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Premier Daniel Andrews has brushed aside threats from union members to walk off government project sites if duck hunting is outlawed in Victoria.
After a history of campaigning for important social issues, Victorian unions are now engaging in Right-wing culture wars by opposing a proposed ban on duck hunting.
A maverick independent unionist backed by “a coalition of the unwanted” has fallen short of disrupting the Labor factional balance on the powerful national executive.
Tradies from a powerful union in Victoria could walk off the job amid anger over a potential duck hunting ban but an Animal Justice Party MP has slammed the threat.
The Labor national executive is expected to go to a vote as the party’s Left faction tests if it has a majority and an unhappy coalition of unions makes a play for the deciding seat.