Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has announced the Government has intervened in Federal Court proceedings with the Health Services Union (HSU) by applying for the application for the appointment of an Administrator for the HSU East Branch.

 

The Government has taken this decision to provide for the HSU to function into the future:

  • meeting the expectations and in the interests of HSU members;
  • sustainably and in a proper and democratic way; and
  • in accordance with its statutory obligations, including those set out in the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act.

“Australians have long supported a free and independent union movement which is representative of and accountable to its members,” Mr Shorten said. 


“I am particularly concerned that the interests of HSU members across Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT are not being properly served by the current dysfunction within the HSU East Branch.”

 

“My intervention is to ensure the broader public interest in working Australians having effective and accountable union representation is not undermined.”