The Australian’s Hedley Thomas has revealed that a leading unionist was paid tens of thousands of dollars by a property development fund and major Labor Party donor, Austcorp.

Wally Curran was union secretary for years and then trustee of the Meatworkers Union superannuation fund.

The fund invested $30 million in Austcorp. But Austcorp collapsed in2009’ Its liabilities were around $900 million. The meatworkers were one of the biggest losers.

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