Blocking his ability to tell a jury his motive, a judge sentenced David McBride to 5 years & 8 months in prison, of which he spent his 365th day Wednesday, for leaking evidence of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
AU ELECTION: Ahead of the Australian election, Julian Assange thanked incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for helping him gain his freedom. It was only Assange’s second public statement since being freed 10 months ago, writes Joe Lauria.
AU ELECTION: While denying supplying complete weapons, the Australian government allows exports to Israel of parts and components for weapons and equipment that are being used in the genocide in Gaza, writes Kellie Tranter.
AU ELECTION: Israel has no right of self-defence against resistance in lands that are illegally occupied, says John Menadue.
AU ELECTION: Running against Anthony Albanese in the Australian prime minister’s Sydney district on Saturday is the unlikely figure of a two-time, Oscar-nominated film director who’s mad as hell and can’t take it anymore.
AU ELECTION: With the federal government covering for them, a Canberra-based company has supplied lethal weapons to a country accused of war crimes and genocide, Michelle Fahy reports.
The U.S. hostage envoy calls for the release an Australian engineer held hostage by Iraq’s Central Bank to get out of a debt to the hostage’s company. CN Live! talks to his wife & an Australian senator about the case.
And Grok sheds light on the mysterious suspension from X of Consortium News’ CN Live! Executive Producer Cathy Vogan, as more than 5 million accounts were suspended by X in the first half of 2024.
In defiance of international rulings to boycott Israel for its ongoing violence and brutal occupation of Palestinian lands, Kellie Tranter says Australia has continued exports to Israel.
SPECIAL REPORT: David McBride appeared in a Canberra court earlier this month appealing his conviction in a case that could determine if a soldier’s duty is to serve only the King or also the public, reports Joe Lauria.