Attorney-General George Brandis says a Royal Commission into trade unions will tackle the systemic, ingrained corruption in the labour movement. And he has accused federal opposition leader Bill Shorten, a former trade union leader, of opposing a Royal Commission because he was the nominee off the trade union movement. Senator Brandis confirmed on Sunday the announcement of a wide-ranging judicial inquiry was imminent, declaring it would be irresponsible for the government not to respond in an appropriate way to public concerns. The inquiry would examine allegations of impropriety at the health services, construction and Australian workers unions. Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/royal-commission-into-union-corruption-confirmed-20140209-329dr.html#ixzz2smA8idi1
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:22:45 +0000
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