Statement from Dave Noonan, CFMEU National Construction Secretary
The CFMEU confirms that AFP and NSW Police have served a search warrant at the NSW Branch Office in Pyrmont and at private premises.
The union is cooperating to the extent required by law.
The warrant relates to investigations under the Fair Work Act and related matters.
The AFP have been taking an increasingly active role in industrial relations matters, and have previously raided CFMEU Offices in Canberra and Brisbane.
Neither of those raids resulted in any charges being laid against any union official.
In the case of Canberra, the AFP actions were found to be unlawful by the ACT Supreme Court.
The AFP do not appear to have a similar level of urgency when investigating alleged malfeasance or corruption of Coalition Ministers as we have seen in the Angus Taylor and Michaelia Cash scandals.
At this stage the union is unable to
