An Australian woman has been charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder after allegedly serving poisonous mushrooms during a lunch with her former in-laws.
Erin Patterson, 49, served beef Wellington – which contains mushrooms – for lunch in July. Within days, three people died, with toxicology reports showing the victims had consumed death cap mushrooms, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67293752" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Patterson maintains her innocence, saying she did not intentionally poison her guests.
She has been charged with three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder due to the lunch, as well as three additional counts of attempted murder for separate incidents between 2021 and 2022.
“Over the last three months, this investigation has been subjected to incredibly intense levels of public scrutiny and curiosity,” Victoria Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said in <a href="https://www.police.vic.gov.au/woman-charged-part-investigation-leongatha-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a statement</a>. “I cannot think of another investigation that has generated this level of media and public interest, not only here in Victoria but also nationally and internationally.”
“Today’s charges are just the next step in what has been an incredibly complex, methodical and thorough investigation by Homicide Squad detectives,” Thomas added. “I know that people will no doubt have many unanswered questions about this matter, however I urge people to be especially mindful of unnecessary speculation and not sharing misinformation.”
Police suspected Erin because neither she nor her two children became ill after the lunch.
Among those who died in July were Don and Gail Patterson, the parents of Erin’s ex-husband Simon, who was supposed to attend the deadly lunch but backed out at the last minute. At least one guest who attended the July lunch became critically ill but survived.
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Erin’s former mother-in-law Gail, 70, her husband Don, 70, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, all died days after attending the lunch.
“I am now devastated to think that these mushrooms may have contributed to the illness suffered by my loved ones. I really want to repeat that I had absolutely no reason to hurt these people whom I loved,” Erin said in a statement to police, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/mushroom-poisoning-leongatha-erin-patterson-police-statement/102725876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Australian broadcaster ABC</a>.
Erin also said in that statement that she had purchased the mushrooms from two different stores.
Police also charged Erin with three counts of attempted murder for incidents occurring between 2021 and 2022. A 48-year-old man became ill after eating a meal with Erin on these dates. Police did not provide further details.

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Australian Woman Charged With Murder After Allegedly Serving Poisonous Mushrooms For Lunch

An Australian Woman Charged With Murder After Allegedly Serving Poisonous Mushrooms For Lunch

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Charlie Puth took time out of his latest concert in Australia to honor &#8220;Friends&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matthew-perry-had-one-wish-about-how-hed-be-remembered-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-friends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matthew Perry</a> following news of the actor&#8217;s death on Saturday.
In a video that first <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/30/charlie-puth-pays-tribute-matthew-perry-plays-friends-theme-song-see-you-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surfaced</a> on TikTok and then shared on <a href="https://twitter.com/Braveinlove28/status/1718632336021991512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the 31-year-old can be seen sitting down behind a piano at his concert in Melbourne playing the theme song to the hit 90&#8217;s show, &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be There For You,&#8221; with the crowd joining in and singing every word.
As Puth played the notes, the crowd sang, &#8220;So no one told you life was gonna be this way/Your job&#8217;s a joke, you&#8217;re broke/Your love life&#8217;s DOA&#8230;,&#8221; before Puth joined in with the chorus, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be there for you/(When the rain starts to pour)/I&#8217;ll be there for you/(Like I&#8217;ve been there before)/I&#8217;ll be there for you/(&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re there for me too).&#8221;
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Ohhhhh this is so beautiful. Charlie I’m in awe of you and this tribute.
Rest now precious soul<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/matthewperry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#matthewperry</a> <a href="https://t.co/GPGUGMAKgW">pic.twitter.com/GPGUGMAKgW</a>
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The &#8220;We Don&#8217;t Talk Anymore&#8221; hitmaker then transitioned after the chorus into one of his popular songs and started singing the lyrics to his 2015 hit, &#8220;See You Again.&#8221;
The crowd roared, and it was clear it was an emotional moment as Puth sang, &#8220;It&#8217;s been a long day without you, my friend/And I&#8217;ll tell you all about it when I see you again/We&#8217;ve come a long way from where we began/Oh, I&#8217;ll tell you all about it when I see you again/When I see you again.&#8221;
The tribute comes after the actor, best known for his &#8220;Friends&#8221; role as Chandler Bing, was found unresponsive at his home in his jacuzzi on Saturday,<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/30/charlie-puth-pays-tribute-matthew-perry-plays-friends-theme-song-see-you-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TMZ</a> noted. No illegal substances were found at the scene,e and no foul play was suspected.
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On Sunday, the coroner&#8217;s office labeled the cause of death &#8220;deferred,&#8221; meaning that after the autopsy an additional investigation needed to be done to determine the cause of death, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matthew-perry-cause-of-death-deferred-autopsy-completed0los-angeles-coroner-1235631400/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
&#8220;Deferred means that after an autopsy, a cause of death has not been determined and the medical examiner is requesting more investigation into the death, including additional studies,&#8221; a spokesperson for the department previously explained to THR, when the coroner deferred the case of death for Lisa Marie Presley, who died in January. &#8220;Once the tests/studies come back, the doctor evaluates the case again and makes the cause of death determination.&#8221;
A spokesperson told <a href="https://people.com/matthew-perry-death-requires-further-investigation-medical-examiner-says-8384214" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> that a toxicology was being done to determine Perry&#8217;s death, which they said could take weeks to complete.
Perry, who appeared in all 234 episodes of &#8220;Friends&#8221; during its 10-season run, had been open in the past about his long struggle with addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-54-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He was 54.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-54-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Friends&#8217; Star Matthew Perry Dead At 54: Report</a>

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Anti-Semites gathered near the Sydney Opera House in Australia on Monday and shouted vile chants against Jews. Those in the Jewish community were warned to stay away from the demonstration, while some supporters of Israel were arrested. 
Video footage showed nearly 2,000 people in Sydney holding Palestinian flags and chanting, “Gas the Jews,” “F*** the Jews,” and “Allahu Akbar.” Radical Muslims who joined the demonstration threw flares and projectiles at police who had set up a barricade at the steps of the Opera House near the crowd, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12612345/Sydney-Opera-House-Israel-Palestine-protest-Anger-Jews-told-stay-home-dragged-away-protest-radical-Muslims-shout-vile-anti-semetic-comments-throw-flares-chant-death-jews.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
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 More than 100 police officers watched from behind the barricade as the terrorist sympathizers spewed hatred and fired flares.  
“I’m very disappointed in the strongest possible terms that people saw fit to utilize flares and what not,” Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke said, adding that police were examining footage of the demonstration to identify who had thrown the flares.
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail reported that three people attempting to display Israeli flags were either chased by the anti-Semitic mob or arrested by police “for their own safety.” 
“A person was removed from the Town Hall rally who was carrying a flag for his safety,&#8217; Cooke said. “He was arrested to prevent a breach of the peace for his safety. He was removed and released.” 
Robert Gregory, CEO of the Australian Jewish Association, slammed Australian authorities for allowing the anti-Semitic demonstrators to threaten Jews and fire projectiles at police while telling Jews to stay away from the opera house. 
“The police gave a warning for Jews not to come into the area,” Gregory said. “Think about that. Imagine if there were mobs hunting blacks or gays in Sydney&#8217;s CBD. “Imagine if the police warned blacks or gays not to come into Sydney&#8217;s CBD.”
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Anti-Israel activists also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/proud-of-what-has-occurred-scenes-from-inside-philadelphias-pro-hamas-rally" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gathered</a> in cities in the U.S., with some demonstrators at a rally in Philadelphia saying they were “proud” to see Hamas slaughter Israeli civilians. Around 220 people participated in an “emergency solidarity rally” in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square, where speakers proclaimed, “All of us here, standing today, are proud of what has occurred yesterday.”
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Hamas has so far killed around 1,000 Israelis and wounded thousands more in the surprise terror attack that began on Saturday morning. The terrorists also kidnapped an unknown number of Israelis, many of them women and children, and are currently holding them hostage in the Gaza Strip. Videos posted by the terrorists showed them celebrating as they desecrated the bodies of Israeli soldiers and civilians during their attack.
Israel has responded by bombing Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and sending Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to rescue the hostages, whom Hamas is threatening to execute. 
“Hamas will understand that by attacking us, they have made a mistake of historic proportions,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netanyahu-those-who-attacked-israel-will-remember-israels-military-response-for-generations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Monday. “We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and Israel’s other enemies for decades to come.”
“Hamas terrorists bound, burned, and executed children,” he added. “They are savages. Hamas is ISIS. And just as the forces of civilization united to defeat ISIS, the forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas.”

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> allegedly discussed information with a foreign billionaire at Mar-a-Lago shortly after he left office in 2021 involving potentially sensitive material about the capabilities of the U.S.&#8217; most advanced nuclear submarines.
ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that federal law enforcement officials with Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s investigation have interviewed the Australian billionaire — 63-year-old Anthony Pratt, who runs a packaging company and who is a member at Mar-a-Lago — at least two times about what Trump allegedly told him.
Pratt told investigators that Trump made the disclosures during a conversation that the two were having at Mar-a-Lago in April 2021 when Pratt told Trump that he wanted Australia to purchase submarines for its Navy from the United States, the report said. Pratt said that it was at this moment when Trump allegedly told him in a discreet manner the exact number of nuclear warheads that U.S. submarines can carry and how closely they are able to get to Russian submarines without being detected. Pratt said that the former president did not show him any documents — something Trump has been accused of doing in a federal indictment with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-posts-recording-of-trump-allegedly-showing-secret-information-to-guests-trump-accuses-special-counsel-of-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">authors</a> and one of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-trump-campaign-official-who-allegedly-saw-classified-map-works-for-chinese-lobbying-group-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top campaign officials</a>.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/politics/trump-nuclear-submarine-classified-documents.html">reported</a> that Pratt is one of at least 80 people that the special counsel’s office has identified as a potential witness who could testify against Trump at trial.
Information about how many Trident II D5 ballistic missiles that each U.S. submarine can carry is <a href="https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/Americas-Nuclear-Triad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publicly known</a> — what is not precisely known is how many nuclear warheads are on each missile. There also does not appear to be any precise publicly available information about just how close the submarines can get to hostile submarines without being detected.
After being told the information, Pratt then allegedly told at least 45 other people about what Trump had disclosed to him, including multiple journalists, nearly a dozen people at his company, ten Australian government officials, and three former Australian prime ministers, the report said.
Investigators asked Pratt to no longer tell other people the specific numbers that Trump told him. While there was no indication of whether the information that Trump told Pratt was accurate, the fact that investigators asked him to no longer share the information with others suggested that it could be potentially classified.
A spokesperson for the former president slammed ABC News&#8217; report as an &#8220;illegal leak&#8221; coming from &#8220;sources which totally lack proper context and relevant information.&#8221;
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&#8220;The Department of Justice should investigate the criminal leaking, instead of perpetrating their baseless witch-hunts while knowing that President Trump did nothing wrong, has always insisted on truth and transparency, and acted in a proper manner, according to the law,&#8221; the spokesperson said.

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Three U.S. Marines killed during a training exercise in the Australian north coast city of Darwin on Monday were identified on Tuesday after an American MV-22B Osprey aircraft carrying the troops crashed and wounded several others.
Captain Eleanor V LeBeau, 29, Corporal Spencer R Collart, 21, and Major Tobin J Lewis, 37, were reportedly killed in the crash after the aircraft caught fire when lying in support of Exercise Predators Run.
&#8220;We are deeply saddened by the loss of three respected and beloved members of the MRF-D family,&#8221; Col Brendan Sullivan, commanding officer of the Marine Rotational Force Darwin, said in a <a href="https://www.marines.mil/News/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Display/Article/3507817/update-marine-rotational-force-darwin-mv-22b-osprey-tiltrotor-aircraft-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and with all involved.&#8221;
The tiltrotor aircraft was carrying 23 U.S. Marines when it crashed at roughly 9:30 a.m. local time on Melville Island, off the Northern Territory of mainland Australia in the Timor Sea. Twenty Marines suffered injuries in the crash, and five in serious condition were flown to a town 50 miles away for treatment.
&#8220;At present, we remain focused on required support to the ongoing recovery and investigative efforts,&#8221; Sullivan added.
U.S. Marine Corps officials said three Marines remain in Royal Darwin Hospital, one in critical condition and two in stable condition. Military officials said 17 others were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital, treated for minor injuries, and released.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles <a href="https://apnews.com/article/osprey-crash-australia-marines-89a89b2ba580249f8cd6960909ca0dcd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said she would not detail the conditions of those in the hospital out of respect for them and their families.
&#8220;It&#8217;s&#8230; a credit to everyone involved that we were able to get 20 patients from an extremely remote location on an island into our tertiary hospital within a matter of hours,&#8221; Fyles told reporters.
The deceased Marines had highly decorated careers and received numerous service medals and awards.
Corporal Collart, originally from Arlington, Virginia, enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 2020 and was promoted to Corporal in February 2023. He served in Pensacola, FL, and Jacksonville, NC, before arriving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, HI. Cpl Collart, an MV-22B crew chief, received the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, according to military officials.
Captain LeBeau, originally from Belleville, Illinois, piloted the aircraft when it crashed. Authorities reportedly commended her for landing the plane, allowing 20 others to survive the wreck. She was commissioned into the Marine Corps in August 2018 and was promoted to Captain in March 2023. She served in Pensacola, FL, Corpus Christi, TX, and Jacksonville, NC, before arriving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, HI. Capt LeBeau, an MV-22B pilot, received the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, according to military officials.
Major Lewis, originally from Jefferson, Colorado, was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 2008, being promoted to Major in 2018. He has served in Pensacola, FL, Corpus Christi, TX, Jacksonville, NC, and Okinawa, Japan, before arriving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, HI. Maj Lewis, an MV-22B pilot, received two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and four Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, according to military officials.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin paid tribute to the deceased Marines on social media.
&#8220;These Marines served our country with courage and pride, and my thoughts and prayers are with their families today, with the other troops who were injured in the crash, and with the entire USMC family,&#8221; Austin tweeted.
The Osprey aircraft that crashed was one of two that left the Australian town of Darwin for the Tiwi Islands – where Melville Island is located – roughly 50 miles away. The &#8220;routine training exercise&#8221; supported Exercise Predators Run, a multi-nation military exercise comprised of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor.
Roughly 2,500 people take part in the military drill, including about 500 from the United States, according to Fox News. The exercise, set to end on September 7 after 12 days, has reportedly been paused following the tragic incident.
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy said emergency responders were surprised the death toll from the crash was not higher.
&#8220;For a chopper that crashes and catches fire, to have 20 Marines that are surviving, I think that&#8217;s an incredible outcome,&#8221; Murphy said.
Though unclear what caused the incident, this isn&#8217;t the first time the Osprey aircraft has been involved in a fatal crash.
Since 2012, there have been five fatal crashes involving Marine Osprey aircraft, according to the AP. In June 2022, a mechanical failure related to the aircraft&#8217;s clutch caused the deaths of five Marines in California after the Osprey crashed, according to a crash investigation report.
Three months before the fatal incident, four other Marines were killed in an Osprey crash during a NATO exercise in Norway.
Ben Whitehead contributed to this report.

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Three U.S. Marines were killed during a training exercise on a northern Australian island on Sunday after an American MV-22B Osprey aircraft carrying the troops crashed, wounding several others, according to officials. 
The tiltrotor aircraft was carrying 23 U.S. Marines when it crashed at roughly 9:30 a.m. local time on Melville Island, which is off the Northern Territory of mainland Australia in the Timor Sea. Twenty Marines were injured in the crash, and five in serious condition were flown to a town 50 miles away for treatment, according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-military-aircraft-crash-australia-e85fcd46cd3c85933d724a8cf4f253b3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Associated Press. 
“Marine Rotational Force &#8211; Darwin can confirm a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crash on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, while transporting troops during a routine training exercise,” the Marine Rotational Force in Darwin (MRF-D) said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/MRFDarwin/status/1695703721081204844/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. 
At least one of the injured Marines underwent surgery at a hospital in Darwin, according to Natasha Fyles, the chief minister of Australia’s Northern Territory. Recovery efforts were still ongoing, and the cause of the crash was under investigation, according to the MRF-D press release, which was issued early Sunday. 
There was a “significant fire in the vicinity of the crash site,” according to an audio recording of an American official’s report to Australian air traffic controllers following the incident, the AP reported. 
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The Osprey aircraft that crashed was one of two that left the Australian town of Darwin for the Tiwi Islands – where Melville Island is located – roughly 50 miles away. The “routine training exercise” was in support of Exercise Predators Run, a multi-nation military exercise comprised of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor. 
“The initial reports suggest that the incident involves just U.S. defense force personnel,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “Our focus as a government and as the department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time.”
Roughly 2,500 people take part in Exercise Predators Run, including about 500 from the United States, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-military-aircraft-carrying-about-20-marines-crashes-over-australia-killing-3-injuring-others?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>. The exercise, set to end on September 7 after 12 days, has reportedly been paused following the tragic incident. 
Though it’s unclear what caused the incident, this isn’t the first time the Osprey aircraft has been involved in a fatal crash. Since 2012, there have been five fatal crashes involving Marine Osprey aircraft, according to the AP. In June 2022, a mechanical failure related to the aircraft’s clutch caused the deaths of five Marines in California after the Osprey crashed, according to a crash investigation report. Three months before that, four Marines were <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/27/australia-crash-us-marines-killed-osprey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> in an Osprey crash during a NATO exercise in Norway.

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An Australian court has decided not to pursue perjury charges against actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-files-notice-of-intent-to-appeal-verdict-in-johnny-depp-defamation-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amber Heard</a> following allegations that she lied about how her and her ex-husband <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-depp-comeback-in-full-swing-after-landing-multi-year-seven-figure-deal-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Depp&#8217;s</a> Yorkshire terriers got into that country in 2015.
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has decided against charging the 37-year-old actress with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-is-being-investigated-for-potential-perjury-in-2015-dog-smuggling-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perjury</a> for allegedly lying in 2016 about being unaware of the nation&#8217;s strict animal quarantine regulations. She brought the then-couple&#8217;s dogs Pistol and Boo into the country while Depp was filming his fifth movie in the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; franchise, Australia&#8217;s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, a biosecurity watchdog, said in a statement to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/24/australian-prosecutors-drop-case-against-amber-heard-over-dogs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>.
&#8220;Prosecution action will not be taken against … Heard over allegations related to her sentencing for the illegal import of two dogs,&#8221; the department said in a statement.
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Amber Heard has scored a legal victory as a long-going case against the actress, who was accused of perjury for illegally importing her dogs into Australia, has been dropped.
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In 2015, Heard was accused of breaking Australia&#8217;s quarantine regulations when she did not declare that she was bringing her dogs to the country upon arrival. When the pups were discovered, the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; star was charged with two counts of illegally importing the dogs into the country and one count of producing a false document, a spokesman for the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions told <a href="https://people.com/amber-heard-will-not-face-new-charges-over-alleged-illegal-import-of-2-dogs-into-australia-7775516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a>.
In 2016, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-under-foreign-criminal-investigation-in-smuggling-case-told-others-to-lie-to-authorities-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heard</a> pleaded guilty to providing a false immigration document. A judge sentenced her to a one-month good behavior bond, while the charges of illegally importing the dogs into Australia were dropped, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australian-prosecutors-drop-case-actor-amber-heard-pet-102473762" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a> noted.
At the time, Heard&#8217;s lawyer denied his client had intended to lie when she did not declare her dogs and instead was simply jet lagged and assumed her assistants had taken care of the paperwork.
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However, during Depp&#8217;s London libel trial against The Sun newspaper in 2020, the actor and Heard&#8217;s former employee <a href="https://people.com/amber-heard-will-not-face-new-charges-over-alleged-illegal-import-of-2-dogs-into-australia-7775516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> the actress had known about Australia&#8217;s quarantine rules, ignored them, and put pressure on a staff member to take the blame for breaking the laws, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/australia-amber-heard-yorkshire-terriers-16f94ee9f78884845dad38e433d4114a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> reported.
The discrepancy in the account of how Heard&#8217;s pups got into the country caused prosecutors to look into whether Heard had provided false testimony and lied about her knowledge of Australia&#8217;s laws. The investigation also delved into whether an employee had falsified a statutory declaration under duress, the AP noted.
&#8220;The department collaborated with agencies, both in Australia and overseas, to investigate these claims against Ms Heard,&#8221; the department said in their statement to People. &#8220;A brief of evidence was referred to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, who has made the decision not to prosecute in this instance having applied the Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth.&#8221;

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A woman who seemingly came from Australia went on a tirade in a TikTok video decrying the ubiquity of the American flag around the United States, prompting Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott to fire back a succinct four-word response.
“I’m just gonna say it; there are too many American flags,” the young woman declared. “Like they’re on houses; they’re on cars; saw them on couch cushions. Like I don’t know who’s making these American flags, but they’d be making a bloody fortune, and like, you’re the only country I know that does this, like.”
“The only time I think I’ve ever seen an Australian flag is on the Harbour Bridge,” she continued, referring to the bridge in Sydney, Australia that spans Sydney Harbour from the central business district to the North Shore. “Could not tell you what it looks like. Like, I know what it’s like, blue, and it’s got some stars on it, but I think I could draw the American flag from memory, like I think I can make a bloody sculpture out of it. That’s how many times I’ve seen it. It’s enough.”
“Let’s pull back on it, okay? Let’s stay humble,” she concluded.
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There are too many American flags. Like they’re on houses, they’re on cars… I think I can draw the American flag from memory. The only time I think I’ve ever seen an Australian flag is on the… <a href="https://t.co/XFk9pWxltB">pic.twitter.com/XFk9pWxltB</a>
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Abbott snapped, “Go back to Australia.”
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Go back to Australia.
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&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1691213784067518464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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According to the <a href="https://fmaa-usa.com/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flag Manufacturers Association of America</a> (FMAA), which offers a “Certified Made in the U.S.A.” certification seal <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/25/how-many-u-s-flags-are-made-in-the-u-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicating</a> “every step of the manufacturing process for that flag has been completed using domestic materials in U.S. facilities with U.S. labor,” United states law every American flag to be labeled with its country of origin. FMMA also states that 94% of American flags are manufactured in the U.S.
On June 14, to honor Flag Day, Texas GOP Senator Ted Cruz <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/6/stefanik-landsman-johnson-balderson-and-senator-cruz-introduce-make-american-flags-in-america-act-on-flag-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> Reps. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Troy Balderson (R-OH) Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) to introduce legislation requiring American flags displayed on federal property or obtained by federal agencies to be totally manufactured in the United States from American materials.
“The American flag is a symbol of freedom and hope for Texans, Americans, and the world,” Cruz stated. “We should be making our flags in the Land of the Free &#8230;”

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A company in Western Australia has generated headlines over its job advertisement for a &#8220;not-woke&#8221; employee — which included a message stating that the company knows &#8220;what a woman is.&#8221;
The small IT company Wallis Computer Solutions in Dalwallinu, Australia posted an online ad that it was searching for an employee not interested in pushing their pronouns who would like to join its MSP L2+ Technician team, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/company-lists-ad-for-non-woke-employee/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a> reported.
&#8220;We are looking for an MSP technician who is now looking for a position in a company who is not woke and values diversity of thought,&#8221; the advertisement for the full-time job read.
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Under the section of the job listing that provides &#8220;core position details,&#8221; those interested in applying were informed that there were &#8220;no requirements for pronouns&#8221; and that &#8220;we know what a woman is&#8221; — a similar phrase coined by Matt Walsh&#8217;s successful documentary &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Is A Woman</a>?&#8221;
In the job description section, Wallis Computer Solutions promised the employee would &#8220;never be forced to get any medical treatment&#8221; and that prospective employees were &#8220;not required to have COVID vaccine or any other vaccine to work.&#8221; The job is listed as having a salary of $65,000 to $90,000 [$42,000- $58,000 USD] a year plus pension and bonuses.
Under the company&#8217;s description of &#8220;core values&#8221; there was a section that made it clear &#8220;near enough is not good enough&#8221; and that it believes its employees should &#8220;go hard or go home,&#8221; the outlet noted.
Last year, the same company got some attention when it advertised an open position for an &#8220;Unvaxxed Remote MSP Technician job.&#8221; The managing director Nathanael Wallis admitted there was more attention on his ad than expected. He said he wanted to make it clear the company&#8217;s stance on what he called the &#8220;contentious&#8221; view on the COVID vaccine, the report noted.
&#8220;Prior to the advent of the Covid-19 vaccine, I expressed to our team my conviction that medical decisions should remain a personal choice,&#8221; the director said.
&#8220;I firmly stand by this position,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It has always been, and will continue to be, the prerogative of our staff members to decide whether or not they wish to receive vaccinations (or any medical treatment).
&#8220;We respect their personal autonomy and do not seek to influence these decisions,&#8221; Wallis continued.

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‘The Government Can Destroy Anyone’: How An IRS-Led Global Alliance Ruined An Innocent American Banker

'The Government Can Destroy Anyone': How An IRS-Led Global Alliance Ruined An Innocent American Banker

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Cruise</a> said during an interview this week that he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Harrison Ford and continue making movies for the next couple of decades.
The 61-year-old actor <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/tom-cruise-celebrates-birthday-at-australian-premiere-of-mission-impossible-20230703-p5dlch.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia that he believes that the 80-year-old Ford, who continues to make films, is a &#8220;legend.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope to be still going; I’ve got 20 years to catch up with him,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hope to keep making Mission: Impossible films until I’m his age.&#8221;
Cruise made the remarks as his summer blockbuster film &#8220;Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One&#8221; is set to hit theaters next week.
“I grew up seeing movies on the big screen. That’s how I make them, and I like that experience; it’s immersive, and to have that as a community and an industry, it’s important,” Cruise said. “I still go the movies.”
Cruise also weighed in on the top movies that he wants to see this summer.
“I want to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer. I’ll see them opening weekend. Friday I’ll see Oppenheimer first and then Barbie on Saturday.”
Cruise shared behind-the-scenes shots this week from his upcoming film when he <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1676622885991972865?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> a video about a train action sequence filmed in Norway with the director of the film, Christopher McQuarrie.
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“This train sequence was tricky, but the outcome made it all worth it,” Cruise tweeted. “I can’t wait for everyone to see it come to life!”
In the clip, we hear McQuarrie talking about how the movie’s “sense of adventure” would include an action train sequence, something they had “always wanted to do.”
“We wanted to build upon the previous films,” the director says. “And apply all of that knowledge to something practical and real.”
The footage shows outside shots of Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt on top of a train and a warehouse where the shell of a train with different train cars was being built to help them create movie magic.
“We had to build a train if we wanted to destroy it,” McQuarrie says, noting that the cars had to be able to run on a working “railroad track.”
Another voice comes on and explains that there’s a fight that takes place on top of a moving train going 60 mph through a real valley surrounded by mountains.
There’s also a shot of a bridge being blown up, as well as information about how the team had to crash the train in order for movie-goers to be “invested” in everything these characters go through.
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&mdash; Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1676622885991972865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A champion female Australian skydiver died after she attempted a new method of jumping in Texas.
Melissa Porter, 29, had just won the gold medal along with her skydiving partner Josh Tassicker at the Australian Skydiving Championships this spring. But on June 24, she tried a risky maneuver called “swooping” at the Skydive Spaceland Houston facility with tragic results as the parachute reportedly opened but she did a hard landing.
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“She&#8217;s my baby and she&#8217;s not coming home,” Porter’s mother Vinnie <a href="//37781912-321D-444C-A1BA-18C99EE14BCD/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “That was her happy place. She&#8217;ll forever be in the sky roaming the world now.”
“Skydiving was her life,” coach Kristina Hicks <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12257607/Champion-Australian-skydiver-Melissa-Porter-dies-on.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The West Australian. “She was loving (living in Texas) and being part of the diving community over there where there were opportunities to progress and work with some of the best divers in the world.”
In a “swoop landing,” the jumper performs maneuvers which increase the speed of the parachute, or canopy, so the jumper flies over the ground or water rapidly. The jumper creates “a surge that drives the canopy towards the ground. &#8230; Swoopers do this with just enough time to level out and stylishly glide across the ground,” SkyDive Monroe <a href="https://skydivemonroe.com/blog/skydiving-swooping-explained/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explains</a>.
Porter reportedly fell in love with skydiving after watching her grandmother skydive. She took her first tandem skydive on her 14th birthday.
After she and Tassicker won the gold medal, Porter said, “We definitely didn’t expect to win. We only talked about potentially making a team like a few months before the national competition. It was a shock when we took gold but it’s been amazing — it definitely makes me want to compete further.”
“For so long the sport has been male-dominated,” Porter told the <a href="https://www.soundtelegraph.com.au/news/sound-telegraph/port-kennedy-skydiver-melissa-porter-ready-to-set-all-female-skydiving-world-record-in-may-c-10122782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sound Telegraph</a> in March. “There&#8217;s this idea that women are too afraid or they&#8217;re too small, or they&#8217;re too light, all of these things and it&#8217;s absolutely not true, they are 100 per cent capable. It&#8217;s really cool for me to be able to be an instructor and to show other women it&#8217;s doable. I want to continue doing that for years.”
“Because I’ve been a full-time skydiver in the industry for so long, I don’t get a lot of time to ‘fun jump,’” she added.
On May 6, Porter completed the “2-point 23 way,” in which skydivers connect in the air, then let go into a “full break” and then all reconnect. “I am very, very excited to be a part of something like this,” she said before the event. “It’s not something I’ve ever done before and there’s so few of us that have the skillset to do it.”
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) stated, “We send our deepest condolences to the woman&#8217;s family.”

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