Oh, to have that hindsight.
So you'd rather it was never mentioned then? That's odder. Better
that the perpetrators have to dismiss something that they never have
to have it answered at all.
then
he should not have stated it at all. retracting is what
makes it look bad. it may get him out of the hot seat
but completely defeats the purpose of trying to "out"
this behaviour. it is now easy for deniers and defenders
to dismiss.
Miron
How could people get so unkind?
Orright you lot.
I don't know much about this particular
incident, but maaaan for Oils fans, some of
you are good Haters!
PG would be a first class DILL to keep
maintaining this unprovable claim. We should
be glad that he made an honest statement about
what happened; for no other reason that we are
reminded that the enticement to be bought in
Australian politics continues well-and-truly
today.
He has sensibly retracted that statement from
going into print in a book that he wrote
because he knows damned well that it's
completely unprovable and he'll almost
certainly lose in court.
I, for one, think he's made a silk purse out
of an evidential sow's ear. He's brought it
to our attention, now is protecting himself
from being penalised when that would be truly
unfair.
Maybe I'm in the minority.
Cheers,
Jeff
True…what a back flip.
Always
hated Pete going into politics
cause I knew it would de-cred
his years on stage with some
if not may…not to mention the
legacy of the Oils. Didn’t
always agree with his years of
political speech on stage but
hey at least he was
passionate. Must have almost
killed him whilst the pink
bats disaster unfolded knowing
his mother died in a house
fire.
Been
a huge Oils fan for years (as
some will know on this site)
but as one great friend on the
site once asked me “can’t
believe you are an Oils fan
but against Labor”. I just
loved the music not the
message. The message I knew
and didn’t always agree with
but the music was theirs.
Listening to Bird Noises in your
neighbours room with a pool
table eventually takes a
toll….once innocently asked
“wow I love this band…are they
Australian? .Then Place
Without A Postcard just came
out and Robert Butcher took
the shots of Palm Beach
At my mats place in 83 and I
walk in and he has 2JJJ ON AND
Entertainment Centre concert
is on….somebody’s trying to
tell me something
Many stories to tell…..open up
the forum…this group is too
silent….
also after vs. before election
Miron
How could people get so
unkind?
Big
difference
between a
recollection
of a lot of
cash and then
a
cheque…sounds
like someone
has got to him
to change his
tune but that
in itself
would be very
disappointing
A
bit of
excitement.
Peter Garrett
has retracted
an earlier
claim that he
received a wad
of cash in an
envelope from
the poker
machine lobby
(a lobby that
got a serve in
"Truganini"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3oYeVYdvg.
PG says he had
a memory
lapse. It was
a cheque not
cash. And the
money came
before he was
a Minister.
But others
including
federal
Independent MP
Andrew Wilkie
have since
come forward
and said that
PG's original
claim deserves
investigation.
And others
have heard of
similar claims
by other
politicians.
The ABC's
"7.30" report
has also
covered the
story tonight
(at 9 mins 30
secs):
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/7-30/NC1505H177S00#playing
(And
here's the ABC
Online's
version of the
story):
Peter Garrett,
former Labor
minister,
retracts
details of
alleged Clubs
NSW money
offer
By
the National
Reporting
Team's James
Thomas
Updated
about
an hour ago