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  • 6/18/2025
Former officials of the CFMEU have lost a High Court challenge to changes to the fair work act last year which forced the construction arm of the union into administration. The government made the changes following allegations of bullying, corruption and criminal infiltration within the union.

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00:00The Union looked to the Constitution in its bid to overturn the new laws.
00:07It told the High Court the Parliament didn't have the power to make such laws,
00:12and the change placed a burden on the implied right to freedom of political communication.
00:19For its part, the government said it wanted to stamp out corruption and have a clean slate.
00:25The government argued it had the power to make the laws, and any burden on the implied right to freedom of political communication was justified.
00:34The High Court agreed, a decision welcomed already by the Master Builders Association.
00:40The time now comes for all stakeholders to recognise a union for the building and construction workers is important, but it has to be lawful.
00:50And we now need to turn to the safety and well-being of all of those in the building and construction industry
00:56to ensure that everyone is playing by the book, they're following the law,
01:01and we get rid of bad actors out of the industry once and for all.
01:05The administrator appointed to run the union has already welcomed today's High Court ruling.
01:11He had complained earlier to the Parliament that he'd been stymied in his efforts to set up the administration.
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