Imagine if the CFMEU were a big bank or a big consultancy, or if the systemic corruption and criminality that the construction union is accused of had occurred under the watch of a Liberal government. The Labor Party and its fellow travellers would be leading the calls for a full-blooded public inquiry to get to the bottom of the scandal.Instead, two years after the joint The Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes Building Bad series exposed the scale of the CFMEU’s alleged misconduct and infiltration by organised crime and bikie gangs, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan continues to deflect or deny and refuse to take meaningful action to eradicate corrupt and criminal behaviour in the construction sector.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Albanese and Allan Labor are both unserious about CFMEU corruption
Federal and Victorian Labor’s lack of vigilance about ensuring basic standards of probity and integrity in the construction sector adds to the case for a royal commission.
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