JULIA Gillard's hold on power is under more pressure in the wake of further allegations against MP Craig Thomson. Mr Thomson faces claims he breached electoral laws in spending nearly $40,000 on his 2007 election campaign using his union credit card. As pressure intensifies for Mr Thomson to give a detailed explanation to Parliament, The Advertiser also can reveal he embarked on a $30,000 personal spending spree using his union credit card on Qantas flights for his former wife, swank hotels, expensive restaurant meals and electronic and other retail goods. Court documents show the MP, who is fighting allegations he misused a union credit card to pay for prostitutes, racked up $2050 on sporting memorabilia. He also spent $1893 on whitegoods at Bing Lee and The Good Guys, $175 on Margaret River wine and $354 at Strandbags while heading up the Health Services Union. Mr Thomson's resignation could trigger the demise of the Gillard Government, |
Yes, the government would lose the by-election and - BINGO! - Australia would be without the carbon tax and the mining tax.
With no mining tax and no carbon tax we would get a much bigger Federal deficit. The bigger deficit would be negative for the Aussie dollar. And a weaker Aussie dollar is just what exporters need. It's their last hope to avoid more layoffs.
Come on, Mr Thomson, do Australia a favour - RESIGN!
