Seasonal workers told if they join a union they'll get no work
"I want to come back. I was scared of his words. So were others and some people resigned from the union that day."
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Nick McKenzie
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Second top Australian executive charged over offshore payments
The former boss of UGL's engineering business Russell Waugh has been charged in relation to a $15 million payment made to advisors while he was an executive at Leighton Holdings.
Missing contract sparks Primary boss probe
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Should Australian whistleblowers earn multimillion-dollar bounties?
A number of cases have shown career oblivion often follows corporate whistleblowing.
Investigation launched into black-market consumer data
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Corrupt call centre insiders selling Australians' private details
Corrupt insiders at offshore call centres used by Australian companies are offering for sale the private data of customers of Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.
ASIC launches CIMIC bribery probe
The corporate watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations Leighton and CIMIC failed to disclose a bribery scandal.
Did AFL pay for ads that never ran?
Leading businesses including the AFL, Cricket Australia and Movember may have been defrauded by Ambient Advertising.