^^^Pugwash thinks this sounds like hogwash. More and more desparate? The walls I see are spattered with writing. The horse has been dead for weeks, but is still being flogged.
There is an interesting question around ethics in the whole HSU saga. Who knew what, when. Did the Labs deliberately go slow on the saga to sure up their numbers. Looks that way.
BTW - THE REPORT has just been released. Enjoy!
The report found Mr Thomson spent almost $6,000 using union credit cards on escort services.
It will be crazy funny to see Quentin sack a government that includes her son-in-law
The really interesting thing is the criminal charges.
It is possible that the rules (lack of rules
) pertaining to the union means he hasn't broken any criminal law. My guess this is why he keeps denying. But, Gillard has seen the writing on the wall, she knows the public wont stand for it, and what would have been a tilt at the title by Shorten (the stupid news clip at the start of this thread) if she hadn't acted and sidelined him. Interestingly enough, she is still happy to rely on his vote!
If the union was subject to corporations law, he'd be long gone and possilbly in the slammer...
According to the report Thomson used over $200K of HSU union funds on his election campaign. If that ain't illegal then I don't know what is.
Shorten is on TV right now basically saying Thomson is a bad apple, ie corrupt and rotten. So the ALP majority relies on the vote of a corrupt and rotten MP.
Way to go to increase our trust and support of the the parliamentary system.
^^^That one is an interesting point. Perhaps he thought he was best representing the union by representing them in Federal parliment. Perhaps he is a lying, cheating, slimy cockface. Who knows
Ha ha. OK... Sure. It is possible for Thomson to sack $6000 worth of peeps, with other peeps dosh! Oh my gosh!
The honourable Senator Mary Jo Fisher sounds like another politician bringing higher standards to parliament. Anyway to compare stealing some food and fighting a security guard to what looks like to be stealing hundreds of thousands of dolllars from a trade union is drawing a long bow. This senator got off with a conviction without a penalty. Perhaps you should complain about the South Australian criminal justice system. Lots of convicts were transported to Australia for less, though we must note, never to South Australia.
Face it Logman, this ALP parliamentary majority is going down. Probably the only thing holding it up right now is the hatred between the independents and Abbott. It won't be long before the honorable MP for Dobell has to either get out of the country or face criminal charges.
The sense of entitlement within the opposition is astounding and the sanctimonious rectitude that assumes the coalition members are squeaky-clean pillars of society defies any test of equity and honesty. From the leader down, past and present members of the opposition have form for the so called "crimes" that they allege others have committed.
The current government continues to deliver and it will be the general population of Australia that will be a lot poorer if it doesn't.
Haha you rusted on laborites crack me up. It's only half a mill, don't worry about it. Give the guy a break, it's a good government. 
^^^spin, spin, spin!
Stood him down Gillard took the coward's path, suspended him from the slobbery dog party (The Labs), but didn't take the action she should have. The action she should have taken a year ago. In the end, she saw shagger Shorten (hope that one goes public) was about to have a tilt at the leadership.
My guess - Gillard is up to her filthy neck in a orchestrated go slow that lead to delays and more delays on areport which took four years to deliver!
Gillard took the coward's path, suspended him from the slobbery dog party (The Labs), but didn't take the action she should have. The action she should have taken a year ago. In the end, she saw shagger Shorten (hope that one goes public) was about to have a tilt at the leadership.
He he he... Stop it Loggy, playin the man again Your words are tickling me like captain feather sword does with the big 4 banks. Good giggles mate
Ok, Loggy, the GG can dismiss the PM. Is that better? Oh, and the other stuff, can you link me to where that stuff is written?
Didn't your mates tell you who shorty has been... Shame for you. Oh well, you heard it here first
Just so I have this right, we are borrowing another 40b from os, paying 7b in interest on that for the year, to create a 1.5b surplus?
Sweet
