Victorian police have won access to about 290 documents held by law firm Slater & Gordon that relate to an alleged slush fund run by former AWU official Bruce Wilson in 1992.
A former CFMEU construction and general division organiser has told the Heydon Royal Commission this afternoon that one of the inquiry's witnesses pulled a gun on him when he entered a construction site to complain about safety standards.
The Federal Court has fined the HSU and three former Victorian officials a total of nearly $68,000 for financial governance irregularities, and, in a first under registered organisations legislation, ordered one of them to repay the union more than $26,000.
Former Victorian Solicitor-General John Cain will give evidence tomorrow and former prime minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday as the Heydon Royal Commission resumes its investigation of the alleged slush fund linked to the AWU in the early 1990s.
The Heydon inquiry has heard evidence from five FWBC inspectors today about being abused and intimidated by CFMEU officials and delegates, prompting the royal commissioner to query the meaning of the word "dog".
A scaffolding company linked to Sydney labour hire company owner George Alex listed $2,500 in weekly cash payments as "union fees" that went to the CFMEU, the Heydon Royal Commission has heard.
The former secretary of the HSU Vic No 3 branch, Kathy Jackson, submitted a claim for $65,740 for solicitors’ fees when the actual amount the union was charged was only $1,122, the Heydon royal commission has heard.
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be called as a witness as part of the Heydon Royal Commission's investigation into financial dealings by former AWU officials in the early 1990s.
The former husband of ex-HSU head Kathy Jackson told the Heydon Royal Commission this morning that $50,000 she paid to him from her "offline" account was part of their divorce settlement, but went on to say that he had substantial memory problems and could not be certain.
