Thursday, March 1, 2012

Qld: Disabled man paid to scream abuse

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Qld: Disabled man paid to scream abuse

(EDS: ATTENTION YOU TO LANGUAGE IN SIXTH AND 13TH PARAGRAPHS)

By Rosemary Desmond

BRISBANE, Jan 17 AAP - Union organisers recruited an intellectually disabled man toscream abuse and obscenities at strike breakers in exchange for food and cigarettes, theRoyal Commission into Australia's building industry said today.

The commission has been hearing evidence in Brisbane this week about the Nambour Hospitaldispute on the Sunshine Coast.

The row started last May over alleged minor safety breaches at a loading bay and endedwith a major dispute over industrial agreements, with picket lines …

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