Our reporting in the Building Bad series,now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley,came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.
Administrators of the CFMEU are responding to warnings that violent bikies and crime figures ostracised from the union are turning on remaining organisers.
Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration,prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.
The major project procurement policies known as BPICs are seen as roadblocks to a key LNP election pledge to deliver projects on time and budget.
Labor has hit back at Premier David Crisafulli’s claim of yet another budget blowout,saying it could compromise negotiations with contractors.
The Queensland government has rejected a Commonwealth plea to get on with building Olympic venues,insisting the LNP’s mooted 100-day review must be allowed to play out.
In his first public comments since being hit by a car on a busy Brisbane road,a traffic controller has slammed companies over their attitudes to safety.
Police have warned the CFMEU administrator of an imminent death threat,as the labour movement ruptures over the federal government’s efforts to stamp out criminality in the building industry.
Government officials will hold housing crisis talks with construction bosses on Wednesday as Fair Work continues to probe dozens of CFMEU officials.
Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she has changed her routines,lives between different locations and has taken police advice.
A senior CFMEU official captured on camera allegedly making threats to kill an owner of a labour hire company won’t be allowed on worksites after a Fair Work Commission judgment.