Sydney Morning Herald | Payments by builder to Australian Workers Union began under Bill Shorten ... Sydney Morning Herald Royal Commission targets Bill Shorten's ex-wife · Bill Shorten: the shape shifter · Union bankrolled Shorten's quest for Maribyrnong · Federal politics: full coverage. Suggestions that large payments to the Australian Workers Union from builder Thiess John ... Thiess John Holland paid $195000 to AWU under Cesar Melhem, not Bill Shorten Construction cash paid to union |