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10.45 - private hearing apparently on the matter of Mr McAllun's medical condition 

11.10 - private hearing apparently continues

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11.52 - still no appearance

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@TURoyalComm will resume its public hearing in 5 minutes #turc #auspol

— TU Royal Commission (@TURoyalComm) September 16, 2015

No name yet in the witness box?

The Commission resumed at 1205PM

The Commissioner referred to appearance by Counsel for Mr McAllum at 9AM and the private hearing that followed.  A private ruling was issued during that hearing - it will remain confidential.

At 1210 Ms McNaughton called her first witness - Natalie Croghan, contract manager at Mirvac for the Pad Two project.

Ms Croghan has described the chain of command she was a part of at Mirvac.   She was involved in managing the details of contracts, data entry etc but did not have authority to approve payments of invoices.

She worked in the head office of Mirvac in Brisbane.  Mr McAllum's work station was a metre or so away from Ms McAllum.

Ms Croghan gave evidence that she would have processed invoices for payment at the direction of her superiors including Mr McAllum for invoices including relevantly an invoice for tickets to the CFMEU's Fight Night when the invoice described works for excavation.

Ms Croghan said a large number of Mirvac employees attended the CFMEU Fight Night.

St. George said:

It would appear from Ms Croghan's evidence that several people within Mirvac knew, or should have known about the flagrant false invoicing Mirvac paid, including for the provision of benefits enjoyed by Mirvac employees such as attendance at the CFMEU Fight Night/rock-excavation.

Damning evidence from the person who saw and managed each of the apparently dodgy invoices.

St. George said:

At 1.05PM the Commission adjourned for lunch - returning at 2.05PM

AT 2.05PM the Commission resumed - Ms Croghan in the witness box.

Ms McNaughton pressed Ms Croghan on the identity of the person who signed the authority for Mirvac to pay on "contract variations" such as those which related to the CFMEU Fight Night or the Hanna House that Mirvac Built.

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Rare decency from Shorten - and he sounds sincer.   Th is an issue obviously close to his own heart - the end of his career.

The next witness is Adam Shuttlewood

Mr Shuttlewood has a long career in the building industry.   He knows Mr McAllum from Mirvac well, they've worked on jobs together.  He's now out in a business on his own.

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The next witness 

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This is a magnificent dignified speech from a generous and principled man.

He thanked the Armed Forces for their service.

He had large group of staff to thank - and singled out Peta Credlin.

Very moving from a man who didn't deserve to be dumped.

PS - a very important PS, read below.   Tony Abbott deserved so much better than this.

Outgoing Abbott comes up four days short of his full pension entitlements. http://t.co/exL0iRvsAi pic.twitter.com/0wjZJAkB9k

— The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) September 15, 2015

Keysar Trad is not a leader - he's a disgrace.

Islamic leaders are the worlds leading practitioners in causing social division. They see the world in terms of Muslims (superior) and Kuffars like us (convert or die).

They have some cheek saying it was Tony Abbott (not themselves) who caused social division related to Muslims in Australia.    

They say the "politics of blame" under Tony Abbott need to be fixed by Turnbull. "The politics of blame?"   Muslims are the freakin' masters on that score - The Islamist ethos is all about blaming the other guys and chopping their heads off.  

They don't see the irony either in Trad being the blamer here in blaming Tony Abbott for the "politics of blame" and social divisions caused by Muslims and their actions.

Australia has just had its head of government rolled in the middle of the night,.  Again.

It was brutal.   Overseas, people are shocked.   Our reputation has been dented by this nonsense.   

Whether you agree with Mr Turnbull's actions or not, we should all agree that on this of all days Tony Abbott deserves to leave office with dignity.   

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— The Age (@theage) September 15, 2015

Today of all days.

There's some bug in our system today with comments.  I know lots of people are commenting but they're getting through to me.

There seems to be a glitch at Typepad, the platform provider for this site.

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The examination of Mr Greenland continues

Mr Greenland, with jacket on today, had all last night to think about whether it's worth the risk to try to protect his client Mirvac et al. 

The Commissioner appeared to be watching, listening to and carefully considering Greenland's credibility.  I would imagine he's less than 100% sure he's heard the whole truth.

A little before 10AM Mr Greenland was allowed to leave the witness box.

The next witness is Lucas Nicoll.

Mr Nicoll is the managing director of Nicoll Industries - a plumbing business.

Electrical, interior design, tiles etc were ticked off yesterday -  looks like we're going to hear from all the trades as the Commission acquaints itself with  the process of building Dave Hanna's "Normie Gallagher" memorial spread.

Mr Nicoll said he had known Mr McAllum from Mirvac for quite a while - dating back to  Mr McAllum's cadetship with Mirvac.

Mr Nicoll's been handed a large folder of documents he'll be examined about.

Mr Nicoll said he had known Mr McAllum from Mirvac for quite a while - dating back to Mr McAllum's cadetship with Mirvac.

He was contracted by Mirvac on the Pad Two job.

Now familiar story - suspect paperwork and invoices seeking payment for works purportedly done at Pad Two, but in fact carried out at the Hanna home.

Mr Nicoll gave evidence that he would not have been awarded major contracts with Mirvac unless he had a union EBA.

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AT 11.15  Ms McNaughton completed her examination.

AT 11.15 THE COMMISSION ADJOURNED

AT 11.35 THE COMMISSION RESUMED

The next witness is Colin Considine who works at Nicoll Industries

Mr Considine confirmed Mr Nicoll's evidence and spoke about work he did at the Hanna house in Cornubia.

At about 1150 Mr Considine was excused.

The next witness is Ben Carter

At 12.50 Mr Carter was allowed to leave the witness box.

The next witness is Steve Gray who with his brother runs and air-conditioning business

At 1PM Mr Elliot completed his examination of Mr Gray.

AT 1PM THE COMMISSION ADJOURED

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The shock of yesterday's leadership spill is still there the morning after.

I was doing a daily 3 hours talkback show on 4BC in the months leading up to the last Liberal Party leadership change - Abbott v Turnbull in 2009.

Tony Abbott was elected leader because of his opposition to trendy issues - climate change in particular.

Australia owes a huge debt of gratitude to Tony.   Our borders are now secure, we have no crazy carbon tax and union corruption is starting to be exposed in the royal commission.

I'm still in shock over the news yesterday and I'll have something to say about our new PM when that shock's worn off a bit.

So today I'd like to recognise Tony Abbott's courage, strength, intellect and wholehearted love for  his county.

Congratulations Tony Abbott.   Australia is a much better place because of you. 

Thank you for your service.

Australia has lost a Prime Minister who is honest, decent and ALWAYS put the country's interests first #auspol

— Christine Forster (@resourcefultype) September 14, 2015