Rukshan Fernando

It is undeniable that in the court of public opinion Senator Katy Gallagher misled parliament, even some media outlets are now saying she did so outright based on the video/text message evidence alone. However there is always a but...because even though she said very clearly "no one had any knowledge" there is always an excuse or reason given to what would appear to any fair minded Australian as very deceptive behaviour that requires accountability and transparency.

Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and a gender-critical feminist. She is the target of multiple ongoing campaigns by trans rights activists, who are calling for her removal from her teaching post. Posters and stickers placed around the university by the activists claim that her feminism philosophy course is for 'fascists only'. She recently lodged a complaint against her employer, alleging occupational health and safety breaches, political bullying, and undermining of academic freedoms.

This is all the everyday Aussie needs to see to know something is not right here. Unbelievable the amount of contempt and arrogance shown for the people they are meant to serve. What should Albanese do now that Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has acknowledge she had prior knowledge, after saying very clearly in Parliament “no one had any knowledge”? More Context: Katy Gallagher has now shared with the public that she did know about the allegations prior to denying she did during a Senate Estimates session in June 2021. Gallagher claims she did not mislead the Parliament as she did not use the information, she even claims that she only found out a few days prior so it doesn't fit the context of the discussion during the Senate Estimates Session.

Brett Sutton has resigned as the Victorian CHO bringing an end to his controversial pandemic era reign that some argue saw Victorian businesses and lives destroyed. Under his advice and watch the population was coerced into a vaccine program to keep their jobs and basic freedoms. We have since learnt much of the coercion was predicated on flawed modelling and data, with many Victorians still suffering as a result of the decisions. He will be joining the CSIRO. Never forget.

I asked A/Prof Holly Lawford-Smith about how the everyday member of the community should approach voicing their views and concerns on issues relating to trans rights vs gender rights. "It has been my observation that this fight to have this issue put on the table as a serious conflict of rights between different groups, where it's not just unkind or bigoted to question any of the claims of trans activism, that fight has to be fought in every single workplace, every single school, every single city council, every single country's government." Full episode of Realtime with Rukshan feat. guest Holly Lawford-Smith @aytchellesse out this Sunday. Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and a gender-critical feminist. She is the target of multiple ongoing campaigns by trans rights activists, who are calling for her removal from her teaching post. Posters and stickers placed around the university by the activists claim that her feminism philosophy course is for 'fascists only'. She recently lodged a complaint against her employer, alleging occupational health and safety breaches, political bullying, and undermining of academic freedoms.

Update on the Lisa Wilkinson saga and the political fallout.

Thanks to a Freedom of Information request by Big Brother Watch in the UK and The Telegraph, a secret program to monitor UK citizens for anti-lockdown/vaccine/mandate policy sentiment has been exposed. It has also been revealed that the UK government contracted out much of the work to a firm using AI technology to assess potential users for monitoring purposes. Archived Source Links: http://web.archive.org/web/20230602210645/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/02/counter-disinformation-unit-government-covid-lockdown/ http://web.archive.org/web/20230603073706/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/03/logically-ai-firm-social-media-posts-covid/

The South Australian parliament recently passed new laws that would see protesters be fined up to $50,000 or face 3 months in jail for engaging in protests found to be "disruptive". The laws were introduced in response to extreme acts of public disruption by climate activists, but should people get behind the government on this instance because they may not be ideologically aligned with the protesters?

Recently claims were made about the efficacy of garlic as it pertains to anti-viral properties of an Australian variety of garlic. Since the story was picked up around the world scientists and fact-checkers have set their sights on the news story to claim it has been hijacked by anti-vaxxers and covid-sceptics.

Victoria Police attempted community outreach via a post on twitter, and got totally owned forcing them to restrict the post.

Breaking: Certain varieties of Australian Garlic shows 99.9% efficacy against Covid-19 with natural anti-viral properties according to the Doherty Institute in Melbourne. I fact-check the 🤡🌎 "fact-checkers" that claimed it was harmful misinformation to talk about garlic. Sources for Fact-Check Clowns: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/doherty-finds-garlic-kills-covid-20230530-p5dcgn?fbclid=IwAR31Dy4kEVexzXkiE9auLawhK-avKbr--gcd28WQssV6u-vis-W5nCZQY2E

In this episode of The Opposition Podcast Rebel News Australia's Avi Yemini and independent journalist Rukshan Fernando, talk to Leon Kofmansky an Orthodox Jew and United Australia Party candidate. The trio delved into a topics surronding protests in Melbourne that remain shrouded in misunderstanding and misrepresentation.

Link to Article: https://www.racket.news/p/twitter-files-extra-the-covid-censorship Thanks to new bombshell revelations found in the #TwitterFiles by Racket News we now have evidence of at least 222 tweets the Australian government requested their "partner" Twitter remove. The requests involved removing posts critical of Daniel Andrews, and Greg Hunt as well as removal of legitimate information shared by Drs in Australia. There was also requests to remove tweets by foreign nationals discussing matters related to Australia. Some requests were so ridiculous they were not granted. The requests to censor Australians were made to Twitter by an outfit linked to the Department of Home Affairs under the division name the "Social Cohesion Division" - originally setup to monitor for terrorism/violent extremism.

FOI request by @SenatorAntic shows the Australian Government worked in secret with foreign companies to censor Australians on social media. At least 4213 individual requests were made by The Department of Home Affairs to censor members of the public. It is not clear what guidelines the government followed, and under what authority they carried out their campaign of censorship. I think its time we got the Australian #TwitterFiles @elonmusk

On the first episode of my new podcast show, "Realtime with Rukshan," I am joined by Monica Smit, a political activist and freedom fighter based in Melbourne. During this tell-all interview, we delve into Monica's often controversial activism campaigns, particularly during the lockdowns in Victoria, and explore the profound impact her work has had on her personal and professional life. We discuss Monica's experience of being incarcerated for allegedly "inciting protests" in Melbourne, as well as address the criticisms raised concerning the financial transparency of the organisation she leads. Listen along as we unravel the complexities surrounding Monica's activism, the challenges she has faced, and the controversies that have shaped her journey.

Neo-Nazis & Antifa - The rise of extreme ideologies in Victoria.

Highlight Video - Full Video later in the week. I was singled out by the police while covering a protest today because the mostly white “anti-racism/pro-immigration” protesters kept telling the police I was a “Nazi” and “race traitor” they want removed. I was asked to move on without a reason being given while other mainstream media were left alone. I stood my ground. I will not be intimidated by misguided left-wing racists, neo-nazis extremists or the police state when working. Rebel News Australia cameraman of Asian descent was also assaulted by far-left protesters in Melbourne just moments after Jewish Australian reporter @ozraeliaviyemini was called a “Nazi” and hit over the head with a pole while covering a protest in Melbourne. The far-left protesters claim to be pro-immigration, and fighting against racism by countering a far-right protest against immigration.

My recap after attending the Monash City Council meeting where residents were met with a large police presence prior to a planned council public forum. A lot has been made in the media of the opposition of residents to plans by Monash City Council to hold a "Drag Storytime" at the Oakleigh Library on the 19th of May, with some wild reports about protesters storming the council meeting. However after attending to report on the event, and being there prior to and after the meeting concluded, the second hand reporting by the media is nowhere close to being accurate.

Senator Lidia Thorpe brings a bit of Alice Springs charm to the Streets of Melbourne. Regardless of the interaction that caused this back-and-forth, the fact a sitting Senator appears to threaten a member of the public with "You are marked" whilst also hurling racist profanities should be condemned.

The confluence of woke ideology and virtue signalling has caused the west to regress to such a state that women and children are now on the receiving end of the consequences of a western world in upheaval about its own identify. While a very obvious set of conflicting ideas about gender and sex metastasised throughout all facets of society, governments have been wilfully blind to the dangers and people have been found cowering in the face of cancel culture. It's time to take back control of our present and future, and get behind the brave women and parents stepping up to do the job of advocating to preserve women's rights and protect children from harmful negligence.

New Zealand PM claims he can’t define what a woman is because he had no prior knowledge such a question would be asked. He then goes one to give an ambiguous explanation about gender. The situation for women in NZ seems dire. What kind of leader needs time to research what a woman is? From the first country in the world to give women the right to vote to having a Prime Minister no longer able to define what a women is. 🤡 🌎

Inner city left-wing activists and elites are on a crusade to co-opt Australia's diverse immigrant communities into supporting their latest radical causes. Whether it's seeking support for "the voice", or affirmation of gender ideology at the expense of the rights of biological women and men, these social justice warriors believe the only opinion that immigrant communities should hold is one that aligns with their own worldviews. To be fair I’m not surprised that certain people who harp on about diversity and inclusion want people of ethnic heritage to agree with them by default. They believe that If they don’t conform to their worldview and expectations of behaviour then there must be something wrong with them. These people often make the assumption that ethnic communities are a monolith, and fail to understand the implications of culture and history, as well as the diverse spectrum of political and social views prevalent in those communities. I’m of the opinion that people like this would have been great candidates to run plantations and oversee other dubious colonial era activities.

Remember when our State leaders and the Federal Government told us that the use of emergency powers that infringe on civil rights and liberties was a temporary measure to help during a health pandemic? Well in Western Australian Police have been granted extraordinary powers by the McGowan Labor government to search Australians entering the State without reasonable suspicion or cause. The extension of pandemic era powers comes after the McGowan government claimed they were effective at allowing police to control the entry of illegal drugs into the State. At present the powers to pull up Australians and search them at will is limited to 22 designated zones around WA, in particular ports of entry and border crossings. This is a concerning trend now across many States, with governments looking at implementing pandemic era measures and technologies that infringe on rights and legal protections for individuals to counter issues they claim pose a threat to society and national security.

Women’s Rights advocate Kellie-Jay Keen (Posie Parker) attacked by Trans rights activist in New Zealand with an unknown substance. Will NZ Police, Government and Media condemn this atrocious behaviour? Or are they going to stand by and watch the result of the mob they’ve helped riled up to surround and antagonise women trying to speak? In some backwards countries tribal leaders and men publicly pour acid on women who speak to silence them. In New Zealand right now Trans rights activists are celebrating their attempt at the ritualistic humiliation of a women's rights activist by throwing a substance at them in public and taking over the platform on which she was about to speak as a win for decency. The only thing different in the examples provided is the substance used, the intent is the same. #LetWomenSpeak

Lidia Thorpe's deranged madness must be rejected. As a Senator in the Australian Parliament, she should not be using her privileged position to intimidate and harass members of the public gathered peacefully to debate and present ideas. There is especially no place in Australia for politicians to intimidate and exclude from the public square women sharing legitimate concerns that impact them in Australia.