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CFMEU Administrator Mark Irving.

How CFMEU administrator could permanently expel union boss John Setka

The CFMEU administrator has revealed how he plans to keep disgraced figures from returning to the union – men he said had created a state-based “fiefdom”.

  • Matt Dennien

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Union members call for the scrapping of the FWO during a CFMEU rally in Brisbane on April 5.

CFMEU inquiry LIVE updates: Mark Irving gives evidence as hearings continue for third day in Queensland

Queensland’s inquiry into the CFMEU continues for a third day. Follow for live updates.

CFMEU protesters gathering outside the Brisbane office in Bowen Hills on Thursday morning.

CFMEU inquiry day two: Union misconduct claims to be examined as inquiry continues in Queensland

Queensland’s inquiry into the CFMEU continues for a second day. Follow for live updates.

Geoffrey Watson gave evidence as a witness for a second day at the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU.

Violent Queensland union was copying Setka’s campaign, inquiry hears

A conscious campaign to push a rival union off civil construction sites was done to emulate the CFMEU in Victoria, an inquiry has heard.

  • Matt Dennien
Dean Mattas (second left) receiving the 2020 Delegate of the Year award at a CFMEU event with Michael Ravbar (third from left), Jade Ingham (second right) and Royce Kupsch (far right).

The CFMEU figures Watson says should be kicked out of union ‘immediately’

The members who Geoffrey Watson SC said should be banished were revealed when his private report to CFMEU administrator Mark Irving KC was made public. 

  • Julius Dennis
Union buster Geoffrey Watson speaking at the Commission of Inquiry.

Man now accused of murder drove officials to Watson probe, CFMEU inquiry told

The commission of inquiry’s first day has heard new revelations about the CFMEU and that the scandal-plagued union “revelled” in its outlaw notoriety.

  • Matt Dennien and James Hall
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Geoffrey Watson SC was a witness during day one of the Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU and Misconduct in the Construction Industry at the Magistrates Court in Brisbane.

CFMEU inquiry day one: Union misconduct claims examined as inquiry gets under way in Queensland; Inquiry hears man now accused of murder drove officials to Watson probe

CFMEU investigator Geoffrey Watson appears on the first day of Queensland’s inquiry into the construction union. Follow for live updates.

  • Matt Dennien
Union members at Bowen Hills on Thursday.

Who’s who at the CFMEU inquiry

Queensland’s inquiry into the CFMEU is about to hear from its first witnesses. Here are six faces you need to know.

  • Cameron Atfield
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, CFMEU Inquiry Commissioner Stuart Wood KC, and Premier David Crisafulli.

The CFMEU inquiry is about to start asking questions. Some of its own remain

Queensland’s powerful but so-far quiet inquiry into the troubled union and construction sector will go public next week. Many are watching – for many reasons.

  • Matt Dennien
The CFMEU has made $6 million in donations and in kind support to Labor since 2019-20.

‘No one is bigger than the union’: CFMEU chief swings axe in cleanout

The CFMEU has flagged the moves as part of reforms to the union’s scandal-tainted Victorian branch.

  • Nick McKenzie

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