579,

"The case has been solved." Really? How do you know this, and why does no one else?

why doesn't anybody talk about our $50,000 Roxon gave to Ashby ... as settlement of his claim?

Does the Government still think Slipper guilty?

That was for the case against the commonwealth. Far removed from slipper.

The story as portrayed suggests that –

1. Slipper offered Ashby a job and employed him from 23/12/2011.
2. When he was working for Slipper, Ashby was sexually harassed by Slipper.

The actual details of this scenario are –

1. Ashby first met Slipper in July 2011 as a mutual friend of LNP Minister Mark McArdle and they later meet socially.
2. Ashby was critical of Brough and others seen to be working against Slipper and asks for advice about starting a political career .
3. Ashby exchanged most of those particularly suggestive texts with Slipper from OCTOBER 2011 and appeared comfortable with this aspect of their relationship.
4. Slipper mentions the possibility of offering Ashby a job in October, replacing his former press advisor who was leaving in November.
5. Slipper became Speaker in November 2011 and Ashby began working for Slipper from DECEMBER 10th 2011.
6. Meanwhile Ashby is secretly in communication with Brough, Pyne, McArdle and others behind Slipper’s back and leaks Slipper diary details to Brough and News Ltd journo Steve Lewis (of Godwin Grech fame).
7. Pyne meets with Ashby at least 3 times and Pyne is caught out lying about each meeting.
8. The LNP arranges Harmer’s Lawyers (of Kathy Jackson fame) to provide legal aid for Ashby for $1.
9. Ashby gives Lewis all his text messages and they meet on 10th April 2012 (News Ltd pay for his Hotel room).
10. Harassment accusation lodged on April 20th and the story is published the next day.

Ashby’s harassment claim seems no more than a vehicle for the LNP to attack Slipper professionally and he was probably just a stooge in the whole matter.

To suggest that the LNP were simply innocent bystanders and not heavily involved is plainly ridiculous.

Abbott’s suggestion that he knew nothing until April 21st while Pyne and others were making all these arrangements on Ashby’s behalf is typically dishonest.

Ashby is finished in politics and financially and perhaps he will yet turn on his “sponsors”, as he has done before.

In any case the story is not over yet.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-14/abbott-denies-slipper-conspiracy/4427424

"...Mr Abbott has defended his candidate's role in the legal case,saying Mr Brough has been "quite transparent and up front" about his involvement, and there is no conspiracy here."

From the judgment:

"...Mr Ashby and Ms Doane had decided by 29 march 2012 that Mr Ashby would make allegations of sexual harassment in legal proceedings against Mr Slipper and would assist Mr Brough and Mr Lewis to damage Mr Slipper in the public eye and political arena with any information they could find including using the requested diary entries together with any proceedings...over the previous six months Mr Ashby had described Mr Brough to Mr Slipper in the most foul terms. He had also been considerably unflattering about Mr Lewis. Yet by 29 March 2012, Mr Ashby had confided in Mr Slipper's political foe, Mr Brough, about being harassed by Mr Slipper and sought Mr Brough's help in obtaining a lawyer. Moreover, within a day or so Mr Ashby and Ms Doane were providing Mr Brough and Mr Lewis with copies of Mr Slipper's diaries..."

if Ashby was female no one including the judge would dare suggest its a setup. Come on guys its all a game.