Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. A special category of Bravery honors
Speaker 1: will be awarded in twenty twenty six to heroes of
Speaker 1: the Bondai Beach anti Semitic terror attacks, with the Prime
Speaker 1: Minister saying first responders and volunteers deserve to be recognized
Speaker 1: for their heroism. Anthony Albniezi has also formally invited Israeli
Speaker 1: President Isak Hertzog to visit Australia in the new year.
Speaker 1: New South Wales Parliament has passed tough new gun laws
Speaker 1: and restrictions on hate speech, including chanting globalize the Interfada.
Speaker 1: The Labour Government and Liberal Party teamed up to force
Speaker 1: the laws through against opposition from the Greens, One Nation,
Speaker 1: Shooters Party and Nationals. Fresh allegations have arisen about the
Speaker 1: connections between convicted child sex offender Gilain Maxwell and Andrew
Speaker 1: Mountbatten Windsor, the brother of King Charles previously known as
Speaker 1: Prince Andrew, the Duke of r York. A huge tranch
Speaker 1: of documents related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein released
Speaker 1: by the United States Department of Justice contains correspondence involving
Speaker 1: Epstein's partner, Gillann Maxwell, which referred to procuring intelligent, pretty
Speaker 1: fun girls from good families for someone called Andrew. In
Speaker 1: the papers, Maxwell also communicates with someone she calls the
Speaker 1: Invisible Man. The same person, who signs himself with the
Speaker 1: initial A, sends Maxwell an email saying he's in Balmoral
Speaker 1: for Royal Family summer camp and asking if Maxwell has
Speaker 1: found him some inappropriate friends. In the emails dated two
Speaker 1: thousand and one, the same person tells Maxwell he has
Speaker 1: left the RN and refers to the death of a
Speaker 1: valet who had served him since the age of two.
Speaker 1: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor left the Royal Navy in two thousand
Speaker 1: and one. One of the Invisible Man's email addresses is
Speaker 1: listed in Jeffrey Epstein's phone as Duke of York. Andrew
Speaker 1: is not specifically identified in the emails and has always
Speaker 1: denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein and Maxwell's offending
Speaker 1: against girls they allegedly trafficked for sex. He's not responded
Speaker 1: to requests for comment made by the Australian Sister Masthead
Speaker 1: in London The Times. Maxwell is presently in prison serving
Speaker 1: a two decade sentence for child sex trafficking. Epstein died
Speaker 1: in prison awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. He
Speaker 1: had previously served a jail term after pleading guilty to
Speaker 1: child prostitution offenses. Epstein and Maxwell were close friends of
Speaker 1: Andrew and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson, and the documents
Speaker 1: also reveal a request from the FBI to interview Andrew
Speaker 1: over his connection to another convicted sex offender, the Canadian
Speaker 1: fashion entrepreneur Peter Nigard. You can check out those stories
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