{"id":43180,"date":"2019-04-12T13:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T03:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=43180"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T03:08:26","slug":"were-at-war-assange-is-on-the-front-line-charlicaruso-ausvotes-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/were-at-war-assange-is-on-the-front-line-charlicaruso-ausvotes-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re at war, Assange is on the front line: @CharliCaruso #AusVotes #podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowden.png?resize=800%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowden.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowden.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowden.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Snowden.png?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast has no interviews, it just comes straight from the heart. A heart that is a little bruised and battered from what feels like a persistent and blatant attack on our freedom and our rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow Australian Julian Assange was arrested yesterday by British officers and now faces a very real threat of extradition to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"has ruled out intervention in a potential U.S. extradition of Australian citizen Julian Assange on a charge of computer intrusion conspiracy. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/328522adb35b4445a3fb875d63fb0870?utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">has ruled out intervention in a potential US extradition of Australian citizen Julian Assange on a charge of computer intrusion conspiracy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we discovered that a Swedish software developer living in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Quito, who is allegedly close to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/apr\/11\/ola-bini-julian-assange-linked-software-developer-\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quito, who is allegedly close to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a> has also been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t say Julian Assange is popular, but despite what we might think of his character, or what judgements we make of his actions since being deprived of his human rights in the Ecuadorian embassy over the past nine years, he deserves justice, a fair trial and I am not confident he will be <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">guarenteed<\/g> this basic human right. We are watching this unfold to a fellow Australian, and the fact we aren&#8217;t marching on the streets today in protest, kind of breaks my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you feel as helpless as I do, there is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" this petition (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/internal.diem25.org\/en\/petitions\/1\" target=\"_blank\">this petition<\/a> you can sign fighting the extradition of Assange. The organisation behind the petition has put a call out for people to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/internal.diem25.org\/users\/sign_up?refer=petition1\">Join DiEM25<\/a> as a member in order to actively participate in our decision-making and actions. There is that option too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as I describe in today&#8217;s podcast, it&#8217;s not just the fallout and consequences of what&#8217;s happening to Assange that makes me feel like we are at war, its:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lack of amendments to the AABill; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/2019\/04\/No-changes-to-AA-bill-before-election\" target=\"_blank\">Lack of amendments to the <em><g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">AABill<\/g><\/em>;<\/a><\/li><li>The rushed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/04\/04\/australia-laws-social-media-fines-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/download\/legislation\/bills\/s1201_first-senate\/toc_pdf\/1908121.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf\"><em>Bill<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>Censorship of @MsVeruca on Twitter &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"for potentially exposing a major corruption story (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.docdroid.net\/0rfQuKU\/ronnie-salt-thread-money-for-nothing1.pdf#page=2\" target=\"_blank\">for potentially exposing a major corruption story<\/a> <\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In the podcast, I refer and promise to link to this epic cartoon created by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Patrick Alexander  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chickennation.com\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Alexander.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>But whereas both the USA and the UK use \u2018first-past-the-post\u2019 voting systems for their national elections, Australia\u2019s system is more elegant than that. In elections for the House of Representatives, we use preferential voting \u2014 also known as instant-runoff voting, ranked choice voting, or \u2018the alternative vote\u2019 in the UK.<br \/><\/p><cite>Patrick Alexander<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So here\u2019s Dennis the Election Koala to give Ken the Voting Dingo an important lesson in civics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/YouCantWasteYourVote_1000w_p01.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/YouCantWasteYourVote_1000w_p01.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/YouCantWasteYourVote_1000w_p01.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, 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