New laws to seize control of rogue union would be a picnic for lawyers,says Minister for Workplace Relations Murray Watt.
The union’s incoming administrator has pledged to root out any corrupt employers after Jacqui Lambie used parliament to air allegations of price fixing.
Labor and the Coalition put aside days of sparring to pass a bill letting an administrator clean up the disgraced construction union.
Labor is threatening the Greens with a social media offensive in marginal seats that paints MPs as puppets of disgraced CFMEU boss John Setka unless its bill is passed.
The Coalition has refused to vote in favour until the bill includes a ban on political donations,while the Greens say the legislation could override the court process.
Three senior Albanese ministers have argued a blanket ban on sports bet promotions would cripple revenue for free-to-air TV in difficult times.
Coalition workplace spokeswoman Michaelia Cash has called for an inquiry into the legislation having last week called for the CFMEU to be deregistered.
The escalation comes after a series of revelations about the CFMEU’s ties to organised crime,but the union is yet to agree to an independent administrator.
A virulent strain of bird flu is morphing as it spreads around the world and Australia looks to be its end destination.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the resignations will allow him to refresh his ministry after two years with an unchanged team.
The government has cancelled the visas of child sex offenders,drug dealers and violent assailants in urgent decisions to overturn tribunal rulings that let them stay in Australia.