The escalation comes after a series of revelations about the CFMEU’s ties to organised crime, but the union is yet to agree to an independent administrator.
Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt will force the construction union into administration using powerful new laws if the CFMEU refuses to bring in an independent administrator to clean up the scandal-plagued union.
“I’ve made very clear, both in correspondence to the union and publicly that unless the union consents to the application that’s been made to the court to put them into administration, then we will act next week and we will introduce legislation that would enable the administration to go ahead,” he told ABC Radio National.
Coalition spokeswoman for industrial relations Michaelia Cash has not yet seen Watt’s draft bill, but said she would be calling for legislation to deregister the union next week.“Murray Watt is all talk, no action. He’s been a proud cheerleader for the CFMEU for many years and is now pretending he’s getting tough on them. The Albanese government needs to introduce legislation to deregister the CFMEU when parliament returns next week,” she said.
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