Jun 30, 2026 – 12.08pmThe nation’s peak employer group says the Albanese government has brought the “Victorian disease” to Canberra after it rammed through legislation that effectively requires businesses to unionise their workforce if they want to win lucrative Commonwealth procurement contracts.Even as the Victorian government is mired in scandal over its multibillion-dollar Big Build contracts allegedly being used to fuel CFMEU corruption, the federal government, without consultation or scrutiny, rushed a bill through the Senate on Monday night, which business and anti-corruption campaigners fear will nationalise the problem.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles