Why Setka won’t be charged with trespass for entering Big Build sites
Victoria Police say they can’t charge former CFMEU boss John Setka with trespass for entering government work sites this week for one very basic reason.
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Reason ex-CFMEU boss cleared by cops
A former union heavyweight will not be charged by police after his expletive-laden address to workers at a hospital worksite.
Staggering salary of man unions don’t want
The eye-watering salary of the man tasked with reforming the embattled CFMEU can now be revealed, and it’s not costing taxpayers a cent.
Alleged death threats rock embattled union
The CFMEU has been rocked following the arrest of a senior organiser who allegedly made death threats.
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SA builders reassured on Vic fees amid CFMEU bid for new deal
Builders in SA would not have to pay the same fees as Victorians, they’ve been reassured, as the CFMEU pushes for a shift to an interstate workers entitlements scheme.
Setka defends new SA workers redundancy fund
Union boss John Setka says a new CFMEU-mandatory redundancy fund is a “Rolls Royce’’ compared with the “rusted-out VH Holden’’ SA workers currently use.
How pay battle between big mining, unions is impacting little guys
As resource giants and powerful unions exchange fire in the brewing war over Same Job Same Pay laws, small and medium businesses that service the Bowen Basin are beginning to speak out.
Setka’s estranged wife ‘real victim’ in murder plot saga
Sources have defended CFMEU boss John Setka’s estranged wife, after fresh allegations surfaced about a plot to murder her husband.
Shocking new claims over wife’s Setka kill plot
Police claim Emma Walters schemed to lure her ex-husband, CFMEU boss John Setka, into a murder plot, allegedly telling a witness she had to “kill my children’s father to survive”.
Labor’s Pacific worker idea ‘frighteningly dumb’
Labor’s expansion of a Pacific worker visa scheme has been branded a “frighteningly dumb” idea by the CFMEU, made only in the name of diplomacy instead of worker safety.
Labor MPs’ new deal to shake up Dan’s partyroom
Victorian Labor MPs on the right of the party have united with a key faction backed by militant unions — boosting their influence and shaking up the party.
CFMEU power grab ramps up on government projects
An Indigenous firm pushed off the Andrews government’s North East Link project says it was being paid half as much as the companies linked to the CFMEU that have replaced it.
Health and safety director busted in CFMEU complaint breach
A top Queensland Workplace Health and Safety director has been busted using her personal mobile phone to deal with complaints from militant union the CFMEU, with the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission upholding a punishment over the breach.
Private eye allegedly told of Setka kill plot
The estranged wife of union boss John Setka allegedly told a private investigator of her plans to get a gun so she could kill her husband.
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