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Melbourne man accused of breaching Control Order 29 January
A 35-year-old Melbourne man has been remanded in custody after facing the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court overnight (Thursday 28 January, 2021), charged with allegedly breaching a Control Order issued by the Federal Court of Australia.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) High Risk Terrorist Offenders (HRTO) team arrested the man at his residence in the Melbourne suburb of Epping early Thursday morning.
Police will allege the man failed to comply with a condition of the Control Order when he accessed an internet service, other than the permitted internet service authorised by the AFP.
No specific or impending threat to the community has been identified in relation to this matter.
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Ex BlueScope GM Jason Ellis convicted and sentenced for obstructing ACCC cartel investigation
Jason Ellis, a former general manager of sales and marketing at BlueScope Steel Limited (BlueScope), was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, for inciting the obstruction of an ACCC investigation into alleged price fixing by BlueScope.
Late yesterday, Magistrate Atkinson ordered that Mr Ellis be released, without entering custody, upon entering into a recognizance in the sum of $1,000, on the condition that he be of good behaviour for two years. Magistrate Atkinson also ordered that Mr Ellis pay a fine of $10,000.
In imposing sentence, Magistrate Atkinson emphasised the seriousness of Mr Ellis’s conduct, and said: “in all dealings [with the ACCC] a person needs to allow investigations to run properly, without any attempt to hinder investigations by officials”.
I will analyse below (blue annotations are my comments) to understand the nature of the claims. It is really hard to find time to investigate all their claims – the evidence provided is comprehensive and will take a lot of time to study. In the main they explore what would be called a conspiracy theory and corruption. The standard of proof to meet in order prove conspiracy is going to be much higher than the ordinary proofs (of harms, breaches of the laws) needed to prove crimes against humanity.
I may return to this letter in due course. At the moment, I can confirm that this is a SUPERB piece of analysis, and well worth devoting time.