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Diana Asmar looks set to take out the bitterly-fought battle for secretary of the Victorian Health Services Unions No. 1 branch.

A legal stoush that threatened to delay the troubled HSU’s internal election has been resolved today.

A candidate for the Health Services Union has been struck off a list of nominations for looming elections. Diana Asmar will fight the decision in the Federal Court and could open a can of worms.

The management of a major Melbourne hospital has been dragged into the battle for control of the remnants of the Health Services Union after a Kathy Jackson-rival was barred from campaigning at St Vincent’s Hospital.

Alex Williamson, the daughter of disgraced former HSU chief Michael Williamson, has left her role as a media adviser in Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s office.

A group of Kathy Jackson acolytes duelling for control of the Health Services Union’s No.3 branch could face court-imposed sanctions after a preliminary campaign meeting last week was referred to the union’s administrator.

Whistleblowers don’t come any more flawed or fascinating than the National Secretary of the Health Services Union, Kathy Jackson, writes Matthew Knott.

Amid all the corruption claims engulfing the Health Services Union, one of the most surprising revelations has been the size of the pay packets of suspended president Michael Williamson and national secretary Kathy Jackson.

Crikey readers have their say.

It will take months to remove accused embezzler Michael Williamson from his Health Services Union post even though the vast majority of the union’s national executive want him gone, reports Matthew Knott.

Health Services Union national secretary Kathy Jackson would suffer a massive defeat if the union’s members heeded her call for fresh elections to clean out its current leadership group.

More breathless revelations emerge about the internal workings of the Health Services Union, with the spotlight now fixed on national president Mike Williamson. History and recriminations run deep.

Glenn Milne has egg all over his face after the re-hired columnist filed an error-filled op-ed reviving discredited allegations that Prime Minister Julia Gillard had somehow been an accomplice to her one-time partner Bruce Wilson’s alleged fraud.

Fears are growing in labour movement circles that the NSW police probe into Craig Thomson could spell the end for his former union, as the house of cards that has let well-paid officials sup for decades from their members’ teat collapses.

In an increasingly febrile atmosphere, there’s little heed being shown to the long-term consequences of the pursuit of Craig Thomson.

There must be a circulation war going on right now. On Saturday I was offered a free Financial Review at my local Franklins store. Today, a free copy of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh has been outspoken in his repulsion of recent US health care reforms. But following a recent hospital visit of his own, did he enjoy the benefits of socialised medicine and unions without realising?

The three-way battle for control of the Health Services Union in Victoria has descended into acrimony after a vicious shit sheet depicting a candidate as a sexual predator was sent to thousands of union members.