Julian Assange - Absent Justice

 Since absentjustice.com launched in January 2015, my unwavering focus has been on reporting about and advocating for Julian Assange whenever possible. With Julian now free and back in Australia, and in a show of respect for his privacy, I have rebranded all seven previous webpages dealing with Julian Assange's issues. I have preserved the original Julian Assange Home and a page titled Julian Assange - Absent Justice while limiting the display to only the statutory declaration page and a brief text detailing how the Casualties of Telstra viewed Mr Assange.

“None of the main issues which humanity is facing will be resolved without access to information.” 

Christophe Deloire, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders.

The Cost of Whistleblowing 

The following statements are taken from Graham Schorer's Statutory Declaration regarding his break-in. (See Hacking – Julian Assange File No/3)

“In early February 1994, our premises were broken into and all computer cables including the power cables were severed, as well as all power connections to the main server which was in a specially constructed room. The perpetrators forced entry into the building in what the police described as a “ram raid”, where something similar to pneumatic tyre attached to the front of a vehicle was used to hit the front door with enough force to dislodge the steel frame attached to the brick work.

Part of the microfiche copier and viewer was stolen, as well as the PC on my desk which contained all of my COT information and correspondence between regulators, politicians, etc. Also stolen was a book that contained a catalogue of computer file numbers against their description.

The same day I spoke to Garry Dawson from Dawson Weed and Pest Control (another COT Case) on the phone, who told me that his business premises in Sunshine had been broken into just after midnight and burgled. The only thing stolen was the Dictaphone tape which held a recording he had made of a meeting between him and two Telstra executives on the previous day”. (see also Arbitrator File No/84)

Two months after the above break-in, my arbitration claim adviser Garry Ellicott (ex-National Crime Investigator and ex-Detective Sergeant of the Queensland Police) visited, and we spent five nights trying to decipher the pile of Telstra discovery documents. Then, I discovered further losses: exercise books in which I kept official booking records, several bank statements, and my bank pay-in books for 1992/93. I cannot account for these losses. They may also be missing in March, and I didn't notice their absence. Without these records, I was hard-pressed to produce complete and correct financial statements for my forensic accountant, Derek Ryan. I was reduced to scavenging information from wall calendars and other unofficial sources. When Garry returned to Queensland, I got him to take the work diaries for safekeeping.

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We ignored their advice, and it cost the COT Cases dearly 

If these three young men were Julian Assange, our COT story shows he and his friends provided a vital link for the first four COT arbitrations, but we did not know this during our arbitrations.

A statutory declaration was prepared by Graham Schorer (COT spokesperson) on 7 July 2011, which I provided to the Victorian Attorney-General, Hon. Robert Clark. This statutory declaration discusses three young computer hackers who phoned Graham to warn him during the 1994 COT arbitrations. The hackers discovered that Telstra and others associated with our arbitrations acted unlawfully towards the COT group. The principal hacker who contacted Graham Schorer has since been acknowledged as Julian Assange, who told Graham that Australia had a national network billing software problem, that Telstra was covering this up, and that we would not receive this information during our arbitrations. This is possibly the most amazing statement that the COT Cases has ever had with anyone outside of those in the Casualties of Telstra arbitrations. 

Three months after this discussion with John MacMahon, General Manager of Consumer Affairs AUSTEL (now ACMA), after having viewed my billing arbitration-related documentation, asked me to keep them abreast of any billing information I received under FOI and during my arbitration. Letters received months after the completion of my arbitration show that Telstra, AUSTEL, was writing to the arbitrator during my arbitration concerning the seriousness of my billing claims. Yet, I have received confirmation from AUSTEL/ACMA that Dr Gordon Hughes (the arbitrator) did not correspond to AUSTEL nor Telstra concerning this national network billing problem that destroyed many businesses throughout Australia. 

“After I signed the arbitration agreement on 21st April 1994 I received a phone call after business hours when I was working back late in the office. This call was to my unpublished direct number.

“The young man on the other end asked for me by name. When I had confirmed I was the named person, he stated that he and his two friends had gained internal access to Telstra’s records, internal emails, memos, faxes, etc. He stated that he did not like what they had uncovered. He suggested that I should talk to Frank Blount directly. He offered to give me his direct lines in the his [sic] Melbourne and Sydney offices …

“The caller tried to stress that it was Telstra’s conduct towards me and the other COT members that they were trying to bring to our attention.

“I queried whether he knew that Telstra had a Protective Services department, whose task was to maintain the security of the network. They laughed, and said that yes they did, as they were watching them (Telstra) looking for them (the hackers). …

“After this call, I spoke to Alan Smith about the matter. We agreed that while the offer was tempting we decided we should only obtain our arbitration documents through the designated process agreed to before we signed the agreement.” (See Hacking – Julian Assange File No/3)

In other words, these three young Australian citizens had been fully informed as early as April 1994 that the COT Cases were being violated even before our arbitrations had begun. Why did it take until January 1999 for a Senate Committee hearing to come up with the same findings? Had the arbitrator and administrator of our arbitrations acted in April 1994, I would not be writing this story in 2023/2024, seeking the justice we COT Cases were deprived of all those years ago.

Bad Bureaucrats

A criminal scheme devised by Telstra to minimize their losses was uncovered by the Senate in June 1997, more than two years after most of the arbitrations were concluded.

Discrimination

Corruption, misleading and deceptive conduct plagued the COT with the government's sanctions, which endorsed the arbitrations. Learn the names of those who participated in these horrendous crimes that equally corrupted arbitrators who covered up these atrocities 

Government Corruption - Gaslighting

Gaslighting, including misleading and deceiving the arbitrator by Telstra, plagued the government's endorsed arbitrations. Julian Assange uncovered these gaslighting techniques were about to be used against the COT cases before the arbitration began. No one listened, not even the COT Cases.

Hacked documents

Corruption hinders the rule of law and democracy, results in human rights abuses and economic stagnation and permits organised crime to flourish. 

Open letter to Prime Minister (Recovered)

Corruption, misleading and deceptive conduct plagued the COT with the government's sanctions, which endorsed the arbitrations. Learn the names of those who participated in these horrendous crimes that equally corrupted arbitrators who covere

Read about our dealings with

Corruption, misleading and deceptive conduct plagued the COT with the government's sanctions, which endorsed the arbitrations. Learn the names of those who participated in these horrendous crimes that equally corrupted arbitrators who covered up these atrocities 

WikiLeak exposing the truth

Should a citizen be responsible for exposing crimes committed by public officials more than twenty-six years ago?&a

Chapter 7-Vietnam Vietcong

A criminal scheme devised by Telstra to minimize its losses to the detriment of those it had bastardized.  Corruption in government is destroying our democracy we need to put an end to this criminal conduct.