The federal government’s plan to force the union’s troubled construction arm into administration could face delay – with the Coalition wanting to hold an inquiry before any laws are passed. Labor introduced a bill into Parliament yesterday that would give the Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt the power to force union officials out – as well as fines/jail time for anyone getting in the way of the administrator. The CFMEU’s behaviour came under scrutiny last month after a Nine/SMH investigation showed the construction division had been infiltrated by bikies/organised crime. The latest union scalp claimed in the fallout is NSW Assistant Secretary Michael Greenfield, who resigned last night after months of scrutiny over bribery allegations. Watt says if the Coalition was “serious about fixing the criminality, bullying and thuggery” in the union it would pass the bill without delay. 

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