Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal

John Setka charged with harassing union administrator

Ex-union boss arrested again over allegedly threatening emails

Former Victorian CFMEU boss John Setka has been arrested for the second time in months over allegedly harassing messages sent to a CFMEU administration official.Setka was arrested at his home today and charged with using a carriage service to harass and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.Investigators will allege the 61-year-old sent a harassing message to a CFMEU Administration staff member on Christmas Day last year.READ MORE: Gr…

Setka charged with ‘harassing’ Christmas Day message

Former CFMEU chief John Setka has been charged again as part of an investigation into threatening emails to the union administration, the third time in four months.

Setka charged with harassing a CFMEU administrator

The disgraced former union boss is facing fresh criminal charges over allegations he issued a Christmas Day threat to an official from the union’s administration.

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal

Victorians faces a state election late this year, with the Labor government pitching for a fourth term. A key issue will be the government’s failure to deal with thuggery and corruption in the building industry, centred on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). After its hand was forced by years of reporting in The Age, in 2024 the federal government appointed an administrator, Mark Irving, to clean out the union’s cons…

Further charges against Footscray man

Police have laid further charges against a Footscray man as part of an investigation into allegedly threatening and harassing emails sent to a CFMEU administrator last year. The 61-year-old man was arrested by Taskforce Hawk detectives on Wednesday and later charged with using a carriage… Read more The post Further charges against Footscray man appeared first on Star Weekly.