‘They’re scared’: Albanese tells Setka to ‘back off’ AFL

Shadow Veterans Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce says CFMEU leader John Setka will win his war against the AFL as the Prime Minster and his party are too “weak” and “scared” to stand up to him. It comes as the Prime Minister has said it would be “common sense” for the CFMEU boss to drop his threats against the AFL. Mr Setka is asking the AFL to sack its head of umpiring, who is the former boss of the building watchdog. “The powerful will do as they do, the weak will suffer as they must" Mr Joyce told Sky News. “Fortunately, our Prime Minister is in the latter group, and the weak will always be beaten by the bully. “Mr Setka, obviously, you know what it is, its thuggery, it’s bullying, it’s stand over tactics, but we just don’t have the wit, nor the strength in Mr Albanese, or anybody else. “They’re scared of him, let’s be frank.”