic response shrinks as COVID-19 pressure builds - Victorian government dismantling its central pandemic bureaucracy as the health system confronts a deadly surge of COVID-19 and influenza inflections - workforce of 1500 people reduced to 260 full-time positions by the end of June 2022

>>16439673 ‘Immunity is waning’: Andrews seeks fourth shot for hospital workers - Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will push the federal government for all healthcare workers in hospitals across Victoria to get a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine, amid concerns over waning immunity

>>16461204 Australia to deliver 200,000 paediatric vaccines to Solomon Islands

>>16481901 Melbourne man Dennis Basic jailed for more than two years over assaults at anti-lockdown protests

>>16487769 ‘Very appealing’: US COVID-19 vaccine giant Novavax looks to amp up Australian trials, including further research to develop its combined coronavirus and influenza vaccine

>>16499826 Chinese Ambassador says trade tariffs were in response to Morrison's 'nonsense' calls for inquiry into coronavirus origins - China's ambassador to Australia has blamed former prime minister Scott Morrison's call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 as the reasoning behind the strict trade sanctions currently imposed

>>16513912 Australia’s vaccine advisory panel considers delaying a recommendation that more people get a fourth COVID booster shot until a better Omicron-targeting vaccine is available

>>16573236 ‘No time to wait’: Virus experts push for fourth COVID booster shots - Australia should approve a fourth COVID-19 booster shot for the entire adult population within months if the wait for vaccines that target new Omicron variants drags on, epidemiologists say

>>16580078 'Increasing pressure' nationally to return to masks amid worsening COVID wave - Queensland Chief Health Officer, John Gerrard

>>16580095 Bob Carr Tweet: A relief. But as the speaker at an event yesterday I sat at main table and was only one wearing mask and insisting on elbows not hands. Today one of the guests advises they have tested positive. Why this resistance to basic precautions? Why aren’t we all wearing masks?

>>16586791 COVID-19 vaccination requirements to be scrapped for international arrivals into Australia

>>16594090 Too late for mask mandates as Omicron continues to drive high case numbers - Nation reaches Grim milestone of 10,000 Covid-related deaths since the virus landed here in January 2020, but experts say Australia has done relatively well in terms of controlling case numbers

#23 - Part 26

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 1

>>16345934 Kevin Spacey charged over four sex attacks - Hollywood megastar charged by UK Metropolitan Police with four counts of sexual assault against three men

>>16345949 Video: Let Me Be Frank - Kevin Spacey - Dec 25, 2018 (mimicking his character Frank Underwood from the House of Cards TV series)

>>16345951 Video: KTWK ('Kill Them With Kindness') - Kevin Spacey - Dec 25, 2019

>>16345956 Video: 1-800 XMAS - Kevin Spacey - Dec 25, 2020

>>16346016 Q Post #4590 - "This marks the third Spacey accuser to die in 2019." At what point does it become painfully obvious? Q

>>16346016 SHAME OF THRONES - When king and queen of perversion Ghislaine Maxwell and Kevin Spacey hung out at Buckingham Palace - New York Post front cover - July 5 2020

>>16346016 Kevin Spacey accuser dies by suicide day after actor posts 'kill them with kindness' video - Spencer Neale - washingtonexaminer.com - December 26, 2019

>>16346016 House of Cards - https://qanon.pub/?q=spacey - https://qanon.pub/?q=house%20of%20cards

>>16379341 The Archbishop of Canterbury says Prince Andrew is ‘seeking to make amends’ and urges the nation to be more forgiving

>>16395789 First Asking $125 Million, Jeffrey Epstein’s Caribbean Islands Now Available for $55 Million Each - Jeffrey Epstein’s estate is cutting the price of two private Caribbean islands that were owned by the late disgraced financier

>>16395792 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

>>16418599 Rina Oh alleges Virginia Giuffre sexually assaulted her during 'horror' encounter with Jeffrey Epstein

>>16425058 PDF: Jeffrey Epstein accuser alleges second accuser, Virginia Giuffre, 'sexually assaulted' her - Virginia Giuffre and Rina Oh have accused each other of defamation and sexual abuse or assault, several court papers show

>>16430216 Jailed Ghislaine Maxwell barred from seeing her brother - Ian Maxwell turned away after 3,000 mile trip, despite pre-arranging prison visit to socialite convicted of sex trafficking charges

>>16434665 Former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who is facing 55 years in a US prison will ask to serve the bulk of her sentence for child sex trafficking in the UK so she can have family visits

>>16444292 Ghislaine Maxwell will ask to serve sex trafficking sentence in British prison - Former socialite faces up to 55 years in jail after being convicted of procuring young girls for Jeffrey Epstein

>>16455260 Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers plea for trafficking sentence ‘well below’ 20 years - “A travesty of justice for her to face a sentence that would have been appropriate for Epstein”

>>16455317 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years - The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein

>>16461178 Kevin Spacey granted bail over sexual assault charges - US actor Kevin Spacey has been given unconditional bail after appearing in a London court on four charges of sexually assaulting three men

>>16467100 Plaything of perverts… and a Prince: NIGEL CAWTHORNE takes a forensic look at the abuse suffered by Virginia Roberts - the ex-sex slave Prince Andrew just paid £12m - in a new book with details that make the Duke's behaviour all the more repugnant - Adapted from Virginia Giuffre: The Extraordinary Life Story Of The Masseuse Who Pursued And Ended The Sex Crimes Of Millionaires Ghislaine Maxwell And Jeffrey Epstein, by Nigel Cawthorne

>>16467125 Q Post #4923 - https://twitter.com/VRSVirginia/status/1319071346282778624 - Dearest Virginia - We stand with you. Now and always. Find peace through prayer. Never give up the good fight. God bless you. Q

#23 - Part 27

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 2

>>16472974 'The snickering noises Andrew was making suggested he was enjoying it. But I felt like a prostitute': NIGEL CAWTHORNE reveals how Virginia Roberts was introduced to the Duke of York and the role of sex-trafficker and disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell

>>16493508 PDF: ‘Utter lack of remorse’ - Feds say Ghislaine Maxwell ‘deserves at least 30 years’ in jail for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein

>>16493574 PDF: Prince Andrew's sex accuser to speak at Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing - Virginia Giuffre is one of six women set to speak at Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing for recruiting Epstein victims next week as Maxwell faces up to 55 years in prison

>>16524670 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell urges U.S. judge not to admit testimony from four female accusers at her sentencing for aiding financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls

>>16524741 PDF: Prince Andrew's sex accuser says Ghislaine Maxwell 'opened door to hell' for abuse - In a victim impact statement made public for the first time, Virginia Giuffre says she was "chosen" by Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago hotel in Florida to be abused - claiming she acted like a "wolf in sheep's clothing"

>>16524774 PDF: Virginia Giuffre says Ghislaine Maxwell was a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ - One of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims has said Ghislaine Maxwell used her ‘femininity to betray us’

>>16524804 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell deserves to be 'in a cage forever', says Virginia Giuffre - Ms Giuffre claims the British socialite 'opened to door to hell' for her and many others by introducing them to Jeffrey Epstein

>>16524870 PDF: Old school pal only friend to plead for ‘monstrous’ Ghislaine Maxwell - Harriett Jagger, wealthy former fashion executive at Tatler and Vogue magazines, will be the first, and only, friend to vouch for Maxwell in court

>>16524948 PDF: Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch at Brooklyn jail ahead of sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls

>>16543926 Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced overnight. Here's what we know about the case and Jeffrey Epstein's former partner

>>16543948 Ghislaine Maxwell sentencing: Who will speak, where will she be imprisoned and how long will she spend behind bars?

#23 - Part 28

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell - Part 3

>>16553532 Video: Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in jail for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls

>>16553595 Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex crimes - Jeffrey Epstein’s right hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell spoke in court about her biggest “regret” before being jailed for 20 years

>>16553709 Video: ‘No one is above the law’: Ghislaine Maxwell gets massive sentence for sex trafficking as she lashes out at paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

>>16553858 Video: Maxwell's final supporters: How Ghislaine's millionaire siblings have defiantly stood by the disgraced socialite despite her convictions for sex trafficking

>>16553971 RealGhislaine Tweet: Ghislaine’s Statement made to the Court at her Sentencing

>>16553971 Statement of Ghislaine Maxwell, 29 June 2022 - "…to those of you who spoke here today and those who did not, may this day help you travel from darkness into light."

>>16554164 Q Post #133 - Epstein island. What is a temple? What occurs in a temple? Worship? Why is the temple on top of a mountain? How many levels might exist below? What is the significance of the colors, design and symbol above the dome? Why is this relevant? Who are the puppet masters? Have the puppet masters traveled to this island? When? How often? Why? “Vladimir Putin: The New World Order Worships Satan” - Q

>>16554164 Q Post #3050 - This is not just about sex trafficking [1]. Will the rich & powerful influence the court to prevent the unsealing? THE TALE OF TWO: [1] - Sex Resort (non_temple_resort_only) trafficked & drugged underage girls - [2] - Occult / Worship of Evil (temple) [CLAS 1-99] Haiti > - Pray for the victims. Q

>>16554164 Q Post #3147 - >Rachel Chandler had the possible Epstein Island security cam pic on her instagram

>>16554164 Q Post #3399 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNue92Gta3s&feature=youtu.be - Welcome to Epstein Island. Ask yourself, is this normal? What does a 'Temple' typically symbolize? What does an 'OWL' symbolize (dark religion)? Tunnels underneath? How many channels captured on RC's pic? Rooms indicate size. Hallways shown? - [CLAS 1-99] - Symbolism will be their downfall. These people are EVIL. Q

>>16573535 RealGhislaine Tweet: R Kelly 30 years and 100,000 - Harvey Weinstein 23 years - Bill Cosby 10 years and 25,000 - G Maxwell 20 years 750,000 fine - How is this justice?

>>16580408 RealGhislaine Tweet: "The whole system was designed to convict, not to find the truth".

>>16580415 My sister Ghislaine was denied justice - The whole system was designed to convict, not to find the truth - Ian Maxwell - spectator.co.uk

#23 - Part 29

Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 1

>>16350072 ANONS, REMEMBER: GLOBAL REPORT ALL CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL! ZERO TOLERANCE! https://qanon.pub/?q=child

>>16350160 ‘Son of Satan’: Andrew Males jailed for 25 years for depraved attacks on women - Cruel and sadistic man with links to white supremacy groups took pleasure in raping, bashing and brutalising women across Melbourne’s north and west over two decades

>>16350240 Queensland MP shares story of child sexual abuse to 'give a voice' to other survivors - Labor Member for Macalister, Melissa McMahon has shared her harrowing story as a victim of child sexual abuse in a bid to raise awareness and inspire other victims to speak out

>>16350304 Former Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes’ public parole hearing concludes in Sydney - A former Hey Dad! cast member and convicted pedophile’s sad transformation was revealed when he appeared in court in a bid for freedom

>>16350310 Video: Former Hey Dad! co-star and sexual abuse victim Sarah Monahan speaks to reporters after a parole hearing for convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes

>>16356644 Australian Federal Police - Operation Arkstone: How a single USB stick led to the rescue of 56 children and the arrest of 26 men

>>16372636 Video: How Russell Manser went from robbing banks to helping other prisoners | Australian Story - ABC News In-depth

>>16372636 How career criminal and notorious bank robber Russell Manser turned his life around - abc.net.au

>>16373141 Child and sex charges rock swimming - A former Swimming Australia employee has been charged with three counts of indecent treatment of children under 16 and one count of sexual assault over incidents that allegedly occurred between 2002 and 2010

>>16384797 Convicted paedophile and former Hey Dad! actor Robert Hughes granted parole and will be deported to the United Kingdom

>>16384867 Video: Actor and sex offender Robert Hughes granted parole after two failed attempts - 9 News Australia

>>16395733 Survivor of sexual abuse by paedophile junior cricket coach Ian King sues Cricket Australia and Cricket ACT

>>16408526 Ex-SA corrections officer Stewart Iain Berry to stand trial over allegations he indecently filmed children as part of an online SA pedophile syndicate

>>16418590 Former Australian Olympic swimming team physio Peter John Wells accused of child sex offences including three counts of indecent treatment of a child under the age of 16

>>16434685 Australian Border Force missed evidence of sexual abuse then it continued for years: victim Tiffany Skeggs - Border security officials failed to thoroughly search the mobile phone of one of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles, James Geoffrey Griffin, at Melbourne Airport in 2015 despite being warned the 64-year-old was a suspected child sex offender travelling overseas with a minor

>>16434710 Survivors fight back against trafficking - Tsvetelina Thompson, Survivor of Human Trafficking and NSW Detective Chief Inspector Darren Jameson to speak at Modern Slavery Online Summit - June 15-16 2022 - https://freedomforhumanity.org.au

>>16444093 Australian Federal Police warned child predator Naim Anderson about online behaviour months before arrest, court told

>>16444123 South Australian paedophile Naim Anderson jailed for 'aggressively' seeking child abuse material through social media

>>16444172 Paedophile Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes is released from jail and will be deported to the UK within hours despite continuing to deny all of his crimes, 14 June 2022

>>16444215 Craig Kelly staffer Frank Zumbo allegedly showed woman his penis, court told - A trusted adviser of controversial former federal MP Craig Kelly has been hit with fresh charges of indecent assault as he faced court to fight 20 charges of indecently assaulting five women

#23 - Part 30

Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 2

>>16444470 She was sex trafficked by her boyfriend as a teenager. A decade later, one question freed her - Tsvetelina Thompson fell in love with a man who was ‘picture perfect’. Then, she found herself trapped in a life where she no longer felt human.

>>16444495 Twentyfour-Seven - anti-trafficking organization dedicated to bringing intelligence, and services to victims and survivors of sex trafficking, founded by Tsvetelina Thompson in 2019 - http://twentyfour-seven.org

>>16444495 Twentyfour-Seven QR code - delivering critical information in several languages about human trafficking and how to find help, Australia included - https://247informationservices.in

>>16444495 Reporting human trafficking to the Australian Federal Police - Assist the AFP in combating this global problem - Use our online form to report information regarding human trafficking for the purposes of sexual and/or labour exploitation, organ harvesting, forced marriage and slavery or call 131 AFP (131 237) - https://forms.afp.gov.au/online_forms/human_trafficking_form - In case of an emergency, call 000

>>16449464 Video: Brave whistleblowers expose one of Australia's worst child abuse scandals - Abuse allegations at Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania, and notorious paedophile James Griffin at Launceston General Hospital - 60 Minutes Australia

>>16449759 Paedophile Bronte Ciracovitch sentenced to 14 years' jail for multiple child sex offences

>>16461493 Former South Australian Labor staffer Benjamin John Waters spared jail over child abuse material, will spend at least eight months on home detention for viewing and sending child abuse material

>>16461541 Paedophile Benjamin John Waters sentenced to eight months home detention because of ‘harrowing’ time in jail after arrest - An ex-ALP staffer who pleaded guilty to child abuse offences has been sentenced to eight months home detention – because a judge says he had a “harrowing” time in jail

>>16461562 Former priest Gerald Ridsdale admits to more child sex offences - The prolific paedophile, already behind bars, pleads guilty to 13 more child sexual abuse charges

>>16466610 Catholic church uses paedophile priest’s death as shield against new allegations in NSW - Lismore diocese wins halt on civil case after arguing woman had never complained before Father Clarence Anderson died in 1996

>>16471614 Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) employed paedophile junior coaching co-ordinator Roy Wenlock for 29 years - One of three sex offenders investigated in WA Supreme Court Justice Peter Blaxell's 452-page parliamentary inquiry into historical child sexual abuse at Anglican hostels, published in 2012

>>16476592 Former professional cricket player and junior coach Ian King pleads guilty to historical child sex charges

>>16476851 Video: Australian Federal Police issues warning over rise in sexual extortion targeting boys - Online criminals have been duping kids into sending explicit photos and then demanding cash not to share them - Channel 7 Sunrise

>>16476888 Child sex offenders preying on Australian boys for money - The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) is warning that Australia is seeing a global trend in the crime of sexual extortion, with a spike in the number of Australian boys being preyed on by international sex offenders, who are grooming them into producing explicit images and then extorting them for money - afp.gov.au

>>16476919 Video: Hilda Sirec - Commander ACCCE, Human Exploitation addresses 'Sextortion' trend - Boys are being coerced into sending sexualised images and videos of themselves and then being blackmailed by offenders who threaten to share them. It’s a worrying global trend. And it’s happening right here in Australia. What can you do about it? Share this video and help us spread the message that sexual extortion #sextortion is a crime and the police are here to help - Australian Centre To Counter Child Exploitation

>>16476959 Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Tweet: #Australian #boys are being coerced into sending sexualised images of themselves and then being blackmailed by offenders who threaten to share them. We've put together a simulated #textchat to show what #sextortion can look like. http://accce.gov.au/report

>>16481812 Bradley Pen Dragon - Notorious paedophile who thinks sex with children is 'natural' will be released into the Western Australian community TODAY, 21 June 2022

>>16481831 Bradley Pen Dragon: High risk WA paedophile to walk free from Acacia Prison today, 21 June 2022

>>16487659 Olympic swim coach Dick Caine charged after allegedly sexually abusing teenage girls he trained more than 40 years ago in South Sydney

#23 - Part 31

Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 3

>>16487682 Legendary swim coach Dick Caine bailed on historic sex abuse charges has months to live - Renowned swim coach Dick Caine, charged with abusing two teenage girls in the 1970s, has been bailed after a court heard he is terminally ill

>>16487690 ‘Sex terrorist’ pedophile Geoffrey William Moyle’s eight-year sentence revoked on appeal, replaced with 12-year term - The Adelaide-based “sex terrorist” who pioneered the dark web’s vile global child exploitation industry has been resentenced in a decision set to change Australian law

>>16487699 Adelaide paedophile Geoffrey William Moyle has sentence extended to 12 years

>>16487707 24-year-old babysitter pleads guilty to committing 141 sex crimes, including raping a baby and sexually abusing several other children

>>16493439 Victims say Catholic Church failed to inform them about NSW paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan's death

>>16493450 Social media warning amid community concern over WA paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon’s release

>>16513539 Video: Bradley Pen Dragon: Notorious paedophile arrested about 48 hours after release from Perth prison

>>16513559 66-year-old Victorian man travelled to Sydney to meet girl under 10 for sex, say NSW police from Child Exploitation Investigation Unit’s Strike Force Trawler,

>>16525367 E-commerce platform Made-in-China.com selling sex dolls modelled off of toddler girls - Collective Shout investigation uncovers VAST range of child sex abuse dolls - Take action - Tell Made-in-China to STOP selling child sex abuse dolls + ban all sellers

>>16534780 'Lack of action' over Tasmanian pedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin - Tasmanian inquiry told alleged pedophile nurse was reported to police and breached patient boundaries across decades before being charged

>>16534819 Pedophile nurse tip off ignored - Tasmanian authorities allowed pedophile nurse James (Jim) Geoffrey Griffin to work with children for 18 years after complaints were first raised about him, leading to the sexual abuse of multiple children

>>16534842 BMX champion Rhys Kember sentenced to three years jail for soliciting nude photos from multiple teenage girls

>>16543912 Woman abused by Launceston General Hospital paedophile James Griffin flagged risk to children, inquiry hears

>>16554457 Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

>>16564074 James Griffin’s boss, Sonja Leonard, breaks down amid claims paedophile ‘manipulated’ a ward in disarray, says the “dysfunctional” nature of Launceston General Hospital’s children’s ward created opportunities for the abuser to strike

#23 - Part 32

Child Exploitation, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking Investigations - Part 4

>>16564088 'Catastrophic' failings allowed Tasmanian hospital abuse - CEO of Launceston General Hospital, Eric Daniels, acknowledges catastrophic failures in relation to a pedophile nurse who worked on a children's ward for nearly two decades

>>16564172 Helen Bryan, Executive Director of Nursing at Launceston General Hospital got most of her information about paedophile James Griffin from a podcast by journalist Camille Bianchi - "The Nurse"

>>16564185 Podcast: The Nurse by Camille Bianchi - "A nurse lives in a quiet town in Tasmania, Australia. He spends his life working with children and is the ultimate father figure, but he has a dark secret. People who still hold positions of power protected him. They are still protecting others. Hear from childhood sexual assault survivors sharing their stories for the first time, and know that there are countless others waiting to be heard."

>>16564258 Victim’s complaint against paedophile nurse Jim Griffin ‘shut down’ after his death - Keelie McMahon, victim-survivor of paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin, knew he would never go to prison

>>16573288 'No inquiry' about Tasmanian nurse child abuser - Stephen Ayre, former chief executive of Launceston General Hospital didn't make any inquiries about male pedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin, who worked at the facility's children's ward under his watch

>>16573336 ‘Medical emergency’ interrupts Tasmania’s child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hearings - Former chief executive of Launceston General Hospital Stephen Ayre collapses while giving evidence, requires hospitalisation

>>16586818 Tasmanian government to establish review of Launceston General Hospital where pedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin was able to keep working despite multiple complaints

>>16594285 Inquiry hears of paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin's 'red flags' while caring for teenage female at Launceston General Hospital

>>16594291 Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings - Live stream link

>>16601747 South Australian RAAF intelligence officer Jacob Donald Walsh pleads guilty to horrifying number of child-sex charges - RAAF intelligence expert used photos for blackmail, pleads guilty to 230 charges of child sexual exploitation, the highest number of child-sex charges ever laid against one person in Australia

>>16601766 South Australian paedophile syndicate: Public servant Stewart Iain Berry allegedly paid for sex with teen object of husband’s “uncontrollable obsession”

>>16601859 Angelique Knight, victim-survivor of paedophile nurse James Griffin yet to hear acknowledgment of suffering, Tasmanian Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Government Institutions hears

>>16601890 Tasmanian Child Safety Services executive director Claire Lovell apologises to Tiffany Skeggs and family of Zoe Duncan for James Griffin child abuse ordeal and disbelief by Tasmanian authorities

#23 - Part 33

Qanon / Conspiracy Theory Hit Pieces, Australia and Worldwide

>>16443877 Trump a clear and present danger to the great republic - The risk for the US is that Trump or his surrogate runs for president in 2024 and we see a more sophisticated attempt to over­turn democracy that succeeds. The Republican Party, like the US, is best served by moving on from Trump. Those who defend him share his dishonour. - Troy Bramston - theaustralian.com.au

>>16509777 QAnon Creator ‘Q’ Returns After Nearly Two-Year Hiatus - In a surprise move, Q returns to tease a new “game” in cryptic posts - Will Sommer - thedailybeast.com

>>16512087 After two years, QAnon's creator Q returns in the wake of Roe v Wade decision - Harry Fletcher - indy100.com

>>16512958 Shayan Sardarizadeh Tweet: Q's return has forced me to properly read 8kun for the first time in over a year. I'd almost forgotten the feeling of having to read through 8kun several times a day. That website really is a snapshot of the absolute worst of humanity.

>>16525042 Suddenly 'Q' of the QAnon conspiracy theory has returned after a years-long hiatus. But, something isn't quite right… - Matt Binder - mashable.com

>>16525103 ‘QAnon’ conspiracy poster sending messages again, says Cullen Hoback, “Q: Into the Storm” filmmaker - Jesse Brooks - fox8live.com

>>16543785 Video: CNN reporter on Q's return: 'As dumb as it is dangerous' - CNN's Donie O'Sullivan and John Avlon report that the "Q" persona at the center of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, has posted online for the first time since December 2020, after former President Donald Trump lost the election

>>16573365 Video: QAnon returns and targets Cassidy Hutchinson in new post - In a new post, online conspiracy theorist QAnon targets former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan explains what it means now that the account is back active

>>16573455 Q is back. What happens to QAnon now? - Sarah Manavis - inews.co.uk

>>16573504 Q Is Back and It’s Tearing the QAnon World Apart - “Q drops” have resumed, but believers are divided over whether they’re real - David Gilbert - vice.com

>>16601708 Holding Trump accountable critical to U.S. global leadership - "Trump's poor character, his contempt for laws and norms, and his autocratic tendencies are all well-known. These latest revelations are and should be jaw-dropping, evidence of a further descent into malignancy by Trump." - Dave Sharma, former Liberal Party member of Australia's House of Representatives and Australia's ambassador to Israel from 2013 to 2017 - asia.nikkei.com

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Wong: It is in Australia’s interests to stabilise relationship with China

Eryk Bagshaw - July 7, 2022

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Singapore: Penny Wong says it is in Australia and China’s best interests to stabilise the relationship between the two countries, after almost three years of open hostility, $20 billion in trade strikes and diplomatic retaliation.

Speaking on the eve of a potential meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bali, Wong said Australia was willing to engage with Beijing. The Foreign Minister said no formal meeting had been set but the agenda at the G20 foreign ministers meeting was “very fluid” and reiterated her desire to sit down with Wang. No Australian Foreign Minister has met with their Chinese counterpart since September 2019.

“We believe it would be in China and Australia’s interests for this relationship to be stabilised,” she said. “We are willing to engage, and that willingness extends to any meeting on the margins of the G20.”

Chinese government-controlled media gave its strongest endorsement of a meeting between Wang and Wong to date on Wednesday evening after suggesting the Labor government had opened a window of opportunity to ease tensions between the two countries.

“It is to be hoped that with the worsening of their relations checked, the two sides will take the opportunity of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday and Friday to carry on the positive momentum with a meeting of their foreign ministers on the sidelines of the gathering,” China Daily said in an editorial.

But both sides also face significant structural hurdles to getting their relationship back on track.

Wong said trade sanctions against half-a-dozen Australian industries implemented after disputes over national security, human rights and COVID-19 had to be lifted.

Two Australians, Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei, also remain in Chinese jails on vague espionage charges.

Beijing remains frustrated by Australian anti-dumping measures, the blocking of Chinese investments in non-sensitive industries, the destruction of Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement and the cancellation of visas for Chinese academics on national security grounds.

But Beijing is also feeling economic pressure through its ongoing restrictions on Australian coal driving up power and steel prices, while also being unable to ween itself off on a dependence on Australian iron ore.

China Daily claimed on Wednesday that “although Australia has not jumped off the anti-China bandwagon of the US, it is no longer riding shotgun” and that it was no longer a “lackey of the US”.

In reality, Australia’s position on the US role in the Indo-Pacific remains unchanged and Labor has reaffirmed its commitment to the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal which only last month was described by China’s Foreign Ministry as “undermining regional peace and stability”.

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Wong said on Thursday that she would continue to lobby Pacific Island nations against taking up security partnerships with China after Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he would like to see a permanent Chinese police presence in Honiara. Wong is scheduled to meet with Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Thursday to convey Australia’s concerns.

“We have a very strong view that Pacific security should be the responsibility of the Pacific family and that will be the approach Australia takes both to the Pacific Islands foreign ministers meeting tomorrow and the Pacific Island leaders meeting next week,” she said.

Wong also criticised Beijing’s ongoing support of Russia and its failure to publicly pressure Moscow over its war in Ukraine.

“As a great power, as a global leader and as a permanent member of the Security Council, China has a special responsibility to uphold the UN Charter and international law,” she said.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Bali on Wednesday to take his position at the G20. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Wednesday that he would travel to the G20 leader’s summit in Bali in November for his first global meeting since invading Ukraine.

Wong said the G20 foreign ministers would confront Lavrov. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is scheduled to address the meeting with Lavrov in the room.

“We’ll be making very clear collectively our views about Russia’s position and Russia’s behaviour,” she said.

Russia’s ambassador to Australia Alexey Pavlovsky said the relationship between Australia and Russia had been destroyed.

“Australia does view Russia as an enemy,” he told ABC Radio National on Thursday.

“[Russia] does view the situation with great sadness. I wish I could say something positive. But Russian-Australian relations have reached probably the lowest point in decades. So, I think whatever cooperation we had has been destroyed by the Australian side without giving much thought to what Australian interests are.”

Wong said she would tell the G20 that Russia’s actions were “illegal, unjust and immoral”.

“If you ever wanted an example, of a nation which has chosen to denigrate and weaken multilateralism, [it is Russia],” said Wong. “If you ever want an example of a nation that has demonstrated its willingness to disregard the need for food security for a world recovering from a pandemic, it is Russia.”

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/wong-it-is-in-australia-s-interests-to-stabilise-relationship-with-china-20220707-p5azv8.html

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Opportunity for Australia to further warm relations with China in Bali: China Daily editorial

chinadaily.com.cn - 2022-07-06

Although little is known about the meeting between Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Xie Feng and Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher in Beijing on June 30, it has further raised hopes that a rebound in Sino-Australian relations is on the horizon.

Since Anthony Albanese became Australian prime minister on May 23, a window of opportunity has opened to ease the tensions between the two countries.

Both sides have indicated their willingness to engage over the past month after their defense ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last month.

That the meeting between Xie and Fletcher took place, despite China turning down the Australian side's proposal that their trade ministers meet on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization's 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, demonstrates that sustained efforts to keep that window of opportunity open have been made by both sides.

Having closed ranks with the United States and its "decoupling from China" policy, Australia paid a heavy economic price under the previous Scott Morrison administration. The Albanese administration has indicated it is willing to take a more balanced approach to Australia's relations with China and the US.

Rewarming economic ties with China will be a tonic for the Australian economy. Despite the cooling down of their economic ties over the past three years, China remains Australia's largest trade partner. About 40 percent of Australia's exports go to the Chinese market and 20 percent of its imports come from China.

Although Australia has not jumped off the anti-China bandwagon of the US, it is no longer riding shotgun.

The Albanese administration has on different occasions expressed its readiness and openness to engage with the Chinese side, and the Chinese side, on its part, has signaled its goodwill.

It is to be hoped that with the worsening of their relations checked, the two sides will take the opportunity of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday and Friday to carry on the positive momentum with a meeting of their foreign ministers on the sidelines of the gathering.

There is no "autopilot" for the recovery of relations between the two countries. And Canberra undoubtedly holds the key to start that process. In doing so, Australia would be balancing itself between China and the US.

As such, assuming the role of a responsible major player, it would necessarily enjoy much more importance than it did in its previous role as a lackey of the US.

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/06/WS62c575b5a310fd2b29e6acab.html

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare thanks China, refuses to answer questions from Australian press

Nick Sas - 7 July 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minster Manasseh Sogavare has singled out China for special thanks in a speech marking the country's national independence day.

Today, in a speech in Honiara, Mr Sogavare said the People's Republic of China was a "new addition" to the Solomon Islands, with the relationship between the two nations "less than three years old".

But, he said, Beijing had already demonstrated a "genuine intention" to be a "worthy partner" in the country's development.

"And I thank you," Mr Sogavare said.

"I thank all of you."

The Australian High Commissioner for Solomon Islands was sitting next to the Chinese ambassador in the crowd.

Mr Sogavare said the past three years had been "particularly challenging" for the country and although he didn't mention Australia by name, or single the country out for thanks, he appeared to reference the recent tension between the two nations.

"Yes, relationships at times can sour, but that's the nature of relationships," he said.

"But only by taking different views can we find solutions to improving our relationships.

"If everything ran smooth, the world would be a very boring place to live."

Mr Sogavare's minders promised the ABC an interview after the speech, but instead they escorted him to a nearby vehicle, with police blocking reporters from getting close to the Prime Minister.

The small nation of more than 900 islands been facing turmoil of late.

Violence and rioting rocked the country in November last year, with many demanding the resignation of Mr Sogavare. Angry mobs later torched buildings in Honiara's Chinatown.

Although locals suggested some rioters were simply opportunist and angry, for many Solomon Islanders the unrest stems back to Mr Sogavare's 2019 decision to switch the country's diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to China.

On Friday, Mr Sogavare declared he wanted China to play a permanent role in training police in his country, and flagged a new donation of police vehicles and equipment such as drones from Beijing.

He said he thought is was "prudent" that Solomon Islands and the People's Republic of China started a discussion on how to elevate the current joint training arrangement to a "more permanent arrangement".

Local media were not invited to attend the ceremony, and news about the arrangement has only been trickling through.

According to local media, Mr Sogavare and the government have become less accessible to the press, with many feeling increased pressure to toe the government line.

Last night, the Australian High Commission to Solomon Islands sent out a tweet saying it was "continuing to support security in Solomon Islands" by providing rifles, training and "strong governance".

The ABC has requested an interview with the commissioner.

In today's independence day speech, Mr Sogavare said national unity remained a huge challenge for the country.

"Forty-four years ago, we were granted independence." he said.

"We are doing our best to keep the country together.

"Looking back over our journey of 44 years, we've got everything to thank God for.

"We nearly broke up on the word go, but God guided us through."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/sogavare-speaks-solomon-islands-independence-day/101215350

https://twitter.com/AusHCSols/status/1544585479215263745

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'Concrete actions required' for Albanese govt to replace 'microphone diplomacy' to improve damaged China-Australia ties

Albanese govt urged to work for Australia's own interests, not for US

Liu Xin - Jul 06, 2022

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Concrete actions, instead of "microphone diplomacy" have been called for by Chinese analysts to break the icy China-Australia relations after Australian media reported a string of "positive signals" in bilateral ties with China and analysts urged the Albanese government to reevaluate the consequences of closely following the US in containing China and to take actions out of the interests of Australia.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong negotiated with China to set up a meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit for foreign ministers in Bali, Sky News said on Wednesday. However, no information about the meeting had been released from the Chinese side as of press time.

The Albanese government, although still in the shadow of the former Morrison government on policies of diplomacy and security and under the pressure from the US, has showed some flexibility in handling relations with China, and it has not followed the former Morrison government in making frequent and provocative actions toward China, Chen Hong, president of the Chinese Association of Australian Studies and director of the Australian Studies Centre at East China Normal University, told the Global Times.

A meeting between Wang and Wong in Bali, if it happens, will be a big step for senior diplomats to sit together and exchange views on how to improve relations and solve problems, Chen said, noting that the meeting between Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles last month, although significant, was more symbolic as more issues need to be solved at the foreign ministerial level.

On June 12, Wei met with Marles on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Defense Summit in Singapore in the first face-to-face meeting between ministers of the two countries in almost three years. Subsequently, interactions between senior officials and diplomats from the two countries have increased compared with the sour and strained bilateral relations during the Morrison government.

For example, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Xie Feng met with Australia's Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher on June 30.

Improving bilateral relations needs concrete actions from the two sides and China was active in this even before Australia's election. Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has had interactions with people from different fields in Australia since he arrived in the country at the end of last year, Chen noted.

There is no "auto-pilot" mode in improving China-Australia relations. A reset requires concrete actions. This meets the aspirations of people in both countries and the trend of our times, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a press conference on Tuesday.

News releases from the Chinese Embassy showed Ambassador Xiao's busy schedule of activities in the past two months. The most recent was on Tuesday when Xiao met with former Australian prime minister Paul John Keating and the first Australian ambassador to the People's Republic of China Stephen Arthur FitzGerald AO on Tuesday to exchange views on bilateral relations.

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It was Australia that took the first shot to damage bilateral relations. To cooperate with the US, the Morrison government had acted as a "deputy sheriff" of the US and had been doggedly antagonizing and provoking China. Now it needs to take concrete actions to solve problems instead of carrying on previous microphone diplomacy or provocations, Chen said.

On Tuesday, the Guardian Australia reported that Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell has extended an olive branch to China and suggested a "compromise situation" or "alternative way" to settle trade disputes in talks with China.

This was not the first time Farrell has called for talks with China since Australia's exports of wine, beef, barley and coal to China have been affected after the Morrison administration's provocation on China, which is Australia's biggest trade partner, caused bilateral relations to spiral to the lowest ebb since 1972.

China-Australia trade had been the cornerstone of bilateral relations and was a stabilizer and booster for bilateral relations. Farrell's calls for trade talks with China shows the Albanese government is mulling how to solve current problems with concrete actions since so many people in Australia, from the business to the education field, have been calling to better relations with China for Australia's interests, Chen said.

Vicki Thomson, chief executive of the Group of Eight, the peak body that represents elite Australian universities, expressed her strong wish to boost connections with China and called on Canberra to recalibrate its China policy during an exclusive interview with the Global Times previously.

Recent interactions are good signals to improve China-Australia relations, some analysts said, but they expressed prudent optimism about future relations.

In an online survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center and the Australian Studies Center of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, nearly 60 percent of respondents in China are "optimistic" about an improvement in China-Australia relations under the Albanese government while 25 percent of the respondents are "pessimistic" about relations in the next three years.

Australia has been acting as the US' spearhead in implementing its Indo-Pacific Strategy and in containing China - these have manifested in its domestic and diplomatic policies. "But it really needs to reevaluate the consequences of following the US and the consequences on Australia's own national interests," said Chen, urging the Albanese government to take an objective view on China and its development.

Up to now, the icy bilateral relations with China have affected the Australian economy and Canberra has already pushed itself into a vicious circle in antagonizing China. Albanese has a real opportunity to pull himself out but whether he will take action remains to be seen, analysts said.

According to a report by KPMG and the University of Sydney, Chinese investment in Australia declined by 69 percent, from A$2.5 billion ($1.9 billion) in 2020, to A$800 million in 2021, the lowest level in the past 15 years. Meanwhile, Chinese investment in Europe and countries along the Belt and Road surged significantly. The report prompted some Australian media outlets to claim Chinese businesses were "fast abandoning" Australia.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1269918.shtml

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Diplomatic freeze ends: China locks in Wong meeting

AMANDA HODGE - 7 July 2022

China has confirmed foreign minister Wang Yi will meet Penny Wong on the sidelines of the G20 foreign minister’s meeting in Bali on Friday, ending an almost three year-long diplomatic freeze.

The formal meeting, believed to be scheduled for Friday afternoon after the conclusion of the G20 talks, was announced during a regular press briefing by China’s foreign ministry in Beijing as part of a list of bilaterals the country’s top diplomat will hold during his stay on the Indonesian tourist island.

The announcement came hours after Senator Wong said publicly in Bali that Australian ministers were willing to engage with China “and that willingness extends to any meeting in the margins of the G20”.

An Australian government official confirmed the meeting late on Thursday in a short statement which said: “Australian foreign minister will meet the Chinese Foreign Minister in the margins of the G20 on 8 July.”

The last time Mr Wang met with an Australian foreign minister was in September 2019 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he declared the bilateral relationship as far more than just “a customer relationship”.

Within months of that meeting, however, the relationship had deteriorated sharply, after former foreign minister Marise Payne called for an international inquiry into China’s response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Wang met Russian minister Sergey Lavrov in Bali on Thursday as well as counterparts from India, Indonesia, Argentina, and the EU, and will meet US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Saturday.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politicsnow-fourth-covid-jab-for-over30s/live-coverage/c41d03d9b53c13f8b15ba3f3bdee92c8#63049

Russia, Australia relations at lowest in decades: envoy

COURTNEY GOULD - JULY 7, 2022

Russian ambassador Alexey Pavlovsky has sensationally declared that Australia considers Moscow an enemy in a fiery interview where he vehemently denied the invasion of Ukraine was a war.

Russia has been shunned by the international community and kicked out of the G7 because of its war on Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Penny will come face-to-face with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Bali on Thursday during a meeting of G20 ministers.

The ABC’s Hamish Macdonald took the ambassador to task over the chaos and destruction caused by the war.

“How are you going to justify that at this summit?” he asked Dr Pavlovsky.

However, Vladimir Putin’s man in Canberra did not respond, instead attempting to pivot towards addressing issues within the global economy.

But he rejected claims that Russia was responsible for the severe shortages of wheat and soaring gas and fuel prices.

“I would say the current global economic problems are rather caused by the West’s hysteric reaction to Russia’s actions in Ukraine,” Dr Pavlovsky replied.

Macdonald hit back: “That’s just blatantly not true. The current economic problems in part are caused by your invasion of Ukraine.”

The ambassador claimed that Macdonald was taking an “emotional” view on the issue to which the host responded he was just reporting the facts.

“You’re denying that you’ve tried to cut off access into and out of Ukraine,” the ABC host responded.

“I‘m sorry, sir, but this is not Russian state media. You can’t get away with just making it up.”

Dr Pavlovsky laughed off the comment and pressed on: “If you invited me on, you obviously are interested in my point of view. It is not Russian state media, but then don’t invite me if you are not interested.”

Avoiding labelling the invasion a war, Dr Pavlovsky said people could “call it as you wish” but insisted it was a “military operation”.

“Our point of view – it is a military operation to protect people in Donbas and to protect the security interests of Russia which has been arrogantly ignored by the West,” he said.

Dr Pavlovsky accused Ukraine of targeting “cities far from the frontline” and “deliberately and discriminately bombing the cities killing civilians”.

“The ABC never talks about that,” Dr Pavlovsky said. “Your coverage of the conflict has been entirely one-sided.

The ambassador claimed he had information from “different sources” that the situation on the ground was “very different”.

“What are your other sources?” Macdonald quizzed.

“Independent sources,” Dr Pavlovsky replied. “It is both Russian sources and independent sources.”

Asked again to clarify “where he gets this stuff from,” the ambassador pointed to France 24 news and the “many, many Western journalists” talking about Donbass welcoming Russian forces.

Dr Pavlovsky was unable to say what it would take for Russia to stop the war but remarked it was “very sad” that Australia had provided military aid to Ukraine.

“I would say that Australia does view Russia as an enemy,” Dr Pavlovsky said.

“I wish I could say something positive about Russia and Australia relations, but they have reached probably the lowest point in decades.”

It comes after Senator Wong called for countries with close ties to Russia – such as China – to call on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.

But Dr Pavlovsky said Mr Lavrov would not engage in “virtue signalling”.

“He is very busy with constructive dialogue with many countries and will not pay much attention to virtue signalling from certain leaders,” he said.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/russia-australia-relations-at-lowest-in-decades-envoy/news-story/bfa6ec0e9653dd84004af336cf10f9db

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‘Contempt’: Anthony Albanese makes G20 summit promise to Vladimir Putin

Anthony Albanese has made a big promise to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of their slated face-to-face meeting.

Catie McLeod - July 7, 2022

Anthony Albanese says he will treat Russian President Vladimir Putin with the “contempt he deserves” if he sees him at the G20 summit.

The Prime Minister had already committed to representing Australia at the summit in Bali in November, even if Mr Putin followed through with his own promise to attend.

Mr Albanese on Thursday said he doubted whether Mr Putin would actually attend the forum amid widespread global condemnation of his military assault against Ukraine.

Russia remains a member nation of the G20 intergovernmental group despite being shunned by most of the international community.

Mr Albanese told Sky News: “I think that if he does attend the G20 summit, which I doubt whether he will, then the world needs to send a very clear message about how we regard him and his behaviour to work towards undermining the rules based order.”

He said he wouldn’t be “breaking bread” with Mr Putin, particularly given his visit to Ukraine this week at the invitation of its president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Nonetheless, Mr Albanese said it was important that the G20 summit was successful.

“It is important for Indonesia, that it is a success,” he said.

“But it’s (also) important for the world, as we’re emerging from the global pandemic, with a war in Europe (and) with increased strategic competition and outreach.”

Mr Albanese had confirmed he would attend the summit during his visit to Indonesia in early June.

Asked at the time about his decision to attend, Mr Albanese said: “I’m focused on sitting with (Indonesian President Joko Widodo). Not sitting with President Putin”.

Mr Albanese emphasised the need for Australia to maintain good relations with Indonesia, but said there were understandable concerns about President Putin’s attendance.

“I said before I travelled to Indonesia … that Vladimir Putin attended previous meetings in Australia hosted by (former prime minister) Tony Abbott — that didn’t mean that we agree with his stance,” Mr Albanese said.

“Indeed, we find President Putin’s behaviour to be abhorrent, to be illegal, to be a travesty of the international order.”

Mr Putin in April confirmed he would attend the meeting in a conversation with Mr Widodo. Indonesia has also invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, despite Ukraine not being a G20 member.

“President Putin extended thanks for the invitation to the G20 summit and he said he will attend,” Mr Widodo said at the time.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison had said it would be a step too far to share the summit table with Mr Putin when Russian troops have been accused of committing war crimes in their invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/contempt-anthony-albanese-makes-g20-summit-promise-to-vladimir-putin/news-story/3ab044939cfa94f1bf38f8db1207edf2

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Australia warned to stop sending weapons to Ukraine

Sky News Australia

Jul 6, 2022

A former senior US military official says Australia is simply causing more pain for Ukrainians and is risking a wider war by sending weapons to Ukraine.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week pledged an additional $100 million worth of "military aid" for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion.

But former Adviser to the US Secretary of Defence Colonel Douglas Macgregor told Sky News the weapons won't stop Russia's advance, and Australia should instead be pushing for peace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGr1n5wdpE

FBI, MI5 heads issue joint warning on China's threat to Western security

ABC / AP - 7 July 2022

The heads of the FBI and MI5 have joined forces to warn that China poses the biggest long-term threat to the security of the US, the UK and their allies.

FBI director Christopher Wray reaffirmed longstanding concerns in denouncing economic espionage and hacking operations by China as well as the Chinese government's efforts to stifle dissent abroad.

But his speech was notable because it took place at MI5's London headquarters and alongside the British domestic intelligence agency's director-general, Ken McCallum, in an intended show of Western solidarity.

"We consistently see that it's the Chinese government that poses the biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security, and by 'our,' I mean both of our nations, along with our allies in Europe and elsewhere," Mr Wray said.

Mr McCallum said the Chinese government and its "covert pressure across the globe" posed "the most game-changing challenge we face".

"This might feel abstract. But it's real and it's pressing," he said.

"We need to talk about it. We need to act."

Separately, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong called on China to show "restraint" in its dealings with smaller countries in the region, during a major policy address in Singapore.

A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, Liu Pengyu, rejected the allegations from MI5 and the FBI, saying in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that China "firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyber attacks" and calling the accusations groundless.

"We will never encourage, support or condone cyber attacks," the statement said.

In a nod to current tensions between China and Taiwan, Mr Wray also said during his speech that any forcible takeover of Taipei by Beijing "would represent one of the most horrific business disruptions the world has ever seen".

Last week, the US government's director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, said at an event in Washington that there were no indications Chinese President Xi Jinping was poised to take Taiwan by military force.

But she did say Mr Xi appeared to be "pursuing the potential" for such an action as part of a broader Chinese government goal of reunification with Taiwan.

After the appearance with his British counterpart, Mr Wray said that he would leave to others the question of whether an invasion of Taiwan was more or less likely after Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

But, he said: "I don't have any reason to think their interest in Taiwan has abated in any fashion."

He added that he hoped China had learned what happens "when you overplay your hand," as he said the Russians had done in Ukraine.

The FBI director said there were signs the Chinese, perhaps drawing lessons from Russia's experience since the war, had been looking for ways to "insulate their economy" against potential sanctions.

"In our world, we call that behaviour a clue," he said.

He also urged caution from Western companies looking to do business in or with China, saying Western investments could collapse in the event of an invasion of Taiwan.

"Just as in Russia, Western investments built over years could become hostages, capital stranded [and] supply chains and relationships disrupted," he said.

President Joe Biden said in May that the US would respond militarily if China invaded Taiwan, offering one of the most forceful White House statements in support of Taiwan's self-governing in decades.

The White House later tried to soften the impact of the statement, saying Mr Biden was not outlining a change in US policy toward Taiwan, a self-governing island that China views as a breakaway province that should be reunified with the mainland.

The Chinese embassy spokesman said the Taiwan issue was "purely China's internal affair" and said when it came to questions of China's territory and sovereignty, the country had "no room for compromise or concession."

"We will strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and efforts," the statement said, though it noted that China will "reserve the option of taking all necessary measures in response to the interference of foreign forces."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/fbi-director-christopher-wray-china-security-threat/101215972

Jacinda Ardern in Australia: PM describes 'change in the relationship' as she arrives in Sydney

Jenée Tibshraeny, Claire Trevett and Michael Neilson - 6 Jul, 2022

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has welcomed the new Australian Government's decision to make immediate flood assistance available to New Zealanders living across the ditch.

Describing the decision as "a step change in the relationship", Ardern also fired a broadside at Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's predecessor, Scott Morrison.

Ardern has arrived in Sydney on her five-day visit as New South Wales contends with major flooding after days of torrential rain.

She said she will discuss the number of Kiwis affected by the flooding in New South Wales when she meets with Albanese on Friday.

Albanese today announced disaster payments of $1000 per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child would be available to affected residents, including New Zealanders.

Flood relief was available for New Zealanders in New South Wales affected by the February floods under the Morrison government.

When asked whether she was surprised by the decision to avail flood relief to Kiwis, Ardern said it "was always my expectation that New Zealanders would have the same access".

"What stood out to me more was the fact that they [Kiwis] didn't," she said, referencing the previous government led by Scott Morrison.

"This for me feels like a natural return to a policy now grounded in fairness. What happened before was grossly unfair," Ardern said.

"I think it fundamentally represents a Government that takes a different view to Kiwis in Australia and the contribution they make.

"It's a sign of the contribution New Zealanders have long made to Australia."

Ardern said there were about 150,000 New Zealanders in New South Wales. Knowing there was equitable treatment showed they were increasingly valued.

Ardern said they saw "pretty much the opposite" treatment under the former Morrison government.

The PM said it was part of the "reset" in the relationship they were hoping for.

Ardern is speaking to media after a tourism meeting with Australian ministers and tourism sector business representatives.

Climate change was an area New Zealand and Albanese were "very keen" to work together on, she said.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jacinda-ardern-in-australia-pm-describes-change-in-the-relationship-as-she-arrives-in-sydney/4YLVZD47PCHYBG2TWTL3UFUUVM/

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Ardern’s ‘catch-up’ with Andrews brings vow to tap Victorian infrastructure expertise

Mibenge Nsenduluka and Callum Godde - July 5, 2022

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says her country could draw on Victoria’s infrastructure project expertise following a meeting with Premier Daniel Andrews.

The pair met in Melbourne on Tuesday as part of the New Zealand leader’s five-day visit to Australia.

“He’s become a friend, so it was fantastic to catch up in person,” Ardern said after the meeting.

She said the pair also discussed early childhood education reforms, COVID-19 management, aged care, pressures on their respective healthcare systems and rail infrastructure.

“[There are] some significant [infrastructure] projects under way here,” Ardern said.

“We talked about what we’re working on back in New Zealand and perhaps the ability to exchange, or at least share, a little bit of the expertise that exists here in Melbourne.

“We’re ultimately politicians interested in ideas, so we shared a number between us.”

Before the meeting, Andrews said he was looking forward to speaking with Ardern in person after being forced to chat over the phone as the pandemic gripped both jurisdictions.

“She’ll get a very warm welcome in Melbourne I’m sure,” Andrews said. “We’ve also got a very significant number of New Zealanders who call Melbourne and Victoria home. So it makes sense at the end of an important international trip that she would stop by.”

Earlier, Ardern called on businesses to do more to increase sustainable practices, while reaffirming her country’s climate change commitments.

Ardern, who recently signed a free trade deal with the European Union, said climate change remains an important issue in Australia and New Zealand.

“The war [in Ukraine] and supply chain constraints are hitting all of us,” she said at an ANZ Banking Group-hosted breakfast in Melbourne.

“So too is the biggest pre-COVID challenge that we face. Climate change remains one of the most pressing issues for both of our countries and indeed the world.”

New Zealand’s EU free trade deal allows for the implementation of sanctions if climate change requirements are not met.

Australia’s southern neighbour is on track to become the first nation in the world to put a price on agricultural emissions in 2025.

Ardern said Australia and New Zealand must partner with businesses to succeed in the fight against climate change, and she applauded the federal Labor government’s zero emissions target.

“Both our countries are setting very ambitious goals,” she said. “Your new government has reaffirmed its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent from 2005 to 2030 … and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

“Our NDC [nationally determined contribution] is set at 50 per cent and sits alongside our targets of 100 per cent renewable electricity generation rates and a carbon-neutral public service by 2025.”

Ardern received a traditional Welcome to Country as she met business delegates from New Zealand and Australia to discuss the importance of sustainable practices. Other attendees included independent Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Indigenous leaders.

Later on Tuesday afternoon, Ardern was to visit the Monash Innovation Centre to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Monash and New Zealand.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/ardern-s-catch-up-with-andrews-brings-vow-to-tap-victorian-infrastructure-expertise-20220705-p5az9k.html

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Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's no-nuclear line on AUKUS subs met with 'understanding and appreciation' in Australia

James Elton - 7 July 2022

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reaffirmed her country's long-standing policy of not allowing nuclear-powered vessels in its waters, saying the rule was well understood in Australia.

Asked by 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson if there were "any circumstances" in which an Australian nuclear-propelled submarine might dock in a New Zealand port in the future, Ms Ardern said the policy was set.

"But, actually, you know, I've only ever encountered understanding and appreciation of that position," she said.

"We've taken a strong, principled position and we'll continue to do so. That doesn't change the relationship we have with Australia or their understanding of our position."

Ms Ardern has been in Australia this week for her second meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as well as meetings with state premiers.

Australia plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines — but not nuclear-armed — some time in the 2030s or 2040s, through a technology transfer under the AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and the United States.

A contract with a specific supplier is yet to be finalised.

The UN's nuclear watchdog is the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Its director-general, Rafael Grossi, has also been in Australia this week for preliminary talks on the technical details of an inspection regime for the future submarines.

"In this case, it is a complex thing to do because we are talking about a vessel – a vessel that goes out in the seas for long periods of time," Mr Grossi said.

"So, we have to find ways around that fact, for our inspectors to be able to ascertain that the nuclear material loaded into the ship is there when it comes back to shore."

A question of neutrality

Ms Ardern was also asked about a recent security pact struck between Solomon Islands and China, which some analysts warn could provide a pretext for the basing of Chinese troops or vessels in the Pacific Island nation.

The Solomon Islands government has repeatedly ruled out a military base.

"We've been very clear that we're opposed to the militarisation of the region. But look, you know, we can take that position in a country-neutral way," Ms Ardern said.

"We believe that escalation in our region and a militarisation in our region is not necessary, not called for, and not wanted. So we're very clear on that."

Asked if New Zealand would join Australia in increasing its defence capability in response to China's military expansion, Ms Ardern said it was up to Australia to explain its own rationale for its defence strategy.

New Zealand's defence policy would remain "Pacific-focused", she said.

Ferguson asked the New Zealand PM if she had now "moved beyond" neutrality on China, citing her participation in recent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) talks.

NATO has declared China a security challenge for the first time in its official strategic documents.

"I think it's important not to confuse the term 'country-neutral' with neutrality, or not entering into the fray on foreign policy issues as they emerge," Ms Ardern said.

"When we talk in that way, the point we're making is we have a very strong set of values.

"And, actually, it's not about targeting any one individual country.

"If we see others who don't share those values and breach, for instance, the international rules-based order, we will speak up about that."

Ms Ardern said she had "pushed back" on the idea that the Solomon Islands deal had blindsided Australia and New Zealand, and represented an intelligence failure.

"I feel that doesn't acknowledge the sovereignty of Pacific Island nations to determine their own relationships," she said.

"It is not for New Zealand, or Australia, to dictate the relationships that Pacific Island neighbours have with others."

She said China pursuing closer ties with Pacific Island nations was not a new phenomenon and that Solomon Islands had been on a "trajectory" of closer links with Beijing over a "number of years".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-nuclear-policy-met-with-understanding/101216094

AUKUS submarines: Marles commits to local jobs, won’t rule out ready-made submarine stopgap

Angus Thompson - July 7, 2022

Defence Minister Richard Marles has not ruled out buying ready-made nuclear submarines to plug the gap in Australia’s defence capabilities, as he sought to reassure Australian-based industries that Australians would still have a role building the future fleet.

Questioned after a defence round table in Adelaide about off-the-shelf submarines, Marles said Australia was still working out how to deal with any capability gap. Former defence minister Peter Dutton recently revealed he planned to buy two US-made submarines.

“There is a process that we’re obviously going through in terms of working out exactly which option we pursue, trying to work out how soon we can get that option, and understanding what capability gap might arise and how we might deal with that,” he said.

“But whichever way you cut it, the building industry in this state, around submarine capability, is going to be fundamentally important to getting that capability and getting it quickly.”

Nuclear submarines secured under the AUKUS deal were vital for the country’s clout in diplomacy and trade, Marles said, while insisting that Labor would preserve local jobs following the scrapping of the French submarine deal in 2021.

Marles said the South Australian defence industry was fundamental to boosting Australia’s military muscle while the government searches for stopgap solutions until the nuclear-propelled submarines pledged under the US and UK agreement were operation late next decade.

The defence industry is “totally central” to how Australia is “taken seriously in the world”, Marles said on Thursday following a meeting of 21 manufacturers, including Austal, Boeing and BAE Systems.

“Submarines really matter and having the capability in respect of submarines going forward really matters, and to do that we are going to have to go down the path of nuclear propulsion, and AUKUS is the mechanism which is going to deliver that for the country.”

But Dr Marcus Hellyer, an expert in defence capability at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said that instead of building the submarines in Australia, local industries should instead focus on supplying components to “a broader and larger production line”, most likely in the US.

“One of the things we need to acknowledge is that building them here doesn’t provide sovereignty because we’re still dependent on overseas partner for [various] systems,” he said, adding assembling them overseas and maintaining them locally would be much cheaper.

Professor John Blaxland of the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre said that question would be key to the debate about the industry’s trajectory.

“Are we aiming for something that is the perfect solution, that is $100 billion overpriced and 10 years too late, or do we compromise and contribute something that would accelerate the production rate?” Blaxland said.

But Australia Industry Defence Network chief executive Brent Clark said there was “no logical reason” why local industries, including small and medium enterprises, could not produce the submarines quickly on home turf.

“Sure we’re talking about the production of a nuclear submarine, but we’re not saying Australian industry is signing up to produce the nuclear reactor or the compartment it lives in. However, the rest of the submarine is simply a submarine.”

Australia will spend $270 billion over the next decade on weapons and equipment as it faces the challenge of rapidly enlarging its military strength to counter China’s growing dominance in the South Pacific.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/marles-commits-to-local-jobs-won-t-rule-out-ready-made-submarine-stopgap-20220707-p5azya.html

Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon bailed after pleading not guilty to breaching release order

Joanna Menagh - 7 July 2022

Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon is once again to be released from prison after the Perth Magistrates Court was told the images he is alleged to have possessed, in breach of his supervision order, were "innocuous" and were handed over to him by his community corrections officer.

Dragon was taken back into custody only two days after his release last month over allegations he was found in possession of images of children, which would have been a breach of one of the 62 strict conditions imposed on him by the Supreme Court.

He appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court via video link from Hakea Prison and pleaded not guilty to one charge of breaching the supervision order.

He was represented by Thomas McCulloch from legal aid who also applied for Dragon's release on bail, telling the court the images his client is alleged to have illegally possessed were "innocuous".

Images were artwork, lawyer claims

Mr McCulloch said they were in two categories, the first of which was artwork Dragon had done in prison, which had been given to him by the prison authorities when he was released from jail.

The court heard Dragon was concerned about the material and so the next day he handed it over to his community corrections officer to check if he should have it.

Mr McCulloch said the second category of images were "sheets of newspaper" from 2020 found in a subsequent search of his belongings, which were also handed back to him when he was released.

He said if Dragon was eventually convicted of the breach, it was likely he would not receive a jail term and instead be given a fine.

He also submitted that if the 62-year-old was kept in custody, he would lose his accommodation, which would be a breach of the conditions of his release.

It was also noted that the authorities had not sought to take the alleged breach to the Supreme Court so it could reconsider its decision to release Dragon.

Artwork depicted bar girl sitting on a table

The police prosecutor opposed the bail application on the grounds Dragon should have disclosed the material to the authorities earlier than he did.

Magistrate Cillian Stockdale was provided with the material to inspect and in his decision, he said, while he was not entirely sure what it depicted, it appeared to be a bar girl, not a child, sitting at a table with their arms folded.

Mr Stockdale said the handing over of the artwork by Dragon indicated he was attempting to comply with the terms of his release.

Mr Stockdale said it also appeared Dragon was unaware of the existence of the newspaper in his personal belongings.

Dragon was granted bail on a personal undertaking and that he complies with the dozens of conditions imposed by the Supreme Court, including that he takes anti-libidinal medication, that he be subject to a curfew and that his movements be electronically monitored.

Dragon has spent more than half his life behind bars for child sex offences, including 13 years in a Thai jail for sexually abusing two young girls.

His release from custody in Western Australia was approved by the Supreme Court after he was declared a High Risk Serious Offender who should be subject to a 10-year supervision order.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-06/paedophile-bradley-pen-dragon-bailed-pleads-not-guilty-to-breach/101213360

Tasmania Police apologise to abuse victims over paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin

Lucy MacDonald - 6 July 2022

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Tasmania Police was handed credible evidence that a man working as a children's nurse had been discussing child abuse online, four years before he was charged, but nothing was done because it was "filed inappropriately".

Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings has turned its focus to the Department of Justice.

It began by examining who and what police knew about James Geoffrey Griffin prior to 2019.

It was Tiffany Skeggs who made the first formal report.

She went to police in May 2019 and told them Griffin had groomed and abused her over a number of years.

Police in Hobart began an investigation and sent the file up to Launceston in July 2019, where it was given to Detective Senior Constable Glenn Hindle.

Senior Constable Hindle told the commission he had no knowledge of Griffin prior to receiving the file.

As he began to look into Griffin, he found other entries in the system.

"I recall there being about four or so entries sporadically over a period of years where he did come to attention for concerning behaviours," he told the commission.

The entires on file dated back a decade, beginning in 2009 with a report Griffin had been upskirting girls on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry where he sometimes worked as a medic.

Senior Constable Hindle said a search of Griffin's address didn't reveal any corroborating material and so the investigation was dropped — but it was in the system, with a note that Griffin had "above average ability to encrypt his data".

The next notification was in 2011 and involved historical child abuse allegations.

The report came from Child and Family Services, who declined to tell police who the notifier was. It was left there.

Police Commissioner Darren Hine has since told the commission "perhaps an investigator who was a bit more curious could've found out who the notifier was" and it was "lost opportunity for some enquiries to be made".

The next report involved Ms Skeggs, and was made in 2013 by people concerned for her welfare.

"I believe there were some representatives or parents from the netball arena that may have spoken up on her behalf and I believe also her mother may have made an approach to police," Det Hindle said.

Again, Commissioner Hine said the way the matter was dealt with was not appropriate, then or now.

"This matter certainly needed to be handled better," he told the commission.

"The fact that there were no further checks undertaken, matter dealt with by Child and Family Services and written off in relation to and didn't go back and investigate wasn't acceptable then, not now."

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Finally, in 2015, there had been credible evidence provided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) that Griffin had been discussing child abuse and child exploitation online.

Senior Constable Hindle said from looking at the file it appeared the allegation had been unresolved "and further effort could have been made".

"If it was true, there should have been a conviction against his name," he told the commission.

Senior Constable Hindle told the commission he believed the file had never been requested from the AFP but Commissioner Hine corrected this, telling the commission it was in Tasmania Police's hands, but "nothing was done about it… it was filed inappropriately and no further action was taken.

"It wasn't done out of malice, it was done out of not paying the particular attention — again, that's not acceptable."

But there were other reports to police that weren't in the system.

That included an informal conversation with Kylee Pearn back in 2011 where she told police Griffin had abused her as a child.

Ms Pearn had always believed there would be a record of it in case anyone came forward in the future.

"It should be [in the system] if there's due diligence by the officer that directly spoke to that person," Senior Constable Hindle said.

He told the commission there was some anonymous information relating to Griffin but it was unclear where it came from.

Senior Constable Hindle also told the commission there was nothing on file about a call made to police in 2000 from a man who had purchased Griffin's old laptop from him.

The commission earlier heard the man had contacted police in 2000 after discovering potential child exploitation material on it. When police did nothing, he followed up the next year.

Senior Constable Hindle told the commission that man contacted him in December 2019, after Griffin's death, and told him about his attempts to report Griffin almost two decades earlier.

Senior Constable Hindle was unable to find any evidence of the report.

On Wednesday, Commissioner Hine told the commission police did investigate the man's claims.

CDs with the material were sent from New South Wales to Tasmania, but as "images of young children wearing bikinis" did not fit the definition of child exploitation, the case was closed and the CDs destroyed.

After it became clear police had prior knowledge of Griffin dating back to 2009, Commissioner Hine ordered a review of their information and responses. That report was released in February 2021.

On Wednesday, Commissioner Hine said police had already "taken significant steps" to improve the experience for victim-survivors and he again apologised to those failed by the system.

"It has been confronting to hear the impact that Griffin's offending has had on the lives of victim-survivors and their families," he told the commission.

"And even more confronting to know there were opportunities where we could have put a stop to that offending.

"Be assured that you have been heard. And we have learned from your experiences."

The commission is conducting hearings until August 19, with live streaming available.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-06/tas-police-apology-griffin-commission-of-inquiry/101212248

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Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings

https://www.commissionofinquiry.tas.gov.au/

Live stream

https://icourts.events.corrivium.live/tascoi

Mark Dreyfus orders Commonwealth to drop Bernard Collaery East Timor spying charges

Lisa Visentin - July 7, 2022

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Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has ordered the Commonwealth to drop the prosecution of lawyer Bernard Collaery, four years after he was charged with leaking classified information about Australia’s alleged spying operation in East Timor.

Dreyfus announced at a press conference in Sydney on Thursday the Commonwealth would discontinue its case against Collaery, a former ACT attorney-general, who was facing the prospect of jail.

“Having regard to our national security, our national interest and the proper administration of justice, today I have determined that this prosecution should end,” he said.

Collaery’s trial had been due to start in the ACT Supreme Court on October 24 after years of delays.

In a statement released through his lawyers, Collaery said the decision would allow him to move on with his life, as he praised the depth of community support he had received from across the country and the close friends “who gave me inner strength”.

“I am very pleased that the new attorney-general has looked at this prosecution and all it has involved and taken steps to bring the case to an end. This is a good decision for the administration of justice in Australia,” he said.

“This decision will allow me to move forward with my life and legal practice.”

Collaery was facing five charges under the Intelligence Services Act related to leaking classified information and conspiring with his client, an ex-spy known only as Witness K, to reveal information about Australia’s bugging operation of East Timor’s government during commercial negotiations in 2004 to carve up the oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea. Their actions helped the East Timor government build a case against Australia at The Hague, which led to Canberra re-negotiating the deal.

Describing the Collaery case as “exceptional”, Dreyfus said his decision was informed by the government’s commitment to its “relationship with our neighbours”.

“All prosecutions involve a balancing of interests. The balance of interests can change over time. This is such a case,” Dreyfus said.

Dreyfus said the decision did not represent a move away from the practice of protecting government secrets, but the Coalition condemned the intervention as setting a dangerous precedent.

“Governments must protect secrets, and this government remains steadfast in our commitment to keep Australians safe by keeping secrets out of the wrong hands,” Dreyfus said. “The long-standing practice of government has been to neither confirm nor deny claims made about intelligence matters and I will strictly adhere to that practice.”

Dreyfus discontinued the prosecution under section 71 of the Judiciary Act, overturning the authorisation given in 2018 by then-attorney-general Christian Porter for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to pursue charges against Collaery and Witness K.

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Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser said Dreyfus’ intervention in the case undermined the work of Australia’s national security agencies.

“This action sends a dangerous message to those who would seek to do harm to Australia by dealing in government secrets and shows Labor can’t be trusted to manage our national security,” he said.

Collaery’s case was mired in legal battles over the degree of secrecy that should be applied to his criminal trial and involved 10 separate hearings in the ACT Supreme Court. After the Court of Appeal ruled in October that Collaery’s trial be held in open court, the Morrison government launched a High Court bid to keep the chief justice’s full judgement from reaching the public domain.

Dr Kate Harrison, partner at Gilbert + Tobin, the law firm which represented Collaery pro bono, said the case had shone a light on the degree of secrecy enabled by Australia’s national security laws, which allowed cases to be heard behind closed doors.

“The approach threatens the capacity of a defendant to receive a fair trial,” Harrison said in a statement.

Gilbert +Tobin said Collaery’s legal team were to be excluded from another upcoming hearing in which the court was to receive further secret evidence from the Commonwealth.

In June 2020, Witness K was handed a three-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty, but Collaery decided to fight the charges against him.

Following the election of the Albanese government, human rights and whistleblower advocates renewed their calls for ministerial consent for the prosecution to be withdrawn.

A number of crossbench members of parliament also urged Dreyfus to intervene in the case, including Greens senator Nick McKim, ACT senator David Pocock, Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel.

Kieran Pender, a senior lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, said the decision heralded an “important day for Australian democracy”.

“Bernard Collaery should never have been prosecuted. The attorney-general has done the right thing and should be applauded for that,” Pender said.

He urged Dreyfus to also intervene in the prosecutions of former military lawyer David McBride, who leaked documents to journalists exposing alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, and Richard Boyle, who blew the whistle on unethical practices at the Australian Taxation Office.

“Whistleblowers make Australia a better place. The ongoing prosecutions of David McBride and Richard Boyle are not in the public interest. Those cases should also be dropped, as a matter of urgency,” Pender said.

Dreyfus refused to comment on the McBride and Boyle cases.

“I’m not going to comment on other cases I may or may not have received briefings about. Mr Collaery’s case was an exceptional case,” he said.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bernard-collaery-s-leaking-charges-over-east-timor-operation-dropped-on-mark-dreyfus-orders-20220707-p5azuu.html

Australia expands fourth COVID dose rollout amid fresh Omicron threat

Renju Jose - July 7, 2022

SYDNEY, July 7 (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday it would expand the rollout of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines from next week as it battles a steady rise in hospital admissions fuelled by the highly transmissible new Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5.

The new subvariants have now become the dominant coronavirus strains in several countries, with pandemic experts warning they could lead to more hospitalisations and deaths because they spread more quickly than other coronavirus variants.

New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, warned it was experiencing a fresh wave of infections driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants. Meanwhile, Victoria said these have become the dominant strains in the state.

"The pandemic is not over, we are entering a third wave that is placing enormous pressure on our health and hospital system," Health Minister Mark Butler said during a media briefing.

About 4,000 people are currently in hospitals in Australia suffering from COVID, the biggest count since early February, authorities said, when Australia endured its previous significant Omicron outbreak.

From Monday, people aged above 30 will be eligible for the fourth dose, Butler said, after Australia's immunisation advisory group updated its recommendations.

The changes will make more than 7 million people eligible for their second booster shot. The vaccination has been restricted up to now to people above 65 or with serious illness.

After largely containing the virus through tough border restrictions and snap lockdowns earlier in the pandemic, Australia began living with the virus late last year through a staggered easing of curbs after higher vaccinations.

An Australian National University survey released on Thursday showed young Australians have suffered the greatest drop in life satisfaction among all citizens during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia on Wednesday scrapped a rule that required international travellers to declare their COVID vaccination status, marking the end of another major restriction.

Australia, among the most heavily vaccinated countries against COVID, has so far administered two doses to 95% of people above 16. More than 70% have been given a third shot, official data showed.

This has helped Australia to restrict its COVID numbers. The total death toll rose above 10,000 on Sunday, but the rise has been far slower than in many other countries.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-seeks-expand-fourth-covid-dose-eligibility-amid-fresh-omicron-threat-2022-07-07/

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Victorian Health Minister will not rule out mask mandates and working from home orders as COVID-19 cases surge

Victoria's new Health Minister said various ideas have been "floated" after Premier Daniel Andrews gave her the authority to make pandemic orders on Tuesday.

Crystal Wu - July 7, 2022

Victoria's new Health Minister has refused to rule out mask mandates and working from home orders as COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations continue to surge.

Mary-Anne Thomas said she was yet to make a decision on whether to extend her powers but said Victorians, who have been living with COVID for two-and-a-half years, should know how to keep themselves safe.

"The pandemic declaration enables me to make that decision but I haven't yet made it," she told 3AW on Thursday morning.

"The public health team are looking at modelling and they're consulting with their colleagues and various ideas are floated but no ideas have been taken.

"As the Minister for Health, my job is also to ensure that I'm consulting widely and understanding what measures can be put in place to best support Victorians as we go forward.

"Victorians know what to do - we've been living with the COVID virus now for two-and-a-half years, we know that in order to protect ourselves and vulnerable family members it's important to keep up to date with vaccines, it's important to wear a mask in crowded settings, it's important to put your mask on as required on public transport."

Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday extended the pandemic declaration for three months, giving Ms Thomas, who was sworn in as Health Minister last month, the authority to make pandemic orders.

Mr Andrews said the extended declaration would enable those in "key settings" to remain in place over the winter period as a surge in COVID-19 cases continues to put a strain on the state's hospital systems.

“In making the declaration, I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that there continues to be a serious risk to public health throughout Victoria due to the coronavirus disease which requires continued public health and other protective measures to reduce the risk of transmission and hospitalisation,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The pandemic declaration gives the Minister for Health the authority to make pandemic orders she considers reasonably necessary to protect public health after considering the Chief Health Officer’s advice and other relevant factors, including social and economic factors."

Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are expected to become the newest dominant strain in Victoria with state health officials concerned the variants have a “greater ability” to evade vaccine immunity than BA.2.

The latest extension of the pandemic declaration will come to an end on October 12, 2022.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/victorian-health-minister-will-not-rule-out-mask-mandates-and-working-from-home-orders-as-covid19-cases-surge/news-story/c0c0100468473e4678b3525c5195cfa6

Mysterious Georgia Guidestones monument suddenly explodes

An explosion at a mysterious US monument dubbed the “American Stonehenge” has reignited conspiracy theorists online.

news.com.au - July 7, 2022

Officials in the US have released CCTV footage showing an explosion that destroyed a set of mysterious “Guidestones” in Georgia on the morning of July 6.

The Georgia Guidestones were erected in 1980 and comprised several granite monoliths with a “10-part message espousing the conservation of mankind and future generations in 12 languages,” according to the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

They were five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a pattern resembling a star. The rocks are 5m tall, weighing more than 20,000kg apiece.

The Georgia Guidestones have been the subject of several conspiracy theories, and have most recently been targeted by fringe Georgia candidate Kandiss Taylor, who alleges the monument is tied to a “Luciferian Cabal.”

Others believe the monument, erected in the 1980s, has a link to a population control conspiracy to reduce the planet to just 500,000 people.

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation released surveillance footage it believes was taken around 4am that captures a large explosion at the site of the Georgia Guidestones.

Officials also provided the public with separate CCTV video that showed a vehicle in the area. The agency confirmed that for safety reasons, the Guidestones were “completely demolished.”

Investigators said the initial damage was attributed to ”unknown individuals” who ”detonated an explosive device” at the site.

Immediately after footage of the explosion began making waves on social media, Taylor pledged to “demolish” the monument as a major part of her campaign platform, tweeting that “God” was responsible for “striking down the Satanic Guidestones.”

“God is God all by Himself. He can do ANYTHING He wants to do. That includes striking down Satanic Guidestones,” Taylor tweeted a few hours after the bombing.

“Over the years, the Guidestones have created lots of discussion and brought visitors to Elbert County from all over the world,” the Elbert Chamber of Commerce wrote on Facebook. “Whatever your personal opinion on the Guidestones is, this attack is bad for our community. We hope that whomever is responsible is apprehended and brought to justice.”

The monument has previously been attacked by vandals.

Elbert County sheriff’s deputies, Elberton police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are all investigating the latest attack.

The monument featured a set of religious tenets and declarations, encouraging humans to be “in perpetual balance with nature” and to “balance personal rights with social duties” in 12 lines of vague scripture.

The full inscription on the rocks read:

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.

Unite humanity with a living new language.

Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.

Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.

Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.

Avoid petty laws and useless officials.

Balance personal rights with social duties.

Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.

Be not a cancer on the earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/mysterious-georgia-guidestones-monument-suddenly-explodes/news-story/9cf3d7282ddd9527cda2a62e08590f86

https://twitter.com/DarinFeinstein/status/1544836328885477378

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1544810411811553280

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones_bombing

Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe killed by gunman in campaign attack

WILL GLASGOW - JULY 8, 2022

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot at a campaign event in Nara on Friday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recalled his cabinet to Tokyo to respond to one of the greatest political catastrophes of Japan’s post-war era.

“This is the very foundation of democracy … It cannot be tolerated,” he said of the pre-election attack.

Late on Friday, Mr Abe, 67, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, was confirmed dead.

Hours earlier, Prime Minister Kishida had said Mr Abe was in a “critical condition” after the “barbaric and malicious act”.

“Doctors are doing everything they can. I am hoping and praying that former prime minister Abe will survive this,” an emotional Mr Kishida told reporters in Tokyo hours before Mr Abe’s death was confirmed.

Mr Abe had been transferred to Nara Medical University Hospital’s intensive care unit after being shot by what appeared to be a homemade weapon. He was seen bleeding and was unconscious after the incident.

The former prime minister had gunshot wounds on the right side of his neck and left side of his chest, according to Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

The suspect was immediately taken into police custody. He told police that he was dissatisfied with Mr Abe and intended to kill the former prime minister, according to public broadcaster NHK.

The shooting took place at around 11:30am in Nara, two days before a crucial upper house election that could allow Mr Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution.

Mr Abe, a hugely influential figure in the LDP, has been the most prominent advocate for this change and was campaigning for a member of the ruling party when he was shot.

Mr Kishida declined to comment on the motive of the shooter, saying he needed to wait on the result of the police’s ongoing investigation of the “heinous act”.

Nara Prefecture Police have arrested 41-year-old Nara resident Yamagami Tetsuya on suspicion of attempted murder.

NHK reported that the suspect is a former member of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces.

Sounds of an apparent gunshot and plumes of smoke were visible in a video taken at the campaign event. Pictures from the scene show a man being tackled to the ground.

Mr Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, with two stints in office from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020.

He was the key architect of the Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China’s increased assertiveness and a key driver of the Quad grouping.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attack was “shocking news”.

“Our thoughts are with his family and the people of Japan at this time,” Prime Minister Albanese said.

Former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison worked closely with Mr Abe, as Tokyo and Canberra became increasingly close strategic partners.

Since stepping down in 2020 because of ill-health, he has remained in Japan’s parliament where he is the leader of the most powerful faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

He has repeatedly cautioned China against launching an invasion on Taiwan and warned that Japan needs to do more to counter Beijing’s military build up.

President Joe Biden’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said the attack was a “very, very sad moment”.

“Our thoughts, our prayers are with him, with his family, with the people of Japan,” US secretary of state Blinken said on the sidelines of a G20 meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “deeply distressed by the attack” on his “dear friend”

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen said she was surprised and saddened by the news.

“Former Prime Minister Abe is not only a good friend of mine, but also a staunch friend of Taiwan’s. He has supported Taiwan for many years,” she said.

Japan has strict laws on gun ownership and shootings are rare.

Mr Abe was campaigning for LDP member Kei Sato, who is running for re-election in the Japanese upper house election on Sunday.

Japan’s security and defence strategy has become a prominent issue in the campaign, following Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s repeated warnings about the Indo-Pacific lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Abe has been the most influential advocate of the need for Japan to revise its pacifist constitution.

Changing the constitution is extremely hard, requiring a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. In addition, any change requires a national referendum winning a majority of public support.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/former-japan-pm-abe-attacked-left-bleeding/news-story/3e7aaed5636efa4608d5236012802e56

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Tweet

Shocked and saddened by the tragic death of former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo. He was a great friend and ally to Australia. Deepest sympathies to his family and the people of Japan. We mourn with you.

https://twitter.com/AlboMP/status/1545340613100539905

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STATEMENT

The tragic death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is devastating news. On behalf of the Australian Government and people, we offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to Mrs Abe and to Mr Abe’s family and friends, and to the people of Japan.

Mr Abe was one of Australia's closest friends on the world stage. It was his vision that helped elevate our bilateral relationship to a Special Strategic Partnership in 2014. Under his leadership Japan emerged as one of Australia’s most like-minded partners in Asia – a legacy that endures today.

Mr Abe was a leader in the Indo-Pacific, championing a vision of a free and open region. The Quad and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership are in many ways the results of his diplomatic leadership.

Mr Abe was also a giant on the world stage – a leader in the G7, the G20 and the United Nations. His legacy was one of global impact, and a profound and positive one for Australia.

Just a few days after being sworn in as Prime Minister, I had the privilege of travelling to Japan for the Quad meeting. In many ways, this grouping is a legacy of Mr Abe’s diplomatic activism.

Mr Abe was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese history. He will be greatly missed.

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

Prime Minister of Australia

8 July 2022

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton Tweet

Our thoughts and prayers are with our great friend Abe and his family. He is a man of incredible decency and a great ally to Australia. A shocking act of violence which has no place in any society.

https://twitter.com/PeterDutton_MP/status/1545289671785455617

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Japanese Ambassador YAMAGAMI Shingo Tweet

We are all shocked to hear the news. Such an outrageous act should never be condoned. We are following the situation with great concern and we are praying for him.

https://twitter.com/YamagamiShingo/status/1545271289799008256

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Tony Abbott Tweets

With the death of Shinzo Abe in an act of shocking violence, Australia has lost a great friend and Japan has lost its most significant post-war leader.

Under Abe, Japan assumed its rightful place as the leading democracy of the western Pacific.

https://twitter.com/HonTonyAbbott/status/1545333412437041154

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He was the father of the Quad, a friend to Taiwan, and a staunch defender of liberal values.

He concluded the more recent FTA, as well as adding a key strategic dimension to our already intimate partnership.

https://twitter.com/HonTonyAbbott/status/1545333416241287170

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I was the beneficiary of many acts of friendship including the attempted submarine partnership which would have eliminated any capability gap prior to our going nuclear.

This is a dreadful loss for Japan, for Australia and for a world where democracies stand strong and together

https://twitter.com/HonTonyAbbott/status/1545333418237784065

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Scott Morrison Facebook Posts

July 8, 2022 - 1:26 PM

I am deeply distressed to hear the reports of the alleged attack on former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. PM Abe is a great and wise friend of Australia and one of the most important global leaders of the post war era. Our prayers are with him, his wife Akie and the people of Japan at this very difficult time.

https://www.facebook.com/scottmorrisonmp/posts/602012284627471

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July 8, 2022 - 7:18 PM

The death of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is a truly devastating tragedy. He possessed a grace and strength that redefined the course of his country and our region. I will never forget the humility he displayed when he visited Darwin to lay this wreath at the cenotaph and meet with our WWII veterans. He had the capacity to bridge history and shape the future. He combined a gentle nature with a giant political stature. He will be terribly missed. Vale my dear friend Shinzo. Love to Akie Abe and the people of Japan. We share in your awful grief.

https://www.facebook.com/scottmorrisonmp/posts/602180911277275