Cranes across Perth at a standstill after operator dies falling off ladder

Cranes across Perth at a standstill after operator dies falling off ladder

A 62-year-old man fell on Friday morning while climbing up a crane ladder.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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John Setka’s estranged wife accused of plotting to kill him
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John Setka’s estranged wife accused of plotting to kill him

Police charged Emma Walters after searching her house on Wednesday and seizing a mobile phone.

  • byJohn Silvester andLachlan Abbott
Engineered stone import ban to be discussed at national ministers’ meeting

Engineered stone import ban to be discussed at national ministers’ meeting

State and territory ministers will discuss banning the import of engineered stone next week as unions say it must happen as soon as possible.

  • byAngus Thompson andNatassia Chrysanthos
Manufacturing arm loses bid to split from CFMMEU

Manufacturing arm loses bid to split from CFMMEU

The manufacturing division applied to the Fair Work Commission last year to demerge from the Construction,Forestry,Maritime,Mining and Energy Union after years of acrimony with the construction arm.

  • byAngus Thompson
John Setka’s estranged wife sues police over handling of domestic violence allegations

John Setka’s estranged wife sues police over handling of domestic violence allegations

Prominent former lawyer Emma Walters alleges police failed to protect her safety after she made multiple family violence claims against the CFMEU union leader.

  • byBen Schneiders
Labor facing test of green credentials in fight over native logging

Labor facing test of green credentials in fight over native logging

Key crossbench senators say the federal government must end the native timber industry to meet Australia’s commitment to a new international deal to protect nature.

  • byMike Foley
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Urgent action needed to protect workers from silicosis:Burke

Urgent action needed to protect workers from silicosis:Burke

Introducing legislation that ends employers’ ability to take out insurance against workers’ deaths,Tony Burke said it was unacceptable that Australians faced the hazard of the potentially fatal lung disease in 2022.

  • byAngus Thompson
‘Stop this killer stone’:CFMMEU wants popular benchtop material banned

‘Stop this killer stone’:CFMMEU wants popular benchtop material banned

The CFMMEU has announced it will ban the use of engineered stone if the federal government fails to do so by 2024,in “industrial action not seen since building and construction unions banned asbestos”.

  • byClaire Siracusa andNajma Sambul
Government lawyers seek to block publication of report into ABCC workplace culture

Government lawyers seek to block publication of report into ABCC workplace culture

A confidential staff survey of the building watchdog found it was racked by “contagious negative morale” and a “culture typified by active mistrust”.

  • byAngus Thompson
‘Sleight of hand’:Construction watchdog to be replaced in IR bill concession

‘Sleight of hand’:Construction watchdog to be replaced in IR bill concession

Independent MP Allegra Spender has joined the criticism of the Albanese government’s industrial relations changes saying they are “the most far-reaching industrial relations reform since John Howard’s Work Choices”.

  • byAngus Thompson
John Setka accused of using Dustin Martin to manipulate his estranged wife
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John Setka accused of using Dustin Martin to manipulate his estranged wife

Controversial construction union head John Setka has been accused of using Richmond footballer Dustin Martin as part of a bid to pressure his estranged wife Emma Walters,who has fled the family home

  • byBen Schneiders