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May 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Prime Minister Julia Gillard has supported a call to have a debate on clearer guidelines for politicians when it comes to their conduct.
Independent MP Tony Windsor has called for a review of the code of conduct for politicians, following damning civil allegations against former Labor MP Craig Thomson and Speaker Peter Slipper.
Ms Gillard said she was open to debating the issue in parliament.
“I’d certainly welcome discussions in the parliament on a code of conduct for MPs,” she said.
“I do want to see members of parliament always doing the right thing.
“There are various rules now for members of parliament but I’m obviously open to suggestions for a code of conduct and clearer set of rules.”
The prime minister said Mr Thomson, who is accused – in Fair Work Australia (FWA) findings – of misusing union funds on prostitutes and personal expenses, as well his election campaign, was entitled to a presumption of innocence.
“It’s not for me to come to conclusions here, or announce conclusions, it’s for the proper authorities and ultimately for the courts,” she told reporters in Queensland on Sunday.
“I understand many Australians would have seen Mr Thomson’s interview yesterday and they will have drawn their own conclusions but ultimately the only way this matter can be resolved is properly before the courts.”
Mr Windsor said the public wanted a higher standard from parliamentarians and politicians would face a test in the next few weeks as to how they would grapple with both civil and criminal offences of their contemporaries.
“Under current rules within the parliament, there’s not a lot that can be done in terms of those findings,” Mr Windsor told Sky News.
“If those findings become a criminal matter, if there’s fraud or other issues involved in terms of the union or even in my view some civil matters, there may well be need to change the rules in the parliament so that those issues can be dealt with in the parliament.
“But currently they can’t, you know – we can give someone a slap on the wrist but I don’t think the general public is too interested in a slap on the wrist.”
Mr Windsor has flagged a referendum to deal with the issue.
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