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'Disturbing': Minister condemns imagery at CFMEU protests
Manage episode 436547053 series 2902253
The embattled Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union still appears to still have plenty of supporters.50,000 workers in Melbourne and thousands more in other capitals, downed tools in protest yesterday to march against the federal government's decision to place the CFMEU into administration. Minister Murray Watt told RN Breakfast he was "pretty disturbed" by some of the imagery at the protests, which he says confirmed "the culture" that developed under the current leadership. He says it was "very, very disturbing" that despite those placards Greens MP Max Chandler Mather "decided to share a stage" with the CFMEU.
Guest:Murray Watt, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
257 episodes
Manage episode 436547053 series 2902253
The embattled Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union still appears to still have plenty of supporters.50,000 workers in Melbourne and thousands more in other capitals, downed tools in protest yesterday to march against the federal government's decision to place the CFMEU into administration. Minister Murray Watt told RN Breakfast he was "pretty disturbed" by some of the imagery at the protests, which he says confirmed "the culture" that developed under the current leadership. He says it was "very, very disturbing" that despite those placards Greens MP Max Chandler Mather "decided to share a stage" with the CFMEU.
Guest:Murray Watt, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
257 episodes
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