"Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's media minder, Thomas Tudehope, has quit after he was linked to a spoof YouTube video portraying a Liberal backbencher as Adolf Hitler."
"Charles Perrottet, a key staffer to [right wing factional figure David] Clarke, stood down from his job over the weekend after the Herald revealed that he and Thomas Tudehope had been linked in emails to the video clip."
Discussion subject changed to "Therese Rein's WorkDirections (SerfChoices) became labour policy and got renamed "Your Rights to be short changed at Work"" by Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF
A JOB agency owned by Labor leader Kevin Rudd's wife is being investigated over fraud allegations for the second time in three years.
The Australian Federal Police are examining whether Therese Rein's company WorkDirections improperly claimed Commonwealth Job Network payments.
It is believed the probe began just weeks ago.
It also emerged yesterday that WorkDirections repaid Commonwealth funds after a separate fraud investigation in 2004.
That investigation followed a former employee's allegations that he was told to claim Commonwealth payments for 23 jobseekers who had found work on their own.
Therese Rein's company is also the subject of a separate probe by workplace authorities, which began this week.
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The Office of Workplace Services probe follows an exclusive report in the Herald Sun revealing workers were put on contracts that stripped award conditions for 45c an hour.
The latest fraud allegations were first raised in the The Bulletin magazine in February, and relate to a number of the firm's Sydney offices.
A Senate committee was yesterday told by Department of Employment and Workplace Relations legal counsel Jeremy O'Sullivan: "Those matters were referred to the AFP, and they are subject to a current AFP investigation."
The committee also heard that investigations relating to the 2004 allegations eventually ruled out fraud. But the company repaid Commonwealth money.
Mr Rudd was applauded by Labor MPs yesterday for his handling of the affair.
But Prime Minister John Howard told Coalition MPs that the issue was not about "modern marriages or conflicts of interest", which was how Mr Rudd had sought to portray it.
Also yesterday, a spokeswoman for WorkDirections' parent company, Ingeus, admitted that repayments to 58 underpaid workers were not related to the 45c contract.
Consequently, any under-award payments as a result of that contract are apparently yet to be remedied.
The company, and Labor, initially said it had inherited wrongly classified workers from the former owner of a Melbourne job agency.
In an interview on ABC television on Monday night, deputy Labor leader Julia Gillard said: "There is obviously an honest mistake here about award compliance, and that is why restitution is being made."
The Ingeus board yesterday endorsed the sale of its Australian operations, which Ms Rein announced at the weekend.
An AFP spokeswoman confirmed last night that its investigation into WorkDirections was continuing.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
Even the rodent's wife Jeanette says he lies a lot:
How about Mrs Howard: “You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
Robin Hood wrote: > Even the rodent's wife Jeanette says he lies a lot:
> How about Mrs Howard: > “You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince > people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one > of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John > wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
On Nov 8, 11:51 am, Robin Hood <ex_liberal_vo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Even the rodent's wife Jeanette says he lies a lot:
> How about Mrs Howard: > “You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince > people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one > of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John > wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
> Surely that is code for 'non-core promises' and ‘my husband lies a > lot’.
Why don't you focus on the today's blooming sore - your beloved Kevin Rudd?
It's what is happening to our country that is important, not what past PM's wives said about their husbands (if indeed Jeanette said any such thing).
Stop being the snake in the grass, Robin Hood, give some thought to the wellbeing of Australia.. Want our "working families" going without electricity to help Africans, primatives that don't even acknowledge their problem which is over-breeding?
olde.sault wrote: > On Nov 8, 11:51 am, Robin Hood <ex_liberal_vo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Why don't you focus on the today's blooming sore - your beloved Kevin > Rudd?
He never will. KRudd is his god.
> It's what is happening to our country that is important, not what past > PM's wives said about their husbands (if indeed Jeanette said any such > thing).
> Stop being the snake in the grass, Robin Hood, give some thought to > the wellbeing of Australia..
He doesn't care what we fuckers think.
> Want our "working families" going without electricity to > help Africans, primatives that don't even acknowledge their problem > which is over-breeding?
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
Discussion subject changed to "Therese Rein's WorkDirections (SerfChoices) became labour policy and got renamed "Your Rights to be short changed at Work"" by Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF
A JOB agency owned by Labor leader Kevin Rudd's wife is being investigated over fraud allegations for the second time in three years.
The Australian Federal Police are examining whether Therese Rein's company WorkDirections improperly claimed Commonwealth Job Network payments.
It is believed the probe began just weeks ago.
It also emerged yesterday that WorkDirections repaid Commonwealth funds after a separate fraud investigation in 2004.
That investigation followed a former employee's allegations that he was told to claim Commonwealth payments for 23 jobseekers who had found work on their own.
Therese Rein's company is also the subject of a separate probe by workplace authorities, which began this week.
Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
The Office of Workplace Services probe follows an exclusive report in the Herald Sun revealing workers were put on contracts that stripped award conditions for 45c an hour.
The latest fraud allegations were first raised in the The Bulletin magazine in February, and relate to a number of the firm's Sydney offices.
A Senate committee was yesterday told by Department of Employment and Workplace Relations legal counsel Jeremy O'Sullivan: "Those matters were referred to the AFP, and they are subject to a current AFP investigation."
The committee also heard that investigations relating to the 2004 allegations eventually ruled out fraud. But the company repaid Commonwealth money.
Mr Rudd was applauded by Labor MPs yesterday for his handling of the affair.
But Prime Minister John Howard told Coalition MPs that the issue was not about "modern marriages or conflicts of interest", which was how Mr Rudd had sought to portray it.
Also yesterday, a spokeswoman for WorkDirections' parent company, Ingeus, admitted that repayments to 58 underpaid workers were not related to the 45c contract.
Consequently, any under-award payments as a result of that contract are apparently yet to be remedied.
The company, and Labor, initially said it had inherited wrongly classified workers from the former owner of a Melbourne job agency.
In an interview on ABC television on Monday night, deputy Labor leader Julia Gillard said: "There is obviously an honest mistake here about award compliance, and that is why restitution is being made."
The Ingeus board yesterday endorsed the sale of its Australian operations, which Ms Rein announced at the weekend.
An AFP spokeswoman confirmed last night that its investigation into WorkDirections was continuing.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
"When Howard became treasurer the budget deficit was $3.2 billion, inflation 8 per cent, the unemployment rate 6.3 per cent and the growth rate 1.6 per cent. When he surrendered the keys to the Treasury to Paul Keating in March 1983, the budget deficit was $4.3 billion, inflation was 11 per cent, unemployment was 10.2 per cent, and growth was a negative 0.4 per cent. Not a beautiful set of numbers!"
Discussion subject changed to "Therese Rein's WorkDirections (SerfChoices) became labour policy and got renamed "Your Rights to be short changed at Work"" by Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF
> A JOB agency owned by Labor leader Kevin Rudd's wife is being > investigated over fraud allegations for the second time in three years.
> The Australian Federal Police are examining whether Therese Rein's > company WorkDirections improperly claimed Commonwealth Job Network > payments.
> It is believed the probe began just weeks ago.
> It also emerged yesterday that WorkDirections repaid Commonwealth funds > after a separate fraud investigation in 2004.
> That investigation followed a former employee's allegations that he was > told to claim Commonwealth payments for 23 jobseekers who had found work > on their own.
> Therese Rein's company is also the subject of a separate probe by > workplace authorities, which began this week.
> Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.
> End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
> The Office of Workplace Services probe follows an exclusive report in > the Herald Sun revealing workers were put on contracts that stripped > award conditions for 45c an hour.
> The latest fraud allegations were first raised in the The Bulletin > magazine in February, and relate to a number of the firm's Sydney offices.
> A Senate committee was yesterday told by Department of Employment and > Workplace Relations legal counsel Jeremy O'Sullivan: "Those matters were > referred to the AFP, and they are subject to a current AFP investigation."
> The committee also heard that investigations relating to the 2004 > allegations eventually ruled out fraud. But the company repaid > Commonwealth money.
> Mr Rudd was applauded by Labor MPs yesterday for his handling of the > affair.
> But Prime Minister John Howard told Coalition MPs that the issue was not > about "modern marriages or conflicts of interest", which was how Mr Rudd > had sought to portray it.
> Also yesterday, a spokeswoman for WorkDirections' parent company, > Ingeus, admitted that repayments to 58 underpaid workers were not > related to the 45c contract.
> Consequently, any under-award payments as a result of that contract are > apparently yet to be remedied.
> The company, and Labor, initially said it had inherited wrongly > classified workers from the former owner of a Melbourne job agency.
> In an interview on ABC television on Monday night, deputy Labor leader > Julia Gillard said: "There is obviously an honest mistake here about > award compliance, and that is why restitution is being made."
> The Ingeus board yesterday endorsed the sale of its Australian > operations, which Ms Rein announced at the weekend.
> An AFP spokeswoman confirmed last night that its investigation into > WorkDirections was continuing.
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
How about Mrs Howard: “You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
Discussion subject changed to "Therese Rein's WorkDirections (SerfChoices) became labour policy and got renamed "Your Rights to be short changed at Work"" by Dr. Sir John Howard, AC, WSCMoF
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:51:13 -0800 (PST), Robin Hood
<ex_liberal_vo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: >Even the rodent's wife Jeanette says he lies a lot:
>How about Mrs Howard: >“You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince >people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one >of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John >wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
Is that the same way that Dudd has backtracked on some electoral promises?
Krudd the Dud wrote: > On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:51:13 -0800 (PST), Robin Hood > <ex_liberal_vo...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Even the rodent's wife Jeanette says he lies a lot:
>> How about Mrs Howard: >> “You talk about a whole lot of things when you’re trying to convince >> people to do things, but you don’t go back and honour every single one >> of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it and John >> wasn’t into making firm commitments.”
> Is that the same way that Dudd has backtracked on some electoral promises?
"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.
"A billion trees ..." - Borke, pissed as a newt again.
"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DUMB CUNT!" - FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.
"I don't care what you fuckers think!" - KRudd the KRude at his finest again.
"We'll just change it all when we get in." - Garrett the carrott
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