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Union finds buyer for the boss’ subsidised McMansion

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And we thought it was corporate bosses who got the perks.

The Electrical Trades Union’s former assistant national secretary Allen Hicks has, until recently, been living in a McMansion in Sydney’s Oyster Bay owned by the union. The weekly rent was paid by Hicks, although he was also paid a partial subsidy to cover the cost by (you guessed it) the union.

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, regulation, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max's journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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