The Australian Newspaper creates its own reality

The Australian newspaper attacked the ABC on the 18th and 20th December by saying that the ABC’s Independent Audience and Consumer Affairs Unit  ruled that it was acceptable to equate climate change sceptics to paedophiles. Nor did it state that in the program at issue harm and offence was justified.
The ABC deny this and sent a letter to The Australian Newspaper. They refused to publish it.
Letter from Michael Millett ABC Director of Corporate Affairs.
You wonder why there is a Government investigation into the media, with behaviour like this.

Justice Rare's Judgement

Here is Justice Rare's judgement.
From Federal Court of Australia web site.

AshbyGate referred to Federal Police

Things are hotting up over the Ashby/Slipper Imbroglio.
A Labor Party politician Graham Perrett has asked the Federal Police to investigate Liberal National Party MPs, Mark McArdle, Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne, plus Mal Brough, in their roles in AshbyGate.
I did not think it would happen so early. I thought the Xmas/New Year break would take precedence.
Interesting times.
 Labor MP Graham Perrett has referred the Ashby/Brough/Bishop/Pyne conspiracy to the Australian Federal Police.
Link to his letter below.
http://resources.news.com.au/files/2012/12/22/1226542/306440-hs-file-perretts-letter-to-afp.pdf

AshbyGate

The intriguing tale of the James Ashby/Peter Slipper imbroglio is very interesting indeed.
This could be a very explosive story in 2013.
This has been covered very well in the Independent Australia.
Read the full 5 part series on AshbyGate by Vince O'Grady.
Act one
Act two
Act three
Act four
Act five
It is interesting that the alleged cover up of this imbroglio as reported by Vince O'Grady started before Justice Rares damning judgement against James Ashby and his co-conspirators.
More from me later.

No brothel evidence, says Thomson's lawyer

Headline from the SMH.
No records of Craig Thompson using Brothels as yet, after subpoenas issued to a number of Brothels. 
Peter Slipper imbroglio going bad for the opposition.
Gillard/AWU imbroglio, no evidence of wrong doing as yet, a lot of hot air.
Now the Craig Thompson imbroglio going nowhere fast.
The Conservatives have been frantic to find a key to get rid of Gillard since August 2010.
Are all of these imbroglio's, all manufactured by the Conservatives and their cronies?
Are they all turning around and biting them on the bum?
Time will tell.
The Conservatives may have a smoking gun somewhere, but the smoke seems to be getting less as time goes on.

An Amusing Take on Recent Politics

 

 

The Liberal mire is getting murkier. AKA Ashbygate

The Liberal mire is getting "murkier".
Now Opposition Chief Whip Warren Entsch has admitted he knew about all of this before it hit the press. He allegedly rang Abbott the night before the imbroglio hit the UnOz.
See article here.
Below is an exert from the Independent Australia.

"His denial of specific knowledge sank further into implausibility when Opposition Chief Whip Warren Entsch confirmed today that he rang Abbott the night before Ashby submitted his claim against Slipper. And how did Entsch know Ashby’s case was about to break in the press? Well, IA can reveal that we have discovered through our investigations that Entsch and Mal Brough are very old friends — much like Slipper and Abbott. But, more specifically, Entsch’s staffer Suzanne Newbury’s husband, James Newbury, is none other than Christopher Pyne’s chief of staff."

 Below is a headline piece from the UnOz

"Labor seizes on Slipper case revelation

• by: Lanai Vasek
• From: The Australian
• December 16, 2012 10:27AM

LABOR is waiting for legal advice before it decides whether to call an inquiry into the sexual harassment case against former speaker Peter Slipper, amid revelations chief Coalition whip Warren Entsch knew about the allegations before they emerged in the media.

Leader of the House Anthony Albanese said it was “extraordinary” that Mr Entsch was aware of the harassment allegations by James Ashby before they appeared in the press."

It is getting more and more interesting.
I wonder how the Craig Thompson Imbroglio will pan out?

Abbott slips up on Slipper Setup Stunt

Abbott caught out on the conspiracy.
From the SMH
SMH article here

Quote:

"Federal Labor is trying to link Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to its claim there was a Liberal National Party (LNP) "conspiracy" to bring down former party member Peter Slipper and, by doing so, the Government.

Abbott denies this.
Abbott said he only found out about this when he read it in the newspaper on the Saturday."

/Quote:

But I.T. experts disagree.

This is a blog from an I.T. Pro.

From Delimiter an I.T. site they say that I.T. experts are saying B.S. about Abbotts claim.
Read about it in the link below.
http://delimiter.com.au/2012/12/14/d...estamp-claims/

The metadata of the media release on the Ashby matter sent by Mr Abbott's office to media outlets indicates it was "created" at 11.08pm on Friday, April 20, 2012 - before News Limited published its exclusive story on the Saturday.

More here, IndependentAustralia

If what has been reported is true then the Conservatives have a lot to answer for.

Not only Tony Abbott potentially lying.

The Liberal/National Party conspiring to overthrow the Speaker of Parliament on a trumped up conspiracy and potentially the downfall of a legally voted in Government.

Interesting times.

Dawkin's Scale

Well known British Atheist and Evolutionary Biologist, Richard Dawkins has bought out a scale from 1 to 7 classifying Atheist to Theist.
Where do you sit on this scale?