Soren wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 1:39pm:


Any mention of utes? Is Godwin Gretch involved in any way?

Gist wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 1:55pm:



Gillard was an Industrial Lawyer and was aware the AWU did not know the fraudulent account she set up even existed. Yet the AWU was a client of her law firm.

The account was: AWU Workplace Reform Association Inc. (whatever that means). There were a further 12 accounts that appear to have been involved in fraudulent activities.

A handwriting expert has verified it is indeed Gillard's handwriting on the above fraudulent account application.

Gillard was living with Bruce Wilson in the Kerr Street house. Union officials have confirmed that, when they visited the house on union business, even on weekends, Gillard was running around in her dressing gown. Although she owned another house in Collingwood it was known by one and all that she was living with Wilson. She was at one time pregnant to him.

http://pickeringpost.com/news/serious-questions-for-gillardbr-still-no-answers/1...

Soren wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 2:06pm:


Is that the same handwriting expert that verified Slipper's handwriting on taxi vouchers written in Sydney that were written when he was overseas?

Shane B wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 4:30pm:

lol.... Depicts the stupidity of the statement from Gillard perfectly.

To be exact, but in the scheme of it, she could be late 20's and still sound stupid saying it. She has something to avoid, young & naive lawyer 35 lol.

How the taxpayer helped Tony Abbott flog Battlelines

Glenn Milne

Tony Abbott probably knows where his first dollar came from. His preoccupation with how much money is coming through the door is legend in Canberra amongst his colleagues.

Indeed the first thing to come out of Abbott's mouth at the outset of the leaders' debate concerned his personal finances."This election is about a fair go for families struggling with the cost of living pressures," Abbott declared. "My wife Margie and I know what it's like to raise a family, to wrestle with a big mortgage, with grocery bills and school fees."

Immediately after John Howard's 2007 election loss Abbott dubbed the period a "grieving" phase. But Abbott was lamenting more than just the fact that the Liberals had ceded power to Kevin Rudd. He mused publicly on the shock of losing his ministerial salary, complaining he didn't know how he was going to pay the bills.

Bills of the type that might be incurred in a national book tour for example. Department of finance documents raise the serious and politically damaging possibility that Abbott used taxpayer money to promote his 2009 book, Battlelines.

The revelation follows an investigation by The Drum in which the dates of Abbott's national book promotion tour have been matched to his travel expenses claims. The dates of his promotional tour were provided by his publisher, Melbourne University Press.

Abbott's home base is Sydney where Sarah Murdoch launched Battlelines on Tuesday, July 28. Two days later, the then-Opposition frontbencher flew to Canberra, to quote MUP,"address the National Press Club (NPC) to discuss Battlelines". There was also a book signing coinciding with the event.

According to the department of finance report detailing entitlements paid to MPs and senators from July 1 to December 31 2009 and tabled in the Parliament on the eve of the election, on July 30, the day of the NPC address, Abbott billed taxpayers $504.29 for the round trip flight back to Sydney.

On August 3 Abbott was in Melbourne for a Dymocks bookstore "Dinner Event" held at George's Restaurant in Camberwell. Abbott billed the return flight to Melbourne on the same date to taxpayers. Cost: $930.95.

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Continued at http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/35544.html