A former staffer to Minister Michaelia Cash informed a counterpart in the office of then Justice Minister Michael Keenan that he intended to leak news of impending AFP raids on the AWU to the media, the Federal Court has heard.
George Polites, one of the nation's longest-serving and most prominent advocates for Australian industry, has passed away peacefully at his home in Melbourne, aged 100.
The AWU has agreed to put its strongest cards on the table tomorrow morning after the judge in the ROC-instigated police raids matter observed that defendants in "inferential" cases were entitled to know what facts were being relied upon to build such inferences.
An FWC full bench has dismissed the CFMMEU's application for costs against the AMMA and MBA for their unsuccessful appeal against last March's merger creating the mega-union, finding the employer bodies' case "not unworthy of consideration".
The operator of a multi-billion dollar offshore gas project is being sued for gender discrimination, a former employee alleging the company paid her less than men, refused to cover travel costs, and took adverse action by downgrading her duties when she made complaints in the course of her job.
A former media advisor to Senator Michaelia Cash learned of ROC-initiated police raids on offices of the AWU from the then Employment Minister's chief of staff, Ben Davies, the Federal Court has heard today.
The Federal Court will rule this morning on whether a former senior media advisor to ex-Employment Minister Michaelia Cash will be required to answer questions in the AWU raids case, despite claiming privilege on the grounds of self-incrimination.
A senior radio journalist sacked for referring to singer Michael Jackson's father as a "big, black b*stard" on air has been awarded more than $30,000 in compensation, after a senior FWC member found a recording of the exchange clearly showed it was not a racist slur.
The Registered Organisations Commission knew that Employment Minister Michaelia Cash had a "keen political interest" in the AWU's past donations and this influenced its decision to start investigating the matter in October 2017, the union told the Federal Court today.
