awu scandal the coverup,and questions for bill

How much did bill shorten know about the awu scandal.

Lets hope labor pick him as leader so he can be questioned in question time.


It is time to ask other Labor figures - not least Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten, the former AWU Victorian and national secretary - what they did to root out corruption following the Bruce Wilson scandal.

They should also explain the meaning and history of an AWU letter suggesting an official be stopped from getting a real inquiry under way. After all, Shorten is now the minister responsible for cracking down on corrupt unions.

1996 - AWU joint national secretary Ian Cambridge uncovers the $400,000 slush fund of Bruce Wilson, client and boyfriend of Slater & Gordon lawyer Julia Gillard:

Exactly where all the money ended up is far from clear. The man who should know, a former top official, Mr Bruce Wilson, says it is all “old hat stuff” and he has “nothing to say”.

Several other cheques totalling about $35,000 were made out in 1993 to a now ex-AWU official, Mr Ralph Blewitt, and, once, about $67,000 went to the trust account of the high-profile Melbourne law firm Slater and Gordon… It coincides with the purchase of a house in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in Mr Blewitt’s name.

A cheque made out to the “Slater and Gordon Trust Account” was dated five days before the firm arranged settlement on the $230,000 property.

Lots more here.

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