{"id":663,"date":"2013-01-25T01:45:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:24","slug":"broughs-read-his-ashby-questions-who-will-make-him-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/broughs-read-his-ashby-questions-who-will-make-him-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Brough&#8217;s read his Ashby questions: Who will make him answer?"},"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\/rD1lpAiDXfw?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>Kathy Sundstrom <a title=\"SCD Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au\/news\/brough-hopes-to-ride-out-ashby-storm\/1729362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunshine Coast Daily\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"South Coast Daily Article: Regret over frivolous texts but Mal stays mum on Ashby\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/24\/citizen-journalism-and-regional-south-coast-daily-combine-to-question-mal-brough\/#SCD\">article<\/a>\u00a0asked Mal Brough some of these AFHP questions.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Slipper diary entries<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. What information regarding the diaries did you receive from Ashby?<\/p>\n<p>2. What dates did it cover?<\/p>\n<p>3. Why did you want the information?<\/p>\n<p>4. What use did you make of the information?<\/p>\n<p>5. Do you consider it ethical to gain unauthorised access to someone\u2019s else\u2019s diary?<\/p>\n<p>6. What action would you have taken as a sitting MP if your diary was stolen and given to a political rival?<\/p>\n<p>7. Have you had any contact with the AFP since the judgement?<\/p>\n<p><b>Personal help for Ashby and Doane<\/b><\/p>\n<p>8. Did you discuss getting employment for Ashby and Doane?<\/p>\n<p>9. What steps did you take to assist them?<\/p>\n<p>10. Did you know Ashby or Doane before they began working for Mr Slipper?<\/p>\n<p><b>Dealings with Ashby<\/b><\/p>\n<p>11. What did Ashby tell you re any possible legal action against Slipper?<\/p>\n<p>12. Why didn\u2019t you advise Ashby to follow standard and correct HR procedure if he felt he was being harassed?<\/p>\n<p>13. What contact have you had with Ashby, his lawyer, agent or anyone else connected with the Court case since the judgement?<\/p>\n<p>14. Do you believe Ashby is an honest person, and if so on what basis?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Dealings with Steve Lewis<\/b><\/p>\n<p>15. What dealings did you have with Steve Lewis?<\/p>\n<p>16. Did you refer Ashby to Lewis?<\/p>\n<p><b>Other dealings on the matter<\/b><\/p>\n<p>17. What meetings in 2012 did you arrange or attend which mentioned or discussed Ashby, what was discussed in each and who else was in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>18. To which LNP or Liberal party MPs did you give prior notice of the Ashby Court action? Which had prior knowledge, to your knowledge?<\/p>\n<p>19. Have you had any contact with anyone from Ashby\u2019s lawyers in the Court case?<\/p>\n<p>20. Do you have any knowledge of who is paying Ashby\u2019s legal fees?<\/p>\n<p>21. Did you take any steps to help fund the case?<\/p>\n<p>22. Who is funding Ashby\u2019s appeal?<\/p>\n<p><b>Ashby judgement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>23. Have you read the judgement by Justice Rares?<\/p>\n<p>24. Do you agree with his findings about what you did and why? If not, which parts do you agree with and which parts don\u2019t you agree with.<\/p>\n<p>25. Why haven\u2019t you issued a detailed response to the judgement?<\/p>\n<p><b>Your public statements about your involvement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>26. Why did you tell the Australian people when first asked about this matter that you had no involvement?<\/p>\n<p>27. Please explain why you then misled the Australian people about the extent of your involvement? See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2012\/06\/27\/ashby-is-no-grech-momentunless-youre-mal-brough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2012\/06\/27\/ashby-is-no-grech-momentunless-youre-mal-brough\/<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><i>Twice now Brough has been revealed as having misled the public over his role in the affair. The first time was in early May when, in the aftermath of Fairfax\u2019s Jessica Wright outing him as having met with Ashby, he arranged a tell-all explanation to\u00a0<\/i><i>The Australian<\/i><i>, complete with photo shoot with his wife, to explain he\u2019d met with Ashby three times and had only spoken to a small number of trusted legal advisers about the matter, and not anyone else in the Coalition or LNP.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><i>That marked a change from his position of just a few days earlier, that claims he was aware of the legal action beforehand were \u201cnonsense\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><i>We now know, courtesy of yesterday\u2019s\u00a0<\/i><i>document release by the Federal Court<\/i><i>, that he was misleading the public again with his claims to\u00a0<\/i><i>The Oz<\/i><i>, and was a key player in the co-ordination of what appears to have been a campaign to damage Slipper, trying to arrange a job within the LNP for another disaffected Slipper staffer, Karen Doane. Ashby is also alleged to have emailed Brough with confidential material from Slipper\u2019s diary.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">Several members of the AFHP citizen journalism project are lawyers, and would be glad to discuss these questions or other details of the Ashby case with your or your reporter should you so wish.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Main Players in the Ashby Affair\" alt=\"The Main Players in the Ashby Affair\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/lswg9.jpg?resize=483%2C386\" width=\"483\" height=\"386\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Main Players in the Ashby Affair<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMal Brough non answers on Ashbygate in the <a title=\"SCD Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au\/news\/brough-hopes-to-ride-out-ashby-storm\/1729362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunshine Coast Daily\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"South Coast Daily Article: Regret over frivolous texts but Mal stays mum on Ashby\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/24\/citizen-journalism-and-regional-south-coast-daily-combine-to-question-mal-brough\/#SCD\">article<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;You send a frivolous message and in a couple of years time it could come back to haunt you,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">\u201cIt\u2019s run its course,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen those questions,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">\u201cI am available on my mobile,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">The Ashby matter is still under appeal with Mr Slipper. I\u2019ve said everything I have to say; there is nothing more I need to add.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">\u201cI have addressed, in full, my involvement with the matter and there is nothing further that I can add,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">\u201cThe matter is before appeal, I have nothing further to add,&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Here is what you can do today:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Tweet, email, post these questions on social media and newspaper forums, directly to journalists and politicians.<\/li>\n<li>Add to our\u00a0<a title=\"Ashby Inquiry Proposal for\u00a0Discussion\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/22\/ashby-inquiry-proposal-for-discussion\/\">Ashby Inquiry Proposal <\/a>by helping formulate the proposed terms of reference. \u00a0Craig Emerson (ALP), Rob Oakeshott (Independent) and Richard DiNatale (Greens) are open for crowd sourced public contributions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy Sundstrom Sunshine Coast Daily\u00a0article\u00a0asked Mal Brough some of these AFHP questions. 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