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friendlyjordies · 1.5M views · 2021-06-14 · 13:34

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A friendlyjordies video on the legal fight between Jordan Shanks and then-Deputy Premier John Barilaro, including footage of the arrest of the creator by police. It is presented from one side.

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Linked as footage of the arrest of an Australian online journalist, in threads about press freedom and state power.

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grecy · 2021-09 · Reference

> These new laws being introduced if used in the spirit they are intended could be good We already know they won't. Here's [1] the Australian anti-terrorism Police arresting a young online journalist at his house, because he was asking probing questions to a politician that said politician did not like. Video of the incident clearly shows the Politician lied multiple times in his police statement (which is a crime). Yet the anti-terrorism taskforce was used to arrest this person at his house. [1] [VIDEO]

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RileyJames · 2021-08 · Reference

For those interested, they captured footage of the arrest itself. This is obviously only one side, but here it is: [VIDEO]

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9387367 · 2021-06 · Reference

> Australian Environmental Minister Sussan Ley: "I agree that global climate change is the single biggest threat to the world's reefs but it is wrong, in our view, to single out the best-managed reef in the world for an 'in danger' listing," > warming waters led to the loss of half of its corals since 1995. Australia seems to be deeply corrupt. Last week a 21 year old YouTube editor for the Friendlyjordies channel was arrested by some sort of special anti terror unit after approaching the New South Wales Deputy Premier on the street, this was recorded and it’s shameful that a politician would have anyone arrested for simply approaching them. [1] [2] Just so happens that Friendlyjordies have been exposing potential corruption links between the New South Wales Deputy Premier and corporations and donors with link to his political party. [3] [4] > “MFS is a farming research cooperative that was established by Richard Taylor, who is the brother of the federal energy minister, Angus Taylor, and the brother-in-law of the NSW Nationals MP Bronwyn Taylor. Until 2019 Richard was the chair of MFS...MFS has been the recipient of numerous state and federal grants, totalling well over $800,000.” > “An estimates inquiry was told earlier this year that documents supporting another $200m community grants program had been shredded.” > “...Barilaro pushed the Department of Industry to support another Taylor family project, the Country Universities Centre, even though it failed a cost-benefit an

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