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In pictures: Construction workers walk off the job across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Several thousand workers attended the Sydney rally to take part in the unprotected industrial action.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
Members of the MUA join CFMEU members protest in the CBD after the government passed legislation that forced the CFMEU to accept administration.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
August 27
Thousands of tradies walked off the job on Tuesday in protest of the federal government's takeover of the construction arm of the CFMEU.
Demonstrators gathered in Sydney CBD with road closures along Macquarie Street and Elizabeth Street.
CFMEU members demonstrate outside Parliament House in Sydney bringing construction projects across the city to a standstill.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
Paul Keating of Maritime Union Australia speaks to a crowd of CFMEU members outside Parliament House in Sydney.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
Ex-state secretary Darren Greenfield addresses the crowd in Sydney, delivering a speech slamming ACTU secretary Sally McManus and the Labor Party.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
Crowds dispersed in Sydney's Macquarie Street about 1pm on Tuesday.
Attribution: Dominic Lorrimer
CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith addresses a rally at Woden town square in Canberra.
"I won't be silenced as part of this process because workers around this country [deserve] strong voices that will stand up and advocate without fear for those issues," he told the crowd.
CFMEU members bear flags as they march through Canberra city.
Attribution: Alex Ellinghausen
Tradies dressed in hi-vis rally in Canberra in the ACT.
Attribution: The Sydney Morning Herald
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