A rally appearance by the former CFMEU boss is a challenge to federal and state governments as they attempt to reshape the troubled union.
Former CFMEU national president Jade Ingham said the union had been stolen from its members under “un-Australian” laws he would fight to overturn.
Secret police recordings helped unravel George Alex’s sprawling and corrupt labour hire empire.
An investigation found that while harassment allegations against secretary Mem Suleyman were unfounded,the Transport Workers’ Union’s state branch had “significant operational and cultural problems”.
Businesses who engage in serious misconduct or abuse of trust could soon be barred from being awarded state government contracts.
Despite the scandal-plagued union being suspended from the ALP,party insiders worry they are still trying to influence factional negotiations and membership recruitment.
Dean Martin,a former Rebels bikie president who was once in a relationship with ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe,has been released from immigration detention.
Police will have power to charge bikies and organised crime members who enter government worksites,while anti-association controls will be beefed up.
Greens firebrand Max Chandler-Mather infuriated the government by backing the union’s nationwide protests.
A sea of protesters marched through central Melbourne,expressed their disgust for federal Labor’s move to put the CFMEU into administration.
It’s not Anthony Albanese or Sally McManus who have brought the union to this crisis,it’s the previous leadership and their self-interest.