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Corruption watchdog denies CFMEU referral 'run-around'

Delayed notification of a doomed request to probe construction sector corruption has been slammed as a government moves to block "follow the dollar" changes.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal

Victorians faces a state election late this year, with the Labor government pitching for a fourth term. A key issue will be the government’s failure to deal with thuggery and corruption in the building industry, centred on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU).

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Claims of bikies, strippers and drugs in the CFMEU threaten to end Jacinta Allan’s premiership. Can she survive?

A report alleging the Victorian branch of the union had turned into a ‘crime syndicate’ has sparked a war between the state government and a corruption fighter

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Victorian attorney general lambasts integrity expert over ‘unfounded claim’ CFMEU corruption cost taxpayers $15bn

Rotting from the Top report author Geoffrey Watson says ‘personal attacks’ from Labor government ministers have ‘crossed a line’

The Guardian - AU

The CFMEU has cost Victorian taxpayers $15bn, a corruption fighter claims. How did he reach that figure and what happens next?

Premier Jacinta Allan labelled report’s allegations ‘sickening’ and now faces calls for a royal commission

The Guardian - AU

Official probe into CFMEU links rejected by premier

A state premier has defended her government's response to CFMEU corruption, saying it cracked down on the union as soon as it became aware of misconduct claims.

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Fourth man charged with offences over alleged murder

A fourth man has been charged with a variety of offences in relation to the kidnapping and murder of a man last August.

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Police accused of signing secret agreement with CFMEU

A man whose report triggered a CFMEU inquiry claims the embattled union had a secret deal preventing police from intervening in industrial disputes.

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CFMEU boss to step away from national leadership post

The CFMEU's national secretary Zach Smith has told staff he will step back from the role but continue to run one of its state branches.

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Labor rubbishes ‘reckless’ Coalition plan to crack down on CFMEU after latest allegations

Murray Watt says deregistering union’s construction division would jeopardise ongoing investigations and that new US-style laws are unnecessary

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CFMEU faces fresh investigations into alleged corruption in Queensland, NSW and SA branches

Union’s administrator accepts all seven of Geoffrey Watson SC’s recommendations, including looking into alleged links to motorcycle gangs

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Bikies targeted in administrator's CFMEU clean-up

The man in charged with cleaning up the CFMEU has promised to target outlaw bikies and organised criminals in all areas of the construction industry.

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'Unexceptional': CFMEU organiser's rant reveals all

Violence and intimidation were so prevalent in the construction arm of the CFMEU's Victorian branch that aggressive threats caught on video were 'commonplace'.

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Transport, housing and cost of living: how has Labor fared in its first year in power in NSW?

While the Minns government has made strides on wages, many of its promises – on renting, buses and the environment – remain unfulfilled

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High stakes in ex-premier's fight against 'corrupt' tag

Former premier Gladys Berejiklian's bid to shred adverse findings by the corruption watchdog will have "pretty dramatic consequences" for both, an expert says.

Newcastle Herald

Australia's Goldilocks city, where all developers are welcome

'Is Goldilocks appropriate for Newcastle? It sure isn't Sleeping Beauty anymore.'

The Canberra Times

'Absolutely appalled': Drumgold could seek to have findings set aside

A top silk agrees the outgoing prosecutor has been denied procedural fairness.

Newcastle Herald

'He doesn't understand Newcastle': Hilton Grugeon hits back at Geoffrey Watson SC

'There seemed to be these sort of weird oligarchs.'

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The Guardian - AU

Icac found Gladys Berejiklian engaged in corrupt conduct. So why won’t she be prosecuted?

Former boyfriend Daryl Maguire may face charges, but proving criminal activity by the former premier would be difficult.

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The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims

Reforms in the wake of the child sexual abuse royal commission made it easier for victims to seek compensation, but now a fierce new battleground is emerging as some organisations at the centre of the claims push to have cases thrown out altogether.

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Tasmanian premier faces backlash over push to limit what MPs can say in parliament

Tasmania's opposition political parties have furiously opposed a move by the government which may restrict them from naming public servants under parliamentary privilege.

The Guardian - AU

How the NSW government can still benefit from developer money despite political donations ban

Property developers are banned from making political donations in NSW but can legally become major patrons of important government projects

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Deal sees payment flow from Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting to Liberal Party

Gina Rinehart's company, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, was behind a $150,000 payment to the Liberal Party, transferred via a third party, and not declared by the mining giant.

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Greens senator Lidia Thorpe admits to undisclosed relationship with ex-Rebels president Dean Martin while on law enforcement committee

Staffers to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe were concerned her undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang president while she served on parliament's law enforcement committee posed a perceived conflict of interest.

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Four state scandals that show what a federal anti-corruption commission could uncover

From Eddie Obeid to ‘Mr Ipswich’, state anti-corruption bodies have already shown how they can hold the powerful to account

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