Monday, 2 February 2025

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been caught out accepting cartel kickbacks before honouring promises according to Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) disclosures.

After links to organised crime were revealed, the Prime Minister and Premier of Western Australia claimed they wouldn’t take CFMEU cartel kickbacks but it has today been confirmed WA Labor took $26,800 from the Construction Division.

Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Tim Wilson said the AEC’s disclosure returns reveal the dependence of the Labor Government on union bosses and that’s why Prime Minister Albanese always makes sure they are the first to benefit from government policy.

In total, unions made over $16 million in payments to the Labor Party in 2024-25. Unions also spent a further $20.4 million on their own campaigns to get Labor elected.

The Victorian, South Australian and Western Australian branches of the ALP all received payments from sections of the CFMEU.

Incredibly, the Western Australian Branch of the ALP accepted $26,800 from the CFMEU’s Construction Division, despite allegations of rorts that forced the both the National

Executive and the Premier of Western Australia to say they had blocked donations from this disgraced union.

“The cartel kickback circle of life is hiding in daylight under the Albanese government,” said Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment, Tim Wilson MP.

“What has the Prime Minister done about this donation from the CFMEU?

“Labor rigs rules to force ordinary Aussies to finance unions, and unions donate to keep Labor in power.

“Like any cartel, costs are passed straight on to consumers and small businesses through higher prices and fewer opportunities to get ahead.

“The union-Labor cartel keeps Anthony Albanese swivelling in the Prime Minister’s chair, so he’ll always put it ahead of struggling Australian households and send you the bill.

“The only way to stop the cartel is to remove the government.”