The CFMEU goes into administration but the survival of one recalcitrant leader of the rogue union raises doubts about if he will help clean up the culture.
And so fare thee well to some 270 CFMEU officials, including NSW state secretary Darren Greenfield, who have been ordered to vacate their offices as Mark Irving, KC, formally begins the task of cleaning up their controversial union..
To that end, Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt, who has been publicly critical, delegated the decision to put the union into administration to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus. On Friday, Irving presented his labour credentials as a member of the Australian Services Union for more than 30 years in a letter to CFMEU members.
Irving, a barrister for four decades who specialises in employment, industrial and anti-discrimination law, undoubtedly has good credentials, and we welcome his move against the CFMEU’s NSW and Victorian officials.But although there have been no allegations of wrongdoing against Smith, we believe his survival as national secretary needs some explanation and justification.
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