Scott Morrison鈥檚 melodramatic emergency media conference about an alleged, but unspecified, major cyber attack on Australia was calculated to instil fear. The context, as Peter Boyle writes, is the sustained and racist campaign by the Trump administration to scapegoat China for its own deadly failure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
Bernard Collaery
The federal government is pursuing criminal prosecutions against a former secret agent and his lawyer for allegedly revealing Australia had bugged East Timor cabinet meetings during negotiations over the Timor Sea boundary. Paul Oboohov spoke to Timor Sea Justice Forum's Susan Connelly聽about the case.
The Federal Court ruling that the federal police raid on the ABC last year was valid is a new blow to media freedoms, argues聽Jim McIlroy.
Well-known justice activist Shirley Shackleton managed to interrupt celebrations in Dili marking the 20th anniversary of Timor Leste鈥檚 independence to hand a petition demanding Australia end its persecution of Bernard Collaery and Witness K to Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
Shackleton鈥檚 husband, Greg, was murdered in Balibo along with four other journalists in 1975. She has never given up the quest for justice.
The corporate media have been full of complaints and accusations about Chinese influence in Australia. Author Clive Hamilton claims China is carrying out a 鈥渟ilent invasion鈥 that is eroding 鈥淎ustralian sovereignty鈥, writes Chris Slee.
The Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea (MKOTT), a Timorese activist group based in Dili, condemned the Australian government on August 9 for its ongoing prosecution of Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery, over the exposure of Australian secret service bugging of Timorese government offices, labelling it as an "attack on freedom of expression and democracy".
#Folau was still trending on Twitter in Australia on August 7 as the endless whining 鈥 amplified by the corporate media 鈥 about sacked rugby player Israel Folau allegedly having his freedom to express his bigoted hate speech restricted persists.
Clinton Fernandes, professor of international and political studies at the University of New South Wales, writes that 鈥渘ational security鈥 encompasses the protection of the commercial interests of the few large private concerns that dominate Australia鈥檚 economy.
The federal Attorney General鈥檚 case against a defendant dubbed 鈥淲itness K鈥 began in the ACT Magistrates Court on September 12. Media reports say Witness K聽is a serving Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) officer.聽
Protesters took to the streets of Sydney on September 12 against Australia鈥檚 prosecution of Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery for allegedly whistleblowing on Australia鈥檚 bugging of Timor-Leste government offices.
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