Appointed to help the administrator restore order to the union’s Victorian branch, Grahame McCulloch has instead resigned.
The long-time academics’ union boss appointed to help clean up the Victorian CFMEU branch has suddenly resigned just weeks after his appointment.McCulloch, the founding general secretary of the left-wing National Tertiary Education Union, was expected to lead the effort to clean up the CFMEU’s Victorian branch.
On Friday morning, a spokeswoman for the administrator confirmed McCulloch’s departure but declined to answer further questions about the reasons for his resignation.Sources, not authorised to speak publicly, said Irving had received informal information that he believed necessitated McCulloch’s immediate departure.
Irving, though, has stressed his intention is to keep fighting for wages and conditions while using his extensive powers to fight bribery and other forms of corruption that have become entrenched in pockets of this industry.is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs, human rights and criminal justice.
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