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Absent Justice was founded with a crucial mission: to provide a comprehensive and transparent account of the intricate and often troubling events surrounding various Australian government-endorsed arbitrations involving Telstra, one of the country's largest telecommunications corporations. We are a passionate and dedicated collective known as the Casualties of Telstra (COT), consisting of individuals who have directly endured the profound injustices inflicted during this long and arduous journey. This website stands as a powerful testament to the troubling practices we witnessed, illuminating a struggle many have faced but remain shrouded in silence.
My decision to write this book stems from the intricate and multifaceted nature of our narrative, along with the extensive range of exhibits that necessitated meticulous organization and replication. This deliberate choice allows readers to grasp the myriad of transgressions committed against the COT Cases by various parties, including public officials and regulatory agencies. Through this storytelling approach, I aim to vividly illustrate the pervasive criminality that thrived within the framework of government-sanctioned arbitrations under the International Arbitration Act.
Until the late 1990s, the Australian government owned and operated the nation’s telephone network through the communications carrier Telecom, which has since transitioned to private ownership and is now recognised as Telstra. During this era, Telecom maintained a stranglehold over the communications sector, allowing the network to deteriorate significantly, leading to a cascade of service failures. Instead of confronting the pressing issues of our severely deficient telephone services as part of the government-endorsed arbitration process—an uneven and ultimately futile battle for justice—these critical problems were left unaddressed. As a result, countless claimants found themselves compelled to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars pursuing their cases against this government-owned entity, only to be met with resistance and neglect.
Government Corruption. Corruption in the public service, where misleading and deceptive conduct has spuriously over more than two decades perverted the course of justice.
The criminal delinquency of those involved in the COT Cases corrupted arbitrations continued to practive their evil and crooked style of justice on other citizens who, like the Casualties of Telstra have had their lives ruined.
This type of skulduggery is treachery, a Judas kiss with dirty dealing and betrayal. This is dirty pool and crookedness and dishonest. This conduct fester’s corruption. It is as bad, if not worse than double-dealing and cheating those who trust the ground you walk on. Sheer Evil.<
Corruption in government, including non-government self-regulators, undermines the credibility of that government. It erodes the trust of its citizens.
“…the very large number of persons that had been forced into an arbitration process and have been obliged to settle as a result of the sheer weight that Telstra has brought to bear on them as a consequence where they have faced financial ruin if they did not settle…”
Senator Carr
A young man (a boy) with a Conscience.
Julian Assange provided a vital link for the COT cases, but we did not know this during our arbitrations.
A statutory declaration prepared by Graham Schorer (COT spokesperson) on 7 July 2011 was provided to the Victorian Attorney-General, Hon. Robert Clark. This statutory declaration discusses three young computer hackers who phoned Graham to warn him during the 1994 COT arbitrations. The hackers discovered that Telstra and others associated with our arbitrations acted unlawfully towards the COT group. Graham’s statutory declaration includes the following statements:
“After I signed the arbitration agreement on 21st April 1994 I received a phone call after business hours when I was working back late in the office. This call was to my unpublished direct number.
“The young man on the other end asked for me by name. When I had confirmed I was the named person, he stated that he and his two friends had gained internal access to Telstra’s records, internal emails, memos, faxes, etc. He stated that he did not like what they had uncovered. He suggested that I should talk to Frank Blount directly. He offered to give me his direct lines in the his [sic] Melbourne and Sydney offices …
“The caller tried to stress that it was Telstra’s conduct towards me and the other COT members that they were trying to bring to our attention.
“I queried whether he knew that Telstra had a Protective Services department, whose task was to maintain the security of the network. They laughed, and said that yes they did, as they were watching them (Telstra) looking for them (the hackers). …
“After this call, I spoke to Alan Smith about the matter. We agreed that while the offer was tempting we decided we should only obtain our arbitration documents through the designated process agreed to before we signed the agreement.” (See Hacking – Julian Assange File No/3)