Union renewal expert Michael Crosby will start today as the CFMEU construction and general division's new administrator, FWC general manager Murray Furlong announced this morning.
The HSU Victorian No.1 branch's auditor has resigned after an investigation by the FWC's general manager found the union's financial reports materially mis-stated elements of its financial position and performance.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has launched a new action against former HSU leader Diana Asmar, pushing for her to be banned from holding union positions because she allegedly took reprisal action against "several individuals" who made protected disclosures about the union's governance and financial management.
CFMEU construction division administrator Mark Irving last year "counselled" then Victorian branch secretary Zach Smith for his "serious error of judgement" in permitting an organiser to meet with underworld figure and "fixer" Mick Gatto, after FWC general manager raised concerns.
The Queensland Teachers' Union's federal entity has entered an enforceable undertaking with the FWC after failing to conduct elections for its branch council and executive, despite numerous prompts from the regulator.
Following sustained pressure from disgruntled members, the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association and HACSU have withdrawn their merger plan.
At an extraordinary special general meeting today, Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association members have overwhelmingly voted against a planned amalgamation with HACSU, but it might not be enough to stop the merger.
Former CFMEU construction and general division Queensland branch leaders Michael Ravbar and Jade Ingham directed membership payments to the state-registered union rather than the federally-registered entity, leaving members without voting power, in a move that might have been intended to "create an impregnable fiefdom into which the national organisation could not reach", administrator Mark Irving KC said today.
