"JULIA Gillard's high-stakes election strategy has been rocked by ex-Labor MP Craig Thomson's arrest on 149 fraud charges, including allegedly using union funds to pay for prostitutes. The charges follow an investigation by Victorian fraud squad detectives in relation to claims Mr Thomson allegedly spent more than $7000 of union monies on escort services."

The dishonesty and outright fraud of Gillard's MPs and ex ALP members has been a running sore for Labor for more than a year, and the long awaited arrest of Thomson has driven another nail in Juliar's election chances. Amongst the many questions is whether the unprecedented election call was precipitated by Thomson's arrest.

The kangaroo court is now in session, residing is chief magistrate SM.
How many times has Thomson go to be found guilty without a court being involved.

Well here we go, SM...I wonder if all this is going to stick to your script?

That's an awful lot of charges - I wonder, in that case, why it took so long to charge him?

Still, charged he is...apparently one of the long line of charges is that he used union funds to buy himself an ice-cream.....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-01/thomson-strip-searched-by-police-lawyer-says/4494808

He, he, he, he! Ah Poirot, this from his lawyer and the ABC? He, he, he, he!

You’re so funny. You should change your name to Parrot, “Pieces of Eight, Pieces of Eight, Arrrgggrrr”!

Barrel meet bottom, bottom meet barrel.

Actually your post gave me a laugh (and made my moustaches dishevelled!)

Still it's coming from the bloke who goes by the moniker "spindoc".

It has stated that now that an election date has been set by the GG
no byelection can be held.
So even if a member is gaoled and the seat is vacant a new member
could not be elected until the general election date.
So now you know why we are having such a long campaign.

Also a member cannot be called to court during house sittings and five
days previously. So nothing will affect the operation of parliament.