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Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle to be deported
Dean Martin – a former Rebels president who was once in a relationship with Senator Lidia Thorpe – is to be sent to New Zealand after his visa was cancelled on character grounds.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Paul Sakkal and David Marin-Guzman
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It’s time to straighten up our building sites with a strong regulator
Stronger fines, wider powers and a bipartisan mandate could produce a construction industry regulator with transformative possibilities.
- by The Age's View
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CFMEU boss allegedly bragged of corrupt contract connections at $94b super fund
Police allege the high-ranking official boasted to corrupt building firms that he could secure them lucrative jobs on construction projects financed by superannuation giant Cbus.
- by Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
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Trade unions
Building union officials are the toughest people I know, but unity is a two-way street
It is regretful that the ACTU has had to take steps to suspend the CFMEU, but it had no choice if it wanted to protect the interests of working people.
- by Bill Kelty
Premier defends Victoria’s CFMEU inquiry and says investigator will have access to senior MPs
Jacinta Allan has vowed the government-appointed investigator will be able to speak to ministers – including herself – about claims against the CFMEU.Â
- by Broede Carmody
Editorial
Editorial
Devil will be in the detail on Labor’s CFMEU response
A thorough clean-out of John Setka’s cronies – the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures – is needed.
- The Herald's View
God forgives, the CFMEU doesn’t: The warning for Labor after Setka
The union speaks to Labor’s working-class voters more than any other. Now the party fears the CFMEU has a long memory.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
State government review of troubled construction sector to report back within six weeks
Victoria’s independent review into the construction sector will provide an interim report by late August and a final report by the end of November.
- by Broede Carmody
The footballer, the underworld and the union deal that exposes construction’s dark secrets
When Faruk Orman aligned with ex-AFL goalsneak Kayne Pettifer to secure CFMEU support for a labour-hire firm, it was a case study in underworld figures monetising union backing.
- by Nick McKenzie and David Marin-Guzman
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Australians pay the price for CFMEU tactics, figures show
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has turned the dispute over the CFMEU into a political test over the cost of living, claiming the union has added 30 per cent to the cost of major projects.
- by David Crowe and Angus Thompson
Editorial
CFMEU
Chance for a CFMEU clean-out – but the devil will be in the detail
The cronies, the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures need to be banished from the construction union and a new generation of decent people must take their place.
- The Age's View