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CRAIG Thomson is expected to reiterate his innocence and asked to be judged by the legal system, not a kangaroo court, Parliament when he made the statement in a long-awaited home around noon, according to a Government Whip Joel Fitzgibbon.

Mr. Fitzgibbon, who has kept in close contact with Mr Thomson-suspended from the ALP and now sits on the crossbench-says he is set to inform the home he has been a member of the local well and he should be allowed to continue this work, retaining the right to vote in Parliament. He also hoped that Mr. Thomson will once again declared his innocence and says this should be tested ” by the legal proceedings that are normal and are not charged the HOUSE-cum-Court ”, Mr Fitzgibbon told The Age.

As labour braced itself for the next installment of Thomson, the Government seized on the allegations that controversial Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan made homophobic attacks on the Liberal Party’s staff suspended for meeting in the central coast of NSW.

News Ltd papers reported that Ray Carter, 67, has filed a complaint claiming the Senator Heffernan hit him in the left shoulder and abused him for being gay, says: “I didn’t know you poofter. ” Mr. Carter makes a statement and statutory claims supported by statutory statements from two witnesses, the report said. NSW police confirmed an overnight investigation is underway.

MADRID (Reuters)-a group of activist shareholders are studying legal action against controlled Bankia (BKIA.MC), the fourth largest bank in Spain, which has lost more than half its value since the list last year targeted at individuals.

The implicit Government support of the Bankia’s initial public offering masked a bad deal for investors, Angel Fernandez-Albor, a spokesman for Spain’s Association of minority shareholders of publicly traded companies, AEMEC, said on Tuesday.

Bankia is unable to turn on when the demand from institutional investors ITS IPO last July, first publicity Campaign-”The future”-to sell the stake tens of thousands of individuals through its branches 3,250 on 3.75 Euros each.

Their share stood at 1,793 0840 GMT, the Euro was down 5.3 per cent on the day. Bank of Spain that another major, such as Santander (SAN.MC), has lost about 30 percent of their value since last summer.

“This is a Government project … this entity launched on the stock exchange and send a message to Europe that banks are solid Spain,” said Fernandez-Albor, also a partner at the law firm Cremades Calvo Sotelo who suggested AEMEC. “What we are looking for is damage to investors.”