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WA Labor maintains links with CFMEU, bolsters laws

Proposed laws would require WA union officials to be vetted before they can enter work sites. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

WA Labor will maintain links with the embattled CFMEU but proposed legislation, similar to national laws, will require union officials to be vetted before they enter work sites.

Premier Roger Cook said he "strongly" supports the federal government's decision to place the union's construction division into administration, following allegations it had been infiltrated by underworld figures.

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