Cattle Breeder's AVO Battle: Passion or Harassment?

0:00A wealthy cattle breeder and property developer in New South Wales named Theo Onesforo faces harassment claims from police on behalf of the Winscare B. Shire Mayor and General Manager. The allegations stem from a year of emails and interactions they say amount to stalking like behavior. Honours Faru, a former barrister who worked for Media Mogul Carey Packer, denies it all and calls it a plot to quiet him before he runs for local counsel. To dramatize back to a controversial plastics recycling plant proposal in Mossvale, that's divided the community. Council opposes it after planners shut it down, but Onesforo allegedly emailed offers to fund their legal fights, starting at $100,000. Dollars and climbing to $250,000, then $500,000, with help from others. Locals and officials describe tense run-ins like Onesforo blasting council as incompetent for rejecting his cash, personal jabs at the mayor's age, and smarts, and a dust-up on Australia Day, over a handshake snub.

1:03There was also a March incident where he got booted from a meeting, snuck back to post a critical sign, and police got called. Honours Faru insists his outreach was just passionate debate on planning issues, not threats or attacks. He points out police skipped an interim protection order, suggesting no real fear now, and frames the whole thing as political sabotage ahead of. Elections. The case heads back to Mossvale local court next month, where we'll see if these aviobid stick, or if Onesforoo keeps speaking his mind freely. That wraps Sydney news today, brought to you with AI, I'm Corey with the story.