{"id":31003,"date":"2015-12-01T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=31003"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:20","slug":"brough-lies-on-federal-court-ashbygate-appeal-irrelevant-to-stolen-diary-nofibs-legal-reporter-boeufblogginon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/brough-lies-on-federal-court-ashbygate-appeal-irrelevant-to-stolen-diary-nofibs-legal-reporter-boeufblogginon\/","title":{"rendered":"Brough lies on #Ashbygate appeal: irrelevant to stolen diary: @NoFibs legal reporter @Boeufblogginon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7AM5XR7K0kU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish someone would help Mal Brough understand at least one thing. The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in their 27<sup>th<\/sup> February 2014 decision on the Ashby appeal of the Rares J decision is NOT about him.<\/p>\n<p>It is about whether the primary judge, Justice Rares, appropriately made an interlocutory order dismissing the Ashby case as a result, in Rares\u2019 view, of incidents of abusing the administration of justice. Rares J believed the justice system was used as a political tool that ultimately benefitted the \u2018LNP or Mr Brough\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Mansfield J and Gilmour J, in the majority decision, were able to come to the conclusion that the interlocutory order for dismissal was inappropriate primarily because of two factors. The onus was on Slipper to prove an abuse of the administration of justice, and that onus is deemed a heavy one. Slipper, (unrepresented by legal counsel), didn\u2019t as he did not contest the evidence given in court during the interlocutory hearings. This procedural error on Slipper\u2019s part made it easier for two of the three judges to successfully uphold the Ashby appeal.<\/p>\n<p>An argument put to the Full Court by Ashby was that the interlocutory order resulted in an unfair process as the evidence submitted in the trial needed to be considered in full, challenged, and weighed before a decision could be made. According to Ashby the interlocutory order made by Rares J, denied him this process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brough wrong.FedCourt didnt clear him.They made no judgement reDiary procurement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hash\">#auspol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ashbygate?src=hash\">#ashbygate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlboMP\">@AlboMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/farrm51\">@farrm51<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9vX2wb5bZN\">https:\/\/t.co\/9vX2wb5bZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Danby MP (@MichaelDanbyMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelDanbyMP\/status\/671215961480036352\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, within two months after the appeal Ashby withdrew his sexual harassment case against Slipper despite Ashby\u2019s urgings before the Full Court that he wanted the matter to run its full course.<\/p>\n<p>Because evidence hadn\u2019t been challenged the Full Bench put aside allegations of Brough\u2019s involvement as the burden by Slipper hadn\u2019t been met nor \u2018established\u2019 in the interlocutory application.<\/p>\n<p>The Full Court of the Federal Court did not have the benefit of watching the admission by Mr Brough to Liz Hayes on 60 Minutes that he had asked Ashby to get copies of Slipper\u2019s diaries. According to legal eagles, in a criminal trial such an admission would be admissible as evidence in court.<\/p>\n<p>Ashby v Slipper was a civil case, a fight between two parties, which may or may not have resulted in monetary damages being awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations resulting in current AFP investigations of Ashby and Brough involve possible criminal charges, which could result in a gaol sentence of two years max.<\/p>\n<p>The week Turnbull anointed Brough as a Minister of the Crown I wrote the following piece:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/turnbull-invites-the-ashbygate-zombie-on-to-haunt-his-new-government-boeufblogginon-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turnbull invites the #Ashbygate Zombie to haunt his new Government: @Boeufblogginon comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashbygate, as it has come to be known, marches on relentlessly, and has now become a problem for Turnbull. Just call me Cassandra.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brough should resign for misleading Parliament, just like he&#39;s been lying, misleading &amp; avoiding the people on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ashbygate?src=hash\">#Ashbygate<\/a> for years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/status\/671188002593308672\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Paras122-24 judgement Brough falsely told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/qt?src=hash\">#qt<\/a> cleared him of stealing diary &#8211; not even an appeal issue! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ashbygate?src=hash\">#Ashbygate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/62kQ1ARr36\">pic.twitter.com\/62kQ1ARr36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/status\/671190595860168704\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I wish someone would help Mal Brough understand at least one thing. 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