Allan’s office warned builders – no work without CFMEU

November 13, 2026 • 07:08 AM

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John Holland and CPB were passed a message from the then-minister’s office that they couldn’t have “any more work in Victoria” if they didn’t end a dispute with the union.

Allan’s office warned builders – no work without CFMEU

Then-minister Jacinta Allan’s office sent a message to the consortium behind a $110 million rail project in Melbourne that it would not receive any more government work in Victoria if it did not end an industrial relations dispute with the CFMEU.

Peter Wilkinson, a former senior public servant at Rail Projects Victoria, told the royal commission into corruption in Victoria’s building industry on Friday that the body’s then-chief executive, Evan Tattersall, told him he had spoken to the minister’s office after the CFMEU stopped work at the Gap Road level crossing removal project in Sunbury in June 2022.

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The Age

10h ago

Under the Andrews-Allan government the buck stopped in the pockets of the CFMEU

The CFMEU repeatedly broke the law and used thuggish intimidation to line its pockets with state government cash. The government knew – and did nothing.

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ABC News Australia

3d ago

Dozens of CFMEU stoppages in a week before rail site takeover, hearing told

The royal commission into the CFMEU and Victoria's Big Build projects hears a site supervisor suspected the union had an agenda when it raised 31 safety concerns in a week at Sunbury.

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Sydney Morning Herald (SMH)

2d ago