Category: Justice

Calling Carina Garland MP to address blood donation injustice

From: Michael Barnett OAM <⬛️⬛️⬛️@⬛️⬛️⬛️>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 18:46
Subject: Addressing blood donation injustice
To: Dr Carina Garland <carina.garland.mp@aph.gov.au>
Cc: Gregory Storer <⬛️⬛️⬛️@⬛️⬛️⬛️>

Dear Carina,

We refer to your call in Parliament yesterday for residents of Chisholm to donate blood.

My husband and I live in Chisholm.  We dearly want to be able to donate blood but we are prohibited from doing so because donation rules require we abstain from sex with each other for a period of three months prior to donating blood.  Neither Gregory nor I have HIV.  We take personal responsibility for our health and safety and do not expose ourselves to risky sexual situations.  We are not a risk to the blood supply.

We note the Labor National Conference resolved to support the end of blanket blood donation bans from some within the LGBTI community as well as sex workers. We also note an end to the gay blood ban and the adoption of individual risk assessment has been publicly supported by the Queensland Health minister and Victorian state Liberal member, Matt Bach.

We urge you to advocate for reform to blood donation bans so that exclusion is determined by individual risk rather than the gender of your sexual partners.  Doing so will increase the supply of much needed safe blood.

Sincerely,
Michael Barnett & Gregory Storer
⬛️⬛️⬛️ Address redacted ⬛️⬛️⬛️   

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Dr GARLAND (Chisholm) (16:18): I recently donated blood at the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Donor Centre in Mount Waverley. I thank the wonderful team at the Mount Waverley Donor Centre for inviting me to donate, and for their kindness and dedication to their very important work.

One in three Australians will need blood products in their lifetime, and that means we need a new blood donor every four minutes. One blood donation can save up to three lives. Blood or plasma donations are needed for things like cancer treatment, autoimmune condition, support after traumatic events, surgeries, and neonatal procedures. We have around 4,200 active blood donors in the Chisholm electorate, but thousands more people in our electorate are eligible to donate. People in Chisholm have saved up to 36,108 lives in the past 12 months alone by donating blood. I urge people in my community to become a regular blood donor if they are able to, and to add to this number of lives saved. If you can, please consider giving the gift of life, and donate blood.

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What do Cardinal George Pell and Rabbi Ronald Lubofsky have in common?

Two distinguished religious leaders who hid the child sexual abuse they perpetrated as they oppressed sexual minorities throughout their lives.

What do Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Lubofsky AM and His Eminence Cardinal George Pell AC have in common?

Both appointed to the Order of Australia.
Both revered in their religious circles.
Both vehemently opposed to homosexuality and sexual immorality.
Both sexually abused / predated on young boys.

Pell pulled out his penis and approached the other boy, grabbing his head.
The complainant asked Pell, “Can you let us go? We didn’t do anything.”
“I could see his [the boy’s] head being lowered towards his [Pell’s] genitalia,” the complainant recalled. “Then he sort of started squirming, he was struggling. His head was being controlled and it was down near archbishop Pell’s genitals. I was no more than a couple of metres away.”
This took place for about a minute or two. Pell stopped and turned to the complainant.
“And then he put his penis into my mouth. Archbishop Pell was standing, he was erect, and he pushed it into my mouth. He instructed me to undo my pants and take off my pants, and I did that. And then he started touching my genitalia. Archbishop Pell was touching himself on his penis with his other hand.”
When it was over the complainant, in shock, pulled up his pants. The boys left the room and tried to rejoin the procession before returning their robes.
About a month later, again after Sunday solemn mass, Pell passed the complainant in a corridor of the church and attacked. He pushed the boy against a wall and forcefully squeezed his genitals through his choir robes.
“Nothing was said,” the complainant said. “It was all within a matter of seconds.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/26/five-times-guilty-how-george-pells-child-abusing-past-caught-up-with-him-in-courtroom-43

The world can now know that a little over 20 years ago, in Pell’s first months as archbishop of Melbourne, this scourge of sex was forcing choirboys to suck his penis.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/26/brutal-and-dogmatic-george-pell-waged-war-on-sex-even-as-he-abused-children

It was alleged by two men in 2012 that the late Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Lubofsky AM of St Kilda Synagogue masturbated in front of them during their bar mitzvah lessons in the 1970s and 1980s.  These men would have been 12 or 13 years old boys at the time.  So far neither of these men have gone public with the details of this sexual abuse.
Members of the board of St Kilda Synagogue were made aware of these allegations at the time they arose.

https://mikeybear.com.au/2018/01/08/rabbi-emeritus-ronald-lubofsky-am-child-sexual-predator

Kevin Sheedy: Essendon FC’s Misogynist Pig

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Whitestone Strategic, Perimeter Guardian, Lyle Shelton and the Australian Christian Lobby

There’s a tangled web of connectivity between Whitestone Strategic, Perimeter Guardian, Lyle Shelton and the Australian Christian Lobby.

Whitestone Strategic, Perimeter Guardian and the Australian Christian Lobby are all closely connected.

ASIC – Current & Historical Extract – WHITESTONE STRATEGIC PTY LTD
(Jun 13 2018)

asic-current-historical-extract-whitestone-strategic-pty-ltd1

CURRENT COMPANY OFFICERS
Director: Stephen Doyle
Director: David Hutt
Secretary: Stephen Doyle

CURRENT COMPANY ADDRESS
Registered Office
C/- HARDWICKES PARTNERS PTY LTD
LEVEL 1
6 PHIPPS CLOSE
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Stephen Doyle – LinkedIn* [PDF]

* https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-doyle-6a173372 (defunct)

David Hutt – LinkedIn [PDF]

WHOIS response for lyleshelton.com.au:

Domain Namelyleshelton.com.au
Last Modified07-Jun-2018 15:01:17 UTC
Statusok
Registrar NameGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegistrantWhitestone Strategic Pty Ltd
Registrant IDACN 618607051
Eligibility TypeCompany
Registrant Contact IDCR315360471
Registrant Contact NameDavid Hutt
Registrant Contact Emaildavid.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Tech Contact IDCR315360476
Tech Contact NameDavid Hutt
Tech Contact Emaildavid.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Name Serverns10.nationbuilder.com
Name Serverns11.nationbuilder.com
Name Serverns12.nationbuilder.com
Name Serverns13.nationbuilder.com
Name Serverns14.nationbuilder.com
Name Serverns15.nationbuilder.com
DNSSECunsigned

Car driven into Australian Christian Lobby headquarters in Canberra (Dec 22 2016)

Liberal power players resign
(Dec 27 2012)

Controversial Canberra Liberals powerbroker Tio Faulkner has quit his position in the office of ACT Opposition Leader Zed Seselja.

Mr Faulkner recently resigned his position as director of electorate services but will stay on as ACT party president.

A second powerbroker, Stephen Doyle – Mr Seselja’s chief-of-staff, brother-in-law and Canberra Liberals campaign manager – has also left the ACT Legislative Assembly after he opted out of a contract renewal.

The exodus may stoke speculation Mr Seselja is contemplating a federal tilt in the 2013 poll.

ASIC – Current & Historical Extract – PERIMETER CONSULTING PTY LTD
(13-Jun-2018)

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CURRENT COMPANY OFFICERS
Director: Katarina Doyle
Director: Stephen Doyle
Secretary: Stephen Doyle

CURRENT COMPANY ADDRESS
Registered Office
C/- HARDWICKES PARTNERS PTY LTD
LEVEL 1
6 PHIPPS CLOSE
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Katarina Doyle: LinkedIn [PDF] | Facebook

ASIC – Current & Historical Extract – PERIMETER GUARDIAN PTY LTD
(14-Jun-2018)

asic-current-histoarical-extract-perimeter-guardian-pty-ltd

CURRENT COMPANY OFFICERS
Director: Nikola Seselja
Secretary: Nikola Seselja

CURRENT COMPANY ADDRESS
Registered Office
C/- HARDWICKES PARTNERS PTY LTD
LEVEL 1
6 PHIPPS CLOSE
DEAKIN ACT 2600

FORMER COMPANY OFFICERS
Director: Stephen Mark Doyle

FORMER COMPANY ADDRESS
ETERNITY HOUSE
4 CAMPION STREET
DEAKIN ACT 2600

FORMER(SHAREHOLDERS/MEMBER)
BERONIA INVESTMENTS PTY. LIMITED ACN: 062 611 232
PERIMETER CONSULTING PTY LTD ACN: 610 555 621

Perimeter Guardian – About

WHAT WE DO
Perimeter Guardian informs, empowers and protects school communities from the risks arising from new and emerging technologies.

INFORM
We provide daily information to school leaders on the latest news relevant to the education sector. We also provide leaders with information on their school’s online profile by constantly monitoring social networks, blogs, forums and other inline sources to identify items of risk and opportunity for each school.

EMPOWER
We empower parents and school communities to support and protect children and families from technological risks by providing information on technology issues that concern parents.

PROTECT
We protect students by providing early intervention and prevention tools that complement a school’s pastoral care team. The SafeGuard online reporting tool enables young people to report issues such as cyber bullying, self-harm or other dangerous behaviour they see their peers demonstrating. This assists schools to be able to better support the young people in their care.

Perimeter Guardian – LinkedIn

The Catholic Weekly: So you think you’re friends with your kids on Facebook?

Compiled by Perimeter Guardian a technology-based company that provides protection to school communities across Australia. It partners with schools to provide protection particularly in the areas of new technologies and cyber safety.

ASIC – Current Extract – AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY
(28-Mar-2017)

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CURRENT COMPANY ADDRESS
SUITE 1
4 CAMPION STREET
DEAKIN ACT 2600

Submissions into inquiry about recognising foreign same-sex marriages closes soon

Lyle Shelton omits to mention why his domain name (not his blog) was taken down

Lyle Shelton omits to mention the real reason why his domain name, not his blog, was taken down.

Yesterday Lyle Shelton tweeted “my blog lyleshelton.com.au has been challenged & taken down”:

It’s worth pointing out that it was his domain name “lyleshelton.com.au” that was taken down, not his blog.

As of June 8 the auDA Drop List shows both “lyleshelton.com.au” and “lyleshelton.net.au” were flagged as Deleted Domain Names:

2018-06-21 15:01:47 lyleshelton.com.au
2018-06-21 15:02:31 lyleshelton.net.au

The Domain Name Drop List shows the date and time that Domain Names are eligible to be purged. When a Domain Name is purged, it becomes available for registration according to the policy of the Regulator. Unless restored the Domain Name will be purged at the next Purge Cycle, also as defined in Regulator Policy. The Purge Cycle is an automated process within the Domain Name Registry System.

auDA has some very strict rules for registering .au domain names, and it would appear that Lyle Shelton has not complied with the particular rules for a .com.au domain name.

The current WHOIS entry for lyleshelton.com.au (see below) shows that the registrant was Whitestone Strategic and the contact person is David Hutt.

The .auDA policy (see below) states that “Domain names in the com.au 2LD” must be “an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of the registrant’s name or trademark” or “otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant”.

It would appear that, as it currently stands, “lyleshelton.com.au” meets neither of these requirements.

It is incumbent on Lyle Shelton to ensure he abides by the .auDA rules for domain names if he want to use a .au domain name.

Whois response for lyleshelton.com.au:

Domain Name lyleshelton.com.au
Last Modified 07-Jun-2018 15:01:17 UTC
Status pendingDelete (Client requested policy delete)
Registrar Name GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrant Whitestone Strategic Pty Ltd
Registrant ID ACN 618607051
Eligibility Type Company
Registrant Contact ID CR315360471
Registrant Contact Name David Hutt
Registrant Contact Email david.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Tech Contact ID CR315360476
Tech Contact Name David Hutt
Tech Contact Email david.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Name Server ns10.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns11.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns12.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns13.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns14.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns15.nationbuilder.com
DNSSEC unsigned

2012-04 – Domain Name Eligibility and Allocation Policy Rules for the Open 2LDs

SCHEDULE C

ELIGIBILITY AND ALLOCATION RULES FOR COM.AU

The com.au 2LD is for commercial purposes.

The following rules are to be read in conjunction with the Eligibility and Allocation Rules for All Open 2LDs, contained in Schedule A of this document.

1.  To be eligible for a domain name in the com.au 2LD, registrants must be:

a) an Australian registered company; or

b) trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory; or

c) an Australian partnership or sole trader; or

d) a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia; or

e) an owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or

f) an applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or

g) an association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory; or

h) an Australian commercial statutory body.

  1. Domain names in the com.au 2LD must be:

a) an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of the registrant’s name or trademark; or

b) otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, in accordance with the categories of “close and substantial connection” set out in the Guidelines on the Interpretation of Policy Rules for the Open 2LDs.

  1. A domain name may also be registered in the com.au 2LD under paragraph 2(b) for the purpose of domain monetisation, in accordance with the explanation of “domain monetisation” set out in the Guidelines on the Interpretation of Policy Rules for the Open 2LDs, provided that the following conditions are met:

a) the content on the website to which the domain name resolves must be related specifically and predominantly to subject matter denoted by the domain name; and

b) the domain name must not be, or incorporate, an entity name, personal name or brand name in existence at the time the domain name was registered*.

  • Definitions:
  • “entity name” means the name of an Australian registered company or incorporated association as listed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), or the name of an Australian government body. It does not include a registered business name;
  • “personal name” means the given name(s) and/or last name of a person; and
  • “brand name” means the name of an identifiable and distinctive product or service, whether commercial or non-commercial.

POST SCRIPT – 14-Jun-2018

This morning the WHOIS record for lyleshelton.com.au reverted to ‘Ok’ status and the web site was available again.

Domain Name lyleshelton.com.au
Last Modified 07–Jun–2018 15:01:17 UTC
Status ok
Registrar Name GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrant Whitestone Strategic Pty Ltd
Registrant ID ACN 618607051
Eligibility Type Company
Registrant Contact ID CR315360471
Registrant Contact Name David Hutt
Registrant Contact Email david.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Tech Contact ID CR315360476
Tech Contact Name David Hutt
Tech Contact Email david.hutt@whitestonestrategic.com
Name Server ns10.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns11.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns12.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns13.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns14.nationbuilder.com
Name Server ns15.nationbuilder.com
DNSSEC unsigned

Lyle Shelton’s departure from the Australian Christian Lobby’s board

Lyle Shelton departed the ACL board at the same time he ceased being their Managing Director.

The public ASIC register for the Australian Christian Lobby shows that when Lyle Shelton ceased being Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby he also departed the organisation’s board:

Lyle Shelton ceases to be an ACL board member

Mark Allaby’s fake resignation from the LMI

According to The Australian March 28 2017 Mark Allaby resigned from the board of the Lachlan Macquarie Institute (LMI) the week prior.

The public ASIC register showed on March 28 2017 that Mark Allaby was Director of the LMI.  As of May 31 2018 the ASIC register still shows Mark Allaby as Director of the LMI.

Did Mark Allaby ever resign from the board as claimed in The Australian?  If he did resign back then, why does the ASIC register show he is still Director, over a year later?  If he didn’t resign back then, why did The Australian claim he did?

Mark Allaby is still an employee of IBM, so clearly the conflict he had in March 2017 still exists.

ASIC register for LMI - Mark Allaby Director - 31 May 2018

Mark Allaby LinkedIn Screen Shot 2018-06-03 at 12.25.05 am

Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Lubofsky AM – child sexual predator

Rabbi Ronald Lubofsky

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

It was alleged by two men in 2012 that the late Rabbi Emeritus Ronald Lubofsky AM of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation masturbated in front of them during their Bar Mitzvah lessons in the 1970s and 1980s.  These men would have been 12 or 13 years old boys at the time.  So far neither of these men have gone public with the details of this sexual abuse.

Members of the then board of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation were made aware of these allegations at the time they arose.

If you were also a victim of this child sexual abuser, please contact Victoria Police.

Over the year or so since I went public with my story of child sexual abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah, I’ve been entrusted with allegations relating to numerous other victims/perpetrators.

I want to share one of these with you. A prominent Jewish Australian who’s a household name, informed me that during his Bar-Mitzvah classes (several decades ago) at an Orthodox synagogue (not ultra-Orthodox), the prominent and highly respected rabbi (who for the time being will remain nameless) would expose himself and masturbate in front of him. At this stage, decades later, the victim still does not want to share his story with the police – as he told me, even his parents aren’t aware of his experience.

The reason I’ve elected to share this particular serious allegation is to point out a number of important points:
• anyone can be a victim;
• anyone can be a perpetrator;
• it is not just a Yeshivah/Adass/ultra-Orthodox issue; and
• many victims are still reluctant to share their experience with anyone, including family members and the police.

After holding discussions with the police on this matter, they have advised that they are unable to take any action, as the victim must provide a statement. Consistent with the way paedophiles work, it is reasonable to assume that this prominent rabbi would have done similar things to other children.

So I urge anyone who was also exposed to any such experience, especially similar to the story described above, to report the matter to the police – of course if you are aware of any other cases of sexual abuse, whether perpetrated against you or anyone else, please report this information to the police. It’s important that they are informed of everything so that they can have a broader picture of what has been happening. Because the picture that I currently have is very grim – in my opinion it’s not a question of whether instances of abuse were on a similar scale to the Catholic Church but rather whether this will all become public…..

Contact details (Melbourne, Australia):

Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team
(03) 9556 6129
Detective Senior Constable Jonathan RUSSELL (or others in the team)

If you’re reluctant to make a confidential statement to the police, please realise that you’re not alone – it’s common! But please consider that if you go to the police, you’ll be:
• pursuing justice;
• assisting other past victims; and
• protecting potential victims.

Please feel free to contact me in complete confidence if I can be of any assistance.

Manny Waks, 4 November 2012

Shining sunlight on the hypocrisy and darkness of Lyle Shelton and David van Gend

Shining a little sunlight into the darkness of Lyle Shelton and David van Gend.

The Age – Letters – April 9 2017

Religious reversals

It’s a bit rich for religious conservatives to be denouncing gay activists for urging boycotts of companies that don’t support marriage equality. They do the exact thing in reverse. The religious right and other anti-LGBTI groups held an international conference in South Africa last December, largely to oppose the international spread of marriage equality.

All delegates, including Lyle Shelton from the Australian Christian Lobby and David van Gend from Australian Marriage Forum, signed a pledge to what is now called the Cape Town Declaration. Apart from pledging to oppose same-sex marriage, the Declaration commits its signatories, where possible, “to refuse to deal with corporations” that deny their “religious truths”.

Brian Greig, Bayswater, WA