How Melbourne’s fiery tobacco wars have been allowed to rage
Victoria Police is begging for an end to Melbourne’s raging tobacco wars, saying state government inaction has poured fuel on the escalating crisis.
Victoria Police is begging for an end to Melbourne’s raging tobacco wars, saying state government inaction has poured fuel on the escalating crisis.
The voting public “are quickly losing confidence” in the new Premier Jacinta Allan, according to state Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
A Victorian government minister has revealed current Treasurer Tim Pallas responded to a concrete company’s claims of CFMEU thuggery in 2020 and referred the matter to the Fair Work watchdog.
The Victorian government is facing criticism for its “absurd” decision to include transgender people in its women’s pain inquiry.
Jacinta Allan swooped in to save a bumbling Victorian minister who refused to answer whether he was made aware of intimidation concerns by CFMEU members on a Big Build project earlier this year.
Construction companies working on Big Build projects are being told to back pay huge bills or risk being kicked off sites due to the new wage agreement for CFMEU members.
The Allan government has been working to tighten up bikie laws and crack down on criminal gangs as allegations emerge of close links between bikies and the CFMEU.
Dozens of companies have been black-listed or kicked off taxpayer-funded construction sites because they were not aligned with the CFMEU, as new details emerge about the scandal-plagued union flexing its muscles in plain sight.
Limited-edition Heritage number plates are set to hit the market in Victoria, with the new product set to mimic historic plates first issued almost 100 years ago.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has asked both police and the state’s corruption watchdog to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by CFMEU officials, the move coming as the militant union’s state branch was placed into administration.
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