The Coalition proposes new ‘racketeering laws’ to target union leaders and criminal organisations.
The troubled CFMEU is facing renewed scrutiny after disturbing new allegations of violence and intimidation, particularly against women, on state government construction sites.
Footage from media investigations show a bikie-linked health and safety representative allegedly assaulting a woman during a lunch break at government-funded project.
Another woman was locked in a small room at a half-built state hospital by a convicted violent offender who smoked ice as he detained her.
A third was brutally attacked outside her taxpayer-funded worksite by a man with close ties to senior Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) figures who had a violent criminal history.
Coalition Proposes US-Style ‘Racketeering Laws’
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wasted no time proposing bold new reforms, modelled on “racketeering laws” introduced in…
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