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Paul Sakkal is federal political correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald who previously covered Victorian politics and has won two Walkley awards.

Union to go to war over bid to stamp out CFMEU corruption

Union to go to war over bid to stamp out CFMEU corruption

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.

  • by David Crowe, Angus Thompson and Paul Sakkal

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Government to appoint independent administrator for CFMEU
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Government to appoint independent administrator for CFMEU

The advice to the government is that deregistering the CFMEU would not work because the union could continue to act against employers.

  • by David Crowe, Ben Schneiders, Angus Thompson and Paul Sakkal
‘New low’: Bandt claims PM politicised Trump shooting

‘New low’: Bandt claims PM politicised Trump shooting

The Greens leader says Anthony Albanese’s weekend warning that pro-Palestine demonstrations at Labor MPs’ offices could escalate was “an outrageous and cynical move”.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Republican National Convention 2024 as it happened: Donald Trump appears 48 hours after shooting, selects J.D. Vance as running mate

Republican National Convention 2024 as it happened: Donald Trump appears 48 hours after shooting, selects J.D. Vance as running mate

The Republican Party’s national convention kicked off on Monday (US time), where the party has nominated Donald Trump to be the party’s presidential candidate.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Labor executive set to ban donations from Victorian CFMEU
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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
Albanese’s race around Australia to lock in crucial candidates

Albanese’s race around Australia to lock in crucial candidates

The prime minister is going to Dutton’s own seat of Dickson on Friday to unveil the Labor candidate in the battle for Queensland.

  • by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
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‘I’ll be fighting tooth and nail’: Muslim leader vows to back Labor

‘I’ll be fighting tooth and nail’: Muslim leader vows to back Labor

The government has run into trouble trying to find an envoy for Islamophobia, someone it hoped to unveil at the same time as the new antisemitism envoy.

  • by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Albanese shocked by ignorance of antisemitism

Albanese shocked by ignorance of antisemitism

The prime minister has appointed eminent lawyer and businesswoman Jillian Segal as Australia’s first envoy to combat discrimination towards Jews.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Real estate agents, lawyers in spotlight for money laundering crackdown

Real estate agents, lawyers in spotlight for money laundering crackdown

This masthead has reported on an alleged Chinese-Australian money laundering organisation that moved an estimated $10 billion while amassing a portfolio comprising Sydney mansions.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Embattled MP slams Muslim Vote claim that Labor’s ‘weak on Palestine’

Embattled MP slams Muslim Vote claim that Labor’s ‘weak on Palestine’

Labor’s Peter Khalil has become the first MP to push back against claims made by a burgeoning pro-Palestinian political movement aiming to unseat Labor politicians.

  • by Paul Sakkal
The six weeks that turned Fatima Payman’s rift with Labor into a chasm

The six weeks that turned Fatima Payman’s rift with Labor into a chasm

Fatima Payman was a quiet backbencher for her first two years in the Senate. But for the past six weeks the former union official has become a household name.

  • by James Massola and Paul Sakkal