Corruption …

As it emerges that Mr. Williamson enjoyed yet another credit card, kindly paid for by a grandmother working part-time on his staff, I was reminded of the recent polished prose of Graham Richardson: firstly on Craig Thomson and then on Mr W.

“To believe Thomson never visited the house of ill-repute that appears on his credit card statement, you would have to believe that a person unknown stole his credit card, forged his signature, stole his driver’s licence – a copy of which was appended to the credit card payment – and also stole his phone, which was used three times between the Central Coast and the city of Sydney to call the house on the day in question.

Further, you would have to believe that the credit card, the licence and the phone were all miraculously returned the next day.”

“The NSW chief, Michael Williamson, has done particularly well for himself. Apart from being paid more than $300,000 a year, he has organised for companies in which he or other members of his family have the sole or controlling interest to supply IT services to the union and, now it has been revealed, secretarial services as well…”