<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former Victorian CFMEU boss John Setka has been arrested for the second time in months over allegedly harassing messages sent to a CFMEU administration official.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Setka was arrested at his home today and charged with using a carriage service to harass and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators will allege the 61-year-old sent a harassing message to a CFMEU Administration staff member on Christmas Day last year.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/australian-accountants-body-warns-on-sluggish-productivity/395d4536-7f2d-499c-b5ed-c10a3a22bf47" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Grim warning on economy by Australia's top accounting group</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The additional charges come months after Setka was initially charged with seven counts of using a telecom communications device to menace, harass and offend, on November 12, 2025.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On December 5 he was further charged with two counts of using a telecom communications device to offend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ex-union boss quit the CFMEU in July 2024 following explosive allegations of criminal conduct made in a joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Age.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/further-charges-laid-against-former-victorian-cfmeu-boss-john-setka/b097d9e2-44ed-4be6-bd2e-5a866946ac14" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has always denied all allegations of misconduct.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-weather-update-half-of-country-under-flood-watch/12a713be-bca3-41ac-98f4-f09b850cfab7" target="_blank"><strong><span>Flood warnings for half of Australia as tropical low brings late summer drenching</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The CFMEU was plunged into administration by the federal government one month after Setka's resignation following claims of bikie and organised crime figures infiltrating the union.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Barrister Mark Irving KC was appointed as the union's administrator to oversee its financial, legal and business affairs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The union could remain under administration for up to five years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Setka has been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on June 3, 2026. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking to </span><em><span>The Age</span></em><span> in relation to today's charges, Setka denied sending a harassing message on Christmas Day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People should just toughen up and drink a bit of concrete and harden up a bit...it is the building industry," Setka said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone with information about these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit an online confidential report at </span><a href="http://www.crimestoppersvic.com.au/" target="_blank" title=""><span>www.crimestoppersvic.com.au</span></a></div></div>