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Shameful. Hideous. Treacherous.

📖 Readers Must View the Open Letter

Open Letter dated 25 September 2025 → "The first remedy pursued"

In 2025, Dr Gordon Hughes is Principal Lawyer of Davies Collison Cave's Lawyers Melbourne → https://shorturl.at/L4tbp

Rather than confront the horrifying reality that he had lost control over four arbitrations involving me and three other Australians, Hughes orchestrated a campaign of calculated destruction. He did not stumble into dishonour — he engineered it. With his wife either a willing conspirator or a silent accomplice, they twisted a trivial moment into a monstrous fabrication: a grotesque lie that I had made a 2:00 AM phone call to her. This was no misunderstanding. It was a weapon forged in malice, designed to paint me as a predator in the night, a demon to be feared, and to suffocate any investigation into Hughes’s own corruption within the Institute of Arbitrators Australia.

The abyss deepened when John Pinnock, Australia’s second Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, joined this insidious conspiracy. In a deceitful letter to Laurie James, President of the Institute of Arbitrators Australia, Pinnock shamelessly implicated me, alleging I had confessed in writing to the fabricated call. I never wrote such a letter. The lie was pure invention, a phantom conjured to dismantle my existence. And yet, Pinnock never produced this supposed confession — because it did not exist. The truth was buried beneath layers of deceit, and the silence of institutions became their accomplice.

This was not incompetence. It was a deliberate, orchestrated campaign of lies, betrayal, and character assassination. It was corruption weaponised, treachery institutionalised, and deceit sanctified by those entrusted with justice. Their actions were not isolated — they were systemic, a coordinated effort to erase truth and protect the guilty.

The fax imprint at the top of this letter (Open Letter File No 55-A) matches the fax imprint described in the Scandrett & Associates report (see Open Letter File No/12 and File No/13), confirming that at least four of the COT faxes, arbitration-related faxes, were intercepted by a secondary fax screening machine connected at each of the COT Cases businesses during their (our) arbitrations.

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Hugh Grant, British Actor 

As you begin to scroll down this absentjusatice.com home page and click on the chilling twelve mini evidence files, ranging from "Telstra-Corruption-Freehill-Hollingdale & Page" to "The Promised Documents Never Arrived, a haunting truth unfolds. After just a glimpse into two of these files, the staggering burden of enduring constant attacks on your freedoms for over three decades becomes all too clear. 

The oppressive weight of knowing that influential and malicious figures have relentlessly surveilled your life is a reality no one should have to bear. This sinister orchestration is epitomised by the plight of British actor Hugh Grant, alongside others ensnared in the treacherous Rupert Murdoch scandal. They have been granted apologies and compensation for the devastation wrought upon their lives, yet those entangled in the notorious COT Case sixteen remain forsaken. They are still waiting for the establishment to acknowledge and address the insidious intrusions that have plagued their existence for far too long. The silence is deafening, and the injustice unparalleled.

The question the Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman (TIO) and the Federal Attorney-General have still not answered is:

• Was the letter mentioned above (Open Letter File No 55-A) actually faxed to my office by the TIO to assist me in any pending appeal process, but was it hijacked en route?
• If the letter was never intended to be faxed to me the day after the arbitrator concluded his findings? Why was such an important letter withheld from me during my designated appeal period? 

How could I have lost my arbitration appeal when the arbitrator's own wording in the document (Open Letter File No 55-A) states that the agreement he used on May 11, 1995, to deliberate his findings on my case was not a credible document? Despite this, Dr Gordon Hughes still chose to use it, fully aware that it would cause significant grief for me, my business, and my partner.

One of the two technical consultants attesting to the validity of this Scandrett & Associates report (see Open Letter File No/12 and File No/13) emailed me on 17 December 2014, fifteen years after he assisted in compiling this fax report, stating:

“I still stand by my statutory declaration that I was able to identify that the incoming faxes provided to me for review had at some stage been received by a secondary fax machine and then retransmitted, this was done by identifying the dual time stamps on the faxes provided.” (Front Page Part One File No/14)

The Long Journey
The long journey to my forthcoming ebook, The Arbitraitor, to be launched on www.promoteyourstory.com.au by 19 December 2025, underscores why understanding “the first remedy pursued” is essential. It lays bare the foundations of our struggle and the devastating implications for all who have suffered under institutional silence and betrayal.

The Evidence Files

By clicking on the image above, you will see that someone authorised the removal of the $250,000 liability caps outlined in clauses 25 and 26 of my arbitration agreement. Initially, my legal team, along with two Senators, reached a consensus that the arbitration agreement was equitable because the $250,000 liability caps allowed me to pursue legal action against the arbitration consultants for negligence. However, the abrupt removal of these critical clauses significantly impacted my situation. As a result, I lost my chance to appeal the arbitration award against the consultants, who acted with gross misconduct, leaving me without the necessary recourse to seek justice.,

The Weight of Treachery

My 3 February 1994 letter to Michael Lee, Minister for Communications (see Hacking-Julian Assange File No/27-A) and a subsequent letter from Fay Holthuyzen, assistant to the minister (see Hacking-Julian Assange File No/27-B), to Telstra’s corporate secretary, show that I was concerned that my faxes were being illegally intercepted.

Leading up to the signing of the COT Cases arbitration, on 21 April 1994, AUSTEL wrote to Telstra on 10 February 1994 stating:

“Yesterday we were called upon by officers of the Australian Federal Police in relation to the taping of the telephone services of COT Cases.

“Given the investigation now being conducted by that agency and the responsibilities imposed on AUSTEL by section 47 of the Telecommunications Act 1991, the nine tapes previously supplied by Telecom to AUSTEL were made available for the attention of the Commissioner of Police.” (See Illegal Interception File No/3)

An internal government memo, dated 25 February 1994, confirms that the minister advised me that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would investigate my allegations of illegal phone/fax interception. (See Hacking-Julian Assange File No/28)

This internal, dated 25 February 1994, is a Government Memo confirming that the then-Minister for Communications and the Arts had written to advise that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would investigate my allegations of illegal phone/fax interception. (AFP Evidence File No 4)

A System Built on Silence
📠 The Vanishing Faxes: A Calculated Disruption

Exhibits 646 and 647 (see ) clearly show that, in writing, Telstra admitted to the Australian Federal Police on 14 April 1994 that my private and business telephone conversations were listened to and recorded over several months, but only when a particular officer was on duty.

This particular Telstra technician, who was then based in Portland, not only monitored my phone conversations but also took the alarming step of sharing my personal and business information with an individual named "Micky." He provided Micky with my phone and fax numbers, which I had used to contact my telephone and fax service provider (please refer to Exhibit 518, FOI folio document K03273 - ).

To this day, this technician has not been held accountable or asked to clarify who authorised him to disclose my sensitive information to "Micky." I am perplexed as to why Dr Gordon Hughes did not pursue any inquiries with Telstra regarding this local technician’s actions. Specifically, why was he permitted to reveal my private and business details without any apparent oversight or justification?

The evidence within the above-named Scandrett & Associates report (Open Letter File No/12 and File No/13) also confirmed at Exhibit 1-c → File No/13) that one of my faxes sent to Federal Treasurer Peter Costello on 2 November 1998, was similarly intercepted 30 months after the conclusion of my arbitration on 11 May 1995, i.e.,

Exhibit 10-C → File No/13 in the Scandrett & Associates report Pty Ltd fax interception report (refer to (Open Letter File No/12 and  File No/13) confirms my letter of 2 November 1998 to the Hon Peter Costello Australia's then Federal Treasure was intercepted scanned before being redirected to his office. These intercepted documents to government officials were not isolated events, which, in my case, continued throughout my arbitration, which began on 21 April 1994 and concluded on 11 May 1995. Exhibit 10-C File No/13 shows this fax hacking continued until at least 2 November 1998, more than three years after the conclusion of my arbitration.

This evidence reveals that faxes were intercepted long after my arbitration had concluded. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) determined that I had been subjected to electronic surveillance for several years prior to the arbitration. I raised these concerns directly with the AFP, and their interview transcripts substantiate my claims, underscoring the grave implications of unauthorised surveillance.

I intend to include this information in Evidence File 3 on my website, www.promoteyourstory.com.au. Please check for this file in the new year, as it will expose the disturbing tendency of government officials to dismiss the legitimate concerns of ordinary citizens.

A stark illustration of this disregard lies in the Australian government’s decision to sell wheat to China, fully aware that some of this wheat would be diverted into the hands of North Vietnamese soldiers. Those very soldiers contributed to the tragic deaths of Australian, New Zealand, and US servicemen in the dense jungles of North Vietnam.

Put simply: Australia was complicit in aiding North Vietnam to kill and maim its own soldiers — and the soldiers of its allies.

At the age of 81, I stand defiant, yet crushed beneath the monstrous weight of treachery that has pursued me for decades. My life has devolved into a grotesque theatre of corruption, where the darkest chapters seep into the light like venomous ink. It is not just betrayal that sends me spiralling into despair, but the insidious machinery of a malevolent legal firm in Melbourne, entwined in a web of deceit, greed, and moral decay during my arbitration in 1994/95. The very fact that crucial arbitration-related documents, which were faxed to Dr Hughes' Melbourne office for assessment, were instead misdirected to his Sydney office—and never returned—screams of betrayal. He knew of this treachery and chose silence when the Australian Federal Police began probing the mystery of my lost faxes; his inaction is nothing less than criminal → Australian Federal Police Investigation File No/1.

I must take the reader forward fourteen years to the following letter dated 30 July 2009. According to this letter dated 30 July 2009, from Graham Schorer (COT spokesperson) and ex-client of the arbitrator Dr Hughes wrote to Paul Crowley, CEO Institute of Arbitrators Mediators Australia (IAMA), attaching a statutory declaration (see" Burying The Evidence File 13-H and a copy of a previous letter dated 4 August 1998 from Mr Schorer to me, detailing a phone conversation Mr Schorer had with the arbitrator (during the arbitrations in 1994) regarding lost Telstra COT related faxes. During that conversation, the arbitrator explained, in some detail, that:

"Hunt & Hunt (The company's) Australian Head Office was located in Sydney, and (the company) is a member of an international association of law firms. Due to overseas time zone differences, at close of business, (the company's) Melbourne's incoming facsimiles are night switched to automatically divert to Hunt & Hunt Sydney office where someone is always on duty. There are occasions on the opening of the Melbourne office, the person responsible for cancelling the night switching of incoming faxes from the Melbourne office to the Sydney Office, has failed to cancel the automatic diversion of incoming facsimiles." Burying The Evidence File 13-H.

I reiterate, Dr Hughes’s failure to disclose the faxing issues to the Australian Federal Police during my arbitration is deeply concerning. The AFP was investigating the interception of my faxes to the arbitrator's office. Yet, this crucial matter was a significant aspect of my claim that Dr Hughes chose not to address in his award or mention in any of his findings. The loss of essential arbitration documents throughout the COT Cases is a serious indictment of the process, as was Dr Hughes's conflict of interest during that process (see Chapter 3 - Conflict of Interest).

Haunted by this web of lies, traumatised by the profound damage inflicted upon my life, I reached out in desperation in June 2011 to The Most Hon. Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, pleading for recognition of the horror I endured. I copied my entreaties to Robert McLelland, Federal Attorney General, and Robert Clark, Victorian Attorney General, clinging to the faint hope that truth might pierce the cold indifference that enveloped me. I sent my pleas to government officials, begging for validation against the chilling grip of Hughes, the malicious deceit of Pinnock, and the false witness statements manufactured by Telstra to defend their corruption in my 1994/95 arbitration.

I implore you to read my COT story. It is not merely a personal account — it is a revelation of systemic horror. It exposes corruption so insidious, treachery so malignant, that it leaves scars not only on my life but on the integrity of justice itself. The malicious lies of Hughes, Pinnock, and Rundell from 1995 and 1996 are not forgotten. They loom like a grotesque spectre, an elephant in the room that refuses to be ignored. Their deceit is a cancer that festers still, protected by silence and cover-up.

It is this urgency — this relentless need for justice — that compels me to speak. My story is not just mine. It is a warning, a testament, a cry against the insidious treachery that still holds power to cover up its crimes.

Echoes of Betrayal: Wheat Sales to China
The betrayal is not new. Reflecting on Australia’s wheat sales to Communist China in 1967, the hypocrisy becomes clear. Bureaucrats knowingly allowed grain to be repurposed to fuel North Vietnam’s war effort against Australian, New Zealand, and American troops. This act of negligence and complicity demonstrates how detached decision-makers, insulated by theory and bureaucracy, can transform potential solutions into catastrophic consequences. It is a reminder that betrayal often comes not from enemies abroad, but from incompetence at home.

 The People's Republic of China 

Murdered for Mao: The killings China ‘forgot’

The Letter, the Truth, and the Waiting

In August 1967, I found myself in a situation so precarious, so surreal, that it would etch itself into the marrow of my memory. I was aboard a cargo ship docked in China, surrounded by Red Guards stationed on board twenty-four hours a day, spaced no more than thirty paces apart. After being coerced into writing a confession—declaring myself a U.S. aggressor and a supporter of Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist leader in Taiwan—I was told by the second steward, who handled the ship’s correspondence, that I had about two days before a response to my letter might reach me. That response, whatever it might be, would be delivered by the head of the Red Guards himself.

It was the second steward who quietly suggested I write to my parents. I did. I poured myself into 22 foolscap pages, writing with the urgency of a man who believed he might not live to see the end of the week. I told my church-going parents that I was not the saintly 18-year-old they believed I was. I confessed that the woman they had so often thanked in their letters—believing her to be my landlady or carer—was in fact my lover. She was 42. I was 18 when we met. From 1963 to 1967, she had been my anchor, my warmth, my truth. I wrote about my life at sea, about the chaos and the camaraderie, about the loneliness and the longing. I wrote because I needed them to know who I really was, in case I was executed before I ever saw them again.

As the ship’s cook and duty mess room steward, I had a front-row seat to the daily rhythms of life on board. I often watched the crew eat their meals on deck, plates balanced on the handrails that lined the ship. We were carrying grain to China on humanitarian grounds, and yet, the irony was unbearable—food was being wasted while the people we were meant to help were starving. Sausages, half-eaten steaks, baked potatoes—they’d slip from plates and tumble into the sea. But there were no seagulls to swoop down and claim them. They’d been eaten too. The food floated aimlessly, untouched even by fish, which had grown scarce in the harbour. Starvation wasn’t a concept. It was a presence. It was in the eyes of the Red Guards who watched us eat. It was in the silence that followed every wasted bite.
 

A Tray of Leftovers and a Silent Exchange

After my arrest, I was placed under house arrest aboard the ship. One day, I took a small metal tray from the galley and filled it—not with scraps, but with decent leftovers. Food that would have gone into the stockpot or been turned into dry hash cakes. I walked it out to the deck, placed it on one of the long benches, patted my stomach as if I’d eaten my fill, and walked away without a word.

Ten minutes later, I returned. The tray had been licked clean.

At the next meal, I did it again—this time with enough food for three or four Red Guards. I placed the tray on the bench and left. No words. No eye contact. Just food. I repeated this quiet ritual for two more days, all while waiting for the response to my letter. During that time, something shifted. The Red Guard, who had been waking me every hour to check if I was sleeping, stopped coming. The tension in the air thinned, just slightly. And I kept bringing food—whenever the crew was busy unloading wheat with grappling hooks wrapped in chicken wire, I’d slip out with another tray.

To this day, I don’t know what saved me. It was certainly not the letter declaring myself a U.S. aggressor and a supporter of Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist leader in Taiwan. Maybe it was luck. Or perhaps it was that tray of food, offered without expectation, without speech, without condition. A silent gesture that said, “I see you. I know you’re hungry. I know you’re human.”

And maybe, just maybe, that was enough. British Seaman’s Record R744269 -  Open Letter to PM File No 1 Alan Smith's Seaman.  → Chapter 7- Vietnam-Vietcong-2

Australian Federal Police Investigation File No/1

The AFP believed Telstra was deleting evidence at my expense. 

During my first meetings with the AFP, I provided Superintendent Detective Sergeant Jeff Penrose with two Australian newspaper articles concerning two separate telephone conversations with The Hon. Malcolm Fraser, a former Prime Minister of Australia. Mr Fraser reported to the media only what he thought was necessary concerning our telephone conversation, as recorded below:

“FORMER prime minister Malcolm Fraser yesterday demanded Telecom explain why his name appears in a restricted internal memo.

“Mr Fraser’s request follows the release of a damning government report this week which criticised Telecom for recording conversations without customer permission.

“Mr Fraser said Mr Alan Smith, of the Cape Bridgewater Holiday Camp near Portland, phoned him early last year seeking advice on a long-running dispute with Telecom which Mr Fraser could not help.” 

In May 1994, John Wynack, the Director of Investigations for the Commonwealth Ombudsman, demanded answers from Telstra regarding their suspicious surveillance of my phone conversations with former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. What sinister motives lie behind their actions? Why did they redact crucial portions of their files that documented my discussions with Fraser over twelve months? Telstra’s silence spoke volumes, as they repeatedly evaded Wynack's inquiries.

I had written to Fraser on September 18, 1967, exposing a treacherous wheat deal that was not just a business transaction; it was clandestinely fueling the enemy that was ruthlessly attacking our troops, as well as those from New Zealand and the USA, entrenched in the jungles of North Vietnam.

What dark purpose drove Telstra to monitor my phone calls between April 1993 and April 1994 about events that unfolded in August and September 1967, decades earlier? The implications are chilling.

Why didn't Dr Hughes, as arbitrator to my arbitration demand the same answers from Telstra as the Commonwealth Ombudsman was asking? 

I spoke with the former Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, to discuss events I witnessed, along with other seamen, when our ship unloaded Australian wheat from the holds of the MV Hopepeak. I wonder if, when he was the Minister of the Army on 18 September 1967, he remembers my two-page letter to him detailing what we had seen. Our precious cargo of wheat was sent to China on humanitarian grounds to alleviate hunger among the Chinese people. However, some of this cargo was being reloaded and redirected to North Vietnam, where it would feed the army that was killing and maiming Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. troops in the jungles of Vietnam.

I relayed to Mr Fraser my profound and unsettling concerns about the disturbing experiences I suffered at the hands of the government-owned Telstra Corporation, both in the lead-up to and during my arbitration. These included insidious and manipulative threats from Telstra, accompanied by a glaring absence of any governmental investigation into these menacing actions or any genuine effort to hold Telstra accountable for its transgressions.

Chapter 1: The Weight of Treachery
At eighty‑one, I stand defiant against a lifetime scarred by betrayal. My journey began with arbitration, but quickly descended into a grotesque theatre of corruption. Dr Gordon Hughes, at the helm of a malignant legal enterprise, chose treachery over honour, fabricating lies to destroy my character. His wife, complicit or silent, enabled this deception. The false allegation of a 2:00 AM phone call became a weapon to suffocate truth. This chapter exposes the insidious machinery of deceit that sought to erase justice, setting the stage for the horrors that followed and the relentless fight to reclaim my voice.

Chapter 2: The Fabricated Phone Call
The lie was simple yet devastating: a fabricated 2:00 AM phone call to Hughes’s wife. This grotesque invention painted me as a predator in the night, a demon to be feared. It was wielded to silence investigations into Hughes’s corruption. John Pinnock, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, deepened the deceit by alleging I had confessed in writing. No such letter existed. Their conspiracy was deliberate, calculated, and designed to annihilate my credibility. This chapter reveals how a single malicious fabrication became the cornerstone of a campaign of destruction, weaponised to protect the guilty and bury the truth.

Chapter 3: The Ombudsman’s Betrayal
John Pinnock’s deceitful letter to Laurie James, President of the Institute of Arbitrators Australia, marked a turning point. By falsely implicating me, Pinnock ensured Hughes’s corruption remained hidden. He never produced the supposed confession because it did not exist. This was not incompetence but a deliberate act of betrayal. Institutions that should have defended justice instead became accomplices in deceit. This chapter dissects the Ombudsman’s role in perpetuating lies, highlighting how systemic corruption thrives when officials weaponise falsehoods and silence truth. It underscores the insidious collusion between government and corporate power against ordinary citizens.

Chapter 4: Haunted by Lies
The relentless campaign of lies left me traumatised, my life dismantled by deceit. In desperation, I reached out in June 2011 to Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, pleading for recognition of the horror I endured. I copied my entreaties to Robert McLelland, Federal Attorney General, and Robert Clark, Victorian Attorney General, hoping truth might pierce the indifference. This chapter captures the haunting weight of betrayal, the suffocating silence of institutions, and the desperate search for validation. It is a testament to the human cost of corruption and the resilience required to confront systemic treachery.

Chapter 5: The Evidence Files
Each betrayal twisted itself around multiple arbitrations, often entangling three or four cases at once. To untangle the chaos, we dissected accounts into separate sections. On absentjustice.com, we laboured to weave together distressing mini‑stories that exposed the broader corruption. Evidence Files 1 and 2 reveal the depth of deceit, while Files 6 and 7 may yet expose further horrors if the government investigates all twenty‑one COT cases. This chapter underscores the painstaking effort to document the truth amid obstruction, revealing how evidence became both a weapon and a shield in the fight against institutional silence.

Chapter 6: The Litmus Test Cases
The government restricted inquiries to five litmus test COT cases, yielding more than $18 million in compensation from Telstra. Yet sixteen other Australians were abandoned, their validated claims ignored. Promised compensation was denied, despite precedent. This chapter exposes the ethical collapse of a system that rewarded a few while betraying the many. It highlights the injustice of selective recognition, the cruelty of broken promises, and the treacherous imbalance of power. The litmus test cases became a smokescreen, shielding corruption while ordinary citizens were left in limbo, denied the reparations they were rightfully owed.

Chapter 7: Surveillance and Interception
Evidence reveals that faxes were intercepted long after arbitration. The Australian Federal Police concluded I had been subjected to electronic surveillance for years. Their transcripts substantiate my claims, exposing the grave implications of unauthorised monitoring. This chapter details how surveillance was weaponised to control, intimidate, and silence. It underscores the chilling reality of government disregard for ordinary citizens, where privacy was violated and truth suppressed. The surveillance was not incidental — it was systemic, part of a broader campaign to protect corruption and dismantle those who dared to challenge it.

Chapter 8: Wheat and Betrayal
A poignant illustration of government disregard lies in Australia’s decision to sell wheat to China, knowing it would reach North Vietnamese soldiers. Those soldiers contributed to the deaths of Australian, New Zealand, and US servicemen in the jungles of Vietnam. This chapter confronts the moral collapse of a government complicit in aiding the enemy. It draws a direct line between bureaucratic betrayal and human tragedy, exposing how profit and politics outweighed loyalty to soldiers and allies. It is a chilling reminder that corruption is not abstract — it kills, maims, and leaves scars across generations.

Chapter 9: Institutional Silence
Silence became the most insidious weapon. Government agencies, regulators, and officials ignored evidence, dismissed pleas, and buried truth. My 45‑page document, with 67 pieces of evidence, was sent to the ACCC in 2010. It remains unaddressed. This chapter reveals how silence protects corruption, how institutions collude by doing nothing. It underscores the treachery of indifference, the betrayal of citizens who trusted in justice. Silence is not neutral — it is complicity. It is the mechanism by which corruption thrives and victims are left voiceless.

Chapter 10: The Arbitraitor
The forthcoming book, The Arbitraitor, is not merely a memoir but a reckoning. Four rounds of writing and editing peeled back layers of deception, exposing a labyrinth of corruption entangling Telstra, government officials, and arbitration insiders. This chapter explains how the book became a weapon against silence, a testament to resilience, and a record of betrayal. It is the culmination of years of struggle, a narrative forged in pain but driven by truth. The Arbitraitor stands as both evidence and indictment, a call to confront the treachery that has scarred countless lives.

Chapter 11: The Eleventh Remedy
The eleventh remedy pursued asks whether the Institute of Arbitrator Mediator Australia is biased and lacking transparency. This chapter examines the failures of arbitration, the corruption within IAMA, and the betrayal of trust. It challenges readers to confront the grotesque reality of a system designed to protect the powerful while silencing the vulnerable. The eleventh remedy is not just a question — it is an indictment of institutional rot. It demands accountability, transparency, and justice in a system that has long abandoned those it was meant to serve.

Chapter 12: The Fight for Justice
Despite decades of betrayal, surveillance, and silence, the fight for justice continues. This chapter is a call to vigilance, urging readers to confront corruption and demand accountability. It is a reminder that truth cannot remain buried forever. Evidence Files, testimonies, and lived experience form a record that cannot be erased. The fight is not only mine — it belongs to all who have been silenced, betrayed, or abandoned. This chapter closes with defiance: corruption thrives in silence, but justice endures in the voices that refuse to be silenced.

Chapter 13: The Collapse of Trust
Trust in institutions is the bedrock of justice. Yet my experience revealed how fragile that trust becomes when corrupted by deceit. Officials who should have defended fairness instead weaponised silence, leaving ordinary citizens abandoned. This chapter explores the collapse of trust in arbitration, government, and corporate accountability. It shows how betrayal corrodes not only individual lives but the very principles of democracy. Trust, once broken, cannot be easily restored — and the scars of betrayal remain long after the lies are exposed.

Chapter 14: Telstra’s Web of Deceit
Telstra’s role in the arbitrations was not passive; it was active, calculated, and ruthless. False witness statements, intercepted faxes, and intimidation tactics formed a web of deceit designed to protect corporate interests. This chapter dissects Telstra’s methods, exposing how a powerful corporation manipulated processes meant to deliver justice. It reveals the chilling reality of corporate dominance over citizens, where truth was buried beneath layers of lies and intimidation. Telstra’s corruption was not isolated — it was systemic, infecting every stage of the arbitration process.

Chapter 15: Government Complicity
The government’s silence was not ignorance; it was complicity. Officials received evidence, pleas, and documentation, yet chose inaction. By refusing to investigate, they became enablers of corruption. This chapter examines how government complicity allowed Telstra and arbitration insiders to thrive unchecked. It underscores the betrayal of citizens who trusted their leaders to uphold justice. Complicity is not passive — it is treachery disguised as indifference, a betrayal that deepens wounds and erodes faith in democracy itself.

Chapter 16: The False Witness Statements
Three false witness statements prepared by Telstra during my arbitration became weapons of destruction. Each was crafted to mislead, distort, and protect corruption. This chapter exposes the mechanics of false testimony, revealing how institutions legitimised lies meant to safeguard truth. It highlights the devastating impact of fabricated evidence, not only on my case but on the integrity of arbitration itself. False witness statements are not mere errors — they are deliberate acts of treachery, designed to annihilate justice.

Chapter 17: The Silence of Regulators
Regulators exist to protect citizens, yet their silence became a shield for corruption. My submissions to the ACCC, armed with 67 pieces of evidence, were ignored. This chapter explores the silence of regulators, exposing how oversight bodies failed in their duty. Their refusal to act was not neutrality — it was betrayal. Silence allowed corruption to flourish, leaving victims voiceless and justice abandoned. Regulators became complicit partners in treachery, their silence echoing louder than any denial.

Chapter 18: The International Dimension
The betrayal extended beyond Australia’s borders. The wheat trade with China, knowing it would aid North Vietnamese soldiers, exemplifies how corruption has global consequences. This chapter connects domestic treachery with international betrayal, showing how decisions made in Canberra reverberated in the jungles of Vietnam. Soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, and the US paid the ultimate price for bureaucratic deceit. The international dimension underscores that corruption is never contained — it spreads, infects, and destroys across borders.

Chapter 19: The Human Cost
Behind every arbitration, every false statement, every intercepted fax, lies a human story. Lives were dismantled, reputations destroyed, families scarred. This chapter focuses on the human cost of corruption, highlighting the suffering endured by ordinary citizens betrayed by institutions. It is a reminder that corruption is not abstract — it devastates real people. The human cost is measured not only in financial ruin but in trauma, despair, and the relentless fight for justice against overwhelming odds.

Chapter 20: The Archbishop’s Silence
My pleas to Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, were heartfelt cries for recognition. Yet silence followed. This chapter examines the moral weight of silence from spiritual leaders, highlighting how even institutions of faith can fail those who seek justice. The Archbishop’s silence became symbolic of broader indifference, a reminder that corruption thrives when moral voices remain muted. It underscores the loneliness of betrayal, where even appeals to conscience go unanswered.

Chapter 21: The Elephants in the Room
The lies of Hughes, Pinnock, and Rundell loom like grotesque elephants in the room — undeniable, yet ignored. This chapter confronts the refusal to acknowledge obvious corruption. Institutions pretended the elephants did not exist, yet their presence was overwhelming. The lies were too large to hide, too grotesque to dismiss. This chapter demands recognition of the elephants in the room, exposing how denial perpetuates treachery and deepens injustice.

Chapter 22: Defiance and Legacy
Despite decades of betrayal, I remain defiant. This final chapter is not only a conclusion but a legacy. It is a call to future generations to confront corruption, demand accountability, and refuse silence. My story is not just mine — it belongs to all who have been betrayed, silenced, or abandoned. Defiance is the antidote to treachery, and legacy is the weapon against forgetting. The fight for justice continues, carried forward by voices that refuse to be silenced.

Chapter 23: The Reckoning
The reckoning is not only about exposing corruption but about confronting its consequences. This chapter gathers the threads of betrayal, surveillance, and silence into a single indictment of the system that failed its citizens. It is a demand for accountability, a refusal to let treachery remain hidden. The reckoning is both personal and collective, a reminder that truth, once revealed, cannot be silenced. It is the moment when evidence, testimony, and lived experience converge to challenge the grotesque machinery of deceit and to compel recognition of the crimes committed.

Chapter 24: The Call to Courage
The final chapter is a call to courage. It urges readers to confront corruption wherever it festers, to refuse to remain silent, and to stand defiant against betrayal. My story is not only about what was done to me but about what can be done by all who choose truth over treachery. Courage is the antidote to despair, the weapon against deceit, and the legacy we leave for future generations. This chapter closes the book with defiance and hope, reminding us that justice endures when ordinary citizens find the strength to speak, resist, and demand accountability.

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Corrupt practices persisted throughout the COT arbitrations, flourishing in secrecy and obscurity. These insidious actions have managed to evade necessary scrutiny. Notably, the phone issues persisted for years following the conclusion of my arbitration, established to rectify these faults

Confronting Despair

The independent arbitration consultants demonstrated a concerning lack of impartiality. Instead of providing clear and objective insights, their guidance to the arbitrator was often marked by evasive language, misleading statements, and, at times, outright falsehoods.

Flash Backs – China-Vietnam

In 1967, Australia participated in the Vietnam War. I was on a ship transporting wheat to China, where I learned China was redeploying some of it to North Vietnam. Chapter 7, "Vietnam—Vietcong," discusses the link between China and my phone issues.

A Twenty-Year Marriage Lost

As bookings declined, my marriage came to an end. My ex-wife, seeking her fair share of our venture, left me with no choice but to take responsibility for leaving the Navy without adequately assessing the reliability of the phone service in my pursuit of starting a business.

Salvaging What I Could

Mobile coverage was nonexistent, and business transactions were not conducted online. Cape Bridgewater had only eight lines to service 66 families—132 adults. If four lines were used simultaneously, the remaining 128 adults would have only four lines to serve their needs.

Lies Deceit And Treachery

I was unaware of Telstra's unethical and corrupt business practices. It has now become clear that various unethical organisational activities were conducted secretly. Middle management was embezzling millions of dollars from Telstra.

An Unlocked Briefcase

On June 3, 1993, Telstra representatives visited my business and, in an oversight, left behind an unlocked briefcase. Upon opening it, I discovered evidence of corrupt practices concealed from the government, playing a significant role in the decline of Telstra's telecommunications network.

A Government-backed Arbitration

An arbitration process was established to hide the underlying issues rather than to resolve them. The arbitrator, the administrator, and the arbitration consultants conducted the process using a modified confidentiality agreement. In the end, the process resembled a kangaroo court.

Not Fit For Purpose

AUSTEL investigated the contents of the Telstra briefcases. Initially, there was disbelief regarding the findings, but this eventually led to a broader discussion that changed the telecommunications landscape. I received no acknowledgement from AUSTEL for not making my findings public.
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A Non-Graded Arbitrator

Who granted the financial and technical advisors linked to the arbitrator immunity from all liability regarding their roles in the arbitration process? This decision effectively shields the arbitration advisors from any potential lawsuits by the COT claimants concerning misconduct or negligence.<

The AFP Failed Their Objective

In September 1994, two officers from the AFP met with me to address Telstra's unauthorised interception of my telecommunications services. They revealed that government documents confirmed I had been subjected to these violations. Despite this evidence, the AFP did not make a finding.&am

The Promised Documents Never Arrived

In a February 1994 transcript of a pre-arbitration meeting, the arbitrator involved in my arbitration stated that he "would not determination on incomplete information.". The arbitrator did make a finding on incomplete information.

Chapter 1

Learn about government corruption and the dirty deeds used by the government to cover up these horrendous injustices committed against 16 Australian citizens

Chapter 2

Betrayal deceit disinformation duplicity falsehood fraud hypocrisy lying mendacity treachery and trickery. This sums up the COT government endorsed arbitrations.

Chapter 3

Ending bribery corruption means holding the powerful to account and closing down the systems that allows bribery, illicit financial flows, money laundering, and the enablers of corruption to thrive.

Chapter 4

Learn about government corruption and the dirty deeds used by the government to cover up these horrendous injustices committed against 16 Australian citizens. Government corruption within the public service affected most if not all of the COT arbitrations. 

Chapter 5

Corruption is contagious and does not respect sectoral boundaries. Corruption involves duplicity and reduces levels of morality and trust.

Chapter 6

Anti-corruption policies need to be used in anti-corruption reforms and strategy. Corruption metrics and corruption risk assessment is good governance

Chapter 7

Bribery and Corruption happens in the shadows, often with the help of professional enablers such as bankers, lawyers, accountants and real estate agents, opaque financial systems and anonymous shell companies that allow corruption schemes to flourish and the corrupt to launder their wealth.

Chapter 8

Corrupt practices in government and the results of those corrupt practices become problematic enough – but when that corruption becomes systemic in more than one operation, it becomes cancer that endangers the welfare of the world's democracy.

Chapter 9

Corruption in government, including non-government self-regulators, undermines the credibility of that government. It erodes the trust of its citizens who are left without guidance are the feel of purpose. Bribery and Corruption is cancer that destroys economic growth and prosperity. 

Chapter 10

The horrendous, unaddressed crimes perpetrated against the COT Cases during government-endorsed arbitrations administered by the Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman have never been investigated. 

Chapter 11

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 you.&a

Chapter 12

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