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BREAKING NEWS: IA sources reveal former HSU boss Michael Williamson will face additional charges from Strikeforce Carnarvon when he appears in court tomorrow to face the original 20 charges. Peter Wicks reports.
Former HSU East general secretary, Michael Williamson
TOMORROW MORNING, when Michael Williamson heads into court to face the music, expect the media circus to go into overdrive.
Williamson faces 20 charges relating to hindering a police investigation, and allegations of destruction of evidence. These are the initial charges and we have been told by Strikeforce Carnarvon all along that there is more to come ― and there are the much talked about five people of interest.
It is hoped tomorrow may shed some light, or confirm some rumours, around those people of interest.
One thing’s for sure, though ― we can expect Kathy Jackson to come out and give us all her opinion on the five, no doubt according to Jackson they will be made up of Craig Thomson and everyone running against her factional buddy in NSW, Katrina Hart.
When it comes to hindering police investigations and destruction of evidence, Jackson should not hold her head too high, after all there have been allegations made against her regarding these things for a number of years, and it has been confirmed that she is now the subject of a major Victorian police investigation.
Sources have told Independent Australia and WixxyLeaks that there will be numerous extra charges laid on Michael Williamson tomorrow by Strikeforce Carnarvon. These charges were not expected to be laid so soon after the original 20 and are an indication that the police investigation has stepped up a notch and is progressing quickly.
I can only speculate on the makeup of the new charges tomorrow, and while it would seem likely that they may involve Canme Services, this is only one aspect of the investigation. Those looking to refresh their memory on the case against Michael Williamson, might like to review this previous post which provides an outline of allegations against him.
Whatever tomorrow brings, it will be a spectacle, of that we can be sure.
In other news relating to police charges, it appear the rumours that charges have been laid against Craig Thomson are false.
The rumour that Thomson – frustrated after so many investigations, so much finger pointing, so much harassment, as well as a police raid – eventually caved in and spat on the sidewalk so that someone could charge him with something is incorrect, apparently.
The Coalition will be hoping that if Craig ever does something, it won’t be something minor like two counts of theft and assaulting a security guard like former Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher. That doesn’t raise an eyebrow in the Coalition.
In Australia, major media organisations have become brazen political players.
In the meantime, Jackson crony Katrina Hart showed her courage in taking on Thomson’s lawyer. Hart dared Thomson to sue her for defamation and made a huge deal out of it to show how tough she is. But only after she received the backing of some nameless media organisation.
Asked by ABC News Online whether she regretted making the comment, Ms Hart replied: “No, I don’t.”
“I’ve also had media actually offer to pay for my legal fees if Craig Thomson wants to go ahead and sue me.”
Ms Hart, who was encouraged to contest the HSU elections by stood-down national secretary Kathy Jackson, refused to name which media company had made the offer, but said it was not Fairfax nor the Daily Telegraph.
I didn’t know Eric Abetz was into publishing…
[Catch up on the full Jacksonville saga on our dedicated page.]
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This looks promising but what about Lawler? Surely his involvement is worthy of serious scrutiny?
‘Parrot’ Jones would have the expertise in defamation cases and the ego – advisor or ‘roller’???????
Perhaps??
One can conclude from Hart’s statement
“I’ve also had media actually offer to pay for my legal fees if Craig Thomson wants to go ahead and sue me.”
that she would not be goading Thomson to sue her if she was fully responsible for her legal fees.
Oh, the many things we all could do if we had generous use of other people’s money.
What about the disgraceful MSM front-page Pinocchio?
There is a story in today’s Australian by Ean Higgins, Yes, Ean Higgins who thinks he came to journalism with powers and abilities far exceeding those run-of-the-mill journalist.
Ean Higgins who twists stories with his words. And who, disguised as a mild-mannered reporter for a non-profit newspaper belonging to an egoistic overbearing flatulent prig, has written an exclusive story printed in today’s edition of that esteemed rag, The Australian.
The tall story is titled “HSU’s Williamson faces 28 new charges”, and amounts to no more or less than 45 words and ends with the baiting words “MORE TO COME”.
More to come??? Too late, Higgins. Peter Wicks has scooped you again.
All charges amount to claims of $1 million by his family.
What happened to the pretence that $17 million had gone missing or been diddled.
And charges still have to be proven.
Peter -
What does the $240,000 referred to in the extract below represent in the overall scheme of things HSU?????
Kate McClymont
“Mr Thomson previously dropped a defamation case against Fairfax Media, publisher of the Herald, for suggesting he used union funds to pay for prostitutes. He later falsely claimed to FWA that Fairfax had agreed to settle the case because its handwriting expert had concluded ”the signatures on the credit card forms [for brothel receipts] were forged”.
These claims were false and deliberately misleading, Fairfax wrote to Mr Thomson, demanding he correct the statements he gave to FWA.
”Despite the clear representation made by you that Fairfax had made a payment to you … it was in fact you that paid Fairfax the sum of $240,000,” the letter said.”
McClymont just never gives up.
McClymont may well give up in January when a very complicated defamation case against her will be heard where the claimant says she has destroyed his business and career on a pack of falsehoods.
Lawyers have described her as ‘feral’ and apparently ignorant as to aspects of reporting on matters that are before the courts. She is also alleged to have telephoned the lawyer representing the claimant upon being severed a summons and berated him and had to be reminded that it wasn’t exactly kosher procedure.
2 things affect the reporting of matters like these : News Ltd deliberately skewers reports for political reasons and Fairfax fired their in-house lawyers 5 years ago so copy goes out before being check on legal issues.
It shows and plays right into Gina’s hands. I think she will succeed.
Well Kate managed an entire article without mentioning Craig.
PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE!
$20 million Supreme Court Defamation action v Kate McClymont & Susan Pintos and ors.
I, Frank J Monte, International Private Investigator est. 45 years, announce that today, my Sydney Attorneys, Horowitz & Bilinsky Pty. Ltd. have issued a Supreme Court of NSW, Statement of Claim Reference Number 2012/293391 [ see attachment] dated 20th Sept 2012; against M/s Kate Mc Clymont, journalist of the Sydney Morning Herald and M/s Susan Pintos a Carnival Performer of Sydney; an informant of Kate Mc Clymont, for Defamation and $20 million in damages stemming from 3 articles in the SMH and Sun Herald on the 22nd April 2012, 9th September 2012 and 10th September 2012.
These Damages are suffered due to M/s Mc Clymont’s great inaccuracies, Malicious lies, fabrications, to me personally and my businesses worldwide. M/s Mc Clymont waged a vendetta against me and my businesses , propagated untruths, lies, misquotes and manufactured non existent facts and figures which she attributed to the Police, Fair Trading Departments and several unchecked or non existent sources. Kate Mc Clymont claims the responsibility of the NSW Police withholding the renewal of my Private Investigator’s License. She claimed there were between 44 and 100 complaints against me, when there are, none. There were no real sources for the information and absurd figures she wrote about, the numbers she reported in these articles have no basis in truth, in fact they are at best, gossip and hearsay.
According to Fair Trading and Police there is no record of my having dealt with any of these complainants, some of which are bogus or some others coerced to reluctantly complain by other investigators to besmirch my reputation.
For over 7 years of the said complaints period, I was not even an Australian resident but resided and worked in Los Angeles and New York City, USA as a private investigator. Never setting foot into Australia during that time.
We intend to subpoena and question every complainant, several Police officers and other Private Investigators. ANYONE who falsely accused me of wrong doing without any proof, as well as the staff of SLED seeking to show a conspiracy between them and The Press as well as bias .
Frank James MONTE. http://www.montespy.com