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.
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A former CFMEU delegate claims authorities have “cut the head off the octopus but the tentacles are still in place” in the embattled union.
The Coalition has called for a federal police taskforce to investigate allegations of corruption and crime made against the scandal-ridden union.
Two major Australian Federal Police raids have been executed — in Templestowe Lower and Northcote — as part of an investigation into the scandal-plagued 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
Construction industry unions are set to campaign against Labor candidates in key seats amid a push to establish a rival trade union body as they lash out over the Albanese government’s call to put the CFMEU into administration.
The CFMEU has warned of an industrial relations “disaster” at council’s largest-ever construction project over claims of jobs going south, but lead contractor John Holland has stated the firm had a longstanding commitment Cairns suppliers.
Sacked Queensland CFMEU heavyweight Jade Ingham has issued a warning to Labor politicians as he revealed his next step after the union was placed in administration.
A minister has condemned a controversial decision to re-employ a union organiser who is facing charges relating to an alleged death threat.
The late gangman, shot in broad daylight last September, used to boast on construction sites about refusing to shake the CFMEU leader’s hand.
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has acted to remove a CFMEU heavyweight from the board of QLeave before the state government went into caretaker mode.
The police commissioner advice that the government said shouldn’t be made public is officially out in the open after a Liberal FOI bid. Read it here.
Queensland has extended its lead as Australia’s strike capital, with a staggering 10,400 working days lost to industrial action in the June quarter.
Australia’s ‘strike capital’ remains Queensland but there are furious calls for change. HAVE YOUR SAY
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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