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Even though accused Australian war criminal, Ben Roberts attempt to silence his accusers and the witnesses to his crimes failed, it never cost him a cent. He got off scot free.
Though the accusations were proven in court, Ben Roberts faces no criminal prosecution for committing war crimes and all his legal costs for taking this case against his accusers case were covered by his wealthy backers.
Not so for his accusers who face big legal fees.
The decision on who is to pay those legal costs is still ongoing.
If the court does not rule court costs against Ben Roberts, then Roberts has effectively won.
No media outlets or journalists will be able to to publish Australian military war crimes without being financially penalised or even ruined.
And this is the military force that Andrew Little want’s us to join up in AUKUS?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/who-will-pay-legal-fees-for-ben-roberts-smith/102427126?fbclid=IwAR3rlxOzs_8zlIGCZCHCV3j6ZqN9865Mp01L-e41iePpg1aaLcA9uwPf7t0
Russia has made it illegal to criticise the military with twenty year prison sentences.
Australia does it differently. It’s a case that makes Putin’s efforts to silence the media by banning and closing down news outlets, and arresting journalists look crude and hamfisted by comparison.
Why do that, when you can financially penalise them through the courts?
Going forward, what media outlet in Australia will carry stories critical of the Australian military if they risked having to pay $30 million for doing so.
https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/ben-robertssmith-defamation-case-nine-newspapers-could-struggle-to-recover-legal-costs-for-30-million-case/news-story/a2531e68dd26e9aacca227d81a8e41e1
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation loss: Nine Newspapers could struggle to recover legal costs for $30 million case
While the judgement in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case amounts to a clear victory for Nine Newspapers, there’s a glaring issue hidden in the $30 million saga.
Random reflections.
Musicians are sensitives that are like the canaries down the mine – giving indications of the mood of society! They feed the state of our souls back to us – we need to nurture them and listen to them and if there are words to go with their music, take account of them.
Even A Child
Neil Finn/Johnny Marr
I want to turn on the lights
I want to keep your hopes alive
So where do I begin
To help you believe again
Makers of secret planes
Keepers of our last remains
Dream of a holy state
In a nightmare time
You know I meant it well but who was it meant to help
Even the child knows you don’t waste it
A promise is only given once
And there is no doubt that changes have begun
Even a child knows that you can’t fake it
As long as the world is waking up
You are free now to recover your heart
The stories left to write
The ebb and flow of my life
To justify the end
I’ll do everything I can
And i’ts a dangerous game
I heard you tell someone that you don’t care
But I don’t believe the message
And when you sing about love
What are you thinking of
Even a child knows you don’t waste it
As long as the world is waking up
And there is no doubt that changes have begun
Even a child knows you don’t fake it
A promise is only given once
You are free now to go wherever you want
There’s nothing like waking up in some foreign town
Music is a call to prayer
Wailing out of speakers in the market place
The first time ..even a child
Even a child knows you don’t waste it
A present can always be delivered twice
You are free now to receive the gift of insight
From now on let’s be open
All in time let’s breathe in
Am I brave?…You’re so brave
Am I afraid?…No not afraid
Even the child
https://www.neilfinn.com/even-a-child
(I’ve broken up the last verse for better effect –
and italicised the hopeful piece at end. Can we
take up the appeal on behalf of ourselves and
the others around us or far?)
Australia needs to come up with what it has on NZ as a gripe or showing our low behaviour. Or perhaps NZ can tell us honestly what the problem is resulting in that. We can only believe that Australia don’t care two hoots about NZ and actually despise us.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/491739/australia-deports-21-year-old-with-70-convictions-to-nz-despite-only-living-in-aotearoa-as-a-month-old-baby
This doesn’t sound like a modern country with readiness to unroll action plans to help isolated people and communities in need after serious emergencies. Are we in modern times, driving a nation that has resources and effective administrators in parliament (rabble) or in administrative civil officers (building CVs towards better and bigger jobs in nicer places.)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018878134/cyclone-gabrielle-clock-ticking-for-ruatorea-as-supplies-running-low
Whats this about? Why can’t these people come?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/491715/someone-is-taking-this-right-from-us-families-broken-as-relatives-denied-visits-to-nz
GIRLS CANT DO ANYTHING IN 2023
Young female athletes are losing out of university scholarships and their rankings lowered due to trans athletes being able to compete against them.
Former HS track star Chelsea Mitchell & 3 others suing the state of Connecticut to overturn policy after losing to ‘trans’ athletes. Mitchell says “Even though there were only 2 of them, they took 15 state championships away from other girls and there were 85 girls that were directly impacted from them being in the races.”
https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/runner-chelsea-mitchell-who-lost-to-trans-athletes-this-is-about-fairness/
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