Ms Bowtell said she was grateful for the support she had received from the Melbourne community,Labor Party members,unions and a range of groups including Labor law firms.
Mr Di Natale said the donation to the Greens was''a sign that there are unions that understand our policy on industrial relations,in particular the abolition of the ABCC,along with our strong support for the renewable energy sector,is in the interests of unions like the ETU''.
With the Greens likely to hold the balance of power in the Senate,the Master Builders Association of Victoria is spending about $100,000 on advertisements in Victorian marginal seats warning about the Greens'economic policies and their promise to abolish the ABCC.
Master Builders spokesman Asher Judah said they were running a''Greens policy awareness''campaign as builders were concerned about the long-term viability of their industry.
Mr Judah said the CFMEU's support for the Greens was bizarre as their policies would put its members in the dole queue.
''The Greens want to ban logging,end coal mining and shut down all of Australia's coal-fire power stations,''he said.
The Greens'opposition to the ABCC has appealed to some unions,which are angry about Labor's failure to abolish the watchdog and its controversial interrogation powers.
Instead,Labor has tried to replace it with a new industry regulator with watered-down fines and other powers while keeping a version of the interrogation powers.