Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from CFMEU

Grattan on Friday: whatever his policy, Peter Dutton will be a big target on workplace relations

Peter Dutton has been receiving a good many political breaks recently – Anthony Albanese’s new house is the latest icing on the cake. Although the Coalition is not expected to win next year’s election, presently it looks placed to do well.

The Conversation

Bulk of CFMEU probe evidence relates to coercion

Dozens of incidents within the embattled CFMEU are being investigated after it was placed into administration following criminal allegations.

AAP

Fund sent $511k to CFMEU ahead of criminal allegations

APRA dropped an investigation into a super fund that paid over $500,000 to the CFMEU but took action again after reports of the union's alleged criminal links.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Dfat says it has told Israel ‘unacceptable’ targeting of UN personnel in Lebanon must cease – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Fears spike about public sector workplace corruption

There's been a spike in the number of Victorian public sector workers who think corruption is a blight on their workplace.

AAP

Military repairs could deliver some diplomacy

Letters to the editor September 23, 2024

Newcastle Herald

Victorian building unions threaten strike action over ‘sustained attack’ on pay deals

Fair Work Commission has delayed new proposed agreements to check employers have not been coerced into them

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Afternoon Update: questions over exploding pagers in Lebanon; CFMEU rallies in Sydney and Melbourne; and the Murdoch succession battle deepens

The manufacturer linked to pagers that exploded as part of the attack against Hezbollah has said the devices were made by a company in Europe

The Guardian - AU

PM says Labor will reintroduce housing bill to lower house in October – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Thousands of tradies down tools, march in CFMEU support

Thousands of construction workers have turned out in mass rallies to support the CFMEU as the government promises to crack down on bikie infiltration.

AAP

CFMEU faces fresh investigations into alleged corruption in Queensland, NSW and SA branches

Union’s administrator accepts all seven of Geoffrey Watson SC’s recommendations, including looking into alleged links to motorcycle gangs

The Guardian - AU

Bikies targeted in administrator's CFMEU clean-up

The man in charged with cleaning up the CFMEU has promised to target outlaw bikies and organised criminals in all areas of the construction industry.

AAP

CFMEU in ‘cycle of lawlessness’ after bikie and organised crime infiltration, probe finds

‘Violence was an accepted part of the culture, and threats of violence were a substitute for reasoned negotiations’, says interim report

The Guardian - AU

Education union calls for vice-chancellor to resign over robodebt role – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

'Unexceptional': CFMEU organiser's rant reveals all

Violence and intimidation were so prevalent in the construction arm of the CFMEU's Victorian branch that aggressive threats caught on video were 'commonplace'.

AAP

Official appointed to fix CFMEU branch abruptly quits

The man appointed to clean up the Victorian branch of the embattled CFMEU has resigned suddenly, as police investigations into the organisation continue.

The Canberra Times

One ACT party received a donation banned under their proposed policy

Who has donated what to the ACT's political parties in the past year.

AAP

Self-serving CFMEU leaders ruined union: McManus

ACTU secretary Sally McManus has launched a scathing attack on former CFMEU leaders who she said refused to stand down despite allegations against them.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

High court will expedite challenge from former CFMEU officials against administration

Former construction union bosses claim forced administration is unconstitutional because it prevents or limits political donations

AAP

Three open police investigations over CFMEU allegations

A former union leader won't face charges over visits to government building sites, although Victoria Police is considering charges over alleged CFMEU fraud.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria police considering more charges in construction industry after arrest of CFMEU official

Police also say John Setka’s appearance at government project sites did not constitute an offence

The Guardian - AU

John Setka’s appearances at Victorian project sites referred to police, Jacinta Allan says

Premier says former Victorian CFMEU boss attended a government hospital project and a Metro Tunnel site this week

AAP

Premier refers ex-union boss to police after site rants

Victoria's premier has referred John Setka to police after the former CFMEU boss gained access to a second government construction site.

AAP

APRA fight with CFMEU-linked super fund 'unreasonable'

Moves by the financial regulator to impose stricter conditions on a super fund connected with the CFMEU will be attacked in the Federal Court.

Newcastle Herald

CFMEU launches High Court action in response to administration

A union representative called the laws 'un-Australian'.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Fair Work Commission

The Canberra Liberals

44 stories

the Fair Work Ombudsman

26 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.