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Anti-vaxxer guilty of illegally collecting $330,000 in 'flood relief' donations

An Australian conspiracy movement influencer has been found guilty of illegally collecting donations and failing to account for money and property for an anti-vaccine flood relief group that was created because he claimed other charities weren’t transparent enough.

Yesterday David Oneeglio pleaded guilty to two charges under Queensland’s Collections Act 1966 for his role in Aussie Helping Hands and Aussie Helping Hearts, the two operating names for an organisation that was revealed by a Crikey investigation to have illegally raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Northern Rivers flood victims in early 2022.

Anti-vaxxer guilty of illegally collecting $330,000 in 'flood relief' donationshttps://www.crikey.com.au/2023/06/14/aussie-helping-hands-david-oneeglio-anti-vaccine-charity-guilty/Open linkView original on lemmy.ml
australia·AustraliabyFujitner

Aussie AFA History: William Cooper

Looking at legendary Indigenous activist, Yorta Yorta man William Cooper, and his incredibly early 1938 anti-Nazi protest.

Second installment of AUSSIE AFA (Anti-Fascist Action) HISTORY.

reading:

*'William Cooper: An Aboriginal Life Story', Bain Attword: https://www.mup.com.au/books/william-cooper-hardback

*'Australia and the Holocaust: A Koori perspective', Gary Foley: https://vuir.vu.edu.au/27465/1/Australia%20and%20the%20Holocaust%20a%20Koori%20perspective.pdf

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australia·AustraliabyFujitner

Dan Andrews: Don't strip Maroondah hospital of its Indigenous name. Stop renaming hospital.

The Victorian Premier has proposed to rename the 'Maroondah Hospital" to the "Queen Elizabeth II" hospital as part of their November 2022 State election platform on health care funding and hospital infrastructure works.

We say YES to hospital funding, investment and redevelopment, but a resounding NO to renaming the hospital from an Aboriginal derived word "Maroondah" into being known as the "Queen Elizabeth II" hospital.

Please sign this petition to oppose the regressive name change proposal and call on Dan Andrews to take back this election promise.

Dan Andrews: Don't strip Maroondah hospital of its Indigenous name. Stop renaming hospital.https://www.change.org/p/dan-andrews-don-t-strip-maroondah-hospital-of-its-indigenous-name-stop-renaming-of-hospital-to-queen-elizabeth-ii-springst-auspolOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
australia·AustraliabyFujitner

The Murdoch Family Exposes Its Hypocrisy in Lawsuits Over Fox News

....Fox is trying to have its legal cake and eat it too.

The company argues in the U.S. that it should not be punished for broadcasting lies about Dominion and the 2020 election, while seeking punishment in Australia for what it claims are lies about its role in the election. What’s especially galling is that Fox is trying to avoid any punishment for the significant harm that Dominion has already documented — including threats made against its employees — while Murdoch is seeking damages for “substantial hurt, distress and embarrassment” allegedly caused by an article in a publication whose modest readership has for years heard far worse about Murdoch and his even more loathed father.

“It’s a pretty incredible contrast,” noted Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters, a nonprofit media watchdog. “It exposes their inconsistency and hypocrisy.”

The Murdoch Family Exposes Its Hypocrisy in Lawsuits Over Fox Newshttps://theintercept.com/2022/08/29/murdoch-family-fox-news-defamation-suit/Open linkView original on lemmy.ml
australia·AustraliabyFujitner

PRGuy unmasks himself in video with Friendlyjordies after legal threat by convicted wife beater Avi Yemini

PRGuy unmasks himself in video with well know Australian youtuber Friendlyjordies after legal threat by convicted wife beater Avi Yemini, using an amusing but factual watermark text:

more historical info on Avi:

hist domestic violence conviction https://thebrag.com/avi-yemini-charged-assaulting-ex-wife/

his association with neo nazi and alt-right types https://web.archive.org/web/20200524034318/https://ajds.org.au/2018/06/avi-yemini-consorts-nazis/

PRGuy unmasks himself in video with Friendlyjordies after legal threat by convicted wife beater Avi Yeminihttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/24/prguy17-unmasks-himself-in-video-with-friendlyjordies-after-legal-threat-by-avi-yeminiOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
australia·AustraliabyFujitner

Researchers made Facebook ads with Australian election conspiracies. Meta approved them all.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/182009

A series of Facebook ads featuring obvious Australian election misinformation and conspiracy theories created by a tech think tank — designed to test Facebook’s filter for misinformation — were approved by the company, raising concerns about how the platform will police attempts to derail Australia’s elections.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/28/facebook-approved-obviously-fake-australian-election-ads/Open linkView original on lemmy.ml

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