Fran O'Sullivan reminds us of a similar case involving National
The SFO, which is now deciding whether it should formally investigate Hide's complaint, will tread carefully.
But it must be consistent.
It launched a formal investigation into National Party donations in 2002 after a former official - assured of anonymity - revealed the party still had unanswered questions over discrepancies between the amount its fundraiser had expected from Fay Richwhite interests and what arrived in the party's accounts in 1996.
