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Victoria told of more corruption claims after CFMEU crackdown
The Allan government has received 40 reports of corruption on state infrastructure projects more than a year after the union was forced into administration.
The evidence Allan should have known of corruption is overwhelming
One of the most ordinary observations in the CFMEU corruption report – that the government knew and did not act – has somehow become the most controversial.
Allan goes to ground, Labor closes ranks on $15b CFMEU blowouts
The growing CFMEU scandal has embroiled the Victorian premier and the prime minister, after deleted sections of a corruption-buster’s report were made public.
Setka-led CFMEU dragged Big Build ‘into a pit of corruption’
The Victorian government’s infrastructure boom was the site of drug deals, strippers, bribes and ghost shifts that led to huge cost blowouts, a damning probe has found.
There is no precedent for the WFH right unions want for 2m office staff
A push by unions to install a presumption for Australian office workers to work from home has few international comparisons, a landmark hearing has revealed.
CFMEU administration-backed official accused of flouting safety rules
The workplace watchdog has launched legal action against one of the union’s most senior Queensland officials over allegedly “unacceptable and unsafe” conduct.
Why these top Aussie lawyers are ‘enemies of the state’ in Britain
As authoritarianism sweeps the globe, Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson and Sarah Dobbie are on the front line of the unpopular trade of protecting human rights.
Union wage claims hit 6pc as inflation bites
Militant union ETU pushes for ambitious pay rises even as employers warn unions risk stoking further inflation.
Union heatwave regulation risks delay to Olympics: builders
Builders have warned that the ACTU’s push for extreme heat standards could delay major projects, including regional sites where hot days are commonplace.
Worker sacked for defying back-to-office rule to test bosses’ power
The case of a Melbourne software engineer could be a test case for whether contracted work-from-home rights can survive a change in company policy.
Unions push to automatically shut down work when it gets too hot
Mohamad Atik says workers on Melbourne Airport tarmac were fainting during a recent heatwave. Employee groups want rules to stop some duties at 35 degrees.
Boral targeted in push to unite concrete truck drivers
A major union has invoked Labor’s workplace laws to seek to impose conditions throughout the concrete supply chain, with implications for the construction industry.
This boss has one big regret about introducing a four-day week
Managing director Denis Moriarty says workers must earn shorter hours with higher productivity, not just feel like they are entitled to it.
January
Commission flexes to end Aldi’s no-finishing-time rosters
The supermarket giant has for years required part-time warehouse workers to turn up to a shift without knowing when it will end.
Salvos fired in fight over militant union’s bid for blanket agreement
Employers will launch test cases to bar the Electrical Trades Union from imposing one industry agreement over all of NSW.
CFMEU organiser charged with fraud over driving fines
A rising star in the Victorian branch said he had legal advice that the charges were “trumped [up] and politically motivated”.
‘Like you’re in a sauna’: Working in the world’s hottest location
Rising temperatures mean mining companies must rethink how they safeguard their multibillion-dollar assets and a FIFO employees working in 40-plus degree heat.
December 2025
Waislitz ignites fresh battles after Pratt peace deal
Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz, having settled his long-running stoush with his former in-laws the Pratt family, has turned his attention to other fronts.
How to AI-proof your job applications in 2026
AI cover letters are getting dumped in the virtual trash. Here’s what the experts say will get your foot in the door.
The fantasy shared by women with burnout
Sold the idea they could have it all, females leaned in. But domestic duties, mortgage pressures and expectations to be “always on” have left many exhausted.
Union pulls trigger on industry deal promising ‘unprecedented power’
Employers have called for governments to intervene as a militant union seeks orders to force the sector into one deal.
BHP loses challenge to ‘same job, same pay’ orders
BHP could turn to the High Court after a full court threw out the company’s appeal, which argued that Labor’s exemption was “near impossible” to meet.
Grill’d burger chain accused of denying young workers rest breaks
A class action against Grill’d claims it failed to pay more than 15,000 staff for 10-minute breaks they are entitled to under enterprise agreements.
Labor to ‘close loophole’ in McDonald’s, Woolworths underpayment cases
The fresh class actions invoke a pre-First World War law to argue companies in South Australia should have treated every Sunday like a public holiday.
