The CFMEU has launched legal action that alleges the construction watchdog "knowingly or recklessly" distributed incorrect information on union right of entry.
The Fair Work Commission general manager has began civil penalty proceedings against two former WA secretaries of the TWU over allegations which include the purchase of two $150,000 "luxury utilities".
The CFMEU says the construction watchdog prosecuted its national secretary, Michael O'Connor, on the basis of flimsy evidence, in an effort to politically embarrass his brother, shadow workplace relations minister Brendan O'Connor.
The Federal Court has imposed a $76,500 penalty on the musicians' union and $17,000 on its former general secretary for breaching financial reporting requirements for the union's national, Melbourne and Sydney branches from 2007 until late 2012.
The Victorian County Court has given suspended jail sentences to two former Cbus employees who pleaded guilty to giving false and misleading evidence to the Heydon Royal Commission.
Former Fair Work Commission Vice-President Michael Lawler's conduct on the ABC's Four Corners program was "far below" what the public was entitled to expect from somebody in his position, according to the silk who investigated his conduct.
The conduct of former senior Fair Work Commission member Michael Lawler provides a reasonable basis to ask the Governor-General to remove him on the grounds of proven misbehaviour, according to a report tabled in Federal Parliament.
The CFMEU wants to examine the safety record of the building supply company Boral as part of the committal hearing of blackmail charges against the union's top two officials in Victoria.