Union’s administrator accepts all seven of Geoffrey Watson SC’s recommendations, including looking into alleged links to motorcycle gangs
The construction wing of the CFMEU is facing investigations into alleged corruption and criminal links in its Queensland, New South Wales and South Australian branches and a further inquiry in Victoria backed by new coercive powers, after its interim administrator accepted the findings of an initial investigation in full.
Initiating detailed investigations into CFMEU branches in Queensland, NSW and South Australia, he said he had also established an anonymous whistleblower service to enable CFMEU members, delegates and employees – and others in the construction industry – to report wrongdoing. “Based on the information uncovered during my investigation, the Victorian branch has been caught up in a cycle of lawlessness, where violence was an accepted part of the culture, and threats of violence were a substitute for reasoned negotiations,” Watson’s report said.Independent administrator of CFMEU announced in response to organised crime allegations – video
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