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John Setka

November 2024

CFMEU national boss Paddy Crumlin’s Cbus board nomination is the result of organised agitation by CFMEU delegates.

CFMEU foists officials onto the board of Cbus

The union is being administered by Mark Irving KC. But he doesn’t call all the shots, as shown by the appointment of Paddy Crumlin to Cbus.

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  • Myriam Robin
Two fund directors appointed by the union have been removed from their roles.

How CFMEU wields control of a $1.2b workers’ redundancy fund

The chief executive of Incolink warned an employer group that the union could deprive it of tens of millions of dollars if they did not agree to demands.

  • David Marin-Guzman

October 2024

Former ABCC chief Nigel Hadgkiss said no more “expensive” royal commissions into the CFMEU and the construction industry were necessary.

Labor’s claimed ignorance of CFMEU thuggery ‘outlandish’: ex-ABCC boss

The former head of the building industry watchdog said he repeatedly alerted parliament to union links with bikies and organised crime over two decades. 

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  • David Marin-Guzman

September 2024

The broader labour movement and all politicians need to stop turning a blind eye to toxic CFMEU leaders.

Put new ‘cop on beat’ to stop CFMEU menace machine

We need a new national body with the right powers and accountability to fairly police the threat-filled no-go, police-free zone of Australian life.

  • Mike Zorbas
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‘Extremely volatile’: CFMEU delegate grabs AFR photographer

A CFMEU member has allegedly manhandled a Nine photographer as union members vote to walk off the job in Sydney next week.

  • Gus McCubbing and David Marin-Guzman
Some CFMEU workers are unhappy with the union forcing them onto a new fund that doesn’t return profits to the workers.

Union redundancy fund war heats up

A major NSW fund has blocked members from transferring their money to the John Setka-backed Incolink fund in a fight to control billions of dollars in the unregulated sector.

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  • David Marin-Guzman
CFMEU official Joel Shackleton was involved in an ugly altercation on a publicly-funded road project.

CFMEU organiser charged with threats to kill

The charges against the senior CFMEU organiser are the first since a joint investigation into the union.

  • David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie

August 2024

Federal Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather speaks at Brisbane’s CFMEU rally.

PM says Labor ‘not for turning’ as Greens court militant unions

The Greens have aligned themselves with the CFMEU as the Labor hierarchy played down the prospects of a damaging backlash.

  • Phillip Coorey
John Setka appeared on Spotlight alleging a deal was put in place with Tony Burke.

Labor denies Setka’s claim of secret deal not to take over CFMEU

The union’s former boss said the ALP betrayed a deal that it would not appoint an administrator in return for his resignation amid claims of bikie infiltration.

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  • David Marin-Guzman
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Dave Noonan may as well be part of the furniture at Cbus.

Cbus’ executives turn over but CFMEU directors are eternal

The rumours were true: acting chief risk officer Belinda Langdon did leave $90 billion fund in May. Hers follows a string of departures.

  • Nick Bonyhady
CFMEU organiser Marty Albert in 2018

CFMEU put Bandidos bikie on its governing board

Marty Albert was a union organiser on Victorian government construction projects and held a senior position in the John Setka-led branch of the CFMEU.

  • David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie
Due to the representative democratic nature of a union organisation, it is the leaderships moral authority that carries the agenda.

Let the CFMEU purge itself of the criminal, corrupt, and violent

Rather than politicised building codes, the best way to clean up the law-breaking is to empower legitimate officials who understand that a union’s special legal status comes with moral responsibility.

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  • Scott Riches
Mark Irving represented the Health Services Union at the royal commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption in 2014.

Fair Work names CFMEU administrator, seeks extraordinary powers

The FWC has chosen a senior barrister to administer the union and wants to give him sweeping powers to follow dirty money and sack officials. The CFMEU says it’s taking legal advice.

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  • Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman, Ben Schneiders and James Hall
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July 2024

John Setka, former union boss and, now, former redundancy fund director.

John Setka – finally – leaves Incolink

No individual is bigger than the union, but Setka thought he was bigger than a CFMEU redundancy fund for a while.

  • Hannah Wootton
Penalties have to be harsher than just a cost of doing business.

How to burst the CFMEU’s balloon for good

Press the construction union, and it simply bulges up somewhere else. More tools are needed if the union’s long-term culture is to change.

  • Peter Richards
Building Bad, an investigation into Australia’s construction union.

Albanese is responsible for the monster that is the CFMEU

A friendly political environment created by the Labor government allows the lawless union to thrive.

  • Aaron Patrick
A Lendlease construction site in Melbourne.

Lendlease’s convenient, lucrative alliance with the CFMEU

Allegations of wrongdoing on construction sites raise the question: Do big contractors enable and profit from union thuggery?

  • Aaron Patrick
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese digs in amid calls for tougher action against CFMEU

PM says the ABCC failed to curb union militancy when it existed, and that the police were best placed to combat criminal behaviour.

  • Phillip Coorey

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