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60 Minutes: Sept 7

60 Minutes is teasing more on the Peter Slipper Scandal that will "rock the Abbott government."

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2014-09-05_184360 Minutes is teasing a big interview this weekend with more on the Peter Slipper Scandal that will “rock the Abbott government.”

“The Slipper Scandal”
It was one of the great political scandals of our time. When Peter Slipper ratted on the Liberal Party and accepted the Speaker’s job in Federal Parliament, he helped prop up a Labor Government that was on the verge of collapse. The sexual harassment claim and publication of vile and disgusting text messages that soon followed, would destroy Slipper and further destabilise the minority Gillard government. When the whistleblower and alleged victim decided against continuing his case, most thought that was the final chapter in a sordid and grubby political chapter. This Sunday, 60 Minutes will reveal that The Slipper Scandal lives on, and festers inside the current government led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. James Ashby, the man at the centre of those dramatic events breaks his silence for the first time. What he tells Liz Hayes will rock the Abbott Government.

Reporter: Liz Hayes
Producer: Stephen Rice

8pm Sunday on Nine.

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  2. OMG! What’s the story.A couple of Liberal MP were told about something that happened after the fact. This does not mean they were involved.
    I feel very sorry for James and the position he was in, but the questions should have been directed to Labor and why the Labor party chose to defended Peter Slipper once the story got out.

  4. Wasn’t Slipper and his disgusting messages defended by PM Gillard in the misogyny speech? Didn’t make sense to attack Abbott when defending a misogynist.

    This is yet another ACA style 60 minutes where nothing of note happens, I bet.

    Put the show out of its misery.

    Also, Abbott doesn’t need help embarrassing himself.

    There, offended both major party supporters 🙂

  5. Abbott has pretty much done everything possible to come across as a completely incompetent idiot, is there any more embarrassments this Government can pull out?

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