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    ‘Rotting from the top’: Bribery, drugs, bikies and billions of taxpayer dollars
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    ‘Rotting from the top’: Bribery, drugs, bikies and billions of taxpayer dollars

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    2. revrobbo on

      Not sure what’s more concerning. The parts that were stripped that were extremely explosive and critical of Labor or that this just happens to drop the day before the Israeli president arrives and there are likely to be bad protests that will consume the news cycle to dump it quickly out of circulation.

    4. Harclubs on

      Why aren’t the police doing anything about it? I would have thought that they could spare a few officers from patrolling protests to investigate major crime?

    5. Fabulous_Law_3785 on

      What’s new? Can say the same about the public hospitals in Victoria. Its rotting from the top. But with incompetent managers and team leaders. Its every industry and not enough ppl keeping receipts and reporting the wrong doing in writing. Because if its not in writing then it didn’t happen and the people responsible for keeping things in check will just deny being notified of the wrong doing.

    6. KiwiCantReddit on

      As a CFMEU member, if they have as much evidence as this articles alludes to, there needs to be criminal charges laid.

      Protect no one.

      Edit – with over 100,000 members at the last count, please don’t judge us all on what details come out of this report. The majority of us have not witnessed the reported ghost shifts, drug trafficking and sexual misconduct at our work place.

      Yes we can all read the previous allegations against the CFMEU made by the Murdoch owned media. But with their strong ties to the Liberal government and their disdain for unions, I want to see charges laid before I accept anything they report on as gospel.

    7. Jet90 on

      This 15 billion number is a random guess from one guy with zero real world backing or breakdown. It’s telling he doesn’t provide sources

      > Watson said he interviewed an experienced industry insider who “estimated the actions of the CFMEU had increased costs by 30 per cent” but that other inquiry witnesses described blowouts of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent. None said it would be less than 10 per cent.
      Watson settled on a “very rough” estimate of 15 per cent, describing it as “not unreasonable” and “probably conservative”.

    8. iDontWannaBeBrokee on

      Don’t be fooled. Us construction union members are NOT happy about any of this corruption.

      It’s the corrupt few at the top that have tarnished the reputation of the union. Members are not happy.

    9. Giddyurp on

      This is the reason why the state is broke. Thieving scum stuffing their pockets. Nearly $1 in every $5 spent goes into a criminals pocket. Conservatively $15 bil lost thanks to Gatto and Setka.

      Oh.. But the union is about SaFfteee.. Sure thing. Its an extortion racket.

      “The Gatto extortion model involved demanding money from contractors under the threat that, unless a payment is made, the CFMEU would raise an industrial issue and close a building site.”

    10. phalluss on

      Im sure The Age only want what’s best for unions and workers

      Edit: im not doubting the corruption for the record. But this is not balanced reporting. All unions need to expel bad actors that make it worse for all workers.

    11. CMDR_RetroAnubis on

      Bloody hell Labor… I would hate to see the SRL killed by a liberal government using this as an excuse.

    14. Gazza_s_89 on

      I appreciate the good that unions do but fark do the CFMEU get their feelings hurt over any sort of criticism.

    15. NzInAus1991 on

      If this corruption was kept up, i wonder how much the SRL would cost?

      15 billion is fucked. This could of gone torwards benefitting society or not having services cut