Already a subscriber?The shock evinced by Labor governments at the crime, corruption and thuggery alleged in the construction industry surely deserves a special prize for acting.
“There is no place for criminality or corruption in the construction industry and bullying, thuggery and intimidation is unacceptable in any workplace,” Watt told the Senate.But the CFMEU’s steadily growing influence, financial and factional, in Labor politics, as well as its increasing dominance against other unions meant it was more convenient toThat has been most apparent in Victoria, home of the abruptly departed John Setka as the construction division’s state secretary.
Of course. But the more systemic problem is that employers around the country have been intimidated by the cripplingly high price of union payback should they resist the soaring costs of CFMEU-approved practices and contractors. The bill introduces more substantial civil and criminal penalties for those thwarting the work and authority of a new administrator, barrister Mark Irving.The opposition is fulminating it is a further demonstration that the Labor Party has been bought by the CFMEU “lock, stock and barrel”. Opposition workplace relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash argues there’s no transparency and no accountability beyond giving Watt a blank cheque.