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Warning on CFMEU intimidation sent to Allan, Albanese in 2022
A construction company battling CFMEU standover tactics wrote to top Labor politicians detailing their trouble and offering proof.
- by Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
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Labor executive set to ban donations from Victorian CFMEU
The move is an attempt to cauterise the political damage over revelations of underworld infiltration into the scandal-plagued construction union.
- by Angus Thompson and Paul Sakkal
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Analysis
It’s a union, not a bikie gang: CFMEU needs a serious overhaul, not more of the same
The union’s national body wants policymakers and the public to think it’s taken a strong step. It hasn’t.
- by Ben Schneiders
Allan wants CFMEU temporarily banished from Victorian Labor
The premier said she had “deep disgust” for alleged behaviour within the union in her first public remarks since the resignation of CFMEU secretary John Setka.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
Victorian premier quizzed after CFMEU allegations
Nick McKenzie has quizzed Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after an investigation by this masthead, AFR and 60 Minutes sparked a construction industry crisis.
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Opinion
See ya, Setka! Why union chief’s departure is good news for women
It took a long time for the CFMEU to be rid of John Setka. Now it finally is.
- by Jenna Price
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‘I just need it to end’: CFMEU power play turned Ben’s construction dream into a fatal nightmare
The day before his 19th birthday, the young man went to his first day in a new job. He was bullied, humiliated and locked in a shed.
- by Nick McKenzie, Reid Butler and David Marin-Guzman
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‘Everyone eats’: Secret audio lays bare CFMEU kickback plan
A fixer has been caught on tape offering to set up kickbacks to union officials to win work for a company as police evidence mounts against John Setka’s anointed successor over suspected corruption.
- by Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman, Ben Schneiders and Amelia Ballinger
‘Everything on the table’: Burke weighs deregistration of CFMEU construction division amid revelations
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has threatened deregistration if the union doesn’t clean house.
- by James Massola and Annika Smethurst
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A months-long investigation into the CFMEU has uncovered infiltration by bikies and organised criminals, intimidation and allegations of corruption.
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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.
- by Nick McKenzie, Ben Schneiders, David Marin-Guzman and Reid Butler