Two weeks after taking on what he calls the toughest job of his life, Mark Irving says he will target both unionists and bosses who have crossed the line.
Already a subscriber?The administrator of the scandal-plagued CFMEU has warned that corruption and coercion in the union ranks is worse than has been reported and has vowed to relentlessly pursue any company boss who has bribed a union official or contributed to the culture of fear and intimidation in the nation’s construction sector.
On Friday, Victoria Police released a statement to quell concerns it had done too little to combat the problems outlined by Mr Irving. It said the force had examined several individual allegations since July, when the Building Bad series first exposed the infiltration of organised crime and corruption in the CFMEU and the broader industry.Police said they were still considering charging an ex-CFMEU official with taking kickbacks, and on Thursday charged another senior union organiser with.
CFMEU whistleblower Robbie Cecala says some of his union allies became “too powerful in their own minds”.Mr Cecala said disgraced union boss John Setka and some of his union allies had started “believing their own bullshit and become too powerful in their own minds”. Mr Irving revealed that he had created an integrity and whistleblower unit led by former senior detectives and anti-corruption agency officials, and that they were already hunting corruption within and outside union ranks.
Two high-ranking former NSW CFMEU officials are facing serious bribery charges, while Derek Christopher, the now former Victorian union official who was set to replace ex-secretary John Setka, stands accused of taking kickbacks from major building companies that employ union members.
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