Former union boss and Labor powerbroker Dave Hanna allegedly committed insurance fraud months after testifying at the trade union royal commission, in a deepening of his legal woes. Prosecutors allege that Mr Hanna — the former secretary of the Builders Labourers Federation and ex-president of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union — also corruptly received $400,000 in free work on his luxury suburban Brisbane home. Lawyers for Mr Hanna and his alleged co-conspirators, development giant Mirvac’s ex-directors Adam Moore and Mathew McAllum, indicated yesterday that all three men would fight the charges.
January 27, 2017
A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application by the Gladstone Community Linking Agency Inc. T/A Gladstone Community Linking Agency for its Gladstone Community Linking Agency Inc Enterprise Agreement 2016 has been approved by Commissioner Saunders in Melbourne on the 25 January 2017.
January 25, 2017
A delivery contractor became an unwitting hero after discovering a mysterious car fire at a Whanganui rest home in the early hours of yesterday morning. David Bell arrived at the Nazareth Rest Home on St John’s Hill around 3am to drop off newspapers and noticed flames licking the inside window of a Ford Fiesta in the home’s carpark. “I saw flames coming out the driver’s side. I rang the door bell and alerted someone to what was happening and then I rang the fire brigade on my cellphone,” Mr Bell said. Nazareth manager Trish Boswell said Mr Bell’s quick actions, and the fast response from local firefighters, might have averted a major incident.
January 25, 2017
Illawarra Police Rescue Squad has reported that 87-year-old IRT resident James Simpson has been found alive and is being treated.
January 25, 2017
An application by Health Services Union (s.240 – Application to deal with a bargaining dispute) is before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – level 6 in Melbourne.
January 25, 2017
The Health Services Union and Euroa Health Inc have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) before Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E & F – Level 6 in Melbourne at 11am.
January 25, 2017
Brotherhood of St Laurence has a staff member making a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) fuss (Noisette).
January 25, 2017
An application for approval of the Pulse Services Agreement 2016 (s.185 – Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement) is the preserve of Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in his Melbourne chambers at noon.
