Former prime minister Julia Gillard has started giving evidence at the royal commission into union corruption.
Ms Gillard had been expected to be questioned about a slush fund that was set up by her former boyfriend, Australian Workers Union (AWU) official Bruce Wilson.
The former prime minister has always denied allegations she knew that money from the fund, set up on the back of legal advice Ms Gillard provided when she was working at law firm Slater and Gordon in the 1990s, was used to by a house.
There have also been allegations money from the slush fund was used to pay for renovations to her home.
However Ms Gillard told the Royal Commission that Slater and Gordon loaned her $40,000 to help buy the home alongside a bank loan and personal savings.
Addressing hearing in Sydney, Ms Gillard also stated that she didn't know anything about the banking arrangements of the AWU and the alleged slush fund.
“I make it perfectly clear that I had no knowledge of the banking arrangements of the Workplace Reform Association,” she said.
Ms Gillard said she gave legal advice, but had no further contact with the Workplace Reform Association.
The hearing continues.
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