Unions royal commission: 'Bogus invoices' part of payments to Bill Shorten's AWU

By Anna Patty
Updated October 12 2015 - 10:08pm, first published 7:19pm
Former Thiess John Holland senior executive Stephen Sasse outside the royal commission on Monday. Photo: Ben Rushton
Former Thiess John Holland senior executive Stephen Sasse outside the royal commission on Monday. Photo: Ben Rushton
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Michelle Smith
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Michelle Smith
Royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. Photo: Ben Rushton
Royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. Photo: Ben Rushton
Mr Sasse giving evidence on Monday.
Mr Sasse giving evidence on Monday.

Former Thiess John Holland executive Stephen Sasse has given evidence that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was directly involved in discussions about $300,000 in payments to the Australian Workers Union when he was national secretary in late 2004 and that a series of invoices for large payments appear to be bogus.

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