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PM warns of 'consequences' as thousands of CFMEU workers march across Australia (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even IF the CFMEU is fucked, this is massive overreach, imo. Even if we take the claims at total face value, do they want criminals to not have jobs that pay the bills? Because that’s how you get crime. No one is getting into cooking meth for the funsies.

So what are we supposed to do here? Let the union clean itself up? We've been making that joke a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I’d suggest that if there’s dirty behaviour that needs to be cleaned up, that would be a matter for the police. Not for the government to pass a bespoke bill disregarding the judiciary process for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't disagree. But Max-Chandler's comparison with banking, and religious institutions kind of makes that a hard argument to make.

Why are we suddenly seeing such hard and fast political reaction against the unions when theft, collusion, and some of the worst criminal behaviour imagineable, has been committed and Governments have taken a slow approach, and in other cases not seemed to pull their finger out at all.

I think its the comparison and rhetoric that really smells here, because lets be honest, administration isn't shutting down the union, some people will lose their jobs, but the representation of workers will probably be maintained... in this present case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ooh, got a link to Max’s comments on it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This should be it on iview as well, https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30/series/0/video/SEGS2024104277434

Also noticed this one from Adam Bandt, i haven't watched it, but it might add context,

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30/series/0/video/SEGS2024104288422

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Its actually a snip from the '7:30' interview the ABC embedded in the article page linked. I missed it the first time i read through it.