Ashby wins appeal and Slippery gets hit for costs.

[romeoh]

The point is still being missed here.

Never would have been an issue had Peter Slipper still been a lowly LNP backbencher at the time. Ashby would never even have agreed to work for him. Nothing would have happened except for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Labor government.
Who paid the ultimate price for their stupidity and lack of First Principles.

Labor supporters here who keep justifying Labor's cynical, opportunistic dealings by drawing equivalence with the coalition of all parties (!) just provide further illustration of why the Labor primary vote is still in the toilet and will continue to remain there.

What do you think Tone would have done if faced with minority government issues? Any chance of opportunistic dealings do you think?

 

[GuruJane]

Labor supporters still continue to justify Labor prime minister Julia Gillard's actions in elevating the sleazy LNP backbench rat Slipper by asking stuff like "what would Tony Abbott have done" as though Tony Abbott and coalition is the benchmark of governance to which Labor should aspire.

Can someone please google Mal Coston and then explain here at what point Labor wrested the mantle of sleaze off the coalition and draped it around its own, Labor's, own shoulders and still continues to boast about it even after the 2013 result?

 

[romeoh]

Labor supporters still continue to justify Labor prime minister Julia Gillard's actions in elevating the sleazy LNP backbench rat Slipper by asking stuff like "what would Tony Abbott have done" as though Tony Abbott and coalition is the benchmark of governance to which Labor should aspire.

Can someone please google Mal Coston and then explain here at what point Labor wrested the mantle of sleaze off the coalition and draped it around its own, Labor's, own shoulders and still continues to boast about it even after the 2013 result?

No need to take the moral high ground here-its not the time nor place for this scenario. You need to have some semblance of reality. If Tone, or anyone had been dealt the restraints facing Gillard, they would have done the same things. Simple. Except Tone would not have been able to pull it off because he has no people skills and nobody seems to respect him.

 

[Floor Pie]

Is anyone else enjoying the gurujane meltdown? Poor thing, cannot catch a break!

If only the Liberal party cared about their image as much as guru does!

 

[Brown Bottle]

Oh dear. Meltdown is imminent.

One can only defend the indefensible for so long I suppose.

Can one never acknowledge a wrongdoing? Must one always deflect? Even when caught in the act, so to speak, one is still in denial. Tis a sad state of affairs.

 

[noddy]

A mothers love & devotion knows no bounds.

 

[poller]

The point is still being missed here.

.

Abbott , liberals/Nats and news ltd/pro coalition media have a history of dirty tactics like this

1- Abbott's slush fund which he set up against his political enemies
2- Godwin Grech
3-Ashby scandal
4- AWU/Gillard scandal

 

[mottrain]

Abbott , liberals/Nats and news ltd/pro coalition media have a history of dirty tactics like this

1- Abbott's slush fund which he set up against his political enemies
2- Godwin Grech
3-Ashby scandal
4- AWU/Gillard scandal

So do Labor.

 

[Maggie5]

Abbott , liberals/Nats and news ltd/pro coalition media have a history of dirty tactics like this

1- Abbott's slush fund which he set up against his political enemies
2- Godwin Grech
3-Ashby scandal
4- AWU/Gillard scandal

5. WMD
6. Pauline Hansen smears
7.Travel entitlements
8.ICAC (which has back-fired)
9. Funding to private education providers - scholarships

 

[scon]

Citizenship??

 

[GuruJane]

And again.

Google Mal Coston and then explain here at what point Labor wrested the mantle of sleaze OFF the coalition and draped it around its own, Labor's, own shoulders.
Did it occur when Slippery's patron Gillard became prime minister given her sleazy background in the AWU scandal and her strident defence of Craig Thomson? Can anyone nominate instances of sleaze under Kevin Rudd, for all his sins of commission?

 

[Maggie5]

Feeling really sorry now for Ashby. Pyne and Brough should be ashamed of themselves.
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/ashby-must-foot-legal-bill/2540223/
Still I wouldn't mind if his generous lawyer was on my side.
"Mr Ashby and has lawyer Michael Harmer have indicated they are considering an option to appeal the Full Court of the Federal Court judgment handed down on Monday."
"While Mr Harmer has indicated he would continue to meet Mr Ashby's legal costs - estimated around $3 million - taxpayers are picking up the tab for Mr Slipper and the Commonwealth to fight his claims."

 

[pazza]

https://independentaustralia.net/li...er-ashby-to-cdpp-over-perjury-allegation,7390

Ladies and gentlemen, I think young Ashby better be ready for Bubba!!!

 

[Maggie5]

https://independentaustralia.net/li...er-ashby-to-cdpp-over-perjury-allegation,7390

Ladies and gentlemen, I think young Ashby better be ready for Bubba!!!

Sad, he will end up being the scapegoat whilst Pyne and Brough get off scot free.

 

[Gough]

Lie down with dogs and you end up with fleas.

 

[pazza]

Sad, he will end up being the scapegoat whilst Pyne and Brough get off scot free.

With him facing perjury charges, he might just spill the beans to get a lesser sentence Maggie

 

[CM86]

With him facing perjury charges, he might just spill the beans to get a lesser sentence Maggie

I have a strange feeling, that nothing would ever be allowed to stick...

 

[NSWCROW]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...mes-ashbys-home-searched-20151117-gl0tvv.html


Widdle Cwissy Pahhhhyns sphincter just clenched.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

You'd think anything incriminating has long since disappeared.

 

[Maggie5]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...mes-ashbys-home-searched-20151117-gl0tvv.html
Widdle Cwissy Pahhhhyns sphincter just clenched.

You are a real ferret (in the nicest way)

 

[noddy]

Mal Brough!!! come on down.

 

[GuruJane]

Oh dear ... and it's Chrissie, Wyatt and Mal who have just benefited from brown nosing our hero Malcolm

 

[ralphmalph]

Oh dear ... and it's Chrissie, Wyatt and Mal who have just benefited from brown nosing our hero Malcolm

Jane, is it possible Tones has added some fuel to this? Tipped off the Feds?

Part of this? http://m.theage.com.au/federal-poli...malcolm-turnbull-is-away-20151117-gl0wo4.html

 

[Maggie5]

I can't get over his new job:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-...ical-staffer-james-ashby-parents-home/6947684

"Mr Ashby, who recently became an adviser and pilot to Pauline Hanson, said he was "shocked" and "disappointed" by the search.

 

[GuruJane]

Jane, is it possible Tones has added some fuel to this? Tipped off the Feds?

Part of this? http://m.theage.com.au/federal-poli...malcolm-turnbull-is-away-20151117-gl0wo4.html

Aw ... Tones is far too busy on national and border security issues shovelling lead into the prime ministers flaccid pencil.