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Tony Abbott goes back to court in June : Comments

By Alan Austin, published 13/5/2013

David Ettridge is now suing Abbott for an apology and more than $1.5 million in damages, alleging his campaign was unlawful.

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cohenite,

You better trot off and tell Tony.

He thinks he was the one who did it.

"Well I did."

and from this article:

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/22/1061529330032.html

"On signing the indemnity, Abbot says: "Obviously in hindsight I shouldn't have done it. But if I had my time again and it was necessary to make an alliance with some pretty unusual people to stop a very serious threat to the cohesion of the country, well, I would do it. I mean how else were we going to stop One Nation at the time?""

(more Abbott speak: on the one hand he's saying he shouldn't have done it, then immediately says he'd do it again....)
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 17 May 2013 9:33:02 AM
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Poirot, that's our Tony; honest to the point of political stupidity.

I find it so refreshing compared with the singular lack of admission of doing anything wrong from the other side of the fence.

"He thinks he was the one who did it."

Did what?
Posted by cohenite, Friday, 17 May 2013 9:54:21 AM
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cohenite,

"Did what?"

Stopped Hanson and One Nation.

Abbott: "If you go back, Kerry, to the parliamentary debate on 1 July, I think it was, of 1989--1998--Labor speaker after speaker was demanding, screaming, that the Government in general, but I in particular, do something to stop this terrible Hanson woman.

Well, I did."
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 17 May 2013 10:26:17 AM
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Dear Poirot,

There's a big difference between Julia Gillard who's
been thoroughly investigated and no illegal activity
was found. Whilst Mr Abbott has litigation pending and
as various links have shown - his actions are under
question.

It shall be interesting to see what falls out of the tree
when (and if) it's shaken in court in June.

However with big media, big business, and big money, lined
up for him - it's not going to be a level playing field.
Still one can wait and hope that what was good for the
goose will be good for the gander. At least just once.
Posted by Lexi, Friday, 17 May 2013 12:05:21 PM
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What I see is a lot of noise coming from the Labor tragics. No one seems to have even an inkling of the legal system or court proceedings.

I can take Juliar to court by filling in the right forms and placing a deposit, for having an offensive nose. The consequences of doing so would be that even if I got my day in court, I would have to pay my legal costs, the court costs, and the defendant's costs. The filing of a suit is no indication in itself that any case exists.

With respect to legal precedence, the case against ON was not appealed by any of the defendants, and as such the judgement still stands, and can be used as accepted fact in this case, and the judge is not in any position to re hash any of the issues. Thus the only avenue that Ettridge has is to deal with issues outside the case which is pretty empty.

Unless Ettridge can show that Abbott slandered him or illegally influenced the prosecution of the criminal case, the case will be very short, and Ettridge will be bankrupt.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Friday, 17 May 2013 1:21:36 PM
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If Mr Abbott has nothing to fear and there is
nothing substantial against him then why has he
hired a very prominent QC to defend him?

As Alan Austin points out it is also interesting
"the invisibility cloak the mainstream media has
thrown on the matter is truly impressive."

Mr Austin asks the pertinent questions:

"Where are the in-depth historical perspectives,
probing questions, earnest sermons and breathless predictions?
What did Abbott actually do in 1998? What were his nefarious
motives? With whom was he in league? Where did the money
come from? Who will lead the party now Abbott is distracted
by court action?"

And:

"Why hasn't he stood aside pending the ourcome - as he urged
the Prime Minister to do in far less threatening circumstances?"

And:

"Of vital interest to tabloid readers, how will Abbott cope
in prison?"

Austin asks us to "Contrast this with the extra ordinary
coverage over several years now of the empty allegations
relating to Julia Gillard and an ex-boyfriend back in the
early 1990s, long before she was even in Parliament. Just
count the articles raking over old relationships,
speculating about possible jail time and generally trashing
the PM's character."

"Yet with not one single item of plausible evidence, let
alone a judge's decision on a further court appearance."

Anyone who finds this situation rather bizarre - is
classified as a "Labor Tragic." What then do we need
to classify those who try to defend this bizarre
behaviour?

I'm constantly amazed by the gall and arrogance of these
people. But then why should I be surprised. These are the
people who support the politics of money and power. An
ideology of greed. Leaving no room for social equity, compassion,
fair-play, or the idea of an egalitarian society.
They are part of the "whatever it takes," mentality.
No more needs to be said.

We shall have to wait until June for the results, or as
I suspect there will be a negotiated settlement beforehand.
Posted by Lexi, Friday, 17 May 2013 2:58:06 PM
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