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CONVERTIBLE: Kathy Jackson accused of using HSU money to buy Mercedes sports-car from Hong Kong
Senior sources within the Australia’s most toxic trade union, the HSU, have told VEXNEWS they will shortly provide alarming new information to Victoria Police detailing one of the mysterious transactions exposed on the highly informative Independent Australia website.
They allege that a $22,000 mystery payment for “legal services” by Kathy Jackson’s then HSU #3 branch to a Hong Kong national, Wai Quen, a former employee of the union prior to relocating to Hong Kong some years ago, and a long-time friend of the Jacksons, was in fact a payment (not to Wai Quen) for a car, which it is now believed was a sparkling white Mercedes Benz convertible, later flamboyantly driven around Melbourne by Kathy Jackson’s then husband and enjoyed by the Jackson family on weekends.
Numerous witnesses have come forward to formally allege Jeff Jackson had boasted to close colleagues at the union during 2008 that he had imported the car from Hong Kong at a cost of $22,000. In a manner of speaking this was true.
Jeff would frequently drive another sports-car around on weekends, occasionally to meetings of the Labor Right’s Labor Unity faction, sometimes with robustly-sized chums squeezed in besides them after their election to the Senate. Good times. We saw that with our own eyes. Other witnesses tell VEXNEWS the red MG was purchased by Jeff in the 90s with Kathryn Whitfield, the #3 branch President and is still in the Jackson collection. Those intimately familiar with the situation explain the Hong Kong acquired vehicle was a white Mercedes Benz convertible.
He naturally not did not tell either convertible’s passengers or others that HSU members’ money had been used to pay for the car, although it seems Kathy Jackson was not so discreet and appears to have complained about the matter in the context of what she claimed were Jeff’s serial adulterous liaisons with then HSU staff, also of robust size in some cases. Angry truths were uttered.
Jeff Jackson recently was exposed by the Sunday News Limited papers as being still in possession of an HSUeast union fleet car despite not actually working at the union. When confronted by this seemingly damning corruption allegation, Kathy seemed to make it worse by admitting that her former hubby – an impressive political operator in his time – was still on the payroll of the union despite no longer working there. Because neither of the Jacksons hold a balance-of-power seat in the House of Representatives, the media interest in this one of many mini-scandalous abuses of public funds was limited to this not especially prominent yarn.
The Independent Australia website article shows documentary evidence of a pattern of misdealing with HSU members’ funds by Kathy Jackson when she was operating the small HSU #3 branch without even the most basic governance principles and barely any scrutiny from its barely functioning committee of management.
Union insiders familiar with Jackson’s methods say the revelations in the press, online and even the admissions of wrongdoing from Jackson’s own mouth recently “barely scratch the surface.” Our informant suspects the Victoria Police Fraud Squad will have keen interest in this matter.
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Buying toys of the elite from bourgeois Chinese Communists. Jackson really is a pig.
there really does need to be scrutiny of this woman and her allegations, her behaviour, her connections with politicians and the judiciary…things seem a trifle odd shall we say?
I can add further to the above information that the Vitoria Police are indeed looking in this particular issue and other issues which have been brought to their attention from various sources within and outside the Health Services Union. I suggest that the fine Detectives of Victorias finest will in the not too distant future will be knocking on a few doors for the purposes of executing section 468 search warrants. Obviously it would be counter productive and possibly give rise to interferring in a current police investigation so I won’t name possible recipients of these warrants except to say, more than one person currently employed at the Victorian Offices of the HSUeast Branch may well be woken up with a loud knock on their front door within weeks. Peaceful sleeping till than !!!!
Was Jeff having a mid-life crisis and put it on the union tab??
Can you get your hands on the affidavit Kathy filed recently. I hear she makes a number of legal submissions in the affidavit which suggests she may have had someone legally trained help her write the affidavit.
It certainly is not the red sports car – that has been around since the mid 90’s – may be a sport card – but not the MG my friends.
They even had her on Channel 10′s Project a few weeks back sounding so sweet & innocent as she denounced others.
Perhaps she is a relative of Rebecca Brooks aka The Witch Of Wapping.
Nice car. oops just like my matchbox model. he obviously has style.
The HSU case is supposed to be about finding a solution that will benefit HSU members. What’s preoccupied the court on the first two days? Kathy Jackson’s improper attempt to influence procedings, her push to save her own job, and the relevance of her hundred page condemnation of all and sundry (except herself) accounted for yesterday and Michael Lawler and his defence of his reputation took up the court’s time today. Jackson’s ‘look at me’ tactics seemingly haven’t stopped at the court steps. The members can’t get a look in.
@ What’s going on.
I wouldn’t be too concerned over that. The judge is making things perfectly clear to even one of dubious moral fibre and intellect as KJ. This is only the beginning, and the members WILL have their say. God help those who have ripped them off, for nothing is going to help KJ and friends…and by association Tony Abbott and Chrissy Pyne.
A good buy. An older Mercedes sports car for $22,000.
I bought a 1960 Triumph TR3A for $12,000 in 1983 and still have it. It goes great.
Kathy you are either related to DEAN MIGHELL or you use the same accountant.you are both corrupt and have the same taste.CARS,CREDIT CARDS AND STEALING MEMBERS MONEY.Don’t forget DEAN you need to reply federal court June 21st.THE MATTER REGARDING THE AUDIT OF THE VICTORIAN ETU BOOKS.
DEAN MIGHELL,THE WORKING CLASS HERO. THE HASTIE ELECTRICIANS SAY THANKS FOR NOTHING.TIME TO STEP DOWN….
JJ got up to all sort of antics in this little red sporty bus with a particular young lass:)
Maybe it was me who took on Craig Thomson, I’ve taken on soooo many I can’t remember.
What a lovely car I’ve always wanted something 2 door and red bought for me . Jeff Jackson you are one lucky man what’s your secret ?
What a good wife Kathy is buying that car for Jeff , even better it was free!
If I had that little red sports car I would certainly txt many more teens girls for a ride home.
This will not be over for years. So much more to come. Jacksons Hudson, Bolano, Elliot. Vic Police on the case
I hope she goes down whenw I go down. But she has a great rack
Keep dreamin Fegan
Hey all coming out – played on the main stage of the Supreme Court, Kathy Jackson will fall from her self erected pillar of mysteriously ethereal heights.
However, it should never have come to this – both Kathy and Michael should have done the right thing, stood aside and let the relevant parties conduct investigations.
In the interim the union would have functioned.
Instead we find turmoil, allegations, accusations, and all the time Peter Mylan is dealing with the day to day function of the union, trying to maintain balance for the membership, dealing with the Temby investigation, the Carnravon investigation and their subsequent raid.
The dysfunction that is Jackson and Bolano insist on being so disruptive that their only priority is to ensure the union can not function.
Every Executive or Council meeting is disputed by these two menaces so as to ensure that nothing can be processed.
Peter Mylan finds himself with internal HSU battles,Gerard ‘which side am I on’Hayes has continued to cross the line.
Which side are you on Gerard? You and Andrew are still big on putting out a Kathy JAckson agenda – s this “your team”?
It is all so sad – how did we let a Victorian hijack and now destroy our union?
Love that you mention Rob Elliot – how did this man do a deal of $150K since 2002 until 2014 without lifting a finger – plus benefits and a board position?
And KJ signed it off………hmmmmmmm
The revelations on 7 tonight that the prostitute from a Current Affair now doesn’t think she actually did sleep with Thomson just beggar belief.
Rather than drown in the vile sludge pumped out by these media monsters its time to demand they were shut down. Fair debate about important political issues is a vital part of our democracy but the people running these outfits are not fit to hold a licence.
Let George Seitz be the administrator of the HSU
Tony Nono Abott and his racing mate,Cristopher Paine are going to look even more stupid than they have been,\when the Kathy Jackson dirty linnen comes to the surface
No reports in news on how Jackson’s attempts to contact judge outside court resolved. Anyone know?
What I want to know when is the Four Corners programme going to do a story on this whole saga. I feel there is something rotten in the state of the HSU. Also, can anyone tell me about others being accused of using their HSU card on prostitutes, etc, by Kathy Jackson. Why was Kathy Jackson, Michael Lawler having coffee with Christopher Pyne. The plot thickens – I just hope that it spews all over those who are involved in this saga.
I feel sorry for all the members of the HSU what was once a fine union it has been brought down by corrupt officals. The members deserve better.As a union member(not HSU) myself i feel sadden by the actions of those in the HSU who have turned a job of helping others into a job of helping themselfs.
Kathy jackson and that is involved in this mess has caused the members nothing but anger. We can’t get our pay rises, we work our butts off, for so little she should be fighting for the members.
Me like many I have spoken to and being in touch want to leave the union. How About the union do something for the union members after all it’s our money that all these looses have been using for there family and benefits.
I am so discussed with these people rorting the system.
I think they should pay all this money back, get locked up. I am fed up of all this shit.
This is not what I joined the union for. Same as Fiji union officials misusing the members money, for there own family benifits. Union members should be rewarded with something, something big in return for all what has been going on. It’s pay back time , give to us what we have being missing out on.
I would like the union to pay for delegates to have a conference in fiji with the European secretary mr Felix Anthony give us a four day conference there, the Sydney
Delegates to have our next conference there, presidents, vice presidents, and committee members, fair go. You big shits have spent on yourselves show us and reward us with this. Put your money where your mouth is. I need an honest answer with this . Don’t say you don’t have the money that is not what I want to here as a member of the union. Hsu has a bad name you officials tht have spent our money reward us now. Get this shit fixed up. I am tired of hearing it on the news, radio talk back, newspaper sounds like a broken down record.
Mr Felix anthony and his union officials is the secretary for the European union congress in Fiji. Let’s work together.
He was taken in by the military, he misused the members money for his use traveling the world on members expense. Family and his friends, partying big time. Used the money and denies it all. What a load of crap, we are not stupid, dumb or arrogant like he is. Come on using members hard earned money and most of all putting up members membership for your own gains, just makes me very angry. Think of us poor workers and members. Struggling to make a living. Stop putting our members fes up next time this happens I will and many others will be leaving the union. I am fair dinkum think about it. The union stinks at the moment. Kathy, mr Jackson everyone one of you pigs that mos used out money , wake up and smell the roses and put our self in our shoes, making ends meet. You pigs.
Now that the prostitute that one of our T/V channel was prepared to pay $60000 to make up a false story, has withdrawn her testimony (probably realising what would happen if she gave false evidence in court),we can see the kind of media we have in this country and why it was necessary to initiate the Finkelstine report and why the “freedom of the press” barked by the media is a lot of shit without
a code of conduct to keep some of these animals at bay
How can any HSU member have faith in this Union when
past officials Jackson, Fegan, & Hudson also helped themselves to union members funds. The fair work Australia report into victorian number 1 branch never went back far enough to reveal the extent of misuse of members money misuse of credir cards, Urban giftware
providing goods from Fegan’s partner with no proof of a tendering process or purchase dockets, custom dockets who knows what else went on.
If the above is not bad enough our current Officials are also accused of rorting members funds.
I urge all members to prepare yourself for a new election and lets get it right this time.
To lets get it right this time.
What about all the trips to China did we pay for them?
According to Branch committee of management member S. Marshall working under J. Jackson, S.Hudson and P.Fegan the ACTU paid for these lavish
trips to CHINA.
I Wonder if ACTU would like to confirm their generosity to Union Officials, staff members and partners.
NOTE NOT ONE HOSPITAL WORKER/HSU MEMBER WAS INVITED TO CHINA ONCE AGAIN IT SEEMS ONLY
OFFICIALS AND FRIENDS GET REWARDED IN THIS UNION.
FRESH ELECTIONS HONEST OFFICIALS IS WHAT WE WANT.
Piss off HSU member. We just had elections and the memebers spoke in favour of the magnicant Bolano.
I cannot believe that I worked in this Union (NOT AN IMPORTANT PERSON) just an employee, and witnessed the amount of boxes that were
delivered for Urban giftware to the union office it was stacked from floor to ceiling marketing items for members pens, flashing light plastic
cups, key rings, and other cheap plastic items. And not once did it cross my mind that this was a business operated by Fegans partner.
I could never really get my head around the handbags or house hold linen.The handbags were sold to staff in the office sort of party plan items.
I recently met up with an Ex branch committee of management member who informed me that the committee never authorised this arrangement
they were told that Jeff Jackson had done a deal with Pauline’s partner to import goods from China and it was nothing to do with the BCOM.
Ater reading about kathy Jackson and the alleged rorts she was involved in, maybe the company Urban Giftware requires closer scrutiny.
I feel for the HSU members who must be devastated that their union fees appear to have lined many officials pockets. All of these officials who
have misused members money should have to face the membership who put their trust in you. (maybe you can attend the pending court cases.
To all HSU members be true unionists and never give up the fight to get your union back on track get rid of the rubbish and start again.
Isn’t it time Tony Rabbott gave Chrissy the Khyber Pass
Just a little lonely at the grand hyatt my second home tonight. Craig Thompson said no and Murray Thompson has the mrs breathing down his neck so he had to go home early. Who can now insatiable well of desire ?
Careful Wenchy trying to mount Muzza, Theana wears the pants in the house and rules with an iron fist. She’ll kick the daylights out of you. You better stick to Boofa.
Why don’t a few members like 1000 or so go down to the federal court and help justice Flick with his decision . I would of thought the members would of done this anyway if they really care about who is running the HSU . maybe not enough members care ?