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2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over ‘bribes’ in Fiji

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2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

‘Without you the union is gone’: Mick Gatto’s secret support for John Setka

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2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Other

Marvel security firm collapses amid alleged underpayments

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2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Allan hailed social housing as a win, workers say they weren’t paid

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2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

‘Trading drugs for weapons’: Police charge CFMEU delegate over union HQ deals

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2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

Charges laid over hundreds of ‘fake’ Big Build qualifications

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2026-09-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Both men were released on bail and are expected to appear in court later this year. “Today’s warrants form part of a Taskforce Hawk investigation into allegations of people linked to a Victorian-based labour hire company providing corrupting benefits to current Queensland-based CFMEU officials to influence them in the performance of their duties,” Victoria Police said in a statement. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Detectives from Victoria Police’s Taskforce Hawk charged CFMEU organisers Brendan Mizzi and Corey Laux on Thursday after uncovering evidence during raids weeks ago that police will allege shows both union officials illegally distributed the intimate images. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The shock decision is set to be referred to the royal commission into the building industry amid questions about why the state Labor government has failed to act on repeated police requests first issued in 2014 – and most recently again this year – to toughen laws to force gangland figures out of the construction sector. mixed

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 One official source, not authorised to speak publicly, said the scam could run into the “thousands” and queried why WorkSafe Victoria had failed to alert the industry or public about the problem given the safety risks that workers with false qualifications were posing on multiple sites. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “The United States will hold accountable those who abuse power for personal gain, and continue to fight corruption that fuels drug trafficking, enables transnational criminal organisations, and threatens US interests around the world.” The action by Washington highlights the ongoing battle for influence in the region, albeit with the international community focused on events in the Middle East. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 In an apparent effort to defuse the scandal, Heavy Hire was told on Wednesday it would be removed from some state government sites. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The breakthrough by a police taskforce has prompted the state opposition to commit to expanding the terms of reference of the Carroll government commissioned royal commission into the building industry if it wins government to examine the qualifications scandal and how it may have operated for years without detection by the state’s health and safety regulator WorkSafe or other agencies. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Hawk has also charged an alleged gangland figure over a $6 million suspected extortion plot – in a case heard before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this week– and recently coordinated cross-border raids over allegations that CFMEU officials in Queensland may have been bribed by Victorian construction industry identities. assertive

2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 They say they want to keep their full names private because they are worried about getting a “visit” to their homes from unnamed parties who would prefer they stay silent. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Marvel Stadium confirmed in June that in response to the allegations against GSS Group it would overhaul its security arrangements, with a plan to move management of the stadium’s security in-house, while using contractors to provide extra guards for matches and major events. mixed

2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Any other union or political leader facing criminal accusations of stalking and terrorising their wife would have been penning their resignation letter. assertive