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UNDERWORLD FIGURE AT THE HEART OF BUILDING UNION CORRUPTION CLAIMS TAKES ROYAL COMMISSION STANDBikies, standover men and Islamic State recruits are all associated with building industry boss George Alex but now claims of secret payments made by him to union officials that is under scrutiny as he takes the stand at the Trade Union Royal Commission.THE BATTLE TO KEEP POTENTIALLY LETHAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OUT OF AUSTRALIACheap, highly combustible, Chinese-made cladding that doesn't meet Australian standards was installed on a Melbourne high-rise that saw fire fly up its 15 stories last year, and now the Senate has announced an inquiry into substandard building products to respond to the alarm over a growing wave of dodgy imported material making their way into Australian buildings.GOVERNMENT AND POLICE IN NAURU ESCALATE ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION MPSJust two weeks after 7.30 revealed major bribery allegations involving Nauru's Justice Minister and President, the Government and police there have stepped up attacks on Opposition MPs by cancelling their passports and throwing them in jail, leaving the country's flimsy judicial system as the last hope for some.'GIVE STUDENTS VALUE FOR MONEY' URGES BRIAN SCHMIDT OVER HIGHER EDUCATION POLICYProfessor Brian Schmidt, Nobel laureate, astrophysicist and winemaker, is adding Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University to his bow. He has an ambitious plan to make ANU the equal of prestigious institutions like Harvard and Oxford |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-06-24 at 19:30:00 |
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Building materials -- Standards.
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Electric cables -- Testing.
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Employees -- Dismissal of.
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Fraud investigation.
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Higher education and state.
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Protest movements.
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Terrorism investigation.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Sales, Leigh, host
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Cooper, Hayden, reporter
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Harvey, Adam, reporter
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Morris, Madeleine, reporter
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Alex, George, contributor
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Cutler, John, contributor
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Gramlick, Tracey, contributor
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O'Connor, Michael, contributor
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Schmidt, Brian, contributor
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Sims, Rod, contributor
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Willox, Innex, contributor
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