Parsing the PM — Parts I & II
Follow the links below to each of Quadrant Online’s examination of what Julia Gillard has said about the Wilson-AWU scandal — and, more to the point, to understand what she has not said.
Part I
Emerging in fits and starts, most often from thickets of lawyerly split hairs, Prime Minister Gillard’s defence of her honesty and integrity has so far failed to satisfy. Examine her words then and now, and the question of credibility looms large
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Part II
Julia Gillard has spent the week ducking, weaving, disembling and presenting herself as the very picture of outraged probity. It is an image that tarnishes under the light of scrutiny
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