She has hardly escaped the whole event unscathed and covered in glory. Whilst she may have done nothing wrong, that is far from certain at this point in time.
I think it would be far easier to come up with many ALP women who have a stronger track record with none of the baggage that would come with someone who was a senior official at the HSU during that period.
Braveheart - the issue with being a whistle blower in any organisation is that you have to understand that everything will be done to discredit and break you as an individual. The sum total of the allegations against Jackson pretty much amount to the fact that she failed to report the matters to the Union and instead reported them to Police. Anybody who realistically looks at the strangle hold that Williams in particular had on the Union and the myriad of ties he had to others would consider it suicide to report these matters to any official in the Union.
It is truly ironic that we demand ethics and accountability from Office bearers in all organisations, but when individuals break ranks with their organisation where is the support for them. In October Williams entered pleas guilty to numerous matters that were reported to Police by Jackson. She should be praised and promoted as an example of an ethical action. There were plenty of others within the HSU that knew what was going on but they closed their eyes and walked away, behaviour which Justice James Wood characterised as "wilful blindness". Instead she has been vilified and her professional career is finished. I didn't put her forward as a viable candidate, but as something to spur discussion and thought about some fundamental issues within labour and the whole community.
I know that many will argue the point but consider the fate of all recent whistleblowers, and ask yourself where they are and how their professional careers have progressed.
Without Labour in particular embracing a culture where integrity is the most valued character trait they are doomed to repeat the story unfolding at ICAC re:- Obeid et al.