Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil cancelled the visa of the former Rebels president – and Dustin Martin’s uncle – on character grounds following reports of underworld infiltration in the construction industry.
CFMEU delegate and former bikie leader Dean Martin faces deportation back to New Zealand as the Albanese government responds to reports of underworld infiltration in the construction industry.that Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil cancelled Martin’s visa on character grounds over the past week, and he must now leave or be deported. He was placed in immigration detention on Tuesday pending voluntary removal or deportation.
Premier Chris Minns has said that the government was preparing for a strike, but did not want to pre-empt it. Disability Minister Bill Shorten, who put the corrupt Health Services Union into administration in 2012 under the Gillard government, on Tuesday said criminal gangs had to be “rooted out” of elements of the CFMEU on the east coast.
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