QAnon Linked to Australian PM
A significant Australian proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory is a family friend of Scott Morrison, and his wife is on the prime ministers staff.
<...> The pair have been lifelong friends, and the Guardian has learned the wife was recently employed on the prime ministers staff in a publicly funded position, but not in any policy or advisory capacity. There is no evidence she shares her husbands views.
BurnedSpys tweets have frequently been cited as world-class in QAnon research threads on 8Chan, the forum Australian telecommunications companies were encouraged to block by Morrisons government after it hosted the Christchurch terrorist attack videos.
BurnedSpys Twitter account makes repeated claims about Downer, a frequent target of QAnon. In a thread last year, he linked a 1996 child abuse inquiry in Australia to Downers role in kickstarting the Russian interference investigation. <...>
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