{"id":1140,"date":"2013-02-07T20:16:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:23","slug":"wanted-mal-brough-for-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wanted-mal-brough-for-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"WANTED: Mal Brough for Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1143\" alt=\"Wanted: Mal Brough\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=465%2C604\" width=\"465\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?w=833&amp;ssl=1 833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=789%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13px;\">A long, day for Mal Brough, from &#8216;up yours&#8217; fluff to, well&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Courier Mail had a soft \u00a0<a title=\"Mal Brough\" href=\"http:\/\/www.couriermail.com.au\/news\/lnp-candidate-mal-brough-sets-up-his-office-just-metres-from-the-shopfront-of-current-member-for-fisher-peter-slipper\/story-e6freon6-1226572102109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story on Mal Brough<\/a>\u00a0where they forgot to do journalism and ask the hard questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:13px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2lelz5a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Courier Mail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2lelz5a.png?resize=275%2C101\" width=\"275\" height=\"101\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hc0w6ij.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1142\" alt=\"Mal Brough\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hc0w6ij.png?resize=333%2C483\" width=\"333\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hc0w6ij.png?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hc0w6ij.png?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Margo Kingston<\/strong>&#8216;s incredulous reaction to the Courier Mail fluff piece came via Twitter&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Brough delighted to take <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> call, No hard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a> ? &amp; breathtaking &#39;I got away with i&#39; campaign pic. story. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Dpi62Zpl\">http:\/\/t.co\/Dpi62Zpl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299294082432389121\">February 6, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zackster\">@zackster<\/a>, so sad to realise the paper where I began my journalism has joined Abbott&#39;s protection racket for Mal Brough.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299327516345266176\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zackster\">@zackster<\/a>, that&#39;s why I&#39;m so sad <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> has joined Southern MSM to protect Brough re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_daily\">@The_Daily<\/a> a beacon <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CggLnWmy\">http:\/\/t.co\/CggLnWmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299335256358678529\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phonytonyabbott\">@phonytonyabbott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_daily\">@the_daily<\/a> Proud mastheads chase NEWS &#8211; hoped <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> would show Southerners how it&#39;s done re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Brough&amp;src=hash\">#Brough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299357768849186816\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phonytonyabbott\">@phonytonyabbott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/couriermail\">@couriermail<\/a> learnt heaps by Southern Media shaming re police corruption under Joh. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a> scandal home turf gold. Sad.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299403053172416512\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>AFHP Citizen Journalist <a title=\"Noely\u00a0Neate\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/noely-neate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yathink<\/a>\u00a0took the Courier Mail to task in her blog post:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yathink.com.au\" href=\"http:\/\/yathink.com.au\/article-display\/punter-calls-bs-on-cms-mal-brough-puff-piece,47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punter call BS on CM&#8217;s Mal Brough &#8216;puff piece&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0sentence \u2013 \u201c<em>Mr Brough was linked to this when the Gillard Government accused him of encouraging Slipper staff to leak diaries<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(referring to James Ashby drama).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two points of order on this one&#8230;<br \/>\nA. Mr Brough was not linked to this scandal by the Gillard Government, he was linked to this scandal by the Federal Court of Australia, Justice Rares.\u00a0\u00a0You may like to familiarise yourself with the judgement \u201c<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au\/judgments\/Judgments\/fca\/single\/2012\/2012fca1411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashby v Commonwealth of Australia (No 4) [2012] FCA 1411<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0In fact Mr Brough is referred to 113 times in this judgment.<br \/>\nMy second point of order here is in relation to \u2018leak diaries\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0Not sure about you, but if I \u2018encourage\u2019 a staff member in a competitors business to STEAL &amp; COPY pages of my competitors diary to give to me to gain an advantage, that is actually THEFT and pretty sure I would be in serious doggy doo should I be caught, as is the case here?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Much to my disappointment the journalist has not asked any pertinent questions of Mr Brough in regard to his involvement in this scandal.\u00a0\u00a0I do not know of this journalist, though considering how hard it has been for others of his profession to actually get Mr Brough to answer his phone, this is such a wasted opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0See graphic above, (larger version\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KieraGorden\/status\/294773126712139776\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>), in fact more than just the journo\u2019s on this graphic have\u00a0\u00a0tried to contact Mr Brough, even though he was very very cute in an interview with the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au\/news\/brough-hopes-to-ride-out-ashby-storm\/1729362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunshine Coast Daily<\/a>\u00a0where he suggested no-one had phoned him?\u00a0 Mr Hall obviously missed the opportunity for a &#8216;scoop&#8217; here, alternatively it begs the question, was not asking anything serious about Ashby a condition of the interview?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Alberici<\/strong> from ABC Lateline says Mal Brough is less than open and transparent as Mr Abbott would like us to believe:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mephiztopheleze\">@mephiztopheleze<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latikambourke\">@latikambourke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaTrioli\">@LaTrioli<\/a> FYI <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Lateline&amp;src=hash\">#Lateline<\/a> has spoken to Mr Brough but he has refused our requests for an interview<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emma Alberici (@albericie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albericie\/statuses\/299363369935335424\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Simon Cullen<\/strong> from ABC has a\u00a0<a title=\"Mal Brough ABC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2013-02-07\/brough-speaks-on-slipper-case-involvement\/4506862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0that quotes Mal Brough saying:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Simon_Cullen\/status\/299389256399466496<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;Mr Slipper&#8217;s now about to face court next week and be charged &#8230; on criminal offences relating to allegations of misuse of travel [entitlements].<br \/>\n&#8220;I think that&#8217;s the right and proper place for such matters to be decided, so it would be entirely wrong of me to make any comment whatsoever about such issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;There is nothing more to add. There is no other meetings, connections or whatever else,&#8221; he told ABC News.<br \/>\n&#8220;All of the discussion, the text messages &#8211; of which there is about half a dozen at most &#8211; are all there for anyone to read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;I have nothing to be ashamed of or would change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;A person (James Ashby) came to me for assistance. I suggested that they go and get legal advice. I suggested they go to police if they believed a crime had been committed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;And that is the sum total of my involvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">When pressed about the court&#8217;s finding that he and Mr Ashby had worked &#8220;in combination&#8221;, Mr Brough said he was not party to the court action and was not being judged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margo Kingston<\/strong> commented on the ABC Brough interview:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>OMG Brough speaks about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Ashby&amp;src=hash\">#Ashby<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/EHhRK68Z\">http:\/\/t.co\/EHhRK68Z<\/a> And lies again. Stolen 2012 diaries zilch to do with Slipper summons &#8211; 2010 travel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/299402189703618560\">February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Rutherford<\/strong> who tweets under the handle @mephiztopheleze created a fantastic WANTED Poster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1143\" alt=\"Wanted: Mal Brough\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=372%2C483\" width=\"372\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?w=833&amp;ssl=1 833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bceegabcmaaodw6.jpg?resize=789%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Now here is how <strong>YOU<\/strong> can make a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Download this <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/brougha3.pdf\">Mal Brough Wanted<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0A3 PDF\u00a0and share it around.<br \/>\nPrint it out and put it on all the street corners (or whereever else is allowed and\/or suitable) in Mal Brough&#8217;s area.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a precedent of using pictorials rather than words to express an opinion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Robert Bosler and John Howard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/howard_bosler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1170\" alt=\"howard_bosler\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/howard_bosler.jpg?resize=350%2C282\" width=\"350\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/howard_bosler.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/howard_bosler.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Australian artist Robert Bosler, at\u00a0Margo Kingston&#8217;s Web Diary\u00a0is being quoted by Margo.\u00a0<em>The painting hung just two doors up from the PM&#8217;s Bennelong campaign office during the 2004 federal election,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pandora.nla.gov.au\/pan\/21852\/20041012-0000\/webdiary.smh.com.au\/archives\/margo_kingston\/000298.html\">see the story.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>The painting is a must-see &#8211; that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s here. Oh, and it&#8217;s called\u00a0<em>&#8220;False Prophet&#8221;.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Says Robert Bosler:\u00a0&#8220;This painting questions John Howard&#8217;s fitness to serve. It is not about evil. It&#8217;s not about the bible. It&#8217;s about John Howard purposely allowing himself to be susceptible to forces of negativity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Mal Brough on AFHP\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/tag\/mal-brough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More stories on Mal Brough and Ashbygate here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long, day for Mal Brough, from &#8216;up yours&#8217; fluff to, well&#8230;. The Courier Mail had a soft \u00a0story on Mal Brough\u00a0where they forgot to do journalism and ask the hard questions. Margo Kingston&#8216;s incredulous reaction to the Courier Mail fluff piece came via Twitter&#8221; Brough delighted to take @couriermail call, No hard #Ashby ? 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