{"id":28646,"date":"2024-08-23T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=28646"},"modified":"2024-08-23T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:18:08","slug":"labor-blocks-inquiry-into-cfmeu-cbus-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/labor-blocks-inquiry-into-cfmeu-cbus-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Blocks Inquiry into CFMEU\/Cbus Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Labor is running a protection racket for the CFMEU\/Cbus cartel in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an unprecedented move, Labor has reneged on an agreement to refer a Bill designed to protect taxpayer funds from union corruption to an Inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly unusual development reveals Labor wants to wish the CFMEU issues away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor\u2019s move to renege was made known to Senators within two minutes of a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overnight, Labor decided it would prevent any scrutiny into the CFMEU\/Cbus cartel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will do anything to protect the cartel. Labor has no interest in probity and no interest in transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is CFMEU exposure to the Housing Australia Future Fund, there is a strong public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senate\u2019s job is to inquire. These issues must be interrogated at the next sitting where I hope the Senate will stand for integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In three weeks, Labor\u2019s new Housing Minister, Clare O\u2019Neil has done the unthinkable &#8211; she has further reduced Labor\u2019s credibility on housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor is running a protection racket for the CFMEU\/Cbus cartel in the Senate. In an unprecedented move, Labor has reneged on an agreement to refer a Bill designed to protect taxpayer funds from union corruption to an Inquiry. This highly unusual development reveals Labor wants to wish the CFMEU issues away. Labor\u2019s move to renege &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/labor-blocks-inquiry-into-cfmeu-cbus-cartel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor Blocks Inquiry into CFMEU\/Cbus Cartel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28647,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28646\/revisions\/28647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}