Don't rush CFMEU administrator process, minister urges

Due process was needed to ensure an administrator was effective at the CFMEU, Bill Shorten says. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Appointing an administrator to oversee the embattled CFMEU should not be hurried, a federal minister says, amid concerns the move would not be enough to police the sector.

The Fair Work Commission is taking action to place the union's construction division into administration, after allegations it has been infiltrated by bikies and criminals and that officials had taken kickbacks.