Damning evidence today has sheeted home blame for the bungled $223 million Australia Network tender process to the Gillard Government, Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham said today. Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers today revealed in Senate Estimates, under questioning from Senator Birmingham, that confidential material was leaked to media sources from within the Government.…
NICOLE CHVASTEK: Well, are you recovering from one of Victoria’s semi-regular natural disasters? Perhaps you’ve lived through a flood and there are plenty of Victorians still trying to reclaim their lives and livelihoods after nature’s forces swept them away. Well, yesterday we heard from Castlemaine Senior Constable Grant Healey, who threw on his uniform…
KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now, I’ve got Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and Labor MP Andrew Leigh. Gentlemen, good morning. ANDREW LEIGH: Morning, Kieran. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning, Kieran. KIERAN GILBERT: First of all to you, Andrew, on the Thomson matter, the AEC Commissioner, the Australian Electoral Commissioner, last night said his…