Adam Bandt to lay out party strategy for next election. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMax Chandler-Mather defends CFMEU support after ralliesGreens MP Max Chandler-Mather has defended his decision to stand on a stage at a demonstration in support of the controversial Construction, Forestry, Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) yesterday, calling the laws introduced last week allowing the government to put the union into administration “the most draconian anti-worker laws this country has seen”.What we oppose is … a government riding roughshod over procedural fairness and natural justice and seizing control of a union, giving them the power to sack workers and officials who haven’t even been alleged to have done anything wrong and permanently ban them from working for a union without going through a fair trial or giving them the presumption of innocence. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-27 21:09:44
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