gillard's australia, page-22

peterd, a little research would dispel some of your conspiracy theories.



Mathew Franklin

"...Franklin informed colleagues of his decision before asking the Prime Minister the question. "I leave The Australian on good terms, of my own accord, with no regrets, and continued affection for my colleagues and my editors," he said. "I finalised my plans with my editors and told my Canberra colleagues of my decision to take a voluntary redundancy well before I asked the Prime Minister that question."...'

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/tributes-flow-as-fair-and-balanced-political-reporter-exits-gallery/story-e6frg996-1226452122096




Michael Smith

"....Radio host Michael Smith has been taken off air until the network can verify claims made in an interview..."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/radio-host-michael-smith-has-been-taken-off-air-until-the-network-can-verify-claims-made-in-an-interview/story-e6frg996-1226130674363




"...Smith was taken off air because he failed to follow directions from management and posed a "real danger" to the station..."

http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/power-fail/michael-smith-recorded-private-conversations-with-fairfax-radio-boss/20111012554




"....Michael Smith has insisted to us that the interview was backed by documentation, and was cleared by a senior defamation lawyer....
....Graham Mott, the Fairfax Radio executive who stopped the interview, now retired, stands by his statement of last year, that it was not cleared...."

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3577014.htm




Glen Milne

"...Milne had previously written about the saga in 2007. But this morning the Walkleys brawler went further, stating that “Gillard shared a home in Fitzroy bought by Wilson using the embezzled funds.”

Crikey understands that this sentence, removed by News Limited lawyers four years ago, is false.

Now, the entire piece has been deleted from The Australian’s website, with the newspaper forced to issue a grovelling apology acknowledging that the “assertions are untrue”. Damningly, Milne had failed to ring the PM’s office for comment..."

http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/29/milne/