Is this a bad time to talk about Qantas, PwC or the big banks? Some people would argue that calling for corporates to face the same treatment that has been meted out to the CFMEU is a clear-cut case of “whataboutism” and a defence of (alleged) union corruption.
I ask the question in light of the CFMEU’s alleged “rife infiltration by bikies and organised criminals, intimidation and allegations of corruption”, uncovered by Nine reporters Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders and published in July.
The union has now been put into administration for at least three years and hundreds of officials have been fired, following legislation passed with Coalition support, which may
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