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flukus•

This is shaping up as Abbotts Utegate*.

*I hate using this term.

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Reddit-Incarnate•

And it is pissing me off, if any one should be saying "we dont know as we work on an innocent until proven guilty system" its our bloody pollies. Enough of chasing any one who has the slightest chance they have done something wrong and lets just let the courts do there thing.

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dhaskOP•

Put it in context for Abbott and his front bench. This is 100% absolutely the last chance to block carbon pricing before it creates property rights, commits billions, and becomes difficult to undo.

Abbott has built his entire political persona around stopping action on climate change. If he fails here, at this point, what options are open for the Liberal party moving forward?

Stay with Abbott, and face a very expensive task in rolling back the carbon price legislation, including risking a double dissolution and second general election; or ditch Abbott and face a difficult task convincing the electorate that it's not really critical that they get rid of carbon pricing anyway.

Given Abbott's own political career probably depends on this, his sheer desperation is understandable. Deplorable, but understandable.

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Reddit-Incarnate•

Very well said.

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cludeo656565•

Why the fuck can't journalists point this shit out!?

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m00nh34d•

I don't see what the problem is here. He's filled out these cabcharges, why isn't he back doing his job?

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bacco007•

David Speers on Sky News said this morning that what has been released is not necessarily proof - what has been released is the manual dockets that are used when the Cabcharge machine is offline.

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dhaskOP•

David Speers on Sky News said this morning that what has been released is not necessarily proof - what has been released is the manual dockets that are used when the Cabcharge machine is offline.

Those are the dockets he was accused of handing over blank. If the Cabcharge machine was used, there would be no blank dockets for him to be accused of handing over.

The Coalition has let this one go - they're focusing on saying a civil charge should still keep him out of the Speaker's chair.

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Reddit-Incarnate•

Ohh gosh we would hardly have any one in government if civil charges were enough to keep people out of office.

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