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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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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.

NSW

Bruce Wilson former boyfriend of Julia Gillard arrives at the Royal Commission into Trade Unions.

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.

NSW

Police probing Gillard’s legal advice

FORMER Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s legal advice to her former boyfriend in the creation of a union slush fund is part of a highly sensitive police investigation, court documents show.

Police probing Gillard’s legal advice

FORMER Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s legal advice to her former boyfriend in the creation of a union slush fund is part of a highly sensitive police investigation, court documents show.

National

Ex PM Julia Gillard addressing Our Community conference at Moonee Valley Racing Club.

Ghosts of Gillard’s past are back

A DEAD man has blown the whistle from beyond the grave on a union slush fund which former prime minister Julia Gillard helped set up.

NSW

Ghosts of Gillard’s past back to haunt

A DEAD man has blown the whistle from beyond the grave on a union slush fund which former prime minister Julia Gillard helped set up.

Ghosts of Gillard’s past back to haunt

A DEAD man has blown the whistle from beyond the grave on a union slush fund which former prime minister Julia Gillard helped set up.

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