Decided to check in, & was surprised at the emails of support. Thank you.
LET JULIA ROOLYA
I would like to congratulate Roolya for selecting Mr Greg Combet to Minister for Defence Personnel,
This guy is a bit of a hero to me, in 1998, he & his Union Maritime Union of Australia (MUA,) took on Peter Thief (I'm sorry that's Reith) & the Howard Government.In the Australian waterfront dispute.
The Howard Gov tried to recruit Australian Defence Personal send them to Dubai to be trained as wharfies, then sack all the Real wharfies & bring in these Australian Defence Personal to work the Wharfs.
The Australian government denied all knowledge of the plan, despite still-serving defence personnel being involved, and evidence provided by some of these members that the government was actively involved in supporting the plan. Still Peter Thief & John Howard lied.
Greg Combet stood firm!! Often on the front of the picket line, facing Police with dogs & battons.
The case went before the Federal Court with Justice North finding in favour of the union.
He found that the company had deliberately restructured their corporate structure with the sole intent to dismiss their unionised workers.
The company with the support of the government using the money it collected from the Australian tax payer, appealed this decision to the full bench of the Federal Court which upheld Justice North's earlier decision.
The company appealed to the High Court of Australia with the government's support using the money it collected from the Australian tax payer,.
The full bench of the High Court found in the MUA's favour, for the third time that the company had carried out a corporate restructure with the sole intent to dismiss their unionised workforce. Then bring in Australian Defence Personnel to run the wharfs at a higher rate of pay then the real wharfies were being paid.
Greg Combet led the fight from the front, embarrassed the Howard Gov that it was not long after that, that Peter Thief resigned
He will be an asset to the Roolya Gov, These are the sorts of guys that should be in Parliament, guys that are willing to stand up for what they believe in at any cost to themselves, people that wont back down, & make the hard decisions