Change Branch
Convicted builder prevents safety inspections then has a public sook when fined
By Simon Stokes High profile Perth builder, Gerry Hanssen, has been fined twice in two days for denying authorised CFMEU Officials from carrying out safety inspections on Perth building site. In 2016 a young German backpacker was killed while working on a Hanssen...
CFMEU Rigger restores former glory
CFMEU members know the value of work and of rest. In the case of Rigger and Crane Operator Liam Mitchell, it’s work and restoration. Liam has done an incredible job of restoring a couple of classic Holden muscle cars to their former glory. And he has two more in the...
Kill a worker, go to jail
By Bob Benkesser Joe McDermott and Gerry Bradley sat down to have a break at smoko and were crushed to death by unsecured concrete panels falling from a truck. No exclusion zone was in place and all the panels were unsecured on the trailer while a panel was being...