The scandal that won’t go away

So-called quality journalists can barely bring themselves to touch the story, but ex-cop and fired 2UE presenter Michael Smith – sacked by Fairfax for investigating a scandal that casts grave doubts on PM Julia Gillard’s integrity – persists with a terrier’s tenacity in chronicling the Wilson-AWU affair.

Speaking last week in Sydney, Smith lays out the story in all its grim detail.