The Victorian government accounted for the lion’s share of payments to the scandal-plagued union,while a smaller federal transfer was ordered by a court.
The CFMEU is delusional in claiming the rallies around Australia are about solidarity.
The CFMEU goes into administration but the survival of one recalcitrant leader of the rogue union raises doubts about if he will help clean up the culture.
The fallen trade unionist has used the medium of ink on skin to issue a defiant message.
Five years ago,the head of Australia’s union movement demanded Setka’s resignation. What happened next allowed him to not only survive,but thrive.
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.
When John Setka and his band took control,muscle became everything – no matter where the muscle came from.
Alongside tolerance there has been indulgence,hubris,gratitude (for massive donations) and a lack of political will.
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.