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National chief correspondent Hedley Thomas leads The Australian's investigation of the AWU files.
E-health take-up 'missing its target'
SEAN PARNELL, HEALTH EDITOR THREE Australians have been allowed to use a fake name to sign up for an electronic health record.
Backlash on $1.2bn aged-care wage deal
Sid Maher, Political correspondent A $1.2BN plan to lift the wages of aged-care workers has been dealt a blow, with nearly half of Catholic Health's facilities unlikely to sign the deal.
Discount for NSW to sign up to Gonski
Sid Maher and Mark Coultan JULIA Gillard has sealed a crucial $5 billion education funding deal with NSW by trimming the rate at which the state must lift its own school funding.
Lockout on flood files for 30 years
Hedley Thomas THOUSANDS of documents obtained during investigations by the Wivenhoe Dam inquiry are being withheld from public access and scrutiny for 30 years.
Tinkler's wife 'worth $1bn'
Anthony Klan ONE-TIME billionaire Nathan Tinkler is facing bankruptcy. So it's a good thing his wife is on hand to sling him some cash.
Right of reply for Gillard critic
Christian Kerr THE federal opposition has moved to refer comments by Julia Gillard on the AWU affair to the parliament's privileges committee.
'Stuff-up' spills trove of secrets
HEDLEY THOMAS, NATIONAL CHIEF CORRESPONDENT BOXFULS of intelligence from the Fitzgerald inquiry are laid bare in a state archives reading room.
AWU probe questions anger Gillard
Hedley Thomas, National chief correspondent JULIA Gillard has distanced herself from a Victoria Police fraud probe into an alleged scam run in the 1990s by her then boyfriend, Bruce Wilson.
CMC blunder exposes dossiers
HEDLEY THOMAS and EMMA HART THOUSANDS of sensitive files have been publicly available after an error by Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission.
Madam killed to protect crooked cops
HEDLEY THOMAS FITZGERALD inquiry investigators took seriously claims that madam and prostitute Shirley Brifman was killed to stop her giving evidence.
Housewife madam too risky for cops
HEDLEY THOMAS, NATIONAL CHIEF CORRESPONDENT DID a prostitute's whistleblowing on police corruption cost her life?
Police wrap up AWU inquiries
Pia Akerman VICTORIA Police has revealed that its investigation into the AWU "slush fund" scandal is nearly complete.
Police to court: we want file on Wilson
Hedley Thomas Victorian detectives investigating the AWU "slush fund" scandal are seeking to retrieve a legal file concerning Bruce Wilson.
SMSF tax laws lift shift to property
Anthony Klan MUM and dad investors are using self-managed superannuation funds to avoid paying capital gains tax on investment properties.
Speak up, ex-AWU official says
Hedley Thomas, National chief correspondent A JUDICIAL figure who exposed alleged union corruption involving Julia Gillard's then boyfriend is calling on witnesses to offer evidence to police.
TV contractors ignore asbestos risk
Anthony Klan MORE than half the contractors installing satellite dishes under the digital TV rollout don't know how to report major problems.
Police step up AWU inquiries
Hedley Thomas, National chief correspondent A HIGHLY sensitive investigation by Victoria Police into the union scandal that has dogged Julia Gillard for 17 years has been stepped up.
Fraser slow to release letters
Sean Parnell EVEN the prime minister who introduced the Freedom of Information Act, Malcolm Fraser, sometimes has a problem with transparency.
'I signed off on $300k to slush fund'
ANDREW BURRELL BRUCE Wilson's brother-in-law admits he authorised $300,000 in payments that bankrolled the slush fund at the heart of the AWU scandal.
PM may have breached state law: QC
Pia Akerman THE former head of WA's anti-corruption watchdog believes Julia Gillard may have breached two sections of the state's law.
AWU inquiry an 'abuse of power'
Chip Le Grand TONY Abbott's plan to convene a "trumped up, judicial inquiry" into the AWU affair would be an unprecedented misuse of executive power.
Costa calls on PM to help police
Sid Maher FORMER NSW Labor treasurer Michael Costa has called on Julia Gillard to co-operate with any police inquiry into the AWU affair.
Time for union inquiry: Costa
HEDLEY THOMAS, NATIONAL CHIEF CORRESPONDENT ONE-time union leader and former NSW treasurer Michael Costa has declared Australia now needs a public inquiry into union corruption and fraud.
A sharp, short judicial inquiry
Hedley Thomas THE judicial inquiry that Tony Abbott pledges can be short, sharp and inexpensive.
Real issue is whether the PM misled
Chris Merritt, Legal affairs editor The key issue is whether the PM, who denies all wrongdoing, misled the authorities in WA about the true purpose of that AWU association
Year ends mired in a stalemate
Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large THE project of mutual character assassination reached a new depth of poison but ended in an inconclusive stalemate.
Abbott will stay course on AWU
Sid Maher and Pia Akerman TONY Abbott has declared he will not back off his allegation that Julia Gillard broke the law and will pursue an inquiry into the "slush fund" affair.
PM told firm what she won't tell parliament
Hedley Thomas, National chief correspondent JULIA Gillard admitted writing to a government department to help overcome its objections to the creation of an association for Bruce Wilson.
