28-04-2015 04:09 PM - edited 28-04-2015 04:10 PM
Former prime minister Julia Gillard is facing further scrutiny of her role in helping to set up a fraudulent union slush fund as Victorian police prepare to charge a key player in the saga.
A senior Victoria Police detective has told self-confessed AWU bagman and fraudster Ralph Blewitt that he will very soon be criminally charged over his role in the union slush fund set up with Ms Gillard’s legal advice.
Mr Blewitt said yesterday he intended to plead not guilty and would instruct his lawyers to subpoena witnesses, including Ms Gillard, to give evidence under oath.
Detective Sergeant Ross Mitchell of the Fraud Squad, who has been leading the two-year investigation, which provided key evidence to the ongoing royal commission into union graft, has told Mr Blewitt that at least two charges will be levelled in Victoria.
Mr Blewitt, who has admitted his involvement in fraud with his friend and former union boss Bruce Wilson, and their slush fund, the Australian Workers Union Workplace Reform Association, yesterday said he understood others would be charged
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prosecution for multiple fraud-related offences [and] criticised Ms Gillard’s determination to deny under oath that thousands of dollars — “wads of notes” — were handed to her by Mr Wilson during the renovation of her Melbourne home, as witnessed by a builder, Athol James. Another witness, Wayne Hem, was also found to be truthful about $5000 being deposited in her bank account.
Gillard denies any suggestion of wrongdoing.
Oh dear. Memory loss in one so young is a sad thing 😞
28-04-2015 08:11 PM - edited 28-04-2015 08:12 PM
@am*3 wrote:Oh dear. Memory loss in one so young is a sad thing
Oh dear, she must have caught it from Barry, or Arthur or ....
Barry O’Farrell
The former NSW Liberal party leader Mr O'Farrell announced his shock resignation as NSW premier in the wake of a "massive memory fail" when giving evidence to the ICAC as he denied receiving a $3,000 bottle of wine in 2011 from Australian Water Holdings (AWH) executive Nick Di Girolamo.
Arthur Sinodinos grilled by ICAC
'I don't recall' is the answer the senior Liberal senator has given to many questions at the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Sydney.
Fantastic research am*3. Let's not forget Carmen of Amnesia while we're at it:
Lawrence plays down inquiry memory loss
Dr Lawrence offered "I can't recall or remember" 27 times while being questioned about her role and actions during the Penny Easton Royal Commission. That isn't the only time Dr Lawrence had a memory lapse. She was forced to repay T/A that had been advanced to her for an overseas fact-finding-mission. It was pointed out to Dr Lawrence that she hadn't taken the trip at all.
Dear Oh Dear.
on 28-04-2015 08:27 PM
on 28-04-2015 08:33 PM
@debra9275 wrote:
Let's not forget Kathy Jackson either, $1.4 million misappropriated funds, kind of makes Julia's $5,000 renovation "pale into insignificance" doesn't it? 🙂
Hope the Australian run a story on her soon, her court case comes up in June. so far mental illness and her house burning down have held up in her case. Should be an interesting one
Excellent research d9275. Let's hope they throw the book at Ms Jackson.
By the way Ms Gillard holds the view that your mother is a prostitute. Will you defend your mother or accept that statement? I wonder what Ms Jackson thinks of your mother?
on 28-04-2015 08:39 PM
on 28-04-2015 08:46 PM
on 28-04-2015 08:48 PM
@debra9275 wrote:
No I did'nt need to research, everyone knows about Kathy Jackson's antics
I have no idea what you're talking about village person. Do you have a link to show where and when Gillard said that?
Would I defend my mother, yes, and would I care what Kathy Jackson thinks about my mother... No
Know your subject d9275.
In the early 1980’s Ms. Gillard had her first introduction into politics, whilst studying law at The University of Adelaide, joing the now-defunct Australian Union of Students (AUS). In 1982, after moving to Melbourne, she was elected National Education Vice-President, and the following year, President.
Some of the outrageous policies that the AUS adopted are detailed below:
• Adopted a policy on prostitution which, in part, said “Prostitution takes many forms and is not only the exchange of money for sex … Prostitution in marriage is the transaction of sex in return for love, security and housekeeping”.
• Supported all varieties of abortion, including during late term pregnancy.
• Asserted that ALL men exercise the threat of rape, ranging from subtle appeals to a woman’s mistaken sense of obligation, to direct threats, blackmail and even physical force.
• Grudgingly conceded that heterosexual coupling was a legitimate norm on campus.
•Declared that ‘All women are oppressed because they are women’.
So d9275, Ms Gillard thinks your mother is a prostitute.
on 28-04-2015 08:50 PM
@debra9275 wrote:
Oh I see, 30 odd years ago, the Australian Union of students used that slogan - it wasn't anything she said.. I read about it on an old bolts blog
Perhaps you could inform the debate by linking to Ms Gillard rejecting her views on mothers as prostitutes. Please don't hold back.
28-04-2015 08:51 PM - edited 28-04-2015 08:55 PM
on 28-04-2015 09:57 PM
@village_person wrote:
@debra9275 wrote:
No I did'nt need to research, everyone knows about Kathy Jackson's antics
I have no idea what you're talking about village person. Do you have a link to show where and when Gillard said that?
Would I defend my mother, yes, and would I care what Kathy Jackson thinks about my mother... NoKnow your subject d9275.
In the early 1980’s Ms. Gillard had her first introduction into politics, whilst studying law at The University of Adelaide, joing the now-defunct Australian Union of Students (AUS). In 1982, after moving to Melbourne, she was elected National Education Vice-President, and the following year, President.
Some of the outrageous policies that the AUS adopted are detailed below:
• Adopted a policy on prostitution which, in part, said “Prostitution takes many forms and is not only the exchange of money for sex … Prostitution in marriage is the transaction of sex in return for love, security and housekeeping”.
• Supported all varieties of abortion, including during late term pregnancy.
• Asserted that ALL men exercise the threat of rape, ranging from subtle appeals to a woman’s mistaken sense of obligation, to direct threats, blackmail and even physical force.
• Grudgingly conceded that heterosexual coupling was a legitimate norm on campus.
•Declared that ‘All women are oppressed because they are women’.
So d9275, Ms Gillard thinks your mother is a prostitute.
Please provide some sort of evidence that Julia Gillard made those statements, other than the hear say of Cory Bernardi's little pet.
28-04-2015 10:11 PM - edited 28-04-2015 10:12 PM
@village_person wrote:
@am*3 wrote:Oh dear. Memory loss in one so young is a sad thing
Oh dear, she must have caught it from Barry, or Arthur or ....
Barry O’Farrell
The former NSW Liberal party leader Mr O'Farrell announced his shock resignation as NSW premier in the wake of a "massive memory fail" when giving evidence to the ICAC as he denied receiving a $3,000 bottle of wine in 2011 from Australian Water Holdings (AWH) executive Nick Di Girolamo.
Arthur Sinodinos grilled by ICAC
'I don't recall' is the answer the senior Liberal senator has given to many questions at the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Sydney.
Fantastic research am*3. Let's not forget Carmen of Amnesia while we're at it:
Lawrence plays down inquiry memory loss
Dr Lawrence offered "I can't recall or remember" 27 times while being questioned about her role and actions during the Penny Easton Royal Commission. That isn't the only time Dr Lawrence had a memory lapse. She was forced to repay T/A that had been advanced to her for an overseas fact-finding-mission. It was pointed out to Dr Lawrence that she hadn't taken the trip at all.
Dear Oh Dear.
No, didn't research, fresh in my mind. Added the c&p for proof. Live inquiry - findings due out 2015.