‘We will smash you’: Allan warned CFMEU takeover would cause $400m blowout
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A royal commission heard that the CFMEU held an unprecedented amount of influence over the state government. In 2022, the union shut down a rail project to gain control from a rival union. A warning was issued that this takeover could lead to a 400 million dollar cost blowout.
The CFMEU had “unprecedented” influence on the state government when it shut down a rail project in 2022 to wrest control from a rival union, the royal commission heard.