A company championed by the union has become one of NSW’s biggest labour-hire firms supplying large publicly funded projects.
Union officials have vowed to fight “to the ends of the earth” against federal government moves to appoint an administrator to oversee the scandal-plagued CFMEU.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had “panicked and soiled himself over some unproven allegations”,according to Queensland CFMEU boss Michael Ravbar.
Will Labor look after households or protect its friends in the union movement? One way to tell will be whether it forces tainted officials out the door.
The fallout from our investigation into the powerful construction union began on Friday,when long-time union boss John Setka resigned,before the first story had even been published.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke says the behaviour within the CFMEU is abhorrent and intolerable and the government will support plans by the Fair Work Commission to appoint administrators to take over the running of the CFMEU.
A police camera hidden in the ceiling of the CFMEU’s Sydney office allegedly captured NSW construction union boss Darren Greenfield being passed a $5000 bundle of cash.
The NSW government will attempt to oust CFMEU state secretary Darren Greenfield through the courts or take the matter to parliament.
Beleaguered CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith says he wants to clean up his own house. But he’s deluded.
Premier Jacinta Allan has also confirmed that the Victorian Labor Party had begun formal processes to eject the CFMEU’s construction division from its ranks.
The advice to the government is that deregistering the CFMEU would not work because the union could continue to act against employers.