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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Former Greens candidate, bruised and bloodied, undergoes facial surgery after police arrest
The Greens candidate who ran against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his inner west seat at last month's election has undergone surgery for serious facial injuries after being arrested at a protest in western Sydney on Friday. Hannah Thomas, a lawyer and activist, was photographed with a bloodied face and bruised, swollen shut, right eye in the back of an ambulance after her arrest during a picketing outside a business that reportedly supplies plating services for F-35 jets used by the Israeli Defence Force. Thomas, 35, ran as the Greens candidate for Grayndler against Albanese in the May federal election. NSW Police arrested five people following what it said was an unauthorised protest of about 60 people outside SEC Plating on Lakemba Street, Belmore, at 5.35am on Friday. 'As police attempted to arrest the protesters who were not complying with the directions, a scuffle ensued between police and protesters,' NSW Police said in a statement. A 35-year-old woman sustained facial injuries during her arrest after she allegedly failed to comply with a move-on direction and was taken to Bankstown Hospital, NSW Police said. Four other protesters were arrested and charged. Video footage shared on social media shows police officers and protesters in a physical struggle around a person being pulled and pushed by the crowd. A woman can be heard repeatedly yelling 'help me'. Another individual yelled: 'Let go of her … Please let go of her'. The footage appears to show two police officers pulling an individual from the scrimmage and moving the individual a few metres along the footpath before tripping them to the ground.
The Age
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Age
Former Greens candidate, bruised and bloodied, undergoes facial surgery after police arrest
The Greens candidate who ran against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his inner west seat at last month's election has undergone surgery for serious facial injuries after being arrested at a protest in western Sydney on Friday. Hannah Thomas, a lawyer and activist, was photographed with a bloodied face and bruised, swollen shut, right eye in the back of an ambulance after her arrest during a picketing outside a business that reportedly supplies plating services for F-35 jets used by the Israeli Defence Force. Thomas, 35, ran as the Greens candidate for Grayndler against Albanese in the May federal election. NSW Police arrested five people following what it said was an unauthorised protest of about 60 people outside SEC Plating on Lakemba Street, Belmore, at 5.35am on Friday. 'As police attempted to arrest the protesters who were not complying with the directions, a scuffle ensued between police and protesters,' NSW Police said in a statement. A 35-year-old woman sustained facial injuries during her arrest after she allegedly failed to comply with a move-on direction and was taken to Bankstown Hospital, NSW Police said. Four other protesters were arrested and charged. Video footage shared on social media shows police officers and protesters in a physical struggle around a person being pulled and pushed by the crowd. A woman can be heard repeatedly yelling 'help me'. Another individual yelled: 'Let go of her … Please let go of her'. The footage appears to show two police officers pulling an individual from the scrimmage and moving the individual a few metres along the footpath before tripping them to the ground.
Malaysiakini
2 days ago
- Politics
- Malaysiakini
Hannah Thomas arrested, injured in pro-Palestine protest in Aussie
Hannah Thomas, daughter of former attorney-general Tommy Thomas, has been hospitalised after suffering injuries while being arrested, according to Australian media reports. She was among five protestors arrested over a pro-Palestinian protest outside SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's south-west this morning. The company is accused of supplying components for jets flown by the Israeli Defence Force. A report by ABC News quoted the New South Wales police saying...
ABC News
2 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas hospitalised after pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney
A former Greens candidate has been hospitalised after being injured during an arrest at a pro-Palestinian protest. The incident occurred outside SEC Plating in Belmore in Sydney's south-west on Friday morning. The protesters allege the company supplies components used by the class of jets which are flown by the Israeli Defence Force. NSW Police attempted to move the group on, claiming the action was unauthorised. "During the 35-year-old woman's arrest, she sustained facial injuries and was taken to Bankstown Hospital for treatment," police said in a statement. The woman has been identified as Hannah Thomas, who challenged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the federal seat of Grayndler at the election earlier this year. A video filmed by one of the protesters shows a scuffle between police and some of the attendees. Some of the protesters can be heard saying "let go of her". A woman in a black coat is then led away from the group and falls to the ground with a police officer. Police can be heard saying "get up now", and the woman can be heard replying: "I'm trying". A photo from after the incident appears to show Ms Thomas standing beside an officer with a swollen eye. A protester who witnessed the incident spoke to ABC News on the condition of anonymity. The witness said they saw Ms Thomas being tripped to the ground, and that she was struck in the face when officers attempted to get her to her feet. "It was very clearly a strike to the eye." Another attendee, Zack Schofield, said he saw her face after the incident. "I looked over to my right and saw a young woman with blood gushing out of the right side of her face, her right eye completely closed," Mr Schofield said. "She had clearly been struck with significant force." Police have told ABC News the incident is not being formally investigated as a critical incident, but will be recorded and reviewed as is standard practice for any use of force. "At this stage no issues have been identified, and no complaints have been received regarding the Belmore protests," a police spokesperson said. No charges have been laid against Ms Thomas. SEC Plating has also been contacted to respond to allegations it supplies components used by the Israeli military. The ABC understands Ms Thomas was scheduled for surgery this afternoon. It's believed doctors have been investigating whether her injuries could threaten her vision, and if she has any broken bones in her face. Federal Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi said she'd been assisting Ms Thomas. "Hannah's health is my top priority," Ms Faruqi said "It is devastating that police would bring violence against a non-violent protest for peace, but not surprising. NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson issued a statement, alongside federal MP David Shoebridge. "I have spoken with the people in police custody this morning, in my legal capacity, and they cannot believe what they saw happen to the individual who has sustained serious injury as a result of the excessive police force," Ms Higginson said. Police said four others were arrested at the protest, including a 24-year-old man who they allege temporarily stole a police body worn camera. They were taken to Campsie Police Station where they were charged with a range of offences and granted conditional bail. The four charged are due to appear at Bankstown Local Court on Tuesday, July 15.
The Age
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Age
Hegseth channels old TV role as he berates reporters over Iran bombing coverage
'That's not the question though,' replied Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin. 'Are you certain none of that highly enriched uranium was moved?' Hegseth then went on the attack: 'Of course we're watching every single aspect. But Jennifer, you've been about the worst. The one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says.' Griffin noted she had reported key details of the complex military operation accurately and before others. 'So I take issue with that,' she said. On the key question of whether the trucks removed uranium, Trump later said that the trucks seen in satellite images were, in fact, workers installing concrete caps over the ventilation shafts to try to ward off an attack. 'Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!' he wrote on his Truth Social page. But he did provide the source of his information. Confirming details of the operation for the first time, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Dan Caine said the US targeted two ventilation shafts at Fordow, which the Iranians had tried to cover up with concrete days earlier. On each side, the first bomb forcibly removed the cap, while the next four were fired into the shaft and exploded underground. A sixth was kept as a spare. 'All six weapons at each vent at Fordow went exactly where they were intended to go,' Caine said. He also revealed just 44 US soldiers defended the Al Udeid Air Base from Iran's missile attack earlier this week – the oldest being a 28-year-old captain and the youngest a 21-year-old private – after most troops were cleared from the expected target zone. But Caine did not discuss intelligence about what may have been destroyed underground. It was not his job to perform battle damage assessment, which was done by the intelligence community, he said. Hegseth acknowledged nobody knew for sure the status of assets under buried under the bombed mountain at Fordow, and was relying on satellite imagery and their knowledge of the destructive power of the US's bombs. 'Anyone with two eyes, some ears and a brain can recognise that kind of firepower with that specificity, at that location, and others, is going to have a devastating effect,' he said. 'If you want to know what's going on at Fordow you better go there and get a big shovel because no one's under there, able to assess, and everyone's using reflections of what they see.' Hegseth also repeated comments from Iran's foreign ministry saying the facilities had been 'badly damaged', as well as remarks form the Israeli Defence Force, Israel's Atomic Energy Commission and the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency. The debate over the extent of the damage to the three targeted sites flowed from Trump's declaration, shortly after the operation, that Iran's nuclear program had been 'completely and totally obliterated'. Loading The preliminary intelligence report, revealed by CNN and The New York Times, appeared to cast doubt on that, even though it was based on incomplete information, with a high degree of uncertainty. Trump, who has raged about the media's reporting on the operation, said the Thursday morning (10pm AEST) appearance by Hegseth and Caine was 'one of the greatest, most professional and most 'confirming' News Conferences I have ever seen'. 'The Fake News should fire everyone involved in this Witch Hunt, and apologise to our great warriors, and everyone else!' Trump posted on his Truth Social website.
