The Australian PM says a surveillance plane sent to the Gulf is purely defensive but the plane is part of U.S. combat operations. Sen. David Shoebridge and Peter Cronau join CNLive!
WATCH: Fighting America’s War
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Caity Johnstone: Oppose Israel’s Abuses While You Can
The Israel lobby can cry about Jewish Australians feeling threatened by every pro-Palestine group and then ASIO will ban the group and cage anyone associating with it for up to 15 years.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Free Speech in the Dock’
Under the new law passed this week by the Australian Parliament, a pro-Palestinian group could potentially be banned and its members arrested for accusing Israel of genocide. A senator who opposed the bill joins CN Live!
Secret Cargo: Inside Australia’s Covert F-35 Parts Pipeline to Israel
At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal, reports Peter Cronau.
WATCH: Day 365 for Exposing Australian War Crimes
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.
WATCH: US Calls for Release of Australian Hostage in Iraq
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.
Judges Weighing Appeal By Whistleblower Who Exposed Cover-Up of Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan
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.
WATCH: Whistleblower McBride Wins Leave to Appeal
Former military lawyer David McBride has won the right to appeal his conviction for blowing the whistle on Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Cathy Vogan reports from Canberra for Consortium News.
WATCH: CN Live! — Assange: The Road to Freedom
Consortium News spoke with three of the leaders of the friends of Assange group in the Australian Parliament about their efforts to free Assange, who is now safely back in Australia.
Secrets of the Weapons Trade
The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite the World Court’s ruling to oppose “plausible genocide,” writes Michelle Fahy.