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Fake names and a $2m transfer: How the CFMEU’s forerunner did business in the 1980s

BLF used aliases to transfer about $766,000 in union funds to Western Australia in the 1980s to avoid government seizure, with similar secret funds now disputed in the CFMEU.

Newly released cabinet papers detail the guerrilla tactics of the Builders Labourers Federation, and reveal brazen actions that mirror those plaguing Victoria today.

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Fake names and a $2m transfer: How the CFMEU’s forerunner did business in the 1980s

Newly released cabinet papers detail the guerrilla tactics of the Builders Labourers Federation, and reveal brazen actions that mirror those plaguing Victoria today.

·Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
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