CFMEU gets stranglehold on SA’s multibillion-dollar projects
One SA construction industry operator claims he’s lost $15m in contracts to Victoria as the militant CFMEU takes over the state’s building sites.
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Shock golden handshakes for CFMEU despite corruption probe
Redundancy packages worth hundreds of thousands are being offered to CFMEU officials, with leaked emails showing workers’ frustration at the lack of action on corruption crackdown.
100+ NAMES: Building industry ‘blacklist’ includes bikies, gangland figures
A building industry “blacklist” of more than 100 names has emerged. Many of those on it have been linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs and the CFMEU. Unions are fuming.
‘We couldn’t have done it without you’: Bikie’s shout out to CFMEU
The CFMEU has sponsored the boxing career of the son of a Hells Angels bikie while it has been under administration.
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‘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.
CFMEU protests today, gets TWO WEEKS OFF over Easter in sweetest deal ever
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.
The one word that’s a dealbreaker for Bleijie in CFMEU rebuild
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.
Setka greenlit $29k pay rise for 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 union boss who police say was a former bikie.
First the Cheese Stick, now your arm: This tattoo parlour wants to immortalise Pam the Bird
A Melbourne tattoo parlour has compared Pam the Bird to Banksy and says people are lining up to “share the movement” with free tattoos of the graffiti vandal’s famous cartoon tag.
CFMEU changes tack: Inside controversial union’s new move
A powerful union that’s been at loggerheads with the Labor Party is changing tack, asking LNP to back its new multimillion-dollar plan for the future.
CFMEU official’s car allegedly firebombed
A boat and a Ford utility were found well alight out the front of a union official’s home in the early hours of Monday morning.
Treasurer’s big red line: Scrapped ‘CFMEU tax’ $17bn saving kept secret
Treasurer David Janetzki has redacted all but two lines of a 44-page briefing detailing how the government will save $17bn by abolishing the controversial “CFMEU tax”.
Dutton’s vow: Deregister CFMEU, cut public service, bust inflation
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he will “make Australia a powerhouse again” if elected. In a keynote speech he took aim at the CFMEU, the ‘bloated’ public service and inflation.
Staggering cost of CFMEU picket line revealed
Cross River Rail’s lead contractor has estimated it could be forced to pay subcontractors a whopping figure for each day their workers failed to turn up due to CFMEU industrial action.
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