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June 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda AAP
NSW Independent MP Richard Torbay says Labor will do anything to prop up the federal independent MPs that support the minority Labor federal government.
Mr Torbay, who is running for Nationals preselection for the federal seat of New England held by independent Tony Windsor, on Sunday rejected claims he tried to cut a deal in 2009 to become NSW premier during a meeting with now NSW Labor general secretary Sam Dastyari.
The NSW lower house MP did not deny Labor had approached him about joining the party and becoming premier.
While he was “a little chuffed” by the offer, he declined because he could not join Labor.
“I declined,” he told ABC television’s Insiders program on Sunday.
“These suggestions of what happened afterward – meetings that never occurred – it’s just a lie.
“Labor, they’ll say and do anything to try and protect the federal independents that are protecting their government.”
Mr Dastyari told The Sunday Telegraph Mr Torbay “pledged” to join Labor if Mr Dastyari could guarantee he would become premier, and that Mr Torbay pulled $200 out of his wallet to pay for membership fees.
Mr Torbay said there were discussions with then-Labor powerbroker John Della Bosca and then-NSW Labor chief Matt Thistlewaite.
“They’re the people that were involved,” he said.
He agreed they held out the prospect of him becoming NSW Labor premier.
“Absolutely, that’s what it was about and I declined that because I would not join the party,” he said.
“I just said to them, if I had to join the party it was a bridge too far.
“That’s were it ended.”
Mr Torbay announced last week he would seek Nationals endorsement for New England ahead of the next federal election due in late 2013.
Mr Windsor, a former state independent who has held New England since 2001, has declined to comment on the prospect of facing a challenge from the popular Mr Torbay.
Mr Torbay said voters believed the federal independents – Mr Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – had become part of the Labor government machinery.
“I don’t think there will be one (independent) in the next parliament,” he said.
But Mr Torbay did agree Mr Windsor had kept New England on the radar in this parliament.
“This is about the future of New England, to make sure we remain in the radar after this hung parliament,” he said.
Nationals Leader Warren Truss said Mr Dastyari’s claims were “unforgivable”.
“Richard Torbay is adamant the story is a complete fabrication,” he said in a statement.
Mr Dastyari on Sunday responded on Twitter.
He said Mr Torbay, who was a Labor member before entering parliament, was trying to protect his career.
“At the 11th hour he was willing to rejoin Labor to become Premier. I know – I was there,” he tweeted.
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