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. |
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/rainbow-lights-at-melbournes-shrine-of-remembrance-cancelled-due-to-abuse/news-story/f840ba711f4ba7eb3d60cde85138d1b7
The "hate" is a reaction to having something forced on you, not against some randoms sexual preferences. I'm like Kramer, I don't want to wear the damn ribbon.
Posted by: underminder | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 12:36 PM
Exactly....judged by what you DO not what or who you are!
Hackneyed as it may sound there is no 'I' in TEAM
Posted by: CountryBumpkin | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 12:52 PM
I liked life better, when we didn’t know every little thing about everybody. There was a time, believe it or not, when sexual,political,religious, colour, health, was not discussed at the drop of a hat.
Posted by: nancy | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 12:59 PM
Thank you Heston your dam right Brother it matters not what one's sexual preferences are when there's incoming rounds.
The only thing that matters is the person beside you has your six.
I served alongside Australians no matter their colour religion race or sexual preferences we all fought under the same flag as Proud Australians.
Lest We Forget
Posted by: GOM | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 12:59 PM
Brilliantly said mate!
Posted by: KobaTheDread | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 01:18 PM
Why do the Pride, Gay & Lesbian and Trans groups expect such special attention, when there are far more needy and worthy causes, in dire need, requiring consideration?
Their navel-gazing is imperious and arrogant, with an already established attitude of 'right to rule' and justification, with Mardi Gras celebrations, sporting bodies not only being encouraged to reluctantly bend the knee, but now required to join in the promotion of Gay Pride. In turn, we now have a Pride exhibition foisted on Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance (with initially gay coloured lights reflected in its portals). Thankfully this blatant lack of respect for this great shrine has already been cancelled.
The anti-Christian hypocrisy of certain left-wing commentators, once again, is beautifully highlighted by statements criticising the action of the Manly 7, whilst praising the courage of the young female Muslim AFL player, whose religious beliefs prevented her from playing the Gay Pride round - how's that for double standards?
Posted by: Lee | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 01:26 PM
Too right.
Posted by: Brizziebussie | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 01:26 PM
"We have seen something of what members of the LGBTIQ+ community experience every day. It is hateful."
Immigration reverts to the victim narrative. I was one of those that made my feelings known. Although I made my opinion abundantly clear I was in no way disrespectful or abusive, and I certainly do not support those who were.
The silent majority are finding their voices.
Posted by: Francis de Groot's Love Child | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 01:35 PM
Wow! How good is this bloke.
Posted by: Danny | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 03:17 PM
Thank you, Heston. You know the importance of the Shrine of Remembrance to those who have served and to their families and others. It is a pity that the Trustees of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance didn't and were influenced by a LGBTIQ+ push for exposure on the Shrine's colonnades (SoT more exposure).
These are the Trustees involved. It is top heavy with women -
https://www.shrine.org.au/shrine-trustees
This is the Shrine's executive team -
https://www.shrine.org.au/shrine-executive-team
Who was the bright spark who thought it was a good idea? That person should not keep their job for the controversy they have caused and they have taken the gloss off the worthy exhibition "Defending with Pride". As I mentioned the other day, the Shrine is not the Sydney Opera House whose sails are used for advertising and light shows.
Neil Sharkey is exhibitions curator at the Shrine of Remembrance.
https://au.linkedin.com/in/neil-sharkey-56644828
https://www.facebook.com/shrineofremembrance/videos/imagining-centaur-curator-tour/330298581603002/
Posted by: seeker of truth | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 05:59 PM
So true Nancy, no one needs to know all that stuff about anyone else. The controllers of this world know how to use every little difference between us as Humans, to distract, demonize and divide, as their weapons for control against us all.
Posted by: Nemesis | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 06:09 PM
Sums it up in a nutshell.
Posted by: One Born Every Minute | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 07:19 PM
That Seinfeld episode was profound.
I don't want to wear the ribbon either....
Posted by: Ron O'Lakes | Sunday, 31 July 2022 at 11:05 PM
The bright sparks - I’m going to go with the Sillyvillians on the Staff there. - Neil Sharkey & there are a couple on the Board of Trustees - Tracey Curro & Taliah Williams who would be WOKE.
At any rate - the Exhibition is going forward, but the Rainbow lights are not going to be lit.
I would be very curious about Neil Sharkey - he is big into Art - he did an interview with Dean Bowen.
https://www.shrine.org.au/imagining-centaur-neil-sharkey
https://issuu.com/shrineofremembrance/docs/remembrance_2021/s/13768403
Posted by: Kureelpa | Monday, 01 August 2022 at 01:00 PM
Dunno how 'immigration' got in there!
Anyway, I'm sure you know what I meant.
Posted by: Francis de Groot's Love Child | Monday, 01 August 2022 at 01:15 PM