AH GEE! Our informed commentator Shadow Minister has got it wrong!
Strike me Lucky! Poirot is a Green supporter bloke.
Did you watch Pyne? he lied twice while moving his privileges thing!
Yes he did, or are we to say made a mistake?
Abbott is unfit to be in the Parliament with out broom in hand.

Some facts are vitally important regarding the FWA scandal:

(1) Lawler was appointed by Tony Abbott himself, before FWA adopted the FWA name

(2) Lawler is a friend of Tony Abbott

(3) Lawler is the partner of Craig Thomson's greatest critic Kathy Jackson of the HSU

(4) Lawler is the deputy president of FWA

(5) Lawler has been "personally informed" of details by Kathy Jackson

(6) Lawler has remained in his position while the FWA report was collated.


This FWA scandal absolutely REEKS of a Liberal party setup. The full facts regarding this will eventually surface, but these things often take years.

Regarding Thomson, if the situation was reversed (Libs in minority government and Christopher Pine accused of seeing hookers and mishandling money for personal gain), we ALL know the Libs would be defending Pine to the hilt, doing all they can to keep Pine in parliament, calling for Pine to have his day in court, whinging about Labor's parliamentary kangaroo court against Pine, and they will insist Pine is innocent until proven guilty.

Politicians = as shallow and insincere and two faced as it gets.

I do wonder if Abbott is sticking his neck out a bit too far. If Thomson is able to prove that he was in WA on one of the occasions when he was supposedly using a prostitutes services on this side of the country then Abbott and others will be very exposed. I'd expect that there would be records of travel, records of accommodation, records of credit card usage in WA to back up that claim.

Ute-gate and the impact of that on Turnbull credibility comes to mind but perhaps a little worse.

If there was a liberal setup I doubt it's one that Abbott or other senior libs would be aware of, too much chance of ending up in jail if it comes unstuck (and if it is a setup the perps should do jail time) and a little too far back to make a lot of sense as a political target.

Whilst as a sideline observer Thomson's story sounds less than convincing I'd find it easier to credit an inside job from someone else in the union than a long term liberal plot to set up a fairly unremarkable union boss.

"before FWA adopted the FWA name", are you implying that FWA is a remnant of the Coalitions industrial policy with some Gillard window dressing in the form of a name change?

R0bert

Lawler was appointed by Abbott on recommendation to a different statutory body and never worked directly with him. FWA was created in 2009 by Rudd, and all the appointees are by Labor.

Abbott has not been connected in any way with Lawler for years.

Lawler was not directly involved in the investigation, nor has there been any suggestion that he interfered.

This is as tenuous a conspiracy theory as I have ever heard. Yet another labor beat up.

Dear Shadow Minister,

How do you know what Mr Abbott's connection is to
Mr Lawler? Can you say for certain that Mr Abbott
has not been connected to Mr Lawler for years?
Where is your evidence? And how come you know this?
How come you know so much about Mr Abbott?

Let's keep to the facts, and not make up stories.

Fact: As of it's date of conception, ALL of Fair Work Australia's members were members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission the previous day.

Fact: Tony Abbott personally appointed Michael Lawler.

Fact: Tony Abbott and Michael Lawler are long term, and current, friends through Opus Dei. Their families are friends.