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The Guardian - AU
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Adeshola Ore and Australian Associated Press

‘National menace’: CFMEU construction arm’s suspension from Victorian Labor under way, premier says

Jacinta Allan CFMEU Labor Victoria Shane Patton Police ABC Radio IBAC Nine
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan speaks to media during a press conference in Melbourne, Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
The Victorian premier also confirmed that donations from the CFMEU to the state Labor party had been paused. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says federal Labor is already taking steps to suspend the CFMEU’s construction division from the Victorian party, as she defends her handling of a letter outlining allegations about the union.

Allan on Monday said she had written to police and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) to investigate allegations of criminal links within the union, reported by Nine newspapers on the weekend. The Victorian branch of the CFMEU was placed into administration following Nine’s reports.

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