Lazy, soft, no work ethic… little wonder we’re a nation in decline
The CFMEU has managed to turn a handful of public holidays into three weeks off the job, writes Mike O’Connor.
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‘Busted their a***’: Union angry over bridge holiday threats
The CFMEU and McConnell Dowell are at loggerheads over holiday plans for workers. Find out why.
Call for CFMEU-linked $5.5m grant probe
A $5.5m grant linked to the criminally infiltrated CFMEU needs investigation, shadow federal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says.
Premier accused of throwing top cop under the bus
Jacinta Allan is under fire for trying to shift blame to acting police chief Rick Nugent after criticism she misled Victorians by claiming police dedicated new resources to stamp out workplace crime.
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Major claim against CFMEU administrator
A former CFMEU delegate claims authorities have “cut the head off the octopus but the tentacles are still in place” in the embattled union.
‘Smash it’: Threat to end CFMEU ‘mafia’
The Coalition has called for a federal police taskforce to investigate allegations of corruption and crime made against the scandal-ridden union.
Police raid Melbourne properties as part of CFMEU probe
Two major Australian Federal Police raids have been executed — in Templestowe Lower and Northcote — as part of an investigation into the scandal-plagued CFMEU.
‘R— your brain’: Union official’s crude rap lyrics too rude even for CFMEU
A union official tasked with cleaning up the Queensland CFMEU has a history of using misogynistic, homophobic, and violent language as a rapper. WATCH THE VIDEO
‘Weak as p***’: Setka unloads on Albo
Former CFMEU boss John Setka has reignited his feud with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and revealed why he won’t vote Labor at the federal election.
Embattled CMFEU to potentially be split in two
The head of a CMFEU division expects a secret ballot to be successful, with hundreds of Tasmania workers set to leave the union if that occurs.
CFMEU officials turned to Gatto to ‘negotiate’
A report has found that when it came to trying to settle disputes among the union, Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto “came with the furniture of the job”.
CFMEU boss still working despite alleged kill threats
A CFMEU official charged with making threats to kill on a building site will face court amid concerns he is still holding considerable influence in the building industry.
Setka greenlit $29k pay rise for SA bikie-linked CFMEU boss, probe hears
A new report into the scandal-plagued CFMEU has heard evidence former head John Setka signed off on a controversial $29,000 pay rise to a SA union boss who police say was a former bikie.
‘No one is above the law’: Fair Work takes on CFMEU, Setka
Militant construction union the CFMEU and its former boss John Setka are being taken to court by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly trying to coerce the AFL into sacking its umpiring boss, Stephen McBurney.
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