Ka taƙaita labarin:  Joe Hockey ya yi ikirarin cewa wani labarin ya haifar da babban damuwa ga danginsa, yana kwatanta lokacin da mahaifinsa 'tsoho da rauni' ya fashe da kuka yayin da yake magana a gaban kotu. Dan siyasar mai sassaucin ra'ayi ya shaida wa Kotun Tarayya cewa ya 'halaka' lokacin da ya ga taken 'Treasurer for Sale' ya zubo a shafin farko na wata babbar jaridar Fairfax. Ya ce kanun labarai sun sa danginsa - ciki har da mahaifinsa tsoho - su yi masa tambayoyi. 'Na fi damuwa da matata, da yarana, da kuma mahaifina,' ya gaya wa kotun, yana duban jikin kotun, inda matarsa Melissa Babbage ta zauna tana kallon gaba, ta gicciye diddige. ' 'Yan kwanaki bayan haka 'yata ta tambaye ni ko wani yana kokarin sayen ni,' in ji Mista Hockey. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Mai ba da kudin Australiya Joe Hockey (dama) ya isa Kotun Tarayya tare da matarsa Melissa Babbage (hagu) don bayar da shaida a shari'ar cin mutuncinsa da Fairfax Media. Babban Editan Sydney Morning Herald Darren Goodsir a wajen Kotun Tarayya a shari'ar Joe Hockey na bata sunan da Fairfax Media. Joe Hockey, wanda aka zana tare da danginsa, ya yi ikirarin cewa 'yarsa ta tambaye shi' ko wani yana ƙoƙarin saya ni''Abu ɗaya da kuke fita daga siyasa tare da shi shine martabarku,' ya ci gaba. 'Idan, a idanun iyalinka, kamar yadda ya kasance a cikin kiran waya da mahaifina, akwai shakka - ɗan gajeren shakka - to, menene ka samu?' 'Ya fashe da kuka lokacin da na kira shi,' in ji Mista Hockey. Mista Hockey ya shiga akwatin shaidar a Sydney a ranar Litinin da yamma don ya ba da shaida a cikin babban abin da ya yi na cin zarafin cin zarafi a kan babban mai wallafa. Kotu ta mayar da hankali kan labaran da aka buga a jaridun Fairfax Media na jaridar Sydney Morning Herald da The Age a bara a karkashin taken 'Treasurer for Sale'. Jaridar Canberra Times ta yi amfani da wani jigo. Labaran sun bincika ƙungiyar tara kuɗi ta siyasa a cikin masu zaɓar Mista Hockey da aka sani da Arewacin Sydney Forum, inda membobin da suka biya kuɗin shekara-shekara suka sami damar ganawa da mai ba da kuɗi a al'amuran musamman. Joe... da kyau.
Joe Hockey ya bayar da shaida a matsayin wani bangare na karar batanci da Fairfax Media. Ya bayyana a Kotun Tarayya a ranar Litinin kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa labarin ya haifar da babban damuwa ga iyalinsa, har ma ya sa mahaifinsa ya yi kuka. Kotu ta mayar da hankali kan labaran da Fairfax Media ta wallafa a karkashin taken 'Treasurer for sale' Mista Hockey ya yi iƙirarin cewa akwai 'a bayyane zargin cin hanci da rashawa' a cikin Arewa Sydney Forum, wata jam'iyyar siyasa ta tara kuɗi a cikin masu zaɓe.