Heiner Affair

It’s not everyday, as Chairman of a Committee, you get an award like the one given to me in 2004 as Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

The inscription reads - Whistleblowers Action Group (Qld) - Whistleblower Supporter of the Year 2004.

I was presented for the work we did in formally taking evidence and reporting on the infamous Heiner Affair.

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  • Lennie says:

    09:22am | 26/10/09

    The sexual assault victim has legal representation already. The issue which everyone dodges because of its political ramifications is the illegal shredding of evidence authorised by the Goss Cabinet, aided and abetted by certain senior bureaucrats who knew what the same facts were. Mrs Bishop rightly, according to law, advised… Read more »

  • lance says:

    12:09pm | 23/10/09

    why don’t all the protagonists including akerman and bishop knock on the door of the aborigional victim (of the heiner affair) stating they will present a pro bono case on her behalf if they were genuinely concerned for her that should at least get the matter mentioned Read more »

 

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