Anonymous ID: 887085 Q Research AUSTRALIA #2 - THE TRUE DEFINITION OF 'ALLY' Edition Jan. 25, 2019, 5:58 a.m. No.4899520   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4279 >>7269 >>6656 >>8312 >>4506 >>1837

Welcome To Q Research AUSTRALIA

 

On the occasion of Australia Day 2019 and in anticipation of FISA DECLAS, a new thread for research and discussion of Australia's role in The Great Awakening.

 

Previous thread -

 

Q Research AUSTRALIA #1 - https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html

N.B. - The previous thread was archived during the server troubles of late 2018. As a result, many of the images are missing. Please feel free to re-upload important graphics in this thread.

 

''"Does AUS stand w/ the US or only select divisions within the US?"''

Q - 11/25/18.

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4029778.html#4030351

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 25, 2019, 6 a.m. No.4899540   🗄️.is 🔗kun

"The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

 

Q's Posts referencing Australia and The Five Eyes (FVEY)

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=AUS

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=Australia

 

Q's Posts referencing The Five Eyes (FVEY) in general

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=FVEY

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=Five%20Eyes

 

''"UK/AUS (+ OTHERS) MUST LEARN THE TRUE DEFINITION OF 'ALLY'."''

Q - 09/24/18

https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#293

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 25, 2019, 6:02 a.m. No.4899555   🗄️.is 🔗kun

''"Ask yourself, how would 'FOREIGN' Allies' KNOW what is within a US TOP SECRET FISA warrant?"''

''"Ask yourself, why are [2] 'KEY' Allies' VERY CONCERNED re: DECLAS & RELEASE?"''

Q - 09/22/18

https://8ch.net/patriotsfight/res/62.html#277

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 25, 2019, 2:19 p.m. No.4907271   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7364 >>5905 >>6214

>>4904863

Do you mean this thread?

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4520.html

 

If so, the information has been archived but many of the images were not included. My hope is that anons will re-upload the most important Oz graphics / memes in this thread for maximum visibility.

 

Only goes to show the importance of archiving EVERYTHING offline.

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=archive

 

http://archive.is/

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 25, 2019, 8:22 p.m. No.4911890   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9842 >>1521

>>4910003

The cabal's days are numbered so let them make whatever plans they like. I hope that whoever resides in The Lodge when FISA DECLAS occurs, they are untainted by the malfeasance of previous administrations and can "steady the ship" during the ensuing turmoil.

 

Will that be Scott Morrison? I don't know. The boats were stopped but how do you stop ambitious conservative rivals intent on seizing power at any cost? The Dutton / Cormann leadership coup has been a disaster for the Coalition.

 

Will it be Bill Shorten? My personal sense is that he is too closely associated with the Rudd / Gillard era to be considered Prime Minister material. He undoubtedly has the inside running. All he has to do is sit back, allow the Coalition to implode and enjoy coasting to a "Bradbury" election victory.

 

It's a unique moment in time for Australian federal politics, very delicately balanced. The Morrison Government hangs by a thread and only today another Minister has tendered his resignation.

 

Time will tell. They've got until November 2019 to sort it all out.

 

2019 Australian federal election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election

 

—–

 

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to become third minister to quit politics

 

26 January 2019

 

A third federal minister has announced his resignation from politics, with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion saying he will not contest the next election.

 

In a major blow to the Government's re-election hopes, Senator Scullion joins Human Services Minister Michael Keenan and Jobs Minister Kelly O'Dwyer, who both announced this week they would step aside from politics to focus on their families.

 

Senator Scullion made his announcement on Australia Day, calling time on nearly two decades in federal politics.

 

"It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve the people of the Northern Territory for the last 17 years in the Australian Senate; I thank all Territorians for their support over this time," he said.

 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected suggestions the three ministers were abandoning a sinking ship.

 

"I don't think that's a very kind way to put it, and I don't think that really does respect the decisions they made," he said.

 

He also denied it would hurt the Coalition's chances of winning the next election, saying the resignations were about nothing more than the "personal circumstances" of each politician.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-26/nigel-scullion-quits-politics-indigenous-affairs-national-clp/10747898

 

http://archive.fo/qFz3w

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 26, 2019, 8:05 p.m. No.4923572   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1521

>>4920774

I generally post the heading, the first few paragraphs and a link to the article. If you're really keen, include a screencap of the article or one of its images.

 

If the article text is poorly formatted, perhaps with bullet points or paragraphs all over the place, try posting the text into a basic text editor first, then reformatting it to your liking. You can make the heading stand out by using…

 

Red text

 

or Bold text.

 

If you're uncertain about the text formatting, try posting on the 8Chan Test Board first, specifically in this thread:

 

https://8ch.net/test/res/51520.html

 

Here you can see what your post will look like before posting on a /qresearch/ thread. You're also able to delete your posts on /test/, an option you don't have on /qresearch/. One exception is that hyperlinks are enabled (clickable) on /test/ whereas they are disabled on /qresearch/.

 

Also consider archiving your article, just in case it disappears from the web. Copy and paste your article link here -

 

https://archive.fo

 

The entire webpage is copied, archived and a new link created for posterity, so you have a backup if the original article vanishes.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 27, 2019, 9:16 p.m. No.4935957   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5964 >>6107 >>6800 >>5901 >>1975 >>1521

>>4912842

[1/2]

 

Turnbull is an interesting one. A Liberal Party PM and a staunch Republican. A one-time Labour Party aspirant and a long-time rival of Tony Abbott. He is one of only three Australians mentioned in Q drops (the others being Julian Assange and Alexander Downer), although Q did not explicitly name Turnbull when referring to the leaked phone call of January 2018.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-told-malcolm-turnbull-refugee-deal-was-stupid/8773368

http://archive.fo/cnK7I

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-04/donald-trump-malcolm-turnbull-refugee-phone-call-transcript/8773422

http://archive.fo/dyTV2

 

I thought it was interesting that Q used X/AUS instead of MT/AUS, and that there was no [killbox] around the X. Q has been happy to [name] other world leaders such as [MAY], [MERKEL] and [MACRON], but didn't bother to do so with Turnbull. Could this mean that Turnbull was not part of the effort to surveil POTUS through The Five Eyes? Q could have easily fired a warning shot across Turnbull's bow, but instead emphasised the leak itself.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 27, 2019, 9:17 p.m. No.4935964   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6685 >>6723 >>7239 >>1417 >>1521

>>4935957

[2/2]

 

The reference to "Blood" in Q drop #908 is intriguing. To date there have been 14 instances of the phrase "blood" used by Q:

 

● 5 in reference to Saudi Arabia - "The Bloody Wonderland."

 

● 2 in reference to Ronald Reagan's speech - "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream."

 

● 3 in reference to Ephesians 6:10-18 - "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."

 

● 3 in reference to trace / follow the bloodlines of wealthy ruling families.

 

● The singular phrase, "Blood" (with a capital B) has been used once, in Q drop #908 and in reference to Australia.

 

https://qanon.pub/?q=blood

 

I think if Australian political "bloodlines" were the issue, Q would have used that exact phrase. Knowing what we know about the canal and its evil practices, "blood" could be a reference to blood consumption and / or blood sacrifice. However I think if this was the intent, Q would have thrown in "These people are EVIL", or words to that effect.

 

"Trapped? Forced?" seems to imply that the Australian Government was being blackmailed. This begs the Q-uestion, by whom?

 

Could it be that the Australian blood reference is not to blood ties or blood consumption, but to an organisation involved in the collection of blood?

 

The Red Cross?

 

Q has been unusually forthright about the Red Cross -

 

''"Red Cross is corrupt and used as a piggy bank."''

https://8ch.net/cbts/res/33992.html#34407

 

Was Q signalling that the Red Cross conducts illegal activity within Australia, just as it does throughout the world? Does the Red Cross enjoy Diplomatic Immunity within Australia?

 

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2013L01916

 

Does the Red Cross use its vast logistics network to launder money, smuggle contraband and traffic humans with impunity? Is blood collection nothing more than a charitable front for a global criminal organisation that profits from human misery?

 

>Risk of ‘conspiracy’ label the deeper we go.

 

Does this global criminal organisation posses blackmail material on key Australian politicians? Did it seek to remind then Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull of its international reach by leaking his telephone conversation with POTUS? Was the message to Turnbull effectively, "Trump may have won the election but the cabal is still in control"?

 

Was the cabal unaware that White Hats had been in control long before the call was even made? Was the call allowed to leak to identify the bugged location and the leaker? Are the Australian FVEY agencies monitoring /qreasearch/ at this very moment?

 

Bloody oath.

 

Whatever else Turnbull might be, I don't think he'll be one of those Australian Government officials sweating on FISA DECLAS. Some of his predecessors, however…

 

>The clock is ticking.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 27, 2019, 10:49 p.m. No.4936800   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0030 >>3091 >>0535 >>1521

>>4935957

>Turnbull…a long-time rival of Tony Abbott.

They have been at each other's throats for decades. I wonder if Abbott gave Prince Phillip a Knighthood just to irritate Turnbull?

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-23/prince-philip-gets-controversial-australian-knighthood/6414282

 

http://archive.fo/bbzFP

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 28, 2019, 12:52 a.m. No.4937462   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>4937269

Absolutely outstanding, well done! My spell checker flagged a few corrections but these are easily fixed. Give it a quick run through yours and I reckon we're good to go.

 

Thanks again!

Anonymous ID: 887085 Jan. 31, 2019, 10:40 p.m. No.4985770   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5778 >>1521

>>4984483

>>4984503

If you paste the video URL into the 'Embed' field, it will appear in its own player. Unfortunately it wont accept specific time markers but you can always advise people where the good stuff begins.

 

Anons should feel free to post things on the test board if uncertain, just to see what works and what doesn't. You can delete your posts there if things don't work as expected.

 

https://8ch.net/test/res/51520.html

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 1, 2019, 2:25 a.m. No.4986649   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6745 >>1521

>>4949056

>the company We $ your kids gets their knitwear. Don't know if they're Oz-based.

US based - run by a tattoo artist named Ezra Haidet. At one time based in Austin, Texas but now based in San Diego, California.

 

>The best ugly Christmas sweaters ever

>Austin, Texas tattoo artist Ezra Haidet's Middle of Beyond online shop officially has the BEST ugly Christmas sweaters ever. Surprise your friends, impress your office mates, horrify your family member when you wear one of these beauties to your next holiday gathering!

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2014/12/12/the-best-ugly-christmas-sweaters-ever

https://www.facebook.com/middleofbeyond/

https://www.instagram.com/ezrahaidet/

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 1, 2019, 4:20 p.m. No.4994211   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4241 >>1521

>>4986870

Why would you need to wear a heavy scarf, during Southern Hemisphere Autumn, in air conditioned surrounds unless you were very, very ill?

 

Hillary Clinton tells Julia Gillard the 2016 US election was 'a perfect storm'

11 May 2018

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-11/hillary-clinton-discusses-the-us-election-with-julia-gillard/9749236

http://archive.fo/5ZUP2

 

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern breakfasts with Hillary Clinton

MAY 7 2018

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/new-zealand-pm-jacinda-ardern-breakfasts-with-hillary-clinton/news-story/c72bccb782eadeed86297bc9b8f89efc?nk=0ecfcdbf70b3ac5609675015df07dea1-1549059215

http://archive.fo/bddTv

 

>>4993800

No problemo. We're in this together.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 2, 2019, 1:05 p.m. No.5004938   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>5003957

Request denied.

The work you did on the previous thread was GREATLY appreciated.

The work you are currently doing is GREATLY appreciated.

 

>Those who push simply have no grasp of reality.

>Those who push simply do not understand warfare tactics.

>Emotions cloud judgement.

>Emotions cloud logic.

 

>Think for yourself.

>Trust yourself.

>Research for yourself.

>Be in control of yourself.

>NEVER let someone else DRIVE YOU.

 

5:5?

 

>/End.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 2, 2019, 9:37 p.m. No.5010347   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0984 >>1521

>>4947109

>>4949994

Julie Bishop parts with iconic red shoes

Nov 28 2018

 

As Julie Bishop explains it, they were simply a pair of comfortable working boots.

 

But to accept this description at face value, one would have to overlook Ms Bishop's years of perfecting diplomatic understatement as Australia's first female foreign minister.

 

The shoes Ms Bishop wore the day she resigned as minister - red satin with bejewelled heels - stood out against a sea of black footwear at the press conference in Parliament House.

 

The sparkly red heels became an instant symbol of female empowerment.

 

Earlier on that tumultuous August week, Malcolm Turnbull had been unceremoniously dumped as prime minister.

 

The chaotic leadership challenge was marred by allegations of bullying and harassment of Liberal women.

 

Ms Bishop, who put her hand up to replace Mr Turnbull, also came last in a three-way race in favour of two blokes.

 

On Wednesday, Ms Bishop gifted the iconic shoes she wore only once to the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.

 

Red is one of Ms Bishop's favourite colours; a symbol of power and passion, of courage and freedom, of love and independence.

 

https://www.riverineherald.com.au/@national/2018/11/28/341744/julie-bishop-parts-with-iconic-red-shoes

http://archive.fo/ejjPd

 

>They don’t hide it.

>They don’t fear you.

>You are sheep to them.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 7, 2019, 8:36 p.m. No.5074780   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1537

China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands

 

February 08, 2019

 

Australia's security agencies are investigating a cyber breach of the Federal Parliament's computer network that the ABC understands is likely the result of a foreign government attack.

 

The agencies are looking into whether China is behind the incident.

 

In a statement, Federal Parliament's presiding officers said authorities were yet to detect any evidence data had been stolen in the breach.

 

One source said the response to the attack had been swift but the hackers were "sophisticated this time around".

Computer passwords have been reset as a precaution as the investigations continue.

 

"We have no evidence that this is an attempt to influence the outcome of parliamentary processes or to disrupt or influence electoral or political processes," the Parliament's presiding officers said in a statement.

 

A cyber security expert warned about the seriousness of the breach.

 

"If you look at what goes on in Parliament House, you've got politicians, you've got staffers, you've got government departments that are moving in and out of the organisation and a lot of that is through electronic means," adjunct professor Nigel Phair, from the University of Canberra, said.

 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said no Federal Government departments or agencies had been targeted in the attack.

But he refused to offer details on the breaches at Parliament House.

 

"I don't propose to go into any sort of detailed commentary on the source or nature of this," Mr Morrison said. "Once further information is available then we will be in a position to provide further detail."

 

(more)

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-08/china-government-cyber-security-breach-parliament-hackers/10792938

http://archive.fo/ESe4K

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 8, 2019, 11:15 p.m. No.5089360   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>5061880

>>5086954

''The FED and the IRS''

''FACT: US Federal Reserve is a privately-owned company, sitting on its very own patch of land, immune to the US laws.''

Q - 11/11/17

https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/149061733/#149063549

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 10, 2019, 9:34 a.m. No.5107369   🗄️.is 🔗kun

AUS mentioned in Q's latest post -

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5101045.html#5101092

 

Notice the "-" (minus) signs in front of the sentences. Which lines DO NOT have a minus?

 

''UK/AUS narrative shift re: in_country spy campaign v. POTUS (hops 1 to 2; 2 to 3; 3 to 4; 4 to target)''

''Dark to Light.''

https://''www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qIXXafxCQ''

 

Significant?

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 16, 2019, 1:42 p.m. No.5210551   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8239 >>1553

>>5138747

Rome is now the epicenter of spygate. The Brits/Australians already know we know what they did. The Italians are trying to still cover it. @matteosalvinimi

 

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1096880152087130112

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 16, 2019, 5:47 p.m. No.5213859   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1553

Just a polite reminder

 

>Doxing (from dox, abbreviation of documents) or doxxing is the Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting private or identifiable information (especially personally identifiable information) about an individual or organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing

 

The Name, Email and Subject lines should always be left blank. There is no need to identify (dox) yourself when posting on 8chan. We are all Anonymous here. If you see a post containing such personal information, please report it so the Board Operators and Volunteers can edit it out. We're in this together, frens, so let's help one another.

 

''"Do you remember that our enemies are also monitoring this board?"''

Q - 08/28/18

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/2772863.html#2773384

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 21, 2019, 10:29 p.m. No.5320432   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0585 >>2278 >>1553

Notable from Q Research General #6799. Reposting here to highlight exactly how complicit the Australian media is.

 

>>5319146 MSM normalisation of vampires and blood drinking

 

''"You may not believe that vampires are among you but they're probably your neighbour, your teacher, your friends, your classmate, your co-worker…"''

 

Love At First Bite

Broadcast on Australian televison today. MSN normalisation of vampires and blood drinking!

https://www.facebook.com/iwakeupwithtoday/videos/2222991651247431/

 

''Remember this Q post?''

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1039172411973885952

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1038465404572758017

Nothing to See Here.

Q

 

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/2965529.html#2965614

 

''"Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals"''

''"A study has found drinking young people’s blood could help you live longer and prevent age-related diseases"''

 

These people are SICK!

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 22, 2019, 12:51 a.m. No.5321975   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0590 >>1553

>>5312850

Another excellent summary. Well done!

 

>Former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd with the Pope. Note the redshoes.

 

The only suggestion I'd make is to also identify Cardinal George Pell in the photo with Rudd and the Pope. I forgot about Pell when considering Australians mentioned in Q drops. >>4935957

 

Australian Court Finds Cardinal Pell Guilty of Sexual Abuse.

 

A Melbourne court has reportedly convicted the Vatican’s finance chief, Cardinal George Pell, of sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s when he was archbishop of Melbourne.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2018/12/12/australian-court-finds-cardinal-pell-guilty-of-sexual-abuse/

 

After more than three days of deliberations, the court handed down a guilty verdict Tuesday by a unanimous consent of the jury. If the verdict is confirmed, it will be the highest-ranking condemnation of a Church official for a crime of sexual abuse.

 

Last year, Cardinal Pell requested a dispensation from his duties in Rome to travel to Melbourne to defend himself against the charges against him, which he has always denied. The Holy See has not yet commented on the reports.

 

The trial has been kept under strict secrecy, after a judge placed a gag order on all press coverage of the trial in Australia. Now, however, several Australian media outlets have reported that Pell has been found guilty of all charges.

 

The gag order, which still remains in place in Australia, was reportedly granted to “prevent a real and substantial risk of prejudice to the proper administration of justice.”

 

Pell continues to maintain his innocence and will almost certainly appeal the decision.

 

“All along I have been completely consistent and clear in my total rejection of these allegations,” Pell said last year. “News of these charges strengthens my resolve and the court proceedings now offer me an opportunity to clear my name and then return back to Rome to work.”

 

During the course of the trial, the cardinal has resided in a house of the diocese, although the Australian Church has noted that Pell personally paid for all the expenses of his defense.

 

The cardinal will face a second trial early next year on separate charges that he “sexually offended” two boys while playing games in a swimming pool in his home town of Ballarat, Victoria, in the 1970s when Pell was a priest in the area.

 

—–

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6487315/High-profile-figure-convicted-suppression-orders-prevent-publication-persons-identity.html

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/why-the-media-is-unable-to-report-on-a-case-that-has-generated-huge-interest-online-20181212-p50lta.html

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/an-awful-crime-the-person-is-guilty-but-we-cant-publish-the-story-ng-4be7ee27075d4fb302aae9989c40ad34

''[Cardinal Pell]''

''Dark to LIGHT.''

''Q''

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4272091.html#q4272168

 

>He was the vatican treasurer I'm sure that carries some weight

>>4272374

''#3 in the pecking order.''

''Define 'pecking' [animals].''

''Q''

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/4272091.html#q4272632

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 22, 2019, 3:22 a.m. No.5322760   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4067 >>4445 >>3771 >>1537

>>5322643

Full article

http://archive.fo/hVqYG

 

Iranian Group Blamed for Cyberattack on Australia’s Parliament

Attack is compatible with the activity of an Iranian state actor, U.S. cyber research company alleges

 

CANBERRA, Australia—Hackers based in Iran and implicated in attacks on the U.S. and Western allies were behind a computer breach of Australia’s Parliament and political parties, a U.S. cyber research company alleged.

 

This month’s attacks were part of a global espionage campaign that cybersecurity companies say began last year and that has mostly targeted the Five Eyes intelligence alliance comprising the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. They think the attacks were retaliation for President Trump’s decision to withdraw from a nuclear agreement with Iran.

 

The focus and pattern of the attack is compatible with the activity of an Iranian state actor connected to the Mabna Institute, said cybersecurity company Resecurity President Charles Yoo. The Mabna Institute is a technology company linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has blamed Mabna members, nine of whom were indicted in the U.S. last year, for a hacking campaign that compromised universities, private companies, and government entities in the U.S. and U.K.

 

“After that, that group has been reshaped and now includes members from Syria and Palestine, working as ‘mercenaries,’” Mr. Yoo said.

 

The global campaign has also been identified by National Security Agency analysts and FireEye , another cybersecurity company.

 

Australia’s government hasn’t assigned blame for the Feb. 8 attack. It happened three months before elections, raising worries it was part of a campaign by foreign agents to influence Western democracies.

 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the attacks, thwarted early, were from a “sophisticated state actor." That triggered concern locally that China —accused in 2017 of interfering in Australian domestic affairs—was behind the attack. Australia blamed Beijing for an attack in December. China has called suspicions it was behind cyberattacks irresponsible and baseless.

 

Mr. Yoo thinks blaming Chinese agents was a false flag. Resecurity had monitored the Mabna group’s activities for several years.

 

Iran’s cyber soldiers, according to FBI investigators, have been conducting “password spray attacks” using easy-to-guess passwords. Iranian hackers were blamed in November for a cybersecurity breach and extortion attempt on Australia’s Austal, which builds littoral combat ships for the U.S. Navy.

 

Mabna frequently targets organizations using cloud-based applications that require a single authentication token, often across multiple computer systems or even organizations, the FBI says. It focuses on Microsoft Office 365 users, according to the agency. Once inside the systems, the FBI says, Mabna accesses email.

 

Last year, Iran’s government dismissed charges against Mabna as groundless. The Iranian Embassy in Canberra couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on the new accusation.

 

The group likely targeted Australia as a close ally of the U.S. and Israel. President Trump withdrew last year from a 2015 deal that restricted Iran’s nuclear capability in exchange for having economic sanctions against it dropped.

 

As evidence of the group’s intrusion, Mr. Yoo offered a database he said was taken from the Australian Parliament mail server. It comprised 7,354 records containing information about lawmakers and staff. Accessing it would have required at least one hacked email account on the Parliament computer server, he said.

 

The database, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, includes email addresses, phone numbers and contact details for staff and ministerial advisers in most parties. The initial compromised email has since been deactivated, he said.

 

Cyber experts said the documents appeared authentic and probably came from a hacker’s cloud-based server but didn’t prove Iran’s involvement. “It’s more a proof-of-life document. It doesn’t really tell us anything at all about attribution,” said Tom Uren, an Australian Strategic Policy Institute computer-security analyst.

 

An Australian cyberdefense agency official said the hackers had used malicious computer software, or malware, as well as techniques not seen previously that have since been shared with allies.

 

Resecurity’s report follows a warning by U.S. intelligence officials that China, Iran, North Korea and Russia were intensifying cyber operations against Western rivals.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 22, 2019, 7:08 p.m. No.5338239   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1553

>>5138747

>>5210551

More tweets from George Papadopoulos

 

Italy has now become a true US ally.

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1099126082064642049

 

I highly recommend that the UK/Australia get out in front of what is about to emerge about their involvement in spying. Follow Italy’s lead. Save your relationship with the US.

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1099135619559636993

 

Sounds like Australia is still dragging its chain on Spygate.

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 24, 2019, 12:01 a.m. No.5357476   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1521

>>5050776

Fiona Barnett's response -

 

Unnecessary Evidence

>Owing to my article exposing high profile psychologist Bob Montgomery, I have come under an orchestrated series of threats and attacks. One of these attacks was launched by low-IQ cult scum who tried to discredit my testimony by saying my family are not related to Helen Holowczak. Their main source of ‘evidence’ is my grandmother’s gravestone which excludes the names of my father and his children. So, here a few documents to disprove their lies.

 

https://fionabarnett.org/2019/02/06/unnecessary-evidence/

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 25, 2019, 10:45 p.m. No.5390590   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8179

>>5321975

>>5383694

>>5383867

Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell found guilty of child sex charges.

 

Melbourne, Australia (CNN) - One of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church was found guilty of multiple historical child sex offenses at a secret trial in Melbourne in December, the existence of which can only now be revealed.

 

Australian Cardinal George Pell, 77, is almost certain to face prison after a jury found him guilty of one charge of sexual penetration of a child and four charges of an indecent act with or in the presence of a child in the late 1990s.

 

The conviction of Pell, the Vatican treasurer and a close adviser to Pope Francis, will send shockwaves through the church, which is already reeling from accusations of sexual abuse committed by priests worldwide.

 

Pell is the most senior Catholic official to be found guilty of child sex offenses to date. His conviction brings the escalating international controversy around the abuse of children in Catholic institutions straight to the doors of the Holy See.

 

A court order banning media reporting of Pell's five-week long trial, which began in November 2018, was lifted by Chief Judge Peter Kidd on Tuesday.

 

The prosecution's case hinged on the testimony of one man, who said Pell sexually abused him and another boy in Melbourne's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral after mass one Sunday.

 

—–

 

Under Australian law, all details of the first trial, including its existence, were suppressed due to concerns they could prejudice future juries.

 

The court order was lifted after the crown prosecutor chose to not proceed with a planned second trial into further child sex allegations against Pell.

 

Pell has repeatedly maintained his innocence. His legal team confirmed on Tuesday they had filed an appeal against the guilty verdict.

 

The Vatican has yet to comment on the verdict. Pope Francis quietly removed Pell from his small council of advisors for "reasons of advancing age" in December, before the news of the cardinal's conviction became public.

 

—–

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/australia/cardinal-george-pell-vatican-conviction-intl/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47366113

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-abuse-pell/vatican-treasurer-pell-found-guilty-of-abusing-two-choir-boys-22-years-ago-idUSKCN1QF009

''Many more to come?''

''Dark to LIGHT.''

''Q''

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5384047.html#5384495

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 26, 2019, 1 a.m. No.5391521   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1537 >>1851 >>7836 >>8179

Collected Notables from Q Research AUSTRALIA #2, posting to test format and layout. Corrections / suggestions happily accepted. I will compile again around 700 replies, then one final time around 730-ish before stating a new thread. A HUGE thank you to those who bring us Oz-related content from Q Research General. Just look at what we're done in one short month!

 

Notables

are not endorsements

 

#2 - Part 1/3

>>4908182 The Pentecostal Prime Minister and the Jerusalem embassy stunt

>>4908260 Why is Scott Morrison protecting Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston?

>>4911890 Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to become third minister to quit politics

>>4923058, >>4923090, >>4923108 Foreign-funded green groups could take whole swathes of Australia out of the productive economy

>>4923181 Soros n Turnbull Partnership

>>4923572 8Chan posting tips for Newfags, Test Board and archive.fo links

>>4930940 Sketchy GC Mayor Tom Tate lies — local Murdoch rag covers it up

>>4930976 No one is buying the Coalition's neoliberal message

>>4934255, >>4934681 Senator Michaelia Cash vs. Senator Doug Cameron - "rumours in this place abound"

 

>>4934683 Anon muses - "do the opposite of what the news tell ya"

>>4935957 The Clinton Foundation, Malcolm Turnbull (X/AUS) and the leaked phone call with POTUS in Q drops

>>4935964 "Blood" in Q drop #908 - reference to Australian Red Cross?

>>4936800 Abbott vs Turnbull: Republic Debate (1993)

>>4940385 Australia backs Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president

>>4940912 Independent Australia's Bloody Idiot of the Week — ScoMo's red hot go!

>>4942474 Whitewashing occupation? Bill Shorten and the Israel Lobby

>>4942503 Palestinians accuse Australian PM of 'bribing Zionist lobby'

>>4945164 Mandatory vaccine push by Big Pharma tied to Australian Prime Minister’s wife

>>4946417 Grant Goldman calls out Scott Morrison & his association to cults covering up paedophilia

>>4946437 Parents who won't vaccinate their children on 'religious grounds' will lose claim to family benefits, government says

 

Fiona Barnett Bun

>>4946470 Former Australian Prime Ministers named in VIP pedophile ring

>>4974745 fionabarnett.org - An Australian Experience of Ritual Abuse & Mind Control

>>4974755 Fiona Barnett Candy Girl Documentary / Satanic Ritual Abuse

>>4984025 Kim Beazley Senior: ASIO Agent and Child Trafficker

>>4985770 Fiona Barnett Press Conference - October 2015, Sydney

>>5050776 Collection Known info of Evidence against Bad Actor: Fiona Barnett

>>5357476 Fiona Barnett's response - Unnecessary Evidence

 

>>4946633 Clinton Foundation And Australian Government Money Laundering Scandal

>>4946964, >>4947052, >>4947072, >>4947085, >>4947109 Australia Notes - Anon's rundown on Australian politics and society

>>4947110 Melbourne’s immigrant communities fight back against the rise of white supremacy in Australia

>>4947376 Cory Bernardi, conservative warrior

 

Webuyyourkids Bun

>>4949007 We Buy Your Kids - company that makes pedo art for corporate and government clients

>>4949012, >>4949033, >>4986642 Illuminati, pizzagate and pedovore symbolism

>>4986649, >>4986745 Ezra Haidet / Middle of Beyond - satanic symbolism

 

>>4962385, >>4962576 Australian Army to take terror attack lead, not local police under Malcolm Turnbull overhaul

>>4962933 Australian Rhodes Scholars and Fabians

>>4963024, >>4963031, >>4963042 Australian Parliament to pass expanded laws to call out the Military to suppress Domestic Unrest

>>4974095, >>4974243, >>4974329, >>5000911 Anons discuss - Is the ADF loyal to the people?

>>4969787 Former Sydney Scoutmaster in court over child sex assault charges

>>4982900 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally linked to a second multi-million-dollar fraud of taxpayer’s money

 

Julie Bishop Bun

>>4984385 Bill Shorten to offer Julie Bishop diplomatic post if elected

>>4986870 Welcome back to Australia Hillary Clinton tweet

>>5010347 Julie Bishop parts with iconic red shoes

>>5010984 More red shoe images

>>5298151, >>5322724 Julie Bishop announces she will quit politics at the next election

>>5372438 Julie Bishop denies any link between donation from elderly Chinese mogul and advisor's appointment

 

>>5322724 Downer, Hockey, Bishop, Turnbull and the 2016 Presidential election

>>4985605, >>4986646, >>4986273 Joe Hockey, his wife and We Don't Say His Name

>>4985770, >>4985778 How to embed YouTube videos on 8chan

>>4985715, >>4985725, >>4986817 John Brumby, former premier of Victoria retires from Board of Huawei unit

>>4988429 Hitler's Gestapo in the Barossa Valley

>>4988508 Australia a "safe haven" for Nazi war criminals

>>4990443, >>5218035 Conspiracy theories swirl around Australia’s ‘missing’ gold

>>4990611, >>4990636 Frank Lowy, Zionism and 9/11

>>4994211, >>4994241 Hillary Clinton's 2018 speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand, with Julia Gillard and Jacinda Ardern

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 26, 2019, 1:03 a.m. No.5391537   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1553 >>8179

>>5391521

#2 continued - Part 2/3

 

>>4995967 Asian Cup 2019: Jewish Association Urges Australia to Boycott Palestine Match

>>4995992 5 of the 7 wealthiest people in Australia are Jewish

>>4996085, >>4996121, >>4996798, >>4996884, >>4997570, Australian Fabians - 1 Party 2 Heads

>>4998520 Muslim Leaders Reject Call to Denounce ‘Violent’ Koran

>>4998755 Witnesses / victims sought - Father Finian Egan, Our Lady Of The Rosary

>>4998995 15 years of Facebook: has it made the world, and Australia, a better place?

>>5000278 Queensland pedophile jailed, caught with 42,000 child pornography files

>>5000674, >>5000758 >>5000776, >>5007681, >>5000852, >>5000889 Brisbane Airport evacuated by police in 'emergency situation'

>>5023284 Intravenous Kiddie Infusions for RBG? Analysis of Q2653 by doctor from Australia

>>5023342 Undesirable Foreigners Stripped of Australian Citizenship

 

>>5028220 Superannuation and home loan sectors likely to be dramatically overhauled after Banking Royal Commission

>>5029241 Australia’s Record Debt Bubble Is Causing An Economic & Social Catastrophe

>>5030600 Turnbull admits banking royal commission should have been called earlier

>>5032320 Julia Gillard betrays Emily's List, despite all it's done for her

>>5032625 Labor veteran Jenny Macklin retires from federal politics

>>5035207 Morrison ‘accelerates’ free trade deal with EU nations

>>5035265 Australians Evacuated as 'Unprecedented' Flood Hits Queensland

>>5035410 Deadly dome of gorgeous Pacific island leaking radioactive waste

>>5035446 Revealed: the room inside Pine Gap no Australian could enter, bar one

>>5039863, >>5039885 Canberra strands Beijing's man offshore, denies passport

 

>>5051290, >>5321287 Nicole Kidman and father Antony Kidman linked to pedophile / satanic abuse rings

>>5321639 Senator claims former Australian PM on paedophile list

>>5051310 Australian diplomat Alexander Downer links Huawei to fake Trump/Russia Scandal

>>5051416, >>5051433 Twitter investor to help build Australian crypto bank

>>5058548 Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris told to leave school after walking onto grounds, waving at pupils

>>5064779 The Queen by Rolf

>>5064864 Chinese contractor for Australia's AMP charged with stealing customer data

>>5071609, >>5076974, >>5088563, >>5099270, >>5115868, >>5137881 Police seize $1.29 billion drug haul bound for Australia

 

Parliament Hack Bun

>>5074780 China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system

>>5088611 Suspicion falls on China after cyber attack on Australian Parliament — and it's not surprising

>>5167130, >>5160512 More on Parliament House Hack from Anon

>>5233802 Parliament hack attack also hit LNP, ALP

>>5221169, >>5221259, >>5234537, >>5238591, >>5280602 Anons discuss documents claiming responsibility for the Hack

>>5322643, >>5322760, >>5334067 Iranian Group Blamed for Cyberattack on Australia’s Parliament

 

>>5076366 Fallout at NAB over Banking Royal Commission Report

>>5076595 BOM admits to use of chaff in military exercises near Sydney

>>5077430 Ex-Australian diplomat, 63, admits to messaging a 14-year-old boy for sex despite knowing he was underage

>>5083155, >>5084776 EXTRAORDINARY! Reserve Bank of Australia’s Governor Suspends Reality!

>>5108644 A house price crash in Australia would require a $300 billion government bailout.

>>5137585 Infographic: Alexander Downer

>>5137778 Sexual abuse within Australia's Jewish Community

>>5137891 Payback time for Australia’s corrupt banks

>>5138606 Majority of Australians concerned about Agenda-Driven News

>>5138659 We need the Five Eyes spy network, but with oversight

>>5138686 Australia signs $50bn submarine contract with France, ends 2-year squabble

>>5138701 Australia called to act against Chinese detention of Uighurs

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 26, 2019, 1:06 a.m. No.5391553   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8179

>>5391537

#2 continued - Part 3/3

 

George Papadopoulos Tweet Bun

>>5138747 Italy is as important to the spygate saga as the UK/Australia

>>5167138 Brennan…suckered the Brits/Australians into sabotaging their relationship with Trump

>>5210551 Rome is now the epicenter of spygate. The Brits/Australians already know we know what they did.

>>5338239 Italy has now become a true US ally.

>>5338239 I highly recommend that the UK/Australia get out in front of what is about to emerge…Follow Italy’s lead.

 

>>5144932 Banking RC Report: The banks have learned how to rort the system

>>5152758 Tracking connections between Kevin Clinesmith, George Papadopoulos and Alexander Downer

>>5152907 Australia to reopen notorious migrant detention center after govt. fails to block medevac bill

>>5162595, >>5162609 Australian doctor exposes vaccine damage, stands up to government/media attacks

>>5163276 Frightening Candor from Satanist Insider

>>5163329 Australian Adept Unveiled World Satanic Control

>>5166658 Chinese and corrupt politicians building private airports similar to the Airforce bases around the country?

>>5167568, >>5187882 Vaccination Schedules in Australia

>>5168936 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: Overseas Territories of Australia

 

>>5175834 Optus investigating potential privacy breach after customers logged in as other users

>>5186215 James Packer involved with Chinese movie company Chinese Media Capital

>>5186331, >>5322707 Bad year or two for the Vatican – here's a synopsis

>>5196062 Comedian Threatens Violence Against Anti-Vaccine Parents

>>5203770, >>5220364 American spy boss warns China could already be trying to interfere in the Australian federal election

>>5338525 Australian's with a black left eye - Graham Perrett Labor MP

>>5210789, >>5210921, >>5212731, >>5212886, >>5279480 Anons discuss Hillsong Church

>>5213859 Reminder - DO NOT DOX YOURSELF - The Name, Email and Subject lines should always be left blank

>>5219835 A (Not Quite) Complete List Of Things Supposedly Caused By Global Warming

>>5220259 Interesting POV from Anon re Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

 

>>5220553 OzAnon spotted with #WWG1WGA sticker on car

>>5221122 Pushing the socialist agenda here to counter Trump's announcement that America will never be socialist

>>5231048 Hundreds of foreign criminals are being handed back their cancelled visas

>>5280672, >>5280593, >>5293249 Government bans conspiracy theorist David Icke ahead of planned Australian tour

>>5296613 NT Government gave no warning about new prison housing program because it 'didn't want to lose funding'

>>5300956 ‘Extraordinary breakthrough’: Scientists make ‘Holy Grail’ universal flu vaccine discovery

>>5301005, >>5301272, >>5322623, >>5322649 Julian Assange gets a new Australian passport

>>5312850 Infographic: Do former Australian Prime Ministers have connections to Pedophilia?

>>5320432 Love At First Bite - MSM normalisation of vampires and blood drinking

>>5321975 Australian Court Finds Cardinal Pell Guilty of Sexual Abuse.

 

>>5322223 Bursting Of Australia's Housing Bubble Could Topple The Government

>>5322662 Smallpox bioterrorist attack could devastate planet for 10 years

>>5322747 Anons dig of Julian Assange

>>5322710 Who is ALEXANDER DOWNER?

>>5322770, >>5326820, >>5327614 Pink Floyd's Roger Waters thinks Australia is 'manifesting white supremacy'

>>5322800 Bank of England refuses to return 80 tonnes of Australian gold.

>>5343514 Australian official: Climate change is a U.N.-led conspiracy to establish a new world order

>>5343586 Authorities confirm Assange’s Australian passport was renewed last October

>>5343603 Allegations of Israeli government interference in the extradition of Malka Leifer

>>5343643 Did the UK Sell Australia’s Gold?

 

>>5343650 ICANN Board Members

>>5352659, >>5357667 Just one in five cases of modern slavery are known to police

>>5354742 Australian Treaties Database - online resource for treaties to which Australia is a signatory

>>5357710 Child exploitation across the world - Satanic Child Sacrifice testimony of Ronald Bernard

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 27, 2019, 1:02 a.m. No.5412493   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8179

>>5412284

George Pell’s lawyer Robert Richter QC tells court sex crimes against children were ‘vanilla’

 

He sparked outrage by calling George Pell’s sex crimes “plain” and “vanilla” in court. This is the controversial lawyer tasked with defending the unthinkable.

 

Robert Richter is softly spoken but his words have echoed around Australia.

 

He is loved by his clients but loathed by members of the public for defending those deemed by some to be indefensible.

 

The Melbourne-based lawyer representing disgraced former cardinal George Pell today stood inside a packed Victorian County Court metres from his ageing client and dug his heels in.

 

Dressed in a black robe with matching black glasses, he called Pell’s 13-year-old victims “naughty boys” for drinking church wine before they were attacked.

 

He argued that Pell’s crimes — which include sexual penetration of a child under 16 — were “plain” and “vanilla”.

 

He suggested the Vatican’s third most senior catholic should get a slap on the wrist because his sex crimes against two boys lasted “less than six minutes”, there was “no ejaculation” and “no use of any implement”.

 

The septuagenarian and atheist — who was twice today asked to raise his voice by Victoria County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd — is no stranger to controversy.

 

He represented Hoddle Street Massacre architect Julian Knight on a pro-bono basis in 1998 and underworld figure Mick Gatto in 2005. Such was his gratitude, Gatto later had Mr Richter’s name tattooed on his chest.

 

In the course of his job he’s represented tax cheats, bikies, fraudsters, surgeons and billionaires, but his display in court today was perhaps his most astonishing.

 

Judge Kidd put him “on notice” for suggesting Pell’s crimes inside Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral in 1996 were “on the low end of offending”. Judge Kidd said plainly that he would not entertain that notion.

 

“People make reasoned choices,” he told the court.

 

“That’s what he did and he did it for over five minutes. He exploited two vulnerable boys. There was an element of brutality to this assault. It was an attack.

 

He told Mr Richter that Pell’s crimes were not “trifling”.

 

—–

 

While many viewed today’s performance as out of place with legal arguments around child sex abuse, Guardian journalist Melissa Davey tweeted that Richter was simply doing what he does best.

 

“I know many following my tweets are surprised and shocked by the comments of Pell’s defence barrister Robert Richter,” she wrote.

 

“But this is classic Richter. It is what he is renowned for. He toned it down a bit in the trial but what we’re seeing today is Richter’s style in force.”

 

Outside court, after Pell had his bail officially revoked, Mr Richter was asked whether he regretted making the comments about “plain vanilla” sex crimes.

 

He told Sky News: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

 

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/george-pells-lawyer-robert-richter-qc-tells-court-sex-crimes-against-children-were-vanilla/news-story/20e0459998f5eb9c458c498002c8225f

 

http://archive.fo/vurw3

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 27, 2019, 1:28 a.m. No.5412626   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8179

Tony Abbott haunted by praise for Cardinal George Pell

 

As Australia absorbs the news about George Pell’s horrendous crimes, Tony Abbott must come to terms with his praise for the man.

 

As Australia absorbs the horrendous news that its most prominent church leader, Cardinal George Pell, is a child sex abuser, former prime minister Tony Abbott must come to terms with the years he spent praising the man.

 

When police announced they were laying criminal charges against Pell in 2017, Mr Abbott chose his words carefully.

 

“Obviously, the legal process must now take its course, but the George Pell I have known is a very fine man indeed,” he said.

 

But his previous public comments about Pell were less cautious.

 

The most prominent example, which is sure to resurface today, was an interview with the ABC’s Lateline program in 2004, when Mr Abbott was the Howard government’s health minister.

 

The interview revolved around a meeting between Mr Abbott and Pell — one the future prime minister initially claimed not to remember.

 

“Have you met Archbishop Pell during the election campaign?” host Tony Jones asked.

 

“Not that I can recall,” Mr Abbott responded.

 

“Not that you can recall? Because we believe that you’ve had at least one meeting with him. Quite recently. You don’t recall that?” Jones said.

 

“When? Where?” Mr Abbott asked.

 

“At the presbytery in Sydney,” Jones replied.

 

Mr Abbott quickly shifted to praising Pell, saying the meeting was no big deal.

 

“Actually now that you mention it, I did meet with Cardinal Pell. So what? Why shouldn’t I meet with Cardinal Pell?” Mr Abbott said.

 

“Cardinal Pell is a fine man. He made a very good statement the other day about the Labor Party’s education policy. Why shouldn’t I meet with him?”

 

Jones explained that Pell had released that statement, which was politically advantageous for the government, shortly after his meeting with Mr Abbott. He asked whether the pair had discussed education policy.

 

“Nup,” was Mr Abbott’s concise answer.

 

“So what issues were discussed?” Jones pressed.

 

“Tony, I may well have been going to confession to Cardinal Pell. I may well have been seeking pastoral counselling from Cardinal Pell. What’s so sinister about that?” Mr Abbott responded.

 

“Cardinal Pell is one of the greatest churchmen that Australia has seen. I am a very imperfect Catholic. Why shouldn’t I go and seek counsel? Why shouldn’t I go and trespass on the time, occasionally of someone like Cardinal Pell?

 

“Perhaps if you spent more time with Cardinal Pell, your life might be more interesting and more edifying.”

 

https://www.news.com.au/national/tony-abbott-haunted-by-praise-for-cardinal-george-pell/news-story/819024996b253edd39e1d815713eed73

 

http://archive.fo/Xh2Pe

Anonymous ID: 887085 Feb. 27, 2019, 1:57 a.m. No.5412758   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8179

Richmond Football Club make a statement on George Pell

 

Australia's highest-ranking Catholic Cardinal George Pell has been stripped of an honorary position at Richmond Football Club following his conviction for child sex abuse.

 

The club on Tuesday removed Pell as club vice-patron, a largely symbolic role which he has held since 1997.

 

"While acknowledging his right to appeal, the club has formed a view that his association is no longer tenable or appropriate," the Tigers said in a statement.

 

Pell was signed as a ruckman by the club in 1959, playing for the reserves side before entering the priesthood. He went on to become archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney before becoming the Vatican's No.3 man.

 

Meanwhile, St Patrick's College in Ballarat has removed Pell's name off a building which had been named in his honour.

 

Pell attended the boarding school from 1949 to 1959 and was later inducted a 'legend of the school'.

 

"The jury's verdict demonstrates that Cardinal Pell's behaviours have not met the standards we expect of those we honour as role models for the young men we educate," headmaster John Crowley said.

 

"The college aims at every opportunity to fulfil our mission of raising fine boys to the status of great men."

 

Pell Wing will be renamed Waterford Wing, while a line will be struck through his name on a college honour board.

 

An online petition has also garnered more than 500 signatures calling for the Council for the Order of Australia to revoke Pell's appointment as a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2005.

 

A Melbourne jury in December found Pell guilty of five charges - one of sexually penetrating a child and four of committing indecent acts with children in the 1990s. That verdict was made public on Tuesday.

 

http://www.gold1043.com.au/newsroom/richmond-football-club-make-a-statement-on-george-pells-honorary-position/

 

http://archive.fo/fqJpU