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June 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Former Liberal minister Mal Brough has ordered his lawyers to hand over text messages and emails with one of Speaker Peter Slipper’s staffers to expedite the case.
Mr Brough said he was contacted by James Ashby, a media adviser to Mr Slipper on the eve of the Queensland election and learnt of the allegations of sexual harassment over the course of the next week.
Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the Commonwealth would use a number of text messages between Mr Brough and others to support its case that the claims made against Mr Slipper were designed to advance his political opponents.
The Commonwealth’s legal argument hinges on claims there was a clear intention to harm Mr Slipper and bring his reputation into disrepute to assist his political opponents.
Mr Brough is seeking Liberal preselection in the seat of Fisher, which Mr Slipper now holds.
Ms Roxon said there would be a large number of Queensland Liberal National party identities mentioned during the course of hearings in the Federal Court, including Mr Brough.
Mr Brough, who lost his seat of Longman at the 2007 election, said Ms Roxon’s comments and remarks by Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese likening the situation to Watergate were “just extraordinary and outrageous”.
The former minister, who will be subpoenaed to provide contact with Mr Ashby through text messages and emails, said he had urged his lawyers to contact the government’s lawyers to provide the information to expedite the case.
“To suggest that myself or any member of the LNP has been part of a conspiracy – that’s an extraordinary allegation, that we have conspired to concoct a story about sexual harassment really is beyond belief,” Mr Brough told the Ten Network on Sunday.
“What needs to be dealt with, the prima facie case allegedly being put by James Ashby that he was sexually harassed.
“We should take those matters seriously and they should be tested in court.”
Foreign Minister Bob Carr earlier this year tweeted that Mr Ashby seemed more rehearsed than a kabuki actor.
Mr Brough said Labor ministers were contributing to a trial by media.
“(They are) all out there trying to run the case but not wanting the case to be heard.”
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