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AG Minister Rod Welford HAS a 2Nd CHANCE to GET IT RIGHT Why community cabinet ‘Try again’ A. G. Minister Rod Welford CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM, Why first defend the law by the Police checklist HAS A 2nd CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT / I.P.A. 8/2006 discussion paper / The crime / the “Commonwealth Bank circus I do IPA closure model to bring clarity? Why use Supreme Court Judge Byrne’s not wish to be part of!” Named by bank mediation expert Chris Watts. smart five year gaol term solution, Chris, Rod Welford, the Crown / Q.L.S. experts for S.C. Judge Mackenzie and White’s Colonel / Judge Pat Shanahan and the Police gave mediation and disclosure orders? orders, “This is the best case for law reform, follow the court transcripts and the money trail to PROVE GUILT.” Risk Manager Grahame Ledwidge gave our money away to racketeering influenced corrupt organisations. Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson asked for help to Davida Williams Linda Lavarch Rod Welford DPP prisoner Tried & failed 2nd chance integrate this RICO Act into Australian law. Police Crime Report No 329 Proof 300% budget blowouts for time and money international law, but most of all to fully are fraud. Due to the now proven fraudulent intent understand our duty / blind faith in the Police and malpractice of Davida Ellen Williams in her checklist, in the process of elimination, to capacity as an ex Public Prosecutor and Barrister, prove that Police detail solves crime. In our with her many friends starting from the top of the case, then Detective Sergeant Trevor Kidd's Attorney General's Office, DPP, and Police Force, fraudulent cover-up, Criminal Code S391 with her reported friendship with well known proves the truth of this Commonwealth Bank Judges, Davida as our Barrister, succeeded in conspiracy. her crime of convenience by total breakdown ·The proof will come with this Supreme Court to law and order. Key Judges Mackenzie, White, mediation and disclosure, by allowing the Muir, Brabazon, Dick and Hoath and Magistrates insurance assessor and engineer's written Austin and Dillon, then Chief Justice Paul report to expose our Solicitor Reg Kliedon from deJersey, etc., confessed and demonstrated 'no Bain Gasteen's direction, quote “$10,000 is understanding or court clarity' to the Head throwaway money in cases of this kind.” His Contractor's trick or illusion known as fraud but plan, to mean, to be a success, there is a need also understood in criminology and counter to make a sacrifice! Better to sacrifice racketeering as entrapment by self correction $10,000 than to lose a 22 block subdivision. crime control. Reg Kliedon confessed he would swear in court ·In brief Supreme Court Judge Muir liquidated “I did the best I could.” What a circus:- His Badja Pty Ltd with confessed “No Barrister was a criminal intent on stealing all understanding or clarity” for what he saw was our money by RICO fraud. a $10,000 debt over an insurance claim. This ·The Magistrate Court Registrar's both in Holland $10,000 fact is a now standard E.P.A. / I.P.A. Park and Brisbane, exposed the Supreme Court trick, trigger, trap or scam used by the Head Registrar Ian Mitchell's 'protection racket' Contractor to gain liquidation. Hence gain quote “Throw these Police Crime Reports in ownership as a creditor to our 22 block the bin.” Is he incapable of understanding their subdivision. As explained by his first three meaning? We were directed to provide a honest Solicitors, who passed on this ruse to 'technical device,' now I.P.A. / RICO solution. our Solicitor, to enable us to set out this case for My son, working in the B.C.C. inspection section the Queensland Police Commissioner. So the and being fully conversant with Standards Queensland Police / B.C.C.I.I.D. / Lord Mayor Association of Australia law rule 27.2, on being Campbell Newman and the Premier Peter given an order by the Magistrate Court and Beattie will get the credit for a job well done. Baseline Civil Engineers, he knew exactly Hence under orders, we sacrificed all to prove what to do! Being totally focussed and familiar guilt to gain the RICO Act into Australian law! with the Brisbane City Council requirements by ·Chris Watts acknowledged our 'teamwork' to law. Helping to set up correctional centres and study criminology, mathematics and understanding the difficulty of crime control, he had been previously directed by the courts and Welford's accountability by law. Our point is CIB for the importance to set traps. It is not Linda Lavarch is gone and we are still here sufficient to prove our innocence. We must explaining this gross stupidity / fraud. Grahame prove guilt beyond a shadow of doubt. As the Ledwidge believes that the Commonwealth previous precedence in court with Tim Allen our Bank will back Risk Management against accountant, again we chose the money trail to Rescue Management. To mean, Chris Watts win. Hence self correction is best! and James Pitman's rebuttal / I.P.A. prediction ·It is important to be aware that Grahame for Relationship Manager's customer service to Ledwidge's motive is to hide the listen to the bank customer's detail to gain Commonwealth Bank's illegal and closure. We have explained the need for incomplete bank loan to refuse to give prevention to the conspiracy to abandon, litigate disclosure to bribe and cheat his way out, and liquidate equals fraud, as ordered by the under the disguise of Risk Management Crown team of specially chosen experts by law. a b a n d o n m e n t i n s t e a d o f R e s c u e We are forced to act as a Police spearhead to Management closure, our area of expertise. go head on to prove Grahame Ledwidge's Grahame confessed guilt, “I work for the $25,000 was a bribe to hide the truth of the shareholders profit and the top end of matter. Grahame's crime; to hide a bank loan town.” His whole attitude and demeanour agreement to sell land without title and proved hostile through his actions to increase deposit to gain a bank loan, reference our loan interest rate by 6% when interest rates Detective Sergeant Brett Heath's confession were falling. Grahame explained his of guilt, 'get (RICO) act together!' displeasure quote “Now that I am in charge of ·In the search for a technical device you need to your portfolio of accounts, if your loan study 'systems management' to provide agreement is over due the bank will intelligence and explain the three basic options foreclose immediately.” Grahame's problem; of 'win-win' 'win-lose' or 'lose-lose'. Grahame we were in control as our credit was sound. Ledwidge's direction has demonstrated the ·It became personal, Grahame became our 'lose-lose' approach. Supreme Court Judge enemy. He conspired to destroy our lives by Byrne's has demonstrated the 'win-win' assisting the Head Contractor confessed 'forward planning' commonly used in town 'bagman' and working behind the scenes to planning, engineering and mathematics. apply pressure on Rod Welford, the then Also understood as criminology and crime Attorney General Minister who confessed to my control in providing the five year gaol term son and stood down as the Attorney General solution and by calling in all the experts utilising Minister. Now thanks to the abandonment of Supreme Court protection for mediation and Linda Lavarch, Rod Welford has a second disclosure, with the art of natural justice / chance, this time to assist the Police obvious mathematical solution. Commissioner, Lord Mayor and the Premier to ·The solution will also be found due to the gain natural bank closure. freedom of the press in RICO law. In brief, ·As Police confirm “We do not make the laws, Davida Williams, Linda Lavarch and Rod we just enforce them.” Now look at Linda Welford have conceded thanks to the past 329 Lavarch's, reasons for depression, stress and Police Crime Reports that Linda allowed or resignation as A.G. Minister. Best explained by condoned her immediate security staff to her security staff at the Attorney General's office prevent the course of justice. To prevent the Brisbane. Their quote to the Ministers Office Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson from “We have told him (to mean John Bright and gaining the Police detail to lay fraud charges by witness) to f*** off before and we are happy to allowing her direct security staff to order the key tell him to f*** off again.” Based on the Police primary witnesses to be told to f*** off. She has checklist, the process of elimination, Linda condoned this Commonwealth Bank RICO Lavarch has moved on. It's obvious by the visual fraud, warranting a Supreme Court ordered TV report clutching her husbands hand on the five year gaol term. news, Linda Lavarch is close to a break down ·To fully understand forward planning my son and on a medical basis is looking to be left working in Nanjing China followed the standard alone. (Similar to Davida Ellen William's Chinese 'open door policy' best understood by medical disaster.) As Police Area Commander the University degree called 'simulation.' To Superintendent John Hopgood would say mean, to call in all the experts and run a 'I.P.A. “What is your point today.” To acknowledge closure trial model.' As the Area Commander Davida Williams', Linda Lavarch's and Rod Superintendent John Hopgood would say “Follow the Police checklist, what is your point, being qualified to a Commonwealth point today?” Advising never to give up on the Government standard to teach and train in work truth just follow orders.
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