The Australian 'Fabian Socialist' Labor Govt almost GONE..!

[jackovesk]

Panic drives push to shuffle Julia Gillard's cabinet

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Julia Gillard and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen meet the press at the Commonwealth Offices in Brisbane yesterday.

LABOR powerbrokers are pressing for a ministerial reshuffle and a shake-up of Julia Gillard's office in an effort to lift her government's performance and shore up her leadership.

While factional leaders have acknowledged that the High Court's repudiation of the Prime Minister's Malaysia Solution has hammered the government's credibility, they are not contemplating a leadership change.

Other Labor sources are less optimistic, warning that the party's Right faction is promoting Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten as possible replacements.

Labor was in disarray yesterday as Ms Gillard and her cabinet wrestled with the policy implications of the High Court's rejection of her plan to send 800 boatpeople to Malaysia in return for 4000 proven refugees.

The setback - in one of three critical policy areas Ms Gillard vowed to fix when she was elevated to the prime ministership in June last year, along with climate change and the mining tax - sparked widespread ridicule of Ms Gillard by the opposition and commentators, who questioned her ability to deliver policy outcomes that could stick.

Ms Gillard, who took the Labor leadership when factional leaders dumped Kevin Rudd, retained strong support yesterday.

"If there is a move I will do everything within my power to stop it," one senior source said.

"If we move on her, no matter how bad the polling gets, we will not only have the NSW disease, we will die from it," the source added, referring to NSW Labor's frequent replacement of its leaders before losing office this year.

Wayne Swan yesterday declared Ms Gillard's leadership was "absolutely" safe. He also rejected suggestions Labor had a credibility problem in his home state of Queensland. "Not at all . . . We have a strong economy and we have a very big reform program which is going to benefit this state in many significant ways," he said

There was heavy debate about the future of Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, with senior Right sources praising his performance and saying they would not allow him to become "the fall guy".

Ms Gillard defended her minister, saying he acted at all times in accordance with her instructions. But at a news conference she refused to say whether Mr Bowen had offered her his resignation, while Mr Bowen said quitting would be "the easy option".

Several senior Labor figures said Ms Gillard had too many poor performers in her cabinet.

They proposed a ministerial reshuffle and the promotion of junior ministers.

Industrial Relations Minister and Labor Senate leader Chris Evans, who previously held the role of immigration minister, was the focus of the anger.

"Everything he touches turns to sh#t," one senior source said. "He left us with this problem on border security and he's not much better in IR."

Another source questioned Senator Evans's performance as leader in the upper house.

Yet another said Ms Gillard was being poorly advised and needed a shake-up in her office.

"I think it is communications that is really crippling this government," the source said. "There are some bad people in her office. She has actually delivered results, but it seems like she is not being able to get any focus on the issues that play in her favour. Some Labor sources said Right faction figures Mr Smith and Mr Shorten were both "trailing their coats" for future leadership.

In recent interviews with The Australian, Mr Smith and Mr Shorten have both pledged loyalty to Ms Gillard.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/panic-drives-push-to-shuffle-julia-gillards-cabinet/story-fn59niix-1226127705423

PS - For those of you who are not familiar with Australians Politics, we had a 'Hung Parliament' and if just 1 Labor Member of the Lower House leaves or crosses the floor.

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A new election would be called and the Fabian Socialist Labor Govt. would suffer the 'Biggest Ever Defeat' in Australian Political History!



Its Not A Matter of If, BUT When!

The Labor Govt. is TOXIC no matter who leads it..!

[jcocks]

Ok, you have a point that gillard is basically a b*tch (I'm seein more and more of Thatcher in her to be honest. It makes a sick joke of a mockery of so-called labor values - they don't exist anymore IMO).... But do you honestly think that ol' big ears would do any better??? Wouldn't we pretty much have a socialist government no matter which way the pathetic little so-called "two-party" election system / farce swung?

[jackovesk]

Ok, you have a point that gillard is basically a b*tch (I'm seein more and more of Thatcher in her to be honest. It makes a sick joke of a mockery of so-called labor values - they don't exist anymore IMO).... But do you honestly think that ol' big ears would do any better??? Wouldn't we pretty much have a socialist government no matter which way the pathetic little so-called "two-party" election system / farce swung?

G'Day jcocks,

1st things 1st jcocks, lets see OFF the Fabian Socialist Labor Govt. and their Carbon Tax..!

Then we can focus our attention on the Libs...

As you well know the Australian people have been forced to start paying attention to our Corrupt Criminal Govt and the Spotlight will be well and truely shining upon any Govt. that secedes them.

For the record I don't Trust Tony Abbott, but I don't want Carbon Tax either. Period!

[jcocks]

Ok, you have a point that gillard is basically a b*tch (I'm seein more and more of Thatcher in her to be honest. It makes a sick joke of a mockery of so-called labor values - they don't exist anymore IMO).... But do you honestly think that ol' big ears would do any better??? Wouldn't we pretty much have a socialist government no matter which way the pathetic little so-called "two-party" election system / farce swung?

G'Day jcocks,

1st things 1st jcocks, lets see OFF the Fabian Socialist Labor Govt. and their Carbon Tax..!

Then we can focus our attention on the Libs...

As you well know the Australian people have been forced to start paying attention to our Corrupt Criminal Govt and the Spotlight will be well and truely shining upon any Govt. that secedes them.

For the record I don't Trust Tony Abbott, but I don't want Carbon Tax either. Period!

Hahahahaha... If only it worked like that :) No, we don't need the Libs, and we definitely don't want them in power either.........

I guess we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. (Now do you really think we wouldn't end up with a carbon tax under the Libs? Don't fool yourself - thats GLOBALIST agenda and will come in in one form or another no matter what. REMEMBER - this is the liberal government which promised we'd "never" have a GST!)

Saying lets' get rid of the Labor party and deal with the libs once their in..... Cmon man! You **KNOW** it *DOESN'T* work like that! Once they're in, it'll be too late, and you'll be posting the same things you now say about labor about the libs....

I GUARANTEE IT!

[treeman]

I get a strong feeling that BOTH parties are bad as one another...
Damned if you do and damned if you don't, has Australian politics scrapped
the bottom of the barrel only to find the sediment, remnants remain of a poor government, something
positive could surely come from the next 12 months but it's certainly NOT Julia Gillard.

[jackovesk]

When the Left start Attacking the very PM they supported, you know her days are numbered..!


Michelle Gratton Quote:

"Julia Gillard is still PM, of course. But, unless you believe in miracles, she's a 'Dead Woman Walking'..!"

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gillard-and-labor-losing-their-head-and-their-nerve-20110903-1jr4r.html#ixzz1Wv5tnykV

[TigaHawk]

Sick of linking it (others are too :P) - For the people asking who to vote for please youtube Every candidate is f****** by Yes we Canberra. Doesnt matter who you vote for - they're all in the same boat.

I am pretty sure that if we can get the donkey votes up to a certain percentage that the queen has to step in and create new parties for us to vote for or the such. Not that they would be any different to what we have in power now - but hell it would be one hell of an inconvenience for them and uplifting for us!

[jcocks]

Julia Gillard is our answer to Margaret Thatcher.....


......And she's from the friggin' supposed "Labor Party"!!!


I knew the world had gone cuckoo when I heard that our Liberal Party Preier had come out AGAINST the immigration policy of our Labor Prime Minister...

And it was the Labor government that proposed sending "illegals" overseas to a country that hasn't even ratified the Geneva Convention!!!

As one commentator on the ABC's "The Drum" website commented today, there is NO "left-wing" in Aussie politics anymore :(

Here's a link to the article. I've got to admit I resonate with a lot he has to say (being a traditional "labor voter" and al, though there's NO WAY IN HELL I'm voting for *THIS* Labor Party in the next election!)...

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2870046.html

[TelosianEmbrace]

On the news a week ago or so, Julia was shown trying to open a locked door. This was a coded message for those in the know. George W. was also shown trying to open a locked door. I would suggest the PTW 'Powers that Were' are moving her out and already have her replacement earmarked.

[loveandgratitude]

On the news a week ago or so, Julia was shown trying to open a locked door. This was a coded message for those in the know. George W. was also shown trying to open a locked door. I would suggest the PTW 'Powers that Were' are moving her out and already have her replacement earmarked.

Who do you think is the replacement?

[TelosianEmbrace]

According to Aloysius Fozdyke, a satanist insider, they abhor Tony Abbott. He was in Saint Patrick's Seminary, Manly, for a time, and it seems he has a lot of good in him. Remember the absolutely terrible press coverage he got in the last election? I really haven't been paying much attention to the others.
I will say, though, that Greg Hunt might get the nod at some stage. I went to school with Greg, known him since we were barely teenagers. Oh, and stayed at the college next door at Melb. Uni. He stayed in a kibbutz in Israel when he was younger. That should give you some idea of where his loyalty lies. But I like him. He's a nice guy.

[jackovesk]

According to Aloysius Fozdyke, a satanist insider, they abhor Tony Abbott. He was in Saint Patrick's Seminary, Manly, for a time, and it seems he has a lot of good in him. Remember the absolutely terrible press coverage he got in the last election? I really haven't been paying much attention to the others.
I will say, though, that Greg Hunt might get the nod at some stage. I went to school with Greg, known him since we were barely teenagers. Oh, and stayed at the college next door at Melb. Uni. He stayed in a kibbutz in Israel when he was younger. That should give you some idea of where his loyalty lies. But I like him. He's a nice guy.

This is the article on Gillard/Abbott you maybe referring to TelosianEmbrace...

Satanist Hints Oz PM is "Toilet Vampiress"


[Ed. Note: In his last testimony, Satanist Frater 616 writes that "Some of the deadliest, most effective and disarming assassins are women... the Outer Head of the Alpha Lodge Australasia is a very highly placed and successful Federal politician--whose Satanic name is Bestia." Many believe he is referring to Julia Gillard, 48. ]

[From Aloysius Fozdyke]


Dear Mr. Makow,

Regarding Julia [Australian PM Julia Gillard, below ], the little Digger & the Age of Fire.

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In my earlier emails I provided documents from the O.o.t.T [Order of the Toilet, see below] as quoted by the late Petor Narsagonan, to wit, "She redeems with Her blood, for Her weapon is the stiletto. She communicates Her spells orally. Your word is Her Coin."

No one seems to understand. This is probably because your readers merely have the bones without the oral and practical instruction, nonetheless, read the words again.

Moreover, it doesn't matter to us who wins the Australian federal election, although the Mad Monk won't. [Coalition Leader Tony Abbott spent time in a seminary in Sydney until his need for sexual love got the better of him. He's smart and well educated, but he is going to lose the up coming election.]

We concentrate on bureaucrats, long-term backroom men and women who provide the framework for elected officials to work within. The agenda doesn't change.

The Greens leader is Dr. Bob Brown, an open sodomite.

All Australian politicians are dedicated to keeping Australians in a constitutional No Man's Land. Australians don't understand this and just as well. Various governments do and the Alpha Lodge therefore gets its way. The same trick is used against the governments of New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and even America.

I laughed till I cried at the re-internment ceremony for the 'Australian' war dead in Fromelles. It was broadcast in Australia last night. All of them died in vain and Australia's politicians, working in conjunction with the Returned Services League and other vested interests make sure that nothing changes. This is our agenda and one of the strongest economic and political tools we have internationally. And still the sheeple have no idea!

The financial collapse and economic depression will happen by the end of this coming September, maybe a little sooner. After that, the war with Iran. Please understand, both the western governments and the government of Iran want this war. So do the born agains. Once you beat the drum and wave a flag the sheeple come scurrying to their shepherds. Like blowflies, people love birthday parties and battlefields. Old Henry and his people have been working hard behind the scenes. And we will make sure that the sheeple get what they want - good and hard.

Truth be told, I'm more excited with each passing day.

In nomine de nostre Satanas: Lucifere excelsis.

Notes: The Order of the Toilet


(re. link - this was added as "Notes" at bottom of Frater 616 Testimony. In his latest book, David Icke writes that the Frater 616 testimony "fits perfectly with all that I have uncovered about Satanism, its methods and personnel, over the last 20 years" p.659. This material is distasteful but I think it important that more people realize what Satanists are into. As they say, "psychopaths are studied and emulated." Now you know how politicians are chosen and controlled.)

The Order of the Toilet is a traditional left hand path initiatory body whose members adhere to the largely neglected latrine doctrines of the Vama Marga. Order members are encouraged to engage in Bathroom practices as often as possible and no less than daily. The teachings and ordeals of the Outer O.o.t.T. are divided into the categories of the Champagne and the Caviar initiations.

The Order of the Toilet seeks to inculcate within its membership and the wider world, a cultivated love for and re-establishment of the hitherto secret magick of the night-soil tradition of the Western Sinister current.

The Mysteries of the Menses and of the Vomit as well as those of Spit and swallow are all taught within the white-tiled splendour of our Order's numerous disinfected Temples.

The Order of the Toilet asks young women (sixteen years and over) who wish to dedicate themselves to the urinary and faecal curriculum of the O.o.t.T. to forward an up to date medical certificate as to sexually transmitted disease and a full frontal naked and autographed photograph of themselves to the Outer Head of the O.o.t.T. together with a five-hundred word essay explaining their understanding of the latrine doctrines.

The Outer Order of the Toilet recognizes the following Grade attainments:

1.Toilet Goddess

She holds the jewels on Her cruel hands. Her nails are lacquered in love. Her adorations are screams.

2. Piss Princess

Hers is the Golden Shower that falls upon the Magus, that He may be washed and made enlivened. Her weapon is the Cup.

3. Princess of the Porcelain

Hers is the glamour of redolent movements in the night and the erotic passing of wind. She is an ordained Priestess of The Third Eye and Dark Pathway.

4. Dominatrix of the Cubicle

She offers Her Chalice and opens Her Back-Door. She bedaubs and cleanses those who offer up themselves. Her tool is the wand.

5. Mistress

Her weapon is the Whip, for She is girt with a sword. Her principal enchantments are Her smile and inventiveness.

6.Vampyress

She redeems with Her blood, for Her weapon is the stiletto. She communicates Her spells orally. Your word is Her Coin.

Interested parties are advised to forward all requisite material and/or correspondence to The Order of the Toilet at ............ (deleted)

http://www.henrymakow.com/satanist_insider.html

PS - One thing the Satanist got right is JuLIA Gillard is definately the '(O.o.t.T) Order Of The Toilet' personality type, maybe even Reptilian..!

Australia's New Reptilian Prime Minister JuLIAR Gillard


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Ca8CjQmBg

:scared: :fear: :pound:

[loveandgratitude]

Was Rudd in the OTO? Remember the GAIA GUYS?

I FOUND HER SPELL.....THE WORDS SHE CHANTS AS INCANTATIONS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJDfW-9YXU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJDfW-9YXU&feature=related


AND HERE ARE AUSTRALIAN UNDER HER SPELL........GETTING AUSTRALIAN MOVING FORWARD


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-bkaTuoy5E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-bkaTuoy5E&feature=related

BUT WATCH OUT HERE COMES JULIE BISHOP.............OUR NEXT FEMALE PRIME MINISTER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzR0gEnCJ10&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzR0gEnCJ10&feature=related

[jcocks]

Order of the Toilet? It sounds so hilarious that at least part of it has to be true...

Sorta sums up Aussie politics , doesn't it? Down the toilet with the leader :)

[loveandgratitude]

jcocks..............OTO..............These people run the oz government.

[jackovesk]

jcocks..............OTO..............These people run the oz government.

I will NEVER FORGET when I saw John Howard interviewed by the ABC and he was asked a question on Tony Abbott...

Howard stipulated, "it was important that Tony Abbott was introduced to the 'Right People' to forward his career in Politics".

Who are the 'Right People' John..?

No-one the Australian public will never know..! Go Figure..!

Tried to dig up the video interview in question, but can't find it...

[loveandgratitude]

Let me guess - OPUS DEI. Johnnie was one of them.

Direct line to the Jesuits, Vatican and the OTO

[jcocks]

So the question should now be :

How did he even come to be in the position he now finds himself, if those who control politics in Oz so despise him?

Are you sure the politics in Oz is a monopoly run solely by the Oto - or is there an opposing organization supporting Abbott ?

If I knew that the people behind him weren't the same toilet scum behind Gillard, I might just be willing to support him...

[loveandgratitude]

Poliltics is like a seranade. You have the main singers then the chorus. They take turns. Each has a turn of being lead singers, then they take a turn of singing the chorus. LA LA LA

Sometimes they are even in the orchestra

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro

[Mad Hatter]

Hmmm....

Tony is a Rhodes scholar, the same goes for Hawke and IIRC there are some interesting connections between Rhodes and Fabian Socialism... it is therefore amusing to speculate if Tony could be classed as a closet fabianist simply by dint of exposure to certain ways of thinking.

What does worry me is that now we are to be subjected to what is deplorably referred to as a carbon tax, exactly what shape will it take?

One of the problems around the GST was that Australians failed to think through the implications of what was being proposed at the time and I fear the same stunt will be pulled. IIRC when the GST was initially proposed by Hewsen it was at a higher level but was meant to replace almost ALL other taxes.

The ensuing furore amongst the chateratti/lamestream saw the whole thing mangled to the point where a watered down version was put up which retained most of the various background taxes it was meant to eliminate!!

Ooops!! So much for the average intelligence of the citizens of what some like to refer to as 'the clever country'

So we seem to be facing yet another classic 'Problem, Reaction, Solution' deployment on the denizens of this, maybe not so great, demockery.

It is also amusing to observe that the average Aussie would sqeal like a stuck pig if the footy teams playing on the weekend swapped jumpers at half time during a game but seem to be blissfully unaware that that is what happens every four years or so via the ballot box... go figure!!

PS What to do with Turnbull...?!!!


cheers all

[loveandgratitude]

Obama was a Rhodes Scholar. Interesting as this was only for foreign students. Rhodes students are fabians in training.

[Lord Sidious]

Was Rudd in the OTO? Remember the GAIA GUYS?



I do indeed, that was an excellent site.
Pity that it is gone.

[jackovesk]

Curtain closing on Gillard experiment

http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/07/26/1225896/927480-niki-savva.jpg Niki Savva - The Australian September 06, 2011

EVEN though they know it's over, senior Labor figures have formed a Praetorian guard around their faded empress. Even though they cannot say it publicly yet, and she cannot bear to face up to it, the sad truth is the Gillard Experiment has failed. All that remains is how to end it, when and with whom. The sooner they do it, the sooner Labor can set about righting wrongs. They have a duty to provide a respectable administration for whatever time they have left, as well as to restore the party's integrity and self-respect.

The next leader could take the first steps there by handing back to caucus the right to elect if not all, then part of the front bench.

As gut-wrenching as it will be for Labor MPs to dispatch their second prime minister in a row, and to suffer all the bad jokes and gibes - including mine of Australia becoming the Italy of the Pacific, with four prime ministers in four years (Howard, Rudd, Gillard and Rudd?) - they have little choice. Gillard has shown she is not up to the job. Wayne Swan, who will also have to go when Gillard does, has described her as tough as nails. He's right. One problem. Tough does not equal smart. She has made too many mistakes and shown a worrying inability to learn from any of them. Under her, Labor has fallen to its lowest levels ever.

There might be slight variations here and there in the polls, but they will be blips, not signs of recovery, unless Tony Abbott is caught on camera in flagrante delicto, and even then it would not be enough to save her.

One Labor man who described last week's High Court decision as seismic, excused it because "the government lost its moral compass". He described the policy as putrid, and was not alone in welcoming the injection of morality into the government's policy; too bad if it was by judges.

Peter Garrett succinctly laid out the criteria for the new policy at the weekend when he said: "we need to have an approach that is orderly, that secures and guarantees the control of our borders, that is humane, and that embodies the protections that already exist within the legislation and within the convention for refugees."

It's hard, but it's not that hard to get the policy and the tone right, if you start from the right place.

On this issue, as leader, Gillard never did and her decisions have led to massive twin humiliations: repudiation by the High Court and the offer of bipartisanship from Abbott. Difficult to say which is worse: being felled by the High Court or being forced to accept Abbott's outstretched hand.

She can and will make it worse if she now tries a reverse wedge on Abbott by forcing acceptance of the live people swap.

The Left took too long to rouse, but having been roused it would be foolish to taunt them and ignore public sentiment. If only they had spoken out sooner, it would have been a blow to Gillard, but they might have saved the party from the diabolical mess it is in now.

Sometimes shutting up makes it worse. Sometimes not. Gillard took 24 hours to respond to the High Court's decision, plenty of time to think about what she was going to say. Even thinking about it didn't help her get it right.

Unfortunately, her reaction was entirely in character. Once again something had gone badly wrong. Once again none of it was her fault.


The killer line against her was that while she expressed full confidence in Craig Thomson, she slapped the Chief Justice.

She responded to the party outrage over the latest fiasco with white-knuckle bravado, saying the kinds of things leaders under threat usually do: it's all fevered speculation, and she's the best person for the job.

No matter how much she wants to stay as prime minister, and her determination is formidable, it is now out of her hands. She has failed on policy, on administration, on credibility, on judgment and on presentation.

One of the questions Labor MPs will ask themselves is how much they want the carbon tax.

A new leader could extricate them from that mess by delaying the start or beginning afresh and taking it to the next election. Or they wait and let it pass through parliament and deal with the leadership question before Christmas. Or they take the summer break to think about who and what next.

There is no saviour in waiting, just options - Rudd, Simon Crean or Stephen Smith. Bill Shorten is not ready yet, nor is Greg Combet.

Even if, as another Labor man has said, he would rather chew off his arm than re-elect Rudd, he is the most obvious replacement and not just because the polls say so. In spite of his many faults, those in regular contact with him say he has learned from his mistakes. He is being counselled to behave and be patient.

Crean, according to one of his best mates, Lindsay Fox, is the only grown-up there, and the best equipped to do the job. He is also preferred by less partisan business people, and despite the ABC (Anyone But Crean) campaign against him by his own side, especially Swan, when Crean was opposition leader, there is a small, growing surge to BBC (Bring Back Crean).

Smith has performed well in both the foreign affairs and defence portfolios and is a cleanskin, although he is untested at leadership level. Sometimes the most unlikely options produce the most surprising results. Exhibit one: Abbott.

Even if the party leaves Gillard in the top job until the election - and it is not in the nature of politicians to do nothing, especially if there are not enough seats on the lifeboats - it does not alter the fact that her leadership has been dealt fatal blows, mostly from her own hand. It's over.

Footnote. Last week Stephen Conroy strenuously denied the contents of a 2009 cable sent by the former US ambassador, Robert McCallum, saying that Conroy "cannot stand" Julia Gillard.

Perhaps McCallum misheard. Maybe one of my sources did too when he told me of another Conroy conversation which I reported recently as despair sinking to depression in Labor ranks.

A senior cabinet minister had confessed political life had become intolerable, acknowledging the Carbon Tax was destroying the government, yet they could not walk away from it; he admitted his grave doubts about climate change science, revealing himself as one more sceptic in the government, and effectively admitting the campaign on media bias was a diversion.

My source would not then allow me to name the cabinet minister. He changed his mind when he saw the WikiLeaks cable quoting Conroy, horribly inaccurately, of course. Conroy can also insist this conversation didn't happen, just as he and his colleagues insist Gillard's leadership is safe.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/curtain-closing-on-gillard-experiment/story-e6frgd0x-1226130035306

[jackovesk]

...NOW THIS...

Union funds paid boss's bills

http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/09/06/1226130/909091-ludwig.jpg
SIGNED CHEQUES: Bill Ludwig, president of the Australian Workers Union.

ONE of the most powerful men in Australian politics has used union funds to pay for the cost of a private legal dispute.

National Australian Workers Union boss Bill Ludwig personally signed two AWU cheques worth almost $45,000 combined for legal expenses relating to his position as a director of Racing Queensland Limited.

The revelation will focus further attention on the use of union funds by officials.

Labor remains embroiled in the ongoing controversy involving former head of the Health Services Union, NSW federal Labor MP Craig Thomson, who is alleged to have misused union credit cards.

Mr Ludwig, one of the powerbrokers instrumental in the downfall of Kevin Rudd as prime minister, yesterday said he had done nothing unusual.

He had taken defamation action against former Supreme Court judge Bill Carter in relation to Mr Ludwig's duties as an RQL director. It is understood Mr Ludwig is eligible for an income of at least $50,000 for those RQL duties.

Mr Ludwig eventually dropped the legal action and was forced to pay Mr Carter's legal costs. It is understood Mr Ludwig's lawyers demanded Mr Carter sign a confidentiality agreement over the settlement.

It is understood that Mr Carter, who declined to comment to The Courier-Mail, refused to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Mr Ludwig signed two AWU cheques one worth about $37,000 and the other $8000 to settle Mr Carter's legal fees for the dropped action.

Mr Ludwig said the AWU had a long-standing policy that an attack on a union official was an attack on the union.

However, he said the AWU held a meeting regarding the costs incurred in the Carter case. A formal resolution was passed that the union would pay the legal costs, Mr Ludwig said.

Mr Ludwig said he still had a copy of the resolution.

He said union officials lost their private identity when they took on the job of union representation.

"Any attack on them becomes an attack on the union," he said. "That is why their costs are covered."

The AWU did not return The Courier-Mail's calls to answer whether a damages payout from a successful action against Mr Carter would have been given to the union.

Mr Ludwig is also taking defamation action against The Courier-Mail in relation to his RQL duties. That legal action is ongoing.

No one from the Australian Council of Trade Unions was available for comment on whether unions routinely pay the legal costs of union officials involved in private disputes.

Fair Work Australia said it could not comment on the case.

Mr Ludwig has long been a powerful figure in Queensland.

Mr Rudd's tenure as prime minister folded after Mr Ludwig and the AWU put their support behind Julia Gillard on the night of the leadership coup.

AWU support was also crucial for Anna Bligh when she became Queensland Premier, and again when she tried to push asset sales through the Labor conference.

The AWU represents more than 135,000 Australian workers, including many employed in low-paid positions.

They include unskilled farm and council workers as well as those in manufacturing, gas, aviation, construction and hospitality.

The revelations of Mr Ludwig's legal costs follow the ongoing controversy involving federal MP Craig Thomson.

Mr Thomson received cash from NSW Labor for his legal fees following a defamation action stemming from accusations he misused union credit cards. He revealed the party paid his legal bills after the defamation action, against Fairfax media, was dropped.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/union-funds-paid-bosss-bills/story-e6freon6-1226130911928

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