Blood Oath news flash
Thursday 1 August, 8.30pm
Fair cop? Or is it a raid?
My colleague and friend, the esteemed Ms Jean Acheson, has done it again. Broken a story that’s got the Plod knocking on her door. And her crime? She acquired some documents that the government says are connected to the murder of Susan Wright.
While the Plod needs to sort out this claim, what’s definite is that the documents in question reveal that the man in control of Australia’s finances is addicted to prescription drugs. And in a person with his responsibilities, addiction is a matter of the greatest public interest.
As one of the local wags here in Isa said to me today, when the prime minister claims that the economy is in a safe pair of hands, should we now assume that those hands have just popped a pill into the treasurer’s mouth?
With the election race tightening by the day, Ms Acheson’s exposé has done Australia a big favour. The character and competence of both sides of politics is now firmly in focus. Punters, your time to speak is almost at hand. Jean Acheson’s story couldn’t have come at a better time.