Comments on: Vanstone may have to walk over mafia visa

By: Michael de Angelos

Michael de Angelos — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I welcomed the new Rudd government but in some areas it’s just lying doggo and the law seems to be one of them. The new AG Robert McClelland appears to be believing everything told to him by the security services who have already shown they can’t be trusted. Why this new government didn’t purge public servant departmental heads who co-operated in Howard’s partisan public service is a mystery. Instead of exposing the hokey practises of the previous gobernment they seem to want to avoid scandals at all cost. I reckon Vanstone is safe for now-as safe as she would have remained under Howard until the situation finally becomes untenable.

By: Scara

Scara — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Russell Broadbent, one of the three Lib MPs who lobbied Her Excellency, back when she was just The Honorable, once spoke glowingly of a Mr Vincent Madaferri in Parliament. A relative? Francesco Madafferi, along with a number of mourners, was arrested not long after the funeral of a Vincent Madaferri

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

‘Gathers more momentum as each day passes?’ There has been minimal media coverage on this seemingly disgraceful episode after The Age’s scoop at the weekend (kudos to The Age’s Nick McKenzie & Richard Baker for their exclusive). The Australian online picked it up today (THREE whole days after The Age ran with it) and no other media outlet has shown any interest whatsoever. Even now there’s only a couple of mentions on the likes on NineMSN and LiveNews. I was beginning to wonder if I had imagined reading about the sordid affair at all. Why has this not been front page news everywhere? Maybe due to all the important coverage of the Brownlow Medal ceremony and the Emmy Awards? Go back to sleep (with the fishes) Australia. Fuhgedaboutit….

By: davo

davo — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Is there any member of that wretched government who shoudn’t be in jail? Downer, Vaile, Reith, Kelly. Ok, admittedly Abbott wasn’t caught (though after Reith’s disgraceful behaviour, shouldn’t they have all gone as accessories before the fact? Vanstone is just typical. Plenty of room in Mulawa or Norma Parker for her.

Also, another example of a govt sending an absolute disgrace to a country which has enriched and improved Australia.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

This person is a disgrace. As immigrarion Minister she was incompetent in the extreme, a loose cannon, totally out of her depth. Why PM Rudd has kept her on as Ambassador to Italy, given his background and insistence on keeping his hand half on Minister Smiths portfolio beggers understanding. If this latest scandel blows up in his and her face, Rudd deserves a degree of egg on his moonish features.
That Vandstone is still carrying on as if the Libs were still in power says much about the loyalty she holds to her office. She should be given a one way ticket back home to face the music and take the consequences. Someone mention Karma?

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

It is pleasing to see people wanting a policitian to be held accountable for overriding deportation orders after what appears to be donations to a political party or related organisation. Now that we have the Liberals in the gun perhaps Barry Everingham might do us all a favour and start investigating the reversals that have occured with other people who seem to have had deportation orders overridden by Labour Party Ministers. In Melbourne recently a man was convicted under terrorism legislation and he like Madafferi had exhausted every trick in the book yet yet managed to avoid deportation despite receiving a third order. This bloke had never worked in all the time he lived here. We also had Gerry Hand override deportation orders on a Mufti in Sydney’s West for pure political advantage.
Despite Barry’s assurances I think we will be waiting ‘til hell freezes over before the ALP will take to Vanstone. They might give her a working over with a feather but that’s about there will be.
The Italian police have expressed their disapproval but so what. Will anything change in Australia, NO! Politicians want to be re-elected and will do anything and accept money from anybody to achieve this. Protect the country, it only happens in movies.