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.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
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.
The paywall can be bypassed by doing a Google search of the headline.
Select news and Bob's your uncle.
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
Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.
Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.
Anyone that pays union dues is as dumb as Gillard.
If that's accurate reporting (and it seems detailed, justified and checkable) that's pretty damning for Ms Gillard.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.
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.
She may not inspire confidence, but she certainly proves Aussies love to be whipped.
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’’. ...
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
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