abbott, abbott and more and abbott and bar a tsunami after September more Abbott. Talk about phobias.

The RAbbott might well walk away from the court, however I have no doubt whatever that karma will follow the clown. He'll rue the day he resorted to his despicable activities in the One Nation affair. Slippery Pete played the same kind of game and look where it got him.

David Ettridge is suing Tony Abbott for an apology and
more than $1.5 million in damages, alleging Mr Abbott's
campaign was unlawful.

It will be interesting to see how all this pans out.
I suspect that Mr Abbott will simply walk
away from this with his usual shrug of the shoulders
and philosophic statement of "shite happens."

It's others who must be held to account, must resign
from their government positions. And must be smeared
in the press. There are certain rules for some, and
they don't seem to apply to others. It's definitely not
a level playing field.

Just once it would be heartening to see a political
leader being judged on their suitablity to hold the
highest office in the land - before they actually get
the job. Especially a political leader who's been so
vocal in demanding high standards of behaviour and
accountability from others - while damaging their characters
and reputations.

Quid pro quo.
Time to be held accountable.

Yes indeed

Combine the most avaricious species ever to evolve with human nature & a bit of power (thereby absolutely guaranteeing corruption), toss in a generous helping of ego & a bit of religious status for good measure. Stir vigorously and you'll end up with a perfect example of politigrub parasitus

Why do you think I'm so 'anti' the system ??

'Just once it would be heartening to see a political
leader being judged on their suitablity to hold the
highest office in the land - before they actually get
the job. '

Oh Lexi and this coming from someone who has consistently defended the sisterhood whose track record is appalling.

One minute the secularist say that one's private life should not determine one's public suitability (obviously held dearly by Gillard supporters) then they have the nerve to speak about the suitability to be PM. Could they be suggesting that private philosophy determines public performance (surely not)!

I see Lexi and the other labor tragics desperately hoping that this case is similar to the one Slipper and Thomson faced.

The sad reality for them is that legal case against the registration of One Nation is based on applying for registration and submitting a list of 500 names as members which was the prerequisite for registration. The evidence in the first court case showed that only a small fraction of the names had completed the forms, paid the membership fee and become full members. The remainder had not.

The conviction of PH was based on the accepting of commonwealth money based on the registration, which was prosecuted by the AG not Abbott, and found her guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

The appeal which overturned the conviction The Court's unanimous decision was that the evidence did not support a conclusion beyond reasonable doubt that the people on the list were not members of the 'Pauline Hanson's One Nation' party and that Hanson and Ettridge knew this when the application to register the party was submitted.

For Ettridge to succeed against Abbott, he will have to show that Abbott's original claim was baseless. Based on the facts, PH&E were acquitted on a technicality and the original civil judgement still stands against them, which neither of them have challenged. Considering that Ettridge has no legal representation, has stuffed up the original filing of the claim, and to continue needs to be able to show that he can cover the costs if he loses, I doubt that Abbott feels threatened in the slightest.