August 2024
Kathy Jackson’s ‘charity shag’ to administer CFMEU
Melbourne silk Mark Irving is a man deeply familiar with the toss and tumble of union politics.
June 2023
HR Nicholls Society resurrected to combat Labor’s workplace laws
Canberra’s shake-up of workplace laws has sparked the re-emergence of the long-dormant HR Nicholls Society, with a former Liberal MP, Louise Staley, at the helm.
November 2020
Labor silent on Kathy Jackson's fall from grace
Following her conviction last week for stealing money from the mostly low-paid HSU members, Kathy Jackson is now just as big a crook as those she exposed.
November 2020
From courageous whistleblower to convicted criminal
Former union boss Kathy Jackson once said she was no Joan of Arc – how true that turned out to be.
Kathy Jackson avoids jail for defrauding union
The Victoria County Court sentenced the ex-union boss to two years jail for defrauding her union of more than $100,000 but suspended the sentence due to her plea of guilty.
October 2020
Kathy Jackson and the failure of the union movement
The union leader and her husband were the Duchess of York and Prince Andrew of the Victorian Labor Party: always seen, celebrated and slightly dodgy.
Kathy Jackson pleads guilty to $100,000 fraud
Former Health Services Union national secretary Kathy Jackson has pleaded guilty to fraud against the union she once ran.