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Matthew Benns is Editor-at-Large at The Daily Telegraph. He is a career journalist from Fleet Street to Sydney and has covered stories all over the world, tracking tigers in the Russian Far East to finding Elvis Presley’s first girlfriend in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Origin hero’s heartfelt love

ORIGIN captain Paul Gallen inspired NSW on Wednesday night but yesterday he revealed that what inspires him are his children.

NSW

$250,000 union account details in missing book

HEALTH Services Union whistleblower Kathy Jackson kept details of a bank account containing over $250,000 of union money in an exercise book in her desk.

NSW

THE Health Services Union whistleblower Kathy Jackson. Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption was established on 13 March 2014 by the former Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency the Hon Quentin Bryce AC CVO. The Hon John Dyson Heydon AC QC has been appointed to lead the Royal Commission in accordance with the terms of reference as set out in the Letters Patent . The Commissioner has been asked to provide a report of his findings and recommendations on or before 31 December 2014.

$250,000 union account details in missing book

HEALTH Services Union whistleblower Kathy Jackson kept details of a bank account containing over $250,000 of union money in an exercise book in her desk.

NSW

Shorten ‘caught up in nest of union vipers’

LABOR leader Bill Shorten allegedly handed over thousands for ALP branch stacking, royal commission into trades unions heard.

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Opposition Bill Shorten in Question Time in the House of Representatives chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. Pic by Kym Smith

Shorten ‘caught up in nest of union vipers’

LABOR leader Bill Shorten allegedly handed over thousands for ALP branch stacking, royal commission into trades unions heard.

Kathy Jackson’s three-card trick

HSU whistleblower Kathy Jackson accused of misusing union funds, including paying $1 million off personal credit cards.

Jackson had access to $250k account

HSU whistleblower Kathy Jackson was given access to a union bank account holding over $250,000 worth of members’ entitlement money, the Royal Commission into Trade Unions has heard.

NSW

Shorten gave me $5000, says whistleblower

A UNION corruption inquiry has heard accusations that Bill Shorten was dabbling in the murky world of HSU politics back in 2009.

NSW

Gillard’s ex gets a lawyer for free

TAXPAYERS are funding former Australian Workers Union official Bruce Wilson’s legal fees at the royal commission into trades unions.

Shorten gave me $5000, says whistleblower

A UNION corruption inquiry has heard accusations that Bill Shorten was dabbling in the murky world of HSU politics back in 2009.

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