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John Setka (left) and Shaun Reardon in 2015.

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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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
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
Former CFMEU boss John Setka

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
Former CFMEU Victoria boss John Setka (right) and former union official Ralph Edwards.

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
Charles Farrugia claims he was betrayed by the CFMEU after a violent altercation.

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
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Ash Howe and John Perkovic.

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.

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Ash Howe and John Perkovic.

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
Mick Gatto (left) and then-CFMEU leader John Setka in 2018.

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
Premier Jacinta Allan flanked by Labor Minister Vicki Ward (left) and former minister Jaala Pulford.

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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