
Building Bad
The explosive inside story of the CFMEU
$31.45
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
The shocking story of corruption, violence and organised crime inside the CMFEU
In 2024, the spotlight fell on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and specifically the Victorian branch. Whistleblowers and witnesses pointed to the union’s sinister links with outlaw bikie gangs and underworld figures. Walkley Award-winning journalists Nick McKenzie and Ben Schneiders joined forces to dig deeper and together they uncovered evidence of blackma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733655265 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733655262 |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 300g |
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About The Author
Anonymous
Nick McKenzie is one of the nation’s most decorated investigative journalists, having been named Australian Journalist of the Year on four separate occasions. Over two decades, he has worked for the ABC’s Four Corners program, Nine’s 60 Minutes, and The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers. His reporting spans politics, defence, foreign affairs, the criminal justice system, corporate crime, and social affairs. He has been awarded the Walkley, Australia’s highest journalism award, a record twenty times. His bestselling book, Crossing the Line, was published in 2023.
Ben Schneiders is a Gold Walkley award-winning investigative journalist who has reported extensively on wage theft, corruption, business, politics, and the labour movement. He previously worked for nearly twenty years at The Age as an investigative reporter and editor, winning multiple Walkley awards, and was also a four-time winner of the Industrial Relations reporting award. His first book, Hard Labour: Wage Theft in the Age of Inequality, was published in 2022.
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