Aussie wrote on Apr 1
st, 2015 at 8:54pm:
And the Lambie response is ~
Link.Sorry Jackie......Senators are not immune from normal legal processes. You are far from safe sitting in that seat you now occupy under false colours. I have to laugh about your alleged 'legal advisors' as though you can afford an army of QCs standing around at your beck and call. What a joke. Jackie, there is a freight train heading your way at high speed, and I doubt you have the sack or the bank roll to withstand the impact. You lose this foreshadowed legal action, and you are bankrupt. Kaput. Done and dusted. You lose your seat as bankruptcy is a disqualifier.
Can I also offer this piece of gratuitous advice? Get rid of Messenger if he is still your Principal Advisor.
And the response of PUP to that:
Quote:Palmer United Party
5 hrs ·
Senator Lambie’s Statement has no Foundation
Federal leader of the Palmer United Party and Member for Fairfax, Clive Palmer, said Senator Jacqui Lambie’s referral to the Clerk of the Senate has no foundations.
Mr Palmer said the legal action is a civil matter and relates to the recovery of party funds based on what happened prior to the last federal election.
He said the action is based on a promise and the party spending millions of dollars relying on those promises made by Senator Lambie.
“Senator Lambie has breached promises and that doesn’t release her from accountability under the law,” Mr Palmer said.
“Regardless of who they are, no Member of Parliament is above the Australian law.
“The Palmer United Party hasn’t made any threats with its correspondence or public statements, the party is simply seeking a refund of the dollars spent on Senator Lambie’s election campaign.”
Mr Palmer said no one should expect special treatment or think they are above the law.
“The Palmer United Party simply hopes Senator Lambie will refund the dollars spent in reliance of her promises and legal action will not be necessary,” he said.
“The party’s legal action does not seek to interfere with Senator Lambie’s performance, remove her from her seat or interfere with her Senate vote in any way.
“This cause of action has nothing to do with the Senate but the legal obligation under Australian law to recoup the money spent on her reliance of promises made.”
Yeah...sure Clive. As though Lambie has the capacity to pay Jack poo. This is a strategic legal action designed to put Lambie/Lazarus within the sights of bankruptcy......and if they force the matter to litigation and all the way to trial, and lose......just the legal fees they will be ordered to pay will bankrupt them.
And....that means they lose their Senate seats. And that means the State of Queensland the State of Tasmania will have the obligation to appoint replacements, and only twice has convention not been followed...( Senator Bunton and Senator Field...Qld Joh and NSW Premier Lewis appointments)...said convention being that the replacement must come from a Member of the same Political Party they were a Member of when elected.