On
24 August 2007, "The Australian Financial Review" (AFR) referred to the
public relations (PR) firm Jackson Wells Morris (JWM). Regarding the
page 17 article, the AFR accepts that JWM are not "spin doctors" for
the Liberal Party of Australia. In fact, it has been a long-standing
company policy not to work for any political party. The AFR also
accepts that JWM provided a client report with an unbiased and honest
view of industry opinion. To this effect, JWM did not prepare a report
with the aim of convincing the Australian Labor Party to retain the
building industry regulator, the Australian Building & Construction
Commission...