Surely, these last set of allegations are reason enough to call an election, NOW!

What we need, more than anything, is a stable government.

I doubt even Juila can cast this one aside.

And it doesn't seem suspicious that these allegations surface just at the time that the Labor government makes a positive impact with their Aged Care Package?

Or that the Opposition is being rather hypocritical when they let him off themselves with the last lot of harassment allegations (when John Howard was PM)?

And not having been charged with anything, apparently he is not allowed to assume due process on his behalf?

Will Tony Abbott not stop at anything, or use any excuse, to bring down the government?

Can the people of Australia NOT see how dangerous it would be to have this man as our PM?

Please wake up before it is too late.

Have just read a report from a Melbourne newspaper, stating that Mr Slipper's accuser is no stranger to controversy himself. I believe this could all be a political setup so that the government will have reduced numbers.

The Coalition are frantically trying to oust the Gillard government BEFORE the Carbon Tax comes in, because they probably realise that once people find out it isn't the bogey that they have been saying it is, then the voters will turn against them.

PREMIER Ted Baillieu's most senior adviser, Tony Nutt, has been dragged into the Peter Slipper sex scandal and faces damaging questions over his knowledge of the Speaker's previous indiscretions.

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A former chief of staff to former prime minister John Howard, Mr Nutt is accused of trying to hush up sexual harassment allegations involving Mr Slipper dating to 2003.

According to documents filed in the Federal Court, he told a female Liberal staffer, Megan Hobson, to "forget all about it" after she brought forward allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Mr Slipper.

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Opposition Chief Whip Warren Entsch has also confirmed he alerted Mr Howard's office to Mr Slipper's erratic behaviour in late 2003. The Liberal MP said he delivered several emails that suggested a sexual relationship between Mr Slipper and another male staffer.

James Ashby, a 33-year-old adviser to Mr Slipper, is suing the Commonwealth for unspecified damages, claiming to be the victim of "unwelcome sexual advances" and "unwelcome sexual comments" from the Speaker.

Documents lodged in the Federal Court in Sydney on Friday allege Mr Nutt was made aware Mr Slipper, 62, had formed a "relationship of a sexual nature with a younger male member of staff".

Appointed the Premier's chief of staff in January, Mr Nutt has steadfastly declined to comment over his role in the Slipper affair.

But he may be called on to give evidence after being named by Mr Ashby's legal team, Harmers Workplace Lawyers, the same firm that represented Kristy Anne Fraser-Kirk in her successful suit against David Jones chief executive Mark McInnes, who resigned over the harassment claims.

According to the court documents, Mr Nutt was made aware of Mr Slipper's alleged indiscretions by Ms Hobson, who told the chief of staff she had seen a video.

Mr Slipper is alleged to have entered the bedroom of a junior male staff member via the window, laid on a bed in shorts and a T-shirt and hugged the junior male staff member in an intimate fashion.

But when the matter was brought to the attention of Mr Nutt, he told Ms Hobson to "forget all about it".

The same staff member, who still works with Mr Slipper, had also complained to Ms Hobson about alleged abuse by Mr Slipper after an electorate event on Australia Day 2003.

"Peter made advances on me and I said 'no'," the documents state.

The document further states: "The junior male staff member showed Megan Hobson scabs on his knuckles where he said he had recently hit a brick wall while defending himself against an attack by Peter Slipper during a parliamentary trip to Adelaide."

Mr Ashby's lawyers argue the Commonwealth "failed to take reasonable and effective steps to prevent (Mr Slipper) from utilising his office to foster sexual relationships with young male staff members".

Mr Nutt yesterday told the Sunday Herald Sun he would issue a comment through the press office.

But spokesman Paul Price later said: "We have nothing more to add."

All very coincidental, the PM is off overseas, and the coalition break wind of a scandal going back to 2003.
First it was Thompson, then they tried to tell the PM what she said, after reading the Australian news paper, and now Slipper.
Slippers side of the story has not been heard, but the noalition has a noos around his neck.