I'll bet this came as a great surprise to everyone - NOT!!
MP Craig Thomson paid to save Julia Gillard | thetelegraph.com.au
EMBATTLED federal Labor MP Craig Thomson is in further strife after breaching strict parliamentary rules relating to his financial and pecuniary interests.
The Government MP last night updated his register of pecuniary interests, notifying the House about a $90,000 legal bill paid for by the Australian Labor Party in May of this year.
But Mr Thomson - who is alleged to have misused union funds to pay for prostitutes - breached the rules requiring him to update his register within 28 days.
"In May 2011 the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) paid a sum of money in settlement of a legal matter to which I was party," Mr Thomson wrote, in his letter to David Elder, Register of Members Interests.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday expressed her confidence for the NSW backbencher.
"I have complete confidence in the member for Dobell," she told Parliament.