Michael Smith is the last person I'd look to for an unbiased comment on this issue.
Yes, leave to appeal was granted, so it will be re-argued. Meanwhile the matter is unresolved. Let's see what the higher court decides about what was correct or incorrect.
I don't want to get into a political argument. My point was not about the legal issues as such, but about the quality of the reporting of the case, which I think was highly sensationalist and often biased. Indeed, the Daily Telegraph led the way in its one-sided reporting, including the allegation that its aim was to "get" Slipper. There has also been a lot of sensationalist and biased reporting about Craig Thompson, no matter whether he's guilty or innocent, I think.



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), so his vehement denial of the evidence and the defamation suits he started raise questions about his sanity.
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