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The torched ute belonged to a CFMEU organiser.

Firebombing of official’s car, resignation of top executive rock CFMEU administration

The Albanese government-backed clean-up of the scandal-ridden construction union faces fresh challenges after an attack targeted an official, and the departure of a top executive.

  • Nick McKenzie

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Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar.

Health Workers Union thrown into administration amid Asmar probe

The Federal Court appointed former National Union of Workers general secretary Charlie Donnelly as interim administrator.

  • William Ton and Kaitlyn Offer
CFMEU members protest outside Parliament House in Canberra earlier this month.

I’m no fan of John Setka. But he’s right about one thing

John Setka deserved to lose his job at the CFMEU, but when he decries a lack of political accountability in the union construction scandal, he’s right.

  • Nick McKenzie

New body to help clean up construction, but industry says it’s not nearly enough

A Victorian government report in response to this masthead’s Building Bad investigation says builders should be contractually required to stamp out criminal behaviour.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
A rally protesting CFMEU administration, at the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 10 December 2024.

Union opens door to shifting donations from Labor to Greens

The bitter split within the union movement over the CFMEU being placed into administration came to Parliament House and the High Court on Tuesday.

  • James Massola
Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar.

‘The job cuts are a mirage’: HSU accuses Diana Asmar of revenge redundancies

The Health Services Union has urged a court to restrain its Victorian secretary from making any more redundancies at the union amid allegations she is meting out punishment to “traitors”.

  • Sarah Danckert
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Administrator Marking Irving, centre, has been forced to hire private security as he faces pressure, and danger, in his task to clean-up the CFMEU.

Death threats and private security, life in a CFMEU under administration

Does the administrator appointed to overhaul the union have the ‘guts’ to withstand the powerful forces trying to bring him down? Nick McKenzie thinks so.

An alleged bashing was caught on CCTV.

Bikies ran amok in the CFMEU, and they’re not going to leave quietly

Efforts to clean up the troubled union are encountering resistance as the extent of past problems becomes clearer.

  • Nick McKenzie and Cara Waters
CFMEU divisional assistant secretary Leo Skourdoumbis supports the move to appoint an independent administrator.

Seeing and hearing is believing: How the CFMEU scandal finally landed with a thud

It took years and work across several newsrooms to finally expose the links between the union and organised crime.

  • Nick McKenzie
The government installed an administrator in August to run the scandal-plagued union.

How the CFMEU scandal unfolded

Our reporting in the Building Bad series, now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley, came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.

  • Mathew Dunckley and Michael Bachelard

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