More problems for Australian Labor
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:00 am by David FarrarNews.com.au reports:
THE union boss Michael Williamson has allegedly been caught attempting to take a bag of documents out of the HSU while a police raid occurs on the premises.
Detectives from Strike Force Carnarvon moved in this morning to raid the premises as part of their investigation into alleged corruption in the Health Services Union.
The head of the fraud squad, Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson, confirmed police were considering charging someone with attempting to hinder the investigation by removing information.
The Daily Telegraph reported that the person is Mr Williamson. The documents he attempted to remove were seized by police. Mr Williamson is also a former National President of the Australian Labor Party.
The Australian Labor Party is near terminal. Gillard’s tenure could well now be weeks, not months. The delay is working out who to replace who with.
Meanwhile back in NZ, Whale reports:
As regular readers will know I have been focusing on dodgy unions and their lackadaisical financial records.
One union which I highlighted was the Meatworkers and Related Trades Union in which I found over $4 million of members funds missing.
As a result of my investigations one of the meat companies laid a complaint with the Serious Fraud Officewho declined to investigate. Perhaps they should have not been so hasty in dismissing the complaint. Perhaps Helen Kelly might like to apologise to AFFCO after labeling their complaint as “hatred”.
I have learned yesterday that the Meatworkers and Related Trades Union has been ordered by The Registrar of Incorporated Societies to comply with the law and has required the Union to re-do their latest financial statement to include the figures for the unincorporated branches.
This means that the union claims that it was all above board for them to not issue consolidated accounts and essentially hide members monies in subsidiaries was based on poor advice and they are now being required to properly file audited accounts.
If this is correct, I am glad the Registrar has ordered compliance. Incorporated Societies are obliged to have their accounts in the public domain, and unions are not exempt from that – even ones affiliated to the NZ Labour Party.
Related posts:
- Unions accounts
- The Meat Workers Union accounts
- SFO complaint laid about Meatworkers Union
- Australian Young Labor – teaching hate!
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:26 am
Banks seems set on ensuring Key’s tenure is also limited although one can have some sympathy for Gillard.
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 am
Thus proving that all Labour/Labor parties are corrupt.
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 10:46 am
“one can have some sympathy for Gillard”
Really? Why?
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 10:47 am
Australian Labor, NZ Labour, not much difference. Confine them to the dustbin of history, they’re done.
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 11:08 am
Gillard does not deserve any sympathy. She is her own worst enemy and should never have got into bed with the Greens. Everything else she has touched has turned into a disaster. Absolutely lacking in real political judgement.
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 12:33 pm
If it’s bad for the left, it’s good the country.
David Prosser
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 1:06 pm
@ Adolf
“…and should never have got into bed with the Greens.”
Did you notice the result of the last Australian federal election ?
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 1:11 pm
IHStewart
“Did you notice the result of the last Australian federal election ”
Did you notice the results of the State elections since the last Fed. election ??
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@ Ross
Yes and they are relevant because ?
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
IH Stewart —because they reflect what the voters are thinking as do the polls. Is that enough relevance for you?
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 pm
@ Ross
” because they reflect what the voters are thinking as do the polls. Is that enough relevance for you?”
WTF has that got to do with the composition and subsequent governing arrangements of the current federal parliament ?
Or to be blunt your point is irrelevant.
Vote:May 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
IHStewart
Adolf’s original point was that a large part of Gillard’s problems result from getting too close to the Greens. Subsequent State elections show the ALP getting smashed and the Greens at best standing still but in some cases losing ground considerably.
Vote:In the next Fed elections it is almost certainly going to be to the same –the ALP getting smashed and the resultant “analysis” will show that Adolf was right in his comments –the voters thought the Greens had too much influence on the ALP.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 pm
So when the fools that make up the Labor party are tossed from office and the stupid carbon tax is put to the sword what will be the reaction from our feckless leaders ?. I won’t be holding my breath.
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