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SYDNEY (AFP) – A promise to return Australia’s budget to surplus within 12 months and cash handouts for voters failed to improve the ruling Labor party’s ailing popularity, according to the latest polls.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard had hoped Tuesday’s budget would boost Labor’s standing following a series of scandals which have rocked her fragile minority government, but both she and her party continued to slip in the opinion polls.
A Nielsen survey of 1,200 voters published in the Sydney Morning Herald put centre-left Labor’s vote at 42 percent to the conservatives’ 58 percent, a one-point drop from the previous poll conducted in late February.
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She ordered Labor MP Craig Thomson to quit the party in April over damaging allegations that he used a former employer’s credit card to pay for prostitutes before he came to parliament.

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As the ACTU’s triennial conference wound up in Sydney, union delegates were told they should demand respect and didn’t need to cop the blame for the actions of a few.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten made the call to arms in reference to the Health Services Union (HSU) scandal that has engulfed the union movement and cast a shadow over the three-day congress in Sydney.
Mr Shorten used his address to the congress to demand that business show respect for unions in the wake of recent HSU troubles.
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Mr Thomson, who is to make a statement to parliament on Monday, has declined to be interviewed by the Victorian police, following a Fair Work Australia report that found he spent $500,000 on prostitutes, gourmet meals and electioneering when he ran the HSU between 2002 and 2007.

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ACTU Congress gets underway in Sydney
Updated May 15, 2012 08:03:00
The ACTU Congress gets underway today amid a backdrop of scandal involving the Health Services Union. One influential union figure is warning that if there’s a repeat of the HSU scandal, it could spell the end of the entire union movement. ACTU leaders are promising sweeping changes to restore public confidence.
TONY EASTLEY: Union officials from across the country are gathering in Sydney for the triennial ACTU Congress and on many of their minds are dwindling membership numbers and the scandal involving the Health Services Union and Craig Thomson.
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Simon Cullen reports from the ACTU Congress in Sydney.
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SIMON CULLEN: The HSU has been mired in allegations, including that members’ funds were used for prostitutes. It’s prompted the Government and also the Opposition to flag tougher rules for how unions operate.

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This morning in Sydney, the union movement is embarking on what some people say is a fight for its very survival. The annual ACTU Congress is being held in the shadow of the turmoil involving the Health Services Union.The HSU East branch has applied to be put into administration following the alleged mis-use of members’ money on prostitutes and kickbacks.
ELEANOR HALL: It’s been a long time since so much attention has been paid to an ACTU Congress.But this morning in Sydney, the union movement is embarking on what some people say is a fight for its very survival.The annual gathering is being held in the shadow of the turmoil involving the Health Services Union.The HSU East branch has applied to be put into administration following the alleged misuse of members’ money on prostitutes and kickbacks.Simon Cullen is at the ACTU Congress and filed this report.(Music – Solidarity Forever)SIMON CULLEN: They rose to their feet, clapped and sang along in solidarity.But while the talk is o …

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CITY of Sydney Council and TAFE have teamed up with businesses at Redfern to transform shop windows into works of art.
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“It was like Fort Knox here and people didn’t know what kind of store it was and with a name like Black Lace I had people calling me thinking I was a brothel. It’s great to be able to see that we are a boutique and we have lasted here all this time.”
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ROLL UP REDFERN The campaign to encourage shopkeepers to remove roller shutters and show their wares to the street is lifting the face of Redfern, according to South Sydney Business Chamber president
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The Roll Up Redfern campaign, in place since last year, provides matching grants for shopkeepers, with up to $3000 from City of Sydney, to take down the shutters.

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SYDNEY — A promise to return Australia’s budget to surplus within 12 months and cash handouts for voters failed to improve the ruling Labor party’s ailing popularity, the latest polls showed Saturday.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard had hoped Tuesday’s budget would boost Labor’s standing following a series of scandals which have rocked her fragile minority government, but both she and her party continued to slip in the opinion polls.
A Nielsen survey of 1,200 voters published in the Sydney Morning Herald put center-left Labor’s vote at 42 percent to the conservatives’ 58 percent, a 1-point drop from the previous poll conducted in late February.
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She ordered Labor MP Craig Thomson to quit the party in April over damaging allegations that he used a former employer’s credit card to pay for prostitutes before he came to parliament.

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The building’s owners have hired heavyweight lawyers to demand thousands of dollars from two Sydney property consultants, accusing them of pocketing rents from people squatting at the hotel.
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A Sunday Telegraph investigation over recent weeks has revealed the $110 million Cross St hotel — visited over the past decade by luminaries such as Princess Diana, Bill Clinton and Madonna — has been the venue of wild parties and alleged prostitution.
Documents from law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler show the overseas owners, property tycoon Kevin McCabe and his Scarborough Group business partner Didier Tandy, are pursuing two Sydney property consultants for thousands of dollars. The owners allege the pair instructed Mr Churchill to rent out rooms in the hotel without their knowledge.
Sex workers were among the list of tenants paying between $200 and $300 each week. Cash rents were allegedly paid by the tenants to Mr Churchill. He allegedly gave the money to the Sydney property duo, who were already receiving a $1 million annual retainer.

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She said he was preparing to accuse her former husband Jeff Jackson of complicity in a ‘’set-up” involving prostitutes – a claim that Mr Jackson rejected.
”No one set him up. He’s in another universe that we’re not in. If he’s got these allegations to make, why not do it outside Parliament?”
Mr Thomson faces the prospect of a possible censure motion or some type of disciplinary statement after he gives an explanation to federal Parliament when it returns next week.
Allegations against Mr Thomson include that he used a union credit card for prostitutes.
Three of the five members of the crossbench are uncomfortable with the idea that he should face parliamentary censure – breaking ranks with fellow independent Rob Oakeshott – arguing it is a breach of the separation of the parliamentary and legal systems. They also accused the opposition of playing ”fast and loose” with democracy.
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Mr Thomson also said in his interview that union executives had access to his details and used them to put payments for prostitutes on his credit cards.

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Victorian police have searched several premises in Sydney as part of their ongoing investigations into fraud at the Health Services Union East branch.
Neither Victoria Police nor NSW Police, whose officers assisted during the searches, could confirm media reports that SGE Credit Union offices were among those targeted.
Stood-aside HSU president Michael Williamson and national secretary Kathy Jackson are both on the board of the credit union.
‘Victorian police with the assistance of NSW police executed a number of warrants in Sydney today in relation to the matter,’ a Victoria Police spokeswoman told AAP.
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The searches come three days after Fair Work Australia released a report alleging federal MP and former HSU boss Craig Thomson spent as much as $500,000 of union members’ funds on electioneering, escort services, lavish meals and cash withdrawals.

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