I wonder if the emails would of been considered private if Mr Abbott had of called Cathy Freeman very dumb. You progressives are disgusting in your selectivity.

A child minor says one word at a football game and she is hauled out for public humiliation and censure. Regardless of her not understanding nor using a word 'racially' as was accused of doing. 'Ape' is commonly used by football supporters everywhere to describe opposing players.

Yet when a whistleblower who from news reports is serving the public interest by flagging misuse of public funds and conversion to private use, the same political 'Progressives' and the previously horrified, 'gutted' (a word very much in favour at the time), horrendously insulted and disgusted commentariat are directing all of their venom towards the person/s who released the information!

Incredible, amazing, that a university lecturer's private satire renders him unsuitable to do his job but an Australian Senator, the controversial 'Captain's Pick' of a highly controversial PM is not being required to explain herself, or at minimum deny all of the allegations in the Parliament.

otb,

If you're referring to the Goodes case - you
need to state the full facts and not just
"cherry-pick." You can't have it both ways
accusing others of things that you are doing and
then feigning righteous indigation. No one is
buying it.

As for Senator Peris. She has
denied the charges (something Prof. Spurr did not
do) and the case against her has yet to be proven.
As far as I am aware it's still a matter of
innocent until proven guilty in this country. But
who knows what it will be in the future with the
current mob in power and all of their rules and
regulations that they are attempting to pass.

So much for freedom of speech.

Where has Senator Peris addressed and actually denied the content of the emails alleged to have been originated by her? There also appears to be some disagreement about NT News contact with Ms Peris before publication. This is what the NT News has to say,

<Senator Nova Peris has failed to address key questions surrounding her involvement in seeking taxpayers’ money to bring former Olympian Ato Boldon to Australia to carry out an extramarital affair.

In a statement to the Senate on Thursday, Ms Peris claimed email revelations in the NT News this week were part of a family and estate dispute and refrained from explaining all of the sources outside of Athletics Australia that she sought money from to bring Mr Boldon to Australia.

Emails previously published show that amount could be up to $22,000, in part funded by the “indigenous grants mob” and other taxpayer-funded groups.

Ms Peris was employed at the time as a communication officer with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies and operated as an ambassador with Athletics Australia.
..
The NT News stands by its original story, which deals with a matter of public importance, namely the use of taxpayer funds.

The emails also revealed Ms Peris’ thoughts about race issues.

In the NT News’ original questions to Ms Peris, it was asked whether she stood by her comment in emails to Mr Boldon that “white people hate black people in this country”.

She failed to address this question with the NT News or in Parliament yesterday.>

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/senator-nova-peris-responds-to-allegations-in-senate-speech/story-fnk0b1zt-1227107734510

According to news reports Senator Peris has
denied having done anything wrong. Let us wait
and see how this develops as I'm sure that it will,
before making our own assumptions on the matter.
We need to try to steer this discussion away from
extreme points of view and our own biases - towards
common ground as another poster on this forum has
pointed out on another thread. "That is where
solutions will eventually be found one way or another."

Assumptions? Extreme? Just who is making any?

She either sent the emails or she did not.

The NT News either sought her comments prior to publication or it did not.

The allegations on both sides are not about distant or trivial events that could be easily forgotten.