CFMEU Boss Demands AFL Sacks Umpire Boss 12/06/2024

CFMEU boss John Setka has demanded the AFL sack its umpire boss, former building watchdog Stephen McBurney, or face delays on its league-related projects nationwide. 

In NSW, Disruption to Sydney’s light rail network for 24-hours on Wednesday could soon extend to the city’s trains and buses, the sector’s union has warned.

Taxes on Queenslanders will help plug the state’s revenue hole as the golden era of coal royalties comes to an end.

Two former Adelaide coaches have questioned the team’s mentality on the back of a string of narrow defeats that has left its season in free fall.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is the latest from your new speed. It's Wednesday,
the twelfth of June. CFMEU boss John Setka has demanded
the AFL sack its umpire boss, former building watchdog Stephen McBurney,
or face delays on its league related projects nationwide. The

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threat comes after mister McBurney launched legal action against the
union during his time as the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner,
resulting in the CFMEU being penalized millions of dollars. Mister
Sedka on Tuesday evenings said the union would not cooperate
with the League to manage deadlines and costs on its

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projects under mister McBurney, appointed to his new role as
head of umpiring in April, was given the boot in
New South Waleses disruption to Sydney's light rail network for
twenty four hours on Wednesday could soon extend to the
city trains and buses. The Sectors Union has warned. The
light rail shutdown comes after a breakdown in negotiations between

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the rail trim and Bus union and light rail operator Trensdev,
in which the union demanding a twenty three percent pay
rise over four years and an extra five six days
for tram staff each year. The strike will effect thousands
of commuters who normally use the three light rail lines,
with an average of more than one hundred and twenty

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five thousand trips taken each weekday in April on the trams.
We're back after this. Taxes on Queenslanders will help plug
the state's revenue hole as the golden era of coal
royalties comes to an end. Treasurer Cameron Dick's controversial royalties
increase has helped break in a whopping twenty five billion

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dollars from coal in the last two years, but his
later state budget has revealed this will shrink to a
trickle of five billion dollars a year out to mid
twenty twenty eight. But the coffers remain healthy amid a
spike in taxes and other revenue gleaned from Queenslanders through property,
payroll and misbehavior on the roads. There is also an

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impending crackdown on tax compliance and overdue fines worth nearly
one billion dollars. And in South Australia, two former Adelaide
coaches have questioned the team's mentality on the back of
a string of narrow defeats that has left its season
in free fall. Inaugural Crow's coach Graham Korn's called the
side struggle to cope with being favorites as a psychological weakness,

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while dual premiership mentor Malcolm Blynt said some players would
be lacking belief they could win tight games. Over the
past two years, Adelaide has a nine to one seven
record when favored by bookmarkers, and are two to one
nine in matches decided by eight points or fewer. The
Crows's eight point home loss to one win Richmond last

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Thursday left Adelaide in fifteen spot on the ladder, with
its finals hopes all but over. And those are your
headlines from the newsfeed. We'll be back with another update
for you tomorrow