tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post6605213421326207581..comments2024-03-03T19:26:23.287+11:00Comments on Open and Shut: Red book No 7: AGs incoming government brief released but hardly visiblePeter Timminshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589018910216965607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-2019472355863532862010-12-15T20:29:27.780+11:002010-12-15T20:29:27.780+11:00Interesting they've used the same approach for...Interesting they've used the same approach for the Veterans Affairs Red and Blue Books; they can be found as part of the Defence portfolio responses from the Foreign Affairs & Defence Portfolio committee's budget supplementary estimates. See<br />http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/FADT_CTTE/estimates/sup_1011/def/index.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-72989695608081096482010-12-15T16:08:34.675+11:002010-12-15T16:08:34.675+11:00Perhaps Minister Albanese, in the spirit of the se...Perhaps Minister Albanese, in the spirit of the season, will be on to the Minister for Home Affairs and Justice who has carriage of this according to the brief, to tell what he knows about Kessing being "morally and technically innocent" of the offence as charged?Peter Timminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589018910216965607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-40747522872697702162010-12-15T13:22:41.720+11:002010-12-15T13:22:41.720+11:00why doesn't a journalist just ask Albanese str...why doesn't a journalist just ask Albanese straight out, "Have you met Kessing, personally, in your electorate office and did you ask for further information of the state of Customs failures? Seems pretty simple to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-57647029101956626692010-12-14T20:54:25.403+11:002010-12-14T20:54:25.403+11:00I think it's a bit sneaky, and suggests an inc...I think it's a bit sneaky, and suggests an inconsistent view within Government about how these things should be done. <br /><br />I also wonder whether Minister Albanese's office was consulted on the Kessing briefing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com