Chance for a CFMEU clean-out – but the devil will be in the detail

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The cronies, the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures need to be banished from the construction union and a new generation of decent people must take their place.

catalogue of misconducthas revealed how the construction union wields power in the building industry, including on the Victorian government’s $100 billion Big Build.The rot started under Norm Gallagher’s Builders Labourers Federation in the 1980s, but continued to flourish under CFMEU boss John Setka. Hisdumping of a suitcase with “dog” scrawled on it

The next steps will be key if genuine reform is to be achieved at the CFMEU. A thorough clean-out of Setka’s cronies – the corrupt, the violent and all underworld figures – is needed. A new generation of decent unionists must take their place. The business community has called for the return of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, which was set up by the Howard government after the Cole royal commission into the building and construction industry.

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