‘Leo the dog’:Setka caught on tape delivering threatening message to rival’s home
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‘Leo the dog’:Setka caught on tape delivering threatening message to rival’s home

Video of the former union chief’s night-time visit emerges,plus other officials filmed in abusive tirade on $761 million government project.

  • byNick McKenzie,Ben Schneiders,David Marin-Guzman andReid Butler

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‘Good’:Albanese welcomes Setka resignation amid calls for CFMEU probe

‘Good’:Albanese welcomes Setka resignation amid calls for CFMEU probe

Amid allegations that senior bikie figures and criminals have been handed lucrative union roles on government-funded projects,the PM said the former union boss’s alleged behaviour should be condemned,isolated and stamped out.

  • byAnnika Smethurst,Harriet Alexander andAnthony Segaert
Building bad:How bikies,underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’
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Building bad:How bikies,underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’

A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies,criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry,including on large publicly funded projects.

  • byNick McKenzie,David Marin-Guzman andBen Schneiders
John Setka resigns immediately as head of CFMEU

John Setka resigns immediately as head of CFMEU

The powerful construction union boss resigned on Friday night in the face of a raft of explosive allegations about misconduct involving him and the CFMEU.

  • byNick McKenzie,Angus Thompson andKieran Rooney
ClearVue looks into future with CFMEU building reveal
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ClearVue looks into future with CFMEU building reveal

ClearVue Technologies has unveiled the first architecturally-designed installation of its solar windows in the façade of a new CFMEU building in Melbourne.

  • byCraig Nolan
CFMEU plans new theatre and events centre,ahead of new unit development

CFMEU plans new theatre and events centre,ahead of new unit development

One of Queensland’s most controversial unions is planning to build a new theatre and conference centre at Bowen Hills,complete with a rooftop bar.

  • byCameron Atfield
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More than 170 breaches,50 court cases:CFMEU deemed ‘recidivist offender’

More than 170 breaches,50 court cases:CFMEU deemed ‘recidivist offender’

A Federal Court judge said the construction union’s record showed a “general disregard” for workplace laws after three officials were fined over breaches.

  • byDavid Estcourt
‘Done an outstanding job’:AFL hits back as Setka calls for McBurney’s sacking

‘Done an outstanding job’:AFL hits back as Setka calls for McBurney’s sacking

The AFL has declared umpires boss Steve McBurney will retain his job amid calls from CFMEU Victoria boss John Setka for the former building watchdog to be sacked.

  • byJon Pierik
It’s not corruption,but the Albanese government is guilty of cronyism

It’s not corruption,but the Albanese government is guilty of cronyism

Corruption’s insidious cousin has become one of the dominant motifs of this government.

  • byGeorge Brandis
Court grants injunction stopping CFMEU blocking workers from Cross River Rail sites

Court grants injunction stopping CFMEU blocking workers from Cross River Rail sites

The judge ordered that the union was prohibited from physically blocking Cross River Rail construction sites,or threatening any person entering or leaving a CRR site.

  • byCloe Read
Delay on deadly stone import ban until states sort out own deadlines

Delay on deadly stone import ban until states sort out own deadlines

Australia’s states and territories agreed earlier this month to roll out the world’s first ban on engineered stone,which causes silicosis.

  • byAngus Thompson