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May 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Embattled MP Craig Thomson says he’ll make a statement on Monday – and it won’t be a two-minuter. Picture: Gary Ramage
Source: The Daily Telegraph
FEDERAL MP Craig Thomson claims a rival union official threatened eight years ago to ruin his career by setting him up with prostitutes.
Mr Thomson’s lawyers last month sent Fair Work Australia (FWA) a submission which says the unnamed rival was witnessed in 2004 threatening to “ruin Mr Thomson’s life, to destroy his political ambitions and to set him up with a bunch of hookers”, the Nine Network reported today.
Mr Thomson has accused FWA of failing to investigate the claim, which is expected to be a key focus of the suspended Labor MP’s long-awaited explanation to federal parliament later this month, Nine said.
An FWA report alleges that as head of the Health Services Union from 2002 to 2007, Mr Thomson misused union funds to pay for prostitutes, lavish travel and meals, and to fund his 2007 election campaign.
Mr Thomson – elected as a Labor MP but now sitting on the crossbenches after being suspended from the party – denies all wrongdoing.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is confident key independent MPs will honour their agreement to allow her government to run its full term, despite concerns about Labor continuing to accept Mr Thomson’s independent vote.
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has expressed concern that when he entered into the “good faith agreement” with Ms Gillard to support Labor to form a minority government after the 2010 election he was not aware of the allegations against Mr Thomson.
Mr Oakeshott says he will listen carefully to what Mr Thomson has to say in a statement to parliament on May 21 before deciding whether to back some form of censure.
However, Ms Gillard today said she was “very confident” her government would last through to the election due in late 2013.
“The election is due in the second half of 2013 and it’ll be held on the normal time,” she said in Adelaide.
Another independent with an agreement with the Government, Tony Windsor, said in an open letter to media across the country that he would not be supporting any action by the parliament against Mr Thomson.
“Every Australian has rights that include a presumption of innocence until proven guilty,” Mr Windsor said.
He was backed by another independent, Bob Katter, who said he did not want to be cast in the role of judging other MPs.
Meanwhile, HSU general secretary Kathy Jackson wants the union’s national executive to back a motion, at a national executive meeting on Monday, to sue Mr Thomson, who now sits as a federal independent MP after being suspended from the ALP.
Ms Jackson is seeking legal advice on whether Mr Thomson can be forced to pay the money back with interest.
Mr Thomson said he planned to make a 30-minute statement on May 21.
“This really is the first opportunity I’ve had to respond to the Fair Work report,” he said.
“It will be a broad, extensive response and will take around half an hour – it’s not going to be a two-minute statement.”
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