Utegate Time-Line - and what About the Cost!
by admin - June 23rd, 2009.Filed under: Politics.
This morning on ABC Radio, Turnbull is trying to convince listeners that he didn’t ask about the faked email until after Grech gave his evidence in Senate Estimates last Friday.
That is not true!
In parliament back on June 4, Turnball said “I ask the Treasurer: were there any discussions or communications regarding Mr John Grant’s interest in seeking finance from OzCar between himself and the Prime Minister or between their respective offices?” source: http://blogotariat.com/node/174445
Why is nobody commenting on the time-line of this story?
On ABC Radio this morning I heard Turnbull saying he “acted responsibly in reaction to Grech’s testimony”, but it is clear from the question he asked on 4 June that he was already building a case based on the fake email.
Turnbull should apologise immediately for trying to remove our 2 top politicians from their positions while relying on an unsubstantiated email, which he says he never even saw, and which is now shown to be a fake.
Is any person who can set this chain of events in action, based on a rumour about an email that he never even asked to see, a suitable person to hold high office?
How much time has been wasted on this stupidity while the government should have been sorting out the emmissions trading scheme?
Taxpayers should be furious!
Don’t forget that we are paying these people to do their jobs.
How much has this fiasco cost us?
How many hours have Rudd, Swan and Turnbull spent working on this issue?
How many hours have their personal staff, various senators, IT staff and treasury staff dedicated to it?
How many hours have the Australian Federal Police put in since they were asked to investigate it?
Turnbull should be apologising to all Australians for the enormous waste of time and money this stupid diversion has cost at a time when we really cannot afford to be wasting either.