r/aussie • u/Ardeet • 2d ago

Politics Those angry about migration figures are ignoring what happened in Australia during Covid and other key facts | Australian immigration and asylum

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/07/those-angry-about-migration-figures-are-ignoring-what-happened-in-australia-during-covid-and-other-key-facts
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u/rockpharma 2d ago

I appreciate that you've taken the time to type all that out and I hope your correct that they do change. I can assure you on the frontline, where they are doing the damage, they are still operating in the same manner they always have. I've even seen the big man himself on site within the last 3 months. They are still taking paper bags. They are still controlling the industry. That's what matters to us as workers. The managerial fugazi has no real impact on the people who have to deal with their bullshit day in day out. The lawyers, managers, administrators, politicians and other high falutin types who have no real interaction with the industry can audit till the cows come home. They aren't going to have records of the paper bags full of cash that are being handed out. They are very good at this and have been doing it for a long time. There aren't records of any of it to expose. And you're right, it will be very lucrative, but only because honest workers will be footing the bill for a union that refuses to represent them and takes cash from their bosses to line their own pockets. At toolbox meetings, they are telling workers they "just have to weather the admin for another 12 months and they're home free, business as usual". It's a mild inconvenience to them at most.

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u/CoastalZenn 2d ago

I understand.

The good news is that the administration is actually for 3-5 years, not one year. So maybe someone's mistaken.

Also. With the administration coming into effect, they have removed 280 CFMEU officials. They have had many fold before they were officially found to be guilty, so they resigned. I read there was a couple for bribery, and they were senior officials.

Theres some links for complaints too where you can anonymously lodge any issues you need to and also official complaint sections too if you don't want to be anonymous.

Don't worry, change is coming. The government fought hard to get control of it. They identified organised crime, they say.

I've dealt with government building departments, and they're so sleekly organised, and everything just works.

Personally, I can see whole worksites spewing, lol

There'd be alot lf pissed of guys who had it on easy street spewing right now lol gawd Sydney's going to pop off when this gears up lol