$110k coffee date: CFMEU peace deal revealed as rot spreads north
The revelation of the Sunshine State deal, along with several other new case studies, has prompted a public intervention by the federal Labor-appointed CFMEU administrator to urge Queensland Premier David Crisafulli to use his planned commission of inquiry into the union to take on the underworld.
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