Prime Minister faces renewed claims around AWU scandal

The scandal surrounding a union slush fund set up in the 1990s by the Prime Minister's former boyfriend has dogged Julia Gillard on and off for nearly 20 years. The PM hoped an August press conference would end questions but a main player's return to Australia has sparked the issue again.

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  1. In his first television interview, former colleague and partner in the Prime Minister's old law firm, Nick Styant-Browne revealed his concerns and the tensions within the law firm over Ms Gillard's role:
  2. Former Slater and Gordon partner explores AWU scandal
  3. The Prime Minister's response to these questions dominated the return to parliament the following week, after she gave a strongly worded press conference and fielded inquiries from the Opposition in Question Time...
  4. The subject of some of the PM's retort to the AWU claims was former union official Ralph Blewitt who responded to that and to questions around the claims he is making when he was interviewed on 7.30:
  5. Former AWU official reacts to PM's defence
  6. The drama of the issue continues...
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