John Setka
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- CFMEU
I was John Setka’s right-hand man. The CFMEU can be a shining light again
The CFMEU sits rudderless and divided by internal conflicts. It doesn’t have to be this way.
- Shaun Reardon
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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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- Building Bad
‘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
Setka-era CFMEU secretly donated $329,000 to embattled unionist, watchdog finds
The Fair Work Commission said it was likely senior CFMEU officers had tried to hide the extent of their donations to Diana Asmar from the union’s leadership.
- Kieran Rooney and Nick McKenzie
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- Building Bad
CFMEU administrator scrambles to seize back Setka’s $1 million slush fund
The union’s administrator has launched legal action to gain control of a controversial fund as fresh details emerge of the workplace stress claim lodged by the union’s former boss.
- Nick McKenzie
- Exclusive
- Building Bad
Violence, betrayal and intimidation: Insider blows whistle on reality of CFMEU
Charles Farrugia, the former CFMEU representative on Big Build projects, claims the union covered up a crime, then banned him from earning a living.
- Nick McKenzie
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Albanese’s answer to the CFMEU rot looks short of the mark
The federal government insists the troubled union’s administration is doing its job well; the recent evidence suggests otherwise.
- The Age's View
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- Building Bad
A house, a hot rod and a bashing: CFMEU sackings heap pressure on Albanese
One was shown the door for taking “bribes”, the other told to leave over an assault. Both contribute to a crisis engulfing the troubled union’s administration.
- Nick McKenzie
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Despite corruption crackdowns, Gatto still has his mitts deep in the CFMEU pie
If a union run by a federal government-appointed administrator still acts this way, what hope is there ever for a clean CFMEU?
- Ben Schneiders
- Exclusive
- Building Bad
State government knew about Big Build threats years before court action
Senior Victorian politicians promised to handle claims of union coercion on Big Build sites in the lead up to the 2022 state election. Nothing eventuated.
- David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie
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