AVI YEMINI | Aussie PM's security flaws EXPOSED in Melbourne
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In today's episode of the Yamini Report, I have invited my very own bodyguard, who is making headlines across the country as the mainstream media attempt to paint him as some sort of violent extremist for daring to express his opinion to a very powerful man in the lead-up to the election.
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In today's episode of the Yamini Report, I have invited my very own bodyguard,
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who is making headlines across the country as the mainstream media attempt to paint him as some sort of violent extremist
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for daring to express his opinion to a very, very powerful man in the lead-up to the election.
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Again, the Prime Minister has been confronted by the daring voting public, this time in Melbourne.
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Mr Albanese, I have a question for you on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Australians around the country.
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There are hundreds of thousands of Australians around the country who are unable to afford housing.
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Albanese, when are you going to put Australians first?
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Albo, how do you feel about the rise in immigration, mate?
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Otherwise, how can I have a chat about who I'm meant to be...
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Unfortunately, you're not staying here, so you can leave.
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And one of the men you heard in that clip, many of you may know.
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Yes, it is our very own security guard that we hire to protect me in some very sticky situations.
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Probably the best security guard I know in Australia, Daniel Jones, and he joins us today
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Well, Daniel, listen, for the last few days, I've, my, I don't know if it's just me, but
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I have Google alerts on my name just to hear when haters and friends and foe talk about
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I like to know before I'm hit with, you know, blindsided.
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So I've been pinged a few times in the last few weeks, in the last few days, and I've got
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to say thank you, Daniel, because it's all got to do with you.
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The media is running hit piece after hit piece.
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And for some reason, tying me into it, because it's no secret, you have done some bodyguarding
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I think it's probably been a good six years in which you've done security, and we've had
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But it's almost like, look, I didn't know that you guys, I didn't even know, and I'm
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here to actually, unlike the mainstream media, I want to talk to you, you could tell us what
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But the bottom line is, surprise, surprise, you have your own political views, you're your
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In fact, the work you do for Rebel News is very minor compared to the actual security
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work you've done and self-defense work and all the other work that you do.
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But it's a shock that you have your own political worldview, isn't it?
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Yeah, it's like, obviously, when I work with Rebel, I don't say any, it's not my role.
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I often say to people, we've got to understand who we are, what we do and what our roles are.
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So obviously, while I work for Rebel, my job is security.
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So when you're talking to people, like, I don't interject, well, hang on, I've got an
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But the reality is, like everybody out there, I do have my own personal views that I think
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about politics and the way of the world and whatnot.
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And on this particular occasion, I decided in my capacity as an individual person, separate
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of Rebel News and separate of anyone else, to express those political views and ask a
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question of the sitting or current sitting Prime Minister.
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Look, I'm not surprised people, including you, are angry at the direction of the country
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and are worried about the upcoming election and want to see the Prime Minister answer the
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questions that the average Australian wants answered, not the selected few media personalities
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And we know, look, I too have attended press conferences with the Prime Minister and he just
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In fact, there was one at the Jewish synagogue where he told, he told the staff that he just
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doesn't want to talk specifically to me, doesn't want to have to answer questions from me.
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And there's that very, you know, the viral footage in which he runs away out of the synagogue
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So I'm not surprised and I'm not surprised by the mainstream media trying to character
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assassinate you over the last few days for doing it.
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I'm not necessarily saying it's the way I would have done it or whatever.
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And I want to hear about how you did it and how it ended up that you were, you know, hitting
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the Prime Minister with questions that he had no idea was coming and he was unprepared for
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But are you surprised by the media's attempt to, I guess, I don't know what they're trying
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to do, probably go after your gun licenses again, like in the past or something along
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Are you surprised by the mainstream media's reaction to you, what do we call it, confronting
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You know, it's one of those things where you're asked a question, you don't expect it to sort
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But I'm not surprised at all by the mainstream media.
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I mean, they've done it for years and years and years to many, many, many other people.
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I had a feeling once everything really blew up, sorry, that it was highly likely to happen.
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The thing is, politics attracts a lot of narcissists.
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And I don't know whether the people in the media are narcissists or just enabling narcissists.
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Narcissists love to keep the harem of enablers.
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But when they can't control the person, and obviously I'm not easily controlled, asking
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So when they can't control the person, they want to control the narrative and how people
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So it doesn't surprise me at all that since, you know, I've gone up and asked a question
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and they're like, oh, well, we can't control him.
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And one of the images they put in, I think it was the age, was eight odd years old, at
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And he goes, Jesus, mate, you look a bit young in that photo.
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And I went, yeah, they've done pretty far looking for some stuff.
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I reckon one of them, because I didn't have a beard.
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That was at least eight odd years old, that image.
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Look, they're working hard to, I think there's two levels here, or a few levels.
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They're trying to paint a picture of those who are daring to confront the Prime Minister.
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And it doesn't mean everyone that, or even, for that matter, the opposition leader.
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But it doesn't, you know, it doesn't mean everyone that's confronting or asking questions
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or crashing press conferences or whatever, that they are good people or whatever.
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It doesn't matter if the questions, I think questions are valid from whoever, but they're
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trying to paint a picture that they're big, nasty, dangerous people.
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And I guess in Australia, it's very easy to paint someone that way if you show some images
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of them with weapons, because Australia has got, even on the Conservative side, have got
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a particular view, you know, widely held view about any sort of weapons.
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I want to go back to what actually happened on the day.
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Tell us how the idea came about, how you found out where the Prime Minister is actually going
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to be, how you got so close to him, because that's insane.
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You know, I'm no particular fan of the Prime Minister, but the idea that random people,
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and somebody, no offence, that looks as scary as you, could get so close to him, is concerning.
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Where are the, where is that line of protection?
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And I'm not talking about to protect him from questions.
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But, you know, there are unhinged people out there that, no matter which side of politics,
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especially in today's current political climate, that will want to hurt the leader of the country.
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And it's no good for anyone if the leader of the country, whether he's Labour or Liberal,
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Tell us from the beginning where the idea came from, and how it was actually executed,
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with, if the idea was to ask him questions from a close proximity, how you were so successful
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Look, I don't really know where the idea came from.
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All I'll say is, on the day I happened of my own accord to walk into a hotel,
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and I don't want to say what hotel, so I understand with operational security and whatnot,
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Can you tell us how you knew he was going to be there?
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All I'll say on that is, I walked into this hotel lobby, well, wandering around for my own accord,
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Saw this hotel, I thought, they usually serve coffee in hotels.
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Now, the fact that there was several very distinguished white BMWs that all look the same in a row in the lobby
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should have been a giveaway that something interesting was in the lobby.
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Walked in, though, and got a coffee, sat down, flicked through Facebook.
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I think the thing that's upset a lot of people is where they've talked about beefed-up security.
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I literally, and I'm sure the AFP will go through the CCTV, and I'll say I'm not lying.
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I did literally just walk straight through the lobby, straight, 12 o'clock, straight ahead.
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There was someone else there with you because we heard a first voice,
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Yeah, see, I was sitting downstairs on my own, enjoying my coffee,
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and I was sort of locked, eyes down, looking at the phone.
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I looked up and went, oh, what's happening up there?
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There's somebody important here in the R lobby.
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So, yeah, it was there after that person got removed.
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I thought, oh, well, I might take my opportunity
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and see if I can catch up with him and ask a question myself.
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So, you're telling us that by fluke you happened to be in the lobby
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and you watched or you overheard a commotion of a third person,
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of another person, and when that happened, you go,
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I'm going to throw a couple of questions on my own.
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So, how did security react when you, well, you, from the video,
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and some security personnel did, so what kind of happened?
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So, he was getting dragged away and then you just stepped in,
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Well, he got dragged away, and I think it was about 10, 15 minutes later.
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So, the way the video's put together, it sort of looked like it was.
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So, what actually happened was I approached with questions
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and then you waited around till you could spot him again.
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Well, I sort of went up and saw him sitting in a,
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like a little outdoor courtyard with approved media
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I thought, oh, look, I'm not going to go trash out
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while he's doing that with the media interview and whatnot.
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and he walked through the door back into the hotel lobby.
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The security come around him, and that's where I thought,
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oh, I might try to approach him and ask a question
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they already had what they would consider a security breach,
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and you managed to be sitting around that entire 15 minutes,
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but maybe five other people-ish sitting around the coffee area.
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Yeah, so, I mean, it's not like there was a big amount.
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There was people, obviously, patrons of the hotel,
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but there wasn't many people sort of coming and going,
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and it does sort of surprise me that the security did seem
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There was no-one checking coming in and out the lobby door,
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had what appeared to be two CPP officers with him,
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that seemed to be running perimeter or outer checks,
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They didn't really pay any attention to me sitting there, so...
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Like, okay, so, for context, we've done a lot of...
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You've done a lot of security for us over the years,
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or whether it's a public protest or an actual private event
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or even when we're out and about in a situation
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but i dare say that their conditions uh because
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beef up the government the the prime minister's
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that team um and to ensure that he actually has
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can people find you on i think you're on facebook and x and
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i'm not overly active on x i got another band the other day
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um i'm very active on facebook.com slash tactical force combatives
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and i have started a little t-shirt line where i took the photo from the
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the photo from the age with the rocket launcher and it's got a
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cardoon thing that says i stand with rocket launcher man
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so yeah thought i'd make up a bit of merchandise as well
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so you're embracing the names that they're giving you i love it
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brother have it alone till next time take care stay safe and uh
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i hope to see you there side by side with the prime minister
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next week keeping him safe let's see thank you for having me