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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Melbourne on Monday demanding federal Labor introduce racketeering laws.

Labor governments pay CFMEU almost $3m in three years despite mounting scandals

The Victorian government accounted for the lion’s share of payments to the scandal-plagued union, while a smaller federal transfer was ordered by a court.

  • Olivia Ireland

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CMFEU rally outside NSW Parliament on Macquarie St, Sydney.

The CFMEU’s taking it to the streets is protecting corrupted turf

The CFMEU is delusional in claiming the rallies around Australia are about solidarity.

  • The Herald's View
CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith has survived while other officials have been purged.

Any friends of Setka in CFMEU leadership need to be purged

The CFMEU goes into administration but the survival of one recalcitrant leader of the rogue union raises doubts about if he will help clean up the culture.

  • The Herald's View
Former CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka has inked up

What did John Setka do next? Get a tattoo

The fallen trade unionist has used the medium of ink on skin to issue a defiant message.

  • Stephen Brook
Luba Grigorovitch, Luke Hilakari, John Setka, Troy Gray and Christy Cain.

The backers who allowed John Setka’s rise to ultimate power

Five years ago, the head of Australia’s union movement demanded Setka’s resignation. What happened next allowed him to not only survive, but thrive.

  • Ben Schneiders
CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield is facing bribery charges.

CFMEU needs a complete rebuild

Beleaguered CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith says he wants to clean up his own house. But he’s deluded.

  • The Herald's View
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Premier Jacinta Allan addressing the media on Tuesday,

Indigenous justice commission to probe worksite allegations amid CFMEU fallout

Premier Jacinta Allan has also confirmed that the Victorian Labor Party had begun formal processes to eject the CFMEU’s construction division from its ranks.

  • Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
John Setka leads a CFMEU rally last year.

I witnessed the rot set in at the CFMEU. Here’s how it happened

When John Setka and his band took control, muscle became everything – no matter where the muscle came from.

  • John Sutton
CFMEU flags.

‘Zero tolerance’ rhetoric over the CFMEU follows years of wilful blindness

Alongside tolerance there has been indulgence, hubris, gratitude (for massive donations) and a lack of political will.

  • The Herald's View
John Setka

‘Good’: Albanese welcomes Setka resignation amid calls for CFMEU probe

Amid allegations that senior bikie figures and criminals have been handed lucrative union roles on government-funded projects, the PM said the former union boss’s alleged behaviour should be condemned, isolated and stamped out.

  • Annika Smethurst, Harriet Alexander and Anthony Segaert

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