To cut the debate short, let's get a reality check: The Investigate article alleges Tim Barnett was personally present when some of these allegations were dictated onto a tape for Colin Withnall QC by a woman at the centre of the allegations.
Further, the magazine alleges Labour MP Pete Hodgson had been briefed on the case, as were Police Minister George Hawkins and Corrections Minister Matt Robson.
If I am not telling the truth, perhaps a sympathetic (to the government) journalist could seek an official denial from those MPs that they know anything about this.
They could run such a denial in tomorrow morning's news, and my credibility would be shot - yes?
Forget the hot-air about sources...I've named some easily falsifiable events. Let's see someone shoot me out of the water on this....
Careful Ian - just as many people are prepared to perjure themselves to make this problem go away. I think we need stronger denials than a Benson-Pope quality "I refute this" statement.
Posted by: ZenTiger | May 13, 2007 at 04:40 PM
dbp did not even do that with the bdsm claims. he simply said in an offhand manner "when would I have time".
That satisfied the main stream media completely. Unfortunately i think they are too far up everyone now for the new crop of claims to go any further than the last lot.
Posted by: Barnsley Bill | May 13, 2007 at 05:38 PM
And so we simply need to make Investigate more "mainstream" (as in more readers) to push them off the cliff.
Wheres my "Buy Investigate" jacket Ian? ;) :)
Posted by: Shane Ponting | May 13, 2007 at 09:11 PM
Shoot you out of the water Ian? I bet there's a few political people out there that would like to do just that. Boom! End of problem.
Posted by: John Boy | May 14, 2007 at 11:25 AM
well ian keep on their trail. just watch your own back..i never ever believed bain killed his family .so much for our one eyed police and our own court of appeal .if it had;nt been for joe karram he wouldn't have had a chance .
Posted by: jason | May 15, 2007 at 09:38 AM
King Kong & co are mounting a counterattack via their mainstream media dogs.
If there wasn't any truth to Ian's allegations the law of defamation would have been jumped on in an instant by his critics.
And yet,King Kong seeks to launch an attack under parliamentary privilege?
methinks i smell a rat!
Posted by: anyonebutme | May 17, 2007 at 02:12 PM