Football club at centre of ‘corruption’, ‘conflict of interest’ claims
Football club at centre of ‘corruption’, ‘conflict of interest’ claims
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Football club at centre of ‘corruption’, ‘conflict of interest’ claims

Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman 🕒︎ 2025-11-11

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Football club at centre of ‘corruption’, ‘conflict of interest’ claims

Work & CareersWorkplaceBuilding Bad A storied VFL club has been dragged into the rolling construction industry scandal amid allegations it was improperly propped up with CFMEU members’ funds and building firms seeking to curry favour with union powerbrokers.The AFL is weighing how to respond to revelations that sponsors of the Port Melbourne Football Club include a crane company implicated in a major alleged tax fraud and a second firm linked to a bikie gang.Loading...Nick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has three times been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 20 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.comDavid Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney. Connect with David on Twitter. Email David at david.marin-guzman@afr.com or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? License articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreBuilding BadIndustrial relationsVFLJohn Setka Fetching latest articlesWe met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularityGreg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenzShaken, stirred and a little smoky: three cocktails to define summerThis restaurant is stuck in the past. That’s what makes it greatWhy job hopping might now be the fastest route to a six-figure salary12 mins agoHannah TattersallCurtis Stone’s $4m flop forced him to rethink everythingThe secret weapon boards are deploying to survive AGM seasonWhy this is the year to finally go to Africa12 mins agoKendall HillIs South America on your bucket list? Here are 5 reasons it should beThese 5 secluded escapes are just a short flight awayGoldman Sachs dealmaker lists $22m Brighton mansion with two poolsSarah Petty‘I was sitting on a bench’: How a chance encounter led to a $5b empireBillionaire Shahin family takes stake in Perth payment fintech Bless

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