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Queensland Health forced to pause Dr Jillian Spencer dismissal as she takes legal action over political discrimination

Suspended child psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer says her fight for reinstatement at the Queensland Children’s Hospital is “far from over” after Queensland Health’s bid to terminate her was halted pending a Supreme Court judicial review.

Conor Breslin - October 28, 2025

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Psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer says her termination from the Queensland Children’s Hospital has been placed on hold after she launched a Supreme Court challenge against Queensland Health, arguing her sacking breached her constitutional and human rights.

Appearing on Sky News host Peta Credlin’s program, Dr Spencer confirmed her lawyers had secured a stay on her dismissal as the court reviews whether Queensland Health unlawfully ignored her right to freedom of political expression and her protections under the Human Rights Act.

“I think the last time that I spoke to you, I was desperately hoping that a Queensland Health Minister, Mr Tim Nicholls, would intervene to prevent me from being fired, but unfortunately, he decided not to do that,” Dr Spencer said.

“So, thank heavens for good lawyers and my lawyers have lodged a Supreme Court judicial review of the termination on two grounds: the first being that the notice didn’t consider my right to freedom of political expression under the Constitution and the second that the notice didn’t consider my human rights under the Human Rights Act.”

Dr Spencer said the legal move has given her temporary protection from being formally dismissed until the matter is resolved by the court.

“So, that gives me a stay of termination until that judgement is delivered,” she said.

“I’m also still waiting for the whistleblower decision through the Industrial Relations Commission. I’ve been waiting on that for 17 months now and all my hopes are resting on Commissioner Christopher Gazenbeek.”

Dr Spencer, who was suspended last year after questioning the gender-affirmation model used to treat children at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, has maintained she was fulfilling her professional duty by raising ethical and medical concerns about the practice.

Her stance - warning that early “social transition” and medical interventions such as puberty blockers can cause psychological harm - has sparked fierce debate across the medical community.

“What we know from the clinical experience from the underground network of very brave clinicians who are treating children with gender distress, with an exploratory approach, and not affirming them, is that early affirmation really locks in the gender distress,” she told Credlin.

“So, children who are socially transitioned can get really stuck and preoccupied with how they’re appearing and concerned about how other people are perceiving them.

“They get used to pretending to be someone they’re not and it really takes over their lives.”

Dr Spencer said the “exploratory method”, as opposed to the affirmation model, encourages clinicians to take a holistic approach to children’s distress - exploring potential psychological or environmental factors rather than assuming a child is inherently transgender.

“You take an open mind about what’s going on for the child,” she said.

“You consider that other experiences and historical experiences in their life, or even current experiences, may be contributing to their distress, so you keep an open mind rather than assuming that the child is naturally trans and gender diverse.”

“You give the child time to explore their identity, all without the harm of medicalisation.”

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 07:55:05 1b41b4 No.23800949

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Dr Spencer’s legal challenge, backed by the Human Rights Law Alliance, argues she was punished for expressing views consistent with biological science and long-held medical ethics.

“It’s the wonderful Human Rights Law Alliance that is handling my claim that I have been politically discriminated against by the Queensland Children’s Hospital,” she said.

“If we win that case, then Australians, in their workplace, will be able to be open about their belief in biological reality that people can’t change sex and they won’t have to fear about being fired or disciplined for that.”

The case, filed by Meridian Lawyers, alleges Queensland Health failed to consider Dr Spencer’s constitutional right to freedom of political communication when determining she had engaged in “inappropriate conduct in a private capacity”.

It also claims the department ignored its obligations under the Human Rights Act.

Dr Spencer was found to have engaged in misconduct by acting clinical services director Brendan Hoad in September for making public statements which “brought her employer into disrepute”.

Her legal team contends that this finding was politically motivated and unlawfully silenced medical dissent.

The suspension came after Dr Spencer publicly criticised the hospital’s gender service for endorsing puberty blockers and hormonal treatments which she said lacked evidence of benefit and carried significant risks - a position now echoed by international reviews, including the UK’s Cass Report, which found serious flaws in gender medicine for minors.

While her termination has been paused, Dr Spencer said her fight for professional vindication and broader reform continues.

Despite the personal toll, Dr Spencer said she remains committed to defending medical integrity and the rights of doctors to speak freely about patient safety.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/queensland-health-forced-to-pause-dr-jillian-spencer-dismissal-as-she-takes-legal-action-over-political-discrimination/news-story/45d55ef374bae35fd98696b32e8554c7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzW0zm0jvdg

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:05:28 1b41b4 No.23800976

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Des Houghton: Dr Jillian Spencer's Qld Health termination frozen amid legal battle

Des Houghton - October 29, 2025

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Child psychiatrist Jillian Spencer’s termination notice has been put on hold by Queensland Health.

However the doctor who was suspended for speaking out about transgender activism at the Queensland Children’s Hospital says her fight to be reinstated is far from over.

Meridian Lawyers, for Spencer, filed an application in the Supreme Court this week for a judicial review that seeks to invalidate Spencer’s termination notice signed by Brendan Hoad, the acting director of clinical services.

Hoad and the Queensland Children’s Hospital and Health Service have been named as respondents in the application.

Hoad’s assessment in September found Spencer guilty of misconduct for “continuing to make statements in the public domain that bring your employer and (children’s health service) colleagues into disrepute”.

Spencer’s legal team, led by Daniel Davison, told the court the threat of disciplinary sanctions and dismissal should be set aside because of Hoad’s “failure to have regard to the implied freedom of political communication under the Constitution in deciding whether he (Hoad) was reasonably satisfied (Spencer’s) conduct met the standard of ‘inappropriate or improper conduct in a private capacity’.”

Meridian’s lawyers argued Hoad also failed to take into account the Human Rights Act when deciding whether he was reasonably satisfied Spencer’s conduct met the standards of “inappropriate or improper conduct in a private capacity”.

Health Minister Tim Nicholls declined to comment.

The case drags on and on.

Spencer must now wait for a directions hearing set down for next year.

Spencer is also awaiting a judgment in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission where she is seeking whistleblower status for her public interest disclosures.

Spencer was suspended in 2023 after she questioned the “affirmation model” and the use of puberty blockers at the Queensland Children’s Gender Service at the Queensland Children’s Hospital.

The model has been discredited in many countries, so it is a mystery why Queensland Health continued to target Spencer.

She maintains she had a professional obligation to raise the alarm as the Hippocratic oath compels her to put the welfare of her patients ahead of possible reputational damage to the hospital.

“The reason why I spoke out is because I saw children being given a treatment that doesn’t have any evidence of benefit and has serious harms,” she said.

“It was too important not to speak out about.

“I can’t be bound by some public service rules not to speak out when I am forced to witness the ongoing harm to children.

“I don’t think the Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service should be used to suppress speech about a medical scandal.

“I would like a full exoneration.

“As a doctor, my primary loyalty is to the patient.”

Her Hippocratic oath duty to “first do no harm” trumped all.

Spencer also quibbles the hospital’s lawful right to offer criticism.

“It’s not to my employer, because otherwise doctors just become a company representative.

“No, I can’t just represent the hospital and say, ‘things are OK’ when they’re not.’’

Spencer raised other concerns with her termination letter which she said contained several factual errors.

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:06:29 1b41b4 No.23800980

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Spencer incurred the wrath of some colleagues by suggesting that young people complaining of “gender dysphoria” may in fact be suffering from autism spectrum disorder or have hidden traumas or the distress due to family breakdowns or suffering bullying, sexual abuse or exclusion at school.

Other psychiatrists have now come to Spencer’s defence, saying her concerns have been vindicated by landmark UK study critical of gender clinics, and by evidence in an Australian family law court decision.

In England, a four-year study by Dr Hillary Cass exposed the “shaky foundations” on which the National Health Service expanded gender identity treatments.

Cass said children had been “let down” by the lack of reliable evidence on how safe transitioning was for children.

Cass said the service could do more harm than good. The powerful drugs prescribed had numerous harmful side effects.

Spencer agreed. She told me this week in some cases, the damage was “irreversible”.

“My colleagues were very concerned about the gender interventions too, yet they remained silent,” she said.

“I honestly thought I was doing everyone a favour by speaking up and saying out loud what others at the hospital were saying behind closed doors.

“For some reason I didn’t detect the danger. Others were able to see that it wasn’t safe for them to speak up.’’

In court affidavits she accused some at the hospital of being transgender activists. She had grave misgivings about the gender affirmation policies she was instructed to follow.

“I was worried about the whole lot actually.

“ I was worried about puberty blockers, because there was increasing evidence that they weren’t reversible and that they put kids on a pathway where 95 per cent of them would go on to cross-sex hormones.

“It became clear to me that they weren’t giving children time to think.”

Spencer said although she had no ill feeling towards Brendan Hoad, he was not qualified to probe the complex world of psychiatric medicine.

“In my opinion he’s got no grounds to comment on psychiatric matters and there are things that he said in my termination notice that show that he doesn’t understand mental health,” she said.

“He certainly didn’t understand my role as a psychiatrist.”

She said she thought this was clear in Hoad’s reporting “highly contentious issues” about assessments and the treatment of children with suicidality. Hoad declined to comment.

Spencer also believes the Queensland Children’s Hospital and Health Service investigation was not impartial.

Meanwhile, the hospital chiefs and the Crisafulli government seem to me to have ignored the decision in the Family Court where Judge Andrew Strum criticised the gender-affirming care treatment guidelines used throughout Australia.

Strum was especially critical of Professor Michelle Telfer, described as Australia’s foremost gender-medicine expert and the lead author of the guidelines.

He found Telfer gave misleading evidence in support of a mother who wanted her child to be prescribed puberty blockers.

His judgment has called into question the integrity of treatment of gender-dysphoric children.

The Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents, written by Telfer and her colleagues in Melbourne, are used in Queensland and other states.

Strum stripped the mother of custody and effectively blocked the 12-year-old from accessing treatment. He criticised the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne for failing to give the child a formal gender dysphoria diagnosis until the court proceedings had commenced, despite having treated the child for six years.

Justice Strum also questioned the guidelines for not recognising children may not be capable of making life-altering medical decisions about their gender identity.

He went further saying he believed parents had been “coerced” into giving assent to puberty blockers.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/des-houghton/des-houghton-dr-jillian-spencers-qld-health-termination-frozen-amid-legal-battle/news-story/9ff7f86145f0eac983378947e8ff9d96

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:18:18 1b41b4 No.23801001

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Queensland Health puberty blocker, hormone treatment ban unlawful, court rules

Paul Brescia and Mikaela Mulveney - October 29, 2025

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Health Minister Tim Nicholls has used his extraordinary powers to reissue a statewide ban on puberty blockers – seven hours after a Supreme Court slammed the government for unlawful overreach.

Under the reissued directive the Minister did not need to outline why he believed gender dysphoric children not already being treated with puberty blockers shouldn’t be able to access them through the public health system, only that he believed it was “in the public interest”.

The move came after Supreme Court Justice Peter Callaghan SC, in a landmark decision just before midday on Tuesday, ruled the government’s initial puberty blocker ban was made unlawfully.

He deemed the amount of consultation undertaken by Queensland Health director-general David Rosengren in the lead-up to the January 28 directive – a 22-minute online meeting with health service bosses – insufficient.

The rebuke by the Supreme Court is the first high-profile admonishment of the Crisafulli government’s decision-making since it took office last year.

It also came on the same day Mr Nicholls faced accusations he had not delivered an ambulance ramping road map as promised, as the corruption watchdog confirmed the botched appointment of Krispin Hajkowicz as chief health officer had escalated to a full investigation.

Justice Callaghan said the 22-minute meeting “had every hallmark” of an occasion convened for Dr Rosengren to announce the directive was “what is going to be done”.

In his decision, he had pointed out the minister could have from the start simply issued his own directive “in writing and published in a way that allows it to be accessed by members of the public” rather than through Dr Rosengren.

“There can be in this case no suggestion that the minister was trying to circumvent the requirement of (Hospital and Health Boards) Act,” he said.

“On the contrary, rather than suggest this was a suggestion of the chief executive, the minister could not have been more open about his intentions, nor more insistent on his ownership of the decision.”

The Supreme Court action against the state government was brought by the mother of a transgender child, with the woman calling on Premier David Crisafulli to stop using trans kids as “political footballs”.

She said the speedy move to reissue the directive shows this was “clearly a political decision”.

“My child’s medical treatment was ultimately decided by the government, with no input from anyone with expertise,” the mother said.

“I don’t know any Queenslander who would want decisions about their child’s medical care being made by politicians.

“The Premier says he wants to keep kids safe.

“There is nothing safe about denying a child their right to expert medical care, or telling parents they don’t know what’s best for their children.”

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:19:51 1b41b4 No.23801006

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Mr Nicholls, in a statement shortly after the court ruling, said the government’s position on puberty blockers remained unchanged and that “we owe it to children to ensure care is grounded on solid evidence and we act with caution”.

“The Supreme Court was concerned with the treatment, with the circumstances of making the directive, not whether a pause on stage one treatment or stage two treatment was appropriate,” he said. “The government’s position remains unchanged.”

By 6pm on Tuesday evening Mr Nicholls had reissued the directive.

LGBTI Legal Service president Ren Shike said the organisation would be monitoring the situation closely, and review any decisions made by the minister.

“There does not appear to be any evidence to suggest banning care is in the public interest,” they said.

LGBTI Legal Service patron Matilda Alexander said any consultation or review which did not include voices with experience missed the depth and expertise it needed to make the right decisions.

“The ban on gender affirming care has caused so much pain and so much suffering for children in Queensland,” she said.

Opposition Leader Steven Miles accused Mr Nicholls of rejecting the advice of experts and called for him to be “held accountable”.

“Ministers should be lawmakers, not lawbreakers,” he said.

Mr Nicholls’ puberty blocker ban will remain in place “until such time as the government considers and acts on the outcomes of the independent review of Stage 1 and Stage 2 hormone therapies”.

The review, led by Professor Ruth Vine, will provide a final report to Dr Rosengren by November 30, though the government hasn’t said how quickly they’ll act on the recommendations.

The restriction relates to new patients seeking stage 1 and stage 2 treatment for children under 18 years of age with gender dysphoria. Patients who are already on a treatment plan would remain exempt from the directive.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/queensland-health-puberty-blocker-hormone-treatment-ban-unlawful-court-rules/news-story/cf6c6ce20791543af7d0e65bfa8c05b2

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:46:05 1b41b4 No.23801047

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eSafety boss hits back at Trump ally over claims Australia threatens US free speech

GEOFF CHAMBERS - 2 November 2025

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The eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has hit back at Donald Trump’s close ally Jim Jordan after the Republican congressman accused Australia and other nations of undermining free speech in the US and promoting global take-downs of online content.

Mr Jordan, who chairs the US house judiciary committee, has launched an investigation into Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Centre, which has links to the eSafety Commissioner and hosted Ms Inman Grant as a keynote speaker on September 24.

In an October 22 letter sent to Stanford University Cyber Policy Centre director Jeff Hancock, Mr Jordan said the centre appeared to be “facilitating foreign censorship that harms American civil liberties”.

Mr Jordan told Dr Hancock the roundtable event featuring Ms Inman Grant “brought together foreign officials who have directly targeted American speech and represent a serious threat to the First Amendment”.

“The keynote speaker at this event was Julie Inman Grant, the Australian eSafety Commissioner who has explicitly argued that governments have the authority to demand and enforce global take-downs of content,” Mr Jordan wrote.

“Other attendees and panellists included officials from some of the entities with the worst track records of extraterritorial censorship, including the United Kingdom’s Ofcom, the EU, and Brazil.

“By hosting this event, designed to encourage and facilitate censorship compliance with regulators from Australia, Brazil, the EU and the UK, Stanford is working with foreign censorship officials to vitiate the First Amendment.”

On September 25, around the same time Ms Inman Grant was participating in events with the university’s cyber policy centre, she announced the Stanford Social Media Lab, founded by Dr Hancock, was leading an academic review of the Albanese government’s Social Media Minimum Age obligation.

The government’s social media ban for children under 16 starts on December 10.

In response to Mr Jordan’s investigation and claims, Ms Inman Grant told The Australian that the enforcement of Australian laws had nothing to do with achieving global censorship.

“There is nothing eSafety is doing that prevents American companies from displaying whatever they wish to Americans, however all companies that operate in Australia must comply with Australian laws, including when they are displaying content to Australian end users, regardless of where they are based,” she said.

After she sought to block online access to the 2024 terror stabbing attack of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney, the Federal Court refused to grant an injunction, which was contested by Elon Musk’s X, because an effective global ban was deemed to not be a “reasonable” step under Australian law and would be “ignored or disparaged in other countries”.

Ms Inman Grant in October issued a removal notice to social media giant X and Meta in relation to the murder of Ukrainian-born US resident Iryna Zarutska, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the beheading of Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah.

The eSafety Commissioner told The Australian they had “accepted geoblocking in the Charlie Kirk, Iryna Zarutska and Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah matters where the material has been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board and is therefore illegal to display to Australians”.

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Anonymous 11/02/25 (Sun) 08:47:44 1b41b4 No.23801050

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The Albanese government’s pursuit of tech companies and social media platforms, many based in the US, has been viewed as a potential flashpoint with the Trump administration. Anthony Albanese is also moving to implement the News Bargaining Incentive, which compels large digital platforms to contribute to media outlets in Australia.

Mr Jordan’s letter, first revealed by US author Michael Shellenberger, demands disclosure of all documents and communications “between or among Stanford and any foreign government, including Australia, Brazil, the EU … or the UK” by November 5.

Documents and communications requested by Mr Jordan pertain to the event attended by Ms Inman Grant, correspondence with overseas authorities dating back five years and funding received by Stanford since 2020 from foreign governments “referring or relating to the moderation, deletion, suppression, restriction, or reduced circulation of content on social media platforms”.

Ms Inman Grant attended the two-day Stanford conference alongside researchers, industry, civil society and government representatives. She said the roundtable she took part in “did not involve any discussion of compliance co-ordination or regulatory information sharing”.

An eSafety spokesman said Ms Inman Grant held a range of “extremely constructive” meetings in the US with Snap, Meta, Google, Apple, Discord, Anthropic, OpenAI and Character AI. Ms Inman Grant and supporting staff also attended the Trust and Safety Research Conference hosted by Stanford University.

In parliament last week, Nationals senator Matt Canavan said attempts by the eSafety Commissioner to “take down content globally … have caused US politicians to become concerned. We can’t let rogue agencies escape parliamentary scrutiny, especially when they’re threatening the rights of others,” he said.

In his letter to Dr Hancock, Mr Jordan said “many American companies are sounding the alarm” about rising threats to civil liberties in the US.

“X has pushed back against lawless judicial orders in Brazil and Australia mandating global content take-downs. Likewise, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, emphasised the need to ‘push back on governments around the world going after American companies and pushing to censor more’, something it acknowledged requires ‘the support of the US government’.”

Mr Jordan said his committee had uncovered how overseas laws were “content-focused and have extraterritorial effects”, which “set de facto global censorship standards by coercing social media platforms to change their content moderation policies”.

In November last year, Mr Jordan penned a letter as chair of the House judiciary committee declaring the Albanese government’s misinformation and disinformation bill could “pressure American companies to censor online speech outside of Australia, including in the US”.

Mr Jordan said the legislation, which never passed the parliament, “disproportionately targets American companies and will harm free speech worldwide, including in the US”.

“There are serious concerns about how Australian authorities can continue to press for censorship and suppression of online speech outside of Australia’s borders,” he wrote.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/esafety-boss-hits-back-at-trump-ally-over-claims-australia-threatens-us-free-speech/news-story/4dfd484adab21a20c0f9bef9d7b9fd81

https://www.public.news/p/house-judiciary-chairman-jim-jordan

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Anonymous 11/03/25 (Mon) 10:15:08 1b41b4 No.23805280

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Queensland education authority offers ‘they/them’ pronouns for kindergarten kids

STEPHEN RICE - November 02, 2025

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Parents are being asked whether they want “they/them” pronouns used for their four- and five-year-old children attending kindergarten in Queensland, in a move condemned by psychiatrists as damaging to the individual child and to the other children in the classroom.

In this year’s cohort, 46 kindergarten children around the state were nominated by their parents as “they/them” on consent forms sent out by the Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority.

Kindergarten teachers in Queensland prepare a “transition statement” to help children prepare for primary school, providing information to their new teachers about the child’s strengths and weaknesses.

But many parents have been shocked to discover that they must nominate their child’s pronouns as part of the process.

Several psychiatrists told The Australian that introducing the concept to children at such a young age was harmful to their development, and for family and school relationships.

Queensland mother Nerissa Pace, whose four-year-old daughter is at kindergarten, described the move as “utterly outrageous and pure nonsense”.

“Why is the Queensland government pushing the radical gender ideology of a ‘non-binary’ child – neither male nor female – onto pre-school kids?” Ms Pace asked. “These are four- and five-year-old kids who have no concept of what ‘they/them’ as a pronoun even means, and the notion that a kid can be neither a boy nor a girl, and that other children and the teachers and the whole school cohort would have to then support that radical delusion, is gobsmacking. It compels teachers and it totally denies their right to acknowledge reality. It would confuse the hell out of these kids. It’s horrendous.”

Prominent psychiatrist and James Cook University academic Andrew Amos said the approach of QCAA was “not acceptable on a number of levels and very concerning”.

“I don’t think kids of that age are even capable of understanding the underlying concepts. It’s damaging for the children, but I think it’s also damaging to the family structure. The boundaries that you set for kids really have a large part to play in whether they’re going to be happy, healthy and functional, and this is really indoctrination into a particular political ideology that damages the child at school, but also at home.

“You’re misusing the trusted relationship between a teacher who is an expert in child education and a parent who trusts that teacher to know what’s best for their kids in a way that’s definitely harmful for the child, and I think is harmful to the relationship between the child and the parent.”

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Anonymous 11/03/25 (Mon) 10:16:02 1b41b4 No.23805281

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Senior psychiatrist Philip Morris said: “Four to five-year-olds are really at a point in their life where they are not in a position to be able to decide whether they should or should not support trans identities. So it’s premature for children to be asked this sort of stuff and it and it’s premature for the parents to be forced or encouraged to nominate this for their children.”

Child and adolescent psychiatrist Jillian Spencer, who was suspended by Queensland Health for her outspoken views against gender-affirming care, told The Australian: “Using preferred pronouns for children this age is harmful to the individual child and also to the other children in the classroom.

“I understand parents want to be seen as ‘good’ parents … However, it is not kind or caring to the child to play along with them being the opposite sex or non-binary. This is harmful to the child because it sets them on a path towards medicalisation which has serious harms. At kindergarten age, children are still trying to understand reality and providing them with false information about their own, or their classmate’s sex, prevents them from learning accurate information about themselves and the world.

“Early affirmation of a child’s claimed gender identity locks-in the gender distress. The child gets preoccupied with their own appearance and how others are perceiving them. The issue comes to dominate their life.” Dr Spencer also suggested teachers would be scared to resist the pressure to socially transition children because it might put their jobs at risk.

“It is a terrible moral problem for them because, if they are knowledgeable about child development and gender research, they will know that they are harming children by socially transitioning them. It is a terrible thing to be forced by your employer to harm children.”

Ms Pace wrote to Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek, expressing her “disgust” at the policy. Mr Langbroek responded that the QCAA was an independent statutory body and that he was therefore unable to intervene. He also stated that he was advised that the collection of pronouns was to “foster inclusion and recognise diversity in our community”.

The policy was introduced by the QCAA under the previous Labor government.

Data from the QCAA shows that 46 parents recorded their children as “they/their” out of a total of 57, 941 this year, and 11 out of 41,392 so far for the 2026 cohort.

Mr Langbroek told The Australian: “The independent statutory body, the QCAA, distributed this form. We believe parents are best placed to choose how they fill out the form.”

He did not answer a specific question asking whether he supported the policy of asking parents to specify the pronouns of their children.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/queensland-education-authority-offers-theythem-pronouns-for-kindergarten-kids/news-story/532f4da8a1a53afbd683ff060704ad6b

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Anonymous 11/04/25 (Tue) 08:38:26 1b41b4 No.23809042

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China's military build-up demands response, Australia defence minister says

Kirsty Needham - November 4, 2025

SYDNEY, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Australia's defence force operations to protect its sea trade routes, including through the South China Sea, are becoming more risky as Beijing undertakes the "biggest military build-up in the world today", Australia's defence minister said on Tuesday.

Open sea lanes, including trade routes that go through the South China Sea and East China Sea, are at the core of Australia's national interest, Richard Marles said in an opening speech at a navy conference in Sydney.

"That work is challenging and in truth it is becoming increasingly risky. The biggest military build-up in the world today is China," he told the Indo-Pacific conference.

"That it is happening without strategic reassurance means that for Australia and so many countries a response is demanded."

About 100 protesters, including pro-Palestinian groups, gathered outside the conference centre in Darling Harbour in Sydney. New South Wales state police said 10 people were arrested and pepper spray was used after clashes with officers.

Several Israeli companies are exhibiting at the defence conference.

Marles said Australia was increasing its military spending to build a "more capable, lethal, long-range navy".

This included acquiring frigates from Japan, developing submarine drones with U.S. company Anduril, and expanding its naval shipyards facing the Indian Ocean.

Australia raised concerns with Beijing last month after a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares near an Australian maritime patrol plane carrying out surveillance in the South China Sea, the latest in a series of such incidents that Australia has labelled "unsafe and unprofessional".

Dozens of navy and coast guard chiefs, including from the United States, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Pacific Islands, are attending the conference in Sydney, which comes as Australia prepares to build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet with the U.S. and Britain through the AUKUS partnership.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-military-build-up-demands-response-australia-defence-minister-says-2025-11-03/

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Anonymous 11/04/25 (Tue) 09:15:53 1b41b4 No.23809081

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Chaos as pro-Palestine protesters blockade arms expo

NATHAN SCHMIDT and CLAREESE PACKER - 4 November 2025

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A pro-Palestine activist was “surrounded” by police in a dramatic end to a press conference after an officer vowed more than a dozen protesters would be charged over a weapons expo protest.

Police have arrested 13 protesters after moving to break up a pro-Palestine “blockade” of a weapons expo sponsored by the NSW government in Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

No charges have yet been laid, but Superintendent Paul Dunstan confirmed that 13 people would be charged with offences including assaulting police and resisting arrest while addressing the media on Tuesday afternoon.

Protesters had been waiting for those arrested outside the Day Street Police Station in the city’s CBD on Wednesday when police set up the press conference concerning the 13 arrests.

Palestine Action Group (PAG) organiser Joshua Lees indicated that he would similarly address the media afterwards; however, Superintendent Dunstan’s press conference came to a dramatic end when Mr Lees was surrounded by police.

Mr Lees attempted to ask a question after reporters finished speaking with Mr Dunstan, who immediately told the activist that it was “not the time or the place”.

“It’s a respectful question,” Mr Lees interjected.

“Josh, I will speak to you after this has occurred, I am not engaging in conversations with you now, Mr Lees,” Superintendent Dunstan said.

Four officers then moved over to Mr Lees, with one placing his hands on the activist’s chest and moving him back.

The officers dispersed shortly afterwards, with Mr Lees later claiming police threatened him with arrest.

Mr Lees was trying to ask the officer if police had investigated the expo and the companies involved, claiming that some attendees had committed war crimes and genocide.

Mr Lees will not be charged in relation to Tuesday’s protest.

Officers injured during weapons protest

Superintendent Dunstan said police were “set upon” by a large group of protesters that entered an exclusion zone on Tuesday morning.

“Police did not go out and attempt to use force this morning, we were set upon by a pack of very angry protesters, and were required to use an amount of force,” he said.

Pepper spray was used during the ordeal before protesters picked up barricades and pushed them in the direction of police before throwing a bucket of paint at officers.

Two officers were injured in the ordeal, with one suffering a laceration to his nose and a second copping paint in his eye that needed to be flushed.

Mr Lees insisted peaceful protesters were set upon and “attacked”, telling reporters he had been “blinded” after he was pepper sprayed.

“The police know who I am as a protest organiser, and they immediately targeted me and pepper sprayed me in the face from a distance of about 1m,” he said.

“I was blinded and in great pain for 20 minutes or so. This is the kind of police brutality which has been meted out to peaceful protesters today.

“This is an outrage, and of course we are going to keep protesting until Palestine is free.”

Negotiations were eventually reached between police and protesters on Tuesday, and a march from Liverpool St to George St ensued. Protesters left safely afterwards.

Superintendent Dunstan said Tuesday’s events were “entirely out of character” and “disappointing” given the good relationship police had with the PAG over the last few years.

“All the goodwill and work with that group has really been damaged from what has occurred today,” he said.

Superintendent Dunstan claimed no Form 1 had been submitted, while Mr Lees argued there was no need for one.

Mr Lees further claimed that Tuesday’s expo should never have been allowed to go ahead, claiming the convention brought together some of the world’s biggest weapons companies “which have carried out genocide in Gaza” and “a host of other war crimes”.

Mr Lees earlier accused NSW Police of “engaging in brutality against peaceful protesters” after Tuesday morning’s rally turned chaotic, with protesters trying to push through a metal barricade.

More than 30 officers, including from the Riot Squad and Mounted Police, moved in shortly after 7.30am to break up the crowd who were banging on barricades and chanting “war criminals not welcome here”.

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Anonymous 11/04/25 (Tue) 09:17:32 1b41b4 No.23809086

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The “blockade” was led by the Palestine Action Group and was aimed at the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition, a multi-day expo at Sydney’s International Convention Centre.

The event is principally sponsored by the NSW government and Investment NSW and brings together local and international leaders in defence manufacturing, as well as multiple civilian industry.

Protesters accuse participating companies, including BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin, of being involved in the supply parts or munitions to Israel, subsequently used in the war on Gaza.

Dozens of protesters still lingered outside, chanting and carrying placards targeting NSW Premier Chris Minns and Defence Minister Richard Marles when the event got under way shortly after 9am.

Inside, the atmosphere was a world away.

Chief of the Royal Australian Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said this year’s event was the largest ever with more than 900 exhibitions and 58 international delegations, including from the US.

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy began his speech with Australia’s relationship with the US, stating: “AUKUS, in the words of President Trump, is proceeding in full steam ahead”.

But, it was another country, Israel, that took most of his time.

“We haven’t supplied weapons or ammunition to Israel for at least the last five years and especially since the conflict with Gaza began,” Mr Conroy said.

“In terms of them (businesses) supplying the ADF, we make no apology for getting the best possible equipment for the Australian Defence Force.

“We make no apology for making sure that our soldiers, sailors, and aviators have the best equipment to protect Australia’s interests, to promote deterrence in our region, and that includes sourcing parts from country companies throughout the world.”

Pressured as to whether Australia had ever provided parts that could go on to be used in weapons deployed by Israel, Mr Conroy said “everything goes through a strict export licensing regime”.

“The only export licences that are being approved right now is for ADF equipment that is going to Israel for either repair or upgrade or manufacture to come back to Australia,” he said.

On the protesters, Mr Conroy called for “respect”.

“People have a right to protest, but they should respect the fact that Australians are getting up helping make Australia safer while putting food on their families’ table,” Mr Conroy said.

A welcome from Mr Marles, who had been due to appear, on the event’s website describes it as “one of the world’s premier international maritime expositions”.

“It showcases the close co-operation between the Australian Defence Force, defence industry, international partners and other agencies,” he said.

“All working toward the shared goal of maritime security and a peaceful, prosperous Indo-Pacific.”

‘Go to hell’: Protesters arrested outside expo

The blockade was due to begin about 6.30am outside the IMAX cinema before protesters marched on the ICC – instead, 13 people were arrested after Mr Lees said protesters were “attacked”.

Four of those arrested were taken to Day Street Police Station, four to Surry Hills Police Station and two were released without charge.

“We’re just trying to assemble for a peaceful protest,” Mr Lees said.

“And the police attacked us with horses and pepper spray, you know, and arrest us.

“This is absolutely despicable.

“This is on Chris Minns. This is Chris Minns’ event. He sponsored it. He’s brought all these cops here to attack peaceful protesters.

“This is on him.”

Mr Lees was at the front of the push on the police fence.

Also present at the rally were former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas, who was allegedly assaulted by an officer during a separate rally in June, and Rising Tide’s Zack Schofield, who unleashed in a fiery spray.

“You are a disgrace,” Mr Schofield yelled at police officers.

“You personally are a disgrace. I hope you sleep well at night because you’re gonna go to hell.

“There is no equivocation on genocide.”

Protesters chanted “Chris Minns, blood on your hands, Albo, blood on your hands” as officers rushed to reinforce the barricade before the Riot Squad moved in behind it to break up the crowd.

The crowd chanted “free Palestine” and “Boeing, Lockheed go to hell, take Albo there as well”, and included – unlike more recent rallies – a large number of people in face coverings and masks.

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Anonymous 11/04/25 (Tue) 09:20:50 1b41b4 No.23809092

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Inside Sydney’s weapon expo

Hundreds of people, many in glistening-white navy uniforms, lined up outside the ICC as doors opened shortly after 9am.

Attendees spoke a mixture of languages, including English, French, Arabic, and Hebrew.

Inside, the exhibition hall presented a smorgasbord of civilian and military technologies, from underwater motion cameras deployed by the navy off Perth, to MTU Rolls Royce submarine engines, infra-red drone cameras, anti-drone handheld weapons, and missiles.

A number of different missiles were on display at the booth of Raytheon, a US-based defence technology company, as well as General Atomics Bullseye Long Range Strike Missile – which is designed by Israeli weapon’s company, Rafeal Advanced Defence Systems.

Autonomous technologies were commonplace, including sea and air-based drones, such as the Andurill Roadrunner VTOL and a cardboard Japanese-made training drone, while the Australian Capital Territory and a number of universities also had booths.

One of the most prominent booths was Australia’s largest defence manufacturing company, BAE Systems Australia.

Greens motion to condemn weapons expo

Last week, the City of Sydney voted to condemn the event.

The motion, moved by Greens councillor Matthew Thompson, noted “many of the major stakeholders and sponsors of this event have direct connections to current, and historical conflicts – enjoying staggering profits from misery and suffering from conflict and war”.

The motion also included a request that Lord Mayor Clover Moore write to Premier Chris Minns urging future events “promoting and profiteering from the sale of tools and weapons of war” not to be hosted by the state government in the City of Sydney local government area.

Aussie manufacturers targeted by protest

The expo will include a range of panel events, including from the Royal Australian Navy, the European Union’s delegation to Australia, and the University of NSW.

Other attendees include BAE Systems, an Australian defence manufacturer which holds the contract for manufacturing Australian F-35 jet components.

Raytheon, an American weapons manufacturer, aeroplane companies including Boeing, Australia steel maker BlueScope, and more will also have stands in the exhibition.

The protest is principally being organised by the Palestine Action Group, which has organised near-weekly pro-Palestine marches over the over the past two years.

Australian companies who activists say are linked to, or complicit it, transfers to Israel have repeatedly been targeted by activists.

Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas was allegedly assaulted by a police officer during a protest outside weapons-plating corporation SEC Plating in Belmore in June.

SEC Plating has denied providing jet components used by the Israel Defence Forces.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/chaos-as-propalestine-protesters-blockade-arms-expo/news-story/280af6807189fa8548ffac359da2cd24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sERE-g022AI

https://indopacificexpo.com.au/

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:09:40 1b41b4 No.23814328

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ASIO chief links Hizb ut-Tahrir and neo-Nazis, warns hostile nations could assassinate dissidents

GEOFF CHAMBERS - 4 November 2025

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Spy chief Mike Burgess has likened tactics used by Islamic extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir with neo-Nazis and warned of a realistic possibility that hostile regimes could replicate Iran’s direction of anti-Semitic attacks and “attempt to assassinate” dissidents in Australia.

Amid calls for the Albanese government to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general on Tuesday night accused the group of using anti-Israel rhetoric to fuel and normalise “wider anti-Semitic narratives”.

Delivering the Lowy Lecture in Sydney on Tuesday night, Mr Burgess said the religiously motivated Hizb ut-Tahrir’s “provocative behaviour, offensive rhetoric and insidious strategy” was “very similar” to National Socialist Network tactics.

“The organisation’s condemnation of Israel and Jews attracts media attention and aids recruitment, but it deliberately stops short of promoting onshore acts of politically motivated violence,” Mr Burgess said.

“Hizb ut-Tahrir wants to test and stretch the boundaries of legality without breaking them. As with the neo-Nazis, this does not make its behaviour acceptable. I fear its anti-Israel rhetoric is fuelling and normalising wider anti-Semitic narratives.”

The Coalition has called on Labor to reconsider Hizb ut-Tahrir’s terror status. Britain, Germany, India and Indonesia are among a large group of countries that have banned the Islamic extremist group.

In a speech warning that community cohesion was under siege, Mr Burgess said “our social fabric is fraying – fraying in ways we have never experienced before”.

He said threats to social cohesion were categorised into three cohorts: ‘the aggrieved, the opportunistic and the cunning”. He is most concerned about “the cunning”: nation states “deliberately trying to set the (social) fabric alight and fan the flames”.

“Given the degrading trajectory of our security environment and the growing willingness of regimes to conduct high-harm operations, ASIO assesses there is a realistic possibility a foreign government will attempt to assassinate a perceived dissident in Australia,” he said.

“This threat is real. We believe there are at least three nations willing and capable of conducting lethal targeting here. It is entirely possible the regimes would try to hide their involvement by hiring criminal cut outs, as Iran did when directing its arson attacks.”

For the first time, the ASIO chief has called out far-left extremists and individuals who “are increasingly willing to embrace or threaten violence to achieve their goals”.

Following Hamas’s murderous attacks targeting innocent Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023, Mr Burgess said: “We’ve seen more provocative protests and a notable uptick in intentionally disruptive and damaging tactics by anti-Israel activists, including multiple acts of arson, vandalism and violent protest against defence companies accused of supplying weapon components.

“While nationalist and racist violent extremists make up the significant majority of our investigations into ideologically motivated extremism, events in the Middle East triggered a troubling increase in anarchist and revolutionary extremism, which is also straining cohesion.”

Mr Burgess said that although the Middle East conflict “did not directly inspire terrorism here, it prompted protest, exacerbated tension, undermined social cohesion and elevated intolerance”.

“This, in turn, made acts of politically motivated violence more likely,” he said. “Even if the ceasefire holds, we expect ongoing tests for our social cohesion. Inflammatory rhetoric and provocative, disruptive actions have been normalised, and I fear the normalisation of violence and hatred against one community created a permissive environment for similar behaviours in other communities.”

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:11:50 1b41b4 No.23814335

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Amid ongoing concerns in the Jewish-Australian community about anti-Semitism, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last month could not say if or when the government would take action on recommendations made earlier this year by Anthony Albanese’s special envoy to combat anti-Semitism, Jillian Segal.

In August, the Prime Minister expelled Iranian ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi and three other officials after ASIO revealed Iran had directed at least two anti-Semitic attacks targeting Jewish Australians, the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney.

Mr Burgess said anti-Semitism existed in Australia before Iran directed its arson attacks and “while Iran is responsible for at least two of the incidents, it is not responsible for every incident”.

Israel’s spy agency Mossad last week revealed that senior IRGC-Quds Force commander Sardar Ammar was behind Iran’s clandestine international campaign to sow terror and inflame division in Australia and across the Western world.

Mr Burgess said the Iranian regime used “a complex web of cut-outs to hide its involvement”.

“While the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, provided instructions on the entities to target and its preferred methodology – arson – it is unlikely the individuals at the end of the chain – those literally lighting the fires – knew about the IRGC’s involvement,” he said. “It is important to understand that Iran did not single Australia out; the summer of anti-Semitism was part of its global effort to ferment hatred of the Jewish community and fan the flames of division.

“This activity is perhaps the most egregious example of a nation state trying to unpick our social fabric, but not the only example.”

Mr Burgess said authoritarian regimes were demonstrating a “chilling willingness to exploit fault lines” in countries they considered hostile. He said Russian operatives were “covertly stoking and amplifying division” in Australia and revealed ASIO had recently uncovered links between pro-Russian influencers and an offshore organisation assumed to be taking direction from President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence agencies.

“Deliberately hiding their connection to Moscow – and the likely instruction from Moscow – the propagandists try to hijack and inflame legitimate debate. They use social media to spread vitriolic, polarising commentary on anti-immigration protests and pro-Palestinian marches,” he said.

On international threats, Mr Burgess revealed ASIO had foiled attempts by a foreign intelligence service, which claimed it did not spy on Australia, to cultivate and recruit several Australians.

“The foreign intelligence service arranged for an Australian to travel by plane and then boat to a third country for a face-to-face meeting,” he said. “The spies wanted to hand over a list of their intelligence requirements – the people and things they wanted spied on. Inside information on Australia’s economy, critical minerals and AUKUS were high on the list.

“Little did they know ASIO was tracking and manipulating their entire activity. We worked with a partner in the third country to deliver an unwelcome surprise. When the intelligence officers arrived at the location, they were not met by their target, they were met by an ASIO officer.”

Mr Burgess said “great power competition in our region is contributing to multiple territorial disputes” and driving “a relentless hunger for strategic advantage and an insatiable appetite for inside information”.

“This is why, based on what ASIO is seeing, more Australians are being targeted for espionage and foreign interference than ever before,” he said.

The internet, social media platforms and artificial intelligence were fuelling grievance narratives, conspiracy theories, misinformation and echo chambers,” Mr Burgess said.

“Social media algorithms are accelerating extremism and radicalisation, but the algorithms do not operate in isolation. While the internet incubates and social media accelerates, artificial intelligence exacerbates. I am deeply concerned about the potential for AI to take online radicalisation and disinformation to entirely new levels.”

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/asio-chief-links-hizb-uttahrir-and-neonazis-warns-hostile-nations-could-assassinate-dissidents/news-story/e57bc049dd17fdd9583a78a54de30d2c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOUQ3Gqth8

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:18:04 1b41b4 No.23814342

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Spy boss warns of ‘realistic possibility’ of foreign-ordered killings in Australia

Matthew Knott - November 4, 2025

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The nation’s spy boss has issued a chilling warning about a growing risk of foreign governments trying to murder dissidents in Australia as he warns that social media algorithms and artificial intelligence are fuelling a disturbing rise in radicalisation.

In a sobering speech to the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Mike Burgess said the nation was facing an unprecedented number of simultaneous threats to social cohesion, including Russian trolls, neo-Nazis, Islamists and extreme anti-Israel activists.

Hours before Burgess’ speech, NSW Police arrested 13 anti-Israel protesters rallying outside a maritime conference and weapons expo in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, where two Israeli defence companies were exhibiting their equipment.

Declaring that community cohesion in Australia is “under siege, under threat, under attack”, Burgess said the nation’s social fabric is “fraying in ways we have never experienced before”.

“Australia has never faced so many different threats at scale at once,” he said.

Warning that intolerance is rising and anti-authority beliefs proliferating, Burgess said: “There are multiple, cascading and intersecting threats to our social cohesion, fuelled by three distinct but connected cohorts: the aggrieved, the opportunistic and the cunning.”

Burgess said that national security and law enforcement agencies were facing “a domestic security environment with an unprecedented number of challenges, and an unprecedented cumulative level of potential harm”.

ASIO has said since 2022 that foreign interference and espionage, rather than terrorism, is the nation’s principal national security threat.

“This threat is real. We believe there are at least three nations willing and capable of conducting lethal targeting here.”

Burgess did not name the three countries, but said it was possible foreign governments would try to hide assassination attempts by using “criminal cut-outs” as Iran did in its arson attacks on a Jewish synagogue and a kosher deli in Melbourne and Sydney respectively.

“Regimes are operating in a security grey zone using non-traditional tools to interfere in decision-making, promote discord, amplify distrust and spread false narratives in Western democracies,” he said.

“Authoritarian regimes demonstrate a chilling willingness to exploit fault lines in countries they consider hostile.”

Burgess said that “state-sanctioned trolls” – especially from Russia – were trying to sow discord in Australia by attempting to “hijack and inflame legitimate debate”.

“We recently uncovered links between pro-Russian influencers in Australia and an offshore media organisation that almost certainly receives direction from Russian intelligence,” he said.

While the attempts so far have only gained limited traction, he said: “I am deeply concerned about the potential for AI to take online radicalisation and disinformation to entirely new levels.”

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:19:12 1b41b4 No.23814344

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Burgess said that war in Gaza had not directly inspired terrorism in Australia, but it “prompted protest, exacerbated tension, undermined social cohesion and elevated intolerance”.

Since the October 7 attacks of 2023, Burgess said the nation had seen “a notable uptick in intentionally disruptive and damaging tactics by anti-Israel activists, including multiple acts of arson, vandalism and violent protest against defence companies accused of supplying weapon components”.

He referred to a group posting a video threatening “consequences” for the employees of an unnamed business.

“Every worker in this supply chain is complicit,” the video stated. “We will decide your fate as you have decided the fate of millions … We have been closely watching you. We have your addresses. Stop arming ‘israel’ [sic] or else…”

Meanwhile, he said that neo-Nazis had used anti-immigration rallies to raise their profile and fuel grievance in Australia.

While the National Socialist Network has not engaged in terrorism, Burgess said: “I remain deeply concerned by its hateful, divisive rhetoric and increasingly violent propaganda, and the growing likelihood these things will prompt spontaneous violence, particularly in response to perceived provocation.”

Burgess said he was also worried about Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which infiltrated the university encampment and pro-Palestine movements, as this masthead reported last year.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is listed as a terror group in the United Kingdom but not in Australia.

Burgess said he fears the group’s “anti-Israel rhetoric is fuelling and normalising wider antisemitic narratives”, adding that its “provocative behaviour, offensive rhetoric and insidious strategy are very similar to the tactics of the National Socialist Network”.

Burgess, who has given several high-profile speeches since becoming head of ASIO in 2019, was reappointed to a second five-year term last June.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/spy-boss-warns-of-realistic-possibility-of-foreign-ordered-killings-in-australia-20251104-p5n7jj.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR8oXJ3Z7aM

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:21:02 80c7a4 No.23814346

Canada big mad Kamsla Harris not president. KanadaKamala was put in to fold our production into Canada/AMERO/MEX…

FUCK CANADA

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:29:35 1b41b4 No.23814358

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ASIO reveals foreign operations remit

Spy chief confirms his agency is operating offshore, exposing foreign spy tactics, and setting new lines in Australia’s counterintelligence work.

JULIAN BAJKOWSKI - NOV 5, 2025

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Australia’s Director-General of Security, Mike Burgess, has publicly declared that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is now involved in offshore operations to defend Australia from foreign threats, revealing it has sent officers into the field to rebuff foreign cultivation attempts as part of its counterintelligence remit.

In a speech to the Lowy Institute on Tuesday night, Burgess outlined a series of persistently morphing threats to Australia’s national security, ranging from an ascendant local neo-Nazi movement to foreign intelligence service cultivation efforts directed at Australians. He also overtly spelled out that ASIO “officers routinely conduct operations offshore to defend Australia’s interests.”

The foreign counterintelligence activity by ASIO has long been an undeclared assumption, but Burgess’ statement delineates, to a degree, the difference between foreign counterintelligence operations compared to those of the collection activities of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs).

“ASIO is sometimes called ‘Australia’s domestic spy agency’. This is not accurate. Our mission is to protect Australians from security threats wherever they are — at home and abroad,” Burgess said.

“We have offices in multiple countries and working relationships with literally hundreds of intelligence and security agencies — some you would expect, some you would find more surprising.”

Burgess cited “a recent example [that] involved a foreign intelligence service that keeps ASIO very busy, despite claiming it does not spy on Australia.

“One of its teams tried to cultivate and recruit several Australians, and believed it had convinced them to betray their country,” the ASIO chief said, adding that “reflecting ASIO’s success in making Australia an unwelcome environment for espionage, the foreign intelligence service arranged for an Australian to travel by plane and then boat to a third country for a face-to-face meeting.”

The meeting was successfully interdicted.

“The spies wanted to hand over a list of their intelligence requirements — the people and things they wanted spied on. Inside information on Australia’s economy, critical minerals, and AUKUS were high on the list. Little did they know ASIO was tracking and manipulating their entire activity,” Burgess said.

“We worked with a partner in the third country to deliver an unwelcome surprise. When the intelligence officers arrived at the location, they were not met by their target; they were met by an ASIO officer,” Burgess said.

“The conversation was brief but pointed. We told them Australians were off limits. We warned them we would disrupt their operations whenever and wherever we chose. And we sent our regards to the head of their service.”

Professional courtesy in tradecraft, it appears, is not altogether lost.

“Spies are meant to report any interaction with counterparts from another country. I’m pleased to note these intelligence officers followed the rules and owned up to their superiors that their cover and their operation were blown!” Burgess said.

The ASIO chief also called out Russia as a more ambitious intelligence aggressor.

“Putin’s invasion of Ukraine prompted a more aggressive and reckless Russian intelligence apparatus to target Ukraine’s supporters around the world, including Australia. Russia has always been a significant espionage threat — Ben Chifley founded ASIO to counter it — but the ongoing war with Ukraine added urgency to its intelligence gathering,” Burgess said.

“Last year, two Russian-born Australian citizens were arrested and charged with an espionage-related offence. Russia’s brazen acts of sabotage in Europe demonstrated its willingness to use a wider range of tools and tactics to coerce, intimidate and damage perceived adversaries, and we should not assume Australia is immune.”

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:31:41 1b41b4 No.23814360

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The not-so-domestic intelligence service head also noted that “the conflict in the Middle East also reshaped Australia’s security environment from afar.”

“While the conflict did not directly inspire terrorism here, it prompted protest, exacerbated tension, undermined social cohesion, and elevated intolerance. This, in turn, made acts of politically motivated violence more likely,” Burgess said.

Here, Burgess made a cautious distinction surrounding several recent anti-Jewish attacks in Australia, citing Frank Lowy’s questioning of the precursors to the racist violence.

“In January this year, Frank Lowy posed a question that I noted with great interest: Could — and I’ll quote Frank directly — ‘dark forces financed by international hatred’ be behind Australia’s spate of anti-Semitic incidents? In August, the prime minister revealed our assessment that Iran directed at least two of the attacks on Jewish interests.”

There is some nuance here, given the fiasco of the so-called NSW terror caravan plot that turned out to be a shakedown by known criminal interests that ultimately reflected poorly on the Minns state government.

Which is not to say plots were not afoot. They were just professionally distanced.

“The Iranian regime used a complex web of cut-outs to hide its involvement. While the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (the IRGC) provided instructions on the entities to target and its preferred methodology — arson — it is unlikely the individuals at the end of the chain — those literally lighting the fires — knew about the IRGC’s involvement,” Burgess said.

“It is important to understand that Iran did not single Australia out; the summer of anti-Semitism was part of its global effort to ferment hatred of the Jewish community and fan the flames of division.”

The ASIO chief then tipped a bucket on proxy activities directed by hostile state actors.

“This activity is perhaps the most egregious example of a nation state trying to unpick our social fabric, but not the only example,” Burgess said.

“In our region, ASIO is tracking the spread of a particular strain of extremist propaganda. While the material purports to be from a transnational terrorist group, ASIO and our international partners suspect it is fake and is actually being created and disseminated by a hostile nation-state.

“In Europe, Russian cyber operatives connected to intelligence services have inflamed community tensions by spreading false news and promoting violent narratives, particularly on the topic of immigration.”

Burgess said that since October 2023, ASIO had observed more provocative protests “and a notable uptick in intentionally disruptive and damaging tactics by anti-Israel activists, including multiple acts of arson, vandalism, and violent protest against defence companies accused of supplying weapon components.”

“These groups — for want of a better word — are not as centrally controlled, uniformly motivated, or as disciplined as the National Socialist Network, but they contain individuals who are increasingly willing to embrace or threaten violence to achieve their goals,” Burgess said.

“Directly or indirectly, their actions can marginalise, stigmatise, and frighten sections of the community.”

Mind where you book your next caravan.

https://www.themandarin.com.au/302226-asio-reveals-foreign-operations-remit/

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:38:57 1b41b4 No.23814376

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>>23814358

Mike Burgess: ASIO spy boss takes aim at China, accusing Beijing of widespread intellectual property theft

Andrew Greene - 5 November 2025

China has been accused of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling by Australia’s spy chief who has also warned that several unnamed nations are “willing and capable” of carrying out assassinations here.

In a speech to the Lowy Institute, ASIO Director General Mike Burgess has detailed attempted foreign interference plots from Russia, but has also taken aim at Beijing and vowed to continue calling out Chinese Communist Party threats to Australian interests.

“We all spy on each other, but we don’t conduct wholesale intellectual property theft. We don’t actually interfere with political systems, and we don’t undertake high-harm activity,” Mr Burgess said when later asked about China.

Appearing in front of an audience at Sydney’s Town Hall on Tuesday night, Mr Burgess explained that when Beijing denies his accusations, it is displaying an ignorance of ASIO’s role in Australia.

“Every time I’ve done that (called China out), there’s an army of Chinese government officials that go around complaining to almost everyone in this country across the system — public and private — but not to me,” Mr Burgess said.

“If they were as smart as they should be — and they are smart — they would understand a Western liberal democracy and the role and the statutory standing of the security service. We work for the government of the day, but our security assessments and our security action are independent.

“They clearly don’t understand the system, because if they want to complain about ASIO doing its job and explaining the threats to the people we’re protecting, including calling out China when we need to, it won’t stop my resolve, it won’t stop my officers from doing the job and we’ll continue to call them out when I need to,” he added.

A senior government source familiar with ASIO operations has told The Nightly that it was “good to see Mr Burgess being open about this” and stressed the spy chief was right to point out it wasn’t just China interfering in Australia.

Relations between Australia and its largest trading partner deteriorated to new lows in 2020 over several issues, including Beijing’s anger at the then-Morrison government’s laws aimed at stamping out covert foreign interference in Australian politics.

Diplomatic and trade ties have improved since the Albanese government was elected in 2022, but security relations with Beijing remain strained as Australia increases cooperation with the United States to counter China’s rising influence in the Indo-Pacific.

Asked about Australia’s intelligence cooperation with the United States since Donald Trump’s return to power, Mr Burgess insisted it was “as strong as it’s ever been” and said he had a “strong relationship” with his counterpart, FBI Director Kash Patel.

“When it comes to protecting Australians, the Americans are great mates and they help us every day and we do our fair share of helping them as well. That’s the way it should be. I’ve seen no change to things since President (Donald) Trump was re-elected”.

During his prepared remarks to the Lowy Institute, Mr Burgess warned at least three countries are “willing and capable” to order assassination hits on Australian soil, possibly by using criminals for hire as Iran did to direct recent arson attacks here.

Citing the “degrading trajectory of our security environment”, ASIO has assessed there is now a “realistic possibility a foreign government will attempt to assassinate a perceived dissident in Australia.”

https://thenightly.com.au/politics/mike-burgess-asio-spy-boss-takes-aim-at-china-accusing-beijing-of-widespread-intellectual-property-theft-c-20583211

https://x.com/LowyInstitute/status/1985879201191514485

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:42:48 1b41b4 No.23814383

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Australian spy chief accuses China of IP theft and meddling; experts say remarks reflect certain Australian officials’ attempt to mislead public

Zhao Yusha - Nov 05, 2025

An Australian spy chief on Tuesday accused Chinese security services of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling and said China failed to understand how their Western counterparts operate. The remarks came on the heels of comments by Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles, who hyped up China's "military build-up."

Chinese experts criticized the series of statements, saying they reflect some Australia politicians' anxiety and bias toward China's technological and military progress. Moreover, they said the spy chief's remarks reveal an arrogance rooted in the belief that Western political system is superior, while making such groundless accusations to mislead Australian public opinion.

Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, better known as ASIO, claimed that he would continue to call out China for harming Australian interests. Burgess made the claims at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, AP reported on Tuesday.

He also claimed that China displayed an ignorance of ASIO's role in Australia.

Burgess claimed that China would understand "a Western liberal democracy and the role and the statutory standing of the security service. We work for the government of the day but our security assessments and our security action are independent," Australian spy chief claimed.

Claiming that China's intelligence agencies are engaged in large-scale intellectual property theft and political interference is a cliché accusation and reveals the Australian spy chief's deep rooted sense of anxiety and unease - a reflection of his discomfort with China's rapid rise in technology and overall national strength, Yu Lei, chief research fellow at the Research Center for Pacific Island Countries of Liaocheng University in East China's Shandong Province, told the Global Times.

As for Burgess's claim that China fails to understand how the Western mechanism operates, the accusation itself reveals both arrogance and ignorance, Chen Hong, director of New Zealand Studies Centre from East China Normal University, told the Global Times.

Chen said the arrogance lies in the belief that the Western model of democracy is inherently superior and that China must learn from or conform to it. In reality, China has its own political system and model of social governance.

As Australia's spy chief, Burgess made these remarks without offering any evidence — vague and misleading statements aimed not at protecting the public, but at shaping public perception, Chen said.

Burgess also said he had a "strong relationship" with FBI Director Kash Patel. "When it comes to protecting Australians, the Americans are great mates and they help us every day and we do our fair share of helping them as well. That's the way it should be.

However, when asked to respond to accusations by US intelligence agencies that China had infiltrated parts of the US power grid and water systems and stolen American intellectual property and personal information, President Donald Trump told CBS News' 60 Minutes aired on Sunday, "We're a threat to them, too. Many of the things you say they do to us, we do to them."

Diplomatic and trade ties have improved since Australia's current government was first elected in 2022. But security relations remain fraught as Australia joined the US in efforts to counter China in the region, the AP claimed.

At almost the same time as Burgess made the remarks, Reuters reported on Tuesday that Australia's defense minister Richard Marles also claimed the work of Australia's defense force to protect its sea trade routes, including through the South China Sea, is becoming more risky as China undertakes the "biggest military build-up in the world today."

Although China-Australia relations appear to have "warmed" on the surface, the improvement remains largely confined to trade, with no substantive shift in Canberra's confrontational mindset in the political, military and security spheres, Yu said.

The recent Australian officials accusations, Yu noted, show some Australian officials' stance toward China continues to serve the preservation of American global hegemony.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1347412.shtml

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 08:59:52 1b41b4 No.23814416

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COMMENTARY: How the aggrieved, opportunistic and cunning are ripping our social fabric

MIKE BURGESS - 4 November 2025

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Our social fabric is fraying – fraying in ways we have never experienced before. This is not an accident. There have been other periods of social dislocation in Australia, but what we are seeing today is on a different scale, with different dynamics.

Grievance is growing. Intolerance is rising. Inflammatory rhetoric and behaviour is being normalised. Anti-authority beliefs are spreading. There are multiple, cascading and intersecting threats to our social cohesion, fuelled by three distinct but connected cohorts: the aggrieved; the opportunistic; and the cunning.

The aggrieved are the individuals who tear at our social fabric. The opportunistic are the organised groups that take advantage of weaknesses in our social fabric. The cunning are the nation states that play a longer, more calculated game to divide and distract us.

The aggrieved

Political differences, political debates and political protests are essential parts of a healthy democracy. Unfortunately, here and overseas, levels of personal grievance and frustration are growing. Rightly or wrongly some Australians feel dispossessed, disaffected, disenfranchised. There are spikes in polarisation and intolerance.

Trust in institutions is declining. Even truth itself is being undermined by conspiracy, mis- and disinformation. Similar trends are playing out across the Western world.

Angry, alienated individuals are embracing anti-authority ideologies and conspiracy theories; engaging in uncivil debate and unpeaceful protest.

Some are combining multiple beliefs to create new hybrid ideologies.

It is important to understand there is significant diversity in this cohort; suggesting all the aggrieved are “sovereign citizens”, for example, is neither accurate nor helpful.

While sovereign citizens consider the government illegitimate and therefore without authority, other aggrieved activists believe the opposite – the government possesses too much authority.

Many of the aggrieved do not necessarily espouse violent views, but may still see violence as a legitimate way to effect political or societal change.

The trend increased during Covid, gained further momentum after the terrorist attacks on Israel, and accelerated during Israel’s military response.

These dynamics raised the temperature of the security environment, made acts of violence more likely, and continue to undermine social cohesion.

The opportunistic

Extremist organisations – whether religiously or ideologically motivated – are adaptive and patient. They are skilled at exploiting gaps or fissures in social cohesion; at harnessing and harvesting grievances. The way nationalist and racist violent extremists attempted to leverage the so-called March for Australia rallies is a case in point.

The biggest neo-Nazi group, the National Socialist Network – or White Australia as it is rebranding itself – identified the demonstrations as a vehicle to raise its profile.

It strategically and opportunistically exploited the organisers’ complaints about immigration and the cost of living.

This is a key part of the Network’s broader strategy to “mainstream” and expand its movement by focussing on issues with broader appeal. Modern neo-Nazis crave attention and publicity. It gives them credibility and helps with recruitment.

They see journalists as “useful idiots” in this regard, and they celebrate even the most critical coverage because it inevitably leads to a surge in membership applications.

After one recent story, members joked about thanking the media for the “free promotion”.

At the same time, though, its ideology and its provocative, offensive and high-profile actions are antithetical to social cohesion.

Even if the organisation does not engage in terrorism, I remain deeply concerned by its hateful, divisive rhetoric and increasingly violent propaganda, and the growing likelihood these things will prompt spontaneous violence, particularly in response to perceived provocation.

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:00:51 1b41b4 No.23814419

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While nationalist and racist violent extremists make up the significant majority of our investigations into ideologically motivated extremism, events in the Middle East triggered a troubling increase in anarchist and revolutionary extremism, which is also straining cohesion.

Since October 2023, we’ve seen more provocative protests and a notable uptick in intentionally disruptive and damaging tactics by anti-Israel activists, including multiple acts of arson, vandalism and violent protest against defence companies accused of supplying weapon components.

These groups – for want of a better word – are not as centrally controlled, uniformly motivated or as disciplined as the National Socialist Network, but they contain individuals who are increasingly willing to embrace or threaten violence to achieve their goals.

Directly or indirectly, their actions can marginalise, stigmatise and frighten sections of the community.

Ideologically motivated groups are not the only opportunists threatening community cohesion.

While an entity such as Hizb ut Tahrir is religiously motivated, its provocative behaviour, offensive rhetoric and insidious strategy are very similar to the tactics of the National Socialist Network. The organisation’s condemnation of Israel and Jews attracts media attention and aids recruitment, but it deliberately stops short of promoting onshore acts of politically motivated violence.

Hizb ut Tahrir wants to test and stretch the boundaries of legality without breaking them.

As with the neo-Nazis, this does not make its behaviour acceptable.

I fear its anti-Israel rhetoric is fuelling and normalising wider anti-Semitic narratives.

While I do not want to overstate the threat from opportunists such as the three I’ve highlighted – let alone give them free publicity – they are further examples of the multi-directional and multi-dimensional challenge for Australia’s community fabric.

The Cunning

This brings me to the final cohort, the cunning. Of the three, the cunning is the most concerning. Aggrieved individuals clawing at our social fabric is one thing. Extremist groups opportunistically undermining it is another. But cunning nation states deliberately trying to set the fabric alight and fan the flames is something else again in terms of threat.

Regimes are operating in a security “grey zone” … using non-traditional tools to interfere in decision-making, promote discord, amplify distrust and spread false narratives in Western democracies.

This is a newer and more disturbing dynamic, and why I say the threats facing our social cohesion are unprecedented. Authoritarian regimes demonstrate a chilling willingness to exploit fault lines in countries they consider hostile.

In August, the Prime Minister revealed our assessment that Iran directed at least two of the attacks on Jewish interests.

It is important to understand that Iran did not single Australia out; the summer of anti-Semitism was part of its global effort to ferment hatred of the Jewish community and fan the flames of division.

This activity is perhaps the most egregious example of a nation state trying to unpick our social fabric, but not the only example.

In Europe, Russian cyber operatives connected to intelligence services have inflamed community tensions by spreading false news and promoting violent narratives, particularly on the topic of immigration.

Australia is not immune.

Russian operatives are covertly stoking and amplifying division here, too, although with far less success. We recently uncovered links between pro-Russian influencers in Australia and an offshore media organisation that almost certainly receives direction from Russian intelligence.

The Australians publish and push extreme online narratives justifying the invasion of Ukraine and condemning Australia’s support for Kiev.

Deliberately hiding their connection to Moscow – and the likely instruction from Moscow – the propagandists try to hijack and inflame legitimate debate. They use social media to spread vitriolic, polarising commentary on anti-immigration protests and pro-Palestinian marches.

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:02:05 1b41b4 No.23814423

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>>23814419

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ASIO’s investigation is ongoing.

We will ask our partners to determine if any laws are being broken, because this behaviour is unacceptable. Fortunately, Australia is resistant and resilient, and their efforts are achieving limited traction – although this in no way excuses their behaviour.

My greatest concern with these authoritarian tactics is that regimes are increasingly reckless, seemingly unconcerned that arson could claim innocent lives or fake terrorist propaganda could inspire an actual attack or online vitriol could prompt violent protest.

The step from a reckless act to a high-harm act is a small one.

Given the degrading trajectory of our security environment and the growing willingness of regimes to conduct high-harm operations, ASIO assesses there is a realistic possibility a foreign government will attempt to assassinate a perceived dissident in Australia. This threat is real.

We believe there are at least three nations willing and capable of conducting lethal targeting here. It is entirely possible the regimes would try to hide their involvement by hiring criminal cut outs, as Iran did when directing its arson attacks.

Please note I said, “attempt to assassinate.”

ASIO and our law enforcement partners are acutely alive to this threat and are working around the clock, using all our powers, to protect Australia and Australians.

Our Response

In the security environment I’ve laid out this evening, national security truly is national security – everybody’s business. ASIO and law enforcement are part of the solution, but not the full solution. You cannot spy your way to greater cohesion or arrest your way to fewer grievances. It requires a whole of community, whole of society response. I mean that literally.

Every one of us has a role to play protecting our social cohesion. Our words matter, our decisions matter, our actions matter.

In an age with unprecedented avenues for communication, I fear we are losing our ability to converse. Or at least losing the ability to converse with civility, debate with respect, disagree with restraint.

To have an exchange of ideas rather than an exchange of diatribes or slogans or rhetorical blows. To be right without being righteous. To compromise.

Yes, the aggrieved, the opportunistic and the cunning are ripping our social fabric. But in most cases, they are exploiting and amplifying existing discord.

Anti-Semitism existed in Australia before Iran directed its arson attacks. And while Iran is responsible for at least two of the incidents, it is not responsible for every incident.

Yes, social media algorithms are accelerating extremism and radicalisation, but the algorithms do not operate in isolation. People choose to create the content; people choose to engage with the content and people choose to act on the content.

I worry we risk creating real world ‘aggro-rhythms’ where grievance, intolerance, polarisation and rhetoric feed on themselves …

Inflaming grievance, intolerance, polarisation and rhetoric, increasing the potential for violence. Sociologists will be better placed to ponder what’s driving these dynamics than a spy chief; my concern is … a more vulnerable, fractured and intolerant society means a less predictable and increasingly volatile security environment.

Despite the scale of these challenges, Australia is better placed than many other Western democracies to meet them.

Our parliaments are sovereign, our communities are resilient, our economy is growing. These attributes, along with others such as compulsory voting and a social safety net, are critical stabilisers and insulators.

While the threats and challenges facing us are significant, they are not insurmountable.

Even the most cunning foreign intelligence service is not invincible.

A national terrorism threat level of PROBABLE does not mean inevitable. We should not be defeatist or insecure about our security. We can and should have confidence in our ability to respond. Every one of the plots I described tonight was stopped, disrupted or pieced together by ASIO and our partners.

We do not need to be security alarmed, but we do need to be security aware – security sensible – and consider the consequences of our words and actions.

Your business might not be in national security but that doesn’t mean national security is not your business.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/how-the-aggrieved-opportunistic-and-cunning-are-ripping-our-social-fabric/news-story/7c915680ee95f4b46ad351092067b2be

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:10:11 1b41b4 No.23814436

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Republicans lash out at Pentagon officials over treatment of Australia

Michael Koziol - November 5, 2025

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Washington: Republican frustration with top personnel at the Pentagon has boiled over during a public hearing on Capitol Hill, with anger about the treatment of Australia and the AUKUS agreement a key part of the dispute.

Three Republicans on the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee voiced concerns about how the policy team inside the Pentagon, led by undersecretary of war Elbridge Colby, has appeared to deviate from President Donald Trump’s priorities on major matters concerning United States allies.

That included the AUKUS defence pact between Australia, the US and the United Kingdom, as well as a short-lived “pause” on US weapons assistance to Ukraine earlier this year and a recent drawdown of US troops stationed in NATO ally country, Romania.

The Pentagon launched a review of AUKUS in June and, in briefings to reporters, raised concerns about whether the agreement suited “America First” interests or was feasible. That included questions over whether the US was producing enough nuclear-powered submarines to sell them to Australia, and how Australia would use them in the event of a conflict with China.

But Trump strongly backed the deal when he met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House last month, dismissing concerns about feasibility and saying it was “full steam ahead”.

Senate committee chair Roger Wicker, a long-serving Republican from Mississippi, said at the hearing on Tuesday he was disappointed Trump’s decisions were “apparently slow-walked or reversed” by the Pentagon during the year.

“The AUKUS deal was cast into doubt despite the president’s strong support of the AUKUS agreement – much to the surprise and dismay of Australia, one of our most steadfast allies,” he said.

Wicker said the committee had enjoyed a relatively positive relationship with War Secretary Pete Hegseth and deputy secretary Steve Feinberg, but it had struggled to receive information from the policy office led by Colby, including about the Pentagon’s imminent National Defence Strategy review. “The situation needs to improve.”

Wicker’s comments were largely directed to Austin Dahmer, Colby’s acting deputy, whom Trump has nominated to become assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities. Dahmer is one of Colby’s key allies at the Pentagon.

Dahmer was also grilled by Republican senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who complained the AUKUS review surprised Australia, the UK and Trump administration officials.

“It just seems like there’s this pig pen-like mess coming out of the policy shop that you don’t see from [other areas of the Pentagon],” Cotton said.

Dahmer said the AUKUS review was directed by Hegseth, and it was natural to examine the Biden-era initiative. However, he hinted that the Pentagon still had concerns.

Asked to confirm that the deal was now full steam ahead, as the president said, Dahmer said: “I would welcome the opportunity to brief you in a classified setting on the conclusions and recommendations of the review, but I think President Trump was absolutely clear that he supports AUKUS, and we’re moving forward.”

Wicker later queried that statement. “There’s nothing classified about the fact that we’re full steam ahead with AUKUS,” he said.

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:11:19 1b41b4 No.23814440

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In his opening remarks, Dahmer noted a key Pentagon objective was to ensure that “our efforts to arm allies and partners strengthen, and do not detract from, our ability to execute the [US defence] strategy”.

Dan Sullivan, a Republican senator from Alaska, said it appeared to the committee that key decisions made by the policy unit of the Pentagon “are undermining what the president is trying to get done”. He also excoriated Colby for being secretive and difficult to contact.

“You know who the hardest guy to get a hold of in the Trump administration is? The undersecretary of defence for policy,” Sullivan said.

“The guy you’re going to go work for has been really bad on this. The worst in the administration … I can’t even get a response, and we’re on your team! You’re not helping yourselves – you’re not.”

The comments from the Republican senators reflect the long-standing bipartisan support AUKUS has enjoyed in Congress, even when that support appeared to waver in parts of the administration.

Lisa Curtis, director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security, previously told this masthead she expected Republicans to be bolder in their support for AUKUS now that the president had given it his imprimatur.

“The announcement of the Pentagon review had led officials to publicly hedge their comments on the initiative. I think that will no longer be the case,” she said after the Albanese visit.

In a statement, the Pentagon confirmed its AUKUS review was ongoing.“We have no further AUKUS updates to announce at this time,” a War Department official said.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/republicans-lash-out-at-pentagon-officials-over-treatment-of-australia-20251105-p5n7t5.html

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:25:14 1b41b4 No.23814460

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AUKUS subs to receive US combat ‘brains’

BEN PACKHAM - 5 November 2025

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The trilateral AUKUS partnership has taken its biggest leap forward since the submarine agreement was struck with a new deal to install a US-designed combat system on Australia’s and Britain’s future nuclear boats.

A fortnight after US President Donald Trump declared “full steam ahead” on the submarine program, the lead shipbuilder for the AUKUS-class subs has sealed a deal with three key partners to deliver the brains of the boats.

The agreement will see the AN/BYG-1 combat system – used on Australia’s Collins-class submarines and US nuclear-powered submarines – incorporated into the design for the nuclear-powered boats to be built in Adelaide and Britain.

The British-owned shipbuilder BAE Systems will sign the deal on Wednesday morning at the Indo-Pacific Maritime Expo in Sydney with the combat system designer, General Dynamics Mission Systems, together with Raytheon Australia and French-owned company Thales.

The advanced software system will integrate the boats’ weapons and sensor controls, and typically accounts for about 20 per cent of a submarine’s costs.

The agreement will ensure commonality between the future Australian and British systems, and requires the UK to switch from using its own combat system.

BAE Systems Australia chief executive Craig Lockhart said the deal was a major strategic milestone, ensuring the SSN-AUKUS submarines would receive “the most effective and advanced combat system” available.

He said it would “accelerate and enhance combat system development that is interoperable by design”, delivering a world-class submarine for both countries.

Raytheon Australia will integrate the system into the SSN-AUKUS boats while Thales will deliver the subs’ advanced sonar array.

General Dynamics Mission Systems vice-president Laura Hooks said the companies would be “entrusted to sustain and integrate combat systems aboard Virginia and AUKUS submarines in the future, ensuring continuity, confidence and low-risk delivery”.

The deal comes after the Chief of Navy, Admiral Mark Hammond, declared Australia was “well on track” to obtaining and operating nuclear-powered submarines, initially with the purchase of three US Virginia-class submarines.

“Many of our submariners are now passed through the US Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion sources, and are growing their professional mastery on board Virginia-class submarines,” he told the Sea Power Conference, on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific expo.

“In fact, every US Navy nuclear submarine operating out of Pearl Harbor by the end of this year will have Australian submariners on board.”

He said Australian personnel were also undertaking maintenance of the USS Vermont Virginia-class submarine in Western Australia in a major milestone for the AUKUS program.

“We’ve got command of the submarine. It’s not just historic for us. It’s historic for them,” Admiral Hammond said. “We are building an ecosystem here that can assure the availability, readiness and lethality of nuclear-powered submarines from Australia.

“That’s to the benefit of the US Navy, that’s to the benefit of the Australian navy, and it will enable us to build that level of competency to assume custody of a nuclear submarine in a few years’ time.”

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:31:02 1b41b4 No.23814467

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Earlier, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy announced South Australian company PMB Defence would partner with BAE Systems to supply advanced nickel zinc batteries for the AUKUS submarines in a contract worth more than $34m.

The company, which supplies Collins-class submarines’ main storage batteries, has added 20 staff as a result of the agreement.

“This is about more jobs for Australians, more capability into the Royal Australian Navy (and) supporting our allies, the United Kingdom and the US,” Mr Conroy said.

Meanwhile, he defended the presence of Israeli defence companies at the Indo-Pacific expo, as pro-Palestine activists rallied outside the event at Sydney’s International Convention Centre.

He said Australia did not sell military equipment to Israel but would continue to purchase the country’s world-leading military technology. “In terms of them supplying the ADF, we make no apology for getting the best possible equipment for the Australian Defence Force,” he said.

“We make no apology for making sure our soldiers, sailors and aviators have the best equipment to protect Australia’s interests, promote deterrence in our region, and that includes sourcing parts from companies throughout the world.”

Labor was buoyed by Mr Trump’s public support for the AUKUS pact during Anthony Albanese’s recent visit to Washington. He said the deal had proceeded too slowly under Joe Biden but was now going “very well” and “moving very rapidly”.

However, US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said the Trump administration wanted to “clarify some of the ambiguity” in the submarine agreement, in an apparent reference to an “America-first” review of the deal under way.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/aukus-subs-to-receive-us-combat-brains/news-story/4901bedd642c7ecf6cae48456410c226

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Anonymous 11/05/25 (Wed) 09:36:44 1b41b4 No.23814477

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Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban

Clare Armstrong - 5 November 2025

Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16 will apply to messaging board Reddit and live-streaming platform Kick, the online safety regulator has ruled.

Communications Minister Anika Wells on Wednesday confirmed the two platforms are joining Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, X, Facebook and Instagram, which includes Threads, as "age-restricted" from December 10.

The eSafety Commission has declared the nine services, including now Reddit and Kick, currently meet the criteria for being included in the ban, specifically that their "sole or significant purpose is to enable online social interaction". Threads, a platform which requires an Instagram account to access, is the ninth.

Ms Wells said she had met with the major social media platforms in the past month so they understood there was "no excuse for failure" in implementing the ban.

"eSafety has assessed eight platforms as requiring age-restriction but their assessments will be ongoing and this list is dynamic," she said.

"We aren't chasing perfection, we are chasing a meaningful difference."

Kick is an Australian competitor to video live streaming platform Twitch, with a reported average viewership of about 258,000, while forum-based platform Reddit is the seventh-most visited site in the world.

In the last few months platforms like Reddit received advice from eSafety they could be captured in the ban, and were given an opportunity to make submissions about why they should not be included.

A final decision was then made based on this information.

From December 10 any platform that fails to take reasonable steps to keep Australians under the age of 16 from holding an account will face fines of up to $49.5 million.

Several tech giants have argued the government's slow release of information and guidance so close to the December 10 start date has hampered their ability to prepare to implement restrictions.

But at a Senate hearing last week officials representing TikTok, Meta and Snap all confirmed they would begin blocking young teenagers from their platforms when the new laws take effect.

Snap global policy senior vice-president Jennifer Stout said Australia was a "first mover" on the ban and as a result the company was "learning as we go".

"We're doing the best we can to comply," she said.

Snapchat is looking to implement a tool so underage users can download and archive their data before their accounts are disabled and locked.

TikTok is exploring options such as giving young people the ability to deactivate or place an account in suspension, while Meta is looking to provide similar options to users on Instagram and Facebook.

Ms Wells said there was a "time and place for social media in Australia", but there was no space for "predatory algorithms, harmful content and toxic popularity metres manipulating Australian children".

"Online platforms can target children with chilling control," she said.

"We are mandating they use that sophisticated technology to protect them."

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said delaying children's access to social media accounts gave them "valuable time to learn and grow" without the "powerful, unseen forces of opaque algorithms and endless scroll".

She encouraged parents to visit the eSafety website for resources explaining the ban, including the opportunity to attend a live webinar where people could ask questions to the regulator.

Platforms not required with the new age limit from next month must be captured in one of the exempt classes including messaging, email, voice or video calling, online games, health, education, professional development or services that enable information about products or services.

This means popular gaming platforms like Roblox and messaging apps like Meta-owned WhatsApp or Messenger are not captured by the new laws.

Ms Inman-Grant said negotiations with Roblox had been asked to take other steps, including preventing adult users from contacting child users without parental consent. "We're using other tools in our arsenal to keep these other platforms safer," she said.

She also said the agency was in contact with platforms which did not meet the criteria currently, but which could see an influx of young users trying to circumvent the ban, including Yubo and Bluesky.

"This is a dynamic list and will always change… some of the companies when we made this assessment I will say were very much on the line."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/reddit-and-kick-added-to-child-social-media-ban/105971750

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pickRUMPpockit 11/05/25 (Wed) 19:54:48 3122bb No.23816845

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>tell U.S. bout duh lambs clarice

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Anonymous 11/06/25 (Thu) 08:32:36 1b41b4 No.23819492

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