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Health Workers Union thrown into administration amid Asmar probe
The Federal Court appointed former National Union of Workers general secretary Charlie Donnelly as interim administrator.
- William Ton and Kaitlyn Offer
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I’m no fan of John Setka. But he’s right about one thing
John Setka deserved to lose his job at the CFMEU, but when he decries a lack of political accountability in the union construction scandal, he’s right.
- Nick McKenzie
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New body to help clean up construction, but industry says it’s not nearly enough
A Victorian government report in response to this masthead’s Building Bad investigation says builders should be contractually required to stamp out criminal behaviour.
- Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Union opens door to shifting donations from Labor to Greens
The bitter split within the union movement over the CFMEU being placed into administration came to Parliament House and the High Court on Tuesday.
- James Massola
‘The job cuts are a mirage’: HSU accuses Diana Asmar of revenge redundancies
The Health Services Union has urged a court to restrain its Victorian secretary from making any more redundancies at the union amid allegations she is meting out punishment to “traitors”.
- Sarah Danckert
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Death threats and private security, life in a CFMEU under administration
Does the administrator appointed to overhaul the union have the ‘guts’ to withstand the powerful forces trying to bring him down? Nick McKenzie thinks so.
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Bikies ran amok in the CFMEU, and they’re not going to leave quietly
Efforts to clean up the troubled union are encountering resistance as the extent of past problems becomes clearer.
- Nick McKenzie and Cara Waters
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Seeing and hearing is believing: How the CFMEU scandal finally landed with a thud
It took years and work across several newsrooms to finally expose the links between the union and organised crime.
- Nick McKenzie
How the CFMEU scandal unfolded
Our reporting in the Building Bad series, now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley, came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.
- Mathew Dunckley and Michael Bachelard
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CFMEU scrambles security to headquarters after threats against officials
Administrators of the CFMEU are responding to warnings that violent bikies and crime figures ostracised from the union are turning on remaining organisers.
- Nick McKenzie
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