Craig Thompson found guilty
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Nah; didn't you know? - the previous convictions/allegations/pattern of behaviour isn't allowed to be mentioned during the current case before the court.
That might influence the thinking of the jury/judge!
"Yer Honour; my client has only ever done this one time - it was an error of judgement - he is actually a good person!"
In the case of the cars; if he stole one car the sentence would be X years; but what if he stole one truck with 20 cars on it?
That'd be a similar scenario to what you are saying here about an amount of money being X or Y?
yes weg saw that too. he stood down last may and is still on full pay. he should resign but probably will not. perhaps the libs will restructure this so called dept? we do not need this unproductive stuff plus we have the unpleasant creature in the upper house who also will not move on.
need a clean up in sa.
need a clean up in sa.
Well if individuals are stupid enough to pay union fees to be "represented" then you have relegated your rights to such union. If they steal YOUR money or trifle it away on their exorbitant wages and you persist in continuing to pay dues then ....tough titties... The only way I consider the loss to be less significant than taxpayer money is in that I have not been directly financially impacted by the theft. I will now be impacted now that it will be a taxpayer cost to imprison the dung beetle. The way I see it, union funds should now be used to pay for his incarceration costs.
Personally don't know why we even need unions in this day and age, they do more harm to our economy than good. But as long as there are brain washed plebs willing to pay them dues they stay...I have a solution to ending union corruption, it's simple...get rid of unions
I think the general population of Australia has also worked that out.
Have a squizz at the graph from the ABS.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/6310.0main+features3August 2011
That's from August 2011, where union membership has plummeted from 43% down to 18% in only 20 years.
I read some more recent data saying that it has dropped further down to about 13%, but couldn't locate the relevant graph.
I reckon it's safe to say the public have also given up the quaint notion that these fat bloated union officials have their best interests at heart. The undisputed fact that one of Australia's major political parties draws the vast bulk of their candidates from this lot is an utter disgrace, and looking at the election results all over the country, I reckon they are onto them.
So Williamson gets 7-1/2 years jail, with a minimum of 5 years non-parole.
Holy smokes, the bad apples are starting to float to the top. I reckon in the next 5 years, NSW Labor will be purged of 30 years of wicked corruption, with people like Bob Carr sitting at the top of that wretched pile that he oversaw for so long.
That's another self-important ex Union Money Man that has unexpectedly faded from public attention how these people live and look at their face in the mirror each morning must become a worry over time..
The one item that will stand out over the next 5 years is Williamson and all the rest will also suffer the same fate..
The one item that will stand out over the next 5 years is Williamson and all the rest will also suffer the same fate..
Next week, this ex-union boss who quite openly admits to using brown paper bags of cash will 100% guaranteed be voted into our Federal Parliament.
He was easily elected back in Sept, and he will again next week.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ullock-in-power/story-e6frgczx-1226868217107#
Getting rid of union bosses from Labor parliamentarians is never going to happen.
He was easily elected back in Sept, and he will again next week.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ullock-in-power/story-e6frgczx-1226868217107#
Getting rid of union bosses from Labor parliamentarians is never going to happen.
It will probably end up being a minimum security prison "aka small country club" where his accomodation, meals and health services will be funded by the public purse. Ironic. Doubt he will be worrying about shower time in the type of place he will be going. Probably be more like an extended holiday.
