Who do we believe, Petrice Judge or the Corruption and Crime Commission?

Are McGinty and Carpenter interested in the truth?

The Chairman Len Roberts-Smith and Brigadier Mike “Children Overboard” Silverstone should publically respond to each finding in Petrice Judge’s Reports on Paul Frewer and Mike Allen. We need to know the truth. Something smells.

Someone will be very embarrassed. Either Petrice Judge should go or Brigadier Silverstone’s and those of his CCC Goon Platoon involved in the initial inquiry should be named, charged and shown the door.

Alan Carpenter’s announcement (instructed by McGinty?) to review the Public Service Act is less about responding to Buswell’s odd criticism of who undertook the Inquiry and more about distracting the media and public from the actual findings of the Inquiry. Neither Carpenter nor McGinty have defended the integrity of Petrice Judge – she has been left out to dry.

Ms Petrice Judge is indeed a very courageous woman. The Desert Rat, and I suspect most other observers, would have expected her to reinforce the criticisms of the Corruption and Crime Commission. She has certainly put herself off-side with Carpenter and McGinty as she has taken Frewer and Allen of the CCC’s butcher’s hook. Why would she do that unless the evidence was undisputable?

Petrice Judge is the very experienced public servant who undertook the investigation suggested by the CCC that found that Brian Burke had not requested a specific environmental officer. It found Mr Allen did not have the power to appoint the officer to undertake any tasks in relation to the development, and the alleged report did not even exist.

Grumpy Jack the well-connected forensic blogger claims that the CCC had tape recordings of the meetings. They should throw light on the truth. Was the exculpatory evidence ignored? Both Petrice Judge and the CCC cannot be right in their diametrically opposed findings. McGinty and Carpenter have made no suggestion that Petrice Judge’s report will be reviewed by a (Court) Judge! Do Carpenter and McGinty suspect they are on shakey ground?

Let's hear what Chairman Len Roberts-Smith and Brigadier Mike “Children Overboard” Silverstone have to say about each of the findings in Petrice Judge’s Report. Someone will be very embarrassed and either Petrice Judge should go or Brigadier Silverstone’s and those of his CCC Goon Platoon involved should be shown the door.

Let not fall for Carpenter and McGinty’s diversion about reviewing the Public Service Act!

The Desert Rat asks "What is the truth?" The tumbril awaits the incompetent frauds!