US Senate Calls on Julian Assange to Testify

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-senate-calls-on-julian-assange-to-testify/5649968

Julian Assange has been asked to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their Russia investigation, according to a letter signed by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) posted by the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.

The letter, delivered to Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, reads in part

“As part of the inquiry, the Committee requests that you make yourself available for a closed interview with bipartisan Committee staff at a mutually agreeable time and location.”

BREAKING: US Senate Intelligence Committee calls editor @JulianAssange to testify. Letter delivered via US embassy in London. WikiLeaks' legal team say they are "considering the offer but testimony must conform to a high ethical standard". Also: https://t.co/pPf0GTjTlp pic.twitter.com/TrDKkCKVBx

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 8, 2018

Wikileaks’ says their legal team is “considering the offer but testimony must conform to a high ethical standard,” after which the whistleblower organization added a tweet linking to a list of 10 Democratic Senators who demanded in late June that Assange’s asylum be revoked in violation of international law

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Barrier Reef Foundation grant 'unthinkable, mind-blowing', former board member says

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-09/barrier-reef-foundation-grant-shocking-myer-former-board-member/10090780

A member of the Myer family dynasty who played a key role in establishing the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has condemned a $444 million federal grant to the body as "shocking and almost mind-blowing".

The latest comments increase pressure on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for making what critics branded a "captain's call" in allocating the funding.

Michael Myer was a financial supporter of the GBRF and a member of its board for two years until 2002, when he quit in part over concerns about its "corporate" direction and the growing involvement of figures from the fossil fuels industry.

Yesterday, it was revealed governance experts and lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia believed the grant contravened the Federal Government's own guidelines.

Mr Myer told the ABC it was "unthinkable" for the Government to award the largest ever non-profit grant to an organisation with six staff members "without due diligence, without a proper tender process, without a request".