As the Fair Work Australia investigation drags into its third year, it also emerged that the costs of the inquiry will probably top $1 million, with FWA spending $321,614 in "external" costs in just eight months. This included $84,392 paid to Brisbane-based business consulting firm Enmark for "accounting" advice.

So the Tele is attributing all fairwork Australia's external costs to the Thomson affair despite the fact they have not investigated the claims because it is a NSW union issue.....They also attribute $1 million dollars to the investigation when there is no way they could possibly know this to be true or accurate.....I will not defend Craig Thomson however if people are worried about the cost perhaps it is time to drop this inquiry which is being pushed by the Coalition and a complete waste of time and money.....Despite the outrage and hatred their is no way Thomson will be charged with any crime as the payments where sanctioned by the union.....If the Coalition had a problem with Thomson's actions they should have said something before he became an MP in a minority Government!!!