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CFMEU takes AFP to court over alleged illegal phone recording leak
In a matter listed for call-over in the ACT Supreme Court today, the CFMEU will allege that the Australian Federal Police taped a private phone call between a CFMEU official and a former ACT Police Minister’s office, and illegally leaked it to the media. In early...
Queensland apprentices set for pay rise after union win.
Apprentices and trainees across Queensland are set to receive tens of millions of dollars in back pay after the Federal Court today ruled to dismiss a judicial review brought by group training organisation All Trades Queensland, the Master Builders Association and the...
Profits before lives: Coalition Senators reject asbestos import recommendations
Turnbull Government Senators have put building industry profits and global free trade ahead of people’s lives, with the rejection of recommendations of a Senate Committee Inquiry report on illegal asbestos imports. The Committee yesterday handed down its interim...