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He's a high profile person. Victoria Cross recipient. His uniform displayed in the War Memorial. I agree he's innocent until proven guilty, but he did lose a recent libel suit, because the allegations were judged highly likely to be true. So it's perhaps not surprising that these events are newsworthy.

Seems reasonable to me. Recruit people who speak the language and understand the culture of those countries the defence forces are likely to engage with

So is the ABC .. specifically about Asians https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/need-for-diversity-in-australian-defence-forces/103207560

I'd be happy if the media pitbulls got off his back. He's totally innocent before any guilty verdict is announced, if it does.

Soooo... If it turns out that BRS did, in fact, kill unarmed civilians, you would be ok with that GON?

Jeez, GON, you seem to be really hung up on race

Anglo Aussies have to stick up for each other, no one else will. More so since the vast majority of Defense Force personnel are Traditional Anglo Aussies, who are susceptible to the hidden wrath of the ethnic community, for just being "Anglo". We get blamed for everything, even Bondi, according to Albo.

You're FULL of it GON., The ADF are not an arm of any gov't .Not like where Trump runs it though USE some FACTS and not just run your favourite conspiracy theory. He now faces Court where He will be tried. Nev

Oh, sorry GON, I wasn't talking about you. Talking about Tony Abbott, Pauline Hanson and Gina Reinhardt, all of whom are totally supporting him before the trial even starts.

Trial by Media. Here is an interesting video which raises some worrying points about post-arrest media sessions.

Had some incredible luck today. In my previous post (last post previous page) I said that the appointment with the ENT specialist was on July 3. I decided to take the letter of referral and test results to his office this afternoon. The receptionist was serving another patient and said "Take a seat in the waiting room. I'll be with you in a minute and get some details." There was another patient in the waiting room. His door opened and she was called in. She was out again in 5 minutes. The receptionist came around and said "His next patient is not here yet, you can have a word with him now if you like." I went in and explained my situation. He checked my ears, looked at the test graphs and told me a few things to do before my scheduled appointment. Then the receptionist collected information like my pension number, medicare number etc., and said she would organise a pre-cochlear test. So effectively, moved things up 3 months. She said "Don't tell your GP. Nobody gets to see him on day 1."

BRS trial could be more than a year away. This case will grind on for years, whereas I suspect the Bondi monster will be well and truly sentenced by then, I would imagine. There will be a bail review hearing on 17 April. So no, your theory is not supported by facts. Long-Term Estimates: Legal analysts note that cases of this magnitude "grind on for years". A comparison is often drawn to Oliver Schulz, the first Australian soldier charged with a war crime. He was charged in March 2023, but his trial is not expected until 2027, representing a roughly four-year gap from arrest to trial. If Roberts-Smith's case follows a similar trajectory, the trial might not begin until 2029 or 2030.

It's the political elite that are not trusted. Ben's trial will likely run concurrent with the Bondi mass murderer's trial. I'm betting Ben's trial will be reported with a fervour that will keep the Bondi murderer almost invisible, as he almost is now.

Have you noticed it's only the really conservative right-wingers who are making pre-emptive statements of support for BRS? Don't they trust the Australian legal system?

Like I said, conspiratorial nonsense. Naveed Akram is on remand waiting for his trial to start. In other words, he's in jail. There no doubt he's guilty because the whole country witnessed it, but there is a legal process to follow and it takes time. He's not going anywhere. Linking the Ben Roberts-Smith arrest with the Akram reporting is more conspiratorial thinking.

Are you suggesting the Bondi terror suspect is out free? That's bullshit

GON the BRS arrest didn't just happen out of the blue. Remember, he has already been found in his defamation case to have, on the balance of probabilities, committed the crimes he is now charged with, and this was long before the Bondi atrocity. Of course, being found civilly liable requires a lesser burden of proof than being found criminally liable. He does deserve the presumption of innocence in the criminal case until the verdict. There is this narrative floating around the net that suggests if you don't proclaim his innocence, you are somehow not supporting the troops or unpatriotic. The thing to remember is that these alleged crimes only came to light because 21 of his colleagues were willing to give evidence against him. Are we to suppose that these SAS soldiers formed such a conspiracy against him? I imagine it would have taken great courage for these soldiers to give evidence against him.

No, Barron has bone spurs

Does that include Barron?

Nah, I've been observing it for decades. While you guys might be concentrating on economics and the weather, I've been concentrating on the harmony and adhesion of a multicultural society, like we've got. One particular trait I've noticed is that Traditional Anglo Aussies' are not going to be allowed to be perfect, that they must be shown to be as bad as any other ethnic group for the sake of "Ethnic Equality". Ask any ethnic person other than an Anglo Aussie. Ben's arrest was in the news on the same day as a report about the Bondi attacker's case. Ben's arrest was given big headlines (he wasn't even handcuffed), and overshadowed the report about the Bondi mass murderer (will he ever be convicted of anything? His crime was right before our eyes. Why isn't he in jail already, never to be released?) https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/more-time-sought-to-look-at-voluminous-evidence-in-alleged-bondi-terrorist-naveed-akrams-case-court/news-story/d9db319aa5ce51018ed1cf7d2dcf7a7f

CSIRO and NASA, etc., loony left, really. So, do you believe CSIRO is incompetent or maliciously representing the facts?

Back to Trump. Many of the MAGA faithful are starting to line up against Trump including his old mates that are ex Fox news. Also British PM Sir Keir Starmer has not pulled any punches by stating he is Fed Up with Trump and appeared to compare him with Putin & that the ceasefire has to include Lebanon. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360962790/starmer-says-he-fed-trump Trump has lashed out at ex Fox News reporters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones in a tirade of insults. Owens has hit back with "Time to put Grandpa in a home" & Kelly asking "Why can't he act like a normal human" https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360944966/iran-war Trumps disgusting attacks on anyone & everyone are really getting to a large portion of his faithful & it seems that only the Evangelistic Christian nutters that Hegseth belongs to aren't wavering. He is trying to introduce conscription with automatic registration in the Selective Service System of all 18 to 25 year old males later this year. His erratic behaviour is getting worse by the day & he could go too far & try to cancel the mid term elections with another emergency. Who knows. He has surrounded himself with inept and incompetent sycophants & Hegseth has already got rid of a dozen of the US military's best generals. No wonder they have failed miserably against Iran.

I'm not a scientist either but know about it and I have no skin in the game. pretty poor really.

Yes, the left-wing loonies have been trying to bring down the economy. Fortunately, there is a growing awareness of the stupidity of net zero and Australia's policies. I am more comfortable now than I have been for ten years that we will have a sensible mix of renewable, coal, hydrocarbon and nuclear energy in our future.

That's ridiculous conspiracy thinking nonsense.