23 September 2014
300k deal between John Holland and Australian Workers
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A 7.30 investigation has prompted the trade union royal commission to say it will treat seriously any allegation that documents relevant to its inquiries have been improperly destroyed.
It has heard the documents, including red notebooks and copies Canada Goose Outlet of emails, relate to negotiations between the Thiess John Holland consortium, which built Melbourne’s canada goose factory sale $2.5 billion Eastlink toll road, and Mr Shorten when he led the Australian canada goose store Workers Union (AWU).
It heard the documents discussed Mr Shorten’s involvement in the negotiations cheap Canada Goose that resulted in an agreement that delivered $100 million in worker productivity savings in exchange for the consortium paying https://www.pick-canadagoose.com a salary for an AWU organiser at a total cost of $300,000.
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Canada Goose online 7.30 has been told the notebooks canada goose black friday sale were not kept at John Holland, but went off site to the Recall secure storage facility in Sydney’s Alexandria, and were labelled with dates and marked by a personal assistant to a former John Holland executive not to be destroyed for seven years that was five years ago. Canada Goose online
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But in an exchange of emails tendered to the royal commission, John Holland has said that none of the documents can be found.
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When cheap canada goose uk asked if he found it curious Canada Goose Coats On Sale that John Holland had said the notebooks could not be found, Mr Sasse replied: “I’m surprised, yes.”
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But Mr Sasse said he saved relevant emails with other consortium executives about his discussions with Mr Shorten to an internal company hard drive.
“The concept that the documents that have been looked for by the canada goose coats on sale royal commission are being stored on the C: drive of a laptop is verging on the ludicrous,” Mr Sasse told 7.30.
Canada Goose sale ‘Someone, somewhere, will want this’Mr Sasse confirmed that the company used Recall, which prides itself on its ability to securely maintain documents. Canada Goose sale
He also told the royal commission in evidence last Monday: “When I left John Holland, I handed canada goose uk shop both my notebooks and my paper diaries to my PA with very clear instructions to put them somewhere where they could be found again and made a comment ‘someone, somewhere, will want this’.”
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Mr Sasse was so determined to help find the documents; uk canada goose outlet royal commission records show that earlier this month, he personally wrote to John Holland, explaining where it might find the material.
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Canada Goose Outlet “I’ll preface my remarks by saying that I’m not going to comment on the evidence or the issues before the royal commission at the moment,” Dr Lyon said. Canada Goose Outlet
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