Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

In 2001 he undertook an economic study, sponsored by the ACTU, on the work of union officials. His curriculum vitae lists his research interests as ‘union membership’ and he has been reported as being a singer in the trade union choir. This is the ‘independent analyst’. But, wait, there is more. Professor Peetz, the independent expert, writes poetry for the Workers Online website, the official organ of Unions NSW, where they describe him as the ‘resident bard’.

On a more serious note, on 17 September 2001, six days after the terrible terrorist attack in New York, he wrote a poem which included a verse about a terrorist telling the President:

Yes, evil will be overcome by good, but Sir, you see

I know you are the evil one, and good is on my side!

This is a terrorist telling the President of the United States that he is evil and that good is on the side of the terrorist. This is the independent expert. He goes on to say:

You are the force of Satan.

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