Parley Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 He must have lied about the Penfolds Grange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 That's massive news. Especially with a state election only a year away. A fair chunk of why the ALP got booted in the first place was corruption, now it appears Obeid's dirty fingers were all over certain sections of the LNP as well Next year's election will be pretty hot and the stakes are high with some major commitments and change having been made by the LNP in the past 3 years, a fair bit of which relied on a minimum 2 term government to embed or fully deliver. If they lose next year then who knows what will be cancelled...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 PS Go and put your money on Gladys Berejiklian for the premiership now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Talk about red-handed - they found a thank you note signed by him, for the $3,000 bottle of wine he had denied receiving. I love politics here, its as corrupt as anywhere else, just not as subtle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I can't believe he thought her get away with it. Unless he did completely forget. Nahh, it's a 3k bottle of plonk who would forget that ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 It is possible he did completely forget. Pollies do get given a lot of stuff. But when he was so adamant yesterday he didn't have much choice but to resign. Personally I don't think he us corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiralx Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I can't believe he thought her get away with it. Unless he did completely forget. Nahh, it's a 3kbottle of plonk who would forget that ?? He clearly didn't know its value - why would he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Personally I don't think he us corrupt. Nor do I. And he has done the decent thing This is a tiny non-issue compared to stuff like the Craig Thomson affair. I'm not saying that from a partisan viewpoint, I don't have ties or links with any party and can't vote anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 If I was drinking a $3000 bottle of 1959 Grange Hermitage I'm sure I would remember where it came from. But maybe he drinks them every day so they are all the same to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 If I was drinking a $3000 bottle of 1959 Grange Hermitage I'm sure I would remember where it came from. But maybe he drinks them every day so they are all the same to him! He wouldn't know it cost $3000. If someone gives you a present you don't ask how much it cost. It could have just been thought of as just another bottle if wine and quickly forgotten about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 It might have just been given to his wife at home and she stuck it in the cellar with the 30 other bottles that he got as gifts. Oh wait it's Aussie politics you have to nail people for the littlest things. if the news wanted to look into corruption theyd investigate the Myki scandal. How a company who didn't have any experience in ticketing software win a billion dollar contract to produce one. Oh and the contract was so heavily weighted in favour of the company too. I'm sure some people got very rich on that one. Where was the investigation ? Never mind lets screw someone over 3k bottle of wine and see when the royals are arriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustain Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 He must have lied about the Penfolds Grange. He swears he did not swallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 He wouldn't know it cost $3000.If someone gives you a present you don't ask how much it cost. It could have just been thought of as just another bottle if wine and quickly forgotten about. Of course, silly me. He probably thought it was a $5 bottle of Rot Gut Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Maybe 3k bottles don't come in a paper bag from Luquorland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 If I was drinking a $3000 bottle of 1959 Grange Hermitage I'm sure I would remember where it came from. But maybe he drinks them every day so they are all the same to him! Who said he drank it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Les Patterson Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 He wouldn't know it cost $3000.If someone gives you a present you don't ask how much it cost. It could have just been thought of as just another bottle if wine and quickly forgotten about. Bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Yeah I don't really believe it either. Penfolds Grange is such a famous wine, everyone knows it so hard to forget a gift like that. Whether he knew it was worth $3000 I don't know but he would know it was not just your average $25 bottle from Liquorland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapri Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 There was a handwritten thank you note, which to me says he knew very well he had received it. If it had been a generic, secretary produced note he may have been slightly more believable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelP Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sad really because O Farrell was a decent bloke by state pollie standards. Saw him at a private function some years ago and he struck me as someone who was pragmatic and was able to listen to sound advice even when it went against the Party line and the vested interests (as with the alcohol restrictions and the hotels/drinks industry). But I don't think he's done 'the honourable thing' - he accepted a bribe then denied it until caught red handed. I don't know what it is with politicians in Australia - both ALP and LNP are corrupt, beholden to vested interests such as property developers and also mediocre in running the most basic of services. Sydney has one of the least developed public transport systems of any city of similar size in the developed world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Talk about red-handed - they found a thank you note signed by him, for the $3,000 bottle of wine he had denied receiving. I love politics here, its as corrupt as anywhere else, just not as subtle! Yes, that Tory minister who has just resigned (I hope), though not paid back the 45,000 quid she ripped off, was indeed very subtle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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