"Helping disabled kids get wheelchairs. What a swine, eh Armchair?

I trust you're feeling suitably embarrassed."

No, not at all.
On one side of the issue you have this:
Politics is a form of warfare, and as such it seems to be 'fair-play' that one political party is allowed to 'find dirt'; or do or say anything that may shed an opponent a negative light.

- Whether its 'fair' or 'ethical' or not is questionable and I don't know if there's any actual etiquette to these political battles.

One side can simply 'throw something out there' to push an opponent like George Christensen for example into a corner and make him do or say something foolish or his conduct questionable and it's all just political point scoring.

On the other side of the argument a lot of 'bad stuff' DOES go on in this world under the cover of 'good deeds'.

If I was entrusted with the job of investigating this I'd want to look at everything.

Firstly, do MP's enjoy any kind of diplomatic immunity?

http://nswcourts.com.au/articles/how-to-get-away-with-crime-diplomatic-immunity/

Then I'd want to know if he's shipping anything in or out of the country, whether he has any other business interests there and who he associates with there.
Also in regards to wheelchairs:
What wheelchair company, (who are the poeople associated with this company and what other companies is this company associated with) how many wheelchairs, what $ amount involved, which Australian ports were they shipped from...

I don't at all feel embarrassed by supporting the general diligence of making sure our elected leaders are doing the right thing, whilst also allowing some room for political point scoring;
- If that's the way the game is played -

Let me put it this way Philip S:
If I was a Labor Party strategist or what have you and I found out George was making frequent trips to the Philippines, I'd be trying to figure out ways that I could use that against him;

- To damage him and his party because that's my job -

Even if I knew 100% for certain he was not doing anything unbecoming, I'll still use that basic fact that he was going there as a point in which to sow doubt about his ethics.

Armchair Critic You are not a Labor Party strategist, you are on a forum.

Just a reminder of something you stated before.

Quote "The only way to get to the truth is to separate arguments that do hold merit from those that don't."

I think you also said on one occasion "I hold myself to a higher standard" haven't found that one yet.

** At the moment that higher standard is 12cm's about the height of the average gutter **

** Looks like a case of guilty until proven innocent, OH wait he has been proven innocent, not according to Judge Armchair Critic **
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Foxy Quote "Mr Christensen also stated that he was not interviewed
by the Australian Federal Police."

They would only need to interview him if there was a criminal case to answer, he offered his phone they declined that offer.

The Federal Police investigations as reported by
News Corp into George Christensen's conduct
had begun several months ago. Before the Labor
Party's referral to the Federal Police.
We'll have to wait and see what develops further.
Perhaps he'll stop visiting the "dangerous"
neighbourhoods "notorious for prostitution and
drugs" and stop sending checks to various bank accounts
for "good causes."

Dear Philip S,

What part of the report which you cut and pasted from the Courier Mail without attribution didn't you understand.

The AFP referral was to ascertain if there was any criminal activity or evidence of blackmail. Neither were found however the contention that Christensen spent time in the less wholesome parts of the Southern Philippines know for drugs and prostitution and that he sent significant amounts of money there has not been challenged at all.

Was it enough to raise a red flag with our security services? Certainly. However in reality any morbidly overweight, middle aged Australian traipsing around the more seedy parts of that country trying to pick up local women far younger than themselves is not deemed illegal in Australia. In fact even if he was consuming drugs over there it would not be against Australian law.

However for you to be painting this bloke as a saint is really taking it too far. Strewth mate, you will be giving him wings next.

I make the point again the Christensen primarily accuses a “senior government MP” for the leak. "They now want revenge and have sided with Labor in this smear campaign to try and get that revenge."

So are you going to target the real culprit or just ignore the facts?

Amazing how the regressives make a fuss about him visiting the 'seedy' parts of the Philippines as if Parliament house is any less 'seedy'. I mean we have lesbians, homosexuals, adulterers, divorced, serial bonkers etc etc. When did the left suddenly gain a few morals. I think I missed something.