Tuesday 20 May 2014


Jo Hockey/ treasurer for  sale

  It looks like Joe has finally ripped his skirt off !!!!!
Why wouldn't the newspapers  think Joe is for sale as  it appears there was so many NSW Liberal MP's for sale as we can see at ICAC.
 You just have to roll around laughing.......................

Joe Hockey is suing Fairfax newspapers for defamation

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  •  20th May 2014 6:09 PM
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TREASURER Joe Hockey is suing several Fairfax newspapers for defamation.
The move comes following front-page stories published this month which were related to his role in Liberal Party fundraising, the ABC has reported.
At the time Mr Hockey's office responded to allegation he was up for sale with this statement: "Any suggestion that the Treasurer is for sale is offensive and repugnant."
His office has confirmed that the Treasurer today filed statements of claim in the Federal Court in relation to defamation proceedings.
Mr Hockey is taking legal action against the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and their online services

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Joe Hockey has confirmed he is suing Fairfax Media over its "treasurer for sale" front page.
Mr Hockey this afternoon lodged documents to commence defamation proceedings against the publisher, in response to the story that ran on the front pages of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times newspapers on May 5.
A spokesman for the treasurer told AAP that his "determination to prosecute this matter against the relevant publications should not be underestimated".
"The Treasurer has filed statements of claim in the Federal Court in relation to defamation proceedings against SMH, The Age and the Canberra Times and their online services," the spokesman said.
The story, published a week before Mr Hockey handed down his first budget, claimed the treasurer was offering privileged access to a select group that included business people and industry lobbyists in return for tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the Liberal Party.
The donations were funnelled through a secretive fund-raising body whose activities were not fully disclosed to election funding authorities.
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The donors were members of the North Sydney Forum, a campaign fundraising body run by Mr Hockey's federal electoral conference, the Fairfax story said.
In return for annual fees of up to $22,000, members were rewarded with "VIP" meetings with the treasurer, often in private boardrooms.
Mr Hockey, in rejecting the claims at the time, described the accusations as both offensive and repugnant.
Author: Chloe Ross, Approving editor: Martin Zavan
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