Former National Union of Workers NSW leader Derrick Belan allegedly instructed an IT company to pay for his botox injections, cars and luxury rental home and then on-charge the costs to the union under the guise of IT services with an average 20 per cent mark-up. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in union members’ money are alleged to have been used in the scheme as the union forked out more than $1 million on IT services over several years. The new allegations, which were not previously uncovered by the Trade Union Royal Commission, will add to the ongoing public debate about alleged corruption within the union movement and come as the Turnbull government is preparing to introduce legislation in response to the commission’s recommendations.
