Court Clears Way for Religious Vilification Case Against ABC to Continue

Published on September 5, 2024

A Supreme Court judge has ruled that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is not a Commonwealth entity, allowing a lawsuit that accuses the public broadcaster of inciting hatred against a local religious group to continue. The ABC is currently embroiled in a discrimination lawsuit after it broadcast a series of programs about the spiritual meditation discipline of Falun Gong and its practitioners in 2020. In 2021, Australian Falun Gong practitioners sued the ABC for allegedly engaging in inaccurate and biased reporting. They alleged that the public broadcaster violated Section 8 of Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, claiming their programs incited public hatred and hostility toward practitioners, many of whom came to Australia to escape the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution....

Continue reading on website
Other news

SEC Charges Brothers Over Alleged $61 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors

September 5, 2024
Two brothers accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of operating a $61 million Ponzi scheme have reached an agreement with the agency and will repay more than 80 investors they defrauded in the United States.The SEC filed a complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta on Aug. 26 charging Jonathan Adam, of Angleton, Texas, and his brother, Tann

Huntington Beach Company Owner Convicted of Identity Theft in Student Loan Fraud Scheme

September 5, 2024
SANTA ANA, Calif.—The owner of a Huntington Beach-based company was convicted Tuesday of identity theft in an alleged $6 million nationwide student loan fraud scheme, but jurors deadlocked on multiple other counts after 11 days of deliberations.Angela Kathryn Mirabella, 49, was convicted of one felony count of identity theft. During the trial 24 other felony counts were thrown out, and jurors dead