Union-owned training organisation referred to police over alleged $450k fraud

Allegations of fraud totalling almost $450,000 at an organisation part-owned by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and whose general manager is a Labor member of The Hills Shire council and Medal of the Order of Australia recipient, have been referred to the NSW police. Comet Training - jointly owned by the NSW division of the CFMEU and the Master Builders Association NSW - is alleged to have been defrauded of one amount of $232,000 and another of $220,000 over the course of more than a year.