By Saloni Sinha ( November 12, 2025, 06:27 GMT | Insight) — Australian construction company John Holland Group and a leading construction-industry labor union have ended agreements that the antitrust regulator said restricted competition among labor-hire firms, highlighting the watchdog’s continued scrutiny of the controversial union’s conduct. In a statement on Wednesday, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the agreements, struck in December 2023 between John Holland and the union, required the company to use only three specific labor-hire businesses on two major road-infrastructure projects. Australian construction company John Holland Group and a leading construction-industry labor union have ended agreements that the antitrust regulator said restricted competition among labor-hire firms, highlighting the watchdog’s continued scrutiny of the controversial union’s conduct….
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