Former NSW ETU leader Bernie Rordan says he was warned that litigation by a fellow union secretary could prevent his appointment to the Fair Work Commission in 2012.
The Abbott Government has appointed to the High Court the Federal Court judge Michelle Gordon, who last month was part of a full bench that struck down the Coalition's attempt to exclude foreign workers on offshore resources projects from Australian labour standards.
Former Liberal Senator Gary Humphries will take up his role as a full-time deputy president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from next year, while the Federal Government has also made Productivity Commission appointments and the South Australian Government has announced two deputy presidents for its new employment tribunal.
