- Northern Territory government teeters as another minister quits – http://is.gd/21vfQ #
- RT @annabelcrabb: About to head off to Turnbull press conference on the whole Grech situation. Can it get any stranger? #
- RT @BernardKeane: More staggering Grech stuff: giving the PM political advice to his face. Bizarre. #
- RT @BernardKeane: That's of course assuming that conversation took place outside Grech's head. #
- Phyllis Johnson (1917-2009) "Feisty, fearless, fighting fit" – http://is.gd/21znu #
- The Reserve Bank of Australia has left interest rates unchanged – just announced. The cash rate remains at 3.00%. #
- Statement from Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens on monetary policy – http://is.gd/21BcG #
- Reserve Banks says global economy is stabilising, "downside risks" have diminished, "though they have not disappeared". #
- Reserve Banks says tentative evidence US economy is at "turning point", conditions in Europe still weakening, growth in China "very strong". #
- Reserva Bank says Aust conditions "stronger than expected" with "resilience" in consumer spending and exports. "Measures of confidence" up. #
- Reserve Bank says inflation is "gradually moderating" but business borrowing "has been declining". #
- Reerve Bank hints obliquely at future action for sustainable growth and "achieving the inflation target" – ie. interest rate increases. #
- Malcolm Turnbull press conference apparently not available live but coming through later this afternoon on Sky News. #
- Malcolm Turnbull press conference is live on @SkyNewsAust now… #
- Turnbull: fight against global terrorism is far from won… appeals for calm and tolerance from Australians… #
- Turnbull on Ozcar: reports today show that Grech forged email…he misled the Opposition… #
- Turnbull: Grech allegations require a response… #
- Turnbull: Audit Office report raises questions for the government to answer… Swan needs to take responsibility for failings… #
- Turnbull: Grech claims he helped Opposition to ensure passage of OzCar legislation: not true. #
- Turnbull: first we heard was when Grech contacted us prior to Senate hearing… if not for Grech, John Grant's name would never been raised. #
- Turnbull: Grech proposed meeting in June 5 email. Meeting held on June 12 with MT, Abetz and Abetz staffer…we had no reason to doubt him.. #
- Turnbull: Grech claimed Feb 19 email received from Charlton in PM's office. He also told of conversations with Swan's office re Grant. #
- Turnbull: Grech claims it was agreed Grech should speak to a journalist off the record – not true – he proposed the idea to me. #
- Turnbull: We never heard of Grant matter until Grech contacted us. He volunteered the information and sought a meeting – was not pressured. #
- Turnbull: OzCar legislation had our support before Grech came to us. #
- Turnbull: @annabelcrabb asks question about email – were there caveats on its use? #
- Turnbull asked whether Grech's prior help was a factor in him being taken at his word. Turnbull says he would have accepted his word. #
- Journalist asks why Turnbull accepted Grech's word when Grech was effectively committing professional suicide? #
- Turnbull asked about when he first read email – June 12 or when it was published in the Telegraph? T says he never claimed to have a COPY. #
- Turnbull denies paying for Grech to go to Sydney. #
- Is this the most embarrassing thing in your political career? Turnbull: let's just stick to the facts. #
- Turnbull says "almost beyond belief" that this has happened and that a senior public servant would deceive him in this way. #
- Turnbull: these actions by Grech are hard to believe and "very regrettable". We were "gravely misled". Grech still believes he got an email #
- Did you not have an obligation to check, Turnbull asked. T. says this was a situation where a person "we knew very well" asserted a fact. #
- Turnbull: How else could we have checked? Grech vouched for himself. #
- Do you apologise to the PM, Turnbull asked. I withdrew weeks ago, Turnbull says. #
- Crabb: Report absolves the Treasurer. The only diddling seems to be in favour of a Liberal donor… #
- Turnbull: quotes ANAO report that some of Grech evidence is in conflict with Swan/Treasury claims. #
- Turnbull: Swan can claim as much vindication as he likes but he should apologise to me for alleging I faked the email… #
- Turnbull: ALP claimed we financed terrorism through the AWB and haven't apologised… #
- Turnbull: I did not provide the text of that email to Grech or anyone… #
- Turnbull asked whether he will support a Senate referral to Privileges Committee… says it's up to the Libs in the Senate… #
- Turnbull asked about opinion polls by Annabel Crabb – what conclusions did voters draw? #
- Turnbull: We were constrained in what we could say because of the investigation but Grech has now outed himself as the forger.. #
- Turnbull: ALP ran a massive smear against me to suggest I was involved in creating the fake email… very serious allegation… #
- Turnbull: I think the govt always knew this email had been faked by Mr Grech and used that to mislead others… #
- Turnbull won't answer question about how many calls and contact he had with Grech – says real issue is the faked email which Grech admits to #
- Turnbull: One regrets ever having met Grech… #
- Turnbull struggling to admit to any regrets about his actions… keeps repeating that Grech was credible, respected, believable… #
- Turnbull: I know many people who know Grech and not one of them finds these events believable yet they clearly happened… #
- Turnbull: A criticism of media coverage is that I did not claim to rely on an email, only on what was said in Senate committee under oath… #
- Turnbull again stumbles and cannot or will not concede anything he could have done differently because he was misled by Grech… #
- Turnbull: I cannot think of anything less likely than that a public servant of Grech's seniority would forge a document as he has admitted. #
- Turnbull: This was not a case where a politician gets taken in by a faked document… #
- Turnbull: This was a case where a person of high repute made a claim which we accepted… #
- Sky News cut away from Turnbull press conference – A-PAC showing it in delay… waiting to catch up… #
- RT @oscar7g: Reading @mfarnsworth's transcript of MT [on] OzCar fiasco interspersed with #DugongFilmFestival tweets. Seems oddly appropriate #
- Watching Turnbull in repeat as A-PAC catches up to the live feed… this is a truly woeful performance…just blaming Grech for everything. #
- Turnbull: Grech appeared to be a well-intentioned whistleblower.. not a question of my credibility… I relied on the information given me #
- Turnbull asked why alarm bells did not ring on the night of the MidWinter ball… he disputes the version of events offered by Charlton. #
- Turnbull asked what this has taught him about due diligence. Repeats earlier comments about accepting Grech's bona fides. #
- Turnbull: It never occurred to me that Godwin Grech could have made this up… it strains credulity… a political opponent maybe but not GG #
- Turnbull: Mark Twain once observed "only fiction has to be credible"… #
- Annabel Crabb pushes Turnbull on his claim that it is simply a matter of him accepting Grech's story. Exactly. #
- Turnbull asked whether it is possible that the email is still out there somewhere… Turnbull laughs… #
- Turnbull: Grech is obviously not well… under pressure… we wish him well… #
- Turnbull: These events will make everybody – journalists and politicians – more careful. Expect the unexpected… #
- Turnbull: Grech faked an email and then rang me to arrange a meeting to show me a fake email… journalist queries what that says about MT.. #
- Turnbull asked whether Grech was the source of leak on bank deposit scheme – says he will not discuss any sources on any other matter. #
- You've been sending us coded messages, says Crabb – "we knew him well" … #
- Turnbull: This is a terrible personal tragedy for Grech… I have reason to be disappointed but he is clearly a man who is very ill… #
- Turnbull: we have acted honestly throughout this… [press conference ends] #
- The Australian National Audit Office report on the OzCar matter is available here: http://is.gd/21HBj #
- After watching that appalling performance from Turnbull, I'm off shortly to listen to John Howard speaking on politics and the media… #
- It will be a pleasure to see a political professional once again… #
- *blushes* RT @Colvinius: Hats off to @mfarnsworth for an excellent live-blogged account of Turnbull's press conference. #
- RT @annabelcrabb: Reading a sheaf of emails from Grech that Malcolm T has just released #
- Waiting for howard … Again #
- Back from watching John Howard deliver lecture on Politics and the Media. Bumped into @danupoyner. What a great man… #
- Had to record final episode of Liberal Rule. Nobody tell me what happened – I want to find out for myself whether they beat Rudd… #
- And what a contrast: the amateur then the pro..RT @lindyasimus: You are a glutton for punishment it seems. Turnbull then Howard? What a day! #
- There was nothing ambiguous about my description… RT @jimrhiz: John or Danu? #
- RT @thewetmale: I love, when Rudd talked in Chinese at APEC, a) Howard didn't know what he was saying & b) the Chinese pollies looked giddy. #
- Howard delivered his entire lecture in Mandarin tonight @thewetmale – so there! #
- See @jfknorth for the best profile web link I've seen in a long time… #
- RT @thewetmale: That cunning bastard! Did you see i came close to the great man earlier today?…true story http://www.twitpic.com/cobqr #
- @Colvinius In his lecture tonight, John Howard lamented the loss of influence of PM – attributed this to earlier deadlines & fragmented auds in reply to Colvinius #
- Everyone should congratulate @danupoyner on publication of his book "The Digital Native" and order a copy from him – Twitter discount. #
- The Bowels of Despair for Turnbull – http://is.gd/225Q9 – blog post from @GrogsGamut #
- @Chris_pinkapple I have used 2 hosts on that list and would NOT recommend them… in reply to Chris_pinkapple #
- RT @markknoller: http://twitpic.com/cqcl5 – Iranian-Americans stage protest/hunger strike unusually close to the White House. #
- RT @spellrus: http://twitpic.com/cqcqn – At peter singer talk on sustainibility in sydney put on by city of sydney #fb #
- RT @markknoller: Today at the WH: it's the President's 48th birthday. His gift to himself: no press appearances scheduled. At least not yet. #
- Obama faces 30 death threats a day, including from al-Shabaab, the group involved in the Melbourne arrests: http://is.gd/227QS #
- Media unfair on Hanson, Hollingworth, says Howard – http://is.gd/2286O #
- One up, one down in Darwin – http://is.gd/228ks – Territory Labor government clinging to power through revolving ministerial door. #
- GetUp! is campaigning to bad corporate and third-party political donations: http://is.gd/229KA #
- @angesbiz So the ends justify the means and don't need reasons? This is dangerous, totalitarian thinking. You surprise me. in reply to angesbiz #
- Debunking right-wing idiocies in the US… RT @wonkette: Is Barack Obama A Secret Australian From The 1950s? – http://bit.ly/9O0gi #