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Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:59 pm**

The Australian newspaper published today an opinion piece by Glenn Milne which includes assertions about the conduct of the Prime Minister.

The Australian has acknowledged that these assertions are untrue.

The Australian has unreservedly apologised to the Prime Minister and its readers for the publication of these false claims.

http://www.news.com.au/apology-to-the-p ... 6124281624

Glenn Milne eh? The 'Poison Dwarf'? A "tired & emotional" Glenn Milne making an absolute fool of himself at the Walkley Awards a few years ago:

As if News Ltd hasn't been in the headlines enough lately, for all the wrong reasons of course.

Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:51 pm**

"Milne debacle: how a 16 year old story was spiked by The Oz":

Glenn Milne has egg all over his face after the re-hired columnist filed an error-filled op-ed reviving discredited allegations that Prime Minister Julia Gillard had somehow been an accomplice to her one-time partner Bruce Wilson’s alleged fraud.

The piece rehashed 16-year-old claims — vociferously denied by the Prime Minister whenever they are dredged up — suggesting Gillard had lived in a house with Wilson bought using illegal cash.

Milne had previously written about the saga in 2007. But this morning the Walkleys brawler went further, stating that “Gillard shared a home in Fitzroy bought by Wilson using the embezzled funds.”

Crikey understands that this sentence, removed by News Limited lawyers four years ago, is false.

Now, the entire piece has been deleted from The Australian’s website, with the newspaper forced to issue a grovelling apology acknowledging that the “assertions are untrue”. Damningly, Milne had failed to ring the PM’s office for comment.

The Australian’s editor, Clive Mathieson, issued the following statement to Crikey this morning: “We’re investigating the Prime Minister’s claim of inaccuracies in the story. As the correction points out, we regret that the PM was not given any chance to respond to the allegations.”

Asked whether Milne would be sacked, Mathieson said “he remains a contributor to The Australian.”

http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/29/milne/

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