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‘Everybody eats’: secret recording exposes CFMEU kickback plan

‘Everybody eats’: secret recording exposes CFMEU kickback plan

Harry Korras was clear that to get a CFMEU EBA “there’s a fee. That’s business.” Meanwhile, police evidence mounts against John Setka’s anointed successor.

Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman, Ben Schneiders and Amelia Ballinger
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An undercover sting operation has caught a self-styled CFMEU fixer offering to bribe construction union officials to push corrupt building firms onto large taxpayer-funded projects.

In explosive recordings that will ramp up pressure on Labor to clean up the construction union, business consultant Harry Korras claimed he could funnel large cash payments and regular kickbacks to his good “friends” in the CFMEU.

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Nick McKenzieInvestigative reporterNick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 14 Walkley Awards, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs, human rights and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
David Marin-Guzman
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

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