New watchdog needed to weed out ‘toxic elements’ in CFMEU, independent MP says
by Sarah Basford Canales and Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#6PC8A)
Zoe Daniel says previous body set up by Coalition to oversee unions was so politicised' that it could not be effective
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The Albanese government's plan to appoint an independent administrator to take control of the CFMEU will not be enough to clean up the embattled union's toxic elements", the independent MP Zoe Daniel says, suggesting the industry may need a new watchdog.
The leftwing union has been under fire after Channel Nine and its mastheads began publishing allegations of organised crime links within the construction branch in Victoria.
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