Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 17-Aug-17

Australian Mines & Metals Association CEO Steve Knott has welcomed the Federal Government’s move to crack down on unlawful conduct by unions. The legislation introduced to Parliament on 16 August would strengthen the Government’s powers to deregister unions and disqualify union officials. It would also subject union mergers to a public interest test, which could be used to block the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union’s proposed merger with the Maritime Union of Australia.

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AUSTRALIAN MINES AND METALS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED), CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, MARITIME UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, AUSTRALIA. REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY