The new Victorian premier oversaw what was a huge power grab by the CFMEU when she was infrastructure minister but her allegiance to the militant union may not be a natural fit.
On August 31, at the funeral of John Setka’s father Bob Setka, a labourer who survived the 1970 West Gate Bridge collapse that claimed 35 lives, Jacinta Allan attended to give her respects.
The industry had been abuzz in 2022 with claims that the Andrews government had effectively given the go-ahead for the militant construction union – traditionally involved in commercial building sites – to take charge of civil construction.Civil had traditionally been the domain of CFMEU enemy and Labor Right union, the Australian Workers Union. For the CFMEU to be handed civil in the middle of the state’s billion-dollar infrastructure boom was a major coup.
Established subcontractors, including Indigenous labour-hire firms assisting vulnerable workers, faced having to exit the industry after losing millions of dollars in work.While the Andrews government Despite internal CFMEU calendar invitations pegging the two-hour lunch at Carlton’s Epocha restaurant as a “CFMEU private ALP fundraiser”, Pallas would insist it was just an “industry forum” to discuss construction issues.in a major blow to the AWU.
It is understood the investigation, which is expected to be finalised by early next year, could extend to the actions of the government and the infrastructure authority itself.For her part, Allan is understood to be close to CFMEU Victorian political liaison officer Elizabeth Doidge – the partner of the branch’s assistant secretary, Joe Myles, who has charge of civil construction and is a potential successor to Setka.
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