A union heavy who helped install Julia Gillard as prime minister now threatens to turn against her not because of her backflip on a carbon tax, but a backdown on supporting mandated rates of pay for truck drivers. It’s an age-old argument.
Transport workers union
Hughie wants to wrestle over Queensland union power feud
The election of a new secretary for the Queensland branch of the Transport Workers Union has turned into a bitter personal feud that also exposes the political power struggle in the labour movement under embattled premier Anna Bligh. And the aftermath could be messy, writes Brad Gardner.
Who puts down “terrorist” on immigration forms?
Pretend for a moment that you’re a terrorist travelling to another country as a tourist/migrant/conference delegate/competition winner. Under “occupation” in the forms you must complete , do you write …
