Quotes from royal commission into unions
QUOTES FROM ROYAL COMMISSION INTO UNIONS:
"I can't categorically rule out that something at my house didn't get paid for by the association or something at my house didn't get paid for by the union or whatever." - Julia Gillard during internal investigation by Slater and Gordon, September 11, 1995
"I checked my receipts and expenditures and satisfied myself that I paid for all the work at my Abbotsford property." - Julia Gillard, at the commission, September 10, 2014
"Oh, none of us get to go in a time machine and go backwards." - Julia Gillard, at the commission, September 10, 2014.
"Obviously if one got to do the whole thing again you would do things differently given what I know now that I did not know at the time." - Julia Gillard, at the commission, September 10, 2014.
"Mr Stoljar, I can assure you that I did more substantial jobs than this for free for trade unions during my days at Slater and Gordon," Julia Gillard, at the commission, September 10, 2014.
Exchange between Ms Gillard and counsel assisting the commission, Jeremy Stoljar SC about renovations to Ms Gillard's home:
Mr Stoljar: "Were you annoyed Mr Wilson had smashed up your bathroom?"
Ms Gillard: "It wasn't my preference."
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