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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal

Victorians faces a state election late this year, with the Labor government pitching for a fourth term. A key issue will be the government’s failure to deal with thuggery and corruption in the building industry, centred on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU).

The Conversation

Michiko’s story: How a Japanese girl survived an atomic bomb

Michiko Kodama was a small child when the US atomic bomb hit her home city of Hiroshima in 1945.

Al Jazeera

Fair Work nominates independent administrator to CFMEU amid criminal allegations against union

Commission proposes Mark Irving, of the Victorian bar, after allegations of criminal misconduct and bikie links against union’s construction arm

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Don't rush CFMEU administrator process, minister urges

Due processes need to be followed in appointing an administrator to the CFMEU following allegations of criminal elements in the union, a senior minister says.

AAP

Enduring bond with trade unions 'Labor's Achilles' heel'

CFMEU scandal raises questions about Labor's historic links with trade unions

Newcastle Herald

New watchdog needed to weed out ‘toxic elements’ in CFMEU, independent MP says

Zoe Daniel says previous body set up by Coalition to oversee unions was ‘so politicised’ that it could not be effective

The Guardian - AU

Alleged crime links and the CFMEU: what to know about the political furore over the construction union

Cut off from Labor, criminal allegations and branches under independent administration. Inside the CFMEU’s dramatic week

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CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labor wants to put the construction union into administration, but last year it axed the cop on the beat. That doesn’t look wise

The government has backed a move by the Fair Work Commission to place the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) into administration.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: If it’s serious about CFMEU, Labor should decline its money

Listening to the politicians and union leaders, one could be forgiven for thinking Nine’s Nick McKenzie and his journalist colleagues were the only ones aware of the nefarious activities in the CFMEU.

The Conversation

Why is a construction union leader demanding the AFL sack its top umpire?

CFMEU secretary John Setka has threatened to shut down AFL-linked worksites over Stephen McBurney’s former role at Australian Building and Construction Commission

The Guardian - AU

Telling Officials "You Will Live to Regret This" Wasn't Punishable Threat or "Intimidat[ion]"

when in context the statement just expressed "an intention to file a complaint against the conduct of government officials."

Reason

Watchdog takes on building sector scrutiny

The Fair Work Ombudsman has begun a new role of examining underpayment of wages in the commercial building and construction sector.

AAP

Union attacks building watchdog over abandoned prosecution

The main construction union has resumed its attack on the integrity of the federal building watchdog after the agency published details of a court case against picketers at a Newcastle work site.

Newcastle Herald

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'F---ing scabs': Union faces court action over strike 'intimidation'

Union organisers allegedly screamed abuse, climbed a crane tower and intimidated a worker while he was trying to order his lunch.

Newcastle Herald

Lake Macquarie firm taken to Federal Court over alleged unpaid wages

A Lake Macquarie company and its owner are being pursued in the Federal Court over what the Commonwealth building and construction industry watchdog says is a failure to pay outstanding wages.

ABC News

Construction watchdog ABCC, which the government is closing, is still starting court cases

The government vowed to shut the Australian Building and Construction Commission. But the agency is still launching court cases against its key opponent, construction union the CFMMEU.

ABC News

Australian Building and Construction Commission warned staff not to campaign against Labor’s election

Secret documents from inside the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) reveal staff were warned against directing industry bodies and supporters to help the Morrison government win the 2022 federal election.

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Anthony Albanese grilled over CFMMEU in testy first question time as PM

Anthony Albanese had a tough first question time as PM on Wednesday with little sign of the hoped-for return to civility on the floor of Parliament.

The Conversation

Killing off the building watchdog may not be the win unionists want

Australia’s controversial building industry watchdog is earmarked for the chopping block. But federal industrial relations minister Tony Burke has started by pulling a few of its teeth.

AAP

Govt attacked over scrapping of ABCC

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has used the first Question Time of the new parliament to attack the government over the abolition of the construction watchdog.

The Guardian - AU

Zoe Daniel and Sally Sitou call for climate action in first speeches to parliament – as it happened

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The Conversation

Government pulls teeth of Australian Building and Construction Commission

The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”.

The Guardian - AU

Unions warn Tony Burke against potential debate on the better-off-overall test

Workplace relations minister says he will ‘take some convincing’ on industrial relations changes as he announces gutting of building watchdog

ABC News

Government winds back Australian Building and Construction Commission's powers to 'bare legal minimum'

The Australian Building and Construction Commission's powers will be stripped back within days, in a federal government move to dump what it describes as "ridiculous" rules.

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