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By Don Aitkin, published 14/11/2012Now in ordinary life all of us tell untruths from time to time. Some of them are venial, and we excuse them as 'white lies'.
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Posted by Alan Austin, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 11:34:12 PM
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@imajulianutter: Foyle can speak for him or herself. Your question, however, seems to arise from the same confusion as cohenite’s.
Ms Gillard was not referring to the association as a slush fund. She was referring to one of the bank accounts later used by the association for allegedly dodgy deeds.
Understood correctly, Keith, there is no contradiction.
@cohenite: Re “Wilson and Blewitt could not have set up their bank accounts without reference to a legal entity which is why the association was crucial.”
Correct, Anthony. The association came first. The bank account referred to as a slush fund came later. They are not the same entity. We agree.
Re: “the association IS the slush fund by virtue of its ostensible 'real' purpose as admitted by the PM …”
No, not correct. The bank account was the slush fund, not the association.
Re: “the bank account is the mechanism by which the slush fund, the association, processes its revenue.”
No. Not quite. The bank account (or slush fund) is the mechanism by which the association processes its revenue.
Re: “The PM had to misrepresent the purpose before the commissioner would grant the registration”.
No, there was no misrepresentation. It only appears so to those who mistakenly believe the association was the slush fund.
Re: “I repeat she has admitted that.”
No, Anthony, the PM hasn’t admitted anything of the sort.
@Loudmouth: Re “Ms Gillard attended the auction at which a property was purchased with funds from the AWU Workplace Reform Association on whose inauguration … she had advised. She witnessed her boyfriend buying the house in the name of Ralph Blewett with funds from the Association ...”
Joe, I bought a house in 1992. My then girlfriend came to the auction. It was a big day.
Had I embezzled the money for the deposit, would I have told my girlfriend? What would I stand to gain by so doing?
Pretty sure Bruce Wilson answers your other questions in his ABC TV interview last Wednesday.
Cheers, AA