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Aussie union links to bikies and criminals tests Labor ties

ANALYSIS: Labor was created out of the union movement but those links are fading as unions find another source of power in superannuation.

WATCH: NBR senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Will Mace.

It could almost be the script for an episode of classic American mafia series The Sopranos, but the location is Australia and the stories are not the stuff of fiction.

This plotline centres around the activities of Australia’s big building construction union, the Construction, Forestry, Maritime

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 31 Jul 2024
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