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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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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
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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
Investigation
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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
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Building bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’
A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies, criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry, including on large publicly funded projects.
- by Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
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John Setka resigns immediately as head of CFMEU
The powerful construction union boss resigned on Friday night in the face of a raft of explosive allegations about misconduct involving him and the CFMEU.
- by Nick McKenzie, Angus Thompson and Kieran Rooney
‘A knife through Service NSW’: Senior executives set to be sacked
The union says it believes 125 jobs are set to be cut in the first of “waves” of redundancy under the changes, which the government says will include executives.
- by Christopher Harris
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Media & marketing
Job cuts prompt anger and threat of industrial action at Nine
Executives from Nine’s broadcast, publishing and radio divisions are discussing the extent of cuts with staff as the company seeks $30 million in savings.
- by Calum Jaspan