The company, which is working on some of Australia’s biggest public projects, is alleged to have intimidated a senior union organiser, threatened his family and attacked his home.
Internal documents detail claims of mismanagement and questionable spending, prompting the former IBAC boss to say it is time for a wider inquiry to solve construction’s problems.
In an unprecedented intervention, Mark Irving, KC, wrote to the gangland identity warning he could face jail if he continued to cultivate relationships with CFMEU employees.
He was supposed to be the face of a new, reformed CFMEU. But union boss Zach Smith admits issuing an order that has infuriated the government-appointed administrator.
A sting on a would-be recruit for a local company blows the lid on a global scam funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars to Pyongyang and sparking security fears.
