Calls for QLD Labor to hand CFMEU donations to charity after 'disgraceful' protesters enter government building

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CFMEU members 'forcibly' entered the Transport and Main Roads building on Brisbane's Mary Street and staged a protest ahead of an industry meeting on Tuesday morning, according to a TMR spokesperson.

abc.net.au/news/cfeu-protest-labor-lnp-protest-building/101376768Queensland's Premier has not ruled out handing back donations from a powerful union after hundreds of workers "stormed" a government office building in Brisbane.

Protesters knocked down a security guard and subjected public servants to "upsetting and unacceptable behaviour" that saw the building locked down and the event cancelled for safety, according to a TMR spokesperson.Ms Palaszczuk said the behaviour was "disgraceful". The CFMEU donated more than $118,000 to Labor in the 2020 state election period, according to Electoral Commission of Queensland records.

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