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Independent Australia, through investigative blogger Peter Wicks and managing editor David Donovan, have undertaken a comprehensive investigation into the HSU affair, involving former Labor MP Craig Thomson, HSU official Kathy Jackson and various other players.

This dedicated Jacksonville page will be updated as new information comes to light and articles are published. It is arranged in reverse chronological order. To skip directly to a full compilation of the original source material uncovered in our enquiries, please click here.

THE LATEST NEWS

Corrupting democracy — we need to say "FIN"

26 August 2021, 12:00pm A political party with the sole purpose of eradicating Federal Government corrup ...  

Jacksonville and Kathy's well-paid union mates

12 October 2020, 3:30pm Kathy Jackson was back in court and emerged with the deal of the century, despite ...  

Kathy Jackson's conviction: A long time coming

6 October 2020, 10:00am Yesterday, Kathy Jackson was convicted of charges related to the theft of over ...  

Dave Donovan discusses 10 years of truth-telling with Steve Austin

26 June 2020, 4:00pm For ten years, a local independent news website has been running on the whiff of a ...  

Kathy Jackson in court — but not today

17 June 2019, 7:30am The Jacksonville saga continues as Kathy Jackson's trial for 70 fraud-related ...  

EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Helloworld and other informal corruption

28 February 2019, 6:30am A new disease, corruption anaesthesia, has afflicted the Australian political ...  

EDITORIAL: Informal corruption

27 February 2019, 4:00pm A new disease, corruption anaesthesia, has afflicted the Australian political ...  

The broadband debacle: NBN Co needs to eat its own dog food

6 August 2017, 10:30am Whoever is in office three years from now will have the biggest ever infrastructure ...  

Kathy Jackson laughs after facing a Melbourne court on criminal charges

24 January 2017, 5:30pm Kathy Jackson sits cross-legged in court and laughs outside it as she faces her ...  

Reply to News Corpse: ‘Michael Danby staffer exposed as pro-Shorten blogger’

4 December 2016, 2:00am Dave Donovan explains in detail just exactly how far The Australian went to smear ...  

Norington smears Wixxy: The Australian gets caught lying, but refuses to apologise

4 December 2016, 12:01am The Australian has happily allowed one of its writers to carry on a vicious pers ...  

Erase rewind: Rewriting Jacksonville and HSU history with The Australian

5 November 2016, 9:30am What The Australian's recent piece on Kimberley Kitching lacks in facts, it makes ...  

KITCHING BEAT-UPDATE: Better a union hack than a Crikey crock

28 October 2016, 12:30pm With the ABC continuing the MSM attack on new Senator Kimberley Kitching last ...  

Kathy Jackson in court: You're so vain

20 September 2016, 7:30am Despite facing 70 fraud and deception charges, the Liberal's former poster girl ...  

The mainstream media's unseemly self-praise over Kathy Jackson's charges

3 September 2016, 4:00pm The old media are rewriting history about Kathy Jackson and who broke the story she ...  

Law finally catches up with 'heroic' whistleblower Kathy Jackson

1 September 2016, 11:30am With Kathy Jackson being charged of 70 offences, all the rats who promoted her as a ...  

IA podcast #3: Peter Wicks on Jacksonville

20 August 2016, 7:00pm David Donovan speaks to investigative blogger and long-time contributor Peter Wicks ...  

Lateline, Norington and a problem with the facts

24 July 2016, 1:00pm Norington's recent Lateline appearance to discuss his book on the HSU saga was ...  

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