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    Bikies, underworld figures and the CFMEU takeover of construction

    ‘It’s a cancer that spreads...we’ll all pay for it’: This is the investigation into CFMEU power that prompted union boss John Setka to quit.

    Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Ben Schneiders
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    Powerful construction union boss John Setka has stood down amid a raft of explosive allegations of misconduct facing himself and his union.

    A major investigation by The Australian Financial Review, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes has found underworld figures and bikies have infiltrated major Victorian and NSW construction projects, with some securing jobs as CFMEU delegates and secret surveillance exposing the involvement of notorious gangsters in the industry.

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