why so hush hush MSN? David Ettridge vs Tony Abbott

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Independent Australia

posted by admin 

Contrast this with the extraordinary coverage over several years now of the empty allegations relating to Julia Gillard and an ex-boyfriend back in the early 1990s, long before she was even in Parliament. Just count the articles raking over old relationships, speculating about possible jail time, and generally trashing the PM’s character. Yet with not one single item of plausible evidence, let alone a judge’s decision on a further court appearance.

The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported the judge’s decision to adjourn the matter pending Ettridge’s homework in a bare 215 words attributed to AAP. Instead of leading with the obvious news element that matter is set to proceed, it headed its report ‘One Nation co-founder’s lawsuit stalls’. The story focussed on Ettridge’s problems, which it seems legal advice can rectify, rather than Abbott’s, which now seem somewhat more substantial.

The ABC ran the same brief AAP story on its website but nothing on PM. The Australian ran a similar story to The SMH. Headline was ‘Get legal advice, judge tells David Ettridge’ with the content focussing on Ettridge’s failures so far.

No newspaper or other mainstream outlet has attempted anything but the most superficial coverage of the bare news elements. Just bizarre.

So we wait until 6 June. Or, as now seems likely, a negotiated settlement beforehand.

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MSN= MSM 

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Another political C&P with no opinion from the OP in the opening post::_|

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Am3, why do you think has it been such a hush hush issue in the main stream media? What is your opinion ?

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I was wanting to read the OP's opinion.

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were we told who else was served papers ? 

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Opinion article?

How will Tony cope in gaol?

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politics/how-will-tony-cope-in-jail/

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is it opinion that it has been kept unusually quiet or is that fact ?

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In a statement issued to Independent Australia, Mr Ettridge described the reasons both men have been served.

“Peter Coleman has been identified as a former Liberal Party president and MP,” said Mr Ettridge.

“He is also declared to be the person who wrote the cheques from the Australians for Honest Politics Trust,” he said.

“Trevor Kennedy is a former associate of Kerry Packer, the late Rene Rivkin and Graham Richardson, and identified as a donor to the AFHP Trust.”

“Mr Abbott and his colleagues are a group of very prominent and influential people, whom I allege have been complicit in a number of actions that are being placed before the Qld Supreme Court.”

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Hushed?, the media are limited in what can be said apropos a case before the courts, and

It must be remembered that Ettridge's allegations have been well investigated before, and dismissed, so nothing new will eventuate even if he can mange to lodge the correct court papers next time.

The judge commented: "Quite frankly you're not at first base yet in complying with the civil procedure."

"A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client"