The remnants of the Health Services Union’s collapsed East branch are being trawled by an administrator. Crikey can now exclusively reveal the full extent of the financial damage.
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Pouring grog bans down the drain
Crikey readers have their say on the issues of the day.
READ MOREAlex Williamson ‘leaves’ PM’s office
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.
READ MOREJackson circling the carcass of HSU as polls loom
The ghost of Kathy Jackson will continue to loom large over multiple branches of the Health Services Union as rival tickets square off to seize control of the edifice that has cast a pall over the Labor movement.
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Kathy Jackson gets the slush fund off her chest
Kathy Jackson’s speech last night to the HR Nicholls society had ALP watchers rolling in the aisles.
READ MOREMayne: time for unions, councils, super funds to embrace ASX-style disclosure
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.
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Australia’s lagging economic performance
A cautionary little graph from the OECD overnight as the federal government enters the final stages of its budget preparations.
READ MOREHSU boss Williamson to remain for months
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.
READ MOREKathy Jackson fights on, but can’t win a HSU ballot
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.
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Health Services Union in controversial merger
ALP National President Michael Williamson has launched an audacious bid for full-spectrum control of the troubled Health Services Union, creating an eastern states conglomerate and dissolving the Victorian branches.
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