Coalition agrees to pass Labor’s CFMEU bill

The Coalition has agreed to pass the federal government's urgent bill to force the embattled CFMEU into administration.

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00:00Stalling, haggling and arm wrestling.

00:07They spent the best part of three days curling up into a little ball.

00:10Tell me when you're ready.

00:11Political tactics.

00:13The bill that was tabled by the minister in the parliament, four sitting days to go, looked

00:19like quite frankly it could have been drafted by John Setka.

00:24Proceed a parliamentary deal.

00:27We are now in a position to provide passage of that bill.

00:30On the back of allegations the union's been infiltrated by organised crime, the federal

00:35government's pushing new laws to force it into administration.

00:39It's now secured the coalition's support by agreeing to a minimum three year period of

00:44administration, additional parliamentary scrutiny, potential life bans for officials and the

00:51blocking of union money to political parties.

00:54The time for corruption, criminality, violence and bikies in Australia's construction union

01:01and the industry is coming to an end.

01:04There'll be a greater transparency and for us that means that the business that you're

01:09doing should be a lot more predictable and for those that have been suffering bullying

01:13and intimidation, that's finished.

01:15For the Greens, the legislation's rushed and far reaching.

01:20Any time the coalition and Labor join together to do one of these kinds of attacks, I think

01:25warning bells should go off.

01:27The CFMEU has labelled this legislation shameful and unnecessary, saying allegations of criminality

01:34should be dealt with by a court rather than parliament.

01:37The government secured an early win with this deal, but the construction union is only just

01:42beginning its fight back.