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Planet Jackson : power, greed & unions / Brad Norington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norington, Brad, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jackson, Kathy, 1967-.
- Jackson, Kathy.
- Health Services Union (Australia)--Corrupt practices.
- Health Services Union (Australia).
- Australia. Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.
- Australia.
- Labor unions--Australia--Finance.
- Labor unions.
- Labor unions--Australia--Officials and employees.
- Labor unions--Corrupt practices--Australia.
- Embezzlement investigation--Australia.
- Embezzlement investigation.
- Whistle blowing--Australia.
- Whistle blowing.
- Misconduct in office--Australia.
- Misconduct in office.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 328 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Kathy Jackson was hailed as a heroine for blowing the whistle on the million-dollar fraud of Michael Williamson, the corrupt boss of the Health Services Union. While remaining steadfast in this very public ordeal, she endured bitter personal attacks from enemies in the Labor Party and the union movement. But what if Jackson was just as corrupt as Williamson? Or worse?This is the real HSU story. The unbelievable misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia.While Jackson was portrayed as a Joan of Arc figure, she had been spending vast amounts of her own union members' money on jet-setting holidays, fashion, jewellery, a home mortgage and even part of a divorce settlement. Nothing, it seems, was off limits.The HSU scandal is more than a dark morality tale marked by high drama and farce. It exposes deep problems at the heart of the union movement and the Labor Party: tribalism, nepotism, a misplaced sense of entitlement and the abuse other peoples' money. Together they are an intoxicating mixture and provide a ripe environment for corruption on a grand scale.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author's Note
- 1. Parasite
- 2. Firebrand
- 3. Big Kahuna
- 4. Sidekick
- 5. Tiffany's Girls
- 6. Lovable Rogue
- 7. Dirty Tricks
- 8. Complete Confidence
- 9. Picked The Wrong Girl
- 10. Amicable Divorce
- 11. Delusions
- 12. 'Meet Me in the Car Park'
- 13. Dracula
- 14. Jail Time
- 15. Inspector Plod
- 16. Ambush
- 17. Charity Shag
- 18. Other People's Money
- 19. Moonlighting
- 20. The Tenth Club
- 21. Absent Defendant
- 22. Trojan Horse
- 23. Surreality TV
- 24. Iceberg
- 25. Denial
- 26. The Party's Over
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780522870343
- 0522870341
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