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Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, October two. A Sydney accountant who installed dummy
Speaker 1: directors in dozens of companies has been charged with sixteen
Speaker 1: criminal offenses by the corporate regulator. Wayne Fraser faced the
Speaker 1: Downing Center District Court on Tuesday, where he's accused of
Speaker 1: making or authorizing false or misleading statements in documents lodged
Speaker 1: with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. That story's live
Speaker 1: right now at the Australian dot Com dot a U.
Speaker 1: Hundreds of Iranian rockets have rained down over parts of
Speaker 1: Israel in a retaliatory attack for the death of Hesbala
Speaker 1: leader Hassan Nasrallah. It comes less than a day after
Speaker 1: the Israeli Defense Force launched a targeted incursion of southern Lebanon.
Speaker 1: In Australia, a political row has erupted over the way
Speaker 1: police handle breaches of our new speech laws after protesters
Speaker 1: waved flags emblazoned with Hesbela insignia. In today's episode Why
Speaker 1: Nobody Can Agree on how we police hatred at mosques
Speaker 1: across Western Sydney On Monday, night, Muslim clerics preached to
Speaker 1: hundreds of worshippers.
Speaker 2: He decided sam As said Hassana.
Speaker 1: They were reflecting on the death of Hassan Nasrallah, the
Speaker 1: charismatic but reclusive leader of Lebanese terrorist organization Hesbla, who
Speaker 1: was killed in a targeted Israeli air strike days earlier.
Speaker 1: They called him a history maker. They said his blood
Speaker 1: was not shed in vain Muslimin. They called him a
Speaker 1: support of the oppressed and an inspiration for future generations.
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Speaker 1: The services were so well attended that worshipers spilled out
Speaker 1: onto the streets surrounding the Al Raman Mosque in Kingsgrove.
Speaker 1: Pictures posted to the mosque social media profiles showed children
Speaker 1: wearing clothing emblazoned with Hesbola insignia.
Speaker 2: Alat was As.
Speaker 1: Nadi yak.
Speaker 2: A lot.
Speaker 1: On Tuesday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke slammed the commemorations,
Speaker 1: joining a growing chorus concerned about public support for Hesbollah.
Speaker 4: Well, the government doesn't mourn him for one minute, not
Speaker 4: for one minute. But I'll tell you there are civilians
Speaker 4: who have been killed who we mourn.
Speaker 1: In the wake of Nazalla's death, supporters rallied in Melbourne
Speaker 1: and Sydney. They carried Hesbala flags and portraits of its
Speaker 1: slain leader, which is illegal under Australian law. They chanted
Speaker 1: labaika ja Nasrallah in Arabic, which translates to at your
Speaker 1: service Nasrallah or here i am Nazreelah. The Australian Federal
Speaker 1: Police said it'll consider prosecuting at least six people who
Speaker 1: attended the rally in Melbourne for displaying pro hesbela material.
Speaker 1: If convicted, they could face up to twelve months in prison.
Speaker 1: But there's a catch. We've used an AI voice generator
Speaker 1: to read a state meant from the Australian Federal Police.
Speaker 5: The mere public display of a prohibited symbol on its
Speaker 5: own does not meet the threshold of a Commonwealth offense.
Speaker 5: The Criminal Code sets out very specific elements that must
Speaker 5: be met in order to charge an individual with a
Speaker 5: prohibited symbol offense.
Speaker 1: Basically, even if the cops deem the behavior is illegal,
Speaker 1: they may not be able to do anything about it.
Speaker 1: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says that's not good enough. He's
Speaker 1: called for Parliament to be recalled to criminalize these kinds
Speaker 1: of public displays support for terrorist organizations. Home Affairs Minister
Speaker 1: Tony Burke said he'll consider canceling the visas of anyone
Speaker 1: found to be inciting discord in Australia.
Speaker 4: We do have a higher standard in Australia a visa
Speaker 4: as to what's expected. If you're on a visa in
Speaker 4: anyone's country, you're there as a guest, and inciting discord
Speaker 4: is a reason for me to refuse visas and a
Speaker 4: reason for me to cancel.
Speaker 1: But Attorney General Mark Dreyfuss, who's the nation's most senior
Speaker 1: legal figure, says that's not their job.
Speaker 6: Mark Dreyfus's position is that the Labor government passed new
Speaker 6: hate speech laws at the end of last year, and
Speaker 6: it's up to the police to enforce those laws.
Speaker 1: Joe Kelly is The Australian's National affairs editor, and.
Speaker 6: Mark Dreyfus says it's not the role of the political system.
Speaker 6: Politicians or MPs to direct the police to make arrests.
Speaker 6: So essentially he's trying to say that Peter Dutton has
Speaker 6: gone a little bit too far.
Speaker 1: This is a tense political moment for Australia.
Speaker 6: And Peter Dutton is making the case that we shouldn't
Speaker 6: be living in an Australian society where people can go
Speaker 6: out on the streets and protest and display the symbols
Speaker 6: of terrorist organizations that are prohibited. He contends that it
Speaker 6: is within the scope of those new hate speech laws
Speaker 6: for peace to be arrested because of those actions, and
Speaker 6: he says if there is any doubt about that, then
Speaker 6: the laws need to be strengthened urgently. But I think
Speaker 6: the broader issue is that Peter Dutton is now constructing
Speaker 6: a political narrative going all the way back to October nine,
Speaker 6: when there were those protests outside the Opera House, which
Speaker 6: took place before Israel had retaliated in response to the
Speaker 6: October seven attacks, and basically said we haven't seen sufficient leadership,
Speaker 6: that the government hasn't been doing and saying the right things,
Speaker 6: and so leadership takes many manifestations. It's the position that
Speaker 6: leaders adopt, it's what they say it sets the tone,
Speaker 6: and Peter Dutton is effectively saying they've set the wrong
Speaker 6: tone and everything that has transpired since October seven has
Speaker 6: been influenced by that tone. So I think that's the
Speaker 6: central political dragon that Labour's seeking to contend with at
Speaker 6: the moment, this perception that's been created that they haven't
Speaker 6: been tough enough. And so if you look at how
Speaker 6: many arrests have been made by people protesting, it's been
Speaker 6: reported that there have been two people who are protesting
Speaker 6: displaying Nazi imagery, but not really any arrests made in
Speaker 6: relation to what we're seeing with anti Semitism, support for
Speaker 6: terrorist organizations.
Speaker 2: And the like.
Speaker 1: Coming up inside Israel's move on Lebanon. Subscribers to The
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Speaker 1: dot au and we'll be back after this break. For
Speaker 1: almost a year, ever since the Gaza based terrorist group
Speaker 1: Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel, Hezbollah has
Speaker 1: been firing rockets across the border, thousands of them. In
Speaker 1: that time. Israel's been planning on Tuesday morning in defiance
Speaker 1: of calls for a ceasefire by the United States and others.
Speaker 1: It took its opportunity as supporters mauned the death of
Speaker 1: terrorist leader Hassan Nasraala, the Israeli Defense Force began an
Speaker 1: anticipated ground incursion of parts of Lebanon. In the early
Speaker 1: hours of Tuesday morning local time, the IDF confirmed it
Speaker 1: would embark on limited, localized and targeted raids over the
Speaker 1: border in southern Lebanon.
Speaker 5: These operations were approved and carried out in accordance with
Speaker 5: the decision of the political echelon.
Speaker 1: Israel also launched air strikes on Lebanon's capital city, Beirut,
Speaker 1: where it says it struck weapons manufacturing facilities, and Damascus
Speaker 1: in nearby Syria, where it was reportedly targeting Major General
Speaker 1: Maha al Asad, the brother of President Bashah al Assad.
Speaker 1: Assyrian journalist reported on the social platform x normally known
Speaker 1: as Twitter that the bombing targeted a meeting of military
Speaker 1: leaders between Hesbola and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, with which
Speaker 1: al Assade was reportedly affiliated. Around the same time, the
Speaker 1: United States moved its military forces into place in hopes
Speaker 1: of deterring a counter attack by Iran. Hesbola's powerful backer.
Speaker 1: Fears of retaliation by Iran ramped up following the death
Speaker 1: of Nazrula, who they considered a close ally. As the
Speaker 1: raids got underway in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnyahu
Speaker 1: sent a message to the Iranian people.
Speaker 2: With every passing moment, the regime is bringing you, the
Speaker 2: noble Persian people, closer to the abyss. Iran's tyrants don't
Speaker 2: care about your future, but you do when Iran is
Speaker 2: finally free, and that moment will come a lot sooner
Speaker 2: than people think everything will be different.
Speaker 1: Overnight, Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired hundreds of missiles at Israel,
Speaker 1: with artillery and shrapnel reportedly raining down on Tel Aviv,
Speaker 1: as well as areas of the Holy City of Jerusalem
Speaker 1: and southern Israel. The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement
Speaker 1: that it had targeted the heart of the occupied territories
Speaker 1: in retaliation for Nasraela's death, as well as the death
Speaker 1: of slain Hamas leader Ismail Hanie. The IDF said it
Speaker 1: wasn't aware of any casualties from the hour long attack
Speaker 1: after Israelis were ordered into bomb shelters around the country,
Speaker 1: and it issued a warning. It said this will have consequences.
Speaker 1: We have plans we will act, deciding where and when,
Speaker 1: but Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in a statement it would
Speaker 1: carry out crushing attacks if those plans came to fruition.
Speaker 1: The White House confirmed US President Joe Biden had ordered
Speaker 1: US military to assist Israel in shooting down missiles. Shortly
Speaker 1: before the miss campaign, approximately ten people were killed in
Speaker 1: a terror attack on a light rail station in the
Speaker 1: Ja'far area of Tel Aviv. Israeli police said two gunmen
Speaker 1: carrying assault rifles had been neutralized. For its part, Hesbela
Speaker 1: issued a handful of statements saying it made direct hits
Speaker 1: on IDF troops stationed in towns just across the border
Speaker 1: in northern Israel. They'd previously been designated closed military zones
Speaker 1: by the IDF. The statement said the rockets and artillery
Speaker 1: shells had been fired in solidarity with the Palestinian people
Speaker 1: in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant
Speaker 1: and honorable resistance to IDF forces which have been operating
Speaker 1: in the region for almost a year. Second in command
Speaker 1: Nam Kassem said Hesbola is ready for a ground engagement
Speaker 1: and has no qualms about a wider regional conflict. The
Speaker 1: assault continued in Gaza, too, where the IDF says it
Speaker 1: conducted a precise strike on a mass command and control
Speaker 1: center occupied by militants. Joe Kelly is The Australian's National
Speaker 1: Affairs editor. This situation is developing quickly. You can catch
Speaker 1: up on all the latest from the Middle East anytime
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