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CFMEU leader pressured regulator to target certain contractors, inquiry hears

The commission of inquiry into the Queensland CFMEU branch has heard ousted leader Jade Ingham would pressure the state's building commission into investigating and taking action against contractors "where there were no valid grounds to do so". The inquiry also heard the former commissioner admitted to being "under pressure" from Labor figures to conduct certain investigations. The inquiry will also hear from former Kym Bancroft, former deputy-general of the industrial relations department.

ABC Australia 4h ago

Khanna and China committee press Blanche for report on Chinese manufacturing in U.S.

House China select committee ranking member Ro Khanna led a bipartisan group of lawmakers pressing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for an overdue report on illegal labor practices by Chinese companies in the U.S. auto industry. In a new letter sent to Blanche on Wednesday morning and shared exclusively with CNBC, the lawmakers demanded an update on the report, which Congress commissioned earlier this year. It comes after CNBC joined Khanna, D-Calif., on a visit to a leading auto glass...

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'Preferential access': Goyal says 1st phase of India-US trade deal likely by next month

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Times of India 4d ago

UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases

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Smoke engulfed their cities. Did it make their children sick?

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ABC Australia 10d ago

Britain’s banks demand a seat at the Brexit negotiating table

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Unfinished outback opal museum gets $1m lifeline to pay debts

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UK-China ‘ice age’ thaws: Why the West needs Beijing

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Testing underway after mass bird death in country WA

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ABC Australia 5d ago

Barnaby Joyce's link to how e-bikes came to be everywhere

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ABC Australia 10d ago