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Tony Maher

July 2023

Anthony Albanese speaks to reporters in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate.

No trade deal for the sake of it, Albanese tells EU

The opposition and farmers warn they will not support an FTA with the EU that makes key concessions on agriculture.

  • Phillip Coorey

May 2023

Tony Burke says his crackdown on labour hire is designed to lift wage costs

‘BHP is right to fear’ $1.3b hit from workplace rules

The government and unions said the planned crackdown on labour hire should drive up wage costs, after BHP complained the policy would slug its domestic operations.

  • Phillip Coorey

February 2023

CFMEU mining president Tony Maher says the government is ignoring the plight of coal workers.

Don’t leave coal communities stranded, union warns PM

Labor must help coal workers with the transition to clean energy and not leave their fate to Mike Cannon-Brookes and teal independents, the mining union says.

  • Phillip Coorey

December 2020

A demerger could see the CFMEU lose much of its political influence.

CFMEU 'super union' risks losing its super powers

The prospect of the CFMEU splitting in half, inconceivable two years ago, would leave a massive hole in the union's political armoury.

  • David Marin-Guzman
Christian Porter and Tony Maher composite

Unlikely double act to take on Setka

Attorney-General Christian Porter and unionist Tony Maher are working to curb the influence of John Setka, giving some extra colour to the government's modest workplace reform package.

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  • Jennifer Hewett

October 2020

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.

Labor losing voters over coal and gas: unions

Leaders of the two biggest mining and manufacturing unions have urged Labor to tone down attacks on coal and gas, warning it will be needed for years to come.

  • Phillip Coorey
CFMEU's Tony Maher says outspoken Coalition MPs are posing a grave threat to coal exports to China.

Coalition's 'pointless machismo' on China hurts coal exports: CFMEU

'Undiplomatic, reckless and sometimes bizarre' attacks on China by Coalition MPs pose a grave threat to coal exports, the CFMEU says.

  • Phillip Coorey

December 2019

Anthony Albanese has backed the case for Australian coal exports.

Labor MPs back Albanese's coal export embrace

Federal Labor's embrace of coal mining is based on a belief that the party will never win government unless it takes seats in Queensland.

  • Phillip Coorey

September 2019

John Setka has been accused of poaching officials and members from the CFMEU's manufacturing division.

CFMEU in civil war over Setka

The CFMEU's mining division has attacked Mr Setka's union for poaching members from another division as an internal war within the union goes public.

  • David Marin-Guzman

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