Casual workers making $300k on North East Link under alleged CFMEU rort
A bombshell claim alleges the multinational consortium running the North East Link has been coerced by the CFMEU into hiring casual workers on $300k for the project.
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Witnesses to be forced to hand over documents in CFMEU probe
A new integrity unit will be established in the administration now running the CFMEU, to probe the relationship between suppliers and former union officials and employees.
How to use robots, AI to slash Big Build costs
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Commonwealth Games Australia offers millions to help save Scotland event
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Taxpayers set to be billed millions for next union rally
Taxpayers are likely to be billed millions of dollars due to a union rally on Wednesday that will paralyse the CBD and bring large parts of the Big Build to a halt.
Plumbing boss fined for signing off compliance checks while interstate
The boss of one of Australia’s largest residential plumbing companies has been fined after signing off compliance checks for three Melbourne sites while he was in Brisbane, in a case that should lead to better consumer protections.
The Melbourne suburbs set to get 130,000 new homes
These 10 council areas are set to take on about one third of the 2.5 million new homes the Allan government wants built by mid-century.
Victoria’s biggest solar farm gets green light for Latrobe Valley
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