As Chair of the IPI Board for the last two years, the Board is unanimous that all questions about the IPI's integrity should be asked and thoroughly answered. These matters are serious and they deserve scrutiny. My full statement to the media is here: kevinrudd.com/wp-content/upl…
I've now done six broadcast interviews today about events at IPI and the recommendations I'm taking to the Board to obtain answers to the remaining questions about the institution’s fundraising. These build on the steps the Board has taken over the last year.
As for Murdoch's page-one "exclusive", it wasn't exclusive at all. The donations in question were reported last year. IPI also posted to its official website making public the Board's commitment to donate an equal sum to support victims of sexual violence: ipinst.org/wp-content/upl…
Murdoch's Daily Telegraph also knows full well that Epstein's foundations donated to dozens of US charities and universities. It's been a huge story in America. Of course they didn't publish that. Other charities decided to keep the money; IPI’s Board resolved to donate it all.
Given the success of our petition for a #MurdochRoyalCommission (now the biggest online petition in parliamentary history with 400,000+ names) I fully expect Murdoch's goon squad will keep this up, regardless of the Board's hard and swift actions. Sign: aph.gov.au/petition_list?…
A final point: Does anyone believe Murdoch actually cares about victims? Why don't Murdoch's papers ask him why his personal phone numbers were in Epstein's little black book? Or about his protection of Fox News chief Roger Ailes, a serial sexual predator? The list goes on. 
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