That's a bit of an over reaction................... she may still make a civil claim.

if she is genunine, she should open a civil case, but micasheen can you explain why she "broke the story"" in such a huge public way?

the police have stated that there is no case to answer, and no conviction was possible.

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@debra9275 wrote:

if she is genunine, she should open a civil case, but micasheen can you explain why she "broke the story"" in such a huge public way?

 

 

 

the police have stated that there is no case to answer, and no conviction was possible.

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I'd like to know why she chose Larry Pickering as her reporter of choice to tell her story.  Why would anyone traumatised over an old rape choose to tell her story to a cartoonist who uses penises to portray the "quality" of the subject, over a journalist?

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@lightningdance wrote:

The isil terror is being milked by Bill for all he's worth. Stirring up division, racism and bigotry at Lakemba yesterday, pandering to the lowest base of people's anger and his thinly veiled attempt to blame Australia for this isil rage.

 

I wonder how the Japanese people are feeling in Australia and their own country when he launched into the attack on Japanese submarines and how Japan is a threat to Australia, conjured up war and death.

 

Poor Bill, he cares so much more than anybody else doesn't he, his replies to the PM are longer and more emotive, he is a  clone of David Marr who we all know is such a carer.

 

Is ISIL Bills Beaconsfield?? the disaster he rode all the way to the top? over the back of a dead miner? Probably.

 

Bill has form in sexual harassment, has form with his staff and has form for his grubby climb to the top and has form for marrying up to abet his ambition.

 

His naked ambition is on show every day.

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Poor sad tony, he is milking the anti Islam so called state for all its worth. Creating division among Australians with his pathetic linking of Muslims with terrorism in his slimy veiled way.

poor sad tony, I wonder how our WW11 service people feel about his pandering to the Japanese and his outrageous talk of Japanese soldiers "honour".

Poor tony, it's clear that he cares little for the majority of Australians with his weak pandering to the mega rich at the expense of our own pensioners, unemployed, the sick and disabled.

Is this bombing lark his light on the hill - how many civilians will we kill this time?

tony has form for indecent assault and harrassment of women

While at University, Tony Abbott was charged with indecent assault for allegedly touching a female student teacher between her legs on the lower buttock.

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2004, Tony Abbott claimed it was a "completely fictional incident" but later claims to have only touched her on the back to get her attention.

When Tony Abbott turned up to court, he had the assistance of a legal team (including a QC) as well as several witnesses.

The case was dismissed.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald - July, 2004

After losing an SRC election, Tony Abbott is alleged to have approached the person who defeated him, Barbara Ramjan, come as close to an inch from her nose and then punched the wall on either side of her head.

Tony Abbott claims to have no recollection of the incident.

Source: News.com.au - September 8, 2012

 

poor tony has form for violent thuggish behaviour

 

Lindsay Foyle, a former deputy editor of The Bulletin and a past president of the Australian Cartoonists’ Association, has revealed that Tony Abbott once threatened to punch him because of a disagreement over abortion (Lindsay took a pro-choice stance, Tony Abbott reportedly didn't like that stance).

Lindsay is on record as saying that a number of journalists witnessed this, including Greg Sheridan, a friend of Tony Abbott's who is also the Foreign Affairs editor for the Australian.

Source: New Matilda - September 2012

Tony Abbott has admitted to punching Joe Hockey out cold sometime during the late 80's. At the time, Tony Abbott was "kind of a semi-player coach" for a rugby union team.

Source: Tony Abbott Interview - December 9, 2009

Tony Abbott was once caught by police bending a street sign after passing his economics examination.

Once again, Tony Abbott had to go to court, however while the offence was proven, no conviction was recorded.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald - July, 2004

 poor pathetic little tony, his naked ambition is on show day after day. 

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@poddster wrote:

All you have to do is consult history to see the grubbiness of all the Labor leaders, it is a prerequisite to qualify for the position.

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let's not forget the paedophiles Labor has shielded for years, some are in prison but many of them are still around. What is it with Labor and criminality?

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What lol??? I'd love to hear more about these sheilded Labor paedophiles lightning. Please elaborate.

I would like to know what this has to do with left winged media?

I would also like to remind you that this was seriously investigated by police (or are you suggesting that the police are left winged too?). Mind you the police investigated it not because she reported it to them but because it was an incident that needed investigating.

I suspect she didn't report it to police because she knew that a police investigation would find the 2 witnesses she suggested were there would not be able to back up her version of events and that the police would also discover the discrepancies in time and other anomolies she presented as fact once interviewed.

And quite frankly I don't understand why she would be all cut up now about the investigation being botched when she didn't even bother to report it in the first place.

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@lightningdance wrote:

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@poddster wrote:

All you have to do is consult history to see the grubbiness of all the Labor leaders, it is a prerequisite to qualify for the position.

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let's not forget the paedophiles Labor has shielded for years, some are in prison but many of them are still around. What is it with Labor and criminality?

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What lol??? I'd love to hear more about these sheilded Labor paedophiles lightning. Please elaborate.

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And of course lets not forget the paedophiles the Liberal Party are shielding in amongst their ranks. We all know this has been going on for years.

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@poddster wrote:

If it did happen I hope she takes it further and mounts a civil case, just to show how much the justice system sux and that people with power and clout can get away with rape, murder, grand theft and the list just goes on.

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IF, that is the problem,and we will never know what really.  But what IF it did not happen?  The damage to Shorten has been done already, and that seems to be acceptable to some here.  If this woman first reported it to police,  and only when she felt they are not dealing with it properly she would have gone public, I might have had some sympathy for her. 

The woman behind the rape allegations has hired a barrister.

Is that supposed to be  earth shattering news? People hire barristers everday for one reason or another.