TIME FOR LABOR TO CUT TIES WITH THE CFMEU - A MESSAGE TO ANY LABOR LEADER WITH INTEGRITY

Over the past 25 years, Labor premiers, MP's and figureheads have never shied away from throwing mud over the political fence at Joh Bjelke-Petersen and the corruption riddled National Party of the 1980's in Queensland which he led.

 

 

 

As entrenched and institutionalized as it was, the level and scope of corruption which Bjelke-Petersen, a few of his ministers and a few top cops of the day were guilty of was no worse than the CFMEU's 

systematical corruption which has now been fully exposed by the Royal Commission into Trade Union  Corruption. At face value, it appears that that the CFMEU's rap sheet actually reads off a lot worse.

 

 

 

Look at it this way - corruption is corruption. In principle, forgetting Joh's "elected status", what makes the grossly unethical actions and conduct of a few senior CFMEU figures different from the corrupt deals Joh done under the table with corporate third parties between the late 70's and late 80's?

 

 

 

Labor, not just in Queensland, but nationwide, has to ditch its historical links and factional affiliations with the CFMEU - it's as simple as that.

 

 

 

If Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is not starting to think along those lines then given the findings of the Royal Commission she is basically sending the message to Queenslanders that Labor chooses to ignore and condone corruption as long as the guilty party is on Labor's side and bankrolls Labor.

 

 

 

There are quite a few ethical and respectable unions in Australia which don't resort to politicized militancy, blackmail, bullying, sexual intimidation and offensive language against anyone or any organization to remain relevant and stay in business.

 

 

The CFMEU is not one of them. When will premier Palaszczuk and opposition leader Bill Shorten just for starters wake up to that fact?