The account number hand-written on the back of a $1600 cheque from Bruce Wilson - whose account was it?

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The account number hand-written on the back of a $1600 cheque from Bruce Wilson - whose account was it?

Wednesday, 01 November 2017

Do you know the owner of a Commonwealth Bank account

BSB 063 123

A/C 1008 4513

The owner of that account was the lucky winner of a $1,600 cash prize from Bruce Wilson - and we'd like to congratulate them.

On 21 July 1995 Bruce Wilson wrote this cheque made out to cash.

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It was presented, negotiated and paid at the RMIT CBA branch on the same day (code 3008).

The back of the cheque bears handwriting which appears to be a bank account number - 3123 1008 4513

3123 is the CBA's shorthand for the Collingwood branch - the full BSB is 063 123.

I understand that the CBA acquired the Collingwood branch and its accounts when it acquired the State Bank of Victoria in 1990/91.

Bruce Wilson has some form in writing cheques the proceeds of which have found their way to that State Bank/CBA branch - as we've previously reported:

You can add this to the course of conduct:

Here's the statement showing the cheque was presented on 5 June, 1995 and was met on presentation.

Nine entries above cheque 181 for $2,180 in the statement is a 17 May 1995 deposit of $2,000.00.

The deposit slip is in Wayne Hem's handwriting - and where'd the money come from?

Now here's

Telikostiglou's cheque for $2,000
screen grab from his CBA statement showing where the $2K came from - a $10K deposit 3 days earlier
details of the $10,000 cheque which came from the phantom AWU employee Ms Debbie Lawn.

That last cheque - the $10,000 cheque associated with Debbie Lawn - ties the Gillard renovations to AWU union funds.

That's very serious indeed.

Recall that the allegation against her was the union money had been used in the renovation of her home.

More soon.

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Maurice Blackburn and another "Labor Rat" being hunted ...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/defend-mark-latham-defend-free-speech/news-story/a8b13a1e2d440eff0d0d2e16d197c605

Posted by: Dennis Thompson | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 03:26 PM

Athol James' exhibits to TURC include copies of his bank deposit slips for cheque payments from Julia Gillard for renos on her house. There is one slip showing that she had an account with the CBA Collingwood relating to a cheque payment she made in February 1996.

page 16 - https://www.tradeunionroyalcommission.gov.au/Hearings/Documents/Evidence11June2014/StatementofAtholJamesdated23May2014.pdf

She also had a cheque account with another bank being the State Bank, Collingwood branch as per other deposit slips for earlier work on her house.

Posted by: seeker of truth | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 04:28 PM

So Bruce Wilson wrote out a personal cheque from his account for $1.600.00 Dollars.

Your telling me he gave away almost 2 weeks salary ($1.6058) to some lucky person.
And lived on $58.00 that fortnight.

Hey Bruce gotta spare couple of grand I'll PM you my bank account number.

Posted by: Fly on the wall | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 04:46 PM

Tell me again how much money she gave away overseas when she was installed as PM?

http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/what-is-wrong-with-the-water-in-the-bega-valley/news-story/26af9f9c330d52de88271d08dfb6d3f8

Australians are being poisoned so that women in the Pacific can have gender equality. And if the Pacific men don't like it, we'll send our transgender army in to make them.

http://www.pacwip.org/home/australia-boosts-aid-for-pacific-sex-equality.html

Posted by: underminder | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 04:57 PM

In 1987 Julia Gillard moved to Collingwood from SA so she must of opened a new bank account when she went to University.. she at some stage worked as a barmaid it was written in one of those biography or articles about her.. not sure which one??

Julia Gillard must of had her photo taken on the 20 Sept 1995 outside the ALP Victorian Branch headquarters..
That would of been the week after her Slater & Gordon exit interview with Geoff Shaw, Peter Gordon and Nick Syant-Browne.. I wonder what the story was that went with it?? Fairfax have changed format so the previous links on my time line go straight to the Syndicate webpage so you have to register or sign up (not sure if costs are involved) I was just looking at the photo album there is a light box and a cart so payment must be involved..
http://professional.fairfaxsyndication.com/archive/Julia-Gillard-Labor-Senate-candidate-2F3XC52VK4NC.html

Posted by: Michelle Two | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 06:15 PM

Goodness. The folk from TURC must be kicking themselves that they didn’t seek your expertise back then. You are really showing them up.

Posted by: Denise | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 06:22 PM

I wonder where this $25 thousand ended up for a study that wasn't done in January - July 1994??
Also I wonder if it was a lump sum or made in installments the fraud squad had a look at it but that was the year earlier then the accounts you have above.. So I don't want to side track you the article was written 26 September 1995 by Joanne Painter..
http://michaelsmithnews.typepad.com/.a/6a0177444b0c2e970d01910243dd18970c-pi

Posted by: Michelle Two | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 07:52 PM

Now we know what she looked like in September 1995. Not a bad photo of her. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: seeker of truth | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 07:59 PM

Here is another from 25 November 2001 inside Julia's house when she was the Shadow Minister for Immigration..

http://professional.fairfaxsyndication.com/archive/The-Australian-Labor-Party-s-new-2F3XC52YHDUN.html

Posted by: Michelle Two | Wednesday, 01 November 2017 at 09:26 PM

Maybe it's a dumb question, but how come CHQ 83 from Bill the Greek was dated 18 May 95, but presented on 17 May?

Then Wilson's CHQ 181 is dated 6 Jun 95, but leaves the account on 5 Jun?

Don't banks have rules about this sort of thing? What's going on here?

Posted by: Rod W | Thursday, 02 November 2017 at 12:28 AM

Like four wise monkeys.

Posted by: Dennis Thompson | Thursday, 02 November 2017 at 08:38 AM

Good pick up maybe they knew they had to wait for the money to be transfered to the right bank account before the cheque cleared which they most likey did on the same day in the same bank so they could of done it near bank closing time so still got the date stamp on it when they did a transfer from whatever slush fund or bank account they used in the process of laundering money..

Posted by: Michelle Two | Thursday, 02 November 2017 at 12:33 PM

"Labor Senate candidate Julia Gillard outside the ALP Victorian Branch office in Melbourne, 20 September 1995."
THE AGE Picture by MARK WILSON

Posted by: Archer | Thursday, 02 November 2017 at 01:51 PM

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DATE	EVENT/DOCUMENT
1990	Julia Gillard becomes a Partner at Slater and Gordon and is in the Industrial Relations Department of law firm
20-08-91	Letter to Bruce Wilson from Julia Gillard concerning a vacancy at the AWU
1-05-91	Julia Gillard brought her property at 36 Phillip Street, Abbotsford Vic property settled in July and she borrowed $40,000 from Slater & Gordon for the deposit and the rest from Westpac bank
6-03-92	Advertisement appeared in the paper for Incorporating the Workplace Reform Association - Theiss may have used it for reference

17-03-92	Locals concerned the Accident and Death Fund was being used to buy property and office equipment with the funds they paid into the fund.
18-03-92	Boulder fund suspended
15-05-92	Bruce Wilson and Julia Gillard go to a meeting with the miners in Kalgoorlie
18-05-92	AWU announce it is taking over the fund at Boulder paper article
13-02-93	Contract of sale signed by Bruce Wilson
13-02-93	Purchase of 85 Kerr Street Fitzroy by Julia Gillard and B Wilson who attended the Auction
13-02-93	blewitt-getting-his-addres.html Purchase of 85 Kerr Street Fitzroy by Julia Gillard and Bruce Wilson who attended the Auction
15-02-93	Letter to Slater & Gordon about the 1/85 Kerr Street sale
15-02-93	Ralph Blewitt is appointed Western Australian Branch Secretary in the week 15 to 19 February
16-02-93	Olive Brosnan and Heidi chasing up the Power of Attorney - notes
17-02-93	Olive Brosnan makes this further note regarding Heidi, a sales person with the Real Estate firm GA Thomson. Note that Heidi returns the call and says that she will let Olive Brosnan have the original Power of Attorney (when she gets it?) and will need a certified copy in return
22-02-93	Slater and Gordon acknowledges that it has received the Contract of Sale, Section 32 Statement and the Power of Attorney from GA Thomson.
23-02-93	Olive Brosnan certifies Power of Attorney
3-03-93	A memo from Sylvia to Olive Brosnan about the application for the loan for Ralph Blewitt and the Kerr Street property
4-03-93	Letter/fax from Hewitt & Company stating Ralph Blewitt Wages Ref VB/CS
9-03-93	Memo to Olive Brosnan from Sylvia about the loan approval and the return of the chq for $500 from Ralph Blewitt’s personal account
10-03-93	Letter from Slater & Gordon addressed to Ralph Blewitt explaining mortgage details Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
10-03-93	Memo Julia Gillard wants details of penalty interest rates
12-03-93	Memo to Julia Gillard from Olive Brosnan about penalty interest rates
17-03-93	Memo of fees for house - Bill of costs
18-03-93	Letter to Ralph Blewitt requesting Cheque for $67,772.30
18-03-93	The cheque for $67,772.30
22-03-93	Settlement date for Kerr Street purchase
23-03-93	Land Transfer document
31-03-94	Dawesville project costs
Aug-Sept 94	Julia Gillard went on holidays while Bruce Wilson organised house renovations
Aug-Sept 94	Interview with Slater & Gordon about the Renovations
6-02-95	New bank accounts for Construction Fund
17-02-95	AWU-FIME amalgamate (2 Victorian Branches)
12-04-95	Cheque from AWU WRAI account $46,550
27-04-95	Cheque for $15000 - $10 000 for K Spyridis and $5000 cash
30-06-95	AWU went back to central funding arrangements
25-07-95	Letter from Robert Smith (AWU) to Ian Cambridge and Steve Harrison about the unknown AWU bank accounts
27-07-95	Letter to the National Executives about the freezing of the accounts
2-08-95	Union National Finance committee meet to discuss what was going on start of investigations into the frozen accounts
4-08-95	Bob Smith wrote to Ian Cambridge to say the AWU was going to charge Bruce Wilson
10-08-95	Ian Cambridge visits QC Richard Kenzie from Maurice Blackburn for discussions to fix it (get union money back)
14-08-95	Internal Review into Julia Gillard’s involvement of the AWU -WRA and she is put on restricted duties
14/15 Aug 95	Other Joint secretaries of the Unions paid out the signatories of the accounts - hand writing on the cheques Link 1 Link 2
16-08-95	Bruce Wilson redundancy cheque $55,204
17-08-95	Letter to stop the cheques Ian Cambridge
17/18 Aug 95	All accounts were closed bar 2 general and grants accounts and redundancies given out
18-08-95	Affidavit - Bill Ludwig - Bruce Wilson get sprung
11-09-95	Julia Gillard interviewed by Geoff Shaw, Peter Gordon and Nick Styant-Browne at Slater and Gordon - It’s recorded and she goes on leave of Absence until May 96 (WA AWU-WRA not yet discovered by AWU yet)
31-01-96	Ian Cambridge addresses AWU Qld Branch meeting
3-04-96	Ian Cambridge talked with Commonwealth Bank - Diary entry - Discovery of Workplace Reform Association INC. WA branch
6-05-96	Discovery of Accounts in AWU name by Ian Cambridge letter from Commonwealth Bank
7-05-96	Fax from Com bank listing the accounts in the AWU name - for Ian Cambridge
1-06-96	Newspaper article about Joe Trio and the AWU fraud article from sometime in 1996
3-06-96	Ian Cambridge received bank records after the discussions with the bank back in April Ian Cambridge spoke to AWU Officials in Perth and they never heard of the Workplace Reform Association Inc.
5-07-96	Diary entry Ian Cambridge - spoke to Branch Official Russell Frearson about the $400,000 going through the account
31-07-96	Geoff Shaw Slater & Gordon General Manager gets Subpoena to supply all documents relating to purchase of 1/85 Kerr Street
13-08-96	Court proceeding where Geoff Shaw is to produce the documents from the Subpeona Link 1, Link 2
6-01-97	Memo from Investigating Detective Dave McAlpine about the AWU fraud
6-02-97	Memo to fraud squad from Theiss stating they hadn’t been defrauded Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4
17-02-98	Memo fraud squad about Theiss - Ralph Blewitt said Theiss auditors required that the WRA needed to be Inc.