Former HSU national secretary Kathy Jackson has given up her passport and must continue to reside in her Wombarra home near Sydney after appearing today in Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
The Victorian Supreme Court has rejected a long-running claim by a former Police Association leader that the then Police Chief Commissioner tried to force him out of the union job by launching a malicious prosecution in 2007.
The Fair Work Commission will take no further action on a referral from the Heydon Royal Commission concerning ex-CFMEU construction and general division NSW branch secretary Andrew Ferguson and another former official.
The NSW branch of the TWU has announced the resignation this week of branch secretary Michael Aird, who last month launched NSW IRC proceedings to ensure harassment allegations against him were investigated fairly and transparently by the union.
FSU NSW/ACT branch secretary Julia Angrisano, who last year took her modernisation strategy to the union's national conference, has been named national secretary.
The CFMEU has accused the FWBC of allowing a quest to "demonise" it get in the way of proper court processes following the watchdog's announcement that it has filed action against the union over alleged abuse of Gorgon LNG project workers.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday raided the offices of the ACT branch of the CFMEU, in an apparent sequel to the Heydon Royal Commission.
TWU's Aird seeking to hold union to own rules; Australia Post's delivery delay was exceptional circumstance: FWC; Sacked insurance officer to pay costs for "unwise" unfair dismissal claim
The Australian Federal Police Association is searching for a new CEO following Dennis Gellatly's resignation in the wake of ongoing clashes over internal governance and organisational roles.
