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'Woke': ex-union boss slams charges over emails, posts

A former union leader has defended his actions after fronting court over a series of allegedly offensive emails and online posts to the union's administrators.

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Federal police swoop on former CFMEU powerbroker's home

Federal police have raided the Melbourne house of a former CFMEU heavyweight as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in Victoria's building sector.

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Two men charged after CFMEU headquarters, homes raided

The office of Victoria's scandal-ridden construction union was among six addresses raided by detectives probing kickback allegations.

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Ex-union boss bailed after social media threats charges

A former union leader has been granted bail after facing court on charges over a social media post that prosecutors allege was a "targeted, calculated attack".

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Labour hire firm paid Mick Gatto more than $1m to secure work on Big Build, CFMEU inquiry told

M Group’s lawyer tells inquiry while the firm’s directors ‘may have done business with Gatto’ they were not ‘frontmen’ for him

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Organised crime, cost and the CFMEU: why Victoria’s construction scandal is threatening to derail a government

The $100bn ‘Big Build’ promised to transform the state’s transport infrastructure. Now it’s become marred by corruption allegations

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VIC:Ex-union boss accused of abuse faced threats: lawyer

A former union boss has faced court for the first time since being accused of sending threatening and menacing emails to an administrator.

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Ex-union boss accused of abuse faced threats: lawyer

A former union boss has faced court for the first time since being accused of sending threatening and menacing emails to an administrator.

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Victorian minister regrets character references for taxi driver who assaulted women, DV accused men and Iran regime supporter

Labor’s Luba Grigorovitch wrote 33 character references but says she regrets providing them for six individuals and will never write another

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Jacinta Allan wants voters to see Victoria’s 12-year-old Labor government as ‘new and united’. Can she cling to power?

With a reshuffled cabinet, the premier is hoping to quell leadership rumblings as her party seeks an unprecedented fourth term

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‘I don’t just ditch my mates’: new Victorian Labor minister defends John Setka ties amid criticism

Luba Grigorovitch, one of four MPs promoted to Jacinta Allan’s cabinet, says she has ‘no regrets’ over friendship with former CFMEU boss

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'Circle of life': major reshuffle as senior MPs quit

Three state ministers have called time on their political careers, triggering a major cabinet reshuffle and factional carve-up as an election looms.

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Union hired convicted killer as health and safety rep

An inquiry into a union has begun to resemble an episode of a notorious crime drama as it heard details of corruption, violence and intimidation.

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Official probe into CFMEU links rejected by premier

A state premier has defended her government's response to CFMEU corruption, saying it cracked down on the union as soon as it became aware of misconduct claims.

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Former CFMEU boss John Setka charged with threatening and harassing union administrator

Victoria police charge 61-year-old with seven counts of ‘using a telecom communications device to menace, harass and offend’

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Ex-union boss allegedly threatened admin via emails

Threatening and offensive emails allegedly sent by the former boss of the embattled construction union to its administrator have led to his arrest and charges.

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High Court rejects CFMEU bid to end federal takeover

A federal government takeover of the embattled CFMEU will continue after the High Court dismissed a challenge to administrators overseeing the union.

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CFMEU boss to step away from national leadership post

The CFMEU's national secretary Zach Smith has told staff he will step back from the role but continue to run one of its state branches.

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Fair Work takes former union boss John Setka to court

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against former union boss John Setka and the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Grattan on Friday: have we heard the CFMEU’s last hurrah or seen the start of its trench warfare?

In one of those paradoxes of politics, a government that has delivered in spades to the union movement finds itself in a bare-knuckle fight with the country’s most militant industrial organisation.

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