Administrator to be appointed to tackle disgraced CFMEU

On Friday, the commission's general manager Murray Furlong filed a Federal Court application to nominate an independent administrator to the CFMEU's general and construction divisions.

The commission has proposed the court appoint Mark Irving to the position.

Mr Irving has been a member of the Victorian Bar for nearly three decades and has experience acting on union and employer matters.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government would begin moves to address the CFMEU.

" There's no place for violence in workplaces or indeed anywhere in our society," he told reporters in Brisbane. 

"Our view of criminal behaviour is that the police should prosecute people when they commit a crime and violence is a crime."

The government is preparing legislation to steamroll the union at any sign of resistance, Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt previously said.

Labor's national executive has already severed ties with the CFMEU and will no longer accept political donations or affiliation fees from the troubled construction arm.