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#4 - Part 1/8

>>5945720 Anon Theory - Donations to the Clinton foundation dry up after 2016 election

>>5957085 Andrew Bolt on the One Nation 'scandal' re gun laws in Australia.

>>5957623, >>5957918 New Ben Garrison political cartoon - "Australian Freedom Force"

>>5958268 Video: Lauren Southern - Thrown Out Of Sydney No Go Zone

>>5958361 Q's Posts made on Q Research AUSTRALIA threads

>>5958473, >>5959568 Lyndon LaRouche, the Packer-Murdoch media and the rise of Pauline Hanson

>>5958509 Clinton Foundation gets another $5.5m from NZ taxpayers

>>5958575 New border security screening for Australian permanent residents visiting New Zealand

>>5958588 Like AUS and CAN, NZ is a US corporation registered with USA SEC

>>5958998 Pauline Hanson challenged over Al Jazeera sting

>>5959006 Renamed TPP signed by 11 nations with U.S. out

>>5959016 The keys to understanding TPP11

>>5959017 TPP - The importance of the United States

>>5959027 The Integral Treaty and "Progressive" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

>>5959031 After The Midterms: Australia, The United States And The International Order

>>5959049 The world now wants to move to New Zealand

>>5959586, >>5959764 Wayne Swan, Bob Katter and Masonic symbolism

>>5962497, >>5962526 Sydney Air Traffic Control Tower Evacuated After Smoke Detected

>>5962572 Australian news site promoting gay 'sugar daddys' for university students.

>>5968815 Stargazers looking for Aurora Australis mystified by bright green flash

>>5969466, >>5969437 Former Trump aide slams Alexander Downer as a ‘devil’

>>5969816 Pauline Hanson defends One Nation staffers James Ashby and Steve Dickson

>>5969940 Shooters, Fishers and Farmers deny links to NRA, blasts One Nation

>>5975478 New Zealand removes any reference to Jesus from parliamentary prayer

>>5975519 Alexander Downer was a Huawei Board Member - Article from 2011

>>5975545 Microsoft researchers find NSA-style backdoor in Huawei laptops - 2019 Article

>>5975560 IT Security Pros Slam State-Backed Encryption Backdoors

>>5975575 Enormous shark found with head bitten off by even bigger beast off Australia coast

>>5975587, >>5975593 Stargazers looking for Aurora Australis mystified by bright green flash

>>5975644 Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland to reclassify physical gold as a cash equivalent

>>5975649 Toyota Security Breach Exposes Personal Info of 3.1 Million Clients

>>5976001 FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM Q - We are saving Israel for last.

>>5976441, >>5976445, >>5976454, >>5985163 Anon's analysis of Q drop #2619 - Gold Standard coming back?

>>5978125 Door-to-door gun confiscations begin in New Zealand

>>5984948, >>5985006 Sex scandals plague New Zealand's Labour party Prime Minister (2018)

>>5985280 Facebook Statement - By Working Together, We Can Win Against Hate

>>5986100 Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook should be regulated after Christchurch mosque terror attack

>>5987997 Anon observes - Keep an eye on Channel 10, recently bought by CBS

>>5988798 Australian Climate Change Whistle blower Censorship

>>5988804 Friendly reminder - do not dox yourself, leave all of the first three input fields blank

>>5988805 Federal budget 2019: Frydenberg promises 'stronger economy, better future for Australians'

>>5998053, >>5998145 Chinese ownership and operation of Australian regional airports (2017)

>>6002085 NSW Education Department covers up teacher’s alleged 18-year child sex abuse spree (2013)

>>6002141 NSW police protects alleged Tweed Heads pedophile ring (Fiona Barnett article)

>>6002160 NZ Gun Confiscation Begins as Police Show Up Unannounced At Homes, Workplaces

>>6002174 Jury selection starts for Minneapolis officer accused in fatal shooting of unarmed Australian woman

>>6002037, >>6002045, >>6002276 Anons comments on Why Christchurch? Gateway to Antarctica?

>>6002297 History of Five Eyes in Australia

>>6002802, >>6003144 Muslims reject call from senior Imam in Jerusalem to invade Australia and NZ

>>6010904 'McDonald’s April Fools' joke lands burger chain in pickle

#4 - Part 2/8

George Papadopoulos Tweet Bun

>>5969192 Alexander Downer, Stefan Halper, Joseph Mifsud and Comey’s corrupt team had one thing in common

>>5985039 Declassification coming. Australia’s role too.

>>6002244 The British and Australians spy on me...Time to fight

>>6014117 The U.K. and Australia interfered in the election

>>6014117 How it feels to have an Australian ambassador spy on you

>>6014138 That target on me attracted assets like Halper, Downer, Mifsud, CIA and DIA

>>6014138 Alexander Downer was so blatantly spying on me (17 March 2019 Retweet >>5749685)

>>6014138 The western intelligence operatives and US allies (UK, Australia, Italy) involvement

>>6028910 My book explains how the entire investigation began

>>6069101 The FBI sends Clinton ally, Alexander Downer, to make contact with me

>>6069101 I was so disturbed by Alexander Downer’s behavior

>>6070754 If the president doesn’t sit down with the leaders of Italy, the U.K. and Australia

>>6173712 Alexander Downer begged to meet me in London

>>6237372 Subpoenae the three spies: Joseph Mifsud, Alexander Downer and Stefan Halper

>>6249415 Bob Mueller himself stated that I met Alexander Downer on May 6th

>>6249415 He must have gotten it from some surreptitious spying by Alexander Downer

>>6249415 Alexander Downer’s wannabe honey pot, Erika Thompson, was trying to meet with me on May 6th

>>6249415 I am certain that our Israeli friends are going to throw the Australians under the bus

>>6294548 Clapper was in Australia the same days I was meeting Mifsud in Rome

>>6400714 Collusion was between the Obama WH/CIA/FBI with the U.K./Australia/Italy/Turkey/Ukraine

>>6410968 Clinton errand boy, Alexander Downer, was sent to make contact in May 2016 by the FBI

>>6418434 Alexander Downer was an asset sent by US intel to make contact with me

>>6419805 I reported Downer to the FBI and Mueller for my suspicions he was spying on me.

>>6453353 Clapper is an imbecile. Not only did he outsource spying on me to the Italians/UK/Australia

>>6475604 Clinton errand boy, Alexander Downer, is having a meltdown on Twitter

>>6475604 Comey is expounding that Mifsud was a Russian agent and that Downer was a random diplomat

>>6475604 I was approached by Australian/US/UK intel BEFORE Alexander Downer made contact with me

>>6475604 Stefan Halper/Alexander Downer BOTH played the same amateur spy game

>>6475604 Downer and Comey are terrified about imminent release of the IG report and FISA declassification

>>6475622 I am certain that this ambassador was none other than Clinton errand boy, Alexander Downer

>>6475622 Christian Cantor, took it upon himself to introduce me to the Australian government in mid April 2016

>>6475622 Facts: (1/2) Australian intel officer calls Trump a “pariah” and a “threat” to Australia

>>6475622 Facts: (2/2) May 10: Alexander Downer spies on me

>>6475622 The day before I met Downer! what a freaking joke Comey is

>>6475642 The president knows he and his campaign were set up by the UK and Australia as well as a rogue FBI/CIA.

>>6567993 This was before I met Clinton errand boy/FBI asset, Alexander Downer.

>>6576333 Alexander Downer went public in an interview and is blaming the Israelis

#4 - Part 3/8

>>6014726 Australia, Holland, Russia start talks over downed MH17

>>6014738 Xi meets with New Zealand prime minister to court US ally

>>6026141 Analysis of emergency call from foster mother of missing Australian toddler, William Tyrrell

>>6028965 The Rot Starts At The Top: The Problem With De-Platforming The Far-Right

>>6029295 Australia will stop contributions to the UN’s major fund for battling climate change this year

>>6029327 Australian Bureau of Meteorology altering historical temperature records

>>6029348 New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern in Beijing - progress on trade, climate change and Huawei

>>6029569 Measles case involving Sydney baby two months away from vaccination 'terrified' parents

>>6030883 Australian Woman Mysteriously Dies During Flight Home from Los Angeles After Vacation

>>6030905 NZ tech company discovers major Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox bug

>>6031056 Doctors Who Discovered Cancer Enzymes in Vaccines all Found Murdered

>>6037300 Fraser Anning: Australian MP censured for 'appalling' Christchurch remarks

>>6037346 Panama Papers investigation helps recover more than $1.2 billion around the world

>>6037540 Is the Mueller Report another Stealth Bomber?

>>6037812 Video: The Truth about The Port Arthur Massacre

>>6037847 Video: Mother of the Port Arthur massacre killer, Martin Bryant, speaks out

>>6040531 Video: Steve Hughes: Feminism & Transgenderism

>>6042762, >>6042765 Video: Wind turbine noise from Australia

>>6043026 Sword Anon visits Q Research AUSTRALIA

>>6043672 Facebook and Instagram could face fines or jail time under new Australian laws

>>6055767 Australia rushing through new social media laws

>>6055783 Tough New Laws to protect Australians from Live-Streaming of Violent Crimes

>>6055789 Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content

>>6055835 Australia could put social media executives in jail for violent posts

>>6055874 Goldcorp shareholders approve Newmont's $10 billion takeover offer

>>6055905, >>6056952 Massive factory fire is burns out of control in Melbourne

>>6056016 Australia doubles down on being stampeded into catastrophically stupid tech laws

>>6056883 Aus Anon's Thoughts On Q's Spill Comment

>>6064603 US Anon visits with Marker Solution theory

>>6068878 Australian Government to hold Royal Commission into abuse and neglect of disabled Australians.

>>6068972 Accused Christchurch shooter ordered to undergo psychiatric assessment

>>6070695 Social Media execs could be held personally liable for harmful content under new UK laws

>>6070824 Footage shows moment Daniel Morcombe kidnapper, murderer arrested

>>6074002 Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author (Remote Access Trojan)

>>6086063 "53-47" (Q Post #2318) in Aust News - Morrison government on course for major election defeat

>>6090334 Leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call could lead to criminal charges

>>6092495 Q posts relating to leaked Turnbull-Trump phone call

>>6094644, >>6094666 Aus Anon on Access to chan sites

>>6094702 Militant Vegan Protesters shut down cities across Australia

>>6094706 Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content

>>6094919 Australia appoints new ambassador to Afghanistan

>>6094982 Animal Activist Groups Active in Australia Today And Cuba As Well

>>6110109 Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges

>>6114024 Facebook, Google And Twitter Hit By New Legal Regulation To 'Clean Up Their Acts'

>>6118189 New Zealand Govt confirms details of Royal Commission into Christchurch terror attack

>>6118189 PDF: Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques

>>6118234, >>6120347 Anons comments on UK's published divide and conquer strategy (Dec 2018)

>>6132788 Rugby Australia say they plan to sack Israel Folau over controversial social post

>>6132801 New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack

>>6152799 NZ police seek man wearing Trump t-shirt who allegedly abused worshippers outside Al Noor Mosque

#4 - Part 4/8

Julian Assange Arrest Bun

>>6029236 Ecuador's president says Julian Assange has 'repeatedly violated the terms of his asylum in London embassy'

>>6030993 Bashing of Assange is linked to reportage on Ecuador president’s corruption scandal – WikiLeaks

>>6068928 Armed police surround Ecuadorean embassy as Julian Assange 'is set to be kicked out

>>6069188 Sara Carter Tweets about Police waiting for Julian Assange to be expelled

>>6069380 Ecuador’s UK ambassador REJECTS Wikileaks’ claims that Julian Assange is about to be expelled

>>6070879 U.N. torture expert urges Ecuador not to expel Assange from embassy

>>6094619 Leaked Assange Court Transcript Sheds Light on US-Backed Ecuadorian Expulsion Plans

>>6114168 Ecuador reserves the right to investigate Assange: foreign minister

>>6114182 “I’m an assassination risk”, writes Assange to Ecuador court in leaked testimony.

>>6118488 Julian Assange is involved in new criminal case

>>6152839 Julian Assange Arrested

>>6152890 Video: JA's Arrest Footage

>>6152921 JA Arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassy after Ecuador relinquishes asylum

>>6152936, >>6153212 Tweets confirming Julian Assange's arrest and U.S. extradition request

>>6152953 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested after eviction from Ecuadorian Embassy in London

>>6152975 WIKILEAKS INSURANCE FILES - Keys might be released after JA arrest

>>6153067 JA arrest translation by an Ausfag

>>6153095 Assange Arrested Carrying Gore Vidal's History of the National Security State

>>6153195 DOJ Assange Indictment link

>>6163220, >>6163231 Sara Carter on JA

>>6163274 Snowden Tweets about JA

>>6163296 JA to appear in court on 2 May

>>6163364 WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy and Anons response

>>6173023 Australian consular officials will visit Julian Assange over death penalty fears

>>6173642 How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent

>>6173698 Pentagon Papers Lawyer: Julian Assange Being Convicted Will Criminalize the News-Gathering Process

>>6173769 Julian Assange 'must face Swedish justice' if country asks, say MPs

>>6173808 Political prisoner Julian Assange is being held in what is known as "Britain's Guantánamo Bay"

>>6173850 Julian Assange’s Mother Begs Officials: ‘Be Patient, Gentle & Kind to Him’

>>6184417 Assange's lawyer says he only fears 'US injustice'

>>6184445 Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder's life in Ecuadorian embassy captured on security camera

>>6197273 Rand Paul Suggests Granting Assange Immunity In Exchange For Congressional Testimony

>>6209960 Julian Assange wins EU journalism award

>>6237482 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange agrees to remain at maximum security Belmarsh jail

>>6237608 Wretched are the offence-takers: in defence of Folau and Assange

>>6320338 IMF approves $4.2bn loan for Ecuador, suspicious timing after Assange arrested

>>6331971 Assange's Imprisonment Reveals Even More Corruption Than WikiLeaks Did

>>6369178, >>6369178 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Julian Assange's father's fears for his son

>>6383769 WikiLeaks' Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks' jail over bail breach

>>6394160 WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange won’t be given ‘special treatment,’ Australian prime minister says

>>6410549 Video: Julian Assange: Clinton Foundation and ISIS were funded from the same source

>>6410955 >Julian Assange gets 50 weeks on bail charge, day before extradition hearing

>>6418273 I won't surrender to extradition ‘for doing journalism’ – Assange

>>6486471 WikiLeaks co-founder's files, computer, mobile phones and other electronic devices to be seized by US

>>6494390 Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition

>>6541355 WikiLeaks says Assange papers, manuscripts will be given to US authorities: report

>>6576086 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing 18 charges of receiving and publishing classified information

>>6576224 New Q post referencing Julian Assange - "Under protection. Threat is real. Key to DNC 'source' 'hack' '187'."

#4 - Part 5/8

>>6163313 Anon Comment on April Showers

>>6163392 Newmont shareholders OK $10 billion Goldcorp takeover, creating biggest gold producer

>>6172318 China takes Australia's Huawei 5G ban to global trade umpire

>>6173762 Tensions Erupt As China Slams Australia's "Irresponsible Comments"

>>6173843 'Multiple' victims in Australia shooting: Police

>>6173918 At least 4 people shot, 1 killed, outside Melbourne nightclub

>>6197149 6 charged with spreading New Zealand mosque shooting video online

>>6209868, >>6210078 Australian DJ charged after boy, 2, snatched off San Francisco street

>>6209875 NZ Police have released a timeline of the day of the Christchurch shooting

>>6209875 PDF: Christchurch Mosque Shootings: Timeline of events 15 March 2019

>>6209917 Climate change narrative takes a hit - Peter Ridd wins in court

>>6210008 Updated timeline of Christchurch terrorist attack released by police

>>6237284 Australia ‘ready to confirm’ key meeting that led to Mueller probe

>>6249770 Australian Government Confirms Official Role in "Spygate"

>>6249866 Australia Says It's "Ready To Confirm" Key Meeting That Led To Russia Investigation

>>6261103, >>6261168 Atrocities in the world and notable names nearby - Podesta, Pelosi and Michelle icObama

>>6261124 Social Media Platforms want centralized censorship. That should scare you

>>6261190 U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report

>>6261228 Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube Working on ‘Global Censorship Database’

>>6261355 Date shift raises questions on Downer meeting in wine bar

>>6274793 Donald Trump invited to Melbourne for the Presidents Cup

>>6279384 Kevin Rudd: If an Australian PM did 1/10th of Trump's alleged acts, he'd be out of office

>>6280357 Kevin Rudd, Christopher Joye and the 2008 mortgage backed securities bail out

>>6294133 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says

>>6294562 US spy boss James Robert Clapper Jr makes secretive visit to Australia

>>6294983 Time To Investigate The FBI, Steele And The Rest Of The 'Witch Hunters'

>>6294995 Video: MASS Surveillance State In Australia!

>>6295007 Theresa May tweets after NZ and Sri Lanka attacks

>>6295873 Islamic State supporters celebrate Sri Lanka suicide bombings as ‘revenge’ for NZ mosque massacre

>>6302266 Video: ANZAC Day 2019 - The Last Post bugle call and recitation of The Ode.

>>6302791 Papadopoulos Disputes Key Claim in Mueller Report - and Anons Analysis

>>6302832 Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings

>>6302932 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Inside the depraved world of David and Louise Turpin

>>6302951 Sri Lankan Minister of Defense claims attacks were in retaliation for Christchurch mosque attacks

>>6303591 Jacinda Ardern to lead global attempt to shutdown social media terrorism

>>6303599 NZ and France seek to end use of social media for acts of terrorism

>>6303686 UK Archbishop Calls for Recognition of ‘Anti-Christianism’ After Sri Lanka Attacks

>>6308684 Australia's canceled Israel embassy move shows country's Asian concerns

>>6308690 Australian comedian jokes about Nazi gas chambers, gets complaint, doubles down

>>6308739 Microsoft Discovers Huawei Driver Allowing Backdoor Hack Into Laptops

>>6308846 Easter Sunday suicide bomber studied in Australia, Sri Lankan minister says

>>6308863 Suspected Islamic State member arrested over alleged plan to attack Gallipoli

>>6308895 Australian police allow rapist to remain free - he goes on to rape a child

>>6319487 Man arrested in counter-terrorism operation in North Melbourne

>>6320045 May to Let China Build UK 5G Network, Damaging National Security, Anglosphere Co-operation

>>6320074 South Australian child ‘sex tourist’ branded the worst paedophile in nation’s history

>>6320205 Turkey arrests Islamic State member over alleged Gallipoli threat

>>6320227 Facebook says head-cam Christchurch video foiled its AI system

>>6320287 Prince William visits mosque in New Zealand, in pictures

>>6320327 Theresa May ANZAC Day tweet

#4 - Part 6/8

2019 Australian Election Bun

>>6131361 Election 2019: Date set for May 18

>>6133618 Australia Heads to Election in Showdown Over Taxes, Climate

>>6115863 Right-wing anti-immigrant party rebrands as ‘Yellow Vests Australia’ ahead of elections

>>6133679 Coalition will roll out 'name and shame' paedophile register across Australia if elected

>>6161270 Video: Fraser Anning - The Carl Higbie Show

>>6183034 Newspoll: One Nation’s slide gives Labor and Coalition a boost

>>6233644 Party-hopping pollies need to respect the will of the voters

>>6311560, >>6311576, >>6311598 Alt-right to release 'avalanche' of election campaign propaganda to help Fraser Anning

>>6314968 Background Briefing twitter account banner and Fraser Anning profile pic

>>6319069 Teen charged after attack at Fraser Anning press conference named

>>6319395 Photographer hurt in scuffle at Fraser Anning press conference

>>6319403 Video: Female journalist attacked following Fraser Anning press conference

>>6319429 Liberal party strikes deal to exchange preferences with Clive Palmer

>>6320000 Senator Fraser Anning press conference - 26/4/2019.

>>6328721 One Nation candidate filmed making controversial comments

>>6332066 Far-right social media views of alleged attacker at Fraser Anning political announcement

>>6344236 It’s Clive Palmer (Trump) vs Bill Shorten (Hillary)

>>6356157 Heckler targets Queensland Senator Fraser Anning at Adani-related press conference

>>6356707 Major parties shun Fraser Anning's candidates, Liberals embrace United Australia Party, as pre-polls open

>>6369051 Video: Pauline Hanson's One Nation candidate Steve Dickson resigns over strip club videos

>>6418610 Anti-gay, anti-Muslim rogue candidates taint PM Scott Morrison's Australia election bid

>>6419821 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's billboard defaced with nazi imagery

>>6427309 Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party objects

>>6435304, >>6435314, >>6445341 Scott Morrison egged while campaigning in Albury

>>6438554 ABC defends free advertising to ‘disgraced’ Fraser Anning

>>6444103 Bill Shorten fights back tears as he defends his Mum’s story

>>6444140 Greens candidate Jay Dessi quits as candidate for Lalor over offensive Facebook posts

>>6444676 Video: We Are Change Talk Show Guest - Wayne Glew, Great Australian Party

>>6503461 Pauline Hanson lashes ‘racist’ Fraser Anning

>>6503465 Bill Shorten hints Julie Bishop could be his ambassador to the US

>>6524767 Pre-Election Newspoll prediction - Labor victory, 80 Lower House seats, 1.86% swing

>>6527582, >>6527618 BREAKING: ABC projects Coalition victory

>>6527778 Video: Pauline Hanson’s tears – Nine News Australia

>>6528229 Red shoe Julie Bishop featured in election coverage with animated red shoe symbolism

>>6529513, >>6529574 Federal Election map and summary - See how the Coalition defied the polls to retain power

>>6529765 'I always believed in miracles': Scott Morrison celebrates as Bill Shorten concedes defeat

>>6532032 President Trump Tweet: Congratulations to Scott on a GREAT WIN!

>>6532204 Video: Scott Morrrison makes his final pitch to voters before election day - ABC 7.30

>>6532807 Fraser Anning out as Jacqui Lambie and Malcolm Roberts return to Senate

>>6533220 Scott Morrison clinches unlikely victory over Bill Shorten in bombshell election result

>>6533244 Video: Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises to victims of child sexual abuse - ABC News

>>6533398 Australia’s Conservatives Win Surprise Election Victory

>>6533653, >>6534245 Bun of Anons comments on POTUS Tweet about Scott Morrison

>>6533766 Video: Think someones having a kek - ScoMo thanks Chief Of Staff, John Kunkel

>>6534309 Trump calls Morrison ‘to reaffirm alliance, friendship’

>>6536935 US Dept. of State Tweet - The U.S. congratulates @ScottMorrisonMP & the Coalition on their victory

>>6539985, >>6540010 Negative Twitter reactions to Coalition election victory

>>6541405 Tanya Plibersek rules herself out of race for Labor leadership

>>6541518 Australia Re-Elects Conservative As Prime Minister In 'Shock' Result, Left Predicts Environmental Apocalypse

>>6541530 Trump and Australia’s Scott Morrison Reaffirm Alliance, Friendship After General Election

>>6556487 Photo posted by Chris Bowen on eve of election campaign reveals arrogance that doomed ALP

>>6556521 Albanese a step closer to Labor leadership as Bowen bows out

>>6556973 'I'll burn for you': How our Pentecostal PM energised Christian voters

#4 - Part 7/8

>>6325628, >>6327329 Original Australia thread still visible on /thestorm/

>>6331860, >>6331863 North Melbourne counter-terrorism operation: Target appears to be an Anglican Church

>>6352840 New Zealander faces 14 years in prison for sharing Christchurch video online

>>6368726 Donald Trump's Deputy Attorney-General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation.

>>6369240 Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports' international terminals passport control down

>>6369324 Without fanfare, Australia opens trade and defense office in Jerusalem

>>6379397 Minneapolis cop who shot Australian Justine Damond found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter

>>6399143 Video: Rebut this. Foreign fake "Australian Government" Corporations

>>6410312 Explosive device and ammunition found at empty Christchurch property

>>6410441 China’s Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia

>>6410648 William Barr made a major disclosure in his Senate hearing that hardly anyone noticed

>>6411473 Australian man found guilty in plane bomb plot involving meat grinder

>>6418242 Australian Journalist Arrested for Plotting to Murder Christians in Revenge for Christchurch

>>6418838 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA IS A CORPORATION

>>6419711 Australian Cyber security chief MacGibbon resigns

>>6419768 $20 MILLION: Minneapolis City Council agrees to historic settlement with Justine Damond's family

>>6426690 Avi Yemini in court over assault, knife-throwing charges against woman

>>6426752 Gold Coast Music Awards 'Skull Trophy'

>>6434334 Video: NZ and Australia Have Fallen

>>6437035 Australian DJ Adam Sky found dead in Bali resort

>>6437067 Video: Rogue Boeing 737 Max planes ‘with minds of their own’ (60 Minutes Australia)

>>6437088 Trolls will be jailed for five years under proposed new legislation.

>>6452373 Lowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student Cash Cows

>>6453464 Ex-Nauru president Sprent Dabwido who oversaw detention centre reopening dies

>>6453489 NZ & US Special Forces joint training exercises

>>6460587 Video: AUSTRALIA IS PANICKING! Andrew Bolt interview with Alexander Downer (Sky News Australia)

>>6478345 Defence Force names New Zealand SAS soldier who died following training incident in Auckland

>>6478353 US Drug Enforcement Administration open offices in New Zealand to help police investigate cartels

>>6478436 Christian star athlete posts what Bible says about homosexual behavior. Now Rugby Australia wants him gone.

>>6478466 Australia Prints Embarrassing Typo On 46 Million $50 Banknotes

>>6478482 Alexander Downer defends FBI tipoff that sparked Trump-Russia probe

>>6478563 Rugby Player Found Guilty of ‘High Level’ Breach of Conduct for Posting Bible Verse

>>6486418, >>6486794, >>6493200 Anon's summary: Australia on sale to Chinese

>>6486447 Downer Denies Meeting Supposed to Launch FBI’s Russia Probe Was a Set-Up

>>6494456 This Common Food Additive Harms Gut Health, Could Trigger Disease

>>6503412 Virgin passengers stuck in baggage lines for hours as technical trouble hits check-in system

>>6503418 Jacinda Ardern won't rule out blocking Facebook if used to spread extremist content

>>6503434 Papua New Guinea earthquake: Huge 7.7m tremor as tsunami alert issued - 14 May 2019

>>6511127 Sydney man denies assaulting News Corp photographer at Fraser Anning media event

>>6511690 Obama admin secretly agreed with then-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to relocate 2 Rwandan terrorists

>>6511933 Labor legend Bob Hawke dies aged 89

>>6513492 Australian Diplomat at Center of Russia Hoax Also Has China, Clinton Foundation Links

>>6516255 Sportsbet pays out early on Labor to win election

>>6519173 Israel Folau officially sacked by Rugby Australia

>>6519598 Anon speculates: possible that Bob Hawke died and was kept on ice until eve of the federal election?

>>6519707 Video: 60 Minutes Australia - Population debate

>>6521723 Fiona Barnett allegations - Bob Hawke never brought to justice for allegedly raping 2 girls

>>6541726 Some media charges dropped for reporting of George Pell conviction

>>6548988 Christchurch attacks accused Brenton Tarrant facing new charges

>>6549319 Wierd Pizza News from NZ

#4 - Part 8/8

>>6549427 After ‘Stunning’ Conservative Win, NY Times Compares Australia to ‘American South’

>>6549432 China’s ‘Social Credit System’ Is Dystopian Nightmare

>>6549461 NZ study highlights the risk of 'deep fakes' on social media

>>6549471 ‘Nuclear Coffin’ Might Be Leaking Radioactive Material Into Pacific, Says UN Chief

>>6556949 China's communists fund Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party: What the United States Congress was told

>>6576289 Downer mentioned in yet another Tweet

>>6576293 New Q posts referencing Australia, Five Eyes and FISA

>>6576306, >>6576371 Meteor crashes to earth at Mt Gambier, South Australia

>>6576383 Phillip Nitschke's 3D-printable 'Death Pod' for 'stylish' and 'peaceful' suicide premiered at Venice expo

>>6576391, >>6576437 Australian actor Geoffrey Rush awarded $2.9 million

Australian/Regional Resignations Bun

>>6184820 Nuk Korako resigns as NZ National MP

>>6237599 Another resignation from PNG cabinet - Justice Minister Davis Steven

>>6332148 Multiple resignations from PNG's People’s National Congress party

>>6369369 One Nation's Steve Dickson resigns over strip club footage

>>6407925 Australian Cyber security chief MacGibbon resigns

>>6418178 Boss of troubled NDIA quits after less than two years in the role

>>6419766 3 Senior PNG Ministers Resign

>>6447134 Joe Hockey to leave post as Australia's ambassador to the United States

>>6494389 Director of company that may acquire Vodafone NZ resigns from Spark's board

>>6519753 AFL Victoria receives Gippsland commission's resignation amid insolvency fears

Merck Created Hit List to "Destroy," "Neutralize" or "Discredit" Dissenting Doctors

Merck made a "hit list" of doctors who criticized Vioxx, according to testimony in a Vioxx class action case in Australia. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the labels "neutralise," "neutralised" or "discredit" next to them.

http://archive.is/QA0EY

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/merck-created-hit-list-to-destroy-neutralize-or-discredit-dissenting-doctors/

>>6576626

>Merck Created Hit List to "Destroy," "Neutralize" or "Discredit" Dissenting Doctors

both sourced from QRes#8397

"The Australian:

The court was told that James Fries, professor of medicine at Stanford University, wrote to the then Merck head Ray Gilmartin in October 2000 to complain about the treatment of some of his researchers who had criticised the drug.

"Even worse were allegations of Merck damage control by intimidation," he wrote, … "This has happened to at least eight (clinical) investigators … I suppose I was mildly threatened myself but I never have spoken or written on these issues."

The allegations come on the heels of revelations that Merck created a fake medical journal – the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine – in which to publish studies about Vioxx; had pop songs commissioned about Vioxx to inspire its staff, and paid ghostwriters to draft articles about the drug."

Assange Faces Death Penalty As DoJ Files Espionage Act Charges

Sourced from QRes#8399

The worst fears of Julian Assange's legal team have just been realized.

Just as Wikileaks' editor in chief anticipated, the DoJ has unveiled a slate of new charges against Assange including 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Act stemming from his role in publishing the classified documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, per the New York Times.

In addition to significantly raising the punishment threshold (from a maximum of 5.5 years under the previous indictment to the prospect of a death sentence for violating the Espionage Act), the new charges will raise serious first amendment issues as Assange will become the first journalist charged under the Espionage Act.

Though it's not a guarantee, Espionage Act violations carry the prospect of a death sentence.

The Justice Department’s decision to pursue Espionage Act charges signals a dramatic escalation under President Trump to crack down on leaks of classified information and aims squarely at First Amendment protections for journalists. Most recently, law enforcement officials charged a former intelligence analyst with giving classified documents to The Intercept, a national security news website.

Legal scholars believe that prosecuting reporters over their work would violate the First Amendment, but the prospect has not yet been tested in court because the government had never charged a journalist under the Espionage Act.

Though he is not a conventional journalist, much of what Mr. Assange does at WikiLeaks is difficult to distinguish in a legally meaningful way from what traditional news organizations like The New York Times do: seek and publish information that officials want to be secret, including classified national security matters, and take steps to protect the confidentiality of sources.

Per the NYT, the Obama administration considered bringing the Espionage Act charges against Assange, but balked because it didn't want to raise the First Amendment issue. While Wikileaks had warned of this possibility, they suspected that the US would wait until Assange was on American soil before bringing Espionage Act-related charges.

Remember, the UK and Ecuador promised that no serious harm would befall Assange - ie that Assange wouldn't be put to death in the US. Now that the death penalty is a possibility, whether this helps or hurts Assange's chances of successfully battling extradition remains to be seen.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-23/assange-faces-death-penalty-doj-files-espionage-act-charges

Krass bros banned permanently from Twitter.

Sourced from QRes#8401

Ryan Saavedra

‏Verified account @RealSaavedra

BREAKING: Twitter has permanently banned prominent anti-Trump brothers Brian and Ed Krassenstein, alleging that two of the biggest stars of Resistance Twitter had broken the site’s rules about operating fake accounts and purchasing fake interactions

Such sad news .. kek

>>6576705

'Modern fascism is breaking cover': Journalists react to Assange Espionage Act charges

Sourced from QRes#8401

The US government's indictment of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange on 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act has shocked and horrified journalists who are calling it an unprecedented attack on press freedom.

The new indictment claims Assange endangered the lives of individuals working for the US government when Wikileaks published leaked documents received from intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in 2010. Under the draconian Espionage Act, which has never before been used against a journalist publishing classified information, Assange faces up to 10 years in prison for each charge.

"Assange was complicit with Chelsea Manning…in unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defense," the Department of Justice said in a statement, while National Security Division head John Demers insisted "Julian Assange is no journalist."

Actual journalists, however, were horrified by the "unprecedented assault on the First Amendment."

More

https://www.rt.com/news/460123-assange-espionage-act-charges-reactions/

More Papa D Tweets

Sourced from QRes#8403

George Papadopoulos

@GeorgePapa19

The president knows he and his campaign were set up by the UK and Australia as well as a rogue FBI/CIA. The UK/Australia were in on it voluntarily, not by accident. When he takes the unprecedented step to declassify the FISA materials, he will be doing it for America’s honor.

George Papadopoulos

@GeorgePapa19

May 21

Replying to @JohnBrennan

Oh, John: all the weaponized assets you sent my way [Joseph Mifsud, Alexander Downer, Stefan Halper] are all being outed from London, Rome and Canberra. Those governments are now actively cooperating with the Trump administration and have flipped on you. Your role will be exposed

Global paedophile ring bust leads to the rescue of 50 children amid fears of hundreds of abuse cases

Sourced from QRes#8408

A global police operation has rescued 50 children from an international paedophilia ring, following the arrest of multiple people – including one man based in Australia.

The International Criminal Police Organisation, Interpol, first started investigating the ring in 2017 after the discovery of online material showing the abuse of 11 boys, all under the age of 13.

Authorities allege the material surfaced on the darkweb through a subscription-based website with an audience of almost 63,000 people worldwide.

After surveillance involving authorities from Thailand, the USA, Bulgaria, New Zealand and Australia, the website’s main administrator, Montri Salangam, was arrested in November 2017 in Thailand.

Police allege material on the website showed Salangam abusing 11 boys – one of whom was his nephew – after he lured them to his home with food, internet access and football games.

Another man, Ruecha Tokputza, was also arrested in Adelaide before 251 pornographic videos and 415 videos were found on his phone, with some showing him as the main abuser.

Tokputza’s youngest victim was just 15 months old. It is believed he also removed one child's nappy and abused another while he slept.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/news-australia-global-pedophile-ring-50-children-rescued-interpol-adelaide-arrest-crime-world/a9d83fed-2e9d-40c4-a24d-7b7bbac76b1b

Resignations in the region

Sourced from QRes#8407

Schulz to resign from UQP after 11 years

https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/05/22/133504/schulz-to-resign-from-uqp-after-11-years/

>>6576592

Wow.

Impressive work Anon/Baker!

>>6579070

My guess is that Assange will Board AF1 in two weeks time when Potus is over there scaring the shit out of the UK

Safest plane on the planet

He will travel with Trump

Wow

Love to be a fly on the wall urging their conversations

POPCORN

WWG1WGA

God Bless the USA

Praying for their safety

>>6584142

Full 9 minute video -

Trump on Declassified Info: I'm The Most Transparent President in History - Press Conference 5/24/19

Major new risk noted by Swiss Re in their 2019 SONAR report: 5G "Off the leash: The spread of 5G technology":

Sourced from QRes#8414

Digital technology's clash with legacy infrastructure, new risks emerging from the spread of 5G mobile networks, increasingly limited fiscal and monetary policy flexibility, and genetic testing and its implications for the insurance industry are challenges with potentially high impact.

Off the leash: The spread of 5G technology

5G will enable wireless connectivity in real time for any device of the internet of things (IoT), such as autonomous cars or sensor-steered factories. Current concerns regarding potential negative health effects from electromagnetic fields are likely to increase. In addition, hackers can also exploit 5G speed and volume to acquire (or steal) more data faster. Major concerns are possible privacy and security breaches, as well as espionage.

full webpage:

https://www.swissre.com/media/news-releases/nr-20190522-sonar2019.html

Aging infrastructure, 5G, economy among top emerging risks: Swiss Re

Aging infrastructure, the spread of 5G technology, a potential economic downturn, the growth of genetic testing and climate change are the five emerging risks with the highest potential impact on the insurance and reinsurance industry in 2019, according to a new Swiss Re Institute report.

Technological improvements are ongoing and hardware in critical infrastructure, including smart electric power grids or pipelines and hospitals, is often outdated, according to the Swiss Re SONAR report on new emerging risks published on Wednesday.

“As a consequence, insurers face higher risk accumulation unexpected loss potential in the areas of property damage, bodily injury, business interruption and cyber risk,” the report said.

In addition, advancements in 5G mobile networks will enable wireless connectivity in real time for Internet of Things devices, according to the report.

“Current concerns regarding potential negative health effects from electromagnetic fields are likely to increase,” the report said. “Hackers can also exploit 5G speed and volume to acquire (or steal) more data faster. Major concerns are possible privacy and security breaches and espionage.”

https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190522/NEWS06/912328592/Aging-infrastructure,-5G,-economy-among-top-emerging-risks-Swiss-Re

Anons comments (needs sauce)

Insurers are not going to underwrite the health risks associated with 5G. Who is going to carry the can? When the chickens come home to roost? And the epidemiological ducks are in a row, showing thousands of people dying around towers?

There was one estimate by an Australian insurer that tried to quantify the liabilities involved with the wireless industry. They returned a single word: "Incalculable." The insurance industry has woken up to the dangers of 5G. They are not fooled; and that should send a huge message to anyone watching this industry. How can you undertake an enterprise of this scale, with no research and no standards and no regulations and absolutely no underwriting of the health risks? This is gross economic malpractice.

‘Everyone else must take my place’: Assange in letter from British prison

Sourced from QRes#8415

In a handwritten letter from Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange says he is being denied a chance to defend himself and that elements in the US that “hate truth, liberty and justice” want him extradited and dead.

The letter was sent to independent British journalist Gordon Dimmack. It was dated May 13 – ten days before the US announced 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act against the jailed whistleblower.

In light of the new indictment, Dimmack read out the letter in a YouTube video. A photo of the handwritten note was soon posted online as well.

“I have been isolated from all ability to prepare to defend myself: no laptop, no internet, ever, no computer, no library, so far, but even if I get access it will just be for a half an hour, with everyone else, once a week,” Assange wrote. “The other side? A superpower that has been preparing for 9 years, with hundreds of people and untold millions spent on the case.”

Assange was arrested on April 11, after Ecuador revoked his political asylum and UK police seized him from the Latin American country’s embassy in London. He was sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for skipping bail, and sent to Belmarsh, a prison south of London once dubbed 'British Guantanamo' for being used to jail terrorism suspects.

I am defenseless.

“I am unbroken, albeit literally surrounded by murderers, but, the days where I could read and speak and organize to defend myself, my ideals, and my people are over until I am free! Everyone else must take my place,” Assange wrote in the letter.

The WikiLeaks publisher had sought refuge in Ecuador in 2012, claiming – correctly, as it turned out – that trumped-up charges in Sweden would be used to get him extradited to the US. A secret indictment of Assange, only made public in March, charged him with violating the Espionage Act over the 2010 publication of secret US military and diplomatic documents.

“The US government, or rather, those regrettable elements in it that hate truth, liberty and justice, want to cheat their way into my extradition and death, rather than letting the public hear the truth, for which I have won the highest awards in journalism and have been nominated 7 times for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Assange wrote.

Truth, ultimately, is all we have.

The new charges against Assange have alarmed even the mainstream media outlets that have spent years pouring vitriol on WikiLeaks, as they began to realize his prosecution along those lines would essentially criminalize all journalism. However, because Assange and WikiLeaks have been demonized by advocates of the Russiagate conspiracy theory as “agents of the Kremlin” and spies, media pushback against the charges has been muted at best.

https://www.rt.com/news/460215-assange-letter-from-prison/

>>6585075

Aussie MSM reporting of Trumps Comments

Sourced from QRes#8417

#1 9 News

US President Donald Trump wants Australia's role in sparking the 2016 FBI probe into potential links between his election campaign and Russia examined by US Attorney General William Barr.

In a potentially explosive development for the historically rock solid US-Australian alliance, Trump has publicly named Australia for the first time while discussing what he calls the "Russia hoax" and "witch hunt".

The move was denounced by some members of US Congress who predicted trust between the Five Eyes intelligence sharing nations - the US, Australia, UK, Canada and New Zealand - could be eroded.

Trump said he has declassified potentially millions of pages of intelligence documents related to surveillance activities on his campaign and Mr Barr would have "full and complete authority" to examine them.

"So what I've done is I've declassified everything," Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday before departing on a trip to Japan.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-raises-aust-role-in-russian-hoax/687aef2d-6468-4a54-a343-55b548da8d32

#2 SMH

Very similar initial content to 9 news article, so not worth repeating here.

But also…

Papadopoulos has repeatedly claimed Downer spied on him during the bar meeting, a claim which Downer has rejected.

Downer has said that Papadopoulos told him at the bar Russia had damaging material on Trump's presidential rival Hillary Clinton.

The information was forwarded to Canberra and then passed on to US intelligence services and the FBI.

Papadopoulos denies telling Downer anything about Russia obtaining damaging information on Clinton.

In response to Trump's announcement Papadopoulos tweeted: "I have kept the heat on the UK and Australia for a while now. They will finally be exposed. None more than Clinton errand boy, Alexander Downer."

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/australia-in-trump-s-sights-for-russia-hoax-investigation-20190525-p51r28.html

Resignations in the region/Commonwealth … kek

Theresa May announces her resignation as prime minister and Conservative leader

https://www.businessinsider.com/theresa-may-resigns-as-prime-minister-and-conservative-leader-2019-5

SIR Vince Cable has finally quit as leader of the Lib Dems - hours after Prime Minister Theresa May's shock resignation

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1131687/vince-cable-resigns-lib-dem-leadership-theresa-may-brexit-news-european-elections

…interdasting

Trying to restore the thread for our AUS frens

You mother fuckers WILL have VICTORY.

that, I can tell you.

Huawei "Spent All Their Resources Stealing", Stunning New Exposé Shows

Sourced from QRes#8247

The accusations of Huawei stealing trade secrets from across the world are hitting a fever pitch, thanks to a new Wall Street Journal expose that blows open accusations of theft and stealing of trade secrets. The article includes insights from lawsuits, Huawei’s competitors and former employees. Allegations run the gamut against the company: from its business practices, to the science behind its 5G, all the way down to copying the text it used in its user manuals.

Huawei has grown into China’s global technology powerhouse, as a leader in 5G networks and giant maker of telecom equipment. The company employs 188,000 people in more than 170 countries and sells more smartphones than Apple. It also provides cloud services, manufactures microchips and runs internet cables undersea that help route global traffic.

The United States is finally following in the footsteps of places like Australia and putting pressure on the company out of concern for national security. Just last week, the Trump administration unveiled measures to help cut Huawei off from American suppliers and stop it from doing business in the United States. The administration believes that the company takes its orders directly from Beijing and that its standing as the top telecom company in the world makes it a powerful tool for China's authoritarian government.

Huawei writes the whole thing off as one big misunderstanding and says that it complies with laws in global markets: “We respect the integrity of intellectual property rights—for our own business, as well as peer, partner and competitor companies,” the company said.

The US had done little to confront Huawei head-on up until the last couple of months. This allowed the Chinese giant to grow bigger than companies like Cisco and Motorola, while at the same time settling civil litigation along the way without admitting fault.

Robert Read, a former contract engineer from 2002 to 2003 in Huawei’s Sweden office said:

“They spent all their resources stealing technology. You’d steal a motherboard and bring it back and they’d reverse-engineer it.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-25/huawei-spent-all-their-resources-stealing-stunning-new-expose-says

>>6591484

"America is following the footsteps of Australia?!"

Is that a typo? Surely you meant Australia WILL BE following in the footsteps of America.

Notice how, when they cover Trump's Huawei ban, the Aus MSM never even mentions the fact that the ban might be because HUWAWEI IS A THREAT TO HUMANITY. Instead they're always just, "so what's a consumer gonna do if they want to download a new app from Google Play like Candy Crush 7?"

Aus MSM don't even ask what it might mean if Huawei is trying to spy on the people and on government in a VERY REAL WAR. Lives are at stake! Freedom is at stake! The whole Planet is at stake! But you'd never know it from ABC or Sky.

Has this Australia thread been taken over by shills? Is that why the last Aus thread was attacked?

>>6584072

Anon was not 'wrong', anon posed a question, your projecting, einstien, troll harder

>>6588423

Neither BO nor BV here, just a helpful anon who knows AUS fags deserve support. When you get the 404 page, there's a suggested method to recover it from the Alacrity daemon's failure. That's all I did. Glad you all were back online while I slept. That's what anons do, watch each other's backs.

Give 'em Hell, AUS!!!

WE ARE WITH YOU!!

Where We Go One We Go ALL!

Resignations in the Region

Sourced from QRes#8428

Papua New Guinea prime minister resigns after 7 years

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has resigned after seven years on the job.

His announcement follows weeks of high profile defections from his government to the opposition.

O'Neill said in a news conference in the capital of Port Moresby that recent movements in parliament have shown a "need for change."

He handed over his leadership to a former prime minister and current member of parliament, Sir Julius Chan.

On Friday, one of O Neill's key coalition allies abandoned him. The opposition bloc has since been saying it has 62 lawmakers in its camp, which would give it a majority in parliament.

The resignation will be formalized when O'Neill visits the governor-general, the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/papua-new-guinea-prime-minister-resigns-after-7-years

Sea level data ALTERED by scientists to create false impression of rising oceans

Sourced from QRes#8432

A scientific paper published by a team of Australian researchers has revealed a startling find: Scientists at the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) have been “adjusting” historical data regarding tide levels in the Indian Ocean. Their “highly questionable” activities have depicted rapidly rising seas — but the truth is that there is no reason to be alarmed at all. Scientists have found that sea levels are stable — and have been for the entirety of the 20th century.

To put it simply, these PSMSL “scientists” have been arbitrarily changing their data in order to create the illusion of a problem that doesn’t actually exist.

According to the Australian research team, sea levels in the Indian ocean have remained stable for decades. Dr. Albert Parker and Dr. Clifford Ollier recently published their astounding research in the journal Earth Systems and Environment; their extensive research gives an in-depth look at how this massive deception was undertaken.

PSMSL “realigned” stable sea level trends

As the researchers report, there are multiple lines of evidence that show sea levels in the Indian Ocean are completely stable. Further, the scientific duo explains that the data-adjusters at PSMSL were taking “misaligned or incomplete” sea level data (which showed no rise in sea levels, or even decreasing sea levels) and “realigning” them.

As Parker and Ollier contend, “It is always highly questionable to shift data collected in the far past without any proven new supporting material.” But what makes the PSMSL’s data shifts even more questionable is the fact that older datasets were adjusted to look lower while all newer sets of sea level data were re-configured to appear higher. When these arbitrary adjustments are taken together, it creates the appearance of a significant and concerning rise in sea levels — one that is entirely artificial.

https://www.newstarget.com/2019-02-18-sea-level-data-altered-by-scientists-to-create-false-impression-of-rising-oceans.html

Citigroup, JP Morgan, UBS Face Forex Cartel Class Action in Australia

Sourced from QRes#8346

Citigroup Inc., Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among five banks named in a class action lawsuit in Australia seeking damages for colluding on foreign-exchange trading strategies.

UBS Group AG and Barclays Plc were also named in the suit lodged Monday in the Federal Court by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. The action claims the banks colluded to rig foreign exchange rates, boosting profits at the expense of Australian businesses and investors, the law firm said in a statement.

Spokespeople at Citi and JPMorgan in Sydney had no immediate comment on the suit. UBS didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment. A representative for Barclays in Hong Kong declined to comment. A representative for RBS in London didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry outside of office hours.

Citi, RBS, JPMorgan and Barclays were among five lenders that agreed to pay European Union fines totaling 1.07 billion euros ($1.2 billion) earlier this month for colluding on foreign exchange strategies. UBS escaped a fine because it was the first to tell regulators about the collusion.

Read more: Loose lips and FX tips - how chats cost banks $1.2 billion

Traders allegedly used chat rooms bearing names such as “The Cartel,” “The Bandits’ Club,” and “The Mafia,” and communicated directly with each other to coordinate the manipulation of FX benchmark rates, control the pricing of spreads and to trigger client stop-loss orders and limit orders, Maurice Blackburn said.

The manipulation of benchmark foreign-exchange rates was exposed in 2013 via Bloomberg stories, triggering regulatory probes in the U.S., the U.K. and Switzerland. More than a dozen financial institutions have paid about $11.8 billion in fines and penalties globally, with another $2.3 billion spent to compensate customers and investors.

While the U.S. has won guilty pleas from JPMorgan, Citigroup, RBS and Barclays, three British traders in the group known as “The Cartel” were acquitted by a U.S. federal court last year of using a chatroom to coordinate trades and manipulate prices on the spot exchange rate for euros and U.S. dollars.

Maurice Blackburn’s suit claims Australian companies and investors, including importers, exporters, institutional investors and businesses with overseas operations have been affected by the distortion of currency markets by the five banks. The action is on behalf of customers who bought or sold more than A$500,000 ($347,000) of foreign currency between Jan. 1 2008 and Oct. 15, 2013, the law firm said.

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2019-05-27/citi-jpmorgan-ubs-face-forex-cartel-class-action-in-australia?srnd=markets-vp

>>6598124

Oh look!

It’s a Quangaroo!

Maaaayte.

New Labor leader Anthony Albanese calls for end to climate wars

Anthony Albanese has called for an end to the climate wars, saying he wants to work with Scott Morrison on an emissions reduction plan that benefits both the environment and the economy.

After being confirmed as the party’s new leader on Monday morning, the senior leftwinger has also urged more people to join the Labor party, saying the movement needs to be “larger and more inclusive” to win an election in three years’ time. Arguing the opposition had many lessons to learn following its shock election defeat under Bill Shorten, Albanese said he believed that “conflict fatigue” was among the reasons the party had failed to convince voters of the need for change.

“People want solutions, not arguments. They have conflict fatigue,” Albanese said.

“I am a values politician, but I also say this to Scott Morrison – I’m not Tony Abbott.”

Flagging his desire to see bipartisanship on the vexed issues of constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians and climate policy, Albanese said he was prepared to work with the Coalition to develop a consensus position on a national emissions reduction plan.

“Let me say this unequivocally – the science is in, climate change is real, we must act,” Albanese said.

“Action will create jobs, it will benefit our economy and it will benefit our environment.

“The time for the ongoing conflict over these issues surely is over.”

But while indicating he was prepared to cooperate on some policy areas, Albanese also pledged to “strongly, forcefully” hold the Morrison government to account.

Albanese’s call for climate policy certainty comes as Labor’s shadow environment minister Tony Burke indicated the party could move away from its support of a direct market mechanism to tackle emissions reduction, suggesting Labor shift to a regulation and spending model, such as that being advocated by the Democrats in the US. Albanese said he was neither a “neither a climate sceptic, nor … a market sceptic”, saying he had consulted with business about the need for policy certainty.

“They are crying out for certainty, and it is time that the government worked with the opposition to deliver that certainty going into the future.”

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has indicated the Coalition will pursue the climate policy it took to the election which centres on a $3.5bn emissions reduction fund. Pledging to work hard over the next three years to convince people of the need to vote Labor, Albanese acknowledged the party needed to do more to “reach out” to those who didn’t support either major party at the May 18 election, while conceding Labor had a “big mountain to climb” to form government.

more at sauce: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/27/anthony-albanese-elected-unopposed-as-labor-leader

>>6600235

Yeah I remember seeing/posting that in an earlier Aus bread .. kek

>>6607087

Further Pell related Anon comments Re-Posted from QRes

Post#1:

>>6600091

>>6600103

Hey genius just think for a second.

Pell has 2 people over his entire career who come after him.

TWO

No twenty, not thirty, not even ten.

Over 50 plus years just TWO…..2

You ever think something is really wrong here????

This just not add up……

Pell could be like Flynn or Rogers….

He knows where the bodies are buried.

This could be the big frame up of exposing the entire PEDOPHILE elites of Australia.

Pedophilia isn't just stopping at one or two.

There is a lot more to this story to come.

Post#2:

>>6600395

I have wondered if Cardinel Pell was a "Vatican hit" to warn other Church leaders what will happen if you criticize this Pope or expose the corruption in the Vatican Bank. Notice how Pope Francis tried to cover and even promote other pedo bishops and cardinals. Not one word to vouch for Pell. I wonder if Pell is, as you said the Vatican's version of Flynn or Rogers.

>>6607114

Would like to think Aus looks after its returned diggers a little better than the US, but wouldn't be surprised to hear its just as bad here.

>>6607132

Its a good start, but we need this to be coming from MSM sauces for it to make an impact - have sought, not yet dug anything up though, so at the moment only FNC are seeing the benefit.

Maybe TV networks will run it?

>>6607102

Hear what you are sayin, BUT

how did HE get to be in the HIGH POSITION

he was in ??? in the world of lies and corruption ? You don't get up there being a saint in a sinner's house

>>6607305

Maybe because he was seen as 'containable'?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2973251/Cardinal-Pell-accused-spending-thousands-lavish-lifestyle.html

Resignations in the Region

Sourced from QRes#8447

Suncorp CEO Michael Cameron resigns

https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/suncorp-ceo-michael-cameron-resigns-20190527-p51rg6

Treated like trash: south-east Asia vows to return mountains of rubbish from west

RP from QRes#8448

Region begins pushback against deluge of plastic and electronic waste from UK, US and Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/28/treated-like-trash-south-east-asia-vows-to-return-mountains-of-rubbish-from-west

>>6616149

oops wrong pic attached.

New Zealand Gun Control Lobby Pushes Registration, Total Semiautomatic Ban

RP from QRes#8449

Gun Control NZ is pushing for registration of all firearms and a broadened ban against owning semiautomatic firearms.

On April 1, 2019, Breitbart News reported New Zealand’s ban on “military-style” rifles also prohibited ownership of pump shotguns, “high capacity” magazines, and certain gun parts. These controls were enacted in response to the March 15, 2019, Christchurch attacks and RNZ reports that Gun Control NZ is already petitioning parliament to expand these controls and add new ones.

They want a national firearm register, a requirement gun owners renew gun registration every three years, and gun prohibition expansion that would cover all semiautomatic firearms.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/nz-more-gun-control/

Australian navy pilots struck by lasers in South China Sea

RP from QRes#8455

May 28, 2019

Witness says Australian navy helicopter pilots were hit by lasers while exercising in the South China Sea, forcing them to land as a precaution.

Scholar Euan Graham, who was on board the Royal Australian Navy flagship HMAS Canberra on a voyage from Vietnam to Singapore, said in an account of the incident that the lasers had been pointed from passing fishing vessels while the Canberra was being trailed by a Chinese warship.

While bridge-to-bridge communications with the Chinese during the voyage were courteous, the Chinese requested the Australian warships notify them in advance of any corrections to their course. That was something the Australian navy was "not about to concede while exercising its high-seas freedoms," Graham wrote.

China maintains a robust maritime militia in the South China Sea composed of fishing vessels equipped to carry out missions just short of combat.

China claims the strategic waterway virtually in its entirety and is sensitive to all foreign naval action in the area, especially by the US and allies such as Australia.

Similar incidents involving lasers and the Chinese military have also been reported as far away as Djibouti, where the US and China have bases. Last year, the US complained to China after lasers were directed at aircraft in the Horn of Africa nation that resulted in minor injuries to two American pilots. China denied that its forces targeted the US military aircraft.

The constant presence of Chinese vessels shadowing foreign ships appeared to indicate that the Chinese fleet had grown large enough to allow it to have vessels lying in wait for just such orders.

Their trailing actions also appeared to show that China's over-the-horizon surveillance capability was also maturing, supported by technology based at points such as Fiery Cross Reef in the contested Spratly island group where China has built military installations and an airstrip atop coral reefs.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/australian-navy-pilots-struck-by-lasers-in-south-china-sea-report-20190529-p51s68.html

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2019/05/28/report-australian-navy-pilots-hit-by-lasers-in-south-china-sea/

>>6625794

"America: remember this, the FBI under Jim Comey was trying to entrap Americans working for president Trump. FBI assets like Joseph Mifsud and Alexander Downer will all be exposed. The Russians were non existent. Keep the heat on the UK/Australia/Italy and have them flip on Comey."

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1133528552249253888

>>6625985

Notable

>>6625985

>>6616575 LB Marine in Australia & Norway

Anon raises more questions about Norway - relevance to US Marine tweets ?

RP from QRes#8461

Any Oil/Investment Fags want to break this down for me? What is really going on here?

Last 24 hour NORWAY headlines:

Here’s What Lawmakers Want to Do With Norway’s $1 Trillion Fund (Sovereign wealth fund from divesting some of it's oil stocks)

Norway to shut at least 2 oilfields in case of strike (5 more will be next)

"UPDATE 2-Norway’s oil industry eyes 17% growth in 2019 investments"

"Venezuela talks in Norway must focus on Maduro departure: US"(happening now)

Because of US Sanctions "Venezuela Oil exports — which represent more than 90 percent of export revenue — have dropped by some 40 percent since January."

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/reuters-america-update-2-norways-oil-industry-eyes-17-percent-growth-in-2019-investments.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/here-s-what-lawmakers-want-to-do-with-norway-s-1-trillion-fund?srnd=premium-europe

https://www.reuters.com/article/norway-oil-strike-idAFL8N2354ZV

https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-talks-norway-must-focus-maduro-departure-us-185304999.html

Australian navy helicopter pilots were reportedly targeted with laser beams from fishing boats in South China Sea

RP from QRes#8466

Australian navy pilots were targeted with laser beams during an exercise in the South China Sea, a security analyst who observed Australia's operations said.

Euan Graham, an Asian security expert, said that pilots told him they were repeatedly targeted by laser beams as they flew, and that helicopters had to be temporarily grounded as a precaution.

He said that Australia was followed by a Chinese warship and the attacks could be be Chinese boats, as China's "approach in the South China Sea is to try to make life difficult for foreign aircraft and warships there."

US military pilots were targeted with lasers in the East China Sea last year, according to multiple reports.

https://www.businessinsider.com/australian-navy-pilots-hit-lasers-south-china-sea-reports-2019-5

>>6626034

Australia military pilots were targeted by lasers aimed at them from fishing trawlers in the South China Sea during routine operations.

RP from QRes#8478

Euan Graham, an academic from the La Trobe University, who was on board the HMAS Canberrawrote of the incident. Graham said the Canberra, a helicopter landing ship, was followed by a Chinese warship at a distance during its deployment.

Don Rothwell, a maritime law expert at the Australian National University, described the use of lasers in a ‘pseudo-military context’ as a new development. He explained that lasers can potentially blind the pilots and hinder them from properly navigating the aircraft.

The lasers were aimed from fishing trawlers, which have been recruited by the Chinese navy to act as a militia force in the South China sea.

Rothwell said these were no ordinary fishing vessels, but China’s maritime ‘militia fishing boats’. He explained that their purpose was ‘only to disrupt’. “We have seen the deployment of the Chinese militia to swarm or enclose areas that are subject of Filipino occupation as part of the Philippines territorial claim in the South China Sea.”

The U.S. military had encountered similar incidents at the American airbase in Djibouti, in East Africa. In 2016, China built its military base, first in overseas, a few miles away from the American airbase, and had installed lasers there . Dana White, a Pentagon spokeswoman alleged in 2018 that two US military pilots, while landing their C-130 transport airplane at Camp Lemonnier, suffered minor eye damage from lasers hitting the cockpit."

ibtimes.com/australian-military-pilots-targeted-lasers-south-china-sea-2796381

No 5G in Brussels - Radiation concerns

Sourced from QRes#8478

Yet here we are in Aus, gunning to get 5G up and running … hmmm

https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/brussels-all-news/55052/radiation-concerns-halt-brussels-5g-for-now/

Bit of comic relief… Fuhrer Shorten cracks it.

https://www.captiongenerator.com/1400422/Shortens-Nightmare

New Mosquito eradication method

RP from QRes#8479

"We demonstrated that the efficacy of the transgenic fungi is so much better than the wild type that it justifies continued development," said Raymond St. Leger, a Distinguished University Professor of Entomology at UMD and co-author of the study.

The fungus is a naturally occurring pathogen that infects insects in the wild and kills them slowly. It has been used to control various pests for centuries. The scientists used a strain of the fungus that is specific to mosquitoes and engineered it to produce a toxin that kills mosquitoes more rapidly than they can breed. This transgenic fungus caused mosquito populations in their test site to collapse to unsustainable levels within two generations.

"You can think of the fungus as a hypodermic needle we use to deliver a potent insect-specific toxin into the mosquito," said St. Leger.

The toxin is an insecticide called Hybrid. It is derived from the venom of the Australian Blue Mountains funnel-web spider and has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for application directly on crops to control agricultural insect pests.

"Simply applying the transgenic fungus to a sheet that we hung on a wall in our study area caused the mosquito populations to crash within 45 days," Lovett said. "And it is as effective at killing insecticide-resistant mosquitoes as non-resistant ones."

-more-

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190530141501.htm

Given the increase in mosquito borne dengue fever and other diseases occurring further south than ever before, something like this might prove a useful control method for the little fuckers

>>6642270

ASSANGE SHOWS SIGNS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TOTURE

RP from QRes#8485

"Julian Assange is showing all the symptoms associated with prolonged exposure to psychological torture and should not be extradited to the US, according to a senior UN expert who visited him in prison.

Nils Melzer, UN’s special rapporteur on torture, is expected to make his appeal to the UK government on Friday. It comes after Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, was said by his lawyers to be too ill to appear by video link for the latest court hearing of the case on Thursday.

Assange has been moved to the health ward of Belmarsh prison, London, where he has been serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail while fighting extradition to the US. He is accused of violating the Espionage Act by publishing secret documents containing the names of confidential US military and diplomatic sources.

After meeting Assange earlier this month in the company of medical experts who examined him, Melzer will say on Friday that he fears the Australian’s human rights could be seriously violated if he is extradited to the US and will condemn what he describes as the “deliberate and concerted abuse inflicted for years” on him."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/31/julian-assange-shows-psychological-torture-symptoms-says-un-expert

OP Anon's comments

MSM says nothing, we do nothing?

If this country/POTUS lets him die in a UK prison, then we are NO better than the DS we'd like to take down. If we are the news, then president Trump needs to hear from us. No media coverage = no change.

He was responsible for Trump getting a lot of votes since he started the red pill process for so many people. Would we even know so much about Hillary, etc without Assange? Do you climb over him on the way up and then dispose of him? That's our deep state, not us.

There's also the freedom of the press to consider. Even if he gave password advice, I think he's paid enough. He's now too ill to communicate well. He needs to be here, getting better medical treatment. And PARDONED for whatever they think he did. And time seems to be growing short.

Please, Pres Trump, don't let him die over there. He needs saving NOW.

Another day .. (yet) Another Papa D Tweet

RP from QRes#8488

"Keep the heat on the U.K. and Australia! they are the weak links. They are in the midst of tremendous political changes and need America more than ever in the changing world. Force them to disclose their spying on the campaign and throw Comey/Brennan under the bus."

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1134534678126288896

>>6599613

Any ideas how to access 8chan on an iPhone?

I use a VPN on the computers, but would like to be able to phonefag when out and about…

Firefox mobile can't be configured with this solution. I believe it's an IOS restriction. Any ideas would be great.

>>6644394

Change the phone’s DNS to 1.1.1.1

>>6644557

Thank you heaps. That was all too easy!!

Now how do we get the government back in the box it originally came in?

>>6644862

By the way, it’s not an iPhone restriction.

All traffic to 8chan was blocked after Christchurch.

Yes, that government you want back in it’s box did that to save us from ourselves finding out how creative they and others are getting outside that damn thing.

>>6646895

Yes, I know - think I was one of the first to alert the chans we had been blocked after that FF in NZ.

Interesting that anything that occurs always results in us losing more freedoms. We must all be just sooo stupid that we need saving from ourselves at every step. The problem as I see it is the vast majority of the normies keep going along with it believing things are being done with our best interest at heart. They have no idea…

As an aside, there is a terrific book written in the 70's that really sets out what is going on. None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen.

https://archive.org/details/nonedarecallitconspiracy_201904

>>6644862

Glad to see you got it sorted.

Its sad to see that Big Brother in the first place deemed this place (as a whole) as off limits, given the actions of a few mouth breathers.

Funny how once you spend a little time here, you work out your own filtering system (soon enough) and all the spam/hater nonsense getting posted thread after thread tends is just ignored and move on.

>>6648382

Reading now.

Thanks for the tip.

Great book.

On Kindle.

>>6644862

Hey all you AusAnons and KiwiAnons out there.

After a lot of messing about re changing the DNS on an iPhone that was fine about the house but NOT fine when using the cellular network as IOS will not allow changing that unless you jailbreak which I wasn't interested in, I've found a terrific app we can use.

On the App Store and Google Play search 1.1.1.1 faster internet. It's free and brilliant!!!

>>6655564

Yes like anything else in life there is good and bad within anything. I love 8chan.

It saddens me enormously to see the speed (((they))) jump to obey and the blocking of the chans is just the latest step in a litany of unfreedoms we are subjected to. The chans must be silenced because we speak the truth here and Mockingbird can't have that now can they? All in lockstep with the approved narrative.

I really hope what POTUS is doing will help put Aus back on the path our fore fathers envisioned for us, not this slavery we now live in with all these puppet politicians we have dancing to the tune of their masters.

FWIW I think the RBA will drop the rates 25 basis points tomorrow… Patriots are in control!!!

Two Australians’ viral anti-gun video sends stern warning to US politicians

An anti-gun campaign born from two Australians has sent shockwaves throughout the US as the extremely stark reality of what American students can expect to face throughout their schooling is detailed by an 11-year-old-girl.

In a video, released by March For Our Lives, the gun control group established in the wake of 2018’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, a young girl, Kayleigh, instructs a group of adults in their workplace on how to survive in the event of an active shooter.

“If there was an active shooter, you would all be dead,” she tells the group of shocked and confused employees.

“When you talk out loud, the shooter can hear where you are and where you’re hiding.”

As some of the adults are moved to tears, Kayleigh continues by informing the group how to deal with an armed attacker, including tips like pushing chairs up against the doors, how to detect the shooter’s location, and even squatting on toilet seats so the attacker can’t see your feet.

The harrowing footage, titled “Generation Lockdown”, is part of a campaign from the Australian creative directors of McCann New York, Alex Little and Karsten Jurkschat.

Being from Australia, the two creatives struggled to understand active shooter drills in public schools across the US.

“We made sure every adult and politician in the country knew what their inaction on gun reform was doing to the next generation,” Mr Little and Mr Jurkschat say on their website.

Since its creation about a month ago, the now viral video has racked up more than 50 million views sending a distressing reminder of something Americans are becoming increasingly desensitised to.

According to Everytown for Gun Safety there were at least 103 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in 2018.

“There wasn’t a lot of gift-wrapping around this. It’s what kids in America learn in school. And it’s putting it in an interesting environment, which is an adult situation,” Mr Little told the ABC.

“Usually these secrets — these lockdowns — are kept in the classroom. And parents hear snatches of what kids are learning in school, but they don’t really hear details.”

The video ends with Kayleigh singing a rhyme a teacher had taught her to make it easier to remember what to do in the event of an armed-attacker.

“Lockdown, lockdown, let’s all hide. Lock the doors and stay inside. Crouch on down. Don’t make a sound. And don’t cry or you’ll be found.”

The PSA speaks to an audience unaware of what is going on in American schools, a situation ignored by politicians, unknown to parents but becoming ingrained into students.

“Kids are politically powerless, but this film gives them a massive voice,” Mr Little said.

“Our goal is to keep trying to shift that needle, to keep trying to get Americans, more people, more politicians to kind of realise that this is not a normal thing for kids to learn,” Mr Jurkschat added.

Kayleigh practices lockdown drills at schools along with 95 per cent of public school children in the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IM4p62p3M0

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/two-australians-viral-antigun-video-sends-stern-warning-to-us-politicians/news-story/a7f8c7a5f21d8ef8fae824d147722c17

>>6659464

Sanctions…I mean TARIFFS coming to Australia?

After all, Australia is a "rogue state."

Australia has committed "acts of war" against a supposed ally, the United States.

The people of Australia have been oblivious, but the despot government of Australia knew exactly what they were doing. The despot government of Australia has known what it was doing for a long, long time.

The child trafficking alone condoned and committed by Australian officials would be enough to send every such official straight to Hell.

How do you deal with a rogue government?

Fortunately the Plan requires that the world come together, not fall apart in war. And so we're going to be lucky that tariffs is all we get.

There's just no way that it can be business as usual with Australia though. Everything has to change. The people of Australia have to know the truth about their government. The government officials who 'knowingly' participated have to be punished. And until Australia comes right, Australia IS A ROGUE STATE. Sanctions coming?

>>6660176

who would sanctions/tariffs on Steel and aluminium exports actually hurt?

Money markets maybe, mine owners for sure, but who else - would they cut production, try to pass the loss down the line to workers, or would they just have to suck it up and endure the PAIN?

>>6659893

ANU Data/Sever Breach by "Sophisticated Hack" reported today

The data breach was actually detected on May 17. Connects with the breach by [CHINA] from exactly a year ago.

https://www.standard.net.au/story/6198811/personal-details-of-anu-staff-students-exposed-in-mass-data-breach/?cs=10264

>>6667630

nice digs. Deeper?

King Don Anarchy:

00:50:50 "Anna Von Reitz and Greg Hallett Join as Ding Dong The Queen Is Fingered By Kristine Marcy Part Deux"

Know comp'd "MOTLEY CRUE - ANARCHY IN THE USA" vs. "Megadeth - Anarchy In The UK (Live 1992)" is [what] and partly why "anarchy" is misinterpreted by most - and worse - definition hijacked by tards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLw158z1jUw

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

Can we have RATM coalesce and do a cover for King Don? Perhaps they can drop and change the "anti-christ" byte - least it trigger the religare…?

MAGA everywhere

>>6660242

Sanctions work.

Australia must redeem itself. If Australia isn't ready to do so now, then Australia should be 'encouraged.'

Rogue governments receive economic sanctions to cut the government's illegal activities and put pressures on the people to demand change without a bullet being fired.

We are at war.

See

>>6669004 (You)

from general Q Research bread.

Raid on Reporter who wrote expose on plans for spying on AUS citizens. Sauces listed in that post.

Also: AUS Anons kept track of intel infiltrations past few years? Scanals related? Cross-over between intel com and party political reps? (Like ex-CIA running for office in USA). Trends?

>>6669166

ISLAW affair

PROMIS

>>6669630

TY Anon.

Moar? (Moar recent years?)

>>6669630

Hidden Keyhole in software sold by CIA to security agencies around the world. For example, the Australian Intelligence Service Organization.

Software was called, Promise.

>>6669892

Right.

Foundational.

Precedent.

Catholic schoolgirls are being taught that God is GENDER-NEUTRAL and are banned from using the words 'Lord', 'Father' and 'Son' in prayers

Brisbane Catholic schools are removing male-centric terms from their prayers

The Catholic Office for the Participation of Women director said she is 'thrilled'

Queensland Catholic Education Commission doesn't give a guide on language

Catholic schoolgirls are being taught that God is gender-neutral and banned from using the words 'Lord', 'Father' and 'Son' in prayers.

A number of elite Catholic schools in Brisbane are making moves to teach their students to use inclusive language when referring to God.

Top schools including All Hallows, Stuartholme, Loreto College and Stuartholme School are leading a push towards a feminist interpretation of the Christian Bible.

Students at Stuartholme School in Brisbane's inner-city, which charges upwards of $40,000 a year, are taught to use the word 'Godself' instead of 'himself'.

As we believe God is neither male or female, Stuartholme tries to use gender-neutral terms in prayers … so that our community deepens their understanding of who God is for them, how God reveals Godself through creation, our relationships with others and the person of Jesus,' a spokeswoman told The Sunday Mail.

Loreto College in Coorparoo has taken the word 'Lord' from their prayers as it is a 'male term'.

The school's principal Kim Wickham said prayers written for use within the college didn't assign God a gender.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7094893/Catholic-schoolgirls-taught-God-gender-neutral.html

Australia-Japan-United States Defense Ministers Meeting Joint Press Statement

RP from QRes#8498

Australian Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds, Japanese Minister of Defense Takeshi Iwaya, and U.S.Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, convened a trilateral defense ministerial meeting in Singapore on June 1 on the margins of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit (2019 Shangri-La Dialogue). The ministers were united in their shared commitment to do more together in support of security, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. This was the eighth meeting among the three nations’ defense leaders.

Minister Iwaya and Acting Secretary Shanahan congratulated Minister Reynolds on her appointment to Minister for Defence following Australia’s recent elections. The ministers affirmed their shared vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is open, inclusive, rules based and respectful of sovereignty, where disputes are resolved peacefully and free of coercion. The ministers recognized the importance of supporting Association of South East Asian Nations-led regional architecture and their support for ASEAN centrality which has played an instrumental role in establishing norms of behavior and habits of cooperation in the region. The Australian and Japanese ministers welcomed the United States Indo-Pacific Strategy Report announced by Acting Secretary Shanahan. The ministers agreed to continue to closely coordinate support to the region to maximize the benefits of their national and combined engagement activities in the region in a transparent, efficient and effective manner under their shared strategic vision.

The ministers underscored the importance of the international community’s ongoing commitment to achieving North Korea’s abandonment of all of its weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and related programs and facilities in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible manner in accordance with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). The ministers welcomed the United States’ and Republic of Korea’s diplomatic efforts to achieve the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea and called on North Korea to return to negotiations with the United States toward this goal. They confirmed that while a diplomatic path to peace on the Korean Peninsula exists, North Korea remains an extraordinary threat, exemplified by its recent missile launches, that requires continued vigilance. They agreed to continue to fully enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. The ministers welcomed and reaffirmed their commitment to sustained international cooperation to deter, disrupt, and ultimately eliminate illicit activities, such as illegal ship-to-ship transfers.

https://dod.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1863427/australia-japan-united-states-defense-ministers-meeting-joint-press-statement/source/GovDelivery/

>>6672361

(cont)

The ministers expressed strong opposition to the use of any coercive unilateral actions that seek to alter the status quo or increase tensions in the East China Sea. They also expressed their intention to remain in close contact on the security situation in that area with a view to deter such actions.

The ministers discussed the importance of adherence to international law and their shared commitment to upholding freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea. The ministers remained seriously concerned about any action including militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea that are destabilizing or dangerous. They emphasized the importance of the peaceful resolution of conflict in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and expressed strong opposition to the use of force or coercion to alter the status quo; calling instead for all countries in the region to take meaningful steps to ease tension and build trust. All sides called for the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea to be consistent with existing international law, as reflected in UNCLOS; to not prejudice the interests of third parties or the rights of all states under international law; to reinforce existing inclusive regional architecture; and to strengthen parties’ commitments to cease actions that would complicate or escalate disputes.

The ministers underscored their commitment to work with their Pacific partners to support a Pacific region that is prosperous, secure and respects sovereignty. The ministers welcomed and acknowledged the significance of each state’s military-to-military activities, particularly when those activities contributed to whole of government engagement with the Pacific.

The ministers agreed on a Strategic Action Agenda (SAA) that articulates their shared long-term vision for trilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. They affirmed the SAA would enable their respective defense organizations to plan and implement enhanced trilateral defense cooperative activities.

The ministers underscored the close defense relationship between the three countries, and agreed to do more to coordinate their respective regional defense engagement activities, such as joint exercises and training and capacity building.

https://dod.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1863427/australia-japan-united-states-defense-ministers-meeting-joint-press-statement/source/GovDelivery/

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‘Record Number’ of Migrant Boats in English Channel, ‘Home Office Needs to Get a Grip’

RP from QRes#8499

The number of boats transporting illegal migrants to Britain appears to have hit a daily record, with HM Coastguard reporting it has assisted with 13 “incidents” off the Kent coast and a dinghy sighted off East Sussex.

The Kent incidents involved nine boats carrying dozens of migrants, according to Sky News — prompting Charlie Elphicke, MP for the Dover and Deal constituency on the frontline of the crisis, to admonish the authorities.

“If confirmed this would be a record number of boats arriving in a single day. This crisis was meant to have been dealt with at Christmas, yet numbers continue to rise,” he tweeted, in reference to Home Secretary and Tory leadership hopeful Sajid Javid having declared already “major incident” in the Channel as the number of boats were beginning to surge over the festive period.

“It looks set to surge to record levels through the Summer. The Home Office needs to get a grip on this crisis,” Elphicke added.

The MP warned that the Channel crisis was “about much more than simply border security”, noting that the “the exploitation of vulnerable people by criminal trafficking gangs” and the inherent dangerousness of the voyages were also concerns.

He reiterated the urgent need for the British and French authorities to crack down on the people-smugglers to avert “a tragedy in the middle of the English Channel resulting in loss of life”.

Australia managed to avert a similar crisis in the Pacific with its Operation Sovereign Borders policy, which deterred migrants from embarking on journeys in the first place by making it clear that anyone reaching their country by sea would either be turned back or, if found to be genuine refugees, resettled in another safe country.

While the boat migrants crisis has concentrated the minds of politicians and commentators on illegal migration into Britain, the hundreds of people involved make up a relatively small proportion of clandestine entrants — with tens of thousands still using more tried and true methods of breaking into lorries, ferries, or the Channel Tunnel in order to make their crossing.

Unlike the Australians, the British are able to deport very few illegal migrants who do make it to British soil or territorial waters, despite France — where most come from — being a safe country, thanks to onerous EU asylum regulations.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/01/record-number-migrant-boats-english-channel/

Former bank director calls for Sir John Key to be forced to resign from ANZ

RP from QRes#8499

A former top bank director has reportedly called for former Prime Minister Sir John Key to resign "or be removed" as chairman of ANZ following an incident that saw it censured by the Reserve Bank.

In a letter to Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr, Kerry McDonald, the chairman of BNZ for 12 years until 2008, said he was "amazed" at the limited penalty imposed on the bank, Stuff reported.

McDonald also took aim at several others at ANZ – including chief executive David Hisco – saying they should resign.

The Reserve Bank revoked ANZ Bank New Zealand's accreditation to model its own operational risk capital requirement due to a "persistent failure" in its controls and attestation process.

The decision means ANZ is now required to use the standardised approach for calculating appropriate operational risk capital. From March 2019, this will increase its minimum capital held for operational risk by around 60 per cent, to $760 million.

According to the Reserve Bank, ANZ's failure to use an approved model was revealed after encouraging ANZ to review its attestation and assess its compliance with capital regulations.

A spokesperson for ANZ said: "ANZ New Zealand does not believe there is a systemic failure in its controls and attestation processes.

"While isolated, and with no impact on customers or the operation of the bank, ANZ New Zealand is disappointed this error occurred.

"Mr McDonald is welcome to discuss the issue with us at any time."

Sir John Key was named chairman of ANZ Bank's local arm in October 2017 and began his role in early 2018.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12236522

Climbing group (including 2 Aussies) missing on Everest

RP from QRes#8507

"A group of eight climbers – including two Americans – has gone missing while attempting to scale India's second-highest mountain, sparking a massive search as one official disclosed Sunday they are unlikely to be found amid reports of a "sizable avalanche."

The group, led by British climber Martin Morgan, began its ascent on May 13 up to a previously unclimbed peak on Nanda Devi East at 21,250 feet, according to Moran Mountain, Moran's Scotland-based company. The team was made up of four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian liaison officer."

foxnews.com/world/missing-climbers-in-himalayas-face-bleak-chance-of-survival-after-trying-to-scale-indias-second-highest-mountain-official-says

Exposing The Lawlessness Of Assange's 'Slow Assassination'

With the news that Julian Assange is “wasting away” in Belmarsh prison hospital, and with UN rapporteur Professor Nils Melzer’s report detailing how this happens, I’m once again drawn towards the lawlessness that all “authorities” involved in his case have been displaying, and with impunity. They all apparently think they are literally above the law. Their own laws.

But they can’t be, nowhere, not above their respective national laws nor the international ones their countries have signed up to. They can’t, because that would instantly make any and all laws meaningless. So you tell me where we find ourselves today.

There’s this paragraph in an article by Jonathan Cook entitled Abuses Show Assange Case Was Never About Law, which lists “17 glaring anomalies in Assange’s legal troubles”, that sums it all up pretty perfectly:

Australia not only refused Assange, a citizen, any help during his long ordeal, but prime minister Julia Gillard even threatened to strip Assange of his citizenship, until it was pointed out that it would be illegal for Australia to do so.

See, Cook is already skipping a step there. Gillard didn’t take Assange’s citizenship away, because that is against Australian law, but it’s just as much against Australian law for a government to let one of its citizens rot in some kind of hell. Still, they did let him rot, but as an Australian citizen. At that point, what difference does anything make anymore?

This is a pattern that runs through the entire Assange “file”, and it does so to pretty astonishing levels. Where you’re forced to think that the countries involved effectively have no laws, and no courts, because if they did, the actions by their governments would surely be whistled back by parliaments or judges or someone, anyone. They’re all essentially lawless.

There are 5 principal countries involved in the case (that doesn’t absolve any other country from its own responsibility for speaking out when international laws are broken). In alphabetical order, they are Australia, Ecuador, Sweden, the UK and the US. We can go through them in that order.

Moar>>

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-01/exposing-lawlessness-assanges-slow-assassination

Malaysian PM Says No Evidence Russia Shot Down MH17

RP from QRes#8507

"Australia's prime state run news service ABC News noted the Malaysian PM's speech has sent shock waves through the region as it questioned everything Australia's own leaders have said. "From the very beginning we see too much politics in it," Mahathir said in reference to the official Dutch-led investigation."

"The Malaysian PM further went so far as to point to Ukrainian pro-government forces as being prime suspects: “It could be by the rebels in Ukraine; it could be Ukrainian government because they too have the same missile,” he said."

Moar at link

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-31/jaw-dropping-speech-malaysian-pm-says-no-evidence-russia-shot-down-mh17

Video of Malaysian PM speech linked from ZH article.

https://youtu.be/veasiPEfjZ8

- Q&A on Huawei, plastic waste, ASEAN country relations,

- Ukraine missile remarks at 40:35

They’ve Stolen Our Future!

RP from QRes#8509

It’s time to have a serious conversation. I know we’ve been having it, but maybe there’s another glove hidden beneath the one we’ve already taken off.

Put bluntly, there doesn’t seem to be any hope of avoiding a collapse of civilization. The forces of the Business-As-Usual crowd are just too strong, the narrative machine too honed, the interests too entrenched to allow any sort of meaningful course correction at this time.

But is that the case?

Writing about the outcomes of the recent Australian elections which saw a pro-business, conservative government elected, Australian based reader-member ezlxq1949 said:

“They’ve stolen our future!”

That was the wail of the 11-y.o. daughter of a Greens candidate who cried herself to sleep the night after the astonishing election results came in. It couldn’t be worse; the public have sold themselves into almost complete captivity to the neoliberal élites called the Liberal Party. (Liberal = Conservative. Go figure.) It was supposed to have been a climate change election but became a jobs ‘n growth election.

Mind you, it wouldn’t have been much better if the opposition Labor Party had won; they’ve moved so far to the right that like the US we really have only one party with two heads. For instance, Labor would not commit to stopping the monster Adani coal mine.

So it’s goodbye to:

the ABC (the excellent government broadcaster which has the gall and temerity to criticise the government of the day; the government badly wants to get even)

renewable energy (fossil fools rule ok)

the Great Barrier Reef (sliced and diced to let coal ships cross it)

our river systems (suck them dry, privatise the water, send the profits to the Cayman Islands — as is already happening)

the Great Artesian Basin (world’s largest and deepest, to be contaminated by coal mines and fracking)

public services (cut back yet again to create a damaging government budget surplus)

public health (to be Americanised)

public education (to be privatised; maybe high schools this time)

the Great Australian Bight (a pristine area which may have oil under it; damn the pollution, full greed ahead)

southern ocean fish stocks (they’ll let the supertrawlers in now).

The environment is completely expendable. All resources are permanently abundant and all will be fed into the growth machine. Climate change is NOT HAPPENING. It’s fake, right? Bah. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we fry.

There’s one ray of hope. Steve Keen predicts a severe recession, Depression really, within 6 months to a year from now. Our economy is indeed wobbling already. This will happen on the Liberals’ watch and they will be blamed for mismanaging the economy. This isn’t supposed to happen. Only Labor does that. Only Labor mismanages the economy. That’s what the Murdoch press drums into our heads. The Libs will panic. The Murdoch press won’t know what to say. Maybe this will shake up people’s belief and confidence in mainstream economics.

I’m not sleeping well at the moment. I wonder why.

https://www.peakprosperity.com/daily-digest-5-21-how-tariffs-impact-the-u-s-economy-and-workers-glyphosate-effects-on-earthworms/?replytocom=121206#comment-121206

https://www.peakprosperity.com/theyve-stolen-our-future-2/

RP from QRes#8514

‘I would not stand in the way of Assange's extradition’ – UK Foreign Secretary Hunt

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is also vying to become prime minister, said he would not hamper Julian Assange's extradition to the US. Charges against the WikiLeaks founder carry up to 175 years in prison.

Washington wants Assange prosecuted under the Espionage Act for his role in publishing the classified documents released by whistleblower Chelsea Manning and revealing the high civilian death toll from US airstrikes among other things.

“Well, we would have to follow our own legal processes, just as the US has to follow its own legal processes,” Hunt told Face the Nation on Sunday. “But would I want to stand in the way of Julian Assange facing justice? No, I would not.”

Since Assange is “someone who is alleged to have committed some very serious crimes,” Hunt added, “it is absolutely right that he faces justice.” The foreign secretary also said that the journalist's “crimes” are “alleged to have led to people's deaths,” yet it was unclear what he meant exactly. During the Manning process, the investigators did not establish if the leak actually resulted in any deaths or put lives at risk.

https://www.rt.com/uk/460908-hunt-assange-extradition-justice/

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‘I would not stand in the way of Assange's extradition’ – UK Foreign Secretary Hunt

oops forgot to highlight title

YouTube pushes children’s videos to pedophiles through content recommendation engine

A mom in Brazil became concerned as she watched the viewing numbers on innocent backyard clip her daughter posted to YouTube suddenly climb hundreds of thousands of views. The child posted a video of herself and a friend playing in the family pool. YouTube’s recommendation engine had been suggesting the video as recommended content to viewers who’d just watched other videos that contained sexually oriented video content. YouTube’s AI sexualized her kid and pushed her image to pedophiles. This happens a lot, apparently.

“YouTube’s algorithm has been curating home movies of unwitting families into a catalog of semi-nude kids,” tweeted Max Fisher at the New York Times.

“YT often plays the videos after users watch softcore porn, building an audience of millions for what experts call child sexual exploitation.”

“I asked YouTube— why not just turn off recommendations on videos of kids? Your system can already identify videos of kids automatically,” says Fisher.

“The recommendation algorithm is driving this whole child exploitation phenomenon. Switching it off would solve the problem and keep kids safe.”

YouTube’s CEO is a woman, Susan Wojcicki.

From Max Fisher and Amanda Taub at the New York Times:

YouTube’s automated recommendation system — which drives most of the platform’s billions of views by suggesting what users should watch next — had begun showing the video to users who watched other videos of prepubescent, partially clothed children, a team of researchers has found.

YouTube had curated the videos from across its archives, at times plucking out the otherwise innocuous home movies of unwitting families, the researchers say. In many cases, its algorithm referred users to the videos after they watched sexually themed content.

The result was a catalog of videos that experts say sexualizes children.

https://governmentslaves.news/2019/06/03/youtube-pushes-childrens-videos-to-pedophiles-through-content-recommendation-engine/

RP from QRes#8527

Anons, Cardinal George Pell's appeal begins TOMORROW, Wednesday 5 June 2019, 9:30am (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

George Pell appeal: What you need to know

George Pell’s case will return to court tomorrow as the disgraced cardinal appeals his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys.

The cardinal was found guilty in December of raping one choirboy and molesting another after mass in the sacristy of St Patrick’s Cathedral in 1996.

Pell, who was archbishop of Melbourne at the time, molested the first boy again about a month later.

The conviction was made public in February after a court-imposed gag order was lifted and Pell was sentenced to six years in jail – with a minimum of three years and eight months - by County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd in March.

Pell’s team indicated last week they would not seek a reduced sentence if the appeal fails.

WHEN AND WHERE IS THE APPEAL HAPPENING?

The appeal will take place in the Supreme Court in Melbourne tomorrow and Thursday from 9.30am.

Pell’s lawyers will first seek leave to appeal and if granted the case will be heard over the two days.

The case will be heard by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Anne Ferguson, President of the Court of Appeal Justice Chris Maxwell and Justice Mark Weinberg.

The appeal is being heard in the Supreme Court instead of the Court of Appeal to cater for intense interest in the case.

The case can be reported on and a live stream will be also hosted on the Supreme Court’s website.

ON WHAT GROUNDS IS PELL APPEALING?

Pell’s legal team cited three reasons for its appeal.

Their first claim is that the jury reached “unreasonable” verdicts based on the evidence.

“The verdicts are unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence because on the whole of the evidence, including unchallenged exculpatory evidence from more than 20 Crown witnesses, it was not open to the jury to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt on the word of the Complainant alone,” Pell’s team said in announcing its appeal.

Secondly, the defence says Judge Kidd erred by not allowing a 19-minute video reconstruction to be played to the jury which claimed to show where people would have been in the cathedral at the time of the abuse.

Judge Kidd had ruled the video was based on speculation and as new evidence, it could not be used during a closing address.

The final claim for appeal is that Pell was not arraigned in front of the jury in what was a “fundamental irregularity in the trial process”.

The video and arraignment arguments are technicalities and could see a retrial if they are upheld.

If the “unreasonable verdict” claim is upheld, Pell’s conviction would likely be overturned and he would be released from custody.

WILL PELL BE THERE?

Pell has been in custody since February and it is not yet known if he will attend the appeal in person.

He was free when the appeal was lodged and had requested to be in court for the appeal hearing.

Now that he is behind bars, Pell may follow proceedings via video link.

WHEN WILL WE KNOW THE OUTCOME?

We may not know the outcome of the appeal over the next two days.

The judges have the option to reserve their decision, the reasons for it, or both.

So no matter the verdict and given the public scrutiny on the decision, it may not be made public for weeks or months to come.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/george-pell-appeal-to-be-heard-in-melbourne-court-catholic-church-news/97399cd5-b003-404f-9a9e-e379c9217d39

Legal action in Australia. Claiming Roundup was cause of non hodgkin's lymphoma

Sourced from QRes#8527

Melbourne gardener launches legal action against Monsanto in first Australian Roundup lawsuit

By national regional and rural reporter Jess Davis and Angus Verley

Updated Tue at 11:47am

Legal action has been launched against agribusiness giant Monsanto by a Melbourne gardener who claims his cancer was caused by the herbicide Roundup.

Key points:

The first Australian legal case against agribusiness giant Monsanto has been lodged by a Melbourne gardener who claims his cancer was caused by the herbicide Roundup

Roundup is the most commonly used herbicide in the world and its active ingredient is glyphosate

Monsanto has lost three trials in the US over links between cancer and glyphosate and has been ordered to pay out billions of dollars in damages to four cancer patients, with thousands more plaintiffs awaiting trial

It will be the first case in Australia following similar trials in the US.

The writs were lodged in Victoria's Supreme Court this morning.

Michael Ogliarolo, 54, ran his own landscape gardening business until 2015 but was forced to retire due to ill health.

Mr Ogliarolo was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2011, after using Roundup for over 18 years in his work as a landscape gardener.

His lawyer Tony Carbone said his client would mix the herbicide and apply it on lawns and plants as part of his job.

The plaintiff claims that Monsanto failed to warn him that the use of Roundup products was dangerous and capable of causing serious injuries, loss and damage.

"What we're saying is that due to the heavy exposure, no warnings on the label to say 'look, wear a mask, wash your hands, do this and do that', consequently he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma," Mr Carbone said.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-04/australias-first-roundup-lawsuit-filed/11176384

>>6675875

=More related links and Anons comments

RP from QRes#8528

Spying shock: Shades of Big Brother as cyber-security vision comes to light, Daily Telegraph

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/spying-shock-shades-of-big-brother-as-cybersecurity-vision-comes-to-light/news-story/bc02f35f23fa104b139160906f2ae709

Federal police raid home of Australian journalist who revealed government's proposal to spy on the public

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/federal-police-raid-home-of-australian-journalist-who-revealed-governments-plan-to-spy-on-the-public-2019-6

Australian journalist's home raided over spying report

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48511217

Aussie Feds Raid News Corp Journalist's Home After Government Spying Exposé

https://stocktalkjournal.com/aussie-feds-raid-news-corp-journalists-home-after-government-spying-expos/

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Excerpt:

The raid follows a story published by News Corp Australia publication, the Daily Telegraph, and written by national political editor, Annika Smethurst, in April 2018. The article, titled “Spying shock: Shades of Big Brother as cyber-security vision comes to light”, detailed a discussion between two government agencies that were reportedly discussing the potential for new surveillance powers for Australia’s electronic spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).

The Daily Telegraph article included photographs of top secret internal documents that detailed a proposal to allow the ASD to target Australians — if approved by the Defence and Home Affairs ministers.

An anonymous source told the publication the proposal would allow spies to access the digital records of Australians, such as financial transactions, health data and phone records, without a warrant.

The proposal also detailed a plan to grant authorities the ability to forcibly coerce government agencies and private businesses to comply with an order to provide information on Australian citizens, the Telegraph reported.

It would also allow for the ASD’s hackers to “proactively disrupt and covertly remove” cyber threats within Australia by “hacking into critical ­infrastructure”, it said. The organisation is currently focused on international threats.

Under Australian law, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) can spy on Australians but they must have obtained a warrant issued by the Attorney-General. The warrant allows ASIO to enter and search premises, intercept and inspect mail, use surveillance devices, monitor communications and remotely access computers. It is expected to use other methods before using these powers.

… Moar at links …

Note that AUS Intel agencies did not need to out-source spying on AUS citizens in Australia. So what might have been the exchange made to get them to spy on USA citizens abroad?

One possible angle, Anons:

Former Daily Telegraph journalist 'spied for Communist Russia'

Independent, 25 FEB 2018

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daily-telegraph-communist-spy-journalist-david-floyd-pink-secret-files-cold-war-kgb-jeremy-corbyn-a8227861.html

Infiltration → Embarrassment → ongoing infestation → blackmail

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Federal police raid home of Australian journalist who revealed government's proposal to spy on the public

JENNI RYALL, BUSINESS INSIDER JUN 4, 2019 (few hours ago)

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/federal-police-raid-home-of-australian-journalist-who-revealed-governments-plan-to-spy-on-the-public-2019-6

Quote:

Ms Smethurst, the national politics editor of the Sunday Telegraph and other News Corp Australia titles, reported last April that Australia's Home and Defence ministries were discussing a proposal that would grant new powers to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), a cyber intelligence agency.

She wrote that under the plan, emails, bank records and text messages of Australians could be accessed by the ASD if the two ministries gave their approval. Currently, the ASD is not allowed to spy on Australians, though the domestic spy agency, ASIO, can investigate citizens with a warrant.

Ms Smethurst's report included images from a top secret document.

At the time, the two ministries and the ASD released a joint statement saying: "There is no proposal to increase the ASD's powers to collect intelligence on Australians or to covertly access their private data."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48511217

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Smethurst’s article revealed that the emails, bank accounts and text messages of Australian citizens could be secretly accessed by government spies without a trace under the proposal, as long as the Defense and Home Affairs ministers approved the plan.

The raid comes three weeks after the federal election returned the Morrison government to power, leaving Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton at the helm.

Current Australian law prohibits the ASD from spying on citizens – a power left to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the country’s domestic spy agency.

Smethhurt revealed that Dutton and former Defense Minister Marise Payne had reviewed the proposal, however it had not moved beyond that stage to be formally presented to the government.

https://stocktalkjournal.com/aussie-feds-raid-news-corp-journalists-home-after-government-spying-expos/

Quote:

“This raid demonstrates a dangerous act of intimidation towards those committed to telling uncomfortable truths. The raid was outrageous and heavy handed.

“News Corp Australia has expressed the most serious concerns about the willingness of governments to undermine the Australian public’s right to know about important decisions governments are making that can and will impact ordinary Australian citizens.

“What’s gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting.”

NGO Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) told Business Insider Australia via email that the police raid was “authoritarian intimidation” and that we are all entitled to live in a free society without fear of bullying by police.

“We need to have a debate about Australians’ rights to privacy and security, and it needs to be held out in the open with the participation of civil society,” a spokesperson for EFA said.

“Exposing the government’s secret plans for yet more surveillance of our everyday lives is clearly in the public interest. This heavy-handed reaction from the government, and so soon after being returned to government after an expected loss, indicates that this is about consolidating power, not keeping us safe. That should scare anyone who wants Australia to be a free society.”

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/federal-police-raid-home-of-australian-journalist-who-revealed-governments-plan-to-spy-on-the-public-2019-6