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Michiko’s story: How a Japanese girl survived an atomic bomb

Michiko Kodama was a small child when the US atomic bomb hit her home city of Hiroshima in 1945.

Al Jazeera

Dutton’s anti-immigration stance is a symptom of a deep failure in Australian public policy

When Australia’s politicians can’t get the settings right for economic growth, they blame migrants and international students.

Crikey

Labor needs to succeed where the Coalition failed on CFMEU

The CFMEU has faced repeated allegations of misconduct that have vanished when subjected to scrutiny. Will this time be any different?

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Fair Work nominates independent administrator to CFMEU amid criminal allegations against union

Commission proposes Mark Irving, of the Victorian bar, after allegations of criminal misconduct and bikie links against union’s construction arm

The Guardian - AU

The missing detail in CFMEU coverage, subtle hints of wrongdoing, and Labor takes out the trash

This week in Tips and Murmurs we tackle calls to bring back the ABCC, and clarify something for The Tele’s James Morrow.

Crikey

Don't rush CFMEU administrator process, minister urges

Due processes need to be followed in appointing an administrator to the CFMEU following allegations of criminal elements in the union, a senior minister says.

AAP

Why is it the media, not our regulators, that uncovers misconduct? Follow the money…

Australia has poor regulators and poor regulation because governments find it in their interests to let it be like that.

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Enduring bond with trade unions 'Labor's Achilles' heel'

CFMEU scandal raises questions about Labor's historic links with trade unions

Newcastle Herald

CFMEU prospered while the Coalition watchdog was fast asleep (again)

The Coalition wants to reestablish the Australian Building and Construction Commission. It’s been tried twice before — and been a dud twice.

Crikey

New watchdog needed to weed out ‘toxic elements’ in CFMEU, independent MP says

Zoe Daniel says previous body set up by Coalition to oversee unions was ‘so politicised’ that it could not be effective

The Guardian - AU

Alleged crime links and the CFMEU: what to know about the political furore over the construction union

Cut off from Labor, criminal allegations and branches under independent administration. Inside the CFMEU’s dramatic week

The Guardian - AU

CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Labor wants to put the construction union into administration, but last year it axed the cop on the beat. That doesn’t look wise

The government has backed a move by the Fair Work Commission to place the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) into administration.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: If it’s serious about CFMEU, Labor should decline its money

Listening to the politicians and union leaders, one could be forgiven for thinking Nine’s Nick McKenzie and his journalist colleagues were the only ones aware of the nefarious activities in the CFMEU.

The Conversation

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The Guardian - AU

Why is a construction union leader demanding the AFL sack its top umpire?

CFMEU secretary John Setka has threatened to shut down AFL-linked worksites over Stephen McBurney’s former role at Australian Building and Construction Commission

Reason

Telling Officials "You Will Live to Regret This" Wasn't Punishable Threat or "Intimidat[ion]"

when in context the statement just expressed "an intention to file a complaint against the conduct of government officials."

Crikey

Building and Construction Commission makes strong bid for Arsehat of the Week

Why is the discredited ABCC so scared of people learning about its workplace culture?

AAP

Watchdog takes on building sector scrutiny

The Fair Work Ombudsman has begun a new role of examining underpayment of wages in the commercial building and construction sector.

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Crikey

True to Coalition form, Julian Leeser looks to further sabotage federal ICAC

Having resisted an effective anti-corruption commission for years, the Coalition is now looking to sabotage Labor’s ICAC body.

Newcastle Herald

Union attacks building watchdog over abandoned prosecution

The main construction union has resumed its attack on the integrity of the federal building watchdog after the agency published details of a court case against picketers at a Newcastle work site.

Newcastle Herald

'F---ing scabs': Union faces court action over strike 'intimidation'

Union organisers allegedly screamed abuse, climbed a crane tower and intimidated a worker while he was trying to order his lunch.

Newcastle Herald

Lake Macquarie firm taken to Federal Court over alleged unpaid wages

A Lake Macquarie company and its owner are being pursued in the Federal Court over what the Commonwealth building and construction industry watchdog says is a failure to pay outstanding wages.

ABC News

Construction watchdog ABCC, which the government is closing, is still starting court cases

The government vowed to shut the Australian Building and Construction Commission. But the agency is still launching court cases against its key opponent, construction union the CFMMEU.

ABC News

Australian Building and Construction Commission warned staff not to campaign against Labor’s election

Secret documents from inside the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) reveal staff were warned against directing industry bodies and supporters to help the Morrison government win the 2022 federal election.

Crikey

Dutton celebrates return of question time by diving straight into the sewer

Has the prime minister associated with rapists, Peter Dutton demanded to know in the first question time of the new government. It’s going to be a long three years.

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