Australian federal authorities have initiated over 40 new investigations into officials from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) for alleged coercion and corruption. This comes as union and industry leaders meet with government ministers to establish a plan to address issues within the construction sector.
Federal authorities have launched more than 40 new investigations into CFMEU officials accused of coercion and corruption, as union and industry bosses meet government ministers on Wednesday to agree on a new agenda to clean up the construction sector.
The meeting comes after Opposition housing spokesman Michael Sukkar dismissed the Labor target and said a Coalition government would not keep the target if it formed government after the next election, escalating the policy contest on housing.“It’s that kind of low ambition that got us to where we are right now,” she said.“And that is in a housing crisis where this is affecting the lives of millions of people in our country and the Liberals want us to lower our ambitions.
“The industry accounts for 26 per cent of all insolvencies, so it’s well over-represented in that,” he said. “And we are less productive as an industry today than we were 30 years ago. That’s a pretty damning set of statistics.” “Our forecasts suggest the 1.2 million target won’t be met. It would be closer to 1 million, and that’s still a pick up on the current level.”
Watt said the Fair Work Ombudsman’s investigations showed there was progress in cleaning up the industry.
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