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Union allies with Labor in defiance of internal rules

The ASU's Together Queensland branch has quietly affiliated with the Labor Party on behalf of its 24,000-strong public sector division – at a cost of $180,000 a year – despite a requirement in its rules requiring majority support for such a move and before the FWC approved an amendment removing the obligation.

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