Cabinet minister and former union leader Bill Shorten says he expects the ALP to ban all donations from the embattled CFMEU when the party's executive meets tomorrow.
Labor minister Bill Shorten says he expects the ALP to ban donations from the CFMEU .Cabinet minister and former union leader Bill Shorten says he expects the ALP to ban all donations from the embattled CFMEU when the party's executive meets tomorrow.
The CFMEU has made large donations to the ALP over the years, including hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by the Victorian branch of the union under the leadership of then secretary John Setka. "We need to just eliminate, I think, some of the massive donations which come generally to Australian politics."
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