Adam Bandt defends Greens MP who addressed rally in Brisbane
Labor is facing backlash from angry union members after thousands rallied against a federal crackdown of the CFMEU. Another union is threatening to withhold donations as the Greens defend one of its MPs who attended a rally in Brisbane.
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00:00Stepping up in a show of union solidarity as the government spruiks new rights for gig workers.
00:09Delivering that better pay, more secure work and safe workplaces that all Australian workers deserve.
00:16A far cry from yesterday when tens of thousands of construction workers took to the street directing their fury at the ALP
00:25with Nazi comparisons in a coffin sporting the Prime Minister's face plastered with a blunt message calling for members to bury the ALP.
00:34There is no place within the union movement for corruption, for criminality, for thuggery.
00:40The government decision to force the CFMEU's construction division into administration
00:46after allegations of bikie infiltration and widespread intimidation enraged other unions who joined yesterday's marches.
00:55Some threatening to withhold ALP donations and use them instead to fund a potential court challenge.
01:02The CFMEU's looked after the ETU over this time, we're here to return the favour.
01:07I don't think any of us are deterred by that in Labor, we did the right thing.
01:11The Greens, also undeterred after MP Max Chandler-Mather shared the stage at a Brisbane rally prompting swift condemnation.
01:20He was there to speak to the members, to the people who had attended the rally, not to defend any officials.
01:28They're prepared to grandstand and turn a blind eye to the repeated behaviour of certain union officials.
01:35If the Greens want to take money from an organisation that has those links, the Greens have got to be accountable for it.
01:41The Greens insist they haven't received donations from the CFMEU for years, but they're clearly courting the votes of its members.
01:49The unanswered and uncomfortable question for Labor is whether taking strong action against the construction union will lead other union members into the arms of the Greens.