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Cross River Rail boss tells inquiry CFMEU 'purposefully' caused disruptions

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Mar 2026
Cross River Rail Delivery Authority chief executive Graeme Newton told an inquiry into the CFMEU the union had "consistently made unsubstantiated claims" on social media and through media organisations about poor worksite safety ... .
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How the CFMEU tried to, and did, influence Qld’s biggest rail project

Sydney Morning Herald 18 Mar 2026
Cross River Rail boss Graeme Newton has told a state inquiry of the union’s extensive pressure campaign, including the early sidelining of a key internal critic ....
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Former inspector tells CFMEU inquiry she felt pressured to issue $3,600 fine

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 Mar 2026
A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland told the inquiry she believed the regulator had formed an "alliance" with the CFMEU ... .
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Workplace safety regulator 'captured' by CFMEU, inquiry hears

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 10 Mar 2026
Senior counsel assisting Patrick Wheelahan alleges Workplace Health and Safety Queensland became "improperly dominated" by the interests of the CFMEU ... .
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CFMEU inquiry suspects Qld company of Victorian underworld ties

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04 Mar 2026
A Queensland business is suspected of ties to Victorian underworld figure Mick Gatto by Queensland's CFMEU Inquiry ... .
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CFMEU fight threatens to engulf hate speech bill as ministers launch broadside on corruption buster

Sydney Morning Herald 18 Feb 2026
The Coalition says the government will delay its own anti-hate speech reforms rather than let the Greens add an amendment to boost IBAC’s powers ....
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Push for greater action on CFMEU scandal from within premier's own team

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Feb 2026
Pressure on Jacinta Allan intensifies, with several of the premier's own MPs saying they want to see a royal commission into alleged criminality and corruption within the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union ... .
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Victorian attorney general lambasts integrity expert over ‘unfounded claim’ CFMEU corruption cost taxpayers $15bn

The Guardian 18 Feb 2026
... Watson SC, over his claim corruption at the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) cost taxpayers at least $15bn.
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The CFMEU has cost Victorian taxpayers $15bn, a corruption fighter claims. How did he reach that figure and what happens next?

The Observer 16 Feb 2026
The eye-watering estimate appeared in a redacted section of a report by corruption fighter Geoffrey Watson SC, which was tendered during a Queensland inquiry into the CFMEU last week.
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Former CFMEU official among three arrested in anti-corruption probe

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Feb 2026
The arrests were made hours before Premier Jacinta Allan faced reporters over separate allegations detailed in a new report that $15 billion in taxpayer dollars had made its way into the hands of criminals who had infiltrated the union ... .
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Victorian Premier Denies Turning Blind Eye to CFMEU Corruption

The Epoch Times 12 Feb 2026
12 responded to allegations the state Labor government turned a blind eye to CFMEU (Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union) corruption ...
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CFMEU inquiry uncovers evidence of criminal syndicates

Sydney Morning Herald 12 Feb 2026
The CFMEU inquiry has uncovered evidence of criminal syndicates with gangland figures handed $300,000 salaries ....
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Victorian government defends action on construction sector amid CFMEU allegations

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 Feb 2026
The Victorian government is defending its handling of corruption in the state's construction sector amid accusations in a major corruption report that it was "cowed" by the CFMEU ... .
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Concerns over “hidden” sections of CFMEU report (ACCI - Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry)

Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
Concerns over "hidden" sections of CFMEU report ... conduct by the CFMEU ... Mr McKellar says this only reinforces the case for an inquiry with the powers of a royal commission into the CFMEU.
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