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?