Premier Wants CFMEU Suspended From Labor Party Following Criminal Allegations

Published on July 15, 2024

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has called on the party’s national executive to cut Victorian Labor’s ties with the CFMEU immediately. It comes after a joint investigation alleged that organised crime and gang bikie members secured roles as delegates for the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) in Victoria. Ms. Allan described the allegations as “self-interested thuggery at its worst.” “This rotten culture must be pulled out by its roots,” she said in a statement on July 15. “The union needs to fix its conduct, and it shouldn’t have anything to do with the party until it does....

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