Fairfax exclusive.Get a load of this Nick Styant Brown is talking, must watch Lateline tonight, I missed the 7:30 report.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-slush-fund-explanation/4387224
A Commonwealth Bank letter sent to Ms Gillard on March 22, 1993, shows she was involved in the property's insurance, a prerequisite for the mortgage.
Addressed "Attention: Julia Gillard" and headed "Certificate of Currency", the letter from the bank's insurance department confirms the Kerr Street unit had been insured in the name of Ralph E. Blewitt.
"In accordance with your request, we advise the building/s are insured for $200,000 with the Commonwealth Bank Insurance Scheme and the policy is renewed until 18th March 1994," it says.
On the same day the letter was sent, a handwritten note in the file headed "Bruce Wilson" refers to the certificate of currency from the Commonwealth Bank and adds: "Ralph spoke to Julia Gillard".
The 400-page conveyancing file also shows that Ms Gillard waived professional fees on the conveyancing and loan work, sought and received a detailed briefing on penalty interest provisions for the mortgage and forwarded a cheque from Mr Blewitt for costs associated with the purchase.
Essentially Nick Styant Brown asserted that Ms Gillard had knowledge of the matter, including arranging the mortgage insurance, in 1993, whereas she claims she knew nothing about it until 1995.Get a load of this Nick Styant Brown is talking, must watch Lateline tonight, I missed the 7:30 report.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-slush-fund-explanation/4387224
Essentially Nick Styant Brown asserted that Ms Gillard had knowledge of the matter, including arranging the mortgage insurance, in 1993, whereas she claims she knew nothing about it until 1995.
In substantiation, a copy of a letter to Julia Gillard from the CBA in 1993 seems to prove his point, i.e. that she has been untruthful.
Presumably she will now just claim faulty memory.
Get a load of this Nick Styant Brown is talking, must watch Lateline tonight, I missed the 7:30 report.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-slush-fund-explanation/4387224
Since this most recent revelation is being aired on the 7:30 Report, does that mean the ABC are now taking up the matter after ignoring it for weeks?
Claiming she didn't see the fax even though it was marked for her attention, and that the union guy actually handled all that and was the contact person with the CBA.
Somewhat plausible.
Unless she can substantially discredit this, she's finished as PM. Her fingerprints have been identified on the cookie jar.Although Gillard claimed today that she never saw the letter from the Commonwealth Bank, the contents of the letter indicate that she was involved. Note this in the letter (my emphasis):
"In accordance with your request, we advise the building/s are insured for $200,000 with the Commonwealth Bank Insurance Scheme and the policy is renewed until 18th March 1994,"
So even though she may deny she saw the response, the letter clearly states that it was Gillard who requested the insurance status.
I don't think the ABC had any alternative but to pursue it. They would have shown deliberate political bias had they not mentioned it.
This got published on the ABC? Might be a few 'Please explains' going around the corridors at Aunty today. 'PM's office on the phone for you' ..gulp.Get a load of this Nick Styant Brown is talking, must watch Lateline tonight, I missed the 7:30 report. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-slush-fund-explanation/4387224
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-slush-fund-explanation/4387224
...Mr Styant-Browne claims Ms Gillard said she did not know about a Slater and Gordon mortgage for the house until August 1995, even though a fax from the Commonwealth Bank regarding the property was sent to her in 1993.
"There is absolutely no doubt that Ms Gillard knew of the Slater and Gordon mortgage in March of 1993, but was specifically involved in taking steps to facilitate that mortgage," he said....
...Mr Styant-Browne says he was concerned by the fact Ms Gillard did not open a file when helping create the slush fund, and he says her personal relationship with Mr Wilson was not disclosed to him..
The CBA latterhead has her name on it, so she was responsible for more than she was saying.Not a mention on Lateline but still headlines on the ABC web site they really need to find the clerk who supposedly handled the matter
Interview with Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
-- this interview very quiet and carefully chosen words with shrt answers!!
It could be a bad thing for libs if Rudd got back in now. There is still time to turn it around before people remember why he got kicked out in the first place
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