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‘Biggest corruption scandal in our country’s history’: Dutton on CFMEU By Olivia Ireland Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has described the CFMEU allegations as “the biggest corruption scandal in our country’s history” and says the corruption goes to the heart of the Albanese government.
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“We are talking about billions of dollars … that have been paid by ultimately Australian taxpayers through the Victorian government, the Albanese government, for bloated prices, project times have been blown out, the costs are escalating and for every kilometre of road that’s being built, or every hospital that’s being built,” Dutton said.
“The CFMEU has donated $11.5 million to Mr Albanese’s party and to Ms Allan’s party. They are completely and utterly compromised and the corruption here goes to the heart of the Albanese government.
Dutton claimed the Albanese government had known about violence against women, extortion and links to outlaw motorcycle gangs within the CFMEU “for years”.
Read the latest allegations against the CFMEU here.
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Coalition calls on Labor to de-register CFMEU By Olivia Ireland Coalition workplace spokeswoman Michaelia Cash says the government must de-register the CFMEU.
Speaking alongside Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and home affairs spokesperson James Paterson at a Melbourne press conference, Cash said they would announce a suite of actions “that will quite literally hit organised crime where it hurts and break their business model with the CFMEU”.
Here’s what Cash had to say.
We call on Mr Albanese to work with us because we could do this next week when the parliament sits – is to, once and for all, deregister the CFMEU. Mr Albanese has shown, by putting it into administr
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