And regardless of what happens to Heydon, we can rest assured that the rc will go on.

And it would seem increasingly likely that there is a whole world of skulduggery yet to unearth, as we now have some of the retired and more senior members of the alp positioning themselves for the fall out.

The scum in the labour right especially need to be dealt with, and when all is said and done, and the media have pumped it all up, the gap between the polling for the major parties may narrow.

For their crimes against humanity, the deaths at sea and the abuse of children, *^&% the alp. Let 'em burn I say.

And if the Greens know what's good for them, they'll get well out of the way.

Foxy,

This issue was deliberately politicized by Labor and the unions.

TURC is a result of a string of blatant criminal acts emanating from various of the trade unions especially the CFMEU. That something is rotten in the trade union movement is obvious even to blind Freddie, and only an irresponsible leader would do nothing.

Dear Shadow Minister,

Given the union movement's ties to the Labor Party
is isn't surprising that the Royal Commission established
by a combative, conservative government led by Prime
Minister Tony Abbott has led to it being dubbed a
"political witch hunt."

For all we know, political motives might well have
informed the federal government's decision to initiate this
royal commission. But even if this is so - it does not mean
that the work of the Royal Commission can or should be
dismissed.

The question of the extent to which corrupt individuals
and practices infect the trade union movement is of
vital public importance - precisely because unions play
such an important role in Australian society.

However, it is precisely because of the importance of this
inquiry that any possibility of bias must be removed.

I have continually stressed in this discussion that Justice Dyson
Heydon is regarded by his colleagues as a man of
unimpeachable integrity. I was therefore somewhat disappointed
that he did not step down from the Commission because justice
must not only seem to be done. It must be perceived to be done.
And that has always been his stance as well.

Now he finds himself at the centre of controversy about the
propriety of his continuing to sit as a Royal Commissioner
inquiring into alleged corruption within Australia's union
movement.

We can only trust that he will remain independent in the
conduct of his judicial duties.

my apologies for the typo.

I meant to say that not only justice must be done.
It must be perceived to be done.

@Fox, Thursday, 3 September 2015 10:23:03 AM

Either you can fault the Justice's reasons for ruling or you cannot. Here again,

http://www.tradeunionroyalcommission.gov.au/Hearings/Documents/2015/Evidence31August2015/ReasonsforRulingonDisqualificationApplicationdated31August2015.pdf

Given that you make no attempt whatsoever to counter his reasons with countering reasons of your own, your attempts at sly manipulation through bringing him and the RC into ill-repute are deceitful.

That is irrational, so what do you gain from doing it?

Through no fault of his own, Justice Heydon finds himself
at the centre of controversy about the propriety of his
continuing to sit as a Royal Commissioner inquiring into
alleged corruption within Australia's union movement.

This does not mean that the work of the Royal Commission
can or should be dismissed. The question of the extent
to which corrupt individuals and practices infect the
trade union movement is of vital public importance -
precisely because unions play such an important role in
Australian society.

It is precisely because of the importance of this inquiry
that any possibility of bias must be removed.