Royal commission into HSU to resume
The Royal Commission has just released a notice announcing that its hearings into the HSU will resume Wednesday 10AM in Sydney and Kathy Jackson will be in the witness box.
That is great news for anyone interested in rooting out corruption within the union movement - and very bad news for those who have tried to besmirch Kathy Jackson's reputation.
I reiterate that everything Jackson did in her role as Secretary of her branch in relation to its own slush funds was done at the direction of a Branch Committee of Management - 14 rank and file health workers. None of it was done corruptly - I don't like the way unions operated then or now but that's the way unions operated and Jackson operated hers within the law and the Labor movement.
There are those who are in thrall to Williamson, Shorten, Conroy et al and who seek to slander or diminish Jackson's reputation and credit as a witness. I reiterate my usual declaration here, Kathy Jackson is a very close friend and I value my friendship with her. You can use your own judgement to weigh up the facts here - for me the facts are these:
Kathy Jackson blew the whistle on Michael Williamson, Craig Thomson and Bill Shorten.
They are trying to make her pay for it.
She called for a Royal Commission - they tried to stop it.
She is telling the truth - Williamson, Thomson and Shorten want the truth hidden.
Well the truth is coming like a steam train Bill.
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I hope she has good security measures in place as some would stop at nothing to stop the truth coming out.