Godwin Grech’s statement to The Australian needs to be considered carefully. Grech has both concocted an email and lied to a journalist in the past, and is also a man with extensive health problems.
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Other fake emails from Godwin Grech (as cited by Walter Slurry)
The Utegate email was just the tip of the iceberg: Walter Slurry goes through Godwin Grech’s sent folder.
Crikey Says: Ethics aside, a big day for The Oz
Two giant exclusives on the front page of The Australian today are worthy of applaud, but what happened to ethics in journalism?
Guy Rundle: Turnbull is dead
Malcolm Turnbull is dead. The prime bull is now a side of beef hanging from a hook.
Grech interview raises an ethical red flag
If you have to write “… speaking from a psychiatric ward in Canberra last night…”, there may be an ethical concern, proposes Tobias Ziegler. Is Godwin Grech capable of giving informed consent to an interview?
Utegate roars back to life
The fake email affair has roared back into life today and threatens more grief for Malcolm Turnbull. We track the developments as they happen.
Grech as political scapegoat?
Godwin Grech’s actions in the administration of the Utegate affair are to come under scrutiny today with the release of the Auditor-General’s OzCar report. But does all the blame lie on him?
Turnbull caught in messy OzCar affair
Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull’s actions at a parliamentary ball, held two days before Godwin Grech gave testimony on his in the OzCar scheme, are suspicious, writes Phillip Coorey.
Grech’s health destroyed by Utegate
Public servant Godwin Grech’s health problems are severe, including depression and stage three kidney disease. His workload has been blamed for some of his health problems.
Good public servant turned bad
Godwin Grech was a workaholic public servant, whose career — and health — have been destroyed by the Utegate scandal, writes Dennis Shanahan.
New calls for Turnbull’s resignation
Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull is under new calls for his resignation, with Godwin Grech saying that Turnbull had “intimate involvement” in the handling and leaking of the Utegate email.
Godwin Grech: I faked email
Former Treasury official Godwin Grech has admitted to penning the fake email at the centre of the Utegate saga, claiming he was merely reproducing a real email that had been lost and was facing “strong pressure” from above to “land OzCar”.
The Moran public service revolution is underway
PM&C head Terry Moran has heralded a return to more centralised Public Service as part of an effort to strengthen its capacity for high-quality advice.
Godwin Grech: the plot thickens
Public servant Godwin Grech is back in hot water — this time over his involvement in the Western Bulldogs’ scheme to build a gaming venue in Melbourne, according to The Age.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A clarification on children in detention
Lobbyists … Detention centres … that Grech guy … First Dog on christianity … Walkmans and Helen Razer … MJ jokes. It’s all on Crikey readers’ minds today.
Guy Rundle: Grech, Dickensian, Dostoyevsky-like, or, erm, something out of John Grisham
Just who is Godwin Grech? asks Guy Rundle.
Mungo MacCallum: Utegate political whodunit
There can be no doubt that Rudd emerged triumphant, and Turnbull severely damaged. But the question remains: who set up the caper in the first place? And almost as importantly, why?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Utegate and Godwin Grech
Crikey readers on the week that was: Utegate and the infamous Mr Godwin Grech, the Global Financial Crisis, Fruity Fix and superannuation.
Godwin Grech, John Howard’s go-to man
Godwin Grech, the Treasury branch head at the centre of the faked email affair, was a go-to man for the Howard government on at least one politically-sensitive project.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Utegate dominates media coverage
Utegate. Need we say more? Patrick Baume on this week’s top political stories and movers.
Grech, journos and Liberals: leaks that run deep
Godwin Grech, the Treasury official wrapped up in Utegate, would be, if reports are correct, no ordinary leaker.
Tips and rumours: The Utegate edition of tips & rumours
Who is Godwin Grech?
Opposition struggles for a Utegate line
The opposition is struggling to make a coherent and consistent case in the Utegate affair.
Malcolm Turnbull: quick to shout conspiracy
As a lawyer, Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to rigorously check the voracity and authenticity of the Godwin Grech email is curious, writes Tanja Kovac.
