Dear Shadow Minister,

I don't believe in making pre-judgements and I do
support equal treatment and due process no matter
what side of politics you're on. I don't believe
in one set of values for some and another for others.
And I do believe in the full force of the law - if
found guilty.

It shall be interesting to see what develops in the
Slipper case - especially with all the questions
currently being asked about Liberal Party involvement
in bringing Slipper down with Ashby. Where Christopher
Pyne fits into all this with the emails exchanged
with Ashby) hopefully will be clarified. Mr Abbott has
stated he has no "specific" knowledge of any involvement.
Perhaps he should investigate the matter - or tell us
what he does know. I watched "The Insiders," on Sunday
morning - and the matter will not simply go away.
Even MP - Barnaby Joyce is questioning Mr Ashby's motives.

Lexi,

If you support equal treatment, then when the allegations become more than one man's claim I will support Heffernan's removal from senate positions, and I expect you to support Slipper's removal as Speaker.

Secondly, whether Ashby spoke to anyone before taking civil action is irrelevant. Labor is just trying to deflect the attention from its own misdeeds.

This is about principles, it has already been established that the labor does not have any, so the ball is in the noalitions court to prove that they do.

SM,

Did you happen to catch Thomson's speech today?

Any comments?

I only caught the last half.

From what I saw was a man feebly trying to pick holes in the FWA report, and claiming that he was set up. Too afraid to take responsibility for his own actions, which put him where he is today.

I feel sorry for his wife being married to such a louse, but as I saw him lying again with new stories contradicting his old ones, I felt that he deserved everything he gets.

SM,

Interesting that you conclude that the presumption of innocence isn't a right to be broadly afforded. I hope you're never in a position to require that particular cornerstone of justice if that is now the prevailing and accepted attitude in our ever changing society.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3979060.html