The Albanese government has argued it has the power to turf out CFMEU officials after citing its more than $10 million in fines for breaching workplace laws and yet-to-be-proven criminal claims, in what some building unions say opens the door for governments to take over other militant unions.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said it was in the public interest to put the CFMEU into administration. Alex Ellinghausen
