The nation's peak union body has suspended the CFMEU's construction division — a move that mimics one by federal Labor. An administrator is also set to take control of the embattled union in a move the Opposition has labelled the 'weakest possible response'.
Australia's peak union body has joined federal Labor in suspending one of the nation's biggest unions, as the Opposition accused the federal government of a "nonsense" response to the corruption allegations it faces. The federal government announced on Wednesday that it had ordered the Fair Work Commission to appoint an independent administrator to take control of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union construction division.
The allegations have been referred to the Australian Federal Police, and the Fair Work Ombudsman will review all enterprise agreements made by the Victorian branch of the construction division. The government had the chance to deregister the union, as former prime minister Bob Hawke did with the Builders Labourers Federation in 1986. But Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said that's no longer the best option.
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