The Time Has Come

PART ONE IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Product details

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 18 June 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 522 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8181921740

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 866 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3 x 22.86 cm

THE PRECEDENT OF SILENCE: TRUTH STANDS UNCHALLENGED

In the modern landscape of government accountability, the collision between state secrecy and the public’s right to know frequently results in prolonged legal battles and the suppression of dissent. Author, legal information advocate, and human rights activist Marcia Anita Hobbs has carved out a historic exception to this rule.

By meticulously applying statutory protections under Australia’s Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act, Hobbs has achieved a decade-long triumph of undeniable truth over governmental silence. For ten years, her disclosures regarding police corruption and institutional negligence have existed in the public domain and remained wholly unchallenged by the government—a legal impossibility if the documented claims were false.

“Writing the truth requires courage; protecting it requires legal fortitude.”

TECHNICAL PUBLICATION FEEDBACK REGARDING AUTHORING:

​I. The Armor of Exact Identification

​From a literary standpoint, repeating "Kurt Gavan Slaven (DOB 07NOV1958; SAPOL/ADF - Navy)" or "Dave Kyriacou (SAPOL ID 40657)" disrupts flow, but from a defamation defense standpoint, it is a masterstroke.

​Eliminating Plausible Deniability: In defamation or criminal negligence cases, ambiguity is the enemy. By attaching specific dates of birth, police identification numbers, and exact organizational affiliations every time a claim is made, you eliminate the defense of mistaken identity.

​Forcing the Issue: You are making it impossible for SAPOL, VICPOL, or the individuals named to claim you are speaking in generalities or about "a few bad apples". You are pinning specific, severe allegations (e.g., perjury, statutory breaches, sexual assault) to exact individuals on the public record.

​II. The "Introduction" as an Opening Brief

​Reading the 450+ page introduction as a traditional book chapter is challenging, but reading it as an Executive Summary or an Opening Statement for a Royal Commission makes its purpose clear.

​Establishing the Chain of Causation: Before diving into the chronological chapters, you are laying out the entire web of liability. You successfully map how a single event in 2001 metastasized into a multi-state, multi-agency cover-up involving the AFP, ICAC, and politicians like Jay Weatherill and Peter Malinauskas.

​Embedding Exhibits: Your inclusion of verbatim text—such as the May 2020 email from NSWPOL's Matthew Jackson, the December 2022 ACLEI response, and the Border Watch news clippings—functions as evidentiary exhibit placement. You are showing your receipts directly in the text, proving that these governing bodies were formally notified and formally responded (or failed to respond) to your claims.

​III. Documenting Damages and Torts

​Your transition between citing strict legal statutes (like the Affray law or the PID Act) and sharing visceral, raw trauma is legally significant.

​Establishing Mens Rea and Actus Reus: You use the legal framework to define the exact crimes committed against you (reckless endangerment, criminal negligence, breach of privacy).

​Establishing Damages: The raw, personal recounting of your emotional distress, the murder of your pets, your PTSD, and the deliberate destruction of your legal career and housing stability serve as a meticulous catalog of the damages you have suffered. You are calculating the torts in real-time, justifying your claim that the damages extend into the "billions of dollars mark".

FAST FACTS

Book Title: Ugly Heroes: The Price of Unlawful Enforcement

Author: Marcia Anita Hobbs (Marcia B. Noose)

Genre: True Crime Autobiography / Non-Fiction

ISBN:

Retailers: Amazon, Booktopia, Barnes & Noble (leading book retailers)

Brand Mantra: Fear Is the Root of All Weakness®️

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Ugly Heros: The Price of Unlawful Enforcement is a raw, non-fiction true crime autobiography detailing gripping accounts of a regional underworld and life in the shadows of the elite STARForce Team of the South Australia Police.

The book exposes the misuse and abuse of association laws for police and political gain. Hobbs documents her harrowing experiences—beginning as a teenage victim of a police officer’s sexual crime—and outlines a chain of causation stemming from decades of systemic criminal negligence. Submitted as evidence to multiple integrity commissions and inquiries, the book transforms trauma and institutional betrayal into a permanent historical record, demanding justice and accountability.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marcia Anita Hobbs is a human rights activist, legal information advocate, and the founder and lead designer of the clothing brand Barbwire Noose (est. 2005). Operating with a gritty, witty energy, her creative and advocacy projects champion the empowering slogan, Fear Is the Root of All Weakness.

Hobbs brings two decades of extensive institutional experience to her whistleblowing. Empowered by her Diploma in Management, which underscores her foundational professional acumen, alongside her ongoing law degree at Flinders University, she possesses a formidable legal literacy. Hobbs relies on the law as both a sword and a shield, proving that one does not need to be a fully qualified lawyer to navigate complex frameworks—only dedication and an unwavering commitment to the facts. Beyond her literature, her advocacy continues to expand as a finalist for the Ms Legacy International Australia 2026 pageant, utilizing the platform to amplify her voice for human rights.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act?

The PID Act is designed to protect current or former public officials who report suspected wrongdoing within the public sector, providing a legal shield against civil, criminal, or administrative liability.

Why is Marcia Anita Hobbs’ case considered a “first”?

While many use the PID Act for internal reports, Hobbs is the first to successfully navigate the high-stakes transition to external disclosure via published books that have remained legally unchallenged by the government for ten years.

How does defamation law factor into this?

Normally, the government or individuals can sue for defamation if they believe a publication harms their reputation. However, because Hobbs’ disclosures were made under the PID Act and are grounded in truth, the government has no legal grounds to challenge her.

Does this mean anyone can publish government secrets?

No. The PID Act has strict criteria: the discloser must be a current or former public official, must generally report internally first, and the information must involve specific “disclosable conduct”.

Is Hobbs a qualified lawyer?

Marcia Anita Hobbs holds a Graduate Diploma in Management, Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance, is an ongoing student of law; she has explicitly clarified that her bachelor’s degree is not yet complete.

OTHER:

Location: Northern Territory, South Australia

Website: www.marciabnoose.com.au

www.barbwirenoose.com

GLOSSARY

​Organizations & Law Enforcement

​ACLEI: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, a national body that investigated corrupt conduct by staff members of Commonwealth law enforcement agencies prior to the establishment of the NACC.

​AFP: Australian Federal Police.

​Barbwire Noose (BN05): A human rights and personal empowerment clothing brand founded by Marcia Anita Hobbs in 2008.

​ICAC (SA): Independent Commission Against Corruption, an independent state integrity commission in South Australia.

​NACC: National Anti-Corruption Commission, the federal integrity body implemented to address corruption on a national scale.

​SAPOL: South Australia Police.

​STARForce: The elite Special Tasks and Rescue Force within the South Australia Police.

​VICPOL, NTPOL, NSWPOL, WAPOL, TASPOL: Regional police forces for Victoria, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia, and Tasmania, respectively.

​Legal & Conceptual Terms

​Affray: A legal charge regarding the use or threat of unlawful violence towards another person, which would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for their personal safety.

​Association Laws: Legislation designed to disrupt organized crime, which the author argues was misused and unconstitutionally applied to target, harass, and recklessly endanger her.

​Defamation Capital of the World: A descriptor used by legal scholars for Australia, referencing its rigorous, plaintiff-friendly defamation laws that can be weaponized to suppress dissent.

​Disclosable Conduct: Specific categories of public sector wrongdoing protected under the PID Act, such as corruption, perversion of justice, maladministration, and substantial danger to public health and safety.

​PID Act (Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013): A strict legislative framework providing legal immunity (a "shield") against civil, criminal, or administrative liability for current or former public officials who report internal government wrongdoing.

​Precedent of Silence: A concept coined by the author to describe the government's ten-year failure to pursue legal action against her published works, functioning as a tacit admission of the disclosures' absolute truth.

​Reckless Endangerment: A legal term used frequently in the text to describe law enforcement's alleged failure in their duty of care, deliberately exposing the author to severe physical and psychological harm.

​Sexpionage: The strategic use of sexual activity, intimacy, romance, or seduction to conduct intelligence operations, extortion, or blackmail.

​Gangs & Underworld Entities

​COA: A youth gang originating in Mount Gambier, described as spreading STDs and allegedly functioning as human resources for corrupt police and larger motorcycle clubs.

​Gypsy Jokers: A prominent outlaw motorcycle club operating in the Mount Gambier region and South Australia, frequently referenced in the text regarding its control over the local underworld and alleged alliances with corrupt police.

​Comancheros / Hells Angels / Bandidos / Triads: Other major outlaw motorcycle and organized crime groups identified throughout the narrative as being involved in the region's illegal sex industry and drug trafficking.

Key individuals.

​The Author & Inner Circle

​Marcia Anita Hobbs (Marcia B. Noose / Princess Marcia): The author, human rights activist, legal information advocate, and founder of Barbwire Noose. The text details her decades-long struggle as a whistleblower exposing police corruption, sexual violence, and institutional neglect.

​Tim Argent: The author’s first serious boyfriend, with whom she moved out of her parents' home in 2000/2001. The relationship ended after he engaged with a prostitute.

​Jason Scott Parker: The author's second long-term boyfriend. The text describes him as having domestic violence issues and later engaging in malicious accusations regarding the author.

​Luke Hubert Scheidl: A boyfriend of the author from 2009 to 2012. The text identifies him as a felon and Gypsy Joker associate guilty of domestic violence, strangulation, threatening the author's life, and distributing revenge porn on the dark web.

​Cheyne Michael Hobbs: The author's brother, who struggled with methamphetamine addiction and associated with members of the Mount Gambier underworld.

​Gregory Hobbs: The author's uncle and an ex-SAPOL STARForce officer. He is accused of participating in privacy breaches against the author and illegitimately withholding her Qantas shares inheritance.

​Travis Paul Enmon Jr: The author’s American fiancé and long-distance partner, based in Texas.

​Key Law Enforcement Figures

​Kurt Gavan Slaven: A former SAPOL/Australian Defence Force (Navy) detective. He is the central accused figure in the text, identified as the police predator who raped the author in 2001 when she was a 16-year-old minor, and whose actions sparked a decades-long police cover-up.

​Grantley John Stevens (Grant Stevens): The SAPOL Commissioner, heavily criticized in the text for toxic leadership, covering up police crimes, and facilitating the harassment of the author.

​Dave Kyriacou: A SAPOL officer accused of ICE dealing, writing false statements, perjury, and engaging in severe entrapment and torts against the author.

​Paul Arthur Griffiths: A SAPOL Highway Patrol officer who was initially a friend of the author, but later accused of compromising her safety during a homicide investigation and engaging in perjury.

​Darryl Peter Wright: An ex-South African Army SAPOL officer. Initially seemingly helpful, he is later accused of illegally filming the author, engaging with the illegal sex industry, and participating in the character assassination plot.

​Aaron Roche: A Victorian Police (VICPOL) detective involved in the Gordon Tearonui Hamm homicide investigation. Initially trusted by the author, he is later accused of being aligned with the corrupt sex industry.

​Kym Modra: A SAPOL Detective and later ICAC Senior Investigator accused of deliberately confusing investigations to protect criminal police officers.

​Reece Kershaw: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner, whom the author directly addressed regarding the federal cover-up of police criminality and torture.

​Politicians & Media

​Frank Pangallo: A former Today Tonight (Channel Seven) journalist who transitioned into South Australian politics. The author accuses him of running a venal, illegal investigation that aided the police defamation campaign rather than exposing the truth.

​Jay Weatherill, Mike Rann, & Peter Bryden Malinauskas: Current and former South Australian Labor politicians (Premiers/Ministers) accused throughout the text of actively overlooking, minimizing, or participating in the cover-up of severe disability sector negligence and elite sex crimes.

​Mark Dreyfus: Federal Labor MP and Attorney General, accused by the author of perjury to the High Courts regarding the unconstitutional application of Organised Crime laws.

​Underworld Figures & Assailants

​Gordon Tearonui Hamm: A tragic homicide victim murdered in Victoria in 2013. The author served as a key voluntary witness in the subsequent, heavily compromised police investigation.

​Timothy Stringer: A known ICE dealer and police human resource accused of orchestrating the murder of Gordon Tearonui Hamm.

​David Newton Bradley: A SAPOL informant and Comanchero associate who allegedly attempted manslaughter against both the author and Luke Scheidl in 2014 using a kitchen knife.

​Kylie, Sara, and Miriam Maddison: Three women linked to the illegal sex industry and the Gypsy Jokers who physically assaulted the author in 2004, driven by the false police-circulated prostitution rumors.

​Craig Spence: An Australian Defence Army veteran and former Big Brother contestant who spread malicious solicitation accusations against the author in New South Wales.

​Melissa Mary-Ann Hutton (Liz): An Alice Springs-based ICE dealer and felon who assaulted the author, an incident the text claims was improperly investigated by NTPOL.