Imagine waking up to find the car or boat ablaze in the driveway of your family home while your kids sleep inside. Now, imagine that those behind this terrifying attack get away with it.

Incredible as it may seem, that’s the state of affairs a year into the Albanese government’s supposed moves to clean up the construction industry, after the revelations of crime and corruption aired in this masthead’s Building Bad series.

Honest union officials and builders are not only living in fear, but their families are being targeted.

In Victoria, there have been three terrifying attacks at the family homes of building industry figures, and multiple firebombings on construction sites.

In NSW, it was only weeks ago that the most recent threats were levelled at a union official’s family. That official has had no choice but to quit the union. His crime? Trying to enforce the laws that protect workers, according to suspicions outlined in an interim report prepared for the union administrator.

What are the Albanese and state governments doing about it all? Not enough is the simple answer.

As the CFMEU’s administrator, Mark Irving, KC, who has 24/7 protection for himself and his family after police detected a possible threat to his life, said this week: “The problems across the industry are myriad, and........

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