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Archive for November, 2019
DFAT staffer was warned after Iraq death
An inquest into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard a man in the room when he died was a ‘loose cannon’. November 6, 2019 A former commando who witnessed a colleague shoot himself in the head following a drinking session at the Australian embassy in Iraq was […]
Ex-soldier ordered to break rules, Qld inquest hears
An inquest into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard staff were ordered to break operating procedures and the law. November 5, 2019 An elite former soldier who died at the Australian embassy in Iraq might still be alive if correct operating procedures had been followed, an inquest […]
Procedures, law broken before Iraq death
An inquest into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard staff regularly broke rules over weapons handling and alcohol. November 5, 2019 Senior security staff at the Australian embassy in Iraq turned a blind eye to the drinking culture among contractors despite it being forbidden. Contractors were also […]
Ex-soldier toyed with gun, Qld inquest hears
An inquest in Brisbane into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard about his last moments before dying from a gunshot wound. November 5, 2019 The last moments of an elite former soldier who died at the Australian embassy in Iraq has been described at an inquest into […]
Ex-soldier put gun to head, Qld inquest hears
An inquest in Brisbane into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard about his last moments before dying from a gunshot wound. November 4, 2019 An elite former soldier protecting Australian embassy staff in Iraq put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, an inquest has […]
Qld inquest into Iraq embassy shooting
An inquest in Brisbane into the death of a former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has heard about his last moments before dying from a gunshot wound. November 4, 2019 A federal police officer sent to investigate the shooting death of an elite former soldier at the Australian embassy in Iraq has described the […]
Mirvac denies building union boss’s home
A Mirvac senior executive has denied the company authorised the construction of an ex-union boss’s lavish five-bedroom Brisbane home. November 1, 2019 A Mirvac executive has denied the ASX 50-listed property developer built an ex-union boss’s plush Queensland home while the CFMEU waged war on developers at construction sites across Brisbane. Former CFMEU Queensland senior […]
Mirvac execs to testify in corruption case
The trial of a former Mirvac project manager and an ex-union boss accused of corruption is to hear evidence from the construction company’s senior executives. November 1, 2019 Senior Mirvac executives are expected to give evidence at a trial that’s heard a former project manager allegedly had tradies build a union boss’s plush Brisbane home […]