The CFMEU's CG&E division has confirmed that its national and Queensland president, David Hanna, has left the union but has declined to explain his departure.
The FWC has declined to issue bargaining orders against the MUA for its conduct in negotiations with offshore oil and gas vessel operators, despite finding it misrepresented the employers' position, played "fast and loose with the truth" and behaved in a manner that raised questions about whether it was genuinely trying to make replacement agreements.
The Federal Court has ordered former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson to repay about $1.4 million to her old union, in an important judgment on the conduct of officers in registered organisations.
Five waterfront workers have been awarded a total of $120,000 in compensation for the emotional distress they suffered after the MUA named them in "scab posters" that had them fearing for their safety.
Victorian Small Business Minister Adem Somyurek has resigned after an inquiry into bullying allegations against him found that he had made inappropriate physical contact with his chief of staff and been verbally aggressive to her and another staffer.
A labour hire company and the AWU's national office paid for staff for then national secretary Bill Shorten's campaign to win the federal seat of Maribyrnong at the 2007 federal election, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today in Sydney.
A lawyer who is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly making dishonest statements to a prospective employer has failed to have her case struck out, despite receiving an "unfortunate" email from the Legal Services Commissioner suggesting her case had been discharged.
The TWU has defended its handling of "questionable conduct" by two former secretaries of its WA branch over the purchase of two $150,000 "luxury utilities", which has been investigated by the Heydon Royal Commission.
