Wilkie won’t support Thomson censure

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has changed his mind about supporting a censure motion against Craig Thomson.

On Tuesday afternoon fellow independent Rob Oakeshott told parliament he planned to bring in a motion censuring Mr Thomson, who was one of the subjects of a Fair Work Australia (FWA) investigation report into the Health Services Union.

Mr Oakeshott told parliament the motion was not about Mr Thomson’s time as a union boss but rather related to the length of time it took for him to publicly respond to the FWA findings, the damage this had done to public trust and confidence in the parliament, and his “lack of full cooperation” with police and other authorities.

At the time, Mr Wilkie said he would second the censure motion.

But later on Tuesday he said he had decided not to support it at all.

“Having the opportunity to take senior legal advice I have decided not to support the motion,” he said in a statement.

The motion was formally placed on the notice paper on Tuesday evening and could be considered as early as this week.

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