Government’s assurance as CFMEU prepares to vent fury at purge
The CFMEU will rally in Brisbane on Tuesday in a show of defiance after the militant construction union was plunged into administration and its leaders sacked.
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The CFMEU will rally in Brisbane on Tuesday in a show of defiance after the militant construction union was plunged into administration and its leaders sacked.
Members and supporters of the CFMEU are set to down tools and rally as part of a nationwide protest.
The CFMEU is set to rally in Brisbane in coming days in a show of force after being plunged into administration and leaders like Michael Ravbar, Jade Ingham and Kane Lowth sacked.
A police investigation into allegations of criminal misconduct in the CFMEU is “in its final stages”, with detectives set to probe potential charges.
While Jim Birch was spending thousands of dollars on a new training centre, the Andrews government was secretly assessing the site to store toxic West Gate Tunnel soil.
The militant CFMEU has demanded work stop at the crisis-plagued West Gate Tunnel project over contaminated soil.
The state’s construction union is accused of acting illegally in Adelaide’s east, but its secretary fired back and denied the claims.
Labor’s promise to scrap the construction watchdog has come under fire after it was revealed 85 per cent of CFMMEU leaders in the division are before the courts or have been fined.
A man accused of animal cruelty after kicking a dog at a vaccine mandate protest has told a court he did so in self-defence.
An under-pressure Gold Coast construction giant is making a final desperate plea to help keep the company alive ahead of a make-or-break meeting to decide its fate.
Treasurer Rob Lucas has slammed an election poster put up by the CFMEU which depicts Premier Steven Marshall as a rat, saying it has gone too far.
CFMEU run the show in this state and one can only wonder what internal shenanigans motivated Thursday morning’s disruptive buffoonery.
The CFMEU claims a stop-work action on the West Gate Freeway, which left commuters stranded for hours, was needed because the project had put workers and public safety at risk.
The militant CFMEU could control every major construction site across the state as part of a new ‘deal’ which could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
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