Category Archives: foreign affairs

Mining in the Jungles of West Papua

July 2017 “Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human … Continue reading

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The FBX Blog: The FBI (and ASIO) stole my girlfirend [updated Feb 2015]

The following memoirs are based on the author’s records and recollection of the events depicted. The author has taken all reasonable steps to verify his recollection against contemporaneous records. It is, however, possible that he has misremembered or misinterpreted some … Continue reading

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Hoover, the NSA and the Art of Blackmail

Contents The Banyan Tree and Realpolitik. 1 Who really runs America?. 1 Hoovers’ legacy: establishing the tools of a police state. 3 Leaks and Power 3 Privacy and Power 4 The Banyan Tree and Realpolitik Who really runs America? The … Continue reading

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ANZ and Westpac: employees in close network with ASIO

Wall Street assesses the Freeport damage Concerns about Freeport were discussed quietly on Wall Street. It was generally perceived that the company had massive potential social and environmental liabilities. As a result, Freeport was shunned as a target in the … Continue reading

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A new model of government: The West pivots towards authoritarian control for economic security.

   Contents Introduction: the slow death of democracy.. 2 Australia: A US test market for authoritarian conversion?.. 5 The US is no Longer a “Functioning Democracy”. 8 Who are “They”?.. 11 Hoovers’ legacy: taking the US towards a police state.. … Continue reading

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Reports of eye witness accounts of Freeport human rights abuses

Freeport, by its own account, has co-operated with, financed and supported the Indonesian military in West Papua. More disturbing, there have been multiple eye witness reports of Freeport security taking direct part in human rights abuses in the past, with … Continue reading

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My experience with the media – targeting legislators and officials

  Contents Overview….p1 A personal account: meetings with the Fourth Estate…p2 The media and Elected Representatives…..p3 Reprisals against my Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek…..p4 Threats to the Commonwealth attorney general’s office…..p5 Former Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, MP…..p7 First meeting with Ruddock … Continue reading

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Australia’s tryst with tyranny: ASIO hatchet jobs on politicians.

Contents – Australia’s curious case of Ross Cameron, MP (page 1) – The government’s lawyers weigh in on how elected representatives ought to behave: (page 3) – Wikileaks Party, Professor Keane, ASIO and the September 2013 Australian federal election. (page … Continue reading

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Wikileaks Party, ASIO and the September 2013 Australian federal election

I attended a presentation by Professor John Keane (Director, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at Sydney University) at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) in Sydney 19 November 2013. The title of his presentation was “People Power in … Continue reading

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FBI targets Wall Street analyst after report on US mining company Freeport McMoran

I left the USA in 1999, a political refugee after a period of intense FBI persecution. Before my exodus, I was a young mining analyst working on Wall Street for British investment bank for SG Warburg (now part of UBS). … Continue reading

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