Total Containment

Facts That Point To A Deception At Port Arthur ------------------------ Email: editor@shootersnews.addr.com

During the afternoon and evening of the 28th April, and on the 29th April when Martin Bryant was found stumbling from the burning ruins of Seascape Tasmanian media officers* Geoff Easton and Peter Hazelwood had achieved almost TOTAL CONTAINMENT of the media. This was in fact later told to a Federal Senate Inquiry.

This containment involved not telling the media what was going on that Sunday until the last moment; keeping them away from the Seascape seige; and controlling their access on a guided crime scene tour in a bus the following day claiming Martin Bryant acted alone. Later it also involved vetted control of the release of information about the incident and court proceedings..

The question must be asked why was this necessary ?

The simple answer is to ensure the deception that went on at Port Arthur Historic Site and more particularly at Seascape was not discovered. It was all about maximum media control and fraudulent manipulation of the truth of the incident all designed at railroading poor helpless Martin Bryant and making it appear a private citizen acted alone when all the time is was a govt. run operation..

On the CD ROM Andrew MacGregor details how Easton lied and misled the Senate Inquiry .

Had the media been allowed anywhere near Seascape that evening during the seige with cameras rolling they would have recorded the deceptive conduct going on such as 2 gunmen firing from different buildings ( refer SA Police Journal page on this site ) and possibly would have filmed the real gunmen slipping out the back of Seascape that night and the helicopter that took them away. And media witnesses would have seen and heard things going on they were not meant to. All that could not be allowed to happen. The excuse was given - they might get hurt but it should be noted during the whole seige at Seascape not one shot hit any of the police outside - which is very strange.

The only media allowed near the scene was a Tasmanian WIN TV crew filming from a great distance who managed to film the capture of Martin Bryant stumbling clothes on fire from Seascape on the morning of the 29th April. Why were they given exclusive treatment - was it because they were part of this deception which was later evidence by them providing fabricated video footage to the CURRENT AFFAIR TV program ? It should be noted Easton told the Senate Inquiry there was "total containment" of the media - this was not true - the WIN TV filming proves that. And that answer was in relation to Senator Quirke's question asking whether ANY media were allowed within viewing distance of Seascape.

This policy of total containment explains why such scant media reports were seen at the time which prevented people, particularly in firearm owners groups, from scrutinizing what went on. This was quite deliberate on the part of the criminals who set this massacre up so their objective would not be derailed. What was presented to the media was a horrific emotionally aimed story of carnage which now has been proven to be the biggest deception ever pulled in Australia's history.

What also needs explaining is why was Gun Control activist Roland Brown was called into Police HQ for a media briefing ahead of anyone else ? It is another strange coinicdence only Govt. employed ABC reporters got the word that afternoon something was happening and not others from the commercial media who were available. And even despite that point Roland still got briefed first ahead of them. If Tasmanian Police HQ had been even handed why wasn't the Tasmanian spokesman for shooters groups notified the same time as Roland ? - the fact he was not clearly indicates a biased agenda going on that afternoon.


* Easton was Tasmanian Police Media Officer and Hazelwood the Premier's Media Officer. Easton also scantly referred to the activities of the Federal Agency SAC-PAV to the Senate Inquiry.

Refer Media Officers Profile for more information.

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