Utegate cops clear Turnbull

OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull was cleared yesterday over the fake email at the centre of the Utegate affair.
Federal Police investigating a fake email Mr Turnbull used to try to prove Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helped out a car dealer mate said they have closed their dealings with him.
AFP boss Mick Keelty said police had interviewed [...]

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Turnbull goes from Utegate to a war zone

The Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull found sanctuary from last week’s parliamentary beating – by going to Afghanistan.
It can now be revealed that Mr Turnbull left on Sunday night and spent a day and a half visiting Australian troops stationed in the southern Oruzgan Province. he toured Kandahar air base and the Tarin Kowt base where [...]

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Kevin Rudd puts brake on ute brawl

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has side-stepped questions about whether he is sorry he borrowed the rusty ute at the centre of the Utegate scandal and instead attacked The Courier-Mail.
In his home town for a community cabinet meeting, Mr Rudd was yesterday on the defensive when asked on the ABC about whether he would give back [...]

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Utegate savages Malcolm Turnbull’s credibility, poll shows

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 [...]

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Turnbull can’t sustain Utegate claims, faces backlash

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 [...]

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