CFMEU boss Zach Smith has quit the Labor Party’s top executive committee but remains on a key government building advisory group as teal independent Allegra Spender demands the government overhaul its efforts to fix the scandal-plagued union.

The Coalition has ramped up pressure on Labor over Smith’s position amid continued revelations in this masthead of scandals and lawlessness in the construction union as government-appointed administrator Mark Irving struggles to turn the CFMEU around.

Zach Smith addressing a CFMEU rally in Canberra in 2024. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

Even though the Labor Party cut ties with the union last year, Smith has continued to hold a position on Labor’s national executive and remains a member of Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth’s building industry ad

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