The ACTU has backed away from Thompson, He hasn't had anything to do with union for years.
The evidence if any has passed on to the DPP. So we will just have to wait and see where it goes from there.
There is no guarantee Thompson will even get a mention.
Any misuse of credit card, is half baked unless evidence of moneys not being repaid into union funds is found.
Because a credit card was used for prostitution, is not illegal.
It may have been used for bying a pie also, but that would not sound as good as being used for prostitutes.
With an absence of a brief may suggests no outstanding moneys owing.
I can not see anyone claim innocence for so long without good reason

Hi 579,

You might be onto something here:

"I can not see anyone claim innocence for so long without good reason .... "

Yeah ! If someone says they are innocent, and keeps saying it, then yeah, they are very likely to be innocent. You know it makes sense.

And anyway, he hasn't been found guilty yet, so he must be innocent.

And anyway, like you say, it's not illegal for an MP to spend $ 150,000 on prostitutes. It could have been his own money, after all - all that overtime as an MP.

If anything, we should be admiring his Herculean stamina.

Cheers,

Joe

Dear SM,

Thank You for taking a more balanced view of this issue
this time. However, as I've stated previously - this is
a gift to the Coalition - and its a shame that a brilliant
brain like Brandis has to sink so low as to try to
bring down the government. After all Mr Abbott is determined
to have an election sooner rather then later. "Wedge politics"
is the name of the game.

Let them protect Craig,it will only bury labor deeper in their grave and hopefully and new party will rise out of their ashes.They don't deserve to exist let alone Govern.

Now you are being silly Lexi.
Of course Brandis is going to try and bring down the government.
For your information he is a member of the opposition.
That being so that is his job, as it is for all opposition members.
After all there are more LibNat members than Labour members.

Lexi,

I appreciate your pain, but to say that Brandis has sunk low because he is exposing union and Labor corruption is more than a little naive. As a member of the opposition it is his job to bring them down, as did Labor when it was in opposition.

579,

Get with the program, Thompson then signed off the credit card expense as a business expense, which is the point at which the fraud occurred.