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Further charges laid against former CFMEU boss John Setka
John Setka stood down as head of the CFMEU in 2024. (AAP: Stefan Postles)
Former construction union boss John Setka will be freed on bail, following charges related to using a communications device to menace and offend.
Mr Setka, who stepped down as head of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) in 2024, has been bailed on the condition that he not post any threatening or obscene material relating to administrators of the embattled union.
Former construction union boss John Setka will be freed on bail, despite police telling a Melbourne court he would continue to threaten and intimidate CFMEU administrators if released.
John Setka charged for a third time over alleged threats to CFMEU administrators
Former construction union boss John Setka made menacing posts on social media about a former CFMEU administrator, suggesting he take “anti-c— tablets”, police allege.
The 61-year-old was arrested on Friday morning and faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later in the evening, where prosecutors applied to have Setka’s existing bail revoked.
During his subsequent application for bail, the court heard that on Monday, Setka had taken to Instagram to share nine images directed at senior figures of the CFMEU.
“Images posted depicted the following: an image of Murray Furlong, the general manager of the Federal Commission, two memes with a couple sitting at a park and the title saying ‘say goodbye to being a c—’, and a smaller medication image labelled ‘anti-c—’ tablets,” the investigating police officer told the court.
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