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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.
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.
As thousands of tradies storm parliament to protest changes to Best Practice Industry Conditions, a union calendar reveals they will score two weeks off in April.
Industrial Relations Minister Jarrod Bleijie has issued a scathing rebuke over one word used by the CFMEU’s new administrator saying the state government will not co-operate unless it’s changed.
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.
Union delegates have been accused of forcing workers on government building sites to work at a snail’s pace as the construction industry calls for the removal of the controversial BPIC policy.
One of Labor’s key allies has unloaded on the party, claiming that its treatment of the CFMEU is a ‘how to guide to destroy any trade union’.
The administrator appointed to run the Victorian branch of the scandal-plagued CFMEU in the wake of John Setka’s departure has suddenly resigned from the position.
Federal Workplace Minister Murray Watt has put construction companies on notice after a man was impaled in the neck by rusty steel at the taxpayer-funded $300m Centenary Bridge worksite.
The transparency of an inner-southeastern council has been called into question after it quietly installed a former CFMEU member as chief executive ahead of council elections.
The CFMEU has responded after a man suffered horrific injuries at a Centenary Bridge construction site in Brisbane’s west where he was impaled in the neck.
Allegations of bullying and intimidation have been levelled against the CFMEU by Cairns subcontractors who have claimed to be frozen out of work on big state government projects. But the union has hit back.
The financial watchdog is taking Michael O’Connor to court amid a bid to kick him off the board of industry fund First Super.
CBA hits all-time intraday high. Macquarie up 2.3pc on the day. First Super’s CFMEU-linked co-chair steps down after APRA action. Pacific Smiles CEO Andrew Vidler resigns.
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