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May 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Raymond Carter at his home in Wyong on the Central Coast. Ray has lodged an official complaint against Senator Heffernan. Picture: Tim Hunter
Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Liberal senator Bill Heffernan is accused of of anto-gay outburst.
Source: The Sunday Telegraph
OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott’s political enforcer Bill Heffernan is accused of a homophobic attack on a senior Liberal staffer during a Central Coast party meeting.
Ray Carter, 67, has filed a formal complaint to the Liberal Party demanding action be taken against Bill Heffernan after he allegedly hit him at a branch meeting and abused him for being gay.
Mr Carter, who has a heart condition, has made a statutory declaration detailing the incident on May 3 at the Breakers Country Club in Terrigal. His statement is backed by statutory declarations from two Liberal Party witnesses.
A third witness confirmed that Senator Heffernan launched an anti-gay tirade against Mr Carter after the meeting.
Mr Heffernan, a controversial Liberal senator since September 1996, is Tony Abbott’s representative on the powerful NSW Liberal Party State Executive. He was a close confidant of former prime minister John Howard and performed the same duty.
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In his statement, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Carter said Mr Heffernan was seated three rows behind him when the meeting started at 7pm. Mr Carter left the room briefly for a discussion with his employer, MP for Terrigal and NSW Minister for Resources and Energy Chris Hartcher.
Read more of the statutory declarations on Bill Heffernan
When he returned and was about to sit down, Mr Heffernan allegedly leaned over and hit Mr Carter so hard he was knocked off balance.
One witness heard the thud from the attack and saw Mr Carter grimace in pain.
“Senator Heffernan leaned over and hit me on my left shoulder and said something I did not hear (I am partially deaf in one ear) and tried to grab a sheet of paper out of my hands. I was knocked off balance. I said: ‘Take your hands off me!’ I then fell into my seat,” Mr Carter said in his declaration.
“I was shaken and upset. I said nothing more. At the end of the meeting I was standing near to the exit door leading into the corridor. I was alone though many people were milling about. Senator Heffernan walked up to me and said in a low voice: ‘I didn’t know you were a poofter’. He said this in an aggressive manner.
“Rather than have a public confrontation I left.”
The Sunday Telegraph understands Mr Carter wants serious action taken against Mr Heffernan by the Liberal Party’s state executive.
Mr Heffernan refused to comment yesterday. He said: “Talk to the state director … and be very cautious.”
If the allegation is proven, he could be suspended or expelled from the party.
The alleged assault took place at a meeting of the Robertson Federal Electorate Council convened by NSW Liberal Party president Arthur Sinodinos to explain the appointment of Lucy Wicks without preselection as the candidate in Robertson.
Central Coast state MPs Chris Holstein and Chris Spence were also present.
State director Mark Neeham said he did not witness any homophobic assault.
“The state president and state director were both present at the meeting of the Robertson FEC on 3 May 2012,” he said in a statement.
“Both the state president and the state director had a clear view of the entire room and all attendees and did not witness any incident, assault or even a minor disturbance during or after the meeting.”
He said there was “no evidence” of a homophobic assault on Mr Carter but that he had “received a complaint from a local state MP”.
Mr Carter said he has been a member of the party since 1973 and worked on every election since. He has been the senior electorate office for Chris Hartcher since 1988.
Mr Heffernan was also involved in the botched pre-selection of Gary Whitaker in the seat of Dobell, which is held by former Labor MP Craig Thomson. Mr Whitaker’s preselection was overturned because he was living in a shed and Karen McNamara was selected for the seat.
Mr Carter and another former staffer of Chris Hartcher, Tim Koelma, are under investigation for allegedly accepting donations from a property developer. Mr Carter has been suspended from his job within Mr Hartcher’s office pending the outcome of the inquiry. He denies the allegations.
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