Nick McKenzie

He calls me from time to time when he hears that I'm calling around about him.

And

I get the ugly side of Mick Gatto.

He's careful, but he's told me to watch myself.

That doesn't sound very nice, Mick.

I think the way he treats journalists doing their job, and that's all I'm doing, it says a lot about how he actually operates his business.

You don't hire Mick Gatto because he's an industrial relations whiz who understands employment law and the ins and outs of an enterprise bargaining agreement.

You hire him if you're a building company because he is the most notorious figure in Victoria's gangland.

And with that, he doesn't have to say a word.

With that comes the air of threat, the air of menace.

And anyone who says that's not the case has rocks in their head.

Nick Marich, classic case study of a building industry success story.

This guy runs a pilot company, Earthworks Company.

They're doing significant work preparing things for a major government infrastructure project.

He'll come in first and he'll do those works that are required to begin that building process.

And he's done extremely well.

His company is called LTE.

He's booming in Victoria.

He's booming in Queensland.

He's on government jobs, taxpayer jobs in both states.