Come clean on Thomson inquiry, Abbott says

Prime Minister Julia Gillard needs to disclose all communications to do with the Craig Thomson affair, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.

“The prime minister has got to come clean,” he told the Seven Network on Wednesday.

“She has to detail every involvement between her, her office, the ministers and their offices and Fair Work Australia (FWA) over this, because the only way Julia Gillard survives as prime minister right now is because she has the tainted vote of Craig Thomson in the parliament.”

His comments come after Kathy Jackson, the current national secretary of the Health Services Union (HSU), said she couldn’t rule out interference by the government in an FWA inquiry of alleged misconduct by Mr Thomson.

The allegations relate to misuse of a union credit card by the federal Labor backbencher when he was national secretary of the HSU.

The coalition has indicated it could move a no-confidence motion in parliament next week, saying Ms Gillard has failed to adequately explain her office’s role in a march by Aboriginal people on Australia Day.

But Mr Abbott said pushing a vote would be fruitless right now as the government was fire-walled while it had Mr Thomson’s vote.

“That’s why any interference with the Fair Work Australian investigation would be so utterly, utterly reprehensible,” he said.

Former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson rejected the idea the government’s future hinged on whether Mr Thomson was charged.

“He will stay until the bitter end and that means he will stay until the next election,” he told the Seven Network.

“There is no way he will resign or fall on his sword because he is charged.”

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