Does Gillard inspire confidence?

[noco]

Be prepared for a lot of reading on this link. It is all starting to unfold "BIG TIME".

http://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com...attack-and-drops-the-boot-into-julia-gillard/

 

[IFocus]

Insiders covered this today and in particular Laura Tingle who has actually looked at the paper work involved and trolled over the facts some thing missing from this thread.

The point made was the politics rather than any thing Gillard will go to jail over.

 

[bellenuit]

The opposition desperate for an issue seem to be going all in I guess we will see next week how it pans out but with Wilson's statement it would seem to have run its course.

If it does run its course and nothing can be found against Gillard, it will be because she is good at covering her tracks and because she and her mates stick together rather than let the truth be known.

Although all circumstantial, the evidence would suggest that she is deeply involved in the whole rotten affair. If this were not so politicised, any dispassionate observer would conclude that she was a knowing participant. It is beyond credulity to conclude that she knew nothing of what was going on. She was in an intimate relationship with the main perpetrator of the fraud. She did not disclose to her employer the activities relating to the legal work she was doing on behalf of her lover and did not open a client file which prevented subsequent discovery and investigation of her activities. She put political pressure on newspapers to have their key reporters drop the story. The only questions she answered on the affair were part of an "ambush" press conference which she called without disclosing what was to be discussed, ensuring that those attending did not have prepared questions and also ensuring that key reporters who were on top of the story were not in attendance. When some documentary evidence came out (the CBA letter) proving some of her statements to be false, she resorted to the "I can't recall" defence and stated that one would hardly expect her to remember if she had worked on a mortgage issue 2 1/2 years prior to those false statements. Understandable if were just some client mortgage, but this was the mortgage on a house bought by her lover at an auction she also attended.

 

[sails]

...Clearly Blewitt is being funded but by who?

Apparently, most of it is being paid for by HARRY Nowicki, an affluent, retired personal injury lawyer from Melbourne with an interest in the history of the union movement in Australia. I don't think Nowicki is a liberal - but happy to be corrected if that's incorrect...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...a-union-intrigue/story-fn59noo3-1226441801095


And if you are trying to insinuate that the libs are on a witch hunt, don't forget it all started again publicly when one of Gillard's own ministers [Robert McClelland] raised it in Parliament. This link discusses those who are pushing for the truth on this matter:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/the-men-behind-pms-hellish-week-20120825-24t6y.html

 

[Julia]

This Patrick Keane, appointed by Julia Gillard, does not have a very good reputation.

Perhaps he can throw some light on the missing files.

http://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com...the-awu-scandal-as-high-court-judge/#comments

Your Kangaroo Court correspondent does not explain how Justice Keane 'had responsibility for the missing files".
I doubt he had clerical duties relating to how paperwork was filed.
I have no idea who this Kangaroo Court person is, but I'm surprised he's not more worried about libel.
Justice Keane's appointment has been widely praised by all sides of politics.

Wilson said:

"They can go on a witch-hunt for as long as they like, and they will find nothing that will do her (Gillard) any harm."

I doubt if she can ever live down her Bonny and Clyde relationship with him. An everlasting character stain for life and an indication of stupidity or gullibility or worse. Hardly a suitable CV for a head of state.

This goes to a subtle influence on the minds of the electorate. However much Ms Gillard claims innocence in this tawdry affair, the very fact that for some years her chosen companions (and her lover) were crooks has to taint her.

If it does run its course and nothing can be found against Gillard, it will be because she is good at covering her tracks and because she and her mates stick together rather than let the truth be known.

Although all circumstantial, the evidence would suggest that she is deeply involved in the whole rotten affair. If this were not so politicised, any dispassionate observer would conclude that she was a knowing participant. It is beyond credulity to conclude that she knew nothing of what was going on. She was in an intimate relationship with the main perpetrator of the fraud. She did not disclose to her employer the activities relating to the legal work she was doing on behalf of her lover and did not open a client file which prevented subsequent discovery and investigation of her activities. She put political pressure on newspapers to have their key reporters drop the story. The only questions she answered on the affair were part of an "ambush" press conference which she called without disclosing what was to be discussed, ensuring that those attending did not have prepared questions and also ensuring that key reporters who were on top of the story were not in attendance. When some documentary evidence came out (the CBA letter) proving some of her statements to be false, she resorted to the "I can't recall" defence and stated that one would hardly expect her to remember if she had worked on a mortgage issue 2 1/2 years prior to those false statements. Understandable if were just some client mortgage, but this was the mortgage on a house bought by her lover at an auction she also attended.

Excellent summary.

 

[noco]

Be ready for fireworks in Parliament Question time today.

The rift between Blewitt and Wilson appears to be widening.

I believe a Royal Commission into the unions and in particular the AWU and the HSU in general should be called immediately.


http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-blewitt-demands/story-fndo1uez-1226523805065

 

[Calliope]

Tony Windsor said:

”I haven’t seen anything that remotely resembles some sort of wrongdoing,”

This puts him on a par with Bruce Wilson as a lowlife. This is the man who called Abbott an "absolute disgrace."

 

[dutchie]

Tony Windsor said:

”I haven’t seen anything that remotely resembles some sort of wrongdoing,”

This puts him on a par with Bruce Wilson as a lowlife. This is the man who called Abbott an "absolute disgrace."

He fits into the Labor Party beautifully.

 

[sptrawler]

I believe a Royal Commission into the unions and in particular the AWU and the HSU in general should be called immediately.

That would send a shock wave through Australia, what a massive fallout that would cause.
No way would you only focus on the AWU and HSU. The broader the terms of reference, the quicker the cracks would appear.IMO
It would keep the newspapers busy for years, bring it on.LOL

 

[sptrawler]

Tony Windsor said:

”I haven’t seen anything that remotely resembles some sort of wrongdoing,”

This puts him on a par with Bruce Wilson as a lowlife. This is the man who called Abbott an "absolute disgrace."

I can't understand why he gets quoted, he must actively chase the press.
Well I don't think we will have to hear from him much longer, the election isn't far away.

 

[drsmith]

Tony Windsor's own political career and the long term survival of the carbon tax is wedded to the survival of the Gillard Government. That's why he's with them to the bitter end.

As for Julia Gillard herself, she's been clever enough to get to the top by lies and deceit. She knows no other way. Her problem is that it's very, very hard to cover all the tracks.

EDIT:

Julia Gillard is going to try and head off today's question time at the pass. She's called a press conference for 1pm.

Will The Australian's Hedley Thomas be there ?

 

[dutchie]

Tony Windsor's own political career and the long term survival of the carbon tax is wedded to the survival of the Gillard Government. That's why he's with them to the bitter end.

As for Julia Gillard herself, she's been clever enough to get to the top by lies and deceit. She knows no other way. Her problem is that it's very, very hard to cover all the tracks.

I personally sometimes wonder which other husbands she may have slept with to advance her career.

(is that a low blow or could that be a possibility ??)

 

[Calliope]

I personally sometimes wonder which other husbands she may have slept with to advance her career.

(is that a low blow or could that be a possibility ??)

I think Craig Emerson was divorced, with three children, when Julia shacked up with him for two years from 2002. Like Bruce Wilson, he has stayed loyal to her and has an almost puppy-like devotion.

 

[drsmith]

She didn't wear the press gallery out this time.

She's wound up now, to face the house.

 

[noco]

Wilson was still drawing money from the slush fund as late as early 1996 after he had been kicked out of the AWU and Gillard and Slater and Gordon still had not notified the AWU of the said slush fund.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...nt-end-awu-fraud/story-fng5kxvh-1226523852732

 

[bellenuit]

She didn't wear the press gallery out this time.

She's wound up now, to face the house.

I only had time to listen to the end of the press conference and the first question from Bishop in Question Time. That question related to setting up the slush fund without having or seeing the resolution from the AWU authorising it to be set up (a legal requirement if I am correct). Gillard declined to answer, referring Bishop instead to the minutes of the just completed press conference where a similar question was asked by a reporter, whose name I can't recall.

But I saw that part of the press conference. Gillard didn't directly answer the question asked, but instead addressed some side issue. When the reporter tried to clarify exactly what he was asking, she cut him off and went to another reporter for a new question.

So much for accountability.

 

[bellenuit]

Interesting!

Note to editors/journalists - Julia Gillard is currently facing very serious allegations and Victoria Police are investigating those allegations

http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/201...-very-serious-allegations-and-victoria-p.html

 

[drsmith]

Interesting!

Note to editors/journalists - Julia Gillard is currently facing very serious allegations and Victoria Police are investigating those allegations

http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/201...-very-serious-allegations-and-victoria-p.html

Julia Gillard was vague today regarding when she was asked witnessing the power of attorney personally, relying on a general comment about many coming across her desk.

That one wouldn't have come across her desk, unless it went to Perth with her.

The outcome of Michael Smith's faith in Ralph Blewitt will be ineresting. My response to Julia Gillard's point about trust between Ralph and herself is that I wouldn't trust either of them.

 

[sails]

Julia Gillard was vague today regarding when she was asked witnessing the power of attorney personally, relying on a general comment about many coming across her desk.

That one wouldn't have come across her desk, unless it went to Perth with her.

The outcome of Michael Smith's faith in Ralph Blewitt will be ineresting. My response to Julia Gillard's point about trust between Ralph and herself is that I wouldn't trust either of them.

As an industrial lawyer, it seems strange that POAs would be so frequent.

And this POA would have likely had some special significance as it was helping her lover buy his house.

And, if she is as innocent as she states, then why isn't she actively locating those lost files that would possibly help her to clear her name?

 

[Julia]

Extract from item in "Business Spectator" today:

Ms Gillard said she did not remember $5000 being put into her Commonwealth bank account and her attempts to recover bank records had been unsuccessful.

I have never, ever heard of it being impossible to access bank records.
Perhaps I am ill informed. Does this statement from Ms Gillard seem reasonable?

She did get one thing right in the remarks I heard her making today: that is that the present Liberal Party bears little resemblance to the Liberal Party in the time of John Howard.