The fallout from allegations of criminality within the CFMEU construction and general division's Victorian branch is quickly spreading across the Labor-led states, with NSW Premier Chris Minns the latest to take action.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will support a Federal Court application by FWC general manager Murray Furlong to take over the administration of CFMEU construction and general division branches facing accusations of corruption and criminality.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has this morning told a media conference this morning that he will introduce enabling legislation at the earliest opportunity if the FWC is blocked from appointing administrators to any branch of the CFMEU's construction and general division it believes is caught up in fresh allegations of corrupt and criminal behaviour.
FWC general manager Murray Furlong is "carefully reviewing" whether there is any conflict of interest arising from the CFMEU construction and general division national executive's decision to parachute divisional secretary Zach Smith into the Victorian branch's state secretary role in response to allegations of widespread corruption and criminality in the organisation.
The FWC has rejected a law firm's argument that a legal assistant abandoned his job, finding its director sacked him in a text message he composed with the assistance of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
Victoria's Chief Police Commissioner says that allegations about "obviously thuggish behaviour" in the state's construction industry are being assessed to see if they meet the threshold of criminality.
A FWC full bench has ruled on the agreed terms to be included in an intractable bargaining workplace determination under revised Closing Loopholes 2 Act criteria.
A tribunal has granted a family a five-year exemption from anti-discrimination laws to only engage male support workers to assist their non-verbal son, who has a severe to profound intellectual disability, after he refused to accept directions from "even very experienced" female support workers.
A meeting of the ACTU's executive on Wednesday will review the CFMEU construction division's response to allegations that its Victorian branch has been infiltrated by criminals, while the State's Premier said this morning she will ask the Federal Government to review construction agreements and cancel them "if it's necessary to prevent criminal activity".
The CFMEU's construction and general division has this morning resolved to put its Victorian branch "into administration" and to "immediately" start an investigation, overseen by a "leading legal figure" into "any credible allegations of wrongdoing".
