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Tess Ikonomou, Jacob Shteyman and Andrew Brown

High Court rejects CFMEU bid to end federal takeover

The CFMEU has failed in a bid to overturn its construction arm being forced into administration. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Administrators for the embattled CFMEU will complete the job of cleaning up the organisation, a federal minister says, as a legal challenge to a commonwealth takeover was rejected.

The High Court on Wednesday dismissed a case brought by the CFMEU looking to overturn the federal government's decision to place the union's construction division into administration.

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