Aligned Council of Australia

Temporary powers were meant to be temporary. Sunset clauses exist for a reason: to ensure extraordinary government powers expire unless there is a clear, ongoing case to keep them. Now, powers granted to ASIO under exceptional circumstances are being extended — and some made permanent. That should concern every Australian. When temporary national security laws become permanent, oversight weakens, accountability fades, and emergency measures become the new normal. We all want safety. But security should never come at the cost of basic freedoms, privacy, and democratic safeguards. If these powers are truly necessary, prove it publicly. If not, let them expire as intended. Temporary means temporary. Australia deserves freedom with accountability. Reject the ASIO Amendment Bill. Tell your Senator today: www.standupnowaustralia.com.au/all-eyes-on-asio Link in bio.

🔒 Lock in your spot now, 24 hours to go! Webinar tomorrow: New ASIO amendments could make extraordinary questioning powers permanent, expand who can be compelled to answer questions, and weaken long-standing safeguards. What does that mean for everyday Australians? Join Robbie Barwick and Michael Arbon as they unpack what’s changing, what’s at stake, and why it matters now. 🗓 Thursday 7 May ⏰ 6:00pm AEST 📍 Online event Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/all-eyes-on-asio-in-conversation

⏰ 24 HOURS TO GO Tomorrow we’re walking through the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025 — clearly and clause by clause. We’ll unpack: • Information-gathering powers • Authorisations • Governance structure • The key clauses shaping Australia’s new authority Bring your questions for @nationfirstaust and @jamesroguski. 🔔 Register here: 👉🏼 https://events.humanitix.com/inside-the-a-cdc-understanding-the-powers-behind-australia-s-new-disease-control-authority

Newly appointed ACA strategy/political advisor Aidan McLindon is interviewed by Matthew Pantelis of FiveAA Radio in Adelaide about the Under 16 Social Media legislation; https://omny.fm/shows/evenings-with-matthew-pantelis/interview-aidan-mclindon-political-advisor-for-aligned-council-of-australia-aca

🚨New Webinar Announcement📣 We’re walking through the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025 — the information powers, the authorisations, the governance structure and the key clauses shaping Australia’s new authority. Register👇🏼 and bring your questions for George Christensen and James Roguski 🎟️ https://events.humanitix.com/inside-the-a-cdc-understanding-the-powers-behind-australia-s-new-disease-control-authority

MEDIA STATEMENT Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Create More Harm Than It Prevents Today the Aligned Council of Australia (ACA) warned that the Federal Government’s under-16 social media ban — due to take effect on 10 December — risks triggering a series of serious and avoidable unintended consequences. ACA Acting CEO, Barbara Mavridis, said: “Children’s safety is absolutely paramount — but policy made on the run is not the way to protect them. Simply banning under-16s from social media will not keep them safe.” Ms Mavridis said the ban misunderstands how children use technology and will likely drive them into far more dangerous online environments. “You cannot eliminate inappropriate content from the internet. What this policy will do is push children underground — creating false accounts, bypassing the system, and entering platforms where predators operate with far less scrutiny.” To read the full Media Statement, please click on the attached document.

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT As we count down to the webinar, we wanted to give a little extra back to our community. As a thank-you for registering for the webinar, Paul Conlon is personally offering all registrants a special discount on his book “Citizen One” - a powerful read for anyone wanting to go deeper. Join us to unlock your code and be part of the conversation. 🔗 Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/censored-at-16-implications-intent-and-integrity-in-lawmaking

Every now and then there’s some good news from the WHO🔥 The World Health Organization has said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter – or over 2,000 jobs – by the middle of next year as it seeks to implement reforms after its top donor, the United States, announced its departure. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/world-health-organisation-to-cut-jobs-due-to-us-withdrawing-funding

A powerful warning from Human Rights lawyer Peter Fam (of Maat’s Method) in response to the World Economic Forum’s latest Digital ID push. He lays it out clearly: 🔹 “Safety” is becoming the excuse to strip rights. 🔹 Digital ID could lock ordinary people out of public life with one wrong flag. 🔹 It erases the gap between accusation and punishment. 🔹 And it hands enormous power to institutions that have not earned our trust. This isn’t protection — it’s control disguised as safety. Australians deserve to know where this leads. #StandUpNowAustralia #DigitalID #WEF #ProtectOurRights

🚨 Not long now…only a few days left for tickets to the Australians for Science & Freedom “Progress through Science and Freedom” Conference: Sydney from 21 Nov 6:00 pm to 23 Nov 23 2:30 pm AEDT Tickets at: https://www.scienceandfreedom.org/event/third-progress-through-science-and-freedom-conference/

The Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) System, is the WHO’s proposed global mechanism for the sharing of pathogen materials and sequence information and the equitable sharing of benefits that result from their use. Without PABS, the Pandemic Treaty cannot be signed. PABS is the last piece of the WHO puzzle. “This system will concentrate all the world’s most deadly pathogens into the hands of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats under the influence of the pharmaceutical industry.  The WHO will then share them with labs all over the world, ostensibly to develop vaccines, diagnostics and other therapeutics.” There’s a global petition to voice objection to PABS. Please consider signing and sharing 👉🏼 https://www.antiglobalist.net/petition-to-stop-the-pabs/

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them 🌺

A fantastic interview with George Christensen on the recently legislated Australian Centre for Disease Control. George explains the powers of the future Director General and indeed, the A-CDC very clearly - a good interview to share with friends and family. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KnXRLNZNcDki2VfLMpa8T?si=vYtgFyPaQByh0Km1_L0JbQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A3bTjtL8ubZmfvG6sIKKZeu

A new Australian Centre for Disease Control is coming online in 2026. It’s being sold as “public health reform”, but the legislation gives one Director-General the power to demand data, override existing privacy laws, and sign international deals. All without parliamentary oversight. Good health policy needs transparency, not blind authority. Before this law switches on, Australians deserve a safety switch. Read the brief and stay plugged in → https://www.standupnowaustralia.com.au/acdc