Our Immigration minister, Peter (or, is it Kevin?) Andrews has been doing the media travel stuff today, trying not to look too guilty about his ace trump trick over Dr Mohammed (the one where you pull your 'ministerial directive' out from your sleeve just as the other guy starts celebrating his win). He's not doing a very good job of looking justified. That's the disadvantage about having emotions (unlike bland old Phil) or being worried about being caught lying (unlike honest john).
He sidesteps the question about what is it he knows that the magistrate who granted Dr Mohammed bail didn't each time, eventually releasing several dozen pages of 'things the police told me (but not the secret bits)' to the media. Among the things the media now knows is that the cousin of mohammed used the evil simcard during the year following his cousin giving it to him (when cousin left country for Australia where the simcard would be no good). He is also guilty, apparently, of having spoken to his cousin on chatrooms. His cousin is known to have looked at websites that had bombmaking recipes on them. The charge they've pinned on one of the cousins in Britain is that he received a SMS directing him to a website (which was promptly accessed from his computer by 'someone') which was a last will and testament which is a 'suicide note'.
Dr Mohammed sits in Brisbane watch-house while his lawyers plan to challenge Kevin/Peter's ministerial directive in Federal court tomorrow morning. I don't give much for their chances, he's already given the media more than he'd have to give a court. But then again, maybe that's what this is all about?
And Labour's duck and dive strategy is pathetic. It seems to me that their attitude to my liberty, while perhaps not so dictatorial as the Lib's, is just as ignorant of its worth.
Finally for today - Johnny has released a 'climate change policy' on Youtube. First time for the libs, to release policy first online. Of interest to me was more the fact that the media seemed to be more interested in the Youtube angle than the 'policy' itself. For me, appears to be some tricky dick communications consultant looking to update a tired old man.
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