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41am Good morning Hide key posts Posts area Latest 1 of 1 Latest posts Latest posts 5.24am Teal MP says no one is surprised by CFMEU reports, as ACTU boss claims she was ‘shocked’ By Josefine Ganko While a union official claims she was “shocked” by the reports alleging wrongdoing including corruption and intimidation in the CFMEU, a Teal MP says no one is “overly surprised” by the allegations. Independent MP Zoe Daniel.
Credit: Alex Ellinghausen “Anyone who had any sort of weather eye on what was going on in the CFMEU wouldn’t have been particularly surprised,” Independent MP Zoe Daniels told Nine’s Today . “Unions protect workers. Great.
But at the same time, they can’t be using intimidation and all sorts of allegedly criminal tactics to lock companies and businesses out of worksites and to flex muscle,” Daniels said. “It’s simply inappropriate. Not okay.
And I think the vast majority of Australians will think that that is wrong.” Daniels’ comments came after ACTU President Michele O’Neil told Today that she was “shocked” by the reports published by The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review. Asked if she’d heard talk or rumours about the CFMEU’s conduct, O’Neil said: “I’ve been shocked by what we’ve seen over the last 4 or 5 days.
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