Bill Shorten’s union took payments from building company
The Age this evening carries allegations that during Bill Shorten’s time as Secretary of the AWU, the union collected huge
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Six months on, but no new Ambulance Victoria board
It’s now six months since the Labor government forced the board of Ambulance Victoria to resign, but the government still hasn’t appointed
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Community entitled to truth on Shorten/Melhem wages deals
The more the Bill Shorten/Cesar Melhem wages deals with Cleanevent are scrutinised, the worse they look. Today’s Australian newspaper has
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This week in State Parliament – 11 June 2015
Normal Parliamentary business was shortened this week for condolence motions for former Premier Joan Kirner and former Minister Jack Simpson.
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Union bosses pulling Labor’s strings
There’s a striking insight in today’s Herald Sun on the network of power brokers and union bosses with influence within factions
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Cesar Melhem’s exit exposes weak leadership, reform need
Cesar Melhem has finally quit as Legislative Council whip, but this saga has been a huge blow to Premier Andrews’
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Watchdog details CFMEU threats against female inspectors
Today’s Herald Sun carries further allegations that female building inspectors have been spat on, called sexually offensive names and received
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Family Drug Treatment Court turns parents from drugs, reunites with children
Today’s Sunday Age carries a report on the pioneering work of the new Family Drug Treatment Court, under the leadership
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Even AWU disowns Cesar Melhem – but Premier Andrews still won’t act
Following days of damning evidence, even his old union has now disowned Cesar Melhem – but still Daniel Andrews stays
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Did Cesar Melhem tell lies under oath to the Royal Commission?
Explosive evidence was given yesterday by an adviser to the Premier that Cesar Melhem tried to speak to him last
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Royal Commission told of $225,000 of false AWU invoices
Revelations have continued about the alleged dodgy practices of union official turned Labor MP, Cesar Melhem. The Royal Commission was
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Media call for Premier Andrews to stand down Cesar Melhem
Both major Melbourne newspapers have called this morning for Premier Andrews to stand Cesar Melhem down after damning evidence at
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Royal Commission hears more worker rip-off allegations
The Trade Unions Royal Commission has heard further allegations that union official turned Labor MP, Cesar Melhem, arranged payments to
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Fresh rip-off allegations against union official turned Labor MP
Fresh allegations have been made today of more rip-offs by union official turned Labor MP, Cesar Melhem. The Trade Unions
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Did Cesar Melhem sell out workers for $25,000 payment to union?
If evidence given the Trade Unions Royal Commission is true, AWU official turned Labor MP Cesar Melhem sold out workers and their penalty rate entitlements to the tune of $2 million in exchange for $25,000 a year into union funds and a list of names and addresses of workers he could claim as his union members behind their backs.
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This week in State Parliament – 28 May 2015
This week in State Parliament, Liberal and National MPs sought answers from Premier Andrews about the full facts surrounding his decision to stand down Small Business Minister, Adem Somyurek. Regrettably, not many answers were forthcoming.
We also called on the Premier to justify how a former Labor candidate who was forced to quit because of bullying allegations could end up being employed by a Minister to work as an electorate officer in an office shared with the Premier.
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Labor’s port lease terms – selling out Victoria’s future?
Is Labor selling out Victoria’s long term future for a short term cash grab to pay for unaffordable election promises?
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UFU stalls serious charges against firefighter
Today’s Herald Sun carries a further report on the damage being done by the firefighters union, the UFU, in stalling serious disciplinary
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Audit shows folly of axing airport rail link
Today’s audit of Victoria’s infrastructure by Infrastructure Australia not only shows the folly of Daniel Andrews’ scrapping of East West
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“The costliest source of delay” yet Daniel Andrews scraps East West Link
The stretch of road between CityLink and the end of the Eastern Freeway is the costliest source of delay of
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Royal Commission raises far-reaching options for union reform
The Trade Unions Royal Commission has today released a discussion paper putting forward options for far-reaching reform of the laws
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Victorians to be ripped off for Western Distributor?
Not only is Premier Daniel Andrews talking about imposing 15 more years of tolls on CityLink motorists to pay for
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Small business to benefit from trading trust remedies
The VLRC report on trading trust remedies released this week is another example of how Liberal-Nationals governments get on with practical law reform. The Napthine government asked the Victorian Law Reform Commission to investigate this issue. Their report recommends changes to the law to give Victorians whose small businesses are in trading trusts the same rights as those whose business is in a company.
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Fees cost adds insult to East West Link scrapping
Not only has Daniel Andrews cost Victorians hundreds of millions of dollars for nothing to scrap East West Link and leave motorists stuck in ever growing congestion. It’s now been revealed he has spent nearly $600,000 of taxpayers’ money just on legal and consultants’ fees – fees to end a contract that he promised Victorians before the election “was not worth the paper it was written on”.
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This week in State Parliament – 7 May 2015
This week in State Parliament, Liberal and Nationals MPs had plenty to choose from in pointing out the shortcomings of Labor’s first state budget. For a start, we exposed that the budget slashes $6.4 billion from infrastructure spending over the next four years, despite Melbourne being the fastest growing city in Australia.
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