Fatima Payman to speak at event supporting scandal-plagued CFMEU

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Former Labor senator Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the union being put into administration, prompting the government to demand she rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.

Labor defector Fatima Payman has joined forces with CFMEU rebels fighting the government’s takeover of the rogue union, prompting the government to demand the senator rule out taking money from embattled construction figures.

The Coalition wanted to deregister the union entirely while the Greens have expressed similar concern to Payman. The Greens’ stance attracted criticism for lining up with a union dogged by criminal allegations revealed in this masthead’s “Senator Payman needs to tell Australians whether she is seeking donations or votes from the sacked CFMEU bosses and their allies,” Watt told this masthead.

Watt, in the early November hearing, asked Payman who was feeding her pro-CFMEU questions, prompting her to claim the senior minister was “insulting my intelligence”.

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