Law professor says prohibiting companies from tendering because of union relationships would be ‘tantamount to a secondary boycott’
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A pledge to “exclude” the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union from Queensland road projects by state and federal LNP leaders has been criticised as illegal by industrial relations experts.
On Thursday, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, told the Courier Mail that he would “condition” future federal funding for the Bruce Highway “to exclude CFMEU involvement”.