Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Boo Hoo Landeryou 2
We though it was about time to take another look at the Blog of Andrew Landeryou. Scion of the ALP family who the Age reported on yesterday, and who you will recall, famously disappeared to America leaving his wife ALP councilor Kimberly Kitching in the lurch, and serious questions being asked about his handling of companies and monies relating to various failed Melbourne University ventures.
Mr. Landeryou, you may recall, promised dirt, and lots of it, so we’ve been over to Mr. Landeryou’s place in an attempt to separate the dirt from the bitchy backbiting, the scuttlebutt from the polemic, the piss from the wind, so as to get a sense of what Mr. Landeryou has achieved so far.
Mr Landeryou
So let’s start at the start: What does Mr. Landeryou promise to reveal?
Day 1: Tuesday May 3rd 2005 – A big day
Promises: a “warts and all account”, a “no-holds barred extravaganza of truth, justice and [his] way”.
Promises: to “[expose] yet untold tales about the King Solomon Lew and his court jester highly secretive ..Michael McLeod”, to reveal all about “[manipulation of] Coles Myer AGM’s to financing branch stacking”.
Promises: that “Evan Thornley a former business partner of [his] ..will also find a great deal of old memories to ponder as he enjoys his retirement”
Asserts: That the Age gets its facts wrong, and that a company called IQ Corporation (one of Landeryou’s companies) and other Landeryou vehicles gave lots of money to the ALP over the years.
Brings a new, and seemingly unrelated player into the tale: A Dean McVeigh. The liquidator of the failed Melbourne University Student Union, with the implication that Mr. Veigh’s fees are possibly excessive and a request that they be revealed. It doesn’t seem that Mr. McVeigh has much connection with Mr. Landeryou’s past, but Mr. Landeryou is now interested in Mr. McVeigh
Day 2
Paints The Age and journalist Leonie Wood as inner city latte lefties, who get their facts wrong and don’t understand business.
Clarifies that Evan Thornley is not a target actually, but just didn’t run his company Looksmart well. The same company that turned Mr. Thornley into a multi-millionaire.
Unearths a connection between Mr McVeigh, the Liquidator and Solomon Lew.
Introduces for the first time The Wardlow Transaction, and rails at a comment in an ABC report by Michael McLeod (Sol Lew’s jester see above). Mr. Landeryou asserts that he, his wife and his father were effectively “blackmailed” into buying $3 Million worth of shares in IQ Corporation by Sol Lew. According to Mr. Landeryou, it was a “shakedown”, “a transaction as notorious and as corrupt as possibly any other in [Sol Lew’s] career”. (more on this later)
Day 3
Discusses money laundering by Unions, and Alleges that Brian Daley – A Union boss, The President of the ALP in Victoria and a key member of THE LEFT, effectively taxes his union members to create a slush fund which is then drawn on to finance election campaign activities
Has several more goes at The Age and reporter Leonie Wood
Reveals where he was all that time when people were looking for him: Namely Costa Rica, Honduras and the US – But doesn’t reveal what he did, just gives a little pitch for a future role on ‘Getaway’.
Day 4
More about the Liquidator McVeigh, which Mr Landeryou seems to be quite obsessed with now. He commits to probe Mr. McVeigh further. His request that McVeigh’s fees are investigated is not unreasonable.
Allegations in court that Mr. Landeryou forged signatures and enquiries over missing millions.
Digresses with stories about his dog and The Age. Seems to hate The Age.
Day 5
More of the same on McVeigh and his Fees.
Day 6
Nothing important
Day 7
Details The Wardlow Transaction . Explains that IQ corporation was an Internet startup. The company’s purpose was to ride the internet bubble, and that Sol Lew’s investment was an attempt to profit from that. The bubble burst before the profits could be made, and Landeryou alleges that Sol Lew’s minders forced him and his wife to sign over her house (called Wardlow) under threat of a barrage of negative publicity which would ruin his and her political careers. The house worth $3 Million was exchange for Sol Lew’s shares in the already failed IQ Corporation. Commenters on his blog quite rightly ask why he signed. He reaffirms it was all about wanting to avoid Sol Lew’s bad publicity threat.
Claims that Solomon Lew is spying on him. Has photos to prove it, and provides additional details. Implies that Somolon Lew’s law firm is involved in the surveillance also.
Day 8
Makes a spurious and irrelevant connection between Sol Lew and Evan Thornley.
In one massive post, takes issue with another Fairfax paper the Financial Review for being biased. Promises to tell more about Evan Thornley if he runs for office. And accuses the Fin Review Journalist of having an ALP factional barrow to push.
Counts Ronald Reagan as a great man.
Day 9
Introduces a new story about Solomon Lew and a meat-pie company. He claims the pies were dodgy.
Plans to create a catalogue of complaints from people who hold a grudge against Sol Lew.
Day 10 – May 12th A busy day.
Accuses the ABC of getting it wrong.
Has a dig at various people on THE LEFT. Pretty much seems to despise THE LEFT from what I can see.
Suggests that the campaign being run by The Age against ALP branch stacking is a result of THE LEFT calling in favours. Once again mentions Brian Daley, and his alleged slush funds used to achieve political aims.
Again mentions McVeigh and an apparent reluctance to reveal his liquidators fees, and has a dig at liquidators in general.
Further digs at the professionalism of The Age’s Leonie Wood
Gushes about Liberal MP Sophie Panopolous, who is one of the Victorian Liberals putting pressure on Mr. Howard to cut taxes back to 30%, and is backing Voluntary Student Unionism legislation.
Give political advice to Kim Beazley.
Day 11
Repeats himself on McVeigh, The Age, and Leonie Wood
Discusses Coles-Myer profit results and suggests that Sol Lew is not happy that they are doing so well without him.
Alleges branch stacking by THE LEFT
Touches on some incident relating to child porn and ALP people. Difficult to follow.
Day 12
Decides to get stuck into Leonie Wood again, and the way she writes her articles.
Takes a swipe at another Fairfax journalist Alan Ramsay for poor journalism
Comments on Sol Lew’s general business philosophy as cited in the Fin.
More on the child porn incident and some resultant sackings, and the ALP connection.
Day 13
More of the same on The Age and lefty bias.
Photos of McVeigh and his Rolls Royce
Day 14 Monday 16th
More reports on McVeigh and his car collection.
An ABC interview with Jon Faine. Faine gets high marks for niceness, but is marked down for lack of research.
Complains about pervasive Left Wing bias at the ABC.
Reports that McVeigh’s neighbors are not happy wth McVeighs neigbourliness.
A Promise that the next day an exiting story about Sol Lew will be given
Day 15
Applauds the Herald Sun for fair and balanced journalism in reporting the child porn incident, and the ALP factional connection.
Once again gushes over Liberal Party MP Sophie Panolopous, and her backing of Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation.
Alleges that Sol Lew used his position in Coles Myer and access to its resources to secure a lucrative personal deal with American fashion brand Nine West, effectively dudding Coles Myer shareholders.
Summary
What does it all mean? Does Mr Landeryou deliver on his promises? Here’s our take:
Pros
- Tells his stories in that breathless Herald Sun reporting style that we so love.
- Delivers some interesting stories about his nemesis Sol. Lew. There’s no doubt more to come on this.
- Gives a reasonably convincing explanation of the Wardlow transaction, apart from his motive for signing
- Alleges some rorts occurring in the ALP left. Slush funds and the like.
- Seems to be asking important questions of the Administrator Mr McVeigh which surely he should answer
Cons
- Fails (so far) to mentions anything about the manipulation of the Coles Myer AGM
- Fails to identify any rorts in the ALP Right, (only the Left) despite promising to reveal all about financial branch stacking – It looks like there some things he’s not willing to divulge.
- Lets Evan Thornley off the hook quite early after initially promising much
- Hasn’t adequately explained his movements overseas, and what all the bank transactions were about.
- Harps on far too much about the Age, Fairfax,the ABC and left bias
Mr. Landeryou is doing a pretty fair job, and in an engaging and in a sensationalist style reminiscent of Hush-Hush magazine in LA Confidential, which we just love. He’d probably be revealing much more if we wasn’t trying to tread carefully through the legal minefield.
He is without doubt delivering on his promise to reveal all about Sol Lew, and his pursuing of McVeigh, who has no connection with Mr. Landeryou’s past it seems, but who should be answering questions about administration fees, is admirable.
Where he disappoints is that he lets his blind hatred of THE LEFT direct his revelations. In the ALP both THE RIGHT and THE LEFT factions have been engaging in appallingly shady deals, and corrupt practices such as branch stacking for years and years and years. It is ingrained in their culture. They don’t know how to operate without it. They are both as guilty as hell, but Mr. Landeryou only seems to be prepared to talk about THE LEFT.
We think he would do the people of Victoria a great service if he exposed ALL of the pus infecting the ALP. One of Australia’s most important institutions We hope he does.
Note: 3000 character limit on comments Mr. Landeryou, you may recall, promised dirt, and lots of it, so we’ve been over to Mr. Landeryou’s place in an attempt to separate the dirt from the bitchy backbiting, the scuttlebutt from the polemic, the piss from the wind, so as to get a sense of what Mr. Landeryou has achieved so far.
Mr Landeryou
So let’s start at the start: What does Mr. Landeryou promise to reveal?
Day 1: Tuesday May 3rd 2005 – A big day
Promises: a “warts and all account”, a “no-holds barred extravaganza of truth, justice and [his] way”.
Promises: to “[expose] yet untold tales about the King Solomon Lew and his court jester highly secretive ..Michael McLeod”, to reveal all about “[manipulation of] Coles Myer AGM’s to financing branch stacking”.
Promises: that “Evan Thornley a former business partner of [his] ..will also find a great deal of old memories to ponder as he enjoys his retirement”
Asserts: That the Age gets its facts wrong, and that a company called IQ Corporation (one of Landeryou’s companies) and other Landeryou vehicles gave lots of money to the ALP over the years.
Brings a new, and seemingly unrelated player into the tale: A Dean McVeigh. The liquidator of the failed Melbourne University Student Union, with the implication that Mr. Veigh’s fees are possibly excessive and a request that they be revealed. It doesn’t seem that Mr. McVeigh has much connection with Mr. Landeryou’s past, but Mr. Landeryou is now interested in Mr. McVeigh
Day 2
Paints The Age and journalist Leonie Wood as inner city latte lefties, who get their facts wrong and don’t understand business.
Clarifies that Evan Thornley is not a target actually, but just didn’t run his company Looksmart well. The same company that turned Mr. Thornley into a multi-millionaire.
Unearths a connection between Mr McVeigh, the Liquidator and Solomon Lew.
Introduces for the first time The Wardlow Transaction, and rails at a comment in an ABC report by Michael McLeod (Sol Lew’s jester see above). Mr. Landeryou asserts that he, his wife and his father were effectively “blackmailed” into buying $3 Million worth of shares in IQ Corporation by Sol Lew. According to Mr. Landeryou, it was a “shakedown”, “a transaction as notorious and as corrupt as possibly any other in [Sol Lew’s] career”. (more on this later)
Day 3
Discusses money laundering by Unions, and Alleges that Brian Daley – A Union boss, The President of the ALP in Victoria and a key member of THE LEFT, effectively taxes his union members to create a slush fund which is then drawn on to finance election campaign activities
Has several more goes at The Age and reporter Leonie Wood
Reveals where he was all that time when people were looking for him: Namely Costa Rica, Honduras and the US – But doesn’t reveal what he did, just gives a little pitch for a future role on ‘Getaway’.
Day 4
More about the Liquidator McVeigh, which Mr Landeryou seems to be quite obsessed with now. He commits to probe Mr. McVeigh further. His request that McVeigh’s fees are investigated is not unreasonable.
Allegations in court that Mr. Landeryou forged signatures and enquiries over missing millions.
Digresses with stories about his dog and The Age. Seems to hate The Age.
Day 5
More of the same on McVeigh and his Fees.
Day 6
Nothing important
Day 7
Details The Wardlow Transaction . Explains that IQ corporation was an Internet startup. The company’s purpose was to ride the internet bubble, and that Sol Lew’s investment was an attempt to profit from that. The bubble burst before the profits could be made, and Landeryou alleges that Sol Lew’s minders forced him and his wife to sign over her house (called Wardlow) under threat of a barrage of negative publicity which would ruin his and her political careers. The house worth $3 Million was exchange for Sol Lew’s shares in the already failed IQ Corporation. Commenters on his blog quite rightly ask why he signed. He reaffirms it was all about wanting to avoid Sol Lew’s bad publicity threat.
Claims that Solomon Lew is spying on him. Has photos to prove it, and provides additional details. Implies that Somolon Lew’s law firm is involved in the surveillance also.
Day 8
Makes a spurious and irrelevant connection between Sol Lew and Evan Thornley.
In one massive post, takes issue with another Fairfax paper the Financial Review for being biased. Promises to tell more about Evan Thornley if he runs for office. And accuses the Fin Review Journalist of having an ALP factional barrow to push.
Counts Ronald Reagan as a great man.
Day 9
Introduces a new story about Solomon Lew and a meat-pie company. He claims the pies were dodgy.
Plans to create a catalogue of complaints from people who hold a grudge against Sol Lew.
Day 10 – May 12th A busy day.
Accuses the ABC of getting it wrong.
Has a dig at various people on THE LEFT. Pretty much seems to despise THE LEFT from what I can see.
Suggests that the campaign being run by The Age against ALP branch stacking is a result of THE LEFT calling in favours. Once again mentions Brian Daley, and his alleged slush funds used to achieve political aims.
Again mentions McVeigh and an apparent reluctance to reveal his liquidators fees, and has a dig at liquidators in general.
Further digs at the professionalism of The Age’s Leonie Wood
Gushes about Liberal MP Sophie Panopolous, who is one of the Victorian Liberals putting pressure on Mr. Howard to cut taxes back to 30%, and is backing Voluntary Student Unionism legislation.
Give political advice to Kim Beazley.
Day 11
Repeats himself on McVeigh, The Age, and Leonie Wood
Discusses Coles-Myer profit results and suggests that Sol Lew is not happy that they are doing so well without him.
Alleges branch stacking by THE LEFT
Touches on some incident relating to child porn and ALP people. Difficult to follow.
Day 12
Decides to get stuck into Leonie Wood again, and the way she writes her articles.
Takes a swipe at another Fairfax journalist Alan Ramsay for poor journalism
Comments on Sol Lew’s general business philosophy as cited in the Fin.
More on the child porn incident and some resultant sackings, and the ALP connection.
Day 13
More of the same on The Age and lefty bias.
Photos of McVeigh and his Rolls Royce
Day 14 Monday 16th
More reports on McVeigh and his car collection.
An ABC interview with Jon Faine. Faine gets high marks for niceness, but is marked down for lack of research.
Complains about pervasive Left Wing bias at the ABC.
Reports that McVeigh’s neighbors are not happy wth McVeighs neigbourliness.
A Promise that the next day an exiting story about Sol Lew will be given
Day 15
Applauds the Herald Sun for fair and balanced journalism in reporting the child porn incident, and the ALP factional connection.
Once again gushes over Liberal Party MP Sophie Panolopous, and her backing of Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation.
Alleges that Sol Lew used his position in Coles Myer and access to its resources to secure a lucrative personal deal with American fashion brand Nine West, effectively dudding Coles Myer shareholders.
Summary
What does it all mean? Does Mr Landeryou deliver on his promises? Here’s our take:
Pros
- Tells his stories in that breathless Herald Sun reporting style that we so love.
- Delivers some interesting stories about his nemesis Sol. Lew. There’s no doubt more to come on this.
- Gives a reasonably convincing explanation of the Wardlow transaction, apart from his motive for signing
- Alleges some rorts occurring in the ALP left. Slush funds and the like.
- Seems to be asking important questions of the Administrator Mr McVeigh which surely he should answer
Cons
- Fails (so far) to mentions anything about the manipulation of the Coles Myer AGM
- Fails to identify any rorts in the ALP Right, (only the Left) despite promising to reveal all about financial branch stacking – It looks like there some things he’s not willing to divulge.
- Lets Evan Thornley off the hook quite early after initially promising much
- Hasn’t adequately explained his movements overseas, and what all the bank transactions were about.
- Harps on far too much about the Age, Fairfax,the ABC and left bias
Mr. Landeryou is doing a pretty fair job, and in an engaging and in a sensationalist style reminiscent of Hush-Hush magazine in LA Confidential, which we just love. He’d probably be revealing much more if we wasn’t trying to tread carefully through the legal minefield.
He is without doubt delivering on his promise to reveal all about Sol Lew, and his pursuing of McVeigh, who has no connection with Mr. Landeryou’s past it seems, but who should be answering questions about administration fees, is admirable.
Where he disappoints is that he lets his blind hatred of THE LEFT direct his revelations. In the ALP both THE RIGHT and THE LEFT factions have been engaging in appallingly shady deals, and corrupt practices such as branch stacking for years and years and years. It is ingrained in their culture. They don’t know how to operate without it. They are both as guilty as hell, but Mr. Landeryou only seems to be prepared to talk about THE LEFT.
We think he would do the people of Victoria a great service if he exposed ALL of the pus infecting the ALP. One of Australia’s most important institutions We hope he does.
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