Open the borders? That was when I didn't know people were so sensitive about it! Give me a break!
(Here's a version Terri prepared earlier, before she found out what she thinks.)
The Queensland Racing Commission of Inquiry has found the industry was plagued with serious management failures and has recommended a number of former board members and senior racing executives be investigated by the Australian Securities Investment Commission (ASIC).
Releasing the Inquiry’s report today, Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie and Minister for Racing Steve Dickson thanked Commissioner The Honourable Margaret White AO and said the Queensland Government would now carefully consider the recommendations.
Mr Bleijie said the report shone a light on a dark chapter in Queensland racing’s history and made recommendations to ensure the same serious problems didn’t resurface in the future.
“Racing Queensland was funded by taxpayers but the Inquiry found it was essentially being run like a personal empire with little Government oversight of several procedural matters,” Mr Bleijie said.
“The report outlined a range of issues including a ‘flat’ and ‘unsatisfactory’ management whose members ‘may also be found not to have acted in the best interests of the company’.
“It also found then Chairman Bob Bentley ‘did not act with integrity’ at times and, along with board member Bill Ludwig ‘compromised its ability to fulfil its functions in accordance with good corporate governance principles’.
“In addition, the report found senior officers and executives’ salaries went unchecked and contracts were awarded without due process.”
Mr Bleijie said as a consequence of ‘inadequate procurement practices’, the inquiry could not determine whether value for money was achieved in major infrastructure projects, specifically those under Contour Consulting Engineers.
“It is astounding that an industry of its significance and capacity lacked basic structure,” he said.
“The inquiry identified a range of matters that should be referred to ASIC for investigation, including payments to employees coinciding with the day this government was sworn in to office.”
Some of the key points and recommendations raised in the summary include:
Minister for Racing Steve Dickson said the Newman Government’s decision to establish the Queensland All Codes Racing Industry Board and three code specific control boards ensured that the report’s finding that the previous structure was unsatisfactory had already been addressed.
“From day one, this Government has worked hard to re-establish confidence and integrity in an industry that had been brought to its knees under a Labor Government who was effectively asleep at the wheel,” he said.
“The dark days of racing being run as someone’s own private empire are over.
“This is an industry that now answers to Queenslanders.
“Racing is worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Queensland economy, and the Newman Government has worked hard to lay the foundations for a strong industry that will be sustainable into the future.
“Country racing, which was left to stagnate under the previous Labor Government, has been revitalised with an injection of $4 million over four years, to allow regional Queensland to benefit from a further 20 race meetings annually.
“This is in addition to the $110 million dollars being invested in racing infrastructure over five years.”
Mr Bleijie thanked Commissioner White and assisting counsel for their comprehensive report.
“As we look forward, we must learn from this to ensure what happened under the former Labor Government is never repeated,” he said.
“This report has paved the way for a better industry – an industry for which all Queenslanders can be proud.”
A copy of the report can be accessed on the Racing Inquiry’s website later today: www.racinginquiry.qld.gov.au
[ENDS] 7 February 2014
Hi again Michael,
Thought you might be interested in this.
This morning I was advised by an Indonesian friend that a ‘submarine’ ..lol, had landed 10m offshore of the West Beach of my husbands village,Pangandaran, SW Java.
Another friend of ours in Pang sent me a link to the local ‘rag’ –MyPangandaran.
This link is the article – possibly the first media report of an Australian ‘Lifeboat’ arriving in Pang
RUGGED TRANSLATION
Pangandaran , myPangandaran.com –
A 8.50x3.20x1.10M 90p sized lifeboat stranded in Pangandaran beach , exactly in front of the west coast of Malabar hotel around 19:45 pm . The ship contains dozens of foreigners suspected this was deliberately anchored in the waters pangandaran to immigrate .
Evidently , from the results of tests carried out Kasat Polres Pangandaran , about twenty- seven foreign nationals do not have permission to immigrate legally, and now about 4 other people are still in search of their police .
They secured a water police officer while around Pangandaran West Coast region . Those of which came from Iran , Pakistan , Nepal and Bangladesh . Some of the immigrants that there are children and mothers .
They were questioned and temporarily housed in a multipurpose buildingPangandaran . Pangandaran Police are coordinating with the immigration office in Tasikmalaya .
Mempertan accounted for their actions , the current foreign nationalsteranncam Article 120 of Law No. 6/2011 on Immigration . " They threatened to undergo imprisonment for 15 years . Furthermore penaganancase will be handed over completely to the West Java Police Headquarters , "
To see the Submarine Documentation can be found here " DOCUMENTATION "
Of GREAT interest in this article is the link at the bottom of the page "DOKUMENTASI" that provides the following other 2 links:
specifically –
Article 120
(1)
Every Foreigner who conducts act aiming to seek
advantage, either direct or indirect, for
him/herself taking someone or a group of people,
either organized or non-organized, or order other
people to take someone or a group of people either
organized or non-organized without having legal
right to enter or exit the Indonesian Territory
and/or enter other country without having legal
right to enter the Indonesian Territory, either
using legal document or false document, or without
using the Travel Document, either through an
immigration check or not, shall be punished for
the reason of Human Smuggling with imprisonment
for a minimum of 5 (five) years and for a maximum
of 15 (fifteen) years and fine sentence at the
minimum of Rp500,000,000.00 (five hundred million
Rupiah)
and for a maximum of
Rp 1,500,000,000.00(one billion five hundred million Rupi
AND
(2)
Attempt to perpetrate the criminal act of Human
Smuggling shall be punished with a similar
criminal sentence as contemplated in
paragraph(1).
Article 122
A punishment of imprisonment shall be stipulated for
a maximum of 5 (five) years and fine sentence at the
maximum of Rp500,000,000.00(five hundred million
Rupiah) for:
a.
Every Foreigner who intentionally misuses or
carries out activities that are not in accordance
with the purpose and objective of such Stay Permit
provided;
b.
Every person who ask or give the Foreigner a chance
to misuse or carries out activities that are not in
accordance with the purpose and
objective of suchStay Permit provided;
I have maintained for a very long time that the Asylum Seekers enter Indonesia illegally – under false pretences according to the Immigration Card they fill in upon arrival.
1. They enter as a ‘Tourist’ for a 30 day stay & pay the $25USD to do so.
2. They fill in the Arrival section of the Incoming Passenger Card (Immigration Declaration) under 1.
3. They possibly overstay the 30 day Visa and are therefore in breach of Indonesian Immigration Law a second time (1st being they lie about their intentions)
4. They then depart Indonesia illegally by
a. Not handing in the departure section of the Immigration Card
b. Not departing via a legal port of departure
5. They have therefore committed multiple crimes under Indonesian Immigration Law and are liable to charges on a number of accounts
6. If they have committed a crime in another country, in particular Immigration, then under the Migration Act 1958 they have committed a crime in another country under Section 501 of that Act.
7. If they have committed a crime as in 6 they should not pass the Character Test under Section 501 of the Migration Act and therefore be issued with a Notice Of Intention to Refuse or Cancel a Visa, assuming they will ultimately request a Bridging Visa or any Visa requesting Residency.
Hope you find this information of interest and of use
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By Herb Thompson
Of the national work force, only 39.6% are union members, down from over 50% before the Accords. ACTU secretary Bill Kelty announced before the last election, "Ultimately, it won't be a conservative government that destroys the union movement. It is whether unions are capable of organising the work force."
For the better part of the last decade the ACTU, with the assistance of sensitive new age union officials, has pursued two goals: to assist the Labor Party to win elections; and to assist the Labor Party to keep real wages down. Workers can not be "organised" by political sycophants whose first concern is to get Labor politicians elected and make bosses wealthy.
The case of Robe River Iron Ore Associates continues to symbolise new age unionism. In 1985, union membership at Robe River was close to 100%, as it was at all Pilbara iron sites. Today union membership is less than 50% at Robe River, and in decline at the other sites.
Robe River has reduced its work force from 1662 in 1986 to 824 in 1993. Productivity has risen from 9054 to 27,286 tonnes per employee. Except for the few who were recently hoodwinked into a pre-election position of class solidarity by the ACTU and then left to pull weeds in the sun, most workers at Robe do what they are told.
On November 30, 1992, senior management of Robe made it clear that taking part in ACTU-sponsored activities on behalf of the ALP can be costly. On this day 180 workers at Robe River took part in the national day of actionsponsored by the ACTU, explicitly in opposition to the Kennett government and implicitly against the federal opposition. The following day, management gave 52 workers a week's notice. In the meantime, work such as pulling weeds and picking up trash was found to keep them busy. Twenty-nine workers refused the condition for reinstatement, which was never to be naughty and take industrial action again, and were given notice of termination.
Former WA Trades and Labor Council secretary and recently elected member of state parliament Clive Brown said that the dispute would prove to be an important test of the basic rights and dignity of workers in Australia. He said the same thing as TLC secretary in 1986. He was correct on both occasions. The unions failed the test both times.
The present TLC secretary, Bob Meecham, never says much of anything. Assistant TLC secretary Tony Cooke hesitatingly said, "I think the TLC is under an obligation to pick up this issue because Robe is a vicious and vindictive company" (Ho-hum). The assistant secretary of the metals and engineering union, Jock Ferguson, was the most forthcoming when he said, "Mining unions were buoyed by the workers' defiance. It just goes to show that at the end of the day, they know the union is the only thing they've got."
On December 9 a mass meeting of 150 workers voted to go on strike after the company began sacking their colleagues. ACTU president Martin Ferguson provided the support normally expected nowadays from the ACTU, saying cogently, "Don't meet fire with fire, think the potential difficulties through. Use the commission and seek discussions."
At the WA TLC state executive on December 15 the motion was put, that "The ACTU be condemned for their public position in abandoning the Robe River workforce after those very workers accepted the ACTU's call for a Day of Action. Further, that the responsibility for addressing these issues lies fairly and squarely with the President of the ACTU ... and should he refuse to accept that responsibility he should be called on to resign."
With six for, six against, and the chair exercising her vote against, the motion was declared lost. That same day Robe sacked another 64 workers, but at least no-one in the ACTU got their feelings hurt.
It is now the "end of the day" for a large number of Robe workers, and most know that if the union is the only thing they've got, then they are in deep trouble.
However, as any union official knows, it is not proper to end on a note of doom and gloom. So let us look on the bright side. On March 25, 1993, only seven years after the original Robe River fiasco, a meeting of iron ore industry unions and ACTU representatives agreed on the need for a national approach on industrial relations issues in the Pilbara. And this will surely be done as soon as two of the unions in the areas stop fighting each other.
The Australian Workers Union and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union have decided to fight each other for the remains of a declining iron ore worker membership. The officials of these two unions know that fighting each other is a hell of a lot easier, and more fun, than bashing the boss. And bashing the boss is passé in new age unionism anyway.
On the sidelines stand the officials of the Metal and Engineering Workers Union, who have put their money on the AWU, because their policies and testosterone levels are very similar; and the Electrical Trades Union, who support the CFMEU largely because they have become quite used to being on a losing team.
The more radical unions are going after those who have yet to discover that the union is the only thing they've got. The Finance Sector Union is offering their members a "romantic five night escape for two" in Sydney or Perth if they recruit a friend to the union. If they recruit two friends can they get the same deal for a ménage trois?
The Australian Services Union is offering discount purchase offers for "entertainment, travel and music". ASU federal secretary Steve Gibbs says he is trying to tap into what younger people and women find attractive.
ACTU vice president Anna Booth figures that union officials need to rests with the interests of the employer", leaving the details to our imagination.
When Joe Hill said, "Don't mourn for me. Organise!", he could not dream how imaginatively his words would be translated in the 1990s. On March 19 the ACTU executive, in Melbourne to set the timing and details of Accord VII, were distracted by a visit from Prime Minister Keating. The subject of the day was immediately adjourned, and ACTU officials, staff and the trade union choir cheered and serenaded the prime minister with "Solidarity Forever" and queued for autographs. Eat your heart out, Joe Hill.
Last year Labor Senator Chris Evans resigned from the Senate and the Labor Party put Sue Lines forward to replace him.
Here's her bio.
A union gal through and through with lots of favours racked and stacked over those years.
Yesterday the Business Council of Australia - natural enemy of the union movement - appeared before Senator Lines and she wasn't going to let the chance go by without putting the business council right in its place.
Rod Madgwick joined the ALP in the Sutherland area in the 1960’s. The ALP in Sutherland was controlled by Arthur Gietzelt. When Rod Madgwick moved into Balmain in 1971 or 1972, he joined the Balmain branch of the ALP (see page 109 of this link).
Peter Baldwin was active in that part of the Party at the time - this story in the Sydney Morning Herald describes the 1980 bashing that led to this:
According to Labor luminaries, there were “irregularities” in Balmain and other surrounding branches. See chapter 3 of this link.
Use this link to take you to the SMH story “Threats, violence in bitter ALP battleground” - here's a small sample:
Arthur Gietzelt was Ian Macdonald’s mentor. Ian Macdonald was invited by Arthur Gietzelt and Tom Uren to work in NSW Attorney-General Frank Walker’s office in 1978.
Follow this link to Mark Aarons' story in The Monthly.
This story in the Sydney Morning Herald from 2009 gives more detail.
Rod Madgwick won Labor preselection for the seat of Barton in 1979, playing second fiddle to the housewife superstar in this SMH story.
We've previously reported that while Madgwick was campaigning for the seat of Barton, the telephone number listed in his campaign literature was connected to Frank Walker’s office and there was the small matter of a run in with the constabulary that saw Madgwick charged with hindering police.
The 30 year friendship of Ian Macdonald and Greg Jones started while they were employed in Frank Walker’s office:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/rees-offers-faint-support-for-lunching-minister-20090715-dljh.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/mates-race-45m-deal-snares-mp-20100528-wldb.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/ministers-best-mate-was-in-on-coal-deal-20121026-28b62.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/magnificent-sevens-moneymaking-machine-20121207-2b11c.html
When Nick Greiner came to power in 1988 he slammed Frank Walker's office for ''consistent, persistent and widespread rorting of the public purse'' with Jones and Macdonald coming in for special mentions.
This story from the SMH in 2013 describes MacDonald's systematic corruption.
Check out how it all started in 1988.
| Author: By BERNARD LAGAN Date: 02/12/1988 Words: 741 |
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald Section: News and Features Page: 3 |
Staff employed by the former Labor Minister for Housing, Mr Frank Walker, ran up restaurant bills of $18,500 over an 18-month period using Government-issued credit cards, State Parliament was told yesterday.
The Minister for Housing, Mr Schipp, disclosed the records of lunches and dinners, some of which Mr Walker attended.
Mr Schipp said the food and drink cost NSW taxpayers an average of $108 each time the ministerial staff sat down to a Government-sponsored meal with their clients.
"Famous upmarket eateries such as Simpson's, Beppi's, Pulcinella, Lucio's, EJ's, Lee's Fortuna Court, Angus Steak Cave, Imperial Peking Harbourside and the Waterfront Restaurant were frequented by the Minister and his staff," Mr Schipp said.
He said that while the Government of the day was "out to lunch", housing waiting lists blew out to over 80,000 families.
"The Minister and his staff had adopted the attitude of 'let them eat cake'," said Mr Schipp.
He added that the affair was an exercise in gluttony.
"One would have thought that the former Minister for Housing, the champion of the Left, would have set an example and desisted from such displays of unabashed self-indulgence."
One of the former staff members named by Mr Schipp was Mr Brian Dale, press secretary to the former Premier Mr Neville Wran before joining Mr Walker's staff.
Mr Schipp said Mr Dale had spent $6,374.39 in 15 months on meals at"Sydney's most glamourous eating spots".
Mr Schipp's office claimed later that the figures showed that during a period of five days in December 1984, Mr Dale charged meals worth $800. The bills were incurred during a visit to Beppi's and another to La Rustico.
Another staff member named was Mr Ian McDonald, who was elected a Labor Member of the NSW Upper House in March.
He spent $4,062 "on an assortment of meals" during the 18-month period, said Mr Schipp.
Mr McDonald and Mr Dale appear to have had a similar taste in restaurants.
Mr McDonald incurred a bill of $250 at Beppi's in June 1985, when he discussed housing matters with Mr Walker and others.
He spent $200 at Simpson's, again with Mr Walker and another person.
The subject discussed at Simpson's, according to records, was staff matters.
Mr McDonald said last night his expenses were "incurred in the course of duty".
He rejected any suggestion that there was anything improper in the business-related expenses.
They related to meetings with Federal ministers, senior public servants, sections of the housing industry and interest groups.
But Mr Schipp said the bills were another example of the Labor Party's abuse of office.
"They will go down in history as the Gourmet Government," he said.
OUT TO LUNCH
TWENTY DOLLARS
18/8/84 Maestro Restaurant. Lunch with Frank Walker,
and six media representatives. $215.00 *
28/9/84 Glo Glo's Restaurant (Melbourne).
Lunch with Walker and Victorian Minister for Housing
and staff. Payable by Land Commission. $252.50 *
Glo Glo's Restaurant (Melbourne). Dinner with Walker,
Brian Dale and others. To be charged to YACS.
$252.00 *
17/12/84 Beppi's Restaurant. Dinner with Walker,
press secretary and media. $298.60 *
La Rustica Restaurant. Paid by NSW Land Commission. $501.95 *
21/6/85 Beppi's Restaurant. lunch with Walker,
press secretaries, special adviser and media $250.00 **
27/2/85 Imperial Peking Harbourside.
Dinner with Walker, and senior officers of Public
Service Board. $130.00 * *
* * Amount claimed by Ian MacDonald
* Amount claimed by Brian Dale
Rod Madgwick missed out on Barton in 1980 - instead of a parliamentary seat he went to the Judicial bench. By 1994 he had done very well - well enough to afford a country property that would play host to a lavish wedding as his daughter Jane married the son of Tom Hughes QC, Michael. Amongst other luminaries, Frank Walker was a guest at Jane Madgwick’s wedding.
| Author: By SALLY LOANE Date: 04/03/1994 Words: 663 |
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald Section: News and Features Page: 6 |
John Brogden has never let his age handicap his political ambitions. When the former Young Liberal president was just 22, he contested Liberal Party preselection for the Labor-held State seat of Drummoyne and just lost.
Two years later, armed with several years' experience working for senior Liberals Mr John Hannaford, Mr John Fahey and Mr Ted Pickering, Mr Brogden is pitching for the blue-ribbon seat of Vaucluse, soon to be vacated by Mr Michael Yabsley.
Among those he will be up against is Mr Michael Hughes, son of Mr Tom Hughes, QC, who was the Attorney-General in the third Gorton Liberal ministry
Mr Hughes, 29, says he has been heading towards a political career since he was eight.
His brother-in-law (and employer) is the republican Mr Malcolm Turnbull and last month he married Ms Jane Madgwick, the daughter of the lawyer Ms Gail Madgwick and District Court Judge Mr Rod Madgwick, who stood unsuccessfully as an ALP candidate for the Federal seat of Barton in 1980.
Their wedding, at the Madgwicks' Bilpin property, was attended by the most celebrated warriors from conservative and Labor politics - from Sir John Atwill and Mr John Howard to Mr Frank Walker and Mr Laurie Brereton.
Mr Brogden and Mr Hughes are quite different socially, politically and philosophically. Possibly the only characteristics they share are clean-cut good looks and a Bondi Beach address.
Mr Hughes grew up in the electorate's heartland, Bellevue Hill, the son of a wealthy and wellconnected Catholic family. The first of the nine preselection candidates to announce his intention to stand, he passionately wants to represent the area in which he grew up.
Mr Brogden, also a Catholic, grew up in Balmain, the son of a carpenter -his aunt still prays that her nephew will recant and join the Labor Party.
He married into Liberal political lineage. His wife, Lucy, who works for the Liberal minister Mr Bruce Baird, is the daughter of Mr Frank Hooke, a former State Liberal Treasurer.
Mr Brogden and Mr Hughes both studied arts at university. On campus, Mr Hughes was active in the right-wing Australian Liberal Students' Federation and was also a member of the Woollahra branch of the Young Liberals. A merchant banker, Mr Hughes describes himself as a small "c" conservative and a"reluctant" republican.
"I have great faith in the institution of Parliament and I don't believe that government should interfere in people's private lives," he said. "I think it's arrogant to assume a republic is inevitable. It may develop slowly, but I don't want the nation to be split in the process."
Under Mr Brogden's 1992 leadership, the NSW Young Liberals, traditionally more "wet" than the senior party on social issues, advocated support for a republic. Mr Brogden, an articulate public speaker, also attempted to dismantle the Young Liberals' "champagne Charlie" image.
The 130 preselectors make their decision tomorrow and the favourites are Mr Brogden, Mr Hughes, a Bellevue Hill businessman, Mr Peter Debnam, 39, and Dr Pat O'Brien, 49, of Randwick.
Jane Madgwick was Ian MacDonald's “research assistant of some years standing” and good old lunchie mentioned the Madgwick Hughes nuptials in the NSW Parliament.
Recently my research assistant of some years standing, Jane Madgwick, who went to work as a tour manager for Nina Simone in 1991, returned to Australia and married Mr Michael Hughes, son of Tom Hughes, Q.C., who was the Federal Attorney- General at the time of the Vietnam conflict. Among the many guests at the wedding were the honourable member for Bennelong, Mr Atwill, a former president of the Liberal Party, and numerous other senior members of the Liberal Party were also present. In this delightful circumstance many Australian Labor Party notables were present, including former Premier Wran and a number of former Labor Ministers. It was a unity ticket that many people would dream of. It was a wedding that was really blessed in heaven. The father of the groom, the Hon. Tom Hughes, former Attorney-General at the height of the draft resistant movement in this country and the division that was being created by the then conservative Government's approach to conscription and the Vietnam war -
The Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti: And you went to his house?
The Hon. I. M. MACDONALD: Give me a chance. During the speech of Mr Tom Hughes, Q.C., to the gathering, at which Mr Tony Pooley, one of our staff, was also present, he referred to the Vietnam war and certain incidents in the past. If my memory serves me correctly - I am pretty sure that my memory is adequate - the Hon. Tom Hughes, Q.C., member of the Liberal Party, former Minister, particularly in the McMahon Government and the Gorton Government, made it clear that the Liberal Party should apologise. He personally apologised to us in relation to the involvement of the Liberal Party in the Vietnam war. He regretted it. He said that Australia's involvement in the war and his participation in the Cabinet decisions on that war were wrong. He made that clear and he apologised for that involvement. It was a stunning moment at the wedding. As I looked around at little Johnny from Bennelong I saw that he was quite shocked. Tom Hughes, Q.C., former Attorney-General of Australia, has made it clear that the Liberal Party made a mistake in going into the Vietnam war and that it should apologise. Other senior Ministers such as Chipp, have made other statements apologising for Australia's involvement.
By the way, the wedding was in February. There was an incredible sense of solidarity at the wedding except for one table - the table where little Johnny from Bennelong and Sir John Atwill were sitting enjoying a delightful meal. I believe they did not appreciate the comments to the degree that the other 250 people did, including many members of the young Liberals who were invited to the function. They take a different view of the Vietnam war from that of the old stalwarts opposite, the Hon. D. F. Moppett and the Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti. Great Australians such as the Hon. Tom Hughes, Q.C., have a conscience. The Hon. Doug Moppett certainly does not. So he can blithely forget the millions who died and take the view that whatever we did, whatever perfidies we practised and perpetuated in Vietnam for 10 years, he can forget. However, a great Australian, Tom Hughes, Q.C., had come to the conclusion that Australia's involvement was a mistake, unjust and wrong. He made it clear in front of a very large group of people who had an active interest in justice and political life in this country. In response to the furore in the past three days about Australia's attitude to the Vietnam war, notable conservatives from the period who have consciences have made statements. Some people have consciences. The Hon. Doug Moppett -
The Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti: On a point of order: I refuse to sit here and listen to the Hon. I. M. Macdonald mispronounce the name of the Hon. Doug Moppett. I also object to his use of derogatory terms such as "little Johnny" for the honourable Federal member for Bennelong. The honourable member should curtail his language and I appeal to you, Madam Deputy-President, to make him do so.
The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT (The Hon. Beryl Evans): Order! There is no point of order but I remind the Hon. I. M. Macdonald that there is a manner in which to address members in this House and I expect him to respect that and to refer to them properly.
The Hon. I. M. MACDONALD: Thank you, Madam Deputy President. I could never have called him big. Over the past few days a number of statements have been made by conservatives who have a conscience. They have come out clearly pointing out that the Vietnam war was a total disaster in which we should not have been involved. For instance, Mr Malcolm Fraser, former Prime Minister -
The Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti: Lies you tell.
The Hon. Ann Symonds: Oh! He accused you of telling lies.
The Hon. I. M. MACDONALD: Madam Deputy-President, I have no difficulty with the Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti making those sorts of interjections whenever he so desires. I will ensure that on each and every occasion that he calls Malcolm Fraser a liar he will have the opportunity of having that placed upon the record of this Chamber.
The Hon. Dr B. P. V. Pezzutti: I said that you were a liar. I did not say that Malcolm Fraser told lies.
More on the Hansard records here.
And lots more on Rod Madgwick soon.
Was it just me and Bill who sent in the clip - or is Paul Howes a little bit short and tetchy with Latika Bourke?
So Paul won't talk about stuff that doesn't involve the AWU? It seems like only yesterday Paul was telling us pensioners should cash their houses in so there's more taxpayer money left over for important stuff like these grants to unions.