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News.com.au
30 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Shock new footage emerges from fire attack on Lovitt Technologies
A chilling new video has emerged on social media claiming to show footage from the attack on a Melbourne business by radical activists. The same social media page that anonymously posted a video from a person claiming credit for the attack on Monday posted the new footage. 'STOP ARMING 'ISRAEL' OR ELSE,' the caption on the new post reads. 'Footage from the cell that hit imperialist weapons firm Lovitt Technologies in Greensborough on the 5th of July.' The video appears to have been filmed from a body-worn camera and shows a fire being lit under the front wheel of a car. The person in the footage then spray-paints a message on a car before running away. At least two other people also run away. Throughout the new clip the contentious protest chant 'Death, death to the IDF' is played. The previous video, still unverified, shows a person speaking with a digitally altered voice and dressed head-to-toe in black. It was posted by the same account as the new video as a 'Communique from torching of three vehicles at Lovitt technologies'. CCTV of the incident shows five people entering the businesses just before 4am on July 5 and setting fire to three cars. 'This is a clear and serious threat,' the person said in the previous video. 'If you continue making weapons or components of any kind there will be consequences. Consider this a warning.' The person then said their motives were anti-Israel, anti-American and anti-Australian sentiment. 'After 21 months of an accelerated genocide against the Palestinian people by the illegitimate Zionist entity, eight decades of American warmongering and imperialism, 2½ centuries of the most violent colonial oppression, ethnic cleansing and murder of Aboriginal peoples across so-called Australia, Lovitt Technologies has chosen its place at the intersection of these catastrophes,' the person said. The group claimed they were targeting Lovitt because it supplies components to weapons companies including Lockheed Martin, BAE and Boeing. The company previously received a grant for work on the supply chain for F-35 fighter jets, a version of which is used by Israel. The video threatened the workers at the Melbourne office and said the group had been 'watching' them. 'Every worker in this supply chain is complicit,' the person said. Police confirmed on Monday that they were investigating the previously released video and the incident. 'The matter is now being investigated by the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team, which includes personnel from Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,' a Victoria Police spokeswoman told NewsWire on Monday. 'Investigators are aware of a video which has been circulating where a group has claimed responsibility for the incident. 'This video is being reviewed as part of the ongoing investigation. 'Police have already released CCTV of five people they would like to speak to in relation to the incident. Each person was dressed in black hooded jumpers, backpacks and gloves.'
Sky News AU
32 minutes ago
- Sky News AU
Treasury advice points to raising taxes to solve budget problems
Independent treasury advice has warned the Albanese government cannot fix the budget without raising taxes. The recommendation, which the ABC has seen, also suggests cutting spending. The budget warning did not recommend which taxes should be raised, but did look at indirect taxes, as well as superannuation. The Opposition is accusing the Labor government of hiding the truth about the state of the budget. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has not ruled out imposing new taxes, as his focus is turning to the upcoming economic roundtable in Canberra.
ABC News
35 minutes ago
- ABC News
Torres Strait Islanders travel to Cairns for landmark Australian Climate Case verdict
Torres Strait Islanders are awaiting the ruling in a landmark climate case today — one that, if successful, could have a significant impact on the future of their islands and culture. Guda Maluyligal traditional owners Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai — from the islands of Saibai and Boigu — have travelled almost 900 kilometres from their ancestral homes to the Federal Court in Cairns to hear the outcome. For the past four years, they have led the case on behalf of all Torres Strait Islander peoples, arguing the Commonwealth has neglected its duty of care to take proper steps to protect their communities from the impacts of rising seas and climate change. Today, Federal Court Justice Michael Wigney will hand down his judgement. The first of its kind in Australia, the landmark litigation has been financed through the NGO the Grata Fund, and modelled on a successful case from the Netherlands. In 2023, the federal court visited the islands of Boigu and Saibai, about 6 kilometres from the shores of Papua New Guinea, and Badu. Evidence of coastal erosion, destruction of ancestral graves and soil salinity that prevents crops from growing was presented to the court. It also heard of extreme weather events, including storms that cause intense flooding and inundate the islands that lie at just 1.6 meters above sea level. The uncles also travelled more than 3,000 kilometres to attend Federal Court hearings in Melbourne in November 2023. The court heard that sea levels in the Torres Strait were rising at double the rate of the rest of the world and that inaction on climate change may cause irreversible impacts for First Nations people in the Torres Strait. Australia is the world's 11th highest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases, according to the CSIRO, contributing just over 1 per cent of global emissions. It's also among the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world. Climate scientist Malte Meinshausen, an expert in carbon budgets, told the court there were three "accepted methodologies" for determining each country's fair share of global emissions. Based on these, he said Australia needed to make deeper emissions cuts than its current 2030 targets if it wanted to be consistent with the global aim of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. The court heard breaching this 1.5 degree limit would cause irreversible damage to small and low-lying islands, including those in the Torres Strait. The Commonwealth has acknowledged the Torres Strait Islands are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, but it argues Australia can't prevent or mitigate these effects on its own. It also said the question of its emissions target is for the parliament to decide, not the courts. "There is no consensus as to how GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions should be divided and in any case the question is one of policy and not climate science," it argued. The plaintiffs seek an order requiring the government to take action to prevent further harm to their communities, including by making deeper emissions cuts and implementing adaptation measures. If successful, the legal challenge could set an international precedent for how governments are held accountable for climate change impacts on vulnerable communities. At the heart of the case was the deep connection between Torres Strait Islanders and their land and what would be lost if the low-lying islands were claimed by the sea. The plantiffs' legal team argued the Guda Maluyligal people risked losing their culture if rising sea levels, caused by climate change, forced them to leave their homes. Uncle Pabai fears they will become "climate refugees". "The role I'm playing now is important in saving my people. For the next generation to come, I don't like to see Boigu under the water," he said. The case heard testimony from a number of elders and community members documenting sacred sites and cultural practices that have been handed down thousands of years, all at risk of being lost. Knowledge regarding the changing of the environment over time, including seasons shifting and animal migration times changing was part of the evidence. Whatever the outcome of the case, islanders vow they will continue to fight to protect their homelands. "We're not going to stop. If we stop, Saibai will be underwater," said Uncle Paul.
