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Timeline of events involving Craig Thomson and the Health Services Union

Daily Telegraph
January 31, 2013 4:52PM

FROM political victory to arrest: a timeline of events involving the Health Services Union and suspended Labor backbencher Craig Thomson.

• November 2007 - Craig Thomson, national secretary of the Health Services Union since 2002, wins the seat of Dobell in Labor's federal election victory.
• January 2008 - Kathy Jackson takes over from Mr Thomson as general secretary of the HSU and finds accounts in the Melbourne office in disarray.
• May 2008 - An audit sent to Ms Jackson raises "concerns about possible misuse of union funds by Mr Thomson".
• July 2008 - Fair Work Australia asks the HSU what is happening with its 2007 financial return.
• December 2008 - Ms Jackson writes to lawyers Slater and Gordon instructing them to engage tax specialists BDO Kendall to "conduct an investigation".
• April 2009 - FWA commences an inquiry into the union.
• April 6 - Industrial registrar Doug Williams writes to Ms Jackson asking for the 2007 and 2008 accounts audited and signed.
• April 7 - Ms Jackson tells Mr Williams of "possible financial irregularities revealed by the exit audit and ongoing BDO Kendall investigation".
• April 8 - Fairfax Media alleges Mr Thomson used his union credit cards to help fund his election campaign and pay for a number of personal expenses, including escort services.
• April 9 - HSU Victorian secretary Jeff Jackson is accused by HSU state president Pauline Fegan of using his union credit card to pay more than $1400 over four months for escort services.
• September 2009 - FWA interviews Ms Jackson.
• March 2010 - FWA notifies the union's national office that the inquiry has become an investigation.
• August 20 - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and NSW premier Barry O'Farrell call on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to explain the Thomson saga.
• August 24 - The HSU says it will fully cooperate with a NSW police investigation into Mr Thomson and calls on the Labor MP to publicly explain "financial irregularities" it has found.
• August 25 - Federal Labor denies claims the government interfered in FWA's ongoing investigation into the finances of the HSU.
• August 26 - Ms Jackson says she won't be intimidated after a shovel is placed on the doorstep of her Melbourne home. Ms Gillard denies she knew about allegations surrounding Mr Thomson and his former union before the public did.
• September 8, 2011 - NSW police drop their investigation into allegations Mr Thomson misused a union credit card, saying they had no evidence.
• September 22 - Mr Williamson is suspended on full pay as HSU national president following allegations he embezzled union funds. Chris Brown is appointed acting national president a few days later.
• November, 2011 - A motion of no confidence against Ms Jackson as HSU executive president is passed at the union's annual conference. Ms Jackson vows to stay as head of the union until end of 2014.
• March 14, 2012 - FWA's investigation into HSU Victoria No 1 branch is completed. Three former officials are said to face Federal Court action.
• April 3, 2012 - FWA says its investigations are complete. 
• April 5 - The ACTU suspends the HSU until the union can resolve its governance and financial management issues.
• April 8 - Pressure mounts for Mr Williamson to be sacked from Unions NSW.
• April 9 - Ms Jackson calls for the union's national executive to resign and let members elect a new leadership.
• April 10 - Divisions within the embattled HSU's top brass deepen, with branches of the union threatening to break away unless the leadership dispute is resolved.
• April 12 - Unions NSW votes to dump Mr Williamson as its vice-president and also moves to suspend the troubled union from its organisation.
• April 13 - Infighting within the HSU intensifies, with Ms Jackson charging Mr Williamson under the HSU's rules in a bid to have him removed.
• April 15 - The federal opposition calls on Ms Gillard to demand Mr Thomson co-operate with a NSW police investigation into the HSU.
• April 18 - Mr Brown calls for a report commissioned by the HSU's East branch into alleged financial mismanagement and credit card misuse to be released publicly.
• April 23 - Ms Jackson goes to the Federal Court claiming 17 members of the HSU East branch are not entitled to vote at union council meetings.
• April 26 - Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten applies to have the HSU East branch placed into administration. Unions NSW, ACTU and Mr Brown welcome the move, but Ms Jackson accuses Mr Shorten of "grandstanding".
• April 27 - A meeting of the HSU top brass in Sydney calls for Ms Jackson to resign but admits it cannot remove her forcibly. Former industrial relations commissioner Errol Hodder is appointed to deal with internal charges against Mr Williamson and Ms Jackson as the new union ombudsman.
• April 29 - Ms Gillard announces Mr Thomson will be quitting the Labor Party to sit on the crossbench as an independent.
• May 7 - Fair Work Australia delivers its report.
• May 9 - NSW Labor Party confirms it paid Mr Thomson's legal bill over the Fair Work Australia investigation into the misuse of union funds.
• May 21 - Craig Thomson gives 58-minute speech to parliament addressing allegations against him, claiming he was the victim of an elaborate identity theft. 
• June 6 - Former prostitute who claimed in an interview with A Current Affair to have slept with Mr Thomson recants and apologises, claiming a case of "complete mistaken identity".
• October 15 - Fair Work Australia takes Federal Court action alleging Mr Thomson misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds.
• October 24 - Fraud squads from NSW and Victoria raid Craig Thomson's house, seizing computers and other items.
• December 4 - Mr Thomson formally denies spending union money on prostitutes and improperly using his position as Health Services Union national secretary in a 28-page defence lodged in the Federal Court.
• January 31 - Mr Thomson is arrested at his electorate office on the NSW Central Coast and is due to face court in Victoria on 150 counts of fraud, which his lawyer says he denies.
• November 2007 - Craig Thomson, national secretary of the Health Services Union since 2002, wins the seat of Dobell in Labor's federal election victory.
• January 2008 - Kathy Jackson takes over from Mr Thomson as general secretary of the HSU and finds accounts in the Melbourne office in disarray.
• May 2008 - An audit sent to Ms Jackson raises "concerns about possible misuse of union funds by Mr Thomson".
• July 2008 - Fair Work Australia asks the HSU what is happening with its 2007 financial return.
• December 2008 - Ms Jackson writes to lawyers Slater and Gordon instructing them to engage tax specialists BDO Kendall to "conduct an investigation".
• April 2009 - FWA commences an inquiry into the union.
• April 6 - Industrial registrar Doug Williams writes to Ms Jackson asking for the 2007 and 2008 accounts audited and signed.
• April 7 - Ms Jackson tells Mr Williams of "possible financial irregularities revealed by the exit audit and ongoing BDO Kendall investigation".
• April 8 - Fairfax Media alleges Mr Thomson used his union credit cards to help fund his election campaign and pay for a number of personal expenses, including escort services.
• April 9 - HSU Victorian secretary Jeff Jackson is accused by HSU state president Pauline Fegan of using his union credit card to pay more than $1400 over four months for escort services.
• September 2009 - FWA interviews Ms Jackson.
• March 2010 - FWA notifies the union's national office that the inquiry has become an investigation.
• August 20 - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and NSW premier Barry O'Farrell call on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to explain the Thomson saga.
• August 24 - The HSU says it will fully cooperate with a NSW police investigation into Mr Thomson and calls on the Labor MP to publicly explain "financial irregularities" it has found.
• August 25 - Federal Labor denies claims the government interfered in FWA's ongoing investigation into the finances of the HSU.
• August 26 - Ms Jackson says she won't be intimidated after a shovel is placed on the doorstep of her Melbourne home. Ms Gillard denies she knew about allegations surrounding Mr Thomson and his former union before the public did.
• September 8, 2011 - NSW police drop their investigation into allegations Mr Thomson misused a union credit card, saying they had no evidence.
• September 22 - Mr Williamson is suspended on full pay as HSU national president following allegations he embezzled union funds. Chris Brown is appointed acting national president a few days later.
• November, 2011 - A motion of no confidence against Ms Jackson as HSU executive president is passed at the union's annual conference. Ms Jackson vows to stay as head of the union until end of 2014.
• March 14, 2012 - FWA's investigation into HSU Victoria No 1 branch is completed. Three former officials are said to face Federal Court action.
• April 3, 2012 - FWA says its investigations are complete. 
• April 5 - The ACTU suspends the HSU until the union can resolve its governance and financial management issues.
• April 8 - Pressure mounts for Mr Williamson to be sacked from Unions NSW.
• April 9 - Ms Jackson calls for the union's national executive to resign and let members elect a new leadership.
• April 10 - Divisions within the embattled HSU's top brass deepen, with branches of the union threatening to break away unless the leadership dispute is resolved.
• April 12 - Unions NSW votes to dump Mr Williamson as its vice-president and also moves to suspend the troubled union from its organisation.
• April 13 - Infighting within the HSU intensifies, with Ms Jackson charging Mr Williamson under the HSU's rules in a bid to have him removed.
• April 15 - The federal opposition calls on Ms Gillard to demand Mr Thomson co-operate with a NSW police investigation into the HSU.
• April 18 - Mr Brown calls for a report commissioned by the HSU's East branch into alleged financial mismanagement and credit card misuse to be released publicly.
• April 23 - Ms Jackson goes to the Federal Court claiming 17 members of the HSU East branch are not entitled to vote at union council meetings.
• April 26 - Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten applies to have the HSU East branch placed into administration. Unions NSW, ACTU and Mr Brown welcome the move, but Ms Jackson accuses Mr Shorten of "grandstanding".
• April 27 - A meeting of the HSU top brass in Sydney calls for Ms Jackson to resign but admits it cannot remove her forcibly. Former industrial relations commissioner Errol Hodder is appointed to deal with internal charges against Mr Williamson and Ms Jackson as the new union ombudsman.
• April 29 - Ms Gillard announces Mr Thomson will be quitting the Labor Party to sit on the crossbench as an independent.
• May 7 - Fair Work Australia delivers its report.
• May 9 - NSW Labor Party confirms it paid Mr Thomson's legal bill over the Fair Work Australia investigation into the misuse of union funds.
• May 21 - Craig Thomson gives 58-minute speech to parliament addressing allegations against him, claiming he was the victim of an elaborate identity theft. 
• June 6 - Former prostitute who claimed in an interview with A Current Affair to have slept with Mr Thomson recants and apologises, claiming a case of "complete mistaken identity".
• October 15 - Fair Work Australia takes Federal Court action alleging Mr Thomson misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds.
• October 24 - Fraud squads from NSW and Victoria raid Craig Thomson's house, seizing computers and other items.
• December 4 - Mr Thomson formally denies spending union money on prostitutes and improperly using his position as Health Services Union national secretary in a 28-page defence lodged in the Federal Court.
• January 31, 2013 - Mr Thomson is arrested at his electorate office on the NSW Central Coast and is due to face court in Victoria on 150 counts of fraud, which his lawyer says he denies.