CFMEU
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Alleged hitman was handpicked as CFMEU health and safety man on building projects
A CFMEU delegate accused of involvement in a brazen underworld execution was parachuted into his lucrative union months after he allegedly gunned down a gangland figure in a suburban car park.
- Nick McKenzie and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Liberal-linked barrister and top bureaucrat to head Queensland’s CFMEU probe
The two men will lead the state’s powerful inquiry into alleged misconduct by the union and its Labor “enablers” – starting today.
- Matt Dennien
Productivity Commission floats scrapping so-called ‘CFMEU tax’
The interim report blamed lost productivity in the construction sector for 77,000 homes not being built – “more than enough to address current supply shortfalls”.
- Matt Dennien
‘Build, baby, build’: Bleijie details CFMEU probe amid estimates drama
The scope of a looming inquiry into the union has been revealed by the deputy premier, who aped the US president during a day of scrutiny.
- Matt Dennien
How a bloke with a stutter changed the way we talk about wages
I feared this book might be as boring as all get out. Silly me.
- Jenna Price
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‘Clear breach’: Mick Gatto’s gifts fuelled concern he took union by the wrist
The underworld figure handed out Versace gold bracelets to CFMEU officials at restaurants and coffee shops in a gesture the union’s administrator says was inappropriate.
- Nick McKenzie
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New CFMEU boss sets sights on housing amid cleanout and reset
The newly appointed boss of the NSW branch of the construction union will target government-funded apartment developments, while in Victoria factionalism is complicating a cleanout.
- Nick McKenzie and David Marin-Guzman
Enough is enough: the CFMEU stain on our society must be removed
It’s a year since The Age’s investigation blew the lid on the union’s rotten conduct. Too little has changed.
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Cross-border underworld links to be probed as CFMEU inquiry expands
“We’ve been asked to take further action,” Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said from Parliament House. “I can announce today that we will.”
- William Davis
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$110,000 payment for union peace: Developer’s deal in spotlight amid fresh calls to clean up industry
A deal between a gangland associate and a Gold Coast developer has been revealed amid a call for action on “crime and corruption” in the construction industry.
- Nick McKenzie and David Marin-Guzman