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Perth Now
29 minutes ago
- Perth Now
Clubs want ‘accountability' after racial abuse
Port Adelaide has called for the federal government to demand 'accountability' from social media companies as two AFL clubs and the players association condemned more racial attacks. It comes as Victoria Police arrested and charged man for a racial attack on NBL star Montrezl Harrell in what was lauded as a landmark moment in Australian sport. Port's Jase Burgoyne and St Kilda star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera both called out the racial abuse they copped across last weekend. After going down to Sydney by five points on Sunday, Wanganeen-Milera was targeted by an anonymous account with a vile attack, including the words 'bro u f--king n----r'.' Burgoyne, a close friend of Wanganeen-Milera, then revealed even more horrific language used to attack him on his Instagram account, including 'tell your cousins to get jobs', 'welcome to country you f--king loser' and a vile reference to his mother. The abuse on Jase Burgoyne's Instagram account. Credit: Supplied Port released a statement on Monday condemning the attacks and calling for action having referred the matter to the AFL's integrity unit. 'Such abuse is reprehensible and will not, and should not, be tolerated,' the statement said. 'The club has advised the AFL integrity department and we look forward to working closely with the AFL to identify those responsible and sanction appropriately. 'We also encourage people who witness or experience online abuse to report and highlight it to the social media platforms on which it appears. 'Port Adelaide also calls for governments to demand accountability from social media organisations. Platforms need to take accountability and action against these abusers.' Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera has called out racial abuse. Mark Stewart Credit: News Corp Australia AFL boss Andrew Dillon said hiding behind a fake account was 'cowardly' and the league would use its agreement with the eSafety Commissioner to address the issue. 'We have been clear that there is absolutely no place for this behaviour in our sport and in society. Racism is never acceptable and these incidents demonstrate there is so much more work to be done,' he said. 'Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Jase Burgoyne are talented footballers and remarkable young men. We acknowledge their courage to call out the hurtful and completely unacceptable remarks and offer our support to both players, their families and our broader Indigenous playing group.' St Kilda chief executive Carl Dilena said the club would work closely with the league to identify the perpetrator of the abusive messages. 'As a club we do not accept racist behaviour of any kind,' Dilena said. 'These comments are abhorrent and have no place in our game or our community. 'Beyond Nasiah's talent on the field, he is a proud Kokatha and Narangga man who deserves to work and live free from this type of abuse. St Kilda Football Club stands firmly with Nasiah, his family and all First Nations people, and we remain committed to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. 'We fully support Nasiah and will work closely with the AFL integrity unit to do everything we can to identify the person responsible for these messages.'
The Advertiser
42 minutes ago
- The Advertiser
Streets paved with gold in alleged roadworks corruption
Cash, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement officer Ibrahim Helmy between 2012 and 2024 has come under the microscope of the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption. A senior barrister assisting the commission's inquiry notes it is only the agency's latest corruption cloud. "This is the fourth public inquiry into corruption in procurement processes at Transport for NSW since 2019," Rob Ranken SC said on Monday. Past inquiries found department officials had manipulated procurements and contracts for corrupt benefits and the current inquiry is expected to reveal similar conduct, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is suspected to have received more than $11.5 million from the alleged scheme, which involved contracts worth more than $343 million. Cash stuffed in envelopes, cryptocurrency transfers Helmy allegedly coached people through and nuggets of gold bullion were among payments, Mr Ranken told the inquiry. Helmy has been wanted since May after failing to appear before the NSW Crime Commission. The commission held his Australian passport when Helmy was detected at Sydney Airport awaiting a flight to China in September 2024. Computers and storage devices were seized along with a US passport, before Helmy was released on conditions. But he failed to return from putting the bins out one Sunday night according to his family, who have not reported him missing, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is believed to still be in NSW and to have received assistance to avoid apprehension. "We suspect it is only a matter of time before he is located and we urge him to come forward of his own volition," Mr Ranken said. The inquiry is expected to hear from managers and directors of companies Helmy allegedly helped receive lucrative government work. A number of other transport officials are also subject to the inquiry, with hopes it can make recommendations to improve the department's policies and processes. The investigation led to raids on the head office of Protection Barriers, one of the state's biggest roadworks companies, in September. The business secured significant deals worth more than $110 million from Transport for NSW for road safety work. Luxury cars were seized from the company's headquarters in northern NSW, before the firm fell into voluntary administration in March. Company founder Jason Chellew told the inquiry Helmy had proposed inflating contracts and splitting the increase. "We were worried that if we said no, we would have got no work," Mr Chellew said. The inquiry also expects to hear from Peco and Saso Jankulovski, directors of Complete Linemarking Services, later in the week. Cash, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement officer Ibrahim Helmy between 2012 and 2024 has come under the microscope of the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption. A senior barrister assisting the commission's inquiry notes it is only the agency's latest corruption cloud. "This is the fourth public inquiry into corruption in procurement processes at Transport for NSW since 2019," Rob Ranken SC said on Monday. Past inquiries found department officials had manipulated procurements and contracts for corrupt benefits and the current inquiry is expected to reveal similar conduct, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is suspected to have received more than $11.5 million from the alleged scheme, which involved contracts worth more than $343 million. Cash stuffed in envelopes, cryptocurrency transfers Helmy allegedly coached people through and nuggets of gold bullion were among payments, Mr Ranken told the inquiry. Helmy has been wanted since May after failing to appear before the NSW Crime Commission. The commission held his Australian passport when Helmy was detected at Sydney Airport awaiting a flight to China in September 2024. Computers and storage devices were seized along with a US passport, before Helmy was released on conditions. But he failed to return from putting the bins out one Sunday night according to his family, who have not reported him missing, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is believed to still be in NSW and to have received assistance to avoid apprehension. "We suspect it is only a matter of time before he is located and we urge him to come forward of his own volition," Mr Ranken said. The inquiry is expected to hear from managers and directors of companies Helmy allegedly helped receive lucrative government work. A number of other transport officials are also subject to the inquiry, with hopes it can make recommendations to improve the department's policies and processes. The investigation led to raids on the head office of Protection Barriers, one of the state's biggest roadworks companies, in September. The business secured significant deals worth more than $110 million from Transport for NSW for road safety work. Luxury cars were seized from the company's headquarters in northern NSW, before the firm fell into voluntary administration in March. Company founder Jason Chellew told the inquiry Helmy had proposed inflating contracts and splitting the increase. "We were worried that if we said no, we would have got no work," Mr Chellew said. The inquiry also expects to hear from Peco and Saso Jankulovski, directors of Complete Linemarking Services, later in the week. Cash, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement officer Ibrahim Helmy between 2012 and 2024 has come under the microscope of the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption. A senior barrister assisting the commission's inquiry notes it is only the agency's latest corruption cloud. "This is the fourth public inquiry into corruption in procurement processes at Transport for NSW since 2019," Rob Ranken SC said on Monday. Past inquiries found department officials had manipulated procurements and contracts for corrupt benefits and the current inquiry is expected to reveal similar conduct, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is suspected to have received more than $11.5 million from the alleged scheme, which involved contracts worth more than $343 million. Cash stuffed in envelopes, cryptocurrency transfers Helmy allegedly coached people through and nuggets of gold bullion were among payments, Mr Ranken told the inquiry. Helmy has been wanted since May after failing to appear before the NSW Crime Commission. The commission held his Australian passport when Helmy was detected at Sydney Airport awaiting a flight to China in September 2024. Computers and storage devices were seized along with a US passport, before Helmy was released on conditions. But he failed to return from putting the bins out one Sunday night according to his family, who have not reported him missing, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is believed to still be in NSW and to have received assistance to avoid apprehension. "We suspect it is only a matter of time before he is located and we urge him to come forward of his own volition," Mr Ranken said. The inquiry is expected to hear from managers and directors of companies Helmy allegedly helped receive lucrative government work. A number of other transport officials are also subject to the inquiry, with hopes it can make recommendations to improve the department's policies and processes. The investigation led to raids on the head office of Protection Barriers, one of the state's biggest roadworks companies, in September. The business secured significant deals worth more than $110 million from Transport for NSW for road safety work. Luxury cars were seized from the company's headquarters in northern NSW, before the firm fell into voluntary administration in March. Company founder Jason Chellew told the inquiry Helmy had proposed inflating contracts and splitting the increase. "We were worried that if we said no, we would have got no work," Mr Chellew said. The inquiry also expects to hear from Peco and Saso Jankulovski, directors of Complete Linemarking Services, later in the week. Cash, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement officer Ibrahim Helmy between 2012 and 2024 has come under the microscope of the state's Independent Commission Against Corruption. A senior barrister assisting the commission's inquiry notes it is only the agency's latest corruption cloud. "This is the fourth public inquiry into corruption in procurement processes at Transport for NSW since 2019," Rob Ranken SC said on Monday. Past inquiries found department officials had manipulated procurements and contracts for corrupt benefits and the current inquiry is expected to reveal similar conduct, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is suspected to have received more than $11.5 million from the alleged scheme, which involved contracts worth more than $343 million. Cash stuffed in envelopes, cryptocurrency transfers Helmy allegedly coached people through and nuggets of gold bullion were among payments, Mr Ranken told the inquiry. Helmy has been wanted since May after failing to appear before the NSW Crime Commission. The commission held his Australian passport when Helmy was detected at Sydney Airport awaiting a flight to China in September 2024. Computers and storage devices were seized along with a US passport, before Helmy was released on conditions. But he failed to return from putting the bins out one Sunday night according to his family, who have not reported him missing, Mr Ranken said. Helmy is believed to still be in NSW and to have received assistance to avoid apprehension. "We suspect it is only a matter of time before he is located and we urge him to come forward of his own volition," Mr Ranken said. The inquiry is expected to hear from managers and directors of companies Helmy allegedly helped receive lucrative government work. A number of other transport officials are also subject to the inquiry, with hopes it can make recommendations to improve the department's policies and processes. The investigation led to raids on the head office of Protection Barriers, one of the state's biggest roadworks companies, in September. The business secured significant deals worth more than $110 million from Transport for NSW for road safety work. Luxury cars were seized from the company's headquarters in northern NSW, before the firm fell into voluntary administration in March. Company founder Jason Chellew told the inquiry Helmy had proposed inflating contracts and splitting the increase. "We were worried that if we said no, we would have got no work," Mr Chellew said. The inquiry also expects to hear from Peco and Saso Jankulovski, directors of Complete Linemarking Services, later in the week.
Perth Now
44 minutes ago
- Perth Now
‘Watching you': Horror threat against Aussies
A disturbing video is circulating across social media that appears to threaten violence against Australians working at aerospace company Lovitt Technologies. The unverified video shows a person speaking in a digitally altered voice and dressed completely in black. The person calls the message 'an anonymous communique' from the 'cell' that torched and vandalised three cars on the Lovitt lot in Melbourne on July 5. CCTV of the incident shows five hooded offenders entering the business just before 4am, setting fire to the cars. In the video, the person says the vandalism was not 'an accident'. 'This is a clear and serious threat,' the person says. 'If you continue making weapons or components of any kind there will be consequences. Consider this a warning.' The person then reveals anti-Israel, anti-American and anti-Australian sentiment underpins the group's actions. '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 says. The unverified video shows a person clad all in black and talking in a digitally altered voice. The person threatens employees of Australian aerospace company Lovitt Technologies. Supplied Credit: News Corp Australia The group is targeting Lovitt because it supplies components to defence and aerospace companies Lockheed Martin, BAE and Boeing, the person says. The person then threatens violence against the company's workers and suggests his group has been 'watching' Lovitt's employees and collecting personal information on them. 'Every worker in this supply chain is complicit,' the person says. 'You have had years to contemplate the consequences of your actions. We will decide your fate as you have decided the fate of millions. 'For the past few months, we have been closely watching you. We have your addresses. All the information we have about you will be distributed to our underground networks. Stop arming Israel or else.' The person ends the video by saying 'every colony will burn'. 'Death to Israel. Death to Australia. Death to America. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' they say. Victoria Police has confirmed it is investigating the July 5 attack and now the video. '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.' Police said there were as yet no links between the July 5 act of vandalism at Lovitt and other criminal acts that hit Melbourne over that weekend, including the arson attack on the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation synagogue. Police say there is at this time no link between the arson attack on the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation synagogue and the group that attacked Lovitt Technologies on July 5. NewsWire / Valeriu Campan Credit: News Corp Australia Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin said the group's video and message resembled 'an al-Qaeda terror cell'. 'It doesn't matter that they think they're doing something just and righteous – Islamist terrorists and neo-Nazis think that too,' he told NewsWire. 'What matters is that we remain a country of laws and not allow bands of zealots to decide what is a legitimate target for violence and criminal acts. 'Today it is a business they oppose and tomorrow it will be individuals, politicians, journalists or religious institutions they deem impure. 'We expect this incident to be investigated and for those responsible to be met with the law.' NewsWire contacted Lovitt, but the company has declined to comment.
