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CFMEU hit with costs for "unfathomable" act

The Federal Court has ordered the CFMEU's mining & energy division to pay a percentage of Rio Tinto subsidiary Bengalla Mining Pty Ltd's legal costs following its unsuccessful adverse action case against the company for issuing a warning letter to its delegate who took unauthorised leave to attend a union meeting.

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