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May 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The federal government is trying to have claims alleging improper use of taxi vouchers struck out of a lawsuit against federal speaker Peter Slipper.
Former Slipper adviser James Hunter Ashby has launched a Federal Court action claiming Mr Slipper sexually harassed him and misused taxi vouchers.
He is suing the commonwealth and Mr Slipper, a former Liberal MP turned independent who has stepped aside as Speaker of the federal parliament to defend himself.
In relation to the sexual harassment claims, Mr Ashby is relying on sections of the Fair Work Act and is seeking compensation.
He also wants Mr Slipper to undergo counselling and training in anti-discrimination.
Mr Ashby also claims the commonwealth and Mr Slipper breached his contract of employment, including the “safe work term”.
He says this breach occurred by allegedly involving Mr Ashby in “questionable conduct in relation to travel”.
His claim sets out allegations about Mr Slipper misusing cab vouchers.
The commonwealth has now filed an application for interlocutory orders to have certain parts of Mr Ashby’s application struck out “on the ground that it discloses no reasonable cause of action”.
It concerns the breach-of-contract claims referring to the cab voucher allegations.
The commonwealth application will go before the Federal Court on Friday when Mr Ashby’s claim has been listed for directions.
Mr Ashby’s spokesman Anthony McClellan said now that police were investigating the cabcharge misuse allegation, civil action against him would be pursued independently.
“Continuing to include the cabcharge issues in the civil action, once a formal criminal investigation is under way, could be detrimental to Mr Ashby’s civil claim, by significantly delaying it until the conclusion of the potential criminal matters,” Mr McClellan said in a statement.
“As a result, the cabcharge issues are not formally raised in the statement of claim.”
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