It's all political. Noone has even been charged. But the minister Jason Clare is out in the media 24/7 creating a crisis.
Clare is one of Labors few cleanskins who presents well. Plus he's from the west in NSW where Labor stands to be decimated. So they're putting him out there as a strategy to counter all the Obeid and Thomson stories.
With Gillard and Mcternan there's no line they wont cross - including making Australia look like East Germany and trashing our sporting reputation