The CFMEU ‘crime gang’: A honeypot of money, and a government that looked the other way
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Show Notes
Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie’s 2024 exposé of the criminal infiltration of the construction sector prompted a slew of investigations among governments and law enforcement agencies around the country.
The conclusions of those investigations reveal the extent of that corruption, and its findings are damning - including that the CFMEU's conduct could have cost taxpayers $15 billion, and the Victorian government knew of the problems but did not fix the problem.
Drug trafficking and shocking sexual exploitation of women on major infrastructure sites - are some of the other claims.
Today Nick McKenzie on the serious questions the government has to answer.
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