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The Media’s Biggest Story This Week Was… A Dick Pic | Scam of the Week
While are allies were accused of kidnap, rape and torture, while Michael West Media was being dragged through court by BHP, and the case suppressed, what was not suppressed was Luke Sayers’ penis. Do courts suppress evidence of high public interest but not ‘dick pics’?
while serious questions were being raised about AUKUS,
#auspol
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