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Builders say the dismissal of union organisers will pave the way for real change in the industry.

CFMEU purge is on as report slams ‘violent, misogynistic’ union

The number of CFMEU officials that have quit or been removed has ramped up in the past three weeks as a High Court win bolsters the union administration.

CFMEU members protesting the administration in Brisbane last month.

Death threats and targeting kids: Report exposes CFMEU Qld’s ‘violent’ abuse

An investigation into the union’s Queensland branch contains shocking allegations of dozens of abusive incidents towards rival unionists, public servants and even children.

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The Pentagon’s AUKUS sceptic; Cleaning up the CFMEU; $2m tax-free super cap

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

David Marin-Guzman The Fin

‘Law of the jungle’: the struggle to clean up the CFMEU

Workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman on what has been done to stamp out a culture of intimidation in the construction union and whether it’s working.

Industry super’s governance practices are shaky, according to everyone but the funds.

Industry super funds have problems they won’t even acknowledge

Even as yet another fund publishes a review questioning its governance processes, the industry super lobby group is launching director courses.

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June

Master Builders Victoria board directors say the employer group is reliant on Incolink for solvency.

ASIC to police cash-swollen union redundancy funds

The corporate watchdog plans to regulate to ensure transparency and governance laws apply to the rapidly expanding sector.

CFMEU members rallying at the union’s Bowen Hills headquarters on Thursday.

Administrator warning as CFMEU Queensland strikes threaten to continue

Some Queensland builders have been told of up to four days of stoppages this week in protest against the High Court ruling.

CFMEU administrator Mark Irving.

CFMEU administrator sued over union official’s demotion

Just as the High Court unanimously backed the union’s administration laws, a new front has opened up that personally challenges Mark Irving and Michael Flinn.

CFMEU NSW senior organiser Jesse Strand (second from left) and organiser Adrian Carroll (second from right) meeting with removed organiser Blake Kirby (right) at a North Sydney cafe on Wednesday.

Mid-morning, Tuesday. A ‘normal’ CFMEU business meeting

An official with the NSW division of the construction union has been photographed with a sacked organiser who’s allegedly close to former leaders.

CFMEU administrator Mark Irving KC.

High Court leaves CFMEU administrator with no more excuses

The failed High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration has cleared a path to cleaning out the union. But the administrator still has to walk it.

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PM mulls NATO visit; High Court rejects CFMEU challenge; Markets’ Iran fears

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The High Court challenge is estimated to have cost more than $800,000.

High Court ruling on CFMEU a ‘line in the sand’ moment for cleanout

The CFMEU administrator has declared the High Court backing of the administration will make way for systemic industry reforms.

CFMEU Victoria boss John Setka and AFL head of umpiring Stephen McBurney.

John Setka exposed to steep penalties after court no shows

The former CFMEU Victoria boss has been given 10 days to respond or face judgment over claims he tried to force the AFL to sack its head of umpires.

CFMEU organiser Joel Shackleton is facing charges of threats to kill.

CFMEU organiser on threat charges faces new inquiry

Joel Shackleton, who kept his union role despite facing criminal charges, is now under investigation over claims of kicking off an Indigenous firm from a government project.

May

Former Actors Equity secretary Michael Crosby has advocated organising models based on worker activism.

Building union turns to actors’ rep to try to reverse exodus

The CFMEU administrator has appointed the former head of the actors’ union to turn around a dramatic decline in membership at the union’s key power base.

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“Cbus Property are interested in selling apartments, and they would not care who we hire as subcontractors,” Scott Hutchinson said.

Disgraced CFMEU boss’ boast is ‘complete rubbish’: Hutchinson

Scott Hutchinson says any suggestion Cbus or its property business would pressure his company over contracts is “complete rubbish”.

CFMEU members at a May Day march.

CFMEU’s power base threatened as membership plunges

Leaked data shows membership in the construction union’s second-biggest branch has fallen by almost 17 per cent in the year to March.

Former CFMEU NSW assistant secretary Michael Greenfield (right) at union headquarters.

‘Let’s make some money together’: Inside the CFMEU’s bribery scandal

Sometimes it was a foot tap, other times a little kick, but either way cash was passed under the table to the union boss.

BPICs were crafted by militant union CFMEU.

Report casts doubt on Queensland plan to shrink project costs

The state government’s promise to chip away at state debt through savings made from scrapping union-friendly entitlements has been contested by a new report.

CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith.

‘Tough decision’: CFMEU national boss steps down in shock move

Zach Smith, one of the last elected leaders at the union, has stepped down, saying he won’t take responsibility for decisions “that are not mine”.

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