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Article: Qld: Beattie writes to AWU boss in push to privatise TAB
AAP General News (Australia);  June 11, 1999 ;     250 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 06-11-1999 Qld: Beattie writes to AWU boss in push to privatise TAB BRISBANE, June 11 AAP - Premier Peter Beattie hopes a last-minute plea to the Australian Workers Union...

Article: Fed: Nuclear power short term solution to coal: AWU boss
AAP General News (Australia);  June 27, 2008 ;     209 words ...Fed: Nuclear power short term solution to coal: AWU boss CANBERRA, June 27 AAP - The Rudd government should make nuclear energy a short-term solution until alternative technologies are...

Article: Qld: AWU boss rumoured to fill Racing Qld board
AAP General News (Australia);  May 14, 2004 ;     144 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 05-14-2004 Qld: AWU boss rumoured to fill Racing Qld board Queensland's Racing Minister ROBERT SCHWARTEN says he's in no hurry to fill a newly vacated position...

Article: Fed: New ALP faction could deliver AWU boss to Canberra
AAP General News (Australia);  August 19, 2005 ;     174 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 08-19-2005 Fed: New ALP faction could deliver AWU boss to Canberra A powerful new faction has emerged within the Victorian ALP which could help Australian Workers' Union national secretary...

Article: Qld: AWU boss rumoured to fill Qld Racing board
AAP General News (Australia);  May 14, 2004 ;     374 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 05-14-2004 Qld: AWU boss rumoured to fill Qld Racing board By Nikki Todd, State Political Correspondent BRISBANE, May 14 AAP - Racing Minister Robert Schwarten...

Article: AWU boss striking deals for his future.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  February 26, 2002 ;     209 words ...Feb 23, 2002 (The Australian ABIX via COMTEX) -- A top trade union leader in Australia, Bill Shorten, 34, the national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (AWU), is on the move. In February 2002, Shorten has some impressive friends, including top businessmen, and some enemies, who accuse him

Article: Vic: Union boss touted as next ALP state president
AAP General News (Australia);  April 8, 2002 ;     270 words ......Commenting on reports that Mr Shorten had emerged as a party favourite for the position, Mr Sword said the Australian Workers Union (AWU) boss would make a fine spokesman for the ALP. Mr Sword, who is also national secretary for the National Union of Workers, said it...

Article: Fed: Fortnight at mine restores Shorten's standing
AAP General News (Australia);  May 9, 2006 ;     528 words ......trapped miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb. It's not the only prime ministerial impersonation the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) boss has done over the past fortnight. Since cutting short an overseas trip to be at the Beaconsfield mine throughout the two men...

Article: Qld: AWU angry over ALP reforms
AAP General News (Australia);  May 9, 2001 ;     185 words ......developed in the wake of the vote-rigging scandal that rocked the party and the BEATTIE government in Queensland last year. But AWU boss BILL LUDWIG says a proposal to change the affiliation rules for unions is profoundly undemocratic. Under the proposal, union...

Article: Fed: 60-40 rule can change if ALP reforms branches: Shorten
AAP General News (Australia);  February 20, 2002 ;     432 words ......rule in which unions dominate voting at ALP state conferences was not an insurmountable problem, Australian Workers' Union (AWU) boss Bill Shorten said today. However, the focus on reform should not be on the specific percentage of votes but on improving the...

Article: Fed: Those for and against Labor's uranium policy backflip
AAP General News (Australia);  July 25, 2006 ;     168 words ......resources spokesman Martin Ferguson Labor's industry spokesman Stephen Smith Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin AWU boss and Labor candidate Bill Shorten Minerals Council of Australia Prime Minister John Howard Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane...

Article: Vic: CFMEU to meet this morning over Shell refinery dispute
AAP General News (Australia);  April 12, 2002 ;     267 words ......looks set to intensify. The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) yesterday said Australian Workers' Union (AWU) boss Bill Shorten had blood on his hands after accepting a high salary deal for workers at the new site. The pay deal, hailed as...

Article: Vic: Record pay deal sparks union discord
AAP General News (Australia);  April 11, 2002 ;     415 words ......Australia's largest, left-wing union, the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said Australian Workers' Union (AWU) boss Bill Shorten had blood on his hands after accepting the high salary deal for workers at Shell's new $100 million Geelong refinery...

Article: QLD: Queensland MP uses slush fund run by union boss
AAP General News (Australia);  December 4, 2000 ;     221 words ......ran a slush fund to pay for false enrolments. Former Labor state organiser LEE BERMINGHAM says Mr KAISER went to the powerful AWU boss when he needed to pay for ALP memberships. After swearing an oath to Buddha, the key Labor figure implicated the Woodridge...