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?
Godwin Grech
Mungo MacCallum: Utegate political whodunit
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.
This won’t help Turnbull’s public trust issues
If Godwin Grech turns out to be the long-suspected Treasury mole, the Opposition’s problem won’t be one of political ethics so much as public trust, says Possum. Malcom Turnbull should be worried.
Guy Rundle: The Committee (with apologies to Franz K)
Godwin G worked in the basement of the Fadden Building in the Department of Apple Polishing. An apple would come down the chute and he would polish it and put it in the other chute. He did not know why they sent him apples to polish or where they went when he had polished them and he did not ask, writes Guy Rundle.
Utegate: conspiracy or cock-up?
The events of Friday evening caught the Telegraph badly on the hop when the Prime Minister ruined Steve Lewis’s yarn about the Charlton-Grech email.
Utegate: If the email exists, it’ll be found
Whatever you do online, you leave your digital fingerprints smeared over everything, writes Stilgherrian.
Political snippets: Learning from South Australia
Malcolm Turnbull eagerly embraces secret document and makes stupid assurances about it’s validity. And he’s not the only Liberal leader to get himself into political trouble by an eagerness to embrace a “secret” document lately.
Preferential treatment for pollies’ mates? Happens every day
I’ll let the non-public servants amongst you into a dirty secret. Government backbenchers and mates of the Government get preferential treatment from bureaucrats, at the request of Ministers.
Godwin Grech: the loneliest man in the world
Grech, a man of almost Dickensian visage and name, chose absolute honesty in talking about the Utegate affair, an approach that, unless you’re very confident in your own evasive skills, is probably wisest.
Crikey Says: Utegate unravelling fast
Events are moving rapidly in Canberra. Godwin Grech’s residence has been raided by the AFP, with reports that a “concocted” email has been found.
OzCar email is a fake
The ABC reports that the email at the centre of Utegate has been found and is a fake.
Utegate: Rudd orders full investigation
Kevin Rudd has requested that the Auditor-General conduct a full investigation into Utegate, but continues to reject Coalition allegations of impropriety.
