The federal government has ordered an investigation after the ABC uncovered allegations of bikie threats towards the CFMEU on a major taxpayer-funded project in Brisbane.
Senior Comancheros bikie Bemir 'Benji' Saracevic has been accused of allegedly threatening a CFMEU delegate during the union's dispute with a construction company on a major government-funded project in Brisbane.The ABC has uncovered allegations that Comancheros bikies are holding themselves out as "directors" of a security provider on a taxpayer-funded project in Brisbane and have threatened a CFMEU delegate.
The Melbourne-based bikies, who appeared in Queensland wearing "bumbags and Balenciaga t-shirts", held themselves out to the CFMEU and others as "directors" of Host with a financial interest in the company, the sources said. The bridge project in Brisbane's west has become a flashpoint for a national CFMEU campaign against BMD, with police repeatedly called amid union clashes with security during site blockades in May.
"As soon as I was made aware of these allegations I requested urgent advice from my department and am taking action today to refer to the allegations to the Fair Work Ombudsman for investigation."forcing an independent administrator on the CFMEU and the removal of top officials, after referring allegations of bikie infiltration of the union to the FWO and Australian Federal Police.But sources outside the CFMEU said in this case, the union had become the target of bikie intimidation.
Krstomir "KB" Bjelogrlic is a former owner of a Melbourne gym frachise, which included this Comanchero-linked venue where shots were fired in 2013.He said the bikies "you referenced have no role whatsoever with Host".
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