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Over the course of the last couple of months I have been looking into the goings on within some parts of the HSU, and into a place I have often referred to as Jacksonville.

Today I wanted to take a small peek into another town that shares a part of the border with Jacksonville. Its name is Lawler Creek.

I thought it might be beneficial to look at some of its citizens.

Most of you will know Michael Lawler from my previous posts on the HSU.  Michael is the Vice President Of Fair Work Australia, which seems to have unwittingly become based in Lawler Creek, despite attempts by its President, Iain Ross to see it doesn’t. Michael is also the partner of Kathy Jackson

Kathy, is of course Craig Thomson’s accuser, Craig is an MP in a place that I like to refer to as the “real world”. It seems Craig must have done something in the past to upset Kathy, and we all know what they say about women scorned, and hell hath no fury…

Kathy is also the Whistle-blowing, cheque req signing, credit card thrashing, secretary of the number 3 branch of the HSU, or at least she was until an administrator was appointed by the Federal Court to clean up the mess.

Michael of course is devoted to Kathy, he helps her with all sorts of things around the house, and offers words of advice. Michael has even been alleged to help Kathy with affidavits for Federal Court, and is rumoured to have written speeches for Kathy to give at HR Nicholl’s events for her new Liberal Party pal’s.

Michael and Kathy

It has even been reported that he hacked emails of former HSU employee’s., and allegedly made threatening phone calls on her behalf. Michael is even reported to have initiated a police investigation into the HSU for Kathy, as a “private citizen”.

Ain’t love grand?

Of course, now that things are starting to turn around, Michael now believes he should stay out of it. After years of being so deeply involved in the HSU debacle that he needed a snorkel to find clean air, it is suddenly inappropriate for him to comment, other than to say he is supporting Kathy.

Michael shows support by checking Kathy’s tonsils

It is sweet that he supports Kathy in the face of overwhelming evidence against her. Being a member of the Jacksonville Supporters Club is turning out to be a lonely hobby. The only sounds Michael will hear at those meetings will be the sound of his own voice echoing and bouncing back at him off the walls. Unless of course Peter Reith drops in…

Michael now wants us to know, that he had absolutely no influence over the investigation by his organisation. The investigation that devoted most of its findings to speculation on the guy his partner was accusing, Craig Thomson, and devoted little space to his partner Kathy’s, or her ex husband Jeff’s, activities. Ignoring, or somehow incompetently missing mountains of evidence that we are to believe, a professional investigation by an industry watchdog missed over 4 years, but a blogger found in 2 weeks from his study.

I don’t see how anybody could have suspected Michael would have influenced the investigation, it all sounds pretty Kosher to me….

Another citizen of Lawler Creek, is Tony Abbott, the Opposition Leader. Although it seems Tony has his bags packed ready to go.

Tony has always been a citizen of Lawler Creek, however recently he seemed to enjoy a holiday in Jacksonville. Whilst in Jacksonville, he proclaimed to the world that Kathy Jackson was courageous, heroic, and worthy of our admiration.

Going back to when Tony worked under John Howard, Tony was even in a position where he was able to appoint Michael Lawler to his current position, as the Vice President Of Fair Work Australia.

Now a few short weeks later, Tony has seen the error of his ways. Rather than admit it though, Tony has chosen to retreat from Jacksonville, and move to the relative comfort of Lawler Creek. It seems however that Tony has his bags packed and is ready to bail, perhaps Lawler Creek may not be quite far enough away from Jacksonville to escape fallout.

Two young members of Jacksonville are Michaels sons, Matthew and Donald. These two lads were unfortunate enough to become embroiled in Jacksonville when Kathy gave them a job at the HSU. Still, at least they got a much higher rate of pay than the average union member.

Lawlers Sons Payslips

Another citizen of Lawler Creek is John, Michael’s brother.

John is the CEO of the Australian Crime Commission, with a list of accolades as long as his arm. John is a man who is greatly respected, and would more than likely shudder at his potential sister in law’s predicament.

John and Michael’s father, is Sir Peter Lawler, and Sir Peter, as his title suggests, is a man with an impeccable record, and an esteemed work history.

Sir Peter is Liberal Party Royalty to put it mildly, not only that, he is a highly respected member within the Catholic Church. Sir Peter was even knighted in 1981.

A portrait of Sir Peter Lawler from The National Library

Sir Peter worked for Prime Minister Robert Menzies, serving as Deputy Secretary Of The Department Of Prime Minister And Cabinet, and Secretary Of The Department Of The Special Minister Of State.

He was also the Australian Ambassador to Ireland between 1983 and 1986, and was Australia’s first ever Ambassador to the Holy See, which is the official government of the Catholic Church based in Rome.

Sir Peter is also a Patron of The Australian Family Association, which is a catholic lobby group with apparent strong ties with Opus Dei, and the far right faction of the Liberal Party.

Sources have also told us that they believe Sir Peter is also a close personal friend of Tony Abbott’s father.

With the connections to Robert Menzies, the Queen, the Liberal Party, the far right, and of course the Catholic Church and Vatican, I can only imagine how excited Tony Abbott must have been to appoint Sir Peter’s son to the Vice President’s position at Fair Work Australia. It must have felt good to give the important role to somebody so like minded.

Michael has 6 siblings in total in Lawler Creek, the previously mentioned John is one. The others have maintained a low profile, although I am led to believe that one is a high ranking police officer in NSW.

The problem for those living in Lawler Creek, is that the impending explosion in Jacksonville is going to send massive fallout across its border. This could well damage the name Lawler Creek forever in the public’s eye. A town that was once seen as family friendly and clean could forever be known as smutty and smeared with dirt from the fallout.

Other villages that share a border with Jacksonville are already seeing their populations turn their backs to flee. Villages such as Pyne Gap, Brandis Bush, and Abbotts Knob, have been startlingly quick to disassociate from those in Jacksonville.

For the residents of Lawler Creek though, I fear it may be too late.

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