Christmas war threats

The Christmas war threats was a short period in Commonwealth history (December 22-23, 2020 ), in which multiple nations and unions worldwide including the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and South Africa declared war on Australia, however never landed on our shores.

## Pre-War events

After the High Court's establishment on the 17th of December 2020, it sent out warrants for the arrest of multiple high-profile politicians including the "Draymond Green" Syndicalist Federation co-leader Johnny Turk on the 22nd. The arrest warrant lead to Johnny Turk fleeing his home in Darwin to avoid arrest, sending police on a chase that lasted multiple days. Later in the afternoon of the 22nd, Johnny Turk was seen on a property in northern Victoria, nearly 4000kms away from his home. SBS reported that witnesses in the north of the state stated that "he is not intentionally hiding from police", and "police are just unable to catch this *god* in plain sight". Johnny was then seen boarding a fishing boat in south-western Victoria at 5:30pm AEDT in which SBS reports he said he was intending to do a "spot of fishing", however SBS's sources at the port of his departure said he was not expected to return for numerous days.

The ABC around the same time reported that Johnny had been apprehended on a rural Victorian property and that the individual who boarded the boat was not him, however these claims were soon proven false after security footage emerged of Johnny Turk boarding the fishing vessel along with fingerprints. Hours later, photos emerged of Johnny Turk riding a fishing boat close to the coast of the Fijian islands and of him arriving at the Fijian capital. In an SBS interview moments later with the Fijian Prime Minister, he stated that "the ABC with their misinformation and lies are straining on Fiji-Australian relationships" and that " if this misinformation continues they themselves will force Fiji to become an enemy of Australia". He also brought Johnny to the microphone to further prove that he was in fact in Fiji.

## Unfolding of War

In the same interview 15 minutes later, after the ABC repeatedly refused to retract their statements about the capture of Johnny, the Fijian Prime Minister declared that if the ABC continued to refuse, "we will not hesitate to unlock our nuclear arsenal and set troops on your coasts." In an attempt to cool down the tensions, Prime Minister Kim Jong-il said that "If the ABC does not retract their bullshit then I will defund it".

Minutes after the interview with the Fijian Prime Minister, the nations of Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, and Indonesia (who all allegedly had close relationships with Johnny Turk) released statements saying that they would join Fiji and declare war on Australia if the ABC refused to retract the statements. Prime Minister Kim soon after entered talks with the Fijian leader in an attempt to calm the tensions, however after these failed, the ABC called for Kim Jong-il to resign due to the failure to secure peace. After the failed peace talks, The United States of America and the United Kingdom also announced they would declare war on Australia.

## Declaration of War

Later that night at 11:16pm, the Fijian Prime Minister released a statement officially declaring war on Australia saying:

* *Australia. Your beloved news service the ABC has failed to apologise for its fake news spread about my close personal friend Johnny Turk, and because of this, your PM and i have failed to reach a result at peace talks. Because of this, it is my duty to announce that the nations of Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, The United States of America, The United Kingdom and its allies, and South Africa have declared war on Australia.*

The ABC shortly after released a statement in which rather than retracting their statements and avoiding war, again called for the Prime Minister to resign.

Johnny Turk soon after released a statement to SBS, telling Australians to fight with the invading forces against the King (who also played a role in the spreading of the ABC's misinformation:

* *The revolution is now upon us. The King, in his foolishness, has callously allowed a war to start that will lead to more working class deaths while the ruling class benefits. Say no! Turn your guns against them and fight for the future that we all deserve! Mother Anarchy loves her sons (and daughters and so on)*

## Peace with Fiji etc.

At 12:07am on the 23rd, Prime Minister Kim Jong-il declared that he was able to secure peace with all offensive nations except the United States, United Kingdom and its allies, and South Africa - before any of their forces were able to reach Australian shores. Soon after, the President of the United States, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the South African President sent a video to SBS and the Australian government in which they said:

* *We declare war on you Australia, a nation that was once our allies, because you have betrayed us all by electing a far-left party to your government. We will not stand for this and as a measure to make sure that our world continues on as it once was, will invade your deserted island and place your anarchist government with one that again suits the worlds needs. We do not stand with the left wing and will march on your shores to again restore order!*

In response to this new development, SBS reached incarcerated DGSF co-leader jezd7 for comment to which he responded:

* *F\*\*\* the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa! We will not surrender to you pigs, and we will defend our borders and make sure none of you pigs set foot off ur boats!*

Shortly after jezd7 released this statement, Deputy Justice Bachar Houli granted him immunity and released him from prison (which was days later found to be illegal and he returned to custody).

At the same time that jezd7 was released, reports came that a railway in New South Wales had been sabotaged, blocking Australian forces who put their support behind the King. SBS reported that eyewitnesses claimed they saw Johnny Turk at the scene, although this was never proven.

## Peace with the United States and the end of the threat of war

Later that day, the Prime Minister Kim Jong-il, Deputy Prime Minister Jimmy Carr, and MPs Johnny Turk and jezd7 at 2:50pm declared they had managed to secure peace with the United States after they managed to secure a deal with China, Russia, Indonesia, and the European Union to demand all debt from the US be paid immediately. After these demands by the respective nations, the United States withdrew their ships and has sent them back to the US before they managed to set foot on Australian soil. Soon after this, the United Kingdom also withdrew due to lack of US support.

Hours later, the King on ABC news declared he had secured peace with the United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa (despite the US and UK already turning back their forces hours before). Not long after the King's speech however, South African forces turned back towards their own shores for reasons unknown, but the withdrawal is often attributed to the King.

## Effects of the war threats

During the short period of the threat of war, two High Court Justices (Chief Justice Mike Nolan and Justice Boyrauty) resigned from their seats which was likely due to the confusion when war threats broke out, and the MP for Grey albatrosss also resigned from Parliament and left his party which was soon after deregistered.

The war threats are often labeled as a major catalyst for the collapse of the "Draymond Green" Syndicalist Federation, which was deregistered less than 2 months later.