US gov incompetence blaming Snowden for Paris attacks

Seriously??? !!! ???

How can ANYONE take the heads of the CIA as anything less than 'pot' heads?

These two assclowns claim that Snowden was responsible for teaching the how to avoid 'standard means' of electronic detection, despite 'terrorists' using this technology PRE September 11th 2001.

And these sociopaths are in positions of 'power'.

It may be plausible to any 11 year old kid, but to anyone who has knowledge in I.T. their statements are BULLOCKS!!! !!! !!!

So the U.S 'citizen' is paying taxes for a government failure in 'surveillance'??? !!! ???


From the news.com.au article on 21 Nov 2015 of the headline:

 CIA blames National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden for Paris attacks

Both security agencies and leaders seem more than happy to make NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a scapegoat for the Paris attacks Marnie O’Neill

AMERICA’S most senior intelligence officers have blamed the Paris attacks on National Security Agency renegade Edward Snowden.

Both the current CIA director John Brennan and his predecessor James Woolsey claimed in separate interviews that leaks by the former contractor taught Islamist terrorists how to use encryption and avoid standard means of electronic communication to evade detection.

This is despite the fact that terrorists are known to have used anti-surveillance techniques since before 9/11 and an independent report last year, which found “no correlation” between updates to jihadist encryption software and Snowden’s leaks.

But according to Mr Brennan: “In the past several years, because of a number of unauthorised disclosures, and a lot of hand-wringing over the government’s role in the effort to try to uncover these terrorists, there have been some policy and legal and other actions that have been taken that make our ability collectively, internationally, to find these terrorists much more challenging.

“There has been an increase in the operational security of a number of operatives of these terrorist networks as they have gone to school on what it is that they need to do in order to keep their activities concealed from the authorities.”

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden sightseeing on a boat in Moscow shortly after fleeing the US. Picture: Life NewsSource:Supplied

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian jihadi suspected of masterminding deadly attacks in ParisSource:AP

Mr Brennan made the comments after giving a speech on national security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Former CIA director R James Woolsey was a little more blunt, telling MSNBC: “I think Snowden has blood on his hands from these killings in France.”

Paris marks one week after attacks that killed 130

London Mayor Boris Johnson also chimed in, directly linking Snowdon’s actions to the Paris attacks in an article he wrote for the The Telegraph.

“To some people the whistleblower Edward Snowden is a hero; not to me,” Mr Johnson wrote.

“It is pretty clear that his bean-spilling has taught some of the nastiest people on the planet how to avoid being caught; and when the story of the Paris massacre is explained, I would like a better understanding of how so many operatives were able to conspire, and attack multiple locations, without some of their electronic chatter reaching the ears of the police.”

Much has been made of the fact that accused mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud managed
to slip easily between Europe and Syria, despite having been linked to failed terror plots and starring in a number of ISIS propaganda videos.

Snowden copped a tongue-lashing from CIA director John Brennan this week

James Woolsey, who ran the CIA during the Clinton years, says Snowden has ‘blood on his hands’Source:AP

Like Jihadi John before him, the 26-year-old had boasted of his ability to cross borders without getting caught. Abaaoud was able to travel from Syria to Belgium, obtain weapons and set up a safe house in the municipality of Verviers with two other potential jihadists. The plot was exposed when authorities raided the home on January 15. The two other men were killed during the operation but officers could find no trace of Abaaoud.

Despite a massive operation to track him down, including further raids in Greece where his cell phone was tracked, Abaaoud said he was able to give authorities the slip and return to Syria.

“Allah blinded their vision” he said of the failure of European intelligence agencies to stop him.

“My name and picture were all over the news yet I was able to stay in their homeland, plan operations against them, and leave safely when doing so became necessary.”

He managed to do this despite Europe being on high alert after the Charlie Hebdo attack in France and the raising of the terror level in Belgium following the Verviers raid.

Last year private security firm Flashpoint Global Partners examined the frequency of releases and updates of encryption software by jihadi groups. It found no correlation to Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s surveillance techniques, which became public from June 5, 2013.

“Prior to Edward Snowden, online jihadists were already aware that law enforcement and intelligence agencies were attempting to monitor them,” the report said

“The underlying public encryption methods employed by online jihadists do not appear to have significantly changed since the emergence of Edward Snowden.”

Taxpayer records exposed by serious ATO, myGov security flaw

Australians can access a range of government services through the myGov portal, including tax services. Photo: Screenshot

• DHS herding people on to an imperfect system in myGov
• 'They're in denial': MyGov users vent anger
• Cyber thieves target tax time

Australians' private tax records were left unsecured thanks to a serious flaw in how the tax office's online services connect with myGov, in the latest of a series of security bungles related to the federal government's online services.

Experts have raised concerns over the handling of IT security issues by the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Human Services, which runs the overarching service portal myGov, after a taxpayer who tried to report the issue claimed he was hung up on twice by the agencies' call centre staff.

myGov is a portal which provides single sign-on (SSO) to access multiple services from linked government agencies. Photo: YouTube
 

Sydney IT professional JP Liew recently discovered the flaw when logging into myGov to access his online tax records, only to discover he was looking at his wife's.

In a video obtained exclusively by Fairfax Media, Liew demonstrated how downloading a PDF letter from the tax office by clicking on a link within the myGov mailbox creates a "cookie" which logs the user into ato.gov.au. (In this case, cookies are used to authenticate the "single sign-on" process, or SSO, whereby the user only has to login once with myGov to access multiple linked services, such as tax, Medicare and Centrelink.)


Because clicking on the PDF link didn't actually open a browser page at ato.gov.au and therefore a page was never closed, the cookie did not expire, meaning the next user who logged in to myGov and clicked on a link to ato.gov.au saw the previous user's records.

Security researcher Nik Cubrilovic found gaping holes in the myGov website more than a year ago. Photo: Andrew Meares
 

"I've just spent about an hour on the phone to four myGov technical support people to explain to them that there is a serious bug on the myGov website that will expose another person's ATO information if they share the same computer and browser," Mr Liew said in his video.

"This is very common [to share computers] in workplaces and public libraries however none of them seems to be able to understand what I was trying to say."

Despite the ATO saying this week that it had fixed the problem, Mr Liew was ordered to remove the video from YouTube, with the Tax Office citing security concerns.

DHS has been asked to clarify whether the flaw was present across other government services such as Medicare or Centrelink. Security analyst Ty Miller said this was a "strong possibility". Another analyst, CQR Security founder Phil Kernick, also said it was possible.

An ATO spokesperson did not directly respond when asked how long the flaw had been active for.

However, they said the ATO was aware of "very limited circumstances" where the flaw could have occurred: if the first user didn't sign out of the ATO website (or the session didn't automatically time out) before they logged out of myGov, and if both such users were using the same device and browser.

"This issue does not occur on all types of devices," the spokesperson said.

"We continue to investigate to ensure no other errors are occurring."

A DHS spokesperson said there was "no flaw" in myGov and that the problem lay with the ATO.
Mr Kernick also said the responsibility to delete cookies lay with the services plugging into myGov, and not with myGov itself.

Broader problems

But security researcher Nik Cubrilovic said the cause of the vulnerability was rooted in the architecture of myGov and its SSO process, and the "very basics" of authenticating a user.

"This is an architectural flaw—there are better methods for having SSO where logging out once at myGov would also log you out of any other site," Mr Cubrilovic said.

"I'm ... not comfortable with the blame shifting [from DHS to ATO]. It suggests that the culture that led to this bug and previous bugs is still prevalent at the department and that more issues are a matter of when rather than if."

The ATO spokesperson said the department "worked with DHS to design its online services in the context of the myGov website".

Mr Cubrilovic last year revealed a separate security flaw with myGov, also relating to cookies, which allowed user accounts to be hijacked.

In a document sent to DHS and seen by Fairfax Media, he outlined no less than 12 security issues with the myGov portal and gave recommendations as to how they could be fixed.

One-and-a-half years later Mr Cubrilovic said some of the recommendations had still not been implemented.
"In my original report there were recommendations to shorten the time that cookies are valid, to change the cookie type so that it couldn't be stolen and to unset them properly, but none of these were taken up," he said.

The flaw uncovered this week could also be replicated remotely—i.e. not necessarily only affecting people using the same computer and browser—if someone gained access to the user's cookie, he said.

Mr Cubrilovic said he was "not 100 per cent confident" in the way the ATO had implemented a fix for the new bug, because there was "still so much that can go wrong".

"A proper fix for this issue would be to re-architect the SSO process," he said.

Difficulties reporting bugs

The most simple of Mr Cubrilovic's recommendations from last year was to have a clear point of contact for users to report website bugs.

Mr Liew said he posted a video on YouTube documenting the flaw because attempts to report the bug via myGov and ATO customer service channels had resulted in him being hung up on twice. One staff member even told him to reboot his computer, he said.

In his video Mr Liew described speaking to four separate myGov support staff over an hour, none of whom were able to log the issue and direct it to security. He then rang ATO support, only to be told to contact myGov.

An ATO spokesperson said the department had reviewed its call with Mr Liew and while its staff member had been "professional and courteous at all times", she had "incorrectly referred the user to the myGov hotline".

"We recognise that on this occasion the user received incorrect advice," the spokesperson said, adding that the issue was being addressed via coaching and feedback.

Mr Cubrilovic described the failure to implement a clear channel for reporting bugs as "gross neglect" and said he had experienced similar issues as Mr Liew when trying to alert myGov about security flaws in the past. Action was taken only after he contacted a senior IT staff member directly via Twitter, he said.

 

smh.com.au 19 November 2015

 

That's what happens when you pay peanuts, you get 'monkeys'.

 

The Australian government outsources cheap unskilled I.T. labour from third world countries, where the IT qualifications are not worth the photocopied paper they're on.

We are aware of many other security flaws in government departments, but approaching them, they treat you as if you are the criminal.

As long as the Australian government persecutes easy targets for 'tax' and lets the real corporate criminals walk free, EVERYTHING is OKAY!

At the end of the day it is the masses (in this case private information leaked) that suffer from an incompetent government.

 

The government also 'forces' users to use the MyGov website.

Police hack facebook account - How can you really trust the Police?

The criminal actions of Australia's police 'force' literally know no boundaries.

They are more corrupt than the society they serve!!! !!! !!!

Naturally you will see no criminal charges against the persons involved or even dismissal from the 'force'.

What's even worse is that the (corrupt) police will investigate itself.

As long as the people are criminals for speeding 2km/h over the 'speed limit' is all that maters.

From the source of 7 News at au.news.yahoo.com on 16 November 2015 of the headline:

Magistrate labels NSW Police surveillance tactic 'criminal offence' 

 

A Sydney man was charged over 'indecent', superimposed photos that featured a serving officer and were uploaded to a private Facebook account. Picture: Fairfax Media

A magistrate has ordered New South Wales Police to pay almost $15,000 in court costs and dismissed charges against a man whose closed Facebook account was hacked by authorities.

Fairfax Media has reported Sydney man Rhys Liam Halvey was charged for six offences after authorities illegally accessed and surveyed his private Facebook account for four months.

Mr Halvey was arrested and charged for three counts of using a carriage service to offend police and three counts of publishing an indecent article.

It has been reported that the man had posted ‘indecent’, superimposed images of a serving police officer on his Facebook page.

Controversial observation tactics. Photo: Supplied

The surveillance tactics were supported in court by a high-ranking officer, however, magistrate Roger Brown believed the “unauthorised access” to be a “criminal offence” and dismissed the charges.

Mr Brown also ordered the police to pay $14,429 in court costs in September.

Mr Halvey’s barrister, Andre Turner, in a formal complaint to the Police Integrity Commission, questioned how widespread the “snooping” was.

The NSW Ombudsman has referred the complaint back to police for investigation.

Government see it's people as 'rubbish'

So, you think you are a pretty 'learned' person when it comes to matters of importance?

'You' as a 'subject of the Queen' according to the 'Australian Constitution' apparently have a say?

When you raise a matter with your local MP, they are supposed to follow the 'will' of the people, right?

Well, actions speak louder than any 'conspiracy theories'.

In Australia, you're a nobody, a corporate slave, a 'serf' or a piece of 'rubbish'?

Well that depends on what you do.

If you're a footy/cricket/tennis fanatic, then you're okay, a 'fair dinkum' Aussie.

A nice little corporate slave?

BUT if you question the actions of the corporate criminals in position of power (e.g. government, multinational corporations), you're:

• spoke down to or

• a 'conspiracy theorist' or

• wrong and put in your place or

• or put on a 'watch list' ???

One example that made it into the corporate media was with regards to a concerned resident, Sharron who wrote a letter about her concerns with regards to a planned burn-off that went horribly wrong, where the response from the bureaucrat was that she was 'rubbish'.

This is the response from people in 'authority' that your hard earned taxes are entrusted to???

This is the sort of scum that is in office that 'governs' the Australian people.

Failure of governance - Doctor linked to 11 baby deaths

This matter has been described by the mainstream media as a 'failure of governance' in Victoria.

Unfortunately there are many more serious instances of a 'failure of governance' by the so called 'authorities' which are deliberately hidden from the general populous.

One aspect of governance is something called policing, where the police are supposed to be here to protect life and property, but instead are revenue collection agents for a corporation conglomerate called the 'Australian government', which is NOT the same as the de jure government called the 'Commonwealth of Australia', as per the Australian Constitution.

The government has done very little with respect to dodgy doctors in their 'practice'.

Who cares about the deaths of the children of the 'canon fodder' as long as the fines keep coming in, right?

And now it's easier to kill people and leave the country than to dodge an unlawful sheriff's of Victoria warrant arising from the illegal 'Infringements Court'.


From the news.com.au article of 15 October 2015 of the headline:

Bacchus Marsh Hospital investigated over deaths of seven babies

UPDATE: THE former director of obstetrics at Bacchus Marsh and Melton Regional Hospital had conditions placed on his medical licence after an investigation that found the deaths of seven babies may have been avoidable.

Director of obstetrics and gynaecology, Surinder Parhar, retired from the Djerriwarrh Health Services, which looks after the hospital, in July this year.

He had been at the hospital for 30 years.

Conditions were placed on his medical licence in June following a 28-month investigation by the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority.

This investigation resulted from a doctor lodging a complaint. It is understood Mr Parhar has left the country.

The Herald Sun is not suggesting Mr Parhar was directly involved in the deaths.

In what Health Minister Jill Hennessy today described as a “catastrophic event”, an investigation into Djerriwarrh Health Services found seven of 10 stillborn or newborn deaths in 2013 and 2014 may have been avoidable.

Five babies died in 2013, and two in 2014.

The investigation, held by Professor Euan Wallace, found a “number of key failings at Djerriwarrh Health Services during 2013 and 2014”.

Do you know more, or have you been affected? Contact the Herald Sun newsdesk on 9292 1226 or news editor Elissa Hunt 

Despite the high number of deaths the hospital, nor its staff, ever raised an alert.

This issue came to light when a group of senior clinicians on the Consultative Council of Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity were reviewing data when they noticed an unusually high number of deaths.

Australian Nurses Federation secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said midwives had raised concerns over practices at the hospital and claims they were not listened too.

“Staff are very distressed and disturbed at what’s happened and there also relieved because we know our members here have been raising concerns about clinical risk and we passed those concerns onto the previous hospital’s executive,” she said.

“We also put those concerns in writing to the Department of Human Services and they’ve felt their concerns have been dismissed and not taken seriously.

“People want to make sure that what has happened never, ever happens again to any woman or family in this state ever again.”

Ms Fitzpatrick said staff raised concerns about the profile of some of the women giving birth at the regional hospital.

“They were concerned about the lack of consistency of obstetric and paediatric cover for women birthing here earlier than 37 weeks,” she said.

“They have declared themselves to be a level three maternity service so when you’re having premature babies here at 34 weeks, in particular when many of these women had serious medical conditions themselves, they believed they should have been at a tertiary maternity unit.”

The hospital’s administration has been replaced, while its obstetric services are being overseen by tertiary hospitals.

A further investigation has been launched to determine if the Department of Health should have realised the tragedy earlier.

“What has happened here has been a series of catastrophic failures by a number of parties that may have contributed to the very sad loss of young life,” Ms Hennessy said.

“In 2013/14 there were seven peri-natal deaths at Djerriwarrh — that is double the number expected, yet this was overlooked by the clinical leader and the board of Djerriwarrh.”

Health Minister Jill Hennessy at today’s press conference. Picture: Hamish BlairSource:News Corp Australia

Ms Hennessy said the “shocking failures” at the hospital included inadequate reviews of peri-natal deaths.

“While Djerriwarrh did review some of the deaths at the time, it did not review them all. And while some were reviewed, they were inadequate and the findings were not always actioned,” she said.

The board was not told of some deaths, and there was poor oversight.

Other failures included staff misreading and misusing foetal surveillance, and the acceptance of high-risk pregnancies that should have been referred on.

Ms Hennessy said the hospital had “failed to adjust or update its practices to respond to rapid population growth in the region”, but she defended government investments in the health service.

She said some deliveries should not have been attempted at a service classified as a low-risk provider, and that staff were inadequately trained.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Victorian secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said concerns about a lack of staff, policies and equipment at Djerriwarrh’s maternity services were raised with the Health Department in 2014.

“Some midwives, and possibly doctors, had raised concerns with management and left the service in frustration when their concerns weren’t addressed,” Ms Fitzpatrick said.

“We know that there were an increased number of births at the service and this was not proportionately matched by increased staff or infrastructure.”

Dr John Ballard, who was appointed to the Djerriwarrh board to oversee the hospital in the wake of the deaths, said they resulted from “multi-system failure” and there was not one doctor common to each case.

Bacchus Marsh and Melton Regional Hospital. Picture: Nicole GarmstonSource:News Corp Australia

Ms Hennessy said it was a “truly heartbreaking set of circumstances”, and full support would be given to the families involved.

She said the investigation would be transparent because the families deserved to know the truth about the “shocking failure”.

The affected families may be eligible for compensation.

“I am deeply conscious that nothing can change the past for these families,” Ms Hennessey said.

Ms Hennessy said the impact of the scandal was unimaginable for women already grieving over the loss of their babies.

“After these women endured the death of their babies, in some circumstances they weren’t given the information that they sought,” she said.

“It is heartbreaking to think of these women thinking that for some reason the death of their baby may have been their fault.

“It is absolutely critical that we are able to get every piece of information around their pregnancies and the births and have that peer reviewed.”

Senior staff from the Royal Women’s Hospital have been sent to Djerriwarrh to provide expert oversight and better clinical training for staff.

Principal at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Dimitra Dubrow told 3AW two families had contacted the firm about the deaths of their babies.

“What they are telling us ... is that they have been contacted by the Department of Health and advised that the circumstances surrounding their baby’s death is being looked into and that the death may have been prevented.

“You can imagine this would be extremely distressing for these families who have already suffered a painful loss.”

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency said Mr Parhar had been investigated after a complaint in 2013 about his care of a mother after the stillbirth of her baby at the hospital.

Action was taken against the doctor imposing conditions on his registration requiring education and mentoring.

“At the time, AHPRA and the boards were not advised of abnormally high peri-natal mortality rates at the health service, or about any concerns about that doctor’s care of other patients, or concerns about the quality of obstetric or midwifery care provided at the Djerriwarrh Health Service,” the statement reads.

AHPRA said the case was not sent to a tribunal because it did not meet the threshold for referral.

CEO Martin Fletcher apologised for the time taken to investigate the complaint about that doctor.
Mr Parhar surrendered his registration on October 1.

AHPRA said it was now launching a wider investigation into other doctors and midwives at the Djerriwarrh Health Service.

“In late July 2015, AHPRA, the Medical Board of Australia and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia first learned of wider concerns about potentially avoidable peri-natal deaths at the health service.

“Immediately, AHPRA used its powers to require the Djerriwarrh Health Service to provide information to enable close regulatory scrutiny of care provided by registered health practitioners at the service.”

It is believed the hospital received significant government funding to help expand maternity services just a year ago.

More than $740,000 was directed towards the maternity services unit in 2014.

The hospital’s maternity services birthrate had doubled in less than a decade.

According to the 2013/14 annual report, 897 babies were born in the maternity unit in that year.

In the 2012/13 financial year, 1016 babies were born and 914 born in the year before that.

It was expected the hospital would be catering for up to 1400 births a year as a result of the expansion.

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Police had three chances to stop stolen car used in hit run tragedy but did nothing

Another crime committed where police are totally useless.

Just as long as there is REVENUE from 'speeding' motorists.

From the Herald Sun newspaper with the headline:

FREE TO KILL

Tim Jellis, who died in a fatal car crash in Taylors Lakes. Picture: Facebook.

• Tragedy takes Tim too soon
• Third teen arrested over Taylors Lakes hit-run smash

UPDATE: HUNDREDS of people gathered in Melbourne’s east to remember Gisborne man Tim Jellis, who died in a tragic hit-run car crash in Taylors Lakes last month.

As family and friends filled St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church in Surrey Hills for a thanksgiving service, Victoria’s top roads cop defended the force’s controversial no-pursuit policy which has been linked to 25-year-old’s death.

Mr Jellis was driving to a friend’s house in Taylors Lakes when the stolen Audi smashed into his car, killing him instantly on October 24.

The Herald Sun revealed police had spotted the Audi three times just days before the fatal crash but were unable to pursue the vehicle due to the no chase policy.

Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing Doug Fryer defended the policy, but conceded it was unpopular among members.

“We know some of our members are frustrated and it's a little unpalatable for them to not chase the bad guy,” Assistant Commissioner Fryer told 3AW.

“But you look back to why we’ve done this ... we’ve had 14 deaths in a four-and-a-half year period (from police pursuits).”

The scene of the fatal hit-run accident. Picture: Mark Stewart

Peter and Glenyce Jellis attend the funeral for their son Tim. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Police Minister Wade Noonan also told 3AW yesterday the new policy was made after coronial inquests into fatal pursuits.

“It’s very much an attempt to strike a balance between public safety and arresting an offender such that police will pursue only in the most serious cases where there is imminent danger to public safety,” he said.

Tim’s parents Peter and Glenyce Jellis do not blame police, but have raised serious concerns for the policy.
“The police are only really doing what they can,” Peter said.

“If they did pursue and there was another accident or another fatality, then the police wouldn’t be following their instructions — it is really a catch 22 if they’re in the right or wrong.”

Friends and family travelled from interstate and overseas to pay their respects to the generous, caring and humble Tim Jellis — nicknamed ‘smiley’ for his infectious grin.

Brothers Andrew and Mark Jellis and family friend Dennis Wright gave eulogies at the service.

Mr Wright said Tim loved Jesus and his AFL football, particularly the Bombers.

He said one wall of his bedroom displayed his favourite bible versus, while another was dedicated to Essendon.

Tim was also passionate about his pet dogs Nelly and Fletch and living in the bush.

In lieu of flowers the family accepted donations from the Presbyterian Inland Mission.

Three balaclava-clad men fled he scene after hitting Mr Jellis’ car. Picture: Mark Stewart

Police Minister Wade Noonan told 3AW that the new policy was made after coronial inquests into fatal pursuits.

“It’s very much an attempt to strike a balance between public safety and arresting an offender such that police will pursue only in the most serious cases where there is imminent danger to public safety,” he said.
Victoria Police would not respond to questions over sightings of the stolen Audi days before the deadly crash.

“It would be inappropriate to comment any further as the matter is before the courts,” spokeswoman Anthoula ­Moutis said.

Three teens have been charged with culpable driving over the fatality. But officers have voiced their anger at the new pursuit policy.

The Herald Sun has been told that soon after the restricted pursuit policy was enforced, offenders drove into an inner-suburban police station carpark and did burnouts.

Officers were forced to watch from inside the station, unable to pursue the offenders.

Ram raids were also escalating, a senior officer said.

“I think it’s the start of ­anarchy, ultimately.”

Melbourne doctor fears link between mobile phone use and brain cancer

Melbourne doctor fears link between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Photo: 7News

A leading Melbourne doctor is blaming mobile phones for an escalation in brain cancer.

Dr John Tickell has fought his own cancer battle and claims radiation is the link.

He says it should be a wake up call for anyone who uses a mobile phone.

Dr Tickell was a on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne when he suffered a seizure. A subsequent brain scan revealed five tumours; one was the size of a golf ball.

"It's maybe the scariest words you'll ever hear, 'you have brain cancer'," Dr Tickell said.

Now in remission, Dr Tickell believes radiation is a significant contributing factor to the increasing rate in brain tumours.

"There's a million more times radiation in the air today than there was fifty years ago - that is frightening," he said.

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Some 35 Australians are diagnosed with brain cancer every week.

Christian Althaus, of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, said: "The exhaustive studies that have been done to date have found no link, we expect that to continue but science will continue to examine this issue."

The most comprehensive study involved 5000 brain cancer patients worldwide.

While it found there was no increased risk of cancer overall, those who used their mobile phones were up to 40 per cent more likely to develop Glioma, a common type of brain cancer.

The 32 million mobiles in use in Australia carry a little know warning that the phone should be held at least 5mm away from the body.

While neurosurgeons believe the rise in brain cancer can be attributed to better diagnosis, patients remain worried.

"It's probably the most common question asked, but all you can say is there is no definite evidence," Neurosurgeon Andrew Kaye said.

If you're concerned about mobile phone use, the advice is:

• Use a headset
• Limit phone calls
• Text instead
• Regularly swap ears

List of corrupt police, judges, court & Vicroads staff and others

You don't have to think of some backward third world country when it comes to government corruption.

The classic eastern block 'bad guys' like Russia and China could be 'old news'.

Enter the new age of faux democracy, ruled by a corrupt 'corporation conglomerate' commonly referred to as the 'government', ruling with force, fear and slavery in the new colony of England, called Australia.


A list has been complied and published quite some time ago, in a book with regards to crime and corruption in government.

Some of those names now have gone up in the 'corporate ladder' (for being nice obedient little corporate criminals) and still hold positions of 'authority' today.

By no means is the list 'finalised', as it grows every day.

It really does pay to be a criminal in Australia.

Here are some names:


Corrupt/or adverse mention ADAMS, Hugh Francis Patrick -Deputy Chief Magistrate, resigned three weeks after the release of this book in June 1995.

Corrupt/or adverse mention ANDREW, RUTH - Judicial Registrar, Magistrates' Court of Victoria.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ADDISON, Suzanne - Premier’s Department (Joan Kirner) Secretary.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ALLISTON, Gordon - VicRoads Enforcement Branch Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ALMARAK - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ARNOLD, Ray - Vicroads Enforcement Branch Officer
Corrupt/or adverse mention ASHTON, Derry Allan - VicRoads Enforcement Branch Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BAILEY, Geoffrey - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BALMFORD, Rosemary - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BARBARIO, Raffaele - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BARROW, Brian - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BATT, Edwin Charles - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BAXTER, William (MP) -Minister for Ports and Roads from 3 October 1992.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BAYSHAM, Ian - Police, Internal Investigations.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BEASELY, Grant Roy - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BEASELY, Ronald - Victorian Government Solicitor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BECKINGHAM, Robert - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BENNETT - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BILLINGS, Peter - Barrister, representing VicRoads.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BINGLEY, Ross Allen - Police, Constable then Detective Senior Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BISHOP, John - Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BLASHKI, Susan - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BOLSTER, John Douglas - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BONGIORNO, Bernard - Director of Public Prosecutions.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BOWMAN, Roger - VicRoads Enforcement Branch Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BOWMAN, Stephen - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BRERETON, Dermott Senior - Taxi driver; convicted rapist.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BRETHERTON, Judy - Judge, Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BRADY, John - Ex-police (witness in "NAME SUPPRESSED" case).
Corrupt/or adverse mention BRENTNALL, John - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BROOKE, Kenneth John - VicRoads bureaucrat.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BROWN, Alan John (MP) - Transport Minister 1992-94.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BROWN, Sally Elizabeth - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BROWN, Stuart James - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention BUTTERFIELD, Mark Harrison - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CAIN, John - Former State Premier.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CAIRNS, Barry - Alleged friend of Derry Ashton.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CARSON - Police, Inspector.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CAUSER - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CEMM, Michael D - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CIACCA, Vac - Police, Senior Constable, Police Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CLIFFORD - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention COLEU - Police, Acting Senior Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention COMRIE, Neil - Police, Commissioner (from end 1992).
Corrupt/or adverse mention CONNELL, John Raymond - VicRoads Deputy Solicitor, Common Law.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CONNELLY - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention COOKSON - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CRAPPER, Leon - Manager, Silvertop Taxis.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CRAPPER, Noel - Manager, Silvertop Taxis.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CROFT, Jamie - Transport Department (Peter Spyker), Ministerial adviser.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CROSBY, Darren - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CROSSLEY, C. R. G. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CULLEN, Jock - Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention CURTAIN - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DAFFEY, Kevin John - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DAVIES, Daryl - Barrister.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DEANSHAW - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DENDRINOS, Stathis - Taxi manager.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DESSAU, Linda Marion - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DOBSON - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DOCKING, Barry Francis - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DONNELLY - Police, prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DOSSER, Fred - Federal Airports Corporation Manager.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DUGDALE, John Philip - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DUGGAN, James T. - County Court Judge.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DUNCAN, Maurice Colin - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DUNN, B G - Police, Inspector in Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention DUNNE, Emmett - Police prosecutor; Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention EDWARDS, B - Ombudsman’s Department.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ELLWOOD, D - Barrister, acting for DPP/Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FAHEY, Gavin - Police witness.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FALCONER, Robert - WA Police Commissioner, Formerly head IID Victoria.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FARLEY, Peter - VicRoads, Deputy Solicitor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FITZ-GERALD, Julian Francis - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FLEMMING - Ombudsman’s Department.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FORD, Daryl Keith - VicRoads, Clerk.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FOSTER, Craig - Police, Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FRANCIS, I R - Police, Chief Superintendent, Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention FRANKS - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GESCHKE, Norman - Chief Executive, Ombudsman.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GINNANE - Barrister, Victorian Government Solicitor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GLARE, Kelvin - Police Commissioner (to end 1992), Head FBIS.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GLARE, Philip Joseph -Police officer, believed to be the brother of Kel Glare.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GOLDEN, Graeme Angus - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GORDON, Steven - Aboriginal Commissioner (ATSIC/NSW); taxi passenger.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GOODSON, Geoffrey - VicRoads, Enforcement Branch
Corrupt/or adverse mention GREEN, W. Frank - Police, Assistant Commissioner.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GUINEA - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention GURVICH, Maurice - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HAY, Geoffrey, Sylvester - Taxi passenger.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HALL, Ian Charles - Federal Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HALL - Police, Senior Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HAMILTON - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HANLEY, J - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HANLON, J. R. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HARDIMAN, Brian Kenneth - Ombudsman’s Department.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HART - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HARVEY - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HERBERT - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HIGGINS, Paul William - Police officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HILDER, Stan - CEO, Silver Top Taxis.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HILL - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HOARE, Geoffrey - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HOARE - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HODGENS, Len - VicRoads, Chief Inspector, Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HOLMES, David - VicRoads, Freedom of Information Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HOWARD, Arnold, B - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention HUNTINGTON - Police, Senior Constable, Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention JACKSON, Glynnis - Clerk of Courts.
Corrupt/or adverse mention JACOBS - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention JAMES, Joanne Rose - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention JOHNSON, Frank - Police, Inspector.
Corrupt/or adverse mention JORDAN, Colin - VicRoads CEO (from 1993).
Corrupt/or adverse mention JOYCE - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention* KEATING, Leo Martin - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KEEL, Glen - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KEENAN, Russell - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KELLY - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KENNAN, Jim (MP) - Attorney-General, 1991.
Corrupt/or adverse mention* KENNETT, Jeffrey Gibb (MP) -Premier of Victoria from 3 October 1992.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KIMM, Mervyn, C. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KING, John B - Transport Ministry, Director General (under Spyker).
Corrupt/or adverse mention KIRNER, Joan Elizabeth (MP) - State Premier 1990-October 1992.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KLESDADT, Jonathon - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KROENERT - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention KUMAR, Robert Krishnan Ashok - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LAMB, Geoff - Former brothel king.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LAMBERT, Rod G. - Police, Superintendent, Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LAPIROW, Mark - Barrister, VicRoads
Corrupt/or adverse mention LAURITSON, Peter - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LEA, David (MP) - State Member for Sandringham.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LEE, Tony S - VicRoads, Lawyer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LESLIE, Michael B - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LEWIS, Gordon D. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LEWIS, Russell Patrick Llewellyn - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention LUKAITIS, Peter - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MAHER, Barry John - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MAHER, John - Police, Transit Patrol.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MALLIARAS, Peter - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MARASCO - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MARLES, Fay - Arbitrator (1991), former head of Equal Opportunity Commission.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MARTIN - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MATHESON, Elizabeth - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MAXWELL - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MAY, Rodney - Party gatecrasher.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MAY, Ricky - Party gatecrasher.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McALLISTAR, Reginald John - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McRAE, Findlay - Clerk of Courts.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McDONALD K J - Police, Internal Investigations Section, Chief Superintendent.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McKEE, Dianne - Police witness.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McKEON - Police, Police Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention McNAMARA, Patrick (MP) - Minister for Police
Corrupt/or adverse mention McSOLVIN, John R - Freedom of Information Officer, Victoria Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MEALY Peter Harry - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MEDDINGS, Darren - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MEEHAN, Russell J - Lawyer, Victorian Government Solicitor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MILLER, Alec - VicRoads bureaucrat.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MILNER, Bradley Mark - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MIMO - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MONCRIEF, Peter - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MONK - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention MOREHEAD, Richard - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention NASH, Heather - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention NEESHAM, Thomas A. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention NEVITT - Police, Detective Inspector, Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’BRIEN, James - Taxi passenger.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’BRIEN - Police, Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’DAY, William - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention OGNEW, George - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’KEEFE, Terrence - Clerk of Court, then VicRoads, then Manager Taxi Directorate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention OLSEN, George Leonard - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’SHANNESSY, Margaret (Maggie) Ellen - Mother of professional taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention O’SHANNESSY, Phillipa - Habitual taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention OWEN, Glen Matthew - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PATTERSON, Reginald - VicRoads, Chief Executive 1990-93.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PARKER, Joanne - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PAYNE, Marion - Manager, Arrow Taxis, formerly Victoria Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PERRIN, David John (MP) - State Member for Bulleen.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PERRY, Barry William - Deputy Ombudsman, Police Complaints.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PERRY, John William - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PERTON, Victor John (MP) - State Member for Doncaster.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PINGO, Andrew - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention POGARI, Italo (Joe) - VicRoads, Assistant Manager.
Corrupt/or adverse mention POLLARD, Martin Anthony - VicRoads, head of legal section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PORTEGLOU, Michael - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention PROUST, Elizabeth - Bureaucrat, Attorney-General’s Department and elsewhere.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RAINEY - Police, Senior Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RAMMAGE, Michael - Lawyer, Legal Aid Commission.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RANDLES, Peter - Lawyer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RAVECH, Martin - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention REEK, Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RENDIT, P. U. - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ROBBY, David - VicRoads, solicitor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ROBINSON, Darren Ian - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RODDA, Philip John - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ROUX, Michael - VicRoads, former Chief Executive.
Corrupt/or adverse mention ROY, Ian, - VicRoads bureaucrat.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RUSSELL, Joanne - Taxi passenger.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RYAN, P. F. - Police, Chief Superintendent, Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention RYAN - Police, Sergeant, Police Prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SACH, Neil - former VicRoads bureaucrat, now Victorian Taxi Association.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SANDON, Malcolm (MP) - Minister for Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SAUNDERS, - Barrister, prosecuting for DPP/Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SCHOFIELD, Peter - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SCHUEY, Ray N. - Police, Inspector.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SEEL - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SHALDERS, John Richard - VicRoads Enforcement Branch.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SHARKIE, Craig Stuart - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SHEARER, Laurie J - Police, police prosecutor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SHEPHERD - Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SMITH, A F - Judge (President) Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SMITH, Neddy - Convicted criminal (New South Wales).
Corrupt/or adverse mention SMITH, Wayne - Alleged friend of Derry Ashton.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SPENCE, Joan - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SPILLANE, Alan John - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention SPYKER, Peter (MP) - Minister for Transport, 1990-92.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STAFFERTON - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STANTON - Police, Protective Services Officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STENBERGER, Brigitte - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STONEY, Ian - VicRoads, Chief Executive to 1990.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STONEHAM, Robert - Lawyer, VicRoads.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STOREY - Police, Inspector.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STOTT - Judge, County Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention STRANG, Paul John -Police officer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention TADIC, Michael - Stolen car dealer.
Corrupt/or adverse mention TIERNEY, Genevieve - Taxi fare evader.
Corrupt/or adverse mention THOMPSON, Murray (MP) - State Member for Sandringham.
Corrupt/or adverse mention THOMPSON - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention TIPPING, Melanie Jane - Taxi passenger.
Corrupt/or adverse mention TODARO, Tom - VicRoads bureaucrat.
Corrupt/or adverse mention VALENTINE, Richard George - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention VAN VEEN, Jason - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WADE, Jan Louise Murray (MP) -Attorney-General from 3 October 1992.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WALSH, Kevin James - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WARNECKE - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WARNER, Nicole - Police, Senior Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WARREN, Michael - Federal Police.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WARREN, Anthony James - Police, Internal Investigations Section.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WEST, Iain - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WEST, Terrence - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WHEELER - Master, Supreme Court.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WHITE, R - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WHITE, Stephen Darren - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WILKINSON, John Henry - Magistrate.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WINDUSS, David - Police protected child molestor.
Corrupt/or adverse mention WOOD, Aaron, Jay - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention YATES - Police, Sergeant.
Corrupt/or adverse mention YOUNG, Barry - Police, Constable.
Corrupt/or adverse mention YOUNG - Police, Senior Constable.



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