Steven Miles says he will leave it to police to determine whether CFMEU workers were behind an attack on a picket line-crossing Cross River Rail worker outside his home this week.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he will leave it to police to determine whether CFMEU workers were behind an attack on a picket-crossing Cross River Rail worker outside his home this week, but will push ahead with proposed legislation to bring the union into line regardless.
In May, Ah-Lam had been filmed trying to cross a CFMEU picket line to go to work, in an incident that devolved into a violent brawl between striking CFMEU members and non-union workers. Speaking at Hamilton on Friday morning, Miles said while he did not want to pre-empt the police investigation, the incident went to “that wider culture that we’ve all heard stories about”.
The CFMEU has denied any involvement in the attack, and said it was “outrageous” that Cross River Rail contractors CPB was laying the blame at its feet.The union has been taking disruptive industrial action on the rail sites as part of a campaign for a new pay deal with CPB, as its southern branches have been mired in scandal, including revelations of infiltration by bikies and organised criminals, intimidation and allegations of corruption.
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