Sacked CFMEU construction division officials challenging the federal government's constitutional right to administer its branches say the "truth" behind August's law changes is that they take democratic control from members if Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt considers it in the "public interest", while leaving it for him to decide whether to give it back.
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