Larry Pickering wrote this on his Facebook page a couple of days ago:
RICHO:
Graham Richardson (Richo) claimed on Sky this morning that Craig Thomson's activities were a one-off anomaly. “All other ALP officials are hard working honest people”, he said, trying to keep his face from going five shades redder.
Crumbs, I nearly choked on my Weetbix.
Richo is a product of the infamous NSW Right faction and his hands are filthy to his elbows in ALP criminal grime.
The only difference between Richo and Thomson is that Richo is smart and Thomson has an IQ of four.
Richardson's hookers were always arranged by a third party. He never signed credit cards. Those “third parties” were notorious Gold Coast and Sydney crims.
He had serious connections to Lenny MacPherson, Rene Rivkin, Rodney Adler's FAI insurance company and Swiss bank accounts that held the insurance payout from FAI for the Offset Alpine fire. The payout was $53 million. The fire was arson.
[Offset Alpine was a Sydney printing company. I used them to print my calendars until, one dark Christmas eve, they were no longer there.]
This question was asked in the NSW Parliament: “Who were the persons responsible for the Offset Alpine Printing company fire, which resulted in a $53 million insurance payout for printing machines worth only $3 million, and whether any of those persons who purchased shares in this company, such as Messrs Rivkin, Richardson, Kennedy, Martin, Wood or any other persons, had advance knowledge of this fire and the anticipated rapid million-dollar insurance payout by Mr Adler's FAI insurance company?”
Gordon Wood, Rivkin's driver and confidant had been convicted of the murder of Carolyn Byrne.
The CJC, ASIC and NSW Police had tried for seven years to nail Richardson, Rivkin and Kennedy but failed.
What happened is this:
Senator Richardson, Rene Rivkin and Packer's Bulletin editor, Trevor Kennedy, curiously became controlling shareholders in the Silverwater printing company. The company was worth no more than $3.5 million. It was insured through Rodney Adler's FAI for $53 million. Rodney Adler purchased almost 10% of the company shares two days before the fire.
The $53 million insurance was hurriedly, and without protest, paid to a Swiss bank account. But much more was made as a result of the soaring share price. Even the ASX was aware of the insurance policy and the real value of the printing company.
When (front-bencher) Richo looked certain to be sprung he went to Keating and promptly resigned.
So please, Richo, don't sit there on SKY TV and explain that Craig Thomson is an anomaly.
What you really mean is that Thomson is just stupid enough to get caught... you weren't.
Interesting story Dinsy, I'll have a read up on it.
I believe from memory the gordon wood / Carolyn byrne bit has been reconsidered or the decision was reversed recently. I'm not sure which way it went. Something about new evidence of how she flew off the cliff /where she landed. But that's irrelevant to the rest of the story anyway.
