Ute Gate Political Scandal

A DEFENSIVE Malcolm Turnbull has sought to avoid creating a double dissolution trigger by supporting the Government’s alcopops tax hike and postponing a showdown on the emissions trading scheme until August.
“We must not be shy or reserved,” the Opposition Leader told the Coalition parties’ meeting in Canberra today. “Our attacks are based on information, it’s [...]

The Federal Government has used a rowdy Question Time to attack Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership of the Opposition and his handling of the OzCar affair.
Mr Turnbull has conceded he cannot sustain his allegation that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sought favours for political donor and car dealer John Grant, and misled Parliament.
The change comes after a crucial [...]

“Fake email came from Treasury computer”
Turnbull says Swan lied to Parliament
Rudd blames Turnbull for “sordid” affair
The Punch: Live utegate coverage
The Australian: See the utegate emails

A FORMER adviser to Malcolm Turnbull has denied involvement with the email at the centre of the utegate affair.
As revealed by The Punch this afternoon, Paul Lindwall, an ex-Treasury official who [...]

Phillip Coorey and Annabel Crabb
June 22, 2009

The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked.
The email was alleged to have been sent from prime ministerial adviser Andrew Charlton to Treasury official Godwin Grech, raising the plight of Queensland car dealer John Grant and his possible access [...]

OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull has pledged to pursue the Government “relentlessly” over alleged preferential treatment for a car dealer and friend of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Mr Turnbull told Coalition MPs at their joint parties meeting this morning that it was not the job of the Opposition to be “shy and reserved”.
The declaration comes after he [...]