Gillard should face jury: Top criminal lawyer

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A FORMER top criminal defence lawyer has reviewed reams of evidence about the AWU slush fund scandal at the ongoing Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, resulting in his legal opinion that Julia Gillard has problems best resolved by a jury.

Russell Hanson QC, who helped run several royal commission-style probes before his retirement, based his detailed review on sworn witness statements and oral testimony at the commission, as well as key documents including Gillard’s exit interview from the law firm Slater & Gordon in 1995.

His findings are in stark contrast to those by former Labor leader Mark Latham, who has no legal training but who has used his column in The Australian Financial Review to criticise the anti-corruption commission, ridicule Victoria Police and lampoon the evidence of key witnesses.

Latham wrote in the AFR that three witnesses with evidence adverse to Gillard were like “ageing Oompa Loompas”, adding that a smear campaign with no substance had been run by The Australian to tarnish the former PM.

Hanson’s review dismisses Latham as an “apologist”. Hanson says: “I am of the view that there has been sufficient evidence given, in a form admissible in a criminal trial, to entitle a jury to find criminal conduct on the part of (former Australian Workers Union boss Bruce) Wilson and (former AWU official Ralph) Blewitt.

“In Gillard’s case, I come to the same conclusion based on the evidence given, supplemented by evidence in the public arena, namely her own public statements.

“The evidence is overwhelming that the Workplace Reform Association (slush fund) was a sham from start to finish.

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“The evidence is overwhelming that the Workplace Reform Association (slush fund) was a sham from start to finish.

I wonder if our resident legal authority has an opinion on this legal matter.

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[Black Orchid]

Gillard should face a jury and the sooner the better. Latham should never again see the light of day. The man's cra cra.

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“The evidence is overwhelming that the Workplace Reform Association (slush fund) was a sham from start to finish.

I wonder if our resident legal authority has an opinion on this legal matter.

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You want my view.....go read Ozpol.

[Black Orchid]

Please post on topic or not at all. Thank you

[Neferti]

OFF TOPIC

NOBODY is really interested in what you have to say over at OzPol, aussie.

I have never seen you post anything "political" on this Forum, apart from the smartarse one liners here and there, abusing other posters. You want to run this joint? Get Real!

[Aussie]

Please post on topic or not at all. Thank you

What a joke. You call this a 'post on topic,' or just a useless choir school girl chant?

Gillard should face a jury and the sooner the better. Latham should never again see the light of day. The man's cra cra.

Even the OP is just a cut 'n paste!

[Black Orchid]

Please post on topic or not at all. Thank you

What a joke. You call this a 'post on topic,' or just a useless choir school girl chant?

Gillard should face a jury and the sooner the better. Latham should never again see the light of day. The man's cra cra.

Yes, i certainly call it a post that is ON TOPIC

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Please post on topic or not at all. Thank you

What a joke. You call this a 'post on topic,' or just a useless choir school girl chant?

Gillard should face a jury and the sooner the better. Latham should never again see the light of day. The man's cra cra.

Even the OP is just a cut 'n paste!

Get the everliving fuck outta my thread, you fucking douche. We already know what your opinion on this and every other lefty douche who kiddy fiddles or thieves- you defend them because you too, are a kiddy fiddling, thieving lefty douche.

Do not comment on my threads, do not enter them, do not respond in them. If anyone publicly asks for your stupid fucking shit dribble pretending to be an opinion in one of my threads, send them a PM and stay the fuck out, fluffy bunny.

[Aussie]

Please post on topic or not at all. Thank you

What a joke. You call this a 'post on topic,' or just a useless choir school girl chant?

Gillard should face a jury and the sooner the better. Latham should never again see the light of day. The man's cra cra.

Even the OP is just a cut 'n paste!

Get the everliving fuck outta my thread, you fucking douche. We already know what your opinion on this and every other lefty douche who kiddy fiddles or thieves- you defend them because you too, are a kiddy fiddling, thieving lefty douche.

Do not comment on my threads, do not enter them, do not respond in them. If anyone publicly asks for your stupid fucking shit dribble pretending to be an opinion in one of my threads, send them a PM and stay the fuck out, Chinese Student.

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