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Health union celebrates restrictions against state boss

The boss of the Health Workers Union Diana Asmar will not be allowed to carry out her usual duties until a Federal Court case against her is decided.

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Union boss 'denounced traitors' before staff were fired

The boss of the Health Workers Union has been accused of denouncing union traitors at a delegates meeting before seven workers were sacked.

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Union boss trial may be halted due to criminal charges

The boss of the Health Workers Union has maintained the Fair Work Commission's case against her should be stayed because she may face criminal charges.

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Union fights against push to appoint administrators

The Victorian branch of the Health Services Union is fighting a Federal Court application to place it into administration.

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Health Services Union takes Victorian branch to court

An embattled Victorian branch of the Health Services Union is facing a forced takeover in a court battle with national leadership.

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Criminal charges 'on the cards' for health union boss

The Fair Work Commission's case against a health union boss has hit a stumbling block as she applies to stay the proceedings due to possible criminal charges.

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Alleged expenses scandal stings health union boss

Legal action has been launched against Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar, with other union officials also mentioned in the Fair Work Commission lawsuit.

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A Labor factional war is dictating Australia’s foreign policy

The Labor Right is on the march against Albo. Crushing the CFMEU was part of it. Then a TWU civil war. And a massive submarine bill.

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The Labor government would be a very different beast if this factional war went the other way

Anyone dipping into the latest Labor factional drama could be forgiven for thinking they were watching an episode of Aircrash Investigations.

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Diana Asmar to Kimberley Kitching: The real backstory to this very mid Macbeth

The HWU has taken its low-paid, low-power, often non-English-speaking members for a ride for decades. And the ACTU has let them.

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Influence, Ibac and violence in hospitals: the many problems uncovered by the investigation into a Victorian union contract

‘We don’t want politics. We want the political leadership to support solutions,’ doctor says, citing escalating violence against health workers

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Daintree, Dan and the HWU: the real scandal is the contempt for working people

Victorian Labor funnelled money to a hands-off ‘training authority’ controlled by the state’s most corrupted union. Dissolve the HWU!

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IBAC’s Operation Daintree report once again damns Andrews’ government

The report centres on $3.4 million awarded by the Victorian government to the Health Workers Union (HWU) in 2018.

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AUKUS: Labor goes to war — against itself

Anthony Albanese’s commitment to the deal is driven by demands of the foreign policy elite, and the endless factional war with Bill Shorten.

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‘Tentacles everywhere’: Victorian ministerial adviser improperly influenced $1.2m union contract, Ibac finds

Operation Daintree clears Daniel Andrews and ministers but criticises actions of political staffer

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IBAC finds Victorian government advisors put pressure on public servants to award contract to union

Senior staff in Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews's government interfered and pressured public servants to ensure lucrative contracts were awarded to a key Labor Party ally without competitive tender, the state's anti-corruption watchdog finds.

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Into the woods: Victorian Labor, the great defection, the HWU, training day, Daintree, and the big pile of money

Seven state MPs suddenly quit Bill Shorten’s faction, as IBAC’s Operation Daintree investigates a $3.4 million grant to a union run by his ‘mates’. Is the final act of a long drama playing out? Who’s going to be on the floor when it does?

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Health Workers Union calls for ADF assistance at Lyndoch Living aged care in Warrnambool amid staffing 'crisis'

The Health Workers Union has grave concerns for residents at the Victorian aged care home, saying on one occasion a staff member was left to look after 23 residents — more than half of whom were COVID positive.

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Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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Morrison and Perrottet fail in bid to have high court resolve NSW preselection crisis

Labor targets attorney general for engaging top lawyer at taxpayer expense for ‘NSW Liberal party factional war’

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High Court refuses Vic Labor challenge

Victorian Labor powerbrokers have failed to get special leave from the High Court to challenge national intervention in the branch.

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Vic Labor figures seek end to intervention

Victorian Labor powerbrokers will find out on Thursday whether they can challenge national intervention in the branch in the High Court.

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‘They all play hard’: what happened when Kimberley Kitching came to Canberra?

After a six-year upper-house career, the Labor senator’s sudden death has prompted an outpouring of grief – and recrimination

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Vic Labor figures seek end to intervention

Victorian Labor powerbrokers have sought a ruling in the High Court on whether a national intervention in the branch is valid.

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The true story of Kimberley Kitching and the Labor gang

An ALP sub-faction centred on Bill Shorten risks betraying the party and gifting Scott Morrison a chance to hold on to power.

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