The NUW's NSW branch has admitted "very serious governance failures" in recent years, while seeking to defend president Marilyn Issanchon and new state secretary Wayne Meaney.
The HSU has told the Federal Court it should not hear an appeal by former national secretary Kathy Jackson against repaying $1.4 million, because her status as an undischarged bankrupt means she has no standing.
A "grave failure of governance" within the NUW's NSW branch allowed "apparently criminal conduct" to go undetected for years, according to counsel assisting the Heydon Royal Commission.
The NUW's national office is seeking to jointly manage the NSW branch in the wake of the alleged misuse of credit cards that emerged at Heydon Royal Commission hearings.
The Heydon Royal Commission is sticking to its defence that its late-night document release on Friday was aimed at meeting the legal deadline for releasing written submissions.
Former NSW Labor MP Paul Gibson received about $271,000 over two years to help the NUW's NSW branch and the State ALP "live in harmony", the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
The CFMEU has called for Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon to reject legally "unsafe" allegations that organiser Darren Greenfield received payments from Sydney identity George Alex.
Two credit cards issued to the NUW's former NSW branch secretary, Derrick Belan, racked up about $697,000 on purchases that included Tiffany & Co jewellery and perfume, the Heydon Royal Commission heard today.
A witness who claimed to have been stabbed last year as retribution for speaking out on television against the Victorian CFMEU was lying, the Heydon Royal Commission has been told.
The HSU has accused the Heydon Royal Commission of undermining its own credibility by treating former national secretary Kathy Jackson with "kid gloves".
