Ute Gate Political Scandal

THE Utegate affair has run over Malcolm Turnbull, with more than 50 per cent of voters accusing the Opposition Leader of being dishonest or deceitful in his handling of the forged email scandal.
The latest Galaxy Poll, conducted for The Courier-Mail at the weekend, finds Mr Turnbull’s credibility is in tatters.
And senior Liberals believe there could [...]

June 23 (Bloomberg) — Australian opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull said he can’t substantiate his claim that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lied to parliament, adding to calls for him to resign.
“The case that Mr. Rudd misled parliament is not sustained,” Turnbull told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio today. “There is no doubt about that.”
Turnbull was forced to [...]

Australian police yesterday said an email at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the country’s politics was a fake, blowing a hole in opposition calls for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to resign.
The apparent forgery in the “Utegate” scandal was revealed after a police raid on the home of Godwin Grech, a senior treasury [...]

In the light of the carry-on in Canberra in what has become known as Ute-gate, it is clear, as David Crowe in the Financial Review wrote yesterday, that other car dealers did not receive the attention extended to Mr Grant by the Rudd Government.
Mention was made of a South Australian rural dealership faced with receivership, [...]

Its all about a ute an email and allegations of political abuse Now the Federal Police are involved it has started investigating the alleged faked email at the heart of the furore over the Ozcar fund.  The Government says the Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull must quit if he cant produce this socalled email that allegedly [...]