Does Gillard inspire confidence?

[Julia]

Noco - that link is behind the paywall, however, Andrew Bolt has some of it on his blog:

McClelland confronts Gillard again with the AWU scandal

The journalist who wrote the article for "The Australian" is Hedley Thomas, someone worthy of considerable respect. If he's seeing fit to follow up on this, he must be convinced there is more to be uncovered.

Hedley Thomas is The Australian’s national chief correspondent. He writes across the newspaper, specialising in investigative reporting with a particular interest in legal issues, the judiciary, public administration, corruption and politics. He is the author of Sick to Death, a book revolving around surgeon Dr Jayant Patel who was tried for manslaughter and grievous bodily harm in Brisbane after working as a director of surgery in Queensland. Dr Patel was convicted in July 2010. Hedley was responsible for uncovering his appalling background, leading to a public outcry and the criminal prosecution. Hedley is the winner of the inaugural Sir Keith Murdoch award in 2005 for his body of work on Dr Patel. Hedley, 43, first joined The Australian in 2006 after working for The Courier-Mail, The South China Morning Post and the Gold Coast Bulletin. All of his journalism has been with News Limited publications. Hedley has won five Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley, in 2007, for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef.

 

[sails]

The paywall can be bypassed by doing a Google search of the headline.

Select news and Bob's your uncle.

Thanks Dr Smith - obviously the trick is to select "news"...

 

[sails]

Will the truth ever come out with Gillard?

McClelland is certainly trying hard.

The way Gillard has lied during the past couple of years, she is most likely trying hard to cover up her association with Wilson and the AWU. It is a wonder Howes has not joined in as well.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...on-funds-scandal/story-fn59niix-1226425771932

Interesting interview with Michael Smith discussing this issue (Michael Smith was the radio presenter who lost his job with 2UE over this same issue):

http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=13667

Or for some written excerpts with links: http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/julia-gillard-and-bruce-wilson-and.html

 

[dutchie]

Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.

 

[noco]

Interesting interview with Michael Smith discussing this issue (Michael Smith was the radio presenter who lost his job with 2UE over this same issue):

http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=13667

Or for some written excerpts with links: http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/julia-gillard-and-bruce-wilson-and.html

OMG how in the hell is this Gillard getting away with all this?

Surely it must come to a head to tip this fool of a Prime Minister over the cliff.

I still believe Oakeshots will be the catalyst and soon I hope.

 

[noco]

Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.

Yes dumb and dumber. Is it no wonder union membership has fallen and after all the lastest happenings with HSU and the AWU it will fall further. Only the rusted on Labor supporters will continue to be sucked into paying.

 

[joea]

Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.

I worked for a sugar mill and although I was not required to be in a union, the majority were.
Only staff exempt.
Although legally you were not required to be in a union, the end result was all were.
Why. Well anybody moving into a job which required training, was "cold shouldered".

The rank and file were threatened with, "we got you a pay rise, now you join".

When I was a young guy, training to be a sugar chemist I was only there during the season.
Because I could not buy "half a year" ticket I was threatened by them stopping the mill if I did not.

You will never hear about this, but by mouth. But I ensure you it happens and on every site.(mill).
There are ways that a person can be persuaded for most anything. "especially in unions".
However a strong union person may "change his spots" if he moves to "Greenfield site".

Later in my career I was involved in Enterprise Agreements, and our company had to
get a commissioner up on more than a few occasions.
joea

 

[joea]

Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.

Tony Sheldon was "cloned" in some way, and his presence and attitude is appealing to many.
However as they retire the numbers are diminishing

It gave me GREAT PLEASURE at the QLD state election to see some people of strong union belief
refuse to take a ticket from Labor..

Having made these two post, I also believe the unions of the past, (not the present) had
a number of benefits for their members..
These have been posted on this thread because the above statement(of dutchie) is correct
with the present day work force with the likes of Gillard and Sheldon.
joea

 

[Julia]

Interesting interview with Michael Smith discussing this issue (Michael Smith was the radio presenter who lost his job with 2UE over this same issue):

If that's accurate reporting (and it seems detailed, justified and checkable) that's pretty damning for Ms Gillard.
No wonder the issue has never actually gone away.
Craig Thompson's efforts, in comparison, seem petty.

 

[sails]

If that's accurate reporting (and it seems detailed, justified and checkable) that's pretty damning for Ms Gillard.
No wonder the issue has never actually gone away.
Craig Thompson's efforts, in comparison, seem petty.

Michael Smith certainly comes across extremely credible and seems to have put a fair bit of effort into some forensic type detective work.

If the account is correct, I find it incredible that an Australian PM would threaten any media in the way this has been reported. That is not the Australian way, imo. It makes Bligh look pretty tame by comparison.

 

[joea]

Michael Smith certainly comes across extremely credible and seems to have put a fair bit of effort into some forensic type detective work.

If the account is correct, I find it incredible that an Australian PM would threaten any media in the way this has been reported. That is not the Australian way, imo. It makes Bligh look pretty tame by comparison.

If it is correct it will make a hit in the election campaign!!
joe

 

[sptrawler]

She may not inspire confidence, but she certainly proves Aussies love to be whipped.

 

[joea]

She may not inspire confidence, but she certainly proves Aussies love to be whipped.

Aussies are holding back the "ouch" for a little way down the track.
The sound will be then expressed across the nation.
You may hear a whimper in Melbourne this weekend.
joea

 

[Logique]

It's dangerous to your tenure to raise these matters, Smith, Milne, McClelland...

http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
The case flared sensationally last year when Ms Gillard’s conduct was raised by Sydney radio broadcaster Michael Smith and The Australian’s columnist Glenn Milne, both of whom lost their jobs after a furious response from Ms Gillard..

..Mr Cambridge proposed a pecuniary interests register for union officials: ‘‘Quite frankly, I am now certain the Victorian affair goes a lot deeper than I had first suspected and I am afraid that underlying the whole mess may be issues of serious corruption.’’

Mr Cambridge also swore in an affidavit that was filed in the Industrial Relations Court in 1996 that he was ‘‘unable to understand how Slater and Gordon, who were then acting for the Victoria Branch of the Union, could have permitted the use of funds which were obviously taken from the union, in the purchase of private property of this nature, without seeking and obtaining proper authority from the union’’. ...

 

[dutchie]

I think Julia has a lot of questions to answer.

More will come out after the next election.

 

[noco]

How can Gillard inspire confidence in the Austrlian voters when she can't inspire confidence in her own team let alone the unions.

This Labor Government under Gillard is in absolute chaos, turmoil and disfunctional. In the meantime, the public and business are confused and suffering from the lack of good management of the economy and the affairs of the Nation

She has no genuine concern in the National interest, only her own survival and she must go now.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...leadership-noise/story-e6frgd0x-1226431210293

 

[dutchie]

Can anyone point me to an instance where Julia Gillard has answered a question to the subject and honestly.

I just want evidence of one!

 

[MrBurns]

Cant find it now but there was an article by Pickering outlining Gillards past, when she was working as a solicitor, the handling of money into a slush fund etc etc

Well......................I heard from what I consider an impecable source that there's a lot of truth in that article, Gillard is a nasty piece of work and unfit to be PM.

 

[joea]

How can Gillard inspire confidence in the Austrlian voters when she can't inspire confidence in her own team let alone the unions.

This Labor Government under Gillard is in absolute chaos, turmoil and disfunctional. In the meantime, the public and business are confused and suffering from the lack of good management of the economy and the affairs of the Nation

She has no genuine concern in the National interest, only her own survival and she must go now.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...leadership-noise/story-e6frgd0x-1226431210293

noco
From that link, one would think the top three are going to be Rudd, Shorten and Cream.
I just wonder then what order.?
Well no doubt there will be some activity when the by - election is finalized.
joea

 

[joea]

Informal vote in the by - election is 8.48% at present.

http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/StateBy2012resultMelbourneDistrict.html

joea