Labor Green Loons still demanding Muslim Terrorists and their Supporters be imported into Australia.

We must save those at most risk

Piers Akerman
The Daily Telegraph

OPPOSITION foreign affairs spokesperson Tanya Plibersek could not utter the word “Christian” yesterday when discussing the range of characteristics that might make a victim out of a person stuck in the Middle East conflict.

Instead, she said we shouldn’t choose people according to their religion when selecting the 12,000 extra refugees the Abbott government has generously agreed to ­accept from the UNHCR and resettle here.

She’s been supported by Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, Australia’s grand mufti, who erroneously believes that choosing refugees based on religion or ethnicity was the very kind of sectarian thinking “that got Iraq and Syria into the problems they’re facing now”.

They should consult the Koran and review the phrases favoured by Islamists and extremists if they want to find creepy justifications for the crisis.

Daesh, or IS, the most barbaric force unleashed since the defeat of Nazism and Communism, has singled out Christians and Christian women, particularly, among other minorities for the most inhumane treatment, including rape, slavery and of course, torture, crucifixion and murder.

Should we not be attempting to provide refuge for these persecuted groups, some of whom belong to sects that claim to pre-date Christianity?

Plibersek and some others in the Labor Party are attempting to hide behind the absurd politically correct rationalisation that extending help to those who have suffered the most cruelly would place Australia in breach of some form of anti-discrimination protocol.

In this, and in some other responses to last Friday’s tragic picture of a dead boy, the compassionistas have revealed their true faces.

(via Barenaked Islam)

Even as Immigration Minister Peter Dutton was in Europe seeking the views of the UNHCR on how best to assist in this global disaster, Anglican priest Father Rod Bower was telling a dial-a-mob in Hyde Park that: “This human carnage has not moved the stone cold heart of the Abbott government to take in one extra refugee,” and that some “mantra of national security” was being invoked.

Message to Fr Bower: In future, hold your comments until the adults have given consideration to what action is necessary, and further, if failed states like Syria and Afghanistan actually had genuine national security ­regimes there would not be a refugee crisis.

Another to add a shrill voice to the debate was Joumana Harris, the president of the United Muslim Women Association.

“What we witnessed and what we felt over the last few days was enough to move mountains, and yet we stand here almost begging those we entrust to speak in our name to open their hearts while they discuss when is the best time to drop the first bomb,” she told the same crowd, overlooking the evidence of unspeakable crimes committed by Daesh over the past few years.

Harris would have had more credibility if she was noted for her campaigns against female genital mutilation or Daesh, or the Taliban, but she hasn’t made the headlines with her views on those issues.

As the bleeding hearts were calling for an open-door border policy, the ABC aired an interview with a Syrian refugee, Katia Alsommoh, who pleaded for Christians and other religious minorities to be given priority, saying she had seen photos of refugees in Germany and Sweden who had been members of IS and Jabhat al-Nusra.

While being generous, we must also carefully screen those who we accept. Sweden is now the rape capital of Europe, with first- and second-generation refugees being blamed for much of the ­increase.

Sweden has been taking in a larger share of asylum seekers than any other EU state. Its population is about 9.6 million, and asylum was granted to more than 33,000 refugees last year.

Swedish Gang Rape Victim

In 2014, 6700 rapes were reported to the Swedish police, an 11 per cent increase from the previous year.

In response to a crime wave, Norway last year deported 7259 people and the crime rate dropped 30 per cent. The government’s goal for 2015 is to forcibly return 7800 people.

On Monday, Denmark began advertising in Lebanese newspapers to discourage migrants travelling to the country. One in four people living in Lebanon fled the war in Syria.

Denmark’s advertisement noted that welfare has been cut by 50 per cent, temporary residence permit holders cannot bring their families to Denmark in the first year, permanent residence is granted only after a minimum five years, strict language requirements apply to obtain a permanent residence and those who are refused refugee status will be speedily expelled.

Australia must not compound the problem that already exists in areas of Sydney and Melbourne where groups of Islamic migrants from Lebanon, Afghanistan and Somalia fail to respect our laws and culture. We must welcome those most at risk.

Saint JuLIAR Gillard addresses Hags (not in Bags yet) Misandry Affirmative Action Appointee Whine Fest

The Mythology 

Julia Gillard serenaded by ukulele player at Victorian Women's Trust event

Patrick Lion
The Daily Telegraph
November 11,2013

JULIA Gillard was yesterday serenaded by a female ukulele player singing her famous misogyny speech during an address to thousands of women.

The former prime minister was surprised at the Victorian Women's Trust with the performance by Melbourne singer songwriter Bronwyn Calcutt who recited the October 2012 parliamentary speech aimed at then opposition leader Tony Abbott word for word.

"I rise to oppose the motion moved by the leader of the opposition," Calcutt sung, slowly strumming her instrument before picking up the pace.

"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not! I will not!

"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now! Not ever!"

Ms Gillard described it as a "world-class welcome" she had not been expecting.

"An unexpected delight!," Ms Gillard said.

JuLIARS Feminist Hags (but not in Bags... yet)

Check the expressions on their faces,Fuck me Drunk, it has to be a JOKE? Even by Labor standards this Welsh refugee is the greatest failure of a PM in the history of the Nation. 

"What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals - and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?"

Artistic JuLIAR and other members of Labor's Emilys List Affirmative Action Appointees seen here Doing it for dem selves except for the male musicians and Mick Jagger vocals apart from that the Feminist Arse Clown Collective did it all themselves

Another Sista

Not the place to try and sell Female contraceptive products thats for sure

In a speech defending her legacy, Ms Gillard also called for Australians to think about how the gender revolution of the past 50 years had created a "deeply held cultural stereotyping, anger and misogyny'' towards females.

Failed asylum seeker policy among Julia Gillard's regrets as prime minister

Her comments came as the Prime Minister broadcast a video message on his Facebook page last night brandishing the carbon tax repeal legislation he will introduce this week and calling on Labor to support the move.

"This is my bill to reduce your bills,'' Mr Abbott told his Facebook friends. "This is the first big job of the new parliament and I want to assure that as far as the government is concerned, it will happen.''

Labor has insisted it will only support the repeal if it is replaced with an emissions trading scheme, not the Coalition's direct action policy, potentially forcing the government to wait for the new, friendlier senate next July.

But the pomp and ceremony of the opening of the 44th parliament this week may be without Clive Palmer, who yesterday claimed he was sick and may not make it to Canberra after failing to show for a Meet The Press interview.

During her speech, Ms Gillard defended her record on the economy, the disability insurance scheme, welfare, cracking down on big tobacco and setting up the royal commission into child sex abuse.

But she also admitted to "regrets" including not taking voters into her confidence earlier on why she knifed Kevin Rudd, claiming it allowed a "myth'' to be created about a "conspiracy'' of "faceless men'' installing her.

She also regretted that the government, and the parliament, was not able to better handle asylum seeker policy.

"Another bad error was effectively conceding the terminology 'carbon tax','' she said, urging Labor to stick by pricing carbon. "Our carbon pricing mechanism is an ETS with a fixed price for the first three years and I should have clearly said so."

Ms Gillard said she wanted Australians to think about how her gender influenced her prime ministership.

So been Female is an excuse for her appalling Prime Ministership ?

The Reality

Holiday Snap of "The REAL Julia" visiting her party's head office.

Even  the "Real Julia" had to call on terrible Men to save her oversized "barge arse", arse, after her and her party's "Usefull idiot" "Pet Aboriginies" were letof ftheir leashes by her fellow Union "Sista", Unions ACT's Kim Sattler declared the then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to be ".. a raving Zionist"
Kim Sattler's fellow Tribes persons and wimmin, upon hearing that, went for broke and charged anyone who looked like they might not be on social security and the glass windows of the Australia Day Hero's awards ceremony venue,its recipients and their families and friends,even JuLIAR.   The then affirmative action appointee PM could not run out of sight on a Dark Night to save her own  Arse. Note Australia's now Adult Liberal PM, then opposition leader, Tony Abbott,(top right, blue and white striped tie) has no problem keeping up with AFP Officers as they try to hustle "Barge Arse" into the safety of her Car

Labor IS an equal opportunity employer of  IDIOT HALF WITT'S of either GENDER.
the present Australian Governer General's Son in Law,former Union leader and now Federal Labor Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten has demonstrated this via the above video.

Within months of dumping his ex-wife Debbie Beale at the football grand final, Bill Shorten was married to his heavily pregnant mistress, the Governor Generals daughter, Chloe Bryce.

"If even his 1st wife couldn't trust him, (Chloe too for that matter) then why should we?

Labor Opposition Leader's Mother In Law Australia's (Idiot Savant?,, hopefully) , former  Equal Opportunity Commission,and Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner and part time Australian Governor General and Labor Party Emissary and Order taker to the United Nations and the third world and Kevin 07 Sales Representative / Groupie, Her Royal Highness, Comrade Madame

Quentin Alice Louise Bryce née Strachan AC CVO.

For more on Union GetUp funded Labor affirmative Action Appointee Saint JuLiar click on the picture below.

Fuck me Drunk things ya find!!! Where is Tim the "Beard" Mathieson  ?

Well here is the "Beards" Daughter Stacy "Struttin her Stuff" for the ALP and STRAY LYA 

There is a "Driver" (who's fares are paid for by the Australian Taxpayers) in Brisbane, who says he is regularly called to deliver and pick up a famous "Beard" from various "Progressive" Clubs and Bars in Brisbane when the said "Beard" is in Town 

Australian Federal Election 2013: Abbott to scrap asylum appeal process

Coalition to scrap asylum appeals process

Lanai Scarr,Lauren Novak,Gemma Jones and Jessica Marszalek
The Daily Telegraph
August 16 2013

TONY Abbott has given his clearest time frame yet as to when he will be able to stop the boats should he be elected prime minister on September 7.

The opposition leader today said that by the 2016 election levels of boat arrivals would be back down to the last days of the Howard era when there were just three arrivals a year.

"That's my confidence," he said.

"Obviously idea is having zero boats but if we were able to get it down to three boats a year that would be a good thing."

More than 50,000 Illegal VOTE people have arrived on boats under Kevin 07/ Gillard/Kevin 07 Labor/Green Loon Independent / "Co Party Government"

Mr Abbott and his immigration spokesman Scott Morrison today unveiled more detail on the Coalition's border protection policy, as revealed by News Corp Australia today.

Under the Coalition plan, anyone who arrives in Australia illegally by boat will not get permanent residency, including more than 30,000 people already here.

Anyone arrivals "reasonably believed" to have destroyed their documentation would not be accepted.

A new assessment process, based on a UK model, would see faster removal of illegal arrivals.

Those found to be refugees would be granted temporary protection visas.

They would not be allowed to bring their family to Australia or convert the TPV to permanent residency.

The TPV would last three years after which holders would have to apply for another visa if it was not safe to return home.

They would be required to work for the dole.

The Coalition has also pledged to scrap a $58 million detention centre planned by Labor for Singleton in NSW.

 Tony Abbott channelled his predecessor and mentor, former prime minister John Howard by saying that Australians "were in charge of this country and we'll decide who comes here".

However the Opposition Leader could not rule out that asylum-seekers given refuge in Australia on temporary protection visas would not one day be permitted family reunions.

"I can't say what might happen in ten, twenty, thirty years time," Mr Abbott said.

"But what I can say is if you come here by boat you should never expect to get permanent residency.

"If you turn out not to be a refugee you will be in detention, that's where you'll be. If you are a refugee you will be on a temporary protection visa and you should expect to be on it indefinitely."

Mr Morrison said he was confident the new process would stand up to any future court challenges.

"This is a complicated and detailed area," Mr Morrison said.

"I am very confident that we will get this as right as it can be."

COALITION TO SCRAP ASYLUM APPEALS PROCESS

The removal of failed asylum seekers from Australia would be dramatically fast tracked under a hardline Coalition plan to send them packing in as little as three months.

And any of the 30,000 boat arrivals already in the country who have been found to be genuine refugees would denied a permanent visa.

The Coalition would also scrap plans for a detention centre at Singleton in the NSW Hunter Valley, where Labor plans to house more than 1000 people, and divert almost $60 million to build 2000 places it has promised for offshore processing in Nauru.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison plans to adopt a hardline UK-style removal regime and to scrap the refugee review tribunal.

ASYLUM SEEKERS FIND THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS

Asylum seekers would be "triaged" and those considered unlikely to be found to be refugees taken into detention, pending a review by up to two departmental case workers which could take as little as 28 days.

The removal process would be modelled on a scheme in the United Kingdom called Detained Fast Track, Mr Morrison said.

Those considered unlikely to be refugees would have their first assessment inside detention finished within 14 days and if it found against them they would then be able to access a 14 day review by another case worker.

PNG HAS ROOM FOR 10,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS - RUDD

The process would take no more than three months, a Coalition policy document shows.

A failed review would result in the government seeking travel documents in order for the person to be removed.

Failed refugees from countries, such as Iran which refuses to accept involuntary returns, would be left on the Christmas Island indefinitely.

"If there are issues with them being removed from the country we will send them to Christmas Island until they can be removed," Mr Morrison said.

PNG LOOKS AT ASYLUM SEEKER JOB SCHEME

Mr Morrison said the 30,000 asylum seekers who arrived before Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of the PNG Solution, and who are waiting in the community for their refugee claims to be processed, would be made to work for welfare payments.

They would all be moved onto temporary protection visas for up to three years and given work rights with a work for the dole style regime used in cases where they were unable to secure a job.

Asylum seekers could also be directed to regions where more work was available.

The temporary visas would prevent them bringing family to Australia and if they chose to leave they would be barred from returning, in a policy mirroring the Howard Government's temporary protection visas.

"They won't get a protection visa from us, they will be desperately hoping a Labor government gets elected," Mr Morrison said.

He said a Coalition government wanted to scrap the refugee review tribunal to help achieve its policy of "getting out of the country" people rejected as refugees under its single case worker review model.

Courts and tribunals have overturned up to 80 percent of departmental decisions to refuse a protection visa and cases have had to be re examined, Mr Morrison said.

"Our objective would be to get back to a single case officer decision and review system," he said.

In addition to other hard line measures, boat arrivals who came without paperwork would be rejected as refugees if it was found they had deliberately thrown their identification out.

About 90 per cent of people have arrived without paperwork at times under the current government.

The Coalition says the investment in a new detention centre for Singleton wasn't needed.

"Under the Coalition, offshore processing will be done on Nauru and PNG, not in Singleton," Mr Morrison said.

"That's why we will shut down Labor's plan to spend almost $60 million at Singleton and create that capacity where it's needed offshore.

"Kevin Rudd is making more room for people coming illegally on boats in Australia, at places like Singleton than he is offshore on PNG."

Mr Morrison said scrapping Singleton would allow the Coalition to fund plans it announced last month to house an extra 2000 asylum seekers in 

Nauru, including accommodating refugees in refurbished homes in the nation's slum district while Australia searched for third country resettlement options.

Almost 2500 asylum seekers have arrived in almost a month since Mr Rudd announced his PNG solution with only a few hundred sent to Manus Island after health checks so far.

Single adult men have been sent to the remote island while the government works to bring accommodation up to standard for families.

More than 50,000 people have arrived on boats under Labor.

Labor's VOTE People charged with sexual assault of three Women at Ricky Martin performance

Sri Lankan asylum seekers charged with indecent assault

Gemma Jones
Daily Telegraph

May 10, 201311:00AM

TWO Sri Lankan asylum seekers have been charged with indecent assaults on two women and a girl at a Ricky Martin performance in Sydney last night.

The women aged 39 and 31 and a 14-year-old girl were in the crowd at Parramatta Westfield when they were allegedly attacked by the men who are on bridging visas and living in the community at Westmead.

Police swooped on the Sri Lankans, aged 47 and 20.

A police spokesman has confirmed the men were asylum seekers living in the community.

They were charged with indecent assault and common assault and granted conditional bail and will be required to report daily to Parramatta police station.

The men are due to appear in Parramatta Local Court on June 26.

It is the second time a Sri Lankan asylum seeker living in the community has allegedly committed indecent assault this year after a university student was allegedly set upon in her dorm.

Victim and witness reports confirm that while one of the accused performed the assaults the other looked on laughing at the actions of his accomplice

The 14 year old girl was not in the company of the two older women

Alan Jones Terry McCrann on Madame Gillard and the Australian Labor Party

Dr.Amy McGrath speaks with Mike McLaren about Agenda 21,Fabian Society,UN World Government and much more

This Woman should be classified as a National Treasure, thanks so much Dr. McGrath,if only our elected officials had the same Love of Australia in their hearts that you have for  it and its people

Michael McLaren is a fast rising star at Radio 2GB 873 Sydney Australia for someone so young, 25,he is an outstanding credit to himself and his parents, he possesses wisdom way beyond his years and is without doubt a shining example of what a young Conservative can and should be.

Wolves in Sheeps Clothing

Australian Labor Party's Head Office Moves on QANTAS

Not a word from the Transport Workers Union (too busy pilfering passengers baggage and disabling security cameras,shifting drugs and contraband throughout Australia,Bali and other  international destinations) No demands for the beneficiaries of their members Union fees (The Australian Labor Party and the UN) to protect QANTAS from SCAB / Third World Labor rates and "Non Union"  Pay and Conditions no not a word, you see the Australian Council of Trade Unions and their Political Puppets the Australian Labor Party have received another call from Head Office... pants down bum up this time it's QANTAS... WHO'S NEXT?

But hey if you are a "Progressive" as opposed to been an Australian QANTAS is everything a "Progressive" is not.

The great haul of China as China Southern Airlines offers flights from Sydney to London

Phil Jacob 
The Daily Telegraph
March 14, 2013 12:00am

THE Kangaroo Route is about to become the Dragon Route.

And with yum cha, Chinese tea and bok choy on the menu, travelling to Europe will have a different taste after China's largest airline confirmed flights to the region up to 50 per cent cheaper than their locally owned rivals.

As national carrier Qantas seeks to shore up its Australasian routes through its recent tie-up with Emirates, China Southern Airlines has offered stand-alone flights from Sydney to London at a discount.

Once dubbed the "Kangaroo Route", the Chinese airline's cheapest economy-class return fare between Sydney and London, with a three-hour stopover in Guangzhou, for a two-week trip starting early May was $1442.

A Qantas spokesman last night confirmed a comparable return fare on Qantas to London started at $2207.

Henry He, China Southern's managing director for Australia, last night told The Daily Telegraph the region was "vitally important" going forward, particularly given the strong "visiting friends and relatives" factor.

"Our research has shown a strong Cantonese population in both Sydney and Melbourne dating back to the gold rush in the 1850s," Mr He said.

From April 1, the Guangzhou-based airline will also operate more flights to Europe than Qantas - in a bid to lure traffic from Singapore and Hong Kong.

The move is the first push in an ever-increasing aviation war, with China Southern recently signalling their intentions by recruiting more Australians as cabin crews and setting up a local school for "elite stewards".

The airline has leased one of Sydney Airport's most expensive billboards for three years.

China Southern has 42 weekly flights out of Australia, while Qantas will reduce its service to 28 a week as part of the Emirates alliance.

Chinese tourists, who spent $105 billion overseas in 2012, are forecast to make 94 million trips this year, almost double the level in 2009, statistics from the China Tourism Academy have shown.

Qantas last night acknowledged the increased competition on the route, but cited its "evolving service", which matched what its customers wanted.

"We've been flying Australians to London for more than 50 years and we've always evolved our services to match what customers have told us they want," a spokesman said.

"A comfortable seat, friendly and familiar service, plenty of in-flight entertainment options, good food and wine - these are important things that make a big difference when you're on an aircraft for 20 hours."

Aviation analyst Oliver Lamb last night said the rise of Chinese airlines would soon pose an "enormous challenge" for Virgin and Qantas.

"They're an enormous market and China Southern is the third-biggest airline in the world," Mr Lamb said.

"Their margins on transferring customers to London via Guangzhou will be lower than their rivals.

"So it's going to be very competitive going forward."

Sydney's Occupied Territories: Muslims attack Police after shooting woman...

New South Wales Police Middle Eastern Crime Squad is investigating...

Woman severely injured in shooting in Auburn

Caroline Marcus 
The Daily Telegraph
March 09, 2013 6:14PM

A WOMAN was shot in the suffered gunshot wounds to her eg - seven months after her teenage son almost died in a shooting at the same address in Auburn.

Police are also investigating whether the shooting of the woman in Auburn Rd at 2.40pm Saturday was linked to a drive-by attack 20 minutes later in nearby Provincial St.

A 43-year-old woman was admitted to Auburn Hospital in a stable condition following the incident in Auburn Rd, Auburn.

So what do you do you do when someone you know or a relative has been SHOT ?

Attack the Police of course, hey that will fix everything!!!! the shooter/s will immediately come forward and surrender to Police, the victims injuries will be immediately healed, and before you know it it will be like nothing ever happened .. "nothing to see here, please move along" Just another Harmony Day in Sydney's  Labor Green Loon Multicultural Occupied Territories of Sydney.

Her son, 16, had undergone life-saving surgery after he was shot in the stomach last August.

Police said shots were fired from a moving vehicle at a house on Provincial Street in the same suburb at 3pm Saturday. No one was injured.

Police established crime scenes at both addresses.

An officer at Flemington local area command, who asked not to be named, said it was unclear whether the two incidents were connected but police had received different descriptions for the cars involved in each shooting.

"We've got no way of knowing (if they are linked) at this moment,'' the officer said.

"There were two different vehicles described. Both black cars. One is described as something and one is described as something else.''

Australia's "First Bludger" at it AGAIN.

Tim Mathieson pressured Richmond to snub Tony Abbott

CHRIS KENNY AND KATE LEGGE 
The Australian
March 09, 2013 12:00AM

AN email obtained exclusively by The Weekend Australian reveals Julia Gillard's partner, Tim Mathieson, sought to involve her office in pressuring a major sporting club to freeze out Tony Abbott.

After attending an AFL clash at the MCG as a guest of the Richmond Football Club, Mr Mathieson emailed its chief executive, Brendon Gale, copying in the Prime Minister's office, to complain about the Opposition Leader's access to the team's inner sanctum and his prominent seating at a pre-game function.

Mr Mathieson demanded that Mr Gale raise the matter with the Prime Minister's chief of staff, Ben Hubbard.

His fiery outburst occurred on a Sunday evening after the Dreamtime AFL match between Essendon and Richmond on May 19 last year. The Dreamtime game is one of the highlights of the AFL calendar for its social and cultural significance in promoting reconciliation.

"Mate u need to speak with Ben Hubbard on why abboott was taken down to the rooms ... " Mr Mathieson fumed. " ... it's just not on Who authorised it < it was a shocker it was a Don's function and he should not have gone down there

That same weekend Ms Gillard was travelling to Chicago for top-level security talks with Barack Obama and other NATO leaders to plan the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Ms Gillard's office declined to respond to questions about Mr Mathieson's complaint.

Mr Mathieson is a fanatical supporter of the Richmond "Tigers" while the PM barracks for the Western Bulldogs. They are often seen at games together in their respective club colours.

Richmond has accommodated Mr Mathieson's requests for tickets, hospitality and memorabilia since his move into The Lodge.

At the Dreamtime game in Melbourne, the first bloke invited ABC Insiders host Barrie Cassidy to join him on the Richmond table. Both men visited the Richmond room before the contest, where they crossed paths with Mr Abbott, who was a guest of Essendon's chairman David Evans.

Essendon was hosting the pre-game function for the Dreamtime game and in charge of protocol. The Opposition Leader was accompanied to the event by two of his three daughters and his chief of staff, Peta Credlin.

The rooms for rival teams at the MCG are not far apart and after visiting Essendon players, Mr Abbott was escorted across to the Richmond bunker.

Clubs embrace politicians from all sides of politics and dignitaries who are invited to pre-game functions usually get taken to visit players in the room before the match.

The Weekend Australian understands that Mr Gale responded politely to Mr Mathieson's email protest, explaining that Richmond was staunchly bipartisan and happy to accord Mr Abbott the very same privileges that the Prime Minister's partner enjoyed on a regular basis. He signed off by confirming Mr Mathieson's attendance at an upcoming pre-game cocktail, party in Sydney.

Mr Gale would not comment on the email exchange. "He will not discuss private communications," his spokesman said.

Government sources say Mr Mathieson has a habit of firing off emails and texts to Ms Gillard's personal staff when he senses a perceived injustice. His email to Mr Gale was copied to a senior public servant working in Ms Gillard's office at the time.

Suspect arrested despite Macquarie Uni. Sex Assault attempted cover up?..........

Macquarie University 'failed' to call police after sex assault, 2GB's Ray Hadley revealed

GEMMA JONES 
The Daily Telegraph
February 26, 2013 4:17PM

A YOUNG Sri Lankan man arrested over the sexual assault of a female student at Macquarie University in Sydney's northwest is an asylum seeker, immigration officials have confirmed.

However, the accused man was not living in student accommodation at Macquarie University at the time of the attack, an immigration department spokeswoman said this afternoon.

Police say the 20-year-old student was asleep in a student accommodation building at the uni when a man broke into her room and indecently assaulted her about 3.20am last Thursday.

The woman woke up during the attack and the man fled.

Police say they arrested a 21-year-old Sri Lankan national at Railway Square in Sydney's CBD on Tuesday morning and took him to Surry Hills police station for questioning.

Macquarie University provides services for asylum seekers, including temporary accommodation, under a 2012 agreement with the Red Cross Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme (ASAS).

It was claimed earlier today, the university failed to call police immediately after security was told of the indecent assault.
The victim waited almost eight hours for help, 2GB's Ray Hadley revealed this morning.

He said a security guard came to the girl's unit about 10 minutes after the indecent assault and that he may have touched parts of the crime scene.

The victim and her flatmates assumed police had been called after the 3.20am attack but uniformed officers and detectives only came after the young women called them around 11am.

When Too Many Illegal Entrants are barely enough

there is never a shortage of replacements, Thanks ACTU, GetUp, Labor Green Loons and Independents

Asylum seekers intercepted near Ashmore Islands on 25th boat of 2013

Alice Coote 
The Daily Telegraph
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/asylum-seekers-intercepted-near-ashmore-islands-on-25th-boat-of-2013/story-e6freuy9-1226585445130 
February 26, 2013 12:00AM

A BOAT carrying 68 people was intercepted off the north-west coast on the weekend.

The vessel was discovered to the north-east of Ashmore Islands on Saturday night and HMAS Maitland, under the control of the Border Protection Command was called to assist.

It is the 25th boat arrival for the year with more than 3000 people arriving by boat since December 1.

As a result of safety concerns due to poor weather conditions the 68 asylum seekers were embarked in HMAS Maitland under the coordination of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia).

A statement from the office of the Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare said the people would be transferred to Darwin to undergo initial health, security and identity checks.

The vessel was first detected by a Customs and Border Protection Dash-8 surveillance aircraft.

Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection, Michael Keenan said it was an "all time record summer of illegal boat arrivals", with more than 1000 extra people arriving this summer than last summer.

"Disturbingly not even the treacherous conditions of the monsoon season, with reports of a cyclone continuing to develop off our north-west coast this evening, are dissuading people smugglers," Mr Morrison said.

"Labor's border protection crisis is reaching new levels of failure and still they have no answer to stopping the boats."

ICAC : Labor's favourite Family the Obeid's

Mine fix exposed in just 14 steps

VANDA CARSON 
The Daily Telegraph
February 01, 2013 12:00AM

ICAC says 14 key dates prove that Moses Obeid used the leaked information from disgraced former NSW resources minister Ian Macdonald to earn a $75 million profit.

Moses says it's coincidence he bought the neighbouring farms. The dates relate to 2008 when Macdonald reopened a tender process for mining exploration licences.

• May 14: Email shows Macdonald making inquiries within his department about Mount Penny.

• May 15: Macdonald went on an overseas excursion with coal mining people.

• June 3: Macdonald called out of the blue on his department for a briefing on the issue of coal exploration licences.

• June 6: Macdonald, contrary to department advice, created the Mount Penny tenement which includes the Obeid family farm.

• June 16: Macdonald calls for a specific briefing from the department about exploration licences in the Bylong Valley.

• June 16: Macdonald goes to Credo restaurant at Cammeray with Moses and racehorse trainer Anthony Cummings.

• June 23: Obeid brothers tell their lawyer they expect the value of their farms to increase up to four times.

• June 30: Notes taken by Obeid lawyer Chris Rumore at a meeting with Moses and two of his brothers show they knew there was a proposed mining licence and they were assuming it would be granted.

• July 2: Macdonald called for the creation of a list of the mining companies which were likely to be invited to participate in tenders.

• July 3: Moses Obeid meets with Gardner Brook at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney to 
discuss the coal licences.
• July 4: Urgent meeting called by the Obeid family.
• July 7: Senior departmental officers met with Macdonald and gave him a list of companies to be invited to participate in the EOI.

• July 8: Moses Obeid meets Macdonald for lunch at the Courtyard Cafe Da Capo on Macquarie St - Obeid says he doesn't believe this happened.

• July 9: Macdonald phones Moses Obeid and tells him the list of mining companies in contention for the exploration licences and Obeid meets with Gardner Brook and gives it to him the list.

Australia : The Obeids "Goodfellas" - Labor Inc. ICAC

NSW Labor Inc.: The story so far...

The Daily Telegraph
January 24, 2013 12:00AM

It's alleged Ian Macdonald passed on inside information to the Obeid family, including his former political ally Eddie Obeid, who had bought land in the coal-rich area before the tender process was reopened.

The inquiry heard Mr Macdonald also made the decision to exclude large companies from bidding for the exploration licences, an "unprecedented" move which caused outrage in the industry.

This investigation is considered the public watchdog's most important case to date, with an explosive opening address revealing this may be the greatest-scale corruption by state-elected officials in more than 200 years.

Two former premiers, Morris Iemma and Nathan Rees, gave evidence at the inquiry.

Both said they knew their leadership was in trouble when they stood up to Mr Obeid, a Labor powerbroker.

A former family friend told ICAC that Eddie's son Moses had boasted of the $100 million wealth which would come to the family from the licences, adding "Ian's going to help dad out".

Another witness, family associate Arlo Selby, said in a statement tendered to ICAC that Moses described Mr Macdonald as being "in on the deal" and "that's how we can guarantee we will win any tender we go for."

The Obeids and their associates are alleged to have given the seven owners of successful bidder Cascade Coal secret information to win the coal exploration licence and re-sell it for a profit.

It's alleged Cascade Coal decided the Obeids needed to be paid out of the deal, with $30 million in "sanitation" money given to them for their 25 per cent stake.

The hearing is yet to hear from the main players. Mr Macdonald, Mr Obeid and his sons will be called in coming weeks.

At the end Commissioner David Ipp will prepare a report and decide if the case is to be referred to the DPP for possible criminal charges.

Very good fortunes of Obeids laid bare

AMY DALE COURT REPORTER 
The Daily Telegraph
January 24, 2013 12:00AM

A SNAPSHOT into the Obeid family fortune was revealed yesterday as one member of the colourful clan admitted to the ICAC that a "brand spanking new Mercedes" was paid for with funds from their secret mining stake.

The Obeid family ledger and trust fund deed, tendered yesterday during a fiery day of evidence at the corruption watchdog, shows former Labor powerbroker Eddie used a payment from the sale of the family's share in a mining venture to splash out on the luxury $400,000 car.

His son-in-law, living in a million-dollar Sydney home while on a $55,000 salary, was also questioned about whether a deposit on a waterfront property made by Eddie Obeid's wife Judith came from their earnings in a mining tenement.

It emerged the family received $15 million into their accounts through the sale of their share in the Mount Penny tenement - the area at the centre of the current corruption hearing.

The ICAC is investigating allegations former resources minister Ian Macdonald rorted the tender process for the coal mining exploration licences in the Bylong Valley in 2008 and provided inside information to the Obeid family.

The detailed trust documents were tendered to yesterday's hearing despite an objection from the former Labor powerbroker's barrister Stuart Littlemore QC as evidence was heard of a complicated system of payouts between the Obeid family members.

Mr Obeid's son-in-law Hassam Achie spent a testy few hours in the witness box as he faced rapid-fire questioning from Geoffrey Watson SC, the counsel assisting the inquiry.

Mr Achie, who the ICAC heard makes $55,000 a year as a financial controller for the Obeids, said he was unsure of what the payments were about, even though he was the trustee of the company which received them.

"Do you know that Eddie Obeid Snr bought a brand spanking new Mercedes," Mr Watson asked.

"That was actually leased," Mr Achie said.

"Did you know that the money came out of the money from the sale of shares in Mt Penny," Mr Watson asked.

"Some money got put towards the car, yes," Mr Achie replied.

Loans were paid out to family members, including Eddie and Judith's nine children, through a complicated trust fund trail, the ICAC heard.

Mr Achie, married to Mr Obeid's daughter Fiona, said he wasn't familiar with who the beneficiaries of some trusts were, and he would move money around only on instruction from "the (Obeid) boys".

He denied Mr Watson's suggestion that he was "a front" for the family but agreed he had "no independent authority to make a decision" on finances.

He said he couldn't be sure if a deposit made on a multi-million-dollar home in Woolwich for Judith Obeid, his mother-in-law, came from the Mount Penny profit.

"All I knew was ... they had done some particular deal regarding a particular tenement," he said.

He said when he was told by Eddie's sons Paul and Damien Obeid that almost $15 million was to be paid into the account for Calvin Holdings, the company of which he was trustee, that the funds were "for the sale of some shares".

"Did Calvin Holdings pay tax on that $15 million," Mr Watson asked.

"No it didn't ... when the distributions are made the individuals pay the tax," Mr Achie replied.

"Who ... received that money," Mr Watson asked.

"It was the (Obeid) boys and some of the wives," Mr Achie replied.

Fiona Obeid doesn't work but together the couple has a home in Hunters Hill valued at close to $1.5 million with a $1 million renovation planned, the inquiry was told.

The ICAC also heard yesterday that no evidence potentially clearing Mr Macdonald of corruption allegations about his reopening of mining exploration licences emerged during secret hearings.

It was revealed that former premier Kristina Keneally- who reinstated Mr Macdonald to Cabinet after he was sacked by her predecessor Nathan Rees- would not be called to give evidence at the inquiry, which is expected to run for several more weeks.

The decision -made because her evidence wasn't considered relevant to the allegations- led to Mr Macdonald's barrister Tim Hale SC asking for a copy of her compulsory examination , a request the commission refused.

Mr Hale said Mr Rees's evidence at the ICAC last year suggested Ms Keneally's successful challenge for the premiership was "due to the influence of Mr Obeid and (Joe) Tripodi" and meant Mr Macdonald was "beholden" to the pair.

"(We want) the transcript of compulsory examination which may be exculpatory of Mr Macdonald and inconsistent with the allegations made against him," Mr Hale said.

"I cannot recall one instance of any evidence exculpatory of Mr Macdonald," ICAC Commissioner David Ipp said.

"But I accept that somewhere in there, there may be something that does exist ... I personally cannot recall any such evidence.

"There was a great deal of evidence from other witnesses dealing with other matters demonstrating the degree of influence of Mr Obeid and his support of Mr Macdonald."

The inquiry continues.

Cunning accounts in which they trust

Janet Fife-Yeomans 
The Daily Telegraph
January 24, 2013 12:00AM

AS a lesson in accounting it was a stark reminder to all of us about where we're going wrong.

For a start, we are not members of the tight-knit Obeid clan.

We don't have a network of family companies and family trusts to lend us money on which we don't need to pay tax - because it is a loan.

A big loan for a house, a smaller loan for household expenses, another loan to pay off a credit card or for pool maintenance bills. Company cars.

The loans are offset against any disbursements from profits the trusts may make at the end of the year but, as son-in-law and family financial controller Sam Achie explained yesterday, disbursements only come after he, the Obeid brothers and family accountant Sid Sassine sit down and work out the "best tax-effective position".

That has meant no substantial sums have been distributed to the Obeids from the trusts over the past 10 years.

Lugubrious Commissioner David Ipp wondered out loud about how Achie, on $55,000 a year, and his wife Fiona, who doesn't work, could shoulder the burden of a $1,145,000 Hunters Hill townhouse for which the council has approved a $1 million renovation.

It was all a loan from the trust, said Achie, before he proved that listening to accountants is not all that boring as he burst out in seeming anger and frustration at the commission: "I don't understand what I'm here for, it's just crazy."

Most of us work for a wage, not for a lucky handout, but the rest of the city's millionaires' club no doubt have similar accounting practices.

The Obeids' income and tax arrangements are now out there for all to see, despite the best interests of their lawyers to have the previously private details and personal spending habits suppressed yesterday.

In fact, the family is so obsessed with privacy it has front men hiding that they are involved in some deals. Privacy was the reason a couple of their front men gave to the commission yesterday. Nothing sinister.

With the greatest of respect to my own accountant, I'm going to join the queue forming outside the office of Mr Sassine come the end of this financial year.

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