I know who I believe and it isn't Julia Gillard.

Gillard wants us to make our minds up?! http://youtu.be/DabD3Z9Ix7U

I have seen in a few articles the insinuation that Ralph is being paid off by some mysterious party to pursue these matters. Maybe you could ask him on the record to put that particular question to rest?

Keep it up guys, you can see the cracks appearing now.

Micheal
why can't anyone ask the question have you ever witness a PA without witnessing the signature in person,

Ralph don't take any notice of a woman who believes it's ok to have an abortion at full term, nine months and kisses babies at election time.
Her policies have enticed 1,000 people, men, women, children and babies to the bottom of the ocean.

The press conference was just a tactic to avoid answering in Parliament and you had the guts to confess to Police.
Gillard repeatedly said she just gave advice but who goes to a National high profile law firm and gets advice that conflicts with State Law, especially when the lawyer is a senior partner?

Yep Ralph is right,the best form of defence is attack,be prepared for a lot more,the PMs advisors are on the ball,She will come undone though,it is just a matter of time.Great work Michael

Suggestion to Ralph Blewitt.

Start a defamation action using Slater and Gordon on a no win - no fee basis. After all, no law firm would have a better idea about its chance of success.

@silentnomore, that is just another smear that is being thrown about.

If you have noticed, the general claim is that it is a Liberal Party smear, despite the fact that the whole issue has been brought to life by ex-AWU officials.

Truth is the truth, and Australia needs to investigate and find out the true value of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's word, because she has failed to answer specific questions clearly.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has taken an affirmation to be trustworthy and faithful to the Australian People.

"I Julia Eileen Gillard, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Land and Her People in the Office of Prime Minister."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF10gHis-0k

I'm pleased that Ralph sounds in good spirits. Catallaxy Files has a post up "How the PM of Australia describes an Australian Citizen." Listening to it I was embarrassed - self serving denouncement of a citizen of the country of which she is PM.
I posted a comment on Michael's 'high flyer' post this morning and I think it's been eaten by the anti spam gargoyle. In essence I was saying thank you to Michael for giving us access to such a richness of documentary material.
I'm sure most of you would agree with me.
And Ralph, keep your chin up and thank you for making yourself available to us during your stay in Australia.

Hi Michael
More re the evidence trail.
Either JEG took her solicitor's stamp to WA to witness the POA and there'd be someone who would know she'd be out of the office - and she'd remember that, or there would be records of Ralph attending S&Gs Vic offices to sign the POA.

The most offensive things here are Ms Gillard and her labors colleagues lack of concern regarding an illegal slush fund and that once again Union members monies have been missused.Not ONE of Gillard and her cronies has clearly stated that it is wrong and illegal to use union funds in such a manner, also Mr Howes has been very quiet and by NOT condemning Gillard for assissting in the fraudulant set up of a slush fund and using the awu name to do it, he is basically condoning it.geez these power hungry fools will stoop to extreme levels to cover teir backs.Judgement ,humility and honesty are more than lacking they don't even exist.

Gillard: what a piece of work. I hear she used to call married women prostitutes, presumably because they accept a man's money and safekeeping in return for sex. She also has relationships with married men. She happily lied to the Australian people about the carbon tax and shamelessly leaves massive debt for our children to repay for her. She runs a government of failure and remains an unmarried woman in a relationship with a man who watches TV during the day. There are questions she doesn't even pretend to answer and an apparent cover-up with the losses of files.

Who is she (pronoun) to tell anyone they aren't a good person? She thinks John Howard is good (presumably because he didn't ask her about her past) We won't know our country when Gillard and Labour have gone.

My point? Gillard, just stop talking. It is foolish to slime people when you have no credibility, especially one of your best friends from 18 years ago.

Ralph, you have been described as a person of "questionable" character by a published liar, hello ???,

and then the pm asked the journalist "you decide" who to believe ????

again I say, hello ???,

Keep up the good work and research guys.

Gillard accuses Ralph of sleaze in having a penchant for Asian sex workers, then describes him in terms apparently used by un-named "others", namely "imbecile, idiot, sexist pig" etc.

In the famous words of Thatcher in response to George Negus using similar anonymous inuendo - "Who ARE these people? Who is saying such things?" We can guarantee Gillard will never name them or be asked such a question. A very cowardly repost from the Nation's erstwhile 'Leader'.

YOUR accusers Madam, are happy to name you directly; ie, Michael Phillip Smith, Ralph Edwin Blewitt et al.

Curiously, Gillard did not describe her "mate" Craig Thomson in similar terms when concrete evidence pointed to HIS penchant for Australian sex workers. It seems the nationality of the women in the sex trade is relevant. Is that racist?

However, Madam, YOUR proven track record of taking husbands and fathers away from their wives and children is WHAT?

A little dabbling in 'social engineering'?

Seeing how many lives you can disrupt and destroy? Does it feed your sociopathic ego and prove your superiority over wives whom you have described as "prostituting themselves to their husbands" in exchange for a home and security?

Gillard has proven, out of her own mouth, that she has no moral compass whatsoever.

Yep, the female version of 'creep' is definitely 'slag'.

I just saw Ralph Blewitt on 7:30 being interviewed by Leigh Sales. She certainly tried to attack and goad him but Ralph did extremely well maintaining his composure and her frustration was becoming clear. I do this Ralph should have rebutted more strongly the insinuation by Julia Gillard that he is a sexual predator. Although I think the Prime Minister should be very careful attacking the private sex lives of others when there are many married skeletons rattling in her closet...

Julia Gillard said she broke off her relationship with (1991-1995) boyfriend Bruce Wilson (to paraphrase) 'after hearing rumours about what was happening in the Victorian branch of the AWU'.

She could have said she was totally cognisant of what he was up to as reason why she broke up, but instead chose not to implicate herself by outlining exactly what Wilson was up to. Instead, Gillard chooses to put on public record she broke up with him over (un-named) 'rumours'.

However, funnily enough, Gillard is suddenly very derisive of any 'innuendo' against her, repeatedly saying noone has put forth allegations of wrongdoing (despite the treasure trove of documents on the public record).

So given Gillard repeatedly asks for 'allegations of wrongdoing' to be put regarding her behaviour as solicitor, why doesn't she apply same test to herself & put forth 'allegations of wrongdoing' against Bruce Wilson, rather than simply say she split up with him over rumours.

Because such allegations of wrong-doing against Wilson which prompted Gillard to split up with him, might shed light on why such massive fraud was perpetrated without a single person ever being brought to account.

http://www.news.com.au/news/julia-gillard-awu-scandal-parliament-attack/story-fnejlrpu-1226524400884

My advice to Ralph would go - The PM with her well known preference for married men would be well advised to avoid making judgements on other peoples morality. And I'd laugh uncontrollably if Thomson got charged in the same week!!!

Ralph Blewitt's interview with Leigh Sales on the ABC 7.30 Report tonight was brilliant. Ralph was in command, spoke intelligently and was genuinely believable!

Sales did her level best to discredit him, referring to Julia Gillard's despicable smear of Ralph's character at her Press Conference today, but failed royally - on all points!

AS TO GILLARD'S QUESTION TO THE MEDIA PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY - WHO WOULD YOU BELIEVE?
"YOU CHOOSE"_ THE PRIME MINISTER? OR, RALPH BLEWITT?

I BELIEVE RALPH BLEWITT!!

WELL DONE RALPH!!

"Ralph is being paid off by some mysterious party"
Terese Rein, Kevin Rudd's "life partner" is worth close to 200 million dollars. There's no way that money plays a part in Australian politics.
/sarcasm.

Ralph
We were asked on the 7:30 Report who we believe, Julia Gillard or Ralph Blewitt.

Regardless of both your backgrounds it comes down to current events.

You have made a statement to the correct authorities and made no public statements derogatory to the Prime Minister.

Julia Gillard chose a press conference (which she controlled) to make a statement whereas the correct venue or authority was the House of Representatives which she attended a few minutes later. She made many derogatory statements about you, and most were based on hearsay without any substantive proof.

Who would I believe under these circumstances ? Julia Gillard or Ralph Blewitt?

I would answer Ralph Blewitt.

After seeing her on TV , and the comments by the Project etc, it would appear that the momnetum is gone.
They have won.
Sad.The press is against you.

Hi Michael,
I just had a look at Vexnews. This is what you and Ralph Blewitt are up against: http://www.vexnews.com/2012/11/shower-scene-psycho-exposed-dirty-old-perv-ralph-blewitt-cannot-wash-away-his-filthy-past/.
It's going to get very dirty.
BTW...I thought RB did pretty well on 7.30. Did you see Leigh Sales' face at the end when she realised she wasn't going to make him look like a liar.

I heard on ABC radio how our PM is behaving in Parliament and QT. She is not far of for being confused with a fishwife. (http://dictionary.reverso.net:
If you say that someone is behaving like a fishwife, you mean that they are shouting a great deal and behaving in a very unpleasant and bad-tempered way.)
This is how far she has dragged the Parliament down and that is how she will drag the country down. This bad tempered foul mouthed fishwife is a disgrace. It is not the Opposition that is embarrassing it is her. It looks to me that she is dragging this saga on so she can mock the Opposition making them look like lunatics.
How is it that nobody from the Labor party calls on her to change that street girl behavior. I get emails from overseas friends making all kinds of remarks. None of them is good.
Ralph Blewitt looks like a choirboy in comparison.

Michael, good interview Ben Foredam. Your jaw s on th floor with Juliar because she us a classic Sociopath undiagnosed obviously . Look it up...

Hey what's going on,I just seen Ralph on 7 .30 report,I was out so could not hear what he said.Hope all is well with Ralph,I was just a bit shocked cause I hadnt heard he was giving interview.I thought he had gone back to Asia.Keep it up Michael

How terrible... Ralph used Prostitutes! OMG! OMG! Seriously? If using prostitutes is that bad, why doesn't the PM require Craig Thomson to resign immediately? And how many other union officials need to resign immediately?

So if the PM is that much of a prude, let's discuss the circumstances of her affair with Wilson shall we? Wasn't he married with kids at the time?

Ralph, you did beautifully in the 7.30 pm report... Up front and honest - there was no slime from the 7.30 pm Report as far as I could see, just a chance to let people make up their own minds on whose word to take - yours (which the documents also back - don't forget the Power of Attorney did not surface until after the week you say it was signed) or the PM's.

Perhaps the PM would care to explain tomorrow why as the lawyer with Wilson personally present at the auction she did not have a copy of the Power of Attorney with her - she would have known it was required for the auction and she says she witnessed it properly. Why didn't she have it with her? Where did she put it during the period from 4 February to the week after the auction? Was it in her room? Where was it exactly? The documents back Blewitt's story, not Gillard's. Gillard's word does not back the documentary evidence of what occurred.

Thanks Ralph, you have done extremely well being interviewed on 7.30. This can't have been easy!

Julia has tried to demonstrate her superiority by getting personal - referring to Ralph as sexist, stooge, imbecile, crook, etc.... And Ralph readily admits to his sins.

So Julia, let's describe you as a two-time home wrecking husband snatcher, long-time intimate partner and associate of a fraudster, PM backstabber, carbon tax liar, who has more chance of being full-forward for the Doggies than telling the truth.

Now, ask me again who I believe.

Michael, was infuriating to hear this sleazy usurper of the office of Prime Minister smear Mr Blewitt, in order to have herself seem somehow trustworthy by comparison.

Is there any chance - particularly now that you have a wider readership - that you could re-run that piece on Emerson? This sleazy woman has had a hand in two broken marriages that we know of (though an ALP figure up here mentioned to me an unnamed third). If the public were told that she spent four years deceiving Wilson's wife and family while all of this crime went on, only to follow up with Emerson, they may take a different view. Who do we trust, Julia? Not you, not in a million years.

By the way, excellent performance on 7.30 tonight, Ralph. My wife and I were cheering you on. Hope you can stay on the right side from here on in, mate. If in doubt, pick up a bible - will never steer you wrong.

Ralph - you sound authentic - are any of us totally clean of bad decisions made in our past? AND you were also conned by a v "well-practiced" individual - (to be fair, probably also was our PM - only problem is, she will not answer questions now, "Yes or No", even though Michael has given her the choice to 'come clean')
I am an ordinary Australian (and a female) we just want the truth to be revealed. Good on you for trusting Michael and our legal system. God bless you - hang in there - WE, who elected our current government, ALL DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.......ps - loved the present caricature of you as displayed by Andrew Bolt!! As we grow older, none of us are "oil painting" material - be proud that you are prepared to tell the truth at this point, and please, keep it up.

PM, please don't make us choose...http://youtu.be/NSqDExOvUdM

So Julia jumps up and down saying people are smearing her & how terrible that anyone would do so, and in the same breath says in fact that no one has any put forward any real allegations! So smeared you about what?

Then she has the audacity to smear Blewitt based on his own admissions. Too right he has the feeling of honesty. Not many people would incriminate themselves for a principle.

I know who I would believe and it is not the the person currently in the Lodge

Well done Ralph - you came across as entirely truthful - keep at it, we all support you.

Leigh Sales even tried the line that someone was bankrolling Harry Nowicki to bankroll Ralph. Desperation is creeping in now.

Smear from a person who was having a affair with a married man with children, and was probably the reason the marriage broke up

It was unnecessary for JEG to stoop to smearing Ralph Blewitt ( and probably not wise in view of what is known about her personal life) it is irrelevant to the serious questions of fraud which have been raised, and her possible involvement. As PM she should have left this well alone and simply addressed the issues. She is not helping her case by behaving in such an undignified way.

Speaking of bankrolling - I wonder if anyone bankrolled Wilson to say over the weekend that his old girlfriend didn't know anything ? Very strange that at the same time Labor where rehersing their one line defence of the Prime Minister Wilson comes out of the woodwork to defend her as well

Ralph good job.

Their is no scandal if you admit the truth. This is what the PM doesn't realise. many more learned people than I observe your integrity in coming out like you have. Thank you for sharing about your reimbursements as I had quietly wondered about that. The reason I have no issue with that arrangement is you came and gave your statement to police in full knowledge that you could be prosecuted over your statements. You are not profiting, not making vexatious remarks and in the same vein as nick stand brown it seems that you hold no animus towards the PM, but wish for due process to be carried out. Something that gives me the irks about this government, If i was on a jury I would find it incredibly hard on the weight of evidence against the PM and her non-answers to say she is innocent.

I really appreciated Janet on q&a nicely putting the allegations in terms that most people should understand and are too lazy too seek out alternate opinions to test their own views. Penny wong was really uncomfortable, so was tony jones, (even though i think he was fantasizing about the implications and the happy ending).

My Observation with Leigh Sales, came away actually questioning her own view and opinion on the events. Like the response to the no comments by you ralph, she tried to drill you on that. But it was really good how you kept to the facts of the matter and wouldn't be drawn into elaborating for reasons already given. (legitimate police investigation reasons etc)

I do hope people comes forward that can confirm your location on the 4th of Feb and seperately can also confirm the whereabouts of JEG on the same day. But reading between the lines of michaels blog some how I think you already have your location able to be proven.

The thing is that I think leigh is use too, is that politicians often like talking. People in the real world, like ralph and michael etc, generally like to say their peace and that is it. It was like the story of the emperors new robe, leigh sales i think started to see the king or queen in this case, at this stage looking fairly naked. But still going but the tailor really said this is wonderful new fabric. (I wonder who could draw a cartoon on that ;)

So too the PM I salute you ;)I would love to go to question time tomorrow with a group of a bout 50. All Stand up without the utterance of a word when she speaks and salute her, in a quiet protest.

OMG AND GILLARD IS AS PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW.
TELL THAT TO WILSON AND EMERSON.

Give Gillard enough rope and she will hang herself. Pot calling kettle black. The more shrill she becomes, the more she demonstrates how vile a person she is.

Ralph, you were superb on the 7.30 Report last night. Dignified, measured, a man answering the questions. I believe you. I don't believe Gillard.

Gillard, it's your turn to go to the authorities and make a sworn statement.

In any case,it's time for you to resign. You have no legitimacy as PM, not that you ever did.

Gillard and the Labor Party are relying on the apathy of the Australian people and I we look at the polls sadly they could be winning. With the " treasurer" ripping money of the people to prop up his so called surplus the corruption in the unions and the lies told by Gillard plus her association with the crooks in the AWU the voters are not concerned. A sad chapter in Australia's history.