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June 2025

A sad reminder for me that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is dead, and her son is on the throne.

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

It just doesn't have the same ring to it.

In accordance with flag protocol, on the occasion of His Majesty The King’s Official Birthday, the flying of the Australian National Flag is encouraged.

Flag marshals in all Australian Government departments, authorities and related portfolio agencies are requested to fly or display the Australian National Flag on Monday 9 June 2025, to celebrate The King’s Birthday. Other organisations are encouraged to follow this protocol. Queensland and Western Australia celebrate The King's Birthday on different dates.

Information on flag protocol can be found on the Department’s website at
http://www.pmc.gov.au/flag

The financial and staffing implications arising from flag marshal duties for The King’s Birthday holiday are the responsibility of each organisation.

Your assistance is appreciated.

Commonwealth Flag Officer

3 June 2025

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
1 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600

Posted at 11:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (31)

We can't have Hamas getting vexed and angered by a new American aid distribution mechanism.

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

No wonder it's out with the AK-47s and fire-at-will into the crowd.

"Hamas attacked queues of people waiting to receive aid from the American company in Gaza ... while on social media, Hamas threatens and incites against those who receive American aid."

An eye witness to tragedy in southern Gaza speaks out.

Watch: pic.twitter.com/a6E5fl8yVz
— Center for Peace Communications (@PeaceComCenter) June 2, 2025

Posted at 11:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (13)

ABC host - just shut up and read the news.

Monday, 02 June 2025

How painful is this reporter of ABC so-called News.

She’s entitled to her opinion but not on our dime.

Catherine Murphy has slammed the French Open on ABC News Breakfast for not scheduling women’s matches in the prime time slots for multiple years running.

Keep up with all the latest sport news and analysis on the ABC listen app: https://t.co/VP2GGbfgge pic.twitter.com/55P8Hz7G0p
— ABC SPORT (@abcsport) June 2, 2025

Shut up and read the news.

Did ABC management kick her up the backside for this impartiality?

Posted at 09:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (29)

Hear hear. Well said! Lest We Forget.

Monday, 02 June 2025

Agree completely, Cheron! pic.twitter.com/vIEnzy2X1V
— OGP 🇦🇺 (@FreedmFightr1) June 2, 2025

Posted at 07:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (26)

Not fit for cohabitation with humans.

Monday, 02 June 2025

Palestinian Islamists:

"By God, we shall chase the Jews until the end of the world, chase and kill them, and then we will call all Christians to Islam. Kill the Jews to the last one." pic.twitter.com/l8CF8Juqyb
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) June 2, 2025

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Trump's Secretary of Defense (sic) - Australia 'should increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP'

Monday, 02 June 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on the margins of the Shangri La Dialogue to discuss key priorities for the U.S.-Australia Alliance.

Secretary Hegseth and DPM Marles discussed aligning investment to the security environment in the Indo-Pacific, accelerating U.S. force posture initiatives in Australia, advancing defense industrial base cooperation, and creating supply chain resilience.

On defense spending, Secretary Hegseth conveyed that Australia should increase its defense spending to 3.5 percent of its GDP as soon as possible.

Secretary Hegseth welcomed the conclusion of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Memorandum of Understanding on Production, Sustainment, and Follow-On Development – the Department's first long range fire cooperation on foreign soil.

The Secretary looks forward to continuing to work with DPM Marles to maintain peace through strength in the Indo-Pacific.

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Zoe Denial concedes - she didn't lose!!!!!!!! She just didn't win.

Sunday, 01 June 2025

It’s been a long process, and after a recount of about 75% of the votes cast, there were only a few votes in it.

Today we did not win. But we are not defeated. Hard things are hard, and a better kind of politics is worth fighting for.
See you in 2028? Maybe!

Link to video… pic.twitter.com/oHmmnojhIR
— Zoe Daniel MP (she/her) (@zdaniel) May 31, 2025

Posted at 04:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (37)

Peace through strength. The only language they understand.

Sunday, 01 June 2025

Thanks to reader KB for the tip!

“(The terrorists) were very scared of (Trump). They wanted Kamala to be elected. But as soon as Trump was elected, they understood he wants to bring the hostages back home. So immediately the way they treated me changed…My food, they treated me better.”
Omer Shem Tov tells me… pic.twitter.com/phHusemiAc
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) May 28, 2025

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DATE	EVENT/DOCUMENT
1990	Julia Gillard becomes a Partner at Slater and Gordon and is in the Industrial Relations Department of law firm
20-08-91	Letter to Bruce Wilson from Julia Gillard concerning a vacancy at the AWU
1-05-91	Julia Gillard brought her property at 36 Phillip Street, Abbotsford Vic property settled in July and she borrowed $40,000 from Slater & Gordon for the deposit and the rest from Westpac bank
6-03-92	Advertisement appeared in the paper for Incorporating the Workplace Reform Association - Theiss may have used it for reference

17-03-92	Locals concerned the Accident and Death Fund was being used to buy property and office equipment with the funds they paid into the fund.
18-03-92	Boulder fund suspended
15-05-92	Bruce Wilson and Julia Gillard go to a meeting with the miners in Kalgoorlie
18-05-92	AWU announce it is taking over the fund at Boulder paper article
13-02-93	Contract of sale signed by Bruce Wilson
13-02-93	Purchase of 85 Kerr Street Fitzroy by Julia Gillard and B Wilson who attended the Auction
13-02-93	blewitt-getting-his-addres.html Purchase of 85 Kerr Street Fitzroy by Julia Gillard and Bruce Wilson who attended the Auction
15-02-93	Letter to Slater & Gordon about the 1/85 Kerr Street sale
15-02-93	Ralph Blewitt is appointed Western Australian Branch Secretary in the week 15 to 19 February
16-02-93	Olive Brosnan and Heidi chasing up the Power of Attorney - notes
17-02-93	Olive Brosnan makes this further note regarding Heidi, a sales person with the Real Estate firm GA Thomson. Note that Heidi returns the call and says that she will let Olive Brosnan have the original Power of Attorney (when she gets it?) and will need a certified copy in return
22-02-93	Slater and Gordon acknowledges that it has received the Contract of Sale, Section 32 Statement and the Power of Attorney from GA Thomson.
23-02-93	Olive Brosnan certifies Power of Attorney
3-03-93	A memo from Sylvia to Olive Brosnan about the application for the loan for Ralph Blewitt and the Kerr Street property
4-03-93	Letter/fax from Hewitt & Company stating Ralph Blewitt Wages Ref VB/CS
9-03-93	Memo to Olive Brosnan from Sylvia about the loan approval and the return of the chq for $500 from Ralph Blewitt’s personal account
10-03-93	Letter from Slater & Gordon addressed to Ralph Blewitt explaining mortgage details Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
10-03-93	Memo Julia Gillard wants details of penalty interest rates
12-03-93	Memo to Julia Gillard from Olive Brosnan about penalty interest rates
17-03-93	Memo of fees for house - Bill of costs
18-03-93	Letter to Ralph Blewitt requesting Cheque for $67,772.30
18-03-93	The cheque for $67,772.30
22-03-93	Settlement date for Kerr Street purchase
23-03-93	Land Transfer document
31-03-94	Dawesville project costs
Aug-Sept 94	Julia Gillard went on holidays while Bruce Wilson organised house renovations
Aug-Sept 94	Interview with Slater & Gordon about the Renovations
6-02-95	New bank accounts for Construction Fund
17-02-95	AWU-FIME amalgamate (2 Victorian Branches)
12-04-95	Cheque from AWU WRAI account $46,550
27-04-95	Cheque for $15000 - $10 000 for K Spyridis and $5000 cash
30-06-95	AWU went back to central funding arrangements
25-07-95	Letter from Robert Smith (AWU) to Ian Cambridge and Steve Harrison about the unknown AWU bank accounts
27-07-95	Letter to the National Executives about the freezing of the accounts
2-08-95	Union National Finance committee meet to discuss what was going on start of investigations into the frozen accounts
4-08-95	Bob Smith wrote to Ian Cambridge to say the AWU was going to charge Bruce Wilson
10-08-95	Ian Cambridge visits QC Richard Kenzie from Maurice Blackburn for discussions to fix it (get union money back)
14-08-95	Internal Review into Julia Gillard’s involvement of the AWU -WRA and she is put on restricted duties
14/15 Aug 95	Other Joint secretaries of the Unions paid out the signatories of the accounts - hand writing on the cheques Link 1 Link 2
16-08-95	Bruce Wilson redundancy cheque $55,204
17-08-95	Letter to stop the cheques Ian Cambridge
17/18 Aug 95	All accounts were closed bar 2 general and grants accounts and redundancies given out
18-08-95	Affidavit - Bill Ludwig - Bruce Wilson get sprung
11-09-95	Julia Gillard interviewed by Geoff Shaw, Peter Gordon and Nick Styant-Browne at Slater and Gordon - It’s recorded and she goes on leave of Absence until May 96 (WA AWU-WRA not yet discovered by AWU yet)
31-01-96	Ian Cambridge addresses AWU Qld Branch meeting
3-04-96	Ian Cambridge talked with Commonwealth Bank - Diary entry - Discovery of Workplace Reform Association INC. WA branch
6-05-96	Discovery of Accounts in AWU name by Ian Cambridge letter from Commonwealth Bank
7-05-96	Fax from Com bank listing the accounts in the AWU name - for Ian Cambridge
1-06-96	Newspaper article about Joe Trio and the AWU fraud article from sometime in 1996
3-06-96	Ian Cambridge received bank records after the discussions with the bank back in April Ian Cambridge spoke to AWU Officials in Perth and they never heard of the Workplace Reform Association Inc.
5-07-96	Diary entry Ian Cambridge - spoke to Branch Official Russell Frearson about the $400,000 going through the account
31-07-96	Geoff Shaw Slater & Gordon General Manager gets Subpoena to supply all documents relating to purchase of 1/85 Kerr Street
13-08-96	Court proceeding where Geoff Shaw is to produce the documents from the Subpeona Link 1, Link 2
6-01-97	Memo from Investigating Detective Dave McAlpine about the AWU fraud
6-02-97	Memo to fraud squad from Theiss stating they hadn’t been defrauded Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4
17-02-98	Memo fraud squad about Theiss - Ralph Blewitt said Theiss auditors required that the WRA needed to be Inc.

June 2025

A sad reminder for me that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is dead, and her son is on the throne.

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

We can't have Hamas getting vexed and angered by a new American aid distribution mechanism.

Tuesday, 03 June 2025

ABC host - just shut up and read the news.

Monday, 02 June 2025

Hear hear. Well said! Lest We Forget.

Monday, 02 June 2025

Not fit for cohabitation with humans.

Monday, 02 June 2025

Trump's Secretary of Defense (sic) - Australia 'should increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP'

Monday, 02 June 2025

Zoe Denial concedes - she didn't lose!!!!!!!! She just didn't win.

Sunday, 01 June 2025

Peace through strength. The only language they understand.

Sunday, 01 June 2025

Pitching this to ABC 4 Corners.

Sunday, 01 June 2025

Believe them.

Sunday, 01 June 2025