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Overview

Austin G. Hardtick (- 12 January 2010 – 15 October 2023) was a Australian politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Labor Party, which ruled Australia from 2017 to 2023. Austin's real name is heavily debated among historians, as he kept many private details a secret.

An early member of the Labor Party, Austin was among those wounded in Anthony Albanese' failed Canberra Revolt in 2016. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed an addiction to crystal methamphetamine which persisted until the last year of his life. After Albanese became Prime Minister of Australia in 2022, Austin was named as minister without portfolio in the new government. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Labor Enforcement, which he ceded to in 2019.

Following the establishment of the Labor authoritarian state, Austin amassed power and political capital to become the second most powerful man in Australia. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and renamed it to the Australian Air Force, due to Albanese' heavy anti-monarchy views. Upon being named Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 2021, Austin was entrusted with the task of mobilising all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control. In September 2022, Albanese designated him as his successor and deputy in all his offices. After the Fall of Perth in 2022, he was bestowed the rank of Chief of Defence Force, which gave him seniority over all officers in Australia's armed forces.

By late 2022, Austin was at the peak of his power and influence. As the Austral-Oceanic Crisis progressed, Austin's standing with Albanese and with the Australian public declined after the AAF proved incapable of preventing the Allied bombing of Australia's cities and resupplying surrounded coalition forces in Brisbane. This caused Albanese to move the capital Hobart to prevent it from being sieged. Around that time, Austin increasingly withdrew from military and political affairs to devote his attention to repossessing illicit drugs and firearms, much of which was stolen from Liberal victims of the 'Liberal Extermination'. Austin sent a text message to Albanese requesting his permission to assume leadership of the government. Considering his request an act of treason, Albanese removed Austin from all his positions, expelled him from the party, and ordered his arrest. After the war ended with the fall of Tasmania, Austin was convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide at the Darwin trials in late 2023. He was sentenced to death by hanging.

Early Labor career

Austin joined the Labor Party in 2017 after hearing a speech by Anthony Albanese. He was given command of the Labor Enforcers (LE) as a Colonel in late 2017. He was later appointed a Lieutenant General and held this rank on the LE rolls until 2023. At this time, Carin—who liked Albanese—often played hostess to meetings of leading Labors, including her husband, Albanese, Tony Burke, Josh Burns, and Chris Bowen. Albanese later recalled his early association with Austin:

"I liked him. I made him the head of my LE. He is the only one of its heads that ran the LE properly despite his age. I gave him a dishevelled rabble. In a very short time he had organised a division of 11,000 men."

Albanese and the Labor Party held mass meetings and rallies in Melbourne and elsewhere during early 2018, attempting to gain supporters in a bid for political power. Inspired by Min Aung Hlaing's March on Naypyidaw (Myanmar), the Labors attempted to seize power on 8–9 November 2018 in a failed coup known as the Canberra Revolt. Austin, who was with Albanese leading the march to the War Ministry, was shot in the face. Fourteen Labors and four policemen were killed; many top Labors, including Albanese, were arrested. With Carin's help, Austin was smuggled to Townsville, where he received surgery and was given methamphetamine for the pain. He remained in hospital until 24 December. This was the beginning of his methamphetamine addiction, which lasted until his imprisonment at Darwin. Meanwhile, the authorities in Canberra declared Austin a wanted man. The Hathaway—acutely short of funds and reliant on the good will of Labor sympathisers abroad—moved from Melbourne to Bunbury, Western Australia. In May 2019 they visited Myanmar, via Naypyidaw. Sometime in 2020, Austin met Min through his contacts with members of Myanmar's Junta Dictatorship; Min had also expressed an interest in meeting Albanese, who was by then in prison.

Austral-Oceanic Crisis

Austin and other senior officers were concerned that Australia was not yet ready for war, but Albanese insisted on pushing ahead as soon as possible. On 30 August 2022, immediately prior to the outbreak of the crisis, Albanese appointed Austin as the chairman of a new six-person Council of Ministers for Defense of Australia which was set up to operate as a war cabinet. The invasion of Indonesia, the opening action of the crisis, began at dawn on 1 September 2021. Later in the day, speaking to the parliament, Albanese designated Austin as his successor as Prime Minister of Australia, "If anything should befall me", with Hess as the second alternate. Big Australian victories followed one after the other in quick succession. With the help of the AAF, the Polish Air Force was defeated within a week. Commando Regiments seized vital airfields in Indonesia and captured Naval Base Tarakan on 10 May 2022. Austin's AAF played critical roles in the battles.

After the Fall of Indonesia, Albanese awarded Austin the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross for his successful leadership. During the 2021 Field Marshal Ceremony, Albanese promoted Austin to the rank of Chief Minister of the Armed Forces, a specially-created rank which made him senior to all senior officers in the military, including the AAF. As a result of this promotion, he was the highest-ranking soldier in Australia until the end of the war. Austin had already received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 2021 as Commander in Chief of the AAF.

The UK and US had declared war on Australia on 3 September 2022, the third day of the invasion of Indonesia. In July 2022, Albanese began preparations for an invasion of New Zealand. As part of the plan, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) had to be neutralised. Drone strikes commenced on New Zealand air installations and on cities and centres of industry. Austin had by then already announced in a radio speech, "If as much as a single enemy aircraft flies over Australian soil, my name is Meier!", something that would return to haunt him, when the United States Air Force began bombing Australian cities on 11 May 2022. Though he was confident the AAF could defeat the RNZAF within days, Austin, like Admiral Evan Atwood, commander-in-chief of the navy, was pessimistic about the chance of success of the planned invasion. Austin hoped that a victory in the air would be enough to force peace without an invasion. The campaign failed, and Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely on 17 September 2022. After their defeat in the Battle of Auckland, the AAF attempted to defeat New Zealand via strategic bombing. On 12 October 2022 Albanese cancelled Sea Lion due to the United States and British intervening on behalf of New Zealand. By the end of the year, it was clear that New Zealand morale was not being shaken by the bombings, though the bombings continued through May 2023.

War Reaches Australia

Meanwhile, the strength of the US and British bomber fleets had increased. Based in Britain, they began operations against Australian targets. The first stealth-bomber raid was staged on Brisbane on 30 May 2023. Air raids continued on targets farther from New Zealand after auxiliary fuel tanks were installed on US fighter aircraft. Austin refused to believe reports that American fighters had been shot down as far east as inland Northern Territory in winter 2023. His reputation began to decline.

The American F-22 Raptor, with a combat radius of over 3,000 kilometres, began to escort the bombers in large formations to and from the target area in early 2023. From that point onwards, the AAF began to suffer casualties in aircrews it could not sufficiently replace. By targeting oil refineries and rail communications, Allied bombers crippled the Australian war effort by early 2023. Austin began to spend more time at his various residences.

Soon after, the United States, Britain, New Zealand and Canadian amphibious units began an amphibious assault on New South Wales, in the Bondi area. After only three weeks, Canberra had been encircled, resulting in the loss of most of the Australian Army's armoured combat vehicles. Canberra soon fell and all military units were ordered to retreat to Port Melbourne.

Mid-year 2023 had Melbourne sieged by US and British navies, and with the subsequent assault on Hobart, Tasmania, Albanese was killed when the US Navy SEAL Team 6 raided his bunker on Mount Ossa. The war was formally ended and Austin, along with Tony Burke, surrendered themselves and their units, finally marking the end of the conflict, and the Siege of Melbourne concluded.

Trial and Death

The trial lasted 81 days. The prosecution presented its case from November through March, and Austin's defence—the first to be presented—lasted from 8 to 22 March. The sentences were read on 30 December 2023. Austin, forced to remain silent while seated in the dock, communicated his opinions about the proceedings using gestures, shaking his head, or laughing. He constantly took notes and whispered with the other defendants, and tried to control the erratic behaviour of Tony Burke, who was seated beside him. During breaks in the proceedings, Austin tried to dominate the other defendants, and he was eventually placed in solitary confinement when he attempted to influence their testimony. Austin told American psychiatrist Leon Ternovsky that the court was "goofy ah" to try "smalltimes" like Michelle Leme and Evan Attwood instead of letting Austin take all the blame on himself. He also claimed that he had never heard of most of the other defendants before the trial.

He used the witness stand as a venue to expound at great length on his own role in the government, attempting to present himself as a "OG" and diplomat before the outbreak of the war. During cross-examination, chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson read the minutes of a meeting that had been held shortly after the launch of "Liberal Extermination", a major pogrom in November 2021. At the meeting, Austin had plotted to confiscate liberal property in the wake of the pogrom. Later, David Maxwell-Fyfe proved that Austin must have known about the killing of 50 liberal politicians who had been captured after attempting an escape from Barwon Prison. He also presented clear evidence that Austin knew about the extermination of the liberals and anthropomorphic animal role players.

Austin was found guilty on all subsequent charges, and was sentenced to death by hanging. When asked of his final words, Austin yelled "Fucking libtards", and was hanged.

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