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Book claims Jacko 'dressed as woman for gay sex'
A sensational new book claims
Biographer Ian Halperin claims "virtually everybody" in Jackson's inner circle knew he was gay.
Halperin told The Sun newspaper in Britain how he interviewed two of Jackson's alleged male lovers, with one claiming the pop star would sneak out of his home dressed as a woman for late night rendezvous.
One allegedly told Halperin: "The very first time he had sex with me he said 'The King of Pop's going to lick your lollipop'. I still laugh thinking about that."
Halperin says he interviewed many people for his book, Unmasked: The Final Years of
"Virtually everybody has told me," the author told the newspaper.
"Even those who are his most ardent defenders, people who maintain he is innocent of the molestation charges, insist that he is homosexually inclined."
One unnamed source is quoted in Halperin's book as saying Jackson's lovers included a waiter, aspiring actor and construction worker.
"Michael would leave the house in disguise, often dressed as a woman, and would go to meet his boyfriend at a motel that was one of (Las) Vegas's grungiest dives," the source said.
"Michael was broke. He struggled to put food on the table for his children. It was all he could afford then."
Jackson had repeatedly denied being gay before his sudden death in late June.
A former bodyguard who worked with the singer has also claimed that Jackson had a secret girlfriend shortly before his death.
Meanwhile, Jackson's father Joe wants the singer's three children to go on a world tour in 2010.
The Sun said Joe Jackson, who managed a young Michael and his four brothers in the Jackson Five, had approached
But some Jackson family members are outraged by the idea.
ACCC probing supermarket fuel promotion
The competition watchdog is examining promotions by Coles and Woolworths that offer petrol discounts of up to 40 cents a litre to ensure the supermarket giants are not deliberately attempting to drive competitors out of business.
The promotion is offering motorists who spend more than $300 in one supermarket visit during the next three days a 40 cents a litre petrol discount.
Shoppers who spend $200 or more receive a 25 cents a litre discount, while those who spend $100 or more get a 10 cents a litre discount.
The discount offer needs to be taken up in the next four weeks.
ACCC Petrol Commissioner Joe Dimasi told AAP the competition watchdog was not suggesting the promotion was not compliant with the Trade Practices Act, but would look at it closely.
"I'm not suggesting for a moment we think there is anything wrong with it, discounts that enable consumers to get lower petrol prices are generally a good thing," he said.
"But having said that, there are provisions in the act to make sure there is nothing wrong with the promotion, and we will have a look at it.
Mr Dimasi said the ACCC would scrutinise the promotion to ensure it was not being used "in a predatory way to drive competitors out of business".
"If we've got two supermarket chains competing to get people into their stores, providing benefits to consumers on a regular basis, that's well and good," he said.
"So long as it isn't aimed at a particular competitor and done with the aim of driving someone out of business by pricing below cost in a sustained way over a long period of time."
"If we see (the promotion happening) every month, we would have to see what it is doing and what it is trying to do."
Consumer group Choice labelled the promotion a "three-day gimmick with hurdles".
"The hurdles are you have to spend $300 and do it within three days to get the discount," spokesman Christopher Zinn said.
"We want to see competition in terms of price for groceries, not gimmicks that last for three days."
Mr Zinn said he was concerned the supermarket giants would raise grocery prices to fund the promotion.
"How else does this cost subsidy take place?" he said.
It was a difficult thing to prove, Mr Zinn said, with the federal government in June dumping Grocery Choice - a website service tracking supermarket prices.
"This is one of the issues about Grocery Choice. You would have had a record of what the prices were," he said.
"One could follow that much more closely."
Mr Dimasi said if Coles and Woolworths intended on raising grocery prices to fund the petrol promotion, it would not be a breech of the Trade Practices Act.
"They are both businesses that sell both groceries and petrol," he said.
"This is clearly something that will cost them money in the petrol sector.
"Does that push up the price of groceries?
"Well, if it does, there is nothing illegal about it."
While on the surface the latest promotions appear to be an exciting offer, Mr Zinn said alternative options were also attractive.
"You could also go to Aldi, where you might get for $70 what you would at Coles for $100, so you would save $30 there," he said.
"That is something you can do 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"That's what these schemes are all about - you might miss out on better offers."
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