A gangland associate was paid $110,000 by a Gold Coast developer to strike a deal with the CFMEU’s Queensland branch four months after the Albanese government forced the union into administration.
The revelation of the Sunshine State deal, along with several other new case studies, has prompted a public intervention by the federal Labor-appointed CFMEU administrator to urge Queensland Premier David Crisafulli to use his planned commission of inquiry into the union to take on the underworld.
Nick McKenzieInvestigative reporterNick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has three times been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 20 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
David Marin-GuzmanWorkplace correspondentDavid Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney. Connect with David on Twitter. Email David at david.marin-guzman@afr.com
