Commissioner Stuart Wood KC, addressing today's initial hearing for his inquiry into the CFMEU in Queeensland, expressed his gratitude for the "unsolicited written commitment" from union administrator Mark Irving KC to cooperate with the probe.
The inquiry into the CFMEU construction division's Queensland branch is set to begin its public proceedings next week in Brisbane with an opening statement from Commissioner Stuart Wood KC and an address from senior counsel assisting, Liam Kelly KC.
NSW IR Minister Sophie Cotsis says a Bill providing for the CFMEU State branch's mining and energy division and its manufacturing division to disamalgamate will guard against threats or "adverse conduct", while avoiding overlapping eligibility rules for at least a decade.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong has recommended that Master Builders Victoria consider more transparent disclosure of its finances, after it failed to reveal that the industry's redundancy fund is the source of most of the $10 million a year - more than 40% of its income - it receives in grants.
Silk Liam Kelly, who has a strong background in commercial law, and two junior counsel have been appointed to assist Commissioner Stuart Wood KC's inquiry into the CFMEU construction and general division's Queensland branch
The Albanese Government has confirmed it will tomorrow table a long-awaited report tracking the financial performance of the CFMEU's construction and general division under administrator Mark Irving KC, as the Senate rejects a call for an inquiry into the administration's effectiveness and transparency.
The newly-installed secretary of the ANMF's Victorian branch is facing the first contested election for the job in more than 30 years, as a rank-and-file team and a former council member who sought to register a rival union separately vie for multiple leadership posts.
A FWC full bench led by President Adam Hatcher has abruptly ended conciliation of the crucial clerks award WFH case after a "highly regrettable" leak of confidential information to the media, while issuing a broader warning that participants should respect processes conducted behind-closed-doors.
A HSU senior industrial officer who claimed a branch secretary s-xually harassed her has discontinued her adverse action and s-x discrimination action that had been due to surface in the FWC yesterday.
