The CFMEU’s direct donations to the federal Labor Party at the 2022 election were double what it spent at the previous election, according to Australian Electoral Commission data.

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union directly donated $1.974 million to the party in the lead-up to Anthony Albanese’s election campaign, a 230 per cent jump from the $850,000 the union donated for Bill Shorten’s campaign in 2019.