Today
CFMEU moves into housing sector in bid to rebuild power
A newly appointed CFMEU NSW boss has vowed to extend the union’s reach into housing, opening up a new front for the union seeking to rebuild its power.
This Month
Queensland expands CFMEU inquiry to probe underworld
The state government will extend the terms of reference following revelations about gangland associates expanding into Brisbane’s construction industry.
$110,000 coffee date: CFMEU peace deal revealed as rot spreads north
A peace deal between a gangland associate and a Gold Coast developer has sparked calls for company bosses and gangland figures to join unionists at an inquiry.
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.
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.
The Pentagon’s AUKUS sceptic; Cleaning up the CFMEU; $2m tax-free super cap
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‘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 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.
June
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
PM mulls NATO visit; High Court rejects CFMEU challenge; Markets’ Iran fears
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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.
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 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
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.
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’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.