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Labor’s shock at CFMEU deserves an acting prize
After years of happily ignoring all the evidence, Labor governments have expressed their shock at evidence of criminality and corruption in Australia’s powerful construction union. What now?
Jennifer HewettColumnistThe shock evinced by Labor governments at the crime, corruption and thuggery alleged in the construction industry surely deserves a special prize for acting.
In the full knowledge of the brutality and criminality used by the construction arm of the CFMEU to enforce its will, the former Minister for Workplace Relations, Tony Burke, happily abolished the Australian Building and Construction Commission as the independent regulator. It was one more down payment on his determination to court the union movement’s support.
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