Jacinta Allan confident push to suspend union division will succeed amid questions over government’s response to earlier allegations
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan says federal Labor is already taking steps to suspend the CFMEU’s construction division from the Victorian party, as she defends her handling of a letter outlining allegations about the union.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Allan said she was “confident” the push to suspend the union’s construction division from the state Labor party over allegations of criminal links would succeed.
Allan faced questions on reports in Nine Newspapers that she had taken a year to respond to an Indigenous labour-hire firm’s allegations of reprisals by CFMEU. The report revealed that the firm sent Allan documentsin 2022 in support of claims that CFMEU officials were threatening violence and banning non-union preferred companies on state and federal construction projects.“I’ve had the opportunity to examine where the processes didn’t meet the expectations that I expect,” she said.
Allan also urged the federal government “to review – and if necessary, terminate” – CFMEU enterprise bargaining agreements on Victorian construction sites to prevent possible criminal activity.
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