Sure thing, Captain Underpants

Former NSW Police Minister, Matt Brown, denies he was drunk at the office party where his behaviour cost him his job this week.  He said the party was marked by stupidity, not drunkenness.

According to reports, Mr Brown had stripped down to his "very brief" underpants as he danced to loud "Oxford Street" techno music, while standing on a green leather couch in his office.

He said he remembered taking off his shirt, and dancing, but did not remember taking off his pants.

"I don’t recall parading around in my underwear," he said.

"I know I took my shirt off and I know I did have a dance. I was working off steam in the privacy of my own office with workmates. It was harmless fun."

He has strenuously denied getting his gear off and mounting the chest of fellow MP Noreen Hay while announcing to her daughter he was "titty f—ing" her mother.  Hay has supported his denials that this took place.  However party sources say she complained of a bruised cheek in the week after the party, and blamed it on Mr Brown’s elbow.  Mr Brown said he did not know what had caused the bruise, but it may have been sustained on the side of his office couch.

His denials, however, seem a bit lukewarm.  The activities that had been alleged – that is, the simulated sex with Ms Hay – were "generally not true" but he did not want to "go into specifics".

Mr Brown resigned after meeting with NSW premier Nathan Rees, only 3 days after he was appointed to the Police Ministry.  Mr Rees said his reaction to the incident was "beyond anger, gross disappointment".  Seems the premier did not have much confidence in Ms Hay, as she was dumped from her parliamentary secretary role a few days after Mr Brown resigned.  Mr Rees stood by his view that Ms Hay’s account of what happened at the party in early June was "incomplete" as he announced she would also cease as his representative on the NSW ALP’s powerful administrative committee. But the Premier claimed his decision to remove Ms Hay was not a punishment related to her behaviour.  Yeah, sure!

Now for the proof that Brown is fudging the facts in claiming he wasn’t drunk.