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Author: Norington, Brad
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A morality tale of modern politics, laced with farce and tragedy and human nature at its worst.

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 (HSU). 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? While Jackson was being portrayed as a Joan of Arc figure, she was spending vast amounts of her own union members' money on international holidays, fashion, jewellery, a mortgage, and even part of a divorce settlement. Nothing, it seems, was off limits. This is the real HSU story-the staggering misuse of the union dues of some of the lowest paid workers in Australia. 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 misuse of other peoples' money.

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Title Planet Jackson: Power, Greed and Unions
Author Brad Norington
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint ed.
Pages 336
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Melbourne University, Melbourne
Publication date 2016
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9780522870336 / 0522870333
Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Australian
Category Politics / Current Events
Library of Congress subjects Australia, Labor unions - Australia - Officials and
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018411656
Dewey Decimal Code 331.881

About the author

Brad Norington has more than 30 years experience as a journalist writing for The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald. As The Australian's chief reporter in Sydney, he tracked the real story behind disgraced corruption whistleblower Kathy Jackson and her partner Michael Lawler in a lengthy investigative series.

He was The Australian's Washington correspondent during the first term of the Obama administration, has written extensively on politics and industrial relations, and is the author of several books.

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