HIH royal commission not to become a "witch hunt" - Owen

AAP General News (Australia);  September 19, 2001 ;     506 words ......Australia) 09-19-2001 HIH royal commission not to become a "witch hunt" - Owen By Belinda Tasker...The head of the HIH royal commission today warned that the...would not turn into a "witch hunt" despite the level of...his opening address, royal commissioner ...

Qld: Child groups demand Royal Commission over abuse

AAP General News (Australia);  June 21, 2003 ;     404 words ......Child groups demand Royal Commission over abuse By Debra...government to hold a royal commission into child abuse allegations...Violence, said only a royal commission would uncover the...households. This is not a witch hunt, this is about making...today. Out of the ...

Vic: Oppn attacks ambulance royal commission

AAP General News (Australia);  May 2, 2001 ;     262 words ......attacks ambulance royal commission MELBOURNE, May 2 AAP - The royal commission into Victoria's Metropolitan...more than a costly witch-hunt, state opposition...Napthine said today. The royal commission will hand down an...funds on a political witch-hunt," ...

Fallout builds over royal commission.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  July 26, 2001 ;     207 words ......COMTEX) -- The Australian Government has signed off on a royal commission into the building industry and related unions. The commission...July 2001 that the investigation was nothing more than a witch hunt. Australian Labor Party and Opposition leader, Kim Beazley...

Vic: Doyle commits a Vic Liberal govt to police royal commission

AAP General News (Australia);  September 9, 2004 ;     414 words ......commits a Vic Liberal govt to police royal commission MELBOURNE, Sept 9 AAP - Victorian...state Liberal government to a royal commission into police corruption and Melbourne...years. Mr Doyle today denied a royal commission into police corruption and the...decks". "We will still have ...

NSW: Unions take to streets over royal commission

AAP General News (Australia);  July 27, 2001 ;     416 words ......take to streets over royal commission By Natalie Davison and...for a widening of the royal commission into the building industry...yesterday announced a royal commission into allegations of...that the inquiry was a witch hunt. "I'm not confident that a ...

Fed: Govt rejects royal commission into child abuse cover-ups

AAP General News (Australia);  June 5, 2002 ;     399 words ......Govt rejects royal commission into child...June 5 AAP - A royal commission into child...would be a witch-hunt, Prime Minister...establishing such a royal commission. I fear that a royal commission of this kind...an unending witch-hunt, Mr ...

NSW: Royal commission to achieve very little - NSW govt

AAP General News (Australia);  July 27, 2001 ;     235 words ......Australia) 07-27-2001 NSW: Royal commission to achieve very little - NSW govt SYDNEY, July 27 AAP - The royal commission into the construction industry...about the commission becoming a witch hunt. But he said the government...that a politically-inspired royal ...

Fed: Workers to stop work to continue royal commission protest

AAP General News (Australia);  October 24, 2001 ;     205 words ......10-24-2001 Fed: Workers to stop work to continue royal commission protest MELBOURNE, Oct 24 AAP - Victorian construction...tools today to continue their protest against the royal commission into the building industry. Workers will gather...commission, which they say is a politically motivated ...

NSW: Inquiry exposed as a witch hunt, Gallacher

AAP General News (Australia);  March 24, 2005 ;     180 words ......03-24-2005 NSW: Inquiry exposed as a witch hunt, Gallacher The state opposition says...been exposed as a shabby attempt and witch hunt after Opposition Leader JOHN BROGDEN...has used the inquiry as a front for a witch hunt against his parliamentary colleague...

NSW: Marsden says royal commission led to 27 deaths

AAP General News (Australia);  July 8, 2001 ;     327 words ......07-08-2001 NSW: Marsden says royal commission led to 27 deaths SYDNEY...27 people during the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, Sydney...to appear before the Wood Royal Commission. "It's not just one death...were the subject of the Wood Royal Commission but ...

Vic: Opposition attacks royal commission

AAP General News (Australia);  November 26, 2001 ;     291 words ......Australia) 11-26-2001 Vic: Opposition attacks royal commission MELBOURNE, Nov 26 AAP - The Victorian...on the Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal Commission, saying it was an $80 million "disaster". The royal commission, to which the government has allocated...Victorian government ...

RL: Players not promised money as witch hunt begins...

AAP Sports News (Australia);  July 12, 2001 ;     263 words ......07-12-2001 RL: Players not promised money as witch hunt begins By Darren Walton SYDNEY, July...Players' Association tonight launched a "witch hunt" aimed at exposing the party responsible...be talking to them. "I suppose it is a witch hunt (but) all we want to do is ensure the...

Qld: Maddock's investigation was not a witch hunt: Beattie

AAP General News (Australia);  September 23, 2004 ;     367 words ......Qld: Maddock's investigation was not a witch hunt: Beattie By Alex Murdoch BRISBANE, Sept...chief executive Greg Maddock had been a witch hunt. The chief executive of the southeast...government critics to call the investigation a witch hunt. But Mr Beattie today categorically ...

Fed: Fears water summit could be witch hunt

AAP General News (Australia);  November 6, 2006 ;     117 words ......11-06-2006 Fed: Fears water summit could be witch hunt CANBERRA, Nov 6 AAP - Queensland Nationals...Murray River states will not turn into a witch hunt. Senator Joyce said it was important...this water summit they don't go on a witch hunt and make some speculative arrangement...