Former prime minister Julia Gillard has been summonsed to appear before the royal commission into trade union corruption, which has heard allegations she was given money from a union slush fund to pay for repairs to her house.
The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption released a statement on Thursday morning saying it had advised Ms Gillard's legal representatives of a hearing date in early September.
"The Commission will issue further details of its hearings in due course," it said. "No further comment will be made."
Ms Gillard is the fourth Australian prime minister to be called before a special commission of inquiry in recent history. John Howard appeared before the Cole inquiry into kickbacks involving the Australian Wheat Board in 2006, while Bob Hawke appeared before the Hope royal commission into the Combe-Ivanov intelligence scandal in 1983. And Kevin Rudd recently answered questions before the Abbott government's royal commission into the former Labor government's home insulation scheme.
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Oh dear. The Royal Commission just won't go away, will it?
The old smear and destroy campaign is going nowhere fast, a witchhunt by the Fiberals as per their old and tired routine, shock, problem is they found the witch and it's one of theirs...kathy jackson...hahahahahahahahahahahahah 
