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After over a month of detailed reporting by Peter Wicks and Independent Australia into Jacksonville – Kathy Jackson / HSU scandal – some of the investigation’s information has been published today in an article by the ABC’s chief political correspondent, Simon Cullen — along with a specific acknowledgement of Independent Australia as the source.
IA congratulates the ABC for being the first mainstream media organisation to follow-up on our detailed investigations.
Read Simon Cullen’s exposé by clicking here: ABC: ‘Jacksons at centre of ‘disturbing’ HSU allegations’
Please also see our dedicated “Jacksonville” page, which details all our investigations and significant other material.
For those awaiting the next instalment in the Jacksonville saga, IA has received new revelations and will be publishing #14 in the series sometime this week.
UPDATE 27/6/12: This story was picked up by AAP and has gone via the wires to every mainstream media outlet and been published all over Australia.
Unfortunately, AAP entitled the story “fresh claims”, though we have been releasing this same information for six weeks. Also strange was AAP saying IA had only published the documents “in part”. Given IA has published hundreds of pages of leaked documents, we would like to know which document AAP has used in its story that we haven’t already published, since their piece seems to include no information not already brought to light in our 13 investigative stories on this matter.
Read the AAP story in Fairfax here.
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It’s about time, love Kaffy’s response. They are just out to get me.
Sort of like she has been out to get everyone else for decades.
Karma can be a bitch.
and the Slipper yarn has fallen flat on it’s face.
I believe Mr Ashby might be the one facing charges of extortion.
I suppose five minutes to midnight is better than one minute to midnight. It’s a difference of four minutes and some people can run a mile in four minutes or less. I don’t think Kathy Jackson can run that fast.
All back firing on the bold Jackson like a scud missile.
Hope they got Jackson’s passport the run is looking good.
jail time doesn’t hurt anyone.
Congratulations PETER WICKS, DAVID DONOVAN and INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for doing what you do.
This is the most honourable Peter Reith in The Drum today:
“For Labor, corruption in the union movement is a risk. This is why Bill Shorten recently introduced legislation to deal with the HSU scandal, in which rank and file union members have been ripped off by the union hierarchy”.
I assume a woman who appeared to be a confidante as she beside him during a H R Nicholls meeting is not one to be included in “the union hierarchy” who ripped off the rank and file union members.
Oh the delicious Irony Higgs.
Well, well, well. Jackson enlisted the media in declaring war on the HSUeast executive. Why? She alleged, implied, and complained, without evidence, that they were complicit in actions involving nepotism and conflict of interest. The HSU is now in administration, the executive sacked and there have been pressured resignations. Families have been caused dislocation and heartache, humiliation and loss of reputation. Surely it is now imperative that she explain how exactly the employment of her partner’s children differs from the nepotism she objected to in others. Even more acute is the necessity that she explain how the engagement of Neranto, a company owned by her and her ex, to provide services to the HSU, differs from the conflict of interest she found offensive in those others. Then there are all the other explanations she owes…..
This would explain why I heard a Coalition MP on ABC radio in Parliament who sounded like she may be frothing at the mouth and apparently-if you repeat everything twice, repeat everything twice, it has more meaning.
She ranted and raved about poor old Craig Thomson and screamed about “police criminal investigations” as though that means guilt when it actually means, err..investigation.
She was beside herself about the AEC who found no case to answer and screeched that Fair Work had dragged their feet so that Thomson’s activities were legally out of date for civil and criminal prosecution which means he must be guilty and demanded to know why Labor didn’t pursue him (despite politicians having no ability to investigate anyone) and screeched he should be charged with something…ignoring that she herself had pointed out the time limits were passed.
As Mr Reith believes, all this hanky panky means of course the union movement is riddled with corruption according to her, I suppose like when one businessman is a fraud it means they all are.
And she thundered that Craig obviously took a mate to the bordello and the “truth is out there”.. and so an and on and on.
Then the news came on and I heard the above. Such joy.
That tosser Reith is defending his dinner with Mizz Jackson at HR Nichols, in the comments section of The Drum.
The man has the gall to actually say many HR Nichols members know nothing about unions and how helpful dear Kathy was.
I was be a scream if it weren’t so serious and he helped bribe Saddam Hussein via his negligence. What a creep.
“TESS LAWRENCE
Congratulations PETER WICKS, DAVID DONOVAN and INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA. Thank you for doing what you do.”
Here here, couldn’t agree more
Agree wholeheartedly with Tess Lawrence. Many thanks to all at IA for “keeping the bastards honest” and actually having the integrity to look beyond the very obvious liberal party influence that the MSM chose to ignore in their subservience to the abbott and his collective shrills.
Let’s hope that the coppers now do their duty and forensically investigate this whole rotten episode.
Thanks everyone!!
Well done Peter Wicks and thanks to the ABC for getting the story up. I can’t wait to hear what the “proper explanations” are from Kathy Jackson!
Note for ABC people reading this (as well as everyone else interested), Independent Australia reports on the ABC itself also. Peruse this section:
http://www.independentaustralia.net/tag/abc/
The ABC has been terribly remiss in its investigative journalism into the HSU and Slipper allegations. Under the ABC management, the hacks at the ABC have gone “right” along with the pack.
The ABC who had the poor taste to invite the now discredited Murdoch to present the Boyer Lectures, uncritically reported his tweet calling for a fresh start, “Dramatic, slimy events in Australian politics,” To the shame of the ABC, with its past record of great investigative journalism, the public has to go to alternative press and blogs for proper analysis.
If the ABC had any initiative they would have twigged to the “reliability” Steve Lewis based on his previous record:
On Friday the 19th, Steve Lewis hinted strongly that he knew of documentary proof that the Prime Minister’s office had asked Treasury officials to look after John Grant Motors of Ipswich.
CAR DEAL: PM IN SPIN
The Daily Telegraph has learned of a correspondence trail involving the office of the Prime Minister and Government officials responsible for a $2 billion scheme to help cash-strapped car dealers.
— The Daily Telegraph, 19th June, 2009
Both nasty little plots seem to have run off the rails for the liberal party don’t they?
I wonder if Ashby and Doane know it is illegal to do election work from an electorate office.
Grudging acknowledgement to Barnaby Joyce who was the only one to publicly recognize that Ashby looked very very dodgy.
My congratulations to all of the wonderful work being done at the IA. I’m watching Anthony Albanese live on the ABC in a news conference speaking about the “Slipper/Ashby affair”. He’s giving the MSM a good serve and also TA and his cohorts in the Opposition regarding their role in this whole sorry saga.
Can’t wait for Wixxy’s next reveal on Jacksonville.
Keep up all the good work guys and gals.
BIG thank you to Peter Wicks (and Felicity and Frances), David Donovan and IA for all your hard and diligent work – well done all ! This has made my day and can’t wait for Jacksonville #14.
Not that I care (as I’ve lost all faith in the MSM), but the remaining MSM should follow the ABC on this and report it widely. Again, well done all.
Congratulations Wixxy and IA, now News Ltd is running some of the story. Funny though that it is under the heading “Fresh claims against HSU”
Well done!
Independant Australia may not receive the cudos you so rightfully deserve, but, yeah, we all know who did all the hard yards.
I dropped a note of praise to the ABC congratulating them on their report, a bit of encouragement for the stragglers helps the cause.
You may consider adding “All Tomorrow’s Parties” by The Velvet Underground, to your musical list for the Jacksonville saga.
And what will she do with Thursday’s rags
When Monday comes around
She’ll turn once more to Sunday’s clown
And cry behind the door
And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow’s parties
For Thursday’s child is Sunday’s clown
For whom none will go mourning
A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow’s parties.
Methinks there will be no more Tomorrow’s Parties for quite a few of the crooks at the HSU.
Keep up the excellent work.
Where is Rob Elliot these days?
Rob Elliot is probably at his holiday home in the South of France