Mr Lawler alleges he was misled by reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna about the content of the program before he participated in interviews in 2015.
Former Health Services Union national secretary Kathy Jackson has been spared an immediate prison term for splurging $100,000 of union money on a lavish lifestyle.
As Kathy Jackson awaits sentencing this month,a County Court judge says she can't see any evidence the former union boss felt any remorse for defrauding more than $100,000 from the HSU.
Former Health Services Union national secretary Kathy Jackson has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges,10 months after a jury found her guilty of two other similar charges at trial.